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Occupy Queen’s movement in the works Students bring Occupy to campus, with demands surrounding government restructuring and tuition drops B y M eaghan Wray Assistant News Editor Occupy Kingston was evicted from their space in Confederation Park last month, but the movement is moving to Queen’s.

Last Thursday, Occupy Queen’s had its fourth general meeting in the Grey House on campus.

Matt Shultz, former Occupy Kingston participant, is now part of the Occupy Queen’s movement.

Shultz declined to comment on whether Occupy Queen’s protesters will physically occupy on-campus buildings.

Occupy Queen’s is aligning with the province-wide Drop

Fees campaign, which strives to stimulate the change needed to make Ontario tuition fees more affordable.

The campaign has been a national movement in response to

rising tuition fees across Canada.

Occupy Queen’s participants will take part in an on campus Drop Fees protest on Feb. 1 as part of the National Day of Action. “[The campaign is] really

an effort to kind of shame the university administration and provincial governments into really doing something about this,” he said.

See Occupy on page 5

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Activists stand trial B y S avoula S tylianou M eaghan Wray Assistant News Editors

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The trial for Kingston prison farm protesters began yesterday at the Frontenac County Court House.

Twenty-four people were arrested during a protest at Frontenac Institution on Aug. 8 and 9, 2010 that saw activists temporarily block trucks from removing the Frontenac Prison Farm’s cattle herd.

The demonstrations started in July 2010, protesting a decision to shut down Canadian’s six prison farms.

Of those arrested, 11 people were set to stand trial for mischief charges yesterday.

Charges were dropped for two of the accused yesterday. The nine remaining are expected to appear in court today.

Bob Lovelace, a professor in the global development studies department, addressed over 100 protesters last night in the Memorial Room of City Hall.

Lovelace was found in contempt of court for protesting uranium drilling on First Nations territory.

He served three and a half months of a six-month sentence in 2008.

What goes on in prison is not a nice thing, Lovelace told Prison Farm supporters at last night’s rally.

“When I was being transferred to the Don [Toronto] Jail for my appeal hearing, the two guards who drove me left the sally [port jail security] door closed,” he said to an audience. “I was gassed with carbon monoxide for 45 minutes until I was crawling on my knees and unable to walk.”

Lovelace showed his gratitude to the nine arrestees and their supporters.

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Matt Shultz (centre) leads members of the Occupy Queen’s movement in a planning session yesterday.

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Savvy students head to Toronto Sixteen undergraduates take part in the Queen’s Entrepreneur’s competition Thursday B y K atherine Fernandez -B lance News Editor The Queen’s Entrepreneur’s Competition is moving to Toronto for the first time on Thursday.

Now in its 24th year, the executive of the annual undergraduate business competition opted to take it out of Kingston so it would grow.

“We’d been in Kingston since we started, we knew all the venues, it was a well-oiled machine,” said co-chair Katherine Wong Too Yen. Over 60 students from around the world submit business plans to the competition that offers cash prizes of $15,000 for first place, $6,000 for second, $2,000 for

third and other sponsored prizes.

Queen’s business professors help narrow the entries down to 16 and over the weekend, 60 industry professionals judge the ideas in

categories including feasibility based on its targeted market and whether there’s a need for the product. On Saturday, the top six ideas will compete.

Wong Too Yen said the Queen’s Entrepreneur’s Competition (QEC) differs from other student business competitions because of See Competition on page 5

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Students stranded by virus Norovirus outbreak hits national conference in Victoria, B.C. B y J anina E nrile Assistant Features Editor On Tuesday, Justin Fauteux hadn’t left his Victoria, B.C. hotel room.

He expected to be back in Waterloo

on Sunday, working on the next issue of Wilfrid Laurier’s student newspaper, the Cord.

Instead, the Cord’s news director was alternating between vomiting and nibbling plain toast

along with 40 other delegates from student papers across Canada who contracted Norovirus at the Canadian University Press (CUP) annual conference this weekend.

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dialogue

arts

sports

postscript

New Conservative crime bill misses the mark.

Review of Blue Canoe Production’s Cabaret.

The men’s basketball team’s playoff hopes get even slimmer. page 12

Looking at the world of juggling and circus arts.

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NEWS IN BRIEF residence fees to increase Students entering residence next year will be required to pay roughly $500 more than in 2011-12, following a 4.5 per cent fee increase passed by the Board of Trustees in December.

“This is something that happens every single year,” said Bruce Griffiths, director of housing and hospitality.

Griffiths said the increase in fees is dependent on inflation rates and the goals for the year.

“If we want to improve a meal plan, if we want to have a big construction project, it’s sort of cost driven,” he said.

Griffiths said despite fee increases, there hasn’t been a drop in applicants.

“We’ve certainly seen other schools increase their fees by a higher percentage,” he said.

story that dealt with cancer,” McManus, Comm ’12, said. “So we thought the best way to handle that was to give it to the Canadian Cancer Society so it can have a broad reach.”

The charity event is mostly run through the business schools at different universities, McManus said.

“It’s done on a relationship basis of who the executive knows and reaching out to different universities,” he said.

The main hockey tournament will run from Thursday to Saturday at the Cataraqui Community Centre.

“We have teams coming in from McGill, Carleton, Guelph, Laurier, Western, Ryerson and two Queen’s teams,” McManus said.

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Professor honoured

— Katherine Fernandez-Blance

Queen’s geology professor Noel James was recently appointed as a member of the Order of Canada by Governor General David Playing for a cure Johnston. The Order of Canada recognizes The Cure Cancer Classic is looking to raise an individual’s lifetime of service to the $1,500 more this year compared to last year. nation through their work.

The annual hockey tournament, which James was among 66 other recipients started out as a final project for a Commerce that were announced by the Governor student, has since grown to be a larger event General on Dec. 30. He was recognized run by an executive team. There are eight for his work on carbonate sedimentology, teams from business schools across Ontario the study of sediments like gravel or and Quebec signed up to play this year — up clay that are composed of materials from four teams last year. like calcium carbonate.

Co-chair for the event Taylor McManus James is the third professor from the said this year the tournament will donate Queen’s department of geological sciences money to the Canadian Cancer Society, and geological engineering to become a instead of the Cancer Society of Southeastern member of the Order of Canada.

Ontario, the charity chosen last year.

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c l a r i F i c a t i o N Coffeeco was offered the chance to stay in their present location until the end of April.

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Ambulances were summoned to the hotel at around midnight on Saturday and a total of seven students were admitted to the hospital.

“They gave everyone the option of just staying in the room, sipping water [and] taking Tylenol or going to the hospital,” Fauteux said.

Students come from across the country went to participate in workshops and meet with industry specialists. The conference is one of CUP’s largest annual gatherings ­— this year, 360 people attended.

Eighty Canadian student newspapers are CUP members.

