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Global Village celebrates diversity JESSICA KLAASSEN-WRIGHT The University of Saskatchewan is home to a diverse group of students, but many may be unaware of resources on campus designed specifically to help students navigate new and unfamiliar cultural experiences. The upcoming Global Village event seeks to address this issue.

The Global Village, organized by the Global Connections Network of the International Student and Study Abroad Centre, will take place on Mar. 10. This free event, open to the wider Saskatoon community, is comprised of two parts, beginning with a formal welcome and guest speakers from 5–6 p.m. in Arts 263. An informal, come-and-go village fair will follow from 6–8:30 p.m. and includes booths, performances, food and cultural displays in the ISSAC Lounge and Training Room.

Jebunnessa Chapola, second-year doctoral student in women’s, gender and sexualities studies, vicepresident academic of the Graduate Students’ Association and co-coordinator of the event, stresses that international students often do not know about ISSAC and its programs.

“Usually new-comer students … are mostly enclaved, so they do not get enough opportunities to learn about these resources, so I think that is a very

important part of our event that we are going to share with our audiences,” Chapola said.

In the 2014-15 academic term, international students comprised 12.5 per cent of the student body. The Global Village hopes to connect this large number of international students with other culturally diverse students. It also aims to share social justice knowledge and raise awareness about ISSAC and other internationally oriented groups, such as Intercordia and the U of S Association for Exchange and International Students.

Patricia Bautista, a second-

year accounting student and co-coordinator with Chapola, began work as a student assistant with ISSAC in May 2015. She believes that learning is not confined to the classroom and that events like the Global Village involve students in the campus community, facilitate learning and promote student leadership.

“As a Filipino person, a Filipino-Canadian now, it’s not every day I get the chance to share my culture to other people, so the Global Village is here to give [students] a physical space, a physical platform to share aspects

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of their culture that they’re passionate about and that they would like other people to know,” Bautista said.

Chapola agrees that storytelling is an important part of the event, feeling that it addresses one of her major concerns with events like this.

“Personally, my criticism was for this kind of event, is that why do we need to sell our food and dance and [sing] all the time? Why we cannot go beyond that? And then we started to brainstorm,” she said. “And then we realized that we have to bring out the challenges of our lives and that’s why the

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storytelling took place.”

Though storytelling will be showcased at the event, Chapola and Bautista agree that the Global Village hopes to go one step further by promoting anti-racist education and transnational solidarity. They also hope to build awareness among students about social justice groups such as Just Youth Group, Building Bridges, Canadian Roots Exchange and the World University Service of Canada. All groups are active at the U of S or in Saskatoon, providing resources and opportunities for students.

“We all want to see changes, but hardly we find opportunities to create those changes. I would say that this platform will give us a little opportunity to educate people [about] the meaning of social justice,” Chapola said. “We would like to give a seed in the mind to think more and to get involved with social justice issues.”

Bautista believes that serious topics like social justice can be discussed in an interactive and fun way at events like the Global Village and that such discussions will give international and culturally diverse students the space to have their voices heard.

“The changes that we are doing at the Global Village will bring us one step closer to understanding each other and to break stereotypes.”

For more information, visit the Global Village event page on Facebook.

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corrections In our Feb. 25 issue, the photo caption for the article “Ice Cycle: Learn to brave the elements with just two wheels,” should read that the photo was taken at the 2013 event.

In the Feb. 12 issue, the headline of the feature should read “U of S student statistics: sex in numbers and symbols.”

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Marijuana symposium fires up discussion PATTY HAILS In light of what could be a political sea of change surrounding the legalization and regulation of marijuana, the University of Saskatchewan College of Arts and Science hosted a symposium on Feb. 25 and 26 to explore the implications of such a change and involved speakers from a wide range of disciplines.

Governor-General David Johnston’s latest speech from the throne echoes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s support of full marijuana legalization.

The Feb. 24 federal court ruling in Allard et al versus Her Majesty the Queen is a move that will authorize patients to grow their own medical marijuana. Many are now working to anticipate what this ruling will mean in terms of real-world implementation and impacts, including Dan Malleck.

Malleck is a history professor from Brock University and the author of When Good Drugs Go Bad: Opium, Medicine, and the Origins of Canada's Drug Laws, regarding early Canadian

drug laws and prohibition/ post-prohibition Ontario.

He spoke at the symposium about how prohibition relates to the current discussion on cannabis.

“After prohibition and liquor control, it helped to roll it out in a way that said, ‘Okay you can drink, it’s great, drink.

Enjoy yourself. But don’t go crazy, because when you do that, you cease to be embodying the rules of the state,’” Malleck said.

By many accounts over the course of the symposium, the prospect of legalizing marijuana could potentially benefit students and, by extension, the general public. Some scholars argue that criminalizing marijuana and other street drugs serves only to push those drugs underground. Rather than having legitimate businesses sell drugs, gangs control much of the sale and distribution. Instead of common legal protections for one’s business, gang members are apt to use force to control their turf.

Sarah Hoffman, U of S associate professor and undergraduate chair in the department of philosophy, spoke

as a part of the recreational use panel regarding the need for harm-reduction, as well as what she calls freedom of consciousness.

“I’m kind of a living, breathing stereotype: I’m a philosophy professor who gets stoned,” Hoffman said, before clarifying that she has not broken any drug laws in several years and that she wishes she had done less of that in her youth.

Hoffman also asserted that a number of the admittedly problematic issues surrounding drugs like cannabis could be mitigated with better information, legalization and regulation.

“Criminalizing that kind of behaviour and the kinds of falsehoods and propaganda that are required to try to trick people into thinking that there are risks that there aren’t, and putting those substances into the hands of criminals: people who are willing to make money doing criminal things, they tend to be willing to do other types of criminal things like violent things and so forth. That just increases harms,” Hoffman said.

Sean Trembath, a reporter for the Star Phoenix who sat on the first panel, spoke about the role journalists can expect to play as this story unfolds.

“With the Trudeau government’s commitment to legalizing, this is something that we’re going to be seeing more and more of. And as that story unfolds, we journalists are going to be a big part of telling that story. I mean, I guess really the story of legal marijuana in Canada is yet to be told. As a topic, it really excites me,” he said.

Pat Warnecke is a Regina entrepreneur with a licensed producer application that has been pending with the federal government for a few years. As of press time, he an-

nounced that his new medical marijuana dispensary is set to open in about two weeks.

“With the Allard case and decision just happening, we’re thinking it’s promoting a dispensary system versus the [licensed producer] system, so we came to get some feedback and talk to people about different aspects and see where everybody kind of stands on it,” Warnecke said.

Warnecke says United States–owned companies with greater capital were given preferential treatment under the Harper government.

Like so many with a vested interest, he hopes to see improvement in Canada’s shifting legal and political landscape.

Jeremy Britz / Graphics Editor U of S students and faculty converse about the decriminalization of cannabis in Canada.

LSD research in Canada sees a resurgence KAY-LYNNE COLLIER Ever since the counterculture movement of the 1960s and 1970s, LSD has had a tainted reputation of being a party drug that young people of the time used for a variety of reasons, from spiritual awakening to simply recreational use. However, recent research suggests that the psychedelic substance can yield benefits beyond the imagination.

Research surrounding the drug began in 1938 with Albert Hofmann, who was a part of the pharmaceutical-chemical department of Sandoz Laboratories located in Basel, Switzerland. After several experiments, one in which he took a very high dose of LSD himself, he concluded that the substance could act as a very effective psychiatric tool.

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Hoffer was tasked by the province of Saskatchewan to develop a research program in psychiatry. In 1951, another psychiatrist named Humphry Osmond came to Weyburn, Sask. from England, having had already begun working with hallucinogenic drugs to investigate schizophrenia.

Erika Dyck, a professor in the department of history at the University of Saskatchewan, is a Canada Research Chair in the history of medicine. Her first main body of research was in psychedelic science and the use of LSD in medical experiments throughout history. She describes the two types of research being conducted in Saskatchewan during the 1950s.

“One was to take LSD for staff and for researchers to try and generate an appreciation for what it’s like to have a psychotic experience, so to simulate schizophrenia for example, or hallucinations in particular. The other piece of it was for use in therapy for alcoholism,” Dyck said.

