The Campus January 14, 2015

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Do You Have What It Takes?

Doolittle’s “Winter Classic” Ball Hockey Tournament Returns SRC SOCIAL DEPARTMENT Contributor

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o you wish you had the chance to play in the World Junior Hockey Tournament? Well, don’t worry any longer because Winterfest 2015 has you covered. On Saturday, Jan. 24 the “Winter Classic” ball hockey tournament is returning bigger and better.

Previously, this tournament consisted of 10 teams or fewer, but this PHOTO COURTESY BUSRC.COM year the size has expanded to a 16- Head to Doolittle’s for the chance to become a champion! team showdown. The set-up of the tournament is double elimination. This Railjam event in our BU-tiful quad. must get four or five teammates to play means that even if your team loses the Players only have to pay the small en- in the 5-on-5 games. Teams are responfirst game, you can still be the under- trance fee at the door for the Railjam, sible for bringing their own sticks and dogs who take home the title of 2015 which means you’re getting two events goalie gear. champions. Not to mention, the SRC has for the price of one.

While you’re at it, keep your eyes stepped up the prizes for this year: the Get over to Doolittle’s general store peeled for the all-access pass that gets winning team will walk home with an and sign up for a chance at glory right you into all of the amazing Winterfest official IIHF 2015 World Junior Cham- now! Only the first 16 captains to sign activities; it’s not something you want pionship jersey. up will solidify a spot in the tourna- to miss out on!

It gets better. The tournament takes ment. In order to compete, each captain place during the notorious Winterfest

Donald Lecture Series: Edward Burtynsky KRISTY BOCKUS News Editor

On Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014 worldrenowned photographer, Edward Burtynsky, visited Bishop’s as part of the Donald Lecture series. Burtynsky was the second of three speakers for 2014-2015.

Burtynsky began his talk with his interest in nature that was fostered as a Canadian by the landscapes of the great North. His father was an avid outdoorsman, and this translated to a fascination with the relationship between nature and humans in Burtynsky.

One of the most prominent purposes of Burtynsky’s photography is to use visual imagery as an entry point for awareness. His photographs focus on reconnecting with the land to enable an understanding of where our resources come from. The mass extraction of resources that has occurred over the past century is an experiment on the planet that is only beginning to show consequences.

Overall light and focus on whole plains rather than a central point are two signatures of Burtynsky. He stated that these techniques provide unique perspectives that provide scale for the viewers. Furthermore, Burtynsky is fond of aerial shots that capture reality in a perspective many people cannot see; therefore, a sense of detachment creates an arguably more impactful image through its surreal nature.

Burtynsky has pursued many major

projects such as photographing resour- to collect water from predictable monces like mines, quarries, oil, and water. soons in comparison to irrigation sysAll of these projects do a magnifi- tems of modern society that transport cent job of capturing the scale of im- water to “dry” areas. pact humans have on these resources.

Burtynsky is already thinking about Burtynsky showed many photographs his next project and offered that some on screen at the Centennial Theatre thought has been given to forestry. during his speech, and the audience There is still a lot of hope for the audibly gasped at the images they future with growing awareness in saw. the current generation regarding an Images of aerial shots of crop ro- awareness of the self through healthy tation and irrigation that leave land eating, mediation, environmentally completed drained; glimpses into the friendly products, etc. This can extend “Manufacturer of the World” – China; beyond the self to a larger scale of the stained Gulf of Mexico after the awareness that focuses on fighting for 2010 oil spill and dead water depleted the global health of the planet before of oxygen; a tire dump that contained consequences are irreversible.

40 million tires that was struck by lightning and burned for 2 years. These were images that exposed the hidden truths that connect humanity in ways never imagined.

Burtynsky’s most recent work involved water; it seems like a natural progression that Burtynsky extended beyond just photography and into film PHOTO COURTESY EDWARD BURTYNSKY in 2006. In 2013, he collaborated with Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier Salt River Prima-Maricopa Indian Reservation / on a documentary titled Watermark Scottsdale that shows “our relationship with water: how we are drawn to it, what we learn from it, how we use it and the consequences of that use.” The film illustrates the transformation of the geography of the planet through the changes made to landscapes in order to suit mankind’s needs and desires.

Burtynsky also draws on historical difPHOTO COURTESY EDWARD BURTYNSKY ferences regarding water and civilizations such as step-wells that were used Los Angeles Highway.

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Nous sommes Charlie

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12 Dead in an Attack on Paris satire magazine NICOLE GAUVREAU Copy Editor

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n Jan. 7, at around 11:30 a.m. CET (5:30 a.m. EST), two men, armed with AK-47s, attacked the offices of French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo.

The gunmen forced one cartoonist for the magazine, Corinne Rey, to put in her security code so that they could enter the building. These men told Rey that they were tied to al Qaeda. Rey reported to La Monde that the gunmen spoke fluent French, which raised concerns over home-grown terrorists.

The attack has come at a period of heightened tensions between France’s non-Muslims and large Muslim minority, including increased security over the holiday season in many French cities.

The dead are Bernard Maris, 68, an economist and Charlie Hebdo columnist; cartoonists Georges Wolinski, 80, Jean Cabut, 76, Bernard Verlhac, 57, and Philippe Honore, 73; Stéphane Charbonnier, 47, the editor of Charlie Hebdo who had been living under police protection due to death treats; Mustapha Ourrad, a proof-reader; Elsa Cayat, a psychoanalyst and columnist; Michel Renaud, a visitor to Paris; Fredric Boisseau, 42, the building’s caretaker; and police officers Franck Brinsolaro, who was providing protection for Charbonnier, and Ahmed Merabet, 42, who was on the street.

The gunmen then fled in a black Citro-

ën until they hit another car, injuring the driver, and robbed and abducted a bystander (who was later released). Later, the men abandoned their car and stole a Renault Clio.

Late on Jan. 8, police identified three suspects: brothers Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, 32 and 34, and Hamyd Mourad, 18.

Mourad turned himself in after seeing his name listed as a suspect. The men are reported to have wielded their weapons with precision, suggesting military training. A US official said the brothers were on the US no-fly list, a list of suspected terrorists, and received training at an al Qaeda camp in Yemen in 2011.

A manhunt immediately occurred all over France, primarily focused on the north of Paris, as the suspects were reported to have robbed a gas station near the town of Villers-Cotterets. They were armed with AK-47 and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.

Within hours of the shooting, spontaneous vigils sprung up all over France and cities throughout the world, including Montreal and New York. Many left pens on the ground of the gathering places, a symbol of free press and speech.

Elsewhere in France, there have been reports of attacks against Muslims, including shots fired at a mosque in southern France and a vandalised mosque in central France.

French president François Holland de-

Pens left behind as a symbol of support for freedom of speech.

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clared Jan. 8 a national day of mourning, a rare occurrence, though it is fitting.

The attack is the largest in France since 1961 when 21 people were killed by extremists wanting to keep Algeria French.

The UN Security Council also observed a moment of silence on Jan. 8.

A police officer was killed in a second shooting that took place in a Paris suburb on Jan. 8. While at first believed to be unrelated, the perpetrator was later found to be linked to an associate of the brothers.

Paris was under the highest security alert in France and authorities put some schools on lockdown, as well as additional security at houses of worship, news media offices, and transportation centers, and conducted random searches of the Paris Metro.

On Jan. 9, the Kouachi brothers were killed by police in a raid of a printing plant near Charles de Gaulle Airport where the brothers were holding a hostage, who was freed unharmed. The raid was the result of hearing gunshots and explosions at the plant. Planes were told to avoid certain runways, and nearby schools were put on lockdown or evacuated.

Separately, the police raided a Paris supermarket where Amedy Coulibaly, an associate of the brothers, was holding multiple hostages. Fifteen hostages survived and four died from shots fired by Coulibaly, who was killed by police during the operation.

before falling into its hibernation.

It is also possible that Philae will be able to get more power as 67P travels closer to the sun. The comet will reach its closest point in August 2015, and the amount of sunlight that would be available might be enough to recharge the probe’s batteries.

Even if Philae is unable to power on again, there was still an immense amount of scientific data collected.

Philae was able to find organic molecules on the comet which are still being interpreted by the European Space Agency.

The organic molecules could provide clues on how life started on Earth. The building blocks that are necessary for life could have been brought to Earth during its early history when it was bombarded by comets and asteroids.

The data is still being analyzed for other chemical elements that are important for sustained life.

Philae’s current exact location is unknown because of its unexpected bounce on the surface, but the Rosetta spacecraft is orbiting 67P and will be able to continue its own exploration.

Rosetta will continue to orbit as 67P passes its perihelion, its closest point to the sun.

When a comet gets close enough to

solar heat, its frozen gases sublimate.

The gas and dust particles then create a sphere of particles around the comet, called the coma. Rosetta will be the first spacecraft to witness the development of this coma at such a close distance.

So much data has already been collected by this historic mission and there is still more to come in the future.

