The Argosy, October 12, Vol. 147, Iss. 5 by The Argosy

NEWS Campus buildings under renovation. (Pg. 3) Decidedly deciduous since 1872

ARTS & CULTURE Presents: The Improv is back onstage. (Pg. 5)

SPORTS Mounties tackle pancreatic cancer. (Pg. 10)

OPINIONS Considering distribution credits. (Pg. 11)

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October 12, 2017 Vol. 147, Iss. 5

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EDITORS: EMMA BUSH & MAIA HERRIOT | OCTOBER 12. 2017 | ARGOSY@MTA.CA

ACTIVISM

Rev. Hay leaves a legacy and inspires generations of change Mt. A professor emeritus and human rights activist passes away at age 85

THURSDAY, OCT. 12 Ergonomics speaker Prof. Nancy Black Dunn Mini Wu, 12-1 p.m. Time management workshop Crabtree M2, 6-8 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCT. 13 Open House: Fall 2017 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Relay For Life Academic Quad, 6-9 p.m. How I Got There From Here Drama Lecture 1:30 p.m. Motyer Fancy Theatre

SATURDAY, OCT. 14 The Elora Singers Brunton Auditorium, 7:30-10 p.m. Commedia dell’Arte Drama Lecture Motyer Fancy Theatre

SUNDAY, OCT. 15 Make Something Sunday: Felt Flower Fabric Owens Art Gallery Foyer, 2-4 p.m. Vespers Chapel, 6-7 p.m.

MONDAY, OCT. 16 Pre-Confederation Map Exhibition Launch Library Atrium, 7-9 p.m. Student Affairs Workshop (LDH) Crabtree Auditorium, 7-9 p.m.

TUESDAY, OCT. 17 Tea on Tuesday Chapel Manning Room, 3-4:30 p.m. Pre-Confederation Map Exhibition Launch Library Atrium, 7-9 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18 Truth and ReconciliACTION Film Series Library Theatre, 2:30-4 p.m.

REV. HAY LEADING MONCTON PRIDE THIS PAST AUGUST. ANDRÉ RICHARD/SUBMITTED

MAIA HERRIOT News Editor In the late 1980s, Greg Daborn, a young and closeted homosexual, opened the pages of the Amherst Citizen and stumbled upon an article he hadn’t expected to see. Written by a United Church minister and university professor, Eldon Hay, the article declared itself in support of gay rights, a remarkable move for its time. Eldon Hay was a Mount Allison professor and ordained minister of the United Church, and began to use his positions of authority to actively defend queer rights when his son came out to him in the mid-1980s. Hay’s human rights activism did not end there: He was also outspoken on behalf of the feminist and pro-choice movements and in his condemnation

against anti-Francophone sentiments and discriminatory movements such as anti-Semitism. To Daborn, who was “still living in fear” of someone discovering his sexuality, a local man publically declaring himself an ally to the gay rights movement was intensely meaningful. “All I had ever heard of was condemnation and unacceptance,” he said. After reading Hay’s article, Daborn immediately looked him up and called him, but hung up as soon as he answered. “I couldn’t make any words, I was still afraid,” he said. Over the next decade, while Daborn continued on a personal journey of self-acceptance, Reverend Hay’s activism grew from writing newspaper articles to founding the two first maritime PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbian, Gay,

Bisexual, Transgendered and Queer People) chapters in 1996. In 1997, Hay won the Human Rights Award from the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission for his work for the organization and the community. After acquiring degrees in theology from Carleton University, Queen’s University and a PhD in theology from Glasgow University, Hay had joined the Mt. A community as a professor of religious studies in 1962. A member of Hay’s former congregation at the Central United Church in Moncton, Sheila Lewis, said, “Eldon moved us forward in our thinking on social justice, particularly regarding the LGBTQ+ community, by demonstrating that it was ultimately a human rights issue.” It was Hay who laid the groundwork for a journey that led, albeit years later, to Central United becoming an Affirming Congregation (one that officially supports inclusion of the queer community in their life and ministry), the only one in New Brunswick at that time. In 2003, Hay was inducted into the Order of Canada for making activism and the promotion of tolerance his life’s work. In addition to the work he did on a larger scale, Hay also took the time to counsel many young people who were having difficulty finding their way in an oppressive and heteronormative society. After Hay’s death, his role as a community leader and personal mentor is what Greg Daborn is the most vocal about. A decade after reading it, Hay’s article had not left Daborn’s mind. When he sought support within the local queer community in 1999, he found Hay. In the spring of the next year, Daborn got involved in the organization of the very first Moncton pride parade. By June, Hay was out in front, acting as their inaugural Pride Parade marshall. “From that point,” Daborn recalled, “Eldon became my personal mentor. In the last 17

years of my life, he made me a better person.… My involvement each day after the first Pride Parade has never really been about me, it’s been about what can I do to help others, so that the youth of tomorrow wouldn’t have to go through what I went through. That’s what has been my driver and I think that’s what drove Eldon.” Hay lived his life as an example of the significant impact an individual can make on the whole. He inspired people like Daborn to continue his work: “[Hay] brought me up, lifted me up and helped me become this activist and mentor I am today.” This year, when the Sackville

“HE BROUGHT ME UP, LIFTED ME UP AND HELPED ME BECOME THIS ACTIVIST AND MENTOR I AM TODAY” Tribune Post asked him about his legacy, Hay said, “I hope, if anything, I left the idea that we must pay attention to the outsider, the person we sometimes like the least, and have the most difficulty with, they are the most important; they are all children of God.” On Sept. 17, Rev. Eldon Hay passed away at the age of 85. The month prior, on Aug. 26, he attended Moncton’s 17th River of Pride parade sporting the rainbow top hat he wore every year. Looking to the future, Daborn said, “We have to think about the next generation. Yes, we’ve come a long way, we have improved things tremendously, but there’s still people out there in our society that are having very difficult times.… We should be thinking, how can we be the next Eldon Hay? The world still needs an Eldon. And Eldon’s not here to do it – it’s up to us now.”

