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Volume 50 | Issue 5 | October 13, 2015

Commemorating over 4,000 missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada

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This past Sunday on October 4, a walk and vigil was held at Millennium Park for missing and murdered indigenous women.

A march from City Hall to the park preceded the vigil, taking over two lanes.

The gathering arrived at the park at 1PM to find an anonymous supporter had hung red dresses from the trees, a symbol that has come to act as a haunting reminder of the Indigenous women that have gone missing and have been found murdered.

Event coordinator, Katelyn Brennan, described the event as being “the 8th annual [vigil] honouring missing women in the Mississauga territory. It is a time that we honour those families that have lost these women, and to also give thanks to these families for motivating us to continue that work and to bring awareness, demanding action from the government and to the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women.”

Cory Jacobs, a guest speaker at the event, described that the boiling point for him was “in February 2014, a Labrador Inuit woman was found brutally murdered with a child.

She was a young student who studied missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. […] I cut my long hair, have since become a journalist … It is events like this that will change our future for the better.

Growing up. I knew that it was my duty as a man to better the lives for all our aboriginal women.”

The severity of this hidden social pandemic is difficult to grasp for many people.

Indigenous women have been going missing since 1492. According to an RCMP publication, Indigenous female homicides from 1991-2012 are counted at 705, with a total of 225 missing women in 2014 alone.

However, many believe these numbers to

not be representative of the actual number of Indigenous women who are missing or murdered, due to the issue of unreported cases.

Singer-songwriter Aaron Benson spoke about the song he wrote for the event, entitled “My Stolen Sisters”, stating, “This song that I wrote is for the families of those who have gone missing. Young women ask what they can do to protect themselves; I say learn how to use the mic. Violence begets violence. When your lives are at stake, you want to leave behind some evidence of who took you away from us. Mother Earth who you walk upon is the most sacred, and to

white privilege no matter how poor we are, and we walk with that everyday. We need to recognize the subtle ways in which we are complacent in this behavior. The fact that we have to go to post-secondary education to learn about what we did to this country is shameful.”

Lalonde acknowledged that many people who have descended from white settlers may not know what steps they need to take in order to stop the perpetuation of the devaluation and marginalization of Indigenous peoples and cultures. She draws on a few common examples: “Beyoncé is not your spirit animal. She’s

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see what is being done to her today by all these laws out of Parliament, taking away our Mother Earth from our children… the very correlation between the damage being done to Mother Earth as it is to our Indigenous women. Where are our children, our babies, where are they going?

They are stealing them from us.”

Special guest Julie Lalonde, sexual violence public educator and activist, spoke to the responsibilities settlers have in acknowledging the privilege that comes with being white. “Three women were murdered in my community because they were failed by the justice system,” Lalonde said. “We know what it is. It’s a legal combination of misogyny and racism. We need to do better.

I am a settler in this country and this term makes a lot of white folks uncomfortable.

If the term settler makes you uncomfortable, it takes nothing away from you, but it takes away from other people. We have

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not. If you are not Indigenous, stop talking about celebrities as being your spiritual animal. Head-dresses are beautiful, but they do not belong to you, you are not honoring the culture.”

Lalonde also went on to mention that it is important to contact local political representatives and to press the issue of missing and murdered i Indigenous women, indigenous education, and rights for Indigenous people.

Lastly, she brought to light the issue with white people educating themselves about indigenous issues. Probably the most important take-away point, Lalonde explained, is that “Indigenous people are not our teachers. We need to show up and listen. We cannot show up and take up space that does not belong to us. Listen, educate ourselves, and demand better of the people who represent us in this country.”

Following the speakers was a traditional

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water ceremony, featuring drums and the healing dance of the jingle dress. In the center of the vigil’s circle, traditional songs were sung and the dancers performed in a circle around them. The audience was given traditional tobacco as an offering to aid in their prayers to those who the vigil was dedicated. At the closing of the ceremony, the water was shared amongst all the supporters. In many Indigenous communities, water is seen as being a property of women, with fire belonging to men.

Supporter Suzanne Smoke of the Alderville Bear Clan explained, “Our women are sacred. We carry water, we pray for water, we carry that new life in that water. Women are the only doorways to bring that spirit to the earth and we are sacred and need to be honored. There is something really wrong with this whole governance system when we have over 4,000 missing and murdered women who belong to this land.

There is a very concerted effort to not protect indigenous women because we are the obstacles to the land and water. We are the land and the water. They went after our children, now they are gong after our women. When our men disappear from our communities, it hurts our communities greatly but when our women disappear, our communities cease to exist. Who’s going to sing and pray for the next seven generations when our indigenous women are all gone?”

Niijkiwendidaa Anishnaabekwewag Services Circle (1097 Water Street) is a nonprofit that provides counseling and healing services to indigenous women and their families who have been abused, are at risk of abuse, or are currently being abused.

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By Zara Syed

Editorial: polls be damned

Election time is upon us again. What an exciting (and terrifying) time to be a Canadian. Arthur Newspaper is often criticized for being a Left- leaning paper, and rightly so! “Leftist rag,” “student newspaper,” these comments no longer faze us.

The truth is, as a newspaper that has no corporate interest, we have the ability to represent the issues as candidly as possible. Often enough, we do a better job of it.

Take, for example, a recent article in the Peterborough Examiner titled “Parents don’t buy reasons for death of kids.” This article was widely criticized on social media for not representing the event at all, but rather one small aspect of the event; the death of Patricia Carpenter, and how it was classified as a suicide rather than a murder.

The words “white people” were put into quotations, and there was no mention of the conversation or celebration that took place.

It was a beautiful event, and we decided to make it the front page because that is the importance this issue takes.

