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into outdoor activities Spring weather is just around the corner. How will you be spending your time? Anna Principato/The Sputnik

Claudia Marmol Staff Writer Ideas are hard to come by when the weather outside changes faster than the decision for best picture at the Oscars. At least it is safe to say that we are gradually moving into better weather with the coming weeks.

Here is a list of activities to help you take advantage of those nice sunny days: 1) Explore the Grand River Trail Getting outside on a nice spring day is great for both physical and mental health. Walking or jogging along the trail to some sweet tunes can relieve

stress from all of those finals we are going to see in a month’s time. However, the trail offers so much more than just a walk. You can gaze at the river, check out the graffiti, hit up the skatepark or go to the lookout point located at the beginning at of the trail.

2) Get Geocaching!

If a walk on the trail doesn’t arouse your interest, try geocaching. Geocaching is a type of treasure hunt that is run on GPS or phone by people everywhere.

You sign up, enter your location and the closest caches will show up. Once you arrive at the cache, you dig up the container and find a small treasure, however you must leave something of

equal or lesser value in its place for the next adventurer. This activity is everywhere; there are multiple caches in Brantford and even more in Hamilton. Why not dedicate a spring day to treasure hunting?

3) Dairee Delite Need to get your ice cream fix?

Dairee Delite opens mid-March and remains open, weather permitting, until September. Many of you have stumbled upon this gem multiple times, as it is hard to miss with all the lights and the ‘50s inspired set-up. For those of you that haven’t had the chance to visit, Dairee Delite is a classic Brantford hang out with good vibes and even better ice cream.

4) Hamilton Waterfalls Hamilton is filled with many natural landmarks. From waterfalls to trails, you are bound to have a day filled with outdoor activities. You can get there by car, Greyhound and Go Bus so definitely go chase those waterfalls.

5) BBQ You can’t go wrong by having a classic BBQ to invite the good weather to stay. There is something about that charcoal smell that solidifies the feel of Spring.

Accompany it with some good tunes and a friendly game of football to complete the recipe.

The Yellow Brick Wall starts discussion Adrienne Hoe Staff Writer On March 6, 2017 Heather Vollans, a Australian artist living in Brantford, unveiled her “Copper Mine” exhibit at the Yellow Brick Wall.

The exhibit features 20 different pieces of art which is entirely made all of copper.

Vollans found inspiration in colour.

“A paint colour called ‘Copper Mine’. It’s a really beautiful colour and it’s the colour of the Australian desert. I’m from Australia, so it’s one of my all-time favourite colours.”

After months and months of research Vollans explained that she, “could go on for the next ten years carrying on this research and still not say everything I wanted to say.”

Laurier consistently uses the Yellow Brick Wall as a space for artists to display is a space where

artists can display their work.

Heather Vollans believes that they are “streets ahead of many others, because they’re already thinking that this is important for the students as well as the wider community” to understand current events and concerns.

Her biggest desire is for “the students [to] see it, and that it would start a discussion”, said Vollans. Her pieces are meant to provoke thought and “make people think where it might have come from, and why [she] used those materials.”

The exhibit is available at 97 Dalhousie St. (DAL) from March 6 until March 23. The Yellow Brick Wall seeks to encourage Laurier students and Canadian artists to start dialogue about current major events and explore the diverse cultures within the community.

Artist Heather Vollans hoped to spark discussion about current events with her “Copper Mine” exhibit. Mike Rykov/The Sputnik

Avril’s recipe about being healthy Avril De Silva Staff Writer Classes, work, having a social life and sleeping well all compromise our ability to sustain a healthy lifestyle. Should students gamble with their health for an education, or should the balance of these two be uncomplicated?

Your diet affects your mood and how it responds to stress and memory. Taking care of yourself means eating right, sleeping right and balancing work right. Being a university student comes with a lot of stress. As a student being short of funds and having bad habits are normal.

But why? Being short of funds means buying the cheap stuff.

The healthy food costs more.

However, would you rather gain forty pounds upon graduating, or maintain a healthy lifestyle from day one?

Eating small meals frequently is something everyone should be doing. It’s something that people are not doing. It should be easy to eat smaller yet more meals while switching between classes. Having a regular meal schedule and calculating your costs of food for the week is important. Limit the junk food, cut down on alcohol. Substitute the alcohol and cigarette money for some lettuce and chicken. Do

not skip breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, yet most of us, including myself hate waking up to have that meal. Why is this so? Blame the laziness. It is vital to absorb the nutrients in a breakfast meal and energize the body for the day.

Have a regular exercise routine and get into the habit of prioritizing your body.

Your body is your temple.

Having access to too much unhealthy food is sometimes the problem. The meaning of having freedom also means taking responsibility for your actions.

You are responsible for who you become.

School can turn you into a dif-

ferent person. Some discover a new part of themselves. Others crawl back into a shell or get side tracked. Also, there are those who shoot for the stars.

Eat right and the rest of your body will follow. Not very many people discover the benefit of doing the right things with their body.

Some common effects of not prioritizing your body are diabetes, depression, obesity, hormone imbalance and menstrual disturbances for girls. The biggest thing for students is lack of money and time. My advice would be to take good care of your body while you are young.

Your health is your wealth.

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Editor-in-Chief In the spring of 2017, Canada’s Parliament will start looking into possible legislation for marijuana use. Although dispensary storefronts are still illegal, there are many dispensaries that operate in cities across Canada.

Cannabis Culture on Colborne Street West was raided twice in the same week by Brantford police for selling marijuana without a licence. The raids took place on Feb. 22 and again on Feb. 24 where five individuals have been charged. The Brantford Expositor reported that police raided the Herbology Company where arrests were made due to purposes of trafficking cannabis related products.

Jodie Emery and Marc Emery, known as the “Prince of Pot”, are the creators of the Cannabis Culture chain. They are well-known for their activism towards marijuana legalization.

Marc Emery attended the raid at the Brantford location on Feb. 22 where he videoed the event live on Facebook. Cannabis Culture Brantford announced on Facebook that they are no longer dispensing and are turning into a head and grow shop in the future.

“I would ideally like to see no regulation for cannabis.There was never any reason given for prohibition provided to our House of Commons, and I believe prohibition has contributed to the increased recreational use of cannabis,” stated Herbology Company over Facebook message.

“However, it is clear that there will be some level of government regulation, and I believe that government needs to be careful to provide access to the volume and types of products that people are looking for,” Herbology Company said.

Medical marijuana use is legal in Canada with a doctor’s prescription. Individuals who use medical marijuana can get their prescriptions from one of Canada’s 34 legal dispensaries or grow their own plants from Health Canada.

Cannabis Supply Co. sells medical marijuana paraphernalia, but doesn’t dispense medical marijuana. They have doctors who help with the prescription process, where patients can get their prescriptions from a legal dispensary through the mail.

“It has to come through the mail. The only reason it exists like that is because [of] your prescription amount. That prescription amount can’t be exceeded and it needs to be given to a licensed producer so they can control the amount you use,” said Josh Durham who is IT, marketing and sales at Cannabis Supply Co. in Brantford.

Doctors prescribe different strains and forms of marijuana depending on patients’ needs.

“If you go to a store front, they aren’t keeping track of how much you’re buying. You could go over your amount; you can be ordering the wrong stuff.”

