The Queen's Journal, Issue 7

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Queen’s remains spirited through the years.

Don Drummond discusses current world economy.

Sleuth Bears play their new EP at the Mansion.

Men’s soccer tops OUA standings.

Finding the best bubble tea in town.

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Frosh on film

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Garbage

Trash talking For some, the one bag bylaw has meant finding new means of eliminating waste B y H olly Tousignant News Editor As some students learn to adjust to the city’s new one garbage bag limit, others are struggling to conform to the bylaw.

The bylaw came into effect on Sept. 10 and states that any home with access to a green bin can only put out one untagged bag for pick-up; additional tags can be purchased at 17 spots around the city, including the AMS office.

Residents were previously allowed to put out two untagged bags per household.

Chelsey Wilson, Comm ’14, lives in an apartment with three other people, and theirs is one of three units in the building. Despite this, Wilson said only one garbage bag total was picked up from their property last week, rather than one for each unit.

“We did our job, we put out only one bag,” Wilson said. “The rest is our landlord’s job.”

Derek Ochej, Public Education and Promotion Coordinator for the City of Kingston, said homes with multiple units are pointed out to garbage collectors, who then pick up the appropriate number of bags from each building.

Ochej said, however, that this only applies to legal apartments, while property owners who don’t pay taxes for multiple units will not be recognized as such.

“We run into that issue across the city, not just the student area,” Ochej said, adding that a common

example is landlords who don’t ensure their basement apartments are legal.

Ochej said the supply of 400 tags that the city provided to the AMS were sold out within days.

According to the AMS, they’ve sold over 650 bag tags so far, with most students buying 15 or 20 tags at a time.

Some households struggling with the bylaw have resorted to disposing of their garbage in privately-owned dumpsters or on the street.

One representative of Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute (KCVI) said school officials have noticed an increase in garbage left in their dumpsters, but added that they’re not sure whether it’s directly related to the bylaw or simply a result of move in time and the start of the school year.

A custodian at KCVI, who asked not to be named, said illegal dumping “has been a problem,” but that he can’t comment on the situation.

Greg McLean, policy and program coordinator for licencing and enforcement with the city, said there have been 12 recorded illegal dumping infractions since Sept.

10, the exact same amount as last year at this time. McLean said the illegal dumping would likely have taken place on both private and city-owned property, the former of which is complaint-driven.

“We can take that to mean at least in these early stages of the new

Kingston Police arrested 12 people for public intoxication over the weekend.

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Photo by Asaf Chishti

Queen’s defence stood tall in their 18-11 victory over the Western Mustangs on Saturday. See page 13 for full story.

Photo by Ali Zahid

Street party

Fewer fouls at “Fauxcoming” Police report a decrease in arrests, increase in cooperation B y H olly Tousignant News Editor

The police made 12 arrests Dan Lawi, ArtSci ’16, was on campus at 10 p.m. looking for for public intoxication over the fun. He said at the time that he’d weekend, seven of which were Kingston Police and University expected fuller houses and hoped on Saturday night. Koopman officials are breathing a collective the parties would pick up as the said of the 12, eight were current Queen’s students, two were recent sigh of relief after the excitement night progressed.

“Right now it’s kind of dead. It’s alumni, one was from St. Lawrence over Saturday’s win at Richardson College and one was from Stadium failed to translate into big early, right.”

In an email sent Monday to Algonquin College. disruptions on Aberdeen St. Public intoxication arrests Although post-game parties all Queen’s community members, were well-attended on Saturday, Principal Daniel Woolf stated peaked in 2008 when 124 people they were mostly contained that he’s working with “various were arrested, he added.

He credits the shift this year members of our community, to houses.

“I actually didn’t really head including alumni, to plan for the not only to the city, Queen’s up the Aberdeen St. I was really potential safe return of fall reunions administration and Campus Security, but also to students curious about it, however. I in 2013.”

In May, the University Council in particular. heard a lot about it,” Dominique “There’s been an attitudinal Dupuis, ArtSci ’15, said. “Nothing voted to recommend that Woolf change and I believe part of it really happened last year for reinstate the event for next year.

Homecoming. There was a lot of On Sunday, Woolf tweeted is also pushed by the fact that Fauxcomings, but nothing really to that he was thankful for “the Queen’s students feel strongly overwhelming majority of alum, about their school spirit and really do with an actual Homecoming.”

Although Dupuis wasn’t students and guests who had want to see Homecoming return,” making a point of avoiding or attended safe, respectful and he said. “We certainly will not take full credit for this.”

Aberdeen St., she did choose to infraction-free celebrations.”

If police let a person go and the Steven Koopman, media celebrate elsewhere.

“To be honest, we are 19 this year relations officer for Kingston Police, individual then causes harm, the so we decided to go downtown,” said he was impressed with the police are liable, he added.

“They can be publicly intoxicated, she said. “Had we known [about] decrease in public intoxication anything going on we probably arrests this past weekend compared but if they’re with a friend that would have gone down without to Fauxcoming and Homecoming seems to be more sober or taking weekends of years past. any hesitancy.”

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cAMPUS MEDIA

CFRC fears bankruptcy Campus radio station prepares for their 2014 separation from AMS B y R osie H ales Assistant News Editor CFRC is looking to increase their mandatory $4.93 student fee in an attempt to steer the station away from potential bankruptcy once they have split from the AMS in 2014.

According to Kristiana Clemens, Operations Officer at CFRC, many campus radio stations get around 75 per cent of their funding from student fees, whereas CFRC only receives half of their funding in this way.

The five staff that are currently employed are the single biggest expense of the station, she said.

The AMS previously covered the station’s annual deficit, which for several years was between $15,000 and $20,000, but without AMS funding, the station is at risk.

“That deficit, because we don’t have income coming in to pay it off, will quickly run the station into bankruptcy and it will be off the air within a few years,” she said.

CFRC needs to find $30,000 a year to continue offering their current services.

The station is the longest running campus broadcaster in the world and has never been run independently, she said.

The separation from the AMS was due in part to a change in regulations of the Canadian RadioTelevision and Telecommunications Commission, which said that operations of a radio station must be run through an independent body.

After leaving the AMS, the threat of tri-annual review could mean that the mandatory fee for CFRC would be at risk of elimination.

Ultimately, Clemens said that if the raised student fee were approved, it would set up CFRC well for the future because other revenue through advertising, donations and grants can fluctuate.

“We know that stations like ours cost generally between $200,000 and $225,000 to manage. Our budget for this year is $172,000 to $173,000, and that includes a significant structural deficit,” Alternate revenue for CFRC, such as donations, graphics, grants and advertising can fluctuate, Clemens said.

Operation Officer Kristiana Clemens says.

deficit, because “weThatdon’t have income

coming in to pay it off, will quickly run the station into bankruptcy and it will be off the air within a few years.

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— Kristiana Clemens, CFRC operations officer

AMS Media Services Director, Terra Arnone, said that working with CFRC on the separation has been smooth.

