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IndigenousStudents’Counciltoelectnewexecutive EMILY KLATT

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Classes may be winding down for students at the University of Saskatchewan, but the Indigenous Students’ Council is already looking ahead to next year with the election of their new executive team.

The election process officially began with the announcement of nearly 20 prospective candidates on Apr. 4. Campaign speeches were delivered the next day at the Gordon Oakes Red Bear Student Centre. While voter polls were initially set to open on Apr. 4, due to unforeseen technical difficulties, voting has been postponed to be-

gin at 4 p.m. on Apr. 11.

For current ISC president Feather Pewapisconias-McKee, fourth-year student in the Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program, the upcoming election reinforces the need for Indigenous representation at the U of S. “To increase success and retention rates of our Indigenous population at the university, we need to have that representation to ensure students’ voices are heard and that Indigenous students feel they belong at the U of S. It's also important in creating a good atmosphere in which students feel they have that support when needed and it builds leadership within our own community,” PewapisconiasMcKee said.

As of the fall 2015 term,

nearly 2,000 undergraduates self-declared as Aboriginal students at the U of S. The ISC aims to appropriately represent this portion of the student body with the positions of president, four vice-presidents, representatives from various colleges across campus, as well as a first-year undergraduate student representative.

When it comes to prospective candidates, PewapisconiasMcKee spoke to the qualities that the ISC looks for in its leaders.

“We look for passion for Indigenous issues and rights of students [and] awareness of Indigenous issues happening on campus and in the community.

We also look at individuals that are driven, open and also committed,” Pewapisconias-McKee said. “Being on the ISC defi-

nitely takes time commitment and motivation when pushing for issues and talking to admin on behalf of our Indigenous students.”

The ISC has had a busy year, taking on a number of initiatives ranging from educational reform to student wellness.

“The ISC worked hard on mandating Indigenous studies and content at the U of S. Over the last two years that I've been a part of the ISC, we have been doing research and having discussions with departments, deans and admin about the importance of Indigenous studies — we called it ‘Decolonize Education,’” Pewapisconias-McKee said.

With the help of Gabe Senecal, former U of S Students’ Union vice-president academic, the motion to include Indig-

Caitlin Taylor / Photo Editor Current Indigenous Students’ Council executive at their Annual General Meeting prior to the coming election.

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Other endeavours include study sessions, steak nights, pub crawls and providing transportation for students to off-campus events.

Although a great deal of progress has been made in terms of Indigenous representation at the U of S, Pewapisconias-McKee believes that there is still more that can be done.

“The U of S could mandate Indigenous Studies because [in] every career you go into in Canada you will be exposed to Indigenous people or land in some way or another. It's important that students respect and understand the background of Indigenous people in order to debunk the myths and stereotypes of Indigenous people,” Pewapisconias-McKee said.

She also suggests that the U of S could do a better job of consulting and communicating with the ISC on a variety of issues.

Regardless of what students are involved in, PewapisconiasMcKee stresses the benefit of taking part in student politics at the U of S. “I think it's an important stepping-stone towards leadership and leadership in your community. It helps build your passion and gives you experience in what your passion may be. It also builds relationships and opportunity for people.”

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U of S researchers capture knowledge in a picture JALINE BROQUEZA The University of Saskatchewan community continues to showcase its research, scholarly and artistic work through images, demonstrating that a picture is worth more than a thousand words.

Images of Research is a photography and imaging competition hosted by the office of the vice-president research and inspired by Thomas Onion, an employee of the office. The competition is the first of its kind in Canada, being the first university-wide research imag-

es competition.

The event gives U of S students, staff, faculty and alumni the opportunity to share their ground-breaking research and consists of four research categories: From the Field, More than Meets the Eye, Community and Impact and Research in Action. Two additional categories include Viewer’s Choice and, new this year, Best Description.

Kathryn Warden is the research profile and impact director for the vice-president research office, whose vision is to establish the U of S as one of the top 10 medical-doctoral

Supplied / Ranjan Datta Winning photo: Creating Own God Beauty from Reshi Para Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh.

universities in Canada over the next 10 years. Warden shares how this competition helps people throughout campus learn about the interesting and diverse research taking place across Canada.

“I think it’s so wonderful to see all the different types of research that we’re doing on this campus. We are doing some amazing work that includes the faculty, the students who are graduate students or undergraduate students. Our work is not just important and impactful, but it’s also, in a sense, interesting and exciting, and so this fits with this goal that we have about promoting ‘knowledge is beautiful,’” Warden said.

Interested students can submit their photos from Mar. 24 to Apr. 7. The image should be accompanied by a clearlywritten description consisting of 120 words, free of jargon.

Prizes for the runner-up to the grand winner range from $200 to $500. For each individual, only one photo will be accepted in each category. Afterwards, the winners will be selected by a panel of judges consisting of one faculty, one student

and one communications representative, excluding the Viewer’s Choice category, which will be determined by public online voting from Apr. 11-20.

Winners will be announced in late April or early May. The first competition was held in 2015 with nearly 90 submissions and almost 50 countries voting online for their favourites. According to Warden, the competition was so successful, it has inspired other institutions to follow suit.

“Other Canadian universities are following our lead: for instance, McMaster [University] is just finishing up its first competition and telling its researchers to look at our winning photos for inspiration,” Warden said.

Ranjan Datta, doctoral student in the school of environment and sustainability, was the winner of three different prizes in the inaugural competition last year and sees Images of Research as a form of action and inspiration.

“When I joined, I was not expecting that I will win, but even if I join, it’s kind of informing people and also my commu-

nity of what kind of work that I am doing ... I see it’s an inspiration, learning and motivational space for researchers, participants, community and also students, faculty, for many people,” Datta said.

Datta encourages all U of S students, faculty, staff and alumni to take part in the competition.

“Showing your passion — what you have done, what you want to do. It is not necessary that you have to win but participate. Create a networking space. Let me know what you are doing. I would like to know what you are doing and you care to have an interest in what I’m doing so that we are connected. We are not disconnected.

We want a community that we know each other,” Datta said.

Warden adds that the competition is just one of many ways to show that U of S researchers are engaged in unique and intriguing projects on campus “I would encourage all students who feel that they are doing interesting work to let my unit know about that because there are ways that we can profile their work.”

REMAI MODERN PRESENTS…

INDIGENOUS VIEWS OF THE OTHER A Lecture by Gerald McMaster

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Representations of Indigenous Americans by Europeans is a well-travelled, yet one-way street. The practice of Indigenous artists representing Europeans is, on the other hand, an untraveled road. In this lecture, Gerald McMaster will present works from all regions of Canada and the northern United States in order to explore the various visual strategies Indigenous artists use to represent this interface with their European other.

Gerald McMaster’s lecture is part of Remai Modern’s Museums 3.0, an innovative program which brings leading figures to Saskatoon to engage with staff and inform the gallery’s direction-setting programs. He is a ground-breaking artist, a professor of Indigenous Visual Culture and Critical Curatorial Studies at OCAD University (Toronto), and is currently Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Visual Culture & Curatorial Practice.

For more details, visit remaimodern.org/prelaunch or visit us on Facebook.

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• Monday, April 18, 2016 • Lecture at 6:30 pm (Doors open at 6 pm) • Admission is FREE BackStage Stage Remai Arts Centre (Home of Persephone Theatre) Reception to follow, cash bar

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Remai Modern gratefully acknowledges funding from the City of Saskatoon, Sask Arts Board, SaskCulture, and Canada Council for the Arts.

