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News New changes in the Student Centre and beyond Page 4

Assistant Dean of BHSc moves into a new role Page 5

COVER STORY: The best tacos to check out in Hamilton Page 9

HitchBOT’s last stop The beloved McMaster robot faced vandalism during this summer’s American adventure, but his destruction may not have been in vain Patrick Kim & Amanda Watkins News Reporter & Editor-in-Chief

The part-robot, part-social experiment known as HitchBOT has come to an abrupt and unfortunate end. The robot’s Twitter announced on Aug. 1 that it was destroyed beyond repair, only two weeks into its American journey.

A popular and whimsical project that had garnered international attention, HitchBOT was developed in tandem by McMaster and Ryerson professors in an attempt to observe and understand how people would interact with robots in a natural setting.

“It kind of pushes the limitation of technology, not in the traditional way, but in human interaction with it,” remarked Mechatronic Engineering student and project member Dominik Kaukinen, in a fall interview with The Silhouette [Sept. 18, 2015].

“They’re attempting to treat it on a personal level.”

While some did manage to treat the robot with personal respect, shortly into its travels in the USA, HitchBOT was vandalized.

With a child-like bright blue and yellow aesthetic, the

Photos from HitchBOT’s crossCanada journey last summer.

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robot remained surprisingly sophisticated, armed with a GPS-locator, access to social media, and an LED screen on which it could create conversation and display its personality.

With no means of transporting itself, the robot relied on its charm and the goodwill of passing drivers to carry it across enormous distances.

Nearly one year ago, HitchBOT completed a 6,000 km journey across Canada that began in Halifax, NS and brought the robot all the way to the Pacific coast in Victoria, BC. The robot had also completed trips in Germany and the Netherlands to warm reception before beginning its American journey in Boston on July 17, with San Francisco as its final destination.

The robot was in Philadelphia and was last picked up by prank video YouTube stars Jesse Wellens and Ed Bassmaster.

According to HitchBOT’s team, the head and various parts were missing following the incident.

However, despite the end of its journey, HitchBOT’s demise has received extensive media coverage and support on social media.

In a show of solidarity with McMaster’s creators, a group of

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In a show of solidarity with McMaster’s creators, a group of innovators from Philadelphia will be constructing a similar robot, “PhillyLoveBOT”

innovators from Philadelphia will be constructing a similar robot, “PhillyLoveBOT”, with the help of one of the original HitchBOT creators, Mechatronic Engineering student Colin Gaigich. Tech developers and robot enthusiasts came together at the Hackatory, a creative tech space in downtown Philadelphia, to begin work on the sister robot this week.

While it may seem like HitchBOT reached its end this summer, this may just be the beginning of its adventure.

A hitchiking timeline

July 27, 2014 HitchBOT begins its journey in Halifax, NS.

Aug. 21, 2014 19 rides and 21 days later, it reaches Victoria, BC.

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June 7, 2015

The BOT lands in Germany where it spends 10 days.

Its second Euro adventure is in the Netherlands where it stays for three weeks.

July 17, 2015 HitchBOT lands in the U.S.A. starting in Boston, MA. It is vandalized on Aug. 1.

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The post-summer campus Over the past three and a half months, the university campus has undergone some changes. Here are a few things to look for this September.

Food news Reno #1

The Tim Hortons in the Student Centre is currently undergoing renovations to change its counter set-up and waiting area.

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Centro will be welcoming Gorilla Cheese on board as a new station in the cafeteria. This is the food truck’s first brick and mortar shop.

Reno #3

TwelvEighty has just undergone a paint job to refresh its look. With this change comes some small adjustments to the menu.

Building update

The Wilson The LEED-certified building is on its way to a substantial point of completion. The Humanities building still has a few years to go before it is fully completed, but it is set to have sections of the building opened by this coming December. There will be onging construction this coming fall, but if it is anything like the work this summer, it will not be disruptive.

The Fitzhenry The Robert and Andrée Rhéaume Fitzhenry Studios and Atrium will be opened by this September. The extended studio arts space at the back of Kenneth Taylor Hall has undergone a fast development and will be open to students this fall. The 1,700 square foot studio space will be available to fine arts students.

