The Queen's Journal, Issue 18

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New charity donates $1,000 a month to projects in Kingston.

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A critical look at the Queen’s Wears Green campaign.

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Behind the scenes of Union Gallery’s art exhibits.

Women’s rugby beats Brock Badgers at Tindall field to win OUA bronze.

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Queen’s Anime Club gets over 30 members to weekly meetings.

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Quarter-final win

AMS elections

Alumni voted in elections B y C atherine O wsik Assistant News Editor Blane McPhail no longer attends Queen’s, but he voted in last week’s online elections.

“I just voted for the guy with the coolest name. It was absolutely terrible, especially if my vote was the one to decide things,” McPhail said. “I was completely uninformed when I voted.”

On Oct. 25, some alumni and transfer students were sent e-ballots to their webmail accounts with active usernames and passwords.

This allowed alumni to cast a vote in the AMS referendum and rector election. It also allowed them to vote for an Arts and Science Undergraduate Society photo by Francesco Rizzato (ASUS) representative.

Receiver Giovanni Aprile picked up six first-downs in the Gaels 14-10 quarter-final win over the Laurier Golden Hawks on McPhail, ArtSci ’11, convocated Saturday. See page 12 for full story. in June with a major in politics.

He received the ASUS and AMS e-ballots last week to his academics webmail account.

McPhail is currently living in Toronto and said in addition to the e-ballots, he also regularly receives emails from the Queen’s political studies list serve.

He said when he received the earn points by participating in offered at Queen’s in order for you’re just dealing with a B y Vince M atak surveys provided by sponsors. other students to get a better sense one-paragraph description of a ballot he initially thought nothing Contributor course. On our website you can of it.

These surveys help sponsors collect of a class before registering. “[With the current system,] Two student-run online companies market data to better understand See Websites on page 4 See Voters on page 5 offering academic services are set the student demographic.

Opolsky said he’s looking to launch this week at Queen’s.

Both companies state that the to establish sponsorships with FEATURE services offered, including online companies like Cara Foods and forums and note distribution, don’t Cineplex. These companies would be given a section on the infringe on academic integrity.

Eversity provides three different website where students can use online forums that students can use points to buy gift certificates and to answer school-related questions. movie tickets.

Despite planning to launch first The discussion boards allow on-campus food service provider. original goal of providing a space students to provide explanations at Queen’s and then expand to B y M eaghan Wray for questions, upload relevant links other universities, Opolsky said Assistant News Editor “The Farmers Market at Queens for growers and producers as local and upload news articles relating to Eversity is in no way affiliated is a place for students to purchase to Kingston as possible … Due to specific topics or threads. with Queen’s.

A new policy is barring Queen’s locally produced and locally the Governing Principles of our Creator Noah Opolsky said “We aren’t saying ‘upload your Farmer’s Market vendors from sourced foods,” McKegney wrote market we can no longer allow students can rate explanations and essays here for other students to selling hot food to students. in an Oct. 13 letter addressed to hot food products such as yours the highest-rated comments are use.’ That’s not at all what we’re Vendors say they received Igor Trotchine. to be part of our Market here at awarded points. going for,” Opolsky said. letters earlier this month informing Trotchine is the owner of Taste Queens,” the letter read.

“It’s basically an academic home Loopnotes creator Kris Harris, them that the sale of hot foods of Russia, a company that has McKegney’s letter stated that base that you can access online Sci ’12, said his company is a would no longer be permitted at sold hot meals at the market for Taste of Russia was no longer and get free stuff in the process,” platform to facilitate the buying the market. three years. eligible to participate in the market Opolsky, ArtSci ’13, said. and selling of class notes.

John McKegney is the catering “Over the last couple of years on Wednesdays.

Students will also be able to Students can also rate courses manager with Sodexho, the our Market has strayed from its See Vendors on page 3

Websites will share academic resources

Two student-run businesses to provide discussion forums and note-sharing

Hot food not an option Vendors at Farmer’s Market told to stop sales of hot food

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Health

Women’s heart health at risk with night shifts Queen’s study shows potential link between shift work and cardiovascular problems B y A lison S houldice Staff Writer Working night shifts may have negative long-term health implications, according to a study from Queen’s School of Nursing.

Professor Joan Tranmer found that night shift work may lead to an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease in women.

Tranmer studied 227 female nurses, administrative employees and lab and equipment technicians in Ontario between the ages of 22 and 66.

17 per cent of participants had at least three out of five indicators for cardiovascular risk. Indicators include elevated blood glucose levels, elevated waist circumference and hypertension.

“What we saw was that there was a link between shift work and indicators of risk,” Tranmer said. “We’re on the high end of what should be a fairly healthy population of women.”

The findings confirm what other studies have found in the past, Tranmer said, adding that the results are still concerning.

According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes

Nina Wan, Nurs ‘14, says a healthy lifestyle can help to prevent cardiovascular disease in female nurses.

of death in Canadian men and women.

As a former nurse herself, Tranmer knows what it’s like to do shift work.

Photo By Justin Chin

“It certainly is very, very disruptive physically,” she said. “I remember being at the three or four o’clock time in the morning where you could feel

your body temperature drop and sense fatigue.”

The transition between student life and the workforce can be demanding for nursing students, especially if they don’t have experience working night shifts, Tranmer said.

“We need to better prepare the younger workers and prevent them from developing signs of cardiovascular risk,” Tranmer said.

Maintaining an active lifestyle, healthy diet and good sleep patterns are important strategies to prevent cardiovascular disease, she said.

“It’s not rocket science.”

Tranmer is now conducting follow-up research to better understand the link between night shift work and cardiovascular risk.

Nina Wan, Nurs ’14, said the School of Nursing can do more to educate students about the risks of shift work.

Nursing students need to learn how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while dealing with job stresses such as shift work, she said.

“There are risk factors for doing night shifts. We were never taught that,” she said. “You just have to be more aware. Take care of yourself before you take care of others.“

Charity

Free funds for local projects

Overall, Wan said she’s not worried about the potential implications of Tranmer’s research.

She said the findings are less about the results of working night shifts and more about lifestyle choices.

“Just make sure you exercise, you eat well-balanced meals,” she said. “It’s preventable.”

contributors of the month

Emily Lowe Emily has developed into one of the Sports section’s top writers over the past three months. This fall, she’s consistently written solid game reports, interesting previews and insightful commentary on the women’s soccer team. Emily will keep working with sports, covering the women’s hockey team after the soccer season ends.

Awesome Kingston will award groups with $1,000 to encourage community involvement B y A lyssa A shton Arts Editor

Jeff Peters

Ten strangers give $100 each to a different community-based project each month. It’s the premise of a new foundation in Kingston.

Awesome Kingston is a chapter of the Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences. The foundation started in Boston in 2009 when 10 trustees came together to give $1,000 of personal funds to a community project. Now the foundation has more than 20 branches around the world.

Dedicated, hard working and enthusiastic are some of the characteristics that describe this contributor to the Photography team. Dedicating a large portion of his time and consistently producing good work, Jeff has become a vital member of our team. He is always ready to take on new assignments.

We’re giving it to “people in good faith

and we’re confident that the right people will apply.

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Alison Shouldice

— Ryan Fraser, founder of Awesome Kingston Jeff Cho, a part-time Queen’s student, became the second trustee of Awesome Kingston.

Cho said Awesome Kingston looks for trustees who will enjoy making a monthly donation.

“It’s not going to be breaking the bank, but it’s also not going to be easy to give away,” he said.

“This is something that we believe in, something we want to give back to.”

Contributions aren’t tax-deductible.

Cho said the foundation is looking for its tenth and

Ryan Fraser, Sci ’89, founded the Awesome Kingston chapter in October.

final member.

Projects that have won grants from the Awesome Foundation in the past include a documentary about San Francisco’s libraries and a workout soundtrack in Sydney, Australia.

The Awesome Foundation doesn’t give grants to maintain existing projects and the foundation’s members aren’t eligible to apply.

“Community involvement is a big thing for us,” Cho said of choosing the projects.

Many chapters, including Kingston, have a public forum where grant applicants give a 90-second pitch and then respond to questions.

Ryan Fraser, a geologist for a major gas and oil company, founded Awesome Kingston in October after moving from Calgary.

He said he was looking for a way to become involved in the community.

Fraser, Sci ’89, estimates the Kingston chapter will have 20 to 30 applicants by the Nov. 9 deadline and they will choose five

Photo By Corey Lablans

to 10 applicants to present on the Nov. 17 pitch night at the Merchant Tap House, where the winner will be chosen.