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Environmentalhistorybroadensstudenthorizons JACK THOMPSON Though old news to some, historians and history students at the University of Saskatchewan study not only past human behaviours and patterns, but also actively contribute to knowledge about contemporary environmental issues. Seven members of the U of S history department recently attended a conference to showcase their research in this field.

From Mar. 30 to Apr. 3, graduate students and professors from the department of history attended the annual American Society for Environmental History conference in Seattle, Wash., to present their research on historical topics that pertain to environmental issues or understandings about the environment. This interdisciplinary conference hosted over 15 universities from Canada and the United States and covered topics ranging from public health to Indigenous communities and their relation to environmental history.

While environmental history may sound like an area of study with a specific focus,

Colin Osmond, a U of S history graduate student, claims that it has implications for all fields of academia.

“People don’t often assume that the environment is a historical actor or something that shapes opinion.

The physical world is something that we often assume is just kind of there but we don’t assume that it has a lot of impact on the way that we see the world or shape our understanding of it,” Osmond said.

According to Osmond, since the physical world is of universal relevance, the implications for environmental history on student lives is clear. He thinks that the study of environmental history can prove useful for students in gaining a broader understanding of the world around them, which may be applied to innumerable academic situations or pursuits.

Osmond also suggests that this kind of conference is especially exciting because of its interdisciplinary nature, allowing many students from various areas of study to present their research and showcase their knowledge building skills.

“What is really cool about

the conference is that I wouldn’t necessarily say that the research I do falls strictly within environmental history, but they’ve opened it up to make it so anyone who's discussing something that has some implications for environmental history can come and present and get feedback,” he said.

Osmond speaks to the research he presented at the conference, part of the ongoing work of his master’s thesis, pertaining particularly to Aboriginal communities and the logging industry.

“I’m researching the history of Coast Salish men … [which] is an Aboriginal cultural group in the southwestern coast of British Columbia, stemming kind of from northern Washington State, the Puget Sound region, up into the Fraser River Valley and up to the Sunshine Coast area. It’s a fairly large cultural group with many different individual nations,” he said. “I did a lot of oral history with Aboriginal men who worked in the commercial logging industry and discussing the impact that logging had on Aboriginal identity in the 19th to 20th century.”

Osmond’s research can be seen as an example of how environmental history can work its way into studies that are not strictly based in historical subject matter.

He insists the study of environmental history is a valuable trajectory for students since it can assist in understanding environmental issues such as climate change and global warming

and where these phenomena stem from in a historical sense.

“We often assume that those issues are something that can only be dealt with by the hard sciences, by biologists or geologists, but the way that we understand the world around us and the way that world around us is shaped in our minds is totally cultural and social.”

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New bilingual law program anticipated at U of S CELINE GRIMARD The University of Saskatchewan’s College of Law is breaking new ground with a proposal for a French common law program option for future students — the first of its kind in Canada.

While the program has yet to receive approval from the Academic Programs Committee of Council, it has been approved at the college level. At the U of S, the APC functions

to approve or deny new program proposals. The French language common law option will allow students to complete 30 of the 90 credits in an exclusively French setting.

Students will also be required to complete 15 out of the 30 French credit units at the University of Ottawa.

At the head of this process is Doug Surtees, associate dean academic at the College of Law. If the program receives approval and is a success, a growing partnership

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will be made between the two universities, the U of O and the U of S. “They hope it might develop into an exchange where French language students from the U of O might come [to the U of S] in the future to take English language courses,” Surtees said.

According to Surtees, programs like this one are innovative components to the U of S, benefiting not only students but also the public in general, as the program will support students who wish to practice French law in many francophone communities outside of Quebec.

Presently, Surtees confirms that there are a number of students who are bilingual but who are not confident enough in their language abilities to practice law in French. Students who wish to apply to the program will have to either be bilingual or meet the minimum language requirements at the U of S. Currently, the College of

Law offers one bilingual moot per year, the Laskin Memorial Moot, but the French language common law option aims to create more opportunities for bilingual moots.

In a moot, a simulated court case including four students, law students are given a particular problem to argue and research, and then they present their case in front of a judge or a panel of judges.

“The programs will be there to help them with the legal research, writing skills and the specialized language that goes with the law,” Surtees said.

According to Surtees, the partnership with the U of O will be beneficial in determining the French language skills of applicants. Surtees explains that students will be required to submit a two page summary of why they would like to join the program and how the French component will benefit them and their studies.

“The student lawyers are

given a particular problem to argue and they do their research on it and present that research in front of a judge or a panel of judges just like they would in a real court, and often the judges are real.”

According to Surtees, the program will better serve students who already have their academic sights set on the U of S College of Law. “It will allow them the opportunity to develop legal skills in French, they will be in better positions to argue legal cases in French … [since] both French and English statutes are equally authoritative,” he said.

Currently, courts are required to offer trials in both French and English, but it is not a requirement for every lawyer and judge to be bilingual. However, when the decision is made to appoint judges, at least a few must be bilingual and, according to Surtees, there are several bilingual judges within Saskatchewan. april 7, 2016

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Huskies induct five to Wall of Fame BRENDEN PALMER On Apr. 1, Huskies Athletics inducted five members to the University of Saskatchewan Athletic Wall of Fame. The event began in 1984 to provide recognition to outstanding individual athletes, teams and team builders who have made exceptional contributions to the Huskie Athletics program.

Andrew Spagrud, a former Huskies men’s basketball player, was the first inducted in the athlete category this year. In 2004, Spagrud won the Canada West Player of the Year award and was named a Canadian Interuniversity Sport All-Canadian in his

final four seasons. Spagrud remains the all-time leading scorer in Huskie and CanWest history with 2,182 points.

“I am greatly humbled, as I know the athletic calibre of my fellow inductees. I would also like to thank all of my coaches and teammates who I shared the court with along the way,” Spagrud said. “I am a firm believer in team sports, and everything that I am being recognized for today was facilitated with the help of my teammates and coaches.”

The second athlete inducted was Karlyn (Serby) Wells. Part of the track and field team from 2000 to 2005, Wells won 14 CanWest medals, eight of which were gold.

At the CIS level, Wells earned

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11 medals, including five gold medals. In 1999-2000, Wells was awarded the Pat Lawson Trophy for the Huskie Athletics Female Rookie of the Year, and in 2005 she represented Canada at the World Universiade Games in İzmir, Turkey.

“I had the privilege to train and compete with some of Canada’s greatest female athletes. Over my five years with the team, I ran with 15 different girls, and together we chased down Olympians, we fouled, we fell down, we got back up and against all odds we came back to win some championships we probably shouldn’t have won,” Wells said.” I would like to thank them and all of my coaches for always being there and supporting me.”

This year, the Huskies 1998–99 men’s volleyball team was inducted to the Wall of Fame in the team category. In 1998–99, the team won the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union Championship — the third national title in Huskie program history.

The Huskies entered the national championship as a wild card. They defied the odds and advanced to the final round, defeating the Laval University Rouge et Or 3–0 to

claim the title.

Speaking on behalf of the team was former player Josh Janson.

“It was a privilege to be a part of such a great program and to play with such great players. On behalf of the 1999 Huskies, we would like to thank the University of Saskatchewan and Huskie Athletics for having such a great impact on our lives and inducting such a great team to the Wall of Fame,” Janson said.

In the team builder category, author Michael P.J. Kennedy was inducted for his contributions to the 2006 and 2015 editions of Dogs on Ice: A History of Hockey at the University of Saskatchewan, which chronicle the history of Huskie hockey. For over 20 years, Kennedy has consistently volunteered for Huskie Athletics, hosting events, writing content and more.

