The Concordian - January 19th, 2016

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VOLUME 33, ISSUE 16 | TUESDAY, JAN. 19, 2016

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News p. 2 Editorial p. 14

CATs got our

tongue Demanding democratic rights while denying our right to a free press

also in this issue

life

Exotic locations, student budget p. 6

arts

ConU talent echoes at FOFA

music

p. 8

sports

opinions

Social media and The future of Saying goodbye to Bowie p. 10 dressage in QC p. 13 eating disorders p. 15

news

NEWS EDITOR /// news@theconcordian.com GREGORY TODARO ( @GCTodaro)

CITY

BY SAVANNA CRAIG NEWS ASSISTANT

Public school budget cut protests continue Teachers, parents and students with the Fédération autonome de l’enseignement (FAE) met at Place Gennevilliers-Laliberté in Hochelaga Maisonneuve on the afternoon of Jan 16. to demand more funding towards education. Pascale Gringon, a spokesperson for the Je protège mon école publique group, said the government has reimplemented $20 million in funding, according to Global News. However, $350 million in public sector cuts have been made since the start of 2015. Gringon has commented that the government was surprised that parents were taking action against budget cuts.

Six Quebecers killed in Burkina Faso attack Six Quebec locals have been identified as civilians killed in the terrorist attack in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. A total of 28 people in total have been reported dead. The Quebecers were there for humanitarian reasons and were killed in their hotel. La Presse reported Canadian authorities do not rule out the chance of other Canadians being killed in the attack.

Canadiens lose fourth game in a row On Jan. 17, the Blackhawks took their 11th straight win over the Canadiens, beating them 5-2 in Chicago. CTV News Montreal reported that player Brendan Gallagher said the Habs will “get out of this.” Gallagher says, “It’s taken longer than we would have liked, but we’re going to get out of this. The only way we’re going to do that is sticking together as a group.” The Habs have faced a drop in goals scored since November when Vezina-winning goalie Carey Price sustained a lower-body injury.

COVER STORY

Journalist kicked out of CATs GA

Concordia Against Tribunals votes to remove Concordian reporter from meeting

BY GREGORY TODARO NEWS EDITOR A journalist with The Concordian was voted out of a public meeting held by Concordia Against Tribunals (CATs) last week.

Assistant news editor Savanna Craig was attending the General Assembly of CATs in the Hall building on Jan. 12 on assignment.

CATs is a group dedicated to getting Concordia University to drop charges against students facing tribunals for their actions during anti-austerity strikes last spring.

Early in the meeting—which was open to the public—attendees asked journalists in the room to identify themselves. Craig obliged, and that’s when she said the group began discussing whether or not she should be allowed to stay.

“At first it seemed alright that I was there,” said Craig. “Then someone brought up the issue that media … has been known to sort of twist words.”

Several attendees expressed fear that having a journalist in the meeting could cause prob-

lems for students who were facing tribunals, including accusations that those who spoke would be misquoted or targeted.

“Everyone seemed very polite at first,” said Craig. “Then, after the media twisting comment, it just seemed like the whole room was staring at me … like I was someone who was just there to paint a bad view of CATs.” A student journalist from The

Link also identified himself. The reporter told the room he was not there to cover the event, but that he “couldn’t promise he wouldn’t report anything,” Craig said.

Concordia Student Union External Affairs and Mobilization Coordinator Gabriel Velasco called the trend of kicking journalists out of public meetings “problematic.”

“We need to figure out a

Students at a protest against tribunals in September 2015.

Photo by Andrej Ivanov.

solution,” he said.

Velasco said the choice to vote out the media stemmed from fear that even a simple comment could be taken out of context and used against an individual later.

“There were students there who were going through tribunal cases,” he said. “People felt that having their comments reported could be used to jeopardize their cases.”

Concordia’s official policy on the temporary use of space on campus states that spaces on campus can’t “create a climate of intimidation toward an individual or identifiable group.”

Around a dozen members of CATs crashed a back-to-school meet and greet with Concordia president Alan Shepard on Jan. 14, carrying signs and wearing patches with the group’s symbol.

The meet and greet was taking place in the Richard J. Renaud Science Complex on the Loyola Campus. The group, which had previously tried to meet with Shepard, wanted to formally present the president with their demands. The whole encounter lasted a matter minutes.

CAMPUS

Former Concordia student drops CRARR The human rights organization had announced they would represent student

BY SAVANNA CRAIG NEWS ASSISTANT @savannacraig The Centre for Research-action on Race Relations (CRARR) announced that as of Jan. 18 they are no longer representing a former Concordia student’s on-campus battle of an alleged 2015 sexual assault.

The human rights organization announced on Friday that they accepted the mandate of representing Cathy—a pseudonym used to protect her identity. However, Cathy has asked for CRARR to no longer represent her.

Concordia received a formal complaint against Cathy’s ex-boyfriend on March 24, 2015.

Since then, the university has not set a solid date for her tribunal.

The case is being held through Concordia due to one of the two assaults having taken place on

campus. The first attack took place at her apartment in September of 2014 with the following attack taking places on campus in February.

A CRARR press release shared on their website on Monday said the organization “has been informed of her wish not to further act in her case.”

Executive director Fo Niemi declined to comment out of respect for Cathy’s privacy. However, he did encourage “women in that situation to come forward.

We are available to help anyone.”

Cathy’s tribunal has been postponed multiple times due to probationary orders, the defendant being out of province and issues conflicting her ex-boyfriends restraining order. The conflicts of the restraining order include having both Cathy and her ex-boyfriend in the same room.

While the press release stated CRARR would no longer represent Cathy, it did not say if the entire case will be dropped or not.

CRARR is the same organization which helped Mei Ling in the racial and sexual harassment

CRARR, which represented Mei Ling, is no longer representing Cathy. Photo by Marie-Pierre Savard.

case against two former ASFA executives. CRARR has represented Mei Ling since she filed the complaint in March 2015. A settlement was approved for an undisclosed amount of monetary compensation and an official apology from ASFA. Although the complaints towards ASFA have reached an agreement, the Quebec human rights commission is still investigating the two executives responsible for harassing Mei Ling. CRARR has also

represented Concordia student Rose Tandel in a $60,000 lawsuit against Le Gym after refusing her boss’ request to stop a Muslim co-worker from praying in May 2013. The case is still ongoing.

An internal study by the university released in September recommended that Concordia create an all-encompassing policy on sexual violence. Those recommendations are expected to be implemented by the end of the 2015-2016 academic year.

JANUARY 15, 2016

CAMPUS

More troubles, resignations for ASFA Tensions are running high between the excecutive team and council

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NATION

BY SAVANNA CRAIG NEWS ASSISTANT

Double Bubble bandit walks away with massive haul A pharmacy in Markham, ON has recently had an estimated $1,528 worth of chewing gum stolen on Dec. 17. York Regional Police Const.

Andy Pattenden told Vice News this crime is “incredibly strange.”

Security footage shows a man collecting gum cartons off the shelves and throwing them in a garbage bag. Vice News reported the man took the bags of gum outside to a waiting taxi, went back into the pharmacy to fill a second bag—without a customer or employee noticing—and then returned to the cab and drove away.

Graphic by Katie Brioux.

BY GREGORY TODARO NEWS EDITOR Merely three months after electing a full executive team, four executives of the Arts and Science Federation of Associations are on their way out. Vice presidents of communications and promotions, academic and Loyola, internal affairs and finance have all handed in their resignations.

ASFA executives and councillors alike say tensions between the two groups have created a very difficult and unproductive working environment.

“ASFA is a stressful place to be, both as a councillor being criticized by the executive team and as an executive criticized by council,” said outgoing VP internal Mariah Gillis. “I don’t have the time or mental energy for it anymore.”

Gillis, who will remain on the executive team until the end of the month, said she has to take a fifth class this semester due to a miscalculation of her academic credits. As other executives began to announce their resignations, the search for replacements added to her already long list of responsibilities.

Gillis ran with the Support Change slate during the ASFA byelections in October, confessing that she expected ASFA “to be a disaster.” Despite the slate’s attempt to bring a new face and culture to ASFA, she said council is still feeling the consequences of the Mei Ling scandal.

“A lot of people have expe- she said. “It’s not supposed to be rience with the previous execu- like that.” tive [team],” said Gillis. “[CloseDuong introduced a motion ly watching the executives] is at the regular council meeting in a good thing—it’s council’s job, January last week calling on the we need them to do that—but executive team to “present fiit doesn’t give us a chance to be nancial income statements sumdifferent.” marizing ASFA’s expenditures “I understand why people and revenues to ASFA council don’t want to engage with ASFA,” on a monthly basis,” despite the she added, “but it has been frus- fact ASFA bylaws already require trating to come in with that bur- budget information to be availden and try to wade through all able and disseminated to council. of that.”

