The Queen's Journal, Issue 30

Features

Queen’s collected $100 million in donations from 2009 to 2011.

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dialogue

Should Queen’s create an international relations department?

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Arts

Sports

A review of Vogt gets Buried.

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Isolda Penney goes from recreational rower to Olympic contender.

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Postscript

Looking at sexuality research and education at Queen’s.

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frosh week

Alcohol ban to continue

queen’s bands

Carr-Harris champions

Bands marches again

B y C atherine O wsik Assistant News Editor The ban on alcohol in residence that was implemented for Frosh Week 2011 will continue next year.

In May 2011, regional coroner Dr. Roger Skinner recommended that Queen’s re-evaluate its alcohol policies after investigating the accidental deaths of two first-year students.

This week, Dr. Skinner reviewed policy changes made with Queen’s administration and approved of the changes being made.

Ann Tierney, vice-provost and dean of student affairs, said even with Dr. Skinner’s approval the administration will continue to expand the University’s alcohol policy.

“We’ve been working away on actually responding to these recommendations,” Tierney said.

“We haven’t in our minds put a specific end date on it.”

In the fall, administration banned alcohol in residence for Frosh Week, even if residents were over 19. This year, dons have performed regular inspections of residence rooms This year, of-age students have been prohibited from having large quantities of alcohol in their residence room. Students in residence can now have up to 24 beer cans, 26 ounces of liquor or one litre of wine.

In 2010 the residence policy only prohibited “common source alcohol” such as kegs. Through this, students could have unlimited amounts of alcohol as long as they were kept in smaller bottles and cans.

A survey sent out to all 3,748 first-year students in November was analyzed by administration and a decision was made to continue the new policies next year, Tierney said.

There are no plans to further restrict the volume of alcohol allowed in residence rooms.

While Tierney said the Frosh Week ban was successful, she said the Alcohol Working Group now has to focus on broadening out from residence to reach

B y S avoula S tylianou Assistant News Editor

Photo by Corey Lablans

Gaels fowards Tyler Moore celebrates after scoring his team’s third goal during 4-1 win over the Royal Military College Paladins in the 26th annual Carr-Harris Cup at the K-Rock Centre last night.

other students through the AMS and SGPS. “We have a new health promotions co-ordinator who has been doing some work with both the AMS and the SGPS around educational initiatives around alcohol,” she said.

The health promotion and health education co-ordinator increases awareness about safe drinking practices through outreach events and education. By working with the AMS and SGPS, the co-ordinator will launch a new alcohol awareness campaign about the social norms of drinking in fall of 2012.

Tierney added that a committee containing AMS and SGPS members as well as administration would provide further recommendations to the provost before the end of the school year.

AMS Vice-President of University Affairs Kieran Slobodin said committee discussions currently remain confidential.

While the University has already decided to continue the alcohol ban, Slobodin said the AMS is reviewing the decision.

“This year was a pilot project — the University felt the results were positive enough to continue,” Slobodin told the Journal via email. “However, our concerns about the decision remain the same.”

In July the AMS voiced concerns over first-year students leaving the safety of residence to drink off campus.

He added that the non-academic discipline system within the AMS, which evaluates students that violate alcohol policy, was an integral part of the Queen’s community.

Administration struck a committee to review the non-academic discipline system in response to Coroner

Skinner’s recommendations.

“Students recognize that no other body is more apposite in rendering a fair and equitable discipline system that holds students accountable for their actions,” Slobodin said.

“We do not believe drastic changes are necessary.”

— With files from Jake Edmiston and Katherine Fernandez-Blance

Queen’s Bands performed at the K-Rock Centre during the Carr-Harris Cup last night.

Approximately 75 members played music from the stands throughout the game and spread across the arena to perform dances and songs between periods.

“It’s great to be back,” one Bands member said, adding that the bands made their official return during an orientation ceremony for exchange students on Jan. 15.

“We’ll be playing more events on campus, like basketball and volleyball games” he said. “We’re going to the St. Patrick’s Day parade [in Montreal on March 18].”

The group was suspended on Nov. 17 after inappropriate Bands’ materials was brought to the attention of the University.

The bands member said the groups had been practicing privately during the suspension.

The Journal reported on Nov. 18 that the University had asked the Bands to create an action plan to ensure a similar situation didn’t See No restrictions on page 6

occupy queen’s

Students occupy Queen’s B y M eaghan Wray Assistant News Editor The Occupy movement came to Queen’s on Wednesday when 30 students, faculty and community members set up camp in the Queen’s Centre.

By approximately 11 p.m. occupiers had left the Queen’s Centre voluntarily without prompting from Queen’s administration.

The National Day of Action, also on Wednesday, captured many students in solidarity across Canada with the Drop Fees Campaign, which advocates for lower student fees and greater student funding.

This day of action is organized through the Canadian Federation of Students and its aim is to promote equality within the educational system.

According to the Canadian Federation of Students, the average tuition fees for Canadian undergraduates were $1,714 in 1992.

However, by 2012, the average fees increased to $5,366.

This was only one of the issues raised by the Occupy participants who gathered at the Queen’s Centre.

Anne-Marie Grondin, vice-president of campaigns and community affairs for the Society

of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS), said financial barriers may prevent her from finishing her graduate degree.

“Part of my work in this campaign is also to try to put into place the mechanisms that are going to make sure that other students don’t face the same barriers,” Grondin said.

During her time in post-secondary education, she said she’s seen a massive change in what universities focus on. “[Universities] are about us, and there’s a long-standing tradition of student involvement in deciding the vision for universities,” Grondin said. “More and more, See Student on page 6

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Incoming CESA exec wins with 97 per cent

Elected team wants to increase interaction with other faculties through events like Beer with Profs

B y C hristiane Peric Vincent M atak Journal Staff

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Team PACt won a 97 per cent vote of confidence in the Concurrent Education Student Association executive election. The team,

consisting of incoming president “We’re really, really happy,” Philip Lloyd, incoming internal said Franey and Fan in sync after vice-president Catherine Franey hearing the news. and incoming external viceLloyd said he’s looking forward president Ariel Fan, heard of the to his first steps as CESA president results while having a quiet dinner by hiring the appointed positions at Fanatics with close friends and on the council. campaign supporters.

“These appointed, unpaid positions include community affairs co-ordinator, socials co-ordinator, those need to be done in a few weeks,” Lloyd, ConEd ’13, said.

“That will probably be one of our first official acts.”

Looking towards their terms, the team said they’re excited to begin working on the initiatives outlined in their platform.

Winning in Watts MCRC team wins with vote of confidence

“I’m really excited about trying to strengthen the bond with faculty, especially events like Beer with Profs,” Franey, ConEd ’13, said.

“We’ve never done that before.”

Despite the win, Lloyd said they want to work with the incumbent executive to ensure current initiatives will be carried through.

“We’re looking forward to working with them over the next few months [to] ensure a smooth transition into our year,” Lloyd said.

To encourage students to vote, the team focused on using social media, class presentations and an all-candidates question forum.

“Everyone who was running for a position could come together, and each of us had our opening statements,” Lloyd said. “People could ask questions about out platforms.”

Lloyd also said the faculty’s increasing student population means the CESA executive team needs to adjust its goals and initiatives accordingly.

“I think that in ConEd, there are a lot of opportunities to grow and improve, and we are really excited to work with the people that we have in our community,” he said.

Computing Science victory

New president gets 80 per cent approval B y J ustin C hin and K atherine Fernandez -B lance Journal Staff

photo by justin chin

Dorothy Yu (left), Tuba Chishti and John Liu make up Team CYL. They ran uncontested in MCRC executive elections.

B y A lison S houldice Staff Writer

on connecting one-on-one with residents. Instead of having class talks, the team campaigned mostly With 86 per cent of the vote, outside residence cafeterias.

“We tried to utilize the structure the only team running for Main Campus Residents’ Council of the MCRC,” incoming vice (MCRC) executive quietly president of residence affairs Dorothy Yu said. celebrated Wednesday night.

One approach was speaking to The incoming executive, team CYL, waited for the results in Watts dons, hoping they would encourage Hall with a group of 15 supporters. their floors to vote, she said.

Now that campaigning is over, “I was terrified that not enough people would vote,” incoming the team plans to return to their current jobs at MCRC. Chishti is president Tuba Chishti said.

She cited alcohol in residence as events co-ordinator, Yu is house president for Adelaide and Ban a key issue.

“There’s a big alcohol culture at Righ halls, and incoming vice Queen’s. We find that problematic,” president of discipline John Chishti said, adding that MCRC is Liu is residence facilitator at unique in that none of its events McNeill House.

Liu, ArtSci ’14, said the team condone drinking.

She said her team supports is looking forward to going over the Frosh Week alcohol ban in MCRC applications for next residence that was introduced year and transitioning into their last September.

“We saw [its] benefits,” Chishti, ArtSci ’14, said. “Based on our experience, we think it’s a good idea.”

Timothy Hutama The voter turnout must be at least 10 per cent for an uncontested team to be elected. Thirty per cent of main campus residents voted in the Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 election.

Chishti cited University-wide student engagement as the source of the high turnout rate. This could be the result of three teams running she said.

“When student engagement Timothy has been a big part is high, students are driven to of the photo team since the be engaged.” beginning of the year. He has CYL ran a small campaign displayed dedication and reliability without any official volunteers. throughout his contribution “Everything came from us,” towards the Journal. He always Chishti said. looks for more opportunities CYL’s campaign focused mostly to contribute.

first platform point, helping create “It exposes me to things, such more visibility for CompSite as AMS, the atmosphere there, the services, a new website that helps people, the kind of things that campus groups build websites. you do deal with,” she said. “Just Lappin also wants to see her learning about what other faculties peers-helping-peers program here at Queen’s do and what the implemented soon.

AMS does I believe will definitely “I know a lot of first-year enable me to bring that back students last semester really wanted to computing.” peer on peer tutorials,” she said.

Also elected Wednesday night “There are upper-years whom have in the COMPSA elections were shown interest in helping out with Sahib Purba for vice-president of this endeavour.” university affairs, Maggie Laidlaw Lappin said being COMPSA’s for vice-president of operations and vice-president of university affairs Jennifer Andrea for vice-president this year has exposed her to the of academics. tasks she’ll be completing next year.

