November 21, 2019

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

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YOUR UNI VE R S I T Y O F SAS K ATC H E WA N ST UDE NT NE WS PA P E R S I N C E 1 9 1 2 ERIN MATTHEWS OPINIONS EDITOR

There may not be another month of the year that quite compares to November. It’s the bitter end of the term, it’s dark all the time, winter is digging in its heels and between term papers and scrambling to finish assignments — there is a lot to keep track of.

Like us, November is heavy and lethargic — weighed down with strange challenges and strange events. It’s a quagmire of a month and it’s about time to unpack everything that has occured.

So let’s take a look at a few of the things that has been shoehorned into these 30 days.

Back in the summer of 1999, a strange writing project surfaced after a couple dozen people from California decided they wanted to write a novel. And if that wasn’t a challenge in itself, they decided to do it all in one month’s time.

After the trial run, the founder of this endeavour decided to move the challenge to the bleak month of November — where us writers, hitting stride in our seasonal depression, find the warmth of our laptops to be a comfort in trying times.

Hey November, you okay?

November is a month packed full of challenges.

A 2019 November calendar hangs, displaying the month’s festivities on Nov. 18, 2019. | Victoria Becker/ Photo Editor

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Bangladeshi students’ annual event welcomes new students to their Saskatoon family This cultural celebration is a part of the organization’s way of supporting international students.

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Ever since Hasnat Zahan came to Canada last year to pursue a master’s degree in computer science, he has known how important it is to make international students feel like they are “part of a family.”

“Whenever a new student comes to Canada, one of the first things they feel is, ‘I don’t have anyone here,’” Zahan said.

Zahan is the president of the Bangladeshi Students’ Association at the University of Saskatchewan. Annually, they host the Freshers’ Reception and Farewell to connect new students with one another, resources and the Saskatoon community through Bangladeshi culture.

“The main point of doing this is just to let a Fresher know that you are not alone,” Zahan said.

On Nov. 9, students in the BSAUS and families who live in the city packed the Education Building’s Quance Theatre, welcoming students who recently moved to Saskatoon to study at the U of S and to give awards to graduates belonging to the ratified student group.

“Freshers” are considered to be any student beginning their first year of an undergraduate, master’s or doctorate program.

Any newcomers can join the nearly 270 members of BSAUS. The program included celebrating graduating students’ successes and Bangladeshi culture through traditional songs and dances.

The event was primarily spoken in Bengali and included games testing the Freshers’ knowledge of the language and its alphabet for prizes. Zahan does not want the language to be lost in Canada, so the decision to hold the event in Bengali was an important one.

“English is the most important language in the world but what I feel is sometimes people forget their own language,” Zahan said. “What we want is to give them a feeling and a sense that, yes, Bengali is still alive.”

The association also invites Saskatoon’s Bangladesh community to join the fun and games. This event is not only an opportunity for new students to connect with residents but also for the BSAUS

executive to make its presence known in the city.

“The community people, they love it,” Zahan said.

“Through this function, everybody knows our names so if they need to talk to someone who represents the student community, they can call us.”

For the event, the executive prepared choreographed re­-enactments and lip-syncing of scenes from Bangladeshi musicals to celebrate their culture’s cinematic history by highlighting how styles have changed.

“For the last one-and-a-half weeks, I came home each and every day at 3 a.m. because I was rehearsing in the education lounge,” Zahan said.

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U of S debate society on the upswing in the university debate arena The group is taking victories across Western Canada.

ANDY LUU AQSA HUSSAIN

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The University of Saskatchewan Debate Society is on the come up, having taken the cup at two tournaments this year among other good performances. At each tournament, they competed against teams from all across Western Canada.

Their successful season began with sending seven teams to the fall open tournament in October, which is unique in that only novices can compete, with many participants being first-time debaters. Three teams made semifinals and U of S debaters Nohl Purdue and Wardah Mahmood won the tournament while also tying for top speaker.

On Nov. 15 to 17, Purdue and Mahmood also went on to win the novice finals at the University of British Columbia IV tournament in Vancouver.

Purdue, a first-year arts and science student and USDS vice-president training, has won multiple times this season.

The intensity of debate competitions drives Purdue to do his best.

“Going into a tournament knowing that I’m there to be a competitive team, knowing

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that everyone else is going to be just as competitive and pushing yourself to be the best — I really like that intensity,” Purdue said.

Debate topics in tournaments can range from pop culture to international relations. Once receiving the topic, debaters have 15 minutes for preparation and then they must argue their case. Tournaments include multiple rounds of debate between various teams.

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USDS President Abby Vadeboncoeur and Vice-President Training Nohl Purdue holding the Diefenbaker Cup at the U of S on Nov. 3, 2019. | Supplied by the U of S Debate Society

The century-old debate society at the U of S has been home to great speakers including the founding member and former prime minister, John G. Diefenbaker.

The Diefenbaker Cup tournament is hosted annually by the USDS. This year, half of the teams in the semifinals were from the U of S, and their success did not stop there. After that, the finals round was completely made of Saskatchewan debaters.

Purdue and Abby Vadeboncoeur, a third-year history major and USDS president, took the win.

Vadeboncoeur is happy with the success of the group and credits it in part to the addition of new debaters.

