The Cord September 21

THE CORD THE TIE THAT BINDS WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY SINCE 1926

VOLUME 57 ISSUE 5 • SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

UNSTOPPABLE Laurier’s men’s football is 3-0 for the first time since 2007

Sports, page 16

COMING HOME

A MINIMALIST LIFE

GETTING BUSTED

REPRESENTING MILLENIALS

BOATENG’S CFL FUTURE

Laurier prepares for homecoming 2016

Local man abandons traditional living

How will your house party get shut down?

Trudeau as a poor steward for Canadian youth

Defensive lineman is CFL prospect

News, page 4

Features, page 9

Arts & Life, page 10

Opinion, page 14

Sports, page 16 MARCO PEDRI/LEAD PHOTOGRAPHER

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

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“On the streets.”

–James Nicoli, third-year economics and financial management

“On homecoming I’ll be repping gold and purple.”

–Summer Samra, firstyear political science Sussex ANDREAS PATSIAOUROS/ONLINE EDITOR

Last week, the Laurier men’s football team celebrated their win against the Carleton Ravens which pushed the Golden Hawks into No. 5, nationally.

Bag O’ Crime “Cheering on the Golden Hawks. I’m excited to see them win the football game.”

–Monica Sedra, firstyear business and administration

“Going to the football game. I’m gonna be cheering my heart out, because I love football.”

– Andrew Dixon, firstyear mathematics Compiled by Safina Husein Photos by Kira Gelbard

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Location: Bricker Residence Reported: Monday, September 12, 2016 @ 10:40 a.m.

SCS received a theft complaint from a female student regarding a number of articles (one set of headphones, a silver ring, multi-purpose charger, TD Visa card and a small quantity of loose change) stolen from her apartment from Saturday, September 10 – Sunday, September 11 between 5:20 a.m.-2:30 p.m. During this time frame she had a number of male guests as visitors. A suspect has been identified and the matter is being investigated by SCS. Location: Online Reported: Monday, September 12, 2016 @ 4:40 p.m.

A male Laurier student contacted SCS to report some inappropriate social media accounts targeting him. Person(s) unknown had posted his face on three different facebook accounts. Some of his tweets had been re-posted on

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another twitter account. He was advised to contact Twitter and Facebook for removal of these accounts.

incident will be forwarded to the Student Conduct Administrator for further review under the Non-Academic Code of Conduct.

Location: Faculty of Social Work Reported: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 @ 8:54 a.m.

SCS officers received a complaint from a staff member at the Kitchener campus of a suspicious male loitering in the parking lot of the facility. A 40-year-old local male with no Laurier affiliation was sent on his way and verbally trespassed from all Laurier properties.

Location: 202 Regina St. Reported: Thursday, September 15, 2016 @ 2:40 p.m.

SCS received a complaint from the Registrar’s Office in regard to a believed attempt to fraudulently obtain a Laurier university degree in the name of a former student that had graduated in the Spring of 2016. An unknown Asian female on two recent separate occasions had made the unsuccessful attempt at Service Laurier. It is believed that this incident is an attempt to obtain a copy of a Laurier degree for illegal reproduction and/or sale.

Location: 232 King St. N. Reported: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 @ 11:32 p.m.

SCS assisted WRPS who were addressing a male who had been instructed to leave the area as a result of his inappropriate interactions with females while waiting in line for Phil’s Night Club. The male was spoken to by WRPS and identified as a Laurier student. The

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Location: Quad Reported: Saturday, September 17, 2016 @ 2:17 a.m.

SCS and WRPS officers attended to the area in response to approxi-

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RECOGNITION

Honouring a lifetime career at Laurier KAITLYN SEVERIN SENIOR NEWS EDITOR

An era spanning over half a century at Wilfrid Laurier University is coming to an end.

After serving as Laurier’s dean of students for nearly 30 years and having worked in alumni relations and department roles, Fred Nichols will retire at the age of 84.

During his 53-year career at the university, Nichols made his mark at Laurier through his close relationships with faculty, staff and students.

While he is being honoured at this year’s Homecoming weekend, his legacy has been celebrated throughout his many years at the university. In 2012, Nichols was recognized for his 50-year career at the university, also known as his ‘Golden Celebration.’

Before he started as Laurier’s dean of students, Nichols attended graduate school in West Virginia.

He was working in social work in Pittsburgh when he found an advertisement for a job at Waterloo Lutheran Seminary in an international magazine.

Since coming to Canada in 1963, Nichols has worked with many Students’ Union presidents and eight university presidents. His wife, Marlene, also worked at the university and their three sons and two grandchildren all attended Laurier for their academic studies.

Nichols’ love for the university is evident in his relationships with anyone who has worked or attended Laurier, a love so strong that himself, Marlene and their three

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Fred Nichols will be honoured at this year’s Homecoming celebrations on Saturday night on the Waterloo campus.

children qualified for their Canadian citizenship on the Waterloo campus in 1E1.

“It’s been a honeymoon ever since. The university has just been our world. We have so many friends, so many alumni, so many people coming back for this weekend to celebrate with us,” he said.

Nichol’s accomplishments during his career includes bringing the Boost Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of University Students (BACCHUS) to Canada and career services at Laurier.

Nichols also served on the Board of Governors and established the Fred Nichols BACCHUS bursary for student leaders.

In 2008, Nichols received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the

university and has been inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame.

Currently, Nichols still has a relationship with several alumni and their children who attend the university. Nichols said many of them will be attending his retirement ceremony on Saturday evening in the Senate and Board Chamber.

“We have never regretted one day we have spent in Canada,” he said.

Nichols also strived to help all students struggling with any issues they had on the Waterloo campus.

He said he always kept his office door open to those who wanted to talk about their issues.

“I became like big brother to them.”

While he may have had many

accomplishments throughout his career, Nichols believes his biggest has been the naming of the Fred Nichols Campus Centre, due in part by the university students.

There were two battles for the naming of the building: One in 1987 and another in 1997.

While students fought tirelessly to name the building in honour of Nichols in 1987, even going as far as to bring the issue to court, the university rejected the name. Ten years later during his retirement, the issue was brought back to the university by the Students’ Union president.

After another fight, the university finally accepted the proposal to name the building in honour of Nichols.

While Nichols’ career at the university has been unforgettable, he said the most challenging part was getting accustomed to all the respect from faculty, staff and particularly the students.

“Contrary to a lot of people’s beliefs that university campuses are rough and there is so many illegal things and so much crime going on, that’s just so untrue.

[Students] are the nicest people in the world—hell, they’re our future,” he said.

“Be respective and they’ll be respective to you, that’s been my philosophy always with students.”

After he retires, Nichols plans on spending time with his wife, who he credits as his main influence and supporter during his career.

“She has given up everything for me,” said Nichols. “My future is making up for all that she has done for me over the years to make me successful, and believe me she has done so much.”

“I’m glad for him [and] we’re happy. Life’s been good for us since we moved here,” said Marlene.

While his official retirement date is on October 1, Nichols still plans on getting involved in the Laurier community in terms of fundraising.

“I still have commitments from people who want to do things to the university that are personal friends of mine over the years. I will still bring money to the university, but it will be from home,” he said.

“I think I can leave Laurier, but you can’t take Laurier out of me.”

K-W EVENTS

Waterloo opens their doors MADDY CUTTS ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Region of Waterloo businesses and buildings invited in region residents this past Saturday with the celebration of the annual Doors Open Waterloo Region.

The concept of opening up heritage buildings to the public began in France over 20 years ago and quickly spread. The first North American event was put on by the City of Toronto in 2000.

Two years later, Doors Open Ontario was launched, and the decision to run and fund the event was taken on by the region, from which Doors Open Waterloo Region emerged.

Since it began 14 years ago, the event has been embraced by residents, with organizers relying on word-of-mouth and user social media to help grow and popularise Doors Open, a duty which Kitchener-Waterloo residents performed

with enthusiasm, even managing to have the hashtag #DOWR2016 trend on Twitter in the area.

“It’s an event that can tend to be geared a little bit more towards heritage, a little bit more towards architecture, it’s a little bit academic in a way, so we’ve tried to make sure that Doors Open is really about just getting into interesting places,” said Karl Kessler, Doors Open Waterloo Region coordinator.

“We try to have a broad mandate for Doors Open, and in doing that we want to make sure that we engage the community and that they feel that.”

This past weekend had the highest number of participating locations in the event’s history in K-W, with a total of 48 buildings open to the public.

Buildings end up being a part of Doors Open in a myriad of ways, either by contacting the group, scoring high on the annual visitors’

survey, or catching one of the coordinators’ eye while out scouting the region.

This year, Doors Open Waterloo Region decided on a theme of ‘Into Science + Tech,’ which was fitting, considering the recent boom in industry offices set up in the area, including this years’ most popular Doors Open Waterloo Region venue, Google’s Kitchener office.

“We’ve never done science and tech on its own as a theme, so there was lots to choose from,” said Kessler. “It was a good time to do it, there’s been so much growth—I mean we could have done it five years ago and been fine, but there’s been so much growth.”

To fit in with the theme, Laurier opened up its own Science building as part of Doors Open, offering tours of the building and having professors and students on hand to walk participants through labs and research work.

“We opted to open the science

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Laurier offered tours of their Science building for Doors Open Waterloo.

building and we worked with Dr. Ken Maly to have those exhibits upstairs, as well as to have faculty of science students to show the innovative work that’s happening on Laurier’s campus, related to science and technology,” said

Siobhan Bhagwat, coordinator of ceremonies and events at Laurier.