GET INVOLVED WITH MT. A’S ROTARACT CLUB Rotary is a world-wide organization that values service, fellowship, diversity, integrity and leadership. Rotaract is the youth club open to people of all ages between 17 and 30. Current projects underway by this active student club include: raising funds for their Dictionary for Life Project, organizing and staffing the breakfast program at Marshview Middle School, Wheelchair Bike project with the Drew Nursing Home and town of Sackville, as well as the Dorchester School homework program. Both clubs strive to serve the community by volunteering their time and fundraising efforts, while collaborating with one another to strengthen the relationship between Mount Allison students and other Sackville residents. If you would like more information on these initiatives or want to know how to get involved, email rotaract@mta.ca. THE MOUNT ALLISON ROTARACT CLUB AND THE SACKVILLE ROTARY CLUB JOINED FORCES FOR A MORNING OF APPLE PICKING AT BELLIVEAU ORCHARDS ON OCT. 1. MTA ROTARACT CLUB/SUBMITTED

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CAMPUS

Career week comes to Mount Allison

Students attend series of workshops and lectures to improve job-seeking skills

DEVELOP YOUR MULTITASKING SKILLS BEFORE CEPHALOPODS TAKE ALL THE COOL SUMMER JOBS. SARAH NOONAN/ARGOSY

AMELIA MACDOUGALL FLEMING

News Reporter

Students were given the chance to glimpse into the mind of a hiring committee last week. From Oct. 2 to 5, the annual Career Week took place to help students locate employment opportunities. The program is offered by Mt. A career services and is free to students. The theme of this year’s series was Standing Out in the Hiring Process. The first event of the week was

a resumé writing workshop. The workshop was led by Mt. A alumna Sabine Beisser, a professional in human resources. This seminar focused on what aspects of resumés appeal to hiring managers. For example, the workshop explained how to decide what job experiences and information students should choose to include or exclude on their resumes. The next day there was a follow-up workshop, where students were given individual help creating their

resumés. Alison Crinkley, careers services manager, said “[Students] are looking for a summer job, they’re looking for a job on campus, they’re looking for a part-time job – they really need a solid document and a solid background to think about what that document is going to be.” The week also included a session on networking, led by class of ’09 Mt. A graduate Sally Ng. Now the founder of an innovation consulting firm, Ng taught students strategies to network online and in person

with confidence. Students learned how to appropriately approach people in a professional setting, as well as how to use the professional networks that they establish. Students were also taught how to create an effective elevator pitch – an informative 30-second to two-minute presentation on their personal or professional background. The week of workshops was centred around a job fair, which took place on Wednesday. At the fair, students used their new-found tools to network and present elevator pitches to various potential employers, including Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Canadian Forces. The fair also hosted entrepreneurial agencies such as Opportunities NB and the Community Business Development Corporation. Grad school options were also present, with Saint Mary’s Sobey School of Business and Dalhousie’s Rowe School of Business. Lica Schinael Pacheco, a third-year commerce student, said, “I think it’s nice how there’s different types of booths around that you can go to no matter what you’re studying.” The final event of the week was the business panel. The panel hosted a number of human resource professionals, who gave students tips about how to stand out in the hiring process. The panel included advice from human resource directors, certified career counsellors and consulting agents. The goal

of the panel was to allow students an opportunity to ask questions regarding hiring processes that they were unsure of. “The panel in particular was really interesting. [The human resource professionals] offered a lot of insight,” Crinkley said. Career Week also hosted an information session about the University’s Graduation Preparation Series (GPS). The GPS program teaches students tools similar to those learned during Career Week, such as resumé building, interview skills, personal finance and much more. Mt. A career services offers this program as an opportunity for students to expand on the themes covered at Career Week. This additional series is especially useful to students who were unable to attend all of the week’s other events. “Career Week is very focused and kind of intense with a lot of sessions. We recognize that students have classes and are very busy and can’t attend all these things,” said Crinkley. “There [are] also a lot of programs available to students throughout the year.” The program was appreciated by many of the students who attended. Nigel Verrett, a second-year Mt. A student, said, “It’s very useful to those who took advantage of the series provided. It was interesting, there was a lot of fun things to take advantage of.”

CONSTRUCTION

Renovations to campus buildings ongoing

Facilities management report Gairdner and Barclay construction to be completed by 2018 LILY FALK News Reporter If you have been on campus, you have probably seen and heard the renovations taking place. The Barclay and Gairdner buildings have been undergoing renovations since June 2017 to update their infrastructure and improve accessibility. The goal of the renovations is to improve the learning environment of both of the buildings. “The changes to the Barclay and Gairdner buildings will increase the capacity for experiential learning through upgrades of life science, environmental science and chemistry research and teaching spaces,” said Prof. Amanda Cockshutt, dean of sciences. Cockshutt said the Gairdner building is being repurposed into a space for interdisciplinary and collaborative learning between the environmental and life sciences. In addition, “renovations to the Barclay building will see all research and teaching spaces updated to increase accessibility and improve the building systems to reduce its carbon footprint,” said Cockshutt. “Students and researchers will be

able to perform their experiments in a more healthy and safe environment.” Neil MacEachern, director of facilities management, said that these renovation projects are being supported by the Federal Government Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund. He also mentioned Barclay will be updated with genderneutral washrooms and accessibility upgrades. Gairdner’s accessibility is also being improved. The total cost for the project is $18.75 million. $9.75 million is being covered by the provincial and federal government. The rest is funded by the University maintenance and renovation budget. Some students are frustrated about the impact of the construction on their learning. “I think it’s great that our university is actively trying to improve the campus,” second-year student Sage Shaheen said. “But it is strange to me that while paying nearly $30,000 of tuition a year, I cannot even hear my professor teaching – even in a tiny class of 20 to 25 students in the Barclay building. I find it completely unreasonable to put us as students in that position, especially when we are here for the purpose of getting a quality education.”

The construction has fenced off some areas around campus and made it more difficult for students to get around. Fourth-year drama studies student Sabrina Stace said, “It crushes

my soul having to walk up the hill to the library instead of just taking the stairs.” The renovations are set to be completed by the start of the

2018 academic year. While the construction irritates some students now, they will have to wait to see whether these changes are worth the noise.

RENOVATING BARCLAY AND GAIRDNER TO COST UNIVERSITY $18.75 MILLION. LIANG CHAO YI/ARGOSY

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STUDENT RESEARCH

ARCHIVES

Honours student research profiles

THE REV. ELDON HAY Contributor

SAM DONALDSON DEPARTMENT.

IS A FOURTH-YEAR HONOURS STUDENT IN THE CHEMISTRY

“For the thesis component of my degree I have been working with my supervisor, Dr. Westcott, in the Wild Toads lab to synthesize ligand compounds based on maltol, a common food additive. These wonderfully frustrating compounds can be hard to make, but create very interesting metal complexes by grabbing atoms such as Gallium or Copper when mixed appropriately. It is exciting to research what similar compounds have been made and their range of applications, covering antibacterial, antituberculosis, even anticancer applications. Published papers help predict potential uses for complexes of my design, while I discover their applications!”

