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A vigil for women National day of action and remembrance PETE NORTON When asked what she hoped people would take away from the vigil, Zhaleh Afshar, the vigil’s organizer and a community educator at the Women in Crisis organization, explained, “everyone has their own feeling in response, but hopefully they will support a friend [who has been abused] and believe her.”

Sometimes, no matter how much you read and how hard you try, you still can’t put yourself in another person’s shoes and feel what they are feeling.

Surprisingly, it wasn’t the vigil that made the issue of violence against women come to life for me, but an unexpected and unsolicited interview immediately after the fact.

Upon stepping outside, I found myself speaking with Mary Heyens, for whom the vigil and its message carry a lot of personal significance.

Heyens told me of her experience with harassment and bullying by male coworkers and her fruitless attempts to blow the whistle. After she left work on medical sick leave from debilitating stress, she was not allowed to return to her job because her employer did not recognize the validity of her claim.

“They acted like I made the whole thing up,” Heynes said.

Just like that, the meaning of the vigil ceased to be an abstract idea and became reality, literally

looking at me square in the eye.

The vigil was held at Guelph City Hall this past Sunday night.

Its purpose was twofold: to remember the fourteen women who were heinously murdered in their classroom at Montreal’s d’Ecole Polytechnique on the same day in 1989, and to call for action against the ongoing crisis of violence against women.

The Montreal massacre is a story you have surely heard of before. Perhaps that is why the message of action that accompanies its legacy is so relevant; all too often we fail to recognize physical violence and violent attitudes against women even though they are commonplace, until it erupts in such shocking proportion it is impossible to ignore.

Seventeen other women were remembered at the vigil. Those were the seventeen women who were killed in Ontario in 2009, whose partners were either charged with the murder or took their own lives. The women and their deaths are testimony to the continuing violence women face.

When people try to downplay the evidence of violence against women in Canada, it is this kind of information that quickly puts things in perspective. We are quick to think of ourselves as modern, civilized people who have left gendered violence behind us. These seventeen murder suggest need for reconsideration.

The truth of the matter is that violence against women is globally

UoG Profs in the News pervasive. Whether it is sanctioned by the state or not doesn’t seem to matter; women face the reality of violence and oppression everywhere. In Canada, it doesn’t confront us as openly, but is much more likely to hide in private.

Amazingly, Canadian women are more likely to be murdered by their partner than by a stranger. Abusers can hide behind privacy rights, and often victims have difficulty doing anything to call attention to their situation.

Guest speaker Stefanie Elsey shared her own story at the vigil.

Ms. Elsey was abused physically and emotionally by her partner.

When she became pregnant, he demanded she have an abortion and threatened her when she refused. She had to escape to her parents’ home, and though her partner was arrested and charged, he was subsequently acquitted. Though Ms. Elsey has courageously persevered, her story is still a sad one, all the more so because of how many women have similar stories that go unheard.

“One thing people don’t realize is that it happens a lot... not just physical but emotional abuse,” Ms. Afshar explained. Often women do not leave abusive relationships or tell anyone about the abuse they are suffering. Sometimes they feel safer staying with an abusive partner than defying their control and escaping, or notifying others.

A woman can easily find herself “in more danger once she leaves an abusive relationship,” according to

Ms. Afshar.

It seems as though we all have a part to play in fighting violence against women.

“We have a tendency to blame victims, to ask them ‘why didn’t you leave the relationship? Why didn’t you call the police? Instead of believing their story,” Ms. Afshar said. That sort of disbelieving response is inextricably part of what deters women from exposing violent relationships.

For those of us who have not experienced abusive relationships, it is hard to really grasp what that must feel like. I was reflecting on it myself when Heyens asked for my thoughts on the service and introduced herself. By the time I was home I realized my conversation with her, more than

One thing people don’t realize is that it happens a lot... not just physical but emotional abuse.

Zhaleh Afshar any other part of the ceremony, shed light on the reality and importance of the vigil.

Sadly, these stories are too common.

CSA finishes internal review into purchasing practices DANIEL BITONTI On Nov. 5, the Ontarion ran a feature called “Fair Trade, Fair Game”, an investigation into the purchasing practices of oncampus groups and organizations.

The investigation was fueled by concerns raised by several students over the Central Student Association’s (CSA) purchasing of blue T-Shirts used for Orientation Week from a Kitchener based company that used the apparel company Gildan. The claims were that the shirts were sweatshop made. There were also concerns that the shirts were not purchased from the El Salvador Women’s Cooperative,

an organization the students said was promoted by a Canadian Federation of Students’ policy.

The CSA subsequently did an internal review and the findings have now been made pubic.

According to the review, there is no policy requiring the CSA to purchase promotional items from a CFS endorsed company.

Gavin Armstrong, communications commissioner for the CSA, did say that at the recent CFS AGM it was discovered that CFS does sell promotional items as one of its services for the locals. These shirts were not purchased because the

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deadline to order was in mid May, only a few weeks after he began his role as the communications commissioner.

At the time he had not yet established a final plan for orientation week.

Both Brenda Whiteside, vicepresident, student affairs, and Patrick Case, director of the Human Rights and Equity office, re-affirmed in the CSA investigation that Gildan was on the list of acceptable companies to purchase from.

The CSA does not currently have an ethical purchasing policy of their own, and only in practice do they follow the University of Guelph’s Ethical Purchasing Policy.

They also have a newly created media and promotions assistant position, a position tasked with ordering CSA promotional material.

The CSA said that it will be critical that the media and promotions assistant be educated and aware of ethical issues and policies when ordering material.

The CSA has asked their board to look into this matter and draft a more aggressive policy than that of the university. This policy could include a list of recommended suppliers (a list the CSA media and promotions assistant has already begun to compile) and repercussions if the policy is violated.

Biology professor Paul Herbert and economics professor Ross McKitrick are in the news this week. Herbert, the director of the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, appeared in a Wall Street Journal article.The article outlines the iBOL, the International Barcode of Life project. Herbert spearheaded this effort to create the first library of DNA barcodes to aide identifying species. McKitrick has been in media in Britain, where he is on sabbatical. He was interviewed

by TV stations, radio programs, and publications about an e-mail hacking incident at a British university.

Copenhagen underway

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Leaders and representatives from 192 countries are in Denmark for a 12-day summit on climate change.

The goal of the summit is to come up with a climate agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol when it comes due in 2012. The Conference of Parties, the highest decisionmaking body in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held this conference every year for the past decade and a half, with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and maintaining Kyoto goals.

Prime Minister Harper will be in attendance, even after stating that he wouldn’t go.

NHL considering renaming trophies The NHL is considering renaming some of its award trophies to bear the names of some of hockey’s greats. Hockey analyst and former Maple Leafs goalie Glen Healy suggests that trophies with potential name changes include: the Hart Trophy (Gordie Howe), the Art Ross Trophy (Wayne Gretzky), the Calder Cup (Mario Lemieux), the Norris Trophy (Bobby Orr), the Lady Byng Trophy ( Jean Beliveau), and the Jack Adams Award (Scotty Bowman). There has been opposition to the proposed name changes. Those opposed include Ron MacLean and Mike Milbury, two of hockey’s biggest names.

There are no plans to rename the Stanley Cup. (CBC)

Iran threatens Israeli nuclear sites This week, Iran’s defense minister threatened to target Israeli nuclear sites. The threat comes in response to Saudi Arabia’s decision to hand over a missing nuclear scientist to the US. Recent talks between Iran and the international community concerning its nuclear program have reached a stand still, raising concerns about Iran’s nuclear intentions. The UN Security Council accuses Iran of trying to produce nuclear weapons while Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.

Washington has stated that Iran will face more sanctions if it does not agree to resume negotiations by the end of this year. (The Guardian)

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Campus raises more than $500,000 dollars for United Way DANIEL BITONTI President Alastair Summerlee admits he thought this year’s goal of raising half a million dollars for the United Way was a big stretch.

They did far better.

At an appreciation event for campus volunteers last Wednesday, Summerlee announced that the University of Guelph raised more than $517, 000 for the United Way, surpassing last year’s total as well.

In the last decade the University of Guelph has donated more than $3.64 million through the annual campus campaign.

“As you may know we were identified by some academics in Europe as the world’s most caring university and I think this shows why,” Summerlee told the Ontarion.

“This is why we get this reputation as a university because as a community we do care and we care right across the board from all the incredible things the students do for both the United Way and

other things, to faculty and staff involved in the United Way and other campaigns.”

