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Volume 49 | Issue 14 | January 20, 2014

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TCSA Commissioner Leal: New Aboriginal Talks to Wynne Transition Program

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This Issue in History: Volume 11 (1977), Issue 14 While scanning Issue 14s from various volumes I’ve come to the conclusion that Issue 14 (often 13 and 15 as well) tend to be Arthur’s annual Senate issue.

It makes sense if you think about it. The university community is still reorienting itself after a month off, so there aren’t many events or controversies taking place.

We’ve played almost all the catch-up we can play in Issue 13 on the events we missed in December, and really not a lot is going on except for the monthly Senate meeting.

For those who don’t know, Senate is responsible for the educational policy of the University. That entails a lot, and usually their meetings are full of things we jump at the chance to cover.

So what happens when Senate decides not to meet? Arthur and its readers found out in 1977 when, for the first time since Trent opened, Senate missed its monthly meeting.

The President of Trent at the time, Tom Nind, said there simply was not enough business before the Senate to require a meeting.

Arthur reporter Dunnery Best didn’t buy that excuse and felt something else was afoot.

Best argued that the issues that should be addressed at the meeting “are not going to be sitting quietly on [President Nind’s desk] for the next 30 days‌ it means that discussion is being carried on, and possibly even decisions are being made, in camera.â€?

Some discussions and decisions to be made at Senate included whether or not Trent should grant degrees in Oshawa, rises in ancillary fees, and discussion on registration procedures and organization of the next academic year.

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This was, in his opinion, totally unnecessary. “There is no organized disagreement with the plans of the administration either among the students, or in the Senate� he wrote.

Best acknowledged that sometimes a university President has to make tough choices and do unpopular things, but he argued that “the best policy would be to encourage debate of the future of Trent at every opportunity.�

At the time, those tough choices would have included dealing with Trent’s mounting financial problems. While enrolment was increasing at record rates, the Ontario government implemented a policy that granted enrolmentbased funding according to the average number of students attending an institution over the previous three years.

While Trent’s enrolment was up 30% over those three years, their funding was only increased by 15%.

Furthermore, the government was cutting off the supplementary grants Trent received, worth about $1.5 million per year. That’s $5.4 million by today’s standards.

In later issues of Arthur, Dunnery Best would argue President Nind was being made a scapegoat for this crisis by the Trent community.

In particular, there was a large controversy surrounding the Oshawa question. For some, including Nind, expanding operations in Oshawa would be an answer to some of Trent’s financial woes. To others, Nind’s support of the Oshawa expansion was all they needed to justify writing it off.

Maybe it’s no surprise he was cancelling meetings then.

Thankfully for us, Trent’s Senate met for their 2015 January on Tuesday of last week. This issue contains one story discussed there, and we expect more in Issue 15.

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CampusNews TCSA Women’s Issues Commissioner addresses Premier Kathleen Wynne regarding sexual violence on campus

By Jack Smye

A board member from the Trent Central Student Association (TCSA) met with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne last week to discuss the issue of sexual assault and sexual harassment on college and university campuses in Ontario.

Betty Wondimu, the TCSA Women’s Issues Commissioner, was specifically selected by the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) to represent not only Trent, but all small universities in Ontario in a round-table discussion that was organized by both the Ontario Government and the CFS. The Provincial Government has recently committed to cracking down on the serious issue of sexual violence on campuses across the province. In an attempt to understand the issues fully, the Premier called upon the CFS to form a panel that would assist in developing universal policies for schools within the province.

Wondimu sat on the panel with student leaders from 21 other schools to speak on behalf of the 350,000 students that make up the largest student union in Ontario.

Wondimu was specifically contacted by the CFS because of her extensive work with the TCSA in regards to equity on campus.

On top of being the Women’s Issues Commissioner, Wondimu has also been a coordinator for the Consent is Sexy campaign, and has done work with the Positive Space Campaign. In addition, she has also sat on the Gender Issues Committee.

Wondimu has also done significant work

with organizations not focused on sexual violence, but they have all been focused in one way or another on equity.

According to Wondimu, “I believe that for sexual violence to be worked on, there needs to be a more equitable environment for everybody. The likelihood of violence towards a transgender person, for instance, is higher, and it’s because of the perception of that community.”

She continued, “There’s a lack of understanding there, and then there’s a lack of services that are accessible for that community. I feel like the work I’ve done serves a purpose that tries to create a more equitable environment for all genders and for all sexual identities.”

While the creation of a more equitable environment on campus is absolutely vital to eliminating sexual violence on campus, there has also been an active push at Trent to change the very discussion around sexual assault and sexual harassment.

Wondimu has been part of a group that has been striving to implement preventative strategies against sexual violence and to provide education around consent, language, culture change, bystander intervention, and other prevention opportunities.

This group also significantly contributed to the report that would eventually be read to the Premier.

Included in this group are Nona Robinson, Associate Vice President of Student Affairs; Julia Anderson, Director for the Centre for Human Rights, Equity, and Accessibility; Boykin Smith, Vice President of

Campaigns and Equity; Amy Keating from the Trent Feminist Society; and Louise Fish, Director for Risk Management.

In the report to Wynne, Wondimu discussed the importance of openly discussing sexual assault as an issue; arguing there have been laws and policies in place for a long time and sexual violence keeps on happening.

A significant suggestion to the Premier was implementing education surrounding sexual violence in public schools as early as grade 5.

The TCSA’s representative also stressed the importance of having agencies and resources put in place that will be there for survivors of sexual assault, making it clear that they will be supported.

Trent University is currently working to further improve its own resources regarding preventative measures and support for survivors of sexual violence. It has been acknowledged that while Trent has sexual violence covered from a policy and procedures angle, there is still a need to communicate these policies as well as to provide available support for survivors on campus and off campus.

Trent is now developing a comprehensive website to properly communicate the policies and procedures that are put in place to work against sexual violence, and it will also provide a thorough support network if anyone finds themselves a victim of sexual harassment or assault.

The website will be able to help anyone who has questions or doesn’t know what to do in a situation.

Trent is continuing to develop programs because, according to Wondimu, “in the case of working against sexual violence on campus, there’s always room for improvement.”

Still, Wondimu and the TCSA were contacted by the CFS to report on the successes that Trent has already had in implementing change, including bystander interventions, positive space, anti-oppression training, ISW training, and so on.

In the address to Wynne, Wondimu also commented on the lack of resources available to student groups working against issues like sexual violence. Budgetary constraints can keep even the most organized groups from gaining ground, and Wondimu asked for provincial support on this; noting her own personal experience with trying to organize Consent Week on a $500

budget.

The Premier was apparently very receptive to the presentation and took a very keen interest in what Wondimu and the other student leaders had to say.

“Kathleen was very open, had staff taking down notes and she was taking down notes as well. The Ministry for Women’s Issues was also present,” says Wondimu.

“I felt as though she was listening and really took what we had to say with weight, not like we were just there for show.”

The Ontario Government is expected to release its sexual violence action plan in March of this year, and it seems as though Premier Wynne has been incorporating the inputs of a very wide variety of individuals and groups to make sure the plan is as informed as it can be.

It would also seem that this panel has given the participants ammunition to return to campuses and continue to further their work against sexual violence.

According to Wondimu, “I’m really lucky as a student to be part of an institution that values the roles that students play.”

“My intention is to come to Trent and, within the aspect of sexual violence, I want to make sure there is more preventative measures put in place. I want to move away from reactionary policies where we wait for something to happen before we act that’s what has been happening at most of the universities I spoke to.”

Wondimu snapped a selfie with Premier Wynne after the meeting. Photo by Betty Wondimu.

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Trent professor helps find missing link in climate assessment

By Ugyen Wangmo

A new Trent study suggests that there is a correlation between human activity and the amount of old carbons being dumped in the Earth’s rivers, showing correlation between areas with high population densities and land use as associated with humans.

The study, titled “Increased mobilization of aged carbon to rivers by human disturbance”, links the age of the carbon in global rivers to human activity by analyzing the carbon deposits through the use of carbon radioisotope technology.

The research paper is co-authored by Professor Marguerite Xenopoulos from Trent University, Professor David Butman from the University of Washington, Professor Rebecca Barnes from Colorado College, Dr. Henry Wilson, Research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada, and Professor Peter Raymond from Yale University.

“The knowledge that we are changing the modern carbon cycle through human activity is important to have,” Professor Marguerite Xenopoulos told Arthur. “It is yet another proof that human activities are continually damaging the environment.”

She explained the “mobilization of aged carbon in to rivers” means that there is lots of old carbon stored in the soil, which is a part of the Earth’s stable carbon cycle.

Some of this carbon laterally transfers into rivers in order to be processed by bacteria but the rest of it eventually forms

the soil and stays there. What humans are doing is disrupting the carbon within the soil and incorporating it into the modern carbon cycle.

When humans start injecting older carbon in to the modern cycle, it results in a negative feedback loop for climate warming, says Professor Xenopoulos, because this adds a little bit more to what humans are already producing.

Furthermore, this old carbon is something that is usually not measured during climate change assessment, thus it is potentially a missing link.

Dr. Henry Wilson, the research scientist who co-authored the study told Arthur over email that there are several main hypotheses for the trend observed toward mobilization of older carbon in human

altered landscapes. He further explained how each has different environmental implications and suggested different possibilities for management based on their findings.

The first is that human activities are exposing soil organic matter that was previously protected in carbon sink areas from leaching. This is due to historical loss of topsoil and exposure of lower soil horizons to processes such as weathering, drainage of low lying carbon rich areas, and subsurface drainage, to name just a few, he explained.

The finding has allowed them to understand the importance of building soil organic matter (SOM) through management practices that return carbon to the soil and suggest the restoration of

natural drainage pathways, wetlands, and riparian areas to negate the sustained source of old SOM loss created by export with water.

An alternative explanation is that old carbon is originating from a small amount of very old carbon in pesticides or fertilizers. It indicates the presence of organic contaminants and necessitates further research to identify the type and source. However this explanation is less probable given the relatively large amount of fossil material that would be needed to create the carbon radioisotopes observed, but needs to be considered nonetheless, said Dr. Wilson.

