Volume 50 Issue 9

The Peterborough & Trent University

Independent Press

Volume 50 | Issue 9 | November 16, 2015

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Photo by Samantha Moss

Dr. GroarkE’s Ryle lecture series

the history of netflix

bata library receives $1M

John Fekete Lecture Series

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Cover story Between November 11th and November 12th, the Trent Muslim Students’ Association (TMSA) organized Pink Hijab Day. This is an annual event which raises awareness for the countless women who are presently suffering from breast cancer. The TMSA recognizes that as Muslims, “it is our duty to support these women as much as we possibly can.�

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women donning the hijab must be dormant and silent.

However, this event encourages and motivates women to come together, to raise our voice and achieve a common goal regarding something that affects women everywhere.

When non-Muslims and even some Muslims see this, they will realize it is a misconception, maybe ask questions that they would not have asked before, and this will change their perspective.�

Students raised funds by organizing bake sales, offering henna art, pink merchandise, as well as photo-shoots. This all took place right outside Bata Library.

Our cover this week is to acknowledge the efforts of the TMSA to connect the community through this common medium of humanity.

The model featured is Humaira Hafejee, who kindly agreed to pose for our photographer, Samantha Moss.

Opinion

Letters to the editor A response to “open letter”of November 9th, 2015 First of all, I’m sorry that the author(s) of this piece felt that the article I wrote on November 2 was not supportive of any individuals who have been impacted by what happened on Facebook, and I should have made that more clear.

I certainly want people to feel that the University is a resource to help students who are in distress, and I encourage any individuals who want to discuss this issue, or who want additional support, to contact me at nonarobinson@trentu.ca.

I wrote the piece as a member of the Trent community, with no intention of hiding my administrative title. The article was intended to encourage all members of the University to engage civilly on social media, particularly when discussing controversial issues. This certainly includes individuals who, for whatever reason, engage in or enjoy provoking angry reactions, including through anonymous discriminatory attacks, to encourage them to have empathy that this can hurt others.

There are a number of complexities for the University, with respect to issues such as these. Our goal as an educational institution, especially in a context where we have very few powers of enforcement such as on Facebook, is to work to foster dialogue. One complexity is the demarcation between academic freedom and freedom of speech, and harm to individuals.

Jurisdiction can also be a challenge, including whether the University could be or should be monitoring or intervening in students’ use of social media. There is also the importance of respecting students as autonomous individuals and full members of the University community, with the rights and responsibilities that this entails.

Another complexity is that any judicial case needs to respect the privacy and rights of all parties involved.

In response to complaints, the University has taken action to try and get the removal of the Trent University name and logo from Facebook groups that are not authorized to use them, because, as was said in the my-

Trent bulletin from Communications two weeks ago, the groups may not reflect our community.

Another paragraph in that bulletin that I would like to highlight is this one: “The vision for Trent is a dynamic university where students, researchers, faculty, and staff engage in a campus life free from discrimination and harassment.

We are proud that our community members are aware of their rights and responsibilities and are actively participating in eliminating discriminatory barriers. Trent scholarship is informed by the principles of full and fair inquiry and all members of the community are participating and valued as equals.”

Within Trent student services, our own approach in terms of behavioural cases is to help students seek redress for any harm they have experienced, and to look for solutions that are reparative and which promote learning and understanding of the impact of a particular behaviour. This impact certainly includes people’s experiences with violence, prejudice, and

marginalization.

While this approach is not possible in all cases, it does reflect our values around education, supporting students, and seeking solutions. More broadly, we want to help create an environment that promotes mutual respect and the passionate exchange of ideas.

I am proud to work at a university that encourages and honours student activism.

It is through the efforts of such students that many social changes are advanced.

Effective discussion and debate on issues can hone understanding, and in some cases, change people’s minds. I am also keenly aware that this can involve a wide range of views, and requires effort to promote understanding and respect for each other. I reiterate that I hope that we can all rise to this challenge.

I encourage the author(s) of the Open Letter to contact me directly if they would like to follow this up further, as I’m very open to dialogue on these issues.

-Nona Robinson, Associate Vice

Crux of Israel and Palestine: Proportional Parliament: a response a response I read with interest Dan Morrison’s article The Crux of Israel and Palestine in the Nov 02 edition of The Arthur. I was hoping to glean some structured insight, some positive thoughts from someone who might hint at possible solutions to a complex problem, but instead the writing was a deleteriously biased anti-Israeli viewpoint which only reinforces a common consensus that little is likely to change in the Middle East conflict now or in the future.

Mr. Morrison missed the mark in terms of conflict resolution for a number of key reasons. One realization that he omitted, and would come to understand if he had first-hand knowledge of the region, is that ultimately Israelis only want to live in peace. If someone were to spend time in a Kibbutz, they would see that most Israelis just want to live well, have a home and community, raise their families and enjoy life.

Every Israeli citizen must undergo mandatory military service when they become 18. It’s something that most Israelis will say it’s something they would rather not do but know that it’s necessary for base survival and they embrace the task.

Each generation, since 1970, knows that it will fight in at least one war during their lifetime. Why is this? The inertia that feeds the need for Israelis to defend themselves, and Palestinians to fight and reassert their territory, is the fact that foreign entities openly refuse to live alongside Israel.

To asses and deal with the situation, the world has to take a truly honest and retrospective view of what

lead to the creation of Israel. It was not initiated from a Jewish zeal to dominate and control a region, it was generated from the despicable subjugation and near total extermination of Jewish people from Europe during the Second World War. Our society ultimately created the present Middle East crisis from a flawed anti-Semitic culture. During the period from 19411943, when Germany occupied Poland, hundreds of towns and cities had the majority of their Jewish population rounded up and these people experienced atrocities similar to the 4,000 Jews who were gathered in a farmer’s field in the town of Msciwuje, forced into a mass pit, machine gunned and buried.

Millions of Jews were systematically exterminated during the holocaust in concentration camps that still leave us, 70 years later, recoiling in revulsion. So really, who in the 21st Century can look back on our history and say that Jewish people do not have a legitimate claim to a place in the world and the right to defend themselves?

The Middle East problem has even deeper roots: the fact that human beings still cling to an antiquated need to fractionate themselves into tribes, intolerant of the existence of other groups of people outside of ourselves and becoming indoctrinated into a nationhood thinking that we are always right and everyone surrounding us is dangerous. If we are genuinely heading into the concept of globalization and want Israelis and Palestinians to get along, we have to change the way we function as a whole.

-Steven Brak

To review I concur that our electoral system (FPTP) is in desperate need of reform. MMP, would be a good alternative. It is far from perfect -often parties need to get x percentage of the vote nationally to get additional seats (which could undermine the Green Party and the Bloc) but still it is better than the status quo. Then there is the ordeal of rearranging (shrinking or growing or adding and subtracting) ridings. However these are minor details which Bordun out of expediency overlooked.

Where the real problems with Mr. Bordun’s piece begin is in his vitriolic diatribe against the incumbent Liberals; questioning if they will ever bring in electoral reform when they reap the benefits of such a system. Oh, I view everything politicians say warily don’t get me wrong however Bordun went out of his way to paint the Liberals as the bad guy.

For example he claims that Liberal Party of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty dragged his feet on electoral reform for six years from his election in 2001 onward before he brought it to a referendum which was set up to fail. Except McGuinty wasn’t elected until the fall of 2003. And the referendum was held in 2007.

Bordun’s argument suggests Liberals and the Conservatives are the sole evil greedy politicians bent on the status quo because it overwhelmingly helps them.

It of course would have helped Tom Mulcair, and the Federal NDP, form a majority government had they not tanked in the polls over the last few months. But, of course had the NDP formed a major-

We encourage the Trent and Peterborough

ity government electoral reform could be assured, Mr. Bordun seemed to implicitly imply, because it has long been a component of the NDPs platform; which is why we have MMP in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, British Columbia, The Yukon, Nova Scotia and Alberta. Except, wait a second we don’t.

Provincial NDP rule has lasted for decades there hasn’t even been the slightest interest on behalf of the provincial parties (which is directly tied to its federal counterpart) to introduce MMP. Why would they. In Alberta Rachel Notley won a sweeping majority back in May with only 40%. I’ve pointed out to NDP partisans this disparity and questioned why when the NDP wins a majority government with less than 50% of the vote they don’t point the figure and shout “FALSE MAJORITY BEWARE” as Bordun is doing presently with the Federal Liberals. The nicer ones admit they can’t explain the disparity, the worse ones simply ignore me.

Mr. Bordun I agree with your argument that our electoral system needs a change and part of that needs to include MMP. I too am wary of any elected official’s promises. Yet I do have greater hope for this government and you should too, even if they aren’t your first choice.

Further, if you’re going to have an opinion, you should check your facts and acknowledge your own side’s shortcomings, particularly if you maintain such an attitude.

- Brendan Edge

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to express what they think about a particular article in the paper.

We welcome open dialogue and want this to be a space of intelligent discussion or dissent!

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News

Trans-Pacific Partnership details released

By Troy Bordun

The details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership were released on November 5th. Initial research on the 6,194 page document suggests that the deal is more damaging than expected for Canadians.

The conceit of the TPP is to better link the Americas to the Asia-Pacific region. On October 5th, the 12 countries – Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, U.S., and Vietnam – agreed to the deal.

