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KPU’s president Alan Davis, and university senate members Kari Michaels and Wayne Tebb (right to left) kicked off the first senate meeting of the academic year in ceremonial attire, arrayed in makeshift togas and plastic laurels. The senate is the university’s highest academic governing body. Matt DiMera/The Runner

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Opinion

Politics

Attack ad culture hurts Canadians

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Laureen Harper politick with a baby panda. Photo courtesy PMO

Political civility takes a holiday.

Samantha Thompson DEPUTY EDITOR

We have seen a critical shift in Canada over the last few elections: campaigning, and the attack ads that accompany that process, are no longer being limited to the few months leading up to an election. This campaigning is happening all the time, something which Rick Mercer has called the “new normal.” “In the old days between elections prime ministers used to devote all of their time to governing Canada,” he said in a September 2012 “Rick’s Rant.” “Not any more. Now a prime minister has negative ads to approve and reputations to destroy, being mean and cutthroat is not something you just do every four years. Now, it’s a full time job.” This transition has created a very hostile environment that very few people would choose to be a part of. Political campaigns are one of the few places where you can publicly tear someone apart, and face no repercussions other than perhaps having some attack ads made about you as well. This style of politics is not particularly attractive to most Canadians, who continue to turn out in low numbers for elections.

Unfortunately, this tradition of negative politicking is one that has proven itself very difficult to change. In the last provincial election, the BC NDP ran a campaign fairly free of attack ads (there were some, but they were not overwhelming). When it came time to vote, they were slaughtered. Sometimes these political upsets happen, but what made the loss even more heartbreaking was a report that came out of the NDP this past September, essentially saying that the reason they lost was because they were not aggressive enough. When it comes time for the next election, you can almost guarantee that the attack ads will be back in the party. We saw a similar result in the last federal election as well. Stephen Harper’s Conservatives went after the Liberals’ Michael Ignatieff, claiming he was “just visiting” (Ignatieff had been out of Canada for some time while he was busy being a professor at Harvard, among other things). Ignatieff was painted as a weak, not-truly-Canadian kind of leader who would destroy Canada and everything it stands for. The Liberals ran their own attack ads as well, but they weren’t as effective at destroying Harper’s image — something that should be much easier to do. The result? The Liberals lost the election, by a more significant margin than they have in decades.

With the election of the Liberals’ new leader, Justin Trudeau, we have seen a rebranding of what Canadian politics should be like: hopeful, positive, welcome to change. The Conservatives ran an attack ad against Trudeau shortly after he was elected, and Trudeau responded with an ad that appeared to be taking the higher road. He is pictured in a classroom and dressed fairly casually in jeans. “We can keep mistrusting and finding flaws in each other,” he says, “or we can pull together and get to work.” It is a valuable message that he is putting out there, but it is difficult to predict at this point if it will be effective. In Trudeau’s case, the approach to positive politics could be genuine, or it could be a brilliant branding scheme. Certainly the Liberals have been doing better since Trudeau’s election as party leader, but it is common for parties to see this “honeymoon phase” of popularity following a leadership race. A political world where positive politics get you elected is an ideal one, because it encourages productive debate around important issues, and tends to reduce cynicism. An interesting case study for this approach comes out of Germany. Attack ads are not allowed, by law, and Germans are genuinely not interested in seeing attack ads in their elections. If a politician does run a vi-

cious campaign, chances are they will not be elected. This is how Germans use their vote to do more than just elect a leader — they use their vote as a voice to demand civility from their candidates. What attack ads ultimately contribute to in Canada is a political culture where it is acceptable for elected representatives to make each other look bad, and lie. We have become so used to this environment that we expect it of them — Stephen Harper’s latest antics politicking with pandas makes for excellent dinner table fodder. Instead of demanding more from our politicians however, requiring them to step up the plate and actually argue for policies that will benefit Canadians, we’re allowing them to get away with whatever they want. It is possible that attack ads are critical to the success of a democratic Canada, however they should not be seen solely as “the way things are.” Democracies and the way political systems operate can only be deemed successful if they are constantly evolving to serve the very society they are designed to serve. With attack ads and the lack of dialogue that currently exists in Canada’s political structure, we have a long way to go before Canadians will finally feel like they’re being represented in Ottawa.