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Bringing Inquiry elsewhere ICYMI Founder and Assistant Dean of McMaster’s Bachelor of Health Sciences program, Del Harnish, is stepping down from his role to work with different faculties

A roundup of some of the top stories around campus this summer OFF-CAMPUS RES Aug. 6

McMaster is looking for a private partner for an off-campus housing unit for 300-500 graduate students.

This new residence will be exclusively for grad students, as the current on-campus buildings provide accomodations only for undergrads. Since most grad students prefer off-campus housing closer to different amenities, the university is looking for a space downtown or in and around the Westdale community. The university is looking to work with a developer and are prepared to purchase the land necessary for the project.

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Amanda Watkins Editor-in-Chief

This coming September, Assistant Dean of the Bachelor of Health Sciences program, Delsworth Harnish, will be stepping down to take on an Associate Dean role with the larger Faculty of Health Sciences.

“As an academic administrator, you’re only supposed to do two five-year terms, it’s rare to do more than that, and I’m in my third five-year term. It’s time to step away, new blood is always really important,” said Harnish. “I’m happy to be stepping away from it, although I will miss it.”

After having founded the undergraduate program 15 years ago as a research initiative and working to help develop it into the well-known program that it has become today, Harnish will be moving on to another venture with the university, one that involves bringing aspects of the BHSc program to other faculties and programs.

“We’re developing new programs with Engineering and Business,” said Harnish. “Business is actively collaborating

with us on a couple of things.

It’s largely true that students benefit from interdisciplinary perspectives, and this new program [we’re working on] was built with enough elective space to encourage students to take courses in Humanities, Social Science, Science, etcetera.”

Along with this proposed Commerce program, Harnish is also working on developing something in Engineering that will attract students interested in both Engineering and Health Sciences.

“We’ve tried that twice before but we really haven’t had the formula right. I think this time there are a lot of people engaged in it.”

In the past, the BHSc program has received backlash from the public about its perceived semphasis on grades, with articles being written in Maclean’s, the Toronto Star, and a variety of online blogs, harping on their application process.

While it is true that programs with lower acceptance standards can lead to the same technical outcome as a BHSc degree, its content and style provides a unique multi-faceted experience beyond its perceived

reputation, and it is hard to deny the positive influence the Health Sciences program has had on a number of McMaster programs.

Since the implementation of the BHSc program, McMaster has gone on to create more inquiry-based learning programs and further integrate problem-based learning, experiential education, and interdisciplinary curriculums. Since its inaugural BHSc cohort, McMaster has introduced the inquiry-based Arts and Science and iSci programs, as well as the recent interdisciplinary Sustainability minor, among other efforts.

“Universities are not good organizations for change, in general. Things tend to track along the way they have historically… But I think McMaster more than most universities in the last several years has seen some active change in lots of areas,” said Harnish.

Upon the start of his new position, Harnish’s replacement will be coming in this fall. Her name has not been made available to the public, but we do know that she worked for the program in the past and is well

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We’re developing new programs with Engineering and Business.

Business is actively collaborating with us on a couple of things.”

Del Harnish Assistant Dean, BHSc acquainted with McMaster’s culture.

Harnish is looking forward to the future of McMaster, as should current and incoming students.

“I’ve enjoyed this immensely, it is fantastic working with young people.” @whatthekins

The McMaster Museum of Art will be welcoming a new and exclusive collection of 50 pieces of Inuit art.

The donation was coordinated by Michael Golych, a former teacher at Westdale Secondary School who passed away in March of this year.

The Michael and Gail Golych Collection will be on display in the upcoming school year and features work by numerous esteemed Inuit artists.

FAME! July 30 McMaster is providing the backdrop for an upcoming made for TV movie called “Go Jump in the Pool”.

The teen film will be broadcast on YTV and is based on the book of the same name by Canadian author, Gordon Kormon.

Filming will continue until Aug. 18 with set locations in DBAC, Wallingford, University Hall, JHE Lawn and T-28.

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Editorial On joining Starbucks nation Gentrification is affecting campus, what does this mean for students?

Amanda Watkins Editor-in-Chief

Early this summer, McMaster announced that based on what students voted on, the Student Life Enhancement Fund would be footing the bill for a series of MUSC renovations. This includes changes to Compass, a permanent sound system, and the expansion of Starbucks to include additional seating and a more café-like atmosphere.

Overall, it’s been great having Starbucks on campus.

There’s another coffee option for early mornings and late nights, I can keep up with ever-changing pastry trends, and every upper-middle class person on campus can now feel comfortable in a city that greets them with a familiar logo every morning.

