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Entertainment over lyricism Josh Adesina Opinion Editor Over the past few years, music seems to have become a little underappreciated. One sign is the decline in the sale of album units. Another is whether or not we care about the lyrics in the songs we listen to. Do lyrics matter as much as they used to? Can you actually rap or sing the lyrics of your favourite song word for word? I can’t. However, I’m certain there are others that can, and others that don’t care enough to.

I will always appreciate good lyrics. I feel as though you need to be talented to be a musician.

It takes talent to make a song with meaningful lyrics. Unfortunately, a lot of current musicians may disagree. They may not do so openly but it is a clear reflection in their music.

Let’s use Canadian rapper Drake as an example. Drake proved his lyrical ability early with mixtapes such as Room for Improvement and Comeback Season. You can also argue that his first album Thank Me Later had some songs that showed of his lyricism. As years passed, rap fans started to question the construction of Drake’s lyrics when rumours of ghost writers started surfaced. Albums such as If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late and Views gave off more of a trap influenced, pop vibe, rather than the lyricism we were used

Wright is someone who still believes that lyricism has value. Anna Principato /The Sputnik

to.

Drake is just one example but I used him to prove a point. It seems as though lyrics are becoming less of a factor in the music industry. Think about it.

How many of you are actually concerned with lyricism in your music? I’m not referring to just hip-hop. Genres can include country, alternative, rock and many more. Don’t you just want to listen to a catchy song, rather than worry yourself about how clever a musician’s lyrics are?

I’m certain many of you can argue for hours about the importance of lyricism. However, it

doesn’t seem like lyrics are important as they used to be.

As music sales continue to plummet, artists need to consider not just what will make them money, but what will make them relevant. We can’t all be like J Cole: maintain our lyricism and go platinum without any features on our album.

I feel as though a lot of artists are turning pop. Yes, I said it, pop. It’s almost as if you start off with some dignity and make music that is true to you. Then the money comes, followed by heavy publicity and the die-hard fans. All of a sudden, you find

yourself making music that is popular, rather than music that is real.

But then again, who are we to judge? According to Billboard. com, listeners are steering away from purchasing albums and are now focusing on streaming for easy access to music. This means that you really have to step your game up as an artist if you want people to pay anything for your music. Do you feel as though quality lyrics will help increase a musician’s music sales? I personally, do not.

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Avril De Silva Staff Writer Missing and murdered Indigenous women have captured headlines drastically this year.

The real question at hand is if we care enough to educate ourselves about the issue?

Nearly 1,200 Indigenous women in Canada have been murdered or gone missing in the last 30 years according to the RCMP. This homicide rate is approximately four and a half times higher than other women in Canada. A lot of these cases have been undetermined and it is not okay.

A concern that should be out there is that the RCMP does not report everything we need to know. It filters out facts and it does not reflect the voices of victimized families. Amnesty

International’s own research has proven that the deaths and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls have been investigated poorly. Furthermore, the RCMP on the other hand does not consistently report crimes against Indigenous people.

The Highway of Tears is a 720 kilometer stretch on Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert in B.C.. There have been a series of murders and disappearances that have taken place along this highway, taking away several lives of Aboriginal women. To date, only one murder has been solved. Is this an issue that we as Canadians will continue to ignore?

The violence faced by Indigenous women and girls have taken place in streets of Canadian

cities and in their homes. Perpetrators have no specific type, and they are of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous descent.

They are just as human as any one of us.

The government perceives the Indigenous community as a problem. As a result, not many stories of innocent females in the Indigenous communities have been highlighted. Is this a problem? Absolutely yes!

Many of us as Canadians are so concerned with the disruption in the United States government or what Putin is up to in Russia, that we fail to recognize the problems we have in our homeland.

A sister, daughter, wife or mother has gone missing, been murdered, raped or abused. Are we aware of the suicide rates In-

digenous youth comprise of? It is five to six times higher than non-aboriginal youth. Why is there such a big gap? Do we care? Are we considering any preventatives? Probably not because not many of us are aware of the real issues, as the problems of the rest of the world has blinded us of our own issues.

The Red Dress Project by Jamie Black is an extremely influential, eye-opening project. It is a one-day display of red dresses, to represent the country’s missing and murdered Aboriginal women. The key to understanding the fundamental flaws in our justice system is to acquire and expand our knowledge about it.

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Laurier stands against gendered and sexual violence Rylee Wolfkamp Staff Writer On Nov. 24 Wilfrid Laurier University will finalize its new Gendered and Sexual Violence Policy. This policy is the first of it’s kind for the university, standing alone outside of the Student Codes of Conduct and workplace safety policies.

According to a CBC news report, Ryerson University had the highest number of reported sexual assaults in a Canadian university from 2009-2013 with 4.778 students out of 10,000 reported sexual assaults. Not all post-secondary institutions provided reports publicly or make them . Laurier rates are of 1.341 sexual assaults per 10,000 student over the same time period.

While most universities in Ontario have stand alone policies, there are still many colleges and universities who do not.

“I think some of our commitments to education and how we’re defining gendered and

sexual violence sets us apart,” said Lynne Kane; manager of gendered violence prevention, response and support. “I also think that a lot of the universities are having some of the same struggles and conversations about policy as well.”

According to Laurier’s website, some of the highlights from the policy include a commitment to survivors and their rights, commitment to sexual health education and the principles of that education (the culture of consent, challenging myths, understanding trauma and promoting positive bystanders behaviour) and a “description of confidentiality, scope, and principles that the procedures should follow.”

As well as outlining the policy, the document also details the procedures of a report, a complaint, the investigation process, and the appeal process.

When asked to describe what Laurier defines as consent Kane said, “active, ongoing, not the ab-

sence or no, verbal or nonverbal, continuous, uncoerced, enthusiastic.”

On Nov. 2 at 5 p.m., Laurier held a town hall forum to showcase a draft of its new policy and procedure. The forum was held for the purpose of allowing students and faculty members to voice their input and suggest changes to the draft.

During the forum, there was feedback from a group of Brantford students, called Advocates for Student Culture as Consent (ASCC), who began researching and developing a gendered violence policy in class and have continued their work in advocacy about gendered and sexual violence since then.

“In this kind of a setting it felt easy and comfortable to speak at this particular forum,” said Taylor Berzins, a representative of ASCC. “Do I think my feedback is going to be implemented? Not necessarily just based on the fact that this policy is going to be for

the board of governors on the twenty fourth and that’s really soon.”

This policy and procedure comes after Bill 132. This law requires post-secondary schools to have a standalone sexual violence policy, aside from the codes of conduct many schools already have in place. In addition, universities must finalize the document based on feedback from the campus community and must be revised every three years.

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I think these new policies and procedures will really have an impact...”

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one in four women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime.

According to Statistics Canada, about one in ten sexual assaults are reported to police based on a 2004 General Social Survey

(GSS) on victimization. In 2008, women reported sexual assault ten time more than men with 68 female reported sexual assaults and six male reported assaults.

The report also stated that 72 per cent of survivors confided in friends and 41 per cent turned to family and other informal sources of support.

“I think these new policies and procedures will really have an impact on how many people come forward about this kind of violence.” said Jason Morgan an attendee.

Anyone looking to receive support involving gendered or sexual violence they can contact the Sexual Assault Centre of Brant 24-hour crisis and support line: 519 751 3471. or the on-campus Sexual Assault Centre Counselling and Advocacy.

Student input on the future of Market Square Avery McIssac Staff Writer On Nov. 3, Laurier held its final town hall meeting about the future of Market Square.

Michel De Jocas, who is a part of Educational Consulting Services facilitated the discussion, and had the attending students and faculty sit in collaborative groups. The discussion was oriented to ensure that the opinions of students and faculty members were equally heard and considered.