Kennedy said that he was honoured to be inducted into the Wall of Fame as a team builder, but added that many true team builders remain unacknowledged.

“Beyond the athletes and coaches, it is the people who provide medical, logistical, media and officiating support for all of our sports that

are the real builders of Huskie athletics,” Kennedy said.

“Other true builders are parents, friends and fans who are loyal to our athletes game after game, and year after year.

I am extremely grateful for this wonderful honour, and most of all I thank you for allowing me to be part of the Huskie family.”

The second inductee to the team builder category was Gil Wist, a former Huskies wrestler. Wist spent more than 30 years supporting the Huskie wrestling program as a liaison between the wrestling program and the Saskatchewan Amateur Wrestling Association. Wist continues to dedicate his time to improving the Huskie wrestling program, in addition to helping promote and support wrestling programs across the province.

“I would not be up here tonight if it were not for a love of sport. Everything that I’ve done over the years has simply been a labour of love.

Working with the young athletes — you just can’t describe the feeling of being a coach,” Wist said. “It’s just an incredible feeling, and you’ve got to have that love of your sport or you’re not going to have the results.”

up features plenty of firepower and you won’t want to take a bathroom break when they’re up to bat. With six of their nine hitters more than capable of leaving the yard, the home runs will come by the handful — and

order, it’s no wonder the Jays had the most potent attack in all of baseball last year.

It was an interesting offseason for the Jays, as they lost star pitcher David Price and outfielder Ben Revere. Both will be missed in the lineup, but their replacements are just as capable and are much cheaper options.

Michael Saunders will take over in left field for Revere and although he lacks the speed and defensive capabilities of his ex-teammate, Saunders is a much more fearsome hitter.

It will obviously be difficult to replace Price, but the additions of Jesse Chavez and J.A. Happ to the rotation will aim to add more depth, as management hopes Stroman can be the team’s bona fide ace.

While they finished strong down the stretch last season, it will be interesting to see what a full season has in store for the Blue Jays. With a winning culture established around the organization,

let’s hope it leads to another bright season for Jays, as they look to continue their resurgence in the ultra-competitive American League East division.

While it is a long season — 162 games can feel like an eternity — the Blue Jays are sure to provide plenty of entertainment during the summer.

Whether it’s sitting with some relatives watching a game over Sunday brunch, or enjoying a few cold ones with some friends on a Friday night, the Jays are great to have on in the background, even if you don’t follow baseball religiously.

If you’re looking to get into the sport, now is the time. As a fan in Canada, the Blue Jays are the obvious choice for your favourite team and they’ll be sure to give you some exciting baseball. With the squad primed for another run at the post-season, you’ll want to get behind them now — who knows how long it will be before the Jays are this good again.

Blue Jays begin quest for repeat season AUSTIN ARVAY

Sports Editor

After their most successful season in the last two decades, the Toronto Blue Jays appear to be headed into another summer full of wins and excitement, as they aim for a second consecutive playoff appearance.

Although baseball is often considered to be a boring sport, especially by younger people, I beg to differ. Scoring more runs and providing more homers than anyone else in the league, the Jays are one of the most exciting teams to watch on a nightly basis. With an impressive record last season and a strong roster once again, the Blue Jays deserve the support of an entire country.

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approach to winning baseball games. Rather than looking to manufacture runs and limit runs against, they’re hoping to light up the scoreboard every game and pummel teams with their explosive offence. They scored 5.45 runs per game in 2015, easily a full run more than the league average.

While their pitching staff isn’t as dominant as others around the league, the Jays are hoping their young arms can take the next step in their careers and give the team solid outings in each and every start. Youngsters Marcus Stroman and Aaron Sanchez will look to anchor a starting rotation that has more run support than any other in the league. With Brett Cecil, Drew Storen and Roberto Osuna locking down the bullpen, the Jays should be in good shape if they can repeat their incredible offensive performance from last season.

The Jays’ star-studded line-

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it sure m a k e s for some entertaining baseball.

With all-stars like Troy Tulowitzki, Edwin Encarnacion, Jose Bautista and reigning Most Valuable Player Josh Donaldson headlining the batting

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Active spring dates for the university couple AUSTIN ARVAY

Sports Editor

As the snow melts and the school year mercifully comes to a close, it’s finally time to get back outside and take advantage of Saskatchewan’s beautiful outdoors. Furthermore, it’s the wonderful time of year where couples can once again get active and are no longer forced to watch Netflix for every date night.

During a long winter, it can definitely be a difficult task to remain active and stay in shape. Luckily, the warm weather and beautiful Saskatoon scenery can be just the motivation you need to get off the couch and back on your feet.

Running can be a boring activity on your own, but jogging with your significant other cannot only motivate both of you to be active, but it can also make it fun. Changing your route regularly and

cracking jokes along the way can help make running seem like less of a chore and more of a beneficial activity that you and your partner both enjoy. There are plenty of scenic trails along or near the river that will help you forget you’re running and let you immerse yourselves in the beauty of nature.

If running isn’t your thing, going for a walk on the same trails is just as romantic, especially at sunset. There are plenty of parks around the city and going for a long walk together sure beats the hell out of watching another episode of Making a Murderer.

So save the shows for a rainy day and get outside and soak up the spring weather!

There are plenty of sporty activities you can do together that don’t require much equipment. Grab a Frisbee, a football or a soccer ball and find some green space and have some fun. It can be enjoyable to learn a new sport together — or maybe one of you does the teaching and you share some laughs.

Chasing down a Frisbee or a football may not seem like a lot of work, but 20 to 30 minutes of exercise will be plenty for one day. If you keep at it, you’ll be running the no-huddle offence to perfection by the end of the summer.

A lesser known but very rewarding sport is tennis.

You’ll probably have to purchase rackets and tennis balls, but there are handfuls of courts all around the city, which are usually empty. It’s a little more difficult to master the basics of tennis, but with a few hours of practice you’ll be rallying back-andforth with the best of them.

You don’t have to treat it like the Wimbledon final, but you’ll find the constant movement and stopping and starting will have you sweating in no time. Be sure to bring plenty of water and try to play in the morning or late afternoons, avoiding the peak heat of the day.

Going for a bike ride is always fun and it’s easy too.

You can pedal at your own

pace, but even a leisurely ride around the neighbourhood is a great leg workout and is sure to get the blood pumping. It’s always exciting stopping for a snack along the way, so try biking for an ice cream treat instead of driving to the store.

The most important part of all these activities is to have fun. Working out can be a challenge for many people, but making it pleasant is the easiest way to enjoying a healthy lifestyle. These are just some ideas, as there are plenty of ways to get active together this spring. Try

joining a rec team together, which is not only fun and functional, but you’ll meet plenty of new people too.

It’s scientifically proven that physical activity helps improve your happiness and overall health, so what are you waiting for? Doing some of these activities is not only valuable for you and your partner, but it can also be fun and bring you closer together. With the final-exam grind in your rearview mirror, some outdoor therapy and physical activity is just what you need to start the summer off right.

Jeremy Britz / Graphics Editor Running doesn’t have to be a chore — it can be romantic.

Tips on how to stay fit over the summer BRENDEN PALMER With the winter semester drawing to a close, many students are focusing their efforts on writing papers and studying for finals, and perhaps giving little thought as to how they intend to stay fit and active during the summer break. Despair not, there is still plenty of time to figure that out and here are a few ideas to give your brain a break and your muscles a workout.

Running is a great way to stay in shape. The beautiful thing about it is its simplicity: it hardly requires any equipment — except running shoes and comfortable clothes. The only rule you have to follow is to continuously put one foot in front of the other until you reach the finish line. Running can be done wherever you go so long as you have a route in mind, and it is only as competitive as you make it.

