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VOLUME 57 ISSUE 7 • OCTOBER 5, 2016
GOODBYE PIZZA MANIAC
NO STRINGS ATTACHED SEX
CATAGORIZING MILLENNIALS
WINNING STREAK OVER
Beloved pizza place closes after five years
Can sex exist without commitment?
Young people are subjected to the blame game
Men’s football loses to Western Mustangs
News, page 4
Arts & Life, page 13
Opinion, page 17
Sports, page 18
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“Hopping out of Phil’s line to grab a pizza and hopping back in it.” –Karen Romero, fifthyear sociology
“My fondest memory is definitely going after Phil’s.” –Michael Symington, fourth-year kinesiology
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Bag ‘O Crime “The memories are blurred.” –Natalie Chatterton, second-year communications
“I randomly met an old friend and sat there for two hours talking and eating pizza.” –Usama Khalid, thirdyear global studies Compiled by Safina Husein Photos by Marco Pedri
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St. N. from where it went missing. Two male suspects were captured on CCTV cameras at Wilf’s Pub.
Location: Online Reported: Monday, September 26, 2016 @ 4:18 pm SCS received an e-mail from The Department of Residence about a racially offensive drinking game that was posted on the internet. The internet posting is believed to be from a Laurier student but it is unclear at this time. The Diversity and Equity office was notified of the incident. SCS will continue to investigate.
Location: Lazaridis Hall Reported: Friday, September 30, 2016 @ 12:40 am SCS was notified of a number of issues with students in the new academic building over the past weekend. The complaints were of students drinking in washrooms and common areas. One male had climbed onto the scaffolding. A private security was posted within the building, however SCS will be increasing their foot patrols and have more visibility inside the premises during night shifts.
Location: Fred Nichols Campus Centre Reported: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 @ 1:46 pm SCS is investigating the fraudulent use of a student’s One Card. The card was used at three off-campus locations and at Wilf’s Pub. The card attached to a lanyard had been attached to a key left inadvertently in an exterior door lock of the student residence at 200 King
Location: Off Campus Reported: Friday, September 30, 2016 @ 2:45 am SCS was notified by WRPS of the arrest of two male Laurier first-year students charged with Possession of a Narcotic for the Purpose of Trafficking. WRPS encountered them on Hazel St. Waterloo smoking marijuana. They were found to be in possession of a substantial amount of marijuana. They were
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CORRECTION
Location: 50 University Place Reported: Monday, September 26, 2016 @ 12:10 pm SCS investigated a theft report from 50 University Avenue, a Laurier residence building. A male student had his bicycle stolen after securing it to a bike rack on-site. The bike had been secured on September 23rd and discovered missing on the reporting date/ time. There is no available CCTV footage and there are no suspects.
In the September 28 issue, on page 11, in the unsigned entitled “Ambiguous purpose of symbolic roles in modern society,” we stated that the role of the chancellor is salaried and that the chancellor earns more than most professors. This is incorrect, as the chancellor’s role is unpaid and voluntary. We acknowledge that this is an important position and as previously stated, we look forward to this role being filled by such a highly skilled individual.
Location: Science Building Reported: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 @ 12:20 pm SCS is investigating damage inflicted to a bicycle that was properly secured to a bike rack on the west side of the Science Building. The bike had been secured on September 23 at noon. The damage was discovered on September. 27 at the reported date/time. The front wheel had been bent, seat destroyed and gears ripped out. CCTV camera’s footage was reviewed with negative results.
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News
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DINING
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Waterloo’s Harmony Lunch restaurant opened in 1930 by Harry Marks and created a huge presence for itself in the Waterloo Region. The location will be closed when a buyer is found.
Harmony Lunch set to serve its last meal EMILIA CURCIC NEWS EDITOR
Located on King Street, a five-minute walk towards Uptown Waterloo from Wilfrid Laurier University sits Harmony Lunch, a restaurant that has been a large part of the community for 86 years. The location has been put up for sale and will be closing when the appropriate investor is found. Opened by Harry Marks in 1930, the restaurant has been operated by the Marks family ever since. Since its inception, the décor within the restaurant has remained the same, giving customers a unique experience and look into a different era. Originally the location also featured a dance hall above the restaurant, however, the hall was burned down in a fire in 1932. Luckily, the main floor of the building remained intact. The restaurant
is busiest during its lunch hour when the dining area is filled with customers that have been regulars at the location for years. “Our regulars, we call them our oldies, affectionately […] a lot of them have become a big part of the family. They’re just kind of here and they’re not treated like customers anymore, most people aren’t here,” said Cheryl Marks, granddaughter of Harry Marks, about her favourite part of the restaurant. According to Cheryl, the restaurant has been a huge part of the Marks’ family’s lives. “One of my favourite memories is coming in on a Sunday when my dad would be cleaning and … the jukebox over there is the same one that I used to play. Some of the songs are actually still on there from when I was little and I’d play the songs and while he was mopping the floor and stuff and
I’d dance along the couches,” said Cheryl. “Growing up here as a teenager, I worked all throughout high school and I’ve worked all the shifts. I’ve been called out of bed at five in the morning to be here for the breakfast shift.” At the age of 83, Cheryl’s father Bruce Marks still works at the restaurant every day. “It’s been here since the depression. My dad always talks about how there weren’t that many restaurants back in the day. So this is where everyone came to gather. More like a family, community type experience,” said Cheryl. Community members value the restaurant highly, with positive reviews flowing in across the Harmony Lunch Facebook page. The reviews include stories about what the restaurant meant to members of the community. “As a child, my pops would bring
me here every Saturday for breakfast. Then I’d help him around the shop for the day. Now that I’m grown up I still pop in once [in] a while for the amazing burgers and sautéed onions. I gotta say for the childhood memories and the old school style restaurant. I sure am going to miss you guys,” said one customer in a Facebook review. Known for the burger recipe created by Harry Marks, Harmony Lunch has maintained a tradition of offering homemade cooking. The menu contains items such as their homemade pies, liver and onions and more recently, chili cheese fries. Although the décor has remained the same, there have been changes in the way the business operates. “We used to keep our staff for a lot of years. We hired somebody and they stayed forever,” said Cheryl. Staff members now see more
rotation as they began hiring university students who are often only in Waterloo during their university education. “One of the other things that has changed in the area is all the construction and personally I don’t like the way the city is expanding … we’ve been doing it a lot of years. It’s a good time while everyone still has their health. We’re going in a different direction,” said Cheryl, as to why they chose to close the restaurant. Although not concrete, according to Cheryl, the family has tentative plans to carry on her grandfather’s recipe. “We do appreciate our long-time customers and that they’ve been supporting us all these years. We really do,” said Cheryl. As for right now, Harmony Lunch welcomes customers and will remain open until further notice.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016
PIZZA
Mania erupts within WLU as iconic joint closes doors Pizza Maniac restaurant had to shut its doors after new management chooses to terminate their lease KAITLYN SEVERIN SENIOR NEWS EDITOR
Pizza Maniac, an infamous pizza shop across the street from Wilfrid Laurier University, has closed its doors after the plaza was bought out by PM365 Inc., a property management service. After serving customers for over five years, the location closed on Monday, September 26, after Laurier’s Homecoming weekend. Kamal Cheema, owner of Pizza Maniac, said the business was given a six-month notice from their previous landlords in March, which confirmed that they would have to move out of the plaza before the end of September. 'The previous [owners] came [and] gave us a notice, so they told us six months and that’s it and then we tried to find spots around this area but we can’t and we’re still looking into it,” said Cheema. Pizza Maniac also received a demolition clause from their previous landlords, which is a clause that gives the lessor the right to cancel a lease upon notice in the event that the lessor decides
to demolish a building. However, Cheema does not know if the lessor is planning on demolishing the plaza.
We’ve been looking for a location in this neighbourhood. We want to stay close to the students.
-Kamal Cheema, owner of Pizza Maniac
“We got a demolition clause, but we don’t know what their plans are, but [the landlord] didn’t give us a demolition clause notice, they just gave us a vacant owner notice,” said Cheema. While the King Street location is closed, Pizza Maniac has a second store on Weber Street East in Kitchener. Cheema said the business is
looking for a new location around the Laurier area. “We’ve been looking for a location in this neighbourhood. We want to stay close to the students.” Since they closed last week, everything in the location has been moved out. According to Cheema, Pizza Maniac offered to re-locate to the back of the plaza, however the landlords declined. “We told the new landlord that we can move to the back [of the plaza]. We can relocate there because there were three spots empty in the back that we can resign the lease with them, but I guess they didn’t want us to stay there, so he told us that he gave our spot to a national chain,” said Cheema. Currently, three businesses in the plaza are also closed. “We were paying our rent on time and we were over there for a long time and we didn’t have any conflicts with the old landlord and we told them we can move in the back, we don’t need to stay in the front.” According to Cheema, new rates were already in place at the plaza, as units went up to almost double
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The pizza joint, which has been serving students for five years, has closed.
in price per square foot. “We almost spent over five and a half years making our name in this area and we really wanted to stay in that location,” Cheema continued. PM365 Inc. currently manages the Westcourt Complex, a University of Waterloo off-campus housing property. “We take pride in our affiliation with Waterloo’s post-secondary institutions and ensure we comply with their off-campus housing standards (ie. Maintenance, etc),” read their official website. On social media websites, such as Reddit and Twitter, students have been asking for reasons as to why Pizza Maniac is closed. “Pizza maniac gone? More of a tragedy than failing a class,” read a tweet on the Spotted at Laurier
Twitter account. According to Cheema, Pizza Maniac originally had a lease that would have lasted until 2018. Currently, Cheema hopes to keep their Kitchener location busy by putting new items on the menu until they can find another location. “Our pizza was good and reasonably priced and students love it,” said Cheema. “The kids loved it and we’ll see if we can find another spot to open at.” The Cord reached out to PM365 Inc. for a statement but they were unable to issue one at this time. Note: The Cord’s Arts & Life editor, Manjot Bhullar, is Kamal Cheema’s nephew.
