The Queen's Journal, Issue 35

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Sports

Queen’s hosts volleyball nationals B y B enjamin D eans Assistant Sports Editor Men’s volleyball coach Brenda Willis measures her career in benchmarks.

In 1987, she took over a team that hadn’t won a provincial title in 15 years and played its home games in the smallest gym at the now-defunct PEC. “There were no seats,” Willis said. “They’d bring out a stack of 50 chairs for people to sit in and people actually had to lift the chair off the rack themselves and put it out.”

That was several benchmarks ago. This weekend, her team — coming off its second Ontario title in three seasons — will host the national men’s volleyball championship at the ARC, a

Inside News

Missing RMC student found dead. page 9

features

Volunteers aim to collect 600 pints of blood on campus this year. page 3

dialogue

Examining the merits of the Conservative’s Bill C-30.

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ARTS

A new exhibit at Union Gallery explores social and personal memory. page 12

Sports

After its OUA gold medal, the women’s volleyball team is in Hamilton for the national championship. page 20

Postscript

Queen’s swing dancers explain what lindy bombing is.

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two-year-old, $230-million facility.

The fifth-seeded Gaels play their first game at 6 p.m. tonight against the fourth-seeded University of Alberta Golden Bears.

The Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) championship is an eight-team, single-elimination tournament — if the Gaels lose to the Golden Bears tonight, their best possible finish would be fifth place.

A loss would be anticlimactic, considering plans for this tournament have been in the works for five years.

Willis brought in six recruits in the summer of 2007 to build a team that would contend at this year’s CIS championships.

“We felt that was a lineup that could win the national championship and I still believe that,” she said.

Five of the recruits are still with the team.

Setter Dan Rosenbaum and outside hitter Bryan Fautley missed most of this season with chronic injuries. But outside hitters Joren Zeeman and Niko Rukavina and middle hitter Mike Amoroso were all OUA all-stars this season and have led the team to a fifth-seed, tying their highest-ever ranking going into national championship.

The Gaels’ seed means they won’t play the best teams until later in the tournament.

Willis said she’s confident ahead of tonight’s game against Alberta, even though the Golden Bears beat the Gaels at the Dino Cup in October.

See Coach on page 24

Don Drummond, the man charged with solving Ontario’s financial woes, speaks to a crowd of 150 people at Robert Sutherland Hall yesterday afternoon.

Tuition

Drummond on campus In a 668-page report, Queen’s adjunct professor recommends that Ontario government increase tuition and axe 30 per cent grant B y J oanna P lucinska Contributor The man commissioned to balance Ontario’s budget recommends increasing tuition costs and cutting the 30 per cent off tuition grant.

Former TD bank economist Don Drummond released a 668-page document with 362 recommendations on Feb. 15. He was commissioned by Premier Dalton McGuinty last year.

Drummond, an adjunct

professor at Queen’s, spoke to a 150-strong crowd at Robert Sutherland Hall yesterday about his report.

A small group of protesters stood outside the talk holding signs, voicing their concerns with the report.

Suggested cuts include reductions in corporate tax rebates, the streamlining of health care and the removal of electricity subsidies.

Drummond, MA ’ 77, argues these sacrifices are necessary to

Fine art

Lawyer to revisit BFA decision University will hire lawyer to examine Fine Art suspension B y S avoula S tylianou Assistant News Editor

Photo by Asad Chishti

Jones, an English professor, brought forward a motion to hire a lawyer at Tuesday’s Senate meeting.

The University’s decision to Senate discussed the motion for an suspend admissions to the Fine Art hour before voting of 28 in favour program will now be examined by and 20 against. an independent lawyer.

The initial decision to suspend “Our feeling is that if we get admissions into the Fine Art another legal opinion, then program was made on Nov. 9.

Queen’s will have to start listening,” For now, the suspension will Senator Mark Jones said. continue until 2012-13. The

decision resulted in protests from BFA students who claimed they weren’t consulted.

AMS President Morgan Campbell attempted to table the discussion about hiring a lawyer but was promptly voted down.

“I’m very sympathetic about tabling a motion because I think people should know what they’re See Administration on page 7

combat Ontario’s current deficit of $16 billion, which the Liberal government has planned to eliminate by 2018.

In the report, Drummond, instructs the province on how to implement these changes to scale down the deficit.

“The [Public Service] Commission has said that, if we don’t do anything differently than what we’re doing now, the deficit’s going to go to $30.2 billion. How are we going to live with that?”

Drummond told the Journal.

He argues the government’s current approach promotes a culture of wastefulness.

“The moment they get back to a balanced budget and the revenue’s coming through the front door, they blow it out the back door,” he said.

The recommendation to cut the 30 per cent tuition rebate for full-time, undergraduate students comes only a month after it was implemented.

“It’s $462 million -– that’s not a good way to spend money. For a much smaller amount, you could’ve targeted some assistance at [students] who are more financially See Tuition on page 7

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caMpuS Media

CFRC avoids intervention Board of Directors kills proposal to restructure campus radio station B y vincent m atak m eaghan Wray Journal Staff

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Proposed changes to the management structure of Queen’s radio station CFRC won’t go through, following a failed motion at last night’s AMS Board of Directors.

The Board is the financial overseer of CFRC and meets bi-weekly. A potential restructuring of CFRC was first brought up in an Oct. 25 letter from Board of Directors Chair Mitch Piper to the radio station’s Advisory Board.

Piper said both the Board and CFRC agreed that the original proposal wasn’t the best option and an alternative plan should be made.

Photo by Corey lAblAns “We are working right now … to At Thursday’s meeting, AMS Board of Directors look at how we can move forward finalized the decision to leave CFRC’s management the same for now. in a way that really meets the needs of both areas,” Piper, ArtSci ’11, would only further increase the CFRC’s autonomy from AMS said. “We both recognize the status station’s projected $10,000 over the next two years. CFRC is quo wasn’t okay and so … by deficit and negatively affect currently an AMS-funded media service, garnering 40 per cent of voting this down we’re just saying programming content.

The station’s Operational its revenue from an annual $4.93 this is not the option we want to Officer Kristiana Clemens said she AMS student fee. go with.”

Skvortsova said the motion According to Piper, proposal thinks the AMS voted against the to restructure CFRC management changes because it breached the failed in order to allow CFRC to comply with a new Canadian was meant to bring accountability station’s broadcasting licence.

“I think they realized that they Radio and Telecommunications to the station and align it with were putting the station’s broadcast Commission legislation that other AMS media outlets.

Discussions surrounding licence in jeopardy,” she said. “I requires local community stations the motion to restructure was cc’d in a lot of messages from to operate their management and CFRC’s management had been other broadcasters, from former finances independently.

“We’re hoping by the end of April tabled at the Feb. 10 Board of AMS staff and volunteers, students and non-students urging them not to have a concrete timeline with Directors meeting. milestones and a process that will The changes would have to move ahead with the decision.”

Irina Skvortsova, CFRC’s unfold,” Clemens said. “Hopefully included creating a head manager position to oversee three assistant business manager, said she was we’ll determine a plan for us to programming manager positions. relieved when the Board decided become more autonomous.”

As for right now, Clemens said The proposal also sought to make against the proposed changes.

“There was a serious the station will keep its current the positions available to full-time misunderstanding between CFRC management structure. students only.

“We’re hiring right now for three Since it came to CFRC’s and the Board of Directors,” she attention, the plan was strongly said. “We’re relieved that we’re new programming managers for next year.” opposed by radio station moving in the right direction.”

According to Skvortsova, a representatives, who argued that making the positions decision was made between CFRC available to full-time students and the AMS to gradually increase

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Grade scheme talks resume Senate discusses options to improve the GPA grading system B y c atherine o Wsik Assistant News Editor

drastic and costly changes to Queen’s software.

One recommendation included Discussions over the GPA grading an additional transcript created system resumed in Senate on by each department to show the Tuesday when a fourth-year student student’s percentage grades. This was invited by the Principal to system is successfully used in certain departments at the University of speak on behalf of students.

“Principal [Daniel] Woolf Toronto, he said.

The switch to the current GPA granted me three minutes to speak,” system was made in May, but Ryan Marchildon, Sci ’12 said.

“My speech ended up going Marchildon said he was unaware about a minute and a half over of the disadvantages until he started that — three minutes is definitely applying for graduate schools and not enough time to address scholarships over the winter break. these issues.”

“As a student I don’t think all Marchildon was put in touch the problems were clear to me with Woolf by Senator Jordan until this semester,” he said, Morelli — a vocal critic of the new adding that over the winter break GPA section. many graduating students found In his speech, Marchildon it difficult to successfully apply proposed three ideas that would for schools. improve, but not replace, the Marchildon gave the example GPA system. of his friend, who applied to a He said there are ways to graduate program at Dalhousie improve the system without with his GPA and was rejected.

However, upon receiving his transcript with percentage grades they apologized and offered him admission.

Marchildon said the GPA negatively impacts many faculties and programs and that students should become aware of how it may affect them upon graduating.

If they find it is something they want to speak up about, Marchildon said students should email the principal, provost, registrar and their faculty dean.

“We want to keep [discussions] very open and positive,” he said.

Following Marchildon’s speech, Provost Alan Harrison expressed interest in meeting with the faculty deans to address concerns with the GPA system.

The Provost will return to the next Senate meeting on March 27 with a report on his findings.

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Queen’s students collected the third highest number of blood donations among Ontario universities last year.

Health

Student blood benefits clinics Queen’s collected 575 pints of blood from staff and students last year B y J anina E nrile Assistant Features Editor Queen’s is helping to field a growing number of blood donations from the campus community.

Last year, Queen’s volunteers collected 575 units of blood, with proceeds going to Kingston General Hospital, Hotel Dieu and clinics in Belleville. McMaster University almost doubled Queen’s annual total with 1,157 blood donations, compared to Guelph University’s 591 units and Wilfrid Laurier University’s 518 units.

In each unit, there’s enough blood to save three people.

This year, volunteers from the Queen’s University Blood Team (QUBT) are working to increase the amount of blood they collect from students. Their goal is 600 units.

The Blood Team, started in 2003, oversees the Queen’s chapter of the Partners for Life program.

The initiative, run by Canadian Blood Services, aims to provide organizations with the tools needed to meet a blood donation goal.

Blood Services workers collect donations made at campus clinics, bringing the necessary equipment and supplies.

Blood donors can donate whole blood, plasma or platelets.

Donating whole blood can take minutes, while the process for plasma or platelets takes longer.

Both kinds of donations require separating the blood and can take about an hour.

“People realize that it’s such little effort on their part,” Blood Team Co-Chair Krista Everett said.

Starting at 17 years old, donors can give whole blood every 56 days for the rest of their life as long as they’re in good health. Donating plasma or platelets can be done more often.

“Someone who has come back and donated three times is likely to come back and donate for the rest of their lives,” Everett, ArtSci ’12, said. “I’ve donated three times [and] I know I’ll be a donor for life.”

QUBT’s on-campus donation clinics make it easy for students to donate. They’ve held six clinics so far, with another one slated for the end of March.

The clinics are typically booked to capacity with 64 appointments at BioSci and 56 at the ARC. By holding the clinic in these high-traffic areas, students walking

by can fill in any empty slots.

“If you’re nervous about donation, then chances are you might not have the best experience,” she said, adding that many students avoid donation because they’re afraid of needles.

“At least, that’s the reason people give us.”

For an eight-hour clinic, the target is 64 units. For shorter four-hour clinics, it’s 48 to 52 units.

“They don’t want to oversupply the hospital with blood because it could just go and be wasted,” she said. “It can only be stored for a number of days.”

Platelets have the shortest shelf life — five days. Plasma can be stored for up to 10 years.

Another popular event is the What’s Your Type booth, held regularly on campus. Here, students give a finger prick of blood to be tested for their blood type.

According to Blood Services, 39 per cent of Canadians have O+ blood — one of six blood types. Everett said O+ is the most common type among students who get tested.

QUBT also works with Canadian Blood Services’ permanent Kingston clinic to collect donations.

Each week, six to eight students can sign up to get free transportation to the permanent clinic on Gardiners Road where they can make donations.

According to Serreh Koeslag, the Queen’s Blood Team’s involvement has helped raise attendance at Kingston’s clinic.