“I’m so excited and I can’t take much of the credit at all,” Vadeboncoeur said. “We’ve had some really strong debaters come in and we’ve had some novices come in who have never debated before who are just really dedicated and ready to learn and improve.”

One of these novices is Julianna Pitzel, a first-year arts and science student, who started debating in September and made her way to the semifinals of the Hugill tournament, held by the University of Alberta from Nov. 8 to 10. Pitzel says debating was different than what she expected.

“I had to learn to be more open minded or think outside the box because you’re not always on the side of the argument that you want to be, or debating about what you want to be debating about,” Pitzel said. “I’ve had to learn how to get creative.”

Vadeboncoeur says debate has been beneficial for her in more ways than one. “[Debate] has made me a more confident public speaker and it has improved my essay writing and my in-class discussions because you get really good at picking out key ideas and framing your ideas in a way that’s persuasive and easy to understand,” Vadeboncoeur said.

The USDS hosts debate rounds every week which are open to all students to compete in or to observe and learn.

Members can compete in tournaments in other cities, and the USDS executive has a goal to make travelling to tournaments “as accessible as possible.” The group is currently looking to send a team to the World Universities’ Debating Championships in the future.

The USDS has meetings every Wednesday in Arts 101 at 4:30 p.m. *Andy Luu is an executive member of the USDS

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Saskatoon aims to replace lead pipes within seven years Lead levels in tap water are not an issue at the U of S campus.

KIENAN ASHTON

The City of Saskatoon has responded to a recent investigation into lead levels in Canadian tap water, citing their pre-existing plans to replace lead pipes in the city.

The investigation that lead to the discovery of Canada’s contaminated tap water was organized by the Institute of Investigative Journalism out of Concordia University. The team was made up of journalists from across Canada, and notably, student journalists from nine different postsecondary institutions. In onethird of tests conducted, the investigators found levels of lead exceeding the amount deemed safe by the federal government.

The University of Saskatchewan is not affected by the issue.

In a statement to the Sheaf, the facilities department confirms that lead pipes are not present on campus.

“I can confirm that we are not aware of any lead pipes or fittings [on] campus,” Associate Vice-President of Services Wade Epp said. “The standard

guideline limit is .01 mg/l [and] our recent test is .0001 mg/l. So we are way below.”

The city, however, is not in the clear. Saskatoon’s lead pipe replacement program has been ongoing since 2010. It is estimated that Saskatoon has just over 2,800 lead connections with approximately 380 of these pipes replaced during the summer of 2019. The city’s website states that they will replace around 500 lead service pipes per year; if all goes according to plan, all lead pipes will be replaced by 2026.

For lead connections located in private properties, the city deems property owners responsible for the portion of any water connections on their property. It is required than when they replace a lead connection, the property owner must do the same.

Neighbourhoods with lead pipes include older and historic areas of the city like Buena Vista and City Park, with the most lead connections being found on Nutana and Caswell Hill.

Most of the city’s neighborhoods are lead-free though, including newer areas of the city

such as Stonebridge and Hampton Village that were built after lead pipes were phased out.

While the lead connections replacement plan is still underway, the city has dedicated a page on its website to this issue, including advice on how residents of homes with lead pipes can become aware of it and reduce their exposure.

“Lead can leach into your drinking water when it sits stagnant in household pipes. Flushing toilets, doing laundry and running showers all help ensure your drinking water is fresh,” the website reads. “If your water has not been used for at least six hours, run the cold water faucet for about five minutes before drinking or cooking.”

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Amnesty event sparks conversation on human rights violations by Canadian companies Global activist group aimed to center the talk around local action.

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A regional forum hosted by Amnesty International educated students about corporate accountability in relation to human rights.

The event on Nov. 2 was kicked off by keynote speaker Alex Neve, a human rights activist and the secretary-general of Amnesty International Canada. To illustrate the impact of unethical business practices on communities around the world, Neve tells an anecdote from a frontline mission he was part of in Guinea.

“The words of one woman I interviewed on [that] mission have always stuck with me and have become my mantra,” Neve said. “She looked at me with very tired eyes, and said, ‘It’s all about the diamonds, everyone cares about the diamonds, and nobody cares about us.’”

Neve concluded his speech saying that “the relationship between human rights and the world of business is absolutely inextricably intertwined.”

Jacobi Herringer, an organizer of the conference and former president of Amnesty Interna-

tional at USask, wanted students to come away educated on human rights violations happening around the world and how to address them.

“We are not just educating and then leaving it to that. [As if it was], ‘Yeah, these are the atrocities going on in the world; go home now,’” Herringer said. “I feel like they can help in some way, rather than just know that it’s going on.”

Trisha Mae Junco, a ­second­-year environmental engineering student from the University of Regina, attended the event in hopes of exploring human rights to help her navigate the ethics of her field.

“I want to explore rights as an engineering student,” Junco said.

“For example, [in] manufacturing, I have to consider human rights [when] building a pipe or something like that.”

Although Amnesty is an international organization, the event talked about Canadian issues. Sheri Meyerhoffer, newly appointed as the first Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise, spoke about the controversies regarding her position.

Her office works with the mandate to review alleged human

rights abuses arising from Canadian companies working abroad.

Meyerhoffer was asked tough questions from the crowd, questioning her office’s reported lack of budget and power. She admits that there is still need for improvement, but she says that “where we are is better than we were before” she started her work in April.

