The Campus October 24th, 2012

in this issue “The Campus has put together a Top 10 Halloween Costumes list. Sit back, relax, and let us help you out.”

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“It is one of the most significant comedies written in English. People have heard of it, or seen it before. It’s like a Beatles album!”

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“People can lose their lives in libraries.

They ought to be warned.”

– Saul Bellow

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Vol. 68 No. 5

October 24, 2012

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Club call

SRC changes budgeting to groups with new committee

By Adam Young Editor-in-Chief

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ith dozens of clubs in the relatively small school of Bishop’s, organizing them could be a lengthy process, one of the main tasks of the Student’s Representative Council. Tasked with approving operating budgets to almost all clubs on campus, the SRC’s new constitutional changes may make the process easier, but still a great deal of work.

Under new constitutional changes for clubs that was passed for this year, club policy has been modified to streamline the way in which clubs receive SRC funding. Previously the SRC would receive a general outline of the club’s operating budget, that required each club to project their fundraising targets for the year, as

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well as request enough money for their events throughout the year.

All this has changed with the implementation of a Grant Committee for Clubs (GCC) that is now tasked with approving all club requests for funding. The GCC includes the executive members in charge of academic and social clubs, The Vice-Presidents Academic and Social, as well as the Director of Finance and Operations and two other members from the SRC’s General Assembly. Meeting every two weeks during the academic year, the club now receives all requests for club funding throughout the year and is tasked with looking over each request to determine whether funding should be given.

While the committee makes recommendations for whether clubs should be allocated fund-

amount allocated to clubs this year by the SRC

ing or not, the ultimate decision for approval rests with the SRC’s General Assembly, who also is scheduled to meet every two weeks. As SRC President Adam Peabody explained, this guarantees the objectivity of club requests by implementing a system of “checks.”

The degree of objectivity of the GCC was called to question by The Campus after it was revealed that the majority of members had also been previously involved in the Ski and Snowboard Club, which was approved $2000 in money by the same committee.

However, the SRC has put in the stipulation that VP’s are not allowed to hold executive positions in clubs, and also required the General Assembly to approve said request.

Peabody stresses that the GCC’s

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official clubs on campus as reported by VP Social Emily Bird

scope is “limited to a specific activity for a specific event”, and that going through the two approval bodies will prevent any possible conflict of interest. He also noted, as many have on campus, that Bishop’s students are regularly involved in a number of different clubs on campus.

With a modest increase in club spending this year following a 10% raise in SRC student fees last year, club spending is now allocated $22 000, up $1200 from last year. The budget increase is attributed to an increase of student enrollment this year, as well as allowing more money to be available to four or five clubs that have passed their probationary period.

“Clubs are a direct way the SRC reaches out,” explained Peabody.

“It reaches all, if not a large majority, of students”.

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The Later Gaiter New SRC business on campus

By Maghen Eisan Arts & Culture Editor

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fter the unfortunate closing of beloved Captaine Grec, students didn’t know where to turn – no late night poutine? In response to the crisis the Bishop’s Student Representative Council (SRC) came up with an alternative: open a late night eatery on campus and name it “The Later Gaiter”.

The SRC, in partnership with Sodexo, opened its doors to hungry students during this year’s orientation week. The Later Gaiter is located in the Gait on campus, and is open to students on Thursday and Saturday nights from 11:30 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. to coincide with Gait nights.

This new business not only satisfies the needs of hungry students, but the profits go to support the SRC. The Later Gaiter also helps to cut down on litter and noise in the local Lennoxville community.

With the absence of Grec’s, students found themselves heading to McDonalds for their late night fix. However, being the only restaurant open during the wee hours of the morning can make for a few problems. Not often

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It’s not Grecs, but the Later Gaiter may just be the next best -and closest- thing to quell a craving. seen in other c o m munities, B i s h o p’s students swarm to the McDonald’s drive- thru, waiting outside as priority is given to cars.

Wait times can often be up to an hour long.

McDonald’s food also comes with a tedious amount of packaging and litter, a situation the Later Gaiter hopes to avoid. The Later Gaiter hopes to help cut down on these issues by keeping

students closer to campus and away from the local community.

There is one person in particular who has helped make this business a success. Cindy, a beloved member of the Dewies staff, who has made the switch from Dewhurst Dining Hall to the Gaiter Grill in the SUB this year, supports the new service.

Cindy says that the Later Gaiter is a great idea and a safer option for students, instead of roaming the town. She is also the only individual who works the Thursday and Saturday night shifts, which gives her the opportunity to see familiar faces and meet new ones!

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One final debate US Presidential Campaign: two weeks to go!

By Dylan Gagnon Contributor

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t’s been a race for the records. The last debate between President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney ended in a much milder manner than it had begun, closing on the discussion of foreign policy and moderation with U.S. military power.

While the candidates previously expressed differing arguments on the economy, they had similar views on American responses to national security. Each advocated that Israel was the number one U.S. ally in the Middle East, and agreed that further sanctions were needed to cripple Iran’s program to produce nuclear weapons.

However, there were some discrepancies. Romney stated “I will not cut our military budget by a trillion dollars, which is a combination of the budget cuts that the President has,” and that in-

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With the final presidential debate out of the way, Romney and Obama are still neck and neck leading up to the November 6 election. stead “we’re going to cut about 5 percent of the discretionary budget, excluding military. That’s number one.”

Obama replied that the cuts had been proposed by Congress, and that “the budget that we are talking about is not reducing our military spending. It is maintaining it.” He also curtly replied to Romney’s proposal of increasing the budget: “You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets.”

Dr. Andrew Stritch, Chair of the Politics

and International Studies Department at Bishop’s University, was able to offer some context to the debates and the election campaign. “You don’t normally get the one sided debate that Romney had,” referring to the first round that focused on the U.S. economy. The Republican scored heavily in his first arguments, appearing as an aggressive speaker. Obama was put on the defensive, but proved himself as a more than capable combatant in the second and final rounds. According to the New York Times electoral map, Obama is predicted to have 237 votes, while Romney is pre-

dicted to have 206. A total of 270 out of 538 are required to win. Unlike in Canada, the U.S. voting procedure uses an Electoral College system to determine who wins an election. Every state is allocated a certain number of representatives in the Congress and Senate, and then votes whether to be Republican or Democrat. In this type of an election, the winner takes all.

Some states typically indentify with one party, and, as Dr. Stritch commented, a “large number of the states are largely irrelevant.” Instead, the election has been be fought in a handful of states known as “battleground states,” that are up for grabs between Republicans and Democrats. He listed Ohio and Florida as the two main states, which are being fought over for partisan control, but also included Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Depending on the polling station, either candidate can appear to be in the lead.

What is certain is that the election will be decided upon the economic interests of American voters and if they want to exchange Obama for Romney. With just under two weeks to go, it’s anybody’s guess as to who will be the next President of the United States.

Jumping from space

Red Bull Stratos mission accomplishes the unbelievable

By Meagan Roulet, News Editor

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he Red Bull Stratos jump was possibly the greatest advertisement the company has ever created. On the morning of October 14, millions of individuals around the world turned their attention to Felix Baumgartner’s space jump as he attempted to break the speed of sound.

In a Red Bull press release they touched on Baumgartner’s previous experience, mentioning that “[Baumgartner] also broke two other world records (highest freefall, highest manned balloon flight), leaving the one for the longest freefall to

project mentor Col. Joe Kittinger”.

Jumping from the height of 39, 045 meters, the Austrian extreme skydiver reached a speed of 1, 342 km/h during his 4 minute and 20 second freefall. Baumgartner was carried to the stratosphere by a 55-story helium balloon, designed for the conditions.

He jumped from the fiberglass capsule and quickly began his descent, which lasted a total of 10 minutes, before landing gracefully on his feet in a field in New Mexico.

During the descent, viewers watched in fear as his body began to spin repeatedly during freefall. Since his jump, Baumgartner has stated that the fall was not enjoyable, mostly due to this section of the free-

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alloweekend is something that sounds straight from a fairytale. But, the annual time of first frosts and jack-o-lanterns takes on a new meaning at Bishop’s. Textbooks are placed aside for an arts & crafts segment of costume-making, another skill that every froshie and fourth-year can partake in equally.

One Halloween costume does not suffice here, and why should it? The fun is also lost if you can’t play a different part every night of the week.

fall.

