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HELLO GRYPHONS AND GUELPHITES! I’m happy to introduce myself as the new Advertising and Marketing Coordinator for The Ontarion, the University of Guelph’s Independent Student Newspaper.

The University of Guelph campus is a vibrant, energetic community that I’m proud to have been a part of for 12 years. Gryphons are engaged with the Royal City by working and volunteering here and they truly become members of the community, whether it’s for four years or their whole lives. This active group of people make up our readership, and since 1951 The Ontarion has connected students with useful information about their campus, their city, and beyond.

Whether you are a campus club, a small business, or a large corporation, I’ll work with you to find a print or online advertising option that sends our readers the message you want!

Feel free to get in touch with me by phone, email, or just swing by our office to talk about how The Ontarion can help you connect with students who can help grow your business.

I look forward to working with the Guelph community and helping to create connections that will benefit both students and businesses!

Best Regards, Patrick Sutherland Advertising & Marketing Coordinator The Ontarion If you have any questions, please give me a call at (519) 824-4120 x58267, email me at onsales@uoguelph.ca, or drop by The Ontarion office in University Centre (UC264).

Nominations for all student seats are open from January 22 to February 2 at 3:00 p.m. (ET) Board of Governors The Board of Governors deals with a wide range of matters including approving the budget, tuition rates, major renovations, new buildings, and hiring the university’s president. Student seats on the Board are allocated as follows:

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Senate The Senate deals mainly with matters of academic policy such as academic misconduct, creating and closing programs, quality assurance, research, and university honours and awards. The Senate also elects the Chancellor.

Senate seats are allocated by college for graduate students and by program for undergraduate students as follows:

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New proposal for fall reading break

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Looking at whether extending the fall study break is a step in the right direction K H A L E E L J I WA

A NEW PROPOSAL drafted by university senior administration suggests a one-day extension to the current fall study break.

Before being sent to the Senate for a final vote, the Board of Undergraduate Studies and the Board of Graduate Studies will gather to decide on the proposal on Jan. 25.

T he prop osa l, which ha s received mixed reactions from various organizations on campus, offers the option for extending the break that students receive after the Thanksgiving long weekend from one day to two days, in exchange for moving the first day of classes from the Thursday after Labour Day to the Wednesday.

The CSA and members of the administration collaborated in early November 2017 to poll students on the issue. Further

discussion took place at a Senate meeting later in the month before the current proposal was formulated.

Sean Mitchell, the engineering undergraduate representative in the Senate, as well as the student senate caucus representative with the CSA, has expressed displeasure with the proposal put forward by the administration.

“One of the biggest things that bothers me is that what was discussed in the deliberations hasn’t been really considered in this new proposal that they’ve put together,” Mitchell told The Ontarion.

Of the four original options included in the poll sent to students, none of the proposed actions — which included scheduling exams on Sundays or shortening the winter break — appeared to be taken into serious consideration.

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If the extra fall study day was implemented, would you attend classes for the remainder of the week, or skip class to extend your break?

Every week we’re asking readers to participate in a poll to tell us what they think about a topic.

Look for our poll posted on our Facebook and Twitter page every Wednesday, and share your thoughts with us for your chance to see your comment printed in the following week’s issue of The Ontarion!

RESU LT S: Yes, go to class: 69 . 4% No, skip sch ool: 3 0. 6%

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ON MONDAY, JAN. 15, hundreds

of students abandoned a lecture hall after a substitute professor in a first year anthropology class was extremely disrespectful to a student with anxiety.

According to posts on social media, the professor referred to the student’s educational assistant as his “handler,” and stated that the student needed to be controlled. This behaviour, and a general consensus from the class that this behaviour was inappropriate, empowered Courtney Orser to address her substitute professor, Edward Hedican.

After Orser spoke up, hundreds of students walked out in solidarity. Students in the class, and the greater U of G community, continued to show support to Orser and the affected student through thousands of retweets, likes, and shares on social media.

The overwhelming concern of the student body seized the University’s attention and resulted in a paid leave for the professor, confirmed Charlotte Yates, Provost and Vice President (Academic). However, in an email to The Ontarion, Yates stated that, “as there is an ongoing and confidential investigation, I cannot confirm the identity of the student or the faculty member concerned.”

In an official statement issued

by Yates, she described the incident as “isolated,” however, on multiple posts in the Overheard at Guelph Facebook group, dozens

Students walked out of a lecture in Rozanski last week.

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of Hedican’s past students contradicted this statement, claiming to have experienced similar behaviour.

The Ontarion reached out to many students from the class, but received no comment. Members of the department, teaching assistants, and the involved parties were also contacted, but all have chosen to remain silent.

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An Ottawa University student passed away in a campus residence building last week. For privacy reasons, the student’s identity and cause of death have not been made public.

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Hundreds walk out of class after professor made discriminatory remarks Upholding Gryphon

On Jan. 24, local café With the Grain will be closing its larger location on the corner of London Road and Woolwich Street in order to consolidate locations into the bakery across the street.

Owner Sheri Bishop stated that she has been looking to “simplify the business” for some time now, but that recent changes to the cost of doing business, including the increase to the provincial minimum wage, has been a motivating factor.

The initial outrage has settled, however, there have been reports of hateful messages being sent to Professor Hedican and his family.

After this incident, Gryphons expressed anger and disappointment at the lack of Gryphon values demonstrated by one of our very own faculty members.

In order to foster a stronger campus community, all Gryphons must remain accountable for their actions and partake in courageous conversations while reflecting on whether they practice gryphon values in their own lives.

Ask yourself: Do you speak up when you see or hear injustice?

Do your inactions/actions impact others? Do they align with your beliefs? Do you create inclusive and accepting spaces for your fellow gryphons and community members? Be the gryphon your fellow gryphons would be proud of.

T he Cit y of Guelph has teamed up with other southern Ontario municipalities as part of Toronto Global, the only Canadian contender remaining in the bid for the new Amazon headquarters.

Mayor Cam Guthrie thinks the agri-food sector at U of G could be a big benefit with Amazon purchasing Whole Foods. A decision on the location of HQ2 is expected later this year.

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U of G student wins labour dispute against local Domino’s Student wrongfully classified as an independent contractor, Ministry of Labour decided FIONA CASHELL

THE ONTARIO EMPLOYMENT

Standards Act defines an independent contractor using several criteria, including: • The ability to choose your own hours • You are in business for yourself • You have the ability to either make a profit or lose money for the work that you complete Independent contractors are not entitled to minimum wage, making it an attractive option for businesses.

Kyle Novak, a philosophy master’s student at the University of Guelph, experienced first-hand how this type of employment can be exploitative. During his one week of employment at the Domino’s on Stone Road, he was paid only five dollars an hour for delivery services as an independent contractor.

While Novak was aware of his pay rate from the time that he was hired, he told The Ontarion that “I assumed there would be more freedom being an independent contractor.”

Instead, Novak was put to work the same way that any other employee would be — he had specific start and end times, and when he wasn’t out doing deliveries, he

would be assigned to other tasks such as sweeping, making boxes, or doing dishes.

“They charge $3.50 for delivery, but they only reimburse the drivers a dollar. I would typically have eight deliveries an hour, so while they were getting around $20 for that hour, you were getting $5 plus another $8 for the gas reimbursement. But you pay all the costs for the car yourself, so it barely covers that.”

Novak explained that he believes that people are generally unaware that the delivery fee does not go to the driver, and that tips are essential to a driver’s income.

“I’ve always been very conscious of workers’ rights, so the fact that there was a problem was something I was aware of almost immediately,” he stated.

Novak did not remain with Domino’s long enough to speak with a manager about these conditions. “I was hired by Papa John’s a week later and started working there. It was at that point that I realized that the Domino’s model is pretty bad.”