Running is not necessarily a solo activity either and can actually be quite social.

There are a variety of clubs throughout Saskatoon that

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give runners the chance to get together and run. Joining a group is a great way to meet new people, stay motivated, get tips on how to improve your race times and learn about upcoming road race opportunities.

There are two road races taking place in Saskatoon in the near future. The Saskatoon Police Half Marathon will be held on May 1, and the Saskatchewan Marathon will take place in the city on May 29. Both races offer runners the choice to choose the distance that they would like to run, so if it seems daunting to run a full marathon (42-kilometres) or a half marathon (21-kilometres), runners can opt to do a more-manageable 10-kilometre or 5-kilometre distance.

If running for the sake of running does not appeal to you, there are plenty of off-campus recreational sports in Saskatoon to choose from. Joining a rec team is a great way to try a

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new sport, stay active and meet new people. The Saskatoon Rec League has a variety of sports that are currently open for registration includ-

ing flag football, ultimate Frisbee, outdoor soccer and slo-pitch.

According to the SRL, the goal of the league is to provide sports opportunities to young adults with a focus on socialization instead of competition.

Students can register for sports as individuals, as part of a group or as an entire team. However, with more focus on socialization than competition, it may be a little counterproductive to your fitness goals if you end up doing a lot of partying as a result of joining a rec team — unless your fitness goal is to use sports as a conduit to find more parties.

In that case, go nuts.

If you prefer to avoid running and team sports but still want to get a good workout, meet new people and have fun, another option to consider is joining a martial arts gym. There are quite a few in Saskatoon, including Scheer’s Martial Arts, Momentum MarLesia Karalash tial Arts and Diekema

Martial Arts, with a variety of different martial arts to choose from.

If you like to grapple and toss people around, you might enjoy Brazilian jiujitsu, judo, or wrestling — just be warned that you might get tossed yourself. If you want to stand up and spar, consider boxing, kickboxing, muay thai or another striking art. Most mixed martial arts gyms provide opportunities for both grappling and striking.

A word of caution: martial arts gyms tend to be a bit expensive. Most gyms charge their members a monthly fee which can add up quickly. Also, you may need to buy gear, like a gi, mouth guards, leg guards, gloves and head protection.

Nevertheless, martial arts are very rewarding and can be a blast.

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Cuisine for cramming: A student guide to late-night delivery JESSICA QUAN With final exam season now upon the University of Saskatchewan, late-night studying sessions are inevitably in order.

Whether we need to refuel our brainpower or we simply need a reason to take a break, food provides the means for students to recuperate and re-energize.

Studying 24/7 doesn’t leave much time for students to prepare a hearty and healthy meal.

Under these circumstances and due to its convenience, delivery may be the best alternative.

Many food establishments are

open late, cater to students on a tight budget and provide large portions, helping students get through those long nights of studying.

Here are some restaurant recommendations that have late hours, provide delivery, have student discounts or deals and give you the most bang for your buck in both quality and portion size.

All of the options listed below have vegetarian and gluten-free options when requested. The cost of delivery may be pricey at times, but all of these establishments also have the option of pick-up.

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Chef Express Chef Express has an abundance of options and is located downtown on 3rd Avenue North. From pizza to Chinese food, this restaurant has something for everyone. This place is a late night staple any day of the week, as it’s open Monday through Thursday until 4 a.m., and Friday and Saturday until 6 a.m. While the pizza can be a bit pricey, the Chinese dishes offer generous portions and have prices as low as $6.

I recommend Chef Express for larger study groups — if everyone orders a dish to their liking and splits the cost afterwards, you are guaranteed to have a great feast with a variety of flavours. Students have the option of either ordering pick-up or delivery online and if you use the code “CHEFEXPRESS10” on the website Skip the Dishes, you get 10 per cent off your first order.

Domino’s Pizza Pizza always has and always will be a staple dish for university students. Among all the various restaurants, it can be difficult to decide where to

order from. Domino’s is a perfect option for students since some branches are open until 3 a.m. Domino’s’ website and app make it easy for you to design your own pizza and to place an order with the click of a button. This option is great for groups that may have varying tastes in toppings, or if you’re like me and want some extra cheese on your pizza. If you enter the code “student” at the checkout, you receive 50 per cent off when you present your student card at the time of the delivery.

Meg’s Restaurant Meg’s Restaurant offers a variety of dishes including sandwiches, salads, pizzas and standard entrees, but what this establishment is most known for is their authentic Indian cuisine. Meg’s is open late until 5 a.m. on weekdays and although most entrees cost over $10, the portions are substantial and the food is very flavourful and fresh. My personal favourite dish is the samosas, which are only $1.99 per samosa and are perfect for a quick snack or appetizer. You can order pick-up or delivery

online and can get 15 per cent off of your first order if you use the code “MEGS15” at the checkout on Skip the Dishes.

Meg’s is located downtown on 3rd Avenue North.

Wing World At Wing World, dry ribs and chicken wings come in over 50 flavours. They are perfect for sharing as there are many different portion sizes available.

In addition, there are multiple combos that include drinks, fries and/or salad, which provide a sizable portion for groups. With delivery and pick-up options, Wing World is open until 12 a.m. Sunday to Wednesday, and until 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday. On Wing Wednesdays, you can buy any item off the menu and get the second item of equal or lesser value for 50 per cent off.

Whether you’re working alone or with a group, food is essential to maintain your focus. Not only does food fill your stomach, but it fills your heart and soul with that extra push you may need to survive a long night of studying and ace your finals.

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LiveTheat Louis’: continuing legacy of

concerts at our campus bar

ZACH TENNENT

Opinions Editor This year marks the 35th anniversary of Louis’ Pub, the University of Saskatchewan’s venerable student hangout.

However, beyond simply being a longtime watering hole for students, Louis’ is also one of Saskatoon’s most storied and highly-regarded concert venues.

Originally opened as Louis’ Hangout in 1981, the venue — named after Canada’s love-himor-hate-him founding father Louis Riel — has obviously seen its share of changes over the years. Articles in the Sheaf from the venue’s salad days lament the “ugly historical decor,” while praising the $2.10 bottled beer. Some change is good, some not so much. Among one of the things that has remained consistent, however, is a propensity to bring great shows to town.

While you might not know it when having a post-exam beer or stopping by for lunch, Louis’ has created and continues to live up to a raucous legacy of live music. Assistant manager Dan Smolinski understands

from experience the impor- rary international acts like BlitHillacre also had kind things tance of bringing crowd-pleas- zen Trapper and Tokyo Police to say, noting the venue’s optiing musical acts to the campus.

Club, to national treasures like mal size.

“The first show I ever went to Alexisonfire, Joel Plaskett and “It’s almost the size of venue was at Louis' in 1998,” Smolinski Propagandhi, to underground that our music is catered tosaid, in an email to the Sheaf. “I’d legends like Dinosaur Jr., the wards,” Hillacre said. “We need just gotten my driver's licence, Melvins and Pixies frontman it to be kind of pounding and and my friends and I drove from Frank Black. have fairly high fidelity hearing my hometown to Saskatoon to While touring acts obviously of the other people in the band.” see Reel Big Fish play. That was do very well at the venue, someFor Basement Paintings, one of the best nights of my life times talent also comes from playing a venue the size of Louand I use that night as a constant within. Local ambient instru- is’ was somewhat of an accomreminder that we plishment. are responsible “We’ve kind of for building lastjust gone back and ing memories for forth between Vanstudents.” gelis and Amigos,” When it comes Hillacre said. to choosing acts Likewise, to play Louis’, Thompson agrees Smolinski notes about a size hierarthe process is fairchy when it comes ly intuitive. to local venues.