Officials will closely review the details of the document in the coming months and likely ratify the plurilateral agreement in 2017. Together, these 12 countries make up approximately 40% of the world’s gross domestic product, so this trade deal with have implications beyond the borders of the countries directly involved. Presuming the success of the agreement, other countries have now expressed interest in joining.

A number of business persons, politicians, and scholars have been quite blunt about the TPP. In the U.S., Democrats and Republicans take issue with the deal. In

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Canada, former co-chief executive of Research in Motion, Jim Basallie, states that Canada has been “outfoxed” by the U.S, particularly in the realm of intellectual property. He provocatively claims, “I actually think this is the worst thing that the Harper government has done for Canada.”

Stephen Harper was proud of the initial agreement and Justin Trudeau, prior to the election, would neither oppose nor support the deal. Trudeau is now reported as saying he supports the deal and will put it to Parliamentary debate and vote.

Accepting the deal will likely prove to be a bad decision. In the meantime, Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland will apparently read all comments about the TPP sent to her by Canadians.

The “troubling” part of the deal revolves around provisions clearly benefitting U.S. businesses. Indeed, according to Basillie, the rules that go into effect are there “forever.”

President Barack Obama expressed his concerns about not accepting the deal using scare tactics and nationalist sentiment: if American does not write the rules of the

road, i.e., trade agreements, then China will. Thus the two economic superpowers are squaring off on economic superiority.

China has responded with their 16 nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a deal which could include India.

In my summary of the TPP (issue 6) I noted a number of its failures. There was one key improvement in the area of copyright in that previously foreign countries’ copyright laws could be imposed on Canadians – this has since been changed.

Copyright still remains a large issue.

Copyright to the life of an author has increased from 50 years to 70 years. This means that it will take an additional 20 years for books and culture to become public domain once the individual has passed away. This may cost Canadians hundreds of millions of dollars.

Some of the other concerning provisions are more specifically big-business related.

The TPP will allow foreign companies easier takeovers of Canadian companies.

Foreign companies can also sue the Canadian government for enforcing Canadian laws that inhibit their profit. The patent life for pharmaceuticals has also increased, thus medicine and health care will likely increase since generic drug manufacturers have to wait even longer to begin their production.

The auto sector will receive an even worse blow than anticipated. Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, 60% of car parts must come from within NAFTA. Under the TPP agreement, initially 40% of car parts were required to come from the 12 TPP nations – this number is now down to 35%. Canadian jobs in the auto sector are expected to decline.

The provisions in this sector also demonstrate the different requirements for Canada and the U.S. Within five years Canada will eliminate tariffs on Japanese cars; the U.S. will take 30 years to eliminate their tariffs on the same product from the same nation.

There are further issues arising with privacy and the rules of the internet. The TPP agreement may be used to criminalize certain online activities as well as enforce censorship.

Internet Service Providers are tasked with becoming copyright cops. An individual can demand that the ISP take down content due to copyright infringement without a court order. The TPP then goes on to state the ISP’s are granted legal immunity if this copyright challenge is false or unfounded.

Moreover, website owners are required to provide the real names and addresses of persons with website domains. This information will be published in public databases.

Any critical articles related to government, business, or culture can be easily traced, making dissent or revolutionary activity even more dangerous for those involved. The publicness of the database will also likely increase online and physical harassment and trolling.

Finally, shortly after the work accomplished by Edward Snowden and others, the TPP deal includes penalties for whistleblowers and journalists that share corporate secrets online.

With all the economic benefits for big businesses and better resources for government control of national and global persons, the consequences of the TPP seem grave.

Campus

Trent Central Student Association: Equity Positions

By Adriana Sierra

On the first of a series of interviews with the TCSA’s Equity Commissioners, Arthur Newspaper had the opportunity to speak with Boykin Smith, former Vice-President Campaigns and Equity and current International Students Commissioner.

The purpose of this series is to shed light on the issues that Equity Commissioners address and the campaigns and events that they host.

Smith notes that the Equity Commissioners “provide a space for marginalized folks to have a spot and a voice in their Student Union,” in this way showing proper representation of the student body.

Boykin Smith has been involved in international student issues since his first year at Trent University and is familiar with the work that past International Student Commissioners have done in the last 5 years, including Rhea Seegobin and Jessica Rogers.

Additionally, Smith was elected into the position in his second year at Trent and now returns in his fourth year with more experience and a clear set of goals.

Smith will continue working with the campaign, ‘Fairness for International Students,’ which was created last year by the International Student Commissioner.

The campaign touches on three prevalent issues that pose concerns for international students, including rising tuition fees, access to health insurance through the

Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP), and regressive immigration laws.

Smith notes that his focus will be on tuition fees, as the Canadian Federation of Students is addressing the insurance aspect at a provincial level.

Prime Minister Trudeau has stated that he will be changing immigration policies, including those that relate to international students.

Part of these changes will be to reverse the regressive policies introduced by the Harper government by including the four years of university into permanent residency applications.

The ‘Fairness for International Students’ campaign and lobbying efforts conducted by the TCSA seek to regulate the increases to international student tuition fees. Last year, Trent University planned to increase international student tuition fees by 7%, while increasing domestic fees by only 3%.

The international student community’s response, with the help of the ‘Fairness for International Students’ campaign, the TCSA, and the Trent International Students Association (TISA), managed to stop this 7% increase and instead reduced it to 3%, the equivalent of domestic tuition fees.

Smith hopes to continue working in this aspect and leave his term as International Student Commissioner with an established framework that prevents international student tuition fees from rising at rates higher than those of domestic tuition fees. He notes that regulating international student tuition fees will also set Trent University apart as a leader in providing accessible

education to international students and consolidate its reputation as a place where the world learns together.

Boykin Smith has also been working on an initiative to foster a greater links between the TCSA and TISA. As International Student Commissioner, he sits at TISA’s board meetings. Through his efforts, the regional groups under the TISA umbrella and TISA itself can access the TCSA’s support to promote an event through the TCSA’s marketing outlets.

Afrobana, hosted by the Trent African and Caribbean Student Union (TACSU) is the first event to make use of this initiative.

Smith also notes that the language surrounding international students needs to change. This summer, the Peterborough Examiner published a racist, discriminatory, and poorly researched piece on international student jobs. Arthur responded to this article in an attempt to change the negative stigma that the piece displayed against international students. Boykin Smith argued that the piece reinforces the reasons as to why the negative language surrounding international students needs to be changed. Despite efforts to alter this stigma, it is still very much alive.

‘No one wants to talk about oppression,” he says, arguing that the negative language used to depict international students is part of this process. He notes that Trent needs to work more on education surrounding oppression in order to challenge it, as, because it is an uncomfortable topic, it is one that is not often discussed, and yet ‘sexual assault, rape, makes people uncomfortable,

but we talk about it, and by ignoring oppression, what are we saying to students?’

Equity Commissioner positions have in the past been subject to low voter turnouts and lack of interest in the university community. However, Boykin Smith stresses the importance of these positions in providing alternative voices within the student union. He notes that it is also the role of the TCSA itself to promote these roles in order to ensure that the elected commissioners adequately fill their roles.

The TCSA, under the initiative of President Alaine Spiwak, will be releasing a video with all equity commissioners and cabinet members providing information on their roles and plans in hopes of increasing interest during election time, as Equity Commissioners seek to create spaces for marginalized student populations to express their concerns and to address them.

Pictured: Boykin Smith

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Campus

Bata Library gift annoucement: $ 1 million from David and Joan Moore

By Dan Morrison, co-written by Betelhem Wondimu

On Monday November 9, Trent announced ‘a generous gift of $1 million’ from David and Joan Moore.

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Long-time Trent supporter, Dr. Moore has also served as an honorary board member.

As part of Trent’s $50 million milestone campaign “Unleash the Potential”, the announcement was made at an event celebrating Philanthropy Day. Ms Booth, Campaign Director, said this initiative is part of the $50 million campaign, which was inspired by Trent’s 50th anniversary last year. So far, the campaign has met 85% of its target figure.

This announcement is the first step in a campaign to develop Bata Library.

After this, there will be consultation with students, staff, and faculty, and then there will be additional calls for proposals.

Dr. Moore stated that he was donating the money, the ‘generous gift,’ because he wanted to give something back to the Trent community, which has welcomed him so warmly, and because he has been mesmerized by the campus’ beauty. Having recently toured Bata, he had noted the

possibilities for even greater development of the library’s space.

The money will be used to innovate the study spaces. In his speech, Dr. Moore spoke of the possibilities associated with increased digitisation of the library’s role.

This could involve more efficient filing and storage systems in order to open up more physical space for teaching and learning.

Dr. Moore said that he would like students to take a strong role in deciding the nature of the renovations. This donation comes on the back of a 2014 plan for Bata Library, which involves the development of spaces for “collaboration and learning.”

Dr. Leo Groarke, Trent President and Vice-Chancellor, underscored the significance of donations like that of the Moores’ as not only a gift of money, but a ‘gift of time,’ too.

This donation follows that of Trent alumnus Stephen Stohn, who provided $1 million towards the University’s new

Student Centre.

Trent students Alaine Spiwack and Ngina Kibathi explained how Bata Library is a central part of every student’s life, and how such an initiative would be vital in adding to students’ Trent Experience.

Calvin Ncube, President of the Trent Economics Society, already has some ideas, suggesting Trent “improve the Wi-Fi system followed by media hubs that provide a platform for innovation and development.”

British exchange student Chris Chiam said, “The library is already a great space to study, and further development inside can only be a positive.” The library will be building upon solid foundations. The campaign is on the back of $10 million of philanthropy last year to Trent, $7 million of which has come from the ‘Trent family.’