Fraser said there are no repercussions if a group fails to complete a project.

“We recognize it’s a grant. We’re giving it to people in good faith and we’re confident that the right people will apply and use the money towards the project they’re working for.”

Alison has contributed to the News section regularly since July and has never turned down an assignment. A newcomer to the Journal, Alison has jumped at every opportunity to learn about Journal style and interview strategies.

She is consistantly improving her articles and has become a valuable and dependable member of the News team.

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Paulina’s Curry Mix reported a 40 per cent decrease in sales at the Queen’s Farmer’s Market after organizers banned the sale of hot foods.

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Anton Sakhnevich, who manages the Taste of Russia booth at Queen’s, contacted McKegney to appeal the request. He said it was agreed that the booth would be allowed to stay at the market if they no longer sold hot food.

“I can’t help feeling that I’m letting people down,” Sakhnevich said. “It’s not my fault but it’s still frustrating.”

The letter stated that produce for the market must come from within a 100-kilometre radius of Kingston. The market also allows producers to “add value to their food product through hands on processing (e.g. homemade, candies, pies, cakes, cookies, jams,

or relishes.)”

Sakhnevich said the ban on hot foods will change if students speak up.

“I think that will depend on the student body,” he said. “The market is here for students.”

Local restaurant, the Pasta Shelf, started selling hot meals at the market this year, but the company dropped out after the new policy was put in place.

“We weren’t selling enough [cold food], so we pulled out,” owner Marco Venditto said.

Currently the market has 18 registered members, down from 20 vendors in September.

The Farmer’s Market started in 2006 with eight vendors in front of Stauffer Library. A partnership with

the AMS allowed the market to move from outside Stauffer Library to outside the JDUC this year.

Vendors reported that the move increased traffic.

We weren’t selling “enough [cold food], so we had to pull out. ” — Marco Venditto, Farmer’s Market vendor In winter months, the market moves into the Lower Ceilidh of the JDUC. The Kingston King Street Farmer’s Market is one of the oldest in Canada.

Since 1801, the market has been

assembling outside of City Hall to provide local alternatives to the commercial food industry.

Paulina’s Curry Mix owner Vipin Kumar reregistered for the market this year in hopes of bringing in more business.

Kumar said he’s seen a 40 per cent drop in profits since the policy to ban hot food came into effect.

On a regular Wednesday, Kumar said his butter chicken would sell out by 2 p.m. Since he’s been barred from heating up the dish, a significant amount is left unsold when he leaves at 4 p.m.

“Cold food in this weather — they don’t want it,” Kumar said.

“It’s been really tough.”

Kumar said market organizers told him the new policy was put

it place because vendors weren’t using local produce in their hot items.

He said Paulina’s has always included local ingredients.

“They said their original theme of the Farmer’s Market was to keep local farmers, local food … Even I buy my ingredients local, like from Tara Foods [on Princess Street],” Kumar said.“If it is health reasons, we will understand, but the health department has already came here twice and they have approved us.”

help feeling “thatI can’t I’m letting people down ... It’s not my fault but it’s still frustrating.

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— Anton Sakhnevich, Farmer’s Market vendor

Hospitality Services issued a statement citing inadequate holding temperatures as the reason why vendors were asked to discontinue the sale of hot foods.

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Yesterday, Hospitality Services general manager Joli Manson released a statement to the Journal via email.

“The recent change in selling hot prepared meals at the Farmer’s Market @ Queen’s was initiated by a concern expressed by a [Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington] health inspection about inadequate holding temperatures for the foods being sold,” the statement read. “The vendors corrected the issue and a second visit by KFL & A found that the vendors were compliant.”

Certain vendors have been unaffected by the policy, like hot dog stand Scottie's Street Treats.

Owner Scott Hallman said his stand was one of the exceptions to the policy.

“Obviously [the other vendors are] upset with it but they have adjusted and they’re here,” Hallman said last week. “It was a little rough at first, they had people coming up and walking away, but … they’ve actually done a lot better.”

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Websites provide incentives

photo by corey LabLans

Creator of Eversity, Noah Opolsky (right), ArtSci ’13 and business partner Niv Yahel (left) , CompSci ’13, say the site allows users to comment on forums.

photo by corey LabLans

Loopnotes creator Kris Harris (left), Sci ’12 and business partner Mike Wilton, Sci ’12 say their company allows users to buy and sell notes.

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read actual feedback of the course when thinking about registering for it,” he said.

Students can upload their class notes and sell them at a price of their choosing.

The student will only receive 60 per cent of their listed price. The other 40 per cent goes back into the company.

Though LoopNotes provides class notes, Harris said it doesn’t condone plagiarism and cheating.

“We don’t feel that it in anyway

is cheating, rather creating more of a dynamic learning experience,” he said.

Jill Jacobson, an associate psychology professor, said she doesn’t believe the companies threaten academic integrity unless they provide direct answers to assignment questions.

“With all the paper writing sources that are now there, I’m not surprised that there are services like this,” she said.

Jacobson said though that the services would likely discourage students from coming to class and learning note-taking skills.

“In the real world you’re not going to have this opportunity,” she said.

Online forums on Moodle already exist to help students with their questions outside class, she said.

“I like to see it when my students answer each others’ questions,” she said. “Those students who do answer the questions stand up to me, they become names I know and recognize.”

Jacobson said Moodle allows instructors to monitor the content and correct student responses that are incorrect.

“If it’s offsite, I would have no idea it was happening,” she said.

— With files from Katherine Fernandez-Blance

CAMPUS CATCHUP transit troubles Fredericton bus system Acadian Lines could go on strike as early as Nov. 21, according to St. Thomas University newspaper the Aquinian.

A strike would limit students’ transportation options.

Acadian Lines employees have been working without a contract since Dec. 31 of last year.

Last week, 98 per cent of the transit workers voted in favour of striking.

Pension benefits, seniority and wages were all issues under discussion.

Glen Carr, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1229, told the Aquinian that so far, negotiations are not looking good.

A similar situation occurred in 2008 and a deal was struck at the last minute.

Negotiations continue this week in Moncton, N.B. — Savoula Stylianou

new location for occupy london needed Occupy protestors in London, Ont. have been asked to evacuate a local park because they’re in violation of a city bylaw.

The Western Gazette reported on Oct. 28, that Mayor Joe Fantana requested occupiers move elsewhere early last week.

According to the bylaw, it is illegal to build structures in the park, including the tents that the occupiers have been using.

If staying in the park isn’t feasible, the grounds of a St. Paul’s Cathedral have been offered to the protestors as a potential site.

London Police Services said the occupiers are being monitored closely.

The Occupy movement has spread across the province.

— Savoula Stylianou

labeouf in B.c.

Transformers star Shia Labeouf is currently filming scenes for his new movie, The Company You Keep, at the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus.

The film is directed by Robert Redford and centres on a young journalist who discovers that lawyer Jim Grant, played by Redford, is a former Weather Underground activist who has a dark past.

The film began shooting in Vancouver last week.

UBC’s campus newspaper, the Ubyssey, invited Labeouf to visit the newspaper offices to “learn what it truly means to be a young, ambitious journalist.”

Labeouf declined.

— Savoula Stylianou

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Voters list from Registrar had ‘discrepancies’ username and password, she said she didn’t vote because she wasn’t informed enough to “I saw it and thought ‘That’s cool, make a decision.

“I may not have voted but I shouldn’t maybe I’ll just vote. It’ll be a good way to stay in touch with my Queen’s roots,’ ” have been given the opportunity to in the first place,” Jeon said. “Personally I sort McPhail said.

“I don’t know if it’s appropriate for of got a kick out of the fact that I am still someone who’s outside of the school to be receiving these sorts of emails ... It makes me voting, even alumni,” he said, adding that feel like once a Queen’s student, always a as an alumnus, his view of the University’s Queen’s student.”

Voting for the AMS referendum and needs are different than that of students.

“I want what’s best for the school but rector election took place on Oct. 25 and 26. ultimately the representatives that you vote AMS Commissioner of Internal Affairs Mark Preston said it’s possible that if an alumnus in are representing current students.”

At the end of last winter term, Lily Jeon was considered a student by the Registrar’s transferred from Queen’s to enrol at Ryerson assessment, the individual could have voted University. Last week she also received the in the election.