The organization allows members to print news stories from other member papers through a wire service. The Journal isn’t currently a member of the organization.

Symptoms of Norovirus, commonly known as Norwalk, include vomiting and diarrhea.

According to the Vancouver Island Health Authority, healthy students have returned home but sick students will remain in voluntary isolation in Victoria.

CUP president James McDonald was up until 5 a.m. on Sunday morning helping other students who had contracted the virus. When he woke up later that morning, he had symptoms.

He missed his Monday flight home.

“We’ve been advised we shouldn’t fly for 48 hours just because we could still be contagious,” McDonald said. “So I won’t be leaving until Tuesday.”

CUP staff first noticed the virus beginning to affect students on Saturday afternoon.

“One person got sick,” McDonald said. “We thought it was an isolated case. We weren’t sure what it was.”

When three more students

became ill during the conference’s keynote address, McDonald probed further.

“Our first thought was that it was food poisoning … so we tried looking into that,” he said. ‘We ruled that out because it just couldn’t have been with the timing.”

Suzanne Germain, spokesperson for the Vancouver Island Health Authority, said Norovirus outbreaks of this scale are rare.

“It is really unpleasant to have,” she said. “You don’t know which end to stick in the toilet.”

Germain said the virus spreads rapidly in confined areas.

“Unless you have an underlying medical condition or you’re a frail elderly person, [you] have no need to go to hospital,” she said. “All you’re doing is spreading it around … and exposing people who are already sick and vulnerable to this.”

Though Norovirus isn’t a particular concern, Queen’s health officials are gearing up for the winter season — when illnesses spike and spread quickly on campus.

Dr. Gordon Jones, who works the emergency room at Hotel Dieu, said 18 to 20 per cent of the people who visit the Kingston General Hospital (KGH) emergency room are admitted into the hospital.

He said these figures increase in the winter months. According to Jones, student cases in the emergency room are primarily pneumonia and flu.

“If I had any advice to give to people, it’s if they have a fever or cough, they should stay home rather than go to classes,” Jones said, adding that hand-washing is a must.

Jones worked at KGH and Hotel Dieu during the H1N1 outbreak in 2009.

“It seemed like the whole world was sick, and the number

Kingston hospitals updated their pandemic-response plan following the H1N1 outbreak in 2009.

of people we treated in emergency was tremendous,” he said, adding that the H1N1 scare brought about extensive change to the pandemic plan for Kingston-area hospitals, including additional emergency treatment facilities and virus control.

By December 2009, 232 H1N1 cases had been reported in Ontario.

Jones said after an initial outbreak of H1N1, a secondary peak will follow in a few months.

According to a report by Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer, 128 people had died of H1N1 by the end of January 2010.

The Pandemic Influenza Plan updated during the 2009 outbreak is still in place in Kingston-area hospitals, though Jones said he

doesn’t expect it will be needed this year.

Residence Life manager Chauncey Kennedy said residences have procedures in place for outbreaks during cold and flu season.

He said residences contain home-care rooms where students can move temporarily while ill, adding that they are used mostly in cases where a sick student’s roommate is at risk.

“Residences can also give permission for a friend to pick up meals from the cafeteria so they can still use their meal plan,” Kennedy said.

“When we learn of an illness that seems to be concentrating in an area or spreading around a

Dr. Suzanne Billing, medical director at HCDS, says mononucleosis and bronchitis are two of the most common winter illnesses among students who visit the LaSalle clinic.

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bit, we work very closely with our colleagues in residence facilities to increase the frequency that all surfaces are cleaned.”

The Health, Counselling and Disability Services clinic at the LaSalle building is available for sick students.

Dr. Suzanne Billing, HCDS medical director, said most students come to LaSalle with influenza, gastroenteritis (stomach flu), pharyngitis (throat infection), sinusitis (sinus infection) or rhino-conjunctivitis (cold-like illnesses). She said mononucleosis and bronchitis are also common.

“Being well-rested, having a modest alcohol intake, eating healthily, stress management and regular exercise help to support and strengthen our immune system,” Billing told the Journal via email.

LaSalle offers urgent care and by-appointment visits. Billing said students who are too ill to make an appointment should go to the emergency room at KGH or Hotel Dieu.

Though the Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington public health unit holds free flu shot clinics in the area, one needle isn’t always enough.

Maureen Pickering, manager of the Urgent Care Centre at Hotel Dieu, said children and the elderly are most at risk during the flu season.

Despite this, she said students should still be immunized.

“Once they have the flu and come in here, there’s not much that can be done,” Pickering said.

“There’s no point in getting the flu shot then.”

This year, the Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Public Health unit distributed flu shots containing an H1N1 immunization as well.

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Hair Massacure aims to change kids’ lives Students donate hair at annual event to raise money for Make-a-Wish foundation B y c atherine o WSiK Assistant News Editor

in the foundation after her nine-year-old brother was granted a trip to Disney World after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

The Make-a-Wish branch at Queen’s is “Our family was in crisis mode,” McLellan, expecting to raise $25,000 from this year’s ArtSci ’12, said. “It was the first time we were Hair Massacure. able to smile and relax again.”

The Hair Massacure is an annual Participants in Hair Massacure will have event where participants donate hair to their hair cut, dyed and shaved on stage. If wig-making organizations and raise money they want to donate hair they need to cut off for the Make-a-Wish foundation. If the Feb. a minimum of eight inches.

11 event is successful, the group will surpass McLellan said approximately six chunks a year-end goal of $35,000. of hair are needed to make one wig — about Brittany McLellan, president of the three inches are devoted solely to sewing Make-a-Wish Queen’s branch, said the cost it together. of granting one wish starts at about $7,000.

“A lot of treatments like chemotherapy The Queen’s branch grants wishes specifically and medications cause hair loss,” McLellan from the greater Kingston area. said. “It’s nice to give kids self-confidence as McLellan was inspired to get involved well as granting their wishes.”

This is the third year that the Queen’s University branch has participated in the event.

“This will be the first year that we actually have stylists, so it’s essentially a free haircut,” McLellan said.

Participants with dyed and bleached hair can now donate their hair.

Last year coloured hair wasn’t accepted, so now more people will have the opportunity to participate, McLellan said.

She has been growing her hair since she joined the committee in 2009 and said this year she will be cutting off 10 inches.

Queen’s Make-a-Wish has already raised more than $13,000 through the student opt-out fee and events such as a bottle drive and White Out party. The group started at Queen’s in 2009 and over the past two years it has cumulatively raised $33,000.

McLellan said this year there will be photo by JUstIn ChIn free shuttle busses to and from campus for Brittany McLellan, ArtSci ’12, participants. The busses were donated from said this year’s Hair Massacure will have a live First Student Canada after organizers found band and silent auction.

it was difficult for students to commute to the event at the Cataraqui Town Centre last year.

