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“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.” -Paulo Coelho
Seasons are the constant reminder of time undulating-moving smoothly, slowly, up, and down. Where does the time go? It grows in shades of green as the trees once bloomed and filled themselves but then the air shifts, bringing in death who is dressed deceivingly in red, copper, and gold. They say that a beautiful thing never lasts, and it shows on the branches, exposed and naked without majestic robes. What does it say for the person whose favourite season is autumn? Well, whoever you are, if you are me, it says that you thrive so naively under beauty, for as it dies, you die a little as well. My body, my heart, starts to dry up and chill, like the air moving into winter. The cold is biting and God bless what is born in darkness, for it is something stronger than what can destroy it. But before I am to lose myself completely amidst dark days and empty nights, light shines again into spring. Over and again, I watch time tell me that it will always be, and I will testify with my life its hold over me.
Sapphire w.
Listen: Walk On the Moonby Labyrinth Ear To submit questions, response, art, or an article: - www.caucsa.tumblr.com - sachronicles@gmailcom October 26, 2012
IN THE BRAIN
Get REAL: The movement against Discrimination
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ENTERTAINMENT
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The World
How to Survive a Stolen Identity
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Rhizomatic Religion
A Question of Identity
8 Hypocrisy, Hierarchy and
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Holier-Than-Thou Ethics: Part II
Rhizomatic Religion
Woe Unto You, Scribes and Pharisees
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Dedicated Devotion
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neals alex photo gallery
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12 The listener 13 in the Soul Book and Movie List 14
LIKE A WRITING DESK
I n t h e b r a in G e t r e a l: a m ov e m e n t e d u c at in g yo u n g peo pl e to b e m o r e t h a n h u m a n by S a pph i r e wo o d s
To: my Grade 7 self, Yes! You will hit puberty. This is hard to say...but you will hurt someone... Chris, why do you say “fag” so much? Like, what is that? ...And you’re not going to care, really, at that point either. There’s going to be this guy and for some reason, you’re not really going to like him very much. And he’s not going to do anything to you. You’re just going to call him these terrible, terrible names that you’d never say to anyone now. Things like “fag” and “homo” and tons of other things that honestly, I feel uncomfortable saying right now. But you didn’t, and you won’t, for a really long, long time. The above monologue is from a video on YouTube called “To My Grade 7 Self” produced by a movement of students from the University of Western Ontario called Get REAL. On their website, Get REAL describes themselves as: a university student-driven initiative aimed at eliminating homophobia in creative and dynamic ways who are “changing the face of what it means to be a young person who stands up against homophobia. We are open to any and all who wish to stand up and speak out against discrimination.” Chris Studer, the co-founder and director of Get REAL says that the idea behind the movement was influenced by the good behaviour enforced on the “Sophs”, or upperclassmen, to pass onto the Freshmen during Frosh Week at Western. “Before Frosh Week, Sophs help move freshmen stuff to the dorms,” Chris says, “and if a kid even has books inside a box that advertises alcohol, we aren’t allowed to touch it.” Apart from abstaining from alcohol and swearing, Sophs are also responsible for demonstrating kindness, consideration, and maturity as an example for Freshmen. Acting as a role model, Chris noticed that his actions definitely had an effect on the younger students.“They actually look up to you. If you call them out about something, they actually do listen.” Chris Studer, along with friend Sophie Bertram applied the same concept to what they noticed was a rampant issue among young people-- discrimination based on how someone else identified. “Kids are coming in from everywhere at West-
ern. When you get thrust into a group where nobody knows each other and everybody is finding things out about themselves, you can’t just be calling names out.” Chris and Sophie noticed that above many other stereotyping and discriminatory action taking place among kids fresh out of high school was the negative attitude and derogatory regard towards the LGBT community. What makes the year old Get REAL movement unique is not only its strictly unbiased position on same-sex relationships, but it’s message to young people: sensitivity, consideration, and respect for fellow human beings makes one a responsible citizen, not one’s political or religious beliefs. This one-love movement is a gay and straight alliance that has young people from every walk of life coming together to tell whoever will listen that people are people, and everyone wants to feel safe, if not accepted. The Get REAL movement is not a charity or a fad. It is a united group of young individuals who all believe in making the world kind by standing up against society’s ideologies and breaking through ideological barriers. They are helping to create awareness against a severe form of bullying and spreading love all the way. “I really don’t know why it is that you do use that language because I know, deep down, you know that it does hurt people.”