The AMS’s voters list was provided by the AMS e-ballot to her webmail account.

“I think I get everything the rest of the Registrar’s Office.

“It’s certainly not something I thought Queen’s students receive, including monthly AMS newsletters and most recently vote would’ve happened and something the ballots from both ASUS and the AMS,” Jeon, Registrar didn’t alert me to,” Preston, ArtSci ’11, said, adding that this year the ArtSci ’13, told the Journal via email.

Currently she’s not enrolled in any Registrar’s list was comprehensive enough courses at Queen’s and said she doesn’t owe that the AMS was able to use it directly.

He said due to the large size of the list any outstanding fees to the University.

Even though Jeon did receive the it’s difficult for him to identify students that e-ballots and was able to log in with a valid shouldn’t be included.

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Last week alumni were sent e-ballots for the online AMS and ASUS fall votes.

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Vote validity questioned B y C atherine O wsik Assistant News Editor Glitches in the AMS’s election system have students concerned over the validity of their vote in last week’s rector election and fall referendum.

After voting in the election on Oct. 25, Stephen Kerner received an email from the AMS elections team reminding him that he hadn’t voted.

“I’m not sure if it’s actually true that my vote didn’t count or if it was a glitch,” Kerner, Sci ’14, said.

He received the email at 8 p.m. on Wednesday after the polls had closed.

“I’d like someone to check to see if I actually voted,” Kerner said, adding that because of midterms he didn’t have time to contact the AMS. Kerner said two of his friends received the same email after voting.

“After I voted, it asked me to print out a receipt and I didn’t do it, I didn’t even think to,” Kerner said.

Other students received a different email from the AMS Elections Team in regards to voter eligibility.

“You’re not currently on the voter’s list. We’ve been experiencing issues with part-time students not being on the list sent to us by the Registrar, so that may be why,” stated the email, signed by Chief Returning Officer of the Elections Committee Eni Rukaj.

“There’s no way for us to check your student number — asking the Registrar would take too long, as I’m sure you understand.”

This email stated that in order for students to be put on the voter’s list, they needed to print off a verification of enrolment form from SOLUS and bring it to the Commissioner of Internal Affairs, Mark Preston, who could manually add

students to the list.

Preston, ArtSci ’11, said he didn’t see anyone in person but he did receive emails from concerned voters.

He said considering the magnitude of the election, only a small proportion of the voters experienced problems.

“In two days we received well under a hundred emails about this, that’s a pretty small number of people,” Preston said.

He said he wasn’t aware that some students received emails telling them they hadn’t yet voted when they had already cast a ballot.

“It’s a feedback initiative system; if people don’t come to us and voice their concerns then we can’t really help them.”

The Commission of Internal Affairs conducts the elections. Preston said his staff relies on people with concerns to contact the Commission via Twitter, Facebook, the AMS website or email.

The election system uses VoteNet Solutions software which recognizes a unique username and generates the corresponding passwords. Preston said with this system there was no chance of voting twice.

He said if voters saw the receipt and confirmation page, it meant their vote was processed.

VoteNet Solutions charges the AMS about 2.3 cents per email, he said, and therefore the reminders the AMS sends are done on the Queen’s server by the AMS. The emails that Kerner and his friends received, Preston said, could have been an accidental overlap from merging mailing lists on Excel or a delay in the system due to the large volume of emails.

“It’s a very big strain on the Queen’s server and ITS doesn’t like us doing that,” Preston said. “There’s always some minor [problem] with the election because in no way is the internet a perfect system.”

“Outliers such as someone who has graduated, who hasn’t paid fees, or paid fees late, or something like that can sneak through,” Preston said. “A lot of it is taking what the Registrar’s compiled and accepting it.”

He said he has a meeting scheduled with the Registrar in November to find out more details about how the Office operates and that he’ll use it as an opportunity to discuss the voters list.

The Registrar’s Office sent an unsigned email to the Journal on Oct. 31.

It stated that in 2011, the University

implemented a new student information system and that this was where the data for the voters list was taken from.

“There were no more than 25 discrepancies with respect to alumni still appearing as current students in the system,” the email stated.

“When this data was shared with the AMS, it was acknowledged that this year’s set of data may not be as accurate as it has been in the past, since the review and tidying up of student record anomalies had not yet taken place.”

neWs in brief Man in motion

Mike Duffy at Queen’s

Yesterday, the Man in Motion Senator Mike Duffy spoke at an event hosted World Tour made its way by the Queen’s University Conservative through campus.

Association on Friday.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Duffy, who represents Cavendish, P.E.I. Rick Hansen’s tour across 34 countries in a said the Conservative Party has a “rich and wheel chair. In honour of the anniversary, proud heritage.” the tour will recreate Hansen’s exact path.

“Under Conservative governments, The anniversary tour includes over Women and Aboriginals got the right to 7,000 volunteer Medal Bearers relaying vote for the very first time,” he said to sections of the race with other volunteers the audience. running beside them. There is also a Duffy also said tough recreational vehicle and police cars escorting decisions need to be made with the participants.

Canada’s economy.

Additionally, the Rick Hansen “There are some government programs Foundation has partnered with the that, frankly, no longer serve a great purpose, Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran and I think they’re going to be gone,” he Health Research to address veteran spinal said. “We don’t know which ones yet.” cord injury research in Canada.

Duffy said he defends the federal Their newly-signed agreement states government’s crime policy, adding that that they will collaborate in the future since the government’s last crime bill two to improve the quality of health care for years ago, Canada’s prison population has military personnel and veterans with spinal only risen by 800 inmates, most of whom cord injuries. were repeat offenders.

— Michael Green and “There are people now who Catherine Owsik have chosen crime as a career,” he said.

— Jordan Ray

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Student support shouldn’t be seen as validating a drinking culture. It’s just evidence that students respond to free stuff.

Admin should take notes H

alloween served as another win a $200 scholarship for the promotional opportunity best pumpkin carving. These for the James Ready beer brand. motives obviously come second to Students were offered free the brand’s hope to increase sales pumpkins last week on University in the area.

The James Ready campaign Avenue — an initiative that added to a visible James Ready campaign appeals to individuals and clearly incentivizes their support. It’s in the Student Ghetto.

The beer company has an telling that more student houses effective marketing strategy but had James Ready lawn signs than students should be aware of political candidate signs for the Oct. 6 provincial election. its implications.

Student support shouldn’t be A senior manager at Moosehead breweries, which brews James seen as validating a drinking culture.

Ready, told the Journal on Oct. 14 It’s just evidence that students that Queen’s was targeted because respond to free stuff. Displaying a of high James Ready sales near sign is a minor cost compared to the benefit of free beer. the University.

Given the drinking culture At the Princess Street Beer Store near campus, James Ready at Queen’s and discussions comprises 12 per cent of all surrounding University policy towards alcohol, the James Ready beer sold.

To promote the product, advertising campaign is somewhat James Ready hired two Queen’s troubling. The casual observer who students as campus diplomats. The walks down University Avenue sees diplomats claim to have student scores of lawn signs promoting interests at heart, offering students James Ready beer.

Students should consider the incentives including a chance to

image this portrays and whether we want our neighbourhood plastered with James Ready signs.

The James Ready campaign is effective because it appeals to the student level.

It’s outside of the University’s jurisdiction to quell the James Ready campaign, but administrators should take note of the tactics used by the beer company’s campus diplomats.

While the University shouldn’t show support for a drinking culture, it’s senseless to try to eliminate it.

Drinking is a habit that can be mitigated but not stopped, and the University should borrow James Ready’s methods to affect change in campus culture.

The ad campaign has been more effective at mobilizing students than any campaign to keep students away from the annual Aberdeen street party.

Kelly Loeper

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Albane Deloule Emily Lowe Vincent Matak Peter Morrow Jordan Ray Catherine Zulver

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ewfoundland and Labrador’s largest school board has taken flak for a new policy that prevents teachers from assigning zeros when students are caught cheating.

The Eastern School District’s policy has been criticized as too lenient because cheaters are given a second chance to retake assignments and tests. It’s applicable to both elementary and high school students.

If a school’s primary goal is to teach students course material, then this policy is a positive policy change. A student is more likely to cheat if they don’t have an adequate understanding of a subject, and giving them a mark of zero for cheating makes no attempt remedy this.

Knowledge must be favoured over punishment in order to prevent students from facing long-term intellectual inadequacies.