Thirdly, human activities tend to occur on fertile and well drained soils and that these soils naturally have an older organic matter signature. To that end, he said that it calls for additional research to define whether activities on these soils are speeding the export of older organic matter with runoff or if rates are in line with those expected under native vegetation.

“Overall the paper lays out an important pattern, a conceptual framework for the potential causes, and the need for further research to better define the mechanisms by which our activities on the landscape may be impacting SOM and its transport downstream,” stated Wilson.

Meanwhile, the findings of this study is a indication that the results from the global climate assessment can be more severe that what it is said to be.

Highlights from the first TCSA Board of Directors meeting of 2015 planned for February.

TCSA Student Award of Excellence committee to be struck Farmers’ Market discount card Freer also touched on the TCSA Student preparing for trial run

By Zachary Cox

The following are briefs from the Trent Central Student Association (TCSA) Board of Directors meeting held on January 11, 2015, the first meeting of the new year.

Exam packages a success After welcoming the board back to Trent for the new semester, TCSA President Braden Freer discussed the success of the exam care packages in his President’s Report.

“We roughly doubled the number of exam packages and they were gone in about the same amount of time as last year,” said Freer, noting their popularity and joking that there had been a “wall” of care packages in the TCSA office.

While Freer indicated that, from a cost and time standpoint, there does not seem to be a feasible way to increase the number of care packages, he said that alternate ways of supporting Trent students during exam time are being looked into.

One potential suggestion Freer gave was having the TSCA distribute slices of pizza to students studying in the library, a practice that received a favourable response when done last semester.

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Award of Excellence in his President’s Report. The award, described by Freer as “recognizing that students do extraordinary and excellent things outside the school,” is annually awarded.

The selection committee will consist of five members of the TCSA Board of Directors, one from each college, and a member from the Graduate Student Association and the Trent Part-Time Student Association. A chair will be selected from the committee members.

“The calls for nominations come out February 1,” said Freer, “Open to anyone to nominate, be they committee members or not and it can be any student [that is nominated].”

The Board of Directors voted to strike the committee, with the members to be selected at a later time.

Tuition fees documentary to be produced In his Vice President Campaigns & Equity Report, TCSA Vice President Boykin Smith discussed a documentary project that he has in the works.

“I’m going to be working with a cinematographer to try to put together a documentary,” said Smith, explaining that it would deal with topics such as student debt and high tuition fees.

“We’re going to try to interview students and administration,” he said.

In addition to interviews, the plan is to show the tabling process as well as the tuition fee related rally that is tentatively

Alaine Spiwak, TCSA Ethical Standards Commissioner, discussed the progress of a project to create a discount card for students to use at the Farmers’ Market.

“What I have worked out with the Farmers’ Market President is that we’re going to make discount cards that students can pick up at the TCSA office,” she said. “What this card will do is that students who have it will be able to get different discounts at select vendors.”

Spiwak said her next step is to attend the next Farmers’ Market and meet with the vendors to create a comprehensive list of who is on board with the project and the types of discounts to be offered.

“This card will be able to be used at any Saturday [Peterborough] Farmers’ Market, it will also extend to the summer.

We’re going to do a trial period,” she said.

“Then we’ll readjust the project, see how it works, see if we can get more vendors on, et cetera.”

New guide books for Trent clubs In the Vice President University and College Affairs Report, TCSA Vice President Mayra Asmar noted that a new guidebook for Trent University clubs has been mostly completed.

“What this is everything that clubs need to know, so in terms of what is available for funding, how do you open a bank account, where to book your rooms,” said Asmar, adding that all that is left to complete before sending the guidebook out is some formatting of the content.

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Below is Sustainable Trent’s faculty open letter for divestment, which garnered over 30 signatures An Open Letter to Trent President Leo Groarke and Board of Governors, Climate change is a very real and serious issue; extreme weather events, rising sea levels, crop failures, fresh water shortages, ocean acidification and species extinction are all examples of this. To avoid the worst impacts of climate change we need to make the switch from fossil fuels to renewables as quickly as possible. Currently, Trent’s investments in the fossil fuel industry are not aligned with our school’s Mission Statement to “Foster sustainability, in its environmental, social and economic dimensions, on our campuses and in all aspects of our work.” These investments are also undermining our reputation as a leader in environmental sustainability among Canadian universities. As a faculty member at Trent University, I support Sustainable Trent’s proposal to immediately freeze any new investment in fossil fuel companies, and to divest from direct ownership and from any commingled funds that include fossil fuel public equities and corporate bonds within five years. To not divest from fossil fuels would be to betray the students at this school, who deserve a future that is not defined by climate change catastrophe.

Signed, 1. Roger Lohmann, Associate Professor of An- 12. Stephen Homer, CUPE Course Instructor, thropology: Business Administration “Investing in unsustainable and polluting in“The right thing to do, and a good way for us dustries like fossil fuels is a losing game for to get attention for living our values (talking all concerned, not least the investors and our about free media attention here).” security. Do the right thing in Trent’s name by shifting our energy investments to renew- 13. Michael Fox, Professor of ERS/Biology ables.”

14. Jacqueline Solway, Professor of Internation2. Stephanie Rutherford, Assistant Professor of al Development Studies and Anthropology Environmental and Resource Studies 15. Winnie Lem, Professor of International De3. Alan Slavin, Professor Emeritus of Physics velopment Studies and Astronomy: “An international restriction on fossil fuels 16. Ian Attridge, Course Instructor, Environmust be established in the near future to pro- mental and Resource Studies tect the climate, just as the international agree“These are important steps towards achieving ment to eliminate CFC’s in the 1980’s protected a sustainable community and addressing funthe ozone layer which shields us from harmful damental challenges in our national energy ultraviolet radiation. When this occurs, the and economic systems. The Board has a broad value of shares in the fossil-fuel industry will fiduciary duty to anticipate and plan for these decline rapidly. Divesting now is good fiscal challenges. The recent falling price of oil and policy as well as moral policy.” growing environmental and social impacts of climate change point again to the need for a 4. Helen Haines, Assistant Professor (LTA) of more responsible path of change, including Anthropology this phased, reasoned divestment strategy.

Such a direction will attract positive attention 5. Raymond Dart, Director of Business Adminto Trent University and its leading edge proistration: grams.”

“We can show leadership here, in line with the institution that we want to be.”

17. Susan Wurtele, Associate Professor, Department of Geography 6. Kelly McGuire, Associate Professor of English 18. John Bishop, Professor, Business Adminis7. Christine Freeman-Roth, CUPE Faculty, De- tration and Sustainability Studies partment of Philosophy “It is disheartening to teach in the areas of business ethics, justice and capitalism, and 8. Jeff Adams, Assistant Professor of Psychology sustainability at a University that still invests in fossil fuel.”

9. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, Professor and Chair of International Development Studies: 19. Frederick Helleiner, Professor Emeritus of “There can be no doubt that climate change Geography is the defining issue of our times. Reversing “Those of us who have for years preached enclimate change will require a global effort vironmental prudence and individual action that starts in the everyday acts of individuals to sustain the environment would be hypoand institutions. They will be required to dracritical not to support action by the Board of matically cut their usage of hydrocarbons and Governors to divest its investments from firms switch to more sustainable energy sources. As producing fossil fuels. As a beneficiary of the a University that prides itself on its environpension plan, I recognize the potential for a mental stewardship, it is critical that the Unishort-term reduction in my pension but am versity take a lead on this matter.” willing to make such a small sacrifice in order to ease my conscience.”

10. Feyzi Baban, Associate Professor of International Development Studies and Political Studies 20. Jim Conley, Associate Professor of Sociology 11. Chris Beyers, Associate Professor of International Development Studies

21. Stephen Smith, CUPE 3908 “We have to be leaders in this area.”

22. James Schaefer, Professor of Biology, Director of Environmental and Life Sciences Program 23. Erica Nol, Professor of Biology “While I understand the difficulties in divesting completely from fossil fuel related industries, and the difficulty in personally reducing my own consumption of fossil fuels, it is clearly the responsible approach for our future world. I appreciate the phased in approach to undertaking this challenge.”

24. Marguerite Xenopoulos, Professor of Biology “Trent University has been a leader in the Environment since its inception 50 years ago.

Let’s keep it that way.”

25. Jocelyn Williams, Associate Professor of Anthropology 26. Momin Rahman, Associate Professor of Sociology 27. Finis Dunaway, Associate Professor of History 28. Moira Howes, Associate Professor of Philosophy 29. Paul Manning, Associate Professor of Anthropology “I endorse this initiative. Aside from the fact that it is the only sane possible approach to sustainable investment, and doing otherwise would be literally insane and completely economically irrational by any standards, it is particularly essential for a university like Trent that sometimes trumpets its “Green” credentials and programs in sustainable agriculture to not put its foundation money where the University’s intellectual brand is.”

30. Dave Patton, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy “There is clear consensus among scientists that the use of fossil fuels is driving climate change, but many in society are much less certain of this. I would like to see Trent lead by example in the shift away from fossil fuels.”

31. Dennis Murray, Professor of Biology and Canada Research Chair 32. Gyles Iannone, Associate Professor of Anthropology

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Trent announces new interdisciplanary Masters of Education

By Ayesha Barmania

In July 2015, the School of Education and Professional Learning at Trent will be welcoming the inaugural class of graduate students who will be completing a Master’s of Education program (M.Ed.).

The Master’s of Education is a two-year part-time program that is geared toward professionals of various fields looking to further their career into the field of education.

The part-time aspect of the program will allow students to remain in the workforce while studying. Says Dr. Cathy Bruce, the program’s director, “It’s intended for people in the Greater Peterborough Area, and you could be working while taking the program.”

This program has been in the works since 2007 and is on course with Trent’s vision to expand into professional education programs. The program will be fulfilling a niche market in the region.

The School of Education conducted two surveys to assess the needs of potential students and found that there was a group of individuals looking to learn about education while still working.