Visit: - thegetrealmovement.com -It Gets Better at Brigham Young University: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym0jXg-hKCI
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It is the view that every human being has a fundamental nature of goodness. That together, we make a more beautiful world. It is here where we regain the opportunity to accomplish our dreams clarify our mind, and open our hearts.
The Call of Shambhala
October 26, 2012
Entertainment & Experience
by M e l iss a M y e r s
Are you looking for events that will enrich and entertain your year at CUC? If so, this column will be for you! Look here to stay updated about events on and off campus, interviews, pictures, and recaps of past events. There is always a variety of musical, theatrical, and cultural goings-on at CUC, including volunteer opportunities, sporting events and those put on by our S.A. There is a plethora of talent and diversity on this campus, which is sure to make for a full semester! Here’s a brief rundown of what’s taking place this month:
Here’s what to look forward to for the upcoming weeks: October can be a tough month. The newness of the semester has slowly worn away—project due dates that were distant in September loom in the near future, binders and notebooks fill are filling up with notes, and assignments and tests and papers seemingly snowball one after the other. Midterm season is upon us. Yet for all your stress and studying, don’t forget you are halfway through the semester. And if you need a study break, facebook’s “CUC Memes” is always there to occupy a few hours, err, minutes. Aside from academics, or taking breaks from them, October at CUC has been a full month. Games for the soccer, basketball and volleyball men’s and women’s teams have been won and lost; students attended Riverton open house and Oktoberfest; musicians performed at Evensongs and Sundays at Seven; the ‘Sisters of Soul’ benefit concert was organized to support breast cancer research; and students volunteered at the Red Deer soup kitchen, to name a few of the many activities that have taken place so far this month.
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Choral Union Choir Fundraiser: Saturday, October 27 7:30pm at the Snack Shop AY: Saturday, October 27 4:00pm in North Hall Student Lounge Ladies Open House at LVH: Sunday October 28 at 6:00pm CUC/PAA Red Deer Food Drive: Wednesday, October 31 Amateur Hour: Saturday, November 3, 8:00pm. Stay updated for a location. AY: Saturday, November 3, 4:00pm in LVH Chapel Reading Break: Friday, November 9, to Monday, November 11 Remembrance Day: Sunday, November 11
Off campus: Saturday, November 3, 8:00 pm at the Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre in Edmonton, “The Richard Eaton Singers present the oratorio Elijah, considered one of the greatest works of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.” Tickets are $35-$45 for students.
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In the World H ow to S u rv i v e a Sto l e n i d e n t i t y by M a n u M ay u r
Allow me to introduce you to a man that stole identities for a living and specialized in credit card fraud from 20012004 in western New York. He was a high school drop out simply because he hated school and found that he could be doing more interesting things like making money and using his time wisely that way. He started off in his business by selling fake ID’s at a college. That later branched off and he soon had someone working for him to keep his sales going. They split the profits half/half while he moved on to creditcard fraud. He started encoding existing credit cards with stolen data and began ordering stuff online. Soon enough, he began printing his own credit cards and using them at retail stores in order to purchase laptops, gift cards, and other valuable items which he then resold on eBay. He then purchased an ATM skinner, which he never got to use, and bought some data electronics kits with the intention of buying an ATM and rigging it to capture data. He was caught in December 2004. He had gone to Best Buy with an associate to purchase a laptop. The manager figured something was up since his friend was sweating, and acting shifty-- doing everything that you shouldn’t be in that situation. The manager left them to check up on the ID and credit card while the guys booked it out of the store. The friend’s picture was, soon enough, all over the news. Someone recognized him and turned him in, who then turned the mastermind in. After getting caught, he worked with the secret service for 2 years, helping them investigate the online underground which the secret service knew almost nothing about. The guy then served two weeks while waiting for bail and he got three years probation along with US$210 000 restitution. This is what he had to say: 1. Don’t carry your social insurance number, PINs, or other private data in your wallet. Good old theft is still the #1 cause of credit card fraud and ID theft.
