The Queen's Journal, Issue 4

AMS

Grey House groups face removal B y K atherine Fernandez -B lance News Editor

four members of the committee: for AMS space.

AMS Vice-President of University EQuIP, a committee within the Affairs Kieran Slobodin, Clubs AMS’s Social Issues Commission is Manager Craig Draeger, being removed because according Three student groups were told Commissioner of Internal Affairs to AMS policy, committees aren’t they have until Sept. 30 to vacate Mark Preston and Student Centre eligible for separate club space. their Grey House spaces.

Officer Gillian Shields.

All organizations have The Kingston Ontario Public The committee determines existed in the Grey House for Interest Research Group (OPIRG), what AMS-ratified clubs go into at least a decade. the Levana Gender Advocacy AMS exclusive and shared spaces.

Former AMS President Safiah Centre and the Education on Queer Both OPIRG and the Levana Chowdhury said she was puzzled Issues Project (EQuIP) were given Gender Advocacy Centre failed when she heard the groups would notices on Aug. 29 by the AMS’s to re-ratify as AMS clubs— be removed from the Grey House.

Space Allocation Committee. something the AMS has identified “Policy of course is in place The notices were signed by all as a requirement to be eligible for a reason … but historically

it’s always been applied with some flexibility,” Chowdhury, ArtSci ’11, said.

Along with former VicePresident of Operations Ben Hartley, Chowdhury signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with leaders from OPIRG, Levana and Queen’s Pride Project on April 30 this year.

The agreement identified the groups’ unique place on campus.

“If the MOU had actually been followed up on and been in place, the AMS would not … unilaterally

be able to [remove the groups],” she said.

Although the MOU was signed by all bodies involved, it wasn’t seen by the Space Allocation Committee.

Under the AMS’s Operations and Management Agreement, this is a requirement for the memorandum to be valid.

Kieran Slobodin, vice-president of university affairs, worked closely with the former executive last year.

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Inside Biking for a cause Student raises thousands for cancer charity. page 4

cameras in residence Dialogue examines the future of safety in residences.

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adornment through time New art exhibit looks at body ornamentation. page 10 FREC Aleen Pengka, Sci ’14, yells at engineering frosh as they recieve their eng-cuts on Wednesday.

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Sustainability

Solar panels to generate revenue Queen’s plans to lease out four campus rooftops to global company B y C atherine O wsik Assistant News Editor Plans are underway to install thousands of solar panels on Queen’s property within the next year.

The entire system is expected to generate 13.5 million kWh per year—enough energy to support 120,450 Ontarians for a full year.

Under an agreement with American company Johnson Controls, Queen’s won’t own the solar panels or directly profit from their energy generation but the University will receive a monthly payment for leasing space. The agreement was signed in December last year and includes the lease of rooftops and land.

Queen’s Sustainability manager Aaron Ball said the agreement will provide the University with a new steady source of revenue.

“The University has no capital cost associated with this project,” Ball said. “The system is owned by Johnson [Controls] and their financial partners … what Queen’s gets is basically a rental payment.”

System plans are currently under review by the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) to see if the panels are applicable for the Feed-in Tariff program. Through this provincial program, the OPA pays solar panel owners for the energy that the panels generate.

Queen’s applied to the OPA in late May. Ball said a response should come before the end of September. Ball said he’s expecting approval but it’s not guaranteed.

If plans are approved, then Johnson Controls will install solar panel systems on the rooftops of

Victoria Hall, the Queen’s Centre, Duncan McArthur Hall and the An Clachan apartment complex on West Campus.

A larger, ground-mount system will be installed on a plot of land measuring 80 to 100 acres at the

Gaels fall preview Sports looks at the Gael’s changes in the upcoming fall season.

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gluten-free Postscript explores how to maintain a gluten-free diet. page 23

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HEALTH

Top five STIs on campus Chlamydia diagnoses on the rise B y J anina enrile Assistant Features Editor Sexual health-related visits are among the top ten reasons why Debra Morin sees students at the LaSalle clinic on campus.

“Some people just don’t practice safe sex,” said Morin, who’s the Charge Nurse for

Health, Counseling and Disability Services (HCDS).

Morin said HCDS doesn’t have available statistics on the number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) diagnosed on campus every year.

She said the five most commonly-seen STIs are: chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis,

herpes simplex and HPV/genital warts.

Chlamydia has been diagnosed more frequently as of late, Morin said.

According to Morin, when a case of chlamydia is reported, the diagnosis must be relayed to Public Health Canada.

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EDUCATION

Students save with textbook rental plan

Half of textbooks available for rental through new program B y M eaghan Wray Assistant News Editor Instead of spending $142 on an Introduction to Biology textbook, it can now be rented for half the price.

This rental option is part of a new program at Queen’s Campus Bookstore.

Some want their own “book to mark up ... It’s really up to the individual student. ” —Chris Tabor, Campus Bookstore general manager

Approximately half of the books required in all courses are available, Bookstore General Manager Chris Tabor said, adding that there’s no limit to how many books a student can rent. “[Students] can extend the rental period as long as they want.

If they’re late, the return penalties will never exceed the cost of the new book, but they will pay late fees,” he said.

The cost of shipping a book to the Campus Bookstore would in some cases double the rental price. The cost is $12 plus $4

per extra title to order them. On top of these costs is the actual textbook rental price which varies by length of time. Textbooks are returned to the Campus Bookstore by the student, and then returned to Follett Higher Education Group, a bookstore provider.

Tabor said the Bookstore invests in the rental program and the aim is to break even as the store operates as a not-for-profit enterprise.

The textbook rental option won’t be useful to all students, Tabor said.

The program was tested on approximately 10 students last year in the english, political science and applied science departments. All pilot project participants rented at least one book but few rented all of their books.

“Some want their own book to mark up, they want to keep it, they want it longer. It’s really up to the individual student,” he said.

Class professors offer threehour reserves on required textbooks as another cost-saving option. Texts can be found on the Stauffer Library Reserve search engine, which lists all professors and courses possible.

“Just like rentals won’t be for everyone, the libraries won’t be for everyone either,” Tabor said.

Laura Stairs, ArtSci ’12, said

she buys used textbooks that cost her around $600 a year. Stairs said that while the new initiative may be Journal file photo helpful to some students, it won’t Students could save half off textbooks with rentals. be one that she’ll use.

“As it turns out, none of the “We all know textbooks are E d i t o r s ’ textbooks that I will be using an outrageous expense to our n o t e are available through the rental education and sometimes it just program. Maybe if you were in seems ridiculous to pay all this science it would be more useful,” money for a book you’re going to Since January, our banner has she said. use for four months of your life,” stated that the Queen’s Journal Stairs said the textbook rental she said. is Canada’s oldest student service is generating a profit by newspaper in our print and selling the same product multiple online editions. times to students.

It turns out we’re not.

After an inquiry by Queen’s and Dalhousie University C l a r i f i c a t i o n archivists, it’s been brought A deteriorating water pipe will delay the completion of the underground to our attention that the tunnel. Construction on the new west wing of Goodes Hall will not Dalhousie Gazette predates the be affected.

Journal by at least four and a The $40 million expansion is expected to be completed on schedule for half years.

Spring 2012.

The oldest issue of the Gazette in the Dalhousie archives is dated Feb. 22, 1869, but the newspaper is reported to have started in C o r r e c t i o n s late 1868. The first edition of the Queen’s Journal appeared Arig Girgrah is Assistant Dean of Student Affairs. In the July 26 issue on Oct. 25, 1873. Both student of the Journal, Girgrah was incorrectly attributed as the Dean of newspapers have published Student Affairs. continuously since they were respectively established.

The Residence Life Manager is Chauncey Kennedy. In the July 26 issue We regret the error. of the Journal, Robert Holliday was incorrectly listed as the Residence Life manager.

—Clare Clancy and Jake Edmiston, Editors in Chief The Journal regrets the errors.

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Using methods standardized by Health Canada, routine STI testing at HCDS screens for chlamydia, gonorrhea, Hepatitis B and C, syphilis and HIV.

STIs a focus for on-campus groups

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Public Health will record the case and inform the patient’s past and current sexual partners of their diagnosis, keeping the patient anonymous.

“The prevalence of STIs in our patient demographic [at Queen’s] is much higher than in an older, non-student population,” HCDS Medical Director Dr. Suzanne Billing told the Journal via email.

Billing said there is believed to be a relationship between STIs in the student population and what is seen as high-risk behaviour at this age.

“Behaviours such as multiple partners, sporadic barrier use, substance abuse and lack of information on STI transmission [contribute to this belief],” she said.

A 2009 study published by the Public Health Agency of Canada found that between 1997 and 2007, reported rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and infectious syphilis were continually higher among young adults aged 15 to 29 years than older adults, aged 40 to 59 years.

Billing said treatable STIs like chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis are on the decline but HIV is not.

Before 2009, 62 per cent of all reported HIV cases were in homosexual men.

The rate of HIV in homosexual men is declining, Billing said, but it’s becoming more common in the heterosexual population.

“Half of all positive [HIV] diagnoses in females were in young people aged under 20 years old,” Billing said, adding that while most exposure to the virus was from heterosexual intercourse, injection drug use made up for over 19 per cent of infections in women since 2009.

Morin said there is a standardized protocol for the identification and treatment of STIs regulated by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

A student-requested screening for STIs begins with reviewing a patient’s sexual history, including number of past partners and use of barrier methods.

“The routine testing is for chlamydia, gonorrhea, Hepatitis B and C, syphilis and HIV,” Morin said, adding that STI testing methods have not changed much since she began at HCDS eight years ago.

Chlamydia and gonorrhea is tested using a urine sample, while identifying herpes requires a swab of the lesion. Morin said that other STIs require blood work to recognize.

“You’ll get some students who are very upset about their diagnosis, but they’re just happy to know if they have something or

not, to receive treatment and just to be educated about it,” she said.

