The Sheaf - November 28, 2013

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28 November, 2013 • The University of Saskatchewan student newspaper since 1912

Engineering students create video game for kids with cystic fibrosis.

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Greystone Theatre’s latest production is the perfect dark comedy.

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Silence! unveils fresh student art for auction NICHOLAS KINDRACHUK Culture Editor

For its 16th winter the Visual Arts Student Union is putting on their silent auction featuring student art, Silence!

VASU uses the venue not only to support the group and students themselves — as half of the proceeds go to both the student and VASU for each piece sold — but as an opportunity for upcoming artists to see their own work shown and potentially sold. From Dec. 2 – 6, people can come out to the Gordon Snelgrove Gallery to enjoy the exhibition and bid on items.

Attendees have a selection of 180 pieces to bid on from 40 students, covering a variety of different media including paintings, photographs, prints and sculptures.

Aralia Maxwell, co-organizer and a participator of the event, will herself have a large variety of work submitted into the show, including handmade colouring books and hanging sculptures called “Meditation Helmets.” Theseworks provide a glimpse of the variety that is coming out of one artist, and with the large number of artists participating in the event the sheer amount of originality to come out is bound to be vast.

VASU uses the proceeds from the event to directly help the students in Friday Figure Drawing Sessions, where models pose for students to draw them, and BFA Scholarships, while half to 75 per cent goes to the student directly depend if they volunteer at the event.

Finding a piece of beautifully made local art goes right back to the students, presenting them with more opportunity in their academic careers to continue learning and developing as artists.

Supporting student artists is a great reason to make it out to Silence! as many of them will be learning in their first gallery experience, “Silence! is a great opportunity for student artists to showcase and sell their artwork, as well as gain valuable skills in learning how to hang and exhibit their artwork,” said fellow organizer Stacie Huculak.

On the professional side of things Huculak believes that the experience of being in the exhibition is invaluable.

“I believe Silence! is highly beneficial to students. They learn more about the business side of art something that isn’t emphasized much in class and how to make connections,” Huculak said. “Often people are very interested in commissioning a student after seeing their

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A wide variety of artists promises that each piece will offer its own unique style.

All of the works on display will be for sale. work in Silence!”

For participator Katlynn Balderstone, Silence! helps her more fully understand her art.

“It helps give students an idea of how to price their work through their opening price and what people are willing to pay, which isn’t something we get in other university art shows.”

Taking the time to support student art and speak with the artists gives students and attendees alike the chance for greater learning as well as to foster an important part of Saskatoon community and culture.

As with each year, artist Terry Boucher will be submitting a piece of Lego art, the sale of which will see all proceeds go directly toward VASU. Last year his creation was influenced by the bridges of Saskatoon. While this year’s piece is yet to be unveiled, Maxwell hinted that it will focus on some kind of transport.

Submissions for the show are left open, with no co-ordinating theme as is the norm at most other galleries. This concept lets the artist have complete freedom to create what they are currently inspired by or to display what they feel they are most skilled at. It also offers a unique gallery experience, where every piece is bound to be unique and completely different from the last.

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The reception and auctioning of the pieces happens on Nov. 29, though there is still plenty to see and enjoy for those not looking for a new piece of art to take home.

“The reception on Friday is a great place to hang out with friends and celebrate the end of the semester,” said Maxwell. “Basically it is just a big art party!”

Music for the auction will put on by DJ Weatherboy, so you can take in the art while dancing the night away. There will also be a sweet sixteen photo to commemorate the event’s 16th year.

The reception will also offer beer and wine by donation as well as free homemade appetizers and desserts for all to enjoy. There will also be a number of door prizes available to win, donated by local businesses.

While Silence! offers an opportunity to find some unique art and potential holiday presents for friends and loved ones, it is also an entertaining chance to support those enrolled in fine arts and enjoy a different gallery experience.

Check out Silence! at Snelgrove Gallery from Dec. 2 – 6. Bidding on artwork takes place from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. on the final evening, while the party itself continues until 10 p.m.

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Video game could help cystic fibrosis patients

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Corrections • In the Upcoming Huskies Games section of last week’s paper, we wrongly claimed that the Huskie Invitational began at 10:00 p.m. We apologize for the error and any inconveniences it may have caused.

• In the “U of S students support sustainable living” article from our Nov. 13 issue, we wrongly credited the Environmental Studies Students’ Association and the Environmental Bioresource Students’ Association for a career fair held in the Agriculture Building. The event in question was in fact held by the School of Environment and Sutainability and the Global Institute for Water Security. We apologize for the error.

SCOTT DAVIDSON Associate News Editor A group of University of Saskatchewan students are working on a video game that could yield huge therapeutic benefits for children with cystic fibrosis.

The game is in development by fourth year students Thomas Bazin, Tyler Spink and Dalton Mainil — who are all working on double majors in electrical engineering and computer science — and is based around an existing cystic fibrosis therapy called positive expiratory pressure.

PEP therapy involves exhaling into a plastic tube and maintaining a certain air pressure inside for a set number of breaths and time. Bazin, Spink and Mainil’s game uses this mechanic as its core aspect.

PEP therapy is important because cystic fibrosis primarily affects the respiratory system. The disease causes severe mucus buildups in the lungs, making it difficult to clear bacteria. Accumulated bacteria can lead to chronic infection and inflammation of lung tissue. There is currently no known cure.

The three students, collectively known as Onatha Studios, have developed three game scenarios thus far with various aspects controlled by the patient maintaining air pressure.

In one, the air pressure in the tube controls the speed of a rocket flying through outer space. In another, the height of the player as they fly through a virtual world and collect prizes is affected. The third scenario has the patient’s jumping and hovering abilities in the game as variables.

The game “uses the actions they do during physiotherapy as an input to control a video game,” Mainil said.

“Instead of just doing therapy, they’re playing a game which rewards them for regular and accurate performance of that therapy.”

The trio also developed the game’s hardware, which replaces the existing PEP device’s reading meter by feeding a digital signal to a computer to control the game.

Typically, PEP therapy requires about an hour of a patient’s day and amounts to blowing into a tube, watching a meter and keeping a bar between two lines. As a result, adding an interactive aspect like

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(Left to right) Dalton Mainil, Tyler Spink and Thomas Bazin have designed a video game for children recieving treatment for cystic fibrosis. a video game could help to break the monotony of the process — especially for children.

“These kids are starting therapy as young as five and they have a hard time understanding why they’re doing this and it also falls on their parents to force them to do it, so we wanted to make the therapy more enjoyable,” Spink said.

Spink added that another benefit of the system is that it gives structure to the therapy.

“Parents don’t need to stand over the kids to make sure they’re doing it properly since the hardware can measure and keep track of everything,” Spink said.

The group has been working with physiotherapists in Saskatoon to ensure the game fits the needs of their patients and is compliant with theraputic methods.

“We want to make the games interesting and we’re experimenting with all these types of game mechanics,” Bazin said. “But at the same time, we want to make sure the integrity of the therapy is maintained.”

The game started as the group’s senior design project in electrical engineering.

Students select projects from a list which includes suggestions from industry officials or, in the case of Bazin, Spink and Mainil’s game, from a Saskatoon woman who was

diagnosed with cystic fibrosis later in life and suggested developing therapeutic methods that kids would find fun.

“When we saw we could develop a video game that could help people, we thought that was really cool and we jumped on the opportunity,” Bazin said.

However, since the group started working on the project a year ago, it has evolved into more than just a school assignment.

They submitted their project to the i3 Idea Challenge hosted by the Wilson Centre for Entrepreneurial Excellence in May and took the top prize of $15,000.

“We got some great feedback from everyone there and all the in-kind services really helped us to get the ball rolling and take our prototype and develop it into something we could market and sell,” said Spink.

Mainil said that they will be putting the prize money back into the project, The group has no set timeline of when the project will go to market, and said that it is still very much in the development phase. However, they said they will be using their final year in school further refining the game, continuing work with physiotherapists and building business connections for the eventual release.

Supporting the parents of children affected by trauma TAYLOR BOROWETZ

Many different therapies are available for those who experience childhood trauma, but University of Saskatchewan psychology professor Jorden Cummings is working towards developing services focusing on the parents and strengthening the entire family.

“There’s no specific therapy for the parents,” Cummings said. “And sometimes parents have a lot of their own negative experiences that they are going through after the child has experienced trauma.

“As both a clinician and a researcher when I was going through grad school, I noticed that there wasn’t a place for the parents to get some help,” Cummings said.

The lack of support for parents is clearly an issue for Cummings, who said some studies suggest that parents might develop symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder themselves.

PTSD is characterized by flashbacks wherein the person mentally re-lives the traumatic event. Other symptoms include avoiding anything that reminds them of the event and high levels of anxiety.

Usually parents do not receive treatment when their child experiences trauma.

Besides the lack of services, one barrier

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to parents of children who have been traumatized receiving treatment may be the parent’s own beliefs.

“They feel like they are being selfish,” Cummings said. “That if their child experienced a trauma, that it would be selfish for them to go get their own services and I would really like that stigma

to be broken.”

This belief does not just impede on the health of the parents, but can affect the child’s healing as well. Parents are only in optimum condition to help their children when their own emotional needs are being met.

“I would like caregivers to feel like there’s a place where [parents] can process what they’ve been through as well,” Cummings said of her work’s goal to help parents help their children.

“This project right now is just focused on parents — developing a really brief therapy for them with the idea being that the next step would be to put these therapies into one package so that the child and the parent would be treated together,” Cummings said.

Not only would this address the previously overlooked needs of the parents, but children receiving treatment for trauma tend to heal better when they receive more support from their parent, Cummings said.

“The idea is to help the parent with what they’re going through, so they can help the child with what they’re going through as well.

“You could eventually develop a therapy that addressed the whole family’s needs at

the same time,” said Cummings.

This process would help families heal together, improve communication and save time and resources.

“You are giving them skills as a family that they can take with them.”

Construction recently finished on the Video Therapy Analysis Lab located in the Arts Building. As the lab has a room with two cameras — one to capture the client and one for the therapist — a recording of the sessions can be coded and analyzed to find out which of the parts of the therapy are beneficial for the client.

Cummings said they can find out which circumstances yield positive results by gauging the client’s emotion and how they respond to therapy.

Examining these factors brings the researchers closer to finding out what truly makes a therapy successful. The goal is to increase the potency and effectiveness of the service that is provided.

“Once you know that it works, the often helpful next step is to figure out why,” Cummings said. Once the researchers understand what caused the desirable outcomes, the way therapy is implemented could be tailored so that patients can be supported and treated more efficiently and effectively.

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Grad students’ residence opens 28 November, 2013 • thesheaf.com

ANNA-LILJA DAWSON Senior News Editor

On Nov. 20, the University of Saskatchewan officially opened its first graduate studentsonly residence.

Graduate House is located on 1593 Aird Street and is the last addition to the College Quarter residence project that has a total of five new residences — increasing occupancy by 1,000 students.

