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Introverts reflect on O-Week

Participants and organizers comment on the diversity of orientation events LAURA SKINNER News Reporter

FRIDAY, SEPT. 21 Sexual Violence Prevention and Response info session 1:30 p.m.

Dunn Building 104

MONDAY, SEPT. 24 Get up to Speed on Weed 7:30 p.m.

Dunn Building 113 (Wu Centre)

TUESDAY, SEPT. 25 Faculty Council 4-5:30 p.m.

Wallace McCain Student Centre, Tweedie Hall Korean Cosmology and Drumming 4:30-6 p.m.

Owens Art Gallery Foyer

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26 Geography & Environment Seminar Series 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Avard-Dixon G12 Canada Graduate Scholarship Session 7-8:30 p.m.

Wallace McCain Student Centre, Room 125

In a social climate where extroverted personalities thrive, how do introverts deal with the overwhelming social demands of Orientation Week? For many first-year students, Orientation Week can be stressful, especially for those with introverted personalities.

A week that is supposed to help new students make friends, have a good time and settle into school can actually do quite the opposite.

“I kept wanting to call my mom and go home,” said Hayley MacGregor, a first-year music student, of her Orientation experience. “It’s harder because I’m not going to school with any of the people I’m comfortable with, any of the friends that I had in high school,” which MacGregor said made it initially difficult to enjoy Mt. A and “just take everything in.”

Psychology Today defines introverts as people who are “drained by social encounters and energized by solitary, often creative pursuits.”

Introverted people, unlike extroverts, can find constant socialization tiring and often need time alone to “recharge” before going to more events.

“There’s a limit to how long I can spend around people and noise and excitement before I need to go away and recharge for a while,” said Laura Hayes, a third-year math student and self-proclaimed introvert. “By and large, I’d say that the only time I felt it was to my detriment was during Orientation.”

Despite MASU’s best efforts, this year’s Orientation Week was still difficult for shyer students.

“You walk into the gym and there’s hundreds of people and it’s very, very overwhelming,” said MacGregor.

“As someone who gets overwhelmed very easily it was easy for me to say, ‘Okay I’m not going to do any more O-Week stuff’ and just hide in my room, which is what I did.”

Attending a constant whirlwind of social encounters can make it harder for quieter students to put themselves out there when they feel nervous.

When asked how being introverted affected his transition into university, Andrew Burt, a first-year history student, said, “It’s hard to make friends.” While he did enjoy the events he attended, he said he still feels like other students made friends more easily than he did.

MASU worked hard to make Orientation less overwhelming, but some unexpected changes in scheduling meant that residences had to cut some events that they had planned.

Niki Mina, this year’s Orientation chair, said that this confusion was due to a change made to the schedule after it had been printed. On the topic of what she would do differently, Mina said she would “make sure that I would be a little more organized and have everything set way ahead of time.”

Brandon McInnis, the house president of Thornton, said, “I wish MASU worked a bit more closely with all the exec and let them know what time they were going to take up with this and that. That would have really helped a lot with event planning.”

MacGregor said that she enjoyed the house events, explaining, “I think it was different because it

IT IS A COMMON MISCONCEPTION THAT INTROVERSION AND SOCIAL ANXIETY ARE ONE AND THE SAME. ACCORDING TO SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN INTROVERSION IS A TRAIT, MEANING IT’S PART OF YOUR INBORN PERSONALITY. BUT WITH SOCIAL ANXIETY, WHILE YOU MAY CARRY A PREDISPOSITION TOWARD IT, YOU DIDN’T COME OUT OF THE WOMB WITH IT. MARGARET GRANT/ARGOSY was a smaller group and a different atmosphere, which was really nice.”

Mina, when asked about whether or not there was any collaboration with housing executives, said, “No, not from me personally.”

Despite this, MASU has overcome many issues that Orientation suffered from in previous years. When asked if there were any low-key events during her Orientation three years ago, Hayes said, “If there were, they were very poorly publicized.”

This year MASU made sure to have quieter events running concurrently to the high-key ones. Mina said that while the high-energy Mountie Mania and Mount Alympics events were being held, “There was Board Game Night so people who didn’t want to be involved in all the screaming and all the athletic-type events could just

have a nice night where they find people to socialize with while playing board games.” There was also a paint night running concurrently to the disco glow party.

While Orientation Week was stressful, both MacGregor and Burt agreed that things have gotten better.

“I’ve made a lot of new friends and I’m much more comfortable with my surroundings,” said MacGregor.

Now that the regular semester has started students can find their stride and really settle in.

“It sounds very cliché, but I just want people to feel like this is their new home and that this is where they can feel comfortable and that they actually did find their place here,” said Mina on her hopes for the outcome of this year’s Orientation.

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Candidate profile: Liberal incumbent MLA Bernard LeBlanc talks free tuition increase MAIA HERRIOT News Editor

Liberal incumbent Bernard LeBlanc has been the MLA for Memramcook-Tantramar for as long as it has been a constituency.

In 2006, when DieppeMemramcook, Shediac-Cap-Pelé and Moncton Crescent were all combined into one riding, LeBlanc was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in that year’s provincial election.

However, LeBlanc’s public service did not begin in 2006. In 1995, LeBlanc was elected councillor-at-large for Memramcook. He was then mayor of Memramcook from 1996 to 2001.

LeBlanc also served as minister of local government, minister of justice and consumer affairs, and minister responsible for public engagement during his lengthy political career.

In an interview with the Argosy,

LeBlanc said that the most important responsibility an MLA has is listening to the people of their constituency.

LeBlanc cites this as the reason he has two offices – one in Memramcook and one in Sackville.

When asked what stood out to him as different about this campaign cycle, LeBlanc said, “The campaign is always doing doorto-door.…

The work is the same, canvassing for 30 to 35 days.” LeBlanc added that the number 1 concern of the people he speaks to during the campaign is always the economy.

In terms of what his party has to offer students, LeBlanc said, “We are proudest of our Free Tuition Program. That and the Tuition

Relief for the Middle Class program are excellent for our students.”

According to provincial party leader Brian Gallant, 6,319 students benefited from free tuition, while 1,425 benefited from tuition relief under the middleclass program in the last year.

LeBlanc also mentioned that the Liberal party’s SEED program for paid internships has helped 200 students in his riding this year. As for the future, “If we are re-elected as government, we will increase the income cap for the Free Tuition program from $60,000 to $70,000,” LeBlanc said. “We will also be increasing minimum wage to $14.”

However, as one student

“WE WILL INCREASE THE INCOME CAP FOR THE FREE

TUITION PROGRAM FROM $60,000 TO $70,000”

complained to the candidates at the all-candidate debate last week, all of these tuition-relief programs are only available to students who are residents of New Brunswick.

While he lists the Liberal government’s provincial history with student issues, LeBlanc references personal meetings with members of MASU, students who came in to get help with applying for SEED, and “foreign” students who came and spoke to him about their lack of Medicare coverage, an issue that the Liberal party then resolved last year.

LeBlanc said the flooding between Amherst and Sackville and just in general “being there to help” are both issues he would be anxious to return to if re-elected.

As part of our coverage of the lead-up to New Brunswick’s 39th general election, the Argosy profiled all four candidates for the

Memramcook-Tantramar riding.

The general election will take place on Sept. 24.

Out-of-province students can register to vote as long as they provide evidence of their New Brunswick residence, such as a Sackville apartment lease.

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Elizabeth May visits Sackville in support of the Green party’s Local MLA Candidate Green party leader holds public reception for Memramcook-Tantramar constituents AMELIA MACDOUGALL-FLEMING News Reporter On her way to visit family in Cape Breton, federal Green party leader Elizabeth May visited Sackville to personally endorse local Green party candidate Megan Mitton.

May visited the MemramcookTantramar riding to back Mitton and encourage people to vote for the Green party in the upcoming election.

May said, “I’m here hoping to help [Green party provincial leader] David Coon and his team elect more Green MLAs because that will be healthier for Canada’s democracy overall and will certainly improve the quality of debate and democracy that takes place in Fredericton.”

May and Mitton held a reception at Cranewood on Main where members of the Memramcook-Tantramar community met with the politicians to discuss issues concerning Canadian politics and the environment.

At the reception, Mitton introduced May by saying, “Elizabeth May is a very intelligent, passionate politician and leader of the Green party of Canada. She is a great role model, and has strong values that I share.” She then said to May, “I am so excited to welcome you to my home province and my riding.”

May spoke about how current governments are approaching the climate crisis. “The consequences that we’re looking at if we fail are beyond most of what most politicians are prepared to talk about, largely

because they don’t want to know about it,” said May. “It is a lot easier to ignore a large-scale threat if you keep yourself to sound bites and just enough change to get you through the next election. What we need are people who are actual climate leaders, who are prepared to say we need to do a whole lot more.”

May also spoke about the importance of young people’s votes in order to block corporate politics. “It’s time to give our young people reason to go out to vote on this campus.

It’s important to share with people that democracy can work when we take it over. We have to take it back from corporate interest,” said May. “For a long time in New Brunswick, democracy has been a branch plan of the Irvings.”

Jasmine Tremblay is a first-year PPE student who attended the reception. “Seeing how passionately Elizabeth May advocates for sustainability through collective action and camaraderie was completely unique from the traditional notion of a politician and I found it truly inspiring,” she said.

May’s call to action resonated with Sackville local Laura Hunter as well.

