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Largest terror attack on NYC since 9/11 UZBEKISTAN NATIVE KILLS EIGHT SIERRA MCEWEN

of Uzbekistan, age 29, has been named the main suspect in last week’s terror attack in New York City. The terrorist network ISIS released a message, stating that Saipov is a “soldier of the caliphate” after killing eight people. Although the organization praised Saipov for the attack, ISIS did make it clear that they had no involvement in the planning of the attack, and that it was an independent mission directed by Saipov CNN reported.

ISIS released instructions on how to carry out such a deadly attack on their social media, prior to the event, Vox explains, and Saipov followed these instructions clearly and concisely. He became interested in the radical Islamic approaches when he moved to the United States from Uzbekistan.

According to Vox, officials report that in the truck he was driving , a note was found that read: “The Islamic State will endure forever.”

Vox news reported that Saipov drove 20 blocks on a bike path alongside the Hudson River in a rented truck; the truck then crashed into a school bus near Stuyvesant High School. Saipov proceeded to get out of the truck and fired

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TEXAS SHOOTING

In the most recent fatal attack on American soil, 26-year-old Devin Kelley killed 26 and injured 20 more in a mass shooting at First Baptist Church outside San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday morning. Officials say that the attack was not racially or religiously fueled, and was the culmination of a domestic situation.

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The city of Guelph has reached a tentative contract agreement with the union representing Guelph Transit employees, having been in negotiations since May 2017. The agreement will be voted on by city council on Nov. 13, and the ratification meeting is set for Nov. 19.

U OF G INNOVATION

A bill introduced to the Ontario Legislature requires all disposable coffee pods in the province to be certified compostable.

The bill’s sponsor, MPP Norm Miller, debuted U of G compostable coffee pod technology at the bill’s introduction.

PHOTO COURTESY OF KENA BETANCUR Saipov worked independently on the attack, but followed ISIS’s instructions.

paintball/pellet guns while yelling “Allahu Akbar,” which means “God is great” in Arabic. Ryan Nash of the New York Police Department shot the suspect in the abdomen and placed him in custody.

Saipov made his first court appearance on Wednesday, Nov. 1, and did not enter a plea to federal terror charges.

Since this tragedy, President Donald Trump has sent out threats to ISIS via Twitter. He claims that the U.S. military has hit ISIS “much harder” over the past two days.

In an effort to explain the United States’ response to these types of attacks, President Trump stated, “What we are doing is every time we are attacked from

this point forward, and it took place yesterday, we are hitting them 10 times harder.”

People who knew Saipov — neighbours and childhood friends — claim that he did not show any signs of involvement with ISIS and was a peacemaker in the community.

According to CNN, New York City has responded to this attack by placing concrete blocks diagonally across bike paths. This is to prevent vehicles from entering the paths, while still allowing bikers to enter.

DERRY DIALOGUES

On Nov. 5, experts in technology came together at the University of Guelph to discuss the future of artificial intelligence and its social implications.

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Should pedestrians get fined for walking while they text?

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EARLY LAST WEEK ,

Yvan Baker, MPP for Et obicoke C entre, announced that he would bring a private member’s bill forward to the Legislature of Ontario. The bill, which is being called the Phones Down, Heads Up Act, would impose fines for pedestrians who are distracted by their

phones while crossing the street.

The Ontarion had the opportunity to speak with MPP Baker about his motivation for the bill, and what he hopes it will achieve in the province of Ontario.

“A number of months ago, I started to hear more and more from my constituents in my community of Etobicoke Centre, about their concerns about the number of pedestrians that were being killed on the roads,” Baker explained.

He added that upon beginning his own research, he discovered that there was a direct correlation between being distracted while walking, and cases of pedestrian injury and death.

“The Chief Coroner of Ontario

found that in 2010, seven per cent of pedestrians who were killed on Ontario’s roads were distracted,” Baker said, adding that, “Toronto Public Health found that you’re 40 per cent more likely to get injured or killed if you’re distracted while crossing the road.”

While there are many causes of pedestrian injury and death, such as distracted driving or poor road conditions, what Baker found is that measures are already being taken to address many of these issues. Meanwhile, the issue of distracted pedestrians has gone very much unaddressed by both the government and municipalities.

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Rohingya humanitarian crisis continues U.N. CALLS IT A “CASEBOOK” EXAMPLE OF ETHNIC CLEANSING, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS | of violence in Myanmar have led to more than 600,000 of the country’s Rohingya fleeing the country since August amidst accusations of ethnic cleansing and violations of human rights.

The Rohingya people are an ethnic Muslim minority who reside in Myanmar and differ f r o m My a n m a r ’s d o m i n a nt Buddhist group ethnically, linguistically, and religiously. They are often called “the world’s most persecuted minority,” and have endured decades of persecution and discrimination. Though many Rohingya can trace their ties to the land back many centuries, they have been denied citizenship for decades, making them stateless persons.

An article appearing on the Council on Foreign Relations’

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‘Institutionalized discrimination’ through restrictions on marriage, family planning, employment, education, religion choice, and freedom of movement.

Longo’s donates $500,000 to U of G FOOD INNOVATION L AB TO CONTINUE RESEARCH INTO CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR B U KO L A TO LU Y E M I

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a new grocery store in the south end of Guelph, has donated the sum of $500,000 to the University of Guelph’s Food Innovation Research Laboratory.

Longo’s is a family business that is run by the second and third generations of the Longo family, who specialised in selling vegetables before venturing into the grocery store business.

An anonymous source told The Ontarion that Longo’s works directly with farmers across Ontario, and is committed to research on Ontario farmers.

According to Rosanne Longo, the spokesperson of Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc., “The University of Guelph has a great team of academics and researchers examining wide-ranging issues on how we interact with and engage with food.

We were founding supporters of Guelph’s Food Innovation Research Lab and we’re pleased that we could support this important centre.”

The Ontarion was spoke to Mike von Massow, associate professor of

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food, agricultural, and resource economics at the University of Guelph to discuss the Food Innovation Lab. Bukola Toluyemi: What is the Food Innovation Research Lab? Mike von Massow: The lab is

a facility that will allow us to do research to understand that better.

B T: H ow v a l u a b l e i s t h e $500,000 for your research?

MVM : The Longo’s company

donated $500,000; about $400,000 of that came to the lab. It’s invaluable. Support for research really is essential to drive research programs forward. About $240,000 of the amount that was given went directly to building the lab, so putting computers in, changing the facility, allowing us to build a mock grocery store, and acquiring the technology, including eye tracking technology, so that we can do cutting-edge research in the facility. Some of the money goes to funding ongoing research programs, like doing experiments, but also funding graduate students to undertake research.

BT: Was Longo’s expecting any benefits from the donation?

MVM: Well, the Longo’s com-

pany made a donation to the University some years ago and then some of it was allocated to this laboratory. So they weren’t

directly funding the lab at the start, but we proposed building the lab. I think all companies have an interest in understanding consumer behaviour better, but I think the foundation of the objective was to support research into food, and if they learned something, that was great. But fundamentally, it was a belief by the senior leadership of the Longo’s company that supporting research in Ontario, and specifically at the University of Guelph, would make the industry stronger.

BT: Stronger how?

MVM: I think understanding

how consumers make food decisions is valuable for a number of reasons. It’s valuable so that we can provide them with the products they are looking for; it’s valuable for policy makers to understand, if they are trying to get people to eat more healthy, what sort of things they need to do to improve healthy choices; it’s valuable for companies that are bringing new healthy products to the market to understand how they can help consumers identify good products and buy them. So, I think the more we understand, which is fundamentally what research is about, the better we are able to meet the demands of consumers.

website cited that in Myanmar, the Rohingya have suffered from “institutionalized discrimination” through restrictions on marriage, family planning, employment, education, religion choice, and freedom of movement.

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de facto leader, has come under considerable international criticism for failing to speak out against the atrocities. Suu Kyi is a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and was granted honorary Canadian citizenship in 2012, an honour that many Canadians are calling to be revoked in light of recent events. However, while she is the de facto leader, she does not control the military and has limited power to intervene. Last week, Suu Kyi pledged to allow the return of refugees who can prove they were residents of Myanmar.

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Unfortunately, there is skepticism as to the validity of this promise, considering how the Rohingya have been denied citizenship in Myanmar for decades.

World University Service of Canada (WUSC) Guelph Local Committee held a “Fast Facts and Mythbuster” event on Tuesday, Nov. 6, with the goal of making the campus community more aware of the crisis, as well as what it means to be stateless and how it differs from, or is similar to, being a refugee.

It is still unclear what steps will be taken by the international community in response to this crisis.

In the meantime, thousands of Rohingya continue to flee into neighbouring countries, primarily Bangladesh, putting a strain on resources in an already impoverished country.

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The bill sets the lowest fine at $50, but Baker is confident that even without imposing fines, the bill will be effective at raising awareness about the dangers of being distracted while crossing the street.

Critics of the bill have argued that by fining pedestrians for being distracted, you are putting the onus on the pedestrian to prevent injury, instead of on drivers.