Participants are asked to raise money prior to the event and register with a goal amount, with proceeds going directly to the Make-a-Wish foundation. McLellan said the current pledges range from $100 to $4,000.

“Any amount of money helps quite a bit,” she said. “We’ve already raised $13,000 and granted one wish this year. We’re looking to do another one soon.”

Since 2009 the Queen’s branch has granted five wishes.

After a child with a life-threatening illness is recommended to the foundation, the group consults a physician and interviews

the family. If approved, the child picks three wishes and one is granted. McLellan said granting the wishes of children with terminal illnesses are the priority.

This year the Queen’s branch granted a wish for a boy and his family to take a trip to Disney World. It’s one of the most common wishes, McLellan said.

This year she’s expecting 100 participants and said that 34 have already signed up.

“It’s usually the last couple weeks where the most people sign up,” she said. “People interested in the event should register through our email and like us on our Facebook page.”

The Hair Massacure will take place Feb. 11 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Cataraqui Town Centre.

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Occupy protesters interested in working with AMS “As it currently stands, the dean of main goal of Occupy Queen’s is Arts and Science, [Principal Daniel to spread awareness.

Communicating with Woolf], the Board [of Trustees] – “We’re starting out really just administration will be an they kind of make these dictatorial trying to get that conversation important step, he said. decisions regarding university started because it’s not something “There’s been some talk of trying policy,” Shultz, PhD ’15, said. that anyone’s really thinking to crash the meetings, but of course “Even if the entire faculty is about or talking about right the administration’s meetings are against them on that, they just kind now,” Shultz said. not open unless they choose to let of go ahead and do it.”

Another focal point of Occupy you in,” Shultz said.

Shultz said decision-making Queen’s is to challenge the 30 per “It’s not a democratic structure power shouldn’t be in the cent tuition rebate, announced on at all, it’s very closed-door, hands of businessmen.

Jan. 5 by the Liberal government. very secretive.”

“Queen’s is a university. It’s Shultz said this tuition A main point being addressed, not a business. It’s not meant drop doesn’t apply to many he said, is the creation of a to make money,” he said. “It’s students who need it. more democratic government meant to educate.”

“Students whose parents structure at Queen’s.

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out. Mature students can’t Working with the AMS is a access it. Graduate can’t access it. possibility if the Executive shows Out-of-province students can’t interest, he said. access it. Out-of-country students “If the AMS feels that their own can’t access it,” he said. goals are compatible … of course Shultz said he doubts the we will [work with them],” he said. administration will directly address “But if they don’t want to, that’s Occupy Queen’s. obviously not going to stop us.”

“I really doubt that Matt Thornton, a member [administration] would be open to of Occupy Kingston, told the that, and I doubt that they would Journal via email that the group be open to any suggestions that has met with the City to discuss we have,” he said. “They have arranging for a currently unknown absolute power. Why would they permanent location. give that up? Why would they even start a conversation about ways they could give it up?”

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its international focus.

“It’s all the networking, our judge-to-competitor ratio is probably the top,” Wong Too Yen, Comm ’12, said.

Co-chair Daniel Farewell said many of the business plans presented are for ideas that have already begun to take shape before the competition.

“It’s not a hypothetical case competition,” Farewell, Comm ’13, said. “Most of our top 16 is in the process of launching.”

The competition has seen its share of finalists who have gone on to achieve success in business ventures after graduation, such as a customized lanyard-making business called BuildMyLanyard

which has secured clients like Telus Mobility since its creation two years ago.

Applicants typically come from business, engineering or computer science backgrounds.

Farewell said entrepreneurship is a fairly small field.

of our top 16 “is inMost the process of launching. ” — Daniel Farewell, Comm ’13 “It’s hard to track because people become entrepreneurs at all points of their careers,” Farewell said. “It’s not a subject area, it just means starting a businesses, running with

an idea.”

The competition is entirely funded by sponsors, with the 16 finalists only having to cover their own transportation and accommodation costs.

Last year, the competition secured a five-year partnership with Queen’s School of Business MBA program. Other backers include the Queen’s Centre for Business Venturing and corporate sponsors like Manulife Financial.

Once the winners are awarded the prize, it’s up to them to decide how they want to spend the money.

“It’s no strings attached,” Farewell said. “If they wanted to blow it all, it wouldn’t be a great business decision, but they could do it.”

Co-chairs Daniel Farewell and Katherine Wong Too Yen say the Queen’s Entreprenurial Competition has a top judge-to-competitor ratio.

Former inmate reflects farms were an important part of a lot of people’s experiences at “I hope you know this battle Frontenac Institution. is not over. You are in a winning “We’re the old school inmates, position, you have your dignity, we knew how to do things, do our and with your dignity, you can be time,” he said. “These young guys winners in this fight,” he said. now, they just lay back and smoke Bill Norman, a former inmate or something.” at Frontenac Institution, was Norman said Prison Farm part of the summer 2010 prison supporters were banned from farm protests. protesting outside a Stephen He said he was disappointed Harper campaign stop in Kingston in the decision to close the during a May 2011 election. prison farms.

“We haven’t had many “We enjoyed it, it gave us representatives out for Kingston,” something to look forward to,” he said. “When we did the protest he said. last summer, the Prime Minister Norman said the prison came up for re-election and

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he wouldn’t even let us on the property with the signs.”

The effect of the farms shutting down hasn’t hit yet, Norman said.

“It’s going to hit when they start tearing those buildings down ... there’s a lot of people who’ve lost their job,” he said.

Norman said even though the decision is final, the fight isn’t over.

“It’s ended now, but we’re going to continue to fight for it.”

Prison farms located in New Brunswick, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta have also been shut down.

Supporters of Kingston’s closed prison farms gathered in the Memorial Room of City Hall last night after the first day of the trial of protesters arrested in August 2010.

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he 30 per cent Off Ontario Tuition Grant announced by Premier Dalton McGuinty on Jan. 9 is a win for students. Not only does the $400-million program make post-secondary education more accessible, but it’s refreshing to see politicians follow through on campaign promises.

The tuition rebate was a promise made during the Liberal party’s campaign for the Oct. 6 provincial elections last year.

A 30 per cent rebate on tuition payments under the program means that every undergraduate student who qualifies can receive up to $800 a semester.

The cost of a post-secondary education is high, and the 30 per cent rebate will offer help to struggling Ontario students.

Queen’s has effectively informed students about the program, alerting them through emails and posters in the JDUC of the simple way to claim the rebate.

While it’s encouraging, the rebate program has problems that could undermine its success.

A $1,600 rebate per year is a significant amount of money, but may not reach the 30 per cent tuition fee mark for everyone. It covers a significant portion of Arts and Science undergraduate

tuition, but $1,600 does little to combat the high tuition rates for an Engineering or Commerce student at Queen’s.

Another prevailing issue is qualifying for the grant. Students are exempt from the rebate for a number of reasons, including having been out of high school for more than four years. This effectively penalizes students who took a year off after high school,

leaving them without financial aid for their fourth year of study.

