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NEWS Two Indigenous hires to join 2018-19 faculty (Pg. 3) Digital is dead since 1872

ARTS & CULTURE Really Really Really Really Really Really Really (Pg. 10)

SPORTS Club curling team win their way to nationals (Pg. 11)

OPINIONS International representation (Pg. 14)

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March 8, 2018 Vol. 147, Iss. 17

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EDITOR: MAIA HERRIOT & MINNOW HOLTZ-CARRIERE | MARCH 8. 2018 | ARGOSY@MTA.CA

STUDENT ACTIVISM

What does it mean to be an ally?

Student-organized Feminist Leadership Conference seeks an answer

THURSDAY, MARCH 8 Japanese Cultural Festival Gracie’s Cafe, 7-9 p.m.

Really Really!

PCCA Motyer-Fancy Theatre, 8-10 p.m.

Marie Hammond-Callaghan Lecture in Women’s and Gender History Owens Art Gallery, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, MARCH 9 Truth & ReconciliACTION Film Series Library Theatre, 2:30 p.m.

Really Really!

PCCA Motyer-Fancy Theatre, 8-10 p.m.

SATURDAY, MARCH 10 Really Really!

PCCA Motyer-Fancy Theatre, 8-10 p.m.

SUNDAY, MARCH 11 Alumni Career Mentorship Program Launch Tweedie Hall, 6-7:30 p.m.

Make Something Sunday: Photocopied Zines Owens Art Gallery Foyer, 2-3 p.m.

MONDAY, MARCH 12 Dr. Michael Munger: What Are the Moral and Regulatory Implications of the Sharing Economy?

Dunn Rm. 113, 11:30 a.m.

Nika Collison: public lecture PCCA Motyer-Fancy Theatre, 7-9 p.m.

TUESDAY, MARCH 13 Senate WMSC Tweedie Hall, 4-5:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 CCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship Athletic Centre, 8:30 a.m. - March 17, 7 p.m.

Eco-Anxiety, Activism and Daring to Hope Chapel Manning Room, 6-8:30 p.m.

THE WEEKEND CONFERENCE CONSISTED OF AN OPENING TALK, “THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED” WORKSHOP, A DISCUSSION ON ORGANIZING ACTIVISM, AN ACTIVISM FAIR, A PANEL ON ALLYSHIP AND A CLOSING DISCUSSION. CHAOYI LIANG/ARGOSY

MAIA HERRIOT News Editor The fourth annual Feminist Leadership Conference took place this past weekend, providing spaces for members of the Mount Allison community to develop and hone their idea of allyship and active feminism.

On Saturday morning, student organizer Rebecca Zuk had the first word on allyship: “This is a really important theme for all of us who were organizing this.… We’re not here to get brownie points, we’re not here to check boxes – we’re here to really figure out what it means to be an ally, what we’re aiming for in allies and how we can grow and do better.”

Student development counsellor Melissa Currie chimed in with her key elements to allyship. Currie said good allyship begins with addressing your own privilege: “Ask yourself, when am I in a position of power?” The next step for Currie was education.

“It is not the responsibility of the marginalized community to educate the allies – it is your responsibility to educate yourself,” she said. The final step that Currie wanted attendees to keep in mind as they participated in the conference was calling people in instead of calling people out. “If someone is saying something racist,

we want to call them out on that.

And we’re not just doing that for them, we’re also doing it for the other people in the room, so anyone who was listening who holds that belief knows it is incorrect and anyone who was hurt by that belief knows that there is an ally in the room,” said Currie. “But in this space we can agree that if you’re here we’re not going to call you out, we’re going to call you in.” Currie wanted to emphasize that attendees should speak up if someone is wrong, but do it compassionately.

At that afternoon’s panel on what allyship is, why it matters and how to be better allies at Mt. A, panelists were able to expand the definition of allyship a bit further.

Panelist Alex Anderson, a fifthyear history major, defined allyship as working together. “In my mind everyone is part of some community and allyship is working between the communities and the members of those communities. It’s particularly

important because we are social beings and we need to understand each other in order to get along with each other in the most productive way possible,” said Anderson.

Fellow panelist and philosophy major Chelsea Doherty added that, for her, true allyship means “you take that extra step of being active about it as well … it is more than just wanting to know about somebody or someone’s experiences and understanding and being okay with it.”

The final panelist, Kavana Wa Kilele, preferred the term “accomplice” to “ally.”

Wa Kilele said that the most important part of being an accomplice is sacrifice. “Whether [the sacrifice is] your body, whether it’s friends, step up and make that sacrifice for other people who need your help, and not only making that sacrifice but making that sacrifice and not asking anything in return,” she said.

An audience member’s question about the issue of allies using their voice to be louder than those they are allying with sparked an important

“IT IS NOT THE

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THE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY TO EDUCATE THE

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clarification of an ally’s role.

Wa Kilele said, “When it comes to helping others you should take your heed from the person you’re helping … and realize that it’s not for you and not about you and you should fall in step with that person.” Wa Kilele also talked about focusing on helping the person being attacked rather than the attacker when diffusing a situation.

Anderson added that an ally is “more of the voice of support and less of the voice of authority,” and “If you just being there to support them means they can get their voice out, that would be ideal.”

Doherty admitted that it is not always as easy as it sounds. “It takes practice. I’ve definitely been in situations where I have spoken over people or said things I probably shouldn’t have said, but it’s about learning and stepping back when you have to step back and being okay with being wrong and being okay with being told to shut up,” she said, adding that when someone corrects you, you should always listen and reevaluate.

Ultimately, the conference’s workshops and talks all rested on the idea that a personal interpretation of active allyship is something we all must develop in this current social and political climate.

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UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS

Mt. A signs financial memorandum of understanding with NB government

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Agreement improves the University’s ability to plan budgets several years ahead at a time

MINNOW HOLTZ-CARRIERE News Editor Mount Allison has come to an agreement with the provincial government of New Brunswick that will provide the University with consistent funding and stable tuition over multiple years.

Previously, Mt. A administration could not easily predict the amount of funding it would receive from the government. “Any university president would tell a government anywhere in the country that uncertainty in a budget year … is just a killing thing when you’re preparing your budget,” said President Robert Campbell at the announcement on Feb. 16. “We’ve even had moments, dare I say, where we’d already made our budget and found out something different about our funding!” The agreement will allow the University to begin working on a multi-year budgeting process. This increased predictability has the potential to allow for increased participation in budgeting discussions within Mt. A.

The agreement will gradually increase government funding to Mt. A by one per cent for the next three years, and by two per cent after that. This will amount to about $5.4 million invested in the University over four years, in addition to its current operational funding.

“Is it enough? It’s enough for us to maintain what we’re doing,” said Campbell, “but this is a province which is not rich and we’ve seen other sectors and parts of the country that have taken absolute cuts. We have never had our funding cut in New Brunswick ever, ever. So over the long term I think we’ve been treated pretty well.”

Under the agreement, tuition increases will also be capped at two per cent for the duration of current students’ degrees, and the University will undergo a tuition review for any future changes it wants to make.

These tuition caps will not freeze tuition for the long term, but they will prevent tuition from increasing significantly between when a student enters university and when they

graduate.

The University will also receive funding for research and development programs and pilot projects, which would include experiential learning programs. Funding of this sort has allowed the University to work on mental health and Indigenous initiatives in the past, and would allow for new experimental projects and opportunities in the future.

The agreement is a part of the provincial government’s attempts to improve access to education with the eventual goal of filling job openings and growing New Brunswick’s economy and population. This includes free tuition and tuition relief programs designed to reduce student debt and make education more accessible, as well as youth employment programs like SEED. The provincial government has also made agreements with the University of New Brunswick and Université de Moncton and, according to the government website, it is working on an agreement with St. Thomas University as well. Addressing

students at the announcement, minister of post-secondary education Roger Melanson said, “We need you to keep enrolling in post-secondary

education, staying in New Brunswick, being the leaders of tomorrow … being the true leaders that you all are and can be.”

AGREEMENT INCLUDES CAPPING TUITION INCREASES AT TWO PER CENT FOR THE DURATION OF CURRENT STUDENTS’ DEGREES. LOUIS SOBOL/ARGOSY

INDIGENIZATION

The University is set to hire two new Indigenous faculty members this year

Provost Jeff Ollerhead said Mt. A would also be open to an Indigenous studies program

LILY FALK News Reporter The Mount Allison administration recently announced that it will be hiring two new Indigenous faculty

members for the 2018-19 school year. On the recommendation of the Indigenous Advisory Circle and University Planning Committee, two tenure-track positions have been allocated to the faculties of arts and/

or social sciences to make disciplinary or interdisciplinary hires in the area of Indigenous studies.