It is important to note that hiring delivery drivers as independent contractors is the norm in Ontario.

While Novak is more satisfied with his position at Papa John’s, he still earns below minimum wage at seven dollars an hour.

After leaving his position at

Master’s student Kyle Novak hopes that more workers will file claims with the Ministry of Labour in order to get the compensation they deserve.

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Domino’s, Novak filed a claim with the Ministry of Labour. “The process was fairly easy but not exactly helpful,” he said. “There’s a form to fill out online and then you write down your complaint and what needs to be remedied. I alleged that I was an employee and needed to be paid minimum wage for the time that I worked there.”

After filling out the form in February, Novak and the Ministry of

Labour “played phone tag” until August. After speaking briefly about the complaint, the Ministry contacted the employer regarding the complaint and made a ruling in Novak’s favour.

“I didn’t have to do much, but it was a very slow process,” Novak explained.

“What I would like to see is more employees, especially at Domino’s, filing these complaints.

Some of my coworkers, one of whom had been working there fulltime for the past six years, could be owed as much as $90,000. That could be a huge amount of money switching hands, and I think it would be going where it deserves.”

While hiring drivers as independent contractors is the norm in Ontario, this is not the case elsewhere. “I worked for nine years in the States doing delivery.

I worked in three different states and it was never the case that a fast food worker or delivery driver could be classified as an independent contractor.”

The Domino’s restaurant that Novak worked at was contacted, but declined to comment.

The designation between independent contractor and employee continues to be blurred as advancements are made with technology.

For example, in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. multiple cases have emerged looking to decide whether or not Uber drivers can be classified as independent contractors.

Individuals who are concerned that they may be mislabelled as an independent contractor and owed wages can contact the Ministry of Labour to file a claim. Further information to help determine whether or not an individual is an independent contractor or employee can be found on the Government of Canada website.

Royal City is third best place for millennials to reside Real estate news source ranks Guelph high for life satisfaction B U KO L A TO LU Y E M I

THE CITY OF GUELPH has been

ranked number three on a list of millenial hotspots in Canada for 2018. Created by real estate news source Point2 Homes, the list selected cities based on nine criteria including: • Income • Unemployment • Home affordability • Crime rate The author of the Point2 Homes article, Iuliana Mindru, explained that “we rank 85 of the most populous cities by looking at nine factors, and based on the individual ranking of each factor we measure the cities’ overall attractiveness.”

The Ontarion asked U of G students about whether or not they would consider living in Guelph after graduation.

Blessing Samuel, a computer science student who is completing his Master’s program at the University, said that he would like to live in Guelph if he is able to find a good job in the city. “Guelph is a good city to live in, if I get a good job here I will definitely live here,” he stated.

Garang Maker, a math and engineering undergraduate student, said that he is not sure if he would stay in Guelph after his program. “I might be here if I don’t get a good job somewhere else. But I’m looking at places like Toronto, Alberta, and Ottawa for better jobs,” Maker told The Ontarion.

Taylor Muileboom, a fourth year studio art major, said “I would like to live in Guelph after graduation because I am into studio art

Are U of G students considering building their lives in Guelph after graduation? | PHOTO BY ALORA GRIFFITHS

and Guelph really supports the art community. I also like how friendly people are and how homey Guelph feels. The city has everything you need. It’s very safe and I have a large community here.”

Chelsea Ohiolei-Ehimiaghe, a second year mechanical engineering student, said that she is

planning on living in the city.

“Personally, it’s the type of city I’ll love to be in, considering that it’s relatively safe, also really nice for older working people and not too crowded. I also love the fact that it is closer to Toronto.”

Evidently Guelph has a good reputation among U of G students,

and it is nice to see the city recognized nationally for its safety, affordability, and job prospects.

Survey Ranking

1. Québec City 2. Victoria, B.C. 3. Guelph

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FALL READING WEEK According to Brenda Whiteside, associate vice president of student affairs, this is not the case. “I think the fact that we took options and came back with something that’s different suggests that we actually listen pretty hard to all the challenges and try to resolve all of them,” she explained.

Another point of contention regarding the current proposal is the effect that the possible change could have on Orientation Week, a crucial time during the school year according to all parties.

“What we have now is a situation where Orientation Week gets 90 to 95 per cent participation from new students,” says Robert Routledge, manager of the Student Transition Office at Student Life.

“Our metrics on students having built relationships that they maintain, feeling of connection to the university, feeling academically prepared, are all higher than or comparable to national benchmarks.”

Routledge expressed concern about the possible negative impacts a shorter Orientation Week could have on incoming students. “We’re risking students feeling less prepared, having less friendships, less connections to the University, less people they know who they can go to for help,” he said. “I can’t definitively say that will happen, but that’s what we risk.”

The risk to marginalized students who belong to non-dominant identity groups such as non-white, LGBTQ+, and female students, for whom the school protects program time during Orientation Week, is an even greater concern for Routledge.

“We’re worried about what the compression of the schedule might mean for their participation as they are our most at-risk population.”

The discussion surrounding an amendment to the current schedule of dates has focused on mental health issues and rising stress levels on university campuses. In the 2016-2017 school year, four University of Guelph students died due to suicide.

There continues to be debate regarding

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how beneficial an extended fall break would be in improving the mental health of students.

“There is currently no clear empirical evidence that fall breaks — whether two days or a full week — have a positive impact on mental health,” said provost, Charlotte Yates, in an email to The Ontarion. “However, the lack of data and analysis should be interpreted cautiously, as it may be a result of the newness of fall break initiatives.”

In a written statement to the Board of Undergraduate Studies and Board of Graduate Studies, the Advisory Committee for Student Wellness and Mental Health (ACSWMH) stated that they “do not support the proposal that adds an extra day to the fall break and reduces the orientation period by one day,” citing a lack of supporting evidence.

“ACSWMH supports a four day fall break (Thanksgiving weekend plus the Tuesday) with the stipulation that no midterm exams or significant assignments be due the remainder of the week.”

Some students are skeptical of changing the current schedule of dates without sufficient information to support the decision. “I don’t feel there is enough data to justify adding one day to the fall study break at the expense of a full day of orientation activities for incoming student[s],” said a University of Guelph student who requested to remain anonymous.

“I think that an extended fall study break will do nothing for student stress levels,” said Jacob Reed, an engineering student in his fourth year. “I haven’t had a good Thanksgiving in three years because I study all the time on that weekend.”

If the proposal is approved by the Board of Undergraduate Studies, the Board of Graduate Studies, and the Senate, students can expect an extended fall study break in the 2018-2019 school year.

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Guelph Lecture asks what it means to be Canadian Joseph Heath and Tanya Talaga focus on different axes of Canadian identity J O R DA N WA LT E R S

IF YOU ATTENDED the Guelph Lecture — On Being Canadian this past week, you may have asked yourself, “What does it mean to be Canadian?” It’s easy to give the canned answers about maple syrup, hockey, or even the old standard: “peace, order, and good government.”

Here is what the Guelph Lecture is hoping to emphasize, according to their mission statement:

“[The] Guelph Lecture — On Being Canadian continues to broaden the scope and number of voices that promote and foster public dialogue on, and greater understanding of, ideas and issues of concern to Canadians — ­ and everyone.”

Journalist Tanya Talaga began the event by reading from her book Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City. Immediately following her talk, you may have found your head swimming with questions of the following sort: • How did the residential schools

exist for as long as they did?

• Why has the Canadian government been largely silent on Indigenous issues?

• Why has Canadian national identity been so caught up with hockey, but not this?

Talaga was explicit about the aims of both her book and her lecture, calling on everyone in the audience to be attentive to what she was saying and to join in reconsidering what it means to be Canadian.