With the possibility of Philae resuming its sample collecting and Rosetta’s future mission, there will be plenty of data to analyse and possibly inspire future scientists. This mission is only a preliminary step of space exploration but the fact that it was carried out exemplifies humanity`s ceaseless ambition to reach for the stars.

Touch Down: Rosetta’s Philae probe lands on comet SAM LANZAIS Contributor

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n Nov. 12 at 16:03 GMT, the Philae probe from the Rosetta mission touched down on the comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko, making history. It was the first time that a probe has ever been able to land on a comet and is considered a milestone in space exploration.

The Rosetta spacecraft and Philae lander started their journey ten years ago and six billion kilometers away. They were originally launched from Earth on March 2, 2004 with a mission to land on 67P, a rotating comet that travels at 64 800 kilometers per hour.

On Aug. 6, the Rosetta spacecraft was able to catch up with 67P and started to orbit the comet. In September, the landing site J, now known as Agilkia, was chosen as the best site for the Philae probe to land on. After three successive go signals, Philae started its seven-hour descent to the comet’s surface.

When the Philae probe touched down on 67P, the harpoons that were supposed to anchor it failed to deploy. This caused the probe to bounce twice from its original position to a new one about a kilometer away. This new position has proven to be a problem since the reliefs

around it diminishes the amount of solar energy it receives.

The Philae probe runs off two batteries, which are charged by the probe’s solar panels. In this new position, Philae only gets 1.5 hours of available sunlight per day instead of the 12.4 it was supposed to get in the original position.

An attempt was made to rotate Philae to allow its solar panels to catch more sunlight. Philae was turned so that its larger solar panels could be exposed to the sunlight that was hitting the smaller ones. Whether this was successful in giving Philae more power is uncertain. If the manoeuvre did give the probe more power, it wasn’t enough to keep it online.

On Nov. 15, Philae’s batteries were depleted as it was not exposed to enough sunlight to recharge its batteries. The lack of power forced Philae to enter a hibernation mode where most of its systems are shut down until there is enough power. However, before contact was lost, a message from the official Philae twitter account said: “I’ll tell you more about my new home, comet 67P soon ... zzzzz.”

Without enough power, Philae is unable to continue research for the moment. Although there was still a huge amount of data collected within the 60 hours Philae was active. Philae was also able to transfer all this data for analysis

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Another Plane Down AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Found NICOLE GAUVREAU Copy Editor

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n Dec. 28, 2014, AirAsia flight QZ8501 lost contact with air traffic control 40 minutes after asking for permission to change course to avoid bad weather. Permission was denied before take-off to fly at a higher altitude to avoid the storm. The plane was flying from Indonesia’s second largest city of Surabaya to Singapore, and all but seven of those aboard were Indonesian.

Indonesian officials also report that the airline did not have permission to fly between the two cities at all on Sundays.

Search and rescue operations began shortly after the plane was confirmed missing, though operations had to be suspended due to darkness and poor weather condition

On Dec. 30, the first debris and bodies were found in the Karimata Strait thanks to the reports of fishermen made the evening of Dec. 29. This was followed by an extensive search for the tail section of the plane, and its highly important “black box” data recorders, as well as the remaining bodies, since only 30 of the 162 aboard had been found.

The search continued until Jan. 4, when wave heights of three to four metres delayed further searching until the next day.

The tail was located on Jan. 7; between Jan. 4 and 9 personal effects and 18 other bodies were found. On Jan. 9, the tail section was lifted from the water using balloon-like devices, though the data recorders were not recovered.

However, ships fitted with appropri-

ate equipment detected pings from the data recorders close to where the tail was found, leading the search and rescue teams to believe that the recorders became dislodged and are embedded in the seafloor.

International efforts are focused on locating the data recorders, as the pings last only 30 days, while the families of victims are urging searches to put more effort into locating the fuselage and the bodies of their loved ones.

Given available information, which is admittedly limited by the lack of data recorders, officials believe the plane’s engines were damaged by ice from flying through storm clouds. However, other planes flew similar routes the same day at around the same time and were unaffected. Radar signals from before the

Professor Profiles: Dr. Jonathan Newman GUENEVERE MACDONALD News Writer

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English department professor, Dr. Jonathan Newman.

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plan disappeared indicate that the ice problem may have been compounded by the plane making too steep an ascent from 32000 to 34000 feet. Other pilots say that the location of the debris indicates the ascent was made too slowly and the plane stalled.

Experts said that as the emergency locator transmitter did not activate, it is possible that the pilot, who was highly experienced and had been in the Indonesian air force, may have attempted an emergency water landing and began to evacuate the plane before a wave hit the nose and sank the plane. This speculation will remain unconfirmed until the flight recorders are found and analysed and the fuselage investigated to see if more bodies are inside.

or many first year students in the English department, the idea of studying medieval literature can seem quite daunting. Those fortunate enough to have Dr. Jonathan Newman for their foundation year medieval literature class might view the material as child’s play at the end of the semester. By third year, they might even be entertaining their fellow students with a rousing rendition of Beowulf in original Saxon without a second thought.

As the resident expert in medieval and early modern British and comparative literature, Newman has a flare for making the early English language fun and entertaining. Indeed, there is nothing more invigorating than an extensive reading of Middle English texts in their original form, such as in Newman’s ENG 315 class (Romance and Dream Vision in Medieval England: The Sacred and the Profane). This third year course, which

is currently offered, delves deep into the translation and pronunciation of Middle English texts. Anyone who passes the open classroom door and hears the readings may wish to question the sobriety of the students inside, but rest assured, it is a real language and there is genuine learning taking place.

If you’re more of the theatrical type, Newman also teaches Shakespeare and Arthurian classes.

Newman’s lectures provide not only a base understanding of the root of the English language, but also vivid imagery of the history, people, languages, and cultures that influenced its growth over the centuries. His lectures are informative, entertaining, and inspiring. For trivia buffs, there is always an added element of historical details. If you are willing to hang around the hallway after class, you may find yourself caught up in a highly charged conversation on Harry Potter in

Middle English.

Originally from the United States and now a resident of Montreal, Newman received his PhD from the University of Toronto. He has taught at University of Toronto, as well as Concordia and Dartmouth College prior to Bishop’s.

As an accomplished writer and researcher, he has published numerous articles in his field including contributions to The Oxford Handbook to Chaucer (2013) and Studies in the Age of Chaucer (2014) while concurrently working on his own publication “Textual Prowess: Letters, Work Culture, and Clerical Masculinity 1100-1400.”

Newman is a definite asset to the English department and Bishop’s community. He pairs a wealth of experience in medieval studies with a style of teaching that is as informative as it is engaging.

and railways. The low global price of oil is reducing demand for North American crude, and U.S. President Barack Obama is unlikely to give the pipeline his necessary final approval.

Meanwhile, a second event in the pipeline saga took place on Friday as the U.S. House of Representatives gave its approval of the project. Obama has repeatedly avoided giving a definitive answer on the pipeline that has been a signature of Canada-U.S. relations for the past six years. Most recently, the president claimed that he would have to wait on several outside decisions and assessments before his office would be presented with a bill.

When a bill does finally make its way to the White House for presidential approval, environmentalist groups are holding out hope that Obama will veto

it. Obama has repeatedly responded ambiguously, saying that he will only approve the pipeline if it will not lead to increased greenhouse gas emissions.

Even if Obama does veto, there may be

alternative ways that the project could still go ahead without presidential assent, including the U.S. Congress overriding the presidential veto with a twothirds majority vote.

Critics divided on future of Keystone XL Pipeline JEREMY ANDREWS Contributor

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new development in the saga of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline, a proposed oil conduit between Alberta and Texas, occurred on Friday when the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled in favour of approving the pipeline’s route through that state. Media outlets were divided on the implications of the decision, as the Toronto Sun hailed it a “legal win,” while the Toronto Star declared that the “pipeline is dead.” TransCanada CEO Russ Girling also hailed the ruling as a win.

The Star argued that several factors have made the pipeline obsolete before it has even been built. Namely, oil producers have found other methods of transportation including alternative pipelines

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Proposed Keystone XL pipeline extends across states and Canadian border.

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WILLIAMS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS NEWS

Winter 2015 at the Williams School of Business JULIA HAYES BUCS President

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elcome back everyone! It’s time to get back in the swing of things after a relaxing holiday break – but at BUCS, we never stopped working. This semester, we have a few new and exciting events for you to look forward to.

To get some housekeeping out of the way, it must be common knowledge by now that our used business textbook sale offers the best prices to business students. Stop by Hamilton 310 Monday to Thursday from now until the end of January to buy and sell books!

In an effort to give Bishop’s business students something that will be of interest to prospective employers to put on their resume and to talk about in job interviews, BUCS is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a WSB case competition! The date is tentatively set for the Friday after Reading Week,

March 13th. The event will last all day and will give students, in teams of four, the opportunity to put their analytical and problem-solving business skills to the test. Our sponsors, as well as local business professionals, will act as judges. Please keep an eye out for more information on the inaugural WSB Case Competition as the date approaches. It is also worth mentioning that there will be a cash prize (and eternal glory) for the winning team!