Although research into psychedelic substances had been

mostly halted, recently it is beginning to regain momentum.

Dyck further speculates on the resurgence of LSD in contemporary research, and how students wanting to get into the field can get involved.

“Health Canada has approved psilocybin research, and there’s a research unit at UBC. So in terms of the contemporary research, there is one opportunity, really, within Canada to get involved. But increasingly people are looking at interdisciplinary research that will allow us to get some insight as to why LSD, in particular, but also psychedelics more broadly have been charac-

Jeremy Britz / Graphics Editor New insights into LSD are on the tips of researcher’s tongues.

terized this way,” Dyck said.

Dyck also speaks to the way in which LSD therapy would work in a clinical setting.

“In this sense, it was used as a very intense psychotherapy session, to try to really condense a lot of the way that psychotherapy reveals insights into your behavior. They would collapse about 10 years of psychotherapy into eight hours.”

Dyck goes further to describe the effects that LSD had on the researchers, staff and patients and how the rest of the scientific community responded.

“They had quite amazing results; they claimed to have had better results than any other form of intervention. Those were published findings, and of course they were criticized for these claims. But they also got a lot of international attention in other research units all over the world, particularly in New York where they were picking up these matters,” Dyck said.

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“They are actually much more harmful to us in terms of traffic accidents and time spent in hospital, and collateral medical problems such as heart disease and all these other kinds of things that are associated with smoking, in that case, or liver disease, for drinking,” Dyck said.

Dyck thinks that researchers are beginning to ask these important questions about why research on these substances has been shut down in the past.

“We’ve seen publications over the last five or six years that have really gone after this question with much more rigor, asking why these particular drugs, when they showed medical promise 60 years ago, why they were pushed aside.

Because the evidence is really more social evidence than it is clinical evidence,” Dyck said.

Dyck encourages students interested in this field of research to explore the opportunities available through the U of S. “There are a variety of historical, some political, some drug policy kinds of research, and there’s a lot of opportunity to explore that here.”

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Student ambassadors reach out to campus community EMILY KLATT Staff Writer

Students currently enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan who are looking for a new and unique opportunity can now join a group that offers a combination of professional skill development, giving back to the community and an impressive sounding title.

The Advancement and Community Engagement Student Ambassadors is a group that works to connect students, alumni and staff through the

principles of philanthropy and leadership.

The group is a pilot project from the U of S Advancement and Community Engagement Portfolio. Michelle Manabat, a second-year English student and an ACE student ambassador, describes how the program came into existence.

“This initiative was started

by Rishi Behari, who is kind of like our mentor and advisor,” Manabat said. “He works with ACE. I think he was the one who was in charge of the community engagement part of it, and he said, ‘We are always talking about students, but we don’t have students working with us,’ so he started it.”

Kyra Mazer The ACE Student Ambassadors group is creating new opportunities for U of S students.

The first step was to actually recruit the students that would be involved. A bulletin was posted in the spring of 2015 and called for students with an interest in leadership and community service to apply to become student ambassadors.

Of those that applied, approximately 30 students were selected to become the first group of ACE student ambassadors. The group members gather regularly for weekly meetings, where they work to maintain their active presence on campus.

One of the main goals of ACE is to connect with U of S alumni that may not have much contact with current students.

Xuan Zhao, an ACE ambassador and a second-year physiology and pharmacology student, discusses this involvement.

“We also do a lot of representation for the students at different alumni events, just because there tends to be under-representation at those sorts of gatherings,” Zhao said.

More than just alumni relations, ACE ambassadors also work directly with U of S students to develop leadership skills.

“This year we also hosted a workshop at the [U of S] Student Leadership Conference, and I think that’s going to be something we’ll probably be doing every single year now.

Our workshop was titled ‘What Do Leaders Give?’ So one of our primary aims that we’ve discovered is not only to promote student leadership, but also promoting giving back once you’ve become an alumni, or once you’ve become a leader in the community,” Zhao said.

Other volunteer initiatives include random acts of kindness as well as involvement with National Philanthropy Day, put on by the Association of Fundraising Professionals in celebration of giving, volunteering and positive change across the globe.

The AFP is an American organization that recognizes the positive or philanthropic efforts of the everyday citizen in the United States and Canada.

The next highlight for the group is the upcoming One Day For Students on Mar. 10. This event aims to raise money for different areas of the U of S. The day will feature a variety of activities and speakers, includ-

ing Kay Nasser, a U of S alumnus and former engineering professor at the university.

According to the student ambassadors, Nasser has offered to match up to $40,000 worth of donations raised during One Day For Students.

A wide range of opportunities are available to those students that do become ACE ambassadors, including professional skills like networking to creative skills and event planning.

For Zhao however, the most important and rewarding part of being a student ambassador is the opportunity to connect with many different people, even those who may seem intimidating.

“I think this experience has really helped me realize that the people at the top — managing administration, giving donations — pretty much the people that determine what happens at the university, you realize that they’re just people like you and I. You can go up to them and start a conversation with them. You can celebrate the birthday of a multimillionaire and he’ll be just like anybody else.”

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Huskies, Golden Bears ready to add another chapter AUSTIN ARVAY Sports Editor

After one of the most successful seasons in Huskies history, the men’s hockey team has one last hurdle to overcome. With many intense clashes over the years, the Dogs and University of Alberta Golden Bears will do battle one more time for all

the marbles.

Sweeping the University of Calgary Dinos at home, the Huskies will now host their bitter rivals in the Canada West championship series.

After going 22–6 in the regular season, the green and white earned the top seed and will have home ice advantage for the pivotal series. While advancing to the conference final, both teams also qualified for the University Cup — the national championship tournament taking place in

Liam Delparte The Huskies prepare to host their rivals, the U of C Dinos in the CanWest championships.

Halifax, N.S. Head coach Dave Adolph is pleased to be returning to the University Cup after a disappointing 2014–15 season.

“It’s been our goal every year — to go to the national championships. Our rookies have no idea what it’s about,” he said. “We took a significant step back last year by finishing sixth ... I think every team’s goal should be to play your last game, in the very last game of the season, and that’s our goal right now.”

Using a complete team effort, the squad was able to knock off the Dinos in just two games over the weekend. Game one went on Feb. 26, and the Huskies needed some extra time to pull out the victory. Calgary opened the scoring in the series midway through the first, but Josh Roach evened the score shortly after. The teams traded goals the rest of the way, setting up a dramatic overtime.

There were plenty of chances to be had both ways, but both netminders stood tall.

It took a double-overtime before a winner was found, with captain Kendall McFaull playing hero when he banged in a rebound at 16:27 into the fifth period. Jordon Cooke

made 34 saves for the Dogs, while Steven Stanford was busy, making 77 saves in the loss.

Game two was much of the same, with the Huskies controlling the play and majority of the zone time. Saskatchewan outshot Calgary by a wide margin again, this time 43–24. However, the Dinos jumped out 2–0 early into the game, silencing the near capacity crowd. After a slow start, the Huskies got rolling and scored four straight — including three by defencemen — en route to a 5–3 victory. Jaimen Yakubowski, Tyler Borstmayer, Levi Cable, Connor Cox and McFaull all scored for the home side.

Not being carried by one player or a single line, the Dogs showed their superb depth in both games. Adolph was proud of his team’s effort and a couple of unsung heroes stood out in his mind.

“They loaded up two lines to try and compete on Saturday and our fourth line was significant. Matt Spafford, Jaimen Yakubowski and Cameron Blair were on the ice for three goals,” Adolph said. “I thought that our team played well and they earned it — they deserved to win.”

Shifting their focus to the

arch-rival Bears, the Huskies have a chance to win the conference title on home ice, something they haven’t been able to do since 2011. They split the season series two games apiece and the familiar foes have plenty of history in the CanWest — mostly favouring Alberta. They’ve met in conference championship six times in the past years, with Alberta winning four of the series. The Bears have also won two-straight national titles.

Despite their turbulent history with Alberta, Adolph thinks a series win on home ice would do wonders for the team and future of the program.