University of Toronto philosophy professor Joseph Heath gave the keynote address. His lecture focused on the rise of the alt-right and their appropriation of countercultural politics.

Immediately following his talk, you may have found your head swimming with other questions:

• Will the alt-right persist?

• Are countercultural politics always bad?

• Are we mistaken for being c o nc e r ne d w it h p ol it ic a l correctness?

Keynote speaker Joseph Heath chose to focus on international political trends in his Guelph Lecture.

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Heath specifically addressed our concern with political correctness — or, as he calls it, neo-Victorianism. As Heath sees it, a focus on political correctness is a focus on etiquette. After the lecture, I asked Heath what he thought countercultural politics did in practice.

“Countercultural politics redirect people’s attention [away] from … traditional political questions,” he

said. In sum, certain political tactics redirect our concerns.

There is an attention game going on at the Guelph Lecture.

Both speakers had something salient to be communicated. As I was walking home from the talk, I observed where my attention had been directed. I was wondering about Canadian indigenous issues. I was wondering about

political correctness. I was wondering where my attention should finally land as I try to answer the question, “What does it mean to be Canadian?” Whoever wins the attention game, in effect, wins the answer to the question. It is up to us to choose an appropriate response to the question, but we first have to choose what gets the bulk of our attention.

Michael Roberson’s Big Ideas talk empowers the trans, black female New York educator says drag balls gave the revolution a theology O D E S I A H OW L E T T

NEW YORK EDUCATOR and activ-

ist Michael Roberson kicked off the 2018 ArtsEverywhere Festival this past Thursday with his talk about the strength of the trans, black, female voice.

R oberson is a public health practitioner and an empowering leader within the LGBTQ2IA+ community, and the creator of T he Federation of Ballroom Ho u s e s . He hold s M a s t er s degrees in both Divinity and Sacred Theology from the Union

Theological Seminary.

As part of the Big Ideas in Art & Culture Lecture Series, co-curated

by Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area (CAFKA) and Musagetes, Roberson took inspiration for his topic — “The Trans Sound of Black Freedom” — from Ultra-red, a sound art collective founded in 1994 that believes “Silence is death, therefore sound is liberation.” This liberation can be personal or in reclaiming space.

Black trans women, exiled from their families, used drag balls as a political act to liberate themselves from the pressures of society: “Drag balls become not only the political but the theological space for movement,” explained Roberson.

Additionally, these performers used their bodies to create conversations to further the revolutionary LGBTQ2IA+ movement and ensure trans bodies are part

of that revolution. After watching videos of trans icons Princess Janae, Sylvia Rivera, Tracey Norman, and Leiomy Maldonado, Roberson asked the audience about what they heard, what they saw, and what they felt. Responses from the audience demonstrated vulnerability and engagement with the content.

The lecture was attended by roughly 80 people, and Ann Clayton, an audience member, reflected on the videos by saying, “People have a lot of courage in performing, and it’s become a new kind of art form.” Glodeane Brown, a board member of CAFKA, said, “I think it’s important to have diversity. That’s what Musagetes and CAFKA do. It’s all about conversations and activism and art. I think that was a good choice for [Roberson] to come here and speak about that; important issues that are happening in the world today.”

Roberson has been a frequent collaborator of Musagetes, the organization that curates ArtsEverywhere.

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Anxiety is real A poem in response to Professor Hedican FAT I M A B U E L A

In response to Edward Hedican, who disrespected a fellow U of G student with anxiety. This is dedicated to the student who was disrespected and sparked an outcry. To the students who stood up together and left in solidarity: I stand with you.

Elder Peter Schuler thanked the nations that make up the environment in an unconventional speech: “It is with these nations that man made the first treaty.” | PHOTO COURTESY OF PETER SCHULER

Anxiety is real Anxiety is treacherous Raging sea in the pit of your stomach Not wanting to get out of bed Waves of negativity thrashing onto the rocks Thoughts pull you in close to drowning Not knowing the next course of direction Map and compass lost Sailing in circles trying to figure out How will I find my way again?

It takes a crew to steer a ship To find your way You mustn’t go it alone You have my heart U of G Let’s battle this storm together

Elder Peter Schuler transforms land acknowledgement into riveting history ArtsEverywhere Festival’s introductory ceremony memorably skips the clichés

people we are not recognizing the land, the earth. And if you look around … it shows.”

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Schuler also told a story of a spirit called the “wendigo.”

THE 2018 ARTSEVERYWHERE

Festival started off with a bang with the introductory ceremony and land recognition speech by Peter Schuler (whose Ojibwe name, Ozhibiige Nini, means “The Man Who Writes”) of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

With a half hour scheduled for the ceremony at the Art Gallery of Guelph, the audience likely assumed the time would be taken to promote the importance of accessibility — the event included A merica n Sig n L a ng uage interpreters and an automatic speech-to-text translator — and advertise the rest of the festival, with a short time dedicated to the land acknowledgement. Usually, the land acknowledgement at such events sounds like the University of Guelph’s territorial acknowledgement (taken from the Student Life website): “[x] resides on the ancestral lands of the Attawandaron people and the treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. We recognize the significance of the Dish with One Spoon Covenant to this land and offer our respect

to our Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Métis neighbours as we strive to strengthen our relationships with them.”

Peter Schuler did not say this.

Instead, Schuler took the audience on a journey through creation and his life. In Ojibwe, he thanked the animals, mist, fog, trees, and more. When listening to land acknowledgements, people may assume the “white man” took the land away from the Indigenous peoples only, but they also took the land away from animals and nature itself. That all living beings are connected and that we are related to nature are not far-fetched realizations: “We are woven in with creation,” said Schuler.

“I don’t know why I was compelled to include this in the land recognition, but I asked for words to come with the tobacco I put into the fire before I came to do the opening and those are the words that came,” said Schuler, in a Facebook message. “I think I will do this in the days coming any time I’m asked to do land recognition.

After all, when we only mention

This spirit is often seen as “progress” or “success,” but this facade is dangerous. The wendigo is a greedy spirit that is never satisfied and always hungry, often portrayed as a giant beast who possesses people and makes them cannibals. Schuler compared the wendigo to the “white man,” who displaced the Indigenous peoples from their land, gave them smallpox blankets, and killed them in large numbers. There is an understandable amount of displeasure in this part of history, but Schuler insisted that people need to relearn the history of their culture.

That is why, he said, the ArtsEverywhere Festival is so important for him: it is an opportunity to open doors and talk about things that might be uncomfortable. But the value of listening is more important than discomfort. The ArtsEverywhere Festival creates a safe learning environment in which individuals can listen to the struggles and achievements of those around them.

But we are not to forget, he d e c l a r e d : “ We s h o u l d n o t forget the beginning — the very beginning.”

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GBSA turns Brass Taps into a Talent District

JIALI WEN Dancer “I love dancing and performing so much. Dance is my life.”

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Talent District, held last Thursday in the Brass Taps, is an annual event organized by the Guelph Black Student Association (GBSA). We asked the performers: What drives you to do what you do?

ANTHONY LEBLANC

Juggler

“It started as a job that paid well, then it grew into a passion and I found myself juggling eight hours a day.”

MUNIRAH HUTCHINSON Spoken word artist

“Spoken word is a way to express myself.”

FIORELLA VIALARD Singer/guitarist

“Music is a great way to connect to your community. It tells tales that language cannot.”

JORDAN VAUGHAN Pole fitness

“It’s a lot of fun and it helps me to be creative.”