Next, mark your calendars for midFebruary, when BUCS will be hosting Careers and Cocktails, this semester’s version of our popular Wine and Cheese, but with a more professional twist. We aim to host a panel of alumni who have recently graduated from Bishop’s and that work in the business field in order to give WSB students useful and relevant information about entry-level jobs. This panel-style presentation will be followed by a cocktail hour, much like a

wine and cheese, where you will get the chance to network with the presenters and ask questions, as well as meet other young alumni. One of our main goals for BUCS this year was to add more value to our offerings, and we believe that doing whatever we can to help prepare students for their future careers is a great way to do this.

Even though we have just returned to lovely Lennoxvegas, BUCS elections will be underway before we know it. These are tentatively scheduled to take place mid-February. The President of BUCS is elected by WSB students, after which the four vice-presidents submit a resume and are interviewed. Following this selection process, the executive team will interview a number of directors to work closely with the vice-presidents. There will also be another selection process next September.

Finally, we have just wrapped up this year’s edition of Bootcamp. 50 students

took part in a two-day event packed with advice and lessons about resumes, job interviews, networking, etiquette, and more. We are very grateful to the University Advancement Office and the Career and Counselling Office for taking a huge amount of time to put on Bootcamp, and we are also hugely appreciate of the alumni who took the time to do mock interviews and attend the RBC networking cocktail hour.

The best way to stay updated about BUCS events is through our social media feeds and our website.

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weekend, students were given tools and tips from various recruiters and professionals. Every key component of the recruiting process was covered, from networking, online presence, interviews, portfolio building, job search and even business etiquette.

Furthermore, we weren’t just given a workshop, our skills were also tested; every student got an assessment of their current Curriculum Vitae and we each had a mock interview, with feedback, on Saturday; it was a great opportunity to test what had been learned during the

weekend.

Being a second-year Business student myself, I’ve had several interviews for internships and a variety of different jobs I applied for. However, in a real business setting I never received constructive feedback. This is why I found the mock interview the most interesting.

With no job on the line, the interviewer is just there to assess your interview skills and give advice that will help to make you the chosen candidate, instead of the second best, next time you have an interview.

Moreover, having a Human Resources specialist personally review my résumé will definitely help me shine next time I apply for an internship. Improving and updating my CV for several years blinded me to my mistakes and what I was lacking. Much like what happens when you work on a final project for hours, eventually you do not see your grammatical and spelling mistakes.

I hoped I convinced you participate next year, I personally think it is more than worth the money and the time!

the lecture when the student in front of you is watching videos on YouTube. For professors trying to teach, the ability to keep students’ attention when laptops are present is a constant battle. The hard truth is that it’s disrespectful to everyone.

Numerous studies have proven that productivity in the classroom decreases dramatically when laptops and cell phones are easily accessible to students.

Ask any psychology major, and they will tell you that multitasking is a division of your attention that ultimately reduces your level of productivity and efficiency in all of the tasks you try to perform. The more you try to do, the poorer your performance will be. Multitasking in class not only dramatically reduces overall performance and GPAs for the individual, but also the class average as a whole.

This increase in poorer performance levels among students is what has led to many of the laptop bans at Bishop’s.

While a complete ban on laptops and cell phones in the classroom can have adverse effects, there is a clear need for the university to implement a universal policy regarding the use of these devices in the classroom environment. One professor at Bishop’s may have already found the solution to the problem.

Last semester, English professor Dr. Jonathan Newman addressed the issue immediately with one of his first year classes. He banned the use of all cell phones in the classroom except for those with dependants. These students’ names were recorded as having permission to have cell phones during lectures.

He went a step further in implementing a note-taking-only policy with laptops. Anyone using a laptop for note taking had to register at the beginning of the semester. Select dates were added to the course calendar during the semester for these students to submit their notes to Dr. Newman for review. Failure to do

so would result in a loss of laptop privileges. The policy not only saw 90% of the laptops in the class disappear voluntarily in the first week, but improved student participation and interaction during lectures. The policy also had an added benefit for Newman giving him a unique opportunity to see how effective his lectures were through the notes supplied by students. It is a policy that has proven extremely successful, and he has continued to implement it in all his courses this semester.

A universal laptop and cell phone policy such as this in all departments at Bishop’s could dramatically decrease the distractions during lectures, improving overall student performance and participation. It would also provide students who wish to use their devices in a responsible and respectful manner the opportunity to do so.

Building a Bishop’s Degree Bootcamp JEAN-PHILLIPPE ALLEN BUCS VP Finance

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ast weekend, I participated in the fifth edition of Bishop’s University’s very own Bootcamp.

Bootcamp was launched in 2011 to prepare students for their transition to the job market. This year’s event took place from Friday the 8th until Saturday the 9th. It began with a workshop on résumé building and finished with a networking cocktail with friends and alumni of the university. Throughout the

Technology at Bishop’s: Banning Laptops in the Classroom GUENEVERE MACDONALD News Writer

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t’s not unrealistic to assume that every student at Bishop’s owns a laptop and a cell phone. With free WiFi service throughout the campus, these devices can be used anywhere to easily and quickly access information, check emails, surf the net, and update social network pages.

While a majority of laptop users in the classroom use their computers to access moodle, take notes, and quickly reference information from lectures, a large number of students cannot resist the urge to jump online to surf the web.

These students are not only inattentive but are distracting to other students during lectures. The problem has grown over the years. For many students, it may not seem like a big deal. However, there is nothing more frustrating than sitting in a class and trying to follow

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The Charlie Hebdo Attack’ s Unseen Victims KATHARINE MCKENNEY Ar ts Editor

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arly this week, Paris was rattled by a terrorist attack at the head office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that killed twelve and critically injured eleven others. The shooting was heavily influenced by the shooter’s Islamic backgrounds, and is considered by organizations such as the CBC to be an Islamic terror attack. In the midst of this heinous crime, the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie has cropped up on various forms of social media, in an attempted show of solidarity with those affected by the violence.

However, in the chaos ensuing the crime, there are many forgotten victims that will no doubt be impacted in years to come: the Parisian Muslim community, and the Muslim community as a whole.

In secular nations such as France or Christian-majority nations, islamophobia and racism run rampant. France in particular has a long-standing reputation for vicious xenophobia, especially in

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Anti-muslim sentiment has risen in France after the attacks on the newspaper as demonstrated by attacks on mosques and a mosque affiliated restaurant.

regards to its Algerian immigrant community. It comes as no surprise, then, that in lieu of the tragedy of Charlie Hebdo, islamophobia has reached new heights in the Paris streets. A highly anticipated novel by French novelist Michel Houellebecq may have increased anti-Muslim sentiment prior to the incident as it describes a future in which members of a Muslim political party run the country and force the public

to convert to Islam. Because of the author’s popularity as well as the secularism of the French state, anti-Muslim and anti-Islamic sentiment to be normalized within the French majority and the ideas in the novel seems to have incited an irrational, unnecessary fear that the events described in the novel could happen.

While satire is typically meant to dismantle corrupt systems, the brand of

satire employed by Charlie Hebdo targets minorities (i.e., the Parisian Muslim community). In fact, the magazine was the target in a 2011 firebombing, as reported by the CBC, after “lampooning radical Islam”. While the general public is busy defending the freedom of speech and creating clever ways to defend targeting a minority group who are not represented by the actions of terrorists (who are a small fraction of the nearly one billion Muslims worldwide), the offensive content found in the pages of Charlie Hebdo only adds to the rampant racism institutionalized in French society. In the wake of such a tragic, frustratingly preventable crime, the public is hunting for a scapegoat – easily found in the already vulnerable Muslim community. The ensuing islamophobia could derail legislation set to protect the minority group, further putting French Muslims at risk. One must recognize all victims of terror attacks – including those mainstream media conveniently ignores.

Understanding the Vegetarian Diet

Why a diet of veggies might be good for your health and the environment ALISON PETROVICH Features Editor

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am often asked why I became a vegetarian. I have always been an animal lover and when I was thirteen I decided I no longer wanted to eat them, because long story short, I do not find pleasure in eating dead animals. As I attempt to explain my choice to be vegetarian please keep in mind that I am not speaking on behalf of all vegetarians. I am only speaking for myself. After a lot of research and speaking to a dietician and other doctors, I have found many reasons to be vegetarian including my own health, environmental and global benefits, and the ethical treatment of animals.

According to Harvard Health Publications, research shows that vegetarians are less likely to develop cancer, heart disease, and type two diabetes. This is mostly due to the elimination of red meat from one’s diet and an increase in fruit and vegetable intake.

Global benefits of having more vegetarians in the world include having more food in the world. According to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, approximately 40% of the grains produced around the globe go towards feeding farm animals and just half of this grain would be enough to feed the world’s hungry. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FOA) states that the meat industry is a leading cause of land and water deg-

radation, and that it is more damaging to the environment than the car industry.

