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THE ARG OSY

NEWS “Democratic recession” – what’s that? (Pg. 3) Something about sex since 1872

ARTS & CULTURE The Vagina Monologues (Pg. 10)

SPORTS Two Mounties named to Team Canada (Pg. 13)

OPINIONS Lovekin tenure, too little too late (Pg. 14)

Mount Allison’s Independent Student Newspaper

COVER: SAVANNAH FORSEY, UNTITLED, DIGITAL COLLAGE, 2019. March 7, 2019 Vol. 148, Iss. 9

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EDITOR: MAIA HERRIOT & MINNOW HOLTZ-CARRIERE | MARCH 7. 2019 | ARGOSY@MTA.CA

STUDENT ACHIEVEMEMENT

Mt. A wins Maple League debate competition at Bishop’s

Two tight knit teams overcome beginner status and win both spots in final THURSDAY, MARCH 7 G&E Speaker Series: Clifford Paul 2:30-4:30 p.m. Bennett House, Room G03 Quo Vadimus 4-5:30 p.m. Dunn, Room 101 Research Presentation: Jonathan Kerr 4-5 p.m. Owens Art Gallery Foyer Sexual Violence Safety Forum 7-8 p.m. AVD. Room G12 Cowboy Smithx Talk 7 p.m. Crabtree M14

FRIDAY,MARCH 8 Psychology Department Speaker: Dr. Jean-Paul Boudreau 2:30-3:30 p.m. AVD, Room G12 Lezlie Lowe: No Place to Go 4-5:30 p.m. Owens Art Gallery Foyer

TUESDAY, MARCH 12 Department of Anthropology Presents: Gerald Goade 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Bennett House, Room G03 Senate 4-6 p.m. Tweedie Hall Math and CS Speaker Series 6:30-8:30 p.m. Dunn, Wu Centre

WEDNESDAY MARCH 13 Saint Joan of the Stockyards 7:30-9:30 p.m. Motyer-Fancy Theatre Student Success Course 6-9 p.m. Crabtree Auditorium

THURSDAY, MARCH 14 Crake Fellow Lecture 4-6 p.m. Owens Art Gallery Foyer KPMG Networking and Recruitment Event 5:30-7 p.m. AVD, Room116

HELEN YAO, AMINAH SIMMONS, ARIANNA WOODLEY AND SERTARA WILKINSON ARE PICTURED HERE AFTER WINNING THE DEBATE PORTION OF A WEEKEND OF EVENTS AT BISHOP’S UNIVERSITY ORGANIZED BY THE MAPLE LEAGUE TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES. ARIANNA WOODLEY/SUBMITTED

AMELIA MACDOUGALL-FLEMING News Reporter Four Mount Allison students attended and won the Up for Debate Maple League competition at Bishop’s University on Feb. 9. The team was comprised of first-year student Helen Yao, third-years Aminah Simmons and Arianna Woodley, and fourth-year Sertara Wilkinson. Yao is a member of the Mt. A debate team, while this event was Simmons, Woodley and Wilkinson’s first time debating at a university level. Other members of Mt. A debate team were unable to attend the competition, so Woodley, Wilkinson, and Simmons were invited to compete. Teams from Acadia, St. FX, Bishop’s and Mt. A attended the competition. Two groups were formed at the competition, with Wilkinson and Yao on one and Simmons and Woodley on the other. The two teams each participated in three debates and won all three. Yao and Wilkinson debated whether sexual assault cases should be tried in a different court system, whether blasphemy should be protected under freedom of speech, and whether prisoners with life sentences should be allowed to choose

the death penalty. Simmons and Woodley’s debates covered whether police should require a warrant to receive information from tech companies, whether laws regarding animal rights should first consider human needs, and whether CBC president Catherine Tait was wrong in comparing Netflix domination to British and French colonization. The teams were assigned which side they would argue for. The debates happened at the same time, so the two teams were not aware of whether the other Mt. A team had won until they met up after each debate. “My favourite part was going to Sertara and Helen’s debate after we won, because they were so good,” said Simmons. “We’d win our debates and then go into their room and see that they won their debates and at the end we would all freak out. After the last debate, we made so much noise.” Since both Mt. A teams won, they were not able to debate against each other in the final debate. To ensure both teams were represented, they decided that one member from each team, Yao and Woodley, would act as a team in the final round and compete against St. FX on the topic of whether teachers should be allowed to wear

religious symbols. Yao and Woodley argued for the right to wear religious symbols and won the debate. Although only one member of the team, Yao, had recent experience debating, the others attributed their success to being socially conscious. “It’s a matter of being aware of what’s going on around you, and being aware of the news and what people are saying, and being able to formulate those points and be wellversed in it,” said Woodley. Wilkinson attributed her success to the support of her team members. “I was there with people who supported me even though I have never debated before in my life and they reassured me that I was okay,” she said. “We just went to have fun and we went into it with the expectation that we were going to lose.” Yao also appreciated how closeknit the team was. “I really appreciated how our team got along,” she said. “We were very close and we were definitely not competing against each other. We were working together for the sake of working together.” Their win was especially significant because members of the team felt that they defied an expectation that they wouldn’t win. “I don’t think when

we first got there anyone took us too seriously,” said Simmons. “But then when we started to win everybody was like, ‘Oh shoot, they actually know what they’re talking about.’ ” Wilkinson agreed, saying, “The most valuable thing that I took away was to not underestimate myself.… I followed the rules, I spoke from my heart and the passion came out and I was articulate and I loved it. And then we won.” The team brought home a trophy bearing all their names to represent that both teams should have been included in the final debate. Each of the four team members were also awarded a cash prize.

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POLITICS

Journalist talks relationship between free media and global “democratic recession”

Catherine Cano speaks to the Mt. A community about the decline of free press and democracy LAURA SKINNER News Reporter

“There’s a strong link between government influence over the media and the erosion of democracy,” said Catherine Cano, journalist and president of the Cable Public Affairs Channel. “As democracy has declined in the last few years, media ranking has also suffered.… There is so much information that is not mandated and not checked, that is either wrong or misleading, or unclear.” Cano, a guest speaker for the political science department, gave a talk on Feb. 25 about the importance of independent media’s role in combating the rise of misinformation and disinformation currently challenging democracy. CPAC is a Canadian television service created by a consortium of cable companies. On their website, they self-identify as “Canada’s only privately-owned, commercial-free, not-for-profit, bilingual licensed television service … [that] provides a window on Parliament, politics and public affairs in Canada and around the world.” “CPAC is considered non-biased [and] neutral,” said Cano. “We present every view. It is not about a debate of the right or debate of the left. We present all of them … so people can make up their own minds.” Cano discussed how the emergence of the Internet has changed the ways people receive information. Some economists called it “a new golden age for free speech” when it was first emerging, but Cano pointed out that

in recent years, the negative side of the Internet and its effect on free media has become clear. Free media, or the freedom of the press, is defined by the MerriamWebster dictionary as “the right of newspapers, magazines, etc., to report the news without being controlled by the government.” Free press is generally acknowledged as a pillar of any democratic country, as the alternative is censorship. “Democracy dies in darkness,” Cano said, quoting the Washington Post’s tagline. “I think it’s fair to say that we may be overreacting but … [then] you realize there is a retreat globally from the right to choose in free and fair elections and the freedom of the press across the globe.” When asked about the possible ramifications of a decline in free media, James Devine, head of Mount Allison’s politics and international relations department, said, “[The democracy] we have now may not be perfect but if we don’t have any sort of freedom of the press then we’re going to lose what we have and there won’t be any hope of going forward. Devine also noted that the role of the press is to act as a check on power: “[The press is] an opportunity for us to question the policies that are being implemented, to question the rationale behind them and to question the facts that the government is trying to give to us. If you don’t have a free press then you basically have to accept whatever the government tells you.” Cano said that this global retreat from free media has added to a decline in global democracy since 2006.