From the archives brings you old news today. As time passes, the news we report on changes, as does the way we report on it. Conversely, we’ve been covering some of the same issues since 1872. This week, we commemorate the late reverend Eldon Hay’s life and community impact. In 1998, rev. Hay was actively heading PFLAG while seeking out new members. Thurs. Feb 19, 1998: vol. 127, issue 17. PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) is a support group for the families and friends of lesbian women and gay men who have made or are in the process of making their “coming out.” Active in Canada for several years now, there are chapters in Amherst and Moncton. Both chapters meet on a monthly basis. The atmosphere within is open, accepting and gay-positive. The

emphasis is on real life experiences and practical solutions for people who are trying to cope, either with the initial disclosure or its continuing impact on all the people involved in the life of a gay person. Meetings are decidedly informal and all participants are free to share as little or as much of their experience as they feel comfortable in doing. Strict confidentiality is strongly encouraged and expected. Both chapters are made up of parents and families on the one hand, and gays and lesbians on the other. Insight and understanding come to persons in both groups, largely because of the conversation between them. As the parent of a gay son, I have grown to more fully understand the situation of my son by the words and witness of other gay and lesbian youth. Both chapters have youth, high school and university age. Sometimes a parent comes first, then the gay, lesbian or bisexual youth. More often,

perhaps, a gay young person initiates attendance, the parent or parents coming later. Of course, the children of some of the parents sometimes live in distant places - that’s my situation. There is much work to be done to enable freedom and safety for high school and university students - and PFLAG chapters in this area have only scratched the surface. Nonetheless, a member of the Moncton chapter, a lesbian woman, took her lesbian partner to the graduation dance at Mathieu-Martin last spring, and was interviewed about it over the CBC a couple of days later. It takes courage to witness to being gay, lesbian or bisexual. It takes courage to witness to having a gay, lesbian or bisexual offspring or family member. PFLAG provides an environment where courage can be collected, triumphs shared, problems and perplexities aired. I’m convinced of the value of PFLAG.

STUDENT HOUSING

Review your tenant rights!

How the NB Tenancies Act can help you as a renter

MAIA HERRIOT News Editor

MARLEY CADDELL IS A FOURTH-YEAR HONOURS STUDENT IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT.

“I am a nature gal who loves studying the environment! This Sackville Summer, I counted bioindicators for my research on the effects of DDT—a persistent, toxic pesticide—in New Brunswick lake ecosystems. Throughout the 1950s to 1990s, New Brunswick boasted the world’s largest insecticide aerial spraying. Even though I have lived in this province for the past 21 years, I didn’t know of this NB fun fact until I started my research. I am super stoked about this project because not only is it 100 per cent focused on my home-province, it also underlines the importance of large-scale corporations being held accountable for the legacy environmental impacts they induce!” SAVANNAH MILEEN HARRIS/ARGOSY

1. Take pictures of any damage in your apartment when you move in as proof later on that it was pre-existing. This might save your security deposit. 2. Provincial law does not require you to have renter insurance, but you should. 3. Leases can be week-to-week, month-to-month, annual or fixed term.. 4. Landlords can make post-dated cheques mandatory if it is specified in the Residential Lease. 5. Landlords have the right to enter your home in emergency situations, but they have to give 24 hours’ notice for inspections and seven days’ notice for repairs. 6. If it is the last month of a tenant’s lease term, a landlord can enter your unit between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. to show the property to prospective tenants, but not on Sundays or holidays. 7. The contract comes to an end on the date that is specified in the rental agreement. You do not automatically have the right to keep renting the

property after that date. 8. You cannot withhold rent for repairs. If you are having problems with getting repairs in your unit fixed, you can get help from the local rentalsman. The rentalsman can then take the rent to ensure your repairs are done in a timely manner. 9. A landlord can end a periodic (year-to-year or month-to-month) tenancy due to unpaid rent, conduct concerns, property damage or issues of safety. 10. Changing your locks is not allowed without consent from both you and your landlord or permission from the Office of the Rentalsman. 11. A landlord is allowed to refuse to rent to a tenant with pets/a smoking habit. 12. If you are going to sublet and will be eventually returning to the premises, this is classified as a partial assignment. That means that your rental agreement can limit your ability to sublet the unit. The lease agreement can dictate that you may not sublet, or may only do so with permission from the landlord. However, the landlord cannot deny the right to sublet without good reason.

13. New Brunswick does not have rent control. However, in a monthto-month tenancy, two months’ notice is required to allow you to be able to give a month’s notice to end the rental agreement. In a year-toyear lease, a total of three months’ notice is required. 14. If you pay a security deposit while signing your lease you should get a certificate of deposit from The Residential Tenancies’ Tribunal within six weeks. That security deposit should also be refunded to you at the end of your lease. 15. Rent is considered to be late the day after it is required by the tenant. At that point, the landlord can issue a 15-day notice to vacate the premises. If the tenant pays the rent that is due within seven days after receiving the notification, it is no longer valid. Note: These rights apply to all residential rental properties, excluding co-op housing, public housing and vacation homes. For more specific information, go to snb.ca and read The Residential Tenancies’ New Brunswick Residential Tenancies Act.

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LOCAL BUSINESS

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Sassy’s closes shop, changes pub ownership Students lose nearest convenience store on the north end of campus while pub remains open WILL BALSER NICK RYAN Contributors

SASSY’S PUB DOORS STILL OPEN. WILL BALSER/SUBMITTED

Students returned this year to find Sackville lacking a familiar establishment on the corner of King and Main. Formerly known as Sassy’s Convenience Store and Pub, the shop closed its doors this June. However, the bar and the take-out menu remain. The new owner of Sassy’s Pub, Cuc Tong, said that the owner of the building “is trying to sell the whole building, so that’s why the store closed.” She also said that there are several potential buyers, but no concrete ideas for what the new

business might be. The loss of the convenience store has made student’s lives slightly more difficult – it was the only place near the north side of campus to purchase snacks and drinks. Thirdyear student Matthew Thompson, who resides in Harper, remarked that students on the north side now need to “use the vending machine, make a trek downtown or walk to the Irving” to satisfy their snack cravings. Thompson said that the store was especially important during exam season. Off-campus students also felt the loss of one of the few retail stores in town. Fifth-year student Gultaj Sangha, who once lived on King

Street, said, “Having the convenience store was optimal because it was a short walk down the road from where we lived, and before going into campus, we would grab a bite to eat or stock up for the library.” Both students expressed surprise and excitement when told that the food menu was still available at the bar, something which many in town are currently unaware of. Sassy’s still welcomes students and town residents, and, if you’re of age, provides a quiet ambient location for a snack and a drink. The only change to the building is the lack of a convenience store. Further developments could occur in the future if the building changes hands.

IMPROV

Hurricane relief, humour and heart

Presents: the Improv offers clubs a fundraising venue and its members a close-knit community JENA MCLEAN Arts & Culture Reporter What do a sentient jacket, a bumbling investigator named Curiosity and fundraising all have in common? Each of them made appearances at Present: the Improv’s first show last Wednesday. The evening had all the classic markers of a Presents show. To a packed Pond, three new teams took the stage as well as suggestions from the audience. They made up worlds and characters on the spot, earning laughs and cheers. The audience picked a classic drink special: whiskey sours. But there are changes afoot. Brenna Landry, a fourth-year English major, highlighted how this year will be different from her previous three on the team. “This year we have three teams

and all of them will be performing a half — we have three halves, that’s our thing,” Landry explained. “This year, all three halves are going to be full, juicy halves. We’re not giving you a wind-down.” The team is also offering drop-in workshops every Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. In addition to these changes, Presents will team up with various campus groups to raise money. As artistic director Erik Garf explained, “Our goal is to reach out to them, offer improv as a fundraising tool where they can team up with us.” The first show’s partner was Mt. A’s International Society. Garf said that all funds will go to “Mt. A families that have been affected by hurricane season.” But to its members, Presents is more than a weekly night of comedy or a fundraising tool. Garf said, “I see Presents as part of my family.”