In an interview with The Ontarion, MPP Baker emphasized that this bill does not point the finger at any particular group, but instead hopes to encourage pedestrians to think twice and to change their habits.

I n a dd it ion t o imp o s able fines, the bill would also require the Minister of Transportation to launch an annual campaign warning of the risks of distracted driving, Baker noted.

“Just through that mechanism alone, I think I’m very clear that I acknowledge that we have a distracted driving problem in Ontario,” Baker said. “And we have problems with other types of traffic violations by drivers as well.”

The bill was set to be presented to the Legislature on Nov. 5. While Baker knows

that private members’ bills are of t en challeng ing t o pass, he expressed optimism about the future of the bill, adding that he has received tremendous support from his colleagues up to this point.

“This is really about saving lives and preventing injuries,” he said. “And if we can save one life a year, to me it’s worth it. One life lost is one too many.”

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Keeping the sex in sexual education TA S H A FA LC O N E R

IN 2016, the Alberta government decided to fully overhaul their kindergarten through grade 12 curriculum, the Edmonton Journal reported. This includes the sexual education curriculum, which is mixed into both the health and life skills and the career and life management curriculums.

Through the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the Edmonton Journal received documentation that shows the Council of Catholic School Superintendents of Alberta (CCSSA) applied for a grant to create a sexual education curriculum that would work alongside the Catholic faith.

This application was denied by the Education Department’s deputy minister, Curtis Clarke. In his response to the grant, Clarke noted that Catholic school authorities are, and will continue to be, represented during the curriculum overhaul.

The CCSSA and the Alberta Catholic School Trustees’ Association (ACSTA) created a document

that expressed the issues they have with the new curriculum, which lie in promoting aspects of sexuality that are against the Catholic religion’s beliefs.

The topics at issue include:

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Consent Reproductive technologies Contraception Same-sex relationships Various sexual acts (e.g., anal sex, oral sex, masturbation) • Pornography • Gender identity The document states that the Catholic school boards are interested in addressing sexualization and objectification, as long as sexual activity is not seen as acceptable in any context. The document states that superintendents are open to teaching about sexuality in detail, but not promoting aspects that are against their beliefs.

The issues that are most hotly debated are consent and same-sex relationships. The document states that while consent is necessary

for healthy sexual activity, there are other things to consider when engaging in sexual activity, such as religious beliefs and family values.

According to Global News, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley stated that the curriculum proposed by the Catholic school officials will not be taught, noting that the issue of consent is a must-have. Consent is the law in Alberta, and Notley refuses to have a curriculum that suggests illegal behaviour may be acceptable in a relationship.

According to Global News, minister of education, David Eggen, backed up Notley by stating, “Teaching consent is a basic health and safety issue for students in regards to sexuality, and it needs to be strengthened if anything.”

Notley also had issue with a curriculum that refuses to discuss contraception and marginalizes sexual minorities. The concern about LGBTQ+ discrimination is a hot topic within the Catholic proposal. This proposal comes on the heels of mandates regarding gay-straight alliances, which are facing resistance, according to an

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A big part of the debate is religious freedom versus what is good for society. article by the CBC. The Alberta United Conservative Party recently elected a new leader, and the candidates were not afraid to speak out on this issue. The Huffington Post stated that former leadership candidate Doug Schweitzer wants more information on how Catholic schools will teach what they have proposed, specifically regarding consent. United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney notes that Notley cannot dictate how sexual education is

taught at Catholic schools.

Kenney’s comments have created a debate about the reach that the government has into religious practice. A big part of the debate is religious freedom versus what is good for society. The discrimination of sexual minorities, the use of contraceptives, and consent, are all issues that come into play. An article in The Globe and Mail notes that the province is responsible for education, regardless of the religion.

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Place for Bands makes a place for bands DIY SPACES ALLOW LOCAL PROMOTERS TO SHOWCASE OUT-THERE TALENTS M A R S C H E S T E R C H OW & W I L L W E L L I N G TO N

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TWO YEARS AGO, Ian Bain, Jake Cadieux, and Dan Loughrin started Place for Bands to bring Canadian DIY musicians to Guelph.

Cadieux and Loughrin were already meeting lots of Canadian musicians while playing out of town gigs with their band Baby Labour, and Loughrin had been running shows for about two years under the name Big Rig Productions at the Jimmy Jazz. Bain was great friends with them, but didn’t play with them.

“I thought it would be good to work with him in an administrative capacity,” said Loughrin.

Two years later, a lot has changed with Place for Bands.

Loughrin left the group due to issues in his personal life. Thomas Campbell, who has been helping out with the group since the start, officially joined about six months ago. However, the core of their mission remains the same: “We are an organization that brings music to town. We are promoters. We put on events,” said Bain.

This Thursday, Place for Bands is hosting a two year anniversary

show featuring Blessed, Whimm, and Iris, post-punk and shoegaze bands from Toronto and Vancouver.

If Place for Bands is still going after two years, it’s because of its focus on the needs of artists and the community. “We’re doing it purely for the scene, to create a space for music to thrive,” said Cadieux.

Often that means running shows out of their own pockets. “We are a not-for-profit organization,” said Cadieux. Bain, Cadieux, and Campbell emphasized that paying and treating artists well is important.

“Jake, Dan, and I all played music from the get-go. We know what it’s like trying to play in town and having to go through a bunch of people, not necessarily finding anything, to end up playing a shitty show where two people show up,” said Bain.

“I think it’s very important that [we are] an artist-run organization,” said Campbell. Cadieux added that the community suffers from promoters “not knowing what it’s like to schlep your own gear. You can’t possibly understand how frustrating it is to deal with promoters who are

We’re doing it purely for the scene, to create a space for music to thrive.

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lazy, [and] don’t put in the time and effort for the work, or pay you. We strive at all times to not be that.”

It hasn’t always been smooth sailing though. “We are doing a lot more [work] since it all depends on the spaces available to us. We try to do things in DIY spaces or unconventional space, similar to a pop-up,” said Bain. “There [are] difficulties with that though, because

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we have to rent all the equipment, provide everything ourselves.”

They’ve become aware of how much work it takes, and a recent Facebook post stressed “finding balance in [their] own personal and professional lives.”

But in those DIY spaces, Place for Bands have a lot more flexibility.

“It’s easy when you do something at a bar where basically everything

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is provided, but we have a better time when we have our own space,” said Bain. “We can get a special operations permit, which affords us the ability to sell beer, and that is crucial to larger payouts,” said Campbell.

Other parts of the process have gotten easier as they’ve gotten more credibility. “Part of the reason why we grew so quickly, and the reason why these amazing bands have come to work with us, was because Kazoo! [a major promoter in Guelph] was busy, and they would throw us a bone,” said Bain. “They did that a few times and all of a sudden people were contacting us.”

Their plan for the future is to give every event “the attention and promotion it deserves,” as they said on Facebook, because for Place for Bands, it’s all about the music.

“You go to the show, you’re there for the show and the music.

Everything else falls second,” said Cadieux.

Place for Bands anniversary show is on Thursday, Nov. 9 at DSTRCT

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B . A . ush e r s fa ns into the loo for an acoustic encore.

B.A. Johnston:

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short showgoing career, I have never seen anything like a B.A. Johnston concert.

It’s not that there aren’t comparisons to be made, or precedents for what he does.

He’s been compared to Stompin’ Tom Connors for his slice-of-life Canadiana — Connors sang about “Bud The Spud,” while B. A . name drops the Humpty Dumpty ketchup chip mascot. He’s been compared to GG Allin for his N MY RELATIVELY

tendency to roll around on grimy bar floors (a terrible comparison on every other level).

And other comparisons could be easily made, to the wonky nerdpop of They Might Be Giants and the eccentric home recordings of Daniel Johnston, for instance.

B.A. even performed a Daniel Johnston cover at some of his earliest shows in the ’90s.

But if I had to compare B.A.’s act to a cultural phenomenon, it wouldn’t be to another musician.

It would be to late-night screenings of cult movies like The Room, where dedicated fans celebrate

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cinema’s most egregious failures by throwing spoons at the screen and screaming their favourite bad lines.

“Bar audiences hate people with acoustic guitars the most,” he says. “So I had to develop little tricks to get them to pay attention.”

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Johnston, you won’t know what hit you.

B.A. readily admits that he’s “just really bad at music.” That’s why he’s never played with a band.

For many of his live songs, he sings along to backing tracks played on an old portable CD player.

“It would be nice to have a fourth chord,” he tells me. “Break things up a bit, you know?”

But B.A. is thriving — or, at least, surviving — as a touring bar musician when few others are.

Touring in Canada isn’t easy, given that it can take days to drive between venues — B.A. listens to endless thriller audiobooks to pass the time — and bar management can be inhospitable.

“It’s pretty crummy, man,” he tells me. “You hear stories about people who go to Europe, and they’re like, ‘We played a castle, and we got a hotel, and they fed us breakfast and dinner.’ In Canada, they hate your guts. All the bars think you’re scum.”

B.A. describes just a few of the situations he’s found himself in on this most recent tour.