Freedom House, a non-governmental organization that conducts research on democracy, found that “In 2017 it was the 12th consecutive year in which political rights and civil liberties had been declining all over the world,” she said. Cano noted that the Democracy Index, a study from the Economist, found that 89 out of 167 countries received lower scores in 2017 than they had the year before. “Overall, the index that studies 60 indicators across five categories … found that less than five per cent of the world population currently lives in a full democracy,” she said. Cano also said that some political scientists right now are referring to it as a “democratic recession.” Devine agreed with this idea: “You can see it in the United States. What’s happening with the Trump administration is a direct assault on the democratic institutions of the state and the idea and principle of the division of powers. He doesn’t want to accept the checks and balances on his own personal power.” Devine also noted that it’s not just the United States. “It’s easy for us in Canada to look at the US and be completely captivated by what’s happening there, but you see the same thing in Europe, in Brazil – the rise of right-wing populist political figures who are challenging the democratic principles of their state,” she said. “They’re using democratic institutions to get in power but once they’re there they clearly don’t respect democratic principles.” Devine added that he thinks we will

CAPTION CAPTION CAPTION CAPTION CAPTION CAPTION CAPTION CAPTION CAPTION CAPTION. NAME NAME/ARGOSY CANO WAS HONORED AS ONE OF CANADA’S TOP 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN 2012 BY THE WOMEN EXECUTIVE NETWORK.. LOUIS SOBOL/ARGOSY see this phenomenon in Canada too. “You can see it with some politicians already,” he said. “It hasn’t been able to break through at the national level yet but we’ve got a federal election coming up [so] we’re going to see.” Near the end of the talk, Cano asked the audience, “How can [the media] do better?” One person answered that we can’t address important issues when leaders on both sides of the political spectrum never have to answer tough questions: “What media should be doing is it should be putting leaders and candidates in positions where

they have to answer tough questions that they’re not allowed to dodge because … a lot of federal leaders like an environment where they can totally control discourse.” Cano also emphasized why it’s important for students to learn more and express their own opinions regarding public policy, the media and understanding their democracy. “Whatever is decided in Ottawa does matter,” she said, “because that’s your life, that’s what you’re going to experience in the years ahead of you.”

PROFILE

Meet Barb MacIntosh, university controller Her job title speaks for itself. CATHERINE TURNBULL Editor-in-Chief If you ever have reason to venture behind the doors of Centennial Hall, you will find an often-unseen group of hardworking staff who really make the University run. One of these individuals is Barb MacIntosh, the university controller. Given her title, you might think that she holds an important and powerful position – and you would be right. MacIntosh arrived at Mount Allison in 2011 as the assistant controller, moving to the controller position in 2014. She says that the major focus of her position is “the processing of money coming in and money going out.” MacIntosh, a chartered professional accountant, works with a list of responsibilities that is actually much longer than this, including financial reporting internally and externally to many different parties, like funding agencies, the bank, Canada Revenue Agency

and the IRS. She is also responsible for actions on treasury and investing. “Our endowment fund is large; it’s up to about $190 million, so I make sure that we have a good policy and are investing [the fund] according to our policy.” MacIntosh also oversees cash flow in the operating budget as it fluctuates throughout the year, as well as “insurance, risk management, reviewing contracts to make sure liabilities are covered … quite a variety of things.” MacIntosh says this variety is probably her favourite – and the most challenging – aspect of her job. “Sometimes, you’re really just getting into something and you have to drop it because something else has become a priority. I’ll think, “did I do the best I could have on this project?’ because I had to let it go and move onto something else.” When reflecting on career ambitions, MacIntosh wanted to find a place to work where she would enjoy the people and feel like she

could make a contribution, which she said she’s found in her team at Mt. A. Before coming to New Brunswick, MacIntosh studied at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax where she completed her bachelor of commerce with a major in accounting. “I found it made sense, it was easy, I just kind of clicked with it,” MacIntosh said. “It was a little more black and white than some of the other subjects and it just seemed to be a good fit. After that, I started articling with KPMG in Halifax and did my chartered accounting designation.” MacIntosh said that being a chartered professional accountant offers a lot of career flexibility, which her own career demonstrates: “You could teach, you could work in industry, you could work in public practice – I have done all those things.” After articling in Halifax, MacIntosh taught at Saint Mary’s full-time for a year, and then parttime for a few more. “I then started a small accounting practice with three

of my female colleagues from Saint Mary’s. Our clients tended to be small businesses.… We joined women-inbusiness organizations and met lots of people in that way.” After that, MacIntosh worked in industry for two different film production companies; first, in Halifax for Cochran Communications (known for Theodore Tugboat), and then in Toronto at Owl TV (known for The Big Comfy Couch). “After that I worked for the regulatory body for [chartered accountants] in Ontario, first as a practice advisor and then as director of member services.” After MacIntosh moved to New Brunswick late in 2007, she continued working for CPA Ontario part-time, and later began working at Mt. A just over three years later. I asked MacIntosh what, if anything, she would tell her undergraduate self, looking back. “This was a good chance to reflect back on my career,” she said. “I think I would say that to maybe be willing

to take a few more risks and not always take the safe and easy route. “When I had the small accounting practice, it was still public accounting and I wasn’t enjoying it. I didn’t want to stay, but I’d started this, I had all these clients now, I felt guilty about leaving them.” MacIntosh said that she’d gone out with friends and they encouraged her “not to feel guilty, just to make the change. Get up the guts and make the change. So I think that’s kind of what I would say – take a few more risks. “Having said that, I know I’ve been very lucky that the minute I ever started looking for something new, something popped up. For the most part, every one of [those opportunities] has worked out well; they’ve each provided a bit more learning, increasing skills, meeting wonderful people, so it’s all helped to make my whole career.”

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ASTRONOMY

Starry Sackville explores the four giant planets in our solar system The monthly talk covers what we know about Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn and Mars

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MAISA AL TAMKI News Reporter On Friday, March 1, the Mt. A physics department had its monthly Starry Sackville presentation, led by Professor Catherine Lovekin and attended by a number of Sackville community members and Mt. A students. In this month’s edition of Starry Sackville, Lovekin talked about the four giant planets in the solar system: Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn and Neptune. Lovekin noted that people would be able to see Uranus and Mars but not Jupiter. She also mentioned that there is always some disappointment when people first go to the telescope to see planets, expecting to see images that have been taken closely by scientific missions like Juno, Galileo and Cassini. Instead, people see small

objects in the sky, but they are able to distinguish between planets and stars. Lovekin first talked about Jupiter, which is the third-brightest object in the night sky. The average density of Jupiter is 1,300 kg per cubic metre, which is denser than water (1,000 kg per cubic metre), and much less dense than Earth, which has an average density 5,500 kg per cubic metre. Jupiter doesn’t have a solid surface like the Earth and it has a very thick atmosphere. Because of this, it does not rotate all at once like Earth. Instead, different parts of Jupiter rotate independently: the core rotates at one speed and the surface at another. Lovekin also talked about NASA’s Juno Mission to Jupiter, which is trying to determine the planet’s oxygen-to-hydrogen ratio to find out

how much water there is in Jupiter, which might be an indication of how the planet was formed. The second giant she discussed was Saturn. It has a 700 kg per cubic metre density, which makes it less dense than water. “If you could get a bathtub big enough, you can make Saturn float,” said Lovekin. Lovekin said that all the giant planets have rings, but the most visible are around Saturn: “The rings of Saturn are lots of little particles from dust, all the way up to big junk as big as a house or bigger.” Those rings are considered a transient feature, she explained, and in another few million years, “They won’t be big and bright and it will be hard to see them.” From Saturn, she moved to talk briefly about Uranus and Neptune and their characteristics.

