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LGBTQ proposal for community coordinator position denied Andrew Donovan Recently, the LGBTQ community at Guelph was faced with a denial of their proposition to increase the compulsory non-tuition fees by three per cent. The raise would have provided the funds to staff a fulltime professional to help progress the status of LGBTQ on campus.

The proposal for a community coordinator is one of a few ideas the community has to help bring together people who want a sense of community or are going through difficult situations. According to Barry Townshend, manager at the Centre for New Students, students are still being ridiculed on and off campus for their sexual orientations.

The results from a recent survey taken would confirm the statements made by Townshend.

“All 29 students who identified themselves as LGBTQ talked about either being targeted personally, supporting friends who had been targeted, experiencing intolerance indirectly (overhearing negative comments) or feeling like they were perceived as an outsider or different.”

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While the fee increase did not get approved, there may be other attempts to find a community coordinator for the LGBTQ community in the future.

Fee Committee was declined for a of a tuition freeze (or cutbacks), number of reasons. It wasn’t that and on the other hand, there is the members didn’t support the the reality that scaling back fees initiative and good spirited intent will also scale back the rather proto create a sense of safety and be- gressive intentions of ideas such as longing for students on campus. the one proposed by the LGBTQ It was the issue of raising fees that community. was cause for concern among the Townshend noted that the committee.

Aboriginal Resource Centre on The decision to decline the pro- campus and the Office of Interposal reveals a dichotomy. On one cultural Affairs are the models that hand, there are many students they’re looking at replicating, both walking around campus with the of which have three staff positions. red square badge on their backAlong with the proposal were pack, representing their support over 900 signatures on a petition,

37 e-mails of support, and an additional 721 signatures online.

Granted, the support of such a position wasn’t unanimous, but it did present the committee with overwhelming evidence that despite the reluctance to raise fees by most students, there is still a substantial population that can be convinced to raise fees if it is for an idea that they support.

The CSA also gave its endorsement for increasing support for LGBTQ students, but acknowledged ...se e lg btq pag e 4

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Bracelet of Hope to attempt world record Attempt at longest chain of bracelets will link community in fight against HIV/AIDS Stacey Aspinall A world record may soon be broken in Guelph. At an event held on March 15 in the University Centre, Bracelet of Hope announced plans to break a world record: the organization will aim to create the longest chain of linked bracelets. The event also featured guest speakers and included the unveiling of a new mural from Murals of Hope.

Bracelet of Hope is a Guelphbased organization that was founded in 2005 by local physician Dr. Anne-Marie Zajdlik.

The grassroots organization engages Canadians in the fight against AIDS in Lesotho, Africa.

The organization sells signature red and white beaded bracelets to raise funds and encourage awareness.

“We believe that we are going to end the AIDS pandemic in Lesotho, and we believe that Guelph is going to do that.”

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Sian Matwey’s mural brightens both hospital waiting rooms and the University Centre during the Bracelet of Hope challenge.

Bracelet of Hope will attempt to create the longest chain of linked bracelets to break the current world record of 3,799 bracelets in one chain. The beaded bracelets are widely recognized as a symbol of hope and positivity, and represent unity in the ongoing fight against HIV/AIDS. Groups throughout the city are encouraged to build chains, and the chains will be brought together at the World AIDS Day Celebration on Nov. 30 at the River Run Centre to see if the current record has been surpassed.

The first speaker at the event was Dr. Alastair Summerlee, president and vice-chancellor of the university.

“I’ve had the privilege of being in many parts of Africa, and the effort that we need to continue to put in, to deal with HIV/AIDS, is ongoing,” said Summerlee.

Dr. Anne-Marie Zajdlik, the founder of Bracelet of Hope, also

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spoke at the event.

“We have a longstanding relationship with the University of Guelph. The campaign is now about seven years old. It has helped establish an HIV/AIDS clinic in Lesotho, saving thousands of lives, and it has now spread its wings into the community, helping to create jobs for people in Lesotho, and support for AIDS orphans.”

Zajdlik spoke about the goals of organization, and believes that the goal of ending AIDS is attainable, through treatment.

“We believe that we are going to end the AIDS pandemic in Lesotho, and we believe that Guelph is going to do that. It seems like a huge goal, but as an HIV/AIDS treating physician, I understand that we have the medications now available, and if we could provide them to the people in Lesotho, we would stop the pandemic there,” Zajdlik said.

A new mural titled “Together in Solidarity,” painted by University of Guelph art student Shaylah Costello, was presented at the event, through the Mural of Hope initiative. Parttime fundraiser Sian Matwey initially started the charity as a way to brighten hospital waiting rooms, and has painted 45 murals for charity. After an accident, Matwey is unable to paint, but brought the idea to Bracelet of Hope.

The mural located in the UC represents the work the organization has done, as well as raising money that supports wellness centres, foster homes, and income generating projects.

During the World Record Attempt, Bracelet of Hope will be selling two bracelets for five dollars – one bracelet to wear, and one that will go on the chain. It is now up to the community of Guelph to see if this record can be broken, for a good cause.

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Global to Local: Students, staff, and faculty on international and national news

Trending topics on news sites and Twitter often have the most discussion surrounding them for various reasons relating to the level of public interest they garner, and the topic’s entertainment factor. This week on the National Post website, seven trending topics covered cultural figures like Pope Francis and Justin Bieber (both arguably religiously followed by millions), technology, and the country that recently threatened the U.S. with nukes.

Because of how news is received today, skimming through trending topics is often an easy way to keep updated on what’s going on in the world, even if you’re a student swamped with assignments and midterms. It helps that most people are talking about the topics, so even if you’re not reading through news sites, you can still keep up with global affairs. The Ontarion quizzed an unsuspecting student on which topics from the National Post trending list they’re familiar with, as well as which ones interested them.

The Ontarion: Galaxy S4.

Raminder Jassal, first year student: Yes, I’ve heard of it.

The Ontarion: Pope Francis.

RJ: Yes, heard of him.

The Ontarion: Rob Ford.

RJ: Yes, have heard of him.

The Ontarion: Magnotta.

RJ: No. The Ontarion: That was the guy who mutilated the chemical engineering student last year.

RJ: Oh yes, have heard of him.

The Ontarion: Trudeau.

RJ: Yes. The Ontarion: North Korea.

RJ: Yes. The Ontarion: Bieber.

RJ: Yes…who hasn’t?

The Ontarion: Which one of these topics is the most interesting to you and why?

RJ: Galaxy S4. It’s just advertised everywhere. Everywhere I look, they have some sort of advertisement about it. I was looking for a new phone [too].

The Ontarion: And which topic is the least interesting?

RJ: Justin Bieber.

The Ontarion: Good answer.

Thanks to the participant for this week’s interview. If you have something to say about international or national news, and would like to be contacted for future issues, or if you want to see a particular news story covered here, contact News Editor Alicja Grzadkowska at onnews@ uoguelph.ca.

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“Raising fees, even a small amount, is too sensitive an issue on campus.

This is the position of the CSA who wrote to the committee endorsing the idea of increasing support for LGBTQ students, but opposing the increase in fees,” said Townshend , on the statements made by the CSA. The CSA recently proposed a raise of their own in a referendum question proposed to students during the elections, which was rejected by students.

Israeli Apartheid Week takes place at U of G Andrew Donovan Few subjects garner more controversy, uncertainty, and attention than the ever-changing landscape of Middle Eastern politics, particularly the territorial disputes in Israel and Palestine. Last week, these conversations were brought to attention in Guelph for Israeli Apartheid Week.

In a March 13 presentation titled, “Israeli Activism against Occupation and Apartheid: Strategies for Solidarity,” Noa Shaindlinger, an Israeli expat now working with organizations such as Zochrot who set forth to educate Israeli-Jews about the memory of pre-1948 Palestine, spoke to a gathering in the University Centre about Israeli state policy against Palestine.

The audience was told that the presentation was not meant as an outright attack against Israel or Jews, it was simply meant to address inhumane treatment of Palestinians that are generally made possible through state policy.

Shaindlinger spoke extensively about her time in post-apartheid South Africa where she and a group of Israelis along with Palestinians visited to see how the region remembers its history of apartheid, and how they are working to move forward into an integrated and diverse society.

While Shaindlinger and her colleagues were in South Africa, they would meet daily to discuss ways to implement societal and political changes back in Palestine. On the first day of discussions, Shaindlinger remembers a question arose almost immediately that for some time crippled the conversations and ideas of the group.

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Israeli Apartheid Week brings up controversial topics that some feel need to be addressed in the context of current affairs in the Middle East.

“What right do non-ethnic cleansed peoples have to decide the fate of those [Palestinians] not in this room?”

The question was important as well as deflating. It is part of the same debate we hear here in Canada regarding the state of our native population; a correlation Shaindlinger made on numerous occasions to add perspective and familiarity to the conversation.

During Shaindlinger’s time in Palestine, she spoke about her interactions with the locals in the small towns bordering the infamous walls that separate the two feuding states. There was one particularly moving picture that the audience was shown. It displayed a group of

Palestinians looking up to the top of the wall where armored Israeli soldiers stood. The photo presented a juxtaposition as it showed streets and fields blanketed in a smog of tear gas.

Outside a plethora of stories from Shaindlinger’s experience in the perpetual warzones of the Palestinian-Israeli border, there was discussion on how to improve relations between the two nations going forward.

“A one-nation state has certainly been discussed,” Shaindlinger said. I questioned Shaindlinger on this proposition and she acknowledged the trouble of implementing this idea – there is the “problem” of what western powers from

“At this point, we haven’t settled on a plan of action with regards to next steps […] Whatever we do, we’ll be continuing to seek student input.” – Barry Townshend

D.C. to Ottawa to London would think of such a proposition.

Western economies are built upon a liberal philosophy that focuses heavily on free-market capitalism, an economic system Shaindlinger says will not work Now comes the task of finding alsufficiently in creating prosperity in Israel, Palestine, and the ternative ways to establish a more welcoming community for LGBTQ rest of the region.

As optimistic as the individual students here at Guelph, though stories of valour within the Pal- Townshend is reluctant to comestinian community were, there ment on how they plan to proceed were also undertones of pessi- going forward.

“At this point, we haven’t settled mism in respect to the seemingly on a plan of action with regards to endless troubles emanating from the crisis between Israel and Pal- next steps, so I think it would be estine. It leaves you with the premature to be discussing it with ominous feeling that things may The Ontarion. Whatever we do, have to get worse before they we’ll be continuing to seek student input.” begin to get better.

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(Im)migrant Myth-Busting Week begins Panel discussion on deportation and community involvement Lindsay Pinter On March 18, the (Im)migrant and Refugee Rights Coalition of Guelph-Wellington hosted a discussion panel titled, “Talking about Deportation and Community Responses to it” as the first event of the (Im)migrant Myth busting Week. This panel welcomed special guests Yvonne Runstedler and Matthew Behrens to discuss deportation and help others understand the procedure behind it.

Behrens is the founder of the Anne Frank Sanctuary Committee, and has worked diligently to advocate for justice with those who do not have their full citizenship. He explained the hardships that those facing deportation go through.

“A lot of the things that these people go through are not widely known, because the community turns away when it is brought up,” Behrens noted, as he explained how many immigrants are judged

on whether they can stay in Canada based on the country that they derive from.

“If a family comes from a country which is considered a ‘working democracy,’ that will greatly influence the type of healthcare that they get or even if they can stay in Canada. That is not fair, that’s actually the definition of discrimination.”

Runstedler explored the topics further, explaining that, “These people are terrified of what they’ll face when they return to their country. If a person is afraid of water, you don’t throw them in the deep end.”

The speakers also emphasized the need for community involvement to help these families.

“Many Canadians turn away when they hear about this sort of thing.

What we need to be doing is getting involved, having discussions, [and] taking initiatives to help,” explained Runstedler. “Write letters, create or sign a petition, be active in social media to spread the word. We need to change this political climate.”