“This weekend I played one show where I did the door and sound, set everything up, and played. And then the other night

But folks who have seen him once or twice anticipate their favourite recurring gags and singalong moments. I, for one, lose it every time he apes reading the name of the Jimmy Jazz, which he has played surely a dozen times, off his palm.

“There are little Rocky Horror Picture Show things that for some reason have got picked up, which is cool,” says B. A ., his voice hoarse from a bad cold, when I ask him about the comparison over the phone.

“Kind of like the parts of the bad movie that are the best ones, like ‘You’re tearing me apart, Lisa!’”

These recurring gags — corny joke-book jokes, sight gag s, slapstick — aren’t particularly original. In fact, they call back to earlier generations of stage entertainers — B.A. even admits to stealing one joke from the Three Stooges.

The gags set B.A. apart from the average nightclub fair, and that’s exactly the point.

they basically accused me of stealing. There was no bouncer, so I had to throw a guy out during my show as I’m singing. I had to push a guy out a door.”

T h e c u r re n t s i t u a t i o n i s i n contrast to what some older musicians describe as a golden age.

“You hear stories about the ’70s and even the ’80s where they were playing Tuesday to Sunday, and then eventually just Thursday to Sunday, and they would make pretty good money. The figures you get quoted by people are usually surprisingly large. But bar culture’s changed a lot. People hate bands now, they’re like the worst,” says B.A. “Cover bands still get paid okay, I think. But I think even that well’s run dry.”

Nevertheless, B.A. continues to tour relentlessly, and people keep coming out to laugh at the same corny gags and sing along to the same stupid songs they love. I’ll be among them, because while B.A. can’t play a guitar solo to save his life, he does something much more important, something very few musicians can do. He entertains.

B.A. Johnston plays the Jimmy Jazz on Friday, Nov. 10.

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The haunting mystery of Timber Timbre GOTHIC GROUP GOES DYSTOPIAN ON NEW RECORD C L AU D I A I D Z I K

Hailing from Toronto and Montreal, Timber Timbre sports a recurring haunting, mysterious, and gothic theme throughout their six albums. Vocalist Taylor Kirk is the mastermind behind the dark lyrics, while band members Simon Trottier and Mathieu Charbonneau use a combination of instruments to create a haunting, cinematic experience for the listener. I spoke with Charbonneau about the band’s influences and their newest album, Sincerely,

Future Pollution.

Throughout the years, Timber Timbre has seen success with their previous albums. Creep on Creepin’ On and Hot Dreams were both shortlisted for Canada’s Polaris Music Prize in 2011 and 2014, respectively. With Sincerely, Future Pollution, released in early 2017, the band took a new approach.

On this record, “We still came up with some songs, but it was looser in terms of the arrangement and the structures and the sounds that were being used,” said Charbonneau. “We did a lot of researching together, and we played a lot for three months, almost every day. The sounds are different from what we’ve been using. I think the sounds also influenced the writing.”

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Timber Timbre’s new record draws on gloomy current affairs.

that influence the theme of their albums. Sincerely, Future Pollution was recorded at La Frette Studios, a 200-year-old mansion just north of Paris, France. “We don’t get to go home at night and go back to our lives,” said Charbonneau. “It gives a vibe to the recording.”

Along with the old-century vibe, La Frette Studios came with

an array of unexplored instruments and vintage synths, which allowed the band to experiment with new sounds. “We were using really weird machines,” said Charbonneau. Along with Oberheim synths, the band tried their hand at electronic drums. “Electronic drums is something that we’ve never had any experience with,

and we did a lot with that too.”

Timber Timbre recorded their latest album during the time of the U.S. election, which inspired the dark lyrics on some of the tracks. “It was a little hard to do anything that wasn’t influenced by these events,” Charbonneau said.

Throughout the album, Timber Timbre creates its own dystopian world that highlights a dark, monochromatic future. The album “was written in the fear that it would happen like this.”

It’s clear that Timber Timbre will not stray from their gothic, cinematic tone anytime soon. The band has branded itself with dark themes, and the newest album definitely embraces that.

Timber Timbre plays Mitchell Hall on Saturday, Nov. 11.

Weezer enjoys a Pacific Daydream WEEZER RELEASES REFRESHING NEW ALBUM K AT I E S TO K E S

Weezer frontman Cuomo loves dabbling in different styles — although fans aren’t always interested.

WEEZER’S 1994 self-titled debut, nicknamed The Blue Album, had hits like “Buddy Holly,” “Say it Ain’t So,” and “Undone — The Sweater Song” playing out of car radios and walkmans everywhere.

Now, almost 24 years later, Weezer has released Pacific Daydream, which offers brand new sounds for Weezer fans.

Lead single “Feels Like Summer,” released in early March, rode the charts for 26 weeks. The layers of background vocals and unique electronic style in “Feels Like Summer” make it sound almost like a dance track. It’s just one of the many songs on this album that stray from the typical genre their fans are used to hearing.

Other tracks on this album, such as “Happy Hour,” follow a

similar style, with catchy choruses and echoing background vocals.

“Happy Hour,” along with “Beach Boys,” provides a chill, upbeat sound that would appeal to listeners who may not have been Weezer fans before.

Many pop music fans might hear some of these songs on the radio and not recognize them as Weezer.

Despite the unmistakable vocals of lead singer Rivers Cuomo, the overall result of Pacific Daydream greatly differs from their most notable songs from the ’90s and early 2000s.

The album definitely demonstrates the group’s range and ability to adapt to the rise of electronic pop and other genres. Fans can get a whole new take on Weezer, while still enjoying their classic albums.

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“Holiday” T his Blue Album cut goes deep on Beach Boys-esque vocal harmonies, with an extended breakdown reminiscent of “Good Vibrations.”

1996

“Falling for You” Pinkerton drew from Italian opera, and this tune is regarded as one of Weezer’s most accomplished, featuring multiple key changes.

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“Dope Nose” Not only did this Maladroit hit boast a video with loads of ridiculous motorcycle stunts, it also included lyrics like “Cheese smells so good / On a burnt piece of lamb.”

2008

“The Greatest Man That Ever Lived” “Greatest Man” switches styles every few bars, mashing up rap, metal, and rockabilly.

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“Love is the Answer” This one takes the cake on Raditude, an album that also features Lil Wayne. “Love” features sitars, and a verse by Amrita Sen, who performed “Jai Ho” at the 2009 Academy Awards.

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“ Thank God for Girls” In one of Weezer’s best post-Pinkerton tracks. Cuomo word-vomits about cannolis, testosterone, and how “God took a rib from Adam [and] ... Microwaved it on the popcorn setting.”

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Local book looks at Guelph during WWI GUELPH AUTHOR RELEASES BOOK JUST IN TIME FOR REMEMBRANCE DAY LESLIE THOMPSON

Wartime: The First World War in a Canadian Town uses Guelph as a representation of Canadian towns during the First World War. The book was written by Guelph author Ed Butts, who has also written Canadian history books such as Henry Hudson: New World Voyageur and The Desperate Ones: Forgotten Canadian Outlaws.

The Ontarion had a chance to talk with Butts about the new book.

Leslie Thompson: What was your motivation for writing this book?

Ed Butts: Wartime evolved from a project

that began in 2014 with the Guelph Mercury.

I wrote a series of articles about the people whose names are inscribed on the part of the city’s downtown cenotaph that lists the dead of the First World War. I found some extraordinary stories about people who once lived in our community. They went to school here, worked here, walked the streets we walk today, and then went off to fight in a cataclysmic war, not really knowing what they were getting into. Coinciding with their stories were the stories of the people who stayed

behind, but nonetheless, had to endure the trauma of the war.

LT: What do you think makes Guelph’s WWI history so interesting?

EB: It’s important to note that although

Guelph is the setting for the events described in this book, the story is Canada’s. Much of what happened in Guelph during the war years was happening in communities across the country: the anxieties families had for their loved ones in the armed forces, the shortages of things like food and fuel, and the fear of enemy agents in their midst. However, there were some incidents that were particular to Guelph, such as the military police raid on the Catholic Novitiate, which was suspected of hiding conscription evaders.

LT: During your research, were you able to find any personal accounts or primary sources, now that all the WWI veterans have passed?

I was fortunate enough to meet the families of some of the people whose names are on the cenotaph, and they provided me with

Mattie Leon talks Signal Hill TORONTO SING ER MINES HIS TORY FOR INSPIR ATION SARAH SEUKERAN TORONTO-BASED singer-songwriter Mattie Leon explores new horizons in songwriting with his sophomore record Signal Hill.

I chatted with Leon over email about how this new record came together.

Sarah Seukeran: Tell me a little bit about the writing and recording process for this record.

Mattie Leon: I wanted it to have a time-

less and organic feel. I wanted to push myself lyrically into some places I don’t typically go; like history (“Vimy”), immigration (“Signal Hill”), and my outlook on life (“The Best Things”). I produced the record myself in Brampton and Toronto using recording gear that I’ve accumulated over the years. I think the songs I picked to put on the record and the ones I decided to leave off informed the sound of the record more than the actual recording process.