VENTURE
Laurier professor leads advocacy project KAITLYN SEVERIN SENIOR NEWS EDITOR
problematic if you’re submitting in Africa,” said Whiteside.
Alan Whiteside, the CIGI chair in Global Health Policy at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and a professor in the School of International Policy and Governance, will use his knowledge of HIV and AIDS to lead a project that will advocate for African-led scholarships.
I would like to be mentoring and building authors who can just simply publish social sciences articles in other journals. -Alan Whiteside, CIGI chair in Balsillie School of International Affairs
The bulk of the project is about identifying, holding workshops and mentoring with African scholars. FANI HSIEH/GRAPHICS EDITOR -Alan Whiteside, CIGI chair in Balsillie School of International Affairs
As well as being a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, Whiteside will be the lead researcher on a grant to the university from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest private foundation in the world. The aformentioned foundation’s ultimate goal is to enhance healthcare and reduce poverty on
an international scale. The grant will help build research and publication capacity with African researchers. The project hopes to allow African scholars to expand their knowledge and input on HIV and AIDS within the global academic community. African scholars are usually underrepresented in academic literature as they have limited resources to support their research within the global community. “The bulk of the project is about identifying, holding workshops
and mentoring with African scholars so that they can produce and publish top-quality, peer-reviewed articles predominately in the field of social science and HIV and AIDS,” said Whiteside. According to Whiteside, there are two major problems for African scholars: too many of them are enticed into working in developed countries because of better prospects, and it is also very difficult for scholars to have their work published in peer-reviewed journals. “In shorter truth … actually submitting [an article] is quite
Whiteside is also the editor-in-chief of the African Journal of AIDS Research, a peer-reviewed medical journal with a focus on AIDS in Africa. The project will bring together the university and the journal. “I would like to be looking and developing articles which we can place in that journal, but equally, I would like to be mentoring and building authors who can just simply publish social science articles in other journals,” said Whiteside. According to Whiteside, the main goal of the journal is to mentor developing African scientists to the point where they are able to write articles that can be peer-reviewed and published.
“The sub-goal will be for me to get additional papers for the journal that I edit, although I have to say at the moment I am doing extraordinarily well on the number of submissions.” Whiteside has had many accomplishments over the course of his career in the field of HIV and AIDS research. In 1990, he created and worked as the editor for the AIDS Analysis Africa newsletter. Whiteside was also appointed to the Commission for HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa in 2003 and later became treasurer of the International AIDS Society Governing Council. Whiteside explained the number of stages an article for a peer-reviewed paper has to go through to get into the African Journal of AIDS Research. First, the editorial staff in Grahamstown, South Africa will work out what the editors should be looking for in the papers. The work is then sent to Whiteside, along with an associate editor. Whiteside also hopes to work closely with individuals in the Waterloo Region on how to produce academic reviews. “I really hope that we would be able to work with particularly people in Waterloo,” said Whiteside. “Because for people who are going to be academics, it’s really important to do it.”
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016 BUSINESS
Tech talent shares expertise with students Tilt CEO visited Laurier last Thursday to discuss tips and tricks of the entrepreneurial industry SAFINA HUSEIN LEAD REPORTER
James Beshara, co-founder and CEO of Tilt, came to Wilfrid Laurier University last Thursday to speak to students about his journey to becoming a successful entrepreneur. Beshara’s visit to Laurier was one stop along his tour through various universities in Ontario. His goal was not only to speak to students about Tilt, but to also give insight into the many challenges he has come across throughout his career and to provide tips to students who are interested in becoming entrepreneurs. Tilt, a crowdfunding app, allows for convenient, efficient ways to collect, fundraise and sell to your peers and individuals in your community. Startup Laurier, XLerate Laurier, Laurier Sales Association, The Link, and Laurier Marketing Association worked together to host
the event with Brendan Chong, Tilt ambassador team lead for Laurier and the University of Waterloo, and third-year finance student at Laurier. As the Canadian growth program for Tilt has been very strong throughout the years of its existence, Chong explained that he felt having Beshara visit Laurier’s campus would be relevant for many Laurier students. “It doesn’t matter if you’re in business, or science, or arts, or music—I feel that a lot of the kids that come here to Laurier are really driven from within and are self-starters,” Chong said. The event held at Laurier was split into two portions. The first half of the event gave Beshara an opportunity to speak to students. Beshara spoke about the different ventures he started while growing up and attending school. He told students about his journey to starting Tilt and talked about some
of his most important realizations along the way. “For a lot of people, they believe entrepreneurial experience to be this very glamorous thing. [James] was quick to tell us that if you’re going to do it, don’t do it for the glamour. Do it because you love it and you really believe in it,” said Chong. The second part of the event was a social portion, where students could ask Beshara specific questions in regards to startups and entrepreneurship. Students asked Beshara key questions in regards to their own ideas and startups, such as how they know when to start pursuing their startup, when to start seeking investments and how they know if their ideas are worth going after. “He also talked about what it’s like to raise venture capital. It’s very rare that you’ll get to speak to someone who will tell you about their venture capital experience.
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James Beshara, co-founder and CEO of Tilt, presented at WLU last week.
For a lot of people, it’s a complex experience and that was very cool for [students],” Chong said. Jacob Tutt, co-president of Startup Laurier, explained that Beshara’s insight into the world of entrepreneurship was great for students, due to the large entrepreneurial community in Waterloo,
especially focused in tech. “Having an entrepreneur that runs a [very successful] company come to our school and talk about the lessons that he’s learned and his path to getting to where he is now is a very hot-commodity in terms of entrepreneurial students on campus,” Tutt said.
TECHNOLOGY
FUZEnation rocks Waterloo SAFINA HUSEIN LEAD REPORTER
Kitchener-Waterloo was the host of the first FUZEnation Tech + Music Summit last week. Kygo was the event’s featuring musical headliner. The event also brought forth speakers such as Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple; Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter; Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit; a special performance by the turntablist A-Trak and more. The four-day event consisted of both a music summit for spectators as well as a consumer technology show, bringing together industry leaders and global visionaries. Individuals in a variety of fields such as entrepreneurship, computer programming, gaming, robotics engineering, artificial intelligence
inventing and music enthusiasts came from across the world to attend the summit and show. The event was a chance to celebrate and display the newest and most exciting technology work in Waterloo. As well, it allowed technology consumers to make vital connections and share their stories and journeys throughout the tech world. The inspiring, vigorous environment was not only present throughout the consumer tech show. The exciting atmosphere was even more elevated during the headliner performance by Kygo. Ilana Brown, fourth-year business administration student at Laurier, attended the concert portion of the event. She explained that the atmosphere and venue was unique and the overall plan-
They did a good job of how they had the stage and the VIP section. It was pretty much a big rave.
-Ilana Brown, fourth-year business administration student
ning and setup was well done. “The venue was in an abandoned warehouse which was actually kind of cool. They did a good job of how they had the stage and the VIP section,” she said. “It was pretty much a big rave.”
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016
RESIDENCE
Students’ Union assisting tenants EMILIA CURCIC NEWS EDITOR
After recent construction delays with the ICON Waterloo student apartments, the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union Student Right Advisory Committee (SRAC) has been taking action to promote awareness of landlord and tenant rights. The committee is going into its third year and deals specifically with students’ concerns relating to academic policy, landlord and tenant issues and appeals processes. Students can visit the University Affairs tab of the Students’ Union website to find more information on how to get in touch with the right contacts. The SRAC will be able to refer students to the appropriate legal counsel to get additional information and advice regarding legal issues. “We can help students navigate the system, but we can’t provide legal representation because we’re
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not lawyers,” said Students’ Union vice-president of university affairs, Colin Aitchison. With issues of buildings not being finished in time for residents to move in for the start of the school year becoming especially prevalent over the past few years, Aitchison cautioned against looking for accommodation in unfinished buildings. “I would just hazard students not to sign a lease for a building that isn’t finished. It’s something that happens every year. There’s no real protection for preoccupancy. So if your building is not done it’s tough to sort it out,” said Aitchison. In order to relay the message to students early on, the SRAC will be going into first-year residences to discuss their rights as tenants. The hope is that educating students early on in their academic careers will give them a better foothold on their rights before they actually enter into any agreements with landlords. Staff members of the University Affairs department will also be
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offering lease readings for students to clarify any misunderstandings or issues that may arise. According to Aitchison, one of the biggest issues is the lack of ability to enforce residential tenancy laws that the Landlord and Tenant Board actually has. “Something that we’re working on with the feds up the street is to grant more power to the Landlord and Tenant Board so that they can actually enforce what landlords can and can’t put [into] leases. It’s tough right now because especially in the university area, if I went in
and I was like, ‘no I’m going to bring in a pet you can’t do that’ they would say ‘okay, I’m going to find another tenant,’ because the demand is so high,” said Aitchison. If students need specific clarification on terms of the Residential Tenancies Act, they can call the Landlord and Tenant Board to speak directly to a customer service representative that is trained in all aspects of the Act itself. Students are also encouraged to contact the University Affairs department if they have an interest in becoming advocates for these
kinds of issues. “If they want to volunteer for the University Affairs department, our outreach committee actively advocates for this kind of stuff and we bring volunteers to meetings with politicians. If they want to help students read these leases they can join our Students’ Right Advisory Committee,” said Aitchison. Although issues of preoccupancy are the most newsworthy, the SRAC can assist with finding direction when it comes to a variety of other tenancy issues students may face.
