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in this issue “We have to change the system: tinkering is not enough.”

“There comes a point in life where you realize less is more, and this directly corresponds with cleavage.”

Features, p. 12

Opinions, p.9

“As much as we all enjoy keeping warm inside there is something deep down within us, this little red and white beaver eager to come out and play.”

Sports, p.19

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Vol. 68 No. 9

January 30, 2013

Freezing and Some Rain Since 1944

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News

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Meagan Roulet, Editor • thecampus.news@gmail.com Editor-in-Chief: Adam T. Young Associate Editor: Meagan Roulet News Editor: Meagan Roulet Opinions Editor: Lauren Humphreys Features Editor: Caleigh Cross A & C Editor: Maghen Eisan Sports Editor: Brian MacIver Photo Editor: Cecilia Bracmort Layout Editor: Chelsea Conway Copy Editor: Taylor Poelman Online Editor: Laura Yaternick

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Riding the TEDx-press Local universities to come together for day of presentations and debate

By Adam Young Editor-In-Chief

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he university didn’t have to look too far to find some ideal candidates for guest lecturing. In fact, inviting over the neighbours to contribute to the school’s upcoming TED conference was about as easy as asking for a cup of sugar.

The university is preparing to host a regional set of Ted lectures, following the format of largescale TED lecture series across the world. The California-founded non-profit first began a series of conferences over 25 years ago, gaining in widespread popularity now for its treasure trove of archived speeches on its website.

While usually awarded to general applicants from larger urban centers such as New York or San Antonio, Bishop’s received a license to host their own talk on the subject of “illuminating education,” in partnership with similarly-sized Eastern Canada schools Acadia, Mount Allison, and St. Francis Xavier.

Bishop’s principal Michael Goldbloom originally pitched the idea for an event with would join the schools together, all of which share a similarly-sized student population –under 4000 students- and focus on a liberal arts education.

The focus on small and intimate education spaces is something at the heart of event coordinator and English professor Dr. Jessica Riddell, who saw the theme of rethinking education as insightful and appropriate for schools of Bishop’s size. “The [large school] model of education is not effect-

photo courtesy ireofapathy.com The Bishop’s TEDx event centers around the same themes of education as Ken Robinson’s renowned creativity talk in 2006.

ive,” explains Riddell, with large numbers of students causing universities to instead focus on the “bottom line.”

The professor is helping to develop a whirlwind schedule of conversations for the event on Saturday, February 9, which will be attended by principals of all of the schools alongside chosen presenters.

The morning will begin with debating pairs from each school who will be discussing a wide range of topics, some more humorous than others. These include topics such as gender-segregated schools, school uniforms, and whether or not to abolish grades.

In the afternoon a series of “talks” will begin on a range of issues. Bishop’s chancellor and poetry-enthusiast Scott Griffin will speak about poetry, an interest that resulted in the philanthropist’s creation of the largest poetry prizes in the world, the Griffin Poetry Prize.

Former Dean of Arts and Science Jamie Crooks will combine “music, philosophy and social activism” in a talk discussing the power of song. Crooks serves as director of the Bishop’s University Singers, who partnered with a group of at-risk students last year in benefit concerts involving the two groups.

One Bishop’s alumni is also

scheduled to talk. Kyle Williams founded the company Heal 4 Life, which produces a web-based application to encourage healthy living choices in people of all ages.

Two students were also chosen to present at the conference: a member of Student’s Representative Council at Mount Allison, alongside Bishop’s education student Dana Sciuto. The presentation will discuss the idea of meaningful failure for both teachers and students and how education can change our approach to what it means to “fail.”

The night will end on a lighter note with a special taping of CBC Radio One’s The Debaters at Centennial Theatre, featuring some of Canada’s most well-known comedians going head-to-head to win the audience’s approval. “[The theme] is supposed to evoke a lightbulb image, an ‘aha’ moment, concludes Riddell. “It’s those transformative education experiences where you go ‘I see the world slightly differently coming out of the classroom’: those kinds of moments are really important.”

Bishop’s Tedx event begins at 8:30am in McGreer on Sat, Feb. 9. The event is free to the public, with seating available on a first-come, first-served basis in Bandeen Hall for the afternoon speakers, along with live streaming of the event with an open bar at the Gait.

The CBC Debaters is $5 per student ticket, $29.75 for adults.

Tickets are available at the Centennial Theatre Box Office.

Corrections...

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interfest weekend saw a solid - and typically colorful - turnout for the annual Rail Jam in the Bishop’s quad.

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n a previous article in the last issue of the Campus on school debt (“Cash We Don’t Have”), we incorrectly labeled the position of Director of Student Counseling and Disabilities. Also, it was incorrectly stated that Principal Goldbloom and SRC President Adam Peabody were scheduled to attend a summit in February. It should have read a pre-summit meeting. The Campus regrets this error.

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Underwater education Massive flooding of McGill campus expected to cost hundreds of thousands

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Flood damage at McGill University.

By Erin Hudson CUP Quebec Bureau Chief

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ONTREAL (CUP) — Instead of trudging knee-deep through snow, McGill students were wading knee-deep through fast-moving flood waters on Jan. 28 as their campus flooded.

Water from the McTavish Reservoir, located just uphill from McGill University, flowed unabated into campus — and into university buildings — for four hours after the burst of a 48-inch diameter water main.

Approximately 80 classes were canceled, 24 classes were relocated and 10 laboratories evacuated due to the flood, McGill viceprincipal Michael Di Grappa told media on Jan. 29.

Di Grappa confirmed that McGill had incurred major damages and estimated the time frame for repairs ranging anywhere from a few days to a few months.

“We don’t yet know what the dollar amount is but we believe it will be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars to repair these damages,” he said. “Right now we’re focusing on reviewing and renewing our normal activities as soon as possible.”

To a question on whether McGill would be prepared to sue the party ultimately responsible for the flood, he responded that, “Those would be questions we’ll look at another day.”

Doug Sweet, director of media relations, confirmed that the university intends to file an insurance claim to cover the cost of damages.

Though one student was filmed being swept downhill in floodwaters, no injuries were reported. The McGill Daily reported that a group of engineering students constructed a dam to protect the entrance of one of the engineering buildings.

Since Monday night, the heart of McGill’s campus has been cordoned off as response teams worked all night to clear away ice and debris and pump water out of

affected buildings. So far the university has reported five buildings are closed due to damages including the university’s student services and administration buildings.

Major events like McGill’s SSMUfest, a start-of-term networking event for students to gather information on extracurricular student groups and clubs, were forced to reschedule as was the election for a new university principal to succeed Prin-

cipal Heather Munroe-Blum – the election was rescheduled for Feb. 12.

Though forced to reschedule SSMUfest, Josh Redel, president of the Student Society of McGill University, knows the student union got lucky with no damages to the building, located in one of Monday’s main flood-ways.

“There’s undergraduate labs that have been flooded ... the Service Point is shut down as well as the James Admin building, which are core to the functioning of services for students at the university,” he said He also noted that this is not the first time the reservoir flooded campus. This is third time in the past four years that breakages from the reservoir’s water mains have caused flooding. In 2009, a 42-inch main burst followed by a 16-inch main in September 2011.

“We can’t keep having repeat [flooding] — it damages everything. It’s dangerous for people, it impacts the services the SSMU can offer, it impacts the services the university can offer,” Redel said. “I sit on space committees at all levels of the university and I’d imagine this is going to come up very soon.”

“The flood theoretically shouldn’t have taken place if there were proper infrastructures in place around the reservoir area,” he added.

The reservoir holds 37 million gallons of drinking water and has been undergoing a $16.4 million renovation since October to update its tank and water mains, which are reported to be over a century old.

—with files from Laurent Bastien Corbeil (The McGill Daily)

Government loses students’ personal information 583,000 students affected by Canada Student Loans Program security breach

By Laura Howells The Muse (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

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T. JOHN’S (CUP) — A division of the Canadian federal government has lost a hard drive containing the personal information of 583,000 clients of the Canada Student Loans Program.

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) issued an advisory on the privacy breach on Jan. 11.

“I want all Canadians to know that I have expressed my disappointment to departmental officials at this unacceptable and avoidable incident in handling Canadians’ personal information,” said Diane Finley, Minister of HRSDC.

“On behalf of our Government, I want to reassure Canadians that we are serious about protecting their personal information. As Minister, I will ensure that every effort is taken so that HRSDC meets the expectations of Canadians in keeping their information safe and secure.”

The hard drive contains information on students who took out loans between 2000 and 2006. The missing information includes students’ names, social insurance numbers, birth dates, contact information and loan balance. The breach affects students from all provinces and territories, except for those in Quebec, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.

Michael Walsh, the Newfoundland and Labrador Chairperson for the Canadian

Federation of Students, has been getting numerous inquiries from students who are concerned about whether this breach affects them personally and what it means to have their personal information compromised.

“These are students who are already burdened with huge student debts. They already have the stress of trying to work to pay off these huge debts and now they have the added stress of wondering if their personal information is in the hands of a stranger.”

Walsh believes that this breach highlights a larger problem of post-secondary tuition fees for Canadian students.

“The fact that so many students across the country are forced to borrow in order to finance their education is the reason that we have a situation of such magnitude right now.

“I think this shows that we have a system of post-secondary education in Canada where largely, students have to finance their education on debt.”

Adam Awad, chairperson for the Canadian Federation of Students, agrees.

“If we just funded education properly across the country, we wouldn’t have to deal with this all.”

Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Diane Finley issued a statement on the breach on January 11.

There is no indication currently that any of the information has been accessed, however all affected accounts have been put on high alert. The situation is currently being investigated by the RCMP.

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SRC Elections

The Campus, January 30, 2013

2013-2014 SRC Elections Nominations now available for the following positions:

Election Time!