SS: How does Signal Hill differ from your last record Terrace?

ML: Terrace was a collection of songs

that I wanted to be able to play on my own if I needed to. I can sit down and play each one of those tunes with just a guitar or piano and they will work really well. Signal Hill isn’t quite that way. Now that I’ve had a steady band for a few years (Mike Leon on drums, Nelson Sobral on

Mattie Leon funded his new re cord through a FACTOR grant.

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bass, and I), I was able to write songs without the fear of them not living up to their potential live. Terrace leans more R&B, where Signal Hill leans more “songwriter,” both in music and lyrics. Signal Hill dips into more subject matter which I’m really proud of.

SS: In terms of your songwriting style, who would you list as your musical influences?

ML: As far as my songwriting style goes,

my musical influences are Paul Simon, The Band, The Beatles, Ryan Adams, Bruce Cockburn, Bon Iver, and John Mayer. Lyrically, I’ve been taking a lot of inspiration from Robbie Robertson and Bruce Cockburn. The way that they were able to write about current events or history and be able to bring that to life is so impressive to me.

Mattie Leon plays Jimmy Jazz on Saturday, Nov. 11.

invaluable accounts that had never been documented. Other principal sources were the website for Library and Archives Canada (Personnel Records of the First World War) and the microfilm archives of the Guelph Mercury in the main branch of the Guelph Public Library.

G uelph author Ed B utt s ha s written s eve r a l b o o k s o n C a n a d i a n h i s to r y.

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LT: Do you think the City of Guelph does a good job of commemorating its veterans?

EB: Both of my parents served in the

Second World War. I always attend Remembrance Day ceremonies in their memory.

Guelph does a wonderful job in commemorating veterans. I think we have to be sure that we never lose sight of the fact that war is tragic and ugly, with nothing glorious about it.

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Three movie facts to make you a hit at any party FACTS AS FUN AS FILMS THEMSELVES A R I A N A LO N G L E Y

MOVIE WORLDS are

fun and fantastical places. However, people often forget that movie trivia can be just as interesting as the movies themselves. Here are three noteworthy movie facts that are just as enticing as a full-length feature film.

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Tom Cruise was supposed to play Iron Man

One of the best superhero movies of all time according to my personal top 10 list, Iron Man marked the birth of the iconic Marvel Cinematic Universe. This witty and adventure-filled film was originally slated to have Tom Cruise produce and star in the movie. Cruise was arguably one the biggest actors in the world at the time, so it made sense to have him play the lead role in the first film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

I understand Tom Cruise is a good actor, but his mere presence in films ruins them for me. The only film he didn’t destroy for me was Tropic Thunder — because

I didn’t realise he was in it. The rumour is that Cruise had one make or break requirement that needed to be fulfilled if he was to dawn the metal suit: he needed his face to be visible at all times. The Iron Man costume either needed to lose the mask or have a transparent visor. Imagine Iron Man flying around, shooting bombs from his hands and creepy looks from his eyes.

Thankfully the studio didn’t give in to his demands. Much of the charm in the 2008 hit came from Robert Downey Jr. Tom Cruise being in the establishing movie of Universal’s Dark Universe, The Mummy, may have already tarnished their world.

What would the Marvel Cinematic Universe be today if Tom Cruise played the beloved hero and not the charismatic Robert Downey Jr. we know and love today?

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PG-13 films can only use the F-word once

Have you ever watched a PG-13 movie and felt like something was off ? For some reason, the characters don’t react like real people. In general, folks swear if the situation calls for it, but not in these movies.

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is responsible

for determining movie ratings (i.e., G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17).

They follow a strict list of criteria to decide at which level a movie belongs. PG-13 movies are allowed to use the F-word once, as long as it’s not used in the verb form.

I remembered this fact as I revisited the movie 1408, a hotel horror starring John Cusack and Samuel L . Jackson. It puzzled me how Mike Enslin, played by Cusack, keeps his vocabulary subdued while being attacked by ghosts and traversing the elements. And that’s when I realised that they gave that verbal privilege to Jackson, who appeared for only 15 minutes at the beginning, leaving the rest of the film fairly tame in the language department.

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Jackson has over 70 films to his name.

Jackson has appeared in some of the biggest movies of all time:

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Jurassic Park Die Hard with a Vengeance Do the Right Thing The Avengers Samuel L. Jackson is like the Nicolas Cage of good movies, each one contributing to his box office success.

Jackson was knocked off his throne in January 2016 by Harrison Ford after the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. However, he was able to reign again after Kong: Skull Island and The Hitman’s Bodyguard hit the screens.

Samuel L. Jackson is the highest grossing actor

Speaking of Samuel L. Jackson — not only is he a badass, his movies are also the highest grossing in Hollywood.

According to Box Office Mojo, his movies have made upwards of $5 billion collectively. Not million. Billion. But that makes sense considering the sheer number of movies he’s appeared in. Notice I said “appeared in,” not “starred in.” He just has to be in the film for it to count towards his total and

Samuel L. Jackson plays Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Movie trailers spoil too much, maybe they need to | avoiding movie trailers a few years ago when Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar was a few months away from release.

After seeing its mysterious teaser trailer, I had no desire to know what the film was about because I was already sold on a Nolan spacetravel film. Around this time, I had started noticing that a lot of movies would ruin their most exciting moments in the trailers, whether it be a climactic action sequence in an action-thriller, or the funniest joke in a comedy.

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Interstellar is one of the first films I remember going into nearly blind, and it was one of my favourite theatre experiences ever.

It inspired me to stop watching trailers (to the best of my ability — temptation made me watch the trailers for a few highly anticipated films such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens), a decision I haven’t regretted.

But the experience of going into a film blind is something that most people haven’t had, and maybe

that’s the way it has to be.

According to the professionals that make trailers for production companies, audience engagement increases with the amount of information given to the viewer.

Whether it be a movie that wants to build a franchise or an independent comedy, they can get viewers to buy their product by showing them the highlights of the film, rather than keeping secrets from the audience.

In an interview with MTV, Sam Balcomb, director of Los Angeles-based production company Rainfall Films, said, “There’s a lot more pressure on franchise-building now, where they don’t just have to sell the movie to the audience; they’re appeasing their investors by showing every character [or prop] that people might buy as toys and action figures. The studios need to pack in as much information into the trailer as they can, just to make it a marketable product, but unfortunately it spoils the experience for the audience.”

So perhaps it makes sense that Blade Runner 2049, which had

trailers showcasing the futuristic setting of the film, but little of the plot, vastly underperformed at the box office and was pulled early from many theatres. Director Denis Villeneuve expressed his appreciation for the spoiler-free marketing campaign. In an interview with Vulture, Villeneuve said, “I liked the idea that you were supposed to learn it as the movie goes on. As a cinephile, one of my best experiences was when I was on a film festival jury. I had to watch 20 movies without knowing anything about them.”

his film’s trailer gave away a major plot twist (a twist that I remember being shocked at, but my friends already knew was coming). The list goes on.

Directors have little say in what goes into their movie trailers. In a 2013 speech, Ocean’s Eleven director Steven Soderbergh outlined the homogenizing trailer production process: “If you’ve ever wondered why every poster and every trailer and every TV spot looks exactly the same, it’s because of testing.

It’s because anything interesting scores poorly and gets kicked out.”

Many directors have spoken out against trailers spoiling plot details.

Giving directors more freedom to make the trailer of their choice would be a smart choice artistically, but it’s probably not in the best interest of the studio.

Rian Johnson, director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, told fans to avoid the first full trailer of the film if they wanted to avoid spoilers. When the trailer release date was announced, Johnson answered a fan’s concern on Twitter, tweeting, “If you want to come in clean, absolutely avoid it.” Antoine Fuqua, director of boxing film Southpaw, expressed concern that

Cinema is a business after all.

Only directors or franchises with big names may be able to get away with a spoiler-free marketing campaign and still hit all their intended numbers. It’s the sad truth.

Many film enthusiasts have noticed this trend of spoiler-driven

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film marketing and have started avoiding trailers altogether. This group includes Eric Striffler, who runs the YouTube channel Pretty Much It. Last year, he started releasing a series called “PostMovie Trailer Reaction,” which features him watching a trailer after he has seen the film so he can see how many plot details were spoiled in it. Your favorite scene in a film may have been the climax of its trailer, which means that many audience members will know it’s coming and will not react with the excitement it is meant to provoke.

Trailers will continue to contain spoilers. It’s only a matter of time before more and more viewers become irritated by trailers taking away the thrill of seeing pivotal moments in a film for the first time. Hopefully these viewers will know to start looking away.

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Students put finishing touches on The Millennial Malcontent BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF A THOROUGHLY MILLENNIAL MAINSTAGE C A R LO S M A N D UJA N O

at the George Luscombe Theatre, the pressure was on for the cast and crew of this semester’s Mainstage production, as they rehearsed every detail of Erin Shields’ play The Millennial Malcontent. Student actors and crew members had to swiftly converge their efforts in their first cue-tocue rehearsal, working to achieve perfection as opening night gets closer and closer.