At the meeting, groups were asked to answer a series of questions regarding future plans for Market Square. Questions pertained to topics such as the campus being tightly interwoven within the downtown Brantford community, as well as which university affairs should take place in the square and how those would impact campus life.

Students and faculty who attended saw positives in having the campus interwoven with downtown. Ideas such as easy access to stores, learning opportunities, BA partnership programs, volunteer opportunities, housing options and the variety of jobs available were all mentioned.

There were also some concerns voiced regarding the safety of students and not having enough spaces catered to only university students. There was also a concern that Brantford was becoming too reliant on Laurier to help fix issues in the downtown area. One student

was concerned about the sustainability of local businesses once Market Square is updated.

There were many suggestions for non-academic use of the space Market Square has to offer. The most common idea was a 24-hour food court, so there would always be somewhere for students to get something to eat on campus. A larger study space, rooms available to be booked for studying or meetings, a convertible space for clubs to hold meetings and a space for holding events were all suggested.

The idea of an indoor park was also addressed where having places to eat and relax with some sort of plant life and possibly a slide.

It was suggested that Market Square may end up being the main campus building due to its size. This brought up the suggestion of relocating the info centre and adding a triage desk to the main floor of Market Square.

A multi-faith prayer space and some representation for the indigenous community were also suggested as a use of space.

Students and faculty struggled at first to come up with partnership and collaboration ideas, but after some time they came up with some great answers. The first suggestion was to have government services available for our international students, including help with passports and student visas.

The idea of having spaces for physicians, eye doctors, and a pharmacy on campus was also brought up. Having a Launch

Pad similar to the one in Hanover was suggested so students would have the opportunity to work with young children on campus.

A place for community services such as social workers and a daycare were suggested because they would benefit students’ everyday lives as well as create more study and co-op opportunities for relevant programs on campus.

A research innovation hub, focused primarily on the game design and development program was recommended as well.

To go along with the focus of the game design program, the relocation of the world’s largest video game collection was suggested because it is already in Brantford, but needs a larger space. Becoming involved with other groups within the community that could help enhance the academic experience such as the Brant Historical Society was recommended as well.

The attendance for this meeting was not very high. It is possible that because the event wasn’t advertised on Laurier’s social media platforms, many students

were unaware it was happening.

The timing of the meeting could have also played a factor because many students have classes throughout the afternoon.

Even with the small attendance, many ideas were generated and the coordinators have many ideas to consider. At the end of the meeting, De Jocas explained that moving forward all suggestions would need to be taken into consideration along with the information from previous town hall meetings.

Students at the meeting held in Market Square to discuss Laurier’s plans for the future of space. Gurleen Lall /The Sputnik

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The imporantance of Remembrance Day Rylee Wolfkamp Staff Writer

Harmony Square was full on Nov. 11 for the Remembrance Day Parade.Top and bottom Alex Vialette/ The Sputnik

Hundreds of people flocked to Harmony Square on a windy Remembrance Day to honour the men and women who died for our country.

The ceremony began with a parade of veterans, current members of the military, and young cadets, who marched from Harmony Square to the war memorial.

Several downtown streets were closed off, allowing routes for spectators and parade participants to travel towards the memorial.

“I do think people are paying more attention to Remembrance Day now. It’s all to do with … the 100th anniversary of the first world war and the 100th anniversary of Vimy and things like that,” said Don Morris, a Royal Canadian Armed Forces member.

The service began with the singing of “Oh Canada” followed by the Last Post with the reflective two minutes of silence and the ceremonial wreath laying.

Wreaths were placed by Brantford-Brant MP Phil McColeman, Brantford Mayor Chris Friel, Brant Mayor Ron Eddy, Brant MPP Dave Leave, and Veterans Affairs Canada.

Wreaths were laid to acknowledge those who sacrificed their lives in the two world wars, the Korean War and the Afghanistan

Mission.

On the morning of the event, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released a statement honouring veterans and fallen soldiers: “Time may fade, but our memories cannot. We all have a duty to hold the torch high, and to keep its flame alight. Liberty’s cause beats deeply within our hearts, and every generation of Canadians has answered the call to serve.”

“One thing I would like to see is more younger people coming in the legions, because that is where the big problem lies,” continued Morris. “The legions are the ones that drive the engine, so to speak, of remembrance day and everything else. Every year they get fewer and fewer and fewer members,” he said.

Morris believes that young people will bring a much-needed new energy to the legions. “The [legions] that are there are virtually treading water right now, and if some younger people get in the legion, it’s going to become far more active in the community.”

The service was concluded by readings of In Flanders Fields and a short benediction by First Officer Lloyd Bently, RCAF .

“I don’t think Remembrance Day is just one day. I think it should be 365 days a year,” said Peter Hardwicke, a member of Legion branch 461.

Portrayal of viruses in the media Taylor Burt Staff Writer When you think of getting a virus it instills fear. This is largely due to how the media portrays them.

Dr. Penelope Ironstone, associate professor of Communications Studies at Laurier, has started looking into the idea of the portrayal of viruses and diseases in the media.

While completing her degree Ironstone gained an interest and noticed that people behaved a certain way when they thought they were in danger. This appears frequently in the media.

“Try and understand how it is that the representation [of disease in the media] … influences the ways we respond to disease outbreaks, [and] to the threat of a disease outbreaks. It doesn’t even have to be a real one, it could be an imagined one,” said Ironstone.

She first looked at the panic through different flu epidemics in 1918 and 1919, as well as the panic related to HIV/AIDS. She decided to look at something “less spectacular” and just focus on the influenza virus, commonly referred to as the flu.

Ironstone zoned in on media analysis, which she says consists of “taking a look at the language

people were using and making evaluations or assessments of the way people were responding. [For example] when H1N1 hit, one of the things I noticed was that there was a tremendous amount of panic that was being generated,” said Ironstone.

When people expect to panic about something that may happen to them, the phenomenon occurring is what Ironstone refers to as “anticipatory anxiety.”

Ironstone also believes that people can react in one of two ways: they either think they won’t get sick because they never get sick, or believe they are already contaminated.

The media has a very strong influence on the minds of people, according to Ironstone. It influences the public not only through newspapers and magazines, but also through advertisements.

“You can actually see this in the language that is being used and the ways in which it seemed it was a journalistic discourse.

The first thing was panic, panic, panic, and the second thing was: “calm everybody down,” said Ironstone.

“The ads that are most successful are the ones that involve children. It’s that sense of responsibility to children,” said Ironstone.

“It can scare people. It can produce psychological effects where people sort of do the: ‘not me, not here, not now’ thing,” said Ironstone in regards to how people act when they come in contact with a virus scare. People feel that if they never get sick, the virus won’t hurt them. They also feel that deadly viruses are never near them and must be somewhere else in the world, or that in today’s time there are too many vaccines to take care of deathly diseases.

When asked if there is possible motive to scare people into thinking they can get sick so they will buy medications, Ironstone stated that there may not be a direct correlation. However, in 2009, the year of the swine flu epidemic, Johnson and Johnson’s hand sanitizer profits went “through the roof.”

Ironstone explained people may also have an issue in trusting the science behind vaccines including the flu shot. “[There is a] lack of trust in

the information you are getting.

[The vaccine] might seem like it’s scientifically sound, but we don’t trust science, because science has produced some pretty negative side effects in the past,” said Ironstone in regards to how people perceive medicinal vaccines.”

People fear that in this day and age they are more likely to get sick because people are more mobile and free.

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Police image in the media from Dr. Schneider Shreya Shah News Editor On Wednesday Nov. 9, Dr. Christopher Schneider visited Laurier Brantford as part of the new Visiting Public Scholar program.

The lecture was hosted by the Department of Criminology and Faculty of Human and Social Sciences. The program invites guest speakers, and all of Laurier is invited to attend.