Fuerza-Puwersa is an all-volunteer group in Guelph that aims at exposing the hardships that migrants in the Canadian working

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The panel on March 18 looked at deportation of immigrants as a focal point of discussion. class endure. They offer to discuss the topic of immigrant discrimination in more detail with interested students.

“Asking questions and engaging in conversation is the first step in helping – it’s simple,” said Runstedler.

Other events that took place

during the week included a day of action on March 19 in the University Centre Courtyard, where students could get more information about the experiences of migrants, refugees, immigrants and international students in Canada, as well as have the opportunity to discuss the work of

on-campus groups focused on immigrant rights.

Later in the day, another panel discussion was held on “The Refugee Experience in Canada.”

On March 20, Gloria Nafziger from Amnesty International visited the campus to discuss the state of refugee rights in Canada.

The yurt: a new alternative housing project Urban farmers seek simpler lifestyle, smaller ecological footprint

camping facilities, and now as an this as a drawback, with all the alternative housing idea. While complexities of modern living it is the original design was collaps- easy to see how a lack of electricity ible, this one will be much more and water bills could be incredibly permanent. appealing.

On March 14, an event was held “We both wanted to leave a Nick Hegedus at the Guelph Green Party Office lighter ecological footprint,” said to discuss the yurt’s benefits, and Richan.

The construction of a yurt is un- the ideas behind its construction.

This project began in December derway in Guelph.

Attendees could tour the yurt and 2011, with the work being done A yurt is a circular, wood- have their questions answered. entirely by Afelskie and Richan framed tent of felt or skins. Yurts The yurt will be used by Guelph themselves. While it is not yet were originally designed to be eas- residents Andrew Afelski and Erin complete, much of the structure ily collapsible, and were generally Richan as a year-round dwelling. has been built at Diyode, a nonused by nomadic cultures in areas It will not be connected to the profit community workshop in such as Mongolia and Siberia. They grid, and therefore will not have Guelph. Diyode dedicates itself to have gained popularity in North access to running water, electric- “re-invigorating the DIY moveAmerica over the last 50 years as ity or heat. While some might see ment in our city.” The company

maintains tools for use in metalworking, woodworking, building electronics and more.

Afelskie stated that the availability of the resources at Diyode has assisted in making construction possible, and that the workshop prioritized the yurt as an important project. However, that is not to say that the yurt is the only thing going on at the workshop.

“We have another member who is converting a shipping container into a house,” said Diyode president Simon Clark.

With projects like these, Diyode has managed to create such

a tight-knit community of DIY enthusiasts. The company has an inclusive mindset, and is constantly hosting events, some of which are open to everyone. On the first and third Friday of each month, for example, Diyode hosts a Five-Dollar Fixit workshop, during which anyone can bring in a broken item and, for five dollars, watch members attempt to fix it.

For Afelski and Richan, time will tell what their experience living in the yurt will be like. Paying less for electricity expenses might be a major draw for future participants, like students, in housing projects similar to the yurt.

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Newsology: Revealing neighbourhood food security issues Missing the point Misplaced sympathy in Steubenville rape coverage Nick Revington The small community of Steubenville, Ohio, has been the subject of much publicity lately. Two teenaged members of the town’s high school football team were recently found delinquent (the juvenile equivalent of guilty) for the rape of a drunk 16-year-old girl following a party in August.

The survivor claims to have realized she was assaulted after reading text messages, and seeing photos and videos that made fun of the incident. The ruling came after thousands of text messages from 17 phones seized in the investigation – many featuring sexually-explicit content – were analyzed by a computer forensics expert.

That so many other youth witnessed or knew about the incident has led to suggestions that investigations may be launched into the feasibility of pressing charges against others for failing to report a felony and failing to report child abuse.

And yet, while the nature of this crime is nothing less than disgusting, some media outlets have taken an approach to this story some would label apologist. CNN, for example, has come under fire for focusing coverage on the implications of the ruling for those who were found culpable. Playing footage of the defendants crying after the verdict, the channel’s correspondents discussed the collapse of their “promising futures.”

They noted that both defendants were star football players, and reputed to be strong students as well.

This is missing the point. One’s ability on the sports field or in the classroom or any other forum has no bearing on the degree to which one is guilty of a sex crime. Star athletes or not, the accused have been found guilty as a direct result of their own actions. They are not the victims of an uncompromising legal system that is out to ruin their lives; they are the perpetrators of an egregious crime.

Of course, the nature of the case is such that the real victim is protected from media publicity, but this does not mean the angle taken

by CNN is any more appropriate.

While it is certainly unfortunate that those guilty may otherwise have gone on to great things, our sympathies should lie first and foremost with the true victim.

Hunger Awareness Week sheds light on sometimes invisible problem Alicja Grzadkowska Besides the nearing of the semester’s end, a recent focus of student attention on campus was closely related to their favourite pastime: eating, and more specifically, the ability to nourish one’s self properly.

From March 11 to 15, Hunger Awareness Week took place at the University of Guelph with the help of several organizations including the CSA Meal Exchange, the CSA Foodbank, the Local Community Food Centre, and Universities Fighting World Hunger (UFWH).

Events ranged from a networking dinner on March 13 at 37 Quebec St. that offered a free vegetarian meal to attendees, to a cooking class hosted by the Foodbank on March 14, which also focused on vegetarian and vegan cooking but making it on a budget.

Brittany Skelton, a support member of the Hunger Awareness Week Planning Committee at the CSA Foodbank, says that the goal of the cooking class was to help people develop “food skills and food knowledge, [by] looking at how you can cook healthy, nutritional meals on a budget,” adding that showing how to address different dietary restrictions was another discussion point at the class.

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Hunger Awareness Week’s volunteers organized a series of interesting and dynamic events centered on food insecurity.

For students interested in learning about cooking on a budget, the Foodbank offers a student cookbook through their website, and provides tips on eating on a budget for those who could not make it to the class.

On March 15, a discussion with Steve Stacey, the director of the newly opened community food centre, and a 24-hour fast led by UFWH took place in the UC. The goal of the fast was to “raise money for local food security.” Participants could take part in a variety of activities to occupy their time, such as bread-making.

Besides introducing students to a variety of food-related topics, the aim of the week, which is an annual series of events held at the university, is to show how food security issues are manifested at the university and in the local community.

Despite living in the area, people may not realize that others in Guelph and the surrounding regions are experiencing food security. Images of poverty in foreign parts of the world are predominantly associated with hunger, and not images of students or community members who may likewise be dealing with these issues.

“The media especially only portrays hunger on the international level, so it’s important to remind people that their peers may also experience food security issues,” said Skelton. Raising awareness for these issues helps create a network of people who can help combat the problem, according to Skelton.

Hunger Awareness Week is not the only way that awareness of food security is displayed at the university.

The CSA Foodbank holds food drives during the year as well as hosting their own workshops on combating food security.

Anything but invisible InvisAbilities Awareness Fair challenges invisible illness stigma

Fair in the University Centre Courtyard with the aim of making the invisible visible.

Melanie Bowman, manager of the Wellness Centre, is behind the InvisAbilities chapter at the university.

Kelsey Coughlin “There is a stigma surrounding invisible disabilities where individuals who Even though you can’t see them, are suffering can be misunderstood they’re still there: mental health, and are sometimes treated with skepCrohn’s disease, fibromyalgia and ticism as others question whether their colitis are only a few of the invisible pain is ‘real,’” explained Bowman.

The fair featured various events all chronic illnesses that people live with with the aim of providing support for everyday.

InvisAbilities is an organization that the invisible. Among the highlights inpromotes awareness, education, and cluded interactive display boards and support for young adults living with a flash mob performed by the student hidden, chronic illness. Its mission is coordinators. to break down the societal stigma asA special component of the fair was sociated with invisible illnesses. an anti-bullying activity where volInvisible illnesses are longtime and unteers wore T-shirts that students recurring conditions whose symp- were encouraged to cut to visually toms are not apparent to the outside represent the negative effects of bulworld, but are exhibited through lying. Each cut represented someone physical manifestations. Individuals who had experienced bullying due to with these conditions are not identi- a disability. fiable, but live with the consequences “By the end of the day the T-shirts nonetheless. provided a strong visual statement On March 14, the Wellness Centre about the number of individuals who along with Youth Talk, the Centre for have been adversely impacted by bulStudents with Disabilities, the Student lying,” said Bowman. The cutting of Benefits Office and Ask Big Questions the shirts was intended to show the hosted the InvisAbilities Awareness negative impact of words.

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The fair promoted anti-bullying towards people whose disabilities are not necessarily visible to everyone.

“Students are encouraged to choose words wisely and with kindness with the aim to help others feel included, understood, encouraged, and supported; things we value in our community,” said Bowman.

March is Disability Awareness Month, and communities all over Canada are celebrating diversity and erasing misconceptions about mental health. Guelph is not the only

university with an InvisAbilities chapter; Brock, Queen’s, McMaster, Trent, and the University of Toronto also have a group representing the organization.

The Wellness Centre encourages students to think before they speak, because just as words have the potential to facilitate the ending of the stigma, they can also be detrimental to someone’s emotional and physical well-being.

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McCann’s Shorts Book launch for Guelph-raised author

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Since graduating from the U of G, McCann has been a teacher, carpenter/contractor, artist, Colleen McDonell writer, sailor, marine rescue coxswain, father, and now a I m a g i n e h i t c h h i k i n g f r o m writer. A natural storyteller, he Guelph to Tijuana in the late was encouraged to write down 60s, or secretly selling your his experiences.

Porsche roadster to Steve Mc“This whole thing started with Queen, the American actor who me – there are three or four was nicknamed the “King of stories I would tell [people],” Cool.”

McCann explained on why he You can find such stories in began writing. “‘Crashing BevMcCann’s Shorts, a collection erly Hills,’ for instance, is a of 20 biographical stories by really interesting story. It’s a Dermot McCann, who launched Halloween story – I won’t spoil the book on March 18 at eBar. it – [but] I end up at a house of The author was born in Bel- someone famous.” fast, Ireland but his family Despite a blizzardy Monday moved to Guelph when he was night, eBar was full of Mcthree years old, and he grew up Cann’s friends, family, and Wendy Shepherd in Guelph, graduating from the fans there to celebrate McDermot McCann reads excerpts from his book of short stories, McCann’s Shorts, to a riveted audience at university in 1970. His stories Cann’s “True tales of an Irish span across his time in Ontario, immigrant!” McCann treat- the E-bar on March 18. and Los Angeles, to where he ed the audience to a reading resides today, on a sailboat in of “Vegetarian Non-Smoking “The book has a real nostalgic the Victoria Harbour.

Handyman,” which describes pull for a lot of people,” exhis search for work that led to plained McCann. an exciting year in Los AngeMcCann’s Shorts, in the les. The author also shared “The tradition of Irish storytelling, Year After JFK,” an earlier piece includes hilarious tales but also Rafaela é, about staying with his young- those of tragedy and loss, such er cousin Malachy in New York as capsizing on Lake Huron on a catamaran and his girlfriend at age 14.

Guelph pops up in many of dying of hypothermia before his stories of growing up, as help could arrive. him and his friends adventured McCann’s next book, In the around town and only had three Name of God, is about halfrules to live by: “Don’t get in way finished. It is a larger trouble, don’t get hurt, and you story of his family coming from Belfast to Canada, and have to be home for dinner.” how religion took a toll on In one story, McCann stands up to his French teacher at the family. It has more of the the original Bishop Macdonell “gravity” that his short stories High School, beside the Church couldn’t convey, and will be of Our Lady. In another, him very Guelph-focused. and his buddies visit the city What’s McCann’s favourite He was constantly being told dump, build themselves a go- Guelph memory? Sneaking into “you should write a book,” and kart, and race it around town, a concert by The Band at the U so he eventually did, which even zooming down the daunt- of G gymnasium in ’68 or ’69.