Though she was told it was “in the bag” for her, Computing Students’ Association (COMPSA) president-elect Elizabeth Lappin was surprised by her win.

“You never know,” she said. “It is still up to the students.”

Lappin, CompSci ’14, was acclaimed with 80 per cent of the popular vote on Wednesday night.

She said campaigning for the COMPSA presidency was made easier by the faculty’s small size.

There are 240 undergraduate students in Computer Science.

“You get the opportunity to talk to individuals, just to talk to the students about your campaign,” Lappin, CompSci ’14, said. “It’s not just they know I am running, but they do know what I am running for, what I plan on doing.”

Lappin was at a Queen’s Pub table with friends when she got a call informing her of the win.

Lappin spent the rest of her night there with her friends celebrating.

“I also do have a test coming up, and, you know, academics are always important so I got to make sure I go study and prepare for photo by justin chin that,” she said.

Elizabeth Lappin (centre), CompSci ‘14, celebrates at Now that she’s elected, Lappin Queen’s Pub with incoming vice-president of academics Jennifer Andrea, said she wants to move on her CompSci ‘14 and campaign manager Eric Rapos, Comm ’10 and MSc ‘12.

contributors of the month Vincent Matak

Christiane Peric

Jordan Ray

Vincent has exceeded expectations.

He’s always willing to take on a story, sometimes two in one issue. He has the initiative to give his input on story edits and his competent coverage of AMS debates and CESA elections was seamless.

Christiane Peric wrote her first article last month. She willfully takes on both lifestyle- and news-related topics. She conducts impressive interviews and is always willing to chase down a lead.

Eager and determined are just two words to describe Jordan. He’s been an avid contributor, and helped out with Rector elections and this year’s AMS elections.

His personality shines through in his writing.

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We live in the community; Queen’s students are our tenants. You have to give back.

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Alumni

Donations fund building projects, bursaries University’s Office of Advancement reeled in $47 million in alumni donations last year B y A ndrew S tokes Editorials Editor The Abramsky family’s history of donating to Queen’s spans three generations.

Their most recent donation went towards the acquisition of the new medical building’s administration office at 80 Barrie St. The office was their family home for over 80 years before it was donated.

“Over the years my mother-in-law entertained a lot of Queen’s students, and fed a lot of Queen’s students. We felt that it was an established home for a lot of years and wanted to keep it that way for posterity,” Shirley Abramsky said. “It was our decision to call it the Abramsky House. We wanted it still to be recognizable as such.”

University officials say a donation must cover approximately half the costs of a project in order for the building to be named after the donor.

In the 1950s, Harry Abramsky donated money for the construction of Abramsky Hall on Arch Street.

His son, Mortimer Abramsky, continued the tradition by donating to scholarships and music prizes — earmarking his giving for specific causes.

“We’ve supported Queen’s for a lot of years,” Shirley Abramsky, Mortimer’s wife, said. “We live in the community; Queen’s students are our tenants. You have to give back.”

Many of Mrs. Abramsky’s relatives went to Queen’s, including her husband, brother-inlaw and son. Her granddaughter is currently enrolled at Queen’s.

Queen’s has raked in over $100 million in donations over the past two years.

The University’s Office of Advancement handles all fundraising efforts, including a telefundraising operation, annual giving programs and alumni outreach. Last year, the University received 15,000 donations totaling $47 million. Of these donations, 166 of them were over $25,000.

“Philanthropy is really important to Queen’s, it allows us to do things differently than regular operating budgets,” Vice-Principal of Advancement Tom Harris said.

“Our alumni support a wide variety of initiatives at Queen’s that range from student assistance, scholarships, awards, departmental activities such as field school and conferences and faculty positions.”

Donors can earmark their money to go to specific building projects, faculties or bursaries.

They can also make general donations to the annual fund — an unrestricted pool of money that is allocated by deans, the provost and the principal.

From 2009 to 2011, the annual fund received $2.3 million. The fund’s website lists giving priorities as the construction of the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing

Arts and a 75,000 square-foot expansion of Goodes Hall, as well as financial assistance.

Despite the suspension of the Bachelor of Fine Arts program, there is currently no campaign to raise money for the program, Harris said.

“We will not yet know if this is on our priority list. I would anticipate that the provost is in the process of determining priorities with the deans and we will know in due time,” Harris said.

Donors hoping to attach their name to a building will have to give a substantial amount of money to its construction.

“Construction of Beamish-Munroe Hall cost about $24 million, and the two of them [Robert Beamish, Sci ’60, and Donald Munro Sci ’52] donated about half of that,” Harris said.

Official naming guidelines dictate how much money needs to be donated for the benefactor’s name to be attached.

“We encourage people to donate to the general fund, but the University has a lot of other priorities that they’d be happy for alumni to donate to,” Harris said.

“When our benefactors are aligned with specific projects that they’re passionate about, they’re more engaged and more generous.”

Alumni Jack Billingsley, Sci ’48 ½, donates money to Queen’s, but restricts his funds for a mature students bursary he helped establish with students from his graduating class.

Students coming back from war in 1948 started their term at Queen's at the beginning of the summer to avoid a double cohort enrolment that fall. Their graduating year was nicknamed Sci ’48 ½.

“I’ve never thought about just giving money to school, I want to stay with the Sci ’48 ½ [bursary] effort,” he said.

Funders have an agreement with the Board of Trustees to ensure the bursary continues as is.

Philanthropy is really “important to Queen’s, it allows us to do things differently than regular operating budgets.

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— Tom Harris, vice-principal of advancement “I make a habit, for personal gratification, to call [bursary recipients] up and ask how things are going,” Billingsley said.

Jodi Snowdon, director of annual giving, works with students to solicit donations from benefactors.

“We do annual outreach to alumni, parents, faculty staff and friends of Queen’s, including students, to educate them about the need for philanthropic work at Queen’s,” Snowdon said.

The annual giving office collected $14 million in the last

two years.

Money can be donated directly to a faculty. Each faculty has a representative responsible for soliciting donations.

Last year, the faculty of Applied Science and Engineering received the greatest share of donations, with $11.7 million. The faculty of Arts and Science was close behind, receiving $11.4 million.

Every year, the Grant Hall Society invites donors who contribute over $1,000 to a black tie gala in Kingston. Donors are separated into the three categories: Limestone, who donate between $1,000 and $4,999; Sapphire, donations of $5,000 to $9,999; and Diamond, donations exceeding $10,000.

Lifetime donations exceeding $100,000 are eligible for recognition on the Benefactor’s Wall in Stauffer Library.

Richard McNevin, Artsci ’80 and Law ’83 donated money to Queen’s for the refurbishment of Sir John A. MacDonald Hall.

“Dean [William] Flanagan has been restoring the image of the law school, and this is a vote of confidence in his work … he’s making [the law school] better all-round,” McNevin said.

While he didn’t donate enough to have a hall or lecture theatre named after him, McNevin will be appreciated another way.

“My name will go up on a donor wall somewhere,” he said.

Donors have to give at least half the cost of a building’s construction to have it named after them.

Donations to faculties Applied Science and Engineering $11.7 million Arts and Science $11.4 million School of Business $4.8 million Health Sciences $3.9 million Education $929,433 Graduate Studies $160,307

— Queen’s Office of Advancement

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Team JDL prepare to take office Incoming executive talks about blue light application, Common Ground salad bar and student outreach B y S avoula S tylianou Assistant News Editor

Dineen said in the short-term, they want to find spaces in other buildings on campus to allow Team JDL still can’t believe they’re HCDS expansion.

“What we were thinking is that the incoming AMS executive.

“Until we sit down in the AMS they could have some space in the offices with our predecessors and JDUC,” she said.

Johnson, ArtSci ’12, added that start thinking about hiring, it won’t hit us,” incoming president Doug the goal is to have the extra space for HCDS as soon as possible.

Johnson said.

“During exam period, LaSalle is On Wednesday night, Johnson, incoming vice-president of very overloaded, so if we can do university affairs Mira Dineen that before exam period, we can and incoming vice-president of take pressure off HCDS,” he said.

Another platform point is to operations Tristan Lee earned 60 per cent of votes in the first round open up a salad bar at Common Ground, which the team plans to of preferential voting.

One of the first things the complete during the summer.

Lee, ArtSci ’12, said he had incoming executive will do is hire AMS Council for next year. spoken with Common Ground’s In their platform, team JDL major supplier, Gordon Food said they plan to give Health, Services, to see what ingredients Counselling and Disability are available.

“The things Common Ground Services (HCDS) more space by reopening the Physical Education has right now are green peppers, onions and feta and the things we Centre (PEC).

can get are things like chick peas and tofu,” he said.

During the campaign period, the team received criticism from their contenders about the feasibility of their two smartphone application initiatives. One aims to indicate the number of seats left in Stauffer library, and the other allows students in distress to alert Campus Security of their whereabouts.

Dineen, ArtSci ’11, said they have already received a quote from one app developer for the bluelight application.

“The bluelight app will cost about $2,000 and student affairs has said they will pay for it,” she said.

Dineen said the team plans to work on the outreach of the AMS as well.

“We talk about this a lot and every team runs on ‘We’re finally actually going to reach out to

Current ASUS President Rico Garcia and Vice-President Duncan Peterson celebrate John Whitakker and Tom Jacobs’ election win with champagne.

photo by alexandra petre

students,’” she said. “We’re looking into creating an outreach co-ordinator position.”

Lee said the job would entail creating outreach events across campus throughout the year, which has been difficult this past year.

“When we were speaking with the human resources office and the marketing and communications officers, they all said it’s very difficult for them to work together all the time and plan things out as a trio,” he said.

JohnTom plans ahead ASUS surplus to go towards Red Room B y R osie H ales Staff Writer

proposal was rejected.

The incoming team plans to work on updating the Red Room Before assuming their new roles over the summer so that tutors on May 1, the incoming ASUS from the Mindfind tutoring executive plan to simplify the service can move in for September.