Laylia Ivory Bennett, a secondyear anthropology and Indigenous studies student, and co-president

of the Indigenous Students Support Group, said, “The committee has really changed how they think about and how they put out job postings for faculty members.… I really hope one of the hires will be a Mi’kmaq speaker because the students really want to be able to take a Mi’kmaq language course. Overall, I’d say I’m both excited and nervous for the outcome.”

“THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE’VE HAD SUCH A STRONG COMMITMENT TO DIVERSIFY THE FACULTY”

CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES LIKE TRENT HAVE HAD INDIGENOUS STUDIES PROGRAMS SINCE THE EARLY 2000S, BUT SMALLER UNIVERSITIES LIKE ST. MARY’S AND BISHOP’S STILL DO NOT OFFER FULL PROGRAMS, SASKIA VAN WALSUM/CONTRIBUTOR

Many Mt. A community members spoke about how this relates to the University’s commitment to Indigenization and diversification.

“I just think the support and the commitment of the provost to doing this is really significant. In my experience this is the first time that we’ve had such a strong commitment to diversify the faculty complement,” said Patricia Kelly Spurles, head of anthropology.

The ad for the new hires will be going out this week, after widespread consultation on its creation with the Indigenous advisory circle, elderin-residence Gilbert Sewell, former Indigenous support coordinator Doreen Richard, various Mt. A alumni, and the Indigenous Students Support Group. Interviews will take place in April and will include selected students as voting members of the hiring committee.

In an email, Provost Jeff Ollerhead said, “Hopefully these hires will be a very important step in our general efforts to Indigenize. I have asked the hiring committee to think creatively about ways to attract and consider candidates who, if hired, will diversify our academic environment.”

Ollerhead said there would be particular attention to bringing in those who would focus on the traditional territories of Mi’kma’ki and “would embrace the idea of building an Indigenous studies program regardless of disciplinary orientation.”

Some see this as a long time coming.

“This is … something that students have been saying for years, including myself when I was a student,” said Emma Hassencahl-Perley, Indigenous affairs coordinator. “A program on Indigenous peoples and history by Indigenous peoples, this is an integral step.”

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ACTIVISM

SMILE is a Saturday morning gym and swim program offered to those who may otherwise not be able to participate in typical recreation programs due to their unique developmental needs. Each child is paired with a student volunteer from Mount Allison University to join them at the YMCA every Saturday.

Truth and ReconciliaACTION film series hosts talk from activist who fought against fracking in NB

Community Why is New Brunswick volunteer profiles fracking-free?

ANNICA COLLETTE: “I’ve been paired with my buddy Spencer since I started at Mt. A in 2014, and honestly, seeing him on Saturdays is the highlight of my week, every single week. Words can’t even describe how much love I have in my heart for my SMILE buddy. These kids are SO cool, and it’s always such a blast hanging out with them. SMILE is such a great way to get involved at Mt. A and in the community; it’s such a positive, inclusive, fun environment. There’s something for everyone. It’s incredible.”

IN 2013 COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM ELSIPOGTOG FIRST NATION PROTESTED SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY’S PLAN TO PERFORM HYDRAULIC FRACTURING WHICH WOULD HAVE POSED RISKS TO BOTH HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. SYLVAN HAMBURGER/ARGOSY

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NIYI OGUNTONA: “SMILE is the one place I go to nearly every week that never fails to warm my heart. There is something uniquely amazing about this type of environment and the type of bonds you can form with your buddy who, at least in the cases that I have seen at both SMILE and the camp I worked at last summer, will express a certain forthright joy at even just your presence, even before all the fun activities we’ll inevitably do together. This joy is one that I feel has been forgotten in so many of the social interactions we have in our daily life. To be able to evoke this joy and spread it to not only my buddy, but to even other buddies around me is itself an honour and privilege that I cherish.”

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New Brunswick is free from the threat of fracking, an invasive and environmentally destructive form of natural gas extraction, thanks to a group of local activists. On Friday, March 2, students and members of the Sackville community gathered in the library theatre to watch the documentary Water Warriors, which discussed the fight against fracking.

The screening of Water Warriors was part of the library’s Truth and ReconciliACTION Film Series, which aims to increase public knowledge about Indigenous issues and the truth and reconciliation process.

The documentary began with video footage of the forests and waters of New Brunswick, followed by interviews with people who were protesting against the destruction of this land in 2013. The documentary explained that Southwestern Energy, a company from Texas, was coming to perform hydraulic fracturing in the area. In order to do this, the company needed to create fissures in the earth to get to the gas below.

Community members in Elsipogtog First Nation realized the negative effects that fracking could have on human health and the

environment, and set out to protect their homes. This took the form of blocking highways and creating camps outside of areas where thumper trucks, vehicles used to test seismic sources, were parked. Within weeks, there was an eviction raid and protestors were treated violently by police.

However, the advocates from the communities fighting against fracking eventually got what they were advocating for after a provincial election. After the election, an indefinite moratorium against fracking in New Brunswick was announced.

After the film, there was a discussion between the audiencet and guest Annie Claire, a leader in the movement in protecting the environment from industry. Claire entered the anti-fracking movement as a kitchen cook who wanted to be on the front lines of the fight to protect the land. When she was asked about her fears during the fight, Claire said, “There was no fear in my body whatsoever. There were cops. I didn’t care if they would have killed me. What I’m doing stops them and it lets them know that I’m not going to stop.”

There was also discussion about how national media altered the story

of the protest and how this often worked against the efforts to protect the land. Dominique Poitras, a firstyear political science major, spoke about the importance of films like Water Warriors. “I’m glad the movie was Indigenous-made,” she said. “I think it’s really easy for the media to villainize people of colour because there aren’t that many voices out there to argue back. So, seeing things like this is a good way to prevent that.”

Claire explained that part of what made the movement so powerful and effective was the alliance of many communities who opposed fracking.

She said, “We have to work together, we are all brothers and sisters no matter what.… We all live on this land, we share it.”

Community member Catherine Premier, who attended the event, shared this sentiment: “What stuck out to me was how much of an impact people can have when they look past their differences and unite with a common goal in mind,” she said. “The Elsipogtog community, the Acadian community and the anglophone community all worked together to fight for clean water, and they won.”

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UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS

Senate touches on Cannabis NB outlet coming to Sackville next school year

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President Campbell makes statements on Colten Boushie, new Mi’kmaq flag and marijuana MAIA HERRIOT News Editor President Campbell opened the university senate meeting on Feb. 13 by stating his support of Universities Canada’s response to the verdict of Colten Boushie’s case. Universities Canada’s statement reaffirmed the organization’s commitment to “fostering a renewed relationship between Indigenous and nonIndigenous peoples in Canada,” and gave their condolences to Colten

Boushie’s family and the wider Indigenous community.

Campbell then told the senate to “stay tuned” for another decanal structure proposal on its way from the office of Provost Jeff Ollerhead.

A date was declared for the raising of the Mi’kmaq flag that Mount Allison’s student-led Indigenous Support Group raised funds for. The flag will be raised on March 22 at 12:30 p.m. before the University’s first powwow at 1 p.m. in the Athletic Centre.

As a follow-up to the first open Board of Regents meeting on Feb. 2, Campbell clarified that all Board of Regents meetings will now be open.

The final meeting of this school year will be on May 15.

Campbell also announced that the University is looking into forming policy around the Cannabis NB retail store coming to Sackville in Sept.

2018. Cannabis NB stores will include a reception area, retail and office space, and a state-of-the-art secured storage area. No one under 19 will be

permitted in Cannabis NB stores.

Ollerhead informed the senate that the University Planning Committee has begun a search for a few tenure track professors for a couple departments and is also looking into developing smaller certificates, such as a certificate for a standalone minor.

Ollerhead also announced that the call for Independent Student Rsearch Grants had closed. He said that they were in the middle of the adjudication process and would be announced by the end of February. ISRGs have since

been announced.

The MASU spring election for two social science, two science and two arts senators is now open.

Nomination packages can be picked up at the MASU offices. Nominations close March 9.

Senate will meet again on March 13 at 4 p.m. in Tweedie Hall. Meetings are open to all.

all important requisite. Yet if every evil has its accompanying blessing, and every night is a prophecy of the coming day, it may be that this generation of scribblers will benefit mankind, making it better, more thoughtful and intelligent. Be that as it may, the world demands writers, and if any person expects through the press to sway men he must be able to express his ideas, and do it well. The paper of the future will doubtless be a summary. Our present day seer would predict that the “Review of Reviews” will be the style of the magazine the boys and girls of to-morrow will need. The world is too busy to read long and verbose articles. “Thoughts, facts and lives are what we want,” says the toiler as he lifts his head above the surrounding ignorance. How shall the need be met is the question for the present century to solve.

Admit, if you will, that from the colleges and seminaries of our country the young men and women will go forth who shall speak in the coming day through the press; grant that education develops mind, and that mind sways men, what more beneficial than colleges, and what more important than the college paper? It is not expected or even presumed that a college magazine will be perfection. The editors may

be “very smart,” Drydens if you wish, yet the singer of eighteen is not the poet of three score years. Time gives ripeness, experience teaches and the cleverest youth will have to do better.