The program also doesn’t give grant money to students whose parents earn more than $160,000 a year.

This limitation is meant to benefit those in greater financial need, but makes the assumption that parents with substantial earnings pay for their children’s education. Some parents, regardless

Equity

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movement opposing the Girl to actualize an identity that can be Scouts of the USA’s policy felt but not immediately seen. To on transgender children has been be transgender isn’t to act a certain gaining momentum.

The way, it’s to be a certain way.

The presence of transgender web-based group, HonestGirlScouts, asks children in a troop could result in that people show their discussion about the complexities disapproval of the Girl Scouts for of gender and identity among accepting transgender children into families, and greater integration would lead to greater acceptance. their troops.

While it’s no one’s right to A video on YouTube shows Taylor, a 14-year-old decide when or how a parent ex-Girl-Scout who asks people broaches complex subjects with boycott the traditional Girl Scout their children, transgender people cookies. The admission of a exist, and that’s the reality.

Asking Girl Scouts to label each seven-year-old transgender child into a Colorado troop last October member’s gender is problematic. sparked the controversy. On It means that children might be Dec. 14, the Christian Post reported singled out when they hoped to that three Girl Scout troops in be quietly integrated — something Louisiana disbanded due to they’re entitled to do.

Girl Scouts is built on the transgender inclusion.

The Girl Scouts accept anyone assumption that girls act differently who identifies as a girl and don’t together than they do with boys, require proof of gender. Given and gain from bonding with girls that the group’s mandate is one alone. Maybe it’s time to rethink of inclusivity and acceptance it’s this principle. Girls Scouts should appropriate that Girl Scouts treat adapt their philosophy to fit a modern world, one where the all girls the same way.

The movement to boycott the gender binary is challenged.

The anti-transgender movement sale of cookies promotes discrimination against transgender aimed at Girl Scouts is on shaky children. Those in favour of ground and deserves the criticism it the boycott argue that having has received in popular media.

Girl Scouts has a mission transgender children integrated into female troops presents statement to teach girls to a security threat, but this is “relate to others with increasing understanding, skill and respect,” alarmist thinking.

It’s a doubtful assumption, likely and admitting transgender children based in ignorance of what it means to the group does exactly that. to be transgender. To be transgender isn’t to follow a passing whim, but

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lue Ivy Carter entered the world like most celebrity babies, with a unique name and her own million dollar hospital wing.

The special treatment her parents, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, received at the hospital has stirred up controversy about equal access to health care.

Reports since the Jan. 7 birth of baby Blue haven’t been flattering to Beyoncé and Jay-Z, who reportedly paid Lenox Hill Hospital to tear down between six and eight rooms to build a two-room deluxe birthing suite.

Many parents have publicly complained that the couple’s huge security team blocked them from seeing their babies in the neonatal intensive care unit and that security put black tape over hospital windows to blind prying eyes.

At first, the hospital dismissed claims that new parents were prevented from accessing their children in favour of providing security to Beyoncé and Jay-Z, but the NY Daily News reported that hospital officials are now conducting an investigation.

Whether these reports are true or not, the bigger issue comes

of income, expect their child to pay their own way, and the new rebate program neglects these people.

Parameters and restrictions are necessary for the program, but it’s disappointing that many deserving students won’t see its benefits.

Overall the rebate program should be commended. It’s a big help to Ontario students — as long as they qualify.

from comments made by New York City Mayor Bloomberg who defended privatized health care.

“If [the hospital] got paid a lot of money and it let them provide services to other people who don’t have insurance or can’t afford it, I’m not so sure it’s a bad thing,” he was quoted at a Jan. 10 press conference by the New York Times.

“I don’t think you should keep people from seeing their babies, or whatever, but have different services for people [who] are full-paying patients.”

No amount of money makes it okay to deny new parents access to their newborn babies, “or whatever.”

Bloomberg makes it seem like we all need rich benefactors like Beyoncé and Jay-Z to help us pay for our medical bills.

It’s not as though Beyoncé and Jay-Z donated this money to the hospital out of the goodness of their hearts — they did it so they could get special services that most expecting parents can’t afford.

It’s unacceptable that hospitals provide this sort of decadent service to expecting parents.

These special services reinforce class boundaries in the U.S., separating those who can only afford a normal birth from those privileged few who can pay for a million dollar birthing suite.

Bloomberg’s comments and rich parents like Beyoncé and Jay-Z make universal health care seem insufficient. Private health care has its benefits, but I’d rather have the same health care as everyone else than put my needs above another’s.

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When the government decides to spend a bunch of cash on new crime legislation, it may be bad governance — but it’s fantastic politics.

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New crime legislation caters to Conservative voters but fails to address the root causes of crime

“On a scale of one to 10, it’s a 10.”

J ordan R ay, A rt S ci ’12 There are some aspects of electoral politics that I could do without.

Take the Conservative government’s new crime bill — a piece of tough-on-crime legislation that any rational government would throw in the garbage.

The bill includes new mandatory minimum sentences and tougher sentencing for young offenders.

Unfortunately, the bill is misguided for several reasons.

First, the crime rate in Canada is the lowest it has been in 38 years, according to Statistics Canada.

Second, the bill costs hundreds of millions of new dollars that we need to fight the recession.

Third, if you want to fight crime, you don’t do it by tackling the symptoms of crime, as this bill proposes. You do it by tackling the root.

That means improving the economy and spending money on education, not on tougher sentencing laws and prisons.

For these reasons and more, I couldn’t get my head around the logic of the Conservative crime bill — until I realized it has a lot to do with money.

After all, you’ve got to throw “meat” to your donors if you want them to give you money.

So, presto, you get tough-on-crime legislation that plays well with the Conservative base.

There are some problems with this rationale, though. The kinds of donors that the Conservatives are wooing — or rather, re-wooing — are still going to vote Conservative. If you think about partisan loyalties in Canada, citizens who identify as Tory are the most likely to vote Tory on election day.

So if there’s little chance that they’ll vote for the other guys, what’s with all the pandering?

First of all, voters who identify with a given party may simply stay home on election day. One of the biggest challenges for political parties is getting their supporters to go to the ballot box, and promises that cater to core party values can motivate these folks to get out and vote.

But that’s not all. Even if your base comes out and votes for you on election day, you still need

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“I wouldn’t pick a house that’s way off-campus just because its $400 per month.”

Jonah Letovsky, ArtSci ’15

Protesters demonstrate against the Conservative crime bill in Winnipeg on Nov. 8, 2011.

their money.

Cash is oh-so-important for election campaigns. Money makes attack ads, brochures and lawn signs. Donations pay for other crucial aspects of campaigns, like local offices and phone banks, databases and professional campaign staff for both party leaders and individual candidates.