Directors for the service will be society’s website. “[Making] it more accessible hired this semester.

“As much as it’s our project it’s would help the society because so many things revolve around also up to the directors to put it,” incoming president John everything into effect,” Whittaker, ArtSci ’14, said.

Whittaker said.

Whittaker and Jacobs attribute The team won 65 per cent of the Arts and Science Undergraduate much of their success to their class talks during their campaign.

Society vote on Wednesday night.

“Throughout the whole week This year, ASUS is budgeted to make a $15,583 surplus. Whittaker John and I directly communicated and incoming vice-president with about two to three thousand Tom Jacobs plan to allocate students from class talks alone,” part of this to the development Jacobs said.

The team said they were of the Red Room, a new ASUS publication and the ArtSci Student dedicated to answering all questions posed to them via Facebook Initiatives Exhibit.

The Exhibit would showcase and Twitter.

“We made sure we replied to Arts and Science student’s research every single tweet,” Jacobs said. in a weekend event.

The incoming executive team “We strongly believe that Arts and Science students deserve said they’re looking forward to a service. However, a service forming a new ASUS council.

“If we can bring a council together like the Alpine Tower or a food service just isn’t feasible,” Jacobs, that is as effective and welcoming as the one that Rico and [current ArtSci ’14, said.

Current ASUS President Rico vice-president] Duncan [Peterson] Garcia proposed a $100,000 have created then hopefully that team-building rope obstacle course will lead to future success in other last year to ASUS council, but the areas,” Jacobs said.

Incoming EngSoc executive celebrate at Clark Only two executive candidates run unopposed, president and vice-president of operations B y K atherine Fernandez -B lance News Editor

the number for it to be released.”

There were multiple contenders this year for every executive position in EngSoc except for A packed Clark Hall pub ushered the president position and the of in next year’s Engineering Society vice-president operations position. executive on Wednesday night.

Alanna Hedden was voted in Over 120 people attended the party that saw Taylor Wheeler as vice-president of operations, Alex Wilson won vice-president elected as president.

Wheeler, Sci ’13, won with a academic, Emily Fleck won vicepresident of society affairs, Vikram vote of confidence.

“We ran a sort of low-key Bhatia is incoming vice-president campaign. We didn’t opt for the of student development and gimmicks of other ones, with Meghan Brunner won the junior a lot of posters or handing out senator position. cookies or anything like that,” Currie said it’s not surprising Wheeler said. that only one person ran for viceThirty-two per cent of 2,600 president of operations. eligible voters in Engineering “Vice-president of operations cast ballots. is a labour intensive job … as a This year the EngSoc won’t general rule, people aren’t quite release the numbers that each as interested in a position like that candidate won by. because it’s such a specific skillset,” “It’s up to the candidate,” said Currie, Sci ’12, said.

Rachel Currie, EngSoc director of Incoming president Wheeler internal affairs. “It requires them to said he’s most excited about helping actually come forward and ask for students engage with EngSoc.

“It’s clearly a very difficult issue to solve, just because it’s obviously something that other, previous regimes have been working on,” he said. “Coming from the angle of not being within the society all these years, I maybe have a bit more [ability] to tackle that problem.”

With no experience in the society outside of being a FREC in Frosh Week, Wheeler is ready to hit the ground running and begin the transition process.

“The transition process is going to be interesting, but I’m going to work as hard as I can to get up to speed with everything and then from that point I can figure out where I’ll go from there,” he said.

— With files from Jordan Ray, Savoula Stylianou and Terence Wong The new EngSoc executive was announced at Clark Hall Pub on Wednesday night.

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OPIRG to appeal fee Loss of $4 fee will change their operations B y k atherine Fernandez -B lanCe News Editor

He said it was problematic that NOPIRG targeted Bissoondial’s $30,000 salary.

“A lot of the services we provide are only Kingston’s Ontario Public Interest Research possible because we have someone to do all Group (OPIRG) is appealing the loss of their the logistics and the administrative work,” Bergmann, MPA ’12, said. $4 opt-outable AMS student fee.

OPIRG Kingston, like other public “Sure this a loss right now but it’s also a huge opportunity and we’re going to interest research groups is mandated take advantage of it,” co-ordinator Kavita to run out of a university. OPIRG still Bissoondial said. “Students voiced some receives $4.36 in opt-outable SGPS real concerns with us and we’re going to student fees.

“It’s part of our constitution that our take the time to take those seriously and board have a majority of students on it, and address them.” thats because it’s a student-directed and funded organization,” Bergmann said. students voiced some real Bissoondial said she has stayed away from concerns with us and we’re social media sites in the past few days going to take the time to take because of the harassment she has received those seriously and as a result of the NOPIRG campaign. address them.

She said two letters had been written and posted online that blamed her for others’ — Kavita Bissoondial, suicidal thoughts.

OPIRG co-ordinator “To be accused of being responsible for someone else’s thoughts of suicide, I’m still OPIRG lost their fee on Wednesday after having a really hard time understanding the 62 per cent of voters marked ‘no’ on their effect that it’s having on me,” she said. “This online ballot. The fee, which amounts to is my life that they’re messing with.”

Bissoondial, who has filed complaints approximately $36,000 per year, makes up nearly half of OPIRG’s annual revenue. A with the AMS about the harassment, said NOPIRG campaign was launched on Jan. 24 her character has been tarnished by these to promote the cancellation of OPIRG’s fee. online attacks.

“I do [my job] because it affects my life every “I’m still having a hard time believing that students voted against it,” Bissoondial, day, because I am affected by homophobia, by racism and sexism and patriarchy,” she ArtSci ’10, said.

Bissoondial claimed NOPIRG said. “I organize against these things not campaigners violated campaign rules. She because I want to steal students’ money or said OPIRG is in the process of appealing the win a fight against Conservative students.”

AMS vice-president of university affairs result to the AMS’s judicial committee.

“It’s people who provide services for Kieran Slobodin, ArtSci ’12, said OPIRG’s marginalized groups and that’s one of the loss of the AMS student fee has no impact on effects that the loss of this fee will have,” their space allocation as an AMS-ratified club.

He said under AMS policy, OPIRG won’t Bissoondial said.

OPIRG provides $10,000 in annual be allowed to bring their referendum fee question to the AMS annual general meeting. grants to local groups.

“To not have a fee would severely restrict our capacity to provide the services we normally do,” said OPIRG board of directors member Kris Bergmann.

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opt-out student fees voted down queen’s Trivia club Queen’s Trivia Club’s opt-outable fee of $0.15 was rejected with a 52 per cent vote.

queen’s chinese press The Queen’s Chinese Press tried to establish an opt-outable $0.25 fee, but lost with 57 per cent of votes against.

“We’ll be losing a very important source of funding that we’ve been receiving since “Because we can’t get money from the 1994. It will greatly affect us next year, AMS we have more challenges and more much of our operations have been greatly pressure to get money from other resources,” dependent on this fee,” President Jerry Executive Director Yue Ma said. “[We need Xue, ArtSci ’12, said. “We have to pay for funding] to cover our printing costs. Right transportation and we will probably reduce now to cover these costs we’re fundraising on campus and trying to get sponsors capacity for events.” in Kingston.” syndicus Magazine ultraviolet Magazine With a vote of 59 per cent against, Syndicus Magazine’s lost its opt-outable fee Ultraviolet magazine tried to establish an of $0.65. opt-outable $0.75 fee, but lost with 59 per cent of votes against.

“We still have enough money in our bank to submit for another three issues,” Editor in “We haven’t had funding this year or last Chief Rory Johnston, ArtSci ’11, said. “The year so we were trying to get our funding next biggest step in respect for next year’s back. It’s already started to affect our editor in chief is getting on the referendum operations this year,” co-chair Cassie Tatone, and marketing as much as possible.”

ArtSci ’13, said. “We had to rely on what we had leftover from last year and that was barely enough to put out a publication, we had to add money out of our pockets.”

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this is getting kind of trampled on by the prioritizing of only financial concerns.”

The future of Occupy Queen’s will depend on decisions made by the assembly of attendees.

[Universities] are “about us, and there’s a

long-standing tradition of student involvement in deciding the vision for universities.

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— Anne-Marie Grondin, SGPS vice-president of campaigns and community affairs

“The plans are going to be very flexible obviously because it’s all just in the spirit of Occupy — it’s all directed through the general assembly,” she said.

“The same kind of idea applies to how we’re going to organize tomorrow’s events.”

Grondin said the aim of the event is to be positive and educational

for all attendees, and removal by administration is not expected. On Wednesday morning, occupiers held a pancake breakfast at the corner of University Avenue and Union Street, before walking to the Queen’s Centre.

“We’re not seeing this as a violent kind of tactic or as a threat to the University in any way,” Grondin said.

“Students are coming together to learn about all kinds of democratic processes … we’re telling the Queen’s community that we want to hear their concerns.”

Grondin said the fact that Phases 2 and 3 of the Queen’s Centre have been postponed indefinitely won’t be a main focus of Occupy Queen’s.

At the first Occupy Queen’s general assembly on Wednesday, Matt Thornton, an Occupy Kingston protester, said the Kingston movement will be relocating to the Memorial Centre in March, where an open source action centre will be set up.

Matt Thornton, Occupy Kingston protester, helps set up the on-campus Occupy movement in the Queen’s Centre during the National Day of Action on Wednesday.

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Campus catchup Student steals over $27K from University of Alberta

A student from the University of Alberta embezzled $27,745 from the University’s undergraduate Business Students’ Association (BSA) over the past summer.

The BSA discovered the money was missing from their bank account in August 2011.

The 21-year-old male student is being charged by Edmonton Police Services for theft and will stand trial on Feb. 29. His name will not be released until the trial.

He will also be charged under the University’s Code of Student Behaviour.

An email was sent to the 2,100 BSA business students on Jan. 23 Photo by corey lablans informing them of the events.

Queen’s Bands play at the Carr-Harris Cup last night. The Bands have been fully reinstated According to the after being suspended in November for circulating inappropriate materials. email, the student was able to sanctions put forth by the University Campbell said there was no access the account with only his Continued from page 1 deadline for the bands to signature — usually a minimum in November, Harrison said.