2. Shred anything with account numbers, SIN, and other vulnerable info. 3. Fight giving out your SIN as much as possible. Don’t put it on a form unless it’s 100% required and you trust the company. 4. Use LastPass or some other password manager. Not only will it save you tons of time but also allows you to use different random passwords everywhere. Never reuse passwords for anything you even slightly care about. As an added bonus, they will only fill in logins for the real domain. If you get caught in a phishing site it won’t fill the form in. 5. Use fake security Q&As for sites that require them, like banks. Your mother’s maiden name, hometown, et cetera are pretty easy to figure out. Just keep in mind you may need to provide this info to someone over the phone so keep it work safe to avoid embarrassment. Or not, if you like to troll. 6. Be vigilant. Check your bank accounts and credit cards at least once a week. Check your credit at least once a year. One report per year is free. 7. Use credit cards instead of debit. Debit cards take money out of your bank account instantly. Credit cards give you float. If someone steals your credit card it’s usually not a big deal. You fill out some forms and they refund your money. If someone steals your debit card and takes money out of your account you needed for rent, car payments, et cetera, you’re screwed until the bank refunds it. 8. Unless you’re in a super high-risk situation don’t waste your money on credit monitoring services. Just like extended warrantees and other forms of insurance, you’re better off saving the money. Most importantly, stop worrying! There are more important things to fret about in your life. If your credit card gets stolen you’ll get your money back. For more information check out his website at www.driverdan.com
October 26, 2012
R h i zo m at i c r e l i g i o n by S aw y e r
To those who are concerned about my identity: I am Walt Whitman; I contain multitudes. There seems to have been questions raised about my identity across social media and campus locations. I would like to officially request those who are concerned to write directly to the newspaper. But please do not write about my identity. Write about the questions I raise. Some of you would like to know my identity to make sure I am not proliferating a personal agenda. I feel like this dismisses my arguments, instead of acknowledging the points that I make. Why should it not be personal anyways? It is my faith. The Church is deciding what my God thinks and feels. If I feel convicted otherwise, then why should I not voice my perspective? Does one individual have more authority than another? Are you concerned that I’m not a Theo major? Is there some hierarchy of ideas? Are you afraid that I am a woman? I am the runaway slave, running, running. I am the little girl who, you say, is inferior to man. I am the homosexual you choose to maim.
Some of you would like to know my identity to have a public debate. What, I’d like to ask, is more public than a school newspaper distributed across campus? With every issue, we have requested that you respond either through our SA tumblr or the newspaper’s email. Please do so. My identity is irrelevant. My ideas should be the focus. Some of you may think that my ideas are not theologically sound. If you could write to me explaining what you mean by that, rather than simply dismissing my argument with theoretical jargon, I would love to show you otherwise. If you respond with counter arguments, then please map out your theoretical framework—then we can be on the same page.