“These young guys have an opportunity to turn the tables. It’ll have a lasting two, three, four year effect if we win. These kids can be leaders in the CanWest and the [Canadian Interuniversity Sport] if we can learn to beat the Bears,” he said. “If the torch is going to be passed, these guys have to learn how to do it.”

The best-of-three series will take place on Mar. 4 and 5 at Rutherford Rink. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Game three, if necessary, will go Mar. 6 at 7 p.m.

Women’s basketball team ready to host quarter-final series PHILIP THORNE As final exams approach, so too does the end of the Huskies’ athletic season. With only a couple games left, you should put the books down this weekend and watch one of the strongest teams in the country — your own Huskies women’s basketball team.

If you didn’t already know, the Huskies women’s team is ranked first in the Canada West conference and second in the country. If that doesn’t get you interested in basketball this weekend, you need to check your pulse. A fact you need to know: the team has only lost one game at home this year, which was actually by one point in overtime. Other than that single blemish, the Dogs have been perfect at home for almost three seasons — simply unbelievable.

They will be faced with a tough test, as the reigning CanWest champion, the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, comes to town. The Dogs march 3, 2016

took care of business in the only two meetings with the T-birds earlier this season, winning both contests by over 20 points.

The squad loves to win at home and has earned the right to host a quarter-final series this weekend, as well as the CanWest Final Four, should they win. Couple that with consistent playoff runs year in and year out and players such as seniors Dalyce Emmerson — who is now heading up the all-time Huskies records in points and rebounds — and Laura Dally, and you have a juggernaut.

In her final post-season run, Dally and the rest of the team are excited to get playoffs underway.

“We’re really excited and we’re ready to play. We’re in the quarter-final against a very good UBC team, so we’re going to focus on ourselves defensively and be ready for what they throw at us. We have to make sure we box out, rebound the ball well and are able to guard one-on-one,” Dally said. “We would host [the CanWest Final Four] if we win, but we’re mak-

ing sure we take care of business first and take it one game at a time.”

Head coach Lisa Thomaidis is used to the spotlight, as she recently coached the Canadian Women’s National Team to an Olympic berth, and also assisted with the 2012 Canadian Women’s Olympic Team. She has been spearheading one of the most successful programs in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport in recent memory.

Thomaidis, like her players, is anxious to get the post-season underway after a lengthy break.

“We’re looking forward to playing at home again and finally getting into the playoffs after a weekend off,” Thomaidis said.

“UBC is typically very skilled — they’re long, they’re tall and they’re athletic, so we’re going to have some mismatches. We have to keep good ball pressure and try and push the tempo a little bit. We have some good athletes and want to get out and run against them.”

Having made it to the CIS championships six of the last seven seasons, Thomaidis also

knows about the important aspects of building a team. She advocates for guards that are dangerous snipers from the field and big forwards that have more boards than carpenters.

Thomaidis has taken the fundamentals and instilled them in a team that makes the game one of the most enjoyable experiences on campus.

The women’s team deserves the campus community’s support and, as a student, all Huskie events are free as they are included in student fees. It wasn’t long ago that the men’s team enjoyed similar success on the

way to a national championship. I was there and the crowd was nothing short of amazing; it was so loud that you could not hear the announcer or yourself think. The atmosphere was electric and the women deserve the same support. Make sure to get out this weekend and show your Huskies some love as they continue the drive for a first ever national title.

Games one and two will happen on Mar. 4 and 5, with tipoff set for 6 p.m. If necessary, game three will take place on Mar. 6 at 6 p.m. All games will take place at the Physical Activity Complex.

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Track team wins banner on home soil AUSTIN ARVAY Sports Editor

With the home crowd behind them, the University of Saskatchewan men’s track and field team captured the Canada West championship at the Saskatoon Field House on Feb. 27. It was their 18th title overall and their first since 2013.

Led by a couple of dominant weekend performances, the men’s team racked up 75 team points en route to the title, 18 more points than the second place Alberta Golden Bears.

On the women’s side, the Dogs had some stellar individual showings, but the team wound up third with 68.5 points. The Alberta Pandas took home the women’s championship with 101 points.

Now in her eighth season as the track and field head coach, Joanne McTaggart has won five CanWest titles, but being in Saskatoon for this one was extra special. She also stressed how she couldn’t have done it without the help of all the other coaches on staff.

“It was better at home than it would have been somewhere else, because our crowd was here for us. But it’s a nice accomplishment anytime we can do it,” McTaggart said. “I have a really good coaching staff, so I mostly just co-ordinate and

help look after the athletes — while helping coach as well.”

The championship banner was highlighted by a couple key gold medal performances: Garrett Peters (600-m), Erik Widing (3000-m), Jared Olson (60-m hurdles), the 4x200 metre relay team — consisting of Olson, Peters, Graham Black and Adam Paslawski — and the 4x400 metre relay team, made up of Peters, Black, Winston Williams and Jaden Porte.

Fifth-year Peters, who took home three golds on the weekend, said this season was a year in the making and was proud to earn the title at home.

“It was quite enjoyable being here at home, being in front of friends and family. We [the relay team] met last year around this time and talked about this season, so it’s been a year of progress to get here. It feels good and it’s a great accomplishment,” Peters said.

“It was pretty sweet to get it at home. We last won in Regina three years ago, so it was definitely great to win it at home,” Olson added.

Black (300-m), Cole Digel (heptathlon), Williams (60m) and the 4x800 metre relay — including Porte, Mackenzie Dawson, Jared Welsh and Ryan Kowalchuk — also landed on the podium in their respective events. Perhaps the best moment of the meet was provided by the 4x200 metre relay team, as they broke a 16-year old Huskie record in that event, with a

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The quartet has been dominant in the event all year and it wasn’t a surprise to anyone, not even Black, when they won gold.

“We knew we had to beat ourselves if we weren’t going to get it — we would’ve had to miss a handoff or drop the baton or something. [The record] is so special considering all the people that have come through the program — to be the fastest team ever, I think that’s really special,” Black said.

McTaggart spoke highly of the four runners on the team and says they are the epitome of what happens when you’re willing to put in the work.

“They’ve really gelled together — and they’re all in their fourth or fifth year. It just goes to show that if you really work at it and put in the time, it will pay off in the end,” McTaggart said.

The women’s team also had some excellent showings at the meet. Olena Olenick (weight toss), Naomi Manske (triple-jump) and Astrid Nyame (60-m hurdles) all were individual gold medal winners. Nyame was busy, collecting three total medals, by placing in long jump and the 60 metre sprint as well.

Jessica Buettner (shot put), Courtney Erickson (pole vault) and Julianne LaBach (1000-m) all earned medals at the meet.

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take place at York University in Toronto, Ont. on Mar. 10 and 11. This will be their final meet of the season and a chance to compete with some of the best athletes in the country. McTaggart and her team is excited for the meet, but her biggest concern now is making sure everyone is in peak condition in time

for the championships.

“At this level, it’s not too hard to keep them focused. They want to go and win and they’re very focused in their training,” McTaggart said. “The hard part is sometimes keeping them from training too much, especially in the last few days, to prevent injuries.”

Katherine Fedoroff The track and field team found success at the CanWest championships.

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HUSKIES HUSKIES SCOREBOARD MEN’S VOLLEYBALL Huskies win series 2–1

Game 1

Game 2

HUSKIES 3 WESMEN 2

HUSKIES 2 WESMEN 3

(22–25, 25–22, 25–15, 24–26, 17–15)

(18–25, 16–25, 25–15, 25–23, 15–8)

Jordan Nowakowski: 30 kills, 3 digs Tyler Epp: 12 kills, 5 blks

Andrew Nelson: 13 kills, 9 digs Colin Fraser: 8 kills,13 digs

Game 3

HUSKIES 3 WESMEN 0

Jordan Nowakowski: 18 kills, 1 ace Andrew Nelson: 15 kills, 2 digs

MEN’S HOCKEY Huskies win series 2–0

DINOS 3 HUSKIES 4 (2 OT) Josh Roach: 1 G, 2 A Jordon Cooke: W, 34 saves

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL:

After taking game one on the road, the Dogs slipped a little in game two but ultimately came away with a decisive series win in Winnipeg. After winning eight of their last nine games, the squad advances to the CanWest Final Four which takes place Mar. 4 and 5 at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alta. They

MEN’S HOCKEY:

At home in front of a packed house at Rutherford Rink, the Huskies came away with a series sweep over the Calgary Dinos. It was a thrilling weekend of hockey, with the Dogs using a double-overtime win in game one and a big comeback in game two to move on. The Huskies will now host

AT A GLANCE

BY AUSTIN ARVAY / SPORTS EDITOR

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: After a week off thanks to a first round bye, the number two ranked team in the country will return to action at home versus the UBC Thunderbirds. The winner of the

best-of-three series will advance to the CanWest Final Four. A Huskies win would mean they would host the conference tournament on Mar. 11 and 12.

