THE ARG OSY
NEWS What is the Maple League? (Pg. 2) Abstaining since 1872
ARTS & CULTURE Mt. A alumni band prepares for 25-year reunion (Pg. 5)
SPORTS Women’s basketball team on track (Pg. 11)
OPINIONS Sobering thoughts from a former RA (Pg. 14)
Mount Allison’s Independent Student Newspaper
COVER: EMMA BIBERDORF, FINAL PATH, PHOTOGRAPHY, 2018. February 7, 2019 Vol. 148, Iss. 8
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EDITOR: MAIA HERRIOT & MINNOW HOLTZ-CARRIERE | FEBRUARY 7. 2019 | ARGOSY@MTA.CA
EDUCATION
What is the Maple League?
Administration, faculty and students discuss what the Maple League is and why Mount Allison is a part of it THURSDAY, FEB. 7 Summer & Post-Grad Employment Fair 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Gracie’s Cafe Quo Vadimus: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion on Post-Secondary Campuses 4 to 5:30 p.m. Dunn 101 Tintamarre: Solitaire 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Motyer-Fancy Theatre
FRIDAY, FEB. 8 Classics Lecture: Gauthier 4 to 6 p.m. Dunn 106
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Rolston String Quartet 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Brunton Auditorium Tintamarre: Solitaire 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Motyer-Fancy Theatre
SATURDAY, FEB. 9 Entre Amis 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Brunton Auditorium Tintamarre: Solitaire 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Motyer-Fancy Theatre
SUNDAY, FEB. 10 Board Game Bash 6 to 9 p.m. Gracie’s Cafe
TUESDAY, FEB. 12 Senate 4 to 6 p.m. Tweedie Hall
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13 Collegium Musicum 4 to 5 p.m. Chapel Sanctuary
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8 The Sweetest Little Thing 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Owens Art Gallery
THE MAPLE LEAGUE OF UNIVERSITIES IS DESIGNED TO BENEFIT BOTH STUDENTS, THROUGH EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, AND THE UNIVERSITIES THEMSELVES, IN TERMS OF ADMINISTRATION AND RECRUITMENT. MARA IRETA GORDON/ARGOSY
LAURA SKINNER News Reporter “It’s really about bringing the uniqueness of our four institutions together to create an opportunity to support innovation in liberal education, experiential learning opportunities for our students, shared opportunities around teaching,” said President Jean-Paul Boudreau, “and ultimately thinking about how our four universities can help build global citizenship of the future for and through liberal education.” The Maple League is a consortium of four similar schools in Eastern Canada and Quebec: Mount Allison, Acadia, St. Francis Xavier and Bishop’s. The league was formed in 2013 to benefit both the students and the universities when it comes to learning opportunities, recruitment and administration. The Maple League aims to help the four universities collaborate and achieve what the individual institutions cannot do alone. “The goal of the Maple League was to
bring these similar universities together with a strong focus on liberal education and to help draw attention to these universities,” said Boudreau. Dr. James Devine, department head of politics and international relations at Mt. A, said that the Maple League shows potential: “It’s building a brand about small, primarily undergraduate institutions, which I think in Canada are a bit of a rarity.” The Maple League focuses in part on providing opportunities to students. “Ultimately the goal was to [support] our students, focusing on experiential learning, focusing on engagement,” said Boudreau. “For example, we’re doing the Up For Debate event coming up at Bishop’s very soon, we have a student leadership conference at St. FX coming up this year as well and we’re offering courses through this teleconferencing facility that we have on each of our campuses.” The teleconferencing courses provided through the Maple League allow for a course to be taught to students from all four universities. Last year Dr. Bruce Robertson, head
of Mt. A’s classics department, taught a course that students from Bishop’s attended by telepresence. “They were in the classroom from the virtue of being on a screen, and the other way around I was in their classroom by being on their screen.” Since the class was taught at a regularly scheduled time, Roberson said it was more like a classroom experience than an online course. While occasionally there were some issues with the technology, keeping the energy up with the students from the other schools, and the differences in schedules between the two universities, Robertson said that none of the problems were insurmountable. “People always tend to compare the in-class [experience] to telepresence, but the right way to compare it is [the students from the other schools] are not getting the course at all. Those students wouldn’t have been able to take that class. They were not going to offer it,” said Robertson. The Maple League provides other unique opportunities for students. “I auditioned for a Ted Talk last year, my first year, for a conference within the Maple League in Quebec,” said Dawson Fraser, a second-year classics student. He said that it was a positive experience and recommended that other students take advantage of the events: “You can meet professors in your discipline from other schools who can become mentors for you later, become references for you later and it’s a good way to stay interconnected with the academic community.” The Maple League also formed because of the administrative benefits it provides the four institutions. “One facet was around the opportunity for recruitment.… to recruit students into a consortium of universities, hence the Maple League of Universities. And if we can draw students’ attention to the League, then students can say, ‘I’m really interested in the programs at Mount Allison or at Acadia or at Bishop’s or at St. FX,’ ” said Boudreau.
When it comes to dealing with the government, the four schools also work from an advocacy point of view. “When we feel something affects our one individual university, we come together. For example, we recently wrote a letter to a funding agency in Canada on behalf of our four institutions to advocate for change and development and support in some key areas.… Collectively we have a stronger, more powerful voice for our four universities,” said Boudreau. “People in the University are allergic to all of this kind of branding but I suspect it helps at a federal level to sort of say that we see ourselves as distinct. We don’t see ourselves as the smaller version of [a larger Canadian institution] … We see ourselves as having a kind of identity,” said Robertson. Robertson said that he likes the idea of the Maple League for the long term but that it’s been difficult to keep up the same level of enthusiasm between the four schools. “It’s had its ups and downs and I think there’s been the sense that maybe Mount Allison has been keener on it as a concept than some of the other places.” Robertson also said that he thinks the schools haven’t explored all the possibilities yet. “Mount Allison presents itself to students as a small institution but with the same academic rigours as, you know, Western or UBC. If we want that to be true, then I think there are times we need to put ourselves to the test with other people and this is a great chance for that. So I think we should all think about how we’re going to use this resource,” he said. Boudreau also mentioned that the Maple League would have a new strategy launching soon. “I’d really encourage students at Mount Allison to look out for the Maple League and think about ways to be involved. We welcome student input and we welcome opportunity for feedback and engagement in the Maple League,” he said.
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SCIENCE
Mount Allison students begin working on project to reduce university’s salt use
Geography and environment department concerned about road salt impacts on freshwaters AMELIA MACDOUGAL FLEMMING
News Reporter
LIMNOLOGY AND GIS STUDENTS WILL WORK TOGETHER TO FIND WAYS TO REDUCE SALT USE AND REMOVE IT FROM ENVIRONMENTS. ASHLI GREEN/ARGOSY
Mount Allison students in limnology and advanced geographic information systems (GIS) are working together to create solutions regarding salt overuse on campus. One limnology course is researching the impact of road salt use on freshwater systems in order to develop a plan to address potential impacts Geography and environment professor Dr. Joshua Kurek teaches the limnology course – limnology being the study of fresh waters. He said, “Much of what limnologists know about fresh water we study in the summer. This class occurs in the winter, so I wanted to look at a problem that’s looking at lakes and rivers but I wanted students to make that connection with the season – and walking around campus and Sackville in the wintertime, you’re bound to notice salting.” The project is flexible and encourages creativity in problemsolving. “Those solutions can be as
minor as shovelling the snow and ice that builds up in front of doors, or students can take it to the extreme and research different technologies and engineering solutions,” said Kurek. Dr. Jamie Summers at the University of Waterloo has published research on this topic. On Friday, she guided Mt. A students on their project ideas via video chat. Regarding solutions, Summers said, “I think a big component of managing salt would be to use less, and I think a good parallel to that is reduce, reuse, recycle. It starts with reduce: we should try to use less. There’s no mechanism where chloride is naturally removed from aquatic systems, and to do it artificially costs a lot of money.” The project also involves students from the advanced GIS class who are studying where salting may need to be concentrated. “There’s a whole bunch of different variables, so we want to look at where the ice problems are,” said Isabel Sears Surface, a fourthyear environmental studies student in
the class. “One thing that we want to do is to try and do a survey of different people and see where they fall on [on ice] campus. Another part of it is looking into the slope and which way the slope is facing. South-facing will get more sun and melt quickly. There’s also the drainage issues, so if there’s a puddle it can freeze and become dangerous.” The project also involves sharing their findings. “I’m really excited for how we take our project discoveries and result and communicate that to the broader campus community,” Kurek said. “I think the University is also interested in these solutions because it makes campus a safer environment to walk around, it saves money because salt costs us tens of thousands of dollars a year, and we also meet our environmental goals.” The class decided to communicate their findings to the public using the hashtag #HaltTheSalt. They also plan to present their ideas to facilities management at the end of the semester.
parties that anyone in the University community can contact for complaints or information about the MASU or University affairs. Within the MASU is the Students’ Administrative Council (SAC). It governs the legislative and administrative activities of the MASU. The SAC is responsible for passing policy on behalf of the MASU, for maintaining the bylaws and operating procedures and for providing oversight to the executive and staff. MASU members are elected to positions within the SAC. The executive committee of the SAC is made up of the MASU president and the five vice-presidents. Vice-presidents of academic affairs, external affairs and student life are all elected by the students. The two
other VP positions – finance and communications – are hired by the elected MASU exec. They are not voting members of the SAC as they are hired and not elected. The SAC then elects two councillors from each academic department as faculty councillors. These councillors are voting members of the SAC and represent students at Mount Allison senate meetings. In addition, one student is elected each year to serve as a councillorat-large and attend Mount Allison Board of Regents meetings along with the President and five VPs. They are a voting member of the SAC. There are also six other SAC members-at-large elected to “represent their constituents on general issues.” Additionally, one first-year councillor is elected to the SAC to represent the concerns of incoming students. There are many committees within the MASU, such as Yearbook Committee and Student Life Committee, that have their own internal chairpeople and sitting members that carry out tasks as assigned by the SAC. A popular platform for those running for executive this year was transparency, so take them up on it! Visit their website, chat with an ombudsperson about your rights and get involved.
