The Concordian - Jan. 28, 2014

theconcordian Volume 31 Issue 19

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January 28, 2014

Keep your cool Igloofest 2014 turns up the heat

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ConU’s study on Players’Theatre play global warming p. 5 lacks punch p. 12

Peter Katz comes home p. 14

Win for women’s basketball p.18

Short hair, don’t care p. 21

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CITY Christina Rowan Copy editor

>> Building on Decarie catches fire A building under construction on Decarie Blvd. caught fire Friday Jan. 24, which lead to a series of explosions, according to the Montreal Gazette.

Montreal Fire Department Operations Chief, Yvon Daunais, said fire-heated propane tanks used to heat the site appear to be what started the fire.

More than 30 firefighters were called to the scene and, quickly enough, the fire was under control. No one was injured in the fire or explosions, however, 15 people who live nearby were asked to vacate their homes as a precaution.

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Second Montreal homicide of 2014

The article “Lawsuit against CSU still unsolved,” published Jan. 21, 2014, was factually incorrect. In the article, information concerning the Concordia Student Union’s ongoing lawsuit against, and relations with, the Canadian Federation of Students was inaccurately reported. The Concordian regrets having published erroneous material and we apologize for having printed false information about the Canadian Federation of Students.

The Concordian received an e-mail alleging similarities between Kalina Laframboise’s original article for Canadian University Press and a later article by Tim Weynerowski which appeared in The Concordian. Upon examining the claims, The Concordian‘s editor-in-chief Amanda Shore apologized on behalf of the newspaper to Ms. Laframboise and promised a notice would be run in our next issue.

The Concordian printed a statement of regret in our Jan. 21 issue, the first published since the allegations arose. Additionally, Ms. Laframboise’s original article was published in full next to the statement, alongside the relevant paragraphs in Mr. Weynerowski’s later article, so that our readers were as well informed as possible as to the nature of the similarities.

It has become clear however that the Canadian University Press and Ms. Laframboise require us to clarify our language, as our initial statement did not explicitly use the term plagiarism. We accept this and fully recognize that the similarities amounted to plagiarism, and accept that our Jan. 21 statement was not clear enough in this regard. We apologize to Ms. Laframboise, the Canadian University Press, and our readers for having having allowed plagiarized material to appear in The Concordian.

In addition to launching efforts to better educate staff about plagiarism, we will be conducting a full review of The Concordian‘s policies and procedures to make sure that measures are in place to prevent future incidents of plagiarism and to create a clear policy so that any future incidents of plagiarism are handled in an appropriate manner.

Tricia Boisvert, a 36-year-old Montreal woman who went missing on Friday Jan. 17 from her home in Little Burgundy, was found dead Jan. 23 down the road from her car in Quyon, Qc., making this the city’s second homicide reported this year, according to CBC News.

Boisvert’s abandoned vehicle had been reported to a towing company from the area the day she was found. According to CBC News, when the tow truck driver popped the trunk to check the vehicle, blood was discovered inside.

Gatineau police consider 31-yearold Philippe Steele Morin, from Gatineau, the primary suspect.

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New beach in the east-end

The construction of a new beach to be located in the east end in Riviere-des-Prairies—Pointe-auxTrembles will begin this year, with an expected completion date of 2016, according to the Montreal Gazette. The mayor of the east end borough, Chantal Rouleau, projects that the cost of the beach and boardwalk development will be about $3 million. The new beach, located on the site of the old Beaudoin marina, will “give back access to the river to our fellow citizens,” according to Rouleau. The beach will be open to everyone and will be free of charge.

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Student life // news

The PSSA climbs the ranks at JDSP Concordia University places 5th at Jeux de la science politique 2014 Nathan Charpentier Contributor

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he Political Science Student Association (PSSA) competed in the Jeux de la science politique (JDSP) at UQÀM two weeks ago, placing first in the discourse competition and fifth overall.

The JDSP is an annual competition between Quebec universities founded to promote the discipline of political science, in a friendly and competitive spirit. This year it was held between six universities, including Sherbrooke, Laval, Montreal and Quebec. According to Concordia’s press release, the competition was divided into “different categories, including debate, case study, discourse, quiz and sports.”

The francophone inter-university competition was established

by Laval University in 2011, according to Le Collectif. However, for three consecutive years Sherbrooke’s name has adorned the JDSP cup. This year, Laval University successfully dethroned the three-time victor and won the overall competition.

Concordia surprised everyone by winning the discourse event, the most central part of the competition, along with the debate event, and finished third in the academic case study, which was won by Université de Montréal.

The PSSA has struggled in the past during the discourse event which requires competitors to deliver a speech as though they were a political figure. The event’s difficulty was increased this year when, in addition to giving a speech and answering questions, competitors were asked to give a critical summary of a text by Michel Foucault. Jessica Lelièvre and Vasif Aliev, two political science students at Concordia and veterans of the JDSP, teamed up for this part of competition.

“I panicked at first, when I saw the text. It was my first time dealing with Foucault [but] I knew we were more prepared than last year, since we had the advice of professor Brooke Jeffrey,” said Lelièvre.

“That helped a lot.”

The critical summary demanded stronger collaboration from the team than the speech and questions because the choice of author and topic required their complete focus.

“It’s something we do a lot at Concordia,” explained Lelièvre about the summary. “This is where we really showed our true strength, we had a very motivated team putting in the effort.”

Their team effort manifested itself into a solid victory as the group scored higher than all of their competitors in the discourse category.

“We [were awarded a] 97 per cent and the organizational committee told us the second university was 30 points below us, once we learned the final results,” said

Lelièvre.

This first victory at the Jeux de Science Politiques allowed Concordia to move up in the overall scores of the competition.

“It’s great recognition, because we are facing five other universities from Quebec and Ontario,” said Lelièvre. “We are proving to other universities, departments, and faculties around the province that Concordia is ranking higher, showing its worth, and that we can compete and win.”

With files from Tim Weynerowski

ConU came in first in the discourse competition. Photo By Tim Weynerowski

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Concordia publicly opposes Bill 60 The first university to air its mind at public hearings MiloS KovaCeviC assistant news editor

Concordia defended its stance against Bill 60 on Thursday by once again restating its opposition to the controversial legislation adding that universities have always, and should now continue to, promote inclusion and open mindedness.

Canadian Provost Antoine Benoit Bacon and Roger Côté, vice-president of services at Concordia, represented the university and gave several reasons as to the

reasoning behind Concordia’s decision.

“Respect for one another is important for us,” said Côté, “and one such respect is the respect of identity, the recognizing of difference, and the knowledge that such differences enrich us, not only for the individual who displays these differences, but for the greater majority who learns from them.

If that dimension of difference wasn’t there, it would lessen the experience.”

They agreed to the need for secularism and restated Concordia’s commitment to that ideal.

The bill as it currently stands is too expansive and needs to be rethought, they said, adding that the Bill would drive away individuals wishing to live, work, and study in the province and on Concordia’s campuses.

“Universities are a place of ideas, a place of innovation. Students who contribute to this innovation are welcome [to Concordia] whatever their origins may be. We’re in competition for the best brains, the best researchers, the best students…it’s important for Concordia, for Montreal, for Quebec, to attract [them],” said Benoit, highlighting the economic and social benefits outsiders who feel welcomed by Quebec offer to the province.

Brief statements by faculty and students were read out by Concordia’s representatives, hammering in the point that overt religious symbols have never impeded anybody’s access to education, nor their quality of the experience.

Bacon asked as to what kind of a message would be sent if the university started policing what

its employees could or could not wear.

“We’re not comfortable with denying access of education because of the way people dress,” said Bacon.

The two men also pointed out that universities have typically enjoyed a measure of independence in such matters as institutions of higher learning, and that the bill threatened these traditional rights.

He said the bill would drive away recruitment of not only students, but faculty needlessly in a time where the best was needed and competition to woo these groups was at an all-time high.

“We’re in a very competitive market...we have to protect our ability to attract the best.”

The public consultations are expected to continue for several more weeks.

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Centre for Gender Advocacy hosts speakers Reflections on race, gender & political resistance TiM WeyneRoWSKi Co-news editor

The Centre for Gender Advocacy is hosting a four-part speaker series entitled “Thick Skin: reflections on race, gender and political resistance.” The first talk will begin on Jan. 30 and will continue until Mar. 27.

Maya Rolbin-Ghanie from Promotions & Publicity at the Centre for Gender Advocacy explains that the talk is a “discussion of responses to Islamophobia in Quebec, media representations of

Muslim women and current manifestations of Islamic feminism in Quebec in relation/response to the Quebec Charter.”

The speaker for the first talk, Leila Bedeir, is an activist and active member of the Fédération des Femmes du Quebec. She is a founding member of the Collective des féministes musulmanes du Québec and teaches humanities and women’s studies at Vanier College.

According to Rolbin-Ghanie, the series is more pertinent today than ever because we live in a society purely constructed of racial and gendered dynamics that are oppressive in endlessly subtle and blatant ways.

“Some of the issues that arise from this ever-present racism and sexism in (Quebec) society are is-

sues we aim to address with this event series: the indirect yet unavoidable targeting of Muslim women in particular under the proposed Charter of Values; the racial profiling of Montreal youth of colour by the SPVM; the everpresent and still-rising epidemic of missing and murdered women and the failure of the government to take action — to name a few.”

The Centre for Gender Advocacy is organizing these talks as popular education events. The aim of the series is to start a broad range of difficult yet fruitful discussions among people with the ultimate goal of effecting the way people think, what they do, what they say, and how they interpret corporate media.

The Centre for Gender Advocacy wants people to develop a criti-

cal mind when it comes to these very “integral, very central issues of race and gender,” because many people who are aware of the politics of their own identity often fail to notice them.

According to Rolbin-Ghanie, “when we deal with issues in isolation, we leave out very important steps and very important people in the process, and we end up replicating the exact same power imbalances that we seek to overcome.”

The keynote event of the series is a talk by poet laureate El Jones on “Black Consciousness, Art and Resistance.” Jones is traveling down from Nova Scotia, so the Centre urges people not to miss the chance to hear her speak on Feb. 6. More information is available on their Facebook event page, or through their website.

NATION Sloane MonTgoMeRy Co-news editor

>> fire claiMs More than 30 victiMs

The fire that broke out just after midnight at la Residence du Havre in L’Isle-Verte, Qc. on Jan. 23 still has no confirmed explanation. CBC News has reported that some staff members of the residency are saying that it was possibly caused by a lit cigarette. On Jan. 26 police investigators confirmed the deaths of 10 seniors with only three identified.

The search continues through the snowfall and -20 °C temperatures to find the 22 still missing seniors that are now presumed to be dead.

>> over 1,500 protest against canada post “It’s a matter of actually putting your mind to it. All the government and Canada Post are doing is looking at cutting jobs and cutting service but charging people more for less,” stated George Floresco, Vice-President of the Canadian union of postal workers in an interview with CBC News.

Floresco is referring to the fiveyear plan to phase out mail home delivery and replacing it with community mailbox systems, which are currently being used in more rural and suburban areas, in addition to raising the price of stamps.

Over 1,500 people marched in protest against the Canada Post changes on Jan. 26 from Dundonald Park to the Prime Minister’s office in Ottawa.

>> second train in three weeks derails in n.B.

Centre for Gender advoCaCy hosts a speaker series on Gender, raCe and politiCal riGhts from Jan. 30 - mar. 27. photo By miles hoWe

CBC News reported that on Jan. 26 the second train in three weeks derailed in New Brunswick. In the city of Edmundston, five freight cars that were carrying cars, clay and liquefied petroleum gas went off the tracks. CN spokesman Jim Feeny stated that “there are no leaks reported, there is no fire, there is no evacuation and there were no injuries.” This derailment took place 100 kilometres away from the derailment in Wapske, where several freight cars carrying crude oil caught fire. Feeny told CBC that “this is certainly not the way that we wanted to begin the year in New Brunswick” but that investigations into the cause of the derailments have already begun.