“I think if they continue to draw on the resources they have and our alumni network as they have for 90 years this year, then I think that the outlook is positive,” Arnone, ArtSci ’13.

Photo by Tiffany Lam

Sustainability

Greens at Queen’s Ontario Green Party leader shares his impressions of sustainability initiatives at Queen’s during a two-day visit to Kingston B y R achel H erscovici Assistant News Editor In a visit to Kingston this weekend, Ontario’s Green Party leader Mike Schreiner called Queen’s water bottle ban a step in the right direction.

The ban was announced in Jan. 2011 and was implemented on Sept. 1 of this year. It applies to all outlets on campus, including spots like Tim Hortons and the Queen’s Centre’s Grocery Checkout Fresh Market, Aaron Ball, sustainability

manager, said.

“The reaction thus far has been very positive,” Ball told the Journal via email, adding that students offered supportive comments at the Frosh Week sidewalk sale.

He said there are 40 new water filling stations on campus in addition to the 20 already existing ones. Others have been updated, he added.

The new fountains are located across campus in buildings like Mackintosh-Corry, Stauffer Library and the ARC. The University also

has 130 water fountains.

“One of the neat features of the water stations is that we can actually track how many plastic water bottles worth of water is now being poured from a water station, which will allow us to monitor the usage in a quantitative way.”

Despite initiatives like the water bottle ban, Schreiner said he does have advice for improvement to Queen’s sustainability.

We can actually track “how many plastic water bottles worth of water is now being poured from a water station, which will allow us to monitor the usage in a quantitative way.

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— Aaron Ball, sustainability manager

Contributors new and old are invited to our first news section meeting of the year.

Come to the Journal house (190 University Ave.) on Monday, September 24th at 12 p.m. to meet the news team, introduce yourself and learn the ropes of your new favourite extra-curricular activity.

Queen’s Sustainability Coordinator Aaron Ball says 40 new water filling stations have been installed on campus.

Photo by Tiffany Lam

“I would like to see Queen’s make a commitment ensuring local food in all the residences and cafeterias and food facilities on campus,” he said.

Schreiner was in Kingston from Friday afternoon to Saturday evening, and participated in a series of public events and meetings.

“I love touring around Ontario and I think the biggest value of that is to meet people, and listen and learn,” Schreiner said.

The two-day visit included a talk about sustainable healthcare, a meet and greet, a bike tour and a local food picnic.

Schreiner also talked about sustainable education at a Queen’s-hosted event, and attended the Kingston Fall Fair on Saturday evening.

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NEWS IN BRIEF terry Fox run raises over $5,000

10% off for students, faculty, and staff

mental health support on campus.

Some of the recommendations included changing the role of Health, Counselling and Sunday’s Terry Fox Run at Queen’s exceeded Disability Services (HCDS) and potentially funding expectations, according to organizers. creating a new centrally-located Health and The event’s head of advertising, Alyssa Wellness centre to replace HCDS, introducing D’Cunha, said a final count hasn’t been a 12-week (rather than 13-week) term and done, but she knows their $5,000 goal has making it easier for students in distress been surpassed. to drop marks that will negatively affect Last year, the event raised around $2,000. their transcript.

These funds were raised through sources In October, the group will host a public such as t-shirt sales and raffles on the day of forum, with details forthcoming. the event.

An estimated 300 to 350 people attended — Holly Tousignant this year’s run, up from last year’s number of about 200. Organizers planned for Former chancellor dies a 5 kilometre run, but weren’t able to secure at age 84 the police presence they had hoped for and settled on a 3 kilometre route.

“A couple of people came up to us and told Former Queen’s Chancellor Peter Lougheed, they thought it was organized well this year,” who also served as premier of Alberta from D’Cunha said.

1971 to 1985, died Thursday in a Calgary “They thought the atmosphere was a hospital named for him. He was 84. little brighter.”

Lougheed came to Queen’s in 1996 following a long career in politics, which — Holly Tousignant saw him elected as the leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party in 1965.

Lougheed, who was a big proponent of commission on Mental the Alberta’s oil industry, is often credited Health to resume discussions with the transformation of the party, which has continuously held power since he was Nearly three months after releasing their elected premier in 1971. discussion paper, the Principal’s Commission Loughheed served a two-term stint as on Mental Health has regrouped to examine chancellor and received an honourary degree the feedback the 57-page paper received. from Queen’s.

The Commission, led by former Health The University plans to hold a memorial Science Dean Dr. David Walker, was for Lougheed which will be announced later established in 2011 by Principal Daniel Woolf in the term. to explore efforts to promote mental health.

Their paper included four levels, each with — Holly Tousignant specific recommendations for improving

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Economics

World economy worrying, but Canada in the clear Adjunct professor and renowned economist Don Drummond discusses the roots of the global recession B y Vincent M atak Assistant News Editor According to Don Drummond, economic globalization is responsible for a messy world economy, but Canada shouldn’t worry too much about being affected.

The Canadian economist and Queen’s adjunct professor spoke about the topic on Friday as part of an annual speakers series organized by the School of Policy Studies.

Over 100 people attended the talk.

“Every [newspaper] headline will blare out that our economy is weak,” Drummond said during the talk, “but people are misunderstanding.”

The labour force is growing 0.75 per cent per year, Drummond said, with a similar productivity growth rate.

Drummond attributed Canada’s relative economic success since the 2008 recession to its small economy and fewer connections to emerging economies, such as those in China, Brazil and Russia.

According to Drummond, widespread disappointment in Canada’s current economy is based on a long-term understanding of

“cyclical recovery,” the idea that developed economies rise as fast as they fall.

“If you’re expecting something more, you’re expecting the spring back from recession,” he said.

“That’s not a reasonable expectation based on history.”

During his talk, Drummond added that with the increasing integration of the world’s economy, individual emerging markets will even out with developed economies and create an equalization of wages across the world.

If you’re expecting “something more,

you’re expecting the spring back from the recession ... that’s not a reasonable expectation based on history.

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— Don Drummond, Queen’s adjunct professor

This could negatively impact education in Canada, said Kenneth Hall, ArtSci ’13, who attended Drummond’s talk.

“There could be a public crisis in education,” Hall said. “Standards

will decrease or it will become more elitist and turn out an overall less educated population.”

However, with the national unemployment rate lower than its historic average, students can be more optimistic about employment after graduation than in past years.

Queen’s economics professor Lorne Carmichael said in the current economic climate, university graduates do have a better likelihood of landing jobs after graduation.

Canada’s unemployment rate is 0.6 per cent lower than the historic average of eight per cent over the past 30 years.

“The bottom line is university graduates are going to fare better than anyone else,” Carmichael said.

He added that the unpredictability of the world economy makes it hard to give tangible advice to students looking to prepare for their futures.

“Giving advice wouldn’t be good because things could change and turn out terribly,” he said, “but staying in school and working hard will definitely help.”

Become one of the people who makes Kingston work.