Details on the SRC’s Executive nominations and job postings The SRC’s General Elections are coming up pretty soon. Nominations for the positions of President and the Vice-Presidents (Social, Academic, and Student Affairs) all opened on Tuesday, January 29 alongside the Director of Finance & Operations.

Interested in running, but not sure what it entails? Have a look over the SRC’s job descriptions, and pick up your nomination form in the SUB building’s SRC office. Nominations run until Monday, February 4. Voting will be held Feburary 12-14.

President Department: Students’ Representative Council Term of Employment: May 2013 – April 2014 Salary: $11,000 annually, paid in bimonthly installments.

Job Summary The SRC President is the elected chief executive officer of the Students’ Representative Council of Bishop’s University – overseeing the general management of the four major SRC departments (Social, Student Affairs, Academics, and Operations/Finance), all sub-departments. The SRC President represents the student body on the Board of Governors of Bishop’s University. The President oversees all SRC operations, events, and student representation. The President sits as chair of the Executive Cabinet (President, Director of Finance & Operations, VP Social, VP Academic, VP Student Affairs) of the SRC and is responsible (in consultation with other SRC members) for setting meeting dates, and all broad-scale organizational duties. The SRC President will also act as the general liaison between the student body and BU Admin and Faculty.

Requirements • Must be a full-time or part-time degree student at Bishop’s University, enrolled for 2012-14 • Must be present at Bishop’s University from May 1, 2013 – April 30, 2014 Nature of Duties and Responsibilities • Providing both overall and departmental vision throughout the SRC, in consultation with the SRC General Assembly.

• Hiring of Orientation week and Winterfest Coordinators (Committee) • Oversight and management of all SRC events, including Frosh and Winterfest • Hiring of SRC Director of Finance & Operations (Committee) • Chair of weekly Executive Cabinet meetings • Chair of Orientation Advisory, Frost and Winterfest Organization Committees • Ex-officio chair of Committee on Life at the University (Standing Board Committee), and the SRC General Assembly.

• Management and oversight of all student representative positions at the university • Management of four SRC departments and staff – Social, Student Affairs, Academic, and Finance/Ops • Liaison between Bishop’s University administration and student body • Ensuring adherence with SRC Constitution in all practices • Acting as media representative between BUSRC and outside parties Recommended Skills and Abilities • Communication – English language verbal and written, French communication skills an asset • Interpersonal and teamwork skills • Highly organized and self-motivated • Strong multi-tasking capabilities • Experience in event management an asset

Vice President Student Affairs Department: Students’ Representative Council Term of Employment: May 2013 – Apri l 2014 Salary: $8,000 paid in bimonthly installments beginning in May, plus other benefits.

Job Summary As an elected member of the SRC Executive Cabinet, the Vice-President Student Affairs (VPSA) is chiefly responsible for protecting and advocating for therights and interests of the student bodyon a variety of university committees and within the community at large. The VPSA is responsible for addressing all non-academic complaints to the SRC, gathering data about students’ interests, organizing the Exam Care package drive, and organizing the annual Student Forum. The VPSA also manages a team of four student affairs representatives (SARs) manages the Clean Community Team (CCT) and acts as the general liaison between the SRC and the Directors of Student Services, as well as the office of the Dean of Student Affairs.

Requirements • Must be a full-time or part-time degree student at Bishop’s University, enrolled for 2013-14 • Must be present at Bishop’s University from May 1, 2013 – April 30, 2014 Nature of Duties and Responsibilities • Advocate for students’ rights and interests in committee meetings with administration, faculty, and other student group stakeholders • Coordinate and manage four student affairs representatives (two on-campus, two off-campus), who assist the VPSA primarily in protecting and advocating for students’ interests on university committees, and assist in the gathering of data about student interests.

• Committee list: - Committee for Life at the University (CLU) (bi-monthly)

- Student Services Directors Committee (bi-monthly)

- Buildings Committee (monthly)

- Dining Committee (monthly)

- Parking Committee (monthly)

- Joint Health and Safety Committee (monthly)

- Sustainable Development and Land Use Committee

(monthly), & Sustainable Development Action Group

- Residence Assistant (R.A.) Hiring Committee (annually)

- Other various hiring committees (as needed) • Gather information and data from the student body to help the SRC properly advocate students’ interests in all SRC departments.

• Coordinate and manage the Clean Community Team.

• Inform the SRC General Assembly of developments in committee work as necessary.

• Formulate SRC policiesin collaboration with other members of Executive Cabinet.

• Support all other SRC executive members, as needed, in the planning and management of their departments.

• Attend meetings with SRC stakeholders (university administrators, city councillors, landlords, and other members of the Bishop’s community) as required to represent students interests.

• Organize initiatives to deal with unmet student needs, example: September Bus trip to the mall to help new students.

• Keeping written notice of policy changes/ developments throughout the year.

Recommended Skills and Abilities • Ability to assume the leadership role when required • Good interpersonal skills • English language – oral and written • French communication skills are an asset • Ability to work in groups and individually • Self-motivated and organized

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Vice President of Social Affairs

Vice President Academic Affairs

Department: Students’ Representative Council Term of Employment: May 2013 – April 2014 Salary: $8,000 paid in bimonthly installments beginning in May.

Department: Students’ Representative Council Term of Employment: May 2013 – April 2014 Salary: $8,000, paid in bimonthly instalments beginning in May.

Job Summary The Vice-President Social Affairs (VPS) is an elected positionwhoseresponsibilities focus on meeting the socialneeds of the student body. The VPS is responsible for supervising the activities andbudgets of social clubs and their club heads. The VPS reviews social club reports to access the financial needs of the Social department. The VPS organizes and execute various events that appeal to the entire Student body, and is involved in the organization of all social events related to the SRC.

Job Summary As an elected member of the SRC Executive Cabinet, the VP Academic is a voting member of the General Assembly and the Executive Cabinet of the SRC. The VP Academic oversees the operations of the Academic Affairs team, which is comprised of six Student Senators representing the five departments and schools in the university, as well as part-time students. The Academic Affairs team, including the VP Academic are all voting members on the Bishop’s University Senate, and the various senate committees. The VP Academic shall also sit on the Admissions Policy and Academic Standing Committee, as well as the Senate Planning Committee. The VP Academic shall chair the William and Nancy Turner Teaching Award committee.

Requirements • Must be a full-time or part-time degree student at Bishop’s University, enrolled for 2013-2014 • Must be present at Bishop’s University from May 1, 2013 – April 30, 2014 Nature of Duties and Responsibilities • The VPS shall be responsible for overseeing all non-academic SRC events both on campus and off campus, that are not expressly under the jurisdiction of another VP • The VPS shall be a member of the Winterfest Committee, Grants for Clubs Committee, and chair the Graduation Committee.

• The VPS is responsible for the organization of volunteers in SRC Social Events such as the annual blood drive, “trick-or-eat”, underwear run, etc.

• The VPS is a member of the Committee for Life at the University (CLU) • The VPS, with assistance from the executive cabinet, is responsible for organizing activities which will improve the reputation of Bishop’s students within the wider Sherbrooke community.

• The VPS shall act as manager of the Student Events Coordinators and shall report to the executive cabinet and general assembly on their progress.

• The VPS shall chair the Student Events advisory committee, which shall consist of the four (4) Student Events Coordinators with the express purpose of ensuring that the SRC organizes and offers a wide range of socially stimulating activities, having both entertainment and cultural value, to the student body • The VPS is responsible for overseeing all SRC clubs and working with the SRC Director of Finance & Operations to allocate funding to each club during each semester and administer the club bylaws.

• The VPS shall co-chair the SRC Clubs Committee, consisting of all SRC clubheads, which shall meet at least once a semester, with the express purpose of ensuring communication, coordination, and supporting clubs.

• The VPS shall be responsible for recruiting student volunteers to assist with SRC activities and shall maintain the SRC’s volunteer database and will also administer the SRC volunteer passport program.

• The VPS will organize at least three (3) club days, (one in the fall for first year students, one in the fall for all students and one in the winter for all students), for clubs to showcase their activities and recruit members.

• The VPS shall act as an advisor to the Orientation Board during the planning of Orientation Week and will act as a coordinator at the activities throughout the week.

• The VPS must submit an end-of-year report to the newly-elected VPS at the final executive cabinet meeting of the year.

Recommended Skills and Abilities • Formal leadership experience • Event planning • Recommended Skills • High level of self-efficacy • Exceptional Interpersonal skills • Highly developed organizational skills • English language – oral and written • Basic math skills • French communication skills are an asset • Photoshop skills are a useful but not crucial asset

Requirements • Must be a full-time or part-time degree student at Bishop’s University, enrolled for 2013-2014 • Must be present at Bishop’s University from May 1, 2013 – April 30, 2014 Nature of Duties and Responsibilities • Management of six senators and the day-to-day functions of the Academic Affairs office.

• Organize and chair a meeting with the six student senators to discuss agenda items and develop the position of the team prior to the SRC General Assembly meeting.

• Organize and chair a meeting with the six student senators to discuss agenda items and discuss how to best represent students prior to senate meetings.

• Report to the SRC any actions, decisions and discussions of senate.

• Consult with the members of the SRC Executive Cabinet on the direction and policies of the SRC • Raise awareness of academic initiative occurring on campus.

• Organize and facilitate academic events occurring on campus, including academic debates.

• Manage the SRC academic clubs, and communicate with the respective club heads.

• Manage the SRC academic grant budget.

• Support all other SRC members in planning, management, and execution of their operations.

• Collaborate with the Orientation Week coordinators and academic administration to plan and execute academic events during Orientation Week, including Academic Orientation and support all social events.

• Support the Orientation Week Coordinators with the planning, preparation, and execution of social events.

