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Graduate studies

Admissions suspended

First place squandered

French studies no longer accepting admissions to graduate programs B y Vincent M atak and H olly Tousignant , Journal Staff

Faculty of Arts and Science, both of which supported the decision to suspend admissions.

She said the SGS has held discussions with the department in regards to a potential revitalization and restructuring of the program.

The suspension is temporary, Brouwer said, adding that a decision will be made about continuing the suspension by October when admissions for the 2014-15 school year would open.

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Graduate admissions to the department of French studies have been temporarily suspended due to a low number of applicants.

The suspension was announced last Friday and will affect next year’s admission cycles. The 14 graduate students currently enrolled in the photo by Terence Wong program will be able to continue their studies.

See Suspension on page 4 Hawks bested the women’s hockey team 3-1 on Saturday to claim top spot in the OUA. See page 13 for full story.

According to Brenda Brouwer, vice-provost and dean of the School of Graduate Studies (SGS), Mental Health the department needs time to restructure the current program News with the goal of eventually drawing in more applicants.

The department has seen a steady decline in applicants over the past five years, Brouwer said.

B y R achel H erscovici We don’t have the evidence for it, to 45 per cent of eating disorder In 2012-13, the SGS didn’t Assistant News Editor but we think that the incidences patients Hotel Dieu has seen are admit any new students to the are increasing as well,” said Dr. students from both Queen’s and St. department’s French studies MA Eating disorders are up in Kingston, Susan Buchanan, a doctor at Lawrence College.

Talking to alum Michael and PhD programs. and post-secondary students make the clinic.

Buchanan said eating disorders Petrou, senior “We want to make sure that up a significant portion of the cases.

The increase in patient volume often present themselves around Maclean’s writer. the department has the time to go The number of people seeking had led to waitlists of up to one the age of 15, which leads into ahead with that work and with the treatment has risen by 40 per cent year in some cases, she added, and the period of transition for many Page 2 declining applicant pool,” she said. in Kingston over the past three patients have often been referred young people from high school to “The time seems appropriate to do years, according to doctors at to other clinics and regions. post-secondary education.

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Hotel Dieu Hospital’s Adult Eating “The referrals in our programs This added stress can lead to Prior to announcing the decision, Disorder Clinic. are up and that has been climbing eating disorders in young people A look at the rector last year the SGS had consulted “What we’re seeing across for about three years,” she said. who are already experiencing position at Queen’s. with the department and the Ontario is an increase in referrals.

In the past five years, about 40 anxiety or mental health problems, Page 3 she said.

Symptoms include having Dialogue campus life excess quantities of food, feeling out of control when you eat and Challenging rape culture excessive exercising. at Queen’s.

Symptoms also include extreme limitation on food intake, weight Page 7 loss as well as a distorted or unhealthy body image.

Arts “Eating disorders are an The training will consist of a website has also been endorsed by unhealthy relationship with food,” B y Vincent M atak flight test on an L-39 Albatross Mk Principal Woolf on Twitter.

Buchanan said. “The person has a Assistant News Editor At the time the Journal went lot of anxiety in response to food.”

II Jet, which travels twice the speed According to a 2002 survey, If Steven Humphries plays his of sound. Zero gravity testing and to print, Humphries estimated he cards right, he could soon be off to gravity resistance training will also had approximately 700 votes total, 1.5 per cent of Canadian women a relatively high amount given he between the ages of 15 to 24 be a part of the training process. outer space.

“I kind of thought that my entered the competition almost a years of age have experienced an Humphries, a Queen’s student, Interview with Winnipeg eating disorder. registered to be a part of Axe days were numbered to have my month after voting began. musician JP Hoe. The top ten competitors are Although it’s a mental health Apollo space competition last opportunity like this,” Humphries, estimated to have reached over the disorder, it has serious physical Monday after seeing a Superbowl ArtSci ’12 said.

Page 9 commercial. He’s hoping to win a Humphries was 18th overall in 1,000 vote mark, Humphries said. risks, Buchanan said. ticket on a commercial flight 103 Canada on Friday, but has since The commercial flights cost Five to eight per cent of those Sports dropped to 21st place. approximately $100,000 each to diagnosed with an eating disorder km from Earth as early as 2014.

After registering on Monday, reserve, and will be made possible will die by suicide, she added and Axe will offer 22 tickets to contestants from over 60 countries Humphries shared the voting page by Space Expedition Corporation it’s the mental health disorder with worldwide, but only two from with his teammates on the Queen’s (SXC). If the flight isn’t scheduled the highest mortality rate.

The physical complications of Canada will make it to the final rugby team, which has since before 2017, the winners will be round in Florida. spread throughout the Queen’s awarded $85,000 in compensation. eating disorders affect all organs The top two competitors community, he said.

Humphries has always had and its been found that women Men’s curling keys on with the most votes on the “Everybody just invited their an interest in space, although he with anorexia will die an average depth and cohesion website — sponsored by the Axe friends and enough people rallied chose to pursue political studies 20 to 25 years earlier than their peers, she said. brand — will be chosen to compete behind it,” he said. “I would get at Queen’s.

Page 14 “[When I was younger] it hit Health, Counseling and with each other at the Axe Apollo upwards of 40 to 50 notifications Space Camp in Florida, where they a day and it just spiraled like that.” me how wide the scope of the Disability Services (HCDS) sees will undergo space training.

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Eating disorders on the rise Kingston has seen a 40 per cent increase in the disorders

Axe hosts race to space Student competes for one-day trip to Earth’s low orbit

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Alum discusses reporting from the trenches Maclean’s senior writer Michael Petrou, ArtSci ’97, knew he wanted to be a journalist since his days at Queen’s B y H olly tousignant News Editor Foreign correspondent Michael Petrou of Maclean’s almost decided to forgo a career in journalism in favour of academia. But then the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks happened.

Petrou, a Queen’s alumnus, was an intern at the Ottawa Citizen in 2001 and had grown weary of working on the cop desk. His dayto-day routine involved listening to the radio scanner for reports of crime or accidents, and then fleeing to the scene or interviewing bereaved relatives.

“It’s a horrible, horrible, parasitic way to make a living, so I was reconsidering whether I even wanted to be a journalist,” said Petrou, a former Editorials Editor at the Journal.

“It wasn’t what I had imagined doing when I was writing self-righteous, indignant editorials

at the Queen’s Journal. I thought journalism was something nobler.

“And then September 11 happened and that changed everything.”

Petrou, who will be on campus Wednesday to deliver a talk about his career and his new book, had travelled the greater Middle East shortly before the attacks.

Just weeks after 9/11, the young journalist convinced his editor at the Citizen to send him to Afghanistan, where he found himself embedded in the heart of an active war.

Petrou spent a month not with Canadian troops, but with Afghan men who were fighting the Taliban.

“I had absolutely no idea [what I was doing]. None of us did,” he said. “I went into a war zone with no flak jacket, no helmet, no life insurance. I had blankets that I had stolen from a hotel, 25 litres of water and a couple notebooks and

Petrou was sent to Afghanistan within weeks of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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away. They’d be shooting back and forth and mortaring and rocketing and occasionally Americans would come over head and bomb the Taliban … Of course I wasn’t ready for that. How could I have been?”

That experience inspired the name of his recent book, Is This Your First War?, which he will discuss in his Alumni Review-hosted talk.

“The bulk of the book deals with the decade after Sept. 11 and a lot of the changes that have happened to the region since then,” said Petrou, who dabbled in scholarly pursuits — including

a PhD in history from Oxford — before committing to his current career.

Petrou’s visit will be the third in the Review’s authors series, which has also brought writers Tanis Rideout and Andrew Westoll to campus.

Petrou, ArtSci ’97, said his interest in reporting dates to his time at Queen’s.

