The Queen's Journal, Issue 31

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Environment

Climate action plan finds consultant Delphi Group chosen over five other firms to aid with Queen’s carbon emission reduction B y S avoula S tylianou Assistant News Editor Queen’s has hired a consulting firm to create the University’s climate action plan.

The contract with the Delphi

Miller Hall museum brings geological discoveries to campus.

Group, a consultancy firm that focuses on climate change, was announced on Jan. 30.

The action plan is part of the University and College Presidents’ Climate Change Statement of Action for Canada, which

Principal Daniel Woolf signed in February 2010.

Under the action statement, Queen’s pledged to create a summary of the current and projected campus greenhouse gas emissions and to expand research

Alternative monologues

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dialogue

Are Super Bowl ads worth the money?

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arts

Will Currie & the Country French discuss the struggles of forming a band at university.

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sports

Irina Rakhimova rehearses for Down There. The production runs this week and features original material including transgender and gender non-conforming perspectives. For full story see page 8.

on climate change with a goal of reducing campus emissions.

Queen’s was the second post-secondary school in Ontario to sign the pledge, which was originally signed by six university presidents in British Columbia who decided to create an agreement to signify their commitment to reducing carbon emissions.

Queen’s Sustainability Manager Aaron Ball said the Delphi Group will work with the University to finish the climate action plan, which is set to be released this fall.

The Delphi Group has done several greenhouse gas emission inventories for companies, including Toronto Hydro.

“There was discussion about trying to do it internally or bringing in a third party,” Ball said. “When it came down to timing and broad expertise that would be needed, we felt going the consulting route would be best.”

“We gathered all the information on our expected growth and they were able to take that and put it into models to give us some preliminary work,” he said.

Ball said the funds used to hire the Delphi Group came from the University’s budget.

“It was a lengthy and exhaustive process where we go out for a public bid and we had six firms respond,” he said.

“Lots of consulting firms do other work as well, but Delphi focuses on [climate change],” he said.

The Delphi Group previously consulted with Queen’s in 2008 and 2009, when the University completed two greenhouse gas See We on page 5

Frosh Week

Concert surplus goes to hospital

$5,000 of extra funds donated to youth mental health support at KGH B y M eaghan Wray Assistant News Editor Men’s volleyball swept its opposition at the ARC this weekend.

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Examining different note-taking methods.

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Frosh Week 2011 earned a surplus, allowing the Orientation Roundtable (ORT) to make a charitable donation. The extra $5,000 was given to Kingston General Hospital (KGH) on Jan. 31, with an intended focus on youth mental health.

ORT is a body that co-ordinates Frosh Week for all undergraduate faculties. Its sub-committees deal with finances, event-booking and overall logistics.

ORT Co-ordinator Rachel Shindman said the surplus is a result of over-budgeting. The Frosh concert incurred less costs than expected, with less money spent on artists and venue.

The goal of ORT is to break even every year, Shindman,

ConEd ’12, said.

“The idea is to budget to $0 and spend the money collected in any year on that year’s Orientation,” she told the Journal via email.

“The concert this year was a bit of a special case because of the venue change.”

Since 2008, the concert for first-year Arts and Science students has been held off-campus due to noise bylaws. Last May, city council granted a noise bylaw exemption, allowing the concert back on campus.

“Because it hadn’t been on

campus for three years, we weren’t really sure how much it was going to cost,” Shindman said.

KGH wrote a statement of support for the ORT, which was given to city council and was a significant factor in getting the See Donations on page 5

union gallery

BFA crucial for fundraiser B y C aitlin C hoi Assistant Arts Editor Cezanne’s Closet has been a steady source of income for Union Gallery over the past 18 years, but that could change with the recent suspension of the BFA program.

The gallery’s major annual fundraiser relies on donations from

student-artists to make up half of the artwork auctioned off at the event. Community-artists and faculty produce the rest.

Revenue from ticket sales and a silent auction raises an average of $10,000 for the gallery.

Union Gallery’s director Jocelyn Purdie said she hopes the suspension of admissions to the

BFA program will be short-lived.

“The one year that the program is suspended obviously is going to affect everybody because there won’t be fourth-years [to donate their art] I guess. So yeah, that is something that we’ll have to think about, what to do in terms of the fundraising that year,” she said.

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Psychology of religion

Study finds religion can increase self-control B y C atherine O wsik Assistant News Editor

counterparts,” Lee, PhD ’13, said.

“What we’re trying to show is that exposing people to the cultural notion Religion could be linked to increased of God can increase their self-control, self-control, according to a recent whether or not they believe in God is a different question.”

Queen’s psychology study.

The study tested 265 participants from Volunteer undergraduate participants were asked to unscramble a short September 2010 to May 2011 and was sentence — half of participants were accepted for publication in the journal exposed to sentences that contained a word Psychological Science. It will be published with religious connotations, such as “divine” in April.

Lee said the idea for the study resulted or “Bible.”

Volunteers then had to complete an from a conversation with co-author unrelated task that measured an aspect of Kevin Rounding.

“We were talking about our academic past self-control. It was found that participants who were subconsciously exposed to in the Grad Club and decided it’s a good religious concepts would display more idea to experimentally test to what extent religious concepts can influence people,” self-control.

For example, they would drink more Lee said.

While the results suggest that subconscious shots of an orange juice and vinegar blend, for a nickel each, or spend more time trying exposure to religion increases self-control in the lab, Lee said it may not be the to solve an impossible puzzle.

Albert Lee, co-author of the study, said same when participants are aware of the these results may support an evolutionary religious priming.

“I’m not sure if that will influence their basis for religion.

“Based on our results it would be safe conscious decisions,” he said.

Lee said there’s ongoing debate on the to assume that communities that have religious concepts will replenish self-control cost versus benefit of implementing religion and do better than their [non-religious] into a culture.

Kevin Rounding, PhD ‘14, and Albert Lee, PhD ‘13, say the findings of their study will be published in April in Psychological Science.

There is still much scientific research to be done in this field, he said, adding that the broad range of religion makes it difficult to study.

Queen’s Chaplain Brian Yealland said the science behind the study is intriguing.

“I don’t find that I would be able to say that religious people are more self-controlled,” Yealland said. “I think it has to do with a sense of an order in the universe or the sense of overriding ethics or morality.”

When a person believes there is a higher power or God watching over them it may influence their actions, he said.

Yealland gave the example of Alcoholics Anonymous, where control over alcohol is learned through a heavy emphasis on ethics.

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“When people think in religious terms, or a sentence has religious connotations, there’s ethics involved,” Yealland said, adding that this applies to most religions.

This may have accounted for participants being able to endure more difficulties or have more control over their emotions, he said.

Yealland said there may be practical applications of religion to students, who generally have a busy lifestyle.

“I think it’s attractive to a student to have order in their days and not spending time getting lost in things that will distract them,” Yealland said. “Religion is one form of a source of self-control, not the only one.”

International

Grant for global outreach Government gives $1.3 million to Queen’s project B y C aitlin M c K ay Contributor A team of up to 20 Queen’s students will depart for Bangladesh on Feb. 11 after being awarded $1.3 million from the Canadian International Development Association.

Approximately $270,000 will also be donated to the project by Queen’s Faculty of Health Sciences.

Volunteers will provide medical services, educational resources and policy advice within five regions in Bangladesh as part of the International Centre for the Advancement of Community Based Rehabilitation (ICACBR).

The ICACBR is a Queen’s-affiliated organization that aims to strengthen maternal and child health and provide disability-support programs, impacting roughly 7,000 people directly.