These funds are a key contribution towards bursaries and scholarships, an area where Trent performs strongly. Trent was recently voted the best University in Ontario for bursaries and scholarships.

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John Fekete Lecture Series: science needs science fiction All photos by Samantha Moss

By Troy Bordun

Dr. Colin Milburn (English/Centre for Science and Innovation Studies, UC Davis) delivered an engaging lecture on November 5. His talk, “Science Fiction and the Project of Posthumanist Science,” was held in Bagnani Hall at Traill College, and was very well-attended by Trent students and faculty as well as community members.

Dr. Milburn was invited to Trent as the third annual John Fekete Distinguished Lecturer, hosted by the Cultural Studies department. The lecturer’s research area aligned with the interests of Trent’s Cultural Studies program, both past and present. Importantly, Dr. John Fekete

(Emeritus, Cultural Studies) developed and taught science fiction studies courses in the 1970’s and a number of current PhD students work in the field.

Further, Veronica Hollinger (Emeritus, Cultural Studies) most recently taught undergraduate courses on SF before taking her retirement. Dr. Hollinger introduced Dr. Milburn, but prior to her remarks, she was greeted with much applause. Dr. Jonathan Bordo (Chair, Cultural Studies PhD) expressed his admiration for Dr. Hollinger and lamented her absence.

Milburn’s talk sought to locate the interstices between the Golden Age of SF novels and the theoretical writings of Dr. Gerald Feinberg. Feinberg became a wellrespected physicist in the 1960’s and after that success, according to Milburn’s readings, wrote what might be called speculative non-fiction in the late 1960’s.

Milburn was particularly interested in John Blish’s short story “Beep” (1954) and Feinberg’s The Prometheus Project (1969).

His comparative literature approach, often reserved for fictional texts, led Milburn to some promising conclusions about the significance of SF for the history of ideas.

The characters in Blish’s “Beep” make use of a “Dirac” device, a device that can receive messages of or about the future.

Those in the present are tasked with “reading the future” and making sure these futures successfully happen. An appropriately named “Event Police” aids in this

process.

Feinberg wrote his Prometheus Project using similar terms. The physicist concluded that a number of SF tropes, devices, and gadgets are inevitable. Feinberg suggested that we marshal the present to bring about these futures. He desired rigorous, scientific development of long-range scenarios that some individuals could work toward, i.e., plan for the arrival of a science (fiction) future.

Preparations for the future include determining the possibility of collective or expanded consciousness, and the elimination of death. On the former, Feinberg saw the various SF accounts of hive mind as an indication of a new form of consciousness emerging in humanity’s future. We can pre-adapt our bodies and social institutions for this moment.

The elimination of physical deterioration and death is a tougher scenario to plan. Since individuals think around their own finitude, any planning for a future without death would demand a new kind of thinking or, put differently, a reconceptualization of our ontology. Cryogenics is one such technology already established, Milburn notes. The frozen individuals place their faith in science fiction, i.e., a fantasy that the future will unfreeze and cure them.

Milburn concludes by drawing on Arthur C. Clarke’s Childhood’s End (1953). Similar to Blish, in this novel the

future is treated like a memory, i.e., something that has already happened. What is posthumanist about this kind of literature and the science proposed by Feinberg is precisely its preparations for a futurity without our contemporary ethos, ontology, and institutions.

While not necessarily a manifesto for action, Feinberg’s “preposterous Prometheanism” nevertheless serves as a scientific text that draws on fictions to establish scientific futurity. But the physicist’s work, and others who proposed similar models, is not without its issues. This sort of scientific futurity poses ethical and ontological questions. Dr. Liam Mitchell (Assistant Professor, Cultural Studies) termed Feinberg’s project an “ontological totalitarianism,” which is to say a policing of an individual’s being-in-the-world, their being-with-others, and existence as a being-towards death.

Milburn finds positions such as Feinberg’s illuminating, albeit problematic. Regardless of the problems, Feinberg offers a way of thinking about the possibility of futurity, or the possibility of multiple possibilities that demand exploration, even in SF terms. Whether we read theoretical physics or SF, we are challenged to imagine social, political, and philosophical implications of a posthumanist world.

For more on Dr. Colin Milburn’s research, visit: http://innovation.ucdavis. edu/people/milburn.

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Writers Reading: Francis Itani

By Lauren Bromberg

On Tuesday, November 7, Francis Itani was the guest writer at Trent’s Writers Reading Series, which took place in the Junior Common Room (JCR) of Scott House at Catherine Parr Traill College.

Francis is a writer born in Belleville, Ontario, and has published 13 works, including novels, poetry, short stories, and children’s books. The JCR was packed wallto-wall with community members, professors, and students anxiously waiting for the reading to begin.

Promptly at 7PM, Lewis MacLeod started off the night with some personal anecdotes about Itani, which let the audience members in on the personal life of the writer. He compared the act of writing about music with ‘dancing to architecture’: “It is said that when you write about music, you are making it other than it is,” he commented jokingly. He then explained with a smile, “Itani is able to bring things to life through her writing”.

Itani’s works are those of historical fiction with some inspiration coming from the art of music and performance. She has done excessive amounts of research involving people who are deaf, and she had to immerse herself in the deaf community in order to build her character for her book Deafening. Itani has also looked into music of World War I and accessed the archives of the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. She explained that music is a vital part of the process of her work, and therefore turns up often in her own writing. She claimed to not be a musician wished to “[blow] her musical horn,” which she accomplishes in her writing. Itani went on to read from three of her works Deafening, Requiem, and Tell.

Her selection from her novel Deafening

was about Grania (the protagonist of the novel) and her husband, Jim. They discuss his singing and she accurately describes how a deaf person would experience music. Through humming and resonance of sound through the body, the character is able to experience her husband’s singing without being able to hear. Itani talks about the diaphragm being the “origin of someone’s song.” It was a beautiful passage and the audience was absorbed in her descriptions.

In Requiem, she talks about the incarceration of Japanese Canadians in WWII. Itani considered the idea of a musician who would have been a camp prisoner without their instruments or their music. Her unique inspiration comes from her husband, who is a survivor of these internment camps, and from her son, a musician. Itani listened to Beethoven during the writing of Requiem and took apart the movements that represent chaos and redemption.

She gracefully read from the beginning of the book when the character’s wife dies.

Imagery of nature is portrayed through musical instruments such as the piano and the flute. Itani read about the boy in the camp and his makeshift keyboard made of pine, a passage so descriptive that it was uplifting and depressing all at once; truly a moving piece.

Itani has a soft and fluid voice. It was easy to listen to and the audience sunk into their seats comfortably while listening to her beautiful prose. No one fidgeted or even shifted. They listened to her graceful words, soft yet articulate. All were feeling comfortable and intrigued which allowed for her to continue reading with ease.

In her final reading Tell, Itani describes a soprano raised on a farm. Inspired by beautiful singers at her school in Belleville,

Itani writes about those that could have become famous if they were given the money and opportunity.

For Tell, she really wanted the singer to have an untrained voice. Itani explains how she felt the need to educate herself on musical language and jargon so she decided to sit in on choral groups in Ottawa to do research.

She read a short passage from Tell that describes the process of getting into music, including the audition process and the beginnings of the protagonist’s career. It was relatable and flowed as a conversation between two performers. She effectively captured the emotions and atmosphere of singing in a choir.

Itani was very comfortable when she described her writing process including the places she went, the research she did, the people she spoke to, the music she listened to, and the ideas that came to her while creating her work. This was shared information that helped enlighten the audience about what kind of process was involved in writing a book. The time and research put into her work was astonishing. Itani likes to work by hand and she likes to keep notes for short story ideas. She admits that, when writing a novel, it takes over and she is consumed. She is not doing much work on her short stories at this time.

What is she working on next?

Itani’s next novel will be a sequel; years in the future, ahead of the novel Tell.

This means a “clean slate for the character,” Itani shared excitedly. It will take place in WWII. Deafening was the prequel to Tell and she is in the process of producing a third, which will end the

Meet the team!

by Trent Fashion Show

What is your major and year?

Fourth Year Psychology Major!

What is your position in Trent Fashion Show and have long have you be involved?

Recruitment Manager who's been invoked for a year.

Why are you a member of the Trent Fashion Show?

I love fashion! I love the colours, designs, networking, getting dressed up and meeting new people.

What is your favourite memory or favourite part of the Trent Fashion Show group?

Favourite memory is probably the self-love photoshoot because it was a blast with a bunch of hilarious story sharing. My favourite part about this group is that we work so hard to raise money for charity and I love the philanthropic aspect!

What are your long-term goals after you graduate Trent University?

To be honest, I'm just going to see where life takes me. I have no concrete plans but I know that I want to be happy and successful - each in which vary in definitions. Maybe I'll travel, maybe I'll do my masters, but like pay of OSAP first -sigh-.

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trilogy “for good,” she said, laughing.

What is her advice for students aspiring to be writers?

When she was the age of a student, Itani sat in the audience of an accomplished author’s reading and someone had asked that same question. The answer was “[j]ust to never give up. And to read. A lot”.

Has she ever had any flaws in her research?

With Deafening, Itani gets comments on her research regularly. A Canadian military officer who read her book wrote her, saying, “I just finished reading Deafening, I could not find a mistake.” Although her research is very thorough, she admitted that there was one mistake.