“It’s exciting to have Elizabeth May here, who really represents the values that the Green party has brought to the national conversation,” said Hunter. “I think that it’s really key to our future to be thinking about how caring for the Earth can be brought into conversations and decisionmaking around laws and finances.”

MAY HAS BEEN THE LEADER OF THE GREEN PARTY SINCE 2006. SHE IS CURRENTLY REPRESENTING THE CONSTITUENCY OF SAANICH - GULF ISLAND, BC. LOUIS SOBOL/ARGOSY May left Sackville later that weekend, but the electoral process is

ongoing. On-campus voting stations have been available in Gracie’s Café

since Sept. 17, and will be active until Sept. 24.

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Candidate profile: The New Democratic Party’s Hélène Boudreau talks accountability

MAIA HERRIOT News Editor

Hélène Boudreau is another candidate who has devoted their life to public service.

Boudreau was elected as a municipal councillor for the City of Dieppe from 2008 to 2012.

She ran for mayor of Dieppe in 2012 and represented the NDP in Memramcook-Tantramar during the 2014 New Brunswick election. That same year, she received the Moncton YWCA Woman of Distinction Award in the non-profit and public service category. Boudreau represented the people of the Beauséjour riding as an NDP candidate during the 2015 federal election. In addition to her work in provincial politics, Boudreau has been a private- and publicsector nurse for the last 33 years.

In an interview with the Argosy, Boudreau spoke about her vision

of the role of an MLA in their community: “I’ve always believed, and this is why I put my name forward as a candidate, that we should always be honest and do our due diligence, do our work with integrity and be accountable to our actions. I believe that in our riding right now, that’s what we truly need to get our community involved in the decisions being made.”

When asked what stood out to her as different about this campaign cycle as opposed to her 2014 run, Boudreau immediately said seniors.

“In the past they have elected traditional parties, and now they’re actually thinking of changing,” she said. “Something that they normally didn’t do, that they always looked at one way and this time they’re actually getting information, asking a lot more questions.… Even the youth are different, very engaged. We just came from Tantramar High School and they

were seeking information, details, not just our platforms at large, and that’s a very positive thing for our future.”

As far as what caused this change, Boudreau said, “I think it’s from the many, many years of hope being given to [the people of New Brunswick] and then not achieving any of those goals that those governments have put in place or told them they would be putting in place. They have been under the impression that we have to wait eight, 12 years to get what the seniors, for example, need.… I think people are looking to reset the political atmosphere and looking for more accountability, so they’re aware that a majority government is not necessarily the best way to go.”

Boudreau said she chose the NDP because of their core values: “They represent families first and they make their policies and platforms according to a holistic approach — if we talk about job creation, we also

talk about eco-friendly job creation.

We talk about every issue as it applies to each person.” She also expressed her pride in the NDP’s support of women’s issues and said the New Brunswick NDP has the highest number of female candidates at 51%.

In terms of what her party has to offer students, Boudreau said, “We think it’s important to have pay equity, a $15-dollar minimum wage and we know that it’s important that us who are ending our careers create a useful [economy] for the next generation. It can’t just be call centres, it has to be an economy of international value.”

Boudreau’s final message to students was “Keep the people that are elected accountable: Don’t make it a one-week issue just because there’s an election.”

As part of our coverage of the lead-up to New Brunswick’s 39th general election, the Argosy

profiled all four candidates for the Memramcook-Tantramar riding.

The general election will take place on Sept. 24.

Out-of-province students can register to vote as long as they provide evidence of their New Brunswick residence, such as a Sackville apartment lease.

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Candidate profile: the Green party’s Megan Mitton talks long-term MAIA HERRIOT News Editor Green party candidate Megan Mitton also ran in MemramcookTantramar’s 2014 election, against Boudreau and LeBlanc. Mitton is a Sackville native who returned to Sackville after studying international development, political science and women’s studies at McGill University in Montreal. Since then, Mitton has been working and volunteering in the non-profit sector, and in 2016 she was elected to the Sackville town council.

When asked in an interview with the Argosy to describe an MLA’s role in their community, Mitton said when she first ran in 2014 she herself went looking for the official description of the role of an MLA and could not find one. She met with the Green party’s provincial leader, David Coon, who said there was no official job description. This conversation then inspired Coon to come up with a code of conduct and job description for MLAs which passed in the legislature that year.

“That’s the effect that even just one Green MLA can have,” said Mitton.

Mitton was raised in a Liberal household, but when Conservative leader Stephen Harper was re-elected in 2011, a recently-graduated Mitton heard Green party leader Elizabeth May “speaking actual truth about what was happening in Canada, what was happening in our democracy” and was inspired to read the entire Green platform. That day, Mitton realized, “The Green party does care about the environment, but not only the environment.… I care about climate change. There are a lot of other things that we need to work on, but if we don’t deal with climate change, all of those things won’t matter and they’re going to get worse.”

When asked what stood out to her as different about the campaign cycle this time around, Mitton said that Elizabeth May came to Sackville to support her campaign “because she believes I can win.” Mitton also mentioned that David Suzuki, Canadian environmental activist, geneticist and broadcaster, will be making an appearance in Sackville on Sept. 21 to support Mitton.

In terms of what her party has to offer students, Mitton said, “Some of the most obvious things are that the Green platform involves

eliminating the interest on student debt, bringing back the tuition rebate for after students graduate so that they are supported as they are entering the economy, reducing the cap on timely completion benefit to $20,000 and increasing the eligibility period – bringing more flexibility to dealing with student debt and finances. Our long-term goal is to extend the public education system to include university, make it free, and in the meantime work on how to support students within the current structure.”

Of university students Mitton says, “They’re learning so many things in their classes, learning about our world, thinking about really big problems that we’re facing and so they can see that in the Green platform we are addressing poverty and inequality, we’re looking at addressing climate change and we have plans for how to take care of our environment, take care of our people and take care of our economy as well, but not to the detriment of people and the environment.”

As part of our coverage of the lead-up to New Brunswick’s 39th general election, the Argosy profiled all four candidates for the MemramcookTantramar riding.

The general election will take place on Sept. 24.

Out-of-province students can register to vote as long as they provide evidence of their New Brunswick residence, such as a Sackville apartment lease.

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• We will eliminate the Interest from Provincial Student Loans for New Brunswick residents • We will raise the threshold for Free Post-Secondary Tuition beneets from $60,000 to $70,000 • A Commitment to Increase Minimum Wage to $14/Hour over four years • We will double our Investment in the Youth Employment Fund • We will continue to protect the Environment through our Climate Change Plan • Our Fracking Moratorium will remain in place • We are committed to No Rural Hospital Closures and Support for Rural Health Services • Our Liberal Plan for Growing the Economy and Creating Jobs is Working!

Anticipated real GDP growth for New Brunswick for 2018-2019, will result in a 5 year period of growth of 7.7%, not seen in New Brunswick since 2007

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Green and NDP stances on carbon tax and Irving excite Sackville audience Environmental and economic issues divided the local MLA candidates for MemramcookTantramar at last Thursday’s all-candidate debate while the audience seemed to be united MAIA HERRIOT News Editor The first hour of Thursday’s debate proceeded without conflict, until an audience member asked each of the candidates to give their thoughts on the concept of direct, revenue-neutral carbon tax. Last year the federal government gave each province until this September to come up with their own plan for implementing a “carbon pricing system to meet the federal standard.”

Federal standards uphold that a carbon price of $10 per tonne must be implemented this year, increasing to $20 on Jan. 1, 2019, and to $50 per tonne in 2022. ​British Columbia has proposed a direct, revenue-neutral carbon tax, meaning that revenues generated from taxing carbon emissions would be accommodated through equivalent reduction in other existing taxes or through direct payments to taxpayers.

Liberal incumbent Bernard LeBlanc spoke first, saying, “There will be no tax.” LeBlanc went on to say that the federally imposed tax would be observed by the province with no added cost to the residents of New Brunswick. Instead, Liberal premier Brian Gallant’s plan would take a portion of the existing tax on gasoline and put it in a new climate change fund.

Green party candidate Megan Mitton was next to speak, condemning the Liberal government’s proposal: “A carbon tax where no one sees the difference unfortunately defeats

the purpose of a carbon tax.” Mitton continued by saying that the Liberal proposal may sound good, but is unlikely to be approved by the federal government. As an alternative, Mitton expressed her support of a revenue-neutral carbon tax similar to what British Columbia has proposed.

Progressive Conservative candidate Etienne Gaudet echoed his party leader’s statements on the carbon tax. “I’ve been very clear, our party has been very clear: We oppose wholeheartedly carbon tax,” Gaudet said. “It does not work, it will just switch pollution to other jurisdictions, and each family will be left with roughly – we anticipate, we calculate – $1,200 less in your pocket.”

The New Brunswick Progressive Conservative party has stated that, if elected, they will take this issue to the courts if necessary.

During an open discussion period, Mitton said the Liberal and PC plans would both end with the federal government imposing their own concept of a carbon tax, taking the decision away from New Brunswick.

Mitton specifically addressed Gaudet, saying, “I would also like to know where the $1,200 per year figure comes from. I’ve done research and I can’t seem to find that, and I invite the Progressive Conservative candidate to explain where that comes from.”

Gaudet began his response by saying, “Whether it is $1,200, $900, $700, people have been crystal clear, very clear to me as I go do my doorto-door in the area: They are tapped out. They cannot afford any more

taxes.” He later said, “It might be slightly less, it might be slightly more; we’ve tried to get exact figures from the federal government on this stuff and they’re not releasing the information.”