“A lot of times people are aware of Laurier in the community, but they don’t quite recognize how many amazing things are happening here.”

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

REFUGEES

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Dinner in Syria EMILIA CURCIC NEWS EDITOR

This semester, 40 students at Wilfrid Laurier University will be participating in a religion and culture seminar entitled Local Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis.

The course is taught by Laurier’s associate dean of student affairs and learning, Dr. Gavin Brockett.

Students will have the opportunity to engage with local Syrian refugee families, as well as participate in an active learning environment.

According to Brockett, the purpose of the course is for students to study the experiences of refugees that are settling into the Kitchener-Waterloo region and become more familiar with the various organizations and institutions that

are helping them integrate into life in Canada.

Although the course is run under the religion and culture department, any student is eligible to enroll in it. The class list even includes a few first-year students.

Two components will make up the interactive portions of the class. The first includes the participation of seven different organizations that are involved in sponsorship and settlement integration of refugees.

Representatives from the organizations will be coming into the class and talking with students about the roles they play in the process.

However, according to Brockett, the most important component of the class is the students’ participation in a series of dinners. The dinners will take place at Laurier’s Harris Hope House on Albert Street and will involve refugee families as well as members of the community.

“This is a deliberate, what we call a community intervention which students become the facilitators

of integration and in which the students learn from the refugees because the Syrian families will be teaching them Syrian cuisine [and] Syrian culture,” said Brockett.

Students will be responsible for coordinating ingredients and actually cooking the meal with the families before sitting down to eat it together.

The students will be accompanied by translators in some instances, however not all dinners will have a translator present.

“The Syrian families have a limited degree of English, enough for us to work with. This is one of the important parts of the experience, for my students to understand the challenges of cross cultural communication, when language issues are part of the challenge,” said Brockett.

Brockett is known for favouring an interactive learning environment and creating emotional connections to the information he teaches according to fourthyear global studies student Emilia Zibaei, one of the students taking the class.

“Because of the way that he structures it, or the resources he puts in the syllabus, you’re always going to expect something emotional from a learning experience, which makes me more attached to what I’m learning about,” said Zibaei.

Her inspiration for taking the class came from the need to get a different perspective on the Syrian refugee crisis.

“I knew that taking this course it wouldn’t just be a lecture, I would probably be interacting with actual Syrian refugees and we actually are. I definitely wanted a different perspective into the crisis. I feel like growing up in Canada, you’re kind of in a really safe bubble, you can empathize but it’s hard to really understand what they’re going through,” said Zibaei.

According to Brockett, the course will run throughout the remainder of the fall semester, with the potential of a follow-up course being developed depending on its success.

Note: Emilia Zibaei is a photographer for The Cord.

HOMECOMING

Preparing for another golden weekend MADDY CUTTS ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Golden Hawks everywhere have spent all year looking forward to this upcoming weekend’s Homecoming and Wilfrid Laurier University’s Students’ Union is no exception.

The Students’ Union and university administration have been meeting for months in order to plan out communications leading up to and including Homecoming weekend to ensure that both parties have a say in the messages

being broadcasted to students.

“Homecoming is one heck of a weekend and I know it’s going to be enjoyed by all, but of course there’s also safety precautions we want to take,” said Students’ Union president, Tyler Van Herzele.

“Essentially, we’ve just been working closely with the university, getting ready and aligning those messages [sic] and making sure we’re actually saying the right things and things that are really useful to students.”

These messages include emails sent from school administration

over the course of the week leading up to Homecoming weekend, as well as those displayed on television screens around campus and the information on the SAFEHawk app. Laurier’s Special Constable Services were also in the Concourse on Tuesday to promote safety and provide information to students. In addition to electronic messages being sent to students, there will be groups out on the streets around Ezra knocking on doors and speaking with residents about the planned activities and safety concerns.

Homecoming activities begin Friday evening, with the Lazaridis School Alumni Awards and the Golden Hawks Hall of Fame Dinner. Saturday begins with the annual free pancake breakfast in the Quad, followed by the tailgate party and then the football game, this year played against the University of Waterloo Warriors.

As always, there will be alumni activities running throughout the weekend, including this year a special retirement celebration for Fred Nichols.

While the emphasis of the mes-

sages students will be receiving in the coming days is largely on news, the purpose of Homecoming nevertheless remains to be a uniting and exciting celebration for future, present and past Golden Hawks.

“It is a weekend of celebration whether you’ve graduated last year or 30 years ago or if you’re in your first year in your undergrad, there’s something for you at Homecoming,” said Van Herzele.

“I just hope everyone enjoys it and spends that time with their Golden Hawk family.” *With files from Kaitlyn Severin

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 PARTNERSHIPS

EXPANSION

Study to examine local partnerships Laurier recieves grant to look into community refugee settlement

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WCI hears talk of expansion SAFINA HUSEIN LEAD REPORTER

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EMILIA CURCIC NEWS EDITOR

Wilfrid Laurier University’s associate director of the International Migration Centre, Margaret Walton-Roberts, has been working alongside PhD student Blair Cullens, among other colleagues, to develop a study looking into the role of Local Immigrant Partnerships (LIPs) in the Syrian refugee settlement process.

After submitting a proposal to a special call made by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Immigration Refugee Citizenship Canada, Walton-Roberts and Cullens were awarded a grant of 24,944 dollars in July to carry out the study.

LIPs were created from a call made by the Canadian government to form collaborative groups of organizations within the community that could aid in the success of immigrant resettlement. LIPs began fully functioning in 2012.

The study will look at how LIPs have played a role in the settlement process in second-tier cities across Ontario. The three cities selected for the studies include Waterloo, Hamilton and Ottawa.

“Each of these cities is one of the official reception zones for Syrian refugees, so those are cities that the Federal government identified as saying these are cities where we will be sending refugees,” said Walton-Roberts.

“There was enough similarity between those three cities in terms of population size, number of refugees that they accepted and the history of the LIPs and its evolution.”

According to Cullens, the LIPs have essentially transformed and revolutionized local settlement policy.

“Originally we were just going to focus on the LIPs, but then when I started last year, the Syrian refugee crisis had topped the news. When that started and so little research done on the LIPs, it seemed like a natural testing ground,” said Cullens.

The study will consist of interviewing participants from partnerships made through the LIPs. This could include members of school boards, municipalities, various health agencies and religious organizations, among others.

There will be between 15 and 30 interviews conducted within each LIP. Each interview will consist of a set of open-ended questions, providing qualitative results.

“We’re going to try and interview the same types of people in each one so that we have comparable data,” said Cullens.

It’s important to think about what resources we should direct to help refugees settle effectively in communities.

-Margaret Walton-Roberts, associate director of the International Migration Centre

“We’re essentially looking to see on a sectoral basis how the LIP has interacted with the different sectors and organizations within those sectors as part of the Syrian resettlement.”

The team will include a lead researcher, who could be either a faculty member or, in the case of Hamilton, a government employee and a graduate student in each city.

“It’s important to think about what resources we should direct to help refugees settle effectively in communities. We don’t want to duplicate effort and there’s no point in being competitive in how that happens. So when people collaborate it should be more effective,” said Walton-Roberts.

After submitting an ethics proposal on September 19, the team is waiting for approval to comment on the study.

Big plans for the future of the Northdale area and Waterloo Collegiate Institute are currently being discussed amongst a partnership between the Waterloo Region District School Board, Wilfrid Laurier University and the City of Waterloo.

The visionary project could include a complete renovation and a new four-storey building for Waterloo Collegiate Institute. The partners are also looking into the possibility of green space, community and recreational space, a performing arts space, a parking garage, health and wellness space and potentially more.

The idea came to life as a result of WCI’s need for a renovation.

John Hendry, the school board trustee, explained that the need for upgrades, or even a different school setting, will be essential in the near-future in order for WCI to be able to grow as a school.

“The reality is, when you look at Waterloo Collegiate Institute, it’s surrounded by student housing and virtually all family residential has disappeared,” said Hendry.

Though enrollment levels at WCI have remained consistent throughout the study, it is evident that the school will face declining numbers in the near future.

Laurier and WRDSB, owners of 17 per cent of the Northdale land, approached the City of Waterloo

almost a year ago to discuss a potential partnership.

“I agreed that this was a fantastic opportunity to understand what might be possible in this area. We also have some issues as a city that this collaboration could help us achieve and could help us move forward on,” said ward councillor, Jeff Henry.

Shortly after, the City of Waterloo Council approved a 100,000 dollar feasibility study on the Northdale lands.

As the study was largely led by the City of Waterloo, ward councillor Mark Whaley said he feels it is resentful to allow Waterloo citizens to have to pay for a study being done off of city property.

“It’s very upsetting that the citizens of Waterloo are asked to pick up a tab for buildings and infrastructure that is owned by the university and school board,” he said.

After reviewing the proposal and study, Hendry feels that more information needs to be presented in order to convince him that this idea attains the best interest of the school and students, explaining that the benefit of the collective community is the school board’s second priority.

“I’m supporting the vision, but there are also other proposals for the school. There are other options that would also fit in nicely,” he said.

From the City of Waterloo’s perspective, a project such as this

could provide numerous community amenities, a significant missing piece for the Northdale area, as well as programs for high school students that go beyond what is normally offered.

Laurier also pitched some intriguing ideas in regards to different faculties that could exist in this area and considered the possibility of adding practical oriented learning environments in which both university and high school students could take part in together.