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On September 22, The Flying Dog restaurant and lounge bar, located on Marsland Drive, announced on their official Facebook page that they would be closing after 20 years of business on Tuesday October 2. The restaurant’s final event, “The Last Hurrah,” was on Saturday, October 1. The Flying Dog opened in 1987 and has been a staple in the Waterloo community ever since. The restaurant and lounge bar was also open to holiday-events, such as Halloween and New Year’s Eve. While there is a scheduled Halloween event on October 29, there has been no comment on whether Pearl Nightclub, which is attached to The Flying Dog, will also close. “On behalf of the staff and management, we would like to thank our countless loyal guests
and friends,” the post read on the Flying Dog’s Facebook page. “It has been an absolute privilege serving and entertaining you and we thank you very much for your loyalty. We have enjoyed over 20 years of undeniable success thanks to you and our outstanding staff!” The Flying Dog has not issued a statement to The Cord on the closing.
On behalf of the staff and management, we would like to thank our countless loyal guests and friends.
-Flying Dog Facebook page
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016 COMMUNITY
Science students invited to Science Olympics Faculty of Science Students’ Association leads event on alumni field featuring bouncy castle LIAM MCINTOSH CORD NEWS
to more FOSSA events throughout the year when it comes to more serious stuff like Career Night,” said McDougall.
On Friday September 30, the Faculty of Science Students’ Association (FOSSA) hosted their second annual Science Olympics on alumni field. Due to careful and creative organization done by FOSSA vice-president of student events, Katia McDougall, along with the hard work from the other dedicated student volunteers under FOSSA, the event was a huge success.
Every time they score a goal, they would be asked a health science related question.
-Katia McDougall, FOSSA vice president of student events
On behalf of the staff and management, we would like to thank our countless loyal guests and friends. -Katia McDougall, FOSSA vice president of student events
The event featured a variety of snacks including a tent full of fruit, pizza, hot chocolate, pop and by far the most popular, a truck giving away free ice cream parked beside the field.
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The teams were all brightly colour coded with green, red, blue and yellow t-shirts to identify themselves. “So basically everybody that signs up gets placed on a team based on their program … they get to know people throughout other programs that will help them later in the year with midterms and finals,” said McDougall. All of the participants competed in activities such as bubble soccer, elaborate obstacle course competitions, a chaotic scavenger hunt
across campus and a trust exercise called Landmine, with students using the knowledge learned in their program. “At each event, once they complete a task, they answer based on what type of event they are at. So there’s ‘Heath Science Bubble Soccer,’ so every time they score a goal, they would be asked a health science related question,” said McDougall. The idea of building a community, within the individual science programs as well as the faculty as a
whole, was largely felt throughout the activities. McDougall described the Science Olympics primarily as a way, “to show [students] that the faculty of science is a really fun environment and it’s a good community to be a part of.” According to McDougall, the aim of the event was to give students a greater knowledge of health science or math facts as well as make new friends and have a great experience. “I hope that they continue to go
The events required significant amounts of communication and teamwork in order to be successful. This was shown even between events, when participants wearing multicolored shirts could be found sitting in close intimate circles eating ice cream and chatting amongst themselves. At the end of the day, the green team emerged victorious in the Olympics. “[The goal was] to have more of a community feel, being in firstyear science and to publicize that science rules,” said McDougall.
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WLU hires sexual violence support advocate Giving students a safe space to be heard, believed and validated on Laurier’s campus MADDY CUTTS ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
Wilfrid Laurier University has welcomed Sarah Scanlon to its campuses as the school’s first sexual violence support advocate, a position introduced this past fall. The introduction of the position of sexual violence support advocate is another step Laurier is taking to work towards its goal of eliminating gendered violence on campus, largely supported to date by initiatives operated through the Gendered Violence Task Force. “The position’s goal is to create a safe space for survivors to be heard, believed and validated, while I work with them to try to give them more options that fit the survivor’s needs,” said Scanlon. “The work I do is available to all members of the Laurier community who have been impacted by gendered or sexual violence, regardless of when or where the violence took place.” In addition to working with individuals who have experienced gendered or sexual violence, Scanlon works with individuals whose lives have been impacted by people in their lives who are experiencing harm. She will also be working with individuals who have caused harm
in the past. Through relationships with community and university partners, the sexual violence support advocate is tasked with, amongst other things, working to provide referrals to survivors for counselling and medical care, helping them to navigate
People are asking their communities, in particular university communities, to do better in response to sexual violence on campus. -Sarah Scanlon, sexual violence support advocate
procedures for on and off campus reporting of violence, and helping to arrange academic and campus accommodations for survivors. “Students cannot learn in an atmosphere where it’s not safe,” said Scanlon. “And so there are more and more members of the university that are working towards reducing victimization and the cultural acceptance of rape.”
In addition to the support provided by Scanlon’s position, Laurier has formed partnerships with sexual assault centres in both Waterloo and Brantford. By bringing councillors to the Brantford campus four days a week and in Waterloo two days a week, as well as gaining access to the public educator from the sexual assault centre, Laurier is working to strengthen the focus on prevention. In an effort to better reflect the efforts being made across the university to address sexual and gendered violence, Laurier currently has a working group, of which Scanlon is a member, who are working to completely overhaul the school’s policy and procedures regarding sexual and gendered violence. “The biggest goal is to ensure that students have a much clearer, more accessible understanding of how to access support and how to put forward complaints to the university,” said Scanlon. “So I’m written in throughout the procedure to ensure that students have an advocate and someone to clearly explain to them the many different options available to them, to make sure that as best as possible their needs can be met.” These recent developments have
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come to fruition thanks to members from within the university community pushing the importance of gendered and sexual violence resources on campus, as well as pressure from the provincial government. “Provincially there’s pressure across all of Ontario. Universities are being asked to make sure that
the processes are more clear and universities are hiring positions similar to mine, because I think that there’s just a shift around this conversation in general in our communities,” said Scalon. “People are asking their communities, in particular university communities, to do better in response to sexual violence on campus.”
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Last Saturday night I invited a couple friends over to pre-game. I had found an intensive Jurassic Park movie drinking game online and was prepared to become intoxicatingly mesmerized by the 993 dino-CGI. I prepared two large servings of jungle juice. “Jug A” contained two 295 millilitre berry concentrate packs, 885 millilitres of water and 600 millilitres of Bacardi rum. “Jug B” had two 295 millilitre berry concentrate packs and 950 millilitres of water, with no booze. These ingredients were undisclosed. After my two friends got comfy on my couch, I read them the rules to the movie’s drinking game. As Muldoon insisted, “SHOOT HER! SHOOT HER,” when the velociraptor broke free from her cage at the start of the film and viciously dragged a worker to his helpless doom, we began our jungle juice decent. Bombs away. One of the rules dictated that we drink whenever someone is killed, or in any instance when the Jurassic Park Logo is casually revealed. For those of you who’ve seen this movie, you know we were drinking rapidly after the first twenty minutes. I observed the situation beyond what was flashing on the screen. One of my friends was only drinking the cups from “jug B,” unaware that there was no alcohol mixed in the pool of liquefied sugar. This situation had unintentionally turned into a scientific observation regarding the placebo effects of non-alcoholic consumption. As the movie went on and more cups were guzzled, “jug B” friend appeared more talkative than he did upon entering. He also seemed more hyper, but that was likely a direct correlation to the excessive sugar the three of us were consuming at a dangerous pace. “I feel the booze for sure, but the sugar is what’s killing me,” “jug B” friend said, as water rippled ominously before a t-rex appeared through the bushes, ready for the kill. After an hour of watching, before deciding to surrender our sugar rush to a rampant game of beer pong, “jug B” friend knocked over a couple cups while standing up. The sugar strikes again. As we played pong and blasted music, I noticed an enhancement of social interaction amongst “jug B” friend. He seemed more comfortable at my house, more relaxed than he’s been on most sober occasions. He danced and sang as anyone would after a couple beers. There are some separate factors worth mentioning: the other friend and myself were considerably buzzed. We had the sugar in our system, too, but the rum was undoubtedly present. This may have suggested a further conformation from the third drinker as he witnessed our own behavioural changes. Also, the three of us only met each other about a month ago. We were not a group of childhood friends that had known each other for years prior to this occasion. This can suggest a difference in our initial comfortability. At the end of the night, after I told “jug B” friend there was no booze in any of his drinks, he seemed genuinely surprised. “I really felt like I was drinking alcohol,” he said. “I felt it more and more throughout the night, probably from the sugar. But I felt something.” After that night, I wondered how far a placebo effect could really go. “The effect is real,” said professor of psychology and neuroscientist, Bruce McKay. “Part of it is that many people are so experienced with drinking alcohol they kind of learn how a couple drinks changes their behaviour and they start to change their behavior in anticipation of what the alcohol is going to do for them.”