• Meet regularly with key members of administration and maintain a general understanding of university policies and current initiatives.

Shall coordinate one student forum and one student survey for part-time students each academic year to solicit their opinions and hear their complaints.

Coordinate the Students Seeking to Excel Program (STEP series).

Recommended Skills and Abilities • Ability to assume the leadership role when required.

• Good interpersonal skills • English Language – oral and written • French communication skills are an asset.

• Ability to work in groups and individually

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World News American Boy Scouts: the great divide

Canadian crash in Kazakhstan

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by Meagan roulet, news editor

ue to heavy fog, there was a recent airplane crash near the capital city of Kazakhstan, Almaty. 20 individuals were aboard the Canadianmade plane, all of which were killed in the crash.

The plane, which was scheduled to land just before 1 p.m. on January 29, was denied permission to land due to poor weather conditions and limited visibility. The plane disappeared from airport radars on its second attempt to land, at around 1:13 p.m.

The plane in question was a Bombardier CRJ200 and had undergone repairs within the last four months. The exact cause of the crash will not be confirmed until further investigation can be made.

The crash was the second of its kind in recent Kazakhstani history. Just before the New Year there was a similar crash in the country with 27 casualties. Reoccurring airline accidents are only contributing to the widely circulating concerns with airline safety procedures in Kazakhstan.

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ecently, the American Boy Scouts proposed to take the initial steps required in removing the ban on homosexual individuals from the association. The anticipated change has sparked a great amount of debate in many followers of the organization.

A number of individuals are pleased with the more accepting outlook and policy, praising its accommodation of homosexual individuals. However, the adoption of the new regulations may create some issues for the Boy Scouts of America.

Religious institutions that do not support the inclusion of homosexual individuals have traditionally sponsored a number of Boy Scout units; the Southern Baptist Convention is one such religious institution.

Frank Page, a high-ranking member of the Southern Baptist Convention, addressed the Montreal Gazette recently, stating: “We understand that we are now a minority, that it is not popular to have biblical values, not popular to take stands that seem intolerant. This is going to lead to a disintegration of faith-based values.”

While there may be some argument about the new regulations, the exclusion of homosexual individuals from the Boy Scouts of America has been a target of protest now for many years.

British man guilty of cocaine smuggling

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43-year-old British man, Julian Anthony Ponder, was recently sentenced to 6 years in an Indonesian prison after he was found guilty of being involved in smuggling cocaine to the island of Bali.

Ponder’s case was connected to that of Lindsay June Sandiford, who was sentenced to death by firing squad in another Indonesian court case on January 22. Sandiford, who was Ponder’s accomplice, was found guilty of smuggling over $2.5 million worth of cocaine. British Foreign Office Minister Huge Swire has since stated that the British government opposes this sentence.

After hearing the verdict of his case, Ponder was relieved; scared his sentence would have matched that of his accomplice.

Since the announcement of these two sentences, several British human rights groups have come forward, encouraging the British government to pay for the legal representation of the two individuals.

They claim that the government has neglected to ensure that their citizens were being detained under humane conditions.

The Next 36 strikes again Bishop’s students selected for Canadian program in three consecutive years

by Meagan Roulet News Editor

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or the third consecutive year, members of the Bishop’s student population have been selected to participate in The Next 36; a program designed to include Canada’s most promising future entrepreneurs.

The website for The Next 36 initiative explains that, “each year, thirty-six promising undergraduates are selected from a variety of academic disciplines, and from across Canada, through a rigorous national selection process. For eight months they are provided mentorship from some of Canada’s top business leaders, up to $80,000 cash from top venture capitalists, a

comprehensive offering of in-kind resources and academic instruction from some of the world’s top faculty.”

This year’s selection process included not only one, but two, Bishop’s University students: Sandra Cinq-Mars and Jarad Plato.

The Dean of the Williams School of Business expressed his happiness with the on-going inclusion of Bishop’s students in the program: “Students go through a grueling selection process and have to sell themselves to no less than 20 business leaders from various fields. It’s wonderful that Bishop’s students from various majors have been chosen year over year since the Next 36 was created” As the selection process gets more gruel-

ing every year, Bishop’s students continue to stand out from the crowd. Plato and Cinq-Mars are following in the footsteps of two recent Bishop’s alumni – Samantha Juraschka (2011), and Phillipe Vennes (2010).

In a press release at the end of 2012, Celia Cournoyer, Communications Manager at Bishop’s University stated: “[Bishop’s students’] success in this prestigious competition proves that the University’s model for liberal education, combined with the optional Entrepreneurship program, supported by the Dobson Lagassé Entrepreneurship Centre, prepares students to deal with complex issues and adeptly drive results.”

Both Plato and Cinq-Mars were quoted in the press release, expressing their excitement and enthusiasm about being selected to participate in the honorable program.

Cinq-Mars claimed, “[It] was the most stressful, challenging experience of my life.

I felt proud to stand and promote myself in front of a group of Canada’s top business leaders.”

Plato added to her enthusiasm, stating, “I look forward to the incredible challenge of building a new business with the support of Canada’s top business leaders. This will no doubt be a life-changing experience for me. I’m appreciative and cannot thank Bishop’s enough for providing and preparing me for this opportunity.”

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The debate on gun control Why put a culture under fire?

By Caleigh Cross Features Editor

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first fired a gun when I was twelve years old. My dad is a Boy Scout leader, and even though I’m a girl, he used to bring me fishing and to the gun range with the boys.

I started with a BB gun and moved on to shotguns and handguns. Marksmanship is still a hobby I share with my father.

When I think about my dad teaching Boy Scouts about firearms safety, one incident comes to the forefront. I had picked up one of my dad’s shotguns to examine it and in complete innocence pointed the barrel down the range to get a better look at the stock.

My dad didn’t panic and he didn’t yell.

He told everyone to sit down and his voice was measured when he told me to give him the gun. “Never, ever point a gun at anything you don’t intend to shoot dead,” he instructed us, his voice shaking. The gun wasn’t loaded, nobody would have come to any harm that day, but I remember my dad’s lesson every time I check to make sure the range is empty.

Guns need to be taken seriously.

These days, I help my dad give gun safety lessons to a new crowd of Scouts, and I field a lot of questions about legality and how I can possibly not advocate gun control. I’d like to give you the Reader’s Digest version of why I will never, ever support

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The debate on gun control has awakened following the tragecy in Newtown, CT. any kind of gun control legislation in the United States.

For my first point, I want to cite a section of the Constitution that states, and I’m paraphrasing, that citizens have a requirement – not a right, a requirement – to oust a government that no longer meets the needs of the people. How can an unarmed revolution be mounted against a government with firearms? How can civilians ever stand a chance against a militant government when they have no weapons?

With guns, we are citizens. Without them, we are subjects.

The second amendment of the United States Constitution states that citizens

have the right to bear arms. The US government was designed to operate under a system of checks and balances. The Founding Fathers quite possibly thought along the same lines I just described: if a government is so big that it can take away weapons, it’s too big for the system they designed. It has become a government that no longer meets the peoples’ needs, thus necessitating civilian firearm ownership. You can slice it whatever way you want, but because of the second amendment, gun control is unconstitutional.

Finally, it comes down to the old adage: if guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.

If you’re buying a gun for a reason like marksmanship or training for the biathlon or home security, chances are you’re a law-abiding citizen, the kind who would adhere to any gun control laws that were passed. You’d go and get a permit, or whatever was required of you.

If you’re standing at Walmart with that shotgun in your hand because you want somebody dead, though, you’re already planning to commit a murder. I can guarantee that you’re not going to stop and think: “Hmm, I’d better get this thing registered”.

Just like with illegal drugs, there will always be a gun trade. The kind of people we’re afraid of, the kind who want to kill other people, will always find a way to do so, and it will still involve guns. I want to live in a world where I can protect myself and my family – if it ever comes down to that.

Mass killings by shooters are an abomination. “Tragic” is not a good enough word to describe the events that have taken place in the past. It breaks my heart, but it doesn’t change my mind: I advocate guns not because I want to shoot someone, but because I want to die at a ripe old age a long time from now, not tomorrow afternoon on some sidewalk. Disarming innocent people only leaves them helpless against very real threats in the world.

My family owns guns. I plan to own guns. I plan to teach my children how to respect the power of a gun and to harness it responsibly. When treated with respect, guns aren’t dangerous, but there are dangerous people in the world, and I side with personal empowerment.

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Ring ring wrong FOMO to YOLO in fighting smartobsession

By Lois Boateng Contributor

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he New Year has come, and many students have set resolutions concerning their health (going to the gym), finance (saving for a trip) and/or education (improving grades). While I hope most of you achieve these desirable goals, I would nevertheless like to suggest an unfathomable resolution: letting go of our obsession with smartphones.

To be more concise, leaving the phone at home from time to time, or engaging in a face-to-face conversation with someone, without only connecting with people through smartphones. These examples may help to detach ourselves from the devices that allow us to do everything from talking, texting, surfing, and managing social media notifications, to keeping track of our supposedly busy schedule.

We have become addicted to our phones as a result of these activities, and for many,

Put down the smartphone, no one will get hurt. this resolution seems impossible to accomplish.

I’ll be the first to admit that I am obsessed with my phone. I once lost my phone when I was sixteen years old; a day later, I took a portion of my savings for prom in order to buy a new cell phone. Furthermore, I sleep with my cell phone beside me, and wake up

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a few times of the night to check my Facebook and Twitter updates.

I cannot imagine going a day without my phone and have come to regard it a necessity for my security. I caught a case of “fear of missing out” syndrome (FOMO).

I always fear that when my phone is off, I’ll miss an important call from a friend in

distress, or simply be late in responding to text messages (being a punctual responder is very important, if I do say so myself) or worse, being disconnected from the world.