“There were some requirements be reinstated. of two authorized signatures are happen again in the future. They “Basically when they met all needed for any withdrawals. This were also obligated to complete that they had to meet and they met the conditions, that’s when it was a bank error, it stated. the requirements.” human rights and equity training.

Harrison said he wasn’t aware was done,” Campbell, ArtSci ’11, The BSA closed all accounts if any bands members have been said, adding that it was always after discovering the loss and A lot of work has implicated or reprimanded for the the intention to have Queen’s said most of the money has gone into meeting been compensated. distribution of the internal materials Bands reinstated. the conditions that “That was exactly the plan as laid that were deemed inappropriate. were imposed and the — Catherine Owsik Harrison also said he didn’t out by the conditions when they executive of the bands know when the decision was were set in the fall,” she said.

The AMS is fully supportive of reached to reinstate Queen’s Bands. has demonstrated Western University The Bands will not receive the bands, Campbell said. commitment rebrands for media further restrictions, he said.

“The AMS sincerely commends to this.

“It will be exactly where it was the leadership that the bands in September.” executive has shown,” she said. The University of Western — Alan Harrison, Harrison said the University is “In terms of changes being made, Ontario has changed its name to provost and vice-principal happy with the progress made by it’s all been bands-initiated and Western University. of academics the group. bands-led.”

This comes as part of a “A lot of work has gone into rebranding initiative that includes Provost and vice-principal meeting the conditions that -— With files from Gilbert Coyle changing the tower logo to a shield and Katherine Fernandez-Blance crest and using a deeper purple as of academics Alan Harrison said were imposed and the executive the University and the AMS of the bands has demonstrated the University’s official colour. were equally involved in the commitment to this,” he said.

According to the Western News reinstatement of the bands.

“We’re very pleased with both the Centre, the University will remain “This is a joint decision,” he said. process and the outcome.” named the University of Western The bands have satisfied the AMS President Morgan

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Ontario on official documents and diplomas.

From June to December 2011, the University worked with a Toronto design firm to conduct over 10,700 surveys, workshops and interviews.

They met with current students, faculty, alumni and donors to decide what direction to take with the new brand.

The process cost the University $200,000.

— Catherine Owsik

University of Toronto teaching assistants to strike At a meeting on Monday, a University of Toronto union set a strike deadline for February 24.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees 3902 consists of 4,200 teaching assistants, graduate student instructors, lab demonstrators and writing instructors from three University of Toronto campuses.

They unanimously voted to strike unless the University improves their collective contract.

The University of Toronto campuses covered by the union include St. George, Mississauga and Scarborough.

Collectively they have over 45,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

The last contract signed between the University and the union was in 2008 and since then the number of students in each tutorial and lab has increased.

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What should have been a rational debate about the value of OPIRG became a mud-slinging match.

Campaign an insult game

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ntario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) will no longer collect a $4 opt-outable student fee. On Wednesday, 62 per cent of voters cast ballots against the fee that has been in place since 1992. Until now, it was successfully renewed every three years.

The OPIRG fee has been a divisive campus issue since the NOPIRG campaign launched on Jan. 24.

Both groups took to social media, with accusations of harassment from both sides appearing on Facebook and Twitter.

The situation quickly spiraled from an issue-based discussion to personal attacks. What should have been a rational debate about the value of OPIRG became a mud-slinging match.

After alleged hostilities, student constables were offered to each group during the campaign period for safety purposes. It reflects

poorly on everyone involved.

Both sides could have asserted their viewpoints in an appropriate manner and let voters decide who was right. Instead, the credibility of both campaigns was called into question.

Students have every right to raise questions about OPIRG’s organization and purpose. As a recipient of student fees, OPIRG should be held accountable for the funds it receives. For many students, OPIRG has a vague and unclear mandate.

Questions about OPIRG are warranted, but attacking OPIRG’s sole employee for her salary was petty. The $30,000 that OPIRG’s co-ordinator Kavita Bissoondial earns falls below the average Canadian income of $31,500. It’s certainly not extravagant for a full-time working adult.

It would be more constructive to lobby OPIRG to change the way

its employee is paid, rather than seek to abolish its student fee.

It was inappropriate for AMS Clubs Manager Craig Draeger to get involved with the NOPIRG campaign. Draeger took a three-day leave of absence from his post to support NOPIRG, but his ability to remain neutral with OPIRG after returning to work is now in jeopardy. While being called-out on the Internet isn’t easy, respondingtoitonlygivesitattention and power.

The campaign against OPIRG gave the group an opportunity to assert themselves and make it known what function they perform on campus and in the greater Kingston community.

If OPIRG ever wants to get its $4 opt-outable fee back, they need to prove themselves to students.

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Shafia Trial

Shafias convicted, not Islam

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or the past three months, every detail of the Shafia trial has been reported.

On Sunday, Mohammad Shafia, Tooba Mohammad Yahya and Hamed Mohammad Shafia were each convicted of four counts of first degree murder.

The media storm didn’t end with the verdict and reporters searched for a new angle.

Members of the media have been quick to seek the opinion of Muslims, asking what the crime and conviction means for their demographic and what role culture played.

With reporters opting for this religious and cultural angle, new questions are raised.

Mohammad Shafia is by no means an average Muslim man and the Muslim community is in no way obligated to respond to his actions, or those of his wife and son. It’s clear that the convicted, who murdered four women out of a twisted sense of honour,

are exceptions.

These heinous crimes can’t be fully explained by singling out Muslims and asking about their response to the trial.

To expect anyone to have insight into these crimes, for whatever reason, is unfair.

Newly-appointed Kingston imam Sikander Hashmi addressed his congregation when the murder trial began in October, reported the Globe and Mail. He told the congregation that honour crimes are forbidden by Islam and Muslims need to be part of the solution.

Within a culture of various cultures and ideologies, there needs to be a shared core set of values binding together the groups involved. Murder is an unequivocally heinous crime, and no total justification of it exists. For the aggregate Canadian group to function together, it’s a value that every person of every culture needs to hold.

Honour killings aren’t bound to a particular culture or religion; they’re part of a value system. If that value system has anything to do with culture or religion, it needs to be investigated and reconciled, with the understanding that it doesn’t apply to a general group.

We need to critically examine value systems. Those that are incompatible with the laws and customs of Canada need to be regarded with special care. Cultural sensitivity is important, but it’s a value that shouldn’t be taken to an illogical extreme.

The prosecution said that Shafia couldn’t understand or come to terms with the world that his daughters were growing up in. It was Shafia, and not Islam that was convicted of murder.

The Shafias, and not Islam as a whole, have to answer for their crimes.

Jessica Munshaw

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tephen Harper’s speech at last week’s Crown-First Nations Summit in Ottawa didn’t directly address any real concerns. On Jan. 31 global developmental studies professor Robert Lovelace gave a talk about the situation in Attawapiskat.

The community’s elementary school was declared a toxic hazard in 1979 and many families are living in tents and substandard shelters.

When asked what he thought of Harper’s speech, Lovelace said it was more of a Conservative campaign push than anything.

He’s absolutely right.

Harper began by discussing all the “high points” in the relationship of First Nations with Canada. He mentioned the unity of aboriginal and non-aboriginal soldiers in wars since the War of 1812 as well as “all the historic treaties.”

This statement is not only vague but also inappropriate.

Many, if not most of the treaties, certainly didn’t contribute to a mutually beneficial relationship with First Nations. The Canadian government usually, if not always, walked away with more.

Ambiguous statements were a theme in Harper’s address.

The situation in Attawapiskat may have gained the world’s attention, but it’s not a unique problem. First Nations peoples are facing extreme challenges and living in alarming conditions throughout Canada.

Many are calling to bring an end to the Indian Act, which has caused immense grief for First Nations since its creation in 1876. The act allows the government to regulate virtually all aspects of First Nations peoples’ lives. Stephen Harper said his goal is for First Nations peoples to be self-sufficient citizens with self-governing communities.

He also stated that the government had no plan of repealing or re-writing the entire Indian Act, but used words like “consultation,” and “options” to describe the actions he plans to take.

The Indian Act fails to build the capacity for self-governance, and until drastic changes are made it will continue to oppress First Nations peoples.

Stephen Harper also spoke about developing economic opportunities for First Nations, but failed to demonstrate any specific commitments to share resources or increase funding for education.

While last week’s summit was a much-needed acknowledgment of the concerns of First Nations people, it’s unclear whether any substantive action will be taken.

After all the summit’s rhetoric, we’re still left guessing.

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Should political studies specialize?

What’s one thing you’d like next year’s AMS executive to do?

Two politics students debate the merits of creating a separate department for international relations

O mer A ziz , A rt S ci ’12

YES Queen’s professor David Haglund wasn’t surprised when his fourth-year seminar on international relations (IR) filled up almost immediately.

“The politics department should consider changing its name to the department of international relations, because that appears to be what most students are taking,” he said to me last September.

In fact, the creation of a separate international relations department would make a lot of sense — and not just because of its popularity.

A separate IR department, or at least a separate IR degree, would teach students transferable skills that will make them more employable.

It will also offer students a chance to deepen their engagement with global concepts that have never been more relevant.

Other schools have embraced the benefits of one or more IR-focused degree programs to great success.

The University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, originally opened in 2000, offers a variety of undergraduate, masters and doctoral degree programs.

The University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs is Canada’s only bilingual school of international affairs and employs a faculty compliment of more than 30 professors.

The most common argument against creating a separate IR department or degree is one of logistics: how will Queen’s afford it?

It’s an argument worth considering. Classrooms are becoming increasingly crowded and tenure-track faculty positions are becoming more rare across all faculties.

But to simply dismiss the notion

of an IR department on financial grounds seems like a cop-out.

Queen’s should refocus its financial priorities, find the money and align with several other universities across North America who offer a wider range of international relations courses and, in many cases, degrees.

The implications go beyond simply the department of political studies. Many other faculties and departments would benefit from a more internationalized focus.

This isn’t a protest against a classical education. The study of ancient Rome; ideologies like Liberalism or Marxism; the works of Shakespeare and Chaucer — all are important and central to a liberal arts education.