“We’re trying to create a vibrant and dynamic place that lots of folks want to live in because I think that’s what’s really going to drive success in this neighbourhood: a more diverse neighbourhood, a neighbourhood where things are really happening” Henry said.

Each partner of the bold vision seemed to share the same financial concern when considering such a large undertaking.

“In a perfect world, why wouldn’t we want to spend 77 million dollars on something amazing.

But this is a council that’s capped itself out with respect to projects and to take on another project in Northdale is ludicrous,” said Whaley.

Instead, Whaley suggested that Laurier and the school board put a pause on the plans in Northdale until 2031, when some of the City’s debts will be paid off and taking on such a large project may be more financially feasible for the council.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

BUSINESS

History and technology collide EMILIA ZIBAEI/ CORD PHOTOGRAPHY

SAFINA HUSEIN LEAD REPORTER

Kitchener-Waterloo’s Seagram’s 19th century whiskey distillery is now home to Shopify’s newest office.

Shopify is known as a leading cloud-based, multichannel commerce platform created for various businesses of different sizes.

Business merchants can use Shopify software to manage their stores across multiple sales channels, such as the web, social media, marketplaces and more.

The new Shopify office in Waterloo is dedicated to Shopify Plus—a brand of Shopify that supports larger merchants, explained Loren Padelford, vice-president and manager of Shopify.

“Merchants like Kanye West, Kylie Jenner, Budweiser and Red Bull,

etc. use Shopify Plus to sell their products online,” he said.

We’re actively hiring and we’re trying to bring in the best employees in the world into the region.

-Loren Padelford, vice-president and manager of Shopify

The Waterloo office currently employs around 110 individuals.

However, the office is scaled to employ up to 300.

“We’re actively hiring and we’re

trying to bring in the best employees in the world into the region.

We’ve got a lot of room to grow,” said Padelford.

Padelford noted that the large pool of talent is what attracted Shopify to Waterloo.

“We came here because of the talent. The universities, the colleges, the tech community really give us that opportunity to scale up and grow which is hopefully what we came here to do,” he said.

From a hiring perspective, Shopify Plus hopes to recruit a high volume of students. Shopify offers students many co-operative education opportunities for those interested in engineering, sales, marketing, customer service and more.

“I’m very passionate about sales. I think sales is a great career option. I encourage students who

want a career in sales, or have never thought about a career in sales, absolutely come check us out,” said Padelford.

The universities, the college, the tech community really give us the opportunity to scale up and grow.

-Loren Padelford, vice-president and manager of Shopify

In addition to the central location, Shopify Plus’ location in

the distillery building allows for a historic touch.

Padelford explained that the mix of the old historic building with the new software and technology creates an interesting atmosphere.

The new space also offers employees a variety of amenities such as catered breakfast and lunch, a yoga room, fully-stocked kitchens and its own bar.

The walls of the building feature important sentiments to Shopify and company slogans, including “Act Like An Owner” and “Get Shit Done,” as well as chief operating officer, Harley Finkelstein’s wellknown ‘hustle’ mantra.

“There’s no better place in Canada than Kitchener-Waterloo as a region,” Padelford said. “So it was obvious to me that we would set up here make this the home of Shopify Plus.”

STEM

Fighting back with photos Graduate student, Eden Hennessey, displays her exhibit #DistractinglyHonest which tackles sexism in science KAITLYN SEVERIN SENIOR NEWS EDITOR

Last fall, Eden Hennessey, a PhD student at Wilfrid Laurier University, unveiled her #DistractinglySexist exhibit at the Laurier Library, which focused on the obstacles female scientists face in a male-dominated industry.

A year later, Hennessey presented her exhibit, #DistractinglyHonest, in Laurier’s Science building to a crowd of students, faculty members and individuals in the Laurier community.

The exhibit launched last Thursday and was open to the public on Saturday, as part of Doors Open Waterloo Region.

While the message was the same, Hennessey was motivated to focus more on the obstacles women face in the workplace because of their sex and bring evidence of women confronting sexism in the workplace.

To do this, Hennessey displayed emails and comments—both positive and negative—from those who have seen her work across North America.

“I really wanted to highlight the fact that these people are just making my case stronger, so you can absolutely be mean, you can be callous—it just proves the point that whenever somebody talks about diversity in science that you

freak out,” she said.

“It’s about being honest. It’s about being inspired by people who question the validity of your comments and not giving them too much power, but then using it to make something else. It’s more impactful. They can reach more people.”

It’s about being honest. It’s about being inspired by people who question the validity of your comments.

-Eden Hennessey, PhD student at Laurier

One of Hennessey’s pieces titled “#HonestlyEqual” shows two female scientists from York University in men’s apparel, accompanied with fake mustaches.

According to Hennessey, the piece is a play on how women are expected to diminish their female characteristics and take on a more masculine role once they become successful.

“These are not necessarily bad

characteristics, but they’re traditionally masculine characteristics, but when a woman has them it really shocks people. It surprises them because it’s incongruent with the stereotype that you’re going to be more submissive and more quiet,” she said.

Another piece by Hennessey, which shows another female scientist carrying a baby while holding a laptop, aims to prove how physiological differences, such as pregnancy, can challenge women in the workplace.

“Our experiences [as men and women] are not the same.”

Since her first exhibit, Hennessey has gone on to bring a louder voice for women in science, particularly those in the Kitchener-Waterloo Region and in the Laurier community.

In the summer, Hennessey had the opportunity to speak to students about her first exhibit at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California and at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

In February, Hennessey was sent to the United Nations Headquarters in New York as part of their International Day for Women and Girls in Science.

As a student representative, Hennessey had the opportunity to converse with female scientists on an international scale.

PAIGE BUSH/ PHOTO EDITOR

Eden Hennessey’s newest exhibit went on display September 15 at Laurier.

“It was really cool hearing in certain countries where water, for instance, is really scarce. Women control all the water access, they need to know science to do that,” said Hennessey.

“The community will die if women aren’t educated about water safety, so it is a matter of a few numbers here and there. This is life and death. [Therefore] women in science becomes an issue of survival and sustainability.”

This year, Hennessey decided to put more women in other areas of work into her exhibit.

The exhibit includes familiar faces such as Laurier’s dean of students in Waterloo, Leanne Holland Brown and Shohini Ghose, professor in physics and computer science and the director of the Centre for Women in Science.

“I decided I wanted to pull in allies too because we know that you need everyone on board for things to work, you can’t just have people who are already impacted

like I need other people. Like Leanne has power. She has influence.

She is someone who if we have her with our fight, it makes the fight more meaningful.”

While Hennessey still has to complete her dissertation, she said she won’t stop showing her exhibit to the Laurier community.

She is planning on going back to speak at Harvey Mudd and she also hopes to later work on a series about men.

“I think you have to…highlight that [people] are a part of the change, that they’re not standing outside looking in or feeling accused or feeling bad about their role,” she continued.

“The first step is recognizing privilege and discrimination where it does exist and I think you have to get people on board because it’s not all men who are perpetrating discrimination. There are many, many supportive men out there who need to be recognized as well as allies.”

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Dear Life

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Dear Life, Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.

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Why can’t education walk and bus, to my house for me? Why can’t knowledge travel far and wide, to provide me with my degree?

Sincerely, I didn’t choose the suburban life, the suburban life chose me Dear Life, I thought university was supposed to open doors, not close them. #bringbacktheotherlibrarystairwelldoor.

Sincerely, Harambe Dear Life, Lazaridis is a gorgeous half ready apple on the outside and rotten to the core on the inside. Technology only works half the time and wifi doesn’t mean anything in the building.

Sincerely, Where is our saviour??????? I PAID $$$$ FOR THIS SHIT. get ur act 2gether!!!

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FEATURES EDITOR/MITCHELL CONSKY/FEATURES@THECORD.CA

As I waited for Deidter Stadnyk to meet me at the Morty’s patio for a promised beer, I had no idea what type of guy I was about to encounter. What I heard about him seemed like some inflated, hipster folklore.

Stadnyk is somewhere in his mid-twenties. He graduated from Ryerson University, was a soldier in the Canadian army, has a good job with steady income, runs a ‘zombie survival camp’ and sleeps in a van — by choice.

When a friend of mine, who was a co-worker of Stadnyk during the summer, told me these bullet points, I knew there was a unique story waiting to be told.

And I was willing to pay the tab to hear it.

Eventually I was greeted by young blue eyes and a

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 • 9 and then tending different properties throughout Waterloo.

Afterwards, he tries to spend time with friends, or go on a hike and immerse himself in wildlife.

But he didn’t strike me as someone who strictly follows a precise routine.

On weekends, Stadnyk runs a zombie survival camp.

“We basically teach people how to survive a zombie apocalypse. It’s like a survival course but we put a fun zombie twist. We do birthday parties, bachelor events and basically go all over.”

The camp first opened in 2013, and has gained much popularity since.

In 2015, Vice Canada did a feature on them, for being Ontario’s only zombie survival camp. The survival courses with a fictional twist covers hand-on-hand combat, weapon skills and basic self defense, with a cast of zombie actors covered in theatrical makeup and fake blood to simulate a real apocalypse experience.

Immediately out of high school, Stadnyk enrolled in the Canadian army. After two years, he decided to pursue his passion for videography through studying film at Ryerson. After doing some maintenance work for his landlord in Toronto, he eventually landed a job with Sage Condos in Waterloo.