From a college paper those who write for it will gain a more thorough mastery of expression. The writer knows that his readers are judging him by his production, and no “effusion of an empty brain” will satisfy them. To live and succeed he must have something to say. He must speak to, for and of men, and to attain this object he must make mankind his study—and what a study are students when free from home influences and restraints! The recluse may be a “bookish” writer, but he will lack the most essential quality—a living, personal, intimate knowledge of his subject. There is a vast difference between knowing an object from one’s own experience and knowing it as perceived and reported by another; both are limited, it is true, but one much more than the other. He must also create and establish a sympathy between himself and his readers.

They are to be won. With active brain and critical mental acumen they will detect the least mistake, see through all shams and falsehoods and consequently will appreciate the good. The style must be lively,

direct and readable, and one needs but the experience of a reporter to know how hard it is to “write up” the commonality of every day life, making it more interesting. The vision must be clear, the hearing acute in order that everything may be perceived and the more we see of the base ball games or of the gymnasium exhibition the better our description. Some having eyes see not, and ears, hear not; but the aspirant for literary honors must use both. Self should also be lost in the knowledge of the responsibility of the position. The readers are to be edified and pleased and their lives made larger by the wisdom gained.

And so while for the writer awaits the drudgery of research, the weary hours when the brain refuses to work and mental life is almost at a stand still, yet the remembrance that he demands and influences a larger and more intelligent audience than many of the world’s great men should be an incentive to noble effort and earnest endeavor.

Then there are advantages accruing to the reader of the college paper. To the absent student it is a memorial of by gone days. The “old” boy looking over the new boy’s production, perhaps with a smile, recalls familiar faces, loved retreats, and the many happy though busy hours of college

life, days when the mental energy and bodily vigor were taxed to their utmost, joyful hours sine cura.

ARCHIVES

College Journalism Former Staff Member From the archives brings you old news today. As time passes, the news we report on changes, as does the way we report on it. Conversely, we’ve been covering some of the same issues since 1872. Unsurprisingly, the late nineteenth century was not immune to moral panic about kids being too overwhelmed to think critically though it is a little wild how much of this anonymous proclamation could have been written today (archaic stlye and gendered language aside).

1893: vol. 22, issue 8.

The distinctive feature of the present era is its journalistic tendency. Men are writing, and from the printing presses of the world are pouring forth numberless magazines, pamphlets and newspapers, so much so that one is forced to think that the super-abundance of literature must be either because we think more than our forefathers, or else we love to lose the thought in its decorations.

It is to be feared that ideas are at a premium, while the setting is the

“And whilst pensive memory lingers O er those scenes to be forgotten never”

in his imagination his youth returns. He is kept in touch with the present generation, appreciates their needs more fully and sees wherein they have failed. Noticing the advancement of the advancing years, he can judge of his college’s relation to its age, and consequently must be a better adviser. He understands how religious, studious, advanced, noble and ennobling are the young people of the university in which he is interested. The social gatherings and receptions, the enjoyment of the festal occasions, the appreciation of the athletic sports, the contests in political life, and the energy manifested by the literary societies, if narrated, and they generally are, are perused with imparting interest.

Nowhere else can the reader feel the thrilling and rejuverating [sic] powers of youth so fully and so powerfully as through a college paper, and from no source can he gain a more reliable knowledge of the progress and work of his alma mater.

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FILM

Sharp Reviews: ‘Call Me by Your Name’

We need to talk about tasteless, dangerous aestheticization of age differences in queer cinema.

DEREK SHARP & ALANA PARÉ Contributors Call Me by Your Name lands in a strange time in Queer cinema; the film doesn’t do anything new, innovative or very exciting. It’s potentially the first in a new wave of queer romance films. Following the groundbreaking Moonlight (2016), Carol (2015), and Blue Is The Warmest Colour (2013), Call Me by Your Name has the strange honour of being the first run-of-the-mill LGBTQ romance. This is deeply unfortunate, as Call Me by Your Name romanticizes pedophilia. This is a massive, massive red flag, and really is the beginning and end of any discussion around Call Me by Your Name that I wish to have.

But this is a review, and so I feel obligated to talk about aesthetics and camera work.

The scenes that don’t follow 17-year-old Elio (Timothée Chalamet) and 24-year-old Oliver’s (Armie Hammer) toxic relationship are pleasant enough. The Italian setting is pastoral, languid, dreamlike

and deeply romantic. There are beautiful – although exclusively white – people with high cheekbones and defined jawlines who smash faces.

Everyone is contemplative and cool.

The performances are good, some of the jokes hit, the cinematography is leisurely and beautiful. It’s a wellexecuted, if unoriginal, aesthetic for an indie film.

Now that’s out of the way, we need to talk about the box that the One Queer Film A Year gets to live in.

There is a Queer Film Bingo Card that lazy directors and producers seem to use as a checklist for creating their films. This includes tropes such as idyllic cinematography, everyone smoking and unrealistically poetic dialogue. However there’s one particular “trope” that continues to dominate queer movies that is in danger of becoming a foul emblem for the community: the toxic age gap.

First, some context: In queer media, there’s often one in the couple who is inexperienced and submissive. Usually they’re short. Their love interest is confident, swaggering, experienced

THERE IS A QUEER FILM BINGO CARD THAT

LAZY DIRECTORS AND

PRODUCERS SEEM TO USE AS A CHECKLIST.

and dominant. In its initial forms, the pairing wasn’t purposeless. Viewers, sometimes in a period of questioning their identity in real life, identified with the inexperienced character and found comfort in a gorgeous, dreamy person embodying their own struggles. Among those identifying with the more experienced character, it fostered pride, and created a culture and awakening among queer youths to live authentically.

Originally a somewhat positive trope, it mutated: the experienced

one got older and the inexperienced one dangerously younger, casually fetishizing barely legal teenagers. The queer community has been fighting against such harmful allegations for years, not to mention the added stigma against queer men as sex offenders and child molesters. What a fucking slap in the face, after all that, to be faced with a movie that makes some easy cash after exploiting those stereotypes for the aesthetic. When we’re done protesting against Kevin Spacey and Woody Allen, why do we

lay down our picket signs and go fawn over aesthetic gifs of Elio and Oliver online and gush about it with our friends, thus normalizing this trope for another generation?

Call Me by Your Name is a generic indie film that preys on your desire for queer cinematic representation and uncritically tells a story that is fundamentally harmful to the community it apparently represents.

Performances, aesthetics and music be damned: the world needs to demand better.

LITERATURE

Mount Allison hosts four N.B. authors in conjunction with book design exhibit Stop by and experience a variety of places at the Ralph Pickard Bell Library

MAX CHAPMAN Arts & Culture Reporter Mount Allison’s R.P. Bell Library opened the New Brunswick Book Design Exhibit on Thursday, March 1 with Writing with a Sense of Place, a well attended show consisting of four authors from N.B. Excited chatter filled the room as the ground outside was covered in a fresh dusting of snow.

“Opening [the exhibit] with real New Brunswick authors is a definite high point,” said one of the event organizers. Each author was chosen for their tendency to create a sense of place in their writing. The artists described what place meant to them and how they used it in their writing.

Author Jane Tims was the first to read. The book she wrote, In the Shelter of the Covered Bridge, focuses on one of the integral parts of New Brunswick’s identity: our covered bridges. We have more covered bridges than any other province, as well as the longest covered bridge in the world. Tims uses her poetry to set her readers in an accurate portrayal of New Brunswick.

Peter Clair, an Indigenous novelist from New Brunswick, read a selection from his novel Taapoategl & Pallet: A Mi’kmaq Journey of Loss & Survival.

Clair said that place is imperative to his writing habits. “Place is how we think of it, we don’t know how it thinks at all,” said Clair. “We tend to think of the land as belonging to us.

I like to think that we belong to the land.” Clair’s writings reflected this, as many traditions are detailed in this story of survival and struggle.

Allan Cooper, a celebrated poet and Mt. A alumnus, stressed the importance family plays in establishing place. Many of his poems were directed at and dedicated to his daughter. His poetry conveyed a very matter-of-fact sense of family being constantly available, and how we tend to take that availability for granted. Many of the students and professors in the crowd appeared to identify with this touching reading.

Cooper also spoke of his time spent in the R.P. Bell Library as an undergrad, researching poems and conferring with colleagues.

The final author was Beth Powning.

Powning’s works considered place as a reflection of the weather and how that affects those experiencing N.B. life. “When I write, I cannot start until I know what season it is, what [the characters] feel, the weather, what they can smell,” said Powning. “I find it hard to talk about place because it is so much of everything. I love place.”

Powning’s readings from her book Home: A North Country Chronicle strongly reflected how accomplished authors blend place and narrative together.