At this point, NDP candidate Hélène Boudreau, whose party’s carbon tax proposal is to start a “carbon reduction fund” that gives low-income earners a rebate while also investing money into renewable energy and green infrastructure for the province’s future, interrupted Gaudet: “That is quite unfortunate that you’ve said, for about three debates now, ‘$1,200 per family,’ because that is a scare tactic.”

The audience applauded Boudreau as Gaudet said, “No, what is scary is going back to taxpayers for money that should stay in their pocket. A government’s role is not to tax people to death.”

Mitton made an attempt to respond, saying, “The government’s role is to tax people –” when Gaudet interrupted her: “No, Megan, no.”

Mitton then elaborated, saying, “The government’s role is to tax people, and to provide services as a result,” to more applause from the audience.

PC leader Blaine Higgs has used the $1,200 statistic as an argument against the carbon tax as well. Campaigning in Moncton in August, Higgs said he estimated that a 12-cent-per-litre carbon tax combined with the existing gas tax would take $1,200 per year from a New Brunswick family.

Later into the debate, another

audience member asked the candidates what they thought about the Irving Group of Companies and their role in New Brunswick’s economy and politics.

The Irving Group began in 1924 as Irving Oil Ltd. in Bouctouche, N.B., and is now a $10-billion collective of hundreds of companies. The Irving company’s dominance in New Brunswick has become controversial because of the environmental impact of their industries, their media-share monopoly and, most recently, their support of the Energy East pipeline.

LeBlanc expressed his gratitude for Irving, saying they employ 30,000 to 35,000 people in this province with good salaries: “We’re so happy – I don’t know what would happen if we didn’t have the Irvings.” He also listed the areas of industry the Irvings are involved in and emphasized their contribution to the New Brunswick economy, going on to say, “As far as their politics, they decide themselves what they want to do and how they apply their politics.”

Mitton garnered more cheers and applause from the audience when she responded that, although Irving is a big employer, “I think that they shouldn’t get such special treatment, and that they do have too much power.” Her further remarks against the Irving company’s environmentally detrimental practices and her proposal of a 40 per cent cap on corporations’ print media shares were met with more applause.

Gaudet echoed LeBlanc’s support of the Irving company’s influence

on the New Brunswick economy.

Gaudet added that, if elected, the PC party has committed to reviewing the 1982 forestry deal made between the Irvings and the previous PC government and he is proud that his party has the “courage to open this act again after 35 years.” Gaudet also said that the province “cannot treat them any differently than any other private company. It needs to be managed and I believe it is and it will be, definitely, under a PC government.”

Boudreau responded by saying, “Of course New Brunswickers appreciate that they have created jobs – I don’t think that they appreciate that they have the monopoly on everything from the paper to oil.”

She added that the Irving monopoly on New Brunswick industry limits the province’s diversity, innovation and creation of new jobs: “The only thing we’ve done in the past 10 years that we can kind of say is that we’ve been the hub of call centres.…

I think a strong voice like myself in Fredericton would definitely create that discussion.”

The debate – hosted by MASU and moderated by political science professor Dr. Mario Levesque – covered post-secondary education, social policy, the environment and the New Brunswick economy.

The general election will take place on Sept. 24.

At dissolution, the seat count in the New Brunswick legislature was 24 Liberals, 22 Progressive Conservatives, one Green, one Independent and one vacancy.

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Candidate profile: The PC party’s Etienne Gaudet talks community connection MAIA HERRIOT News Editor

The Progressive-Conservative party’s Etienne Gaudet is the only first-time candidate in the MemramcookTantramar election. After growing up in the Memramcook Valley and studying police science at Loyalist College in Belleville, Ont., Gaudet joined the Canadian Armed Forces, becoming a military police member and serving 21 years. Gaudet then retired and returned home to take over his family’s fruit and vegetable farm before he was selected to represent the PC party in this election.

The Argosy spoke with Gaudet over the phone. When asked about

his duty as an MLA, Gaudet said, “Students and people in general need to have a connection with their representatives.” He referenced a concern a student voiced about not being qualifying for the SEED program at last week’s debate, saying, “I hope that they could reach out to me if I’m the MLA and say what went wrong, what can I do differently or is there a program that I wasn’t aware of. There’s a lot on the Internet to help people out but there’s no substitute for talking to a human being.”

Gaudet said he chose to run with the PC party in particular because “My values and belief in what role the government should have in our lives is better reflected in the PC party

than in any of the other parties. It’s never a perfect fit, I don’t care what anyone tells you. If you choose an existing political party, there will always be sacrifices and areas where you differ from the political party.

That’s the case for every candidate who runs for a political party.”

In terms of what his party has to offer students, Gaudet said, “We’re going to revisit the idea of the student tax credit that the Liberals did away with.” PC leader Blaine Higgs also announced last week that he if elected his party can eliminate the province’s budget deficit two years from now without cutting health or education.

Speaking directly to the students, Gaudet said, “I hope they recognize

that when the Liberal government says free tuition, that is not free tuition.

I’m hoping that they’re not sucked into believing that free is actually accurate – it’s not. Someone is paying.

As a society, someone is paying.”

As part of our coverage of the lead-up to New Brunswick’s 39th general election, the Argosy profiled all four candidates for the Memramcook-Tantramar riding.

The general election will take place on Sept. 24.

Out-of-province students can register to vote as long as they provide evidence of their New Brunswick residence, such as a Sackville apartment lease.

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Sackville Film Society: a retrospective

Kicking off another great year of social screenings for Sackville’s longest running society

THE SACKVILLE FILM SOCIETY SHOWED THEIR FIRST FILM OF THE YEAR, INDIAN HORSE, LAST THURSDAY AT THE VOGUE THEATRE. EMMA BIBERDORF/ARGOSY

DEREK SHARP Arts & Culture Reporter “Really, the way cinema should be experienced is in a collective, in a group,” said Thaddeus Holownia.

“On a big screen, surrounded by the sound, so it really takes you emotionally, in a physical kind of way, into another place.” The Sackville Film Society, a group in which Holownia is a major operating force, kicked off their season this past Thursday, Sept. 13. Their first film was Stephen Campanelli’s Indian Horse.

The Sackville Film Society has been a staple of Sackville’s cultural landscape for a long time. “It’s the longest running society in town,” Holownia said. Originally, when Holownia arrived in Sackville in the 1970s, the society was an infrequent, informal event. Trying to make it more formal, he and a Mount Allison student, Gordon Monaghan, revamped the society to have weekly showings. However, since they had no pull with film distributors, they were limited to showing older films on somewhat antiquated 16mm reels.

This all changed with the advent of the Atlantic Independent Cinema Exhibitors, a group which included the Sackville Film Society. Together, they had enough clout to get current, relevant films. This allowed the society to adopt the programming style it still uses today: modern films widely varying in topic and style.

Holownia’s hope to encourage conversation at these screenings is evident in his process of choosing films: “It’s a combination of things that I know I can get, things that people want that would be good, and things like Indian Horse, which I feel is a really important film that should be shown in the community and won’t come otherwise,” Holownia said.

Despite their ability to get topical films today, six years ago things weren’t great for the Sackville Film Society. “People weren’t coming out.… You could buy a membership for eight bucks. And you could get into all the films for five bucks. I was giving it away,” Holownia said. He announced that the society would end – the numbers were so small that it was unsustainable.

Holownia, and many theatre owners, partly attribute declining movie theatre attendance to the ease of film streaming, online video, and other technological distractions. “I always make a big deal about people socializing, coming early,” Holownia said. “People often stay afterwards to talk about the movie.” This experience has become unusual in the age of watching movies on your laptop – movies are for distraction, not discussion. The Sackville Film Society believes the opposite is true: The only time you shouldn’t talk about a movie is when it’s playing.

Ironically, the announcement that the society would be ending generated a lot of interest from the community outside of Mount Allison, which helped to fill out the Vogue for screenings, allowing it to continue.

Even today, Holownia explained, the crowds are 25 per cent students and 75 per cent townspeople, when they used to be 70 per cent students and 30 per cent townspeople. The students don’t seem interested, but the general audience size is slowly increasing.

“People are starting to understand that going to the movies, and a big screen, is actually a really good thing.

We’re so lucky to have that little theatre, in Sackville,” Holownia said.

“You’ve got to support it.”

Unfortunately, the turnout for Indian Horse is only fine, marking a subdued start to the season. The crowd size is good but not great;

there is enough space for everyone to comfortably sprawl themselves out. The makeup of the crowd is as Holownia described: not many students, mostly people from town eagerly anticipating the film.

Despite the limited crowd size, familiar, happy chattering fills the auditorium before the show starts.

People wave at each other across the auditorium and as they walk down the aisles. They quickly exchange greetings while searching for the best seats. Holownia briefly welcomes everyone to the screening, and as the lights dim and the previews begin, people shut up. It feels quieter than a regular theatre – people barely move and are totally committed to experiencing this film as they follow it wherever it takes them. Holownia is right on the money: When a crowd is into a movie, it’s electric. The tension is higher, the laughter is more intense, the sensations are amplified.

Regardless of the unfortunately subdued attendance, this season for the Sackville Film Society is off to an excellent start.

Indian Horse is an exceptional, vital, deeply Canadian film. Based on Richard Wagamese’s novel of the same name, it follows Saul Indian Horse’s life. The man himself is played by three brilliant actors at various stages of life: Sladen Peltier at six, Forrest Goodluck at 15 and Ajuawak Kapashesit at 22.

