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Living on the edge: It’s a fine line between self-care and

self-destruction Indulgences aren’t always the healthiest ways to care for ourselves.

ERIN MATTHEWS OPINIONS EDITOR

Heywood Yu Prime Minister and Leader of the Liberal Party Justin Trudeau sits on a stool during a town hall meeting at Delta Hotels by Marriott Bessborough in Saskatoon, SK on Sept. 19, 2019.

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U of S health survey results remain inaccessible to students The health assessment is used by the university to inform their wellness strategy.

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Every third year, the U of S participates in a nation-wide health survey. Some universities have published summaries of their data, yet the U of S has never released the report.

Some students and staff became aware of the university's decision not to release these results after some National College Health Assessment data was shared at a Peer Health’s volunteer orientation in early September. They expressed concern about the lack of transparency and potential discrepancies in the data, wondering whether the information was being hidden and why.

Peter Hedley, director of student affairs and services at the U of S, says that transparency is a consideration for the university and that there are no discrepancies in the U of S data.

“We are regularly talking about what we’re doing and

what the data is telling us,” Hedley said. “It’s crucial that we’re transparent with students because students pay fees on campus regarding front line services and we are accountable to them — we absolutely are.”

The purpose of the NCHA is to assist college health service providers, educators and administrators in collecting data about student health habits, behaviours and perceptions on prevalent health topics.

A consideration for releasing the data is that campus-specific health statistics may help normalize health issues students experience. Hedley believes this is important for students, though indicating administration has no current plans to release the data.

“I think it’s important that people not feel alone… We need people to know that that’s not the case, and that there are supports [available] for them,” Hedley said. “There is a student to student connection

thing and we need to think about fostering those connections.”

One of the insights from this year’s NCHA is that the U of S has reportedly seen an increase in students self-reporting various health concerns compared to in 2016. Hedley believes this could be in part due to increased health education; in the same time-period, students also reported receiving more health-related information that before.

“I think some of it is prevalence of the issue and I think some of it is actually people’s understanding of the nature of mental health,” Hedley said.

Hedley and his team currently share parts of the NCHA data with some undergraduate and graduate student forums. However, they only present portions of the U of S­specific data and to certain student groups; not all students have equal access.

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Self-care culture has a simple narrative that beckons us to take a pause from the chaotic garbage fire consuming our day-to-day lives and invites us to care for what is left of our tattered soul.

While the words speak of “taking care of oneself,” this can envoke different things from one person to the next.

It becomes a deeply personal ritual that attempts to sooth our battered, anxiety-ridden selves.

And while the idea of selfcare is a positive one, the practice isn’t always healthy.

Take a bath. Do a facemask.

Get a good night’s sleep. Treat yo’ self. Whether we want to admit it or not, self-care is a mega brand totted by influencers, fueled by consumers and can have negative impacts on our mental and physical health — the very opposite of what we are trying to achieve.

Spending a moment to focus on taking care of your body and your mind is a great mental health strategy. But if our so called self-care activities are more about escapism and denial of our larger stresses and anxieties, then we are setting ourselves up for failure. Our coping mechanisms need to be backed up with active strategies for recognizing when we need help.

There is also a risk that our self-care routines are more reminiscent of poor health habits. We need to admit that not all self-care indulgences are created equal.

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Trudeau attempts to steady election controversy at Saskatoon town hall Questions of reconciliation and climate action were discussed.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Sept. 19 town hall in Saskatoon saw the candidate in the midst of an election-period controversy. Despite this context, the crowd received Trudeau with few tough questions.

The event, originally meant to be a rally, was changed to an open town hall after photos of Trudeau in blackface and brownface spread like wildfire on the evening of Sept. 18. After a day of media addresses, calls to Liberal candidates and general damage control, the Liberal party went ahead with the Saskatoon event.

The stop marked Trudeau’s first time in the province this election period and his first time addressing the general public since the photos dropped.

The event endeavored to put Trudeau’s past record of advocate for diversity front and centre from the start. Tammy Cook-Searson, Liberal candidate for Desnethé-MissinippiChurchill River, opened with a speech highlighting the prime minister’s achievements during his first term.

“That is why I’m running

as your Liberal candidate because I am proud of this record,” Cook-Searson said.

After Trudeau’s arrival and introduction, it did not take long for someone to address the controversy; the third question he received was to “round to the nearest five” how many times he had appeared in blackface. The question was received by a few claps from the public.

Earlier in the day, Trudeau had said at a media call that he could not remember the number of times he has worn racist makeup.

He also did not address the question directly at this event.

“What I did was inexcusable and wrong and hurt a lot of people who considered me to be an ally,” Trudeau said. “I take responsibility for the fact that I lacked respect for people who already faced tremendous discrimination.”

The topic lingered as the next person asked him not to apologize as he just had, asking the public not to “go back, digging up bones.” That statement caused louder claps from the audience.

Trudeau thanked the support but repeated his apology.

The conversation then turned back to other topics. David Pratt,

vice-chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, asked about Trudeau’s plans for statutory funding for the rights of Indigenous peoples in relation to childcare and family services.

Pratt also asked for a commitment to bringing action to the long disputes about land claims of the Athabasca region.

Trudeau agreed to the commitment asked of him and boasted about the move towards closing the education gap for Indigenous youth during his term.

“Indigenous students now get the same amount of funding, if not more, in some cases than non-Indigenous kids in the provincial system,” Trudeau said.

“I am committing to you. We will continue to work together and ensure that we are settling the claims we need to do in the coming years that are important to you.”

The next person to pose a question was a 19-year-old member of the Liberal staff who asked Trudeau about Canada’s commitment to climate action.

Trudeau replied by highlighting the importance of youth in longterm solutions to climate change and by rejecting his Conservative opponent Andrew Scheer’s

policies to “make pollution free again.”

“Young people … are focused on not just the next mandate but the next generation… [That] is an extraordinarily important thing to draw on as a society as we shape the future,” Trudeau said. “No one can pretend to have a plan for the future of the economy if they don't have a plan to protect the environment for future generations at the same time.”

Worries about the climate crisis continued. As time dwindled down, someone asked how a Liberal government would address the growing issue of global water scarcity in years to come.