Duong, who sits on ASFA’s ASFA president Jenna Cocullo communications committee and said other execusocial committives also felt “quite tee, said even ex“I understand discouraged” with ecutives weren’t why people the dynamic beaware of their don’t want to tween council and current budgets engage with executives. during meetings.

ASFA … but Gillis said these “It’s not supit has been tensions have posed to be like frustrating to caused a sort of that,” she said, come in with apathy amongst adding that she councillors. was surprised a that bruden “I think beslate which inand try to cause there’s this cluded financial wade through resentment totransparency on its all of that” wards ASFA, platform was not MARIAH GILLIS, [councillors] only sharing financial OUTGOING VP show up because documents adeINTERNAL they have to,” she quately. said. When they ASFA also lost do, she said “they don’t read any- their office manager this year, thing in the consent agenda and which Cocullo said is causing get mad when they find out about “difficulty” in keeping it running. rules they passed.”

“It may not be as accessible to Councillors like Concordia students as before,” said CoculUndergraduate Psychology lo. “We’ve hired an interim office Association (CUPA) councillor manager, but once things settle Elizabeth Duong also feel that down we’ll be doing a callout.” tensions are high.

However, it’s still not clear “It feels like a ‘councillors when things will settle down versus executive’ environment,” at ASFA. Cocullo said the sud-

den departure of four executives highlights institutional problems the organization has been having. Echoing sentiments from her election platform, Cocullo said she hopes to change the structure of the executive team “to better serve member associations and students in a way that’s efficient and sustainable.”

VP communications and promotions Cleo Fonseca graduated, but has agreed to volunteer with the organization until a replacement has been found.

VP finance Zac Garoufalis has agreed to stick around until he can train a replacement. Ian Campbell, VP academic and Loyola, has already left.

However, with no immediate replacements in sight, it can be difficult to see how the changes ASFA needs will come about.

“Policy change is the only thing that can change ASFA properly,” said Gillis. “But, with this cycle of distrust, it’s a catch-22.”

Duong agreed, saying the structure of the executive body needs reevaluation.

“ASFA’s mandates [for executives] are too vague and too big for one person to do on their own,” she said, adding that executives need to receive more training before beginning their roles.

And, of course, the tensions need to be resolved. “We have to work dynamically,” said Duong.

“As a team.”

All our ASFA stories: http://theconcordian.com/ ?s=ASFA

Trudeau advised to join allies against Daesh Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion is encouraging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take part in fighting allies against Daesh. This advice follows the attack by militants in Burkina Faso in which six Quebecers and 22 others were killed. Dion is urging Canada to join allies with the aim of abolishing terrorism, but Canada has offered aid to Burkina Faso authorities.

The four militants that are responsible for the attack have been killed, according to The Globe and Mail.

More than $100,000 raised for mosque The Peterborough Mosque, which was burned down on Nov. 15 in Ontario, is now up and running again. An online fundraiser by the community brought it over $100,000 for repairs—well over the estimated cost of $80,000, according to CTV News.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reached out and thanked the Kawartha Muslim Religious Association for their work in rebuilding the mosque. “The negative actions of a few were quickly overwhelmed by courage, positivity and grace,” Trudeau said. During the repairing of the mosque community members offered their church as a place of worship for practicing Muslims.

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LIFE EDITOR /// life@theconcordian.com CRISTINA SANZA ( @CristinaSanza)

BARS

Shake, strain and serve: a small, well-hidden gem

Open a hidden door to discover Montreal’s true prohibition-style cocktail bar, Cloakroom

BY ANDREJ IVANOV STAFF WRITER Maison Cloakroom is a tailor shop that makes ready-to-wear and madeto-measure suits on de la Montagne Street. Upon entering through the old-fashioned wooden doors, visitors face a mirrored wall and turn right to go into the clothing store. But after closer inspection, the mirrored wall holds a handle, which, once opened, leads into one of Montreal’s newest bars, Cloakroom.

Beautifully designed to enlarge the space, most of the walls of the bar are covered in mirrors. The bar itself is made of marble, coasters are replaced with cloth and drinks are served on top of small plates.

Seating only 25 people, the small bar is located in what used to be the storeroom of the tailor shop. Co-owner and head bartender Andrew Whibley said that he was inspired to create this traditional Prohibition-style speakeasy from various bars in London, England and especially Attaboy in New York City’s vibrant Lower East Side.

The two head bartenders, Whibley and Simon Lesperance bring their vast respec-

tive know-how to offer everyone an individual experience. Whibley has 12 years of experience in the restaurant business under his belt as well as award-winning cocktail creations. Whibley explained that aside from a planned menu, they want to offer cocktails to suit a person’s taste based on several questions, starting with: “What base alcohol do you like?”

Whibley has put in place a mentorship system where there are always two bartenders working. The second bartender proposes a cocktail based on the client’s likes and the head bartender has the final say on what a drink will be.

Don’t be fooled, though, the bar is reasonably priced: a cocktail will run anywhere from $10 to $13 depending on the base.

One thing that makes this bar unique is that everything is made fresh. An enormous bowl of fruit adorns the bar, all used for freshly squeezed chasers. The ice is also frozen in large trays, not in a machine.

When asked what he would recommend to new cocktail drinkers that come to his bar, Whibley suggested Corpse Reviver #2. “It’s a Prohibition-era drink that bartenders used to make the morning after a night of heavy drinking,” he said.

At Cloakroom, bartenders tailor drinks to their customer’s liking, based on their preferred alcohol base. Photo by Andrej Ivanov.

It’s a sweet drink made with equal parts gin, lemon juice, Cointreau, Kina Lillet—an aperitif wine—and a dash of absinthe.

As for the seasoned cocktail drinkers, Whibley recommends his own creation: Riviera.

The bar offers an experience unlike any other in Montreal. It’s done in the truest Prohibition-style to date. No gimmicks, no pretension, just cocktails.

Cloakroom 2175 de la Montagne St. Sun.-Thu.: 3 p.m.—1 a.m.

Fri.-Sat.: 3 p.m.—3 a.m.

The Riviera cocktail recipe

by Andrew Whibley 1.25oz Bacardí White 0.75oz Cocchi Americano (White Vermouth) 0.5oz Aperol 0.5oz Amaro Montenegro 0.5oz Lemon juice 4 dashes of Peychaud’s (Bitters)

* Shake, strain and serve.

HUMOUR

Porcelain Pilgrim: A question of kindness To those brave fellows who dare enter a dirty washroom stall

BY STEPHEN HO STAFF WRITER Ladies and gentlemen, I regret to inform you that the status of this, your humble Porcelain Pilgrim is somewhat diminished. Seeing as I have already written on this washroom, I feel as if I have devolved from a critical reviewer of washrooms held to naught but MORE OF THIS the highest of theconcordian.com/ standards, to author/s_ho/ a mere storyteller of somewhat humorous anecdotes. May Cloacina—Venus of the Sewer—have mercy on my soul.

This morning I had a class in the dreaded and dreary sub-basement of the Faubourg building. The building being a mess in itself, I usually try to avoid its washrooms, for they could not be much better. However, I was already running late and had something of a stomach ache. The experience wasn’t too awful, with the exception of the flush lever which was partially broken—one was required to pull up instead of pushing down on it. Fear not, for I used my foot (protected by my boot) to

complete the unsavoury endeavour.

I proceeded to class, which went well, but near the end of it I felt my bowels beginning to act up again. I resolved to make another visit after class.

2:30 p.m. approaches, and there was the usual outpouring of students from every door. I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to find a stall.

There weren’t many students in the washroom and were in fact multiple stalls open. I made for my previous stall, since I like to think I’m a loyal fellow, but I was disappointed to find that some imbecile hadn’t had the capacity to pull up instead of down and had left all of his waste and toilet paper all over the seat and in the bowl. He that doesn’t flush is also the one to leave a mess on the seat—the two vices invariably go hand in hand.

I made my temporary home in the stall next door and began to take the preliminary notes which inform this piece. A three

stall set up, the one to my left was already taken and the other stall just described was to my right, leaving me in the middle.

I saw boots enter the stall to the right and I assumed they would heel spin as soon as they perceived the state of affairs there. The boots did indeed turn, but to my great surprise they did not walk out but instead I heard the door close and lock. Is this happening? What does this person intend to do in that disaster of a stall?

I waited with bated breath, the anticipation doing nothing to ease my constipation, but such is the price of serious journalism.

The boots turned once more and I could feel disappointment bubbling up, was it simply another fool come to add insult to injury? To desecrate an already disgraced throne?

I heard no splash. The boots remained pointed towards the pot for what seemed like ages. I heard the sound of toilet paper being rolled out, and then the honking of a nose being cleared. I waited on, staring at the boots, hardly daring to blink.

Graphic by Kim Lam Shag Leen.