“It was all about adventure.” took four years form start to ing hill on Toby Drive.

“The book has a real nostalgic pull for a lot of people” - Dermot McCann, author of McCann’s Shorts

8 w w w.th e on ta r ion . c om V is for Vagina V-Day: Guelph debuts The Mending Monologues Colleen McDonell Kinky tantra, hall passes, and orgasmic moans were just a few of the topics that audiences were treated to this past weekend.

The Vagina Monologues and the new Mending Monologues were presented by V-Day: Guelph on March 15 and 16 at War Memorial Hall.

“We kind of contemplated not doing The Vagina Monologues as part of V-Day this year, said Keren Harvey, producer and performer. “We went along with it because it’s still relevant, even if we’ve progressed past what it’s about.”

The Vagina Monologues, written by Eve Ensler in 1997, comes with a particular set of rules.

“You can’t have male-identified people or gender-non-conforming people as part of [The Vagina Monologues] – it has to be a female-identified person. We’re also not allowed to add to the script,” explained Harvey.

This year, to change up the performance, organizers added the opening piece, The Mending Monologues. The script is combined with parts of the The MENding Monologues by Derek Dujardin of San Diego, a narration from Jackson Katz’ The Macho Paradox, as well as four monologues written by people currently living in Guelph.

“Not only is it going to support local places, but also local voices,” said Christina Kingsbury, director of the The Mending

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Monologues, and the assistant producer, writer, and performer.

“We’re taking a bit of a risk, I think, by putting it together,” said Harvey. “The reason we’re doing it is because the things that are in The Mending Monologues are really relevant to the conversations of cycles of violence, and the culture of violence, and without them it seems you are missing part of the story.” The cast of The Mending Monologues includes both male-identified people and female-identified people, and provides a “good introduction to feminism” according to Kingsbury.

The Mending Monologues tackled serious topics such as childhood abuse, how rape affects loved ones, and the Jerry Sandusky controversy, as well mira beth as more lighthearted pieces on tantra and an account of the The casts of The Mending Monologues and The Vagina Monologues let loose after their performances on first time using Craigslist for March 16 at War Memorial Hall. sex-work.

“People who are coming to assaulted or who support [the] others evoked a lot of laughs, the optional monologue from see The Vagina Monologues are anti-violence against women such as “The Flood,” a mono- last year, “Beat the Boy Out of also going to be exposed to this, movement.” logue by an elderly lady about My Girl, or So They Tried,” an where maybe they wouldn’t “We also want to focus on re- her vagina, and “The Woman emotional piece about a trans[have otherwise] stepped out of educating ourselves and future Who Loved to Make Vaginas gendered person’s experiences that comfort zone,” said Harvey. generations about sex,” added Happy,” a piece by a female sex growing up.

“Our focus this year was to be Assuredly, most audience Kingsbury, on how The Mending worker who imitates the various members were pushed far out Monologues also includes posi- moans women have during sex. as inclusive as we could,” added As well, two new pieces were Harvey. of their comfort zones in both tive experiences with sex. “A lot added: “Rising” on the One Bilsets, hearing the horrible re- of sexual violence stems from a Ten per cent of the proceeds complete and utter lack of edualities that rape-victims’ loved lion Rising movement, and an raised by V-Day: Guelph are ones can face. cation and communication about aboriginal piece “Crooked Braid.” given to the V-Day organization “With The Mending Mono- sex in the first place.”

“Not having the voice of an ab- at a global level, while 90 per l o g u e s a n d T h e Va g i n a The Vagina Monologues, al- original woman in Canada in a cent this year go to the Native Monologues put side by side, it’s though the same script that feminist play on violence against Youth Sexual Health Network, almost like taking a step back Ensler created over a decade women is not okay,” explained Guelph Wellington Women In from a picture, and seeing what ago, still managed to maintain Harvey on their decision to add Crisis Centre, and the Univerviolence looks like,” said Harvey. the audience’s attention. “My “Crooked Braid.” “[It’s] three- sity of Guelph Wellness Centre.

“The talent we have as part of “Some of the pieces are about Vagina was My Village,” on rape point-five times more likely for men who have been assaulted, camps in Bosnia, and the finale someone that is aboriginal to this cast is phenomenal,” said some are about advocates and “Over It” prompted emotional face violence.”

Harvey. “And the stories are just The organizers also re-added haunting.” allies of women who have been and visceral responses, while

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The Woodshed Orchestra performed at eBar on March 14, drawing on their eclectic influences.

Also taking the stage that night were Lowlands and Raven Shield.

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The Next Day – David Bowie David Bowie returns after decade-long hiatus Adrien Potvin David Bowie’s The Next Day, the 66-year-old rocker’s first record in a decade since 2003’s Reality, is a comeback of overwhelmingly welcomed proportions, as indicated by its status as the fastest-selling album of 2013 thus far.

Revisiting old stylings from records like “Heroes” and Diamond Dogs, and pushing forward as a musician, The Next Day is perhaps Bowie’s best work since 1980’s Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps). The album’s sonic range is a wide one – from the heavy opening track “The Next Day” and

its similarities to the opening of the “Heroes” album, to the slow, heart-wrenching “Where Are We Now?” and the blazing “(You Will) Set the World on Fire,” the album as a whole is a beautifully varied product and a sort of “culminating activity” of Bowie’s forty-plus year career.

After an alarming hiatus of ten years, Bowie’s work on this record seems to reflect on age, both as a person and as a performer.

Bowie appears to offer an active reflection on the fact that his time left on earth is dwindling, so the lyrical content and dramatics of the music feel more honest and introspective than perhaps anything he had ever done prior.

This is seen most specifically in the single “Where Are We Now?,” a song meditating on Bowie’s life

and music in Berlin (down to explicit references to the Potsdamer Platz and the Stuttgart Nurnberger Strasse). The track drips

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honesty and heartbreak that one may not often associate with the rocker’s larger-than-life persona and ever-changing performance styles.

Perhaps the most nostalgic track on the record is “Valentine’s Day,” which reads and sounds eerily like an outtake from the seminal Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. It’s moments like this, in contrast with the album’s more forward-looking sonic material, that are indicative of Bowie’s career at present – an aging rocker coming to a realization of a multifaceted career, but trying to push forward while he still can. The album’s other single “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)” is classic Bowie, with pounding rhythmic work and complex lyrics, but is moreover a reflection on fame. “The stars are never sleeping,” Bowie sings.

But Bowie had indeed been sleeping, for a decade now. This kind of dissonance between “now” and “then” is a crucial component to

how cohesive the album listens as a whole. Here, Bowie is consistently at ends with his former youth and current mature age, and this results in a stirring and epic record, both sonically and lyrically.

It goes without saying that the personnel gathered by Bowie and long-time producer Tony Visconti is nothing short of astounding.

Bassists Tony Levin and Gail Ann Dorsey, guitarists David Torn and Earl Slick, and drummers Sterling Campbell and Zachary Alford are just a handful of the album’s exceptional musicians.

Overall, the end result is the most stirring album Bowie has recorded in decades, and if everyone keeps listening, it will be a certified classic, up there with the untouchable records Low, Ziggy Stardust and Diamond Dogs.

Chelsea Light Moving – Chelsea Light Moving Tom Beedham “Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.” When William S. Burroughs penned those words in his 1961-published The Soft Machine, they defined more than their immediate context; smashing control was the purpose for the cut-up/fold-in format of The Soft Machine and the trilogy it belonged to, but it was also the general focus of Burroughs’s life’s work. Working from that premise, we can begin to understand what (former?) Sonic Youth guitarist/ vocalist Thurston Moore meant when he presented his new band, Chelsea Light Moving, to the world and toted it as “Burroughs rock.”

To be sure, passing off your music as something that can be directly aligned with a highly esteemed thinker’s raison d’être involves no modest claim making, especially when the legend in question now resides beyond the grave and has no further say in the matter. But any question regarding Thurston Moore’s tact can probably be put to bed in this case; Chelsea Light Moving’s

eponymous LP comes over 20 years in a Nietzschean sort of constant that’s never been done before; older act that had time to grow after its songwriter earned Bur- becoming.

Chelsea Light offers an unambig- and strengthen as an organism, but roughs’s personal blessing when In accordance with Burroughs’s uous homage to its genre-sake the overlapping contexts and inSonic Youth’s music was featured penchant for personal overcoming, with “Burroughs” (and Beat po- tentions of the two groups make on readings vs. music album Dead Chelsea Light Moving is no van- etry more generally on “Mohawk,” comparison here fairly relevant.

City Radio by Burroughs himself, ity project. Moore has done solo which – with a late reference to One of the greatest appeals of and following the author’s death work before, but Chelsea Light Darby Crash – also serves as a pre- Sonic Youth was the group’s tenin 1997, Sonic Youth’s association Moving marks his first time at the mature segue for the group’s cover dency to share responsibilities and with Burroughs was given further helm of an actual band; with Sonic of the 1979 Germs track “Com- work with its chaotic, band-wide munist Eyes”); “Frank O’Hara meltdowns. With Moore providcultural approval when it was featured predominately throughout Hit,” a track Moore described on ing the sole vocals and his guitar the 2010 documentary William S. the Matador blog as “a medita- weighing heavy in the mix, Chelsea Burroughs: A Man Within. tion on [Julys] through history,” Light Moving seems to rely on an Sonic Youth never explicitis about a month that included authority that was less discernable ly identified itself as “Burroughs the 1966 death of New York City in Sonic Youth’s more recognizable rock,” though it was regarded poet Frank O’Hara; and along with democratic output, and as a rethat way anyway. But is Chelsea its Germs cover, “Lip” serves as a sult – at least in a structural sense Light Moving a rightful heir to tribute to hardcore punk from the – seems to offer a more pale “Burthat throne solely for the virtue ’80s, while “Alighted” digs into the roughs rock” than his former band. of Moore’s back catalogue? chugging sludge elements born in But that shouldn’t count too heavily against Moore’s new The answer is an unmistakable the same decade. courtesy Burroughs wanted to smash all group. Chelsea Light Moving is not No. And Burroughs wouldn’t approve of Moore doing something notions of control, and with Chel- without the collective tantrums that was necessarily faithful to the Youth, Moore shared creative re- sea Light Moving, Moore makes of disparate noise that Burroughs Sonic Youth formula. After all, he sponsibilities mostly with fellow good business of the same pursuit. must have loved about Sonic Youth, did say, “to become an individual guitarist Lee Ranaldo and bassist But with this being said, there’s and when they provide those fits, again, [an individual must] de- Kim Gordon (Moore’s wife until an important way in which Sonic they’re at their best.

Youth excelled at a Burroughsian control himself, train himself as their divorce in 2011).

Maybe through holding back on to what is going on and win back Style and content-wise, the enterprise that Chelsea Light Mov- the anarchic noise meditations, as much independent ground for album also offers a history that ing ignores.

Moore intended for his audienchimself as possible.” He associated Burroughs himself could have Some might find it unfair to hold es to get hungry. If so, it worked.

Rated: 4 / 5 true individuality with engaging provided, and they do it in a way Moore’s new band up against an

10 w w w.th e on ta r ion . c om From A to Zavitz Letters From Space Camp draws some winners at Juried Art Show Nadine Maher It’s not always easy to coax younger students out of the woodwork when it comes to open calls at Zavitz Gallery.

Vikki Dziuma has been assisting in the selection of Zavitz exhibitions for two years and has found that “second and

“I wanted to produce feelings of empathy from the viewer towards the form, and in turn comment on pathos and entropy” – Kelsy Whitten third years don’t often apply for exhibitions.” The assignment-based body of work that a student typically has up to around their third year makes it more difficult to land one of the few exhibition weeks available each semester.