Can’t wait to hear from you, Your Sawyer
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H y p o c r i s y, H i e r a rc h y a n d H o l i e r-T h a n-T h o u Eth i c s: T h e P o l i t i c s o f To rt u r e a n d Co n d e m n at i o n in t h e 21 st C e n t u ry
PART II
by Ev i e da r k ly
In this issue, Darkly expands on the ideas presented in Part I to ask, “Is torture justified in some circumstances? Does the imperative for information outweigh the ethical considerations against torture?” Can torture ever be justified? Last time we looked at torture, I came to a few conclusions: torture brutalizes not only the victim but the torturer as well; the West has a detailed history of condemning torture by others while condoning and conducting torture themselves; “confessions” derived from methods of torture cannot be used in a court of law and are often not only false but misleading; and yes, waterboarding is torture. But I want to further explore the morality of torture by presenting a familiar scenario often portrayed on the Fox Television political drama 24, as recapped by author Alfred W. McCoy: “Right now, across Los Angeles, timers on dozens of toxic nerve-gas canisters are set to detonate in just hours and send some two million Americans to their deaths in writhing agony. But take hope. We have one chance, just one, to avert this atrocity and save the lives of millions. Agent Jack Bauer of the Counter Terrorist Unit has his hunting knife poised over the eye of a trembling traitor who may know the identity of those who set these bombs. As a clock ticks menacingly and the camera focuses on knife point poised to plunge into eyeball, the traitor breaks and identifies the Muslim terrorists, giving Agent Bauer the lead he needs to crack this case wide open.”1 It’s called the “ticking time bomb scenario,” and it has been used to justify practices of torture around the world and at home, though much of the torture ordered by Canada and the United States is outsourced to countries like Syria, Egypt and Jordan, whose governments are widely known to use torture in their interrogations.2 Let’s take the case of Maher Arar, a Muslim Canadian citizen who was erroneously suspected of having ties to terrorist groups by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. After requesting American officials to place Arar on a watchlist, Arar was apprehended in New York in September, 2002 while he waited to change planes. As an inquiry that came too late for the innocent Arar revealed, “he was held for questioning for 12 days, then flown by jet to Jordan and driven to Syria. He was beaten, forced to confess to having trained in Afghanistan — where he never has been — and then kept in a coffinsize dungeon for 10 months before he was released.”3 October 26, 2012
It would be a mistake to assume this is an isolated incident. Indeed, there have been and still are others like Arar who are clandestinely handed over to foreign governments to do the dirty work that is torture. It’s easy to understand the horror of an individual being tortured by mistake. But what about those who, you know, deserve it? There are throngs of people who generally consider themselves pacifists that would agree that if the authorities had a known terrorist in their grasps who was plotting a horrific act which could claim thousands of lives, and they were being uncooperative about the specifics of say, the bomb, its location, or how to dismantle it, that squeezing the answer out of them any way possible is the lesser evil. What is the ethical trade-off? Denying the suspect of their human rights through means of torture or allowing thousands of innocents to die? This famous thought experiment demonstrates that, according to logic, you would weigh out the ethical trade-off and decide to torture one terrorist in order to save a multitude of lives. It makes sense on paper and looks good when Jack Bauer is doing it on television, but unfortunately, that’s where the sense-making stops. It’s fiction. Welcome to reality: in the real world, law officers are very rarely certain whether the suspect(s) they consider torturing are truly aware of any deadly plots. There’s scarcely a way to consider the ethical trade-off because the numbers of those at risk are not known. Instead, we find ourselves entangled in logical fallacies and ethical entrapments where the only certainty is that a human being is going to be tortured. To assume that it would be “for the greater good” is just lying to ourselves. Not only has torture been denounced as effective by everyone from agents of the FBI to government officials, but when we start to find ways to justify torture, it becomes a slippery slope into other disturbing practices, such as the torturing of a suspect’s family members. In 2010, British conservative political columnist Bruce Anderson came to this conclusion when, in considering a hypothetical scenario, he wrote: “We have captured a terrorist, but he is a hardened character. We can
not be certain that he will crack in time. We have also captured his wife and children. After much agonising, I have come to the conclusion that there is only one answer to [the] question. Torture the wife and children.”4 It’s disconcerting when torture is used despite the knowledge that it often produces false “confessions.” It isn’t so far-fetched to infer that governments who use torture are then, perhaps, not really looking for the truth, but an excuse. How else to explain the US-led invasion of Iraq as a response to the 9/11 attacks despite Iraq having nothing to do with them? American economist Paul Krugman writes that “the Bush administration put relentless pressure on interrogators to use harsh methods on detainees in part to find evidence of cooperation between al-Qaeda and the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s regime... Let’s say this slowly: the Bush administration wanted to use 9/11 as a pretext to invade Iraq... so it tortured people to make them confess to the nonexistent link.”5 Here in the West we rest on the assertion that we are members of an evolved society. And in many ways, we are. Bolstered by that assumption, we willingly jump all over other countries who commit human rights violations like torture, genocide, the use of child soldiers and rampant gender inequality. I take some issue with the West assuming the parental role of leading the rest of the world, but that is another article all in itself. The point is, if we understand our role in the international community through global partnering organizations like the United Nations as to protect and preserve human rights, then we too have to be accountable for our actions. “Do as Mommy says, not as Mommy does” is not effective.