THE MORE YOU KNOW
How MASU works
Elections were last week – but what is MASU? MAIA HERRIOT News Editor In light of the newly elected Mount Allison Student Union (MASU) executive, the Argosy thought we would publish a short primer on the structure of the student organization they’ve been elected to. The MASU constitution (accessible to all on their website) states the organization’s objectives as follows: a. to represent and be the primary advocate for all students; b. to advance the education of its Members; c. to promote substantive student participation in all aspects of University governance; d. to promote public, universally accessible, high-quality
postsecondary education; and e. to provide the administrative capacity necessary to enable students to participate in the educational, cultural, and social activities to which they have access by reason of being students. The MASU constitution states that their members shall pursue these objectives: a. by acting as the primary channel of communication between students and all governing facets of the University; b. by communicating and cooperating with governing bodies within the University; c. by providing a medium through which a collective voice to the views of students can be substantiated; d. by representing students at
the local, provincial, national, and all other appropriate levels; and e. through the supply of services to students and student organizations and the promotion of their educational, cultural, and social activities. Apart from the recently elected president and the five vicepresidents, MASU has three fulltime staff – a general manager, an office manager and a health and dental plan administrator – as well as over 20 part-time or volunteer student positions such as orientation chair, social justice coordinator and accessibility affairs coordinator. All of these positions report to the MASU executive. The MASU also has two ombudspersons who are neutral
New MASU executive elected for 2019-20 term The Mount Allison Student Union (MASU) held its election for the positions of president, vice-president academic affairs, vice-president external affairs and vice-president student life on Jan. 31. An average of 32 per cent of Mt. A students voted in each election. Results for the position of VP student life were not finalized until Feb. 4 due to a mistake interpreting the ballots.
The results are as follows: President: Emelyana Titarenko VP Academic Affairs: Samuel Unger VP External Affairs: Elise Vaillancourt VP Student Life: Venna Penney
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ACTIVISM
Bringing a legacy of anti-Black racism into Canada’s national narrative
THE NEXT TALK IN THE PRESIDENT’S SPEAKER SERIES IS ON MARCH 5, FEAT. DR. STEPHEN LEWIS, THE CO-FOUNDER AND CO-DIRECTOR OF AIDS-FREE WORLD AND PROFESSOR OF DISTINCTION AT RYERSON UNIVERSITY. EMMA BIBERDORF/ARGOSY.
MAIA HERRIOT News Editor The first President’s Speaker Series speaker of 2019 was Robyn Maynard, a self-described “Black feminist writer, activist and educator.” Maynard’s writing has been published in major North American publications such as the Washington Post, World Policy Journal and the Canadian Women’s Studies journal and her 2017 book Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present was a CBC national bestseller. American political activist Angela Davis praised the book and noted the importance of Maynard strategically challenging “prevailing narratives of Canadian multiculturalism and inclusion by examining how
structures of racism and ideologies of gender are complexly anchored in global histories of colonization and slavery.” Maynard’s talk at Mount Allison mirrored that structure – educating the audience on the centuries-old origins of what are often talked about as modern issues. Maynard emphasized that Canadians are often trained to see anti-Blackness as far away – geographically and temporally. She noted that Canada’s history of slavery and school segregation is absent in Canadian school curricula: “This is a legacy that continues to go erased as we turn to our examples of the pinnacle of racism in the United States.” Maynard emphasized that in order to fully understand and come to terms with Canada’s current
relationship with anti-Black racism it is vital that we look backward and relearn our history rather than looking sideways and comparing ourselves to the U.S. in an effort to confirm the narrative or superiority that we have been fed. The first contemporary issue Maynard traced back through Canadian history was undue surveillance of Black people in the public and private realm. This manifests today in the racism that characterizes many police interactions with Black residents in Canada. Last year, the Ontario Human Rights Commission found that Black people are over-represented in cases of inappropriate stops, searches or charges. Despite making up only 8.8 per cent of Toronto’s total population, Black residents accounted for 25 per cent of police investigations. In cases of death at the hands of police, 20 per cent of white people killed were armed compared to 11 per cent of Black people. Maynard explained that the tendency of the state to treat Black people as inherently more violent or dangerous has deep roots. For example, the justification of limiting Black freedom in favour of white freedom or in “protection” of a white population began during slavery. Maynard traced it back to Canada’s very first public depiction of Black people: runaway slave advertisements. Maynard described these advertisements as depicting “Black people who had had the courage to run away as criminals” charged with the crime of “self-theft and the crime of asserting their humanity in a society that told them they were not humans.” The foundation of the Canadian relationship to Black lives in the public space was to see them as “possibly escaped criminals, which
created the intense scrutiny which has been part of the fabric of the place we now call Canada for centuries.” Maynard described many more examples of the Canadian government associating Black people in the public realm with criminality. She spoke about the way Prime Minister Brian Mulroney “concretized” the racial profiling we see today: “Although drugs had been decreasing in Canada since the 1970s, [Canada] followed practices in the United States by declaring a war on drugs in this country.” In Canadian media at the time, drugs were directly tied to Black communities. Maynard quoted one publication that described Jamaican immigrants as “boozy thugs who use their accents to hide amongst honest hardworking people while selling the deadly drug that turns children into thieves.” Maynard noted that at the same time as this “manufactured hysteria” was on the rise, police were being trained on a profile of a drug suspect which was clearly a stereotype of Canadian immigrants from the Caribbean. Maynard said that, during the Canadian war on drugs, “Although Black and white communities at this time were seen to deal and use drugs at similar rates, the drug trafficking incarceration rate went up for Black people 1,064 per cent,” versus 151 per cent for white people in that same time period. Maynard described the history of several other modern Canadian anti-Black practices to illustrate that “Abolishment is not a completed project.” Practices that emerged during slavery continue to persist in Canada. Throughout her talk, Maynard gave many recent examples of Canadians who were the victims of violent anti-Black racism in an effort to educate the audience. The names of
those victims were: Pierre Coriolan, a Haitian man who was shot and killed by Montreal police in his apartment building in 2017; Glory Anawa, a pregnant Cameroonian woman who remains held in Canadian immigration detention after trying to escape genital mutilation in her own country; her son, Alpha Anawa, who was born a Canadian citizen and celebrated his second birthday in detention; Bony Jean-Pierre, who was shot in the head by a Canadian police officer while running away from a drug raid in 2016; Michael Mvogo, a Cameroonian man who was held in Canadian prison awaiting deportation for eight years; and a six-year-old girl who, after kicking and punching school administrators, was arrested by police officers, called by the school, who handcuffed her hands and feet in 2017. A 2018 study by the Ontario Human Rights Commission reported that Black people are twenty times more likely to be killed by police than their white counterparts. According to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, in 2006 and 2007, more than 6,000 migrants were detained at the Canadian border, over 400 of them for more than three months, including 162 minors. Maynard’s final point was that the Black Lives Matter movement at large is not looking for a “racially equitable distribution of violence – it’s about ending violence,” which is something that should concern and motivate all Canadians. In closing, Maynard posed “a challenge to our collective imaginations to interrupt the violence of the present,” urging us all to “remain geared toward bringing an altered world [that would have existed had the Americas not been ‘unsettled’ by the Indigenous and Black genocides] into existence.”