Similar to many students, my cell phone has taken over my life.

It is common to see people playing and texting on their phones while at a party or social gathering. Clear communication is becoming a lost art as we stay glued to our gadgets. Because of our dependence on smartphones, text messages and e-mail are replacing face-to-face interactions.

Indeed, this view is becoming rampant as some people start to question whether individuals are apt enough to engage in meaningful face-to-face conversations in an era where staying connected means looking over one’s cell phone.

Hence, as we continue to withstand our corners and obsess over the latest-posted pictures of our already-made friends, we miss out on opportunities to make real and on-the-spot contact with new people, rather than the virtual kind. Let’s put down our cell phone and participate in face time… not the iPhone application.

Have you ever thought of spending a day without your most prized electronic device? If not, time to re-evaluate your obsessive love with your phone and start the New Year right: without it!

I can’t believe I’m taking the time to write about that damn #kimyebaby

By Taylor Poelman Copy Editor

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rawn to celebrity gossip like moths to a flame, Twitter users exploded with hashtags as word of rapper Kanye West and celebrity Kim Kardashian’s unborn child spread across social media.

One moment I had a peaceful newsfeed, the next it was bombarded with #kimye.

Groan.

What is it with celebrity babies? I understand them to be the Holy Grail of paparazzi snapshots, but really, why so interesting? Is it because pregnancies are generally treated with excitement, and celebrities have to share that excitement with the rest of the world by default? The phenomenon is disturbing, even for the average celebrity stalker.

But alas, I must confess that I gave in to this dark magic. I may or may not have hopped onto the hashtag bandwagon myself. What was most alarming was how fast I learned a good deal of information about this hyped-up fetus and its highly publicized parents.

West announced Kardashian was his baby-mama-to-be while on stage at a concert in New Jersey on December 30. Later, tweets by members of the Kardashian family seemed to confirm the story. Pretty serious stuff.

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The #kimye trend has exploded across the Twittersphere.

According to TMZ, the couple has turned down an offer for $3 million in exchange for baby photos. Members of the celebrity-crazed public believe they are holding out for more money. Apparently – when it comes to celebrity baby pics – the

longer you wait the higher the offers will be. I’m glad serious thought has been put into calculating the maximum profit of baby photo exploitation.

Kimye has been together for just under a year. Rumour has it the plan is for them

to get married, but Kim’s brief former husband Kris Humphries is slowing the process of their divorce. A bit awkward, but maybe the introduction of another man’s child will speed things along. If these people were not celebrities, I have a feeling reactions to this situation would be different…

But the ridiculousness continues. Speculations on every aspect of the Kimye baby are being offered, right down to which hospital the child might be born in. On top of the propositions for photos, baby-clothes designers have also approached the couple.

You know that baby’s threads will be fly.

It doesn’t stop there. My favourite morsel of this disgustingly delicious celeb watch is the comparison between Kimye’s baby and Jay-Z and Beyonce’s daughter, Blue Ivy. I came across a comment bold enough to suggest that the Kimye announcement took away from the advent of Blue Ivy’s first birthday! Maybe they’ll make the babies duel one another when they come of age. You never know what dark path the evolution of celebrity gossip might take.

After wasting several minutes of my time absorbing this readily available and regularly updated information, I feel comforted by one thing: at least I find this sort of bullshit a source of horrific amusement, and not intellectual stimulation. Still, those are precious minutes I can never get back.

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That other big ‘C’ Just how do we define cheating?

By Maghen Eisan A & C Editor

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heating can be a touchy subject for some people .

Some blush at the topic, secretly hiding their own skeletons, while some fume with anger, having been a victim of the cheating game before. But, no matter what side of the playing field you’re on, there will always be two sides to every story.

It doesn’t matter who you are, relationships – good or bad – change with time.

To help ourselves sleep at night we twist promises made to our partners as a way to satisfy our own personal needs. Maybe you madeout with somebody because you

assumed that your partner was cheating.

Or maybe you slept with someone else because your partner wasn’t showing you the attention that you craved.

Can cheat hold a single definition, or is it solely circumstantial? Just because you or your partner may have slipped up once or twice doesn’t mean that it’s an ongoing affair. Anyone can fall prey to an accident such as waking up the next morning with the smell of liquor on your breath and a beating headache thinking, “What the fuck have I done?”

But what really defines cheating? Besides the obvious – having sex with someone else – cheating can wear many masks:. sexting, flirting, kissing, Facebook-sex, or merely looking at someone of the opposite sex. Everybody has a different opinion of what’s considered cheating: and it’s up to you and your partner to decide.

Do you remember the last time a couple got married at the age of 18 and stayed

together forever? No? Well neither do I – times have changed and so have relationships.

I think that it’s better to be open with what you want, rather than try and keep it a secret. Having an open relationship will help a couple grow and stay together longer. People have urges, wants and desires, and sometimes our partners cannot fulfill these things – especially at our age.

Do you think that by the age of 20 you’ve found “the one”? Now, I’m sure that it’s a possibility, but if you two ever plan on staying together ‘till-death-do-you-part, you better be able to loosen the reins and let each other explore different options.

Just imagine eating blueberry pancakes

every morning for the rest of your life.

Sure, it might sound delicious now, but after a few months you’re going to want to spice it up. I’m not saying that we should all be swingers; but I think that there needs to be more sexual openness between couples.

If your relationship seems rocky and you’re not sure what to do, take a break. It sounds simple enough, but most couples overlook the power of a “break”. Just because you’ve decided to take one doesn’t mean that you don’t love each other anymore; it just means that you need space to figure out what you want.

Big girl cleavage

By Danielle WhitE Contributer

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rom a young woman’s point of view, your relationship with your boobs is cyclical.

The first stage is when you’re beginning to go through puberty, when we are all 100% convinced we were secretly born a boy, because “EVERYONE IS GROWING BOOBS BUT ME!!!”

You then wait it out a few more months, until you realize your bug-bites morphed overnight. The next thing you know you’re shuffling around Sears, bra shopping with your mom.

This awkward stage eventually passes, and you realize just how cool it is to have boobs. This is a fun time in a girl’s life; you have these cool new accessories that come with you everywhere! This is likely right around the same time you start going to parties, kissing boys in “Truth or Dare” and having a crush on everyyyy boy. At this point in time, you begin to realize that not only do you like your cool new accessories, but so do other people…like everyyyy boy!!

From grade ten until twelve, having cleavage at a party makes you totally cool.

Just as cool as the guy who brought the Canadian Cooler (he’s so dreamy). And basically everyone there wants to be your friend because you are so, cool…Everyone is jealous of you and your cleavage.

This infatuation with your boobs/cleavage will inevitably carry into your first year of university. Basketball game? Cleavage.

Tailgate? Cleavage. Hard chemistry class?

CLEAVAGE. This trend continues all year.

The bigger the cleave, the better. There is no stopping you and your cleavage! And let’s be serious, half the guys coming into your first year are either 1) trying to sleep with you or 2) trying to make friends with you,

then sleep with your friend. They are attempting to do so by complimenting how nice you look in that “low-cut American Eagle tank”. This is a very carefree time in your life, so why not show off the girls a little, right?!

Until you’re in third year and look back at your hideous trashiness from first year.

This is wear my hate for “big girl cleavage” begins. As a young woman, I agree, we should embrace what our mama’s gave us, but this is only appropriate for so long, or until people think you’re an easy slut.

Let me further explain myself; when you are attending a “big girl” meeting, conference, interview, even a party, with your tits are hanging out, no one can take you seriously. No one wants to see your tits. I’m sorry, but that’s how it is. At least wait until you get the job (or whatever the big girl scenario is for) to show off your “all natural cleavage”. Which, by the way, is BS: we’ve all shopped at Victoria’s Secret.

There comes a point in life where you realize less is more, and this directly corresponds with cleavage. To be quite frank about it, if you need your boobs showing in order to get male attention, or any attention for that matter, you must be seriously lacking in the personality area and have the intellectual stimulation similar to that of a dead raccoon.

Not all cleavage is bad. There are simple rules to sporting cleavage in a non-degrading manner, such as wearing a lowcut shirt with long pants; a low-cut, midlength dress with long sleeves; or a low-cut, long-length sleeveless dress. Aka if you’re wearing a low cut shirt/dress make sure you tastefully cover the rest of you to balance it.

To the rest of you who just cannot get rid of your tacky-ass fashion habits: read a book.

Dear Whitney,

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y boyfriend and I have been dating for just over a month, and the sex has been great. I have one thing I’m not sure about though. He’s given me a hickey a few times, and while I don’t really care whether I have them, I don’t really know if people judge about those kinds of things or not. Any advice?

Bit-me

Dear Bit-me, Maybe all of these vampire movies are giving people ideas that bringing out the fangs during sex isn’t taboo. Do whatever you want in bed, but hickeys are in that fine-line of “go for it” and “hell no.” If you don’t mind them and the fact that you have a bruising reminder of your rendezvous with the boy, then keep it up: there’s no judging provided you’re OK with it and comfortable with it. For the benefit of your friends, and grandparents, at least try to keep it below the collar: even your grandparents can tell the difference between a rash and bruise.

Sincerely, Whitney Do you have a relationship question on sex, love, or rock and roll-fetishes for Whitney? Send her an email at thecampus.whitney@gmail.com, or leave us a note in our mailbox (2131). All (of your friend of a friend’s) submissions remain anonymous.

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“I heard about Bishop’s University from my university last year, when I had two goals on my mind: to learn French and to study abroad in a unique place! My study abroad coordinator told me about Bishop’s and I decided that it would be a perfect fit for me. I wanted to go to a smaller university with a more welcoming feeling than other universities. It has a very interesting culture that I love to see especially when I am traveling and practicing my French with the Quebecois. I really love the castles and buildings that I saw while I visited Quebec City, and I enjoy learning about this special region of Canada.”