think anyone is going to listen to us when we cry out in opposition to crimes against humanity when our own back yard is littered with shameful mistakes like the cases of Maher Arar or Omar Khadr? The rhetoric for Western conduction of torture is “mistake,” but when it’s a country we silently consider barbaric in comparison, it’s a “human rights atrocity.” If “they” do something wrong, evil forces are at work. If “we” do something wrong, well, everyone makes mistakes, right? If Japanese soldiers used waterboarding techniques against Americans during World War II, we call it torture and it was punishable by death. When, for example, the United States utilised waterboarding, stress positions and induced hypothermia during the Bush administration, it was called “enhanced interrogation techniques” or an “alternative set of procedures.” When Canadian authorities facilitated the kidnapping of Maher Arar and shipped him off to another country to be tortured, it was called “extraordinary rendition.” The hypocrisy is ongoing. We are not going to effect any sort of change in the world until we sit down and settle our own morality. This isn’t about the means justifying the ends. There are no “ends.” There’s just a lot of loose threads and an abundance of excused crimes. And a crime like torture is a crime against humanity—ignoring it or conceding that it is necessary or even ethical in any circumstance is pulling the wool over our eyes. In doing so, we strip individuals of their basic right to dignity and safety, betray our own sense of morality, and facilitate corrupt governments in their justification of unjustifiable actions, both on the world stage and in the dank, dark little dungeons that no one else can see.
We wouldn’t accept police officers who drink and drive, or priests who prey on young boys, so why do we
Omar Khadr, upon arrest at age 15 and in detention.
Maher Arar and his wife after his eventual return to Canada.
Footnotes:
1 www.progressive.org/mag_mccoy1006 2 warincontext.org/2012/07/03/syria-torture-centers-revealed-by-human-rights-watch/ 3 www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/19/AR2006091901547.html 4 www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/bruce-anderson/bruce-anderson-we-not-only-have-a-right-to-use-torture-we-have-a-duty-1899555. html 5 krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/grand-unified-scandal/
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d e d i c at e d d evot i o n by m eg h a nn Di m in yat z
B l i n d.