Schneider spoke on the topic of, Policing and Social Media: Understanding New Changes to Publics, Police Image, and Police Legitimacy. The lecture was partially based on his new book, Policing and Social Media: Social Control in an Era of New Media.

“The basic argument of the book is that police agencies have incorporated the logic of social media, and by doing so, have changed police practices and what constitutes as police work to include those activities,” said Schneider.

His lecture discussed how police departments have starting using social media outlet such as Twitter and Facebook to reach out to citizens.

“Public expectations of police work is crime work, and when we look on sites like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, and we see departments such as the Toronto Police Service, they have started using social media to post images of themselves eating doughnuts, rooting for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and being silly with members of the public … it has to do with restoring community relations and … reducing the authoritarian relations that have typically been associated with police agencies.”

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fered considerably in the last few years, especially in the United States. The availability of video recording technology and the fast-paced nature of social media as a news outlet has led to many people questioning police authority. This is especially clear in regards to how minorities are treated, as is seen in the Black Lives Matter movement.

“Before social media, videos, and camera phones, [those] who got to determine if police actions were authorized were the commanding officers. There would be incidences where force is used and the officer would arrest the individual and a report would follow. The commanding officers would look at the report, and they would decide if the use of force was authorized.” explained Schneider.

This raises the age-old question: Who monitors the authority that is in charge of monitoring everyone else?

“Now when police are using force everyone brings out their cell phones. They are recording the police use of force and it’s going up on YouTube. Now you’re seeing it, I’m seeing it, other people are seeing it, and we are all sort of interpreting what is happening. Sometimes we’re calling it out as police brutality, police deviance, or misconduct,” said Schneider.

The growth and influence of social media has become a way for the public to hold police accountable for their actions. With it, issues such as racism come into view.

“In large part, there are specific groups of people, in both Canada and the United States, that view the police as friends, and those are white people.

When you poll white people, the

Dr. Christopher Schneider delivered a guest lecture at Laurier. Laura Gorza /The Sputnik

police are the good guys. When you poll people of color, that’s not the case. They view the police as not good, they are to be avoided and amongst communities of color, this type of perspective isn’t surprising,” explained Schneider.

The tension between minorities and figures of authority has quickly become visible. Through the use of social media, issues are brought into the limelight. According to Schneider, it allows for conversations about racism, particularly institutionalized

racism, to be addressed in ways it has never been addressed before.

The results of the 2016 American election are predicted to have an impact on the issues of racism. President-elect Donald Trump is widely known as a racist and misogynist.

“We can surmise that the community-police relations are probably going to get worse.

Trump has made statements that he is in favor of stopping and frisking, which was very controversial in New York city,

where they cancelled the practice because data showed us that stops and frisks were used disproportionately towards minority people and people of color.

Trump is in favor of that,” said Schneider.

People across North America are focusing on the positive, and encouraging support for those who have been targeted during Trump’s campaign and as a part of his platform. “For the record, my fingers are crossed,” said Schneider.

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Laurier students and the embarrassing first crush Everyone should be able to recall their very first crush and how they felt when they were around them. It’s a feeling like no other, your heart starts to race when they’re around, your palms are sweaty, and you have butterflies in your stomach. Or maybe you just needed to throw up, you weren’t quite sure. You and your friends would strategize the best way to get their attention. You felt some type of way when they didn’t pick you to be on their team or in their group. They probably never gave you any time of day, but you’d still hold out hope and dream of being Mr. or Mrs. [insert last name here].

It’s called a “crush” for a reason: because we get crushed by the experience, or maybe you’re among the elite few who actually had their crush like them back. Whatever the case may be, recalling memories of those times can bring forth mixed reactions, take a little comfort in the fact that you’re not the only one who went through something like this.

Here’s what some of your classmates had to say about their first crush.

Dellesia Noah Features Editor

The experience I had a crush on my friend’s older brother. The first time I met him I was over at her house, she was like ‘oh, wait for me downstairs. My brother is down there he’ll keep you company.’ I went downstairs and I was hanging out with her brother.

I had taken off my glasses for a second to clean them, he noticed and he said ‘you look nice without your glasses.’ I was like ‘oh yeah, I don’t even need them’ and I wore them on top of my head. I couldn’t see anything. He was like ‘hey do you want to play video games?’ so I said ‘yeah of course I do.’ I sit down and he’s sitting up the Mortal Kombat [game] I think it was. So, I sit down and he tells me ‘these are the controls and this is what you have to do.’ I’m like alright I got this, I put the ccontroller in my hand, I look at the screen and I cannot see anything. Apparently, I was running around the screen for a while just doing nothing What they learned I’m an idiot and I’m very awkward when I like someone.

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What they would say to their former crush now I still see him and I still go over to his house sometimes so, sorry I’m still very awkward.

The experience My very first crush was in the sixth grade. It was a boy that was in my class. I was new to that school so I had never talked to him before. He played football and everyone would follow him outside at recess, split up into two teams and play. Even though I hated football and I hated being outside, I would always try to be on his team and pretend I knew what I was doing so he would like me. I remember Facebook was really big at the time…I would message him on Facebook every day and I’d be like: ‘hey, what song were you listening to on the bus?’ or ‘what kind of dog do you have?’ Just stuff that I really didn’t need to know just so he would talk to me. All through grade six it kind of lasted like that.

What they learned One thing I’ve learned, as an adult looking back at these Facebook conversations which I still have, it’s just that if someone doesn’t want to give you the time of day or doesn’t want to treat you the way you deserve to be treated is to just move on because there are people who will treat you better. Looking back at how many times he didn’t respond [to the Facebook messages], looking back and just cringing because I was so into it, it kind of makes me feel bad. Looking back at it now just makes me think ‘yeah girl he wasn’t worth you.

What they would say to their former crush now I’m doing alright, just to let you know. I had the biggest crush on you which you probably didn’t know, but I don’t anymore.

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The Time Capsule: The importance of remembering Jelena Vulić Staff Writer Every year, on Nov. 11, we remember. The world remembers.

Though it was initially created to commemorate the lives lost during WWI, Remembrance Day has since been dedicated to honouring the lives lost during the battles of all wars waged thus far.

It’s a shame however that there are people out there who don’t fully understand how those sacrifices, both of the past and present, affect us today.

The Canadian Military Heritage Museum -- located a five minute’s drive away from the Laurier Brantford campus -has a large and impressive collection. Displays ranging from the War of 1812 all the way to Canada’s recent operations in Afghanistan, that include the army, the navy, and the air force.

Uniforms, sabres, journals, and even fully operational vehicles are among some of the items on display. However, according to Brian Studier, the museum’s Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the museum’s whole collection would not be able to fit if the building was doubled in

size.

“We have a second building that contains numerous vehicles,” Studier explained. “We have two right now that are in the process of restoration work.”

Studier went on to talk about how some of the fully operational vehicles were sometimes taken out for joy rides with the younger visitors, and emphasized the uniqueness of the museum’s permission to allow visitors to touch the any of the items that were not encased in glass. It definitely does enhance a visitor’s interaction with the museum, and after having a walk around myself, it definitely gave the experience a bit more of a personal feel, a connection to the past. Studier stated that he hopes this aspect of the museum will create fond memories that will encourage children to one day bring their own children to the museum and teach them the importance of the contributions made by the men and women who risked so much for our country.

So what makes this museum, and particularly Remembrance Day, so important?

“It’s a way to pay your respects,

especially if you have family members (who were involved),” was Studier’s answer to the question. “A lot of our members here are veterans… it’s nice to be able to honour those people by preserving these things because they’re one of a kind.”