After our beers were polished off, Stadnyk took me to his navy-blue, 1995 GMC Vandura parked outside.

His space was organized with drying socks on the window, hiking boots on the dashboard, books on the floor, a bed in the back and hangers with all his clothing.

He unloaded compartments with entertainment, showing items like board games and zombie graphic novels. In the glove compartment there was a collection of classic rock tapes, including an album by The Doors. He handed me another beer.

I asked him if he ever gets sentimental with his belongings.

“I do with a few things, but not much. I guess I’ve learned to appreciate less. Less is definitely more.”

“Since living in the van, I’ve really discovered that everywhere could be your home,” he continued.

“Everywhere I go I feel more comfortable because I know that everything I’ll ever need I have with me at all times. It makes me much more social and outgoing. I’m able to hang out with friends way more, make new friends way more, meet new people more often because I’m constantly being pushed to go places. It’s not like I just park the van and sit here all by myself all the time. Because it’s not such a luxurious living situation, it motivates you to go and explore more places instead of just sitting still and being happy where you are.”

I asked him if this is where he saw himself growing up, if he ever planned this lifestyle.

“When I was in high school I was dead set on being a filmmaker and that’s all I did in high school. I didn’t go to parties, I just spent all my spare time making movies. I was also dead set on joining the army. I wanted to help fight a war. I signed up with the infantry for three years. And that was my thing. I was going to go to Afghanistan

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and then come back to film school, make war movies just like Oliver Stone — I had it all mapped out,” he said.

“After three years a lot didn’t happen. I didn’t go to Afghanistan. They didn’t send me. There were no more tours.

I went back to film school. I became the wheels and grease of a lot of movies. I drove people around, I did sound, I did what had to be done to make good products overall. But after four years of university and three years in the army, it was all said and done. I hadn’t done anything that I had expected to do at this point. That’s when I gave up on having an idea of what you think your life should be like.”

Stadnyk went on to explain that loosening expectations allows a more open-minded perspective to emerge.

“I kind of figured out towards the end of university that you get more out of life if you’re just kind of fluid, and let life’s currents take you where it wants to take you. Don’t always try to swim up-water. If you just let it go then life can take you to some pretty cool places, places you never would’ve even dreamed of that are better than what could’ve been planned.”

He explained that he never could have imagined that he would open the zombie survival camp. He said the dream developed as time progressed, as his plans didn’t turn out to be what he thought they’d be.

With the liberty of his van, Stadnyk has found his home in places nobody would ever expect. His sense of belonging has spread as far as the 1995 engine could hurtle.

As I sipped a warm Mill. St, I asked him if he ever thinks about the future—a question that I, like many undergrads, have come to dread.

“Yeah, I definitely do,” he said.

“I think about how cold it’s going to get pretty soon in the van. This van might not last forever, but I’ll always have it as a big closet if anything. Also, I think about the land we have for the camp up North—our mission is to build it up and make it inhabitable.”

At the zombie camp, there is a large house used to service those who come to the camp that Stadnyk could stay at whenever he desires. But just like he doesn’t pay rent to live in his van, Standyk explained that nobody should have to pay rent to live on his land. He believes his place should be open to anyone.

For now, finding pure happiness in being able to take his Vandura wherever he wants, Stadnyk has found satisfaction in the present. This is something students are often taught to disengage.

With constant concerns of what comes next, how much money we’ll make, how successful our business will be, or where we’ll close our eyes to go to sleep, the only way to discover what makes us happy is to not be afraid to step out of the boundaries forced upon us—to live an unconventional life.

This requires different routes for all of us, because some vehicles can only travel so far. But to know what we really want, we need to be willing to explore.

And maybe buy a couple beers to hear a good story.

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warm smile beneath a horseshoe mustache. As the two of us sat down and split a pitcher of Rickard’s Red, we talked about the joys of living a minimal life, separated from the overloaded excess of societal expectations.

“It seems like there’s a lot of stuff that people feel like they need, when they really don’t,” said Stadnyk.

“They feel like they need big common rooms and big TV’s and wide space. And for what? So they can come back at the end of the day, lounge for a couple hours, go to sleep and then leave the next morning.”

Stadnyk went on to explain the freedom of being able to get up and go whenever he desires, never needing to pack a bag.

His few belongings are always ready for adventure.

“Living in a van is associated with poverty, a lot,” Stadnyk said, and he’s right. I don’t know what percentage of van-livers do so by choice and vice versa, but I have a feeling that for every enlightenment-seeking Vandura-sleeping-millennial, there are many more who just want to be able to afford a roof over their head. In other words, not everyone is able to conform to the societal expectations of luxury, and in many cases, minimal possessions and inexpensive shelter options aren’t a choice.

Also, the fact that Stadnyk is a white, able-bodied male definitely makes his decision safer than it would be for a woman, person of colour or any targeted minority of society.

But that doesn’t mean we should write Stadnyk off. His point is not that we should give all our shit away and move into a van. His point is actually a simple one, which might sound cliché if he weren’t so radically committed to it: loosen your expectations about what your life is going to turn out like, and think critically about social norms.

Ironically enough, Stadnyk’s fulltime job is working property management for student housing.

“We’re in charge of luxury accommodations. It’s my job that the student feels comfortable and that all their needs are taken care of. That they live in a nice place.”

For Stadnyk, living with what he has is seen as a fortune on it’s own.

“They think you live in a van because you can’t afford a place. In my case, I’m gainfully employed. I guess I like nature so much that I want to be around it more. With the van, I can just go to the edge of the forest and camp out, which I like. Especially for my younger years. I don’t want to miss out on all the nature.”

At nights, Stadnyk commonly parks at the Walmart parking lot to highjack their Wi-Fi. His daily routine typically entails waking up before work, showering at Good Life Fitness, maybe getting a workout in

I guess I’ve learned to appreciate less. Less is definitely more.

- Deidter Stadnyk

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Arts & Life

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 ARTS & LIFE EDITOR MANJOT BHULLAR arts@thecord.ca

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Staff art shines ELIZABETH ZMIJAK CORD ARTS

Every sketch, every stroke, every stitch, every snapshot—they all tell a story, a story of truth, faith, love, self-awareness and community.

“Sharing our Creative Spirits” is the first of four art exhibits featured this year as part of the Art on the Wall program located in the Kanata Centre for Worship and Global Song in the Waterloo Lutheran Seminary.

A curated walk through the hallway of the Seminary tells the stories of the faculty and staff who work there, as they explore faith and justice through visual art.

“All we get to see is the administrative and teaching side of staff and faculty. We don’t see what they are doing in their free time… and what they are good at in terms of creativity”, says Shwetha Subramanya, financial coordinator and organizer of the installation.

“This was just a small attempt to bring out their creative side and share with the whole community.”

Upon entering the installation, the atmosphere was very humbling. Looking down a quiet corridor, a wall of glass windows lines one side of the perimeter overlooking the Seminary terrace, filling the room with natural light. On the other side stands a simple orange brick wall decorated with art of varying mediums—all of which reflect varying values, cultures and racialized communities.

No two pieces were alike, nor fall under a unifying theme.

One piece called, “Snap, Crackle, and Pop,” by Mona Tokarek LaFosse, assistant professor of Christian scriptures and sacred texts, featured three adorably knitted dolls, which are being created to be sent overseas and be given to refugee children living in camps.

“Art is important because it invites us to discover a different part of ourselves and allows me a fuller expression of who I am as a person,” said LaFosse.

Other pieces reflect certain narratives the artists wish to communicate to their audience. “Lily by the River,” created by Dorinda Kruger Allen, executive assistant to the principal dean, is a form of beadwork that echoes the theme of moccasin vamps which was created in honor of missing and murdered Indigenous women.

“To be very honest I was overwhelmed with joy. I didn’t think I would receive such a big response”, said Subramanya. What was expected to be only a small project, turned into a successfully executed art gallery.

“Sharing Our Creative Sprirts” will be on display in the Kanata Centre of Worship and Global Song, at the Waterloo Lutheran Seminary from September 7 through to September 29.

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How to drink up, but not pay up MANJOT BHULLAR ARTS & LIFE EDITOR

Big things are coming this weekend. You know it. I know it. It’s our last hurrah before we completely buckle down for the semester.

Along with Homecoming and similar events such as St. Paddy’s Day, comes an entire planning process that can take weeks. What

you’re going to wear, what you’re going to drink, where you’re going drink and who with.

So you’ve decided to host a party at your house. There are a few things to be aware of, as you could find yourself with a whole lot of fines by the end of the weekend if you’re not careful.

“We are very involved in the university area community and

wouldn’t hesitate to shut [parties] down if they’re operating illegally,” said Alanna Russell, the corporate communications coordinator for the Waterloo Regional Police Don’t bother with a keg. When have you ever heard of a kegger not being shut down? Is it really worth the $100 (and upwards) you spend for literally 15 minutes of fame?

Not to mention you’re clearly not licensed to serve alcohol.

We all live for the latest hits and understand how essential a party playlist can be to create the right atmosphere, however playing loud music past 11 p.m. can get you dealt a hefty fine of 400 dollars minimum. Take your party elsewhere, preferably Phil’s or Chainsaw.

Try not to invite your entire Facebook friends list, as that will open the floodgates to any and every student. Even underage partiers, which are the kiss of death.

Being liable for attendees’ actions once they’ve left your party can have severe consequences.