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In an effort to change this trend and encourage participation in all levels, Dziuma and fellow senior student Julianne Foronda curated the group exhibition titled Letters from Space Camp, which ran from March 11-14 in Zavitz Gallery. Works were selected from third year students Mariah Hamilton, Susannah van der Zaag, Kayla Krische, and Olivia Simpson, who were chosen based on their enthusiasm and dedication to the program and the arts community in Guelph.

Fourth year students Gianfranco Bozzo and Kelsy Whitten were also asked to contribute.

Letters from Space Camp, as a whole, evoked a playful atmosphere. Van der Zaag’s “Party Wall” consisted entirely of yellow tissue paper strips obsessively covering nadine maher the whole of the gallery’s longest 30-foot wall. Motion in the gallery Mariah Hamilton’s “Untitled” (foreground) received an honourable mention and Susannah van der created waves of movement in Zaag’s “Party Wall” (background) placed seventh at this year’s Juried Art Show. areas of the wall, the excited flurry of a party that died down just as towards the form, and in turn Simpson’s video piece “You in stark contrast to the collage of soon as it started, and becoming comment on pathos and entro- Belong With Me” lead to her candy wrappers, popcorn kernels, increasingly ragged as the week py,” Whitten said. winning the Extended Practices leaves, twigs and dead flies. wore on. The piece won seventh An accompanying video, (not Award at JAS. The video docuHamilton’s photographs are not place at this year’s 45th annual included in the show) shows the ments Simpson singing Taylor really photographs of anything Juried Art Show (JAS), which took buoyant bear deflating and then Swift by memory, repeatedly for at all, but overlays of the ends of inflating repeatedly. place successively. one hour and fourteen minutes. many rolls of film that were shot The selections that Dziuma and Krische showed a series of The viewing experience is absurd in the past year, and grouped acForonda made stemmed from an five drawings entitled “11.19.12 and humorous but Simpson’s cording to date. Their ambiguity interest in the interruption of - 11.25.12.” The subtle black mark- commitment and determination provides a space for recollection childhood innocence by darker making was produced when push it towards the obsessive and and nostalgia but are also mysterious and slightly haunting.

– and often humorous – realities. Krische rubbed her eyelashes onto uncomfortable.

Bozzo provided two RauschenWhitten’s deflated teddy bear each paper.

Letters From Space Camp sculpture provided the impetus “Considering her materials, the berg-esque collaged paintings. demonstrated strong work as a for this theme. Made of clear plas- quantity of makeup on each sheet Consisting of dripping paint, captivating exploration of curatic and brightly patterned cloth, of paper seems excessive, rem- burnt garbage and coated in resin, torship that isn’t often presented this child’s companion was piti- iniscent of when children play Dziuma said it “reminded me of in Zavitz Gallery. With any luck, with their mother’s makeup; a younger boy’s treasures from the show will have inspired this fully collapsed on the floor.

“The concept behind the deflat- since the only shade of makeup summer camp.” year’s young students to put in ed bear that I made was basically is black, the drawings seem someMuch of Bozzo’s work is related an application for the fall exjust that I wanted to produce feel- what stripped of their innocence,” to his personal relationships with hibitions, which are soon to be ings of empathy from the viewer Dziuma said of the work. family and friends, which stands collected.

j u r i e d a rt s how The 45th annual Juried Art Show took place March 15-17 in conjunction with College Royal. The exhibition celebrated the talent of Guelph’s Studio Art students and promising emerging artists, such as Sam de Lange (left).

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THE CSA ELECTIONS FLIP PAGE OVER FOR MORE INFORMATION The CSA elections are over and the results are finally in after a delay that necessitated a review of the proceedings by the CSA Board of Directors. Students cast their votes for CSA Executives as well as At-Large representatives of several academic colleges. The At-Large reps are as follows: College of Management and Economics (CME): Eric Ruderfer College of Physical and Engineering Sciences (CPES): Paul Caruso College of Social and Applied Human Sciences (CSAHS): Aliza Gold-Ruvolo, David Alton

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The referendum question of increasing CSA student fees by $2.50 was not passed with 54.03 per cent of students voting rejecting the increase. It looks like many students are against rising tuition fees in even the smallest way.

The elections also revealed that the number of students voting has increased from the dismal 20 per cent who voted in 2012 to 26.53 per cent this year. While the almost six per cent jump seems small, the numbers have risen nonetheless, sparking hope that students are more invested in on-campus issues like tuition fees, bottled water, and student space. In contrast, only 16.53 per cent of CME students voted for their At-Large representative.

Likewise, 21.40 per cent of CPES students voted for their rep while 46.30 per cent of CSAHS students took part in the representative elections.

The new CSA spoke with The Ontarion about their positions and what they hope to accomplish next year.

• ACADEMIC & UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS

Julia Forster

As the Academic and University Affairs Commissioner, what is your number one priority in improving the university experience for students?

Now that I have been elected, my number one priority is to follow through on the commitments outlined in my platform. In order to improve the student experience here at the University of Guelph, I believe the biggest item moving forward is assessing the viability and demand of a fall semester reading week or long weekend. This will require a lot of discussion among professors, students, and administration to guide the direction of this large decision. A committee consisting of representatives from each of these areas will ease communication and ensure there is representation from all perspectives on campus. Students are under a lot of stress, especially with an increasing number needing to work part-time to pay for their education. The fall semester offers an opportunity to mimic the winter semester, allowing students the time to catch up in their classes, with friends, and sleep.

As a student new to the CSA Executive, how will your experience as an observer of the association in past years aid you in this position, and guide your plans?

In my past four years of being a student at the University of Guelph, I have had the opportunity to gain an array of experiences on campus. Positions on Interhall Council, Residence Life, and student government have all aided in my development and understanding of student politics and representation of members of the undergraduate student body. Through skill sets gained in these positions, speaking with good friends who have held commissioner or service positions on the CSA, and my own research, I have a good understanding of current issues and objectives of the CSA. I believe in informed fresh faces and perspectives in organizations such as the CSA. By utilizing previous and current connections on campus, I plan to gather varying perspectives on projects I plan to instigate and complete. Also due to these experiences, I strongly believe in working alongside administration in advancing student interests as often as possible.

In what ways will you maintain or alter the direction of the previous AUAC’s initiatives?

Deaglan McManus, the previous Academic and University Affairs Commissioner, has advanced the interests of undergraduate students admirably, especially in the areas of attendant care services, gender-neutral accessible washrooms, the 5:30-7:00 PM time slot, and advocating for student input in the Program Prioritization Process (PPP).

The upcoming year will be interesting and challenging with the release of the PPP results. The PPP aims to identify the university’s strengths and weaknesses in regards to academic and nonacademic programs/services offered for students. I am passionate about representing students, providing support and alternatives to cut services, and advocating for students who will need to face these losses.

I intend to run the Gender-Neutral Accessible Washroom Challenge event again, originally spearheaded by Deaglan this March. This event opens our eyes to the difficulty of finding washrooms that fit these criteria on campus.

Having a strong interest in sustainability, I plan to sit on the Energy Conservation Working Group (ECWG) alongside the Associate Commissioner of Sustainability student position created last year

by Deaglan. I believe more representation of the undergraduate student body on the ECWG is necessary, therefore I will work towards creating a student representative as well as myself and the associate commissioner.

• COMMUNICATIONS & CORPORATE AFFAIRS

Chris Archibald

What will be your first steps to ensuring more student space for students in the upcoming year?

I have had a lot of previous experience working with student groups and administration trying to get the student space dream off the ground, specifically through the University Campus Master Plan Steering Committee. Unfortunately, the UCMPSC is not a very immediate solution, though it does provide a great sense of future engagement with this. In order to find a more immediate solution, I will be discussing with the HR&O Commissioner, the university administration, and Student Life as to where we can take steps to gain some more ground in this area. This is an issue I take very seriously, and I am very adamant about finding a solution for the upcoming year.

Making information about the resources at the university more accessible to students was one of your campaign initiatives. How do you plan on helping students become more aware of the resources available to them?

Getting students aware of what resources are around them is a huge priority of mine. I feel it is very important for the students to know what help they can get, and what places they should visit in order to seek advice or input. I think a large asset in this will be using my connections from my previous leadership years and educating the student leaders all over campus on how to propagate this information to the students they represent. I am also planning on working with Student Life, who currently have ways placed in order to inform students. I want to help this develop into a widely known resource to all students.

Do you see areas for improvement in the CSA’s personal communications with students, and if so, in what ways can communication improve? If not, what are some of the strengths of the current CSA communication methods?

The CSA definitely has room for improvement when it comes to personal communications with students. I plan on greatly increasing our ability to communicate with students, and I want to start off right at the get-go. If you’ve seen me around these past couple years, you would know that I love Orientation Week: the energy, the sunshine, the free food… What’s not to love? I plan on getting the CSA out to the students as soon as they step foot on campus. I want to see every member of the CSA out on campus during that weekend, and not just the executive. Let’s make it an organization-wide phenomenon. I also plan on using my resources and connections in order to get the CSA’s name out there. I am very confident in my ability to be heard, so I think it is time for CSA to get the recognition it deserves.

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• EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Dominica McPherson

Food issues on campus, and particularly the use of bottled water, have been the focus of your past year’s work as External Affairs Commissioner. What new strategies are you developing in order to continue addressing these issues?

Ending the sale of bottled water on campus continues to be a challenge at our university. An embarrassment to Guelph’s environmental reputation, we lag behind 17 other post-secondary education institutions across Canada who already committed to go bottled water free. Although we have been successful in securing commitments from the university to increase tap water access and promotion on campus, the administration refuses to respect the student voice and agree to a phase-out to end the sale of bottled water. This has been upsetting to students and the campaign continues to grow. We held a successful action day earlier this semester and people can expect further actions and the rollout of a new myth-busting campaign.

Food issues are a more recent campaign focus and definitely something students care about. Prompted by speaking and working with a number of groups and students passionate about food issues on campus, the food issues taskforce has been created and will work to address these issues – be it waste, dietary needs, or affordability. The plan is to promote awareness and conduct research to produce a set of recommendations for how to make things better.

Rising student tuition fees are a constant topic of discussion. How will you work with U of G students to make their concerns heard at the administrative and/or provincial levels?

With Ontario having the highest tuition fees in the country and the lowest per student funding, it is essential that we unite the student voice under a strong campaign with multiple ways for students to be involved. Graduating on average $37,000 in debt, Ontario students have seen tuition fees increase as much as 71 per cent for domestic students under the provincial government’s Reaching Higher tuition fee framework. This is unacceptable and something that the CSA needs to be dedicated to communicating in the upcoming year, especially with the provincial government having a new minister and considering a new tuition fee framework. I have been active in provincial post-secondary education consultations and lobbying this year, and I plan to continue these efforts informed by my conversations and meetings with students on our campus. It is essential that these concerns are also heard at the university level and communicated to the Board of Governors and the administration. I am dedicated to working with the Academic and University Affairs Commissioner to facilitate a strong campaign to represent the experiences and interests of students to these levels.

As a candidate who ran unopposed, do you have plans on how to increase student involvement in, and awareness of, the CSA? Increasing student involvement and awareness of the CSA is of the utmost importance to me. Greater participation in the CSA results in a stronger student union advocating for the rights and interests of students. One of my priorities this past year has been to reach out to groups and students on campus to introduce them to their student union and the multiple ways in which we act as both a resource and source of support. I also think that campaigns are an excellent way to engage students, providing opportunities to get involved in the issues we care about. It’s essential that the CSA have a strong presence on campus to engage our members in our campaigns, to promote the many services that we offer, and to speak with students to inform our decisions and actions. I am dedicated to strengthening our presence on campus to encourage not only greater participation in the CSA, but also a greater awareness of the work we do for students everyday.