What I’m suggesting is that we complement these teachings with a more diverse and nuanced corpus of works.

To dismiss the notion of an IR department on financial grounds seems like a cop-out.

At the same time, the University must do more to attract international students while also reaching out to potential partner schools in the developing world.

I studied abroad in Paris during my third year, but after hearing stories from my friends who studied in China, I’d throw myself into an unfamiliar part of the world in an instant if given the opportunity to reselect my country choices.

A more multicultural and international study body will enrich debates on campus by adding diverse perspectives.

I look back fondly at my last four years at Queen’s. But serious changes are needed if we’re to become a global centre for ideas and ingenuity.

A department of international relations is the first step towards the future. It’s about time we take it.

Omer Aziz is a fourth-year student in the Queen’s department of political studies.

B randon Tozzo, P h D ’12

NO “Specialization is for insects.”

It’s a quote from Robert A. Heinlein’s 1973 novel, Time Enough for Love, but it rings true in an educational context.

In many countries, it’s not unprecedented at the undergraduate level to have separate departments for political studies and international relations, but I don’t think it makes sense for Queen’s to follow this model.

From a practical standpoint, it’s unclear whether splitting the two would provide more resources for both political studies and the hypothetical IR department. In this time of austerity at Queen’s, it seems doubtful.

As a result, it may lead to higher administrative costs and fewer overall courses for students — the opposite outcome of what’s intended.

But for me, it’s more about pedagogy than finance. I believe separating the departments would be detrimental to the study of IR and do a disservice to the intellectual development of students.

The irony of such a partition is that IR scholarship is moving in the exact opposite direction.

Academics, journals and conferences are striving to be more interdisciplinary.

In the past decade, the focus for the International Studies Association Annual Conventions — one of the most prestigious conferences in IR — has been on topics that fall outside the traditional parameters of security studies, such as the North-South development divide, political theory’s relationship to policy and the construction of knowledge.

This example isn’t an exhaustive overview of the field, but it’s a

recognition that IR has benefited from incorporating concepts and theories from other disciplines.

Furthermore, there are numerous instances of prominent academics borrowing ideas from outside of IR. Robert W. Cox owes much to the Marxist tradition; Robert Keohane from economics; J. Ann Tickner developed her critiques from gender theories and deconstruction; Alexander Wendt was influenced by philosophical realism and Foucauldian thought when he popularized constructivism.

Unquestionably, IR as a whole would be much worse off without these contributions.

So why should Queen’s isolate IR when ideas from other areas have been so vital to its progress as a discipline? A department exclusively dedicated to a narrow understanding of IR promotes hyper-specialization, which conflicts with the overall trend in the field.

It’s specialization in a time when students should be broadening the interdisciplinary nature of their studies, not narrowing it.

While establishing an IR department doesn’t eliminate interdisciplinary dialogue altogether, it produces a new, unnecessary barrier.

It’s specialization in a time when students should be broadening the interdisciplinary nature of their studies, not narrowing it.

Political studies students — or students of any discipline — would be wise to take a more holistic approach by selecting a variety of courses not just from their own department, but in other areas as well.

If the intellectual history of IR is any guide, it will make for better scholars and a better understanding of international affairs.

Dear Editors, We’d really like to give credit where credit is due. On Saturday, Jan. 28 our 12-year-old son had the day of his life.

He took part in the Winter Adaptive Games (WAG) held at Queen’s University and organized by Queen’s Kinesiology, Rehab and Physical

Health and Education students.

The day was very well organized, full of energetic and caring students who challenged our son with an assortment of sporting events from basketball to swimming and even threw in a horse-drawn hay ride.

The students went above and beyond to make every one of the participants forget about their own disabilities and just have fun!

Not only did they thrill them with the full day of planned activities,

they also provided snacks, drinks, lunch and a surprise package with a picture of their “buddy” at the end of day.

We would like to thank organizer Jasmin Ma for allowing the late entry of our son and her understanding and encouraging email to a “momma bear.” A special thank you to Jacob Bonafiglia, a.k.a. “Big J,” for being so terrific with Jarred and providing such a great experience for our son that

Andrew Philp, ArtSci ’12

“Prices at the Queen’s Centre grocery store must be affordable for students.”

Jocelyn Gibbs, ConEd ’12

“A four-way scramble sidewalk at University and Union.”

Hayley Cormick, Sci ’14

“They must be accountable to students.”

Michael Naughton, ArtSci ’13

Brandon Tozzo is a PhD candidate in the Queen’s department of political studies.

Letters to the editor WAG a success

“More resources to the Peer Support Centre.”

he now wants to participate every Saturday! My son still giggles about a female lion named Anabelle who kept a careful watch on him or the other way around. Every one of those students did a magnificent job providing a safe, exciting day.

See you next year!

Nicole and Mark Major Bath, Ont.

“A central resource for clubs to advertise and reach out to prospective members.”

Alana Spira, ArtSci ’14

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Election action Journal photographers Justin Chin, Corey Lablans, Simona Markovik and Alexandra Petre were at campaign parties on Wednesday to capture the election outcomes.

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Urban’s farm After retiring, Colette Urban developed her own artist residency B y C aitlin C hoi Assistant Arts Editor Performance artist Colette Urban is looking for a way to wear moths on her head.

The Denver native spoke to the Journal via Skype from her home in Newfoundland about her newest performance, involving a hat of moths and life on the farm.

Urban is about to embark on a speaking tour next week, taking her to the University of Toronto Scarborough, OCAD University and Queen’s. The MFA graduate of the University of Victoria taught at various universities in Canada, most recently in the Visual Arts Department at Western University.

During the summer months, since retiring in 2006, Urban has been dedicated to running an artist residency on her Newfoundland farm called the Full Tilt Creative Centre — a retreat for artists of various disciplines.

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Colette Urban’s Bare is featured in her film Pretend Not to See Me, which will screen at the Screening Room on Feb. 8.

Arts Samantha Wymes plays Catherine Howard in Catherine Anne Jane Anne Catherine Catherine, one of four plays in the new Vogt B production.

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Horror, humour and headless royals Vogt gets Buried explores the world of classic horror stories and the angry wives of Henry VIII B y K atie P anousis Contributor This week, Vogt gets spooky.

Vogt gets Buried is the second instalment of the annual three-part Vogt series. But Vogt B features a vastly different feel from the provocative comedies of November’s Vogt, got funny, A. “It’s different from past Vogt shows because — it’s a tonal thing,” finance producer Alyssa LeClair said of the new series of one-act plays Classic Horror Movie Mistakes, Malignant, Achilles and Catherine Anne Jane Anne Catherine Catherine.

“It’s not that the [one-act] shows necessarily have anything in common,” publicity producer Rebecca Flynn said. “It’s just that they all have this creepy feel that really makes an impact.”

The stage and lighting crews manage to create the creepy feel and unify the four plays through their use of ambitious, albeit less-conventional techniques. With strobe lights, stages drenched in blood-red beams and a fog machine, the atmosphere is eerie from the moment you take your seat.

“We’ve had the opportunity to use a lot of special effects that aren’t often seen in theatre,” said co-lighting designer Karli Feldman.

“It’s given us a very diverse scope of tools to use.”

The night starts off with Classic Horror Movie Mistakes written by Laura McLean and directed by Vince Ricci, Patrick Downes and Kyle Holleran. It’s the perfect start to the evening, setting the tone while allowing audiences to ease into the haunting scene.

“It’s mocking B-list horror flicks,” Ricci said. “It’s a Vogt B-list horror flick.”

Fans of horror and satire will quickly adapt to Classic Horror Movie Mistakes’ quirky take on the quintessential scary movie.

The chemistry between the cast is

obvious, which helps ground the over-the-top style of humour.

Sharply contrasting in tone and style is Malignant, a silent piece choreographed and directed

by Lauren De Vries. The play is visceral — the set’s minimalism allows spectators to infer both physical and psychological boundaries for the characters.

While the lines between real and hallucinatory are often blurred, the performance of the ensemble is strong enough to make up for any confusion. Viewers should expect to leave their comfort zones behind.

Achilles, written by Alanna Ryan and co-directed by Joey Graff, is a lighter comedy

with a twist on the classic will-they–or-won’t-they romance.

The show manages to avoid stereotypical relationship paradigms using a ghoulish twist and witty repartee.

A supernatural dark comedy with heart, this show blends a broad range of genres into something unique. The performances of actors Tia McGregor and Sia Badie bring life to a show literally shrouded in death.

Catherine Anne Jane Anne Catherine Catherine is as much a treat as it is a mouthful to say. A historical satire about the wives of King Henry VIII, the play manages to transcend its era with a Mean Girls-esque tone. The

cast is strong both individually and as an ensemble, a difficult feat given the diversity of the characters — from the seductive Anne Boleyn (played by Jessica Mosher) to the frigidly composed Jane Seymour (played by Mairi McAuley) to the dim-witted, Shnitzel-loving Anne of Cleves (played by Mary Collier).

Co-directors Dylan On and Rebecca Moran promise laughs.

This is not a show for passive audiences — Vogt Gets Buried demands a reaction from viewers.

Vogt gets Buried plays until Saturday with shows at 6 and 8:30 p.m in Vogt Studios.

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Rethink going pink Queen’s professor Samantha King’s book, Pink Ribbons, Inc., is turned into a documentary film B y A lyssa A shton Arts Editor A Queen’s professor’s work that challenged the culture of breast cancer fundraising is now the basis of a new documentary.

Cultural studies and health professor Samantha King published her 2006 book, Pink Ribbons, Inc: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy in 2006. The book is critical of pink campaigns that focus solely on finding a cure.

“Of course cures are important and it would be fabulous if we had that,” she said. “But all our energy goes into that end-of-the-illness experience, rather than thinking about what causes it in the first place and how we can prevent it.”

King and her Health 334 class will visit the Screening Room next

week to see Pink Ribbons, Inc., director Léa Pool’s film that’s based on the professor’s book.

King is particularly suspicious of corporations, like Avon cosmetics, that are involved in breast cancer fundraisers, since these companies sell products that are potentially harmful to women.