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WORLD TiM WeyneRoWSKi Co-news editor

>> sochi, russia: another Munich Massacre?

According to CBC News, Russian security forces are searching for three possible female suicide bombers, as they pose a serious security threat to the Winter Olympics being held in Sochi this year. Police leaflets seen in Sochi state that Ruzanna Ibragimova, a 22-year-old Islamic militant, is at large. Russian authorities have nicknamed female suicide bombers “black widows,” because they believe these women carry out suicide attacks to avenge the deaths of their husbands or other male relatives.

>> dangerous protests in ukraine The current unrest in Ukraine is a result of President Yanukovych having scrapped a trade deal with the EU in November, reports TIME magazine. Violent protests have spread from the capital Kiev to at least five other cities in the west of the country. Wednesday saw the first confirmed fatalities so far, with two protesters shot dead by police forces. The opposition is demanding a government reshuffle and that it free political prisoners, according to the Huffington Post.

>> BoMBings in cairo egypt

The New York Times reports that four separate bombings occurred Friday Jan. 24 in Cairo on the eve of the third anniversary of the Arab Spring revolt. The explosions killed at least 6 people and injured more than 70 other additional civilians. While the bombings have increased support for General Sisi (who installed the new Egyptian government) some believe it was a government attempt to increase support for crackdowns on the Muslim Brotherhood. “The timing is a message that the third anniversary of the revolution will not be a celebration; they want to color it with blood” stated Moataz Abdel-Fattah, a political scientist from the American University of Cairo. Police have cut-off train access to Cairo from Southern Egypt and closed off Tahrir Square (the centre of the 2011 revolt). The city is now divided between those who support the government, and those who support the Muslim Brotherhood.

Working towards youth empowerment World University Service Canada wants to bring a student refugee to Concordia MiloS KovaCeviC assistant news editor

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f the World University Service Canada’s (WUSC) proposal makes its way through the Concordia Student Union (CSU), just 50 cents a semester from your pocket is all it will take to bring a new type of student to Concordia.

What WUSC — an organization dedicated to worldwide youth empowerment — seeks to do is implement its tried-and-true Student Refugee Program and see that one lucky individual between the ages of 17 and 25 and currently residing in a refugee camp, be brought over to Montreal, be given permanent residency, and attend the university on a full one-year scholarship.

The initiative, which surpassed the required 750 student signatures during a campaign run in the fall, will see its proposal voted on by a referendum come March.

“This program really gives an opportunity to an individual to gain citizenship and fulfill their potential through education,” said James Arruda, a long-time helper at the all-volunteer organization.

Arruda originally joined in CEGEP to impress a girl, but ended up “impressing himself.” As he explained, it wasn’t a “long story, but a luck story.”

“It was something I should have started long ago, and I really found myself.”

Arruda adds that the organization gave him an outlet for social activism to help others and to

fight against closed or xenophobic mindsets.

“I feel that as a privileged individual in a very privileged society you can give that opportunity to somebody [else].”

A dollar might not seem like a lot, but once Concordia’s 30,000 plus student body is pooled together, it’s enough to provide for a budget which would include accommodation in student housing, tuition coverage, a repayment of their travel expenses, and spending money. In addition the budget would also cover a laptop, which WUSC believes is critical to allowing newcomers to fully integrate in an increasingly wired society and school curriculum.

“This isn’t charity. To me, charity is a very hierarchical system where you give them money. This resettlement program is really for them to regain their legal posture and to fulfill their potential,” said Arruda, adding that the organization doesn’t simply bring people over, but befriends them.

“If we kept it professional, we would regard them as a resource, a project, a management decision. We have to look at them like human beings, [as] friends. You yourself can never explain [what it’s like for them]; you can only listen and gain the most out of the experience.”

Because of the instability of trouble zones and the precarious nature

of sponsorship contracts, WUSC mainly operates in more stable areas like the refugee camps of Kenya, Malawi, and Thailand, and it is here that applicants are found.

For an individual to apply, superior academic performance is naturally the first step to being noticed. In addition, fluency in the language of the institution is also required as well as a meeting of all program requirements and standards. Applicants go through interviews, and if chosen, may be asked to volunteer in some capacity at their camp while their paperwork is filled and precautions such as health tests are administered.

Although, as permanent residents, they cannot vote or leave the country without a visa, individuals sponsored by the program would have access to a social security number (allowing them to work), access to health care, and most importantly, the potential for a citizenship and a better and safer life.

Arruda says there are many obstacles to overcome once they do make it here. The novel and trying climate, new faces, and a different way of doing things can contribute to feelings of isolation, culture shock, and homesickness that makes juggling responsibilities tough. In those cases, WUSC is always ready to help.

“We never recommend a student to find a job their first year. We usually

tell them that it’s better if they concentrate on their studies and try to get settled in. A lot of them face post-traumatic stress from being placed on a different continent with different people. Anything can happen.”

WUSC offers resources for newcomers to create ties to the new and get reacquainted with the old. Arruda says in most cases the students quickly settle in with the help of everything from clubs and groups, to religious organizations and the near-certain presence of their expat community in the city.

“We want to bring a stronger presence to Concordia and possibly a campus-changing opportunity,” he said, highlighting the potential of Quebec, which unlike other provinces does not have a quota when it comes to these sorts of things.

Ultimately Arruda hopes the coming of WUSC to campus will inspire students to help make a difference.

“I’ve always done this program so I can provide for somebody else to be here. I never thought [about] how it could help me, because I’m already helped.”

Yet, he quickly adds there is something to be gained from giving your time to create such a meaningful chance in a stranger’s life.

“Just like that you can have a new friend, get a new perspective on life. We’re there to also learn from them. We have to get the word out, the questions answered.

We have to make it look like a fun program.”

If WUSC Concordia interests you, visit their Facebook group at www.facebook.com/WUSCConcordia.

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environment // neWS

Concordia sheds light on temperature increases Study shows that seven countries are responsible for 82 per cent of pre-2005 global warming

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new Concordia study has shown that the United States and China are part of the seven countries most to blame for global temperature increases.

The study, entitled “National Contributions to Observed Global Warming,” showed that the seven biggest contributors are the United States, China, Russia, Brazil, India, Germany and the United Kingdom. Together, they account for 63 per cent of temperature increases up to 2005. The top 20 countries caused 82 per cent of the observed temperature increases.

Canada ranked 10th on the list.

The study shows that the U.S. has caused nearly 20 per cent of observed global warming up to 2005.

“I was surprised that the U.S. was so far ahead [2.5 times larger] than the next highest contributor,” said Dr. Damon Matthews, who lead the study and is an associate professor in the department of geography, planning and environment.

The study also looked at temperature increases in degrees Celsius per capita, or per person.

For this part of the study, Canada ranked third after the United Kingdom and the United States.

The United Kingdom caused an increase of temperature of 0.54 °C per billion people, while the United States caused an increase of 0.51 °C per billion people.

Canada caused an increase of 0.41 °C per billion people, which was equal to Russia’s per capita results.

Matthews said that he was not surprised by Canada’s results in the study, saying that the re-

sults were consistent with past studies.

Although China was the second highest on the list of contributors to total global warming, it was 19th on the list of per capita global warming, causing an increase of 0.05 °C per billion people. “…The disparities that we have illustrated regarding differences in per-capita contributions to global warming underline the critical issues of international equity that are at the core of current efforts to decrease global greenhouse gas emissions,” the study stated.

The study went on to say that, although population and population growth has been consistently cited as being a cause for the increase in greenhouse gas emissions, it is “clear that population alone does not determine a country’s climate contribution, given the vast differences in percapita energy and resource consumption between the developed and the developing world.”

The study also looked at what greenhouse gases (GHG) caused the most total global warming per geographical location and per population over a span of 200 years, ending in 2005.

The report concluded by saying that this study could help decide how much emissions different countries will be allowed to produce in the future.

“Our analysis has the potential to contribute to this discussion, by providing both an improved estimate of current contributions, as well as a relatively simple, yet robust method with which to calculate a given country’s current and potential future contribution to global warming,” the study stated.

The study took about three years to complete, and had started out as an honour student’s

project. The team consisted of both graduate and undergraduate students in the department of geography, planning and environ-

ment.

“As a follow-up study, I would like to assess how these calculations could be used to set future

emissions allowances for each country,” Matthews said.

To read the study, visit http://iopscience.iop.org.

CCSL SPECIAL PROJECT FUNDING Do you have an exciting idea that will engage your fellow Concordia students but lack the funds to bring it to life?

Then apply to the Concordia Council on Student Life (CCSL) Special Project Fund. The CCSL makes funds available to support projects that enhance or contribute to the quality of student life at Concordia.

Guidelines & Online Application available at: deanofstudents.concordia.ca/funding-and-awards/

Winter Deadline: Friday, February 7, 2014 at 5 p.m.

Please contact the Dean of Students Office with any questions: SGW-H 637 ext. 3517 / Loyola-AD-121 ext. 4239

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Write to the editor: life@theconcordian.com fashion // life

Frozen fashion: how to dress for Montreal’s electro scene Everything from onesies, morphsuits and fur coats linDSay RiChaRDSon assistant opinions editor

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very January, frostbitten ears await the first sounds — usually a combination of enthusiastic cheering and rousing electro-pop beats — that signify the return of Igloofest at the Old Port’s Quai Jacques-Cartier. However, there’s also something to be said about the distinct rustle of old polyester.

Entering its eighth year of production, Igloofest has become an event that draws not only music and culture enthusiasts but the sartorially-savvy as well. Festival-goers have learned to prepare for the city’s inclement weather and sub-zero temperatures in fun, creative ways. When cold, bundled-up bodies start to fill the performance space, there is never a shortage of either colour or personality.

Unlike its summer counterpart Piknik Electronik, those attending the winter event have to take their wardrobe into careful consideration. Factors like warmth and the ability to move around are undeniably important, which would explain the prevalence of the onesie, which has become one of the fashion cornerstones of Igloofest.

The onesies have seen better days as far back as the ‘70s and the ‘80s, when they were highly popular sportswear pieces. As the festival approaches, thrift and novelty stores are flooded by people eager to hunt down the castoffs, fresh out of the cedar closet and smelling like mothballs. The neon colour combinations, though outdated and garish by today’s standards, are exactly what make them appealing for this event. In fact, the uglier and flashier, the better. An all expenses paid tropical vacation is up for grabs in a con-

test for the ugliest one-piece, hosted by the event sponsors. Eccentrically-costumed partiers are photographed, and the public votes on the best of the worst through social media.

However, that’s only the tip of the iceberg.

Also spotted among the crowds were morphsuits in every imaginable colour. For those not familiar with the concept, just picture those spandex American Apparel leggings stretched over a person’s entire body, sometimes layered with necklaces and sunglasses. Other people channelled Macklemore by strutting onto the Quai in floor length fur coats.

Also common this year were one-piece animal jumpers, known to some as “Kigurumi,” costumes that originated in Japan. The whimsical, hooded outfits are also practical, since they zip up easily over winter jackets or heavy sweaters.

The more conservative of the crowed donned the festival-sanctioned, pom pomtopped Igloofest toques that are sold as souvenirs. The variety of colours, textures, and characters are what have helped shape the event and make it a certified draw for tourists passing through.

“Even if you don’t like the music, you can just have a drink and people watch,” said Jennifer Glover-Drolet, a first-time attendee whose friends trailed closely behind, wearing matching penguin costumes. “Your eye can’t settle on just one place or person.”

