Le journal bilingue de Glendon | Glendon’s Bilingual Newspaper
Vol. 62 Issue 4 : le 16 novembre 2023
In This Issue Page 2 ● LETTER FROM THE EDITOR ARTS ET DIVERTISSEMENT Page 3 ● Saying Goodbye to Matthew Perry Page 4 ● La chanson de la saison CAMPUS LIFE Page 4 ● Glendon Mysteries Unravelled: Qu’est-ce qui se cache sous le lierre ? Page 5 ● The YorkU Women’s Football Team: Needing Varisty Touchdowns EXPRESSIONS Page 6 ● My November To-Do List Page 6 ● That’s So Last Season Page 6 ● La nostalgie : une collection de peine, une collection de fous
Photo by Zahra Lila
The YorkU Women’s Football Team: Needing Varsity Touchdowns
SANTÉ ET BIEN-ÊTRE Page 7 ● Biscuits à la cannelle Page 8 ● Making Homemade Mexican Guacamole Page 8 ● Navigating Attention Loss ACTUALITÉ ET OPINIONS Page 9 ● Fast Fashion Page 10 ● Remembering the First FourLegged Cosmonauts JEUX Page 11 ● Crossword: Around Campus Page 11 ● Sudoku MÉTROPOLE Page 12 ● A Little Excursion Near Toronto: One Day in Hamilton Page 12 ● La cuisine turque à la hausse La prochaine date limite : vendredi 17 novembre 2023
Natalia Tovilla-Bátiz Section Editor York University is home to many varsity and intramural Lions teams. However, I learned that one team in particular is advocating for a change in their team’s status and for increased funding. During Orientation Week training, I met a fellow Glendon student named Paula Godoy Sosa who shared what has been going on with the YorkU Women’s Football team. From then on, I knew this story had to be shared. Soon afterwards, I met with the YorkU Women’s Football team Co-Captains, Zahra Lila and Keren Liwanag, to learn more about their current situation, what they have been struggling with, and what they hope for the team’s future. The women’s football team regularly practices at Keele and
is affiliated with York but is not formally funded by them. This lack of formal funding affects them in almost every aspect of their sporting lives. Despite the men’s team being recognized as a varsity team, the women’s team is not formally considered equal. They have been fighting for every permission they receive as a competitive women’s team. The team has faced struggles and barriers with actually getting scheduled field space at York’s stadiums and athletic facilities. Shockingly, it wasn’t until mid-season of 2023 that the team was finally able to get field space at York to practice on. This is an upgrade to the alternative they had been previously relying on, which was having practices off-campus at public parks and fields. In the winter, they have to hold practices in the cold snow of out-
door fields with, at times, unplowed snow that goes up to their knees. However, if the men’s teams arrive during their practices, they are forced to get off the field even though they are in the middle of a practice. This is because, as a non-varsity team, they cannot reserve spaces within athletic indoor facilities, whose spots are available only for other teams’ use. The women’s football season typically runs from October to April which coincidentally are the coldest months of the year. The men’s football season runs at a different time (typically during the months without snow) and they are allowed to practice and play in the York Dome. Why can’t women in a non-varsity team who also represent the university and play the same sport be given the same opportunity to
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