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New website helps international students feel closer to home EMILY KLATT Staff Writer

For international students, moving to an unfamiliar country to attend university can be a difficult adjustment; however, one University of Saskatchewan student hopes to make that transition somewhat easier through a website that allows access to products from these students' home countries, which cannot be found in Canada.

Gibson Odoka, fourth-year economics student, is the creator of El-Cuzupa Marketing, an online platform for companies all over the world to sell their products to people that might not otherwise be able to obtain them.

While serving as the international student representative on the U of S Student Council, Odoka became aware of the issues faced by other international students at the U of S. “I’ve been [working] with the international students for the past couple years and I realize some of the challenges they are facing, in terms of getting products they’re used to. I just felt like it didn’t make any sense for people to keep having that same issue,” Odoka said.

El-Cuzupa Marketing was created as a response to this problem. As an online service, it gives students access

to a wide range of products that are shipped directly to the customer via courier service, including food items, clothing and music, among others.

Once the website took off, Odoka discovered that it was popular even among international residents that do not attend the U of S but are looking for a taste of home.

“As soon as I started it for students, it became some-

thing that people outside the university needed. So I started working on that,” Odoka said. “I think a lot of people can use it, not just in Canada — more people in the U.S. use it than in Canada.”

Odoka notes that the website has also found success outside of North America, with sellers from places such as India and Mexico. As its popularity continues to rise, Odoka hopes to move to the

Caitlin Taylor / Photo Editor Gibson Odoka shows off his website that allows easy purchase of international products.

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United States after completing his degree and continue his work with El-Cuzupa Marketing.

Being an international student himself, Odoka recognizes the unique situation that many students find themselves in and points out some of the other challenges that accompany studying in another country.

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face challenges getting jobs, because someone might hear a name and think that it has nothing to do with English, and they wonder if that student has a permit or if they can speak English. Little problems like that,” Odoka said.

For this, among several other reasons, Odoka hopes his website can help international students feel closer to home and increasingly able to adapt to their new, perhaps unfamiliar, surroundings.

As Odoka works hard to accommodate the needs of international students, he admits that balancing both his business and education can be difficult.

“I think it’s hard. It’s hard because you hear stories about people that dropped out of school and, from my experience, it wasn’t intentional, like ‘I just want to drop out of school,’ but you just get into what you do, especially if you love what you do,” Odoka said.

Although being an entrepreneur is not always easy, Odoka still encourages aspiring business owners to pursue the ideas that interest them.

“I think it’s really important to get into business, especially as a student. That way you can really do something more creative other than just going to a job where you know everything is fixed. So it’s better to just get something started of your own.”

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U of S hosts week for missing and murdered Indigenous women CAITLIN TAYLOR

Photo Editor In an aim to demonstrate its increasing solidarity and support, the University of Saskatchewan campus community is coming together to rewrite narratives and raise awareness surrounding missing and murdered Indigenous women.

Members of the Indigenous Students’ Council, USask Building Bridges and the U of S Students’ Union Women’s Centre invite the campus and larger community to participate in the week’s events. These include a panel discussion, a healthy relationships workshop and a call-for-action rally and candlelight vigil.

In addition, there is an information booth set up in the Arts Tunnel each day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. where students, faculty and staff are invited to ask questions and show support for missing and murdered Indigenous women and their families.

Janelle Pewapsconias, former U of S student and current business student at the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies, was employed with the U of S Aboriginal Students’ Centre as a student leader for the Building Bridges program from May 2013 to September 2015 and is one of the organizers for the week’s events.

Pewapsconias feels strongly that the current dialogue surrounding missing and murdered Indigenous women needs to change.

“I hear a lot of rhetoric around you know, these women put themselves in those positions or they dress a certain way or maybe they just want to be abused and it’s really

disgusting. People don’t understand that this is a systemic issue; people don’t understand the effects of history and colonial history. Our main purpose is not only to create awareness on campus but to give people insight into why these issues happen,” Pewapsconias said.

According to the RCMP’s Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: A National Operational Overview released in 2014, Aboriginal women are over-represented in missing and murdered cases in Canada.

Between 1980 and 2012, over 1,000 Aboriginal women went missing or were murdered.

Moreover, Aboriginal women represented approximately 4.3 per cent of the female popu-

lation of Canada in 2011 and they account for 16 per cent of all female homicides between the years of 1980 and 2012.

For organizers of the awareness week at the U of S, these numbers demonstrate a need for action by the government and the community. The team of organizers began planning during the summer months when they felt the political climate of Canada showed little concern for Indigenous women’s current situation.

“This summer, politically, was a little bit different. We had a party in power that did not support the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and so our main purpose was to create aware-

ness on campus,” Pewapsconias said.

Newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged to launch an inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. Pewapsconias personally feels supported by the new government, but she is waiting to see what unfolds.

“I can only speak for myself.

But he supports it, from my understanding, and that is really wonderful. We’ll have to wait and see what happens. But I definitely feel more hopeful now that there is change and I can’t wait to see what happens,” she said.

Nonetheless, Pewapsconias believes that missing and mur-

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dered Indigenous women and violence against women in general remains an important discussion for the campus and surrounding community.

“Having the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Awareness Week would further push the issue onto campus. I think it will disrupt the negative narratives. It would definitely create discussion and I really hope it challenges some people’s realities, perspectives and positions on missing and murdered Indigenous women,” Pewapsconias said.

Dylan Lambi-Raine, coordinator of the USSU Women’s Centre, emphasizes that the issues faced by Indigenous women are not their problems alone.

“Missing and murdered Indigenous women are not an Indigenous problem but rather a human rights problem,” Lambi-Raine said.

Lambi-Raine urges all members of the campus community to participate in the wide array of events provided on campus during this awareness week.

“I, as a white settler ally, encourage all people to attend even if there are some nerves around attending events around Indigenous issues,” she said.

Pewapsconias echoes LambiRaine’s thoughts and she insists that this is an initiative that everyone can and should get behind.

“I feel like when you frame things as an Indigenous issue, non-Indigenous folks feel that they are not welcomed or that they don’t have the comfort level to step into those spaces, but definitely they are more than welcome. We want people to have a better understanding.

We want to engage people, and make Indigenous women and peoples more visible and more important than what I see currently today.”

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Movember 2015: Growing the conversation on men’s health KAY-LYNNE COLLIER With prostate cancer being the second most common cancer in men worldwide, and with suicide rates three times higher among Canadian men than women, the University of Saskatchewan is participating in Movember in an effort to address the need to change the face of men's health.

Established in Australia in 2003, the idea of creating a men’s fashion statement and bringing the moustache back into style has turned into a multinational charity

that is committed to bettering the lives of men all across the globe.

Since then, the Movember Foundation has raised approximately $667 million for men’s health, and is now ranked 72nd out of the top 500 non-governmental organizations in the world.

Additionally, through Movember funding, the world’s very first Prostate Cancer Genome Mapping Project was born, which helped gain understanding about how prostate cancer functions within the human body, as well as funded research through the University of

Caitlin Taylor / Photo Editor U of S students will be seeing a lot more where this came from.

Michigan that identified over 25 different kinds of prostate cancer.

According to Jesse Lee Hayman, director of community engagement for Movember Canada, while there has been significant progress surrounding the issue of men's health over the last decade, there is still room for improvement moving forward.

“When it comes to men’s health, men are not really comfortable talking about it or taking care of themselves at all. The women’s health movement has been an incredible one; women are taking care of their health way better than men do.

We are so far behind in our comfort with talking about things,” Hayman said.

“There needs to be a focus on challenging the definition of masculinity. We teach men not to ask for help, to ‘suck it up,’ and that tough angle absolutely needs to be changed in order to push men’s health forward.”