Third-year English and fine arts student Loxu van Aardt admitted she was surprised by “how close everyone is.” New to Presents, van Aardt attended almost every show last year, and said of the team, “It was heart-warming to see them be such a family.” This tightknit vibe is part of why she joined. “People who do improv are some of the coolest people I’ve met,” said firstyear Julia Connolly. She added, “In order to do improv you have to have a team that melds and does well together because it’s a lot about trust and supporting each other. I was surprised at how quickly we found our groove as a team.”

“I’m always here to make new friends, so that’s a big draw for me,” said Ellice Evans, a third-year biology student. Evans also stressed the benefits of improvising: “I’d like to become faster on my feet at thinking and speaking, and get a bit more confident.” Aidan Legault, a third-year improviser and political science student, has also learned invaluable lessons through Presents. “You don’t look good if your team doesn’t look good. I’ve kind of taken that philosophy into my life outside of improv where I want the people around me to be happy and successful so I do what I can to help my friends

“TO COME BACK TO

THESE PEOPLE THAT

I REALLY TRUST AND

CARE FOR AND MAKE A FOOL OF MYSELF

ONSTAFE? IT’S GREAT.”

and they do the same for me,” he said. He also hopes to “make a lot of good memories” to take on exchange next semester. To Rebecca Butler, a fourthyear international relations and drama studies student, “Improv has been a great thing to come back to throughout my weeks.” This is her third year on the team, and she said, “Being able to come back to these people that I really trust and care for and make a fool of myself onstage? It’s great.” If you’re interested in trying out some improv games, head out to the Pond on Wednesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. for workshops run by Presents: the Improv. And make sure to stick around for the pay-what-you-can weekly show at 9 p.m. You never know what sentient clothing will make an appearance.

LEFT: EMOTIONAL ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING WITH AIDAN LEGAULT & HANNAH MACKELLAR. RIGHT: NOT YOUR AVERAGE TEA PARTY WITH CARLY PENROSE & KEEGAN HILTZ. SAVANNAH FORSEY/SUBMITTED

On the past, present and future of the Tantramar dikes David Lieske discusses aging dikes, rising tides and climate change Written by Emma Bush

Map compiled by Southeast Regional Service Commission Photos by Savannah Harris and Gerald Hannah Layout by Marina Mavridis

The Tantramar dikes are beautiful components of Sackville’s landscape, but what is their importance? What do they do and how long will they last? To learn about these structures, I turned to David Lieske, an associate professor in the department of geography and environment at Mt. A and the director of the Mt. A Geospatial Modelling Lab (GML). Lieske is a self-proclaimed “geospatial guy,” specializing in making maps and building models. His past research has delved into visualizing potential flooding of the dikes and surrounding marshlands as well as raising community awareness of potential risks. “The dikes have been around for a long, long time,” Lieske said. “They go back to Acadian settlement times, to the first European settlement.” The dikes were constructed as an alternative to clearing forests, as this was less energy intensive. The Acadians had experience with dikes in France, which they brought with them to the north america. This led to agricultural advantages as well as changing ecosystems in the marshes.” Acadian dikes are constructed from an aboiteau, “basically a box-like structure that was built originally through wood in an earthen embankment [with] a one way gate in,” said Lieske. “The Acadians built it with a wooden door. Nowadays we have steel doors and they’re bigger, but they’re basically the same principle. It’s kind of like your heart, it’s a one-way valve.” These aboiteaux allow fresh water to accumulate and salt water to be kept out as the gates are closed when tides rise in the Bay of Fundy. However, not all dikes are constructed from these wooden boxes. In the 50s the federal government put forth a program called the Maritime Marsh Rehabilitation Act (MMRA). “The idea was to try to encourage the proliferation of agriculture so they identified our region in the Tantramar as being important,” said Lieske. “They invested a bit of money and they built that big, what I call, ‘super aboiteaux.’” The “super aboiteaux,” a large green metal structure, can be seen on the way to Amherst. It is made up of two sixteen-foot culverts that go through the dam with a gate that opens and closes periodically in response to automated water level sensors. This particular aboiteau is further downstream than previous ones. Lieske thinks of the current infrastructure of the Tantramar dikes as a “patch and fill” solution with no further reengineering taking place. However, he does not necessarily consider this to be a bad thing. “The truth is, I have serious concerns about relying on engineering solutions myself,” he said, citing cost and inability to predict future weather and therefore inability to predict necessary scale(s) of dikes. However, this does not negate the risks of flooding. Instead of engineering solutions, Lieske believes that education is one of the best first steps in combating flooding risks. One of the champions of this method is EOS Eco Energy, who “has done a really good job of keeping the discussion going” through hosting climate change awareness weeks over the years. Flooding risks are obvious to Lieske. “I look at this year with Irma and Andrew and these hurricanes . . . I mean the forecast is unknowable, but likely with the increasing energy in the atmosphere we’re going to be seeing more of these storm systems tracking further north than normal,” Lieske said. “It’s clear that the systems [are] changing and that these storm tracks are becoming more and more frequent and common.” Lieske described the influences of climate change upon the Tantramar marshes and surrounding areas are twofold. “. . . we’re having a few things happening, we’re having these storms, we’ve got rising seas from ocean heating up, and then [we’ve] got the sinking crust [due to coastal subsidence] so we [have] vulnerabilities because of that,” Lieske said. These risks are not new. In the late ‘60s there was a freshwater flood of the marshes and parts of the town. “I talked to a lady . . . and she was saying that she remembers paddling with her dad across Bridge Street in a boat to get drugs for her neighbour who needed them [for a medical condition],” said Lieske. “That was not long ago . . . but the locations are the same, the vulnerability is in these low points .” How can we combat these kinds of challenges and risks of displacement and destruction due to flooding? Lieske advocates for combined outreach, communication and education. For example, Lorne Street (which is home to the Struts Gallery and the Kookie Kutter Bakery and leads to the Sackville train station) is chronically vulnerable due to its geographic and topographical position. Ideally, Lorne Street would not be inhabited, according to Lieske.“[Lorne Street] should probably be just left to be . . . but that requires some creative thinking about reimagining these spaces and it takes time to rezone [and] relocate,” Lieske said. “The best kind of vulnerability reduction would be to have nobody in a flood risk zone, that would be ideal, but in the reality that might be too expensive or impractical to implement so you end up with a sliding scale continuum of solutions.” Through raising awareness of the impacts of climate change on the small scale as well as the large, more practical potential solutions can be presented to combat these risks, potentially through rezoning as opposed to large-scale engineering changes.