Wine and cheese night held in support of Mount Allison’s Student Refugee Group Program enables one student from an asylum country to study at Mt. A every two years MAISAA AL TAMKI News Reporter On Jan. 25, Mt. A’s World University Service of Canada (WUSC) Student Refugee Program (SRP) held a wine and cheese event at Cranewood Bakery to raise funds. The group sponsors student refugees from asylum countries, providing them with the opportunity to pursue postsecondary education at Mt. A and gain permanent residency status. The SRP is funded through a combination of contributions from the University, a student levy, fundraising events held by the
SRP group, faculty donations and University service grants from Mt. A. On the topic of raising funds, Andrew Moreira, a Mt. A student and the president of WUSC-MTA said, “The greatest challenge … is volatility in student numbers, because so much of our budget is reliant on the student levy.” The local campus-based WUSC committees raise any necessary funds and awareness for the program and provide social and integration support to SRP students upon their arrival. They help students navigate the Canadian post-secondary system, orient them to the campus and local
community, and involve them in social activities and events. In the spring, the SRP usually receives a number of student profiles from the WUSC and decides in coordination with Mt. A admissions which student will fit best in the University and the rural atmosphere in general. “We only [accept] one student, but the ones we don’t choose are placed in other Canadian universities,” Moreira said. Julia Campbell, a student pursuing her master’s degree at Mt. A, said, “The wine and cheese event in support of the refugee program was a
great evening. Not only was it a lot of fun, but also a great event to support.” Campbell added that “Mount Allison has provided me with many opportunities, and so attending this event meant that I was able to make a small contribution towards future students who may have a similar positive experience.” Moreira said he joined the SRP committee because he “wanted to work in a humanitarian or international development club and [he] saw that the SRP had a strong program which was very focused on the people it services.” Given the lack of funds, the
committee sponsors one student every two years, but according to Moreira the group’s goal for the past two years has been to get to a financial position where they become able to sponsor a student every year. “I believe the attendance of this event can really make a difference in the amount of refugee students Mount Allison is able to support in future years to come,” Campbell concluded.
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A BLAST FROM THE PAST
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Smooth as can be
The band Wild Turkey, made up of Mt. A alumni, reunites after 25 years. KASPAR MOSSMAN Mt.A Alumnus, class of ’94 Spin that time machine back 25 years to Ducky’s, January 1994. Outside, snow-walled sidewalks and crunchy streets printed with tire tracks. Inside, it’s jam-packed, hot, humid and hazy with cigarette smoke. “Rock and roll,” says Nick Oldland, band leader and lead guitar, as he works the wah-wah pedal. The drums kick off. Please allow me to introduce myself: I’m not a man of wealth or taste, but in the early 1990s I played saxophone for the funk/blues/ rock/R&B band Wild Turkey. Our influences shone through in the cover songs we played and the original tunes we wrote. We were six Mount Allison students who made it up as we went along, modeling ourselves on the Rolling Stones. Or Jimi Hendrix. Or Parliament/Funkadelic. We never did figure it out. Our originals had names like Hip Isn’t in It, Feets Don’t Fail Me Now, and Sir Funkalot. Each one was built from a riff (like Beethoven’s Fifth) and two chords, three if you were lucky. Like making soup from a stone, we stretched these tunes out to 25 minutes. Unlike Beethoven, we didn’t expect you to appreciate our genius; we expected you to have a good time. We were the background music and the party. Sometimes I would leave during a song to grab a beer, finish it, and return to pick up the horn in time for the ending. Rhythm was a strong point. On drums, Pat Houston, who bashed a large Chinese cymbal when he got enthusiastic. On keyboards, Pete Lenco, a guitar wizard who didn’t actually play keyboards until he joined the band. On bass, dreadlocked Rob Cormier, who once swigged beer from a Molson Ex that someone had used as an ashtray – and kept on playing. These guys held down a groove that just wouldn’t quit. Lyrics, though, were a challenge. We would practice for hours and then Nick would jot some words down
right before the gig so our willowy lead vocalist, Amanda Dunn, had something to sing. From our 16-bar blues Mushroom Tea: “My brain is made of ham and my legs are made of spam.” We never asked, but I suspect Amanda preferred doing covers. The one Wild Turkey original that does stand the test of time is the slick earworm Smooth as Can Be. We were recording a demo on a 4-track tape deck in a high-ceilinged apartment on Bridge Street when the song’s sax intro just materialized out of vapor. I wish you could hear it. Oh, did I bury the lead? You can hear it for yourself. After a hiatus of a quarter century, Wild Turkey is live at Ducky’s on Friday, May 10. Some of the best memories of our lives came from Wild Turkey. As with most of life, what you remember are the fiascos. Starting out, we had no idea how to play together. The band was born into chaos at Steve’s Tavern, as we all soloed simultaneously through our first gig. Then, once we’d learned our roles, we had to learn how to work an audience. Remember the Rawhide scene in The Blues Brothers? We lived it at the Legion Hall in Amherst when the five rubes in attendance began spitting at us. Even Sweet Home Alabama didn’t make them happy. And then, it’s always a good idea to set expectations. The Student Union hired us to headline an event, but the crowd thought our first chord signaled the end of the evening, so they cleared out like they had been teargassed. For an hour and a half we played to an empty Jennings Hall. Still, these sour experiences only made the good times sweeter. We were never going to get rich, even though, for a year or two, we generated revenue. Taking advantage of our captive audience, we used to charge a three-dollar cover and make out like bandits. This time around, we may have to pay the audience. It’d be worth it.
IN THE ‘90’S, THE BAND WILD TURKEY TOOK SACKVILLE BY STORM. THIS MAY, THEY RETURN TO RELIVE SOME OLD MEMORIES, AND MAYBE MAKE SOME NEW ONES. THADDEUS HOLOWNIA/SUBMITTED
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CAMPUS CHAT
YOU might want to watch this
Netflix’s new series sparks discussion about privacy and dating culture. JANE REMPEL Arts and Culture Reporter Netflix has become the hub for go-to binge-worthy TV shows. While they don’t hit the mark with every series, the platform brought fame to shows like Orange is the New Black, Riverdale, and Stranger Things. Recently a new psychological thriller has joined the ranks. You, originally a novel written by Caroline Kepnes, has been adapted into a disturbing yet wildly entertaining TV series. The show stars Elizabeth Lail, Gossip Girl’s Penn Badgley and Pretty Little Liars’ Shay Mitchell. Developed by a dream team, including Riverdale producer Greg Berlanti and Supernatural writer Sera Gamble You follows Joe (Badgley), a bookstore manager who becomes intrigued by one of his customers, Beck (Lail), and decides to cyberstalk her. His curiosity soon turns into obsession, and Joe vows to go to great (criminal) lengths to make sure that they end up together. The nature of this series has raised some interesting questions around dating culture and the role social media plays in how we get to know people in this day and age. The overarching question we may find ourselves asking is, how far will You go for love? Third-year sociology student Marissa Trott watched You “mistakenly, without seeing the trailer first.” On the narration of the thriller, Trott said, “I felt like the main character was talking to me and I was watching this whole thing unfold in front of me; it was very uncomfortable.” Our very own sports and health reporter Jessica Firminger, a fourthyear biology major, was able to find some time to watch the series as well. “When I first started watching You, I found it pretty eye-opening,” she said. “It demonstrated how easily accessible personal information can be if you aren’t careful about what you share online.” While You takes place in New York City, Firminger discussed the dangers of cyberstalking in a small town such as Sackville. “It’s easy to feel safe somewhere and become trusting of the community as a whole, but as You demonstrated, sometimes it’s best to be overly cautious,” she said. The show has also created an interesting discourse surrounding the character Joe and how some viewers find themselves charmed by him, despite his anti-hero role.
MADELEINE HANSEN/ARGOSY “Joe is written to be very sympathetic,” said Gabrielle Gagnon, a fourth-year PPE student. “From the outside, he seems like the perfect boyfriend.” Badgley’s portrayal of the character stirs mixed emotions for the viewers. The actor has been active on Twitter
promoting show, and he does not shy away from shutting down fans who profess their love for the disturbed anti-hero in lust-fueled tweets. One Twitter user even tweeted, “Kidnap me pls” to the actor’s personal account. Another concerned user tweeted at Badgley, saying, “The
amount of people romanticizing @ PennBadgley’s character in You scares me,” to which Badgley replied, “Ditto, it will be all the motivation I need for season two.” If you are shopping for a new TV series to watch, You might be a somewhat disturbing, but a highly
entertaining choice! Season two is confirmed but the release date hasn’t been announced yet, so there is plenty of time to catch up! Just don’t be too wary of bookstore employees; I’m sure they aren’t all monsters.
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MUSIC
Finding liberty in composition
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Composition student Joseph Fitzner challenges the pressure to perform in the department of music.
