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NEWS

ARTS & CULTURE

OPINIONS

HUMOUR

Earth closes after three and a half years (Pg. 2)

Edson’s Other Stories is now open at the Owen’s (Pg. 7)

Conversations on race need higher priority (Pg. 14)

Great last-minute costume ideas (Pg. 16)

Silence of the swans since 1872

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COMMUNITY

Earth Fine Craft closing this weekend after over three years THURSDAY, OCT. 26

The York Street art shop and gallery will close its doors on October 28

Interdisciplinary Conversations Owens Art Gallery, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

German Film Night Library Theatre, 7-9 p.m.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Motyer-Fancy Theatre, 8-11 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCT. 27 Official opening of Colville Studio Owens Art Gallery, 1-7 p.m.

Rose Campaign Coffee House Bill Johnstone Memorial Park, 6:30-8 p.m.

PRIOR TO OPENING EARTH, BEAULIEU ATTENDED THE NEW BRUNSWICK COLLEGE OF CRAFT AND DESIGN WITH A FOCUS IN TEXTILES . LIANG CHAOYI/ARGOSY

Jack.org talk Crabtree Auditorium 7-9 p.m.

MAIA HERRIOT News Editor

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Motyer-Fancy Theatre, 8-11 p.m.

Owner of Earth Fine Craft on York Street, Michelle Beaulieu, says she is simply unable to remain open: “It just seems like everything is changing. In the last year especially I’ve noticed a kind of shift, all of a sudden there is a lot less foot traffic, a lot less students and I know that it has to do with online sales.”

Many of the artists that Beaulieu features in her store are independently finding success online as well. This makes it “harder for them to send stock because when they sell directly they make more money that way . . . they can’t supply as much because they’re only one person - it’s not like they have a factory of workers,” explained Beaulieu.

While the demand for fine craft shops may not be growing, the number of new artists looking to sell their work is rising exponentially.

Shifting to an online platform makes it easier for consumers to access a larger amount of artists at once. The simpler accessibility of selling goods online could be another reason as to why there are more fine craft artists now than ever.

Nightmare on King Street with Habitat 40-5 King St., 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Vogue Cinema, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.

SATURDAY, OCT. 28 Housing Fair PCCA, 1-3 p.m.

Mt. A women’s soccer vs. UNB Alumni Field, 1-3 p.m.

Mt. A men’s soccer vs. UNB Alumni Field, 3-5 p.m.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Motyer-Fancy Theatre, 8-11 p.m.

MASU Presents: A Night of Terror!

The Pond, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

Alexandra Smither, soprano Brunton Auditorium, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

When Earth opened its doors in January 2015 the shop featured 15 artists on its shelves. Today, it has pieces from over 100 Atlantic Canadian artists.

Beaulieu noted that the closing of businesses like hers seems to be a trend: “Everyone is struggling to keep a brick and mortar when everything is going online. Nobody really knows where this is going, nobody really knows what to do. The internet is such a beast – I have this conversation daily with customers; everybody who comes in here cares. But at the same time, funds can only go so far.

It comes down to that basically.”

Beaulieu recently spoke to a former teacher from the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design who said that in the last five or so years there have been “over 150 Maritimes shops like [hers] that have closed.”

The closing of Earth is just another life shift that Beaulieu will take in her stride: “Nothing is ever lost, you know? Even if you don’t end up pursuing what you study. I have so many passions from my past, herbology, creative writing, I wanted to be a naturopath – I just know that at some point I’ll be able to forge all of these things together,” she said. “I

never planned on having a shop like this one but I’m glad I did.”

As for what the next shift might look like, Beaulieu is not certain: “Right now I’m just exhausted getting the store together so the next step is still foggy, but I still want to have a hand in this – I want to find

something else that keeps Earth alive somehow. I still have some form of hope.”

To learn more about Beaulieu and the other artists that Earth Fine Craft has been supporting, visit Earth or The Apron Girl (Beaulieu’s personal art page) on Facebook.

Halloween karaoke w/ Glam Bats Thunder & Lightning Ltd., 10 p.m.-2 a.m. $5 admission

TUESDAY, OCT. 31 WE Scare Hunger Wallace McCain Student Centre, 5-7:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1 Julie Doiron // Naomi Kavka with Corbin Spensley Thunder & Lightning Ltd., 8-11 p.m.

BEAULIEU DEDICATED A WALL OF HER STORE TO SHOWCASING LOCAL AMATUER ARTISTIC TALENT, PARTICULARILY CHILDREN. LIANG CHAOYI/ARGOSY

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Engaging with accessibility at Mount Allison

Issues of accessibility and diversity discussed at Presently Engaged: Social Sciences Roundtable AMELIA MACDOUGALLFLEMING News Reporter This week at Mount Allison, experts in the field of disability engaged students in a conversation about accessibility. The conversation was hosted on Oct. 20 at the University’s second annual Presently Engaged: Social Sciences Discussions. The roundtable hosts social scientists with backgrounds in the selected topic.

This year, panelists Heather Kuttai, Christiana MacDougall and Mario Levesque spoke on accessibility.

MacDougall, a professor of sociology and women’s and gender studies, was the first to speak on the relationship between the reproductive rights and the disability rights movements. For her research, MacDougall interviewed mothers with traumatic birth experiences.

“One of the main themes that I, and others writing in this field, discuss is the problematic idea that all that matters is a healthy baby,” said MacDougall. “What does this statement mean to parents who might not have a healthy baby or who are navigating messages about what constitutes a healthy baby?”

MacDougall also spoke about the intersection of disability and abortion rights, explaining that underlying structural issues of oppression mean that both sides are fighting the same

fight.

The following panelist was Mario Levesque, an associate professor in the politics and international relations department, who spoke about how governments make accessibility policies as well as the political participation of people with disabilities. He questioned how people go about entering politics, and what kinds of barriers they face in the process. For example, in most

“ISSUES LIKE ACCESSIBILITY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.…

IN FACT THEY’RE URGENT ­— BUT THEY’RE RARELY HEADLINE NEWS” provinces, disability expenses count as campaign expenses. Levesque also looked at how people with disabilities affect change in office, saying that change is often blocked by partisan issues that focus on specific topics.

Heather Kuttai, author of Maternity Rolls, was the third panelist.

In her book about disability and

motherhood, Kuttai tells stories from her life as a woman with a wheelchair.

She spoke about the role of her parents as supporters throughout her childhood. “I really don’t know how my parents did it. They were really the first disability advocates that I had,” said Kuttai. “They didn’t have anybody to model. I don’t know where they got the strength or the imagination to pull for a better life for me.” Kuttai’s childhood memories were not always positive. For instance, Kuttai’s junior high school neglected to install a chairlift so she could get to her second-floor classes.

Rather, the school put her in a dark closet on the first floor where she had to watch the classes over a black and white monitor. Kuttai explained how this revealed the school’s perception of people with disabilities as burdens.

“When access is there I can relax, I can feel like I belong and I feel I am wanted,” Kuttai said.

The discussion was then open to audience participation. Here, the participants spoke on topics such as labour, language and the diversity of the community of people living with disabilities. Audience members also discussed the social barriers people with disabilities have to navigate.

Kuttai said, “My chair is the least of my problems. My chair is the answer to most of my problems.”

The panel agreed that Mt. A still has a lot of work to do in regards to

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSES ACCESSIBILITY, AN ONGOING ISSUE ON CAMPUS. LOUIS SOBOL/ARGOSY fixing accessibility issues, and part are really important.… In fact, they’re of this work is having conversations urgent – but they’re rarely headline similar to those at the event. Prof. news. I think it’s interesting to hear Patricia Kelly Spurles, who hosted the what people have to say about that.” event, said, “Issues like accessibility

CAMPUS LIFE

Mt. A Model UN hosts second conference

Despite low attendance, the event recieved positive feedback and engaged participants CULLEN JOHNSON Contributor The second annual Mt. A Model United Nations conference was a hit.

On Oct. 20, secretary general Tierra Stokes banged her gavel and welcomed the delegates as she officially opened the Mount Allison Model United Nations conference.

David Harries, a nuclear engineer who has worked in both public and private sectors as a senior military officer and a security consultant, started off the night with his aptly titled keynote speech Mind the Borders. He touched on the diversity of borders, giving a well-rounded and educated perspective on the importance of borders in today’s political climate. He also gave examples of North American tension with North Korea and the lack of a direct successor to Russia’s Putin.

Harries hinted towards the future, and the important role that both students and the future leaders of the world will play in the political landscape. A relatively new addition to Mt. A, the conference is only in its second year, and the organizers are hoping for more registrants in the future. Following the traditional model adopted from other Model United Nations conferences, the

conference organizers are hoping to create a premier preparatory Model UN conference for students throughout the Maritimes.

Mt. A’s second annual conference was small, but the debate was strong throughout. With lower registration than expected, a last-minute change meant that all delegates were placed in the General Assembly, which discussed topics relevant to the World Health Organization.