There are several ways for U of S students to get involved and help support men's health, including on-

line fundraising by creating an account on Movember. com or attending the Clean and Classy Movember Gala at Louis’ Pub on Nov. 21, hosted

by Do Something U of S and the Student Medical Society of Saskatchewan. Tickets can be purchased in advance in the Arts Tunnel from Nov. 16–20 for $10 or at the door for $15.

Jon Ravichander, in his final year of pharmacology and physiology at the U of S, initiated the Movember Challenge on campus in 2013.

Ravichander emphasizes the importance of discussion surrounding the topic of men’s health.

“The more we talk about it, the more comfortable other men will be talking to their family or their friends, and that’s part of it; we have to go through our struggles, our health problems, with our family and friends,” Ravichander said.

Ravichander also stresses how important it is for men to get checked for diseases such as prostate cancer or doing self-examinations for diseases like testicular cancer.

“You don’t need to go to your doctor, you can check yourself, and you need to be aware of the signs. What we’re trying to do every year is to get people to look at the symptoms, if they know something isn’t right, to get that checked right away. The best cure for diseases is preventing it from even occurring from the beginning,” Ravichander said.

Although Hayman agrees that there are several ways to get involved online and within the community, he insists that simply participating in the conversation can change lives.

"We’ve heard stories each and every year about whether it’s a conversation that makes someone reach out for help or that makes someone realize that they need to get checked, or it’s the Movember community that gives them the confidence to go out to an event even though they have social anxiety," Hayman said. "So anyone that sees a guy growing a moustache, there’s an opportunity to start a conversation there, and we hope that they do.”

Student-led fundraiser gives back through gameplay JACK THOMPSON While the University of Saskatchewan Games Club is no stranger to gaining extra lives within various digitallysimulated or imaginary worlds, club members have found a way to translate this seemingly arbitrary advantage into a real-world benefit for sick children.

The Games Club is made up of approximately 50 members and regularly meets on a monthly basis. Later in November, the club will be hosting the Extra Life event, a 24hour gaming marathon that generates donations for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

According to Jay Olbort, vice-president of the games club and psychology student, the club strives to provide a safe and fun gaming environment for all gamers on campus.

“It’s definitely a great networking opportunity, a great opportunity to meet new people and just kind of turn gaming into a more social activity,” Olbort said.

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While the club’s monthly meetups are open to the public, members must be current students at the U of S. A membership card, which costs only $10, provides a discount to each of the club sponsors including various comic book and gaming stores around the city such as Collectors Lane, Amazing Stories, Dragon’s Den, Bell Island Pizza and King Me Boardgamery.

Olbort explains that the club provides an environment for like-minded students to get together and play a variety of games spanning from trading-card and board games to computer and console video games.

Alongside these attributes, on Nov. 21, the Games Club will also be hosting the Extra Life event. Starting at 6 a.m., the gaming marathon will begin at TCU Place and features a plethora of games for attendees to participate in, as well as some surprise additions at the strike of midnight.

While Olbort admits that the event is enjoyed by many, it is not all about fun and games and actually stems

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from quite unfortunate circumstances.

“Extra Life was originally started for a little girl seven years ago and it has since enveloped all of North America. The proceeds go to various children's hospital foundations across North America,” Olbort said.

The girl, Victoria Enmon, was diagnosed with cancer at age 11. Her battle lasted several years but eventually ended in tragedy. The Extra Life initiative has carried on after her death in memory of her struggle and now aims to support other children going through similar situations.

Olbort reiterates that although Extra Life events occur all across North America, anyone can participate, noting that participation is possible even from the comfort of home by way of inhouse gameplay and online donations.

For the 2015 fundraiser, Extra Life has already raised over $6.5 million and counting and the U of S Games Club hopes to contribute $6,000 to the running total.

As stated on their Facebook page, the U of S Games Club encourages attendees to bring cash for game buyins and supplementary donations. Attendees are also offered food and drink, and there are raffles and silent auctions available to help further support the cause.

Olbort insists that the event is not only a great

deal of fun for students interested in gaming but it can also be a rewarding experience above and beyond the gameplay itself.

“It’s a great event for students to give back to the community through donations and it just lines up so well with what our club is all about, just kind of all things gaming.”

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Women’s soccer season comes to an end

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WOMEN’S SOCCER: DINOS 1, HUSKIES 0 With a Canada West bronze medal and a national championship berth on the line, the Huskies were defeated at home by the Calgary Dinos 1–0, ending their season.

With their whole season coming down to a single game, it was a disappointing result for the Dogs as they were the better team for the majority of the match. Outshooting the Dinos 8–2 and controlling possession for what seemed like the entire match, the Huskies just couldn’t sneak one past Calgary

keeper Samantha Chang-Foidl.

Jenelle Zapski led the team with five shots and also came the closest to putting the Dogs on the scoreboard, but her shot in the 49th minute rang off the crossbar. The lone goal of the match came in the 63rd minute, when Natalie Arnett found herself all alone in front and her shot beat Kyleigh Vause to the low corner of the net. The Huskies shouldn’t hang their heads, however, as they had a terrific season up until this point and came within inches of a national championship.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY: THUNDERBIRDS 1, HUSKIES 0

THUNDERBIRDS 4, HUSKIES 3 The Huskies were swept on the road by UBC and have now lost three straight games, as they slid to third in the conference standings. On Nov. 14, they dropped an intense match by a score of 4–3.

Marley Ervine was undoubtedly the player of the game for the Huskies. Ervine led the team with five shots on goal and also contributed a goal and two assists in the losing effort. After tying the game at one in the first

period, Ervine set up Lauren Zary for her first of two goals of the night, giving the Huskies a 2–1 advantage. The lead was short-lived, however, as UBC knotted things at 2–2 just 32 seconds later.

UBC made it 4–2, 58 seconds into the third frame before Zary got one back later in the period. Cassidy Hendricks made 20 saves for the Huskies in the losing cause, as her record drops to 5–4 on the year.

MEN’S HOCKEY:

MEN’S BASKETBALL: VIKES 83, HUSKIES 58

VIKES 86, HUSKIES 76 The Huskies had a disastrous fourth quarter that cost them a win in Victoria, as the Vikes outscored the Dogs by 15 in the final frame en route to an 86–76 victory.

Using a big first quarter, the Huskies opened up a sizable lead, only to watch it slip away. Grant Sitton was the difference maker for Victoria as he had 33 points and five rebounds to spark the Vikes huge fourth quarter run. Sas-

katchewan played well, but couldn’t get anything to fall when it mattered down the stretch.

Rookies Chan De Ciman and Jauquin Bennett-Boire led the way with 17 points each, while Evan Ostertag chipped in with 16 points and a couple rebounds. The weekend sweep at the hands of the Vikes drops the Huskies’ record to a disappointing 1–3 to start the season.