In Tell, her description of the shape of the moon in December 1914 was not accurate according to an astronomer. Itani laughed and told her audience that she now has an app on her phone that can tell her everything she needs to know about the moon in any year and any time as a result of this mistake.

What kind of music does she listen to for pleasure?

Itani had a straightforward answer: “During the day I listen to classical, jazz at night, and I love choral music, but I generally like all kinds.”

Overall, it was an extremely enjoyable event. It was pleasant to listen to such beautiful works and it was inspiring to hear about her writing process.

All who attended Itani’s reading were impressed and certainly eager to read her work if they had not already done so.

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Leo Groarke kicks off prestigious Ryle Lectures

By Jordan Porter

As many of you now know, Trent University is home to a very unique annual series of lectures that is the topic of envy throughout humanity departments in colleges and universities all across Canada.

The Gilbert Ryle Lecture Series, named after world-renown philosopher, Gilbert Ryle, gives Trent the opportunity to bring notable philosophers from all over the

world to bestow their knowledge in an intimate session open to faculty, students, and the community.

This year, the organizers of the event didn’t have to look much further than our own presidential office in order to find a recognized and influential philosopher worthy enough to be the focus of the Ryle lectures. Our very own Leo Groarke has been selected. Groarke is an author of over 90 scholarly article publications, a co-writer of textbooks from which many Arthur

readers will likely have studied, and an allaround expert on argumentation and political philosophy. At the first lecture, Dr. Groarke thanked the audience that packed the house in Lady Eaton College on Tuesday afternoon, and acknowledged the honour he felt for having been selected.

He then started in on his lecture entitled Words, Pictures, and Arguments: What Happens to Logic in an Age of Pictures? With a number of notable staff members listening attentively and contributing to the question period following the lecture, the audience included Dean of Humanities Moira Howes, Philosophy Professor Douglas McDermid, as well as members of the student body and community. The lecture hall was packed, leaving some latecomers forced to stand in order to enjoy the lecture.

One of the textbooks that Professor Groarke co-authored alongside Wilfred Laurier faculty member Chris Tindale, was the very book many of us Humanities students have studied in our Critical Thinking class Good Reasoning Matters.

Dr. Groarke commented that he and Tindale realized while writing this book was the fact that, in previous courses regarding argumentation and assessing arguments, while faculty were doing all they could to educate students on how to recognize and construct arguments themselves, there was a glaring misconnect when it came to purely visual arguments, void of all text or verbal influence. How were students taking in this information, and how were they analyzing them?

The lecture focused on the arguments that pictures present. With images ranging from satirical political comic strips, to WWII propaganda from nations around the world, Dr. Groarke delved deep into how our perceptions of these images are subject to our beliefs, and explained how these images try to guide us to a certain conclusion through key aspects that

are being communicated without actual words. He then went into detail about how the digital revolution, stemming from the invention and widespread use of the Internet marks the beginning of the “digital age” and is a sort of revolution comparable to that of the industrial revolution of the early 19th century.

The lecture then migrated towards an example that Dr. Groarke drew from an article in the New York Times, essentially saying that the future of journalism is not print, it is more towards virtual reality. He believed this would have a profound effect on our consciousness and how we process visual information. He used the example of our understanding of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, and compared it to the catastrophic effects that actually occurred. A documentary was referenced of the bombings’ after-effects, which was previously covered up by the United States Military due to the graphic nature and poor light in which it painted the U.S. Dr. Groarke then turned to specific court cases such as that of Ivan Demjanjuk or Ivan “The Terrible”, and his trial of suspected war crimes against the Jewish people at a concentration camp during the Second World War, which relied almost entirely on images and other visual aids to determine guilt or innocence.

The Ryle lectures are a very important series to the Humanities not only at Trent, but also across Ontario, and we are very lucky for an event of this caliber to be exclusive to our University. This event is one of the many ways Trent shines new light on the student experience and extends new ways to learn and grow both as individuals as well as a community. Thank you to Professor and President Leo Groarke for taking the time out of what I can only imagine to be an extremely hectic schedule to share some knowledge of his craft with young and old both in the Trent and Peterborough communities.

A fork in the Road: two ways to greet the digital age

By Ugyen Wangmo

There are two ways to respond to the digital age as we advance more and more towards visual modes of communication.

A Fork in the Road: Two Ways to Greet the Digital Age is the second lecture by Trent University President and featured speaker in the Gilbert Ryle Lecture Series, Dr. Leo Groarke. In this lecture, he spoke about the differences between the two paths. One path is catastrophic, the end of rational discourse, and the end of civilization, while the other path in the fork in the road is seen as an opportunity.

“Images are tremendously powerful,” said Groarke. “Images allow us to better understand and appreciate the reality that the people are dealing with, and all sorts of circumstances.”

The lecture shed light on how the digital is changing the way people work with one another, and how that change is much more towards the visual world than the verbal we were used to. As we become more interested in visuals and pictures, and in communicating and arguing in those ways, it becomes interesting to ask if there are other ethos where visual is key.

And to that, Dr. Groarke argues, informal logic can and should be re-configured to develop a theory of visual argument.

Through a series of examples, the lecture made its stand on the importance of visual images in reasoning, argument, and persuasion, and made a point as to how arguments work in the real world.

It was also brought to attention that, even though visual argument had been ignored, it was not something that just came with the digital age. According to Dr. Groarke, it’s been around forever, but

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it didn’t have the means to become a part of, or to become in itself, a mode of argument. One of the places we find all sorts of visual argumentation is in a painting, which, Dr. Groarke said, in the actual historical context had been put together to convince, reason, and argue.

The lecture explored the ways in which words are approached differently from the way we would approach a picture. When dealing with pictures as argument, there are two generally two responses: either the pictures are totally ignored, or, just the opposite, pictures are put on a pedestal, said Dr. Groarke.

However, what he argued is that either of these responses stems from the fact that we do not spend enough time studying pictures.

If we actually studied visual arts, then the structured mode of communication would become apparent, and we would see

all sorts of patterns that repeat themselves, [as well as] how they are composed, said Groarke.

Through series of visual presentations, Dr. Groarke tried to stress that the structure in the visual was not just completely random, but rather characterized by patterns, and because there are patterns, one can start understanding them and studying them. Visual literacy can be achieved.

He also challenged one of the standard claims that visuals can’t negate. He presented a multi-modal slide featuring a visual and word that are in opposition to one another, and showed how that opposition in the picture is the sign of negation, with the extension: “Visual triumphs the verbal.” Although not relevant in all cases, this was the truth in most.

The main theme of the lecture was that there are two different ways in which we can respond to digital age: either we can

see it as a disaster for civilization, culture, and understanding of the world – or we can view it as an “opportunity”, which is the way Dr. Groarke responded to it.

Like words, images can be misused, he said. The reason we need to study images, and, in a way, move the whole education system towards a more balanced way in looking at words and images is precisely subtle, showed the lecture.

“So, we can distinguish those cases where images are being exploited, are fallacious, or are being used to give poor argument from cases where that is not the case,” he said. “The sky is not falling!”

Dr. Groarke’s lecture series, Words, Pictures, Arguments, examined the role of visual images in reasoning, argument, and persuasion. The first lecture was Multimodal Arguing: The Drift Away from Words, the second lecture A Fork in the Road: Two Ways to Greet the Digital Age, and the final lecture was titled Twelve Pinocchios: How Do Cartoons Argue?

The series considered, in images, situations in which our traditional emphasis on words as the proper vehicle for knowledge and discovery were being challenged by digital communication, which makes it easier and easier to communicate with images.

Twelve Pinocchios: do cartoons argue?

All photos by Samantha Moss

By Reba Harrison

Trent University’s President Dr. Leo Groarke presented his final lecture of a series of three at Traill College on November 12 at 4PM. The series was the annual Gilbert Ryle philosophy events, titled Words, Pictures, Argument: What Happens to Logical in an Age of Pictures?

In his lecture Twelve Pinocchios: How Do Cartoons Argue? Dr. Groarke discussed how visual images can argue as effectively as the written word. The “Twelve Pinocchios” refer to the widely recognizable figure of the long-nosed Disney cartoon character Pinocchio, and how the long nose has been used to argue a person’s deceitfulness.

Through his twelve years of philosophical education, Groarke cannot recall once incurring a use of pictures.

However, in the digital world, academia needs to adapt and develop with the ‘changing world’. In other words, a world that thrives on a high volume use of visual representations.

Data visualization allows us to make inferences in forming arguments, said Groarke. He used an example of a man explaining proof of global warming. However, after the video example, he made a point

of explaining that he was not trying to make an agreement about global warming.

Dr. Groarke used a commercial for antidepressants to show that the visual message (‘it can get better’) is stronger than the audio message, which included all the

possible side effects of the medication.

As an example of the evolution of visual symbols, Groarke used an emoticon from the early 2000’s with its middle finger up along with two other unrelated pictures.

To explain the visual mode of argu-

Feature ing, an argument was defined as ‘a set of propositions’ without explanation on what qualifies as a proposition.

A good argument is of strong logical and rhetorical strength. While logical arguments provide evidence, rhetorical arguments strive for persuasion. A good argument is therefore true, evidential, and persuasive, he explained.

Dr. Groarke reminded the audience that an image’s content should be analyzed according to its social context and how the image is being used.

This idea of the power of images being revealed through analysis – and the argument that visuals themselves can argue a message – is no surprise for those of most of the students’ generation.

However, Groarke’s work lays a foundation to a much larger philosophical analysis and understanding of pictures.