THEY SAID IT “It’s fantastic, especially being at home to get this one. It means a lot more than being on the road and if it was just us, but being able to have our friends and family here was fantastic.”

— Graham Black, sprinter, on the track team’s CanWest championship win.

FAST FACTS

(25–22, 25–23, 25–18)

Game 1

SPORTS

Game 2

DINOS 3 HUSKIES 5 Cameron Blair: 3 A Connor Cox: GWG, 5 S

will face the Manitoba Bisons in the semi-final, a team they beat 0–2 against in the regular season. A win puts them not only into the conference championship game, but also qualifies them for the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Championships, taking place Mar. 10–12 at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. a familiar foe in the Alberta Golden Bears for the CanWest championship.

The storied rivals have met on numerous occasions in the past and split the series 2–2 this season. Both teams also punched their tickets to the University Cup, taking place Marc. 17–20 in Halifax, N.S.

• Jordan Nowakowski (MVB) posted 30 kills in the team’s 3–2 victory on Feb. 26. That’s the most earned by a Huskie in a volleyball game this season.

• The men’s track and field team captured the Canada West championship at home on Feb. 27, posting 75 team points in the meet. Their last banner came in 2013.

• The men’s 4x200 metre relay team, consisting of Graham Black, Jared Olson, Garrett Peters and Adam Paslawski, broke a 16-year old Huskies record for fastest time in the event, crossing the line in 1:26.87.

UPCOMING GAMES Men’s hockey: Mar. 4 vs. Alberta Golden Bears @ 7:00 p.m.

Mar. 5 vs. Alberta Golden Bears @ 7:00 p.m.

Mar. 6 vs. Alberta Golden Bears @ 7:00 p.m. (If necessary)

- Home Game

Men’s volleyball: Mar. 4 vs. Manitoba Bisons @ 4:00 p.m. (CanWest Final 4 at U of A) Mar. 5 vs. TBD (CanWest Final 4 at U of A) Women’s basketball: Mar. 4 vs. UBC Thunderbirds @ 6:00 p.m.

Mar. 5 vs. UBC Thunderbirds @ 6:00 p.m.

Mar. 6 vs. UBC Thunderbirds @ 6:00 p.m. (If necessary)

CIS TOP 10 Women’s basketball Men’s hockey Men’s T & F Men’s volleyball Women’s T & F

CIS RANK #2 #3 #7 #8 #9

LAST WEEK (2) (3) (6) (9) (9)

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Believe it or not, the Saskatoon Zoo is for you!

BRIDGET MORRISON The Saskatoon Zoo Society has been working with the Forestry Farm Park and Zoo for 40 years now, and it turns out that their programs have a lot to offer. Despite what you might think, it’s not just for little kids.

Chances are if you were born in Saskatoon, you went to the zoo on a class field trip in grade three or four. Let’s be honest, you probably haven’t been back since. Many people who moved to Saskatoon later in life ar-

en’t even aware we have a zoo, or they imagine it wouldn’t be anything special.

However, this past weekend, I had the chance to go and check out the zoo and interview Katherine Fedoroff, a second-year environmental biology student at the University of Saskatchewan who volunteers there.

Federoff provided insight into her job as a volunteer, and how it has changed her perception of zoos altogether.

Interestingly, Fedoroff stated that when she was a teenager she was, in fact, anti-zoo. As she

Katherine Fedoroff Two orhpaned Grizzlies are among the Saskatoon Zoo’s visitor favourites every summer.

began to volunteer, however, she recognized the great work the Saskatoon Zoo Society does to provide an education to the public about the animals and how they offer a safe and respectful space for the animals to live.

“I soon learned the majority of the animals are rescued from the wild, are native to North America and are given another opportunity at life. As well, we are able to educate the public about animal rights and environmental problems,” Federoff said.

Many of the rescued animals were harmed due to human impact, such as the two Grizzly bears living at the zoo, Koda and Mistaya. A car hit Koda’s mother, leaving young Koda unable to provide for himself, and Mistaya’s mother abandoned him after their den was run over by a logging truck.

Koda and Mistaya are among the zoo’s top attractions. Fedoroff joked that even some of her friends who she considers least likely to enjoy the zoo love the bears.

“They get pumped when they see Koda take his afternoon dip in his pool,” Federoff said.

However, there are many other animals worth checking out, such as the two beautiful Grey wolves, Buddy and Zep. On the exotic side, there are even two Capuchin monkeys named Tarzan and Ma that are definitely worth a visit.

Although many people think that the zoo is only for children, there are plenty of opportunities for older people, such as university students, to get involved. Fedoroff spoke about her experience as a volunteer for the zoo.

“I have helped with education, special events, as well as handling animals and showing the animals to the public to either touch, feed or get a better look at,” Federoff said.

For Fedoroff, the chance to be with the animals is amazing and the opportunity to educate the public on wildlife and how we, as humans, impact their lives is equally fulfilling.

“The zoo is not just for children and families, but all ages.

Whether to continue learning or take a much needed study break, the Saskatoon Zoo is an affordable, exciting place to spend a sunny afternoon,” Federoff said.

The zoo is especially affordable during the winter season, from Nov. 1 through April 1, when admission is free. If you bundle up in coats and scarves, you can skip the crowds and cost to experience the animals in a more private setting — plus, many of the North American animals like the lynx and cougar are most active during the winter, so you’re likely to get a unique experience.

The next time you need a break from studying, grab a couple of friends and check out the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo. The chance to see these beautiful and amazing animals up close is an incredibly opportunity — not to mention, a ton of fun!

For more information on volunteering and registering for orientation in May, contact info@ saskatoonzoosociety.ca. General information can be found at saskatoonzoosociety.ca.

Gain savings and sanity with spring cleaning LARISSA KURZ Copy Editor

In the typical frustrating fashion of student life, spring cleaning season happens to land on the same few weeks as midterm season — but it doesn’t have to be as painful as it sounds. Taking the time for a cleanup can actually be quite helpful.

Cleaning can be the worst — it takes up time and your hands smell like Fantastik afterwards — but a serious deep cleanse of your living space can feel therapeutic. It can also be less work than you think, especially if you start small.

First, start with laundry. Pick up all the clothes on your floor and throw them in the wash.

Your room will look exponentially better, and it might even lead you to downsize your closet.

Bag up all those clothes you haven’t worn lately, and be brutally honest with yourself. A good rule of thumb is to question whether you’ve actually worn the item within the last march 3, 2016

six months — if not, it’s time to move on.

Value Village, the Salvation Army and Community Living all appreciate donations. Or, if you could use a little extra cash, try consigning the clothes at secondhand shops like Plato’s Closet. If nothing else, this exercise frees up closet space so you can reward yourself with some shopping later.

While you’re bagging things, take out all of your recycling.

Whether they’re energy drink cans or empty bottles of tequila, taking those recyclables to SARCAN can put another few dollars in your pocket. It can also be a quick study break that offers some fresh

air and human interaction, which can be few and far between during the school year.

Feeling good so far? Move your laundry along and keep going.

Next, tackle the kitchen.

Clean out your fridge, freezer and cupboards and get rid of all the gross stuff, like stale taco shells and half-used jars of padthai sauce. It’s always a good idea to keep your fridge free of funky smells, but it can also remind you of all the food in your cupboard that you forgot about. Replace your usual, go-to meal with something more exciting and break out of the rut that students so often fall into during those mid-semester blues.