“When you spin so [violently…] all your blood goes into your brain and there’s a lot of pressure. I had to maintain consciousness because I needed to stop [the] spin, and I did. I had to use all of my skydiving skills to perform well in those four minutes and twenty seconds.’’

Baumgartner addressed the issue further, discussing his lack of practice with spinning at such a fast speed: “The problem is you have to find a solution for how to stop the spin because you cannot practice for supersonic speed. You either go for it or you don’t.’’

The afternoon of the day he completed his leap from space, Baumgartner turned to the Twitter world, to pass along an inspirational message to his followers: “Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you are”. These words resonated with the millions of viewers of the stunt who were greatly moved by Baumgartner’s feat.

Baumgartner, after having successfully broken the sound barrier, has recently announced his retirement from the “daredevil business”.

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A picture is worth a 1000 words, 257 minutes & 1 billion dollars Instragram still expanding following Facebook ownership

By Taylor Poelman Copy Editor

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losing a $1 billion deal with Facebook is a pretty big accomplishment, but not big enough to slow down. Huge dollar signs will not to deter the CEO and co-founder of Instagram, Kevin Systrom, from continuing the evolution of the hugely popular photo-sharing app.

In an interview with PandoMonthly last week, Systrom made it clear that Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram is only another milestone in moving forward; it’s definitely not a reason to sit back on piles of recently obtained cash.

“A lot of people ask questions that relate it to an end and for me it’s really puzzling because I show up to work every day trying to figure out how we can leverage Facebook to be 10 times as big”, said Systrom of Instagram’s joining with the massive social network. The young CEO sees the acquisition as an excellent opportunity to push his app to even greater heights.

Systrom asserted: “Selling for a certain amount of money is awesome, but it’s not what gets me up in the morning.

The goal should be about creating value.”

This value “comes down to the mission [Instagram has] had since the beginning: Everyone in the world should be using this

to share what’s happening.”

“What’s happening” is captured most often by phone, to be shared instantly with a rapidly growing network. In August, Instragram was shown to have surpassed Twitter in popularity on mobile devices with 7.3 million active users per day over 6.9 million.

Not only do users share more photos than tweets, they spend more time looking at them, too; the average Instagramer spent 257 minutes on the app in August, whereas only 170 minutes were spent browsing tweets. (Data measured by comScore).

Instagram’s union with Facebook can certainly be speculated to increase the

growth and popularity of both social networks. And the more people use Instagram, the closer it gets to achieving Systrom’s ultimate goal of changing the world. “What can you do when a camera has a network?

You can share images instantly to anyone in the world, you can cover events instantly, you can discover places instantly.”

Without the restrictions of text held

by Twitter and other social media sharing sites, Instagram might indeed have the power to connect people like never before. After all, an Instagram’s worth of 1000 words is certainly longer than the 140-character limit on a Tweet.

Users of Google Maps are now getting a chance to see the colourful scenery of the world’s oceans, without submarine directions to get there.

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Underwater world at our fingertips A game-changing technology that will travel to the depths of the ocean

By Sofie Hojabri Contributor

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oogle Street View is an interactive feature of Google Maps that allows its users to explore small towns, big cities, museums, and even world wonders. On Sept.

26 Google made its latest project available to the public: an underwater “street view”.

Since 2007, Google Street View has used cars, trolleys, bicycles and snowmobiles equipped with customized cameras that enable them to create high definition panoramic 360-degree shots worldwide.

The underwater “street view” focuses specifically on areas of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, the Philippines’ Apo Island and Hawaii’s Hanauma Bay. In collaboration with Catlin Seaview Survey, the team has stitched together 15,000 panoramic pictures to provide an immersive experience for the public. As a rapid-fire camera, the SV2 allows its viewers to not only observe the coral reefs, but also to take a look at the 2,000 species of fish and other marine animals that inhibit the Great Barrier Reef.

This camera is the first of its kind. It allows scuba divers to be propelled through the water as it records a continual 360-degree panoramic shot, as well as, the geolocation. This specialized camera was custom designed by Catlin Seaview Survey to allow scuba divers to capture high definition photographs while recording the exact angle each picture was taken, meaning that the same picture can be captured years later for comparison.

While the SV2 can only be used in water depths ranging from 30 to 100 meters, Catlin Seaview plans on sending remotely operated “deep water robots” to depths exceeding those of the SV2’s range. The Catlin Seaview Survey hopes to expand it’s project to the waters of the Indian Ocean,

Caribbean, and Bermuda to increase from 50, 000 to 100, 000 images by the end of next year.

The goal of this project is to trigger public interest, and in turn, a higher level of investment in the fate of our marine ecosystem.

Through “virtual diving”, the Google and Catlin Seaview team hope to demonstrate the impact that we have on these coral reefs – which provide us with food and atmospheric oxygen, amongst other things. The technology will allow scientists to monitor changes in these ecosystems over time as water acidity and temperature increase.

This new innovation will prove to be of significant scientific value as it may lend an opportunity to explore the 95% of oceans that have never been seen.

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It’s not okay to make-out A lesson in standard library etiquette

By Lauren Humphreys Opinions Editor

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hough your future looks bleak following the swamp of assignments due after Thanksgiving, as a Bishop’s student you know you always have the John Bassett Memorial Library to house you while you slave away over a hot keyboard.

That being said, there are few things as frustrating as people who misuse the library. What is one to do upon realizing the only seat left in the Music Room is next to a couple publically displaying their affection, or knowing you lost out on a place in the Periodicals Room (or “couch room” as it is fondly called) to an array of people taking a nap?

With the last two years bringing in the largest incoming classes in recent Bishop’s history, the once spacious library is becoming

a little small – especially during midterms and exams. While each student has an area in the library they prefer, no section is without someone breaking an unspoken rule of library etiquette. The public (and often sloppy) make-out is probably one of the worst library crimes one can commit.

It is impossible for the other patrons of the library to accomplish anything with a couple essentially dry-humping in the cubicle over.

While minor PDA is fine, if you are really that overcome with lust for your significant other you should probably head home… your room is likely more accommodating than the computer lab, etc.

Please note this also applies to people who sleep on the various couches for hours on end – surely there are better places to take a nap?! I personally like to nap in my bed, but hey, maybe that’s just

me.

With the larger student body, one has to go to the library earlier and earlier in order to ensure finding a seat. The only thing more devastating than arriving at the library only to find every seat in the Reference Room is taken, is realizing at least three people are using this valuable space to watch television. While there may be a time and place to watch the newest episode of Gossip Girl, that place is not the library.

Then there are those who insist on having obnoxiously loud phone conversations regardless of where they are. Just because talking is permitted in the Periodicals section doesn’t mean you need to loudly exclaim to your bestie from home that you were “sooo totally wasted” last night. Out of respect for the other people in the library, one should take calls in the lobby or foyer.

I am not against study breaks – there is nothing more soul crushing than spending six straight hours studying for an imminent test. Getting a snack, walking around, even checking Facebook and/or Twitter are good ways to keep the midterm madness at bay.

Similarly, keeping tabs on a big game using an online stream allows you to avidly support your team and stay up to date on the score all while you study. However, if you’re going to take a nap for more than an hour, or take up a valuable seat next to an outlet just so your computer stays charged to watch back-to-back episodes of Pretty Little Liars, please – stay home. photo courtesy ehow.com The best thing to cling to in the library is a book, not a lover

They call it “Lie Strong” now Make sure that next time the founder isn’t the brand

By Adam Young Editor-in-Chief

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he millions of people around the world sporting a yellow Livestrong bracelet may as well throw them away.

Or lose them, just as Livestrong’s founder Lance Armstrong lost his seven Tour De France titles.

In our celebrity-obsessed society, maybe it’s not surprising that every time we see one of the world’s rich and famous screw up, we read the headlines, searching for the dirt, and eventually scamper off to the next bit of gossip. Less phased, less shocked, and more profoundly less surprised at the actions of the few who we formerly chose to worship.

But the problem with Armstrong is not that he followed suit with the rest and failed us; the problem is the legacy he is leaving behind. The trouble with a sportdoping scandal is the component of calculated cheating. The heart may be able to cheat from time to time, but never an athlete. Unfairly winning in the sports

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Lance Armstrong has lost not only his ex-wife, Sheryl Crow, but also his dignity. world is a greater travesty than any Tiger Woods sex scandal or Kardashian breakup.

It takes motivation to cheat, to stoop to such a level of lying, as can be seen in the recent evidence against Armstrong. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency is calling Arm-

strong’s scandal “the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen.” While we are used to exaggerated quotes in the sporting world, this isn’t one of them.