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Colt Sweetland, University of Seattle Seattle, WA, USA

To: Bishop’s From: Abroad (and vice versa)

If everyone who went to Bishop's was from Lennoxville, this university would be a much less exciting place. There would be no new stories, no new ideas, and nothing but the same old point of view. So while Lennoxville is home-away-from-home to

many from different parts of Canada as well as international students, we also play host to an exciting – and growing – number of exchange students from all over the world.

The Campus conducted a survey of exchange students whose home countries are everywhere from Germany to Australia.

We had a great time reading through the accounts of first-time survivors of a Quebec winter and how much fun the Lion is, but in these stories, one thing stands out: people from all over the world feel that our school is a close-knit, friendly community.

Here, we make friends with anyone and everyone.

Exchanges are exciting the other way around, too. Students from Bishop’s can partner with universities in the UK, Germany, Japan,

and many other places to which you may have dreamed about going. The deadline for exchange applications is February 15, so if you’re considering an exchange, stop by McGreer and see Lillian Rogerson, the Student Exchange Coordinator.

We at The Campus want to thank the exchange students who replied to our survey as well as Ms. Rogerson for all their help. Have a great year here at Bishop’s!

— Caleigh Cross, Features Editor INFOGRAPHIC AND LAYOUT BY CHELSEA CONWAY

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Fact File here from 70 students abroad

on exchange from Bishop's 81 students

Most students here on exchange come from China, France, and the USA

nne Bertling, Friedrich-Alexander-University ngen-Nürnberg ngen, Germany

hen I first got to Canada I noticed that everything is so far t. No wonder, in a country 9984670 km-squared and ut 34 million inhabitants. Compared to that, everything in many, with its 357 121 km-squared and 82 million bitants is really close together. At home I can go everyre by bike, while it takes 1.5 hours to take the bus to mart in Sherbrooke. Taking the bus was an interesting erience, too. The stereotype of the polite Canadians ame true when everyone lined up at the bus stop. In many the person who just happens to stand closest to the r gets to get on first, while in Canada it’s the person who been waiting the longest. But apart from that, and the fact everyone speaks English or French instead of German, the countries are rather similar. Of course it is nearly imposto objectively compare two countries, but I just felt at me at Bishop’s really quickly. Maybe it was because most ple I met in the first couple of days were new, too, but I as if I fit in. Later, other differences became apparent – for mple in politics or in the education system – but it was not to adapt to Quebec. Until it became cold.”

“There are several reasons why I came to Bishop’s. Firstly, I was very interested in doing an exchange in Canada, especially in Quebec. I haven’t been to this part of the world before and I thought it would be interesting to see and experience being educated here. Turns out that Bishop’s University is the only one that partners with my university (in the Quebec area).

Secondly, I came to Bishop;s because Bishop’s has a good business school. As I'm studying business, isn’t it best to go to a university that has a good business school? Hence, I chose to come here because of this and in addition, Ied want to make good connections with people here as well for my future references.

“Canada is different from Australia because of the weather. In Australia, we have winter but there is no snow. Secondly, Canadians drive on the left but in Australia people drive on the right. Lastly, for me it is cheaper compared to Australia in terms of everyday needs. Here, in one semester we have to do 5 subjects however in Australia we only have to do 4 subjects. The way that professors teach differently as well.

Here is more like seminars where professors interact with students in every lesson we have and have smaller classes as well. However, in Australia, we have lectures and tutorials where lectures are more like professors giving all the materials and tutorial is where the tutor interact with students.

Normally, students in the lecture is more than 100 students and in tutorial is only about 25-30 students. Thus, it is very different in terms of education.”

Scorpiana Sohilait, University of South Australia Mawson Lakes, Australia (originally from Indonesia)

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"I believe [the] Bishop's sense of community and clubs like ours allow international students to feel very welcome.” — Viviana Moran, vice president, International Students Club

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I think they [international students] are the ones who help keep us going as a small school with a big spirit. They are the ones who want to party and visit places. They are a huge part of why I love Bishop's so much; because there are so many people from almost every corner of the world. Because Bishop's is small, we have the opportunity to meet all these amazing people and keep these connections.” — Stephanie Huillard Burnett, 5th year Major in French and Spanish, concentration in Italian, Minor in Film studies

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Beyond for Rabble Founder

Judy Rebick reflects on protests and movements at Bishop’s talk

By Adam T. Young Editor-in-Chief

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ver the course of her activism work, Judy Rebick has gotten in the habit of giving a damn about social causes. Such was the theme of a riveting talk held at Bishop’s University in the Gait on January 23, sponsored by the Education Department.

“We stand on the shoulders of our ancestors,” opened Rebick to a full house of students and faculty. A strong feminist and social justice activist, Rebick recalled stories of the early feminist movement in the 1960s and her time as president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women.

Rebick has focused her attention in the last year on the number of protests that have swept through North American society and beyond. Citing the magnitude of movements such as Occupy and more recently Idle No More, Rebick sees them as

the most exciting movements to occur in over 40 years.

She also spoke on the impact of the Printemps Erable Quebec student strikes of last year, explaining that the student movement shared a commonality with Occupy in active decision-making through general assemblies. Rebick payed homage to both movements’ focus on local democracy in shaping their causes. “What’s more,” Rebick pointed out “the student strikes showed us we can win too.”

Rebick’s speech was fueled with a growing interest in the recent Idle No More protests demanding government action on addressing indigenous rights in Canada.

Referring to the movment as “a grassroots upsurge never before seen in Canada,” Rebick stressed the way in which the movement has been able to unite a wide range of interest groups through assemblies such as Common Causes, which joins the various social movements together to develop coordinated action.

“We have to change the system: tinker-

Recipe Column

Chocolate Pudding Cake

by Caleigh Cross Features Editor

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his is the perfect winter dessert. Half cake, half pudding, allsoothing warmth, it makes a great after-dinner treat with ice cream or on its own. To start with, preheat the oven to 350 F. What You’ll Need: 1 cup flour 1/2 cup sugar 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa 2 teaspoons of baking powder 1/2 teaspoon of salt 1/2 cup of milk 2 tablespoons cooking oil 1 tsp vanilla 3/4 c sugar 1/4 c unsweetened cocoa powder

What To Do: 1. In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, and salt.

2. Add milk, cooking oil, and vanilla. Stir until smooth.

3. Turn into ungreased 8x8x2-inch baking pan.

4. Combine 3/4 cup of sugar and 1/4 cup of cocoa.

5. Gradually stir in 1 1/2 cups of boiling water. Pour liquid mixture over batter in pan.

6. Bake for 30 minutes or until cake is done. Serve warm. Makes 8 servings.

ing is not enough,” remarked Rebick on the persistent inequalities in society, mentioning Canada’s low corporate tax rate and data showing little change in the gap between rich and poor in Canada.

Rebick concluded her speech with a stress on love and caring for others, which see sees as a crucial aspect of protesting and involvement. Establishing empathy, according to Rebick, is at the heart of uniting together and demanding action.

The evening speech followed an afternoon teach-in on Idle No More for the Bishop’s community to learn more about the issues surrounding the protests, including treaties, land claims, the Indian

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Journalist and political commentator Judy Rebick.

Act, and environmental concerns.

The journalist and social commentator helped to found the popular left-leaning online news magazine rabble.ca following work as an author and CBC journalist. She is now a regular contributor to Q’s media panel on CBC Radio One. Currently working on a memoir, Rebick’s newest book, Occupy This! unravels the Occupy Movement and its connections to past social uprising. It is available as en e-book through Penguin Canada.

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Fashion Show 2013: BeaUtiful People The most glamorous night of the semester is here at last!

By Taylor Poelman Copy Editor

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he 8th annual Bishop’s charity fashion show will once again dazzle us with its gorgeous models and stylish outfits.

The classy affair is aptly titled “BeaUtiful People” and will take place in Centennial Theatre this Saturday, February 2.

This year proceeds will support the Bishop’s/Champlain Refugee Student Committee– an organization that makes it possible for two refugee students to come live on campus. Members of the BU/CRC Committee assist in making these students feel welcome and get acquainted with Canadian life. Usually, this program can only support two students but contributions from the BU fashion show will be able to allow for three this year.

Head Fashion Show Coordinators Jordan Bulley, John Graham and Jamie Horrelt are excited to be supporting a local

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The Bishop’s fashion show is the university’s largest annual fundraising event. grassroots organization. As Horrelt explained, “we thought it was important to give back to the school that has given us all so many opportunities.”

A large committee and even larger group of volunteers have been working together diligently to put on this highly anticipated event. About ten people make up the core

fashion show committee along with approximately 70 models, 25 dancers and 20 backstage volunteers are participating.

But of course, the extra-fabulous fact about fashion show is the threads. Several local businesses and boutiques are sponsoring clothes for models to strut their stuff in, including 88 Queen and Hatley

from right here in Lennoxville, Kitsch, Glor.i.us, Illusion and Amnesia from Sherbrooke.

Larger names such as American Apparel, FCUK and Calvin Klein are also contributing to BeaUtiful People. Bishop’s also has one of its own designers involved in fashion show. Current BU student Joe LaLeune has a line titled UNCOOL which will be exhibited in the show.

Students are shivering not with cold but with anticipation this week, as one of the best nights of the Bishop’s year draws closer. It’s an occasion to dress up - look luxurious and feel fancy! All of this year’s Bishop’s annual charity fashion show coordinators, models and dancers invite you out for a highly entertaining evening, followed by a memorable night at the Gait.

BeaUtiful People boasts to be the best BU fashion show yet!