King said most cosmetics contain parabens, chemicals claimed to be carcinogenic. “[It’s] particularly problematic when its corporations who are selling products through pink ribbon marketing who are also producing products that are potentially toxic,” King said.

In a 2006 Maclean’s article King called pink ribbon campaigns a “tyranny of happiness” with their emphasis on a hope for a cure, which can be alienating for women

who don’t see their disease in such a positive light.

“What I found in my research is that there are lots of women who don’t experience breast cancer that way, for whom it’s a devastating, painful disease from which many of them ultimately die,” she said.

“There’s no room for anger or for pain, in the culture that has grown up around the disease.”

King said she has received emails, letters and phone calls from women with breast cancer who are grateful for the attention given to those women who aren’t cheerful campaign participants.

“They feel like they can’t speak up because they have to be grateful for the support and the attention that the disease is getting,” King said.

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What happens at Rothstein’s Queen’s Associate Professor John Lazarus releases The Grandkid, the story of unconventional familial roommates B y B rendan H organ Contributor John Lazarus’ new play, The Grandkid seems autobiographical.

But the drama professor says the story about a student and her grandfather isn’t based on anyone specific.

The comedy tells the story of first-year university student Abby Rothstein, who moves in with her grandfather, Professor Julius Rothstein, to circumvent living costs.

The two agree to a rule that will guarantee mutual satisfaction in their new living arrangement — what happens at Rothstein’s stays at Rothstein’s.

Rothstein Sr., played by Sam Malkin, is twice-widowed and isn’t a typical grumpy grandfather.

The film professor permits and encourages cursing, is open about his pot-smoking and activism and is comfortable with his granddaughter having a sex life.

Malkin has been Lazarus’ friend since 1985, working with him on the playwright’s 1985 Village of Idiots. Malkin offers a teddy-bear performance as Rothstein Sr. He even gets away with blunders, making it seem like a natural part of his elderly character.

Lazarus worked as an actor for 30 years, followed by careers as a critic, broadcaster, playright

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Julius Rothstein (Sam Malkin) and granddaughter Abby (Sophia Fabiilli) aren’t your typical university roommates.

and screenwriter. He’s been a Queen’s professor since 2000.

His granddaughter spent a year living with him during her first year at Queen’s.

The hockey-loving Rothstein Jr., played by Sophia Fabiilli, is passionate, assertive and respectful of her grandfather’s charity.

Neither actor’s choices are perfectly refined, but what is undeniable is an authentic chemistry between the two.

Between the two, they’re the only characters in the play. Fabiilli is strong, but Malkin’s genuine

emotions are the highlight, eliciting laughter and tears from Wednesday night’s audience at the Baby Grand.

The Baby Grand’s small setting creates a perfect domestic intimacy.

You feel like you’re sitting with them in the room — what happens at Rothstein’s really does stay at Rothstein’s.

The Grandkid plays at the Baby Grand Theatre until Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m.

Matinees are on Saturdays at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $24 for general admissions and $17 for students.

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Charity challenged

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Samantha King will take her Health 334 class to see Pink Ribbons, Inc. She says they’ll benefit from the visual interpretation of her book which they’ve been reading.

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King said the film follows a group of women with stage-four cancer in Austin, Tex. The group, dubbed the IV League, discusses the alienating effect of pink ribbon campaigns. Despite the negative feelings that can come from breast cancer initiatives, King said the movement still has a purpose.

“There is certainly still value in people coming together collectively to raise money,” she said. “The film doesn’t make the argument that people shouldn’t do that. The message is more think before you pink.”

King was a consultant on the new film, contributing suggestions for interview

subjects and events to cover. She is also interviewed in the film.

“The film is about encouraging people to ask questions and have new conversations about this culture and to question whether just giving money is the most effective way to respond to a disease,” she said.

“I hope what people get out of the film is a recognition that the current approach is not working.”

Pink Ribbons, Inc. has a premier screening tonight at the Screening Room at 7 p.m.

Samantha King will give a talk on the film on Tuesday Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Screening Room.

Affordable influence Continued from page 11

What inspired your move to Newfoundland after you retired from teaching in 2006?

I had an experience teaching here 20 years ago and at that point I really enjoyed the landscape and the people so I decided that I would eventually like to do some kind of business out here. So that was one of my goals. I wanted to live in this environment and it seemed to be a really rich place for new ideas and innovative practices.

Also, Newfoundland is still very affordable.

Do you still find that it’s difficult to live off your art?

Oh yeah, it’s always a struggle. Even with my peers, that have quite established careers, they’re always dealing with day-to-day “How do you make this work?” and “How do you financially support yourself?”

It was a big step for me to give up a teaching position and to end up working a farm and developing my artist residency program. So yeah, it’s constantly on my mind that this is a very challenging thing for me to be doing.

Have you been working on any new performances recently?

Yes, I’ve got one that I’m in the process of developing right now and I think it’s going to be titled Likewise. It involves a large net on my head that will have moths in it, live moths.

It’s a bit tricky in terms of trying to figure out how and where that will happen because of using the moths.

And how long have you been working on it?

I guess it would be about a couple of months now that it’s been developing. I’ve been thinking about it and trying to sort through the logistics of trying to make it work.

I’m also considering doing a residency in Tasmania, [Australia], next year. I hope to

anyway — I’m just in the point of applying but we’ll see.

Full tilt promotes sustainable living with residents, using facilities like an organic farm.

Is there a connection between sustainable living and creativity?

Yeah, I think it’s always been something that has been important in my practice.

I mean, I’m constantly kind of using and reusing materials for my work so it’s about recycling ingredients and quite often it’s about using things that are used for other purposes, like bicycle wheels or gears or sculptural elements that I can recycle and reclaim in the performances.

Can you speak to any differences between being an artist in an academic setting and an artist in the non-academic setting of Full tilt?

It feels like a more natural sort of process for me at this point, being at the farm, being at the artist retreat. And I think to that it’s an interesting relationship between myself and visitors to the farm, whether they be artists that are doing a residency or Wwoofers, which are volunteer labourers that come and work on the farm.

So there’s a different kind of family relationship that develops depending on who’s there and I find that my work and my performance ideas are accelerated by the activity that’s happening.

It’s not that one is better than the other, it’s just very different.

This interview has been condensed and edited for space.

Collette Urban will be visiting Queen’s from Feb. 6 to 9. On Tuesday she will give a talk at 1 p.m. at the Ban Righ Centre and another at 3 p.m. in Dunning Auditorium. On Wednesday she will give a talk at 11: 30 a.m. at Agnes Etherington Art Centre and will give a performance of Hoot at the Screening Room at 7 p.m.

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Fifth straight title Gaels beat RMC 4-1 in Carr-Harris Cup B y Peter M orrow Staff Writer Last night at the K-Rock Centre, 2,576 fans watched the men’s hockey team win its fifth straight Carr-Harris Cup 4-1 over the Royal Military College Paladins.

Both teams sported retro jerseys in front of a crowd that included Captain Jon Lawrance lifts the Carr-Harris Cup after last night’s 4-1 win over the Royal Military College Paladins at the K-Rock Centre. photo by simona markovik bands from both schools. It was “It was a great turnout, we’ve against the last-place Paladins was back to 1886. According to IHHF won his fifth straight Carr-Harris the Queen’s Bands’ second public records, it’s the oldest hockey Cup last night. He said the turnout appearance since the University never seen this before,” Lawrance a must-win. at the K-Rock Centre was by far “With three games left, for a rivalry in the world. lifted the suspension, imposed on said. “School pride is always Gaels forward Jordan Mirwaldt the biggest crowd he’s seen for on the line and it made for an team pushing to make the playoffs, Nov. 17. we really needed this one,” he said. opened the scoring halfway the game.

Gaels captain Jon Lawrance is entertaining game.”

Although a trophy was at stake, The Cup was initiated in 1986 through the second period. He the only Queen’s player to have won five consecutive trophies. it was also a regular-season game. by the International Hockey Hall celebrated by jumping into the With three games Last night’s game was the first With the win, the Gaels move up to of Fame (IHHF) to celebrate the glass in front of a roaring crowd left, for a team Carr-Harris Cup to be held at the sixth place in the OUA East.

100-year anniversary of a rivalry while the Queen’s Bands played pushing to make the K-Rock Centre.

Lawrance said last night’s game between the two schools that dates the Oil Thigh. playoffs, we really Forward Kelly Jackson needed this one. doubled the lead with a Rowing power-play goal seven minutes later, but Paladins’ forward — Jon Lawrance, men’s hockey captain Matthew Pinder responded within eight seconds to make it 2-1 after “The location was great,” he two periods.

But in the third period, Jackson said. “The Memorial Centre and scored another goal and notched the Constantine Arena could never an assist to clinch the win. He fit that many fans.”

Tonight, the Gaels visit the was named Carr-Harris Cup sculling program in Canada,” Federation, Rowing Canada and player of the game for the second second-place Université de Québec B y G ilbert C oyle Penney said. “I’m not interested in U.S. Rowing to make the switch. straight year. After a three-point à Trois-Rivières Patriotes. The Sports Editor rowing in a speed boat.”

She said she barely had to do any night, Jackson leads the team with Patriotes beat the Gaels 10-1 when the two teams met in Kingston on paper work.

23 points.

Isolda Penney stopped rowing Head coach Brett Gibson also Nov. 26.

First, Penney needs to win U.S. in 1995. Halfway through her I hadn’t worked Rowing’s Olympic trials that take Queen’s undergraduate career, she out in a decade and place April 9 to 12. If she succeeds, got married and had a child. Over I was 31. But once I she’ll head to Lucerne, Switzerland SSN the next decade, she raised her son, got back in the boat, I for the final qualifying regatta finished her BA, tried starting a thought ‘this is what May 20 to 23. If she finishes wedding cake company and had among the top three in Lucerne, two more children.

I’m supposed to do.’ she qualifies for the Olympics.

She hardly exercised for 11 A 37-year-old mother of three, years. She didn’t row, run or play — Isolda Penney, Kingston rower Penney isn’t a typical Olympic any sports. All she did was chase hopeful. On Wednesday night, she her son around at the park.

