The Queen's Journal, Issue 10

corner story A history of the Campus One Stop.

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Election Perspective

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Dialogue examines policy proposed by the four major parties. page 7

The Boutique’s owner starts a modelling agency.

Cash Kick Student Nick Green travels to Toronto for Wendy’s Kick for a Million contest.

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friendship psychology Postscript explores how to make friends at Queen’s.

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OPIRG and Levana to remain in Grey House B y K atherine Fernandez -B lance News Editor After a month of uncertainty about their future club space, the Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) and the Levana Gender Advocacy Centre have been told by the AMS that they can remain in the Grey House for the next year.

The groups hadn’t re-ratified as AMS clubs over the summer, and were told on Aug. 29 that they had until Sept. 30 to leave the Grey House.

On Sept. 14, the two groups re-ratified as AMS clubs, meeting the extended deadline set by the Space Allocation Committee.

After the Space Allocation Committee met earlier this week

to review the applications, OPIRG and Levana were told of the news on Sept. 28.

AMS Vice-President of University Affairs Kieran Slobodin said the decision was made after the two groups submitted their completed space allocation package. “[It] requires a number of things,” he said.

Groups are required to denote things like how many hours they intend to use their space, whether they require it to be accessible and whether it will be open to the public.

“Weighing all those factors, the Grey House was a good fit,” Slobodin, ArtSci ’12, said.

Before the groups’ occupancy is finalized, they will be required

to sign a stewardship contract with the AMS. Slobodin said it’s something required for all clubs that occupy AMS club space. “[It’s] to make sure that the space is being treated well, that it’s being used to its full extent and that other people in the immediate area are respected,” he said, adding the AMS is in the process of drafting a contract for the groups to sign.

The Education on Queer Issues Project (EQuIP) also received a See Future on page 5

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Leniency to vote B y C atherine O wsik Assistant News Editor

The Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) and the Levana Gender Advocacy Centre were told by the AMS on Sept. 28 that they would remain in the Grey House for another year. The future of the other groups in the space has not yet been decided.

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Academic planning

Plan presented to Queen’s Senate Task Force writes 89 recommendations including a mandatory full-year literacy course B y C atherine O wsik Assistant News Editor After almost a year of work, the Academic Planning Task Force presented its final plan to Senate on Sept. 27. During the discussion that followed, Senate members voiced concerns over how the 89 recommendations would apply to all Queen’s students.

The Academic Plan will be brought back to Senate for an approval-vote in October or November. If passed, the implementation process will start immediately.

Academic initiatives include: fewer lectures, a mandatory full-year literacy course, and reducing the impact of first-year marks on a final transcript by using a pass-or-fail system.

Task Force member Mark Jones said he doesn’t support the current Plan anymore.

“My sense in this is that this is not ready to come forward yet,” said Jones, a professor in the faculty of English. “It was produced in a couple months; I think that is too short of a time.”

The Task Force was formed

by Senate in November 2010 as

part of Principal Daniel Woolf’s campaign for a new academic plan, which began with his January 2010 document ‘Where Next.’

Seven other members sit on the task force, including AMS Vice-President of Operations Kieran Slobodin and professors from various disciplines.

During their first seven months, the Task Force consulted with many groups including the AMS, the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS), the office of Student Affairs and faculty boards. The plan took three months to write.

Jones said the Task Force

Chair Peter Taylor is a member of the Board of Trustees and consequently the Academic Plan’s recommendations are too financially-motivated.

“The motivation seems to be ‘how can we do these things on the cheap,’ ” Jones said.

A recommendation that undergraduates work as TAs for credit would generate revenue for the University through tuition while saving on what it costs to pay faculty, he said.

“I would say most students come here to be taught by faculty,” See Task on page 5

On Oct. 6 students can ask for academic leniency in order to vote in the Ontario provincial election for Kingston and the Islands.

Professors are encouraged, but not required, to provide alternate arrangements for students who want to vote during class time without academic repercussion.

The motion was passed by Queen’s Senate on Sept. 27.

Alternate arrangements could include rescheduling exams, extending deadlines and providing missed material for a three-hour absence.

The motion was submitted by Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) President Jillian Burford-Grinnell and AMS President Morgan Campbell.

AMS Vice-President of University Affairs Kieran Slobodin said if students were constrained to voting in advance polls — which took place on campus from Sept. 21 to 23 — they would be forced to decide too quickly.

“Students need time to make a decision equivalent to the decision of everyone else,” Slobodin told Senate on Sept. 27.

“A motion like this is very similar to the labour laws which demand that all employees have an opportunity to vote during their work schedule.”

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Provincial Elections

Candidates talk strategy Four provincial candidates discuss campaign tactics B y S avoula S tylianou M eaghan Wray Assistant News Editors

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Local provincial candidates have adopted different strategies to secure the student vote in the approaching Oct. 6 election.

Incumbent John Gerretsen from the Liberal Party, Mary Rita Holland from the New Democratic Party (NDP), Rodger James from the Progressive Conservative Party and Robert Kiley from the Green Party are all vying to become the next MPP of Kingston and the Islands.

When asked about how he has appealed to the student population, Gerretsen said that he’s a straight shooter.

“You have a problem, you look for a solution … that’s what makes me a Liberal,” he said.

The Liberal Party stands behind the Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs), which consist of 14 non-profit corporations that determine the health care priorities of different regions in the province. Gerretsen said it’s important that health care decisions aren’t made solely at Queen’s Park.

“We have to bring much more of the services to where the people live,” he said.

Gerretsen said he decided to run for MPP again because he has more to contribute to the Kingston community.

“Nobody would be involved in politics if you didn’t enjoy it. It’s as simple as that,” he said.

NDP candidate Mary Rita Holland said she decided to run for MPP because of her family’s struggle to make ends meet.

“I always thought the government had the means to make these policy changes that would help people move forward without generations of poverty,” she said.

According to election-prediction site democraticspace.com, the NDPs and the Liberals are in the lead for the Kingston and the Islands riding.

“Our numbers are overlapping a little bit so it looks like we’re running a very close second,” Holland said.

The NDP’s post-secondary education strategy, which includes a tuition freeze and taking the interest off of student debt, has received positive feedback, Holland said.

“The Canadian Federation of Students has rated all of the post-secondary platforms and ours got the best rating,” she said.

Conservative candidate Rodger James said he’s applying Henry Ford’s strategy in this campaign.

“Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise. That’s what I’m doing,” he said.

When asked about the AMS voting campaign, James said he felt the Conservatives are underrepresented at Queen’s.

“I’m surrounded by Liberals when I go to Queen’s … that is going to influence a lot of people because you’re voting for your brethren.”

James said that the Conservatives don’t support the Local Health Integration Network.

“What the LIHNs is used for is to take administrative dollars off of direct patient care, which is where we want the money spent,” he said.

Student vote matters

On-campus advanced polls a new initiative this year B y M eaghan Wray Assistant News Editor

students also hit the polls on Election Day [on] Oct. 6.”

According to the Ontario Undergraduate An estimated 1,400 people voted in the Student Alliance website, if every student on-campus advanced polls between Sept. 21 who chose not to vote in the 2007 provincial and 23 this year, the first year that advanced election cast a ballot, the results in 67 out of polls have been available on campus during 107 electoral districts could have changed, due to the large student populations in some a provincial election.

AMS Academic Affairs Commissioner of these ridings.

Julia Bennett, communications officer at Mira Dineen said based on anecdotal experience, she feels the majority Elections Ontario, said the student vote is of on-campus advanced poll voters just as important as any other.

“Elections Ontario’s role is to let voters were students.

Dineen told the Journal via email that know when, where and how to vote,” she students, like all voters, have differing said. “And of course, I would say that every vote does count, including students.” concerns that span a wide range of topics.

Specific district influence is very Through her interactions with students, Dineen said Queen’s students are mainly unpredictable, Bennett said, and depends on concerned with the quality and affordability the candidates.

“It’s hard to determine [which districts of education.

“Tuition fees and student financial aid are most influential] because every election are issues related to affordability that will bring forth different issues and different are often on students’ minds,” Dineen, candidates,” she said. “That’s really ArtSci ’11 said. “Other issues such as the something that’s highly variable.”

Bennett said there are 170 electoral economy, health care and job opportunities districts across Ontario and each district are also important to students.”