Lovekin noted that we do not know as much about Neptune and Uranus as other planets. Missions have gone to Jupiter and Saturn to specifically study those planets and their systems. Meanwhile, Neptune and Uranus have had only voyager missions that have done fly-bys. Lovekin then talked about some of the shared characteristics of these four planets and their atmospheres. “The atmosphere around these giant planets mostly consists of hydrogen, some helium and a varying amount of ammonia, water and methane,” Lovekin said. “The amounts of ammonia, water and methane are what give these planets their colour.” Lovekin concluded her presentation by talking about the formation of the planets. She discussed two different theories: the core accretion model of

star formation and the gravitational instability theory. According to the core accretion model, a rocky core forms through the coagulation of planetesimals (tiny planetlike objects) until it is sufficiently massive to form a gaseous envelope. The gravitational instability theory recognizes that material can only be brought together to form structures with the use of gravity. After the presentation, Dr. Lovekin answered some of the questions raised by the attendees before everyone walked to Mt. A’s Gemini observatory to see the stars.

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POLITICS

Ted Rutland visits Mount Allison to give talk on displacing Blackness

Mount Allison alumnus returns to present about his research on the urban social landscape AMELIA MACDOUGALL-FLEMING News Reporter Last week, Dr. Ted Rutland gave a presentation about displacing Blackness in urban environments. The talk revolved around his book, which focuses on how urban planning creates inequality in Canadian cities. Rutland is a professor of geography at Concordia University and a Mount Allison alumnus. He was invited to speak by the geography and environment and the Canadian studies departments. Rutland began his talk by explaining the racial bias involved in urban planning. “Modern urban planning, my book argues, is formed by particular entanglements with race and power,” he said. “The power of modern planning is expressed less in the creation of sovereign territory than in the creation of material conditions that act upon individuals and populations.” Rutland said that some aspects of modern planning are not harmless. “The paradox in modern planning is that these benevolent things [like tangible improvements in health, happiness and wellbeing] are structured by evolving, normative conceptions,” said Rutland. Rutland then talked about how anti-Blackness, in particular, has been inseparable from the way cities were and continue to be designed. “AntiBlackness has been fundamental to the operation of modern planning,” he said. “The moves of modern planning, its attempts to improve

urban terrain have been rendered conceivable and achievable through the displacement of Blackness. This displacement is sometimes physical – the displacement of people from the land – and sometimes symbolic.” Rutland also offered words of advice and caution to students who might be considering going into urban planning after their time at Mount Allison: “Do it for sure. My critique is not to say that we shouldn’t plan but that, clearly, planning needs to be done differently.” In Rutland’s opinion, “planning differently” means focusing on Black voices and urban geographers. “What I found is that the planning literature doesn’t have much to say about Black communities, but the urban history literature has tons of things to say about [Black] communities,” he said. “Some urban geographers have really interesting things to say because they are interested in not just physical space, but they’re interested in the relationship between space and people, and how rearranging space can either produce more social justice or more social injustice.” Keith Nicholson is a fourth-year international relations student who attended the talk. “I didn’t realize how colonial cities were manufactured to be a certain way,” said Nicholson. “I didn’t realize the structural implications of urbanization on a systemic level. The talk will absolutely make me think differently when visiting cities.”

“SOME URBAN GEOGRAPHERS HAVE REALLY INTERESTING THINGS TO SAY BECAUSE THEY ARE INTERESTED IN NOT JUST PHYSICAL SPACE.”

RUTLAND DISCUSSED HOW RACIAL BIASES AND POWER RELATIONSHIPS INFORM URBAN PLANNING WHICH, IN TURN, AFFECTS INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES – OFTEN IN WAYS THAT ARE HARMFUL TO BLACK PEOPLE. LOUIS SOBOL/ARGOSY

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MUSIC

Music and noise: What’s the difference?

Mt. A music department offers special topics course on the intricacies of sound and noise.

IS IT A CONCERTO OR JUST A COMMOTION? DR. PATRICK NICKLESON CAN HELP FIGURE IT OUT! MADELEINE HANSEN/ARGOSY

MAGGIE PITMAN Arts and Culture Reporter Mount Allison is praised for its small class sizes and intimate teaching environments, and although this is a benefit for some, it does mean that classes fill up quickly. The subjects that seem to fill up twice as quickly are, of course, the special topics courses. These classes are often designed by professors in their research focus areas and give students an opportunity to take courses that aren’t offered at every institution. One such course is Music and Noise 3391, which is offered by the department of music but may also count as a philosophy credit with special permission. Dr. Patrick Nickleson, a visiting

assistant professor of music history, is the sole creator and professor of this course. He came up with the idea in grad school as part of a course that encouraged students to make up their dream syllabus for a class they’d like to teach in the future. “This class is all about what music isn’t,” said Nickleson. The class began with a historical overview, starting with Plato and Aristotle. What they meant by “music” in those days isn’t always what we think of now. Music at that time had to do with the cosmos and the divine. Certain types of music were thought to be threats to the harmonious and natural things of the world. “I think it’s interesting that throughout all of this time, there have always been people who say that something is not music,” Nickleson

said. The course material then evolves into discussions of more recent types of music such as free jazz, hip hop and heavy metal. Many of these topics are historically relevant, but Nickleson became concerned that nothing more recent would be relevant to his course. When Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize for his album DAMN, it provided a current example of something people consider not to be music. “This has always been a very academic, compositional award,” said Nickleson. “There was a lot of backlash among not just everyday online trolls and racists but also from intelligent and educated people who constantly engage in art and culture.” After Lamar’s win, CBC radio featured the track Duckworth from

his album on the Sunday Edition. The station then found themselves receiving emails from opinionated listeners, including this particular quote from Tanya Ambrose of Ontario: “Et tu, Mr. Enright? Playing rap! Is there no escape on CBC? Is CBC conducting mind-control experiment to convince sentient beings that yelling song lyrics is actually music? I usually immediately switch stations when rap is assaulting my ears. Only because of my appreciation of your normal programming, did I stay put by drowning out the rap noise with lalalalalalala. OK. You’ve done your duty. So stick with the music you normally play.” This amount of negative response proved that the distinction between music and noise is one that is still discussed and considered. On top of in-class lectures, students are encouraged to write in noise journals every few days. The journals act as deep listening practice and as a way for students to write about the things that they hear daily. “I wanted students to do this because the pedagogical goals of the class can be a little murky at times,” said Nickleson. “I want to see how and where they think about noises and sounds. I’ve also been thinking about this topic for years and there’s always this fear that I’m becoming stagnant and stuck on my own ideas. With noise being such a conceptual idea, I thought that if I kept things as open-ended as possible there would be new ideas coming from the students.” Another reason behind the idea of noise journals is Nickleson’s observation that a lot of academic work focuses on proving arguments, with not enough emphasis on learning to write comfortably. Student Emily Leavitt found that this exercise helped her rekindle her voice in creative writing. “Writing in a scholarly manner is not a negative way of writing, however it can lead

to my journal entries sounding stilted,” she said. “By listening to the sounds around me and jotting down thoughts in the moment, I feel like my observations are more genuine and wholesome.” Additionally, music programs emphasize listening in a very particular way that is centred on classical music training. Through noise journals, Nickleson provides an opportunity for a listening style that isn’t always taught. “If you can arrive at a place where you find construction noises fascinating, then I think that can be really valuable skill as well,” said Nickleson. Music and Noise doesn’t always take the form of a lecture. Sometimes classes involve heavy listening or even performances of notable pieces. The class recently executed their own performance of a sound-art piece entitled I Am Sitting in a Room by Alvin Lucier. The piece involves the recording of a text read aloud which is then played back into the room and re-recorded. This happens over and over again. Because of the emphasis of certain frequencies in various pockets of the room, the recording eventually becomes unrecognizable and distorted as the words are replaced with the noises of the room itself. “I think it’s a really important piece as it has canon-based value, but also the hands-on process of learning how it worked internally is worthwhile. We made the room the instrument!” said Nickleson. The content and direction of this class isn’t seen in every single conservatory. Although a strange concept in comparison with traditional art music canon analysis, Music and Noise can broaden a student’s mind to new and relevant ideas. It requires an open mind and an open ear to fully appreciate its relevance and value.