Tickets are $20 at Doolittle’s, with all proceeds going to support the Bishop’s/ Champlain Refugee Student Committee.

Doors are scheduled to open at 7 p.m for cocktail hour, with the show starting at 8 p.m. The Gait will also be hosting the official fashion show after party, doors open at 10 p.m.

Cold drinks and hot jazz Jazzin’ it up on Thursdays with the music department

By Jessica Stacey Contributor

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very Thursday at 8:00 p.m. Bishop’s University’s Music Department surrenders to its craving for jazz by transforming the Bandeen lobby from an academic space to a cool jazz lounge.

Jazz Jam Thursdays were created by Music Department Head, Dr. Andrew MacDonald. His goal was to give the Bishop’s community a glimpse into the New York Jazz Jam clubs, popular in the 1940s.

With Dr. MacDonald on guitar and Bishop’s percussion teacher Kevin Sullivan on the drum set, this duo creates the foundation of the weekly Jazz Jam collaborations.

Since the Jazz Jam sessions started in September of last year this duo has seen

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Musicians jam in the Bandeen lobby for the weekly Jazz Jam Thursday. many of Bishop’s’ own students and faculty on stage. All members of the university community are invited to bring an instrument and join the performance on stage.

The instrumentation of the duo is adjusted

every night for those who want a chance to jam with the band.

Jazz Jam Thursdays are the only such concerts on campus where the audience is encouraged to join in. Even if you don’t

play an instrument, everyone is encouraged to participate and hear some fantastic music created by a collaboration of professionals and amateurs.

If you’re interested in playing on stage, bring your instrument and a chart (lead sheet) of the tune you want play/sing and we’ll try it out with it you!

Lloyd White, a second year music major and regular at Jazz Jam Thursdays as a double bassist comments “It’s great to see all the people out. I hope it continues to expand”. Dr. MacDonald also advertised “it’s the hip new thing on campus. Come hang and have a coldie with some hot jazz”.

New for 2013, the Bishop’s University Music Society (BUMS) has started selling alcohol and food. Last Thursday’s jam session was especially successful, with a record breaking number of people who came out to listen and perform.

The department intends to make this the place to be on Thursday evenings. One and all are encouraged to come and bring a friend, enjoy a beer and unwind with the relaxing atmosphere of Jazz Jam Thursdays!

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The return of Theatre Activ

Student-run drama festival brings laughter, tears to Turner Studio

By Chelsea Conway Layout Editor

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or students involved in BU Drama’s Theatre Activ festival, the Turner Studio Theatre has been a regular haunt since rehearsals began at the start of this semester. During this time the schedules of the cast and crew for each of the festival’s nine plays, overseen by student coordinators Kristy Benz and Simon Lee, have been nothing less than rigorous.

“There’s a lot of hours put in, but it’s worth it to see everything come together,” says Lee of the production process, which culminates this week as the festival opens for a six-night stint on the Turner stage.

“It’s kind of the time for us to take the training wheels off... and let go,” Benz adds, laughing at the oft-used but nonetheless fitting metaphor for watching the fruit of their labour take shape.

The work did pay off, and the training wheels did came off successfully on Tuesday night as the casts of opening night took to the stage in Bishop’s blackbox theatre.

The evening featured scripts by the likes of Murphy Guyer and Frank Wedekind, each play acted, directed and managed by an array of Bishop’s student talent.

“They’re really well done,” Benz says of the plays. The repertoire for the rest of the festival includes Sam Shepard’s Savage/ Love, performed on Night B as an upper year student’s directorial thesis; another Bishop’s student’s stage adaptation of The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe is on the bill for Night C. All of the plays selected for the festival are written by published playwrights, as is the custom with Theatre

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Adam Morris (left) and Bronwyn McIntyre perform in Post-Its (Notes on a Marriage), written by Paul Dooley and Winne Holzman.

Activ. “They [the performances] range from emotional to laugh-out-loud funny, to everything in between,” says Lee. What began almost thirty years ago as a joint effort between current Bishop’s drama department chair Rebecca Harries and fellow alum-come-director Chris McGregor, Theatre Activ has according to Lee remained “focused for student development”.

Once held in Centennial Theatre, Theatre Activ now has its own stage, and has continued to grow in scale and scope.

Throughout the years, the goal of the project is one that has stayed consistent: that

is, to offer students interested in the dramatic arts an opportunity “to grab theatre by their own hands, take a swing at it,” Lee explains.

Auditions and casting for the festival came in November of last year. Beforehand, student directors pitched their ideas for scripts to a committee of drama department students and faculty, who then selected the plays that would be performed in the festival.

Now that the shows are upon them, both coordinators commend the accomplishments of all who are working on stage and behind the scenes. “Some of these people

have done it before, some it’s their first time, and they’re just able to pick it up,” says Lee. The weeks leading up to opening night were comprised of early morning tech calls and late night rehearsals, countless hours invested towards the success of this year’s festival. Benz recounts a recent conversation with Mike Medland, the Bishop’s Drama technical director, where “We turned to him [Medland] and said, ‘is there anything we’re forgetting?’ And he said, ‘probably.’ And then he just left us, sitting there thinking ‘what we could be forgetting!’” Benz laughs. Despite the occasional bout of last-minute jitters, it is clear that the coordinators are optimistic about the end result.

“I definitely feel confident,” says Benz.

“We have an awesome team [of faculty and students] helping us out. The board ops, the stage hands, and the directors themselves... Everyone is so dedicated,” she adds.

Benz describes the team at work behind the festival as a “clock”, where every component works together as a part of the whole. “We’ve talked about us and our duties, but the festival is about so much more,” Benz says. “Everyone puts in so much time, so much effort.”

The Theatre Activ festival runs from January 29 to February 3 at the Turner Studio Theatre. Tickets cost $6 per night, or $15 for three nights. Shows begin at 8PM. Alcohol will be sold.

show schedule Night A: January 29 / February 1

Night B: January 30 / February 2

Night C: January 31 / February 3

The American Century by Murphy Guyer Post-Its (Notes on a Marriage) by Paul Dooley and Winnie Holzman The Singer by Frank Wedekind

The Tell Tale Heart By Edgar Allen Poe, Adapted for the stage by Ben Gravel East End Tales by Fin Kennedy Savage/Love by Sam Shepard

The Zoo Story by Edward Albee 4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane Offending the Audience by Peter Handke

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Bringing it down a notch Smoother sailing with new Tegan and Sara album

By Adam Young Editor-In-Chief

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t wasn’t so long ago that indie rockers Tegan and Sara were the coolest kids on the block. A high school friend attempted to scale the fence surrounding their tour bus at a conference over six years ago. She was hoping to be one of the lucky ones to make it to the girls’ feet begging for an autograph before security intervened.

While their most recent album Heartthrob may not bring back the days of the fenceclimbers, the root cause of a subdued crowd may be the album’s heavy dream-

pop synthesizers. It’s harder to get riled up when the rough edges are minimized to mostly faint whimpers of a rocker past.

Most noticeable beginning with 2009’s Sainthood, the girls have moved to a more electro-blend that has shifted away from the more gritty and raw sounding recording of past hits such as “Back in Your Head” or “Like O, Like H” from The Con. Now I’m not saying that their music has changed for the worse per se, and it’s best to keep a few things in mind. Apart from those ‘till death do we remain the same’ bands -see Death Cab for Cutie, the Shins, Coldplay- most bands just tend to grow up after a while. Tegan and Sara are not the same breakout teenagers of fifteen years ago, and musical The shift becomes an issue if it came alongside deadbeat melodies and lyrics, or different expectations of a Tegan and Sara album. The girls still have –now awfully

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Tegan and Sara’s latest album Heartthrob.

happier- lyrics and melodies, though as in past albums there’s a pretty stark difference between gems and fool’s gold.

The more edgy and upbeat single “Closer” is deserving of current popularity, and with any luck “Now I’m All Messed Up”

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and “I Couldn’t Be Your Friend” will receive similar attention. However other songs on the album such as “Goodbye, Goodbye” and “Love They Say,” are a bit slow for this reviewer’s taste, sitting uncomfortably closer to the “dime-a-dozen” border that haunts anyone the higher the synthesizers go.

It takes some getting used to, but Heartthrob maintains a spirit of experimentation that Tegan and Sara fans have come to expect over the last few years. While lacking their edge of yesteryear, the twins have produced a pleasant album that –thankfully- doesn’t lead to saccharine sweetness, at least not yet.

by Cecilia Bracmort, Graphics Editor

By Laura Yaternick and Cecilia Bracmort Online Editor & Graphics Editor

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his week on our quest to track down the fashionable faction of Bishop’s we located Jason Earl, a first-year Bachelor of Arts student doing a double major in Secondary Education and Social Studies.

Jason’s says, “I believe that everyone is - in their own way - ‘unique’ and that fashion is a way to represent our distinct characteristics.” Jason feels like self-expression can come either from jeans and a t-shirt or from a professional suit, but the most important part is having fun and being you.

He recommends that others embrace their unique style as well. Jason likes to shop at H&M for casual outfits and Le Château for a more professional look. His favorite item in his closet is his orange cardigan that can be dressed up or down.

Describing his own style, Jason says, “I think of my style as somewhat professional. When I leave my home, I always like to be dressed for the

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by Maiqi Zhang

Drink of the week: Apple Mojito

occasion. Sometimes I dress up just because I feel like it. One thing I am not, is consistent. I like changing my attire up, and I do it often.”

Ingredients:

Directions:

2 oz Bacardi® Big Apple rum 6 oz club soda 3 lime wedges 2 tsp sugar 3 fresh mint sprigs

1. Add the lime, sugar and mint sprigs to a highball glass.

2. Add several ice cubes and pour in the rum.

3. Top with club soda (adjust to taste) and stir.

4. Garnish with an apple slice and/or a lime wedge. Serve and enjoy!

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Buke and Gase The indie band that could

By Shannon Neeley Staff Writer

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rooklyn-based duo Buke and Gase have brought their off-beat sound to new levels of quirky rock with the release of their second album, General Dome.