There are many Master’s of Education programs in the province which Trent will be joining the ranks of, but the school hopes to sell its own on the aspects of geo-

graphic convenience, interdisciplinary pedagogy, and the uniquely Trent experience.

The School of Education hopes to attract students from a diverse background and with a range of interests. The program will give the skills necessary for professionals with a wealth of prior knowledge, learn about education, and grow in those directions.

Dr. Bruce hopes to have an interdisciplinary composition of students in the program.

“We could have trainers of doctors who are trying to become educators and learn

about pedagogy and how to engage others effectively,” she says. “We could have historians among other professions. It could be a real range.”

In order to accommodate the range of interests in students and working in the lines of Trent’s interdisciplinary tradition, the Master’s of Education draws on faculty of many departments. Psychology, Business Administration, and Indigenous Studies among others are represented in the M.Ed. faculty.

Bruce states that the program wishes to impart knowledge of environmental and social justice issues in this way.

It features three options for study: course only, research based, and research thesis. In each of these options students will take three mandatory courses, two of which will be completed during the summer months.

The course-only students will complete seven elective courses in addition to this, while the research based students will do five electives in addition to the three mandatory as well as a major research paper.

Finally, students completing the research thesis program will do the three mandatory courses, three electives, and a research thesis.

Expansion into this area comes with some reservations from the Ministry of Education at the Province of Ontario, who remarked in the Strategic Mandate agreement that they were concerned there was a surplus of education programs in Ontario.

Trent University, basing their data on independent surveys conducted over the past few years, is forging ahead to service the proclaimed needs of the community.

This comes at a time when enrollment in Arts programs is falling and the professional programs are becoming more popular.

With the creation of the Centre for Teaching and Learning only a few months ago, it is clear that education studies at Trent is building quickly.

MPP Jeff Leal announces new Aboriginal Transition Program at Trent

By Jack Smye

Jeff Leal, the Peterborough MPP for the Provincial Liberal Party, made an appearance at Trent University on Friday January 16 to announce provincial support for a Trent project called the Summer Aboriginal Student Transition Program.

The project will also be known as Biishkaa, which is Ojibway for Rise Up, and will take place during the three weeks before university and college classes start and will reach out to young Aboriginal students transitioning from secondary to post-secondary education.

Biishkaa will attempt to create a support network that features Indigenous knowledge, skills building, mentorship, living on and learning from the land, experiential learning, individual success plans, workshops and healing circles, Elders and traditional teaching, and orientation to the institutions for first nations.

The project will be developed in partnership with Fleming College, Hiawatha First Nation, Curve Lake First Nation, and Niijkiwendidaa Anishnaabekwewag Services Circle.

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Leal was joined in the Gathering Space at Peter Gzowski College on Friday by Dr. Leo Groarke, President of Trent University; Dr. Tony Tilly, President of Fleming College; and Adam Hopkins, Acting Director for the First Peoples House of Learning to make the announcement.

The Ontario Provincial Government is investing $310,915.00 over two years into the innovative program. The funding will be coming from the Ontario Government’s Mental Health and Addictions Strategy. As of now, the program will be two years to evaluate success.

According to Adam Hopkins, “It’s actually a pretty innovative program that we’ve applied for. It’s a two-year run and we’re really excited about the implications of what this means for not just students at Trent, but Fleming as well.”

He continued, “It’s really built from the ground up, with both our Indigenous knowledge and Aboriginal learners in mind – which kind of really goes against the traditional dynamics. That basically means that we’ve received the flexibility to make sure the program meets the learners

needs as opposed to making them fit what we already offer.”

While this program is innovative in its design, similar transition programs do already exist in Ontario and Canada. Simon Fraser University, the University of Toronto, the University of Alberta, and the University of Victoria all have full-year transition programs for Aboriginal students, for instance.

The reason these programs exist is because of the numerous barriers that exist for Aboriginal students seeking post-secondary education in Canada today.

According to research conducted by The International Indigenous Policy Journal (IIPJ), these barriers include inadequate financial resources, poor academic preparation, an absence of role-models that have post-secondary education, lack of understanding of Aboriginal culture on campus, racism on campus, and finally, a very jaded history of forced assimilation through non-Aboriginal educational institutions and residential schools.

These barriers are reflected by the amount of First Nations that have attended or are attending university or college.

According to a study conducted by Queen’s University in 2011, Aboriginal people are quite significantly under-represented on campuses in Canada. The study

showed that only one in 33 Aboriginals will get a post-secondary degree as opposed to one in five for the rest of Canadians.

Another study by the IIPJ showed that only 39% of Aboriginal people between the ages of 25 and 64 have graduated from some form of post-secondary education, compared to the overall Canadian attainment level of 54%.

Aboriginals are the fastest growing demographic group in Canada, growing almost five times faster than the rate of other Canadians. It’s estimated that by 2017, Aboriginal people between the ages of 20 and 29 (post-secondary age) will have increased roughly 40% from the time of the Queen’s study, which has led to a call for government action to vastly improve education accessibility for First Nations.

Trent University has taken on the project to help with this very real problem in Canada, and according to Trent President Leo Groarke, “Trent University prides itself on being a leader and innovator in Indigenous education so it is fitting that we are launching this program with our partners in the region.”

He continued, “This grant will enable Trent to build a program focused on identifying individual and cultural strengths that lead to success and personal well-being for generations of future students.”

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TISA Thanksgiving a success; dinner to be held on January 24

By Georgy Peregudov

The Canadian Thanksgiving can be observed the second Monday of October, however many people opt to spend 3 days in a row and have a long weekend.

The first notion of Thanksgiving in Canada dates back to 1578, when the English seaman and explorer Martin Frobisher made three voyages to the New World to look for Northwest Passage through Canada. He held his Thankgiving celebration for the survival of his brave crew through ‘the perils of storms and icebergs’ .

Samuel de Champlain in the early 17th century celebrated a plenteous harvest as

well. The French colonists had long continued feasts, when they even devoted some yield to the indigenous peoples of the area.

New settlers from Ireland, Scotland, Germany, and other countries contributed to the tradition of Thanksgiving arriving and bringing parts of their cultures here.

In the fall of 2014, Trent International Student Association (TISA) held a Thanksgiving dinner for both Canadian and International students at Trent. When I came in the room at Sadleir House, organizers from TISA (president Jessica Rogers, vice president Maqsoodah Beegun (who kindly gave me an interview), secretary Christiana Newling, director of finance Adriana Sierra,

first year rep Sancha Reynolds, and director of publicity Olga Kuznietsova.

The girls ran everywhere back and forth trying to organize the crowd. Some students who looked shy fluently started to chat about their different student things. Everyone looked excited and two things grabbed my attention.

The first thing was that there were so many students from Canada. Before, I heard so many stories about how Thanksgiving is great, but… I had no invitation to take part in it. It was once like some secret ritual to me. As if it was something not meant for me as an international student, but more just for Canadian students with

families. What I saw there showed me that this was not true. Not true at all, seriously.

The second thing was that the tables were covered by large pieces of paper and there were drawing crayons. I could not resist and drew a ship on one piece of paper - remember Martin Frobisher? I thought that many people around me were already students at the university, which means that they already started a life-long independent voyage though cold storms and icebergs of life with ups and downs. Few really succeed, few really fail. However, all need some warmth, friendly talk, or a piece of advice and that was the time and place to get that!

Maqsoodah (TISA vice-president) said to me that international students should experience real Canadian Thanksgiving and so far she knows TISA has been holding such dinners every year. She said that it can be a great tradition for students to see Thanksgiving as a tradition for everyone.

Well, I agree that Thanksgiving has been a great experience here in Canada!

After reading the main part of the article you may have questions such as: what is the point of this article for me right now?

I think I have good answer for you. January 24, 2015 at the Great Hall in Champlain, TISA has another dinner. International clubs under TISA will make original foods from their different parts of the world.

I do not know whether it shall be a disaster or super success. What does it matter, you will have positive emotions and fun if you join those incredible people there!

Tickets (adults) are $15, (children 12 and under) are $10. Big talkers and eaters both are welcomed because there will be a lot of people and tasty, appetizing, palatable, nutty, yummy food.

Community Movements Conference presents: The New Extractivism

By Renzo Costa

The Community Movements Conference organized by the Student Association for International Development (SAID) is taking place on January 30, 31 and February 1.

For the eighth year, the Community movements Conference is organizing one of the most anticipated and relevant student-run conferences in Canada. The conference is open to all members of the community. Registration for the conference includes full access to all workshops and keynote speakers as well as all meals throughout the weekend.

Members of the organizing committee expressed pride in the fact that the conference will have local, national and international speakers and will address an extremely pressing issues. The aim of the Community Movements Conference is to provide a forum for discussion on a current issue in a way that is relevant for students and Peterborough community members.

Bhekumusa Khumalo, a member of the organizing committee, argued that the conference provides a platform to discuss and look to better the social, political, economic and environmental issues we face as a community of people on both a local and global scale.

He also agreed that the greatest strength of the conference is that it is student run and as a result provides students with a sense of belonging and greater responsibility. Another important strength is that the conference will have workshops and speakers that possess a high academic and professional level.

This year’s topic is The New Extractivism. Adriana Sierra, a member of the or-

ganizing committee, expressed that the topic was selected based on James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer’s most recent book, which explores the dilemma faced by many governments in light of the economic recession: to pursue, or not, a development strategy through the extraction of resources despite their social and environmental costs.

Sierra furthermore stated that the topic of the conference “is not only relevant in the global scope, as it frames the issue of resource extraction by juxtaposing pressing environmental concerns and capitalist economic growth in the context of recent economic conditions, but is also highly relevant to Canada as a nation with a primarily resource-based economy.”

Workshops during the conference will analyze the New Extractivism through dif-

ferent perspectives and case studies including examples from Mongolia, Honduras, and Canada.

In terms of how the conference serves the local community, Sierra agreed “it serves the Trent Community in that it enhances students’ academic experience outside the classroom by enabling discussion and workshops that involve a variety of perspectives on a current issue.”