In other words, a behavioural change is the only notable symptom to a placebo effect. “For the studies that I’ve read, that only works to about one to two beers equivalent, or one or two shots, but it all depends on different bodies,” he said. “There’s individual differences, but people don’t typically get hammered on placebo effects. They do get more fun on placebo effects, for sure. They get more talkative and all the other things that people start to do after a couple drinks. But people don’t tend to get drunken or reckless—they often figure out pretty quickly that they aren’t actually getting drunk. You don’t get any of the visual changes, you mostly get more of the social effects.” This makes what happened to “jug B” friend more logical. He was never incoherent or explicitly intoxicated. But he was apparently looser in the social environment. Alcohol is infamous for turning introverts into extraverts amongst social situations. But is the liquor solely responsible for allowing people to come out of their shells? “If they’re able to do that under the influence of alcohol, they were able to do that when they were sober, too. And the reason for that is, all that these chemicals and drugs do is just work on brain circuits that are already in your brain. They don’t do anything new, they just allow you to do things that you wouldn’t have done in particular contexts,” explained McKay. “Lots of people that are highly introverted in public are actually not introverted with their close friends and family members. They already have the brain circuitry to be more engaging, they just in this particular social context, did not. But with a little alcohol on board, they can be. But they can be because they already could be in different contexts. So it’s not that alcohol did something new, it just allowed them to do something they always could do, just in a different situation, now.” Without the alcohol, without the manipulation of neurotransmitters, what causes people to become more socially engaging? The placebo effect could push those boundaries very similarly. “You were always that person, just not in that environment,” McKay said. The placebo can permit access to your natural personality, without the restrictions of a typical sober mindset—one where fear of judgement and embarrassment cause every action to be meticulously monitored. McKay explained how this could also be applied to drugs. If someone who has never smoked marijuana, but has been around high people frequently enough, unknowingly smokes oregano instead of weed, they could actually believe they are getting some level of high. “You don’t get any of the true peripheral nervous system effects. It goes for other drugs, too,” McKay said. “Again, there’s individual differences. There’s certain people that could feel incredible things completely sober with an altered mindset. People can sit down and meditate and feel full blown hallucinations with no drugs in their system. Most people can’t do that, but some people can. Some people’s brains just allow them to go places that most people can’t. With that being said, because most people can’t do it, most people need alcohol or drugs to get to that point.” So what does all this mean? This isn’t saying we should stop blowing money on liquor and revert to tricking our friends with overloads of sugar. Rather, it’s saying that the benefits of drinking in a social context are not exclusively from alcohol. In a university culture where the dependency for booze in every social situation is undeniably prominent, it’s important to realize that social engagement does not exclusively derive from manipulating your neuro-transmitters.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016 ARTS & LIFE EDITOR MANJOT BHULLAR arts@thecord.ca
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Canadiana’s promising comeback JESSI WOOD/GRAPHIC ARTIST
Bear Mountain - Badu
MANJOT BHULLAR ARTS & LIFE EDITOR
Time and time again, we’ve seen Canadian artists hop the border in search of fame and fortune. Many times, it’s just the exposure and market size they need to succeed. It’s the unfortunate truth that we have to accept, but it’s not a reason to strip these artists of being ‘truly Canadian.’ Over the past few years, Canadian artists and especially Toronto musicians have received recognition like never before. Such stellar efforts have proven that the proof is in the maple syrup—we’re damn good.
This festival-friendly band hailing from Vancouver has really shot up the map of indie fans in the short three years since their debut. Their second effort, Badu, boasts a roster of songs that manage to appeal to the masses while still staying true to the west coast sound. There’s no other place you can imagine hearing this album besides a festival stage; save the sweaty pits and toxic port-a-potties. Badu adds to the continuous stream of successful and unique indie efforts from Canadian bands—proving they’ve got more to offer than generic, crowd-friendly tunes.
Shawn Mendes - Illuminate Don’t discount his art just because of a few bumps he’s had along the road (#MAGCON). Mendes has broken his brand off from the trivial music efforts of his early peers and is continuously displaying how serious he is as a musician. Being an attendee to Taylor Swift’s birthday definitely meant something back in 2015, however he doesn’t even need such a plug anymore. Illuminate has definitely proven that his success isn’t being driven by a city desperate to make a name for itself. I don’t know how he did it, but this album seems at least 10 years more mature than his last effort, The Shawn Mendes EP, and is almost John Mayer-esque in composition.
Old Man Canyon – Delirium Since their opening act for The Paper Kites concert here in Waterloo, I’ve personally been itching to get my hands on this album. Never has an opening act made me not tap my foot waiting anxiously for the main act to take the stage. In fact, I wanted to hear more unreleased content. This album sends the listener for a trip; providing the perfect music for a post-midterm night with friends. These ethereal, synth heavy tracks are a stark contrast with the rest of the suggestions, which makes them a perfect fit in this puzzle of diverse Canadian music.
DVSN – Sept. 5th Perhaps it’s something in the air we breathe, but DVSN, just like many other local acts, has pushed to cement the slow, narcotic sounds of their songs as the Toronto sound. It wasn’t until the Summer Sixteen Tour that DVSN made any noise on my radar. Incredible live performances and a falsetto that just won’t quit, DVSN unites the R&B fans of Toronto through their incredible debut album. It’s perfect for long drives, given the recent gloomy weather. Tugging at your heart, Sept. 5th will make you feel all types of emotions; even for those of us who don’t even have a reason to be heartbroken. Personally, its all in the vocals for me—I’m a sucker for a strong vocalist and Daniel Daley is exceedingly bountiful.
HAIR
Black girl magic diffused by constant appropriation ogize, as he only apologized for the ‘lack of sensitivity’ he displayed — not the actual comment. He claimed that straight hair is somehow equally culturally releMARGARET AFEKAFE CORD ARTS
I don’t know about you, but earlier in September I was too busy navigating my new classes and their requirements to bother with the obvious mess of cultural appropriation that was Marc Jacobs’ Summer/Spring show. So, a few days later, when my social media was full of articles about it, I was a tad confused—why was there so much traffic for this one man? Especially when The Blondes had done the exact same thing earlier when they presented their fall collection. Jacobs was just another insensitive and ignorant offender. Being in the mood to procrastinate, I was sparked by a quote I’d seen from Jacobs’ hair stylist, Paolo Guido, where he listed his inspirations for the dreadlocks, which included people like Culture Club’s Boy George, but not the reggae artists that George had originally been ‘inspired’ by. I then clicked on Jenna Rosenstein’s article in Harpers Bazaar to see another quote from Guido which outlined that Jacobs had drawn inspiration from “something so street and so raw” and that Jacobs makes it look “more sophisticated and fashionable.” Guido had successfully erased
He undermined the legacy of colonialism and Eurocentric ideals of beauty forced on black women.
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black culture by citing those who drew (and arguably appropriated) from it, instead of the people themselves, while also calling them unsophisticated and unfashionable in the same breath. I was angry. I waded through more articles to find that Jacobs had responded to his haters through an Instagram comment which was deleted shortly after, but had been gloriously screenshot by The Shade Room. The comment said, “and to all who cry ‘cultural appropriation’ or whatever nonsense about any race or skin colour wearing their hair in a particular style or manner—funny how you don’t criticize women
of colour for straightening their hair...” I got angrier. He continued to say, “I respect and am inspired by people and how they look. I don’t see colour or race—I see people. I’m sorry to read that so many people are narrow minded…” Then, he went on to sprout some poppycock about ‘love being the answer.’ My guess is that, shortly after he posted this, someone quickly pulled up MTV’s Franchesca Ramsey’s video on why saying ‘I don’t see colour’ is offensive. Unfortunately, they didn’t seem to find him a video on how to apol-
vant to white women as dreadlocks is to black women and denied black women the autonomy of self to decide how they want to wear their hair. But worse than that, he undermined the legacy of colonialism and Eurocentric ideals of beauty forced on black women. He’s oblivious to the fact that while women like Zendaya Coleman are accused of smelling like patchouli oil and weed for wearing their hair in faux locks, he is celebrated for making this urban street style sophisticated. In an effort to make it ridiculously easy for me to highlight how obviously unfair cultural appropriation can be, The Fates scheduled the ruling of Chastity Jones’ Civil
Rights case on September 15. Back in 2010, Jones, who had been offered a job in Mobile, Alabama, was told that her dreadlocks were against company policy as they ‘tend to get messy’ and was asked to get rid of them. When she refused, her job offer was rescinded. As articles both praising and critiquing Jacobs were making the rounds on social media, I was downright livid. Recently, the U.S. court kindly established that discrimination on the basis of black hair texture would be an example of what would be considered an ‘immutable trait.’ This means that African Americans can be denied work on the basis of all protective styles they use, in addition to the fact that young black students all over the world are being sent home, because natural hair is viewed as messy, unkempt, or distracting. The legal system has not considered that having locks, braids or even a weave is equally, if not more so, a necessity rather than for style, as it is low maintenance. Having Afro hair is difficult to manage, considering that professionally-trained hair stylists are only taught to manage Eurasian hair and salons that cater to Afro hair are few and far between. As a result, the U.S justice system should be given the title ‘Wanker of the Week,’ with Jacobs as a close second, for making decisions about something they just don’t know about.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016 HEALTH those mental illnesses.
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Language becomes a cause for concern MADELINE MCINNIS OPINION EDITOR
Looking for the right words to express your frustration at your third midterm this week?
Stressed about the latest essay proposal and don’t know how to properly complain? We all do it, after all! Remember not to use mental illnesses you don’t have in efforts to explain how you’re feeling. This midterm season, be mindful of your word choices. You are not depressed, OCD, or bipolar until you actually have to deal with the real connotations of
RELATIONSHIPS
Friends with heartbreaking benefits VICTORIA PRANADJAJA STAFF WRITER
In this day and age, more and more people prefer hooking up and being friends with benefits than having a boyfriend or girlfriend. The reason behind this is that relationships can be too much work. They can be high maintenance for students who have classes to worry about, extracurriculars to work on and parties to go to. So we have friends with benefits with hopes of having a purely sexual relationship with someone, minus the hassel. Can this ever actually work? More often than not, feelings start to develop and this creates more complications than a committed relationship. Just because the person you’re seeing is not your boyfriend or girlfriend, it does not mean you do not owe them common courtesy and human respect. Communicate your true intentions to the other person and don’t assume that you know what they want out of the relationship. Having hooked up for a year with a friend, we tried our hand at dating, but epically failed due to the lack of communication from both ends. It was an on-and-off, hot-and-cold, emotional rollercoaster that ended up with me
learning that he was simultaneously seeing me and another girl, while he told both of us that he wanted to turn this casual relationship into something more. This heartbreak hurt more than any other heartbreak I’ve experienced from more serious relationships and at first, I blamed it on the type of the relationship. I thought to myself, “I can never hook up ever again. Hooking up is always full of anxiety and over-analysis”. It wasn’t until the beginning of my second-year that I started casual relationships with other guys again. This time, however, largely stress-free and so much more enjoyable. The difference this time is the guys I’m dealing with may not necessarily want to be my boyfriend, but they respect me as a person. They don’t say that this is turning into something more when it isn’t. It’s completely natural to catch feelings for your casual partner. There has to be psychological evidence that the more you are exposed to something, the more it grows on you. Being honest about your feelings will not only make you feel less anxious, it will help decide whether or not this casual relationship should be continued, or terminated completely. The most important thing is respect. Since you aren’t dating, there’s no need for flowers and chocolates. That’s not being in a casual relationship. That’s just inconsiderate, ill-mannered and straight up rude.