Removing the academic penalties of cheating hasn’t affected

the disciplinary consequences. A order to stop students from student caught cheating is still strategically cheating.

Students caught cheating should subject to detention or suspension.

Cheating has social consequences be kept under close watch; there that are more impactful than should be severe consequences when a student cheats on a academic ones.

Peers will think less of those second-round assignment or test; who are cheaters. It’s embarassing. and guards need to be in place This policy gives students to prevent students from cheating who cheat the chance to explain once with the intent to retake a test their motivations and will lead to and do better.

Most importantly, honest a more positive outcome than a students shouldn’t suffer from this ruined transcript.

Cheating because of sickness policy. Work that is a result of or personal struggle shouldn’t serious effort needs to be rewarded be treated in the same way as above that of someone who cheating due to laziness. Teachers cheated on their first try. It could can give students a second chance mean deducting marks on secondto prove themselves and learn the round assignments or tests.

A principle of honesty is highly course material.

The school board policy isn’t important to the learning process, aimed at giving an advantage but so is making sure that students to cheaters, but instead it’s have learned the curriculum. meant to help those who are The Eastern School District’s already struggling. policy prioritizes education It’s a policy that should over punishment. be implemented carefully in

Carolyn Flanagan

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tudents love to commiserate with each other.

During midterm season, bumping into a friend automatically means listening to a list of assignments, tests, presentations and commitments.

It’s true; it’s a crazy time of year.

But don’t assume you’re the only student on campus with a crazy schedule.

The truth is we all have work to do.

We’re at an institution with over 23,000 students who are all attempting to balance demanding schedules. This is the reality of post-secondary education and shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.

Though I’m always happy to lend an ear when my friends are in stressful or difficult situations, I can’t help but get annoyed when our conversations revolve around busy schedules and course loads.

We all have that friend that who says “Woe is me. I have two midterms and a presentation on Wednesday, how unfair.” That feeling isn’t unique among the student body.

Field of study seems to play a factor in how much sympathy students expect to elicit. True, class time differs between faculties, but it’s wrong to assume that one program requires more work than another. No one should dismiss the difficulty of another student’s degree.

If all you have to talk about is your homework, then this points to a bigger problem. Some students forget that school isn’t everything. We’re here for classes, but we have to understand that the world doesn’t stop because of an important midterm. We should also be aware that people often don’t like to hear about things that don’t pertain to them at all.

It’s understandable that we become frenzied over our schoolwork, but too often we let it get in the way of our relationships, health and happiness.

Though this is a unique time in life to focus on ourselves and our own education, it’s also a time to learn about time management, social skills and how to balance it all.

We’ll miss these opportunities if our focus is too narrow. Academics are an important part of life but not the only part. Understanding this will make the burden and responsibility of university little lighter.

The rare times we can shoot the breeze with our friends should be a welcome diversion from the stresses of our school work. So please, next time I bump into you, let’s assume we’re both really busy and then find something else to talk about.

I could use the distraction from my busy schedule.

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When the green shirts are put away, I don’t want advocacy for mental health to be yesterday’s cause.

” Campaign misses the mark Perspectives from the Queen’s community

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Talking heads ... around campus Photos By Brendan Monahan

What’s the best Halloween costume you saw this year?

Queen’s Wears Green must address fundamental flaws in order to truly erase the stigma surrounding mental health issues

“A sixpack of Corona.”

C atherine Z ulver, A rt S ci ’14 While the recent mental health campaign Queen’s Wears Green is well-intentioned, it fails to address the negative stigma that often isolates those with mental illness.

Great caution must be taken when attempting to liberate or aid a group separate than the self, for fear of further ostracizing or misrepresenting them.

There are many causes today amassing great support. While this eagerness to affect change and do good is a positive thing, we have to remember to pause and challenge ourselves.

Those participating in Queen’s Wears Green need to do just this. At its most pure and honest level, the project symbolizes solidarity, unity and an attempt at encouraging a safe space for those with mental health issues.

As someone who has personally struggled with mental health issues, I know very well how important that support is. But while Queen’s Wears Green deals with the stigma, the message starts to become unclear.

Countless times I have read and heard the phrase “end the stigma.” Of course, those who suffer from mental health issues, myself included, wish for that day to come. However, Queen’s Wears Green isn’t actually taking any direct action to this end.

The event focuses on caring for those oppressed by the stigma but doesn’t address the stigma itself.

Putting an end to the stigma surrounding mental health issues isn’t a simple task. We need to

Hannah Kraicer-Melamed, ArtSci ’13

Queen’s Wears Green organizers hope to raise $10,000 for the Canadian Mental Heatlh Association and the Jack Project.

clarify, first of all, what the stigma around mental health is.

I would argue, in fact, that there are several stigmas. The stigmas center on false impressions, assumptions, fear and lack of education. Then there are those constructed on outright ignorance towards mental disabilities.

The stigmas are less defined by the actual people dealing with the issues and more by the misconceptions held by others.

Removing stigmas then requires education. The only way to re-educate is to get people talking about the issues.

Here is where Queen’s Wears Green, then, falls short. It claims to be doing something it’s not. If the initiative wishes to eliminate stigmas, it’s going to take much more than wearing a shirt.

Wearing that shirt comes with huge responsibility. It immediately makes you a representative of those struggling with mental health issues.

Wearing that shirt means that you must educate yourself so that you can educate others during the rally and following the conclusion of the campaign on Nov. 4.

It’s not enough simply to show support. According to a recent

Photo by Asad Chishti

paper by the Canadian Mental Health Association, mass public information campaigns “will not necessarily change attitudes, which can be strongly fixed, especially if they are based on fear.”

The Association states, “Although it may be tempting to use a single broad-based program to try to change the way people think and act, studies suggest that these types of mass campaigns are not as successful as those that are more tightly focused.”

We need to start viewing people with mental health issues on an equal plane rather than just as others who need help.

Queen’s Wears Green is also limited in that it often takes a narrow focus towards mental health issues. By primarily addressing depression and anxiety, the campaign ignores the countless other mental disabilities affecting the Queen’s community.

Part of erasing the stigmas is being inclusive when speaking about the plurality of issues.

When we talk about mental illness, and claim to end the stigmas, let’s remember not to fall into the stereotypes of the issues themselves.

Let’s not label and simplify mental health issues with a few incongruous

statistics — as seen in a promotional video — but instead create an environment of information, education and support.

To the organizers of Queen’s Wears Green: let’s not only stand in solidarity, but also work towards ending the stigmas around mental health issues so that those we love and support can live in a world free of the socially-created stigmas.

Take the power of the platform and the amazing support the community is giving, and really create change.

Despite the potential of Queen’s Wears Green to create real change in the attitudes and beliefs of Queen’s students, I fear that Nov. 4 will become yet another example of people rallying around a cause that affects no change.

Come Nov. 5 when the green shirts are put away, I don’t want advocacy for mental health to be yesterday’s cause.

As a person coping with mental illness and therefore a subject of this initiative, I call on the student body to think more critically about the way we address mental health issues at Queen’s. Queen’s Wears Green is a good initiative, but must address these fundamental flaws if it hopes to truly erase the stigmas.

leading firm.

The firm will work closely with the Queen’s community to create a CAP by the spring of 2012 with the core elements listed below.

The firm will work closely with the Queen’s community to create a CAP by the spring of 2012 with the following core elements: • A summary of the current campus GHG inventory.

• GHG emission projections, incorporating planned growth, ‘business as usual’ and mitigation scenarios.

• Academic, research, and operations climate action goals including target dates for achievement.

• Detailed strategies and actions to make climate change a part of the curriculum, expand university research on climate change and reduce the university’s

GHG emissions.

• Mechanisms to track progress on goals and actions.

• Mechanisms to implement and integrate the CAP within the university including funding strategies.

The process for developing the CAP will involve significant collaboration with the campus community. A multi-stakeholder working group including students, staff and faculty will provide the primary connection between the consulting firm and the university.

In addition town hall meetings and web interfaces will provide opportunities to reach more broadly across the campus, soliciting ideas and feedback about the plan’s development.

“I saw a guy dressed as a lobster.”

Brendon Morden, Nurs ’12

“A beer pong table. And you could actually play on it.”

Margo Bacher, Sci ’13

“A guy who pretended to have his face caught in a zipper.”

Yoomin Yun, Comm ’13

Letter to the editor Green initiatives underway Re: “Queen’s at climate crossroads” (Oct. 25, 2011).