Trudeau answered by pointing to “leading scientists here in Saskatchewan, both at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Regina [that] have been extraordinarily instrumental in understanding” water resources and how to best manage them.

Once time for questions was over, Trudeau exited the building. With his first public appearance after the drop to his reputation over, Trudeau now heads to Ontario. How he will be received by his usual supporters there remains to be seen.

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U of S health survey results remain inaccessible to students The health assessment is used by the university to inform their wellness strategy.

Hedley says that if the data were to be released, it would necessitate some planning from the university to do it responsibly.

“I wouldn’t completely eliminate the possibility [of releasing the NCHA data] but I don’t know that we would drop an entire report,” Hedley said. “I think we’d really need to think about how we would do that in a responsible way that provided context.”

Scientific reports often include a literature review with an introduction, methods, data collection and analysis strategy sections, giving readers the insight and information needed to evaluate the statistics. Kent Kowalski, the associate dean academic in the College of Kinesiology, has not seen the NCHA data but speaks to research methods in general.

“If you’re just given the statistics, you have no context for how that data might have been collected,” Kowalski said. “The best thing is to work with the groups that

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are probably impacted by the data to find out what’s the best way that they might want to see the results so they can understand it and see the implications.”

The U of S will continue to use NCHA data to inform their decisions on programming and resources though it remains unclear whether they will publish the results.

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Prince Albert campus unveiled, university prepares for northern growth Prince Albert students reportedly feel a disconnect from the main U of S campus.

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With the Prince Albert campus on track to opening in fall 2020, the University of Saskatchewan main campus is thinking ahead on how to address the needs of those students.

In anticipation for the opening, the campus sign was unveiled on Sept. 16 in an event attended by representatives from the university administration and the U of S Students’ Union.

The new campus will bring students together in one common space and will provide a sense of belonging that has been lacking in the area, says Patti McDougall, viceprovost of teaching, learning and student experience.

“Even though we’ve been there, we didn’t really have the visibility and I don’t think that our students necessarily had the sense of identity and belonging to the University of Saskatchewan that we really want,” McDougall said.

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The university bought the building that will serve as their satellite campus in 2018, after decades of offering distance learning in Prince Albert in leased spaces.

The USSU is also looking at ways to address the disconnect between the Prince Albert students and the students' union in the coming months, according to USSU President Regan Ratt-Misponas.

The day of the unveiling, the USSU executive members met with Prince Albert U of S students which was a "good chance to get to know what they might be facing and their unique needs, based on being a distance away from the university’s main campus,” Ratt-Misponas said.

There have been discussions on including a representative of the satellite campus potentially on student council but it is still to be determined as "some source of representation from there is important, especially if we want to keep those ties with the body of students that are over there,” Ratt-Misponas said.

The high percentage of Indigenous students in the area is an important consideration for the university, says McDougall.

Last year, 55 per cent of students taking U of S classes in Prince Albert were Indigenous.

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McDougall says the needs of Indigenous students will be considered in the planning for the building and the programming in Prince Albert.

“It’s imperative that when we renovate or build a space that we make sure that there are appropriate spaces like ceremonial space and appropriate opportunities, like access to Elders and other kinds of Indigenous programming that matter to students,” McDougall said.

While the campus is still a year away from opening, the university is already planning for the future. McDougall says they have received significant interest from the Edwards School of Business, the College of Engineering and the College of Agriculture and Bioresources about expanding their programming into Prince Albert.

McDougall says that future demand for the Prince Albert campus will depend on the

improvements made to the campus and programming in the coming years.

“We need to get settled in the fall of 2020 with the integration of the things we currently do and then shortly thereafter we need to start to build other things,” McDougall said. “The desire to be in the Prince Albert campus from people who live in that region, so they can be closer to home, will grow if we are offering the right things.”

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Suicide awareness and prevention Huskie football at .500 is everyone’s responsibility halfway through the Suicide awareness is an uncomfortable topic that needs more attention. season SHAWNA LANGER

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The stigma around suicide has decreased quite substantially in the last decade, but there is still a lot of work to do.

Having tough conversations about it can help reduce the stigma and risk of an individual engaging in suicidal behaviours.

Avoiding these critical conversations is dangerous.

Taking your own life can sometimes feel like the only way to deal with life’s hardships — especially when a person feels alone or isolated. But the truth is, you are never alone.

A health survey done earlier in 2019 revealed that at any time within the last 12 months, two per cent of University of Saskatchewan students attempted suicide, while 14.9 per cent of students seriously considered it.

The data also showed that at any time within the last 12 months, 49 per cent of students felt so depressed that it was difficult to function.

Although the U of S sits below the national average, the university has seen an increase in the number of students self-reported suicide attempts in recent years, according to Peter Hedley, director of student affairs and services at the U of S. “From 2016 to 2019, we did see about a 25 per cent increase in the number of students reporting that they’d attempted suicide,” Hedley said. “Really, for us, when we see figures like that it indicates that there is more work needed.”

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have a specific suicide prevention strategy but that everything done for student health is strategic. He identifies education and awareness as key factors in reducing stigma to allow students to access multiple supports in a timely manner.

“Everything we do every day and the connections we have on campus is to actually make sure we are getting in there, [with] a level of awareness,” Hedley said. “We [need to] get in there as early as possible with an offer of support.”

The U of S offers workshops to students and staff to learn intervention skills which include safeTALK, Mental Health First Aid and ASIST training.

Tracy Spencer, manager of student affairs and outreach, emphasizes the importance of campus community members being well equipped to have these conversations with struggling individuals.

“The safeTALK [workshop] allows us to engage more frontline people and students to be

able to feel confident in having conversations about suicide,” Spencer said. “It provides them with skills and knowledge in terms of how to identify invitations of suicide, how to engage them, ask those questions and [connect those individiuals] to the people that can provide the intervention.”

Spencer notes that the workshop is not to train people to become interventionists but to be able to recognize situations and connect people to resources.

She also emphasizes the shared responsibility everyone has in prevention.

“By taking this program, taking the mental health first aid [and] really getting the tools that you can use at various times with various people to be able to help others. We’re all part of the solution.” Spencer said.

“We all have a responsibility to play in prevention.”