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Second former assistant launches lawsuit against university

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Legg claims she was afraid to be alone with former president.

Matt DiMera

COORDINATING EDITOR

Kwantlen Polytechnic University faces more legal trouble after another former employee filed a lawsuit last month, claiming she too was harassed by ex-president John McKendry. Laura Legg -- a former executive assistant to the university’s president, Alan Davis -- filed a notice of civil claim in the B.C. Supreme Court Sept. 6, 2013, alleging that she was wrongfully terminated after she informed the university of her intention to testify about behaviour she witnessed by McKendry in another wrongful termination lawsuit filed earlier this summer. Sandra Kuzyk, a long-time former employee and Legg’s former supervisor, filed suit against KPU on July 26, alleging that McKendry was abusive and violent towards her and that she was fired for complaining about him. After Kuzyk was fired without cause

in March 2013, Legg was promoted to her position as executive assistant to the president. From April to August 2013, Legg claims she was concerned about the university’s “deliberate and systematic cover-up of [McKendry’s] behaviour and its attempt to silence witnesses” and with what she called “irregular and wasteful spending by the Executive, particularly on the part of President Davis.” Legg says she met with Shane King, a member of the board of governors and with Arvinder Bubber, the university’s chancellor to express her concerns. When Kuzyk’s lawsuit became public, Legg claims that Davis asked her if she hadwitnessed any of McKendry’s alleged abuse and harassment. After she explained that she intended to testify that she had, she claims that she was “hounded, harassed, and interrogated about what she had witnessed, what she had herself endured and what her evidence might be. According to the suit Legg claims that Davis asked to discuss Kuzyk’s claim four

to 10 times per day. She says that Davis wanted to know the names of other witnesses who could testify on behalf of Kuzyk. She alleges that Davis believed that there were current employees who planned to testify, who he referred to as “moles,” and that he wanted to expose them. Legg claims that other university employees also hounded her, trying to get information about Kuzyk’s case. Her suit claims that the harassment led to her becoming ill, and that the university’s treatment of her was equivalent to a termination. Legg and Kuzyk are now represented by the same law firm. While Legg’s suit repeats many of the claims made by Kuzyk, it also makes several new allegations. In the civil claim, Legg calls McKendry’s appointment as president “highly unusual,” saying that the university did not “vet, interview or follow any process with respect to his appointment,” nor did it “review or investigate [McKendry’s] previous departure from Douglas College.” According to the document, McKend-

ry’s appointment in 2011 was protested by the university senate, who twice voted against approving him as president. It also claims that the senate received a legal opinion that the appointment contravened the University Act and that the board of governors could be held liable for any damages that resulted from McKendry’s appointment. Legg alleges that McKendry’s behaviour was increasingly erratic, violent, intimidating and harassing towards employees and in particular to his executive assistant, Kuzyk. She claims he threw files, documents, and binders at Kuzyk and other staff, creating a hostile and toxic workplace. Legg also says she was afraid to be alone with McKendry. The suit alleges that after she and Kuzyk spoke with Ellen Hill, a human resources manager for the university, Hill told them to alternate holidays and to take sick days to have a reprieve from McKendry. Legg continued on next page