“I was lucky in that I more or less knew that I wanted to be a journalist because of my experience at the Queen’s Journal,” he said.

“The Journal kind of planted that drive into journalism which never really faded.”

His journalism career has taken him around the world. His experiences as a correspondent include reporting from Iran, which he entered after telling the Iranian embassy that he wasn’t a journalist.

a satellite phone. And immediately we were right in the thick of it.”

While in Afghanistan, Petrou witnessed attacks by the Taliban and experienced the warfare from the trenches.

“They would blast villages and trenches dug into the ground and you’d kind of sneak forward and you’d crouch down so you wouldn’t expose your head,” he said.

“Occasionally you’d peak your head over the top of the trench and see the Taliban peeking over and look over at you from 1200 metres

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Occasionally you’d “peak your head over

the top of the trench and see the Taliban peeking over and look over at you from 1200 metres.

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— Michael Petrou, ArtSci ’97 “I met up with a lot of these dissidents and I talked with these people who were so frustrated with the theocracy they lived under,” he said.

“In 2009 that frustration, that desire for a more decent, a freer way of life just exploded in those mass street protests against the stolen elections and then of course we have the upheavals in the Arab Spring.

“The subject was changing as I was trying to get a book out of it.”

Petrou, who returned to Afghanistan in 2011, has been present for many of these changes the region has seen in the last 12 years.

“I think I had some good stories that I wanted to get onto paper,” he said.

Petrou will speak in conversation with professor Carolyn Smart in Stauffer library (Speaker’s Corner) tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.

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A longstanding tradition The rector position is modeled after those at universities in Scotland B y C hloë G rande Copy Editor

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of students, it still takes up a lot of time, Francis said.

He added that speaking The student rector position at at Convocation is the biggest Queen’s makes the University ceremonial duty. The rector also Photo Supplied by Queen’s Archives unique amongst other presents the Agnes Benidickson In 1912, The Reverend S.W. Dyde became the first rector of Queen’s.

Tricolour Award, the highest Canadian schools.

During the time Ian Michael The position was established honour paid to a student working alone.

Both roles place a strong “I can do only so much as one emphasis on student advocacy held rectorship from 1996-98, a in 1912, but it wasn’t until 1969 for distinguished service to person … the real change happens and interaction. key event was the hyperinflation of that the rector position became the University.

“Even when I ran in first year, when students, a larger number of exclusively student-held.

At Scotland’s University of student fees.

“In 1996, it was the biggest For the current University I really didn’t grasp the concept students, speak up,” he said. “I think St. Andrews, the rector position Rector, Nick Francis, it was of the rector because it’s rather it’s very important that students is elected by students to preside increases ever. There were realizing the profound impact of complex,” Francis said. “It’s speak up about the issues they have at meetings as the leader back-to-back 20 per cent increases,” caring for someone else’s education about using influence to try and with the University and they go to of the governing body, the Michael, ArtSci ’96 and JD ’99, their student representatives and University Court. said. “The challenge for me during that interested him most in the role. affect change.”

Francis had previously run for use them as avenues.”

“I think that Queen’s students Current St. Andrews Rector my time was to straddle the tension In 1969 the position was almost Alistair Moffat, an award-winning between economic pressure and are incredibly intelligent and for rector in 2010 but lost to Nick Day, lost after the previous non-student writer and journalist, was attracted the rapid rise in fees which was a me to be able to support them, who resigned in September 2011.

The decision came several rector resigned. advocate on their behalf and just huge shock to the student body at to the role for two main reasons.

“The plan had been just to leave give everything I can to ensure months after students voted “First, it is my old university, the time.”

He added that another difficulty that they have the best experience in favour to impeach Day, it vacant but … a group of students where I took my first degree, and while they’re here, that’s what ArtSci ’09 and MA ’12, in response on campus who were on the radical I wanted to give something back, was determining when to lead or led me to this position,” Francis, to a public letter Day wrote left of things decided that they the old-fashioned notion of public represent on a particular issue. defending Israeli Apartheid Week, would love to capture the rector’s service,” he told the Journal via Despite the challenges of the ArtSci ’13 said.

In addition to serving on the which he signed with his official position and therefore have a seat email. “The second was that the role, being rector was a maturing on the Board of Trustees,” Alan only young people I knew were my experience for him.

Board of Trustees, the rector is also University title.

“My predecessor [Day] left the Broadbent, Queen’s first student children, and when I came up to “It is a distinguishing feature a member of several University and Senate committees. Francis said the office in a state that was not ideal rector, said. meet students before the election, for Queen’s that is highly unusual.

When Broadbent, ArtSci ’61, I was amazed at how vibrant and The involvement of a student at position is indicative of a culture at for anyone to be transitioning into the most senior level of Queen’s Queen’s where students play a key it,” Francis said. “Coming into the was approached by AMS President sparkling they were.” office, there was this almost fear for 1969-70, Ross McGregor, he role in governance.

The rector position also involves administration changes the culture of the entire University.”

“The rector gets asked to sit that this Nick was going to be agreed to run for rector. Broadbent advocating on behalf of students. on these committees because of the same as the last Nick. It was took office after he received more their representational status as both my utmost goal to ensure that I than 50 per cent of the votes.

As a voting member of the Board undergrad and grad students, as restored the neutrality of the role, of Trustees, one of the rector’s main well as the liaison role the rector the usefulness and the respect.”

He focused on rebuilding functions includes representing has with the student governments and spent all undergraduate and graduate and with faculty societies,” he said. relationships R.B Bennett (1935-37) While being an ombudsperson a lot of time performing students. Other roles include acting as an advisor for students and dealing with student grievances administrative work.

Canada’s 11th Prime Minister. Was rector just Francis said one of the most and performing ceremonial duties isn’t as formal as the ceremonial after he finished his duties and advocating on behalf challenging aspects of the role is at events such as Convocation and tenure as Prime MinRemembrance Day. ister, but while he “One of the things that I thought continued to sit in the House about [after elected] was creating of Commons as leader of the role of rector as somewhat of the opposition. an ombudsperson,” Broadbent said.

“One of the goals became to not just represent students at the Board of Norman McLeod Rogers (1937-1940) Trustees meetings, but be able to talk to the administration about Worked as a things in an ombudsperson way.” professor at Queen’s until Before the rector became 1935 when he was elected as a student-elected, the position was Member of Parliament often held by high-profile figures.

(MP) under Prime Minister Amongst the most notable past William Lyon MacKenzie King. rectors are former Prime Minister Under King, he was Minister of Labour and Minister of R.B. Bennett and CBC’s first National Defense. He died in a plane crash in 1940 when chairman Leonard Brockington. traveling between Ottawa and Toronto. Kingston’s Brockington, the longest-serving Norman Rogers airport was named in his honour. rector from 1947-66, changed the position by participating in student issues, including the protest Leonard W. Brockington (1947-1966) against developing lower campus, encouraging donations and inviting Brockington was Queen’s speakers to speak at guest lectures. longest-serving rector and, Broadbent said it made arguably, changed the organic sense to him to have a nature of the position of student rector. rector. When he first “I think that students should became rector, the be represented by students. A position required non-student doesn’t share the giving only two to three same experiences.” lectures a year. Instead, Brockington began to use the The rector position, created role to advocate for students and he got more involved in 1912, is modeled after four in campus events such as Convocation. Once he left universities in Scotland: St. his post, the student body campaigned for a student Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen and rector, and were successful in their efforts.

Edinburgh. Scottish rectors are photo by Alex Choi For current rector Nick Francis, supporting and non-students, yet their duties are — Alison Shouldice advocating on behalf of students led him to run for the position. similar to a Queen’s rector.

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universe is and how little we understand about it,” Humphries said. “It was trying to justify where we are on Earth based on how infinite the universe might actually be.”