LITERATURE

A graphic novel course is a long time coming Comics? In my English literary canon? It’s more likely than you’d think. DEREK SHARP Arts and Culture Editor When you imagine Mount Allison’s English department, what do you envision? Dusty old books? Looking at the courses, it’s clear this image isn’t entirely untrue. With offerings like Modernism, Contemporary Literary Theory I & II, Early Twentieth-Century British Literature, and Late & Early Victorian Literature, there’s not much in the way of late 20th- or early 21st-century works. Most courses are intended to foster a good understanding of the history of English literature, but that has resulted in a lack of attention for contemporary works. I spoke with Dr. Terrence Craig, an English professor, who shed some light on these apparent blind spots.

“At a time when the entire University has been facing financial difficulty, the English department is struggling to keep its core curriculum,” Craig said. Fortunately, just because finding room for new courses is difficult doesn’t mean it never happens. Dr. Craig was given the opportunity to develop a new course for this semester, and so ENGL 1991: The Graphic Novel was born. He says it’s going well: “Most of them are real keeners. They’re people who have believed in the graphic novel their whole life.” Jolaine Volpe, a fourthyear English major, is in the class and showed that the students also felt the enthusiasm. “I think graphic novels have been seen as something that’s non-academic for many years, and now we’re trying to look at it with an

academic eye,” she said. This lack of academic attention isn’t for lack of readership. Craig mentioned that many students have grown up respecting and reading these works. “It’s only been in the last couple years that I’ve started reading this myself and started asking, ‘Why don’t we have something like this?’ ” he said. “Have you read Watchmen? It’s very sophisticated.” Watchmen was released by DC Comics in 12 issues that came out between September 1986 and October 1987. The series was provocative, thoughtful, brutal and bleak. It’s about Cold War anxiety, and how desperation breeds cataclysms. It’s seen by many as one of the greatest works of late 20th-century literature and it’s one of the many works the class will be studying.

Before they even got into Watchmen, though, Craig gave his class a crash course in reading comics. “I can’t teach this the way I would teach a novel, and they can’t read this the way they’d read a novel,” he explained. So, instead of starting by jumping into the works themselves, Craig partnered with Dr. Chris Down from the fine arts department to put on a creative exercise explaining how to conceive of and execute a comic. This taught them to think about “the dynamic tension between the art and the text, and how you decode that. just as you decode the iconography, the pictures and the symbolism of the text,” said Craig. It’s clear the information is hitting home; Volpe shared what she learned in class, summarizing, “When you’re drawing a comic, everything is a choice.”

Long story short: Comics are an incredibly nuanced medium, and you can’t just include them in any class. They require an entirely different set of skills to read, and therefore require their own course. This is especially pertinent given their imminent ubiquity. For a long time, comics in North America were seen as being for kids, and therefore too simplistic for adults. But attitudes are changing. “I don’t think you need to be defensive about it,” said Craig. Needless to say, it’s good to see that, working within financial constraints, the English department is able to offer something new and relevant. One can only imagine what other brilliant courses that would be on offer if those constraints were lifted.

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FILM REVIEW

A post-mortem of film in 2018: Crowd pleasers vs narrative boldness. Thank God that’s over.

So, how’d the awards shake out? THE VICTORIES If Beale Street Could Talk Best Supporting Actress: Regina King I haven’t seen If Beale Street Could Talk, but Barry Jenkins’ last film, Moonlight is brilliant, and won best picture in 2017. From all I’ve heard, If Beale Street Could Talk is just as outstanding.

IT FEELS LIKE A MOVIE DEREK SHARP Arts and Culture Reporter PREFACE Well, the Oscars were last week. I think it’s fair to state, for the record, that the 2018-19 awards season was an absolute disaster. Even before we actually get to the films themselves, consider the numerous controversies the Academy of the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences got into during the months leading up to the awards – Kevin Hart; Best Popular Film; the attempt to award Best Editing and Cinematography during commercial breaks; and so on. So, uh, are you ready for the actual mess?

WHY DO WE PUT SO MUCH IMPORTANCE ON THE OSCARS, AGAIN? THE FILMS This year’s nominees are historically weak. Two of the three films that campaigned the most (and, surprise, won the most) are bad. Here’s a brief rundown: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY: Firstly, it’s a badly made movie. The editing is baffling, there’s barely any narrative, there’s no arc, the dialogue is awkward, and perhaps the most insulting part is that it feels like a movie Freddie Mercury himself wouldn’t like. It’s formulaic, which is ironic considering that the movie itself makes a point to trash formulaic art. Additionally, the thematics and politics of the movie (although far from being a film’s only important element) are very bad. Bohemian Rhapsody problematizes Freddy’s sexuality, and not in a “People were

homophobic so he had to hide it” way, but instead in a “He could have had a good life but he was too gay to stay normal” way. In the end, that the average critical score of the film is 49/100, a historic low for a best picture nominee, is a good indicator that this film has more than its fair share of problems, and probably shouldn’t have been up for Best Picture. Also, Bryan Singer, the director who was booted off the film with only days left in production, has been dealing with an ever-growing series of sexual misconduct allegations since the ’90s. GREEN BOOK: With the slightly better score of 69/100, Green Book is a well-made film, but it’s also regressive and insulting. The story follows the “true” story of a racist man in the 1960s who learns racism is bad by driving Dr. Don Shirley, a black gay musician, around the South. The acting is good, and the film is technically competent, unlike Bohemian Rhapsody. However, the narrative is erratic and strange: The main through line of the movie is that race and culture are only skin deep, and that colourblindness is the way to go. Needless to say, this is a very baby-boomer way of looking at race, which may give us a hint as to why the Academy – 70 per cent of which is white, male, and over 50 – was such a fan. Why do we put so much importance on the Oscars, again? Additionally, the filmmakers snagged the story of Dr. Don Shirley, who known for his blending of the classical and jazz styles, without his family’s permission and made the story about his racist driver who learned to be not racist because he hung with Shirley. The doctor’s family was so upset that Mahershala Ali, who played Shirley and won Best Supporting Actor, apologized for his role in the film.

FREDDIE MERCURY HIMSELF WOULDN’T LIKE Black Panther Costume Design: Ruth E. Carter, Production Design: Hannah Beachler Note: As of now, three Black women won for a non-acting roll. These are two of them, which is cause for celebration. Also, Black Panther had some iconic costumes and production design. Remember that trial scene? Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Best Animated Feature This movie is revelatory, a complete game changer for animation. Watch it.

Blackkklansman Best Adapted Screenplay Spike Lee has been writing and directing great films for decades, such as Do the Right Thing, Malcom X, and Jungle Fever. He hadn’t won an Oscar until now. The Favourite Best Lead Actress: Olivia Colman My personal favorite film of the year. Olivia Colman is incredible. THE DEFEATS: Bohemian Rhapsody Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Film Editing and Lead Actor Wow… They put Queen songs… in a movie about Queen. Inspired. Great work. As for the film editing, is this a joke? If you look up “Bohemian Rhapsody editing,” you’ll see a conversation that’s cut like a jacko’-lantern. It’s embarrassing. Rami Malek did his best, no doubt. But the writing and editing are so bad that I can hardly see the performance through it all. I couldn’t take him seriously. Skin Live Action Short Film I haven’t seen this one, but the critical consensus seems to be that the film is bafflingly racist.