CANADA WEST STANDINGS WOMEN’S HOCKEY: W-L-T UBC 8-3-1 Manitoba 7-5 Saskatchewan 7-3-2 Lethbridge 7-5 Alberta 6-5-1 Regina 6-5-1 Mount Royal 5-6-1 Calgary 2-8-2

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL: W-L-T Trinity Western 8-0 UBC 8-0 Alberta 8-0 UBC Okanagan 7-1 Thompson Rivers 5-5 Calgary 4-6 Mount Royal 4-4 Brandon 3-5 MacEwan 3-5 Winnipeg 3-7 Saskatchewan 2-6 Manitoba 1-7 Regina 0-10

MEN’S HOCKEY: W-L-T Saskatchewan 10-2 UBC 7-2-3 Alberta 8-3-1 Mount Royal 6-4-2 Lethbridge 6-5-1 Manitoba 5-5-2 Calgary 4-5-3 Regina 2-10

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL:

W-L-T Manitoba 8-0 Calgary 8-2 Alberta 8-0 Winnipeg 6-4 Trinity Western 5-3 Mount Royal 4-4 Saskatchewan 4-4 UBC 4-4 Brandon 3-5 Thompson Rivers 3-7 Regina 1-9 UBC Okanagan 1-7 MacEwan 1-7

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HUSKIES 4, THUNDERBIRDS 1 In a battle of the top two teams in the CanWest conference, the Huskies and T-birds split the weekend series. On Nov. 13 at home, the Huskies made easy work of UBC, hammering them 4–1.

Sean Aschim opened the scoring at 12:29 of the first period when his centering pass deflected off a UBC defender and past the netminder. Early in the second, Logan McVeigh found himself in the right place at the right time and

he doubled the Dogs’ lead to 2–0 with a tap in goal. John Lawrence made it 3–0 before the second intermission, as the powerplay goal was his second of the season.

Andrew Johnson tallied late and Jordon Cooke stopped 19 of the 20 shots he faced to pick up the win. Following the weekend set, the Huskies are ranked second in the CIS and sit with a 10–2 record.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: HUSKIES 89, VIKES 83

HUSKIES 78, VIKES 65 After jumping out to a huge first quarter advantage, the Huskies kept the pressure on the Vikes and completed the weekend sweep with a 78– 65 victory.

Saskatchewan’s depth was on full display in the contest, with four different players scoring in double figures. The Dogs defence was also stellar, as they out-rebounded the Vikes

42–31 and held Victoria to just 34.5 per cent from the field. Everyone on the Huskies roster recorded at least one rebound.

Sabine Dukate and Kelsey Trulsrud had team highs for the Huskies with 15 points apiece, while Desarae Hogberg added 14 of her own. Trulsrud led the squad with six rebounds, while Dukate had a game-high five assists.

UPCOMING GAMES Women’s hockey: Nov. 20 vs. Manitoba Bisons @ 7:00 p.m.

Nov. 21 vs. Manitoba Bisons @ 5:00 p.m.

- Home Game

Men’s hockey: • Nov. 20 at Manitoba Bisons @ 7:00 p.m.

• Nov. 21 at Manitoba Bisons @ 4:00 p.m.

Men’s volleyball: • Nov. 20 at Calgary Dinos @ 8:30 p.m.

• Nov. 21 at Calgary Dinos @ 6:30 p.m.

Women’s volleyball: • Nov. 20 at Calgary Dinos @ 7:00 p.m.

• Nov. 21 at Calgary Dinos @ 5:00 p.m.

Men’s basketball: Nov. 20 vs. UBC Thunderbirds @ 8:00 p.m.

Nov. 21 vs. UBC Thunderbirds @ 8:00 p.m.

Women’s basketball: Nov. 20 vs. UBC Thunderbirds @ 6:15 p.m.

Nov. 21 vs. UBC Thunderbirds @ 6:15 p.m.

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New look Huskies aim to impress AUSTIN ARVAY Sports Editor

With almost a third of their roster new to the Huskies program, it’s definitely a fresh look for the University of Saskatchewan men’s basketball team.

Newcomers Chan De Ciman, Shawn Lathan, Jauquin Bennett-Boire, Davis Humbert and Devin Wittow will look to aid the Dogs in their quest for a third-straight Canadian Interuniversity Sport Final 8 appearance. After back-to-back fifth place finishes at nationals, the Huskies are looking to take the next step.

With a plethora of new faces, the handful of veterans

will be leaned on to weather the early season storm, as the newcomers look to find their rhythm in the CIS. Evan Ostertag, Trevor Severinski and Jonathan Karwacki will all be seniors and leaders of this team.

With a great mixture of size, athleticism, speed and talent, it will be a very interesting year for head coach Barry Rawlyk and his squad. But what they have in talent, they lack in CIS experience.

“We are a work in progress,” Rawlyk said. “We can still be successful, we just have to find different ways to be successful… We have the talent to be successful in the Canada West, but how much of that will be mitigated by lack of experience,” Rawlyk said. “If we can balance that, we can be pretty successful.”

The losses far outweigh the gains for the upcoming year, as injuries have begun to pile up for the Dogs. After badly hurting his ankle late last season, forward Shane Osayande is still undergoing rehab and won’t be available until after the Christmas break.

To make matters worse in the frontcourt, fifth-year Matt Forbes broke his foot in a preseason game and will miss the entire 2015–16 season. Add on the graduation of studs Ben Baker, Dadrian Collins and Andrew Henry, and it isn’t exactly the way Rawlyk imagined his roster would be looking at this point in the year.

“It is a good life lesson for all of us,” he said. “We all have this plan in life of how it is all supposed to work out, and it rarely does.”

As Rawlyk and the squad are busily looking for ways to fill the holes, they have stumbled out of the gate and find themselves with a 1–3 record early on in the season. It is a long season however, and as the roster gets more accustomed to the league and gels with one another, the outlook has to be a positive one for any Huskies fan.

Moving forward, Evan Ostertag will have to be the top dog for the Huskies. He is the only player currently on the roster who finished in the top eight in team scoring last season, with 9.5 points per game.

Aside from Ostertag, the Huskies will need Alex Unruh, Severinski and Karwacki to step up and have increased roles compared to the last couple seasons.

Lathan could end up being a

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huge contributor to the Dogs, as he is the latest California recruit to join the Huskies program. After being named to the All-State team the past two years with Southwestern College, the 6-4, 200 pound guard will take some time to adjust to the Canadian game.

Top recruit De Ciman is starting this year in the point guard position, and it could be the start of a promising CIS career with the Huskies.

Although the roster isn’t shaping up exactly how the Huskies planned, they have the pieces in place to be competitive in the tough CanWest conference. With a handful of savvy veterans and plenty of youthful energy, the team could very well turn things around after the Christmas break and find their stride heading into the post-season.

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Women’s basketball enters season with one goal AUSTIN ARVAY Sports Editor

After coming within one win of the national championship game last year, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies women’s basketball team is ready for the 2015–16 season.

With the loss of three graduating seniors from last year, the Huskies don’t appear to be missing a beat. Guards Riley Humbert and Kabree Howard and forward Jordyn Halvorson have all exhausted their Canadian Interuniversity Sport eligibility, but head coach Lisa Thomaidis has found capable replacements to fill the shoes left by these three departed players.

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is looking to make an impact immediately in the lineup for the Dogs. Dukate — who has joined the Huskies from Latvia — will start in the point guard position and hopefully contribute as much as the squad needs her to.

Returning a large chunk of their dominant roster from last season, the Huskies opened the season ranked number two in the CIS and following a perfect 4–0 start to the year, they have climbed to number one in the national rankings.

Thomaidis knows it will be a long season, but has her expectations for the year already set — on winning.

“We expect a lot of ourselves this season. We’ll have a very balanced attack. We have a lot

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of offensive weapons and, for us, it’s about getting on the same page as quickly as we possibly can. We have a new point guard coming in, her first year with us, so there’s a lot of adjustment for her and for us getting used to her,” Thomaidis said. “We’ll see how it goes, but it’s certainly looking good so far.”

Fifth-years Laura Dally and Dalyce Emmerson will be heavily relied on for most of the Dogs’ scoring. Dally led the team with 13.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game last year, and was the most impressive Huskie player at the CIS Final 8. Not far behind her was Emmerson, with 13.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per contest. The two seniors

will be the one-two punch for the powerhouse Huskies this year.