• HUMAN RESOURCES & OPERATIONS

N. Charles Hamilton

What will be your first priority upon beginning your term as the Human Resources and Operations Commissioner?

My first set of priorities will be to ensure that I am well transitioned. Overview of this portfolio can be very overwhelming. However, I know that thorough preparation and planning will be to my advantage. I have already started this process by increasing the amount of meeting times I have with the current HR&O Commissioner, accompanying him to various meetings, reviewing CSA policies, and meeting with the CSA permanent staff.

I look forward to working with the various stakeholders within the CSA over the next couple of months to ensure that our student union is providing students with the best service and representation possible. This is going to require a careful evaluation of our internal machinery and building on the momentum we’ve gained over the past few years. I hope to address issues around employment equity and conflict resolution, and see that these processes are carried out in a fair and efficient manner.

In what capacities will you be working with the university administration to make the campus more accessible for the diverse student population?

Over the past five years, I’ve developed a wide skill set and networks from working in various capacities across campus. One initiative I look forward to addressing with the CSA External Affairs Commissioner is the university’s need to accommodate the growing dietary needs of our students. This process has already begun by reaching out to various student groups and gathering feedback to present to the administration.

I also want to work with special status and marginalized groups to ensure that they are actively involved in the various decision-making processes with the university administration. We need greater anti-oppression and diversity training. We need to resolve issues surrounding accommodation for religious groups on our campus, and increased accessibility and services for members of the queer community.

Finally, in the new school year the university is going to see a lack of government funding and a conclusion to the Program Prioritization Process. I want to advocate and ensure that students’ needs are being placed first in decisions that will affect their choice of programs and services around campus.

Are there any issues students can expect to see addressed in your agenda that are a continuation from this year’s HR&O Commissioner? What initiatives will be newly addressed by the position?

My promise to address student space is an issue that is a continuation from this year’s HR&O Commissioner. I look forward to reviewing the findings and recommendations of the Study Space Task Force that was started over a year ago as a collaborative effort between the CSA and various university stakeholders. I want to see what short-term goals we can implement and begin to build on long-term solutions for student space.

New initiatives I hope to implement are the introduction of an online database of unoccupied classrooms for student access, increasing short term study space for students in the UC during midterm season, the creation of a permanent Student Space Committee within the CSA, increased consultation with CSA clubs and special status groups to address space issues, and a commitment to establishing a long-term goal and vision for student space from the CSA – this year.

• LOCAL AFFAIRS

Tyler Valiquette

You have a broad experience working with media. How will this help you in your new position, specifically in advocating for more student space, improved transit, and other initiatives?

I plan to use my background in media to better engage students within campus and community politics. I am part of the News Team at CFRU, I have volunteered at The Ontarion and I currently work as the videographer for The Cannon. The skills I have acquired in media will allow me to better interact with students. Media is a powerful tool. If used effectively, it can make huge rivets in politics, inspiring, motivating, encouraging and educating students on the issues that demand their insight and voice. The only way the CSA can run effective campaigns is with the students’ support, and the only way to harness student support is to engage with them. Media will better allow me to do so.

Do you see room for improvement in the CSA’s interactions with students, and do you have specific ideas for how to improve the relationship between the association and students?

The CSA needs to better interact with first year students. While campaigning, I was shocked at the number of students who did not know what “CSA” stands for. This is no one’s fault, but our own (the CSA’s). The CSA needs to have more of a presence within first year students’ lives. This will allow students to better learn exactly what the CSA offers. It will also encourage a more politically active campus. An improved relationship with Residence Life Staff or more of a presence within residence would help with CSA-student interaction.

Do you have plans to encourage student discussion on municipal issues, and break the “university bubble”?

I plan to continue and more frequently hold the Brew Rant. It is a Rick Mercer-style rant video in which municipal and provincial politics are discussed. I filmed two of these videos for the CSA this year and they were highly successful. It would be great if we could make them more often. Also, I plan on transforming part of my news show at CFRU to CSA politics focusing on municipal issues, engaging in discussion, and incorporating various guests from the community. Students need to be more aware of municipal issues. If passed, things like Residential Licensing and the nuisance bylaw will have huge affects on students. It is important to examine these issues and to use social media to encourage discussion and seek student feedback.

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Country singersongwriter visits Brass Taps Adrien Potvin The Ontarion had an exclusive interview with singersongwriter Hayley, an up-and coming face on the country music scene. Hayley opened for country star Chad Brownlee’s March 12 concert at Brass Taps.

The Ontarion: I had read that you recently got an endorsement with Fender. When did that happen and how?

Hayley: It happened under a year ago, maybe nine months ago, and basically I’ve been playing Fender all my life, and growing up my dad had idolized the Fender guitar, like “When you get a real Fender, you know you’ve really made it.” I never approached it hoping for free gear and things. I already have my dream Fender that I play. It’s just a standard one and happens to be perfect for me. But, it’s kind of a perfect marriage.

Up-and-coming country singer, songwriter, and guitarist Hayley chatted with The Ontarion about her recent successes before opening for Chad Brownlee at Brass Taps on March 12.

O: When did you start playing and when did your professional career start to take off?

The winner got $50,000 for a career startup, so that was a huge leap forward for me.

H: I’ve been playing with my family since as far back as I can remember. I was always a guitar player or singing harmonies, and in my mind I was going to be doing that forever and going into production stuff. I have two older sisters, and when I turned twenty, they kind of wanted to go do normal things in life, and they said, “Okay, do this on your own now,” and we’d been gigging around and I thought, “I can’t sing, I can’t do this on my own!” But they signed me up for a radio contest, unbeknownst to me, and I ended up winning.

O: What do you think of the state of country music right now? Do you ever find it difficult to draw a crowd?

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H: Yeah, there are definitely places where people are more inclined to that kind of music, and less inclined and viceversa. Country now is so broad, which is great for someone like me because I grew up on so many kinds of music, lots of classic rock. There are so many elements in country music, and it’s great to venture off into those areas.

O: What’s your touring schedule been like lately?

O: So it’s been a gradual thing and not so much a sudden jump forward?

H: I spent a bit of time down in Nashville. I was there for the last two weeks and pretty well just got home to play a show up in Whistler, and came way out here.

H: Oh yeah. I think a lot of times people see a song get really huge overnight, and a lot of times that artist had probably been working, if not O: Aside from the radio contest, a couple years, their whole what was your biggest step life for it. A couple weeks forward into the forefront as a ago Fender named me their professional?

“Number One Guitar Goddess”, and I did not expect that. That H: That’s a hard question, was a big leap forward. because it’s been such a gradual process. There are O: Where are you from? so many things involved, it’s H: I’m from a little place called a culmination of things. The Horseshoe Bay, and I spent a Fender deal was such a big thing lot of time on the water and all for me. over the Pacific Coast. I was a water baby.

O: So I’m sure that’s reflected on the music you play, and inspiration comes from that, right?

H: Oh yeah, and what people we r e l i s t e n i n g t o o n t h e boat, like what my mom and dad put on. Because as a kid, what you learn is what you hear. And when you’re doing

homeschooling, you only do about two hours of school and have the rest of the day free.

So I’d pick up my dad’s guitar and just jam along with a lot of the stuff that was playing.

Lots of Eagles and blues stuff.

O: I guess country music has that kind of imagined narrative of the wilderness a n d t h e o u t d o o r s . D o yo u think there’s a truth in that, or is it just a romanticized thing?

H: I think it depends on who’s playing it. But as a fan of country music, I’d like to think that some of those real honest artists have that vibe.

O: So it’s rooted in honesty, then?

H: I think so, yeah. One of the great things about country music is that it’s so rooted in plain speech. It’s kind of how I tend to write country songs, because it’s how you would talk to someone in a conversation and that’s what I love about it.

16 w w w.th e on ta r ion . c om Death, or Turandot Fable retold at George Luscombe Theatre Nick Revington It’s a tale that has been told and retold throughout history, as a fable in The Book of the Thousand and One Nights, and by dramatists such as Puccini and Brecht.

And now it is being told again.

The School of English and Theatre Studies is presenting Carlo Gozzi’s Turandot, Princess of Cathay from March 18 to 23 at the George Luscombe Theatre.

The play tells the tale of the cold-hearted but beautiful princess Turandot. Turandot’s hatred for men is so great that all her suitors must answer three riddles.

Should any man fail to answer them all correctly, he will be beheaded. Despite the heavy risks, Khalaf, prince of Astrakhan, is determined to win Turandot’s hand.

The actors and crews for the production are made up of students from performance and technical courses within the Theatre Studies department.

Gozzi’s version of the play is

delivered by an Italian clown as the main focus,” said Barone. troupe, a genre known formally “And using our mouths instead of as commedia dell’arte, in which furrowing our brows if we were each actor wears a mask. angry or upset. We had to rely on “Each mask is a character,” said our mouths to do that.”

Director Jerrard Smith. “So, the “Every emotion was so much conceit is that we’re telling this bigger. A lot bigger but a lot more oriental fable though the eyes of fun, too,” said Stefanie Goldhar, a commedia troupe who are os- who played Zelima’s mother Skitensibly in Cathay to take over. So rina and Brigella, Captain of the they are the storytellers, and they Imperial Pages. are also telling their own story.”

While using masks meant the This version presented at the U actors had to exaggerate emoof G also added colourful puppets tions through body language, into the mix, creating an engag- using puppets at times demanded ing and amusing show, but also exactly the opposite. posing challenges to the actors.

“Because it’s a puppet, you’re “First of all they are learning kind of tempted to kind of be mask, they are learning a par- everywhere, […] with every ticular clown form, which is very movement,” said Goldhar, specific. And then they’ve got stressing the importance of careto manipulate puppets and tell a fully controlling the actions of fairly convoluted story,” Smith the puppets. said of the difficulties facing the “You have to put your focus actors. and your energy into the pupMarianna Barone, who played pet. Instead of being like an actor the roles of Zelima and Smeraldi- playing the puppet, you have to na, said this production required basically be the puppet,” added Barone. a different approach to acting.

“It’s definitely different because The masks, puppets, and cosactors definitely rely on using tumes together made for a visually their faces for emotion. Using enticing performance. The show the mask, we had to rely mostly was often quite humourous as a on bodywork, and using the mask result of the actors’ over-the-top

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Carlo Gozzi’s Turandot, the Princess of Cathay is a commedia dell’arte, based on a traditional Italian masked clowning style, and runs until March 23. motions and physical comedy. At times, though, the overzealousness of some actors meant lines were delivered too quickly or too loudly. The final result, however, is a high-energy and relatively light play, especially in contrast

to last semester’s production of Erin Shields’s If We Were Birds.

Can Khalaf solve the cruel Turandot’s riddles and bring about a change of heart? The School of English and Theatre Studies will take you back in time to find out.

Guelph goes burlesque Event promotes openmindedness about sexuality Mira Beth On March 15, Van Gogh’s Ear played host to an event like no other – Bass and Burlesque 3.

The night featured both DJs and burlesque dancers as well as an entertainer thrown in for good measure.

While one might not peg Guelph as a very risqué city compared to some, Zoe Taylor and Dana Desaulnier, the organizers want to change that.

Taylor wanted to create an interactive event that everyone was welcome to attend and perform in.

Taylor believes that the bar crowd mentality needs to give way to a

place where “everyone can feel at respect for sexy women and enhome and comfortable.” forces the importance of consent.

Taylor emphasized this point by “Just because someone is being putting an open call out for per- sexy doesn’t mean you can just formers for the show and two grab at them,” said Taylor. friends happened to fit the bill.

The night began with the MC As Taylor put it, “they throw for the evening, Andrew the Absolutely Normal, performdown and just nailed it.”