Although having no Canadian family heritage, I can deeply relate to the importance of honouring and respecting our veterans, as I have family members that have fought in WWII and the Vietnam War. I encourage my readers to look back into their family tree and look at how much their ancestors risked not only for the places they called home, but for their own families.

Without our veterans’ sacrifices, whether it be physical, mental or emotional, we wouldn’t be living in the world we live in today. We likely wouldn’t have the same governments in place, or the same laws being enforced. For some of us, including myself, we wouldn’t even be alive without the valiant soldiers of the past, and even of the present. The wars they fought may not have been waged for the right reasons, but the bravery it takes to put everything they have on the

line, for a country, a people, or even a stranger is enough to warrant them our utmost respect.

They were willing to give us our lives; the least we could do is remember them, honour them, and thank them for one day.

One of Laurier Brantford’s history professors, Dr. Gary Warrick, sums up the importance of remembering our veterans in a way that I personally think is the best.

“Like any military engagement, any kind of a war, especially the World Wars, huge mistakes were made by the nation states at the time. In terms of

their decisions, we always have the choice whether to go to war or not. There’s no ‘we MUST go to war’. I think the importance of remembering in partly to commemorate the men that did give their lives… but also to perhaps get us to think a lot about the loss that was suffered by those men. Why? And how can we avoid that in the future? If we don’t commemorate them and don’t talk about it, are we going to commit the same historical problems and make the same mistakes again?”

“I say most certainly, yes, we will.”

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FEATURES Eating healthy for cheap DELLESIA NOAH | FEATURES@THESPUTNIK.CA | @SPUTNIK_NEWS

Alex Vialette Staff Writer The idea that it’s hard to eat healthy for cheap is a bit of a lie; “a bit” being the key words.

Moving out is always a bit of a reality shock when it comes to bills. Rent and hydro are obviously the scariest, but it is pretty easy to slip up on food and find a nasty credit card bill filled with Tim’s purchases at the end of the month. Even then, groceries are not particularly cheap either.

Mr Noodles are dirt cheap and can be feasibly lived off of sure, but that will do quite a number to any person’s body.

Wandering the internet, I came across a forum devoted to frugal eating (www.reddit. com/r/budgetfood if you want to check it out). I mentioned it to a buddy who loves cooking and he showed me a Youtube channel called Brothers Green Eats. The channel teaches students how to cook solid meals for cheap, while making sure that it is simple and tastes awesome. Josh Greenfield, one of the co-creators of Brothers Green Eats, has a small series of vlogs where he challenged himself to only spend three dollars a day on meals for a week, totalling up to 21 bucks.

“I didn’t just want to cook crap, I didn’t want to just live off of ramen and hot dogs.” Said Greenfield. “People are always like ‘Oh

I’ve done it before, I just eat hot dogs and white bread.’ No, I’m talking I wanted to eat like some of the best food I’ve ever made in my entire life.”

Easy enough, right? I went to the bank, pulled out 40 dollars and planned to limit myself to spending at most 25. After walking through Dollarama, FreshCo, and the Brantford Farmer’s Market price-checking, I made my purchases. For 22 dollars, I got: two chicken legs, 12 eggs, five bananas, two sweet potatoes, three pounds of carrots, a bag of rice, a bag of black beans, a head of cabbage, a cucumber, two limes, two jalapenos and some pita bread. All of this was bought at FreshCo with the exception of the chicken at the farmer’s market. As a “pro-tip” for anyone who might want to try this, skip Dollarama.

Now, it kinda looks vegetable and grain heavy without much protein. Something I did not know until trying this experiment was that black beans can be used as a meat alternative according to the Canada’s food guide. I wanted to make sure I had something that was quick to grab if I was in a rush, so I wound up using the cabbage, carrots and cucumber to make a coleslaw. I used this coleslaw daily for at least one meal a day, it turned out awesome and lasted me the whole week. For garnish

Who knew eating healthy could look so good? Alex Vialette /The Sputnik

I also made some chili flavoured aioli which was key in keeping things interesting.

Typically, my meal plan would be two eggs with a banana for breakfast, rice topped with black beans and coleslaw for lunch, then rice again with coleslaw, chicken, and pita for dinner. For snacks I ate what was left of the cucumber and had cut up a sweet potato to make chips with. The chips never got super chip-like, but they were tossed in cumin and tasted awesome regardless of texture.

There were some minute deviations from this on different days to break the routine. On Wednesday I went to the Aborig-

inal Centre for the soup and fry bread lunch. I got two servings of butternut squash with two pieces of fry bread (the second fry bread being one I stole from my friend who was not particularly hungry). I also won a Tim’s card for a picture I took that was featured on the front page of the Sputnik’s mental health issue this year. I used the card Friday morning for a sundried tomato and asiago bagel with herb and garlic cream cheese, my usual order. Lastly, my roommate gave me a winning McDonald’s monopoly ticket for a cheeseburger on Thursday which was extremely appreciated (cannot stress that enough).

Overall trying this is kind of a test to see how well someone can fight temptations. There were cravings for pizza or burgers all week. That being said, it is pretty satisfying having pulled off the challenge, and opened my eyes to eating cheaper than what I usually spend. I would recommend this challenge to anyone who is curious.

However, if money actually is tight and 20 bucks could go a long way, skip this guide. The Student Union has a program where you can request food and hygiene products. The program caters to all dietary restrictions and the package usually lasts a week or more.

Creating natural remedies for medicine Cooper Rowe Staff Writer Everyday products that we buy from grocery stores always have a cleaner and greener alternative. After sitting down with the medicine making class in Laurier’s Aboriginal Student House, learned how to make the most natural alternative to heal that pesky cough that comes with the upcoming winter season.

As I make my way down the Hallway of the Aboriginal house, I come across eight unfamiliar faces around a large black table; I ask awkwardly, “Is this the medicine making class?” and take a seat. On today’s agenda: natural cough drops. A mixture of Marshmallow root, cinnamon, ground ginger, echinacea root and a few other natural and locally sourced ingredients, blended together to replace the sugary products that we buy at the grocery store.

“Food is medicine,” the group leader Kitty R. Lynn explains.

“It’s empowering for people who have maybe only ever bought these things from the store, to know that they can do it on their

own. You realize you are capable of a lot”.

The Aboriginal community emphasizes the need to give back to the earth what we take, and give thanks for the things we cannot repay. Something as simple as a glass of water is one of the things that is taken for granted the most. As Kitty speaks to the group, she brings up the fact that the seasons have already started to change, but not like they used to. It is unusual that the weather would be this mild coming into November, but the ones who have gardens and who pay attention to the ground itself are more aware of the impact that human interference has already had on the seasons.

The process begins, and armed with a mortar and pestle, we began the grinding down the goldenseal, echinacea and marshmallow roots. After the labour of love, we mix all the freshly ground roots and spices and mixed it with local honey, forming it into pea size balls with a light cinnamon coating. The end result, looked somewhere between melted chocolate and rabbit poop, but the room was filled

with the smell of a warm bakery and filled with good company.

In order to help reduce the waste humans create, learning to put the most natural ingredients into our bodies and learning what plants can do to help is a highly useful skill “Even if you never make cough drops again, you are still going to remember what certain plants can do for you. When you get a sore throat, you can remember

that marshmallow root or slippery elm is going to help”, one member Chelsey Bouchard says.

Although this group is open to everyone, it’s usually all women in attendance. As women were the traditional healers in native cultures across the world, Kitty attributes the low testosterone in attendance to the historical background of the practice.

The group is a nice escape from the everyday life of a stu-

dent. The activity of making something with your own two hands is a true feeling of accomplishment. When you look down at your paper plate of rabbitdropping looking cough candies, it’s hard not to smile and think “I made that.”

The group meets every Tuesday in the Aboriginal Students Building at 3 p.m. until 5 p.m., everyone is welcome but space is limited.