You are invited to apply to participate on one of Kingston’s local boards, commissions, or citizen committees.

On Tuesday, Sept. 25 the City will host a Volunteer Recruitment Information Sharing Event in Memorial Hall, City Hall commencing at 6 p.m.

At this event, the public will have an opportunity to meet elected officials and senior staff, and speak informally with Chairs and Vice Chairs and receive formal presentations regarding the Corporate Strategic Plan, volunteerism and committee chair remarks.

A question and answer period will follow the presentations. Light refreshments will be served.

Although registration is not required, please help us plan this event by letting us know if you can attend by Friday, Sept. 21 by contacting Diane Jackson, Records Clerk, at 613-546-4291, ext. 1375 or djackson@cityofkingston.ca.

Interested? Apply to serve on: • Arts Advisory Committee • CRCA Lemoine Point Advisory Committee • Appeals Committee • Housing and Homelessness Advisory Board Committee • Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO) • Grand Theatre Community Advisory Board • Taxi Commission • Kingston Environmental Advisory Forum (KEAF) • Kingston Frontenac Public Library Board • Kingston Municipal Non – Profit Housing • Kingston Police Services Board • MacLachlan Woodworking Museum Committee • Municipal Accessibility Advisory Committee • Municipal Heritage Committee

Deadline for applications is Friday, Sept. 28 Find out more and apply to serve at: www.CityofKingston.ca/committees or contact Kevin Arjoon, Deputy City Clerk, Tel: 613-546-4291, ext. 1262

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‘We did our job, we put out only one bag’ was within the vicinity of Queen’s this year. one bag limit policy that we have Sometimes, the infractions can not seen any increase in reports of be a challenge to investigate. garbage being illegally dumped,” “We’ll look through the garbage he said, adding that the infractions and look for any identification that could be related to move in time may be in there that would give us for students and the start of school. a lead to follow, and in some cases McLean said both this year and that has proven to be useful in last the most infractions occurred indentifying the party responsible,” around Calderwood Dr. (near St. he said.

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can carry a penalty of up to $5,000.

When Spencer Sankersingh, CompSci ’11, moved into his student house in Sept., 15 bags of trash were left at his house by the previous tenant, which he and his housemates aimed to get rid of by putting out one of the bags each week.

We’ll look through the “garbage and look for

any identification that may be in there that would give us a lead to follow.

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— Greg McLean, policy and

program coordinator

“That meant our personal garbage wouldn’t have anywhere to go. So we decided to take the left over garbage from the previous

tenants to a dumpster on campus,” he told the Journal via email. “We found a dumpster with a [Physical Plant Services] truck next to it on campus, and asked the guy if we could use the dumpster.”

Apparently, they were left over from move in week and it was [legal] for us to dump our extra garbage there,” he added.

Sankersingh said while he understands “the need to cut down waste,” he thinks the garbage bag restriction is impractical during the first couple weeks when students are moving in.

“I know of many students who are now risking fines to get rid of their move in garbage that in most cases wasn’t even generated by them,” he said. “I also know of students who are going around spreading garbage amongst their neighbours since they’ve exceeded the one bag limit.”

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care of the person, officers are prioritizing and will let that person go,” he said.

Discretion is also used in regards to noise violations, 36 of which were issued over the weekend., he said, adding that officers are “diligent” when it comes to issuing warnings before handing out a ticket.

“We’ve always supported

Queen’s Homecoming and Queen’s spirit; it just needs to be done safely and responsibly.”

The AMS released a statement Monday afternoon in which President Doug Johnson expressed the AMS’ “strong optimism regarding the return of a fall reunion in 2013 in light of the generally excellent student conduct over the past weekend.”

— With files from Vincent Matak

“fAUXcoMinG” At A GLAnce Numbers were down for all types of infractions last weekend compared to previous “Fauxcoming” and Homecoming weekends of the past several years.

Here’s a breakdown of the weekend’s arrests: • 12 people were arrested for public intoxication this year. Koopman didn’t have information about last year’s arrests, but said there were 44 cases of public intoxication in 2010, 77 in 2009, 124 in 2008, 69 in 2007 and 59 in 2006. The fine for this charge is $65.

• There were a total of 142 Liquor Licence Act charges this year: besides the 12 for public intoxication, 101 were for open alcohol (a $125 fine), 22 were for underage drinking and seven were for open alcohol in vehicle.

• In the past, police encountered students from Bishop University, Carleton University, Guelph University, Laurentian University, Ryerson University, the University of Toronto, Western University, Algonquin College and Loyalist College among others.

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Editorial Board Editors in Chief KATHERINE FERNANDEZ-BLANCE

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News Editor

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Assistant News Editors

ROSIE HALES RACHEL HERSCOVICI VINCENT MATAK

Features Editor

ALISON SHOULDICE

Editorials Editor

JOANNA PLUCINSKA

Editorial Illustrator

OLIVIA MERSEREAU

Opinions Editor

TERENCE WONG

Arts Editor

SAVOULA STYLIANOU

Assistant Arts Editor

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Sports Editor

PETER MORROW

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NICK FARIS

Postscript Editor

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Photo Editor

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EDITORIALS — THE JOURNAL’S PERSPECTIVE Ultimately, in attempting to fulfill her role as a mother, she “failed in her role as a professor. ”

GENDER

Motherly matters and teaching duties A

woman breastfeeding her child shouldn’t be a shocking sight — except when it’s a professor doing it in the middle of their lecture.

Recently, a professor teaching Sex, Gender and Culture at

Washington D.C.’s American University caused significant uproar in the media for breastfeeding her sick infant daughter while teaching.

The media ultimately has made far too big of a deal of this issue. Most women with children breastfeed — many even do so in public. It’s a perfectly natural action, especially for women with EDUCATION newborns and infants.

There’s nothing wrong with breastfeeding in public, but in certain situations, it’s an act that could raise alarm.

This professor was admittedly in a tough spot. She had two roles to fulfill — being a mother and ducation shouldn’t be messed teaching her students.

As a mother, she needs to take with — those who earn it and those who can benefit from it most care of her sick child.

As an educator, it’s her job are the ones who deserve it.

A post-secondary education, in our day and age, no longer gives you much of an edge in the job market. With more and more individuals graduating from university programs, our society is faced with intellectual inflation.

There simply aren’t enough jobs for all of the educated population.

The mentality that “Ds get degrees” is poisonous to the system — people shouldn’t pay for a degree without putting any effort into learning and acquiring it.

This kind of mentality breeds a slew of graduates who don’t have the training nor the capacity to become strong contributors to our society. Why should our government be subsidizing students to graduate with degrees that they’ll never use or that they haven’t adequately earned?

This doesn’t mean that education shouldn’t be accessible to individuals — it simply means that, by making it accessible to those who truly merit it, we will graduate more students who belong in their given degree programs.

Offering low-interest loans and sizeable scholarships to students graduating from high school for programs that they will likely excel in as a positive step. After all, post-secondary education shouldn’t be a privilege based on the amount of money one’s parents have.