Dineen said the student vote is crucial in has a certain number of advanced polls order for politicians to prioritize and address depending on what’s needed to serve the community. Kingston and the Islands had student concerns.

“I’ve been extremely heartened by the seven advanced polls for this year’s election number of students that showed up to spread throughout the riding. the advance polls,” Dineen said. “I hope

CORRECTIONS Merilyn Simonds has been with Kingston WritersFest since 2009. Incorrect information appeared in the Sept. 20 issue of the Journal.

For the Fall Kingston Mega-Launch, Georgia Webber said it was coincidence that all the writers read poetry collections. Incorrect information appeared in the Sept. 27 issue of the Journal.

The Journal regrets the errors.

This is the first year that Queen’s University has had on-campus advanced polling offered to students and the surrounding Kingston community.

Green party candidate Robert Kiley, B.Ed ’12 said his strategy for appealing to students is just being himself.

“The person running for office just needs to be authentic with who they are,” he said.

While the Liberal government has made a good start with clean energy policies in Kingston, Kiley said, there are still problems that need to be addressed.

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“We need to have a rigorous injection of the Clean Energy Act,” he said.

As a politician, Kiley said he wants to inspire people.

“Yes, there are problems with the voting system, but let the electorate decide based on your vision. Stop telling them what they want, because they know.”

Provincial points • 52.1 per cent of Ontarians voted in the 2007 provincial elections.

• Kingston has had a Liberal MPP since 1995.

• There are 265 polling stations in Kingston this year, which is 68 less than in 2007.

• 54 per cent of Kingstonians voted in the 2007 Provincial elections, compared to 49.9 per cent for Toronto and 60 per cent for the Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound district (the highest voter turnout).

— Source: Elections Ontario

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One Stop through time A history of the corner store at Alfred and Earl Streets B y Terra -A nn A rnone Features Editor For over 100 years, Queen’s students have frequented a store at the corner of Alfred and Earl Streets. The building’s history traces back to 1909, when Ryder’s Pharmacy served people coming into Kingston by trolley car on Alfred Street.

Now the intersection houses Campus One Stop, a corner store that’s been in the Nikitopoulos family for 45 years. In 2003, brothers Steve, Jimmy and Paul bought the store — then called College Variety — from their dad and uncle.

incredible how “soIt’smany things have happened here over the years.

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— Steve Nikitopoulos, Campus One Stop co-owner Co-owner Steve Nikitopoulos said owning a convenience store in the Student Ghetto is a challenge.

“It’s been a struggle just to keep the doors open,” he said. “You just get into a lot of business and personal debt and hope you turn the corner one day.

“The student demographic changes completely every four years and you have to keep up with it.”

One of his fondest memories of the Student Ghetto is from the 2006 blackout. On a 30 C day in August, the brothers gave away all the store’s melting and perishable food to students in the area.

“There were lineups out the door for popsicles and ice cream,” Nikitopoulos said. “Crowds of people came to see what was going on.”

Engineering students came equipped with helmet lamps, using them to guide people through the dark store. Other students brought bottles of vodka.

“That sort of stuff doesn’t happen in the big chains,” Nikitopoulos said. “It’s a

community thing.”

In 2008, then-Pittsburgh Penguin forward Mike Zigomanis came to visit the store. He brought some teammates to his favourite haunt when he was living in Kingston while playing with the Ontario Hockey League’s Kingston Frontenacs.

“They had a little party and looked at the shop,” Nikitopoulos said. “It’s incredible how so many things have happened here over the years.”

Building a personal rapport with shop regulars is the most successful way to market the store, Nikitopoulos said.

“We joke, with complete appreciation, that you get tired from waving [at customers] all day long,” he said.

A friendly relationship with students has also helped the store avoid serious security issues.

“People are easily dissuaded when met with kindness,” Nikitopoulos said. “We get some alcohol-influenced behavior but usually it ends with an apology or a visit the next day to say sorry.”

It’s this kindness that has brought local fame to the men.

On tough days, middle-brother and co-owner Jimmy likes to re-read an essay one Commerce student wrote about him being a community leader a few years ago.

The store’s popularity among students is not lost on visiting guests, either.

In 2009, Dragon’s Den star Brett Wilson was drawn to the store for a snack and chat with the owners.

“He tweeted that he was here and within ten minutes 35 people showed up to check it out,” Nickitopoulos said. “Word of mouth spreads so quickly on this campus that we’ve never needed marketing.”

While students make up a great portion of One Stop’s business, they prefer lower-priced items like chips and pop, he said.

The brothers began a fair trade organic food company, Mola Mola, which sells at a higher price point. According to Nikitopoulos, the brand’s chocolate bars are a

Local artist Bob Blenderman painted Campus One Stop in the winter of 1995 when it was under different management and called College Variety.

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Brothers Steve, Jimmy and Paul Nikitopoulos bought the store from their dad and uncle in 2003.

student favourite.

Campus Care Packages is another draw to the shop.

Nikitopolous said that Queen’s alumni will order them after moving away.

“We try to have something for everyone,” he said. “When you break it down students are only here five and a half months out of the year.

“You could never operate a small business on five and a half months.”

Other variety stores in the Ghetto rely wholly on student

dollars, causing them to cut hours and lose profit in the summer months.

Albert Street corner store Bedore’s takes a large hit when students leave in April.

“Everyone around here is a student store,” owner Joanne Kwan said. “We all suffer during that time.”

We’ve heard it all ... “stories of heartbreak,

house issues and stress from school.

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— Steve Nikitopoulos, Campus One Stop co-owner

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Freddie’s Grocery on University Avenue is no different.

Owner Penny Tsinaridis said her sales go down by at least half when students aren’t around to buy soft drinks and cigarettes.

While One Stop relies on full-time Kingston residents as much as they do student dollars, the owners said that it’s the students

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who bring the most excitement to their store.

“We’ve heard it all,” Nikitopoulos said. “Stories of heartbreak, house issues and stress from school.

“I feel like we know most of the gossip going on in this area just by being here.”

He said it’s not uncommon to loan his car to a student in need, help with housing repairs or hear post-breakup laments.

“For a lot of these students it’s the first time they’re living alone,” Nikitopoulos said. “Sometimes they need a little support.”

Nikitopoulos said the only foreseeable change to the Campus One Stop would be an expansion into the Earl Street parking lot.

“It’s a perfect storm here,” he said, adding that he can’t imagine selling out to a larger chain either.

“I don’t know what I’d do then,” Nikitopoulos said. “This business has become such a big part of who our family is.”

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accessibility

Training mandatory for new graduate students School of Graduate Studies makes an online accessbility course a requirement to graduate B y K atherine Fernandez -B lance News Editor Students new to the School of Graduate Studies are now required to take an online course on accessibility.

Developed and launched at Queen’s in 2009, the course was first made a mandatory course at McMaster University last year.

AODA 800, a non-credit course, was created after a 2008 provincial act stipulated that individuals who work in the public domain undergo mandatory accessibility training.

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Alternate modes of delivery would be extremely resource intensive, not to mention challenging to coordinate and schedule.

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— Brenda Brouwer, vice-provost and dean of graduate studies

It’s already a mandatory requirement for all members of Queen’s that interact with the public on behalf of the university.

The School of Graduate Studies asked Queen’s Senate in March to approve the course as an academic requirement for graduate students.

The Senate Committee on Academic Procedures rejected the proposal but decided that the course become a non-academic requirement instead.

“We felt that this is something that would really be valuable for our graduate students,” said Vice-Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies Brenda Brouwer.

Brouwer said the School of Graduate of Ontario],” Parsons said. “We had an Studies hoped making the course a extraordinary group of people at Queen’s.”

Parsons said the course takes what was requirement to graduate would ensure that students understood the barriers disabled provincially legislated to cover and puts it in a university context. people face.

“The examples and scenarios are all “Queen’s certainly recognizes the values based on someone being in of equity and diversity,” Brouwer said. university environment,” The online course can be completed in less a than two hours and there is no fee associated Parsons said.

For many people, attitude with it.

While Brouwer said Queen’s is committed can be the biggest hurdle when to achieving a fully-accessible university, she added that “it would be naïve” to think that this course is enough.

“It is an important step in the right direction,” she said.

Professor wins There are no plans to expand the course electronics award at this point, she said, adding that the course is online to engage the user better.