Deeper exploration could lead to a better learning system for visual-learning students of all ages. It could furthermore change the potential of company branding and marketing.

In conclusion, in order to understand how we as people argue, philosophers need to understand argumentative potential in the symbols of the digital age.

$50,000 donation challenge: philosophy endowment

By Reba Harrison

At the end of President Leo Groarke’s third and final lecture, he made an exciting announcement.

In a press release to Arthur it was stated: “Dr. Leo Groarke, president and vice-chancellor of Trent University, announced a personal gift of $50,000 to create the Louis and Paul Groarke Philosophy Endowment, which will support philosophy events for students, the public, and others interested in philosophy at Trent University. President Groarke challenged others to help him raise $100,000 for endowments for Philosophy at Trent.”

“I do think philanthropy is key to the [large success of] universities, including Trent University,” said Groarke in his announcement to the room.

The President regularly asks for donations of philanthropy and wants to lead by example.

With the contemporary fear and panic surrounding career planning, the liberal arts have found themselves undervalued.

One of the best preparations for a changing world is critical thinking and the skills of communication and argumentation. Dr. Groarke explained that philosophy is a field that teaches such skills.

The annual interest of the endowment will support the debate of philosophical issues by holding events similar to the Gilbert Ryle series.

Dr. Groarke trusts the Philosophy Department to create great events in the future, and hopes that students, staff, and community members alike will attend the events.

He named the endowment after both of his brothers to honour their relationship.

They have influenced Dr. Groarke as both brothers and colleagues in philosophy.

He had been planning this generous donation since between three and six months ago.

This act intents to honour Trent University’s 50th Anniversary and support the $50 Million Campaign.

About the Ryle Lecture Series The Gilbert Ryle Lecture Series was established by the Philosophy Departm ent at Trent in 1977 in honour of the late Gilbert Ryle. This year’s lectures are supported by the Franklin L. Matchette Foundation, Office of the President, Office of the Dean of Arts and Science, Lady Eaton College, and friends, alumni, and faculty of the department of Philosophy.

Photo sourced from Trent University

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Trent Radio: sexy listening vibrations

By James Kerr

Listening, quietly listening. The radio is sexy. Maybe you hear it from your clock-radio at the bedside, maybe from your phone or fancy song-playing device.

Any way you do it, it’s in your ear. The vibrations enter on both sides of your head, meet in the middle of your brain, get stuck there, wiggle around, and bounce along the concave of your skull.

There is a spark in your mid-brain that is the big bang of all radio. Boom! Sound waves explode into ideas. Can you keep from thinking on sound? Can you keep from tapping your foot to music?

Or, like other humans, does it sink into your subconscious, dripping down from your brain along your spine and into your heart? Sound has meaning, and you feel it in your pumping organ. That blood is what taps your foot as you hum along. Hum,

hum, radio.

“Oh, radio. You’re so sexy,” you say.

Maybe you’re listening with someone; maybe that someone is sexy. Maybe it’s just the radio that’s sexy.

“I know,” coos the radio, softly.

Maybe radio said that in a sing-song or a weather report.

“Oh, radio. I wish we could be together all the time!” you exclaim.

“We can be, human. We can be. We can be human. I’m with you everywhere / at all times / undercover. I know I am sexy.”

“But radio, what if I cannot turn you on?

As in - I’m far away from your dial.”

“Listen, listen. Listen. Listen and you shall hear. Radio is here. Radio is hear.

Radio is sexy. Trent Radio, 92.7 FM, CFFF - gosh - your campus community radio station.”

There the sound waves personify, and then rises from your radio the god-

dess of the airwaves, a groovy radio gal whose hair strands stretch out on electric currents through everything but the thickest concrete and some major geological formations. As a disembodied head, a brain of ideas all captured from stray music and rogue talk shows, she speaks her sexy voice: “Listening, quietly listening. The radio does not check you out. The radio does not judge how very messy your bedroom is. The radio does not care how much time you spend checking your email; how much time you waste deciding what to make for lunch.

The radio is here when your homework is late, when you haven’t been exercising; when everyone else has stopped talking. Radio talks. Listening, quietly listening. The radio is sexy.”

Overcome by such audio inspiration, you may clutch at your ears. Yet little

vibrations are always beamed through you. Try to keep from listening, you can’t.

Radio is here, a direct current to your brain.

Your ears cannot turn off. Plug them up, stuff them with socks - still there is subtlety that creeps in, the music (like a revolution) the talk (like a whisper) cannot be stopped (like a whisper revolution). Radio. Radio.

Still they penetrate your body.

Exhausted, you shut the sexy radio off; turn its dial until you hear a final click.

Maybe it was a button click on your song-playing-something, maybe a vibration from your phone screen, maybe a click on your clock-radio, bedside.

Silence follows... but if you listen, you listen really hard - quietly listening, you can hear those sexy sounds.

You don’t need a radio. This community connects you. You are the radio. A superhuman radio wave receiver, and you are sexy.

Dawn to Dusk Fashion Photography Challenge and Exhibit

By Ugyen Wangmo

“Fashion is art, and great purpose can be communicated through art; Dawn to Dusk will create portraits that are emotional and memorable with creative scenes and moods. A shot that tells a story.”

-Christina Abbot Peterborough Fashion Week 2015 runs though the week of November 15 to 21, with all proceeds from events going to the Five Counties Children’s Centre.

Among the list of events lined up for the week, one event in particular is “Dawn to Dusk Fashion Photography Challenge and Exhibit”. Arthur got the chance to sit down with Christina Abbott, the Creative

Director of PTBOFW 2015 to talk what the event is all about.

What is the Dawn to Dusk Fashion Photography Challenge and Exhibit?

Local photographers, hair stylists, makeup artists, fashion stylists, and models will be working their magic Project Runway-style during Peterborough’s second Fashion Photography Challenge, Dawn to Dusk (D2D).

Teams are picked randomly giving the artists a chance to work with new people.

Each year we have a concept that the teams must base their work off of.

This year, our theme is “The Heterodox”. We will be using models and muses for our focus who are not mainstream models, for instance plus size, transgender, or older models over the age of 50. It will challenge the creatives involved with D2D, and the audiences viewing them.

How does the competition work?

Teams will have just 12 hours to create a photograph worthy of the pages of Vogue.

These images will go on display during Peterborough Fashion Week at the front of Dolce Vita.

The public will be able to vote on their favourite. The winning team will be revealed at the STRUTT 4 Kids Fashion Show Friday, November 20 at the Market Hall. Check our social media to see how you can vote.

Why this is an important event for the week?

The concept is to foster relationships, creativity, and synergy within our fashion community and promote the talent that we have in the area. Another focus is to engage new audiences and exposure toward the local creatives, PTBOFW, and the community we are building.

There is no other event that takes place like this in our community that gives

creatives the opportunity to challenge themselves and their ideas and to work with new people.

What does the Fashion Week want to achieve from this challenge?

D2D is all about inspiring and helping our fashion community creatives network, gain exposure locally and eventually nationally and internationally, build supportive relationships, gain experience, and make new connections.

We would also like to positively impact the audiences who view the visual product of our teams and engage new audiences to the fashion industry; to show that fashion is not exclusive.

It is our intention to create a moral fibre that will help thread the fashion industry together in a positive and progressive way, and to show that everyone can access and feel accepted by fashion.

Inclusivity is always in style.

Peterborough’s Food Not Bombs celebrates tenth year

By D Dmuchowski

Being able to consume fresh and nutritious meals on a daily basis is something that many people don’t think twice about.

To many this is considered a fundamental right, but to others food security is a daily struggle. As Canadians, we generally like to think that extreme poverty and lack of access to basic goods are issues that don’t exist here.

However, living in a capitalist neoliberal society that works on the principles of a free market economy, wealth is abundant but highly concentrated in very specific

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elite demographics. The shift away from the welfare state, increases in social and economic stratification, and an emphasis on global competition have left many working class citizens without the means to afford even the most basic of necessities required to survive.

This is in addition to the limited opportunities many people with marginalized identities already face. Food not Bombs, a global decentralized initiative, aims to confront the paradox of such wealthy nations containing people who aren’t able to nourish themselves due to lack of sufficient income.

Food not Bombs is a worldwide grassroots volunteer-run movement that produces vegan or vegetarian meals using collected surplus supplies and donations from markets, groceries, bakeries, and farmers markets to redistribute into the community in protest of war and poverty. Food Not Bombs creates free meals that are held in accessible community spaces.

Each chapter is independent, committed to non-violence, and aims to include everyone who wishes to share in a community meal, or to help in creating it. Food Not Bombs also aims to bring awareness to prevalent but often overlooked issues

of poverty and homelessness by facilitating gatherings of hungry people in visible, public places.

FNB Peterborough celebrates its tenth year of operation this month. Peterborough has currently and historically displayed some of the highest rates of unemployment in Canada. In addition to substantially helping with waste management in the city, it allows many Peterborough inhabitants the basic dignity of being able to nourish oneself with healthy, largely locally sourced meals.

The cooperative aspect in meal preparation and sharing is also integral to community building by creating stronger and more cohesive communities. Although FNB was created in the 1980’s, the act of gathering, preparing, and sharing a communal meal has become an arguably revolutionary act in an era of hyper virtual connection, but at the cost of ever increasing individual isolation.

Food Not Bombs is held every Monday night from 6.30 to 7.30 at Confederation Park, located across the street from City Hall, year round. They also offer free meals for demonstrations, community celebrations, and social justice events.