Writing with a Sense of Place was a perfect talk for anyone with any interest in writing in a professional capacity. It was incredibly well put together; the authors who read all had their own take on “place” as a subject, and the life experience to match. The N.B. Book Design exhibit and other talks are scheduled for a few cities around New Brunswick. If you are interested in attending, check out future events at www.wfnb.ca.

THE EXHIBITED BOOKS WILL BE ON DISPLAY UNTIL APRIL 19 AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE LIBRARY. CHAOYI LIANG./ARGOSY

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Small Town, Big Mystery

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Chapter 7: Kindred Spirits

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MARIA DIME Columnist Ralph stood stock still, his body pressed against the grey concrete wall like he was made of paper. He could hear the cicadic buzz of the cylindrical LED lights on the ceiling, and the quiet hum of a vent farther down the hallway. He held his breath and counted to ten, then, sure there was no one nearby, continued to creep down the hall of the Lincolnshire Air Force Base.

He passed dozens of closed doors, all grey with black handles, and labeled with a letter and three digit code. One hallway led to another in the endless maze, and he found himself back at a door he knew he’d passed already. Blazing sassafras! Do they take me for some kind of Theseus?

Exhausted and frustrated, he pulled a small flask of wine and a chocolate marshmallow granola bar from his back pocket, and squatted down against the wall. And Christ, why in hell is this place so deserted!?

But the second the thought crossed his mind he instantly regretted it, as the quiet clop of heeled shoes reached his ears, emanating from the vent above him. He sprung to his feet and, unsure in which direction to bolt, ran back towards the hall from which he’d come. He rounded the corner tightly and blundered into an elderly woman, knocking her right over and landing on top of her, his face crushing hers.

“Officer! Please help me,” Ms. Fannon pleaded as he rolled off of her. “I was on a tour, and have become terribly lost.”

Ralph was stunned to see his old neighbour Ms. Fannon lying beside him (he’d moved away from her street when his parents separated).

“Ms. Fannon! It’s me, Ralph,” he spat out in a whisper. “They don’t

“I’M COMMITTED TO THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE, WHEREVER IT TAKES ME.” give tours. What in an olive tree are you doing here?”

“Ralph! My word, you’ve grown.

Shouldn’t you be at school?”

“Shhh! They’ll hear us. Look, Ms. Fannon. I’m committed to the pursuit of justice, wherever it takes

me. I’m here to dig up some dirt on the Herr Hansel murder.”

“As am I, as am I. How strange…

Well, have you found anything?”

“Well, you know the teacher Ms. Tallrustle? She was dating Herr Hansel, but it’s led me nowhere.

They’ve done a pretty good cover on this one. But everyone saw that military plane, and I’ve been communicating with Herr Hansel’s spirit and he’s urged me to come here.

There’s got to be something here.”

“Well, let’s keep looking. If they catch us I’ll pretend I’m having a stroke.”

“And I’ll fly like a pegasus.”

Our heroes slipped about the base for another thirty minutes, mystified by the emptiness of its inner layers.

But as they reached the end of yet another hallway, they heard the

distinct sound of angry men. Peering around the corner they saw nothing, but the sound clearly came from a room about 20 metres down the hall.

“Cover me,” Ms. Fannon said, and she set off down the hall without waiting for a response.

As she neared the door the muffled shouting became clear, and she bent over to place her ear on the doorknob.

“General Howe, this cannot go on.”

“Corporal, you may leave.”

“Sir,” the Corporal growled, “the findings of my investigation are clear.

We know what happened.”

“Corporal, you will erase the results of the investigation! No one can know that Herr Hansel’s body was here. Is that clear?”

Mt. A graduates bring cyanotype to the Owens

Community gathers for another round of Maker Maker Written by Ryan Karimi | Photos by Gillian Hill

The penultimate Maker Maker of the semester was a resounding success, both in turnout and in fostering community and conversation.

“Art helps people develop empathy. It’s not one of those things that immediately comes to mind, but it’s such an important quality in humans,” said artist Melissa Marr, one of the leaders of the cyanotype workshop. That quality is precisely what Maker Maker sets out to cultivate in the Sackville community.

Maker Maker is a program run three times per semester by the Owens Art Gallery. The gallery brings in people, some of whom don’t necessarily identify as professional artists, to lead workshops on pocket-sized art projects. In the past, students who possess expertise in a specific art form have been brought in. For example, Kim McMillan was brought in to teach pompom-making.

Around 40 people gathered in the second floor of the Owens last Wednesday night for the latest instalment of Maker Maker. A soundtrack featuring an electric banjo played lightly in the background as participants mingled at their tables. The atmosphere was relaxed; old friends asked about new jobs and the young women at my table discussed their grandmothers’ favourite books and plans for future tattoos.

Five minutes after the scheduled start of the event, Lucy MacDonald, the curator of education and community outreach at the Owens, gingerly tapped the microphone on the lectern in front of the room. She introduced the artists conducting the workshop, and formally began the evening’s events.

The artists Karen Stentaford and Melissa Marr first met as children at an art camp in Newfoundland. They crossed paths again during orientation week at Mount Allison in the early ’90s and became fast friends. After graduation, Marr went on to co-found Wonder’neath Art Society in Halifax and Stentaford was appointed a professor and photo technician in the Mt. A fine arts department.

“Cyanotype is a process dependent on the sun,” explained Stentaford before walking the audience through the history of the process and outlining how it’s done. According to Stentaford, cyanotype was developed by Anna Atkins in 1842, alongside Sir John Herschel. Its original application was to create rapidly reproducible botanical photographs. Normally, cyanotypes are developed with UV light from the sun, but Stentaford and Marr utilized a procedure for cyanotyping indoors. In their process, found objects and Sharpie drawings are superimposed on sensitized paper, clamped between a tin plate and glass, exposed to a UV lamp somewhat resembling a scanner, developed with hydrogen peroxide, blotted and hung to dry.

MacDonald began a program through the Owens called Handmade Study Break a few years ago that went on to accumulate a large following.

MacDonald retired the program two years ago, but its success inspired her to create the Maker Maker series, now finishing its second year. “I feel like people want to make things. People are looking for experiences where they can make things with their hands,” she said. She went on to state that her primary motivations for starting it up were “creating opportunities for people to make things, creating opportunities for people to lead workshops [and] creating opportunities for people to come together in the Owens.”

She elaborated further, saying, “The interesting thing about this program is that it’s something that brings together fine arts students, students without an art background, artists in the community [and] community members. There are even people who travel from Moncton to be here.”

A welcoming atmosphere is crucial to the success of the event. “Everyone gathers around to make work, and to have a social experience as well,” said MacDonald. “The social aspect of these workshops is really important. There aren’t many things that bring students and community members together in such an easy way.” MacDonald also feels it’s important to conduct the events in the space of a gallery, so that Maker Maker can serve as an introduction to the Owens, especially for students in faculties other than fine arts.

First-year fine arts student Grace McCrea reiterated this sentiment. The point of Maker Maker, she said, is “for people to get into the art community.

It’s just a nice break.” Admittedly, this reporter attended the event to gather information and not to socialize, but as the night went on, I couldn’t help but talk to people around me and even make a cyanotype myself. There is something inherently communal about the act of creating art.

MacDonald expressed satisfaction with the regular turnout at Maker Maker, but a venue like the Owens can certainly accommodate more people.

Attendee Annelie Thurler acknowledged this. It always takes some persuasion to bring her friends out, she said, “but they always seem to enjoy it when they’re here.”

A few attendees made compelling cases for attending. “The point of Maker Maker is to express [your] creativity [and] learn something new,” said firstyear fine arts student Alicia Bailey. Chemistry student Annabelle Killam, now in her second year at Mt. A, remarked, “I don’t normally come out to these, but I’m into photography and thought I’d give it a try.”

Ultimately, philosophy student Jack Hadley summed it up well: “Life isn’t actually that busy. You’ve got to make time to go to things.” As Maker Maker attendees often discover, it can be therapeutic to simply engage with those around you. Keep an eye on the Owens Art Gallery page on Facebook for future event details — there will be one more Maker Maker before the end of the semester.

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ARTS & CULTURE

MARCH 8, 2018 | ARGOSY@MTA.CA

DRAMA

MUSIC

Motyer-Fancy’s most recent production tackles controversial campus subject matter

Music department prepares for annual series of student recitals showcasing variety of topics

Really Really, see Students excited for busy “Really Really” performance season

JENA MCLEAN Arts & Culture Reporter In the opening scene of Paul Downs Colaizzo’s Really Really, the audience meets two girls returning from the party of the year. Grace giggles as she deals with a bleeding hand.

Leigh distantly checks her texts, calls her voicemail four times, begins to hyperventilate and finally utters a quiet, mysterious: “Ow.” This moment, this contrast between total happiness and utter pain, this mystery, is perhaps the best sampling of the show as a whole, which runs until Saturday at the Motyer-Fancy Theatre.