In addition, she added, the conference provides a space for interaction between students, Peterborough community members, NGOs, and academia, allowing for a rich environment geared towards learning, networking, and a multidisciplinary approach to The New Extractivism.

The conference is an excellent opportunity to engage in interactive learning outside the classroom. It will provide high-

level interdisciplinary discussions that will certainly enrich participant’s perspectives.

Assisting to the conference will also allow making important contacts and connections with members of the local community as well as visitors from abroad. The conference is open to all community members from all academic and professional backgrounds.

As Khumalo asserted, the conference would be highly recommended as “it encapsulates everything that Trent stands for in regards to strong student-faculty relations and an emphasis on students taking steps in challenging the issues that exist in our world today.”

More information can be found at the Trent Community Movements Conference Facebook page and at SAID’s website: http://saidtrentu.webs.com

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CAMPUS

Late grade release date leaves students feeling frustrated

By Jack Smye

A portion of students at Trent University have been expressing frustration at having their fall term grades not released until Monday, January 5 of this year.

Historically, fall term university grades are released by the Registrar’s Office after the holiday break, and last year they were released the second working day in the New Year.

This year, however, grades were actually released the first working day - which fell on a Monday. Being that classes started on the Wednesday of the same week, students were unfortunately only given a grace period of two days to analyze their academic standing before the new semester.

In anticipation of this, the Office of the Registrar (for the first time ever) published when grades would be released prior to the holiday break. Still, it turned out that a two day period between the release and the second semester wasn’t enough for some students.

While some argue that this is not that significant, others have come forward and said that the late release has directly affected their ability to properly plan for the new semester.

Issues have been raised about a graduating student, for instance, who needs to know their academic standing in order to decide whether or not they have to retake a class.

Other issues arise with students who may need to change around their schedule based on how they did in certain classes, and other students have brought up issues regarding scholarships and bursaries.

Other students have also indicated that this has caused undue stress and uncertainty heading into the new

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semester, and many have also said that their first week back has been unnecessarily hectic due to the late release.

A fourth year sociology student, who wished to remain anonymous, commented on the matter.

“It’s annoying and I think it’s typical of Trent. I was stressing the entire break about my grades and it’s not right that I didn’t know how I did until [January 5].

It’s not really fair for students who care and pay so much for their education to have to go through this type of needless stress and worry. School is stressful enough.”

They continued, “I don’t really think it’s acceptable for a University to do this either, all my friends at other schools had

their grades back for a while now. Trent just dropped the ball.”

Tracy Al-idrissi, from the Office of the Registrar, expressed an understanding for the frustration that some students felt, but also noted that “…staff from the Registrar’s Office worked over the holiday break to ensure that grades could be released to students on the first working day after the break, January 5.”

It was a 16 day period from the last day of exams to the marks being posted. During this time, final marks are calculated by professors and submitted electronically to be approved by the Chairs of their departments. Once all the grades are verified, the Registrar’s Office is able to release grades to the students.

A teaching assistant, who chose to

remain anonymous, said that grades are almost always submitted to the chair of the department before professors even leave for break.

One professor also added that, “It’s up to the school to get students their marks.

[Professors and Teaching Assistants] usually get grades submitted the day after the exam. It’s up to the departments to officially release them.”

While there are some who argue that this isn’t a big deal and that the turnaround was quick enough, especially considering that administrative staff were working over the holiday break, another portion of students seemingly found this delay to be extremely frustrating and not acceptable conduct on the University’s part.

LocalPages Column: A booklover’s guide to Peterborough’s bookstores

By Brian Hough

With six used bookstores located conveniently in the downtown core, Peterborough is a great place for book lovers looking to build their own personal libraries on the cheap. This weekly column will be a guide with weekly picks and suggestions for literary treasure hunters.

Thea’s Books and Violins (Water street): This place looks exactly like you’d expect a used bookstore to look if it were to appear in a movie or in some urban fantasy story.

Located in the science fiction section you’ll find William Hope Hodgson’s novel of high seas horror The Boats of Glen Carrig ($7). Hodgson is one of Lovecraft’s more underrated contemporaries and a pioneer of modern horror and speculative fiction. Hodgson doesn’t come around Peterborough often so its always great to snag a copy while you can.

In the foreign literature in translation section you’ll find The Makioka Sisters ($10), a novel about WW2 Japan by acclaimed 20th century author Junichuro Tanizaki. There is also one of my all time favourite short story collections: Tadeusz Borowski’s haunting and powerful This Way For The Gas, Ladies And Gentleman ($8) which is based on his experiences during the Holocaust.

Dixon’s (Water Street): While a great place to go for comic books, personally I tend to gravitate to Dixon’s for low cost works in the Western canon, cheap Canlit, and small but inexpensive selection of contemporary literary fiction.

On a carousel near the classics section sits Cormac McCarthy (author of The Road, No Country For Old Men) with All The Pretty Horses and The Crossing ($5.95 each). Meanwhile, over in the Canlit section look for Anne Hebert’s Kamouraska ($2.50, multiple copies). Set in 19th century French-Canada, this novel of a love triangle and murder stylistically recalls Faulkner and presages Munro. It is a great reminder of the depth of Canadian women’s writing.

Speaking of which, you’ll also find famed Canadian painter Emily Carr’s autobiography: Growing Pains ($3.95).

Scholar’s Bookstore (Water Street): A short detached shelf near the fiction section contains a great collection of folk and fairy tales called, appropriately Folk and Fairy Tales 3rd Edition ($12).

Personally, however, my favourite place to browse in Scholar’s is a carousel of $3 books in the back that always has a few great selections in it. Look for Virginia Woolf ’s Between The Acts and Ehrhart’s Carrying The Darkness: The Poetry Of The Vietnam War. For history buffs this carousel also has a really great selection of Penguin paperback history books (particularly on English history).

Books And Things (Water Street): Look to your left as you enter and you’ll find Conan: The Barbarian creator and

legendary fantasy writer Robert E. Howard in droves each marked at $2.

Also make sure to stop by the Canlit fiction towards the back. I don’t know how they do it but Books and Things is always well-stocked with selections from Canada’s first, only, and long-overdue Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro. Selected Stories ($12) is there in hardcover and you can also find paperback editions of Moons Of Jupiter, Something I’ve Been Meaning To Tell You, Friend Of My Youth, and The Progress Of Love ($4 each).

On the side of that shelf, you’ll find a carousel. Check its bottom racks for Gabriel Garcia Marquz’s brilliant piece of journalistic non-fiction News Of A Kidnapping ($10.50) about the series of kidnappings in the early ‘90’s by the Medellin Cartel and narco-terrorist Pablo Escobar in Marquez’s native Colombia.

Mark Jokinen’s (George Street near King): One of my favourite things about Mark’s is the extensive and well-organized selection of World Literature, conveniently organized by linguistic and geographic regions. With a sale of ‘buy two get a third for free’ (the free book being the lowest priced) now is a great time to partake in the great ‘dialogue of World Literature’ that Goethe envisioned.

There is one section in particular with shelves dedicated to (in order from the top)- German, Nordic, Italian, African, Indian, Arabic and Others, Chinese and Japanese Literature(s) (note: the Indian section should probably be read as ‘Indian and Subcontinent’ and the African as ‘African and Caribbean’). This is probably my favourite nook to browse in the city and is always a goldmine.

In the Nordic Lit. section find Sigrid Undset’s (first female winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928) historical fiction trilogy Kristin Lavransdatter (all three parts together for $15). Set against the backdrop of the Scandinavian Middle Ages, this trilogy was renown for both its stark realism in its depiction of the era and its frank depictions of sex and, in particular, female sexuality.

Below, in the African Lit. section, sits West Indes writer Robert Antoni’s My Grandmother’s Erotic Folk Tales ($9.50).

Knotaknew (George Street and Sherbrooke Street crossing): Knotaknew has a fantastic collection of Speculative Fiction, although you may have to do some searching as rows are often stacked in front of other rows. Around 20 different titles from Isaac Aasimov are availble for $4 or less (most of them for $3.50) and you’ll also find Max Brooks’ Zombie Survival Guide ($7.50) stacked on top the shelf.

In its fiction section look, fans of the Netflix series will find Piper Kerman’s Orange Is The New Black ($7.50).

There’s also a really great section of paperbacks near the cash register. There is a really great (and small) copy of Nigerian magical realist Ben Okri’s Birds Of Heaven ($0.95) which is about 60 pages of aphorisms and essays on life and literature.

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artspage James Burrows’ album Paradise Cinema is a road trip

By Caleigh Boyle

Trent University graduate and former Arthur editor, James Burrows, is soon to release his first studio album “Paradise Cinema”.

After graduating from Trent University, Burrows went on to York University to do his Masters. There he quickly learned that music was the road for him, and he has been on it ever since.

“I found myself in a program that wasn’t really right for me,” says Burrows.

After leaving York University, Burrows spent some time touring around North America with his wife after she released her first album.

Having toured with his partner playing folk music, he figured out what he wanted to do with his own music. “What I wanted to do was add a dancier element to the story-telling that is really strong in the folk community.”

Burrows then spent some time in Brooklyn, New York where he recorded his first studio album at Galaxy Smith Studios. This album came with a new sound; rock, taking some elements of folk and leaving the rest on the pavement.

Burrows explains that the idea behind his album is based around where a lot of our generation is, the spectrum ranging from being stuck in a program that isn’t right, to having to move home to live with our parents, which for so many has become a reality.

The writing for the album happened in two parts, “Half the songs I had since I was at Trent, and then when I got to the studio in New York I started writing in the studio.”

Having only 10 days in the studio, Burrows and his team started recording in September of 2013. The album was then mixed and mastered this past summer

and into the fall, and will be released in full in April 2015, followed by a Canadian tour come the summer.

Later this month, Burrows will be releasing a single off of Paradise Cinema followed by the full release of the album sometime in April. But if you can’t wait until April to hear the full album, Burrows will be playing a live show at The Garnet on Hunter St on Saturday January 24 at 10pm!