Training for safeTALK in the fall term is offered Oct. 8, Nov. 21 and Dec. 17. To register, visit usask.ca/stayhealthy.

Victoria Becker/ Photo Editor U of S cheerleaders run out onto the field during the homecoming game opener on Sept.6, 2019.

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Through four games this season, the 2-2 Huskies sit third in the Canada West conference after losing to the Alberta Golden Bears 19-17.

Alberta kicked a 45-yard field goal with under a minute remaining to take hold of second place in the conference with a 3-1 record.

The Huskies were without starting quarterback Mason Nyhus, who entered concussion protocol after being knocked out of week threes game against Regina. Ethan Watson took over for Nyhus, throwing for 134 yards, one touchdown and one interception on 17 completions.

Huskie running back Adam Machart rushed for 180 yards on 18 carries. Machart is averaging 135 rushing yards per game which is the most in the conference by an astonishing 58.5-yard margin. Machart is on pace to be the third-ever Huskie to rush for 1000 yards in a single season.

Defensive back Nelson Lokombo picked off his fourth interception in as many games this season. The brother of Canadian Football League player Boseko Lokombo has been one of the most impressive defensive players in the conference this year.

There is no telling whether the Huskies will have Nyhus back on the field for next week’s big game at home against the Calgary Dinos.

But the Huskies line up well against the Dinos. Calgary is the highest-scoring team in the league and their defense gives up the least amount of points per game. And yet

the Huskies are right behind them in both categories.

The Dinos are undefeated so far in 2019 and should carry plenty of motivation on the road to Saskatoon. The Huskies spoiled the Dinos’ perfect season last year, upsetting Calgary at home in the Hardy Cup Championship.

Kick-off on Saturday, Sept.

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Week four NFL rundown Each game carries more weight as the league approaches the quarter-point of the season.

It is still relatively early in the year, but so far, the National Football League has been quite polarizing.

Going into week four, there are eight undefeated teams — if you count the 2-0-1 Detroit Lions and seven winless teams.

Teams begin to get desperate with each passing week, and if you add in matchup against a divisional opponent, that raises the stakes even higher.

This week includes six divisional games: Washington at New York, Cleveland at Baltimore, New England at Buffalo, Seattle at Arizona, Minnesota at Chicago and Cincinnati at Pittsburgh.

Good matchups are across the board and it all begins in Green Bay on Thursday night.

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Philadelphia Eagles at Green Bay Packers (-5) The Eagles suffered a bad loss at home last week against the Detroit Lions. They are now 1-2 after losing one-score games in consecutive weeks. For the Packers, their season is spotless so far, improving to 3-0 after beating Denver 27-16.

This is a must-win game for the Eagles as a potential 1-3 record would make it hard for them to catch up with the division-leading Dallas Cowboys who enter this week at 3-0.

If Philadelphia loses by five or more, it will be a bad beat. Expect Eagles head coach Doug Pederson to throw the kitchen sink at the Packers in a close game — take the Eagles.

Tennessee Titans at Atlanta Falcons (-4) The Falcons dropped a tough game on the road in Indianapolis last week, losing to the Colts 27-24.

Meanwhile, the Titans are also coming off a loss on the road, losing 20-7 to Jacksonville.

Marcus Mariota has yet to throw an interception this year, yet he always seems to leave big plays on the field. It is especially important for him to cash in on these plays as his contract expires after this season.

Atlanta is a different team at home, but the Titans have had three extra days of preparation gained from playing on Thursday last week.

The Falcons should be able to handle Tennessee, but it is conceivable to think the margin of victory will not cover the spread. Stay away.

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Washington Redskins at New York Giants (-3) The winless Redskins lost to the Bears on Monday night last week, 31-15. They have lost 16 out of their last 18 primetime matchups on Monday night.

What a performance from rookie quarterback Daniel Jones last week. He threw for two touchdowns, ran for two more and led the Giants to a comeback win from an 18-point deficit in Tampa Bay. The recently demoted Eli Manning has never won a game after trailing by more than 17 points in his 16 years as a Giant.

If Jones is the real deal, he should beat the Redskins by more than three here. Bettors must be comfortable with the rookie starting in his first divisional game.

Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens (-7) The Browns off-season hype train has run out of gas. They are now 1-2 after losing to the Rams last week, and this team has not lived up to the high expectations placed on them.

It was a tough game for the Ravens travelling to Kansas City last week. They took an initial lead but wound up trailing for the majority of the game.

Bet on Lamar Jackson to lead Baltimore to win by more than a touchdown.

Los Angeles Chargers (-16.5) at Miami Dolphins Playing the Dolphins could not have come at a better time for the Chargers. They are 1-2 after losing to Houston at home last week, making it two straight losses by a one-score margin.

Miami is 0-3, and at this point, bettors should explore placing money on this team to lose every game this season.

As bad as Miami is, betting on the Chargers as 16.5-point favourite is a sketchy proposition. It should be an easy win for Los Angeles but stay away from the highest point spread of the week.

New England Patriots (-7) at Buffalo Bills Antonio Brown is no longer a Patriot and his tenure with the team will end up being a mere blip on the storyline of their season.

Last week, New England took care of business as they always do.

They are now 3-0 after a 30-14 win against the Jets.

For the first time since 2011, the Bills have started a season with three wins and no losses.

This should be New England’s toughest task so far this year as the Bills have a decent shot at beating the Patriots in Buffalo for the first time since 2011.

Oakland Raiders at Indianapolis Colts (-7) The Raiders got bullied in Minneapolis last week, losing 34-12 and falling to 1-2.

Jacoby Brissett and the Colts earned a 27-24 win at home against the divisional rival Atlanta Falcons.

After last week’s big win, this is a good opportunity for Indianapolis to take care of Oakland in an impressive fashion before they go on the road against one of the best teams in the league next week, the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Colts are a likeable team right now — betting on them here is a decent play but beware of the backdoor cover.

Carolina Panthers at Houston Texans (-4.5) Deshaun Watson threw for three touchdowns and 351 yards against the Chargers. Watson produced without the presence of a solid running game as the top Texan rusher finished with just 19 yards.

What a debut last week for Panthers QB Kyle Allen who stepped up in place of the injured Cam Newton and threw for four touchdowns and zero interceptions in a 38-20 win on the road in Arizona.