“Alternate modes of delivery would be Praveen Jain, a professor in the department extremely resource intensive, not to mention of electrical and computer engineering, was challenging to coordinate and schedule,” named the 2011 recipient of the William Brouwer told the Journal via email.

E. Newell Power Electronics Award. The “Once you’ve completed according to the award recognizes an individual’s outstanding equity database, we’ll be able to indicate it as contribution to the advancement of power ‘pass’ on the transcript,” she said. “It’s meant and electronics. It’s given out by the Institute to be an educational tool,” she said. of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the For graduate students who enrolled world’s largest engineering association. at Queen’s prior to September 2011, Jain is Canada Research Chair in the course won’t be a mandatory Power Electronics at Queen’s as well as requirement to graduate, but will be Director of the Queen’s University “strongly recommended.”

Centre for Energy and Power Electronics Brouwer said it wouldn’t be fair to add Research (ePOWER). additional graduation requirements to He was also the founder of CHiL students who are already part way through Semiconductor, which was recently sold to their programs.

International Rectifier for $75 million, and Jeanette Parsons, disability services advisor has worked with industries like Canadian with Health, Counseling and Disability Aeronautics, Intel and Nortel Networks.

Services was involved with the initial design of the course.

— Rosie Hales “[Queen’s] took the lead on putting in a proposal to the [the Accessibility Directorate

dealing with issues of accessibility, Parsons said.

The course points to things like teaching methods for students who need alternate learning formats.

“Students with disabilities were involved in advising on the creation of the content and certainly the testing,” she said.

News in brief Bargaining units to begin this fall Four new bargaining units will soon begin contract talks with the University.

Post-doctoral fellows, represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada, will begin bargaining with the University in the fall.

Two bargaining units of the United Steelworkers of Canada will begin the first round of contract talks with the University administration. The first unit includes academic assistants and tutors while the second is made up of Queen’s general staff.

Negotiations with the Allied Health Care professionals in the Queen’s Family Health Team will also start.

So far this year, six contracts between the University and employee groups were negotiated.

— Rosie Hales

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Task force to resubmit Future space uncertain Continued from page 1

Jones said.

He added the increased focus on online courses was financially-driven and that the University would save on dormitory and faculty costs while receiving tuition.

Provincial funding is also granted on a per-student basis.

“They say students want fewer lectures, which may or may not be true. It’s over-generalized,” Jones said.

Peter Taylor, chair of the Task Force, said the plan will continue to be revised until it’s approved in a vote by Senate.

“We need to reduce the amount of details and make the main ideas clearer,” Taylor said.

The Task Force will amalgamate ideas, reorganize and simplify the plan, Taylor said, adding that over the next two to four weeks they will accept comments via their website.

Pilot projects of certain recommendations will be run on a small-scale first, he said.

One example is a mandatory full-year literacy course for all first-year undergraduate Arts and Science students.

The class, UNIV 100, will be graded on a pass-fail basis and the material will teach writing, reading and communication skills in an interdisciplinary and engaging manner. Example themes for the course include “conflict and co-operation” and “the

life cycle of common products.”

The Task Force has suggested that a four-week on-campus remedial course in the summer be taken by students who fail.

Taylor said the course is being suggested due to observations from faculty, students and employers that there’s a need for improved literacy skills in students.

“Employers tend to find that students are weak in these aspects, and that’s what they need students to do,” he said. “If academic skills are weak, the time to get them right is in first-year.”

Undergraduate Student Trustee Lauren Long said she supports the implementation of the UNIV 100 course but that the mandatory remedial course should be rethought.

“If they fail, to hold them back for a summer course for four weeks, I think that could potentially place a financial constraint on students,” Long, ArtSci ’13 said at Senate on Sept. 27. “They’d have to find housing for this period; as well the four weeks taken away from their summer break could prevent someone from getting summer employment.”

Overall she said the seminar-style of the class, the interdisciplinarity and the pass-fail grading are worth supporting.

“If Queen’s brought that opportunity to all first-year students it’d really set us apart,” Long said.

Chair of the Task Force Peter Taylor will resubmit the Plan to Senate.

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coordinator, said she wasn’t surprised that OPIRG kept Grey House space, but that notice on Aug. 29 that the group would she remained “skeptical” about what will be required to leave Grey House space happen with other Grey House groups.

by Sept. 30 because AMS policy dictates “We’re really happy that we’re able to that committees don’t receive individual stay but we’re still pissed off about the other club space. groups insecurity and them not knowing “Any discussions with EQuIP have what’s going to happen,” Bissoondial, been postponed until a co-chair is hired,” ArtSci ’10, said.

Slobodin said, adding that hiring is typically Securing a multi-year agreement with the done by mid-October.

AMS would be a priority, she said, adding “We’re hoping to resolve this as quickly as that everyone in the Grey House needs possible,” he said. space security.

Other Grey House groups Queen’s Pride “We’re hoping to see a new [Memorandum Project (QPP) and Queen’s Helping Hands of Understanding] taken up by the AMS haven’t received their space allocation yet. as well as the [Society of Graduate and Slobodin said the allocation process had Professional Students] and the University in been delayed for QPP because the AMS is recognition of the historic importance of the waiting for their new executive to form. He building and the space that we provide and said he hasn’t heard back from Queen’s the services we offer,” she said.

Helping Hands about this issue for the past two weeks.

Kavita Bissoondial, OPIRG Kingston

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The arts prepares students for academia ... and a degree should be regarded as a personal investment instead of a financial one.

Knowledge not riches A

n undergraduate degree doesn’t guarantee financial success, according to a Sept. 26 article in the Globe and Mail.

In total, 18.5 per cent of undergraduate degree holders make less than the Canadian median income of $37,002. There is variance within the findings: a degree from the discipline of mathematics, business or engineering has a higher financial payoff than a degree in the humanities or arts.

This isn’t surprising.

Engineering and commerce degrees equip students with tangible job skills that are applicable to a specific field of work. In contrast, a Bachelor of Arts degree teaches concepts and abilities that don’t have the same practical application.

A BA isn’t a path to riches, and it’s not meant to be. The focus

of a liberal arts degree is learning to grow.

As more people enroll in for learning’s sake. It shouldn’t be viewed as a financial transaction. university and receive arts degrees, Studying the arts prepares students it inflates the pool of educated for academia, not employment, job applicants. More students are and a degree should be regarded as produced each year, but the job a personal investment instead of a pool can’t keep up.

This will make adaptation financial one.

It’s arrogant to assume that the most necessary skill for a graduating with a BA entitles you worker, and it’s probable that the to a job. Skills learnt from attending concentration of a person’s degree lectures and writing essays don’t will be vastly different than his directly translate into assets for a career choices. specific job.

Believing a bachelor’s degree to This lack of specificity is the be a ticket for employment is simple largest benefit of an arts degree. naïveté, and it’s a preconception Students are given a chance to that should be discarded. develop and pursue interests, This doesn’t make a degree and are exposed to new subject obsolete though.

Students should always be in matter constantly.

Undergraduate arts degrees the pursuit of an education, not a might not prepare students for bigger paycheque. the work force, but they give individuals a unique opportunity

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Bake sale barely useful A

bake sale at the University of debatable is whether they’ve California, Berkeley attempted opened a discussion on the bill or to make a political point by using simply drawn flak in the attempt racial differences to determine the to satirize it.

The sale could prove to be price of cupcakes.

A Maclean’s article from self-defeating, with people Sept. 25 described the event that discussing the contentious bake had patrons pay different prices sale instead of the senate bill. The according to their race and gender. racially divisive bake sale is an Prices for baked goods were set at: interesting initiative, but rational $2 for Caucasians, $1.50 for Asians, discussion doesn’t flourish while $1 for Latinos, $0.75 for African people are angry.

It’s a satirical gesture, but Americans and $0.25 for Native Americans. Women received a one that is deeply offensive for many people. discount of $0.25.

The bake sale places The bake sale, organized by the Berkeley College Republicans, is the identity of patrons into meant to protest Senate Bill 185. categories — something that is The bill was passed and presented potentially hurtful to individuals. to Governor Jerry Brown on What are patrons charged if Sept. 9 who must sign or veto they don’t identify their race or the bill before Oct. 9. If enacted, gender in the same way that the the bill would allow universities vendor does? to consider race, ethnicity, The fact that the Berkeley gender and national origin on College Republicans hosted the sale is problematic. They represent admissions applications.