MAGGIE PITMAN Arts and Culture Reporter When you walk into the Marjorie Young Bell Conservatory of Music, the sounds of students hard at work in practice rooms fill your ears. No matter the time of day, there always seem to be people practicing and working on their extensive repertoire for the year. However, if you’re looking for music student Joseph Fitzner, you might have better luck finding him in the Mac Lab, a room in the basement filled with computers and piano keyboards. The Mac Lab can be used by any music student for any kind of computer work, but it is most useful for those who are taking composition classes. Each computer in the lab gives students access to Sibelius, a score writer and music notation software. The software allows students to create, edit and print music scores. Sibelius can also play the music back using samples of sounds for each instrument. Whether a student is composing for their own enjoyment or for a class assignment, the Mac Lab is the place to go. Fitzner, a third-year music student, spends a great deal of his time in the Mac Lab and has confessed to preferring composition to performance. In fact, Fitzner has honed his composition skill over his time at Mt. A. and is trying to specialize in composition. “I don’t feel like I’m creating when I play the trumpet,” said Fitzner. Being a composer is where he feels most at home. Mt. A’s music program offers a unique curriculum in which students don’t stream into their particular area of interest. At other universities, they would have to choose to go into performance, composition, musicology etc. Mt. A offers an approach that has a focus on performance; however, students also have the option of taking whatever classes they want, even if they don’t align with their primary area of study. Fitzner challenges these norms of focussing on performance by primarily focusing on composition. In composition classes, Fitzner is encouraged to compose for specific assignments on a weekly basis. His genre of choice varies, though. He describes his compositional style as “experimental electronic music, a hybrid between art music and pop.” Through this, Fitzner tries to make his music accessible to all audiences. He also wants to continue to create music that he, himself, enjoys. When asked why he prefers composition to performance, Fitzner replied, “Because that’s where music starts!” He said he feels that people
are growing tired of pop music and that the same chord progressions won’t work forever. “I want to reach people with my music,” continued Fitzner. “I want to take things to the next level with timbre and sampling while creating interest in my music.” In composition classes, students are typically encouraged to compose classical music. However, Fitzner pushes the envelope with his use of tape and soundscape and his
“HE DESCRIBES HIS COMPOSITIONAL STYLE AS ‘EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONIC MUSIC’” technique. His most recent work, entitled Liberty, is a perfect example of this. “I wouldn’t call Liberty classical or pop. It’s simply art music,” Fitzner said. “In class, we talk about how the definition of classical music is super blurry and people cross that line all the time.” Fitzner uses the guidance of his professors tso push boundaries and find a unique style. “I bring my stuff to my professor and we have lessons and he critiques and gives suggestions. It’s really objective but he’ll never say anything is wrong. He’ll give suggestions to give my piece direction or emotion,” he said. “When I started Liberty, I knew I wanted to work with text. I was reading through 7 Mondays and came across a poem by student Luschka Van Aardt,” Fitzner said. Her poem New York inspired him, especially when he heard her read the poem aloud. “I thought it was really powerful. The way she spoke was really candid so I even included her in the performance of the piece,” said Fitzner. In his composition, the text is read over electronic tape and clips New York soundscape with an ambient voice part. You can find samples of this piece among Fitzner’s other work at josephfitzner. bandcamp.com Next year, Fitzner hopes that he can focus even more on composition and less on performance. “I’m trying to build the opportunity for composition studio,” he said. He’s currently working with the department to see if this could be an option. If this were to become a reality, students might have the option of having weekly composition lessons rather than lessons on instruments. Fitzner’s compositional style will keep growing with him, and I know I’ll be seeing his name on some great pieces in the future.
Sharp Reviews: ‘At Eternity’s Gate’
Eternity, as it turns out, is overwhelming. DEREK SHARP Arts and Culture Reporter Vincent van Gogh’s life was incredibly difficult. He was impoverished. Many of those who knew him feared him. He lived a transient existence, wandering the countryside of southern France, often hungry, painting what he found beautiful. He died of a gunshot wound, penniless and alone. But he also found great beauty in the world, and harboured a deep sustaining love for the natural world. This is an enigmatic film for an enigmatic figure; it doesn’t seek to simply list the facts of van Gogh’s life. Instead Schnabel attempts to place the viewer inside van Gogh’s mind. The film wants you to see the world as he did, with all of the awe
and anxieties included. It wants to be as creative and mould-breaking as van Gogh was. It is successful, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good movie. Unfortunately, Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate, the latest van Gogh biopic, goes too far down the path of tragedy, resulting in a miserable, enjoyable film. The pitch is this: Willem Dafoe is van Gogh. The film loosely follows the last few years of his life as his anxieties and depression overwhelm him. The film opens on black. We hear van Gogh tell us what he wants: to just sit and talk with other artists, to eat food, and to drink wine. Then we’re in a bar filled with artists, and van Gogh is kicked out. He travels south and begins to wander. There are a few brief reprieves from the
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loneliness – such as when fellow painter Paul Gauguin (played by Oscar Issac) visits van Gogh – but the film largely follows van Gogh’s lonely wandering through the countryside. It’s a depressing film and I didn’t enjoy watching it, but it’s not all bad. The performances, especially Dafoe’s, are great, but the film around it is not good. It’s not even the lonely plot that makes the film bad, either. There are plenty of great lonely films. The true problem is technical: the cinematography is very experimental, no doubt a call to van Gogh’s own experimentalism. Unfortunately, the camerawork just comes off as shaky and blurry, drawing attention to itself and all the ways it makes the act of viewing difficult. It spins, twists, jitters, flips, blurs and tumbles. I found it distracting and nauseating. Van Gogh says multiple times that he is in awe of the beauty of the world. Unfortunately, the film seems determined not to allow us to see this same beauty. The camera’s eccentricities are no doubt an attempt to communicate how disoriented and feverish van Gogh’s mind was, by alienating and prodding the audience constantly. It is by and large successful in making the audience feel van Gogh’s plights. However, the film never balances this with beauty or awe or love; when van Gogh experiences beauty and awe, the film, strangely, stops trying to make us empathize. There’s no moment of awe for us to feel. Instead we just watch van Gogh as he cries at a sunset, which we don’t see. The result is a film that’s just brutal and stressful from front to back. In the end, At Eternity’s Gate probably just wasn’t for who I was when I watched it. Maybe someone who more closely identifies with van Gogh will have a more profound experience. It is certainly a wellmade film, and it definitely has a remarkable insight into the life of van Gogh. Not all of us can handle the life of a tortured artist, I guess.
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JULIANNA RUTLEDGE Arts & Culture Reporter “Charming; funny; engaging,” said Karen Valanne, the director of Hello, Dolly!, when asked to describe the production in three words. “There’s an innocence to it in a way. Wholesome. It’s about love.” It’s a show that cannot be described in only three words. The musical was performed last week from Thursday to Saturday to the delight of the Sackville community. I sat down with some of the show’s cast and crew earlier in the week to talk about the excitement of putting on such a large production and the reasons behind Garnet & Gold’s choice this year. Hello, Dolly! first premiered on Broadway in 1964, and was revived in 2017. It follows the story of matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi as she travels to Yonkers, N.Y., to arrange a marriage for Horace
Vandergelder, an ill-tempered widower; little does he know that she plans to marry him herself. With endearing charm and a slight tendency to meddle, Dolly helps others fall in love and evokes admiration from the people she meets. According to Valanne, “It’s a very lighthearted romantic comedy, with lots of great music, and it’s about Dolly and all of her adventures as she manipulates the characters into different relationships.” Mirren Lithwick, fourth-year history and music major, starred as the titular character Dolly in Garnet & Gold’s production. Lithwick expressed admiration for her character, especially for her confidence and her likeability. “She’s a matchmaker, she gets paid to match people up, but she’s also just doing it because she wants to be that person,” said Lithwick. “She likes to meddle, to get into other people’s business. And she’s good at her job: she pulls all the strings she needs to
pull, [and] she helps people fall in love.” Keely McGill, fourth-year chemistry student, is the president of the Garnet & Gold Musical Theatre Society. McGill and the rest of the team had already made the decision to put on Hello, Dolly! before leaving for the summer last year. According to McGill, it was an easy decision to make. “We always look for something that has lots of opportunities for chorus, because that’s how most people start with their involvement with Garnet & Gold, and also [we wanted] something with a strong female lead, because we’re here at Mt. A where most of our gene pool is female,” said McGill. “We started looking at shows that fit that category and Dolly spoke to us in that sense.” Garnet & Gold was founded in 1932, making it one of the oldest groups on campus, and with over 100 members involved, it is likely the largest as well.
Michael McCracken, a fourth-year commerce student and G&G’s VP of marketing, notes how inclusive the society has been. “We have people that are doing their first show ever and they’re probably terrified as we get closer, and then we have people who have been doing theatre for 10, 15 plus years. So it’s a nice balance,” said McCracken, who also played Cornelius Hackl in the show. The cast and crew have been rehearsing since October, following auditions in September. Valanne, Lithwick, McGill and McCracken unanimously said their favourite rehearsal moment was the day when the cast and the pit band first performed together. “We were all working in little groups, so to have the choreography, the pit band, the singing rehearsals, my rehearsals and all that stuff come together is really exciting,” Valanne explained. McGill added, “It’s just that goosebumps moment that makes it all worth it.”
They all agreed that the members of the cast and crew are supportive of each other, with Keely saying that her favourite thing about the society is the family dynamic. McCracken commented on the harmony he experienced with the cast and crew, saying, “Everyone cares about how everyone else is doing on the stage.” The four of them are confident that the society is being left in good hands for next year. Valanne stressed the importance of Garnet & Gold, noting the uniqueness of the production in the region. “It’s not just that there’s nothing else like it in Sackville – there’s nothing else like it in the Maritimes,” she said. “Just to see something of this scale with such a big cast and the choreography and the live orchestra, it’s a really unique thing.” As Cornelius and Irene sing in Act II, “It only takes a moment to fall in love,” and that’s all it takes to fall in love with this show as well.