The funding will cover the start-up and operation of the project for three years.

ICACBR is the first and only university-based project from central Canada to be funded

by CIDA. “There’s a pretty big pool of Queen’s faculty, staff and students on all our initiatives,” ICACBR Director Djenana Jalovcic said.

The project will work with government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to decide on priority groups within the chosen regions.

In Bangladesh, physically-disabled people are marginalized and socially isolated, Jalovcic said, adding that they’re viewed as unproductive.

“Generally the attitudes are very negative and life is very difficult,” Jalovcic said. “Women who are disabled from complications due to pregnancy are very

often excommunicated.”

The government of Bangladesh has implemented programs to provide medical support for those with disabilities but has few resources. The facilities are typically inaccessible and understaffed. Due to the high level of poverty, the greatest need for support is in rural communities — where government services are rare.

Currently, the Bangladesh government only offers a small number of rehabilitation programs in specialized hospitals. There are very few of these services offered at a community level.

“There is a need and the need is huge.

There is a huge gap between what is needed and what is provided,” said Darko Krznaric, one of the team’s members.

To achieve these goals ICACBR has partnered with the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP) which is an established local NGO in Bangladesh.

“The uniqueness of the present program is to take maternal and child health and disability programs and merge them into one stop approach to the community,” said Malcolm Peat, executive director of ICACBR. The core project members will live in Bangladesh for just under one year and the rest of the team will stay for three weeks but return every few months.

“It’s a benefit for everybody. They gain experience and the project gains skills,” Peat said. “We have the skills that can be applied to the development of individuals who are victims of circumstances, conflict or poverty.”

— With files from Meaghan Wray

C l a r i f i c a t i o n Dons only ask to enter a room if there is suspicion that a violation to the code of conduct is taking place. Unclear information appeared in the Feb. 3 issue of the Journal.

C o r r e c t i o n John Lazarus’ grandchildren have not attended Queen’s University and the plot of the play wasn’t autobiographical. Incorrect information appeared in the Feb. 3 issue of the Journal.

The Journal regrets the error.

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The Miller Museum of Geology opened in 1931 to attract geologists working north of Kingston.

campus life

Miller Museum houses ancient finds Campus museum uses donations and grants to maintain a collection that includes 8,000 rocks and minerals B y J anina E nrile Assistant Features Editor Mark Badham spends his weekdays with million-year-old fossils, minerals and rocks at the Miller Museum of Geology.

“I am the exhibit designer, curator, tour guide [and] sometimes janitor,” Badham, MSc ’97, said. “I do pretty much everything here.”

A 575-million-year-old fossil sits in the latest addition to the Ediacaran fossil exhibit in Miller Hall, one of only two in the world.

The fossils, discovered in Mistaken Point, N.L., were added to the museum in January 2011.

According to Badham, the fossils are the oldest advanced life forms ever discovered.

Miller Hall, near the corner of Union and Division Streets, was named for professor emeritus Dr. W.G. Miller, who taught in the School of Mining and Agriculture between 1893 and 1902.

During his time at Queen’s, Miller often expressed hopes for a geology museum at the foot of Division Street that would be accessible to geologists working north of Kingston.

When Miller Hall opened in 1931, the museum took up most of the main floor, showcasing a collection of findings from around the world.

A mummified head was once on exhibit in the 1930s.

“There’s one researcher trying to find out exactly where it went,” Badham said. “We haven’t had much luck unfortunately.”

The museum runs organized tours for elementary and high school students, an initiative Badham started when he took over in 1986.

“It’s one of the most valuable things we do,” he said, adding that the museum sees over 2,000 visitors each year.

Renovations throughout the mid-20th century reduced the size of the museum to accommodate more classrooms, eventually whittling the space down to two rooms in the 1970s.

In 1988, Badham reclaimed the back room of the museum and turned it into a dinosaur fossil exhibit. Alumni donations have helped fund new lighting for the room, which houses fossils from over 630 million years ago.

The museum doesn’t receive an operating budget from the University — donations and grants have kept it afloat so far.

A ton of school kids “come through here and they have the opportunity to handle a real meteorite and play with microscopes.

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— Ronald Peterson, geology professor A $100,000 donation from Dr. Richard Milne, ArtSci ’54 and MD ’58, helped open the museum’s Dr. Richard Milne Geoscience Education Room last November.

“We have fossils of the oldest-known land tracks … they’re about 500 million years old, and they’re the oldest undisputed footsteps made on land by an animal,” Badham said.

Endeavour Silver Corporation donated $500,000 last month to support scholarships and bursaries for Queen’s geology students.

None of the money will go towards the museum, but Badham hopes the donation will raise the geology

department’s profile. “[Geology’s] a career path that people just don’t think about because they’re not exposed to it in high school,” Badham said.

“I always use the analogy that so many people come to university to do biology, but how many working biologists do you know?

“Geology is an equally good science degree that should get more consideration from high school students.”

Recent graduates can be found at prominent Canadian geological consulting firms like O’Connor Associates Environmental Inc. — a company founded by a Queen’s alumnus.

Ronald Peterson is a professor in the department of geological sciences and geological engineering.

Last summer, two undergraduate students accompanied Peterson to Victoria, B.C. for field research.

“You have to learn to shoot a gun because there are bears,” he said. “It’s a real adventure.”

Peterson has discovered two new minerals in the past five years.

“It’s a lot of fun. No one’s described [the mineral] before, and you get to name it,” he said, adding that it takes up to eight months of work to name the mineral yourself.

He chose to name his finds cranswickite and meridianiite.

Peterson said he commends the museum’s work in providing a hands-on education experience.

“A ton of school kids come through there and they have the opportunity to handle a real meteorite and play with microscopes,” he said. “They can hold a real dinosaur bone in their hands.”

Ted Matheson is the president of the Miller Club, the geological science and geological engineering department's student council.

The club acts as a liaison between students and the Miller Museum, regularly promoting museum events among students.

Matheson, the owner of a personal rock collection, said he’s been interested in geology since he was a kid. “[The museum is] a very integral part of the department,” he said.

The Queen’s museum is one of 9 natural history museums located on campuses across Canada.

McGill University’s Redpath Museum works to educate Montrealers through lectures and public tours.

“Every week there are one or two events,” museum director David Green said. “The more we do, the more they like it.”

Opened in 1882, the McGill museum houses a collection

of fossils, minerals and artifacts from around the world. Its mineral collection has over 20,000 specimens.

The collection wasn’t always open for public viewing, though.

“You have to realize that the public program dates from the mid-80s,” Green said.

Facing financial hardships, RedPath Museum was closed to the public in 1970. In 1985, the University, which covers the museum’s maintenance and custodial costs, came through with funds and the doors re-opened.

“Our visitation from the public has grown year by year,” Green said, adding that the museum sees approximately 55,000 visitors each year.

The star piece of the fossil collection is the Hylonomus, a lizard-like reptile that lived during the Permian age, 299 to 251 million years ago.

Like the Miller Museum of Geology, the Redpath Museum regularly receives donations. Its collection of display and research samples has grown consistently.

“We’re always getting new material,” Green said. “The research work of the professors here generates more specimens.”

Curator Mark Badham shows an elementary school student a mineral sample during her Girl Guide troop’s visit to the Miller Hall museum.

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Donations will help fund in-patient care were faced away from the hospital in an attempt to lessen the impact noise bylaw exemption. on KGH. “We wanted to really make sure Ticket prices remained the same that we were proactively talking to despite the change of location. the people who were most affected With the exception of to make sure that … wasn’t going Concurrent Education and to have negative effects on them.”