After a short speech in Austin, Texas,

for a bike race in support of Livestrong, Armstrong walked off the stage. Though he recently announced that he would be stepping down as chairman of his foundation – the full name is still The Lance Armstrong Foundation - he remains the identity behind the branding. How does one rebrand a foundation that gained such massive support for Armstrong’s relentless struggle with cancer, alongside historic bike wins? You can’t.

While the foundation has raised millions of dollars to help those with cancer, it’s going to be hard to sell the brand of a crook.

The worst part of the Armstrong case is that his victims are innumerable. By tarnishing the image of the foundation he so steadfastly supported, he’s leaving benefactors and beneficiaries disappointed, along with a generation of young aspiring athletes more apathetic than ever.

To follow suit with Armstrong himself, no apologies can be found here. I’ll stick with Terry Fox instead.

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Dress-down or dress-up?

Y u so fancy?

By Taylor Poelman Copy Editor

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here’s nothing wrong with dressing to impress. Looking prim and proper is not a crime…but there’s always a line to be crossed.

How formal should classroom attire be? How good must one look in order to sit behind a desk for up to three hours?

After surreptitiously peeking around classrooms and campus hallways, it is clear that some individuals take the notion of smart-casual classroom dress much too seriously.

It’s been awhile since it was required to don collared shirt and tie to school.

Or a sports jacket, for that matter.

When a dapper fellow dressed as such enters the class, there is no question that he catches the eyes of fellow classmates.

No doubt he makes an impression upon the professor, who he could potentially be out-dressing.

But is this the right kind of attention?

Given the generally laid-back atmosphere of the Bishop’s campus, the suitedup male might find himself the object of scrutinized musings about whether or not that tweed getup is comfortable, as opposed to sober nods of deep respect.

There’s the occasional young woman

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who looks as though she’s headed straight from class to club. If that’s the plan, fair enough – however it’s not exactly an admirable image as far as the boundaries of the classroom are concerned. That’s not to say these ladies are inappropriate or unfashionable, but nevertheless there’s a time and a place for select outfits. Location, location, location.

Heels to class. Why? There’s no way that’s comfortable, however admittedly quite admirable. It’s a brave girl who can climb the stairs of Nichols and Hamilton without fear of toppling off her stilettos and tumbling to her doom.

This is obviously an illustration of extremes. Yet the point remains: you don’t have to dress up for a casual day of classes. By all means look trendy, look sophisticated, look nicely put together. Just remember, you’re in a place of learning; you’re not at a dinner party or out for a romantic evening at the Gait.

Furthermore, the intentions of the above observations are not meant to discourage all the super well-dressed students out there. If anything us lesser dressers are jealous of your glamorous appearances. Still, the argument stands: you’re overdressed!

Those are the ugliest effing sweatpants I’ve ever seen

By Danielle White Contributor

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get it, it’s 9 in the morning and you know it’s freezing out. You have no desire to get out of bed – let alone think about what you’ll wear to campus. Before you’ve gained the strength to peel yourself from the warmth of your blankets, you’ve already deemed it a sweatpants day. In light of that decision, you grab your favourite pair of sweatpants; the ones your entire soccer team got when you were still in high school.

This may sound great in theory, but I couldn’t disagree more with the sweat pant pandemic that plagues university students. Personally, I don’t own a pair of sweatpants and I probably never will.

Yet despite my hatred for sweats, I believe there are instances where they can be appropriately worn. For example: the comfort of your own apartment, going to and from the gym, or sporting events. The trick here is keeping your public exposure to a minimal.

Let’s be honest, jeans come in literally every color you can think of – burgundy, navy, coral, and even burnt sienna, so there is literally no excuse for over-sized, stained, heather grey

sweats at your 1 o’clock seminar class.

Also, can we please discuss wearing your “comfies” to the mall? Unless you want the general public at large to think you are a homeless alcoholic, then I suggest putting on anything other than your grungy sweats.

It’s not that I think sweatpants are ugly, or unflattering, it’s that I think dressing somewhat nicely is the polite thing to do. Wearing sweats is aesthetically unappealing, and makes people perceive you as lazy; I don’t want my peers, let alone my profs, to think that of me.

I find it particularly confusing when girls wear sweats in public. It has never been easier for girls to dress nicely and comfortably since leggings have become fashionable again (which was like 6 years ago) and I wont even get into the comfort options LuLu Lemon has to offer.

Regardless of my own sentiments towards sweats, I understand why they’re an asset to student life, and why they will continue to be. But I hope may rant has motivated, if only a few of you, to wear jeans or leggings despite early mornings, laziness and cold temperatures.

Cyber-bullying: the loss of control Amanda Todd one of many in a devastating online trend

By Lois Boateng Contributor

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or the Ancient Greeks, suffering is [an inherent] part of the human condition,” said Dr. Dale Stout during a lecture. Indeed, with the fear, the social isolation and the barrage of verbal and/ or physical assaults, bullying exemplifies the suffering that many adolescents are subjected to by their tormenters. In recent years, this suffering has garnered intense media attention as some victims end their young lives.

British Columbian teenager Amanda Todd was no different. She was taunted for exposing her breasts online to a man who then maliciously distributed the pictures.

Amanda’s YouTube clip revealed the ordeal she went through as peers posted nasty comments on her Facebook wall, shunned her at school and eventually beat her up.

Her experience led to depression, cutting and then suicide.

Bullying is nothing new. Once upon a time, one would only get taunted in the schoolyard, shoved, and perhaps eat lunch alone. Once home, one could enjoy some temporary relief. Generally, if the victim confronted the bully, the bully backed away and moved on to the next person. However, this traditional form of bullying has shifted towards something more inescapable as the use of social media has increased.

The threats do not stop when you leave school, they continue on into the comfort of your home as you check your Facebook, Twitter and/or MySpace. According to the National Crime Prevention Centre, bullying in schools is a serious cause of concern and can no longer be dismissed as normal.

The new form of bullying – cyber-bullying – is more crippling for its victims because of the complete loss of control.

Victims cannot just confront their bully for they may be anonymous, and there may even be more than one tormenter.

Victims cannot control when they get bullied, for it happens everywhere now.

With social media, the control is gone. This has prompted a massive push for solutions to a problem that plagues many adolescents. However, currently suggested solutions are questionable.

They are authority-led, top-down ap-

photo courtesy leaderpost.com The death of Amanda Todd has brought to question again the issue of online bullying.

proaches where the onus is on adults to end bullying. Criminal charges and zerotolerance policies are prime examples.

On October 19, eight teenaged girls in London, Ontario were charged with criminal harassment in a bullying investigation.

Although these arrests were intended to send a clear message to adolescents that bullying (online or in-person) is unacceptable, laying criminal charges is heavyhanded and certainly fails to adequately tackle the problem.

Conversely, inflexible zero-tolerance policies fail to recognize the intricate details of a particular instance of bullying.

Like a court case, each bullying incident has its particularities that need to be considered before handing out a punitive judgment. Under the zero-tolerance policy, if the victim strikes back, both bully and victim are punished, thereby further alienating the victim and reducing his or her sense of control.

Thus, the emphasis should not only be on involving teachers, school administrators, police officers as the ones who will fix the situation, but rather helping students regain control of the situation.

Students must equally participate in reducing the instances of bullying: whether it is by taking conflict-resolution and bullying workshops, establishing peer mediation programs, or simply stopping any act of bullying as it happens. There must be a point where adults recognize that heavyhanded, authority-led solutions will not allow students to internalize why bullying is wrong. The goal is to reduce bullying incidents and its harmful effects as well as provide adequate early help to victims.

Suffering is human; we must help to prepare our children to live through it in order to see better days.

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Letters A change in the wind: Why Mitt should be the next President

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ow, normally I’m a Democratic voter that leans left on social issues and right on the economy, but I’m feeling a change in the wind. Maybe it’s because Mitt looks like the president from Independence Day, maybe not (he probably could shoot down an alien spaceship). I just happen to like the guy and I think he’d do well. So please, allow me to elaborate.

Mitt was born in Detroit and got a Masters in Business from Harvard. He’s also been a bishop of his local church and helped plan the US Olympics in 2002. So he gets points for doing his homework and extra-curricular activities. The thing is, Mitt has learned a lot in his climb to the top.

And that’s just the point; Mitt isn’t a cruel, terrifying crony of neo-conservative policies. He just thinks that the individual state would do a better job of running the show than the feds. Coming from Canada, I can’t argue with that (well, I could in Quebec).