Access to marijuana isn’t tough due to the internet. Websites like WeedMaps allow individuals to find dispensaries, doctors, and even a service that delivers marijuana to their doorstep almost anywhere around the world.

“Places like Cannabis Culture [...] are trying to make a statement. They don’t believe that they [the Federal Court] should be going about legislation the way they are. They are forcing open these shops, there’s no laws to protect these shops.

They can be raided at any time basically,” said Durham. “They are selling product illegally to patients. No matter which way you look at it, there’s no laws to protect them. It gives us a bad name in the medical market because you already have this big taboo around people that smoke being criminals.”

Currently, the estimate for illegal trade of marijuana in Canada is $7 billion a year. A poll conducted by Nanos for the Globe and Mail found that 39 per cent of Canadians support and 29 per cent somewhat supported the legalization of marijuana, while 22 percent oppose and eight per cent somewhat oppose legalization.

Cannabis Culture closed down by police twice in one week. Anna Principato/The Sputnik

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Aboriginal education week Hyrra Chughtai Staff Writer From March 6 to March 10 both Laurier campuses will be hosting Aboriginal Education Week, welcoming everyone to learn more about First Nations culture and issues.

According to Bonnie Whitlow, the Aboriginal student coordinator for Laurier Brantford, Aboriginal Education Week is “an attempt to raise the profile of Aboriginal issues and Aboriginal people, in the minds of the

people on all the campuses,” said Whitlow.

There are different events that take place each day, along with guest lectures in classrooms.

“There is a soapstone carving workshop on March 6, there are various lectures scheduled in different classes and classrooms, people who are doing interesting work and crafts. Really that’s what it is, it’s just an attempt to coordinate with campus staff and faculty to not just celebrate, but educate,” said Whitlow.

The entire schedule is posted

on the Laurier online with the times and events, including where and how it will relate to Aboriginal Education Week.

“Heightened awareness of what Aboriginal issues are, what Aboriginal people face in Canada, really North America,” said Whitlow.

“We’ve posted on all the campus bulletin boards. We’ve put it on social media, Facebook and Twitter. We’ve sent information out in the weekly news.”

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Game design students create escape room Stephan Reilly Staff Writer A group of Laurier students designed in the first-ever international escape room competition presented by Red Bull Mind Gamers. The championships will be held on March 25 in Budapest, Hungary.

The escape room, called Mission: Unlock Enoch, was designed by a team of Laurier game design and development undergraduate students under the leadership of Laurier professor Scott Nicholson, a world renowned leader in the field of escape room research and design. The three students — Robert Durant, Sean Harrison and Chris Tenuta — were hired in the summer of 2016 to design the competition in which teams from around the world will compete for the grand prize: a puzzle design workshop at the MIT Game Lab in Massachusetts.v “I couldn’t believe we got a game design position in our first summer of being university students,” said Chris Tenuta, a second year game design and development student.

“It was super exciting to be able to work on a project and do something that’s related to my field of study,” said Sean Harrison, a second year game design student.

The process of designing the escape room used principles and lessons taught by Nicholson in the first year of the game design and development program.

Skills like prototyping, playtesting and iterating upon previous designs all helped this team

create the escape room competition. The students had the opportunity to apply what they learned in their first year in a real world setting.

“Just actually experiencing it I feel like I got a better understanding of the process,” said Robert Durant, who is also a second year game design student.

Learning all of the terminology and skills in first year made it much easier for the students to prepare themselves for the design process, as well as getting into the details of creating the various puzzles. “[Nicholson] definitely prepares you for what [you should] expect to see,” said Harrison.

“Once you’re familiar with terminology, familiar with different aspect. It’s easier to pick it apart and find what you’re looking for.”

“All the foundations we learned through Scott’s first classes gave us the knowledge of what to expect: research, narrative, start adding puzzles and then go from there,” said Tenuta.

“I learned this is definitely the field I want to be in. No matter if it’s analog game design or digital game design I just enjoy game design as a whole and to get a position like this so early in a career is absolutely exceptional.

We were all sure we wanted to get into this field but having that first real life experience was just very validating.”

The competition is centered around the theme of quantum computing, inspired by the Red Bull “MindGamers” film. The premise of the film is that a group of students discover a net-

From left to right: Chris Tenuta, Robert Durant and Sean Harrison. Alex Vialette/The Sputnik

work connected via a quantum computer that is able to link the mind of one person to another’s body, giving them control.

“Our goal was to create challenges that made sense within the world of quantum computing, combine physical and mental elements, convey a consistent story, reduce dependence on a

specific language, and be engaging for viewers,” said Nicholson.

“Both participants and viewers of the show will learn something about quantum computing through the challenges we have designed.”

Nicholson will be flying to Budapest to provide commentary during the broadcast.

The finals will air on Red Bull TV on March 25 at 3 p.m. EST and will run for 90 minutes. A viewing party will be held in the Brantford games network lab in room 201 of Grand River Hall for anyone interested in watching with the team behind it.

Should AEDs be installed in every school?

Taylor Burt Assistant News Editor

Automated external defibrillators (AED) are becoming more and more popular in schools and institutions.

Thames Valley District School Board in London, Ont. is Southwestern Ontario’s largest school board, with 150 educational institutions involved. Only 16 out of the 157 are equipped with the life saving device.

An AED is a small portable device that will provide a small electrical shock to defibrillate the heart and restore the normal rhythm. These devices, located in most buildings now, also offer verbal instructions to non-trained individuals so that everyone is able to provide this lifesaving aid.

The push for more units came to light after a 12-year-old boy passed away due to irregular breathing. He passed away in Northport, New York during a lacrosse game in 2000. His family is now pushing to have training on how to do CPR and how to use AEDs in schools.

Ontario’s Education Ministry said that each school board is its own individual and they must choose what to do.

The Grand Erie School Board, located in Brantford states in their policy that “Public Access Defibrillators are located at all Grand Erie School Board facilities and are available in the event of an emergency.”

Staff and students of the Thames Valley District School Board are pushing to get more units in more schools.

Another policy, written up by the City of Brantford and the Brant County, stated that AEDs are located in all schools for the safety of staff, students and faculty.

The policy by the City of Brantford and Brant County states that custodial staff should visually inspect the AED units daily during school hours to make sure they are functional.

Richard Hoffman, public affairs coordinator for the Thames Valley District School Board, was contacted in regards to the lack of sufficient AEDs in schools.

Hoffman did not directly answer

Thames Valley District School Board refuses to move forward with the automated external defibrillator program.

the question.

The City of Brantford and the Brant County have installed AEDs in all schools as part of an initiative with the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s website, AEDS are now becoming as common as fire extinguishers, with over 20,000 AEDS in com-

munities across the nation.

The website states, “When cardiac arrest happens, every minute counts. If delivered in the first few minutes of a cardiac arrest, defibrillation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can double survival rates. But with each passing minute, the probability of survival decreases by seven to 10 per cent.”

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In February 2013, the Heart and Stroke Foundation received funding from then Prime Minister Stephen Harper to put AEDs in hockey arenas and recreational centers across Canada.

Every year, about 40,000 cardiac arrests happen in Canada, that’s one every 13 minutes.

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Halifax, Brantford, Windsor, Ottawa and Montreal have been listed as the top five cities to live in for housing under $400,000. Maiya Mistry/The Sputnik

Kayana Smith Staff Writer According to a recent Huffington Post article, Brantford is named the number one city to live for housing under $400,000 and the number one labour market.