I heard a flush. Then the sound of more toilet paper. Had I misheard?

The boots turned slow, first one foot, then the other. I heard him sit. What’s this?

What a paragon of virtue! This brave fellow actually cleaned up that virulent mess and made that stall usable once more. I felt a fierce pride for this unknown gentleman, and I nearly congratulated him through the wall but I stopped short, for social norms don’t allow for that.

I was about to exit when a flush came from the stall to my left. It went on and on, a thousand-year flush cycle it seemed. I could only imagine the horror of the occupant as he cringed in the corner of the cramped stall waiting for the violence of the whirlpool to end. I had a fear of the aerosol effect for years, and God, what a nightmare this seemed to me, even with the protective wall between us. I had had enough of this horrid place, and decided to make my own daring escape—I hit the lever and booked it.

As I was making my exit, I noticed the stall to my right was once again filled with unflushed urine. A shame, that hero’s efforts had gone down the drain. An allegory for the futility of kindness in an uncaring and septic world? Perhaps.

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JANUARY 15, 2016

TRAVEL

Curing wanderlust: travelling as a student

Renting through Airbnb gives you a new way to experience a destination by staying in a real home, and you’ll get to connect with the host, as well. It’s also great for travelling in groups, as you can find entire homes or large apartments to rent.

Protip: While you’re travelling, you can bring in some extra money by offering up your pad to Airbnb visitors.

Woofing. However, However, sleeping on strangers’ couches may not be your cup of However, not all hope is lost as the tea, no matter how comfy that loveseat looks. streamlined introduction of online services Perhaps you’d like to put a bit of purpose into such as Couchsurfing or Airbnb become avail- your peregrination. Consider working on loable to amateur adventurers and seasoned cal organic farms, which in turn will look after globetrotters alike. For one Concordia student, you for your efforts. It’s called woofing.

Couchsurfing did the trick.

Woofing can be extremely rewarding, as Alanna Thornhill, a women’s studies stu- one travel-bugged student discovered. Jesdent spent September to December of 2014 se Rannells, a student residing in Halifax, spent with her friend, Rebecca Sutton, adventuring roughly seven weeks in the southern areas of through Europe. “We toured the more pric- Spain while travelling solo. “I ended up workey destinations first,” said Thornhill. The pair ing on an organic farm throughout the majority went to London, Paris, Germany and Italy, of my time abroad,” Rannells said. “It was cheap before hitting Budapest and Prague. and was a great opportunity to meet people.”

Thornhill and her friend were able to In exchange for helping out, the owners of cut costs by using Couchsurfing. Essentially, the farm offered Rannells and five other travone has to build a profile and can then begin ellers a nice place to stay and good food to eat. interacting with hosts all over the world, and “My job was to look after the animals, which requesting to stay with them. included milking goats, feeding chickens, and “We couchsurfed mostly in Paris, for two locating [the owner’s] wild horses, who roamed weeks we lived with different the mountain,” said Rannells. people, doing what the locals During the weekends, Consider did,” said Thornhill. “We stayed woofers had their time to working on with an Italian mathematician spend as they pleased. Ranells local organic and went to an Italian cabaret in would hike from the farm, to the middle of Paris. We stayed the quaint, nearby town of farms, which in with him and a Mexican chemCazorla. “Locals were thrilled turn will look ical engineer named Roderigo, to share a drink with a Canadiafter you for who made us tacos and played an traveller,” she said. your efforts. It’s Mario Kart.”

Both Thornhill and called woofing.

As for the aforementioned Ranells advise packing light.

Airbnb, the service offers trav“I probably had close to 50 ellers the opportunity to browse tempo- pounds worth of luggage. If I were to go rary rentals for all kinds of accommodations, again, I would carry less stuff. Two dresses, whether you’re staying for two days or two two pairs of pants, two skirts, five shirts, a months. Ranging from off-the-grid cabins lightweight coat, a sweater, socks, and two to tiny apartments tucked away in bustling pairs of shoes,” suggests Ranells. Thornneighbourhoods, travellers can find a unique hill said that she barely bought anything for place to stay that fits their needs and their herself or her friends back home, the goal of budget. According to Priceonomics, on av- the trip was to consume experiences, rather erage, Airbnb apartment rentals are 21.2 per than souvenirs. cent less expensive than hotel rooms.

From couch surfing to woofing, there are ways that students can travel the globe on a budget

BY OCEAN DeROUCHIE STAFF WRITER

Show me a student who wants to travel, and I will show them the world.

With globetrotters for parents and a childhood saturated in adventure, I caught the travel bug relatively early. Whether we were roadtripping to the Yukon or spending cumulative months roaming Europe, exploring has always felt like second nature to me. I find myself in wanderlust—constantly needing to explore, travel and experience new cultures.

Nonetheless, as we find ourselves in post-secondary studies, the thought of travelling most likely ends up in the back of our minds.

Travelling during university can be a challenge for a number of reasons: a lack of funds, a lack of time, a lack of know-how. But, if you’re wishing to get out and explore, don’t fret. Though planning a trip is hard work, and may seem impossible to do while completing your studies, it’s totally doable.

The first step is figuring out the logistics.

Where do you want to go? Who do you want to go with? What’s your budget? How long do you want to go for? How are you going to save the money for this trip? You must think about these things. Do your research. The more you know in advance, the better off you are.

Protip: other than simply planning a trip, there are plenty of ways to travel with purpose. Go on a student exchange with Concordia, teach English overseas, apply for travel grants and enter competitions. You never know what you could come up with if you put the extra time into seeking out alternative ways to travel.

Finding Accommodation. When planning your trip, one of the most important factors is where you are going to be staying. While there is no shortfall when it comes to hotels, they tend to be quite costly, and often lack the true flavour of the country they’re in. Hostels can provide adequate shelter, but not all of them are safe.

Photos by Michelle Gamage. Layout by Pierre A. Lepetit

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ARTS EDITORS /// arts@theconcordian.com ELIJAH BUKREEV & LYDIA ANDERSON

EXHIBIT 1

ARTWORK BY

(1) Madeleine Gendreau and Iris Sautier.

(2) Iris Sautier.

(3) Hannah Materne.

(4) Mathilde Rohr, Hannah Materne, Seb Evans, Nikki Kuentzle and Michael MacLean.

Out of the woodwork and into the gallery

Photos by Michael MacLean.

Concordia’s print media students integrate woodcutting into their work

BY VALERIA CORI-MANOCCHIO CONTRIBUTOR

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nyone who disregards woodwork as a serious artform should reconsider their opinion—it is not solely for lumberjacks and car-

penters.

Eager student artists from Concordia’s print media program—a program that teaches students subjects such as lithograhpy, screenprinting, digital printing and more—have integrated woodcutting techniques into their work in order to provide viewers with a multisensory, engaging exhibit of woodcut art. The space, located on the fourth floor of the Popop Gallery on Ste. Catherine St. W, is no larger than a one-bedroom apartment, but it is packed with multiple artworks, all showing diverse articulations of woodblock prints.

Off the Block features mesmerizing prints showing built-up layers of colours and engravings. The exhibit, organized entirely by Concordia’s student artists, boasts interactive pieces like a life-sized tent draped with linens printed with woodcut designs. Among these different creations, viewers learn how woodcut work is employed both in traditional and modernized ways.

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Unlike some contemporary art productions, woodcut prints are laborious with unpredictable results.

“The colours are very difficult because I started with black and [proceeded until] I was at my lightest colour, which was yellow,” said Ben Salmon-Beitel, one of the 19 featured artists, as he pointed out the intricacies of his work East Coast Ruffnecks. He went on to say that applying the colours on the woodcut surface does not necessarily turn out exactly as planned and tiny mistakes often lead to starting over.

However, once the final product is complete, the long process is typically well worth it. Print media student and artist Nikki Kuentzle’s Engulfed in Flames piece is based off a simple bronze screen print inspired by a collection of David Sedaris essays. “I [decided] to make this work three-dimensional … and I went into more detail with the shingles and the lines on the actual house; I think it turned out better than the screen print,” said Kuentzle.

Artist Hannah Materne’s Sealf adheres woodcut prints that resemble crustaceans and barnacles to hand-collected rocks. “All the barnacles [attached] to the rocks are … abstractions of things that I use to take care of myself,” said Materne as she pointed to her favourite nail polishes, plates and socks plastered onto the rocks’ surfaces.

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To achieve a variety of colours and textures in their works, most students employed reduction, which Elizabeth Xu described as a “really intense technique” that took eight weeks to complete for her piece titled Gullin With My Father. The process involves creating a multi-coloured print using one woodblock. To obtain more than one colour in a print, the woodblock surface must be continually carved between each printing. As more pigments are added to the block, the colours begin to build upon themselves, producing a multi-coloured print.

The woodwork possibilities do not end there and once a woodcut block has been carved or printed onto paper, it can still be manipulated onto any type of canvas, traditional or otherwise.