The story tells of a woman, visited one night by a dream from God. In the dream, the woman finds out that she is going to be gifted with a guest - Jesus. The day of his arrival is given her, but not the time; as the day approaches, she becomes feverish with excitement and fear. She begins to clean her house – and not just clean, mind. Like extreme couponing for neat-freaks. She’s polishing the toilet with a q-tip. In fact, she’s so busy that when an old lady, cold from the wind, asks if she can sit down for a bit in the house, the woman is horrified at the mud on her boots. Even though there is a closet of unused jackets and plastic floor covering in the entry. When a child knocks on the door lost, crying and hungry, the woman shoos him away too. Even though there’s a fresh pot of soup on the stove. When a church member calls, begging for help from jail, the woman tells him she is too busy getting ready for Jesus. When a neighbour pops by asking if the woman wants to come along to visit a sick friend, the woman frantically shouts over the noise of the steam cleaner that she hasn’t a spare moment. Thus, the day ticks by. And by. And by. And finally the woman lays her head down to sleep, for Jesus did not come. That night, the woman again dreams of God. She is indignant. Why didn’t your Son come? She asks angrily. I cleaned all day, and cooked in expectation of Him. And the gentle answer astounds her. Daughter, my Son did come. “And the King said: ‘I tell you this: whenever you saw a brother hungry or cold, when you saw a sister weak and without friends, when you saw the least of these and ignored their suffering, so you ignored Me.’ “ Matthew 25:45 (the Voice) Are you angry with God right now? Are you fuming October 26, 2012
at Jesus? Are you just so frustrated that the Spirit isn’t showing up when you need him? When there is no one who comes to you in the middle of the night as you weep; when you follow a path you are so sure of, that you and God talked about, and it dissipates around you; when you march into a moment with so much hope (but God! I studied for that test!) but it turns into your worst nightmare; doesn’t that just frost you? Let us refer back to the story briefly. The woman says, I cleaned all day, and cooked in expectation of Him. And there lies the answer you crave, and I crave. How many times has Jesus shown up, and your expectations got in the way of his face? How could he possibly be working out a situation in your life right now, but you’ve missed it because it wasn’t packaged in the box you imagined? Why is devotional time a rollercoaster, sometimes beautiful and stirring, sometimes empty and dead? Why is it the same for praise and church? Why is life a journey we’re struggling to predict? You owe it to God to let go of your expectations. He is just itching to shower you with opportunities to see his face. And believe me, He is the best person to gift with the benefit of your doubt – He will blow your mind. Because letting go is just taking your expectations to God, so he can free you. Because it may not be a lost and forlorn child, or a cold elderly lady showing up to your dorm room, but the answer to the prayer for a friend, or a way out, the money for your tuition or the solution to your Major (which is a major issue, to be sure). It may be the dissipation of the problem that’s kept you awake for years, or just simply the peace you’ve been needing for that day. So don’t be the woman. Don’t let your expectations kill the beautiful way God chooses to present Himself to you. Because that is just it – He will show up, and it will be for you in a way no one else in history or future can claim.
“The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ears filled with hearing. That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is no hing new under the sun.� Ecclesiastes 1:8-9 NKJ
Sincerely,
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t h e l ist e n e r “L atch
feat .
S am S mith ” - D isclosure
Have you ever fallen in love? It’s delirious, isn’t it? Dizzying, unnerving, euphoric, hazy, and at times overwhelming. Cue the new Disclosure tune, which encapsulates the blissful fall with ease and style. Hailing from Britain, Disclosure are brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence, and they are on their merry way to being crowned the most exciting dance producers of 2012. Moving away a bit from their previous sounds, which were more heavily influenced by 90s era UK Garage, Disclosure are on full-attack with this
“W hen I G row U p ” - F ever R ay Swedish electronic artist Karin Dreijer Andersson is Fever Ray: “Constantly inventive, restlessly emotive, Fever Ray swaggers, broods, intrigues and dazzles without ever making concessions to the soap opera demands of modern media” (feverray.com). Her music, strange and compelling, is completely encapsulating—its smooth sound washes over the listener with ease. “When I Grow Up” is one of my all-time favourite songs. It is minimal but never feels empty. It is powerful and fragile.
shuffling, downtempo single and its irresistible, infectious chorus. Newcomer Sam Smith impresses with his soulful, lovestruck vocals and incredible range. Now dance! I mean... don’t. Never mind.
It haunts, but beautifully. The lyrics invoke feelings of reminiscence and childlike wonder, nostalgia slowly creeping into the song and the listener.