The Millennial Malcontent uses dark humour to explore the danger that new conventions, like social media, pose to personal relationships. The multi-media extravaganza depends

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not only on quality performances from the actors, but also on the determination and synchronization of every crew section backstage: from stage managing to prop elements; from lighting crew to choreography. Even music is an intrinsic element of the show.

Scott Campbell, head of the lighting crew, emphasized the importance of this production’s backstage elements: “I think the media definitely plays a major role in this show,” said Campbell. “We wanted to razzle-dazzle the audience with everything we had in store.”

The rehearsal process and backstage planning has been going on for months. “We’ve been going pretty much non-stop since September,” said Campbell. “Long days for us to make it what it is now, ever since the beginning of the semester.”

Michael Berger (left) and Andre Preclaro (right) rehearse for the upcoming Mainstage show.

The Millennial Malcontent is directed by Professor Alan Filewod.

The Millennial Malcontent runs from Nov. 15 to Nov. 19 at the George Luscombe Theatre.

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FREE TUITION? Tuition rates go up Sticker prices go down W I LL W E LLI N GTO N

A rush to set tuition rates Tuition fees at the University of Guelph are scheduled to rise once again in the fall of 2018.

If it seems early to be thinking about next year’s finances, that’s because it is. Normally, tuition hikes, which are capped by the province, are decided in the spring, along with the rest of the University’s budget.

But the landscape of post-secondary finance in Ontario is shifting dramatically following sweeping changes introduced by the province’s Liberal government.

These changes affect OSAP, tuition billing, and the formula the province uses to assign funding to post-secondary institutions.

One of these changes is the new “net tuition” policy, which Guelph piloted this year alongside a number of other schools. The policy aims to reduce “sticker shock” by subtracting the grants and scholarships each student is likely to receive from the expected cost of their tuition.

An infographic released by the Council of Ontario Universities in September of 2016 puts it like this: if the average tuition for arts and sciences students in 2016 is around $6,000, and the average financial aid each student receives is around $4,000, then the “real cost” of tuition is only $2,000.

It’s not that the cost of university is going down, or that anything else about the way students pay tuition is changing. It’s just that the sticker price of tuition will now reflect this “real cost,” as opposed to the full cost.

Starting this year, students will see this net tuition amount in the OSAP portal, and in a letter that the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development will send out in March or April.

The new policy is meant to reflect the fact,

trumpeted by the government in the last few years, that students from families making less than $50,000 a year now receive non-repayable funding equal to or greater than the amount of tuition they need to pay. In other words, for many Ontario students tuition is effectively, if not actually, free.

In order for the government to calculate net tuition numbers, universities need to set tuition rates much earlier than they used to.

In fact, the U of G was supposed to submit its 2018-2019 increases alongside its 2017-2018 rates, but it didn’t.

“We had thought we could use [2017-2018’s] tuition as an estimate, but the government asked for actual tuition,” said Brenda Whiteside, the associate vicepresident of student affairs, in an email to The Ontarion. “There were other universities in the same position.”

Rebecca Cheskes, vice-president academic of the Central Student Association (CSA), put it in plainer terms: “The message I heard [from the administration] was, ‘We screwed up, and now we just have to do this, and we’re sorry.’”

What the administration had to do was make a decision about 2018-2019 tuition hikes, and make it fast.

The challenges of consultation If students don’t remember being consulted about those hikes, that’s because they weren’t.

The University of Guelph decided to rollover

domestic tuition rate hikes from last year. Tuition for the average domestic undergrad in the arts and sciences, for instance, will increase three per cent, or about $200, from $6,571 to $6,768, according to the University’s budget development webpage. This is the maximum allowed by the province.

In a video posted to the Student Affairs YouTube channel, which has a grand total of almost 20 views at the time of writing, associate vice-president academic Serge Desmarais explains why the University felt comfortable setting these rates without student consultation.

“Last year we … had significant consultation with the academic community and with student groups regarding the setting of tuition … And because of the extent of the conversation that took place, we decided that … the best approach … was to simply roll over the domestic tuition,” says Desmarais in the video.

In an email, Whiteside explained that the consultation Desmarais was referring to was through the Student Budget Committee, which met every two weeks and eventually presented a report to the Finance Committee and the Board of Governors.

The CSA disagreed with the University’s decision, but appreciated the tough spot they were in. “There should be discussion and consultation every time those decisions are being made,” said Cheskes. “I don’t think it’s ever okay to just do a rollover, but we as a CSA understood that they didn’t have another choice.”

The administration made at least somewhat of an effort to connect with students before finalizing the decision. Three days before the proposed tuition hikes went to the Board of Governors in late October, U of G Provost Charlotte Yates hosted a town hall to discuss the proposal.

They announced that town hall in an email to student leaders only days in advance.

“If I host a Halloween party and I tell people three

days before, I’m going to get like five people,” said Cheskes.

“It’s going to be a depressing Halloween party.”

Cheskes estimates that about eight or nine people attended the October town hall.

Attendees had plenty of time to ask Yates questions, and what began as a conversation about tuition precipitated a broader discussion of the role student consultation plays in administrative decisions at the U of G. That discussion is ongoing.

Whiteside noted that while 2017-2018 tuition increases went to the maximum, their consultation with students last year led to the adoption of “recommendations for more funding for mental health and financial aid, particularly for international students.” Yates stressed her “very deep commitment” to discussing university policy with students. Both Cheskes and Yates remarked that the relationship between this year’s CSA and the administration gives them hope that future consultation will be fruitful and engaged.

That consultation will, of course, have to go beyond town halls announced at the eleventh hour. “Admin says that they are committed to figuring out better ways of finding out what students’ priorities are. And now it’s our job to hold them accountable for that,” said Cheskes.

But make no mistake — tuition fees aren’t going down any time soon. “It won’t be a real consultation when it comes to whether or not fees will be increased,” said Cheskes. “That’s not really up for discussion, unfortunately.”

The big picture of university funding If it sounds like universities want more and more money from students, that’s because they do.

“But make no mistake — tuition fees aren’t going down any time soon.

Universities are in a tough situation. In 2010-2011, the average university in Ontario received almost half its revenues from the government. By 2014-2015, that number dropped to only 38 per cent. In the same time, tuition fees have become a bigger slice of the pie.

Canadian universities have struggled with a dearth of public money since the ’90s, according to Roger Martin, a former dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. In a 2009 essay for The Walrus, Martin accuses skittish and overzealous lawmakers of killing Canada’s “education advantage” by slashing federal and provincial funding for universities in a desperate attempt to pull Canada out of a recession.

Jean Chrétien’s federal Liberal finance minister, Paul Martin, strove to balance the books by cutting transfers to the provinces, which typically help fund health care and education, from 1994-1996.

Meanwhile, in Ontario, Progressive Conservative premier Mike Harris, having promised to keep his hands off of health care funding, cut funding to universities starting in 1995.

“Harris’s cuts were grounded in a belief that the education system was profligate,” writes Martin. “So even when the economy finally recovered from the recession and he could dramatically ramp up per capita health care spending, he kept education spending flat, and left it that way for his final five years as premier. Consequently, Ontario postsecondary funding … fell by 21 per cent during the ’90s while enrolment increased by 8 per cent.”

In the years since Harris left office, the province has increased postsecondary funding. For many years, that funding was primarily tied to enrolment, or “bums in seats,” which meant that schools in the GTA in particular could rely on high demand to increase their revenues.

But now those funds are frozen, and the provincial funding formula is changing. Universities are being encouraged to manage, rather than increase, enrolment. Schools need to keep their numbers within a predetermined enrolment “corridor” to guarantee their funding.

Soon, additional funding will be tied to a university’s performance. The metrics to measure that performance will be laid out in a Strategic Mandate Agreement, or SMA, negotiated by each university and the province. As Yates made clear in her March town hall, there is still much about this new formula that is unknown, something exacerbated by the prospect of the 2018 provincial election.

With an election on the horizon, Ontario Liberals are choosing to focus instead on “free tuition.”

Changes to OSAP and the new net tuition policy have indeed, in many cases, reduced the sticker price of an Ontario university education to zero. Whiteside and Yates praised the new policies as very good things.

Cheskes admits that some of the government’s recent decisions represent a step in the right direction, but argues that they’re no substitute for strong public funding for universities, and students should be skeptical when politicians tell them otherwise.

“It’s like they’re divorced parents,” said Cheskes, “and the Ontario government is the deadbeat dad, and they go to their ex-wife and they’re like, ‘I’m not going to pay you full child support, which I know is not great of me, and probably not good for our kid, but I’m going to give our kid a much bigger allowance now to make up for it.’ If mom can’t put meals on the table, it doesn’t matter that I have a little bit of money in my pocket.”

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Gryphons 52, Ravens 96 Gryphons 75, Gee-Gees 88 The Gryphons lost both games against Ottawa universities this past weekend. The Gryphons fall to 0-4 and hope to bounce back in their next games against York and Ryerson.

McMaster Marauders at home to ensure their spot at the OUA final against OUA rivals Queen’s Golden Gaels.