With the average listing prices significantly lower than most big cities, Brantford is receiving newcomers. Voted number one on the rankings, Brant community has lots to offer those looking for a cheaper place to settle down.

Real estate agent Kate Mcginnis of Sutton Real estate gave an inside scoop on the growing real estate market.

“People are getting priced out of the GTA and moving to smaller cities like Brantford,” said Mcginnis.

Over the past few years there has been a direct correlation between the increase in smaller markets and the increase in cost of housing in cities like Toronto, Mississauga and even Brampton.

According to Welcome Home Realty Inc, the average single detached home in Toronto is

currently listed at $1 million. In comparison, the average listing in Brantford is $387,680 as of January 2017.

Real estate agents across Brantford and the GTA expect the market to continue growing in the Brant community.

There is more room in the budget for families to enjoy extra expenses when they purchase a home in Brantford.

Mcginnis describes the market as offering a 100 per cent quality difference of life and family.

Brantford offers a transition for families that are still work-

ing in the GTA but have moved out of the community. The 403 allows easy transportation for individuals wanting to commute back and forth. With a growing population, the Brant community can look forward to more amenities such as the GO system and VIA rail. Amenities like these bring more value into the Brantford market.

Along with the high ranking on the real estate market, Brantford also received a high labour market ranking. Brantford was rated number one on BMO’s regional labour market report

card for February 2017. Robert Kavcic, a senior economist for BMO, reported that jobs rose 10.3 per cent in the past year for the Brant community. Kavic explained that the number reported can be a little skewed.

When surveys are taken it does not account for the individuals who work outside of Brantford.

Many of the individuals surveyed work in the GTA, but reside in Brantford.

The sacred land of Market Square Hyrra Chughtai Sraff Writer In 2014 the settlement on the purchase of Market Square was approved and forwarded to Laurier Brantford for $5.8 million dollars. To this day, no renovations have occurred and the space still stands as it did before. Although Laurier may have bought Market Square the area is still sacred to First Nations.

Bonnie Whitlow, who is the Aboriginal student support coordinator here at Laurier Brantford has a few fond memories about the place before it was constructed into something else.

“In particular Market Square, when I was a little girl it used to be a parking lot space that was supposed to be kept and protected for the perpetuity of the people of Six Nations to come and bring all of their work. It was supposed to be a market they could sell to the people who had settled here,” said Whitlow.

Not only is Market Square sacred but the entire land belongs

to Six Nations based on a treaty agreed upon in 1784.

“The entire Haldimand tract is six miles wide on either side of the Grand River and all of that land was a treaty relationship between the Crown and Six Nations and so of all of that land, none of it’s been surrendered. The land [Laurier is on] is Haudenosaunee land,” said Whitlow.

As for now Laurier has not started building or re-constructing Market Square, but it is still in their ownership.

“For one thing I can’t speak on behalf of all First Nations people. The only person I can speak on behalf of is myself. That and along with the rest of the land that we currently stay on and occupy and go to work on.

None of the land belongs to anyone except the Haudenosaunee people, according to the Haldimand treaty,” said Whitlow.

Market Square has been obtained by Laurier Brantford to expand the university.

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Clerks: Burrito Brothers Matt Burley A&C Editor How long has Burrito Brothers been in Brantford?

Burrito Brothers has been here coming up on five years; September was our fourth year.

What changes have you seen in Brantford since you’ve opened?

I’ve seen this area become more dense. When I first started, there was nothing on my block, pretty much the taxi cabs and us.

More people are willing to come down to this area now or to try to bring their business into the downtown core, instead of having it in another part of the city.

What made you want to open up a Mexican restaurant?

One reason is the university; there was a lack of variety of food out here. There were burgers, fries, unhealthy kinds of stuff. So we just wanted to introduce something that was fresh, quick and reasonably priced. And we were the first ones to do it in town, Brantford didn’t have a burrito shop. So we thought, ‘why not introduce it to the city?”

What the most difficult thing about running a restaurant that people wouldn’t expect?

The most difficult thing is time. It takes a lot of time to grow the business, especially if you’re introducing something new. It’s hard to get yourself out there and it’s hard to get people to try it. They could walk by here hundreds of times and they won’t walk in because it’s something they are unfamiliar with. It takes a lot of time to grow and you’ve got to put in a lot of hours in the restaurant business. We’re open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., but then we have guys here at 9 a.m. prepping everything, then you’ve got to stay after. There’s a lot of time involved.

What deals, if any, do you have for students?

We don’t have any deals right now, but we’re working on a few things to pull people in on our slower days. We might do a taco Tuesday, but right now I’m very busy. I’m having my second kid in April and I live all the way in Stoney Creek so it’s time right now. In the future we want to get on the Laurier OneCard. We also had a couple of coupons in the student agenda.

What’s the secret to a really good burrito?

It’s the fresh ingredients.

That’s the one thing with Mexican cuisines; they use very fresh ingredients. You can’t use things that are in cans. I know a lot of places do, because if they’re really busy and it takes a long time to prep they’re going to start using the canned goods instead of doing it all fresh. That’s why we like to do everything fresh. Our pine-

apple’s all fresh, everything’s fresh. I think that’s the biggest thing, because people taste it.

You can’t use cheap products either.

You’ve got some pretty unique toppings for customers to choose from, where do you get your ingredients?

There’s a supplier that I use for my tortillas and Mexican ingredients, but there’s National Grocers Cash and Carry, and I’ll go to FreshCo too. But the things is, I like to shop around. I like to get the best.

Where do you get ideas for new menu items?

Through the internet, the Food Network, stuff like that.

There’s tons of stuff on YouTube. Taco trucks are a huge thing in L.A. so I’ve been thinking about taking a trip out there to check it out. It’s pretty different, lots of cool creative stuff.

Who’s one of your favourite chefs to watch on the Food Network or Youtube?

Chuck Hughes, he’s a chef from Montreal who has his own show. He came to Brantford to do a food show and he did a couple of really cool episodes where he was in different parts of Mexico. He explored how they did the sauces and the meats. He’s really good to watch.

Why no hardshell tacos on the menu?

We only do softshell tacos here but I think I’m going to work on the menu a bit this summer and we might do the hardshell. We have the [equipment] for it, it’s just with the hardshell, when we fry it fresh, it falls apart really easily at the bottom. I didn’t want people complaining because they took it home and it cracked in half. That was the biggest factor as to why we didn’t carry it; it would defeat the purpose. But, a lot of people have been asking me and I know that kids like the hardshell, so I think I might put it on to see how the feedback is. I want to add a few more things onto the menu too.

What other possible menu items have you been thinking of adding?

I kind of want to do a variety of fries, like a Fries Supreme, but I’d want to do a vegetarian one too. Everybody loves fries and poutine is really big right now. I don’t have to do poutine, but have four or five varieties to choose from. I think that would attract a younger crowd.

What’s the spiciest hot sauce that you have available?

We have the super hot, which we make in house. It’s habanero based; so we roast the habaneros and garlic onion and season it.

It’s the hottest one we have, and it’s pretty hot. I think the habanero’s one of the top five hottest peppers, so it’s pretty hot.

I have a lot of people that come in here that are like, ‘Oh, I can

Brantford’s downtown is home to a wide variety of shops and small businesses.