With the recent additions of international franchises to the university campus, it’s clear that the current wave of gentrification coming over Hamilton is not ebbing away from campus and its surrounding area.

Starbucks is just one of the big name franchises to come to campus over the past few years.

Booster Juice and Williams have both also solidified their names at the university, and it’s safe to assume that with the open arms given to a Starbucks expansion, other franchises will be opening up shop on and around campus soon.

While it is exciting to welcome these often already-loved businesses to campus, this does have consequences for students.

They may not be present now, but they are on their way.

Hamilton is the “up-andcoming” city of Ontario. As more large-scale companies start to invest in it, the city’s value has gone up, and consequently, so has its prices. It’s easy to think that as a student who isn’t invested in the city or a true “Hamiltonian,” these changes won’t affect us, but all of these new developments in the city are often close to and on

campus.

As larger, wealthier businesses and people begin to enter the city, poorer sectors of the community will be pushed aside to make room for the city’s new money. The “poor” can refer to those paying low rents, making minimum wage, attempting to pay off large debts, so in short, students.

As the Student Centre and other spaces on campus become camp grounds for new wealthy investors, it is only a matter of time before rent costs start going up and MUSC is an affordable space for fewer vendors. More inexpensive venues like Taro and Union Market will eventually need to up their costs in order to keep up with growing rents.

And this change to costs is not something exclusive to campus. Investors have already started to revel in the idea of off-campus facilities located in student neighbourhoods.

As more thriving businesses come into the Westdale and Ainsliewood areas, so will more thriving citizens, and that could potentially lead to a raise in stable student rents, and a need to mail even more tears to OSAP begging for increased funds.

While I am potentially guaranteed to be one of the first people pulling up a chair at Starbucks’ new café space, inhaling the company’s latest caffeine-cocaine hybrid, it is important to remember that as we advocate for these big names on campus, we are also promoting an all too fast turnaround from a humble, struggling city to a fully franchised capital.

This transition can be fine and help the city’s economy get the boost it needs (this past year Hamilton was one of the only cities in the GTHA to see a drop in industrial vacancy rates), but if it happens too fast, we as student consumers will be pushed aside for new ventures before we even have the chance to pull up a chair. @whatthekins

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to piñatas.

to mouth grapes.

to the Toronto Raptors, apparently.

to rainy Monday goodbyes.

to Caribana. to hopeful prospects.

to not enough friends for trivia. to “understanding”.

to tacos.

to “he doesn’t even work here!”

to Frasier on American Netflix.

to the slowness of July/August news.

to the charm of the futon-opening mechanism.

to juvenille phone hackers.

to the still wonderful staff members who keep me sane.

to broken modems. to an a-ha moment cut too short.

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Journalism has dug itself a hole that it will not be able to crawl out of.

You know the story by now: print outlets continue to hemorrhage cash, and television viewership is on the decline with an aging demographic.

The blame for the bleeding out of journalism is often put at the feet of the consumer. “They don’t want to pay for content” or “people just don’t read the news anymore” is what you hear as the industry excuses themselves for what has happened.

Journalism outfits have not kept up with the wants of their readers, nor do they treat their readership with much respect.

If you use sports journalism as a case study for the industry, you can see why journalism has slid to a point of near-irrelevance.

A Toronto Sun columnist wrote a story with an anecdote about Phil Kessel eating hot dogs from a stand downtown.

This hot dog story is a part of the Toronto sports media’s affection for criticizing Kessel’s weight. They continue to criticize his weight across journalism outlets, yet the former Leaf won the fastest skater competition at the All-Star weekend this year. Not to mention, the reporter got the location wrong and the error had to be clarified by a Maple Leafs fan blog.

This lack of respect and understanding is not limited to print. At the Canadian University Press conference this past January, a CBC/Sportsnet on-air personality told a room of student journalists that sports fans do not want to feel they are at school when they are watching sports. There is a degree of truth to that— sports are a popular form of entertainment and often an escape from the grind of life.

But while making that point, the TV personality tossed aside the rising analytics community.

His talk had a certain arrogance to it, one not surprising if you have watched major network

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The product they are consuming is not changing based on their own feedback, and in some cases, the product is actually insulting the consumer. sports broadcasts recently.