We would also like to extend a sincere thanks to all of the hard working and dedicated volunteers that have allowed Food Not Bombs to continue to exist.

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Current Swell plays at Market Hall

By Tyler Majer

Current Swell played The Market Hall on Tuesday Night. The show started at 8PM. Waiting in the crowd for the show to start, I admired the crisp, clean aesthetics of Market Hall. It is a very posh venue and I felt slightly out of place.

The Market Hall’s stage is accented by balconies on either side, and a theatre-style row of seats facing opposite the stage, yet slightly higher up than the ground floor.

Beneath the rows of seats and the balconies, sitting directly in front of the stage, are 15 tables set up with chairs sitting formally on a hardwood floor.

The very chic venue seemed to be in direct opposition to the music that was about to come.

As the opening act came to the stage and began to set up, the room filled up slightly, but still seemed empty. The Market Hall generally has a capacity of 348 people, but on this night, the room filled up to barely 75 people.

Philip Sayce was the opening act. Philip is a blues guitarist and singer-songwriter who was born in Wales, grew up in Toronto, and lives in California. Philip came to the stage very nonchalantly, bringing just a bassist up with him.

He explained profusely that there was usually a full band, but the drummer and other guitarist were ill and couldn’t make it.

He then proceeded to blow our minds.

Inspired by the music of Stevie Ray Vaughn, Ry Cooder, and Albert King, Philip played a set of about seven songs, all containing typical singer-songwriter subject matter, but played in a solo-laden blues style.

He was one of the most impressive guitarists that I have ever had the pleasure to listen to. His verses were grungy and distorted, with many songs being about a young person’s burden and inability to get ahead in society. Pairing this with his long, eclectic, in-your-face solos and gentle sweeping of the strings, it made for an impressive, daunting, and dynamic perfor-

mance.

After a short break, Current Swell came on stage. I was sure that the auditorium would fill up for the headliner, but unfortunately, the numbers stayed about the same.

All tables were filled up but the balcony was empty and the theatre seating barely had the first two rows filled.

This made for an intimate and private performance, with Current Swell being able to talk specifically to members of the audience, and play sometimes stripped down version of their songs.

The main thing that struck me was the nonchalance of their demeanour. Current Swell’s sound goes hand-in-hand with their personalities, which is interesting because in music, sometimes the ‘artist’ and the ‘person’ are two separate entities.

Current Swell played almost an hour and a half long set of their well-known songs, as well as some of their rare ones.

Songs like “Young & Able” and “I Want A Bird” showed the stripped-down and acoustic nature to their songs. Especially

in such an intimate setting, songs like these really highlighted their influences and their acoustic writing capabilities.

Songs like “One Day I’ll Be Rich”, on the other hand, highlighted the other side of their music. The tight, acoustic rock rhythms blended sweetly into the walls of the Market Hall.

Almost overwhelmingly, The Trumpet and Trombone snuck unto the stage and broke into solos immediately. For such a small audience, the reaction was loud.

It was a shame not many more people showed up, but it truly was a concert to remember. The songs continued, as did the enthusiasm.

They finished with a jam of an unreleased track and the concert ended.

People were hesitant to leave, but they slowly did. Current Swell truly played an amazing performance, and it was a shame that the turnout was so small. You would’ve had an amazing experience, and you may have gotten your cigarettes signed, just like me.

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Dub Trinity : The People Hold The Power

By Tyler Majer

Dub Trinity is a band out of Peterborough made up of many storied and established musicians.

The band is made up of Kirsten Addis (bass and vocals), Jean-Marc Pineau (guitar), Chris Collins (keyboards and vocals), Tom “Hojo” Reader (trombone and vocals), Greg Roy (drums, percussion, and vocals), and Rob Wilkes (guitar and vocals).

Dub Trinity plays a blend of reggae, blues, ska, RnB, electronic, and even some old-style rock ‘n’ roll. Their subject matter is concerned with progress, criticism of the establishment, and the failings of society.

On their website, Dub Trinity describes their sound as “message-based music.”

Their newest release, The People Hold the Power is the second full-length release from the band. The album starts with a thumping reggae guitar, an underlying piano riff, and a trumpet that bumps along with the flow of the track.

It is a good introduction to their style of songwriting, mixing a blend of rock ‘n’ roll with reggae influence. The title of this first song, “Run for Cover”, refers to the amount of tragedy and disappointment in the world. “I think the storm clouds are rolling over” is the main hook, and is very catchy.

Their polished, eclectic sound is heard here, and I think this is a good start to the album. The ‘run for cover’ theme not only refers to the state of society, but maybe also functions as a foreshadowing to the maelstrom of musical genre and important mes-

sages to come.

The next song entitled “Socialize” starts with a western-style rhythm, but soon breaks into a soul piano and drum breakdown. The singer’s pleas are heard through the squeals of his vocals. Although he sounds polished, the grittiness of the message is heard through the sound of his voice. “Let Them Know” breaks through from the end of “Socialize”, sounding almost like a Blaxploitation soundtrack.

Guitar pedals and a very jazz-influenced drum kit plays an integral role in the call out to the listener to “[l]et them know,” or to make sure to speak your mind at any cost. The song is almost reminiscent of the scene from The Warriors, when the radio DJ sends a message out to the gang to be careful out there. Be careful in the streets, young warriors, be careful.

“Gone Clear”, “Land of Look Behind” and “Keviar Clad” continue this reggae vibe, enticing the listener to analyze the message that they provoke. Also, reggae has always been a sort of voice of peace and activism, so this is a perfect form for these sorts of songs.

The song “Co-operate with Us” evokes a different aesthetic. The heavy snare and synth track paired with samples and a female presence is reminiscent of Portishead, and in some ways, also, The Chemical Brothers. The lyrics warn those in power that everything will be fine as long as they “[…] cooperate with us.” This is an interesting message, considering most of the other songs take a more peaceful side, although to be honest, this might be the truest message from the album. This is not a time of discourse, but rather a time of forceful decision-making.

The album takes a slightly mellower turn with the song, “Don’t Leave a Light On”.

The song is most reminiscent of an old soul or country track sung by Otis Redding. It is one of the few songs on the album that takes a break from a message-based sound, and takes on a sort of classical form. The guitar sounds like rhythmic reggae and

there are trumpets and some different techniques thrown in there; on the whole, the song is more atypical than not. That is not to say it is bad. It is one of the most interesting songs on the album. To see a band with such powerful and vivacious talent take on a stripped down and simple approach is fascinating, and, if I had to pick a couple of songs as a guide, “Don’t Leave a Light On” would be one of them.

This slowed down approach is continued on with the song “Record Shop”, which is almost a eulogy to the dying physical music industry. “Nobody buys any records at the record shop no more” is the most poignant line, and in all its simplicity, says so much about our society. We are a digitized, hyper-technological society where it is not about the discovery of music, but rather an accumulation of it. We are less concerned with appreciation and more concerned with the amount of music we are aware of.

The influence here again seems quite soulful, but there is a jazz element as well. Not even a minute into a song, a trumpet interrupts and takes a quick little solo. It doesn’t catch the listener off-guard, but is rather a nice little addition to an overall simple soul song.

Finally, the last song feels again like a sort of mid-1970s Shaft Style sound. The influence of reggae is heard faintly, an electronic element is looped slightly, and the rest of the sounds are an accumulation of jazz, blues, and soul.

This song is truly a complete representation of all that the band embodies, and, paired with a strong political message, is a great finish to the album. Dub Trinity’s The People Hold The Power is truly a gem, and there is so much to say and analyze that I didn’t get to in this already lengthy analysis. My advice moving forward is to just go listen to the album. It is truly a fantastic L.P. Not only will you learn something about music, but also about how to live in this interesting world. Dub Trinity is a band that needs to be heard, but it is true that, in the end, the people hold the power.

Politics, rebellion & minority: Chet Singh’s Diasporic Dub

By Tyler Majer

Music has, in some form or another, always tried to evoke change in the world. Be it, on one hand, a simple dance song, or on the other, a performance of protest, music has consistently attempted to create something new.

However, these latter songs (call them political pieces, protest songs, hippie music, or whatever you wish), are usually scattered across an artist’s discography. That is that the music comes first, and the artist’s intent, or personal opinion comes second. Sometimes, however, an artist comes along whose purpose is change first, and music second. That man may be Chet Singh.

Chet’s latest release entitled ‘Diasporic Dub’, envokes the aesthetic of change through a sound collage of reggae, electronica, and a sort of spoken word style of lyrical. Dub music grew out of Reggae, and is considered a subgenre within the scope of Reggae music.

Chet takes this style of music, and plays with the looping, and funky reggae sounds to create an interesting mix of a more obscure music form with a progressive, and political approach to lyricism.

The single from the album, ‘Fascist State’, questions the political status of Canada through a menagerie of questions. “Is Canada becoming a Fascist State?” is the recurring questions.

Criticism abounds, and statements of manipulation, paired with questions of autonomy are the theme of this piece. Paired with a simple drum track, whirring electronic rhythms, and

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a reggae refrain make this a representation of the underclass. The questions are those of contempt, and hatred of a society that brings so many people down, and is done in such a catchy, and rhythmic way that it is made accessible to all.

This imagery of political activism grows as the album progresses. The subject matter changes in places to commentary on environmental issues. Songs such as Rica state, “Everywhere I see a human stain”, and War states simply, “ Ice Caps Melting..” The continuous electronic snare, and the distanced, vibrant vocals makes a lot of the lyrics sound like a sample making the listener question who is actually speaking. Is it actually Chet or is it the voice of society?