Graduate Students’ Association President Ehimai Ohiozebau said the new residence has been met with positive reviews from his peers.

“There was a need to have it dedicated to graduate students so they would have an opportunity to interact with their colleagues,” Ohiozebau said. “It is a beautiful structure and is well designed for graduate students.”

Graduate House offers students their the choice of roommate in the two-bedroom units.

However, children are not allowed.

Ohiozebau said the fact that the new residence is not for families is not an issue for graduate students, especially since Souris Hall is already available to fulfill those needs and that cost is the actual problem.

“The idea behind this housing is more for single people or couples without kids. If there is an issue, it’s more of cost — the ability to get affordable accommodation,” he said.

Graduate students are not struggling to find themselves places to live in Saskatoon, the challenge is finding places that are affordable.

Ohiozebau said he hopes the U of S recognizes that this is an issue graduate students face.

“I wouldn’t go that far and say [Graduate House] meets the affordability mark,” he said.

“I hope that the university will consider the need to review the current rates … I hope the university would provide more residences that would be affordable.”

Ohiozebau was a member of a planning committee that consulted with graduate students while designing Graduate House.

However, he said that he was not part of the committee that recommended the cost for each of the different apartment units.

The new residence has four different apartment models, each furnished with a kitchen with appliances and a microwave, a bathroom and large windows for natural lighting.

The bachelor unit incorporates compact shelving units and a sitting area, if desired, into the nearly 27 square-meter apartment.

This unit is recommended for students who value privacy and economical living spaces.

The single unit loft is a spacious apartment with an upstairs bedroom, leaving a larger living area on the main floor.

Two spacious bedrooms, each with a large window, are the defining features of the two bedroom unit. This loft-style apartment is the most spacious housing option at Graduate House with one of the bedrooms located upstairs for ensured privacy.

Three wheelchair accessible units are

also available in two different floor plans for students with disabilities. There is a 26.8 square-meter single-bedroom unit as well as a two bedroom apartment — one bedroom is wheelchair accessible while the second is intended for the student’s assistant — that is 47.8 square meters.

Aside from apartment-style living quarters, the first floor will include retail space, a meeting room, a laundry room as well as

student, study and TV lounges. The second floor of the residence has a classroom, a study room and a lounge for socializing.

The five-floor residence can house 262 students, with 120 graduate students having already moved in.

Construction began in June of 2011 and is expected to be completed by this December, costing the U of S $39 million.

members of council and executive members as is required, will consist of the USSU president, the general manager and three councillors of varying constituencies who will be elected by the remaining members of students’ council.

A debate was sparked to have the general manager removed as a standing member of the tribunal, with the possibility that the position be filled — as proposed by former USSU president Jared Brown — by the union’s lawyer on retainer. Vice-President Operations and Finance Jenna Moellenbeck argued that bringing their lawyer into the process would ultimately be too expensive.

With only four votes in favour, the amendment failed.

A further amendment to the issue was brought up claiming that allowing the defendant to bring an advocate into the process, even at the discretion of the CEDT, would be akin to “lawyering up” and may overly complicate the disciplinary process.

Those present at the AGM were split evenly on the matter and the proposed change to the amendment was taken off the table.

One final amendment was brought into question on the CEDT, which moved to relocate a portion of Section 87 of the bylaw — Subsections Eight and Nine, specifically,

which dictate the defendant’s appeal process — into a separate subsection so as to more appropriately define their intentions. With a majority vote, the amendment to the subsection was passed.

All other amendments to the remaining bylaw sections were passed with little debate.

The AGM began with an address from USSU President Max FineDay. He summarized the challenges and accomplishments the executive members have had in this academic year, including an update on his proposed open-textbook program and his push for a first term reading week.

Though the AGM saw enough students present to meet quorum, some USSU executives were disappointed with the turnout.

“I think that the U of S campus is very diverse. There’s a lot of different student groups around campus — international students, domestic students, students from across the country, even from different colleges,” said Vice-President Student Affairs Nour Abouhamra.

“I don’t think [the AGM was] an accurate representation of our campus because … it wasn’t as diverse as I would have liked it to be. I wasn’t surprised at who was there, but I would have liked to see more diversity.”

Fifth-year political studies and philosophy major Nick Marlatte, who was present at the meeting, likewise believed that the AGM was not an accurate representation of the U of S student population.

“A lot of the attending students there happened to be rather involved with student politics or related organizations on campus, and it would be of great benefit to the USSU if the AGM were better promoted to get a wider range of students to the meeting,” Marlatte said.

However, FineDay said the AGM saw promotion “on Facebook, Twitter, obviously the back page of the Sheaf … I talked to the association of constituency presidents to tell their members; we told the [members of students’ council] to tell their members.

“We tried in a number of ways to advertise so that students [would] know.”

Graduate House is the newest addition to the university’s residences.

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Students OK new disciplinary tribunal at USSU annual meeting HENRYTYE GLAZEBROOK Editor-in-Chief

The University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union held their annual general meeting on Nov. 21, where the main debate was over amendments on a motion to abolish the Code of Ethics and Disciplinary Committee and reconstitute it as the Code of Ethics Disciplinary Tribunal.

The role of the AGM is to evaluate the USSU bylaws with students — a minimum of 50 students and 15 members of University Students’ Council are required to meet quorum — and discuss the possibility of passing amendments to any changes that are being put forward. All amendments are voted on by those present, with only those passing by a majority plus one being written into the bylaws.

The main issue at hand was the intention to remove the CEDC from the bylaws due to a feeling among the USSU executive that the committee was ineffective in its current state.

Members of the CEDC said they lacked proper knowledge to maintain their roles, were not being properly supported in their decisions and had vague powers that were not properly delineated. Other issues over the CEDC included that the information used by committee members was not adequately presented and that the committee, by definition, is inherently required to report their decisions back to the students’ council as a whole.

USSU Vice-President Academic Affairs Jordan Sherbino summarized the problems with the CEDC, describing it as “people making a decision that didn’t necessarily matter when they didn’t know what they were doing with information that they didn’t know how to get.”

Changes made in reconstituting the group as the CEDT included the introduction of the general manager to provide a sense of continuity and guidance when called upon, ensuring that members would receive proper instruction and orientation about their duties as well as to remove the program as a committee of council and create a separate entity that would have its own distinct power.

The newly adopted tribunal, whose primary function is to issue disciplinary action among

Jordan Sherbino explains why the CEDC needed a serious overhaul.

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Provinces working on legislation to control flavoured tobacco ANNA-LILJA DAWSON Prairies and Northern Bureau Chief SASKATOON (CUP) —November saw the Ontario and Alberta governments announce new legislation regarding tobacco control while the public in other provinces turned to see what action their own governments will take.

Debate has long been underway in Alberta’s legislature over a private member’s bill that would outlaw the sale of fruit and candy flavoured tobacco products.

On Nov. 7 the Alberta government announced Bill C-33, tobacco related legislation which would introduce new laws banning the use of water pipes in public, smoking in a car with a person under the age of 16 and the individual sale — or sale in small quantities — of cigarillos.

Following suit, on Nov. 13 the Ontario government announced new legislation and amendments to the Smoke-Free Ontario Act that would also ban the sale of all flavoured tobacco products in the province and restrict smoking in public areas such as bar and restaurant patios, near sports fields, playgrounds and on hospital grounds.

The legislation would also ban the sale of tobacco products on college and university grounds.

Neither Alberta nor Ontario’s legislation will affect the sale of menthol products nor will Ontario’s affect twist sticks, lozenges or dissolvable papers if there is no tobacco in the product — nicotine will be allowed.

Both acts intend to reduce the number of youth smokers in the province. Ontario’s act doubles the current fines for selling tobacco products to minors.

The exclusion of menthol products by both provinces is a concern for Jill Hubrick, health promotion coordinator for the Lung Association of Saskatchewan, who said menthol is equally harmful as other flavours among the tobacco products targeting youth.

“Menthol masks the harshness of the product and it makes it so the airways aren’t as irritated. In some ways it makes it even easier for youth to begin to smoke,” Hubrick said.

Tobacco products marketed to youth

New tobacco laws are popping up across Canada to deter youth from smoking.

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usually have bright wrappers, sweet smells and flavours and are often mistaken for items normally found in a backpack like markers, lipgloss and candy, Hubrick said.

“They make it more likely for youth to experiment with the deadly product,” Hubrick said. “We think that if a youth is more likely to experiment that increases the risk of them becoming addicted.

“A lot of people have a misconception that because these flavours and additives hide the harsh stench of the tobacco smoke, smell and even taste, that it is somehow less harmful.”

The Lung Association of Saskatchewan has partnered with the Canadian Cancer Society, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Coalition for Tobacco Reduction to lobby the provincial government on new tobacco legislation for an across-the-board ban on flavored tobacco — including menthol.

The 2010-11 Youth Smoking Survey showed 52 per cent of Canadian youth — ages represented in Grades 9 to 12 — reported using flavoured tobacco products within the last 30 days. Saskatchewan had the highest rate among the provinces surveyed with 54 per cent answering they

had used these products within 30 days.

The YSS also showed that Saskatchewan has the highest incidence of youth smokers with a rate of approximately 28 per cent.

Ontario and Manitoba were the only provinces to fall under the national average of youth smokers — 14 per cent — with rates of 11 and 13 per cent respectively.

Despite Saskatchewan’s high percentage of youth smokers, Minister of Health Dustin Duncan said the provincial government is not looking at any new tobacco legislation any time soon.

“We’re seeing other provinces moving in the same direction Saskatchewan has already gone,” Duncan said. “In terms of an outright blanket ban on flavours, we’re waiting to see what the other provinces are going to come up with and then we’ll make some decisions after that.”

Following the tobacco industry finding loopholes in the federal government’s 2010 legislation banning flavoured cigarillos, Duncan said Saskatchewan will wait to see if other provinces can introduce successful tobacco legislation before introducing their own.

The Government of Manitoba will continue to fight the tobacco industry by

near their phone.

Those who send text messages are also 42 per cent more likely to sleep with their phone. The main concern for researchers is the constant flurry of incoming texts and messages, causing young adults to habitually check their phones throughout the night.

Professionals believe that a regular use

of cell phones leads to sleep disruption, causing daytime fatigue as well as negative effects on memory and attention. One researcher noted that distracting devices, such as cell phones, could actually affect daytime alertness.

“We have jet lag in a different form now in modern life called social jet lag,” said Richard Horner, professor of medicine and physiology at the University of Toronto.

“Because we are exposing ourselves to activities and light at later times, then trying to reset ourselves in the morning.

“It’s like we’re in a different time zone.”

Horner is also the director of research program Sleep and Biological Rhythms, that looks into all aspects of sleep-related rhythms.

“There is an issue that people talk about called sleep hygiene,” Horner said. “This argues that we should take our sleep health as importantly as we value nutrition and physical activity for general health and well-being.”