If you dis-

cover any canned goods and non-perishable items — and you can’t remember why you ever thought you’d use them — there are always plenty of places that accept food donations, like the Saskatoon Food Bank and Friendship Inn. The Lighthouse also takes donations of perishable and non-perishable food items, as well as many other household items listed on their website.

While you’re on a roll, move on to cleaning the floors. I know it’s the worst chore, but there’s a trick to make it way better: turn it into a dance party. Crank up one of those songs that you can’t help but dance to — like some Backstreet Boys — and just go nuts.

Shaking your butt in the middle of your kitchen can be unbelievably cathartic and a cost-efficient stress reliever. I

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recommend making it a weekly routine.

In between great choreography and awesome solos, strip the sheets off your bed and run them through the laundry.

There’s nothing more satisfying than crawling into a clean, recently-made bed at the end of your day. Exams are stressful and no one likes acne breakouts — clean sheets are your best friend in that particular battle.

Pull out the furniture in your living room while you’re vacuuming — and dancing — and dust in all those little corners.

If you’re really feeling up to it, rearrange your furniture and try something new. Who knows, maybe you’ll like reading academic articles better with your couch on the opposite side of the room, or maybe you’ll find all the pocket change that drunk you dropped between the cushions.

The best thing about spring cleaning is the convenience. It’s the perfect method of avoiding schoolwork in a productive, guilt-free way. It’s easy to do on a budget — we’ve all been to Dollarama — and maybe crossing off chores on your list will give you that second wind of motivation that Tim Hortons couldn’t.

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Equity at the U of S: biased bursaries versus selective scholarships KEIGHLAGH DONOVAN News Editor

On Feb. 16, 2016, an Ontario judge overturned a deceased doctor’s request to set up a scholarship exclusively for white, single, heterosexual students on the grounds that it conflicted with public policy. While such severely narrow awards are not necessarily in circulation at the University of Saskatchewan, there remains some concern across campus regarding current awards that may be seen as outdated and potentially discriminatory.

Despite progressive actions and mindsets that continue to develop and evolve in contemporary society, there are several individuals like the aforementioned donor who remain loyal to traditional thought processes regarding matters of gender, sexual orientation, race and cultural backgrounds, among other identity markers.

Considering that several scholarships and similar awards have been entrusted to various Canadian institutions since the beginning of the 20th century, there are inevitably discriminatory stipulations that have somehow sustained into the present-day.

For Wendy Klingenberg, associate registrar and manager of student finance and awards at the U of S, these types of conflicts are uncommon, but there are certain processes in place to address problematic stipulations.

“The university has, several times over the past 15 years I’d say, gone to our legal counsel to ask about awards that are targeted for specific populations. Particularly, we are looking at human rights legislation and human rights prohibited grounds. So we will not set up awards that are discriminatory against a particular identified group,” Klingenberg said.

With undergraduate student awards

topping out at $10 million plus per year, students pursuing a career in education. the various departments and colleges at Klingenberg explains how this award, the U of S provide several opportunities while targeting the male population for students to access financial assis- specifically, does not discriminate tance or rewards. but rather aims to assist an underAccording to Klingenberg, the label represented group within the discipline, “award” is used as an umbrella term which is the key for gender and other that covers scholarships, bursaries and equity restrictions on awards. prizes. Scholarships are typically grantWhile this particular undered based on academic merit, while bur- representation may still hold true in saries are based on financial need and the present day, Marcel D’Eon, faculty prizes on the basis of specific perfor- member in the College of Medicine, mances such as an exceptional essay or community health and epidemiology, the highest grade in a particular course. points out a similar stipulation that has “Funding-wise, we are roughly in the become problematic for him, but not middle of the pack nation-wide, which necessarily for the reasons one might is okay. We would think. love for there D’Eon argues to be a money that the Dr. tree in the Bowl, Jessie McGeachy but we have to MacLeod Prize be judicious,” for women Klingenberg said. graduating from The student fithe U of S College nance and award of Medicine office primarily has outlived its advertises four usefulness, as award cycles over women are no the course of the longer underyear, which are represented in available through the discipline. the PAWS sys“It’s not that tem for stuI would say it is dents to access discriminatory, — BENJAMIN RALSTON, LICENSED LAWYER AND SESSIONAL LECTURER, COLLEGE OF LAW during each cybut I thought it AND COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE cle. Klingenberg might be a litestimates that tle bit degrading approximately one in 70 awards goes for women to have their own prize, as unclaimed. if they couldn’t compete with the men “We don’t have a dollar amount on on an equal basis, when we know in fact [unclaimed funds] because many of the they can, and there are as many women awards, especially those that are do- as there are men in the top 10 and they nor funded, are endowed, so the cap- are often the top graduate,” D’Eon said. ital is protected and the spendable While D’Eon admits that at one point amount every year can vary depending in time, this award certainly filled a necon investments or the university’s in- essary purpose, he believes it is time that vestment income. But we do find that the award be re-evaluated and adjusted some awards go unrewarded, even with to reflect the present demographics. re-advertising a second and even a third “Over the last 10 years, the proportime,” Klingenberg said. tion of women has increased and now One such award is the Sarah Jane it is about 50/50, and in some places Abrey Bursary, open exclusively to male across Canada there are more women,

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It seems fairly clear that maleonly scholarship for [political science] students would breach human rights law.”

Saskatchewan Youth From Care Bursary Value: Up to $20,000

Open to entering or continuing students in any direct-entry degree program at the U of S who have been youth in the care of the Saskatchewan Ministry of Social Services or a FNCFSA.

and for [the U of S] it’s been around half for some time now — several years. That may change, I don’t know, but for right now I don’t think we are doing anything particular to make it that way, it just turns out that half of the students are women,” D’Eon said.

Benjamin Ralston, licensed lawyer and sessional lecturer both at the College of Law and the College of Agriculture, was also recently made privy to a problematic award lingering in the U of S system.

The Benjamin J. Sanderson Fellowship, valued at $5,000, is offered to male students under the age of 30 who are graduating, or have graduated, from the U of S with an undergraduate degree in the social sciences and who will be pursuing studies at the London School of Economics and Political Studies.

“Though I am not going to give a legal opinion, it seems fairly clear that male-only scholarship for [political science] students would breach human rights law, but the question is whether or not human rights law is even engaged … It seemed on it’s face wrong, potentially illegal, and I had to wonder why [the department isn’t] doing anything about it — if they aren’t,” Ralston said.

While the award details strike Ralston as outdated, he is not taking a hard stance on the issue, but rather encouraging the institution to take a closer look at the laws surrounding the details.

“It’s not black and white because there is a lot of complexity in the law in this area, but I don’t think it would sit well with most people,” Ralston said.

Until her interview with the Sheaf, Klingenberg had been unaware of this specific anachronism in the system.

“Because it was established as a bequest, we would have to apply to the courts to break this trust and I can imagine that when this was created, male students were under-represented in social sciences,” she said. “This will was from 1944, so it’s terribly old and it may very well be that, at that time, the London School of Economics wasn’t open to women.”

U of S Transgender Student Award

Hannon Travel Scholarships

To qualify, students must provide a self-declaration of their status as a transgender person, and/or provide a statement of no more than two pages outlining their research into transgender issues.

Awarded annually to students in English, Home Economics and Nutrition and Theology. To be eligible, students must be in the graduating year of their program. Selection will be based on the merit of the travel proposal, involvement in university, college and community activities and character. Academic achievement may be taken into consideration.

Value: $2,500

Value: $7,000

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FEATURE Klingenberg reassures those individuals and groups with concerns that she and her colleagues at student finance and awards are constantly assessing old terms of reference that are narrow or restrictive.

Despite the fact that many awards are the result of a bequest on behalf of a deceased donor, she points out that the institution employs a clause in many terms of reference that allows the board to make adjustments when the original terms of reference are no longer tenable.

“We have legal obligations because it’s a trust agreement, but we can’t hide behind policy as an excuse for not doing the right thing,” Klingenberg said.

In spite of evident changes in enrollment and graduate students taking political science at the U of S, the fellowship has gone unnoticed, or at least remained unchanged, in the last seven decades. Klingenberg explains how this can happen.