At times, listening to General Dome feels as though you have been cast down the rabbit hole into a fantasy world of rock music both unhinged and uncharted. The interplay between the strong vocal stylings of Arone Dyer play off Aron Sanchez’s choppy beats and fuzzy guitar, creating the perfect storm of sounds artfully colliding.

There are so many technical musical layers lacing the tracks together that you may find your mind battling to take in all the notes slapping your senses. Taking the time to tune into General Dome’s frequency is one that you won’t regret, as it is one of those albums that require a few listens to fully uncover all the hidden gems inside each track.

Clearly influenced by a wide range of musical genres ranging from rock, pop, indie and folk, General Dome is a warped experiment with a sound gone oh so right.

Continually striving to create a truly

unique sound that would be representative of their vision, Dyer and Sanchez have even built their own musical instrument hybrids. These aptly-named musical inventions include the “buke”, a baritoneukulele conversion, and the “gase”, a guitar and bass rolled into one powerful package.

Sounds are achieved by the use of these unique instruments which create the constant stream of beautifully haunting chaos that fills General Dome and truly sets their sound apart from all the other indie acts.

Since the release of General Dome, Buke and Gase have been busy carving out a name in the indie rock scene by touring all over North America, making a splash when they preformed at Pop Montreal this past fall.

The band offers something for every music lover to discover within General Dome. Even if a catchy chorus is all you need out of a tune, Buke and Gase have that too. A few tracks worth checking out are: “Houdini Crush”, “General Dome” and “Cyclopean”.

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Newcomers Buke and Gase are making it on the Brooklyn scene.

game review

Black Ops 2: The future is Black

By Warren Haydock Contributor

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fter the release of Black Ops 2, gamers around the world are reminded why they first fell in love with the Call of Duty franchise. Released in November, Treyarch and Activision came out with a sequel that follows up the first Black Ops game originally released two years ago.

With the hype that followed the initial launch of the first Black Ops game, fans of Call of Duty were disappointed with Treyarch’s new release. The graphics seemed off, maps were only good for assault rifles, and the overall online gameplay was choppy. It is safe to say that some concerns still lingered when Activision announced they were coming out with a second Black Ops game.

Giving this game the benefit of the doubt and playing through the campaign, zombies and multiplayer, I can honestly say that I believe this is one of the best Call of Duty games since Modern Warfare I or World at War. Whether you play on

an Xbox or Play Station, the quality of the graphics in this game is remarkably better and aesthetically pleasing to the eye. These

new traits combined with phenomenal voice acting and action packed sequences guarantee that you’re bound to enjoy it.

The game also has zombie mode: the sole reason some players even purchase Call of Duty. Since Call of Duty World at War, we have not felt that same zombie fun within other games. In Black Ops 2 you have (as always) the opportunity to either play online with friends, or by yourself. The real change is that there are three different levels that you can choose from, each having their own tricks and surprises. For the majority of consumers the main fun in any COD game is the online gameplay.

In Black Ops 2 you have similar game modes such as “Hardcore” or “Team Death Match”. However, if you feel that you want more of a challenge, there is the new addition of “League Play”. With League Play, you’re thrown into one of several divisions where you’ll either win or lose the match – helping or harming you in a division.

This addition also helps free up the regular game modes, which are for gamers who don’t consider themselves devoted to the game.

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Gaiters men’s basketball splits the week

By Geoffrey Coventry Sports Writer

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fter a tough previous week which saw the Gaiters drop their first two games of 2013, the men’s basketball squad looked to rebound this week with a home game against UQAM and a quick visit up to Quebec City to face Laval.

The first game of this week was exactly what the Gaiters needed to shake off last week’s funk; they easily handled a very undetermined UQAM Citadins squad 84-60 on Wednesday night. The Gaiters home crowd, which was unusually small due to the extremely cold weather, was treated to an offensive showcase which saw every player on the team get minutes.

The Gaiters we’re hot out the gate with Jeremy Leonard-Smith starting the scoring off with a quick 3-pointer. Leonard-Smith, Tim Hunter & Scott Ring would stretch the lead early to 9-0 before the Citadins first points.

About midway through the quarter, the two Gaiters high scorers would come off the bench and provide an even bigger spark to the already lit flame. Point Guard, Jonah Bermillo, and Centre/6th man, Mike Andrews, would waste no time scoring the team’s 6 next baskets, leading the team to a 22-16 1st quarter lead.

The half would be more of the same, with 5 different Gaiters scoring including Ryan Foster, Patrick Kabongo and Matt McClean, allowing the lead to be pushed to 18 points thus making it 47-29 going into recess.

The second half would see more of the same – the Gaiters never let their foot off the gas pedal. Wave after wave of Gaiter

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Caption. offence from a multitude of players would stretch the lead to 68-46, allowing coach Gilpin to play most of his deep bench players in the 4th.

With most of the starters now on the bench to begin the 4th, Gilpin entrusted his bench to close the game and prove their worth. And that is exactly what they did, provided by a 10 point 4th quarter performance by Jamil Abiad with contributions from Jonah Bermillo and Jonathan Goyette, who saw his first 2 points of the year come on a pair of free throws as the game dwindled into the latter minutes.

High scorer for the Gaiters would be Mike Andrews, with a monstrous doubledouble which he actually attained in the first half. His final tally was 20 points, 13 rebounds, 4 blocks and 1 assist. Other overall contributors we’re Jonah Ber-

millo, coming off the bench for a Gaiters career point high of 18, combined with 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. Jeremy Leonard-Smith, who may have only contributed 8 points, still managed to pull down 9 rebounds, and have 2 assists and a steal.

With the final score settled, the Gaiters could switch they’re attention to their Saturday away matchup in Quebec City against Laval. They would, however, be shorthanded, with the loss of Onnex Blackwood due to an ankle injury in the 3rd quarter of the UQAM game.

A slow first quarter offensively would see the Gaiters be outscored 20-12 and see 8 different players on and off the court. The Gaiters took the short quarter break to find themselves, and came out guns blazing in the 2nd.

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Outscoring their opponent 23-8 in a quarter, you would think the Gaiters would be setting up a lead that would become insurmountable. However, due to their pedestrian play in the 1st, they we’re only up by 7 going into the break.

A big quarter by Mike Andrews getting dirty in the paint, drawing fouls and making shots, combined with the helpful play of Patrick Kabongo brought the score closer at 21-22. Again stretching the lead at the end of the quarter, they made it 32-28 before Andrews and McClean raised the score to 35-28.

The second half however, would see a resurgence in Rouge et Or offence as the Laval University faithful were treated to scoring in bunches. The Gaiters attempted to keep up with Jeremy Leonard-Smith and Jonathan Bermillo picking up some of the points in the 3rd, but they would be outscored 15-20 by the Rouge et Or. The 4th quarter was more of the same as the Gaiters kept plugging away with the score at 50-48 in favour of the Gaiters to begin the frame. The Rouge et Or guard/ forward combination of Boris Hadzimuratovic and Thibaud Dezutter would not be denied buckets as they produced 10 of the teams 13 of the quarter.

With the score 67-69 in favour of Laval, a last second effort by Gaiters Bermillo and Hunter would see both shot attempts missed and the game put down in the CIS history books as a Gaiters loss.

The Gaiters look to rebound in a most important game against the McGill Redmen next Wednesday night with a chance to close the gap between first and second place, and gain redemption for their previous loss in January.

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Week of January 29

Bailey Trafford, Women’s Basketball

Jonathan Bermillo, Men’s Basketball

Trafford, a Centreville, New Brunswick native, played very good games last week against the McGill Martlets and the Concordia Stingers.

Against the Martlets, she led all scorers with 18 points, adding five rebounds, an assist and a steal in 26 minutes of play. The Environmental Biology major also scored 10 points and added four rebounds in the 62-54 loss against the Stingers in Montreal.

Bermillo is a rookie Guard from Montreal, Quebec. The Vanier College graduate saw an increase in playing time and was a key component of the 84-60 Gaiter victory over the UQAM Citadins.

This performance granted him a spot in the starting lineup in the game against Laval this past Saturday, where he scored 12 points, three assists, two rebounds, and a steal in 25 minutes on the court.

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Lady Gaiters continue their search for identity

By Geoff Coventry Sports Writer Another week of basketball for the Lady Gaiters saw another chance for the team to find what they have desperately been lacking: an identity. Their first chance saw them face a strong UQAM squad during a home game, followed by a much more manageable Laval team away.

The first game against UQAM saw the Lady Gaiters keep pace early and falter late. In the first quarter, turnovers and solid defensive rebounding helped the ladies climb to a 12-9 first quarter lead. Gab Chamberland and Eloisa Katz led the way in the scoring department in that quarter.

The lead would not last however, as the Citadins came out determined for the rest of the game. The Lady Gaiters would be outscored 22-8 in the second quarter and then, coming back from recess, were again held to single-digits in the third frame with the count being 22-9.

By the end of the 3rd the score was 5329 in favour of the Citadins. Problems with this 2nd-3rd quarter collapse stemmed from being out-rebounded and giving up way too many turnovers. There was a 4 minute lapse in the 3rd quarter where the Lady Gaiters turned the ball over incessantly and could not even attempt a shot.

The Lady Gaiters had to pick up their socks (or gaiters!) and salvage some pride in the 4th quarter. Perno did the best he

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could, coaching his ladies to a 4th quarter victory which saw the team outscore the Citadins 14-7 in the frame. But it was too little too late, as the final score read 60-43.