“It’s a very cutthroat play about a group of university students and the lengths to which they will go to achieve the life that they’ve been told they want,” said Kennedy Longaphie, who plays Grace, roommate to the main character Leigh. Without giving too much away, the play also tackles topics of privilege, sexual assault and nepotism.

“It’s quite controversial,” said Kylie Fox, a fourth-year drama and music student who plays Haley, Leigh’s sister. “I think it will create a lot of discussion, dialogue, with the audience members.”

This discussion is important to director Samantha Wilson-Tyrell.

“When I read it, a lot of conflicting thoughts and ideas and feelings came up and it made me uncomfortable and it made me want to talk about

it,” she said. “When I go to see a show and I want to talk about it afterwards, that’s a good thing, whether I like it or I don’t like it.”

Longaphie, a second-year English and drama student, agreed. “I think it’s more of a discussion,” she said.

“We can’t control what people take away from it but I hope they take away some perspective.”

To aid in this dialogue, Really Really will include “an interactive installation,” which, according to Wilson-Tyrell, will allow audience members to “take whatever they’ve just experienced and do something with it immediately after the show.”

Audience discussion is important, but student growth has been the key component to the rehearsal process.

WilsonTyrell ultimately selected this script so “students could play their own age” and work on a play that would “test them as actors.”

“They have to be people that don’t have a lot of redeeming qualities,” she said. “That’s a big thing as an actor to do that and to fully commit to something that is not you at all.”

Longaphie echoed this sentiment.

“It’s been hard to get into the mindset of a young woman who probably made a ‘Make America Great Again’ speech at one point,” she said. Despite that, “It’s been a great growing experience as an actor.”

Even though the characters can be difficult to portray and they spend much of the play in direct conflict, Fox said the cast is “like a team.”

“Because it’s such an ensemble piece, everyone has to be really supportive of each other,” she said. “That’s also a good feeling, knowing that we’ve all got each other’s backs.”

For Wilson-Tyrell, the growth of the actors has been the most exciting part of Really Really.

“There’s some talent on this stage and it is exciting when they meet the bar and then go even higher,” she said. “That is thrilling to watch.”

Really Really runs from March 7 to 10. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors, $10 for nonstudents.

Thursday’s performance is pay-what-you-can.

Tickets can be reserved by emailing motyerfancytheatre@ mta.ca.

“EVERYONE HAS TO BE REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF EACH OTHER”

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ISAIAH YANKECH Contributor Student recital season is in full swing, with the first of many successful recitals having happened last weekend.

Every March and April, music students from different disciplines and years of study display the hard work they’ve put in throughout the entire school year in the form of a recital. For each student, there is a different reason and motivation behind preparing for this type of grand end-of-year performance.

“Doing a recital is a really big achievement for students, whether or not they plan on doing a career in performance,” said third-year vocalist Emily Steers. “For some instrumentalists, there’s not a lot of opportunity to perform solo repertoire; it’s a great chance to get to do that in a professional and supportive context!”

Students can either do an uncredited recital (typically in their second year or later) with approval from their professor, or upper year students can do a recital jury earlier winter term. If a panel of professors deem that they meet the requirements for a professional quality recital, successful candidates will do a halfhour or full-hour recital for credit, replacing an end-of-year jury.

A typical weekend during recital season consists of at least one recital, and sometimes multiple performances over the weekend or even more than one recital within a day.

For some graduating students, performing a recital for credit is important, as it makes grad school applications look much stronger and more polished. For students going into music education or a non-solo performance stream, a recital is a fun way showcase the growth they’ve made as a musician.

In addition, an uncredited recital is the perfect opportunity for students to have repertoire performance ready for end-of-year jury in April.

“The process of preparing for a recital jury was fairly intense,”

said Steers. “We have to have all of our repertoire ready to a decent performance standard, meaning that we have to go above and beyond the regular repertoire requirements of our applied music classes.”

Other students are simply thankful to have the chance to do a recital regardless of whether or not it is being graded.

“Uncredited recitals are no different from the recitals being given by those who were chosen by the school,” said third-year tuba player Bryenton Innes.

Planning a recital requires lots of preparation, some of which goes beyond learning the music.

“Some things that are involved in the planning process are creating a programme, writing program notes, picking a gown or suit to wear, getting pictures done for advertising, creating a poster, inviting people to the recital and organizing the reception that follows your recital,” said fourth-year

voice student Madeline Duffy.

Student recital season is a great opportunity for students to perform a varied selection of pieces, and a chance to be exposed to works and composers they wouldn’t otherwise have been drawn towards.

“I was inspired as a WGST student to use my recital as an opportunity to showcase all of my favourite women composers that often get overlooked by the musical canon!” said Steers.

Music students at Mount Allison are very supportive of each others’ performances.

One regularly established practice amongst students after performances such as collegiums and student recitals is waiting outside the green room until the performers come out and congratulating them on their performance. In addition, students will often let their peers know whenever they’ve seen improvements between performances and studio classes.

“Be confident in your ability and recognize a recital as a personal accomplishment,” said Duffy when asked what advice she would give to students doing a recital for the first time.

I personally will be making an effort to attend every student recital.

I hope you can find the time to attend a recital, and encourage your friends to come hear the talent that the music department has to offer.

The first of seven credited recitals starts this weekend, Saturday, March 10, with the last occuring on Sunday, April 8, with many uncredited recitals interspersed in between.

EDITOR: ISAAC DOUCETTE MARCH 8, 2018 | ARGOSY@MTA.CA

CLUB SPORTS

SPORTS & HEALTH 11

Women’s curling wins AUS championships

COLUMN

Team headed to nationals despite limited funds

Let’s talk about consent EMELYANA TITARENKO Peer Education Mentor MELODY PETLOCK SHARE Advisor

SKIP KRISTA NIX DELIVERS A STONE IN A GAME VERSUS MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY ON FEB. 8. JAMES WEST/UNB ATHLETICS

KEIFER BELL Sports Reporter The Mount Allison women’s curling team is not a team that gets much attention on campus. In fact, many students have not heard of them at all as they do not participate in a league, and instead play casually on their own here in Sackville. Before reading week, the four Mt. A students participated in the AUS championships, despite their club sport status. Sarah Doak, Julia Hunter, Samantha Crook and Krista Nix have all been curling for over 10 years and showed up together as a team with confidence for the tournament.

Going into the tournament, Doak knew that the team had a chance at winning. “I expected that we would be able to compete with all of the other teams, and that we definitely had a good shot at making the playoffs,” Doak said. “From there, I felt that if we could play to our capabilities, we would have a very good chance of making the finals and booking our

ticket to Leduc.”

The Mounties ended up coming out on top of the tournament, walking out victorious after defeating Memorial University in the finals.

With the win, the team qualifies for the U Sports national final in Leduc, Alberta.

Doak explained the emotions that came along with the championship: “It’s one of the best feelings. I’ve won provincial championships in other sports, but this was my first big curling title, so it’s safe to say I’ve been waiting for something like this for a while.”

The girls do not play in a league outside of Sackville, and therefore the only travelling they do as a team is to the AUS championships, which they pay for through fundraising and personal contributions. Originally, funding was a concern for nationals, but the girls explained that they received some support from Mt. A despite being a club sport.

“After our win, we did receive some funding combined from the

Campbell-Verduyn Fund and the athletic department. Although it won’t cover all of our expenses, we appreciate the support the school has shown us as we go off to nationals.”

Impressively, the team does not formally practice. They explained how their training works while being full-time students here on campus.

“Due to limited ice time in Sackville, and conflicting schedules, we typically practice on our own throughout the week. Additionally, we each curl in the various evening leagues at the Sackville Curling Club.”

Clearly, the four girls trust each others’ talents and work well together despite the lack of practicing that they do together. Going into nationals, Doak talked about what she expects: “My expectation for nationals is to play to the best of our abilities, compete well against the other teams and hopefully secure a playoff spot.”

The U Sports Curling Championships will take place March 24–28 in Leduc, AB.

Yes, 96 per cent of Canadians believe all sexual activities should be consensual, but only one in three Canadians actually understand what giving consent means, according to a 2015 study from the Canadian Women’s Foundation.

What is consent?

Consent is permission for something to happen, or an agreement to do something. It is required when two or more people have sex. Consent needs to be verbal, and requires saying a full and enthusiastic “Yes!” Consent is required continuously during a first sexual encounter and, within reason, all subsequent encounters.

Neither going on a date nor several dates means you agree to have sex.

This means that if I said I wanted to do a certain sexual activity with you and then, five minutes into it, I said, “I changed my mind, let’s stop,” then you must immediately stop – with no further pressuring or convincing. Saying “No” or “Stop” or suddenly clearly not participating by lying still, moving away or rolling over does not mean “Try harder,” it simply means “I no longer consent to partake in this activity.” The messages meaning “No” can be verbal or physical. So read the cues and if they mean or suggest “No,” stop!