Registration numbers had been expected to be similar to last year’s, approximately 40 delegates. The final result however, was much lower, in the range of 15 to 20 delegates attending on and off throughout the weekend’s sessions. This meant the cancellation of the other two planned groups, the crisis committee, covering the decline of the Soviet Union, and the highly anticipated Game of Thrones–based specialized committee.

“The conference serves as a great introduction to Model UN, and helps delegates prepare for bigger conferences,” said Matthew Roberts, the conference’s chief of operations.

“On that note, I was happy to hear all of the positive feedback about how it went this weekend.”

The first session began on Friday night in Tweedie Hall and addressed organ trade legalization. Many of

the delegates immediately began debating the criminality behind illegal organ trading. Some of the most outspoken delegates during this debate were Antigua and Barbuda, represented by Spencer Coy, and Malaysia, represented by Kaelan Ruddick. These delegates both later won awards for their efforts throughout the conference, along with Simon Kuss, representing Germany.

Saturday was a full day. First, participants worked on creating resolution papers for the legalization of organ trade, which the delegates later passed. Environmental health was then addressed, specifically regarding attempts to devise a solution of alternative energy sources.

Cody Hill, the delegate from Iran, was quite taken with nuclear power, but Coy had concerns. He thought that to address our waste problem, we might be better off creating a second moon from our trash and other waste products. The delegate from the United States, Sydney Orr, didn’t add much to this discussion, as she refused to acknowledge that climate change was real.

“Before attending the conference, I really did not know what to expect, but as time went on I learned so much, like the procedures of the

United Nations, foreign policies and really just international relations as a whole,” said Shaelynn Dicaire, a first-year student and delegate at the conference. “I also got the chance to meet so many intelligent and friendly people from across campus. It was overall an amazing experience and I cannot wait to do it again!”

Although there were fewer delegates than anticipated, the debate was strong and many effective

resolutions were reached during the weekend. The delegates all agreed that the conference was well thought-out and they are all looking forward to participating once again next year.

There is hope that there will be more participants as this event continues to grow.

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This Week in New Brunswick

OCTOBER 26, 2017 | ARGOSY@MTA.CA

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Compiled by EMMA BUSH News Editor Torontonian Alan Adams photographed a rare silver fox while working at his cottage in Point La Nim, N.B.

Base Gagetown has had three fires, causing air quality warnings to be issued for Fredericton.

Sixteen-year-old Thomas Lafford of Tantramar Regional High School played for the school’s football team for the first time on Oct. 21. He was cheered on as he scored a touchdown for the team.

A 14-year-old boy from Riverview has been missing since Oct. 15. RCMP are looking for the teenager, last known to be in Riverview and now suspected to be in the area of Fredericton.

Moncton’s Maritime Greyhound Adoption Program celebrated homing its 1,000th greyhound after close to 14 years of work.

Bruce MacIntosh, former mayor of Campbellton, passed away on Oct. 21.

The Annual North Atlantic Right Whale Meeting recently took place. Scientists estimated that this whale species would be extinct within two decades unless immediate action is taken.

A Saint John dentist, Cindy McCormick, and her romantic partner Robert (Bobby) Kaine died while on a trip to Alberta. Details as to how they died have yet to be confirmed.

There is high likelihood, according to Environment Canada, that by late in the day on Thursday much of NB will have received over 60 millimeters of rain with some parts of the province getting over 100 millimeters.

A 63-year-old woman has died in a car collision with a garbage truck in Rothesay, N.B., on Oct. 24. The garbage truck operators were unharmed.

PAM PHILIPS Former Reporter 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. As Halloween draws ever nearer, we reflect on the haunting legends of Ethel Peake. This story from 1972 investigates the ghost story, when its origin was still fresh in living memory.

Thurs. Oct. 14, 1972: vol. 100, issue 4.

Have you had the pleasure of meeting Peakie? Peakie is Mount Allison’s mystery figure. She is one of the better known personalities on campus. Many have heard of her but not many have had the distinction of meeting or seeing her. There have been many stories circulating about her. But like all rumours, where does the truth stop?

No one is quite sure of her exact “haunt” but she seems to wander around campus a lot and keeping with the usual ghost tradition, it is late at night when she walks. There have been tales of Peakie hitting certain music students if they are not playing their selections in the proper manner. One story even goes so far to say that she hit one male student in the face with a book and stitches were required. This however is probably a little exaggerated. From the type of person she was, Ethel Peake does not seem the sort to be a violent ghost.

Judge for yourself what type you’d think she’d be, once you’ve read the following.

The “ghost” was at one time the Head of the Vocal Department here at Mount Allison. Her name was Ethel Peake although she was better known to her friends as “Peakie”. She came to Mount Allison after living in Germany and Toronto where she taught at the Toronto Conservatory

of Music. Originally from England, she had performed there with many well-known English conductors. She was a very talented woman and loved to teach.

Miss Peake taught here at Mount Allison for approximately eighteen years and lived in Allison Hall which has been removed. She died one summer, in the early fifties, of a heart attack and was buried in Sackville.

She was a very temperamental, though kind, woman and has been described by Professor Crake, Head of the Classics Department, as “probably the most dominant person in the Conservatory.” Her personality was so forceful and vibrant that many

SHE DID NOT WEAR FASHIONABLE CLOTHES, BUT ONES WHICH SHE FELT SUITED HER AND WERE USUALLY HOPELESSLY OUT-OFDATE people, including her students, were in awe of her. Although her entire life was wrapped up in her pupils and she would help them in any way she could, she would not tolerate sloppiness and laziness in any form and always demanded perfection.

One of her favourite pastimes was in mimicking people and according to Professor Allison Patterson of the Music Department, who was a great friend of hers, she was excellent at this feat.

Not only was she striking in her character but in appearance also Miss Peake was a huge woman of six feet and weighed a little over two hundred

pounds. Her hair was snow-white, contrasting with dark eyebrows and large, dark eyes. She possessed a deep voice and often people were frightened by her appearance.

Professor Patterson says that in his first glimpse of her “she sailed down the stairs like a big queen.” To add to her striking appearance, she did not wear fashionable clothes, but ones which she felt suited her and were usually hopelessly out-of-date.

When asked about the validity of the ghost stories, Professor Patterson stated that many times he has been in the Conservatory at night and has not yet seen the ghost. However he did have rather a strange story to relate. It seems that at Miss Peake’s funeral, Professor Patterson was accompanying the choir on the organ, when suddenly he heard a voice singing two octaves above the normal voice range. Later to verify that it was not just his imagination and nerves, he questioned several members of the congregation, who said that they, too, had heard it. No explanation has yet been offered.

If there is a ghost, it seems that Miss Peake would be the most likely candidate for the part, with her unique and powerful character. Another factor supporting this assumption is that she possessed an uncanny insight of people, similar to ESP. Professor Patterson said that many a time she took an immediate dislike to a person and studiously avoided them.

Because she was the character she was, many of her friends still find it hard to believe that she is gone and her presence is still felt among them.

The first rumours of the ghost being sighted in the old Conservatory were started by the nightwatchman who had probably been frightened of her when she was living. Was it just her forceful presence he felt that night so many years ago, or was her ghost really walking and if so, is she still walking now?

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Ending the student health-care hierarchy

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International students eligible for provincial medicare LILY FALK News Reporter On Oct. 6, the province of New Brunswick announced that postsecondary international students now have access to provincial medicare coverage. Before the changes, international students at Mt. A were required to purchase the $650 International Student Medical Coverage from the MASU. Provincial medicare means the international students can save money and avoid the complexities of activating a specific insurance.

The move makes NB the eighth province to offer health care to international students. Universities in Ontario and Quebec, which make up over 50 per cent of the international student population in Canada, still do not offer provincial health care.

If international students students want to receive a health card, they now need to apply at Service New Brunswick with a proof of enrollment, a valid study permit and their date of arrival in the province.

These changes to health care have the potential to ease the barriers international students face when accessing services. In the former MASU insurance system, in addition to paying $650, students had to activate their insurance online and

get their cards printed.

“Imagine the people whose first language is not English,” said Saurabh Kulkarni, a fourth-year international student. “Accessing these websites can be very difficult.… and some people might not feel comfortable talking in English to someone they barely know.”

“I think what this does is on a civic level, it helps reducing boundaries between the other, with international students being the other, and domestic students because now you have an equal access to health care,” said Kulkarni.

International student advisor Claire Kelly underlines that these changes will impact Mt. A and NB in a positive way. “There are many extra costs associated with being an international student, such as higher tuition, expensive flights home and paying for basic medicare – so relieving one of those extra costs will help to ease that financial load,” said Kelly.

The new medicare coverage does not replace the MASU extended health plan and dental plan.

International students wanting to opt-out of MASU international student medical coverage will need to receive their card and bring it to the MASU office by Dec. 15 to receive a refund in the winter term.

In a news release by the province,

CHANGES TO N.B.’S MEDICARE COVERAGE EQUALIZE STUDENT HEALTH-CARE ACCESS .