Overall, Chet is attempting to accomplish a sort of rebellion, and commentary on society’s institutions, and the absurdity that is the society we live in. Rebellion is evoked through the spoken word lyricism, and this album evokes the voice of minority, and the underclass, and is accomplished by dark, and repetitious electronic beats, and Chet’s voice resounds in a powerful way.

The album’s intent is evident, but not in a way that attacks you. Chet’s music is powerful in that it says a lot, but at the same time, makes you dance, and bob your head. Intellectual thought paired with interesting music is something ambitious, and Chet nails it here. This is an important album, and is worth a listen, if not multiple.

arts Netflix. It’s become a hobby, a bingewatching phenomenon, and as of recent, a meme. It’s the cellphone of the entertainment industry. Soon there will be a time where some of us forget what life was like without it. Soon there will be a generation that knew nothing of video rental stores and the exciting buzz of visiting one on a Friday night. After all, Netflix was the one to lay the practice of yesteryear to rest. The blood of Blockbuster is on their hands.

Why do you think their logo and branding is brandished in ruby red? Some food for thought…

But Rome wasn’t built in a day. No, even the grandest of empires has the smallest of beginnings. Even Netflix had to come from nothing before it could become the company that could wield Kevin Spacey, Marvel Entertainment, and the magical ability to resurrect television properties like it was no one’s business. Yes, there was a time when people weren’t publically shamed for not subscribing to Netflix.

The idea started with Apollo 13 (1995).

Reed Hastings, an American entrepreneur, had rented the film and forgot to return it.

Much to his shame, he had amassed $40 in late fees that were owed to the video rental store. In fact, he had lost the cassette.

It was in visiting a franchised gym to let off some steam and perhaps to pump away his late fee fears that the idea came to him – gyms charge a monthly fee, and whether the customer uses it frequently or not, the charge remains the same. The business model interested him, and it inspired him to launch a subscription-based and mail-in service called Netflix in 1999.

This was back when people still thought

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physical media was the future. You remember DVDs, right? They were those shiny little discs that contained films and special features.

As the service grew to 300,000 subscribers by 2000, Netflix created the personalized recommendation system that the company is known for today. Finally, movie lovers were able to make Big Brother work for them. During that year, Hastings met with Blockbuster, offering them a 49% stake of his company for him to take on the online service behind Blockbuster.com.

In what is easily one of the saddest and unluckiest decisions since Pete Best got fired and was replaced by Ringo Starr in the Beatles, Blockbuster refused, launching their own online subscription service in 2004. This was the first nail in their coffin.

By 2005, Netflix had earned over 4.2 million subscribers.

Like the characters in The Terminator franchise, there’s a date that we should all remember, a year that spawned the inevitable Judgment Day that brought an end to

the world as we knew it. In 2007, Netflix launched their online streaming service in the United States. Come 2008 and into 2010, they partnered with various companies to stream content on a plethora of video game consoles, Blu-Ray disc players, and TV set-top boxes. 2010 also saw the service launch in Canada. Sure, the rights weren’t very good at the time, but since then, the amount of quality programs offered to us on home soil has grown.

In the past five years, Netflix has expanded to over 10 other countries. Over that time, and in 2013, Blockbuster called it quits. The king of the way movies were watched at home had fallen and at its funeral filmgoers cried, “The king is dead, long live the king.” Netflix claimed the throne and gave birth to a new era, one in which its citizens rarely leave home and contribute to the world as members of a productive society. But at least they can tell you what happened in the newest episode of Orange is the New Black. So, that’s something.

Speaking of that, the company has gone from a distributor of sorts, to a full-blown studio, creating original programing since their first Lilyhammer in 2012, which didn’t gain a significant amount of steam. It wasn’t until House of Cards and the Emmy nominations that followed, that revealed them as a significant force in the industry, catapulting them into television supremacy. Since then, more programming, much of it on par or better than Cards, has debuted to generous reception from viewers and critics alike. Due to their efforts, which include a slate of 25 original programs (not counting stand-up specials, documentaries, films, and series continuations), Netflix generated $4.7 billion in revenue last year.

What’s odd is, even though the company is now 19 years old, Netflix still seems like the young and pimply-faced member of the entertainment family. In many ways, it is.

The rest of the family has gone grey. Film is over 100 years old; the first true movie theatre opened its doors in 1905, and physical home releases debuted in the ‘70s.

Netflix is a teenager among these ranks, but with that said, they’re hitting a growth spurt. Not only are they debuting 37 other projects looking as far as 2018, which include Marvel’s Jessica Jones this year, Degrassi: Next Class, and Chelsea Handler’s own talk show in 2016, as highlights, but projections show increased profits for this year.

With that said, the future is looking good for Netflix. While they have no interest in exploring live sports and news, which Hastings sees as a dying practice, they hope to thrive in curated and controlled original content. Projections for 2016 show that your social life will continue to suffer.

Bond film, SPECTRE, Peterborough’s Galaxy Cinema opened the doors to its new UltraAVX theater, an auditorium filled to the brim new tech and accommodations. In fact, it’s so new that you can still smell the new leather seats.

Kate White, former Peterborough resident, and Cineplex’s Coordinator for Communications and Investor Relations spoke about this new addition and what Cineplex hopes to offer the community: “We describe the experience as immersive. The screen is wall-to-wall, Dolby Atmos Surround Sound, Ultra High Definition 4K Projection, and the seats are extra-wide, leather, high-back rocker seats.

These are all new upgrades for the multiplex, and nothing that Peterborough

has had before. The experience will be heightened. These incredible blockbuster films will be made that much better. “ For those unfamiliar with some of the jargon, this is exciting news and a huge upgrade for both cinephiles and general audiences.

The Dolby Atmos Surround Sound system is a game changer, offering dozens of speakers situated throughout the theatre, including overhead, to fill the room with pinpointed and moving sound as the filmmakers had intended.

What’s also exciting is that the experience is no longer hindered depending on where you’re situated in the theater.

The advances behind this technology ensure that the aural soundscape is consistent whether you’re craning your next in the front row or sneaking a kiss in the back.

Audiences will also notice a huge upgrade in visuals. Most TVs today, with some exceptions, are 1080p high definition.

That’s the resolution.

What that means is the screen is made of 1920 pixels horizontally and 1080 vertically. Cineplex, with their new UltraAVX theater, boasts 4K projection, which means their wall-to-wall screen contains 3840 pixels vertically and 2160 horizontally.

Numbers and lingo aside, it’s a massive screen with crystal clear picture.

Outside of the accommodations and the upgrades, the auditorium offers convenience. “For the first time, Peterborough viewers can pick their seats without needing to rush to the theater.”

We’ve all been there. Either we’ve gotten to the theater extremely early to find that center seat, and are left staring at the blank screen almost an hour before the movie starts (or is that just me?), or we’ve arrived to find

that the theater is full.

UltraAVX grants customers with the opportunity to select their seats when purchasing their tickets either online or at the location. No longer will you have to sit between the two eager couples because something came up on your way to the film.

This upgrade, along with the recent addition of the Escape Entertainment Gaming Center and the upcoming YoYo’s Yogurt Café, have been implement to meet the community’s demands and Cineplex’s objective: “Generally speaking we believe in not just offering a movie, but a moviegoing experience.

Everything from the snacks, to the comfort of the auditorium, to the guest services, from the moment you step into the theatre and to the time you’re back home, we want it to be something that is remembered.

We felt [these] were a good fit for the Peterborough market. We’ve got lots of students in Peterborough, and they’re excited about a lot of titles. We take pride in supporting that community and making our theaters a destination for them.”

When asked if the theatre was installed to accommodate the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which is projected to smash box office records, White informed that the integration of UltraAVX theaters were planned long before the film’s announcement. However, White said, “We’re really thrilled about the timing. It will be an incredible film, and seeing it at an UltraAVX theater will make it absolutely stunning”.

For those of you who haven’t seen SPECTRE, it’s a great example of what the UltraAVX theater is capable of.

Tickets and showtimes can be purchased and located at Cineplex.com.

Hollywood at Home is a weekly column by filmmaker, writer, and critic Keith Hodder that highlights the variety of films and television programs that Netflix has to offer, along with recommendations of what to watch next and his opinions on the world of entertainment. Follow him @KeithHodder and feel free to suggest a film.

Peterborough’s Galaxy Cineplex amps it up

By Keith Hodder

As many of us turn to Netflix and other means of watching films at home, movie theaters have been making strides in technology to make the movie-going experience something that the home could never achieve.

Cineplex Entertainment, the company behind the vast majority of theaters across Canada, has been taking every measure possible to make sure that they are ahead of the curve.

Over the past couple of years they have made it their mission to improve their auditoriums, making them the best in sight and sound.

With the release of the new James

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Trent Film Society Presents: Singin’ in the Rain

By Alex Karas

Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!

TFS proudly presents the third installment in our November series on films about filmmaking – Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen’s classic musical Singin’ in the Rain, at Market Hall this Wednesday.

After the success of our last screening, Tim Burton’s biopic Ed Wood (a film about a good man with a love for bad movies and angora sweaters) we return to the Golden Age of Hollywood to visit a critical juncture in film history: the transition between the age of silent film and the “talking pictures” that came to dominate the industry.

Like that film, the plot is about the production of a film and the people who make things happen behind the scenes, the actors

as well as the producers.