For examples of how the Conservatives have used their money wisely, just think of the past couple elections. Anyone remember the “Stéphane Dion is not a leader” attack ads? Or more recently, the “just visiting” slogan against Michael Ignatieff?

The Conservative use of attack ads is just one example of how the party has used its strength in fundraising to give it an edge in election campaigns.

Another example of the Tories spending money wisely is how the party targeted its spending in the 2011 election campaign. The Conservatives looked at the results from the 2008 election to see which ridings they were the closest to winning.

According to an April 17 article in the Globe and Mail, the Conservatives “targeted 30 key opposition-held ridings where they aim[ed] to out-spend, out-organize

and out-hustle their opponents.”

And it paid off — the Conservatives gained 23 seats on election day.

Attack ads and targeted spending are two things that helped the Conservatives win the 2011 election. These tactics were so effective because the Conservative Party of Canada has raised more money than all the other parties combined for the past several years.

That’s why when the government decides to spend a bunch of cash on new crime legislation, it may indeed be bad governance. But it’s fantastic politics.

Elections cost money, and because some groups are willing to pay money for policies that would make many people raise an eyebrow, good politics will sometimes trump good government. And that’s when I start questioning the wisdom of democracy.

But we can do some things to fix this problem, particularly through education.

Students could be taught more about politics and economics in high school. Coupled with a focus on current events, graduates would emerge from high school with a better understanding of how the world works. Canadians would also be less susceptible to the

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political parties that take advantage of their ignorance.

But it’s also important that we find a way for more students to continue their education after high school. The government could encourage both corporations and citizens to donate more money to higher education.

Canada could also spend more taxpayer dollars on funding research and development at home. Spending on education policy will not only improve Canada’s long term economic performance, but it will help Canadians discern whether parties are engaging in good politics or good government.

Both individuals and politicians alike must step up on their own.

As citizens in the internet age, it has never been easier to find out if our MPs are doing their jobs well. On the other hand, the Prime Minister should have faith that if his party does a good job, they’ll get the money they need without having to pass foolish laws.

But I wouldn’t hold my breath on that one.

Jordan Ray is a Journal staff writer.

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Art event

Buckets of Art Local celebrations mark the 1,000,049th birthday of Art B y B renna O wen Contributor According to French artist Robert Filliou, a sponge fell into a bucket of water 1,000,049 years ago to create the first-ever work of art. Today marks that event’s anniversary, dubbed the Birthday of Art, despite the fact that buckets didn’t even exist that long ago.

“You have to take it in the context of Filliou being a Fluxus artist, so very interested in Dada and the absurd and surrealism.”

Kristiana Clemens, operations officer at CFRC, said of Filliou’s 1963 idea. “The image does evoke all of these thoughts and considerations.

“It’s also kind of a joke.”

Today CFRC will hold Art’s birthday celebrations for its second year in a row. From 4 p.m. until midnight, CFRC programming will explore art on the air by picking up international audio broadcasts of the celebration.

“Filliou passed away in 1987, and it was really in memory of his

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The birthday of Art was Robert Filliou’s attempt to make Art an everyday object, not an activity accessible to only a few.

life’s work as an artist that Art’s birthday came to be celebrated as an annual event,” Clemens said of the event which is acknowledged by radio stations, sound and multimedia artists worldwide.

Clemens explained that the event doesn’t celebrate traditional art, but rather art as collaboration, an idea that grew with the birth of the Internet. “[It’s] a celebration of art as a form of communication and exchange through a medium that

incorporates transmission of some kind,” she said.

According to Clemens, celebrating Art’s Birthday is an avenue through which CFRC can strive to fulfil its mandate to expose local listeners to international sound art and experimentation.

Last year’s event was funded by the City of Kingston’s Arts Fund.

“The diversity of the artworks that were presented was really enjoyable and we got a good crowd out,” Clemens said of last year’s

birthday celebrations. “We thought that this was something that deserves another kick at the can. So this year we applied to the Community Foundation of Kingston and Area for their support and we’re lucky enough to receive a small project grant.”

The event this year features live performances at the Artel, including Queen’s students Lisa Alders, David Woodward and Sleuth Bears’ Neven Lochhead and

Liam Cole.

“It’s a pretty eclectic line-up,” Clemens said. “Each of these performances is going to be quite short, and there is not going to be much of a break between the sets.”

Art’s birthday programming starts at 4 p.m. on CFRC, with live streams from the Czech Republic, Austria and Vancouver, B.C. Celebrations at the Artel begin at 8 p.m. and are free.

Theatre review

Sublimely seductive scene Blue Canoe Production’s Cabaret captures the depravity of 1930s Berlin while maintaining the serious and charming storylines that define the musical

Joey Graff as the Emcee introduces the audience to the risqué world of the Kit Kat Club.

B y A lyssa A shton Arts Editor Bustiers and burlesque dancers made for some obviously awkward moments for the grandparents sitting in the front row of Blue Canoe Productions’ Cabaret.

While outlandish behaviour and scantily-clad cast members propelled the production, the musical is defined by a poignant story full of mesmerizing performances.

The Tony Award-winning book-turned-musical revolves around American writer Cliff Bradshaw, who travels to Berlin in the 1930s to find inspiration

for his novel. He discovers the Kit Kat Club, a burlesque house with beautiful people and seeds of the growing Nazi movement in German society.

The highlight of the play is older couple Herr Schultz and Fraulein Schneider. Their endearing romance is the perfect contrast to the burlesque Kit Kat Club dances that reoccur throughout the show.

Their love blooms over pineapples and oranges, providing some of the most heart-warming and heart-wrenching moments of the play.

Hayley Goldenberg as Fraulein Schneider gives an incredibly mature performance, leaving me

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with tears rolling done my face as she realizes she can’t marry her Jewish love.

Sally Bowles, the star of the Kit Kat Club, is played by Alex Pedersen, who much like her character starts off elusive and cold.

But when she sings “Maybe This Time” she finally finds a relatable voice that charms the audience through her vulnerability, not her assets.

Joey Graff gives the most diverse performance as the Emcee.

He’s spell-binding as the leader of the show, switching from sexy to deranged. He puts the audience in a theatrical coma when he sings “I Don’t Care Much.”

The cast truly transforms into their characters thanks to help from wardrobe and make-up.

Strategically placed glitter on the dancers’ bodies and sequins on their costumes are the small touches that create the magic of the club.

With such stunning performances, it’s unfortunate that Blue Canoe chose a strange layout for the stage at the Baby Grand Theatre. The audience is split into two factions, with the stage in the middle. Often, one side of the audience was left out when characters directed their lines at the other half.

But the lack of a real stage makes the audience feel like they are truly in 1930s Berlin — in part thanks to the cast using the audience as props, including as a mirror which they adjust themselves through.

Despite the minor staging issue, Cabaret is still an amazing show, that flawlessly mixes the serious issues of Nazi Germany with the day-to-day frivolity of a cabaret club.