Summerlee said that that campaign organizers intentionally moved this year’s goal up from $50,000 to make up for last year’s losses due to the economic situation.

“I thought that was a big stretch, but I’m bowled over by the success of the campaign and the willingness of

people to participate,” he said.

The campus campaign saw students, faculty, staff and departments run a number of their own events.

On Wednesday, awards were presented in recognition of the individuals and groups who took part in the campaign. The President’s Award, an award given out by Summerlee and one that recognizes the campus unit with the highest increase

in both participation and dollars raised, went to the Office of Open Learning. The Gabrielle Hubert Award for outstanding contributions by a single volunteer went to Prof. Peter Krell in Molecular and Cellular Biology.

The Spirit Award, which goes to a unit that exceeds its goal, achieves a five-per-cent increase in participation and demonstrates enthusiasm and creativity in its fundraising effort, went to the Office of Registrarial Services.

The Co-Chairs Award for special merit went to Rhonda Alger in Animal and Poultry Science.

A special highlight at the volunteer event was the announcement of the winner of the second College Idol competition organized by the Office of Research as a United Way fundraiser. Competitors performed at a noon luncheon event Oct. 30 and voting continued until Nov. 25. The 2009 winner was Robert Berger, a pianist and an Ontario Veterinary College

student. College Idol raised more than $3,000.

Student co-coordinators for the 2009 campaign were Nathan Lachowsky, a fourth-year student in biological science, and Jason Greenberg, in his third year of a BA program in statistics.

“Our goal this year was to raise just over $2,500 and we raised $5, 362. So it was double of what we wanted to get,” said Lachowsky.

“We didn’t care so much about dollars. We wanted to make students more aware of what the United Way is and what they do.”

Lachowsky said students were involved in a number of events, including teaming up with sustainability week for the kickoff and Homecoming as well.

Eighty community programs in Guelph and Wellington County receive financial support from the United Way, and more than 60,000 people are helped every year.

The 2009 campaign enlisted 150 volunteers as co-coordinators and canvassers.

U of G Food Bank and Bike Centre move NICOLE ELSASSER The Biology House, a small building on the University of Guelph campus that houses the Central Student Association (CSA) Food Bank as well as the Bike Centre, has been officially slated for demolition in the summer semester of 2010. This development has led the university administration to seek a comparable space to house the CSA Food Bank.

According to Krista Kermer, program coordinator for the CSA Food Bank, the Biology House is unable to properly support the services it houses, and those at the Food Bank welcome the move to a new space.

“It wasn’t meant for a Food Bank of our size…it’s important to be able to expand to fit our student growth, instead of having to shrink to fit a space,” said Kermer. “The building is completely stable and all that kind of stuff, it’s not molding away or anything like that… one of our main challenges is power. The house wasn’t really meant to handle two fridges

and a freezer and a deep-freeze so that’s one our big challenges is power outages.”

Galen Fick, local affairs commissioner for the CSA, has been facilitating this change of location and also welcomes the move to a more appropriate space in the summer months.

“There was a condition that when it came time to move, [the university] would find us comparable space,” said Fick. “Brenda [Whiteside, vicepresident, student affairs] and I had a look at the white house across from South Ring Road…and it’s in much better shape. I think it can really be workable for the Food Bank and the real bonus is the basement, with some renovation, can really work for the bike centre.”

According to Fick, it is fortunate that the designated space can house both services. Fick explained that the administration is responsible for finding the CSA Food Bank a new comparable space, but is not obligated to do so for the Bike Centre, as it is not referendum

protected.

According to Kermer, it is the hope that the move can go ahead successfully with minimal interruptions to the services offered by the CSA Food Bank to its users.

“Moving in the summertime is probably one of the best things we could do because we have a lot fewer students that come through our doors. Not a lot of people stay for summer school,” said Kermer.

“All our services will still be there.

We’ll still have fresh produce, frozen bread, all the cans and stuff will still be there, maybe in a smaller space… we’re going to make sure that everyone knows about it.”

Fick also intends to allow for only minimal interruptions to service and is generally satisfied about the implementation of the move.

“I see it as a win-win. It’s a comparable space, slightly smaller but in much better shape,” said Fick. “This was always sort of there, we knew this was going to happen. There’s no real point fighting it now when we’ve been offered comparable space.”

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Fortunately, the new location for the CSA Food Bank will also be able to house the student-run Bike centre as well.

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Stay out of the mall and get on the dance floor ZACK MACRAE “Music has been such an important part of my life,” said Vish Khanna in a telephone interview early Wednesday morning. “It’s kind of what I live and breath in a lot of ways. It’s a very sustaining force and I think there is a lot of power in it.”

Khanna, long time Guelph concert promoter and radio personality will put his words into action later this month with his annual mini music festival Stay Out of the Mall VIII. The two day Canadian Cancer Society benefit will take place at the eBar on Dec. 16 and 17 and will feature eight groups who have some sort of tie to the musical community in Guelph.

“All the proceeds go to benefit the Canadian Cancer Society toward leukemia research in memory of my friend Sara Marshall who I met in my first year at University in Guelph. She was diagnosed in the winter semester in March of 1997,” said Khanna.

For years, Khanna has brought

some great musical acts through Guelph under the promotional name KYEO, which is an acronym for a Fugazi song called “Keep Your Eyes Open.” KYEO is an initiative that focuses not just on music, but on the social context that music is featured.

“I’ve always thought that music gatherings were a good way to bring people together … and while everyone is together, we can think about other things that help people as well.”

Every show that Khanna promotes has some humanitarian element, whether it be a portion of the ticket sales going to a charitable organization, or in this case a food donation reaching the Guelph Food Bank.

Khanna urges that hunger is a problem that effects people all year round, not just during the holiday season, and asks people to donate generously throughout the year.

“It’s an odd thing that we pick this supposed season of generosity as the one time to really focus on this stuff, but the Guelph Food Bank is open

all year round,” said Khanna.

Given the fact that the holiday season is typically the most commercially hectic time of year, the name “Stay Out of the Mall” is a reminder to people that you don’t need to spend your money on material things to have a fun time.

Instead, why don’t you go see Diamond Rings play on Dec. 16. Diamond Rings is a solo pop project and emotional outlet for The D’Urbervilles front man John O’Regan who used to be a student at your University of Guelph.

Or, maybe check out By Divine Right, who just last week put out their first album in five years called Mutant Message. By Divine Right will be playing on Dec.17 along with Julie Doiron, The Skeletones Four, and Gregory Pepper and his Problems.

Khanna promises an eclectic line up that will get people from all walks of life out of the mall and onto the dance floor. “In the past its always set bar records. That’s not my primary interest, but I like raising as much money as possible for the

Canadian Cancer Society and I like that the bands and the people going

feel like it’s a fun and worthwhile show.”

which is usually comprised of art history professors. Then, the papers that are picked are presented by their authors at a symposium conference in March. After that we look forward to publishing the journal.”

The journal provides its authors the opportunity to be published, an advantage that looks great on a CV or transcript. “It’s great as an undergraduate student to get your work published,” said Wickett.

“Through the journal, students get the opportunity to speak in front of faculty and students.”

What the organizers of the journal are trying to do is create discussion in the art history community that reaches far outside of the classroom.

“One thing about academics that I think is lacking, especially in undergraduate academics is the opportunity to discuss and talk about issues,” said Wickett. “Here, we try to focus on creating this community environment where we can really discuss our ideas. It provides a forum for students and professors to discuss things outside of the classroom.”

Wickett said that the art history program at the University of Guelph is comprehensive and renowned.

“We have a great faculty and I feel that the program is not as recognized as it could be. I feel like we have so many great students, so the journal is great for showcasing some of this talent.”

This is ARTHattack!

Art history journal causing discussion around campus

journal features writings from six University of Guelph students on a wide range of topics. Katie Green discusses the rise, fall, and future of the punk aesthetic, while Danielle van Wagner posits her thoughts on “The White Man’s Burden.”

ZACK MACRAE Remember when you were a kid and would run home everyday from school to watch Neil Buchanan create several works of art from first to last step in a half an hour time slot? Remember the bobbling head sculpture and the big art attacks that Buchanan would create at the end of each episode on a huge scale using everyday objects?

Well, Art Attack, that popular British children’s television show ran for 17 years and has no relation to the undergraduate art history journal ARTHattack!

Except for maybe a play on the name.

ARTHattack is a D.I.Y. project created by a handful of dedicated undergraduate students and one or two keen art history professors at the University of Guelph.