Finance and trusts, a department in advancement and community engagement, is the colleague, co-worker and ally of student finance and awards in changing trust terms. Klingenberg admits that the Benjamin J. Sanderson Fellowship may already be on a list awaiting review or legal action, but she insists that it will be taken into serious consideration, regardless.

“Sanderson is clearly discriminatory and shouldn’t stand. I’m not our legal department, but in my opinion ... I would open this one up just based on changes in gender equity in a public policy and societal sense. This one seems unjust,” she said.

Ralston encourages students who encounter potentially discriminatory awards or situations to seek out legal or human rights advice from a credible source.

“It’s something to speak to the Human Rights Commission about. Obviously, you could lawyer-up or try to self-represent, but we are lucky enough to have a commission here in Saskatchewan … They can provide a variety of ways to resolve it that do not necessarily require you to go through a full process, but maybe try and mediate between the parties,” Ralston said.

Moreover, Campus Legal Services, a student-run clinic, recently re-opened through the College of Law, and pairs

law students with other students who have residential tenancy complaints or similar issues. Ralston suggests students utilize this free service, should they ever need to seek legal counsel.

While it is an ongoing challenge to assess every award available to U of S students, there are several selective awards for equity groups that the university has committed to focusing on, including Aboriginal students, under-represented women, people with disabilities and physical minorities, among others.

Klingenberg proudly references several increasingly progressive awards that the university has recently established for these specific groups, as evidence of their ongoing sensitivity and awareness of the changing times.

“Last year, when the transgender flag was raised in Convocation Hall, we created two new awards. One for transgendered students or for students who are doing research or scholarly work on transgender issues and an award for two-spirited students. Those are each $2,500,” Klingenberg said.

The College of Law also has a donorfunded award that allots $2,000 per year for second-year and third-year Juris Doctor students who identify as

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We would love for there to be a money tree in the Bowl, but we have to be judicious.”

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LGBTQ or are working in the field.

Moreover, the Peter T. Millard award, valued at $1,000, exists for students who have done scholarly work as part of course requirements in LGBTQ areas, including written, research, arts or fine arts work.

Peter T. Millard Scholarship

Sarah Jane Abrey Bursaries

Offered annually to an undergraduate student registered in any college who has undertaken scholarly work related to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and/or human rights issues.

Offered to male students who intend to become a teacher.

Selection will be based on academic achievement, character and leadership, community involvement and financial need.

Value: $1,000

Value: $11,500

Klingenberg also draws attention to the Youth From Care Bursary, established in September 2015, which helps to cover the costs of education for youth who have been or are coming out of the foster care system.

“Those students typically have had delays in their elementary or secondary schooling and typically have a much less robust financial support and social support system,” she said.

While the Bowl may indeed lack a money tree, Klingenberg argues that the U of S is world class in many areas, but that it also remains small enough in ways that are especially significant for its students.

“I know, day-in and day-out, my awards and account staff are really focused on doing the right thing, and that comes back to the Sanderson fellowship. This is wrong and we need to fix it and we are going to fix it. We focus all the time on getting the right money to the right student at the right time … We don’t see students as just their student numbers. We see and look for people behind the student number.”

U of S Two-Spirit Student Award Value: $2,500

To qualify, students must provide a self-declaration of their status as a twospirit person, and/or provide a statement of no more than two pages outlining their research into two-spirit issues.

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upcoming events • Jeff Scroggins with Colorado at The Bassment • Silverstein with Being As An Ocean and Emarosa at O’Brians

We The Artists proves that art is anything but easy

• The USSU’s ABCs of Sexual Activity panel discussion in Arts 241

Thursday • Jan Lisiecki: In Conversation at Quance Theatre • Last day of the USSU’s Sex Week at the U of S • Sexhibition Drag Show at Louis’ Pub • The Willie Sons at the Underground Cafe

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saturday

• Bombargo with Gunner and Smith at Amigos • Louis’ Flea Market Madness at Louis’ Pub • The Basement Paintings album release show at Louis’ Pub

• Last day of Blood: A Scientific Romance at the Refinery Arts and Spirit Centre • Last day of the Saskatoon Wildlife Federation Sports and Leisure Show at Prairieland Park

• First day of the USSU’s Social Action Week • Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls with Mo Kenney and Northcote at O’Brians • Headshots for Humanity in the Peter MacKinnon Building

monday • Dancing in the Streets: Motown’s Greatest Hits at TCU Place • Pizza supper with the College of Arts and Science dean at the Gordon Snelgrove Gallery • First day of The Scene: Youth Media Festival at the Broadway Theatre

• Amelia Curran at Village Guitar & Amp Co. • Ed Kowalczyk at TCU Place

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• The Sheaf’s When I Grow Up pub crawl, starting at Sutherland Bar

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Kyle Zurevinski Guests at We The Artists 2016 enjoyed VASU’s hands-on mural contribution to the event.

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In the cold and darkness of midwinter, We The Artists brought together people from all walks of life for a vibrant evening of music, theatre and visual arts, celebrating the works of University of Saskatchewan fine arts students.

We The Artists is a collaborative event organized by students from the fine arts departments at the U of S. Although music, drama and visual art are very different disciplines, these artists find common ground in their passion for their work and their desire to promote the arts, both on campus and in the wider Saskatoon community.

We The Artists brings attention to the arts in a time when they are often overlooked amongst other concerns at the university. For Stephanie Mah, a fourth-year fine arts student and one of the organizers of We The Artists, awareness was one of the main goals of the night.

“The arts are important to have in Saskatoon and to keep on campus, with budget cuts and everything. That’s why this project originally started — to showcase the arts at the university and to prove that they’re important and still need funding,” Mah said.

Now in its fifth year, the event was held at Louis’ Pub on Feb. 27 and featured a wide range of artistic endeavors from each of the artistic disciplines.

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Several pieces by visual art students were displayed in a makeshift gallery at the back of the bar. Mediums ranged from photography to sculpture to printmaking and were all original works by U of S students.

Music and drama students contributed a number of creative performances to the evening as well. Highlights included a seven-person flute ensemble and an original play written by drama students.

Teamwork is an important aspect of We The Artists and the event is entirely run by a committee of students from the three different departments. Along with Mah, this year's other student organizers included fine art student Kenton Doupe and arts education student Christine Czajkowski.

“We planned the event as a collaboration between the fine art departments and we kind of divided up the tasks between the different disciplines,” Mah said.

Visual art, drama and music are often viewed as very separate disciplines. However, the creators of We The Artists aimed to show the links between the different fine arts communities at the U of S. “[We wanted] to make it visible that the arts can actually work together. Visual [art], music and drama are very spaced apart on campus especially. So it’s really good for people to have a visual representation that we can still actually come together,” Doupe said.

We The Artists doesn’t just showcase the works of U of S students — it also finds ways

to give back to the community.

“The money that we raise goes to a chosen local organization after. Last year, it was Saskatoon Community Youth Arts Program; this year it’s the Open Door Society, which works with drama,” Czajkowski said.

One of the most striking things about We The Artists is how much effort went into creating the works that were exhibited during the event.

The arts can be an extremely challenging field, but unfortunately it doesn’t always appear that way to those outside of a particular discipline.

“I feel as though it’s perceived as an easy degree,” said Mah. “[People think] that art is easy, that anyone can get an art degree and you just sit around and do your art degree and it’s super easy. That people do it as a throw-away [degree] — like ‘I can’t do anything else, so I’m going to do art.’”

If We The Artists achieves anything, it’s debunking the myth that art is an easy thing to do. The quality of performances, the range of talents and the attention to detail all showcase the dedication of Saskatoon’s up-and-coming artists.

In the end, it’s this dedication that will take these artists where they want to go in life.

“It’s a matter of how much you actually want to take out of it,” Doupe said. “If you do it with the intention of just getting through it, it’ll be easy, but there will be no rewards.

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Student Kitchen: Effortless vegetarian eats ROASTED CHICKPEAS NAOMI ZUREVINSKI Editor-in-Chief

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Making the most of a student budget is simple when you turn to vegetarian sources for protein — and there’s no need to sacrifice on taste. These three recipes are great as quick snacks or additions to a meal. While cost effective, they are also very easy to make and will leave you wanting more. Get creative with these dishes and have some fun with your snacking!