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continued from previous page also claims that Hill told her that since McKendry’s term was ending on Aug. 31, 2012, that they “only had to endure the abuse for a few more months.” Legg’s suit alleges that McKendry reversed a decision made by his predecessor to transfer McKendry’s wife, Shirley, to another department to avoid any conflicts of interest. Shirley McKendry worked as an executive assistant to the then-provost, Anne Lavack. Legg alleges that Shirley secretly forwarded confidential emails to her husband, with respect to Lavack. Two weeks before his term as president ended, McKendry fired Lavack without cause. Legg also claims that she witnessed McKendry fly into a rage and forbid Kuzyk from meeting with or cooperating with an RCMP investigation into a privacy breach in May 2012. The suit further alleges that in March 2013, more than six months after he left KPU, McKendry requested and was paid an additional $18,000. KPU filed a response to Legg’s civil claim on Oct. 1. The university claims that it followed its internal policies and addressed all complaints as they were made. Davis claims that his conversations with Legg about Kuzyk’s lawsuit were always professional and respectful. The university also claims that Legg never filed any complaints about Davis’ behaviour. While the university’s response denies the majority Legg’s allegations, it doesn’t specifically address Legg’s claims about Shirley McKendry, the alleged additional $18,000 payment to John McKendry, the alleged interference with the RCMP investigation, and the alleged wasteful spending by the executive. However, it does call them, “irrelevant, scandalous, frivolous or vexatious.” The university’s written response also argues that the court has no jurisdiction over Kuzyk’s claim and that it should be handled by WorkSafeBC. The university’s response denies that Davis, McKendry, or other employees abused, harassed, coerced, intimidated or otherwise treated Legg improperly. It also denies that any employees were fired for raising concerns about McKendry. KPU claims that Legg resigned voluntarily. Legg is seeking general damages, damages for breach of contract, aggravated damages, punitive damages, interest and costs. None of the claims have been proven in court. The university’s spokesperson, Joanne Saunders, declined to comment on the case.

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More allegations in lawsuit claim that university ‘blamed the victims Four employees allegedly fired after accusing McKendry.

Matt DiMera

COORDINATING EDITOR

Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s human resources head allegedly advised a former employee “to endure the abuse” from then-president John McKendry since he was scheduled to retire the end of August 2012, according to new claims filed in a civil suit against the university. Sandra Kuzyk claims that Harry Gray repeatedly reminded her of the president’s employment end date, when she reported McKendry’s alleged “violent outbursts, abuse and harassment” through fall 2011 until spring 2012. The new allegations were filed Aug. 28 in the B.C. Supreme Court in reply to the university’s response to her original July 26 claim. Kuzyk claims she was fired after complaining about McKendry and is seeking unspecified damages for wrongful termination. The suit also alleges that KPU “sought to ignore, downplay and re-characterize the harassment and abuse carried out by [McKendry] and the physical and psychological affects on its employees as “stress and “unsettledness,” thereby blaming the victim for

the abuse and perpetuating the abuse.” Kuzyk denies the university’s assertion that Ellen Hill, a human resources manager, reminded Kuzyk of the university’s policies about harassment and claims that she did not discuss her concerns with McKendry because she was afraid of him. She says that Hill advised her that a formal complaint “would not be accepted and to forget about the matter.” In her original filing Kuzyk claimed that she, Anne Lavack and Mary Jane Stenberg were all fired by the university after they raised concerns about McKendry’s alleged behaviour. Kuzyk now also alleges that a fourth employee, Shelley Coburn, was also fired after speaking up about McKendry. The suit claims that Coburn, who then worked as an assistant to Stenberg, met with Gordon Schoberg, the then-chair of KPU’s board of governors at a local Cactus Club restaurant on July 13, 2012. Coburn allegedly relayed her fears that she, Stenberg and Kuzyk were going to be fired for coming forward and that Schoberg promised all of their jobs would be safe. Coburn allegedly also told Schoberg that Kuzyk’s then-assistant, Laura Legg, had been moved into Kuzyk’s office and was found crying and scared at having to work

with McKendry. On Sept. 6, 2013, Legg filed her own lawsuit against the university, also alleging wrongful termination. Kuzyk also claims that through June and July 2012, Stenberg and others reported alleged abuse from McKendry to Schoberg, but the university failed to act or to stop the harassment. She alleges that when Stenberg confronted Harry Gray and demanded he act that Gray responded that he was unable to. Kuzyk also alleges that in June and July of 2012, Schoberg emailed the incoming president, Alan Davis, to advise him of ongoing reports with respect to McKendry’s “fits of rage and harassment.” She claims that while in June four employees had come forward, by July the total number had risen to ten employees. Kuzyk further claims that she received a voicemail from Schoberg in June asking if she would agree to be interviewed by Gray or by an external person regarding her allegations but that neither Gray nor anyone else ever attempted to set up an interview with her. The university has not yet filed a response in court to the new claims. None of the allegations have been proven in court. The university’s spokesperson, Joanne Saunders, declined to comment on the case.