According to Marcia Wickett, co-chair of the undergraduate art

We have a great faculty and I feel that the program is not as recognized as it could be … the journal is great for showcasing some of this talent.

Marcia Wickett co-chair of ARTHattack journal history journal, the ARTHattack! journal is “a representation of the quality work put forth by some of our undergraduate students.”

The journal is currently available by contacting either Wickett or cochair Daniella Sanader by email, and paying a small fee of five dollars. The

From start to finish, the entire process was spearheaded by Wickett and a small group of colleagues who have a say in all steps of the process.

“Anyone, as long as it is art history focused, can submit a paper,” said Wickett. “From there, the papers are juried by a committee

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WILCO WILCO (THE ALBUM) When I was in Chicago this past summer, floating by the pieshaped Marina Apartments on a tour-boat, it took me back to the surreal cover of Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002). It also helped that Wilco was on my mind as the single “You Never Know” had been playing on the local college radio station for a few weeks. It was inevitable that I would have to pick up the new disc, Wilco (The Album), released June 30.

Wilco has always been a mature band with a tight sound and smart lyrics, but on this album, they somehow feel even more settled. Wilco (The Album) like many of Wilco’s albums, this is a typical “grower”, however suffers if you over play it. That

seems like an Oxymoron, but the solution may be to spin this one, once-in-a-while and front-toback, rather than a daily dose.

As Wilco have demonstrated previously, they’re well equipped to mimic different genres while delivering a new sound. With “Country Disappeared” we get a Beatles-style piano ballad.

A countrified “House of the Rising Sun” influence can be heard on the track, “I’ll Fight.”

With “Wilco (The Song)” they explicitly define their sound.

But its on tracks like “You and I” (which features fellow Canadian, Feist) that stand out and satisfies the listener’s cravings for an all around indie folk song with that minimalist-type perfection.

Wilco has occasionally been dubbed “Dad-Rock” and it’s true, you could easily give this album to your ‘rents as a holiday present and they’d probably dig it. “You Never Know” is filled with good elderly advice to the kids, but never comes off as condescending (see Animal Collective review).

Still, Tweedy (despite being 42) sounds as youthful and (on occasion) as angst-soaked as ever.

For many, Wilco is back and for those who haven’t heard them previously, Wilco (the album), is not a bad place to start to spark your interest. However

this album may be somewhat of a disappointment to a fan of their old stuff. It doesn’t have the “OMG” perfection of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and it’s relatively incomparable to the pixie-like (screech guitar/soft acoustic), Queen-like (big piano ballad) effects on A Ghost is Born (2004).

Despite those differences, Wilco feels care-free and at home.

Whether you like it or not, Wilco is having fun and that type of band dynamic transcends the album in a powerful way.

NOTABLE TRACKS: “One Wing”, “You and I”, “Country Disappeared” LISTENERS MAY ALSO ENJOY: Neko Case, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood The National, Alligator

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE FALL BE KIND EP “What would I want? Sky.” Fall Be Kind is the new EP from the Brooklyn-based experimental group, Animal Collective (AC), and is filled with great questions and even greater answers.

FBK feels like a break up album in sequel to the carefree summer loving that Merriweather

Post Pavilion brought us earlier this year. Avey Tare starts by coyly stating “Let me begin”.Then opens up by asking, “Comfort, comfort, why do you run for it?” in the very eclectic (even by AC standards) song, “Graze”. AC moves on to search for escape in the sky but checks back to earth asking, “Is everything alright?

You feeling lonely?” We slip into dark depression, anxiety and guilt with the track “Bleed”. The tension builds; “I can’t breath” gasps the band in harmony, on a highway. Tare provides some comic relief exclaiming his jealousy of his band mate’s (Panda Bear [Noah Lennox]) dreaming. Bitter-sweetly, the EP ends with questions and insecurity of whether or not he will get over that break up. How like life.

So now that I’ve viciously dissected an album (and band) that should be entirely up to the listener’s interpretation, it’s a good time to fill you in on some back story.

AC is a busy band with 8 LPs, 4 EPs, 2 live albums and 1 compilation album to date, starting in 2000. This year has proved to be one of their busiest and most successful. It doesn’t feel like only January, that the (virtually) universally acclaimed MPP came out, which is guaranteed a spot on those “best-of ” year lists. Then we received Animal Crack Box (live album) back in May, a refreshing alternative to a slapped together best-of album.

After all this excitement, I thought, “Surely we won’t be getting another AC record anytime soon.” One thing you have to understand is AC is notorious for its blog-hyped torrent leaks months in advance

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of their releases. And even with their ever growing popularity in some circles, it’s questionable how much money they pull in from record sales. However, Panda Bear has been quoted with promoting the illegal downloads, “So if you’re listening leakers, put up those other three songs, man, pronto.” But perhaps all these rapid-fire releases are an attempt to get ahead of the “leakers.”

Maybe AC just has a lot more material than we could have imagined.

With all this fuss about a seemingly unimportant indie group, they sure make it exciting to follow them. Quoting from Wilco (The Album), “Every generation thinks it’s the worst, thinks it’s the end of the world” (see Wilco review). If you ever wondered what type of music our kids (or the generation after us) might make that might offend/ annoy us, AC may provide some preview of that. That is not to say that if you don’t like AC, you must be some old fart with no taste in current music. AC is simply not for everyone. Psychoactivators (I’ve been told) help.

However, as a member of the generation that was raised on Thomas the Tank engine, the “I think I can, I think I can…” closer is a little cheesy for my tastes. But if cheesy is the byproduct of accessibility, I will compromise for tracks like the Grateful Dead-sampled, “What would I want? Sky.” NOTABLE TRACKS: All of them. (There are only 5).

LISTENERS MAY ALSO ENJOY : Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca

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What are you reading?

NICOLE ELSASSER While it may seem a little cliché at this point in the year, there are few things as satisfying as embracing an activity that belongs in a Norman Rockwell painting: roasting chestnuts. While for some, the lack of an “open fire”, as the beloved song describes, might diminish the holiday-joy they find in the activity, most will find that a common oven or toaster oven will produce firstclass results.

Chestnuts are easy to come by during the holiday season and can be found at most grocery stores and markets. For the best results, select your chestnuts carefully; ensure that they have a smooth surface, are not too soft when pressure is put on them and they do not rattle inside the hull when shaken.

This week, first year student Daniel O’Keefe talks about Dave Feschuk and Michael Grange’s Leafs Abomination

1. To begin, preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. 2. Take a paring knife or, if you do not have one, a sharp, fine blade and slice the small pointed end off of the bottom of each chestnut.

3. Place each chestnut on a clean baking sheet and place them in the oven for 20 minutes.

4. Remove the tray from the oven and let the nuts cool for a few minutes until you can comfortably handle them with your fingers.

5. Once cooled, insert the paring knife into the small hole you created at the bottom of the nut and begin to peel away the outer shell and papery skin around the golden nut at the centre 6. Slice the peeled chestnut in twofour pieces and salt as desired.

7. Eat. Repeat with remaining chestnut.

Note: If the chestnuts are rock hard once you have peeled them, then they are most likely dried out and shouldn’t be eaten. Simply discard and try again with another.

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With a paring knife, slice the bottom tip of the chestnut. Let chestnuts cool for a few minutes after removing from the oven. Slice and enjoy!

Quite possibly the most often asked question in offices, schools, bars, and arenas across our country is “why do the Leafs suck?” There are many theories as to why the beloved blue and white haven’t won a Stanley Cup since Canada’s centennial year.

Poor drafting, mismanagement, poor coaching, or just plain bad luck? If you want to truly understand why the Leafs continue to finish close to the top in ticket sales and profit, while close to the bottom in wins and points, then check out Leafs Abomination, “the dismayed fan’s handbook to why the Leafs stink and how they can rise again”.

Dave Feschuk, sports columnist for the Toronto Star, and Michael Grange, sports reporter for the Globe and Mail, applied all of their hockey knowledge and journalistic skills to piece together this book.

They sifted through books and articles, listened to interviews and news reports, and compiled and organized the many reasons for and causes of the Leafs’ failure to bring home the Holy Grail of hockey.

This book is both informative and hilarious, filled with interesting facts and plenty of wit. Even the price takes a shot at the teams, as the book sells for $19.67. The authors claim “Leafs Abomination contains

Featured artist: Joshua Cleminson

Left: Untitled Right: Situation series

Joshua Cleminson positions his work somewhere between modernism and consumerism, and photography and sculpture. In his untitled works, he re-creates a larger versions of plastic packaging forms (the ones that toys and pretty much anything small from the dollar store come in) to accentuate the simple and accidental beauty within those consumable items. As a result of this transition, these throwaway items switch from one offs to art objects.