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Frizz Kid battles plagiarism online The road to success as a digital artist is not linear O D E S I A H OW L E T T

HANA SHAFI, also known as Frizz

Kid, is a Toronto-based journalism student turned illustrator. In her art, Frizz Kid, who self-identifies as “an Indo-Persian Muslim woman [and] a first generation immigrant,” often depicts people of marginalized identities alongside liberating phrases. She’s most commonly known for her piece, “Healing is Not Linear,” which went viral soon after she posted it in April 2016. Since then, Frizz Kid has had issues with her art circulating online without being credited to her, or even worse, with another name attached to it.

“You put a lot of creativity and love into something, then naturally you want to share it with people and hope that they connect with it,” she said. “I never in a million years thought my art would be getting this much support, would become so popular.”

Unfortunately, in the unmonitored vastness of the Internet, plagiarism is the dark side of popularity. “I got so little attention on my art [at first] that I never really imagined people would be going out of their way to steal it, recreate it and say it’s theirs, or try to make profit off my work without my consent,” said Frizz Kid. Frizz Kid is not passive. “I call out folks who plagiarize me. I had a business steal my work once, I demanded they take it down and got my followers to comment on their page. When I saw people selling my work without my consent online, I contacted the legal department of those sites. So I definitely try to stand up for myself as much as I can. But it’s exhausting,” said Frizz Kid. Luckily, her supporters join in the fight against plagiarism. “A lot of times, it’s followers of mine that will send me a link they saw saying ‘[Hey], this person isn’t crediting you,’” said Frizz Kid. “The arts are a very undervalued practice. People consume and enjoy art every day, but have [a] negative view of artists,” said Frizz Kid. “They think it’s easy, that we’re lazy, and that it doesn’t really matter if they steal it because of how accessible art has become on social media.”

Frizz Kid argued that this disrespect disproportionately impacts women of colour. Frizz Kid was recently featured in a video on the CBC, but suggested that visibility

The art of Hana Shafi (pictured centre) has been embraced online for its compassion, sincerity, and positivity. | PHOTO COURTESY OF FRIZZ KID

A p p a r e l f e a t u r i n g Fr i z z K i d ’ s uncredited illustrations can be e a sily foun d onl ine. | PH OTOS OBTAINED BY ALORA GRIFFITHS

could be both good and bad for racialized artists. “Being featured on media outlets like the CBC definitely helps in getting people to see who actually made that piece they really like. But at the same time, my face is that of a racialized woman. And artists who are

women of colour are constantly disrespected and dismissed in the arts community. Sometimes people simply don’t give a shit that they’re stealing from a woman who they feel they have power over,” said Frizz Kid. It’s important to remember that

artists make a living off of their work. “[Plagiarism is] absolutely ... inevitable with social media.

That being said, it doesn’t mean it’s okay just because it’s an inevitability. When an artist is properly credited, it can change their life.

If my work gets posted to a hugely

popular account and isn’t credited, nothing happens for me. If I am credited, that opens up a ton of potential opportunities so that I can actually make a living off my work,” said Frizz Kid. Crediting the artist doesn’t need to be excessive, either. “I totally respect that some people genuinely don’t know. That’s okay. But a lot of people who don’t know will post the image on Instagram with a caption that says ‘I don’t know who made this. Does anyone know?’ Eventually, someone tags me,” said Frizz Kid. “If nobody knows who you are, how are they supposed to financially support you?”

Instagram: @frizzkidart

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Art Gallery of Guelph continues to explore Canada 150 Continuation of 150 Acts showcases different works by Indigenous artists R O S LY N R O E LO F S E N

Another Country, 2017 : 3 Channel video installation by Abedar Kamgari, b. 1994 | PHOTOS BY R O S LY N R O ELO FS EN

The second part of the Art Gallery of Guelph’s 150 Acts: Art, Activism, Impact exhibit will be open Jan. 17 until Feb. 18 at the AGG. This new installment in the exhibit includes additional works by:

Left: Kimosominawak ohci ka-ki-mayahkamikahk/our grandfathers from 1885, 2017 by Neal McLeod, b.1970, Middle: Night Rider, 1975 by Norval Morrisseau (Thunderbird), 1932-2007 Right: What Comes From Above, 1997 by Shelley Niro, b. 1954

• A wide range of Indigenous artists • African-Canadian artist and curator Anique Jordan • Iranian-Canadian artist Abedar Kamgari These last two inclusions aim “to bring into the dialogue the experiences and histories of artists and communities forced into migration through legacies of conflict and colonialism, only to become settlers in the Canadian context,” according to the gallery website.

“I feel grateful to be included in this exhibition alongside Indigenous artists who have been my role models for many years, because they are the forefront of this conversation,” said Kamgari.

“I am happy to have a small space and not take up too much of the conversation.”

Untitled (Wedding Blanket), 1960 by Thomassie Kudluk, 1910-1989 Hospitality Belt, 2011 Photography by Ken Maracle.

Zach Charbonneau welcomes stand-up comedians to his living room Relaxed setting gives comics a chance to experiment C A R LO S M A N D UJA N O

LAST SATURDAY, local come-

dian and University of Waterloo theology graduate student Zach Charbonneau put on a comedy show in his own living room.

Comedians from Guelph and nearby cities like Kitchener and Hamilton gathered to perform in a close, comfortable environment.

Charbonneau is new to standup himself, performing for the first time last October. “I got into comedy because a friend of mine had a birthday party, and he asked people to bring some sort of skill or art performance. I didn’t really want to sing in front of a crowd, so I just wrote jokes about my friend,” said Charbonneau. “I ended up having a really good time with that. I thought it was fun and maybe it was something I could work at, and I have.”

Even after such a short time in the comedy scene, Charbonneau felt a need to contribute — he decided to contribute his living space. “We have a gift with this apartment,” said Charbonneau.

Zach Charbonneau PHOTO BY ALANO MARCANO

“It’s a beautiful place. I live here with my wife and we really like to share our space. We are trying to use it for more than just ourselves.”

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unusual venue can fill a niche in town. “As a comedian sometimes, you feel like you are grinding to perform. You get five minutes to tell jokes in a club and then rush to the next one for another five minutes and so on. This is a place where you can slow down, and just enjoy each other, enjoy the space, and the show,” said Charbonneau.

The seven comedians who performed on Saturday provided a variety of styles and topics, ranging from how Libyan-Canadian comedian AJ Bate struggled to prove his English proficiency to a citizenship official whose own English was problematic at best, to Amber Dewar’s inappropriate reaction upon finding a sex dungeon

at a party. Other highlights of the night included Mike Shehan contemplating whether to explain his “adult” toys to his kids, and the problems Renee Groux dealt with when dating a Christian man.

The atmosphere of the night was relaxed and positive, with the audience getting to know each other before the show and during the intermission. Comedians had the opportunity to test jokes out and mingle with the audience. After the show, the house remained open for a post-show party, for which most of the audience stayed.

Charbonneau intends to keep putting quality performers on-stage and sharing his living room with larger audiences in future shows.

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What do you think of sex robots?

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ALAN NEGRIN

Second year, Psychology “It’s an interesting topic, but a bad application of artificial intelligence.”

EMILY CRICHTON

CHRIS SORLEY

Fourth year, Criminal Justice and Public Policy “It’s not necessarily a great idea to use technology this way, but in some cases it’s better to use sex robots instead of exploiting humans through sex trafficking.”

Second year, Criminal Justice and Public Policy “I think these robots can probably be a dangerous thing in the future. They can morph into something that can take over human jobs or just replace humans in society.”

CONNOR PALIN

AARON FRIESEN

Third year, Human Kinetics “I think these robots are taking something beautiful out of what sex was made to be.”

CAITLIN FELLOWS

Third year, English “They take away the beauty of human interactions and the intimacy associated with that. I also think these robots will feed into sex addiction and pornography.”