What if we are both drunk?

Sex is legal when the participants consent to it and are legally and mentally able to give consent.

Consent means saying yes to something, provided that you are able to understand what you are agreeing to and can give your consent freely.

If one or both parties are extremely drunk they will not be considered

able to give consent. If either of you is too drunk or too high to completely know what you’re doing, then it’s impossible to have informed consent.

If you or your partner is inebriated, you can’t give consent and you won’t know if you’ve truly got consent.

What if we are both part of hook-up culture? Does that not imply consent?

Discussing all of our sexual preferences, including what turns us on and what turns us off, may sound like something only deeply committed and intimate partners would feel comfortable doing. But some people are new to hook-up culture, and some may claim they are comfortable with hook-ups because they just want to try it out or do not want to look naive or inexperienced. In hook-up culture, it is still your responsibility to be sure you have consent.

Do I really have to ask and do they really have to say “Yes?” C o n s e n t means affirmative agreement, not quiet acquiescence.

Not saying “No” does not mean “Yes.” Not pushing away or resisting does not mean “Yes.” Consent needs to be verbal. This means that the word “Yes” needs to be said out loud.

Simply put, the only way consent can be given is if the person says, “Yes,” including “Yes, I want to do this,” or “Yes, let’s continue doing this,” or “Yes, I like that.” Sex without that “Yes” is sexual assault. The only word that can be used to give consent is at the beginning of this column.

Still not sure you understand what consent means? Do you feel shy or awkward about what to say or how to say it? SHARE can help! SHARE can provide advice, arrange counselling, organize education sessions for one, three or any number of people, or even provide advice by text or email.

Feel free to reach out to Melody Petlock at share@mta.ca.

ONLY ONE IN THREE CANADIANS ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT GIVING CONSENT MEANS

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KRISTA NIX, SAMANTHA CROOK, JULIA HUNTER, SARAH DOAK AND COACH JIM NIX COMPETED IN THE AUS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN FREDERICTON ON FEB. 8–11 AND CAME HOME WITH THE BANNER. JAMES WEST/UNB ATHLETICS

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SPORTS & HEALTH

WELLNESS CENTRE

The bittersweet truth about sugar Finding a place for sugar in a healthy and balanced diet

KATHLEEN MORRISON Health Intern Numerous studies have shown an association between sugar consumption and increased cardiovascular disease, obesity and cancer. These findings have sparked a reduction in or elimination of sugar intake in some individuals’ diets.

However, not all sugar needs to be avoided.

Sugar is a crystalline carbohydrate that yields a sweet taste. As we all know, sugar is frequently added to foods for flavour enhancement by ourselves and by manufacturers.

Naturally occurring sugars that are present in fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy products, eggs and nuts, and should not be cut out. In fact, a high intake of fruits, vegetables and whole grains has been shown to reduce the risk of diabetes, heart disease and some cancers. Therefore, natural sugars can be incorporated into a healthy and balanced diet.

Problems with sugar consumption arise when too much sugar is added to food. Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California San Francisco, claims that we are becoming addicted to the “toxic” substance, sugar. According to Dr. Lustig, the food industry is hooking us on sugar because they know it will make us buy more.

In a 15-year study published in 2014, Dr. Frank Hu, a professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, found that people for whom added sugar made up 17 per cent to 21 per cent of their caloric intake had a 38 per cent higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease in comparison to those for whom it made up only eight per cent of their caloric intake. The increased risks for heart attack and stroke are linked to higher blood pressure, weight gain, diabetes and fatty liver disease – all of which can be brought about by a high intake of added sugar.

Artificial sweeteners have been used in replacement of sugar to offer the desired sweetness without unwanted calories. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved five artificial sweeteners: saccharin, acesulfame, aspartame, neotame and sucralose, as well as one natural low-calorie sweetener, stevia.

For the most part, studies leading to these FDA approvals have ruled out the risk of cancer. However, these

studies were done on a small scale, so the effect of large amounts of these sweeteners over a long period of time is unknown.

In a multiethnic study of atherosclerosis, which is a disease in which plaque builds up inside your arteries, found that daily consumption of diet pops was associated with a 67 per cent greater risk for Type 2 diabetes and a 36 per cent greater risk for metabolic syndrome. Artificial sweeteners may not be a healthy alternative to sugar in our diets, but they can serve as a means of transitioning to a reduction in added sugar intake.

Sarah McGeachy, a fourth-year biology student, said, “I am well aware of the health risks of consuming too much added sugar. However, when I am drinking a glass of juice, for example, I do not think that that glass of juice could put me at greater risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.”

McGeachy speaks to the daily struggle of finding ways to exercise dietary restraint.

“You don’t hear of people dying from high sugar intake, but this reality is masked by the health problems in which it causes,” McGeachy continued. “For example, having a heart attack could be linked to high blood pressure and weight gain that originated from a poor diet that included a lot of added sugar over a long period of time.” McGeachy is making the point that it is difficult to stop yourself from having a glass of juice when it is not immediately putting you at risk for greater health issues.

Easy ways to reduce your intake of added sugar include cutting back on the amount of sugar you add to food and drinks like coffee, tea and cereal; replacing sugary cereal with oatmeal and fruit; reducing the amount of sugar you use while baking by one third; choosing the food you buy based on added sugar content; and drinking sugar-free instead of sugarsweetened beverages.

Generally, we are aware that high sugar intake should be avoided, but many of us continue to drink pop, eat candy and add sugar to our coffee. We should all try to be more conscientious of what we are consuming.If you are interested in professional dietary advice, the Mt. A Wellness Centre (wellness@ mta.ca) has a dietitian available for appointments upon request.

MARCH 8, 2018 | ARGOSY@MTA.CA

ATHLETE PROFILE

Better know a Mountie: Kellan Duke Mountie’s co-captain is a fourth-year forward

DUKE (RIGHT) MAKES AN OFFENSIVE PLAY AGAINST KING’S GUARD ILYA KURBANOV (LEFT) IN A GAME EARLIER THIS SEASON. PAUL LYNCH/SUBMITTED taking over. According to Duke, lower-year players. “I may not be as HAMZA MUNAWAR Chapman “came in and committed vocal but I strive to provide a more Sports Reporter his whole time to us.” The new coach composed attitude. I enjoy taking on pushed the Mounties in his first a mentoring role with the younger Over the course of the past four season and they qualified to compete players because sometimes you need years, the basketball culture at Mount for nationals for the first time in years. to hear positive things versus being Allison has changed drastically Although they didn’t win games, they pushed as an athlete.” from being a middle-of-the-pack did contend, setting the expectations As his last season comes to a conference team to a contender. As a for this year. close, Duke says that he “couldn’t be co-captain and a senior, Kellan Duke This season, Duke is one of the happier with how both I and the team has been part of the journey from co-captains on the team. Speaking progressed. I’ve made everlasting where the Mounties were to where to the new responsibility, he said “I friends and can’t wait to see how we they are now. didn’t think it’d be me. It’s an honor finish up this year, and to follow them Born in Ladner, B.C., and later and I definitely aim to be both a ‘team beyond.” moving to Cole Harbor, N.S., Duke first’ and ‘lead by example’ kind of The Mounties finished their season started his athletic career at a very guy.” Between Duke, Brad Sanford this past weekend at Dal AC, making young age. Since the age of six, he has and Thomas LeGallais, there is a an appearance in the semi-finals of been a dual-sport athlete, competing good balance between the upper- and the ACAA Championships. in both basketball and swimming.

Eventually, when he entered Auburn Drive High School, basketball took priority. “Both my older brothers played basketball at the university level,” said Duke. “It was always a big part of my childhood, and a dream to continue the tradition.”

During his time in high school, Duke had a decorated career, contributing to two provincial championships. This feat was recognized by previous Mountie’s head coach Duane Starratt, who recruited Duke to play for Mt. A. Duke accepted his offer because, in addition to having an opportunity to play on the basketball team, the strong academic reputation of the University appealed to him.

During Duke’s first season, there was a large incoming class of rookies, accounting for about half the team.

This contributed to making the team more competitive both internally and externally. “This was a step in the right direction. I particularly remember during my first season, we played against Crandall, which was a top team, and won. The veterans were ecstatic, we became a competitive team,” said Duke.