LOUIS SOBOL/ARGOSY Benoit Bourque, N.B. health minister, said, “Our government knows that the availability and delivery of health services have a significant impact on the quality of life of the people of our province. We are proud to be able to extend health care coverage to international students and provide them with the same level of health care that their peers enjoy in Canada.”

The new system does require a trip to Service New Brunswick, but international students now save $650 per year in insurance fees and get a regular health card.

TENEA WELSH IS A FOURTH-YEAR HONOURS STUDENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY.

“I am very fortunate to be working with Dr. Belke this year. For my thesis, we have been training rats to run on fixed interval schedules in which the rats get a drop of sugar water for running during an interval of time. We want to see how changing the duration of the interval affects characteristics of running. For example, how do running rates change when the interval is 60 seconds compared to 15 seconds? It’s a really cool project because often animal behavior is similar to human behavior and vice versa. To anyone reading this, I want you to know that anything is possible if you set your mind to it-as, cliché as it may sound. I never thought I’d end up here.”

COMMUNITY

Market to move indoors

THE MARKET WILL BE TAKING PLACE IN THE SACKVILLE COMMONS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME . SYLVAN HAMBURGER/ARGOSY

AMELIA MACDOUGALLFLEMING News Reporter This Saturday, Oct. 28, will be the last time this year the Sackville farmer’s market can be found at the Bill Johnstone Memorial Park.

The market will be moving to their new indoor location, the Sackville Commons and Coworking space, for the upcoming winter months. As of

Correction:

Nov. 4, the market vendors will be located on 64 Main Street inside the old fire hall from the usual hours of 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturdays. This is the first time that the market will be in this location, less than 100 metres away from the Bill Johnstone Memorial Park. In previous winters, market vendors had been distributed throughout locations in the town, such as behind the Salvation Army parking lot and in the Bridge Street

Café and Ducky’s. This new location is more central and accessible to attendees and will be able to host all vendors in one location. Notably, it allows for vendors to be indoors, while some produce vendors will remain outside in the Sackville Commons parking lot. Vendors are hoping that the relocation will encourage people to go to the market during what has traditionally been the off-season.

Last week The Argosy misspelled the name of deputy mayor and Mount Allison professor Ron Aiken. The Argosy apologizes for this and any other inaccuracies.

CATHERINE FISET IS A FOURTH-YEAR HONOURS STUDENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY.

“I am working with Dr. Finkel and my project aims to determine how Phaeocystis, a marine phytoplankton species, changes its biochemical composition under two different nutrient regimes: nitrogen limitation and phosphorous limitation. We are interested in knowing this because Phaeocystis is abundant in Arctic and Antarctic waters, where it blooms seasonally and alters the biogeochemical composition of the ocean and impacts ecological relationships. Knowing the composition of Phaeocystis under different environmental conditions helps us better understand and model oceanic systems.”

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Motyer-Fancy to host ‘Fortune of Wolves’ TNB’s new show to play last tour stop in Sackville

MUSIC

Atlantic magic from the Attic This playlist was compiled by Scott Brown, programming director for CHMA 106.9 FM. For more info about CHMA, contact Scott at chma_pro@mta New Brunswick 1. Jon Mckiel - Brothers (Sackville) Hit single from the best album of 2017 2. USSE - Ayler Zung (Saint John) Dance music for the revolution 3. Jane Blanchard - Swimmer (Fredericton) Soft and sharp edges P.E.I. 4. Sorrey - Slow Chunk (Charlottetown) Swoon-y, gauze-y pure pop 5. Al Tuck - Stompin’ Tom Connors Dot Com (Summerside) An honest to goodness legendary musician

GRAHAM PERCY AND THE CAST OF FORTUNE OF WOLVES REHEARSE IN FREDERICTON, NB. MATT CARTER/SUBMITTED

JENA MCLEAN Arts & Culture Reporter “Did you notice that everything in this town is named after ducks?

Like the café down the street. The Black Duck? And this bar we’re in?

Ducky’s?”

On Monday, Mount Allison audiences can expect more locationbased monologues – not all duckthemed – in the Theatre New Brunswick (TNB) tour production of Fortune of Wolves. Fresh from its world premiere in Fredericton, Ryan Griffith’s play promises to transport students across Canada in three hours.

Thomas Morgan Jones, the play’s director and artistic director of TNB, said in a press release, “Fortune of Wolves is the story of a young Maritimer who decides to travel across the country after the death of his grandmother.

Obsessed with sound recordings, he plans to interview strangers along the way. During this journey, the

world changes and people begin disappearing. As the world becomes a barren landscape, we see the plot develop and experience the change in the world through all of the characters he meets.”

This plot and these characters change with every show. The play’s nightly structure will be decided by a roll of the dice; there are over sixty million possible performances. This means the Mt. A audience will see a different version than audiences in Fredericton, Bathurst, Miramichi, Moncton, St. Andrews, Saint John or Woodstock.

“The play’s story takes place over thirteen months and each month has seven monologues or sections,” said Jones. “This means there is over nine hours of material. Each night the final production will be just shy of three hours. That means that these four remarkable actors will be carrying all of these stories inside them and will be adapting the story and the production on a nightly basis.”

This cast includes three-time

Dora Mavor Moore-nominee Carlos Gonzalez-Vio, Studio 180 Theatre co-founder Kimwun Perehinec, K.M. Hunter Artist Award-nominee Michaela Washburn, and Graham Percy, who began his professional career with TNB in 1989.

Fortune of Wolves stemmed from both Griffith’s love for his home province of New Brunswick and his interest in the mysterious. Supported

by ArtsNB, the playwright travelled to over fifty Atlantic and Central Canadian communities to observe dialect and character traits, which have been incorporated into the script. This includes Sackville, a town that is eager to see the show.

“Having Fortune of Wolves at Mt. A is inspiring Atlantic Canadian theatre-makers who are about to enter the real world that they can do this,” said Sabrina Stace, fourth-year drama student. Stace was present at the Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre’s 2016 Colony, where Griffith workshopped an early version of this play.

“To see new work by a New Brunswick playwright touring the province is awesome because we don’t see that very often,” said Stace.

“It really inspires young theatremakers that they can make a living in this area.”

Paul Del Motte, Motyer-Fancy’s production manager, is also excited

by TNB’s choice “to bring that play in, to bring in a new playwright’s work, and in fact a play that was workshopped not this past summer, but the summer before, at PARC. That’s kind of neat to see something go from the workshop to physically onstage.”

Del Motte also thinks it is important “for students to come in and see works from a professional theatre on our stage.” He added, “They get a chance to see outside theatre, which, when you’re in Sackville, is hard to do.”

See Fortune of Wolves on Monday, Oct. 30. Tickets are available at TNB’s website for $10 (student) and $20 (general admission).

Nova Scotia 6. JOYFULTALK - Buschbabies (Crousetown) Defies description.

7. Aquakultre - OVT Love (Halifax) Represents a strong, exciting new direction for music in Halifax 8. Construction & Destruction Running Glass (Port Greville)

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VISUAL ARTS

As seen at No Homo(sapiens) - an after dark art show

ON FRIDAY NIGHT, A POP-UP SHOW CALLED NO HOMO(SAPIENS) SHOWCASED THE ARTWORK OF SEVERAL MT. A STUDENTS. STAY TUNED FOR SIMILAR EVENTS IN THE FUTURE! FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: A MAKEUP TUTORIAL BY RORIE HUNTER, UNTITLED BY MARISSA CRUZ AND EXHALE, EXPIRE BY SAVANNAH HARRIS LIANG CHAOYI/THE ARGOSY

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New ruins and old relics from Erik Edson ‘Other Stories’ exhibit opens at the Owens Art Gallery with the Handmade Assembly

VISITORS ARE FREE TO INTERACT WITH THE TACTILE EXHIBITION. GILLIAN HILL/THE ARGOSY

EVAN FURNESS Contributor This past weekend was the Handmade Assembly, a four-day event of artist talks, workshops and projects.

During the event’s gallery crawl last Friday night, Erik Edson’s exhibition Other Stories opened at the Owens Art Gallery, showing both old work and his new installation, ruins.

In scale, ruins is monumental.

A gradient of found fabrics and silkscreened dots make up an organic mass that climbs to the top of the highwall gallery.

When I spoke with Edson, he noted, “These panels go up in shapes that are kind of an amalgam of

landscape: appropriated images of body parts, animals and then some more obvious, recognizable shapes like a house, ladder shape, a tree that are all appropriated or superimposed on one another.”

The work is essentially a massive puzzle, handmade with cut masonite and covered in fabric to build the eerie silhouette that stands above the viewer.

Edson said that the images “are depicting something that is derived from nature and represents landscape or nature in some way, but at the same time is completely removed from it.”

plastic falcon sits in a bucket of water, hanging from what appears to be a microphone cable wrapped around a stick. The water bubbles audibly in the bucket, and the sound plays through a PA speaker sitting on the floor beside it. The more I try to figure it out the more confused I become and the more I am drawn to it. The great thing about Other Stories is that the older works are not overshadowed by the scale of ruins. While I think the new installation is incredible, these smaller and older works are just as exciting and relevant to engage with.