While it’s a bold and shocking a group associated with a long tactic, the Berkeley College history of marginalizing minority Republicans have succeeded groups. It’s difficult to examine in garnering attention. What’s their actions without also taking

into account their ideology. Had the event been put on by a group like Human Rights Watch, it likely wouldn’t have received so much criticism.

Essentially, the bake sale has made the UC Berkeley an unequal and unsafe place in the name of a political statement. It’s an exploitation of the hardship and discrimination that marginalized groups have historically faced.

The bake sale is an oversimplification of a serious issue.

The Berkeley College Republicans should’ve made a greater effort to have their demonstration more accurately represent the debate over admissions criteria. For example, if visible minorities were allowed to skip the line, it would correlate clearly to being given admissions priority.

Because it draws attention to Senate Bill 185, the bake sale is an important demonstration, but its discriminatory nature nearly oversteps the line between satire and insult.

Jake Edmiston

Other guys T

he Take Back the Night march on Sept. 22 featured the “Don’t Be That Guy” campaign, with signs that read “Just because she’s drunk doesn’t mean she wants to f**k.”

The new campaign switched the focus from victims of sexual assault to perpetrators. Jennifer Byrd, a counsellor with Sexual Assault Centre Kingston (SAC), told the Journal last week that “This campaign is one of the only campaigns that targets the perpetrators.”

There are attitudes on this campus that undermine a woman’s sexual sovereignty. And there are men who think it’s fucked up but don’t say anything.

During the 500-strong Aberdeen Street party earlier this month, groups of men chanted “Tits out for the boys,” soliciting flashes from passersby.

During Frosh Week, there were men on porches with numbered signs, rating women as they walked by.

There’s someone on those porches who should be encouraged to be that guy — the guy that breaks the mob mentality. A campaign that targets every man as a potential perpetrator makes that guy recoil from the cause.

The spirit of “Don’t be that guy” is an important message, but I fear the men who will be most influenced by the campaign are the ones who already know what “No” means.

According to the Adult Criminal Court Survey, over 2,000 males have been convicted of sexual assault every year for the past five years in Canada.

No doubt, many more go uncaught. It’s an alarming number. But it’s not every man in Canada.

The men who aren’t offenders can help.

SAC reported a spike in cases during the first eight weeks of the semester. There’s another spike in sexual assaults in the first weeks back from Christmas holidays. It’s a problem that deserves protests like Take Back the Night.

But there can be smaller protests every Friday and Saturday night, if more men choose to be that guy who tells his friends to “Shut the fuck up.”

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Talking Heads ... around campus

Perspectives from the Queen’s community

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Are you worried about getting a job after graduation?

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provincial elections

A discussion on party policies Panelists representing the four major provincial parties highlight key policy points New Democratic Party

Progressive Conservative Party

Green Party

Liberal Party

“I’m a bit scared but looking forward to it.”

Sarah McCullough, ArtSci ’14

M ichael C arlucci , A rt S ci ’12

S tuart C lark , A rt S ci ’14

N ancy D oucet

Kyle R ichardson , A rt S ci ’12

Contrary to the rumour, New Democratic policy does not depend on simply raising taxes and over-spending. In fact, provincial NDP governments across Canada have the best record of balanced budgets at approximately 50 per cent.

If elected, New Democrats will pay for policy by changing priorities and putting people first.

Most important to many students is education policy.

Every year the cost of education is climbing with Ontario now the most expensive province for post-secondary education.

The province currently has the highest tuition fees and the lowest per capita spending on post-secondary education in Canada.

New Democrats hear our complaints and are committed to making education more affordable by freezing tuition fees for college, undergraduate and graduate students over the next four years and eliminating the interest on the provincial portion of student loans.

Ontario’s New Democrats have a plan to make education more affordable — one that will not disappear after the election.

New Democrats will focus on getting people back to work and growing the economy by protecting and creating jobs. Following a series of no-strings-attached corporate tax giveaways — totalling $20 billion over 10 years — job-creating investments have declined. While corporations who received the tax giveaways are increasing profits, many of those same corporations increased layoffs.

New Democrats offer a solution: instead of blindly giving out no-strings-attached tax breaks to corporations, the NDP will replace them with programs and tax relief to reward job creators and cut taxes for small businesses.

Responsible spending, capping public sector CEO salaries and cutting no-strings-attached corporate giveaways is how the New Democrats can provide a platform which balances the budget by 2017-18 and costs only $3.3 billion in the fourth year.

This is compared to the $3.5 billion and $6 billion

The Ontario Progressive Conservative platform is a collection of specific policy targets designed to strengthen the province’s economic recovery while improving the quality of life and social services of all Ontarians.

Once broken down, the platform consists of three key goals: to provide new jobs and tax relief for households, to improve the services that Ontarians receive from their tax dollars and to make government efficient, accountable and innovative.

Student employment has suffered extensively with the recession and while we recognize that taxes are a necessary load on society in exchange for services, it’s important to realize that taxes levied on many businesses and employers have exacerbated the student unemployment problem.

Ontario’s debt has doubled in eight years. The tax burden must be lowered to drive economic growth and help people, many of whom are students, find meaningful employment.

While much of the platform is geared towards eliminating government red tape and improving transparency, there are a few policies geared specifically towards students. For one, a Conservative government would create up to 60,000 new spaces in our post-secondary institutions.

The Conservatives also pledge to reform the credit transfer program to help students move seamlessly from Advanced Placement in high schools, or other institutions, into university programs.

Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak has also promised to overhaul the archaic Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) rules to make sure the students who need financial assistance for their post-secondary education actually get money in a timely fashion.

The platform also pledges a $30 million scholarship program for Ontario students to make education even more affordable.

You might be wondering where the money for these additional services is coming from given the party’s commitment to fiscal prudence and lower taxes.

The Conservative plan for

In 2006, Elizabeth May stepped down as executive director of Sierra Club and threw her hat in the ring to become leader of the Green Party of Canada. I had never belonged to a political party before that day in June when I turned Green.

Now, five years later, I’m living in Kingston and am campaign manager for Kingston and the Islands’ Green Party candidate Robert Kiley.

The campaign has been flourishing. All-candidate debates have allowed for needed focus on important concerns. I am impressed with the thoughtfulness and insight of organizers and the level of discourse by all candidates.

These conversations validate our belief in what Green Party policies will do to enhance quality of life.

Robert has been stellar — his responses and his passion have been a strong force.

I’m particularly excited about the energy that I see at Queen’s.

Campus is buzzing these days. My impression is that students are pumped up about voting, and that is a welcome impression. There was evidence of that buzz at the AMS debate on Sept. 19. But the question remains: what will that Oct. 6 vote — your Green vote — signify?

Let’s consider Green Party energy policy. The bold first step that the Green Party of Ontario advocates is to stop building new nuclear power plants. Nuclear energy is dirty energy. It is unsustainable on all fronts — economic, social and environmental.

When a life-cycle approach is considered, which is an underlying principle for Green Party policy, nuclear doesn’t make the cut in a 21st century energy regime.

Building nuclear facilities produces unacceptable greenhouse gas emissions. Then there are the safety concerns of transporting and disposing of toxic waste.

The creation of high value and stimulating jobs is also a priority.

Why not be bold here in Kingston and the Islands and attract venture capital in order to keep our graduates in the community to live, work and play?

On education, Green Party policy calls for a freeze on tuition and

After taking office, the Ontario Liberal government led by Dalton McGuinty made post-secondary “No, Queen’s has given me the skills I need to find a job.” education a priority.

In 2003, Liberals froze tuition prices, doubled student assistance Richard Wall, Comm ’12 funding, added a textbook and technology grant and invested $4 billion in campuses over eight years.

Neither of the preceding NDP and PC provincial governments improved the quality of education for Ontario students.

The Liberal government will provide the most funding of any party to Canadian students while protecting the diversity of education. “I plan to go to grad school but it’s definitely nerve-wracking.”

The NDP led by Andrea Horwath offer little for post-secondary education.

Kian Sleggs, ArtSci ’12 Horwath’s voting record shows her lack of dedication to students. In 2005, she voted against a budget that promised to invest $6.2 billion in universities and colleges and increase financial aid.

According to the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance, the NDP has no plan to improve the accessibility, quality or mobility of education. Meanwhile, the Canadian Federation of Students “I think there will be lots of jobs.” notes that in their current cost breakdown, the NDP have Andrew Hines, ArtSci ’14 forgotten the $1 billion in education funding promised to students. The promises and budget of the NDP don’t add up.