Newton has been declared out this week. Going forward, if Allen continues to play as he did last week, head coach Ron Rivera is going to have to deal with questions around Newton’s future as a Panther.

Allen played too well last week to justify betting on the Texans to cover here. Stay away and enjoy this one.

Kansas City Chiefs (-6.5) at Detroit Lions The Lions are technically undefeated this year. After last week’s upset win on the road in Philadelphia, they have now won two games and tied the third.

The Chiefs are 3-0 after beating Baltimore 33-28 last week. Patrick Mahomes continues to perform at a higher level than any QB in the league right now. He leads the league with 1195 passing yards and 10 touchdown passes.

This line would be much higher for Kansas City if they were at home. Beating Detroit by at least one touchdown on the road is a reasonable ask, so count on the Chiefs to cover here.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Los Angeles Rams (-10) With no time left on the clock, Tampa Bay missed a 34-yard field goal that would have won the Buccaneers the game against New York.

Instead, they add a bad loss to their record which now sits at 1-2.

Los Angeles beat the Browns handily with 20-13 thanks to two touchdowns from Cooper Kupp. It is hard to believe that Kupp is just 10 months removed from tearing his anterior cruciate ligament.

The Rams do not look like their peak selves thus far this year, which is why bettors should stay away from this double-digit point spread.

Seattle Seahawks (-5) at Arizona Cardinals The Saints stunned Seattle last week by a score of 33-27, marking the Seahawks’ first loss this season. Meanwhile, the Cardinals are still searching for their first win after losing 38-20 to the Panthers.

The Cardinals have not beat the Seahawks in Arizona since 2012.

Look for that trend to continue here as Seattle should cover this line if they play well.

Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears (-2.5) This is a revenge game for Minnesota as the Bears knocked them out of playoff seeding in the final week of the season last year.

Chicago is 2-1 after beating Washington on the road in week three.

This line is one of the most curious ones of the week. Typically, teams are allotted three points for the home-field advantage, so this line is telling bettors that vegas thinks these teams are evenly matched.

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This is a very important divisional matchup. The Vikings are the better team and should be expected to beat the Bears in Chicago.

Take Minnesota here.

Jacksonville Jaguars at Denver Broncos (-3) The state of the Denver Broncos is not great right now. They remain winless after last week’s lacklustre performance in Green Bay, losing 27-16.

For the Jaguars, the Gardner Minshew show is off and running.

He is the second QB in Jaguars’ history to throw a touchdown pass in each of his first three games.

Bettors should jump all over this game and buy into Minshew mania.

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Dallas Cowboys (-2.5) at New Orleans Saints The Dallas Cowboys are in control of the National Football Conference East Division with a perfect 3-0 record.

Saints QB Teddy Bridgewater stepped up in the absence of Drew Brees last week, winning a very tough road in Seattle.

Bridgewater could burn gamblers who bet the Saints as an attractive home underdog option. NFL fans have seen very little of him over the past three seasons, so there is no telling what he is capable of right now.

Stay away from this game unless you are a confident fan of either team.

Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers (-4) Last week, QB Ben Roethlisberger suffered an elbow injury that will keep him out for the rest of the season. The very next day, Pittsburgh opted traded for Minkah Fitzpatrick from the Miami Dolphins for a 2020 first-round draft pick.

They are now 0-3 after losing to the 49ers in San Francisco 24-20.

The pick that was sent to the Dolphins could become a top-10 selection if the Steelers do not turn things around soon.

Meanwhile for Cincinnati, their rookie head coach Zac Taylor has yet to know what a win feels like.

This matchup is not the most exciting matchup on paper but something has got to give for these teams who have been losing games by close margins. Stay away and hope for a good show on Monday night.

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These point spreads are courtesy of Westgate Las Vegas Superbook, last updated on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 5 p.m.

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Victims and survivors of sexual violence can experience a variety of difficult and painful emotions. Yet twothirds of Canadians do not understand what consent is, and this is a dangerous sign.

A survey done by the Canadian Women’s Foundation indicated that only 28 per cent of Canadians fully understand what it means to give consent. Consent is often thought to be common sense. However, as the saying goes, common sense is not so common.

Sexual Assault Awareness Week at the U of S is an annual event that educates students on what consent really is. Collectively, we need to take this training more seriously.

The university has seen an increase in the number of reported sexual violence acts from 2016 to 2019. This could indicate an increase in frequency, but it is more likely correlated to an increase in awareness and reduced stigma when reporting sexual violence.

Daisy Houle, the sexual wellness facilitator at Peer Health, has noticed that students surprise themselves when they relate the educa-

tional information to their own experiences, and then being able to retroactively identify inappropriate sexual behaviour.

The psychological effects of sexual violence can turn simple daily tasks into extraordinary ones, making life much more difficult. Individuals that have experienced sexual violence are likely to see some degree of deteriorated mental health.

Sexual violence not only has negative impacts on victims and survivors but also for anyone near to the situation, Houle said.

Consent must be clear, coherent, willing, ongoing, enthusiastic, informed and mutually agreed upon. Consent must be free of pressure, intimidation and fear — it cannot be assumed and is not the absence of a “no.” Understanding each aspect of consent is critical for everyone, especially students.

Houle says that sexual violence not only has negative impacts on victims and survivors but also for anyone near to the situation.

“Know your limits if you are going to support someone and get them in touch with the professionals,” Houle said. “Advocate for yourself, but if you do not think you are in a place that

you can — reach out.”

Part of SAAW, the U of S held Bringing in the Bystander training, a workshop to educated on safely intervening in instances where sexual violence may occur. The training emphasizes barriers to intervening and the importance of personal safety when deciding to intervene.

The training teaches that it is important to reassure the victim or survivor that they are being heard, supported and that help is available. Experiencing sexual violence or harassment is never the victim or survivor’s fault — and this message can be powerful for some people to hear.

Some of the common effects of sexual trauma can include disruption of sleeping and eating habits, loss of interest in activities and dissociation.

There can also be long term effects of hopelessness, posttraumatic stress disorder, flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety and suicidal thoughts or attempts.

By educating those on campus about sexual violence prevention and response tactics, Bringing in the Bystander can help create a safer campus community.