These businesses define Brantford, but what defines the businesses? This is the inspiration behind “Clerks”; getting to know those who know us so well. From our shoe size to our favourite item on the menu, these business owners make us feel more like family than customers. With that being said, let us shine the spotlight on Van Quatch, owner of Burrito Brothers.

Top: Burrito Brothers Van Quatch hopes to make Burrito Brothers a household name in the next 10 years.

Bottom: Burrito Brothers employee Mike Nguyen adding the finishing touches to a burrito.

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handle hot.” Then they try it and the next thing you know, they’re sweating and tearing up a little bit. It’s really concentrated, it’s not really watered down so it’s pretty much all pepper.

Where do you see Burrito Brothers in 10 years?

I hope it becomes a household name. Brantford’s a small city, so in 10 years I hope all of

Brantford knows. Brantford is separated into sections of the city: you’ve got the north end, downtown, west end and east end. People usually stay in their area, especially the north end.

I find that being downtown, there’s not a lot to pull people down here. A lot of people from the north end will come down once every two or three years,

that’s why they don’t discover places like [Burrito Brothers].

The YMCA being built will pull a lot of people from other parts of the city down and that will get me out there. Hopefully it becomes a household name, something that the whole city knows.

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ARTS & CULTURE Binge eating with Lonnie’s MATTHEW BURLEY | ARTS@THESPUTNIK.CA | @SPUTNIK_NEWS

Alex Vialette Staff Writer Lonnie’s On Market, one of the two greasy spoons in downtown Brantford, has an extensive menu that specializes in what could be defined as drunk food.

The menu itself features 33 different types of poutine, a bunch of wraps, nachos, mozza sticks, the usual cravings that someone leaving the bar has.

While all these options do cater to the crowds coming in, the item that tops all of the others is their Lonnie’s Drunk Junk.

For $15.99, whoever braves this challenge will receive a serving of mozza sticks, loaded potato wedges, onion rings and popcorn chicken all piled on top of “a mountain of poutine”, along with two pops of their choosing.

Based on the fact the Drunk Junk comes with two pops is a bit of an indicator that it is meant to be shared, but a drunk stomach is a force to be reckoned with.

The following is a personal account of what it is like to try and eat the drunk junk in one sitting.

To add to the challenge no performance enhancing drugs were used, contrary to the recommendation of the cashier after being told what I had set out to do.

The meal comes in a white box with three sauces: gravy, marina and sour cream. The marina did

not last particularly long as mozza sticks are easy to wolf down quickly. Next came the onion rings, I would not recommend waiting to eat these as they get a little gross when soggy. These, again, go down quickly on a relatively empty stomach. The loaded wedges maintain heat well, so be sure to dip them in the sour cream to cool them off. There’s only two of these so I had one, inhaled the popcorn chicken, then finished the second to have a little variety. This half is relatively easy to be honest, but the challenge comes with scaling “the mountain” of gravy slathered cheese curds and french fries.

Trying to eat a family-sized poutine on a stomach that isn’t quite hungry anymore is an experience in and of itself. To make the process easier, I strategized which pops I bought. I chose a Pepsi and Brisk; the Pepsi was for the first half because it’s my favourite and the Brisk for latter because it is not carbonated and would not make me feel more full than I already was. As for actually eating the poutine, motivation comes and goes in waves. Your stomach can take in a certain amount of food, then it needs a breather. During said breather, I do not recommend trying to push yourself; I dry heaved a few times trying to do

just that.

When faced with the final few mouth fulls, motivation is at an all time low. To compensate, break the pile of now cold fries and gravy into smaller piles. It makes the job seem like it’s less of a big challenge. Once finished, I was hit with the weirdest sense of pride. I spent the night wondering if this was the high that competitive food eaters chase. I think that Lonnie’s On Market should add a plaque to their wall with names of people who were able to pull this challenge off like I did.

While there is the reward of

some twisted pride in being able to tackle the challenge of eating the drunk junk in one sitting sober, it does not come without consequences. The most obvious is how it may affect someone’s waistline. A rough guess of how many calories in the meal is around 2,000, give or take, and to put that in perspective the average Canadian 21 year old male needs to eat 2,400 calories per day to maintain their weight.

While this still does fit into someone’s calorie intake for the day, it is not healthy to binge eat carbs to this extent.

“If you overeat (particularly

with carbohydrates),” writes Herve Duchemin, a professional trainer, “eliminate carbohydrates from your breakfast the following morning. You have to burn off some of that stored glycogen before you start to overflow your body with excess carbohydrates. You can eat the next morning, just make sure you eat the right food!”

In addition, Duchemin recommends working out before eating and to try to eat green foods along with lean proteins. However, to help in the short term, I believe some Tums or Pepto Bismol may be useful.

Made for more than one person, Lonnie’s Drunk Junk is a beast all of its own. Mike Rykov/The Sputnik

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I don’t have a good title Jelena Vulić Staff Writer Remember when “What do you want to be when you grow up?” wasn’t such a dreadful question.

As kids, we answered that question with an excited voice, a wide smile, and a determined twinkle in our eyes. We probably rambled on so much about it, maybe to the point where some adults even regretted asking the question in the first place. We let our imaginations run wild when it came to future jobs.

Some of us wanted to be something that was maybe more of a fantasy than a reality: a knight, a princess, a mermaid, or maybe even a deadly animal. Some of us though had very tangible dreams: a firefighter, a nurse, an artist, a police officer, or an engineer. The list could go on and on.

The jobs we wanted when we were kids and the jobs we’re working towards now are probably very different. Something happened between then and now. Maybe someone we looked up to and idolised might not have been supportive of our dreams. Someone or something might have given us a reality

check, maybe at an age where that crushed the very core of our soul. Perhaps a parent tried to talk us down to something less ambitious, but only because they didn’t want our naive childish minds to have to face the harsh reality ourselves. Some of us had all the support that we could ever wish for, but to our personal demise, we just couldn’t make it happen.

Brayden Watts is a first year game design student at Laurier, shared his pipe dream of becoming an astronaut.

What was your dream job when you were a kid?

I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid.

How passionate about it were you? Did you do a lot of things you thought astronauts would do?

Well, I used to pretend that the formula I used for milk (as I’m allergic to milk) was astronaut food, and I used to hang by my arms from my swing set trying to get taller when I learned that astronauts have to be around 6’3”.

Did anyone try to talk you down from being an astronaut when you were younger? Did you let them get to you or no?

I wouldn’t say it was discour-

Where do we go when we can’t reach for the stars? Alex Vialette/The Sputnik

aging, but people definitely did let me know it was a pipe dream at the time, as there have been only like 500 people who went to space. I didn’t really let them get to me. It was more of the fact that I’m not genetically perfect for the job that discouraged me.

When did you realise that you probably should consider a career change? Did it break you to come to that conclusion?

I’d say I was like eight when I realised it was over. I got on a roller coaster and I got really scared, so I realised that going on a rocket ship probably wasn’t a great idea. I also leaned forward a little bit (during the roller coaster ride) and couldn’t breathe, so I decided that going to a place with little to no air was also a bad idea. It was definitely disappointing, realising that I had to do something less cool

and that I wouldn’t be a spaceman, because it’d still be cool to help people find stuff out there.

Did that experience help you figure out what you really wanted to do?

I think so, I still love space, aliens, other planets and all of that stuff, so maybe I could work that into the games I make one day or something.