The audience sees his years spent at St. Jerome’s residential school: miserable and unsettling. Watching it is profound but never gratuitous. His time as a semi-professional hockey player is triumphant and tragic, as his deepest passion is poisoned by frequent, isolating encounters with racism.

The whole narrative plays in a fragmented, episodic way that attempts to show Saul sorting through his own trauma. This structure works, painting a clear emotional portrait of a man who internalized endless toxicity. It’s all captured beautifully

by Yves Bélanger’s cinematography, which portrays an authentic-feeling Canada of the 1980s with infrequent moments of natural beauty and excellent, emotive close-ups.

When the movie ended there was a palpable daze in the theatre, like an emotional bomb had gone off.

The entire audience seemed to be wrestling with Indian Horse and its message. One thing was clear, though: This challenging, enriching and rewarding experience wouldn’t happen without the Sackville Film Society.

Screenings are every Thursday of the year, a different movie each time. Check out their exciting programming on Facebook.

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A new year and a new project for Tintamarre ALEX FANCY Director of Tintamarre

The academic year is young, and already a group of very engaged Mount Allison students have met to brainstorm and plan SOLITAIRE, Tintamarre’s new collaborative dramatic production which will play here in February, then on tour to Maritime schools in May. The theme of this year’s bilingual, activist comedy: loneliness Soli, a character played by a number of actors, has withdrawn into solitude, rejecting family, friends, and community.

Our actor-students have already begun a “taxonomy” of reasons for social isolation: family and social relationships, social media, return to nature, excessive capitalism, sociopathic tendencies, bullying…

We have also already identified a resolution which promises to be upbeat and moving…

If you know students who would like to participate in this unique process, please encourage them to contact afancy@mta.ca.

(Competence in French and theatre experience are not required.)

Nous ne sommes qu’au début de l’année scolaire, et pourtant des étudiants qui se passionnent pour le théâtre ont déjà entamé la création de SOLITAIRE, le nouveau spectacle de Tintamarre qui sera présenté ici en février, suite à quoi nous organiserons une tournée scolaire comme d’habitude.

Le thème de cette année : isolement et solitude *Soli, un personnage qui sera incarné par plusieurs comédiens, a tourné le dos à sa famille, à ses amis, et aux encadrements habituels, préférant la solitude.

Nos étudiants-comédiens ont déjà commencé à dresser le bilan des motivations possibles du protagoniste : les dynamiques familiale et sociale, les réseaux sociaux, le retour à la nature, le refus du capitalisme à la dérive, des tendances de sociopathe, des tyrans dans son milieu…

Nous avons même un dénouement positif et émouvant en tête…

Nous vous serons bien reconnaissants d’encourager des étudiants susceptibles de s’intéresser à notre projet à contacter afancy@mta. ca.

(Il n’est pas nécessaire d’être bilingue; la curiosité et la passion des langues sont les seuls prérequis!)

Motyer Fancy 2018-2019 season Schedule released by the Motyer

Fancy Theatre and the Mt.A Drama Department.

ECO: DIRECTED BY SIERRA BELONG OCTOBER 18-20

ASSASSINS: DIRECTED BY PAUL DEL

MOTTE MUSICAL DIRECTION BY JENNIE DEL MOTTE & MATT THOMPSON OCTOBER 24-27

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SOLITAIRE: CREATED BY TINTAMARRE

DIRECTED BY ALEX FANCY FEBRUARY 6-9

ADAPTATION OF SAINT 1918: SO NEAR JOAN OF THE AND YET SO STOCKYARDS: DIRECTED BY SHELLEY FAR: LIEBEMBUK DIRECTED BY ALEX FANCY MARCH 13-16 NOVEMBER 7 & 11

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AGE OF THE MOON DIRECTED BY JAROD MONK MARCH 27-30

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Mysterious music for mental health A light in the darkness at the third annual Beyond the Marshes concert

JULIANNA RUTLEDGE Arts and Culture Reporter The third annual Beyond the Marshes Concert to raise suicide awareness took place earlier this week on Saturday.

In honour of World Suicide Prevention Day, Brunton Auditorium hosted several talented musicians to perform as part of the cross-Canada Mysterious Barricades concert. This yearly concert is hosted to raise suicide awareness and prevention and to encourage hope. Thirteen concerts, including the one in Sackville, were performed during the week, beginning in St. John’s and ending in Vancouver.

The Sackville part of the event, titled Beyond the Marshes, was organized by Sally Dibblee, a Mount Allison alumna and soprano, who called for unified support for suicide prevention and awareness in her opening speech.

Peter Higham, the music department’s librarian emeritus, began the concert with a performance of Les Barricades mystérieuses on guitar, the song that inspired the name of the concert.

Following a blessing and land acknowledgement by Mt. A’s Indigenous affairs coordinator Patricia Musgrave, Provost Jeff Ollerhead gave a speech asking the audience to be on the lookout for those in the community who are in pain and do what we can as supporters to prevent the next suicide.

Many of the performers were

members of Mt. A’s music department, including David Rogosin, a professor of piano, who performed a piece by Chopin. Nadia Francavilla, who lectures on violin and viola, and Stephen Runge, head of the music department, performed a playful duet on violin and piano. The audience could see them listening to each other’s playing as they performed.

“MUSIC IS A FORCE THAT MOVES ALL OF US, ESPECIALLY IN THE COMMUNITY” In addition to acting as a compelling master of ceremonies, Dibblee performed three joyful arias accompanied by Sonja Adams on cello, David Adams on violin and Stephen Runge on piano.

An unusual quintet made up of Christie Goodwin on oboe, James Kalyn on clarinet, Jonathan Astley on French horn, Patrick Bolduc on bassoon and Stephen Runge once again on piano performed a piece by Mozart.

The concert ended with soprano Deantha Edmunds-Ramsay’s memorable performance of Nutarâsuk. “Music is a healer,” said Edmunds-Ramsay before she sang – a sentiment that perfectly reflected the concert’s goal.

Adele Marsland, a second-year music student, saw the message of

MADELEINE HANSEN/ARGOSY the concert as hope through music.

“Music is a force that moves all of us, especially in the community,” said Marsland.

Audience members were encouraged to consider making a donation in support of mental health through the Mysterious Barricades

website. The inclusion of booths set up by Jack.org and the Wellness Centre’s mental health resources outside the auditorium reinforced the emphasis on providing support with local resources.

The concert was haunting but hopeful, drawing the crowd in

until the last sombre note with its overwhelming message of support for mental health. of overwhelming support for mental health.

DRAMA

Dr.Vicki St. Pierre to take center stage in a new setting

Fresh blood has come from the conservatory to lead Mt.A’s drama department this year JANE REMPEL Arts and Culture Reporter

ST. PIERRE WILL NO DOUBT BRING A NEW PERSPECTIVE TO THE DRAMA PROGRAM IN HER NEW ROLE. VICKI ST.PIERRE/SUBMITTED

Afternoon sunlight illuminates the four empty walls of a room in the Purdy Crawford Building. This space will be Dr. Vicki St. Pierre’s office as she begins her position as the new head of Mount Allison’s drama department. St. Pierre sat down with me last week to talk about the 2018-19 season, minority group representation and the importance of the arts.

“Art can communicate something that is deeper than just words or paint, or a picture. It’s not just notes on a page; it’s so much more than that. Art is reflecting the human experience,” said St. Pierre on the importance of the arts. “Without that creativity and passion, the human race would be different.… It would be less.”

St. Pierre’s interest in the arts has taken her down many different avenues. Her experience as a theatre practitioner includes production and tech work, as well as directing performances with such prestigious groups as Tafelmusik and Opera Atelier. Her especially keen interest in musical theatre brought her to

Western University, where she pursued an education in vocal performance.

Her studies recently took her to the University of Toronto where she completed her doctorate, also in vocal performance. During this time, she

“IT’S NOT JUST NOTES ON A PAGE; IT’S SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT. ART IS REFLECTING THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.” applied her craft as both a performer and an instructor. Prior to becoming head of the drama department this year, St. Pierre has been a faculty member in Mt. A’s very own music department since 2015.

Although St. Pierre is still in the midst of transitioning into her new role, it is clear she has already acquired a general feel for the department in the first few weeks of the semester.

St. Pierre commented on the

“enthusiasm of the students and of the staff and faculty” as strengths of the department.

Making the University a more diverse and inclusive place is an ongoing conversation.

“Representation is important, and on the minds of faculty as they go forward in choosing their materials,” said St. Pierre. “The thin line between appropriation and representation is one that we all discuss at great lengths and very carefully. Inclusivity has become a more important mandate.”

While the excitement of a new school year is often accompanied by uncertainty, St. Pierre appears to have a great deal of confidence in her new leadership role. She expressed gratitude for the support she received during the transition to her new position, especially the mentorship and guidance from Glen Nichols, the previous department head who St. Pierre said was “well loved by the students.”

“The role is an administrative one but it means I get to be privy to wonderful creative processes,” she said about her new position.

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But Art Belongs to the Unconscious: A student research project

Fourth-year music student Martine Jomphe examines the abstract.

MAGGIE PITMAN Arts and Culture Reporter Mount Allison students have plenty of opportunities, from academic to extracurricular – and they aren’t limited to just the school year. While some students enjoy escaping school during their downtime and choose to relax, travel, work or spend the summer at home with their families, others continue with their academic interests during the warmer months.