Morin said that honesty within sexual partnerships is paramount in preventing the spread of STIs. “I don’t know if there’s necessarily a stigma with STIs,” she said. “There may be a stigma attached to the fact that if you have an STI, you’ve had multiple partners, which isn’t always the case.

“If you’ve had more partners, you’re more at risk to get an STI,” Morin said. “But it doesn’t necessarily mean that if you’ve only had one partner, you’re not going to get one.”

Leigh Taylor, director of the Sexual Health Resource Centre (SHRC), said that Residence Life is increasing its promotion of safe sex practices this year.

“We are asked [by Residence Life] to discuss STIs,” Taylor said, adding that the SHRC will be more involved in Frosh Week this year.

“We’ve always worked with dons, but this year Residence Life is targeting safe sex as the main focus,” she said.

Taylor said that trained volunteers specializing in sexual education, dubbed “sexperts,” will collaborate with dons to run educational workshops with first-year students about sexual health topics.

“It’s targeting our services and

what we can do to help,” SHRC Director Leigh Taylor said. “It’s promoting those safer sex practices and having people practice them.”

She said that the SHRC also sells products aimed at preventing the transmission of bacterial infections.

“We have a series of barrier methods for preventing skin-toskin contact or fluid transmission,” Taylor said, adding that these products include latex and nonlatex condoms for both men and women and, as a new addition, rubber gloves to avoid the spread of infection through external wounds during manual stimulation

with the hands.

Most students opt for phallic condoms, she said.

Volunteers at the Centre can give students information and advice about the treatment of STIs, but are not equipped to diagnose them.

“Instead, we stress that to be sure about any STI, you have to be seen by a doctor and have them make a diagnosis,” Taylor said.

—With files from Terra-Ann Arnone and Jake Edmiston

Phallic condoms are a popular purchase on campus.

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Student Experience

Cyclist raises thousands for cancer research First year Kinesiology student Adam Beaudoin was inspired by friends diagnosed with cancer by savoula stylianou

Assistant News Editor

Incoming first-year student Adam Beaudoin decided to take the long route to Kingston from his home town of Victoria, B.C. On Aug. 6, Beaudoin began a cross-country biking trip that ended in Kingston on Sept. 4.

Beaudoin, PheKin ’15, said he was inspired to raise money for the B.C. Cancer Foundation after two of his friends were diagnosed with cancer.

“We all have a story involving cancer and I thought it was time I did something about it,” he said.

Beaudoin said he didn’t train specifically for the ride. He also had to recover from a soccer injury he suffered in November of last year.

“I had only biked eight times between June and July before starting the ride to Kingston.”

Beaudoin raised more than $42,000 by the end of his journey.

“In the next five years, thousands of people will be diagnosed with cancer and I want to give the gift of life to them,” he said, adding that he chose to raise money for the B.C. Cancer Foundation because of its focus on research.

In order to complete the 4,700 kilometre ride from Victoria to Kingston, Beaudoin biked for an average of 150 kilometres per day.

“That’s more than seven hours on a bike [per day]. I’ve only had two rest days,” he told the

Journal on Aug. 30 from Blind River, Ontario.

Though Beaudoin said he’s never done anything like this before, he’s been active all his life.

Along with biking daily this year, Beaudoin ran up and down Arizona’s Grand Canyon in March—a run of more than 27 kilometres.

We all have a story “involving cancer and I

thought it was time I did something about it.

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—Adam Beaudoin, PheKin ’15

“I always exercise. This year I got into triathlons and cycling,” he said. “This is a whole different ballgame though.”

The weather was on his side for the most part, Beaudoin said.

“It’s been unreal,” he said. “I had to ride through a thunderstorm ... in Thunder Bay, so I’ve only been rained on twice, which is pretty amazing.”

Beaudoin said the ride took a physical toll on his body, but that wasn’t his biggest challenge.

“I’m always by myself. My mom was in the car, but I was the only one riding all day. It was totally different from what I was expecting,” he said.

While on the road, Beaudoin said he nearly got hit by cars

Supporters welcome Adam Beaudoin, PheKin ’15, on Sept. 4 after he biked 4,700 km from his home town of Victoria, B.C. to Queen’s campus . He biked an average of 150 km per day.

numerous times.

After such a gruelling tour, Beaudoin said he’s looking forward to coming to Queen’s to study.

“I’m really passionate about kinesiology and I’m looking forward to being in an environment

where I can experience new things and meet new people,” he said.

While he’s unsure if he’ll do something like this again in the future, Beaudoin said he’ll keep challenging himself athletically.

“I’m kind of sick of it to be

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honest but I’m sure, knowing my personality, I’ll forget about that,” he said. “I might do an Ironman same time next year.”

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Queen’s University Biological Station (QUBS). This field-like set up of solar panels will generate the most energy of all the systems, counting for 90 per cent of the total generated energy.

The five systems will all vary, in the type and orientation of the panels, Ball said, adding that this will maximize the amount of light the stationary solar panels receive.

Once approved, each system’s contract will last for 20 years.

“Best case scenario would be for some limited installation this

December, weather dependent … the bulk of it will take place in the spring,” Ball said.

Due to its large size, the QUBS installation will begin later than the on-campus solar panel systems.

Public meetings and environmental assessments will need to be conducted to ensure that the large ground-mounted panels will not affect the local community or wildlife.

Queen’s current solar panel installation on the Goodwin Hall façade was criticized for its design, Ball said, adding that the new

rooftop systems will be an upgrade from this. “[The Goodwin Hall solar panels] were installed fairly early on in the technology of solar panels … the orientation of them may not be as good as it could’ve been,” he said. “In terms of the production though they’ve been working well.”

Ball said the new solar panel project began last summer and is something that the sustainability office has been discussing for years.

He attributes its creation to the combined effort of many faculty and administration.

“There were a couple different student groups on campus that were very supportive of moving this project forward,” Ball said.

Undergraduate Student Trustee Lauren Long, ArtSci ’13, was part of the Solar Coalition last year—a group that advocated for the installation of solar panels on campus.

“Solar panels really demonstrate the commitment that the Queen’s administration has for sustainability,” Long said. “[They] are something so visual and tangible that students can really see and relate to.”

The Solar Coalition dismantled after the University began to put

tangible plans for new solar panels together. Long said plans were formed in the summer of 2010.

“One big criticism of the panel was the funding of it … with the current financial instability of Queen’s, leasing was a way to get it done fast,” Long said.

Another criticism Long said she heard from students was that the panels would deface the historic look of the campus.

“That issue has been taken care of because not all of the roofs are getting panels; only the ones that aren’t historic and the panels should be relatively out of sight as well,” she said.

Campus Calendar Saturday, Sept. 10

Wednesday, Sept. 14

Fall recreation and leisure showcase Portsmouth Olympic Harbour 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Free

Farmer’s Market Outside Stauffer Library 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 12

The Goodwin Hall solar panels, installed in 2002, have been a learning tool for applied science students. The new installations will be on the rooftops of four campus buildings and at QUBS.

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Education on Queer Issues Project (EQuIP) meeting JDUC Performance Lounge 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 15 QUIC English conversation group International Centre, JDUC 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Free

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Campus Catch -Up LGBT rights in Manitoba protected by professor A law professor at the University of Manitoba was one of 12 inductees into the Canadian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) Human Rights Hall of Fame on July 30.

Karen Busby has researched laws dealing with sexuality and violence in the LGTB community as well as human rights laws.

She will join past inductees like former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

Busby appeared as counsel for the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund in the Little Sisters case which concerned the treatment of LGBT bookstores by Canadian Customs.

Busby worked alongside LGBT advocacy group Egale Canada in a fight for equal marriage and also fought for a gay male teenager’s right to bring a same-sex date to prom.

Other inductees this year include recording artist k.d. lang and Gens Hillquist, founder of the first gay and lesbian organization in Saskatoon in 1971.

—Savoula Stylianou

Sustainable students Mount Allison University in Sackville, N.B., has introduced a student-run farm initiative on campus.

Students will be employed in the program to grow vegetables like corn, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, peppers and cucumbers for the dining hall.

This eight-acre initiative is comprised of two gardens which use different harvesting methods. One garden will be farmed using only organic fertilizers while the other will use a combination of organic and

chemical fertilizers.

The university hopes to purchase another acre to grow fruit trees, herbs, berries, garlic, rhubarb and flowers.

—Meaghan Wray

Guelph wins with weeds A team of students from the University of Guelph now carry the title of Best Student Weed Scientists in North America.

On July 26, the four undergraduate students competed against 17 other schools in the 2011 Weed Olympics, held annually in Knoxville, Tenn. The University of Guelph was the only Canadian school to participate.

During the two-day competition, students were tested on their agricultural skills applied to weed management. They were judged with four criteria: weed identification, sprayer calibration, identifying herbicides and problem-solving.

Events included identifying an herbicide based solely on its effects on a plant.

The competition was open to both undergraduates and graduates and attracted more than 130 students across North America.

“It may be daunting at first, but no other experience can be as beneficial and rewarding as the Weed Olympics,” gold-medal winner Michael Vanhie said. “It was a fantastic learning opportunity, also providing the chance to network with many representatives in the crop protection industry.” −Catherine Owsik, with files from the University of Guelph

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News in brief Residents relocated

Audit done on campus washrooms

Ten double rooms located in the A and B wings of Victoria Hall will be Queen’s Physical Plant Services and turned into common rooms. the Human Rights Office teamed The change follows a fire up to complete an audit of gender inspection that happened late this neutral bathrooms on campus. summer.The rooms have doors A similar survey was completed that open into a stairwell and by the Sexual Health Resource therefore break fire code regulation. Centre and the Society of Graduate As a result, 20 first-year residents and Professional Students in 2008. were re-assigned rooms before AMS Social Issues Commissioner move-in day on Sept. 4.