Computing students, most Frosh The concert, held in the Week participants had the ticket parking lot outside Miller Hall, price of $18.90 included in their was scheduled to end at 11 p.m. overall orientation fees. instead of midnight, and speakers In the past when the concert

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was held off-campus, there was no surplus, Shindman said. The Frosh Week 2012 ORT plans to continue holding the concert on-campus.

The prevalence of mental health issues on campus was a reason behind the donation to KGH, Shindman said, adding that ORT felt it relevant to donate specifically to the child and adolescent psychiatry program at KGH. “[Mental health has] always been an issue on campus and people are just noticing it more now,” she said.

Denise Cumming, executive director of the University Hospital Kingston Foundation at KGH, said the psychiatry program focuses on in-patient programs for children and youth who are coping with mental health issues.

“Queen’s students have been phenomenally supportive of the hospital for many years,” Cumming said. “They’re great volunteers and we have a fantastic relationship with Queen’s and the student body.”

Though the unit is specific to individuals 17 years or younger, there’s another unit for adults.

“It provides in-patient care for people who are seriously ill or in crisis,” she said. “I would hope that Queen’s students would not find themselves in crisis, but if they should then … this is the unit that they would be admitted to.”

Orientation Round Table Co-ordinator Rachel

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Shindman, ConEd ’12, stands in the Miller Hall parking lot where this year’s Frosh Week concert took place.

The blue light in front of Mac-Corry was knocked over by a snow plow last month.

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News in brief Blue light replaced A blue light emergency phone, located just south of Mackintosh-Corry Hall, was replaced yesterday.

The blue light was destroyed on Jan. 15 when it was accidently hit during routine snow removal, according to Director of Campus Security David Patterson.

There are over 70 blue lights set up on campus as part of a University-wide safety service.

Upon pushing a button located on the pole, the person in distress is directly put in contact with Emergency Report Centre of Campus Security.

“We needed to order new parts,” Patterson told the Journal via email.

“It was a priority to repair the light as quickly as possible.”

— Catherine Owsik

Decathlon joins Ontario team The Queen’s Solar Decathlon team has joined with Algonquin College and Carleton University to forge Team Ontario.

The team will compete in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon in 2013.

Only 19 other teams will compete in the event.

The participants come from engineering, architecture, advanced housing construction and

‘We have to do our part’

business disciplines.

The decathlon requires teams to design, build and operate solar-powered houses.

The challenge is to make them cost-effective, energy-efficient and visually appealing.

Teams are given 18 months to build and refine their projects, which will then be shipped to California for the final verdict.

emission inventories.

An internal advisory committee consisting of 22 members has also been created to be the University’s representative body while the plan is created.

“There are four students who sit on the committee, and five faculty members and the remaining will be staff,” Ball said.

The commitee’s first meeting

is scheduled for next week.

“We’ve invited members from the city of Kingston and Kingston General Hospital to be part of the group as well,” Ball said. “We share the steam that’s generated at the central heating plant — any project or strategy we consider would affect the hospital.”

Ball added that the internal advisory committee will eventually be broken down into four working groups — greenhouse

gas emissions, research and curriculum, communications and implementation.

Creating a climate action plan is the right thing to do for the University, Ball said.

“You read the paper and you read the scientific journals — climate change is real, it is happening and we have to do our part.”

— Meaghan Wray

Volunteers try to dispel myths In the wake of the Shafia trial, volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association traveled to Kingston to dispel myths surrounding honour killings and a perceived association with Islam.

The Shafia trial recently found Mohammad Shafia, his wife, Tooba Yahya Mohammad and their son, Hamed, guilty of the first-degree murder of four female family members.

The four women were found in a submerged car at Kingston Mills in July 2009.

Open houses were set up in four of Kingston’s public libraries over the weekend. Volunteers had also gone door-to-door during the trial to condemn honour killings.

Both initiatives also aimed to promote religious harmony.

— Meaghan Wray

Queen’s Sustainability Manager Aaron Ball says Queen’s climate action plan will be launched in the fall.

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It’s a typical announcement from an administration that seems more keen on repairing reputations than on effecting true change.

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responded honestly, and how reliable the survey results are.

Instead of creating a prohibitive atmosphere, policy should seek to make residence safe and this increase has been attributed to comfortable. New regulations a greater crackdown on drinking. that limit the amount of alcohol If the number of drinking citations allowed in a room are misguided. has increased, it’s indeterminable Residents are limited to possessing whether or not the ban has actually 24 cans of beer at one time. reduced consumption.

Possessing large quantities The administration issued a of alcohol isn’t dangerous but survey to all first-year students consuming it is. Changing Queen’s to gauge their responses to the drinking culture isn’t dependent on alcohol ban. But these responses restricting the amount of alcohol in weren’t made public, even though residence rooms. the survey was used in part to It’s just a rubber stamp of action justify the continuation of the ban. without real results.

It’s unclear how many students

Ban still not good enough T

he decision to extend an circumvent them.

The ban doesn’t stop students alcohol-in-residence ban to Frosh Week 2012 is a discouraging from drinking and instead causes them to be more discreet about sign from Queen’s administration.

A Jan. 31 press release their habits. When students aren’t from Queen’s communication able to drink in their rooms, announced the decision to extend they’re more likely to wander into the ban alongside news that the Student Ghetto or downtown Coroner Roger Skinner aproved of — unfamiliar areas that are less safe.

Queen’s drinking culture changes to Queen’s alcohol policy.

The coroner recommended a has yet to see significant change. review of the policy in May 2011 Sixty-three residence citations after the accidental deaths of two were given out during last Frosh Week, compared to 55 in 2010; first-year students.

It’s a typical announcement from an administration that seems more keen on repairing reputations than on effecting true change.

The press release also stated that a committee is currently reviewing the AMS Non-academic Discipline System — as per the coroner’s recommendations.

Any attempt to remove the AMS’s control over non-academic discipline will further patronize the students at this school.

The alcohol ban means that even students who are of age aren’t able to drink in residence during Frosh Week 2012.

First-year students aren’t children who need hand-holding, and when restrictive rules are imposed, people tend to

Canadian prisons

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Senator’s comment distracts from issue C

onservative Senator revision in the Senate, could Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu drastically increase the number stirred up controversy when he of people who serve time for said that prisoners convicted of their offences.

The Canadian Bar Association murder should be given the tools has publicly critiqued the to commit suicide.

“Each assassin should have the bill, claiming that it favours right to a rope in his cell to make incarceration over rehabilitation a decision about his or her life,” he and reintegration.

Quebec Justice Minister, said, according to a Feb. 2 Globe Jean-Marc Fournier announced and Mail article.

While a public official like that the province is refusing to pay Boisvenu shouldn’t contradict for the costs of Bill C-10, which Canadian law or common sense, could add up to $600 million. his views are the result of a tragic Ontario’s Community Safety past. Boisvenu’s daughter was Minister Madeleine Meilleur said abducted, raped and murdered by the province is demanding that the a repeat offender in 2002. His federal government foot the costs harsh perspective on prisoners of Bill C-10, which could add up is undoubtedly influenced by to $1 billion.

Prison’s primary goal should this experience.

Boisvenu argues that fewer be to rehabilitate criminals and prisoners would mean cost savings. ensure that they never again But if finances are a concern, then commit the crimes that put them more attention should be given to in jail. Giving prisoners a rope is omnibus crime bill C-10 than to an implausible proposition. Upon being incarcerated, prisoners are facilitating suicide.