Burrows began writing songs while he was still in high school, often skipping class to practice and play the guitar. “In the back of my mind I always thought I would get to music, I just didn’t know when… My father gave me a Beatles guitar book when I was in grade nine and I taught myself how to play.”

Burrows was looking for something to do and that was how he learned how to play. “Skipping school can be really productive,” he jokes.

It can be so easy to lose sight of our passions, but it’s important to remember that if you aren’t learning what you want to learn where you are, you should learn it somewhere else.

“I’ve been writing songs about my family and my road trips on the road and they just kind of came together in a way that made me feel like there was something to tell,” explains Burrows.

When talking about Paradise Cinema, Burrows never talked about the songs but rather he called the album a story, each “song” a part of the bigger story. “The stories on the album are basically stories about people who are stuck between two relatively terrible options and what they do and how they work their way though it.”

Having moved around a lot, Burrows found the base of his stories. This album is not just a collection of random songs; this

album is a journey. Burrows’ idea of writing a story and putting it to music brings an element to the album that is not always present in other music.

Paradise Cinema is not an album of singles; it is a road trip. Burrows has created a piece of art that is cohesive as a whole, allowing the listeners to see the world, for

a moment, through the eyes of someone else, only to learn they are seeing the same thing.

To hear some of James Burrows music check out his website: www.jamesburrowsmusic.com and remember to visit him out at The Garnet on January 24 at 10pm to hear him play live.

And now for something completely different: Trent Radio Reads

By Brian Hough

On Monday, January 26, Trent Radio will be taking a break from its regularly scheduled programming to present an all-day event: Trent Radio Reads.

Says Trent Radio Programme Director, James Kerr, “Every once in a while we like to suspend regular programming, give everyone the day off and put up a signup sheet for an event day on a particular topic. It’s something that we’re going to do

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once a month in the spring season. This month it’s going to be Trent Radio Reads.”

More than just promotional events, these event days are intended to strengthen the bonds both within the Trent Radio community as well as between Trent Radio and the local community.

Continues Kerr, “It’s a chance for programmers and community members to get together in a different way.

“Because we have more than a hundred programmers most of our programmers

don’t really get a chance to see any of the other programmers, except those that come immediately before or after them and the people that supervise them. So, as far as they can see, there are only seven people at Trent Radio.”

He also adds, “Its also a chance to get people in who don’t normally program, or who only program irregularly, so perhaps they used to have a program and no longer do, it allows them to jump on in at a special time on a special topic.”

It also gives people who have never been involved with Trent Radio a chance to do so, says Kerr.

In keeping with Trent Radio’s producer-oriented radio mandate, programmers for Trent Radio Reads will be reading from works of their choice, whether they be original works, personal favourites or even public texts (according to Kerr, “one fellow even wants to read the Facebook User Agreement on the air”).

As of the interview there were 10 people who had signed up for at least a full hour, although those times may be shortened if more people sign up.

Kerr also said that he expects it to be pretty full by the time this issue of the Arthur makes newsstands, so it will be too late for people to sign up to participate in this event.

However, for future events the signup sheets are kept in the front hallway of Trent Radio.

According to Kerr, Trent Radio will also be hosting a “Geek Day” in February and a “History” day in March. Anyone interested in participating in those events is encouraged to sign-up and should keep an eye on Trent Radio’s Facebook page and website (trentradio.ca) for more info.

Because of the shifting nature of this event, final programming schedules won’t be released until sometime around the day of.

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Theatre Review: ASTC’s The Pillowman never really wakes up

By Simon Semchuck

Last weekend, the Anne Shirley Theatre Company (ASTC) had its latest foray into straight theatre. The Pillowman is the story of a short story writer incarcerated when his tales start being acted out. Set in a totalitarian dystopia, Katurian Katurian writes mostly about children being horribly physically abused, from maiming, to torture, to murder.

The inspiration for his dark stories comes from his own past as his parents took his older brother Michal and locked him in a room and tortured him for seven years, which Katurian heard through

the wall of his bedroom. When he finds Michal, mentally disabled from either before or because of his parents’ torture, Katurian smothers his parents with a pillow.

The supposedly good-cop Detective Tupolski and supposedly bad-cop Ariel question Katurian about the murders of two children and the disappearance of another, about which he knows nothing.

Ariel then forces Michal to admit to the murders, but when Katurian is thrown into a cell with his brother, he discovers that Michal actually committed them. As Katurian told his brother the stories he

wrote, Michal decided he wanted to see if they were as extravagant as they seemed.

Katurian then smothers his brother and claims the murders of the three children as his own as well as admitting to the murders of his parents and brother under the condition that his stories will not be burned. But the last little girl is found still alive and as Tupolski and Ariel question him further, they realize he is not at fault for the child murders. He is of course still executed for the murders of his family.

In director and president of ASTC Dane Shumak’s note in the program, he stated that “The Pillowman is an immensely difficult, dark and atmospheric black comedy that starkly examines what is difficult about art, writing, and drama and forces the audience to confront it head on.”

The main philosophical issues presented in the play include the responsibility of storytellers, whether stories need a driving meaning, and the misinterpretation of stories. Unfortunately, however, these ideas were wrapped together with two dimensional characters, vague backstories, and a totalitarian setting that was never truly established. A few vague references to a “Commandant” do not a dystopia make.

Michal’s character, which could have had immense emotional depth, was handicapped by making him into the mentally disabled murderer, a cliché which could be explored through the script, but ultimately wasn’t. Rather, he was set up as a comic foil as opposed to a real human being. The same goes for Tu-

polski and Ariel, who are given only minor backstories instead of real character development.

So how did the cast fair when saddled with a script of questionable quality?

Benjamin Harrison as Katurian, the main character who is explicitly a storyteller, committed the worst sin of theatre: he was boring. During his story monologues, he spoke too fast and with few vocal dynamics. His acting also felt like minor vignettes – he did not build up a character, but simply strung together moments of nervousness, anger, and fear.

Karsten Skeries as Tupolski had good comedic timing and a strong presence, but did not feel like a dynamic character.

Kinshuk Matta as Ariel was two-note, veering between a lack lustre angry and moments of real poignancy.

Peter Del Villano as Michal showed himself as a strong physical and comedic actor but did not delve into the emotional core of his character, though again he was hampered by a script that did not give much to this side of Michal.

Bradley Fess as the Father and Callie Helgason as the Mother were strong for the small parts they got, particularly Fess’s physical energy when Katurian smothers the Father. I would have liked to see their characters do more in the scenes they were given.

Ultimately The Pillowman suffered from two-dimensional characters, but Shumak could have done more with movement and using the stage.

In the end, The Pillowman, instead of eliciting fear and laughter, simply put me to sleep.

MovieReview:AmericanSniper-EastwoodtacklesthelifeofSEALChrisKyle

By Brian Lukaszewicz

American Sniper is gruesome, complex, and morally ambiguous. It’s disturbing in a way that’ll leave you uncomfortable, like you want to look away but can’t. In short, it’s a chilling portrait of war. Maybe that’s exactly the way it should be.

Based on the memoirs of Chris Kyle (played by Bradley Cooper), who at 160 confirmed kills was the deadliest sniper in US history, American Sniper isn’t so much a story as it is an exploration of the man affectionately dubbed ‘The Legend’ by his compatriots.

The structure itself is loose. We follow Kyle from childhood through to his enlistment in the Navy and his four tours in Iraq. There’s no overarching narrative here, save for a feigned attempt to create a rivalry between Kyle and an enemy sniper.

The movie embraces the sort of randomness one would expect in a true story. For the most part it’s just a collection of Kyle’s experiences in Iraq.

The true arc – expressed excruciatingly well by Cooper, who deserved that Oscar nomination he got on Thursday – is within Kyle, and how he processes and struggles with his experience in the war.

For his part, Chris Kyle is a man who thinks in black and white. To him there is good and evil, and not much room in between. He’s an avid supporter of the war in Iraq and routinely calls the people there “savages”. He doesn’t understand some of his fellow SEALs who’ve become disillusioned with the United States involvement in the region.

Yet despite all his conviction, Kyle is still clearly conflicted, not only by his experiences in combat – the men he couldn’t

save so to speak – but by the oftentimes impossible decisions he’s forced to make in the heat of battle.

Throughout it all, you never get the sense that director Clint Eastwood is serving any particular agenda, pro- or anti-war. He seems content to just portray Kyle’s experiences on the screen, no matter how difficult or morally complicated they may be, and let the audience take from that what they may. The action is tense, the consequences of failure are horrific, and every day the realities of a place like Iraq eat away at the soul. That’s enough for Eastwood.

Of course, that style does have its drawbacks. The scattered nature of the script sometimes means that certain develop-

ments feel abrupt or underexplored. Part of that could have been a desire to stick to Kyle’s memoirs – to leave it to just what it was on the page – but given the overall attention paid to his psychological states there were times where it felt like his mindset from point A to point B came with little explanation. This was particularly true of the end of the film, which somewhat glossed over the details of Kyle’s recovery.

Likewise, the dates of certain events are often difficult to track, the only temporal references being which tour Chris is on or the age of his children. Kyle is a guy who’s been at war for a very long time.

That’s important and for the most part it’s evident. But how long is never quite clear,

and it feels like that information could have been valuable.

Regardless, American Sniper is a thoughtful depiction of the effects that war can have on the life of a soldier and the difficulties some face coming home.

Late in the movie, Kyle sits in a bar having just arrived back in the States, unable to return to his family.

Maybe he feels he can’t relate to them anymore, that they’re better off without him. Maybe he feels guilt over not being back in that warzone, saving more of his fellow soldiers. Either way, if you can watch that scene unfold without feeling a tad bit heartbroken, you’re a tougher person than I am.

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Opinionpage Editorial: The difference between Editorial: Inform yourself and be a collegiate university and Trent heard about the student centre

By Matthew Rappolt

In Professor Tom Symons’ inaugural address at the opening of Trent University in 1964 he declared that “The philosophy of our University is… reflected in the decision that Trent should be a collegiate university.” There is one word in that statement that I think can explain the decline of the colleges at Trent. That word is decision.