One of these opportunities comes in the form of independent student research grants.

Designed for students entering their final year of post-secondary education, the program awards grants (typically valued at $7,000 each) to students who wish to conduct research or independent creative projects from May to August.

Students in all disciplines of study may apply for this grant.

Martine Jomphe, a bachelor of music student, grabbed ahold of this opportunity and worked diligently

“I WAS HAPPY I COULD RELATE THE TOPICS WITH KNOWLEDGE

What the Sackville Public Library has to offer YOU!

ALLAN ALWARD Sackville Public Library

Have you ever wondered whether the Sackville Public Library has anything to offer Mount Allison students?

All you need to access the resources available at any New Brunswick Public Library is a library card.

This one card can be used to access over 2 million books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, eBooks, audiobooks and more. If you are from New Brunswick and already have a library card from your home library, you are good to go. If you are from outside of New Brunswick, note that any Mt. A student can obtain a library card for use while within the province. All we need is a piece of ID with your home address on it, as well as your Mt. A student card.

Most items listed in the online catalogue can be borrowed. Those not available at the Sackville Public Library can be placed on hold and brought in for you to borrow. With a library card, placing holds can even be done from the convenience of your own device. You can also log into your account to keep track of checked-out items, holds and dates due. With an active email address, you will be notified when items are

due and when holds are available to be picked up.

By accessing the New Brunswick Public Library website, you also have access to a full range of other services. These include ebooks as well as a number of online databases, including Rosetta Stone, Canadian Reference Centre and Gale Business Plans Handbook.

If you are looking for something to do in your downtime, we have some fall programs that might be of interest.These include Wednesday afternoon drop-in adult colouring, monthly adult book club, Friday morning de-stress and coffee time, monthly family movie nights and the ever-popular downtown Moonlight Madness events. For more info on our upcoming programs, drop by and pick up a copy of our monthly program flyer, as well as checking us out on the library’s Facebook page.

The Sackville Public Library also has a basement meeting room that can be booked for study groups or various workshops. The library has Internet computers for public use (time limits apply), as well as free unlimited Wi-Fi access throughout the building.

Want to get out in the community and obtain some experiences to add to your resumé? There are also various

opportunities for volunteering at the library. We are especially looking for those with some special creative skills, such as face painting or balloon creations, who can volunteer during special events like Moonlight Madness and March Break activities.

The Sackville Public Library is located at 66 Main St. Why not drop by and check us out during your time in Sackville?

SACKVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY HOURS: TUES: 1-5 p.m. & 6-8 p.m.

WED-SAT: 10 a.m.-12 p.m. & 1-5 p.m.

SUN-MON & HOLIDAYS: Closed

FROM MY MINOR AND PUT THAT IN MY PAPER AS WELL.” over the summer with Dr. Gary Tucker, an associate professor in the music department. Tucker said that Jomphe, who entered her fourth year of study this September, was the 24th student he has mentored in summer research projects over the years.

In a nutshell, Jomphe examined Arnold Schoenberg, a late 19thand early 20th- century Viennese composer, and painter Wassily Kandinsky, who rose to prominence around the same time.

The final product of Jomphe’s research was an extensive paper of over 100 pages – comparable to a final thesis that one might see in graduate programs – as well as a presentation.

In fact, this research grant is a prime opportunity for students who are considering furthering their education in grad school. Jomphe presented her work to faculty and students in Brunton Auditorium last Wednesday.

Jomphe entitled her presentation But Art Belongs to the Unconscious: Schoenberg’s Atonality and Kandinsky’s Abstraction. In her work, Jomphe focused particularly on Schoenberg as he was developing atonality in his music. Between 1908 and 1911, Schoenberg examined the role of the unconscious mind through his abandonment of tonality.

JOMPHE TRAVELLED AS FAR AS AUSTRIA FOR HER RESEARCH. MARTINE JOMPHE/SUBMITTED Schoenberg disregarded common structures in music such as the use of keys or the arrangement of certain notes and chords. As a result, many of his pieces sounded rather random and it appeared as if there was no method to his them at all.

“I was looking to see if the unconscious has a link with the emergence of atonal music,” Jomphe said.

While Schoenberg was experimenting with atonality, Kandinsky was developing abstraction in his paintings, which formed a link between their works.

Specifically, both artists abandoned an important frame of reference in their fields and as a result they pushed the limits in their respective fields. For Schoenberg, this was the tonal system; for Kandinsky, it was representationalism. Jomphe looked at the relationship between Schoenberg and Kandinsky and how each man’s work was influenced by the use of the unconscious mind.

In developing her topic, Jomphe drew both from her own areas of study – music and psychology – as well as from her advisor’s. Tucker’s expertise on Arnold Schoenberg and Viennese music influenced the direction of her research.

“I had no idea what I wanted to research. Dr. Tucker already had the idea and I really liked it,” Jomphe said.

“I’m doing a psychology minor and this topic looks at the unconscious mind, so I was happy I could relate the topics with knowledge from my minor and put that in my paper as well.”

Jomphe had the chance to travel to Germany and Austria at the beginning of her research, and met with Tucker in Vienna. While abroad, they began laying the foundations of Jomphe’s research through weekly meetings and visited several special exhibitions at the Arnold Schoenberg Centre. Jomphe said her travel helped her see her research in a different setting, something that was beneficial to her research project.

When asked how her research influenced her own musical journey, Jomphe replied, “It just teaches us that music is more than tonality.”

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Upcoming at the Owens Art Gallery Newly opened exhibits prompt viewer introspection about friendship and the outdoors.

JULIANNA RUTLEDGE Arts and Culture Reporter With three new exhibits on display this season, the Owens has something for everyone. Secret Citadel is a stop motion film examining the effects of growing up and maturity in male friendship through the friendship of a bison and a cougar. Looking Out, featuring the work of several different artists, shows how different artists frame the outdoors differently in their works. Lastly, Handmade Assembly displays everything from jewelry to rugs, in its effort to showcase craftwork as another form of art.

Secret Citadel uses the unconventional medium of stop motion, with both puppets and real people portraying the main characters of the film. The artist Graeme Patterson reflects on themes of childhood loneliness, masculinity and growing up by showing the progression of one friendship from playing together in childhood to facing the world apart in maturity.

All the music featured in the video is performed by the artist, with many pieces written by Patterson as well.

On display alongside the film are four of the puppets used in its creation.

The exhibit will be on display until Dec. 2.

The second exhibit, Looking Out, features the artwork of several artists, including Christopher Pratt, Gershon Iskowitz, Edward Burtynsky and Lawren P. Harris.

This is not your average exhibit on the outdoors. A collection made up

VIEWERS WITNESS SECRET CITADEL, ONE OF THE EXHIBITS NOW IN THE OWENS ART GALLERY. THE ARTIST, GRAEME PATTERSON, SHOWS THE ANIMALS AS BOTH WILD AND CIVILIZED, HIGHLIGHTING THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN HUMANITY AND BRUTALITY. SAVANNAH FORSEY/ARGOSY

THE PUPPETS IN SECRET CITADEL, ANIMATED VIA STOP MOTION TO TELL A HEARTFELT TALE OF FRIENDSHIP. SAVANNAH FORSEY/ARGOSY

of different styles, the diversity of the pieces emphasizes how the artists use the outdoor environment in their works. Although not necessarily landscape paintings, each piece features an element of looking out to nature. Distinct interpretations of the outdoors feature everything from a dog caught with a bone to the spots of colour you see when flying high in the sky in an airplane, guaranteeing something for everyone’s taste.

Looking Out is on display until Nov. 7.

A third exhibit, A Handmade Assembly presents pieces typically considered to be crafts and instead displays them as artwork. Leather works, teacups, stencils and willow wood sculptures are included in the exhibit, among other works. The repetitive and often time-consuming nature of many of these methods creates an appreciation for such work.

A Handmade Assembly is on display until Dec. 2.

The Maker Maker workshop series started on Wednesday, Sept. 19, with the creation of DIY stickers. Keep an eye open for further workshops at the Owens this year.

As always, the Owens exhibits offer a unique perspective on the world outside its doors. Be sure to step in and take a moment to appreciate this season’s artwork.

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Ultimate Frisbee team strive for strong season

A column for campus health and wellness Health Matters Society will provide free water bottles at Homecoming

EMILIE COMFORT Health Intern My name is Emilie Comfort and I’m the Mount Allison health intern this year. I am a fourth-year student completing a bachelor of science with a major in psychology and a minor in chemistry. In my position, I work closely with the Wellness Centre’s registered nurse, Cindy Crossman, to increase health consciousness in the Mount Allison community and to encourage healthy living through ongoing awareness, communication and education programming initiatives.

I am very excited to write this column, even though this is my first time writing any sort of article.

Health awareness is something that is important to me, and my goal this year is to encourage more students and staff to take charge of and be proactive about their health.

This column will keep students up-to-date with health-related topics relevant to the community. I am hoping to cover conversations such as the legalization of marijuana, safe alcohol consumption, stress management, mental health initiatives on campus and events like the Relay for Life and Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

With Homecoming on Saturday, we at the Wellness Centre want to remind you to be safe if you are

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planning to use alcohol or other controlled substances.

It is important to remember that just because others around you are consuming alcohol, you shouldn’t feel pressured to do so as well. During Homecoming and always, ensure that you do not pressure others to drink.