Last season, there was a change in AS OF THE ACAA CHAMPIONSHIPS, DUKE HAS COMPLETED HIS FOUR-YEAR head coaches with Steve Chapman CAREER WITH THE MOUNTIES. PAUL LYNCH/SUBMITTED

EDITOR: ALLISON MACNEILL| MARCH 8, 2018 | ARGOSY@MTA.CA

ALLYSHIP

OPINIONS 13

Lessons learned from the 2018 Feminist Leadership Conference

REBECCA ZUK Contributor This year I worked with a team to put together the Feminist Leadership Conference (FLC) that was held on March 2 and 3. We started with one goal: making feminism on campus more intersectional. But how? All of us were white women, so how could we ensure that diverse voices were heard? We worked to create a platform where various voices would be represented for all of us to learn

from. The theme of allyship followed naturally. It sounds idealistic, and to an extent it was, but putting idealism into practice is not a simple task. How to represent without tokenizing? How to organize without dictating? How to prioritize speakers, activities, discussions, when there are so many interlocking oppressions present that deserve our attention?

Most importantly, how to make this conference a truly meaningful learning experience and not simply a checking of boxes?

The process of organizing helped me recognize my own problematic behaviours and misconceptions.

I had to accept that some of my ideas would be criticized. A human library, for example, could have been a valuable experience but could also be seen as tokenizing and a logistical nightmare. I had to keep putting ideas out there anyway, and eventually the FLC came together. We decided to centre Indigeneity by bringing in

two Indigenous speakers, because of recent events including the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Inquiries and news surrounding the murders of Colton Boushie, Tina Fontaine and Brady Francis. We felt that a conversation on allyship would be incomplete without Indigenous voices given the circumstances of Canada as a colonial state and Mount Allison in particular being situated on unceded Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik territory. We also scheduled the conference so that our voices took up as little space as possible, leaving the content up to the speakers and the participants. Though we had to cancel our keynote Friday night, the conference ran smoothly on Saturday. Good conversations arose, information was exchanged and people genuinely learned from each other. But this can’t be the end.

I’m not writing this to pat myself on the back. I’m writing because this process showed me that it’s time

to put words into action. We white feminists need to finally leave white feminism behind. We need to do better. We need to be less afraid of getting criticized and less defensive when that criticism comes. And it will. We need to learn when it’s our place to listen and when it’s our place to speak. We need to remember that oppressions are interlocking and inextricable. Which means that fighting sexist oppression also means fighting racist oppression, homophobic oppression, ableist oppression, transphobic oppression and so on. It is time for feminists to become allies, or, as one of our panelists Kavana put it, accomplices to other marginalized communities.

I think Ta-Nehisi Coates put it more eloquently when he said, “I think one has to even abandon the phrase ‘ally’ and understand that you are not helping someone in a particular struggle; the fight is yours.”

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Stand in solidarity with the poor instead of taxing them JILL MACINTYRE Contributor Instead of advocating for a tax on sugar that would disproportionately impact low-income Canadians, here is a handy list of things that anyone can do to actually help low-income people gain access to fresh food and an active lifestyle, as well as recognize that health is a deeply personal and complicated concept.

1. Self-educate about the Canadian food system and question why produce is so much more expensive than refined foods whose production costs are higher.

2. Recognize that 13 million Canadians are food insecure right now. Fight for them.

3. Recognize that in some Northern communities, a single head of cabbage costs upwards of $30. Fresh produce is not always available or affordable.

4. Advocate for paid parental leave and free childcare so that low-income parents can have the option to cook more. Frozen and processed foods are

OPERATIONS staff DISTRIBUTION MANAGERS | Matthew Hamilton Fyfe, Shannon Power

CONTRIBUTORS Emma Delaney, Maria Dime (Pen name), Adelle Elwood, Erik Garf (Reggie Powers), Gillian Kiessling, Saurabh Kulkarni, Mary McGaffey, Kathleen Morrison, Alana Paré, the Rev. Perkin, Melody Petlock, Derek Sharp, Emelyana Titarenko, Saskia Van Walsum, Isaiah Yankech, Rebecca Zuk

an easy solution for busy families.

5. Advocate for a basic universal income so that frozen pizzas and Kraft Dinner won’t be the only options that some families can afford.

6. Donate money to a food bank so that they can purchase fresh food.

7. If you’re worried about the cost of the health-care system, let your MP know that you expect our government to fairly tax agribusinesses and corporate food manufacturers.

8. Never stigmatize welfare and EI recipients in everyday conversations or in class discussions.

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Advocate for universal pharmacare so that Canadians won’t have to make the choice between prescriptions and healthy food.

10. Recognize that there are fat people who are healthy and there are skinny people who are not. Size is not an indicator of health or worth.

11. Volunteer at a community garden.

12. Look at the school system in your own community. Are they educating children about nutrition?

If not, ask how you can help.

13. Volunteer with minor sports leagues that subsidize costs for children from low-income families.

14. Read this fun fact and learn from it: BMI (body mass index) is still used widely in Canada as an indicator of health. Those who created the arbitrary system decided that BMIs of 25 and above were overweight only because it was a round number, not because of any concrete scientific data related to weight and health.

15. Recognize that health is a deeply personal, complex concept with no universal meaning. If a poor person’s often exhausting life will be made temporarily better by a bag of chips and a Coke, don’t shame them for it.

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Recognize that gym memberships and exercise classes are unaffordable for millions of Canadians. Support public parks, arenas and community centres.

17. Consider that stigmatizing a food item like sugar may be insensitive towards those who are

recovering from disordered eating and those who have complicated relationships with food.

18. Consider that even if a sugar tax was imposed, the Canadian government would likely not use it to subsidize healthy food without widespread lobbying from the people.

Food is a basic human right that is not being met in Canada, a wealthy country, let alone in most of the world.

19. Educate yourself about poverty in Canada and recognize that poverty is inevitable under capitalism. Food choices are not the problem, poverty is.

20. Recognize that classism in Canada and beyond is alive and well in 2018. Don’t let your friends, peers, family or professors get away with being classist, as it has actual material consequences for poor and workingclass people.

COVER | Sarah Noonan

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OPINIONS

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STUDENT POLITICS

International students need a designated MASU councillor position to represent their interests

SAURABH KULKARNI Contributor As an international student who came here four years ago, I believe that Mount Allison provides worldclass education and experiences.

This belief is challenged by the lack of representation of the “global” population of Mt. A, something that has been an important part of the conversation about inclusivity at the University. The 10 per cent of the student population that comes from over 54 countries for this world-class education are subjected to paying over double the tuition fees. International students also pay equal membership fees to the Mount Allison Students’ Union (MASU) and yet find that they have no representation on the council.

MASU has designated positions for various academic and demographic

representatives on the council, which includes academic senators, board of regents representative and first-year councillor. Many of the 250 international students that find minimal representation on the MASU share a feeling of alienation from the student government, and so tend to not be active in student politics and events.

International students face unique challenges, some of which are English as a second language, the inability to have a gap year or gap semester, and restrictions on work hours.

There is also a visible gap in the interactions between domestic and international students because of the lack of involvement and interest in the international community’s events from the local population. These challenges are on top of the intense academic and social pressure faced by all university students. These issues require attention from the MASU, but remain distant because of the lack of a representative to bring them forward.

In the past, the Students’ Administrative Council (SAC) has had a designated international student councillor. However, this position was converted into an ad hoc group assigned to work on the

issues faced by international students.

This was done because many of the previous councillors felt that SAC was neither able to understand the gravity of the problems nor relate to them. The ad hoc committee was dissolved after two years.

The potential for re-introduction of this position was brought to a halt because of the structural readjustment of the council a few years ago. In 2015, the international student affairs coordinator position has been created (a staff position under VP Student Life) to fill the void. However, due to the limited liaison role and the absence of an international affairs committee on the MASU, this position is restricted in its functionality.

This is not to discount the fact that, in recent years, the MASU has successfully resolved the issue of international students’ access to provincial healthcare and is working toward resolving the inability of international students to obtain provincial identification. All of the work put in by the executive of the MASU is worth great praise and gratitude. However, on a broader level, other universities in New Brunswick (such as UNB and St. Thomas), as well as other English

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS PAY $17,250 PER YEAR IN TUITION, COMPARED TO THE RATE OF $7,995 PAID BY CANADIAN STUDENTS. LOUIS SOBOL/ARGOSY universities in Atlantic Canada, have designated international student councillors that work toward bringing these issues to light on their respective councils. This ultimately facilitates the executive in doing their job more effectively.

For all the reasons mentioned, combined with the need for increased

awareness about this issue within the MASU and in the general student population, it is important that a voting International Student Councillor position be introduced.

This will help the MASU and the University to take a step closer in working toward diversity inclusion and equitable student representation.

COLUMN

Spring is a time for the celebration of hope and new life

THE REV. JOHN C. PERKIN Columnist We all wait for spring to come, perhaps nowhere with as much anticipation as in Canada. In Northern Canada, the celebration of light comes even as winter moves into its coldest time, with a celebration of the first sunrise after the sun

disappears for a while in December and early January. In Inuvik, since 1988 the town has celebrated that first sunrise in January, people turning their faces to sun to be nourished by its healing power.