These are some herbs. Kathleen Binder /The Sputnik

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ARTS & CULTURE Clerks: Deep Water Tattoo MATTHEW BURLEY | ARTS@THESPUTNIK.CA | @SPUTNIK_NEWS

Brantford’s downtown is home to a wide variety of shops and small businesses. These businesses define Brantford, but what defines the businesses? This is the inspiration behind “Clerks”; getting to know those who know us so well. From our shoe size to our favourite item on the menu, these business owners make us feel more like family than customers. With that being said, let us shine the spotlight on Billy Annand, owner of Deep Water Tattoo.

Matt Burley A&C Editor

When did you guys open up?

We opened up in March. We got the building in February but we opened up in the middle of March.

How’s the response been since you’ve opened up?

It’s been awesome; we thought there was going to be a bit of a drop off but all of our appointments have stayed the same and we’ve actually gotten busier since we’ve been here.

What separates Deep Water from the other tattoo parlours in town?

We just do the best we can.

Dave down at (Kreative) Khaos, he’s the one that apprenticed me. Steve, over at Bold and Bright, we’ve worked with him before, and he’s also one of BJ’s really good friends. Basically we just want to do good tattoos, we’re all custom, we don’t have any flash on the walls; just things that we’ve drawn by hand. Other than that we just want to elevate tattooing to something better in Brantford. And have fun doing it.

You mentioned you were heading to Ottawa for the weekend to do some tattoos.

What’s happening in Ottawa?

It’s the Ottawa tattoo convention, they have it every year. This will be my first year going but I’ll be working there for four days.

What’s the setup of the convention?

You have your booth and you set up. Some guys book appointments, but I usually don’t book appointments for conventions, I just bring a bunch of drawings, put them out and take walk-ups all weekend. There’s only about 200 artists at this one; Toronto’s

is bigger, it’s like 300 to 400 artists. We did Toronto this year and it was good, it was a lot of fun. I usually go to the states for conventions.

Why go all the way to the U.S. for conventions?

I just wanted to get down there and see what it’s all about.

I’ve got some friends down there and I can stay with them and just hang out and see what happens.

Speaking of the U.S., how do you feel about Donald Trump being elected president?

It wouldn’t have been my first choice; a lot of my friends, not their choice either. But we have to make the best of what we have. With me going down, I just hope I can still get down there depending on what he does but hopefully he does alright. Got to hope for the best and plan for the worst.

What’s your favourite style of tattoo to draw?

I don’t really know what to call my style, new school or neotraditional; kind of a mix of that.

Sometimes a little bit of realism in there. All those styles I bring together, depending on what it is. I’ll tattoo anything that doesn’t have a face; like, I won’t tattoo human faces. I tattoo pieces of pie, railroad spikes, I do a fair amount of skulls. Animals, stuff like that.

How do you feel about shows like Ink Master?

They’re alright, some of my friends are on this season and some of my friends have been on past seasons. When I was getting my thigh tattooed in the states, I was hanging out with Kelly Doty, who’s on there right now. They are totally different people than what you see on TV. They take three days of filming, and crush

Deep Water Tattoo owner Billy Annand advises aspiring tattoo artists to do it for the passion. Mike Rykov /The Sputnik

it down to five minutes of competition. So it’s different in that aspect but the actual tattooing, it stresses them out a lot. A lot of them are better than what you see on TV. What advice would you give an aspiring tattoo artist?

Make sure you want it. Just in the last two months, six shops opened in Brantford alone. If you don’t keep up and keep evolving, then you’re going to get left behind. And don’t do this to get rich, because you won’t.

What are some of the difficulties of being a tattoo artist?

People see a tattoo that I spent three or four hours on here, but don’t see the two or three hours I spent after I put my kids to bed.

Or the four hours the night before that; staying up until two, three or four in the morning getting it right or waking up early and then keeping working at it, until I get it how I want it. It’s

hard, especially with family life, my wife and kids. The social aspect of it, because you have to attend functions that are away from work. If you make it all about work all the time, it gets crazy.

Who are some tattoo artists that people should check out?

It all depends on what they are looking for. My friend Chris Hess, down in Kansas, he does awesome realism stuff. Anybody at the shop, check them out. My buddies down at NiteOwl tattoo, they’ve always taken great care of me. They’ve tattooed me twice: Timmy B did one leg and Lindsay Baker did my other one. Dave Tevenal is probably the hardest working person in tattooing right now. He’ll crank out a painting the size of my TV. in one night, after tattooing for a full day. I have a marker drawing he gave me, and he did it while waiting for a ride at the airport

in Toronto.

How do you feel about tattoo trends?I’ve heard that tribal tattoos have a bad reputation with tattoo artists.

As long as it fits the body right, it’s alright. I prefer not to go near stuff like the paragraphs of words; I like to take writing and break it down into a sentence. I’ll tattoo basically anything. If you want me to tattoo it, I’ll do it. But if they’re going to try and make something ugly, I’m not going to do it. I’m not going to put something bad on someone like that.

You can’t fit ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag. Tattoo trends come and go, you’ve just got to try and make them the best you can and try to make them unique because even though it may not be for me, it means something to the people that get them. Like I can’t picture a lot of people getting a Benjamin Franklin on their thumb, but I got one.

We got it from here… Thank You 4 Your service review Matt Burley A&C Editor Mere months after the death of original member, Phife Dawg, New York’s A Tribe Called Quest released, We got it from here… Thank You 4 Your service.

We got it from here… Thank You 4 Your service is ATCQ’s sixth and final album. Phife Dawg died in March, due to complications with Type 2 diabetes.

Despite Phife Dawg’s lengthy battle he was able to join fellow tribe members Q-Tip and Jarobi in the creation of the album. They are joined by the musical talents of Busta Rhymes, Kendrick Lamar, Consequence, Andre 3000 and Kanye West, among others.

We got it from here… Thank You 4 Your service presents a number of political themes; a topic that has not presented itself as blatantly as in past albums. Primarily on the first two tracks, “The Space Program” and “We The People…,” presents ideas of corruption, bias and hate within the government.

The hook of “We The People…” references Donald Trump’s policies on minorities, “All you black folks, you must go/ All you Mexicans, you must go/ And all you poor folks, you must go/ Muslims and gays, boy, we hate your ways/ So all you bad folks, you must go,”. One can see that these tongue-in-cheek lyrics are meant to be thought pro-

voking and ignite conversation.

Despite these heavy political themes, We got it from here…

Thank You 4 Your service has a number of positive undertones.

At times the album feels like a celebration of the late-Phife Dawg’s life; while at others it feels like a passing of a torch from one generation to another.

This is most notable on “Dis Generation” where Q-Tip calls rappers Kendrick Lamar, Joey Bada$$, J. Cole and Earl Sweatshirt, “gatekeepers of flow”.

The production ranges from tropical inspired beats on “Whateva Will Be” and “Black Spasmodic” to sample heavy beats on “Solid Wall of Sound”(Elton John’s “Bennie

and the Jets”) and “Enough!!”

(Rotary Connection’s “Memory Band”, which was also sampled for their 1990 hit, “Bonita Applebum”). A Tribe Called Quest weren’t afraid to get experimental with the production. This can be seen on “Melatonin”, a paranormal sounding song based on the struggles of the over-thecounter drug.

The featured artists on We got it from here… Thank You 4 Your service add variety to the album. Abbey Smith wonderfully punctuates Q-Tip’s bars on “Melatonin” with her bluesy voice. Anderson .Paak released a fusion of melodic bars on “Moving Backwards”, a song about the contrasts between success and

Photo courtesy of Epic Records

failure. Busta Rhymes also contributed quality verses on “Solid Wall of Sound” and “The Donald” however, his verse in “Mobius” may have shined more on a different beat. However possibly one of the hidden gems on the album is Consequence’s final verse on “Whateva Will Be.”