“The student “It’s probably a demographic is pretty steady scale — Justin Thompson,of Basement Paintings always the most up the chain,” important factor Thompson said. in deciding the They aren’t acts we bring in to Louis',” Smo- mental group Basement Paint- wrong, either. Louis’ seems to linski said. “We work together ings — who recently completed be in a league of its own when closely with other schools and a 10 date tour of eastern Cana- it comes to club style venues in national university program- da — celebrated the release of Saskatoon. While the aforemenmers to monitor trends in stu- their latest album Mystic with a tioned Vangelis and Amigos fill dent activities and entertain- show at Louis’ on Mar. 5. Bassist up at 170 and 300 people, rement.”

Justin Thompson and guitarist spectively, and the Capitol MuThe booking staff have his- Paul Hillacre both spoke posi- sic Club at 290, Louis’ can actorically done an impressive job tively about the experience. commodate an impressive 579. at keeping up with these trends “Louis’ was probably one of “It seems to be kind of hard too, hosting bands from all the best experiences we’ve had to bridge that gap between walks of life — from contempo- anywhere,” Thompson said.

Amigos and Louis’,” Thompson

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I honestly kind of wish they booked more music there, because the vibe is sweet and it sounds good.”

Supplied / Basement Paintings Local outfit Basement Paintings enjoyed playing at Louis’.

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said. “We only did it by really pumping our release show.”

From there, the next step would seemingly be O’Brians Event Centre, which can hold up to 1000 people and would almost certainly price out most local acts. As such, Louis’ seems to fill a certain gap in the city.

When asked about shows they’ve attended at Louis’ as audience members, both Hillacre and Thompson had good memories to share.

“I’ve actually only seen I think two shows there, but they were both awesome. I went to Phantogram, and that was one of the best shows I’ve been to,” Hillacre said. “Louis’ has a really cool vibe for sure.”

Thompson agrees about the venue and its qualities.

“I saw the Melvins there — that was pretty dope,” Thompson said. “I honestly kind of wish they booked more music there, because the vibe is sweet and it sounds good.”

From drone music to Sloan music, Jay Ferguson, guitarist for Canadian indie rock veterans Sloan speaks fondly about his innumerable performances at Louis’. The band, who in Ferguson’s own estimation have played Louis’ 15 to 20 times, have been appearing on the Louis’ stage for nearly a quarter of a century.

Raisa Pezderic Jay Ferguson of Sloan, playing at Louis’ on Sept. 19, 2012.

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Supplied / Ryan Jackson Death From Above 1979 playing at Louis’ on Apr. 8, 2005.

University of Saskatchewan Archives & Special Collections / The Sheaf / September 18, 1997 For years, Louis’ has been bringing diverse musical acts to Saskatoon.

“I think we can tell how long we’ve been playing there because every time we would go there, you’d go into the dressing room and there’s all those signed photos that are on the walls.

There’s singed photos of us from 1993-94,” Ferguson said. “I would put Louis’ as one of the more pleasurable university bars/pubs to play at for sure.”

When asked what the appeal of the venue has been over the years, Ferguson cites a variety of pleasant aspects.

“We always sort of joke that the lower the ceiling, the more exciting the show.

Louis’ is downstairs and you have a relatively low ceiling compared to a lot of venues,” Ferguson said. “There’s not a big barrier between the audience and the band and I find those make for more exciting shows.”

Interestingly enough, the U of S campus — familiar to most students as a snowy, muddy hellhole — is also among Ferguson’s favourite aspects of playing Louis’.

“I also find it’s nice landing on a nice campus,” Ferguson said. “This is almost embarrassing, but we would bring croquet sets or bocce along to amuse ourselves on tour. april 7, 2016

There’s a nice patch of grass that’s near and we can set up and play sports and hang out outside, or read. I find it’s a really nice campus to pull up and hang, and it’s low key. I always look forward to going there.”

Musicians aren’t the only ones to have kind words to say about the venue and the talent it brings to town.

As someone who bangs his head from time to time and has opened up a pit or two in his day, I can certainly say from experience that the energy at a Louis’ show can run high.

J e s s i c a Klaassen-Wright, a fourth-year English major, also has fond memories at Louis’ to speak of.

“I went to see Blitzen Trapper, which is one of my favourite bands, so the experience was fantastic because of that,” Klaassen-Wright said. “The sound was really good as well, which I find doesn’t often happen in some of the places I go to in Saskatoon.”

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Katherine Fedoroff Blitzen Trapper playing at Louis’ on June 17, 2014.

Braden Bessel, a third-year renewable resource management student, also recalls a memorable night at the venue.

“The first show I went to I think I was 16. I saw Ra Ra Riot and Wintersleep,” Bessel said. “Ra Ra Riot ended up being one of my favourite bands for quite a few years after that because of the show — I went for

space where you don’t have to necessarily be in the middle of everything so you can still sit back and enjoy,” Bessel said.

For Jeremy Britz, a thirdyear visual arts major, Louis’ provided a rare opportunity to see a favourite band.

“I saw Tiger Army with the Unseen back in 2008,” Britz said. “I remember it was a really good experience because Tiger Army was one of those bands that just doesn’t really come around here often, so to get to see them was pretty sweet.”

Like Bessel, Britz liked the separate lower dance floor.

“Louis’ was a — Jay Ferguson, of Sloan good venue for [the show] too.

I think a lot of Wintersleep.” people complain about how Bessel also appreciated the it’s set up and how it’s tight lower level dance floor at in there but I think that’s reLouis’. ally good for a punk show,” “I think it’s a good set Britz said. up actually. If there’s peoA testament to the venue’s ple who want to get down ability to book strong talent and start dancing or maybe can be found by looking at moshing, they’re allowed how many bands have grown to, but if you don’t want to in popularity after playing there’s still lots of viewing Louis’ earlier in their careers.

We always sort of joke that the lower the ceiling, the more exciting the show.”

“What's interesting about Louis' is that it was probably the place where your favourite stadium/arena grade band used to play before they really made it big,” Smolinski said. “Nickelback, AFI, Green Day, Billy Talent, Tegan And Sara and Metric were all gracing the Louis' stage not more than a decade or two ago,” Smolinski said.

Speaking to Smolinski’s observation, it’s worth noting that April 2016 alone will see three Louis’ alumni bands — Death From Above 1979, Pop Evil and Sloan — returning to Saskatoon and playing different venues.

Regarding Sloan’s venue change, Ferguson offered optimistic disappointment.

“I guess it’s fun to try a new venue, but I’ll miss our game of bocce on the lawn near Louis’,” Ferguson said.

Decades after opening its doors, Louis’ continues to be one of Saskatoon’s most exciting music venues and Smolinski promises no end in sight as he plans 35th anniversary celebrations.

For fans of rock, metal, hiphop, punk, country or all of the above, Louis’ continues to have you covered, and if you’ve never been to a show there, maybe 2016 is your year.