Across much of Europe, spring comes a little earlier than in Canada, linked closely to the religious

observance of Easter. I remember asking a friend from Australia about Easter celebrations in that country; rooted in European traditions, I wondered how Easter was celebrated there given its close connections to the cycles of new life and renewal while in Australia the nation is headed towards its winter. That’s easy, he told me, we just pretend it’s spring. Easter is filled with celebrations of life: its restoration, energy and hope. The symbols of eggs and rabbits suggest fertility and new life, even as the church proclaims resurrection.

It is not only Christian cultures which look forward to spring.

We all long for a time of renewal, the celebration of life, whether or not it is linked to specific ideas of resurrection. This past week marked the sacred holy day of Holi in the Hindu calendar. Celebrated in India and around the world, Holi is a time of regeneration and renewal, and a time of celebration. Holi is linked back to mythological love stories

of the gods; it heralds spring in celebrating relationships, through visits with family and friends, sharing good food, and of course the coloured powders which are exuberantly tossed on others.

The Sikh observance of Hola Mohalla, just three days after Holi, is a time of honouring the faith and the connection to the Sikh community, and is implicitly a celebration of renewal not only to the faith but to life in the springtime of the year. In Thailand, the Songkran water festival, shortly after the spring equinox, involves many practices including water being tossed on participants.

In Japan, sakura, or cherry blossom, season is a visible reminder of the coming of spring; along river banks, where cherry trees bloom, people wander to view the blossoms and to have a picnic, reaffirming family ties and the joy of life as spring returns.

We all need such celebration. It is not quite spring in Sackville, but the equinox is coming. Our own small

observance of our hope for spring to come tends to be limited to watching the awakening of groundhogs in early February. While St Patrick’s Day is not specifically tied to spring, certainly the exuberance with which it is celebrated in North America suggests the need to let loose a little, to throw off the inhibitions of winter and to revel in the coming season.

At heart, all the different celebrations of the coming of light, warmth and new growth are linked to the idea of a new beginning, hope, and the promise of new life, even as the assurance is given that goodness will triumph over evil, even life over death. I think we all need to celebrate spring this month, with the coming of warmth, light, new growth, and the assurance that was given by the mystic and religious hermit Julian of Norwich in the 14th century: “All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well.”

Call for the discussion corner: Tell us about your favourite professor! Who has gone above and beyond to support you as a student? Contact Allison MacNeill with your comments to appear in next week’s paper.

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EDITOR: CARLY PENROSE | MARCH 8, 2018 | ARGOSY@MTA.CA

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ACROSS 1. The opposite of the start 7. Card that gets you deals when you shop!

10. This type of high school calculus was for nerds 12. Scottish male name, that becomes French when you add an “e” on the end 16. To offer another option 17. Archaic way to refer to something that is not closed 18. Person who is hoping for the best for you 20. To agree, in Spain 21. Indian flatbread 23. A fun and musical drunk activity 24. As … heck (explicitly) 25. A type of bag that administers substances directly into the blood 26. A disapproving sound

27. American lobbyist group that touts the second amendment 28. An idiom that means “As long as the outcome is good, it doesn’t matter how it was achieved.”

31. Stereotypical Canadian saying 32. Can protect your extremities from very cold or very hot temperatures 33. This church figurehead was from Avila 34. Elon Musk’s automobile brand 35. Like the finger of the foot 37. The Gallagher brothers made up this band, famous for Wonderwall, among other things 38. You might get this in grad school if you want to start a business 41. Crew whose most common recommendation is to “turn it off and on again” 43. To put oneself to the test

44. Soothing green veggie 46. A term for a goody-two-shoes tattletale 48. If you pass this you can collect $200 49. The home of the holiest dairy product 50. First name of 300 star Butler 51. Triple this to make part of the chant for Windsor Hall 53. Letters featured on the garbage truck logo 55. Common degree program at Mt. A 57. X-_____ is a crafter’s tool for straight cut edges 58. There are 42 in a marathon 59. It all about ___!

60. Squirrel’s stash consists of lots of this 62. Back __ the day

63. American author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 65. Music city, U.S.A. 69. Doubled, this makes the last name of an influential artist and activist from China 70. This business stat representing profitability is calculated by dividing net income by revenue.

71. 2006 animated film featuring a bear and a deer who are buddies 73. You do something with this when you it look simple 75. Canada’s biggest province 77. Multiple males, in French 78. Old timey term for food ready for eating 79. All powerful Norse god 80. Bubbly, or wired 83. Long, whiny speeches 85. To contemplate 86. What you dip a quill into 87. Last name of PGA golfer Ernie 88. Earlier than noon DOWN 1. Taking something (or someone) in, temporarily 2. This nationality is said to be both lucky and fighters 3. A charged molecule 4. If you are from Latin America, or certain places in Europe, you likely speak this language 5. The place you’re from 6. Gym class acronym 7. The final public performance before calling it quits 8. Beloved Pawnee newscaster from Parks and Recreation 9. Socioeconomic status 10. Like an uncomfortable burrito 11. Celtic Women’s song released in 2008, performed and written in Welsh 12. What the person who is it does in our game of tag 13. The turns that do not get automatic right of way (in North America) 14. A pirate’s “um” 15. This guy’s locker is basically pirate Hell 19. Like the powerball, or 649 22. August long weekend

NEED SOME HELP?

Ask a vacuum salesman!

REGGIE POWERS Chief of sales, Powers Vacuum (Patent pending) Who hasn’t had a problem in their life, and thought: “I wonder what a vacuum salesman would think about this?” Well, now you can find answers to your burning questions: Just ask Reggie!

Dear Reggie, After graduating from university and moving to a new and larger city, I’m finding it hard to fit in. Do you have any advice for me on how to get out there and make friends?

Sincerely, Samuel, from Sackville, N.B. Dear Samuel, That sucks… just like my new Polar Platinum 3080k Vacuum with its cordless and bagless features.

At just 7.5 pounds, this machine is extremely lightweight making it easy to maneuver and transport. Add its

oft-praised high suction power and the low price point, Sam, I think it’s the perfect vacuum for you.

Sincerely, Reggie Powers, chief of sales at Powers Vacuums, Moncton, N.B. *** Dear Reggie, I am in need of some serious advice. Yesterday my friend asked me to house-sit for him while he goes away for reading week, but after accepting the job I remembered that I am also going away for reading week. What do I do?

Yours, Karen, from Sackville, N.B. Dear Karen, That blows… much like the REVERSE setting on my Dixon Duster V12k vacuum cleaner.

Considered the number one choice, it is a light, slim, upright cleaner that is powerful and flexible for those hard-to-get places. Fan favorite in consumer reports due to its special Bluetooth feature, Karen, this

vacuum will clean away all your problems.

Sincerely, Reggie Powers, chief of sales at Powers Vacuums, Moncton, N.B. *** Dear Reggie, I am a prospective grad who has made a terrible mistake. I just reviewed my degree audit form and I am one credit short of graduating.

I don’t know what to do, Reggie-I don’t have the money to come back for another semester. Please help! I really need to graduate; my parents already bought their tickets and booked their hotel for the graduation ceremony.

Yours in pain, Glen, Sackville, N.B. Dear Glen, First thing you need to do is contact your academic advisor. They will be able to arrange a meeting with the dean of your degree program. You are only missing one credit, so this might be an easy fix of a short independent project for one of your professors. I really hope this gets sorted out for you, Glen. I

know it must suck… just as much as my brand new Baxter Brusher 77X vacuum with state-of-the-art technology perfect for removing animal hair that gets embedded in the carpet.

Sincerely, Reggie Powers, chief of sales at Powers Vacuums. Moncton, N.B.

23. This type of cloth is brightly coloured and made in Ghana 25. Used to denote a hypothetical situation 29. A buildup of this acid in the joints is responsible for gout 30. Type of pentameter that most of Shakespeare’s work was written in 32. A bustling center 36. One of Freud’s three components of personality, which represents the conscious mind 39. Who you share your BFF necklace from Claire’s with 40. A pyromaniac, to criminal lengths 42. Popular martial art from Korea 45. Smooch sound 47. George who wrote a series of books that is now the most popular show of all time 51. Arab country bordering UAE, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

52. This agreement is sometimes accompanied with “–ee Bob!” 53. Most popular type of IQ test for adults 54. Beloved geeky Superbad character 55. Outrage 56. At this very moment 57. X-_____ is a crafter’s tool for straight cut edges 61. Down through the chimney with __’ St. ____ 63. Do you support them?

64. Neither here ___ there 65. This noble gas is 10 on the table 66. Common female Scandinavian name 67. Flower holder 68. Permissible by Islamic law 69. The sun sets in this direction 72. Where you might dock your sailboat 73. To be conjugated in French 74. Ottawa NHL team 76. As well 81. Old ___ Paso 82. Rapper responsible for the 2008 hit Whatever you Like 84. Mandela was president of this country for five years (abbr) See the answers from last two issues on twitter, @The_Argosy

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