With a solid supporting cast, this roster has plenty of firepower and will have plenty of options if Dally or Emmerson are having an off night. Desarae Hogberg, Kelsey Trulsrud and Megan Lindquist all have solid experience and add a nice blend of offensive and defensive talent.

Trulsrud added 9.2 points and 6.9 rebounds per game last year off the bench and is poised for a much bigger role this season. She is known for her rebounding prowess and between her and Emmerson on the inside, it will certainly give the Huskies the advan-

tage on the glass almost every game.

Hogberg was the third highest scorer on the team last year, and she will see more minutes on court due to the losses of Humbert and Howard. She also adds the three-point element, shooting a very solid 34.4 per cent from beyond the arc last season.

With a solid roster from top to bottom, returning to the CIS Final 8 is a definite possibility for the squad. Returning two of their top players and adding a couple of highly touted recruits has the Dogs in good shape for the upcoming season. Having Thomaidis as the head coach can never hurt either, and the Dogs will look to avenge their semifinal loss this year. november 19, 2015

SPORTS

Huskie How-To: Slap shot The Sheaf’s culture editor, Chelsea, got a quick shooting leson from Hanna McGillivray.

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Slap shots are the most powerful of the many styles of shots used by hockey players. Huskies women's hockey defenceman and fifth-year sociology student Hanna McGillivray gave me a crash course on the perfect slap shot.

I met McGillivray on the ice at Rutherford Arena after a hockey practice. I was wearing borrowed skates, gloves and a helmet and I warned her that I was a complete rookie. Luckily, McGillivray was a patient teacher.

“First things first, you want

With the guidance of McGillvay, Chelsea was ready for her own slap shots. Not McGillvray gave Chelsea some tips and showed her how it’s done. bad for a rookie!

to make sure you're in good hockey position, so legs apart and knees bent — then you're in a good position to be able to move anywhere,” McGillivray said.

We set up a few metres in front of the net, and McGillivray positioned me facing the puck in front of me with it midway between my feet.

She explained how to hold my stick with my hands around shoulder width apart — left on top, right farther down for a right-handed shooter like myself — then widen my grip when I bent down to take the shot.

“When you hit the puck, you want it to hit the middle of your stick. The main thing is your backswing. Take your stick all the way back and start with your weight on your back

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foot. As you swing through, your weight transfers on to your front foot. That's where you get the power,” McGillivray said. “Then follow through with your stick to the net.”

Sounded straightforward enough to me, so I got ready for my first attempt. McGillivray reminded me to keep my eye on the puck, similar to hitting a golf ball, and I took a swing.

The result was anti-climactic — I completely missed the puck. The second and third attempts, however, felt more comfortable and I managed to get the puck into the back of the net. It was more work than I thought. The amount of power I was able to get from my transfer of weight was feeble compared to the example shot McGillivray fired off.

McGillivray then explained

that as a defender, she usually shoots from the blue line on the far right during the game, so to get the authentic experience we headed farther from the net. She demonstrated a rapid-fire drill, shooting four pucks lined up in front of her, one after the other. This is a drill the team employs, among others, to keep improving, during their weekly skill practices.

My results from the blue line were much less successful, resulting in only one puck making it into the net. McGillivray explained that while slap shots are the most powerful shot in a player's arsenal, they are also the least accurate. In a game scenario, you only have a split-second glance up to aim where your stick will follow through before focusing on

hitting the puck.

McGillivray is a hockey veteran with the Huskies, currently in her fifth and final season with the team. She helped soothe my embarrassing slap shot attempts with a story from her rookie year.

“There was a late whistle and they had to change who was on the ice. I had to quickly jump over the boards and I caught my foot and fell in front of everyone,” she said.

I came out of the session with a new appreciation for the athleticism behind a powerful slap shot — balance, coordination, core strength and split-second judgement. My shot improved with every attempt though, so clearly the key is practice, practice, practice to get that slap shot up to Huskie standards.

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Seasonal fun: A start to your Saskatoon winter bucket list BRIDGET MORRISON It’s easy to get bogged down during our frigid Saskatchewan winters and spend most of your time inside, cynical and sad. Don't despair, though — get started with these winter bucket list activities to help you enjoy the season!

First on the list is stereotypical but it deserves to be said: go skating. Whether you choose to hit up an indoor rink — a good choice on those extra windy days — or outdoor rink, it's loads of fun. If you don’t have your own skates, many rinks offer rentals.

The outdoor Cameco Meewasin Skating Rink is an especially beautiful location with free skate rentals. Enjoy the beauty of the frozen South Saskatchewan river in the shadow of the majestic Delta Bessborough. Practice your figure skating skills or just goof around — either way, grab some friends or a date and hit the ice!

Second on the list: rent or borrow some cross-country skis and hit the trails for the day. The city of Saskatoon maintains several trails in and around the city, including ones in Upper and Lower Meewasin Park which are

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both great nearby options for University of Saskatchewan students.

Don't worry if you're a first time skier — cross-country skiing is an activity for all levels. It's a great source of exercise, but more importantly, it's a fun way to experience nature in the dead of winter.

Visit the Saskatoon Nordic Ski Club's website for more information on rentals and trails in the city and beyond.

Third, if you can’t afford a hot destination getaway this winter, grab some travel magazines and plan a dream vacation. It might sound cliché but it’s a really fun way to dream away a stormy Sunday afternoon.

Don’t just choose a place and leave it at that — really plan it. Who, if anyone, are you going to travel with?

Where would you like to stay? What are your must-see sights? What are you going to pack? Dive into the details.

Who knows? Maybe one day you’ll have the chance to go and you won’t have to worry about planning a thing!

Fourth, take a trip through the Enchanted Forest. The

Enchanted Forest is a holiday light show set up alongside the road in the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park. Sights include “candy cane lane,” hockey and curling game displays and trees throughout filled with lights.

The Enchanted Forest’s 2015-16 season runs from Nov. 21 through Jan. 10. The best part is, you don't have to leave the warmth of your car to enjoy it, so pack up your car with friends, bring along some snacks and enjoy the magic.

It’s $10 per person, or $30 per car for up to seven people, so the more friends you get together to chip in, the friendlier it is to your student budget.

Line-ups are notoriously slow at the Enchanted Forest though, so if you don't feel like waiting or spending the money, check out some free, local decorations.

Certain streets and crescents set up themed light shows in their yards in Saskatoon. Two neighborhood crescents that partake in this are Brown Crescent, with Charlie Brown lights and displays set up and Murphy Crescent, which transforms into “Smur-

phy” Crescent. Take a drive by and be astounded at the creativity in these little communities.

The fifth and final entry on the winter bucket list is a classic: a board game night with friends. Board game night will provide lots of laughs and fun as long as the games don’t get too competitive, so know your audience.

Some games I’d recommend are Apples to Apples or Cards Against Humanity, which never fail to get the laughter going. A rousing board game night is the perfect way to light up one of the darkest, shortest days of the year during the winter break from classes. So make some yummy snacks, have your beverages ready and let the games begin!

It can be tough to think about enjoying winter. It’s freezing, it’s dark and you have to put on about 500 layers of clothing before you can even step outside. Get the most out of this winter with these activities and build on them to make your own uniquely Saskatchewan winter bucket list.

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Nifty and thrifty: A guide to second-hand shopping in Saskatoon EMILY KLATT Staff Writer

Second-hand clothing tends to be cheaper and better for the environment than fast fashion. For a midsized city, Saskatoon is home to a surprising range of second-hand clothing stores which meet every need, style and student budget.