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Roasted chickpeas are a super easy, crunchy snack that can be eaten alone, used as a salad topping or even thrown into a stir-fry.

Ingredients: 1 can of chickpeas (540 milliliters) 1 tsp olive oil Spices: you can mix this up to suit your tastes. I like to use paprika, seasoning salt and cayenne pepper. To give them more heat, try cumin, chili powder and cayenne pepper.

For a sweet version, try cinnamon and sugar.

Directions: Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Rinse and drain the chickpeas, then put them in a bowl. Mix the oil and spices into the bowl, coating the chickpeas evenly. Make sure not to drench them in oil, or they will end up soggy instead of crispy. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spread the chickpeas evenly on it, making sure they have room to roast. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Once they are crispy, take them out to cool and serve immediately.

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This homemade hummus has a delicious nutty flavour to it, and will keep in your fridge for up to a week. It’s also cheaper than buying pre-made hummus, and you can modify the recipe to make a larger quantity that will last longer. Perfect for dipping veggies or crackers, this hummus recipe is sure to be a snacking favourite.

Ingredients: 1 can of chickpeas (540 milliliters) ¾ cup of tahini Juice from 2 lemons 1 clove of garlic, pressed (or 1 tsp garlic powder) 1 tsp soy sauce ½ tsp chili powder ¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped A dash of salt A dash of pepper Directions: In a food processor or blender, mix all the ingredients together. If the mixture is too thick, add a little bit of water until the consistency is smooth. Serve immediately and store any extras in a sealed container in the fridge. march 3, 2016

Sweet potato fries are a great way to get some vitamin A, while still getting your fry fix.

These are easy to make and will also keep in the fridge for one to two days, if you want to make an extra quantity. If sweet potatoes aren’t your thing, you can use six to seven red potatoes and still follow this recipe.

Ingredients: 2-3 sweet potatoes (depending on the size) 2 tbsp olive oil 2 tsp oregano flakes 1 tsp black pepper 2 tsp paprika 1 tsp seasoning salt Directions: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut up the sweet potatoes into thick strips, to look like fries, leaving the skin on. Make sure they are all relatively the same size, so that they will cook evenly. Place the sweet potato fries on a cooking sheet and dust them with the olive oil and spices, coating them equally. Put the fries to bake in the oven for around 35-45 minutes. Check on them every 15 minutes or so, and flip the fries so that they cook on both sides. If you like crispier fries, leave them in longer. Serve with ketchup, or head to the Internet and find a garlic mayo dip to go with them! www.thesheaf.com ∙ the sheaf publishing society

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The death of debate KEVIN PAUL MCCAUGHEY

Even if one disagrees with someone else’s opinion, surely they should be allowed to express it, right? Sadly, on campus, this is not the case anymore. On the contrary, it is actually heresy.

“Racist!” “Sexist!” “Homophobe!” — These are the ready-made attacks in the holster of every social justice warrior, always ready to be deployed when any sniff of dissenting opinion reveals itself.

Today, this is what passes for argument. You have problems with Justin Trudeau’s cabinet being based on gender parity? Sexist. You think the policing of Halloween costumes has gotten out of control? Racist. You think even people with offensive opinions should be welcomed to express their views on campus? I’m triggered!

The University of Saskatchewan — like every other university in the world — has become an apoplectic orgy of left-wing groupthink where intellectual diversity exists only in name.

Universities at large have become meeting grounds where sixth-year liberal arts students rant and rave against speakers and faculty whom express any hint of an opinion that isn’t overtly politically correct. This has had dismal results.

Because of the ad hominem attacks like “racist” or “sexist,” students are now hesitant to say how they truly feel — and if someone does manage to break from this intellectual orthodoxy, they are bombarded with these atrocious attacks on character that completely shut down debate.

To accuse a person of racism or sexism is one of the most serious accusations someone can make, and despite these terms appearing often in common parlance, their meanings haven’t been diluted.

This is because these terms carry such significant weight that people won’t even question if something is racist or sexist — primarily because questioning if something is racist or sexist is now considered racist or sexist.

This shift in thinking has

had an insidious consequence, one that has legitimized itself by perverting the word “toleration” and using it to justify intolerance.

By capitulating to the self-righteous student bodies, trigger warnings and other ludicrous measures, universities have now effectively become giant government-subsidized cocoons that shelter student’s minds from unorthodox opinions, all under the guise of protecting their safety.

This sacrifices the most sacred tenet of education — freedom of thought. If universities aren’t the places to hear unorthodox opinions, where is?

It’s no wonder that as soon as a controversial topic comes up, all we hear from the outraged are non-substantive, incoherent reactions. Controversial opinions are stated, offended brains short-circuit and all that gushes from the offended person’s mouth is a jumble of terms commonly found in any 100-level sociology textbook.

For example, in 2010, political pundit Ann Coulter had to cancel her talk at the

University of Ottawa, all at the behest of a vocal minority of students. One student claimed that Coulter’s rhetoric would make marginalized groups feel “very unsafe and very uncomfortable.”

Oddly enough, however, Coulter withdrew from the talk because the likelihood of protesters inciting physical violence was so high — even compromising her actual safety. Depressingly, this irony does not register with students. Feelings now trump thought. It would be funny if it weren’t so sad.

So, what is the solution?

For starters, universities should stop coddling students and start exposing them to provocative, even offensive, ideas; but almost as important, universities need to restore the true meaning of the words tolerance and acceptance.

Currently, acceptance and tolerance are essentially empty buzzwords that serve as the reason to shut down debate and placate the perpetually outraged. As such, universities have failed their students and have made them ill-equipped to deal with life

outside of the classroom.

In the age of trigger warnings, this is to be expected.

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” is an expression that has slipped into antiquity, along with the Confederate flag and beanie babies.

If there is ever a change in the collective student sentiment, this article won’t be sparking it — it’ll have to start within the university itself.

Universities will have to grow a spine, quit the pampering, and embrace the liberal education that made Western civilization the greatest on earth.

How Eurocentric of me, right? I should have put a trigger warning.

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Feeling SAD? Seasonal Affective Disorder and its impact on the student population JENNIFER SPICER Although statistically, Seasonal Affective Disorder only affects a small percentage of Canadians, it is more common in the student population than you would think.

Have you been finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning? Has the change in season left you feeling down and unable to concentrate? If these issues are affecting you in your everyday life, you may

be experiencing symptoms of SAD. The Canadian Mental Health Association of British Columbia defines SAD as “a kind of depression that appears at certain times of the year. It usually begins in the fall when the days get shorter and lasts through the winter.”

According to CMHABC, SAD will affect two to three per cent of Canadians at some point. As well, a milder form of SAD will affect an additional 15 per cent of individuals.

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While a definite cause for the disorder remains unknown, it is believed to come into existence due to the lack of sunlight during the fall and winter months in northern latitudes. Family genetics and heredity may also play a role.

SAD is most common in adults, and women are up to nine times more likely to be diagnosed with it than men.

However, I believe that students in Canada, being of prime age and geographic location, might be more prone to developing SAD than other adults.

These effects, coupled with the student tendency of keeping ourselves cooped up, studying indoors and away from sunlight, may in fact increase our chances of developing SAD. Although this information may seem somewhat daunting, there are some things we can do to improve our mood during this time of the year.

There are three common treatments for SAD, the first being light therapy. Light

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therapy is the use of an artificial light source to imitate that of natural sunlight. However, these lights may cause side-effects and — in my experience — are fairly expensive.

The second treatment is the use of medication. Like most forms of depression, medication can aid in the treatment of symptoms. That said, some students may not wish to take the risk of using medication due to side-effects they may cause.

The third and final form of treatment is counselling.

Whether it be a professional, like those available to all students through the University of Saskatchewan’s Student Counselling Services or just speaking to a friend or family member, “talk therapy” can be very helpful.

Now, if you’re an individual who isn’t willing to pay a lot of money for a special light, fears side-effects from medications or is just too shy to open up about how you are feeling, there are other ways that you can try to improve your mood.