Another recent study done by Washington and Lee University in Virginia found higher levels of interpersonal stress in young adults who regularly text late into the night. The study also claimed that not only are young adults pushing back the time at which they go to sleep but the light emitted by the phone’s screen makes it difficult for the body to produce melatonin, the chemical responsible for

creating tighter legislation that will not give companies the same opportunities to slip through loopholes according to a government spokesperson.

“We’ve been focused on reducing tobacco use for everyone in the province and helping to make sure young people don’t start in the first place,” Jodee Mason, cabinet communications for the Government of Manitoba, wrote to the Canadian University Press in an email.

“We will continue to work with the federal government to deter youth from starting” to smoke.

Keeping in mind the backlash from the general public that the Ontario government is facing for the prohibition of flavoured tobacco products, Duncan said he would like to find a way where adults who enjoy these products will not face such limitations.

“We would just want to make sure that we are having a proper balance between encouraging young people not to use tobacco while not necessarily restricting adults from making decisions that they may choose to make on their own,” Duncan said.

Saskatchewan prohibited smoking in the workplace in 2009 following a ban on smoking in all public places in 2005. Laws restricting smoking on restaurant and bar patios are under municipal jurisdiction.

In 2010, laws banning the sale of cigarillos in packages of less than 20, smoking within doorways, windows and air intakes of public places, the display of tobacco signs and products indoors and outdoors and smoking in vehicles with children were made effective in Saskatchewan.

The Youth Smoking Survey is conducted every two years in classrooms in each of Canada’s provinces. The 2010-11 cycle did not include New Brunswick. A total of 50,949 students participated in the survey from 426 schools. The YSS is a joint contract between Health Canada and the Propel Centre for Population Health Impact.

Cell phones proven to disrupt sleep cycles CONNOR WARD The Cord (Wilfred Laurier University)

WATERLOO (CUP) — Scientific studies are finding that sleeping with or near a cell phone can have serious adverse effects on health. A 2010 study conducted by Pew Research Centre found that 90 per cent of Americans aged 18 to 29 sleep with or

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Texting before bed and checking your phone at night can be detrimental to young adults’ not only clocking enough hours of sleep, but also sleeping well.

signalling the body to sleep. Sleeping with a cell phone can both push back bedtime and make it difficult to fall asleep.

Not only are young adults getting less sleep, the sleep they are receiving is also of a poorer quality.

“There have been so many studies done that show that sleep affects performative tasks and motor skills,” Horner said. “It’s not just the fact that you’re going to be awake; your brain processes information to you while you are asleep.

“Pulling an all-nighter is never a good idea … people don’t perform well the next day.”

Horner also discussed human efficiency after long, sleepless periods — comparing insomnia and severe lack of sleep to human performance after drinking alcohol.

“After about 18-20 hours awake, the body performs on tasks that require skills similarly as if they’ve had two drinks,” he said.

As more studies are done concerning phone use at night, results increasingly confirm that using cell phones and electronic devices before bedtime has serious effects on our health.

“It’s a question of how well we can prioritize and whether the short term benefits actually last a long time,” Horner said.

SPORTS 5 Grey Cup goes green, stays in Saskatchewan 28 November, 2013 • thesheaf.com

AUSTIN ARVAY

The Saskatchewan Roughriders capped off their dream season with a 45-23 dismantling of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Regina on Sunday night to capture the 2013 Grey Cup. The Riders dominated from the coin toss and turned the province into full on party mode.

After losing Grey Cups in 2009 and 2010, Darian Durant and the Riders would not be denied a championship on home field. The Tiger-Cats looked overwhelmed by the 13th man, as the crowd was as loud as ever in Mosaic Stadium.

The Ti-Cats were sunk by a dreadful second quarter where the Riders put up 24 points compared to just three by Hamilton.

Touchdowns by Kory Sheets, Jock Sanders and Geroy Simon had the crowd and an entire province jumping for joy as the Riders had a comfortable 31-6 halftime lead.

The second half saw the game become a little closer as the lead was 31-16 entering the final frame.

The hometown boys finished with some fireworks as Sheets scored his second touchdown. Following a Henry Burris fumble, Durant found Weston Dressler for the sixth Roughrider major. John Chick led the defence with two sacks and a forced fumble. Weldon Brown chipped in with five tackles and an interception.

Kory Sheets was a beast and paced the Riders on offence to earn the well deserved honour of Most Valuable Player. Sheets ran for a Grey Cup record 197 yards as well as two touchdowns. After the game he credited his offensive line with opening up big holes to make his job easier.

The offensive line played their two best games of the season these last two weeks and Durant, as well as Sheets, benefited from the success up front. Durant finished a near perfect playoff run, completing 17 of 24 passes for 245 yards, three touchdowns and zero interceptions.

Durant is often heavily scrutinized in Rider Nation. When the team isn’t playing well, critics are quick to shoulder Durant with the blame. This season he finally silenced his naysayers, leading the league in passing touchdowns this season with 31, while throwing a career low eight interceptions. However, in the playoffs he took his game to the next level with just 15 incompletions through all games. He threw

for just under 800 yards and ran for another 150 in the three postseason games, landing eight touchdowns and no interceptions during the same span.

Durant was the losing quarterback in both the 2009 and 2010 Grey Cups and admitted he needed to play better in the championship game if the team was to succeed — a task he lived up to on Sunday. After the game Durant was overjoyed and swelled with emotion as the clock hit zero.

“Somebody get the monkey off my back, please!” Durant said after the game. He also thanked the contingent of fans that had always believed in him.

But the night wasn’t about Durant, Sheets, Dressler or Simon — nor was it about the defence that performed so well all year long.

After so many years of heartbreak and postseason failure, this was about Rider Nation as a whole.

Devoted fans forgot all about past disappointments and reveled in perhaps the greatest win in the franchises’ 103 year history.

The team came together at the right time and played phenomenally from top to bottom.

The offensive and defensive lines controlled the trenches. The defence didn’t miss many tackles and held Hamilton in check all game. Durant found the open receivers and his targets caught passes and made wouldbe tacklers miss. From management, down to the players and the fans in the stands, this Grey Cup championship is for all of Rider Nation to share.

Following the game, long time fans were ecstatic and some even shed tears as they watched their beloved team capture their fourth Grey Cup. Some 44,000 green-clad fans were rambunctious all game and only a handful had left following the end of the game. Most stayed for the celebration in the stands and to see the team be presented with the Grey Cup. Celebration spilled over into the streets as a few thousand fans lined up and down the Green Mile in Regina, soaking in the oncein-a-lifetime feeling. The party lasted well into the night for both fans and the players alike, as the victory cements this season as one of the greatest of all time. Never before have the Riders won the Grey Cup on home turf and that is why this game was so special.

On behalf of all the Rider fans, congratulations to the 2013 Saskatchewan Roughriders for their unbelievable season.

Canada West Standings Men’s Volleyball 1. Trinity Western 2. UBC 3. Alberta 3. Brandon 3. Mount Royal 3. Thompson Rivers 7. Calgary 7. Manitoba 7. Winnipeg 10. Saskatchewan 11. UBC Okanagan 12. Regina

Men’s Hockey GP-W-L 10-9-1 10-7-3 10-6-4 10-6-4 10-6-4 10-6-4 10-5-5 10-5-5 10-5-5 10-3-7 10-2-8 10-0-10

*Top seven teams from each division qualify for playoffs

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Prairie Division 1. Alberta 1. Saskatchewan 3. Winnipeg 4. Lethbridge 5. Calgary 6. Regina 7. Brandon 7. Manitoba

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Men’s Hockey Nov. 29 and 30 vs. Mount Royal University Cougars at 7:00 p.m.

Jan. 3 vs. University of Manitoba Bisons at Credit Union Centre at 7:00 p.m.

Jan. 4 vs. University of Manitoba Bisons at Credit Union Centre at 2:00 p.m.

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• Nov. 30 in Brandon vs. University of Brandon Bobcats at 5:00 p.m.

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Mount Royal University Cougars at 7:00 p.m.

• Jan. 3 in Manitoba vs. University of Manitoba Bisons at 7:00 p.m.

• Jan. 4 in Manitoba vs. University of Manitoba Bisons at 6:00 p.m.

Women’s Basketball Nov. 29 and 30 vs. University of Manitoba Bisons at 6:15 p.m.

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• Nov. 30 in Brandon vs. University of Brandon Bobcats at 6:45 p.m.

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Men’s Basketball Nov. 29 and 30 vs. University of Manitoba Bisons at 8:00 p.m.

Wrestling • Jan. 4 in Edmonton at Golden Bear Invitational

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Pandas and Dinos take down competition at Huskie Open SCOTT DAVIDSON Associate News Editor

The University of Alberta Pandas and the University of Calgary Dinos took home the women’s and men’s team titles respectively at the annual Huskies Open wrestling tournament on Nov. 23.

The University of Saskatchewan Huskies women placed third while the men finished fourth.

The Pandas took the win with 42 points on the women’s side while the Dinos took second with 23. The Huskies finished with 17 points.

The Dinos placed first in the men’s division with 46 points, edging out the Golden Bears who had 42. The Huskies placed fourth with 27 points, behind the third place University of Winnipeg Wesmen who finished with 35 points.

The tournament brought together varsity teams from the U of S, U of A, U of C, U of W and the University of Jamestown. As the tournament is open format, wrestling club teams from Calgary and Saskatoon also competed.

The Huskies brought home six individuals medals — one gold, four silvers and three bronzes.

Second year wrestler Malcolm Meekins claimed the Huskies’ only gold medal in the men’s 72-kilogram weight class. Meekins blew out three of his four opponents by a minimum of 10 points.

The Huskies’ Shane Johnson narrowly defeated Saskatoon Wrestling Club’s Patrick Leynes 17-14 in the semi-final of the men’s 54-kilogram division in one of the best matches of the day before falling to the Golden Bears’ Melvin Arciaga in the gold medal match.

In the women’s 67-kilogram division, second year Huskie Shelby Irwin took second place in her first competition since claiming a silver medal at the 2013 International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles’ Junior Pan-American Championship in July.

Annie Monteith and Anthony Ojukwu also won silver medals in the women’s 48-kilogram and men’s 100-kilogram weight classes respectively.

Lisa Brise took home the Huskies’ only bronze medal of the day after falling to eventual silver medalist Temi Ogunjimi of the Dinos in the semi-final of the women’s 63-kilogram class.

Huskies Theo Dow and Drew Buhn narrowly missed podium finishes in the men’s 61 kilogram and women’s 59 kilogram classes

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Huskies wrestler Dylan Bray shows off his battle wounds.

respectively. Buhn’s teammate Laryssa Barry finished fifth in the same division.

Both Buhn and Barry lost to the Pandas’ Cholena Horne in the consolation bracket.

A second fifth place finish was claimed by the Huskies’ Jacob Phillips in the men’s 120 kilogram division.