“Their involvement with promotion and putting up

posters … has a huge effect,” Koeslag, community development co-ordinator of the Canadian Blood Services Kingston branch, said.

She said not everyone is eligible to give blood.

“There’s some general things, like tattoos have to be six months old before you donate, dental work has to be at least 72 hours old, [or] you have to be at least 110 pounds,” she said, adding that it’s best that donors call in advance to ensure they’re eligible. Travelling to regions with a malaria risk also makes people off-limits to donate for a short period.

Of the 75 per cent of Canadians eligible to donate, four per cent become donors.

“The majority of our donors are middle-aged, although we are trying to attract those younger donors,” Koeslag said.

The Young Blood for Life program focuses on encouraging young Canadians to donate. Over 37,000 teenagers donated blood in 2011.

Koeslag regularly works with Kingston-area high schools so that students there can donate blood.

She said a portion of Kingston blood donations go to a national supply for emergencies, or if another province isn’t meeting its quota.

While there aren’t any large spikes in blood donation demand throughout the year, Koeslag said some weekends require more blood donations than others.

“There are certain times of the year where there are typically more accidents — long weekends

and holidays where they are more people on the roads,” she said. “We try to cater to those.”

The Kingston clinic plans donation clinics specifically around those weekends.

“We’ll try to have a clinic on the Friday before a long weekend so that the blood’s there when you need it,” Koeslag said.

The Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN) is a provincial organization that works to meet another need: organ and tissue donation. One organ donor can save up to eight lives.

Started in 2002, TGLN works to increase living and deceased organ and tissue donations by encouraging Ontario citizens to register as organ donors. People can register at 16 years old.

The Queen’s chapter of TGLN was started in September 2010. It currently has 20 members.

Last year, the chapter held part of TGLN’s campus tour, dubbed Recycle Me. The on-campus event looked to get students to register as organ donors.

“I feel like it’s such a good thing to do,” chapter President Stephanie Lapinsky, ArtSci ’12, said. “Why waste your organs when you could go to save eight other people’s lives?”

Lapinsky said by registering consent to donate, family members and doctors can be sure of your decision to donate instead of losing a potentially viable transplant organ. “[After death], everything has to happen really quickly because otherwise the organs basically die,” she said. “A lot of organs are missed because doctors and family members aren’t sure of what the person wanted.

“By getting the word out, more organs will be used instead of wasted.”

According to TGLN’s

Bethany Gray, ArtSci ‘14, donates blood for the first time at a Canadian Blood Services clinic.

photo by corey lablans

Vice-President of Operations Versha Prakash, young people are more willing to learn about organ and tissue donation.

“They haven’t made up their mind,” she said. “They might not know a lot about the topic but they’re receptive to learning more and generally once they learn more, they’re predisposed to registering and being donors.”

TGLN helped centralize organ and tissue donations to one network.

“Before then … there was an organization called Organ Donation Ontario,” Prakash said. “It was a very decentralized and regional system prior to TGLN’s creation.”

According to Prakash, there’s been a significant increase in donations since TLGN’s creation, with most people registering between the ages of 16 and 30.

“We’ve seen deceased organ donation grow from 2001 to 2011 by 72 per cent,” she said.

Deceased organ donations can only be collected if the donor died in a way that preserved vital organs — usually cardiac or brain related. Organs are tested for viability before a transplant.

“Wait times typically vary by the organ that they’re waiting for,” Prakash said. “It also is dependent on other factors such as someone’s health conditions [and] their blood type.”

Patients waiting for a lung transplant have an average waiting time of six months, while patients waiting for a kidney transplant can wait for over four years.

In 2011, there were seven transplants performed in Kingston.

All were for new kidneys. There are currently eight people on the waiting list for an organ in Kingston.

One kidney and a portion of the liver can be used for a living organ.

In certain cases, a portion of the lung, intestine, pancreas or heart can come from a living donor.

“There are about 1,500 people in Ontario waiting for an organ transplant and the kidney waiting list is just over 1,000,” Prakash said, adding that this has to do with the prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Canada’s population.

To help satisfy the need for organ donations, Prakash said everyone over 16 years old should register as an organ and tissue donor.

“A lot of people think that if they’re too old, they shouldn’t register,” she said. “Our message is regardless of their age or health, one should register.

“What isn’t possible today could be possible in the future because technology is rapidly changing.”

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International

Fudan partnership continues Relationship between Queen’s and Chinese institution renewed during Principal Woolf’s visit B y A lison S houldice M eaghan Wray Journal Staff

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The renewal of an agreement between Queen’s and Fudan University will mean continued student exchanges between Queen’s and China.

Vice-Provost (International) John Dixon said the program has the chance to influence policies in both China and Canada.

“We may not be totally happy with everything that China does, it’s positions on international relations or its records of human rights,” Dixon said, “but if we don’t talk to them we’ll never have an ability to influence them.

“We won’t be able to engage with them in trade or political discourse or economy discourse.”

Twelve years ago, Queen’s didn’t have any formal connections with universities in mainland China, but they approached Fudan at the suggestion of the Chinese ambassador to Canada.

Former Principal William Leggett travelled to Fudan and signed a memorandum of understanding, which was created between the universities over a six-month period beginning in April 2000.

Two weeks ago six Queen’s delegates traveled to China to further student exchange and research opportunities.

The renewal was agreed upon

before the visit, and formally signed upon arrival in China.

The delegates, including Principal Daniel Woolf and Vice-Provost Dixon went to various Chinese universities.

Woolf was in China from Feb. 11 to 18, while Dixon remained there until Feb. 22 in order to make the additional visits.

We may not be totally “happy with everything that China does ... but if we don’t talk to them we’ll never have an ability to influence them.

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— John Dixon, Vice-Provost (International) Dixon said Woolf’s presence changes the nature of the trip.

“It actually has a big impact when the principal goes — you tend to be able to meet with the president of the other university,” Dixon said. “If those two decide they want to do something then everyone starts working to make it happen.”

Dixon said many Canadian universities had gone to China in the past seeking agreements but Queen’s wanted to focus on one school, which is why the partnership with Fudan took

time to form.

Other universities, like York, also have partnerships with Fudan.

The global development department hosts an annual semester-long program for 15 Queen’s students to study at Fudan University. The program first began in 2004.

The agreement is typically signed for thre-year periods.

Student participants in the Fudan program pay tuition to Queen’s, part of which goes to Fudan University to pay for the courses.

Dixon said approximately $23,000 was spent on last year’s fall program.

“It’s a reasonable value for money relative to the cost of putting on courses here at Queen’s,” he said.

“It’s not like we’re making money photo by alexandra petre or losing money on the deal.”

John Dixon spent his first day as Vice-Provost Fudan program placement (International) on a trip to China with then-Principal William Leggett in 2000. co-ordinator Paritosh Kumar said participants benefit by learning participants to the Chinese studied in Fudan last fall. While in Shanghai, she was paired above and beyond course material. learning model.

“They are Queen’s courses but with a Chinese student who “When you go to another country and another culture, you are taught by Fudan professors. worked alongside her at her develop a much more holistic Students are getting exposed to work-study placement.

“The pairs actually had to depend their teaching methods,” he said. perspective,” he said.

“It has a destabilizing effect “We are not exporting our model to on each other. The Canadians, a lot of them couldn’t understand which opens you to new ways another country.”

In 2009, the Chinese Mandarin, so they needed the of learning and new ways of government recognized the Chinese students to help them understanding things.”

Students on the program program as a model bilingual out,” she said.

Despite having been to China complete a work-study component education program. Kumar said it at a local government department demonstrates how the program is numerous times, Cheng said the program allowed her to view the valued in China. or NGO for a course credit.

Sarah Cheng, ArtSci ’13, country differently than as a tourist.

The program also introduces

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aceSSibiliTy

Publication aims to reduce stereotypes Able magazine will launch this month to coincide with Disability Awareness Week B y c aitlin m c k ay Contributor Correcting assumptions about accessibility on campus is just one aim of Disability Awareness Month.

“You just assume there’s a wheel chair ramp or an elevator but there are a lot of accessibility issues on campus,” Justin Barath, ArtSci ’11, said.

March is the fourth-annual Disability Awareness Month at Queen’s.

Barath, who has Cerebral Palsy, is a founding member of the AMS-funded publication Able that focuses on disability issues.

He was prompted to create Able last March with three other students.

Although the publication was available for pick up from the Social Issues Commission office last year, it’s not being officially launched until this month. The event will be part of Disability Awareness Month.

Barath has lived in residence since enrolling at Queen’s and is currently a don.

“I’ve never experienced any sort of prejudice or judgment from other students,” he said.

Unlike some of his friends with disabilities, Barath said he’s not as limited when it comes to mobility.

“In the winter, it’s more difficult,” he said.

Disability Awareness Month aims to highlight what services are offered at Queen’s for students with disabilities, but Barath said awareness continues to be an issue.

“Even students with disabilities are not always aware of what’s available to them,” he said. “Hopefully more people will critically engage with these issues. Sure you can have an accessible washroom but if you have to go all the way across the building, that hinders accessibility.”

In October, the Journal reported that CFRC volunteer Louise Bark was unable to return to her position at the

campus radio station because it wasn’t wheelchair accessible.

An accessible lift paid for by the University has since been ordered but has yet to arrive.

Barath said events for Disability Awareness Month, such as a movie night or an information fair, also help disabled students connect to a community. Without this they can sometimes feel isolated from social activities or campus clubs, he said.

“You assume you’re the only one going through these experiences,” Barath said.

“The best thing you can do is reach out and find another person who deals with these issues.”

Barath said personally it was a challenge.

“For me, Able was the first time I ever interacted with other students who had

Friday, March 2

Kingston Canadian Film Festival Continues until Mar. 4 Various venues in Kingston For details see kingstoncanfilmfest.com

Photo by Corey lAblAns

— With files from Katherine Fernandez-Blance For a full list of Disability Awareness Month events, see the Disability Awareness Month at Queen’s Facebook page.

CAMPUS CALENDAR Iran: Prospects for Peace or Conflict?

Mac-Corry Hall, room D207 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Justin Barath, ArtSci ‘11, is a founding member of Able, a campus publication that focuses on disability issues.

disabilities or experiences with disabilities and talking about disabilities. Finding a community is one of the most important things this month and these events can do.”

The upcoming awareness campaign features two new events: the Red Apple Gala, which will raise money for the Adaptive Technology Lab, an academic resource for students with disabilities; and the launch of Able.

The Psychic Experience with Matthew Stapley Baby Grand Theatre 7 to 9 p.m. $30 Saturday, March 3 Breaking In: Starting a Career in Film and Media Gordon Hall 3 to 5 p.m.

Monday, March 5 Writing Successfully in the Social

Sciences: Advice from the Experts Stauffer Library 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 6 Workshop Introduction to WebPublish Mac-Corry Hall, room B176 9:30 to 11 a.m.

Epic Beer Tasting Clark Hall Pub 6 to 8 p.m. $15 Thursday, March 8 Celebration of International Women’s Day Robert Sutherland Room, JDUC 9:30 a.m. to noon Mental Health Helping Skills Career Services Workshop Gordon Hall, room 325A 4 to 5:30 p.m.

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Health outreach for over 25 years Queen’s Health Outreach now focuses on health education rather than medical treatment B y K atherine Fernandez -B lance C atherine H art Journal Staff

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For the 25th year, a selected group of Queen’s students will pack their bags and enter a community with the aim of educating locals about health issues.

Queen’s Health Outreach (QHO) is celebrating its anniversary this month with a gala on Saturday night.

Originally created under the name Queen’s Medical Outreach, the mandate of QHO has shifted over the years, said co-chair Meagan Hamilton.

“When Queen’s Medical Outreach started it was medical students that were doing more so research in HIV/AIDS and viral diseases and were treating people as well,” Hamilton, ArtSci ’11, said. “Over the years as it became a bigger organization it wasn’t about medicine anymore, it was about education.”

The organization changed its name in 2006 and now focuses on providing health education rather than medical and clinical services.

This summer QHO will

send 38 students to four regions, including Belize, Guyana, Kenya and Northern Canada. Students also work in Kingston throughout the year.

“The main aim of QHO is to engage students on an active level ... supposed to be peer-on-peer. One of our strengths is students catering to students, and being more relatable. Lessons we teach will stick because we can cater them to students’ needs and not be so much of a lecture,” Hamilton said.