But after discovering he wasn’t good at math or sciences in high school, Humphries decided to try applying his interested in other ways.

“I decided to pursue a politics [degree],” he said. “I wanted to see how I could affect space and the future in terms of space travel.

If I can’t do it in terms of math or sciences I would do it through policy.”

Queen’s student Eric Larlee, ArtSci ’14, is also a contestant. He said the last time he checked, he placed 93rd overall in Canada.

Voting closes August 31.

Humphries (above) is doing well in the contest, the winners of which will undergo space training in Florida.

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Suspension temporary Continued from page 1

A part of this decline in applicants has to do with what the program offers, she noted.

“Graduate programs evolve, and the needs and demands of prospective students also change over time, and I suspect what we need is we just need a stronger alignment between what it is that students are looking for and what it is that the programs are delivering,” she said.

Despite this, she added the decline in applicants isn’t exclusive to Queen’s.

“It’s actually a pattern that we’re seeing in many of the languages and our sister institutions are reporting, for the most part, the same kind of trend,” she added.

Following the suspension of admission to the Bachelor of Fine Arts program, a set of recommended procedures were put forward

regarding future suspension of admissions to programs at Queen’s.

Those procedures are currently being reviewed by Queen’s Senate Committee on Academic Development, Brouwer said, adding that it didn’t affect the decision to suspend graduate admissions to the department of French studies.

The 14 existing graduate students will fill the roles of teaching assistant for the undergraduate program next year. Brouwer added that their programs won’t be affected by the decision.

“We’ve been meeting with the department and I had a meeting with the students last Friday just to reiterate that they are going to continue to have the support they have always enjoyed until the completion of their degree.”

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The increase in eating disorder patients has meant an increase in referrals to other clinics and regions.

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Students comprise up to 45 per cent of patients Continued from page 1

approximately 100 cases related to eating disorders or disturbed eating a year.

Dr. Mike Condra, director of HCDS, said not all students who come to HCDS can be categorized as having a full eating disorder as they don’t meet the criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual.

These students are treated as having many of the symptoms and are classified as having disturbed or disordered eating.

Condra said he believes that there’s been a rise in the amount of eating disorder cases over the past 40 years since he’s been in the field.

“I’m willing to bet that there is hardly a women’s magazine that doesn’t, every month, feature something on how to lose weight,” he said. “I think those messages are really, really powerful because they help

young people to develop a sense of identity.”

Research has been done, Condra said, on comparing schools that emphasize either a strong academic focus or a strong physical focus (like a ballet or dance school). He said you will find a higher rate of eating disorders where students have a stronger emphasis on their body or weight.

In terms of the increase in cases treated in Kingston, Condra said he couldn’t comment on what the specific causes were, but he believes it could be in part that individuals now feel more comfortable coming forward with their problems.

“We can get a student in, if they’re concerned, typically within a few days, up to a week,” Condra said, adding that referrals can be made for students who require additional help.

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A&R and those running the CrossFit group want the same thing.

CrossFit conversation warranted

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rossFit belongs at Queen’s — it’s time for all sides to come to a consensus to make it happen.

Currently, a group that runs CrossFit — an intense interdisciplinary workout, using

the ARC facilities without being The CrossFit group has a a sanctioned Queen’s club — is large following at Queen’s — its under fire from Athletics and Facebook group has over 500 likes Recreation (A&R). While dialogue and most sessions attracts over continues between the two parties, 40 people. The sessions are led they’re having trouble finding a by an instructor certified to teach way to make CrossFit happen.

CrossFit, but who isn’t certified as

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aranoid conspiracy theorists have no place in the American gun rights debate.

Since the Sandy Hook shootings on Dec. 14, conspiracy theories have become more popular thanks to podcast hosts promoting unrealistic and unsubstantiated claims.

Specifically, many of these conspiracy theorists view Sandy Hook as an operation by Barack Obama to increase gun control and instill tyranny.

For example, a popular YouTube video, Sandy Hook. FULLY EXPOSED. 30 mins, posted by ONEINDACHAMBER187, aims to prove with at best coincidental evidence that there was a second shooter and that the Sandy Hook mourners were in fact actors hired by the state.

What’s most ridiculous is the following that these theories have amassed.

Conspiracy theorist and podcast host Alex Jones — who has over 400,000 subscribers on YouTube — appeared on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight. When Morgan proposed America ban military semi-automatic weapons, Jones threatened an American Revolution-style rebellion.

Pro-gun viewers supported Jones’ farfetched views. In fact, theorists who support this conspiracy have travelled to Sandy Hook to harass citizens like Glen Rosen, one of the mourners at Sandy Hook.

It seems society has lost its ability to think critically, as we seem to accept whatever evidence supports our existing beliefs at face value.

America has a firearms issue, and the need for regulation is debatable.

However, blindly accusing shooting victims of controlling society through gun regulation is revolting.

Alex Jones shouldn’t be the poster boy for American gun rights — a more intelligent and critical debate is needed.

Alex is the Assistant Arts Editor at the Journal.

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f guns are going to be allowed in the public sphere, they’d better be carried safely.

A church in Texas has recently announced that they will be offering a course teaching individuals how to safely conceal and carry their weapons.

A class on how to carry and conceal a weapon serves an important purpose in a community, especially in one where many individuals own these weapons.

While the class teaches you to use your weapon, it focuses on operational safety — an important lesson that should be promoted.

It’s important not to stereotype all gun owners as having harmful intentions. Individuals who’re reaching out to learn more about how to use their weapon Opinions Editor

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appropriately should be given the resources they want — they’re acting responsibly.

It’s questionable, however, whether a place of worship should be responsible for carrying out a program related to the secular issue of gun control.

Given the strength of gun culture in states such as Texas, it’s not surprising that a community centre such as the church would offer such a course.

Churches in the southern US states are more than just simply religious centres — they’re pillars of community life. Countless community groups use churches as places of social gathering, not only to practice their faith.

In the South, the situation is understandable, but outside of this Web Developer

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a personal trainer and isn’t hired by the ARC as an official instructor.

A&R is skeptical about allowing the group to become a sanctioned club for countless reasons.

Given the intense and challenging nature of the exercises, there are potential risks to the activity that should be addressed — risks that A&R don’t want to be associated with.

They’ve also expressed concern over the CrossFit instructor’s lack of formally recognized personal training certification.

Even though CrossFit’s instructor isn’t trained in this way, he is still recognized by CrossFit as a certified instructor — something that should carry some weight.

With a trained instructor and adherence to safety precautions to ensure the wellbeing of those being trained, a club should be allowed to exist.

Meeting these standards, CrossFit should be able to provide their service to students in whatever setting. Just like Fencing or Archery are student-run clubs with trained instructors, there’s no reason CrossFit shouldn’t be allowed to follow the same rules.

A&R’s suggestion to turn CrossFit into a Health and ILLUSTRATION BY OLIVIA MERSEREAU Wellness activity, meaning a class that individuals may have to pay for beforehand, is disappointing.

If there’s a trained instructor willing to provide their services to students for free, why should A&R sideline them and then offer the same service at a price?

A&R’s actions make it seem small pocket of the population, the church’s role in the classes as if the organization is more interested in profiteering than in is questionable.

One thing is certain individuals serving students.

Hopefully, a solution will come in the South will defend their Second Amendment rights to use out of this that allows CrossFit to become a club, while ensuring that their guns.

Owning guns doesn’t have to be A&R isn’t liable for the safety of a dangerous practice — as long as the students involved.

A&R and those running the they are used safely.

This year has seen too many CrossFit group want the same thing — to provide Queen’s tragic mass shootings in the US. In the wake of this, the students with a positive athletic promotion of education on safe gun experience at the University.