In order to ensure that post-secondary education isn’t being overused, we should make sure our high school system is training individuals to be productive, HLOË RANDE thoughtful citizens.

In a democratic society, an individual shouldn’t require a philosophy degree to acquire critical thinking skills — our government should improve mandatory high school classes, such as civics, to give people those skills upon graduating.

Moreover, apprenticeship programs in high school give his month marks my year-long students skills without them having anniversary with Facebook. to invest in more education.

Like most relationships, ours began Currently, our government filled with excitement but soon simply can’t afford to maintain regressed into an endless cycle post-secondary education as a given of banality. right for all. It should absolutely be Facebook’s clique of oversharing a privilege — but not a financially new moms and attention-seeking inaccessible one. This is the only way tweens didn’t make matters to combat the rampant intellectual any better. Despite its known inflation that our society is facing. shortfalls, Facebook offered me an opportunity I couldn’t refuse — an — Journal Editorial Board online presence.

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to make sure that her students are retaining the information she’s teaching.

This professor placed one role above the other by failing to recognize that some of her students might be uncomfortable with her breastfeeding in public. It’s rare that students see their professors with a revealed breast while teaching them.

By breastfeeding in front of them, she could’ve easily predicted that they might express some alarm.

The ensuing uproar after the incident clearly shows that the students were distracted from the material that they were supposed to be learning. Ultimately, in attempting to fulfill her role as a mother, she failed in her role as a professor.

There were many other ways that she could’ve accommodated her sick child. She could’ve easily cancelled her class. She also could’ve had a family member or friend take care of her daughter while she taught the class or asked the class’s teaching assistant to take over as she breastfed her daughter in private.

While the professor was undeniably in a hard position, she should have recognized that her actions in lecture weren’t professional and could have distracted her students from learning the course material.

— Journal Editorial Board

ILLUSTRATION BY OLIVIA MERSEREAU

My personal decision to abstain and decided to join Facebook, from Facebook until last year I was hooked. was based on many reasons. Peer The initial buzz I felt after pressure hadn’t driven me to join joining, however, was short-lived. other popular social network sites I’m not the only one to be in the past, such as MySpace, Club disappointed by Facebook; more Penguin or even Neopets, so why and more people are currently would Facebook be any different? deactivating their accounts and Privacy was my other major issue turning to newer sites like Twitter with Facebook. It creeped me out and Pinterest. that random strangers could see so Facebook was the shiny, new much of my personal information. toy that seemed fun from afar My friends assured me that privacy but disappointing up-close. Like settings could be controlled but I still millions of others, I had fallen remained skeptical. victim to the website’s alluring Despite all of my logical promise to “Make the world more reasoning, I had forgotten to factor open and connected.” in one important detail: the social If openness and connectivity can aspect of Facebook. be achieved through the mindless People always assumed I knew act of cyberstalking ex-boyfriends about an event because it was on or harvesting virtual crops on a Facebook. In reality, though, I was non-existent farm, then left completely in the dark. congratulations Facebook, you A small part of me hoped that have accomplished your mission.

Happy one-year, Facebook.

Facebook would only be a passing fad, like sequin Uggs or coloured Thanks so much for connecting me ketchup. Despite my high hopes, to a world of narcissists, celebrity it began to dawn on me that news junkies and Tetris addicts.

What would I ever do without you?

Facebook was here to stay.

When I finally got fed up of my seemingly flimsy excuses Chloë is a copy editor at The Journal.

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Talking heads ... around campus Photos By Terence Wong

How do you feel about the road construction?

“A nusiance — dangerous and very prolonged.”

Matt Muto, ArtSci ’14 In the above photo, game designer Jane McGonigal is sharing her ideas in a talk titled “Gaming can make a better world.”

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Breaking down basic learning TEDxQueensU director examines the importance of sharing ideas for all

Asad Chishti When Bill Cunningham, famous New York Times street fashion photographer, received the prestigious French Order of Arts and Letters, he said, “I’m not interested in the celebrities with their free dresses. I’m interested in clothes.”

Ideas are always in a state of flux.

In the realm of journalism, seeking information from Twitter has replaced the conventional methods of asking for quotes. Publishing is facing virtual competition from retailers like Amazon.

Education is no different.

In 2010, venture capitalist Peter Thiel announced the Thiel Fellowship. Twenty students under the age of 20 were selected to receive funding, guidance and resources over a two-year period providing they drop out of their post-secondary institution.

In 2012, Sebastian Thrun — a former Stanford professor founded a free private online educational platform called Udacity to teach a variety of subjects varying from physics to search engine building.

It’s clear from these examples that learning has evolved.

For the price of basic Internet access, you can have all forms of knowledge at your fingertips.

It’s not surprising that the Internet is alluring and the exhilaration that surrounds this technological revolution is no different from the automobile revolution of the 1920s.

Entire cities were designed differently just because of cars and entire social processes have been recreated through the Internet. In both cases, very few questions were asked about how all of this was affecting our behaviour.

Some of our universities are still stuck in the past.

While there are some incredible programs in place, they make up a tiny fraction of most university programs. Some of the most interesting options are the unconventional ones, but these are rarely funded or adopted by many forms of higher education.

Ideas are always in a state of flux.

In the realm of journalism, seeking information from Twitter has replaced the conventional methods of asking for quotes.

Marshall McLuhan, a Canadian professor, claimed that all existing mediums “are an extension of ourselves.”

I’m not sure that sitting in a classroom with increasingly more and more bodies is the most practical way to impart a genuine thirst for knowledge and curiosity.

There are those of us who enter university because it’s the next logical step after high school and also a step towards employability and marketability.

Sadly, there isn’t a lot of incentive towards being

exceptionally human because the system and it’s rigours are built for a robotic style of learning.

The Technology Entertainment and Design (TED) global conferences follow a non-robotic trend of democratizing knowledge and sharing it with the masses through storytelling and art which are two of the most human ways to share.

The premise of TED and the independently organized TEDx events like TEDxQueensU is simple: find passionate local community members, bring them together in one room and get them talking. This talking brings about multiple ideas. This talking brings about learning.

Ideas are free. Their beauty is that one plus one doesn’t necessarily equal two. Ideas can equal an infinite number in which the sum is much greater than their parts.

Artists often hole themselves up to “make good art” in the words of author Neil Gaiman.

Academics often find themselves so engrossed in responding to emails or writing grant proposals that there is little time to collaborate with scholars from different backgrounds and fields.

The same observation applies to governments — both on a student or a federal level.

The most important word for me in the TED tagline “Ideas Worth Sharing” is sharing — with good reason.

The focus of post-secondary institutions have shifted towards efficiency and productivity at the cost of creative freedoms.

The current education system, at least the one that applies to

the majority of students is an archaic system, left over from the Industrial Revolution.

This manifests itself as larger class sizes, increasing the studentto-faculty ratio. A Canadian report recently recommended universities to offer three-year degrees with three to five of the credits to be taken online. This isn’t education for the sake of learning.