The logistics of coordinating your yearly campus celebration can be all consuming and adding alcohol to the mix just complicates things even further. Tickets will be abundant this weekend on our local streets, as police officers try to keep our area safe.

As per our incessant need to always find the next hottest thing, such is similar with parties. You will get bored, you will hear of a crazy Slip ‘N Slide you just have to check out. Here is where things can get tricky for you personally. For

most of us law-abiding citizens, it’s just another day of socializing.

However, for those of us thinking about getting away with a fast one, please reconsider.

Transporting alcohol is legal if you’re not consuming it, however walking and drinking out of an open container of alcohol is not. If caught, do not think you’ll be able to ditch the booze.

“The most common ticket that we issue for events of that nature is for open containers of alcohol,” said Russell.

“If [you] are of legal drinking age [you] can consume alcohol within their own residence, but as soon as you take that open container to the roadway that’s where they may get a ticket.”

The officers have been here long enough to understand university culture and as friendly as they are, it’s their job to follow the law.

Don’t make it hard on them.

When you’re drinking, your bladder really can’t handle a lot but come on, man. My white converse sneakers do not deserve this.

And nor does your wallet deserve that fine. Hold it in until you get to your next location; it’s just as embarrassing for you as it is for the officer to confront you while you’re urinating.

Homecoming is an event that students begin to look forward to well in advance and take very, very seriously. Unfortunately students can make poor decisions that put a damper on their celebrations. So be smart and party responsibly this weekend.

INTERNET

Harambe: guerrilla memefare CHRIS LUCIANTONIO STAFF WRITER

Like it or not, memes have cultural significance within our present society. They influence discourse, frame ways of thinking and nestle their ways into our online world like parasites. We’ve all seen one, on platforms like Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook or been sent one by a friend. We have to accept that they hold a place in our culture and will continue to be represented, both online and off.

But where do they come from?

How do they spread? And most importantly, what gives them their staying power and relevance?

Currently no example is more prominent than the recent Harambe fanaticism which has taken an unfortunate event and transformed it into an online humour icon. Following that example’s path provides a suitable template for how these simple pictures and posts become something more significant than just a joke.

A gorilla was killed at the

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Cincinnati Zoo due to parental neglect and zoo worker intervention and instantly the internet became outraged. Social media was soon covered with hashtags demanding “Justice for Harambe” and a petition to hold the parents responsible was created within 48 hours, reaching several hundred thousand signatures.

Online users began mining it for humour by posting ironic tributes to the departed gorilla, photoshopping his image into pseudo-sentimental tableaus, attributing in-

spirational quotes to him, naming literally any other gorilla in media the same name and so the meme was born.

This reaction could have only have happened this year. 2016 has been a year of famous and controversial deaths, with celebrities and highly publicised police shootings receiving the tribute treatment which the Harambe memes coopt and satire.

PC World claims that through a mixture of “extremely amplified pop culture intertextuality and

self-reflexivity and aesthetically pleasing forms of repetition”, is how they maintain their longevity.

It’s a product of our detached culture that aims to constantly modify itself so that memes can last so long and be so exploitable.

But when does one of these online cultural fixations lose their relevance? With the Harambe fixation, now in its unprecedented fifth month of internet presence when similar viral content lasts a month or two at best, the formula for relevancy lies with whom are privy to the joke.

When a corporation attempts to tap into this market for the sake of commodification, the users who created the phenomenon lose interest.

Harambe is the exception because its morbid subject matter ensures that “brands will never touch it.”

The working of meme culture is difficult to determine because the tastes of the internet can alter at any moment.

Harambe will fade away in the ether of online jokes, used occasionally but never with the same prominence. A new thing will catch our eye and start the process all over again. So please, put your dicks away.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 FILM

Caught red-hearted: our nation in film PHOTOS BY PAIGE BUSH, AND ANDREAS PATSIAOUROS

MADELINE MCINNIS OPINION EDITOR

Filming for Canada in a Day happened September 10 and, although it certainly will be a moving display when completed, it seemed to miss the mark with students.

Canada in a Day is a film project

by CTV to showcase what citizens love most about Canada by asking them to film their day and submit the clips. It’s based on the 2010 Ridley Scott film, Life in a Day, which has also garnered spin-offs in six other countries, including Britain, Italy and Japan.

The contributed film pieces, shot by Canadians on September 10, will be chosen and compiled by award winning director, Trish Dolman. Then it will be broadcasted as a feature-length special to be aired on CTV next year. Its release is scheduled to coincide with the

150 anniversary of the Constitution Agreement, a milestone in Canadian history.

This presentation hopes to capture the lives of Canadians “from sea to sea” through ordinary people. From special events like weddings to everyday occurrences like walking your dog, Canada in a Day wants to see it all.

“There are no limits as to what you need to be or need to do. It’s just a way of sharing your experience,” said Chris Luciantonio, president of the Wilfrid Laurier University Film Society.

Going to campus on September 10 to film what I love about Canada, I expected at least a few other proud Canadians to be looking through their lenses, but I didn’t come across anyone else. I’m optimistic that I just hit an odd time, but it was still a bit disheartening.

Strikingly, Laurier’s film students weren’t even involved in this proj-

ect as a group. A normally enthusiastic group of young filmmakers missed an opportunity to film, simply because they weren’t aware of the project.

In my experience, it was mainly marketed on CTV news channels, especially during the nightly news.

A lot of students get their news through social media, alienating a large section of the everyday citizens the film is targeting.

“We’re living in a time that not a lot of people have cable anymore, especially not students,” Luciantonio said. “If the point is to show an average Canadian in a day, or at least get a barometer reading on that, you need to survey a much greater number of people than what they’re trying to connect with by how they’re promoting it.”

With a stunning website and a great premise, perhaps Canada in a Day was a bit too trusting of the word-of-mouth reputation of mil-

lennials. At least with the Laurier student body, the film seemed to greatly miss its market.

Though it’s too late now to participate in the filming, I still have high hopes that the film will be touching and beautiful, simply because of the nature of the content.

What people filmed on the day will be incredibly personal. It’s what people are passionate about and the beauty they see in our “home and native land.”

In a time where nearly everyone is carrying around a camera wherever they go, there should be diverse representation of all the great people and cultures Canada has to offer. The film itself aims for this diversity.

What do Canadians love most about Canada?

I anticipate seeing footage of parks and green-spaces, LGBTQ pride, healthcare and beautiful scenery from the Rockies to the

Atlantic. I’m also looking forward to being surprised by people’s love and innocent nationalism. It’s a heartwarming thought to see the best pieces of ordinary life for our brothers and sisters coast to coast.

“We really enjoy being empathetic or seeing another perspective on things,” Luciantonio said.

A film like Canada in a Day should give a unique perspective on everyday people from all walks of life.

Like the footage itself, it’s attempting to bring Canadians together as one group of people and one voice.

The participants are proud of our country and want to share that with the rest of the world.

If you have anything filmed from September 10, it can be submitted through the Canada in a Day website until October 10.

“Note: Chris Luciantonio is a staff writer for The Cord.”

ANDREAS PATSIAOUROS/ONLINE EDITOR ANDREAS PATSIAOUROS/ONLINE EDITOR

“Our community has been here at this location for the last twenty years and last year we started the Taste of Cyprus festival in order to give everybody in the region the opportunity to come and understand a little more about Cyprus and the culture,” said Leandros Papadopoulos, president of the Greek-Cypriot Community of the Waterloo Region.

Papadopoulos explained that with such proximity to both universities, it’s the community centre’s goal to share the culture with students.

“The overall importance of this event is to spend these two days to share with people in the Waterloo Region and the university students our food and help them understand a little more about Cyprus,” he said.

As the community centre rents parking space to the university, you may have even parked there yourself and not fully realized the Greek culture that lingers so close to university life.

In all honesty, I’ve parked next to it every day for school and barely acknowledge that it’s even there.

With with the busyness of school, it seems hard to take the time to look around a little, let alone actually stop and talk to those who own the neighboring Greek institutions, Shawarma shops, or whatever it may be.

There’s more to the food shops in Waterloo than just a place to

grab a quick bite to eat. There’s a taste of culture there too.

The event, as welcoming and lively as it was, is still in it’s early stages and is pretty quaint.

Leandros said, “this event will grow a little more each year…and make it a successful event. It’s only our second year, so we have a long way to go.”

Like any cultural community, it isn’t going to just jump out at you, for the most-part. The Greek-Cypriots host their events with open arms and the rest is up to those within K-W to venture out and learn a thing or two about it.

I can say from first hand experience, what you see here is as close as it gets to going to the island itself. It’s not so much that it looks like anything special, but you can bet that the people, the experience and the damn good tasting food is something to venture into.

The interactions and experiences within the cultures around the university are how you learn about the the flavours of Greece, or any other country. Laurier isn’t just made up of one cultural background.

You could go to a Greek fast food joint and taste an imitation of the culture at hand or you could go down the street to a number of places, have a bite and some conversation and take in a little new perspective.

After all, that’s kind of the point of university, isn’t it?

FOOD

Lodged into Cyprus food ANDREAS PATSIAOUROS ONLINE EDITOR

On September 17 and 18 , The Greek-Cypriot Community Centre held their second Taste of Cyprus food festival on Lodge Street.

The community centre is just a street away from Wilfrid Laurier University’s campus in the midst of the large student population.

As someone who has a Greek-Cypriot background and has been to Cyprus, I know surprisingly

little about the Greek community within the K-W Region. Basically, next to nothing.