You’re invited to a princess party Anya Enland Staff Writer Do you remember watching Disney movies as a kid, belting your little heart out and dreaming what it would be like to be a Disney princess? Do you remember the feeling that movie would give you by the end, before you had to snap back to reality? You believed that anything was possible. And that all your dreams could come true. There is no denying the magic of Disney.

Jodi Nagy gets to create that dream, that feeling, that magic almost every day. Nagy is a Disney princess or at least she gets to play one at children’s parties.

She began this journey as a Disney Princess by winning Brantford Idol back in 2007.

“Joan Minnery ran a contest called Brantford Idol many years ago and one of the years I won it. When you win she puts you out in the community to help you feel that idol experience and get noticed. One of the events she put me at was the Children’s Safety Village … One of the vendors had a princess party company. After she heard me sing, she approached me and said, ‘I can’t afford you but that was awesome and I want you to work for me.”

Nagy explained that she didn’t know what a princess party was at the time but she knew she wanted to be a part of it.

“I did a few parties with her, got a taste for it and she ended up running into a few issues in her own life and didn’t continue

with the business but I had already tasted it and I wanted it.”

“My mom was the fairy godmother and all I had was Cinderella, Snow White and Ariel and the costumes were horrific.

I didn’t even wear makeup, but it was my start.”

For Nagy however, being a princess is not her full time job.

She works hard to be able to do something that she loves. Her drive and passion for this type of occupation motivates her to do everything she can to continue with it.

“It is moving towards being a full-time job, but as of right now, I clean houses all week, I DJ on the weekends, and I am also in a jazz band called Corner Pocket.”

“It does already feel like a fulltime job. When you work all day, and then come home and makes things for it. I’ve painted backdrops, bean bag boards, everything the kids play with at my parties, I’ve created it all.”

“I’m not doing this job because it pays well. I’m doing this job because I absolutely love it and it’s my passion. Hence why I still clean houses all week to actually pay my bills.”

Nagy also discussed that as a princess you have to really look and act the part because you are there to make the childs day.

“You’re a princess and it’s not even how pretty you are or not.

They have this glam look and you have to have that. They have a sparkle.”

Nagy has been a princess for about 10 years and it’s taken her a lot to get to where she is now.

“Without that contest and gaining that confidence, 10 years ago I would be sick and nervous before I had to go and do a job because I didn’t want to screw it up and it was still new. I didn’t know what I was doing, now I walk in and I know exactly what I’m doing … you want to put on the best performance you can.”

Though this job is a lot of work with little pay, it has it’s perks that help Nagy push through.

“Seeing the kids’ faces light up is absolutely the best part. When you walk somewhere, they stop dead or run directly for you. You can see it in their eyes and you get just the biggest hug,” said Nagy.

Nagy’s employees also have the same passion to see these kids happy.

“It’s their look, their happiness which is why we all love this. We aren’t doing it because it’s a business, we are doing it because we absolutely love it, the kids are what make it.”

“We never lip sync and that’s what makes it so special. If we are struggling and the child is being shy and we can’t get them to come we just start singing to them. Even if it’s just, ‘Do you wanna build a snowman?’ and you get them to come to you cause you’re doing exactly what they see you do on TV. You’re singing having fun and it brings the child in so they are not so scared,” Nagy explained.

Every year Nagy puts on an event for the children called the winter wonderland princess ball, “I’m exhausted but as soon as the

Ariel is one of the many princesses in the Disney kingdom. Photo courtesy of Jodi Nagy.

day hits, and I see these kids piling in, it comes back to the way the kids look at you. Sometimes they’ll cry when you’re leaving, or you get this massive group hug, or the individual hugs. Moments of singing with them can go a long way.”

Nagy treasures every moment with these kids, it’s what pushes her and drives her to do better for them.

“Watching the kids play the games that you came up with, are so involved with what you’re doing. I don’t know what keeps

me going until I get to the party and then I remember why. These little moments in time where they’re just magical. The love that you feel that comes from the kids is intense and you’re like a little celebrity even in your own mind. I’m really in my own element.”

Nagy does whatever it takes to make a child’s princess experience memorable and absolutely loves every second. To these kids, she really is a Disney princess.

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Dellesia Noah Features Editor When you think of adoption what do you picture? Maybe a loving smiling family with two parents and a child.

Today adoption and fostering in Canada has been opened to include the many different definitions of family that our society holds. A family may adopt or foster a child who is a different race or ethnicity. A child may be adopted or fostered by parents in a non-heterosexual relationship or maybe even by a single parent. When we think of adoption or fostering, we usually think of inclusivity of the definition of family, but that wasn’t always the case.

Dr. Tarah Brookfield is an associate professor at Laurier Brantford, as well as a historian.

She has dedicated recent years to research involving the historical context of child welfare work in the 20th century. Her research explains the parameters of adoption and fostering have changed over the years in Canada. It wasn’t always the loving, smiling family we pictured it to be.

“In Ontario it wasn’t until 1921 that there was a law in which you could take a stranger into your house and adopt them.

People had always taken in children who were homeless or orphans but usually it was for free labour,” Dr. Brookfield explained.

“It wasn’t until the twentieth century that people began to having changing views about childhood and family that people began to adopt for more emotional reasons by making

these kids a member of their family,” said Dr. Brookfield.

Although adoption became less of a stigmatized method of having a child, orphanages still continued late into the 50’s. “I’ve done work on a particular orphanage in Brantford that was just for girls which was a really interesting case because it was very unusual” said Dr. Brookfield. “It was a private orphanage in which there were girls who were born from Brantford and Brant County. There were girls who came over from England.

They were emptying out orphanages in England that were overcrowded and sending them to Canada to hope that they find placements and homes. As well as Indigenous girls.”

The reason why this orphanage was so unique for its time is due to what Dr. Brookfield describes as interracial and transnational characteristics. There were not many orphanages at the time that doing this.

Dr. Brookfield was able to find an old photo album with pictures of these girls from the orphanages. “They [those who worked at the orphanage] did a sort of analysis on them and tried to track what happened to them after they left.”

Dr. Brookfield said that it wasn’t until the 50s that laws around adoption started changing again, accepting that a family could adopt from outside their race. “Always in the adoption system it was white middle class families adopting because they had more resources and power in their communities to make those choices but previously children who had come from

Dr. Brookfield has spent years researching the history of adoption in Canada. Dellesia Noah/The Sputnik

mixed backgrounds who were Afro-Canadian or Chinese-Canadian it was hard to find them families.” Dr. Brookfield explained that that these children were often called unadoptable.

Dr. Brookfield added that previously the child welfare system wanted adoption to be seen as seamless and discreet as possible. “Everything down from the hair colour to the eye colour would be matched.”

Dr. Brookfield also addressed the issues surrounding foster care in Canada and how it has changed as well. “I teach a course called Adoption: Past and Present it’s for Youth and Children Studies and a lot of those

students will go on to potentially work in the child welfare system.

It can be an uncaring system but it is so much better than what it used to be a hundred or two hundred years ago.”

Dr. Brookfield was very transparent about the shortcomings of the fostering system. She explained that there are often times children who fall between the cracks of the system and are often left in vulnerable or abusive relationships.

With as many negative stories you hear about foster care there are also many positive stories as well.

Again, Dr. Brookfield’s research brought her to how

laws had changed again to allow for international adoption.

An expensive method but Dr. Brookfield mentioned that there are avenues that one can use such as applying for these children as wards of the states, which would usually cover most of these international costs.