“I’m so OCD!” Maybe you mean to say “I like to keep things neat and organized,” or even “I feel more comfortable when everything is lined up.” Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is more than keeping your books in a straight line or pouring into your daily planner. People with OCD fit into various strains of the disorder and though keeping tidy may be an effect, it is not what the mental illness actually is. People with OCD have a cycle of having an obsession and seeking temporary relief through a compulsion. For example, people with the “cleaning” strain may have an obsession that they’ll disease themselves unless they keep everything tidy. The compulsion may be to wash their hands continuously until they bleed. Wanting your books to be in a straight line or having all your pen caps facing the same way is not obsessive compulsive, even if you find comfort in those actions. Until you are faced with not having a choice to do these things, you’re just a tidy person. “This review is so depressing.” Try “I’m so disheartened by this review.” Everyone has periods of feeling hopeless, but depression
affects much more than your mood towards a specific topic or activity. Depression can affect appetite, sleep patterns, concentration and relationships. People with depression often lose interest in things that they used to love. They can’t control their thoughts, no matter how hard they try. As boring as reviewing study notes might be, it doesn’t make you depressed. It makes you bored, frustrated, or even sad. It does not make you depressed. “These midterms have got me so bipolar!” These midterms may have you moody. You might be snappy and grumpy one minute and laughing with your roommates the next, but this isn’t what bipolar disorder is. Bipolar disorder consists of two main parts: mania and depression. There are several different types of bipolar disorder, none of which are characterized by moodiness over a specific activity, like studying. Most strains of bipolar take a period of time to cycle from mania to depression and back. It’s highly unlikely that going from snippy remarks to smiling is bipolar. You’re just stressed, which is making your moods different from their regular patterns.
“I had a panic attack when I walked into the lecture hall!” Did you feel like you were choking? Like the world was going to end around you? Were you tingling or were you depersonalized? Most importantly, did you fear imminent death? It’s unlikely you had a panic attack. What you were probably feeling was nerves. It’s natural to be uncomfortable heading into an exam. Exams, especially exams worth a large percentage of your grade, are likely to make most students at least a little bit upset or on edge. However, having a panic attack is something else entirely. It’s not the fear of failing a course or self-doubt that you don’t know enough. It’s a crushing feeling of dread that you don’t think you’ll survive. You likely never thought that exam would kill you. Be mindful of your word choices. Don’t trivialize what’s a huge part of someone else’s life, especially if you don’t understand it —you never know who might overhear what you’re saying. If you are currently having real difficulties with your mental illness, make sure to practice self-care and take advantage of the resources Laurier has for you. No one has to face their mental illness alone.
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Staff Writer Shyenne MacDonald addresses the objectification of women within comic book culture Across Chainsaw, on the corner of King Street, there’s a little shop called Carry-On Comics. Seemingly inconsequential on the outside, but step in and you’re thrust into a world of superheroes, romance, treachery and some of the most magnificent artwork churned out once a month. The walls are lined with comics of any and every kind. There’s Archie, Lenore, even childhood comics like Avatar: The Last Airbender. Of course, there’s also the big guns, Batman, Superman, Captain America, Wonder Woman—the superheroes that have been dominating the silver screen and what comics are indisputably famous for. Behind the counter, you might meet Sherri Moyer who co-manages the shop alongside owner, Andy Brast. To the right, just behind the counter, there’s a wall of comics which always capture my interest. The Superhero comics. Go through them, you’ll see what I always see. Batman kicking ass and taking names, Red Hood dangling off the side of a building with his allies pulling him up. The Birds of Prey, all in their tight outfits in the middle of fighting. Spider-Gwen, dangling upside down, her breasts still perfectly in place. Harley Quinn, wearing more makeup than clothes. Black Widow with a knowing smirk, tantalizing her viewers in her skintight outfit as she leans back on a couch with her legs spread. Spot the difference? No one would dare to question Black Widow’s capability—she’s a trained assassin who’s highly skilled in almost everything. She’s drawn to be attractive, alluring and deadly; everything deserving of the title Black Widow. “She has a tight costume, but her character isn’t built around that,” Moyer stated when asked what she thought of the display. “They go over the top with characters like Harley Quinn or Power Girl. They’re trying to sell them, based on [their appearance]. But Black Widow is an intelligent character and she kicks butt.” It’s true, she’s portrayed as a woman not to be messed with. Lorraine Vander Hoef, a women and gender studies professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, called this a, “mask of empowerment.” Black Widow seems like an empowered, progressive character, especially compared to the portrayals of her in the past. But then, she’s put on display for the benefit of the male gaze and reminded exactly where her place is. Sure, male superheroes may also be in skintight costumes that show more muscle than is ever humanly possible, but it can be said with certainty, that majority of people don’t buy a
comic because Aquaman was looking particularly debonair. But for females? The artwork doesn’t reveal anything about Black Widow’s struggle for redemption, nor does Harley Quinn’s cover have a hint of anything beyond her body. The women are displayed this way because that’s the only way Marvel and DC believe a female-centered comic would sell. “I’m not that into a lot of the superhero stuff. I like the offbeat stuff where women tend to be stronger. Like I read the Image books, the funnier stuff and they’ve got good female leads,” Moyer said. She’s right, Image Comics is most famous for The Walking Dead and is chock-full of well-rounded female characters that are more than what’s between their legs. However, the difference between Image Comics and Marvel and DC Comics is that Image Comics doesn’t operate with Superheroes the way Marvel and DC does. It becomes less of a question of where women fit into the comic culture as a whole and more where women fit into the Marvel and DC Comic culture. And we can clearly see how they fit into there, the same way a house plant does; in the background, for the eyes only. Even Moyer said if a man doesn’t know her he will discount her knowledge of comics because she’s a woman. Marvel and DC Comics are industries that operate under the premise of a male gaze, where men are the first audience and women come secondary. So while we have people like Scott Lobdell, a DC writer who sexually harassed writer, MariNaomi, we have to remember that sexism in this culture isn’t a problem stemming from one person. It’s deeply ingrained in the roots of comic culture; planted from a time when Wonder Woman was merely a secretary for the Justice Society of America (the original name of the Justice League of America). The market, heavily controlled by and controlling this culture, responds to the backdrop of patriarchy in the most profitable way. You can’t discuss sexism in the industry without discussing Young Justice. It aired from 2011 to 2013 and featured some of the more well-known sidekicks to the big-name DC superheroes. It centered around Robin, Kid Flash, Superboy, Miss Martian, Aqualad and Artemis. As the series grew, its character base expanded and soon more female superheroes were being featured. It got to the point where the show had a stronger female audience than male, which wasn’t the target audience Cartoon Network was going for and infamously became the reason the show was cancelled. Now, the main DC show on the Cartoon Network is Teen Titans Go, a show targeted to boys younger than ten. The troubling part of the show is Starfire, a character portrayed with great power in every other platform, who is dumbed down substantially and the only other female character, Raven acts as the sole rational character who keeps the three rambunctious boys in line. I These shows set up a sexist system at a very young age and these young boys are going to
grow up to turn into men that believe women (even if this isn’t an active thought) should have no substantial footing within comics. This is a show focused entirely on the experience of Robin, Cyborg and Beast Boy. Raven and Starfire are simply put in as a token. “The market recognizes that we’re living in an age where female inclusion is a necessity for the media we consume. We see that as progress but we aren’t looking too closely at how these women are being represented. We see the representation and assume that the progress and empowerment are there, but at the end of it, women are still put in their place by the end. They’ve been depowered. They remain secondary,” Vander Hoef explained. Take The Killing Joke, for example. It is a horrid story. Fascinating? Certainly. Famous? Of course. But undeniably horrific and exactly what fans of Batman crave. Barbra Gordon’s role in the comic is minimal, as she’s merely there to be depowered and to invoke action from Batman and Jim Gordon. Now take the movie and the infamous extra half hour of Barbra Gordon centered content. Does it actually empower Barbra? Of course not, there is no validation or excuse. Barbra, in terms of The Killing Joke (both comic and movie) does not exist outside the male gaze. Back at Carry-On Comics, it’s what Moyer first recommends to those looking to get into Batman comics. And why wouldn’t she? It’s a top-seller across the board. It’s exactly what the audience wants. If you’re waiting for a point, here it is: sexism is so deeply ingrained into our society that for no reason other than it is what sells, we continuously see women depowered. Not only in the things we consume, but they are harassed and mocked in their fields of work to the point where it becomes extremely difficult for women to get ahead in such an industry like Marvel or DC Comics. Where do women fit into this culture? They exist under the male gaze, as a secondary audience. But, as we progress forward in time, we see a better chance for progressive comics, where women aren’t devalued to being a house plant, being made by Marvel and DC.
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Editorial
OPINION EDITOR MADELINE MCINNIS editor@thecord.ca
Alcoholism can happen to anyone—including students abundance of alcohol addiction help specifically designed for our age group. It’s intimidating enough to face your addiction, let alone in front of a group of individuals much older than you. As alcohol is legal and readily available, it can be hard to remember that it’s an addictive substance. It becomes routine to carry your blackout drunk friend home from the bar and that’s not okay. No good friend would support a dependency on cocaine or heroin, so alcohol addictions shouldn’t be trivialized just because consuming alcohol is legal. Ultimately, if you or someone you know is having problems with alcoholism, don’t be afraid to ask for help. Make safe choices and protect yourself the best you can from falling victim to the alcohol dependency culture. Just because you’re young, doesn’t mean you’re invincible.