T.K. Pritchard was invited to join “We tried to keep as many the project by Jean Pfleiderer, an people in Vic as we could,” Bruce advisor from the Human Rights Griffiths, director of housing and Office. Pritchard worked with hospitality, said. “Some people did four other student volunteers over have to move out of Vic and that a month-long period to take a was unfortunate.” survey of the bathrooms in 90 Griffiths said the building campus buildings. hasn’t undergone such a detailed The group noted whether the inspection in “a while.” bathrooms were gender neutral “Really, when the fire department or for single-gender use. These says you can’t have students there, numbers were then given to we have to react to that,” he said.

Physical Plant Services.

“Where we could, we moved the “They will be adding it all up students into the existing common and figuring out which bathrooms room and put the common room they can convert, which I’m hoping up in the old room.” will be most of them,” Pritchard, Installing cable television and ArtSci ’12, said. removing the furniture from the He said the audit was done to old common rooms will come at a make the university an inclusive minor cost, he said. and safe space for all students.

Griffiths said a re-allocation of “Currently, there are some this nature has never happened gender neutral bathrooms that exist, before on campus, and added that but they’re not always easy to find. it’s unlikely other residences will They’re not very well marked and be affected when the fire inspector they don’t exist in all buildings,” does thorough inspections of he said. other buildings.

“I don’t think we have any other ­—Savoula Stylianou rooms like that elsewhere,” he said.

—Katherine Fernandez-Blance

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Actions questioned Slobodin also said that over the summer, AMS Council acts as said it was understood that the new AMS Assembly, and that the Space executive would pick up where Allocation Committee would have they left off with the MOU. had the ability to change policy.

“We were under the impression “But, their focus [was] on that CES was behind this,” establishing re-ratification status,” Chowdhury said. “It was kind he said. of understood that the outgoing Over the summer, the Space [vice-president of university affairs] Allocation Committee reviewed would initiate, but the incoming the MOU and determined that [vice-president of university affairs] it was not valid because it hadn’t would continue on.” passed through the right bodies before it was signed.

We feel that we’ve The groups involved were informed that it was invalid in July. dealt very fairly with “Without re-ratification of the these groups. groups in question, going into another [MOU] and discussing that —Kieran Slobodin, would have been out of line with AMS vice-president of our policy,” he said. university affairs Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) She said the actions taken by the President Jillian Burford-Grinnell current executive against the Grey said the AMS doesn’t have the right House groups aren’t in the best to remove Levana and OPIRG interest of students. from the Grey House without “There’s no other space in their approval.

Kingston that services this need …

If the MOU had it’s being dealt with very poorly,” she said. “When I spoke to Kieran actually been followed recently, I asked them whether or up on and been in not he’s aware of how sketchy place, the AMS would this looks.” not … unilaterally be Chowdhury said if the AMS wanted to, they could have able to [remove worked towards changing policy the groups.] this summer, which would have prevented the three groups from —Safiah Chowdhury, being in this position. former AMS president “They could enact the MOU and try to ratify it in the fall,” she said.

Slobodin said the AMS acted Both OPIRG and the Levana within their policy because both Gender Advocacy Centre receive OPIRG and Levana didn’t re-ratify opt-outable student fees from as AMS clubs, even after multiple the AMS and SGPS membership, warnings. which means that neither group is “We feel that we’ve dealt very under solely AMS or SGPS control. fairly with these groups,” Slobodin, Under the new Operations and ArtSci ’12, said. “Our intent is Management agreement, the AMS to extend the ratification deadline, and SGPS have entered into a lease which would allow them to apply with the University for buildings for space.” like the Grey House.

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The Grey House at 51 Bader Lane is a joint-space between the AMS, the SGPS and the University. It contains office space for OPIRG, EQuIP and the Levana Gender Advocacy Centre.

“When it comes to the Grey House, the entire space … is designated as joint space,” BurfordGrinnell, MA ’11, said. “It is paid for … jointly by all three parties.”

She said the SGPS wasn’t consulted before the AMS delivered the removal notices to the group.

They were also not informed that the groups were being removed from the Grey House.

“I got a couple frantic emails from our members,” she said.

“Our members and the Kingston community use those resources.”

The AMS held a meeting with Grey House group representatives on Sept. 6. Burford-Grinnell asked to attend but was told that the meeting specifically related to AMS space allocation.

“I was told not to attend,” she said.

Along with 11 other members from the SGPS, AMS and the University, Burford-Grinnell sits on the Student Life Centre council.

The council, which determines how the Student Life Centre is run, will tentatively be meeting in the third or fourth week of September.

Burford-Grinnell said council will have the authority to stop the groups from being removed from the space.

“Alternatively they’d have the power to move the groups.”

Student Centre Officer Gillian Shields sits on the Space Allocation Committee. She said there are no “hard decisions” being made about the future occupancy of the Grey

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House. But, before other groups would be able to use the space, a full space audit would have to be conducted.

“There were formerly a few clubs occupying the attic space which had to be removed for safety reasons,” Shields, ArtSci ’11, said.

Shields said she’s uncertain how long an audit would take.

“It depends on several groups participation. Including [Physical Plant Services], SGPS, it would also have to be in consultation with [Student Life Centre] council which has representatives from the University,” she said.

Groups say space has historic importance B y K atherine Fernandez -B lance News Editor Leaving the Grey House would alter the way Kingston’s Ontario Public Research Interest Group (OPIRG), the Levana Gender Advocacy Centre and the Education for Queer Issues Project (EQuIP) operate, say representatives from each group.

EQuIP, a committee under the umbrella of the AMS Social Issues Commission, is facing removal from the Grey House because of AMS policy.

Jessie Sinclair, chair of EQuIP, said the attempt to remove the group from the space shows a disregard for marginalized students on campus.

“EQuIP did not make any mistakes or decisions that legitimize our eviction, and we are essential to maintaining the Grey House for what the students know it as: a safe space, a refuge, and a home for those that do not identify as part of the Queen’s norm,” Sinclair, ArtSci ’13, told the Journal via email.

She said the possibility of relocating the group to the

Social Issues Commission’s office is “unacceptable.”

“This ‘relocation’ will cause a loss of comfort in individuals who turn to EQuIP privately for office hours or a safe space to spend time in,” she said.

Sinclair said she’s hoping AMS officials will reconsider the decision but that EQuIP has strategies in place in the case that this doesn’t happen.

“We are not fighting for our committee’s best interests,” Sinclair said. “We are fighting for the past, present and future students of this institution who rely on and benefit from our irreplaceable services.”

T.K. Pritchard, AMS social issues commissioner, hasn’t been involved with the decision to remove OPIRG and Levana from the Grey House. He said he’s been working with Sinclair and advocating for EQuIP’s stance on the issue.

“EQuIP offers an extremely valuable resource. [The Grey House is] the only queer space on campus,” Pritchard, ArtSci ’12, said. “I don’t think there’s really any other in Kingston either. In my mind, they need to have what they have.”

meetings between OPIRG, Levana and the AMS at this point, he said the groups affect a lot of students and he would hate these students go unsupported.

“My recommendation is that we continue to support all students,” he said.

It’s all happened in Vlada Bilyak, coordinator of the this house.

Levana Gender Advocacy Centre, said the organization has existed in the Grey House for almost —Vlada Bilyak, Levana Gender Adcocacy 40 years.

Centre coordinator “We started here in 1975 and it’s been home to so much “This is the first year to my organization around queer issues,” knowledge this policy’s been Bilyak, ArtSci ’10 said. “It’s all happened out of this house.” enforced with EQuIP,” he said.

The centre operates a women’s Pritchard didn’t back the planned move of EQuIP to his research library on the second office and said the Grey House was floor of the building.

“It’s the oldest women’s and essential to EQuIP’s operations feminist’s research library in when he was chair last year.

“They need to have a space for Canada,” she said. their resources. They need to hold Bilyak said the organization private office hours. They need to hasn’t chosen whether or not they remain a queer space for students are going to re-ratify as an AMS because there isn’t another space,” club yet. he said. “Just because you’re in “It’s still something that needs the SIC doesn’t mean you’re not to be discussed as a collective homophobic. This space doesn’t consensus,” she said. function in that same way as the Kavita Bissoondial, OPIRG EQuIP office does.”

Kingston coordinator and ArtSci Though he’s not involved in ’10, said OPIRG has had issues Though the AMS’s decision to remove EQuIP from the space is backed by their policy, Pritchard, the former chair of EQuIP, said this is never an issue that has come up before.

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dealing with certain members of the AMS. “I’m so upset. I’m so angry,” she said. “Evicting these three groups is one thing, but … we were given an eviction letter and there were no groups assigned to any room in the Grey House.”

Bissoondial said groups in the Grey House work together on projects like the upcoming OPIRG hip hop festival.

“Each group provides very different services, all of us do some sort of open office hours,” she said.

“That house is the only dedicated space in Kingston to talking about and assisting queer people and queer issues.”

While the group has not made a decision about re-ratifying, Bissoondial said she feels OPIRG is being pressured into it.

“If it’s determined … that we need to become an AMS-ratified club to stay in the space, then we’re probably going to likely have to become an AMS ratified club,” she said. “If we don’t have to, we’re not going to.”

—With files from Terra-Ann Arnone and Clare Clancy

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Rector

Day finally over

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ick Day’s resignation as rector should have happened months ago.

Day’s resignation was announced on Sept. 1, five months after an AMS campus-wide referendum showed 72 per cent of voters in favour of his removal from office.

A similar referendum for the Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) had different results. Day had support from graduate student voters, however a combined majority of his constituents who voted in the referenda still wanted him gone from office. The voting followed Day’s politically divisive letter to Michael Ignatieff that he signed as Queen’s rector.

Choosing to remain rector for months after losing student support was undignified and wrong.

In the process of attempting to remove Day from office, students learned that no legislative body at Queen’s has the power to remove a rector. This allowed Day to keep his title until his resignation.

It’s therefore imperative that an avenue of recourse be established to remove a rector should the need ever arise again.

Given that the position is one mandated to represent students,

the power should be in student hands to bring about a rector’s removal. A recommendation to University Council isn’t sufficient.

It’s the AMS and SGPS who should have the power to remove the person elected to represent their members.