Since Penney was born in was scrambling to pick her daughter But every time she crossed The CIS owns the webcasting Kingston’s La Salle causeway and Alaska and holds dual citizenship, up from ballet practice and tuck B y B enjamin D eans rights to national championships saw the oars flashing from across she simply had to get permission her into bed before heading off to Assistant Sports Editor — but not regular-season games the river, she felt a small pang of from the International Rowing See Rower on page 18 desire to get back out there.

Queen’s TV won’t get — and SSN has a deal for exclusive Penney finally started rowing rights to webcast Queen’s first rights to those championships. recreationally in May 2006, “The men’s volleyball national championship to be hosted partnering with a 45-year old championship is going to at the ARC. woman in a two-person boat at The on-campus media outlet be broadcast on SSN,” von the Kingston Rowing Club. Less signed a $4,000 deal with Queen’s Richter said. than two years later, she was at the Athletics in November, contracting Canadian Olympic camp. them to webcast 20 varsity home The ulterior motive “I thought people were going games including the Canadian is to establish a to think I was crazy,” she said. “I Interuniversity Sport (CIS) men’s relationship hadn’t worked out in a decade and volleyball championship in March. with Queen’s.

I was 31. But once I got back in But Athletics officials were the boat, I thought ‘this is what I’m informed in January that CIS is supposed to do.’” contractually obligated to use — Bengt Neathery, president, Since then, Penney has won a Ottawa-based internet streaming iSi Global Webcasting Canadian national championship company SSN Canada to webcast in a single boat, has twice been the volleyball championship. named Canada’s female sculler “There was a bit of a Bengt Neathery is the president of the year, barely missed out on miscommunication,” CIS Sponsor of iSi Global Webcasting, which the 2008 Summer Olympics and Servicing Officer Tony von owns SSN. He said he expects has participated in World Cups, Richter said. “We see it as a great around 30,000 to 40,000 World Championships and a Pan opportunity for both sides to online viewers for the men’s American Games. work together … it’s going to be a volleyball championship.

In April, she’ll travel to Chula Neathery said QTV can choose great webcast.”

Vista, California to vie for an Twelve of the 19 schools in to produce all game footage at Olympic berth — with the U.S. the OUA and 19 of 52 schools in the championship, except for game supplied by rami maassarani national team.

Former Gael and U.S. Olympic hopeful Isolda the CIS use SSN to webcast their commentary. The webcast will “They cancelled the women’s Penney rigs up her boat at the Kingston Rowing Club in the fall. home games.

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women’s hockey

Top-scoring twins McHaffies emerge as women’s hockey team’s primary scorers B y e Mily l owe Staff Writer Henrik and Daniel Sedin might be the hockey world’s top twins. But the women’s hockey team is pretty satisfied with Morgan and Brittany McHaffie.

The third-year twins from Guelph are the Gaels’ top forwards this season. After 21 regular-season games, Morgan leads the OUA with 34 points. Brittany is in 13th place with 23 points, but she was in fifth spot before missing four games due to injury.

Brittany does a lot more “digging in the corners where Morgan finds herself in open ice a bit more. ” — Matt Holmberg, women’s hockey coach

They’re linemates — Morgan plays centre and Brittany’s a right winger. Head coach Matt Holmberg said the twins have a special sense for each other on the ice.

“Brittany does a lot more digging in the corners, whereas Morgan finds herself in open ice a bit more,” he said. “They have different skill sets, but they complement each other very well.”

During their first two seasons with the team, the twins played behind veteran forwards Elizabeth Kench, Becky Conroy and Kelsey Thomson. With those players expected to produce goals, the McHaffies could comfortably contribute as

secondary players.

This is the twins’ first season as the team’s primary scorers. Holmberg said two seasons with veteran players helped the McHaffies become leaders.

“The experience they’ve gained in the last couple years has been great,” Holmberg said.

“Not only did they experience all of the highs that we had last year in the playoffs, but they were big contributors to our success.”

Holmberg was the team’s assistant coach when the Gaels first recruited the twins in 2008. But after graduating from high school that spring, they both decided to spend an extra year in Guelph to save money for university.

Holmberg said he continued pursuing the twins when he was named head coach before the 2009-10 season.

“The summer after I took over as head coach, I went and visited them in Guelph,” he said. “They were still very eager to come to Queen’s.”

Morgan said the twins didn’t expect to become regular contributors so quickly.

“I thought we would … start maybe on the third or fourth line,” she said. “But we were just pretty lucky to get the opportunity to play with some of the top players [right away].”

With the McHaffies leading the charge this season, the Gaels ended 2011 at third place in the OUA. But Brittany injured her knee in practice before the Jan. 6 loss to the York Lions — she missed four games and played injured for another.

The Gaels only won once in that span.

Since then, they’ve dropped from third

Morgan (right) and Brittany McHaffie are the women’s hockey team’s top two scorers this season. Morgan currently leads the OUA with 34 points.

to fifth in the OUA standings and are only five points ahead of the ninth-place Waterloo Warriors.

Morgan held onto the OUA scoring lead in her sister’s absence, but only recorded a goal and three assists without her — well below her average of 1.96 points per game before

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the injury.

The Gaels’ power play has also suffered without Brittany. The unit had a 16.6 percent success rate before she got hurt, but went two for 26 — less than eight per cent — in her absence.

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men’s VoLLeyBALL

One last charge Gaels host Western, Windsor to close out season B y G ilBert C oyle Sports Editor The men’s volleyball coach has stopped waiting for her sidelined players to return.

Going into the last weekend of the regular season, the men’s volleyball team has ruled out two injured fifth-years, outside hitter Bryan Fautley and setter Dan Rosenbaum.

“We’re at a point where we’re going with

the guys we have,” coach Brenda Willis said.

“We can’t wait on injured players. We’re running out of time.”

Rosenbaum has been ruled out for the season. Fautley — who played a single set against the Royal Military College Paladins last week — won’t play this weekend.

The Gaels went 5-4 without the duo during the first half of the season, but See Home on page 19

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Streaming networks to share games Continued from page 15

be branded with CIS and QTV logos. All footage will be posted exclusively on SSN’s website, Neathery said.

SSN will provide staff and extra

equipment on-site in Kingston. you to distribute it on the best “We’re hoping to pass off some sports network in the country.’ extra knowledge,” Neathery said.

“We better just get something “The ulterior motive is to establish working well and shake some a relationship with Queen’s to say hands and have a pint or two, ‘Hey, we want you to produce the which I suspect will be the case best video you can and we want ... We’re all trying to achieve the

Since signing a $4,000 contract with Queen’s Athletics in November, QTV has webcast seven varsity games and will webcast four more.

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Rower has London in sight Continued from page 15

didn’t have the work ethic,” she said. “It takes an incredible amount of work, but I wasn’t willing to work that hard … I wanted to have fun at that stage.”

the gym for a late-night workout.

Yesterday, she put her kids on the school bus before heading to Toronto to meet with some trainers and physiotherapists about they just think it’s her strained hip flexor. But she still normal, it’s what returned home in time to pick her mommy does ... I kids up from the bus stop. think they assume “They just think it’s normal, it’s other mothers do the what mommy does,” she said. “I think they assume other mothers same thing. do the same thing.”

Most days, Penney gets to — Isolda Penney, Kingston rower the Kingston Rowing Club at 5:15 a.m. and returns home for Armitage was instrumental in breakfast with her family. She’ll generally do one or two more re-igniting Penney’s rowing career workouts throughout the day in 2006. When she decided to — on tough days, she spends over six start rowing competitively after a summer at the KRC, Armitage put hours rowing.

“It’s a little easier now that my her on a winter training plan and little guys are in Grade 1,” she got her in touch with Queen’s said, adding that she couldn’t Athletics staff. He still plans her do midday workouts when the training routine and overlooks some of her sessions. children weren’t in school.

Penney was first noticed by Penney’s workout routine is heavily integrated with Queen’s Rowing Canada in 2007, after Athletics and Recreation’s rowing she entered an open time trial program. She often spends her competition and posted faster mornings with Queen’s rowers. scores than some national team She frequents the ARC to train members. By October, she had with strength and conditioning moved to London, Ont. to join the coach Rodney Wilson’s staff national training centre.

But within a few months, she most afternoons.

On the water, she has the same knew she was unwilling to uproot coach that she started out with her family from Kingston so she 21 years ago — John Armitage, moved back home to train full-time.

“One of the reasons I wanted to founder of the KRC and head coach of the Queen’s varsity row in a single boat was to have more flexibility in my schedule rowing program.

Armitage said he still remembers and spend more time with my Penney as a student with potential kids,” she said. “I have an amazing — today, she’s 6’0 and weighs support system here. When I go 176 lbs. But Penney said she only away, we have family that can help.”

Penney said most Olympic rowed for fun during her time at training centres aren’t set up to the University.

“I knew I had the potential, I deal with families.

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“I’m the only mother that rows,” she said. “[Kingston] is the best place to balance the two things that are most important to me.”

Penney spent enough time in London to learn the perks and pitfalls of the national training centre. She said she didn’t thrive in such cutthroat competition, even thought she liked being pushed by her peers.

“In London, there are a couple girls that I just love. But there are also people that I wish I didn’t meet,” she said. “It’s like that in any group where you’re highly competitive.

“It’s easy to forget that, everyday, everyone’s fighting for the same thing.”

Penney has plenty of competitive training partners in Kingston, but she isn’t competing directly against any of them. She said she spends most of her time with veteran Queen’s rowers.

Over the past few years, she’s developed a particularly close friendship with former Gael Morgan Jarvis, who’s currently in Victoria at the men’s national training centre, aiming for a spot at the Olympics.

Penney said she’s reaching the end of her rowing career. She doesn’t know what she’ll do afterwards, but she’s not thinking that far ahead — she’s focused entirely on London 2012.

She said it won’t be easy — the top-ranked American rower has narrowly beaten her both times they’ve competed — but at least it will be fair.

“It’s a simple route,” she said.

“You just have to be the fastest in the country.”

same goal.”