In the university culture, drinking is an accepted reality of our lives. A large number of students binge drink and it’s seen as acceptable for students to head to the bar every weekend. There’s a social aspect to drinking and alcohol is closely associated with sex. It seems that when students abstain from alcohol consumption, everyone gets uncomfortable. We feel we have to drink to conform, making ourselves more comfortable, as well as fitting in with the other students around us. But what happens when the fun times get out of hand? Students don’t think of themselves as alcoholics because of the connotations around alcoholism. However, alcohol addictions don’t discriminate by age or lifestyle. Due to these connotations, it can be difficult for students to seek the help they need. As far as we know, there isn’t an
Students’ Union helps protect rights of student tenants be unacceptable for a family of four, such as a building not being completed to code or schedule, missing an oven, or even damaging personal belongings, are seen as commonplace to students. This isn’t acceptable. This mentality is what the Student Rights Advisory Committee is attempting to change and protect you against. At the provincial level, people may not understand how different students are treated, but the Student Rights Advisory Committee is designed specifically to protect our students. They’re approachable, accessible and knowledgeable—they’re our peers. If you don’t stand up for yourself, you will get taken advantage of. Learn your rights, take your time, and don’t be afraid to go to the Student Rights Advisory Committee about anything questionable in your lease.
With yet another apartment building failing to live up to their lease agreements, the Student Rights Advisory Committee at Wilfrid Laurier University is again publicizing that they can help you find that perfect lease. Legal information can be hard, especially as we are pressured to sign leases so quickly. The committee is attempting to make this a little easier for Laurier students. The majority of The Cord’s Editorial Board has had at least one less-than-pleasurable experience with the student housing in Waterloo. The only rights you have are the ones you know about. For most of us, this is our first time in a lease and we are easy to manipulate simply because we’re unaware. Students are treated very differently to other demographics when we’re leasing houses and apartments. Aspects that would
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New fans and fake fans BRIAN PHILLIPS WEB DIRECTOR
Fall is an exciting time to be a Toronto sports fan. The Blue Jays secured their playoff spot last night. The Raptors are gearing up for another season after reaching the conference finals last season. The Leafs’ exhibition games are underway with a coach who is coming hot off a win at the World Hockey Championship. The Blue Jays and the Raptors are the only Canadian teams in the MLB and NBA respectively, so they truly are “Canada’s teams” when it comes to baseball and basketball. Toronto is also the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs, who are one of the greatest sports franchises of all time. Now that the Leafs finally have a decent coach with a good head on his shoulders, playoff hockey may be closer than we think. It’s no doubt that there’s any reason to be an excited fan in Toronto and as October baseball quickly approaches, I can’t help but wonder how many bandwagon fans are going to drop by the mall to pick up a Jays hat and start cheering on the boys of summer. The hype around sports teams can bring in new fans that fall into
two different categories, which I consider to be the bandwagon fans and the new fans. There is a big difference between a band wagon fan and a new fan. If you’re that guy that watches Toronto playoff games and then, upon seeing the team lose, begins to remark “typical Toronto sports club,” or “classic Leafs,” you are the exact person that every true sports fan hates. If you choose to cheer for a sports team, then don’t dismiss them with snide comments when things aren’t all sunshine and rainbows. Only supporting a team when they win is comparable to being in a relationship and only liking your partner when they’re doing something nice for you. If that’s how you operate, you’re not a good person and don’t deserve the joys that come with a successful sports win. On the other hand, I strongly welcome and encourage new fans who are just starting to discover their love of the sport, whether it be baseball, football, hockey, or any other. Over the past several years, Toronto teams really haven’t given us a reason to support them. The Jays haven’t won a world series since before I was born, the Leafs only recently broke their record setting playoff drought and the Raptors, for much of my life, haven’t provided much in the way of post-season entertainment. Despite the Leafs’ complete lack
of success during my lifetime, I was brought up watching hockey and cheering for the Leafs. If someone else grew up in a family that didn’t watch hockey, then I surely can’t blame them for not wanting to support a losing team. However, when things start to go well, naturally, people start to become intrigued. If someone hasn’t inherited a love for a team, but suddenly wants to explore a sport that their city is dominating in, I say go for it.
Only supporting a team when they win is comparable to being in a relationship and only liking your partner when they’re doing something nice for you.
So with the MLB playoffs around the corner, I extend an invitation to give the sport a chance and see if watching baseball is something you find enjoyable. However, if you’re going to be making sarcastic remarks and chirping the real fans at the first sign of trouble, then do everyone a favor and don’t bother watching at all.
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Opinion
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016 OPINION EDITOR MADELINE MCINNIS opinion@thecord.ca
Taking the right to vote away from law breakers People in prison should not be able to cast their ballots
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When you are behind bars, you should only be behind bars, not in a polling booth. It is completely asinine to think we would allow deviants of the law to have a say in the representation of our country’s government and the formation of new laws. When you think of an anarchist, what do you picture? I, for one, do not envision an individual lining up, ready to cast their vote for who will represent them for the next four years.
This means that due to their irresponsibility, they too should not have the right to vote.
I think of a criminal: one who has no respect for current laws or future ones. According to Public Safety Canada, statistics show that in the first year after being released, individuals are 44 per cent likely to
reoffend. If 44 per cent reoffend after serving time in prison, which is supposed to “rehabilitate” individuals, would you really want this cohort to have the right to vote? I for one, would not. Even though only 44 per cent of them reoffend within the first year after release, 99.9 per cent of them have broken the law. Prison is a place where their rights, not their dignity, should be removed in an order to teach them a lesson to respect and value the freedom and opportunities this nation has to offer. Now, what about the voting age? To live eighteen years within your native country without having the right to vote seems a little extensive if voting is deemed such a fundamental right, is it not? Well, it is in place to prevent irresponsible youth from casting uneducated votes. Therefore, this concept of limiting voting to individuals based on responsibility should apply in correlation to those incarcerated people as well. They were irresponsible to not follow the law and are now paying the price by serving time in jail. This means that due to their irresponsibility, they too should not have the right to vote. This concept would ensure that voting rights are limited to those who have a respect for the law and are responsible enough to cast a vote as to who the next leader of Canada will be. On one side of the argument, many believe that giving these incarcerated criminals a second chance would help benefit them in the rehabilitation process by
making them feel as though they are included in a community. However, were they not already part of a community?
This concept would ensure that voting rights are limited to those who have a respect for the law and are responsible enough to cast a vote...
In many areas, the police’s slogan is to protect and serve the community, which is to enforce the law. Now, these persons who break these laws go against that ideology and in some way, they put the community in danger. If they have already been part of a community and put said community in harms way, why would giving them the opportunity to vote in jail magically fix this when they have already had the right to vote and that sense of community? Most likely, it won’t. It is the laws established that help Canadians uphold individual rights and to go against those laws is to go against your very own Canadian rights. Ultimately, giving incarcerated law breakers the right to vote is a destructing ideology which would lead to a path of anarchist legal and political decisions.
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Distinguishing artist from art CHRIS LUCIANTONIO STAFF WRITER
We are nearing the release of The Birth of a Nation into theatres, a Sundance Festival smash that is somehow proving more controversial than the 1915 cinematic love letter to the KKK that shares its namesake. Despite initial warm reactions from press screenings, the film has become bogged down in the public eye because of director Nate Parker’s previous accusations of rape, resurfacing some 17-years after they occurred. Now, the conversation surrounding The Birth of a Nation has pushed the film itself out of the spotlight in favour of pushing Parker’s character back into it. This recent episode brings up the age-old question of whether or not we, as a culture, can separate an artist (their personality, political views, crimes etc.) from their art. Too often we have this romanticized view of an artwork being an extension of an artist, which inadvertently infers that if that artist is a morally reprehensible person then, somehow, his work will reflect this. We conflate the two and make them inseparable. It’s like every piece of art carries the burden of its creator’s reputation. So somewhere in Roman Polanski’s Chinatown lies his sexual abuse. Somewhere in Orson Scott Card’s Ender Game nests his homophobia. Somewhere on John Lennon’s Imagine hides his spousal abuse. Normally, we can turn a blind eye to the lesser aspects of the artist and appreciate the work. Enough time passes, fan bases overwhelm any detracting opinion of records, or they are superficially
exonerated by the quality of the work they release. It’s difficult to remain outraged and refuse to support their career if they continually create beautiful works of art. But these are cases of not separating artist from art, they are ignoring the artist in light of the art. This luxury has not been allowed for Nate Parker, whose 1999 rape allegations persist. Not to sympathize with an accused rapist, but this treatment is inconsistent. Yes, Parker’s case details are unsettling and often damning when paired with his belligerent and defensive interviews he has given on the subject. However, this has nothing to do with his film. The Birth of a Nation is a bleak look at race relations through the eyes of a Nat Turner, a leader of a slave rebellion in 19th century America. It is an important story that deserves to be told and deserves to be watched, but in the eyes of his critics, it can be separated from its ultimate message if the one speaking it is somehow reprehensible. How can we trust a progressive message that claims to speak for social justice if it comes from a rapist? This is why separating artist and art is important. The Birth of a Nation is audaciously primed to address the stringent problems of race relations in the United States. Nate Parker may be irredeemable in your eyes, but his film should stand outside of his accusations as its own medium. If you cannot bring yourself to buy a ticket and financially support Parker, I implore you to find another (maybe online) avenue to experience the movie. I’m not asking you to like the man or excuse what he allegedly did. All I ask is that you not let your view of the man behind the camera cloud his art and the message he, and all of those who also worked on the film, are trying to convey.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016
Judgement on millennials is excessive Baby boomers are unnecessarily critical on the millennial generation and the choices we make
JOSH HORTALEZA STAFF WRITER
Apparently, it’s a trendy thing to hate millennials now. While I have never experienced this in my dayto-day life, it seems to be rather prevalent on the internet. Now, I have to defend my generation. Other generations say millennials spend more time at home, do not move out of their parents’ house, take too many selfies, are not entrepreneurial, are not investing, are narcissistic and don’t stay at one job for too long, among other things. Wow. That’s quite the number of insults levied at us, whether they be based on economic issues or social issues. Sure, the “Greatest Generation” fought the World Wars and recovered from, quite possibly, the worst recession of the modern era and “baby boomers” advanced the world in terms of technology and research. The average person who comes from those generations probably has not contributed to any of its accomplishments and should not take pride in things they, themselves, have not accomplished. This applies to millennials as well. With that being said, let’s take a look at the pressing issues with millennials that other generations
point out. Millennials live at home longer than any other generation. This is supposed to be a bad thing, I guess. The naysayers say, “these millennials are lazy and do not want to work or be independent and so they live at home. So this generation sucks.”
generation. That generation was richest, active and most physically fit generation in history to date. A 20-year mortgage didn’t seem like much to them, as they had an abundance of wealth. With that wealth and security through income and retirement programs, they could risk more money on entrepreneurial ventures and investments. Unfortunately, we millennials can’t do that. Uncertainty about the stock market and risking capital for ventures really puts a damper on productivity.