The FOA states that the meat industry “generates 65 percent of human-related nitrous oxide, which has 296 times the Global Warming Potential (GWP) of CO2” and “37 percent of all humaninduced methane” and “64 percent of ammonia, which contributes significantly to acid rain.” Having a vegetarian diet, or a diet that is composed of less beef (the most environmentally costly meat) could help lessen the previously mentioned environmental impact of the meat industry.

There are often many standard questions people ask when approached by a person who is a vegetarian, for example, how do you get your protein? Protein, according to the Canada Food Guide, is an important part of a healthy diet, and like meat, soy offers complete protein.

Other meat alternatives such as beans can be made complete when paired with grains. The largest nutritional challenge that vegetarians face is not with protein but vitamin B12, an essential vitamin which is only found in animal products.

The required vitamin B12 can be found by consuming egg and dairy products or by taking a daily supplement.

Paul McCartney once stated, “if slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian”. Knowing how most animals are treated while being prepared for human consumption, I feel morally obligated to boycott this

A vegetarian diet could be beneficial to your health.

product. This is the honest answer to why I am a vegetarian, and I realize it is not something most people want to hear.

However, I still respect your decision to eat meat if you choose, but vegetarians

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also deserve the same respect. I know that bacon is a Canadian staple, but at least for me, I would gladly stick to my tofu.

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The Art of Listening in the 21st Century NATASHA PAIKIN Layout Editor

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ow many songs are in your iTunes library? I cannot fit all of my songs on my empty, 16GB iPod anymore. My count has almost reached 4,000. On top of that, I also listen to playlists on 8tracks when I am looking to keep things new and interesting. From there, I can save my favourite songs in order to later add them to my growing collection. The Internet has given us 21st century music lovers a free and unlimited subscription to every song we could dream of listening to as long as we are connected to WiFi. It is often difficult to recall how we used to enjoy our favourite music before iTunes was created in 2001 and YouTube was created in 2005, but I remember how exciting it was to go into HMV and pick out a new CD for myself.

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Even better, I remember how exciting it was when your friend loaned you one of their CDs and you got to burn it onto your computer through Windows Media Player. I remember the delight my sisters and I would feel if one of our favourite songs came on the radio in the car. After all, it was not every day we got to listen to it.

I also remember discovering Napster.

Napster was originally founded as a file sharing service on which mp3s were found. Of course I thought “awesome! I can download my favourite songs individually, and for free!” (Thinking back, I am quite amazed at my ability to figure this out at such a young age.) However, the mp3s I would download were often poor quality and sometimes cut-off partway through the song. It was disappointing to hear a song you liked being degraded to a crackly, transposed version

of itself.

Listening to music was such a novelty before the power of “YouTube to mp3” that I get nervous about losing my appreciation for it sometimes. Does having the ability to download hundreds of songs, for free, in less than thirty minutes make those songs less valuable? Less enjoyable? I used to be able to listen to an artist’s entire CD, in order, on repeat for months at a time. Now I find myself in the position where, when I download a couple songs, I need to find new ones on 8tracks just days afterward because I’ve moved on. If I really enjoy a newly downloaded song, only then will it last as the newest addition to my library for a couple weeks.

Music is such a big part of my life and my character that I never imagined technology could have the power to not only enhance, but also ruin the thrill it gives

me at the same time. The feeling of having unlimited access is a short-lived high – newly added songs quickly join the pile of 3,900 other songs that have not been played or appreciated since they were first downloaded. Yet, if something were to happen to my collection of music, I know I would feel unsettled without it.

The professor for my Consumer Behaviour class, Dr. Yanan Wang, informed us in our first class of the semester that as a 21st century college student influenced by technology, our attention span is approximated to be 8 seconds. This is one second shorter than that of a goldfish. I can only hope that this fact does not partner up with the easy-access music industry and make me into a person who does not have the intrigue, patience or attention span to listen right to the end and admire a good song.

subjects is the most likely to cause problems. I am relatively new to this field myself, but in the short time I have explored it, it has become clear that the consequences of underestimating its importance can be dire.

An ironic example of this is how quickly many security cameras can be taken over, disabled or tricked. The ease with which this can be accomplished is shown in a demonstration by vulnerability researcher Craig Heffner. In his talk at the hacker convention “Black Hat” in 2013, he displayed the serious and almost laughable software flaws in a variety of security cameras, culminating in a “Hollywood-style” hack where he tricked the camera into believing no one was there while he moved about unseen in front of it.

Another vulnerability that might strike a little more closely to home for most

people was demonstrated by security analyst Jay Radcliff at the same convention. What he showed was that it was not only possible, but relatively easy to wirelessly take control of internal medical devices, in this case insulin pumps, with predictably catastrophic results. A large number of medical devices not only have Wi-Fi capabilities, but their security is sub-par at best. Compounding this problem is the large number of steps needed in order to create, test, distribute and apply a new software patch when such vulnerabilities are found.

Even when security is properly understood and implemented, the costs of a cyber-attack have grown from inconvenient to potentially devastating. Several years ago, the first confirmed report of physical damage from a cyber-attack was reported when malware known as Stuxnet infected systems in fourteen

Iranian facilities, including a uranium enrichment plant, destroying several centrifuges inside. Last year, that list grew to two when a German Steel mill was attacked, with reports stating that the hackers had caused “major damage”.

These attackers remotely interfered with the control systems of the mill, preventing a blast furnace from being shut down.

Although this is a new field for me, the consequences of our lack of security knowledge have become clear. We must take more care to ensure that any technology that could be hacked or misused through software manipulation is closely monitored and approved by people with the appropriate training. Nothing is invincible; there is no perfect defense, but if we make an effort to take cybersecurity seriously, perhaps we can minimize the damage that is done.

things will make me happier and solve some of my problems. The goals I set for myself however, are often much too broad as well as unrealistic; goals such as these are too lofty, you might end up reverting back to your old ways and feel way worse than you did before.

Although the media and society tell women that skinny is best, dieting often leads to only short-term changes in your body and ultimately makes you less healthy physically and emotionally. Extreme dieting, and even successful dieting, have real costs such as taking “a toll on the dieter’s emotions, ability to concentrate, social relationships, and even physical health,” as described by Polivy and Herman psychologists at the Univer-

sity of Toronto. Simply dieting will not make you more attractive and popular; striving to be an interesting, kind person who is happy with a healthy body image, is a far better goal.

I’m not saying that you should not try to achieve your goal to be more physically healthy, I’m just suggesting, based on the advice of psychology professor Peter Herman, that you make concrete small goals, such as eating only one unhealthy food per day, having three servings of vegetables per day, or doing 10 minutes of strenuous exercise per day. As you achieve these smaller goals you might feel better about yourself and more motivated to keep improving.

Cyber Attacks: Ignorance of Technology and its Consequences TYLER KOLODY Opinion Writer

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n an increasingly digital world, we have come to rely heavily on technology for our everyday lives. This can be seen by the amount of damage large scale cyber attacks have on our information, privacy and sense of security. Some of the most famous include the “Heartbleed” password vulnerability and the recent Sony hacks. The technology we’ve created has far out-paced the average person’s understanding of the technologies use. This means that many of us tend to use or even develop technology without any understanding of how it works, which can lead to major security or safety gaps that can cost lives.

We lack an appropriate understanding of software, programming and how computers work, and ignorance of these

New Year’s Resolutions and Self Worth Hint: they could be damaging.

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ost of us have made New Year’s resolutions, but, according to a University of Scranton study, we are often unable to follow through on our resolutions. I have stopped making New Year’s resolutions, but that doesn’t stop me from feeling helpless that I can’t make my way through the snow and to the gym. Trying to be healthy for me often is brought on by perhaps my two most major character flaws: my laziness and extremely pessimistic attitude. I can keep my New Year’s resolutions for a few weeks, but when the results don’t come and I don’t feel better about myself

it is very easy to give up.

As university students we face a lot of pressure, from sacrificing food money to pay our bills, to trying to manage much needed time with friends with the increasing demands of higher level classes. New Years often causes us to look back on our past year and see what we would like to change about ourselves.

This introspection can be a good thing, but for someone who overthinks as much as I do, the goals one sets may be too lofty to achieve and this can lead to decreasing self worth.

I have been struggling with the motivation to make myself eat healthier, exercise, more, and lose weight, with the hope that somehow achieving these

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How to navigate the perils of inadequate security in the age of Big Brother TYLER KOLODY Opinion Writer

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Having proper internet security is essential to protect your personal information.

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en Franklin once said, “those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety;” a saying that rings truer today than ever before. Governments and corporations are now capable of monitoring citizens to a truly alarming degree. No longer is the notion of “big brother is watching” relegated to the realm of fiction or conspiracy, it is a fact of our modern world, particularly in the United States, where it has become a well-known fact that the NSA can monitor almost all electronic communication. Even if you sincerely don’t mind the possibility of being monitored, there is something worse than sacrificing liberty for security, and that is sacrificing security for convenience.

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tually quite similar due to the fact that the only limit to what you do is how anonymous you are. Your freedom and privacy depends largely on the security of your network, your passwords and the products you use. The most important of these for every day users is the use of passwords, or in this case, their misuse.