This year at Homecoming, the Health Matters Society will be handing out free water bottles to anyone attending the game to promote safe alternative drinking options and hydration. They will be setting up a few water stations around the field, so you can access water without missing any of the game.

HOMECOMING TIP: “FOR EVERY ALCOHOLIC DRINK YOU CONSUME, TRY TO ALSO HAVE ONE GLASS OF WATER.” Water is a great alternative to alcohol, and also a healthy part of safe drinking. For every glass of alcohol, try to also have one glass of water.

This can help prevent dehydration and reduce the severity of tomorrow’s hangover. Stay safe, healthy and hydrated this weekend!

5:00 pm Women’s Soccer: MtA vs. StFX 7:00 pm Men’s Rugby: MtA vs. STU 7:15 pm Men’s Soccer: MtA vs. StFX

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Mt. A to host regional championships

MTA’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE TEAM IS IN THE MIDST OF A TRANSITION, AS MANY OF THEIR CORE PLAYERS GRADUATED IN THE SPRING. SAVANNAH FORSEY/THE ARGOSY

EMMA MACMILLAN Sports & Health Reporter Mount Allison’s Ultimate season has just begun, but unlike other sports with shorter seasons, it won’t end until April.

As a small club team, the Ultimate team does not receive funding, nor do they have priority on turf time. The team accommodates by holding two practices per week at 9:30 p.m.

“The energy you get on this team is unparalleled to any other sport I’ve played,” said Sam Chambré, a thirdyear player and computer science student.

While the weather is still nice, the team plays in tournaments on turf as a 7-on-7 game. Once the snow comes, they move indoors and play 4-on-4 games.

This year, for the second year in a row, the Mt. A team will host other university teams for Ultimate Canada’s Atlantic region qualifying tournament.

The national organization for Ultimate holds the series, during which university teams from around the country compete for a spot at nationals.

The Canadian Atlantic University Ultimate Championships will be held

at Mt. A on September 29 and 30.

According to Ultimate Canada, each province and territory in the country has at least one Ultimate organization. The sport is praised for being easy to learn and adaptable for athletes of other sports, as the basic skills required – throwing, catching, running and jumping – are similar to many other sports.

Ultimate is played on a field with two end zones. To score you must complete a successful pass into the defence’s end zone. The disk can move in all directions, and a player may have up to ten seconds with the disc.

Ultimate is a self-officiated sport and holds each player accountable for their own actions. It is a no-contact sport.

Usually, Mt. A’s Ultimate team plays approximately one tournament per month. They travel around the Atlantic provinces playing other university teams at UNB, U de M, Dalhousie, Acadia and St. FX – their biggest rivals.

Lauren Waye, a fourth-year player and biology student, said, “We’re not really at the top, not at the very bottom, we’re just fighting for that middle spot.”

Though a club team, they are still

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competitive.

“Our main goal is to get better,” said Hannah Sholtz, a fourth-year French student who has been playing with the team since her first year.

“Whatever level you’re at, get better.”

She also said that although they practice twice a week, many players are so committed to getting better that they find the time to practice on their own.

Their three captains, Sholtz, Waye and Claire Genest, take on the role of coach, and the team arrives at practice knowing what they will accomplish each night.

The players said that this year, they are a younger team and are in the middle of a rebuilding period.

Genest, a third-year international relations student, said that the team started to rebuild last year, and continues to as a number of last year’s players graduated in the spring.

The team said they have a long-term goal of developing a core group of committed players to carry the team through the years to come.

The team said they are always open to new players and encourage anyone interested to reach out. If you would like to try Ultimate, you can contact the club at ultimate@mta.ca. No experience necessary!

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1:00 pm Women’s Soccer: MtA vs. Acadia 2:00 pm Women’s Rugby: MtA vs. STU 3:15 pm Men’s Soccer: MtA vs. Acadia

SUNDAY SEPT 30

1:00 pm Women’s Soccer: MtA vs. SMU 2:00 pm Women’s Rugby: MtA vs. UNB 3:15 pm Men’s Soccer: MtA vs. SMU

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Sackville runs for Terry Fox

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Mounties and Sackville residents fundraise $550 for cancer research

EMMA MACMILLAN Sports & Health Reporter It was a warm and sunny Sunday morning that saw 25 participants gather at the Mount Allison Student Centre to begin a five- or 10-kilometre run, walk or bike.

Sackville’s 36th annual Terry Fox Run raised about $550 for cancer research.

Terry Fox, now a Canadian icon, was diagnosed with bone cancer in his right leg in 1977, at 18 years old.

He had his leg amputated six inches above the knee.

While in the hospital, Terry decided to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. He called this journey the Marathon of Hope.

Terry Fox’s original Marathon of Hope took place in 1980. His goal was to run across Canada to bring awareness to the importance of cancer research. Fox ran an average of 42 kilometres per day for 143 days.

He was forced to end his journey in September of 1980 when the cancer spread to his lungs. Fox died in 1981 at the age of 22.

Since then, many communities have organized runs in honour of Terry Fox during the month of September. Originally, the town of Sackville held the run, but in the past few years, Mt. A students from the Health Care Outreach Club have taken on the responsibility.

The participants began their race around 11 a.m. and went on a five-kilometre run, walk or bike around Sackville. Those who chose to do a 10-kilometre race simply did the same path twice. There were volunteers at each corner cheering on the runners and a water station

at the top of a hill. Once they had completed their journey, they were invited into the Student Centre for refreshments.

Maggie Pickard, a second-year biochemistry student, was the organizer for this year’s run. Pickard is the current vice president of health for Mt. A’s Health Care Outreach Club. Pickard said the Terry Fox Run was one of the first events she volunteered at while attending Mt. A, and was excited to organize the run for that reason.

Many runners in attendance understood the importance of remembering Terry Fox and participating in the run in his honour.

“The importance of the run is for people to remember what he did,” Pickard said. “It gets people out….

It’s an active way to raise money.”

“It’s important to get people out and run,” said Adam Peck, a secondyear music student who participated in the run. “Sometimes it’s tough to find encouragement for it and if you think someone like Terry Fox can do it, there’s no reason anyone else can’t get outside and get active.”

Emma Cameron, a first-year music student and participant, said “It’s also nice, in a small town, for people to band together and support a good cause.”

“Instead of just signing a cheque and making a donation, you’re actually getting out and doing something and you’re understanding what kind of impact you’re having when you’re out there,” said Pickard. “Doing that little run, just a portion of what Terry did, gives you perspective and makes you feel like you’re making an active difference.”

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Powered by plants

Mt. A athletes discuss making the switch to plant-based diets JESSICA FIRMINGER Sports & Health Reporter

What is SHARE? ISABELLE SPINNEY SHARE Intern It doesn’t matter if you experienced sexual violence just last night or a year ago, SHARE is here to help.

SHARE is our on-campus sexual violence response and education resource.

At Mount Allison, we are lucky to have a dedicated SHARE Advisor, Melody Petlock. Melody has a background in social work and many years of experience working with people affected by sexual assault, sexual harassment, interpersonal violence (abuse), homophobia and transphobia.

As this year’s SHARE intern, I work with Melody to prepare and deliver educational presentations on these important topics, as well as lead our dedicated group of volunteers.

SHARE is a great place to start if you are unsure how to react or respond to a situation. Melody can explain all of your available options, and can put you in contact with the right people to get you the best help possible.

SHARE is not only about sexual violence response. We also work hard to raise awareness and educate the Mount Allison community!

Our group of peer educators run educational sessions on how to be

an ally to the LGBT2Q+ community, how to be an active bystander, understanding consent, and how to respond to disclosures of sexual violence.

Keep an eye on our Facebook page for dates and times! We would also be more than happy to come and speak to your residence, department, team, club or society.

For more information, email share@mta.ca or visit our website at www.mta.ca/share and our Facebook page at SHARE Mount Allison.

If you would like to volunteer as a peer educator to help with our educational programming, or for a specific program like the Walk Home Program, contact us!

SHARE services are confidential, client-centred, client-driven and trauma-informed. If you have experienced sexual violence, email share@mta.ca, or call or text the SHARE cell phone at 506-540-7427.

The cell phone is monitored around the clock, and you are guaranteed an immediate response if you call or text between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. on Thursday, Friday or Saturday nights.

At all other times, the response will be as fast as possible!

Keep an eye on this column for more information on sexual violence response and education!

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Competitive athletics are often associated with heavy diets that mainly consist of high-protein meat and animal products. Some Mount Allison athletes have been making the switch to vegetarian and vegan diets, meeting their dietary needs without consuming meat.

Fourth-year biochemistry student Elizabeth Baker began following a vegan diet two years ago and continues to play on both the badminton and soccer teams. Baker was initially attracted to plant-based diets for the health benefits many report, as well as the reduction of environmental stress that a plantbased diet may cause.

“A vegan diet drastically reduces your environmental impact,” Baker said, “so I figured if I can do that while also contributing to the minimization of animal cruelty, and eat super healthy, why not?”

Since making the switch, Baker said she has not noticed any changes to her performance as an athlete, and said she has since experienced an overall improvement in her health.

To maintain the high energy level required for participation in two varsity sports, Baker found that she did have to adjust her quantity of food intake.

“I personally have to eat a lot to stay energized,” Baker said, “so that means really big portions with lots of nutritional value.”