An email from former Provost Bob Silverman to Day condemned his actions as rector. Regardless

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Choosing to remain rector for months after losing student support was undignified and wrong.

Ban not enough University decision to make residence alcohol-free during this year’s Frosh Week has impacted all first years, even those who are legally able to drink.

Assuming that the goal is to keep frosh from drinking, the proposed policy change is inadequate. While it may deter first years from drinking within residence, the policy will send students elsewhere to drink.

The alcohol ban takes frosh away from the care of trained dons who are tasked with looking out for their residents’ well-being. Instead, the downtown bars and house parties of a strange city become an attractive option.

No one at a Student Ghetto kegger has been hired to keep first years from binge drinking, and there’s no Campus Observation Room to take them to if they’ve had too much.

There wasn’t an official announcement of the policy.

University administrators have remained silent on the issue, failing to explain the reasons behind the alcohol ban. Dons and other residence student leaders have been quiet as well.

Transparency has been absent from the University’s policy but if put in place, it would aid the administration’s cause. If new rules are aimed at preventing alcohol-related deaths, it should be stated.

If the coroner’s report issued to address the deaths of Cameron Bruce and Habib Khan is any

indication, then the tragedies of last year serve as an awful reminder of the dangers of alcohol. Instead of being downplayed, telling these stories could shock students into awareness.

The University needs to take a more proactive stance, much in the same way that sex in residence is addressed. Students are handed condoms regardless of their stated intentions, and are prepared should the need arise.

Drinking is common and shouldn’t be swept under the rug; it would be better for dons to hand out water and coach their residents in the recovery position rather than doling out punishment.

Imposing a new rule is not enough to stop common behavior, so policy should be adapted for best practices.

Residence is meant to be a student’s new home, one where they transition from youth into adulthood, but this policy treats first years like irresponsible children.

This policy makes drinking of any kind illicit. It takes a responsibility of adulthood and sets it as off limits.

Judging the success of the policy is also troublesome. There stands the question of what metrics will be used to measure whether the alcohol ban was effective or not.

Regardless of whether the policy continues after Frosh Week, the administration’s decision to ban alcohol is a band-aid solution to a complex issue.

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of how the administration felt Day expected to attend, including the affected the University’s reputation, Arts and Science Undergraduate the task of rector removal should Society and Engineering Society, it’s remain firmly in student hands and questionable how effective he was shouldn’t be impacted in any way in his role.

by University officials.

The situation begs a Looking forward to rector reevaluation for the rector position elections this fall, the controversy to assure greater accountability caused by Day has the potential to and transparency. be beneficial in the future of the Voters should take special care rector role. It was Day’s job to serve this October to assure that the as a voting student member on the new rector is someone who will Board of Trustees to represent the perform the role effectively, not student voice. simply fill a vacant position.

With Day absent from many of the society meetings he was

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The game

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hether it’s in the cloistered halls of high school or the confines of a tiny dorm room, most of us have taken part in the overachievement game. I know because I’ve been doing it for years.

It all originates from the grumbling guffaw of “you aren’t good enough,” which builds an insatiable hunger. There’s always someone outracing us and for that, we punish ourselves with the notion that everything out of our control is our fault.

But it isn’t and to delude ourselves regularly probably borders on self-abuse.

In high school, I sobbed out all my anxieties at night while earning the nickname “dragon lady” during the day. The hunger for success had always pushed me.

Sometimes I look back on high school and wonder if I had any fun—I didn’t.

By the time university started, I was burned out. I spent nights doing nothing but watching television instead of studying for the science program I didn’t yet

know I hated.

In first year it felt like someone kept hitting the back of my head, telling me that I wasn’t good enough.

Everyone else was better and stronger than I was. Pretending to enjoy the university experience became a habit. I stopped reading books and forgot what it felt like to genuinely like something, or someone.

Easy conversations were rare as I drew back from situations that I would normally jump for. I got fatter.

That’s when I decided I deserved it. There was no fighting from my end, no pushing myself in order to get what I wanted.

I stopped being so delightfully stubborn and just started letting things happen without giving myself any say in the matter.

Some time has passed since that distinct period of my life where I ended the day unsatisfied, feeling like I accomplished nothing. I now end it with a sigh of weariness, but also content.

I don’t know if I’m still watching myself lose, but now this is what I see: I’m involved in school again. I fight back. I care if my grades are slipping or if I’m hurting a friend.

Don’t prematurely burn yourself out. Instead of appreciating your achievements, you’ll hate what you did to yourself to get them. These are things I learned during my first year at Queen’s.

By third year I learned that achievements can come without overexertion and self-hatred.

Don’t let yourself get caught up in the overachievement game. It’s not worth it.

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Perspectives from the Queen’s community

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Fighting for Grey House

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What do you think about the residence alcohol policy?

Members from campus groups facing eviction want to maintain longstanding operations in the building

“It’s not so bad. People aren’t drinking as much.”

Fraser M ac P herson , A rt S ci ’12 and Kym N acita , A rt S ci ’09 The recent AMS decision to evict several longstanding campus groups from the Grey House reflects an abuse of power and disregards the importance of both the historical and contemporary work of these groups.

The decision, which came down on Aug. 29, requires the Education on Queer Issues Project (EQuIP), the Levana Gender Advocacy Centre and the Ontario Public Interest Research Group Kingston (OPIRG) to vacate our space in the Grey House by Sept. 30.

Our continued co-existence in the Grey House has become an essential part of our operations. It’s crucial to our ability to collectively build and nurture an environment of safety and inclusivity.

This is something the AMS had come to recognize when it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in April 2011 with OPIRG, Levana and the Queen’s Pride Project (QPP).

The MOU sought to recognize the historical importance of the space through the guarantee that “the often vulnerable organizations [which] occupy the Grey House have security above and beyond the normal yearly space allocation procedure.”

The contract states: “Insofar as the Society retains occupancy rights over the Grey House as part of its management of the Student Life Centre, it shall allocate space therein to” OPIRG, Levana, QPP and others.

On July 8, we learned that the current AMS executive refused to recognize the MOU that had been explicitly signed by former AMS president Safiah Chowdhury and vice-president of operations Ben Hartley when they were in office in April 2011.

Rather than seeking to correct this error that we believe could have been easily remedied, the AMS proceeded to issue our eviction notices less than two months later.

We did not sign a contract in April of this year only to have it rendered invalid by September.

The AMS is using several rationales to justify their actions.

Arguments about policy or claims of allowing accessibility deflect from the AMS’s accountability to their members—members who need the essential services and spaces fought for and created in the Grey House that cannot be replicated elsewhere.

The application of policy should never override the AMS’s mandate to serve the diversity of students.

The reality is that within a span of five months we went from believing

Rachel Cooper, ArtSci ’15 Campus groups like the Levana Gender Advocacy Centre and the Ontario Public Interest Research Group Kingston (OPIRG) have been asked to vacate the Grey House by Sept. 30.

the AMS had started to recognize the importance of the work we do for their society’s members to receiving a notice of eviction from a space we have collectively occupied for decades.

The rationale that policy dictates AMS space only be “allocated” to “AMS-ratified” clubs denies what was recognized in our Memorandum Of Understanding: that the work we do is essential for AMS members and the space we occupy together is essential for that work.

The AMS’s decision to evict OPIRG, Levana and EQuIP based on policy technicalities not only shows a disregard for the historical and contemporary work of these organizations but is a willful abuse of power.

The groups occupying the Grey House have sought to create an environment that is supportive for the most vulnerable members

of the Queen’s and Kingston communities for decades. We do so through various types of programming, running campaigns, offering workshops and reading groups, having open office hours, staffing our various libraries and archives, celebrating ourselves and our struggles and cultivating a physical space that is confidential and accessible to many marginalized students.

The work we do is crucial to our survival at Queen’s and in Kingston.

Many of those involved in these projects are directly influenced by the types of discrimination we seek to eliminate.

We provide services that are essential in the lives of countless individuals. At other schools, the work we do is paid for and run by the university itself, often professionally staffed by multiple people.

We are proud that the services

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here are directed by students, giving us the opportunity to collaborate with and build relationships between undergraduate, graduate and professional students, staff, faculty and members of the Kingston community. We use the budgets we are able to attain through student fees or assemblyapproved allocations to make the Queen’s and Kingston communities more livable for those who struggle.

By evicting these organizations, the AMS sends a message that when clubs’ and organizations’ needs don’t perfectly match up with the demands of policy, the work and, indeed, the very presence of hundreds of students can be kicked to the curb.

Fraser MacPherson is a member of OPIRG. Kym Nacita is a member of the Levana Gender Advocacy Centre.

“It’s useless. You can’t stop people from drinking.”

Denny Park, Sci ’15

“It’s appropriate but the consequences are too severe.”

Olivia Kutlesa, ArtSci ’15

Residence Life

The case for cameras

New residence security cameras take aim at malicious fire alarm pulls participation and support of the Malicious alarms usually happen people involved. overnight, which disrupts sleep and Cameras are part of a plan negatively impacts the academic that includes safety education, success of students in residence. follow-up by student life staff after Also, the more it happens, the an alarm and sanctions—including more desensitized people can get. expulsion from residence and Students may stop evacuating the B ruce G riffiths criminal charges—if someone building, putting themselves in D irector of H ousing and is identified as responsible. The danger in the event of a real fire.

H ospitality S ervices heart of the solution, though, lies So what can students do?

Students can help create a culture Like many schools, Queen’s faces with students.

There are no malicious fire that doesn’t condone false alarms. the ongoing problem of malicious fire alarms in residence. As we alarms if students don’t cause them. Peers can have a big impact in recently installed security cameras When I have suggested to students discouraging friends and floor in Victoria Hall as part of a plan that they are the only ones who can mates from pulling an alarm as to minimize malicious alarm pulls, prevent malicious fire alarms, I’ve a joke.

Upper-year students living in I’ve been asked to elaborate on the sometimes been told, “Students will tangible benefits of cameras. always do it and nothing is going the community who see this as My opinion? Cameras are a to change.” something they had to endure useful tool.