Bringing in the Bystander training for the fall term is offered on Oct. 8, Nov. 19 and Dec. 17. To register, visit usask.ca/stayhealthy.

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THIS LOCAL THEATRE HAD IT ALL Saskatoon’s Magic Lantern Roxy Theatre is a relic of entertainment history.

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When going to the movies, there are certain expectations that we take with us along with our car keys and wallet.

There should be someone on the other side of the counter to buy our tickets from. We will be sold overpriced popcorn while seeing peoples' poor attempts to sneak in outside food to avoid said overpriced popcorn.

All of the toilet stalls will be filled when you try to take a quick washroom break right before the best part of the movie.

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With so many expectations, we don’t always pay attention to our feelings.

Consider the excitement that builds when going to the movies. Maybe it’s a Friday night and you’re going to the Roxy. As you walk towards the glowing red and blue marquis, a feeling of anticipation builds.

It begins with a slight shiver. Whether it's from adrenaline-fuelled excitement or just how damn cold it is in there, you’re not quite sure. As you find your seat in the theatre with the lights on the Roxy’s blue ceiling twinkling like stars, the spark of anticipation ignites.

The lights dim, the crowd

quiets down and for just a few hours, you’re in a different world.

The waves of emotions as the audience collectively react to the highs and lows of the movie, the comedown that happens with the closing credits. The squinting eyes as you walk into the bright lobby — paired with slight disbelief that the world continued on while you took a short recess from it — all of it adds to what makes the experience so unique.

It doesn’t hurt that the Roxy is so nice to look at, either.

The theatre experience of the present wasn’t built in a day. It reflected the events of the early 20th century. With nationalist tensions rising and rights be-

ing fought for, there was a lot of uncertainty floating around the world. Old ways of life were being thrown off and people didn’t know what to make of it.

Change was the zeitgeist, and the art of the time reflected this sentiment. Entertainment served as an antidote to their worry, and places like the Roxy gave people a break from an ever changing world.

Many art forms were moulding their own take on the state of the world, using ideas rising out of movements like modernism, impressionism and expressionism. These all found a home in theatre.

All the stresses of the real world weighed down on people and they were on the lookout for a lighthearted ticket to a place where all of their worries would melt away. It is for this reason vaudeville — a variety act that could consist of anything from burlesque to comedy to music — reached its zenith in the 1920s despite having been popular since the 1890s.

Described by American author, media theorist and culture-critic Neil Postman as the theatrical equivalent of dadaism, vaudeville was disjointed and ridiculous — the entire thing was a farce.

Its acts ranged from the wildly talented to the mildly interesting.

It was the absurdity that characterized it and made it so popular in a world that was changing so often that meaning and reason were often out of reach.

Vaudeville found its home in theatre, the hours would fly by with the ever present laughter that its shows inspired. Despite its absurdity, vaudeville was an art form that was crafted for the entire family to enjoy.

It was here we begin to see the rise of the not quite placeable feeling that came with going to see a show. Entire families would make lasting memories at the theatre laughing along with strangers at acts ranging from a quintet of singing women to a monkey riding a bicycle.

Unfortunately, good things don’t always last forever. The decline of vaudeville came with the

end of the roaring 20s, its place taken by black and white cinema. It is almost ironic that a form as jaunty as vaudeville began to die with the 20s, a time characterized by its buoyant vivacity.

Though there was no decisive end to vaudevillian theatre, it definitely faced a steep decline.

Soon, every vaudeville playbill included cinema. As vaudeville tapered off, it gave way to a golden age of cinema that lasted through to the 1960s.

People living through this golden age had a lot on their plate. With the Great Depression, World War II and the start of the Cold War happening within the span of just a few decades, movies were a cheap getaway from the mundane drudgery of daily life.

On cold nights when the radio seemed to only broadcast bad news, the cinema was the place to be. For a few hours, you could be a different person or cease to exist altogether. Before long, it was the most popular form of entertainment.

Vaudeville theatres began to screen films because it was a cheaper option and its performers were drawn to the cinema because of the better wages and less rigorous working conditions. With movies, you didn’t have to pay live performers and movie characters couldn’t call in sick or twist their ankles halfway through the show.

In the end, cinema killed the vaudeville star. Or at least, badly injured it.

With the playing field levelled and theatres unable to compete with each other by boasting more extravagant or exotic shows — because they were showing mostly the same movies — theatre owners began to look for different ways to set themselves apart.

This competition manifested itself in luxurious and swanky building which borrowed heavily from Spanish style architecture.

There aren’t many physical manifestations to the golden days of vaudeville or the transition of public preference to cinema, especially in Canada.

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There are some vintage posters advertising apparently stupefying shows and old photographs showing smiling, singing women but not much else.

This is why Saskatoon’s own Magic Lantern Roxy Theatre is such a historic building.

Opened in 1930 as vaudeville was dying out and cinema was on the cusp of its popularity, the Roxy Theatre was a bridge between two worlds.

The now-demolished Capitol Theatre was opened in 1929 as a fully functional theatre equipped only for live shows — like vaudeville. The Broadway Theatre, opened in 1946, was a misnomer as it was a cinema, not a theatre.

The Roxy was a cinema-theatre, which combined elements of the fading vaudeville era and the imminent age of cinema. It was a bridge between two distinct times: it ushered in the new age of entertainment while paying homage to the previous one.

This theatre is an important piece of local entertainment history. The murals on its wall — done by Canadian artist Fred Harrison — tell the story of a different life. A time where a trip to the movies would put you back 40 cents an adult and 25 a child.

There are few other buildings left in Saskatoon and even Canada that have weathered the test of time while retaining its essence. Having gone through many renovations in its life, it is remarkable how much of the theatre's original features have been preserved.

The balconies and windows in the theatre that allude to Spanish courtyards and ornate

marquee hanging outside of the building still stand today like they did almost 90 years ago. Even the blue ceiling peppered to look like the night sky is the same.

Despite everything cinemas like the Roxy did to draw people in, easily accessible television dealt a heavy blow to the theatre industry. Though there is an abundance of modern theatres across Canada, the Roxy is only one of four original atmospheric theatres still standing that embody the spirit of the times it was built in.