For all of you nature lovers out there, Other Stories is on view at the Owens Art Gallery until Dec. 10.

her lash out at the killer and throw around profanities as she’s getting stabbed for the seventh time. When she’s not being killed, she’s trying to figure out what the hell is going on.

I can see how this story could feel repetitive, and there are some longwinded sequences that don’t amount to much, but in the moment it’s fun and tense.

My biggest problem with Happy Death Day is that the final 15 minutes falter. The ending itself is great, but there are some last-minute character

developments that are inorganic.

Moreover, they’re ultimately unnecessary and irrelevant to the story being told, making me question their inclusion to begin with. They removed me from what should have been a happy moment and had me wondering if I had missed something (Spoiler: I hadn’t) when I should have been deeply involved in the onscreen action.

Happy Death Day isn’t going to be an iconic, genre-defining movie like

Scream. It has several fairly minor issues which I haven’t mentioned yet: the slasher, while threatening onscreen, looks a bit dorky at first.

The narrative is fun and inventive, but it still relies on some minor genre tropes, which can be frustrating. I admire Happy Death Day for its heart, confidence and overall inventiveness.

It didn’t reinvent the wheel, it just made it better.

Keep an eye out for Happy Death Day on BlueRay and Netflix

UP IN SHAPES THAT ARE AN AMALGAM OF LANDSCAPE”

Sharp Reviews: Happy Death Day Have you ever seen a slasher flick?

They all follow a fairly typical formula: Our protagonist (or final girl, as they’re known in the genre) is always a chaste Good Girl. She’s a better person than her friends because she’s a babysitter. Her friends are into sex and drinking. They die because they’re Bad People and she survives to the end because she’s nice. Not even the genre titans are immune to this: Halloween, the first slasher flick, is often cited as relying on this nowubiquitous trope.

Happy Death Day rejects this and offers a new type of protagonist.

Jessica Rothe plays Theresa Gelbman, or Tree. Tree is delightfully rude, into sex, and pissed that she’s being stalked by whoever is killing her. She is trying her damnedest to figure out their identity and why they’re so stabhappy. Tree, regardless of her silly name, is clearly a new type of final girl. While she is initially is abrasive, she soon reveals herself as infectiously charming, likable and authentic.

Furthermore, the movie has a ridiculously strong premise: It’s

viewer with the entire gallery.

Paired with ruins is a retrospective of sorts in the adjacent gallery. These works include prints and sculptures from the past twenty years of Edson’s career, including some more recent works that you may have seen exhibited around town. His sculpture Sunrise seems to appear at the Owens in one group show a year, and its use of colour is just as effective as the first time I saw it. In 2016, Watcher and Curtain were shown in a collaborative exhibition, titled Outcasted Dreamers Too, with Andrea Mortson at Thunder & Lightning .

The various prints are must-sees, but the piece that steals the show for me is Harbinger. A green, flocked,

“THESE PANELS GO

MOVIE REVIEWS DEREK SHARP Columnist

In the same way that the images are abstracted and removed from nature, Edson attempts to remove the viewer from the act of looking. Plunked down in the middle of the room is a fake wall and a white viewing platform. The scale of the room, combined with the disruption caused by the objects blocking the view, forces the audience to navigate the entire space in order to take in the installation. This disruption of looking brings up some interesting ideas surrounding the fetishization of animals and nature, and it is a clever way of engaging the

Tree’s birthday and someone keeps killing her. However, upon her death, the day resets and she wakes up in same dorm room (which belongs to a guy she doesn’t know) ready to die all over again. This adds to the genre in several fun ways. Firstly, it makes the mysterious slasher immediately threatening, as they’re consistently killing our protagonist. It also forces Tree to exert agency. It’s all too common for survivor girls to run away until they’re forced to face the killer.

Tree, once she figures out what is going on, investigates and frequently confronts her murderer. It’s incredibly refreshing to have a protagonist this involved in her own story.

Despite the strength of Happy Death Day’s protagonist, the movie fumbles with much of its supporting cast. It doesn’t attempt to flesh out anyone besides Tree, and the relationships that she forms with the other characters seemingly come out of nowhere. However, I honestly didn’t find this to be a problem. In the place of character drama and relationship-building, Happy Death Day chooses to have fun. Tree is always doing unorthodox things to try to survive, and it’s enjoyable to watch

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DRAMA

From small-town Sackville to New York

Alumnus Landon Braverman on climbing from copy work to composing with Broadway stars JENA MCLEAN Arts & Culture Reporter Since moving to New York City to compose musical theatre, Mt. A alumnus Landon Braverman has worked with Broadway legends, workshopped a musical and “discovered my Canadian-ness in a stronger way.” I spoke on the phone with him to learn more about his post-Sackville life.

Originally from Vancouver, B.C., Braverman caught “the bug” during a musical theatre training program at the age of six, which landed him a professional gig. “From there, it just sort of snowballed,” he said. “I was doing a lot of training in singing, dancing and acting throughout my years growing up in Vancouver.”

When choosing a university, Braverman was “really intrigued and excited” by Mt. A’s liberal arts foundation. “At a school like Mt. A,” he said, “I could write these major projects – in some cases even get funding for them, which is pretty spectacular – and then fully produce them.”

Before graduating in 2011 with double degree in music and drama,

Braverman hosted a radio show, wrote for the Argosy, toured the Maritimes with Elliott Chorale and performed in shows such as Company, The Last Five Years and Cabaret.

He also created his own work, two grant-funded composition projects.

The first was 7 Mondays: A Cabaret, a song cycle that set 7 Mondays poems and photographs to music. He also composed Democracy Limited, a “bizarre musical” about the dramatic Student Administrative Council (the previous student council) election.

After convocation, Braverman moved to New York City to study musical theatre writing at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In his first year there, he met his writing partner, Derek Hassler. Writers and composers were paired together for assignments, which Braverman called “essentially speed-dating for musical theatre writers.”

After working together in their degree, the two have gone on to focus on a variety of projects, including writing a new musical: The White Rose.

“The show tells the story of the White Rose Resistance, which was one of the first successful underground resistances in Nazi Germany during

World War II,” Braverman said. Led by university students, the resistance “composed, printed and distributed – all in secret – leaflets denouncing the Nazi Party.”

Outside of composition, Braverman has been involved in safeguarding the future of Canadian musical theatre.

After attending a conference on the topic, he left with “this sort of sense that something needed to be done to help this community grow, increase the dialogue, and to build resources for young writers.” With Joseph Trefler, another musical theatre writer, he founded the Canadian Musical Theatre Writers Collective, which runs workshops and provides support.

“The mandate of the company is to create an interconnected and vibrant community of Canadian musical theatre writers from coast to coast and to promote their work and create resources for them to expand their work,” said Braverman. Members include Come From Away’s composers David Hein and Irene Sankoff, as well as “emerging writers you’ve never heard of.”

As he builds a network of Canadian musical theatre writers, Braverman

wants current drama students to know the importance of networking.

“People want to work with people,” he said. “Every moment counts; every connection counts. People want young talent. They want young people who are curious and interested.”

But most importantly? “Focus on your work. Focus on your passion, because that’s where you’re going to do your best work. Keep building as much experience as possible, but it is never too early to start building connections outside of Mt. A.”

LANDON BRAVERMAN GRADUATED MT. A IN 2011. LANDON BRAVERMAN/SUBMITTED

LITERATURE

New Brunswick authors share thought-provoking stories

Two local writers visit Mount Allison to discuss personal hardships in their literary collections

MAX CHAPMAN Arts & Culture Reporter The library theatre played host to an intimate reading on Wednesday, Oct. 18. Emerging local authors Kerry Lee Powell and Kayla Geitzler came to address a receptive crowd with readings from their recent works.

The theatre allowed for a personal feel that, along with the sparse attendance, created a welcoming experience. The event was brought together by Christl Verduyn, a Mount Allison Canadian studies and English professor.

The first writer to speak was Kerry Lee Powell, who comes from Moncton.

Powell is a short story and poetry anthologist who has published two compilations. The first, Inheritance, was nominated for the Gerald Lampert Award. Powell read from her second book, The Wreckage, which was published in 2015 and focuses on the aftermath of tragedy.

“A lot of [my] stories, while they do have violence in them, delve more into the aftermath of post-traumatic stress,” said Powell, introducing her short story. Post-traumatic stress hits close to home for the writer.

When she was 18 years old, her father

took his own life. Her first published compilation focused on self harm and the suffering that ensues. “I’ve always been concerned about trauma and its effects,” Powell said.

Verduyn described The Wreckage as containing “lots of unbelievable believable stuff” and went further in describing Powell’s work as “all too realistic” in what she calls the wrong side of the tracks. “I’ve just finished reading [The Wreckage] but I’m still really in the grips of it.”