We’ve all done it; we use the same passwords and variations in order to ensure that we don’t forget our information and get locked out of our accounts. This makes it incredibly easy to gain access to far more of your information if even one password is compromised. Worse, if you use simple easy to remember passwords out of convenience, such as “password”, “123456”, or “admin”, your information is essentially open at that point.

A great alternative is to use a free password manager for your smaller ac-

counts, and only keep accounts you access on many different computers in your head, unless you download the password managing extension to all of them. These programs allow you to use one password (preferably one that is long and complex) to lock all your other passwords. With the program running, you will be prompted to enter this master password whenever you try to access any kind of account, and will then have your username and password auto filled for you. Even better, some of them come with password generators that will create and then save passwords to new accounts that are completely random.

If you are a little bit more serious about privacy, VPNs (virtual private networks) are prudent additions though they do often cost money, roughly seven dollars a month if you buy a whole year

subscription. This service prevents your ISP or network admin from monitoring or controlling your internet usage, as well as hiding your IP address. Hiding your IP address prevents your ISP from knowing your location and your search habits. It also stops search engines from recording and storing your searches so your potentially embarrassing search habits remain private. Finally and most importantly, when using a Wi-Fi hotspot, a VPN protects any information you send out and prevents it from being “sniffed” (examined and recorded) by anyone with the motive to do so.

Hopefully after reading this you will utilize some of the free and easy to use tools out there, and your system and information will become a far less appealing target for those with malicious intent.

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Secrets for Success: Train your Brain for an A+ this Semester ALISON PETROVICH Features Editor

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echnology is often blamed for our short attention spans, distracting students from taking notes, and dumbing us down overall. This may be true in some ways, but there are also many technological resources that offer brain exercises, studying tools, and educational material for free. These can be used to optimize your time spent studying and to increase your general knowledge.

Start this New Year and new semester off right with these educational technologies. Your best semester and your best self awaits: Free Rice is a trivia website that provides multiple-choice quizzes on subjects including languages, fine arts, geography, math, science, and literature. For each correct answer, ten grains of rice is donated to the World Food Programme.

This allows the user to gain knowledge on a vast number of topics, while helping a good cause. Take advantage of this chance to help yourself and others at the same time.

Quizlet is a website that allows students to make their own digital flashcards, which they can then quiz themselves on in a number of ways. The flashcards are public, allowing the flashcards to be shared among users.

Students can search the website for a specific subject and find flashcards already made by someone else, or make their own. This is a useful tool for efficient memorization when cramming for an exam or for learning the basics of a subject to prepare for a class.

For brain exercise on the go, try Lumosity. The creators of this app use their research in neuroscience to create fun ways to train our brains. This app allows the user to practice their attention, memory, flexibility, problem solving, and speed of processing by playing games.

After filling out a short questionnaire, it will provide games based on what skills you want to focus on improving. There are free and premium versions available.

It should not be surprising that social media website and app Twitter can be useful and educational when everyone from Steven Harper to your grandmother is using it. It can be a great tool to stay in touch with friends and family, but Twitter can also be used to gain knowledge about current events and discussions in almost any field. A wise person once said, “if you are the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room”. Follow the leaders in your fields of interest to see what they have to say and to learn from the best.

Project Gutenberg is a website that provides users with over 46,000 free e-books, which is legal due to expired

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copyright laws. The website’s most popular books include Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Ulysses by James Joyce, Dracula by Bram Stoker, Peter Pan

by J. M. Barrie, and many more great reads. Although learning through reading is often done through non-fiction books, these great works of literature

can give the reader a portal into a different place and time, different ways of thinking, and old ideas that can be applied to new situations, allowing for all kinds of learning to take place.

If you are interested in learning or practicing a language, I would recommend the website DuoLingo. It is completely free and it currently offers French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Irish, Danish, and Swedish, but the creators plan on adding more languages with time. The site uses a teach and test approach so you are constantly learning

and consistently recalling what you have learned so you will actually remember it the next day. You will be taught one type of sentence and then you will immediately practice what you learned, making it stick in your memory. When beginning your language-learning journey, the lessons will start off easy and get increasingly harder as you improve. If you stick with it, you’ll be speaking and writing in as many languages as you choose.

Almost everyone has seen at least one Ted talk at some point. If you felt a little bit smarter after that one video, image how you would feel after an evening of binge watching. They are even available on Netflix for your viewing pleasure.

Some of the most popular Ted videos include “How School Kills Creativity”, “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are”, “My Stroke of Insight”, “The Power of Introverts”, and “10 Things You Didn’t Know about Orgasm”.

It only took a few games before I understood why this app is called Trivia Crack – it is so addictive! Similar to the classic board game Trivial Pursuit, this app makes it easy and fun to learn a variety of material at a fast pace. The subjects are entertainment, sports, science, art, history, and geography, and it allows you to challenge your friends or strangers. The only downfall to this app is the annoying advertising pop-ups but you can pay $3 for the ad-free version.

Find out the answers to “Who was the first NFL team to lose to an AFL team?”, “What type of cell fights off infection?”, “What year did the Halifax Explosion occur?”, and “What geometric shape is also a percussion instrument?”

Prezi is a website that allows you to design captivating presentations for projects or lectures. It is great for students and professors, and this isn’t your grandfather’s PowerPoint. The first time a professor sees a presentation using Prezi, their mind will be blown. They will probably think you spent a lot of time putting together this creative and organized multi-media presentation.

In reality, Prezi provides already-made blank presentations for a wide variety of topics, saving you time and energy while providing a significantly better final result than PowerPoint.

While doing all this learning, one may begin to wonder how our brains work.

Charlie Rose’s The Brain series is a good place to start, with the television shows available for free online. Charlie Rose’s cutting-edge journalism allows great scientists to share their knowledge in a way that can be easily understood.

This series provides the viewer with a deeper understanding of not only the human brain, but also human behaviour, our perception of the world, and life in general.

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The Irish Century Book Review NICOLE GAUVREAU Copy Editor

The Irish Century series, by Morgan Llywelyn, is a fascinating series of five historical fiction novels. This series will enthral a great variety of readers as it contains action, romance, and a fairly accurate depiction of history. It’s also a great background for any Downton Abbey fan interested in the character of Tom Branson.

The first book, 1916, is set between April 1912 and April 1916 and centres on Ned Halloran, who loses his parents while on the Titanic on the way to America for his sister’s wedding. Ned returns to Ireland and, with the sponsorship of a local landlord, enrols in St. Edna’s school.

It is there that he comes under the wing of Pádraig Pearse, the headmaster of St. Edna’s and one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising. Along the way Ned meets a girl, Síle, from his home county,

defends the GPO during the Easter Rising, and adopts a daughter, Ursula.

The next novel is 1921, and deals with the Irish Civil War. This novel follows one of the minor characters from the first novel, Henry Mooney: a journalist, Ned’s best friend, and republican. Henry struggles with reporting the truth under the strict Irish censorship, and falls in love with a rich, protestant woman along the way. The book culminates with the creation of the Irish Free State in 1921, but also shows the horrors of the Black and Tans and the beginnings of the IRA along the way.

The third novel, 1949, shifts its focus to the next generation: Ursula Halloran.

Ursula finds herself rather too strong willed for Irish society in the 1920s.

She is offered the opportunity to go to finishing school in Switzerland, where she makes useful contacts throughout Europe. Upon Ursula’s return from finishing school, she first works for a radio

station, but later finds herself pregnant, though the reader cannot be sure by which of the two men she has taken as lovers. At this Ursula gets a job with the League of Nations, only to find herself on the European continent with an infant as World War Two begins. Ursula returns to Ireland, and ultimately to her aunt’s home in rural County Clare. The book shows many technological innovations, and finishes with an independent, though 26-county, Irish State.

The penultimate novel in the series is 1972, which focuses on Ursula’s son, Barry. Barry is a strong willed as his mother, and goes on to join the IRA at age 17. The book then follows Barry as he fights in Northern Ireland, discovers a passion for photography, and a more explosive skill set. Barry eventually leaves the IRA and becomes a Dublin-based photojournalist after getting caught in a riot in Northern Ireland. 1972 also brings Henry Mooney’s family into the

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story, as his granddaughter, Barbara Kavanaugh, is a talent singer sent to train in Italy, though she ultimately settles in Ireland.

The final novel is 1999, which focuses on Barry’s struggles as a photojournalist, continued devotee to the republican cause, and a burgeoning family with Barbara. The novel depicts Bloody Sunday, the Troubles, and disarmament discussions; it has more passages that read like a history book than the previous four, though the story is still intriguing, if a slower read. The novel also brings up names many will find familiar from news in the past two years, bringing the story into the present and allowing the reader to fill more in, even without a significant historical knowledge. Unlike the rest for the series, 1999 does not end in the title year; it instead includes a single page set in 2005, which gives closure to the story, without actually mentioning the characters.

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he cold winter winds of January have finally hit Bishop’s, and for the most part, students around Lennoxville are forgoing form in lieu of function. As always, Canada Goose parkas, Uggs, and knit hats are making a reappearance, but this season has also seen a new arrival: blanket scarves.