The other two performers that ing some juggling tricks for the evening were professionals, and audience. This was followed by helped to create a more authen- stunning numbers by Donnie tic burlesque feel throughout the Gritz and Ruby Moon that got evening. the crowd roaring. After an inTaylor enforced the messages termission filled with quality bass she hoped people would take away beats and excessive dancing, Anfrom the evening. Taylor suggest- drew took the stage once again, ed that Guelph needs to be more performing a trick in which he sexually open minded and com- mounted a unicycle, drank a fortable in its own skin, and hopes beer and juggled all at the same that those watching get a better time. If this wasn’t impressive sense of why expressing their sex- enough, Andrew mounted himuality is nothing to be ashamed self diagonally above two chairs of. In the same sense, Taylor said where two audience members that the show gives people more sat, both looking up in awe and amusement.

Andrew made way for Penny Pimms, who used giant feathered fans to enhance her allure, providing a peep show that no one could look away from. Bibi Crowbar followed with some cross-dressing involving a moustache, which was used to not only tantalize the crowd, but to make them laugh as well. After another number from both ladies respectfully, the bass picked back up and carried the crowd on into the night.

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Organizers of Bass and Burlesque 3, at Van Gogh’s Ear on March 15, hope to make Guelph more comfortable in its own skin.

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The purrfect weekend event

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Feline friends featured at College Royal

“I opted to [include] some cats up for adoption because they really need a home, and honestly we had some spots open at the time.

Nick Revington We’re probably going to do it [in] later years, because it worked out This year’s College Royal festivi- really nicely,” said Stephanie Gerties included a curious tradition: ritsen, who directed this year’s the 36th Annual Cat Show, a cat show.

Gerritsen emphasized the need beauty pageant of sorts for our feline friends. Held in one of for caring households to provide the larger Rozanski Hall lecture proper homes for these cats, which rooms on both Saturday and are currently housed in temporary Sunday, the event had cats com- foster homes. peting for ribbons and prizes in The event managed to nearly fill nine cat-egories (pun intended, the lecture hall – one of the largest and indeed, this was the event’s on campus – to capacity, drawing official term for the classes of in families with young children, awards). university students, and elderly Each cat’s name was called in couples as well.

Gerritsen attributed the strong sequence, and the owner brought their pet to a table at the front of turnout to the novelty of a cat the room to be displayed to the show, since many people are not audience. The hall’s document sure what to expect.

“It’s kind of funny because a lot camera was repurposed to disof people didn’t know what a cat play the animal on the big screen.

After a quick look-over by the show would entail, so it kind of judge, the cat was returned to made people really curious. Most its kennel. people expect tricks or someFeatured in the competition thing like that. At the cat show, this year were a number of cats they’re just thinking, ‘What can I available for adoption from An- do, what can I see?’” said Gerritimal Adoptions of Flamborough, sen. “You know, everybody loves a each of which placed in at least cat. They’re all over the Internet.” one award cat-egory.

And of course, no cat-themed

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Pictured is Saturday’s winning cat Ameet with his owners Susan (centre) and Bethany (right), and judge Kristyn (left). Ameet placed 1st in Best Personality, Best Male, and Pet/Owner Look-Alike, and 3rd in Best markings, winning him the number one title of Best in Show. event is complete without the appearance of at least one such Internet meme. Prior to announcing the winners, a picture of Grumpy Cat told the audience to “get excited,” with a decidedly unenthusiastic facial expression.

Sunday’s big winners were Bali, taking home a first-place ribbon for Best Female and Best Markings, and a second-place ribbon for Longest Tail, at 12.2 inches, and Siamese cat Kamari, taking top spot in Best Male, Longest Tail (13

inches), and Best Kept Coat, thus earning the honour of Best in Show.

Last year’s defending champion, Magellan, a fluffy white longhaired cat, was unable to maintain his dynasty, but earned a second-place ribbon for Most Striking Face.

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Water polo on probation Women’s water polo wants varsity status, OUA recognition

the Guelph Athletics Program at this time.”

Guelph’s decision to deny the Water Polo club varsity status reflects a growing trend among Ontario UniPaul Rashotte versities. The number of schools that currently offer OUA support to feOn the Guelph Gryphons website, male Water Polo teams dropped to tucked away at the very bottom of five last year, when York Universithe club section, sits a button that’s ty decided to revoke their women’s always ready to immerse visitors in water polo team’s varsity status. One the wonderful world of University reason offered by the York AthletWater Polo. With just one click stu- ics association for their decision to dents can get all the information they pull funding cited the inefficient need to jump into an incredible sport number of pre-season exhibition that rewards endurance, toughness games played by the athletes. This and finesse. Now, besides the in- critique came despite the fact that herent biases of alphabetical order, the women had played six exhibithere’s still one major problem with tion games, while the men’s varsity this setup—the Guelph Water Polo team had only played one. The imclub has been ready to field a female pact of the York Athletic association’s varsity team for the past few years. decision extended beyond their Jordan Duffield, the coach of the women, however, as the insuffiGuelph Water Polo club, says the or- cient number of teams led the OUA ganization has 12 committed female to cancel the 2013 female Water Polo members, which is well above the championships. seven-person minimum necessary Jordan said that “OUA Girls’ Water to compete.

Polo has been placed on probation,” “Over the three years I’ve been af- and suggests that this development filiated with the Guelph Water Polo indicates that female Varsity Water club, the girls have consistently ex- Polo will be phased out of Ontarpressed an interest to go Varsity. My io Universities. Jordan thinks that first two years I filed requests for the if things keep progressing the way girls to receive varsity status, but the they’re going, “Ontario Water Polo emails I got back stated that the Uni- will have to be organized at the club versity had no interest in expanding level without OUA support.” This

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A member of Guelph’s water polo club attempts a pass during one of the club’s weekly meetings. The team is working towards competing at the varsity level. means that across Ontario there will Hayes were asked if they wanted to be less funding and practice time go Varsity, their answer was an overavailable for Water Polo teams. whelming “yes!”

While the future of OUA Water Sara Duffield, an associate with the Polo isn’t exactly bright, the female club, reflected on her time playing members of the Guelph Water Polo Water Polo at the OUA level, suggestclub seem excited to reverse the ing “varsity would be such a good trend. When club members Car- experience for these girls.” Sara also ling Bieg, Rachel Munger, and Tara said to anyone wanting to play Water

Polo or show support for the women that “we’re always looking for new members, so come on out Mondays and Fridays from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and then grab a drink with us after!” for web-exclusive

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18 w w w.t h e on ta r ion . c om sports & Health Protein shakes You’ve got corn in your eye Popular supplement may Hens fed new strain of be stressing the kidneys corn developed by U of G produce eggs with Garry Go increased carotenoids levels

Whether you’re trying to pack on pounds of muscle mass or just trying to maintain a healthy balanced lifestyle, when it comes to protein supplements, a lot of the experts seem to be in favour of moderation.

Nephrologists are now concerned about the potential dangers of teenagers and young adults consuming protein supplements without proper consultation. They warn about the negative outcomes stemming from the prolonged use of protein powder.

“Kidneys process and break down proteins. An excessively increased amount of protein intake causes the organ to work harder to compensate.

Overuse of protein powders can lead to developing kidney stones and kidney failure,” said nephrologist Ajay Choudhary.

Lindzie O’Reilly, a registered dietician from Student Health Services at the University of Guelph, emphasized the importance of moderation.

“Protein powders can be convenient and are fine … from time to time, but there is nothing magic about them and you will get more nutrients from whole food. Most of us get more than enough protein in our diets without the use of powders or supplements,” said O’Reilly.

“Consuming too much protein may mean that you are missing out on other important nutrients. It is important to include foods from all four food groups every day to ensure you get the nutrients you need for both short- and long-term health. Relying on large amounts of protein powder often means that your diet is low in carbohydrates and the nutrients that they provide,” explained O’Reilly.

“I see many students who finish their workout with a shake that consists of protein powder and water. Following an intense workout, it is important to include a good amount of carbohydrates and just a moderate amount of protein (15-25g) to build and repair muscle tissue.

As an active individual, you are not doing yourself any favours if you are restricting your carbohydrate intake, especially after a workout.”

O’Reilly further explained how protein supplements might affect the kidneys.

“Kidney damage directly related to the use of protein powder is extremely rare. Large amounts of protein do take a lot of water to process, however. If you are following a high protein diet and you are not hydrating properly, you are at greater risk of dehydration which can put added stress on your kidneys.”

“If you do choose to use protein powder, I suggest using only one half to one scoop,” said O’Reilly.

“After a workout for example, most of us can only absorb about 15 to 25g of protein. If you consume more than that, your body will either store it as fat or you will excrete it, making expensive urine.”

Chris Müller There’s little to dispute the benefits of antioxidants in anyone’s diet, but spinach and tea aren’t very easy to feed to the hens that produce eggs. That’s why researchers at the University of Guelph, including plant agriculture professors Elizabeth Lee and Barry Shelp and post-doctoral research assistant Andrew Burt looked at creating a new variety of corn as a means of improving lutein and zeaxanthin levels in both the variety of corn and the eggs produced by the hens consuming it.

The research team crossed Argentine Orange Flint maize with North American corn to produce a strand of corn that possesses higher levels of these antioxidants. When fed to eggproducing hens, the new variety of corn led to an increase in the lutein and zeaxanthin content of the egg yolk.

When combined with the nutritional oils traditionally found in eggs, the egg becomes an excellent and accessible source of nutrients. The increase

of antioxidants in eggs is not a new concept. Hens have been fed marigold petal extract to increase the antioxidant content in the hens’ eggs, but the isolation of these compounds and subsequent production of a new strain of corn to increase the plant’s production of lutein and zeaxanthin presents great opportunities moving forward.

The benefits are relevant to both corn farmers and egg farmers, since a new variety of corn high in these nutrients is beneficial both to the producer of the product in the potential for selling a higher quality (and thus potentially more profitable) product to the consumer, and the consumer of that product – the egg farmer and the hens that are fed with the new corn. While the levels found in hens eating the new corn did not surpass hens ingesting marigold petal extract, the potential for further crop improvement of the corn is promising.

And why does this matter? Lutein and zeaxanthin are powerful antioxidants that contribute to the prevention of the degeneration of eyesight. Marigold petal extract is used by herbalists for conditions like eczema, conjunctivitis, and also finds use as a general antiseptic.

Lee suggests that this is an example of how research can breed plants to provide better nutrition in food.

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New research from the University of Guelph fed hens a new variety of corn, leading to increased levels of carotenoids in the eggs produced by the hens. Carotenoids are associated with maintaining eye health and preventing vision loss with age.

“This is a way in which crop scientists can produce items that have improved nutritional benefits for human health,” Lee states in the press release.

“It seems likely that we can achieve greater results in the future, and provide lasting benefits for farmers and consumers.”

Fantastic fats Nutrient-rich foods with good fats easily accessible, can help prep “beach-bod” for summer Sina Woerthle With the weather warming up slowly and the slightest promise of spring in the air, many Canadians are once again dreaming of summer. For some, this dream is accompanied with feelings of dread – “bikini bod” season is nearing, and that means a second wave of New Years resolutions are starting up.

The commitment of hitting the gym to obtain those killer abs may prove difficult for some, but as nutrition and exercise go hand in hand, it is often a commitment to dietary changes which turns out to be a major challenge. Oftentimes, old habits are hard to kick, which results in the short-lived spurt of health-conscious motivation dwindling faster than you can say flip-flops.

While the amount of time required to form a firm habit is debated and often ranges according to researchers, (anywhere from 21 days to over two months), the time needed is realistically longer than most of us manage to keep our healthy resolutions. One common mistake many believe to be true is that low-fat foods are the best way to lose weight; after all, an excess caloric intake on a daily basis will lead an increase in weight – and it is

also true that fat bearing foods are fre- Walnuts – Move over almond, products in moderation. As the body quently high in calories. Despite this there’s a new nut in town. While al- ages and bone mineral density detruth, consider keeping these high- monds and cashews may have been creases, it is essential to keep dietary caloric foods around in moderation for getting all the fame over the past few calcium at the adequate levels. Furthe upcoming months: your body will years, it’s time to give some light of thermore, certain types of cheeses thank you for the rich nutrients these day to the underestimated walnut. contain healthy probiotics, an extra three super-foods provide.