One area Meyerhoffer pointed to was the amendments to remove the clause that allows for a company to make a complaint against a complainant.

“Those were all good amendments. But that is not where we stop or where we need to be,” Meyerhoffer said.

Neve says that Meyerhoffer’s appointment positions Canada as a global leader in human rights because her office is a fairly new idea in the field. However, he highlights the work that still needs to be done to make Canada’s global mining industry ethical.

“These mining companies lead the world and are present virtually everywhere and are backed up, here in Canada, by banks [and] law firms,” Neve said. “This is not only about human rights elsewhere; it deeply

Amnesty International Canada Secretary General Alex Neve delivers a speech at the Regional Conference on Nov. 2, 2019. | Aqsa Hussain/ Layout Manager

implicates us as a nation.”

The event was overall quite successful based on turnout, according to Herringer. However, she was disappointed with the number of students in attendance, since a stronger student turnout would have facilitated the group’s recruitment of new members.

“There’s a lot of people here,

I think that most of the people here were already Amnesty supporters, but that’s not surprising,” Herringer said.

Considering that the event aimed to encourage student engagement in the field of human rights, Herringer says that though “there [were] students here, [she] would have liked to see more.”

The divestment movement grows in Canadian universities, USSU hesitant to show support Divest McGill highlights the importance of “strength in numbers” when lobbying universities.

Vapour escapes the U of S Heating Plant as vehicles drive past on the morning of Nov. 4, 2019. | Victoria Becker/ Photo Editor

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Scrutiny of universities’ investment in fossil fuel-related companies is gaining steam in Canada, but how this will affect the University of Saskatchewan remains to be seen.

In October, the U of S Students’ Union received an email from the Students’ Society of McGill University asking them for a letter of support for the divestment

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movement at their university.

The USSU executive decided not to send a letter of support at this time, after a “discussion around the University of Saskatchewan’s investment portfolio occurred,” according to the minutes of their meeting.

McGill is part of the growing group of Canadian universities to receive pressure to sell-off their investments in companies whose primary business is the extraction, distribution or sale

of fossil fuels. The student group Divest McGill is reaching out for support within their university and beyond as they near the date when McGill’s administration will make a decision.

Laura Mackey, an organizer with Divest McGill, says that mobilizing students was an area of focus for the group after their request for divestment was first denied in 2016.

“We’ve been planning lots of events to galvanize student support and make sure they know that if they vote no on divestment again that students aren’t going to just let that happen, that people will be really angry about it,” Mackey said. “If it doesn’t go our way, we have more push now.”

The organizations that decided to support Divest McGill represent more than 400,000 students.

The supporters include the Associated Students of Stanford University, the University of Oxford Student’s Union and from Canada, a student union from Université de Québec à Montréal.

Mackey says that Canadian

universities are behind on the global divestment movement.

“In the States and in the UK, there’s been a lot of success with university divestment campaigns. It’s something that hasn’t gained as much momentum as it has in other places in the world, mostly because a huge part of Canada’s companies are in oil and gas,” Mackey said.

“We’re definitely behind.”

However, it seems like change is coming. In 2017, Laval University became the first Canadian university to fully divest from fossil fuels and the Université du Québec à Montréal sold off its fossil fuel assets in 2018. The most recent development is Concordia University’s commitment to fully divesting by 2025, announced earlier this month.

The U of S did not respond to the Sheaf’s request for comment about their investment portfolio in time for publication. As for the USSU, President Regan Ratt-Misponas says that despite their current decision not to

send a letter of support to Divest McGill, the executive is still considering the situation.

“At the moment, we are doing some more research on the topic and will discuss it once we receive more information,” Ratt-Misponas wrote in an email to the Sheaf.

McGill will announce their stance on fossil fuel divestment on Dec. 18, and Divest McGill is looking forward to a possible conclusion to their years of activism. Mackey highlights that student support within their own university and in connection with other student unions has been crucial for their activist efforts.

“The groups that have power on campus, like the student union — for the divestment campaign at McGill, that has been a huge game changer,” Mackey said. “Industries change all the time and we are trying to change this industry. People want to make change; it’s hard to start a movement but the best way to start is to find allies.”

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National mental health awareness group launches campus chapter Jack.org’s first-ever U of S chapter aims to empower students and advance mental health conversations.

TANNER MICHALENKO SPORTS & HEALTH EDITOR

Canada’s only charity that primarily exists to train and empower young leaders to revolutionize mental health is coming to the University of Saskatchewan.

Tay Spock, the president of the St. Thomas More Students’ Union, is taking the lead as Saskatchewan co-ordinator to build the first chapter inside the province.

“We’re mainly just about destroying stigma and increasing mental health awareness,” Spock said.

Spock attended the Jack.org youth-led summit Breaking Barriers in Winnipeg last February. The annual summit held by the charity focuses on mental health in the Prairies and postsecondary students are encouraged to apply.

Organizers say they receive more applications than they can host at the western region summit therefore students attending are chosen. Those who are lucky to be picked will have all of their travel and accommodation expenses paid for.

Attendees learn how to engage in inclusive approaches to mental health discussions and learn how to campaign against stigma in the workplace and in communities.

After attending the summit, Spock learned a lot and felt a responsibility to return to the U of S and start the Saskatchewan chapter herself.

For Spock, part of the mission to revolutionize mental health is closing the discourse between genders.