If the demand for CrossFit use should be seen as a positive step, even if the appropriate provider of exists, both parties should make it their primary goal to reach a deal this education is still contentious. that will allow the workout to be — Journal Editorial Board practiced further by those who want to learn.

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Surviving rape culture at Queen’s WARNING: This piece talks about sexual violence and may be triggering for some readers.

Fraser MacPherson, ArtSci ‘12 Five years ago I came to Queen’s a closeted queer virgin. As I’m preparing to leave Queen’s, I finally have some space to reflect on the impact rape culture in this community has had on me as a queer survivor of sexual violence.

I was so excited to finally be in a place where I could safely be queer and finally learn and figure out who I would be as a queer person. I was also so excited about the prospects of such a larger dating pool as compared to back home. Like many first years, I was excited and anxious as hell about sex.

I didn’t go on my first date until second-year. I went out with this PhD student. We made out a little at the end of that date and it was so nice. On our second date we went to a queer dance. He bought drink after drink, saying he was too drunk to finish them, and repeatedly gave them to me to finish. He sent me a text from the bathroom saying he really liked me and didn’t want to have sex. I said “that’s great,” because neither did I. When it came time to leave, he talked me into taking him home, saying we didn’t have to do anything. After we got to my place, I spent the next two hours fighting off his advances and waiting for him to fall asleep. It turned out he wasn’t that drunk at all and he had been feeding me drinks.

After he left the next morning, I felt so ashamed and embarrassed.

When I told him I didn’t want to see him again, he threatened to slander me.

It would take months before I’d be able to name what happened

as sexual assault. I spent so much time blaming myself for not wanting to have sex, something dominant masculinity taught me I should have no hesitancies about. I didn’t know how to talk about what happened. Eventually I realized he was responsible for crossing and trying to cross my boundaries, and not listening to my repeated “no’s.” That was his fault, not mine.

Later that year, I met another guy and we went on a few dates.

I decided to go home with him, though cautiously. Things quickly changed. His demeanour became forceful and he ignored my feelings of discomfort and fear. I was no longer consenting. My memories of what happened are fractured and confusing, but he took me to his friend’s place and raped me while his two friends stood outside watching.

I’ve spent the rest of my time at Queen’s struggling to deal with these experiences.

I walked around campus on edge, afraid of running into my first assaulter, who’s still a student. He started trying to say hello to me when he saw me.

Having to acknowledge him made me feel sick. I started avoiding certain buildings.

I stopped going to queer dances because he would often be there.

Walking around campus continues to trigger my anxiety and I’m still afraid of seeing him, because each time I do it fills me with so much anger and triggers memories of both assaults.

My post-traumatic stress disorder and related symptoms made school more difficult than ever. I was always being triggered — by things people would say in class, by a video a professor showed in which someone was raped, by a snippet of conversation I’d overhear at CoGro. I told my

professors vague stories about being depressed, going through a rough time, praying for mercy and luckily receiving it.

As a survivor, I’ve been lucky.

I was able to find support from the people I told about what happened to me. The friends I trusted with my experience listened to me and made me feel heard.

They validated my feelings and told me that what had happened to me was wrong and was violent.

Not all survivors at Queen’s have this experience. Victim blaming, shaming and silencing are so prevalent on this campus, as elsewhere.

My post-traumatic stress disorder and related symptoms made school more difficult than ever. I was always triggered — by things people would say in class ... by a snippet of conversation I’d overhear in CoGro. Most of us who are survivors don’t have much of a community supporting us. We’re floating around, trying to pretend things are okay, trying to do school work and extracurriculars and appear normal.

That’s what everyone wants us to do — remain silent about our experiences because of social pressure, fear of our assaulters, shaming, blaming, and embarrassment, and because we have limited options.

As a male survivor I found myself desperately searching for things to read about my experience. How have other queer men healed from and survived sexual violence? How does gender impact experiences of sexual violence? How does

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any person heal from something like this?

I started reading as many zines as I could get my hands on, the only resources I could find that talked about sexual assault, consent, and how to support a survivor. What I was looking for was a guide on how to heal from these experiences, but it doesn’t exist.

On my first day of class last fall, a guy started talking to me about how he lost his meal card, then told me he hoped someone didn’t rape all of his meals. I asked him if he had just made a rape joke.

He defended what he said as “just an expression.”

Last fall there were three reported sexual assaults in the student village, all near Victoria Park. One of them was witnessed by two men, who still have not come forward to help identify the assaulter. The assaulter in all of the cases was described as a young white male with brown hair.

Last fall also saw vandalism to the blue lights across campus. As a survivor, I think that putting in more blue lights is an ineffective strategy anyway.

The blue lights and Walkhome are both strategies that put the onus on people to not get sexually assaulted — they don’t target those who might or intend to sexually assault someone.

How can they be considered effective when according to one survey, 35 per cent of men said they would commit sexual assault if they knew they could get away with it and when 85 per cent of rapes are committed by a person the victim knows (not a stranger you encounter walking home)?

Why does our University and our student government still have no strategies for targeting potential sexual assaulters?

This winter, one person running for AMS executive told a rape joke

in an interview with QTV saying, “Take her easy, if she’s easy, take her twice.”

I want to use these examples to point to the deeply entrenched rape culture at Queen’s. It’s a culture myself and other survivors struggle against — and struggle to survive — every day we walk on (and off) this campus.

I don’t have easy answers for how to transform rape culture, because, after all, Queen’s is just a microcosm of a society in which assaulters are protected and rape is normalized, minimized, justified and sanctioned in so many ways.

I do think we need a sexual assault centre on this campus, one that caters to the needs of everyone who experiences sexual violence, one that offers specialized services for people who experience gender-based violence, and one that takes into account how differences in power (based on race, class, ability, gender, sexuality, age, etc.) impact experiences of sexual violence. I think we need a resource centre by and for survivors. I want to see educational workshops on this campus about consent that are targeted to young men. I want to see young men working to transform ourselves and each other because we are all responsible for this gendered and patriarchal violence.

This year has continually reaffirmed for me how prevalent rape culture is on this campus. It’s also shown me how many students are struggling against this, with both Sexual Violence Awareness Week happening last fall and Rape Awareness Week this winter. Both initiatives are encouraging as they continue to work towards cultural change. However, transformative justice and an end to patriarchal violence needs more work from all of us.

students get tripped up and bogged down with these calculations and computations. They focus on solutions, rather than the processes.

However, it’s in the methods where the beauty of mathematics manifests itself.

It is a pity that most students give up on the prospect of math before they even get a taste of its wonderful and intricate complexities. Mathematics is all about the “Aha!” moments.

The beauty of mathematics is in the thinking and reasoning it provokes. There’s nothing quite like the process of confronting a tough problem, struggling through it, and finally making a breakthrough. What excites me is the prospect of picking apart the layers of a problem; taking a scenario and look at it from multiple angles. Formulaic methods don’t always work, and you must tap into critical thinking.

There’s an appreciation that develops through discovery — through creating and critiquing approaches and strategies.

It’s a fascinating

expedition involving the analysis of different perspectives, inside and outside the box thinking, and often throwing intuition out the window for something better. A mathematician just looks like he spends the afternoon merely leaning back at his desk chair and thinking. And that’s exactly what he’s doing.

But what you don’t realize is that there’s an explosion going on in his brain. That’s the type of exciting math is.

I think math will continue to be a challenge for students. I for one have just begun to discover the wonders of this exciting world. But I encourage others to dare to look at mathematics in a different light.

I think they’ll be surprised at the exciting mysteries they discover.

Letters to the editor Safety in Pride Re: “Pride week undergoing expansion” Dear Editors, I would like to believe that in a university community as intellectually driven, accepting and home to such a diverse student population, that homophobia would have no place among our students here at Queen’s. However, I am sadly mistaken.