Most people can agree that it takes quite a bit of chutzpah to dress up in flamboyant getups, but while you’re tracking your feet through the sleet and slush, you may as well entertain others at the same time.

So, in the end, even if music is a force that can unify and warm the masses, there’s nothing hotter than the unmistakable ensembles spotted at this frigid winter gathering.

Photos by Keith Race

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entrepreneurship // life

Getting down to the business of being your own boss how Concordia is a breeding ground for aspiring entrepreneurs BelinDa aniDJaR Contributor

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re you thirsting to start your own business but remain burdened by your fears? Are you craving to be your own boss? Have you been bitten by the entrepreneurship bug, but are afraid to let it penetrate your life? It’s time to annihilate those fears, reassess your goals, and consider that startups may not be as daunting as they may seem.

Anna Van Tuinen, a 25-year-old American entrepreneur and creator of Paper Anniversary, was inspired by the overwhelming amount of creativity upon her arrival in Montreal. Since the fourth grade, she’s been playing with origami and for the last six years, she’s been making paper jewelry as a hobby. Recently, she decided to transform this pastime into a business and now she sells sustainable jewelry online made of bamboo paper that’s imported from Japan, Thailand, and Nepal. Her idea was incited by the western cultural tradition of giving paper for a first year wedding anniversary gift.

“Though this began as a hobby, after reading Jesse Krieger’s Lifestyle Entrepreneur and speaking to an entrepreneur friend, I realized I wanted that self-employed lifestyle,” she said.

Van Tuinen embraces self-employment because she can make her own schedule and work from any location. After creating her website, paper-anniversary.com, through Shopify, her business was launched in a mere 24 hours.

By setting goals, testing the market, and learning to prioritize, she turned her business into a success in three months, which allowed her to quit her day job.

John Molson School of Business (JMSB) professor and Concordia graduate, Eric Martineau, another entrepreneur, recommends getting started while you’re still in school and your day job is not yet your livelihood. By asking his

advertising professors for guidance and building relationships with them while he was in school, he was able to grow his own business.

“If you want to start your business, do projects in school on an industry you’d like to look into,” said Martineau.

Martineau, co-founder of Lavacar, a mobile car washing service that comes directly to your workplace, started his company while writing his Masters thesis at Concordia. His friend suggested the idea, while waiting endlessly in line for a car wash. As they were two broke students, neither of them wanted to enter an industry with high startup capital, but they invested what little money they had and managed to get it started.

They knew they had nothing to lose and that they could partake in this endeavour without compromising their means to survive.

“Right now is by far the best time in your life to start a business,” said Dominic Tarn, author of The New Goldrush: A Quick Guide to Startups. “Having said that, never make any compromises on your studies [or jobs], but the opportunity is there for the taking right now if you want to dive into entrepreneurship.”

Concordia economics graduate, Jordan Choo, also believes in getting started as a student. A born entrepreneur, Choo began selling ebooks online at the ripe age of 15. Currently

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a web developer and online marketer with a number of side projects, his experience has allowed him to broaden his network.

“Talk to everyone you meet,” said Choo. “As a student, you have a network of people you see on a daily basis that can help you grow your business.”

Despite the guidance from his peers and mentors, Choo’s biggest challenge was to stay motivated when obstacles obstructed his path.

His mistakes helped him find the holes in his business and resolve them.

Choo explains that his Dad’s advice has been the most helpful.

“The only thing that holds you back is yourself. If you really, truly want something, you will find a way to get it.”

Choo is one of the many students who have participated in Concordia’s entrepreneurship programs. As a former member of Enactus Concordia, an international non-profit organization that helps mobilize students into becoming business leaders, and a participant in The Apprentice, a case competition for students in Montreal, Choo was able to talk to business executives, learn to improvise, and work with a team. He also named District 3 and The Founder Project, two programs that aim to assist student startups, as integral to his success.

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“The entrepreneurial spirit in Montreal is taking off at a lightning quick pace. Student startup organizations are popping in campuses across Montreal, the country, and really all of North America”, said founder and CEO of The Founder Project, Ilan Saks.

The Founder Project has contributed to creating 200 student startups, and the Concordia startup program, District 3, located in E.V. 7.105, has already produced numerous startups and founders in the span of a year.

At District 3, students meet with mentors weekly to assess their progress and work individually on their projects in a professional environment. To join the program, the only requirements are a business plan and an appointment.

“You have the name Concordia under you.

Every time you meet a sales representative, they can come into a nice building, a conference room. You are being backed unofficially by Concordia,” said Charles E., a graduate of the finance program at JMSB. Charles E. belongs to a group of students that created a mobile travel agency that helps plan weekend getaways. According to him, the best part about District 3 is that you get to network in a space that provides you with access to expensive resources.

Another JMSB graduate, Jamie Klinger, is also jump starting his business through District 3. His project, the Jack of All Trades Universe, is an online community that provides an outlet for the exchange of products and services through a variety of currencies between people in the same geographic location.

“District 3 introduced me to tools that are good for organization,” he said. “It gives me a useful mentorship, presents what I’m working on, and lets me know if I’m on track and what to do next.”

Aside from classes offered at Concordia that teach students how to become entrepreneurs the access to information provided by programs like District 3 creates an environment of burgeoning business-minded individuals. There is nothing more satisfying than being your own boss, and with all these resources at your fingertips, now is the time to start. So let’s get down to business, shall we?

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gloofest has become an institution. It’s that time in winter where checking the weather report fires me spiralling through the stages of grief. Christmas has passed, the snow keeps falling and hoofing it through the streets is left exclusively to excursions of necessity.

Right when I’ve polished my skills at finding excuses to stay home, hiding away from the snow and cursing the evanescent daylight. Right when I’m ready to give up on the season and turn grizzly; eat and sleep and curl up in a dark hole of extended hibernation. Right at this moment, Igloofest comes along

and reminds me, reminds us all, that there’s no amount of accursed hypothermia-incarnate that can kill this city’s party.

So we collectively bundle up. Adorn ourselves with neon, Mardi-Gras-esque costumes and an environmentally disastrous stockpile of chemical hand warmers. Welcome to the only festival that I’ve ever heard of where the beer isn’t chilled but warmed to just above zero Celsius.

A bacchic festival of electronic music and ice sculptures, Igloofest is unique to Montreal and is gaining world recognition. Last year over 70,000 revelers took part in the open-air festival of frost, and judging by the crowd in attendance on Saturday its rise in popularity is not slowing.

Photos by Keith Raceme

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Write to the editor: arts@theconcordian.com opera // aRTS

It’s maybe summertime, but the livin’ ain’t that easy george gerwin’s Porgy and Bess is revived for Black history Month olivia RangeR-ennS Staff writer

The George Gershwin opera starts off with the melodious opening lines we know so well: “Summertime/and the livin is easy/fish are jumping/and the cotton is high.” We see a woman singing on her porch to her cradled baby as she sways her hips. At first, we would think this is a story about the easy life, about success, about happiness. It is anything but.

The opera Porgy and Bess tells a sad tale indeed. The people are immersed in poverty, living in a world dominated by political and social injustice. The decor does its work and the lighting of weak maroons and tired greys adds to a sense of desperation and weariness. The cast is dressed in quintessential ‘poor’ clothing: rags, straw hats and the old, tattered, good Sunday suit.

Set in the United States, the narrative takes us back to cotton-picking times where black folk are discriminated against and where societal justice is more theory than reality. We are set in Catfish Row, a derelict neighbourhood where “happy dust” (dope) and hard-liquor qualify as the only highlights of a Saturday evening. The morals of the church (think barnraising cries of “Hallelujah”) are constantly pitted against people who have been cast aside as outsiders — such as Bess.

Bess is sassy, beautiful, and ready to drink any man under the table. The Canadian soprano

Measha Brueggergosman outdoes herself playing Bess, strutting her stuff in Act I dressed in an eye-popping red dress with matching shoes.

Close on her heels is her ‘man’: the manipulative, muscular, and powerful Crown. He is also a heavy drinker and gets thoroughly plastered by the end of Act I, where he kills a man without even really realising it. All hell breaks loose — Crown must flee for his safety and Bess is left to her own devices. Since she is a “no-good woman,” every door is shut in her face — except Porgy’s.

Porgy is a beggar and a cripple and is portrayed by Kenneth Overton, who expresses the physical handicaps with exuberant activity onstage. Here we see two uncommon outcasts who are brought together: a beautiful, seductive black woman and a crippled, kind man. They begin to fall in love. Bess swears off her past life of liquor and dope. Hope springs eternal.

But by Scene II of Act II, troubles lurk.

While Porgy and Bess are swearing eternal love to each other, the townspeople of Catfish Row are getting ready for a picnic on Kittiwah Island.

Although reluctant, Bess agrees to leave Porgy’s side for a time and attend the picnic. On the island, we learn more about Sportin’ Life, a dandy and cocaine and alcohol distributor. He raises his questions about the Bible with some jokes thrown in, and all’s well until the picnickers grab their food and head back home. Bess is the last to dust her dress off, which is when she stumbles across a very angry Crown. In this gut-wrenching scene, we see Bess hemmed against Crown whose huge physical presence dominates the stage. The understanding is clear: Bess is Crown’s woman, and she will do whatever he demands. In this case, the demands are sexual.

Cut to the next scene where Bess, delusion-

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al, is lying in bed. A worried Porgy asks Serena, a neighbour, to pray over Bess, who soon recovers. The next aria sung between the lovers is particularly moving as Bess vows “I love you Porgy, I love you so” while Porgy promises to protect his woman from Crown.

It could have ended there, a neat ending to a potentially menacing story. But Gershwin goes further, highlighting the darkness of humanity.

All in all, this production of Porgy and Bess has it all: the appropriate slang and attitude, the

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drinking and gambling, the husband-and-wife dynamics. We believe in Porgy’s anguish when the love of his life leaves him. We feel for Bess when she stumbles across the stage as an outcast. We mourn the lives of people taken too early. With Wayne Marshall as the orchestra conductor and Lemuel Wade as stage director, this all-black cast opera cannot go wrong.

Porgy and Bess runs until Feb. 3 at Place des Arts. For more information, visit operademontreal.com

literature // aRTS

Tipping the hat — or bra — to feminism The Concordian talks with Yiara about the magazine’s message elSBeTh CoSSaR Contributor

Upon hearing the word feminism, which of the following do you instinctually do? Cringe at the thought of it? Or does it inspire you to burn your bra and shout “down with men?”

Hopefully neither.

A clear understanding of feminism is necessary before we condemn it, and that is where Yiara Magazine comes in. Preparing to launch its second annual publication, Yiara is a student-run, feminist art history magazine that began at Concordia in 2012. It attempts to offer a critical analysis of the involvement of women in the art world.

The confusing limbo between loving or hating feminism is where many individuals fall.

The Concordian met with the Editor-in-chief of

Yiara, Tess Juan-Gaillot, and assistant editor this illusion that in our North American sociSteph Hornstein in order to discuss the ideas ety certain levels have been achieved, which is behind their feminist magazine and the neces- true but should not overshadow the fact that… sity of feminism in our day and age. there’s still a huge need for it,” said Hornstein.

Hornstein begins the conversation with a quote The existence of a feminist art history magfrom British suffragist, azine that began feminism is the radical Rebecca West: “Femionly two years ago nism is the radical nomay just be proof of notion that women are tion that women are this need. people. people.”