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WOMEN IN SPORTS
HEALTH
Some of Mount Allison’s female athletes reflect on sports’ impact on their lives
How to avoid getting sick this winter
barriers including Manon Rhéaume, the first woman to play in the NHL, and Nancy Greene, who was voted Canada’s female athlete of the 20th century. Rachel McDougall, a setter for the Mounties women’s volleyball team, said, “Athletics for women have come a long way, and I think role models like Christine Sinclair and Eugenie Bouchard have had a huge impact on lot of girls growing up around athletics. They’ve showed us that we’re just as tough and as capable as the boys.” “To me, being a woman in sports means that I have to compete extra hard to prove myself as a competitive athlete,” said Hannah Hawkes, a guard on the women’s basketball team. “It is my hope that we can encourage more women to play on sports teams.” Mt. A recognizes their athletes by electing an Athlete of the Week. “It is really an honour for me to be named Athlete of the Week,” said badminton player Suzuha Tanaka. “It not only features me, but badminton as well.” Similarly, Parker saw the title as an opportunity to gain recognition for her team: “Being named Athlete of the Week was a lot of fun. I was proud of my accomplishment. The swim team is not one of the most recognized teams here, so the title meant a lot to my teammates as well.” Tanaka found the importance of sports reflected within herself: “Being an athlete makes me strong and allows me to find physical and emotional self-confidence.” Ward found sports also helped her develop important skills, saying, “Being a female athlete has allowed me to expand my communicative and leadership abilities. I have been able to develop healthy relationships with other athletes and learn to live a balanced lifestyle.”
THROUGHOUT HISTORY, WOMEN HAVE BROKEN BARRIERS TO EXCEL IN THEIR PREFERRED SPORT. MADELEINE HANSEN /THE ARGOSY
NATASHA GOSSELIN Sports & Health Reporter Dedication, teamwork, strength, confidence, honour and leadership: these are just a few of the words some of Mount Allison’s female athletes used to describe their experiences with athletics throughout their academic years. Mt. A hosts a wide range of women’s sports teams, including b a d m i n t o n , basketball, hockey and volleyball. Kiersten Mangold, a forward on the women’s basketball team, discussed the importance of athletics in her life growing up. “I’ve been involved in sports pretty much my whole life. I started playing basketball when I was
about 10, and I played for my high school team and a city team before coming to Mount Allison.” Audrey Ward, a women’s soccer midfielder, also grew up with athletics: “I have been playing soccer since I was four, and competitively since I was eight. I can’t see myself not playing sports; it’s been such a big part of my life.” “I am proud to be a female athlete, and to show how women can be strong leaders in sports,” said swimmer Katya Parker. “We all work hard in order to excel at our sport.” Mt. A introduced their first competitive women’s basketball and hockey teams in 1901. Since then, Canadian women throughout history have continued to break
“I AM PROUD TO BE A FEMALE ATHLETE,
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STRONG LEADERS IN SPORTS”
Getting the flu is no fun
EMILIE COMFORT Health Intern Falling ill during the school year is not a pleasant experience. We don’t always have on hand what we need to take care of ourselves. Fortunately, there are certainly measures that students can take to help strengthen their immune system and to hopefully avoid illness. It is important to recognize the common symptoms of the flu or cold. Fever, body aches, chills, fatigue, general weakness, sneezing, stuffy nose, sore throat and chest congestion can be indicators of both the flu and the cold. Symptoms of the flu develop more abruptly compared to a cold, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Being aware of these symptoms is important, since you are generally contagious one day before symptoms develop, and up to a week after you are sick, according to the CDC. When you’re contagious, you should avoid work or school as best as you can, so as not to pass on your illness to others. There are a variety of preventative measures for the flu. Getting the flu shot is a great first step toward protecting not only yourself, but others around you. Avoiding touching your mouth, nose, or eyes after touching public surfaces can also help in reducing your chance of
getting infected, since surfaces like communal railings and door knobs generally collect a lot of bacteria. Washing your hands and using hand sanitizer often can reduce your chances of getting the cold or flu, according to the CDC. To prevent getting sick during the winter, fourth-year physics student, Marrissa McIntosh said, “I get my flu shot, make sure I get lots of vitamin C, and always wash my hands before I cook and eat.” Finally, if you do catch the flu, the CDC suggests that you stay home and avoid contact with other people, unless you are seeking out medical care. While at home, it is important to stay hydrated and get lots of rest. A good resource is the New Brunswick Tele-Care line. You can call Telecare at 811 at any time to speak to a bilingual registered nurse who can help you decide whether or not to see a doctor. This is great to avoid wasting time by waiting to see a doctor when it is not necessary. You should go to your local emergency department if you are showing emergency warning signs such as difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, pain in the chest or abdomen, sudden dizziness, confusion and severe or persistent vomiting. At Mt. A, the closest emergency department is in the Sackville Memorial Hospital, located at 8 Main St. and reachable by phone at 506-364-4100.
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Mounties women’s basketball team is staying on top
Pushing through the final weeks of the season, the team reflects on their success
THE MOUNTIES WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM AIMS TO PLAY HARD AND STAY ON TOP IN THEIR UPCOMING GAMES. PAUL LYNCH/SUBMITTED Mount Allison’s women’s basketball NATASHA GOSSELIN team currently sits in third place, Sports & Health Reporter overall, in the the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA). The
team currently has 10 wins and five losses this season, giving our Mounties basketball team a total of 18 points. The Mounties have seen continual success over the past few weeks, gaining their second win in a row against Dalhousie University on Friday, Feb. 1 with a final score of 87-20. “I would say a major contributor to our success as a team is our depth,” said head coach Ryan Chase. “We have 16 athletes who can all play and can step into various situations and contribute. A big key to our team so far this year has been our defence. We have done a really good job of taking away the strengths of our opponents and for the most part have rebounded the ball quite well, which has given other teams some problems and created some advantages for our group.” Chase is new to the team this year. “He is very knowledgeable and I think that we have been adjusting well to his style,” said Katherine Ollerhead, a fourth-year biochemistry major who is a forward on the team. “He is very kind, helpful and incredibly supportive (even of our intramural volleyball team) which has immensely
helped with the transition.” In the team’s most recent victory, guard Bethany Warwick and forward Lauren Wentzell stood out as game leaders with 13 points each. “Keys for us this weekend will be to really try and apply a lot of pressure to the other team,” said Chase. “We don’t want to allow them to get comfortable on offence.” Helping with this goal was guard Lauren MacEachern, with 12 points, and forward Abby Miller, with 9 rebounds. “As a first year, I look to contribute to the team in any way I can, whether it is in a practice or a game,” said Hannah Hawkes, a guard and commerce student. “My teammates have been very encouraging throughout the season. I look up to all of the seniors on our team, as they all play an extremely important role in the success of our team.” In the team’s past victory against University of King’s College, forward Kiersten Mangold and guard Emma Hachey led the team in points: Mangold with 16 points and 13 rebounds and Hachey with 12 points. Miller also contributed 10 points overall to the game. “We’re very clear about what our goals for the season
are, and that has really helped us stay focused as a team,” said Mangold, a fourth-year psychology student. “We have a lot of returning players this year so we are really comfortable with each other, which has benefited us in a lot of games.” “We hope to continue to try and get better every week and build good habits heading into the later stages of the season,” said Chase. “Being new to the team with a lot of returning players has called for some adjustment to a new style but I think our players have been very welcoming and receptive in trying to do the things that are asked of them. We’ve had our ups and downs but we feel as though we are starting to play our best basketball of the season, which is a good sign heading into February.” As both Mangold and Chase agreed, an important factor for the duration of the season is to keep up with the team’s current energy. “Hopefully we can keep that momentum going and continue to get better as we prepare for the home stretch,” said Chase. Mt. A’s women’s basketball team will play Crandall University on Saturday, Feb. 9, in Sackville.