The Huskies also had three sixth-place finishes, with Katie Duchak in the women’s 51-kilogram class, Andrew Johnson in the men’s 82-kilogram class and Dylan Bray in the men’s 61-kilogram class.

Named a Canada West second-team all star twice, Bray’s first round win against Wesmen Moktar Hakimi was perhaps the most

exciting match of the day. Unfortunately, during the match the Huskies’ star suffered a concussion and a cut above his right eye which required stitches. Bray was unable to continue competing following the injuries.

Overall, Daniel Olver, Huskies wrestling Interim Head Coach was pleased with his team’s performance.

“I felt the team wrestled with heart and did not hold back,” said Olver, “This was our first small peak, so it was good to see where we are at as a team and what we need to work on.”

Also competing for the Huskies were Silke Svenkeson, Shukwia Tajik, Richard Cux, Blake Pritchard, Jeff Kirzinger and Evan Yaworski.

Former Huskie and Canadian Interuniversity Sport gold medalist Jill Gallays competed in the open portion of the tournament and took home the gold medal in the women’s 59-kilogram class.

The University of Calgary Wrestling Club’s Jasmine Mian and Saskatoon Wrestling Club’s Calvin Daum were named the tournament’s outstanding wrestlers.

The Huskies return to action on Jan. 4 in Edmonton at the Golden Bears Ope

Huskies lose battle of the provincial rivals

KIMBERLEY HARTWIG Sports Editor

The Huskies men’s hockey team split hosting duties with the University of Regina Cougars this week. The Dogs travelled to Regina for the game on Nov. 20, then turned around to host the Cougars on Nov. 21.

After losing both games, the Huskies are now 6-8-0 on the season and are in fourth place in Canada West.

Wednesday night’s game in Regina ended 3-1 in favour of the home team, despite the Huskies taking an early lead.

Brennan Bosch scored the lone goal for the Huskies just past the eight minute mark in the opening frame. Matthew Spafford sent a pass to Bosch, who then wired a shot past Cougar goalie Lucas Gore.

Brock Appleyard levelled the score in the second period when his shot from the slot got past Huskie goalie Ryan Holfeld.

Liam Brennan put the Cougars ahead 2-1 with seven minutes left to go in the frame.

Brennan scored again with one minute left in the second after the Huskies turned over the puck in the neutral zone.

Mid-way into the season the men’s hockey team has fallen just below .500.

The Huskies pulled Holfeld to send an extra man onto the ice in the final minutes of the third period, but it was to no avail as the Cougars earned a 3-1 victory.

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The Huskies lost Thursday night’s contest 3-4 in overtime at Rutherford Rink.

The Dogs got on the board 2:48 into the game, when John Lawrence pushed the puck

past Cougar goalie Andrew Hayes during a scramble in front of the net. The Cougars drew even just shy of the nine minute mark when Appleyard beat Holfeld.

With a two-man advantage to start the second period, the Cougars quickly netted a second goal off the stick of Brody Luhning to take a 2-1 lead. The Cougars pushed ahead to 3-1 after Tyler Penny buried the puck past Holfeld.

The Huskies began their comeback three minutes into the second frame when Ryan McDonald’s goal cut the deficit to one.

Huskie Kenton Dulle scored again at 7:41 in the third period to tie the game at three apiece and send the game into overtime.

The teams battled through added time with neither side breaking through to score until the final minute. With 42 seconds remaining and the Huskies left shorthanded after a penalty, Brennan scored the game winner for the Cougars.

The Huskies host the Mount Royal University Cougars on Nov. 29 and 30.

Huskies shoot past Cougars in standings KIMBERLEY HARTWIG Sports Editor

Going into the weekend series, provincial rivals the University of Saskatchewan Huskies and the University of Regina Cougars were fighting for second place in the Canada West standings.

After taking both games on Nov. 22 and 23, the Huskies moved to 9-3-2 on the season and into sole possession of the number two ranking.

Rookie goaltender Karen Lefsrud made 22 saves to help the Huskies to a 4-0 win over the Cougars during Friday night’s match. The shutout was the second of Lefsrud’s Canadian Interuniversity Sport career.

Sara Greschner put the Huskies on the board first with a wrist shot at 14:23 in the first period. The goal came during a power play after Cougar Triston Riemer was taken off for tripping.

The Huskies scored again on a power play,

this time from the stick of Kaitlin Willoughby at 2:42 in the second period. Captain Cami Wooster extended the Huskies’ lead to 3-0 ten minutes into the same period.

Alexee Klassen netted the fourth and final goal for the Dogs just shy of the five minute mark in the final period.

On Sunday night Wooster scored the winning goal during a shootout to lift the Huskies to victory.

After neither team was able to score in regulation or overtime, the squads headed into a deciding shootout. Huskie goaltender Cassidy Hendricks stopped two Cougars shots while another sailed over the net.

Cougar netminder Toni Ross blocked two shots as well but Wooster was able to beat her on the left side for the win.

Hendricks made 29 saves on the night while Ross turned away 32.

The Huskies play the Mount Royal University Cougars in Calgary on Nov. 29 and 30.

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Thanks to two wins over the Cougars, the Huskies moved up to second place in Canada West.

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Women’s basketball team Spartans edge Huskies men’s basketball team in final seconds back to winning ways KIMBERLEY HARTWIG Sports Editor

The Huskies men’s basketball team may have suffered their first loss at the hands of the Trinity Western University Spartans on Nov. 22 at the Physical Activity Complex, but they were able to regroup quickly and come back the next night to defeat the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades.

With their record now at 7-1, the Huskies remain tied with the University of Alberta Golden Bears for the top spot in the Prairie Division.

A basket in the closing seconds of Friday night’s game gave the Spartans a 75-73 victory over the Huskies.

Everything was going to plan for the topranked Huskies, who held a comfortable 44-28 lead at halftime, but by the fourth quarter the Spartans had begun to fight their way back. The home team led 58-47 at the beginning of the final frame but the advantage began to slip away A strong push from the Spartans offence coupled with untimely Huskie turnovers had the Spartans down by six with five minutes left on the clock. Dadrian Collins netted five straight points to extend the Huskies’ lead to double digits, but the Spartans rallied once again.

Robert Rodriguez’s three pointer and pair of free throws had the Spartans within three, down 70-73. Spartan Anthony Ottley’s jump shot cut the Huskies’ lead to a mere one point with forty seconds to go.

A costly turnover gave the Spartans the ball and Denny McDonald drove to the basket to give his team the lead, drawing a foul on the play.

With the Spartans now leading by one point, McDonald hit the free throw with three second left to secure the win 75-73.

Collins scored a game-high 22 points for the Huskies and Ben Baker recorded a doubledouble with 15 points and 13 rebounds.

The Huskies regained their form on Saturday night, defeating the Cascades 8362.

The Cascades hit the floor ready to play and jumped to an early 9-3 lead while the Huskies struggled to land their shots. The home side found their groove and led 20-16 at the end of the quarter.

Baker knocked down 12 points in the second period to help the Dogs extend their lead to 45-31 at halftime.

The Huskies continued to improve their play as the game progressed and outscored the Cascades 29-15 in the third quarter — including a 19-6 run — for a healthy 74-46 lead heading into the final frame.

The Cascades never found their way back and the Huskies assured their season losses would remain at one.

Baker recorded his second straight doubledouble with 20 points and 11 rebounds.

Stephon Lamar added another 20 points and Collins chipped in 17.

The Huskies host the University of Manitoba Bisons on Nov. 29 and 30 in the Physical Activity Complex.

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KIMBERLEY HARTWIG Sports Editor The Huskies women’s basketball team has already bounced back from losing their first game of the season.

The team posted two wins this past weekend over the Trinity Western University Spartans on Nov. 22 and the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades on Nov. 23. With the wins the Huskies remain in top spot in the Prairie Division with a 7-1 record.

The Huskies overtook the Spartans 8157 on Friday night in the Physical Activity Complex.

The home team stole the momentum from tip off, going on a 9-0 run to open the game. The Dogs continued their dominance throughout the first frame and by the end of the quarter they had mounted a 24-7 lead.

Heading into the break the Huskies led 4324.

The Huskies showed the same form to start the second half, as the Dogs’ offence created an 11-4 run. After three quarters the Dogs had a healthy 66-37 advantage that the Spartans were never able to make up.

The Spartans outscored the Dogs 20-15 in the final quarter, but the home team secured the win 81-57.

The Huskies shot 46 per cent from the field and 30 per cent from beyond the arc while the Spartans shot 34 per cent and 25 per cent from the same markers.

Top scorer for the Huskies was Dalyce Emmerson, who recorded 22 points. Kabree Howard chipped in 13 points while Antoinette

Miller grabbed eight off the boards.

The Huskies were just as impressive in Saturday’s game, defeating the Cascades 7757.

Another quick start from the home team had the Dogs up 15-3. The Cascades forced their way back in to trail 15-11, but by the end of the quarter the Dogs still led 23-18.

The Huskies used precision shooting to stave off any comeback attempts from the Cascades. The Dogs shot 59 per cent over the first half, helping the home team mount a 4028 lead at halftime.

Despite the Cascades going on a 5-0 run to end the third period, the score stood at 55-44 in favour of the Huskies going in to the final frame.

The Dogs took away any momentum the Cascades had built in the previous period by bursting into the fourth with a 14-4 run. The Dogs displayed strong defense, allowing the Cascades just 13 points in the final period while the home team netted 22.

The Huskies ended the game shooting 55 per cent from the field while the Cascades shot 38 per cent.

Huskie Kabree Howard was the game high scorer with 18 points. Howard also added five assists and went 9-10 from the free throw line. Taya Keujer scored 11 points while Dalyce Emmerson and Kiera Lyons each scored 10.

The Huskies host the University of Manitoba Bisons on Nov. 29 and 30 in the Physical Activity Complex.

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The men’s basketball team’s undefeated streak was broken by the visiting Spartans.

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Huskies send WolfPack to the doghouse KIMBERLEY HARTWIG Sports Editor

The Huskies women’s volleyball team didn’t drop a single set this weekend, defeating the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack on Nov. 22 and 23 in Kamloops, B.C. The Dogs are now 4-6 on the season and sit seventh in the Canada West rankings. The WolfPack remain winless at 0-10.

The Huskies downed the WolfPack in straight sets on Friday night, prevailing 25-15, 25-16 and 25-23.

The visiting team settled in quickly, jumping to a substantial 19-3 lead. The WolfPack couldn’t recover and the Huskies claimed the firs 25-15.

The Dogs continued their impressive form in the second, building another 19-3 lead and eventually claiming the set 2516.

The third set was a much more competitive affair, with the WolfPack holding the lead until the Huskies pulled even at 17. Down 22-23, a WolfPack service error tied the score and gave the Dogs the ball. Kills by Huskies Kayla Tycholiz and Emmalyn Copping closed out the match.

Tycholiz led the Huskies with 15 kills and three digs. Anne Hanbidge recorded eight kills and Copping added another six.