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Family

Changing identity: Jerusalem to Surrey

KPU journalism student Sarine Gulerian (third from left) at a 2013 family engagement party. Photo courtesy Sarine Gulerian

A personal exploration of what it means to be Canadian.

Sarine Gulerian CONTRIBUTOR

It must have been a subtle shift. To this day I cannot give the exact, or even general, time it took place. The moment when I began to think and even dream in the English language, rather than Armenian, is a mystery. Conversing with me now, you would never know that English is my second language. My tan and foreign accent faded long ago. Because of my pale skin colour, perfect English and “Canadian” exterior, people assume that I was born and raised in Canada, where I currently reside. Sitting in the back room of Starbucks, enjoying my well-earned lunch, my cell phone rang. Interrupting my conversation with my

co-worker I quickly picked up my phone. “Hi bab, inch gelagor?” I said. This is my usual script when my father calls, it’s the same as “Hi dad, what’s going on?” Casually talking to my father, I failed to realize why my co-worker was staring at me. Her eyes squinted and intently listening, it dawned on me. She’d never heard me speak in Armenian. She probably didn’t even know what Armenian meant and, at that point, neither did I. Being an Armenian, who was born in Jerusalem but currently living in Canada, was a combination that resulted in an identity crisis during my early teens. I found myself ashamed of being different. I began to dress in fashionable clothes, painting on make-up and straightening my hair to blend in. Just like many other 15-year-olds, all I wanted in

life was to fit in and be normal. My parents took it upon themselves to make this as difficult as possible. I hold NBC and ABC responsible. Dateline and 20/20, which aired every Friday night at 10 p.m., had my parents convinced that all young, intelligent, beautiful girls who have a bright future end up in a ditch, run away, overdose, get kidnapped by their jealous boyfriends, or die in some insane manner. In high school I couldn’t go to most sleepovers, I couldn’t go to parties … and there was no way I could hang out with boys. Trying to explain to my Canadian friends why I couldn’t be at Kaila’s weekend benders was humiliatingly impossible. I didn’t know which was worse: having to explain to people that my parents couldn’t cut my umbilical cord, or going out with the

risk of getting caught, and having to face the wrath of my father. But I understand now why it was so hard for my parents to allow us any freedom. We moved from an enclosed neighbourhood with a curfew in Jerusalem, which was also home to their lifelong friends and family, to some suburban street in a foreign country where the only thing we had in common with our neighbour was our fence. The process of being Canadianized was almost as sluggish as human evolution. But, slowly and surely, changing our environment led to the change of thought process, lifestyle and personality. Khoren, my brother, soon became Corey. Ohan, my father, soon became John. These were some of the obvious changes made in the process of conforming to Canadian culture. The subtle changes, like the disappear-