Each project lasts five to eight weeks and students are expected to fundraise part of the associated costs. Though there’s no required goal to reach, participants have photo by corey lablans to pay the difference if they aren’t Co-chairs Jenny Carwana, ArtSci ’12, and Meagan Hamilton, ArtSci ’11, prepare for the fully funded once grants and gala on Saturday to celebrate the 25th anniversary of QHO. group fundraising totals are taken “Everyone brings their own increase education on campus itself, is meant to connect existing into account.

“There is a process of biases to what they do,” Hamilton but we’ve been trying really hard to resources with people living re-evaluating the curriculum each said, “but in our own education improve the Kingston project and in the community; to point out year. The issues are constantly sessions we talk about scenarios QHO’s presence there,” Carwana, resources already existing within the community and also teaching changing in the communities we to prepare peer educators for ArtSci ’12, said.

Events have included yoga the curriculum that we have to visit. It’s an accumulation of the questions they might be asked in nights and educational workshops, teach,” Carwana said. total years we’ve been doing QHO the classroom.”

Jenny Carwana, who is also a she said. and new things are added each Carwana said QHO focuses QHO co-chair, said this year the year,” Hamilton said.

She added that QHO tries to organization has tried to bring an on partnering with existing community organizations. throw biases out the door before educational presence to campus.

“Campus outreach was mostly to “It’s not meant to be aid, it entering projects.

Student activity

QMT management resigns

contributors of the month Megan Cui

Rosie Hales

Megan regularly takes on hands-on baking articles for Postscript and Blogs, showcasing her talent and enthusiasm. She frequently pitches her own creative angles for stories and provides her own photographs. Megan has written on a diverse set of subjects for Arts ranging from local authors to ska punk bands. She has a distinct creative flare in her writing and each article is better than the last.

Since conducting her first interview last semester, Rosie has proved she’s a rounded and talented journalist. In December, Rosie gave up her last Friday evening before winter break to attend the Board of Trustees meeting, without receiving any credit in print. Since then, she has written countless news pieces and a feature about food centres at Queen’s. She displayed an enormous amount of drive and dedication and we can’t wait to see where her passion takes her.

Alexandra Petre

Peter Reimer

Alexandra Petre joined the Journal photo team just before the winter holidays. In that short time, Petre has contributed to a wide array of sections, photographing portraits, plays and sporting events. During the AMS elections in January, she was quick to offer her skills. Her excellent work and enthusiasm is consistent no matter what assignment she takes on.

After joining the sports section in September, Peter took over the men’s basketball beat in October.

Since then, he has combined his extensive basketball knowledge with his creative writing style to repeatedly produce interesting game reports and feature articles.

He accepts every assignment with a smile and dilligently updates the news room during games.

Incoming theatre troupe’s executive backs out shortly after election B y S avoula S tylianou Assistant News Editor

On currently sits on the Board taking over the role of the Queen’s Glee Club that was started in of Directors as the member 1885. The organization runs two responsible for alumni relations.

The organizational changes The day after being elected, next student-run productions each year, year’s executive for Queen’s one in the fall and one in the winter. cited in the resignation letter refer The executive of QMT to a general member’s motion at Musical Theatre (QMT) resigned. of a president, the QMT Annual General Meeting Elections were held at the QMT consists and to make changes to QMT’s Board Annual General Meeting on Sunday vice-president/secretary of Directors, Beres said.

Feb. 12. Radissen Ramoutar, vice-president/treasurer.

“Right now, Board consists The president is responsible for Kevin Tanner and Dylan On overseeing all operations of the club, of seven members — the three ran unopposed.

The three members wrote a representing QMT to the AMS executive and four general resignation letter that was emailed and having the co-signing authority members,” she said. “What was to all members of QMT. In the of the QMT bank account along suggested is that we go from seven members to four members and letter, the three members said with the vice-president/treasurer.

The vice-president/secretary create a fourth position of vicethey chose to resign because they is responsible for advertisements president operations.” accepted the positions too quickly.

Beres said making organizational “We feel the nature of the and promotions as well as elections was such that we made taking minutes and publicizing changes to the Board of Directors decisions without taking the proper all QMT member and Board of isn’t something out of the ordinary for the club. time to consider the gravity of Directors meetings.

“Every year there’s Board The vice-president/treasurer is the positions of President, Vice President Treasurer and Vice responsible for the club’s budget, structure changes. The last couple President Secretary,” the letter read. taking over the club’s archives and of years have been the same Ramoutar, Tanner and On also acts in the president’s position in with no changes. I want to say 2008 or 2009 was the last time cited QMT’s new management their absence.

The current QMT executive a constitutional board structure structure as a reason for their resignation. A new structure had will remain in their capacities until change happened,” she said.

Beres added that this new a new executive can be found. been voted in at the AGM. Current QMT president Kyle position will take over the “Factors of pressure having to do with the length of the meeting Beres said this year’s executive had responsibilities that the four general and the institution of a brand new no foreknowledge of Ramoutar, members had this year.

“They will be reaching out to organizational structure for QMT Tanner and On’s decision to resign.

“The only thing we have to go alumni, planning social events and led us to accept our nominations without fully considering the off of is their letter. We were sent gatherings and advertising and the letter, then I sent it out to fundraising,” she said. outcome,” the letter read.

The new position of vice“We believe that such changes the community,” Beres, ArtSci ’12, merit further time for many said. “There wasn’t any discussion president operations will help the club to be better organized, members of QMT to reflect on this beforehand regarding it.”

“Radissen, Kevin and Dylan are Beres said. new direction for the organization “It will help to try to streamline and consider how this shift will still part of QMT.” Beres said no one else has and prioritize the responsibilities of affect future endeavours.” the Board of the club.”

The team declined to interview chosen to resign from the club Another executive election will “It is what it is … it’s their with the Journal. be held on Saturday, March 4.

QMT became a club in 1969, decision,” she said.

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voting on,” Jones said, “but at this point the arguments have been out for well over a month.”

He said he’s unsure of how much it will cost to hire a lawyer.

“The University will have to pay for the lawyer,” he said. “In terms of the University budget, it’s peanuts.”

The passing of the motion comes after the Arts and Sciences Faculty Board voted in December to reinstate admissions to the Fine Art program.

Dean of Arts and Science Alistair MacLean told the Journal on Dec. 13 that even though the motion passed at Faculty Board, it didn’t change things.

“The fact that there was a majority is, in a sense, irrelevant because it is not in the authority of Faculty Board to rule in a resource issue,” MacLean said in December.

At Tuesday’s Senate, president of the Senate Committee on Academic Development (SCAD) Susan Cole said she wasn’t in favour of Jones’ motion because SCAD

was already working on a new process for any future program closures and admission freezes.

In January, Senate had agreed to let SCAD create a new policy

by April. Jones said without an independent opinion, April’s policy won’t have any effect.

I don’t think it’s “likely that we’ll get an opinion that will shed a new light on it. ” — Bill Flanagan, dean of the Faculty of Law

“What I hope this motion will do is to establish the actual authority of Senate, and then it’s up to SCAD to work out the processes by which the Board of Trustees and Senate share their authority in a cooperative way in the grey areas that are both financial and academic,” Jones said.

He added that one of the main reasons his motion passed was because of support from the Society of Graduate and Professional

Studies (SGPS).

SGPS President Jillian Burford-Grinnell, who is a voting member of Senate, said the SGPS council wrote two separate letters in support of BFA. The first was for the Dec. 13 Faculty Board motion.

A second letter was written to Senate in January in support of Mark Jones’ motion to hire an independent legal opinion.

“In terms of the motion itself, the act of passing it represents a significant precedent,” Burford-Grinnell, MA ’11 and JD ’14, said.

Although the motion was only recently passed, Jones said he’d been thinking about it for three years since the University cut programs with 25 or fewer concentrators.

When that decision was made, the administration asked Queen’s Legal Counsel Diane Kelly to provide her legal opinion. Kelly was also consulted after the decision to suspend Fine Art admissions was made. In both instances Kelly said the decisions were sound.

In response to the 2009 cuts,

the Queen’s University Faculty Association asked another lawyer, Queen’s professor David Mullan, to investigate.

In Mullan’s legal opinion, there should be a consultative process between the Dean and Senate before a decision is made to cut or suspend admissions to an academic program.

“The University continues to invoke Kelly’s opinion as though Mullan’s doesn’t exist,” Jones said.

While the motion was passed, not all Senators agree with the outcome. Dean of the Faculty of Law Bill Flanagan was one member of Senate who voted against the motion.

“I didn’t support the motion because I didn’t think it was necessary that we get another

Students protest outside meeting B y C atherine O wsik and S avoula S tylianou Assistant News Editors

Students and members of Occupy Queen’s protested outside Senate on Tuesday in support of the BFA program as Principal Daniel Woolf walks past.

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opinion,” he said.

“I don’t think it’s likely that we’ll get an opinion that will shed a new light on it.”

Flanagan said he believes the dean of Arts and Science had the authority to suspend admissions to the Fine Arts program.

“My position is that ultimately, the suspension of enrolment is a decision to be made by the dean, but with a due consultative process,” he said.

Flanagan was also concerned with the money this will cost the University.

“I do not think the principal should be spending additional resources to get another legal opinion,” he said.

Eight students protested outside of Queen’s Senate on Tuesday in support the Fine Art program.

On Nov. 9, students were informed via email that BFA admissions will be suspended until the 2012-13 academic year. The administration’s decision was met with criticism from students and the AMS. At Tuesday’s meeting, Senate brought forward a motion to hire an external lawyer who will evaluate the University’s decision.

Protester Andreas Reichelt said the demonstration was meant to bring awareness to the state of Queen’s academics and the administration’s decision-making process.

“I’m not directly impacted [by the suspension], but that’s sort of the larger point,” Reichelt, PhD ’14, said. “If we each fight for things that directly impact us, we won’t be able to achieve change.”

Like many of the protesters,

Reichelt is also a member of Occupy Queen’s. The movement first came to campus in early February.

Protesters held signs and asked Senators to be aware of student needs. They entered the Robert Sutherland building at 3 p.m. and attended the entire Senate meeting Protester Nan Chen said students aren’t being fairly represented in the decision-making process.

“What I’m hoping is that people here at Queen’s, the governing bodies, the students become more critical of the power differentials that we have at Queen’s,” Chen, ConEd ’14, said.

He said protesters are planning upcoming campaigns to continue the BFA discussion — it will include theatre productions and social media.

“I feel like there’s still hope because things are always changing,” Chen said. “What we’re trying to do is to put the power back in the hands of the people who don’t have it.”

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pressed,” Drummond said.

Under Ontario’s current tuition framework, there is a five per cent cap on a tuition increase every year. This is something student groups, including the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance, have been lobbying to reduce.

Drummond said it’s important to understand the context of his suggestions. “[Some] don’t want tuition to go up five per cent a year –- I wouldn’t want that myself as a student. But, if you don’t have some increase in revenues of your institutions, the quality of your education will be terrible,” Drummond said.

With more part-time professors teaching larger classes, Drummond argued the quality of Ontario’s post-secondary system is in decline.

He said the current fiscal

dynamic must be acknowledged and the only way to fix the situation is to cut unnecessary spending and create more efficient programs.

Drummond said he was shaped by his experience in the field. While he’s best known for his former role as TD’s chief economist, he said his 23 years of experience in government within the Federal Department of Finance were more formative.

“I drew more heavily on my experience in the federal government … it does requires some institutional knowledge of how governments work,” Drummond said.

Finance Minister Dwight Duncan told the National Post that the report would be taken into consideration during the spring budget. The budget will be announced later this month.

Protesters unhappy with Don Drummond’s proposal for economic reform line Union Street outside Drummond’s talk yesterday in Robert Sutherland Hall.

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after the case.

A pair of students from York’s Osgoode Hall Law School won a $500 prize.

This is the first time a mock trial has taken place on Twitter.

Second-year Royal Military College (RMC) cadet Mathieu LeClair was found dead Tuesday afternoon.

LeClair, a native of Saint John, N.B., had been missing since Monday morning. RMC — Katherine Fernandez-Blance reported his absence to the military police and a search was conducted by the Ontario robbery suspect caught Provincial Police (OPP) and Kingston Police.