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Green Book Best Original Screenplay and B… Best… Best Picture Best Original Screenplay? The movie plays like a dated feel-good film about police brutality. I can’t imagine the screenplay is a chest of profound observations.

THE MOVIE PLAYS LIKE A DATED FEELGOOD FILM ABOUT POLICE BRUTALITY BEST PICTURE? *pained, frustrated screaming* Granted, it is, at the very least, an aesthetically solid movie. But narratively? A complete mess. You know what movie is both aesthetically and narratively brilliant? The Favourite, starring Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone. Watch that instead.

TO BE A WOMAN AT MT. A MAC CLEVINGER

EVA LEITNER “We moved to Canada from Germany in 1994. My husband and I built a business in Dieppe, a bakery and coffee house, and we ran it for eight years. When we sold it, we moved to Sackville and built a house on Silver Lake. After the house was built, I needed something to do! I started at Mount Allison in November 2003. Since 2007 I’ve been full time at the Bean, and I love it here! “Usually, I celebrate Women’s Day with my friends. If we can, we give each other flowers and we do something together. If not, we usually at least text each other! I also tell my grandchildren. I have twin granddaughters, so I’m kind of starting them early. “I think women are always under-celebrated. This is at least one day where the focus is on us. On Women’s Day, I think about women before us who made the way that we can celebrate Women’s Day, that we can live as we live as women in Canada. In some countries, women are discriminated against, not even taken as persons. Our society has achieved at least that by now. That’s why we kind of get complacent, and think, ‘Good enough,’ but we still don’t have 100 per cent equality. “Women should work together, put their self-interest aside to achieve goals for everyone. It will be good for our daughters and granddaughters. We can achieve more if we are all united.”

“I’d always known that I wanted to go into the sciences. I spent the summer before my first year programming, and I kind of realized, ‘Oh, I enjoy doing this.’ It helps that I’m pretty good at it. “As I finally did leave home and had this opportunity to develop and be my own person, that both kind of helped me accept and be the person I am, which also then impacted me to more confidently do the things I do. It’s kind of a cyclical thing: my being trans enabled my confidence in my social interactions, which enabled my being trans. “[International Women’s Day] is a reminder. When the norm and the stereotype is so strongly the white, heterosexual, male ideal, anything that moves that perspective and reminds people, ‘I have my own ways of knowing myself,’ is important. “For me, being a woman means just actually existing. For a long time, I didn’t really do anything.… I didn’t exist, really. That’s how I kind of think about that. So much of how I contextualize myself and think about my future comes from knowing myself and being able to actually feel like I can and should take up space and be expressive in that – like I deserve to be here because I actually know what it is that is existing in this space I’m taking up.”

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SONIA SIDDIQUI Interview by Jillane Buryn “Because it’s such a small campus – and I don’t know if it’s because a lot of people aren’t exposed to different cultures a lot in the Maritimes – sometimes I’m tokenized as, like, the woman of colour that people know, which is a good thing but also a bad thing. “I love being a woman. I feel like there’s a lot put on your shoulders as a woman, especially for me because I’m a woman of colour. I super identify as a feminist. Being a woman, for me, means so much more because I feel like I’m representing other women and women of colour and Muslim women. “I kind of let a lot of stuff get under my skin, and I think it might have held me back from opportunities, and a lot of people know how to get under my skin so they’ll take advantage of that. And I think, just, be aware that all battles are important, but put yourself first.”

“The male-dominated patriarchal system that was imposed during colonization took away the equality enjoyed by Indigenous women prior to contact. And then, the Indian Act removed all the identity and and respected roles in society by removing Indian Status, breaking down the traditional family system and changing everything. The Indian Act stated that ‘To be an Indian, one had to be an Indian male, be the child of an Indian male or be married to an Indian male.’ “On another side, my grandmother on my mother’s side came on a boat alone from Ireland in 1916 at age 16 and upon meeting my grandfather and being taken to Nova Scotia, was beaten by my great grandfather because she was Irish and Catholic. “International Women’s Day to me signifies how brutally hard we have had to work to just obtain minimal equality and [that] we have a long way to go, no matter what our culture. “If you have a feeling of being ‘less than’ or ‘not as smart as’ or ‘weird,’ embrace that. I wish I could go back and embrace her as she was then, at your age. I can’t, so I am embracing her now and really honouring myself in any way I can. Always listen to your gut instinct; it will never do you wrong. Ever.”

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“Celebrating International Women’s Day means raising awareness that all women should have a voice and that voice should be heard, whether it is at home, at school, in the workplace or in the boardroom. It means allowing women to make choices … and it means celebrating the accomplishments made by women thus far. “I have a lot of interests outside of work. I would say that in many high-level positions, a lot of those interests would have to take a back seat. I think is a choice that many people make, though I don’t know whether that’s because of your gender or your interests. “On my floor, if you look around there’s 17 of us, and one male. And out of the four VPs, there’s two female and two male. In the Board [of Regents] in general, the balance seems to be pretty well even. I feel that my views and the comments I make are well respected.”

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Jocelyn Dowling has been committed to rehabilitating the injuries of Mt. A’s student athletes for the last 14 years. Being a lifelong athlete inspired Dowling to pursue a B.Sc. in human kinetics, followed by a postgraduate diploma in sports injury management. Dowling considers the greatest reward of working with “highly motivated, ambitious” Mt. A athletes to be “seeing an athlete back on the field/court/ice after spending weeks or sometimes even months with them rehabilitating an injury.” “Even in a male-dominated profession like athletic therapy, I chose not to let my gender hinder my advancement in this profession. I simply earned the respect of those around me through my values, my work ethic and my compassion for others.” “I am thankful to have a day when we can celebrate all of the women, past and present, who have fought hard to give us the freedom and liberties we know in this day and age.”

“I think that [society] is changing so fast, because women are so good at being flexible. Women also are very cheerful, so it’s very important for us to make a great society. Also, when I was a junior high school student through university, I was in a woman’s school so I stayed in women’s society for a long time, and I think women can do everything. “In Japan, sometimes they discriminate between the woman and the man. [In sumo] women can’t stand on the field because it’s tradition. Like that, many sports or islands we can’t enter, so sometimes I feel like it’s discrimination. But Japan wants to take care of tradition, so maybe it’s difficult to change it. “Compared to now and a long time ago, women’s [status] is very high now, so we can challenge everything. So if we have any interests, we should challenge, and mistakes are also good. We learn from that mistake, and then challenge again. This makes a new world and new society.”

MARITZA FARIÑA Interview by Natasha Gosselin “International Women’s Day is an opportunity to celebrate and recognize the women who struggled before us. We cannot forget these origins. We wouldn’t be who we are as women today without them. For that reason, I celebrate women and their struggles every day and everywhere I go. “I’m originally from Chile where I studied Spanish for five years at the PUCV (Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso). I came to Canada and taught in Ottawa and later taught in the Toronto Board of Education for 1½ years. I started at Mount Allison teaching Spanish at night, and eventually transferred to this department. I received my master’s degree in Spanish 12 years ago in Spain. “I would tell my undergraduate self to learn as much as I can from any situation I’m in. I wouldn’t change anything I’ve done because then I wouldn’t be who I am today, and I’m pretty happy with who I’ve become.”