“You have art “It’s a very simple - Rebecca West being produced by idea,” said Hornstein, people in your area “I think that at the right now that fits base…most people in our day and age are fem- this subject matter. They didn’t create it for Yiinists, even if they don’t necessarily proclaim ara, they already have it. So there are already themselves as feminists.” these issues being talked about,” explains “[Feminism is] about dialogue; it’s about Juan-Gaillot. “It is here, we just need to show talking to people…it is all about inclusion rather that it’s here.” than exclusion,” said Juan-Gaillot. “In art hisMany people feel reluctant to express opintory…it is a tool to really critique and see things ions about feminism because of the stereodifferently. [In fact] it’s opening up a dialogue types. that we think we’ve had, but we haven’t.”

“The danger is that a lot of people regard The notion that radical feminism is a thing feminism as something that’s very angry and of the past is perhaps a false one. you don’t feel open towards something that “I think there is still a very present need for you feel is aggressive,” explained Hornstein. feminism in our society even though there’s “There’s lots of ways to fit into feminism and

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being radical and being activist is just one of those ways. There are lots of little choices that you can make that are in themselves very feminist and they don’t have to scream and hold banners.”

Her best recommendation for those who are on the fence about feminism is: “Read Yiara!”

And chill out. Juan-Gaillot maintains that it’s important to just relax and not to base an opinion of feminism on the stereotypes that we know. “Take your time,” she said, “and see them as people first.”

Hornstein follows up, “The first step is realizing there’s a conversation to have and to not be afraid.” It seems that the only way to understand something more is to not roll your eyes and write it off because as Hornstein stated, “that’s where the danger lies.”

Yiara is holding its first ever exhibit at Café l’Artere from Feb. 3-24, with a Vernissage on Feb. 5. The exhibit will feature feminist works featured in the magazine, live music, poetry readings, food and non-alcoholic drinks. Visit yiaramagazine.com for more information.

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The very worst perfect weekend getaway Three Night Stand is a romantic comedy about what happens when a plan, and love, goes awry Jocelyn Beaudet Assistant arts editor

It’s a perfect romantic weekend — you’ve rented a ski lodge and are taking your wife on a trip to the Laurentians to enjoy a sexy weekend away from it all. But nothing ever goes as planned, does it? This is exactly how things start off in Three Night Stand.

The main character, Carl (Sam Huntington), is a lovable dork that plans on taking his wife, Sue, (Meaghan Rath), on the perfect weekend getaway. After finally saving up to purchase the wedding rings he couldn’t previously afford, he plans on presenting them to her to tie together his perfect weekend.

But things fall apart when they arrive at the lodge, which was just purchased by Carl’s exgirlfriend, Robin.

Hollywood movies have a way of portraying these romantic flicks in a strange light, often putting emphasis on how one person is clearly the better choice as a partner for the main character than the other. Three Night Stand chooses a different path, instead presenting us with characters that are as flawed as the rest of us.

Short tempers and snippy, insensitive responses during an argument are among some of these relatable shortcomings. For example Carl is awkward, not very good at lying (and he certainly tries to conceal some pretty important information from Sue), insecure and can come off as a jerk (all of which are brought forth by a spot on performance by Huntington). Sue, though, is demanding, generally

unsatisfied with every aspect of the relation- Vroom (producer) may have us geared towards just a romantic drama set in Quebec. It’s more ship, and seems to easily lose interest in her a bad ending for the characters involved, but than a standard love triangle, and involves husband in favour of every other character she ultimately, both Carl and Sue learn from the so many characters that you’ll love, hate and meets during their trip. experience. As they sit in a cafe, some time love to hate, mingling with one another in a These inadequacies are strangely human, after everything is said and done, you get the way that feels familiar, like it could have hapand yet under-represented in more mainstream feeling that both characters have grown-up pened to anyone. Therein lies the appeal of the films. We’re often presented with sex scenes tremendously, and have adjusted their lives movie, and exactly what puts it a cut above that are oddly perfect, but when it comes to avoid reliving what happened during that the rest.

Three Night Stand opens at Cinema du down to real life situations, even the act of un- would-be perfect weekend.

Parc on Feb. 7. dressing can be a little awkward. The movie At its core, Three Night Stand is more than holds a mirror to that statement, and presents us with a reflection of our strange behaviour when we feel passionate about someone.

The film’s pacing is interesting; romantic dramas tend to have a very pick-up-and-go feel to them, giving you some brief moments of respite to digest all the new information that comes as the drama unfolds. In this particular case, the scenes flow intensely into one another, as if the movie was intended to be much longer but had to be edited down to its meaningful moments.

This isn’t a bad thing per se, and makes sense given the odd situation of spending three days at a lodge where everything that can go wrong inevitably does. The emotions are heavy-handed, and the pace at which everything unfolds makes the entire movie feel half as long as it really is, but also twice as charged emotionally.

Concordia graduates Pat Kiely Three Night Stand stars Sam Huntington as Carl, Meaghan Rath as Sue and Emmanuelle Chriqui as (writer/director) and Robert Robin, the ex-girlfriend.

Cinema Poltica // arts

Murder: racism and homophobia revisited California Queer youth shooting in 2008 is retold in Valentine Road Saturn De Los Angeles Staff writer

In 2008, 15-year-old Lawrence “Larry” King was shot during class. The murderer was Brandon McInerney, a boy that Larry asked to be his Valentine. The incident rattled the community of Oxnard, California, a small town of nearly 200,000. This ignited a national conversation on why racial and gender-provoked bullying exists among youth. Consequently, teachers, parents, mentors and the people in the justice system collectively scrambled to address this unfortunate event.

Valentine Road gives us the story behind the headlines. This 90-minute documentary immerses us into the controversial shooting by weaving together a balanced combination of narrative interviews as told by the people related to the young men in question and the case itself. The documentary also features archived television news footage talking about the incident and presents the viewers with scenic views of the town, creating an in-your-face, yet relatable kind of film.

What makes this documentary interesting to watch is how both sides of the case are presented. To illustrate King’s perspective of the incident, the filmmakers have represented him in a hand-drawn animation, based on narratives told by the interviewees. The drawings portray King’s character in a nostalgic, light-hearted and

respectful manner. mately, the question remains as to why freely about the incident first online in order to gain a McInerney’s perspective is also told through expressing one’s own gender can become a better understanding, as this film goes into a lot accounts by guardians, teachers and his defence taunting experience, especially for teens that are of detail into the origins of the main characters. lawyers explaining how and what might have experiencing a crucial time of self-discovery.

Watching the documentary more than once also provoked the boy to commit this hate crime.

Valentine Road has no voice-over narrator helps as there is a lot information to grasp. After One of several interesting turning points in per se, and relies on a well-thought out blend all, this is a murder mystery that still needs (and the film presents viewers with the kind of read- of ambient sound, vivid visuals and authentic still is in the process) of being solved and put ings McInerney was interested in before he com- storytelling making it easy to follow without any to rest. mitted the murder, mainly neo-Nazi and white sensationalizing, and without being obnoxious.

Valentine Road will be premiered in Quesupremacy articles, as well as drawings made Through these stories, Valentine Road bec by Cinema Politica on Mon. Feb. 3 at 7

by McInerney himself of a hand clenching the points to LGBTQ issues still being addressed to- p.m. at the D.B. Clarke Theatre — 1455 de Star of David, dripping with blood. day from a unique and contemporary perspec- Maisonneuve W. A virtual Q&A with direcPutting together these two perspectives tive. Watching this film has the potential to help tor Marta Cunningham will be featured. This helps to assemble the pieces of the puzzle. How- push these discussions forward and understand screening is a part of Black History Month ever, it can also become an emotional watch- where everyone stands.

Montréal. For more information visit cining experience, potentially triggering folks who However, it is highly suggested to learn more emapolitica.org/concordia are sensitive to issues regarding gender and raceprovoked bullying.

The culture in which these two individuals lived was hostile to begin with and created a polarizing environment when it came to being, or even mentioning anything queer.

California, at that time, was also at odds with state legislations regarding gender issues and their Fifteen-year-old Lawrence King, a biracial, LGBTQ teen, was shot to death by his 14-year-old crush. Valentine Road digs expression. Ulti- its way to the very depths of the stories of both victim and his assailant. Photo is a still from YouTube

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Spinning the record for the bride and groom everyone’s a weddingguest at gable & Stein’s The Drowsy Chaperone MaRilla STeUTeR-MaRTin Staff writer

The Drowsy Chaperone began as a spoof on classic musicals of the 1920s, written by three friends for presentation at the bachelor party of another friend. Since its creation in 1997, it went on to premiere on Broadway and won several Tony awards. This season, The Drowsy Chaperone opens at McGill’s Moyse Hall, produced by the university’s Arts Undergraduate Theatre Society (AUTS).

The musical, which consists of a play-within-a-play structure centres on Woman-in-Chair, a woman who, in an attempt to drive the blues away, decides to play the recording of her favourite musical, The Drowsy Chaperone. In doing so, the musical, set in the ‘20s, comes to life in her living room, where she guides the audience through the cast of stereotyped over-acted characters, calamitous spit-takes and campy plot developments.

The action focuses around the bride-to-be, Janet Van der Graaf, and her soon-to-be husband Robert Martin. Janet’s former vaudeville producer employs two gangsters to try and break the pair up, who in turn enlist the help of the irresistible ladies man, Adolpho, to seduce the bride. Add Janet’s alcoholic confidant, The Drowsy Chaperone, to the mix and a series of comic misunderstandings threaten to leave the upcoming nuptials at a standstill.

The show, written by Bob Martin and Don McKellar with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, highlights the outdated

style of old-school musical theatre while simultaneously paying homage to it.

Director Fiona Ross, a recent McGill graduate, was doing research on possible shows when she stumbled upon this one.

“It’s Canadian, there’s lots of strong women characters in it which is something that’s really important to me, and it ended up that we had a whole bunch of really talented women audition, so I was like, ‘let’s just cast all these women’,” she said.

The show features a cast of 19, with women playing the vast majority of the male and female roles. Ross went on to explain that from the beginning, “I really wanted Man-in-Chair to be played by a woman...mostly because of my own politics and wanting the one character with any substance to be a woman.”

While some of the cross-casting proves humorous and charming, such as with the earnest bridegroom, Robert, played by Natalie Aspinall, and Chelsea Wellman as the seductive Adolpho, some roles were not so well suited. Overall the abundance of female actors prancing around in tight-fitting tweed suits was a bit aesthetically jarring.

Vanessa Hutinec, who played the title character of the Drowsy Chaperone, was excellent, and performed her number “As We Stumble Along” beautifully. She and several other members of the supporting cast managed to do quite a bit with the limited stage time and dialogue they were given in the script. Not all the female leads attained the same level of quality however, with some of the most important characters falling short in their performances.

Sadly, as with many amateur productions, the show was plagued by microphone and sound problems, which found actors either drowned out by the live band or overly loud during scenes.

The Drowsy Chaperone is a difficult show

in that it relies upon an execution of subtle comedy and critique, while speaking directly to theatre-lovers about their mostbeloved topic — theatre itself. The AUTS production is a great assembly of young talented voices and actors, but ultimately lacks a directorial oversight that would pull the whole thing together.

And yet, as the narrator states at the end of the play, “I know it’s not a perfect show.

The spit-take scene is lame and the monkey motif is laboured, but it does what a musical is supposed to do. It takes you to another world. And it gives you a lit- vanessa hUtineC plays the tle tune to carry marilla steUter-martin with you in your head...for when you’re feeling blue.”

Despite the show’s shortcomings, this simple statement captures a truth about people who love theatre, and why they keep coming

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back, and that in itself is something worth waiting around for.

The Drowsy Chaperone runs at the Moyse Hall until Feb.1. Student tickets are $15.