Fourth year, Biomedical Engineering “It all depends on the end use case. While you can have certain ethical considerations — whether or not the A.I. is replacing someone and taking away from human contact — that same platform can be used for good, for example, in a long-distance scenario. You could have a pair of robots so people can simulate each other and maintain an intimate relationship.”

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THE GRYPHONSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; DEN: CBaSE program provides launchpad for aspiring local entrepreneurs S TO RY BY K A R E N K . T R A N | P H OTO S BY A LO R A G R I F F I T H S

Since 2014, The Hub Incubator Program has helped kickstart more than 40 U of G businesses on campus. Run by U of G’s Centre for Business and Student Enterprise (CBaSE), the program receives as many as 30 applications every semester, with only six to ten startups being accepted each term.

Applicants are reviewed by CBaSE staff and external evaluators through their written applications, followed by a pitch presentation for those who are shortlisted.

The chosen entrepreneurs are individuals who can demonstrate promising business progress, who prove to have talented team members, and who emphasize sustainability and positive social impact.

The six startups that have been chosen for the winter 2018 semester include: ●Kreeyo A website and mobile application that connects parents with caregivers (babysitters and nannies) within their area ●Fibrtex Upcycling apple waste into an ecofriendly leather alternative ●Udderly Ridiculous An artisanal goat milk ice cream producer who believes ice cream should taste Udderly amazing, be Udderly enjoyable, and is Udderly responsible ●Partrunnr A platform that helps connect companies providing on-demand heavy equipment services with those who need them ●Selene Biosystems Sp ecia lizing in t he de sig n a nd

John Lam, Hub Incubator Services Manager.

manufacture of rapid lateral flow assays that can be used in such diverse fields as industrial bakeries, crop quality control, and medical diagnostics ●Dronemates A drone service that provides unique aerial footage for practical and artistic applications, such as film, forestry mapping, agriculture activity monitoring, real estate marketing, constructio evaluations, inspections in high-risk areas, and special events After being accepted into the program, entrepreneurs are granted up to $8,000 in funding to execute their business idea, and are given access to a communal workspace on campus as well as mentorship from the experienced CBaSE team and an entrepreneur-in-residence.

At the end of the term, each of the businesses participate in a competition-style event called the pitch finals.

Teams present their progress to a panel of judges, who decide if they will be granted an additional $4,000 in funding.

In addition, audience members have the opportunity to cast their vote for the business they think will have the most social impact; the winner of the People’s Choice Impact Award receives $500.

The Hub Program is open to any team of entrepreneurs with at least one cofounder who is a current U of G student or alumnus and between the ages of 18 and 29. Each team is expected to complete at least 30 hours of work per week; co-op students are also eligible to receive school credit through their project.

“It is a very unique opportunity to spend a co-op term working for yourself on your own business instead of for someone else,” Hub Incubator services manager, John

Lam, wrote in an email interview with The Ontarion. “Instead of doing a small part for a large company, students get to learn about every aspect of being a business leader.”

Some of the most successful startups that have risen from The Hub include: Escarpment Labs A local yeast lab in Guelph that provides liquid yeast cultures for the production of Canadian craft beers ●Revel Cider An artfully-minded craft apple cider company created using 100 per cent Ontario fruit through mixed culture and spontaneous fermentation ●Welo A probiotic, cold-pressed, all-natural juice company that donates a portion o their profits to funding the construction of water wells in Kenya ●Taurus 3D A 3D printing company that provides amputees with affordable prosthetic ●The Making-Box An improv and stand-up comedy theatre in downtown Guelph that runs impro classes and hosts shows featuring Canadian comedians and local talent Although there are many tales of success, unfortunately not all startups will endure. “Entrepreneurs set targets and goals and inevitably, not all of them are achieved,” explained Lam. “Despite that, failure isn’t an appropriate word to

CBaSE staff demonstrate a team-building exercise at The Hub’s communal workspace, located on the third floor of MacDonald Hall.

describe that outcome, because something good is usually the result. The entrepreneur learns something critical, views things from a different perspective, or makes a crucial partner, and what ends up happening is that they are guided towards the right direction and their chances of success increase.”

The Ontarion will be shining a spotlight on the winter 2018 selected startups as they progress through the program this semester. Look for these features in our upcoming issues.

Instead of doing a small part for a large company, students get to learn about every aspect of being a business leader.

JOHN LAM HUB INCUBATOR SERVICES MANAGER

Participants play with legos to foster creativity. Program uses GoPros to document the development of a startup.

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In Iceland during the winter the sun never really goes up so during the few hours of daylight you get, the sky will often have shades of pink, orange, yellow, and purple on the horizon

A knee-deep hot spring found in Reykjavík, built by a local artist utilizing the natural thermal activity and the beauty of the landscape to create a great place to relax

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CHRISTMAS IN ICELAND ANIKA MATTHEWS My Christmas and New Year’s in Iceland has been one of the most memorable events of my life. Although I have been to Iceland on five separate occasions, there is always something new to explore and see, and this trip was no different.

While there, I was able to experience new customs surrounding the holidays and New Year’s. In Iceland they have a folk tale about the Yule lads, 13 mysterious lads that cause mayhem throughout the month of December. They also have New Year’s fireworks like nowhere else on Earth. The fireworks start on Dec. 23 and continue sporadically throughout the rest of the month, ending with a breathtaking fireworks display that lasts from 10 p.m. on Dec. 31 to 6 a.m Jan. 1.

I love Iceland and will always find a way to go back.

A piece of a shipwreck found on one of Iceland’s famous black beaches

The Icelandic horse. In the winter, they have thick fluffy coats to help them keep warm in the freezing landscape

Þingvellir National Park, home of Iceland’s original parliament founded in 930 AD and used in Game of Thrones for the location of the Eyrie

Ice-covered bench found near the geyser, which sprays boiling hot water 100 feet into the air every few minutes, coating the surrounding area in thick ice

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With the win, the Gryphons are now 5-3-0 at Frosty Mug games. .

Kitchener native Andrew Masters shuts out Golden Hawks at 9th annual Frosty Mug Three unanswered goals in the first Gryphons celebrate their win.

period give Gryphons 5-0 win against

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division rival Laurier

MICHAEL CIMESA

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THE SLEEMAN CENTRE wa s Fourth year forward, Tryg Strand takes the puck after a save by Masters.

The Gryphons recorded 19 of their 29 shots in the first period .

G RY PH O N S CO R E B OAR D ~ CO M PI LED BY M AT TEO CI M ELL A RO MEN’S BASKETBALL

MEN’S HOCKEY

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Gryphons 80, Mustangs 99 Gryphons 88, Badgers 99 Gryphons’ Record: 3-13

Gryphons 1, Badgers 3 Gryphons’ Record: 16-5-1

Gryphons 0, Marauders 3 Gryphons 2, Badgers 3 Gryphons’ Record: 4-7

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Gryphons 58, Golden Hawks 64 Gryphons 76, Lancers 44 Gryphons’ Record: 7-9

Gryphons 3, Varsity Blues 0 Gryphons’ Record: 10-3-4

Gryphons 0, Marauders 3 Gryphons 3, Badgers 1 Gryphons’ Record: 3-9

packed with an announced attendance of 4,715 last Thursday, Jan. 18. Beer lines were stretched, students screamed, and the Gryphons’ shooters were ruthless, scoring three goals in the opening period.

Coach Shawn Camp spoke to the importance of the Frosty Mug to the Gryphon players, noting that the game gives the guys motivation and intensity from the drop of the puck.

“Frosty Mug is always a special event for our guys, a chance to show our brand of hockey to folks in the community. They were excited to go and they got off to a great start. That put us in great shape for the rest of the game,” Coach Camp told The Ontarion.

Second-year goaltender, and Kitchener native, Andrew Masters shared the thrill of defending home ice in front of thousands of friends, fans, and students.