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Gryphons 46, Ravens 89 Gryphons 80, Gee-Gees 66 The Gryphons lose to a strong Carleton team only to bounce back against the Gee-Gees. The victory is the first of the season and an impressive one for being on the road.

Gryphons 5, Rouge et Or 35 Gryphons 34, Pronghorns 12 The Gryphons fall to fifth-seed Laval in the National Championship quarter-finals in snowy conditions in Lethbridge, Alb. The Gryphons bounced back against Lethbridge, the host team on Sunday. The Ottawa Gee-Gees went on to win in the finals and became the 2017 U Sports champions.

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Gryphons 12, Mustangs 66 The Gryphons lost to the Western Mustangs in the OUA semi-final game. This game puts an end to the Gryphons wellfought season.

Gryphons 3, Badgers 1 Gryphons 1, Marauders 3 The Gryphons go 1-1 this weekend, winning on the road and losing at home. The win and the loss move the Gryphons to .500 on the season at 2-2.

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Gryphons 12, Excalibur 11 (second Gryphons 1, Badgers 3 overtime) Gryphons 0, Marauders 3 Gryphons 11, Badgers 13 The Gryphons lost both games The Gryphons won the quarter- on the weekend, falling in final game against Trent, only to straight sets at home to McMaslose by a close margin against ter. The Gryphons hope to the Brock Badgers in the semi- bounce back against Queen’s final. The Badgers then lost to next Friday. the Western Mustangs in the finals. The Mustangs have now won back-to-back Baggataway Cups. ~ CO M PI LED BY

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WOMEN’S SOCCER (OUA CHAMPIONS)

Gryphons 2, Ridgebacks 2 (Guelph wins 3-2 in penalty kicks) Gryphons 1, Mustangs 1 (Guelph wins 3-0 in penalty kicks) The Gryphons have won their first ever OUA title with both games going into shootout-style penalty kicks. The win gave them a berth into the U Sports national championships in Winnipeg.

Gryphons forward Marc Stevens scores one of his three goals of the evening.

GRYPHONS WIN! IN SECOND ANNUAL AGGIES NIGHT AGAINST U OF T MARC STEVENS SCORES REMARKABLE HAT-TRICK. S TO RY & P H OTO S BY M I C H A E L C I M E S A

L A ST TH U RS DAY, N OV. 2 , the Gryphons men’s hockey team played a thrilling match against the Toronto Varsity Blues in the second annual Aggies Night.

With superb teamwork, the Gryphons scored early in the first period and again near the end, giving the Gryphons a two-goal lead.

In the second period, the Gryphons opted for defence rather than offence and maintained their lead.

Finally, in the third period, U of T scored their first goal, however — not happy with the score being within one goal — the Gryphons went on to score two more, giving second-year forward, Marc Stevens, a hat-trick on the night, ensuring the Gryphons’ victory.

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Gryphons 2, Lancers 1 Gryphons 4, Golden Hawks 0 The Gryphons score three power play goals in a shutout victory on the road against Laurier. The Gryphons’ two wins this weekend improve their record to .500.

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Throwback OAC hockey jerseys celebrated the second annual Aggie’s night.

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The Gryphons win on the road at York. The victory gives the Gryphons traction on the OUA West leading Lions.

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#Gryphs4Gryphs fundraiser raises awareness about mental health U OF G STUDENTS COMMEMORATE FOUR GRYPHONS LOST THROUGH SUICIDE M AT T E O C I M E L L A R O

University of Guelph students are set to run a fundraiser campaign that will raise money for mental health programs, while also promoting awareness of mental health issues affecting the U of G student community.

The fundraiser is called #Gryphs4Gryphs and commemorates the tragic loss of four U of G students who passed away last year due to suicide.

The money will be donated to Here 24/7, which is a Waterloo Wellington-based organization.

Here 24/7 connects individuals struggling with mental health to helpful resources, including a

24-hour helpline.

The campaign was founded by 15 students in Professor Jamie Gruman’s Developing Management and Leadership Competencies course.

“The HROB*3100 Developing Managerial and Leadership Competencies project criterion was to choose and execute an idea that has entrepreneurial or altruistic impact, and each of our 15 team members decided we wanted to do something meaningful,” said Michellina Martinez, a representative of the student group running #Gryphs4Gryphs, in an interview

with The Ontarion. #Gryphs4Gryphs will raise money through the sale of: • Buttons • Pins • Phone cases • A puppy photo booth • General donations “We came up with the idea of #Gryphs4Gryphs phone cases, because it symbolizes that Gryphons stand together and should they ever need support, they can call with a cause. The campaign will also have #Gryphs4Gryphs pins, a Christmas photo booth to spread the cheer, and a banner

for participants to write words of encouragement about the cause at the campus pop-up booths,” Martinez said.

The team of students hope to raise $1,000 by Nov. 20.

“More importantly, we are hoping to raise more awareness about the importance of maintaining one’s mental health, and actively working with those who are vulnerable and require support to overcome their battles,” Martinez said. #Gryphs4Gryphs takes place from Nov. 14-16. See our Fun Pages for details.

Guelph welcomes Canadian Elite Basketball League

Guelph is the first city announced in the new Canadian basketball league. The inaugural tip-off is this Spring at the Sleeman Centre. | PHOTO COURTESY OF PRO ECCLESIA

SLEEMAN CENTRE WILL HOST PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL COME SPRING/ SUMMER 2017 S Y D N E Y G R AC E

will be getting a new tenant in the near future. The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) has officially named Guelph as the first city to acquire a team for their upcoming inaugural season.

The CEBL is Canada’s only coast-to-coast men’s professional

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basketball league. They are setting out to reinvent the Canadian basketball landscape, and hope to have both Canadian and international athletes choose the CEBL as their destination for professional basketball.

The mission of the CEBL is to generate a high level of competition for players in Canada throughout the spring and summer months.

“The CEBL will not use the word development,” a representative from the CEBL said in an interview with The Ontarion.

“Rather, the league seeks to give Canadian athletes the opportunity to play close to home in their country of origin.”

The CEBL values community, inclusiveness, progression, and excellence — which are principles reciprocated by the city of Guelph.

Mayor Cam Guthrie — who has openly supported both sport

and community engagement in Guelph — expressed his praise for the League’s decision to place a team in the city.

“Guelph already has excellent grassroots basketball organizations and raving fans of the game,” Guthrie said in a CEBL press release. “I’m sure they’re eager to see professional basketball come to our beautiful downtown in the Sleeman Centre. The CEBL was looking for one of the top 50 communities in Canada and our city won’t let them down.”

The CEBL expressed a similar sentiment when asked about their brisk decision to name Guelph as the first city in the minimum sixteam league.

“Guelph is a vibrant city with a great minor basketball community.

It falls within our model, and the folks at the city and the Sleeman Centre were extremely excited by

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the CEBL coming to Guelph,” a representative of the CEBL told The Ontarion.

Danna Evans, General Manager of Culture, Tourism, and Community Investment in Guelph, was excited to comment on the connection between the community and the CEBL. “We hope to do a lot to engage the community,” Evans said in an interview with The Ontarion.

“We will certainly work with the League on those details. The league is keen to engage all ages

even before the first home opener too. Once the director of operations is hired, they will look to engage the community starting with a team-naming contest.”

The CEBL will be setting a date for the inaugural tip off within the coming months. They are currently in the process of securing additional teams who will be competing alongside Guelph.

They hope to target Canada’s top 50 cities, and have reportedly gotten bids from eight other prospects.

Teams will be required to have a roster comprised of 50 per cent Canadian-born players, and will be governed by FIBA, the International Basketball Federation.

Although concrete details have yet to be provided, one thing is for certain: Guelph has become a hub for both community and competitive sport.

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d.i.y. business

Aisa Sah o What’s for sale: Bath bombs and

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Night Market vendors share their advice

Creator: Aisa Saho

Mi l k Thi s tl e Pape r Co .

What’s for sale: Ceramic jewelry

Fiona Cashell: How did you decide to start your business?

Aisa Saho: I decided to start

my business around things I personally use. I thought it would be important to have some natural alternatives versus what you can find in some big box stores.

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n Saturday, Nov. 4, the Guelph Fall Night Market took place at the Brothers Brewing Company. Despite the rainy weather, customers lined up around the block to get a chance to buy some one-of-a-kind and vintage items. I approached a few of the vendors to get a better understanding of what led them to their businesses, their greatest rewards, and the challenges they face when working as vendors.

FC: What has been your greatest challenge?

AS: Learning what people like and

learning to fit my products to that.

It’s not necessarily a challenge, but explaining what things are and their benefits can become repetitive.

FC: What is the greatest reward?

AS: I think it’s important to

incorporate these kinds of items into your daily life to improve mental and physical health. Self care is so important, and I like to think my products can be an aspect of that.

and home decor

What’s for sale: Greeting cards

and posters

Creator: Robyn Molnar

Creator: Lisa Harrison

Fiona Cashell: How did you decide to start your business?

Robyn Molnar: The decision was

very random, I took a workshop on ceramics and found it exciting and decided to keep practicing.

FC: What has been the greatest challenge?