Bill C-10 — which includes stripped of anything that could a number of new mandatory be used as a weapon against a minimum sentences and increased guard, fellow inmate or themselves. jail time for certain drug offences Boisvenu made an insensitive — was passed by the Conservative remark that skirts a real issue.

With the nationwide cost of majority in the House of Commons incarceration totaling in the billions, on Dec. 5.

Incarcerating a prisoner in a it’s Bill C-10 that should be up maximum-security prison costs for debate. upwards of $100,000 annually, compared to roughly $70,000 in medium- and minimum-security prisons. Bill C-10, now undergoing

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Smaller companies are better off spending money on platforms like Google and Facebook where they can target users who really want their product.

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What was your favourite Super Bowl ad?

Sunday’s game featured several memorable commercials, but lesser-known companies should stick to spending their advertising dollars online

“The Fiat car commercial where the guy gets smacked by the Italian lady.”

Avalon M c L ean -S mits , A rt S ci ’12

In an H&M ad during Sunday’s Super Bowl, English footballer David Beckham posed in briefs to promote his new line of underwear.

Sure, it grabbed our attention, but it might have been a multi-million-dollar mistake.

With a 30-second commercial at this year’s Super Bowl estimated to cost $3.5 million US, companies should be considering the value of their advertising dollars.

And while major companies like Pepsi and Fiat continue to pour money into American football’s biggest day of the year, there’s increasing reason to believe it’s not worth it.

A Feb. 2 Bloomberg article reported that media giant Viacom’s advertising earnings among its cable television networks fell nearly 3 per cent in the last year. It’s an ongoing decline that has coincided with the growth of platforms like Facebook and Google.

But if television ad earnings are on the decline, why does a 30-second Super Bowl commercial remain so expensive?

For one thing, you get massive exposure. A reported 111 million Americans watched Sunday’s game.

The Super Bowl was also a hit in Canada. According to TSN, an estimated 7.3 million Canadians tuned in, making it the most-watched Super Bowl in Canadian history.

But it’s not necessarily a lack of exposure that’s killing the TV advertising industry — it’s that, as a marketer, you don’t know who your audience is.

Knowing your audience is important. An ad shown during the Super Bowl might reach 100 million people, but are all

Ruven Stein, ArtSci ’14

Ads like this were viewed by over 111 million Americans during Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVI, making it the most-watched television program in U.S. history.

those people inclined to buy your product? Unless you’re Pepsi, probably not.

Online platforms like Facebook and Google are quickly overtaking traditional advertising mediums because of the ability to target only those who are most likely to purchase your product or service.

If there’s any valid reason to pay over $3 million for a half-minute ad, it applies more to well-known brands.

Want to display an ad for your local business only on the Facebook profiles of people within a 20-kilometre radius? No problem.

It’s the ability to target individual users that gives online platforms an edge. And it’s why Facebook has gone from making almost zero ad revenue in 2008 to over $4 billion US last year.

Fortunately for Super Bowl ad lovers, many companies are

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beginning to embrace a hybrid model combining television advertising with social networks.

Tortilla chip brand Doritos continued its user-generated Crash the Super Bowl contest this year, where fans were invited to post their own homemade Doritos ads to YouTube. Winning ads, produced for as little as $20, were featured on TV during the game.

This year also marked the beginning of YouTube’s Super Bowl Ad Blitz, where the video-sharing site has uploaded over 60 ads for unlimited viewing.

Users can also post comments and like their favourite videos.

Brands and companies don’t want the conversation to stop after you see their ad once. They’re smart to make their high-priced Super Bowl ads available for free online.

It’s the type of interactive content being created by brands like Doritos that will keep Super Bowl ads relevant long after the game is over — even if the cost remains high.

But if there’s any valid reason to pay over $3 million for a half-minute ad, it applies more to well-known brands. That’s why we expect to see ads from heavyweights like Pepsi, Toyota and Budweiser.

Smaller companies are better off spending money on platforms like Google and Facebook where they can target users who really want their product.

The Super Bowl has long been one of the most prestigious TV advertising events of the year, and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon.

But as the industry continues to shift towards a more targeted, social media based model, companies and brands of all sizes should be taking notice.

feel because their illness is mental and not physical. As an educated university population, I’d like to think that most of us feel there is no reason for the shame associated with mental illness, but then why does it persist?

As much as we advocate for mental health on campus and resources to help those in need, when it comes down to dealing with mental health issues in our everyday lives or approaching someone with a mental illness, there is still a level of discomfort.

As part of the Mental Health Awareness Committee (MHAC), we’re dedicated to establishing a support system of students helping students on campus. Through education of common mental illnesses we hope to reduce the

stigma surrounding mental illness and help students become more aware of the role they can play in supporting a friend.

We want to emphasize the role of positive psychology in our everyday lives as students. On Feb. 7 and 8, join us in Common Ground to write a message to your close friends telling them how much you value them as a person and what impact they’ve had on your life. The message of continued support for each other no matter what we go through can be equally as effective as all the mental health resources combined.

Avalon McLean-Smits is a fourth-year student in the Queen’s department of film and media.

“The Ferris Bueller one.”

Carolyn Neufeld, ArtSci ’12

“The Budweiser flash mob ad — it was filmed where I went to high school.”

Leslie Middlebrook, ArtSci ’13

“I liked the new Avengers movie trailer.”

Duncan Peterson, ArtSci ’11

Letters to the editor Social support must be a focus Dear Editors, It’s easy to say there should be more mental health resources at Queen’s, or that counselling services should be expanded to better meet the demands of the student population.

Maybe this is true, but it’s also easy to overlook the most powerful means of coping with mental illness and maintaining mental health: social support.

Speaking from my own experiences with mental illness, resources and professional help are invaluable to someone in a crisis, but accessing and consistently utilizing this help is near impossible

without the support of friends and family. This is where your role as an everyday student comes into play.

By being there for your friend in need you can become an integral part of their recovery process.

It sounds simple enough to accomplish this, but there is a subtle obstacle that prevents students from reaching out to someone they think may be struggling with a mental illness. We’re unsure of whether something is actually wrong, whether what’s wrong is in fact related to mental health, how we even begin to approach someone or what to say and whether it’s even our place to say anything at all.

A lot of the complication stems from the sense of shame that individuals with a mental illness

Natalie Munn, ArtSci ’13, Mental Health Awareness Committee

“I watched it on CTV so I only saw Canadian ads.”

Jeffrey Au-Yeung, ArtSci ’13

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Queen’s gets down Queen’s students include gender non-conforming perspectives in a show inspired by the Vagina Monologues B y M arcin M azur R usak Contributor

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Along with the original monologues, Down There presents a Talk Back session where audience members can ask questions to the directors. For a photo gallery see page 12.

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Bridging the gap Building Arts Communities is breaking down barriers for arts in Kingston B y A lyssa A shton Arts Editor Greg Tilson was a little late for our phone interview — he had to climb to a top of a hill to get cell reception. But it seemed like an appropriate place to begin our discussion on the barriers facing the Kingston arts community.

need to create “artsWehubs throughout the city, spaces in the north end, the west end, not just downtown.

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— Greg Tilson Tilson is the program co-ordinator for the Kingston Arts Council and with the help of 10 to 15 core volunteers, he runs the Building Arts Communities in Kingston seminar and forum.

The two-day event aims to raise awareness about Kingston’s art

scene and encourage discussion on tackling barriers in the community.

“I just am noticing these themes that are popping up in discussions,” Tilson said. “We need a common communication forum ... like a common website or newspaper for the arts. We need to bridge the gap between Queen’s and the rest of the community. We need to create arts hubs throughout the city, spaces in the north end, the west end, not just downtown.”