You see, Professor Symons and the founders of Trent understood that in order to be a collegiate university, especially in a country in which collegiate universities are the exception rather than the norm, you have to have people in positions of power who are committed to the ideals and values of the college system. In other words, as an institution you have to constantly decide that you want to be a collegiate university.

In this respect, the issue that hampers the colleges at Trent University is that the school has stopped deciding that it is a collegiate university. And while we still have our individual colleges, we have lost the essence of what it means to be truly collegiate.

In a collegiate university the colleges should the defining feature of the school, part of its core identity and its physical, administrative, philosophical, and pedagogical make-up. At Trent, the colleges have become peripheral and, to be frank, largely unnecessary; they are viewed more as an effective marketing gimmick than as a core aspect of the school’s identity.

In a collegiate university, the administration and those in power must be constantly looking at situations through a collegiate lens and acting with the explicit goal of reinforcing and reaffirming the university’s collegiate

Letters to the Editors PRHC upcoming board meeting a chance to air concerns A member of the Peterborough Health Coalition recently mentioned that when he first came to Peterborough local people were speaking of “our hospitals” with a sense of pride and ownership. He no longer hears such comments.

Recently, due to unexplained senior staff dismissals and rumours about the discovery of unrecorded funds, there has been a lot of public uncertainty about what is happening at the remaining facility: PRHC. The Hospital Board faces challenges as it deals with making decisions and releasing information.

The next Board meeting on January 28 will deal with some of these concerns. If you would like to become more involved in the hospital and more informed about policy and funding decisions you would be welcome to attend this meeting and indicate your willingness to be involved.

One imminent decision will be how to invest unallocated funds -- reportedly approximately $57 million -- and whether the first priority for spending should be infrastructure or patient care and services.

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ideals. This means treating the college system as the philosophic cornerstone of the school and building the the physical and administrative structures around that.

This type of mentality has not been seen at Trent for decades. The administration’s decision to sell off of Peter Robinson College in 2001, its refusal to build specified common rooms into Gzowski College in 2004, its selling off of Traill’s undergraduate residences in 2007, and the ongoing construction of the noncollegiate private residences are all relatively recent examples of how Trent has chosen to spurn its collegiate identity for mediocrity and the easy way out.

Even today, the administration and the TCSA are pushing ahead with plans for a centralized student centre in the heart of Symons Campus, one that many community members have warned further undermine the role of the colleges as essential parts of the student and university community.

Looking forward, if there is a way that Trent can strengthen (or even save) its college system the university as a whole must choose to once again commit itself to becoming a true collegiate institution.

This would necessitate taking a hard look at at every facet of the school and making difficult decisions about the kinds of programs, services, and structures that we want to have.

Above all, it would mean confronting the bare fact that we are no longer a collegiate university and that to become one requires a clear institutional choice, one that must be made and then constantly reaffirmed by the actions those in positions of power. This, in my view, is the only way to save Trent’s college system.

If you are interested in becoming more involved and working toward re-establishing better communication and cooperative decision-making between the hospital and the community please try to attend this important meeting which will take place at the hospital in Room W5901 starting promptly at 6 p.m. on January 28.

Thank you, carol winter

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By Pat Reddick

While it made a big splash at the start of the year, not much happened regarding the TCSA’s Student Centre project for most of the first term.

This changed three days after Arthur’s last paper of 2014 went to print. On December 5, 2014, the Trent University Board of Governors approved the project in principle.

Just a few weeks into 2015 the project is beginning to develop further: beginning next week the university will be holding seven focus groups on the project (five for students and two for faculty, staff, and alumni).

This is in addition to further consultations such as an online survey and information booth forums.

Arthur has been critical of the TCSA’s and the administration’s handling of the project, specifically how it’s been rolling full steam ahead despite most students lack of awareness about it.

For example, we reached out to students to see what they wanted from the student centre, but overwhelmingly we found most students weren’t sure what the project was.

The TCSA and administration have an excellent opportunity to change this with the upcoming consultation process.

Given that they’re devoting 10 hours over three days just to meeting with students (and another four for staff, faculty, and alumni), I feel as though the intention is to raise as much awareness as possible.

That said, I sincerely hope the focus group sessions facilitate more of a critical conversation than the online survey did.

I was disappointed to find that all of the questions were structured in a way that assumed the person filling out the

survey was totally on board with the project.

In the “Staff/Faculty/Alumni” survey, the question “If the new Student Centre was open today, which opportunities would attract you the most?” was asked not once, but twice. To answer it you arrange a list of items that describe various things you could do at the student centre when it’s built.

The survey for students asks it only once and seems to give more opportunities to express your opinions on how to shape various features of the space, but at no point does it facilitate criticism of any aspect of the plan.

For example, until this year there had been no mention of the “Centre for Social and Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship,” but now it’s taken as a given.

Apparently the concept behind it is already fully formed as no questions are asked about how to shape or improve it, let alone critically consider if anyone actually wants it taking up space there.

On the other hand, if you go back to early 2013 when the student centre referendum was passed, there was much talk about moving the Student Wellness Suite into the building. Evidently that’s not happening anymore.

As we’ve written about in the past on these opinion pages, we have a lot of questions and concerns about the project that haven’t been addressed yet.

This consultation process seems like a step in the other direction, and I certainly hope that it is.

I will be attending a focus group next week with a list of questions and an open mind.

I encourage all readers of Arthur— whether you wholeheartedly support the idea, oppose it adamantly, or don’t know a whole lot about it—to do the same.

Clubs&Groups

By Pei Hsu

This week Trent Film Society is showing Citizen Dog, a romantic comedy without the ordinary overused plot and scenes.

Although the film’s title makes reference to the classical film Citizen Kane, it is actually a completely different film. In fact, the film that is most often compared to Citizen Dog is Amélie by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, which TFS cohosted a screening of last fall with the Trent Study Abroad office.

Indeed, there are a lot of similarities between the two films. The stories are both

narrated by a plain male voice whose indifferent tone adds irony and humour to the film. Their plots both surround eccentric characters and their daily life with lonely protagonists who long for love but lack the courage to pursue it.

Closely following Pod (the protagonist in Citizen Dog) and Amélie, the audience is introduced to the their rich inner world that is full of fantasy, odd superstition, and funny incidents.

Nonetheless, it would be an oversimplification to consider Citizen Dog as a Thai version of Amélie. Set in rapidly develop-

ing Bangkok, Citizen Dog is not only a romance story.

Hidden under the over-saturated colour tone, which the director favours in order to create a sense of nostalgia, is an honest observation of the industrialization and urbanization that occurs all over the world in developing cities.

Citizen Dog opens up with a warning from Pod’s grandma that “if you ever get a job in Bangkok, you’ll wake up the next morning with a tail wagging out of your ass.” Pod, who is puzzled by this seemingly joking metaphor, disregards the warning

and leaves his country home for Bangkok to search for a new job.

However, when he gets to the city, Jin, the girl he secretly admires, tells him that only the privileged have tails. In the end, when all the people in Bangkok grow a tail except for Pod, he becomes a media celebrity.

So what does the tail, whether metaphorically or physically, symbolize?

Maybe a closer look at Pod’s life in Bangkok would tell us the answer. With Pod and other characters’ experiences as they live, work, and fall in love, the film touches on many common issues that characterize the metropolis in developing countries. The urbanization of population, the consequent traffic chaos, the exploitation of labour in the factory, and the alienation in human relationship in a big city are all part of Pod’s ordinary life. The accident Pod encounters as a worker at a sardine can factory also resonates with Chaplin’s Modern Times, where workers are forced to catch up with demand for faster manufacture line.

Environmental issues, on the other hand, take up a large role in the latter part of the film. Jin becomes a fervent environmentalist by accident and her effort in collecting used plastic bottles creates a surreal plastic mountain at the heart of Bangkok.

Like many other unreal things in the film (a talking gecko and ghost motorcyclist for example), the plastic mountain brings magical allure to the story, and juxtaposes Pod’s ordinary yet sincere life, showing how precious this is in a rapidly changing world.

Please join us for a FREE screening of Wisit Sasanatieng’s Citizen Dog, Wednesday January 28, at 8pm @ ARTSPACE, 378 Aylmer Street (between Hunter and Simcoe). All are welcome!

What’s Cooking with SAFSS

By Dani Richardson and Helen McCarthy (co-Presidents)

The Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (SAFS) program was started in 2011, featuring both arts and science streams.

This program provides tools to effect change, and challenges students to create food systems that are equitable, ecologically sensitive, and productive.

The SAFS Society aims to increase student engagement while fostering a community of students interested in deepening their understanding of sustainable food systems.

We hope to partner with a variety of stakeholders on campus, and invite all students (regardless of program) to join us as members or volunteers.

Things you can expect from us this semester: Meet and Greet — Sunday January 25 Join us from 5:45-8pm at The Only after the ReFrame showing of “Fed Up” (4pm, for 92 mins at Showplace). Discuss the film with other foodies, socialize, and enjoy a favorite local venue! All ages welcome!

Local Food Days — Mark Wednesday February 4, and Wednesday March 18 on your calendars!

Visit all of the Symons campus food service providers for free samples of local product based dishes from 11am-1pm.

Vote for your favorite dish to determine the winner of The Golden Beet award, and for a chance to win one of our great prizes courtesy of Dan LeDandan Foods, The Main Ingredient, Two Dishes Cookshop, Chartwells, and more local organizations and establishments!

Thank you to our partners at Gzowski College, Meal Exchange, and the ERS department.

TEDxManhattan Screening - “Changing the Way We Eat.” Saturday March 7 (location and more details TBA) Pollinators and Soil event — End of March (location and more details TBA) Interested in celebrating the UN designated “Year of Soils”? Want to learn more about pollinators, and share that info with the larger student body population? Get involved in the planning of this exciting event!

Other projects that SAFSS are partnering with include the Trent Experimental Farm and Chartwells Key Focus Initiative Gardens.

If you are interested in joining us at our meetings, or learning more about our Society please email safssociety@trentu.ca or visit http://safssocietyattrent.weebly.com/.