This past March, it was recognized by Saskatoon Heritage Society as historically significant, labelling it an architectural landmark to be treasured and celebrated.

Despite the heavy blow dealt to cinema by on-demand television, it continues to grow and change and find new ways to tickle our fancies. The days of grandiose impresarios are gone but a renaissance of cinema can be found in today’s culture.

In Saskatoon, there is a movement being made to partly rebuild the old demolished Capitol Theatre. Movie blockbusters remain ever-popular and for some reason, we keep going back to the movies and paying for that overpriced popcorn. At this point, it’s just part of the experience.

With the diversification of film genres and new angles and ideas being put on the screen, cinema remains ever changing. One thing is still the same, however — the same escapism that drew people to the cinema in the early 20th century is still at work today.

Tomilola Ojo/ Culture Editor The Roxy Theatre marquee advertising Pulp Fiction on Sept. 20, 2019.

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History in design: How the Agriculture Building tells the story of its own construction While the building is easily discernible, looking closely unveils its most unique aspects.

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Although the Agriculture Building’s gorgeous, windowed exterior distinguishes the infrastructure on the University of Saskatchewan campus, its large interior filled with plants, artwork and donor commemoration is what really tells its unique history.

One of the first things that people notice when walking into the Agriculture Building’s spacious atrium is a small statue depicting two pioneers plowing prairie sod held within a glass case. The piece is dedicated to Leo F. Kristjanson, president of the university in the 80s, who played an integral role in facilitating the infrastructure’s reconstruction.

When the province established the U of S, its first colleges were agriculture and arts and science, both instituted in 1909. While the Arts Building — opened in 1959 — centralized one of the colleges, Kristjanson and many others believed the College of Agriculture was scattered among too many places and needed a similarly identifiable base.

With a goal of prominently establishing agriculture in Saskatchewan, Kristjanson began the Sodbusters Club in 1984 to raise the $100,000 needed from community donors to cover an engineering building.

The donated money allowed Kristjanson to contact Obert Friggstad, the soon-to-be architect of the building estimated to cost $92 million. Premier Grant Devine was willing to support its construction by pledging $80 million, conditional upon the remaining funds being raised by the U of S. To raise the $12 million outside the provincial budget, Krist-

Nicole Neriuoka The various windows of the U of S Agriculture Building on Sept. 21, 2019.

janson would have to rely on more community support and grassroots funding. The Partners in Growth campaign trained alumni and students to find potential donors by telephone canvassing. The time-sensitive campaign also involved both the president and the campaign co-chair E.K. Turner soliciting funds by contacting potential corporate donors.

Because of how reliant the project was on donations, supporters would be saluted by permanent recognition in the future atrium and Beamish Conservatory. Corporate donors have their names engraved on stone plaques around the palm tree.

The Partners in Growth recognition plaque is on the wall opposite to the atrium elevators on the ground floor.

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With funds having been raised and a parking lot selected as the college’s new home, the official start of construction began in November 1988 with a Sod Turning ceremony. The celebratory event had Premier Devine plough a piece of grass with the green plough still displayed in the building’s E Wing.

On July 11, 1990, it was announced that the fund had succeeded in raising $12,893,000, and solicitation ceased once the campaign total reached $13.5 million.

The Agriculture Building officially opened on Oct. 25, 1991.

Ironically, the celebration was held in the College of Education’s

gymnasium because the atrium could not accommodate the 4,000 people who were invited.

The collective project which materialized Kristjanson’s vision of having a centralized college was made possible by the support of Saskatchewan’s community. Friggstad’s windowed design welcomes prairie sunshine and marked a significant departure from the university’s previously gothic architecture.

The building is also visually distinct for its interior design featuring space for art including the Kenderdine Art Gallery, hanging silk-screen prints and the bronze sculpture titled Garden of the Mind.

The building was originally only five floors but was planned to accommodate a possible sixth-floor addition, which officially opened in 2001. Another feature added later was a rooftop garden established in 2016, transforming the unused space into a bountiful garden displaying sustainable agricultural practices.

Aside from being an architecturally unique structure on campus, the Agriculture Building also functions as mini-museum by telling its own history through relics and remembering the people who made dreams a reality.

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Queerapalooza is back again for another year of queer empowerment This annual event thrown by the USSU Pride Center is creating safe spaces on campus.

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With welcome events fading away, the school year is officially up and running. There are a few things that characterize this time of year at the university — freshman slowly begin to settle into university life, class attendance drops as motivation fades and Queerapalooza is in full force.

Queerapalooza is a weeklong event orchestrated by the University of Saskatchewan Student Union Pride Center in partnership with groups and organizations across the city.

To learn more about this event, the Sheaf sat down with Pride Center co-ordinator Jory Mckay.

“It’s a really great way to show staff, students and faculty on campus, especially first years, that it's okay to be

LGBTQ2S+," McKay said. "We support everyone regardless of their gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.”

Throughout Queerapalooza week, there are a variety of events and workshops to celebrate gender and sexual diversity on campus. Some of the events — like the annual flag raising and two-spirit sharing circle — are long-standing traditions.

Other events, like the guest lecture given by history instructor Alessio Ponzio about male prostitution in post-fascist Italy on Monday night, are new and one of a kind in Queerapalooza history.

The Queer Resource fair is an important element of the celebration. Information is provided about relationships, mental and sexual health, and gender and sexual diversity.

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This past summer, a peaceful protest was held by Saskatoon Sexual Health, Action Canada and Planned Parenthood Regina to ask Canada’s premiers to take sexual education seriously.

An event like this is important, especially with the lack of comprehensive sexual education in Canada. Though sex education is a human right, our country is currently below the United Nations standards.

Sex education in schools barely covers heterosexual sex appropriately, not speaking on delving into the queer side of things. Occasions like the protest and Queerapalooza’s resource fair aren’t common, but they connect people with information and resources that are pertinent to them while building relationships between the campus community and groups across the city.

Finally, one cannot discuss modern queer culture without including drag in the mix. With the mega-success of shows like RuPaul’s Drag Race, drag has found its way into today’s popular culture. Along with it, a fascination as to how it’s all done. If you’re looking to test out the waters, look no further than at Queerapalooza’s closing event, Ye Olde Drag Show.