“L ose I t ” - A ustra
“H eld (T im H ecker
remix )”
- H oly O th -
er
Katie Stelmanis, lead singer of Austra, spent her childhood preparing for a career in opera, singing regularly for the prestigious Canadian Opera Company while studying piano
I’m a massive fan of both Tim Hecker and Holy Other, so this pairing felt pretty sensational to me even before my first listen. But sometimes the things we love apart don’t work well together, like forks and electrical outlets, or sneezing and yoga, or spaghetti squash and chocolate. What was I saying? Uh, my point is, unlike bad food combinations, this is a match made in atmospheric, astral projection-inducing musical heaven. Pack
and violin. These influences shape Austra’s sound—classical and electronic music beautifully collide on their album “Feel It Break,” which was shortlisted for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize. “Lose It” is playful and upbeat, while at the same time dark and mesmerizing. Stelmanis’ gorgeous vocals tower over the track. It’s all an enchanting combination.
your bags--it’s time to go on a journey.
-M.M -E.D
“A C ase
of
Y ou ” - J ames B lake
“D ingolay ” - M ighty S hadow
Speaking of love, even if you aren’t in it, this song will make
This has to be my all time favourite piece of music that ex-
you feel it whether you want to or not. This simple Joni Mitch-
ists. The rhythm alone should get you in the mood to dingolay.
ell cover is accompanied with a tinkling and touching piano
“Dingolay” derives from Trinidadian Patois, or broken french.
that woos and holds you. Perfectly put lyrics that read: “You’re
There is so much flavour to the song. Take a taste. “The one
my blood, you’re my holy wine, you taste so bitter and so sweet.
who invented music has got to be terrific. Has got to be the one
I could drink a case of you, darling, and I would still be on my
who created the sun and the trees, rivers and seas, oh yeah,
feet” will put you in a deliciously melodramatic mood.
yeah.”
“V ipassana ” - M acklemore
“C ircumstances ” - B uju B anton
For those that ponder the universe and are on a journey, this
The song speaks for itself and tells that who you are today
song is definitely for you. Macklemore, lyrical genius, spits to
is because of circumstance. Times get tough but the tougher
some heavy beats that are 100% relatable.
it gets, the more you grow. It speaks of a man’s struggle with hope but at the end of the day, it helps shape him. - S.W - L.B
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In the soul Book list Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld Oliver Buttons Is a Sissy - Tomie dePaola Unbearable Light - Portia de Rossi The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
M ov i e l i st • Riding in Cars with Boys • Milk • Lady in the Water
Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys
• Girl, Interrupted
The Awakening - Kate Chopin
• Mona Lisa Smile
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky The Help - Kathrynne Stockett
• Delhi 6 • The Color Purple
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
• The Magdalene Sisters
Faust - Goethe
• Les Choristes
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
• The Messenger
Gender Blending: Confronting the Limits of Duality - Holly Devor Woman on the Edge of Time - Marge Piercy
• Elizabeth: The Golden Age
The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin
• Kill Bill Vol.II
Politics of Masculinities: Men in Movements - Michael Messner
• For Colored Girls
The Second Sexism: Discrimination Against Men and Boys
• Freedom Writers
- David Benatar Ceasefire!: Why Women and Men Must Join Forces to Achieve True Equality - Cathy Young Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk The Male Machine - Marc Feigen Fasteau Self-Made Man: One Woman’s Journey into Manhood and Back
• Notorious • The Blind Side • The Darjeeling Limited • Prayers for Bobby
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like a writing desk
w i t h g in g e r
In Lewis Carrol’s book, Alice in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter asks “Why is a raven like a writing desk?” and the guests at the tea party attempt to solve the riddle. Several pages later, the Hatter admits “I haven’t the slightest idea.” This scene was meant to illustrate the mystical, magical world that Alice has fallen into, a place of leisure and adventure. In turn, this column is a cove of possibilities, where whatever you create, write, draw, photograph, or imagine can come to life. In each issue, you can flip to this section to find voices of others that are meant to express, inspire and stimulate.