A study done at the Medical College boost to keep your body functioning of Georgia has proven that walnuts at its prime. Certain alpine cheesAvocados – These delicious green dar- are perhaps the most unique nut of es also contain high amounts of lings are sure to have you clicking your the family; in comparison to others, omega-3 fatty acids, helping protect heels in joy; they are not only rich in they are predominant in linoleate against cardiovascular disease. This monounsaturated fats and antioxi- (n-6) and linolenate (n-3) polyun- is due to the fact that the cows comdants, but also high in carotenoids. In saturated fatty acids, as opposed ing from these alpine regions, such particular, avocados are loaded with to monounsaturated fatty acids of as Gstaad in Switzerland, feed mainlutein (also found in kale, spinach and many other nuts. In other words, ly on fresh grass which contains other leafy greens), which is beneficial these n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated high amounts of Alpha-linolenic to your eyes. The retina accumulates fatty acids are especially useful for acid, as compared to those grain-fed lutein which allows for protection the body as they reap even greater cows from industrial farms.

There are plenty of other healthy from free radicals produced by blue benefits than monounsaturated fats. fats to keep around this spring, but light. With age, the body reduces the When compared to monounsatuthe key thing to remember is modintensity of its protective systems, in rated fats, the polyunsaturated fats this case, antioxidants, which means containing n-3 and n-6 are more eration. When it comes to food, a that when light is absorbed in the beneficial to include in the daily diet, little bit of everything makes meals eye, the ocular tissues are damaged as these contain some fatty acids more enjoyable. Just be sure to make through reactive oxygen species and which the body can only acquire healthy choices and keep a lookfree radicals from this light. Foods through the diet; they cannot be out for saturated and trans fats. high in carotenoids allow for the an- produced through natural meta- One general rule to follow when it tioxidants to be supplied and available bolic reactions. comes to choosing fats is that the for use in the body, diminishing the “bad” saturated fats are often solid negative effects of such free radicals. Cheese – Despite the bad reputa- at room temperature, whereas the That does not mean, however, that tion full fat cheeses often receive, “healthy” unsaturated fats are liqbecause avocados are so beneficial, they are still an excellent addition uid. Knowing which fats to select they should be consumed in high to a healthy diet. Full fat cheeses, makes the build up to bikini seaamounts on a daily basis; these Mexi- such as cheddar cheese, are loaded son a little less painful – there’s no can fruits contain approximately 140 with calcium and protein – however, need to eliminate fats entirely, but calories in each half – consume with they have received their reputation rather be conscious of your decicaution! Half an avocado a day keeps for a good reason: cheeses are cal- sions, and you’ll be feeling ready to the damage away! orie dense foods, so eat these dairy hit the beach in no time!

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Brew Review: A fond farewell to winter with Black Creek Stout Chris Müller If the snow on the ground was any indication, the spring equinox has finally occurred and we can all start panicking about our summer “beach-bods” that are soon to be on full display in the summer heat. And when I panic, I do it with traditionally crafted small-batch craft beers, the beach be damned. Panic responsibly.

The most recent brew to come across my path was Black Creek Historic Brewery’s Stout, a unique offering from an even more unique brewer. Black Creek Brewery calls Toronto

home and operates using the same techniques employed by early Ontario brewers as far back as the 1860s.

The beer is extensively brewed by hand, and fermentation occurs in traditional wood barrels in the brewery’s cellar. By its means of production, Black Creek Historic Brewery is truly an ode to the brewers of old.

The brewery itself sits in the Black Creek Pioneer Village, and employees are adorned in period-specific attire. Brewery and location aside, the beer is good.

The 500mL bottle houses a five per cent alcohol content, which hovers around the norm for bottled stouts. The brew incorporates the use of chocolate wheat, which provides notes of molasses, mild espresso, and a hint of smokiness. The

sweetness that is sometimes associated with chocolate wheat is not present, though a mild bitterness, like that of very dark chocolate is present.

The beer pours with little to no head, and what is visible is light brown in colour and recedes quickly. This is perhaps the one thing that holds the beer back, despite the marvelous flavour; the non-existence of a frothy helmet for this nearly black brew is disappointing, but not a deal-breaker. Many of the chemicals used to improve head retention (a brewing term for how long the head remains intact) were not available in the 1860s, and thus wouldn’t find their way into Black Creek’s offering.

Overall, this is the sort of beer that could be found in the

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Ontario countryside at inns and taverns in a previous era. Those pioneers probably didn’t have much in the way of luxury goods, but at least they had good beer – the greatest luxury of all.

L/S/Y – A Matter of Pride C.R. La Croix We are all familiar with Queer Pride – the colours, the rainbow dripped floats, the cheers of “We’re here! We’re Queer!” and other such phrases. Yet there is no Straight Pride, no celebration of the triumphs of the heterosexual against notions of madness, and no singular day to remember the decades spent moving from having to hide their straightness from the public eye to being at last able to hold hands with their opposite-sex partner in the streets (with only a minimal risk of harassment or assault). A reclamation of heterosexual history is underway, schools are becoming more open to including heterosexual intercourse within basic sex ed. lessons, and a thousand other movements towards equal rights – from job security to a rejection of straight fetishization – are gaining more and more support each day. These movements, these hard-won victories all deserve celebration. So why isn’t there a Straight Pride?

Oh wait.

To react to an event such as Pride and demand a heterosexual equivalent is to miss the point entirely. It is not a denying of the ability of a straight person to be proud of their sexuality – nobody is trying to put anyone down for their sexuality. However, to take Pride and try to establish an equal and opposite event is to try and put claim on the reasoning behind having Pride in the first place, seemingly saying, “These are our problems, too” when that just isn’t the case. Pride is more than a simple celebration, and more than gay men dressing

up and tossing glitter on things.

Pride is a Queer event, encompassing all that entails – trans folks, lesbians, asexuals, and many more all have a place at Pride. Allies are well accepted in addition to this. You can be straight as an arrow and comfortably cisgendered or cissexual and still come out to show support and participate in the celebration.

Pride also provides many things that aren’t readily accessible or easily found, such as underwear for transmen and women, or quality kink materials with a queer

twist, and most especially an easy it out, you don’t require a little and accepting environment where flag to denote where you might be it’s okay to be passionate about accepted, or need to spend hours your partner and look at adult finding a washroom that doesn’t toys together without being side- have a marked gender on it so you eyed. Being queer is nothing to be can feel safe going pee. Pride, as ashamed of at these events. You’re an event and not an emotion, is a allowed to be prideful at Pride, al- necessary break from those norms lowed to take comfort in the fact so we, the queers, can have a turn that you’re not alone, that you feeling safe and normal. exist, and that you have a history.

Straight Pride would be an un- If you have a question you’d like necessary event in light of this. answered by Love/Sex/You, send Heterosexuality is the expected an email to oneditor@uoguelph. norm, visible everywhere and at ca with “L/S/Y” in the subject all times. You don’t have to seek line.

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Lady is a hen that loves to explore the nooks and crannies of her backyard paradise at Onaen House, pecking away at whatever she can find. She loves to eat the vegetable scraps from the kitchen, and is always willing to cuddle. Lady, along with her fellow chicken pals, are loyal companions, providing her owners with eggs every day.

Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon to split; Fergie and Andrew split March 19 has historically not been a great day for royal couples. In 1976, the 16-year marriage of Margaret and Snowdon came to a halt when the couple made plans to separate, unbeknownst to Snowdon. According to the BBC, the Earl, who at the time was opening a photographic exhibition of his work in Australia, “said that he was ‘desperately sad,’” and reportedly, “knew nothing of the announcement prior to its release.” The couple divorced in 2000.

In 1992, the Duke and Duchess of York also announced their plans to separate on this day. In this case, both partners were aware of the separation, and have actually remained close friends, according to the BBC. (The BBC – March 19, 1976, 1992) Rum ship chased right into harbour; Mystery surrounds truckload of liquor Lunenberg, Nova Scotia and Washington were the focuses of journalistic excitement on this day when alcohol appeared, suddenly and mysteriously, in the cities. A schooner in the former location was “pursued to dock” after a four-day chase by a United States customs cutter. Apparently, the ship contained some liquor onboard that was not declared by the ship’s captain. In Washington, a politician (who else) got into some trouble when a truckload of liquor that was high jacked earlier in the week was found to belong to a senator.

Sounds like the premise for Boardwalk Empire… (The Globe – March 19, 1927) Terror in Tokyo Explored in depth by author Haruki Murakami in the non-fiction work Underground, the terrorist gas attack on three subway lines in Tokyo was called an “attack on the nation’s self-confidence.” The description of the event in the article stated that the gas used was sarin, “a highly toxic and volatile form of nerve gas developed by Nazi scientists in Germany in the 1930’s [which was] used to execute people in gas chambers in American penitentiaries.” Eight hundred people were hospitalized, and at the release of the article, eight had died.

The reporter noted that, “Subway entrances soon looked like battlefields, as injured commuters lay gasping on the ground, some of them with blood gushing from the nose or mouth,” conveying the catastrophic nature of the attack. (The New York Times – March 20, 1995) Compiled by Alicja Grzadkowska

20 w w w.t h e on ta r ion . c om : Crashing car culture

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Crashing car culture

Unfortunately, for much of my life, mobility has necessitated a car (I Nick Revington grew up between low-density subdivisions and rural Ontario).

Until recently, I’ve always want- But it need not be so. High-quality ed a car. After all, the ability to go public transit or neighbourhoods where you want, when you want planned with a focus on walkabilis incredibly appealing. In many ity can offer (and in some cases ways, car ownership symbolizes encourage) alternatives to car freedom, but also status in terms dependence. of prosperity and adulthood.

If there are realistic alternatives to the car for mobility – like frequent, efficient, reliable transit, let’s say – we might make progress on a pile of other problems.

The Economist reported last year that road transport accounts for 23 per cent of polluting carbon emissions in the OECD, comprised of most developed countries. Cars are also responsible for a number of other pollutants linked by way of poor air quality to respiratory illness. Less reliance on cars also means more walking, and therefore better health (see the March 7 issue of The Ontarion for more on this topic).

Of course, in the absence of alternatives, car use faces even more problems: traffic congestion in Toronto accounts for a $2.2 billion cost to the economy in wasted time and fuel as the average Torontonian commuter spends seven hours a week stuck in traffic. This makes Toronto the fourth-most Lately though, what I’ve found gridlocked city in North Ameris that a car is not really what I’m ica, according to Toronto Life. after. At best, a car is a means to a Researchers in Australia estimate certain end; at worst, it’s simply a that while one lane of highway symbol of a desired end – mobility. can carry 2,500 people per hour

“While one lane of highway can carry 2,500 people per hour by car, double that number could be transported by bus, and trains could move 20 times as many.”

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Fred Flintstone’s wheels are surely obsolete, but the entire notion of a car-centred society may be in decline too. by car, double that number could be transported by bus, and trains could move 20 times as many.

There’s considerable evidence that I might not be the only member of my generation (that is, the typically-aged university student) to feel this way about car use. TODERIAN UrbanWORKS, a consultancy based in Vancouver, has claimed that given the choice between a 25-minute drive or a 50-minute bus ride with WiFi, 80 per cent of baby-boomers would choose to drive, but 80 per

cent of my generation would prefer the bus. After all, with Wi-Fi, that’s nearly an hour of homework, email, or social media – driving is 25 minutes that cannot be used for anything else. Similarly, The Economist reported that while about 80 per cent of 18-year-olds in the US held driver’s licenses in 1983, in 2010 this number was only about 60 per cent. For the 20-24 age category, the percentage of licensed drivers has fallen from well over 90 to about 80 per cent over the same time period.