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Taking a look behind the white picket fence arthur Miller’s All My Sons gets the minimalist approach eliJah BUKReev Contributor

A troubled play about turbulent times, Arthur Miller’s All My Sons was such a powerful indictment of the ‘American Dream’ when it first appeared on stage in 1947, that its author was suspected of being a Communist.

Although it is a strong drama that raises moral questions worth reflecting on, nowadays, the play wouldn’t send the shock waves to its audience like it did in the ‘40s.

Directed by Matthieu Labaudinière, what this production does well is create a kind of bubble. It’s 1946 America, and nothing exists outside of the frontyard that the audience will be faced with for the duration of the play.

The main characters of the play are all members of the Keller family — Joe, the father of the family, who is a successful businessman, his wife Kate and son Chris. There is also another son, Larry, who is only mentioned but never seen, because he disappeared during the war, and is believed by most to be dead.

At first, this may seem like one of those family dramas, where a son’s death has brought about alienation, guilt and denial.

However, only Kate seems to be affected, and remains convinced her son will come home.

The story soon refocuses on her husband,

who has a dark secret that may have caused more deaths than one.

A lot of effort has gone into the production, and it shows. The actors, all nine of them, have worked hard to achieve realism, but some have not succeeded. For instance, it is very surprising to learn from dialogue, towards the end of the play, that Joe Keller is supposed to be over 60-years-old. Concordia’s own Oren Lefkowitz plays him as a youthful man, constantly on the move.

On the other hand, some performances leave an impact — Julianna Astorino has the most demanding role, and is quite touching as the deeply distressed Kate. What she nails best is the voice; close your eyes, and you’ll never believe this is a 21st century student speaking.

Stephen Friedrich is also impressive as George Deever, who has come to make shocking revelations about the patriarch of the Keller family.

However, good actors and costumes are not enough in this case to make the play come alive in all of its glory.

Individual performances are convincing, but the actors have close to no chemistry with each other. In a sense, you never feel like they inhabit the same world.

Perhaps such was Labaudinière’s intention, but then, it defeats Miller’s original purpose. This is a play that slowly, slyly, escalates from jokes to screams and from a personal story to a universal one. In order to be successful, the production needed to touch your heartstrings and make you feel all that was at stake. Unfortunately, that never happened.

If you know people who were part of the cast and crew, be a good friend and see the play. If, however, all you seek is a valid interpretation of Miller’s classic, then set your

expectations lower, or simply start looking elsewhere.

All My Sons runs at the McGill Players’ Theatre until Feb. 1.0

the kellers are a tiGht-knit, Wholesome and prosperoUs family, exemplifyinG dream. BUt, of CoUrse, nothinG is as it seems. photo By adam Banks

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Bringing spectacular treasures of the Orient home Celebrate China’s culture with Spectacular China at Place Des arts this winter MiChelle gaMage Staff writer

Skip jetting off to a warmer escape for February’s reading break and soak up another culture right here in Montreal instead.

Spectacular China is Place des Arts’ latest exhibit, promising to transport viewers to the exotic Middle Kingdom with six shows celebrating modern-day China and its Eastern traditions.

Carnival 2014 — Chinese Springtime Gala will kick off the party on Feb. 15 with acrobats, dancers, singers and traditional musicians matched up with Quebec’s own cellist Vincent Bélanger, starting at 8 p.m. To celebrate the diversity of Chinese culture, the show features artists from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds, weaving together varying traditions and customs to the beat of Far Eastern and Occidental rhythms.

The China National Theatre for Children will be presenting The Three Little Pigs and Abracadabra! on Feb. 16. The shows, presented in over 10 countries, is designed for children (and families) of different backgrounds and languages. Heads up: the big bad wolf might be a bit frightening, but the show is packed full of laughs and good times to make up for it.

A more serious show will be Fault Lines, a contemporary dance piece that pays tribute to the 69,000 victims of the devastating 2008 earthquake in Sichuan province. Chore-

ographer Sara Brodie, who survived the 2010 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, was drawn to the Leshan Song and Dance Troupe, which features several dancers whose families were in the epicentre of the most devastated region in Sichuan. The show runs from Feb. 20 to March 1.

The Orchestre Symphonique De Montréal is presenting Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme on Feb. 26-27, featuring conductor Long Yu, Jian Wang on the cello, and Quian Jun and Jin Kai on traditional Chinese flutes. This show promises to blend classical, contemporary and Chinese music.

Highlighting Spectacular China is the Shanghai Jingju Company’s version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet in The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan. The play combines theatre, acrobatic dance, martial arts, traditional songs and music with elaborate costumes and makeup. The award-winning company created a show for Western audiences and will feature English and French subtitles, but scanning a synopsis of Hamlet to be familiar with the plot before the show is recommended. There will also be a brief introduction before each performance to educate audiences about the Peking opera, a rare form of theatre that the Shanghai Jingju Company is highly acclaimed for. Shows are on Feb. 28 and Mar. 1.

Tickets for the events range from $16 to $199. Are you a student on a tight budget?

Improve your cultural horizons by checking out the free Focus on China contemporary art exhibition, featuring 15 works from young Chinese artists at Place Des Arts until March 1. For more details visit

placedesarts.com.

a Carnival, pekinG opera, exhiBit, mUsiCal ConCert, Children’s fairytales and Contemporary danCe are amonGst the featUres of sPEctacular china. photos By leah roBertson

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Profile // music

Mtl: a special place for well-travelled musicians Singer-songwriter Peter Katz stops at Petit Campus on this leg of his Canadian tour Samantha Mileto Sports editor

“You have to be making roads all over the place to be taken seriously,” said Peter Katz. And that’s precisely what he’s been doing as he makes his way back to Toronto from a stop in Ottawa, one among many on his tour.

The Montreal-born singer-songwriter began playing the piano and the violin at the age of four. As a teenager he started playing guitar, which inspired him to want to start writing his own songs. But it wasn’t until he started studying theatre at Ryerson University in Toronto that he realized music was something he wanted to pursue.

“We were doing a production of The Laramie Project and I had been writing and going to open mic’s and playing songs and the director asked if I’d write a song for the show,” said Katz. “[So], I wrote this song called “The Fence.” That song changed things for me as far as realizing that this was the thing I really wanted to do. [It] was around the same time I saw Glen Hansard play and when I saw him play I was like, ‘oh man, this is what I want to do for the rest of my life’.”

When Katz returns home to Montreal to play at Petit Campus in the Mile End on Feb. 7, he will be bringing a Juno Award nomination, a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination, a CBC Galaxie Rising Star

Award, and an album, First of the Last to Know, that debuted at number one on the iTunes singer-songwriter charts, back with him.

Since releasing his first studio album in 2010, First of the Last to Know, he released two more albums in less than two years, Live at the Music Gallery and Still Mind Still, while also performing over 150 shows a year around the world, something he doesn’t think he’ll be doing again.

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done. I don’t want to do that again,” said Katz. “I want to release it because it’s ready to be released. But obviously, this is what I do for a living, so if I don’t keep putting out music, then I can’t survive, but it’s more important that I make something that’s going to make a difference in my life than to just release something.”

Katz has travelled all over the world from Copenhagen to Singapore, to the U.S. and Canada and says he’s experienced

No matter how long I’ve lived in Toronto, Montreal just feels like me.

“It was just a bit too crazy,” he said. “I was in the middle of a Canadian tour, and I was having to pull over the side of the road to listen to mixes and send feedback and looking at album artwork on my iPhone. I don’t regret it, [but] I really don’t want to do that again. I was just in a state of mania for too long.”

Katz is taking things a little more slowly now. He’s working on his fourth album while on his current Canadian tour, but hasn’t set any release dates.

“I think I sort of did myself a disservice by setting release dates in the past and booking tours and having to have an album

- Peter Katz some of his best shows in the Netherlands and Denmark.

“A lot of people are like, ‘wow, you get to see all these places’, and it’s true that I do get to see a lot of places, but I’m certainly not the tourist,” he said. “Every now and then there’s a day off on a tour, and I get to see the cities a bit and I get to go out for a dinner and that’s really nice.”

Despite all the places he’s been to, Katz says there is no place like home.

“Canada is the place where I really want to make an impact,” he said. “I really feel like some of the things [I sing about] are born out of Canada. So, it feels like I would

be most understood playing for a Canadian audience, like there’s this extra level and it does feel special. I love touring in the Netherlands, I love touring in Germany, I love touring all these different places, but you want to feel like where you’re from, the people get you.”

“But you have to go to other places too in order for Canada to take you seriously.

But I just love to play, and I’ll play anywhere where I could play to an audience that’s willing to listen.”

Coming home to Montreal is still always a special occasion for Katz.

“No matter how long I’ve lived in Toronto, Montreal just feels like me,” said Katz. “Obviously, when I go to Montreal, I get to see my brother and my dad and some of my old friends, that’s always something that I look forward to, personally. There’s a certain spirit to Montreal I think because of the European-French influence, there’s a certain ‘joie de vivre’, a certain attitude that I just love and I miss and I look forward to every time I come back. I just feel like I’m in my own skin when I come back to Montreal.”

Peter Katz will play at Petit Campus, located at 57 Prince Arthur E., on Friday, Feb. 7 and will be performing with fellow song-writer and keyboard player Karen Kosowski. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. with the show set to begin at 8 p.m.. Admission is $20, and $10 for students. For more information on how to get tickets visit www.peterkatz.com/shows

Montreal born and Toronto raised singer/songwriter Peter Katz will be back in town for a performance at Petit Campus next month. Photo by Justin Broadbent.

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JeSSiCa RoMeRa Music editor

>> 2014 Brazil FIFA World Cup official anthem is chosen The official anthem for this summer’s FIFA World Cup has been selected, reports Rolling Stone: rapper and pop star Pitbull will provide the song for this year’s edition of the international soccer tournament taking place in Brazil. Jennifer Lopez and Brazilian musician Claudia Leitte will also appear alongside Pitbull on the track entitled “We Are One (Ole Ola).” All three singers will perform the anthem on June 12 to kick off the opening ceremonies in Sao Paulo.

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Static Kings: Montreal’s up and coming indie-rock royalty local musicians discuss their roots and new material JUSTinaS STaSKeviCiUS Staff writer

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ver the past decade, indie music has moved into mainstream popularity. Acts such as Arcade Fire, Radiohead and the Arctic Monkeys have inspired a new generation of musicians to push the boundaries and expectations of the rock ensemble. Montreal band, Static Kings, is one such group.

Since 2011, the quintet has been blending a multitude of rhythms and riffs that can best be described as dance-inducing yet thought-provoking. James Parm, the group’s frontman, and Michael Abraham, the band’s guitarist, recently spoke with The Concordian about the Static Kings’ origins as well as their more recent projects.

The Static Kings, in their current state,

formed in late 2011 after an earlier version of the group went through a major lineup change.

“James Parm, James Frank (keyboard/ synth) and I were all in the same grade in high school, so we knew each other from there,” Abraham said.

“Charles we didn’t know very well, but we knew he played drums, and that kind of just fit. Richard (bass) came later, he started to work at the Tim Hortons where me and Abe worked,” Parm added.

The band took their name from musician Mark Linkous’ personal studio, Static King Studios, as a tribute to the late musician.

“I had a huge admiration for this guy going through high school. Shortly after forming our band, he killed himself and that was pretty upsetting,” recalled Parm.

In early 2013, the young musicians released their first studio album Beautiful Artificial. The album was a definitive nod to the band’s indie roots and, while barely a year since its release, the singer already feels that the album is a relic of the past.

“The whole album was a bit overdra-

matic but we were young and we weren’t over our adolescence yet, at least I wasn’t,” said Parm. “The album lacks a lot of perspective, but that’s kind of why I can still enjoy aspects of it.”