To write has always been integrated into my very being, a necessity to express, to keep track, to write down, to reflect. The desire sprang up into my 5-year old self when I began writing my own songs in a little red notebook. As I grew older, words always found their way onto the margins of my class notes, and the more I wrote, the stronger the craving returned. It is not always this simple though, and writer’s block is often a challenge. It is important to write frequently, write anything, and read. Within this issue, the poetry and prose that has been chosen is meant to coax creativity out of you, by descriptive settings, visual metaphors, peculiar adjectives. Let the words spark new ideas inside you.
It is the view that every human being has a fundamental nature of goodness. That together, we make a more beautiful world. It is here where we regain the opportunity to accomplish our dreams clarify our mind, and open our heart. Never give up. You are home. (SMF)
I have calluses leftover from grade school monkey bars and I think that’s why I’ve been able to hold on to this idea of love for long before noticing the blisters. (AP)
Rose petal fingers traced glowing constellations into the plains of my back. (A)
I don’t know what to do with my recently orphaned autumn daydreams. (AP)
You make me feel like a loose thread, frayed and hanging onto something that is perfectly intact without me. (JD)
The last time we went swimming, the sea stood up and hugged you as though you were responsible for keeping it blue. (BS)
There is a giant tombstone weighing down on my heart, mocking me, ready to bury another friend. (A)
October 26, 2012
Another Dying Autumn
Self Talks
Skies, peach-stained and leaking blue,
People just don’t understand.
splashing onto the edge of the horizon, whisper of death and his hat of tricks,
I don’t think a person can ever really understand another.
wisps of rolling fog and smoke thick.
You can tell someone a story, an experience, a moment, your feel
ings. Daisies wilt by creeks iced over near
And they will listen. and perhaps be able to relate because they
shivering forests of sleeping creatures,
too have gone through something similar. Something completely
while lovers argue and families split.
unique and different than you, but something similar.
A massacred autumn, woven and knit
But they won’t really understand why that story sticks out in your memory; why you find it worth retelling. They will not be able to
into winter’s skirt of frost.
understand quite just how you felt during that experience. Or how that moment made you feel. And they will probably more
Circus by: Jenna Mae Diamante Blindfolded magpies present tricks on the tightrope while stars fly across the ebony on trapeze bars that dangle from the moon. Autumn arrives in a woven gown, a bodice of daffodil skins, a skirt of wilted rose petals. She blows poppy kisses, sparks the applause of the waterfall, bubbling over in delight. On its last breath, the sun wanes to robin egg blue, hugs valleys and canyons with outstretched arms, before a curtsy, the end of the third season’s final act.
than likely not ever be able to understand the feelings you try to express. They may be able to see those tears and believe them, and see your smile, and believe that too. But they won’t understand why your tears fall the way they do. or the reason for your smile. And I don’t think its ever really someone’s fault for not being able to understand another person. Regardless of how hard we try..or how much we want to. But is it actually ever possible to fully understand one another? - Ally T.
From A Writer I want to write. Not so much in terms of poems and songs, although that would be cool too. I want to write about my desires, hopes, fears, motivations, and observations. It is important for me to recognize and understand the variousness that crosses my cortex, to write the thoughts that are barely explored, slightly touched, on a given day. It is my plan and intention to explore and share a portion of the deep recesses of my mind. It is very exciting to put into words the things that bob around in the seas of my mind.
If you’d like to see your pieces of creativity in the newspaper, email jenna at jdiamant@cauc.ca!
The Inquirer
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A Matching Game From mars. A whizz for aim with everything but a toilet seat. Constantly sweating. Advocate of sports, violence, and all things vile.
Does a million things at once. Is always watching you. Appreciates apples more than anything.
From Venus. Pees sitting down. Picks dresses for future weddings on pinterest. Subservient, docile.
The cause of all of things evil. Strangely welcomed in provinces such as Alberta.
What Eve found that caused her to sin.
October 26, 2012