Most of these international adoptions arises out of the need to save these children from wartorn zones. When I asked about how the Syrian war would play into international adoption and fostering here in Canada. Dr. Brookfield explained that these children hold just as much priority as the children in our own backyards.

A Hiroshima survivor story Meghan Slotegraaf

Staff Writer As part of the People Make History lecture series, Hiroshima survivor and anti-nuclear weapons peace activist, Setsuko Thurlow visited Laurier this past week on Feb. 28 and March 1.

Thurlow shared her experiences on growing up in Japan during the Second World War and surviving the atomic explosion over Hiroshima.

When she was thirteen years old, Thurlow was one of thirty girls selected to work at the army headquarters in Hiroshima, Japan, decoding secret messages during the second world war. On Aug. 6, 1945, after three weeks of training, these girls were preparing to start their first day of work when at 8:15 a.m., Thurlow saw a bluish-white flash outside the window. She remembers flying through the air as if she were floating, and then total blackness.

When she regained consciousness, she found that the building she was in had collapsed and she was pinned

beneath the debris. She could hear her classmates whispering, “God help me, mother help me” and these voices still ring in her ears today. She felt someone shake her shoulder and a voice saying, “Don’t give up! I’m trying to free you! Keep moving!

See the light coming through the opening? Crawl toward it and try to get out.”

By the time she escaped from the ruined building, it was on fire and most of her classmates could not get out. Only three of them escaped.

Thurlow had to brace herself to conjure up memories of the event.

“It was a procession of ghosts.

They did not look like human beings. They were naked, tattered, burned and swollen. And the worst thing I saw was people carrying their own eyeballs in their hand,” she said.

Thurlow and her two classmates joined the procession, learning to step over the dead bodies.

At the foot of a hill, there was an army training ground covered

with dead bodies and seriously injured people; all they could do was whisper for water. Thurlow and her classmates wanted to do something to help. There was a stream near the training ground and since they didn’t have buckets or containers, they tore their blouses and soaked them in water, offering them to injured people to suck out the moisture.

Most health care professionals had died in the explosion and the government was in disarray.

There was no food or medical supplies.

Thurlow’s sister and nephew were burned beyond recognition. The only feature identifying them was the hairpin her sister had been wearing. Thurlow does not remember crying. She just felt numb.

Many people who survived the initial bombing died shortly after from the radiation. People began to fear those who had been exposed to the radiation, believing they had an infectious disease. Symptoms are still evident in some survivors today.

Three days after the bombing

Setsuko Thurlow offers an inside view of the Hiroshima nuclear disaster.

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of Hiroshima, America dropped a second bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. Japan declared surrender six days afterwards.

The U.S. Occupation authorities wanted the rest of the world to know that America had defeated Japan, but they did not want them to know the amount of suffering the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had endured.

They confiscated anything that could make U.S. look bad, including photographs, videos, and diaries.

Thurlow later came to Cana-

da where she was a social worker in Toronto for several decades.

She feels an obligation to share her story of Hiroshima.

“When people work hard, we can make the difference. We can change. We must be positive and keep doing what as citizens, we are responsible for,” she said during her lecture.

Thurlow is advocating for a better world for future generations to grow up in - one that is peaceful and just.

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Golden Hawks reach national championships Devon Momy-Gamache

Sports Editor With the season wrapping up in multiple sports, the last few weeks have seen multiple championships awarded. Men’s curling won their third straight provincial championships and will be going to nationals. The women’s basketball team lost to Carleton in the quarter-finals to end their strong season. The men’s hockey and basketball teams both failed to reach their respective quarter-finals after losing in the first round. Laurier’s women’s hockey team, historically one of the elite teams in the conference, finished last in the 13 team conference and failed to reach the playoffs. The team struggled and was last in goals scored and goals allowed.

Men’s curling After winning the national championship last year and their second consecutive OUA championship, the Golden Hawks had proven to be an elite team. A 5-3 win over Queen’s made Laurier the first team to win three consecutive championships since Waterloo between 1982-85.

Laurier will now be heading to the USports national championships being held at Lakehead from March 19 to March 22. The eight-team tournament will start with a round-robin, with each team playing each other before the semifinals.

In his first year on the team, Sophomore Jordie Lyon-Hatcher was named a first team OUA All-Star as a vice. Lyon-Hatcher was not the only Golden Hawk, as skip Matthew Hall made the second team. Hall, a Sophomore, was named USports male athlete of the week for his performance and will need to keep up his strong performance for Laurier to win another national championship.

Women’s basketball Laurier headed into the playoffs winning six of their last eight to secure the seven seed and a home playoff date against Toronto in the first round.

The game remained close until the final quarter when Laurier went on a 13-4 run early to open up a 73-62 lead with just under seven minutes remaining.

Laurier held on to a comfortable lead for the rest of the game on their way to 86-74 lead.

Irena Rynkiewicz had a strong performance for Laurier, leading the team with 19 points.

After leading the conference in three-point shooting percentage at over 40 per cent, Rynkiewicz went 3-6 in the game from long range. After a close first quarter Rynkiewicz scored seven points as part of a 12-2 run as Laurier built their lead.

Fifth year senior Kaitlyn Schenck and senior Nicole Morrison added 15 and 16 points respectively. The duo has been leading the team all season and

scored 12 of the team’s final 16 points to secure the win late and set up a quarter-final with Carleton.

Carleton entered as the two seed and ranked fourth nationally after finishing the season 18-1 after losing their season opener. Carleton’s elite defence shut down Laurier’s offence in a 68-51. Rynkiewicz was limited to two points on 1-9 shooting, including 0-6 on three’s.

Schenck struggled as well, shooting 3-13 and 0-3 from deep. The lone bright spot for Laurier offensively was Morrison scoring 17 on 6-18 shooting, but only shot 3-10 on three’s.

The Golden Hawks held the lead 9-8 with just under three minutes left in the first but Carleton outscored them 40-25 in the middle two quarters to assert their control on the game.

The backcourt duo of Schenck and Morrison both were named OUA second team All-Stars this year after strong performances.

It was Schenck’s first time receiving the honour while Morrison was named to the first team last year. Rachel Woodburn was a standout as a rookie and was named to the OUA rookie team.

Men’s basketball After entering February 8-8, the men’s basketball team struggled to finish the season losing three of their final four games before a playoff game against Laurentian. As the #10 seed Laurier had to travel for the game after beating Laurentian 81-75 on home court during the season.

A first quarter with only 11 points, and none from their three leading scorers from the regular season, put Laurier in an early 21-11 deficit. Junior Chud-

Wilfrid Laurier’s men’s curling team won their third straight OUA championships. Courtesy of Allan Fournier.

er Teny was responsible for 11 points in the first half as Laurier stepped up their play in the second quarter and they trimmed the lead to nine.

After struggling in the first half, Freshman star Tevaun Kokko shot 7-12 in the second half as he scored 17 of his team high 24.

Despite the best efforts of Kokko, the Golden hawks defence continued to struggle allowing Laurentian to connect on just under 60 per cent of their shots in the second half.

The interior defence was a problem all game as Laurier allowed Laurentian to shoot 51.6 per cent overall in the game. The poor defensive effort wasted numerous Laurentian giveaways as Laurier had twice as many takeaways but scored less points on their chances than Laurentian.

The Golden Hawks were also unable to collect rebounds as they were outrebounded 48-33.