Furthermore, Off the Block physically encourages viewers to step into a woodcut world—Xu’s second work, Moonsun, showcases a woodblock print that was burnt into silkscreen. The print was then applied to this fabric and fashioned into a tent structure that people could stand in.

Madeleine Gendreau’s Dro PP T ca: Lathe L aa t tte invited viewers to manipulate the records made with 4

woodcut prints, while Michael Maclean’s Smoke’n Lines Chair challenged the traditional canvas by applying a laser woodcut textile onto the upholstery of a chair.

Modern technology is still shaping this type of production. “[Today] laser cutters [are used to carve the wood] and they are the latest technique out there,” said print media professor Bonnie Baxter, and Xu said new technological advancements deliver very “photographic results,” such as Abbie Rappaport’s PRESS START digital and woodblock print, which looks like it came from a camera rather than wood.

“They got it together ... they didn’t have any grants [and] they found the place themselves,” said Baxter. While the professor was a supporter in organizing the exhibit and the idea was decided on somewhat late, the works are a clear indication of a determined group focused on redefining what woodcut printing can produce. The group fully committed themselves to the work both in the printing studio and in planning event details.

In doing so, the class has widened the interpretation of the woodwork used in print media; this often unpredictable medium is shown in traditional and modern ways. The wood acts as a matrix, through which the artistic possibilities are endless.

Off the Block is open until Jan. 25, Tuesday through Sunday, from noon to 7 p.m. at Popop Gallery (372 Ste. Catherine St. W).

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POETRY

Kafein’s first Poetry Night of the year a success Safe space allows up-and-coming poets and writers a chance to share their work

BY KRYSTINA SCENNA CONTRIBUTOR The cozy, narrow basement of Kafein, a café-bar located at 1429 Bishop St., was jam-packed as spectators gleefully anticipated performances of several student poets from Concordia University.

Video footage of David Bowie during his Ziggy Stardust years was projected onto a black overhead screen and played on loop throughout the evening as a way to commemorate the late avant-garde rock star. Contemporary-style photographs hung from thin metal wires in front of a rustic stone wall lined with candles, which enhanced the café-bar’s homey vibe.

Nine performers read their poems in front of a massive crowd on Jan. 12 at Poetry Night, a bi-weekly event geared toward creating a safe space for creative minds to disseminate their poetry. The creativity and humour that each of them displayed were enough to keep the listeners engaged and entertained for over two hours. The readers presented unique approaches to timely and compelling topics such as existentialism, veganism, gender

and social stereotypes, love and more.

“We have so many people who are first-time performers and have only written poetry in the security of their bedrooms, so we bring this very comfortable vibe,” said Ariana Molly, the host of Poetry Night.

Molly, who is also the social media manager, events coordinator and art show coordinator at Kafein, kept the evening going with her energetic nature and support for the performers.

“I feel so blessed to be able to offer a space where I can confidently say that everyone is going to be quiet and respectful. We don’t tolerate transphobia, sexism, ageism, ableism, none of that,” said Molly.

Since she started Poetry Night two and a half years ago, Molly has given hundreds of people a chance to share their poetic talent with the public. The event has attained an international reach that has gone above and beyond what Molly’s expectations were when she first started out.

“We’ve had [performers] from all over the world, people from New York, Australia, friends of friends, elderly people,”

she said.

Molly has always had an affinity for writing as she attended an arts high school.

Although currently being enrolled in the photography program at Concordia has put her love for writing on hold, she firmly believes that Poetry Night has helped her reconnect with that passion. Her career at Kafein began when she answered to a job posting on Craigslist, and after getting hired as an event host she immediately began to organize Poetry Night.

In addition to the many job titles she currently holds, Molly also works closely with Metatron, a local publishing house which frequently publishes poets heard at

Graphic by Charlotte Bracho.

Poetry Night on its website.

Additionally, a cut of the donations collected during the night will go to all poets. “If people are paid in any capacity for their art and their labour of love, it’s so rewarding,” said Molly. “It gives a different value and dynamic to that feeling of performing and bearing it all for a group of people,” she added.

FILM

Oscar now within Leonardo DiCaprio’s reach The Revenant is another major success for Mexican director Alejandro G. Iñárritu

In his latest film, DiCaprio braved sub-zero temperatures and ate raw bison meat on his quest for the elusive acting award.

Release date: Jan. 8, 2016 Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson Running time: 156 minutes

BY ELIJAH BUKREEV CO-ARTS EDITOR To watch The Revenant is to surrender oneself to its cold and perilous world.

It is rare to experience a film in such a visceral way. The camerawork, which cements Emmanuel Lubezki as one of the great cinematographers of our time, blends natural lighting, long takes and

some seamless CGI to achieve a naturalism that remains picturesque even at its most brutal.

The camera flies around in a controlled and yet liberating fashion—one second it is giving you a close look at a character, so close in fact that his breath fogs the camera lens, and a short moment later it is roaming above the clouds, offering a majestic landscape, not yet tamed by man.

Inspired by real events, The Revenant tells at once a story of survival and one of revenge. Set in the wilderness of 1823 South Dakota and Montana, the film follows Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio), a frontiersman on a hunting expedition, as he suffers through a bear mauling only to be left for dead by two of his own men.

One of them, named John Fitzgerald (Tom

Hardy), is also the murderer of Glass’ only son. Nearly dying, Glass makes it out of a literal grave to embark on a long journey of retribution, facing the dead of winter and a most unwelcoming environment.

As a story of survival, it is exemplary, and recalls 2013’s Gravity, also shot by Lubezki, in which an astronaut is trapped in space, fighting to make it back to Earth—not much safer of a place, at least not in the particular time and place in which The Revenant is set.

Any audience can connect to such films on a most primal level—have you ever caught yourself holding your breath when a character is drowning or fighting for his life? Imagine that experience stretched to a feature-length film. While it may not sound like a pleasant experience,

it is an immediately enthralling one, and when it involves such a mastery of filmmaking and acting as can be seen in The Revenant, it becomes something more—a testament to the human will to endure and persist.

As a story of revenge, however, the film is noticeably imperfect, never quite achieving the level of tragedy for which it reaches. While one may feel cold-hearted for not sharing the pain felt by DiCaprio’s character, who is plagued all throughout by visions of his dead wife and son, the emotional disconnect may be a result of the savagery that is witnessed throughout the film.

“God giveth, God taketh away,” says Fitzgerald as he prepares to shoot a young man whose life he had previously saved.

People are killed from the start of the film and to the very end, so in a context in which life is essentially worthless, a death does not resonate quite in the same way.

DiCaprio and Hardy are here at the top of their form, delivering intensely physical performances that culminate in a ruthless game of cat-and-mouse. DiCaprio is known to have been long denied an Academy Award for his consistently formidable work, but this time, he simply cannot miss. His bruised, bearded face dominates the screen in a relentless expression of agonizing and almost religious resolve, in a role that must have required constant struggle, both physical and emotional. Looking at him here is much like looking at a ghost from America’s past, a kind of man who has possibly never been seen at such close range.

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EXHIBIT

FOFA students’ annual art exhibit returns The Echo Game presents work from 12 artists in a playful and charming manner

BY TIFFANY LAFLEUR STAFF WRITER This year’s edition of Concordia’s Faculty of Fine Arts Undergraduate Student Exhibition transforms space into a room of whispers and sighs, echoes through space, time and memory.

Appropriately titled The Echo Game, the 2016 exhibit brings together students from multiple disciplines, such as graduate students from the department of design and computational arts and undergraduate students from the department of art history. This collaborative approach to the exhibit is meant to illustrate the quality of creative work from the undergraduate Faculty of Fine Arts students, while playfully exploring work that transcends time. It invites the viewer to take part and engage in the different ways that the featured artists have incorporated the concept of the echo into their respective pieces.

On display are paintings, photographs, sculptures, videos and installations from 12 different artists. The exhibit as a whole pulls you in with its minimalism and ephemeral qualities.

Each piece is distinct and stands out in its own way, hauntingly beckoning for you to lean in, immersing yourself in the work as you attempt to tease out the meaning behind it.

One of the particularly noteworthy pieces is Jacinthe Derasp’s video installation Hermes. Derasp’s piece is an exploration of the synchronicity of audio and visual elements. A mysterious, beast-like spiked paper construction writhes and curbs in on itself for the camera, its pa-

per sur1 face crinkling and crackling with every movement. The viewer is pulled in by the flowing movements of the form as well as the symphony of rustling paper. As the video progresses, the form’s movements gradually 2 become more frantic and frenzied.

3 Another exceptional piece is Annika Steimle and Rihab Essayh’s Home. This sculpture, a re-interpretation of an iconic post-war bungalow, challenges what a home really means. Is it where you live now or where you come from? The two artists’ work, a white form hanging from the ceiling, resembles a ghost, an echo, a memory of a place far away or even not yet found. It makes you stop and think of the different ways people approach the notion of what a home really is and what it means to you.