In my opinion, this is anything when they were in residence To draw an analogy, back but true. and who want to continue the While often thought of as a “tradition” need to think differently in the early days of packaged software solutions, there was a prank or a rite of passage, malicious about this serious safety issue.

There are a number of belief that technology could solve fire alarms are a significant safety administrative problems simply by issue. Every time someone pulls an complimentary measures we have adding the program to desktops. alarm, the city’s fire crews respond taken to help prevent malicious What we of course learned was to the building. This can take them fire alarms—cameras, additional that the technology alone was away from people who are in real stairwell locks, safety education and insufficient and other mechanisms need of help. Last year, crews had the hiring of a security supervisor needed to be in place. We learned to leave a life-or-death incident to specifically for the residences. the most important component come to campus in response to a But in the end, it’s in the hands of effecting real change was the false alarm. of students.

“I think it’s a good idea.”

Felix Lascelles-Palys, ArtSci ’15

“It’s good in theory but it doesn’t really stop anyone.”

Juli Kim, Sci ’15

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Fashion

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Crafted luxuries Kingston artisans sell their goods around the world thanks to Etsy B y L abiba H aque Production Manager

Adornment features six glass cases housing a variety of accessories including hats and embroidered purses from the 18th to 20th centuries. A pair of shoes (above) can be worn on either the left or right foot.

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Art Review

Bodily ornamentation

Agnes Etherington’s newest exhibit, Adornment, explores the desire to decorate the body, by juxtaposing historic accessories with contemporary art B y M eaghan Wray Assistant News Editor John Massey’s silk-screen print, “Versailles,” is of two arms. One is normal. The other is made of gold and twice the size of an average human arm. It’s the first thing you see at Adornment, the latest exhibit

at Agnes Etherington art gallery, which contains several prints and photographs that are on display for the very first time since they entered the vault.

Reviewing it started as a daunting task. It’s a mix of 18th to 20th century artifacts and contemporary works dealing with

body ornamentation.

Ed Pien’s “Winged Girl” is a disturbing ink drawing. It depicts a female head in a darkly animated style. She’s wide-eyed with smaller heads attached to her long black hair.

Hamish Buchanan’s cibachrome photograph, called “Veiled Man,”

was a favourite. It’s a shot of a naked man lying on the ground at a dramatically oblique angle from the viewer. His arms lay limp above his head and he is mostly covered in a sheet of translucent fabric.

The direction of the extended limbs in Buchanan’s photo direct See Expression on page 11

Album Review

Far from leftovers The new release from hometown heroes PS I Love You reveals Saulnier’s solo days and remixes of Madonna B y Terra -A nn A rnone Features Editor Paul Saulnier and Benjamin Nelson returned to their Kingston roots this past spring to record PS I Love You’s second studio album, Figure it Out. While the duo’s last album, Meet Me at the Muster Station, boasted an unlikely fusion of grunge rock and experimental pop, this one takes a successful leap to the less predictable. The eclecticism of Figure it Out, in part due to its compilation of already-released singles, is undoubtedly the reflection of PS I Love You confidently maturing into cross-continent fame.

The Kingston band gained

critical acclaim with the release of their 2010 record, Meet Me at the Muster Station, which landed them a European tour.

The video makes visual the musical stylings of PS I Love You and Diamond Rings—fusing the everyday musings of a 20-something somgwriter.

The band rewarms the 2010 single “Leftovers” that features Diamond Rings. Rolling Stone released the single’s music video, chronicling the trio’s tour, most

Local artist Meaghan Gauthier-Maroi traded one of her pumpkin hats for a variety of 10 different seeds.

Transactions like these became possible in 2005 with the creation of Etsy, an e-commerce website, with upwards of $300 million in sales in 2010. The site allows artisans to sell and trade their hand-crafted and vintage goods.

Gauthier-Maroi is a recent seller on Etsy who took her love for knitting online and started the online shop Cutie Patootees.

Gauthier-Maroi’s creations include an array of handmade knitted hats, as well as fruit cozies to prevent bruises on apples and bananas.

“I actually really like the whole idea of having vintage items and handcrafted items, a lot of it seems more environmentally conscious and of higher quality,” she said.

Etsy is a favourite for local senior citizens who can’t make it to shops and trade shows. Local artist Joanne Kane sells handmade jewellery on Etsy. Women see Kane’s goods online and then she travels to Kingsdale Chateau retirement home to show her goods up close.

“These ladies have difficulties to shop but they still want to buy pretty things,” she said.

As a Kingston resident, Kane said she first contemplated starting up a shop on Etsy after she began making jewellery pieces for Kingston craft shows.

“I was thinking about selling them somewhere that would be more permanent but I would be able to keep the inventory in my possession,” she said, adding that she chose Etsy because she wanted to keep her jewellery at her home.

Because her jewellery isn’t sitting in store displays, Kane said she’s able to use several websites and local craft shows to reach a larger audience.

“I like the idea of having worldwide shipping. It broadens who you’ll sell to,” she said.

Queen’s student Dianne Lalonde See Online on page 11

Next issue A Woven Birth Union Gallery is opening its newest exhibit A Tapestry of Birth, which explores the journey of pregnancy.

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Figure it Out is a selection of singles and EPs, featuring the song “Leftovers,” a collaboration with PS I Love You’s tour-mate Diamond Rings.

notably a stop in Marfa, Texas where Saulnier cooked up a dinner for the guys in their rented trailer.

The video makes visual the musical stylings of PS I Love You and Diamond

Rings—fusing the everyday musings of a 20-something songwriter with the strong instrumental backbone that earned them both acclaim.

The new album’s opening track, See Figuring on page 12

Eureka Ahead of their show in Kingston next week, Mother Mother’s Ryan Guldemond discusses life since the release of their new album.

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Humorous grace Frontman of the Jack Grace Band uses his reputation as a drinker and his humour to find lyrical inspiration 1. You were originally into acting and didn’t start playing the guitar until you were 18. How did you get your musical start?

I started singing in a band like a lot of actors do. When I realized I could write songs, I was in for life.

My first real band, Steak, started playing in front of 300 plus people really fast. I was really green and it was a bit intimidating. Right into the fire. So glad it happened that way.

2. How would you describe your own sound?

I like to explore it all. Not like a record label is yelling at me to be more mainstream or anything.

The lyrics and the vocals are what remain more constant. My lyrics are kinda wise-ass with a sometimes sad but, hopefully, truthful twist.

3. How do you feel being compared to country music legend Johnny Cash?

I love it. We are different. I am an agnostic Irish-Italian New Yorker that grew up as a Beatles fanatic in a well-off suburb. Other than that, who can tell us apart?

4. Your latest album is titled Drinking Songs for Lovers.

Is it more about drinking or more about loving?

That album, for me, is about struggling with what you want out of life. So if you are more into drinking, love or both, that is what you will find. Drinking is just a vessel for the bigger questions.

That being said, I was drinking a

lot at the time.

5. If you could be anywhere in the world with any drink in your hand, where and what would it be?

I like to be in new strange places. I like to just drink and play cards with my wife.

I like martinis, margaritas, bloody marys, whiskey, beer and wine.

I don’t like white zinfandel.

6. Your sense of humour definitely comes through on the album in songs like “If You’re Gonna Raise a Drunk.” Is that a conscious decision?

It’s not a conscious decision. It really is just how my mind works.

My thoughts come to me just like my lyrical style. My family uses humour to work through every emotion.

7. Your wife Daria plays bass in the band and has sung duets with you as well. Has she ever suggested changing the band’s name to the Daria Grace Band?

The main problem with the band being called Jack Grace Band is for instance on the last CD, Daria sang lead on “Drank Yourself Into A Corner.” Radio would not really play the song because the band had my name and there was a different lead singer.

We have talked about that. The [album] we are working on has several duets.

We have decided Jack Grace Band has been out there for 10 years plus, might as well roll with it.

When I started the band, I did not anticipate a silly problem like this.

The new release from the Jack Grace Band combines an experimental country flavour with a new latin vibe.

8. In a recent interview with New York newspaper The Journal News, it’s discussed that your upcoming album will have more of a rock and Latin feel. What inspired the change?

I stopped writing songs intentionally for six months. I hated doing that, but I was starting to re-write the same thing. I like to go to Mexico and write.

I love being in a new zone with writing.

9. Has touring with this album compared to previous tours you’ve done?

A lot of people buy you drinks with a title like Drinking Songs For Lovers. When I didn’t want to drink, some folks treated me like I was a fraud or something. I played some shows with Junior Brown.

He said, “Careful what you put out there Jack, you’re gonna have to live it.” He was right.

10. What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen or experienced on tour?

Most are not appropriate here.

One of them involved almost dying and going number two on someone’s lawn.

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11. What can new fans expect from a Jack Grace Band show?

A truly improvised show. Expect to be a part of it.

Hopefully some new songs you really like that challenge you in some way you have never felt before. And oh yes, a laugh or two thrown in there for good measure.

The Jack Grace Band plays the Mansion tomorrow night with Rueben De Groot at 9 p.m.

—Caitlin Choi

Expression through excess Continued from page 10

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Meaghan Gauthier-Maroi used Etsy to trade one of her knitted pumpkin hats for a variety of bean, spinach and tomato seeds.

Online treasures Continued from page 10

is an avid Etsy user, purchasing handmade items including clothing, jewelry and other accessories.

“I think the appeal to me is that I tend to find things which are more unique,” Lalonde, ArtSci ’12, said.

“I can learn about the person who made it and track their work.”

Though she’s made some

ill-fated purchases that no longer fit, Lalonde is still a frequent user of the site.

“I think a big reason an individual wants to go to the store is out of a fear for online shopping, which I get and in some cases is valid,” she said. “But I love to online shop and Etsy is just another avenue to do it within.”

glances to a pair of gum-bichromate print paper photographs by Stephen Livick. The first one shows a young blonde woman with sunglasses and the second is a man with makeup resembling a Kiss band member.

The photos together contrast ways of camouflaging the human face.