The Huskies continued their domination

over the WolfPack in the second match, winning 25-5, 25-9 and 25-21.

The visiting team controlled the opening two sets and were never in danger of a WolfPack comeback. In both sets the Dogs earned huge leads and rode the momentum to wrap up sets one and two with ease.

For the second night in a row, the third set was the most competitive of the night.

The WolfPack were able to keep pace with the Huskies until a kill by Julia Kryzan gave the Dogs a one point edge at 19-18.

At 21-20 for the Huskies, three straight kills from the visiting side put the Dogs ahead 24-20.

The WolfPack saved one match point off a kill of their own from Kaitlin Lomas but on the next rally Candace Heuser closed

the match for the Huskies.

Leading the Huskies once again was Tycholiz with 10 kills and three block assists. Hanbidge tallied six kills and four digs while libero Jennifer Hueser recorded a match-high 12 digs.

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Despite a promising opening, the Huskies failed to post a win over the Tuesday, December 3, Thompson Rivers University WolfPack on Nov. 22 and 23 in Kamloops, B.C. 7:00 pm With the losses the Huskies are 3-7 on the season and sit in tenth place in the Canada West standings.

FLOCK & GATHER PRESENTS sheaf nov 28, 2013 alt15.indd 1 11/17/2013 4:52:57 PMAfter quickly falling behind two sets to none, the WolfPack fought their way to a five set win. The Huskies took the opening two sets 25-0 and 26-24 before the home team stormed back to claim the final three 25-19, 25-20 and 20-18.

The Huskies embarrassed the WolfPack on their own court in the opening set, not dropping a single point on the way to taking the first 25-0. The second set was A HANDMADE MARKET much closer, with the Huskies sneaking it out 26-24.

By the third set the WolfPack were ready to play and at 14-all they began to pressure the Huskies. Two service aces ST. JOSEPH’S from Stuart Richey gave the home side the lead and the WolfPack kept their nose PARISH HALL ahead until they took the third 25-19.

535 8TH ST. EAST No team was able to gain an advantage (CORNER OF BROADWAY + 8TH) in their fourth set until — at nine all — the WolfPack pulled away to lead 17-12. The Huskies couldn’t make up the difference and the two teams headed into the decider after the WolfPack pocketed the fourth set 25-20. free admission The Huskies continually fought off DECEMBER 6TH & 7TH match points in the fifth set, denying the Friday 4PM -10 PM Saturday 10AM -5 PM WolfPack seven times before a kill from Brad Gunter at 19-18 gave the home side fl o c k a n d g a t h e r. b l o g s p o t . c o m the win.

Paul Thomson led the Huskies with 16 kills and Bryan Fraser added another 13.

Fraser and Jordan Nowakowski recorded 11 digs each.

The Huskies dropped the second meeting to the WolfPack in straight sets 22-25, 18-25 and 21-25.

The Dogs stayed close to the WolfPack at the beginning of match until the home team began to pull away at 12-10. The WolfPack eventually built a 20-15 lead but the Huskies pulled back to within one, down 22-23. Two kills from the WolfPack’s Brad Gunter gave the home side the first set.

The second set was much of the same as

the WolfPack pulled away for 20-13. The closest the Dogs would come was within four points as the WolfPack wrapped up the second 25-18.

At 21-20 in the third set, another two kills from Gunter gave the home team a 23-20 lead. Tyler Epp’s kill gave the Dogs the ball back but another kill from Gunter and a Huskie error gave the WolfPack the set and the match.

Thomson led the Huskies with eight kills. Epp and Evan Ericson each added seven.

The Huskies face off with the University of Brandon Bobcats on Nov. 29 and 30 in Brandon.

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What’s in a name: sports teams, mascots and racism KIMBERLEY HARTWIG Sports Editor The debate surrounding potentially offensive sports team names and mascots has been raging for decades and has now taken hold in Saskatoon. One area high school, Bedford Road Collegiate Institute, is bearing the brunt of the criticism.

The school, whose team name is the Redmen and logo is a profile of a First Nations man, has come under fire.

Bedford Road graduate and current University of Saskatchewan student Erica Lee re-ignited a movement ­— which began in 1996 — to change the schools moniker and logo in 2011 when she made a Facebook page called “Bedford Road Redmen: It’s Time for a Change.”

Lee was inspired to fight for change after a teacher gave her an article about the implications behind First Nations mascots and logos.

“It’s something that I think a lot of people don’t realize, that they’re actively supporting racism,” she said. “I think that it’s just something we don’t talk about ... we’re so used to things like that now so we don’t even question it.”

The Redmen aren’t the only remaining high school, collegiate, or professional sports team to bear a questionable mascot or name.

A high school in California call themselves the Coachella Valley Arabs and there are well known professional teams such as the Washington Redskins in the National Football League and the Cleveland Indians in Major League Baseball.

In total there are nine high schools that use the name Redskins in Canada and the United States and many more who use names derived from Aboriginal Peoples.

However, many teams who were once portrayed by culturally loaded mascots have changed to something more benign.

A high school in Illinois changed their name from the Pekin Chinks to the Pekin Dragons in 1980 and up until 1972 Stanford University’s mascot was the Stanford Indian.

The school changed their name to the Cardinals (the colour) and their mascot to a tree.

Stanford University Ombudsperson Lois Amsterdam stated in a petition to change the mascot that "Stanford's continued use of the Indian symbol in the 1970's brings up to visibility a painful lack of sensitivity and awareness on the part of the University.”

Forty years later, many teams still use a similar name and logo or a variation on the theme.

In recent decades there has been a strong push to abolish harmful mascots, including an extensive policy to remove negative images established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Calls to change the name of the Bedford Collegiate Redmen have

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also been supported by various members of the University of Saskatchewan community, one of which is the Department of Education Foundations in the College of Education.

In an email sent to CTV, department head Diane Miller wrote, “The idea that such logos and mascots are positive representations of Indigenous peoples is false. These images spring from centuries-old racist discourses …

The Department of Educational Foundations agrees that it is time to stop pretending that stereotyping is an honour. It is racism.”

No professional team has taken on a name or logo that uses racial stereotypes in name or imagery since 1963 but many pre-established images, such as the Cleveland Indians’ Chief Wahoo, continue to exist.

A common defence of fans and owners of sports teams with racially charged images is that the mascot is meant to honour the people of its likeness or to reflect their proud history. This assumption continues to unravel as more and more individuals who are meant to be “honoured” refute this myth.

“I know that a lot of people will see Redman, Redskins, native logos as an honour but the fact is that there are more and more native people that aren’t comfortable with this representation and it can lead easily to a lot of negative stereotypes and negative images of Native American people and First Nations people,” said Lee. It’s hard to imagine how this name can be taken as an honour when the Oxford Dictionary lists the term “Redman” as dated and offensive and is commonly seen as a racial slur. At one time, this name and others like it had less loaded meanings, but connotations have become more negative over time.

Despite being dropped from current use and Redmen being a pejorative term, many schools still feel it’s appropriate to bear on their jerseys and trophies. These names were not adopted by schools many decades ago

with the intent to offend, but the cultural stereotypes they espouse should be assessed from a modern standpoint.

“People get defensive because they think we’re calling them racist but the point is that a lot of people [are] not looking at it and questioning it,” Lee said. “They’re not seeing it as a representation of people even though it’s the face of a Native American. They’ll just see it as a logo and not really as a person

OPINION

Bedford R NATALIE DAVIS Bedford Road Collegiate Institute is one of Saskatoon’s oldest high schools, second only to Nutana Collegiate Institute. With that age comes a history, and with all that time passed comes a necessity for change.

Bedford opened its doors on Feb. 12, 1923. Their mascot, Big Red of the Redmen, is a reflection of less tolerant times and is something that must be updated for the present day. Shockingly, there are many people who still don’t understand the reasons why it must be revamped.

Popular arguments for the mascot to remain include charming sentiments like: Aboriginal Peoples are being oversensitive and that Big Red is a symbol to be proud of.

I wonder if any of the people behind those misinformed phrases have looked up the word Redmen in the dictionary.

Not to worry, I’ve done it for you. Redmen: (outdated or offensive) an American Indian.

It looks to me like the term is not a source of First Nations pride at all.

Still not convinced? This next little gem is incredibly offensive; my apologies and you’ve been warned.

Taken from a post on the controversial Facebook page “Bedford Road Redmen, It’s Time for Change,” this is an excerpt from the Sept. 24, 1863 issue of The Daily Republican, a newspaper in Winona, Minnesota.

The newspaper declared that “the state reward for Redskins has been increased to $200 for every Redskin sent to purgatory.

This sum is more than the dead bodies of all

or as a symbol of anything.”

These names and mascots present a caricature of real, living people and cultures that are continually evolving, while the depictions rest in past stereotypes.

“One argument is that when people look at that logo, they don’t see people; they see a mascot when in reality it’s this weird sort of distorted reality of what First Nations culture is actually like,” Lee said.

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The Washington Redskins football team has come under fire for their name and logo.

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Road Redmen’s mascot needs updating the Indians east of the red river are worth.”

The spelling may be different, but the idea is the same as the mascot for one of our city’s high schools. This is not appropriate.

A high school should be a centre of respect, where all sorts of ethnicities feel safe, welcome and able to learn in a comfortable environment — not a place that employs an offensively stereotyped mascot and provides fuel for hatred toward students, staff and members of the community that desire to change the mascot.

The only ethnic or racial stereotypes being used for team mascots in North America are those depicting Aboriginal Peoples. Many teams have been given names such as the Chiefs, Indians, Savages, Eskimos and Redskins. How many teams can you think of that are named after Yellowmen, Tar Babies or derogatory names for any other ethnic group?

Why is the Redmen mascot even considered appropriate at all? The Facebook page “Bedford Road Redmen, It’s Time for a Change” has more than 700 likes; clearly there are a lot of people who find the mascot offensive. And if it is offensive to anyone, the voices of the offended should be heard above those who think there is nothing wrong with it currently. It blows my mind that this is even a debate.

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Another argument against changing names and mascots is that it’s part of the team’s history and that the vast majority of fans aren’t bothered by these depictions. But more often than not, it’s people who have no cultural ties to the representations who claim they are harmless.

In the case of the Bedford Road Redmen, those who cling to the school’s proud tradition may be ignoring an entirely separate history.

“The weird part about this is that it’s a primarily white school board and Bedford Road school and teachers and students that [are] holding on to this logo and claiming it’s their tradition,” Lee said.

Other detractors say that the fight to change these names is just another in the battle for all-encompassing political correctness.

Lee sees doing away with the old as a way for First Nations people to reclaim their present and future identities.

“I think that it will show that First Nations people are reclaiming their right to represent themselves as they see fit,” she said.

As for whether or not the mascot and name at Bedford Road will eventually change, Lee is optimistic the school will adopt something that all students can be proud of.