On Tuesday, divers from the OPP A Fanshawe College student is facing criminal discovered LeClair’s body in Lake Ontario. charges for the attempted theft of a laptop “We did recover a body near the RMC from a Western University library last week. campus,” said Canadian Force’s Military The student was chased by multiple Police spokesperson Capt. Karina Holder. people after the laptop owner saw a male Holder, ArtSci ’03, said foul play isn’t rush past him, only to notice his laptop suspected, but military representatives was missing. haven’t released information about the cause The alleged thief was tackled by another of death. Holder couldn’t comment as to student just before leaving the building. when details about the ongoing investigation He was held in a headlock by the student would be released. until campus police arrived two minutes later.

Since the body has been found, Western’s campus police declined to the investigation is in the hands of the identify the accused student who could face military police. up to several years in jail.

“If a Canadian Forces member goes missing from Canadian Forces property, it is — Katherine Fernandez-Blance our jurisdiction,” Holder said. “We are just as qualified.” dalhousie strike looming LeClair was part of RMC’s basketball team.

Eighty-three per cent of Dalhousie University’s faculty voted in favour of giving — Katherine Fernandez-Blance the faculty union the ability to strike in the coming weeks.

The administration wants to remove the Mock trial held on Twitter pension plan from the faculty association’s A mock trial for law students concerning collective agreement. The University British Columbia’s obligation to First Nation proposed higher salaries to offset increases in treaty rights occurred entirely on Twitter pension plan payments. last week.

The union is instead proposing an Using a hashtag and tweets, participants alternative joint pension plan between the from the University of Victoria, Dalhousie, faculty association and the University.

York and the University of British Columbia were judged on the clarity of their arguments — Katherine Fernandez-Blance and their ability to answer judge’s questions

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Switching to automated machines in the wake of the Dupont shooting would suggest that the TTC can’t keep their workers safe.

TTC suggestion tactless T

he shooting of a Toronto culprit. The first two robberies attacks. Switching to automated Transit Commission (TTC) ended without violence after booth machines in the wake of the subway fare collector on Sunday operators handed over their money. Dupont shooting would suggest has raised concerns about the safety Anderson refused, prompting the that the TTC can’t keep their workers safe. of transit workers, and prompted gunman to shoot.

The TTC should pursue Ford has a point. If fare Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to suggest the TTC pursue collection had been automated, automation, but as a means of Anderson wouldn’t have been modernizing the service, not to automated fare collection.

While the TTC should pursue shot. But when someone has been improve worker safety alone. automation for sake of hospitalized with a serious injury, Having fare collection machines efficiency, they first need it’s callous to suggest that he and would be a more efficient system, to secure the safety of their his colleagues should be out of but there are benefits to having a human presence as well. a job. subway system.

They’re an authority and safety If the well-being of TTC After an unsuccessful robbery, a gunman fired three shots into the workers is in jeopardy, then the City figure in a station, trained to operate booth of fare collector William needs to work to make them safe. the station’s heart defibrillator Anderson, striking him twice Removing human fare collectors and contact help in the event of in the neck and shoulder. After doesn’t solve a basic crime problem, an emergency.

The shooting at Dupont Station undergoing emergency surgery, and the people still present — TTC presents a safety problem for the Anderson is expected to make a patrons — are still at risk.

Taking operators out of a TTC. The service should work full recovery.

The shooting took place at dangerous situation doesn’t remove towards automation, but they need to immediately improve the Dupont Station which was recently danger itself.

The Globe and Mail reported safety conditions of the workers robbed on two separate occasions, once in June and again in October. on Feb. 28 that the average TTC they employ.

All three incidents are believed to worker is assaulted twice a day, have been the work of the same ranging from verbal to physical

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he Ministry of Colleges and Universities has floated some ideas concerning post-secondary education reform.

Suggestions include a three-year bachelor’s degree, year-round class and allowing students to earn half of their credits online.

These are changes that need to be resisted in order to protect the integrity, depth and breadth of a four-year bachelor’s degree.

On Feb. 21, the provincial government’s Higher Education Quality Council published a report suggesting that Ontario follow global trends, condensing four-year degrees into three years.

The recommendation carries with it a host of problems, such as a heavier workload for students.

Transitioning from high school to university can be difficult and making the change even more sharp could set students up for failure.

Reducing a four-year degree to three shrinks the amount of education that a student gets, hindering their ability to develop critical thinking and analytical skills.

University isn’t just about getting a degree, and there’s a significant amount of learning that happens outside the classroom in extracurricular activities.

Cutting down the length of an undergraduate degree also cuts down the potential for out-of-class experiences.

Allowing students to graduate earlier will fast-track them into the workforce but it doesn’t do anything to help their employment potential. It would simply be pushing them into an uncertain labour market at a faster rate.

Changing degree lengths is a significant undertaking and requires substantial changes to the curricula at each institution. A study released on Feb. 21 by the Higher Edcuation Strategy Associates, an

arm’s length provincial research and advisory group, stated that a three-year degree may not even reduce costs. Redesigning and condensing programs carries a price tag that may cancel out the benefit of not paying for a fourth year.

The Ministry’s other suggestions are also problematic. Having year-round class is detrimental to students who use the summer months for full-time employment.

Losing four months to work could be a hard hit on student budgets.

Having half of a degree’s credits earned online would be a loss for quality of education. Participating in a class online simply isn’t an adequate substitute for time spent in a classroom with a professor.

The changes proposed for post-secondary education have a number of difficulties associated with them. Students don’t want to rush through their undergraduate degrees — ask a fifth-year.

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We need to talk I’

m tired of talking about the weather. I don’t want to discuss Gap sales or gas prices either.

I refuse to be an active participant in this generation’s semantic drudge.

Small talk makes my stomach churn. Even the term is a little sickening — it implies a brief and meaningless exchange.

Please don’t ask me about my reading week. I don’t want to shout frantically over my shoulder about the ‘burbs. You’re bronzed, I’m boring, and we both won’t invest enough time to take this subject anywhere.

I’m not sure how or why it happened, but we’ve lost our ability to converse poignantly, to exchange thoughts and impressions in a mutually beneficial way.

Somewhere along the line, the tougher topics of conversation were shunned in favour of discussing the simple.

It isn’t a loss of words, but an absence of courage. To express a thought or opinion is no easy feat, and the anxiety it can induce is well deserved. But it doesn’t mean we should stop. Ever.

Like music, poetry and painting, conversation is a skill. And, like art or sport, it needs practice and dedication to be strong.

I’m not holding my breath for a Socratic debate in the waiting room, but I’m scared that a lack of conversation is keeping our ideas stagnant.

Without even the most informal dissertation, these thoughts may never manifest and society won’t grow.

Conversation isn’t a series of desultory remarks; it’s an involved idea swap. It isn’t really what you talk about, but what you take away.

If Gap sales get you going, then go for it.

Verbally treading water won’t get us anywhere, but engaging with and developing these topics will save them from becoming stale.

Societal growth can’t be anything less than constant, so let’s keep talking. Let’s keep away from quick quips and stop expecting the easy.

Let’s make every word count, because conversation isn’t just an exchange of words; it’s an ability to pace, articulate — and in my case, gesticulate.

It’s an art and a skill and a passion and a connection. It’s the foundation of our relationships, and without it people might never connect.

Small talk might make acquaintances, but it isn’t built to last.

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I don’t support criminal activity. It’s just that most of what I do on the Internet is none of your business.

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Despite provoking undeserved personal attacks on Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, we must consider the implications of Tory anti-privacy bill

J ordan R ay, A rt S ci ’12 “Vic wants to know about you.

Let’s get to know about Vic.” It was the first tweet from @vikileaks30, a Twitter account that attempted to discredit Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews by revealing details about his personal life over the Internet.

While the so-called Vikileaks tweets were a cruel and undeserved personal attack on the minister, this breach of privacy came with an ironic twist. In fact, the account was created in response to the recently-tabled Bill C-30, a government bill spearheaded

by Toews.

It would allow police to obtain, without a warrant, a digital fingerprint that would indicate how much money you make, what websites you visit and how you vote.

According to Toews, the bill is supposed to address concerns voiced by Canada’s police forces and allow them to more adequately fight crime in the digital age.

I don’t have a problem with that. The Internet has made it so much easier for criminal activity to go undetected. But not having to apply for a warrant? That would give police almost unlimited power to spy on our private lives.

All the photos I have on Facebook would be visible to my friends — and Vic Toews.

Nobody will ever know about your secret online subscription to Playboy — except the RCMP. Toews famously said last month that if you’re against Bill C-30, you stand “with the child pornographers.” Well, Mr. Toews, you might be surprised to learn after viewing my personal details online that I don’t support criminal activity. It’s just that most of what I do on the Internet is none of your business.

In a Feb. 21 episode of The Rick Mercer Report, Mercer hit the nail on the head: “We’re not going to let [Vic Toews] peek,” he said.

“That doesn’t make us criminal, it makes us Canadian. It’s why we shut our blinds at night. The state has no business in the hard drives of the nation.”

Despite Mercer’s rant, I can’t say I’m surprised at this legislation.

Stephen Harper has shut down parliament twice, once to avoid a vote of confidence in December 2008, and again to avoid speaking about the treatment of Afghan detainees in 2009.

He made it a campaign policy in 2011 to control both the source and number of questions from the press.

More recently, the Prime Minister has invoked cloture to stifle debate on some of his government’s more controversial legislation — it brings a quick end to debate in the House of Commons. And now, Bill C-30 wants to lay bare your private life for police perusal.

Liberal democratic states like Canada require the government to have a certain amount of trust and respect for the citizens they

“I drank tea and played Gran Turismo in my basement.”

Dmitri Tchebotarev, ArtSci ’13

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews says Bill C-30 would give police greater abilities to fight crime in the digital age.

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govern. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms grants us rights like free expression, the right to vote and freedom from unreasonable search and seizure.

In order for Canada to function, the government needs to trust the people it represents to not abuse these rights. It’s a legal requirement of our Constitution.

But it’s bigger than that. Every time you vote, you’re not just choosing who represents you in the House of Commons. You’re making a deal with the government.

You agree to pay your taxes and follow the laws that Members of Parliament create.

The government in turn agrees to enforce the rule of law and provide citizens with certain services. You have to trust that they will do their part, while they have to trust that you will do yours.

If Bill C-30 was to be taken as evidence of what the government

thinks of us, it would seem that they no longer trust us to keep up our part of the bargain. Because if the government trusted most of us to be law-abiding citizens, they wouldn’t put our private lives under the microscope.

Thankfully, if there’s one thing that Harper can be trusted to do, it’s to practice good politics.

Bill C-30 has proven to be extremely unpopular, provoking underhanded personal attacks on Toews and a massive public backlash. So for now, the bill has been sent to a special committee for amendment.

Good riddance. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for the bill to die quietly. Stay away from my hard drive, Mr. Toews, and get a warrant.

are more likely to be enjoyed by all, regardless of who gets duped.

But an article involving a condom recall has implications for the way a person feels about their own sexual health and well being that are much more serious.

So, to Golden Words, we ask: do the benefits of a few laughs that came from this article really outweigh the discomfort and worry experienced by our clients who believed the article’s claims?

Does the satisfaction of fooling readers really warrant the panic of STI transmission or unwanted pregnancy experienced by your readers?

Satire certainly has its place in commentary, and indeed Golden Words has successfully employed satire in the current issue as well as in the past to point out hypocrisies of the University and of student leaders. However, to label this particular article as satire would be to say that Golden Words is commenting on the idea that the SHRC has deceived its clients somehow or is irresponsible with

its products. This idea could not be farther from the truth, and instead of expressing a real opinion on the SHRC or exposing its drawbacks, this article simply smeared the reputation of a well-known and trusted organization on campus in exchange for a couple of laughs from Golden Words’ authors and editors.

We are very disappointed that Golden Words writers and editors would find it so funny to put readers into a panic about their own health and well-being.

We gladly invite the publication to poke fun at us — “SHRC to offer tantric sex workshops,” perhaps — but please don’t do so at the expense of our clients by exploiting their vulnerabilities.

We don’t think it’s fair to mess with people’s sexual health like this — it’s just not funny.

“I went to Montreal and whatever happened happened.”