The event will begin with a seminar on Feb. 15 featuring keynote speaker Simon Brault, the author of No Culture, No Future, who Tilson refers to as the voice of “cultural activism.” Justin Langlois, the co-founder and director of Broken City Lab Artist Collective, will speak on his experience with forming arts communities in Windsor. “[Langlois] can come to Kingston and say ‘Hey you guys have it pretty good here, you have an arts council, a department of See Engaged on page 11

This week marks an on-campus group’s departure from the Vagina Monologues.

Down There is a compilation of original monologues from the Kingston and Queen’s community.

This year’s directors, Anoodth Naushan, Farheen Alim and Beckham Ronaghan, decided to move away from the pre-written works of the Vagina Monologues.

The directors said they felt original material would be more representative of the community.

Eve Ensler wrote the Vagina Monologues in 1994, but Naushan told the Journal in November that this year’s directors felt the casting directions in the monologues were explicitly racist, calling for actors with a certain ethnic identity or accent.

The directors also took issue with the monologues’ focus on female body parts in depictions of womanhood. Down There expands the series of monologues

to include transgender and gender non-conforming perspectives.

Every scene is a challenging depiction of sexual issues like date rape culture and the sex industry.

The most moving monologues describe how love and intimacy are problematic for people who don’t conform to conventional gender identities.

“I Do” follows a lesbian couple’s struggle for equal marital rights, inspired by Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California in 2008.

“Parallel Bars” chronicles a girl’s exploration of her vagina from childhood to maturity.

Part of what makes the show so provocative is its use of local submissions. Knowing that some of the stories are from the Queen’s and the Kingston community creates an intimate atmosphere between the audience, cast and writers.

“We tried to open up the show to include more people on the gender spectrum,” co-director Alim said at a rehearsal in the JDUC’s John Orr room on Sunday night.

This year’s show features Talk Back, a question and answer session with the three co-directors.

The audience can respond with feedback, criticism, praise or clarifying questions. The energetic discussion enhances the experience, even if you don’t participate.

The whole cast demonstrates a personal intimacy with the material. It’s upfront and potentially uncomfortable, but it effectively forces audience members to consider the issues.

Conventions associated with gender and marriage laws quickly become suspect and seem unjust when the performers depict companionship and love so sincerely. To enjoy the play you must be willing to alter forever your perspective on what you’ve got down there.

Down There plays at Convocation Hall from Feb. 9 to 11 with shows at 2 and 8 p.m.

Interview

Country French crash course Waterloo band Will Currie & the Country French got their start at Wilfrid Laurier University B y C aitlin C hoi Assistant Arts Editor Professors at Wilfrid Laurier are some of their biggest fans.

Waterloo sextet Will Currie & the Country French came together while studying music at the university — leaving them at the mercy of their professors when they needed extensions because they were busy with the band.

“Sometimes we would honestly have to leave for tours for several weeks at a time, so it was no secret to our professors what we were doing and they encouraged it,” said the band’s frontman Will Currie.

Currie, along with bandmates Steve Wood, Aaron Mariash, Daniel MacPherson and Dan Beacock, graduated from the school’s music department. Amanda Currie, Will’s

older sister, is the only member who’s not a Laurier alumnus.

The six-piece has been applauded for reviving pop in the classic sense. They got off to an unconventionally fast start for an indie band, signing with Murderecords and releasing their debut EP, A Great Stage, less than a year after forming in 2008.

“I think people do have to pay their dues a lot longer than we did,” Currie said. “It was amazing, we’re definitely super lucky that way, to get out of the gate so quickly.”

After Murderecords’ recent split from Sony BMG, the Country French merged with a new label, File Under: Music, joining other Canadian musicians like Dan Mangan.

With their rapid success, the

Country French found themselves touring for weeks at a time during the school year. Despite the band’s bookings, dropping out of school never crossed their minds.

“We’re having a lot of success right now and it’s fantastic but there’s really no sure thing,” Currie said, adding that professors were generally flexible with the band’s schedule and on occasion granted extensions on assignments.

“We had all decided that we were going to go to university and get our degrees and nothing really changed in that mindset.”

Currie, the band’s main lyricist, said he wrote most of the songs for their first full-length record, Awake, You Sleepers!, before he graduated in 2010.

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Lianne Suggit’s Milk Made in Winter (left), Alana Kapell’s Untitled and Heather Smith’s Beaver Pond will be featured at Cezanne’s Closet. Suggit and Smith are Queen’s BFA students and Kapell is a community artist.

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“We might do some alternative event or something like that.”

The annual event began in 1994 as a way to fund operations of the gallery inside Stauffer Library. It also acts as a platform for raising awareness about arts on campus.

“This is really a chance for [Fine Arts students] to make a presence on campus

because we do get a lot of university people going as well, not just students but staff too,” Purdie said.

The fundraising gala is a one-night, art free-for-all. Ticket numbers are drawn at random and there’s a surplus of prints, paintings and lithographs up for grabs. Ticket holders have 30 seconds to choose a work of art off the walls.

The event includes hors d’oeuvres and entertainment, with ticket prices geared

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towards parents, local art admirers and alumni — tickets cost $150 each.

“That money was crucial to keep us afloat in the early days,” Purdie said. “But [Cezanne’s Closet] also raises the profile of students [at Queen’s] in the Fine Arts program.

“They don’t get as big a profile as probably they should.”

Cezanne’s Closet co-chair Anya Mielniczek donated her artwork to the fundraiser in 2010 and plans on adding a piece to the show again this year.

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“It’s awesome that we have these resources and that we can be donating and even get experience volunteering and seeing how auctions run,” Mielniczek, BFA ’12, said.

“It’s really fun to get together and get it all happening … you finally really see what everyone’s donated and the variety of the work.”

Cezanne’s Closet will be at Ban Righ Hall on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $150 for advanced purchase online or at Union Gallery.

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‘It’s a show year’ Continued from page 8

Will Currie & the Country French won the CBC Radio 3 Award for Best Collaboration in 2008 for their single “Push Pins” featuring Sloan.

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cultural services. There’s funding and this is what we’re doing in Windsor with no money, here are some ideas.’”

The seminar will also present a video documentary created by local videographers, Janelle Zhao and Josh Lyon. Zhao along with Tilson, went around Kingston asking residents what arts communities they belong to.

Tilson said one of the most memorable answers came from a high school student who was struggling to gain access to the Kingston arts scene because she is underage and has to rely on the bus system to get into the city.

“In a very short interview, [she] identified two really huge issues for basically the future of the arts scene,” Tilson said. “How are we setting up access for young arts participants so that people are staying in Kingston and engaged from a young age onwards?”

The public forum on Feb. 16 aims to facilitate open discussion about gaining more audience participation in the arts. Tilson is most looking forward to hearing from people not involved in the Kingston arts community.

“I’m interested in connecting with people, students, faculty, staff who maybe don’t feel included in the arts scene,” he said. “They may react to something like this as ‘Well I’m not an artist or whatever.’ I’m trying to find ways to communicate with people that we all participate in the arts and we can all benefit from the arts.”

A follow-up to the seminar is planned for May, when Langlois will return to Kingston to give another workshop.

A major barrier to the future of the arts in Kingston comes from the one-year suspension of the Queen’s BFA program, Tilson said.

“A lot of the energy comes from BFA students,” he said.

“The Kingston Arts Council has commented to the folks in Arts and Sciences and the leaders that we want to do whatever we can do to help come up with ideas to start this up again, to limit to the one-year suspension and make sure it comes back.”