Six glass cases feature a variety of accessories dated from 1791 to the 1950s in the centre of the room display. There’s a pair of satin shoes, hats, parasols, crocheted and embroidered purses and leather gloves.

These intricately designed pieces are all acquired from the Queen’s University Collection of Canadian Dress and made by anonymous artisans. Others, such as a Tiffany and Co. wedding fan from 1867 and special gold pocket watch were individually donated. The pocket watch, showcased in the front section of the exhibit, has a significant connection to Kingston.

It was presented to Robert

Chanonhouse, chief constable of the Kingston Police, by John A. Macdonald in 1866.

Adornment shows a cultural obsession with adding ornaments to the body. The historical aspect of this exhibit doesn’t just show off 18th century creativity. It looks at the evolution of humanity’s

obsession with adorning oneself.

Adornment is in the Historical Feature Gallery at the Agnes Etherington until May 13, 2012.

—With files from Caitlin Choi

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The exhibit displays different ways of hiding the body in an attempt to disguise identity behind a hypothetical veil.

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PS I Love You gave fans a taste of Figure it Out at this year’s Wolfe Island Music Festival with a more in-depth look to occur at their Grad Club show next month.

Figuring it out Continued from page 10

“Subtle and Majestic,” is just what the name suggests. A lingering bass line and foottapping beat trace the song from its soft, lofty beginning to a multi-layered end.

Fourth on the album, “Actually (I Am A Monster Now),” has the understated, innocent sound of fellow Canadians Arcade Fire. The haunting harmonies of a back-up choir suit this track’s ominous title.

Folky and nostalgic, “Notes and Stuff” breaks from Figure it Out’s progressive pop-rock feel. No complaints here, though.

The quick acoustic piece is a standout for its simplicity and honest vocals.

Though a clear departure from their last studio album, Figure it Out seamlessly collects PS I Love You’s greatest work.

While remixed old songs might bring loyal listeners back, it’s the album’s assorted song selection that will draw newcomers with a something-for-everyone appeal. Blending raw vocal talent, electronic instrumentation and their signature twist on rock and roll, Figure it Out shows that this Kingston duo has figured it out.

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Former Gael to stay in NFL Lineman Matt O’Donnell made the Cincinnati Bengals’ practice squad B y L auri Kytömaa Staff Writer

Striker Jackie Tessier scored twice against the Carleton Ravens in the women’s soccer team’s season opener in Ottawa on Wednesday.

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Goals galore for Gaels

The Cincinnati Bengals are keeping Matt O’Donnell. The NFL team announced Sunday that the former Gaels lineman would join their practice squad for the upcoming season. O’Donnell has been with the organization since training camp opened on July 30.

The Bengals chose not to include O’Donnell as a part of their 53-man roster when making final cuts on Sept. 4. But the team informed him that he would be a member of the practice squad after he cleared waivers this week.

Players cut from a team’s final roster must go through the waiver wire system before they are allowed to sign on as members of practice squad. The system allows other NFL teams to pick up athletes that failed to make a roster.

O’Donnell said he sees a spot on the practice squad as a stepping stone to an NFL team.

“With the practice squad I could always be one injury from cracking the 53-man roster sometime later in the year or possibly within the next few weeks,” he said.

O’Donnell also said regular training in an NFL environment is the best way to improve.

“I want to improve my game

Defending national champions open the season with a bang on Wednesday, winning 4-0 against the Carleton Ravens B y E mily L owe Contributor The women’s soccer team started the 2011 season in familiar fashion in Ottawa on Wednesday, with a 4-0 win over the Carleton Ravens.

Striker Jackie Tessier scored two goals in the first 45 minutes to put women up 2-0 at half time. In the second half, Riley Filion and Kelli Chamberlain added one goal each. Veteran goalkeeper Chantal Marson recorded the shutout for the Gaels.

Ottawa “willWebeknow a very talented team. They are tough to break down and we’ll have to play quickly.

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—Dave McDowell, women’s soccer head coach

The defending national champions were 1-3 in the preseason, but they were back in championship form on Wednesday.

Chamberlain, the women’s captain, said the team is using the memory

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of last year’s success as motivation for 2011.

“We had it last year and we want it again,” the fifth-year player said. “We are going into every game thinking about last year and it’s pushing us [even] harder to get there.”

The women now look ahead to a tough fixture against the Ottawa Gee-Gees at Richardson Stadium on Saturday. The Gee-Gees beat the women twice last season.

Head coach Dave McDowell said the team expects a challenge.

Striker Mac Ojiaku fights for a ball.

The Gaels were ranked first overall in the CIS preseason Men’s soccer rankings, while the Gee-Gees were ninth. They kick off at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Richardson Stadium.

“We know [Ottawa] will be a very talented team,” McDowell said.

“They are tough to break down and we’ll have to play quickly,” B y D ylan H aber he said.

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First win over Carleton since 2009

Men’s soccer opened their season with a 2-0 victory over the Carleton Ravens Wednesday in Ottawa. It was the team’s first win against Carleton since October 2009.

Midfielder Andrew Colosimo

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Gaels upset Ravens

The women’s soccer team will play the Gee-Gees on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Richardson Stadium. For coverage, see Tuesday’s issue of the Journal.

overall,” he said. “Pass blocking, run blocking, anything I can do to crack the roster.”

O’Donnell’s route to the Bengals this summer started with his highly-publicized decision to skip out on an opportunity with the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Roughriders drafted O’Donnell 15th overall in the CFL entry draft earlier this year, but the former Gael didn’t report to the team’s rookie camp in June.

Instead, he attended tryouts with the National Basketball Association’s Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics. His agent, Jonathan Hardaway, marketed O’Donnell as a big man for basketball franchises based off his CFL combine results.

The 22-year old hadn’t played basketball since high school.

O’Donnell said he doesn’t have aspirations for the NBA, adding that it was helpful from a fitness standpoint.

“Playing basketball, you have to be really athletic, flexible and strong.

All the skills are transferable,” he said.

The Bengals signed O’Donnell less than 24 hours after the NFL lockout ended on July 25. He played in three games for the team during the preseason.

netted an early header, while rookie midfielder Peter Christidis converted a second half penalty kick to secure a 2-0 Gaels win.

Second-year goalkeeper Dylan Maxwell recorded the shutout in his first career start.

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QB must step up Billy McPhee has to perform better for the Gaels to win in Ottawa on Saturday

B y G ilbert C oyle Sports Editor Billy McPhee’s debut as starting quarterback was one to forget. The offence didn’t score a point, and the Gaels fell 26-2 to McMaster in front of 8,517 fans at Richardson Stadium on Monday. The second-year pivot and first-year starter went 13 for 32 and threw two interceptions.

Head coach Pat Sheahan said it was the first time since 2007 that the Gaels offence didn’t register a touchdown. If they don’t sort out their problems quickly, the team will struggle in the nation’s capital on Saturday, up against the 1-0 Ottawa Gee-Gees.

McPhee looked nervous throughout the game. He underthrew open receivers and was at fault for both interceptions.

On the first one, a failed screen pass was thrown into the hands of Marauders linebacker Ben d’Aguilar, who returned it 57 yards for a touchdown. On the second interception, McPhee overthrew his receiver.

“It is not what I had in mind,” said McPhee of Monday’s season

opener. “The offence has to come back and do their part [against Ottawa] on Saturday.”

McPhee said there are positives to take from the McMaster game.

“I would rate it as a learning experience. When you start looking at negatives, that’s when you’re going to lose focus,” he said.

Head coach Pat Sheahan said he’s not worried about McPhee’s performance.

“I don’t think it was his best outing, but there were some flashes of brilliance out there,” Sheahan said. “He’s capable of much better.”

The Gaels didn’t have an exhibition game this year. But the Marauders did. On Aug. 28, McMaster lost 24-10 to the defending Vanier Cup champs, the Laval Rouge et Or, and their exhibition experience was apparent in Monday’s game. McMaster’s veteran quarterback Kyle Quinlan had McMaster’s offence running in mid-season form.

“It looked like we were in exhibition mode,” Sheahan said.

“There were a few [mistakes] that are going to be preventable. There were things that you know are not going to happen later.”

The Marauders were ranked third in the CIS in preseason polls, and were favoured before the game. After they jumped out to a 23-0 halftime lead, the result was never in doubt.

“They’re a good team,” Sheahan said. “[Quinlan] is playing with confidence. You need to be in your

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Billy McPhee struggled in his first-ever OUA start on Monday.

moments on Monday. In the first groove to beat them.”

There were some positives to half, he connected on a couple of take from Monday’s game. Former long completions with Chapdelaine quarterback Justin Chapdelaine and receiver Thomas Howes. But had a good performance in his first he needs to be more consistent.

As Sheahan pointed out on appearance as a receiver. He made catches, ran the ball, and even Monday, there’s a learning curve made a couple throws, to finish that comes with the quarterback with 145 all-purpose yards. With role, and he used Quinlan as receiver Giovanni Aprile returning an example. Two years ago, the to the line-up this weekend, McMaster quarterback came to the Gaels offence should be Richardson Stadium and went 12 for 36 and threw for three more dynamic.

Sheahan said he was impressed interceptions. On Monday he went 20 for 31 and threw for with Chapdelaine’s performance.

“He looked like a veteran player 349 yards, a touchdown and an interception. out there,” Sheahan said.

“Two years ago in the playoffs he McPhee also had some good

was throwing the ball in the dirt,” Sheahan said. “Now, he looks very poised, very confident.”

The Gaels’ coach also said Quinlan should be an example for McPhee.

“I think we have a very similar type of kid at quarterback that they have,” he said. “[McPhee]’s come a long way already, and you’re going to see big improvements.”

These improvements need to come quickly.

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Women’s rugby

The football team hits the road to play the Ottawa GeeGees (1-0) on Saturday. The Gaels will be underdogs in the nation’s capital, but need a win to avoid dropping to 0-2. Late season, the Gee-Gees beat the Gaels 27-25 in overtime at Richardson Stadium.