Dear Editors, In February 2010, Principal Woolf signed the University and College Presidents’ Climate Change Statement of Action for Canada.

This pledge commits the university to engaging in several activities aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and enhancing research and curriculum in the areas of climate change and sustainability.

Some activities are already underway, including conducting GHG emission inventories (2008, 2009, 2010 – in progress), creating a multi-stakeholder planning body

(Queen’s Sustainability Advisory Committee) and implementing select projects to reduce emissions (electric vehicles, lights-off stickers, etc.). However, the heart of the pledge involves developing a comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CAP).

The Queen’s CAP is moving forward. Six consulting firms responded to an initial request for proposals in June, 2011. The evaluation team including members from the Queen’s Sustainability Advisory Committee, Physical Plant Services and the Sustainability Office evaluated the proposals this summer.

They calculated a total cumulative score based on the initial evaluation of the responses, an interview and a scoring of price proposals. Queen’s is currently negotiating a contract with the

Aaron Ball, Queen’s Sustainability Manager

“The walk of shame.”

Daniella Bernal, Comm ’13

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Studio22’s Impression: Expression exhibits the complimentary work of two artists B y A lbane D eloule C aitlin C hoi Journal Staff

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A new exhibit at Studio22 contrasts one artist’s hand-printed images with another’s colourful collage.

Impression: Expression is an apt title for the dual exhibit, pairing Larry Thompson’s ink prints and Holly Dean’s textured, multi-media canvases.

It creates a connection between modern and decorative aesthetics.

The exhibition brochure explains, “this exhibition features complementary work which explores the artists’ ongoing fascination with the connection between past and present, be it historical or fantastical.”

The first part of the exhibit is dedicated to Thompson’s art.

Entering the space, the walls are lined with his black and white,

letterpress prints. Thompson uses out-of-date techniques of bookbinding and printing to create prints, broadsides and books.

Using a manual printing press, Thompson makes his ink prints using engraved wood and metal stamps.

A table near the entrance displays several of Thompson’s handcrafted books that viewers are encouraged to open and touch.

One of the books is a rebound version of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Kubla Khan. He hand-sewed the delicate pages together and added several of his own printed images as illustration. Touching the book is essential to appreciate its old-style manufacturing.

Another work is a compilation of 19th-century illustrations by wood engraver S. S. Kilburn. Thompson Holly Dean’s multi-media artwork explores environmental and linguistic themes by layering See Artistic on page 10

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text, images and bold acrylic palettes.

union gallery

Behind the glass doors

A look at how artists prepare to showcase their work at Union Gallery B y A lyssa A shton Arts Editor Walkling into Union Gallery with its pristine walls and perfectly hung paintings can be deceiving — it takes hours of gruelling labour to obtain this perfection.

The gallery releases two calls for submissions annually on Nov. 15 and March 15. Gallery staff assemble a selection committee to sift through the applications.

Emily Turner, BFA ’12, is about to present her first exhibit at Union Gallery on Nov. 8. She said the biggest shock of gallery showings is the paperwork required.

“A lot of us in the [BFA] program aren’t used to doing it,” she said. “We’re used to doing our art and then presenting it to the class, instead of having a really involved process.

“The package you have to sign is quite long, it’s several pages.”

Turner and fellow artist Lianne Suggitt applied for an exhibit at Union in February. She said they found out they would be presenting their work, The Sins of Our Fathers, in early April. The first deadline for all their paperwork was Oct. 13.

The artists must sign a contract, write their artist statement, send out a press release, update their curriculum vitae (CV), plan a reception for their exhibit, prepare an artist talk and finish photo documentation.

Turner said she spent more time doing the paperwork than actually creating work for her exhibit, which she said only took her about two weeks.

She said she knew as a Queen’s BFA student that she would have an exhibit at Union.

“When you’re in first year

you’re told about Union,” Turner said. “Coming into fourth year there’s an expectation that you’ll have a show in Union. Last term they had a little presentation on how to apply to Union.”

In order to present at Union you have to be a member of the gallery and pay the $10 student membership fee.

“I wasn’t a member till last week till they told me to pay my membership fee,” Turner said.

“I think most [BFA] students are members of the gallery, I was just too cheap to do it.”

Union opened in 1994 after Queen’s students raised $340,000 for an on-campus gallery. It started with the 940 sq. ft. Main Space with a smaller Project Room added in 2003.

The gallery functions with a 10-person operating board of eight students and two

Union Gallery Director Jocelyn Purdie says the amount of time needed to prepare an exhibit depends on its complexity.

photo by Asad Chishti

full-time staff.

Laura Stewart, BFA ’11, was a member of the board last year.

She said the hardest part about creating an exhibit is all the minor details.

had to “useWeouractually finger nails and scrape off the vinyl lettering. ”

— Laura Stewart, BFA ’11

“Making sure that everything’s even,” she said, adding that if spacing between labels are uneven, it can ruin the professionalism of the entire show.

“That’s one of the things you never even think about,” Stewart said.

The gallery changes exhibits roughly once a month and staff usually have four days for preparation.

Stewart has presented two exhibitions in the gallery. The painter said deadlines at the gallery are difficult, and once a brochure was made for her exhibit before the work was finished.

She said she struggles to create on a deadline.

“Sometimes when you’re uninspired you can’t work on demand if you’re not feeling it,” she said. “At least with me, my process is very time consuming because I use varnish layers between the paint so I had to let them dry.”

She said there are many aspects of putting an exhibit together that she never considered. Stewart said it took a week and a half to prepare a group exhibit in February, including walking five panel works to Union on a windy day.

Before artists can present their work they must first prepare the

gallery, including fixing any holes in the walls.

“The one thing that was a really big pain in the ass ... was a big paragraph [on the wall],” Stewart said. “We actually had to use our finger nails and scrape off the vinyl lettering for our show and that took forever. Then I had to take a whole bunch of white paint and clear off the markings.”

For some artists, the installation of the work is the easiest part.

Celia Piper, a mixed media visual artist in Kingston, presented a large drawing on paper at Union in June.

“The biggest challenge for me was how I was going to present it because I usually work by painting on canvas and hanging isn’t really an issue,” she said. “But this was a large piece on paper.

“The struggle was debating which way it would work best.”

Piper said she debated displaying her piece behind glass or making a frame, but she ended up using clips to hang it from the wall.

“That was the smoothest installation ever,” she said.

Union Gallery staff stood on a ladder with the work while Piper adjusted the lighting.

“It was just a matter of getting it centered on the wall. Having just one piece made it easier.”

Next issue Not Nashville Inspired by Hank Williams and Bruce Springsteen, New Country Rehab want to modernize country music on their self-titled debut album.

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Limestone foundation The Gertrudes return to their Grad Club roots for the launch of their new album B y Terra -A nn A rnone Features Editor

The Gertrudes originally began as a fluid group of seven to 14 members, but currently the band has 12 members.

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The Gertrudes’ vocalist Annie Clifford describes their music as “the kind of thing I’d want to listen to before I die.”

She said “Six Jars,” the second track on their new release, Till the Morning Shows Her Face to Me, would be a good song for someone’s mortal end.

“It has this transcendent feeling,” Annie said. “It’s death rock.”

But the band’s other members disagree. Trumpeter Paul Clifford, Annie’s brother, quickly interjected after her description.

“I think we agreed on indie folkestra as our genre,” he said.

It’s this clash of opinion that gives the Gertrudes their eclectic sound.

The 12-person group is a reincarnation of the Backyard Sex Band that frequented the Grad Club between 2006 and 2008.

Seven to 14 members of the fluid group performed at least once

a week to Queen’s students and local regulars before they solidified themselves as the 12 current members of the Gertrudes.

“I think it’s interesting in the band that more than half of us have gotten our degrees and nobody’s traditionally employed like that,” Paul said.

Five members are Queen’s alumni.

Clifford said marriage, children and day jobs make touring difficult for the band.

“We tour on weekends,” Annie said. “Starting [at 5 p.m.] on Friday we’re on tour.

“We’re road warriors. But by nine o’clock Monday morning we’ve all got to be back at work.”

All 12 of the Gertrudes were born and raised in Kingston, a place Annie said holds significance in their songwriting.

“One of the things I love about Kingston is that people care about relationships with one another,” she said. “You wind up with this self-selected group who would

rather invest in relationships than money and find other civic-minded people like themselves.

“You don’t even have to go past Portsmouth Avenue to find inspiration here.”