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MUSIC

POETRY

Bach, Beethoven or Boston Pops? Popular music recital to be performed by chamber orchestra and symphonic band MAGGIE PITMAN Contributor For those who don’t think they like listening to orchestras, think again. Popular music is coming to campus and you don’t want to miss it. This October, Convocation Hall will host yet another exciting event from Mt. A’s own department of music. An interesting spin on the classic Boston Pops will be performed by the campus’s chamber orchestra and symphonic band. Boston Pops concerts originated from founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Henry Lee Higginson, who had a vision to present the public with, in his words, a “concerts of a lighter kind of music.” Mt. A hopes to achieve this vision right here in Sackville. These concerts focus on music which is both old and new. They offer a program that often includes a large range of genres and styles like jazz, blues, pop,

rock, musical theatre and classical to name a few. Boston Pops Orchestra conductor Keith Lockhart said, “This [the diversity of styles] makes it the perfect kind of orchestra for people who don’t know they like orchestras!” A Pops Spectacular! has become an annual tradition. However, this year marks ensemble conductor Greg Burton’s first time taking part. He spoke with excitement regarding the program. “It will be like a Boston Pops kind of show, lots of movie music and music from musicals and video games. It’s a feel-good program,” Burton said. Soloists in this concert include fourth-year voice students Kaye Klapman and Sarah Sharpe, secondyear oboe student Maggie Pitman and fourth-year violinist Jimmy Jin. Each solo will be expressive and powerful as each piece goes hand in hand with a popular storyline. Musicians must encompass the characters they are trying to portray, and that is what

makes these solos difficult to perform. “We have great soloists, and it is an excellent showcase for our thematic department,” Burton said. These lighthearted concert programs offer an outlet from the intensity that comes with taking a bachelor of music. “Concerts like this are a lot of fun for us. We play a lot of classical music every day like Bach and Beethoven, and it’s really nice to take a break and play some newer music,” said first-year student violist Sidney Murgatroyd. The audience can expect to hear a fun and passionate concert featuring some of their favourite television and movie themes. They can also expect a lively classic jazz medley that isn’t typically played by a symphonic band. All in all, a fun filled evening is in store for everyone who attends. The concert will take place on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. in Convocation Hall.

Her poem has an accompanying Powerpoint The first slide lists her social insurance number. Her poem is 100% polyester. It has an introduction and conclusion. Her poem is water-resistant. It will not mold if left out in the rain overnight. Her poem is not about eating. She imagines an endless supply of lemons and limes. But they don’t fit into her topic sentences. She scraps her poem. She starts again. Her new poem is a conversation with the pages of the books she is reading. Her new poem slips. Her new poem is a body chain. This poem doesn’t have a PowerPoint, but if it did the first slide would be a picture of her Cuisinart knife set. She thought of the poem as she was coming out of a good dream. In the dream she had clear skin and drank enough water. Her new poem fits and doesn’t gape at the front. Her new poem is ready-to-wear. Her mother says her new poem is too revealing. Her mother says she should write about heartbreak instead. But she prefers to just talk. She is greased up and ready to fall.

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DRAMA

Dressing Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Sabrina Stace on costuming a cast of sixteen for the this month’s Motyer-Fancy production JENA MCLEAN Arts & Culture Reporter The cast and director of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead are hard at work memorizing lines and finetuning blocking. Two floors up in the costume shop, Sabrina Stace is repurposing a prom dress, crafting glitter beards and hand-stitching eight Shakespearean neck ruffs. Stace, a fourth-year drama major, has taken on the task of costuming R&G’s 16 actors for an independent study of her own design. Decima Mitchell, Motyer-Fancy’s resident designer and director of R&G, explained that “the students are tailoring to their individual interests, with some guidance from their mentors.” I learned last week

how much tailoring Stace has done, both in her course plan and in the costume shop. Growing up in Moncton, N.B., Stace was exposed to theatre through Camp Centennial’s Drama Camp. Throughout middle and high school she attended New Brunswick Dramafest, and took part in shows such as Happy Little Whispering, an absurdist piece that was “really dark, but helped me get through a lot of stuff.” Mt. A has turned out to be the perfect fit for Stace. “There’s so many other opportunities to drown yourself in theatre,” she said, adding that her drama major has “pushed me to think critically about my art and what I’m doing and why I’m doing it.” Though she has appeared onstage

in The White Snake, Love of the Nightingale and Dr. Faustus, she has come to primarily focus on costume design. Her Mt. A credits include The Russian Play, Punch-Up, Metamorphoses and Legally Blonde. She also spent the summer working for the Gros Morne Theatre Festival. While working on six shows in four months seems exhausting, Stace says it “was the recharging I needed from third year. It helped me find myself again both as a theatre-maker and as a person.” Her summer job also prepared her for R&G. “I spent the summer, on my dark days, researching contemporary fashion, which is really weird,” she said. This was combined with research into Elizabethan style, as the play borrows heavily from

Hamlet. Stace melded the two by considering how Denmark’s elite would dress in modern times. “What is a posh royal wearing? What is a badass angsty teen wearing?” This has led to a design concept that relies on contemporary base outfits with Elizabethan add-ons, such as “trunkhose, ruffs, sleeve-slashing and hats.” Extra attention is paid to the Tragedians, a troupe of actors that appears numerous times throughout the play. Stace said, “We wanted them to come from their own little world, outside of the traditional Elizabethan.” They wear a mixture of H&M printed tees and stark white ruffs. They also get a distinctly 2017 twist on their costumes. “Decima wanted a way for the actors to have their faces

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obscured,” Stace explained, an idea that led to one of the biggest surprises. “I didn’t expect glitter beards.” What’s after Mt. A for the multifaceted costume designer? It’s a mystery. Stace is currently trying to decide between a certificate program, graduate school, or she may “just see if I can string gigs together for a year and I’m happy with that, sure.” Her end goal is Ontario’s Stratford Festival: “I’d love to work at Stratford, either as a designer, a head of wardrobe, a cutter, anything, because Stratford is like a bigger Sackville with more theatre and so I feel very much at home there.” Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead runs Oct. 25 to 27 at the Motyer-Fancy Theatre.

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Elora Singers to visit Mt. A

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Grammy-nominated choir to visit on Saturday, Oct. 14

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MAX CHAPMAN Arts & Culture Reporter Mount Allison is about to experience a once-in-a-lifetime treat. If you are at all interested in the performing arts, no matter the medium, mark Saturday Oct. 14 in your calendar. At 7:30 p.m., the Elora Singers will serenade listeners at the Brunton auditorium for a couple of hours - a musical experience you shouldn’t miss. The Grammy- and Juno-nominated group is a professional chamber choir based out of Elora, Ontario. This group specializes in rich sounds that have been delighting listeners for decades. Founded in 1980 by Noel

Edison, the group is still conducted by him. Edison, a member of the Order of Ontario, has conducted the large-scale Toronto Mendelssohn Choir for over a decade. He has also received an honorary doctor of music degree from the University of Guelph. “In a world where conductors flit about from podium to podium, Noel Edison is proof of the power of connecting one person to a community, allowing everything and everyone – including the audience – to grow in the process,” said John Terauds in a review for the Toronto Star. Edison even started a festival in Elora for choral music, and has been running it annually since 1979. The festival lasts for four weeks and takes place during the summer months. His group of Elora Singers grace the festival as the central act. There are a few Elorians in the 22-person crew, but most have been attracted from every corner of Canada. The members are currently on their Maritime tour and have fit Mt. A into their busy schedule. This night promises to be grand, and is sure to attract all music elites and prospects alike. The group has done recordings

for Naxos Records, and is widely recognized as one of the most skilled large-scale choirs in Canada. The group specializes in many different styles and genres, such as folk, Canadian traditional music and holiday pieces. They have graced many stages and have retained a constant strain of core singers who provide consistently excellent performances night after night and year after year. The performance was kept under wraps for a long time as tickets will be sold quickly. It is expected by organizers that all seats will be filled for this incredible event as many consider this group to be a certified national treasure. Mt. A has been lining up events this scholastic season. It seems the organizers and faculty involved are making an extra effort to give this year’s students the best possible cultural experience. Tickets for this show are $20 for adults and free for children and Mt. A students. These are worth picking up and will probably be gone quickly. There is an Eventbrite webpage where advance tickets are available to the public. This performance features world-class musicians coming directly to our backyard, and is looking like the event to attend Saturday night.