After eight years, we have seen results from the Liberal’s investment in education. In Ontario, 64 per cent of adults now have post-secondary degrees (compared to the U.S. at 41 per cent).

This means that if you compare Ontario to the 34 Organization “No, I think coming from for Economic Co-operation and Queen’s means we have a good chance to succeed.”

Development (OECD) countries, the province leads in post-secondary degrees per capita. The Liberals Kira Fulford, ArtSci ’15 also created 200,000 new spaces for students.

A Liberal government would create 60,000 new spots in post-secondary institutions as well as invest in three new satellite campuses. Moreover, McGuinty will continue government grants for lower-income families.

In addition, he has promised to provide a 30 per cent tuition grant to students from middle-class

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of the Liberal Party and Progressive Conservative Party respectively. simultaneously, the ndP will invest in green energy solutions; remove the hst from hydro, home heating and gas; stop rising tuition; increase investment in frontline healthcare and offer tax credits for job creators. the people of ontario and the students of Queen’s University deserve a government that is working for them.

In this election, a vote for Mary rita holland and the ontario new democrats is a vote to change priorities and a change that puts people first.

ontario is one of measured growth and sustainability, eliminating useless committees and kickbacks in a government that has needlessly ballooned in size.

I will admit the Conservatives have not made promises as extravagant as the Liberals on education. however, the PC platform sets a realistic bar for ontario’s next government that doesn’t cripple our economy with new levies and hikes.

Given the choice between a reduction in tuition and a job when I graduate, I don’t think there’s any contest.

increases in grants and scholarships. affordable housing will help us work towards reducing poverty and improving quality of life. as the Green Party candidate for Kingston and the Islands, robert Kiley has said the Green Party views our choices through a life-cycle lens. this lens considers environmental, social and economic factors. students at Queen’s University have the ability and the power to shape a sustainable future. how Green is my campus?

I think it will be much greener after oct. 6.

families. For over 80 per cent of students that means they will get $1,600 back from their tuition each year. tuition grants are not important, however, if you can’t find a job in the workforce. that’s why for students who can’t find a job after graduation, the Liberal government could reduce their loan payments to zero.

When choosing who to vote for on oct. 6 look at the party platforms and decide who is really going to put students first.

Michael Carlucci is acting president for the Queen’s University New Democrats.

Stuart Clark is secretary-treasurer for the Queen’s University Conservative Association.

Nancy Doucet is campaign manager for Kingston and the Islands Green Party nominee Robert Kiley.

Kyle Richardson is policy director for the Queen’s University Liberal Association.

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LETTErs TO THE EDITOr Drinking culture must be changed dear editors, as a community grappling with the fallout of excessive alcohol consumption every fall for the last several years, decision makers in Kingston have worked to ensure public safety is maintained and alcohol laws are enforced. But is it enough? recently, dr. Gerald thomas, a senior research and policy analyst from the Canadian Centre on substance abuse, presented to local decision makers on how the cultural acceptance of the use of alcohol for recreation needs

to be shifted. drinking large quantities of alcohol in a short period of time is a risky activity, yet it is promoted as culturally acceptable through peer to peer contact, media messages and the promotion of drinking games and paraphernalia. there have been several reports of this type of promotion occurring locally in recent weeks. a local bar pasted a large promotional sticker on the inside of their menu advertising a chance of winning a beer pong table. another business in the downtown core has a window display of drinking paraphernalia including a funnel and hose apparatus, and a hard hat with multiple drink holders and tubing attached. these items are not designed to

promote responsible drinking and, like the beer pong table, target the student population. a 19-year-old acadia University student died earlier this month after consuming a large amount of alcohol.the student was reportedly participating in a drinking game in residence. you are basically risking your life by participating in any of these games. rapidly drinking alcohol can result in an individual becoming unconscious which in turn leaves them unable to protect their airway. KGh has had a number of admissions to the emergency department in the last week of individuals who were completely unconscious from excess alcohol use.

a community-based approach is crucial to our success in promoting safe and responsible choices, including in Queen’s University residences. Paraphernalia such as beer pong tables and funnels, which promote excessive and unsafe consumption, are not allowed in residences at Queen’s. these items generate a larger concern in our communities around safe consumption. as Queen’s continues to move forward in implementing the coroner’s recommendations around alcohol following the deaths of two students last year, it is important for the community to step up and support these efforts. the 14-year harvard school of Public health College alcohol

study positively demonstrated the need to bring campuses and communities together to change the environmental conditions that promote heavy alcohol consumption both on and off campus. While it is important for partners in health, enforcement and education to support change, there needs to be commitment from local business owners and others in the community to create the culture shift needed to de-normalize heavy drinking and reduce alcohol-related harm.

Cathy Edwards, Coordinator, Greater Kingston Area Safe and Sober Community Alliance

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Fashion

SoHo Arts strut Tammy Godefroy’s new modelling agency educates aspiring talent B y A lyssa A shton Arts Editor Tammy Godefroy gave up a career as a Toronto talent agent to open a boutique on Princess Street. But when she started talking to local models, she said she felt the need to get back into the talent business.

In 2007, Godefroy started to direct photo shoots to showcase products at her clothing store, Novellino. When models came looking to get involved with her ad campaigns, Godefroy started giving advice. The guidance counselling evolved into SoHo Models, an agency that also provides programs for prospective models and actors.

“I started counselling girls and their parents on what to look out for,” she said. “A lot of the girls are naïve and it’s scary.”

Godefroy worked at TT Talent as a talent agent. She said it’s an industry standard that modelling agencies don’t charge fees, they only make money off commission when their client gets a job.

Next issue Pumped up Kicks Royal Wood is coming to Kingston with new songs and his Cover Sessions EP featuring tunes from Adele, Tom Petty and Foster the People.

Cry Baby Cry Andrew McPhail’s new exhibit, CRYBABY, at Union Gallery pieces together hundreds of Kleenexes to reflect the grieving process and the fragile human body.

Novellino is an Italian word meaning fresh and new. The theme of the boutique is the Italian Mediterranean, using bright colours and open spaces to create a relaxing shopping experience.

Godefroy started meeting Kingston models and “the girls started telling me about the agencies they were going to and they were scams.

“We first started course work

Primate Project The Screening Room presents its second speaker series, combining a talk on ape cognition research with the film Project Nim, a real life story of a chimpanzee raised like a human child.

Hostile Home In his new exhibit, Correspondences, Abbas Akhavan explores how trauma and systemic violence in the nation-state can translate into violence in the home.

for recreational purposes,” she said. “The first course would be an introduction to modelling, the second is developing their image as a model, the third on how to get work in the modelling agency.”

SoHo Models won’t force anyone in their roster to pay for in-house photo shoots and courses.

Godefroy said as long as the end result is professional, the agency will find the client jobs.

The agency has access to the National Breakdown Service which lists all auditions daily.

Godefroy said rejection is a reality in modelling and acting industries.

“I can only take people that I can get work,” she said. “With the whole reality TV situation, they all see that these people don’t do anything but they’re celebrities. But I’m like, do you have any skills?

Can you actually model? Can you actually act?”

While SoHo Models is the newest venture for Godefroy, she’s

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“If it’s gone it’s gone, there is still maintaining her store, which has been at 286 Princess St. since only six pieces of it in Kingston,” she said. “Every other store will its opening in 2005.

Godefroy brings in all her contact the company and get refills merchandise from Los Angeles and of items.” buys stock every week.

See Novellino on page 11 “Every other store buys six months ahead of the season,” she said. “You’re buying in September for [sale] in February [or] March, so you’re guessing what people will want in six months.

“People in Kingston are in the moment, they’re not ahead of the trends. A lot of the Queen’s students are ahead of the trends because they come from the big cities. But a lot of Kingstonians are very conservative.”

All of Novellino’s merchandise is posted on their website and Facebook page. Godefroy said she receives text messages at 2 a.m from customers asking to reserve clothing they saw online.

Since Novellino buys stock Novellino’s dress photo by justin chin weekly, when stock runs out they list ensures that no two women wear will not be re-ordered. the same dress to an event.

Interview

On the classic track Canadian rockers come together to pay tribute to classic rock legends B y C aitlin C hoi Assistant Arts Editor An evening in, playing music with Montreal musicians from the Stills, the Sam Roberts Band and Stars turned into the start of a seven-person cover band.