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• Aryn El Hefe with Steph Cameron and the Grid Pickers at the Capitol Music Club

Recountingresidentialschools: The tale of Augie Merasty

• Last day of classes at the U of S • Paul Collins’ Beat with Dany Laj and the Looks and The Hook Up at Amigos

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saturday

• Dumb Angel with Ride Til Dawn and The Windows Up Above at Vangelis • Ellen Kolenick at The Bassment • Scott Ward and Chuck Cease at Louis’ Pub • Randy & Lahey! with the Shithawks at the Capitol Music Club

• Dzeko & Torres at O’Brians • Manuel Valera Trio at The Bassment • Soul Mates with Grey Light District and Vagiant at Vangelis • The Fuss with Bang Bang Control at the Capitol Music Club

JACK THOMPSON • An Evening with Sloan at the Broadway Theatre

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• Drop-in Mindfulness Meditation at St. Thomas More College Chapel • PAWS Your Stress at the Murray Library

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• Jordan Klassen with Megan Bonnell at Amigos

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Supplied / Honor Kevr U of S professor emeritus David Carpenter’s most recemt book addresses the lingering effects of residental schooling in Canada.

• Eh440 at the Bassment • Highwind with Bonfire and Alone I Walk at Amigos • Terence Jack at the Capitol Music Club

David Carpenter, once an English professor at the University of Saskatchewan, has since left his position in order to pursue writing, including fiction and nonfiction.

His most recent work, The Education of Augie Merasty, is a timely discussion of Indigenous history in Canada.

The novella has had great success, receiving several awards including the Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence. The story showcases the aftermath of historical residential schooling practices for Indigenous children in Canada and gives a personal perspective from someone who experienced it first hand: Augie Merasty.

This novella is the true story of Merasty’s experiences in residential schooling from age five to 14. However, it wasn’t until later, when one of his colleagues had received a letter, that Carpenter began the journey of telling Merasty’s story.

“In 2001, well after I had quit teaching and I was writing, I was phoned by [a secretary of the U of S English department]. She phoned me up and said ‘There’s a letter and I want you to read it.’ So I came down and read the letter. It was [from] an old trapper up north who had had a traumatic experience back

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in the 1930s and 40s, in the residential school for nine years,” Carpenter said.

This journey of writing The Education of Augie Merasty proved to be challenging for both Merasty and Carpenter. Merasty wrote out his account of events and sent them to Carpenter. However, this was difficult for Merasty as he was still struggling with the aftereffects of the trauma he endured during his time in residential schooling.

“I could tell that [Merasty] was so deeply and tragically affected by the abuse he suffered there that he just couldn’t stop thinking about it, it had quite literally driven him to drink. Not only was he an intelligent, perceptive and courageous observer of what had happened to him, but also a hopeless alcoholic,” Carpenter said.

These issues caused Merasty to have a very erratic writing schedule as well as making him prone to losing parts of his manuscript at times.

However, Mother Nature also intervened to cause the delay of Merasty’s book.

“Once, actually, a bear … broke into a cabin [Merasty] had been trying to build for a period of six or seven years and destroyed a lot of stuff inside and got lots of food and scattered it all over the cabin, and he ate part of the manuscript,” Carpenter said.

Carpenter cited the U of S

as a major influence on his writing, including this novella and his previous works.

“I think [the U of S] had a huge impact on me. I think one of the reasons I’ve continued writing here well after my job was over is that I find Saskatchewan really inspiring. I like the sense of a rough edge on life … One of the themes that has struck me throughout many years is the impact of the environment, the impact of the history on my consciousness [and] my imagination,” Carpenter said.

For U of S students whose end goal is to become a published writer, or even for those considering it, Carpenter had some words of advice.

“For much of the time you’re going to be autodidactic, you're gonna be teaching yourself how to write. The first bit of advice I would say before you even consider taking the master's theory in writing at the [U of S] is reading your guts out,” Carpenter said.

Carpenter believes readers should pursue their own interests in literature, and advises students to do the same.

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Study songs for the stressed-out student EMILY MIGCHELS Good study tunes are crucial to a good study session. A solid mix of atmospheric beats can inspire your essays and guide you through all those academic articles you put off reading.

Instead of spending hours of crucial cramming time compiling a playlist as procrastination, allow the Sheaf to set the soundtrack for your late nights at the library.

“Silver Soul”

by Beach House Beach House is always a perfect accompaniment to a study session. Their sound is dreamy and alluringly hypnotic. If you’re looking to study to an entire album, consider Teen Dream. It has a beautiful track list that is gentle and relaxing — perfect for keeping calm in the face of a dreaded paper due at midnight that you have yet to start.

“Turquoise Hexagon Sun”

by Boards of Canada Keep your stress levels down with this breezy beat by Boards of Canada. This ambient electronic track is perfect for those

who might find songs with lyrics a bit distracting. From the duo’s well-regarded first album, it’s a very nice sampling of their body of work.

“Consideration”

by Rihanna featuring SZA Stay with me here: Rihanna is not just for getting down.

While you might not want to play the album Anti from start to finish when you’re trying to get to “work,” this particular track is a great jam to break up the monotony of boring course material.

“Gravity Rides Everything”

by Modest Mouse This song is up-tempo for some extra motivation. It’s a gentle little pep-talk, assuring you that everything will all fall into place. If this song were a person it would wake up early to watch the sunrise, read books for pleasure and definitely have its shit together.

sure to put you in a good mood.

This is another ideal song for those who have trouble tuning out lyrics, providing you’re not also fluent in French and freestyle scatting. Put this on when reviewing how to conjugate the verb avoir and maybe you’ll learn by osmosis.

“So Good At Being In Trouble” by Unknown Mortal Orchestra This is a good song for dancing at your desk. It’s catchy and

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“Les Étoiles”

by Melody Gardot If nothing else has worked yet, this jazz hit en français is

upbeat without being too much of an interruption. If the mood strikes, just go for it and dance a little — at this point you deserve a break and all the other people on fourth floor of the Murray Library can just deal with it.

“Murder of Crows”

by Lindi Ortega In the spirit of inclusivity, a country song has to make this list. Agriculture students have finals too, after all. This song is surprisingly good for really getting down to business. Let it light the fire of productivity in your belly so you can enter that Introduction to Field Crops final with confidence.

“Unf**ktheworld”

by Angel Olsen Soft and soothing, this song is a perfect partner for student plight. Olsen croons: “I wanted nothing but for this to be the end,” and it feels like she understands the academic struggle.

This is a short track, so it doesn’t give you enough time to really feel sorry for yourself. It’s a pleasant acknowledgment that everything does kind of suck this time of

year, paired with the encouragement to keep plodding on.

“Little Garçon”

by Born Ruffians I haven’t ever been to Paris, but this song sort of feels like the city of love to me. For a study break, find the cutest person in the room and imagine what a romantic relationship would be like with them when this song plays.

“Vapour”

by Vancouver Sleep Clinic Vancouver Sleep Clinic is another artist that produces nothing but great study music. This song has a certain moodiness to it that can inspire deep thoughts and help you grasp those challenging concepts in philosophy class.

“Jungle”

by Drake When Safe Study closes for the night, you could finish off with the cliché Drake song “Just Hold On, We’re Going Home,” but for those who still have their dignity, I’d suggest “Jungle.” It’ll help you unwind and accept your fate. Just go home and get some sleep.

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Culture Editor Graduating from the University of Saskatchewan with a major in music and a minor in chemistry is certainly exciting, but it's not the biggest event in Megan Bauman's calendar this spring. On May 1, 2016, Bauman will perform with her saxophone at New York City's lauded Carnegie Hall as the sole Canadian winner of a 2015 American Protégé award.

Bauman found out about the award while conducting Google searches for international competitions she could enter, having exhausted her local options.

“In Canada, there are a limited number of competitions.

One kind is the national music festival stream, which is the one the Saskatoon music festival is in, and I've already done that one,” Bauman said.

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Protégé] back in December.”