Obama is becoming timid in all policy areas and quite frankly, he’s not meeting Canadian expectations. He didn’t support our bid for the 2010 Security Council

seat and cancelled the Keystone Pipeline, which in fact Mitt wants to bring back.

This is why I think he should be the next leader of the free world.

Romney has been a successful business man, a moderate governor, and a strategic planner, which is why I think he’s the best Republican presidential candidate I’ve seen in years. He also has Eastwood backing him, and I don’t argue with Eastwood.

While it was never my initial intention to write an article on the election as well as an opinion piece, that’s the way the die rolled. I’m backing Mitt Romney.

Dylan Gagnon

Environmental McNightmare

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am writing to express my dismay that somehow, in 2012, in a city that offers municipal composting and recycling, a restaurant such as the Lennoxville McDonald’s managed to completely renovate their restaurant but failed to plan for installation of recycling and compost bins.

It seems to me that not only McDonalds, but the City of Sherbrooke – which issued a construction permit – really dropped the ball in this case.

Shame on McDonalds and shame on

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the City of Sherbrooke for allowing such a large volume of recyclable and compostable material to be sent to the garbage heap each day due to lack of planning. It is not due to lack of space either, as the garbage closest to the entrance/exit is actually TWO bins, side by side, and BOTH are for garbage! And the other garbage bin has a vacant space next to it, just the right size for another bin which could be and should be for recycling.

Shame on the patrons of McDonald’s for encouraging and allowing this to continue without comment. Consider what sort of waste is generated from a simple family trip to McDonalds: • Cash receipt (paper, recyclable) • Tray liner (paper, recyclable) • 2 cardboard “Happy Meal” boxes (paper, recyclable) • 2 mini french fry containers (paper, recyclable) • 2 mini 4-piece nugget boxes (paper, recyclable) • 3 paper straw wrappers (paper, recyclable) • Instructions for Happy Meal toys (paper, recyclable) • Cheeseburger wrapper (paper, recyclable) • 2 plastic milk containers (plastic,

recyclable) • 1 waxed-cardboard drink cup (depending on facilities, the cup, lid and straws may or may not be recycled) • 2 mini yogurt containers (paper label, plastic container, recyclable) • 2 plastic spoons (compostable and recyclable alternatives available) • 2 plastic wrappers from Happy Meal toys • Small amounts of food (compostable) Of that entire list, only the plastic bags and wrappers from the Happy Meal toys should have gone to the garbage. The remaining 13 items, which accounted for about 98% of the volume we put in the trash, was either recyclable or compostable had only McDonald’s and the City of Sherbrooke planned for installation of recycling and composting bins in the restaurant.

Given the choice between the McNightmare or Tim Horton’s up the street, which does have recycling bins, I encourage everyone to make their opinion known by contacting the City of Sherbrooke as well as the manager of McDonald’s, and choose more environmentally friendly restaurants until the issue is addressed.

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Dear Whitney,

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started seeing an older girl. I’ve been seeing her for almost a month.

Only thing is, I didn’t realize how old she actually was. I’m 22 and I found out after a few dates that she’s 35. I know there’s this stigma with age, but I always thought it doesn’t really matter, right? After high school does age matter? At the same time when I think about it, it does seem a little bit weird. Am I thinking too much into this?

Confused “Graverobber” Dear Beached Mermaid, In a short amount of time, cougars – older woman, who hook up with younger men, has become increasingly acceptable over the past couple of decades. TV shows such as Cougar Town and Sex in the City have even glamorized this new trend.

While, for the most part the cliché of the older man and younger woman still remains the norm among many relationships of the 21st Century, there’s nothing wrong with switching it up. Many Celebrities such as: Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon, and Drew Barrymore and Ed Westwick have thrown age out the window when it comes to love.

Just because you’re 22, doesn’t mean that you have to suppress your taste for all things sophisticated. A bonus dating an older woman is that she ACTUALLY knows what she wants. Whether its sex, wine, or fine dining, she knows what turns her on, and isn’t afraid to share it with you – no more silly guessing games. So many younger women worry about their breast size, body shape, cellulite, and weight, while

older women, on the other hand, are so much more comfortable in their own skin, ultimately making for a more content and secure relationship. Another positive of dating an older woman is the sex! These older women have plenty of confidence to rock that sex little lingerie. They know what they want, and where they want it, and they aren’t afraid to let you know. You two will be banging like bunny rabbits in no time (if you aren’t already).

While, I wouldn’t condone a 16 year old guy with a 40 years old woman, I think that it is perfectly acceptable to date older women, once you’ve achieved maturity (around 20 years old). The age gap between you and your honey is perfectly fine, don’t sweat about it. If you two enjoy spending time together don’t let a little thing like age bother you.

Do you ever think Huge Heffner lets something like age faze him?

Sincerely, Whitney

Do you have a relationship question on sex, love, or rock and roll-fetishes for Whitney? Send her an email at thecampus.whitney@gmail.com, or leave us a note in our mailbox (2131). All (of your friend of a friend’s) submissions remain anonymous.

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The Campus, October 24, 2012

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The ever-important Halloween costume This year’s top 10

By Caleigh Cross Features Editor

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hat are you going to be for Halloween? It’s almost Halloweekend, and everyone seems to have costumes in abundance. Do you know what you’re going out as? If not, never fear: The Campus has put together a Top 10 Halloween Costumes list. Sit back, relax, and let us help you out.

Let’s start with...

Number 10: Internet Memes Are you a guy with a tartan sweatervest you’ve never worn? (Or maybe one you wear more regularly than you want to admit?) You could put on a white shirt, comb your hair and introduce yourself as Bad Luck Brian. Good Girl Gina, Scumbag Stacy and Steve, Overly Attached Girlfriend, or Lazy College Senior (not that we have any of those around here)...the list goes on.

Number 9: The Avengers The Avengers was one of the year’s most popular movies. It’s a great idea if you’re going out in a group; there’s plenty of roles for everyone to pick and choose from. Unfortunately, it’s hard to dress like a super-

hero using only things you already have, so this theme may cost a little extra money.

(Unless Bruce Banner and Tony Stark actually go to this school already, in which case the debate is open: would it be better or worse for them to go as their alter egos?

Also, I don’t think Captain America would want to cross the border.)

Number 8: The Hunger Games This was another of the year’s most popular movies. Just don’t carry around an actual archery set and you should be fine.

Arrows and alcohol don’t mix.

Number 7: Zombies Zombies will never lose their appeal.

They’re easy to dress up as - all you have to do is get some ripped clothes, paint your face, mess up your hair, and groan. Being a zombie is one of those things you can actually do better while hungover.

Number 6: Disney Princesses Again, a great idea if you’re going out with friends, because there are probably more Disney princesses than there are people in your group. At the mall in Sherbrooke you can buy costumes and accessories for this one for fairly cheap.

Number 5: A Professor Does your favourite prof have any distinguishing characteristics? This can be a tough one because people not in your program might not get it, but the idea is chock full of potential for humour.

Number 4: Waldo Every year, a bunch of people dress up as Waldo. It’s funny because it makes him both easier and harder to find: “Waldo” is everywhere, but where’s the one you’re with...?

Number 3: Doctor Who There are so many ways to go with this.

The enigmatic Time Lord has had many companions over the years; dressing up as one of them can be as easy as you make it, or you could decide to go out as the Doctor himself. All you need is a bow tie, a jacket, and a hat. Just remember: he wears a fez now. Fezzes are cool.

Number 2: BBC’s Sherlock Steven Moffat, the head writer of Doctor Who, is also on the writing crew for the new BBC version of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, which has attracted a cult following. Sherlock has had plenty of

strange costumes, such as wearing nothing but a sheet at Buckingham Palace. His housekeeper and John Watson tend to dress more conservatively. Again, plenty of opportunities for both guys and girls here.

Number 1: Fifty Shades of Grey I desperately want to see one thing this Halloween, and one thing only: I want to see four people go out as the main characters of the popular Fifty Shades trilogy.

Somebody needs to be Christian Grey (I’m thinking a shirt, pants, and a tie will do), somebody has to be Anastasia Steele (just dress like Bella from Twilight; it is Twilight fan-fiction, after all) and two people need to go out as Anastasia’s inner goddess and her subconscious. Her subconscious is described as perpetually judgmental and recriminating – our only hint as to her appearance is her glasses. The inner goddess is known for her eclectic fashion sense and her ability to ballroom dance, so if someone out there is willing and has enough sequins, you know what you and three friends have to do. Come on, BU, make my Halloweekend.