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ance of our accents, went unnoticed until years later when I tried to pinpoint the precise moment we became Canadian. I realized that my siblings and I spoke to each other in English, we had Chinese food and pizza parties rather than traditional Armenian meals, and our Christmas was no longer celebrated on Jan. 6. Change is never good or bad, it is something we all must do to adapt at school, work or in the real world and this too was just a change. After the initial culture shock, the years quickly passed. At the age of 13 I realized that I had lived longer in Canada then I had back home, in Jerusalem. What a strange thought. Did living longer in Canada mean that I was officially Canadian? The answer became more obvious when I was 17 and my family decided to go back and visit for the first time since 1997. And finally in April 2009 we took our first family trip back to Jerusalem during Easter. It was a special occasion for the Armenians who grew up in Jerusalem because it was the 80th anniversary of St. Tarkmanchatz Armenian School. It is the only school which is enclosed inside of the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem, the school that my father graduated from, and the same school my mother, my family and all our friends had attended. Everyone, no matter where they were now, was expected back for a reunion. Corey and I landed at the Tel Aviv airport. The rest of my family had departed after us. As soon as we arrived we were deemed suspicious. “If you were born here, why don’t you have an Israeli passport?” asked one of the women working. They automatically concluded that we must be Arab. Two hours later we were finally given an opportunity to explain that we weren’t Arab and we weren’t Israeli. We were Armenian. Raised in St. James Monastery, an Armenian-orthodox convent located in the southwest of Jerusalem, we were the exception to their strict citizenship laws. But instead of welcoming us back — something Canadians do when they flip through your passport, smile and wave you through the border — they whispered to each other in Hebrew, a language they knew neither of us understood. My brother and I were interrogated together, separately, then together again. They had taken our passports and our bags. We were left in a small room with other travelers that had been stopped, the majority of whom looked and spoke Arabic. At that point, all I wanted was to go home … but this was supposed to be my home, wasn’t it? It felt as if I had run into an old best friend who, once upon a time, I knew well and loved dearly. Now, 12 years later, they were a stranger and the comfortable feeling I once had in their presence had vanished. I felt out of place. I felt like I was back in high school, and all I wanted

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was to fit in. Once we were finally released, we found our cousins patiently waiting outside the terminal. We didn’t have to explain to them what happened; they had already assumed. The architecture in Armenia was nothing like the cute colourful suburban houses in Surrey. I found myself missing the random smiles strangers always flash at each other when walking by in Canada, something I had failed to notice. To me it was a different world. Everyone here was intensely focused on the ground while walking, sandwiched like a school of fish, through the narrowed alleys. Sometimes they used their shoulders as a weapon to shovel through you. I always hoped this was done only to avoid tripping on the uneven ground. But I knew better. There was tension no matter which way you went. This place was too unfamiliar, too unfriendly and full of way too many fundamentalists. This couldn’t be my home. It may have been a part of my culture and my history but now it was a part of my past. I couldn’t relate to these people in any way. Of course, I’m Armenian and I will always be proud of my ethnicity, but I couldn’t be any happier with the choice my parents forced upon me. I couldn’t be more thankful that I live in my favourite place in the world. There’s no place like home.

Sarine Gulerian and her family through the years. Photos courtesy Sarine Gulerian

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Anthropologist recognized for Italian arts and culture research

KPU sociology instructor Sam Migliore. Samantha Lego/The Runner

KPU instructor Sam Migliore inducted into Vancouver Italian Hall of Fame.

Samantha Lego CONTRIBUTOR

“It’s sort of like you’re out of your element,” says Sam Migliore, cultural anthropologist. “You’re at the university away from your research site, but when people do recognize your work, suddenly you’re feeling transformed.” The Kwantlen Polytechnic University faculty member was inducted into the Vancouver Italian Cultural Centre Hall of Fame earlier last month, in recognition of the work he’s done among the Italian community in the field of arts and culture. Migliore has been an instructor at Kwantlen since 2000, specializing in visual, medical, aging, and well-being streams of anthropology. His research within the Italian community reaches across Canada and ranges from religion and cultural practices, to immigration and identity. Acknowledging the recognition, Miglio-

re stressed the importance of the benefits going both ways: “You’re giving the whole community some type of exposure through your work and that makes me feel good and at the same time, I feel like I have given something back to the community.” It was during graduate school at McMaster University that Migliore was forced to switch his topic from studying nutritional problems in the Inuit, to an Italianinfluenced focus, when the specialist he was studying under left the university. Born in Italy, his ability to speak the language and connect to people led him back to concentrate on his own cultural roots. His award-winning Masters thesis focused on the large Sicilian-Canadian population in Hamilton, Ontario — and he’s been doing work with the Italian community ever since. His extensive bibliography includes numerous articles and films, and two published books. The research enabled him to interact with Italian-Canadians throughout