Earlier generations will always be critical of the next one. Same for us as a generation. It’s a cycle of cynicism. FANI HSIEH/GRAPHICS EDITOR
It is a fantastic economic decision to live at home. This “pride in being independent” when it comes to this situation is, quite frankly, ridiculous. In major cities of commerce and financial opportunity, like Toronto and Vancouver, housing prices are skyrocketing. Combine that with the rising costs of education, student debt and degrees that, while worthwhile, might not be the most economically viable. Ultimately, this can result in us living at home at a higher rate. The baby boomers would love for us to buy houses as it increases
the value of their existing ones, but I won’t go further with that. Other generations love to rip on our vanity, specifically through selfie taking. While I agree that selfie taking and photo sharing apps like Instagram can lead to an inflated image of oneself, I find it funny that other generations act like they would not have done the same things we do if they had the technology we have. Other generations also hate on millennials for their lack of patriotism. American millennials have either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton to look forward to. I wouldn’t be patriotic either. Other than that, with the amount of reprehensible things the U.S. government has done, including drone strikes, unwarranted wars
and having policies that young, mostly left leaning millennials don’t support, no wonder they aren’t patriotic. Critiquing and questioning your country is a good thing. Mindlessly promoting how good your country is, without analyzing and looking into how your country actually operates, doesn’t seem like a good brand of patriotism to me. They also say that millennials are not investing and are not entrepreneurial. Experts have suggested that this decrease in economic productivity has huge ramifications on the economic success of the countries that western millennials are in, specifically the U.S. and Canada. Our economy pales in comparison to that of the baby boomer
isn’t? Our society has taught us that, to have success, we have to be the very best and be recognized for it. Failure is not seen as an option. There’s nothing wrong with each individual goal, no matter how mundane it may seem. I have a good friend who wants nothing more than to be a mother when she graduates. I would defend to the death that this is “living.” She may never see herself on the silver screen. She may never visit Thailand.
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Living to your own standards MADELINE MCINNIS OPINION EDITOR
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” This quote from Oscar Wilde and others like it have been plastered on my social media for the past few weeks. I’m a fairly big fan of Wilde, but
in the context this quote is being used, the message is that not everyone lives their life to the fullest and accomplishes things in their short time on earth. It’s suggesting that, to live, people have to have experiences and successes that define a person both within themselves and through society in general. How do we even define “living”? Is it being widely regarded as the best in your field? Travelling the world? Being recognized for your originality and creativity? Certainly, a lot of people don’t get these distinguished regards.
Equally certain, not everyone even wants these things. We all have the power to decide what we want from our lives. My success will differ from yours. My goals will differ from yours. My “living” is different from yours. Everyone dies, yes. However, everyone also lives. Some people are destined to be recognized for their successes. Maybe they’ll become the head of a law firm or a movie star. Others are destined to live a quiet life, devoted to family and friends. Why should one of these be considered “living,” while the other
If I’ve learned anything from my nineteen-and-a-half years on this earth, it’s that comparing youself to others will never make you happy.
People may never know her name. If she’s happy and achieved her own goals, that’s living in the best sense of the word, regardless of what other people think “living” to be. The type of thinking this quote is being used in the way it is perpetuates could lead to reckless, damaging behaviour. It buys into
With that wealth and security through income and retirement programs, they could risk more money on entrepreneurial ventures and investments.
Earlier generations will always be critical of the next one. Same for us as a generation. It’s the cycle of cynicism. It certainly is a tough time to be a millennial, but we are young and uncertainty won’t affect us as much as it did the baby boomers with the 2008 crash. Maybe that’s why they want us to work so hard. So we can fund their social safety nets.
the “FOMO” epidemic that plagues university students. It’s saying that if you’re not doing anything special or exciting, you’re not living and you’re going to die without achievements. Heavy, right? Also untrue. If I’ve learned anything from my nineteen-and-a-half years on this earth, it’s that comparing yourself to others will never make you happy. Even if other people are doing the things you wish you were doing, it doesn’t mean you’re not living. We all have little victories every day. Though studying during reading week seems to pale in comparison to travelling to Europe, that doesn’t mean you’re not living. You’re living just the same as everyone else, regardless of experiences. When it does come time to die, no one is going to remember if you backpacked across the Andes in Fall 2016. They’re going to remember if you felt happy and fulfilled while doing it. It’s the same for studying. Loving what you do? That’s real living. You define your own happiness. You get to say what “living” is, not some dumb Facebook post. Live for yourself and don’t let anyone tell you that you’re not properly living. Unapologetically strive for your goals, no matter how mundane they may seem to other people. That’s living life to the absolute fullest.
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Sports
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016 SPORTS EDITOR ROB FIFIELD sports@thecord.ca
FOOTBALL
Streak stoppers DANIEL JOHNSON STAFF WRITER
The Laurier football team said goodbye to their winning streak this past weekend as they dropped to 4-1 following a 45-26 loss to the Western Mustangs. The game was within reach until a third quarter outburst by the Mustangs. Head coach, Michael Faulds, was quick to point out, “We’re going to build off this.” “I don’t think it’s anything that went wrong. I think it’s what they were keying on. Obviously they know we run the ball a lot so they were really stacked at the box,” said Faulds, after the loss. Star player, Eric Guiltinan, was limited to 22-yards by the Mustangs, and Laurier held Mustangs running back, Alex Taylor, to only 15-yards. This, however, wasn’t enough for the Hawks to take the win. Nakas Onyeka, one of the key pieces to the stout defence, offered perspective on the loss and how to right the ship going forward. “We know the first step is no self-loathing. We understand we lost. We understand we lost to a good team but we got to pick it back up,” Onyeka said. Onyeka had a field day, total-
ing with 9.5 tackles and a forced fumble. “We had to adjust. We told our receivers we had one-on-one coverage. Michael made some really good throws in the first half. We just weren’t quite connecting. We had Curly on a deep one that was a bit overthrown. We had Curly in the end zone that went kind of through his hands. And then in the second half, those completions we started to get … but it was a little bit too late,” Faulds said. Both teams going into this game were more comfortable racking up yards on the ground than throwing the ball. But Laurier quarterback, Michael Knevel, moved the ball very well through the air. His highlight of the match was throwing a 41-yard strike to Brentyn Hall for his first touchdown. This brought the score to 21-14 in the second half. This was Hall’s first touchdown in his career with Laurier. Knevel finished the game 11-for-30 for 243 yards and two touchdowns. “He had a very big height advantage against 27 for Western. 27 is a really fast player so we close in terms of the coverage, but we were telling Michael, if you can throw it up to Brentyn, being a big 6’3” target, we can have our chances,” Faulds said about the big play to
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Hall. Faulds was also pleased with his quarterback’s play. “He and I chatted after the game and only two throws we want to have back. So, in terms of where he was going, where he was attacking them.” After this game, it’s clear that Knevel has shown consistency at the position. Quarterbacks that can add another dimension to the offence can
change the way the defence plays. Knevel is a strong passer, but will not hesitate to tuck the ball and run, if the defence lets him. “[It] definitely helps, because then when we know that we’re going to pass the ball if everyone backs out into coverage. He can use his legs to get a first down,” Faulds said about Knevel. This game, as well, featured another defensive touchdown for the
Hawks. Defensive lineman, Rashari Henry, scored Laurier’s fourth defensive touchdown this season, rupturing a fumble for 33-yards. The score came in the second quarter and was the Hawks’ first touchdown of the game. The Hawks will be looking to redeem themselves this Thursday as they face the Toronto Varsity Blues. at Varsity Stadium in Toronto. Kickoff is at 7 p.m.
SOCCER
Golden Hawks can’t hold on against York ROB FIFIELD SPORTS EDITOR
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The rain seemed to clear just in time for the Laurier Golden Hawks men’s soccer team to take to the pitch against the York Lions. Laurier is looking to carry over the momentum from their last game when they defeated the Waterloo Warriors 8-1 at home and Niklas Bauer scored his highlightreel goal. Early on in this one, the Lions had a break away but were turned aside when Laurier goalkeeper, Rocco Strazzella, charged the play and knocked the ball away. Only a few minutes later, the Lions had what looked to be another break away but a Laurier defender stormed back and made a beautiful slide tackle in the box to knock the ball away. At the 14-minute mark, Bauer threw the ball on net and managed to beat the goalkeeper, giving the Golden Hawks a 1-0 lead early. At the 26th minute, York had a chance inside and Strazzella made an incredible diving save to keep the game at 1-0 in favour of the home side. Just before the half at the 43rd minute, York managed to equalize and the teams would break at the half tied at one a piece. To start the second half, the
Golden Hawks came out flying with good ball control and Bauer was able to score his second of the game giving the Golden Hawks a 2-1 lead with 34 minutes left to play in the match. At the 68th minute, the York Lions struck and were once again able to even up the score sheet tying the game at 2-2. During the 81st minute, the Lions were applying pressure and managed to find the net giving the York lions a 3-2 lead with only nine minutes to play in the match. Laurier did not give up and kept up lots of offensive pressure for the remainder of the game. Two Laurier attackers were tackled just seconds apart and the crowd and Laurier coaches erupted from the sidelines for penalty shots, but none were awarded by the referee. In the last few seconds of extra time, as the Laurier attackers were in the box pressing for a goal, one of the York defenders appeared to block a shot with his hand, but once again no call was made by the official. The Laurier fans erupted once again and were clearly upset at the refereeing in the latter stages of the game. Head coach, Mario Halapir, was not impressed by the refereeing in this game.