“I think it’s coming,” she said. “I think it’s inevitable”

in K-12, post-secondary and community educational institutes.” Furthermore they state, “As a department focused on pedagogy, research and community engagement relating to Indigenous peoples, social and ecological justice, we unanimously support and recommend the immediate retirement of such caricatures.”

Jared Brown, a First Nations student at the U of S and former U of S Students’ Union president, feels passionately that the stigma associated with having such a blatant stereotype as a school mascot is damaging not only to aboriginal students but also to how those of other ethnicities view Aboriginal Peoples, consciously and unconsciously.

“Cultural appropriation is an issue that holds a great deal of relevance in Native communities, and it is about time that we begin to take proactive steps to address it — such as the campaign to remove the Bedford Road ‘Redmen’ mascot and symbol and the successful human rights complaint made by a member of A Tribe Called Red in Ottawa,” Brown said.

The human rights complaint he was referring to was put in place by First Nations activist Ian Campeau, also known as DJ NDN. Campeau successfully lobbied to change the name of the Nepean Redskins Football Club.

Let’s keep our society as free of racism and oppression as humanly possible.

Those interested in promoting change for Bedford Road’s Redmen can join the Facebook group “Bedford Road Redmen: It’s Time for a Change” to show their support.

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Live music and visual art come together in PAVED’s Core series NICHOLAS KINDRACHUK Culture Editor PAVED Art Gallery’s Core series returns for its third run, combining visuals and live music in a strikingly intimate setting on Nov. 29 and 30.

The Core series is centered around the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. The musicians play prepared and improvised music live, alongside video art, for an immersive artistic experience.

These accompanying videos are either created by the artist to match it up with the music or are previously created works that fit the theme. In the subheading for its third iteration, the series describes its theme as “Process/Failure.”

The videos themselves could even fail on the spot during the shows.

“In this event there is a lot more risk in the visual performance. Three of the pieces will have the filmmakers and video artists changing their visuals as the music is performed,” said Erin Brophey, co-creator of Core and performer with SSO. “With film this is very unique, as it can break in the projector. Technically, this is the most challenging series we have done so far.”

PAVED is looking to provide a different side of the art world that is not otherwise offered in Saskatoon galleries. This has always been done through their visual art, but Core III adds something special to that formula.

“For audiences, it’s a chance to see and hear the orchestra with visual accompaniment in a way they’ve never experienced before.

Both the audio and visual are enhanced by each other,” Brophey said.

This is true of what PAVED wants to deliver with each and every show they put on. They want the show to be completely

Above: A sample of some of the imagry being offered.

Below: An example of how Teichert and Neil do their live video work.

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different, refreshing and uncomparable to the last one. That mentality has PAVED seeking out constant new collaborators for their shows, which is what originally brought them together with the SSO to create Core III. “PAVED is always excited to find new partnerships that create unique opportunities for artists from different disciplines to create new work together. Core III is a great example of that and the Saskatoon Symphony has been really supportive,” Brophey said. “We are both based on 20th Street West, so it’s fun working with a neighbor and hosting the event in our shared community.”

Brophey has stressed that no two works will be close to the same; all of them will present something that is unparalleled.

The works in this series come from Ontario artists Alice Teichert and Hri Neil, who do live video drawings that combine both forms of live art and recorded in a way that begs to be seen. Another piece is done on a Super 8 film camera and requires three projectors playing simultaneously to create the video.

Core III is sure to offer a completely original experience that can’t be had at any other forum in Saskatoon. Brophey anticipates that attendees will leave looking at art in a new light.

“We try to dissolve the wall between performers and audiences, so beyond the performance it is a very social evening,” Brophey said.

“Taking a chance on seeing a performance like this will often open up people to discover things they never knew they liked.”

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Better Living proves laughter really is the best medicine MADISON TAYLOR A brilliant cocktail of half a cup of societal commentary and half a cup of morbid humor, Better Living certainly isn’t your run-of-the-mill family dramedy.

Written by Canadian playwright George F. Walker and brought to life on the Greystone stage by director Natasha Martina, the play exposes the seedy underbelly of human nature beneath the guise of an ordinary kitchen-sink drama.

The story begins with a bang — literally. The first thing the audience experiences is sitting together awkwardly in a pitch-black room while listening to a rousing chorus of boisterous sex noises set to the tune of “Fight For Your Right” by the Beastie Boys. This hilariously uncomfortable moment alone is enough to secure the play a place in the drama hall of fame. Wonderfully enough, it only gets better from this point.

The plot unfolds inside a ramshackle house with a distinctly post-apocalyptic vibe. It follows the lives of a comically dysfunctional working-class family whose unique and often thoroughly disturbed personalities are captured flawlessly by the cast. The audience is treated to masterful portrayals of eccentric characters such as the neurotic matriarch Nora (Elizabeth Nepjuk), the ne’er-do-well boy-toy Junior (Kyle Kuchirka) and the whiskeyswigging ex-priest Jack (Wade Klassen).

The already questionable sanity of this family is put to the test when a ghost from their past returns to wreak havoc upon the fragile normality they had to piece together in his absence.

The central conflict of Better Living rests on the strapping shoulders of the excop and estranged father Tom (Kashtin Moen), whose favorite hobbies include Jack Daniel’s and emotional abuse.

The manner in which his wife and three

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Tensions run high in the Greystone Theatre production of Better Living. daughters handle his sudden reappearance serves, strangely enough, as one of the story’s main sources of humour, and the sole reason why the plot contains more twists and turns than the average pretzel.

The story ends on a bit of a confused note, however. It is certainly not a heartwarming Disney conclusion in which all loose ends are tied up in a neat little bow, but a surprise cliffhanger that leaves the viewer with the deflated sensation that perhaps happy endings only belong in children’s stories.

To call the play a dark comedy would be an understatement. The most serious and scandalous of topics are tackled in a manner that somehow makes them seem riotously funny. This is the trademark of both a fantastic playwright and a superb cast — the ability to induce uncontrollable

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laughter despite the vague aftertaste of shame it may leave in the audience’s mouths.

Better Living addresses issues relevant to society and human nature in a way that is all at once amusing, shocking and thought-provoking.

By shedding light on the comical side of degeneration and encouraging the audience to chuckle at what would ordinarily be the most humourless of scenarios, the drama department’s magnificent show proves that laughter can come out of any situation.

Catch Better Living at Greystone Theatre in the John Mitchell building until Nov. 30. Tickets are available at the door or online at arts.usask.ca/drama/ greystone/tickets.php for $20 or $15 for students.

Musicians explore new territory with album apps WILLIAM LOUISON Along with the release of Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP album comes the highly publicized ARTPOP application for iOS and Android devices, a crossover trend that’s been spreading heavily in the music scene.

According to the iTunes page, the app is a “musical and visual engineering system that combines music, art, fashion and technology with a new interactive worldwide community — ‘the auras.’”

The App Store and Google Play listing expands on the details of the app, explaining Gaga’s desire to bring a reverse sort of Warhol expression merged with her album using his brand of popular media manipulation.

The ARTPOP app begins with a virtual host named Petga who introduces you to the app and “scans your aura” while asking a few relatively short questions about the user’s characteristics and preferred artistic expression.

The app allows users to build and share their own projects as well as chat with one another. Although the ARTPOP app is — in typical Gaga fashion — the biggest and most complex app of its kind, it’s only the latest in a growing trend of interactive album apps.

The trend was pushed into the limelight in 2011 with Björk’s Biophilia app.

It allowed users to interact with each song on the album in a unique way that involved exploring the themes of each song, playing a game for each song and constructing their own version.

It is only recently, however, that this trend has really started to take off. Jay Z’s

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Magna Carta Holy Grail app is not nearly as interactive or creative as Gaga’s, but it does suggest that big name artists are beginning to see the potential in developing apps for their albums.

Another recent artist to jump on the train is Canadian new wave band Metric.

Hoping their newest release Synthetica Reflections can bring them back into the spotlight, this month Metric released an accompanying app for their 2012 album, called Synthetica, which expands on

Björk’s original ideas. The Synthetica app lets users create their own versions of songs from the album, encouraging creativity and artistic expression.

There has been much speculation on whether or not these apps will have any lasting effect on the music industry, but expectations for these interactive album apps were certainly blown out of proportion.

Apps like these may be fun for die-hard fans, but their full impact has still not been felt.

Before release, many believed the ARTPOP app would change the future of the music business. But now that it’s gone live, this idea seems a little far-fetched.

Some fans may love the opportunity to explore their creative side, but beyond all of that, an application does not seem like a convenient way to listen to music — especially on devices that are already far overcrowded with hundreds of other apps that hardly see any use at all.

Björk, Gaga, Jay Z and Metric’s apps all focus in on one thing: the album as a whole. In reality only the most loyal of fans are likely going to purchase the album in its entirety.

The music world today is one of singles.

Music listeners love being able to pick and choose only the songs they wish to buy, having the comfort of accessibility to instantly buy that one song they heard on the radio.

It’s probably safe to say that these album apps will not change the future of music, or even the future of the album. What they will do is be enjoyed by devoted fans — and that has to count for something.

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Glee Club brings some flair to the stage NICHOLAS KINDRACHUK Culture Editor

The University of Saskatchewan can be a loud place at times, but if you travel near Saint Thomas More you may hear the cheerful singing of the Newman Sounds Glee Club.

The Glee Club provides an opportunity for those interested in singing to take steps to further their talents in an extracurricular forum. They perform in front groups and play a variety of different songs from all facets of the music world, including theatre and current popular music.

These individuals are passionate about the craft they are pursuing and how to better themselves while putting on good shows, which are usually a medley of songs that are fitted to a specific theme.

The performances are choral-like, but offer more visual entertainment as there are often choreographed dance numbers and movements to fit the lyrics.

A glee performance is similar to going to a play, but one cuts out the filler and focuses on the live music — so expect beautiful harmonies and strong group vocals as well as individual showmanship. You can feel how passionate these people are about their performances.

“My favorite thing about Newman Sounds

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Some of the Neman Sounds Glee Club members getting goofy with their performance. is the people and how much fun we have together. We work and just play hard,” said member Chantelle Weyland.

It’s clear that everyone in the club is having a good time.

“Newman Sounds has really helped me open up about my singing and become more confident in myself because everyone there is

very welcoming and amazing to be around,” said fellow member Tarah Gaboury.

Newman Sounds Glee Club offers that moment in the spotlight for those who aren’t normally accustomed to it, showcasing exciting new talent in a way that is enjoyable and easy going for both attendees and members.

sound, this album has a great appeal to more than prairie residents.

The band features Marlon Harder on guitar and vocals, Jose A. Fuenzalida on drums, Colton Fehr on bass and Jeremy Rigby on guitar. The songs have a strong feeling of 90’s alternative bands such as Sonic Youth, with a melancholy undertone and lyrics looking at

loss, illness, and traveling on the road — all complimented by a cohesive sound that’s easy to listen to.

The album opener “Diamond Rough” gives the impression of a weathered band as the singer howls, “When we were young/Not a thought about what we were running from.”