Tommy Youngsteen & the Million Dollar Band features a seven-piece act that strictly plays a set of Tom Petty, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen classics.

“We were sitting around and having a few beers,” guitarist and

vocalist Alan Snoddy, a former Stars guitarist, said. “Just playing, and I kind of had the idea that we should try a show out or something like that.”

The band debuted at Toronto’s Dakota Tavern in December 2010.

Since then, they’ve been bouncing between shows in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa with a few in Kingston and Waterloo.

The classic rock covers don’t stray far from the original tracks.

Snoddy said they focus more on Though Tommy Youngsteen is only playing shows around Ontario, its members have played shows all See Classic on page 10

around the world, opening for bands like the Rolling Stones and AC/DC.

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Metal meets Limestone

Ohbijou’s thirds album, Metal Meets, was released on Tuesday and had the band travelling outside the familiarity of Toronto to untraversed locations like volcanoes and haunted waterfalls found around the world.

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Ohbijou’s new album, Metal Meets, delves deeper into love and relationships B y J anina E nRilE Assistant Features Editor Ohbijou will launch a North American tour this month, in support of their new release, Metal Meets.

Lead vocalist and songwriter Casey Mecija said the band wanted

to make the whole album a love story, based on the title track.

Metal Meets is Ohbijou’s third album, following the 2009 Beacons and the 2006 Swift Feet for Troubling Times. With two years since their last album, Ohbijou had plenty of time to gather inspiration for the new album.

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emulating, not interpreting.

“We might arrange them slightly differently, like the Neil Young stuff we might stretch out,” he said. “[But] it’s pretty well note for note.”

Guitarist Greg Paquet and the band’s bassist Tim Fletcher are former members of the Stills. The Stills stopped recording music, allowing them time for other endeavours. The cover band’s drummer, Josh Trager, plays with the Sam Roberts Band, which takes priority over the tribute act. “[The band] is more just for fun,” Snoddy said. “I think everybody would do it as long as people were interested in seeing it, but it revolves around everyone else’s schedules and priorities, like

Sam Roberts and the other bands.”

Saxophone player Erik Hove, guitarist Graham Playford and keyboardist Greg MacDonald also have big resumes — Hove is a member of the turntable-jazz group Soundclash, Playford is a soloist and MacDonald is a member of Canadian band Sloan.

Despite having a veteran roster, egos and opinions aren’t a problem, Snoddy said.

“Nobody’s really in charge.

Sometimes someone will want to do one song and someone won’t want to do another song so you have to compromise,” he said. “They say the best kind of compromise is when everyone is equally dissatisfied. That’s sort of how it goes.”

Tommy Youngsteen sticks to early work by Petty, Young and

“We’re definitely older and have a weight of more experiences under our belt,” Mecija said, “I think the accumulation of different experiences has resulted in an album that kind of looks at the world with a little more depth and complexity.”

Mecija said Metal Meets is

moodier and more complex than Ohbijou’s previous efforts.

“A lot of the lyrics and the subject matter of the album is very much inspired by love,” she said. “The other two albums were inspired by that as well, but I think with this new record, it was more about finding a new language of

how to articulate that feeling.”

Lyrics were inspired by books that Mecija has indulged in, such as Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson. “[Carson] has such an amazing way of describing feelings — really desperate feelings — by using words like red and giving emotions colours and things like that,” Mecija said.

Mecija said the band chose “Niagara” as the album’s opening track because it has a deliberately strong chord structure. Mecija said the song title’s resemblance to the name of a famous Canadian landmark was no coincidence.

“I was trying to describe these feelings of love by paralleling it with that sort of weather and environmental element,” she said.

“It’s just comparing the force of the falls to the force of a feeling of love.”

Ohbijou is preparing for a North American tour, with the first show scheduled in Toronto.

Before the release of Swift Feet for Troubling Times, Ohbijou was Mecija’s solo project. She soon felt the need for a full band including her sister Jennifer.

“We know how to make each other upset, but in the end, the underlying thing is that it’s more of a relief that we’re together,” Mecija said, “And it would be sad if I didn’t have [Jennifer] singing and playing beside me. So I feel lucky to play with Jenny.”

Ohbijou play with the Gertrudes at The Mansion on Oct. 5 at 9 p.m.

OLD sONG, NeW BAND Tommy Youngsteen is known to play these classic rock hits at shows.

Springsteen

Young

Petty

Born to Run

Love and Only Love

American Girl

Dancing in the Dark

Hey Hey, My My

King’s Highway

Bobby Jean

Cinnamon Girl

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Springsteen. The most recent songs on the band’s setlist are Petty’s “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” (1993), Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” (1989) and Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” (1984).

With shows featuring old songs by recent rock stars, the crowd tends to vary. Snoddy said they

attract an older audience who come out for familiar music. Younger fans often are interested because of the connection with their other bands.

One fan in particular has been following the band from show to show.

“I’ve never spoken to him but he’s there everytime in front,”

he said. “He’s sort of like a big football player kind of guy. He was in Ottawa, Toronto, he was in Kingston, and he just turned up every single night with a Bruce Springsteen concert shirt on.”

Tommy Youngsteen plays the Mansion tonight at 9 p.m.

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Novellino started selling vintage accessories last year, including a coveted Hermes scarf which sold at the store’s vintage premier party.

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Last January the boutique started carrying vintage accessories.

“It’s not just anything, I really source the vintage,” she said. “Anytime I travel the world I pick up vintage items, so they all have stories. I need to go on another trip soon.”

But she won’t be traveling anytime soon.

She’s pregnant with her first child. But she’s

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not slowing down.

“Definitely expansion, definitely our own line,” Godefroy said of future plans. “We like to do things that are outside the box. We like to do our own events.

“I would like Kingston to have a fashion weekend or a fashion week. We are kind of centrally located, so it makes sense to me for us to be a sort of a hub. It’s just getting the city involved in it.”

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Fifth-year student Nick Green (right) is a quarter-finalist in the Wendy’s Kick for a Million challenge in Toronto on Saturday. He practiced with Gaels’ kicker Dan Village (left) during the team’s football practice on Tuesday at Richardson Stadium.

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Kick for a million

Men’s Hockey

Fifth-year engineering student Nick Green practices with Gaels’ kicker Dan Village to prepare for Wendy’s contest

teams to the U.S. for preseason games

crossing Green kicks for $1 million Border Queen’s Athletics continues to send B y B enjamin D eans Assistant Sports Editor Nick Green was at Tindall field on Tuesday morning to practice 25-yard field goals. He didn’t make a single one. Tomorrow, he starts his campaign to kick for $1 million.

Green is one of four Canadians remaining in Wendy’s Kick for a Million challenge, a promotional contest affiliated with the Canadian Football League (CFL). The contest, now in its seventh season, draws

inside Rowing recap Men’s rowing dominates at Head of the Rideau. page 13

Speedy debut Maxime LeBoeuf has fastest time at Saturday’s Western Invitational. page 14

Rivalry revisited To prepare for the weekend, the Journal looks at classic Queen’s-Western rugby games. page 14

RMC Wrap Men’s and women’s soccer beat Royal Military College.

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almost 18 million entries every year.

Green worked next to a Wendy’s during a summer internship at the Innovation Park at Queen’s University. The contest opened on July 25 and Green tallied 2,321 entries before it closed.

“There were about 12 students and we would all go for lunch at the same time,” Green, Sci ’11, said. “I thought, ‘maybe I’ll win a free hamburger or something.’ ” Instead, he won a shot at becoming a millionaire.

On Sept. 6, four participants — two from Western Canada and two from Eastern Canada — were selected to compete.

On Saturday, Green will kick in the Eastern quarter-finals during the halftime of a Toronto Argonauts game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.

In the quarter-finals, both participants get three kicks each at distances between the 15 and the 50 yard lines. If a kick goes through the uprights, points are awarded for each yard kicked. The participant with the most points moves on to face the Western Canada winner in the semifinals the following weekend in Toronto.

The last kicker standing will travel to Toronto on Oct. 14 with the chance of winning $1 million. The kicker will have four kicks — from 20, 30, 40 and 50 yards — each of which, if successful, will yield increasingly better prizes. Kicking a 50-yard field goal wins the grand prize.

Green has been practicing for about a week. He found out two weeks ago, but couldn’t start kicking right away.