The first track on their new album, “Derby Girl,” is an ode to the local roller derby team. The cover artwork is by Cecily Taylor, a local artist and Queen’s graduate.

In “Six Jars” sounds of Skeleton Park can be heard in the opening.

“It’s not only taking inspiration, but it’s taking sounds from the city itself,” Clifford said.

The Gertrudes will head to the Grad Club on Nov. 2 for the release of Till the Morning Shows Her Face to Me. Annie said she has one reservation about the debut.

“I’m a bit worried my mom’s not going to like it as much,” she said. “It’s a little mellower and she likes to party.”

The Gertrudes release their new album tomorrow at the Grad Club. The show starts at 9 p.m.

Interview

Pushing and pulling Charlotte Cornfield’s full-length debut, Two Horses, focuses on a complicated, long-distance relationship B y J essica F ishbein Postscript Editor The Montreal Mirror dubbed Charlotte Cornfield as the next it-girl of folk-rock. But Cornfield is hesitant to label herself.

“Folk-rock is the general consensus [of] what my music is,” she said. “There’s a big trend right now in folky-rock stuff with bands like Mumford and Sons and Feist that I could maybe fit into.”

Cornfield said she borrows from a mix of artists, including Neil Young, Talking Heads, the Ramones and Bob Dylan.

“I started playing music when I was really young. I took piano lessons and I got interested in other instruments — I switched around from piano to French horn,” she said.

“In high school I played in a band and started writing my own songs and playing guitar.”

Cornfield graduated from Concordia University in 2010 with a BFA in jazz drumming.

The 23-year-old’s full-length debut Two Horses, was released on Oct. 25.

Cornfield, a Toronto native, said the album focuses on a complicated, long-distance relationship.

“There’s a lot of push and pull between two people and two cities,” she said. “Toronto and Montreal are two cities that really push and pull me. There’s a lot of Kingston imagery, because it’s the halfway point.”

Cornfield started the writing process in 2009 and began

recording in 2010, but said the album has been in development since she was a child.

“I’ve been working on it since I started music,” she said.

Cornfield plays bass, drums and piano on the record. She said she’s been performing in Montreal since she was 17. “[I] have this romanticized view of Montreal,” she said. “I totally fell in love with the city. It’s a really magical place.”

Cornfield is currently on a North American tour in support of the new album. She last went on tour after finishing her degree in 2010, as the drummer for several bands, including Brent By Elephants and the Keys.

“It was insane. I had no idea how I balanced. I spent so much time outside of class working. I’m really glad I did it, but it was super stressful. I did assignments backstage and on the bus.”

She said the new album shows the growth from her previous EPs, 2007’s It’s Like That Here and 2009’s Collage Light.

“This is my strongest work,” photos by corey lablans she said. “I’ve had consistent Larry Thompson’s black and white prints show a development as a writer and artist. variety of themes, including nude portraits and furniture stills.

“Sound wise, there’s a really nice rock and roll and also introspective folkier stuff.”

Charlotte Cornfield plays the Grad Club tomorrow night with the Gertrudes. The show starts at 9 p.m.

Charlotte Cornfield says Joni Mitchell is her main inspiration because she’s unrivalled in talent and songwriting.

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received the original woodcuts from an undisclosed benefactor.

He spent a year restoring the dried-out wood with a humidifier before printing the images and assembling the book.

Entering Dean’s section of the gallery is a bit of a shock.

Where Thompson captures a clean, two-toned aesthetic, Dean explores complex textures and vivid colours.

Transitioning from Thompson’s space into Dean’s is like plunging into a fantasy.

Mixed in with collages and paintings, quotations like W.C. Williams’ “In summer the song sings itself,” or William Blake’s “Exuberance is beauty,” are written in intricate serif fonts, reinforcing the enchantment of Dean’s work.

Amongst her painted leaf prints and acrylic canvases — often

textured with sand and string — an arrangement of eight hand-sized works stand out.

Altered Images layers original images, like pictures of church windows, with bold mauves and muted greens.

Dean digitally manipulated the works using iMac and iPhone technology.

Thompson’s work, mixing old techniques of bookbinding, block printing and letterpress, represents the historical and classical part of the exhibit. Dean’s work represents the imagined and emotional worlds.

The two very different bodies of work are surprisingly complimentary.

Impression: Expression showcases the relationship between the classical and the fantastical as well as manufactured versus handmade.

Impression: Expression is in Studio22’s Open Gallery until Dec. 18.

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women’s Rugby

Late try secures bronze

Playoff win Football team beats Laurier and advances to OUA semifinal

Women’s rugby beats Brock in OUA consolation game

B y B enjamin D eans Assistant Sports Editor The football team won an OUA quarter-final without its starting quarterback on Saturday.

Billy McPhee sat on the sidelines and watched backup Ryan Mitchell complete 23 of 38 passes for 272 yards en route to a 14-10 win over the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks.

Both offences started slow, ending the first half tied 4-4. The Golden Hawks came as close as the Gaels’ one-yard line, but Gaels defensive back Josh Sultana intercepted a touchdown pass from Laurier quarterback Shane Kelly to stop the drive.

Running back Ryan Granberg scored the only touchdown of the game off a 75-yard drive in the second half.

“We took the ball from our own 35, marched it down and scored … the old-fashioned way, by punching it in,” head coach Pat Sheahan said.

Receiver Giovanni Aprile kept the Gaels’ second-half touchdown drive alive by holding on to a first-down catch despite a head-on hit.

“He may have been one of the best players on the field today,” Sheahan said.

Kicker Dan Village made only

B y C aitlin C hoi Assistant Arts Editor Lauren McEwen burned the Brock Badgers for the second time this season.

The rookie winger scored a last-minute try to give the women’s rugby team a 17-13 victory in the OUA bronze medal game at Tindall field on Saturday. The Gaels trailed 13-10 before McEwen’s try.

Queen’s finished second in the OUA Russell Division with 20 points, while Brock came third in the Shiels Division with only 11 points. But the Badgers troubled the Gaels all season. The Gaels only won their Sept. 17 encounter with the Badgers by one point after McEwen ran 70-yards to score a try with seconds remaining.

The Badgers scored the first photo by Justin Chin try on Saturday, but rookie Gilly Backup quarterback Ryan Mitchell celebrates with injured starter Billy McPhee during the Pegg responded to tie the game and football team’s 14-10 OUA quarter-final win at Richardson Stadium. winger Bronwyn Corrigan kicked a two of four field goal attempts in Sam Sabourin and Ted Festeryga fumble on Saturday. conversion to put the Gaels ahead Sheahan said the Gaels will 7-5 at halftime. windy weather. But Sheahan said missed Saturday’s game with Village converted the important injuries and receiver Alex Carroll have to play their best game of ones, including a 29-yard kick at left the game early with a lower the season to beat McMaster All season, we’ve next weekend. the end of the first half to tie at 4-4. body injury. been waiting until the The Marauders won 26-2 at The Gaels are on a McPhee was injured on a hard end of the game to tackle in last weekend’s game seven-game winning streak and Richardson Stadium on Sept. 5. pull out the try. against the Western Mustangs. haven’t conceded a touchdown in They finished the season with a 7-1 Sheahan said the date of McPhee’s three games. The defence had three record and had a first-round bye return still isn’t certain. Linebackers interceptions and one recovered this weekend.

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Women’s soccer

Gaels advance to final four

Women’s soccer beats Carleton Ravens, one game from making nationals B y E mily L owe Contributor The women’s soccer team looked like national contenders on Sunday, dominating the Carleton Ravens

in an OUA quarter-final win. The OUA’s leading scorer, Jackie Tessier, posted two goals and OUA East MVP Riley Filion added a late goal in the 3-0 victory at West Campus.

Captain Kelli Chamberlain was

forced to leave the game in the second half after a slide-tackle to her knee. McDowell said he’s unsure whether Chamberlain will play next weekend.

Head coach Dave McDowell

Captain Kelli Chamberlain sustained a knee injury in the second half of Sunday’s playoff game.

Head coach Dave McDowell says it’s uncertain whether she’ll play next weekend.

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said his team’s bye week allowed players to recover from injuries.

The Ravens faced the Laurentian Voyageurs in a playoff game on Wednesday.

“We still had some lingering injuries,” McDowell said. “It was nice to have some time to work through those.”

Tessier’s first goal came in the 10th minute. She scored again early in the second half, with captain Kelli Chamberlain providing the assist. Filion’s goal came in the 84th minute.