What stands out the most about the exhibit is how, as a viewer, you catch different snapshots of the artists’ personal reflections in each piece, the world viewed through the eyes of another.

These snapshots echo through the galThe works included in the FOFA gallery, inviting you to learn more and gain lery are mesmerizing and incredibly crea new perspective. These echoes take ative. For further appreciation, pick up a different forms, ranging from nostalgia booklet at the front desk in order to betof a home far away to the embodiment of ter understand the artist’s intentions for past generations. their work.

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(1) “Home” by Annika Steimle and Rihab Essayh.

(2) “This is not a testament of my love and devotion”

by Fannie Gadouas.

(3) Untitled (Sandbox #3)

by Terrance Richard.

The exhibit runs until Feb. 19 and is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. You can see the work in the York Corridor Vitrines in EV 1.715 at 1515 Ste. Catherine St. W. Admission is free.

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A look AT Bowie’s

legacy

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avid Bowie was always more than a singer. Though he remains primarily known for his innovative approach to music, he also had an irregular but surprisingly rich career as both a stage and screen actor. In fact, Bowie, who studied mime and was at one time interested in playing Buster Keaton in a film of his life, collaborated with directors as diverse as Martin Scorsese, Tony Scott, David Lynch and Christopher Nolan. It is no exaggeration to say that the man, a singular and natural talent on screen, left his distinctive mark on the world of cinema. Here are some of the roles that defined his career. — BY ELIJAH BUKREEV

MYTHICAL CREATURE An alien / Nikola Tesla Bowie’s first role was as an extraterrestrial in Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 science-fiction drama The Man Who Fell to Earth, which was perhaps inevitable, because of his alter ego Ziggy Stardust. He certainly looked otherworldly in an almost effortless way—so frail, his lover carries him in her arms when he faints, his vaguely reptilian features contrasting with his bright orange hair. His character comes to Earth selling new technologies as part of a rescue mission, which parallels Bowie’s last significant role, as the legendary inventor Nikola Tesla, a man of mystical knowledge and possibilities, in Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige.

A DEFIANT HERO Jack Celliers, British prisoner of war The high point of Bowie’s acting career came with Nagisa Oshima’s 1983 war drama Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence. As Jack Celliers, a rebellious British soldier in a Japanese prison camp, Bowie reached far beyond his natural charisma to deliver a performance of lasting emotional power. A daring and dignified leader with a deep sadness on his mind, his character steals the show whenever he appears.

Bowie’s acting is in fact so strong that a flashback scene in which he plays a schoolboy, which sounds laughable on paper, instead works as effective allegory. It is a role not to be missed.

A BIBLICAL VILLAIN Pontius Pilate, prefect of Judaea The character of Pontius Pilate in Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ could have been fully evil or showy, especially considering Bowie’s love of spectacle, but he is instead portrayed as a restrained, confident bureaucrat who interrogates Jesus in a half-bored and half-curious manner during a scene that sadly lasts only a few minutes in a 162-minute film. Bowie’s Pilate stands out as a lonely but imperious British voice in a film dominated by American actors.

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Quickspins

RETROSPECTIVE

Remembering the music of

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Blackstar (ISO/Columbia, 2016)

n Jan. 10, 2016, musical icon and pioneer David Bowie passed away after a long battle with cancer.

Though he may be gone, this legend’s body of work truly speaks for itself; filled to the brim with wild sonic experiments and an equally wild aesthetic, it’s a truly rich discography dictated predominantly by mood, with each new era showcasing a new side of the singer/songwriter. In honour of Bowie’s contributions to the medium, let’s take a trip down memory lane and rediscover each of his transformative phases.

— TEXT BY SAMUEL PROVOST-WALKER, LAYOUT BY PIERRE A. LEPETIT

1967-1969 Psychedelic Pop era

Sporting a mod haircut and playing an assortment of supremely English psychedelic pop rife with London slang, his 1967 self-titled debut was something of a critical and commercial failure.

1969’s self-titled sophomore album bore the hit single “Space Oddity,” though the album itself proved less than fruitful on the charts upon release.

All signs regarding David Bowie’s well-being are present in Blackstar and yet no one could predict his premature passing. In keeping his illness a secret from the public, he transforms his last hurrah into a solemn performance, his death serving as the final puzzle piece. In this regard, Blackstar is both eerie and poignant, many of its cryptic lyrics finding confirmation. “Lazarus” serves as a draining message from the afterlife, whereas the album’s last three tracks run the gamut of emotions in the face of certain death. Though difficult and haunting, Blackstar is a masterful exit by one of music’s most transgressive voices.

Trial track: “Lazarus”

1970-1974 Glam Rock era

1975 & 1976 Blue-Eyed Soul Period

Though falling deeper into substance-abuse, Bowie’s popularity also rose to a deafening peak with Young Americans, his self-described “plastic soul” album. Its follow-up, the extra-terrestrial soul album Station to Station, hinted at eras past and future while showcasing an assured grasp on genre-bending songwriting, its opening title track a frightening, cocaine-fueled 10 minute suite.

Bowie kicked off the ‘70s with a daring take on late ‘60s hard rock (The Man Who Sold the World), confident and snarky folk rock (Hunky Dory), a cinematic glam rock opera (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars) and a distilled version of all three sporting an immediately iconic album cover (Aladdin Sane).

9/10 1977-1980 Berlin Trilogy & Scary Monsters

Relocating to Germany in an effort to kick old habits, Bowie collaborated with ambient pioneer Brian Eno, incorporating elements of krautrock and other disparate sounds to his already eclectic genre pool. Though commercially uneven, Low, “Heroes” and Lodger remain some of his most critically acclaimed darlings.

— Samuel Provost-Walker

His post-Berlin follow-up, 1980’s Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), successfully bridged both of Bowie’s audiences, its hit single “Ashes to Ashes” topping the UK charts.

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1995-1999 Reeves Gabrels

Drawing from the explosion of cathartic industrial rock finding its way into the mainstream and produced with the helping hand of Brian Eno, 1995’s 1.Outside provided a frightening soundtrack to a dystopian future. The album proved taxing for many but incredibly rewarding for most, showcasing a new side to the musician’s oeuvre.

Subsequent albums Earthling and ‘Hours...’ found Bowie expanding to electronic sounds with producer Reeves Gabrels.

1983-1993 Pop/New-Wave era

Produced by Chic guitarist and brainchild Nile Rodgers with the help of his co-writing partner and bassist Bernard Edwards and Stevie Ray Vaughan on lead guitar, Let’s Dance proved a large enough pop hit to sway Bowie towards delving even deeper into pop music, sacrificing much of the foundations he had built.

BRIAN DUFFY, FRANK W OCKENFELS

Following the release of 2003’s Reality and his subsequent heart attack in 2004, Bowie remained mostly dormant throughout the next decade. That all changed in 2013 with the release of the career-spanning The Next Day. Adorned with a crudely edited take on the classic “Heroes” cover, the album served as a welcome look back at an artist who simply had no need to prove himself to anyone.

PHOTOS:

2002-2016 Elder Statesman era

Leave Me Alone (Lucky Number, 2016) Trying to say something new within the context of garage-tempered beach-pop is like trying to reinvent the wheel. Hinds aren’t refined by any stretch of the imagination, but the quartet’s proclivity for fuzzedout guitars tighten their sloppy execution. Hinds’ debut Leave Me Alone presents itself with the charm of a toothy grin. It’s music that’s intrinsically meant to soundtrack hazy summer ennui. The record kind of hangs in the air; weightless, non-confrontational, unperturbed by the world around it. Leave Me Alone is a scuzzy patchwork of textbook garage themes, a genre predicated on idleness. It’s a musical outlet meant for amateurs and a suitably-sized style for Hinds to explore.

Trial track: “Garden”

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— Calvin Cashen

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Heaven Is a Place (Deep Space, 2016) If shoegaze often feels like a genre hamstrung by rigid requirements, the slew of My Bloody Valentine knock-offs surely don’t help it. Though LSD and the Search for God fall squarely in this camp—with shrieking, reverb-drenched tones reminiscent of Kevin Shields’ signature stamp—their knack for catchy songwriting has elevated them slightly. Following up on a sole nineyear-old EP, Heaven Is a Place is as expected as it is inoffensive, its shimmering psychedelia mostly obscuring its mindless lyrics. While closer “Without You” recalls early The Verve at their most jam-based, LSD are ultimately beset by the genre’s most tried and true basics.

Trial track: “Without You”

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— Samuel Provost-Walker

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Opacities (Peaceville, 2016)

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In the years since SikTh left the music scene, their signature brand of groove-based technicality has taken the metal world by storm; bands like Periphery and even TesseracT owe much to the manic six-piece.