For those that are new to thrifting, the idea of wading through piles upon piles of clothes may seem intimidating. Fear not! With some determination, patience and an eye for style, you can still look first class even when shopping second-hand.

Second-hand stores can be broken down into three categories: consignment stores, vintage stores and real-deal thrift shops.

Consignment stores buy new or gently used clothing from customers and sell the goods on their behalf. This means that not only can you get a good deal on some new

duds, you can also make some cash by selling your old ones.

A top consignment store in Saskatoon is Plato’s Closet, located in Sutherland. All of the clothing sold at Plato’s Closet is virtually brand new. They only accept items for consignment that are well cared for and currently in style and sell them for prices that are well below retail price.

Plato’s Closet is the place to go when you need solid basics for your wardrobe or if you are new to thrift shopping. Well organized by style, size and color, it is a far less intimidating experience than the endless aisles of the Salvation Army. You might not find any unique or rare treasures here, but no one will be able to tell that you bought your clothing second-hand.

If you love retro style, but don’t have the time or energy to devote to searching for that perfect piece, vintage stores are ideal. Vintage stores do the hard work for you, finding great clothing items from places like Value Village and reselling them.

I can recommend two great

vintage shops in Saskatoon.

The first, Midmod Vintage, is a true gem in the middle of the city. The entire store is like something out of another era. The clothing is definitely one-of-a-kind, which can be a positive or a negative depending on your personal style.

The second place is Goldie’s General Store, located above The Hollows restaurant in Riversdale. This cute store carries vintage clothing, accessories and household items. What it lacks in selection it makes up for in quality. There’s one catch, though: it’s only open on Sundays between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. You may have to block off some time to visit this store, but I promise you won’t regret it.

Because vintage stores tend to carry older and more unique items, the prices tend to be higher than those at a regular thrift store. You pay for the convenience of having great things curated for you. However, if you have a real love for quality clothing and shoes, it can be worth the price.

Finally, there are the classic thrift stores. I’m talking about

the giant stores crammed full of grandpa sweaters, velvet paintings and stacks of used CDs. Although thrift stores may seem intimidating, this where you’re going to find the real treasures at the best prices.

Saskatoon has a couple of excellent thrift stores — Value Village, the Salvation Army, Village Green and Worldserve Thrift Store. All are great options for clothes, shoes and other accessories. You’re definitely going to need to do some digging before you find anything worthwhile though, because in addition to having some awesome pieces, thrift stores are also cursed with a

lot of crap.

On the bright side, these places are usually run by charitable organizations, with some of the profits being donated back to the community.

They also accept donations during your shopping experience. If you like your shopping to come with a social conscience, thrift stores are the perfect fit for you.

While it may take a while to get used to hunting for deals, second-hand clothing can be a great addition to any wardrobe. All it takes is time, patience and perhaps some advice from an experienced thrifter to make the experience a success.

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Hung up on hangovers: What’s your fix?

CHELSEA POWRIE

Culture Editor For many University of Saskatchewan students, alcohol is a regular part of life — as is its unwelcome shadow, the dreaded hangover. We've all got our favorite, go-to hangover remedies, but do they really work? Is there actually a cure-all for the curse of the morning after?

Hangovers have been around for as long as humans have been drinking alcohol — which, it turns out, is a very long time. Supposedly, early humans, perhaps over 10,000 years ago, discovered alcohol in the form of fermenting fruit. It made them feel light and loopy and they decided they wanted more.

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traditions surrounding alcohol and their own ways of taming its after-effects.

A text written in ancient Greek from roughly 1900 years ago urges those suffering from post-drinking maladies to wear a wreath around their neck made from a shrub called Alexandrian laurel.

King George IV of England was prescribed opium by his doctors as a quick fix in the 1800s.

Zelda Fitzgerald, a famous 20s socialite and author, swore by a morning swim followed by another drink. A few decades later, Dean Martin took that a little further, claiming the best remedy is just to stay drunk.

Though these remedies might sound intriguing — if frequently unhealthy — it's unlikely that the average U of S student has access to any Alexandrian laurel, so the wisdom of past generations isn't much use to us. Instead, the Sheaf conducted an informal poll in Place Riel to find out what students are doing to treat hangovers.

A few standard responses were repeated frequently: drinking lots of water, both before and after drinking, greasy breakfast food and various flavors of Gatorade. However, some students have their own remedies which they swear by.

Second-year arts and science student Sammy Ramsay claims to have discovered on the Internet that drinking dill pickle juice in the morning provides an ultimate cure.

Kaitlin Wong, fourth-year psychiatry student, uses a combination of water

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and bananas. Simply sleeping it off, though, is enough for Alyssa Young, first-year arts and science student.

Clearly, there are plenty of theories out there on how to cure a hangover. The question remains, though: do any of them truly work?

Unfortunately for students who like to indulge, the answer is likely no. A 2015 study from Utrecht University in the Netherlands, in conjunction with Acadia University researchers and students, found that drinking plenty of water or eating fast food won't change the fact that the more alcohol you drink, the more likely you are to be hungover.

Some aspects of the typical hangover — dizziness and thirst, mainly — can be attributed to alcohol's dehydrating effect on the body. However, those dreaded feelings of nausea, weakness and general inability to function have not been scientifically tied to hydration. One current theory is that many of the undesirable www.thesheaf.com

morning after effects of drinking have to do with withdrawal, after the body got used to a large amount of alcohol over the previous evening.

The good news is that withdrawal symptoms will pass as your body readjusts to life without alcohol. The bad news is that there isn't much you can do except wait it out. The idea that you can “soak up” the excess liquor in your stomach with late-night greasy carbohydrates and thereby lessen the next morning’s hangover is, sadly, wishful thinking.

So, what is a hungover student to do, faced with a day of studying or classes? Luckily, there are some solutions.

Avoid more alcohol. Don’t turn to acetaminophen — brand name Tylenol — for your headache. Above all, though, just wait — time is your friend.

The culture of student alcohol use is widespread throughout history and around the world. U of S students are experiencing the same struggles with hangovers that humans have for millennia. For now, the struggle continues — until the next, best cure comes along.

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The dark side of sports:

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Sports are supposed to be all fun and games; however, there is one word that all athletes cringe at the mention of — injury. From the mildest sprain to the most severe break, no injury is ever a welcome one for athletes.

With athletes having to face a reality some of us will never know, a painful or threatening injury is one of the toughest things they will have to overcome — physically and mentally. Like a musician using their instrument, or a scientist using their equipment, athletes need their bodies to be in peak physical condition to be able to fully perform to their potential.

Although a majority of the injuries diagnosed are mostly just sprains, strains and pulls, the ones that really do damage are breaks, tears, concussions and dislocations. You’ve probably heard of the all-too-familiar ACL — anterior cruciate ligament — tear in the knee or the rising rates of concussions in sports; it’s these type of daunting injuries that are an athlete's worst nightmare. In one moment, you can be stripped of everything you have worked so hard for and be forced to watch from the sidelines for up to a year.

Statistics Canada released a study in 2011 regarding injuries and the results are staggering.

Adolescents between the ages of 12–19 have the highest likelihood of injury, with 27 per cent of teens suffering some sort of ailment. Of those 27 per cent, two out of three occurred due to a sports-related incident. If you break the numbers down, that means almost one in every five Canadian teens will suffer from some variation of a sports-related injury. In total, it is estimated that almost 35 per cent of Canadian injuries every year are caused by sports.

While a lot of these injuries are preventable by using better training methods and techniques, stretching and proper rest, many injuries that happen to high-performance athletes are just a result of bad luck.