Bauman filmed herself playing an audition piece, sent off the footage and waited. Two weeks later, she received an email confirming she had won a spot in her category of Woodwinds and Brass. Bauman is currently busy with a different contest — the Canadian Music Competition auditions in Calgary — but with the Carnegie Hall date quickly approaching, the performance is never far from her mind.

“I think I will be nervous when I get to it, but I've been doing lots of performing lately.

I just came back from playing at Royal Albert Hall in London, England, which is kind of a precursor to Carnegie Hall,” Bauman said.

While Bauman is now the kind of musician who can speak casually of international performances, this hasn't always been the case. Before she entered high school in her home town of Medicine Hat, Alta., Bauman had never thought of playing the saxophone. She picked up the instrument in grade nine so that she could go on a band trip to Europe.

“After that, they needed a euphonium player, so I did that for a while, then picked up the saxophone again,” Bauman said. “I call myself a fairly ambitious person, so after Europe when I heard of honour band and saw how good everybody was there, I wanted to be just as good, so I started taking lessons.”

This casual beginning to a music career indicates a natural talent with the instrument. Bauman realized this could be the perfect path to post-secondary education, even though her ambition at the time was science-focused, with plans to attend medical school.

After high school, Bauman

decided to apply for the U of S' music program as a performance major in saxophone as she knew that once admitted, she could take a couple of science courses — hence her chemistry minor — because it would look great on a medical school application. However, a hitch in the plan kicked Bauman’s competitive spirit into gear, causing her to delve further into her saxophone education.

“I originally didn't get in as a performance major, I got in as what's called the individualization stream,” Bauman said. “That caused me to work really hard on getting into performance. As soon as I got in, I started doing well in

Kyra Mazer U of S music student Megan Bauman is excited to play Carnegie Hall.

all these competitions and it grew on me from there.”

Through the course of her degree, Bauman matured as a musician and realized saxophone was not just something she was good at, but a true passion in her life alongside her love of science. She recently accepted a spot in the master of music program at Georgia State University, and she's excited to see where the saxophone will take her next.

“If I can find [a career] that I love [playing] saxophone, then I will be really happy with that,” Bauman said.

“I have two passions, I'm just choosing this one in the meantime.”

For now though, May 1 at Carnegie Hall is Bauman’s focal point. While nerves about her solo performance may not have surfaced yet, Bauman shows that the ambitious, competitive streak that got her this far in her career certainly has.

“I want to be at the same level as [the other winners] to make sure my performance fits in,” Bauman said. “I’ll make sure my best musicianship is showcased there.”

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Yes, I am indeed referencing Miley Cyrus.

What else is there to say about her other than the fact that she used to be the beloved-by-all Disney star, Hannah Montana, until one day she popped some Molly and turned into a non-booty twerking "slut," who chopped off her hair and started to talk about smoking weed enough to make even Snoop Dogg’s ear fall off. But on the contrary, there is actually way more to her than meets the eye.

She is not the typical role model for a student such as myself, but that is exactly the point I am trying to make. Move past the norm of academics and world leaders when searching for someone to look up to. Listed below are the seven things I like about Cyrus and what she represents: 1. Her appearance is unusual — far from conservative —

but she rolls with confidence.

Ever since her performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards wearing basically nothing and a giant foam finger, I think it is safe to say she feels most comfortable wearing almost nothing. Some may say this is way over the top, but let's remember that she plays into shock value.

I admire the confidence she exudes while wearing any of her outfits.

2. She supports gender equality with her open stance on supporting Free The Nipple. This movement is about the injustice of how women's breasts — specifically their nipples — are sexualized in ways in which men's are not.

3. Cyrus utilizes the attention she gets from the media for good. She is a proactive voice for the LGBTQ community through her nonprofit organization called the Happy Hippie Foundation. The foundation's mission is to rally young people to fight injustice facing homeless youth, LGBTQ youth and other vulnerable populations.

4. Her act of giving does not stop at her organization.

She released her latest album for free on Soundcloud after hosting the MTV Video Music Awards in September 2015. Damn girl, back at it again with the breaking social norms. What if all music was free? Some people didn't like her new style of music, but I think it is the perfect combination of raw emotion

and weirdness.

5. Cyrus loves all living creatures. She owns five dogs — and counting — three cats and a pig named Bubba Sue. Her last album was named Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz. She has a song on this album of her mourning her dead blowfish named Pablo.

Yes, I too agree that this may be a little over the top but at least she's passionate.

6. She promotes mindfulness by sharing the importance of yoga in her life.

She’s recently been Instagramming time-lapses of her morning yoga routine, commenting, "gotta do yoga not for my body but for my mind!”

7. Speaking of which, her Instagram account is so raw.

Some days she'll post a picture of herself smoking a joint while other days she'll post a selfie wearing zit cream. She doesn't seem to have a problem sharing with the world who she really is.

I'm not telling you to go out and post a picture of yourself doing something illegal, but maybe it’s time to stop worrying so much about what others think of you.

Open your mind — if you haven’t already — and stop labeling people, as the act of doing so constricts a world of possibilities. Channel your inner Miley Cyrus — your most confident self — and realize that it is time to stop caring about how others will perceive you and just do you.

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Tipstofindingmeaningfulemployment JENNIFER SPICER Today’s students are finding it more competitive than ever to find meaningful employment due to Canada’s relatively high unemployment rate.

However, the University of Saskatchewan provides students with some useful resources to help you stand out in today’s job market.

It’s that time of the year again. Time to start checking job listings, and polishing up your old résumé, because summer is coming. If you’re looking for meaningful employment like me, you may be finding yourself at a loss.

According to Statistics Canada, the rate of unemployment has increased to 7.3 per cent in Canada and 5.9 per cent in Saskatchewan as of February 2016. These statistics are quite demoralizing, especially to students who chose to attend university in hopes of obtaining meaningful employment once they graduate.

As a student who is planning on graduating in the spring, I know all too well the pressures of finding rewarding employment. Heck, my last few weeks have been spent constantly refreshing the different job search websites I have bookmarked on my phone, in hopes of finding something that interests me.

Though the process of finding positions to apply for is the main battle when searching for employment, the university provides students with many resources that may better arm them in today’s job market.

One of the greatest opportunities provided to students by the university is the ability to network. The U of S defines networking as, “the process of establishing contacts for the purpose of gathering information, seeking advice and opening doors to new opportunities.”

You can network any time of the year. Whether it’s at the career fair put on at the beginning of every school year, the different events hosted by each department, or even just in the classes you take throughout the year, each provides the opportunity to make contacts and learn about future career options.

Another resource is the U of S Student Employment and Career Centre.

The Career Centre provides students with free information on career planning and writing cover letters and résumés, as well as tips on creating a professional LinkedIn page.

They also provide the opportunity to meet with a career coach to discuss your options or to stage a mock interview, which offers students great feedback that can help you discover your strengths and areas that are in need of improvement. These resources can help you feel confident when applying for jobs and may make you stand out to certain employers.

When it comes to applying for jobs, students. usask.ca/jobs provides stuapril 7, 2016

dents with a list of websites to choose from. Some of the choices available focus on different areas of interest, such as volunteer positions and international jobs. Alongside these more specific job sites, the page also lists websites that are well recognized, such as saskjobs.ca and saskatoonjobshop.ca.

The job market can be tough, but you’ve already taken the first step in helping yourself find meaningful employment. By attending university and working towards a degree, you have made yourself a desirable candidate to most employers.

Statistics Canada stated that 82 per cent of those with a university degree were employed in 2009. They also mention that almost one in four of those who had a university degree were in the top 10 per cent of income earners in 2010. Both statistics suggest a positive future for university students.