MOVIES

Sharp reviews: The Bad Batch

DEREK SHARP Contributor I had not heard about The Bad Batch until a few hours prior to seeing it, which I think was to the film’s benefit. I was looking for clues as to where the narrative was going, and the film’s opening few minutes gave me lots to grab onto. The opening is well shot and incredibly mysterious: we hear what sounds like a prison announcer over the PA. We see a woman get “BB5080” tattooed behind her ear (BB is the initialism from which the movie takes its title). She is then thrown through a chain link gate which is locked behind her. A sign declares that she has left the United States and no longer has any rights, finishing with a chilling “Good luck.” The rest of the film’s opening is solid. It sets up a harsh inhospitable world where desperate people are doing – and becoming – anything to survive. It promises a diverse and interesting cast of characters: there’s a nymphomaniac with a saviour complex, a muscly bruiser who’s also a gentle artist, as well as several weird one-off characters. It’s all good stuff. But the issues start cropping up early and only become worse by the end. The principal problem is that there’s very little actually happening, which unfortunately translates into a lack of emotional and narrative depth. It’s truly baffling how little The Bad Batch’s characters actually do and say. They spend a majority of the film’s runtime sitting, standing or walking silently. This tells us that

they’re depressed, but that’s as far as it goes. I’m not exaggerating when I say that the average scene in this movie contains no meaningful dialogue or actions whatsoever. The film, and I may be reaching here, is attempting to tell a story about depression, feeling lost and the inhumanity of the real-life prison system. However, this is all done through symbolism so vague, and without narrative context I feel like I’m still spitballing. Given that I’ve spent the better part of two days thinking about The Bad Batch, I feel this reveals the film’s attempt to explore these themes as ultimately unsuccessful. Visually, the film is pretty onenote. The desert setting is good, and is used to mirror the emotional wasteland that the characters inhabit. Unfortunately, the film relies too much on this connection, and refuses to take us anywhere else. By the end,

the desert is tired and revealed to be as shallow as the rest of the film. The camerawork is frustrating because it’s often right up in the characters’ faces. Without anyone doing or saying anything, it just comes off as an attempted cover for the film’s lack of activity. The Bad Batch begs you to take it seriously. It so badly wants to be seen as a serious arthouse film, but it lacks anything resembling an acceptable narrative which, in turn, causes all the meticulously constructed symbolism to collapse in on itself. If you’re willing to watch it, there is enough to grab onto here to have some sort of discussion. But it’s ultimately boring and not worth the effort. I saw The Bad Batch through Mount Allison’s Riotous Film Society. Check them out on Facebook! If you want to watch The Bad Batch, it’s on Netflix.

TINA OH & SHANNON POWER Contributors It wasn’t until I moved to Sackville and started university that I started to learn more about feminism and confront the conservative ideologies and values that I grew up with in Edmonton. I was reluctant to call myself a feminist and I thought that racism was dead. I was telling this story to my good friend, Shannon Power, when it became apparent that university played a major role in shaping both our feminist experiences and politics. From confronting class syllabi that are comprised of overwhelmingly white and male authors to navigating a campus where sexual violence is all too common, we draw connections between what we learn and what is happening around us. This article is written by both of us – acknowledging that we are young in our feminism, and that we must do better to support the emancipation of those oppressed around the world. Over 60 per cent of women’s labour is unpaid while their contributions to the economy are profoundly exploited. Our global system is one that massively exploits the majority of the world’s people for the accumulation of wealth for a few. In fact, eight men hold as much wealth as 50 per cent of the world’s population. This fact alone should enrage every one of us. In this capitalist system, women – particularly women of color – experience the highest levels of poverty, precarious working conditions and violence. Women make up the majority of those who sustain their communities through farming and other forms

of subsistence labor. They are at the frontlines of resisting encroachment on their land and livelihoods by corporations and governments seeking to extract ever more resources. All this occurs without fair remuneration, despite the rapidly growing climate crisis. Climate change will disproportionately affect women’s bodies, communities and ways of life. At a domestic and local level, women are disproportionately impacted by the continuous rollback of social services, cuts to healthcare and childcare and unlivable minimum wages. These changes accompany the increasingly privatized nature of our society demanded by capitalism. Capitalism is incompatible with feminism. Liberation is economic, and an economic system that devalues the labour of women cannot and will not emancipate us. As women and as students of this elite institution, there is a lack of structural conversations about deconstructing the capitalist society that creates and maintains poverty. These conversations must be present in all spheres of academia – not just select departments. We should not allow our feminist analysis to be co-opted by corporations and institutions looking to profit from a narrow idea of (white) women’s empowerment. We do not want to “lean in” to the corporate boardroom if our success comes at the expense of other women and marginalized folks around the world. Liberation for all women can only occur when the world is liberated from the capitalist and racist system that values profit over the lives of billions.

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Your nightly dose of vitamin Z

Sleep hygiene explained KATHLEEN MORRISON Contributor The practices and habits that give you good sleep quality and complete alertness during the day are called “sleep hygiene.” Being aware of your sleep hygiene and finding a routine that works can have positive effects on your overall quality of life. According to a 2015 study published in the Journal of Molecular Psychiatry, young adults are significantly less aware of sleep hygiene than other age demographics. This study also reported that students seem to be unaware of the negative effects of sleep deprivation, which could include a decline in academic performance and psychological wellbeing. It is important to note that sleep hygiene does not mean sleeping for as long as possible. One of the most important sleep hygiene practices is only spending an appropriate amount of time in bed – not too little, but also not too much. According to the same 2015 sleep hygiene study, it is recommended that young adults (ages 18-25) get seven to nine hours of sleep every night. Some other important sleep hygiene practices include exercising to promote good sleep quality, avoiding stimulants (such as caffeine and nicotine) close

to bedtime and establishing a regular nightly routine. Many Mount Allison students agree that napping is one of their favourite things to do during the day, but it is important to note that napping does not replace a loss of nighttime sleep and that excessive napping is not found to be beneficial. Limiting daytime naps to 30 minutes per day, however, can help enhance mental and physical performance, replenish energy and improve mood. Oliver Dinan, a third-year aviation student at Mt. A, has been working on completing his night endorsement to his pilot’s licence this past week. This means that he has been flying in Moncton until at least 2 a.m. and then waking up for an 8:30 a.m. class. “I have been feeling the negative effects from the reduction in sleep that I have had over the past week,” he said. After a couple of days of doing this, Dinan reported being “mentally and physically drained” and said that he has “found it very hard to be productive when running on such little sleep.” Practising good sleep hygiene is important for both physical and mental health. It also improves productivity and overall wellbeing. Sleep is a weapon, so use it productively.