Make no mistake; cars still have their advantages. Mass public transit in rural areas is often unfeasible, and sometimes you just have too much stuff to move to bring it with you on the bus. But for the 80 per cent of Canadians who live in cities, improving alternatives to the automobile would mean that car-shares and rentals could accommodate those few times you might really need a car. If I can get mobility by other means, I can do without the expenses of car insurance, maintenance, and gasoline.

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Expect essentialist Easter eggs, essentially It’s 2013 and Kinder eggs just became gender-specific Recently, 13-year-old McKenna Pope from New Jersey began a campaign to create genderneutral packaging and designs for Easy-Bake Ovens. Many years earlier, Kinder Surprise launched a girl-specific line of their famous chocolate eggs, appropriately pink-coloured and marketed alongside Barbie’s face.

Actually, the events were only months apart, with Pope’s work beginning towards the end of 2012, and Kinder’s pink egg appearing in early 2013 after the gender-neutral oven was available in stores. It’s difficult to understand how the two toyand gender-centered events could occur within such a short time period, let alone in the same decade.

As a longtime lover of Kinder Surprise eggs and all of the associated spin-offs (Kinder Bueno, Schoko Buns, those delicious Kinder sticks that perfectly concentrate the Kinder flavour into a candy bar), the move by Ferrero, the Italian company behind Kinder products, to blatantly ignore the popular movement towards gender-neutrality comes off as more than a little odd.

Especially in the setting of the U of G, where the genderneutral bathroom challenge is currently taking place, the

gender-specific nature of the new eggs seems to exist in complete opposition to the beliefs of at least a few (likely many) people in this modern day and age.

More than that, the idea that all girls are attracted to pink, and love dolls/cute animals/pretty things is outdated as well as completely insulting to females, and people who identify with the gender.

The concept is also confusing, particularly to people who ate Kinder eggs as children, and never seemed to mind, or even contemplate, whether the toys were intended for boys or girls.

Because, really, who thinks about stuff like that as a child, unless some company decides that their advertising or packaging will be geared towards males or females. (The “creative” decision for instance to sell Barbie dolls in pink cases and Hot Wheels in blue is the spawn of such decision-making, and one we’re all familiar with.)

Seemingly only small colour choices, the effects of this colour coding and the associated gender-specificity are considerable.

For one, there have been innumerable studies, reports, and just plain old news articles looking at the links between childhood toy choices and one’s future sexuality. It is not enough to simply declare a particular sexuality and be done with it.

We have to trace the development of a specific sexuality right to the beginning of its

“pollination” in the individual, often for the benefit of worried parents.

And the process starts with looking at toys and the innocent child, who has no idea why they picked up a Lego box instead of a Bratz doll, or why they go to

“…the genderspecific nature of the new eggs seems to exist in complete opposition to the beliefs of at least a few (likely many) people in this modern day and age.” the clothing aisles rather than the video game section upon entering a store.

Thanks to Kinder, children everywhere can heave a sigh of relief. Now, they have one more way to check and double-check if they are aligning their outward actions with the way that they

happen to look on the outside.

The “girl” eggs also reveal the backwards thinking of high-up business individuals working for Ferrero in terms of gender equality. After all, there are no male-specific eggs, which means that the company didn’t feel the need to segregate boys from the general population.

After decades (and possibly centuries, depending on your analysis) of women trying to demonstrate their potential outside of their socially-imposed femininity, Ferrero transports us back to a time period when women predominantly cooked, cleaned, and wore pretty dresses. And of course, loved pastels and pink. This pink egg cannot be the summation of the gender equality for which society has worked towards since the early 20th century.

For the good of the consumer’s psyche, I suggest Ferrero quickly return their essentialist gender idea to the Kinder vault, and maybe start working on a Kinder ice cream or something that Kinder lovers like me will eat without experiencing psychological torment. I don’t want to think about whether I’m advancing or reversing the work of the LGBTQ community and gender equality activists by picking up a pink Kinder egg that happens to be on my way to the cash register. And, I don’t want the latter to be represented by such a minute action.

I just want to eat my chocolate in peace.

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My open love letter to you, G Colleen McDonell Sometimes it’s far too easy to point out the things that are wrong with society.

I could easily go on a rant about the Kardashians, or about how more locally, the University Centre needs better organic waste options. Instead, I’m going to try something a little more difficult, and send an honest, open love letter…

G, I loved you from the moment we met.

Things between us started

slow. We didn’t venture far off campus together because we were busy adjusting to university life. But, eventually, we fell in love.

We started going out. You treated me to amazing food around town, at the Wooly’s and Ox. Putting studying on the back burner, we had some memorable nights dancing at the Albion and Doogies with all of our friends.

Together, we built our own community. I’ll always remember the Hillside festival as our summer escape, and skating

downtown or watching the Storm play with you in the winter. You were equal parts Aggie and hipster.

I felt safe walking around with you.

Though, like any other lover, G, you came with some baggage. But I liked that you always looked to improve yourself. You were constantly having conversations on important topics such as organic food, LGBQT pride, and how to end violence against women.

Also – who else is friends with

both Robert Munsch and John McCrae?

And sometimes, we even fought over silly things like downtown parking or noise bylaws. I knew, however, that we would always come to an agreement (often settled with a Welly or two).

So thank you, Guelph, for being my home for the last five years. You’ve fed me well, kept me entertained, but also safe, and you’ve taught me invaluable lessons. Keep classy, and stay Royal.

Correction: An article titled “SAFEty First” in the March 14 issue of The Ontarion noted Slutwalk Guelph was taking place last week. In reality, Slutwalk Guelph occurs on Sunday, April 21.

The online version of the article has been corrected.

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community listings Thursday March 21 From Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Guelph : BOWL FOR KIDS’ SAKE: March 21-24 at Woodlawn Bowl.

Two hours of bowling, free pizza and pop, fantastic prizes. For more details and to register check us out on Facebook “Bowl for Kids’ Sake 2013” and online at www.guelphbowl.kintera.org.

The 2013 Food Industry Business Forum will examine the causes and discuss possible solutions of food waste. 5-8pm at the School of Engineering Atrium, Thornbrough Building. Cost $60/person includes dinner. Profits will be matched by Tim Hortons and donated to Food Banks Canada. www.uoguelph.ca/ oac/event/food-industry-business-forum-food-waste Interested in being a veterinarian? Animal lover just interested

in learning more? OVC Mini Vet School every Thursday in March (March 7-28) offers 2 lectures a night on topics from animal welfare to anatomy! Register at www. ovcminivetschool.ca Stratford Shakespeare Lecture Series @ Your Guelph Public Library. The GPL and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival present four thought-provoking lectures based on this season’s plays. Each evening lecture features local Shakespearean experts. 7pm, Main Library (100 Norfolk St.). March 7, 14, 21and 28. Admission free. www.library.guelph.on.ca Friday March 22 The EveryBody Conference Three day conference exploring bodily autonomy and community care.

Visit www.theeverybodyconference.wordpress.com for a detailed

list of workshops and events @U of G campus.

Saturday March 23 Tin Roof Global’s Water Walk to raise awareness about international water issues and raise funds for their “Roof It H20” program which brings clean water to impoverished schools in Uganda. For further details Email: tinroof@uoguelph.ca . Or visit: www.tinroofglobal.com H2O GO Festival: An engaging celebration of water. Interactive displays, information booths, children’s activities, thought sharing through art and science, educational activities for people of all ages. Free workshops on greywater reuse, rainwater harvesting and efficient landscaping. Guelph City Hall 9am-3pm. Admission free.

University of Guelph Chamber Choirs presents Choral Kaleidoscope with

conductors Marta McCarthy and Lanny Fleming. 8pm at Harcourt United Church, 87 Dean Ave. Tickets $10/person. For more information, visit www.u oguelph.ca/sofam/ events Guelph Environmental Leadership (GEL) presents the 6th Annual ECOmarket in downtown Guelph. (Old Quebec Street Shoppes, 10am – 4 pm). Showcasing 30 plus exhibitors with leading-edge ideas, green products and services, and technologies.

Info at: 519-731-5063 or info@guelphgig.ca Monday March 25 “Ask The Lawyer Day” Coming To The Main Library! From 10am-3pm Suzanne Deliscar, B.A., LL.B will be available to provide you with legal information on your most pressing legal issue. Please register at www. library.guelph.on.ca or at any library location to book your free ten minute consultation.

Tuesday March 26 Stress Less for Tests program begins at 5:30 pm. Learn how to enhance exam performance by decreasing anxiety, improving focus and curbing worry. Part One on March 26 and Part 2 on March 28. Details at www. uoguelph.ca/~ksomers.

Wednesday March 27 The Art of Zhen Shan Ren International Exhibition Comes to Guelph Civic Museum, 52 Norfolk St. for two weeks from March 27 to April 11, 2013 (closed March 29 & April 1), open daily from 1-5pm. Opening Reception March 27, 4-6pm. guelph.ca/ museum Thursday March 28 Dancetheatre David Earle Offers Easter Sacred Dance. 7pm at Harcourt Church, 87 Dean Ave. Admission by donation with proceeds going to Chalmers Community Services Centre. A donation of healthy non-perishable food would also be appreciated. Reservations can be made online or at the studio, 519837-2746. www.dtde.ca Thursday At Noon Concert Series. Concerts start at 12:00p.m.

Thursdays in Mackinnon room 107 (Goldschmidt room). Admission free – donations gratefully appreciated. Everyone welcome! www. uoguelph.ca/so Neuroplasticity and Learning Disabilities with Barbara Arrowsmith-Young. A free, public presentation. Author of the international bestseller The Woman Who Changed Her Brain, and founder of Arrowsmith School and the Arrowsmith Program. 7:30-9pm at Guelph Community Christian School, 195 College Ave. W. Ongoing: Guelph Food Bank Spring Food Drive. March 20th to April 7th. Goal:

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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES The City of Guelph is looking for volunteers to clean-up Guelph roadways during the tenth annual Clean & Green Community Clean Up taking place Saturday, April 20.

Register by April 12 to participate in this year’s city-wide clean-up.

Register at 519-837-5628 x 3305 or register online at http://guelph. ca/event/annual-guelph-cleangreen-community-clean-up/ Join Student Volunteer Connections Saturday, March 23 from 9:30-3:30pm at the Green Legacy Tree Nursery to help contribute to the production of 175,000 trees.

For info: contact Ian at projects@ dosomuch.ca OR sign up through REG. Space limited, reserve your spot quickly! Transportation provided to/from, free lunch, and please dress for the weather!

80,000lbs of non-perishable food items. Non-perishable donations can be dropped off at Local Grocery Stores, Fire Halls and Guelph Food Bank at 100 Crimea Street.

Free tutoring program run out of the Bookshelf downtown for high school students. The program runs Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays from 3:30-4:45pm beginning on Feb 5th through to March 28th. If interested, contact bookshelftutoringprogram@ gmail.com.

Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Exhibitions by Canadian artists: ‘Phil Bergerson: American Shards’ runs until to April 14. ‘Vessna Perunovich: Line Rituals & Radical Knitting’ runs until March 31. MSAC 358 Gordon St. 519-767-2661 www.msac.ca Career Aviators Business Career Club: Students and professionals welcome. Mondays 7pm -9pm, Innovation Guelph (111 Farquhar Street). Strategic advice and support; guest presentations; motivation to stay on track; worldwide Information exchange. PWYC. Info:1 866 873 7633 www.careeraviators.com The Guelph Family Health Team (FHT) offers FREE walking group at the YMCA-YWCA. Tuesday/ Thursday evenings 6-8pm. Participants receive a free pedometer the first time they attend and weekly handouts with recipes, health tips and exercises. Indoor shoes only please.

Information: 519-837-0099.

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