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The Campus, October 24, 2012

The larger English community

Recipe Column

Cinnamon Carrot Muffins

Townshippers’ Association: supporting students too

By Jessie Wallace Contributor

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s BU students, many of us become well acquainted with the wide spectrum of academic and social activities, events, and opportunities that our university has to offer at some point during our studies. Indeed, one of the advantages of Bishop’s is how easy it is to become involved on campus.

The idea of a tightly-knit student community is a wellfounded source of purple pride, so much so that it often prompts efforts to help students explore, for example via articles in The Campus featuring things to do outside the Lennoxville bubble.

Those interested in something off the beaten path may want to look into the Townshippers’ Association, a dynamic and home-grown NGO. Located up the other hill, past Provigo at 257 Queen Street in the Marguerite Knapp Building, Townshippers’ is staffed by fellow townshippers, English-speaking residents of the region, and is designed to support, serve and cultivate its community, including the student body at BU and Champlain.

Established in 1979, Townshippers’ objectives are threefold and revolve around the following points: promoting the interests of the English-speaking community in the historical Eastern Town-

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ships, strengthening the cultural identity of this community and encouraging the full participation of the English-speaking population in the community at large.

One of the ways in which the Townshippers’ Association is important to student life is that it reflects the values and friendly dynamics that are so often used to describe the community of Lennoxville. The process of becoming involved is amenable to student schedules and budgets.

Membership provides the option to contribute and participate in events and initiatives as a volunteer.

Host of the widely popular and highly anticipated annual T-Day (the site operates on a rotating basis with a different town as host each year) some of the best and unfortunately, lesser known features of Townshippers’ derives from the wide range of services, events, and sources of information that are available and communicated in a variety of forms (print, radio, online) provided year-round by its dedicated staff

and volunteer team.

As many students have participated in one event or another hosted in Lennoxville, you’re probably already familiar with the community-wide breakfasts or book sales. Townshippers’ is an extension of our student community. Whether you have grown up in the Townships all of your life, are an international student on exchange for a semester, or simply an out-of-town student, Townshippers’ Association is a multifunctional and welcoming place to branch out and dive into the extended community that we all call “home” as Bishop’s or Champlain students.

You can even stop by to introduce yourself and check out their in-office store for local-based reading material, music, or to simply pick some local information in English. It is an easy, but perhaps more importantly, an enjoyable and appropriate while relevant effort to make the meaning of our home (or temporary home away from home) a bit more memorable and real.

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all recipes should make the best use of local ingredients, taste good, as well as bask your home in the smell of fresh baking. Using local ingredients with an applesauce replacement, the fine flavours of cinnamon, carrot and apple come together in these muffins.

Ingredients

Directions

-3 eggs

1. Beat together sugar and oil in a medium-sized bowl.

-1 c. sugar -1/2 c. canola oil -1/2 c. unsweetened applesauce -1 1/3 c. flour -1 1/2 tsp. baking soda -1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon -1/2 tsp. vanilla -1 1/2 tsp. baking powder -1/2 tsp. salt -2 c. grated carrots

2. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, followed by the vanilla, and dry ingredients as listed.

3. Stir in grated carrots and mix lightly.

4. In a greased muffin tin, fill each mould halfway with batter.

5. Bake in a preheated oven at 350F for approximately 15 minutes, or until raised and moist.

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Maghen eisan, editor • thecampus.ac@gmail.com

Let’s get Wilde!

BU Drama presents The Importance of Being Earnest

By Cecila Bracmort Photos & Graphics Editor

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t is time to be serious. Party time is over!

Now you have to be focused on exams and other assignments. Your face becomes grave, thinking about all the work due for next week and you think: I wish I was elsewhere, released from these obligations!

Imagine this wish comes true.

This is the main idea developed in Oscar Wilde’s most famous play, The importance of Being Earnest. The story takes place in Great Britain during the Victorian Era. Two friends, Algernon and Jack, have had enough of their duties as bachelors of the high society. To be free from their obligations, both gentleman create an imaginary relative to hide their bad actions and avoid the consequences: Algernon’s everlasting-but-dying relative Bunbury, and Jack’s wicked brother Ernest.

Everything could be perfect in the most earnest of worlds, but what if society can see through the trick? In the Victorian world, etiquette has to be obeyed, thus challenging the strict societal codes could have bad effects upon the two fellows’ lives.

I won’t tell you the whole story, don’t worry.

First, it is impolite and second, you probably already know it well. The Importance of Being Earnest is a classic! Greg Tuck – the director of the play – agreed: “It is one

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Will Jack (Evan Pynes) reveal his double identity for Gwendolyn’s (Risa Kastelic) love? For now, he has to meet all her mother’s (Simon Lee) requirements! of the most significant comedies written in English. People have heard of it, or seen it before. It’s like a Beatles album!”

With his irreverent and incisive style, Oscar Wilde gives us a perfect perspective on the paradox of his time and society, and meanwhile makes people laugh about it; particularly because the relationship between the individual and society is a timeless issue. The Importance of Being Earnest is the result of serious things

treated with triviality, as Wilde says.

In parallel, the implementation of the play was indeed a serious (and challenging!) thing. The scenery and the costumes took a mere six weeks to create. That six weeks also included a very intense rehearsal schedule, but it was a worthy sacrifice for the blast of joy that this adaptation brings to the audience.

The cast was an important, decisive piece of the play. Tuck said, “I chose them all be-

cause they are the most perfect expressions of what I think are the characters in the play.” He added, “I would not do the play at all if I didn’t think that they were right to do it and up to the task.”

Indeed, Tuck choose for the play the crème de la crème of the BU Drama Department. Just to name a few from the cast, Evan Pynes and Tucker McDougall are Jack and Algey; Kristy Benz and Risa Kastelic are Cecily and Gwendolyn (Jack’s and Algernon’s lovers); and Simon Lee will surprise you in an unexpected role.

To take a breather during this stressful time, or to get some good references for your “in-progress” assignment, I suggest you go and taste the atmosphere of La Belle Époque. When sweatpants did not exist, Elegance was with a capital E and courteousness was the norm. Even though this time had its drawbacks, wittiness and puns were there to improve the cruelty of life.

In short, the play is a great example of the British “stiff upper-lip” to be seen on stage.

It is an event you’ll be sorry to miss. If you do, I give you some advice: do not say a sick relative or an annoying brother kept you away from the Turner Studio Theater.

People will not believe you.

The Importance of Being Earnest will run October 24-28 at Turner Studio Theater.

Tickets are available at Centennial Box Office: Regular $12, Students $10.

Movie Review

Look ‘em in the eyes Frankenweenie has the beauty but not the build

By Adam Young Editor-in-Chief

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im Burton is back this Halloween with the new stop-motion animation Frankenweenie. Based on his live-action short film of the same name released in 1984, Burton has returned to the medium that made him famous with The Nightmare Before Christmas.

A fresh new take on stop-motion, Frankenweenie proves to be a both clever and

delightful piece of Hollywood fun, though frankly nothing out of the ordinary in terms of Burton’s dark comedic repertoire.

Burton’s film tells the tale of Victor Frankenstein and the reincarnation of his faithful dog – ironically named Sparky. When Victor reveals forewarning of a tragedy in the form of a furball coughed up by his classmate’s kitty, the viewer knows that Sparky’s hours are numbered. After mourning his dog’s death however, Victor learns from his new – and slightly deranged – science teacher how to bring the dead back to life with electricity. But, as Victor soon realizes, it’s difficult to hide the living dead, or prevent his sadistic classmates from figuring out his secret.

For his latest stop-motion film since 2005’s The Corpse Bride, Burton followed

suit of the 1984 film by shooting in black and white. This allows for greater focus on shadows and lighting: the small intricacies that Burton’s stop-motion has consistently accomplished.

As his first major black and white outing, the medium speaks best to this plot more than any other. While The Nightmare Before Christmas needed colour to distinguish between the stark differences of Christmas and Halloweentown, Frankenweenie takes place in the monochromatic suburbesque; think of the Avon-toting Edward Scissorhands town, New Holland.

With some creative thinking, Burton managed to adapt the original half hour short into a ninety minute adventure. Yet while Frankenweenie is quite clever and cute, it also follows the same formula as

most other Burton films. There are angry mobs out to kill the monster, a subtle love plot, and big-eyed human characters that fans of Burton’s films will be drawn to see again.