During a show earlier this month at Le Petit Campus, the band debuted their newest material. The new songs stray further from their previous path and offer the listeners a fresh experimental rock sound.

“James had an idea for making a continuous piece of music similar to classical music with different movements all part of the same piece, except in our style,” Abraham said.

“It has more truth in it, with a greater perspective on music in general. Personally, I feel it’s a more confident approach to songwriting,” Parm admitted.

While the band is attempting to determine whether or not to record their newest tracks live or in studio, those wishing to hear James Parm and Michael Abraham sooner can catch their acoustic performance at Crobar on Jan. 31.

The Static Kings will be performing as part of On Rock’s Coldest Day of the Year benefit concert on Feb. 8.

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>> Official Kurt Cobain Day to be celebrated annually in Washington Feb. 20 will now officially be recognized as Kurt Cobain Day in Aberdeen, WA, to commemorate the late musician’s birthday.

Cobain, the frontman for the iconic grunge band Nirvana, was born and raised in Aberdeen. The city’s mayor, along with the city council, voted to pay tribute to the musician, with the possibility of even developing a ‘Kurt Cobain Week’, according to Rolling Stone. Later this year, Nirvana will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, marking the 20th anniversary of Cobain’s death.

>> Rapper Soulja Boy arrested on felony gun charges DeAndre Cortez Way, better known to the world and in the music industry as Soulja Boy, was arrested earlier last week in Los Angeles, CA, for the possession of a loaded weapon. CNN reported that the rapper was a passenger in a vehicle that was pulled over in the early hours of the morning. Way was later released after posting a $35,000 bail. The rapper was also previously arrested in 2011 for “felony weapons charges during a traffic stop on a Georgia interstate in October 2011,” reported CNN.

>> The Beatles to collaborate with Vans for a Yellow Submarine limited edition footwear collection For a special limited edition, Vans will be releasing a collection of footwear featuring the legendary Liverpudlians, said Rolling Stone. The collection will contain four different styles, each with different scenes of the Fab Four’s film and record Yellow Submarine which marks the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ arrival in America.

The pairs, being released at the beginning of March, will range in price from $65 to $75.

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The blurred lines of electronic dance music copyright Why the genre doesn’t always condemn it as ‘copying’ JonaThan Cohen assistant music editor

ate a following through their remixes, even though it was never technically allowed in the first place. Despite the lack of accreditation, the EDM community does not frown upon those producers at all. Rather, artists are praised when they outdo themselves and spawn a fanbase from said remixes.

Examples have been seen in the early

projects by Zedd, as well as Porter Robinson.

Other artists such as W&W, Jump Smokers, David A, and many more have contributed to the world of bootlegs resulting in hundreds of thousands of views, according to SoundCloud.

Another form of musical ‘copy-cating’ that exists in this scene is much more con-

Musicians often call each other out if they feel their music or their words have been ripped off or incorrectly accredited by their peers; some have even taken each other to court over it to be properly recognized.

For example, Marvin Gaye’s children are suing Robin Thicke and those involved with his summer hit “Blurred Lines.” According to CBC News, Thicke and company are being accused of copyright infringement.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines copyright as “the exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter and form of something (as a literary, musical, or artistic work).”

Normally, in this situation, you would be shunned by your peers and ostracized, but in the world of electronic dance music (EDM), this is not necessarily the case.

In EDM culture, underground producers will often take parts of famous songs and use them to create their own unofficial bootleg remix. These artists aim to gener-

Quick Spins

troversial to say the least. Sometimes, famous artists use the work of underground producers as their own without crediting them in the song, but credit them as an artist in their circle of “friends.” Briefly put, someone steals your song, calls it their own, and tells the world that you are – indirectly – talented.

The best example of this music fraud is showcased all over the Internet, especially on the music blog Do Androids Dance.

Apparently, DJ Snake, a recognized producer who is signed to Diplo’s record label, Mad Decent, uploaded a remix of the song “Breathe” by The Prodigy and Mercer and labeled it his “DJ Snake Parisian Remix.”

Upon further inspection, an underground artist named Breaux also released the same remix. Many believed DJ Snake stole Breaux’s work but, in the end, the former got off scot-free and the latter gained supporters and fans alike from this mess and was satisfied with the outcome.

“Original work is hard to come by these days and people just get accustomed to hearing regurgitated music,” said Andru, a trap music producer from Montreal. “It’s all the same stuff and people love it.”

Surprisingly enough, situations like these happen on a daily basis in the world of EDM, for better or for worse. Artists often become famous for using the work of others and can build careers as DJs from it.

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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – Give The People What They Want (Daptone; 2014)

Against Me! – Transgender Dysphoria Blues (Total Treble Music; 2014)

Dog Day –Fade Out (Fundog; 2013)

Young the Giant – Mind Over Matter (Fueled By Ramen; 2014)

Although Give The People What They Want was written and recorded before the diagnosis of Sharon Jones’ pancreatic cancer, we can’t help but feel that this fifth studio album stands as a testament to her strength and resilience. Now fully recovered from her treatment, Jones demonstrates that an artist can remain relevant without adhering to fleeting trends. Authenticity has always been the key to her success, and Give The People What They Want is surely dishing out plenty of that. The tracks are a mixture of soul and funk that could each have easily been Motown hits from the late 1960s or ‘70s. As always, the real gem is Jones’ powerful vocals that are perfectly suited to both the deep funk grooves and soulful ballads.

Jones’ triumphant comeback is finally giving the people what they need!

Against Me!’s newest album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, is a perfect evolution of the band’s sound. It has been a long and eventful three and a half years since the group’s last studio album, White Crosses. Laura Jane Grace, formerly Tom Gabel, the band’s lead singer, came out as a transgender woman in 2012. Transgender Dysphoria Blues brings Against Me! back to its punk roots.

Musically, the band combines the clarity of its more recent releases with the distorted guitars of its older tracks. The manner in which Grace belts out genuine feelings of both happiness and total alienation leaves nothing to be desired. Lyrically, this album does not touch on politics like its predecessors often did. Instead, the album focuses mainly on Grace’s personal life as she dealt with gender dysphoria. With Transgender Dysphoria Blues, Against Me! proves that it is still one of the best punk bands around.

Fade Out is the fourth studio release by Seth Smith and Nancy Urich, better known collectively as Dog Day. The Halifax husband and wife duo have combined garage-rock and classic rock, with underlying dream-pop tones to create some of their grittiest material to date. Classic guitar riffs and drum hits are the backbone to Fade Out’s 13 tracks. But despite the overall energetic rock ‘n’ roll nature of the album, Dog Day manages to fuse its unfiltered underground sound with moments of hazy synth-pop. “Joyride” is casual and upbeat, while tracks like “Interview” have an overarching darkness felt throughout Urich’s calm but commanding vocals. While Urich’s vocals have a controlled assertiveness, Smith lays out his lyrics with artful ease. The duo’s pipes are blended with the heavy percussion and synth elements and come together to form an album that is both raw and compelling.

Three years and a half after the release of their well received eponymous album, Californian quintet Young the Giant is back with a recipe mixing old and new. Their distinctive, stunning vocals and catchy melodies are blended with a different sound that borrows a lot more of pop than indie-rock/alternative, debatably making the album overproduced. Yet, it seems that everyone stands to gain from the new path. Objectively, YtG’s sophomore album is well balanced: from great arena rock hymns like “It’s About Time,” to the enchanting lullaby “Firelight” that proves lead singer Sameer Gadhia’s talent, we can’t deny the band has made an overwhelmingly pleasing album. We can ignore the pop-ish path recently taken, and hopefully Young the Giant will give “Paralysis,” the final track off the album that closes with a questionable ‘fade out’, the flamboyant finale it deserves on March 6 at Metropolis.

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Trial Track: “Black Me Out”

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Olympian looks back at 2010 Games

Concordia student alexandre Bilodeau looks for second medal in Sochi

out of the picture and everything was about skiing.

After watching Jean-Luc Brassard, another Quebec freestyle skier win a gold medal at the 1994 Olympics, Bilodeau was t the bottom of the ski hill, sitting hooked on freestyle skiing. on the couch, Alexandre Bilodeau’s He eventually chose to focus on moguls hands are clenched to his face as he which is a branch of freestyle skiing. looks up anxiously at the big screen. The In 2006, Bilodeau became the youngest last skier is making his final run down Cyman to win a World Cup event in Federation press Mountain, and Bilodeau is just waitInternationale de Ski (FIS) history at Mont ing and waiting. Finally, France native GuilGabriel in St. Sauveur, Qc. He won five gold baut Colas’ run is over, and fate is left in the medals during the 2008-09 World Cup seajudge’s hands. son and has now won three gold medals in a Sixth place, reads the jumbotron. That’s row, heading into the Sochi Winter Olympic where Colas would finish in the standings, Games in February. with a score of 25.74 points.

Despite all of his success in skiing, BiloJolting up from the couch in celebration, deau said that hockey is his “favourite sport a victory party for Bilodeau was underway for all time,” and like many Montrealers, he at the foot of the mountain, while history cheers for the Habs. was being made.

Bilodeau is also a student at Concordia, “I knew [Colas] didn’t have the run studying accounting at the John Molson to win. But I couldn’t believe it still, unSchool of Business (JMSB). til I looked at the board and [he finished] He said he chose Concordia because number six, and I’m like ‘I’m first, I won Judith Woodsworth, a former president of the Olympic Games’. I couldn’t believe it,” Concordia, was the first to convince him recalled Alexandre Bilodeau. “Everybody that JMSB was the best fit. Although Bilotrains [for] four years, or all their lives, for deau is francophone, he decided to study that day, and I’m the only one [who] really school in English because he felt that being worked out that day.” fluent in English was important for the busiThe 26-year-old Rosèmere, Qc. native ness world. won Canada’s first of 14 gold medals at the “[JMSB] is an amazing school, great peo2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games that ple there, great teachers that helped through day, and became the first Canadian athlete these four years,” he said. “It hasn’t been an to win gold at any Canadian Olympic Games easy four years for me, always travelling, not held on home soil. there for the mid-term, not there for the final.

“To be in the Olympics is an amazing This December, I wasn’t there for the whole period of the finals and I went to write an exam [in my teacher’s office] close to Christmas.”

Bilodeau added that with his hectic travel schedule during his competitive season, which falls from December until the end of March, he often doesn’t get to travel around and see many of the countries he visits. He will be leaving for Sochi on Feb. 1 after another competition in Norway. So, who will he be cheering for when he gets there?

“Team Canada,” he said with a laugh, adding that he’ll be attending some of their hockey games when he can.

He’ll also be cheering for good friend and fellow skier, Erik Guay.

“I wish him the best, he deserves it,” Bilodeau said. “It’s amazing to live the Olympics with alex BiilodeaU, neW Brand emBassador of synvisC-one®,With Benoit Gravel, viCe-president of diaBetes patient Cen- people you grew up tered Unit and marie-Josée laroChelle, national direCtor, speCialized Care., sanofi Canada. photo By CnW with.”

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experience, but having that chance to compete on home soil is something that not many people [get to do],” said Bilodeau. “I was fortunate to have one of the best performances of my life at the right moment.

There’s no word to explain that…it’s amazing. It will stay with me all my life.”

The freestyle skier, who will be competing in his third and final Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, this coming February, said there isn’t anything that can top that gold medal win in Vancouver.

“Whatever the result will be in Sochi, even if I win, it’s not going to be the same,” said Bilodeau. “The experience in Vancouver was out of this world.”

Bilodeau attributes a lot of that gold medal win to his brother, Frédéric, who suffers from cerebral palsy.