ARIANNA WOODLEY Interview by Jillane Buryn “I’m a proud feminist because I do believe in equality. It’s not a matter of which is the best gender; that doesn’t matter to me. It’s more about the fact that we can all coexist in harmony, and if I can do the work that you can do, treat me fairly. “Because I chose aviation, I knew that I’d have more eyes on me, so to speak. There’d be people wanting to hear my story or there’d be people checking in on me to make sure that I’m getting through. But I also knew there’d be people who wouldn’t be as supportive. Educationally, I just made sure that I set myself in a position where I’m not just listening to all the negatives. I surround myself with positive people to help me achieve my goals. “International Women’s Week should be an everyday thing. I am a woman. I see myself every day. I see people like me every day and we should be proud of that. It should be an ongoing thing, celebrating people who matter just like everyone else.”

10 ARTS & CULTURE ‘The Vagina Monologues’ make its yearly appearance at Mt. A

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Ensler’s classic feminist play invokes tears and laughter

WRITEY WRITER Edity Editor “Vaginas deserve a lot more credit but they also deserve to speak more,” said Kawama Kasutu, a second-year sociology major who performed in the show. “It’s about time the vagina speaks and it’s about time we speak about it and for it and for ourselves.” She described the show as a learning experience for both performers and audience, as they listen to issues that they might not be aware of themselves. The Vagina Monologues was performed last week in the Wu Centre. The piece, which is a series of monologues covering different issues that affect people with vaginas, was written by Eve Ensler in the 1990s. Unfortunately, many of the issues Ensler was writing on then are still relevant now.

“WE CANNOT LET WOMEN’S RIGHTS BE TAKEN FROM US; WE NEED TO CONSTANTLY BE FIGHTING FOR THEM” The Vagina Monologues premiered in 1996, and was originally performed entirely by Ensler. Later versions featured multiple actresses in the different roles, as well as revisions and additional monologues. Ensler wrote the monologues based on interviews she had with women about their vaginas, their views on sex, and violence against women. The opening monologue notes that women loved to talk about their vaginas when asked. Over the years new monologues

exploring different issues were added, such as They Beat the Girl Out of my Boy … Or So They Tried, which describes a woman’s struggle with her assigned gender identity. Ensler later established V-Day, an organization that strives to end violence against women around the world.

“VAGINAS DESERVE A LOT MORE CREDIT BUT THEY ALSO DESERVE TO SPEAK MORE” Although this was her first time in The Vagina Monologues, Alexandra Duchemin, a fourth-year student in honours English, undertook the task of organizing the production this year after hearing that no one else intended to do so. “It’s ridiculous to think that a lot of these issues, even though the play is 20 years old, are just as important today and just as crucial,” she said. “We cannot let women’s rights be taken from us; we need to constantly be fighting for them.” Kelsey McCammon, a secondyear drama major, also performed in the show. She noted that there is a stigma against talking about sex and vaginas, something she has noticed just within her friend group. “I don’t think there’s really an educational system that tells you, ‘This is your vagina, this is what it looks like,’ ” she said. “I think it’s important to attend this [show] so you know what other people are going through and you know that you’re not alone with the things that you’re going through.” The show has a nice balance of humorous and serious monologues from a wide range of voices, including those of a six-year-old girl, a woman attending a vagina workshop, and

a sex worker who loves hearing women moan. Performers in the show read from cue cards rather than memorizing their lines, to remind the audience that these are real stories. Everyone who performs in The Vagina Monologues is encouraged to write and add their own skits to the show and add their story to the narrative. McCammon did just that, writing a monologue about her experience with sexual assault. In our interview, she stressed the importance of sharing these experiences with others, and mentioned that someone had come up to her afterwards and said, “I’m so glad you did that, because I could never talk about it and it makes me feel better about what happened because you did it.” Ninety per cent of the proceeds of the show went to the South Eastern Sexual Assault Centre in Moncton, which offers counselling and support to survivors of sexual assault.

MOUNT ALLISON PUTS ON EVE ENSLER’S VAGINA MONOLOGUES FOR ANOTHER YEAR; YET, THE ISSUES RAISED ARE JUST AS RELEVANT AS THEY’VE EVER BEEN. EMMA BIBERDORF/ARGOSY

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Cancer research takes a step in the Charity hockey game right direction supports Sackville Food Mounties prepare to lace up and show their support for those affected by cancer

Bank and Sackville Minor Hockey

An afternoon of activities, fundraisers and entertainment NATASHA GOSSELIN Sports & Health Reporter The Town of Sackville and the Tantramar student council hosted the third annual Town vs. Gown charity hockey game at the Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre on Feb. 24. Team Town consisted of town staff, emergency personnel and local business representatives. Team Gown was made up of Mount Allison students, staff, faculty and alumni. The exciting match received a large turnout of approximately 150 viewers, which the town hopes to double next year. The focus of the event was not only on the game itself, but the fundraisers and activities that came with it. Face painting and science experiments entertained and educated Sackville’s youth while the adults supported the fundraisers and the cheered for the matchup. The charity event featured a food drive for the Sackville Food Bank, as well as a 50/50 raffle ticket sale for Sackville minor hockey. “The town spends a lot of time organizing these sort of events,” said Heather Patterson, the president of the food bank. “People showed up here with armfuls of food. It’s really amazing and truly overwhelming. Matt Pryde, manager of recreation programs and events, organizes these types of events and the food bank is very grateful.”

“I was really anticipating the matchup of teams this year,” said Tim Reiffenstein, a geography professor at Mt. A. “I’ve played in the game the past two years, and to be able to play with people with so much talent is really something. It’s fun hockey, especially playing with people who I wouldn’t normally play with.” This year’s match began with a goal for Team Gown, quickly followed by a goal for Team Town, making the score 1-1. The first period ended with a 2-1 lead for Team Gown. During the intermission following the first period, town representatives and Tantramar student council members entertained the crowd with a sledge hockey race. As the game progressed, so did the anticipation for the final outcome. The game remained neck-and-neck for much of its duration with goals bouncing back and forth from team to team. Team Town scored four consecutive goals throughout the second and third period, moving into the end of the game with a lead of 5-3. Team Gown got in one last goal before the game ended, making the final score 5-4 for Team Town. The Sackville Minor Hockey Association, along with Matt Pryde, is also hosting the second annual Glow Ball Golf Tournament on May 31 at the Sackville Golf and Country Club.

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AMAZING AND TRULY

“THE DREW CREW” FROM LAST YEAR’S RELAY FOR LIFE SHOWING SPUNK AND SPIRIT WHILE RAISING FUNDS AND AWARENESS FOR CANCER RESEARCH. GILL HILL/THE ARGOSY

ALYSSA DONSTON Sports & Health Editor Mount Allison students and the Sackville community alike are preparing to lace up their running shoes to walk, jog and run in this year’s Relay for Life. The upcoming Relay for Life is the first time that the organizational committee is made up of Mt. A students exclusively – in previous years, the event was organized by the town. The Relay for Life is a nationwide event founded by the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) to show support for those impacted by cancer in any way. The funds raised for this event contribute to the cost of research and ensure that there is adequate support available for those battling cancer. “This event is a cornerstone for the CCS and is hosted all around the country,” said Jaden Snethun, the event’s marketing captain. “I think

this is an event that can bring together large parts of the students, Sackville and surrounding communities. There will be a touching ceremony to remember those who have lost their battle with cancer, a celebration of survivors, and lots of memorable, fun activities and musical acts throughout!” “While they fund life-saving medical research, the [CCS] also provides patients with prosthetics, wigs, travel, mental health support and much more – all free of charge for the patient,” said Eden Lunn, the Relay for Life’s participant engagement team lead. Lunn outlined the importance of participating in such an event: “The CCS is almost completely reliant on events like Relay for Life to be able to provide these services to those battling cancer.” Sarah Doak, the event experience team lead, encouraged everyone to

get involved and show support for anyone affected by cancer. She also encouraged feedback: “Attend and tell us how we can do better next year, especially concerning accessibility.” “We want supporters, survivors and anyone of any age who wants to help us make a difference in the lives of those affected by cancer,” said Snethun, encouraging students and residents of Sackville alike to participate. The action-packed event will take place on March 22 from 4 to 10 p.m. in Mt. A’s Athletic Centre. This year’s fundraising goal is $16,500, and all donations can be made on the Relay for Life Mount Allison webpage. Links to sign up individually or as a team can be found on any of the Relay for Life’s social media platforms. For more information or any questions about the event can be directed to mountarelay@gmail.com.