I decided to venture over to the event and see where the Greek-Cypriot community fits into the multicultural aspect of the Waterloo Region, especially with such a close proximity to the university.

There was an abundance of Greek food, desert and music upon arrival and it wasn’t hard to see how reflective it was of Cyprus.

I dove right into the chicken

souvla, salad, pita and baklava. It all tasted very familiar, like a home cooked meal.

For those who don’t know, Cyprus is said to be the mythic birth place of Aphrodite, the goddess of love. With the amount of love I had for that food, I wouldn’t be surprised if Aphrodite blessed it herself.

The food was great. But there’s more to an event like this than just tasty food. There’s a bigger picture here.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Editorial

OPINION EDITOR MADELINE MCINNIS editor@thecord.ca

Brantford makes poor choice in activist-in-residence Did the students have any choice in their mentor at all?

With all the money Laurier is spending, perhaps they could have been a bit wiser in their choice of role model and teacher.

This issue was also picked up by the National Post, calling it one of the stupidest decisions of all time.

Though this might be exaggerated, it’s showing the lack of credibility and respect that comes from the Yes Men, who are now associated with Laurier.

This isn’t just an issue of Laurier journalism students. It is shining Laurier in a negative light all around.

Though this may seem like a Brantford issue, we are all connected through administration and we all fall under the same name, even if we attend different campuses.

Waterloo students need to be critical of what’s happening at the Brantford campus because their issues are not divorced from our own.

Brantford’s campus reflects our own. We are all Golden Hawks through the multi-campus experience.

Laurier’s Brantford campus is currently welcoming a member of the Yes Men, a radical journalist group who has been accused of falsifying stories, as their “activist-in-residence,” which leaves us with one simple question: why?

Perhaps the Brantford campus just wanted to show a different aspect of journalism. After all, not all journalism students will go on to write for the National Post or the Globe and Mail. Not everyone wants to.

Opening doors to other aspects of modern journalism is a respectable feat. However, there are many of these outlets that also base their stories entirely on fact, rather than making up stories as they go.

The Yes Men have conned reputable sources such as the Washington Post and the L.A. Times. These aren’t just satires. They’re fabricated stories.

Students at the Brantford campus aren’t taking fiction writing, they’re taking journalism.

From an activist point of view, they’re clearly able to get their message heard. But are these great mentors to journalism students?

Having textbooks in the first few weeks is not feasable Not all textbooks are available from other retailers either, leaving students at the mercy of publishers and the bookstore. Depending on your program, buying books at Chapters or Amazon may not be feasible.

Even when they are available online, websites also get backlogged and shipping times become extremely long.

The easiest solution? Online readings for the first two weeks.

Most courses have online readings anyway. It’ll dissipate lines and give students a chance to experience the course.

Opening a second book store with specialty items is also an option.

For example, business textbooks and access codes could be sold in the Lazaridis building to make lines a little shorter.

With bookstore lines at an astronomical length the first few weeks of school, professors have to be sympathetic while students are unable to get their course materials.

Many students will test out a course to make sure it’s a good fit before buying their textbooks.

Though most can be returned, items such as course packs are a waste of money if the student ends up dropping the course.

The bookstore also sells out of books and there will be unrealistic wait times for these items to be restocked. In that time, students get further and further behind in their studies.

Essentially, when the books do come in, students are paying the same amount for a much smaller amount of time than the luckier students that got their books before they sold out.

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Profanity can be effective MITCHELL CONSKY FEATURES EDITOR

“He crossed the street to catch the cab. When he got in, he looked at the driver through the rearview mirror. It was fucking Johnny.”

“He crossed the fucking street to catch the fucking cab. When he got in, he looked at the fucking driver through the fucking rearview mirror. It was fucking Johnny.”

Whether or not you agree with the reoccurring word choice in those descriptions, there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on. I got your attention. Now, I’ll try not to lose it.

Which description sounded better?

The truth is, a well-placed f-bomb could actually stir specific reactions in readers. Chances are that you read at least one of those descriptions with a raised eyebrow.

Just the response I was yearning for.

But as great as a sprinkle of profanity could be for disrupting the casual flow of writing, for raising eyebrows and separating my thoughts from other articles in this paper, an overload can destroy the credibility of what’s written.

That second paragraph sounded like “The Situation” was explaining

last night’s street fight.

Some of the criticism I’ve received for my articles regards my ruthlessness of word choice.

One of my favourite quotes from Stephan King’s memoir, On Writing, is this (paraphrased): “It’s always better to say ‘she took a crap!’ than ‘she released excretion!”

Often, people tend to write in the most ‘intellectualized’ fashion possible.

This stems from an insecurity in our own ideas. We try to flower up our sentences with Microsoft synonyms to make the ideas sound more complex, to sound like there’s more to our ideas than there actually are.

That’s probably the biggest rookie mistake out there for every first-year and chances are, many of you reading have heard one of your professors tell you the same.

Now, I’m obviously not saying you should litter your academic essays with foul language. Context will always be relevant and there are certainly times were profanity should be strictly avoided.

I’m just saying that if you want to be convincing, if you want to sell your ideas, you need to seem real. Being inauthentic is the most common mistake in any writer.

Good writing doesn’t exclusively derive from your vocabulary, sentence flow and paragraph structure. It doesn’t even come from the brilliance of your thoughts.

Sure, all those skills come into play, but there’s an overarching ob-

jective that makes none of it really matter if it can’t be accomplished.

Good writing is simply the ability to articulate your thoughts in a way that could be easily understood. If nobody understands what you’re getting at, you failed.

A good writer can make the most complex ideas appear simple on the page. A great writer can make their ideas simple, while simultaneously signifying their emotional state.

To do this, writers need to jump out of their intellectually jarring professionalism. They need to be real with every chosen word, not only thinking how it sounds, but considering what it says and what it does to the overall message.

Sometimes, I curse to make my paragraphs more real, but I try to do it minimally. This does a few things for me. Sometimes it breaks the tension with a level of comedic relief and sometimes it intensifies it by demonstrating the feelings I have that drive each sentence forward.

The mystical force of profanity can pierce perception and direct focus, but it can also demolish all sense in your writing. So only use it if it stays true to your style.

The best writers are the ones that can make readers feel like they are being talked to, not by some omniscient voice robotically spewing information onto the page, but a person. A person with something to say and a reason to fucking say it.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Opinion

• 13 OPINION EDITOR MADELINE MCINNIS opinion@thecord.ca

Trudeau not protecting young people in Canada ERIK DANUDJAJA OPINION COLUMNIST

While most voters could tell you Justin Trudeau is our prime minister, not a lot of voters could tell you that he also holds the position of minister of intergovernmental affairs and youth. Trudeau, beyond leading our nation, is also in the House of Commons to represent the interests of the young people in Canada.

How is he doing in his secondary role? When it comes to several of the things we care about, Trudeau certainly falls short.

On the surface, the infatuation with our young prime minister makes sense. Trudeau is a good looking, young, selfie-taking, modern politician.

The Huffington Post reports that over 45 per cent of millennials supported the Liberals in the election, with higher than average young voter turn out proving a catalyst for the Liberal mandate.

He understands our troubles

with student debt, a weak job market and an ever changing economy. At least that’s the conventional wisdom you might hear from young voters.

In my opinion, this is a misconception.

The latest data, as reported in the Toronto Star, indicates that Canada lost an alarming rate of jobs that were meant for young people in July alone.

When handling rising costs of living, record high housing prices and massive student debt, it’s disappointing that the youth jobs in Canada are in low-pay, part-time service sector jobs.

Meanwhile, we continue to shed higher-paying full-time work. Just getting by with part-time work under the Trudeau economy is difficult enough, let alone paying down debts, thinking about purchasing a house, or saving for retirement.

How does Trudeau perform when it comes to controlling Canada’s debt levels?

As our prime minister and our minister of youth, we understand that he cannot fund everything we want.

However, I would hope that policy prescriptions would be in place to help alleviate weak job growth,

while keeping an eye on our debt.

Unsurprisingly, Trudeau does neither. It appears Trudeau finds better political opportunity paying off interest groups at the expense of future millennial taxpayers.

Despite promising modest deficits of 10 billion dollars, the first Liberal budget is estimated at 30 billion dollars.

Only 4 billion dollars of this deficit is going towards infrastructure, the area Trudeau cites for the extra 20 billion dollars.

Much of the infrastructure money is going to build sports facilities, museums and government buildings to special interest groups.

These are hardly the promised investments in our economy that will give millennials an advantage over the rest of the world.

That 30 billion dollar deficit will be similar size next year, the year after and there is no clear end in sight, according to Fraser Institute.

For all the problems with the Conservative government, one thing that should unite young voters was the Tax-Free Savings Account.

It’s becoming ever more clear that the Canada Pension Plan will not be enough to retire on. The importance of being able to save

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Idealism is very admirable The greatest things in life cannot be bought with money

DON MORGENSON COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTER

Idealism has a very bad press.

Idealism is seen as innocence ignoring great moral evil, naiveté allowing wickedness. Idealism is seen simply as an empty vessel.

We slouch toward cynicism as we view the general state of our world, with unfortunate good

reason. The only antidote for such cynicism is to re-affirm our goal of sticking with or of returning to idealism.

Admittedly, the task of identifying and pursuing our aspirations is made difficult by the tangled skeins of individual effort and coincidence which often influence how we work out our destinies. In our complex lives, we do face many uncertainties.