Chantal Tshimanga, ArtSci ’14

“I went skiing in B.C.” Kelli Harper, Nurs ’14

Jordan Ray is a Journal staff writer as well as director-at-large of Queen’s University Liberal Association.

Letters to the editor

SHRC not laughing at condom hoax Dear Editors, The Sexual Health Resource Centre (SHRC) would like to comment on the front-page article published in this week’s issue of the fake Journal released by Golden Words on Feb. 28.

Overall, we’d like to express our disappointment with the decision to publish an article about a fictional recall of defective condoms sold at the SHRC. Don’t get us wrong — volunteers of the SHRC are a fun group of people. We appreciate good humour and understand that our ties to sex, sexuality and sexual health leave us open to a whole host of jokes and sexual innuendos — and most of the time, we welcome that.

But Golden Words took this too far and the results weren’t funny. In response to Tuesday’s article, the SHRC received phone calls from clients concerned about our condoms and worried for

their own health. Issues of sexual health, including STI transmission and unwanted pregnancy, can be quite stressful and deeply personal. Golden Words’ decision to exploit that fact is distasteful and employs an inappropriate means to get a few laughs.

Unlike articles from past editions of Golden Words’ fake Journal, there weren’t any details within the article that marked it as an obvious parody or satire.

Furthermore, the placement of the article at the top of the first page left readers without a chance to see that the whole issue was bogus before reading the headline — an excellent tactic to fool readers into thinking the recall was real, yes, but irresponsible given the nature of the material.

Ultimately, joking about sexual health isn’t on par with topics covered in the past. Articles about the Queen’s Pub offering pitchers on weekdays, banning lewd jacket bars or shutting down Victoria Hall

Leigh Turner, PhD ’12 SHRC director

“I slept for the first time in six months.”

Chantal D’Souza, ConEd ’15

“I didn’t do anything, except turn 20.”

Lauren Brown, Nurs ’14

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Arts Days in

retrospect Two fourth-year students explore personal and social memory B y C aitlin C hoi Assistant Arts Editor

Phoebe Cohoe’s the best kind of careless is one of the artist’s mixed media installations in Union Gallery’s From the Tablet of My Memory.

photo by simona markovic

Try and remember those days.

Blowing soapy bubbles through a plastic stick and watching as they float away, bursting mid-sky — it was the best kind of carelessness.

As a 20-something, it can be harder to indulge in such pure

moments — with post-Reading Week catch-ups and end-of-year exams heavy on the mind.

For Phoebe Cohoe, BFA ’12, the loss of “unencumbered creativity” inspires art.

“I feel that these are qualities that usually get lost as we grow up, and I am interested in why that See Tablets on page 19

Vogue series

• Designer profile

• Model profile

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‘Moment of empowerment’ Dharma Bhullar shares his experience as a Vogue model and creative intern B y A lyssa A shton Arts Editor For international student Dharma Bhullar, Vogue Charity Fashion Show is his anti-rejection medicine.

“Things just didn’t work for me when I came here,” the Vogue model said. “The analogy I like to use was I was just a liver put in a body and it just wasn’t a match, it was just constant rejection. So joining Vogue was something that I really enjoyed because it gives you that moment of empowerment.”

Bhullar, ArtSci ’12, came to Queen’s from Kenya and began working as a professional model three years ago. He joined Vogue this year.

“I always really wanted to join the club but I was kind of a little intimidated by it,” he said. “A good friend of mine was a designer last year, they kind of pushed me to do it. I thought it would be a really good opportunity to develop my talent while I’m here at Queen’s.”

While some may think modelling is simply walking down a runway, a practice on Monday night told a different story. Every

week, the models devote an hour of practice to each of the show’s eight scenes. One of Bhullar’s three scenes is for designer Hemani Kamdar’s collection of distressed business clothes. It’s choreographed

by Lee Brymer, a trained gymnast and dancer.

“The movement is very sequential and for someone who has no dance practice it’s a lot of learning on the job.”

Brymer’s practice was more of a dance boot camp than a fashion show, with him adding two new moves to the already complex choreography. Brymer reminded the models to have their eyes follow their hand and to keep their arms straight, with one model asking what way they should roll their head.

While Bhullar runs through his scenes three hours a week, he doesn’t practice his runway walk.

“The key for guys is don’t practice your walk, if you practice your walk you look crazy,” he said. “Girls obviously do need to practice because walking in heels is an experience.”

For Bhullar the key to a runway

walk comes from proper posture, which he improves by balancing books on his head.

“I’ve used textbooks. I’ve been known to use a flower pot.”

Bhullar said most models create a persona on stage, but that’s not the case with Vogue.

“One thing Vogue is really strong about is that people are kind of being themselves on stage,” he said. “No one is putting on a false persona … they’re being themselves, they’re being goofy and they’re being sassy but it’s all in good taste.”

Bhullar’s pre-runway routine isn’t different from his regular one.

He does Yoga and sticks to his vegetarian diet. He said no one at Vogue has a pre-show diet.

At the practice on Monday, models were snacking on blackberries and sour RealFruit candies.

Bhullar was feeling nervous about the show.

“I did have a Vogue dream a couple of nights ago,” he said.

“There are two holes this year to make the runway extend. I had a dream that I fell and it was just

Theatre Review

Vogt C shapes up The final installment of this year’s Vogt theatre series brings together four plays that only have a stage in common B y K atie P anousis Contributor It’s the circle of Vogt, and it moves us all.

As soon as audiences walk through the doors to the theatre they’ll know why the third and final instalment of this year’s Vogt studio series is titled Vogt comes full Circle. Vogt C takes on the challenge of performing in the round — the actors are surrounded

by their audience on all sides.

“It’s really pushing the bounds of what Vogt is used to doing,” publicity producer Rebecca Flynn said. “The shows don’t have a cohesive theme; the only thing that links them all is the shape of the stage.”

The challenge is met successfully as all four shows cater to every corner of the performance space, with no part of the audience feeling left behind.

One thing to note about this showcase is that it’s full of fresh blood across the board, from actors to directors to designers. Rookie lighting designer Joel Marcus praises this effort.

“The great thing about Vogt is that it really embraces first-time designers, first-time directors,” he said. “You feel really comfortable and confident, and it shows in the work.”

The night starts with the

Vogue model Dharma Bhullar practices his routine for Hemani Kamdar’s scene on Monday night.

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endless. This is so embarrassing. I just couldn’t feel the ground, I just kept falling.”

Bhullar’s pre-show ritual includes stretching and meditation — plus the odd freak out.

“I normally have a massive freak out and my mother actually told me I should have some oatmeal before,” he said. “I don’t know if that helps, but apparently it helps people calm down.”

The Vogue show isn’t a typical runway, with a dance number featured between each scene, giving models ample time to change.

“When I’ve done it before you just have to get used to seeing a lot,” Bhullar said of the nudity behind the scenes of a typical

runway show.

Bhullar said he’s anxious about clothes ripping or not being able to find something five seconds before he’s set to go on stage. But that’s not his biggest fear.

“I’m more nervous because I want it to be as good as I envision it to be.”

absurdist piece Do Not Pass Go, directed by Kelsey Jacobson and Adeline Van Galen. The play follows a slew of historical figures ranging from Hitler to Edgar Allen Poe, all grappling over a box and whether or not to open it.

While the cast’s performance is strong, the show itself can be confusing to follow, particularly for those who aren’t familiar with absurdist theatre. Regardless, the ensemble is bonded enough to

keep spectators, albeit confused, entertained throughout.

The first movement piece of the evening, Pulse, is co-directed by Olivia Groleau and Mitch Munro and explores evolution.

“We decided right from the beginning that we weren’t looking for dancers, necessarily,” Groleau said. “A couple of our actors have dance experience but most don’t.

“I primarily come from a dance

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Local reels return

Annual Kingston Canadian Film Festival will screen an Oscar-nominated film and a silent movie from 1919

From left to right: The Samaritan, Back to God’s Country and Monsieur Lazhar.

B y vinCent M ataK Staff Writer Featuring 26 film screenings, six free educational workshops and three parties, it’s no wonder Kingston’s annual Canadian Film Festival is expecting a 10 per cent increase in ticket sales this year.

Continuing the tradition of the last 11 years, the festival will take place from March 1 to 4 at three different venues: Capitol 7, 275 Princess St. and the Screening Room.

According to festival co-ordinator Marion Ferrer, The Samaritan, Back to God’s Country and Monsieur Lazhar are the most anticipated films to screen this weekend.

The Samaritan, co-written by Elan Mastai and David Weaver stars Samuel L. Jackson as an ex-convict whose past entangles him in a downward spiral of new criminal activities. The film is the third by Weaver to screen at the festival.

The 1919 silent film, Back to God’s Country will be featured as part of the festival’s exhibit on Nell Shipman as a hallmark female in Canadian film history.

With a 300 per cent profit, Back to God’s Country was one of the most successful films of its day. The re-screening aims to emulate the experience of the silent-film era, including live musical accompaniment.

“We did the same sort of

thing two years ago and people loved the silent film screening with live music,” Ferrer said.

“It will be a good screening for anybody looking to see what it was like to see a film back in 1919.

[Shipman] was a pioneer woman in film history.”

The festival will see an increase in public workshops taught by industry experts, including a writer-director collaboration workshop taught by The Samaritan creators Mastai and Weavers, an in-focus seminar on Shipman by Kay Armatage and a workshop taught by Michael Patrick Lilly on film-making in small cities like Kingston.

Directed by Philippe Falardeau, the French-Canadian film Monsieur Lazhar tells the story of a newly-hired Algerian immigrant teacher in Montreal who is forced to overcome his personal tragedies while his students do the same. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at last Sunday’s Academy Awards.

As a result of the Oscar buzz, Ferrer said the film will screen twice at the festival to keep up with ticket sale demands.

Ferrer said the festival is vital because it showcases local and Canadian talent on the big screen.

“What’s different about the Kingston Canadian Film Festival from other festivals is that we have the opportunity to showcase this local talent, and not everybody has that chance,” she said.

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For the first time at the festival, a $500 prize will be awarded by a jury to the best local short film screened at the festival.

“To make a film you need so much money,” she said. “We can showcase Canadian film and local talent to give the chance to this young talent to have the opportunity to be on a big screen.”

Queen’s will host a workshop on how to go about starting a career in film and media, featuring film critics, directors, writers, editors and producers from across Canada.

Ferrer said these initiatives are part of the festival’s focus on bringing attention to local and Canadian filmmaking.

This year will be the last time the festival can screen films at the Capitol 7 theatre on Princess Street since Empire Theatres decided to close down the cinema. A no-competition clause will prevent other theatres from opening at the location, affecting the festival’s capacity to screen films. “[It’s] definitely going to be a change. We are aware that it will affect the festival and sales, but there’s nothing we can really do about it,” Ferrer said. “Sometimes it happens and they have their plans to grow and that’s fine.”

The Kingston Canadian Film Festival runs until Saturday. See kingcanfilmfest.com for detailed schedules and events.

FILM FESTIVAL EVENTS Friday, March 2 Monsieur Lahzar Empire Theatre 6 p.m.

Billy Bishop Goes to War Screening Room 1 7 p.m.

Nuit #1 Empire Theatre 10:15 p.m.

Keyhole Screening Room 1 10:15 p.m.

I am a Good Person/I am a Bad Person Empire Theatre 6:15 p.m.

La Sacrée Screening Room 1 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 3

Shorts Package Screening Room 2 7:10 p.m.

Wiebo’s War Screening Room 1 Noon

Cold Blooded Empire Theatre 8:15 p.m.

The National Parks:Project I Empire Theatre 12:20 p.m.

Amy George Screening Room 2 9:25 p.m.

The National Parks Project II Empire Theatre 4 p.m.

The Guantanomo Trap Screening Room 2 7:20 p.m.

The Samaritan Empire Theatre 8:15 p.m.

Café de Flore Screening Room 1 9:30 p.m.

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Sarah Ammons works in her studio in Ontario Hall. Most of the work she’s presenting at this weekend’s Artist Project was done in her final year at Queen’s.

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Interview

Inspiration through time and space Queen’s BFA student Sarah Ammons prepares to show her artwork at national event in Toronto B y C hloë G rande Contributor Queen’s BFA student Sarah Ammons has been chosen to be one of the best up-and-coming artists to showcase their artwork at the Artist Project in Toronto.