Opacities, their first release in nearly 10 years, delivers exactly what fans have come to expect with few frills.

Dual vocalists Mikee Goodman and Justin Hill pass shrieks and gutturals like a ball as the band’s rhythm section pummels forth through bassheavy breakdowns and intricate fretboard gymnastics. If it doesn’t feel as enlightening as their wacky 2003 debut or its follow-up, Opacities nonetheless serves as a welcome return for one of metalcore’s more adventurous voices.

Trial track: “Behind the Doors”

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— Samuel Provost-Walker

Recorded at Montreal’s Hotel2Tango, Funeral was released on Sept. 14, 2004 to rapturous, unanimous acclaim.

Revisiting Arcade Fire’s transformative debut Before winning Grammys and topping the charts, there was Funeral

BY CALVIN CASHEN STAFF WRITER

mental, divisive, and absolutely wonderful.

In 2004, the group’s magnum opus Funeral was immediately regarded as Montreal’s music scene is somewhat of a modern classic by numerous outlets, an anomaly. The city’s perennial pros- from Pitchfork Media to The Village Voice. perity in the arts is indebted to the pow- Arcade Fire mania was at its peak. Funeral er of the public. Montreal music, for in- was a big deal. A very very big deal. If stance, is highly conducive to success. putting it out of perspective weakens its That wasn’t always an uncontrover- value, then it should be a record enjoyed sial opinion to endorse, however; before in moderation, every listen eliciting Montreal music gathered endless adu- feelings of nostalgia with a hopeful eye on lation, devoted fans and the unknown future. an endless stream of critIt’s an invigorating exIt’s an invigoics coining it as the next ample of creative and rating example big thing, the chances of structural friction, forged by of creative and a band securing anything the cavernous and evocstructural fricoutside a niche seemed ative ambience of postfew and far between. Enter punk. The 15 musicians on tion, forged the Arcade Fire.

Funeral are given equal cavernous and Ah yes, Arcade Fire. Extime to carve a sonic space. evocative amaggerated as it may seem, Alluring strings and piabience of postArcade Fire changed the no exhibit the record’s true punk. face of musical autonoelegance, creating a subtle my forever. The collective dichotomy of delicacy and embodies the spirit of true urgency.

Montreal artistry; experiThe record is also bereft

Arcade Fire’s thrilling debut Funeral is available on Merge Records.

Though the band members are currently at work on solo projects, we can expect more from the band following their multi-Grammy award winning album Reflektor.

of space; there’s not a single musical note that isn’t accented by a feverish yelp or an emphatic climax. Win Butler’s emotional anecdotes are on equal ground with the instrumentation. With the virtuosity of multiple string players, Butler chisels Funeral into a cathartic experience. He addresses the anxieties of growing up, the familiar bonds of friendship, lyrical themes that resonate on an unrivaled degree.

Extended diatribes on Funeral are far too common. Some perceive its grand scale and embracement of beauty as a frivolous grab bag of hackneyed ideas.

Critique the record if you must, whether it’s addressing oddball characteristics or its unashamed penchant for eccentrics. The Sex Pistols were never considered paradigm punk relics in their heyday, but they were given time to establish themselves.

Twelve years of ubiquity has done Funeral well. The main takeaway from Funeral shouldn’t be its contentions, it should be its perpetual ambition. Arcade Fire wasn’t aiming for success, they were looking to make an impassioned declaration. Before this debut fostered sprawling artistic possibilities, Montreal had a bit of an identity problem, at least musically. Whenever the concepts of music, influence and their collaborative duties are discussed in the same conversation, audiences are immediately divided. Naysayers usually denounce Arcade Fire as the most horribly overrated band ever. Bloated and frivolous are among some of the callous descriptions often heard. Truthfully, a justifiable criticism of Funeral is virtually non-existent. C’mon, it’s Funeral.

Funeral turned indie rock on its head and proceeded to ascend ever so gracefully into our hearts. Most importantly, Funeral captured that pulverizing indie rock sound that mingles with the likes of post-punk and baroque pop. It gave Montreal a definitive musical identity. A record that contributes to the zeitgeist is one thing but a record that can’t be replicated is the greatest feat there is.

sports

SPORTS EDITOR /// sports@theconcordian.com ALEXANDER COLE ( @a_cole39)

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Stingers fall to the Carabins by a score of 2-1 The Concordia women’s hockey team lost on Jan. 15 to the RSEQ division’s best team

BY SABRINA AHN CONTRIBUTOR On Jan. 15, the Concordia Stingers women’s hockey team lost to the Carabins from Université de Montréal at Ed Meagher Arena by a score of 2-1.

Going into Friday’s match, the Stingers were hoping to turn things around after having lost their last two games. Their last game against Ottawa had been close and so was Friday night’s tilt against the Carabins. What killed the Stingers was their start and penalty troubles.

Early on, the Stingers fell to a 1-0 deficit after constant pressure from the Carabins. This was the result of a couple of turnovers in the neutral zone. The Stingers weren’t able to clear the puck and the opposing team was able to sneak a shot from the right circle behind goaltender Katherine Purchase.

The Stingers continued to struggle throughout the first period, but with three minutes left they had their first real chance at the net when forward Claudia Dubois managed to dangle by a defenseman and tried a high shot, which missed the net.

“It was the first period. We came off a little bit slow and they came out to really

play,” said Stingers captain Erica Porter.

The Stingers started the second period on the power play after Maude Laramée of the Carabins got called for tripping. The home team did not manage to score and only seconds after the penalty expired, the Carabins managed to score another goal off of a tic-tac-toe play in front of the Concordia net.

Down 2-0, the team turned the second period and the game around. The rest of the period, the Stingers continuously pressured the Carabins; working hard along the boards and managing to win puck battles they had lost the period before.

The Carabins then took another penalty, giving Concordia the opportunity to come back. The Stingers had racked up a few minutes in the offensive zone. The team was cycling the puck well and once the penalty had already expired, they managed a shot from the blue line. The initial save was made, but Stingers forward Ann-Julie Deschenes managed to corral the puck and swipe it behind the Carabins goaltender to cut the visiting team’s lead in half.

The second period ended with the Stingers having most of the momentum. They were determined to come out and have an even better third period, but

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(1) “Home” by Annika Steimle and Rihab Essayh.

(2) “This is not a testament of my love and devotion”

by Fannie Gadouas.

Photos by Kelsey Litwin.

the team quickly got into penalty trouble. They took two back-to-back penalties early on, cutting their momentum and giving the visiting team a chance to increase their lead.

In the end, the Stingers’ penalty kill was perfect, but losing six whole minutes to defending lessened their chances of winning and the Stingers failed to make a comeback.

“We did great on our penalty kill, but that definitely breaks some of the 5-on-5 momentum,” Porter said.

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The loss brought the Stingers record to 3-8-2 on the season, which puts them in fourth place in the RSEQ division.

The Stingers’ next game will be a home game against Carleton on Jan. 24.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Stingers sweep Citadins in home-and-home The Concordia men’s basketball team defeated UQÀM at home in a close match on Jan. 16 1

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(1) Ricardo Monge goes up against a UQÀM defender during their win.

(2) Ken Beaulieu goes up for a dunk in the Stingers win.

Photos by Brianna Thicke.

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The Stingers entered their home game on Saturday, Jan. 16 against the UQÀM Citadins with a chance to earn a sweep in their home-and-home series.

On Jan. 14, the Stingers defeated the Citadins 74-61 and were eager to defeat them for a second time. Saturday afternoon’s game proved to be exciting as the back and forth pace between the two teams created an exciting atmosphere. In

the end, the Stingers prevailed 71-66 to win the last leg of the home-and-home.

Earlier in the game, the level of intensity was quickly elevated, with both teams matching each other after each basket. The Stingers took control of the match in the middle of the first quarter because of back-to-back three-point shots by forward Ken Beaulieu and guard Jaleel Webb. The score was 21-10 after the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Citadins got a hot start from forward Henrilo Londole as he scored the quarter’s first six points.

The Stingers started the quarter cold which allowed the Citadins to cut the lead to five points at 21-16. Concordia then rebounded as Beaulieu increased the Stingers lead to 16 points. The Citadins got a late three-pointer by guard Charles Miller in the quarter which cut the Stingers lead to 11 points.

The start of the third quarter was similar to the second quarter as the Citadins scored five unanswered points to cut the Stingers lead to six points. Late in the quarter, after the Citadins ended up cutting the Stingers lead to six points, Stingers forward Schneiders Suffrard took control of the game and scored six straight points to end the quarter. The Stingers led 50-45 after the third quarter.