“THE KEY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET ENOUGH PROTEIN.” Baker sai she does not use dietary supplements to meet her protein requirements. “I try to get all my essential nutrients from whole foods, so that’s another reason why I eat so much and in large portions,” she said.

Health Canada attests that individuals can meet their dietary requirements while restricting animal products, substituting soy beverages over milk and a variety of meat alternatives such as beans, lentils, tofu, nuts and seeds. Athletes can adjust their diets to fulfill their nutritional requirements by following

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Jeshua Becker, fourth-year basketball player and environmental science student, has been following a vegan diet for the past year. “I decided to make the switch because I was having a hard time keeping up my energy level during the [basketball] season,” Becker said, “and since then I’ve found that I’m a lot less tired.”

Becker said he has found that the increased level of energy he associates with his dietary change has helped him with sport performance in general.

Becker said he did not experience any weight loss after cutting animalbased products out of his diet. “I have to eat a lot of food to maintain my weight and energy,” Becker said, “and I take dietary supplements like vitamin B12 and plant-based protein shakes.”

Katherine Ollerhead, a fourthyear biochemistry student, follows a vegetarian diet while playing for the varsity basketball and soccer teams. Ollerhead first adopted a

vegetarian diet 12 years ago, and said she continued for health-related reasons, mentioning that a vegetarian diet lowers cholesterol levels and decreases the risk of developing cancer.

Ollerhead said that while she does not strictly monitor her diet, it is important for her to meet certain dietary requirements. “The key is just to make sure you get enough protein,” she said.

Despite her demanding athletic regimen, Ollerhead said she has not experienced an energy depletion while following a vegetarian diet.

Athletes engaging in vegetarian and vegan diets may be a testament to how restricting the intake of animal-based products does not necessarily result in energy depletion.

Plant-based diets continue to support Mount Allison students participating in multiple university sports at a varsity level.

“I personally feel like a vegan diet is the easiest and best way to live an overall more ethical and healthy life,” Baker said.

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EDITOR: OLIVIA WIGMORE | SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 | ARGOSY@MTA.CA

EDITORIAL

Welcome to vol. 148 of the Argosy Editorial Board

The end of September has snuck up on many of us as we ease into a new academic year. At the Argosy, we’ve been settling into our new roles, too.

We’re happy to be back in our dusty old office to bring you the first fall issue of the Argosy’s 148th volume.

If you’ve been on campus before, you’ll notice that some things about the paper have changed. After careful deliberation and consultation with students and faculty, we’ve decided to shift to a bi-weekly printing schedule. This has allowed us to print more copies of a longer, full-colour paper, continuing our efforts to put

resources not only into our written content, but also the photos and illustrations that accompany it.

This shift also allows our writers the option of taking more time with some of their pieces. With this time, staff can pursue longer-form work that is more challenging and more creative.

We also imagine an Argosy with less burnout and lower turnover.

A portion of the funds we’ve saved from our publishing change have gone towards compensating our staff more fairly for the work that they do. We’ve also put resources into developing our online presence, as we will continue to publish during

the weeks in which a paper isn’t printed.

We take the importance of upholding objectivity seriously. We invite you to understand objectivity not as a cold, disinterested, singular view, but rather as an intention to better represent the complexity of the world we engage with. To strive for objectivity is to strive for fairness and balance. We can strengthen our efforts in this pursuit by listening to and looking at stories in new ways and from different perspectives, while recognizing how our own points of view can be limited, even in a small town like Sackville.

It’s exciting to see that our staff

this year is predominantly female.

Journalism, like a number of other disciplines and fields, remains a male-dominated space in many ways. We’re excited to work with an ambitious, creative and kind group of individuals – and we hope you come work with us, too, at some point this year!

As always, we encourage the campus community to contribute to the paper in illustration, photography, writing, videography and other ways.

We hope you will engage with us at funder’s meetings, on our website and social media, and in good, oldfashioned print. Happy reading!

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DANIEL MACGREGOR Contributor In recent years, there has been much strife between the administration and students over changes to the University’s spending. The most recent incarnation of this tension is the conversation about cancelling correspondence courses. It goes without saying that this move royally screws over a loud minority of students who depend on these courses to complete their degrees within their preferred timeline.

However, these changes within the academic world are only molehills turned into mountains, exacerbated by the desire to complete our degrees.

In many ways, the world of learning has expanded in a similar fashion to the moments after the Big Bang – the dark energy accelerating this increase

being, of course, the Internet. This expansion has moved in many dimensions, from the number of sources available to the areas of expertise being explored.

We can see this transformation happening at Mount Allison. First, in the increased cross-pollination of courses between the Maple League universities. Granted, many perceive this union as a half-hearted mimicry of the prestigious Ivy League. This view overlooks the niche courses this union has opened up to students from all four of these institutions via teleconference, such as a course on genocide and justice last year, and an interdisciplinary course on time this year.

On a more domestic level, though it seems a different department is on the chopping block each year, there has been a increase of special courses within departments. You may know these little gems by their middle digits, 99 (for example, ECON 4991: Radical Ideas in Economics). These courses are sometimes pilot courses, sometimes a little radical, but offer more specific areas of focus compared to more established courses. These offerings include a course on graphic novels, another on global capitalism and yet another on Indigenous legal and political issues.

Yet outside this campus lies a even

larger treasure trove of knowledge waiting to be uncovered. A number of useful websites have been created to provide those of us with access to a screen and a Wi-Fi connection access to an unknowable variety of knowledges. Similar to the salons of old, where one could learn at their own pace and engage with new ideas in conversation with others, virtually the whole world has the opportunity to explore what the Internet provides, though always with the risk of offering misinformation.

Academia, as well as pop culture, has taken advantage of this explosion.

On sites like edX, you can take free online courses offered by institutions

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EDITORIAL staff EDITOR IN CHIEF | Catherine Turnbull MANAGING EDITOR | Alix Main NEWS EDITORS | Maia Herriot, Minnow Holtz-Carriere ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR | Ben Maksym OPINIONS EDITOR | Olivia Wigmore HUMOUR EDITOR | Will Traves

such as Harvard, MIT and UC Berkeley. Other websites focus on hobbies and skills, such as Craftsy, which offers (at a price) programs from pasta making to drawing. Sites such as these could allow all manner of people to learn valuable skills they would not have access to otherwise, whether for accessibility or monetary reasons.

Sometimes, in the rush to fill all the holes in our degree audit forms, we forget that we are not just here to get a thin piece of paper, but rather to pursue an education that will further our lives and understanding of those around us.

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PRODUCTION MANAGER | Morgan Bender PHOTO EDITOR | Gillian Hill PHOTOGRAPHERS | Savannah Forsey, Emma Biberdorf ILLUSTRATIONS EDITOR | Ashli Green ILLUSTRATORS | Louis Sobol VIDEOGRAPHER | Louis Sobol

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NEWS REPORTERS | Amelia MacDougall Fleming, Maisaa Al Tamaki, Laura Skinner ARTS & CULTURE REPORTERS | Derek Sharp, Julianna Rutledge, Maggie Pitman, Jane Rempel SPORTS & HEALTH REPORTERS | Emma MacMillan, Jessica Firminger

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BUSINESS MANAGER | Mirelle Naud HR REP | Allison MacNeill

ONLINE staff

ONLINE EDITORS | Morgan Bender, Mac Clevinger SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER | Tori MacBeath

CONTRIBUTORS

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Leslie Kern, Dave Thomas, Mark Nicol

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It takes a University...

REV. JOHN C. PERKIN Columnist

Globalization was the buzzword of the Clinton era, the 1990s. The world was changing, and we were becoming more and more aware of ways in which the world was being understood differently. As New York Times writer Thomas Friedman captured in his book titles The World is Flat and Hot, Flat, and Crowded we began to see the world as a smaller place.

It was in the 1990s that Hillary Clinton, as first lady, pushed causes of global health and education into the public eye. Clinton emphasized the role of community in the welfare of all people and the importance of recognizing the world as a global community. Her work on education in the United States drew its title from words of traditional African teachings about the shared responsibility for nurturing children: It Takes a Village.

We seem to have lost this particular proverb. Perhaps it was killed, in part, by its popularity and overuse in media. It is an ideal, certainly, of shared responsibility and commitment not only to our own children, but to our society

and all of its children. It was a little distressing to me, then, to see a recent news article, published this past August in the Globe and Mail, that not only lamented the loss of shared responsibility, but suggested that parenting has become “a competitive sport rather than a communal responsibility.”

It was, in part, a lament for days of neighbourhood responsibilities to neighbourhood children, and a criticism of our increasingly individualistic world in which children must be protected and prepared to excel. It is perhaps this phenomenon that has generated what has been referred to as “helicopter parenting,” something with which student services providers are familiar at university campuses across North America.

It seems to me, in my chaplaincy role on a university campus – speaking both from inside the chapel and the community of faith, and inside the academy and its community of scholars – that we need to pay more attention to the idea of community. University is truly the place where we can and should model this ideal, given that the Latin root of the word “university” means “all of us [together].”

As universities emerged in the later Middle Ages, they emerged as communities, drawn from strands of learning within the church. The ideal of community is still an ideal for the church. In its earliest days, the apostle Paul noted that life was shared, and that if one member suffered, all suffered together; if one member

was honoured, all rejoiced together [1 Corinthians 12]; and giving the injunction to “Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep” [Romans 12].