“I had to go out and get cleats and the ball,” he said. “Didn’t have any of it.”

The fifth-year Engineering student hasn’t played football since

changes on icing calls.

B y L auri Kytömaa lining up as a defensive tackle at Staff Writer Gibson said every trip to the U.S. Lorne Park Secondary School in allows his players to enjoy far better Mississauga. His career was cut The men’s hockey team will travel hockey facilities than his team has short by a hand injury. to Buffalo, N.Y. to play Niagara in Kingston. Mercyhurst College has an ice surface and their own University and Canisius College.

I had to go out and Preseason trips to the U.S. are personal gym on campus.

“They are a lot ahead of us,” he get cleats and the ball. a regular occurrence with Queen’s said. “I would love to see that for varsity teams.

Teams test themselves Didn’t have any of it. against NCAA competition and the Gaels in the future.”

“I wanted to get a game in against they don’t always lose. Men’s — Nick Green, soccer, men’s hockey, women’s a top U.S. college or university,” he Sci ’11 hockey, men’s basketball and men’s said. “[It’s a] level of competition rugby will compete with American that you don’t get [in Ontario] “I stiff-armed one of the offensive schools this season. during preseason play.” linemen and then someone hit him The men’s soccer team tied the Last season, men’s hockey lost from behind,” Green said. “It was 5-0 to Robert Morris University Cornell Big Red 0-0 in last year’s the day after our coach told us not and 8-1 to Mercyhurst College. match in August and earned an to stiff-arm people.”

Head coach Brett Gibson said his invitation back for another game.

On Tuesday night, Green met team struggled with a different The two teams tied 0-0 again up with the football team’s kicker, style of hockey. on Aug. 25.

Dan Village. As Green was walking “We are hoping to bring them “The teams are a lot faster than out to the field, Village kicked a what we are used to,” Gibson said. down [to Kingston] at some point.”

40-yard punt.

“They aren’t as physical but the head coach Chris Gencarelli said.

“Holy crap,” Green said.

Men’s rugby has been the most speed of the game catches you off Village said Green has to be for a couple of periods.” successful Queen’s team to travel confident with his kicking.

The team also has to deal with south. At the Dartmouth Classic “The most important advice I different rules south of the border. in August this year, the Gaels beat could give to him is just keeping Last season in Pennsylvania, the Dartmouth College 36-0 and Army University 25-5. see He’ll on page 15 Gaels had to account for rules like icing on the penalty kill and no line

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Gaels forward David Chubb battles with a Mercyhurst Lakers player during a game in Erie, Pa. last year.

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Rowers win regatta Men’s rowing improves on last year’s results at Head of the Rideau B y Kye a nDreOPOuLOs Contributor The men’s rowing team won nine of 10 races at the Head of the Rideau regatta in Ottawa on Sunday.

The regatta featured crews from McGill University, University of Ottawa, Carleton University and Trent University. Gaels rower Rami Maassarani said the team’s success at the Head of the Rideau isn’t an indicator of their strength because perennial contenders weren’t competing.

“Brock and Western usually have pretty strong teams,” he said. “We don’t really have an idea of how fast everyone is until we show up to the same regatta.”

The Gaels improved on their 2010 results, where they won only five of the nine events. Maassarani said the men’s team have benefitted from a demanding off-season training schedule of rowing and

dryland training.

“Most of the teams have been working pretty hard over the winter and the summer and those are the months that really count,” he said.

The Gaels compete at the Head of the Trent regatta — traditionally considered the most important regatta before the OUA regatta on Oct. 29 — this weekend. The Brock Badgers and the Western Mustangs will both be in attendance.

“The first real test … is going to be this weekend,” he said. “Every team shows up and means business.”

The Head of the Trent will also be the women’s rowing team’s first event of the season. Maassarani said he expects last year’s OUA champions to perform well.

“They’re feeling good about this season,” he said. “They’re defending champs so people are going to be going after them hard.”

The men’s heavyweight eight-man crew won their race at the Head of the Rideau regatta on Sunday in Ottawa.

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Rivalry revisited LeBoeuf leads team in debut Before men’s rugby plays the 4-0 Western Mustangs Saturday, the Journal looks at five recent classics between the two teams oct. 29, 2006 OUA semifinal: Queen’s 10-15 Western In muddy conditions in London, the Gaels made several early mistakes and trailed 15-0 at the half. Spencer Cameron and Beau Chapman got tries to make it 15-10, but the Gaels couldn’t score again.

The Gaels lost the bronze medal match against the Brock Badgers. oct. 13, 2007 OUA regular season: Queen’s 16-13 Western The Gaels beat the Mustangs for the first time since 2001 in front of more than 1,000 fans at Kingston Field. Captain James Potter scored an early try and his team led 13-6 at the half. Two fights broke out in the second half, but the Gaels held on for the win. The teams met again in the OUA semifinal where the Gaels won 18-13. sept. 20, 2008 OUA regular season: Queen’s 12-12 Western The Gaels scored in the last minute to earn a tie in London.

Down 12-7 late in the game,

flanker Pat Richardson scored his second try to tie it, but centre Ryan Kruyne missed the potential game-winning conversion. The Gaels beat the Mustangs 19-8 in the OUA semifinal a month later. oct. 3, 2009 OUA regular season: Queen’s 13-12 Western The Gaels won 13-12 to move to first place in the OUA. Eight-man Tim Richardson scored the team’s only try while centre Ryan Kruyne had a conversion and two penalty kicks for the team’s first win in London since 2001. nov. 14, 2009 OUA final: Queen’s 23-19 Western The Gaels capped off a perfect 10-0 season by defeating the Mustangs to win their first OUA championship since 2001. Western led midway through the second half but a late try from Chris Barrett put the Gaels up late in the game to win the gold medal.

— Source: Journal Archives, compiled by Gilbert Coyle

Gaels celebrate a 16-13 win over Western in 2007.

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B y Peter r eimer Contributor The cross country team’s top recruit was the Gaels’ best runner at the Western Invitational in London on Saturday. Transfer student Maxime LeBoeuf led the men’s cross country team to a fourth-place finish in the 10-kilometre race with a time of 33 minutes and 10 seconds. The women’s team came in sixth in their five-kilometre run.

LeBoeuf, MA‘13, was absent for the Sept. 24 Queen’s Invitational.

The Western event was his debut with the Gaels. Every Gael crossed the finish line within a minute of LeBoeuf in London.

“For the part of the season we’re at right now, we’re setting ourselves up nicely for the more important races down the road,” men’s team captain Oliver Hatheway said.

The Gaels finished behind the first-place Windsor Lancers, the Guelph Gryphons and the Western Mustangs. Hatheway said his team was satisfied with the fourth-place finish.

“This time of year, we’re not really concerned with results,” he said. “We’re of the mentality that it’s all for the one race in November, so we’re quietly confident. “ But Hatheway said the team could have done better if they had stuck to the initial race plan.

“We were actually hoping to run the race a little bit more together,” he said. “We kind of got separated with the early pacing.”

Jeff Costen and Jeff Archer were sidelined with injuries for the second straight event. Last week, head coach Steve Boyd said they might be the fittest runners on the team. He said both runners will compete in Bethlehem, Pa.

today for Lehigh University’s Paul Short Run. LeBoeuf, Hatheway, Nick McGraw, Dave Cashin and

Cody Beals ran for the men. The women’s team went with Alex Gatza, Monica Bolejszo, Lauren

The women’s cross country team finished sixth at the Western Invitational in London on Saturday.

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‘He’ll be fine’ tonight,” he said.

Green heads to Toronto on his head down and swinging Friday and will stay at the hotel right through the ball,” he said. in the Rogers Centre. He faces “Obviously, he’s a novice, but if he off against the other Eastern works a bit, he’ll be fine.” finalist Mike Tompkins — a 56-year old Brockville-native who owns a Promotional Obviously, he’s a Merchandise Company. novice, but if he works “He doesn’t look that athletic,” a bit he’ll be fine.

Green said. “I’m hoping that just by being 30 years younger, I’ll have an advantage.”

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Women’s soccer a place where we’ve traditionally and midfielder Eric Cappon added rebounds with big win struggled to play,” head coach another goal minutes later to give Dave McDowell said. the Gaels a halftime lead over their The Gaels will play the Carleton cross-town rivals.