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Mounties finish basketball season at ACAA Championships Mount Allison’s men and women’s basketball teams play their last games of the season

JESSICA FIRMINGER Sports & Health Reporter This past weekend, the Mount Allison Mounties ended their basketball season strong at the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) basketball championships held at Crandall University. Mt A’s men’s basketball team made it to the finals of the championship. Losing their final game to Holland College put them in second place for the championships. The women’s basketball team just fell short of making finals, losing to St. Thomas University during the semifinals of the championships. Yanniv Perez, a fourth-year commerce student who has played on the team for the past three years, was motivated to play well at the championships because it was his last opportunity to represent Mt. A during a game. “Understanding that it could be my final game as a Mountie, I tried to give it my all when called upon,” Perez said. Through extensive preparation for the event, both as a team and as an individual, Perez felt confident going into the championships: “Being prepared takes away the pressure [of] a bigger stage and I was ready.” The team trained for the championships by practicing four nights a week and watching film. Perez noted the team’s improvement in dynamics and motivation in the weeks leading up to the championships. “We weren’t nearly as good at the start of the year,” he said. “There were a lot of growing pains along the way until we started

peaking in the final two weeks of the season.” Jeshua Becker, a fourth-year environmental science student, reached the end of his fourth and final year on Mt A’s men’s basketball team at the championships. Becker noted a similar development of the team’s abilities nearing the end of the season even in the face of obstacles. “In the final month of the season things really started to fall into place and that’s when we knew that we really had a shot of winning an ACAA championship,” Becker said. “We showed great improvement from the beginning of the year during the ACAA championships, and we were able to improve despite multiple injuries on the team.” The women’s basketball team had similar training to the men’s team prior to the ACAA championships. “Before the championships, we were all working hard to prepare for the games,” said Katherine Ollerhead, a fourth-year biochemistry student, who played on the women’s basketball team throughout her four years at Mt. A. “We watched film and worked on very team-specific aspects of the game to put ourselves in the best possible position.” The women’s basketball team was able to advance to semifinals when the Mounties defeated Crandall University 76-47. “We had a solid game against the host team, Crandall,” Ollerhead said,

mentioning second year-chemistry student Emma Hachey’s block. Their time at the ACAA championships was cut short, but the women’s basketball team had remained motivated throughout the entirety of the event. “While the outcome was not what we wanted, we always worked hard, stayed together as a team, and supported each other no matter what,” Ollerhead said. “For the six seniors, the highlight [of the championships] was the chance for us to play our last games with such an amazing group of girls.” Although the men’s basketball team didn’t reach their goal of winning the championships, they demonstrated their improvements during the semifinals when they defeated Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) 77-74. “Beating MSVU proved that we are the team we wanted to be,” Perez said. Over the weekend, the men’s basketball team played a total of three games, and the women’s basketball team played two. Despite the distance between Sackville and Crandall University in Moncton, there was an enormous crowd of supporters from Mt. A attending every one of the Mounties’ games. “There was so much support from the Mount Allison community at the games,” Becker said. “It pretty much felt like all of our games were home games.”

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THE MOUNTIES MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM FACED MSVU IN THE SEMI FINALS OF THE ACAA CHAMPIONSHIPS.MOUNTIE PRIDE

THE MOUNTIES MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS TRAINED HARD PRIOR TO THE ACAA CHAMPIONSHIPS.MOUNTIE PRIDE

HEALTH

Thinking about your eating habits The importance of brain-to-body communication

experience and listening to your body. For example, not eating when full, eating when your body tells you to eat (like when your stomach growls), and consuming nutritious foods. As students, it is important to be as mindful as possible when eating and planning meals. “To me, mindful eating is important because if you don’t nourish your body with important nutrients, you won’t have any energy to do anything during the day,” said Natalie Comfort, a second-year student. “I try my best to incorporate healthy habits when I am grocery shopping to make sure my meals have all the nutrients I need. I focus on getting colourful veggies and fruits to fuel my body!” Being conscious of your eating habits can be difficult if you have never done so in the past. There are simple practices that can help you be more in control of your eating patterns.

First, let your body catch up to your brain. It takes some time for your stomach to communicate to your brain that you are full. Slowing down while eating allows your body and mind to communicate. Additionally, understanding why you are motivated to eat can help you regulate your eating habits. Determine if you are eating a certain food for emotional comfort or because it is nutritious. This is not to say that you are not allowed to eat for emotional comfort – just try to be aware of emotional eating without putting judgment on yourself. Finally, next time you are relaxing on the couch and think, “I want a snack,” ask yourself, “Am I actually hungry? Or am I eating because I am bored?” This simple question can help you better understand the communication between your brain and body and lead to great changes in eating habits.

“AM I HUNGRY? OR AM I EATING BECAUSE I AM BORED?”

EMILIE COMFORT Health Intern Continuing to eat after feeling full, while feeling sad or while multitasking are common eating patterns. These

patterns, and many others, can simply be caused by a lack of communication between your mind and your body. Thankfully, there are ways to foster this communication and engage in mindful eating.

Psychology Today defines “mindful eating” as paying full attention to what you are eating and drinking, including the textures, flavours, colours and temperatures of the food. It is also noticing your body’s

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Mountie athlete Abby Beale and coach Terry Rhindress named to Team Canada

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International Women’s Week and gender-based violence

Beale and Rhindress announced to participate on women’s hockey team during the upcoming Winter University Games in Krasnoyarsk, Russia

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COACH TERRY RHINDRESS AND RIGHT WING ABBY BEALE ARE BOTH EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATED IN THE 29TH WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES SET TO TAKE PLACE IN KRASNOYARSK, RUSSIA. MOUNTIEPRIDE

JESSICA FIRMINGER Sports & Health Reporter Two members of the Mount Allison community have been named to the Canadian national hockey team at the postsecondary level. Abby Beale, a second-year arts student and hockey player, and Terry Rhindress, Mount Allison’s head coach for women’s hockey, have joined Team Canada for the 29th World University Games in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

“IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT’S IN MY NATURE. MOST OF THE TIME I DON’T EVEN KNOW I’M DOING IT. SOMETIMES IT’S HARD, BUT IT’S SO REWARDING! I LOVE IT .” “The [World University Games] is considered a mini Olympics so it will be an incredible environment,” Rhindress said. The Games began on March 1 and go until March 12. As the assistant coach for the newly formed team, Rhindress said he would have to focus on integrating team members who have never worked together in a short period of time. “[The World University Games] is a short-term event; we don’t have a lot of time together so we need to

focus on the strength of the players,” Rhindress said. “When [Team Canada has] practices, we need to get together faster than we do with our Mounties programs.” Despite potential difficulties posed by the limited timeframe, Rhindress is grateful for the opportunity. “This event features the best of the best players,” Rhindress said. “It will be a privilege to coach them.” Rhindress has been working with Beale, who plays as a right wing on Mt. A’s women’s hockey team, for the past two seasons. “Abby is a very strong skater, works hard in both ends of the rink, and can contribute offensively as well,” Rhindress said. “Abby [tries] to do whatever is necessary to help.” This will be Beale’s 16th year playing hockey. Throughout her hockey career, Beale has played on Team Atlantic, attended the 2015 Canada Winter Games in B.C. with Team New Brunswick, and has now made Team Canada. During Beale’s first year playing in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) League for women’s hockey, she was the leading Mountie for points. Now, in her second year, she is the leader for number of assists. In her preparation for the World University Games, Beale ensured that she directed her attention to factors she can influence, instead of concentrating on variables that she does not have an impact on. “[I’ve been] mentally preparing, focusing on what I can control, and getting

my body ready for the time change,” Beale said. As a university student attending a highly competitive sporting event, Beale has found that the process of balancing academics and athletics has become almost automatic for her. “It just seems like it’s in my nature. Most [of the] time I don’t even know I’m doing it,” she said. “Sometimes it’s hard, but it’s so rewarding! I love it.”