Laurier will be counting on Kokko more next season after he made the OUA rookie team and was named a OUA second team All-Star as well. Kokko averaged 19.2 points per game to lead the team and finish in a tie for fourth most in the province. Kokko was also Laurier’s best distributor as he averaged a team high 3.1 assists per game.

Laurier will be losing Matt Chesson who finished second on the team in points and rebounds per game with 11.2 and 6.1 respectively. Fellow senior Vlad Matovic is eligible to return for a fifth season after leading the team in rebounds with 7.1 per game and was third on the team in scoring, averaging 10.8 Men’s hockey After one of their best seasons

in years, Laurier’s men’s hockey team entered their opening round series with home ice advantage. A five-game winning streak to end the season, including ending the season with their second win over Windsor, made the Golden hawks the clear favourites.

The first game got off to a rough start, with the Lancers scoring on the power play to strike first and put Laurier down after the first period. In the second period Laurier appeared to be out to prove they were the better team and outshot the lancers 18-4. Laurier got on the board late in the period when freshman Brandon Robinson, one of the league leaders in power play goals during the season, scored on the man advantage to tie the game.

The third period started quickly, with Windsor scoring two in the first five minutes to put Laurier on the ropes. Junior Andrew Fritsch got Laurier within one with just under nine minutes left to give them a chance. Sophomore Christian Mroczkowski tied the game up with less than five minutes left on an unassisted goal.

Just past the halfway point in overtime, on shot attempt 51 for Laurier, Mroczkowski would step up again and score his second of the game to win it after scoring only four goals all season.

In the second game of the series, the physicality increased with both teams being called for seven penalties, including two misconducts for checks to the head on Windsor. In a game full of power play’s there was only one goal which came in the second period. Junior Colin Fur-

long couldn’t stop a Julian Luciani shot on a Windsor 5-on-3 power play in the second, giving Windsor a 1-0 lead they would hold all game despite 33 shots from Laurier.

In the final game of the series, Laurier again allowed the first goal of the game, this time just over two minutes into the game.

Fritsch tied the game in the final minute of the period to swing momentum before the intermission.

Laurier kept up the pressure and less than five minutes into the second period junior Patrick Chore scored to give Laurier a 2-0 lead. Laurier held on to the lead until the final minutes when Windsor scored to tie the game with just over a minute left.

As the Fritsch goal had swung momentum at the end of a period the Lancers goal seemed to spark them heading into overtime. Overtime would not last long as less than five minutes in Tyson Ness scored to win the game, and series, for Windsor.

Part of the reason Laurier was eliminated was the duo of Fritsch and senior Derek Schoenmakers were limited to three points in three games, two goals for Fritsch and one assist for Schoenmakers. During the season Fritsch had 27 points in 28 games while Schoenmakers had 26 in 27. In net Furlong improved on his regular season save percentage, he increased it to .933 per cent after saving .928 per cent of shots during the season which was fourth best in the OUA.

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WBC is worse than spring training Adam Stocker Staff Writer The World Baseball Classic (WBC) returns March 6, and runs through March 22. Unfortunately for the people behind the tournament, very few people actually care.

When the WBC was first announced in 2005, baseball fans finally received the international baseball tournament they had been asking for. Unfortunately, what they received is not what they wanted.

The WBC is a watered-down event that does not bring the best players from the best baseball nations together for one tournament. Instead, it’s a tournament where the best players willing to play compete against inferior competitors..

The WBC leaves a lot to be desired when the majority of major league stars decide that they are better off preparing for the upcoming major league season in their spring training camp. That means a lot of the WBC rosters are filled with minor league and independent league players. Instead of criticizing top players for not playing, players such as former Toronto Blue Jays pitch-

er Roy Halladay are celebrated for not playing.

The WBC is a 16 team tournament with prestigious baseball powerhouses such as Israel, Australia and Chinese Taipei. The Israeli team has just one player born in the country, the rest of the roster is made up of Americans. Chinese Taipei, China and Cuba have zero major league players on their rosters, while South Korea and Australia have one major league player. Cuba’s roster excludes any major league player who were forced to defect in order to play in the MLB. That means no chance to see sluggers Jose Abreu, Yoenis Cespedes, Yasiel Puig or flame throwing Aroldis Chapman.

In case you were wondering about Canada’s roster, don’t worry. Their best player is American born Freddie Freeman, whose parents are both Canadian. The two biggest name pitchers on the rosters are both retired. Eric Gagne has not pitched in the majors since 2008, while Ryan Dempster has not pitched since 2013. Utility infielder Pete Orr is currently a scout for the Milwaukee Brewers. Canada has five major leagu-

With so many of the games top players declining to play the World Baseball Classic is beginning to lose it’s appeal. Sai Gnanaharan/The Sputnik

ers on the roster. In other words, Canada joins the approximately 11 other teams with zero chance of winning this tournament.

The unappealing rosters are just the start of problems that makes the WBC an unappealing event. Games are played in three countries, and three different time zones, making it difficult

for fans to watch. How is anyone supposed to follow the tournament when games are played in Tokyo, Miami and Los Angeles?

Having games played in multiple countries makes it extremely difficult to watch on television and learn who in the world these players are on other countries rosters.

Until the best players in the world start playing, and the tournament is played in one time zone, the WBC is destined to fail. Maybe in four years, the tournament organizers will fix the problems. But I won’t hold my breath waiting for that to happen.

From lottery team to playoff team Scott Maxwell Staff Writer A year ago, it would’ve been hard to imagine that the Toronto Maple Leafs would be where they are today.

After all, this was a team that finished in last place and picked first overall in the draft. Very rarely is it that the last place team is a playoff contender the very next season, but for the time being, that seems to be the case with the Leafs. While a playoff spot is far from guaranteed, they are currently part of a five team race for the final wild card spot with only three points separating the teams.

But, how did they manage to pull this off? With 18 games remaining in the season, the Leafs have already reached their point total from last season, and are surprising a lot of teams with their sudden success.

However, it may not be as surprising as you may think, a quick look at how management fixed the flaws on the 2015-16 team clears up the picture. The team was solid at driving play, but had problems finishing (they only had one 20 goal scorer, PA Parenteau). The team plugged in their recent top 10 draft picks: William Nylander in 2014, 2015 pick Mitch Marner, and their first overall pick in 2016, Auston Matthews, which is a boost of offense on its own. Consider also that James van Riemsdyk was injured for half of the 201516 season, and Nazem Kadri saw his worst shooting percentage

since he broke out in the 2012-13 season, and the team was poised to score a few more goals.

Also, the goaltending was mediocre last season. James Reimer was good until he was traded to the San Jose Sharks, but Jonathan Bernier and Garrett Sparks weren’t cutting it in his absence, as they put up .908 and .893 save percentages respectively. However, they acquired Frederik Andersen from the Anaheim Ducks in the offseason. While he’s had an up and down season, Andersen has been quite solid with a .917 save percentage, which is roughly league average.

Another big key to the Leafs resurgence has been the coaching of Mike Babcock. It shouldn’t be too surprising that he’s finding success, as his Red Wings had the best points percentage (.649) and Corsi for percentage (55.03 per cent) during his 10year tenure with the team. However, he continues to adapt his coaching style to continue his success, as seen with this year’s Leafs team, and he hasn’t looked too far for ideas.