The women’s soccer team Ravens at Richardson Stadium on “It’s really big for us to get back responded to their slip-up against Saturday at 1 p.m. on track,” Cappon said. “When the Toronto Varsity Blues on we’re going through a tough spell Sunday by beating the Royal — Ben Deans like we have been, this is a good Military College Paladins 5-0 way to get back.” on Thursday.

With the win, the Gaels improve Men’s soccer breezes Striker Breanna Burton led the to 4-2-1 and move into a tie for past RMC team with two goals while Kelli third in the OUA East division.

Chamberlain, Jackie Tessier and They’ll host the Carleton Ravens Alexis McKinty each added singles. The men’s soccer team ended a Sunday at Richardson Stadium.

The win takes the Gaels to 7-0-1 three-game winless streak with a 2-0 and keeps them at the top of the win over the Royal Military College — Dylan Haber OUA East division.

Paladins on Thursday. Striker Mac “It was a pretty good result. It’s Ojiaku scored in the 31st minute

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at Toronto Varsity Blues (2-2) at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

vs. Carleton Ravens (6-2-0) at 3:15 p.m. on Saturday at Richardson Stadium.

at Western Mustangs (4-0) at 4 p.m. on Saturday.

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Paul Short Run at Lehigh University today in Bethlehem, Pennsylvannia.

Women’s soccer (7-0-1) vs.

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vs. McMaster Marauders (3-0) at 1 p.m. on Saturday at West Campus.

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Students seek similarities Postscript explores the nature of friendship among university students B y J essica F ishbein Postscript Editor

religious issues. These included questions on the use of alcohol and drugs, and attitudes towards Despite exposure to a population abortion and the death penalty.

While the friendship initiation of more than 20,000 people on campus, Queen’s students may find process is the same in every setting, that their friendships lack diversity. a university’s population size According to a recent determines who students choose to study published in the social pursue friendships with, Bahns said.

“In diverse environments with psychology journal Group photo by justin chin Processes & Intergroup Relations, lots of choice, students can be According to psychology professor Jill Jacobson, friendships often emerge due to proximity. large university campuses breed ‘pickier’ — if areas of dissimilarity undiversified friendships when are discovered they may decide that lasting ones, Bahns said, adding it attracts students from similar makes socializing easier. that they are beneficial in other socio-economic backgrounds.

“With a similar other, you can friendship is not worth pursuing.” compared to smaller institutions.

“A university that people don’t project your own feelings and Closeness was also measured in ways too.

Due to its student population, “There’s good research showing commute to, where people have opinions without having to worry.

Queen’s is considered to be a large the study. Participants had to rate university, making it less likely for on a scale of one to seven how that forming friendships with to move, attracts people who can This is how similarity wins the day,” students to have friendship groups close they felt to the other person people from different social groups spend more on education,” he said. she said. from your own ... is one of the best “That automatically introduces However, Jacobson said that contain varied attitudes in the pair. ways to reduce prejudice, so there homogeneity into the sample.

Generation Y is willing to be more and beliefs.

“Queen’s isn’t as diverse as experimental when choosing [are] certainly some advantages to Angela Bahns, lead author of People like to be in befriending people who are not people want it to be,” he said, friends in university. the study, said on large campuses, similar relationships adding that universities in a bigger just like you.” ”People might be more likely to students are better able to because they are People may ultimately prefer city like Toronto attract a more go to a club meeting they may not find friends with whom they familiar, and because similar friendships because diverse student body. normally go to, to see what people share similarities. they are more But socio-economic factors there think.” they’re easier.

“In general, we have found larger “People like to be in similar aren’t the only reason the At Queen’s, Jacobson considers campuses are more diverse, in that harmonious. relationships because they are population of Queen’s isn’t diverse. proximity the largest factor to there are more people to choose “Kingston is a small city. It just determine burgeoning friendship. familiar, and because they are more from and greater variability of

— Angela Bahns, social psychologist harmonious — agreement reduces isn’t attractive to everyone,” Sacco “Maybe the first [friends] you attitudes,” Bahns told the Journal said. “There are also traditions of are exposed to are proximal, and conflict,” she said. via email. “Compared to smaller Queen’s sociology professor people from certain communities then you see what their values, On small campuses, pairs had campuses in Kingston, I would say interests, career goals are,” she that yes, Queen’s friendships are an average closeness of 5.9 while Vincent Sacco said students who and high schools coming here.”

While bigger universities may said. “If they match that’s who you are enrolled at large universities on large campuses it was 5.2. likely to be less diverse.”

Friendships may be formed like Queen’s still have as many attract a wider range of personalities stick with.”

To conduct the study, researchers surveyed pairs of students in public based on similarities, but that close friends as those at small and socio-economic backgrounds, Sacco said friendships ultimately post-secondary institutions. places about beliefs that could doesn’t ensure their longevity.

People can “A stereotype is that people in form based on similarities.

“We have found that friendship potentially impact a friendship. absolutely work “People prize diversity in theory In the U.S, researchers surveyed length is not related to similarity. bigger cities have less close friends, to have diverse 110 students on the University of That means that once a friendship but this isn’t true,” Sacco said. “I more than in practice,” he said. friendships, but there Kansas campus, which has a student forms, it’s unlikely that friends will don’t think the size of the school “Do you actually have any 70-yearhas to be a desire

old male friends?” population of more than 25,000. become more similar to each other would matter.

That being said, friendships “There’s been a lot of research These results were compared to over time,” Bahns said. to do that.

“So for less diverse friendships, on social connections in big cities based on shared interests aren’t answers from 158 students at four small colleges in rural Kansas. Each a certain amount of discrepancy versus small towns, and there isn’t always easy.

— Vincent Sacco, Queen’s “One of the mistakes people college had an average enrolment must be tolerated for the whole life a big difference in how many close sociology professor make is that friendships are of that friendship — it isn’t going friends people have.” of around 1,400 students.

While Queen’s might be a self-maintaining, but they do Students were asked to agree or to go away as friends influence large school, Sacco said it doesn’t require maintenance. People that However, just because disagree with polarizing questions each other.”

Diverse friendships are often have a diverse population because don’t put in the maintenance are someone’s proximal doesn’t mean regarding political, social and seen as free riders,” he said. he or she makes for an ideal “Most of our friends from friend — a frosh’s often hurried university will cease to be in our selection of future housemates is lives because we won’t maintain an example. friendships with them. The energy “There’s a big push for first Students on exchange programs cultures and have had different a difficulty, but it’s also an required isn’t viewed as worth the years to find housemates early on effort any longer.” … you’ll find people making choices have one of the best opportunities life experiences. opportunity for students to not Though people naturally based on who’s proximal to them, to make diverse friendships.

“We don’t want to pigeonhole judge someone based on what gravitate towards others with then saying ‘Gosh, I regret that,’” “All students are coming to the people to think their only valid they first hear,” he said. “We’ve similar interests, diverse friendships she said. “What predicts longevity institution that is opening itself social connection is with someone had people come in for our can still exist, Sacco said. is similarity.” up to the world. Why would they with a shared heritage. That’s conversation group who end up “It takes a little more effort “With social networking and limit themselves to people with overlooking so much about making social connections.” to make certain kinds of Facebook you can meet more the same experiences?” said Justin them,” he said.

Kerr said students shouldn’t relationships continue,” he people with the same interests who Kerr, an international student “Whether it’s someone who use similarity as the sole criteria said. “It involves tolerance and aren’t proximal to you,” she said. understanding — people find those While similarity is important for advisor for Queen’s University comes from India but really likes for making friends. things taxing and the rewards may friendship, it’s hard to determine International Centre (QUIC).

Monty Python humour, someone “It’s easy for students with not be worth the effort expended. whether an optimal friendship is Kerr offers non-academic from Kingston could like the a particular regional background “People can absolutely work to solely based on shared interests, support for many students who same thing.” to gravitate towards others like have diverse friendships, but there Jacobson said. come to Queen’s on exchange.

Language could present a them,” he said. “We strongly has to be a desire to do that.”

“You want complimentary.

He said students on exchange barrier, but that doesn’t mean it encourage students to not limit Queen’s psychology professor You don’t want to be exactly the look for shared interests among can’t be overcome. themselves to this.”

Jill Jacobson said people pick same and you don’t want to be their friends based on similarity completely different,” she said. those who come from different “It absolutely presents as opposed to diversity because it

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