Neathery said he’s had unsuccessful negotiations with Queen’s Athletics about using SSN over QTV in the past. He said Queen’s alumni regularly call SSN to ask why it doesn’t webcast Queen’s home games.

“We see the big picture, which is that any one [school] is not going to get [enough] viewership to create sponsorship opportunities and generate revenue back to them,” he said.

QTV will webcast four more regular-season home games before the volleyball championship.

Neathery said he wouldn’t charge Athletics to put those games on SSN’s website.

Neathery said he thinks QTV is looking forward to working with SSN. “There shouldn’t be any conflict with us and somebody who’s providing on-site production,” he said. “I wouldn’t expect anyone to be territorial over that for a national championship.”

Athletics marketing manager

Lana Unsworth couldn’t reached for comment.

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one [school] “isAny not going to get

enough viewership to create sponsorship opportunities.

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— Bengt Neathery, president, iSi Global Webcasting

QTV executive producer Eugene Michasiw said he’s in discussions with Athletics officials and couldn’t comment on the volleyball championship.

“We look forward to broadcasting the CIS championships in some capacity,” Michasiw said. “What we’ve done this year has been a really great initiative to get students involved.”

— With files from Jake Edmiston

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The football team has confirmed its first recruit of 2012. Waterloo native Daniel Hayes was in Kingston on Thursday to sign a letter of intent with Gaels head coach Pat Sheahan.

In November, the 6’4, 280-pound offensive lineman from Sir John A. MacDonald Secondary School was named as a second-team all-star with Waterloo County’s senior boys football league.

Hayes plans to study Engineering.

— Gilbert Coyle

Home playoff game on line Continued from page 17

they’ve steadily found their form since the winter break. Setter Jackson Dakin has recorded over 30 assists in the past 11 games that he’s started, while Alex Oneid — only 5’11 and normally a libero — has filled in well for Fautley at outside hitter.

The Gaels take a four-game win streak into the final two games of the season this weekend.

But they’re up against the

top-ranked Western Mustangs tonight and the Windsor Lancers tomorrow. The Lancers are currently tied with the Gaels for third place in the OUA at 10-6.

“We’ve been getting better every time we play, but this is our first big test in a long time,” Willis said.

Two wins will clinch third-place in the OUA and a home game in the first round of playoffs. It also means the Gaels won’t have to face Western again until the OUA finals — if they win their

first-round game, they’ll take on the second-place McMaster Marauders in the semifinal.

“Certainly being [third-place] is looking more comfortable given Western’s record relative to Mac,” Willis said. “They play relatively error-free and they serve very tough.”

We’ve been getting “better every time we play but this is our first big test in a long time.

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— Brenda Willis, men’s volleyball coach

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Rookie outside hitter Tyler Scheerhoorn has played more minutes than expected this season due to injuries to veteran players.

The Gaels haven’t had any success against the top teams this season — their six losses have come against the OUA’s top-five teams, while they’ve won all their games against opponents ranked sixth through 10th. They lost to both the Mustangs and the Lancers on a road trip in early November.

The Gaels have lost twice in straight sets, once in four sets and three times in five sets — in every five-set game, they led by a set before dropping the final three.

Fifth-year outside hitter Joren Zeeman, currently leading the OUA with 4.4 points per set, said the Gaels have gotten over their injury crisis.

“We’ve figured out some of the issues we were dealing with earlier in the year,” he said. “We can beat anyone in the OUA as long as we play well.”

Power play relies on twins Continued from page 17

Brittany returned to the lineup last weekend against the Western Mustangs and Windsor Lancers.

She said she was surprised to return so quickly.

“About two weeks ago it felt like I wasn’t going to be able to play [for] a long time,” Brittany said. “[But] I was really surprised at how much less [my knee] hurt compared to last weekend.”

The Gaels lost twice last weekend despite scoring a power-play goal in both games. But Brittany said she’s recovering quickly and hopes to play this weekend against the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks and the Waterloo Warriors.

“It’s a little sore after playing two games,” she said. “But on the ice Gaels centre Morgan McHaffie is averaging almost two with the adrenaline, I barely felt it.” points per game this season.

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postscript psychology

Sex research sparks interest Sex lab researchers study levels of participants’ sexual arousal B y J essica F ishbein Postscript Editor Being a sex researcher is like sitting at the base of a lightening rod — at least that’s what professor Meredith Chivers says.

“You know it’s going to push buttons for people … as a sexuality researcher you have to have a strong grounding, and feel confident about what it is you’re doing at the same time.”

Chivers is the director of the Sexuality and Gender Laboratory (SAGE) which opened in January 2010. The lab conducts research on sexual psychophysiology, gender, sexual attraction and sexual functioning.

Prior to coming to Queen’s, Chivers’ research had no shortage of controversy.

She received her MA and PhD at Northwestern University and faced criticism while in the U.S. “Probably the most spectacular case was when myself and sexuality researchers were blacklisted by the Traditional Values Coalition in the States,” she said. “None of us lost funding … but we were all really scared.”

Chivers said sexuality researchers have faced opposition from a range of communities.

“People from religious groups have had all kinds of issues looking at female sexuality, but I’ve also had rubs with radical feminists who see women’s response to pornography as anti-feminist,” she said.

Researchers of the SAGE lab are interested in understanding the relationship between gender and sexuality.

Core research areas include

arousal, attraction and orientation and functioning.

“We’re looking at problems particularly with women and sexuality,” she said.

Chivers said study participants aren’t restricted by sexual identity labels.

“These days we’re interested in people with a variety of different sexual attractions, to women, men or both,” she said. “They participate in sex arousal assessment: they listen to erotic stories or watch a series of erotic videotapes in a private testing room where they’ve attached a genital gauge.”

Female participants insert a probe that measures blood flow in the vagina, while males use a device that measures the changes in circumference of the penis, she said.

As a sexuality “researcher you have

to have a strong grounding, and feel confident about what it is you’re doing at the same time.

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— Meredith Chivers, SAGE lab director “More often than not they can’t even tell the devices are there,” Chivers said.

“In general, we’re interested in people’s stated sexual interest and their patterns of responding — what they’re feeling in the moment and what their body is doing,” she said. “With some women, the specificity of arousal is different — they can be aroused by a lot, even

In a private room, SAGE sex lab participants watch pornographic videos and rate their levels of sexual arousal.

if they didn’t think it.”

Both the psychological and physical experience are important to research, Chivers said.

“A lot of people can interpret measuring the physiological responding to think that’s the truth.

That’s not the case.”

Participants range from 18 to 45 years old and they are primarily students. Compensation ranges from $25 to $125.

“It varies with how much time we’re asking of participants,” Chivers said.

Second-year Rebecca Lyons participated in sex research at the SAGE lab in Humphrey Hall.

“Basically they showed us a series of pornographic and non-pornographic videos and you monitor your own response,” Lyons, ArtSci ’14, said. “They have a vaginal probe and … you have to keep a journal about your thoughts.”

Lyons said she heard about the study when she saw an ad in Humphrey Hall.

The study’s compensation, around $40, pushed her to participate.

“I’ve done two of them,” she said. “I did one in early December

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Sex researchers monitor participants’ sexual arousal using either a vaginal probe (vaginal photoplethysmograph) or a device that measures the circumference of the penis (penial plethysmograph).

and I did one the week after the break in January.”

Despite the explicit content that she viewed, Lyons said she wasn’t uncomfortable during the study.

“You receive a lot of instructions.

They have someone telling you about what they’re doing, and they give you a debriefing form,” she said. “They give you multiple opportunities to back out. You have to sign a consent form and they leave the room.”

From then on, you participate in an isolated environment, she said.

Sex research doesn’t just attract psychology students.

“I am in PSYC 100, but I’m actually in Life Sciences,” she said. “I just think it’s really interesting.”

Lyons said she hasn’t received any negative responses f rom friends.

“Most people thought it was pretty cool and interesting. I’ve recommended it to a couple of people to do [the studies].”

Katrina Bouchard, ArtSci ’12, is doing her honour’s thesis in the SAGE lab. She said she wanted to work in the lab after taking courses at Queen’s related to sexuality.

“I took abnormal PSYC in my second year and there was a module on sexuality research, which sparked my interest,” she said. “It’s such an important aspect of human experience ... there’s a lot of unanswered questions we have about sex.”

Working in a sex lab isn’t as scandalous as people might think.

“When you work on something so much the novelty of talking and thinking about sex wears off,” Bouchard said. “It becomes part of our daily lives and vocabulary.”

While Bouchard’s involvement in sex research hasn’t provoked criticism from her peers or parents, it has elicited surprise, she said.

“My parents were a little bit surprised. There’s a bit of a generational divide when it comes to sex — they don’t know a lot about the field and neither do my friends,” she said.

While the researchers and participants don’t generally feel uncomfortable, even if they did, it

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wouldn’t be a problem.

“Any PSYC research is careful with ethics. If someone thought this wasn’t for me, they could leave,” she said.

According to a Queen’s history professor, sexuality wasn’t always viewed as a legitimate field of study, even as recently as two decades ago.

“That students can take courses on the history of sexuality at Queen’s today is a direct result of those earlier struggles,” Steven Maynard told the Journal via email.

Maynard teaches several courses related to sexuality, including a second-year course, the history of sexuality in Canada.

It explores the history of sexuality in Canada, Britain and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries.

According to Maynard, his course has consistently attracted a steady stream of students.

“The course is always fully enrolled at 130 students,” he said.

“Sexuality ferments opposition in society at large, whether from religious fundamentalists or other moral-sexual conservatives,” Maynard said. “But I think that kind of opposition and conflict aren’t as pronounced within the field of sexuality studies, for the university is one of the few places in our society where we can undertake the critical scrutiny of sexuality.”

Maynard said current political issues make sexuality relevant and relatable to students.

“I’m thinking here of issues like the current move to decriminalize prostitution in Canada, the gay marriage debate, or the recent ‘Slut Walk’ movement,” he said.

SlutWalk is a series of protest marches in response to a Toronto police officer’s comment that to remain safe women should “avoid dressing like sluts.”

Maynard said studying sexuality brings together the personal with the political.

“Many of us first begin to seriously think about questions of sexual identity when we get to university,” he said.