RM: I started my business with

very little money, so that was a challenge. I was also between an intermediate and novice skill set for a clay worker, and had to keep practicing.

FC: What is the greatest reward?

RM: I love it when people pick

up my stuff and really like it. It’s great when they enjoy my style and colours.

Fiona Cashell: How did you decide to start your business?

Lisa Harrison: I just did it! I

only began in June when I had just moved to Guelph, and had always done creative work and had gone to art school.

FC: What has been your greatest challenge?

LH: I love focussing on the cre-

ative aspect of the business, but the business side is a large aspect of my work that always needs attention.

FC: What has been your greatest reward?

LH: Being able to work for

myself and following my own path has been extremely rewarding.

O N DATI N G

My worst Tinder dates SIERRA MCEWEN

ACCORDING TO GLOBAL NEWS ,

53 per cent of Tinder’s users are between the ages of 18 and 24. It is evident that this is an online world inhabited by millennials.

So naturally, I was curious to see what all the hype was about. I decided after a couple glasses of wine with my girlfriends on a hot summer’s night that it was a great idea to join. I kept the app for a solid two months, which ended up being a great source of entertainment for me and my friends.

By the end of my experiment — after enduring horrid pick-up lines and vulgar sexual innuendos — I feel confident in saying that I should win an award for the number of terrible dates that I’ve been on.

we had enough things in common to hold a conversation — like a love for debating politics — so we decided to meet up for dessert. Little did I know, I would become this man’s life coach.

Over dessert he began to explain how his last relationship ended — she just fell out of love with him and left. He continued to share with me that he didn’t know if true love even exists.

This situation was awkward, and I saw tears form in his eyes. I panicked and threw multiple Oprah quotes at him. I referenced the book What I Know For Sure, and told him he should read it. A week later, after this therapy-session-of-a-date, he began messaging me pages from the Oprah book he purchased.

“...boys are evidently just as weird as you are”

swiped right on was not the same man in front of me. I’m five feet four inches tall, so it’s pretty hard to find a guy shorter than me. Height really isn’t an issue, nor does it determine the quality of a person; but, when you openly share your height to be six-footone, and end up being shorter than me, we have a problem.

Not only was the height a blatant lie, but the photo was clearly not of him either. So much so that when I walked into the coffee shop I couldn’t even find the guy. When he came up to me, I talked to him for a good 10 minutes. I was very uneasy about it all and blurted out: “My work called me in early, I have to go, bye!”

THE CATFISH THE BROKEN HEART

Let’s start off with the broken heart I met:

I never thought in my lifetime that I would be catfished. Even with the luck I have, it was to my surprise that the photo I

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Along with being catfished and becoming

an Oprah expert, I can now add to my credentials being sisterly. This is by far the icing on the Tinder cake. After spending time at an antique store and having a great time (to my knowledge), the date ended with him punching my shoulder and saying, “Wow, you’re like a sister to me.” Being 19 and going out with a 25-year-old may result in being classified as a sister. I just couldn’t stop laughing when I got in my car to drive home.

Tinder is a learning experience and leads to many stories to tell your friends in the future. However, always be safe and let people know where you are (you never know what could happen). The app has taught me that life isn’t that serious, and boys are evidently just as weird as you are.

It’s influenced me in many ways. I have learned a lesson or two about being more outgoing and taking chances.

When all is said and done, I think the two months of having Tinder was all that I needed. I wouldn’t use it again, but am thankful for the funny stories I have to share.

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“ To me, those that have gone before ... have made the ultimate sacrifice.” ~ John M. Ewasick

The ones that came before us

An interview with John M. Ewasick, a veteran of the Canadian Forces, and John Mitchell, a veteran of the RCMP. A LO R A G R I F F I T H S

ON SUNDAY, NOV. 5,

Guelph Museums held an event called Thank a Veteran, which took place at McCrae House. The event welcomed members of the community to speak to local veterans and was part of Guelph Museums’ efforts to commemorate Remembrance Day. The Ontarion had the opportunity to interview John M. Ewasick 2PPCLI, a veteran of the Canadian Forces, and John Mitchell, a retired constable of the RCMP. John M. Ewasick 2PPCLI (left) John Mitchell Retired Constable RCMP (right)

Alora Griffiths: Why is Remembrance Day important to you?

John Ewasick: I am third generation military, my grand-

father was at Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele, my uncle was in the Air Force in WWII. I followed suit and joined the military in the early ’80s. It’s the sacrifice that my grandfather and relatives endured that I know personally of and I want to respect that, and to teach Canadians more about the patriotism of our country.

John Mitchell: I’ve had family members in the past that have served in the Canadian Armed Forces. I want to make more people aware what the role was, and is, of the RCMP overseas and within Canada. The RCMP was involved in the Second World War as the military police.

AG: When you see a poppy, what does that make you think of?

JE: Hardship, sacrifice, and pride for one’s country.

Unselfishness, a lot of the things that the veterans endured, a lot of the things Canadians take for granted.

JM: The main thing is sacrifice. To me, those that have gone before and what they’ve done for our country have made the ultimate sacrifice.

This week, take some time and go out of your way to say thank you to a veteran.

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Tips for living waste-free

clothes at the mall that everyone else has.

REFUSE, REDUCE, RECYCLE

7. Compost

Sort through your food waste mindfully. Aside from food scraps, you can also compost tissues, flowers, and pet waste (as long as it’s contained within a compostable bag).

S TO RY & P H OTO BY K A R E N K . T R A N

Coffee cups are not recyclable due to their plastic or wax lining, as well as some lids. If you have a cup of coffee or tea once per day, imagine how much garbage you’re sending to the landfill every year.

Using a reusable mug will not only reduce your environmental impact, but will also save you some money, as most coffee shops provide incentives if you bring your

8. Recycle your electronic waste

2. Switch to online billing

Ask your service providers to send you electronic bills through email. If you’re like me, you probably hate checking the mailbox only to sort through tons of junk mail.

Paying online can make it easier to organize your bills, and you can even set up automatic payments.

3. Say no to plastic straws

Many restaurants automatically serve your drinks with straws, but you can ask your server to forgo them ahead of time. Much of the plastic waste, such as straws and bottles, end up in the ocean, are mistaken for food by sea creatures,

Plastic waste ends up in the ocean, negatively affecting ocean life.

and can take hundreds of years to decompose.

4. BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag)

Save some money and reduce plastic use just by bringing your own reusable grocery bags and containers. If you’re buying in bulk, ask a cashier to weigh your containers before you fill them.

5. Use eco-friendly alternatives for cleaning

Before you run out to the store

to pick up some cleaning supplies, check your kitchen! You probably have these super ingredients already. A little vinegar and tap water works great as an all-purpose cleaner.

6. Upcycle

Learn how to patch up your old clothes and add custom flair to bring life into last year’s outfits.

You’ll now have a one-of-a-kind piece, which will be more unique than buying the same generic

When electronics break, it’s more than likely that just one part of it has malfunctioned, and the rest of the parts are in working condition.

Some stores provide incentives if you turn in your old electronics and printer ink cartridges to recycle the parts, so don’t just throw them away in the trash!

9. Visit the library

There’s nothing quite like turning the pages of your favourite novel, but after you’re finished reading it, it’s usually shelved away where it lives out the rest of its quiet life. Give your favourite books a chance to be enjoyed by others by donating them to your public library, and see what new finds there are for you to check out yourself. Or, consider using an e-reader to read your books digitally.

M E G A N S U L L I VA N

1. Use reusable mugs

own mug. If you happen to forget your mug for the day, at least don’t use the cardboard sleeves, or even worse, use an extra cup as a sleeve.

Ditto for using cutlery, plates, and individually packaged items.

Just pack your own instead of using plastic or Styrofoam items.

CORBEN GR ANT

to stay mindful of all the waste you generate when the truth of it is, disposable items are more convenient. But if you put in the extra effort to live waste-free, you’ll help the environment and yourself. Many of these tips and tricks will save money here and there, which can add up to quite a lot every year.

Refuse unnecessary plastic items when you can, reduce the amount of garbage you facilitate, and recycle the rest.

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Dorm life in a Chinese university PART 2: HIDING TINY LAUNDRY MACHINES AND DORM NIGHT CHAT JULIE ZHANG

The laundry area is avoided due to sanitation. | PHOTO BY JANE WU

AS I MENTIONED IN PART 1 of this article, there is a list of forbidden items in dorms in China. However, does a list of forbidden items mean students won’t keep these things in their dorms? The answer is no!

It’s difficult to accept air-drying your hair or going to the ground floor to get hot water in the winter.