Though perhaps due to a lack of musical interludes or the simpler plotline, viewers will probably not become as emotionally attached to the characters as in Burton’s previous works. While young Victor learns that science requires both brains and love, the message seems to end there.

With Sparky brought back to life again and again, it’s not the traditional tearjerker, but it’s a quaint film with a spooky premise that should delight most casual of moviegoers and the youngest of trick-or-treaters.

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The Campus, October 24, 2012

The Indivisible at the Foreman Art Gallery

By Cecilia Bracmort Photos & Graphics Editor

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ince September the Foreman Gallery has hosted The Indivisible, an exhibition curated by gallery director Vicky Chainey Gagnon. The Indivisible discusses the notion of identity and its importance in our current society, which contributes to the worship of the image and immediacy.

Most of us possess a Facebook page.

How many profile pictures have you had?

This is a good indication of our want and need to show who we are, and how we express that desire. Chainey Gagnon was very sensitive to this notion when she elaborated on The Indivisble: “It is meaningful.

At one point in your life, you are building your identity. You often try new things and you are constructing yourself. It is really shaping who you want to be.”

At first sight, The Indivisible seems to be a classical portrait exhibition; most of the works presented are paintings or photographs. However, the questions that The Indivisible raise deserve more attention from the viewer than just looking at portraits of unknown people. How can one translate a notion as deep as identity in a two dimensional medium? The artists find different and interesting ways to shed light on this issue.

Matilda Aslizadel’s Portrait series presents pictures that respect all the codes of portraiture, but do not reveal their subjects’ faces. Through her use of dark-

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With his Verres series, Pascal Grandmaison displays the ambivalence of notion of identity - public as well as secret. ness and work with light, Alsizadel reveals more subtle aspects of the individual – social as well as personal.

The portraits painted by Krisjanis KaktinsGorsline are in perfect resonance with Matilda Aslizadel’s work. Kaktins-Gorsline’s paintings show very surreal subjects. Although some aspects of the face can appear, it is impossible to grasp the entire representation. These vanished portraits express the private self and its moods.

With his Verre series, Pascal Grandmaison shows the contrasting components of identity, which can be exposed and/or hidden. The two models are exposed to

BU Style Watch W

e checked in with Denise St. Pierre, fourth year Film, Cultural, & Media Studies student to chat about her fashion inspiration. Here’s what she has to say on style: 1. Where does your fashion inspiration come from?

I’m inspired by anything and everything: people watching, looks I see in movies or on TV, paintings, fashion blogs I happen to stumble upon, street style photography, even the feeling that a character in a book gives me. A lot of my new fashion choices arise out of envy.

2. Where do you like to shop or find clothing?

Ideally, I’d love to buy clothes from places like Modcloth and Urban Outfitters, but since I’m lacking the fiscal resources, I have to make do elsewhere. I scope out looks I like online or in higher-end stores and then try to recreate them at a more reasonable price. The majority of my wardrobe comes from H&M, Winners, Old Navy, Bluenotes, and Urban Planet/Behaviour. I have found some hilarious vintage jewellery stashed away

in my mom’s closet, such as a pair of flamingo earrings that I bust out every once in a while.

3. If you could trade closets with anybody, who would it be?

There are a bevy of young actresses whose style I’d love to steal, notably Emma Watson and Emma Stone. They both have a really intuitive knowledge of balancing

any gaze, but the glass they are wearing is a protection from the external world.

They do not look at us; therefore they do not give the viewer access to the mirror of their souls.

The Sherbrooke-based artist, Tanya St Pierre, with her mystical portraits underlines and questions the taboos surrounding the body in traditional representations.

Solitary man with Nature by Soft Turns displays the changing aspects of identity with an introspective viewpoint.

Through these artworks, we can understand that identity is a complex thing with several layers. It is never totally reachable

By Laura Yaternick and Cecilia Bracmort Online Editor & Graphics Editor timeless pieces versus trendy ones.

I’d also love to have Jessica Alba’s extensive collection of coloured denim.

4. What is your favourite item in your closet?

I’d have to go with a navy and gold trench coat with a Peter Pan collar that I got while shopping in the UK. It strikes the perfect balance between trendy and classic, goes with everything, and I’ve gotten a thousand and one compliments on it. That, or any one of my blazers. A girl can never have too many blazers.

5. Do you have a fashion icon?

For street style, the unspeakably hip New York looks of Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway. In an ideological sense, I’d go for Tilda Swinton. I could never (and I mean never) pull off any of the stuff she wears, but she reminds me to be fearless in my choices. She epitomizes dressing for yourself instead of for others – not to mention she’s just plain brilliant.

6. How would you describe your style?

Classical, quirky, and collegiate.

and always changing. What a paradox with the word “Indivisible”. Chainey Gagnon explained her choice for the title: “What I was interested in doing was to stimulate a debate about the customary idea of indivisible aspects at the core of identity. I do not believe in that point. I think our identity is socially constructed […] The way we shape ourselves and project ourselves into the world, everything is constructed through social and political beliefs. So, it is meant like a provocation.”

The exhibition is an opportunity to question these complex notions and also to promote young Canadian artists, who are questing for their own identity in art.

“I thought that it was exciting to show works from artists that just begin their professional carrier” she adds. Thus, through this subtle provocation, Chainey Gagnon does not just focus on the individual but also on its surroundings.

This duplicity could finally question the idea of collective identity like for our university. Bishop’s is composed by so many layers of identity; nationalities, languages, ethnicity or gender, and all these particularities give to Bishop’s its so unique identity, which nourishes our own personalities in return. It is maybe the interaction between the individual and the collective which is indivisible.

The Indivisable is showing at Bishop’s Foreman Art Gallery until Dec. 12, 2012.

What’s on your iPod? Whose iPod: Valerie Jones, Third Year Environmental Studies & Geography 1. Goldfish - “Sold my soul” 2. RAC - “Hollywood” 3. Jhameel – “Shadow of a Man” 4. Miranda Lambert – “Gun Powder and Lead” 5. Metric – “Youth Without Youth” 6. Goldfish – “Just for Tonight” 7. Zac Brown Band – “Knee Deep” 8. Wilson Phillips – “Hold On” 9. Mumford and Sons – “I Will Wait” 10. Taylor Swift – “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”

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www.thebucampus.ca Restaurant review

The Auguste

A fine meal when money isn’t an option

By Alex Morency-Letto Contributor

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et me get this out of the way.

I paid $105.00 for two meals at the Auguste, not including tip.

I’m not saying this to complain (much), but to simply warn anyone who decides to step foot into this fine dining establishment.

Yes, even for a three course meal and a decanter of wine, it may still seem a bit steep. However, I cannot say that it wasn’t worth it; the atmosphere was charming, the staff were helpful with their recommendations, and the food, well, the food spoke for itself.

The evening began with a quick appetizer: their famous inverted poutine. Imagine a tater tot. Now imagine it stuffed with delectable gravy and cheese curds. The flavour explodes with a familiar, yet highly refined taste. No ketchup needed here. Next was the beef tongue salad with marinated beets and radicchio. I was a bit apprehensive about trying the deli meat, but found that its salted aroma and tenderness were perfectly complimentary with the sweeter, crunchier beets, all married together in a tangy vinaigrette that brought out the best of both worlds.

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Down Wellington North in downtown Sherbrooke, The Auguste is one of the top restaurants in the city.

On the recommendation of the house sommelier, we were served a half bottle of a Chilean cabernet sauvignon. It was a dry, robust red that went perfectly with the meats, accentuating every aspect of the meal.

The main course was something I hadn’t had since my last

English breakfast: a nice piece of boudin, or black pudding, served with mashed potatoes and sweet and sour red cabbage. Whoever started the rumour that expensive restaurants only serve infinitesimal portions can shove it; I received what was essentially a half pound brick of the prepared

blood sausage with a hearty portion of sides.

The boudin itself was excellent.

It seemed to be baked, then fried, allowing for a moist and tender though cohesive piece of meat with a perfectly crisp coating – somewhat like a perfect brownie.

The sweet and sour cabbage was

good enough to eat on its own, but really added dimension to the main dish, contrasting again the sweet and salty, crumbly and fluffy.