The Leafs have taken inspiration from last year’s Stanley Cup champions, the Pittsburgh Penguins, to structure their top nine forward group. Part of the Penguins success came from the fact that they had a scoring threat on each line, with Sidney Crosby on the first line, Evgeni Malkin on the second, and Phil Kessel on the third. It made it overwhelming for opposing teams, as it meant that their bottom pair defensemen had to face

The Maple Leafs have been carried by young stars as they make a playoff push. Alex Vialette/The Sputnik

at least one elite scorer, and the Penguins would strike and generate offence.

While the Leafs don’t exactly have a Crosby, Malkin and Kessel, they have a pretty close alternative with Matthews, Marner, and Nylander. Babcock currently has Matthews on the “first” line, usually with Zach Hyman and Connor Brown, to give Matthews the best offensive opportunities for the team. On the “second” line, Marner plays with van Riemsdyk and Tyler Bozak to develop with the veterans on the team, while sheltering the line to cover up its defensive deficiencies. On the “third” line, Nylander plays with Kadri and Leo Komarov to act as the shutdown line, keeping the other team’s top line at bay while providing its own offensive pressure. By spreading out

the offense, the team has scoring threats on all three lines, making it hard for the other team to shut them down.

As for defense, Morgan Rielly and Nikita Zaitsev have emerged as the team’s top pair, shutting down the other team’s top players, usually using their ability to make that first pass out of the zone to stop the pressure before it even happens. Babcock uses the second pair as the shelter pair, as even though Jake Gardiner, arguably the team’s best two-way defenseman, doesn’t need it, Babcock plays a younger defenseman with him, usually Connor Carrick, in order to develop them without too much pressure. The top four has had its issues in its own end, but that will improve with each player’s development.

However, the team isn’t without it’s errors. The fourth line of Ben Smith, Matt Martin, and Nikita Soshnikov has a Corsi for of 44.37 per cent, the eight worst line with at least 100 minutes of ice time, so whenever they’re on the ice, they’re getting caved in.

However, the addition of Brian Boyle looks to solve that issue.

Likewise, the pairing of Matt Hunwick and Roman Polak is the thirteenth worst possession pairing, with at least 500 minutes together, at 48.58 per cent, so they’ve been bad as well.

The Leafs have done an excellent job of quickly turning over the team, as seen with this season’s success. Whether it holds up or not has yet to be seen, but playoffs or not, the future is bright.

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THE SPUTNIK

WEDNESDAY MARCH 8, 2017

OPINION

JOSH ADESINA | OPINION@THESPUTNIK.CA | @SPUTNIK_NEWS

The hipster paradox Kurtis Rideout Web Editor For some reason the word hipster often brings up disdain when brought into a conversation – especially when that conversation is with a hipster.

Don’t get me wrong, hearing the word hipster in a sentence with my name used to make me cringe, but I’ve come to think of it as a term of endearment.

I have also learned that if you deny the fact that you are a hipster there is a high chance that you are one, so there is really no winning there.

At this point most people have probably already assumed that I dream of writing for VICE, drink craft beer and ride a fixed gear bicycle, when in reality only one of those statements is true about me. In my experience only a small fraction of the socalled hipsters that I have met even closely fit the stereotypical mold.

The fact of the matter is, like most pejorative terms, the definition of the word hipster is static and continuously changing.

Perhaps this hinges on the implication that hipsters take pride in forecasting trends, but it’s more

likely something else.

After reading hundreds of definitions online and speaking with all of my colleagues and friends the only real conclusion to be made by me was that no two definitions were completely alike.

The reason for this is pretty simple really. In fact, author Matt Granfield gets pretty close to a definition in his book “HipsterMattic” when he notes that “Above all, they want[ed] to be recognized for being different.”

Perhaps this is why there are so many stereotypes for hipsters; there isn’t really any other easy way to properly describe or identify them.

Essentially, it’s the idea that hipsters want to be different that is really at the heart of this dilemma. It is not just that hipsters want to stand out, it is the fact that they also want to defy explanation and avoid comparison.

By extension this also means they want to avoid all labels – including the word hipster – hence the paradox at the heart of the problem.

Hipsters often resent the fact that someone could be exactly like them and sometimes they

even look at peers outside their friend group with feelings of contempt. This can be problematic, especially when you find yourself constantly calling people’s authenticity into question.

But shunning all labels is im-

What came first, the hipster or the trend? Adrienne Hoe/The Sputnik

possible; no matter how hard you try to distinguish yourself people are going to try even harder to put you in a box.

So what is the best thing to do when someone calls you a hipster?

Embrace it. Take it as a compliment.

It doesn’t mean you drink Pabst Blue ribbon and wear found clothing; it means you are different.

What is the cost when selling out?

Josh Adesina Opinion Editor I’ve had several conversations about what it means to be a sellout with different people.

It doesn’t surprise me when people turn against those they once looked up to. These people can be recognized as famous individuals such as athletes, musicians, socialites and so on. However, the argument of whether music artists change their musical styles for the sake of trying something new, or for more mainstream success is on going for many.

We’ll start with looking at a couple of music artists that started their careers as talented musicians, and grew to become what many people refer to as ‘sellouts’. Chance the Rapper is a good example of a rap artist that started out as and still is an independent artist. His highly anticipated mixtape Coloring Book was released for free on streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music. It also won a Grammy award for best rap album of the year. Long before the Grammy awards, Chance was approached by several record labels and offered million dollar deals; all of which he declined except one with Sprite. There are Chance fans that will categorize him as a sellout for signing such a big deal. On the other hand, there are those that will congratulate him for being able to further sustain his career as an independent rap artist.

Whenever I hear of a music artist doing something outside of their origin, I rarely see it as them selling themselves out. In reference to Chance’s situation, being an independent artist is difficult and you need as many resources as you can get. Signing a deal will help him progress financially. I don’t understand why people accuse artists of selling out when they do things that can help themselves. However, I understand why choosing to represent a corporation can lead people into thinking that they want more than just a little help.

I just feel like our goals as hu-

Music artists shouldn’t be labeled as sellouts because they try different things. Adrienne Hoe/The Sputnik

mans should be to continuously find ways to progress and move forward in life. This is what I feel many music artists and celebrities choose to do.

Another example would be the British pop singer, Ellie Goulding. If there is anyone that can be categorized as a sellout, we can point fingers at Goulding. Coming all the way from across the pond, Goulding has developed into a worldwide success with millions of records sold alongside sold out tours. However, it wasn’t always like this for her. Goulding started off as an innocent little singer from Her-

eford, England who just wanted to sing. Her second album, Halcyon Days spawned several multi platinum songs such as “Burn” and “Lights”. Goulding eventually recorded the steamy song “Love Me Like You Do” for the movie “Fifty Shades of Grey”.

Goulding is looked at as a complete sellout by many of her fans because of her success. Is it fair to make such an accusation when all she did was work hard, and hone her craft? I don’t think so. It’s not her fault that people like her music.

Anyone that chooses to do something different shouldn’t

be labelled as a sellout. It can be refreshing to try and experience new things. I don’t think it is fair for people to expect others to stay in their ways.

We grow by pushing boundaries and stepping outside of our comfort zones. If we really care for people, we should want to see them grow and become better. We won’t learn anything by doing the same things over and over. Instead, we have to make an attempt to try new things. So don’t frown on The Weekend for making songs with Daft Punk because he’s trying new things as well.