Ideas are free. Their beauty is that one plus one doesn’t necessarily equal two. Ideas can equal an infinite number in which the sum is much greater than their parts.

Something needs to shift.

The model must begin to shift towards an open-source platform because the Ivory Tower of education may quickly find itself not only inaccessible, but also unwanted in an economy where so much is driven by innovation and ingenuity.

Even the graduates of tomorrow won’t be pushing the edge as much as they will maintain the status quo.

The question higher educational institutions and those who inhabit them should ask themselves, is whether we’re here for the celebrities (the degree) or the clothes (learning for the sake of learning)?

Asad Chishti is the director for TEDxQueensU.

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“They should’ve done it before move-in day.”

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Interview

Simple songwriting Nick Ferrio talks songwriting, musical inspirations and searching for truth B y Vincent M atak Assistant News Editor

Arts Nick Ferrio says one of his songs is about a bad experience he had with the police in Switzerland.

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Breaking out the Bears

Two years ago, self-described “sentimental gentleman” Nick Ferrio tattooed “classic country is three chords and the truth” on his arm.

The first of many tattoos, the expression encompasses Ferrio’s style of songwriting, reflecting a belief that music should capture the rawness of human emotion through minimalism.

On stage, Nick Ferrio and his backup band go by Nick Ferrio & His Feelings. They’re a classic country group that strays away from Ferrio’s past immersion in the punk rock community of Peterborough.

“Country music and punk rock have a kinship in terms of the simplicity of the music,” he said.

“It was giving me truth that was reflecting on my own life and was more real.”

The manufactured quality of Top 40 music sacrifices lyrical sincerity and emotional depth, which often leads to alienation among listeners, Ferrio said.

Some country artists like Toby Keith have a “phony” feel to them according to Ferrio, but others maintain emotional authenticity like Gillian Welch, who’s not from

the south, but from Boston.

“She makes music that feels like she’s speaking to me, whereas with Toby Keith it feels like he’s selling me a car.”

One song on his album entitled “Free Man, Switzerland” describes his experience being arrested in Geneva by cops who forced him to empty out his bank account.

“They were jerks and made my life difficult … I ended up going back to the police station the next day to ask for a map. I mean, they stole my money, so I might as well get something out of it.”

Often an outsider in high school, Ferrio’s experience with loneliness and alienation gave him a broader perspective of the human experience.

“I was always the artsy outsider in high school and always felt weird in a school full of jocks,” he said.

However now his opinions towards sports have changed, citing football as fascinating.

“It’s like watching Shakespeare.

There’s dramatic narratives going on, it’s like a soap opera — I love it.”

Nick Ferrio & His Feelings play the Artel on Friday at 8:30 p.m.

Sleuth Bears play the Mansion this week with new EP

Sleuth Bears most recently played the Wolfe Island Grill restaurant on Wolfe Island in August.

Sleuth Bears will be playing the Mansion on Thursday with Mystery Machine.

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ArtSci ’13, said.

The constantly changing population of Kingston was also discussed in the new album.

“As a university town, Kingston Sleuth Bears bassist Ken Hall has a backup plan in case his music can be a bit of a pit stop for some career doesn’t work out for him. people,” he said. “Students come “I collect stamps. I have a large and stay for four years, and then collection of stamps — it’s my move on to other things.” retirement fund.”

This idea of seeing Kingston as The band, mostly comprised of an impermanent place for many Queen’s students, recently released serves as their inspiration. their second EP called Dredging The release, which is a five-song Blue and Lochhead said it’s a bit of EP, sticks with the band’s grungy a departure from their first EP. but melodic sound.

“This one is about departing and “This EP seems more wet in then coming back, and not just that there’s more texture, and staying stuck somewhere. It’s about we work on layering the guitar exploration and new frontiers,” tones — basically I’m saying I guitarist Neven Lochhead, bought a guitar pedal.”

photos by Alex Choi

As a hometown band, Lochhead said the group likes to stay relevant by playing shows once a month.

“I think we do pretty well with our schedules. Local bands should be wary of playing too much because you lose momentum in your home town,” he said.

Lochhead recalled one experience the band had playing a gig in Montreal earlier this year.

“Instead of just seeing the guys to do a show or a practice, it was just a little weird to live with the band.

We all slept in a tiny room with nothing in it — sheer agony.”

Sleuth Bears play the Mansion on Thursday at 9 p.m.

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Q&a

‘We pick up clichés like burs on our socks’ New Writer in Residence at Queen’s Phil Hall brings experience in the field of poetry Room 529 of Watson Hall now office hours twice a week where houses two famous Canadian poets. students can submit their writing Once a year, the department of and get his professional opinions English chooses a writer to have at and advice.

In an interview with the Queen’s to participate in campus literary workshops and give advice Journal, Hall talks about working to budding creative writers. with students and his approach Governor General’s Award to writing. winner for poetry Phil Hall is the new Writer in Residence and he’s 1. What are your plans for your sharing an office with former CBC time here at Queen’s?

Literary Award winning poet and old friend Carolyn Smart. Hall I’m going to be setting up a started his residency last week and lecture series out of the English will be at Queen’s during the fall. department. It’s going to be called Originally from a town outside the Page Lectures in honour of of Perth, ON, he’s taught classes Joanne Page, who is very much on writing at York University and loved in Kingston. I’ll be giving the Ryerson University. As the writer first lecture in November. in residence at Queen’s, he’ll hold

2. How will you be working with students?

project, so it’ll be good to do the same thing in miniscule

at Queen’s.

See Young on page 12

I’m going to suggest that people submit five to ten poems up to ten pages or one short story and that’ll give me enough to have a good sense of the writer’s work. I’ll just make some notes and talk with them about it.

One other thing I do is a manuscript mentoring service out of the Toronto New School of Writing. People send in poetry manuscripts and if I think I can help them or clean them up before the writers send them off to publishers, then I spend time with them doing that.

I have that as an ongoing

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Young writers mentored Continued from page 11

3. What advice do you give to young writers?

I like to remind beginning writers that the words are doing more than just pointing to meaning. They also have an oral component, so what you’re trying to say is also making music. How the words sound and listening to vowels is important. I try to lead them away from clichés because we pick up clichés like burs on our socks.

4. Do you have any funny anecdotes from working with students?

6. What’s the worst part of working with students?

The most difficult thing I’ve always encountered is when someone writes a poem about something that’s happened to them and I say “Well, this doesn’t make sense” and they say “But you don’t understand it because you weren’t there.” I have to explain that there’s two events — one in the poem and the one that actually happened to them.

Unless you create a new event so the poem is actually something new happening, then it’s dull. That’s often hard for people to get because the poem is still attached to their life experience rather than being an event itself. Once they get that, the poem gets better.