The personality believed the industry knew what they were doing, and the fans were wrong in their criticisms.

A month after his talk, Rogers (the company that owns Sportsnet) announced that their hockey ratings were down. Instead of looking inward, Rogers blamed the ratings provider.

The arrogance isn’t just on-air, it’s in the boardroom.

And who can blame sports fans for leaving? The product they are consuming is not changing based on their own feedback, and in some cases, the product is actually insulting the consumer. On-air talent has frequently sneered at those who cite analytic stats, with some calling them “analy-idiots.”

Sports fans and media consumers as a whole are not stupid. With more information than ever, a consumer does not need the traditional media to learn something— they need an Internet connection. This notion has passed the industry by and it will take a swallowing of pride if traditional journalism wants to return to anything close to its previous peak. Until then, the industry is living on borrowed time.

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ACROSS 1. One of the three bears 5. Black Sea retreat 10. Beer, slangily 14. Lab culture 15. Fitzgerald and Grasso 16. About, formally speaking 17. Campus grp.

18. Got off the fence 19. Anastasia’s father 20. What John Glenn had 23. Kind of clam 25. Indirect suggestions 26. Hit record, 1976 30. Penny metal 31. Asian redhead 32. The two for tennis?

33. Knotty craft 36. Uneven?

39. Antiquated 40. One fifth of DXXXV 41. Noted pioneers 46. Singles player, briefly 47. Discover, in a way 48. It’s part of growing up 52. Norwegian royal name 53. Semilunar valve neighbor 54. Edward Jones Dome team 57. Nix, in the Oval Office 58. Proficiency 59. Author Dinesen

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1. Duffer’s goal 2. Gettysburg Address word 3. Dressmaker’s collection 4. Like erst or zounds 5. Mandate 6. ‘’Java’’ musician

7. Sabot 8. Greasy spoon fare 9. ‘’I hate to break up ___!’’ (collector’s lament) 10. Portrait session 11. Not celebrated 12. Preliminary outlines 13. Medieval figures 21. Certain 911 respondent, briefly 22. Excelled 23. Fitting decision 24. Word with bed or bill 27. Biblical peak 28. Slice of history 29. ‘’Spider-Man’’ director Raimi 33. Myopic Mister 34. Grate stuff 35. Winter hrs. in Wichita 36. Scrambled alternative 37. Gossip 38. It fled with the spoon 39. Hanker after 40. Vexation 41. Frittered (away) 42. Work in shifts 43. Engage in an Old West no-no 44. Marked down 45. Social event 46. Establish the truth by argument 49. Like some inaccurate watches 50. Pig’s place?

51. Give it ___ (swing hard) 55. Staff 56. Contrail milieu

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Lifestyle Taco time Amanda Watkins Editor-in-Chief

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BEST ATMOSPHERE Mezcal (pictured) 150 James Street South

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At the young age of five months, Mezcal is already an exciting addition to Hamilton’s restaurant scene. It offers a variety of Mexican-style cuisine as well as an impressive selection of tequila.

Upon arrival, we ordered a variety of house-recommended tacos (pictured on the following pages) as well as the most satisfying of the dishes, a seasonal Huevos tortas (pictured here). The tortas was a delicious layering of a blue corn tortilla with avocado, salsa, seasoned pork, lettuce and house crema sauce. It tasted great and was a reasonable price for a filling and sizeable dish.

The menu and decor are more Mexican-inspired than truly Mexican, but it is still a delicious menu with a tasteful and artistic atmosphere. Definitely worthy of several Instagrams.

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BEST MENU VARIETY

Mex-I-Can

34 Hess Street South

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Crank up the Paulina Rubio and enjoy one of the many platters offered up by this Hamilton classic. Mex-I-Can has been in the Steel City for 22-years, having formerly been located on James Street North. The owners recently opened the doors to their new space on Hess this summer.

I have had a variety of meals from Mex-I-Can and have never left feeling dissatisfied. They offer both vegetarian and meat tacos served with classic rice and refried beans.

They are cheesy and meaty and wonderful, and although their meats can seem a bit greasy, they definitely make for great comfort food.

GEO RGE The service can be hit or miss, and a few dishes are priced a bit high for what they’re worth, but overall it’s a good experience with plates for every palate.

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Ole Gourmet

82 Locke Street South

Ole Gourmet’s Locke Street location is just one of their three store fronts.