After telling the audience she was stopping the story halfway through, Powell turned the chat over to the crowd for questions.

An audience member in the front row put her hand up and said, “I’d like you to finish the story.” Powell obliged and read the end of her work.

Kayla Geitzler read from her collection of poetry, The Light Feeling Under Your Feet, which has yet to be released. Geitzler’s collection is expected to come out in early 2018.

The muse for this collection isn’t a conventional one: Geitzler wrote the poems while under contract for three separate cruise ships. She specifically focuses her writing on the difficult environment that can be found wading offshore. “I would work

“LOTS OF

UNBELIEVABLE

BELIEVABLE STUFF”

between 14- and 21-hour days [and] aside from that there is a hierarchy of racism as well as classism,” Geitzler said. These difficult themes, along with speaking out against sexism in this work place, makes these poems grittily unique in their depiction of sexism.

Andrea Beverley, an English professor who attended the event, weighed in: “I felt grateful at her willingness to so strongly denounce misogyny and violence in her dayto-day workplace.… [Geitzler] was pointing it out in a context we might not have thought of before.”

Both the English and Canadian studies departments are working hard to bring students opportunities to interact with noteworthy local authors. “I was sorry about turnout to last week’s reading,” said Verduyn.

“For those who did turn out, it was another opportunity to hear from a couple of New Brunswick’s writers.”

Talks like these can increase our understanding of Canadian literature.

According to Beverly, interactions like these “complement and enhance the things we’re doing in classes by engaging with [similar] themes. It can really bring [the literature] off the page.” You can find Powell’s released works online, while Geitzler’s will be available February 2018.

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CLASSICS

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Crowd digs Archeology event

Mt. A Classics Society hosts all-ages Archeology Day

NOT EXACTLY KOTTABOS. LOUIS SOBOL/THE ARGOSY

MAX CHAPMAN Arts & Culture Reporter Archeology Day has happened! The Classics Society’s big day focused on bringing together interested people of all ages to participate in a fun day full of activities and archeological education.

Many booths were set up with themed crafts and games. Notably, there were a few small children excavating shards of pottery from a tub of dirt. Others were decorating little sarcophagi and making laurel wreaths. Young and old collaborated with Mounties to breathe life into a vibrant subject. Smiles were plastered on faces, and laughter was plentiful.

Perhaps one of the most popular

stations at the festival was an ancient Greek drinking game called kottabos.

Pairs competed, trying to sink each other’s cup using leftover alcohol in a pail of water. In this case, the alcohol was substituted with water.

The executive team for the classics society operated different booths.

The kottabos booth was run by Maya Mutter, the society’s social media coordinator. “We’ve had a lot of families,” she said. “It was very surprising seeing how many non-students came out. We went to the market to see if families were interested.”

Even at the end of the day, the stations were full of children and adults digging in the dirt and learning about archeology and the

classics department in general. “The money that we make goes to fees and directly into the department itself,” said Mutter. She plans on attending the department’s annual summer archeological expedition in Pompeii, one of the world’s most exciting archaeological phenomena.

Students, families and the University benefit from events of this nature. Bringing the community out and engaging them with students is central to facilitating interest and building bridges with each other.

It is clear that the students involved love bringing families out in conjunction with the Classics Society, and have done a fantastic job of engaging the community in a shared interest.

POETRY Within wonder, here our golden land lies.

Thrice these three kings, grandly bid by gold sun, Are, in fairest gold each, coronated.

Gifts by Phoebus graced and Phoebus shielded That soon are dwarfed twicewise by what follows: The first will come, welcome, liquid and gold; In engulfing decadence do they drown.

Coronation

by Mathieu Gallant

They lie still upon a precious porce’lain Carven from false kin, true peril, Phoebe.

This foul cuckoo does contend the good realm.

Here: right arm’s hand armed with ravenous blade. “The fourth wishes forth blessèd fourth baptism.

And here: left tool, toothful trident that bites Oh yes, bring the bastard here before us.

Blue blood oozing blood red: sanctified gold.

You of noble promise, noble passions possess.

For now, first foe of Eleven draws near.

We will honour your will for your favour.”

Born of poor brand, present with intent ill.

So falls one outpour more, it too is gold.

“Choke thine rank pores with wealth, thou vile villain.”

All are shorn and crushed and torn and hushed and Punctured, lacerated, shredded, devour’d.

Acts of the harsh radiance above all.

The one putrid, to earth is now joinèd; No good entity shall of decay taste; Putrefaction needn’t a monument; Dead life and black loam marks these tainted grounds.

PANCAKES. ADRIAN KIVA/THE ARGOSY

Hear here The Bell’s mournful cacophony, An acknowledgement of cruel intrusion That does earn detestable perdition, That does earn a second Hell, worse than first, Fraught with hotter flames and colder ices.

For none and no other may pervert this: Single sharpest lustrous day: Shrove Tuesday.

TINA OH Columnist “White fragility can kiss my ass. Your white tears aren’t sacred, this land is.” These words were hashtagged and appended to an online post by Masuma Khan, a Dalhousie student who is now facing disciplinary action by the university for breaching the student code of conduct. Khan, who is a brown Muslim woman, is under the spotlight of intense scrutiny and harassment. She is currently facing complaints filed against her by numerous white people for “reverse racism.” A motion was made by a fellow student union member seeking impeachment for Khan, who is the Dalhousie Student Union vice president of external and academic affairs. In the motion, Khan is accused of “vulgarity and childishness” for her social media posts regarding the Dalhousie Student Union’s decision to cancel events that celebrated Canada 150. Celebrating Canada 150, Khan explained, would be celebrating Indigenous genocide. Khan’s social media posts have garnered national coverage, with notable writers like Christie Blatchford writing an op-ed in the National Post condemning the student union. Khan’s “breach of conduct” is pending decision and a Dalhousie Senate committee is reviewing the situation.

Dalhousie University, like Mount Allison University, like any other white institution, favours white feelings over the livelihoods of people of colour. To be against Masuma Khan and the truth that she speaks is to be against the activism of decolonization. While white men joked about chloroforming patients and sexually assaulting their female

colleagues, Dalhousie never dared to take its dentistry students before Senate. While privileged white boys hollered on top of police cars during Homecoming, screaming “fuck the police,” Dalhousie never dared to take them before Senate. However, a young brown Muslim woman who refused to celebrate the ongoing acts of colonialism in Canada is immediately tone-policed and called upon to be disciplined. It seems only white people are allowed to dictate how people of colour talk about racism.

Last year, I made a sobering post on social media criticizing white supremacy and white people’s failure to stand in solidarity with marginalized communities in light of Donald Trump’s successful election. The post was flooded with comments from white peers that said my emotions were “irrational and illogical.” I received messages from former colleagues and anonymous emails saying that I was a racist. I had a brief run-in on the street with an intoxicated white former colleague who verbally abused me, saying that I was a racist hypocrite. Less than 24 hours after a severe car accident, which resulted in an ambulance trip to the emergency room, I received a notice calling for my mandatory attendance to a council meeting.

As I stood at the council meeting in Avard-Dixon with bleeding kidneys to give a resignation based on racial grievances, I watched white former colleagues laugh during my speech.

I stand with Masuma Khan because I understand. I understand how unfair it is for people like us attending these institutions. White fragility can kiss my ass too.

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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

WELLNESS CENTRE

Mount A preparing for Rethink the drink social scenes promote potential fentanyl crisis University binge drinking, according to study

Maritime universities stock up on antidote naloxone in case of fentanyl outbreaks in their communities

findings and Mt. A students KATHLEEN MORRISON Contributor Binge drinking is when someone has consumed four or five drinks in under two hours, and is a behaviour we should learn to identify in ourselves and in those around us. The harsh reality is that heavy drinking is a major factor in morbidity and mortality worldwide.

Countless studies have examined trends in binge drinking in young adults, as university culture tends to encourage binge drinking. On a more general scale, a 2016 study from researchers at the University of Calgary found that one-fifth of the Canadian population engages in binge drinking.

The 2016 study also stressed the importance of knowing that binge drinking has a strong correlation to violence, injury, unsafe sex and heart attacks, making it a potentially dangerous form of alcohol abuse.

Another study found that students consume the most alcohol at parties (6.0 drinks per sitting), in bars (5.1 drinks per sitting) and in university residences (5.7 drinks per sitting).

It was also found that as the size of a social group increased, alcohol consumption also increased.

A group of Mount Allison students were interviewed to see if their social lives reflected the results of these studies.

Generally, Mt. A students noted that they consume the most alcohol when they are in social settings with large groups of people.

Third-year Keely McGill said, “It seems that social group atmospheres

tend to promote the pressure to conform to a drinking culture even though people might not be comfortable with it.”

Another trend that many Mt. A students touched on was the notion that alcohol is often used as a catalyst to increase sociability, or just to fit in.

Emma Hachey said, “Especially as a first-year student, parties are a place where you can meet people and drinking tends to coincide with that.”