“The atmosphere out there just gets you jacked up. I think everybody was jacked up more than normal, and I think that happens when 5,000 of your best friends are in the stands,” Masters told The Ontarion postgame.

Masters recorded 26 saves in a strong effort against his hometown team, giving him his first shutout of both the season and his

Gryphon career.

Even with the symbolic victories, Masters said the only win that counts is the one that shows in the standings.

“It’s first versus second in the OUA west and we want to establish a bit of a cushion going forward,” Masters said. “Obviously the hometown team is something I take into consideration, my parents [went] there, my brother goes there, but more importantly, it’s about the boys tonight,” Masters said.

The win was a timely one. It comes when the race for the top spot in the OUA West Division is heating up. The Golden Hawks and York Lions, both strong squads, sit just four points behind the Gryphons.

“It’s apparent that guys are pretty hungry to continue winning, Laurier was an excellent test tonight, their special teams are outstanding, they have a lot of balance on their lines, and their [defence] moved the puck very well. It was good for our guys to get a jump on them early,” Coach Camp said.

Following their Frosty Mug victory, the Gryphons lost to the Brock Badgers in St. Catharine’s on a second night of a back to back.

The Gryphons now look to their game against U of T in Toronto on Friday, Jan. 26.

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Gryphons defeat eSports Club from Roger Williams University in a dominant 2-0 victory Gryphons join

TALK N E R DY TO M E

Introducing a new sex ed column TA S H A FA LC O N E R

competitive gaming trend across

SEXUAL EDUCATION in Cana-

North American universities with confidence M A R S C H E S T E R C H OW

THIS PAST WEEKEND, the Uni-

versity of Guelph L eag ue of Legends collegiate team played their first few matches of the season against the Roger Williams University eSports Club, who represented the Rhode Island Liberal Arts school. The outcome was to be expected. The Gryphons won the games with ease with a team consisting of master and diamond players, all of whom are high ranking in League of Legends.

The RWU eSports Club on the other hand is comprised of silver and gold players, which are midto-novice rankings.

Currently, the Gryphons hold two individual records: 1. The highest amount of assists in the entire eastern conference, held by Simranprit “Mega Articuno” Singh

The Gryphons’ (top team) biggest competition. | OBTAINED VIA LEAGUE OF LEGENDS 2. The

third highest amount of kills in the conference, held

by Connor “hi i’m Guardian” Laidlaw.

The Gryphons completed the matches with a 2-0 finish, with both games having a 21,000 gold lead at 25 minutes into the game.

Laidlaw conveyed his confidence going into the game: “I wasn’t particularly worried, our practices and scrims were going well, and the

other team had very low ranks.”

In agreement, Simran responded, “I was pretty confident going into it as well, pretty straightforward [victory].”

The team has been practicing with diamond-level players, so they weren’t worried. However, even though the games went well, they mentioned that they could have improved on some aspects of the game. Both players agreed that the

team should have had better picks during the drafting phase.

“We made small mistakes, things we could have easily fixed, but it’s still a work in progress,” Singh said.

As it stands right now, the Gryphons are one game closer to the upcoming playoffs.

Stream Guelph’s League of Legends games Saturdays at 3 p.m at www.twitch.tv/uogego.

Do you get the winter blues?

Optimize your health the right way with vitamin D JA N A N S H OJA D O O S T

AS PEOPLE LIVING in the North-

ern hemisphere, we have heard the words “no sunlight, no vitamin D” at some point during the winter.

It’s scientifically true — vitamin D precursor molecules residing under the skin get activated through UV light radiation from the sun, engaging in a pathway that ultimately leads to vitamin D3 production.

A derivative of vitamin D3 — 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D3 — later acts as a hormone to increase calcium absorption from the foods you eat. Increasing calcium levels in the blood helps with many essential bodily functions, such as

If diet alone does not work, or is hard to accommodate, don’t shy away from vitamin D3 supplements, which if ingested will directly continue the pathway that the vitamin’s precursors have started under the skin.

“The best treatment is prevention”, said Martino. “Things such as exercise and proper diet can help with maintaining adequate vitamin D and calcium levels in the body.”

It is always best that we ensure optimization of our health at all times instead of awaiting deficiencies and then doing something about our health. This is no different in the case of vitamin D3. Though it may seem simple, maintaining a healthy lifestyle can help a lot in the long term when it comes to prevention of nutrientdeficiency related diseases.

So the next time you hear “no sunlight, no vitamin D,” know that there are alternatives. Just eat it up!

Sexual health clinics

• Chancellors Way Public Health Office — 160 Chancellors Way • Shelldale Centre — 20 Shelldale Cres.

• ARCH — archguelph.ca (HIV/AIDS resources & community health)

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regulating important interactions between neurons and muscles.

“In cases of vitamin D3 and calcium deficiency, as adults, we are going to be susceptible to muscular weakness and bone fractures, especially in osteoporosis — the most common disorder of bones,” said Dr. Tami Martino from U of G’s department of Biomedical Sciences.

There are serious disease-causing consequences to not making enough vitamin D3 in your body, but fear not. Although we cannot bring in extra sunlight from the equator during winter time, many alternatives are available to help with your vitamin D3 and calcium intake.

Increasing dietary intake of food products enriched with vitamin D3 plays a major role in regulating deprived levels of the vitamin in the body. Fish meat and oil, especially that of salmon, and everyday supermarket milk contain high doses of vitamin D3.

dian elementary schools and high schools is slowly improving, but many individuals in university and older have not received adequate sexual education. Sexuality is an important and sometimes confusing aspect of life. Aspects of sexuality are tied up in moral debate which can impact people’s view of sexuality as a whole, making it even more confusing.

Sexuality is often full of choices.

If or when to have sex; the type of sex is of interest; your opinions and values; the best contraceptives.

These are all choices we have to make in relation to our sexuality, but it can be difficult to make these decisions when we do not have all the information we need to be informed.

It can also be hard to figure out where to go to get accurate information. The media plays a large role in our sexual education, but often does not show accurate representations and portrayals.

This column strives to provide useful, factual information and accurate portrayals.

If you are looking for more information, consider checking out these resources:

Online

• Sexandu.ca • Goaskalice.columbia.edu • Actioncanadashr.org University of Guelph

• NAKED — U of G sexuality awareness team • Wellness Education Centre Courses:

Vitamin D3 supplements come in both pills and drops.

PHOTO BY ALORA GRIFFITHS

- Development of Human Sexuality - Issues in Human Sexuality While having access to all this information may help make these decisions easier, it does not always mean that our choices won’t be judged. People are often judged based on how much sex they are having (or not having), and who they are having sex with. University is often a time for sexual experimentation, and for figuring out what you do and do not enjoy.

Check out next week’s column for everything you need to know about contraceptives.

If you’d like a certain sex-ed topic discussed, send your requests to tashafalconer@trentu.ca

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CFRU: The more things change…

Looking back at U of G’s radio station

B R U C E M AT H E WS

WHEN I RETURNED to Guelph

after 35 years of being away, I was pleased to hear CFRU, the campus radio station, was still going strong. It sounded as eccentric and alternative as when I’d had a radio show there in 1980, so of course I wanted to get involved again. With some guidance from the programming committee, my show ideas evolved into what is now The Zombie Jamboree, an international dance party with a world of upbeat music to help bring you back to life. The show is on air Sundays at 6:30 p.m.

This whole process inspired me to talk to some other old-timers about how U of G’s radio station has evolved over its more than 40 year history. CFRU began as Radio Gryphon and was broadcast by closed circuit on campus only, operating out of a tiny room in the physical sciences building. It wasn’t long before the station outgrew this arrangement. Someone present during this transition stage was Bonnie Durtnall.