“THIS WILL BE AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH ABBY AND MYSELF THAT WE WILL REMEMBER FOREVER.” Rhindress said he is eagerly looking forward to the events. “This will be an incredible experience for both Abby and myself that we will remember forever,” he said.

fight against gender-based violence must centre the experiences of those who are most vulnerable to this The first week of March is International violence by systems of oppression. Women’s Week (IWW); a week that Gender inequality cannot be fought celebrates women and recognizes separately from systems like racism the struggles that women have faced, or transphobia, because many and continue to face, in a society women experience those forms of that is highly gendered. This week discrimination as well. This IWW, of campaigning make sure that your culminates on “THE AIM OF THIS actions to fight International against genderWomen’s Day CAMPAIGN IS TO SPARK based discrimination (IWD) on March and inequality are 8th. The aim of this COLLECTIVE ACTION BY inclusive, and that campaign is to spark you are celebrating collective action CHALLENGING GENDER- the empowerment of by challenging all women. g e n d e r - b a s e d BASED DISCRIMINATION AND There will be a discrimination and variety of events gender inequality GENDER INEQUALITY THAT happening at Mount that will ideally Allison this IWW. continue on beyond WILL IDEALLY CONTINUE ON S.H.A.R.E. is hosting the week itself. a student-only forum When thinking BEYOND THE WEEK ITSELF.” on sexual violence about gender-based and safety, where violence, IWW is an opportunity students will have the opportunity to remember the disproportionate to share their experiences and give amounts of violence faced by women feedback on Mt A.’s stand-alone and girls around the world. However, policy on sexual violence. Student it is also important to remember voices should be heard in the that this potential for violence is process of policy review, and this not faced equally by all women. event provides the opportunity for Intersectionality, a term created by student inclusion in the formulation legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, of a policy that affects our ability to addresses the ways that racism and access safety on campus. This event sexism reinforce one another in order will be held on Thursday, March 7th to discriminate against Black women. at 6pm in Avard-Dixon room G12. Therefore, when we look at genderThere is also a Celebration of Women based violence intersectionally, we conservation event happening on see that BIWOC (Black, Indigenous March 8th at 12pm in Jennings. There and Women of Colour), trans will be a 5$ lunch for students at this women, queer women, non-binary event. If you have any questions individuals, women living in poverty, about IWW, gender-based violence, and women with disabilities face even the sexual violence policy, or would higher rates of violence. like to report sexual violence please Action that is taken in order to email S.H.A.R.E. at share@mta.ca.

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Dr. Catherine Lovekin’s tenure overdue

The physics professor’s appointment is representative of a larger problem in scientific disciplines

SHIMING HUANG Contributor As of July 1, 2019, Dr. Catherine Lovekin will be Mount Allison University’s first female professor to be tenured in the physics department. This appointment is frustratingly late, since Mount Allison awarded the first bachelor of science degree to a woman in the British Empire in 1875, nearly 150 years ago. More importantly, since the turn of the 21st century the of female students in post-secondary education has exceeded the number of male students, but the ratio of female lecturers in science professions still remains below 50 per cent. Lovekin’s tenure promotion, though a great step forward, reflects this gender imbalance. This tenure appointment in the physics department is late, because as early as 1977, there was already scholarly work addressing the barriers in science that excluded the participation of women. The bias toward white, male “objectivity” that Dorothy Smith discussed in her 1977 critique of sociology can also been seen in the field of physics, where women are largely excluded. Smith argued that the white, male bias led sociologists (and other academics) to relegate

FEMINIST SCHOLARS HAVE LONG CRITICIZED THE MALE BIAS OFTEN FOUND IN SCIENTIFIC STUDIES. THE ARGOSY roles which do not require rational capacity to women, while roles requiring reason were deemed only appropriate for men (who happened to be white). It was this criteria that the researcher be disinterested and rational (rather than passionate) for the research to be objective that led to limited participation of women in sciences; they were seen as too emotional to be objective with their research. Drawing on Smith’s work,

it is apparent that the same biases and arguments are used to exclude women from the field of physics. With this in mind, is it any surprise that these structures which were (and still are) at play also affected the maleto-female faculty ratios in academia? Since the 1980s there have been countless studies in feminist philosophy, philosophy of science, sociology of science and other feminist fields that further brought

to light the structures in science that deter and discriminate against women’s participation. Mount Allison University takes pride in being the first school in the British Empire to grant a bachelor of science degree to a woman (Grace Annie Lockhart in 1875), the first bachelor of arts degree to a woman (Harriet Starr Steward in 1882) in Canada. Assuming that 20 years after Smith’s work was published would be

sufficient for universities to recognize the need for diversity among the faculty, the first tenured female faculty in our physics department comes 10 years late. This long wait is not an indication of the Mt. A physics department holding sexist attitudes, but rather a reflection of the structural effects of the various barriers that inhibit women’s success in science.

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REV. JOHN C. PERKIN Columnist Last Saturday evening I attended a talk by Guatemalan activist and advocate Mayra Jimenez, sponsored by the Maritime Breaking the Silence group. She spoke about a fire at a government-run youth detention centre two years ago, in which 41 girls and young women died, as well as her work in providing support to family members and survivors, and her ongoing effort to achieve justice in the face of government abuses and failure to respond. She works tirelessly and persistently; it seems that this is the way to achieve justice. Having heard Jimenez speak, it was an interesting coincidence that the following day I preached in the chapel on a text from Luke’s gospel that deals with the theme of speaking truth to power and seeking justice. This month in the chapel services, I am exploring the model of discipleship provided by women in Luke’s gospel, and last Sunday reflected on a parable that

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Jesus told about a widow denied justice by an unjust judge; nevertheless, she persisted. As a woman, and a widow, she had no leverage in standing up to the power and authority of the judge, but in her persistence, she wore the judge down and finally achieved what was rightfully hers. I was reflecting that it was also just two years ago that Senator Elizabeth Warren was speaking against the confirmation of Jeff Sessions as attorney general, and seemingly contravened Senate protocol by allegedly impugning the character of another Senator. For this, she was censured, and silenced by a Senate vote for the duration of the hearing. An explanation was given of the ruling: “Senator Warren was giving a lengthy speech. She had appeared to violate the rule. She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.” Those words became a catchphrase of the feminist movement in response to Trump’s open misogynism and contempt for a just and open society.

Jesus’ parable is both an interesting and difficult one. In some ways, at a simple level, it is just a really perverse metaphor. The judge is unjust and unsympathetic, and finally gives in even though he will, as he says in the Greek, end up with a black eye – he will be shamed by giving in to one who, admittedly, is in the right, while he has power and she does not. However, through her persistence, she gains justice. Jesus says, in essence, God is not like that. But there is more to it than that. It is a story of a judge who finally gives in before he is further shamed by this persistent, persevering woman. It seems to me, as I look at those who

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