The fourth quarter started with a Citadins basket by guard Kewyn Blain. The Stingers responded with a basket scored

by Suffrard. In the middle of the quarter, the Citadins ended up taking their second lead of the game off of a three-pointer by guard Greishe Clerjuste. Both teams continued to trade shots in the last few minutes of the game. Stingers forward Michael Fosu’s basket with 45 seconds left was the turning point as the Stingers scored six straight points after that to ensure the victory.

“I was very happy about how the guys responded after [UQÀM] took the lead, they stuck to the game- plan and made big shots down the stretch,” Stingers head coach Rastko Popovic said.

Fosu, who was a large part of the team’s victory, said that game was a tale of two halves. ”In the first half, I felt like we were imposing our will on them and then in the second half, we were acting casual and thinking this game was going to be easy,” Fosu said. “Luckily we were able to bounce back and hold them down.”

Up next, the Stingers will play the 6-1 McGill Redmen—currently ranked second in the country—in a homeand-home series starting on Jan. 21.

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Quebec riders looking for new places to compete Negotiations are underway to save the Blainville Equestrian Park from closing down

BY BRIANNA BALLARD STAFF WRITER The provincial equestrian circuit in Quebec may lose one of the main facilities used during the season. The search for an alternative has many equestrian athletes in and around Montreal worried about the future of provincial competitions in Quebec.

In September, the City of Blainville announced that the Blainville Equestrian Park would be shut down and replaced by soccer and baseball fields. The park has hosted competitions on the provincial equestrian circuit for over two decades. It typically hosts six competitions during the Quebec show-jumping season each summer, which represents half of all Quebec provincial competitions, according to the Fédération équestre du Québec (FEQ), as well as competitions for other disciplines such as Western and dressage.

Now, Quebec and Montreal equestrians are looking for other options.

Saint-Lazare is a prominent equestrian community in Quebec, as many equestrian athletes originate from and train there, according to equestrian athlete and Saint-Lazare resident Kennedy Simpson. Two provincial competitions are already held in Saint-Lazare every spring and are run on private property, but athletes say the number of competitors have been dwindling.

“A lot of people are turning to the Ontario circuit or even competitions in the States,” said Simpson. “Ontario competitions are very well-organized. There are a lot of different divisions at different levels, the prize money is a lot better, there are a

lot more participants too, so provincial competitions. there’s more of that actual “The town does support the Blainville Equescompetitiveness.”

Saint-Lazare Horse Shows trian Park plays She also said that with and will continue to suphost to many the closing of the Blainville port them.”

Equestrian Park, this situThe number of comshow-jumping ation could continue to get petitors in the Saint-Lazacompetitions worse for the Quebec cirre shows have gone down during the cuit. There has even been considerably in the past season. talk of including compesix years, according to the titions held in Ottawa in FEQ. There were 89 entries Photo by Kennedy the Quebec circuit, meanin 2009, compared with Simpson. ing that points collected 57 entries in 2015. This is a

by Quebec riders in Ottacomparison between diwa would count towards their Quebec visions that were held in both years; dipoint total, according to l’Association de visions that were dropped before 2015 or Chasse et Saut d’Obstacles du Québec new divisions that appeared after 2009 (ACSOQ). were not includSaint-Lazare Mayor Robert ed in this data.

Grimaudo said that This is a trend w h i l e t h e equesseen not only in trian community Saint-Lazare comof Saint-Lazare is petitions, but in very important to competitions the town, the town itheld across the self doesn’t have the province. means to host large provincial competitions.

“Are we equipped?

No. Is [our equestrian community] important? Absolutely,” said Grimaudo, adding that while the town does not have a facility like the one in Blainville, he believes the local barns are perfectly capable of hosting

In the past, Quebec competitions drew in large numbers of spectators from the various communities.

Olympic team members such as Ian Millar, Jill Henselwood and Eric Lamaze also attended and competed at these events.

According to L’ACSOQ, it is currently looking for alternative facilities that can accommodate competitions next year.

They are also in negotiation with the Société Équestre de Blainville to try to come to a compromise, where the park would be renovated to accommodate the soccer field, the equestrian facilities and a baseball field.

SARAH & THE HABS

What happened to the Montreal Canadiens?

A look at how the team has fallen into one of the league’s worst losing streaks

BY SARAH KOSSITS STAFF WRITER The more the Canadiens lose, the more fans want to know: What happened to the team who had a record breaking start?

Some blame the injury bug. Carey Price’s immense role had to be filled by backup goaltenders Mike Condon and Dustin Tokarski, who were then blamed for losses. Other fans argued on social media that Max Pacioretty was wrongfully given the captaincy and that he doesn’t know how to lead the team to success.

In my opinion, management tried to fix some of these problems by calling up rookies to fill gaps in the MORE OF THIS lineup and theconcordian.com/ by acquiring author/s_kossits/ goaltender Ben Scrivens from Edmonton. They then sent the underperforming Tokarski to Anaheim via a trade, while injured players made their way back into the lineup.

But nothing has worked and the team keeps losing.

Part of the reason why the Habs are underperforming is that the team had adapted to having arguably the world’s best goaltender behind them. Price constantly keeps his team in the game by making saves that so few goaltenders can make, which allows for some defensive error. Like most goaltenders, Condon and Scrivens can’t make those saves, although they are doing an honourable job trying to fill Price’s skates.

This is why the team needs to do better defensively. P.K. Subban is known for his fancy puck moves which everyone applauds when they work, but ignore when they don’t. A lot of the time Subban ends up losing the puck and is unable to get back on time to prevent a goal. For as many good plays that Subban makes, he makes just as many bad ones.

Andrei Markov also needs to do better.

While he has had some good games, he often makes bad decisions and leaves players alone in front of the net.

As a whole, the defensemen on the team need to play it safe and not take unnecessary risks until they get Price back to bail them out when they mess up.

Offensively, the team is struggling too.

It’s impossible to win games if you don’t score goals, and none of the players who are consistently supposed to score are currently producing. Pacioretty isn’t producing and neither is young forward Alex Galchenyuk.

Galchenyuk’s lack of offense is not the only thing negatively impacting the team. Last week, according to multiple media outlets such as the CBC, Galchenyuk’s girlfriend was arrested on domestic abuse charges for allegedly punching him.

While Galchenyuk himself didn’t commit the crime, the situation creates bad press for the team and just adds to their list of growing issues. It might also frustrate fans who believe that the players

should focus on hockey and not on their social lives.

At the end of the day, there are too many things not working with the Canadiens right now and too little is being done to fix these problems. Some fans have expressed over Twitter that the team’s struggle will end with the return of Price, but he will simply fix the defensive problems. Unless he starts scoring goals, he’s going to need some help.

opinions OPINIONS EDITOR /// opinions@theconcordian.com DAVID EASEY

EDITORIAL

CATs want a democracy, but only when it benefits them Define democratic rights, right now.

What comes to mind? Likely things we readily exercise here in Quebec, such as the right to vote, to protest, to be innocent until proven guilty. What about freedom of the press? That’s usually another qualifier for even the most basic of democracies.

But here on campus, there is a student group protesting the violation of their right to protest while blocking our right as a newspaper to be a free and unrestrained media outlet.

Concordia Against Tribunals is protesting the persecution of 25 student protesters involved in the anti-austerity movement from the spring of 2015, claiming that the university is violating the students’ democratic right to protest. But when it comes to freedom of the press, CATs is less inclined to see the injustice.

Namely, they’re busy kicking us out of public meetings on Concordia property because they’re afraid of us, or some other ridiculous reason.

Which, as a student publication, we’re pretty baffled by. After all, we’re the little guys too, often afraid of being sued (we have very limited resources) or constantly scrambling to get quotes from people who don’t believe it’s worth their time.

We don’t go to meetings to try and throw protesters under the bus. We go to meetings to do our job—letting those who

were unable to attend know what they missed. We’re informants and watchdogs, not snivelling little tattletales.

The reaction from CATs made us realize there is a lot of ignorance floating around out there about what it is we do, and what it is journalists can do.

Here are some basics.

If your actions and words are not a matter of public interest, there is no way we can report on you. If you’re having an affair, skipping class, or are an anarchist, we have no right to drag your private life into the papers and write about you without your permission (unless you are the mayor of Toronto and smoking crack during your downtime).

However, if you are in public office, or are using students’ money to do things (maybe like running ASFA, or the CSU) your actions become public interest and we have the right to report on you, in the context of your involvement with student funds.

If you talk to someone, and know they are a journalist, all of your words are quotable. Reporters will usually tote around recorders to ensure that we are fair to our sources and quote them accurately, and make sure when someone says something contentious that we have proof of what they said days or years down the line if a source claims we misquoted them. It’s legal protection for us and a tool to ensure our accuracy, not a

device used to manipulate you.

Also, “off the record,” and “without attribution,” are requests that a journalist can comply with out of politeness, but not out of legal obligation. This goes back to the ‘anything you say to a journalist while knowing they are a journalist they have a right to use,’ bit.