HEALTH
Goodbye, food-group rainbow: Canada opts for new, simpler food guide
Canada releases new version of Canada’s Food Guide without food groups or serving sizes JESSICA FIRMINGER Sports & Health Reports On Jan. 22, Ginette Petitpas Taylor, the federal health minister, presented the new version of Canada’s Food Guide at a press conference in Montreal, Que. The new food guide is depicted with an image of a plate, half covered with vegetables and fruits, a quarter with protein-rich foods, and the last quarter with whole grains. Beside the plate is a cup filled with water, encouraging us to “make water your drink of choice.” “[The new food guide] puts more focus on what, when and how we eat, and less on food groups and servings,” Petitpas Taylor said during the press conference. “It gives clear, concise advice that everyone can easily apply to their everyday lives.” “The plate illustration is simple and easier to understand versus the old rainbow design [with] four food groups,” said Steve Sweeney, a certified nutritionist and naturopath at Simply For Life in Dieppe, N.B. “They’re advising to eat more homemade food and be mindful of food choices.” “The changes implemented to the current Canada’s Food Guide emphasize with more detail the dietary recommendations that the majority of registered dietitians have been advocating for many years,” said
Vince Ziccarelli, a registered dietitian with an office in Sackville. “[This] essentially entails emphasis on a diet that includes primarily whole grains, fruit, vegetables and food sources rich in lean protein as a staple part of meals.” The new food guide puts an emphasis on the importance of paying attention to what you consume, rather than the size of your servings. “The new guide also expands and elaborates on mindful eating, being more in tune with your hunger and satiety cues, and eating to promote better energy balance,” Zicarelli said. The new food guide does not have explicit guidelines, but Ziccarelli mentioned certain foods that should be restricted. “On the other side of the coin,” Ziccarelli said, “empty calories, added sugars, sodium and unhealthy fats such as saturated and trans fats should be limited as much as possible.” Sweeney noted that the new food guide is high in carbohydrates, which can contribute to health complications. “Since obesity and type 2 diabetes [are] constantly increasing in Canada, I advise to focus even more on reducing intake of [carbs], which get converted easily into blood glucose,” Sweeney said. One of the major changes made to the new version of Canada’s Food Guide has been the shift from animal-
“IT DOESN’T NEED TO BE COMPLICATED FOLKS – IT JUST NEEDS TO BE NUTRITIOUS”
THE NEW CANADIAN FOOD GUIDE RECOMMENDS A COMBINATION OF VEGETABLES, PROTEIN AND WHOLE GRAINS, ACCOMPANIED BY A HEFTY GLASS OF WATER. WILLIAM LALONDE/THE ARGOSY to plant-based products. “[The new food guide] basically downgraded milk and dairy and promoted plantbased protein equivalents to meat and other animal-sourced protein,” Sweeney said. Despite the simplistic image depicting Canada’s newest food guide, Ziccarelli feels that its
attention to detail has increased, making it better than the last. “The [new] food guide has become more detailed; it may be more practical for people to follow for better wellness,” Zicarelli said. “However, regardless of the food guide improvements, a registered dietitian would help people better navigate the recommendations
and personalize nutrition for people and their unique medical and genetic needs.” “It doesn’t need to be complicated, folks – it just needs to be nutritious,” Petitpas Taylor said in the press conference.
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S.H.A.R.E.
Fostering healthy relationships
Qualities to look for in partners, friends and family
JILLANE BURYN S.H.A.R.E. Intern As Valentine’s Day approaches, it is a good time to evaluate the relationships we are keeping – not just with romantic or sexual partners, but also with our friends and family members. Unhealthy or abusive relationships might be harder to identify with our friends or family members than with romantic partners, but the same five qualities are present in all healthy relationships. The first important quality for a healthy relationship is respect. In order for a relationship to be healthy, both parties must be respectful of one another. This means accepting one
another’s boundaries, prioritizing their comfort and safety, and acting in a way that is considerate of the other’s wants and needs. The second important quality for a healthy relationship is open communication. Communicating openly involves sharing your feelings with the other person, and listening freely to them as well. Healthy relationships require being willing to get through arguments calmly, compromising when necessary, and not assuming that the other person knows what has never been communicated to them. Good communication does not mean conflict will never occur. Rather, both parties are comfortable addressing
the issue with the other when it does. The third important quality is honesty. Honesty does not mean that everything must always be shared between partners or friends. Rather, it means that actively lying and deceiving someone is an indication that something may be wrong, especially if someone is lying about things that have the potential to affect the relationship. The fourth quality, trust, goes hand in hand with honesty and communication, as suspicion may impede the ability to foster healthy relationships. The ability to be open with someone and feel that they are being equally open with you is important, as it allows people to feel safe and comfortable in relationships. The final quality is compassion. Ultimately, having healthy relationships means caring deeply about another person, and supporting them in their endeavours. Uplifting the people you care about and treating them as you wish to be treated is key to fostering healthy relationships. If you feel like you are involved in unhealthy or abusive relationships, please reach out to SHARE at 506364-2613 or share@mta.ca.
EXERCISE
Taking the time for your brain
The brain-changing effects of exercise
EMILIE COMFORT Health Intern Exercise is frequently discussed in terms of its physical benefits, but its psychological benefits are often forgotten. Exercise can have psychological benefits, which many people are unaware of, and can have a positive impact one’s overall wellbeing. When a person exercises, there are both short-term and long-term benefits. According to Wendy Suzuki, professor of neural science and psychology at the Center for Neural Science at New York University, individuals will feel a mood and energy boost immediately after exercising. Long-term effects of exercise include the ability to focus for longer, improved long-term memory, better mood and increased energy. Chelsey Wheaton, a fourthyear psychology student, finds that exercise boosts her mood when she
is feeling down and it’s a great break from school work. Perhaps this is because you don’t have to focus on anything except your workout.
“LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF EXERCISE INCLUDE THE ABILITY TO FOCUS FOR LONGER, IMPROVED LONGTERM MEMORY, BETTER MOOD AND INCREASED ENERGY” “When I don’t exercise, I feel like I have less energy,” Wheaton said. According to the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), regular physical exercise can reduce depression and anxiety. “Exercising has helped with stress and anxiety because it keeps you focused in the moment,” said Alexa Mutch, a fourth-
year history and English major. “I often find myself not thinking about other things going on outside of the gym.” Taking the time out of your day to decompress can help you manage stress, which is very beneficial as students in particular tend to live in quite stressful environments. A common question about the benefits of exercise is, how much exercise do I need to get in order to receive these benefits? The good news is you don’t have to become a triathlete or a marathon runner. Suzuki suggests that exercising three to four times a week with a minimum of 30 minutes per session is sufficient. During your sessions, aerobic exercises that increase your heart rate are recommended. Fortunately, you do not need an expensive gym membership to achieve these benefits. A simple walk during your day or taking the stairs when they are available are simple but great ways to increase your heart rate. While it is important to recognize that exercise can help reduce depression, anxiety and a variety of other conditions, if you find yourself struggling with these issues, Mount Allison University does have services available for students. The Wellness Centre offers counselling by appointment, as well as walk-in counselling from 1 to 4 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays and from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursdays. There are also psychologists and a psychiatrist, to whom students can be referred by a health-care practitioner.
DIET
Hummus lovers rejoice: Mediterranean diet ranked 2019’s best overall diet plan
Local registered dieticians weigh in JESSICA FIRMINGER Sports & Health Reporter This diet plan incorporates foods native to the Mediterranean region of Europe, which is mainly plant-based and focuses on fresh food. Jillian Reid, a registered dietitian, works to provide group and individual nutrition services at the Superstores in both Amherst, N.S., and Riverview, N.B. Reid offered a simple list of foods that can be categorized under the Mediterranean diet. “The Mediterranean diet emphasizes foods like vegetables, fruits, whole grains, fish, beans and healthy monounsaturated fats such as olive oil, nuts and seeds,” she said. “Foods such as sweets and red meats are limited.” In an analysis of 41 eating plans, US News and World Report has ranked the Mediterranean diet as the best diet for diabetes, healthy eating and heart health. It has also been lauded as the easiest to follow and the best plant-based diet, making it the best overall diet of 2019. According to Healthline, numerous studies examining the benefits of the Mediterranean diet have demonstrated its effect in promoting weight loss, preventing heart attacks and type 2 diabetes, and reducing the risk of premature death. Reid explained why the Mediterranean diet is a good option for an overall improved health. “The foods included in the Mediterranean diet are less processed, low in sodium and saturated fats, and rich in antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, fibre and healthy fats.” Reid said, “The diet may result in better blood pressure [and] cholesterol levels, which are both important to heart health, and achieving and maintaining a healthy weight.” Reid commented on the benefit of eating whole grains through the Mediterranean diet instead of whole wheat. “[Whole grains] are higher in fibre than white processed grains,” she said. “When grains are processed, they remove the nutritious parts of the grain, leaving behind mostly just
the shell. Whole grains take longer to digest, which is important for satiety purposes, but also for sugars, especially if you have diabetes.” An article in the Globe and Mail by Leslie Beck, entitled Why You Should Follow the Mediterranean ‘Diet’ – And How to Do It, offers tips for following this eating guide. “If you eat red meat … treat it as a condiment rather than the main attraction of a meal,” Beck wrote. “Batch cook whole grains. Barley, brown rice, bulgur, whole-wheat couscous and farro add fibre, protein, B vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals to the Mediterranean diet.” Beck’s article provided meal ideas for individuals who choose to follow the Mediterranean diet, including whole-grain pasta with tuna, lentil salad and condiment substitutes like hummus, tahini or marinara. Colin Sifton, the executive chef at Mount Allison, prepares meals featuring food from the Mediterranean at Jennings Meal Hall as part of the Five Different Cultures of Food on Fridays. Sifton explained that the Mediterranean diet is classified based on location, instead of by their nutritional group. “Like most regions of the world, our diets and palette choices are based on what foods were available, that grow in our area,” Sifton said. “For Mediterranean palettes, we see a lot of tomato, garlic, olives, nuts and legumes. Many fresh herbs like basil, oregano and rosemary. Of course, fish is a common staple because of the [Mediterranean] sea.” Sifton emphasized the importance of understanding that the Mediterranean diet has cultural value, and should not merely be viewed as a method for health or weight loss. “To get items like fresh vegetables and fruit all year round [used to be] a luxury, not an expectation. Recipes and seeds travelled with immigrants, because that was what they knew. This introduced new foods to new cultures,” Sifton said. “Food is culture!”
THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET SUGGESTS EATING FRUITS, VEGETABLES, LEGUMES, NUTS AND WHOLE GRAINS IN EXCHANGE FOR HEALTHIER BLOOD PRESSURE AND CHOLESTEROL LEVELS. MARA IRETA GORDON/THE ARGOSY
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MENTAL HEALTH
Bell Let’s Talk: combatting mental health stigma requires more than awareness campaigns Bell’s annual media campaign comes under fire for doing the bare minimum to address mental health stigmas
CHARLOTTE SAVAGE Copy Editor Bell’s annual Let’s Talk Day (LTD) is widely lauded for the awareness and funds it raises in support of mental illness. According to their website, “Bell Let’s Talk promotes awareness and action with a strategy built on four key pillars: fighting the stigma, improving access to care, supporting world-class research and leading by example in workplace mental health.” However, I question how effective the Bell Let’s Talk campaign really is. On Let’s Talk Day, Bell encourages people to post supportive messages to create understanding and reduce stigma surrounding mental health. To some extent, LTD is successful in that. In my own experience, I’ve only discovered that certain people I know can be trusted with information about my mental illnesses because of their LTD posts. Through those posts, the event has helped to reduce my own fear of stigma. On the flip side, I can’t think of a single time that LTD helped me realize or challenge prejudices I held about other mental illnesses. The main focus of LTD’s awareness campaign is on anxiety and depression, which are hellish, serious illnesses and the increased understanding LTD helps
WHILE SOME SAY BELL’S AWARENESS CAMPAIGN HAS DONE MUCH TO HELP FIGHT THE STIGMA AGAINST DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, MANY WOULD ARGUE THAT THEIR CAMPAIGNING IS MERELY PERFORMATIVE ACTIVISM, AND THEY IGNORE REAL WAYS OF EFFECTING CHANGE. GILLIAN HILL/ARGOSY foster is absolutely beneficial to those of us who deal with them. But there’s a reason that those are what LTD chooses to focus on: they’re not the “scary” mental illnesses. LTD does very little to address the stigma faced by people with schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder or any other mental illness that’s not so palatable or easily understood. For instance, on the Bell Let’s Talk website, there are 49 personal stories from people who act as the public faces of the campaign. Of those 49 stories, only two are from people with a psychotic disorder. By failing to shed light on a wider spectrum of mental illness, Bell Let’s Talk presents a sanitized and incomplete perspective of what
mental illness as a whole actually looks like. For people whose information about mental illness largely comes from LTD, this omission of psychotic disorders, personality disorders and other “difficult” mental illnesses leaves them with a skewed perception of what “mental illness” means. On top of not actually creating awareness for a comprehensive, inclusive range of mental illnesses, the ways in which LTD does create awareness are problematic. Those 49 stories perpetuate and conform to ideas about the nature of mental illness that are unhelpful and even harmful. Many of the stories follow “overcoming” narratives about how these mentally ill people are able to live good lives despite their mental
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illnesses – but only after they have recovered from them. Beyond making me feel bad by implying that I can’t do anything with my life until and unless I fully recover from my mental illnesses, this attitude reinforces the idea that “success” for a disabled person means being productive. There is also the implication that a “cure” is a realistic expectation, so long as a person just tries hard enough and seeks the right treatment. This is not the reality for many people, and these attitudes can lead to unnecessary guilt and victim-blaming. Another component of the Let’s Talk Day is money – let’s look at that! LTD’s main gimmick is that Bell Canada will donate five cents to Canadian mental health programs for every text or call made on their network and for every Tweet, Snapchat, Instagram post or Facebook post made with the #BellLetsTalk hashtag. Although this is presented as a kind of fundraising effort, the money is not actually generated by participation – Bell already has the funds and could simply donate the money without the additional cost of creating and circulating promotional materials. The first question this raises for me is, “Why does Bell only donate when people participate?” It’s ostensibly part of the awareness campaign, but the fact of the matter is that every time someone uses the #BellLetsTalk hashtag, the awareness raised is awareness of mental health
and of Bell in equal measures, which is far from incidental. What’s more, LTD increases awareness of Bell not only as a brand, but also as a “good” brand that cares about important causes. There’s also the question of where Bell’s donations go. Since only registered C a n a d i a n charities are eligible to receive money from the Bell Let’s Talk fund, all those five-cent donations add up to significant tax deduction for the company, allowing Bell to pay even less than it already does toward public infrastructure, including mental health services. In turn, this creates a greater reliance on private sector services and charities such as Bell Let’s Talk itself. Bell Let’s Talk is just one part of the wider system. It both helps mentally ill folks (by fostering increased awareness) and hurts them (by reinforcing harmful ideas). It both supports mental health care (by providing funding) and undermines it (by encouraging reliance on charity rather than strong public services). My point here is not to criticize people who align their mental health activism with Bell Let’s Talk or to undermine the good work those people do. My hope is to encourage readers to think critically about ad campaigns masquerading as social activism and consider how you can most effectively channel your time, effort and resources in creating meaningful change.
LTD DOES VERY LITTLE TO ADDRESS THE STIGMA FACED BY PEOPLE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA, BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER OR ANY OTHER MENTAL ILLNESS THAT’S NOT SO... EASILY UNDERSTOOD.
14 OPINIONS Realities of being a Residence Advisor
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RES LIFE
Prospective Residence Assistants can expect falling grades, decresed mental health, and constant work
SHIMING HUANG Contributor Within my first month of university, I decided to become a resident assistant (RA). I made the decision because I had the dream of helping new students feel welcome and cared for at Mount Allison. In retrospect, it was one of the worst decisions I’ve made. After submitting my application and going through the interview process, I was convinced that the $3,000 stipend and the experience were enough of a reward for my service. I fully believed that the residence dons and Student Life would be there to provide solid support for me and my fellow naive RAs. That quickly changed after RA training began in August. The RA training lasted a full week. The training was about 90 per cent on how to be a good student, and 10 per cent for how to actually be an RA. That week, I learned how evasive Student Life is. I distinctly remember an RA trainee asking whether the names of students who have a known history of misconduct and are banned from certain residence buildings will be shared to other residence teams. The spokesperson spent around 10 minutes asking for clarification when the question simply demanded a “Yes” or “No” response. Throughout the year, I witnessed the mental health of my colleagues deteriorate alongside mine. What disappointed me was the lack of resources available to RAs coping with having to tell residents to stop smoking weed in their rooms, or having to take care of the same few drunk residents every weekend. By the end of fall term, it was clear that
Student Life was too timid to evict problematic students from residence – or worse, they would simply relocate those students to another residence. The countless incident reports that we wrote were like screams into the void. They seemed like they were there for our benefit, but had no real impact on challenging situations. In March, I was asked to quit the RA team. The dons phrased the request as advice, suggesting that I voluntarily leave the RA team for my personal mental health. I initially did not want to leave, but then they informed me – for the first time – that I had been underperforming my duties for months. At that point I did decide to resign. I knew there was no way I could work with a residence team who saw my mental health decline and maintained silence instead of intervening. A year later, when I spoke with my former colleagues, I was relieved to learn that I was not the only one. I haven’t spoken to a single RA who did not experience a deterioration of their mental well-being or their grades that year. What did I learn from my experience? I sure as hell learned that capitalist structures lead employers to exploit their workers as much as they can. I learned that living in your workplace means work schedules are a lie and work is 24/7 as long as you are in the building. I learned that no matter how healthy you are when you begin the job of an RA, the disrupted sleep schedule and lack of support will wear away your mental health (and consequently your grades, and sense of self-worth). A few positive things did come from this experience; namely, knowing that mutual suffering can lead to a stronger sense of community, and that one does not need to be loved by everyone to be happy. If I had been able to foresee where I am now, I would not have chosen to be an RA. That meager $3,000 was not worth the year of poor mental health, the $400 ambulance ride to the Moncton psych ward, and the disrupted sleep schedule from which I am still trying to recover. BEING AN RA GOES BEYOND JUST BEING A LISTENING EAR. AND IS OFTEN EMOTIONALLY DRAINING. WILLIAM LALONDE/ARGOSY
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ENVIRONMENT
Trash talk: pay more attention to your garbage
Thoughts from a Mt. A custodian on the importance of sorting our waste NORM SHEPPARD Contributor What do you think when you walk through this campus and see the garbage containers outdoors and in the hallways and rooms of the buildings? Are you giving any thought to the items that you drop into the various receptacles? If you have been watching the news recently, you certainly should be. I hear a lot of chatter these days about how environmentally conscious this generation is becoming, and about divestment, resource management,
global warming and protecting the earth for the future. It gives me a good feeling to know that young people give a damn. As one of the custodians who work at Mount Allison, I can say that as I go about my rounds, collecting the various garbage from the waste receptacles, I do not see very much commitment to our colour-coded waste system. Since it lies at the very beginning of the complex process of directing all of our discarded products to the appropriate waste, recycling and compost streams, it is of utmost importance to get it right – to ensure
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that the smallest amount possible of this stuff goes into the landfill dumps. Presently, this University’s population, in general, is not doing a very good job of it. It’s well past the time to change your habits about trash. That goes for not just the students, but all of our staff as well. Some of you are doing a good job of separating your garbage, but it’s a very small part of the big picture. I’m putting out a challenge to those of you who can make a difference, be it the MASU or whoever, to start an educational initiative for awareness of the three-coloured waste and recycling
system. This needs to be a priority if we humans don’t want to live on this planet up to our necks in discarded plastic, diapers, and similar flotsam that gets thrown out each day. This way of thinking about garbage disposal needs to be part of the orientation program that each new student goes through upon arrival here, so that over time the mountain of junk that leaves here every day will have a better chance of going to the correct place. Does anybody out there hear me?