Since getting involved, Spock noticed that women typically seek a diagnosis for a mental health concern as it reveals itself.

She says this behaviour is quite the opposite of what she has observed with men, who usually suppress what they are feeling by telling themselves they are being too emotional.

Carla Sutton, a program co­ ordinator for Jack.org responsible for overseeing multiple regions, encourages young people to support the U of S chapter and join the Jack.org network of more than 2,800 young people across the country.

“You no longer feel like you’re fighting this battle alone,” said Sutton. “You’re suddenly linked to resources, staff, coaches and mentorship. I’ve seen people flourish once they join, they become involved in every capacity.”

Both Spock and Sutton are actively searching for students willing to be trained on mental health and assist the charity in any way they can.

Photo from National Jack Summit. | Supplied by Jack.org

“You can be as involved as you want,” Spock said, pointing to the resources the charity has available to every member no matter how much or little they are involved.

“If you join, you’ll get a login and you’ll have your own training program and resources,” Spock said.

The goals of each Jack.org chapter are determined by the chapter co-ordinator. Collectively, Jack.org seeks to create a world where people can all better support one another.

Sutton hopes that Spock will be assisted by a co-lead to help build the specific goals and objectives of the Saskatchewan chapter.

Even if students lack experience, they will find substantial assistance from Jack.org’s online program.

“They teach you how to make [promotional materials]. And when you want to do a speech, you just have a Skype call with them and practice,” Spock said.

Although the Saskatchewan chapter is in its infant stages,

the Student Wellness Centre on campus has expressed their interest in assisting Spock with resources to run events and other promotions.

As Spock works to establish a healthy presence on campus, she will need all the help she can get.

“If you want to revolutionize mental health, come join,” Spock said.

For more information on how to get involved, visit jack.org or email Tay Spock at president@stmsu.ca

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Huskies Athletics update Check-in with each team with just two weekends of action remaining until the holiday break.

TANNER MICHALENKO SPORTS & HEALTH EDITOR

The season has unfortunately come to an end for the Huskies football team. The University of Calgary Dinos spoiled the Huskies’ 2019 season, avenging their heartbreaking loss last season to the Huskies in the conference championship.

The defensive Dinos effort proved to be too much for Saskatchewan to handle in the 2019 Hardy Cup. Calgary held the Huskies to their lowest point total in a single game since 2012, handily defeating them 29-4.

However, Huskies fans should not worry too much about the future of this team.

Starting quarterback Mason Nyhus is expected to return next season for his fourth year of eligibility.

Nyhus will have star running back Adam Machart back with him next season for his fourth year as well. Machart led the entire country in rushing yards by game with an astounding 39.3-yard margin. He accumulated 1330 rushing yards on the season, finishing 12th on the all-time U Sports single-season rushing list.

The offensive line of big

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bodies who pave the lane for Machart will look a bit different next season. Fifth-years Andrew Serke and Tanner Secord have played their last game as a Huskie, a significant loss for the team considering Machart’s praise of their performance throughout this season.

On the defensive side of the ball, the Huskies will be without Canadian Football League draftee Evan Machibroda for next season as his U Sports eligibility has expired.

Additionally, linebackers Eric Thakurdeen and Ben Whiting, along with defensive back Payton Hall, have also seen their playing eligibility expire.

Basketball

For Huskies basketball, the men’s team is fresh out of the reading week break with a perfect 4-0 record. That is their best start to a season since 2013-14.

Head coach Barry Rawlyk is getting some solid contributions from his top four scorers, each averaging at least 10 points per game. JT Robinson leads the team with 20.6 points per game.

Although Saskatchewan is undefeated, they stand at third place in the conference

Noah Nickel dribbles the ball down the court during the U of S Huskies vs. the MacEwan Griffins basketball game on Nov. 9, 2019. | Yasmine El-Gayed

with the two teams ahead of them having played more games. The Huskies are back in action on Nov. 22 and 23, hosting the provincial rival University of Regina Cougars.

On the women’s side of Huskies basketball, head coach Lisa Thomaidis also has her team in tip-top shape at 4-0.

Six Huskies players are av-

eraging at least eight points per game, led by Sabine Dukate’s 17 points per game. Dukate has been very successful from three-point range, shooting 52.8 per cent on 36 attempts thus far.

Just like the men’s team, the women’s will host the Regina Cougars on Nov. 22 and 23 at the Physical Activity Complex.

Hockey

Huskies men’s hockey earned their sixth and seventh win of the season after their weekend sweep at home against the University of Manitoba Bisons.

These Huskies have now won four games in a row and eight of their last nine.

Saskatchewan sits in third place after a rocky start to the season that saw them losing

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their first four games.

Women’s hockey is now tied for third place in the Canada West with a 6-6 record after their road trip to Manitoba.

In game one against the Bisons, Jessica Vance recorded her 17th career shutout, which is third all-time in Canada West history. With a full season of playing eligibility left after this season, Vance has a chance to climb even further in the historical ranks.

On tap for both hockey teams is a home-and-home series with the University of Regina Cougars. The women will host Regina on Nov. 22 while the men will host the Cougars on Nov. 23.

Volleyball

Huskies men’s volleyball is 5-3 after their weekend series with the University of British Columbia Okanagan Heat.

They are now tied for fourth with two other teams.