Moreover, because of the scale of the items, a bodily relationship develops and the viewer is now presented with something they have never experienced before (which is what art is all about, right?). It is also important to note the striking comparison to Constantin Brâncuşi that arises from an interest in investigating form and developing a non-abstract abstraction.

Within Cleminson’s other work featured here, Situation Series, there is an interest in the photographic re-representation of sculptural works, which is a very tricky subject to tackle as the artist is denying a very critical element of sculpture: the third dimension. Though that denial, Cleminson raises questions on photographic documentation compared to representation as photographs and how we intake most of the sculptures we know. When the artist selects how the work would be viewed, and not by a photographer hired by some gallery to do install shots, there is a whole photographic discussion brought into consideration, on top of the sculptural conversation.

The only question that remains is “sculpture or photography?” Can’t they both live together? Aren’t they already bedmates?

-Miles Stemp

reasons for hope (a few), pointed fingers (so many it took two authors), and prescription for change (other than moving to Detroit).” Divided into ten chapters, Abomination goes through the Leafs’ history from their founding in 1917 as the Toronto Blueshirts, through the days spent as the Toronto Arenas and Toronto St. Patricks, up to the end of the 2008-2009 season (without a doubt, they would have loved to include the beginning of the 2009-2010 season if the book had not yet been published). Every chapter begins with a fascinating quote and picture, and finshes with the always-entertaining “Leafs Do It Again” section, containing just a few of the brutal mistakes the Leafs have made over the years.

Leafs Abomination took me from ‘why do the Leafs suck?’ to ‘how are the Leafs only this bad?’

There is only one question that this book can’t answer, and that is why Leafs fans continue to stand by their team, which hasn’t even made the Stanley Cup Finals since 1967.

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Universal bus pass: a thing of the past?

Nicole Elsasser

with files from Zack MacRae, Daniel Bitonti and Mike Treadgold

Almost as soon as the City of Guelph presented their proposed budget for 2010 in a council meeting on Monday, Nov. 30, students and members of the University of Guelph community began to assemble. The proposed budget includes a line item, CFM-11, stating “reset student transit rate structure,” what some argue is an ambiguously worded proposal that outlines the end to the Universal bus pass given to all University of Guelph

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“Guelph has always been a leader in thinking outside the box. The universal bus pass system is one of those ideas and we have significantly higher ridership statistics in our municipality than in a comparable municipality without a university. Why would we jeopardize that?”

Leanne Piper Guelph City Councilor Ward 5 students. The councilors will not vote on these proposed cuts until Dec. 15 at which time, should the transit proposal be voted in by council, it is up to their discretion what the next step will be.

The universal bus pass has been the system in which University of Guelph students have accessed public transit since 1994. Since its inception, the system has functioned in a way where every student pays a predetermined amount each semester in their student fees, currently $60, of which no one is exempt. In this current scheme, all students are then able to use the city’s transit system.

The proposal put before council to explore an end to this system comes during a time when the city of Guelph is running an $8 million deficit due to fiscal difficulties associated with the recession. Guelph city officials have

been forced to make cuts that total $14.4 million; many of these cuts are coming at the expense of community services and in the form of increased property taxes.

According to Ann Pappert, director of community services for the city of Guelph and the official responsible for suggesting that the city review the university student transit pass, this potential change to transit operations was drafted before the budget issues were on the horizon, and created in the spirit of equality for all learners in the city of Guelph. The only nonuniversal student transit pass that Guelph Transit offers is for high school students exclusively. The high school pass is $62 per month.

“We would like to introduce an option of creating a student fare for anybody in a full-time learning stream because we think people who are learning full time should be supported in taking Guelph Transit,” said Pappert. “We don’t have any special rate for children taking the bus to grade school and we don’t have a special rate for anybody going to community college or any other full-time learning stream except this one at $62 a month. We feel that we need to look at that.”

Pappert explained that she has been surprised by the concern expressed by university students about the prospect of changes to transit prices.

“Folks are jumping quite quickly to thinking that we’re talking about getting rid of it, when in fact, we’re talking about whether there’s another way to do this together,” said Pappert.

Galen Fick, the Central Student Association (CSA) local affairs commissioner, has been working closely with the city on transit issues and explained that it is difficult to see the situation as anything other than one that doesn’t include the universal university transit pass. Fick explained that if the idea is explored more concretely by the city, it is likely that university students will have to buy a much more costly transit passes each month from a transit retail location. The buss pass would not be given out through the CSA, as it currently is.

“By definition, paying the same amount for a monthly pass [as other learners] would eliminate the universal pass,” said Fick. “From my conversation with [the city], it was clear that they were talking about proposing one student monthly pass at the same price. So that would eliminate the universal buy-in, it would eliminate how cheaply we get it. A big part of why we get it so cheaply is because it’s like a social service; all students buy into it.”

Brenda Whiteside, vice-president, student affairs at the University of Guelph, explained that she is taking on the role of advisor and advocate for students with respect to this issue, and sees the suggested change as a lack of comprehension on the part of those exploring it.

“My take is that people don’t fully understand what it means to be a universal bus pass…I think we have a lot of new people in the city and they just don’t understand,” said Whiteside.

Mayor Karen Farbridge disagrees. Farbridge said that the idea was not born out of a lack of understanding, but rather out of a desire to be responsible to other full-time learners in the community.

“I’m well aware, and I keep being reminded, that a universal pass is a universal pass,” said Farbridge. “We need to address the issue that a high

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“Folks are jumping quite quickly to thinking that we’re talking about getting rid of it when in fact we’re talking about whether there’s another way to do this together” Ann Pappert Director of Community Services

school student or a college student is paying over $60 a month and a university student is paying $15 a month.”

In her conversations with the city, Whiteside said that the general prediction has been that, should the universal transit pass be eliminated, and prices for university students rise, only a 25 per cent drop in current riders would result; an increase in high school student riders would then compensate for that loss.

But in his conversations with U of G students, Fick has received a different picture of the potential future for university transit users. He explained that the general sentiment has been that university students would avoid buying the more expensive transit pass, many of them deciding to bike, walk, or drive a car and others only intending to purchase monthly passes for January and February when the weather is an issue.

“There’s a big portion of people that use it because we have it,” said Fick.

“I live a 30-minute walk from campus. I really like having the bus [pass].

I’m kind of lazy and I ride it all the time. But if they’re (Guelph Transit) comparing ridership [statistics] now with what it would be if we didn’t have the universal pass, I would ride the bus very rarely.”

Fick also explained many adverse effects that the proposal could have on the community of Guelph as a whole.

“They’re looking at the issue one-sided because there’s a whole range of impacts that this would have. Some of them we couldn’t even estimate now,” said Fick. “The rental rates would really fluctuate in the city. In the south end, which is a lot further away (from campus) but (where) a lot of students live, there are really convenient bus routes. If you have to account

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“[It’s a] new idea that has not been fully formulated. It has come before council with incomplete information based on untested assumptions and carrying with it numerous unanswered questions.

Though there is a dollar amount attached to this proposal, it is in reality, a policy decision that marks a departure from the sound financially minded, community driven nature of this green council.”

Galen Fick Local Affairs Commissioner CSA

in your monthly budget that you’re going to be paying for a monthly pass, then it makes sense to live within campus.”

This shift, according to Fick, could result in much higher rent rates close to campus and a great decrease in rent for places further away. He also explained that it could affect the viability of businesses that cater to students but that are not within walking distance of campus.

Guelph Chief of Police, Rob Davis, explained the negative impacts of an elimination of the universal bus pass in an e-mail that he sent to all members of Guelph city council on Monday Dec. 7, specifically relating to downtown night life.

“It could mean fewer students using the buses to get downtown and getting home again after a night out downtown because of the increased costs. More of them may revert to driving their cars downtown and home again after a night out drinking which is counter-productive to all of the attempts to keep them from (getting) behind the wheel,” said Davis. “Those that don’t take their own cars will now be walking back up the hill to the U. of G. increasing…the likelihood of more noise, damage, etc.”

Whiteside, who also views the potential loss of the universal bus pass as an issue that could effect the recruitment of prospective students, explained that she intends to be persistent in maintaining a universal pass for U of G students.

“If they take it away then my approach would be to every year, advocate to bring it back. You know, get a new person in council and advocate to bring it back,” said Whiteside. “We will always want to promote the universal bus pass, not just for [recruitment] purposes…it makes it more assessable for people who need it, it allows people to live anywhere in the city, it’s environmentally friendly, it keeps people out of our parking lots.