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A look into the street art of downtown Brantford

Located RCW on Dalhousie St. The geometric colours and shapes accentuate the piece. Claudia Marmol /The Sputnik

Claudia Marmol Staff Writer An artist’s expression through street art is much more than spray paint to a wall. It solidifies itself in the art world by maintaining political statements as it relates to everyday people walking down the street. There are many of these visually stimulating pieces in the downtown core of Brantford.

Two Doors Down is a local bar located at 139 Market St. which has one of the most iconic pieces in the downtown core exhibiting a panda, musical notes, speakers and many more pieces.

A newly added piece is located on Dalhousie Street across from RCW. Another location that is

filled with many pieces is the Grand River Trail. This scenic trail does not only hold itself with the beautiful scenery of the Grand River and abundance of nature surrounding it, but there are many pieces of graffiti in and around the trail. The fusion of human-made beauty and nature create a balance that accentuates the dependence that we have on each other.

Do yourself a favour and dedicate a couple hours out of your day to explore these places so close to where we call home.

Make sure to add a side of music and possibly some munchies to fuel your adventure.

This playful scene can be found on the side of Two Doors Down at 139 Market St. Claudia Marmol /The Sputnik

Playground banter with Brian Jenkins Stephan Reilly Staff Writer The GAME talk series, a new series of presentations from game industry veterans, kicked off last week, with the first presentation held at Laurier Brantford.

Laurier Brantford hosted Brian Jenkins, general manager of PlayPower Canada on Nov. 3. Jenkins presented to an audience of students, faculty and interested Brantford locals about his company and their desire to incorporate gamification into their playground building business.

Jenkins talked about PlayPower, a company “focused on delivering play everywhere.”

They had noticed a steep decline in playground use as children move towards electronic entertainment, so they created a mobile game called Biba that parents can play with their children at the playground. Jenkins said they approached their new initiative with an “if you can’t beat them, join them” mentality. Incorporating a mobile game into playgrounds will allow children to enjoy the new form of entertainment they love in an active, outdoor setting.

PlayPower has created play-

grounds all over the world.

From Texas to Sweden to Six Flags amusement parks, they are one of the leading playground construction companies on the planet.

The presentation was held at the Brantford Games Lab in Grand River Hall, home of the Brantford Games Network Lab and Laurier’s new Game Design and Development program.

GAME talk was organized by Laurier Brantford’s game librarian Michelle Goodridge.

Goodridge said that her goal with GAME talk is “to have an event that would go beyond the classroom and incorporate the community, let us bring in industry leaders who could talk broader about gaming and tie it to other poignant topics like race or feminism- kind of going beyond game design to appeal to everybody.”

In the past there have been other game design speakers at Laurier, but those had only been available to students of the Game Design and Development program. This new series is open to all Laurier students, faculty and the Brantford community.

“I think it went really well,” Goodridge said. “We had people from the game design program,

Brian Jenkins discussed technological innovations within playgrounds. Alex Vialette/ The Sputnik

students from other programs … it was nice to see a diverse crowd that came. I think people had lots of good questions, I think the topic was really interesting. For a first go at something I think it went really well.”

Roughly 30 people attended and participated in a lively question and answer period with Jenkins after his presentation.

“I’m hoping that we keep building momentum,” Goodridge said. “I’m hoping we can

get people who are from a little farther away, who are a little more diverse.”

“I would like to work more closely and get a feel for what students would like to hear and what they would like to see, or things they feel like they’re missing from their program to help guide those who approach and talk to,” Goodridge said. “I’d really like to expand it so that we have a couple a month or a miniconference. Students could

present on their work, we could have experts come and do keynotes.”

The next GAME talk is happening on Dec. 1. Shayna Parker from BrainShift will be coming to talk about her work which is stated on her website as “developing a ‘gamified’ therapy to help stroke patients regain hand control - brain-based motor rehab.”

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Eastern Conference final turns into 401 derby Devon Momy-Gamche

Sports Editor Toronto FC and the Montreal Impact are preparing for their 13th and 14th meetings since the start of 2015. Toronto has held the edge over the last two years with a record of 5-4-3 in the series.

These teams are no strangers to meeting each other in tense matches after meeting in the playoffs last year, as well as in five consecutive Canadian Championships. Montreal gained the edge last year winning 3-0 at home in the first round of the playoffs.

The reason this year could end very differently is the additions Toronto made to their defence since last winter. The team switched to a back 3 and completely changed the lineup. Drew Moor was signed as a free agent and has been at the centre. On his left Nick Hag-

glund, the 10th pick in the 2014 draft, took over the starting job near the end of his third season.

On the other side Eriq Zavaleta has become the starter in his second season in Toronto after arriving in a trade. Goalkeeper Clint Irvin arrived in an offseason trade from Colorado and has only allowed one goal so far in three playoff games.

Montreal enters with a strong defence as well. Montreal shutdown the New York Red Bulls offence which featured the league’s leading goal scorer, Bradley Wright-Phillips (24 goals), and top setup man, Sacha Kljestan (20 assist). Their defence is lead by Laurent Ciman at Centre back, who has represented Belgium internationally.

It feels like it should be a crime to get this far into a story about these teams without mentioning the dynamic players both teams have on offence.

Toronto and Montreal are meeting for the second consecutive year in the playoffs.

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Sebastian Giovinco and Ignacio Piatti tied for third in the league with 17 goals each. The difference between the two can be seen in their playmaking abilities. Giovinco finished the season second in assists with 15, while Piatti finished with six.

If you’re looking for second-

Heads must roll in Los Angeles Adam Stocker Staff Writer It’s time for the Los Angeles Rams to fire Head Coach Jeff Fisher and General Manager Les Snead. It has been time since the conclusion of the 2014 season.

Fisher and Snead were hired in 2012 to take over the 2-14 Rams. The team plateaued at 7-8-1 in their first season in charge of the Rams. After the Rams regressed to 6-10 in 2014, they should have fired both of Fisher and Snead.

In 22 seasons as a head coach, Fisher has earned the reputation as a coach who will finish the season with a 7-9 or 8-8 record. Fisher is 173-161-1, with a winning record in just six seasons, and in 10 seasons has finished with seven or eight wins.

He is not the coach to elevate his teams, and that is exactly why he needs to go. You cannot expect to do better than 8-8 with Fisher as your coach.

Entering their fifth season together, and final year of their contracts, the duo went all in and made a last-ditch attempt to save their jobs. The Rams traded up to draft Quarterback Jared Goff first overall.

In exchange for the first pick, a fourth and sixth round pick, the Rams gave up the 15th pick, two seconds, a third round pick in 2016, and a first and third round pick in 2017.

After nine games, Goff has yet to take a snap for the Rams, mostly due to Fisher’s stubborn nature. His refusal to play Goff draws back to his clash with former third overall pick Vince Young, also a quarterback.

Young won offensive rookie of the year, but constant clashes with Fisher cost both the coach and quarterback their jobs with the Titans.

Fisher’s refusal to remove Case Keenum from the starting

lineup is inexcusable. Keenum is a below average quarterback, and has been for his entire four year career. In 24 career starts Keenum owns a 58.5 completion percentage, 6.8 yards per attempt and a 24-20 touchdowninterception ratio. With Keenum as the starter, the Rams can expect another losing season.

There are two conclusions that can be drawn from not playing Goff. One, Goff is not ready to play and represents a significant downgrade from the below average Case Keenum.

The second conclusion is that Fisher believes his best chance of winning and saving his job is with Keenum.