The Building Arts Communities in Kingston seminar will occur on Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. at the Grand Theatre. Tickets are $7.50 in advance. The forum runs at the Renaissance Event Venue on Feb. 16 at 1 p.m.

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influenced it just in the sense that we were around such great musicians all day, every day,” Currie, a percussion major, said.

“Some of us were taking composition courses and things like that and working in different genres of music, but all the while developing musicality, which was really helpful.”

Individually, the band enjoys a range of genres — a few of them will book small blues shows for fun.

“Personally as musicians we’re still very diverse people with different creative outlets.”

The Country French — who aren’t actually French — are dedicating 2012 to being on the road. Besides promoting the new album, they don’t have any set plans for the future.

“We’re basically just trying to tour this record; it just came out so we’re not necessarily thinking ahead in terms of next record yet,” Currie said. “It’s a show year.

“Perhaps someone has a master plan out there and I’m not really sure what it is.”

Will Currie & the Country French play at the Mansion on Feb. 8 at 9 p.m.

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The first production of Down There includes original monologues from the Kingston and Queen’s community. It’s a departure from Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues.

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Ryan Sheahan to CFL Queen’s coach signs with Tiger-Cats B y G ilbert C oyle Sports Editor

The men’s volleyball team celebrates after a 3-0 win over the Windsor Lancers at the ARC on Sunday.

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Five straight wins to end season Gaels sweep Western and Windsor to secure home advantage for OUA quarter-final B y B enjamin D eans Assistant Sports Editor

know I felt that. I go ‘I just don’t want an injury here.’”

Former Queen’s football coach Ryan Sheahan starts a job with the Canadian Football League’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats today after signing a one-year deal to become the team’s running backs coach.

The Tiger-Cats’ new head coach, George Cortez, called Sheahan on Jan. 27 and invited him to Hamilton for a meeting on Feb. 1. After a 90-minute interview at the team’s complex, Sheahan was offered a job on the spot and accepted on Feb. 3.

“This whole [process] has been a whirlwind of excitement and I’m just trying to get my feet back on the ground,” Sheahan said. “It was a really tough decision, it had to be made fast. Basically I spent 36 hours mulling it over.”

Sheahan spent the past four seasons working under his father, head coach Pat Sheahan, as the football team’s assistant offensive coach and quarterbacks coach. In 2011, he was promoted to assistant offensive co-ordinator.

Prior to coaching, Sheahan played quarterback at Queen’s for five seasons, backing up Gaels legend Tommy Denison from 2000 to 2003 and sharing the starting job with Ali Clarkson in 2004.

Last June, Sheahan worked as a guest coach at the CFL’s BC Lions training camp under

the win still felt sweet. was tremendous — the energy, the “Other than when we won defence, the playing intelligence.

OUAs in my second year, their “To his credit, he’s earned his After sweeping the Western We know we can beat record against us has been better way into the starting six.”

Zeeman led the Gaels in scoring Mustangs and the Windsor the teams in the top of than our record against them,” he said. “It always feels good to sneak this weekend with 33 points.

Lancers in straight sets at home the standings and now a win, especially when they’re Willis said she was happy with this weekend, the men’s volleyball everybody else having such a good year.” how her team stayed focused when team hasn’t lost a set in five games. knows too.

Even though Oneid is one of they were in the lead.

“I can’t remember the last time the Gaels’ shortest players at 5’11,” “We did a much better job of we won 3-0, 3-0 two weekends Willis said he’s leading the team staying intense, staying focused, in a row,” captain Niko Rukavina —Brenda Willis, men’s volleyball coach along with Rukavina and outside playing with urgency, playing said. “It’s a nice feeling going into Joren Zeeman. tactically,” she said. “A lot of the the playoffs.”

Oneid was familiar with the “[The leaders] are a combination guys are tired of hearing about The Gaels locked up a 12-6 record and a third-place Mustangs players — he played of Alex and Niko in terms of beating the teams lower in standings. regular-season finish in the OUA with Western’s middle hitter Phil strategy and communication and We know we can beat the teams in with Sunday’s win over the Lancers, James and libero Andre Begin in certainly Joren in terms of scoring,” the top of the standings and now meaning the Guelph Gryphons high school. He said although the she said. “What Alex brought everybody else knows too.” will travel to Kingston on Feb. 18 Mustangs didn’t show up to play, while the injuries were a problem See A rare on page 15 for an OUA quarter-final.

Rukavina, who’s been dealing with an ankle injury all season, said women’s volleyball the team would use the time off to rest ahead of the playoff stint and the national championship that Queen’s is hosting March 2 to 4.

This weekend’s wins were part of a turnaround for the team — the Gaels went 5-4 in the first nine games and 7-2 in their last nine. They lost 3-0 to the first-place Mustangs and the fourth-place Lancers in November. B y A nand S rivastava “Everyone was doubting Staff Writer [Queen’s] earlier in the year,” Mustangs head coach Jim Sage said. When Joely Christian-Macfarlane “They had a ton of injuries and you became the women’s volleyball were never sure what their lineup head coach in 2007, she made was going to be. outside hitters Becky Billings “[Gaels head coach Brenda and Natalie Gray her first two Willis] is starting to solidify that official recruits. photo by corey lablans lineup now,” he said. “They’ll be Last weekend, both women Outside hitter Katie Neville jumps to spike the ball against the Windsor Lancers on Sunday. dangerous in the playoffs.” played the last OUA regular season Will Sidgwick and Matt Taylor games of their careers, beating the this season, leading the league up so much over the four years, it’s until regular season play wraps up this week. were the Gaels’ outside hitters Western Mustangs 3-1 and the with 201 kills. She made the OUA been great.”

Christian-Macfarlane wasn’t for the November games against Windsor Lancers 3-0.

Billings said although her last all-rookie team in her first year, the Mustangs and the Lancers.

Billings was the team’s starting and was named to the OUA regular-season matches were concerned about who her team This weekend, Rukavina and libero for two years before moving first-team all-star team in 2010 emotional, she was focused on would draw in the first round of fourth-year Alex Oneid to outside hitter this season. The and 2011. securing the victories for her team the playoffs but rather chose to started instead.

Ottawa native has become a dual After this weekend’s wins, the and tried not to think about the focus on the improvement of her “Alex was great defensively back threat in her new position, sitting Gaels close out the regular season end of an era. team’s play. there and he just gets the job done,” sixth in OUA in kills, with 162, and at 13-5, good for third in the OUA. “At the end of the day it’s going “We really just wanted to take Sage said. “Niko’s starting to warm seventh in digs, with 217.

Gray said this season has been her care of the game and not let it get to be about us and executing on up at that left side position.”

Last summer, Billings was most memorable year on the team. in to our heads,” she said. “Natalie our side of the net,” she said. “I Sage said that Saturday’s chosen to represent Canada on “It’s crazy to see where we and I had such a great time, we think we’ve proven that every team game between the Gaels and the the beach volleyball court at the started and where we finished both played really well.” that steps in to the gym is a team Mustangs didn’t mean anything for FISU Summer Universiade in now,” she said. “In terms of The Gaels have a week that we can put the pressure on his team, who had already locked Shenzhen, China. facilities, we started in Bartlett and off before hosting an OUA and take care of.” up the OUA’s top spot.

Gray, from Oshawa, has become then graduated up to the ARC. In quarter-final at home on Feb. 18.

“It’s a nothing game,” he said. “I the OUA’s biggest offensive threat terms of our success, we’ve built They won’t know their opponent

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Guard keeps scoring Moore moves to fourth on all-time OUA scoring list B y j erry Z HenG Staff Writer Brittany Moore keeps moving up the OUA all-time scoring chart.