The now Hamilton chain also has stores at 174 Highway 8 and 473 King Street West, with the latter being their newest spot with added seating.

Ole sells a variety of tacos at super reasonable prices — think two chicken or steak tacos for $3.99. Their Locke Street location is quite small and is really more of a take-out location than a sit-down restaurant. Their tacos have thick, soft shells and they’re willing to pile on the cilantro if you’re in the mood for a kick of flavour. Their shop on Locke is easy to get to with the HSR and best of all, they also have fresh and fast churros.

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Papagayo

246 King Street West

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Papagoya has been located on King for the last 15 years, but can be easily glossed over when riding the bus or running to McDonalds. As a person who takes great pride in keeping up with restaurants in Hamilton, I was pleasantly surprised to discover Papagoya a few weeks ago. The interiors of the restaurant are charming and colourful with a large selection of chili-themed art and tapestries. If you’ve always wanted to see a light fixture made of hundreds of plastic chilis, go here, you will not be disappointed. The service is fast and friendly and they offer delicious soft tacos along with other great dishes like fresh mussels, chimichangas and chili cheesecake.

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Thirsty Cactus

2 King Street East

Known for their pool tables and Tex-Mex cuisine, hidden in the Thirsty Cactus’ menu is a great fish taco dish. With blue corn tortillas, tilapia and cilantro, their fish tacos are a great option for those of you who just aren’t in the mood for an oversized portion of pulled pork. It’s their only taco-like option, but the dish is generous with three stuffed tacos at $10. The only downfalls are that it is technically not in Hamilton (read: Dundas), and sometimes they leave their tortillas out too long and they get weird and crumbly.

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Sports Men’s Basketball recruits set to impress With an all-time high in recruitment numbers, McMaster welcomes eight players to its roster

Coach Wearing with the new recruits. INSET: Coach Connelly welcoming the new athletes. C/O FRASER CALDWELL

Amanda Watkins Editor-in-Chief

This past month, the McMaster Men’s Basketball program welcomed the eight new recruits who will be competing for jerseys this coming season.

“We’ve never had a class with this many players,” said head coach, Amos Connolly.

“Typically we have between three and five guys.”

A large recruiting class this off-season makes sense what with some large shoes in need of filling. After the graduation of Taylor Black this spring, the team has lost a strong player, but Coach Connolly is confident that they have gained several capable contenders.

Chris Thompson Combo Guard Starting off the list of recruits is Chris Thompson, a 6’1 point guard from Cambridge whose skills have been likened to current player Trevon McNeil.

Danylo Kostecki Outside Threat Next is Danylo Kostecki, a strong shooter from Mississauga who spent his last year in Washington. Kostecki was on campus last year at a North Pole Hoops training camp. At 6’5 he is a bit taller than your average shooter and he is expected to still perform at a high level.

Matt Quiring Inside-Out Big Man Matt Quiring also hails from Cambridge and will be joining his brother Jason, who is returning from a one-year break.

At 6’6, Matt is considered one of the most polished rookies to enter the program in years.

“With respect to Jason, he is a much better passer than his brother,” said Connolly.

Additional Bench Depth Markus Hasse-Kollaritis from Newmarket dominted

McMaster’s Pinky Lewis Tournament two years ago.

Karol Derech of Sarnia was torn between McMaster and Windsor for a long time before deciding to become a Marauder, much later than the other recruits.

“How could you say no to a 6’9 shooter who is also an exceptional student,” said Connolly in regards to Derech’s late decision. Forward Jan Hirjak, the tallest of the group at 6’10 is coming in from Etobicoke as an athlete bringing the sheer massiveness that will help give McMaster an up on the competition.

“To be able to add 6’8, 6’9 and 6’10 in Canada and have those players be talented, be able to shoot it, is a huge advantage for our recruiting this year” Guard Andrew Holmes hails from Ancaster and was previously taught by Connolly at R.A. Riddell in Hamilton.

Much like his sister Rachael on the Women’s team, he is an allaround player who is expected

to raise the competition level in practice. Last is Guard Andre Toic from Brantford. Toic is also a standout football player who is anticipated to be an exceptional athlete on this year’s team.

“His court vision is second to none. He can pass as well as any first year passer we’ve had.

He has a great nose for the ball and his sheer athleticism really shows up,” Connolly said.