Of course, dining with someone at the Auguste is a must, if only to be able to share and compare meals. My guest had ordered the thigh of rabbit, braised in prosciutto and served with a side of polenta fries. The rabbit itself was incredibly tender with a very dense texture that was as pleasing as the subtle taste. The polenta fries, however, were the real highlight. In a bite, the batter yielded to a cheesy, buttery, smooth potato stuffing that has a very rounded, light feeling.

Finally, there was dessert. I decided to go with a classic: butterscotch crème brûlée. It was a perfect end to the meal, a deliciously sweet and sumptuous pudding that ended the night on a high note.

So, in the end, there are no regrets for me over the price tag…

Still, in the future, I’d recommend any patron to skip the wine list and to drop in for lunch, when prices are a bit more reasonable. Perhaps the cost is a good thing, though. If it weren’t for the amount I’d paid, I’d probably be there every week.

What to do in Montreal this Halloween

By Shannon Neeley Contributor

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ake note all you ghouls and gals, the magical time of year that is Halloween is fast approaching! While you may be scrambling to piece together the perfect Honey Boo Boo costume, we have the run down on all Halloween revelry taking place in Montreal. La Ronde has been transformed once again into a terror-filled land. The annual Fright Fest has become an extremely popular draw for amusement park and Halloween lovers alike. The park is divided into different spook-tacular activity zones, designed to make the Fright Fest experience one to remember. This year’s events will also feature the return of the fan favorite Haunted House!

For those with an aversion to the undead or a bad heart you may want to explore La Ronde during day, but for those looking for a terrifying time Fright Fest really kicks into full gear when the sun goes down.

So if you’d like to get in some amusement park fun, filled with zombies, vampires, and other Halloween themed goodies, get to La Ronde by October 30.

Admission are $49.99. Discounts are available if you purchase your tickets online: www.frightfest.sixflags.com/laronde Montreal is a city with a rich history – and one that apparently includes a lot of ghosts! Montreal Ghost Walks will take you through the streets of Old Montreal as a storyteller reveals the dark history of the city while checking out haunted locations.

If you fancy yourself something of a Ghostbusters aficionado then the interactive Montreal Ghost Hunts might be more your speed. You’ll get to hunt down ghosts at each stop along the tour and “meet” the ghosts as they share their stories and tragic tales.

Two ghost hunt themes offered are: Montreal’s Historical Crime Scenes and New France Ghost Hunt, each offering different itineraries. It is important that you make a reservation as these tours are

extremely popular, especially around Halloween. Tours are offered in both English and French and cost $22 per person. For more information call: 1-877-868-0303, or go to www.fantommontreal.com.

For the cinephiles out there, Spasm will be showcasing some made-in-Quebec horror flicks to put you in the Halloween spirit. There will be showings at different venues all over Montreal and tickets vary in price. Check out: www.spasm.ca to see all the great films they have lined up.

You’ll want to break out your trashiest lingerie (guys included) for this classic ‘All Hallows’ Eve’ event. The Rocky Horror Picture Show Halloween Ball 2012 will once again be taking place at The Imperial Cinema. Moviegoers are encouraged to put on their wildest outfit and bring along the standard props. Get ready to experience an amazing interactive film and dance to shout and toast the night away!

There will also be prizes given out for best costume and the chance to be invited up on stage. Showings will take place on

October 26, 27 and 31 at 8 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. For more information or to purchase tickets go to: www.rockyhorrormontreal. com.

The Student Tours Halloween ‘Howler’ Club Crawl will also be happening again this year. Dubbed as “our nation’s largest Halloween party”, the student-only event attracts thousands of people from all over Canada. The way it works is that partygoers are shuttled around the city to four of the best Halloween parties. Some of the treats will be VIP access to the clubs, drink specials, costume prizes, and giveaways.

This is a great option for groups and a safe choice for getting around the city while still being able to enjoy your night.

Tickets are $30 and it will take place on Saturday, October 27. Where: Gerts at McGill – buses depart at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets go to www.clubzone.com and search for: Montreal Halloween Howler Club Crawl 2012.

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Lady Gaiters struggle to win But raise $2400 during Shoot for the Cure weekend

By Geoffrey Coventry Contributor

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he Shoot for the Cure tournament held two weeks ago was as much about basketball as it was about life. Head Coach of the Lady Gaiters Alex Perno was very critical of his team throughout the weekend, as it continued to find its identity. However, basketball merely took a platform role as a successful campaign for breast cancer research and awareness raised $2400 for the Shoot for the Cure Foundation.

From a basketball perspective, Coach Perno felt that even though the girls’ record showed an 0-3 weekend, they were still able to walk away with some positives and new things to improve on.

“This year is long and we expect a rough start,” Said Perno, “but may surprise for the second part of the year. In basketball, three quarters of our season is after the Christmas holidays, so we are building for that part. We (the coaching staff) are teaching the players to read the game and not just execute plays which we feel will change our program for the future.”

In game action, the Gaiters lost their Friday night opener against Queens’ Lady

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Catherine Belanger-Paquette looks to set up her teammates for the bucket against Queens.

Gaels by a score of 52-40. On Saturday, they fell to the Montreal Dynamo 72-55, and suffered their third loss on Sunday to the Express 60-43. These losses gave Coach Perno and his staff a quality string of games to work their systems and see

improvements in some of the players.

Regardless, the Lady Gaiters were the most fashionable team in the tournament, sporting their pink Reebok apparel.

As a team, coach Perno put emphasis on building and playing offense, which he

Finding the silver lining Difficult year for women’s soccer

By Brian MacIver Sports Editor

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his has not been a “Cinderella story” type of year for the Gaiters.

After tying their first game of the season, the women’s soccer team has dropped 9 of their last 10 games, is on an 8 game losing streak, and has only managed to score 3 goals during that span while posting a goal differential of -51. The team currently sits in last place at 0-10-2.

Head Coach Phil Ribaux had higher hopes for his team this year after putting more effort into the recruitment process, but his girls have failed to meet those expectations.

Indeed, Ribaux tried to increase the team’s offensive output after only scoring two goals over the course of the last sea-

son by recruiting strikers Jackie Lawther (Beamsville, Ontario) and Aquila Henry (Richmond Hill, Ontario).

Lawther scored one goal this season in a 6-1 loss against the Sherbrooke Vert & Or, while Henry has yet to make it onto the score sheet. Veteran striker Stephanie Burnett has also yet to find the back of the net this year.

This is not to say that the blame is on them, or on any other individual member of the team. In team sports, you win as a team, and you lose as a team.

That being said, there have been some good individual performances this year.

Molly Bucholtz, a third year Education major, has made a whopping 71 stops over the course of the season. Kelly McInerney, a second year Sports Studies major, has proven to be one of the team’s best players with her stalwart defending; she has been

named the Gaiters’ athlete of the week twice now, the only varsity athlete to accomplish the feat this year.

“She is a crazy good defender,” said Ribaux of McInerney. “She is the most reliable player on the team in terms of physical effort and mental awareness.”

The team’s next game will be a difficult one as they will be facing the fourthranked McGill Martlets this coming Friday, October 26, in Montreal. They will, however, have a chance to win their first game in their last game of the soccer season when they will play against the 1-9-2 UQAM Citadins on the following Sunday, October 28. photo courtesy natalia apic

Despite constant efforts, Lady Gaiters have yet to win a game this year.

thought was fairly well executed this weekend. He was also impressed with his team’s resilience on defense. From an improvement standpoint, Perno believes his Lady Gaiters “need to improve on defensive rebounding and continue to understand the systems which have become more of an IQ game.”

Perno was quick to praise players who he believed stepped up this weekend, but also asked more of players who he feels need to have a bigger role on the team. Coach felt that “Catherine Belanger-Paquet played solid on both ends of the floor, and Catherine Rondeau is starting to understand the point guard position more and more and taking care of the ball.”

“Veronique Fortin-Tremblay needs to bring consistency to all games. She is very talented, but has lots of ups and downs.

Same thing with Eloisa Katz,” adding that, “we need these two ladies to show up in every game in order to be successful.”

The head coach of the Lady Gaiters will continue to tinker with his team in order to get ready for the upcoming season.

The next string of games for the Lady Gaiters basketball team is October 25-27 in Moncton, where their travels will see them face UNB, St. FX and UPEI.

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Gaiters lose three straight in a 57-7 loss to Laval Playoff hopes dwindling, but not gone

By Brian MacIver Sports Editor

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he Gaiters visited the Laval Rouge et Or this past Sunday, and instead of meeting the same team they played against in a close 28-22 loss on Coulter Field six weeks ago, they were met by the Big Red Machine.