Third-year Huskies basketball player Shane Osayande is a great example of this, as he had his 2014–15 season cut short due to a severe ankle injury, after drunking in practice. Osayande was diagnosed with a high, grade three sprain in his ankle and also tore some ligaments. He was originally crushed when he heard the news.

“At first I was devastated, just because it was in the Final Four. After talking with family and friends and coaches, it made me feel better — what doesn’t kill you can only make you stronger,” Osayande said. “I just have to do the rehab and I know I am going to come back stronger than before.”

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Athletes and injuries One place Huskie athletes can go to for the lengthy rehab process is the Summit Sports and Health clinic, owned and operated by University of Saskatchewan alumni Wade Phillips. After earning his undergraduate degree in physiology, Phillips went on to become a chiropractor in Toronto. Now back in Saskatoon with his wife, Phillips has opened up his own multi-disciplinary clinic, combining chiropractic, physiotherapy, registered massage therapy and personal training all under the same roof.

A high school quarterback himself once upon a time, Phillips enjoys helping out athletes and getting them back into game shape and stronger than they were before.

“The most common injuries we see at the clinic are definitely the tweaks, pulls and strains. The pulled hammy or a strained knee is one we help with a lot. With these types of injuries, we are always looking to not only help fully heal the

muscle, but strengthen it to prevent re-injury,” Phillips said.

The rehab process can be a long and difficult one, depending on the injury, but Phillips and his staff make sure the athletes are aware of the process from day one.

“Rehabilitation for these minor types of injuries can typically take a couple weeks to a month. Our biggest thing with athletes is that they all want to rush back and get back into it as quickly as possible, which in most cases isn’t what you want,” Phillips said. “The more severe injuries, like torn ligaments, can take up to a year to fully rehab. It’s a long process and we break it down into stages.

“First, you want to let the muscle heal and we work on the soft tissue before we do any rehab work. Then, once it’s healed long and properly enough, we do some basic movement and motor patterns that are similar to what they would experience in their sport.

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This is the longest portion of the process. From there, we work into more strength and conditioning to build the power and size of the muscle back to normal, and even stronger than it was to prevent it from happening again.”

Osayande has been working hard away from the court to ensure he gets back to playing with the Huskies before this season is over. After being given a workout plan by trainers and a physiotherapist, Osayande is doing a variety of different exercises, such as doing movements in the pool, strengthening in the weight room or working on his conditioning on the stationary bike.

He is rehabbing almost three hours a day in order to make sure he gets back on the court. To some, that may be an impossible task but Osayande pushes himself through, knowing the rehab is necessary.

“Just knowing where I want to be and knowing that if I don’t rehab properly, I may never be able

“I just have to do the rehab and I know I am going to come back stronger than before… what doesn’t kill you can only make you stronger.”

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to play basketball ever again or ever have the same type of strength in my ankle. Knowing the consequences of not doing it and what could happen to me.”

Third-year Huskies defensive lineman Preston McIntyre suffered a scary knee injury earlier this season and went through some of the same thoughts and hardships as Osayande. McIntyre tore his MCL during a play and was forced to miss

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a month of action.

“When I initially went down on the field, I knew my knee was hurt but I had no idea how good or bad it would actually be. So when I saw a doctor after the game and was told I had torn my MCL, but would probably be able to recover before the season was over, I was actually relieved that it wasn't worse,” McIntyre said. “But I was still obviously disappointed that I would be missing some significant time, and I was worried that after recovery my knee wouldn't be the same as it was before the injury.”

For some athletes, the hardest part of overcoming a serious injury can be their mindset. With some in constant fear of reinjuring and others depressed due to their indefinite sidelining, the mental strength of these athletes is really put to the test.

Phillips understands the athletes’ point of view after being in their shoes not too long ago. He knows the rehab process isn’t always easy, but it’s for the best.

“It can be a long mental process for a lot of the athletes, but they are committed. The hardest part for a lot of them — and I was the same way when I played — is they want to jump back in as quickly as possible, and that’s where we come in to pull on the reigns a little, and say ‘slow down.’

We just talk them through the process and what they can expect every step of the way and what to expect when they finally get back in the game,” Phillips said.

McIntyre can attest to how mentally exhausting the rehab process can seem.

“Having to spend a couple of extra hours out of my day at physio definitely got mentally draining after a while, especially on days when it didn't seem like I was making any progress. And during my first week back at practice after my injury, it was tough for me to be confident playing at full speed because the worry of hurting myself again was always in the back of my mind. But I got my confidence back pretty quickly after I played my first game after being injured and didn't have any issues with my knee,” McIntyre said.

Although injuries are a part of the game, nobody ever wants to see somebody get hurt, especially seriously. Particularly at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport level, where these student-athletes aren’t getting paid, it is always a difficult thing to see. While the life of an athlete may seem glamorous, just remember, they are putting their bodies on the line each and every time they suit up.

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upcoming events • Bahamas at the Broadway Theatre • Don Griffith at Bon Temps Café • Séan McCann at Village Guitar & Amp Co. • The Bombadils at The Bassment

Thursday

friday

• Jon Bryant at The Bassment • Last day of the USSU’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Awareness Week • Steph Cameron at the Underground Cafe • Transgender Day of Remembrance at the Neatby Timlin Theatre (Arts 241)

• Alchemy Fashion Show with the Classy Chassys at the Capitol Music Club • Michael Cain at The Bassment • Saskatoon Songwriter Showcase at the Underground Cafe

saturday

• The U of S Greystone Singers and University Chorus’ “A New Winter’s Day” at Knox United Church • X Ambassadors with Grizfolk at Louis’ Pub

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All work and no play: The culture of the working student KAY-LYNNE COLLIER With the average tuition and fees for a student enrolled in a full course load at the University of Saskatchewan costing upwards of $6500 a year, many students are seeking extra employment in order to help offset the costs of their higher education.

The life of a university student is already a busy one, filled with exams, papers, lab reports, readings and assignments. It’s a common occurrence to see a university student staying up until the wee hours of the morning to complete all the work that gets assigned to them.

However, with both the cost of living and soaring tuitions, some students are struggling to make ends meet. In Saskatchewan in 2015, students now have to work almost three times as many hours than a Saskatchewan student in 1975 in order to pay their tuition, according to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Shawn Clouthier, a thirdyear arts and science student in women’s and gender studies, works three jobs in order to pay for their education, sometimes putting in upwards of 20–25 hours each week.

“I unfortunately need to work in order to pay the bills,” Clouthier said.

However, Clouthier also believes that having a job while going to university can be a good thing.

“I would probably still work a bit even if I didn’t have to. Going to work forces you to take a break from school work in a guilt-free way. I’d like to say the extra money is nice as well, but it’s not really extra,” Clouthier said.

Although a lot of university students are now working to pay for their schooling, some students are avoiding having to seek employment.

Erickson Ureta, first-year computer science student, thinks there are a few options for remaining unemployed — unfortunately not always available to all students.

“If you know you have enough money saved up or you have other sources of money — for example, your parents — then maybe you'll be fine in school without a job. Otherwise, [getting a job while you’re in university] is pretty necessary,” Ureta said.

One of the biggest issues that university graduates face once they leave school is unemployment.

Post-graduates are having a harder time finding jobs for a variety of reasons. It could be the competition for professional careers in Canada.

Or, for second-year psychology student Samuel Rafuse, a huge contributing factor to graduate unemployment is a lack of life experience.

“Working a job in university is almost essential, but so is studying. You mostly need to budget and prioritize.

What matters to you most?

Experience is more valuable

to employers than simply a degree,” Rafuse said.

As Rafuse said, it’s important to find a balance between work and your study. However, that can be difficult to accomplish. Clouthier emphasized the importance of taking care of yourself while juggling a job and university.