If the Rams believe Goff is a significant downgrade from Keenum it draws into question the scouting department led by Snead. Since Snead took over in 2012 the Rams have made seven picks in the first round, five in the second, and six in the third round. In addition the duo inherited a former first overall pick in quarterback Sam Bradford. Despite trading back to acquire extra draft capital the Rams have failed to coach and develop the talent they have selected.

With the 18 picks, the Rams have drafted only one superstar in Defensive Tackle Aaron Donald. It’s not a matter of if Donald wins defensive player of the year, it’s when. Donald is a disruptive force, who pressures opposing quarterbacks and stuffs the run game. The drop-off from reigning defensive player of the year JJ Watt to Donald is minimal.

After making the highly praised decision to trade down with Washington in 2012 so Washington could select Robert Griffin III the Rams traded down again with the Cowboys.

The two trades gave the Rams extra draft capital, but the Rams failed to generate a great return

on their extra draft picks. The Rams selected a decent starting defensive tackle in Michael Brockers 14th overall, but more was expected from Brockers, who the Rams are now paying $11 million a year.

With the 8th pick they selected 5’9” gadget wide receiver and return man Tavon Austin. Austin has shown explosive flashes of ability, but Fisher and the offensive coordinators that he has

ary options on attack both teams have elite options beyond their stars. Jozy Altidore scored 10 goals for Toronto this season and has scored an additional three in the playoffs.

Tosaint Ricketts joined Toronto in July as a free agent, he provides a speed element to the attack off the bench.

hired have failed to find ways to get the football to Austin. The pick still looks questionable today, but when you consider the Rams traded up to get Austin and just gave him a $40 million, four year extension, it’s beginning to look worse.

When you consider all the extra picks the Rams have had, their drafting has been pathetic.

If you want to build a successful team you need to find play-

Montreal will most likely rely on Matteo Mancosu to continue his strong play in the playoffs, having scored three goals already. Didier Drogba will most likely be a sub off the bench. Drogba appears to have lost the battle with father time as the 38-year-old missed time due to injuries and only played in 22 games this season.

Montreal host the first leg on Nov. 22, Toronto host the second filter Nov. 30.

Prediction: With a new defence and goalkeeper Toronto should be able to limit the Montreal offence. Betting against Giovinco to generate offence is a bet you make if you’re okay with losing money, which I’m not. Toronto has only lost two of their last 19 games and I think the run will continue with a 3-1 aggregate win over Montreal.

ers later in the draft. The draft will ultimately be the downfall of Snead. The lack of the Rams’ success in the draft raises more questions about Goff’s potential as a pro. If the Rams are this terrible at identifying talent and cannot develop, coach, and get the most out of players under Fisher, what hope does Goff have?

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Golden Hawks comeback leads to Yates Cup Devon Momy-Gamche

Sports Editor Nathan Mesher lined up to kick his fifth field goal of the game with one second left.

Mesher had a chance to finish a massive comeback and help Laurier win their first Yates Cup since 2005.

The 26-yard Field Goal was hit between the uprights giving Laurier a 43-40 upset win over the University of Western Ontario. Laurier will travel to Quebec City next weekend to play Laval, the top team in the country. A win would send Laurier to the Vanier cup for a chance to win their first national championship since 2005.

After trailing 40-19 with 11:23 left in the game, the Laurier passing offence came alive for the first time all season with Michael Knevel throwing three touchdowns to tie the game.

Trailing 40-19, and facing a key third down, Knevel turned to Laurier’s key receiver, Kurleigh Gittens Jr. The pair connected on a 28-yard pass. A few plays later Knevel showed no nerves on third and 18. Knevel tossed a 29-yard touchdown to Freshman Brentyn Hall.

On their next drive another key third down throw from Knevel, this time to Carson Ouellette, brought Laurier

within seven points of Western with 2:55 left. Their next drive started on the Western three after a fumble recovery. A catch

by Gittens Jr. in the back of the end zone tied the game with 1:23 left.

The defence, which struggled in the third quarter, to their regular season form, giving Laurier one last chance to win.

Laurier started at the Western 52 and marched down to the Western 19 to set up Mesher.

Mesher finished his day without missing a kick, giving Laurier the win. Mesher had lost the starting job at the end of the season. The sophomore regained it to start the playoffs, and has gone 7-7 on field goal attempts.

The Golden Hawks had to make the comeback after allowing Western to score 27 straight to start the second half.

Western quarterback Chris Merchant started the second half with a 39-yard touchdown throw to George Johnson. The touchdown gave Western a 2019 lead that they would build on quickly. A 61-yard touchdown pass to Harry McMaster gave the Mustangs a 40-19 lead.

The Laurier defence, which had been the strong part of the team all season, tightened up and limited Western to 22 yards on their final eight plays.

Nakas Onyeka played a large role all game after the linebacker was named OUA defensive player of the year. The linebacker forced the fumble that gave Laurier the ball back on the Mustangs’ three near the end of the game. N. Onyeka also tipped a pass earlier in the game that his cousin Godfrey Onyeka intercepted with one hand. The Golden Hawks forced four turnovers in the game, after leading the OUA with 26 during the season.

The MVP of the game was Michael Knevel, who is starting for the first time in his fourth season. Knevel finished the game 22-36 for 309 yards, three touchdowns, no interceptions and added eight yards on four carries. With senior running back Eric Guiltinan out with an injury sophomore Lavondre Gordon stepped up and delivered 164 yards on 18 carries, and added a catch of 41 yards to his total. The three-headed receiving trio of Gittens Jr. (six receptions for 71 yards), Hall (4-89), and Ouellette (4-61) proved deadly for the whole game, especially during the comeback.

Head Coach Michael Faulds helped Laurier defeat his alma mater for the first time in 15 games. Faulds has turned the program around after his first

Michael Knevel led the fourth quarter comeback for Laurier.

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year ended with a 1-7 record in 2013. Laurier appears to be returning to an elite team again and should provide a tough

challenge for Laval on Saturday, Nov. 19.

Youth broke even in NHL Scott Maxwell Staff Writer

The NHL has a very big issue, they are failing to pay their most marketable players properly.

One would think that these young players would be treated with the utmost respect from the league, and being treated just as equal as their older counterparts, with similar pay, and similar rights.

Unfortunately, that is not the case. In fact, it is almost the exact opposite. The design of the NHL’s current collective bargaining agreement gives the owners just about all the power over every young player.

For those who aren’t familiar, a Restricted Free Agent (RFA) is a player who has no contract, but because they are not 27 years old, or have not been in the league for seven years, their rights are under the control of the team they played for. The only way another team can sign them is if they are willing to send draft picks in return.

Look at this year’s crop of RFA’s, which saw a fair chunk of them wait until September before they signed their deals to play with their teams.

Jacob Trouba, Hampus Lindholm, Rickard Rakell, Rasmus Ristolainen, Nikita Kucherov, and Johnny Gaudreau are all young, excellent players who, compared to their older peers,

were deserving of much more money.

However, they got nothing even close to that. The highest paid player of that bunch is Gaudreau, who will receive $6.75 million annually. But that is not anywhere close to what he should get. As a player who finished seventh in scoring, he should be one of the highest paid players in the league. A couple of his peers in terms of scoring, Jamie Benn and Steven Stamkos, got contracts of $9.5 million and $8.5 million respectively. But Gaudreau got nothing close to that, because he has almost no control.

Jacob Trouba is another good example. Going into the season, he was sitting out because he had requested a trade. He was contempt to sit out until the Winnipeg Jets traded him so that he could get paid what he felt he deserved, and so he could get more playing time.

What happened was that the Jets essentially laughed, handed him a two year, $3 million per year contract and told him to sign it.

Currently only four players under the age of 27 are making more than $7 million: Steven Stamkos, Vladimir Tarasenko, Ryan O’Reilly, and Drew Doughty. This is despite the fact that most players, particularly top end players, have their best season before the age of 27.