Durtnall was a CFRU volunteer in the 1970s and worked as a music programmer and librarian.

Recalling CFRU’s early days, Durtnall said: “Later, we moved under new management with Ian MacDiarmid, to the new student centre (now the UC). We got a legitimate FM licence in the 1980s — a heady experience. By then, I was music programmer/librarian.

It was demanding, paid little, but I got to meet various musicians and groups, for example Bruce Cockburn, Lighthouse, FM, Billy Joel, [and] XTC. [I also got to] attend concerts and hear the latest music — when I could coerce record companies into sending it. It was my job and I enjoyed it, and cataloguing records. I also had my own late night show where talking was at an extreme minimum.”

“Musically, we had people who played anything and everything.

The music range was, to put it mildly, wide, embracing, and

Back row (left to right): Paul Heap - CFRU News and Public Affairs Coordinator, Rob Burr - CFRU Production Coordinator. Front row (left to right): Richard Vidug - CFRU Program Coordinator, Bonnie Durtnall - CFRU Library and Music Promotion Coordinator, Ian MacDiarmid - Organization Manager.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY BARBARA SALSBERG MATHEWS

eclectic,” she added.

James Gordon, now a city councillor in Guelph, was another volunteer who was around for CFRU’s early growth spurts. He hosted his own show in the 1980s.

“From 1986 to 1989 I had a show called The Hillside House. As a founding director of the Hillside Festival, it would showcase artists who played there, eventually becoming an acoustic music show,” said Gordon.

Gordon also remembered one of the challenges of that time being the switch from vinyl to digital formats.

“I feel I knew CFRU in its embryonic state and saw it become a true community radio station, exciting to see for both students and the whole city,” he added.

Finally, Paul Ruta was a show host at CFRU in the early 1980s.

Not too long ago, Ruta returned to campus with his university-aged daughter and dropped by CFRU. “The place looked almost exactly the same as it did in the ’80s,” Ruta recalled. “The vinyl library had shrunk and was moved to a back room, but the control room looked almost identical. Yes, today the music source is different: computer files and CDs versus records and cassettes in our day, but I was

surprised to see that the fundamentals of doing radio remained virtually unchanged [over the] decades.”

Ruta shared an anecdote about his start at CFRU. “In those days, CFRU was both AM and FM, with different programming on each.

Like today, the FM version was what people heard when they tuned into 93.3 FM. The transmission signal may have been weak — you wouldn’t be able to hear it much beyond the city of Guelph — but at least it was technically “broadcast.”

The AM signal was “closed circuit,” meaning you could only hear it on campus — and possibly only in the University Centre, through the inhouse speaker system throughout the building,” he said.

“Before the guys at CFRU let you do your own show, you had to train using the AM equipment, to learn what all the knobs and dials were for, during times of the day when it was “off the air” so to speak,” Ruta continued. “What I didn’t fully realize during my training was that there was a switch for turning that speaker system off and on. You were supposed to leave it off while you practiced. Somehow I managed to turn it on, and continued casually swearing into the

microphone as I tried to figure out which fucking knob did what, and why the cocksucking turntable wasn’t working, and so on and so forth until Ian MacDiarmid stormed into the room, flipped the switch to the off position, and stormed out again without a word.

Amazingly, they still let me do a radio show after that.”

Reflecting on the CFRU crowd of his time, Ruta continued, “Unsurprisingly, the radio station attracted introverts, nerds, misfits, and

sometimes relatively normal people who were just really into the music.”

The technological advances may be a bit more extensive than Ruta noticed during his quick visit; after all, we did audio editing on magnetic tape by cutting it up with a razor blade and then sticking it back together. However, CFRU remains very much a community outlet. So if you’re a nerd, misfit, or just really into the music, you should stop by the station sometime.

’s Top Ten Albums RE NE LUSS IE R* Meuh (Self-Released) EFFRIM MENUCK* Pissing Stars (Constellation) BORN RUFFIANS* Uncle, Duke & The Chief (Paper Bag) CASPER SKULLS* Mercy Works (Buzz Records) FA I T H H E A L E R * Tr y ;-) (Mint) MAUNO* Tuning (Idee Fixe) PA R T N E R * In Search Of Lost Time (You’ve Changed) S HARON JONE S AND THE DAP- KIN G S Soul of a Woman (Daptone) KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD Gumboot Soup (Flying Nun) P R E E TA M S E N G U P TA* * Patience (Self-Released) *C A N A D I A N A R T I S T

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How I found out about The Ontarion From exchange student to columnist JULIE ZHANG

I FIRST CAME TO KNOW about The

Ontarion through my friend Marylin. I had an interest in writing or photography, but wasn’t sure.

My first time attending a volunteer meeting at The Ontarion was on a Wednesday last fall, which was also my first month in Canada.

After that meeting, I began this weekly column to share my life and feelings.

As an exchange student, I find everything around me is interesting. Some things are different from China while some remain the same. In my previous articles, I compared lectures and dormitories between the two countries, shared my experiences during Thanksgiving and Christmas, and gave my opinion after visiting an art exhibition. I really love my column

and I believe the point of going on exchange is to experience, to feel, and to think about a different life.

I also look forward to attending every Wednesday’s volunteer meeting. The most interesting part of the meeting is sharing fun facts with the other volunteers. Actually, I really don’t know how other people have so many fun facts. But then I figured out that the thing you most recently did can actually be a fun thing to share. The time we spend sharing fun facts with each other is like a time to share a part of your life. I think the sofa in the office is an amazing sofa for it has listened to so many fun stories.

I really appreciate our editor, Mirali. She helps me a lot. She accepted my idea of having an exchange column after our first meeting and gave me many good ideas. Mirali is very kind to help me polish my articles and invites me to edit them after modification.

I believe everybody at The Ontarion are pretty nice people.

That’s my story on The Ontarion.

Fun fact: I have been writing for The Ontarion for four months now. #IWriteTheOntarion

Julie Zhang (back row, second from the left) sports her Ontarion hoodie and takes a photo with her newsie friends. | PHOTO BY ALORA GRIFFITHS

LE T TE R TO TH E E D ITO R

RE: PLAY OUTSIDE MP’S OFFICE Recently, Guelph MP, Lloyd Longfield asked in his winter newsletter, “What Matters Most to You?” The democracy movement in Guelph has a response: “Keeping promises matters.” Feb. 1 marks the first anniversary of Prime Minister Trudeau breaking a key promise to Canadians to end our first past the post system and bring about electoral reform in Canada. When promises are broken, voters lose faith and become less likely to vote.

Canadians want less waste, more respect, and greater trust from their leaders. Citizens pay and suffer as legislation enacted by those who got 39 per cent of the vote is reversed

PHOTO BY ALORA GRIFFITHS

by the next government. Democracy Guelph has offered a pathway out of this quagmire and we gathered 3,500 petition signatures to encourage MP Longfield to act. We expect Lloyd to represent Guelph, not his leader.

This Saturday, Jan. 27, at noon, FairVote Guelph will be staging a play titled, Voting Dysfunction Creates UnDemocratic, UnRepresented Zombies at Mr. Longfield’s constituency office — 40 Cork St. East. All are welcome to this comical event.

—Steve Dyck, FairVote Guelph

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THIS PAST FRIDAY, Facebook

“ We w i l l n o w a s k p e o p l e whether they’re familiar with a news source and, if so, whether they trust that source,” wrote Zuckerberg.

“The idea is that some news organizations are only trusted by their readers or watchers, and others are broadly trusted across society, even by those who don’t follow them directly.”

These changes are in aid of users’ well-being, wrote Zuckerberg, making Facebook less of an aggregator of news and business content to be passively consumed, and returning it to its original focus as a platform for “meaningful social interactions with family and friends.”