“It’s really helpful to look at your schedule and honestly ask yourself how much you’ll be able to handle. And if it ends up being too much, drop some hours, if you can.

Just remember that your well-being is most important,” Clouthier said.

Personally, I am also working two jobs, sometimes three, in order to pay for my education. It’s definitely not easy and sometimes sacrifices have to be made in order for me to maintain both my grades and finances.

My social life tends to take the heaviest hit. However, I agree with the overall sentiment that working during university is almost necessary, especially if you don’t have financial support from your family.

Scheduling can be difficult sometimes, but balance is important. The best situation is students doing the best work they can do in both their schooling and their job. Clouthier stresses the importance of trying not to take on too much at once.

“If you think that working will be beneficial to you and you can’t foresee it harming your mental well-being, then go for it! But don’t bite off more than you can chew,” Clouthier said.

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High time for time change in Saskatchewan CHELSEA POWRIE

Culture Editor Saskatchewan is the only Canadian province in which the phrase “daylight saving time” elicits looks of confusion or skepticism. Every other province observes a twice-yearly clock change, and Saskatchewan should get on board.

There are several reasons why adopting daylight saving practices would be good for Saskatchewan — not to mention the poor, befuddled rest of Canada that is trying to communicate with us — but first, let's look at how time change evolved in Canada in the first place.

Everyone dreads waking up in the morning on those short, dead-of-winter days when the sky is still pitch black. Daylight saving began to attract global popularity in the early 1900s, starting in Europe and spreading

rapidly westward.

The idea was to adjust clocks backwards during shorter winter days, allowing people to save energy in their homes by waking up closer to sunrise. If the hours of natural light were modified to fit people's existing waking schedules, the theory went, then nations would spend less money on artificial light.

With the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the idea really picked up steam.

In fact, during the First and Second World Wars, Saskatchewan actually did observe daylight saving time.

After the wars, however, the province was split into a mish-mash of different time zones depending on the municipality, with the result that roughly half the province was on Mountain Time, like Alberta, and half on Central Time, like Manitoba.

Clearly, this was a headache, so in 1966 the Saskatchewan government unified the province under Central Time through the Time Act. However, the province voted not to adopt daylight saving

time. Every province in Canada has the choice whether to observe it or not, and Saskatchewan dug in its heels and held out.

Today, we're stuck with an strange system. For one thing, municipalities along the western or eastern borders are allowed to merge time zones with their neighboring province instead.

As such, we have quirky cities like Lloydminster — already enough of an oddity since the AlbertaSaskatchewan border runs straight through it — which are sometimes an hour behind the rest of the province.

For another thing, the rest of Canada is tailored

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for provinces that change their clocks.

Television programming, standard flight times for airlines, interprovincial train schedules — Saskatchewanians have to learn to subtract or add different numbers of hours to these times depending on the time of year. Why not make things easier on ourselves?

The most recent 2015 clock change occurred on Nov. 1, when the rest of Canada recited the well known mantra “Spring forward, fall back” and reminded themselves to switch their clocks back one hour during the night, gaining a luxurious extra hour of sleep.

As a result, Saskatchewan is an hour ahead of Alberta and in sync with Manitoba and will remain so until March 2016, when the endless timezone yo-yo will reset.

While the reasons for the creation of daylight saving time in the first place are no longer compelling — especially among students, since we're well known for burning the midnight oil — the concept is still a good one.

When I woke up in Saskatoon on Nov. 1 this year to a dark sky, I found myself mournfully recalling my time at school in British Columbia when I could always count on a bright morning on the first Sunday in November.

It's also wonderful to get an extra hour of sleep that night, since it's often midterm season. The March change forward always provides a burst of hope that spring is finally around the corner.

All practical arguments aside, daylight saving time provides two markers to split the year up into manageable portions, which is an especially helpful tool in cold, dark prairie climates.

So let's show some unity with the rest of Canada — saving everyone the semiannual headaches — and adopt daylight saving time in Saskatchewan. It might sound confusing to lifelong Saskatchewanians, but I promise it's nowhere near as confusing as the current situation — you'll wonder why we didn't change time sooner.

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Prime Minister Trudeau is more than just nice hair KARA TASTAD Almost a month after the election that signalled the end of a prolonged Conservative reign, Canadians are beginning to look at Justin Trudeau for firm change and policies.

So far, Trudeau has been stepping up to the plate.

Oct. 19, 2015 took Canada by surprise. Although the countless anti-Harper advertisements throughout the election made it clear that Harper’s time was up, not many expected the Liberals to come out on top — let alone with a majority government.

In the last four weeks, Trudeau has set a very prominent stage for change within Canada. His new gender-equal electoral cabinet is one of the most diverse cabinets in Canadian history, including the first Muslim minister, an Aboriginal justice minister and an Inuit minister for northern fisheries.

As reported in the Star, according to Trudeau, it is pleasure to present “a cabinet that looks like Canada.” When asked about why he chose a

gender-balanced cabinet, his response was simple: “Because it’s 2015.”

Although a gender-equal cabinet might seem like a fantastic step forward for Canada, for Trudeau it seems to have been long overdue.

These new positive developments are not the only way the new prime minister is creating change, however. The former position of minister of the environment has been changed to minister of environment and climate change.

Trudeau has also appointed a minister of science, as well as a minister of innovation, science and economic development.

These new positions suggest we will see an increased emphasis on empirical data in government decision-making, which is a new change that has excited many scientists who were formerly silenced under previous governments.

Increased spending by the new government appears to be a worry of many Canadians, with some arguing that the economy can’t handle it.

Spending can seem daunting but no matter how fragile Canada’s economy is, there are

certain expenses that Canada cannot afford to ignore.

The most heavily contested spending Trudeau has promised is a multi-billion dollar investment into federal infrastructure over the next 10 years. His plan to pay for this endeavour is by running small deficits each year in the budget and using those deficits for the infrastructure.

Not many people can argue against these hopeful aspirations for creating more jobs for Canadians and thereby boosting the economy.

However, the most interesting spending plan is one that strikes closer to home for many university students.

In August 2015, Trudeau came to Saskatchewan and promised to invest $2.6 billion into Aboriginal schools and postsecondary student support.

Although it may appear to be a lot of money to the average Canadian, not doing so would be more costly.

In fact, the funding on reserve schools is currently 30 per cent less than public schools. This lack of funding only decreases the number of opportunities and technolo-

gies available at these schools to enhance learning, thus providing a lower quality education than city schools.

This gap in education quality is demonstrated by the fact that Aboriginal students exhibit a high school dropout rate four times higher than the national average. Not having a proper education only creates unskilled workers and results in poverty — and poverty creates a cycle of more underprivileged education.

In order to break the ongoing cycle, we need to put money into the educational system, which is exactly what Trudeau plans to do. Even with

a fragile economy, not putting money into proper education for all citizens of Canada only harms the economy instead of building it up.

Next time you think of Canada’s new prime minister, get ready to think big. The future will be focused on providing support to minority groups as well as providing more representation to our multicultural nation.

With this includes long overdue spending which, as counterintuitive as it seems, will only boost our economy while helping the multicultural citizens our country is made of.

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Pipe down: A refresher on library etiquette LEE BONHAM Manners and etiquette are central to successful interactions at work. Following the ingrained formula of social cues concerning privacy certainly falls under the realm of etiquette and manners. Unfortunately student’s manners still fail all too often.

This failure of etiquette has given rise to a campus that now disregards the privacy of other students and forces itself upon other student’s workplaces.

These offenses primarily occur in our libraries.

The library is like a universi-

ty’s church of knowledge, and — like any other church — it has some rigid, occasionally strict rules about behaviors and appropriate actions for once you’re inside.