Tessier said she’s confident that backup players will fill Chamberlain’s role.

“We’re a very deep team,” Tessier said. “We have players that can come in and do the job.”

The Gaels continue their playoff run next weekend at the OUA final four in Waterloo. They play a semifinal on Saturday against the McMaster Marauders. The winner qualifies for nationals and advances to the OUA final on Sunday.

“They started harder than we did and we were over-confident on defence,” said captain Susan Heald, who was sidelined just before halftime with a dislocated shoulder.

Heald said the Gaels should have taken more risks to put up points earlier against the Badgers. But she said come-from-behind wins were a trend for her team this season.

“All season, we’ve been waiting until the end of the game to pull out the try,” she said. “We’ve done it so many times, we knew it was going to happen.”

The Gaels needed a last-second try in double overtime to defeat the Trent Excalibur 14-10 in the quarter-final on Oct. 15.

Last year, the Gaels made their first appearance at the OUA finals since 1995 and advanced to nationals for the first time in the team’s history. A semifinal loss to the Guelph Gryphons on Oct. 22 deprived them of a return to nationals this year.

Heald ended her Gaels career on Saturday. But with only four fourthyear players set for graduation, head coach Beth Barz said she’s optimistic about next season’s team.

“We’re a young team,” she said.

“We’re looking forward to next year when we’re a little bit older.”

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men’s HocKey

men’s Volleyball

Gaels split games Straight Men’s hockey loses to Rams, beats Varsity set win Blues at home

B y PeteR m oRRow Contributor The men’s hockey team’s four-game winning streak ended on Friday night with a 2-0 loss to the Ryerson Rams.

Ryerson forward Jesse Chidwick scored the game-winning goal halfway through the second period at the Memorial Centre. The Rams are sixth in the OUA East while the Gaels are third.

“Tough to lose games like that, when teams are below us in the standings,” captain Jon Lawrance said.

The Gaels responded to beat the University of Toronto Varsity Blues 4-3 in overtime on Saturday.

“It’s the sign of a good team that you can completely turn it around in 24 hours,” head coach Brett Gibson said.

Forward Corey Bureau scored a hat trick and Tyler Moore notched three assists against the Varsity Blues. Bureau’s overtime game-winner leaves him with seven goals, tied for first in the OUA.

Men’s volleyball rookies beat RMC

Head coach Brett Gibson said Bureau, Moore and linemate Kelly Jackson played poorly and let their frustrations show against the B y B enjamin D eans Rams on Friday night. But he said Assistant Sports Editor the trio played better against the Varsity Blues.

An inexperienced men’s volleyball lineup won its first regular season It’s a sign of a good game in straight sets over the Royal Military College Paladins at the team that you can ARC on Friday night. Middle hitter completely turn it Philippe Goyer recorded nine kills around in 24 hours. in the 25-12, 25-18, 25-18 victory.

Four of the team’s regular — Brett Gibson, starters are injured and six rookies men’s hockey coach played in their place.

Head coach Brenda Willis said “They responded to me calling she will rest injured players for them out,” he said. “Corey Bureau important games later in the season. was the best person on the ice.”

“There weren’t too many guys The Gaels are struggling with on the floor who will be there when injuries and were without seven push comes to shove,” Willis said. players this weekend, including The Paladins haven’t won an Payton Liske. But Gibson said OUA regular season game since there’s enough healthy talent to 2007. Fourth-year libero Alex keep winning games.

Oneid said it was difficult to get The Gaels will travel to play the motivated against the Paladins ninth-place Ottawa Gee-Gees and after playing better competition in the eight-place Concordia Stingers pre-season tournaments. next weekend.

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a good game “forIt was the rookies to get the jitters out. ” — Alex Oneid, men’s volleyball libero

Forward Kelly Jackson chases down a puck during the Gaels’ 4-3 overtime win against the University of

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“It should be easy, but it isn’t,” Oneid said. “It’s hard to battle teams like that because you need to create your own intensity.”

The Gaels hosted Canada’s top teams at the Coast-to-Coast Classic from Oct. 14 to 16 and travelled to Calgary to play the Alberta Golden Bears, the Calgary Dinos and the Regina Cougars at the Dino Cup on Oct. 21 to 22.

Oneid said games against lower-calibre teams like the Paladins allows younger players to see game time.

“It was a good game for the rookies to get the jitters out,” he said.

The Gaels will play the 1-1 Windsor Lancers and the 2-0 Western Mustangs next weekend.

Outside Joren Zeeman will return to the lineup after sitting out with a sprained ankle.

cross country

Third and fifth in Ottawa Men’s and women’s teams qualify for nationals with top-five finishes in OUA final B y B enjamin D eans Assistant Sports Editor The men’s and women’s cross country teams are heading to nationals.

Both teams qualified for the race with top five finishes at the OUA championship in Ottawa on Saturday.

The Queen’s men’s team placed third behind the Guelph Gryphons and the Windsor Lancers. Maxime LeBoeuf led the Gaels with an 11th-place finish.

“We did what we’ve been planning to do all year, which is

stomp Mac and Western,” head coach Steve Boyd said. “They’ve been ranked ahead of us all season.”

The McMaster Marauders and the Western Mustangs finished fifth and sixth respectively. Boyd said the Gaels had finished behind those teams in previous races because injuries had prevented the team’s best runners from running together.

The men are ranked sixth in the nation, but Boyd said his goal is for them to make the top three at the CIS championship.

Captain Oliver Hatheway said the men’s team will be a favourite

at nationals after their OUA bronze.

“There are going to be a lot of teams in the OUA and out west and east gunning for us,” he said.

The women’s team came fifth behind the Gryphons, the Marauders, the Mustangs and the Lancers. Captain Steph Hulse led the team with a 16th-place finish.

“I was really happy with my race ... as a team, we were disappointed,” she said. “Coming fifth was a surprise.”

The women are ranked eighth in Canada, but Boyd said they’ll aim for the top six at nationals.

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Silver and bronze One win, Men’s and women’s rowers don’t meet pre-season expectations at OUAs one loss

B y G ilBeRt C oyle Sports Editor The Queen’s rowers won silver and bronze medals at the OUA championship in St. Catharines on Saturday. The women’s team finished second overall behind the Western Mustangs while the men finished third behind the Mustangs and the Brock Badgers.

The women’s team were led by first-place finishes from their lightweight eight and lightweight single boats. Their lightweight double, lightweight four and heavyweight eight boats finished second and their heavyweight four finished third.

The women’s pre-season goal was to repeat last season’s gold medal. But lightweight eight rower Florence Hogg said the women’s team should be satisfied with the silver medal.

“We had a good season,” she said. “Western just had a better season.”

The men’s lightweight eight and lightweight four were the only Queen’s crews to reach the podium. Heavyweight eight rower Rami Maassarani said it was a disappointing weekend.

“The men’s heavyweight boats underperformed,” he said.

“We’d come third in every race before that … we don’t know what happened.”

Maassarani said the men came into the weekend expecting a top-two finish in the heavyweight men’s eight event and first-place victories for the smaller boats.

None of those goals were met.

“With about half the guys graduating this year, it wasn’t the best way to end things,” he said.

The lightweight men fared better, posting bronze medals in the eight-man and four-man races.

Both the men’s and the women’s team will compete in the national championship next weekend in Welland, but they won’t be sending all their boats.

Maassarani said nationals aren’t a top priority because they aren’t an official Canadian Interuniversity Sport competition.

There’s no lightweight eight competition at nationals, so those rowers will be spread among other Queen’s boats.

“The combinations will only be a week old,” Maassarani said. “So we won’t be polished.”

Women split opening weekend B y a nanD s RiVastaVa Staff Writer

The women’s volleyball team split their first two games of the season last weekend.

They lost 3-1 on the road to the Ottawa Gee-Gees on Thursday, but beat the Royal Military College Paladins in straight sets in Friday’s home opener.

Gaels head coach Joely Christian-Macfarlane said she was more impressed with her team’s performance in the loss to the Gee-Gees.

“We played very well in the first two sets [against the Gee-Gees],” she said. “I don’t really feel that we even came close to that [against the Paladins].”

With nine players from last year’s squad gone, Christian-Macfarlane said her team looks completely different this season and she’s excited with the progress so far.

“These rookies have brought excitement and energy to the court that we haven’t had in a couple years,” she said.

Christian-Macfarlane will lean on fourth-year outside hitters Natalie Gray and Becky Billings to help guide some of the younger players.