But there are reasons to raise an eyebrow at the details of these changes. Most glaringly, one would think that the proliferation of “fake news” — whether benign clickbait or pointed misinformation — on Facebook and on other social media networks has demonstrated, if anything, the inability of the average user to identify accuracy in reporting.

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In the face of fake news, Facebook shirks public duty

founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a post detailing the social media giant’s plan to alter the way that “public content” — including news articles, branded content, and videos — appears on its users’ feeds.

This plan consists of two main changes to the algorithm that generates Facebook’s news feed.

The first is that public content will, simply, appear less, composing about four per cent of the news feed, down from five per cent.

The second is that news outlets themselves will now be rated on the platform according to their trustworthiness, something determined not by Facebook executives or outside experts, but by users themselves as part of Facebook’s “ongoing quality surveys.”

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Facebook is moving towards taking the “news” out of “news feed.” In doing so, they’re turning away from their responsibility as the web’s public sphere. | ART BY CORBEN GRANT

Asking those same users to determine what is or isn’t trustworthy doesn’t read as an improvement.

Facebook, however, can hardly be faulted for failing to address the issue in a more thorough or nuanced fashion. Critics accuse the site of fostering ideological echo chambers, of giving its users only more of what they already want — but Facebook is, by design, a virtual echo chamber. It is a place for users to share pictures they like of things they like with people they like.

It is not, at heart, a window on the world. It is a bathroom vanity.

That society expects Facebook to be anything else testifies to the remarkable way in which this platform has permeated everyday life.

Facebook has gone from being a social network to being the social network. It is where people coordinate, advocate, and agitate. It is where people buy and sell. And it is where people read and discuss current affairs and political issues, much more than they do in cafés, bedrooms, bars, and lecture halls.

W hile ot her, more linea r platforms like YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat have by and large stuck to their core competencies, Facebook ’s all-encompassing interface has

become something like a bustling people’s parliament.

True, one is not required by law to join up, just as one is not required by law to have a driver’s licence. But not having a profile and not having a licence are similarly seen as conscious gestures, exceptions to the rule. Facebook is not a branch of government, and Mark Zuckerberg isn’t signing anybody’s social assistance cheques, but citizens, employers, law enforcement officers, and public officials all use Facebook as an ongoing public record.

Perhaps Facebook never asked for this great power, or didn’t understand what it involved — they certainly don’t seem to be interested in the great responsibility that came with it.

By moving to diminish the role that “public content” plays on the platform, Facebook aims to shrug off its duty to the public good, and also, at least temporarily, to diminish its public role.

Whether this is good news or bad is up for debate. Some have remarked that treating a vanity network as society’s central news portal was disastrous for publishers in the first place. As Jason Koebler wrote for Motherboard, “I hope that I nor any other journalist will have to care for one

second longer about Facebook’s news feed.”

Still, Facebook’s announcement carries a tinge of disappointment.

Previous statements suggested that, faced with a staggering challenge, the company might actually lean in. Facebook, like Google, wields huge power in its vast reservoirs of user data. What if the company tweaked its algorithm to counter polarization by circulating moderate expressions of opposing viewpoints? What if they engaged a varied team of experts and users to assess the trustworthiness of publishers? What if they provided detailed user guidelines and visible moderation to keep discussions civil and productive?

These half-baked suggestions are hardly revolutionary. Facebook must have considered them, and many more possibilities.

Instead, however, the company is backing off in favour of sunny content from family and friends, hinting that while Mark Zuckerberg wants to do good, he wants to feel good even more.

Facebook might have a passing interest in the betterment of society, but this move should remind everyone that the site exists to generate just two things: the warm fuzzies and ad revenue. Everything else is noise.

BOARD OF DIREC TORS President Alex Lefebvre Chair of the Board Jordan Terpstra Vice President Communications Heather Gilmore Vice President Finance Mehkansh Sharma DIREC TORS Emma Callon Miriam Habib Jonathan Marun-Batista Josh Millen Megan Scarth CONTRIBUTORS Anna Aukema Fatima Buela Fiona Cashell Mars Chester Chow Michael Cimesa Tasha Falconer Corben Grant Odesia Howlett Khaleel Jiwa Trust Katsande Melanie Katz Carlos Mandujano Alano Marcano Bruce Mathews Anika Matthews Roslyn Roelofsen Hannah Ruuth Janan Shoja Doost Megan Sullivan Bukola Toluyemi Jordan Walters Julie Zhang

The Ontarion is a non-profit organization governed by a Board of Directors. Since The Ontarion undertakes the publishing of student work, the opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of The Ontarion staff and Board of Directors. The Ontarion reserves the right to edit or refuse all material deemed sexist, racist, homophobic, or otherwise unfit for publication as determined by the Editor-in-Chief. Material of any form appearing in this newspaper is copyrighted 2017 and cannot be reprinted without the approval of the Editor-in-Chief. The Ontarion retains the right of first publication on all material. In the event that an advertiser is not satisfied with an advertisement in the newspaper, they must notify The Ontarion within four working days of publication. The Ontarion will not be held responsible for advertising mistakes beyond the cost of advertisement. The Ontarion is printed by Hamilton Web.

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Clara Engel Ft. North Atlantic Drift & Snake Church Ambient/drone concert 8 p.m The Common

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Jan. 29 Closer to Home: Documentary Series A series of short films from the Akua Benjamin Legacy Project 7:30 p.m. UC 442

Guelph Business Case Competition 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. MAC

Bleu Nuit Ft. Luge & No Boys 8 p.m. Silence

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Feb. 1 Who married whom?

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What is your favourite part about writing for The Ontarion?

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Human: Calli Freedman Pet’s Age: Ten years

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What are your favourite things about the Guelph community?

Favourite things about the Guelph community would probably be some of the people I’ve met here on campus and downtown. They’ve been the nicest people by far and there’s just a home feel, if that makes sense. It’s a pretty tight-knit community.

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The Ontarion is looking to fill this full-time contract position for the April 2018-2019 publishing year.

The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for everything concerning news operations and all editorial content The Ontarion publishes online and in print. They set a vision and direction for the paper in terms of design, format, and content that is consistent with The Ontarion’s policy.

They will manage and evaluate editorial staff, schedule work hours, coordinate volunteers, and facilitate regular meetings. They troubleshoot and facilitate conflict resolution. While the Editor-in-Chief will make journalistic or graphic contributions to the newspaper, this is primarily a management position.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL POSSESS: – A vision for The Ontarion for 2018-19 – Supervisory or leadership skills; excellent communication skills – Interpersonal conflict resolution skills; strong organizational skills – The ability to work in a stressful environment under tight deadlines – Work or volunteer experience in a journalistic environment – Training or experience in journalism, editing – Graphics, some design experience, an asset The Ontarion reserves the right to prioritize candidates who currently live in, or who commit to moving into Guelph or the immediate surrounding area, during the duration of their employment.

Please apply with a portfolio of at least six writing samples, resume, and cover letter to: The Ontarion EIC Hiring Committee, UC 264, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1 Email: ontarion@uoguelph.ca

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION IS FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 AT NOON. Only those applicants granted an interview will be contacted. Those interviewing will be required to bring two reference contacts’ phone numbers. The Ontarion offers a learning environment in student media and considers this in their hiring process. To obtain a copy of The Ontarion’s Employment Equity Policy and/or the Job Description for this position, please email us at ontarion@uoguelph.ca or visit our website @ www.theontarion.com The Ontarion’s Employment Equity Policy is a proactive measure to recruit qualified people from a variety of ethnic, religious, and class backgrounds, lesbians, bisexuals, gays, and transgendered people, people of colour, Aboriginal people, people with disabilities, and women. Members of the previously identified groups are encouraged to self-identify.