True community is an ideal, but a realizable one in which we look for common goals, share responsibility for nurturing our students and one

another to adulthood and scholarship, and take on the task of sharing in the work that a university is all about. I don’t know about others, but I will be doing my part as a member of the university village to serve in loco parentis, looking out at those around me through stained glass.

TECHNOLOGY

Weaponized security

A new trend occurring in domestic abuse cases, with smart home technology at the centre

MICCI DAVY Contributor Smart home technology is designed to increase comfort, security and control for those who use it, but this is not always the case.

Smart home technology allows users to control features of their home remotely through an app connected to the Internet. While this technology can be used to provide homeowners with comfort and ease, it has also sparked a new phenomenon centred around using tech as a tool for domestic abuse and stalking.

In recent years there have been an alarming number of stories from domestic abuse survivors that

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revolve around their abuser using the technology installed in their homes as a means of manipulation, harassment or psychological violence. With the ability to remotely control locks, music, doorbells, air conditioning and other basic household features, abusers have been able to take tools of security from their partner and twist them into means of control.

These cases range from stalking through video and audio surveillance or changing passwords on household controls to more niche, psychological forms of intimidation: ringing the doorbell when no one is there, playing music that can’t be turned off, adjusting the temperature to extremes and more.

The abuse of smart home technology is a relatively new division of the growing problem of cybermisogyny and tech-related abuse; problems that are currently considered legally difficult to define and manage. Because the abuse can be subtle, survivors are often ignored or don’t even realize what is happening.

The discourse surrounding this phenomenon is deeply connected to debate around the progression of technology, begging questions such as “Has tech gone too far?” and

“Does it do more harm than good?”

Abuse is all about control. The abuser wants to feel like they have power over their partner and they’ll use whatever they can to achieve this.

Recently, technology has been an easily accessible method to make this happen. Homes are meant to be a safe and personal space, with connected home technology intended to make it even safer.

It is important to note how this “Technology has gone too far” narrative can distract from the real cause of these situations – the abuser.

Smart home technology can and often does exist without harassment, and it is merely one tool that can be used by an abuser. This narrative does, however, draw attention to the subtle nature of abuse and the emerging ways in which technology allows for psychological abuse. Marketing smart home technologies which provide more efficient protection and individualized, autonomous use seems to ignore the systemic and often gendered imbalance of power that is not being treated. Selling technologies to address this is merely a band-aid fix, and one that has ultimately made the problem even worse.

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EDITOR: WILL TRAVES | SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 | ARGOSY@MTA.CA

CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1. Clear, protective outer part of the eyeball 7. This occurs between two oppositely charged magnets 17. A type of key you might have to enter to get wifi 19. Freud’s developmental stage that features a lack of sexual drive 21. Organized into strict levels of power 22. A weapons dealer’s collection 23. San Pellegrino blood orange flavoured soda 24. _____ Miserables 26. Information removed to protect confidentiality 28. Shape of Water director Guillermo Del ____

29. Singular applause 30. Espionage artist 33. Places where canaries are sent to check for safety 34. Big Australian bird 36. Extended play records, for short 37. First parts of internet term that precedes a summarized version of an article 38. On the same side 39. Organization of surgeons in Alberta 40. Has faith 42. To name someone or something 44. According to the dentist, not using this is the reason your gums bleed 45. Upper back muscle 47. Fall baked goods that Americans identify with

52. A small, portable bed 53. Oil most often used in pesto 56. Hunched over 57. A tiny, not mathematical unit 60. To absentmindedly draw 62. Not off 63. A disease you might get from stepping on a rusty nail 66. “____ beloved, we are gathered here today…”

69. Basic units that make up words 72. To chemically treat and prepare a recently deceased body 74. Where beer is made 78. Stitch’s human friend 80. These catch the rainwater from your roof 83. Curly hairdo that older women often get 84. Worked long and hard 86. Lip gloss that comes in an egg- shaped container 87. To seep out slowly 89. A tool or skill that will help you complete a task 90. An optimist sees a glass half ___ 91. Like a publication that tries to create so much excitement it becomes inaccurate 92. There’s three of them in the word terrarium DOWN 1. Haligonian rapper, or top-secret information 2. Used to row a boat 3. Expressions of agreement, on Twitter 4. _____-do-well is an old time-y way to refer to a troublemaker 5. If spelled with one N fewer, a colonic is

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an example of this 6. Fellow Maple League Maritime University 8. “______ a spicy meatball!”

9. These can be winter, summer or Canadian 10. A person who is talking in an author’s words 11. Professional wrestler Anderson 12. Spiny desert plant 13. More than a partnership, and fewer than a team 14. This mythical figure had wax wings 15. “___ ___ be like you”, a track by Hillsong 16. Fitness program that incorporates martial arts, dance, and healing arts 17. You might hit this if you’ve run out of steam 18. Folds in a skirt or pants 20. Doubled, a soothing plant smell 25. Sound of wet paint flung onto a canvas 27. A place where liquid waste and sewage is stored temporarily 29. Piece of hardware in a computer that carries out the instructions of the computer program 31. Everyone’s favourite fall coffee drink 32. You might yell this if you’re trying to get someone’s attention 35. Kermit or a member of his crew 36. Skrillex’s genre 40. Powder used to improve grip at the gym 41. Kids call more than one of these “piggies” 43. ___ pens were an art tool that used air from the mouth to create colourful designs

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TRILL WAVES Humour Editor/Demigod

David Suzuki poised to get “totally fucked” at Mt. A Homecoming TRILL WAVES AND MATT MCLENNAN Humour Editor/Demigod and Contributor (Respectively) As you may have heard, famed Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki will be in Sackville to partake in Mount Allison’s homecoming festivities (and also do something with the Green Party idk…).

In a recent interview he spoke about “totally narfing down a Four Loko and buttchugging with the boys.”

This 79 year-old shows no signs of slowing down as he claims to be able to drink 20 beer in under an hour, which is honestly pretty impressive because my record is like

18 in a whole night, and things went downhill pretty quickly after number 15.

Suzuki stated that he has no plans on where to sleep but thinks his friend Brett probably has a free spot on his couch and if he doesn’t he’s cool with the floor.

When asked about reason for participating in homecoming this year he was quoted as saying “I don’t know man, I didn’t do a fifth year so this is like, my victory lap. All I know is that I’m getting totally fucked at Hoco this year.”

46. Had lunch 47. What you might call Alfred or Albert, if you know them well 48. Small and pathetic 49. Canadian question 50. Chemical suffix used for binary compounds 51. Wig-wearing singer 52. Dwellings for kings and queens 54. Rodent species that is monogamous 55. Someone who is strange, or eccentric 56. Securely closed 58. One and ____ 59. After Mon, before Wed 61. Get out!

64. Article used to refer to a specific example of a noun 65. It does this when the temperature gets down to or below zero degrees 67. Risk management services, for short 68. If you agree with something your friend said, in a text 70. Acronym for Thermal Infrared Sensor 71. Mr. Fudd 73. Canadian recording artist Young 75. Impressive accomplishment for performers 76. I am ___ __ am 77. De ___; if you are welcome, in French 79. You might find this abbreviation in a thirsty Tinder Bio 81. The little pedestal you hit your golf ball off of 82. A Swanson, Weasley or Stoppable 83. Buddy 85. Where? (En français) 88. Possible nickname for Alonzo

Our interview was cut short when we asked Suzuki if he was worried that this would affect his public image. He proceeded to flip off our journalist and walk out with a PBR in each hand muttering about how “these fucking frosh don’t know how to fucking rage.”

It has occurred to us recently, however, that this may not have been David Suzuki, but in fact a recent Mt. A grad who was driving a Suzuki Swift, but we’ll leave that to the reader to discern.

What’s up, peasants. I have become the humour editor of the Argosy. I am now more god than man. Bow down to me, mortals. I am omnipotent and incredibly powerful. Now, you may be asking, “How did a simple man ascend to this position of unmatched power?” Well, let me tell you with these tips! My first tips of the year!

Tip 1. Start off as a simple man.

Live on the street (not physically, but like, in spirit). Drink colt 45s.

Wear flannel shirts every day. Wear a corona bucket on your head. Get put on alcohol probation. Get contacted by the humour editor (at the time, shout out Mark Cruz) to make some ~funny absurdist memes~. Make fun of a left wing radical group on campus for doin’ some wack ass shit, like sleeping in tents and screaming about being stepped over. This is how it started. This was year one. It was… ok. Don’t read the Argosy.

Tip 2. Become a regular contributor.

Write a series of tips and climb to the top. The people love the tips. The tips make you a goddamn hero. The tips make you everything. You are

nothing without the tips. Tease them with the tips, sometimes there are no tips, sometimes there are many.

The tips are a privilege few deserve but many receive. Trick the Argosy editorial staff into thinking you’re semi-reliable. This was your second year. Never read the Argosy.

Tip 3. Con your way into an editorial position. Everyone knows the editorial staff of the Argosy is a bunch of idiots. There is no bigger idiot than yourself, therefore you should be able to slip in just fine. Apply for the position. Your interviewers are indifferent; one takes a phone call during your interview which you Skyped into from your cousin’s wedding in Michigan – glad you’re taking me seriously, Catherine. Ace the interview by lying about your abilities to time manage and organize. Realize you’ve bit off more than you can chew, but commit.

Always commit. Continue to not read the Argosy.

Yeah so basically that’s how I got here. Probably best not to follow these. I regret becoming editor and its been like three days. Ask me for tips on things on Facebook, or don’t – I’m indifferent. -xoxo, Trill