The fifth-year guard drained a three-pointer late in the third quarter on photo by tIMothy hUtaMa Saturday to climb to fourth on the OUA Gaels centre John Lenz brings down a rebound against the Royal Military College Paladins on Saturday night. scoring list.

Over the weekend, she helped extend the Men’s basKetball women’s basketball team’s winning streak to three games after two straight wins over the Royal Military College Paladins. She posted 29 points in Friday’s 60-53 victory and 21 more in a 72-45 win on Saturday, leading all scorers in both games.

Moore is currently at 1,603 points. She They didn’t slow down in the second half, fourth-quarter run, widening the margin to trails former Brock Badgers guard Jodie B y Peter r eimer scoring 19 unanswered points in the third 31 points.

Ebeling, who tallied 1,624 points in her Staff Writer Simpson recorded the team’s first quarter en route to a 41-point win. career from 2002-07. But she said she hasn’t double-double of the season, scoring 10 The men’s basketball team broke a 25-game thought too much about her ranking. points and grabbing 10 rebounds. He also losing streak this weekend, beating the Royal We were confident going had five steals and four assists. Simpson What’s sinking in most for Military College Paladins in both games into these two games ... just has now double digits in eight of a home-and-home series.

The Gaels me right now is that I’m wanted to play hard and treat consecutivescored games. won 84-43 at RMC on Friday night and almost done playing ... it’s it like any other game.

Misljencevic, who had six rebounds to go followed up with a 72-41 win at the ARC on really cool to end this way. with a team-high 18 points, said the team Saturday night. had trouble focusing once they had a big lead.

Guard Ryan Golden said it was a relief to — Ryan Golden, men’s basketball guard Head coach Stephen Barrie said he wasn’t — Brittany Moore, break the losing streak that dated back to an women’s basketball guard pleased with the team’s performance.

Oct. 7 preseason loss to the Bishop’s Gaiters. “[Saturday night] was a sloppy game,” he All 12 Gaels saw the floor in the team’s “We were confident going into these two “What’s sinking in most for me right now games,” he said. “We just wanted to play first win of the season, with 10 players said. “You can always take something from scoring points. Forward Alex Weatherill led it, but realistically, we’re putting this week is that I’m almost done playing,” she said. hard and treat it like any other game.”

The Paladins are 0-18 and have lost by the way with 16 points, while forwards behind us and moving forward.”

“It’s really cool to end this way.”

With fourth games remaining, the Gaels The Gaels started slowly at RMC on an average margin of 53 points. But Golden Nikola Misljencevic and Matt Baker added trail the York Lions by two points for the Friday night, missing their first eight shots said he was impressed with the Paladins’ 13 points each.

The Gaels also jumped out to an early sixth and final playoff spot in the OUA East. and only registering their first points after work ethic.

“They’re underdogs by a mile every single lead on Saturday to go up 19-4 after the first They play the Lions in Toronto on Feb. 17. three and a half minutes of action.

Next weekend, the Gaels will host The Paladins only trailed by three points game and no one gives them a chance in the quarter and 34-16 at halftime.

They kept it up after the break, with the Ottawa Gee-Gees on Friday and the with two minutes left in the game, but wing world to win, but they still fight,” he said. “It Meaghan MacDougall made a three-pointer gets chippy at times, but kudos to them for Mackenzie Simpson’s fast-break dunk to undefeated Carleton Ravens on Saturday.

Both games tip off at 8 p.m. start the third quarter. hanging in there all season. to seal a seven-point lead for the Gaels.

Gaels’ forward Bernard Burgesson hit On Friday, the Gaels used a 12-0 “There’s that fear factor of losing to a team that is weaker than you,” head coach Dave first-quarter run to lead 38-20 at the half. a pair of three-pointers as part of a 10-0 Wilson said. “And that was a bigger factor than I had expected.”

Moore scored more points than 59-33. With the game well beyond reach, the entire Paladins team in the second Moore sat out of the final quarter.

With the wins, the Gaels improve to quarter — she notched nine points while the 10-8 and sit fourth in the OUA East. The Paladins totalled eight.

On Saturday, the Gaels jumped out to a eighth-place Paladins drop to 0-18.

This weekend, the Gaels host the quick lead and never looked back, outscoring first-place Ottawa Gee-Gees on Friday and the Paladins in every quarter.

Guard Rachael Urosevic beat the buzzer the second-ranked Carleton Ravens on at the end of the third quarter with a Saturday. The Gaels lost to both teams when three-pointer, increasing the Gaels’ lead to they travelled to Ottawa on Jan. 20 and 21.

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Shut out on road Forward suffers injury before Friday’s loss to Patriotes B y Peter m orroW Staff Writer David Chubb is the newest addition to the men’s hockey team’s injured list.

The fourth-year forward suffered an upper body injury in Thursday’s 4-1 win over the Royal Military College Paladins and is out indefinitely. He missed Friday’s 3-0 road loss to the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Patriotes.

Chubb joins forwards Payton Liske, Brock Ouellet, Joey Derochie and defenceman Rob Stellick on the list of injured players with no timetable to return.

“It’s comical,” head coach Brett Gibson said. “But really, it’s just frustrating seeing this kind of thing happen.”

Gibson compared the current situation to late November, when the team experienced a similar breakout of injuries. But he said there’s too much at stake right now to dwell on missing players. There are only two games remaining in the regular season.

“I have to go with the mentality that there’s no time to worry about these injuries,” Gibson said. “We’ve got no choice.”

The surge of injuries in late November led to the Gaels’ 10-1 loss to the Patriotes in Kingston on Nov. 26. The Gaels fared better in Trois-Rivières on Friday, but still lost 3-0.

“We stuck with them right until the end, played a full game, but it wasn’t enough,” Gibson said.

The Gaels only trailed by two goals until the Patriotes scored an empty-net goal in the final minutes.

The recent injuries have forced the Gaels to attempt new line combinations and certain players have assumed bigger roles. Rookie forward Keenan Murray took Chubb’s place on a line with team forward Scott Kenway and captain Jon Lawrance.

If the Gaels remain in seventh place, they’ll face the second-place Patriotes in a best-of-three playoff series.

“Any team can beat another at any given time in this league,” Gibson said.

Last weekend, the eighth-place Concordia Stingers beat the first-place McGill Redmen 4-2 and the Patriotes 4-3. But the Gaels haven’t beaten either of the top two teams this season.

“The difference with these top teams is that they’ve got depth all the way through.” Gibson said.

“They’re staying healthy and rolling with four [forward] lines.

“Right now we’re mostly playing with three.”

The Gaels visit the ninth-place Ryerson Rams on Thursday. The Rams only trail the Gaels by three points.

“It’s a must-win,” he said. “We’re in a deadlock with a few other teams and Thursday’s a great opportunity to move ahead.”

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Goaltender Karissa Savage was pulled after allowing five goals against the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks on Friday.

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Weekend shake-up

Head coach calls team meeting after 7-0 loss

B y e mily l oWe Staff Writer Matthew Holmberg held an emergency team meeting on the weekend.

After the women’s hockey team lost 7-0 at home to the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks on Friday night, the head coach got his players together to discuss their new year slump.

The Gaels responded with a 1-0 win against the Waterloo Warriors on Saturday, only their second win in nine games.

“I wanted to talk about how we’re going to choose to respond to the last couple weeks and to [the Laurier loss],” he said. “And I thought the team did a good job of controlling their emotions [against the Warriors.].”