For women’s volleyball, they are in great shape at 6-2 following their weekend split on the road at UBC’s Okana-

gan campus. Saskatchewan sits in fourth place in a jampacked conference.

Both men’s and women’s volleyball will be back on the road on Nov. 22 and 23 to take on the Trinity Western University Spartans. Historically, the Huskies have not had much success against the prestigious TWU volleyball program.

The Spartans have won 31 of their last 43 matchups against the men’s Huskies team, and 26 out of the last 36 against the women’s Huskies team.

Cross Country

Lastly, the Huskies cross country team captured their best team finish since 2011. The team finished second inside the Canada West conference.

First-year runner Kaitlyn Harrison earned a 13th place finish in the country. Harrison was rewarded with a second­ team all-Canadian honour.

Head coach Jason Reindl set a team goal of a top 10 finish in the country and they accomplished that, finishing seventh among all of the U Sports teams.

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Young: A collection of poems

by Toria Summerfield

A work of poetry from local singer-songwriter Toria Summerfield.

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Ami Cheon and vbnd: A superb evening of soul at Black Cat Tavern The Soulmate Collective helps deliver an impressive start to vocalist Ami Cheon’s tour.

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Despite the snow on the ground and dropping temperatures, Black Cat Tavern was kept toasty on Nov. 14 by the warm and funky music of Ami Cheon and vbnd and the Soulmate Collective.

The two bands perfectly complemented each other, featuring a diverse and balanced group of musicians that delivered incredible performances.

Hearing that Devon Gunn, the bass player and founder of vbnd and the Soulmate Collective, broke his finger the day before, we were intrigued and excited to see how he would deliver his unique brand of bass-driven soul without a functioning hand.

Gunn himself impressively played the bass synth for the first time on stage instead of his usual bass guitar as a result of his broken finger.

Rising to the occasion, the group gave an engaging performance that reaffirmed their place as one of the smoothest acts in Saskatoon. Their flawless execution of vbnd’s originals was interspersed with tasteful covers.

The balanced sound throughout the set was achieved through Katie Tupper’s sultry vocals, the brightness of the guitar and Connor Newton’s textured saxophone playing.

Some highlights included polished covers of Roberta Flack’s Feel Like Makin’ Love and Vulfpeck’s lighthearted single 1612. Although both covers demonstrated the band’s versatility, Tupper’s vocals shone on Feel Like Makin’ Love, which was delivered in the style of R&B legend D’Angelo.

The band showcased their cohesive sound with originals from vbnd’s most recent album Daughter of the Sun, which features hip-hop influenced percussion, melodic guitar and jazzy sax solos. Their performance did not disappoint, and it was the perfect lead-in for Ami Cheon.

Cheon is a Winnipeg artist on her debut single tour. This show was the first stop on the tour, which added exhilarating energy to the performance.

Cheon was backed by Austin Parachoniak, Dallas Nedotiafko and Kevin Waters.

A nice surprise for the crowd was when Cheon excit-

edly announced that her debut single, Growing Up, was set for release on all major streaming platforms at midnight after the show.

Cheon performed in a more minimalist, open form that gave her captivating lyrics to breathe. Laying the foundation for the band was drummer Kevin Waters, who demonstrated the most active and dynamic percussion of the evening. At times, Waters seemed to transcend into a higher dimension of groove, keeping his laser­focused rhythms precise and controlled.

This percussion interlocked with the keyboard work of Dallas Nedotiafko, who was not only playing keys but split his synth into two parts to play bass with his left hand.

This impressive display of musical versatility was compounded when he harmonized with Cheon’s vocals, focusing on three different instruments at once. Parachoniak provided an amazing balance of rhythm and lead that could only be described as buttery.

Sitting on top of this impressive ensemble was the unmistakably controlled and uninhibited sound of Cheon’s vocals.

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It was evident that she had cultivated and worked towards a complete mastery of her voice, which entranced the crowd. Do not miss a

chance to see the talent that is Ami Cheon, as it will be no surprise to see her reach new heights of success in the coming years.

Diabetes Awareness Month raises awareness for those living with the condition A student’s daily experience living with diabetes.

KIENAN ASHTON

It’s Diabetes Awareness Month, and to commemorate it and raise some awareness, I set out to discover some of the difficulties people with diabetes experience.

Diabetes is a condition that affects a person’s ability to regulate their own blood sugar. If not managed properly it can have serious consequences including death. Diabetes Canada states that 11 million Canadians have some form of diabetes, which is nearly one-third of the population. There are three types of diabetes: type I, type II and gestational diabetes.

I decided to speak with a friend of mine, Bobby Bedford*, who has type I diabetes. Lately, he’d been talking about needing to reduce his expenses a little because his new blood sugar sensor that doesn’t require him to prick

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his finger, as it is inserted under his skin, won’t be covered by his student health and dental plan.

I asked Bobby to sit down with me and share some of his experiences and his knowledge about diabetes.

Do note that every diabetic person’s experience will be different depending on whether or not they are insured and the degree to which their insurance covers expenses. Variables like how they test their blood sugar and whether or not they have an insulin pump also factor in.

Bobby estimated that he was spending about $300 a month to cover his expenses. This may not seem a massive expense but it certainly adds up, especially for low-income people. And this is an expense that is not at all optional. If you don’t pay, you die.

And that’s just it, diabetes is very serious. The very morning I asked Bobby for an interview, he

informed me that he could have died that day because he had woken up with “catastrophically low” blood sugar.