As I sat in my global development first-year lecture, mindlessly scrolling through my twitter account, I was shocked at what was in my feed. A fellow Queen’s student, a male, had posted a picture of the pride flag flying among the ivy covered buildings of Queen’s campus. The caption under the picture read “Are you kidding me?” and the student proceeded to discuss his disdain toward the homosexual population with another Twitter account.

I believe that the emphasis needs to be put on targeting the homophobia that is still very much

present among the student body.

With every ‘that’s so gay’ or ‘he’s such a fag’ to be heard, it is apparent that this generation is not getting the message. These future doctors, lawyers, educators and business men and women, are participating in a new form of racism.

Today, I sit in class learning about such racism, discrimination and the horrors that were a reality among the human race in the past.

However, I cannot help but to think that homophobia is simply the same ignorance, the same inhumanity, simply directed at a new group.

As a sibling of a homosexual individual, the pain of those words ‘Are you kidding me?” attached to the pride flag was a very difficult thing to see.

I never expected to encounter this blatant disrespect for another human being and this ignorance in an environment that prides itself on producing the leaders of tomorrow.

I was forced to ask the question, how far have we really come?

Jessica Shissler, ArtSci ’16

Mathematical Perspective Re: “The rule-breaking numbers game” Dear Editors, As one of the 20-30 or so fourth-year mathematics majors at the school, I was rather excited to see an article in the Journal on the subject. It was an interesting read. I appreciate Sebastian’s words, yet feel that some of the points brought up lacked a math students’ perspective.

When I mention to a person that I study math, the most common response I hear is “Oh, I could never do math.” Your article mentions people’s lack of confidence in their mathematical ability, which is true; however another prominent issue at hand is the misunderstanding of what mathematics truly encapsulates.

What the first year students interviewed portray as ‘mathematics’ is a small sliver of the true scope of math; the tip of the mathemagical iceberg, if you will. Unfortunately, many

Kristen Chen, ArtSci ’13 and BEd ’14 These letters have been condensed for print. For the full letters, please visit queensjournal.ca

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Interview

Guitars get the girls Arts JP Hoe says he learned to play guitar to help him get a girlfriend B y C hristie D ehoop Contributor

More importantly, Hoe said, he wants to generate music that can touch his fans and experiment During his off time on tour, with originality.

The musician’s most recent LP, you’ll find JP Hoe watching Star Mannequin, flirts with a medley of Trek Generations.

This is just one of the quirky genres when you listen to it, and attributes that make the singer so Hoe said he hopes listeners can admirably humble. Then he told identify with it.

“It still bleeds a little pop rock, me how he first started with music.

“In high school, I felt like I was acoustic in some way, and I like shy and I knew I could sing, so it it, but it makes it a little trickier to was a survival instinct,” Hoe said. explain. Once people hear it and if “I was in an all-boys school and it speaks to them, then we’re good.”

When it comes to the thought my best chance of finding inspiration behind his songs, the a girlfriend was to be a singer.”

From there, it became a passion Winnipeg-bred indie artist has the ability to craft lyrics out of for Hoe. “That’s what started observing interesting people. everything ­— finding a guitar in But other times, Hoe said my basement and spending hours inspiration is born from piecing trying to figure out how it worked. together recollections of vividly Then everything progressed in a haunting dreams.

“A lot of songs happen after I take real way,” he said.

Hoe’s initial strategy to attract naps — I feel like it’s important to girls with music flourished beyond take a lot of professional naps and his awkward teenage years into a hope that a storyline comes out of career built upon creative genius. it,” he said.

One of these songs is the first single Hoe ever released, entitled “Nothing’s Gonna Harm You.” Take one listen and the sound that you’ll hear oozes a transcendence of genres, laced with airy vocals and eclectic lyrics.

“We made a stop-motion animation film for it and I love getting to connect that to people,” Hoe said. “Some people may have also heard it on the radio and it’s just to fun to make people happy.”

While Hoe has traveled around the world and played everything from concert halls to small roadhouses in the US, he said that when it all comes down to it, the best part of his job is the avenue of expression.

“I hope that the freedom of the job works in unison with general success, so that when I’m 60, I can look back and be incredibly proud and happy of what we did.”

JP Hoe plays with Ben Caplan at the Mansion tonight at 9 p.m.

Winnipeg singer JP Hoe says sometimes he writes his songs after taking what he calls a “professional nap.”

Art review

Foundations reconstructed Compilation of Canadian artists helps viewers clarify their misconceptions towards minimalist art

While Less was filled with minimalist pieces, the artists are still able to express the meaning of their work.

B y A lex D ownham Assistant Arts Editor Art for art’s sake is still art, though not the most popular kind.

Less, one of the latest features to arrive at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, is a tribute to minimalism, attributing eight Canadian artists whose mediums range from sculptures to paintings.

Minimalism, a seemingly underappreciated art style by the majority of the public, can be easily misunderstood at first glance.

That’s the view I took when I walked into the gallery.

Almost all of the pieces had only black and white in them. Some only kept themselves from sinking into the white walls because of their slight offset sepia colour. The

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artwork seemend bland, using formal shapes and contrasting depth between blacks and whites to differentiate each piece from the others. However, after I began to read the description of each piece, I became more intrigued.

Peter Kolisnyk’s Untitled pieces were fascinatingly more minimalist than the others in the gallery. The first piece to the left of me was two off-colour, almost beige squares with rough texture and centres either sunk into the larger square or protruding out of it.

The other piece of the same name was similar, this time consisting of three squares hanging off the wall, also of an offset white colour.

The longer I looked at these two pieces, the more I admired the

cleverness of the artist. Instead of creating a complex painting with myriad colours, Kolisynk used the least amount of detail and depth.

By using smaller depth and less colour, Kolisynk’s piece stands out from its surrounding environment, just enough to be considered artwork.

Henry Saxe’s Three is a Number of One is another piece that caught my attention. Almost mistaken for clutter on the floor, Saxe created this industrial sculpture by bolting together four chunks of scrap metal he found in his studio.

Three of these chunks were identical slabs of blackened metal, while the top one was weaved and kept the sculpture together with the bolts hammered into the piece, creating an art from something meant to be tossed aside.

Saxe’s sculpture takes the viewer into the mind of an artist, finding ways to give significance to everything in their environment.

This tribute to Canadian minimalists was initially underwhelming, but this was due to the perspective I approached it with. Like many others, we look to artists and expect them to create a complex canvas full of colour and depth, but these artists choose to stretch boundaries instead.

By using seemingly artless objects or putting the least amount of detail into one’s work, artists like Saxe and Kolisnyk question the fundamental ideas of art and experiment with what defines artistic culture.

Less is on exhibit in the Historical Feature and R. Fraser Elliott Galleries at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre until Feb. 24.

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Play review

The difficulties with diagnosing Theatre Kingston’s production of Joe Penhall’s Blue/Orange brought a variety of British accents and comedy B y S avoula S tylianou Arts Editor Biblical verses aren’t always at the top of the list for curse words. Yet, it was such oddities that made Blue/Orange make sense.

The setting of the play, written by Joe Penhall, is a psychiatric hospital where two doctors argue over the best treatment for a patient who might be schizophrenic.

These three characters are the only actors in the minimalist show, as the entire plot takes place in one hospital room.

William Matthews plays the young Dr. Bruce, a man confused by his desire to move up in his job and the emotional conflict about how to do it.

Nigel Bennett playing Dr. Robert was both terrifying and intriguing. I could never tell where his intentions lay as he argued that the patient’s problems came from being part of the black community.

It was interesting to see the power dynamics unfold in the play as both doctors realize furthering their own careers trumps the correct treatment of their patient.

But the patient was no doorknob to the revolving door of power dynamics played out between the two doctors.