The main commandment of the library — as we all know but somehow tend to forget — is silence. A silent workspace is a necessity for many students to maintain their academic standing, while others simply prefer total silence to read or write.

In many cases, ignorant students who are somehow devoid of the notion of library silence disregard this need for privacy and this right to silence. This

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behavior, at an academic institution focused on higher learning, is decidedly unlearned.

Libraries are synonymous with silence and evoke the timeless image of a fussy librarian shushing everyone for the slightest of infractions. This is the image that was drilled into our heads as children in an effort to instill the notion of privacy and quietness within the walls of these institutions.

Libraries are an indispensible part of our society, allowing for the free distribution of literature and ideas for all students. The only payment due at the library is a conscious silence in order to not disturb those around you.

A reason for this mass forgetfulness of basic etiquette might stem from the evolution of the library in the 21st century. The availability of the Internet — and therefore nearly the entire breadth of human knowledge — has led to Google becoming the primary access point for new information.

The ease that we can now research and acquire knowledge with has caused the library to shift from being a place of

quiet, independent study, to a semi-quiet meeting space with comfy chairs.

Some students seem to be stuck with the notion that their need to relate details of their personal life to their friends somehow voids the inherent rules of the library. While this is not the case, personal experience would dictate that a select few very well feel that way.

Carrying out a phone call while browsing books on the fifth floor of the Murray Library is unacceptable, as the young man who I gave a very stern talking to — along with polite suggestions as to where he should go instead — found out.

But as fun as it is to ream out perpetrators of this crime against learning, it remains besides the point that I am making. When I need to take minutes away from my studies to make someone else aware of how they are inconveniencing me and my fellow students, I myself am creating a disturbance.

This disturbance, based on those involved, could end with my intervention or it could

carry on into a conversation, thus ensuring the maximum annoyance for all those in it its proximity.

At the University of Saskatchewan, we are lucky to have a number of choices when it comes to libraries, study places and work zones. We have a wide variety of social gathering and student oriented amenities.

Place Riel, Louis’ Pub, Louis’ Loft and Alexander’s Restaurant & Bar are all nestled on or just off campus and facilitate the social aspects of university life.

The student body should be using these areas and others like them for the exchange of gossip and trivialities and leave the library to the dedicated students who are simply looking to succeed in their studies.

When it comes to minding library etiquette, the student body should follow a simple piece of advice: don’t be rude.

Respecting the rules of the library shows respect for the right that students have to both privacy and silence in a work space.

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No seriously, we should be mad as hell over library fines Opinions Editor I know it sounds insane, but hear me out on this. Petty as it seems, overdue fine rates at the University of Saskatchewan are astronomical and it’s high time we all realized it.

Students across the planet are known to vehemently protest high student fees and tuition rates, and for good reason. Universities are notorious for gouging vulner-

Kyra Mazer The U of S library leaves students well read, but in the red financially.

problem at hand.

At the Saskatoon Public Library, regular books can be checked out for a guaranteed 21 days with a chance for renewal. Overdue fines are also 30 cents per day.

By contrast, at the U of S library, students are only guaranteed a minimum seven days with books before they can be recalled, and — if they’re returned late — fines are $2 per day. This is, by all standards, bananas.

Traditionally, being a university student involves using a lot of books. If you’re writing a paper, a week with a book is almost undoubtedly going to be insufficient.

Likewise, the Saskatoon Public Library primarily offers reading material for the general public. While there are recreational reads available at the U of S library as well, chances are if you’re checking a book out at school it’s a scholarly source and something you need to read, not just something you felt like picking up for fun.

So, in other words, the U of S is taking advantage of its captive audience by imposing unreasonable and unrealistic time limits and fines on the student body.

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Are we going to take this?

When students are already one of the most cashstrapped demographics, having to pay fines like this leaves them in a fairly exploited position — and make no mistake — you will be paying them.

If your fines get out of control at the Saskatoon Public Library, you could hypothetically walk away from the table, stop using the library and avoid having to pay them. No matter what Seinfeld might lead you to believe, no book cop is going to hunt you down and make you pay for your crimes and — as we have just seen — the library might even eventually waive them for you.

If you let your fines hit $30 at the U of S library — a simple feat to pull off if you’ve got several books checked out at once — your library privileges will be suspended, effectively rendering you unable to research or write at an academic level.

Furthermore — and perhaps a little more dramatically — you can’t receive grades, sign up for new classes or even graduate with outstanding fines, so if you’re getting fines, you

Save the Children Canada The Saskatoon Branch is seeking new volunteers.

Please come to the next meeting on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., at the Edwards Family Centre on 4th Avenue North, across from Saskatoon Funeral Home.

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For more information, please contact Dr. Mel Hosain at 373-9877 or, preferably, at hosain@sasktel.net

best believe you’ll be paying them off sooner than later.

Admittedly, it would be ridiculous to see students organizing a mass protest or strike over something like library fines, even if they are wholly unreasonable. Luckily, that isn’t the only solution we have at our disposal.

A number of Canadian universities, including Dalhousie University and the University of British Columbia, observe an annual “food for fines” event. For a period every year, students can knock $2 off of their outstanding fines for every food bank donation they bring into the library.

Being that complaining isn’t going to do much to actually help us all out, the U of S should seriously consider adopting this model and giving students a chance to help themselves while helping out others, all while promoting continued use of university amenities.

As easy as it would seem to just return our books on time, shit happens. We don’t always have the luxury of being able to do that, and until we do, it seems that having a way to sidestep these fines is sorely needed.

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able students and squeezing every last nickel and dime out of them.

However, at the U of S we have a completely different reason to be getting riled up: the unreasonable and exploitive rates of library fines — stay with me.

In an altruistic move, on Nov. 2 the Saskatoon Public Library announced that it would be waiving upwards of $1 million in overdue fines in an attempt to increase patronage. Certainly, the public library has much different motivations and caters to a broader group, but this move still underscores the real

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You don’t have to sit in school to stand among greatness.

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Flashy Parade Highlights Homecoming

first in college floats

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› Thomas Edison: The world’s most extraordinary failure never gave up.

Thank goodness.

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Q: I’ve been in Saskatoon for two months now and I still have no idea what the good bars and clubs are.

What’s the deal with the nightlife around here? — Kyle

Nap without judgement in public.

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Sugar: Since Saskatoon is surrounded by small towns your best bet is any country bar! Don’t like horses, trucks or plaid? Reconsider your tastes or you’ll likely be living lonely for the rest of your stay in Saskatoon.

Spice: I’ve got a crowbar that I’d just love to introduce you too. That said, if you’re looking to spend a night on the town, I hear that the bar fights at Hudson’s Canadian Tap House are second to none.

Q: The guy I like lives on another continent! How do we live happily ever after?? — Jessica

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Not wear clothes.

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Sugar: Oh hun, my heart goes out to you. One of you will eventually have to apply for citizenship if you’re in this for the long haul. Remember that long distance doesn’t have to be difficult and frustrating. You can spice up your love life with technology nowadays! Best of luck to you, I’m on your side!

Spice: Can’t help you. I’d never associate — let alone like — someone who came from another continent.

Do invisible random acts of kindness.

Kaylee Ford

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Transgender Day of Remembrance

Participate in the

USSU Annual General Meeting 6:00 p.m. Thursday November 26, 2015 Neatby Timlin Theatre, Room 241 Arts Bring your student card.

PIZZA AND POP!

For more information visit: ussu.ca

Candlelight vigil to honour those who have been lost due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.

November 20, 2015 6:00 p.m.

Room 241, Arts

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