Happening on Friday, Sept.

27, Ye Olde Drag Show is a 16+ event. It features an inclusive, beginner-friendly drag workshop happening from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and a drag show at 8 p.m., both at Louis'.

During the workshop, performers will help anyone curious about drag with their makeup as well as give some tips and tricks that they have learned over time. The doors open at 7 p.m., and the show begins at 8. According to McKay, it’s going to be an awesome one.

“There are lots of performers that have already planned out numbers," McKay said.

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"From drag kings, drag queens and drag monarchs — who are individuals who don't have gender identity when they are doing drag. So it'll be super fun.”

Overall, the week is an amazing kick-off to the year-round work that the Pride Center does. Throughout the year, the drop-in center is open to all with helpful resources and peer support counselling as well as lots of weekly, biweekly and monthly events to further build the community.

The Pride Center also hosts an arsenal of discussion groups and game nights. With evening events happening on an almost daily basis, it’s a great place to reach out to like-minded people and connect with others from the LGBTQ2S+ commu-

nity.

McKay hopes that this year’s Queerapaloza will be a stepping stone for many more to start getting involved in the community and making meaningful connections.

“There's such a community, that's out there, that you can just reach out and grab, they're just so close,” McKay said. “But yet, we don't actually go to do it because it's scary.”

"But it's so important to take that first step and actually get involved, whether it's coming to the drag show, whether it's helping us in volunteering at the drag show to set stuff up or if it's coming to the queer resource fair, or the queer talk,” McKay said. “They’re all really great ways to meet lots of people within our community."

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Starting anew at university is a major life change. Life is fastpaced and one is surrounded by thousands of other students who also have a lot on their plates.

Now, add being an immigrant to the mix.

There are new customs and lifestyles to get used to because society operates with completely different rules. Your mother tongue is no longer vernacular, so you have to learn a new — and frankly, very confusing — language. The food is foreign, the holidays are unfamiliar and most perplexingly — what the heck is a “Purple People Eater?”

Such is the experience of international and new immigrant students here at the university.

Thankfully, places like the McEown Community Garden can help them begin to feel welcome at the university. The community garden has cultivated both relationships and vegetables alike. The gardeners and their families meet new people and learn new perspectives from the others around them.

Jebunnessa Chapola, the co-ordinator of the garden, has been involved with it for the past eight years. Like many others, she is an immigrant to Canada, a country whose culture is very different from what she is used to. But through the gardening community program, she was able to integrate herself and create a home in a previously unfamiliar place.

The garden, with the help of Elders from the Indigenous community, taught the gardeners many things. The land is for sharing, not owning. Also, in order to not only grow but thrive, we must work together. With this knowledge, we can better understand reconciliation by learning more about the land we use to grow our food.

Another major teaching from the garden was the notion that we came from the land and will return to the land. This is an Indigenous worldview meaning

grow, and eventually, when we die, our nutrients go back into the Earth. It is a cycle of taking and giving. Due to this shared and respected school of thought, the garden is currently thriving and is home to 78 plots.

Each plot is filled with a harvest of vegetables like tomatoes, spinach, carrots, radishes and more. Some gardeners plant flowers for no other reason than just because they want to.

Due to the diversity of the plots and the gardeners themselves, the garden has become a welcoming community for those who are new to the university. It is a safe space for those who desire it, and Chapola says that it is “a space for immigrant women empowerment.”

To uphold this sense of empowerment and safety, the garden plans an annual community potluck with their harvest. This involves the gardeners and other people involved making their cultural dishes to bring and share amongst themselves and others.

This cross-cultural potluck shows that no matter what differences you have, good food unites all.

The potluck is not the only event the garden holds. Chapola has organized other events for new families such as art workshops for the kids, teachings on reconciliation and blanket exercises. Because of these events, Chapola hopes that other passionate individuals will continue to join and expand the gardening community to become even more diverse than it currently is.

It’s a wonderful chance for new families and students in residents to go out and spend time with their loved ones while also creating new relationships in a dynamic, accepting environment.

To get involved, contact the residence offices. The gardening supplies are free, so anyone is more than welcome to grow something of their own. As Chapola said, “We come from land and will return to land,” so why not give back while we can?

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Don’t be voiceless this election season With the federal election around the corner, it's important to learn more about the process of casting a ballot.

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The upcoming Canadian federal election is set for Oct. 21, 2019 — which is literally less than a month away — and as past federal election statistics tell us: youth turnout is terrible.

But maybe it’s slowly improving.

The turnout of youth aged 18 to 24 was 57.1 per cent in the 2015 federal election. This was an 18 per cent increase from the 2011 elections. Despite the uptick in young voters, the turnout was still significantly below the overall voter participation of 68.3 per cent.

What is most important to note here is that youth aged 18 to 25 represent the biggest eligible voting demographic in Canada. So, student votes and student voices truly do matter.

There are various reasons why we might fail to utilize our power but a lack of electoral knowledge or failure to appreciate the election process could be at the forefront.

However, obtaining the information on how to vote and who

to vote for is easier than you might think.

Students and youth understand their political climate but rarely take that next step of political engagement. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Saskatoon last Thursday to kick off his election campaign, and while I noted there were some students and youth present, we were definitely a minority.

It is important to either go to election campaign rallies and talk to your representatives directly or at least listen to what different candidates in your riding have to say to you, the voter.

This way you will know where they stand on issues that concern you.

Once you have an idea about who you want to vote for, it is important to make sure that you are registered to vote and know exactly where and when to be voting. Elections Canada recently released a video aimed at helping students vote for the first time. It is a great tool for navigating the election process and gives you step-by-step instructions on how to cast your vote.

Remember, if election day itself does not work for you, there are four early voting days available.

Still not convinced your vote counts? The feeling that your vote doesn't matter or that your vote gets cast into a black hole — where it seems to have no effect — is totally relatable. The solution to that problem comes with experience and more knowledge about the election process and politics in general.

If everyone thought that their vote did not matter, then we would have absolutely no voter turnout at all — which would not be ideal.

At the end of the day, political leaders, candidates, staffers and an army of volunteers spend a lot of their time and energy in this election process for the sake of voters being heard. As Aristotle claimed, democracy is strengthened by political participation and discourse.