Blanket scarves are huge, printed swaths of fabric large enough to swaddle a small child; when worn around your neck, they become the single most useful tool in any fashionista’s closet. If piled tightly against your neck, blanket scarves can protect ears, nose, and chin from any assaulting winter weather.

An additional and nifty benefit: when studying in the drafty library, blanket scarves can double as shawls, making them useful as well as chic.

Not everyone is a fan of the blanket scarf, however. Several campus critics have uttered the word “aggressive” when talking about the newest fashion trend; why have so much fabric when a shorter, wool scarf would be just as (if not more) effective? Additionally, the scarves have a tendency to become caught in zippers, car doors, and even underfoot – they are certainly not as efficient as their shorter counterparts.

Ultimately, however, I believe that blanket scarves earn themselves both style and efficiency points, as their warmth and dual-usage is incredibly useful while spending hours in the library. One cannot have too many scarves – or too much scarf, in this case.

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Upcoming Centennial Theatre Events

January 25th, Sunday, 3 PM. Le NEM: Le nouvel ensemble modern: Performing Stavinsky’s The Rites of Spring, the ensemble will bring a touch of sunshine to an otherwise dreary winter.

The ensemble is a chamber orchestra of 15 musicians, led by Lorraine Vaillancourt, who founded the group in 1989. Vaillancourt teaches at Université de Montréal, and in addition has directed the Atelier de musique contemporaine since 1974.

Student tickets are priced at $23.

January 28th, Wednesday, 8 PM. MG3: The 2001 winner of the Prix Opus in the “Concert of the Year” category for Jazz & World Music, and five critically acclaimed albums, MG3 recently released it’s sixth opus, entitled Der Prinz. The group is widely known for bringing together various styles and genres of music, creating a unique niche within the music world.

Student tickets are priced at $17.

January 29th, Thursday, 8 PM. Popcaan: Jamaican-born singer and rapper Popcaan (born Andrae Sutherland) is relatively new to the music scene, but is already making waves, and was the first dancehall artist since acclaimed artist Sean Paul to have his track playlisted on the BBC. Shortly after, Popcaan’s track was placed on the US Billboard Chart, another major accomplishment. The artist additionally has many famous fans: Drake, Pusha T, and Kanye West have all featured his vocals in their own music, giving this newcomer a formidable track record. Tickets are priced at $45.

New Netflix Offerings to Start Term Right ASHA-MARIA BOST Opinions Editor

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etflix is perhaps the single greatest invention for bored university students apart from KD. Netflix formed an integral part of my Christmas break and naturally, the need to browse the service during the new semester was overwhelming.

Thankfully Netflix has some recent offerings of classic movies and TV shows that will certainly provide hours of endless entertainment. You would think that all the seasons of Gossip Girl would be enough to satisfy a need for content, but sadly I had run out of episodes.

Not to worry however – in October the streaming service recently introduced all the seasons of Gilmore Girls, a seven season long TV show about a single mother, her bright daughter Rory, and the exuberant cast of characters who are the members of the sprightly small town of Stars Hollow. This series, if you haven’t watched it yet, has biting dialogue and a mother daughter relationship at its core to rival the best television can offer.

Netflix will be introducing the classic movie Footloose (the 1984 version with Kevin Bacon) onto its service this month, which should definitely satisfy those of you who can’t imagine a world without dancing.

Additionally watching the movie Mean Girls just got a little bit easier. Now instead of scrambling to find your disk copy of Mean

Girls whenever someone does not wear pink on Wednesdays you can watch Mean Girls from the comfort of the computer screen.

That movie never gets less interesting no matter how many times you watch it.

There’s also the Netflix original show House of Cards. For the horror fan, The Amityville Horror, and Amityville Horror 2 and 3, the original versions, are also up on Netflix.

Let’s not forget Friends, the quintessential show about young friends living in New York, which now, to the delight of the show’s dedicated fan base, has all ten seasons up on Netflix.

There is always something new to watch for every person and for every mood; it’s safe to say that there are plenty of things left to marathon in the New Year.

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ANONYMOUS

I am the sliver of wood cut from the olive tree that grows by the sea.

I am an eighth of the speed of light and I’ve been jogging to catch up ever since that first bolt struck.

I am the dust under your carpet and the dust on your shelves and I will be there and be there and be there until somebody notices.

I am a muse’s smile when she sees herself on paper and I am the paper on which her soul is drawn.

I am a star made out of aluminum foil and hung above your bed to remind you of what the night sky looks like.

I am the etc… after a long list of words to describe your hands.

I am a list.

I am an apostrophe. I am a comma.

I am the apology after I left without telling you.

(I am not sorry).

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On These y Malicious Thoughts KUNA ZERO Contributor

What is this malicious intent That boils up from my chest?

Its face I recognize, Like looking into a mirror Stained with my own blood.

It yells venomous whispers: “She deserves it!

She betrayed you!

This is your chance!

Rain down justice!”

But what is justice?

And who am I to decide?

Who betrayed who?

Wasn’t my knife lodged in her back?

Didn’t I break her first?

Under my care, she cracked, A mirror turned to shards at my touch, And I held onto them, A tight freedomless grip, No wonder I got cut.

This malicious intent chills, Icarus flying in Antarctica, His wings freezing solid, The blinding grey infinitely around him, No salvation.

But the sun beckons to me.

Leads me away from “MADNESS”, And my actions are reborn.

My words become soft kisses,

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THE OPPOSITE OF LONELINESS: The Life Of Marina Keegan KATHARINE MCKENNEY Ar ts Editor

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or my holiday readings, I picked up The Opposite of Loneliness, perhaps one of the most heart-wrenching collections I have read yet. Comprised of passages and short prose, the collection details the life and experiences of Yalegraduate Marina Keegan, who died tragically in a car accident just days after her graduation. Keegan was an aspiring journalist and writer with a promising career in some of the top literary circles in North America; her loss resounded profoundly with her colleagues and the Yale community at large.

The collection of essays resonate deeply with the questions many young adults in our generation face – following our dreams, while pursuing some semblance of financial stability in a terrifyingly unstable economy. Keegan encouraged her peers not to settle for lucrative jobs as investment bankers or CEOs if their true aspirations lay elsewhere; her poignant essays were both inspirational and gut wrenching. Throughout the book, one saw through Keegan’s starry-eyed gaze and felt her never-ending optimism, her intellectual promise, and all she offered the world. Her hope and positivity regarding the potential within our generation is infectious. She believed strongly that we, as a generation, could move mountains, if we simply believed we could.

Her future was snuffed out, but her lessons and inspirational essays continue to provide insight into struggles faced every day by our generation, the generation Keegan felt so strongly about. And the messages contained in her endlessly optimistic essays can, indeed, move mountains.

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ver 42000 people gathered in Nationals Park in Washington, DC on Jan. 1 to witness the NHL Winter Classic.

It certainly wasn’t as cold as last year’s Red Wings-Leafs game in Ann Arbour, as it was difficult to even keep the ice frozen, as it was a balmy, though not significantly above DC’s average, 8°.

The over US$200 ticket price was a shock to many Capitals fans, who are used to a wide selection of US$70 to US$100 tickets, meaning a large part of the crowd were Blackhawks fans.

However, despite adverse ice conditions and proportionally fewer fans than the Capitals generally have in the Verizon Center, Washington pulled out a 3-2 win.

The Capitals gained an early lead over the Blackhawks with an unassisted goal

by RW Eric Fehr only seven minutes into the game. Fehr also scored two goals in the Capitals’ last time participating in the Winter Classic, 2011 against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The sun caused a number of problems, leading to an early side switch. This didn’t immediately help the Blackhawks, Alex Ovechkin celebrating after scoring a goal in the 2015 Winter Classic. as Captain and LW Alexander Ovechkin scored his 18th goal of the year, assisted hawk’s LW Brandon Saad, assisted by keep the surface frozen. by defencemen Mike Green and the per- centre Jonathan Toews and RW Marián Finally, with less than 13 seconds left petually unlucky Jack Hillen, just before Hossa, tied the game for Chicago. The of regulation time, Capitals’ RW Troy the twelve-minute mark.

Blackhawks did not manage to score Brouwer (a former Blackhawks playThe 2-0 Capitals lead didn’t last long, again, despite a 5 on 3 power play mid- er himself), assisted by Ovechkin and as, on a power play (one of six for the way through the period.

Green, scored the winning goal for the Blackhawks during the game) at 13:36, The third period was a frenzy of shots Capitals after Ovechkin’s stick broke, Blackhawk’s LW Patrick Sharp, assisted on the goals (bringing each team’s game marking the Capitals’ second Winter by defenceman Duncan Keith and RW total to 35), both teams desperate to Classic win, and the Blackhawks’ second Patrick Kane, scored the Blackhawks break the tie. It was also the period with Winter Classic loss. first goal of the game, and the last of the the best ice conditions, as between the Capitals’ goalie Braden Holtby let in first period. reflective tarps employed and the lack the let the two Blackhawks’ goals on 16 Early in the second period, Black- of direct sunlight it was much easier to shots, and went on the block 19 con-

Are the Raptors the real deal?