Ayinde Blake as Christopher, the patient, was my favourite character. His Cockney British accent was wickedly believable and

In Blue/Orange, based on the script by British writer Joe Penhall, two doctors in a psychiatric hospital argue over the best treatment for a patient that might have schizophrenia.

his use of British slang made me question whether the accent was real or not, as silly as that may sound.

All three members of the cast made the play’s script come to life and with them the

themes of race in the study of mental illness.

Christopher’s schizophrenia was diagnosed when he declared that an orange on the table in front of him was blue, making Dr. Bruce believe he was mentally ill, while his superior Dr. Robert disagreed.

By the end of the struggle between the three, I wasn’t sure what colour the orange was, though I could smell the citrus fruit from my seat.

Oddly, what stood out to me as I was watching Blue/Orange were the smells. They helped to push me that extra inch into

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feeling completely engaged with the show happening in front of me.

The fresh wood scent of the hospital set’s walls and the smell of the cigarettes the characters lit up helped to involve me in the action happening on stage. It was these small details that made Blue/Orange a multi-dimensional production.

Theatre Kingston presents Blue/Orange in the Baby Grand Theatre until Feb. 16. See kingstongrand.ca for tickets.

Meet MICHAEL PETROU, Artsci’97, author of Is This Your First War? Travels Through the Post 9/11 Islamic World.

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Ayinde Blake plays Christopher, a patient who is believed to have schizophrenia due to his hallucination that the oranges on the table are blue, not orange.

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Reading about race Author George Elliott Clarke, PhD ’93 , gives talk tonight B y H olly Tousignant News Editor

Canadian literature, a topic that’s become integral to his teaching.

“The simple comparison that On an English class syllabus full of I spent 300 pages exploring contemporary Canadian authors, between African America and English Canada is that they’re only one stood out to me.

It was George Elliot Clarke’s both minority cultures — period,” Execution Poems that I remember Clarke said.

He was approached to speak by most from the course.

The letter press edition of the Queen’s Community of Black the book, which is as beautiful Intellectuals and his visit has been physically as it is linguistically, planned to coincide with Black found its way onto the syllbus less History Month.

African-American and Englishthan 20 years after Clarke attained Canadian writers have both his own degree from Queen’s. contested American ideals from “I’m very pleased!” he told me.

Clarke, PhD ’93, will deliver a different vantage points, according talk tonight, the next in a line of to Clarke.

“African-Americans protested alumni from a range of disciplines to participate in the Queen’s their exclusion from mainstream Student Alumni Association America, white English-Canadian poets basically argued that they speaker series.

His talk at Queen’s, titled “The didn’t want to be a part of America,” Originality of African-Canadian he said.

Clarke took these ideas to Thought,” will focus on African-

Queen’s, where he completed his PhD in only three years. He credits his late supervisor John Matthews for being able to finish his dissertation in just one month.

“He saw that I was so busy being a writer that he was worried I would never finish my dissertation,” he said. “He basically forced me to … rent a room in the graduate residence and bring most of my portable belongings to Queen’s and stay there for one month and meet with him every single day until I got my dissertation written.”

From Queen’s, Clarke went on to teach at schools like Duke University and the University of Toronto, and will spend next year teaching at Harvard University.

Clarke’s own work, including nine books of poetry, four plays and a novel, often focuses on the African-Canadian communities of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Alumnus George Elliott Clarke credits his dissertation supervisor John Matthews for helping him finish his paper in one short month.

He said many of the African-Canadians of the Maritimes — whom he has dubbed “Africadian” — formed their own communities.

“It may be impoverished, there may be a great deal of illiteracy, it may be segregated, and in fact all three of these conditions existed

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Sports

WoMen’s Hockey

Top spot slips away Foreboding road ahead as Gaels enter post-season in third B y S ean S utherland Staff Writer The Gaels’ third-place finish sets up a first-round playoff series with sixth-place Waterloo.

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A controversial disallowed goal helped spoil senior night for the women’s hockey team.

WoMen’s Basketball

Dismal skid finally done After earning a 2-8 record since the holiday break, Queen’s finishes fourth in OUA with win over Laurentian Lady Vees B y J erry Z heng Staff Writer The Gaels broke out of a lengthy funk, clinching a playoff spot along the way.

Queen’s defeated the Laurentian Lady Vees 80-68 on Friday to snap a six-game losing streak and qualify for the OUA post-season.

With a final record of 7-13, the Gaels could finish anywhere from fourth to sixth in the OUA East.

Their first-round opponent will be determined after next weekend, the last regular season play.

Once the post-season starts on Feb. 20, Queen’s will be searching for their first playoff win since 2007.

“For the past four years, we haven’t been able to make it past the first round of the playoffs,” fourth-year post Hanna Koposhynska said. “But this year we have a very good chance.”

Third-year guard Liz Boag led the Gaels with 21 points against Laurentian, while three other starters hit double-digits in scoring.

Queen’s topped the Lady Vees in every statistical category, aside from blocks.

The Gaels came out of the gates with a 9-0 run and didn’t relinquish their lead for the rest of the game.

“We exerted our will on the game,” head coach Dave Wilson said.

Saturday night’s tilt against the York Lions was a different story, with Queen’s falling 77-64.

The Gaels couldn’t find their offense against the Lions. Three starters only made one field goal the entire game.

Koposhynska led the Gaels with 19 points and Emily Hazlett scored

OUA East Women’s Basketball Standings 1. Carleton [15-4] — 30 pts 2. Ottawa [15-4] — 30 pts 3. Toronto [10-8] — 20 pts 4. Queen’s [7-13]— 14 pts 14 points coming off the bench.

Boag had a poor outing, scoring just three points and tallying six turnovers in 26 minutes.

“When I looked at them

5. Ryerson [6-12] — 12 pts 6. Laurentian [5-13] — 10 pts 7. York [4-14] — 8 pts

moving up and down the floor, they were exhausted,” Wilson said.

“We were just not mentally sharp against York.”

Queen’s fell 3-1 to the top-ranked Laurier Golden Hawks at home on Saturday night, before beating the Waterloo Warriors 2-1 yesterday.

At third place overall, the Gaels are set to play the sixth-place Windsor Lancers in the first round of the OUA playoffs, starting tomorrow night at home.

Queen’s trailed the entire game against Laurier, partially impeded by a waved-off goal midway through the second period.

The Gaels appeared to tie the game after banging in a loose rebound, but an early whistle from the referee caused the goal to be waved off.

“When you’ve got two teams that are battling hard and playing well, it’s unfortunate that potentially the result of the game could be on a missed call like that,” said Gaels head coach Matt Holmberg.

Laurier seemed to take advantage of the nullified goal, scoring within a minute of the call to make the score 3-1. The goal would be the final one of the game.

Holmberg said the second period turn-around was a major

OUA Women’s Hockey Standings 1. Laurier [21-2-3] — 45 pts 2. Guelph [21-3-2] — 44 pts 3. Queen’s [24-4-2] — 42 pts 4. Western [19-5-2]— 40 pts 5. Toronto [15-8-3] — 33 pts 6. Windsor [12-10-4] — 28 pts 7. UOIT [11-12-3] — 25 pts 8. Waterloo [9-14-3]— 21 pts 9. York [8-15-3] — 19 pts 10. Brock [5-20-1] — 11 pts 11. Ryerson [2-23-1] — 5 pts factor in the end result.

The Gaels scored the opening goal just 26 seconds into Saturday’s game. The also conceded a power play goal with five minutes remaining in the opening frame.

“I’d say [it was] an uncharacteristic start for us,” Holmberg said. “I think that’s the first time all year that we’ve come out of the first period being down more than one goal.”