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Trent Radio likes books, too

By James Kerr

A nice fellow named Brian interviewed me for the Radio Reads event day coming up, and that article should be somewhere else in this issue. I’m sure it’s fantastically well written, so I’d like to take this opportunity to tell you a related story.

I don’t know how many books were in your house growing up, but in mine there were many; too many, probably. My mother was quite the reader, and she would often read in the living room while the rest of us were getting our senses extracted by television.

“Mom, are you watching? Mr. T just threw a guy through a window!”

“Yes, I’m watching, James.”

“But you’re reading,” I said, as though it was the ugliest thing.

She said she could keep up with both, but I didn’t entirely believe her, and I was too busy enjoying the A-Team. But, the A-Team only goes so far and eventually I wanted to find out what really was the appeal of books.

Scouting around for something to read was a quest in my house. We had a back set of stairs that were once an access for an attached apartment, but my father hastily converted them up with bookshelves and painted them schlock white. The bookshelves rested along the strip of floor that looked perilously down those old, closedoff stairs. The stairs themselves were stuffed with boxes of books, and so was the floor in front of the bookshelves - boxes upon boxes of neglected books. I suppose there wasn’t any other room in the house, with my mother reading at the rate she did, so that section was written off as a kind of library gone-by.

As a kid I would climb over those boxes—perilously standing just over the top of a creepy stairwell, trying to find some-

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thing to read; some undiscovered treasure of great interest and wonder.

To my parents it was only a neglected bookshelf and storage space, but to me it felt like an endless dusty Library (with a capital, like a mythic place) that held the potential to contain any volume on any subject, even if they were usually only murder mysteries, histories, or romance novels.

Most the books in our house belonged to my mother, and as such were drawn from only a few categories—murder, history, and bodice-ripping romance. Having no particular interest in murder, being unable to keep up with the complexities of history, and thinking girls were icky, I would spend hours adventuring on top of stacked boxes

trying to find books of an ‘other’ category, essentially dangling over a considerable drop down a back stair-well filled with things that wouldn’t break my fall.

I found some things to read, though.

I remember sitting in a near-bed of Lego (that I refused to clean up off the living room floor) reading Rudyard Kipling while my mother read some Napoleonic war book, both of us watching Murder She Wrote on the television. I always had trouble reading while something else significant was going on - pretty much anything else - but my mother was doing it (or claimed to) so I was determined, even if I had to read every line three times. I would have preferred to read in a vacuum-sealed sound-proof room free of traffic and inter-

ruption, but those rooms are hard to come by. As a result of going over every line many times, I came to know Kipling well.

It sounds like I grew up with a monocle over one eye and a “tut-tut” on my breath to say I read a lot of Kipling - but it was that or trashy romances, and girls, as I said, were icky. So, I read the classics; the ‘other’ category I found in the stairwell. I don’t know if this made me a better person, but I was only a mediocre student so its influence could not have been too profound on a practical level. On a conceptual level, it was kind of a big deal.

This is what reading means to me; the kind of construct that surfaces when you suggest to me a good time reading - climbing dangerously on top of stacks of boxes of books in a deserted wing of an old house, pawing through over-stuffed, dusty shelves, searching for treasure - then, reading in a living room floor in front of the TV, partly distracted both by the Lego pieces digging into my stomach and partly

by Mr. T or Angela Lansbury. Even as I’ve grown to read many things in university, and now I’m in the Sadleir House Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club (look us up on Facebook) - there I remain in my mind still reading on the floor about the Indian jungle as Jessica Fletcher solves murders in the background.

I don’t know what reading has been to you, but if you want to hear what it is to other people - that’s what the Radio Reads event is for, people connecting as a community over the heart of reading. “Wow, oral narrative!” screams my Cultural Studies degree excitedly. “That’s so interesting!”

And it makes nifty radio. Tune in Monday January 26, 92.7 FM. This isn’t just a shameless plug - the point is that our experiences can come together and be shared.

This is what reading means to me. What does it mean to you?

SportsPage West Bank looks for a threepeat in annual charity hockey game

By Leighton Schubert

There is a rivalry within the Trent Community, a rivalry that started with the founding of Trent; a rivalry between colleges. The four colleges that make up Trent (Champlain, Otonabee, Gzowski, and Lady Eaton, and Traill) have always been competitive towards each other. However, there are only a few events throughout the year that allow the students to show their loyalty towards their respective colleges.

For the past four years the East vs. West hockey event has allowed students to cheer on their colleges and trash talk the others.

What better way to keep the rivalry alive than through a hockey game.

The game is on January 23 at the Memorial Centre at 10pm; doors open at 9pm.

Students buy tickets beforehand, and with the ticket comes with an East vs. West Tshirt. The Aria nightclub has been a supporter of the event since it began, and continues to support it by having the hockey game after-party at Aria.

What does this event mean to Trent University? It is extremely important to Trent in general as it brings the students together, getting them involved in school activities and experiencing Peterborough.

It also allows the players who maybe aren’t involved in many extra-curricular activities to get involved.

It is one of the most exciting events of the year as students gather over hockey, and is a completely not-for-profit event raising money for a great local charity. It does not only mean a lot to Trent, but also to Peterborough, because it gets students off campus and into the city. Trent is a major portion of the Peterborough population, so any event that gets students to experience the city is a good event. And supporting local charities is always good for the city.

This is an event centred around the idea of community. Felicia Birmingham of the Otonabee College cabinet said it best: “It is one of the only events that incorporates all colleges… and all students, whether that is people planning the event, volunteering for the event, or just going to the game”.

The event was founded four years ago

by Trent student John West-Carvahlo. He created this hockey game between rival colleges in an attempt to bring the Trent community together, and wanted it to be a fundraiser for local charities. For the past four years the East and West colleges have

comprised a team to play against the other colleges in one of the biggest charity events for the school.

Though still competitive, the teams are not made up of only competitive players; instead having a first-come-first-serve sign up. This allows anybody who is able and wanting to play in the game. The game of hockey will always be competitive, but this centralizes it on the fun of the sport and coming together to cheer on your respective colleges. This is especially important considering the charity funded this year is the Kawartha Komets.

The Kawartha Komets is a not-forprofit organization founded in 2009 by Jack McGee. It helps people of all ages, from kids to adults, with physical, emotional, and neurodevelopmental challenges, to play the game we all love. The Kawartha Komets gives people with these challenges a safe and fun way to play hockey. To them hockey is not a competitive sport, but a simple pleasure—fun, and that is what the East vs. West hockey game is.

As mentioned before, although the game is a fun way to bring the school together and cheer on their colleges, there is still competitiveness in the game. The West Bank, Lady Eaton College and Champlain College, are the defending champions for the past two years so they are going into the game fairly confident.

According to Mike Kosciesza, they believe that they have the edge going into the game having won the past two years.

“As far as the better team goes, I’d have to give the edge to West Bank because we’ve got the heart; we’re going to leave it all on the ice, and after last year’s win we showed Trent how to really celebrate”.

On the other side of the river we have the East bank, Gzowski College and Otonobee College, who have a lot to prove going into the game, having lost last year.

However this doesn’t seem to faze Joey Di Cienzo of East Bank. “Obviously East bank is better. We are just a bunch of beauties who know the game and West Bank has the pressure of being the defending champs on their shoulders. I just don’t think they have the mindset to perform well under pressure”.

According to Di Cienzo the fact that West Bank won the past two years is their downside because they have a lot to live up to. All will be determined Friday night at 10 pm when the puck drops. Despite the playful banter between East and West

Bank, both Joey and Mike recognized the importance of this event to Trent and to the students as it unites not only the colleges on each bank, but all four colleges as they come together to play a good game of hockey for a great cause.

The people responsible for planning this year’s game are Felicia Birmingham, Mikayla Peasey, and Maureen Langabeer, all affiliated with Otonobee College. All proceeds from the game go to the Kawartha Komets; that includes ticket sales, earnings from the raffle, earnings from the chucka-puck, and donations. This year they are also accepting used hockey equipment in good condition. Anybody who has hockey equipment in good condition can bring it to the Otonobee College cabinet, and it

will go to the Kawartha Komets. For every piece of equipment you bring in you get a free raffle ticket. Though the main people planning the event are from Otonobee College, this event incorporates all colleges and has volunteers from every college. It is ironic that an event that stages a rivalry hockey game between colleges is what brings them together.

Tickets for the game are still on sale in Otonobee College and will continue to be up until the night of the game. They are $6, and that includes an East vs. West T-shirt.

It is a great event to come out and support your college and fellow students and, if for no other reason, come to watch a good hockey game.

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SPORTS

Trent hockey team scores decisive win over Fleming

By Zachary Cox

The Trent Men’s Extramural Hockey Team won the right to the Kawartha Cup after a decisive 11-1 victory over Fleming College’s hockey team on Friday, January 16. The third edition of the annual event took place at the Evinrude Centre, and was co-sponsored by the Trent Central Student Association and the Kawartha Entertainment Group.

The fast-paced game drew quite the crowd, many of whom were sporting Trent swag or signs, and the Trent team gave them plenty of reason to cheer.

Fleming hit the scoreboard first, with a shot in front of the net, five minutes into the first period. One minute later, however, Trent retaliated with two quick goals only 10 seconds apart, beginning the onslaught. By the end of the first period, Trent had scored twice more to bring the score to 4-1. In the second period, Trent scored another four to make the game 8-1 and the third saw Trent claiming another three to finalize the game 11-1.

Unsurprisingly, both the Trent players and coaches were happy with the outcome of the game.

“Based on losing the [Kawartha Cup] the last two years we definitely wanted to

win,” said head coach Gavin McKnight in a post-game interview. “Definitely wanted to be an offensive threat.”

“Last couple years we generally started pretty slow,” said McKnight, “and then second half we would pick it up a little bit.”

He feels that the difference this year is the tremendous amount of shooting talent on the team. “Last year we struggled for goals, he said. “This year, that’s definitely not the case.”

This win will certainly be a motivating factor as the team prepares for a tournament at Seneca next week.