A much better performance was needed for a tough road game on Saturday night in Quebec City against the Laval Rouge et Or women’s team, and Coach Perno was determined to push the ladies to give it their all.

The Lady Gaiters took a quick first quarter lead with buckets from Gab Chamberland, Riley Shkimba, and Bailey Trafford,

who would carry that run into the end of the quarter with the score 11-8 in favour of the Gaiters.

The team would again struggle in the second and third frames as the turnover bug bit hard again. The turnovers would lead to a quick Rouge & Or three-pointer that would cut the Laval deficit to nil, and then a final turnover allowing them to take the lead.

The Lady Gaiters fought hard against the odds and battled back in the quarter to tie the game and even regain the lead through

the efforts of Catherine Rondeau and Riley Shkimba. They would continue to trade buckets as the score would end up 23-25 in favour of Laval at half time.

Turnovers would again plague the Lady Gaiters early in the 3rd as the Rouge & Or took advantage and stretched the lead to 10 points within 4 minutes. Buckets from Bailey Trafford and a pair by Catherine Rondeau would see the lead cut to 35-30 again as they continued to battle back from their early quarter mishaps. After a pair of Chamberland scores and another jumper

by Shkimba, which then cut the lead to 4, the two teams would enter the 4th quarter with the score 36-40.

The Lady Gaiters took back the lead late in the quarter on a Riley Shkimba threepointer. However, on the defensive side they also allowed a three-point shot a mere 30 seconds later. One more trip down the floor caused Gab Chamberland a missed jump shot and a Rouge et Or rebound.

The Gaiters were now forced to foul 4 consecutive times to put Marjorie Ferland on the charity stripe for Laval with 7 seconds to play. She sunk both her shots and the hopes of any type of comeback for the Gaiters. Final score: 50-46.

The next Lady Gaiters game tips off Wednesday night at 6, at home against the first place McGill Martlets. Come support the ladies on their quest for their first win of the season!

New rink on campus Bishop’s gets its first ever outdoor hockey rink

By Brian MacIver Sports Editor

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t may have taken longer than expected, but it’s finally done. Bishop’s is now the proud owner of a free-to-use outdoor hockey rink, situated next to the John H. Price Sports Centre on the back two tennis courts.

“It is finally ready,” said Athletic Director Brian Breckles this past Wednesday (January 23). Breckles has been a strong supporter of the project, but is quick to note that this is a student-run project. “This rink is student owned and operated. The men’s hockey club has especially been a great help.

They’ve been awesome,” Tim Steele Moore, the assistant general manager of the men’s hockey club, has been especially adamant in the project, taking charge and actively participating in the creation of the

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The new rink is now open for skating! rink. The idea originally came from the President of the Student Alumni Association, Scott Lawson, who had first imagined setting up the rink in the quad. After be-

ing approached with the project, Breckles instead proposed having it on the tennis courts as the quad is surrounded with too many things that could sustain damage

(i.e. the Arches, the Library, Johnson, etc.).

The men’s hockey team was then recruited to get the rink ready as soon as possible. The surface was originally supposed to be ready before the holidays, but with the inclement weather in December, and the fact that most of the students left over the break, the project was put on hold up to now. But the boys have been working extremely hard to get the ice ready for use, watering the surface just about every day, with final preparations done last Tuesday night.

The surface covers the last two tennis courts closest to the rugby pitches, which are going to be removed as part of the complex’s expansion coming up this spring. The rink is open to all students, professors, families, and all other members of the community, and is completely free to use with no closing hours.

So whether you are a community member who wants to burn some energy after supper, a group of friends wanting to play a game of shinny, or a couple wanting to go for a romantic midnight skate, you now have a rink to do it on! (Just remember to shut off the light when you’re done.)

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www.thebucampus.ca The road to New Orleans: Super BowL XLVII

San Francisco 49ers

By Kofi Oduro Sports Writer

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ith the Super Bowl nearing, all the focus will be on the Ravens and 49ers during the weekend. So in the spirit of looking back on how the teams got here, we will review the top storylines involving the 49ers during the past season.

Michael Crabtree solidified himself as a viable receiving threat in his fourth season in the league. Underperforming – as some will say – due to his first round draft status, he finally broke the 1000 yard barrier with 1105 and came one touchdown short of double digits.

With his ability to play the ball in the air, he is able to score touchdowns through various means. As he showed earlier in the playoffs, when he gets the ball, the team is more efficient. In the Super Bowl he can’t afford to drift into the background, as he will have to open the run game for the San Francisco 49ers if they will have any shot of winning.

Running back Frank Gore has once again showed that tough, in-between-the-tackles running is not only necessary to command respect from a defence, but that it is a viable play option and that even when a team

is aware of it, they may not have the means to stop it. With a solid 1200 yard rushing, 8 touchdown season, Gore provides the balance that was needed for Alex Smith to manage the game.

His style of running also compliments the read option offence helmed by Colin Kaepernick. With 234 carries, he has only fumbled the ball twice, with only one of them resulting in a turnover. Against the turnover-hungry defence of the Ravens, Gore can’t afford to start slipping; he has to continue his touchdown streak and 100 yard per game average that he currently has in the playoffs.

In his first two years as a 49er, Aldon Smith has accumulated 33.5 sacks, establishing himself as an elite pass rusher and coming three sacks shy of the single-season sack record. At 6’4”, he is part of the new breed of pass rushers who have a great combination of speed and height: athletic enough to not only sack the quarterback but also stop the run and alter passes that would have been otherwise caught.

Issue is, he can be a non-factor during some snaps if the offensive line is in synch – not a common occurrence but one that has shown up. Otherwise he is always capable of getting near three sacks a game if the scenario lends itself to that situation.

The top story for the 49ers this year, and one of the top for the entire NFL, was the decision of San Fran’ Head Coach, Jim Hargbaugh, to play rookie quarterback Colin Kaepernick over Alex Smith. What was a bold move at the time is now considered one of the greatest decisions a coach could have made, as the 49ers are on their way to the Super Bowl.

As consistent and manageable as Alex Smith was, he does not have the explosiveness that Kaepernick does. Not only on the notion of foot speed, Kaepernic also has the ability to throw defences off by making plays outside of the pocket and executing deep throws. This is alongside the fact that teams run the read option more and more.

There is a lot of film on it which Hargbaugh and his staff can take and cater to Kaeper-

nick’s unique skillset.

During the Conference Semi-Final game, the rookie proved to the world that he deserved to play by breaking the NFL rushing record for a quarterback with 181 yards and passing for another 163 yards. After throwing a pick-six early in the game, he kept his composure and the means to bring back his team and led them to a big win.

If Kaepernick can get near those stats, the 49ers will win the Super Bowl. But against Ray Lewis and that Ravens D, it is unlikely to happen.

This game will probably be scored 27-21 Baltimore (I’m still bitter about the Falcons loss), with a field goal being missed as a decisive factor.

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have already publicly stated how important it is to them to win for their coach. Would you want to lose against your little brother with over 100 million people all over the world watching?

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he Ravens journey to the Super Bowl was a roller coaster ride this year. Early in the season they were considered Super Bowl favourites, by the end they were beginning to look like a pathetic shadow of former Ravens teams, a couple weeks later they’re in the Super Bowl.

The Ravens fated season began with a death. The Ravens owner, Art Modell, the man who brought football to Baltimore died four days before their first game at the age of 87.

The Ravens organization decided to dedicate the season to the memory of their owner and with heavy hearts began their season. Three weeks later star receiver Torrey Smith’s little brother died to which Smith responded with a brave performance in his memory.

The Ravens continued to roll until late season losses exposed their team’s lack of depth due to injuries. They clinched the AFC North title but weren’t expected to last very long in the playoffs…and then Ray Lewis announced his retirement. For those who don’t know Ray Lewis is the living embodiment and inspiration of that franchise. Now on an emotional high the Ravens have rolled over teams and landed

in the Super Bowl giving Lewis to cap of his Hall of Fame career with a Super Bowl ring.

Major Story Lines Of course Ray Lewis’ retirement is going to be the central focus of the spectacle that is the Super Bowl. Saturday Night Live just did a hilarious parody of Lewis’ over flowing displays of emotion during the national anthem and his enthusiastic manner of speech. His retirement signals a new era in Ravens football begs the question who will step up to be the emotional leader that the Ravens have fed off of since their creation? Lewis has already given his support to quarterback Joe Flacco, which brings up

another question. Is Flacco the guy?

It is funny that we would question a guy who has won a playoff game in all five of his professional seasons but he has proven to be inconsistent at times, in a contract year his worth was being questioned. So far in the post season he’s stepped up with 850 yards 8 TDs 0 INTs and out duelled Tom Brady and Peyton Manning in their house.

Flacco’s made a great case for himself.

Just in case you haven’t heard two brothers will be coaching against each other in a major professional North American championship game for the first time. The Harbaugh brothers will be squaring off against each other for the second time just this time for the Lombardi Trophy. The Ravens

Ravens Keys to Glory Protect Joe Flacco: The Ravens will be facing the most dominant front seven in all of football in the 49ers. Flacco has been near perfect as of late but to continue that he needs to remain upright. If they are somehow able to create the type of havoc that we have become accustomed to seeing the Ravens will be in trouble.

Contain the Run: The 49ers are not by any means one dimensional but they are the number four rushing team in the league. The Frank Gore and Colin Kaepernick will look to exploit an aging Ravens squad. They cannot win if the Niners run wild.

Don’t Forget About Vernon: Although he can sometimes disappear Vernon Davis is the most explosive tight end in the league. Ray Lewis is a legend but he’s not what he used to be and struggles in pass coverage. If Vernon can consistently win his matchups and get open over the middle it will be disaster for the Ravens.

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