McGill remarked, “Although the pressure to binge drink at a party may always be there, it seems to lessen after the first year at university.”

If you or anyone you know is struggling with substance abuse or addiction, the Mt. A Wellness Centre, which is located on the bottom floor of the Wallace McCain Student Centre, has resources available to assist in these situations. There are counsellors available who are more than willing to help and can also refer you to addiction counsellors in the community.

On Oct. 30 at 6:30 p.m., Mt. A will be hosting a #ReThinkTheDrink event in Crabtree. A peer-led panel discussion will discuss binge drinking culture and associated alcohol harms. The event is partnered with the Postsecondary Education Partnership – Alcohol Harms and the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction.

If you are interested in engaging in a discussion about binge drinking, want to learn more about it or would like the chance to win a $50 Mountie Money door prize, #ReThinkTheDrink is the event to attend.

“IT SEEMS THAT SOCIAL GROUP ATMOSPHERES

TEND TO PROMOTE THE PRESSURE TO CONFORM TO A

DRINKING CULTURE”

UNIVERSITY SECURITY GUARDS ARE TRAINED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF NALOXONE, AN ANTIDOTE TO FENTANYL. SYLVAN HAMBURGER/ARGOSY

RILEY HIGDON Contributor Fentanyl is an extremely potent and fatal substance that has swept across the country, affecting several communities and university settings.

Found within many typical street drugs, the opioid is approximately 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine.

Due to its potency, fentanyl often leads to overdoses through direct ingestion or even airborne contact with the skin. Communities have started to implement precautionary methods to reduce the potential dangers that accompany its accidental or intentional use.

An antidote, naloxone, has been stocked on the shelves of local drug stores and can be purchased over the counter under the brand name of Narcan. It is available in the form of a spray or as an intramuscular injection kit. Although calling 911 is the correct initial response in an emergency situation, naloxone can be taken as a complementary precaution while awaiting the arrival of first responders.

In Sackville, Mount Allison is prepared for a fentanyl crisis that could happen. The University has a stock of the opioid antidote, and two

campus security guards are trained on administration of the drug.

Additional university staff members will soon be trained and educated on naloxone. The University of Moncton will also be holding an opioid

IF SOMEONE HAS OVERDOSED ON FENTANYL, THEY WILL TYPICALLY EXHIBIT SYMPTOMS OF UNRESPONSIVENESS, CONSTRICTED PUPILS, SLOW OR STOPPED BREATHING AND POSSIBLE VOMITING. awareness campaign for students in November to increase the knowledge of the matter within the community.

Fentanyl initially hit the West Coast, and then moved to the East.

In April 2016, British Columbia declared a public health emergency

due to the high number of deaths from opioid use, with fentanyl as the leading source of drug-related overdoses. Despite preventative efforts, death rates have continued to climb alongside an increase in the drug’s popularity and prevalence.

Just three years ago, fentanyl became the leading cause of opioid deaths in Ontario for the first time.

If someone has overdosed on fentanyl, they will typically exhibit symptoms of unresponsiveness, constricted pupils, slow or stopped breathing and possible vomiting.

After contacting 911, the antidote should be inhaled or injected immediately. The antidote should produce signs of relief in two to five minutes.

When properly administered, the antidote can bring the affected individual back to consciousness and restore proper breathing. Naloxone is only effective for about 30 to 60 minutes before overdose can quickly return. It is important to note that fentanyl can remain within the blood stream for much longer and create further ramifications if professional medical attention is not granted.

MENTAL HEALTH

Jack.org presents:

Jack Talk Event

ft. Lauren Whiteway & Cameron Penny These trained youth speakers will equip audiences to spark conversations, look out for each other and end the silence around mental health.

7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27 Crabtree M14

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Winning isn’t everything to Mt. A Lacrosse Mounties remain positive despite winless record, lack of recruitment and funding challenges KEIFER BELL Sports Reporter The Mount Allison men’s lacrosse team is not out on the field to win a championship. Despite the team’s struggle to find a win in the past couple of seasons, they continue to find enough players to make a team.

Nick Scott, co-captain of the Mounties, explained some of the issues the players have had in building a competitive team here on campus. “Like other club sports on campus, we don’t receive funding to help build our program. We don’t recruit players out of high school, but instead must be hopeful for incoming students to be interested in the sport,” said Scott.

Playing in the MUFLL (Maritime University Field Lacrosse League), the athletes face teams from large schools that often hold tryouts with large pools of players. The league currently consists of Dal, SMU, UNB Fredericton, St. FX, Acadia and our fellow Mounties. Without recruitment, it’s hard to find talented players to form a competitive team that can keep up with the competition.

To make matters worse, the MUFLL has a registration fee for each team.

“Without funding, we must pay the league fee out of our own pockets.

Therefore, it costs us $300 per player just to play in the league,” Scott explained.

To put this fee into context, many students don’t have $300 to throw into a club sport that only lasts two months. With so many other free clubs and societies on campus, convincing people to play on the lacrosse team can be a challenge.

“WHAT KEEPS ME PLAYING IS THE BOYS ON THE TEAM....

AS THE SEASON PROGRESSES WE GET QUITE CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER” Brook Beale, a returning player, commented on how he’s never considered quitting, despite the struggles that the club goes through.

“I think what keeps me playing is the boys on the team,” he said. “We all get along great and as the season progresses we get quite close to one another. It really makes travelling to games a lot of fun and keeps

the energy up despite what the scoreboard says.”

Scott shared a similar comment on what keeps him coming back year after year: “Playing for the team has really brought me close with a lot of guys here on campus. Yeah, we lose a lot, but in the end it isn’t about winning or losing. It’s just enjoying field lacrosse.”

Neither Scott nor Beale played field lacrosse prior to coming to Mt. A. Both athletes were interested in the sport and quickly picked up the rules and learned to love the game.

A lot of players on the team haven’t played before and need to learn from scratch, which can be a struggle with a short two-month season.

Despite this time frame, Scott commented on how easily improvement was noted in their rookies. “Thinking back to September when we had guys show up who had never held a lacrosse stick, it’s amazing to see how far they’ve come as individuals, and our team overall,” he said.

The lacrosse team concludes their regular season this Sunday against Dalhousie and will participate in playoffs a week later. Then the season wraps up for good, but the boys plan on staying close, even off the field.

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PRESS RELEASE

Mounties’ basketball season set to begin

A closer look at the new and returning players ready for their first league game on Nov. 4-5 PIERRE ARSENAULT Director of Athletics The following is an edited version of a press release, “Mounties get set for new ACAA men’s basketball season,” prepared by Pierre Arsenault. The full-length version can be accessed on mountiepride.ca.

The 2017-2018 Mounties men’s basketball team has just begun its season with three straight weeks of exhibition play. The team’s first ACAA league play is the weekend of Nov. 4-5.

Steve Chapman has returned as the Mounties’ bench boss. With the help of his staff, he is looking to build on last year’s success with nine returning players and six newcomers. Featured in the Mounties returning cast is second-year point guard Thomas LeGallais of Cornwall, Ont. Last year, he was chosen as a first team ACAA all-star as well as the ACAA Rookie of the Year. Elevated to a captain this year, LeGallais has been joined by a number of key returning players including 6’4” Brad Sandford of Quispamsis.

In his final season, Sanford is also a captain. A former ACAA Rookie of the Year, he was among the team’s leading scorers. Power forward Rod Joseph has also returned for his final year. At 6’2” and 250 pounds, Joseph will be looked upon for a physical

presence for the Mounties at both the offensive and defensive ends of the floor. The only other senior member of this year’s Mounties is 6’3” forward Kellan Duke, who formerly played for basketball-powerhouse Auburn Drive in Halifax. Duke, who is also captain of the Mounties this year, is being looked upon for court leadership, as well as coming off the bench to provide defensive intensity and rebounding.

Jeshua Becker from Maits Corner, N.B., has returned for his third year. One of the team’s best outside shooters, Becker, is expected to complement the Mountie attack of up-tempo fast break style. 6’1” Mack Chisholm has returned for his third year and will be moved to the forward position due to his aggressive defensive play. Chisholm will push for a starting position, as will second returning guard Yanniv Perez from Montreal. Among the team’s emotional leaders and spark plugs, Yanniv is one of the team’s best three-point threats and aggressive at the defensive end. Seong Woo Park, former Fredericton High Black Kat standout guard, has returned as an integral part of the Mounties this year. 6’1” Park had an excellent rookie season, played valuable minutes and quickly became one of the league’s best defenders and penetrating point guards. Rounding out the Mountie

returnees is 6’4” Matthew Tanton of Summerside P.E.I. Tanton saw action last year but has returned stronger.