Cabaret plays at the Baby Grand Theatre on Thursdays to Saturdays until Jan. 28. Shows are at 8 p.m. with Saturday matinees at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors.

Interview

Candle affair Current Swell returns to Kingston, with fond memories of their last show B y C aitlin C hoi Assistant Arts Editor Last time they were in Kingston, Current Swell played “one of the most memorable shows of their lives.”

“All the power on the whole block went out,” Scott Stanton, lead singer of the Victoria-based band, said of the 2010 show at the Mansion. “We were like ‘Oh crap, what the hell are we going to do now?’”

Instead of calling it quits, the boys of Current Swell rallied every See A western on page 10

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From art to ashes Tammy McGrath offers little explanation to viewers on the meaning behind her new exhibit Voir Dire B y A sAD C hishti Assistant Photo Editor Over 1,400 books were burned for Tammy McGrath’s latest installation, Voir Dire, in the main gallery of Modern Fuel.

Three strange animals made of feathers, hair and petrified claws hover over the piles of singed pages.

“It’s up to the viewer to decide whether these creatures act as protectors of the book or whether they were involved in the carnage,” McGrath said at the opening night gala on Saturday.

The work is dark and twisted — influenced by McGrath’s work with access to information issues throughout history.

“Over the course of time, there have been attempts to wipe out portions of history,” McGrath told the 20 person audience at the gallery on Saturday.

“I was also thinking about digital books and how the beauty of a book’s form may

not exist in the future.”

Books used in the installation were donated with the owners’ full knowledge that they would be burned.

The work offers no explanation. There are no hints, except a pink handout which only provides a brief artist background.

The only other hint to the exhibit’s meaning is its name, Voir Dire, a French term meaning “to speak the truth.” Voir Dire is also the term for a court proceeding where lawyers question potential juror members to Photo by aSaD chiShti determine the best members for the trial.

All the books were donated with the owners full knowledge that they would The installation is fully open to be burned. interpretation, revealing little about the artist’s thought-process aside from the unavoidable references to the violent history of book burning. The undertones to the work are complex, with the creatures at once repulsing and drawing the viewer closer to them — a duality of push and pull.

Voir Dire is open until Feb. 18 at Modern Fuel in the Main Gallery.

Tammy McGrath’s Voir Dire depicts bat-like creatures floating above the ashes of 1,400 burned books.

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candle in the building and switched to an acoustic set.

“It was so magical though that I don’t think it can ever really be recreated,” Stanton said, adding that the band joked afterwards about cutting the power at all their shows. “Everybody didn’t say one word for the whole show and we just sat there.”

With the release of their fourth record in 2011, Long Time Ago, Current Swell will bring a new vibe to their upcoming Kingston show. Stanton said a recent death of a loved one has matured their surf-rock style of writing that used to revolve around sport and travel.

“We’ve had some friends that have passed away, one really good friend of ours [inspired] ‘Brad’s Song,’” he said. “This album is more about people that we know and stories of people, instead of stories of places we want to go.”

The album has been well-received among the band’s

strong following in B.C., but this year’s national tour will test the band’s popularity outside of their home province.

“Because we are from out West, we just have a really, really strong fan base here,” Stanton said from his Victoria home. “It’s always been these slow steps to get the fan base that we have out West, out East.”

Current Swell emerged in the early 2000s as part of the West Coast’s new-roots movement of independent musicians. After releasing four albums, the band marked a milestone in November, winning the top prize at Vancouver’s Peak Performance Project.

The professional development program awards $100,500 to its winner. Current Swell beat out 20 other B.C. artists to win the prize money, which is funding their touring. The contest involved a series of showcases in front of a panel of judges, and was finalized with a public vote on the groups’ overall live performance.

“I’ve been telling people that

Victoria-based band Current Swell won $100,500 as the winners of Vancouver’s Peak Performance Project in November, beating out 20 other B.C. artists.

[the prize money] has been making me poorer because we’re using the money so much for touring and tour purposes and stuff like that,” Stanton said. “Winning last year was such a feat, I didn’t even know how big of a deal it is until it happened.”

Starting off on what seems to be a strong foot, the new year is looking busy for Current Swell.

Though they hope to travel to Brazil — where they have a surprisingly avid fan base — and release another album, they’re resolved to stay focused on the basics.

“We’re not that kind of band that will just blow-up overnight and we know that, but we work hard and we want to just play in front of as many people as we can,” he said.

“Any opportunity we can get we can get and it’s just step by step.”

Current Swell plays the Mansion on Jan. 18 at 9 p.m.

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men’s hockey

Offence heats up Gaels score nine against Concordia B y Peter M orrow Staff Writer

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Guard Ryan Golden loses possession of the ball during the Gaels’ loss to the York Lions on Saturday.

Men’s Basketball

Playoff chances dwindle Poor shooting cost the men’s basketball team two home games over the weekend, bumping their season record to 0-12 and dropping them four points out of a playoff spot.

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Our offence gets a lot of its energy from our defence.

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— Alex Weatherill, men’s basketball forward The Gaels were outscored in every quarter during Friday night’s 74-61 loss to the Laurentian Voyageurs. They didn’t bounce back the following night, losing 66-62 to the York Lions.

Laurentian scored 30 points from three-point line, while the Gaels only made one three-pointer on 16 attempts.

Inside more mixed results The men’s volleyball team loses at McMaster but wins at York. page 14

Friday An ncaa experience Assistant Sports Editor Benjamin Deans heads to Syracuse, N.Y. to take in a NCAA basketball game.

Aside from poor perimeter coverage, forward Alex Weatherill said he was happy with his team’s defensive play — the Gaels came up with 11 steals.

“Our offence gets a lot of its energy from our defence,” he said.

“And I think we did a good job of bringing it tonight.”

Weatherill contributed 13 points,

six rebounds, and four assists, while forward Nikola Misljencevic had a team-high 16 points.

The Lions came out strong Saturday night at the ARC, outscoring the Gaels 23-16 in the first quarter and maintaining a seven-point lead until half.

The Lions started to pull away in the third quarter, putting up 21

We definitely weren’t “giving up, they embarrassed us 6-1 last time. ” — Kelly Jackson, men’s hockey forward

Gaels lose home games against Laurentian and York to fall to 0-12 B y Peter R eimer Contributor

The men’s hockey team got some revenge on Friday night.

They hadn’t seen the Concordia Stingers since a 6-1 loss on Nov. 5 in Montreal, but used seven different scorers in a 9-2 redemption at the Memorial Centre.

Queen’s forward Kelly Jackson admitted the Gaels were trying to reach double digits at the end of the third period.

points and a rare two-handed dunk from forward Justin Bell. But the Gaels were able to stick around, scoring 21 points of their own.