Gray’s a two-time OUA East first team all-star and a previous member of the OUA East all-rookie team.

After playing libero for the last three seasons, Billings recently converted to outside hitter. She led the team with 13 kills and 14 digs in Ottawa and added another 19 kills and eight digs against RMC. Billings said she’s confident the rookies will improve quickly with more game play.

“We need to work on our defence,” she said. “We’re a little undisciplined right now, but that just takes a little bit of time.”

The Gaels will travel to play the 0-3 Windsor Lancers and the 1-1 Western Mustangs next weekend.

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OUA top scorer Liam Underwood breaks a tackle during men’s rugby’s 34-0 win over the Guelph Gryphons on Saturday.

SPORTS IN BRIEF men’s rugby shuts out guelph

with an OUA-best 66 points.

Queen’s head coach Peter Huigenbos said although the The men’s rugby team closed out Gryphons troubled his team with the regular season with a 34-0 their speed, the Gaels played a win over the Guelph Gryphons on smart, defensive game.

With the win, the Gaels Saturday afternoon at Tindall Field.

The game was the Gryphons’ finish 7-1, earning a first-round first appearance since Guelph playoff bye. They’ll host an OUA Athletics imposed a two-game semifinal next Saturday at suspension for an alcohol-related Tindall Field. rookie party.

Gryphons head coach Dale — Labiba Haque Devine said the long trip to Kingston and the suspension break contributed to a Women’s hockey even sloppy performance. on road trip “We were rusty,” he said. “But we’re still in the playoffs and we’ll The women’s hockey team move forward.” had mixed results in Waterloo Fly half Liam Underwood this weekend. scored 14 points to end the season On Saturday, goaltender Karissa

Savage made 18 saves to lead the Gaels to a 3-0 win over the Waterloo Warriors. Forwards Alex Cieslowski, Kelly Eustache and Morgan McHaffie all scored in the win.

On Sunday, the Gaels blew a 2-0 lead in a 6-3 loss to the undefeated Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks.

Cieslowski had two goals and one assist, while goaltender Mel Dodd-Moher made 28 saves for the Gaels.

The Gaels now sit at 5-2, putting them at third place in the OUA. They host the 1-6 Ryerson Rams and the 3-3-1 University of Toronto Varsity Blues next weekend.

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Allure of anime

Japanese-style animation draws loyal student fan base B y J essica F ishbein Postscript Editor

“We talk about themes, character young girl’s involvement with the development, stories … this is Wired, a communications system especially fun when series are in similar to the Internet.

The show explores philosophy, Otaku is a Japanese word used to the process of running,” Wolinksy describe people with an intense said. “We provide a really fun alienation, theology, existentialism and conspiracy theory. alternative Friday night.” interest in anime.

Because anime can now An annual field trip for the club The word can be slang for “geek,” harboring negative connotations, is the Anime North convention in be found on the Internet, the Queen’s Anime Club focuses on but this stereotype doesn’t bother Toronto in May. It’s one of the largest conventions the social aspect of watching it, devoted fans.

Queen’s Anime Club President in Canada and attracted more than Wolinsky said.

“A lot of anime these days is Sarah Wolinsky said anime is more 5,000 fans. It’s fan-run and features costume contests, panel discussions, torrented, but in the past the only popular than people think. way people could see it was on “So many people watch it but dances and presentations.

In essence, anime fandom VHS,” she said. “But it’s become don’t talk about it. They think you must be a nerd if you like it,” is about personal enjoyment, so social. We all get together and watch it and yell at the screen.”

Wolinksy said. she said.

The Queen’s Anime Club also Anime films have inspired Japanese comics, or manga, also several popular North gathers to play board games on incorporate the art form.

Sunday afternoons at 4 Colour 8 Anime has a distinctive style, American movies.

Bit, a comic and video game store Wolinsky, ConEd ’12, said. on Princess Street.

“There’s certain features that We talk about “On a given night we’ll have people think of — the enormous themes, character about 30 people show up, but we eyes, the sparkly background,” she development, have 50 members and about 100 said. “It’s like sex appeal … you stories ... We provide a people in the Facebook group.” can’t describe what it looks like, really fun alternative Wolinsky can count on anime to but you know it when you see it.”

Anime often exaggerates Friday night.

lift her spirits. She started watching Dragon Ball Z when she was in physical features.

Grade 6, but it wasn’t until Grade Characters in television 9 that she became more interested programs Sailor Moon and

— Sarah Wolinsky, president of Queen’s in anime. It’s an interest that has Pokemon are drawn in typical Anime Club stayed with her. anime style, she said.

“When I’m in the middle of Anime has been an integral part “Inception was inspired exams and miserable, I’ll watch an of Japanese culture since the end of Second World War.

by Paprika, and Black Swan episode of anime and everything’s “It’s a huge industry, especially was inspired by Perfect Blue,” a bit better,” she said.

Queen’s Anime Club doesn’t in Japan, and it’s ingrained in their Wolinsky said.

Anime can also be intellectually just appeal to students, though. culture,” Wolinsky said.

Kingston resident Heather Anime has become a Japanese challenging, she said, adding that Serial Experiments Lain serves as Brennan has been a member of the export though.

Members of the Queen’s Anime an example of a thought-provoking club since its inception in 1995.

She said it began with an Club dress up as their favourite anime-series. The TV series, which characters and critically analyze aired in 1998 in Japan and has informal gathering in Victoria Hall.

“I’m a townie, I heard about it by a Playstation spin-off, explores a what they watch. accident. I noticed the posters and thought I hadn’t seen anime in a while,” the 47-year-old said. “I’ve been a longstanding member and served as a secretary.”

Brennan, originally from Montreal, was first exposed to anime as a child.

“It used to be shown on TV in the early days,” she said.

But anime isn’t just for children.

Within anime, there are several genres that feature elements inappropriate for children.

“There’s historical, fantasy, comedy, horror,” Brennan said, adding that this is something that differentiates anime from North American cartoons geared towards children.

“Sometimes it’s the style or the character development that’s more interesting than American fare.”

Anime even includes a pornographic genre called Hentai.

The term is a shortened term of the Japanese word for sexual perversion. However, there’s stigma surrounding the use of the word in Japan, so a designation of H or 18-kin is used to categorize sexually explicit content.

“It’s a cheap form of getting pornography to the masses, and animation is easier than live action,” Brennan said. supplied The 2002 anime film Spirited Away gained international acclaim Anime also refers to various kinds of animation, she said. and displays common anime style such as exaggerated features.

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Eric Wolinsky, MEng ’12, dressed up as Lance from Pokemon and won the Anime Club costume contest this year. He says it took him 20 hours to sew his costume.

“It depends on the artists. All artists have different styles,” she said.

“Some of it is more realistic, when some of it is about the big eyes. If you look at babies, they have big wide eyes, so the more wide-eyed the heroine is, the more approachable they are. The more individualized they are, the more sinister they look.

It’s a cheap form of “getting pornography to the masses, and animation is easier than live action.

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— Heather Brennan, Kingston resident

“If you look at North American comics ... there’s a certain way heroes look, and a certain way that villains do.”

In terms of characterization, anime often adheres to stereotypical gender roles, Brennan said.

“You have the poor guy who has girls fawning over him and he’s clueless. It can be hilarious, but it gets tedious,” she said.

The 2002 anime film Spirited Away defied gender stereotypes with a strong, female protagonist.

To date, Spirited Away is the highest-grossing film in Japan and

became the first anime film to win an academy award for Best Animated Feature.

It tells the story of a young girl who must work to free her parents from captivity in an alternate reality.

The marketing of anime largely determines its audience, Brennan said. She said Spirited Away was marketed poorly to North American children.

“Lots of kids didn’t know about it, it should’ve been marketed better. Many commercials for it focused on the art house aspects … but kids didn’t know they’d still relate to the story.”

Preconceived notions of anime are often deconstructed once people are exposed to it, Brennan said.

“I’ve shown my mother, who’s in her 70’s, some stuff and she enjoys some of it,” she said. “She said it’s actually good storytelling … like I’ve been saying all along.”

Being a member of the Queen’s Anime Club for over 20 years has kept Brennan in the know about all aspects of anime.

“It keeps me young. I wouldn’t have known about certain things about anime if these people hadn’t told me,” she said.

The Queen’s Anime Club meets every other Friday in Dupuis 217.

Membership costs $15 per person.

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