“He’s my everyday inspiration. He has dreams in life, and most of his dreams are not realistic. He doesn’t have the ability to make it happen,” he said. “I need to go after my dreams. I don’t need to realize them, but I at least need to try [because] he lives his dream through me, [and] through my sister.

“To have him on the front stage with me in Vancouver, it was amazing to see his joy, to see how proud he was. It’s crazy how my mom drove me when I was a kid, to all these mountains, to all these competitions, and he was always in the car, waiting for me. He has done as much work as my mom to get me where I am now. He was a big part of that medal.”

As a kid, Bilodeau both skied and played hockey, but at the age of eight, hockey was

>> anthony calvillo hangs ‘eM up

This past Tuesday, Anthony Calvillo, considered to be one of the all time best quarterbacks, announced his retirement after a 20year career. Calvillo spent 16 years with the Montreal Alouettes. Calvillo had won three most outstanding player awards, along with three Grey Cups with the Alouettes in 2002, 2009 and 2010. He’s broken a lot of records but his biggest achievement was the alltime football record for most passing yards in professional football history with 79,816 yards. During Calvillo’s press conference he expressed interest in one day being a part of the coaching staff for the Alouettes organization. It won’t be this year though because Calvillo expressed a desire to take a year off from football, especially after dealing with concussion issues this season and missing the majority of the year.

>> eugenie Bouchard turns heads at australian open

Canadian tennis player and Westmount native, Eugenie Bouchard, received a lot of media attention this week for becoming the first Canadian woman in 30 years to reach a grand-slam semifinal. The 19-year-old was ranked 30 in the world, but unfortunately lost in the semifinals to China’s Li Na in two sets, 6-2 and 6-4. However, as a result of her performance, Bouchard has moved up in the world rankings from 30 to 19.

>> hayley

wickenheiser to carry flag It had been a mystery up to this point as to who would be the flag bearer for the opening ceremonies in Sochi. It was announced this week that it would be Hayley Wickenheiser of Team Canada’s women’s hockey team. She has participated in the last four Olympic games for Canada. She has also been the captain of Team Canada at every major event since 2006 including the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, yet will serve as an assistant captain this time around in Sochi.

>> sidney leading the way in sochi carry flag

It has been announced that Sidney Crosby will captain Canada’s men’s hockey team.

He will be joined by alternate captains, Chicago Blackhawks forward, Jonathan Toews, and Nashville Predators defenceman, Shea Weber. The tournament starts off for Canada February 13, when they take on Norway.

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Stingers hand Martlets first loss of the regular season Concordia women’s basketball team beats sixth-ranked CiS team for their fourth-straight win CaSey DUlSon Staff writer

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he Stingers played host to one of their oldest rivals on Thursday night and came out on top, beating the McGill Martlets 63-53 win in a battle of two of the Canadian Interuniversity Sports League’s (CIS) top teams.

Concordia was once again great on defence as they caused the Martlets to commit 30 turnovers, which included 17 steals. The Stingers shut down Mariam Sylla, the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec’s leading scorer, to just 10 points, most of which came in the fourth quarter. The Stingers also shot 87.5 per cent on their free throw attempts, which included a perfect four-for-four in the first half.

The Stingers started the game with a 5-0 run, which included a three-pointer by guard Alex Boudreau. The Martlets got on the board with a three-pointer by forward Gabriela Hebert at the 7:23 mark of the first quarter. McGill took a 7-5 lead at 5:41 of the quarter, but it was the Stingers who ended the quarter with a 16-13 lead on a jump-shot by forward Shannah Ernest in the final minute.

The Martlets started the second quarter with a 4-0 run, which put them in the lead, until centre Tina Mpondani hit a two-pointer and a free-throw shot for Stingers to give them a 1918 lead.

The Stingers exploded with 26 points in the second quarter, including three field goals by guard Kaylah Barrett and forwards Marilyse Roy-Viau and Richelle Gregoire. Gregoire’s three-pointer came with one second left in the second quarter, which gave the Stingers a big lead of 42-27 at halftime.

Both teams combined for only 11 points in the third quarter, six of those from the Stingers.

The Martlets started the third quarter with two straight baskets by guard Marie-Pier Bastrash.

The Stingers would get their first points in the third minute of the quarter with free throws by Mpondani. Concordia held a 48-32 lead heading into the final quarter.

Barrett would give the Stingers the first points of the fourth quarter with a free throw.

Hebert would put the Martlets on the board with a two-pointer less than a minute later. Bar-

rett would give Concordia a 20-point lead, 5434, at 7:18 of the quarter.

With a minute left in the game, Martlets guard, Carolann Cloutier, brought McGill within eight points, but it wasn’t enough as the Stingers took home the 63-53 win.

Barrett was the leading scorer in the game.

She had 18 points and seven rebounds. Mpondani came in as a starter on Thursday because forward Serginha Estmie was serving a one-

game suspension after being ejected against Laval. “[I] was pleased with our performance [tonight],” said head coach, Keith Pruden. “I was also pleased [with] the composure we showed in the last three minutes [holding an 11-point lead].” “[I’m] really proud of my team,” said Barrett. “They kept it up the whole game from first to fourth quarter.”

kaylah Barrett led the stinGers in sCorinG on thUrsday With 18 points and seven reBoUnds in the Game. photo By Brianna thiCke

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Stingers upset Redmen in dramatic fashion a wild fourth quarter ended well for Concordia’s men’s basketball team as they edge cross-city rivals CaSey DUlSon Staff writer

The Concordia Stingers men’s basketball team hosted the seventh-ranked McGill Redmen on Thursday in what turned out to be a wild game. The Stingers pulled off a comeback in the second half for a nail-biting, 6967 win.

The Stingers entered the game on a five game winning streak which started at the end of November, while the Redmen lost their first game to Laval last week. The Stingers, led by centre Zach Brisebois, dominated the boards as they recovered 41 rebounds in Thursday’s game.

The Stingers also limited McGill’s forward Francois Bourque to only five rebounds in the game. Heading into Thursday, Bourque was sixth in the CIS, (Canadian Interuniversity Sports), in rebounding.

McGill started the game off with a slam dunk by forward Michael Peterkin. The Stingers responded with an impressive 9-0 run, which included a three pointer by guard Jean-Andre Moussignac.

There was four minutes left in the first quarter when some drama erupted as Stingers forward, Michael Fosu, was ejected from the game for fighting. Stingers forward, Mukiya Post, came off the bench to replace Fosu

and had a superb game, scoring 21 points in the victory. By the end of the first quarter, the Stingers held a 20-17 lead.

Bourque scored the first basket of the second quarter for McGill, as the Redmen started to take over.

McGill scored 24 points in the quarter and took a commanding 41-28 lead heading into halftime. While the Stingers only had eight points in the quarter, the Redmen were knocking down threes all quarter, including a buzzer-beater by Redmen point guard, Regis Ivaniukas, to end the first half.

The third quarter was back-and-forth as both teams had chances to score. A difference-maker in the quarter, and the game, was Stingers guard Adam Chmielewski.

Chmielewski had 13 points in the third quarter alone and helped the Stingers draw closer to tying the game. Chmielewski was the leading scorer in the game as he had 24 points in the win and eight assists.

The third quarter was a turning point in the game for Concordia as they outscored McGill 20-12. Heading into the final quarter, the Stingers had cut the Redmen lead down to five, trailing 53-48.

McGill point guard Vincent Dufort hit two free throws for the Redmen to kick off the final quarter. The Stingers then started their dramatic comeback in a fight to the finish. Post hit a three pointer, which put the Stingers within four. Then Chmielewski had

a 4-0 run of his own to tie the game at 6161.

McGill took the lead with 16 seconds left on the clock with a basket by Dufort, but the Stingers weren’t done yet. Concordia took the lead with seven seconds left, thanks to a driving layup by Chmielewski.

Following a turnover and a foul, Moussignac hit both of his free throws to secure the win for Concordia.

There were seven lead changes in the last two minutes and the Stingers scored 41 points in the second half to pull off the exciting victory.

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Lackluster loss at Love Competition Hall on Saturday Stingers fall flat in the second leg of home-and-home against the Mcgill Redmen eventually became overwhelmed by McGill’s offensive pressure in the fourth quarter, as the Redmen nailed three-pointer after threepointer to bring the game to an end with a score of 70-49 in their favour.

The Concordia Stingers men’s basketball “I felt we weren’t prepared,” said Stingteam fell to the McGill Redmen 70-49 in the ers’ guard Inti Salinas of his team’s perforsecond leg of the home-and-home series at mance. “We weren’t mentally strong in this the McGill University Love Competition Hall game, and against McGill you have to be on Saturday night. mentally strong. I don’t feel they’re much The two sides faced off this past Thursbetter than us, but they just played harder day night in part one of a Concordia verses than us. Next time we ought to come more McGill doubleheader in which the prepared.”

Stingers took the victory with a Following a battled win on score of 69-67 at the Loyola gym.

Thursday against a strong RedRiding an eight-game winning men side, Concordia’s wear on streak, Concordia came into this Saturday night was visible. The game without the services of forhostile home crowd made themward Michael Fosu. selves heard, and the Stingers just McGill opened the scoring with seemed like they were missing a couple of well-timed plays by something in the tank. A healthy guards Michael Peterkin and Dele McGill side came into the game Ogundokun, while Concordia reeager to avenge its loss. sponded with a three-pointer from “We played poorly. We were forward Mukiya Post. playing with a lot of adversity beConcordia seemed tentative in cause Michael Fosu was out, we its attacking plays, and a tight-knit didn’t step up, they deserve a lot McGill defence prevented most of of credit,” said head coach John the Stingers’ scoring opportunities Dore. “They outplayed us, they under the hoop. outhustled us, they outworked At the other end of the court, us. We were kind of licking our communication problems showed wounds, maybe, from the Fosu inin Concordia’s defence as McGill cident. They deserved it. We have made a couple of big scoring to think about the next one comdrives, and the first quarter came ing up.” to an end with a score of 23-9 in Concordia will head to Bishfavour of the home team. op’s University on Friday, Feb. The second quarter saw Sting7 to face the Gaiters, who play ers guard Adam Chmielewski and after Upset Win aGainst mCGill on thUrsday, stinGers lose to redman on satUrday niGht. photo By Brianna thiCke McGill twice next week before Stingers forward Zander Jean capwelcoming the Stingers.

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italize on scoring opportunities. Jean nailed a three-pointer late in the quarter, which came to a close with a score of 34-21 – a lead which the Redmen held from start to finish.

McGill would be the first to score in the second half, while a personal foul committed

by Redmen forward François Bourque would see Concordia’s Jean-André Moussignac come through clutch and secure two points on ensuing free throws.

Chmielewski was relentless in his attacking efforts, savagely dribbling through

McGill’s defence, at one point even taking out two Redmen as he tried to make his way to the net. He showed great leadership on the court, communicating with his teammates and making important forward assisting plays, many of which, however, ended up just being swallowed up by McGill’s airtight defence.

Ogundokun impressed as he vehemently fought Concordia’s efforts to get back into the game, making big plays to deny the scoring efforts of Concordia’s forwards. The Stingers

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Weighing in on Canadian Olympic hockey roster Students share their thoughts on who was snubbed and who will start for Canada ChRiSToPheR SCoTT Contributor

Canada has just unveiled its men’s hockey roster for the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Many experts have had their say about who should have been

on the team and who should have been left out. But what do Concordia students think of the players Hockey Canada is sending out to represent their country?

One of the biggest questions coming into the selection process was the debate over whether or not Montreal Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban should be on the team. There’s no doubt his hockey skills are

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good enough to make the team. After all, he is the defending Norris Trophy champion as best defenceman in the NHL. The controversy hides in his exuberance and colourful personality, which were considered by some to be detrimental to his chances of making the team.