Growing a sustainable food system in Guelph | SPENCER MCGREGOR

the Guelph Commu- use in city parks and suburban spaces can nity Food Forest is a project that strives to enhance food security. create a space for the community to connect Notably, only organic methods are used; no with each other and to grow food together. fertilizers or pesticides will be applied at any The goal of the project is to educate people time. In this era of supermarkets and highlyabout topics related to pro ce sse d food s, t he food, and how to grow project is relevant because it sustainably. The food it fosters a greater underforest is located on a standing of food issues. To quarter hectare of land at better help this understandUniversity Village Park, 91 ing, a large sign will soon Ironwood Rd. be installed at the edge of The area is planted with • Healthier soil the site with an overview dozens of types of edible • Better water retention of the area’s purpose. plants, most of which are • Increased biodiversity Recently, trails and native species. Hundreds • Lower risk of erosion stone seats have been of perennial plants cover • Habitat for pollinators added throughout the site the site to create a healthy • More intact natural to make it more welcomlandscape of trees, shrubs, ecosystem ing for passersby. Every and ground covers that stage of development has can be used by the local featured input from the community. Raspberries, currants, plums, community, including the layout and design, apples, grapes, hazelnuts, and pawpaws can plant species selection, as well as signage all be found at the site. creation. Hundreds of volunteers have conThe initial planting day was in May of tributed time and energy to the project. So 2016, so many of the plants are still not far, the response from the community has mature enough to yield fruit. In the coming been largely positive, with many people interyears, however, the site will grow and ested in learning more about what’s going on develop into a full forest. The benefit of a in the area. Multiple educational workshops food forest is that several layers of plants use and other events have also been organized the land more efficiently than a traditional on-site. New ideas for the on-going use and farm field. For example, a single crop of corn development of the food forest are always cannot absorb nearly as much solar radiation welcome. as a canopy of trees with an understory of Spencer McGregor is a member of the Guelph shrubs. Furthermore, a food forest requires Community Food Forest’s organizing committee minimal upkeep once established.

The Guelph Community Food Forest and has volunteered with this project. highlights how alternative methods of land I N ITIATE D I N 201 5 ,

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So, we usually hide these items in our cabinets. Big items, such as a water heater or a small washing machine, are hidden in delivery boxes, which we sort into piles on the balcony.

A c t u a l ly, s m a l l w a s h i n g machines are common in a Chinese dorm, so laundry is often done in the room. Although, there is a laundry area at my school, Nanjing Normal University, we seldom use those washing machines due to concerns about sanitation. After washing, our clothes are hung to dry out on the balcony or inside the room on the railings of the bunk beds.

Although the equipment in Chinese dorms is inconvenient, our

dorm life is interesting. Roommates often chat after going to bed. The talks we have after the electricity has been cut off is called “Dorm Night Chat.” In the girls’ dorms, we like to chat about our emotions and our problems or take turns telling ghost stories.

Going out together to find a recommended restaurant is another common activity for those living in a Chinese dorm.

In a Chinese dorm, you can meet three or more complete strangers and then live with them for the next four years. Living together in such a small room is an unbelievable experience that stays with you throughout the rest of your life.

D IARY O F A V E T S TU D E NT

Finding my place in a new world REALITY SETS IN AMID GREAT CHANGES C A R L E I G H C AT H C A R T

IT’S BEEN A TOUGH WEEK.

Beginning with our first big evaluation (Monday morning tests are a frequent hallmark of the vet program) and ending with a much-needed night out despite a daily sleep maximum of four to five hours, it’s safe to say that Friday evening was as welcome as my OSAP funding payment.

Before my four-year journey began at the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC), I knew that I had, in many ways, an advantage over my incoming classmates.

Having spent the entirety of my undergrad at U of G, neither the campus nor the city was foreign to me. I also have many upperyear friends that provide valuable advice, and am fortunate enough to share a home with my partner (though I spend about as much quality time with him these days as I do with Brad Pitt).

Yet, as with any significant life change would have it, it’s never quite that easy.

The hallways of OVC may be familiar to me, but the eight-hour lecture days and volume of content are not. Though not exactly unexpected, the barrage of information coming at me and my classmates is something we are all doing our best to adjust to.

Then there are the clubs. So many clubs. Whether you’re interested in a sports team, a council position, or a particular area of veterinary medicine,

there are more extracurricular and social opportunities than you have time to take on. When it comes to true learning opportunities, I firmly believe the role of academia to be minor compared to real-life experiences. Perhaps this is why I often find myself biting off more than I can chew and then end up getting caught with my mouth full.

Despite these challenges, the most difficult transition for me so far has been social. As an extremely extroverted individual, I rarely have difficulty striking up conversations and developing new friendships. I feel surrounded by an amazing network of intelligent and hardworking classmates, and yet I do not know where I stand among them.

The practice groups (and in some cases, living arrangements) established before school even began seem to have set the stage for inevitable friendships.

Feelings of inadequacy stem not so much from my feeling like an outsider, but from a lack of simply feeling that I belong anywhere in particular.

Having said all this, I am reminding myself that we are a mere two months into this four-year journey. I am only at the beginning of all the possibilities lying ahead, and nothing is set in stone.

As always, I look forward to whatever the upcoming years may have in store.

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LIVING IN A PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY: MY CONSTANT

W

hen I was in kindergarten, I perched myself at the highest point on the playground and asked the universe not to give me big boobs. If I ever had big boobs, that would mean that Michael Benjamin (my childhood crush) would no longer be friends with me on account of me being a carrier of the girl cooties, I thought.

In elementary school, I watched an episode of The Simpsons set in the ’70s; Marge is in high school and she burns a bra at a feminist rally. I didn’t know what feminism was, but I remember thinking, “Well, that’s good! I don’t want to wear a bra when I grow up!”

In middle school, a boy at the pool called me “surfboard chest.” I was super flat, and yet, at the same time, my mom told me that our neighbours’ mother had negatively commented on me wearing tank tops and shorts in the summertime.

In high school, a friend told me I should wear pants when I came to her house, because it’s not appropriate to wear shorts in front of her father and grandfather.

I remember people often talking about Jennifer Aniston on Friends and how she “like, never wears a bra.” People seemed judgemental about this, but it wasn’t clear to me why. Because they thought she was going braless for attention? As if her nipples were the only reason she was cast rather than the fact that she’s hilarious. And also, why the fuck did anyone even care enough about Jennifer Aniston’s nipples to talk about them in the first place?

Recently, I watched a couple episodes of Friends closely and noticed that she was wearing a bra, it just seemed like the bras she wore weren’t padded, so you could see the faint outline of her nipples through the fabric sometimes — probably when it was cold (also she probably didn’t pick her clothes). The fact that I spent any time figuring that out or thinking about this in the first place is ridiculous.

Despite it being ridiculous, I never wanted people talking about me the way they talked

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about Jennifer Aniston’s nipples. I felt like all of these experiences of judgement from both women and men, young and old, made me feel weird about my body. I felt I had to display my body in ways that would make others comfortable rather than make myself comfortable.

Even if I understood that this was not right, these experiences had an impact on me that is still difficult to shake. I have felt pressure to make damn sure that anything I ever get is due to my intelligence, my character, and my effort.

As if there is something wrong with my looks being part of the package that leads to my successes in life.

I always wear a bra that is sufficiently padded.

I wear baggy clothes. I rarely put excessive effort into my appearance — a point I am now trying to remedy. I now recognize that not allowing myself to feel pretty equally plays into letting others dictate my actions, rather than following my own bliss, living my best life, and other clichés that carry the same meaning.

The way I have been living adds up to this: I care so much about what some people might think that I spend every single day feeling uncomfortable. All this, on the off chance that I might get cold and someone might notice I’m not wearing a bra.

I repeat: it’s ridiculous.

When I was doing my MA, my supervisor told me that she is now fully committed to feminism because she no longer shaves her legs.

I didn’t understand if that meant: a) I’m not a feminist because I like to shave my legs, or b) Women shouldn’t have to do things we dislike simply because others determined they are appropriate A woman choosing not to shave her legs is different from a woman choosing not to wear a bra. Hairy legs don’t signal a feminine or sexual attempt in our culture. It’s strange how choosing not to wear a bra is interpreted as choosing to be

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And also, why the fuck did anyone even care enough about Jennifer Aniston’s nipples to talk about them in the first place?

sexualized rather than choosing to be comfortable.

To be clear, it’s not that bras are horrible things for everyone. I know bras help some people with their backs. They definitely help with the discomfort caused by the relentless force of gravity. Bras even make some people feel beautiful, sexy, and confident — and that is great for those people.

As an A cup, I see the value of a good sports bra when running, but the rest of the time — like when I’m sitting in the office at my computer, wearing a baggy sweatshirt — stupid bras cut into my ribs, and remind me that my comfort is not a priority for our society.

I expect some of you to think that I’m not wearing the right size, that bras are comfortable and I should just get measured. Well, I have been measured. I’ve bought different bras when my weight goes up or down. There just isn’t a bra that fits me comfortably all the time, and even if there was, I hate them.

I wish I could say that this editorial is my first step towards embracing not giving a fuck what others think and going braless from now on, but it isn’t. I only hope that it lets me start changing how I present myself, so that the choices I make are a little more for me and a little less for others.

I think that one day, when women breastfeeding is just a baby having a meal and going topless at the beach just means it’s hot out, people are going to reflect on this time of sexualizing women’s breasts and look at the bra the way we now look at corsets. Something archaic, worn once in a while to be sexy and fun, and certainly not something women are expected to wear every day.

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