When perusing the different job search sites, it is clear that a degree will help you in your fight to obtain meaningful employment, but if the opportunity has not yet presented itself, the resources provided to you by the U of S will assist in helping you find something to tide you over until it does.

The quest to finding meaningful employment is a difficult one, and though you may be armed with a great cover letter, résumé and self-confidence, sometimes the greatest weapon is the hardest to wield — plain old patience.

In defense of the shitty summer job EMILY KLATT

Staff Writer

Many students are currently searching for a summer job to fill both their time and their wallets.

Unfortunately, not everyone ends up with a prestigious job with high pay and a title. Sometimes, you’re stuck just working a shitty, boring job. It just might be the best experience of your life.

For the first time in my life, I’ve found myself in the position of scrambling to find a summer job.

In years prior, I’d always reached the end of the school year with either summer employment already secured or no financial reason to need a job. Through a combination of broke student life and unforeseen circumstances, I’m joining the great summer job hunt of 2016 at the ripe old age of 20.

Jobs that I’ve had in the past haven’t exactly been your typical student jobs. I taught private violin lessons in high school. I coordinated children’s programs at the public library. I wrote for the Sheaf.

Meanwhile, I’ve never waited tables, scrubbed toilets or dealt with annoying customers at the end of an eight-hour shift. The honest — and kind of shitty — truth is that I always sort of considered those sorts of jobs to be beneath me.

Now that I’m somewhat

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desperate to find summer employment, I realize how awful that line of thinking was. There’s no such thing a job that’s “beneath you.” All jobs are valuable and useful or else they wouldn’t exist.

Also, no person is too good for any kind of job — that would imply that some people are better than others, which we know isn’t true.

There’s nothing wrong with having a “shitty” summer job — if anything, it might be a good experience. This is especially true for those of us that haven’t had that experience yet.

I’ve responded to all kinds of help wanted ads. That includes your standard serving and retail jobs, but there have also been some weirder ones. I’ve applied to be the receptionist at a tattoo parlour. I dropped off a résumé at a store that sells vintage clothes and funny little terrariums. I’ve even contemplated trying my hand at beekeeping.

Although I haven’t found a job yet, it’s been very educational to actually work on my résumé and put myself out there. Every single job interview that I do, I gain skills like communication and selfconfidence.

When I eventually — hopefully — do get hired to work somewhere, I’m sure that I’ll learn a lot from that job, shitty or not. Working in the service industry teaches you the value of kindness and the value of hard work. There’s nothing worse than interacting with a rude customer, so I bet you come to appreciate the nice ones that much more.

A boring job can teach you how to make the best of a crappy situation. Sure, working the front desk at a trucking company might be kind of dull, but you’ll get really good at filing. You’ll figure out just how to make the perfect cup of office coffee. Maybe you’ll even meet your best friends.

Any job that’s less than ideal can give university students a lesson in humbleness.

We like to think that we know how everything works and that we know exactly what to do, but the opposite of that is actually true.

We’re so young. We don’t know anything.

Sometimes, you just have to shut up, learn and scrub a damn toilet in order to learn how reality actually exists around you.

So here’s to the “shitty” summer job: may we have them, learn from them and learn to love them.

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A Sheaf guide to surviving finals NAOMI ZUREVINSKI

Editor-in-Chief Seeing as the brutality of final exam season is upon us and the mortality rate of students generally skyrockets during this time of year, the Sheaf has put together a guide with some tips to ensure that you survive this dangerous period.

First, do whatever you want before your finals — if you want to study, study. If you don’t give a fuck and want to wing your exams, then go right ahead.

Listening to your heart in these matters is the key to making it through the studying phase, seeing as over-studying is the number one killer of students.

The main thing to worry about is your behaviour at your exams. It is the moments leading up to the test where students attack one another directly. Rates of death increase if your final is located in

the Engineering Building and you take the first 20 minutes of your exam time to find the room — latecomers are typically thrown into a fire upon arrival.

If you are waiting outside of your exam before it starts, be sure to keep your mouth shut.

There is nothing more infuriating than groups of people chatting prior to the exam, frantically going over concepts and quizzing each other on material.

This type of behaviour only leads other students to panic; as you blab on and on about the process of photosynthesis and cell biology, other students waiting for the exam are likely wondering: “When the fuck did we learn that?” As soon as you have other students thinking that, you’re in trouble.

Death is surely around the corner for you, seeing as eliminating eager students from the final exam race will improve the grades of everyone else.

During the final exam itself, there are a couple of things you can avoid to ensure you make it out alive. A leading cause of

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death is students eating noisy and stinky snacks during the test. Don’t be that person who pulls out a bag of vegetables and crunches away loudly.

We all get hungry during tests, but all the more reason to avoid eating. Hungry people do desperate things and are usually in a vicious frame of mind. It’s better to put off eating until after the exam to make sure that other students are not triggered by your loud munching or attempted soft chews — we can still hear you, by the way — which will only send hateful glares your way, a warning sign that death is approaching.

While in the test, be sure to not request any extra exam booklets. The last thing you want is other students secretly judging you for the fact that you clearly know the material. The second you shoot your hand up or walk to the front to grab another booklet, you can be sure that you have just become a target. Nobody likes an overachiever.

If you leave the exam first after an hour, everyone will

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assume you weren’t prepared and you will likely survive.

However, if you leave the exam first anywhere between the two hour or two-and-a-half hour mark, you will certainly die. In most cases, there is a hired hitman waiting outside the door, ready to zap the first student who walks out.

Leaving the exam first during this time window means you have just stressed out your fellow students, who are reminded of how little time they

have left. Do not be this person if your life means anything to you.

Lastly, do not ask any questions in the exam. This is irritating and frustrating to other students who just want some peace and quiet, for goodness sake. Besides, you’re in university, there’s no need for questions since you should know everything already.

Follow this guide to stay out of trouble this exam season — your life depends on it.

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I’ve voted in the past. With such a small (voter) percentage,like10%, I guess it makes a difference.

I don’t know anybody running so I don’tcare.Itusuallydoesn’taffectme.

Ihaven’tvotedfor two years and I’ve beenhereforfour, I transferred to agriculture, and I didn’tthinkitmattered.

I don’t think I usually vote. No, wait, I did vote last year, but I don’t really know what I was voting for.

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Whatareyouplanning ondoingthissummer?

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“I’m going home to China. This is my final year at the U of S.”

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While it’s never a good idea to count on nice Saskatoon weather in the spring — the snow isn’t done with us yet — it’s safe to assume the general temperature trend is heading upwards. That means patios opening, evening countryside drives and plenty of clear skies. Whether you’re out on the town taking a well-deserved study break, or burning the midnight oil cramming frantically, step outside this April and enjoy some of the late-night celestial sights.

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Between 12:30 and 1 a.m. on Apr. 13, Mars and Saturn will rise closely together in the southeastern sky. Saturn is the second largest planet in our solar system, known for its distinctive ring system. The rings are actually comprised of countless tiny particles made of dust and ice, which create a solid-looking ring from afar. In addition to these rings, Saturn has over 60 moons, ranging from tiny bodies like Mimas through to Titan, which is twice the size of Earth’s moon, on which rivers of liquid methane flow.

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Sugar&Spice advice Q: I think I might take a summer class. Have you ever taken any? What’s the experience like?

Sugar: Oh they’re great! Think about it, you get to spend like three hours a day away from the hot sun and indoors, listening to a lecture on the Roman empire or Kantian theory. The best part is you don’t have to worry about your big scary midterm because you have one everyday!

Spice: They’re like watching flies fuck. If you want my advice, there’s only one way to spend your summer: living back at home and fighting with your dad.

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