In fact, just after our interview he began to act very strange, he was disoriented and couldn’t think straight, he even began to doze off. He checked his blood sugar and found it to be dangerously low, so he went to get some cranberry juice.

Bobby tells me that he needs to check his blood sugar at least six times a day. He’s checking it every time he eats, every time he wants to do any form of physical activity, and before he drives.

Managing one’s blood sugar is vital to avoiding complications related to diabetes. Diabetic people need to be aware of their blood sugar and adjust accordingly, they also need to be very attentive to their lifestyle as eating healthy and exercising contributes to safe blood sugar levels.

He went on to talk about a place called Camp Easter Seal, a camp that caters to diabetic children and their families. There are doctors, nurses and pediatricians onsite who help the children manage their diabetes away from home. It provides an inclusive place for kids to experience summer camp without fear of risking their lives to the challenges of managing blood sugar levels.

“You can send your kid to go and do all the summer camp things like sing campfire stories, sleep in cabins, go camp out overnight in tents, go canoeing and all that stuff,” Bobby said. “I think that’s monumental, I did that for four-ish years.”

Bobby believes that the biggest misconception about diabetic people is that they are obese.

“If I tell someone I have type I diabetes and they’re like ‘Oh, you don’t look like you’d have it,’

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and it’s like, well, what does that mean?” Bobby said.

Diabetes Awareness Month is becoming increasingly important as Diabetes Canada currently predicts that by 2027, 32 per cent of Canadians will have diabetes, the current number being 28 per cent. This month is all about working to spread information about diabetes and to help bring the diabetes epidemic the attention it needs. *To respect the privacy of the individual interviewed, their name has been changed.

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There is enchantment in the light: A look at The Lighthouse Robert Egger’s new film is another exquisite exploration of humans against nature.

ERIN MATTHEWS OPINIONS EDITOR

Set on a rock in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, The Lighthouse is a chimeric film that evokes spectres of mythology and folklore, before muddling it all into a performance that is Shakespeare meets Moby Dick and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

Shot in black-and-white film, director and masterful storyteller Robert Eggers manages to create a haunting fever dream of a psychological horror movie.

Four years ago, Eggers broke onto the screen with his debut feature, arthouse style horror movie The Witch. This is a period piece set in 1630 that takes an omnipresent look at a puritan family who have been ostracized from their fellow settlers due to their religious interpretations.

They are banished from the colony and travel into the wild to build a settlement on their own.

As the movie progresses, we see this family begin to unravel at the edge of the New England woods after their newborn baby disappears in the care of the oldest child, a young woman named Thomasin.

Of course, when it’s a movie set in Massachusetts in the mid 1600s, focusing on a strongwilled adolescent girl and her fervently religious family, you can safely assume that she will be accused of witchcraft.

While there are scenes that

show supernatural encounters in the woods and goat sheds, the most terrifying aspect of the film is the violent and chaotic self­ destruction of an isolated family at the mercy of nature.

In his sophomore film, The Lighthouse, Eggers once again explores how isolation and unyielding nature can lead to our spiralling descent into madness — with or without a little supernatural help.

The movie opens with the arrival of Robert Pattinson’s character, Ephraim Winslow, on the rocky shores of a New England lighthouse. The light’s caretaker, a gruff older man named Thomas Wake — played by the masterful Willem Dafoe — welcomes the young man with suspicion.

The Lighthouse is haunting and hallucinatory with two unreliable narrators at the helm, and it is a bit more ambiguous than its sister film, The Witch.

We are at the mercy of Winslow’s perception of reality and it begins to erode rapidly. He is tormented by a one-eyed seagull, tempted by a monstrous mermaid and manipulated by his older counterpart.

Again, much like The Witch, the two men — isolated and battered by storms — begin their rapid descent into mutual destruction.

Eggers borrows heavily from Greek mythology and Maritime folklore and places it all in a

backdrop that is reminiscent of early German expressionist horror films, giving The Lighthouse its unnerving and insidious tone.

But the story that inspired Eggers most of all is an allegedly true tale from 1801. Off the coast of Wales, one can find The Smalls Lighthouse, which was the site of some horrific events.

Thomas Griffith and Thomas Howell were two lighthouse keepers with a strong dislike for each other. When one Thomas died of natural causes, the other Thomas feared he would be accused of murder if the man’s body just disappeared into the waves — so he built him a coffin and lashed it to the railings of the lighthouse.

Some versions of the story have the coffin breaking apart in a storm, leaving the exposed body of the unfortunate Thomas to wave in the wind. Eventually, after months alone on the rock with the body of his colleague, a boat comes to pick up the two men. But it’s obvious that both the living and the dead Thomas were never the same after the incident.

Eggers uses this desperation and isolation as a framework for the men in his film. What happens when two people are left isolated at the mercy of the elements on a rock in the middle of the ocean?

The viewer is left to witness some masterful gaslighting from Dafoe and experience the

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haunting hallucinatory events that begin to unravel Pattinson’s character. This is a movie that masterfully explores identity,

our tumultuous relationship with people and nature and just how tenuous our grip on reality may be.

Bangladeshi students’ annual event welcomes new students to their Saskatoon family This cultural celebration is a part of the organization’s way of supporting international students.