“Refereeing is a difficult position for sure, but when you make cowardly decisions and you make decisions that impact a bunch of boys that just worked their ass off for the last 95 minutes and it completely goes against the grain of what they’d done I’d say it was shocking. I’d call it beyond shocking,” he said. Although the Golden Hawks were unable to find the equalizer and dropped this close contest 3-2, Halapir wasn’t unhappy with what he saw from his team. “Exceptional,” he said, in reference to his team’s performance. “Exceptional in every sense of the word. Effort was great, compete was great.” Halapir said his team was not fazed by playing the undefeated York Lions. “We’re treating this year a little bit differently with the attitude and mentality we have. Any team that comes in here, we feel we’re going to be able to compete against and we’re going to be able to beat [them] … we’d like to be the one’s giving other teams problems,” he said. The Golden Hawks will look to rebound their next game today, as they face the Guelph Gryphons in Guelph, followed by October 15, when they travel to Windsor to face the Lancers on their home turf.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016 SOCCER
York Lions win in low scoring affair
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ROB FIFIELD SPORTS EDITOR
This past Sunday afternoon, the Laurier Golden Hawks women’s soccer team played host to the York University Lions. The Golden Hawks started the game well defensively, not giving the Lions many looks in their own end and the Golden Hawks had some nice counter attacks up the field. At the 30th minute, the Golden Hawks conceded a free kick from about 25-yards, but Ashley Almeida made a nice jumping save to keep the game scoreless. The Lions kept applying
pressure, hemming the Golden Hawks into their own end, giving themselves two quick corner kicks which they were once again unable to convert on. Seconds before time expired for the first half, the Golden Hawks rushed down the pitch and Mackenzie D’Andrade rung a hard shot off the post. This battle of defence finished the first half 0-0. The second half began with some back and forth actions from both sides before the Golden Hawks were able to setup in the offensive zone and make some beautiful passing plays. The Golden Hawks were unable
DANCE
Hitting the beat CAMERON KING CORD SPORTS
One of the largest teams at Wilfrid Laurier University was recently selected, yet the average person on campus would have been regrettably uninformed. Laurier’s very own dance team may not fit the mold of what is pictured when we talk about sports, but this group of Laurier students offers opportunities to compete in dance.
They all have something really awesome to bring to the team.
-Sam Findlay, co-captain of the dance team
Comprised of around 40 members, the Laurier Competitive Dance team has recently been given the recognition of being one of the largest teams and is getting ready to begin its season. Co-captains, Sam Findlay and Cristina Rotondo, both fourthyear students at Laurier, have high hopes for the team this year now that the annual audition process, which consists of tryouts for tap, hip hop, jazz and lyrical, has been completed. The dance team hopefuls are evaluated based on their technique
and dance style and the audition is completed with a short interview at the end of the day, with acceptances generally being sent out within two days after the audition. This year’s team has nine new additions and the co-captains had nothing but praise for the newcomers. When asked if there was any one standout in this year’s group of rookies, Findlay said, “They all have something really awesome to bring to the team, [whether it’s] their personality or dance ability, [so] we’re pretty excited about all of them.” The team seemed excited to get to work and get ready for the new season. “[Now that the team has been picked,] we are going to be having our rehearsals every week ... where everybody is going to learn the choreography for the year,” said Findlay, when asked about the coming season. Despite the growing excitement for the new season, the team does wish to become more recognized and well-known on campus with a goal of expanding their fan base, so they are calling on all Golden Hawks to come out and show their support for the team. “[The dance team exemplifies] school spirit and what it means to be a Laurier Golden Hawk,” said Rotondo, noticeably proud of her team. “We really just want to try to get the word out about the team and try [to] involve as many people [as possible].” The team’s hard work throughout the year culminates with three competitions in March and ending with a final year-end show being held on campus at Laurier.
to muster a shot as the ball jumped out of bounds and York took back possession heading towards Laurier’s side of the pitch. At the 52nd minute, the Golden Hawks worked for a corner kick that was turned aside by York goalkeeper Taylor Grant, but not before taking a hard kick to chest. After chances from both sides, the Lions started to take control of the game at around the 65th minute, peppering Laurier goalkeeper Ashley Almeida with shot after shot that she routinely turned aside. At the 80th minute, the York lions converted on a nice passing play as they were finally able sneak one by the right side of Almeida,
giving the Lions a 1-0 lead late. The York Lions continued applying pressure late, not giving the Golden Hawks much to work with as they searched for the equalizer. After a few late rushes up the field, the Golden Hawks came up short and couldn’t find the equalizer in this one, losing 1-0. Head coach ,Barry MacLean, acknowledged the defeat, but wasn’t overly critical of his team’s performance and the way that they played. “I wasn’t unhappy with our performance, I thought we could’ve had a little more urgency in the game, but overall it’s a very tactical game when you play York
and they’re a very good team and unfortunately they’re the one’s that got the goal,” MacLean said. The York University Lions are no easy task as they are 8-0-3 and first place in the Western conference of the OUA standings. MacLean commented on what it’s like to host the York Lions. “I enjoy these games, over the past four or five years, they’ve probably been the team that matched us closest in style and quality … these kind of games are really good for the growth of our players.” The Golden Hawks will look to get back on track when they visit the Guelph Gryphons on October 5.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016
PLAYER PROFILE
Katie Bishop’s soccer stardom isn’t done yet
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ERIC FLOCKHART CORD SPORTS
As a five-year member of the Laurier women’s soccer team, Katie Bishop has seen it all. As a member of the OUA Championship-winning program in 2013 and a threetime CIS National Championship participant, Bishop is putting her veteran experience to good use this year at the helm of a roster filled with new faces. A fifth-year, health sciences major from Surrey, British Columbia, Bishop has been a staple in the Golden Hawk lineup since the start of her career in 2012. Bishop’s introduction to the game of soccer occurred at the tender age of five, when her parents encouraged her into the sport. A naturally gifted athlete, Bishop competed in multiple sports throughout high school including basketball, field hockey and volleyball, complementing her blossoming career on the pitch. As with many high-level Canadian athletes, the NCAA was becoming a distinct possibility for Bishop. “I was looking at going to the
states,” she remarked, “but I was kind of late to the mark for that. You have to start looking for schools a lot earlier if you want to go to the states.” With the NCAA off the radar, her attention turned to Laurier at the recommendation of friend, and former Laurier goalkeeper, Katrina Ward. “I heard from [Katrina] that it was a great school and that she was doing well and the team was doing well,” Bishop said. “So I started watching Nationals through a live feed and I really liked the way that Laurier played.” From that point, Bishop says she sent head coach Barry MacLean a recruiting video and after continued endorsement from Ward, her future was sealed at Laurier. Bishop was an immediate contributor in her first few years as a Golden Hawk. She was an OUA First Team All-Star in each of her first three seasons and a Second Team All-Star last season in 2015. Despite the immediate success as a varsity athlete, Bishop says that she has seen tremendous improvement in her game throughout her career.
“I think I’ve really come a long way,” she said. “When I first started, I came in as a centre midfielder, but I think I really came into playing the specific role of sitting mid under Barry.” Bishop continuously credits coach MacLean for molding her into the player she is today.
Playing for Laurier has definitely been the biggest thing for me. This is the most important soccer that I think I will ever play. -Katie Bishop, midfielder
“He really got me to understand how to play that role properly. Over the years, I’ve struggled a little bit with knowing where I’m supposed to be on the field, but then he’ll help me fix it. So I’m just really
super comfortable in that position now.” Bishop is showing that comfort level already this season, starting in all 11 games for Hawks, scoring four goals in that span while leading the team in shots on goal. With her consistent play, Bishop is setting an important example for a very young roster. “I just try and come out every practice and game playing hard and try to be a leader,” she stated, adding that she sees a lot of potential in the young squad. Leadership is an important quality for a veteran like Bishop and she tries to embody those characteristics whenever she can. “I don’t ever want to be the low point for our team. I just want to be able to perform every game and just be present on the field.” Bishop hopes that her leadership will help the team aspire to its goals for this season, which include a return trip to the OUA Championships. “That’s kind of our main goal right now,” said Bishop. “Hopefully that goal extends on to nationals; I would love to make it to nationals again.”
A fourth trip to the CIS National Championships would be the perfect ending to a fantastic career for Bishop. When asked about her accomplishments so far, Bishop was quick to illustrate the importance of Laurier soccer in her life. “Playing for Laurier has definitely been the biggest thing for me. This is the most important soccer that I think I will ever play.” Bishop will return home to B.C. following the fall semester, with the intentions of attending the University of British Columbia for pharmaceutical studies next September. “I had a coach say to me years ago,” Bishop added, “that when you step over the white line, you become a different person. When you step over that line, you’re there to play; you’re giving 110 per cent.” Bishop’s commitment to these words in all aspects of her life is a testament to her tremendous successes both on and off the field. With five games remaining in the regular season, there is no doubt that Bishop’s confidence and leadership will contribute to continued success for the Golden Hawks this season.