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Men’s hockey

Mediocrity met in Montreal

Goaltending key heading into first-round showdown with second-place Carleton B y J osh B urton Staff Writer Men’s hockey wrapped up their regular season in underwhelming fashion.

They managed only one point last weekend on their Montreal road trip, losing to the Concordia Stingers 3-2 in a shootout Friday and getting blasted 7-3 by the UQTR Patriotes on Saturday.

After the Gaels took a 2-0 lead against the top-ranked Patriotes on

goals from forwards Kelly Jackson and Joey Derochie, two straight power play tallies quickly led to five consecutive UQTR goals.

“The biggest thing [to guard leads] is staying out of the box,” Gaels defenceman Patrick McEachen said. “You can’t expect to beat nationally ranked teams if you’re undisciplined.”

Special teams were the Gaels’ bread and butter against Concordia on Friday.

Queen’s came back from a

OUA East Men’s Hockey Standings 1. UQTR [21-6-1] — 43 pts 2. Carleton [19-7-2] — 40 pts 3. McGill [17-7-4] — 38 pts 4. Ottawa [16-8-4]— 36 pts 5. Toronto [13-9-6] — 32 pts

6. Nipissing [14-12-2] — 30 pts 7. Queen’s [10-11-7] — 27 pts 8. Ryerson [12-16-0]— 24 pts 9. Concordia [8-15-5] — 21 pts 10. RMC [3-22-3] — 9 pts

two-goal deficit late in the third period. Both goals came on the power play, and Jordan Mirwaldt scored the game-tying goal with 57 seconds left in regulation.

The Gaels also went 4-4 on the penalty kill, but were unable to come away with a win in the shoot-out.

“We had the momentum going into overtime and the shootout,” Gaels goaltender Riley Whitlock said. “It really is just a skill-based event and we just couldn’t execute that night.”

Queen’s finished the regular season with a 10-11-7 record and 27 points, good for seventh seed in the OUA East.

They’ll begin a best-of-three playoff series against the CIS ninth-ranked Carleton Ravens tomorrow night.

The Gaels lost both regular

season contests to the Ravens by a combined score of 7-3.

“They’re a big physical team — probably the most physical in our division,” Gaels head coach Brett Gibson said.

Team speed will be essential to counteract the Ravens’ physical, grinding style of play. Despite being significant underdogs, Gibson believes his team has the X-factor in Whitlock.

“I think if you put it on paper, they have the advantage in every category but the goaltending,” he said. “This is [Whitlock’s] last go around and he really needs to be the goalie he was last year.”

Gibson is adamant his team won’t advance without stellar play from his netminder.

“He’ll obviously have to steal a game for us in the series.”

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cURlInG

From lead to skip Men’s team bolstered by varied styles and skillsets B y Peter M orroW Sports Editor The men’s curling team is a purposeful mishmash of characters.

Head coach Mackenzie Dixon feels the men’s ‘A’ team has the right mixture of skills and balance of player personality to contend for another CIS championship.

“Whether or not one person has a specific trait isn’t important — you need the traits of four people to be complementary,” Dixon said.

Lead Scott Chadwick and skip Jon Beuk are both returnees from Queen’s 2010 CIS championship-winning squad.

“Those are two players who helped earn that banner on the wall,” Dixon said.

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Queen’s curling teams are preparing for the OUA championships.

“They’re playing the same positions from when they won nationals back in 2009-10.”

The first step occurs this week at Guelph, where both the men’s and women’s teams are competing for the OUA championship banner. The men are coming off a title win at the Kingston Whig-Standard Bonspiel, a 64-team men’s tournament.

Individual skillsets aside, it’s the team chemistry which Dixon feels brings an edge to this particular squad.

“You’ve got two guys who are very reserved, and then two guys who are a little more vocal — little bit more jovial, and they all mesh quite well together,” he said.

The team’s vice skip is Wesley Forget, who was one shot away from a provincial championship last year. He’s also one of the most vocal, according to Dixon.

“I wouldn’t say [Forget]’s expected [to be vocal], but that’s just his personality.”

Forget described himself as the least experienced of the four, despite having curled since he was a kid.

“I help adjust things for the skip — suggest shots he might’ve missed,” said Forget, who describes his role abstractly as “the team collaborator.”

Simon Barrick, the team’s second, left Trent University and didn’t compete in 2012 to be eligible to play for Queen’s this year. Forget said Barrack brings unmatched calmness, along with years of curling experience to the team.

“He’s like a cool cucumber,” Forget said. “He’s been around the game for so long — he brings invaluable input in terms of what shot to play.”

The team’s lead, Scott Chadwick, competed with Queen’s at the 2010 World

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Jon Beuk is the team’s skip — the player Forget generally goes to for shot advice.

“I don’t have as much experience as other people but I like to defer to [Beuk],” Forget

said. “He’s cool, calm and collected, and he makes a ton of shots.”

Beuk and Barrick bring quiet demeanors, checked by Chadwick’s and Forget’s vocal presence. Forget said the team dynamic is an element this particular team plans to use to their advantage.

“When you go out there, what you need is for people to play off of each other,” he said. “We’ve been building this team for a full year now.”

VOLLEYBALL IN BRIEF Women stumble into playoffs

Men snag home court

The women closed out their regular season this weekend with two losses, dropping them to a fourth-place finish in the OUA. The Gaels (12-6) couldn’t take a set from the Toronto Varsity Blues (11-7) on Saturday, even with narrow scoring margins.

Queen’s lost the first set by two points despite a higher kill percentage and fewer errors than the Blues.

The next two sets were close at 25-21 and 25-22, but the Gaels couldn’t take control and ended up being swept.

The Gaels fell 3-1 on Sunday to the streaking Ryerson Rams (14-4), who capped off the season with their seventh straight victory.

Queen’s took a tight first set 30-28, but couldn’t keep up the momentum. The Gaels consistently fell behind to start sets after the first, including a 13-0 fourth-set deficit that culminated in a 25-12 defeat.

They’ll host 5th-seeded Toronto in the first round of the playoffs on Saturday.

The men did just enough this weekend to seal a first-round home game.

The Gaels (11-7) finished their season with a two-game road trip, needing one win to fend off the surging York Lions (10-8) for fourth place in the OUA. Queen’s defeated the Toronto Varsity Blues 3-1 on Saturday, despite a slow start.

After losing the first set handily, Queen’s rallied around middle Scott Brunet, who recorded eight blocks to help lead the team to victory.

The win locked up fourth place in the OUA for the young Gaels, whose goal at the start of the season was to merely make the playoffs.

Sunday’s season finale against the Ryerson Rams saw Queen’s give several young players extended court time, with Ryerson prevailing 3-0.

The Gaels will play host to York on Saturday at the ARC in the first round of the playoffs. Queen’s topped the Lions 3-0 at home on Feb. 2.

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Personal bests not enough Misljencevic, Asefa shine, but Laurentian steals home court B y Peter r eIMer Staff Writer

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A monster weekend from Nikola Misljencevic couldn’t stop Queen’s late-season slide.

Misljencevic scored a total of 52 points, but the men’s basketball team lost their final games of the regular season, 95-86 to the Laurentian Voyageurs Friday night and 90-84 to the York Lions on Saturday.

As a third-year forward, Misljencevic put up season highs in points and a personal best in rebounds on the weekend.

“That’s what we expect from him,” head coach Stephan Barrie said. “You need your veteran guys to step up. Hopefully [Misljencevic] continues to do that … moving forward into the playoffs.”

The Gaels went 1-6 over their final seven games to finish the regular season at 10-10, good for fifth in the seven-team OUA East.

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Feb. 20 to face the Voyageurs again in the OUA quarterfinals.

Misljencevic scored nine of the Gaels’ first 13 points against Laurentian on Friday, spurring Queen’s to a 42-38 halftime lead.