The band may not bring something wildly different, but their sheer musical chemistry and tight composition make the first song leave you wanting more.

Harder’s vocals are akin to the rough stylings of Modest Mouse blended with the psychedelic nature of Led Zeppelin into a voice that is immediately entrancing and will have you hooked on his every word.

“Down and Out” is a perfect sample of Autopilot using all the tools at their disposal and coming together perfectly. It features an infectious hook and instrumentation where each member is feeding off of each others energy.

The two-part song, “A Song From A Hospital Hallway” delivers the bands clearest expression of innovation in the form of musical storytelling. There is loneliness attributed to the lyrics and the instrumentation seems to echo into an empty world. Those tracks represent the peak for the album already full of many great moments.

While most descriptors of the album talk up the band’s different use of sound — such as adding texture by using a bow on the guitar — it is done very subtly. A handful of moments do

There is a long and storied history of the Glee Club. Part of the U of S since 1950, it was once known as the Newman Singers and was directed by a Basilian priest at the college.

In the 60’s, the group grew in popularity and began recording albums together. This process continued throughout the 70’s and 80’s when the group made another record and also started putting on live productions of Jesus Christ Superstar and Cabaret. The club also took to doing concerts, performing well known songs from The Beatles as well as gospel music.

For their upcoming show the club is taking on broadway classic The Best of Broadway on Nov. 29 and 30, a follow up to their other themed shows in Welcome to the 60’s as well as Love and Heartache.

Member Naomi Zurevinski can enjoy the Glee Club’s shows.

“Newman Sounds is for everyone,” Zurevinski said. “We have a wide mix of people with various talents and abilities. It is a Glee Club and we love to be cheesy and enjoy ourselves through music.”

The Best of Broadway will be at STM Father O’Donnell Theatre on Nov. 29 and 30 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at picatic.com/bestofbroadway, at the door and at the STM office.

Autopilot reverses to find their influence KATLYNN BALDERSTONE

With a focus on experimental sound in their music, local indie band Autopilot has a strong showing on their second album Diamond Rough.

Displaying a mix of 90s alternative rock, pop music and a willingness to vary their

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stand out, but otherwise it isn’t overly done.

The band manages to work these ideas throughout the album without being distracting, but at the same time one would expect such features to be more noticeable in the songs. The subtlety won’t take away from the experience and the small changes manage to push this band to the front of the pack.

From an experimental standpoint there isn’t much about this album that stands out.

What pushes it to the top is the tightness of the production and confidence the band has in their music. Diamon Rough is an album from a band confident in their ability, with enough differentiations to create their own sound out of older musical influences.

The lyrics talk about times gone by and missed opportunities, the search for oneself and the desire to escape and struggle through bad situations. Not the happiest topics, but they are determined and strong and meaningful.

Diamond Rough is a good album, not outstanding, but it has solid music and lyrics and the band handles their songs with clear skill. Autopilot has presented a strong showing here, and as it has just been released this is a perfect time to get to know the artists.

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Confessions of a people-pleaser MEGAN FEDORCHUK

Do you find yourself saying yes to things you have no time or energy to complete?

I think it’s time we all started saying no from time to time just to maintain our sanity.

Tuesday 7:40 p.m.: Travis Homenuk, Opinions Editor for the Sheaf, sends out the weekly text message in hopes of securing volunteers for next week’s issue. When you receive his plea, you are neck-deep in group work, final projects, presentations and creative journals — not to mention a lengthy student-exchange application that has already taken far too much of your precious time.

You would push these tasks into the evening, but your two part-time jobs and a committee meeting have you booked right up. You think to yourself, “It would be crazy to dedicate myself to an article this week.”

As you rationalize, you look down at your phone. What’s this? You’ve already responded with an “I can try?” What does that even mean? Oh wait, you’ve now clarified that indeed it means yes, yes you can write an article for next week’s issue.

Swell.

Scenarios like these are textbook for the modern day people-pleaser. Of course, I do not mean to say that every effort separate of an individual’s own personal wants and needs warrants assessment.

After all, creating good karma will only further benefit us in the future, right? So then what exactly qualifies someone as a people-pleaser?

As a self-diagnosed people-pleaser, I have a few theories. The first is perhaps the most obvious: you do not wish to foster feelings of unhappiness.

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When approached with a task, you feel that refusal will make you solely responsible for another person’s despair.

Not wanting to bear the weight of such guilt, as you know how it feels to be stressed beyond reason, you respond with a reassuring “yes” regardless of your own anxieties.

Another theory is one that stems from the innate drive to belong. A positive

relationship can be assumed between a number of commitments and a number of acquaintances.

A people-pleaser may initially involve his or herself to fulfill this drive. Then, once becoming a member of a team, committee or board of sorts, the previous theory may apply. Before you know it, you’ve entered the trenches of an extracurricular warzone, each involvement

competing for your time, efforts, sleep and sanity.

The third theory more strongly relates to the social side of people pleasing, and is commonly known as a fear of missing out.

Pub-crawls, house-warming parties, potlucks — you name it! All events including one or more people you may know are anticipated to be the event of the century. Decline an invitation to one of these wingdings and you can pretty much throw in the popularity towel.

Finally, and to end things on a depressing note, perhaps the reason certain individuals suffer from the “disease to please” is because they value others’ time, gains and goals above and beyond their own.

Their unhappiness is less significant; their time is not as precious; their recovery and recuperation is not as validating as mediocre social gatherings. Is it that we — the doormats, the pushovers, the spineless — do not feel we deserve time dedicated to ourselves?

Competitive in nature, I am immediately irritated by the giant spotlight shone over my hierarchy of to-dos, revealing my own aspirations, lonely and weathered, at the bottom.

Will people-pleasers finish last, after all? Are all these efforts for naught?

Ironically, it was Travis himself who suggested I write an article on how to say “no” when you are too busy. Peoplepleasers both far and near, find the strength to say “no” during this busy season. You’ll thank yourself in the long run.

To chatty Cathys: Shut your mouth in class

KIMBERLEY MORRISON

Have you ever found yourself sitting in a class of 100 or more people and thinking, “Damn, this lecture is putting me to sleep faster than a David Attenborough documentary after I’ve taken Benadryl.”

We’ve all been there. But if a lecture is boring, try your best to keep your mouth shut.

I am in my fifth year of arts and science and trudging through a few 100-level prerequisites. One thing I have noticed about my Native Studies 107 class is the tendency for the students to yap. The class is large, so it’s seemingly easy for a student to yammer away without any consideration to others in the class.

I’ll admit that I am guilty of the occasional quick whisper to my friend, but I am talking about a total lack of attempts to be quiet. The general disrespect that is shown to the professor and the students who are listening and engaged is astonishing.

In one instance, a young woman was sitting maybe five seats down from me.

For the entire hour and a half of the class, this individual talked to her friend at a volume that would piss off Helen Keller.

It got to the point where I was totally consumed with getting her attention with my fierce glare. Half way through the lecture, we finally made eye contact.

I furrowed my brow even further and mouthed very clearly the words “Shut up,” but to no avail. She was too thick headed to notice that roughly six students in the vicinity were giving her the rancid stink eye.

This rude individual is not alone in the class, unfortunately. The majority of the Pinterest-surfing students are guilty of loudly yammering about topics unrelated to the fur trade or Bill C-31.

While this is merely one example, I’m sure we can all think of an instance where someone in our class was being disruptive.

I know that it is difficult to pay attention in cramped desks while listening to depressing material for an hour and a half, but be respectful of everyone around you. I’m not above admitting that I have trouble paying attention, so I shamelessly bring knitting with me to make sure I keep busy enough to keep my mouth shut while I listen to the lecture. Try it. Your neighbours will thank you.

In many larger classes I’ve found that several students have the irritating habit of getting up to leave a lecture half an hour before class is scheduled to end. Not only is this disruptive to everyone around you who’s bombarded with the sound of your backpack zipper, your clanking water bottle and your boot heels, but it is beyond rude to the lecturer.

Even though our tuition is paying the professor or guest speaker at the front of the room, they have put their time and effort into the lecture material they are presenting and they deserve the chance to present it in a respectfully quiet zone. This should not be news to anyone, considering most students in university are bloody adults.

I’ve had numerous classes that have had guest speakers and lecturers, and on more than one occasion they have felt it necessary to comment on the disrespect

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that has been dealt when people get up early to leave. This is especially true for 100-level classes.

As a class member, I find this behaviour unbelievably embarrassing and immature.

Unless you have an urgent phone call you must take or you are on the brink of explosive diarrhea, sit the fuck down.

If every day you come to class and leave half an hour early after you have spent the last hour talking to your friends, it really isn’t necessary for you to show up at all.

Call me a fascist or an old-school grump, but there should be a general code

of behaviour among students in class when you reach the post-secondary level.

Get your head out of your ass and recognize that your actions impact those who are trying to learn around you, as well as the lecturer’s ability to keep focused.

For the love of all that is holy, shut up in class and sit down until the professor says you are dismissed. Thank you.

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Riding the wave of Rider pride 28 November, 2013 • thesheaf.com

TRAVIS HOMENUK Opinions Editor

Saskatchewan has quickly become a province that promotes pride — Rider pride, that is. We should celebrate this.

We were previously a province bound by long cold winters and summers that leave as fast as they arrive. Now we are a province bound by a football team that oozes its way into more households every year than I’d like to admit. And that’s okay.

Even my roommate — also known as my mother — gets all of her middle-aged lady friends together to watch Rider games. Few of them have actual jerseys, but instead wear fashionable green sweaters. The food is green-themed, the earrings contain little footballs and the cheering can be heard from miles away.

My point being, Rider pride can be celebrated in a variety of ways, and has evidently reached a large and inclusive demographic of people.

That being said, many are critical of our Rider Nation. Some can’t stand watching sports on television while others don’t like the macho culture that they believe Rider pride perpetuates. In other cases, the Canadian Football League is seen as lacking in comparison to other national or international sports organizations.

During an in-class conversation, one of my peers said how sad it was that our province gains its identity from a football team. While numerous members of the class bit off her head for such a comment — and perhaps rightly so — I see validity in the point this individual was attempting to make. After all, this student wasn’t lying; the Saskatchewan Roughriders are a part of your identity if you live in this province.

Whether we’ve individually bought into it or not, Rider pride has taken over in many ways and it is a major source of our provincial identity.

No longer are we known for our cold winters. The classic plain white postcard

How much Rider pride do you have?

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with the caption, “Saskatchewan in the winter,” will slowly be phased out as our new postcards will contain images of Ridercrazy fans, lean football players and Mosaic Stadium. Our Saskatchewan-based small talk has moved beyond the weather into the area of sports. Exciting!

The phenomenon known as Rider pride has been shoved down our throats, splattered on our clothing and has taken over our media. The majority of the articles in the Star Phoenix during the last two weeks have covered the Riders. The green and white essence of this sport’s team has even bled its

way onto our provincial licence plates.