Women’s rugby open the season at home to the Trent Excalibur at 1 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.

The game will be played at Tindall field. These teams last met at nationals last season, with the Gaels prevailing 53-5.

The men also start the season at home this weekend. They host The top-ranked women’s the Toronto Varsity Blues on team host the Ottawa Gee- Tindall field at 3:15 p.m. The Gees, ninth in Canada, at Gaels pounded the Blues 57-3 Richardson Stadium on Satuday last year in Toronto. afternoon. They host the Trent Excalibur the following day, Other also at 1 p.m. In last year’s fixture, the Gaels beat Trent 8-0. The men’s lacrosse team visits Carleton University on Saturday, and hosts Bishop’s University at 1 Men’s soccer p.m. on Sunday.

The women’s lacrosse team The men’s soccer team have a bye on Saturday, and will takes part in the University of stage on alumni game on West Toronto’s Early Bird Tournament Campus. They resume OUA in Scarborough this weekend.

The women’s fastpitch team play against the Trent Excalibur at 3:15 p.m. Sunday afternoon. travels to McMaster University on The Gaels beat Trent in both Saturday and to Brock University on Sunday. games last season.

The sailing team competes in a regatta in Laser North Kings Point, New York this weekend.

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Gaels defenders swarm a McMaster player.

8,517 fans came out to Richardson Stadium on Monday.

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Queen’s Gaels fall varsity preview The Journal’s sports editors examine the seven varsity teams that take the field this fall football The football team had a rude awakening last season. After a 2009 Vanier Cup victory, the 2010 squad dropped to a 3-5 regular season and a first-round playoff exit meant a lot of growing pains for a young team. But a challenging campaign allowed numerous young players to get significant OUA experience and develop some hunger for success. As a result, this year’s team is deep, versatile and experienced.

On defence, the Gaels nucleus remains intact. Linebackers Sam Sabourin, who was named 2010 OUA rookie of the year, and Stephen Laporte will lead the squad.

The team is also bolstered by the return of three-time all Canadian Osie Ukwuoma, cut by the Canadian Football League’s Calgary Stampeders in June. Ukwuoma, now in his fifth year of eligibility, was a key member of the Vanier Cup team.

There’s both excitement and uncertainty surrounding the offense. Unproven second-year QB Billy McPhee takes over from Justin Chapdelaine, who moves to wide receiver. An inexperienced offensive line will rely on Josh Prinson, Mike Sullivan, and Derek Morris for leadership after the departure of fourth-year Matt O’Donnell and fifth-year Dan Bederman.

There was plenty of optimism in training camp. Sabourin, Okwuoma and fourth-year lineman Frank Pankewich give the defence some thunder; wide receivers Chapdelaine and Giovanni Aprile provide athleticism to the offence: and kicker/punter Dan Village, the Gaels all-time point leader, spearheads the special teams.

—Gilbert Coyle

women’s soccer

Last season marked the end of an era for a generation of Gaels. A fourth-place regular season finish and a quarter-final exit meant that long-term leaders like midfielder Mike Arnold and defender Justin Vermeer ended their careers in disappointment.

Second-year defender Joseph Zupo will be the on-field captain and two rookies will be in the starting 11. Second-year defender David Tom will lead the back line with Zupo, top recruit Peter Christidis will be the attacking midfielder and second-year striker Eric Koskins will be relied upon to score goals.

Last year, the fourth-placed Gaels beat every team below them in the OUA East standings, but lost to every team at the top. If they want to move up the standings, they’ll have to find a way to compete with the big teams. A young squad will have to adjust quickly to a fast and physical league and a back line with only three returning defenders that will have to avoid any major injuries.

This team looks to be a future force. But it might still be too early to expect success this season.

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The women’s soccer team was the complete package in 2010. They cruised through the regular season, scoring 50 goals on their way to a 14-2 record. When the competition stiffened at the nationals, they recorded three straight shutouts and managed a victory against the favoured Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks in the national championship final.

This season, almost every starting player is back. CIS all-Canadians Jacqueline Tessier and Kelli Chamberlain will be expected to score the goals, midfielder Riley Filion and defender Brie Shaw have just represented Canada at the FISU games, and fifth-year Chantal Marson will be the starting keeper. These defending champs are more experienced and more mature.

Dave McDowell, last season’s OUA East coach of the year, said the girls will approach the season game by game and won’t be talking about another national title. But with such a strong returning squad, he’ll be expected to produce a repeat.

Defending a title is never easy, and every team in the CIS will want to beat the champs.

But expect this team to be up to the task.

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—Benjamin Deans

Coach

Coach

Pat Sheahan returns for a 12th season with the Gaels. The three-time OUA coach of the year said he expects his team to contend in 2011.

McDowell is entering his 24th season as head coach of the women’s team.

McDowell has guided the Gaels to two national championship titles. He’s been named OUA Coach of the Year seven times, and CIS Coach of the Year twice.

Key player

men’s soccer

The Gaels fortunes will depend on how new quarterback Billy McPhee performs. McPhee’s strong arm makes his style similar to Gaels legend Danny Brannagan. Quarterbacks coach Ryan Sheahan said the offense is perfectly suited to McPhee’s abilities.

Key player

Can’t-miss game

Can’t-miss game

Oct. 22: A home game against the arch-rival Western Mustangs to end the regular season will likely have significant playoff implications for the Gaels.

Sept. 10: The Ottawa Gee-Gees beat Queen’s twice in the regular season last year. This game is an early chance for the Gaels to assert themselves at the top of the OUA East.

Coach Chris Gencarelli begins his second season as head coach. Gencarelli was once a prolific goal scorer with the team from 2003 to 2006. He’s making plenty of changes to the team. He’s assembled a young group of players, and is already looking to them for leadership.

Key player First-year attacking midfielder Peter Christidis takes over Mike Arnold’s role as attacking midfielder. Christidis is a creative player and his performances will dictate whether the Gaels can score goals this season.

Can’t miss games Sept. 24: The Ryerson Rams came into Kingston and beat the Gaels on their own turf last season, a result which secured them third place. This season’s encounter will have major playoff implications.

women’s rugby

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The 2010 women’s rugby team saw the most success in recent memory. Their OUA silver medal was the team’s best finish since 1995, earning them their first-ever trip to the CIS championships, where they placed fifth in the country. Many key players from last season’s team have graduated, which means the women will struggle to match last year’s success. But head coach Beth Barz said she expects a smooth transition in 2011.

Scrum-half Susan Heald and prop Rachelle Kranenburg are co-captains, while the team will also look to veterans Andrea Wadsworth and Sam Trinier for flair and leadership. But the story of the pre-season was the impressive play of the younger players. Second-year players Taylor White and Claragh Pegg will be central parts of the Gaels attack, and rookies Jillian Pegg, Lauren McEwen, and Danielle Underwood are expected to immediately fill big roles.

With Kingston Field under construction, the women will also be playing on the new field at West campus. They’ll be transitioning from grass to turf.

Women’s rugby must contend with major changes this season. Although expectations are high and the future seems bright, there will likely be some growing pains along the way.

—Gilbert Coyle

Coach Beth Barz begins her seventh season as head coach this year. Barz is a former Gaels player and has also coached with the Canada U20 women’s team. She was the 2006 CIS Coach of the Year.

Key player The Gaels will rely on fly-half Andrea Wadsworth to lead the offense this season. The fourth-year player and former all-Canadian has already represented Canada at the U20 level.

If the women want to return to the national championships, Wadsworth will have to play a major role.

Striker Jacqueline Tessier scored 18 regular-season goals to win OUA East Player of the Year. Her offensive prowess will be needed if the Gaels want to repeat last season’s success.

Can’t-miss game Oct. 1: Last year, a 15-14 win over the McMaster Marauders was the reason why the Gaels won their division.

This year’s encounter could decide the division title once again. journal file photo

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cross-country

An OUA bronze medal last season was the men’s rugby team’s worst showing in five years. They’ll likely improve on that result.

The team will be built around a strong core of veteran players and will also be strengthened by the return of three key members of the 2009 OUA championship team.

Brothers Tim and Pat Richardson return to the team as graduate students and Liam Underwood has recovered from an injury that kept him sidelined last season. Captain Dan Moor said their return to the team has livened up training camp.

Moor will lead the team from center, veteran Mike Wong returns as fullback, and former U20 national team players Underwood and Matt Kelly will lead the Gaels attack. The Richardson brothers will add a combination of skill, experience and leadership to a very deep squad.

The team will move to the artificial turf on West Campus while Kingston field undergoes renovations and head coach Peter Huigenbos will miss the first half of the season while in New Zealand with Team Canada for the Rugby World Cup. But these challenges aren’t likely to faze a veteran team. With a squad that’s more experienced than last year, this team will contend for the OUA title.

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It’s been a long time since the cross-country team has seen any hardware at the national level. But head coach Steve Boyd expects the men’s team to reach the podium this season.

The team finished fifth in the CIS last year and are coming back with an even stronger team this year.

Ollie Hathaway will captain the team while Clay Patterson, Andrew Courchene and Nick McGraw will also be key performers. The team has also recruited some incoming talent.

Rookie Dave Cashin coming off a stellar high school career and transfer Maxime LeBoeuf are expected to fill the void left by former captain Matt Hulse.

A young women’s team faces a rebuilding year. Veterans Leah Larocque and Patricia Roney have graduated, so captain Alecia —Gilbert Coyle Kallos and Stephanie Hulse will lead the team. The team’s overall success will depend on whether or not young returning players Coach and rookies can step up and perform.

Peter Huigenbos begins his eighth —Gilbert Coyle season as the men’s head coach, after having played for the team from 1998 Coach to 2001. He’s won an OUA title during his time at the helm and has been named Steve Boyd enters his second season as OUA coach of the year three times. head coach. He ran for the Queen’s While Huigenbos is away, long-time cross country team from 1982 to 1987, assistant coach Garry Gilks will serve as winning national titles twice. interim coach.

rowing

Key player If fly-half Liam Underwood returns to the same form that played an integral role in the team’s gold medal run, the Gaels are in good shape. Underwood has already represented both Canada and Ontario at the U20 and Senior levels respectively.