Along with the new players, Coach Seth Wearing will be taking on a much greater role this coming year as former associate head coach Justin Gunter stepped down from to become head coach at the University of Waterloo. Preparations for the 2015-16 season are already underway as the team looks to contend for a CIS national championship.

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To be able to add 6’8, 6’9 and 6’10 in Canada and have those players be talented, be able to shoot it, is a huge advantage for our recruiting this year” - Amos Connelly, Head Coach

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A warm Supercrawl warm-up C/O NOISEY

Vannessa Barnier Andy Reporter

I spent my most recent Friday night in a motionless crowd, watching the sun set over a single stage. Last week, Pier 4 Park hosted a few big names for a small festival with Supercrawl’s name slapped on it. From 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., artists such as Jessy Lanza, Jamie XX, and Caribou played in Hamilton’s backyard.

Being so far north, I arrived later than I intended.

By the time I got there, Lanza was finishing up her set – a set I missed, without feeling any dejection. Due to the strict schedule of the show, there wasn’t the

usual anxiety about whether or not the last band would play before the last bus runs home.

The choice of venue lent itself to an early closing,being a public, but also consequently, an early start on the various after-parties downtown.

After Lanza was Jamie XX, who spun a number of his older songs, crisscrossing them with various disco-esque records that made dancing a little too easy.

Let me clarify that when I said that the crowd was motionless, I was excluding the few-and-farbetween pockets of well-intentioned, arm-lifting, hip-swinging head-bobbers. The crowd was fairly spread apart, and only

began the casual ebb and flow towards the stage when familiar songs dropped. Remixed versions of songs from Jamie XX’s most recent album, which dropped in May, made their way onto his set list, sending updated fans into the motion of the flow.

Following Jamie XX was Caribou. By the time they got onto the stage, it was dark outside, which lent itself to an enhanced light show and silhouettes. They made their way through old and new tracks, saving “Odessa” for last. Dan Snaith, Caribou front man, gave a solid kudos to his performance partners and stage-shar-

ers, Supercrawl team, and audience, which inspired crowd members to cheer and mumble around me about the sincerity of Dan. Despite the venue not being necessarily intimate, with that cause and effect, I found myself appreciating a connection between performers and their audience that made that space a little warmer.

After Caribou’s encore, the park cleared out extremely quickly to make their way to the aforementioned after-parties. I went home to write this article. @qualityvabatime

Review: Amy The recent documentary on Amy Winehouse shows the ups and downs that come with celebrity.

Amanda Watkins Editor-in-Chief

If you haven’t seen the trailer for Amy yet, go watch it now. The recent documentary from director Asif Kapadia is a haunting sketch of the life of Amy Winehouse that revives her music for new fans, and gives former fans the second dose of Winehouse they had all been waiting for.

The film traces the artist’s rise and fall from her teenage beginnings as a jazz club frequenter, to her international fame with the Grammy Award-winning Back to Black, and finally to her tragic overdose at the age of 27.

With footage from home videos, television and radio interviews, and heartbreaking post-mortem interviews with her closest friends and relatives, the film gives an explicit glance into the tragic and not so uncommon life of a high-profile celebrity.

As a longtime Amy Winehouse fan, I was unsure of what

to expect from the film. My interest in her was mostly confined to her music, and I knew little about her life aside from her public battle with addiction and her death five years ago.

While her music has clear reference to her struggles with mental illness, broken relationships and drug use, a clear portrait of her experiences has never before been available to the public. This glimpse into her life gives a new meaning to her lyrics that makes her music even more powerful than it was to begin with.

Amy Winehouse grew up in London, England, where she started her career as a jazz singer. She lived in a middle-class home with a set of friends that would stick around until her last days. Her story does not sound uncommon or tragic when first told, but as she aged, fell into depression, became reliant on drugs and alcohol, and lived a life exploited by the public, a great talent grew smaller.

A powerful aspect of the movie is its ability to couple Winehouse’s experiences with the corresponding music she wrote in those moments. The film will go into detail about a part of her life, such as the on-again off-again relationship with her eventual husband Blake, and follow the scene with a live recording of the song reflecting this time in her life. The documentary does a beautiful job at highlighting lyrics with elegant script up against record studio footage and scribbled poetry in notebooks.