Increasing the amount of sunlight you get each day or trying to squeeze in some physical exercise may help better your temperament.

Some other things you can try are going for an afternoon walk or even finding a seat in the library next to the window when you study.

Having someone close to me who is affected by SAD has really opened my eyes to the struggles people with this disorder face. I’ve witnessed the stress, hopelessness and irritability this disorder can cause.

Although it is upsetting to see someone you care about dealing with these issues, I have also been lucky enough to see how the different forms of treatment can help.

If you are someone affected

by Seasonal Affective Disorder — or you know and have witnessed a friend or family member struggle with this disorder — there are many things you can do to help with the symptoms and to try help conquer the winter blues. march 3, 2016

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For the love of healthy vending SAHAR KHELIFA We've all been taught to eat healthy — by our doctors, our own guilty consciences and even the computer screensavers in the university's libraries. However, healthy choices on campus are limited and it's time that we had healthier food vending options available.

We know fruits and vegetables are good for us and most of us wouldn't mind living a long and healthy life but as students, our current on-campus healthy food options are minimal — and slightly unattractive.

There are, of course, already great healthy eating initiatives on campus, like the University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union’s CHEP Good Food Box program, which is good for groceries, but doesn’t exactly help students eating on the go.

The USSU’s weekly fresh food market is another great example, but while Harvey’s and A&W are open everyday of the school week, the fresh food market is not.

Vending machines are accessible all day everyday and when the semester thickens with term papers and projects, vend-

ing machines become a safe haven and much-welcomed break in the small hours of the night as we study away. So, why not provide healthier food vending options on campus?

Noura Sheikhalzoor, master of science candidate in nutrition at the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition and registered dietitian, says there is huge potential for healthy vending at the U of S. “I know many students spend a long time on campus and they are looking for an option to nourish themselves. Vending machines are an option, especially after hours,” Sheikhalzoor said.

Healthy vending can provide light, healthy snacks like lowfat milk, low-fat yogurt, hummus, fresh and dried fruits and vegetables, nuts and low-sugar granola bars to students all year around.

When Sheikhalzoor came to the U of S in 2013, she worked long hours in the Thorvaldson and Health Sciences buildings.

She went scouting for food only to find “chocolate bars, fatty snacks, sugary drinks and potato chips” nearby — barely tolerable foods for a health fanatic.

As a dietitian, Sheikhalzoor

found this concerning and, as a hungry student lurking the hallways in search of food at night, she became frustrated.

She Googled Royal Vending, the vending machine provider on campus and found they are able to provide healthier options.

A statement on their website reads: “As popular as the big brand name products are like Snickers, Doritos and Big Daddy cookies, there is an increasing demand for products that suit a more active, healthier lifestyle.”

As such, Sheikhalzoor sent Culinary Services, who are in charge of maintaining the machines, an email proposing the healthy vending machines but has not yet received an answer at the time of print.

Sheikhalzoor says the availability of healthy food vending is a win-win situation for everyone. Students and staff members would have healthier snacks and Culinary Services would make a fair amount of profit. Healthy vending might even bring in more money than traditional vending options.

“I reviewed some studies and according to research, [healthy vending] increased the sales for some campuses and schools in

the United States,” she said.

Despite all the benefits of healthy vending, Sheikhalzoor notes a few challenges. "[Healthy vending machines] might be harder to maintain because healthy options have shorter expiry dates — for example dairy products and fruits and vegetables," she said.

However, if these options are well advertised and become popular, this may not be an issue at all as students could eat the fresher snacks before they went bad. Low maintenance

food options like granola bars and dried fruit could also solve this problem.

All things considered, Sheikhalzoor says that the machines can also solve larger food and nutrition issues on campus.

Healthy vending could provide healthy snacks at prices comparable to other vending machines and would be available all the time, in multiple buildings across campus, especially those buildings that are farther away from the main cafes and food courts.

Caitlin Taylor / Photo Editor You don’t always see carrots in a vending machine, but that’s not a good thing.

De-stressing through rejuvenation: Why we need nap rooms on campus JESSICA QUAN With the relentless burden of deadlines, midterms and finals, stress has become normalized as a day-to-day reality for students. Although the University of Saskatchewan currently provides many stress-relief measures, none of these can substitute for a good old-fashioned nap.

Experts recommend around eight hours of sleep per night, although it is inevitable that many students fall short of this requirement. This leads to sleep deprivation which can be characterized by symptoms such as

fatigue, stress and a reduced capacity for learning, memorization and retaining information.

According to the Spring 2013 National College Health Assessment II survey, 93 per cent of U of S students reported that they felt tired throughout the day at least once a week, while 25 per cent reported that sleep-associated problems negatively impacted their performance in school. Given the substantial number of students affected by sleep deprivation, this is an issue that the university should assist in tackling.

The U of S currently provides services to help reduce stress levels among students, offer-

Caroline May Face it, you’ll be napping somewhere on campus so we may as well designate a space for it.

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ing recreational classes such as yoga and meditation, access to therapy dogs throughout the semester and library stations such as Play-Doh and cookie decorating during finals.

Although these measures are effective mechanisms to assist in certain areas of stress-reduction, nothing can compensate for sleep.

To complete the availability of stress-reducing services to students, I argue that we reserve a space on campus for the sole purpose of napping.

A vicious cycle emerges from sleep inadequacy — you stay up late because you need to study, but when you aren’t getting enough sleep, studying is increasingly more difficult. Not only does it require more energy to concentrate when you’re tired, but you’re tiring yourself out even more when your body is low on sleep.

Many students resort to quick-fixes to bridge the gap of awakeness and concentration while sacrificing a lengthy sleep in order to buy more time. Caffeinated beverages and performance-enhancing

substances are often consumed in large quantities to compensate for sleep.

Such habits have detrimental and adverse effects on students’ health, both mentally and physically. However, it is inevitable that students will use such measures, including neglecting one’s health, to get by academically.

Many of us find ourselves starting to — or already — dozing off in class, or we have long breaks between classes that could be made useful with a nap.

When it comes to midterms and finals season, many of us spend late nights on campus that seem almost unmanageable without a quick snooze.

For individuals to be at the peak of learning and attentiveness in both the classroom and study sessions, experts recommend a 10–20 minute power nap. A power nap is early enough within the stages of non-rapid eye movement sleep to increase mental cognition and physical energy without causing you to wake up feeling groggy.

Although a power nap won’t

compensate for a full eight hours of sleep, it may provide the extra push students need to increase productivity — it’s a healthier alternative to let your brain and body regenerate and unwind rather than consuming copious amounts of caffeine to get by.

Napping rooms are not such a far-fetched idea. Already, the University of Calgary and Mount Royal University have taken initiative to implement such a measure. Although some bathrooms in different locations on campus have unofficial napping stalls within them — such as the women's bathrooms in the Education and Arts Buildings — many of these mattresses have since been removed.

Much like a balanced diet and exercise, sleep is crucial for students to maintain a healthy lifestyle. The university provides many services in different health-related areas of care and I suggest that to increase the academic performance and well-being of its students, the U of S should take steps to designate a room and provide the means for napping.

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Backtalk: In honour of Valentine’s Day, the Sheaf asks, “What do you think love is?”

T h e S h e a f , F e b rua ry 13, 1992 / U o f S A rc h i v e s & S p e c i a l C o l l e ct i o n s

Dunling Wang Grad Student, Agriculture Sharing of difficulties.

A torchlight parade in 1947 honouring all the U of S students and alumni who died in the Second World War.

A student laboratory in the Biology Building in 1961.

University of Saskatchewan, University Archives & Special Collections, Photograph Collection, A-8665-21.

University of Saskatchewan, University Archives & Special Collections, Photograph Collection, A-177. Photographer: Gibson.

Blair Sloan 2nd year Agriculture A four letter word... Take that anyway you want!

Liza Wesolowski Arts and Science Friendship, compassion, caring, trust... All those good wam fuzzies!

Susan Crush 1st year Education A feeling you feel when you feel you’ve never felt this way before.

Ross Demkiw 2nd year MBA What you say when you know she won’t let you spend the night if you don’t. march 3, 2016

Students working in the carpentry shop in the College of Agriculture in 1920.

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