If one agrees with the idea that Rider pride is an indicator — if not the sole indicator — of Saskatchewan identity, and sees such a marker of identity as a bad thing, I find myself asking why?

Isn’t it kind of awesome that our province’s community comes together over a common interest? It’s a pity such camaraderie isn’t extended to other areas of life, but the fact that we have Rider pride isn’t a bad thing.

While I wish Saskatchewan was as enthusiastic about its gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, the arts or

multiculturalism, I must begrudgingly admit that the Saskatchewan Roughriders do more good than harm in bringing together our province’s diverse communities.

Even if you hate football, commercialized sports or the Roughriders in general, try to see the positive side to this whole Rider pride thing. It’s about community building.

Hopefully in the future we can celebrate other parts of our Saskatchewanian identity, but in the mean time I vote we ride the wave of Rider pride and use this forward momentum and publicity to showcase others things we’re proud of.

for being “tough on crime” and dealing out harsh penalties for illicit drug users.

Prohibition of certain drugs is an arbitrary decision. Why do we accept certain recreational drugs such as alcohol, but outlaw others like marijuana or crack-cocaine?

The prohibition of alcohol in the early 20th

century was a complete failure, as it merely forced drinking underground and provided criminal organizations a highly profitable opportunity to provide booze on the black market. Yet the failures of prohibition appear to have been lost on the government officials today who continue to support criminalizing despite the social harm that it produces.

It doesn’t appear as if that damage to an individual’s health or its costs to society are what drive the decision of which drugs to outlaw and which to allow. It is widely accepted in the medical community that the damage done to the individual — and to society — is higher with alcohol than with marijuana.

In fact, physical dependence on alcohol ranks higher than marijuana, LSD, ecstasy or cocaine. And yet it is obtained with relatively ease and is encouraged through advertising on a daily basis, with little mention of the high risk of addiction or the damages associated with over-consumption.

Recreational drug use is not confined to any segment of the population. The majority of folks use mind-altering substances in one way or another, be it a morning coffee, a few beers, a joint, a bag of mushrooms, a line of cocaine or a pill of ecstasy. And while the intensity and damage of these different substances varies from minimal to extreme, the possibility of abuse, addiction and damage to one’s health exists with all of them.

The reasons for using recreational drugs vary from person to person, whether they be emotional or physical pain-relief, pressures to conform with one’s peers, simple curious experimentation or the stress of everyday life

— running a large city, for example — which leads them to seek an escape from reality and an opportunity to unwind.

When certain segments of society make the personal decision to use recreational drugs, they are imprisoned. Our jails are full of recreational drug users, and last I checked Mayor Ford was still not one of them.

Despite Ford’s own stance on crime — which apparently doesn’t apply when he is the criminal — he has openly admitted to purchasing, possessing and using a banned substance as well as drinking and driving.

These actions are political hypocrisy at their worst. The majority of people locked up for drug possession continue to be disadvantaged poor individuals who come from minority ethnic groups, while big city mayors who openly admit to their crimes face seemingly no penalties.

The inconsistency in enforcing haphazard criminalization equally across socioeconomic classes highlights how the war on drug users continues to target those who are not part of the power-wielding upper classes of our society.

Harm reduction and rehabilitation efforts would have more of an impact than our current punitive approach for drug possession.

If governments want us to believe they are truly interested in reducing drug use, they need to look at addressing the health-related issue of addiction and the many factors that cause an individual to turn to drugs in the first place.

Until then, it would be nice to see the long arm of the law finally reach within its own bowels and arrest Rob Ford.

Rob Ford needs a dose of his own medicine MATTHEW CHILLIAK

Everyone knows by now that Toronto mayor Rob Ford has recently admitted to smoking crack-cocaine. However, this revelation has yet to prompt any legal action against Mayor Ford, who is a major proponent

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Canada needs to improve its environmental record NAOMI ZUREVINSKI

maybe throw in eating local food or a small garden — but unfortunately, that’s about it.

The other issue is the false belief that environmental issues will not affect us and are a fear of the far-away future.

This perception is related to the freerider problem: if everyone else does something good, I can get away with doing bad. Drinking out of plastic water bottles can’t make that much of a difference, right?

According to the Ocean Conservatory, plastic water bottles are one of the top forms of pollution found in oceans and beaches. Every square mile of the ocean has over 46,000 pieces of plastic floating in it.

When Coca-Cola and the World Wildlife Foundation of Canada partnered together, they raised money to support polar bear survival in Canada’s arctic. We all saw those Coke cans, and that drew attention to the issue. This campaign appealed to the general public because it was simple, easy to help and clearly effective Reducing, reusing and recycling are all important. Small-scale changes at home do have a big effect when they are all put together as a collective.

But aside from recycling and other small changes, I don’t know of many things that I could be doing from my home that would benefit environmental protection. And that is the root of the problem.

I don’t know what the answer is; I’m no environmental expert. But I do know that people are usually willing to make changes for the better if they are given the right information and knowledge about the problem.

It is clear that something more needs to be done on a national scale if we want to pull up our socks and see Canada accomplish more in this area.

As a privileged and leading nation who made it onto a list of the 27 wealthiest countries, it is our responsibility to uphold environmental concerns and take a leading stand in this issue.

Because when it comes to the environment, ignorance isn’t bliss.

According to a recent annual assessment, Canada does terribly in environmental protection. This is embarrassing news.

The Center for Global Development based in Washington, D.C. annually surveys 27 of the world’s wealthiest nations to assess their commitment to seven different areas that impact the poorer areas of the world. Last year, Canada came in 12th place overall; this year we have fallen to 13th.

Except for Canada, every other country on the list made progress.

The seven areas of assessment are: foreign aid, openness to trade, policies that encourage investment, openness to migration, environmental protection, promoting security and supporting technological creation.

There is good news. Canada scored fourth overall in trade and third overall in migration. The CGD even said Canada is a main leader in the world for welcoming both immigrants and students from developing countries.

According to the CGD, the reasons for Canada’s last place in environmental protection include opting out of the Kyoto Protocol and the fact that we have one of the highest levels of greenhouse gas production per capita. Our low gasoline taxes and high subsidies for fishing also contribute.

One of the strongest reasons for why we are last in environmental protection is the general lack of public knowledge on the issue in the first place.

We have strong migration because Canada is perceived as multicultural. We know what that means and my guess is that we all know someone from another country who lives in Canada. There are programs in our schools and communities for immigrants; we interact with people of all races on a daily basis and these values are mixed into our society.

But what does society tell us about environmental protection? Not much.

What we can do to protect our environment starts with the recycling depot and ends with the compost bin —

CODY SCHUMACHER/GRAPHICS EDITOR

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, On Oct. 25, 2013, the Sheaf published an opinion piece “Doctor of pharmacy program creates questions.” The College of Pharmacy and Nutrition is reviewing its current pharmacy program and considering implementing a curriculum that will lead to the Doctor of Pharmacy credential becoming the entry-to-practice degree for pharmacists — similar to the undergraduate professional doctoral degrees awarded for medicine (MD) and veterinary medicine (DVM).

The change to an entry-to-practice PharmD program will provide pharmacists with added hands-on clinical training that will be required by pharmacists working in the healthcare system in the future.

Many national pharmacy organizations have endorsed the PharmD program. To ensure our graduates have the skills to embrace changes in scope of practice for pharmacists in the future, a review of the current undergraduate program will be completed.

The opinion piece suggests that “more studies should be done before the college commits to changes.” However, considerable commentary by national pharmacy groups, including the Canadian Association for Pharmacy Students and Interns, the Canadian Pharmacists Association and other national organizations has occurred supporting the implementation of the PharmD as the

educational standard for future pharmacists.

The college has established a steering committee that includes students, faculty, staff and members of the profession. The committee has been tasked with reviewing the research available regarding pharmacy education curriculum change.

Student involvement has been a priority for the college and the steering committee, as they represent our current and future students and practitioners. Their views on how the change from the BSP to PharmD will impact our student body, obtained through class and college town hall presentations, are critical to our planning decisions.

Four schools already offer a PharmD degree and the other six are in various stages of development. The deans of all of the pharmacy schools in Canada have committed to a goal of implementing PharmD curricula by 2020.

While pharmacists now in practice holding the BSP will continue to be excellent health care providers, many will wish to engage in additional training. The College is committed to exploring ways for current practitioners to achieve the PharmD credential, such as through bridging or non-traditional degree distance learning programs.

The ever-expanding role of the pharmacist has had an impact on pharmacy education in Canada and beyond. It is important for the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition to explore the potential change in curriculum

from every angle and rely on the knowledge of those schools that have implemented PharmD curricula to ensure future U of S pharmacy students are not only getting the best education possible, but are also prepared to contribute effectively to safe, high quality drug therapy outcomes in patients as expected from pharmacists by the Canadian health care system.

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Campus Chat What would you kill for on Black Friday?

Cheap parking.

A personal giraffe.

Chelsey Stonestand

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Tickets to the Fifa World Cup in Brazil.

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USSU executive cooks meth Police were called to the University of Saskatchewan’s Students’ Union’s office in upper Place Riel on Nov. 22 after enraged secretaries discovered that all four executive members were producing and smoking crystal methamphetamine.

The Sheaf received an anonymous tip that “it was like a scene from Breaking Bad in President [Max] FineDay’s office,” According to the source, the meth was described as “cloudy and grayish in colour — definitely low-quality crystal.”

It’s reported that FineDay is the mastermind behind this operation, though Vice-President Academic Affairs Jordan Sherbino is responsible for acquiring all of the equipment to make the drugs. Vice-President Student Affairs Nour Abouhamra was tasked with distributing the drugs to students, asking, “Do you want some candy?” to passersby in the Arts Tunnel.

The role of Vice-President Operations and Finance Moellenbeck is uncertain, though rumour holds strong that she is the muscle of the gang and is said to strongarm students who neglect to pay for their “candy” on time.

“Nobody better mess with us, or I’ll bust out ma’ crowbar — you feel me, bro?” said a gruff Moellenbeck as she chest bumped with her gang of badass commerce students, The

Number Crunchers, outside of Place Riel.

While the repercussions for these druglord students are uncertain, it seems that our student government has never been more corrupt.

FineDay isn’t ashamed of his actions, stating, “We’re all just trying to survive. Sure we make a decent salary during the year, but my meals at the Marquis Buffet aren’t going to buy themselves. Just gotta make dat money, man.

“A president can’t have just one blue blazer.”

While being escorted into waiting police cars outside of Place Riel, Abouhamra screamed, “Fuck the po-lice!” at U of S President Ilene Busch-Vishniac while flipping her off. Busch-Vishniac threw a blueberry slushie at Abourhamra before being restrained.

Sherbino was inconsolable and officers had to drag him into the car while he sobbed, “Don’t take me back there.”

Moellenbeck refused to comply, using her gold chains as whips against the police officers who tried to detain her. An attempt to taze the business major seemed only to further enrage her.

Moellenbeck remains at large as of press time.

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