Ammons’ artwork will be displayed alongside 200 other independent contemporary artists in 14 categories.

Ammons, ArtSci ’12, was selected to be in the Untapped Emerging Artists category with 15 others from across the world.

Now in its fifth year, the Artist

Project is an art fair aiming to support new talent.

With over 12,000 visitors expected to visit the show this year, Ammons hopes to use the experience as an opportunity to gain exposure.

“I really want to get my website out there and get people knowing me and liking my stuff,” she said. “Sales would be good but … I’m not going to expect that everyone’s going to dig my stuff.”

Although Ammons has showcased her artwork before in downtown Kingston and at Union Gallery, she has never been involved

in a large-scale show.

Ammons described her art as being philosophical, adding that she creates a lot of work involving dual imagery and self-portraits.

“My parents are both psychologists so I self-analyze a lot,” she said. “I kind of started with the idea of … how people see themselves in relation to their reality and their environment.”

Ammons doesn’t have to leave her Ontario Hall studio to find inspiration.

“Everyone [in my program] has such a unique perspective and a completely different bend on how they create stuff.”

Ammons is currently enrolled in one class and spends the rest of her time in her studio.

She said the freedom of the BFA program helps her creativity.

“One of the things that’s so great about Queen’s program is how we have the time and the space that is concentrated on a body of work,” she said. “It allows you such freedom to do your own thing.”

Ammons said she thinks the current one-year suspension of the BFA program is

due to differing ideas on what the program should be. ”I’m not saying that change is bad,” she said. “They should keep with what’s good for this program, what’s unique about it, why people actually want to come here and that’s the module system.”

Although she originally considered attending the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Ammons ended up choosing Queen’s because of her interest in philosophy.

“I was going to do a medial degree but in the end I just got into painting,” she said. “I always knew that I wanted to be in fine art and that I wanted to do my BFA.” Since starting her undergraduate degree Ammons has begun taking more risks with her art.

“At the beginning of my undergraduate I was stuck in a certain rigid aesthetic,” she said. “This year I felt like I had gotten over a mental block and I think that had to do with the freedom of the program.”

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Chasing a creative ghost After cancelling his appearance at last summer’s Wolfe Island Music Festival, Buck 65 returns to Kingston with his self-produced beats B y M eaGhan Wray Assistant News Editor Richard Terfry, better known as Buck 65, isn’t pretending anymore.

“Over the years, I’ve grown to be comfortable with who and what I am,” he told the Journal via email. “Early on, I tried to be tough. Now, I mostly want to make pretty music.”

Fall of 2003 marked the release of his single “Wicked and Weird” and the first time I ever heard Buck 65. To be honest, I don’t think I had a clue what Terfry was talking about, but as a rambunctious 12-year-old, “doing back flips on a mattress” sounded appealing.

Terfry is the Nova Scotian musical mastermind behind his

pseudonym Buck 65’s raw raps and scratchy beats. As a self-taught musician and producer, his first single “The Rhyme Has to be Good” dropped in 1990.

Despite growing up amongst a group of friends who weren’t interested in hip hop, Terfry managed to persevere, performing at school dances, in living rooms and in the woods — with or without an audience.

For Terfry, it isn’t the location that makes a performance, but the artist’s dedication.

“I just want to see the performer commit to what they’re doing,” he said. “It’s a thrill to watch someone lose themselves in what they’re doing.”

Terfry is a self-described selfish

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artist and said he never expected to gain such a loyal fan base.

“I never expected to have [an audience] and I still figure that one day I won’t have one again,” Terfry said. “I’m not trying to change the world or help people. I just chase the creative ghost and work to express what I see as clearly and as honestly as I can.”

Terfry doesn’t expect people to like his music, and this low-pressure attitude has been a cause for his success.

After years of performing and collaborating with other artists, there is one unique aspect of Terfry’s personality that is most unexpected. People, and I quote, “freak him out.”

“My biggest challenge is just being able to be around other people at all,” he said.

Collaborating with other artists often helps Terfry discover himself, he said.

“I like to be surprised and when I surprise myself, it’s the very best.

And sometimes that requires a little help.”

Terfry tends to surprise other people with his dance moves, deemed “spazz dancing” on his Facebook fan page.

“The music just seems to take control of me,” he said. “I don’t know what it looks like. I don’t want to know. I’d probably be embarrassed.”

On Feb. 28 Buck 65 tweeted “Kingston, Ontario! Two very different shows coming up on Friday and Saturday. My advice: come to both.”

Terfry was supposed to attend last year’s Wolfe Island Music Festival in August, but had to cancel for a personal emergency.

“I was in too terrible a place in my life to be concerned about much else at that time,” he said. “I was in crisis.”

But Buck 65 is back in Kingston

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for two shows and according to his website, he won’t be stopping anytime soon — with or without an audience, just like it all began.

Buck 65 plays the Grad Club tonight and tomorrow night at the Grad Club.

Doors open at 9 p.m. and the show starts at 10 p.m.

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Festival Preview

Pushing for youth OPIRG’s second annual Push It Hip Hop Festival plans events aimed at all-ages B y S avoula S tylianou Assistant News Editor The second annual OPIRG Push It Hip Hop Festival is hoping to reach out to youth in Kingston.

One of the event organizers, Kevin Chen, said the group has contacted different high schools to let them know about getting involved in the event.

“It’s all about youth empowerment and getting them more involved in creativity,” Chen, ArtSci ’13, said.

Chen added that the festival is trying to be as accommodating to the greater Kingston community as possible.

“We’re trying to hold our events at public schools and places that people can easily come to,” he said.

The festival is being held over the next two weekends, with an all-ages concert on March 9.

The festival will be comprised of four workshops and four night events.

“I have been working on arranging the different workshops — there’s a DJ workshop, a graffiti workshop, a breakdance workshop and an MCing workshop,” he said.

Chen started hip-hop dancing as a member of the KinetiQ dance crew at Queen’s.

“I’ve been part of the crew since first year,” he said. “We have around 15 performance members.”

At tonight’s opening event, the KinetiQ dance crew will run a dance battle between their members.

“The plan is to have a one-on-one tournament. Whoever loses gets knocked out and whoever wins advances to the final that will be crowd judged,” he said.

Chen said he decided to get involved in organizing the festival because he wanted to show people how cool hip hop is.

“I thought this would be a good opportunity for me to learn about hip hop and spread it,” he said.

Students voted to cancel OPIRG’s $3 student fee in last month’s AMS referendum, but Chen said the vote hasn’t affected the festival’s funding.

“We have an arts grant from the Kingston Arts Council and that’s the main portion of our budget.”

The hip hop festival costs $25 to attend.

“It’s a not-for-profit event. People pay entry just to cover the fees for the artist, but we’re not going to be making money off of

this event,” Chen said.

For Chen, being part of the hip-hop dancing community has allowed him to create a support group.

“I consider anyone in the crew a good friend of mine,” he said. “We all hang out with each other and we’re all really supportive of each other.”

MC Man Chyna, one of the performers at the festival, said he wanted to get involved this year after attending last year’s festival.

“Last year I got to see Narcissist for the first time. He’s a Montreal MC,” he said.

MC Man Chyna is the stage name for Andrew Lee, a burlesque performer who decided to start rapping this year.

“Chyna used to be my burlesque name, I used to be part of an all-male burlesque troupe in Toronto,” he said.

Lee, ArtSci ’06, said the festival’s line up covers all the areas of hip hop.

“There are graffiti workshops and BBoy workshops, so it’s pretty cool that they’re honouring the basic old school elements of hip hop,” he said.

Something new to the festival this year is an event specifically for queer people called Bottoms Up: Queer and Feminist Hip Hop Night, which runs tomorrow.

“Who’s on the line up is the Lost Bois, Abstract Random, DJ Sigourney and myself and we are all explicitly queer or trans-identified,” Lee said.

He added that this event is an opportunity to show a different side to hip hop music.

“It’s not like mainstream super misogynistic masculine dude hip-hop,” he said.

Lee writes all his own raps.

“They’re mostly about sex and fast food,” he said, adding that he chose to be part of the festival because of its nature and size.

“I just sort of get the sense that it’s really grassroots and community-oriented and do-it-yourself-spirited.”

The Push It Hip Hop Festival is trying to make people see all the different sides to hip hop, Lee said.

“We’re trying to go against that violent mainstream stuff that’s popular,” he said. “It seems like the festival is trying to emphasize more interesting and diverse aspects of hip hop culture.”

Push It begins tonight and tomorrow and will also host events on March 9 and 10. See hip-hop. opirgkingston.org for detailed schedules.

Andrew Lee a.k.a. MCMan Chyna will perform in Push It’s new event, Bottoms Up: Queer and Feminist Hip Hop Night.

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Peter Collins began painting and drawing Reflections in Time while in segregation at a Bath, Ont. where he’s prison serving a life sentence.

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Art Review

Social surveillance The Artel’s new exhibit presents the work of a convicted murderer B y A sad C hishti Assistant Photo Editor No matter where you enter Reflections in Time, there’s an overwhelming feeling of claustrophobia.

The walls of the Artel are crowded with the artwork, enforcing a common theme — imprisonment. This isn’t a surprising choice considering the artist Peter Collins is a social justice activist and political artist who created the exhibit while in segregation in a Bath, Ont. prison.

In 1983 Collins was convicted of shooting and killing a police officer in an attempted bank robbery. He has been in jail for 29 years serving a life sentence. He has applied for parole five times since becoming eligible in 2006, but has been denied each time.

Reflections in Time evokes an unsettling feeling of being watched. The artwork is full of cameras and barbed wire runs from one painting to another, seeming to imprison the artwork to the walls.

Birds sit on security cameras behind barbed wire, caged in the paintings.

This is Collins fifth art exhibit and his first in seven years since the 2004 work Bound and Gagged was exhibited in Montreal, Toronto, Halifax and the Sleepless Goat Cafe in Kingston.

Montreal-based radio host Dee LeComte, who organized the first art show for Collins in 2004, spoke at the Artel reception on Feb. 23.

LeComte played a recorded message from Collins at the reception, which featured about 40 people including Collins’ friends and family. In the video, Collins discussed the expanding prison system, illegal isolation procedures and thanked those who made the art exhibit possible such as CFRC, the Artel and his family.

“As you will notice most of the work in this show has its base in the prison experience and that’s because I wanted to try and reflect some of this prison experience out in to the community,” he said.

Reflections in Time is at the Artel until March 11.

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Tablets of memory Continued from page 12

happens, and how I can maintain some of that carefree playfulness,” Cohoe said in her artist statement.

In Union Gallery’s newest exhibit, From the Tablet of My Memory, Cohoe and classmate Kaisa Moran combine their takes on memory — both personal and social — in a small collection of unframed prints. Bathing in playful colours and an atmosphere of ease, the dual exhibit is a sophisticated throwback to childhood fun.

Cohoe’s the best kind of careless is actually a stream of canvas bubbles floating along the wall.

The clusters of circles are washed in a rainbow of watercolours, creating a mesmerizing illusion connecting one to the next. Stitched silhouettes of a young girl pop up at points, showing her reaching overhead on tiptoes or dancing in the wind.

Of Cohoe’s four works on display, three trace memories of the young girl at play.

Places/explores shows the

pigtailed figure spreading her arms wide, imagining she can fly. In kite dance she dashes alongside kites and a plane on a string. In both, the artist uses vibrant colours and varied materials, like felt, evoking familiar textures.

Her final piece, a black and white woodcut print, continues with the theme of nostalgia. Though the shapes and figures in the print have little fine detail, the repetition of wavy lines and a bold floral pattern give an easy flow and beauty to the scene.

Comparably, Moran uses almost no colour — three out of five of her works are printed in black and white. Her series of woodcut prints celebrate textures, playing with rough etches and fine lines or thick blotches and grainy strokes.

Homemade Coat, a woodcut on rice paper, is charming. Though faceless, the happy couple are brought to life. The woman’s lavish fur coat and curls — channelling Marilyn blonde — are tangible.

Her man in uniform stands poised

and proud.

The woman beams as she clutches the coat close to her chest, playfully showing off as she poses.

The cuts appear hasty at first, but the scribbles create unique textures.

Moran’s treatment of the woodcut injects energy in each detail. Other scenes include portraits of families and newlyweds.