I was in a class and I was showing students the William Carlos Williams poem about plums. I was telling the kids the thing that makes this work is that something is being 7. What is one thing people would be offered and made to seem really good, then surprised to learn about you? pulled away. I was asking them to write a poem that includes something like that and I do a lot of visual work as well. I’m one student wrote ‘I’m sorry for spilling milk not as confident with that as I am with on the Mona Lisa, but I think it looks better.’ my writing. I’ve been building sculptures out of protractor sets, and I can also take a 5. What’s the best part of working whole bunch of those plastic triangles and with students? make something.

To see their work improve and to see them gain confidence. Once they know it’s okay to try the craziest things they’re thinking of, it’s usually good to encourage them to go for it.

This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.

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Sports

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The men’s soccer team currently sits first in the OUA East Division, having recorded 13 points in their first five games. On Sunday, they defeated the Carleton Ravens 4-0.

Carleton, the defending OUA East champions, entered the game ranked eighth in the country.

Men’s Soccer

Scorching start cools Carleton Weekend shutouts of Excalibur and Ravens allow tenacious men’s team to extend unbeaten streak B y Peter R eimer Staff Writer Gaels winger Nathan Klemencic celebrated with cartwheels, handsprings, and a flip after scoring in a 4-0 win over the second-place Carleton Ravens on Sunday.

Queen’s (4-0-1) extended their unbeaten streak on the weekend, shutting out both the Trent Excalibur (1-3-1) and Carleton (4-1-0) on their way to claiming the lead in the OUA East division.

Carleton won the OUA East last season, and hadn’t lost in 2012 before Sunday’s game.

Head coach Chris Gencarelli said scoring early is a key to the team’s success.

“We need to make sure we continue to have strong starts to games,” he said. “It really does set the tone for the rest of the game.”

Fifth-year forward Adrian Rochford provided the Gaels with an early go-ahead goal against Trent on Saturday.

To start the second-half, Rochford played a throughball to forward Patrick Zanetti, who finished to put Queen’s up 2-0.

“Trent’s a tough team to play at home,” Gencarelli said. “I was happy to get the three points and set ourselves for Carleton.”

The Gaels started Sunday’s game against the Ravens with the wind at their back, and took

women’s rugby

advantage of the long-ball in the first half. Klemencic opened the game’s scoring from a ball over the top of Carleton’s defence in the 14th minute of play. “[Klemencic’s] fitness scores are through the roof,” Gencarelli said.

“His work-rate is second to none, and as a result, he finds success.”

Klemencic kept the pressure on in the first half, hitting the crossbar in the 17th minute before setting up Zanetti for an open-net goal 10 minutes later.

Midfielder Chris Michael followed up Zanetti’s goal with another quick tally from 20 yards out in the 30th minute.

Gencarelli said the team’s depth is one of its assets this year.

OUA East Men’s Soccer Standings 1. Queen’s [4-0-1] — 13 pts

5. Toronto [2-3-0] — 6 pts

2. Carleton [4-1-0] — 12 pts

6. Trent [1-3-1] — 4 pts

3. Ryerson [3-1-2] — 11 pts

7. Laurentian [1-4-0] — 3 pts

4. Nipissing [2-1-2] — 8 pts

8. RMC [0-4-0] — 0 pts

“It’s nice to have guys that can fit in right away,” he said. “Everyone offers something different on the field, but they’re playing to their strengths, and that’s why they’re finding success on the field.”

Next weekend, the Gaels will

defend their 4-0-1 record at home with a game Saturday against the Nipissing Lakers and Sunday against the Laurentian Voyageurs.

Both games are set to start at 2:15 p.m.

fOOTBALL

Undefeated at Defence dominates halfway mark

Gaels on track to top OUA standings with win over Western

Roster depth eases impact of injuries B y Peter M orrow Sports Editor A couple hundred loyal fans skipped a low-scoring football game to witness a women’s rugby scoring clinic.

Queen’s 67-8 win over the Toronto Varsity Blues (1-2) means the Gaels are now a perfect 3-0 at the season’s midway point, with 135 points for and 25 against.

They offered no hope for the Blues, who haven’t beaten the Gaels since 2004.

Gaels head coach Beth Barz said the team’s already getting mentally prepared for next week’s crucial matchup against the McMaster Marauders (2-1).

“Today and the past couple

games we’ve been working to improve decision-making,” Barz said. “I think we need to be calm, and stay excited at the same time.”

The background for next weekend’s bout is the outcome See Setting on page 15

Inside WOMEN’S SOCCER Another win, tie for third-place Queen’s.

CROSS COUNTRY

Gaels top Guelph at Fort Henry.

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B y N ick Faris Assistant Sports Editor

Queen’s 45th all-time victory over Western was hardly a classic, but the Gaels managed to pass their first test of the 2012 season.

By defeating the Mustangs 18-11, Queen’s now has a clear path to a top-two finish in the OUA, which would assure them a bye through to the conference semi-finals.

Both offenses struggled to muster drives of any consequence on Saturday. Queen’s defence was the difference, stifling the Mustangs’ attack when it mattered most. “[Western’s] been running the same thing for a couple years now, so we had a good idea of what they were going to bring at us,” said Gaels linebacker Sam Sabourin.

“For the most part, they’re a power

Queen’s is tied for first in the OUA with McMaster. They’ll face the Marauders next Saturday in Hamilton.

running team, so you just have to bring a little bit of attitude.”

Sabourin was everywhere on Saturday, disrupting Western’s offensive flow and stuffing several

PHOTO BY TIFFANY LAM

crucial rushes at the line of scrimmage. He had 12.5 tackles and two sacks, while defensive backs Justin Baronaitis and Andrew See Marshall on page 14

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

OUA East Women’s Soccer Standings

Scoreless Sundays Shutout streak persists, but 0-0 draw with Carleton a deja-vu

1. Ottawa [6-0-1] — 19 pts

6. Trent [1-3-1] — 4 pts

2. Laurentian [4-1-1] — 13 pts

7. Ryerson [1-5-1] — 4 pts

T3. Queen’s [3-1-2] — 11 pts

8. RMC [1-4-0] — 3 pts

T3. Toronto [3-1-2] — 11 pts

9. Nipissing [0-4-2] — 2 pts

5. Carleton [2-2-2] — 8 pts

CROSS COUNTRY

First at Fort Henry Cross country team earns overall title B y J osh B urton Contributor

The Gaels slid from first to fourth in the CIS rankings prior to last weekend’s results.

B y J ordan C athcart Contributor The women’s soccer team has delivered similar results their last two weekends of play.

The Gaels defeated the Trent Excalibur 4-0 on Saturday, with goals from Jessie De Boer, Jackie Tessier, Laura Callendar and Kayla Crnic. All four markers came in the second half, and Sabrina Carew secured the shutout.

On Sunday, Queen’s drew 0-0 with Carleton, finding itself evenly matched against a capable Ravens team. The Gaels offense looked organized and executed well, out-shooting the Ravens 7-5, but ultimately couldn’t find the back of the net.