JARED PERLMUTTER Editor-in-Chief

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fter year of being a doormat in the East, the Toronto Raptors appear to have finally turned the corner. The NBA’s eastern conference has proven to be a more open race than previously thought. Despite their big name acquisitions of LeBron James and Kevin Love this offseason, the Cavs have struggled to find form, opening the conference to other teams.

One of those teams is the Raptors. Off to 25-11 start (without All-Star swingman Demar Derozan for 15+ games), the Raptors held first place in the East for a stretch of weeks. Only recently have the Washington Wizards and Atlanta Hawks begun to close the gap.

The real key to the Raptors success this year can be credited to their incredible depth. Even without Demar, a top 5

player at his position, the Raptors have remained a steady offensive machine.

Led by Kyle Lowry, and with consistently improving play from Jonas Valinciunas and Terence Ross, the Raptors starting five can compete with any team in the league.

However the starters are only half the equation. The Raptors improved bench this year marks a noted difference from last year’s installment. The biggest key to the new and improved second unit is Louis Williams. Acquired this off season from Atlanta in exchange for the expiring deal of John Salmons, Williams has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is one of the top 6th men in the league.

Williams ranks third among bench scorers, and has a serious chance at winning the NBA’s 6th man of the year award.

While the Raptors are unquestionably one of the top teams in the league, they still suffer from playing in the weaker,

Eastern Conference. Despite the additions made to Cleveland, the East is still viewed as the clear second place to the powerhouse West.

This could be part of why the Raptors have seen such success. In a division featuring the constantly tanking 76ers, the newly tanking Knicks, the salary cap constrained Nets, and the rebuilding Celtics; Toronto has an easy route to another banner.

That said Toronto has proven their chops against some of the NBA’s elite.

A recent away victory over the LA Clippers cemented the Raps status as an elite team. Add this to an overtime loss in Portland to the Blazers, and the Raps have the look of a team on the upswing.

Consider now, that the majority of this seasons successes have occurred without, arguably, the Raptors top player.

Demar Derozan started to come into his own last season, earning his first All-Star

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secutive shots. Blackhawk’s goalie Corey Crawford let in 2 shots of the first 13, but saved 21 consecutive shots before Brouwer’s third period goal.

For Caps fans it was a brilliant end to an equally brilliantly sunny day. For the Blackhawks, the day likely resulted in some serious consideration about why they couldn’t score on a 5 on 3 power play.

birth on the way. This year, in the absence of Demar, Kyle Lowry has elevated his game to a new level.

The Philadelphia-bred point guard is a bulldog defensively, and the creative spark for the Raptors offensively. Lowry however, has been playing a lot since the injury to Demar. Lowry’s usage percentage (a measure of a player’s involvement in their team’s offensive possessions) ranks behind only Kobe Bryant and Russel Westbrook.

Lowry, and the rest of the Raps, will need to conserve their energy if they’re to make a playoff run. As a young team plagued by their lack of veteran leadership, the Raptors have a ways to go before they’re considered favourites for the finals. But, as this team has proven time and time again, expectations often mean nothing.

Better results next year!

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Gaiters’ Basketball Update MIKE STANLEY Spor ts Writer

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n January 10th, the Bishop’s university women and men basketball team hosted their first basketball game at home of the season. Coming off the holiday break both teams found themselves in contrasting positions in the standings. The men sat at the top of the league while the women struggled to earn their first victory. Despite a rough outing of exhibition games during the holidays, and a loss on the 8th of January to McGill, both teams were ready to play in front of the home crowd, in what ended up as both intense games.

The Lady Gaiters kicked off the night

against the McGill University Martlets. the women started off the game with high intensity matching the Martlets’ usual fast paced game. The score was tied after the first quarter at 11-11, but a few missed opportunities left the score at 33-21 at the half for McGill.

Overall the game was played with a high level of defense as both teams played really well and provided little chances of easy baskets. The final score of 67-50 for the Martlets, doesn’t paint the real picture as the game was much closer then it appeared, the Gaiters played a strong game but only faltered in missed shots but kept up with the intensity coming from the leagues leading Martlets. Noemie Hamel-Petit continued

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her strong play in providing most of the offense, which would be nowhere without Edith Noblecilla’s incredible play, the night also featured a great game by Naomie Zitt-James who had the team high for points with 14 making many clutch shots under pressure. Ashley White was also very good on defense making it really tough to score on, despite the low minutes; she was definitely one of the best of the forwards.

The Men had a chance to regain first place if they beat the Mcgill Redmen, but unfortunately fell short in the dying seconds by a 3 points, losing 62-59. The high paced thriller was a very exciting game, which proved to be all about defense. Unfortunately a few key players

fouled out for Bishop’s leaving a tough decision in the last minutes for coach Rod Gilpin. Kyle Desmarais played a great game both offensively and defensively with scoring 20 points and 6 assists, Jona Bermillo also played a crucial role and netted 14 points.

The game came down to the wire but had an unfortunate loss at home for the Gaiters, but they have another shot at victory this Thursday the 15th as they visit Concordia and finish another home at home match up on Saturday here in Lennoxville at Mitchell Gym. Catch the action starting at 6pm with the ladies and 8pm for the Men.

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fter this weekend’s divisional playoff matchups, the NFL is just three weeks away from the Super Bowl.

The New England Patriots will host the Indianapolis Colts next weekend to decide who is the champion of the AFC; Andrew Luck and company spoiled a chance for another Tom Brady-Peyton Manning showdown.

The story line between Luck and Manning was quite a spectacle. Old vs. new, experience vs. immaturity. Following a career threatening neck injury to Manning, the Colts decided to release Manning and opted to draft a quarterback in the upcoming NFL draft.

Manning ended up signing with the Denver Broncos and the Colts finished dead last in the NFL and received the first pick in the draft. Luck was touted to be the ‘next Peyton Manning’ and well, after Sunday afternoon’s game, Luck proved to be worth the gamble.

In previous seasons, Luck showed great promise, however he was never able to truly prove himself in the playoffs. Luck was always left out of the elite QB conversation, a conversation that included Peyton Manning, Aaron Rogers and Tom Brady.

In next week’s matchup it will be a much greater test for Luck and his Colts to beat Brady and his New England Patriots. Unlike the Broncos, the Pats are a multi-dynamic team that can also play defence. Tom Brady is arguably the greatest quarterback of his generation and is seeking his fourth Super Bowl ring.

The Patriots barely got out of the divisional round alive. The Baltimore Ravens squandered two 14-point leads over the course of the game. Head Coach Bill Bellicheck proved he is a genius after unleashing two trick-plays both resulting in touchdowns. Look out Indianapolis.

In the NFC, the defending Super Bowl champions the Seattle Seahawks will host the Green Bay Packers. This matchup has everyone drooling.

Packers QB Aaron Rogers could win

Tom Brady shaking hands with Joe Flacco following their Playoff game.

MVP this season and cement his legacy vis-à-vis his mentor Brett Favre. Rogers was masterfully skilful in the Packers victory over the Dallas Cowboys.

Playing with a torn calf, Rogers was still able to move around the pocket and throw several touchdowns. Rogers is accompanied by the best receiving core in the NFL led by Jordy Nelson. Together, Nelson and Rogers have completed 26 touchdowns since 2011 and in that time, Nelson was a ‘nobody’. Now he is one of the most feared receivers in the NFL. On the other side of scrimmage waits Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman.

Sherman is without a doubt the best trash talker we have seen in years and he has the skill to back it up. Seattle and Sherman have an incredible defense and an extra defender known as the 12th man.

Seattle has the loudest fans and is known for wreaking havoc among opposing offences play-calls. In CenturyLink field, the 12th man causes 2.36 false starts a game. Aaron Rogers has his work cut out for him.

Seattle can also play offense. Marshawn Lynch or simply ‘Beast Mode’ is impossible to bring down. He runs over

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defenders and smashes into the end zone for touchdown after touchdown.

It will be a tough task for defensive captains Julius Peppers and Clay Matthews to stop.

Should the Packers stop Lynch, they will have to answer to Russell Wilson.

Wilson is mobile and owns a cannon for an arm. The NFC matchup is a “can’t miss” game and will guarantee excitement.

Prediction: Patriots over the Colts 3417, Packers over Seattle 28-24, Packers over Patriots 33-31.

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The Current State of the SEC

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Oh, How the Mighty Have Fallen DYLAN KONECNY Spor ts Editor

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he South Eastern Conference, for the first since 2006, will not have a team participating in the College Football National Championship which saw Oregon and Ohio State face-off after Alabama was upset by the Buckeyes for this year’s 2015 edition. For close to a decade the SEC was the cream of the crop of the teams among the power five conferences—showing utter dominance in games against out-of-conference opponents and graduating the best players to the NFL. Alabama alone has put 40 players through the NFL draft since 2009 including three pro-bowlers and four Super Bowl champions. Now, the storied conference has finally shown a fall from their pedestal as the premier league in the NCAA. So what has happened to dethrone the SEC from their distinction as the best?