In the fourth quarter, three-pointers from Gaels forward Mackenzie Simpson and guard Mike Farine brought the Gaels within two points with seven

“We definitely weren’t giving up, they embarrassed us 6-1 last time,” said Jackson, who scored twice and earned an assist for the Gaels.

Jackson’s first goal was re-directed three times before reaching the Stingers’ net.

“The goalie clearly got tricked by a couple bounces,” Jackson said.

“But they all count.”

The victory puts the ninth-place Gaels within two points of the Ryerson Rams for the final playoff

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women’s basketball

Lineup change pays off Sydney Kernahan starts and Gaels win twice at home B y J erry Z heng Contributor A personnel adjustment translated into two wins for the women’s basketball team over the weekend.

Head coach Dave Wilson replaced post Hannah Koposhynska with Sydney Kernahan in the starting lineup as a reward for Kernahan’s strong play in recent games.

“We’re not usually very quick at making changes to the starting lineup … but [Kernahan] has just come in and given us great energy with her rebounding,” he said. “So we felt it was time to give her the opportunity to start.”

We felt it was “time to give her the

game — took a charge in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game, sealing the win against the Lions with a pair of free throws.

Koposhynska said she understood why Kernahan replaced her on the weekend.

“I know from practice, I hate playing against her because she’s just so strong,” Koposhynska said.

“I can’t even imagine what the girls during the game go through.”

Wing Christine Wallace got off to a quick start against the Lions and didn’t stop. She notched five

points, grabbed three rebounds, and tallied one assist in the first quarter and finished the game with a double-double, posting 10 points and collecting 11 rebounds. “[Wallace] is a veteran,” Wilson said. “She wants to play harder and See Women on page 15

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opportunity to start.

— Dave Wilson, women’s basketball coach The Gaels won 64-51 over the Laurentian Lady Vees at the ARC on Friday, followed with a 75-69 victory over the York Lions on Saturday. The two wins improve Queen’s record to 7-5, pushing them to third in the OUA East.

Kernahan — who leads her team in rebounding with 6.9 per

The women’s basketball team won two straight home games this weekend to move into third place in the OUA East.

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women’s hockey

Three-game losing streak Gaels fall to York Lions in overtime on Saturday

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women’s Volleyball

No wins for women Gaels lose both games for first time this season

B y A nAnD S riVAStAVA Staff Writer The women’s volleyball had its worst weekend of the season, dropping two four-set matches to the McMaster Marauders and the York Lions. The road losses dropped the 8-5 Gaels into a

third-place OUA tie.

It was the first time all season they’ve lost twice in one weekend.

Friday’s loss in Hamilton came against a Marauders squad that sits in ninth place, outside of a playoff spot.

Outside hitter Natalie Gray — who led the team with a

Katie Hagarty and the women’s volleyball team couldn’t beat the McMaster Marauders in Hamilton on Friday night.

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combined 19 kills and 20 digs over the weekend — said the team was disappointed with the results after winning five of their past six matches.

“Now that we’ve tasted back-to-back losses … we know that we never want to be back here again,” Gray said. “That’ll be a good motivating tool for us to keep working hard and pushing harder.”

Gray said it was still important that the team was able to win one set against the York Lions, who place first in the OUA and were ranked 10th in the country before the weekend. “[The losses] are a little bit frustrating,” she said. “But at the same time it’s kind of encouraging because we know that we can come out with wins in the future.”

The Gaels will spend the week preparing for their most grueling road trip of the season. On Friday, they fly to Thunder Bay for two consecutive matches against the 0-11 Lakehead Thunderwolves.

Gray said she expects her team to win.

“The girls are going to be hungry for a win and wanting to prove that the two losses this weekend aren’t characteristic of our team.”

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men’s Volleyball

Split on the road Gaels fall to McMaster, but squeeze by York B y A rySSAh S tAnKeVitSCh Contributor

Aaron Nusbaum and the men’s volleyball team lost to McMaster and narrowly beat York on the road this weekend.

to Toronto to play the following Friday’s loss in Hamilton was The men’s volleyball team struggled afternoon. Head coach Brenda the second time this season that with a difficult road trip this Willis said her team was fatigued the Gaels blew a lead and lost in weekend, falling to the McMaster after the previous night’s game five sets to the Marauders. On Marauders 3-2 on Saturday before in Hamilton and the performance Nov. 19, the Gaels won the first narrowly defeating the York Lions wasn’t good enough. two sets before conceding three in five sets on Sunday afternoon.

“We need to improve our straight — Queen’s led 2-1 on The win and the loss leaves the discipline blocking, our hands are Friday, but lost a tight fourth set Gaels at 7-6 and tied for fifth in getting used by our opponents to 26-24 and dropped the fifth-set the OUA. score,” she said. “On the offensive tiebreaker 15-10.

Friday’s game in Hamilton side we need a good rhythm — Outside hitter Kevin Stevens didn’t end until after 10 p.m., consistency between the hitter and led the Marauders with 11 kills, but the Gaels still had to travel the setter.” three blocks and nine digs, while

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spot in the OUA East. Only six points separate the Gaels from the third-place Ottawa Gee-Gees with 10 regular-season games remaining.

“That’s our goal for the second half of the season — to catch the teams in front of us,” Gibson said.

So far, the Gaels have earned three wins in their first four games of 2012. Friday’s game was the first time that each of the four forward lines contributed at least one goal.

Rookie forward Keenan Murray scored his first two goals of the season in the first period.

our goal for “thethat’s second half of the

season — to catch the teams in front of us.

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— Brett Gibson, men’s hockey coach “[Murray] has come in here and earned his spot,” Gibson said.

“He’s played great for us, from day one.”

Having played two fewer games than the other teams in the East division, the Gaels have three games this week — starting with tomorrow’s tilt with the last-place RMC Paladins at Rookie forward Corey Bureau scored a goal and an Constantine Arena. assist against the Concordia Stingers on Friday.

The men’s hockey team celebrates a goal during Friday’s win over the Concordia Stingers.

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Gaels outside hitter Joren Zeeman countered with 15 kills and two blocks.

Less than 24 hours later, the Gaels took five sets to beat the York Lions. The Gaels had swept the Lions 3-0 in Kingston on Dec. 3, but they trailed 1-2 before winning the last two sets in Toronto on Sunday.

Outside hitter Will Sidgwick had 10 kills and nine digs while Zeeman had a team-high 14 kills. However, Zeeman finished with seven errors in each game this weekend.

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Lions coach Wally Dyba said the Gaels won because Willis used her bench strategically throughout the game. “[Willis] did a good job at taking the starters out in the third set, and put them back in for the fourth,” he said. “They dominated after that.”

On Friday, the Gaels travel across town to play the last-place Royal Military College Paladins at 7 p.m.

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harder all the time and it just shows what she’s capable of doing.”

During Friday’s game against Laurentian, the Gaels outscored

the Lady Vees 21-10 in the first quarter and held onto the lead.