Queen’s head coach Dave

OUA FOOTBALL STANDINGS T1. McMaster [3-0] T1. Queen’s [3-0] T3. Guelph [2-1] T3. Western [2-1] T3. Windsor [2-1] T6. Laurier [1-2] T6. Toronto [1-2] T6. York [1-2] T9. Ottawa [0-3] T9. Waterloo [0-3]

McDowell said he would like to see more consistency from his squad.

“At times I thought we were fantastic, and at times I thought we were awful,” McDowell said. “We need to get rid of the awful moments and keep the fantastic moments.”

The Gaels had several chances at potting goals from close range against the Ravens, ringing one shot off the crossbar and seeing others sail just wide of the opposing goal.

Queen’s defence looked strong against Carleton, even with the loss of trusty defender and co-captain Chantal McFetridge, who was injured late in the first half.

Madison Tyrell posted the clean sheet against the Ravens, extending Queen’s shutout streak to

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four matches.

This weekend marked the return of Tessier, the OUA’s top scorer in 2011. After scoring against Trent, she managed to create several scoring chances for the Gaels on Sunday.

The Gaels currently sit in a tie for third place in the OUA East with the Toronto Varsity Blues, sporting identical 3-1-2 records.

Queen’s is eight points behind the conference-leading Ottawa Gee-Gees, who beat them 3-0 on Sept. 5.

Up next for the Gaels is a two-game home stand, where they’ll take on the Nipissing Lakers Sept. 22 and the Laurentian Voyageurs Sept. 23. Both games will kick off at noon on West Campus Field.

Queen’s was victorious at home on Saturday, winning the Queen’s Invitational at Fort Henry Hill to open the OUA cross country season.

Julia-Anne Staelhi and Jeff Archer both finished third overall in their respective races, helping Queen’s secure the overall points victory.

Despite being unable to win either individual first place, the men and women dominated the top 10, combining to capture 12 of the 20 available spots. The strong showing helped Queen’s edge out their top competition, the Guelph Gryphons.

Head coach Steve Boyd was excited for the win, but realized it was abetted by Guelph’s decision to rest many of their top runners.

“They were running what we would consider a B-team, as they’re the top program in the country by a fair margin,” Boyd said. “However, we still ran very well to beat them.”

Staelhi, a rookie competing in her first collegiate event, posted a time of 18:11.4 in the 5K women’s race. She finished nearly 20 seconds

ahead of the next runner.

The men’s 10K run featured an equally strong performance from the Gaels, as Queen’s captured places three to six. Led by Archer’s strong showing, the men managed to edge Guelph by one point to capture first place overall.

Fort Henry marked the first race of the season, an event that helps teams gauge their overall ability.

“This [race] is a measure of our early-season conditioning, which was obviously very high,” Boyd said. “Maybe even higher than I thought.”

Both races took place at Fort Henry, a site that can prove difficult because of its generally high winds and hilly geography. Saturday was an exception, with nearly perfect race conditions.

The Gaels will now set their sights on upcoming races, including the Western Invitational on Sept. 22 and the Paul Short Run in Lehigh, Pennsylvania on Sept. 28.

“We want to step up [our performance] each week,” Boyd said. “We’re already looking forward to championship races in late October.”

Marshall muzzled Continued from page 13

Lue secured timely interceptions.

“To take an offense like that and hold them to three points was an amazing deal,” said head coach Pat Sheahan.

Saturday’s game contradicted itself in many ways. Queen’s offense gained 424 total yards, but committed three untimely turnovers and looked stagnant for long stretches.

Western’s offense tallied 241

Kicker Dillon Wamsley has made eight field goals through three games, which leads the OUA.

PHOTO BY Ali Zahid

rushing yards, but never came near the end zone. Despite scoring only three offensive points, the Mustangs held the lead in the fourth quarter, barely missing their chance to send the game to overtime.

These incongruities likely derive from the fact that neither team had played a competitive game through the season’s first two weeks. After steamrolling Waterloo and Toronto to open the year, Western’s passing game finally sputtered against Queen’s.

Mustangs quarterback Donnie Marshall was erratic, completing just seven passes and throwing two interceptions. His freelancing style worked well in spurts — most notably on a 39-yard completion late in the fourth quarter — but Western couldn’t trust him to maintain possession or advance the ball for most of the game.

One third-quarter drive encapsulated the Mustangs’ entire offensive performance. After picking up 61 yards on seven consecutive rushes, Marshall was promptly intercepted by Baronaitis, killing the Mustangs’ best chance to extend a four-point lead.

Gaels QB Billy McPhee played with confidence, completing 19 of 31 passes for 254 yards. Aside

Gaels running back Ryan Granberg scored the game-winning touchdown against Western.

from two touchdown drives, though, Queen’s offense was mostly ineffective, failing to turn several promising drives into points.

The Gaels punted eight times, missed two long field goals and lost a pair of fumbles. One McPhee pass ricocheted off receiver Giovanni Aprile and straight to Western’s Pawel Kruba, who jogged 30 yards into the end zone.

“We did just enough to shoot ourselves in the foot,” Sheahan

PHOTO BY Ali Zahid

said. “It was one of those days where a lot of the movement was between the [30-yard lines], rather than what we did in the red zone.”

Those missteps didn’t cost Queen’s on Saturday, but they must be erased for the Gaels to challenge McMaster, who they’ll face in Hamilton on Sept. 22. The Western win was hardly convincing, but it established Queen’s defence as one of the nation’s best. To beat the Marauders, they’ll have to be near perfect once again.

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Setting sights on Mac Continued from page 13

of last year’s battles with McMaster. The Marauders beat the Gaels 5-3 in the 2011 season, in order to claim the OUA East division and avoid playing Guelph — the perennial OUA champions. The Gaels finished fourth, while the Marauders took OUA silver and reached the CIS nationals tournament.

Both have placed in the OUA’s top four the past three seasons.

Saturday’s win over Toronto showed that the Gaels are still potent on offense, despite the recent losses of outside centre Mel Judges and second row player Gillian Pegg.

While both might be out for the remainder of the season, the Gaels have reason to remain calm.

First-year Nadia Popov notched 18 points against Toronto from the centre position.

She’s tied for second in OUA scoring with third-year Gael Bronwyn Corrigan, sitting 11 back from the Guelph Gryphons’ Britt Benn.

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SPORTS IN BRIEF granberg, sabourin earn ouA honours

Hockey wins big in preseason opener

For their role in topping the fifth-ranked Western Mustangs on Saturday, Queen’s running back Ryan Granberg and linebacker Sam Sabourin were named OUA Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week.

Granberg, who currently leads the CIS in points, ran for 168 yards against Western, scoring the game-winning touchdown midway through the fourth quarter.

Sabourin keyed a mighty defensive effort for the Gaels, registering 12.5 total tackles and sacking Mustangs quarterback Donnie Marshall twice.

The announcement comes a week after kicker Dillon Wamsley was named Special Teams Player of the Week for the second consecutive game.

— Nick Faris

In their first preseason game of 2012, the men’s hockey team smashed the RMC Paladins 9-0 last Saturday in Gananoque.