“Definitely, P.K. Subban should have been a lock to make this team,” says Daniele Iannarone. “I think the media made too big a deal over his selection for no reason, but Yzerman recognized his talent and that’s why he’s there.”

With so many good Canadian players to choose from, Steve Yzerman and his staff had to narrow it down to a 25-man roster. This, of course, opens the door to the debate as to who should be on the team and who could have been passed over.

“I think Giroux, St-Louis and maybe Mike Richards should have made the team. I would remove Marleau,” adds Iannarone.

“I’m shocked that Joe Thornton didn’t make the team,” says Matthew Shanahan. “He’s one of the better passers in the game right now.”

Another topic of conversation was the debate over who should be considered the number one goaltender between Mike Smith, Roberto Luongo and Carey Price.

“I think Luongo will start, but if he doesn’t play well from the beginning, you’ll see Price come in and lead the team,” Iannarone says.

“I think Carey Price is our best goalie.

With Luongo, you’re not sure what you’re going to get from him,” says Bryce Crawford.

Julian McKenzie adds, “Price should start because he’s the better goalie this year, rather than Luongo starting because he has the Olympic experience.”

This overwhelming support for Price may have something to do with a certain bias towards the two Montreal Canadiens that will be going to Sochi. But bias or not and with all this controversy put aside, not many doubt that Canada has a solid chance of returning home with some hardware.

“They built the team so that it can win, rather than just picking the biggest names around the NHL,” says Evan Gill. “Guys like Rick Nash aren’t having the best year, but they’ve won before, so that’s why they’re on the team. Anyone can win, but I think we have the best chance.”

“I think overall Canada is a good team, but it will be tough to beat the Russians,” says Crawford. “It should make for an interesting tournament.”

What was four years of speculation has finally come to an end, and now the entire nation can focus on cheering the Canadian squad as they try to become repeat goldmedalists, this time on enemy ice.

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Constantly rating Concordia but never getting results Why can’t students know the results of the surveys they fill out for Concordia?

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t would seem that everyone wants to know what you think these days.

Whether it’s a pop-up on a website, a phone call, a paper given out in class or delivered to your inbox — surveys are inescapable.

With their surveys, companies and Concordia in particular, seem to be especially concerned with knowing how you feel about their product. In Concordia’s case, the product is their faculty, staff and facilities.

Over a four-year period, (the typical length of undergraduate study), students are likely to have been asked to fill out countless surveys for Concordia. Each semester students are given surveys regarding their courses and periodically student inboxes are peppered with surveys that

ask them to rate different aspects of Concordia.

However, the results of these surveys are never shared with the student body, nor is their impact directly perceived.

For instance, if a course or its professor is rated poorly by the majority of its students, shouldn’t students be made aware? Shouldn’t students have the right to make informed choices about what courses they take, including what other students thought about the course and/ or the professor? How are we to know whether the department is acting on student feedback unless the results are made public?

Websites such as ratemyprofessor.com can be helpful but the feedback forms that Concordia gives out asks questions

to which contributors on ratemyprofessor.com may not have the answer.

Furthermore, some of the questions relate to the functioning of departments or facilities in general, information which would be useful for potential students who are considering whether Concordia is the right university for them.

For elective courses especially, the selection process is an arduous task. It is often difficult to determine whether you will enjoy a class or its professor from the course description and thus students must attend the first class to find out what the professor is like and what exactly taking the course will entail.

This is problematic because it means that if the student chooses not to take the course they registered for they then have

to scramble to find a replacement course that still has openings and hope that this new course will be better than the first.

Additionally, students will likely miss some of the new course when switching classes and then have to play catch-up.

Students are constantly being asked to fill out surveys about their impressions of Concordia and yet Concordia doesn’t allow students to benefit from the information they are providing. As a result, students are left with doubts as to whether their opinions are actually being heard.

By not releasing survey results, Concordia neglects to give students valuable information as well as the opportunity to judge whether their concerns are being addressed.

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Get on your armour: it’s winter in the city The upsides to having a winter music festival in Montreal MaRCo SaveRiano Staff writer

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s the winter months drag on and the harsh Quebec temperatures start to take a toll on us, an outdoor music festival might not sound optimal. But don’t let the cold ruin your plans, go out and have some fun.

Even though the summer is synonymous with festivals, people may not see the winter months the same way.

Standing around in the frigid wind and snow all night is not everybody’s cup of tea. But, this is Montreal. There’s always something to do, even when it’s freezing out. How can we call ourselves Canadians if we cower inside all winter?

That’s where Igloofest comes in. The electronic music festival, which has been going strong for eight years now, doesn’t let a little thing like temperature get in the way. Year after year, thousands of people crowd the Old Port for a frosty night out with some of the best DJs around. It’s one of the hottest events of the season, no pun intended.

So what’s the appeal of an outdoor music festival in the winter?

First of all, it doesn’t matter what you wear. Some people spend days, even weeks, trying to figure out what trendy outfit to wear to Osheaga, but for an event like Igloofest, nobody will see your

outfit.

Throw on your winter coat, a tuque, some gloves, and your warmest pair of boots, and you’re ready for your night out. No fuss, no muss.

There’s also no need to worry about sunburns, heatstroke, or unsightly sweat stains. Spending hours outside waiting in hopes of meeting your favourite band at Warped Tour takes a toll on you. If you go too long without water — which, considering how much a water bottle costs, will probably happen — or forget to put on sunscreen, you’ll be sorry. If you’re ingesting alcohol, it could be even worse.

In the winter, there’s no need to worry about any of that. As long as you avoid frostbite, you’ll be fine.

In the summer, being stuck in a crowd is far from enjoyable — having all of those sweaty, smelly people rubbing up against you.

However, if it’s below zero outside, chances are the crowd experience will be a lot more pleasant. Don’t forget, the best way to keep warm is body heat. Use that as your excuse to cozy up to someone and dance the night away.

Just like any other festival, you need to be prepared. Check the weather before you leave the house so that you dress appropriately. If it’s really cold out — which we all know is probable — you might want to wear an extra pair of socks and a thick sweater. You can also buy a pack of thermal hand warmers, which can be found at most dollar stores.

If you’re prepared, there’s no reason why you can’t have just as much fun in the snow as you do on the grass. So bundle up, get some drinks, and enjoy the music.

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Confessions of a 20-something Why employers should invest in motivation, not experience henRy ZavRiyev Contributor

Have you ever washed dishes before? I know I have. The first time my mother sat me down on a stool in front of the sink, shoved a wet sponge into my hands, and ordered me to wash my own dishes I almost threw a fit. A week later, I was washing dishes for my little brother and soon enough I had graduated to dishwasher au choix of the Zavriyev household. No one could scrub off greasy rigatoni from the edges of a skillet as well as I. No one could soak, scrape and swish with such skill.

So it came as a great surprise to me when in my first interview for a busboy position I was told I needed more relevant experience.

My interviewer, a burly man of great width, suggested I try the coffee shop down the street for a job. Maybe they would have the time to train a “newbie” such as myself. I looked at him blankly.

Surely this was a joke. The upperclassmen in my dormitory, hardened veterans of the industry, had told me that the job of busboy entailed little to no skill, yet here I was being shoved out the door. I had gravely misinterpreted the job of “busboy” for that of a “dishwasher.” The former required “two years relevant experience” and I had none.

Although I had been a dishwasher all my life, I had never been a busboy.

There’s a reason why minimum wage jobs are the very bottom of the pack. Unless

it’s an internship, you don’t get paid 10 bucks an hour for your ability to solve complex theoretical problems or make important decisions. You get paid to shovel snow, cut grass, flip burgers, and carry loads of dishes from the dishwasher to the drying rack.

Your task is repetitive and mundane, and most of your time will be spent rethinking last year’s indulgent purchases. After two days of training you are no worse than last year’s employee of the month, and after two months, you decide that the job is not for you. It is, at

most, a very barebones experience. What you do learn, however, is the value of money — Aloe Blacc style.

The main point here, is that every working relationship is one of benefits and costs.

What will one employee bring to my company, and how much am I willing to spend on his wages. In the case of minimum wage employment, the cost is low enough for employers to take the hit.

Training is minimal and the tasks so simple that to ask for previous experience only limits an employer’s hiring base. What is more important is not how many hours one has previously worked at the same job, but the amount of energy one will bring to work. If the task is so simple that we can assume everyone has the same chance of mastering it, then it is more practical for the employer to assess a potential employee’s enthusiasm and willingness to work.

There are plenty of students who have no experience, but are so in need of a job that they will do anything to be the best. To me, this is the perfect employee: one that is motivated to work and appreciates the opportunity. This type of employee is the kind of investment employers need to make: an investment that pays off.

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Short haired women refuse to be short-sighted Why ignorance continues to single out women with pixie-cuts linDSay RiChaRDSon assistant opinions editor

I wore long hair like an ill-fitting hat — it just sat there, and despite being at the height of fashion, it never really suited me.

When I cut my hair in the first few hours of 2014, it was paired with a decision to cut the crap from my life. A complete departure from who I was, it was the only time that an exterior change accurately mirrored an interior one. Unless you’ve cut your hair short, you won’t understand what it’s like to shed inhibitions and feel completely free.

However, these feelings are lost on scores of men. Evidenced by an infuriating and damning article published on the website Return of Kings titled “Girls with Short Hair are Damaged,” that claims “short hair is a nearguarantee that a girl will be more abrasive, more masculine, and more deranged.”

In other words, we can add short hair to the list of things that men think they know/ understand, and have a right to comment on.

“Just because you have enough left-over attractiveness to remain bangable after cutting off your hair doesn’t mean you wouldn’t look better with it back on,” the article reads, engaging in the almost ritualistic practice of shaming women based on their appearance.

While the anonymous author fleshes

what is essentially an extreme, but arbitrary opinion, it needles right into a fear that many women are plagued by: the fear of being undesired. Ironically, it’s the very same fear that kept me from cutting my hair months ago.

But guess what? The hair came off, and now the gloves are coming off too. Allow me to lay it on the line for all those people who are adamantly and ignorantly anti-pixie cut.

Women don’t base all of their aesthetic decisions on a man’s approval, especially when those men are stunted, presumptuous, and have complexes about traditional gender roles. They’re perpetrating this closed-minded drivel by telling their wives and girlfriends to keep their hair long, and by writing articles like the one mentioned above.

Men think that cutting hair will impact a

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woman’s desirability. We’re not living in Biblical times, where hair is the ultimate source of power. Honestly though, if a short haircut is what will maintain a distance between these sexist morons and me, then so be it.

Pass the scissors over here.

The notion that the amount of love and affection a woman deserves is directly proportional to the length of her hair is absurd.

The idea that women with a shorter crop are “masculine” and unsuitable to date because they’re “damaged” is enraging.

Femininity is not relative to the length of a woman’s hair. Femininity, while considered to be innate, is actually a social construction. We have preconceived ideas of how a woman should present herself aesthetically, socially, and sexually.

Men say they want a woman who is confident, self-assured, and “low maintenance.” Men also expect women to look a particular way or else they’re threatened with a life of loneliness and rejection.

Short-haired women may seem vulnerable, but they have a hell of a personality and confidence that rivals a man’s. Maybe that’s where the fear lies.

Ideally, the categorical depiction of “femininity” would be expanded. Its existence is what encourages men to criticize and pass judgement on the choices that women make regarding their appearance, especially when those choices subvert the norm.

In the end, looks are paramount, most people are superficial, the world turns and my words of frustration won’t change much in the day to day. All I can do is revel in my short-haired independence, and be thankful that I’m not damn short-sighted.

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