Ever since they replaced their offensive coordinator, the Rouge et Or have been playing like a team possessed, and Sunday’s game was no different. They defeated the Gaiters 57-7 in front of loud fans at the Telus Stadium in Quebec City.

The Gaiters ran the ball 30 times for a total of 125 yards, an admirable number, but nowhere near the totals we have seen in the past several weeks. Matt Burke, the team’s leading rusher and the second best rusher in the league, as well as Grant Carr, the 6’8”, 385lbs rookie offensive lineman, were absent from the lineup due to injury.

Laval, for their part, rushed for a total of 385 yards and averaged just over 10 yards per carry. To top it all off, they also had three running backs with over 100 yards

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Ronlee King-Fileen (#33) carried the ball 8 times for 23 yards, while David Haddrall (#84) lead the team in receiving yards with 114 on 6 catches in a 57-7 loss to Laval rushing.

“We just couldn’t stop their run,” said Gaiters head coach Kevin Mackey upon returning from Quebec City. “They played well, we’ve gotta give them credit.”

“We had a young defensive line out there. We had injuries on the d-line, so we had to shuffle things up a bit. It was a good

learning experience for them.”

The shake-ups did not just happen on the defense, though. After the first three series, second-string quarterback Shane McDonald took over the reins from Jordan Heather. Heather threw an interception on the Gaiters’ first drive which led to a Laval touchdown. He then followed that up with

a two-and-out on the next possession.

Mackey commented on this switch, “We have to give an opportunity to Shane to see what he has to offer. Sometimes some change does some good.”

McDonald was solid against a typically stingy Laval defense as he completed 11 of his 19 passing attempts for 157 yards, and added 28 yards on 4 rushing attempts.

However, his day was cut short after suffering a dislocated shoulder on his nonthrowing arm.

In comparison, Heather attempted 17 passes and completed 7 of them for 93 yards and an interception.

This latest loss places the Gaiters between a rock and a hard place. They now need to beat the very tough Montreal Carabins next Saturday on Coulter Field, or hope that the Sherbrooke Vert et Or beat the McGill Redmen in order for them to make it into the playoffs.

The good thing is that the Gaiters hold their fate in their own hands. Not only would a win get them into the playoffs, but the momentum of that win will definitely carry over into the postseason.

Plus, odds are that Sherbrooke will be resting a few of their starters, as their game against McGill has no bearing on their standing (they are locked into third place), making winning their last game and not counting on a McGill loss all the more important.

Men’s lacrosse edging closer to a repeat championship

By Brian MacIver Sports Editor

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espite losing their first game of the season in last week’s epic against McGill, the men’s lacrosse team is still on the road to potentially defend their national championship after defeating the Carleton Ravens 13-6 this past Saturday.

With the win, the Gaiters now improve their record to 9-1 and solidify their second place ranking in the Eastern conference.

The Gaiters success comes from their ability to adapt their style of play to the type of players they have and to the emergence of new leaders.

Last year’s team featured Mike Dube and Josh Crone who ranked #1 and #2 respectively in their conference (#3 and #4 nationally) in points scored, who have now both graduated. This year’s team has been relying on Alex Henderson and Gareth Gibson for their offense, who are currently ranked

in the top 5 scorers in the conference.

But they have also utilized a tighter style of play. As opposed to last year, this year’s team is winning by shutting down opposing offenses. The purple and white currently lead the country in goals against with an outstanding 46 goals.

Goalie David Bigley has been having a solid year and currently ranks second nationally in goals against average (compared to goalies with over 300 minutes played).

This shutdown style of play makes the Gaiters wait for their scoring chances while forcing the other team into making mistakes. And with any luck, it will just be another example of the age-old saying that “offense wins games, but defense wins championships”. photo courtesy robert j. galbraith The Gaiters’ sound defense has made them harder to score on than a catholic nun.

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Does a questionnaire suffice?

Bishop’s using education to ensure player safety

By Brian MacIver Sports Editor

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layer safety in sport is a hot-button topic these days. Football teams are being penalized for bounty scandals, worldrenown cyclists are having their titles stripped due to steroid use, and more and more studies are being conducted about the long-term effects of concussions.

But what are teams in the RSEQ doing to promote player safety?

For starters, all incoming varsity athletes (i.e. rookies and transfers), no matter what university they attend, must have a physical administered by either a team doctor or their own physician, and have the results approved before being accepted onto their respective teams.

When it comes to veteran players, however, it’s to each his own.

For example, the University of Montreal require that all athletes involved in “highrisk sports”, such as football and rugby, pass a physical at the end of every year in order to stay update baseline information and stay on top of injuries. The University of Sherbrooke, for its part, does not require any medical update unless there is a change in the athlete’s health status (operation, major medical issue, etc.), while McGill demands that all varsity athletes complete a medical questionnaire at the end of the season to update their medical status.

According to some varsity athletes, Bish-

op’s does not do any of those things. The administration, on the other hand, tells a different story.

“All veterans have medical questionnaires that must be answered honestly, for which the coaches of every varsity team are responsible of having completed by the athletes on their teams,” says athletic manager Joey Sabo.

The questionnaire being considered here asks varsity athletes to list any aller-

“These are all adults we are dealing with, and if they choose not to tell us about something like an allergy or another healthissue, how are we supposed to know that they aren’t?”

– Joey Sabo

gies they may have, as well as any visits to a physician or muscle, ligament, or bone injury that have occurred over the previous year.

Having seen this questionnaire, the next question is: why are some of the players saying that they have not been receiving it?

“Is there some administrative issues that result in some players not filling out the questionnaire, maybe. And I should, and plan to, do a better job in the following year to make the players aware of the importance of completing these question-

naires,” responded Sabo.

Sabo, a former four-year Bishop’s offensive lineman, also places the emphasis on the notion that a student-athlete should self-disclose any injury that could be damaging to his or her health, noting that “shouldn’t the number 1 person to be worried about your health is yourself?”

But this way of functioning comes with a certain risk: the fact that players may choose not to disclose an injury that could cut their season, or their varsity career, short, thus placing themselves at risk of aggravating an injury or worsening a health condition. So why do they not require physicals for all players like some other universities?

Sabo brings up a good argument for this, “it may not be easy, but it’s maybe easier for teams like the Carabins to have all of their players pass physicals every year when they have a department of medicine where training doctors can work with and test the athletes.”

“These are all adults we are dealing with, and if they choose not to tell us about something like an allergy or another health-issue, how are we supposed to know that they aren’t.”

The athletic department is instead trying to control this non-disclosure risk in another, more remarkable, way: they try to provide the athletes with the most information possible on different sports-related health issues.

For example, the Gaiter football team, in collaboration with Concordia University, hosted a talk given by the Taylor Hooton Foundation this past August on the risks of different performance enhancing-drugs, dietary supplements, and even energy drinks.

The Taylor Hooton Foundation was created in 2004 after Taylor Hooton, a promising Texas high school baseball player, committed suicide after abusing anabolic steroids at the age of 17. Since then, it has been dedicated to educating young people about the dangers of Appearance and Performance Enhancing Drugs (APEDs).

“You can’t put people in a protective bubble,” said Sabo “but you can give them the information they need in order for them to make good decisions.”

Is there room for improvement when it comes to player safety? Mr. Sabo certainly thinks so.

“There is always room for improvement, and we will continue to improve the department and program every year in all aspects.”

“Going forward, I plan to have sit-down seminars with every athlete at the start of every year to make sure that they understand the importance of these issues and the importance of filling out the questionnaires.”

“If you’re not taking care of your health, who is?”

Provigo Players of the Week Week of October 15

Week of October 22

Kelly McInerney

Louis Hinshelwood

Noah Harrison

This is McInerney’s second athlete of the week award this year, and the first athlete to win the award twice this year.

Throughout the team’s difficult year, she has proven to be a model of great work ethic and constant effort, as well as one of the team’s best players.

Hinshelwood, a fourth year rugby player, had a solid outing in the Gaiters’ 28-5 win over the Sherbrooke Vert et Or. He led the Gaiters with five turnovers in the game.

“Louis Hinshelwood was outstanding... he got it done,” said assistant coach Charles Goode.

Harrison, a fifth year business student, was instrumental in the men’s rugby’s 44-5 win over the Montreal Carabins last Friday. With his efforst, the team propelled itself to the top spot in the RSEQ rankings. “He might be the best player in the conference,” said head coach Bill Robson.

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