To finish at the start, Moran’s Log Book Triptych opens the show. A three-piece composition that recalls the contents of a military notebook, these canvases fit into the artist’s vision, using fare from the armed forces as universal memorabilia.

“Armies have globally existed for centuries,” Moran said in her artist statement. “The uniform plays an important role in the collective memory of all individuals in society and aids the viewer in relating to From left to right: Phoebe Cohoe’s kite dance and the prints in his/her own way.” places/explores and Kaisa Moran’s Homemade Coat.

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and choreography background rather than acting so it was something that I really wanted to bring to Vogt.”

Between the phenomenal choreography and the impressive makeup concept, audiences should expect to be entering intermission with a dropped jaw.

The Fifth Wall, directed by first-timers Daniel Gold and Tom Yeates, is stylistically the most light-hearted of the evening and includes elements of improv and audience involvement. Gold, who wrote the piece, embraces the spontaneity.

“This is a play written and directed by non-drama folks, for non-drama folks — for those folks who pay four bucks to do their friends a favour,” Yeates said.

Audience members willing to embrace the lack of structure and awkward humour are in for a unique treat.

Last but most definitely not least is Vivre à Danser, the second movement piece of the night, devised and choreographed

by Isabelle Siciliano and Simone Smith. Personal and seductive, the cast shines as a narrative is told entirely through dance of all types, from the tango to the waltz.

“It’s based on the story of my

grandmother,” Siciliano said. “No matter who you are, you will be able to relate to this story. It’s really a story about family.”

From the first note to the last, audiences should expect to be magnetically drawn to the passion and heartache of protagonist, only referred to as Girl, embodied by Sue Del-Mei. Fans of Rent and Chicago will be delighted by a tango number that stands out not only in Vivre but the showcase as a whole.

Vogt comes full Circle plays until Saturday with shows at 6 and 8:30 p.m in Vogt Studios.

Pulse is dominated by dance sequences, but not all the actors have dance backgrounds.

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women’s volleyball

Ontario champs

Tough opening game

Women’s volleyball beats Ottawa to clinch first-ever title

Gaels take on defending champs at nationals

B y G ilbert C oyle Sports Editor With her team only one point away from victory during the fifth set of an OUA semifinal last Saturday, women’s volleyball captain Becky Billings called her teammates in for a huddle.

Billings had just watched them blow a two-set lead to the University of Toronto Varsity Blues. She said she brought the players together to make sure they wouldn’t lose focus again.

expected “usNotoone be

national contenders.

B y A nand S rivastva Staff Writer Women’s volleyball coach Joely Christian-Macfarlane said her team won’t be intimidated when they play the four-time defending national champions this afternoon.

After winning an OUA gold medal last weekend, the seventh-seeded Gaels are in Hamilton for their first-ever CIS national tournament appearance.

It doesn’t matter “who’s on the other side

”

— Becky Billings, women’s volleyball captain

“On game point, everyone was too excited,” she said. “I told them to stop cheering and finish off the game.”

The Gaels earned the point to beat the Varsity Blues 3-2 and advance to the OUA final. The next day, they defeated the Ottawa Gee-Gees 3-1 to win their first-ever provincial title and secure a berth at the national tournament.

“No one expected us to be contenders,” Billings said. “But this isn’t a fluke ... we’ve acted like champions all year.”

Outside hitter Becky Billings jumps to spike a ball during the Gaels’ win over the Ottawa Gee-Gees in Sunday’s OUA final.

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Before the season, head coach 3-2 at the ARC on Jan. 27. Even weekend, recording 28 points Joely Christian-Macfarlane said the though the gold medal game against the Varsity Blues and goal was simply for her team to was in Ottawa, Billings said she 19 more against the Gee-Gees.

Christian-Macfarlane said Gray compete every night. The Gaels wasn’t nervous.

“It was their home gym, all the and Billings have been the team’s finished third in the OUA with most important figures all season. a 13-5 record and won three pressure was on them.”

“It’s hard to be the graduating Fourth-year outside hitter straight playoff games to clinch the especially when Natalie Gray — recipient of players, provincial title.

The Gaels had played the the CIS 2011-12 Thérèse there are only two of you,” Gee-Gees twice before, losing the Quigley Award for volleyball, Christian-Macfarlane said. “But regular season opener in Ottawa academics and community service they’ve led the team on and off on Oct. 27 before beating them — dominated the OUA final four the court.”

of the net ... all roads lead to the same destination.

”

— Joely Christian-Macfarlane, women’s volleyball coach

They open against the second-seeded University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, who have won four national titles in a row and have competed in 17 of the past 18 tournaments.

“It doesn’t matter who’s on the other side of the net,” See First on page 24

men’s volleyball

Tournament part of Queen’s long-term plans Queen’s wants to host more national championships in near future, Athletics Director Leslie Dal Cin says B y B enjamin D eans Assistant Sports Editor The CIS men’s volleyball championship this weekend is part of Queen’s Athletics’ larger plan to become one of Canada’s leading athletics programs, according to Athletics Director Leslie Dal Cin.

Inside hockey review The Journal assesses the hockey teams’ performances this season. page 22

hoop talk The basketball seasons in focus. page 23

When Queen’s bid for the sell fewer tickets. Dal Cin budgeted to the gate, they don’t pre-buy “We build our teams to be competitive in championships. championship in May 2009, for $82,250 in ticket sales in the their ticket.”

But before hosting the men’s We’re prepared to host Athletics predicted they would 2009 bid, but she said Athletics need $137,150 in revenue to only needs $60,000 in ticket sales volleyball championship — a championships,” she said. high-profile CIS tournament “It helps us with recruiting, it break even. But Dal Cin said that to cover its costs.

“We’ve already sold $12,000 in — Athletics needed experience helps us with town-gown relations, amount has dropped because of advanced ticket sales,” she said. hosting low-key national events. it helps with being a recognized corporate sponsorship.

Expenses have dropped for the “The tendency at Queen’s is a They hosted the 2009 CIS player in the sport development community. It helps us link up same reason, so Athletics needs to walk-up crowd — they walk up See Costs on page 25 with provincial and national sport organizations.

“You’re on the map in terms of CIS sport and sport in Ontario.”

Queen’s wasn’t awarded the national volleyball championship — its first-ever CIS indoor championship — until 2009.

But planning for an indoor championship started as early as 2006. “[The PEC] precluded any sort of hosting of an indoor championship ... We haven’t been on the national scene for a long time because our facilities didn’t allow us to be,” Dal Cin said, adding that the $230-million ARC was specifically Photo by corey lablans designed to host national The visiting men’s volleyball coaches share a laugh at the CIS tournament’s opening press indoor championships. conference on Thursday morning.

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men’s HoCKey

Injuries derail season Men’s hockey team played well when healthy, but couldn’t stay competitive with key players in the stands B y Peter m orroW Staff Writer

bug that came in October playoff race. and stayed for the With injuries still a factor, the whole year. team went on a three-game losing Men’s hockey head coach Brett Forwards Payton Liske, Joey streak to close out the regular Gibson tried to create a playoff Derochie, Brock Ouellet and season. In the playoffs, the Gaels’ contender, adding four key players defenceman Robert Stellick were thin roster suffered a two-game over the summer to a roster that key players who missed large parts sweep by a stacked Redmen team. had lost virtually none of its parts of the season — at one point, nine Fifth-year player and four-time from 2010-11. players were sidelined. captain Jon Lawrance is one of But the Gaels only mustered After a 10-1 loss to the Université six players graduating. Even an eighth-place regular-season du Québec à Trois-Rivières though Gibson called Lawrance finish and first-round playoff in November, the Gaels hobbled “one of the greatest hockey exit at the hands of the top-ranked into the winter break at ninth players to play at Queen’s,” McGill Redmen — their place in the OUA East. But they the coach should be excited third consecutive first-round opened 2012 with six wins in about next season’s exit — largely because of an injury nine games to get back into the returning players.

Rookie forwards Corey Bureau and Tyler Moore and women’s HoCKey second-year winger Kelly Jackson combined for 30 of the team’s 79 goals this season.

Bureau, who scored 11 goals, won the OUA East rookie of the year award. All three will be back next season.

On defence, Stellick, Stephane B y e mily l oWe disappointing end to a promising Staff Writer season that fell apart in the Chabot and Patrick McEachen will all be returning. new year.

In goal, transfer student Riley One year after a Cinderella playoff The Gaels posted a 10-3-2 run that ended with an Ontario record to open the season, good Whitlock started 27 of 28 games title and a national bronze medal, for third in the OUA heading into and saved 757 total shots to win the OUA East Goaltender of the the women’s hockey team was the winter break. upset in the first round of the But 2012 brought problems. Year award. He has one year of OUA playoffs.

Forward Brittany McHaffie was eligibility remaining.

Expect the men’s hockey team On Feb. 19, the Gaels fell sidelined with a knee injury and to the York Lions in double the team lost seven of its final 11 to have a strong 2012-13 season overtime in the deciding game of a regular-season games, including a — if they can stay healthy.

Riley Whitlock, Tyler Moore and the men’s hockey team best-of-three series — a See Full on page 26 couldn’t overcome a season-long injury crisis.

No title repeat Women’s hockey falls in first round

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men’s basKeTball

Rough season for young team Men’s basketball team goes 2-20, misses playoffs and only beats winless RMC B y Peter r eimer Staff Writer

Second-year guard Ryan Golden will be the basketball team’s leader next season.

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Middle of the pack

Guard Brittany Moore rockets up OUA scoring chart, but women’s basketball team still can’t win a playoff game

B y j erry Z HenG Staff Writer

the Ryerson Rams for the second the standings. consecutive year after having beaten On Jan. 20, the Gaels lost 59-27 them twice in regular-season play. to the Carleton Ravens, a defeat This season’s women’s basketball The Gaels finished the regular that 30-year head coach Dave team looked poised for a season fourth in the OUA East at Wilson called “close to one of the long playoff run after three 12-10 — a major improvement worst performances I’ve seen in my veteran players returned from from last season’s 7-15 record. history at Queen’s.” long-term injuries.

But they were only an average The Gaels were hampered But for the fifth straight season, team, winning against lesser by poor fourth-quarter the Gaels lost in the first round competition, but dropping all six performances all season, getting of the OUA playoffs, falling to contests to teams ahead of them in See Veterans on page 26

39 three-point shots. Simpson was also the team’s most consistent scorer, posting over 10 points in all With a new coach and a young but five games.

The Gaels couldn’t compete roster, the men’s basketball team wasn’t expected to win many physically this season — perimeter games this year. And that’s exactly players Simpson and Golden led the team with 4.7 and 3.9 what happened.

After two preseason wins over rebounds per game respectively. the St. Lawrence College Vikings But 6’7 rookie centre John Lenz and the Royal Military College will be useful next season if he can Paladins in early October, the Gaels adjust to the speed and physicality went on a four-month, 25-game of the OUA. If second-year forward Nikola losing streak. They finished the season at 2-20, with both wins Misljencevic — who averaged 11.4 points per game and shot 42 coming against the 0-24 Paladins.

The Gaels were the OUA per cent from the three-point line East’s youngest team this season this season — can start scoring — forward and captain Bernard consistently, the Gaels should Burgesson was the only fourth-year improve on their 63.6 points per player on the 13-man roster, while game average, the second lowest in second-year guard Ryan Golden, the OUA this season.

This summer will be head the other captain, was one of 10 players in their first or second year coach Stephen Barrie’s first official recruiting period at Queen’s. With of eligibility.

Golden, who played a experience playing and coaching team-high 31 minutes per game, in Toronto and London, he has should be the Gaels’ offensive networks to find good talent.

Despite going 2-20, this season anchor for in the coming seasons.

Forward Mackenzie Simpson, a wasn’t a waste — with the talented third-year transfer student from St. younger players having earned Lawrence College, led the Gaels valuable experience, the Gaels will in scoring with 12.7 points per be playoff contenders next year. game, largely because of strong shooting — he made a team-high

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Coach wants top four Continued from page 1

The Golden Bears’ star outside hitter Mitch Irvine, third in the CIS with 4.7 points per set, was on crutches for both of his team’s games last weekend.

“I’m sure [Irvine] won’t be healthy,” Willis said. “I think we can beat Alberta.”