Fourth-year guard James Asefa caught fire after the break, combining with Misljencevic for 34 of the Gaels’ 44 second-half points.

Despite Asefa and Misljencevic’s performances, the Voyageurs outscored the Gaels 32-19 in the third quarter, finishing the game up 95-86.

“As a team, we need to do a better job defensively,” Barrie said. “But [Misljencevic and Asefa] certainly had good nights offensively.”

Misljencevic got off to another quick start on Saturday night against York, scoring 10 of the Gaels’ first 14 points, en route to a

OUA East Men’s Basketball Standings 1. Carleton [18-1] — 36 pts 2. Ottawa [15-4] —30 pts 3. Toronto [14-4] — 28 pts 4. Laurentian [10-8]— 20 pts 5. Queen’s [10-10] — 20 pts 6. York [7-11] — 14 pts 7. Toronto [2-16] — 4 pts

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Forward Shawna Griffin’s second-period goal brought the Gaels within one, just moments before the disallowed goal.

Netminder Mel Dodd-Moher stopped 29 shots, including a penalty shot save late in the third period.

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After getting outscored in the remaining three quarters, the Gaels succumbed to the Lions 90-84.

Misljencevic finished with a season-high 28 points and eight rebounds. On the weekend as a whole, he shot 13-14 from the free-throw line, 5-6 from beyond the three-point arc and 17-23 from the field.

honoured their 10 graduating players, many of whom were members of the Gaels’ 2010-11 OUA championship team.

“I can’t say enough about the veterans that have been on this team,” Holmberg said. “They’ve had amazing careers and I know they’re going to do everything they can to extend their career as much as they can in the next month.”

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postscript While cleanses come in different forms, prolonged use of ones like the Master Cleanse can lead to long-term health effects, according to former nutritionist Gwen Holm.

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A cleansing ritual Detox diets may not be as beneficial as some would think B y J anina E nrile Postscript Editor By the sixth hour of my first cleanse, I couldn’t leave my bed.

Drawn by the growing popularity of cleanses — diets that cut out toxins in an attempt to purify the body — I decided to try the Master Cleanse to see how it felt to undergo a drastic change to my food intake.

Widely known for being behind Beyonce’s two-week weight loss plan for the film Dreamgirls, the Master Cleanse involves drinking a mixture of lemon juice, water, maple syrup and cayenne pepper six to 12 times a day. Other than a laxative tea twice a day, no other food is ingested.

In preparing for and undergoing the cleanse, I couldn’t look at pictures of food for fear of losing my willpower. I unfollowed several restaurants on Twitter, while preparing the lemon juice mix.

I became cranky and had to leave the room anytime someone ate. For half a day, I developed severe headaches while being incredibly lethargic.

I felt like crap. And why not? I, someone who has a fast metabolism, was literally starving myself.

At around 3 p.m. of that Saturday afternoon, I couldn’t take it anymore. The mix kept making me want to vomit while

preventing me from staying awake.

I finally decided to eat a banana, but it didn’t help much. It wasn’t until I ate a handful of crackers that I started to feel normal again.

I may have been going through a “healing crisis” — the term used to describe the body’s shift from a regular diet to a cleansing diet — but I certainly didn’t want to continue any longer.

While popular regimes like juice cleanses promise fast weight loss, the caloric intake reduction can lead to light-headedness, nausea and other health effects.

But the consequences can also be more long-term, said Gwen Holm, a former holistic nutritionist trained at the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition.

According to Holm, a lack of protein over an extended amount of time can lead to muscle deterioration.

That’s why she recommends doing cleanses like juice fasts or the Master Cleanse for one to two days at most.

“You should never do something like that for a month,” she said.

They can have detrimental effects long after the fact, Holm said, as muscle development is key to long-term health and vitality.

“We need to have muscle to maintain our independence,” she said. “You’re more likely to slip and fall if you don’t have core strength.”

She said cleanses don’t have to be so complicated and trendy.

“Detoxing or cleansing can be as simple as drinking less alcohol and not smoking because you’re putting less toxins in your body,” she said.

Still, juice fasts, which can cut out most protein, tend to be popular among young people.

“The younger you are, the easier you can do that,” Holm said.

“When you’re 30 or 40 or 50, those things don’t work so well.”

According to Holm, cleansing to lose weight can lead to less-than-desirable effects.

“When you start eating again, your metabolic rate is lower and you just get fatter faster,” she said.

That’s why there are better alternatives when it comes to people’s idea of cleansing, she said.

“You want to move towards clean eating and drinking more water,” she said, adding that diet changes can be as simple as eating more fruits and vegetables. “[It’s about] eating a more pure diet, living a more pure lifestyle,” she said.

That’s why it’s important to prepare for what could be a drastic change to your health.

Andrea Davidson, ArtSci ’14, said she’s been on a cleanse called the Clean Program since Christmas.

“It’s a 21-day detox program but you can just carry on the diet as long as you so please,” she said.

The Clean Program is a gluten, wheat and dairy-free diet that alternates between liquid and solid meals. Unlike cleanses like the Master Cleanse, the Clean Program doesn’t decrease any daily caloric intake.

Davidson said the first part of the Clean Program cleanse didn’t feel great.

“I felt off,” she said. “That’s just your body getting used to this new system.”

That’s why it’s important to prepare properly, she said.

“Ease your way into it,” she said. “Give yourself a week — don’t drink sugary sodas or caffeinated beverages.”

Davidson said cleanses can be difficult for the typical student, especially since many of them demand the use of organic foods.

“They can be really expensive,” she said. “At Metro, especially, there’s not a very big organic section.”

To combat this, Davidson said she uses half-organic and half-regular foods.

At the same time, the student

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lifestyle drives her to do a cleanse every three to four months.

“I just don’t feel as healthy when I’m at school,” she said. “It’s such a sedentary lifestyle.”

She said she always feels the need to do a cleanse.

“I feel so much healthier on this.”

Cleanses require more than dietary restrictions for a certain number of days, though.

At the same time, she said, it’s important to ease yourself out of it.

Some cleanses give tips on how to slowly readjust your body back to normal eating.

Otherwise, people can get ill trying to get back into routine.

Despite the physical changes that some cleanses cause, Davidson said cleanses might be appealing because of their psychological effects.

“We think [cleanses have] all these major health benefits. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t,” she said.

“I think some of it is what we think it does.”

Types of Cleanses Cleanses have been around for decades, but they’ve seen recent popularity with a growing number of celebrities using them to lose weight. Still, it’s important to talk to your doctor before embarking on a cleanse, as some of these can lead to drastic changes in your health and diet. Here are a few of the most popular cleanses.

Kidney Cleanse This flushes out the kidneys by ingesting a lot of water or eating a lot of fruits with high water content, like watermelon.

Teas can be made from watermelon or celery seeds to create a diuretic effect.

Raw Food Cleanse This is a seven to 10 day cleanse of fresh, unprocessed foods instead of refined sugars, flours and most fatty foods. It begins with a 24-hour fast and a diet of uncooked, fresh and non-fatty foods.

Acai Berry Cleanse This cleanse uses acai berries, which are said to have detoxifying properties. They contain free radical-fighting antioxidants, amino acids and essential fatty acids. Acai berries can be ingested through acai capsules or acai juice, leading to weight loss, higher energy and balancing the body’s pH levels.

Juice Cleanse These vary across the board, but all juices involve a combination of fruit, nut, vegetables or other health supplements blended together. Wildly popular thanks to celebrities like Salma Hayek, juice cleanses are especially popular after gluttony-ridden holidays like Thanksgiving.

Sources: Ezinearticles.com, Livestrong.com, Macleans.ca Cleanses like the acai berry cleanse have seen a rising profile, with their use popularized by celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow.

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— Janina Enrile