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FOOTBALL

Tackling pancreatic cancer Mounties triumph in a 32-15 win over St. FX

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KEIFER BELL Sports Reporter Alumni Field was surrounded by fans and players wearing more than their usual garnet and gold on Saturday afternoon. A bright shade of purple could be seen throughout the crowd in support of the Tackle Pancreatic Cancer event, with the goal of raising awareness and funds to support education and research on the disease. Matt Zwicker, a Mount Allison alumnus, leads the campaign after his father (and #1 fan) Darren, 49 was diagnosed last January. The fundraiser raised over $10,000 for pancreatic cancer on Saturday, a disease that has a fatality rate of 93 per cent in Canada. Zwicker commented on the importance of this event on the Mountie Pride website. “This initiative not only holds a special place in my heart, but should hold a special place for all Canadians. With such high death rates, this disease leaves

thousands of Canadians with nowhere to turn,” said Zwicker. “We have been able to offer an event where 100 per cent of the donations go directly into improving the situation for future Canadians who are diagnosed. This is why it is so important to join the #tacklepancreaticcancer cause.” The Mounties pulled off the win against St. FX Leading them was starting quarterback Troy Downton, who completed 27 of 36 pass attempts for 265 yards and two touchdowns in the Mounties’ 32-15 win. The Mounties were not only successful in the air, but also took advantage of the ground game with Chris Reid rushing for 194 yards and Kiel Ambursley for 89. Ryan Lambert went 4/4 on field goals to become the Mounties’ alltime leader, with 52 field goals in his career as a Mountie. Reid was a key factor in the win with over 200 all-purpose yards. He commented after the game on how the team stepped up together as a whole: “We did a good job of executing the

game plan as a team. The offensive line did a good job of dominating the line of scrimmage, creating lanes to run through and giving the QB time to find open WRs.” Reid also took the time to compliment his teammates that maintained St. FX’s powerful offense. “Our special teams did a great job of limiting St. FX’s explosive returner, and our defense was solid all day stopping the run and creating turnovers,” said Reid. Despite the Mounties battling for a playoff spot, Reid said that, “there’s no pressure going into the last two games of the season; at the end of the day it’s just football.” The Mounties now hold a record of two wins and four losses with only two games remaining on the road: against Bishop’s and Saint Mary’s. However, the team has this weekend off to rest and prepare for a road trip to Bishop’s on Oct. 21.

Sackville Relay for Life

October 13 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on campus This Friday, the Sackville Relay for Life committee will be hosting their fifteenth Relay at the Mount Allison quad to raise funds for cancer research. Last Relay season, over $28 million was raised across Canada and $1.15 million came from the 27 New Brunswick events! Relay for Life gives us the opportunity to celebrate. We celebrate the cancer survivors in our lives and support them in their fight against this disease. We celebrate caregivers and thank them for everything they do. And we celebrate being together. We all have our own story, but we all Relay for one reason – almost one in two Canadians is expected to be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, and one in four Canadians will die from the disease. In 2017, an estimated 206,200 Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer and, sadly, an estimated 80,800 Canadians will succumb to their malignancy. Relay for Life gives us time to remember those we have lost. We gaze at their luminaries and remember the father, mother, sister, brother, son, daughter, husband, wife or friend that is still special to us. Remembering them helps us remember what brings us here. This year, with the merger of the Relay for Life and the Run for the Cure societies, the organizing committee is hosting a running event for the first time. The 5k/10k event will start and end in the Mt. A quad and follow the old Dave MacAulay course through Sackville. Registration for the Relay and the running events will begin at 5:30 p.m. under the tent next to the Barclay breezeway. The Relay is open to the general public. We will have entertainment on the main stage in the library breezeway as well as in the Manning Room in the basement of the Chapel. We will also have food in the Manning Room. This year we have face painting to raise funds for the Relay, hilarious Minute to Win It games and so much more! Come up and check us out, as it is never too late to put a team in. For more information, contact either Heather at 506-634-6272 (hkamerman@nb.cancer.ca) or Ally Myers at 250-273-0215 (admyers@mta.ca). Register your team today at relayforlife.ca.

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Reflecting on the life of the Rev. Eldon Hay

THE REV. JOHN C. PERKIN Columnist The Mount Allison community was saddened last month by the passing of the Rev. Eldon Hay, professor emeritus. The funeral service for Prof. Hay was held in the University Chapel to an overflow gathering of mourners – a testimony to Prof. Hay’s life and legacy among many communities, including Mt. A, the United Churches in Sackville and area, the town of Sackville and the LGBT2Q+ community. Prof. Hay was perhaps best known in recent years for his work on behalf of the LGBT2Q+ community as a tireless advocate and educator.

Founder of local chapters of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), he was a public voice of support and a champion of LGBT2Q+ rights, and served as the first national president of PFLAG. Recognized for his work for gay rights and acceptance, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2003. Not only did he want rights and acceptance for all – he desired a better country. Part of that working towards a better community and nation was his modelling of the very things he desired; he demonstrated a great love and compassion for people while pursuing larger causes. He never forgot the individual or lost his pastoral sense of caring. His was truly

a biblical model of justice tempered by kindness and mercy. It was that same love of people, arising from his faith commitment, that inspired his teaching for thirty-five years at Mt. A. He began his work at Mt. A as a lecturer in religious studies, also holding chaplaincy duties for the first three years. It was fitting, then, that the commemoration of his life and work was held in the University Chapel, which was completed and formally opened under his pastoral leadership. While Prof. Hay was most wellknown for his LGBT2Q+ advocacy, it should also be noted that he represented a progressive edge in his professional career. He arrived at Mt. A in 1962, when the department of religious studies taught courses exclusively in the Christian tradition. Under Prof. Hay, introductory courses in eastern and western world religions were initiated, and before long he was teaching courses on themes such as death and dying in world religions. He was also a scholar, researching and writing on local church history. His interest in the local church was practical as well as academic; for many years he served as the part-time minister at Jolicure United Church.

I note that I met Prof. Hay at my first visit to Mt. A in 1993, when I was interviewed for the position of University Chaplain and he sat on the search committee. Eldon, as I knew him, took a keen interest in me, welcoming me on my first day on campus as a new employee and following up that welcome with a generous show of support: he faithfully attended Chapel services every Sunday evening during my first year. It was at his initiative that I began teaching at Mt. A. He was generous in his interest and support of people, so I was not alone in receiving regular emails that would comment favourably on some event I had conducted or spoken at. He would often, however, use such emails to pass on pieces of advice or an additional word of advocacy for the cause of gay rights and acceptance. And now Eldon’s work is done, and he has been laid to rest from his labours; his legacy is assured in the nation, in the community and in the hearts of many people. In Vespers last Sunday, flowers in his memory continued to bring colour and life to the Chapel – as Eldon did to his communities – with the light falling softly through stained glass.