It all starts and ends with the National Championship. The SEC will not be represented in the game this year, when just four years ago they had the famous

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Alabama vs. LSU rematch game for the National Championship. This year was looking good for the conference: there was a new team in the spotlight, for once showing the depth of the conference, when the Mississippi State Bulldogs were ranked number 1 after years of being beaten up on, Alabama was dethroned by a defensively stout Ole Miss team, and the conference was seemingly suffering from the surplus of talent and competition where it seemed the hardest part of being in the SEC was just emerging as the victor of the conference and the new College Football Playoff being a formality.

As bowl season came around after the PHOTO COURTESY DAVE STEWART finish of the regular season, the SEC was Big 12 Champ TCU nearly shutout the Ole Miss Rebels in what was supposed to be top match up. to be participating in an astounding 12 The SEC has had a good run and Colbowl games. The conference would go shook the Big 10 back into shape and 7-5 with embarrassing losses and an Michigan’s hiring of former 49ers coach lege Football fans everywhere should be unimpressive wins, including a 28-20 Jim Harbaugh is going to reinvigorate thankful because their dominance has win for Florida over East Carolina and the conference that was as close as ever raised the level of talent and competition the 9th ranked Mississippi Rebels los- to becoming a one team race. The PAC 12 and now we are seeing the other confering 42-3 to the 6th ranked TCU Horned has become as competitive as ever with ences catch up as we enter this new era Frogs.

USC’s return from sanctions. Texas will on college football and its playoff.

The rest of College Football is catch- be back in the mix for the Big 12 soon ing up. Urban Meyer has singlehandedly enough under Charlie Strong.

Leafs fire coach, but will it solve their problems?

JARED PERLMUTTER Editor-in-Chief

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fter yet another of stretch of frustratingly inconsistent performances, the Toronto Maple Leafs have fired coach Randy Carlyle. Carlyle was sacked, despite managing to lead the Leafs to their lone playoff appearance following the ’05 Lockout.

After making the playoffs in the previous shortened season, expectations were high for Carlyle’s full first season in charge. Inconsistency plagued the Leafs, and a late collapse launched them into the middle of the lottery.

During the news conference to announce the firing, Leafs GM Dave Nonis indicated part of the reason for firing Carlyle was that it was “easy to fire the Coach”. The Leafs have chosen to wait until the offseason to name a new coach, promoting assistant Peter Horachek to Interim Head Coach until the season’s end. Horachek held the same position last year with Florida.

While the firing may come as no surprise, questions arose from the Toronto PHOTO COURTESY DAVE ABEL / TORONTO SUN media, as to whether or not Carlyle was Randy Carlyle was relieved of his head coaching duties in Toronto-Leafs Coach. to blame. It was suggested to Leaf’s star Phil Kessel, by a Toronto Star reporter, that perhaps he was to blame, calling Kessel “uncoachable”. Kessel responded Brian Burke, was coming off numerous and the playoffs are not a certainty. in kind, as only Phil can, calling the re- successful years in San Jose. It suffices to While a trade could certainly be on the porter an idiot. say that success didn’t follow Wilson to horizon, most Leaf fans have their eyes Now, it is true that upon his firing, for- Toronto. on the offseason. mer Leaf coach Ron Wilson suggested to Off to a 1-1 start under Horachek, the This is because Mike Babcock becomes the media then that Kessel was a difficult Leafs still look like the same team. In- a free agent; the current head coach of player to coach. Wilson, the first hire by consistency remains their biggest foe, the Red Wings is widely regarded as the then GM (and supposed team saviour)

best the business. Leafs President Brendan Shannahan is also a former player of Babcock’s, which is why it is widely believed the Leafs could make a big play for him this off-season.

Plenty of decent coaches are on the market currently, including Dan Byslma, Paul Maclean, Dallas Eakins and Peter DeBoer. If the Leafs had wanted to sign a coach to complete the season, there were certainly options. But, by implanting Horachek as the Interim, they remain in the play for Babcock.

While talking to Babcock during this season is clearly against the NHL’s tampering rules, the Leafs interest is clearly mutual. Sure to be a hot commodity this offseason, the Leafs will have plenty of competition for Babcock’s signature.

The Leafs hold a clear advantage however; they play in hockey’s single greatest market.

Despite their floundering record in recent memory, the Maple Leafs remain the NHL’s only franchise worth more than a billion dollars. The biggest team, in the biggest city, in the world biggest hockey-loving country, Toronto is the mecca of hockey. The chance to the lead the league’s premier team back to glory is one that Babcock, surely can’t pass up.

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NHL Mid-Season Awards ANDREW SZASZ Spor ts Writer

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ith most NHL teams completing their 41st game, The Campus is doling out some hardware to the best players. It has been a wild first half of the season, with big names like Sidney Crosby and Anze Kopitar underperforming, while Jakub Voracek and Tommy Wingels have successfully taken the league by storm.

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Edmonton Oilers both have replaced their head coaches for the likes of unknown assistants Peter Horachek and Todd Nelson.

Several other coaches like Minnesota Wild’s Mike Yeo and Arizona Coyotes head coach Dave Tippet are on the hot seat and could soon follow suit.

However, Nashville Predators head Coach Peter Laviolette, New York Islanders Coach Jack Capuano and Winnipeg Jets Paul Maurice are The Campus’ choice for Jack Adams Award finalists.

The Islanders, Predators, and Jets all had miserable seasons last year. Both the Islanders and the Preds are sitting atop their respective divisions, while the Jets are playing way above ability and expectation. Furthermore, the Jets blue line has been decimated by injury: the Jets have lost all four of their top de-

fensemen to long-term injury. Winner: Peter Laviolette The Vezina Trophy is awarded to the NHL’s top goaltender. A hockey goalie is quite possibly the hardest and most important position in sport. Predators goalie Pekka Rinne has been outstanding this season with 28 wins and an absurd 1.98 goals against average.

Similarly, Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price is playing extremely and is making a case to be the most reliable goalie of this decade. With a 2.19 GAA and two shutouts Carey Price is carrying the Habs this season.

Penguins goalie Marc Andre-Fleury is reviving his career this season after several early playoff exits and dilapidated stats. Through 33 starts, Fleury has a very good 2.16 GAA and a league leading six shutouts. Pittsburgh has been hit hard by the injury bug this season as well as the mumps. Once fully healthy, Pittsburgh will still be relevant because of Fleury. Winner: Pekka Rinne The Calder Memorial Trophy is given to the league’s top rookie. This award is an honour to have; however, many who win the award can sputter out towards the end of their career. I wouldn’t necessarily take the Calder winner on my fantasy team but it certainly wouldn’t hurt.

Predators’ Filip Forsberg leads all

Steven Stamkos is the Campus odds on favourite to win the Hart Trophy for this season-NHL.

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rookies with 38 points this season. On a line with Mike Ribeiro and Craig Smith, Forsberg has managed to join one of the top scoring lines in the NHL this season.

Senators forward Mike Hoffman leads rookies with 14 goals this season. Playing for a low budget team is rather difficult, but Hoffman and fellow rookie linemate Mark Stone make a case for future payouts in years to come.

First-overall draft selection Aaron Ekblad leads all rookie defensemen with 23 points and is 2nd in total ice-time among rookies. The Panthers got a key building block in Ekblad for years to come. Winner: Mike Hoffman The Norris Trophy goes to the NHL’s best defenseman. Flames captain Mark Giordano is making a case as an NHL MVP through the first half of the season.

He’s second in points with 36, and is a power play and penalty-kill workhorse.

Who would have thought years of lowballing Maple Leafs defenseman Cody Franson would bring out the type of season he is having. Outplaying line-mate and Captain Dion Phaneuf, Franson is due for a monster contract come season’s end. Franson has 21 assists and 13 power play points.

Predators Captain Shea Weber is probably going to be in the Hall of Fame one day. Weber can’t do anything wrong

on the ice and his character has led the resurgent Preds to first place in the central division. Weber is second in goals and has the hardest slap shot in the NHL. Goalies beware. Winner: Mark Giordano The Hart Trophy is awarded to the League’s most valuable player. St. Louis Blues forward Vladamir Tarasenko is absolutely killing it, as is Blue Jackets forward Nick Foligno. However, these guys are not MVP quality. To be an MVP a player requires the “it factor” that is a mix of skill, work ethic and leadership.

Rangers forward Rick Nash, Lightning forward Steven Stamkos, and Stars forward Tyler Seguin are The Campus’ choices for MVP. Seguin leads the league with 26 goals this season and has proven to the NHL he is and will be an elite player. Rick Nash and Steven Stamkos both have their teams humming along to very good records and have picked up 40 points each along the way. Right now the Lightning sit first in the Eastern Conference, which is why at the half-way point, Steven Stamkos is awarded the Hart Trophy.

This season is full of surprises and there is so much more to be had. Lets hope the second half of the season proves to be even better!

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