NOAH CALLAGHAN STAFF WRITER

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A BSAUS event leader speaks to the crowd during their welcome event for first-year students at the U of S Education Building on Nov.9, 2019. | Victoria Becker/ Photo Editor

Zahan says an improvement to this year’s event was connecting students to more groups by featuring speakers from the International Student and Study Abroad Centre, the Graduate Students’ Association, and the Arts & Science Students’ Union.

Since August, the BSAUS executive team has launched quite a few new projects.

These include having a booth at Welcome Week that offers information to students and holding a Freshers and ex-

ecutive meet and greet. The BSAUS also offers additional arrival accommodations for Bangladeshi students alongside those provided by ISAAC. Zahan says this is done out of a sense of “duty.”

Before the event moved to dinner and dance, the BSAUS honoured two people with a Lifetime Achievement Award who “had done a lot for the community.” Zahan is thankful to the performers, volunteers and community who supported the event.

“Without the help of all the sponsors, the GSA and ISSAC who helped us financially — as well as the volunteers — this event would not have even been possible,” Zahan said.

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When it comes to labs, there is more than what meets the eye We must embrace the important educational experience of labs.

VAIDEHEE LANKE

Walking down the Arts Tunnel to the chemistry building is a regular trek for me, and even on the most busy or mundane of days, something manages to catch my attention.

This week, around the corner, I heard a familiar voice say, “chemistry is an experimental science, without seeing the experiment…” Before the sentence could be finished, I was out of ear shot, but I didn’t need to be there for the whole conversation to understand the gist of it.

Like my fellow science and engineering students can probably guess, that sentence hinted at a bigger, all-consuming, unforgettable experience. Yes, my friends, it’s time to talk about labs.

Since the start of my undergrad, I’ve had at least two labs per semester, sometimes even three. From solving coding problems at 8:30 a.m. on Monday mornings to building pulley systems in physics labs on Wednesday afternoons, to spending Friday evenings in chemistry labs. They are a sig-

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nificant part of my educational journey.

Labs are important, especially in the science, technology, engineering and math fields. Along with being a major learning experience, they also fuel wonder and drive curiosity. I will never forget the first time I saw a cancer cell under a microscope and realized the full scale of the disease. Labs help us put complex theoretical information into perspective.

Yet I’m also aware that the mere mention of labs brings up anxiety, dread or dislike.

And thus is the dilemma of a science student. However, we need to keep in mind that they are crucial to learning. So how do we reconcile this?

I find that the unpleasant feelings about labs revolve around the uncertainty of experiments. This uncertainty stems from a multitude of factors: what are we doing, what is the theory behind it, how does this make sense and how will this affect my grade.

Like some experimental variables, not all of these uncertainties can be managed effectively.

The most practical lesson

I’ve learnt about labs is to treat it like a class. Yes, for some of us it’s hard to do that because it means that we are taking two to three more classes on top of an already overloaded class schedule.

But if you really think about it, three hours in one afternoon is equivalent to three one-hour weekly lectures or two 1.5 hours worth of class.

So if we put the equivalent effort of a class into our labs, it might ease the stress. It all comes back to a student’s mindset. If university is truly about learning, what better opportunity to maximize it than a lab?

The skills learned in the lab are so important because it enhances your learning, giving you skills and experiences you need now and in the future. I know my physics lab and the preparation sessions were the best used three hours per week of my first year. But it is a series of experiences that remind us that the knowledge learned in the class does not start, stay or end there.

We have the chance to contribute to the extension of that knowledge.

We should go into the labs

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with a sense of wonder and curiosity and not a sense of dread. Perhaps we could view the labs like a child views the world?

Last week, a five year old picked up a USB off my desk and asked me what it was. I explained to him that this was a storage device for photos, documents, videos and the like.

He looked down at the stick and back at me, eyes wide as

he processed this information.

It was then that I realized he was experiencing the joy, confusion and questions that comes from discovery. Our everyday lives are an experimentation in the real world, full of a plethora of lessons, learned through some interesting experiences.

What if we took that same approach of discovery to our labs each week?

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Hey November, you okay?

November is a month packed full of challenges.

ERIN MATTHEWS OPINIONS EDITOR

Continued from cover This national novel writing month is aptly condensed into a mouthful of an acronym known as NaNoWriMo — uttering it out loud is a bit like stuffing your face full of soda crackers and trying to speak.

But each year, budding writers from all over the world try to bang out 50,000 words before the clock strikes midnight on Nov. 30. The winner: anyone who manages to hit word count gets bragging ‘writes’ — I mean rights — and not much else.

There have been a couple success stories out of the 20 long years of NaNoWriMo. In 2006, Sara Gruen published her novel Water for Elephants, an original NaNoWriMo creation.

The book became a New York Times bestseller and a film adaptation featuring heavy hitters like Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz.

But over the past few years, NaNoWriMo has become kind of gimmicky. If you want to write the next great novel, then just do it. Sit down at your computer and pour your soul into it. Don’t wait for November and don’t write for the sake of hitting word count. Write because you love it. Write because you love the way words and sentences bring you satisfaction — rolling around in your brain like a smooth, polished stone.

NaNoWriMo isn’t the only challenge that beckons to us in November. For years, the month has been synonymous with moustaches and men’s health. Back in 2003, 30 dudes from Australia decided to grow a ‘stache. They didn’t raise any money that year, but they did garner attention.