There are a zillion reasons why it is such a good plan.”

According to Fick, those at the university are not unwilling to explore an increase in the price of the universal pass, which works out to cost the students approximately $15 per month.

“We’re willing to negotiate and sit down and see if we can come up with a new proposal and put it to referendum,” said Fick. “This seems like it was made in haste, it’s not fully formulated…if it’s a budget thing they should talk about how to get the money. If it’s a political thing about equality between university and high school students, then that debate should happen outside of the budget process.”

Leanne Piper, a councilor for the city of Guelph in Ward 5, echoed Fick’s sentiments and explained that the discussion of fairly priced transit for all learners has great merit but does not belong in a budget discussion.

“We are [being asked to make] a policy decision during a budget process, but the two have to be separated out,” stressed Piper. “The budget process is not the time to be making major policy shifts. We don’t have the appropriate public consultation process, we don’t have the time to have a wholesome debate on the issue, and we don’t have the information to be able to make a choice on the implications of our decision.”

Piper pointed to the city of Guelph’s impressive transit ridership rate as part of a transit growth strategy, and stressed that while it is important to open affordable transit to other full time learners, it shouldn’t be at the expense of university student ridership.

“Our budget challenges are real, but I don’t believe my colleagues are willing to enter into a process that doesn’t meet our larger strategic goals,”

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“I’m well aware, and I keep being reminded that a universal pass is a universal pass.

We need to address the issue that a high school student or a college student is paying over $60 a month and a university student is paying $15 dollars a month.”

Karen Farbridge Mayor of Guelph said Piper. “And one of our strategic goals is public transit ridership statistics – we want to have the highest per capita ridership in Canada. Why would we put that at risk?”

University of Guelph leaders from the CSA, GSA, and the administration presented their arguments against the elimination of the universal transit pass on Tuesday, Dec. 8 in a debate-free council meeting.

This presentation was one discussion in a group of nearly one hundred other proposed budget cuts being reviewed by city council.

In his address to city council as a representative from the CSA, Fick highlighted what has been the most pressing argument against this budget proposal. “[It’s a] new idea that has not been fully formulated,” said Fick. “It has come before council with incomplete information based on untested assumptions and carrying with it numerous unanswered questions. Though there is a dollar amount attached to this proposal, it is in reality, a policy decision that marks a departure from the sound financially minded, community driven nature of this green council.”

While she has yet to vote on these transit issues, Piper explained that eliminating the universal bus pass may simply be too much of a risk.

“Guelph has always been a leader in thinking outside the box,” said Piper. “The universal bus pass system is one of those ideas and we have significantly higher ridership statistics in our municipality than in a comparable municipality without a university. Why would we jeopardize that?”

City councilors continue to welcome opinions and input on this issue leading up to the vote on the proposed budget cuts on Dec. 15.

The Universal Bus Pass: by the numbers

$8-million deficit faced by the City of Guelph

$14.4 million amount the city needs to make up in their proposed cuts

1,600 emails sent to councillor Leanne Piper (Ward 5)

1994 the year the u-pass was implemented

7,500 members of the “Bus Pass Termination: University of Guelph” Facebook group

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Filling the field Gryphon athletes continue to exceed CIS track and field standards and qualify for nationals MIKE TREADGOLD Count two more athletes that have already qualified for the CIS national championships, just three weeks into the season.

It was only a small meet, but yet, also another opportunity for the Guelph Gryphons track and field team to showcase their talent as the group traveled to York University for the Christmas Open on Saturday.

The meet predominantly featured Gryphons and York Lions athletes, as well as a smattering of individuals from other universities and a few club members. Western and Windsor also hosted meets on the same day, diluting the fields significantly. In taking one look at the scoreboard at York, it was clear which group was the dominant force of the event as the Gryphon men’s and women’s teams, ranked third and fourth in the country, respectively, performed admirably in a vast array of events.

“It was a useful meet in terms of specific preparation as we head into our main competitive season

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Shaneista Haye won the women’s high jump event on Saturday, clearing 1.66m in an event that featured only Gryphon athletes. in January,” said head coach Dave Scott-Thomas. “We had a few really good things come out of it.

It was a chance for a lot of our rookies to get in their first varsity competition without a lot of stress.”

While the low level of stress in the events was a positive experience for Gryphon rookies, Scott-Thomas was, however, a little frustrated about the lack of real competition at York, given that two other meets were taking place on the same day.

“It always helps to have

someone else pushing you,” he said. “If you look at the field in men’s and women’s high jump, we were 100 per cent of the field.”

Two Gryphons in particular had a particularly strong day as high jumper Cornell Haynes and sprinter Sarah Peirce in the women’s 60m race, both exceeded the CIS standard, automatically qualifying them for the national championships in March. Haynes won the men’s high jump event, clearing 2.05m, a meet record.

Peirce blazed to victory in the women’s 60m final in a time of

7.60 seconds and also won the women’s 200m final. Haynes and Peirce join weight thrower Dustin McCrank and shot putter Tim Hendry as Gryphon athletes who have already qualified for the national championships.

“I think we’ll probably have between 30 and 35 athletes at [nationals] at season’s end,” said Scott-Thomas. “To get standard is a pretty big deal and probably 15 to 20 of our athletes will have hit the standard (by March).”

The remaining Gryphon qualifiers will come from the

top 12 national rankings and the OUA winners and runners up in each event.

Other Gryphon winners on Saturday were Lydia Frost (women’s 1500m), Corinne Smith (women’s 800m), Matt MacDonald (men’s 800m), Shaneista Haye (women’s high jump), Melissa Radu (women’s pole vault) and Nigel Wray, who won both the men’s 1500m and 3000m events.

Wray was also a second team All-Canadian in cross-country and was the first of Scott-Thomas’s athletes to make the change over from cross-country to track and field after a very busy outdoor fall season. In January, many other Gryphon cross-country runners will start competing in track and field events as well.

The Gryphons track and field teams, with a full slate of athletes, will return to action on Jan. 15-16 to compete in the Can AM Event in Windsor. With the competitive portion of the season about to get underway, Scott-Thomas has high expectations.

“We’re very good teams,” he said. “I think we had the best recruiting class in Canada this year – in terms of both talent and attitude. I think both our men’s and women’s teams will be in the hunt for both OUA and CIS titles this year.”

It began with a Christmas carol Gryphons continue inspirational tradition with Emma’s Toy Drive MIKE TREADGOLD Inspiration can come from a number of sources.

For the Guelph Gryphons women’s field hockey team, their inspiration for goodwill came from a 15-year-old girl.

The Gryphons ‘wrapped up’ their annual toy drive last week as part of their partnership with Emma’s Toy Drive, a local charitable initiative spearheaded by a local girl with a big heart.

Emma Berglund, 15, began her goodwill mission at the age of eight when she decided to make a difference in the lives of children by singing Christmas carols to raise money. She then used that money to buy toys to be donated to children’s charities. Seven years later, with the help of a number of local businesses, Emma’s Toy Drive has grown to the point where it has collected over 9,000 toys, with annual targets approximating 1,500 gifts that will be donated to Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis.

The University’s Department of Athletics is always looking for opportunities for the Gryphon teams to get involved in the local community. Several years ago, the holiday goodwill mission was a food drive spearheaded by the Gryphon

rowing team, whereby the team that raised the most non-perishable food items got to eat first at the year-end athletic banquet.

Two years ago, Shannon Baskin, the assistant coach of the field hockey team, came to head coach Michelle Turley with the idea of having the Gryphons take part in Emma’s Toy Drive. In the Gryphons’ first two years of involvement, the event has been an incredible success.

“With it being so close to

an eight-year-old kid to think that way,” said Turley of Emma’s generosity. “This initiative offers us the opportunity to make a few kids smile at Christmas.”

To demonstrate the creativity and personal touch added to the Gryphons’ involvement, Turley used an example from last year’s toy drive when star forward Brienne Stairs drew Turley’s name. Stairs went out and purchased a small field hockey stick, ball and shin pads that Turley got to open before they were

With it being so close to Christmas, it was one last chance for us to get together as a group. [The team] really looks forward to getting together to do this.

Michelle Turley Gryphons field hockey coach

Christmas, it was one last chance for us to get together as a group,” said Turley. “[The team] really looks forward to getting together to do this.”