Now, there are shady reporters out there who don’t identify themselves and still try to get quotes. This is what defines a bad journalist, who is likely going to get their ass sued real fast, and is not—ever— what we encourage (or allow, for that matter) at The Concordian.

Now, let’s apply this quick lesson to CATs voting to kick our news reporter out of their public meeting.

Our reporter was there to let the general public know what happened during the meeting, which is what students fund us to do. We did not have the right to go around the room and name everyone there, but we did have the right to quote anyone who stood up at a public meeting to voice their thoughts and opinions.

Concordia’s policy on the temporary use of university space forbids the intimidation of an identifiable individual or group, which means our student reporter was supposed to be protected from a room full of hostility against the media.

What’s more, a reporter for The Link also identified themselves, but said they

were not currently writing an article and were not kicked out of the meeting. That reporter—having identified themselves as such—had just as much of a right to publish anything said in that meeting as our reporter, yet they were allowed to stay.

Which brings us to our final and summed up critique: CATs, you are acting with ignorance. If you want to hold a meeting then we have the right to be there. If you want the protection of your democratic right to protest, stop blocking our democratic right to be free and unrestrained media.

Scratch us and we’ll scratch back.

Your move, CATs.

POP CULTURE

Saying goodbye to our favourite characters Why does it feel like we’re losing a loved one when a beloved celebrity dies?

BY NATHALIE LAFLAMME HEAD COPY EDITOR Thursday began like any other day.

I woke up, made some coffee, and turned on my laptop to check out what was going on on social media. That’s when my day quickly took a turn for the worse: I learned Alan Rickman had died.

He was 69 years old.

I quickly found myself reading articles on his best moments as an actor, compilations of his most memorable scenes in the Harry Potter franchise, Tweets mourning his loss from actors he worked with and his friends. The next thing I knew, tears were rolling down my face, and I had an uncomfortable ball in the back of my throat, warning me the sobs were about to come.

What was wrong with me? I had never met this man, and yet I was crying over the news of his death (and I don’t cry very often). Reading the comments on the many BuzzFeed articles on Rickman, I saw that I was not alone—people everywhere were genuinely upset that he had passed away. Why was that?

To me, and to many others, I’m sure, came out a few days before or after my Rickman’s death hit especially hard be- birthday, and going to see it was alcause of his porways something trayal of ProI associated with fessor Snape in being one year the Harry Potter older. Although franchise. Rickthat tradition man d y ing felt ended with the like Snape, a ficlast movie, it is t i o n a l c h a r a cstill something ter, wa s d y ing I look back on all over ag ain . fondly.

But the sadness I know that came from deepRickman is not er than that.

Snape, but seeLike so many ing the actor ot h e r c h i l d re n portray him onaround the world, screen for 10 the Harry Potter years still made Although we series was a very important part of it feel that way. may not realize my childhood. I can still remember It was, after all, it, these celebmy mother reading me the French the role he was rities played translations of the novels before best known for. important roles bed; I would always beg her to read We’ve lost in our lives. just one more page. Later, I read the many stars in books myself, in English this time. the last few Graphic by Kerby Going to see the movies at the theyears. Just this Rosanes. atre was a ritual: the movies always week , David

Bowie died, as well as René Angélil. In February 2014, Philip Seymour Hoffman died. A few months later, we lost Robin Williams (I cried that time too).

Although we may not realize it, these celebrities played important roles in our lives. Seeing them on screen throughout the years made us feel like we knew them. We associated with some, quoted others, reminisced about our favourite scenes. Maybe celebrities dying hits us so hard because, in a sense, we are losing a part of ourselves—the person or child we were when we first watched a movie, or listened to a song for the first time.

It feels like more and more of our beloved celebrities are dying. I’m not sure if this is a fact, or just a sign that we are growing up—actors who starred in our favourite childhood films are growing older, just like us.

There is one positive note to all of this: whenever we are feeling nostalgic, all we have to do is turn on the T.V. Our beloved actors will live on forever on the screen, and will be there for us when we need them the most. Always.

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HEALTH

A new breed of eating disorders

Social media is promoting binge eating disorder, bigorexia and orthorexia Know the symptoms Let’s get some terminology on the table from the National Eating Disorders Association.

We are probably all familiar with anorexia and bulimia but there are some new terms that are reflecting today’s trends in extreme health and fitness: BINGE EATING DISORDER

Frequently binging i.e. eating very large amounts of food.

People with BED could be overweight, obese or normal weight.

Symptoms could include: 1. Eating very rapidly, in large amounts, without being hungry.

2. Feeling that binges are out of control.

3. Feeling depressed and guilty after binging.

BIGOREXIA

Graphic by Charlotte Bracho.

BY ALESSANDRA BARBA CONTRIBUTOR Check your social media accounts— Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. I am almost certain that amongst your friends’ posts you saw at least one of the following hashtags: #cleaneating #fitisthenewskinny #gains.

Sound familiar?

So the question is, when does an interest in having a healthy lifestyle cross over into an unhealthy obsession? It’s clear social media is facilitating a new breed of eating disorders.

As a registered dietitian, I regularly see the relationship between food and the psyche in my clients. We are in an age where, yes, we have made a lot of progress on body image and acceptance, but new unattainable body standards are still being portrayed by some of the most followed celebrities and social media stars.

These filtered, perfectly lit images of men and women are helping propagate a new breed of eating disorders.

While still relatively uncommon in

Canada, 2.8 per cent of females and 0.5 per cent of males are affected with eating disorders according to the National Eating Disorders Association. Despite these low diagnosis figures, many struggle with body image issues, and develop obsessive behaviours while seeking gratification online. Some examples of obsessive behaviour can be a strictly regimented diet that is inspired by a lot of the fitness and nutrition accounts on popular social media platforms.

According to The Entrepreneur, in 2014, the average millennial spent 5.4 hours per day on social media. That’s a lot of time being exposed to these new body standards. And because many of these images are from friends or social media stars who are more relatable and accessible than the celebrities of old, this could cause increased concern and a mentality of ‘if they are doing, it so should I.’ We have to remember that social media is just a slice of the whole pie of a person’s life—a slice that often doesn’t include anxiety, feelings of inadequacy and questioning where we belong, which is a

common, yet seldom-discussed part of being human.

Working within the realm of dietetics, I’ve realized that food and exercise are just one aspect of a healthy lifestyle.

Taking care of your mental and spiritual health and nurturing your passions are key to staying balanced life. Social media is a tool used to engineer our life through a lens, but it is just that: a lens.

Think before you post. If you are getting satisfaction from the number of followers or the amount of likes a photo receives, you are treading into an unhealthy territory. Additionally, if you’re taking inspiration from social media to attain an unrealistic body image or to follow a fad diet, then the risks become more dangerous. Visit a registered dietitian or another healthcare professional if you are interested in your health and wellness to give you the best guidance tailored to you.

If you suspect someone you care about is suffering from orthorexia you can consult the National Eating Disorders Association’s website at nationaleatingdisorders.org.

Also known as muscle dysmorphia, is a disorder where a person becomes obsessed with the idea that they aren’t muscular enough. Mostly men are affected by this disorder with an average age onset of 19.

Symptoms could include: 1. Ignoring other important activities and responsibilities just to maintain exercise regime.

2. Avoiding situations where the body is exposed to others.

3. Continuing to exercise, diet and take drugs despite negative consequences.

ORTHOREXIA

An obsession with avoiding foods perceived to be unhealthy.

Surprisingly, this eating disorder tends to affect men more than women.

Symptoms could include: 1. Spending most of the time planning, shopping, and eating meals.

2. Isolating oneself from others.

3. Being very critical when strict diet restrictions aren’t followed and feeling very proud when they are.

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These tweets characterize the tragic loss that the world has experienced this week.

Once again we have lost some tremendous talent in the beginning of 2016.Some people knew Alan Rickman as the Harry Potter villain (or hero?) Snape, others will remember him for his role in Love Actually, Die Hard, and as the blue caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland. Celebrities took to Twitter to express their loss.

@_Juliannemoore

I will miss the great Alan Rickman.

@Celinedion

René Angélil est décédé ce matin à sa résidence de Las Vegas après un long et courageux combat contre le cancer.

@_Snape_

His memory will live on. Always

@annetdonahue

I hope David Bowie and Alan Rickman are partying super-hard because that’s the only mental picture that will make this week bearable.

@Warwickadavis

So terribly sad to hear of the passing of Alan Rickman. Honoured to have shared the screen with him. #Marvin #Snape He’ll be sorely missed.

—By David Easey

a slash of green light swift and ruthless emptiness following suit for death has now claimed you taken from us too early their fate sealed by the merciless gods

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There are no words to express how shocked and devastated I am to hear of Alan Rickman’s death. He was a magnificent actor & a wonderful man.

Ode to the dead

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