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COLUMN
Eating as a moment of contemplation and connection Canada’s new food guide prompts us to savour our meals in a new way
REV. JOHN C. PERKIN Columnist Canada has released a new food guide. Some of the recommendations are hardly surprising, although they represent a change from the old food guide, such as cutting back on meats and breads, and increasing fresh fruit and vegetables. What interested me more, however, were the recommendations not only for what we eat, but for how we eat it. It is more an eating guide than a food guide. The new guide advises us to be mindful of eating habits, including taking time to
eat more thoughtfully and carefully. We are told to cook more often, planning out our meals and involving others in the preparation. It also suggests that we should enjoy our food more, sharing the meal with others. I know I am guilty of too many lunches at my desk, eating too quickly, staving off the pangs of hunger rather than entering into the experience of eating and enjoying food. I do enjoy breakfast, and when my children were small, breakfast with them was almost sacred. It was a full breakfast – porridge, toast and eggs, fruit – that I hoped would prepare them adequately
for school. I recall family dinners when I was a child: the ritual around the table was as important as the food on it. I think of food and eating and the place it plays in religious celebration and religious community. Certainly, the Protestant church supper has been an established part of Canadian culture: it is rich in food, but also in conversation, in relaxation, in people being together in community. Food brings people together; in sharing food we also share life. Church suppers were always an opportunity to nurture a sense of community, and the sense of being people of faith together was
always a positive outcome. Over the last few years, I have ended the year’s worship in the chapel with a celebration of Holy Communion in the form of a shared meal together; it is always a memorable event. Perhaps it is not a coincidence that the worship of the Christian church emerged out of a shared meal, and an inclusive meal that welcomed everyone – as the people ate together in equality, so they learned to live together in equality. Some of my most memorable experiences of church have involved food: preparing it, sharing it, eating it. It is the way we celebrate, and for centuries the great high and holy days of the faith were known as feast days. Meals have taken place at significant times, and sometimes ordinary times have been rendered more significant by a shared meal. For more than twenty years I have continued a practice of sharing a full breakfast with the chapel assistants once each semester. It is always a challenge to meet at seven o’clock in the morning, but we have good conversation, and sometimes a magnificent view of a sunrise over the frozen marsh from a Patterson’s window. It is not only in the Christian church that food and eating is a part of religious celebration. Feasting together is the way the world, across cultures and religions, celebrates holy days and milestone moments; across cultures, eating together is the way we welcome others in. A meal is a daily opportunity to pause in the midst of each and every day, to give thanks, to share time with others. When done correctly, a time to eat is to be reminded of what it is to be human.
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ACROSS 1. According to his song DNA, Kendrick Lamar doesn’t do this (see 6-Down) 10. Pictures taken when the subjects don’t notice 18. Canadian creator of SNL’s first name 19. UN branch that deals in fair work practices 20. Work to be done outside of class time 21. Wanting everything for oneself 22. Not proportional 24. Something that is irritating is often compared to these on a chalkboard 26. Sun God in Ancient Egyptian lore 27. Island country in Southeast Asia off the coast of India 28 Filler word akin to um or uh
29. Units used to measure amounts of land 30. Abbreviation for certain military or police officers 31. 1700s, 1800s and 1900s, for example 34. Company that represents clients aiming to get a career in entertainment with offices in US, England and Sweden 35. Nickname that can be derived from both a traditionally feminine or masculine name 38. Contrary to popular belief, these are not the same as sweet potatoes 39. What an adjective describes 40. Chain bookstore that is part of the Chapters and Indigo family 41. Like career athletes 43. Famous Parisian cathedral 46. Suffix for cool, often citrusy drinks
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48. New York quarterback who famously used to pray before games and after touchdowns 49. Your grandma may use this type of needle to fix your socks 51. Follows fa and precedes la 52. “____ thee well!” 53. If yours is even, it means you are calm and level-headed 55. American author of the essay Self-Reliance 61. Website that allows you to torrent movies online 62. Caffeine boost that can now be made in avocados or with turmeric, charcoal or glitter 65. Name of this year’s Orientation chair 68. You must pay this at a rate of 15 per cent for many goods and services 70. MLB team from Houston 71. The ___ (Jason Statham shark movie that premiered last August) 72. Last name of CNN anchor famously called “the dumbest man on television” 73. A bear-like extraterrestrial 75. To nourish oneself 76. A show of disapproval, online 77. The final blow in a boxing or MMA match 79. The group in power in a patriarchal society 80. “____ it on” 81. Motor homes 82. Suffix used to make a noun from an adjective that refers to the quality of something 84. The first to start work in a certain field 87. Appliance company with an HQ in Boston 88. A Hebrew name that may be a
nickname for “Rachel” 90. Follows siete 91. Not tmr 92. A feeling you may feel right before a big test 93. Loveable, dancing talk show host DOWN 2. Russian form of the name Helga 3. “Neither here ___ there” 4. A long section of hair 5. Solar panels and wind turbines are examples of renewable ___ 6. (with 1-Across) Lamar does admit to doing this in the next line of the song 7. Sweet-smelling flower that comes in purple or white varieties 8. “I think we’re _____ ___” (1987 pop song by Tiffany) 9. A high bun 10. A computer programmer 11. Like someone who is a citizen of Canada’s southern neighbor 12. Homer’s happy neighbor Flanders 13. Arthur Read’s annoying little sister 14. Scottish island in the Hebrides with a population of 177 15. Stoker’s Transylvanian villain 16. Avoided talking about the main issues 17. Opposite of a gain 20. “__-ho! It’s off to work we go” 23. Day that’s alright for fighting if you ask Elton John 25. Rents out 26. A financial account that allows parents who are able to save for their child’s future post-secondary education 32. What archaeologists do with artifacts at digs
33. A section of a TV show or movie 36. The result of an expressive creative endeavor 37. Excusez-__ ? 42. A cheesy, mischievous smile 43. Have or Have-___ 44. A chest of drawers where you may keep your clothes 45. First name of comedian Meyers, politician Pence or boxer Tyson 47. Injuries that result in scabs 50. Gooey substances often used to style hair 54. Motion from side to side 56. Fancy adjective meaning “able to retain memory” 57. The rank of the sprinter who places last in the final heat at the Olympics 58. Not float 59. One way to spell a meditative sound 60. Zero, in football 63. Leaving home to explore other countries 64. Like crispy potatoes, or little kids 66. There was a whole movie about finding this orange fish 67. End to a prayer 69. Dry, small tree droppings 70. Sound engineering company 71. Disease that degenerates the myelin sheath in the nervous system 74. Belonging to one 78. Choose, pick 80. Reaction to the winter weather 83. Slang greeting 85. “You’re __” (part of the club) 86. __ al (like in a references section) 88. Memo note that denotes the subject 89. Atop
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PICTURED: A GOD ASCENDING
Jean-Paul Boudreau Voted “Most Lit” MTA President EVER TRILL WAVES Humour Editor Dr. Jean-Paul Boudreau, the 15th president of Mount Allison University, has been voted Most Lit President in Mt. A history. A poll conducted by some of the guys determined that that “our fucking guy Jean-Paul” is “the most lit prez Mt. A’s ever had,” beating out former president Robert Campbell by 14 places. Criteria for “litness” was based on campus presence, appearance and overall good vibes. Dr. Boudreau’s early evening appearances at Ducky’s, presence during last semester’s orientation week events and his surprise drop-in at this
year’s Cancun Campbell residence party in fluorescent running gear allowed him to win over the presence category. In terms of appearance, JP’s casual, formal and athletic style is likely the best of anyone on campus really, students included. “The man has some of the best outfits I’ve ever seen,” stated one of the poll’s respondents. Overall good vibes were mostly rated in the 9/10 to 10/10 range, with the lowest rating being an 8/10. The results of this poll will likely change nothing, since everyone already knew that Dr. Boudreau is the most lit president we’ve ever had here at Mt. A – and possibly the most lit man alive.
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