The Mounties’ coaching staff feels confident with their off-season recruiting efforts. Six new recruits joined the team this year. Chapman was fortunate to land some of New Brunswick’s elite high school players: Moncton’s James French, Riverview’s Aram Currie and Harvey Station’s Brett Curtis. All three were NBIAA first team all-stars, teammates on the U17 N.B. provincial team in 2017 as well as their respective team’s MVPs their senior years. French, a graduate

of Bernice MacNaughton, is a mobile 6’5” forward, an excellent rebounder and a skilled outside shooter. 6’1” Currie, a Riverview High grad, is an excellent open floor player and is among the team’s best three-point shooters. Curtis, at 6’1”, was a high school scoring combo guard with the provincial winning Harvey High Lakers, and has already established himself as one of the Mounties’ toughest on-ball defenders. Another N.B. talent arriving to the Mounties is 6’6“ forward Zachary Boudreau who played for the Tantramar Titans one year ago. Boudreau has steadily shown improvement during the

team’s fall practices. Rounding out the Mounties 15-member squad is a pair of athletic guards who will contribute to the team’s overall depth.

Michael Otoo, from Ottawa, has returned to the Mounties after a year of absence due to an injury. Otoo is an excellent shooter and a good on ball defender, as is Zachary Pennerman from Nassau, Bahamas, who is also one of the team’s quickest players and strongest attacker of the rim.

The Mounties will complete exhibition play on Oct. 28 in a 2 p.m. tilt at McCormick Gymnasium against the Bishop’s Gaiters of Lennoxville.

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MARISSA CRUZ Contributor When I found out that Karen B.K. Chan, a sex and emotional literacy educator, was coming to Mt. A to talk about whiteness, I got really excited.

During class, we were talking about the importance of acknowledging racism when I, audibly exasperated, said “Thank fuck” in front of everyone – heads turned, eyes widened and my professor laughed.

As someone who is a biracial Filipino person, I am constantly alternating between feeling confident

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for coming and finding a way to think about their advantages in society. But also, is sitting in on a talk and raising your hand all the time the best we can do? Let people of colour into the space to speak through the silence that has historically persisted through institutions like Mt. A. Everyone should be aware of the racism and advantages of various identities. But it needs to happen independently of the institution, which is the oppressor to the very people it is “trying” to aid with these anti-inflammatory discussions. I wish the talk was entitled We Need To Talk about Whiteness, rather than proposing the question as “why we have to.” We are in a dire political climate that demands socioracial conversation.

Conversations surrounding whiteness must take place outside of Crabtree M14.

But thank fuck, there is some kind of discourse.

Understanding the witch costume as a symbol of misogynistic violence

SPORTS REPORTER | Keifer Bell

Courtney Law, Emma MacCabe, Mahala McIntosh, Grace

of what was being talked about was something that I feel on the day to day, but put into simpler terms for the white audience to understand at a basic level.

Perhaps I am cynical, but I feel as though this discussion was for the white-dominated faculty and student union. The event came across as one of the many workshops and talks the University holds to cancel out its racist actions that will inevitably come to the surface.

An email went out to every student at Mt. A and there were still empty seats in the auditorium. That is just a matter of privilege in most cases.

Some students have to work or study, I understand. But regardless of these time commitments, students who are white didn’t have the same obligation to go because they can continue their lives never acknowledging racial disparities. They didn’t give Chan their time because it just didn’t interest them enough. On one hand, I want to thank all the white students

Here’s why the witch’s face is green

ARTS & CULTURE REPORTERS | Max Chapman, Jena McLean

phy, Evan Furness, Ashli Green, Riley Higdon, Cullen Johnson,

and feeling doubtful. My identity wavers because higher education wasn’t created for people of colour, so it’s oftentimes easier to stop speaking up on my discomfort. I was on the doubtful side of the pendulum, so Chans’s Why Do We Have To Talk About Whiteness? discussion was something to look forward to after feeling pretty otherly these past few weeks.

My fear going into the discussion was that it was going to be a crash course on allyship; truthfully, it may have acted as such. Mt. A, like many universities, is a predominately white school so, demographically speaking, more white people attended. Still, the concentration of white people made me feel uncomfortable, even though I have walked into the room many times before as one of few people of colour.

Although this talk primarily discussed ideas around race, it didn’t really have much to do with non-white students. I felt that a lot

GENDER EQUALITY

NEWS REPORTERS | Amelia Fleming, Lily Falk

Alicia Bailey, Elizabeth Copeland, Marissa Cruz, Hailey Dun-

EDITOR: ALLISON MACNEILL | OCTOBER 26, 2017 | ARGOSY@MTA.CA

Do you like to dress up as a witch on Halloween? The pointy hat, blacked-out teeth and green face are just fun, right? You might be surprised to learn that this costume parodies one of the most brutal yet least discussed massacres in history: the Great European Witch Hunt.

In her book Caliban and the Witch, Italian feminist Silvia Federici connects the European Witch Hunt with the transition from the feudal to the capitalist system, saying that the witch was “the embodiment of a world of female subjects that capitalism had to destroy: the heretic, the healer, the disobedient wife, the woman who dared to live alone, the obeha [sic] woman who poisoned the master’s food and inspired the slaves to revolt.” Federici directs us to the work of Carolyn Merchant, who challenges our cherished belief in the socially progressive nature of the scientific revolution, pointing instead to the dangerous shift from “an organic to a mechanical paradigm that legitimized the exploitation of women and nature.”

As good capitalists knew not to pass up an opportunity to make money,

the witch hunts were big business by the middle of the 16th century. As the craze grew, so did the contemporary equivalent of job creation. Men needed to be hired to arrest, jail and torture the witches, find witnesses for the trials and take the condemned to be executed. Eighty per cent of those burned at the stake were women.

“Don’t be a killjoy! I like dressing up as a witch,” you say. Hmm… have you ever wondered why the witch’s face is green? Imagine this... the alleged witch is taken from her home and charged with witchcraft based on the word of a neighbour who wants her land, a medical doctor who wants her midwifery client base or a child who was coerced into saying that he

saw her consorting with the devil.

She is lynched or, if not immediately killed, she is jailed, tortured and then tried by supposed men of God. All of this is more than likely followed by an agonizing, shameful death at the stake, or by being tied to a chair and thrown in a pond. (The irony here is that if she drowns, she is proven innocent.) Caught up in such horrors, I suggest that all our faces would be green, if from nothing other than abject terror.

Last Halloween, many on campus came forward to ask that we not dress up in parodies of Indigenous culture.

Such costumes not only disrespect to our Indigenous brothers and sisters, but also erase a centuries-old

history of violence. This year, let us extend the same respect to women as an acknowledgement of the mass femicide perpetrated in “The Age of Enlightenment.”

When we consider the continued trafficking of women for the sex trade, murdered and missing Indigenous women, pervasive rape culture, Weinstein, Ghomeshi and the pussy-grabbing president south of the border, it is clear that culturally sanctioned misogyny is very much alive. In the tradition of the adage “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” saying “no” to the witch costume with her pointy hat and green face is one small step in the right direction. Happy Halloween!

WITCHES ARE OFTEN PORTRAYED AS VILLAINS IN POP CULTURE, PERPETUATING HARMFUL MISOGYNISTIC TROPES. SARAH NOONAN/ARGOSY

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Members of the Christian faith should seek common ground through loving unity

THE REV. JOHN C. PERKIN Columnist The Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, is one of the larger Protestant denominations in the United States.

On the eve of the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation, this organization hosts a countdown calendar online: as I write this, it notes fourteen days, eight hours, six minutes to the beginning of the major shaking up of the Catholic Church that produced not only the Lutheran Church, but

literally hundreds of other Protestant denominations. While there was a larger and longer history at work behind the event commemorated by the Lutherans, tradition suggests that the Protestant Reformation started when Martin Luther nailed his complaints against the Catholic Church to the door of the Wittenberg Church on October 31, 1517.

It is likely that Luther had little idea of the storm of protest, reform, reaction and the theologies of independence and individuality that he was unleashing on the world.

Reform and protest seem to have been the norm since the initial Reformation, and they show no signs of abating. Even as the contemporary church in Europe and North America is in decline, there is little effort to knit things together. Some efforts towards unification have been made in Canada: in 1925 the United Church was formed of Methodists, Congregationalists and many Presbyterians, but in that same decade the Baptists split along modernistfundamentalist lines. There were discussions about bringing the Anglican and United Churches into one union in the 1960s, but that only got as far as producing a joint hymnal that pleased neither denomination.

What is needed is a new reformation that consists of more than protest and breaking away. The Church now needs a reformation that brings Christian churches together, focussing on what they hold in common rather than on their differences. The Christian church has a large enough canopy to hold different perspectives while achieving a unity of central theological tenets.

India may provide a model.

Protestants are a small minority in southern India, and in 1947 the Anglican, Congregational and Methodist churches joined together as the Church of South India. In the 1960s, Presbyterians joined, and Baptists and Pentecostals followed in the 1990s. The service has an Anglican prayer-book feel, but with Methodist hymns, Baptist preaching and Pentecostal prayers; church offices are based on New Testament models of Deacons, Elders and Bishops.

Somehow, it all holds together both liturgically and theologically.

As Canadian Protestants shrink in number, perhaps the Indian model can provide a way to look forward, finding a form of unity that still incorporates diversity.