One of the most tragic parts of the film comes when hearing from her parents. They both noticed her depressive behavior, but shrugged it off as a passing phase as opposed to addressing it. Her mother was made aware of her daughter’s lifelong struggle with Bulimia when she was a teenager, but didn’t see anything wrong with the behavior until much later in her life. Her father acknowledges that his absence from home

and the affair that kept him away from his family led to her early substance abuse, yet he never made an effort to get her help until it was too late.

Seeing how the people closest to her reacted to her struggles was devastating. It all made her death seem inevetable rather than preventable.

It would have been nice to see more about her early musical influences rather than just elements of her personal life, but the film does touch upon her young love of jazz and its influence on her first recordings.

Previous fans as well as those unfamiliar with her music and story can enjoy the film. It is a well-made documentary that does a lot with found footage and conveys a tragic yet compelling story that any music fan would appreciate. @whatthekins

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Remixed versions of songs from Jamie XX’s most recent album made their way onto his set list, sending updated fans into the motion of the flow.

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The Andy approval matrix The best and worst in arts and culture. This is a concept borrowed from New York Magazine. We hope they don’t mind.

HIGHBROW What ever happened to everyone’s favourite GoT tyrant?

Jack Gleeson has moved on from Hollywood to write his own plays in Scotland.

The Toronto Star continues to ignore The Green Party in its federal election coverage.

The “Obeah Opera,” a play about black slaves persecuted during the Salem witch trials, makes its way to Ontario.

Black women’s stories often went unwritten at this time and this play hopes to change that.

Donald Trump is still the worst.

Kelly Osbourne proves that the cast of Fashion Police still really need to be educated on what racism means.

The Pope invites Oprah, Matt Damon and Ari Emanuel, David Geffen, and Brian Grazer to the Vatican. Not sure why.

Meek Mill should probably hire a ghostwriter.

Drake slays.

BRILLIANT

DESPICABLE

Harper Lee’s “sequel” to To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchmen hit shelves with mixed reviews this past month.

Idris Elba makes history as the first man to grace the cover of Maxim.

Wet Hot American Summer takes Netflix.

Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy publically announce their tragic breakup.

Do we even need to say anything?

LOWBROW

Deadpool’s trailer is released at Comic Con to rave reviews.

THINGS ON FIRE A photo galler y of things found on fire in the City of Hamilton C1

THURSDAY

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HAMILTON SPECULATOR TROLLING YOUR TRANSIT SINCE 1934

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Uber car found hanging from the roof of local taxi offices

Hamilton Taxi fires back at the new competing service. Citizens are left wondering, what type of rope is strong enough to hold a car? And where can they buy it?

INSIDE

Security camera footage of a Hamilton Taxi employee taking an Uber car. INSET: One Uber protester really got to the point.

CASSIE NOVA-MOORE Disgraced former cab driver

The new Uber service brought into the city just one month ago has already received the most Hamilton of welcomes. Late last night, a car marked with the Uber logo was found hanging from the main headquarters of the Hamilton Taxi Company. It was defaced with graffiti saying “Sobi you’re next.”

While citizens have been excited for the new system, cab drivers have been enraged by the new competition that this has brought into the city.

“We don’t understand why more people are trying to come into this city,” said Hamilton Taxi representative Doug Chow.

The transit startup boasts a number of new and innovative features that has cab companies worrying for their success.

“Just because they have a points system, and an app, and an environment that makes women feel safe as drivers, that doesn’t mean they’re better than us,” added Chow.

In addition to the recent vandalism, a number of Uber cars have been found stolen and

re-parked at the Corner of Barton and Victoria. The cars had signs attached to them saying, “How you like our city now?”

Cab driver Joe Fare, who claims to have no affiliation with the recent incident, is disappointed with the sudden war between the taxis and the Ubers.

“This is really all so unnecessary. Cab drivers already have enough grease on their hands as it is,” he said.

“Uber may be competition, but at the end of the day, I’m just glad something newer and more exciting than The Arkells is in town.”

“We have a points system.”

Gord Freitag Uber representative

IDEALISTIC INTERVIEWING A3 CITY COUNCILLORS WE ACCIDENTALLY SUBTWEETED A4 QUOTA ARTICLE ABOUT A PERSON OF COLOUR B4 MORE THINGS ON FIRE! B4 PHOTOS OF LENNY KRAVITZ’S DICK B8 FORTINONOS C4 INCORPORATING E COLI WATER INTO YOUR FAVE RECIPES C8

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