It is about clashes of personality and artistic vision, and the desire of studios to cave to audience expectations: in this case, the desire for talking actors brought about

by The Jazz Singer (1927), as quoted above.

But let’s not take it too seriously: it’s also just lots of fun.

As befits our theme this month, this is a movie lover’s movie: a film about filmmaking, a metafilm of sorts. It is also a piece of nostalgia: a reminder of a simpler age when moviegoing was about entertainment and spectacle, a more innocent era before multiple scene changes per second and flashy CGI explosions turned Hollywood offerings into a slew of bad 3-D Michael Bay blockbusters. (Of course, the Hays Code may have had something to do with it as well...) In order to recapture that feeling,

we’re holding our screening at the historical Market Hall building.

The multi-talented Gene Kelly, known for his musical output (and we know everyone loves musicals) and dancing ability, also co-directed this feature.

His co-director and sometime frenemy Stanley Donen would go on to make such classics as Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) and the Audrey Hepburn vehicle Funny Face (1957).

But equally iconic as Kelly’s opening number is the show-stopping talent of dancer Cyd Charisse, and there is a notable early appearance by Debbie Reynolds (The Unsinkable Molly Brown, 1964).

This a film from the days where random song and dance sequences that had little to do with the plot were not only tolerated but encouraged, and people went to

see the stars as much as the picture itself.

This freewheeling approach to filmmaking is still alive and well in other parts of the world (India comes to mind), but has become something of a lost art form in the American film industry.

This film is presented in collaboration with the Trent Graduate Student Association. In order to bank on our longstanding love of themed events, we also encourage audiences to come in their best Jazz Age attire. (Forget your hipster Gatsby lawn parties!)

Spoiler: There may be prizes for the bestdressed attendees. The running time is 103 minutes; as well, please note that we will have a special start time of 8:30 for this feature. Note: TFS is not responsible for any irrepressible urge to dance down the street carrying an umbrella like Gene Kelly.

If you enjoy watching films, the Trent Film Society screens free movies for your enjoyment every Wednesday! So come on out and have some fun.

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Electric City Gardens offers a 40% Student Discount on all Entrees. Daily changing menu featuring lovingly prepared seasonally-inspired dishes. Can cater to any special dietary requirements (vegan, gluten-free, etc) and culinary cravings. (Advanced notice appreciated for menu alte rations). ECG offers attentive service in an intimate setting. Find us on Facebook.L.G.B.T. friendly. LLBO Licensed. Reservations strongly recommended: 705-7491909.

Why Act Series - Otonabee College: November 17th-20th. The week long series will host academics, social activists in the Peterborough community and students in a variety of workshops about the way in which social change can happen in this community and across the globe. This series aims to emphasize the inclusion of a wide range of perspectives in order to give the participants the broadest possible understanding of social change and activism and the many forms they can take. Link to schedule: http://www.otonabeecollege.com/why-act-series.html

Interested in Learning how to play guitar, uke, or bass? Take lessons with Nick Ferrio at Hank to Hendrix Guitar Co. Personalized one on one instruction for beginners or intermediate players.

Contact: 70-768-7544 or nicholas.ferrio@ gmail.com Academic Mentoring Needs Math Mentors! Academic Mentoring Needs Math Mentors! If you’re interested in a volunteer opportunity of approximately one hour a week helping another student, consider applying to be an academic mentor in math or any other subject. The academic mentoring program is a mentor-matching service that matches students with mentors with expertise in the subject with which they need help. Mentors help “mentees” work through course concepts and demonstrate good academic practice while gaining valuable volunteer experience. The minimum qualification of an academic mentor is an average of 75%. Visit us: www.trentu.ca/peermentoring

Clubs & Groups Volunteer with B!ke: Low on gold? Pay for your bike with experience points! Level up your mechanical skills by volunteering in our teaching shop to earn experience points, then put your skills to use by refurbishing a bike from our dungeon!

Collect 100 points in the shop and the bike is yours! For more information or to register for the EarnABike Programme.

Contact B!KE at jeff@communitybikeshop.org

Study in Mexico: “Study in Mexico: Summer 2016. Indigenous Studies full credit. Information Meeting on Tuesday November 17 at 7:00 pm in GCS 320.”

The Elaine Stavro Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Theory, Culture, and Gender: Dr. Kimberly Hutchings (Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University, London). Dr. Hutchings is giving a talk on Tuesday, November 24th at 7pm at Bagnani Hall, Traill College (310 London Street). The title of the talk is “Gendered Rhetorics in the Justification of Violence and Non-Violence: Gandhi and Fanon.” For more information visit t r e n t u . c a / s t a v r o Local Living Marketplace: Seeds of Change is hosting a Local Living Marketplace, with a variety of unique wares from food, crafts and wellness vendors. The Marketplace is on Saturday November 21, from 11 am - 3 pm, in the auditorium at Seeds of Change (at George Street United Church).

Feel free to drop by anytime!

local Contact Improvisation dance jam: Contact improvisation is an organic dance form based in mindful awareness, authentic expression, and touch. Beginners are welcome, instructions provided. Please call 416-996-3195 for more details.

Friday Nov 20 2015, 7 pm to 8:30 pm.

Peterborough Living Yoga – 394 George St. Above Hasselton’s Café Cost $5 A free tour Living History

of Peterborough’s Museum, Hutchinson

House. See inside one of Peterborough’s oldest houses. Bake and eat cookies in the old kitchen and learn about Peterborough’s history!

Meet at 1:30pm. 270 Brock Street. To register, contact Caitlin: caitlin@ n c c p e t e r b o r o u g h . c a 30 Craft Market: Dec 4 & 5, 11 3:30 pm. Sadlier House (Hobbs) 751 George St N. Local artisans and crafters. All handmade. 1/2 of everything is under $30. Free admission. Wheelchair-acccessible.. Free prizes: buyhandmade.ca Seasoned Spoon Soap Making Workshop: Learn how to make your own environmentally friends sensational soap – phthalate and paraben free! What a treat for the hands or body! A great gift idea for family and friends too and just in time for Christmas!

There are infinite possibilities to substitute oils, add fragrance, and mix in other additives like flowers or coffee grounds. Either way you will leave with an abundance of hand crafted soap to stock up your home or give away as presents to loved ones. Only 16 spaces available in this popular workshop so don’t miss out! Wednesday November 18th Cheese Making Workshop: Yes, you can make your own cheese! This workshop will uncover the mysteries of everyone’s favourite rich and creamy food. Join local experts, Tom and Myra, in a hands-on workshop all about cheese making. They will lead us in making paneer and ricotta together as well as offer several samples of other kinds of cheese you can make at home. Leave with the skills and knowledge to continue your cheese making adventures on your own! Wednesday November 25th at Seasoned Spoon Cafe. 5:00pm. Cost: $5 or PWYC Craft Fair: The Seasoned Spoon is pleased to announce the return of our fall Craft fair. The fair will be held on Thursday November 26th from 11 - 3 in the café.

Just in time to treat yourself for completing all those assignments or to pick up seasonal gifts for family and friends. Come by the café and discover delightful, unique artisan creations of all kinds. Join in the fun, be inspired, support local artists! Thursday November 26th at Seasoned Spoon Cafe. 11:00am, OPIRG’s Supermarket Tour: Supermarket Tour uses supermarket as a classroom,

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tour asks questions about the products on supermarkets shelves, providing a focus for discussion on a wide range of food issues including labour practices, labeling, genetic manipulation, pesticides, corporate profits, among others.

Join us! Tuesday, November 17th meet 11am in front of FreshCo on Brock St. Thursday, November 19th - meet 11am in front of No Frills on George St. This is a free event.

PetSmart: November 13-15 (10am-4pm), During PetSmart Charities National Adoption Weekend, the Peterborough Humane Society (PHS), will be featured at PetSmart this weekend with over 20 cats looking to find their new forever home. You can visit the humane society’s website to see some of the amazing animals who will be up for adoption this weekend. PHS will have volunteers on site to help with any questions people may have about adopting a new best friend. There will be a variety of cats ranging in age from kittens to seniors. Kittens will be available for $150 and adult cats will be $100. The adoption fee includes; spay, neuter, microchip, six weeks free pet Insurance and all vaccinations up to date.

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arts The Famines come to town! The Famines, the legendary two piece garage-punk explosion from Montreal comes to Peterborough for one night only at the Garnet. They will be joining the stage with No Pussyfooting and Garbageface. $8 at the door. Worth every penny. November 21! No Pussyfooting is filming Fashion Hole soon, so get excited for the music video release!

Union City and Television Road!

Union City returns to the Red Dog Saturday, November 28th, with special guests Television Road!

Tickets are only $5 at the door.

You might even be able to grab some merch!

Artspace Volunteer Drop-In. We’re starting bi-monthly volunteer drop-in nights! We’re kicking it off with one before the holidays.

Join us on Thursday November 19th from 7pm to 9pm at Artspace, 378 Aylmer Street North. Artspace-arc. org.

A professor in the Cultural Studies department at Trent University, Professor Michael Morse dons a loose white kurta.

The bright red and orange embroidery and hanging tassel is emblematic of a traditional Indian design.

Not only are these garments eye catching and unique, but they are also extremely comfy! You can dress them up with jeans or nice slacks, or dress down with a pair of pajamas while watching a movie. Professor Morse was kicking it back at Jazz Goes (Back) to College when our reporter Keila MacPherson snapped him!

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