In conclusion, you have no right to complain about taxes being so high or the economy being shit if you do not fucking vote. Simple as that.

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Living on the edge: It’s a fine line between self-care and self-destruction Indulgences aren’t always the healthiest ways to care for ourselves “Today I had 800 mg of caffeine, exercise for 2 hours, ate literally 80 pizza rolls and did Continued from cover a facemask. The line between self care and self destruction is While taking a break in a fine one but god do I walk it the bathtub for an hour may hard brother.” do wonders for your mental And it’s a been a running health, treating yourself to joke since the beginning of that bottle of wine every night our collective obsession with might be doing more harm self-care. Buzzfeed’s article “24 than good. If we aren’t careful, Self-care jokes that you realour preoccupation with self- ly, really need after 2017” has care can turn into a spiral of a great variety of self-depreself-destruction. cating, self-care critiques that Summed up so eloquently have been immortalized on Japan_toTheSheaf_9.4x2_horiz_Sep232019.pdf 1 gem 2019-09-23 in twitterEdouser @Alecrl’s viral the internet like this from tweet from last February: Tumblr user amazingmars: ERIN MATTHEWS OPINIONS EDITOR

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Dear America, we don’t want your handguns or your mass shooting culture either Every Canadian should feel safe but rising gun violence could erode our confidence in using public spaces.

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As gun violence increases in Canada, we should try to learn a lesson from the south — how the fear of being caught in a deadly crossfire can creep into and impact our daily lives.

On Sept. 18, the Sandy Hook Promise — an organization founded by families devastated by the 2012 elementary school shooting — released a profoundly disturbing video depicting children in panic fleeing from a gunman during a mass shooting titled “BackTo-School Essentials.”

The PSA shows a glimpse of the more dystopian aspects of United States where “bulletproof backpacks” are flying off store shelves and videos of crowds in New York City’s Time Square being launched into hysteria from a motorcycle backfiring.

The “home of the brave” is full of fear following the El Paso, Texas, and Daytona, Ohio, mass shootings this summer. Many Americans are experiencing a new anxiety provoked by simply being in public spaces. It’s a world where movie theatres, malls and schools don’t seem safe anymore.

Although Canada is blessed to not be plagued by the US’s mass shooting culture, Canadian gun related homicides have increased steadily since 2014. As shootings in Toronto hit a record high this summer, is it time to look towards where this dangerous path could be leading us as a nation?

Toronto’s 2018 Danforth shooting brought the terror home when a lone gunman opened fire in a Greektown neighbourhood, killing two and wounding 13 with a semi-automatic pistol that was illegally imported from the US. Politicians have been quick to condemn Canada’s growing gun violence on gangs of criminals orchestrating isolated attacks on individuals with smuggled weapons. However, what street shootouts and mass shootings have in common is that they both take place in public spaces and inflict collateral damage on innocent civilians.

On Sept. 14, a 17-year-old high school student was killed after being caught in a crossfire

outside his home apartment complex in Mississauga, Ont. — an attack that injured five others.

Because of fatal attacks like this, the grassroots organization Canadian Doctors for Protection from Guns have described Canadian gun violence as a public health concern the federal government should address.

But where are the handguns coming from? It would’ve been easy to continue blaming our southern neighbours when roughly 75 per cent of firearms confiscated by Toronto police in 2012 were imported from the US. But by 2017, about half came from domestic traffickers as the allure of high profits incentivises Canadians to get their license to sell their guns to the black market.

According to Statistics Canada, 55 per cent of firearmrelated homicides in 2017 were committed using a handgun.

The CDPG and many others are urging politicians to limit the accessibility of guns, and cities like Toronto and Montreal have even proposed citywide handgun bans.

While reducing firearm ownership remains a contested issue, I would argue that gun violence is not only a public health concern but also impacts how we use public spaces. Events like a prop paper-mache gun causing alarm at the University of Calgary show Canadians developing awareness towards the potential danger of being shot in public places.

The U of C’s reaction was not irrational when you consider that the following day a gunman started shooting in the parking lot of the CrossIron Mills shopping mall, just north of Calgary. The assailant fled with an accomplice in a vehicle, and fortunately, only injured one person in what is believed to be a targeted gang attack.

Whatever your position on firearm ownership is, it is important that we recognize, as a country, how rising gun violence only hurts innocent people. If we don’t take these atrocious acts seriously then we move closer to becoming a place where people fear going to school or the mall — which is a country I don’t think any Canadian wants to live in.

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Take your mind back to the summer of 2016. The sun is shining and you actually left your house today. Not only are kids outside playing, but there are more people out than ever. It’s all because everybody is on Pokémon Go. The game took the world by storm soon after its release date when people everywhere began choosing teams and becoming trainers in a quest to catch ‘em all.

However, like most mobile games that gain popularity very quickly, people stopped playing overtime. While many folks have not touched the app for a year or two, there are now more people than ever who still play the augmented reality game on their phones.

The U of S campus is packed full of pokéstops where you can collect pokéballs and

gyms where you can battle against the opposing teams.

Though it has been several years after the release, lures — which help attract pokémon — are still being placed all around campus.

The game has definitely made improvements since its initial summer release.

You may find a pokéstop taken over by Team Rocket — a name taken straight out from the Pokémon television show — leading you to catch a shadow pokémon that you can later purify.

Gyms were initially the only places that could be taken over by teams, but now there are raids where players of all teams can battle together to take down stronger pokémon.

You can then attempt to catch it afterwards — if you win, of course.

Raids make it easier to catch legendary or shinee pokémons including Mewtwo which just recently showed

up, but for a limited time only.

You’ve got until Nov. 12 to battle in a raid with Mewtwo.

You might find yourself among seven odd people working together trying to catch the same Pokémon — an unlikely way to make new friends.

If you’re looking for some fun motivation to get out of your house and keep active, Pokémon GO is a good way to do so. You have to walk certain distances in order to hatch your eggs and your walks from one class to another won’t cut it.

The fictional world from our childhoods come to life on a wider scale, allowing us to continue playing into our adulthood. If you missed out on this world when you were a kid, now’s your chance to get into it.

It’s also just a fun general stress reliever and a nice way to fidget when you’ve got time to kill.

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