The bid for the Queen’s national championship was approved in 2009, but Willis has been building the volleyball program since she started with the Gaels.

Willis is the only female men’s volleyball coach in the CIS. In the late 1980s, that was another one of her benchmarks.

“The first time I got OUA Coach of the Year, [in 1990], that was a bit of a benchmark for me because that meant I now had credibility in the men’s game with my male colleagues,” she said. “Up until that point, there may have been some skepticism about women coaching men.”

Willis was also fighting for her program.

Through the early 1990s, she battled to move her team’s games and practices to Bartlett, the PEC’s biggest gym. In 2000, Willis coached the Gaels to their first OUA title since 1972.

“When I look back on the team party after we won OUAs back in 2000, nationals were only four days away, but boy we celebrated,” she said. “For me too, that was a huge thing.

“We didn’t win a match at nationals [that] year,” she said. “My next benchmark became winning a match in the nationals.”

Willis accomplished that goal in 2006, when she won her third OUA title and two CIS championship matches to finish fifth in the country. In 2010, Willis won her fifth OUA title and finished fifth at nationals again.

It’s time for a new benchmark.

“Anything less than a first-round win, we’ve already done,” she said. “We’ve already come fifth twice ... I want to break the top four.”

Head coach Brenda Willis took over the men’s volleyball program in 1987.

She says it’s always been her goal to host a national championship.

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Christian-Macfarlane said. “All roads lead to the same destination.”

Despite being first-timers at nationals, Christian-Macfarlane said her team isn’t expecting an early exit.

“I’m training the girls to go out there and win by playing the best volleyball,” she said.

“UBC better look out, because we’re going to step on the floor and do what we need to do.”

there’s no pressure on us, “we’re looked upon as the underdog. ”

—Natalie Gray, women’s volleyball outside hitter

The eight-team, single-elimination tournament, hosted by the McMaster Marauders, runs until Sunday. The other teams competing, in order of seeding, are the Alberta Pandas, the Montreal Carabins, the Saint Mary’s Huskies, the McGill Martlets, the Trinity West Spartans and the host Mauraders.

Christian-Macfarlane said she has a good idea what UBC head coach Doug Reimer’s game plan will be — Christian-Macfarlane

played CIS volleyball at the University of Manitoba in the 1990s while Reimer coached at the University of Winnipeg.

“He’s always had these really huge teams,” Christian-Macfarlane said. “It’s always been very much about offense and hitting perimeter. Deep perimeters have been his claim to fame.”

Fourth-year outside hitter Natalie Gray said the Gaels will benefit from being seen as newcomers to the national tournament.

“There’s no pressure on us, we’re looked upon as the underdog ... and I think that’s a great place for us to be,” she said. “[The Thunderbirds] haven’t seen us play before and they don’t know what we’re capable of.”

Gray and fellow fourth-year outside hitter Becky Billings will play their last-ever games for Queen’s this weekend. Gray said she’s thrilled to be ending her career on the national stage.

“There aren’t many words to describe how good it feels,” Gray said. “I feel like I’ll be nervous for the first ball.

“But once we get that first point out of the way we’ll be back to Queen’s volleyball and do what we do every day in the gym.”

The Gaels open the tournament against the Thunderbirds today at 3 p.m. All games will be webcast live at ssncanada.ca.

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cross-country championship, the 2010 FISU cross-country championships and men’s volleyball preseason tournaments for the last two seasons. The tournaments helped Athletics to set up this weekend’s 175-person volunteer base.

Even with the modern ARC facilities and experience hosting major tournaments, Queen’s still needed a team that was good enough to contend for a national championship.

“There’s nothing worse than being the [last] seed and hosting,” Dal Cin said.

Men’s volleyball coach Brenda Willis had brought in six recruits for the 2007-08 season to form the core of a team that would contend for the 2012 CIS championship. In their first two years, the Gaels won back-to-back silver medals.

“We looked at the profile of the [men’s volleyball] team and we saw that we had this cohort that was traveling through the program that was an awesome recruiting class,” Dal Cin said.

Dal Cin and Willis began talking in December 2008 about hosting a national championship.

Willis said they began drafting the championship bid in March 2009, after her team lost to the McMaster Marauders in the OUA final for the second consecutive year.

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From left: Captains Dan Rosenbaum, Niko Rukavina and Jackson Dakin celebrate last weekend’s OUA title.

On May 19, 2009, Queen’s submitted a bid to the CIS — a month later, Queen’s was awarded the 2012 championship, beating out the University of Sherbrooke, Calgary, Waterloo, Laval and Saskatchewan.

Queen’s had to make a $20,000 payment to the CIS when they bid for the championship, a figure that is included in the championship budget.

Dal Cin said Athletics is looking to break even this weekend, but any profit will be reinvested into hosting future CIS championships.

“We’re interested in an outdoor championship right now,” Dal Cin said. “That would be the next one we would go after.”

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Full team returning Continued from page 22

7-0 home loss to the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks.

The Gaels secured fourth place to earn home-ice advantage against the Lions — but lost both playoff games at the Memorial Centre.

Despite the early playoff exit, head coach Matt Holmberg can be optimistic about the future. All of his players will return next season.

Brittany and Morgan McHaffie emerged as elite players this season — Morgan recorded a league-best 38 points and was named the OUA player of the year while Brittany had 10 goals and 15 assists despite missing three games with injury. Their linemate, Alex Cieslowski, had 10 goals and 11 assists.

Women’s basketball guard Brittany Moore is the second-highest all-time scorer in the OUA.

Defender Katie Duncan was an OUA second-team all-star while winger Taryn Pilon scored 21 points to make the all-rookie team.

Holmberg had goalies Karissa Savage and Mel Dodd-Moher sharing the starting role this season. Savage posted a .92 save percentage, a 2.4 goals against average and one shutout while Mel Dodd-Moher ended the season with a .91 save percentage, a 2.7 goals against average and two shutouts.

Dodd-Moher played all three playoff games, allowing nine goals on 89 shots.

Dodd-Moher will be back next season, but Savage is still undecided.

With an extra season of experience, the Gaels will be better in 2012-13. The 25-0-1 Golden Hawks might still be out of reach, but Queen’s should be able to earn a spot in the OUA final.

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outscored in the final frame in 15 of their 22 games. With only two players above 6’0, they also struggled against taller teams.

Wing Christine Wallace and guards Meaghan McDougall and Rachael Urosevic all recovered from season-ending injuries last year to provide some depth behind fifth-year guard and star player Brittany Moore.

The success story of the season was Moore’s climb through the OUA all-time scoring charts, finishing her career with

1,652 points — the second-best total in league history. Moore scored over 10 points in all but two games, shot over 40 per cent from the field and was an OUA first-team all-star for the fourth time in her career.

Rookie wing Jenny Wright was another bright spot, earning a place on the OUA all-rookie team. Wright led all rookies with 106 rebounds, while averaging 6.9 points per game.

But the future looks uncertain for the women’s basketball team. With Moore and Wallace both graduating and no clear-cut star Women’s hockey forward Morgan McHaffie was the OUA’s top scorer with 16 to take over, the Gaels will be in rebuilding goals and 22 assists this season.

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According to the president of the Queen’s Swing Club, you can swing dance to Lady Gaga.

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Students take up swing Queen’s swing dancers practice their craft in unexpected places, including nightclubs B y S avoula S tylianou Assistant News Editor There are no mistakes in swing dancing, only new moves.

At least that’s how Jennifer Weiner, president of Queen’s Swing Club (QSC), sees it.

“That made me feel like you could dance and not feel insecure about it,” Weiner, ConEd ’12, said, adding that people are intrigued when they find out she’s a swing dancer.

“It’s funny, if you put it on resumes, people interviewing you will definitely ask you about it and it makes you memorable.”

Swing music is synonymous with the big band era of the 1930s and 40s, but Weiner said it’s easy to incorporate modern day music.

“It’s stuff like Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller and Louis Armstrong. But you totally can swing dance to a Lady Gaga song.”

Despite adapting to contemporary music, people often assume swing dance is outdated, Weiner said.

“People think that because the music is from the 20s or 30s or 40s that it’s not something they could relate to, but new moves are being created all the time,” she said, adding one of the reasons she enjoys swing dancing so much is because of the creativity involved.

Swing dancing requires two roles — a leader and a follower.

“When people are at the lesson, they choose whether they want to be a lead or a follow, then periodically we’ll rotate partners so people will get a chance to deal with a lot of different people,” she said.

Gender doesn’t matter in swing dancing partnerships, Weiner said.

“If girls want to lead and guys want to follow, that’s fine,” she said.

“What’s cool about swing is that there are girls dancing with girls and guys dancing with guys — it’s a non-boundary setting dance.”

For Weiner, the QSC has offered a stress release over the last four years. She got involved in swing

dancing because her older sister encouraged her to join the club.

“She was trying to ease my transition to university and she encouraged me to try swing dancing, which I would be more likely to do if I knew someone,” she said. “It was a great way to meet new people and it was a great community.”

Swing dance is easy to learn and the Swing Club offers beginner lessons.

“It’s drop-in friendly. You could come to our lesson because we always start the meetings with the same basic steps,” Weiner said.

“If you miss a week you’re not going to be at a disadvantage … I promise you anyone can learn how to swing dance.”

dancing is one “ofSwing those dances where you can have fun and not have anything sexual.

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— Ryan Armstrong, QSC head dance instructor Swing dance has been present on Queen’s campus for more than a decade.

Other schools with swing dancing clubs include the University of Toronto, McMaster, Waterloo and McGill.

The Swing Club will be celebrating its 13th anniversary from March 16 to 18, Weiner said.

“We’re going to have lessons during the day of March 17 and a beginner lesson right before the main event, which is the 15-piece live jazz band,” she said.

The theme of this year’s anniversary weekend is masquerade.

“What’s exciting about the anniversary weekend is that alumni often like to come back to Kingston for that event.”

But the anniversary weekend isn’t the only opportunity for club members to dance in public.

Ryan Armstrong, the club’s

head dance instructor, said members have engaged in Lindy bombing on campus — it refers to swing dancing in a place where it’s unexpected. The name Lindy bombing comes from the Lindy Hop, a dance that features footwork from the Charleston and tap dance.

“One of our big advertisements was Lindy bombing all around campus, that was how we got a lot of first years — we would go to residences and when they asked what we were doing, we gave them handouts,” Armstrong, ArtSci ’13, said.

Members also break out in dance in venues off-campus, Armstrong said.

“We do like to go out occasionally and swing dance where it’s not supposed to happen,” he said, adding that he’s even done so at Stages nightclub.

Armstrong said he likes to swing dance because it differs from the kinds of dancing that happens in night clubs.

“Swing dancing is one of those dances where you can have fun and not have anything sexual,” he said.

Armstrong himself wasn’t always a swing dancer though.

He used to participate in ballroom dancing, but found swing dancing more enjoyable.

“I love the energy of it because compared to ballroom it’s not as picturesque. It’s very energy-oriented,” he said.

Armstong’s favourite move in swing dance is the cross-hand Charleston, a dance that was popularized by flappers in the 20s, he said.

“It’s fun to do flashy moves now and then,” he said.

In addition to flashy moves, Armstrong said he enjoys pulling off aerial tricks, including the frog jump — when one person jumps over the other person’s head.

But aerial tricks aren’t the sole component of swing dance.

“People think it’s all aerials, especially when they see swing

dancing in the movies. While I love aerials, you can’t do them forever,” he said.

“People don’t understand the actual dance part of it when you’re just on the ground with your partner doing the moves.”

Armstrong said he heard about the QSC in first year.

“A friend of mine convinced a bunch of us to go so we all went and checked out the beginner lesson,” he said. “I thought it was cool so I went back.”

This year, there are 10 members on the club executive and 50 to 60 club members in total.

The large number of participants is a plus as all dancers can improve from partner rotations, Armstrong said.

“When you dance with a specific partner all the time, you pick up all their bad habits,” he said.

“But when you switch it up, you adapt to your new partner and the things you were doing wrong before, you can fix, and your dancing becomes better.”

Queen’s Swing Club holds practice every Monday night at 8 p.m. in Wallace Hall of the JDUC.

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Chien-Shun Chen, Sci ‘12, dances with Swing Club president Jennifer Weiner to Christina Aguilera’s “Candyman” on Monday.

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