To make the event personable, the Gryphon players and coaches first randomly drew names of fellow teammates and coaches. With that player or coach in mind, each of the women then had the task of buying a gift that they believed reflected that individual’s personality, or a toy that they would have played with as a young child. The gifts are wrapped, exchanged, and then all donated to Emma’s Toy Drive.

“It was really impressive for

donated.

Among the highlight gifts from this year’s exchange were an Edward Cullen figurine from the Twilight series and a bear wearing a t-shirt with a Gryphon logo on the front and midfielder Angela Lancaster’s name and number on the back.

“People take the time to really make their gift reflect the person on their team whose name they drew,” said Turley. “It makes it that much more fun for us to open before we donate the toys to charity.”

The opportunity to donate is made available to anyone and there are a number of drop-off locations throughout Guelph. More

Courtesy

Emma Berglund (left), the organizer of Emma’s Toy Drive is joined

by Gryphons Taylor Docherty (centre) and Lauren Goodmanson, surrounded by the field hockey team’s donations to GuelphWellington Women in Crisis. information can be found at http:// www.emmastoydrive.com.

“We just hope that we can make

even a slight difference in a child’s life over the holiday season,” Turley said.

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Spice up your life Studies abound proving the helpful benefits of curry JOSH DOYLE It’s showing up on rice, all over your chicken, and it’s infesting the Grad Lounge. What could it be, but curry?

This tasty Indian dish is growing in popularity and this could be a good thing. Studies are popping up everywhere about the health benefits of curry dishes, and the research seems to share a common result: curry is good for you.

But one might ask, just what is curry? Most people would identify it as a spicy Indian sauce usually eaten with a larger meal, and although this is true, it’s not the whole truth. The term curry originated from the word Kari, which means sauce, and was actually made popular by Western and European cultures to describe a very broad assortment of dishes coming from South Asian countries, such as India. After speaking with an employee at one of Guelph’s Indian restaurants, Curry in a Hurry, my definition of curry had not improved.

“It’s a tricky question because it’s a general term…but it has to do with the spices,” was his response to what I once thought was an easy question. Although he wasn’t sure what exactly made a dish ‘curry,’ he was certain that curries “have long been considered as invaluable for their abilities to cleanse and refresh the body.”

His answer led me to look more closely at the spices involved in curry, which often, but do not always, consist of ginger, garlic, onion, turmeric, cumin, and coriander.

Well, if these were what made a dish ‘curry’, I was sure they must have something to do with its potential nutrition. But to find out for sure, I sought a professional opinion.

University of Guelph professor of nutrition, Dr. James Kirkland, was happy to answer some questions on the matter of curry. When asked if he was a fan of the dish, he answered with resounding affirmation and in speaking on its health benefits, he replied with an equal level of positivity.

“There are studies that suggest curry consumption can decrease the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease and others,”

Kirkland replied. He attributed the health benefits of curry in part to phytochemicals, which are contained in some spices such as turmeric. “[Phytochemicals] help to induce oxidant defence enzymes, decreasing levels of tissue damage,” added Kirkland.

I don’t remember reading anything about that in Charlotte’s Web, but it sounds like good news. Spices like turmeric include curcumin, which is also known for its use as an herbal treatment to decrease inflammatory response.

Since it was becoming clear that spices played a central role in curry’s reputation as a healthy item, I asked whether spicy foods in general were a good dietary choice. Kirkland felt the answer was yes, but he warns those interested not to overdo it. “[Over-consumption] is a very common approach in the current supplement marketplace, and high intakes of these chemicals can be harmful,” said Kirkland.

With the end of the semester upon us, and final exams being a primary concern for many students, I was interested in the impact that curry could have on mental awareness.

“There are lower levels of dementia, in curry-consuming populations,” said Kirkland.

“Sometimes, a spicy, interesting meal can invigorate you mentally, and improve mental performance.”

This could make curry a prime meal choice for those busy minds working to fill their heads with as much bio-chemistry information as possible before finals commence.

However, if you’re sensitive to spicy foods, don’t go and cram as much curry as you do science.

“You can’t study with an upset stomach,” said Kirkland. “Sleep is also underappreciated in how well you incorporate learning into memory, so meals that promote a good night’s sleep are critical.”

Kirkland did not feel it was within his area of expertise to comment on the impact of curry on sexual behaviour, but he does see plenty of benefits to the body and mind, and one can only lead to the other.

So, for the next time you’re studying on campus or hanging out downtown, order some butter chicken, get some basmati rice, and experience the invigorating sensation of Indian cuisine.

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MIKE TREADGOLD With the end of the semester upon us, it’s time to look back at the half-season-that-was and recognize some of the highlights from Gryphons athletics that have graced these pages. Without further ado, Speak into the Mike hands out the ‘Golden Mikes’ to the following players, coaches and teams, for their Fall 2009 accomplishments.

Male Athlete of the Half Year – Matt Brunsting: What more than has already been written can be said about the accomplishments of Guelph’s premier distance runner? Brunsting’s season started and finished strong, winning both the Guelph season-opening meet in September, as well as the CIS Championships in Kingston at season’s end, the second consecutive season in which he has taken the national title. With another first team All-Canadian nomination under his belt, Brunsting has established himself as one of the top university runners in Canadian history and takes the inaugural Golden Mike in a landslide.

Honourable mentions: Allan Brett (cross-country), Mark Henry (rowing), Nick Fitzgibbon (football).

Female Athlete of the Half Year – Brittany Benn: The second-year centre from the women’s rugby team was quite simply, the most dynamic offensive player in the CIS. Benn led the country in scoring by a wide margin, scoring 13 tries and adding 12 converts, making her a dual threat in both the running and kicking games. Incredibly overlooked by the OUA as the league MVP,

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Gryphon quarterback Justin Dunk had a particularly memorable and candid moment this year.

Benn’s accomplishments did not go unnoticed by the Ontarion and she is the deserving recipient of the Golden Mike. Honourable mentions: Brienne Stairs (field hockey), Chantique Payne (swimming).

Male Rookie of the Half Year – Robbie Murphy: The first-year striker from the men’s soccer team burst onto the scene in his inaugural season as one of the league’s most dangerous offensive players. With five goals in 12 games, Murphy led the Gryphons in scoring and was also named both OUA and CIS Rookie of the Year. Honourable mentions: Christian Wong (golf ), Cam Thorn (football).

Female Rookie of the Half Year – Tegan Stairs: Another OUA Rookie of the Year award recipient, Stairs helped lead the Gryphons to the nation’s top seed going into the

national championships. Combined with her older sister, Brienne, the Stairs sisters were arguably the league’s most formidable offensive duo this season. Honourable mentions: Genevieve Lalonde (cross-country), Samantha Bright (soccer).

Coach of the Half Year – Dave Scott-Thomas: Five consecutive women’s CIS cross-country titles and four consecutive men’s CIS titles.

‘Nuff said. Honourable mentions: Colette McAuley (rugby), Michelle Turley (field hockey).

Game of the Half Year – Ravens – 75, Gryphons – 74 (men’s hoops): In their seasonopening game, the undermanned and overlooked Gryphons took the defending CIS champions right to the final buzzer. The atmosphere was electric and foreshadowed a series of exciting basketball games, proving that despite losing their two top players from last year, the new-look Gryphons can be a force.

Honourable mention: Western/ Guelph Homecoming (football), Guelph/McMaster OUA Quarterfinals (men’s soccer).

Tough Break of the Half Year – Cam Thorn (football): The defensive tackle was having an outstanding rookie season that was cut short by an ugly ankle injury in his team’s loss to McMaster in October, requiring Thorn to be taken off the field in an ambulance. Thorn was in the starting lineup from day one and, assuming a full recovery, will anchor the defensive line for years to come.

“He said what?!” Moment of the Half Year: Two words: F*** Western.

Stinker of the Half Year: Western – 60, Guelph – 0 (men’s

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Gryphon forward Robbie Murphy can now add a Golden Mike to his trophy case. rugby). Ugh! Blowout of the Half Year: Guelph – 90, Laurier – 0 (women’s rugby). Somehow, the Laurier coach still won the OUA Coach of the Year award!

Quote of the Half Year: “With what you saw with the running today, if you thought we were strong, wait two months man, we’re going to roll.” – Dave Scott-Thomas, crosscountry head coach following his team’s season-opening domination.

Nostradamus couldn’t have said it any better.

With half a year in the books, there was certainly no shortage of incredible stories in Gryphons athletics in the past three and a half months. With the second half beginning in the new year, stay tuned for the Winter 2010 version of the Golden Mikes at the end of next semester.