On Friday, the Golden Hawks scored on Gaels goaltender Karissa Savage just 42 seconds into the game — from their own end.

“It was ... one of those holy crap moments” Savage said. “I lost sight of [the puck] for two seconds … It sucked to be a goalie in that moment.”

Savage said the Golden Hawks’ constant pressure prevented her from regaining her focus.

“You never have a chance to make a mistake with them ... they

know how to capitalize on every [one] we make.”

The Golden Hawks put four more goals past Savage before she was pulled in the third period. Mel Dodd-Moher let in two goals on nine shots in relief. The Golden Hawks outshot the Gaels 39-23.

“Once the score is up like that it’s hard for the team to stay focused,” Holmberg said.

On Saturday against the Warriors, the Gaels claimed the lead early when OUA leading scorer Morgan McHaffie scored the only goal of the game 3:03 into the first period.

The Warriors had five power-play chances to tie the game but the Gaels penalty-kill didn’t allow a goal.

“I can’t say enough about the players who were on the ice,” Holmberg said. “Especially to [kill] a five on three … and a penalty at the end of the game … it was huge.”

Dodd-Moher made 20 saves for her first shutout of the season.

With two regular season games remaining, the Gaels are tied for fourth place in the OUA with the York Lions. This weekend, they travel to Toronto to play the last-place Ryerson Rams on Saturday and the third-place University of Toronto Varsity Blues on Sunday.

‘A rare opportunity’ Chapdelaine and [current starter] Billy McPhee develop,” head coach Lions offensive co-ordinator Pat Sheahan said. “He’s a very personable guy, he’s a good teacher, Jacques Chapdelaine.

Cortez, who has coached with he has got a great relationship with the National Football League’s the guys.”

Sheahan said when he spoke Buffalo Bills and the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s to Cortez, it was clear the California Golden Bears, signed Tiger-Cats head coach was looking for young and with the Tiger-Cats on Jan. 7.

Before hiring assistant coaches, up-and-coming Canadian oaches.

“There’s not many former CIS Cortez consulted Chapdelaine, coaches getting an opportunity who recommended Sheahan.

“What an opportunity for me like this, it’s a rare opportunity,” to learn from a man with his Sheahan said. “I’m pleased reputation,” Sheahan said. “It that one of our coaches from Queen’s is getting that chance.” caught me a little off-guard.

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Sheahan started as quarterbacks same time, obviously opportunities coach during Danny Brannagan’s that present themselves with higher career with the Gaels. Brannagan amounts of risk aren’t something spent five seasons as the Queen’s you can entertain unless the quarterback, culminating in a situation is ideal.

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technology

New methods for note-taking Responses to technology in classroom varies among students and faculty B y Terence Wong Copy Editor A student complains of being distracted during lecture because a fellow classmate is watching pornography.

It’s a story that every politics student knows thanks to Professor Wayne Cox, who responded to the complaint by banning laptops in his class — a reasonable reaction given the circumstance.

After prohibiting the use of electronics to take notes, Cox changed his approach to presenting lecture material, relying less and less on technology.

He champions the traditional lecturing approach — it means no powerpoint, no iClickers, no tablets, no YouTube and especially no laptops.

But Cox is an exception.

Politics Professor Jonathan Rose takes a radically different approach to lecturing than Professor Cox. Rose’s classes make frequent use of technology.

He uses lecture slides in class and also records his lectures for online viewing.

Rose said students use technology based on their learning needs.

“The challenge of teaching is to respond to different learning styles,” Rose said. “You have some students that take notes faster with typing on keyboards … some spend time reflecting on what is being shown.”

According to Rose, classroom technology has a bad reputation among some faculty members.

“Before I recorded my lectures, a colleague told me that I would hardly have a person left attending class,” he said. “Based off my counting since last year, my class attendance has actually grown.”

Rose has students use an iClicker for class participation marks, a trend that’s more noticeable every year.

While several politics professors have started to limit or entirely prohibit the use of technology in lectures, Rose disagrees that technology automatically leads to attention deficiency.

“I think any tool, if used carefully, will work,” he said.

Over the past five years, the

role of technology in Queen’s lecture halls has diversified, along with the technology provided by the market.

From laptops to netbooks, tablets running Microsoft Windows to Apple’s iOS and the ubiquitous pen and paper method, there is something for every note-taking scenario.

Ta b l e t s Tablets such as the Blackberry Playbook or the iPad can serve as an alternative electronic device that uses a keyboard. In addition, they have a relatively long battery life compared to their laptop counterparts.

However, a tablet can be costly.

Vaughn DiMarco uses a Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet in some of his Engineering classes.

“I managed to get this for a cheaper price because this is an old model,” DiMarco, Sci’11, said.

While the Playbook has had price cuts to as low as $149.99, the iPad starts at around $500 for the basic model.

DiMarco said he primarily uses the portable tablet to refer to class materials.

“Its small, seven-inch screen works well for viewing documents and pdfs in class,” he said.

But the tablet still has drawbacks for class use. DiMarco said he runs into issues using the tablet to take notes.

“Typing on the on-screen keyboard isn’t very effective,” he said. “Without keyboards and other input methods, we’re limited to what learning is possible off a tablet.”

Typing using an on-screen keyboard can be a slow and frustrating process. Science, math and even language students face problems when typing exponents, fractions and accents — typing flow is seriously hindered when you have to look through menus just to figure out how to add a cedilla to a c in en français.

Aside from typing, tablets offer methods of writing notes directly onto the screen.

Mainstream tablets run off of capacitive screen technology, which needs to recieve an electro-magnetic response from your fingers in order to function.

As a result, the styluses for an iPad or Playbook operate like your thumb and don’t allow for a good writing experience. It feels more like fingerpaints.

I personally tried to take notes with multiple apps and styluses on an iPad to no avail; writing on a tablet is hard to get used to. The screens aren’t sensitive enough to detect all the nuances of available handwriting.

I had to fashion a makeshift glove to keep the apps from believing my wrist was the pen and putting smudges all over my virtual hand-written notes.

Laptops

While laptops and notebooks are popular note-taking methods, some students are starting to use tablets to reference course material and take notes in class.

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While laptops allow you to type notes on Microsoft Word or Note during class and keep everything visually organized, the

obvious problem is battery life.

Not every lecture hall has power outlets available for every seat.

Many laptops die after only a few short hours, which poses problems for students who run from class to class.

Laptop users can buy spare or extended batteries, but it can cost more than $100 before shipping and other associated charges. Mac owners don’t have this option because Apple computers don’t have easily-replaceable batteries.

Netbooks Because of the struggle to maintain battery life, some students utilize netbooks — essentially smaller laptops that use less power.

They have much smaller screens, in the range of 10 to 12 inches, instead of the 13-, 14- or 15-inch displays on regular laptops.

Rather than spending at least $200 before tax on a new netbook, I spent less than $100 and got a wireless bluetooth keyboard and took notes onto my iPhone 3GS, avoiding bulky backpack loads and battery hassles.

I use Simplenote — a free application that allows the user to synchronize notes as well as edit, tag and share them from anywhere with an internet connection.

Simplenote is currently on the App Store and is working on a release to the Android Market.

If technology isn’t an option when taking notes in the classroom, one is limited to the pen or pencil approach.

Those with messy handwriting benefit from typed notes, where the text is legible, storable and easily retrievable.

The range of note-taking methods reflects the varying ways students can learn.

“We’re at a stage now where this is the tipping point,” Rose said.

“There needs to be recognition that student have different learning styles.”