Eight different players contributed to the goal spree, six of whom scored in the third period of the sixth annual Lou Jeffries Scholarship Game.

Jordan Mirwaldt and Stephane Chabot were the only returning players to score. First year players Steven Schmidt, Pat McGillis, Brendon MacDonald and Yannick Laflamme also added tallies to the scoresheet.

Veteran goaltenders Riley Whitlock and David Aime split time in between the pipes.

The Gaels and Paladins face off in the event each year, attracting fans to raise money for the Lou Jeffries Scholarship.

— Peter Morrow

“[Judges and Pegg] are obviously some big losses for us, but now we’re showing how deep we are,” Barz said.

Third-year forward Kayla Roote, who played last season at number eight, has returned from injury into the vital role at the number eight position.

“Kayla’s no stranger to the back row — she’s very comfortable.”

Barz said there were many players who took the afternoon off in preparation for next weekend’s crucial game. Second-year fly half Danielle Underwood was one of them and is expected to return.

The Gaels play at McMaster next Saturday at 2 p.m., with only three games to go before playoffs begin.

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Taro bubble tea is made from milk, tea, taro and tapioca pearls known as boba. The three tested teas were from (left to right) Mekong, Green Tray and Classics Tea Lounge.

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food culture

It all boils down to the bubbles Bubble tea is an overseas sensation, but it’s proving to be quite the hit in North America B y J anina E nrile Postscript Editor With three downtown locations, it’s clear that Kingston is witnessing the rise of a student favourite. It isn’t a soda or a new gourmet coffee creation — it’s a quaint mix of juice, tea and sometimes milk.

Bubble tea began in 1980s Taiwan. When the world was indulging in Technicolour MTV, Taiwanese night markets — popular spots for cheap goods and snacks in the balmy late evenings of the island nation — were filled with pastel-coloured drinks.

This was the first incarnation of the bubble tea, a mix of fruit juice and tea with ice.

When Eric Wang, MIB ’13, left his home country of Taiwan at the age of 10, bubble tea was not yet a popular drink.

But when he returned in grade nine, he said the drink — named for the bubbles that form when

the ingredients are shaken to mix — had become much more common.

“It was like Coke,” he said.

“The market’s pretty saturated with it.”

Eventually bubble tea, which sometimes featured small tapioca pearls called boba, made its way over to North American markets, especially where high populations of Asians resided. Wang’s first Canadian experience with bubble tea took place in Calgary’s Chinatown.

It’s the drink’s familiarity among Asians that’s helped make it popular in North America, he said.

In a 2004 talk on National Public Radio, University of California Berkeley professor Michael Pollan said North Americans’ immigrant history is part of the reason we’re so susceptible to food fads.

Pollan said North America lacks a stable food tradition because of the different groups that enter.

According to Wang,

however, the North American experience is different than the Taiwanese experience.

“When I was with my Asian friends [in Calgary], we’d go to a bubble tea shop and order some food and sit,” he said.

“In Taiwan, it’s more of a walkthrough … it’s casual.”

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It was like Coke ... The market’s pretty saturated with it.

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— Eric Wang, MIB ’13

While the drink is incredibly popular in Taiwan, Wang said it’s not quite like the Starbucks or Tim Horton’s of Canada.

“There are a lot of different chains,” he said. “You can get it in convenience stores too.”

He said the night markets in Taiwan were conducive to the drink’s popularity.

The Bubble Tea Review Bubble tea is easy to find in Kingston — there are three stores within walking distance of campus that sell the drink. In an effort to find the best taro bubble tea, I set out to sample three of Kingston’s locations. I bought taro bubble tea with milk from Mekong, Classics Tea Lounge and Green Tray. Here are the results.

MEKONG 394 Princess St.

CLASSICS TEA LOUNGE 399 Princess St.

GREEN TRAY 461 Princess St.

“You do a lot of walking in Taipei [the capital of Taiwan],” he said. “You walk and drink instead of sitting in a tea shop to drink.”

Wang said his favourite flavour is taro, made from the root of the

taro, a tropical plant that’s native to Asia.

However, he said it’s the tapioca that makes bubble tea so enjoyable.

“It’s more fun to drink.”

DIY Bubble Tea The first time I tried to make bubble tea on my own, there was a mess of boiling water and a cloud of purple powder in my kitchen.

Bubble tea comes in various flavors, so first purchase the flavoured powder of your choice. The flavouring and tapioca pearls can be found at most Asian grocery stores; Oriental Grocery at Princess and Division Streets stocks them. You can use the directions that appear on the flavour’s packaging but if you’re feeling creative you can also follow these instructions.

— Janina Enrile INGREDIENTS 1 packet bubble tea flavoured powder (can be purchased pre-packed in portions) 2 tbsp. condensed milk 3/4 cup water 1 cup ice ¼ cup of cooked bubble tea tapioca pearls MATERIALS Large stock pot Sugar syrup (½ cup sugar dissolved in ½ cup boiling water) Drink shaker Drainer Tall glass Fat bubble tea straw (also found at Asian grocers) Approximate preparation time: one hour and 15 minutes

Cost: $5.08 for 710 ml

Cost: $5.64 for 710 ml

Cost: $4.71 for 354 ml

Tapioca consistency: Initially mushy, but had a melt-in-your-mouth texture.

Tapioca consistency: Good pearl to tea ratio, but the tapioca had a strange aftertaste.

It was almost as if they had absorbed the taro flavour too much.

Tapioca consistency: Though there were many tapioca pearls in the drink, they had a sticky consistency and were more difficult to chew.

Flavour: The taro flavour was subtle, but I enjoyed the understated taste. They only use green tea, so that might have added to the flavour.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Flavour: Appropriately sweet. It had a tarty consistency, making it obvious that the drink was made from a powder.

Flavour: This had the creamiest texture out of all three teas. It had a strong tea flavour, which could be diluted with milk.

Rating: 3 out of 5

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 — Janina Enrile

TAPIOCA PEARLS 1. Add 7 cups of water for every cup of tapioca pearl. The more water, the better.

2. Boil the water in a large stockpot.

3. Add pearls to the boiling water. Boil for 30 to 45 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking, until they appear to be soft.

4. Turn off heat and let the tapioca pearls sit for 30 minutes with the cooking lid on. Then drain the pearls and rinse with cold water until the water runs clear.

5. Place pearls into desired container. Add sugar syrup solution to cover the tapioca pearls. Wait a few minutes for the pearls to absorb the sugar solution.

6. Your tapioca pearls are now ready to serve. They can stay in the fridge for several days.

BUBBLE TEA 1. Put all ingredients except tapioca into shaker and shake.

2. Make sure that the flavoured powder and creamer is mixed well.

3. Add tapioca pearls to a cup, and pour liquid mixture over them.

4. Put in your bubble tea straw and enjoy.

— Sources: thekitchn.com, bobateadirect.com, bruceandclark.ca