Gryphons pummel Badgers The Gryphon women’s hockey team cruised to a 10-2 victory over the Brock Badgers on Thursday, their largest offensive output of the season. The fourth-place Gryphons (8-4-2), with 18 points, now have a three-point lead over Western in the OUA standings and are just one point back of York and two behind Queen’s. Laurier continues to dominate the league with a perfect 15-0-0 record. In Thursday’s win, the Gryphs were led by a hat-trick from Erin Small, two goals from Rose Harris and three assists from Jody Hodgins. Dayna Kanis, Tayne Hewer, Tamara Bell, Samantha Ryder, and Kim Wong were the other Gryphon goal-scorers. Chelsey Roy had a relatively easy night in goal for the Gryphons, making 12 saves on 14 shots for the win.

Gryphons come up short The Gryphon men’s hockey team came up short in a pair of games, falling 3-1 to the Brock Badgers on Wednesday and then dropping a 6-5 nail-biter to the York Lions on Saturday night. The Gryphons (6-9-2) now sit ninth in the OUA West and go into the winter break riding a four-game losing streak.

In Thursday’s loss to Brock, the Badgers opened the scoring and led 2-0 by the first intermission. After the break, Gryphon forward Ed Gale scored his fourth goal of the season, but that was as close as the Gryphs would get as the Badgers added an insurance marker in the third period. In Saturday’s loss to the Lions, the Gryphons outplayed their opponents throughout most of the contest, outshooting the Lions 38-23. Leading 4-3 going into the third period, the Gryphon defence broke down as York scored twice in the last four minutes to secure the victory. Kris Belan scored twice for the Gryphons while Gale, Patrick Campbell and Thomas Kiriakou added singles.

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Gryphon centre Brittany Benn wins the Golden Mike for Female Athlete of the Year.

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Now is the winter of our voter discontent GREG BENETEAU These days, it’s not just the winter weather that’s creating a chill in the air.

Dealing with an estimated budget shortfall of $8 million for 2010, Guelph City Ccouncil has some very difficult decisions to make over the next week – ones that provide no escape from frosty voters who will soon be going to the polls.

On the one hand, it would take a whopping 9.2 per cent tax increase to keep the books balanced without cutting any costs or generating additional revenue. Making people pay more to receive the same level of service is unpalatable at the best of times. A near ten per cent increase in municipal taxes would drive the average homeowner apoplectic and severely damage Guelph’s claim to being an affordable place to live and do business.

So, council asked staff to go through its various departments with a fine-toothed comb, looking for items that can be cut without being missed.

The tough lesson here is that when council opens its purse to fund programs and services,people become invested in those programs and services. Try telling a local musician that cutting funding for the Guelph Arts Council is a better idea than eliminating free parking downtown.

Both are being considered as part of budget deliberations.

Among students, the uproar is over a proposal to eliminate the Universal Buss Pass in favour of a monthly rate that would apply to students across the city.

Guelph Transit Manager Michael Anders has come out saying that the U of G pass was “way underpriced” and needs to be corrected to reflect the cost of running the system and encourage ridership among high school students. Estimated savings for the city: $300,000.

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I’m sure Guelph residents (those who don’t have kids at U of G, anyway) are perfectly happy to hoist the additional cost onto university students. After all, fifteen bucks a month seems like quite a deal compared to the current rate paid by high school students, which is more than four times that.

University students, who have negotiated a mandatory annual transit pass as part of their student fees for nearly 15 years without any complaints from the city, have good reason to think they’re being thrown under the bus, so to speak. In better times, student money helped build up Guelph Transit into the relatively decent service that exists today.

So, whose interests win out during a budget brawl? While I believe city councillors generally have their constituents’ best interests at heart, they are political creatures by nature.

They’ll support the motions that will help them survive what promises to be a punishing election next fall.

Voters have long memories, so one of the strategies will be to piss off voters who don’t show up to the polls, anyways.

If it feels like Guelph City Council might give into the demands of high school parents on the transit pass issue, consider that the average turnout voters between 18 and 21.5 years of age was 42 per cent in Ontario during the 2004 federal election, according to Elections Canada. For voters between 21 and 24, turnout was 37 per cent.

Compare that with a turnout of 63 per cent for the 38-47 age group and 70 per cent for those aged 4857, and you start to realize why mom and pop have more clout than you do.

There’s evidence that students are taking time out from exam schedules to make their concerns. Ward 5 Councillor Leann Piper recently posted on a Facebook page related to the transit pass issue that she’d received more than 1600 emails. In a municipal election, 1600 votes is the difference between first and last place. U of G students would do well to remember that.

If council decides to scrap the bus pass, disaffected student voters will also need a candidate to challenge that decision at the ballot box.

There are plenty of qualified student leaders on campus who would make an excellent addition to council, but they will need support from their normally-apathetic peers if they’re to stand a chance of winning.

Budget time is squeaky wheel season, the winter of our voter discontent. Citizens who follow their councillors’ decisions closely and give feedback are more likely to get what they want.

Trust me, they’re listening.

Like students studying frantically for their final exams, I suspect our elected representatives will have to put off sleep until sometime after Christmas.

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TERRA BORODY & SAM SILVERSIDES For our readers who have not been following the hoopla, a dichotomy has been imposed by supporters of a Bash Back flyer (mainly disparate individuals as well as members of various queer rights groups in the community) and the Ontarion (the so-called “status-quo”). It seems to us there is confusion about the intentions of the flyer as well as in the motive for creating such a dichotomy.

Those supporting the flyer keep saying, if the image makes you angry, stop and think about why. The image features an individual penetrating the eye of a religious figure with a strap-on dildo. The words “Fags Hate God” appears on top. The flyer appeared at the INSITE Guelph: Resistance through Arts conference in November.

Well, we stopped, thought about how important the queer movement is to us, then thought about just how obnoxious anti-intellectual reactionary propaganda is.

While it has been referred to as a specific response to the Westboro Baptist Church (a cult-like group of queer bashers), on their own site, Bash Back calls it a response to “many religious institutions (http:// bashbacknews.wordpress.com/).”

Supporters were quick to argue that the flyer is art. However, on their own website, Bash Back calls it “hate propaganda” which is intended to make people feel “unsafe.” We don’t intend to debate the definition of art here, but simply to point out the potential for hasty support of the wrong message.

While we agree that the flyer should have been reported on in its context, it had already been removed from any context when we and our neighbours all discovered copies of it in our mailboxes before the conference took place, with no explanation attached.

And you wonder why it seems “they pulled this one out of their asses?”

We understand how the publicizing of a radical response to hate speech could be cathartic.

Where we get lost is in trying to wrap our heads around what is progressive or even helpful (emotionally or politically) about appropriating the same violent visual vocabulary for the pro-queer/ trans movement.

The queer/trans community is certainly not a homogenous group.

Any individual belonging to this community would almost certainly take offense or feel threatened by the propaganda of the WBC.

However, we feel it should be made clear that not all members of the queer/trans community would agree with how Bash Back has expressed their position. In fact, many of us find it distasteful, juvenile, and sensationalist. Yet, based on the commentary on their home page, Bash Back seems to think they represent the whole community.

You can stand for freedom of speech without respecting a particular message (which in this case is- you dehumanize us, we dehumanize you?) and likewise, without respecting a particular tactic (making anger a political stance?). The words “don’t simply subscribe because it’s a good cause” are, it’s true, somewhat confusing.

We interpreted them as: are the tactics used to advance the cause in fact counter-productive to the cause itself? That’s the way people need to start thinking about this.

The question shouldn’t be whether or not oppressed people have the right to be angry- of course they do. The question should be, when are we going to move forward and try to make this a queer-positive campus through utilizing intellectual methods like collaborating with our student run media, instead of slandering it?

Incomplete information based on untested assumptions GALEN FICK

I’ve had a bit of flack from students accusing the Central Student Association (CSA) executive of being fear mongers, incompetents or worse, and I realize that our mass email has caused similar flack to fly at the mayor and councilors.

Though there is a dollar amount attached to the proposal, it is really a policy decision that marks a departure from the sound financially minded, community driven nature of this green council.”

The goal of the CSA was never to create a panic. This issue came from a proposal being presented without prior warning in an incomplete manner to city council. I don’t blame city staff or councilors, but its important for students to understand how things came to be and to keep engaged in the ongoing process.