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Liberal arts philosophy reinforced by distribution course requirements Post-secondary education more than just career paths and financial gain

As per the 2017-18 academic calendar, BA and BSc students at Mount Allison must complete two courses from each of the four distribution areas (arts, humanities, social world and natural science). Within each area, the two courses must also be from different disciplines. In requiring students to take courses from outside of their academic discipline, the argument outlined in the academic calendar is that distribution requirements encourage breadth of study, in keeping with Mt. A’s philosophy of a liberal arts education. The liberal arts value and cultivate an avid curiosity, critical thinking and creative synthesis. They endeavour to instil in students a readiness to interrogate closely, argue cogently and judge fairly. That said, in promoting wideranging studies, Mt. A is fighting an

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uphill battle. Writing in Harper’s Magazine, William Deresiewicz describes changes in higher education occurring in the US, where undergraduates increasingly major in vocational fields such as business, education and health. He explains that at universities and colleges throughout the country, the most popular majors are those that are practical or favoured by the market. Students gravitate toward economics, biology, engineering and computer science, all fields where they assume the jobs will be. Statistics published by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada indicate a similar trend north of the border. In step, or even in anticipation, universities have sought to exploit the economic potentiality of students, commodifying their education in the process. This is done through rankings of fields of study by average starting salary, as if earning power were the paramount benefit of a degree. Subject to a narrow, monetised conception of knowledge, universities dismiss anything which appears impractical or not measurable in monetary terms – i.e., the values fostered by the liberal arts. The result is what Deresiewicz calls the “neoliberal arts,” wherein knowledge pursued as an end itself has no place, and instead must have direct application and serve the market. Any notions that learning may have any intrinsic value are

disregarded. As a result, only the market purpose of education remains: universities exist simply to transform students into members of the workforce. The pervasive logic of neoliberalism displaces the academic and moral purposes of higher education. Neoliberal ideology has shifted the discourse, making it harder to justify an education driven by a liberal arts philosophy. Mt. A has chosen to distinguish itself and uphold the philosophy of a liberal arts education. The

distribution requirements reflect the need to see higher education in terms of its academic and moral purposes, instead of simply in terms of how it serves the market. Mt. A’s 2017-18 distribution requirements ensure the liberal arts stand fast in the age of neoliberalism, yet it remains to be seen how students will respond to these requirements and whether a liberal arts education will ultimately benefit them.

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26. Decommissioned in Canada 27. “Losing My Religion” band 28. Stun-gun cousin 29. Spookiest month of the year 31. Nickname for a girl named Kaelyn 33. Egyptian sun God 34. Feminized cue card app 37. Comfy and ___ 38. Hypothesis opposite to experimental 39. Portuguese word for “dill” 43. Flowers and rivers also have these 45. Old buddy

46. “Merci”, “de ____” 48. The jingle for Old MacDonald’s farm 49. Night flight 52. Eleven’s favourite food 53. The third measure to take when you’re on fire 54. Annual 57. Weird Al parody “____ it” 58. Hue of ambiguity 59. Concussion, e.g. 61. Wal and K 62. Bed and Breakfast 63. Summery Cotton material

The Wizard of Oz

The world’s longest and most confusing tornado preparedness PSA

RIGHTS FOR MOVIE STILLS ARE EXPENSIVE/RHONDA HERSELF

MOVIE REVIEWER: RHONDA ELBERT Time for another exposé to show you conformist masses how terrible your movie opinions really are. This week I’m talking about the “seminal” and “revolutionary” hunk of burning trash that is The Wizard of Oz. Strike 1: The lack of continuity was APPALLING. Was I the only one who noticed the movie started in sepia-toned black and white, and then a few minutes later it was in FULL COLOUR? If you ask me, that’s a pretty glaring plot hole and editing mistake, yet no one talks about how humiliatingly, obvious it is. Strike 2: The characters of the

Scarecrow and the Tinman, who are supposedly SO loveable, were asking for transplants of human organs. Selfish. Putting a heart in a tin man is literally throwing human tissue in a garbage can. Those organs can be given to people who really need them, instead of to these creatures who are taking up space on the donor list even though they are clearly strong and healthy enough to journey, sing and dance. And if they were to get the organs? They would immediately be rejected by the non-human bodies. This is a waste of time and material, and it represents all that is wrong with the health care system today.

Strike 3: Did anyone else notice they all sang the SAME SONG? Were the writers so unoriginal that they thought no one would notice? Well, not this gal. I’ve been called infuriatingly talented at finding faults in others by most people I’ve met. I knew it would come in handy. Strike 4: Glinda the Good Witch looks like my aunt who I hate. Could not sympathize with her character. Strike 5: Wicked witch of the WEST? As in the WESTERN WORLD? The creators of the Wizard of Oz were clearly North Korean communists. Strike 6: Toto should stick to singing. I hate it when artists try to break into acting. I will say that the makeup to make him look like a dog was really convincing, though. Strike 7: Why did they have so much trouble with their journey? They only had to follow ONE (clearly-marked) road. This film was a terrible experience. It made me want to buy striped socks, so I did, and someone made fun of me for them. I blame The Wizard of Oz. Zero stars.

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Sleepy students speak out Student activists pursue new cause

A newly formed activist group on campus is bringing a new and as-yet unaddressed issue to the forefront. The Mount Allison Sleepy Students’ Union (MASSU) is organizing a march and drafting petitions for their cause. All of this organization’s activism has the same goal, which was articulated by MASSU president Lisa Robb: “Parties have GOT to start earlier! I want to experience social life, but I also want to get to bed before midnight. I don’t see why these things have to be mutually exclusive.” The group claims to be fighting for an unacknowledged and severely under-represented group at Mount Allison. “We stand for the ‘50-yearold 20 year old’ population at Mt. A, a group of people who are chronologically 20, but are mentally and emotionally middle-aged,” says Robb. So if you like going to the farmer’s market early Saturday morning with all traces of your Friday night hangover gone, consider joining the fight, and get involved with the MASSU today!

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.... . .-.. .--. BREAKING NEWS Hello once again, sheeple. This week’s message will be short and sweet, as we write it in Morse code under a faulty lighting fixture from an undisclosed panic bunker. It appears that our alien guests haven’t left Sackville yet, so no truth bombs will be dropped this week. We do have knowledge of a top secret lift-off date disguised as a mere house party (keep your eyes to the skies on the 14th is all we’ll say). Stay safe, sheeple – the truth is coming.

CONTRIBUTORS: “TINFOIL HAT TOM” AND “INSPECTOR CURIOSITY (MINUS HIS INTERN, JEFF)”