In the first centuries of the Reformation, church leaders struggled to comprehend the violence that swept Europe in the name of the Prince of Peace. As they sought ways to give expression to the desire for unity in a Church rent by schism, some attempted to find common ground in divisive theological perspectives.

This desire for unity and peace found expression in a singular phrase which began to circulate in the early 17th century: “In essentials, unity; in nonessentials, freedom; in all things, love.” Attributed to Augustine, the fourth-century Bishop of Hippo, it was an affirmation that in Christian theology, there should be room for theological differences in matters of church structure, forms of worship, and even in areas of interpretation; there should be freedom to believe differently, although the essential doctrines of the faith were the same.

They insisted that the central truths of the faith were of greater importance, and should be matters of agreement to all. And of course, the principle of love for neighbour should bind all believers and churches together despite differences in form. That sounds like a reformation that I could get behind, as I look out on a fractured Christendom, through stained glass.

GENDER EQUALITY

A closer look at the #MeToo campaign

Why must victims put their trauma on display for sexual violence to be taken seriously?

COURTNEY LAW Contributor In response to the sexual assault scandal of Harvey Weinstein, a major figure in Hollywood, actress Alyssa Milano tweeted, “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet.” The

hashtag #MeToo has been all over social media ever since. According to the New York Times, the hashtag was used “over 12 million times on Facebook in the first 24 hours alone.”

The “Me Too” campaign is meant to give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem of sexual assault and harassment.

This movement was actually initiated 10 years ago by an AfricanAmerican woman named Tarana Burke, who explains in her own words on the website metoo.support that she wanted “Me Too” to be a catchphrase to be shared between survivors of assault. She intended the catchphrase to promote healing and empowerment of those affected, with a focus on women of colour.

In contrast, the recent hashtag

focuses on raising awareness. The visibility, awareness and solidarity that has been fostered demonstrates the incredible power that social media has in mobilizing people on vital issues. However, the campaign places pressure on the victims of sexual assault and harassment to expose their wounds and reveal traumatic experiences for people to believe them and take the issue seriously.

While many women struggle to come to terms with being survivors of sexual violence and aggression, an even bigger problem is that men have trouble considering themselves (or their friends) the aggressors. In the current “Me Too” campaign, the victim must take centre stage while the aggressor is able to remain hidden from sight. Still, it is important not to

discount the bravery of the individuals who have shared “Me Too” posts in an effort to raise awareness of the extent that sexual assault and harassment affects people. I don’t condone the silencing of victims. This movement empowers individuals who have been sexually harassed or assaulted to come to terms with their experiences, to remove the stigma of being victims, to build solidarity with other affected individuals and to take a stand. However, it is extremely telling that when I saw women I knew post “#MeToo” I was never surprised.

I don’t think I know a woman who has never been sexually harassed or assaulted in one way or another.

For men, understanding the magnitude of the problem is an important first step, but there

OVER EIGHTY PER CENT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS HAVE A PRIOR PERSONAL CONNECTION TO THEIR ASSAILANTS. SARAH NOONAN/ARGOSY

is a lot more work that needs to be done in addressing the root causes. Our society needs to stop systemically suppressing victims of sexual assault and harassment. In the end, by compelling victims to reveal their pain, we place an undue responsibility on victims to solve the problem. While it’s easy to imagine these aggressors as obvious villains, often they are a classmate sitting across from you, a friendly face at the bar or even a friend. Maybe if we can place the focus on the aggressors and those who are complicit in protecting them, we can make a real change. It shouldn’t be our job to display our trauma to you.

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BREAKING NEWS

The Sheeple Show Running in the nineteenth Firefox tab of a computer near you Welcome back, dear readers, to your weekly glimpse of the real (i.e. not fake AF) news. If you have a brain and any quality resembling wokedness, you may have noticed some strange occurrences in our world today.

From computer science “professors” using Internet Explorer to browse the World Wide Web to the conservatory being shaped like a giant fidget spinner (seriously, Google Maps that shit), even our campus is teeming with unusual occurrences. We’ve been keeping you in the loop on the true goings-on here, but what if the truth is only the simulated truth? A bit of an abrupt turn around, but bear with us.

There’s been a theory floating around in some of the more openminded – and even academic – circles that we are in fact living our lives inside a simulation. All we have to do is assume a few things: 1) That it’s technologically possible: Frankly, if Doc Brown can make a time machine out of a DeLorean – a car that’s in the shop every 20 kilometres – I think some billionaire Silicon Valley “eccentric” with too much time on their hands could make a pretty convincing copy of Earth, complete with self-aware bits of ones and zeros.

2) That people want to simulate crap: This is pretty much a given. How often do you sit at home wondering, “What would happen if I told the person I like that I like them?” or, more importantly, “What would

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happen if I wrote articles for the Argosy instead of, I don’t know, going outside, meeting people and having ‘real’ human interactions?”

3) That there are a lot of simulations: They’re just like the wireless printers that mess up the residence wifi – bet you can’t have just one! *cough* *cough* TURN IT OFF. So assuming simulations are possible, wanted and plentiful, we’re more likely in one than not… so there’s that, I guess. (You can Google the math, it’s pretty trippy.) What if everything you’ve ever said or done was just a line of code – in the case of getting stuck in a race car baby swing in Grade 4, a surprisingly embarrassing and traumatizing line of code? It doesn’t stop there though…

With great technology comes great responsibility. What if you realized you were in a simulation and found a way to change the source code? The world would be your oyster! You could download kung fu into your brain, Matrix-style. Or, a humble KGB agent could become the unquestioned leader of a global superpower. Change a one to a zero and the outcome of an election is changed (no pesky bribing and ballotstuffing required). You could be prime minister/president/wherever they moved the power to because of term limits.… and don’t think this trick only works in Russia – how about that 2016 election, though?

So keep your eyes peeled for anything too far out of the ordinary – someone might be using the real life hacks. If you suspect something, feel free to drop us a line at thetruthisoutthere62@gmail.com.

As always, stay woke, sheeple.

CONTRIBUTORS: TAY-TAY, DAWG, YOU CAN’T LOVE ANYONE ELSE UNTIL YOU LOVE YOURSELF & WHY IS THIS CROSSWORD SO IMPOSSIBLE?!

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ADVICE

TRILL WAVES

Columnist Welcome back to hell, friends. It’s ya boy, Trill, comin’ atcha from my biopsych class, where I’ve decided not to take notes, and instead jot some tips down for my loving admirers. A lot of people have asked me for tips on the same topic. This topic is… (drum roll please) DATING! How do you date in Sackville? How do you date at Mt. A? How do you date in general?

Well, my friends, have no fear, Trill is here, supplying you with some of the most useful tips you will ever get.

Tip 1. Find a suitable candidate.

I, Trill, am a simple man: I like hot

babes, cars, liquor and food that clogs my arteries. OK, so basically a suitable candidate for me is literally anyone, because every babe is a hot babe.

A suitable candidate for you, dear reader, is anyone that gets your heart a-pumpin’ and your head a-spinnin’.

If you hit the dance floor with someone, and you lose control of your feet as you dance with them, and the music takes over, then you have found someone you should take on a date.

Tip 2. Ask them out.

This is like the easiest part lol. Just say it. Stand outside of their window and toss a brick at it to get their attention.

When they come to the window, avoiding the shards of broken glass, release your carrier pigeon to them.

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The note on the pigeon’s foot should say something along the lines of “u up?” or “wyd?” Then send another carrier pigeon saying “jk lol, u free on Thursday night?” Thursday night is the best night because you could have a bit of a thirsty Thursday going on which is good.

Tip 3. The Date!

This part is critical! It’s the whole thing you’ve been trying to do! There are a lot of places to take someone on a date in Sackville. My personal favourite is literally any place that serves liquor. Liquor is just so great. I love alcohol. It also helps to get some food so you don’t get too schwasted to make it to class the next day. A date can also take place in more than one location, so get some food, have a couple brews, hit the dance floor, have a good time. Also, and this is critical, be ya damn self, unless you want to be someone cooler like Fonzie from the television show Happy Days or Chad Kroeger from the Canadian “rock” band Nickelback.

Aight peace, ya boi Trill is signin’ off. Send your questions to Trilliam Waves on Facebook or ask me in person. Love ya.

HALLOWEEN HELP

Need a costume idea? We’ve got you covered!

SEAN SPICY

WEB MD 1) Stuffed animals (think cows, yaks, oxen, buffalo or other bovine creatures) attached to your normal clothes = fake gnus 2) Short white wig + suit jacket + general disdain for basic civil rights + vibrant pants =

Vice President Mike Pants 3) A shaving razor or label from a razor + sneakers = Blade Runner 4) Make a very strange face all night = Snapchat filter (BONUS: have a friend who, when standing next to you, makes the same face)

5) A bunch of cheap sunglasses from the dollar store + tossing them at random people in a judgemental way = throwing shades 6) Large clear pitcher + upsidedown over your head = Jughead