Players like Sidney Crosby (19),

After three years they enter restricted free agency and after seven years they enter unrestricted free agency. Sai Gnanaharan /The Sputnik

John Tavares (24), Tyler Seguin (21), Alex Ovechkin (22), Erik Karlsson (25), Nicklas Backstrom (21), Claude Giroux (23), Steven Stamkos (21) and Jakub Voracek (25) are all top scorers in recent years whose best years came before the age of 27.

This illustrates the main issue that players are never getting paid properly during their prime years. Now, most of these players will make up for it in their later years, but at that point teams are playing for the player’s worse years.

The kids are in a position that they can not get out of, at least until the next lockout. They are basically forced to be underpaid because their GM would rather give that extra money

to an old veteran who is significantly worse. They have very few options and even those are not very promising.

Wait for an offer sheet? With the way the old boys’ club works in hockey management, that is not happening unless a team wants to anger another team.

Wait it out and get paid? This summer showed that that does not work.

Go to arbitration and get a lawyer to tell your management that they are stupid for not paying you? You can ask P.K. Subban how that worked out for him.

The funniest part is that this is the worst way that teams could manage their contracts.

In a cap league the ideal method of being a good team is paying players what they are worth when they are worth it, but when they are underpaying and underappreciating their best young players, all they are doing is putting themselves in a worse situation down the road.

In the end young players have always been overlooked and it looks like it will stay like that for the years to come, or at least until all 31 teams can clean out the old boys’ club, which is easier said than done. Some of the more analytical and bright minds in the league are taking advantage of this, but for the time being young players will rule the league, but not it’s money.

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THE SPUTNIK

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2016

OPINION

JOSH ADESINA | OPINION@THESPUTNIK.CA | @SPUTNIK_NEWS

Journalism has died Tristan Wright Staff Writer People don’t trust journalists, academia or the mainstream anymore. People who say this then turn around and say they’d vote for Hillary, which always makes me laugh.

If you have a degree, or want to have a degree in journalism, you’re not going to change anything. In all likelihood you’ll become part of the problem. It doesn’t matter if you write for a conservative website like Breitbard, or you write for something impossibly left wing like the Huffington Post. You’ll still have to stick to the script given to you by your bosses; if you don’t, you get fired. But if you slog it through you might get paid half decently at around $40,000 a year according to PayScale. for being a good government, globalist, corporation wind up toy!

It’s also an extremely easy job.

Some status too I suppose, if you can call journalists high status. But you won’t be trusted, or liked as most people think the media is trying to rig the elections more than any Russians that Hillary Clinton can rattle her sabre at according to CNS news.

This is all assuming you actually get a job in the first place, because there are a lot of other gullible, naive, middle class children trying to get a nice easy job.

So of course they chose journalism. So you have a lot of competition.

On top of all that, “the number of journalists should continue to decrease significantly in the next few years” according to Service Canada.

Maybe if you edited for the Sputnik, or you actually ran the local student paper your resume might get a much needed boost.

But just by yourself, with a degree in journalism? You need lots and lots luck or nepotism.

Get a degree in political science and write about politics or science. But if you get the jack of all trades degree expect to be in very low demand. Journalism does not require even a single class. Canadian Press citation style is extremely easy to learn, and besides that, you just have to write mildly cleverly. Congrats, you’re a journalist! Now, drop out, get a real degree, engineering, philosophy, heck English even! Anything is better than basic journalism, except maybe human rights, psychology and gender studies. If you’re in those you should also drop out and thank me later. Otherwise you can expect to fall into the school of hard knocks.

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Journalism isn’t dead Josh Adesina ft.

Sputnik’s Editorial Board If you are mildly interesting in journalism, then you are more than likely to be aware of how the industry is evolving. However, many see it as a decline.

It is becoming very difficult to find a job in journalism. Several newspapers are going paperless and are moving their content from traditional newspapers to websites. During this process, a lot of staff that work at these publications are losing their jobs. Nonetheless, there are still journalism jobs out there. Recruiters are just more likely to be assholes and hire people that have multiple skills, instead of just one.

A journalism degree can prep you for other jobs. A large majority of journalism graduates have understand how to structure an article, possess advanced writing skills and are superb with fact-checking. I know it seems like most people know how to write but this is a lie. I see typos everywhere, and I know people twice my age that still can’t spell properly.

Journalism graduates know how to properly state an argument without sounding biased.

This is definitely as challenging as it sounds if you aren’t educated on how to do it. Then, there is the argument of most degrees being more valuable than a jour-

nalism degree. I’m unaware of the specific jobs that await philosophy and english majors. I’m not saying these degrees are worthless. I’m just clueless as to how these programs are of more value than a journalism degree.

Human rights, gender studies and psychology are worthless degrees? This makes no sense, especially to the people who are employed with the degrees.

The truth is any degree can lead to a job. It comes down to your own personal drive and how you market yourself. I can think of several jobs that are readily available for journalism graduates such as copywriters, digital editors, social media coordinators, managing editors, public relations and many more. All of the occupations are difficult to land but they are available for journalism graduates.

I can’t convince anyone that being a journalist is the best profession to pursue. It’s never been about money with journalism, it’s about telling the truth about issues without bias. Journalists communicate important information to the public, making the journalists gatekeepers of information. Without journalists, the public wouldn’t know about important events like natural disasters or the happenings in parliament. If journalism is useless, then so is the information we rely on.

Clown lives matter?

Josh Adesina Opinion Editor Kurtis Rideout Web Editor Now that the clown thing has finally blown over and we are worried about a different clown.

I thought it might be a good time to deposit my two cents on the issue.

There is no doubt in my mind that someone willing to spend their time dressed up as a clown was also probably willing to waste their vote on one, but I can’t help but feel like all of this is connected in more than one way.

As soon as clowns appropriated the rhetoric from the Black Lives Matter campaign, the real issue started to materialize for me. Although their march scheduled to take place in Arizona was cancelled due to threats from the public, I can’t help but feel like they were successful in mocking an issue that truly concerns all human beings.

‘Clown Lives Matter’ is a joke.

Personally, I think it’s some bullshit that may have sprouted from feelings of marginalization in non-minority groups. It’s like

Police in the U.S. have a long way to go. Sai Gnanaharan /The Sputnik

these people are sick of losing the attention of the public to groups that desperately need it, and the only way they can get the spotlight back on themselves is to scare the living bejesus out of hapless and unwitting pedestrians.

Let us not even mention the fact that warnings were sent out between police departments to avoid causing harm to these individuals, whose behaviour had been deemed rather innocuous.

Isn’t it ironic that police are encouraging each other to approach these situations with

caution, while they continue to kills unmasked and non-threatening individuals on a daily basis?

Why is it that when this wave of clown appearances swept across the nation, police officers quickly deemed it a waste of resources to even investigate the topic?

Why don’t officers abuse their power for good, justifiable reasons?

And why is it so shocking and appalling that an officer might shoot a clown, but not so much when it is an unarmed black

male?

What if Eric Garner was wearing a clown mask when the police attacked and suffocated him? Would they have taken extra steps to ensure his safety, noting the PR crisis they would face in the wake of his homicide?

It’s kind of insane to think that someone could be scared of a black teen in a hoody and at the same time deem a knife wielding clown as harmless fun.

It’s not only kind of insane but it’s embarrassing. It’s embarrassing that police will try and protect clowns instead of

a whole race. It’s embarrassing that people dressed in clown costumes are more likely to be protected than African-American. Truthfully, the US police are the real clowns.

I cannot imagine an argument that could justify this type of behaviour. It’s easy for us to say stuff like “not all police are bad.”

This is true. However, people will judge the majority. If there is one police corrupt officer, then that one police officer represents the whole police force.

In this case, there are