In addition to the great hockey, the Kawartha Cup event had some awesome prizes that could be won through a raffle or a game of Chuck the Puck. Prizes included a variety of sports jerseys, Peterborough Petes tickets, and a portable speaker. The Venue Peterborough also donated five pairs of tickets to both Chad Brownlee and Death From Above 1979 for the raffle.

Following the game, the Venue hosted an official after party for the players and spectators. After a game like this, one would imagine that the Trent Men’s Extramural Hockey Team would be more than ready to party.

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listings Clubs & Groups

Come learn basic to advanced Arabic! Our classes cover reading, writing and speaking. Weekly Arabic classes every Tuesday from 5-6pm at GCS 108. Absolutely free!

Please be advised that there will be an Annual General Meeting for the Trent Central Student Association on Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 2:00-4:30p.m. in GCS 114. This is a chance for the general membership of the Association (full-time undergraduate and School of Education students) to vote on crucial aspects regarding the operations of the TCSA. Snacks will be provided for those in attendance. All members who attend the meeting for its duration will be eligible to enter into a draw to win one of five $50 gift cards, or one $150 gift card.

Student submitted motions must be submitted by Tuesday, January 20 at 4:00pm. Relevant documents and official agenda will be available on trentcentral.ca on Thursday, January 22. All members require their student ID to participate in voting. For more information, please contact: Braden Freer, president@trentcentral.ca

KWIC World Issues Café Series presents Rummaging Through the Myth: The True Cost of Food Waste, featuring Canadian food policy analyst & author, Dr. Wayne Roberts. Sat, Jan 24, 2015, Showplace Ptbo at 7:30pm in partnership with ReFrame Film Festival.

More info at www.kwic.info

Welcome Back Movie Night. The Trent Philosophy Society and Trent Film Society are co-hosting a welcome-back movie night, open for all to attend. We will be screening Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001). Several philosophical issues are addressed in the movie, which are sure to be interesting and thoughtprovoking. The event will be held on Friday, January 23, 2015, in the Hobbs Library (Room 101) at Sadleir House, 6 to 9:30PM. The 2015 Performance by the Classics Drama Group at Trent University - A Greek tragedy:Aeschylus’ Agamemnon & Libation Bearers. Directed by George Kovacs. Performances: Wed., February 4; Thu, February 5 at 8pm; Sat, February 7 at 3pm. Nozhem: FPHL, Gzowski College.Tickets: $10 / $7 for students. Fri, February 6 at 8pm. The Market Hall (George and Charlotte Streets).

Tickets: $15 / $12 for students. Email: cdg@trentu.ca or 705-748-1011, x7848 for ticket reservations Seasoned Spoon Volunteer Call Out. Exiting Opportunity! The Seasoned Spoon is Looking for Volunteers! Our volunteer crew did such an amazing job last semester of keeping the Spoon ship sailing! We are so grateful for their support. While many of our volunteers are staying aboard this semester, there are some new openings as well. We are excited to offer the opportunity for new volunteers to join our team! If you are interested in food issues, sustainable food systems, cooking, or simply getting involved in community building and nonprofit work, volunteering at the Spoon may be the right opportunity for you! Please email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com if you are interested or for more information.

Now accepting auditions for Trent U Music Society’s Battle of the Bands, send all submissions to trentumusic@gmail.com.

Rules and guidelines can be found at www. trentumusic.ca, over $1000 in prizes to be won. Audition deadline is Friday, February 6th, and the competition is Saturday, March 21st. Get those submissions in!

Weekly Open Mics EVERY Thursday evening at 8pm at the Trend pub in Traill college!

Hosted by the Trent University Music Society. Bring your instruments or just come to listen for a night of good music and good company. Free admission, all welcome! More info: trentumusic@gmail.com.

Tuesday t Earl Wilfong @ The Tankhouse (5pm) t Wylie Harold @ The Black Horse Pub (7pm) t Benefit for Friends of Honduran Children @ The Spill (7pm)

Trent CBC Radio Peter Gzowski Internship Program Do you see yourself in a career in media?

Are you in your final year at Trent University? Apply for the prestigious CBC Radio Peter Gzowski Internship Program! Application deadline is Friday February 6th at 4pm in the Career Centre, Champlain College, Room 204. Internship runs May to August 2015. Details on how to apply at: www. trentu.ca/gzowskiinternships.

Walkhome—Trent’s safe walk service. Late class? Working in the lab? Call us for a walk; 25 minutes from Symons or Traill (downtown) Hours of operation: Monday to Friday: 7pm to 1am, Saturday & Sunday: 9pm to 1am 705-748-1748 Walkhome—Pre-book your safe walk. Do you regularly have practice Monday night, work in the Library Tuesday night or go downtown Friday night? Our team of volunteers walkers can meet you, on campus or downtown. Monday to Friday: 7pm to 1am, Saturday & Sunday: 9pm to 1am. Call us 705- 748-1748 or email walkhome@tretnu.ca to Prebook a walk.

Worried about a course this semester? We want to help! Register for the Academic Mentoring Program to request an upper-year student mentor. Mentors meet regularly with students to discuss course concepts and build an understanding of course material.To request a mentor, or to volunteer, visit trentu.ca/academicskills/peermentoring.php.

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badours), Feb 18 (Personal Storytelling) & March 18 (World storytelling day. Theme “Wishes”).

Arts

the motley collective proudly presents: Proof by David Auburn, Directed by Amy M. Cummings. Sponsored by Theatre Trent. Show dates Wed Jan 21 — Sat Jan 24. 8pm each day, with an additional 1pm matinee on Saturday. Admission is $10 (PWYC on Wednesday and on the Saturday matinee). The Theatre on King, 159 King St, entrance at back of building. “Proof” is a story about love – the love between a father and daughter who are very alike, the difficult love between two sisters who are very different, and the love between a man and a woman who share a tremendous passion for mathematics. Featuring: Lyndele Gauci as Claire, Andrew Little as Hal, Meg O’Sullivan as Catharine, Keith Smith as Robert, with special performance from Sarah McDonald as Catharine on Saturday Jan. 24 at 1pm.

Kawartha Youth Orchestra presents: Music Magic. Come join the Kawartha Youth Orchestra for their first concert of 2015, “Music Magic” on Sunday, March 1 at Market Hall. Ticket buyers will hear our region’s talented youth “make magic” performing some of the world’s greatest music, including Schubert’s famous “Unfinished” symphony and Bizet’s Carmen Suite as well as oboe and violin concertos by graduating members of the KYO! Tickets for this 3pm concert are $15 for adults ($5 for youth and $20 at the door) and available by visiting the box office or purchasing online at markethall.org.

The Theatre on King would like to invite you to the next in its workshops on the-

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atre, Intro to Stage Lighting with Ryan Kerr, on Monday, January 26, 6pm - 8:30pm. $10 or pwyc. In this workshop, the basics of theatrical stage lighting will be explored: from lighting instruments to lighting boards, from washes to spots, the difference between lighting for theatre and lighting for dance, colour theory.

Even if you don’t want to be a lighting designer, this workshop will assist those in the industry better communicate with their technicians.

The Theatre on King is proud to present Kate Story’s “damned be this transmigration,” Thursday January 29—Saturday January 31 @ 8pm. Sunday Feb 1 @ 1pm. $15 or pwyc at the door. Written by Kate Story with original music by Rob Fortin, Directed by Em Glasspool, this play is based on beloved characters created by Don Marquis. “damned be this transmigration” is a dancing, singing roller coaster ride of a play, with text from Marquis’s famous newspaper column and music from the swinging twenties. It’s a hot shot of entertainment amidst Marquis’s pointed social commentary - relevant to this day - and we get a glimpse into the raucous and often tragic life of Marquis himself. Funded by Theatre Trent and fueled by Public Energy.

Jazz Duo with Donna Collison and Biff Hannon, All-you-can-eat buffet, January 24, 6-9pm, at Curry Village, 306 George St. N., Peterborough, (705-742-1432).

Tom Eastland is playing the Carpe Diem cafe again on Saturday early evening January 24. Original and other favorite songs, folk music with howl & growl ... early evening show from 6pm til 9pm, all-ages AND adult beverages. Nice intimate cafe environment with good home-made food. Pay by donation.

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St. John’s Ambulance Standard First Aid Our Standard Certificate is valid for 3 years! Includes CPR and AED training! This course provides a certificate in Standard First Aid & a CPR/AED certificate. 13 to 14.5 hours of instructional time (2 days); includes 435-page First Aid/CPR/AED book. **This course is required by the WSIB if your place of work employs more than 5 employees per shift.** Upcoming sessions: Weekdays(8:30-4) January 20-21, 29-30, or Combo Course SFA/Level-C CPR (8:30-5:00) Jan. 24-25, 29-30, Contact: sjapeterborough@bellnet.ca, 705-745-0331, sja.ca St. John’s Ambulance CPR Recertification (Weekdays at 6:30 pm, or Saturdays at 1:00) Jan 20, 24. Call for additional dates, or organize your own group at a convenient time at any location--discounts for groups! sjapeterborough@bellnet.ca, 705-745-0331, sja.ca The Peterborough Storytellers usually meet on the third Wednesday of the month, from 7 to 9 at the Peterborough Public Library.

Our next meetings will be on Jan 21 (Trou-

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t Chelsey Bennett @ t January Slam: Keep t Rick and Gailie @ The Carpe Diem Cafe (6pm) Back the Cold @ The Black Horse (5:30pm) Spill (7pm) t Ghost Valley @ Carpe Diem (6pm) t TUMS Open Mic @ The Trend (8pm) t Randy Hill @ Stick Sports Pub (6pm)

Saturday t Tom Eastland @ Carpe Diem Cafe (6pm) t Robbie Burns Dinner and Dance Fundraiser @ Mark’s Finer Diner (6pm)

t Bakes @ Porch & Pint t Carling Stephen with (7pm) Caitlin Stephen @ The Garnet (9pm) t Live on Fire @ Black Horse Pub (8:30pm) t James Burrows @ The Garnet (9pm)

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t Mayhemingways @ Pigs Ear Tavern (10pm)