Uncertainty is one of the central themes of Ann Beattie’s fine novel Picturing Will. The novel is about the vulnerabilities of children and the concerns of parents who strug-

gle to raise them. It is a meditation on the ways our lives are shaped by random accidents and the puzzling vagaries of fate.

In the novel, the father’s conclusion (as well as, perhaps, our own) is that lives are shaped by unpredictable contingencies. They simply happen. Sometimes they provide exquisite joy. More often they condemn us indiscriminately to existential anxiety.

While we cannot know what boons or banes the future may hold, we want to believe that we can set a reliable course for ourselves and for those we love.

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for retirement as young Canadians and let our money compound cannot be understated.

Considering the average Canadian household’s largest expense is taxes, it is hard to see how cuts to the TFSA is anything but a money grab on young savers to pay for current baby boomers.

The appearance of caring and compassion for our problems is nothing but a mirage. Whether it is lack of reforms to get young Canadians to work and climbing the job ladder, rising government

debt, lack of infrastructure, or cutting our best tool to save for the retirement the government cannot provide (but could provide for our parents), there is reason to be angry.

I understand that he is likable, but with each passing day it is clear his policies aren’t. The feeling of my fellow millennials is of adoration for our charming prime minister, but facts don’t care about your feelings. Those facts are having clear, detrimental effects on our future.

Some of us pursue power, success, riches and fame, hoping these will protect us against the vicissitudes of life and the rather colossal indifference of the cosmos.

We know, however, that these do not endure. The most effective protection against the contingencies of life are the values that appeal to the best in our natures and center us securely in the rather turbulent ocean of fate. Foremost among these values is idealism.

In my conversations with university students for over 56 years of teaching, I have been struck by how many need to identify with role models—family members, friends or others—men and women whose conduct of their lives reflects my students’ most selfless aspirations.

If our goal is to make a buck or two, accumulate things, acquire stock certificates, a Porsche, or aggressively peddle advertisements for ourselves, in our world, such role models abound.

But the melancholy, grey, and uninspired existence they suggest and the falsely attractive goals they urge us to seek, cannot be about the ultimate glory of life.

Looking for role models, we cannot do better than to emulate men and women who are idealists.

Idealists are people inspired by something much larger than themselves and driven by a transcendent force—a moral imperative to imagine a world much better than the world they found.

These are people animated by

principles, who dedicate their lives to fortifying the spirit and improving the lot of the many other people who edge toward the abyss of hopelessness. They are people who sail against the wind, who persevere despite setbacks or ambiguous successes.

Matthew Arnold once wrote: “Life is not a having and a getting but a being and a becoming.”

Idealists are known by their deeds and by the love and purpose that animate their altruism.

While we cannot know what boons or banes the future may hold, we want to believe that we can set a reliable course for ourselves and for those we love.

Many of us regard life as beginning only after we pass some future milestone. For many of us, this is after we have graduated from university.

But life is not what happens after we pass some important milestone. Life is what we are doing right now.

Idealism is that which does justice to our dreams.

14 • OPINION

Everyone will find love

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

“The one” exists somewhere for each unique individual

LINDSAY BINDMAN COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTOR

If there were a night class called “Subtlety 101” I should probably take it.

When I develop feelings for someone, I’ve been known to take the slightly more direct route: “Hi I’m Lindsay! I like you! Here is a compilation list of reasons why!”

I’ve asked myself why this is the way I am.

Sure, I’m confident, but that doesn’t mean that unrequited love isn’t painful (I use the word love loosely here).

I think what’s allowed me to be so open with my feelings over the years has been learning that we aren’t all attracted to the same people.

I’m going to do it for some and I’m not going to do it for others.

I had this conversation with my best friend on the train last week.

She spent several months living and working at a camp in British Columbia recently and almost

never wore makeup.

She expressed that despite recently moving to downtown Toronto—where people dress and behave much differently than out in the wilderness—she wasn’t feeling all that motivated to start

Even sexy Adam isn’t everyone’s type, but everyone is someone’s type.

getting all dolled up everyday.

“This is how I look. Some people will take it. Some will leave it,” she said.

This is true for our appearances and our personalities.

If we were all attracted to the same people, things would be very tricky and uncomfortable. But this isn’t the case; we’re beautifully

diverse people and we all have different tastes.

When I was in first-year, I lived next door to this wonderful guy named Adam.

He was, and continues to be, hilarious, kind and great company.

His body seemed to be sculpted to the proportions of Michelangelo’s “David” and probably could’ve been a male model.

However, I wasn’t attracted to him romantically. He continues to be a close friend of mine, four years later.

Even sexy Adam isn’t everyone’s type, but everyone is someone’s type.

In a world of misreading Snapchats, overthinking text messages and general ambiguity, it’s important to remember that no one else defines your self worth.

If someone doesn’t return your feelings, it doesn’t mean you’re undesirable. They just weren’t a good fit.

Even though it can really, really hurt when you’re basically a walking hearts-in-the-eyes emoji and the object of your affection is fairly ambivalent, it doesn’t mean that your value is lowered.

I was pretty young when I first fell in love and to this day have

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only actually been in love once.

I’m lucky that my first experience with it was a reciprocal and very special relationship.

If someone doesn’t return your feelings, it doesn’t mean you’re undesirable. They just weren’t a good fit.

I know how it feels to be in a loving, committed relationship.

I also know how it feels to think about someone about 68 times for every one time they think about you.

I’m not saying that when you’re feeling the initial blow you can’t be sad.

By all means, get that tub of ice cream or, in my case, an entire bag of Sweet Chili Heat Doritos.

Then, soon after, remember that one day you’re going to be sitting in a coffee shop, at a bar, or on the train and someone’s going to walk into your life and love you for reasons you thought no one noticed.

It’ll mean so much more to you after all the times that it just wasn’t quite right.

Marvel Comics making positive changes No matter how small or late these representations are, Marvel is beginning to strive for diversity much, but considering Marvel has been around since 1939, I think it’s something to celebrate.

I’m not trying to let Marvel (or any entertainment media for that matter) get away scot-free for doing the barest of minimum when it comes to representation. Black women in particular seem, to me, to be one of the most unheard voices.

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Marvel has caused a rather difficult predicament for people who like to begin their sentences with, “I’m not racist, but…”

Long-time fans of Marvel comics, with overused plot-lines that focus on white men, seem to feel a little betrayed by the creation of new characters that stray from the lily-white path.

With more writers becoming conscious of the glaringly obvious racial gaps in comics, we start to see more people of colour becoming leads instead of minor characters.

The long overdue beginning to proper representation within comics began in 2011, when the new Spiderman was introduced.

Miles Morales, who is half-Latino

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and half-black, took the mantle of Spiderman from Peter Parker.

It caused, predictably, a lot of backlash.

If you’re having trouble imagining what the onslaught of bigotry looked like, think back to August when actress, Zendaya, was announced to be playing Mary Jane in the upcoming Spiderman movie. Or go back to July, when Riri Williams, a black woman, was announced as the next Ironman.

While it is easy to focus on all the vile and hateful things bigots shout, I think we should instead focus on the progress that is happening here.

Yes, it should have been done

ages ago. It’s disappointing that only just now, in recent years, proper representation is being given.

Even then, it’s still a minor fraction, comparatively.

However small, it is a step in the right direction.

With more writers becoming conscious of the glaringly obvious racial gap in comics, we start to see more people of colour becoming leads instead of minor characters.

I don’t think I need to spell out how amazing this is going to be.

Besides the racists and their unwanted opinions, there have been real issues brought up through these characters, specifically

around Riri Williams. Not only is a white man writing her character, but even more, there is a staggering lack of female black writers that work for Marvel.

The twitter account “Black Girl Nerds” tweeted “I’m happy for all these black women leads in Marvel comics, but really wish the publisher would give black women a chance to write them.”

In response, Marvel hired on three black women writers, bringing the total number up from zero to three.

None will be working on Riri Williams, instead they will write for the Black Panther comics.

I know it doesn’t sound like

I know it doesn’t sound like much, but considering Marvel has been around since 1939, I think it’s something to celebrate.

When they do raise their voices to be heard, they get written off easily as a trope.

White people have so much privilege; we are the most represented everywhere. We shouldn’t see the increase of minorities within media outlets like movies and comics as a downfall.

Instead, a new age of comics is being ushered in, an age of equal representation and hopefully, in the future, an age of equal chance.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Sports

• 15 SPORTS EDITOR ROB FIFIELD sports@thecord.ca

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Golden Hawks hold Windsor to 1-1 draw OWEN MARTIN STAFF WRITER

On a very rainy Saturday afternoon, the Laurier women’s soccer team played host to the Windsor Lancers at University Stadium.

After controlling much of the early stages of the game, Windsor’s Abby Hunt finally broke down the Laurier defence 26 minutes into the game to score an angled shot that went off the left post and in past goal keeper, Ashley Almeida.

The Golden Hawks bounced back immediately, scoring less than two minutes later. Tierney Dunham launched a soaring shot from outside the box that found the back of the net to tie the game at one a piece.

“I just wanted to get to the ball first,” she said about the lead up to her goal. “I was hoping for the best and it happened.”

The first half ended 1-1 draw.

Even though Windsor had created more of the chances, the game was up for grabs at the break.

The second half began and the weather was still a factor, the rain leading to some sloppy play. Yet, this didn’t seem to have much effect on Almeida since she had a very strong game, making a couple of quick saves as Windsor put some pressure on Laurier.