On Monday, Nov. 30 I attended a city council meeting, where the budget reductions were explained. At that meeting, the General Manager

of Community Connectivity and Transit explained that the purpose of proposal “CMS11” was to create an ‘inclusive fare structure’ for all learners in our community. After the meeting, I spoke further with city staff to confirm my understanding of the issue. Yes, they were talking about a single price for all students.

Yes, they were talking about a city wide optional buy in pass, i.e. moving away from the current affordable 100 per cent buy in from all university students.

The day after that meeting, I informed the CSA executive, CSA/ GSA Transit Committee, the GSA and the university administration.

We did our homework, checked with Guelph Transit and the mayor, confirming that this was indeed a realistic proposal.

We felt that it was time to inform all students about the risk to their Universal Bus Pass, and we sent out the mass email. Between being exam time and having a week to work with, we put together what I believe was the best strategy: give students the chance to show council, by emailing, how important this issue was to them. Individual councilors have received around 2000 emails; they know students are serious about our Universal Bus Pass.

Here’s where things got a bit interesting. Council had heard this proposal explained at the same time that I did. One councilor, Leanne Piper from Ward 5, felt the need to respond quickly to all the incoming emails, but she sent out a response

referring to a different proposal (CMS6 - increase all transit fares by 7 per cent). She has since apologized and clarified that there is in fact a possibility that the Pass could be cancelled as a part of CMS11: ‘inclusive student price structure’ and that she would not support any proposal to eliminate the Universal Bus Pass. As it turns out, the CSA was not misinformed about that issue; we were right.

This clarification isn’t meant to point fingers, just to point out that there was a misunderstanding.

Furthermore, the fact that there wasn’t complete understanding on council’s part strengthens the position that I presented to council on Dec. 8 (can be read on csaonline. ca). I said that regardless of whether this is a good idea or not, it has come before council in a rushed manner.

It has come with incomplete information based on untested assumptions and carrying with it numerous unanswered questions.

Though there is a dollar amount attached to the proposal, it is really a policy decision that marks a departure from the sound financially minded, community driven nature of this green council.

Students are not unreasonable and I trust that we can pursue a win-win solution within the current structure with the city. I hope that council will recognize their lack of appropriate engagement on CMS11 and agree that we need to slow it down, get a complete picture and include students at the table.

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A not-so-well thought out plan Who knew that a single line item amid over 100 others in the public budget discussion could cause such a stir?

When city councillors were going over the items to be discussed at their meeting on Monday, Nov. 30, line item CFM-11 – stating, “reset student transit rate structure,” – raised more than a few eyebrows amongst Guelph’s political representatives.

When asked by councillors to clarify the line item, new transit manager Michael Anders used words such as, “renegotiate,” “reexamine,” and “look at the terms,” to describe the action to be taken on the current universal bus pass system. Councillors left the meeting under the impression that any kind of renegotiation would only be to bring high school students into the ‘universality’ picture. According to councillors, there was no interpretation that transit staff planned to eliminate the plan altogether.

And then the dialogue began and the truth came out.

It turns out that the concept of ‘renegotiation’ was merely transit’s plan to sugarcoat the real truth behind CFM-11. This was clearly a cost-cutting measure and the 20,000 university students were going to be the ones being asked to dig even a little deeper into our already relatively empty pockets.

Bringing high school students into the foray of universal public

transit is among one of the explanations being offered for the policy change, but let’s compare apples with apples here; university and high school students are hardly equal points of comparison.

‘Equalization’ is one thing, but ‘elimination’ is a whole new ball game.

Make no mistake, the concept of a universal transit system is an admirable and ambitious goal, but as this editorial column has done on numerous occasions now, our criticism is not the message, but rather, the method.

The accessibility and affordability of Guelph’s public transit system is among the best, if not the best in a municipality of its size. For years now, the award-winning system has been lauded by outsiders and provided the city of Guelph with a real accomplishment to hang its hat on.

As one city councillor wondered incredulously, “Why would we put that (reputation) at risk? Instead of taking away a working system that is strongly supported by the population that benefits from it, let’s think the other way and think about how we can bring in the rest of our citizens.”

Perhaps we, as students, have an existing deal that during these recessionary times, is just too good to be true. Perhaps our comfort with the existing affordability and accessibility is something that we take for granted.

But regardless of our current attitudes, transit staff ’s consideration of eliminating the current system altogether is a ridiculous initiative to save a mere $300,000, especially given the plethora of ‘unknowns’ that could surface if the policy change moves forward.

Among the consequences of eliminating the service that must be considered is the increase in drunk driving, air pollution and the greater density of students that will live close to campus, as well as the necessity of more residential and university parking, and most obviously, the decrease in ridership.

Again, I repeat, this is all to save $300,000, and this figure was determined from Guelph Transit’s belief that eliminating the existing system for university students will only cause a 25 per cent decrease in ridership. Forgive us for being pessimistic, but given the approximately 7, 500 students who have already joined the Facebook group against the initiative, not to mention the thousands of concerned emails sent to city councillors, I think that the 25 per cent figure is among the most blatant understatements we’ve heard. To be frank, Guelph Transit is making inroads to not only alienate its largest customer base, but also to stray from Guelph’s long-term objectives of increased ridership and environmental sustainability. Something tells us that students simply won’t stand for that.

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The Ontarion published several errors in last week’s paper with respect to the research being conducted by Dr. Andrea Buchholz and Dr. Robin Milhausen. Their study – Sex, Health and YOU! – does not utilize the BOD POD instrument, as was indicated in the photo caption,nor did the researchers develop this technology. Their study explores the relationship between body composition, body image, relationship quality and sexuality in young adults and is the first of its kind to adopt such a multifactorial focus. Rather than a focus on body fat alone, as was implied in the original article, Buchholz and Milhausen are investigating how body image and relationship satisfaction may influence any association between body fat and sexuality in people of a variety of shapes and sizes. They are also investigating other lifestyle factors including physical activity and nutrition. On completion of the current study, the researchers will eventually look at how other factors such as chronic disease affect the relationship between body composition and sexuality. Buchholz and Milhausen are still looking for additional men and women between the ages of 18 and 25 and in romantic heterosexual relationships to fill out their study. Those interested in participating can contact them at bodycomp@uoguelph.ca.

The Ontarion regrets the errors.

LETTERS Dear Ontarion Editor, How are you?

I don’t care, because you’re probably not as angry as me. I don’t think you even understand the vile feelings boiling up from my stomach. Yes, I’m going to go as far as to say that the Ontarion... has given me heartburn...sort of...

You see, I’ve been thrice wronged by your paper. Not once, not twice, but thrrr-THREE TIMES! As clearly stated and signed at the end of this message, my name is Andrew Townsend. Andrew Townsend.

Andrew. Townsend. Between today and the Oct. 22 issue of the paper, my identity in the eyes of the University of Guelph student public has been Andrew Townshend.

I graciously interviewed for a piece about the radio station.

Again I lent my opinions to the growing fad of moustaches. And finally, I shared some of myself, through exposing my literary preferences in this past issue’s “What Are You Reading?” Or wait...did I write/contribute to them? Because according to the Ontarion, ANDREW TOWNSHEND DID! Do you see the problem?

Because I see it. And unless I’ve come down once again with a version of scarlet fever, I am indeed seeing that ‘H’ in my name. The big issue here is that in the act of cultivating my own celebrity, and banking on the value of my name recognition, the Ontarion has delivered me three blows. I am a Townsend, not a Townshend. The Townshend’s are a lineage that produces musicians, politicians, and agricultural innovators. The Townsend’s are primarily known for being stars of

athletics, authors, and residing in New York. The way the Ontarion is painting my life’s picture, I will end up as President of Nebraska whilst being lead vocalist in a bluegrass band that writes covers of John Mellencamp songs. How does this coincide with my dreams of becoming New York’s first embedded writer for the Harlem Globetrotters? IT DOESN’T! I’ve already mentioned my celebrity. I don’t want to use it against the Ontarion, but are you offering me another choice? No? Me neither. Instead, please allow me to offer you a choice which you can offer to me: I suggest that the Ontarion dedicates an entire center-piece article to me, my biography, and my life pursuits. This would be done to repair the damages, both social and personal, and to reinstate the value of my name and face. OR the Ontarion offers me a regular

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column to write about whatever I wish, whenever I wish, so that I can fix the damages to myself. OR a pizza is given to me in front of the entire writing staff on one of the regular Thursday meetings.

Like you, I do not want to play hardball. I especially do not want to play hardball in some other person’s court. It’s not my court, and it’s not my balls. But I will force myself upon it all if I have to. Please, don’t make me have to.

Big fan, Andrew Townsend

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