Emma Decloe — the Lady Vees’ leading rebounder and second-best scorer — picked up three early fouls in the first quarter and was

benched for the majority of the first half.

Guard Brittany Moore scored a game-high 23 points along with three assists and three steals. She capped a 10-2 fourth-quarter run with back-to-back three-pointers.

Despite the win, coach Wilson said he wasn’t impressed with his team’s performance on Friday night.

If we’re going to be a “good basketball team, we need to bring a level of consistency of play every day.

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— Dave Wilson, women’s basketball coach “I’m disappointed with our execution … I’m disappointed with our mental preparedness coming into the game,” he said. “If we’re going to be a good basketball team, we need to bring a level of consistency of play everyday.

“If we do that, we dominate this [Laurentian] team.”

The Gaels are on the road this weekend to face the only two teams ahead of them in the OUA East standings — the second-place Carleton Ravens on Friday and the first-place Ottawa Gee-Gees on Saturday.

Guard Brittany Moore scored 23 points against the Laurentian Lady Vees on Friday night.

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seconds left, but the Lions held on.

Fourth-year forward Bernard Burgesson said missed free throws were the reason for Saturday’s loss.

The Gaels were 15 for 26 from the free throw line. Burgesson was three for six.

“The game was in our control with regards to free throws,” he said. “We’ve got some work to do … myself included.”

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

postscript

Alex Perren is president of Queen’s/Kingston Juggler’s Club.

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Playing with fire Juggling club hones skills in circus arts B y C hristiane Peric Contributor

Most members are Queen’s a ball into the pattern,” he said.

The club practices and performs students, but the club has also toss juggling, bounce juggling and included RMC students and Kingston residents, Perren said.

Most jugglers aren’t adverse to contact juggling.

The club even includes families Toss juggling is the most flesh wounds. “[You use] a special club with common, involving the throwing — this year a father and son team a torch on the end. You light it and catching of objects in the joined.

A membership fee of $10 helps and make sure it’s not dripping air. Bounce juggling requires too much,” said Alex Perren, that objects are bounced off the to cover the cost of juggling and president of the Queen’s/Kingston ground and contact juggling entails circus equipment, which the club the manipulation of an object in supplies for its members.

Juggler’s Club.

“We get a lot of supplies cheaper Perren, Sci ’12, has juggled since contact with a juggler’s body.

Since its inception, the club has at juggling festivals,” Perren said. high school and said he hasn’t had Unicyclists are also welcome in any dangerous encounters with fire. maintained an annual membership “I’ve caught the wrong end of between 10 and 20 members the club — a skill that can be before … but you just throw it from both the Queen’s and combined with juggling.

“It took a while to get used Kingston community, Perren said. right away.”

This year, the club has 12 to … there’s a lot of falling over.

Members of the Queen’s/ I want to improve, its still a little Kingston Juggler’s Club were official members.

“We take anybody who shows sketchy,” Perren said. “It draws a nervous to attempt juggling fire at up,” he said. “Everyone sees it at crowd though.” first, he said. clubs night, and we usually get Juggling offers several perks to “It was pretty fun to watch.”

While Perren hasn’t incurred 20 to 25 people at first … then it participants, Perren said.

“It’s a great distraction to any injuries juggling fire, the same dwindles. We probably have five to studying,” he said. “It’s a great six regulars.” can’t be said for knives.

“I hurt my toe,” he said. “I wasn’t wearing shoes and dropped one.”

The Queen’s/Kingston Jugglers’ Club was created in 1992.

Last year, the club juggled at the Earth Hour Fire Show in downtown Kingston.

At 8 p.m., lights were shut off, and fire-breathers performed while the juggling club tossed flaming clubs, Perren said.

The club also performs at local hospitals, including St. Mary’s Hospital.

But what do juggling performances entail?

“Music is usually involved.

There’s typically two or three of us, but sometimes we perform alone,” Perren said. “We each have a mini-act, and sometimes we’ll pass between each other.”

Oftentimes, the juggling club incorporates the audience into its performances.

“Sometimes we’ll bring up an audience member, and juggle clubs supplied around them, or have them throw Alex Perren juggles on a unicycle in Banff, Alta.

stress reliever … juggling is a very satisfying skill.”

Last term, exchange students from Sweden, the United Kingdom and Japan wanted to get involved in the Queen’s community and did so by joining the club, Perren said.

Perren himself doesn’t have any formal training in juggling.

“I picked it up myself when I saw someone on TV in Grade 9,” he said. “I was kind of bored and thought it’d be kind of cool.”

The following summer, at the Halifax International Busker Festival, Perren bought his first set of clubs.

He later incorporated juggling into summer busking gigs in Banff, Alta.

He said the best part of juggling is the gradual improvement in skill.

“I love being able to see something being done, and then actually accomplishing it,” he said.

“I’ve always wanted to juggle five clubs, and I’m now at the verge of where I can comfortably juggle five clubs.”

Though he’s primarily self-taught, he’s more than happy to teach interested jugglers, he said.

“Anyone can juggle, even people who say they aren’t coordinated,” he said. “If you’re dedicated and follow the right steps, you can learn to juggle three balls in a two hour meeting.”

According to Perren, the public reaction to juggling is largely positive.

“Most people love it,” he said, adding that AMS groups at Queen’s have asked the club to participate in team-building and icebreaker exercises.

Aside from performances, members of the club also attend festivals.

This year, Perren and four other members of the club attended the fifth-annual Turbofest, a weekend juggling festival hosted by the Quebec Circus School.

Over 500 jugglers converged in Montreal for the festival from Jan 7 to 9.

“It’s an awesome festival, probably one of the best ones in Canada,” Perren said, adding that the festival attracts international talent.

The Montreal festival featured performances and workshops led

by Russian and Parisian jugglers.

Most attendees are North American, Perren said. Other attendees include locals, circus school students, and students from other university juggling groups including members from the University of Toronto and the University of Waterloo.

“This year there was a big group from New York who were at the event,” Perren said.

During the festival, Quebec Circus School has a space open 24 hours for anyone who would like to show off their juggling talents.

“A lot of people don’t sleep all weekend,” he said. “They just keep juggling upstairs.”

— With files from Jessica Fishbein Meetings are held on Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Saturdays from 1 to 3 p.m. in Wallace Hall in the JDUC.

Circus arts The Queen’s/Kingston Juggling Club is open to other circus arts that are seen as versions of juggling.

DEVIL STICKS

The manipulation of devil sticks — the baton controlled and thrown by two control sticks — is a form of juggling.

DIABOLO

Diabolo is a spool designed to spin on a string, attached to two sticks.

CIGAR BOXES

Juggling cigar boxes involves jugglers exchanging several wooden boxes.

POI

Poi are balls attached to a cord, and swung in rhythmic patterns.

— All photos supplied