A few substitutions later, Windsor continued creating chances into the late stages and Laurier was struggling to hang on before the game really opened after 90 minutes.

After another save by Almeida at one end, Laurier earned a free kick just outside the Windsor penalty area. Unfortunately, nothing came of this chance and the game ended in a 1-1 draw.

After the game, head coach Barry MacLean was very frustrated with the team’s effort over the 90

minutes.

“We were very poor. We didn’t compete the way we’ve competed for the first five games of the season. We lost our shape and people were trying to do things that we haven’t worked on, so it wasn’t our best performance by any stretch,” he said.

MacLean, however, was pleased with the efforts of veteran midfielder Katie Bishop. He was also “flattered” that although his team played poorly, they were able to come away with a valuable point.

Moving forward, MacLean felt that there were lessons to be learned from this game.

“I think we’ve got to look at that if we don’t put in an honest effort right through the team, we’re going to get beat,” he explained. “We’re playing with five rookies starting so they’re just getting a taste of what it’s like to compete at the OUA level.”

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MEN’S SOCCER

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Coming up short OWEN MARTIN STAFF WRITER

On a very wet University Stadium pitch, the Laurier Men’s soccer team faced off against University of Windsor.

Both teams seemed to be feeling it out for the first 25 minutes of the game, before we saw our first real action when Windsor forward, Iyowuna Jumbo, sped down the left side of the Laurier defense and slid home the first goal of the game into

the bottom right corner.

Windsor struck again 35 minutes into the game, when Jamar Redhead sprung in on net and scored to make it 2-0 to the away side.

This pattern of play continued for the rest of the first half as the Laurier men struggled to create any sort of sustained offensive pressure. After missing a good chance eight minutes later, Laurier went into the half trailing by two.

Disappointed with his team’s first half performance, Laurier head coach, Mario Halapir, made six substitutions during the break.

“To be fair, the guys that went in at least tried to do what we asked them to do,” he said about his team’s response at the beginning of the second half. “Normally we would never put in six players at one time but that was just the response, I think.”

After the initial energy level from the new additions died down, the feistiness picked up from both teams. There were penalty shots as a result of a challenge in the Laurier penalty area 57 and 60 minutes into the game as the match saw the first yellow card go to Laurier midfielder, Leonardo Leone.

A penalty was then given to the visitors who looked to extend their lead to three, which would have put the game away. Jumbo stepped up, poised to score his second of the game, but missed very high over the net and Laurier was still in the game.

Unfortunately, the home Golden Hawks were unable to make the most of the missed penalty and the game ended 2-0 in favour of Windsor.

“When you have a young team and you’re getting a lot of media

attention after you beat [McMaster], I’m trying to tell the guys that’s a game, three points, that’s all,” Halapir said, post-match.

“Our approach to the game today was obviously completely wrong because we assumed we could step on the field and just take three points. The three points was a big three points to lose. Really for me, it’s a six-point swing.”

Defender Tahrik Rodriques seemed to echo the disappointment of his coach after the game.

“I feel as if we didn’t stick to the game plan that we went through throughout the week,” he said.

Rodriques also agreed that the response was better in the second half, but it wasn’t enough to come back and get the Golden Hawks the win.

The Golden Hawks will be back in action on the 24th at Algoma.

16 • SPORTS

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

FOOTBALL

Golden Hawks move to 3-0 on the season Men’s Football team climbs the rankings to the fifth overall spot in the CIS

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DREW YATES CORD ALUM

Eric Guiltinan has been waiting four years for this.

The fifth-year running back of the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks was on the bench last season, backing up all-star running back, Dillon Campbell. But with the departure of Campbell to the Canadian Football League, Guiltinan picked up the starter role, and as the season goes on, he has only gotten better.

Last game, Guiltinan rushed for a personal best of 180-yards in the Hawks 74-3 victory against the York Lions and led the Ontario University Athletics conference in rushing yards per game at 132.5.

And now, in what could be the biggest game of the Hawks’ season thus far, Guiltinan came through, reaching a personal best 200-yards on 23 carries, on the way to a 17-16 win over the No. 4 nationally-ranked Carleton Ravens, last Saturday afternoon.

“He’s waited four years on the bench for this opportunity,” head coach Michael Faulds said. “So everyone was obviously loving number 34 Dillon Campbell and

what a phenomenal back he is. But Eric was always in the wings ready to go.”

“He has trained extremely hard, he has waited his time for this opportunity and he is making the most of it,” Faulds continued.

The win extends the Hawks’ unbeaten streak to three and is the first time since 2007 that the Hawks started the season 3-0.

“It was a great team win; obviously everyone is really high right now. We started off pretty slow in the first half, but [it] shows how tough our team is sticking with it for four quarters,” Guiltinan said.

“It would have been easy for the defence to give up but it shows you how great our team is, how much we believe in each other.”

The offence started out shaky.

Starting quarterback, Julien John, struggled to get the offence going and only threw for six-yards in the first two quarters, completing 2-9 passes with an interception.

The Ravens jumped out to a seven-point lead with the help of two conceded safeties and a field goal from Michael Domagala. The Hawks defence tied the game up three minutes before halftime when second-year Scott Hutter

intercepted the ball from Carleton quarterback, Jesse Mills and ran 54-yards into the endzone to tie the game at seven.

But when the Hawks initiated a quarterback change, the offence clicked.

“Offensively, I’m really proud because we really stunk up the joint in the first half, but the guys stuck together,” Faulds said. “We make a quarterback switch going with Michael Knevel in the second half and those run plays early in the game that weren’t as successful, we started to wear on them.”

First-year quarterback Michael Knevel entered the game, and immediately the game changed.

Carleton added another safety and a touchdown by Kyle VanWynsberghe to extend their lead to nine, but the Hawks’ offence buckled down.

That’s when Guiltinan got to work.

Guiltinan ran for 167-yards on 17 carries in the second half, including a 36-yard sprint in the third quarter that was stopped short at the goal.

Third-year Darian Waite punched it in to cut the Ravens’ lead to two and second-year kicker Nathan Mesher completed the comeback with a eight-yard field goal through the

uprights with six minutes remaining to take the one-point lead.

“Those runs in the first half, we know they are not going to be the greatest runs,” Guiltinan said. “But the defence gets tired and they start popping off in the last half.”

The defensive unit stood tall, forcing Carleton to punt the ball away. Guiltinan broke free and sprinted 50-yards all the way to the Carleton 18-yard line with less than two minutes remaining in the game to put pressure on the Ravens. The Hawks ran out the clock, downing the Ravens on their home soil.

Knevel finished the game completing 4-8 passes, for 40 yards.

Mills finished the game completing 19-36 passes for 202 yards, a touchdown and three interceptions.

Faulds was proud of the team and the way the defence held a team that averaged 38 points per game to only 16 points.

“Defensively, we’ve been unbelievable all year. [Carleton] is a really high-powered offence, so holding them down to 16 points is pretty incredible,” he said.

With the Ravens in the rearview mirror, the Hawks turn their attention to Waterloo Warriors on Homecoming weekend.

FOOTBALL

Boateng No. 1 CIS prospect ROB FIFIELD SPORTS EDITOR

Last Thursday, the official prospect rankings published by the CFL scouting bureau were released. To no one’s surprise, Laurier’s star defensive lineman, Kwaku Boateng was ranked No. 2 overall and the No. 1 ranked CIS prospect available in the upcoming 2017 CFL draft.

Boateng and the Golden Hawks have kicked off the 2016-17 season 3-0, defeating Queens, York and most recently, the No. 4 ranked Carleton Ravens 17-16 on the road.

“We battled and we knew it was going to be a war in the trenches.

I’m just really excited that we came out on top,” Boateng said.

The strong performance from the Golden Hawks this year may come as a surprise, since the last time they were 3-0 was in 2007.

The Hawks have been confident in themselves and have known their ability and potential along the way and are now just showing the OUA and CIS that they mean business. “It’s a big deal but at the same

time it’s not. We already knew our potential and how good we can be, we’re just excited to show the country our ability and proving it,” he continued.

The Golden Hawks are also excited and proud to hold an undefeated record heading into homecoming weekend.

“To meet the alumni and get to meet some of the football alumni again and be able to present them with 3-0 is pretty special for us,” Boateng said.

Boateng described one of the reasons for his personal success so far and the team’s overall success has to do with the chemistry on this season’s squad.

“On both sides of the ball the chemistry is a lot stronger than years past and everyone is on the same page. When everyone is on the same page it’s a lot easier to work as a unit and be successful.

Our philosophy has always been to work together and never keep your head down for too long.”

Boateng’s personal success this season was most recently mea-

sured when the CFL’s scouting bureau was released last week. He is humbled and extremely grateful for the recognition. “It was a shock [how high my ranking was] and a lot of excitement when I heard the news. It sets the bar a lot higher for me. I’m far from perfect as an athlete or as a person. I still know there’s a lot more work to do and I have to keep working harder,” he said.

When asked if he thinks about the upcoming CFL draft often and what it would mean for him to be picked up by a CFL club, Boateng acknowledged how grateful he would be.

“It would be a great tribute for all of the hard work that I’ve put in through high school and university and it would be a great opportunity for me going forward.”

Boateng and the Golden Hawks’ goal for the the rest of the season is simple and straight forward.

“We can’t take our foot off the gas pedal,” he said. “We just have to keep going hard. I think we’re pretty hot as a team right now.”

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