Can’t-miss game Sept. 24: The McMaster Marauders beat the Queen’s twice last season—once in the regular season and once in the OUA semi-final. This match will reveal whether or not the Gaels are championship contenders.

The rowing team has lost about a third of their 2010 squad. On the men’s side, Rob Ballard moves on after a decorated lightweight career.

The women lost Catherine Moores, who ended her career with three OUA medals last season. But the coaching staff carried out an intensive recruiting campaign in the offseason and head coach John Armitage said he’s confident his “strongest-ever” rookie class can succeed.

The team has set the bar high for 2011. The women want to repeat as OUA champions, while the men aim to improve on last year’s third place OUA finish. If either team wants to succeed, a large rookie contingent will need to perform well.

It’s too early to tell how the rowing team will do at the OUA championships. It will depend almost entirely on how young rowers gel with their crews in the coming weeks.

—Gilbert Coyle

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Gaels captain Joe Zupo goes up for a header against an opponent in Ottawa on Wednesday.

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Great start for men Continued from page 14

This was the team’s first win against Carleton since October 2009. Head coach Chris Gencarelli said the team’s defensive preparation was the key to their success.

“We were quite organized defensively all around,” he said. “They had their chances, they kept punching it forward but we were prepared for it.”

The Gaels finished fourth in the OUA last season. Gencarelli, who added seven rookies this season, said the team needs to gel quickly.

“This team is really as good as it plays together,” he said. “If the guys buy into what we’re trying to do, then we will be successful.”

Colosimo said he was happy to see the first year players contribute so early in the season.

“Every young player that went in played really well,” he said. “They held their own great, if not did more of what was expected of them.”

The Ravens came into the game unbeaten, after having won against the U of T Varsity Blues, defending Ontario champions, and the Ryerson Rams in Toronto last weekend.

“I hope it raises the expectations for us because you’ve got to strive for big things,” Colosimo said. “Hopefully we can keep it up from here on out.”

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Colleen Ogilvie played with the Gaels for four seasons.

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Sports in brief Ogilvie joins Volleyball Canada’s training program Another Queen’s volleyball player will be representing her country. Former women’s captain Colleen Ogilvie is committing to the national program’s Full-Time Training Centre for a year.

Two members of the Queen’s volleyball represented the school at the International University Sport Federation (FISU) Games this summer. Men’s veteran Joren Zeeman was part of the Canadian team that earned fourth at the FISU games, while women’s coach Joely Christian-Macfarlane was an assistant coach with the women’s team at the tournament.

Ogilvie missed out on Christian-Macfarlane’s FISU team this summer. The Calgary native gets a chance to train with Team Canada for the year.

Ogilvie played with the Gaels for four years and was twice named as an OUA all-star. In her fourth year, she switched from middle hitter to outside hitter. Ogilvie has not finished her Queen’s degree, and will be a visiting student at the University of Manitoba this year. The volleyball centre is based in Winnipeg.

Holmberg gets full-time spot Women’s hockey coach Matt Holmberg has been promoted to a full-time position with the team.

Athletics and Recreation director Leslie Dal Cin said they made the upgrade because other schools, including Ryerson and Toronto, also introduced full-time positions this summer. A $60,000 Coaching Wage Subsidy Grant that was made available to Queen’s from the Coaches Association of Ontario last month facilitated the process.

“Normally, we would be doing this in April,” Dal Cin said. “Because of the grant situation ... we moved it along very aggressively.”

Dal Cin said Holmberg’s hiring was never a foregone conclusion. Holmberg has been head coach at Queen’s since 2009, but was required to re-apply for the job in an open hiring process.

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postscript health

Going gluten-free Gluten-free dieters face difficulty incorporating nutritious food into their lives B y J essica F ishbein Postscript Editor

Hall to ensure her food was gluten-free.

“I just went up to the chefs When grocery shopping it’s and talked to them, and every unlikely the first thing you look for day I came they would put special on a product label is wheat flour, gluten-free sauce on my food.”

While living in residence, hydrolyzed wheat protein or barley.

For anyone on a gluten-free diet, Mantle also purchased her own food at places like Tara’s Natural it’s a priority.

Gluten—a protein found in Foods on Princess Street.

“I had a mini fridge with my wheat, barley, rye and some other grains—is off limits for those with own foods which I could eat at night, since there was nowhere to Celiac disease.

Alaina Mantle, ArtSci ’13, has go,” she said.

While there may now be more followed a gluten-free diet for the past three years since being options for those with Celiac disease, not all of these options diagnosed with the condition.

Mantle said before knowing are tasty.

“The gluten-free bread usually she was gluten-sensitive, she would consistently experience physical sucks,” Mantle said. “I’m used to the taste … but people think it reactions to common foods.

“I always felt really sick as if I tastes kind of funny. The hamburger had the stomach flu, and I tried buns are always disgusting.”

Photo by Asad Chishti According to Heather McMillan, Gluten-free dieters can turn to substitutions to replicate grain products containing gluten. eliminating different things from my diet,” she said. “I stopped a dietitian with Kingston, eating gluten and magically Frontenac, Lennox & Addington be extra careful to avoid cross- Queen’s campus. The Queen’s Public Health, gluten is often used contamination because gluten-free residence dining halls offer glutenbecame better.”

After receiving her diagnosis, as an additive in foods. She said products are often cooked in the free breads, baked goods, pasta, Mantle said she faced difficulties it’s important for those following same oil and dishes as foods that dessert and cereals. Those on a a gluten-free diet to be diligent contain gluten. Even if a serving gluten-free diet might have to lay living gluten-free. utensil is cross-contaminated, it can off the beer at Queen’s Pub but can “It’s not bad once you’re used when eating out. cause physical sickness for someone still snack on bar favourites, such to it, but [gluten] is hidden in as nachos made with corn chips, suffering from Celiac disease. everything,” she said. “Going out It’s not bad once Celiac disease is a or indulge in vodka-based drinks, “It is often hidden or found as to restaurants sucks and things like you’re used to it, but medical condition an additive in many other products since vodka is made from potatoes, going to a cottage is hard.” [gluten] is hidden in in which the small ... things like beer, soy sauce, deli not wheat.

Because there’s an increasing everything.

In addition, Common Ground meats,” McMillan said. awareness of Celiac disease, it’s intestine is damaged by While people who don’t have offers several new salads and becoming more common for gluten and the body cannot Celiac disease sometimes turn to a fruits, which accommodate a restaurants to accommodate —Alaina Mantle, absorb nutrients.

ArtSci ’13 gluten-free lifestyle as a popular fad gluten-free diet. gluten-free diets, Mantle said.

An estimated one in 133 Gluten substitutions such as rice diet, McMillan said she wouldn’t “Gluten is actually recognized Canadians suffers from pasta and gluten-free bread can be “Vegetables, meats and rice are recommend it. now. Before people wouldn’t know Celiac disease.

“You can follow a healthy diet if purchased at many grocery stores. what it is,” she said, adding that all gluten-free … it’s sauces that get Parents, siblings and Local restaurants like Harper’s salads without dressing, chicken, in the way. You always want to tell you’re gluten-free but you require a the waiter you need a gluten-free lot more planning and extra work.” Burger Bar and Woodenheads also and nachos are go-to options. children of a person with With caution and determination, provide gluten-free buns and pizzas In first year, Mantle personally meal,” she said.

Celiac disease have about a 10 Gluten-free eaters need to avoiding gluten is possible on on their menus. spoke to staff at Leonard Dining per cent chance of also having the condition.

Before diagnosis, oods to avoid hour gluten free diet trial those with Celiac disease often show symptoms that Here are some unexpected those with gluten sensitivity As an admitted carboholic, I Oatmeal include cramps, anemia and dietary restrictions encountered extend to religious rites. feared the worst in a 48-hour chronic pain. Blood screening by individuals with gluten-free trial. Here is a According to the Canadian tests and an endoscopic small Celiac disease. breakdown of the gluten-free Celiac Meat substitutes Association, oats bowel biopsy are used to foods I ate during that period. can be incorporated into a diagnose the condition.

Beer Veggie burgers often gluten-free diet with care. Read Following a Burger with gluten-free bun contain seasonings made from the label and make sure the permanent gluten-free Because beer is made from hydrolyzed wheat protein, ingredients are safe. Oatmeal is diet is the only available barley, it’s off limits to those on wheat flour or wheat starch.

The difference in taste was a versatile option since it can be treatment. However, grain a gluten-free diet. Vodka-based definitely noticeable but after the covered in fruit and spices for substitutions are alcoholic drinks are one possible initial shock, it wasn’t so bad. additional flavour.

Flavoured teas and coffees essential to maintain a substitution because vodka As long as you’re not eating the I’m proud to say my healthy diet. is made from a potato base. bread by itself, it serves as a only cheat came in the Whether it’s hazelnut Grain products fine substitution. coffee or peppermint tea, these form of a chocolate chunk include iron, zinc and Salad dressing beverages often contain barley cookie, which I shamefully magnesium and are a key malt flavouring.

Gluten-free pizza devoured after momentarily source of fiber. Rice pasta, While salads are safe, forgetting my newfound quinoa and buckwheat dressings can be problematic Soup While I missed the taste of dietary restrictions. are some substitutions as they could contain wheat classic cheese pizza, the actual From my experience, I see that individuals with flour, wheat starch or hydrolyzed Unless it’s homemade, soup taste of a gluten-free pizza didn’t how those on a gluten-free diet Celiac disease can eat to wheat protein. often contains wheat flour, barley alarm me. Just expect much can be forced to make healthier ensure these vitamins or hydrolyzed wheat protein. more emphasis on the tomato choices, which doesn’t have to and minerals are Communion wafers flavor rather than the traditional be a bad thing. Being forced to included in their diets. and matzah Source: Canadian Celiac doughy crust you might be lay off the carbs isn’t so bad for

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