British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia. “I’ve been able to maintain friendships with people in all three locations,” he says, “and that’s very special to me.” Miglore explains that one of his books, Italian Lives, Cape Breton Memories, published in 1999, was almost more of a community project than a research project. “They gave me a plaque when I left, and they were really pleased with the work,” he says. “I’m really proud of that.” For the book, Migliore worked with the Italian community of Cape Breton Island over a seven-year period, detailing life histories and community events. “[The project] was geared towards producing something they wanted to see done, and in the end it was something that people themselves were really proud of,” he says. His work continues to contribute to Italian communities across Canada. He recently finished a two-year term on a research advisory board based at the Columbus Centre

in Toronto, looking nationally at the internment of Italians during WWII. Currently Migliore is involved with the Italian Canadians Archives Project group, creating an archive of Italian-Canadian materials. This, he says, includes “everything from getting the material, to getting the word out, to acquiring funds.” Migliore says that, although rewarding in both instances, the difference between writing articles in a university setting and doing research in the field is that, “Suddenly people value the fact that first of all, you’ve done this research — and sometimes they recognize that it can be helpful to them.” The work that Migliore has done in this field is certainly extensive, but overall, Migliore credited his success to members of the Italian community. “Without them I couldn’t have done any research at all,” he says. “So in a sense, whatever I have produced is [an effort] to give something back to the community.”

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BY-ELECTION

october 22 – 23, 2013 october 22 – 23, 2013 Each voter must show a valid Student ID to receive a ballot

Nominations Open

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 9 AM

Nominations Close

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at 11 AM

By-Election Polling

Tuesday, October 22, 2013 – Wednesday, October 23, 2013 10 AM – 4 PM

Campus Representatives

All Campuses

• Cloverdale Campus Representative (1) • Langley Campus Representative (1)

Constituency Representatives

• Students with Disabilities Representative (1) • Women’s Representative (1)

Faculty Representatives

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Academic and Career Advancement Representative (1) Community and Health Studies Representative (1) Design Representative (1) Science and Horticulture Representative (1) Trades and Technology Representative (1)

Each voter must show a valid Student ID to receive a ballot

By-Election Polling

Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10 AM – 4 PM

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 10 AM – 4 PM

Surrey Campus – In the Main Atrium Langley Campus – Next to the Bookstore Cloverdale Campus – Across from the Cafeteria Richmond Campus – In the Rotunda

Ballot Counting

Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 6 PM Surrey Main 3801

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The Runner

October 08 / 2013

W : runnermag.ca

Horoscope

Sagittarius Nov. 23 - Dec 21

Capricorn Dec. 22 - Jan 20

Good god, there are babies everywhere!

Every time you make a statement about yourself, someone will take a drink.

Aquarius Jan 21 - Feb 19

Pisces Feb 20 - Mar 20

It is the age of our robot overlords, and they are all stamped “Made in China”. Discuss this with a Sensible BC canvasser.

Your home brewing experiment has created a catalyst for afflicted lycanthropy. Add a +4 bonus to your strength modifier.

Aries Mar 21 - Apr 19

Taurus Apr 20 - May 20

You may not remember that we have abandoned Curiosity on an inhospitable planet to do humanity’s bidding, but the Cylons will. All of this has happened before.

Although you are the one who knocks, you are by no means the danger.

Sagitarius Nov. 23 - Dec 21

Capricorn Dec. 22 - Jan 20

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Aries Mar 21 - Apr 19

Taurus Apr 20 - May 20

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Listen to your instincts, unless they tell you what you don’t want to hear. It’s called following your heart.

Now is an excellent time for wearing earth tones and investing in beer-making robots.

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Libra Sept 24 - Oct 23

Scorpio Oct 24 - Nov 22

Your commitment to your vegan lifestyle will be tested when you learn that the human brain is an excellent source of Omega 3 fatty acids.

Your plan to kick ass and chew bubblegum will be thwarted by your lack of bubblegum, but only partially.

Gemini May 21 - Jun 20

The raccoon sharing your basement suite can’t be legally evicted because of his rabies status, but he can for his non-payment of rent. landlord. Leo Jul 24 - Aug 23

Cancer Jun 21 - Jul 23

This month brings the first of many financial crises due in part to an uncooperative Boehner. Yes, it is pronounced that way; look it up.

Virgo Aug 24 - Sept 23