The next November over 400 people joined the hair growing initiative, and this time they raised funds for prostate can-

cer awareness and research.

From then on, the tradition blossomed — spanning the globe and raising both money and awareness for men’s physical and mental health. In the past 16 years, over five million people have participated and the movement has funded over 1,200 health projects.

Movember generates conversation that is often times hard to broach, but this year, there seems to be less talk circulating and less moustaches gracing once-baby-faced lips. Movember seems to have gone silent and has since been replaced with talk of another challenge that has been birthed from the dark, bleak void of the internet.

No Nut November busted onto the scene several years ago and has only gained momentum through memes since. This is a bizarre ritual where men forgo ejaculating for an entire month. That is one month of men avoiding an orgasm at all cost. No masturbation. No sex.

No nuttin’.

It has people questioning if this is real or an elaborate hoax, like the Tide Pod challenge. Is it the male equivalent of a detox program? A way to reach enlightenment?

But there are whispers of a more insidious origin to the No Nut movement — talks of it being birthed from misogynistic circle-jerk forums where everyone is just jacking off into the void. Whatever the case, No Nut November seems to perpetuate the stigma that there is something inherently wrong with masturbation, orgasms and the act of sex in general.

Perhaps people are participating in the trend because of some personal challenge or some holistic experiment. Perhaps no one is partaking in it at all. Either way, November is the time when people couple up.

Throwing an abstinence challenge into the mix seems like an ill-timed moved. But that’s none of my business.

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Are we the architects of our own mental health crisis?

If a tree falls in the forest, can you feel it?

MITCH ROHRKE

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Currently, there are two pressing issues prevalent in society: overlooking our mental health and the destruction of nature. I believe they are intrinsically linked.

Before tying these two concepts together, we must first understand the issues surrounding mental health today and why we’re failing to aid those suffering. This lack of aid is especially important to consider as finals are approaching and the mental health of students is at risk.

Our world is constantly changing and this change puts pressure on us, both physi-

cally and mentally. We often think about changes within our day to day life, like a new job or a heavier course load from semester to semester, but what about the environmental changes that we are facing?

People are beginning to experience something that has been referred to as “eco-anxiety.” As we become more affected by the burgeoning climate crisis and, as the threat to our environment increases, so will the detrimental effects of our mental health.

But with increasing mental health concerns, why are people not receiving treatment?

In his article Mental Health Literacy, researcher Anthony

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Jorm describes two main reasons for this: people don’t have sufficient knowledge to identify the issues and that these issues as they often present themselves during adolescence when attitudes towards mental health are less positive.

A study by the World Health Organization found that adolescents fail to seek professional help for many reasons. Jorm explains that while there are several factors involved, one of the most important factors is lacking the ability to recognize when one needs help.

Why won’t those individuals who haven’t left their beds in weeks seek help? Some people, young or old, do not actually believe that professionals are able to rehabilitate them. One can draw a parallel to people’s inability to believe warnings from environmental scientists.

People often want to discredit professional opinion due to a lack of understanding.

You could easily say that the education professionals have is sufficient, but imagine what it’s like to be in the head of someone struggling with their mental health. They’re going to have a difficult time telling even their closest friends about the misery going on inside their head, much less trust a random “professional.”

So what can we do about mental health issues if people are afraid to ask for help?

Jorm suggests that a step in the right direction is self-help. This method can be useful for those

afraid to ask for help, but it can only go so far. We should be focusing on educating society to recognize mental health issues — teaching society that it’s okay not to be okay — and where to seek professional help.

It is essential that mental health recognition and prevention must be present in schools.

If parents fail to recognize the signs of mental health issues, teachers must. But for teachers to recognize mental health difficulties, they must be trained to spot the signs.

So that brings us to nature — how can nature actually affect our mental health?

In a 2011 TEDx Talk, Mary Tucker says, “human extinction is caused by humankind itself.”

Tucker explains to her listeners that humankind today holds power over the hierarchy of living things. Humankind determines which animals, plants and ecosystems survive and which are killed off. At this moment, we see that humanity is doing a terrible job at this.

Forests and species are ceasing to exist. The face of agriculture is changing and as climate change impacts crops, it may also be impacting our nutritional status, which can affect our mental health. How does society combat what we have created? Through new forms of education, economics and politics, we can return to the idea that “nature is not just a resource, nature is the source of life.”

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Jean-Martin Charcot spoke of a particular side effect of the very rapid pace of modernization and technological advancement — trauma and shock. He proposed that our minds could not keep up with the pace of the changes in the world.

It’s possible that this is happening again as we are witnessing the rapid decline of the environment around us and the increased risk of climate-related disasters. This threat of a climate crisis could be happening at such a pace that it may have a surprising effect on our mental health.

Tucker argues that nature provides us with fulfillment, energy that supports life for planet Earth. What if this energy does not only keep our planet alive, but it keeps the inhabitants alive and thriving as well?

As society has progressed, humankind has begun to view nature as an object — a resource, if you will. Remembering that humankind is at the top of the hierarchical pyramid, the view of nature has become an economic benefit rather than life-promoting.

Humankind is turning our source of life and energy into a resource to fuel its own destruction, and as a result, we are destroying ourselves. We are the destruction of our own well-being, and this needs to change. It starts with recognizing the complexity of mental health and how we can improve upon it.

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