This event was meant to raise awareness about missing and murdered IndigenousWomen, and was not just done through a series of speeches, but a beautiful art installation of empty red dresses hanging from the trees in the park.

The artist that started this project is Winnipeg based Metis artist, Jaime Black.

There was dancing, drums, and dress that tied the sadness of mourning with colour and tradition. It was a coming together of our community in this moment.

I have placed this photograph of my good friends taking in this moment, because it stirred something within me. It’s a thoughtful moment we should regard this heavy issue with it.

This issue is at the heart of this election, because as Canadians we have come to understand that something is very wrong.

Whether it’s job prospects, debt, or importance placed on the issues surrounding the environment, First Nations rights, health care, or our Veterans, we are suffering in this economy. You can often hear people say that Stephen Harper has the most experience running the economy, that he knows what he’s doing. Yet, the fact is that Canada is no longer the land we are proud of.

If I sound sentimental, forgive me. The polls have angered me recently, this whole system is a crock.

Though our voting system is often heavily criticized, I want to reach out to everyone who has been watching the polls recently and are keeping strategic voting in mind.

Who are conducting these polls? Who even has landlines anymore? I certainly don’t, and neither do the thousands of kids on campus in residence throughout this country. I read a poll the other day that said the Liberals were in a slim lead over the Conservatives, and another

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poll that said the NDP were way ahead with the Conservatives a close second. You see, the fact is, they aren’t asking us these questions. It’s whoever answers their phones, and not every party has the ability conduct that query.

The structure of the electoral system is catered more to parties with the financial resources to campaign better than others. The ability to do just about anything in the election has a monetary factor, and some parties just aren’t as rich as others.

I implore you voters to see through the glitz and glamour, to research the issues and vote for someone that represents what you stand for, whether it is poverty or climate change. It’s common to hear this about the Green Party, “they’ll never win, they can say whatever they want because they’ll never get actually get in.” I cannot stress how many students I’ve met who politically side with the Green party, but don’t want to “waste their vote.”

There-in lies the point; if enough people vote for that party, it isn’t a wasted vote. The tide changes, and as critical young people, it’s up to us to change that ideology.

There are many people who firmly believe that not voting is taking a stance against the system, but unfortunately that cliched saying of every vote counting couldn’t be more true today. With the wrong people voted in, the system remains unchanged, and we the people are powerless to that system.

Is it so wrong to value the working class?

Is it a crazy thought to take the politicians out of the pockets of the corporations and have them care about us instead?

No, it isn’t. It isn’t Leftist, it isn’t naive, and it isn’t some bohemian concept seeking fairness. It isn’t a novel idea to care about our land and our people, it’s just frustrating that we have to fight so hard for those in power to embody those ideas.

So find the candidate that represents your values, and vote for them. Polls be Samantha Moss damned.

Letters to the editor Dear Arthur,

Dear Arthur,

I would like to respond to the “Inaccessibility at Trent” opinion piece written by Keila MacPherson and published in the September 28th 2015 edition of the Arthur. There are several things that I love about this article! Firstly, I appreciate that this was even written and furthermore published, as it indicates that accessibility issues are relevant and are on the minds of Trent community members. I also love that Keila encouraged all of us to think about accessibility and question whether we are doing all we can to make Trent an accessible and inclusive place; this highlights the important fact that accessibility is not just an issue for persons with disabilities, but an issue for everyone to be aware of regardless of ability.

Keila highlights some definite challenges with the physical accessibility of our campus! For example, although the construction on the bridge was planned for the summer when fewer students would be impacted, the work has continued into the fall.

Also, some ramps are closed during winter. Some of these ramps are not meant for wheelchair access as they do not meet requirements related to slope, but instead are for service and grounds personnel. Still, this may be an issue for some community members. I would encourage all those with a disability who are experiencing challenges traversing the campus, especially during winter periods, to consider using the MV-1 Access Shuttle Service. The MV-1 is a unique vehicle that shuttles any community member with a disability between buildings on Symons campus or between Symons and Trail campuses for purposes related to university business, such as classes, appointments or meetings. Use of this service is free and is a means of circumventing many barriers in Trent’s built environment. The MV-1 can be booked online at www. trentu.ca/mv1 or by calling the Print Shop.

Also, there is signage around campus which identifies accessible routes on exterior paths of travel including accessible entrance ways. These signs are located on both Symons and Traill campuses and have the words “accessible route” along with the International Sign of Accessibility. If you encounter barriers on these accessible routes, such as physical obstructions like signage or debris, pathways that are icy or otherwise not in good order please contact Physical Resources or The Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Accessibility (CHREA) We at CHREA acknowledge that accessibility at Trent is an evolving issue, and we are working everyday with other departments, faculty and students to increase accessibility, not only in Trent’s built environment but also in terms of technologies, policies and practices. I would encourage all of those with an interest in further discussions around accessibility or those with related concerns to contact the CHREA office.

We are located in the basement of Otonabee College and I can be reached by email at awalsh@trentu.ca. I echo Keila’s remarks in encouraging all Trent members to actively consider accessibility. This may mean simple things such as not blocking or parking in accessible spaces without a permit and leaving accessible seating and washrooms for those who require them. Make a conscious effort to avoid using phrases or jokes that serve to further marginalize those in our community. Lend a hand when you’ve confirmed that someone needs assistance. Seemingly small actions can have a big impact!

Andrea Walsh.

I won’t ask you to print the word but Brad White’s explanation of what went wrong with university finances in the 1980s and ‘90s is full of a certain material that biologists study.

Suffice to say that classes in the Humanities require a room and people, whereas biology requires, at a minimum, classrooms fitted with laboratory equipment and sometimes, at Trent in particular, entire custombuilt buildings – plural! – to teach students.

Math is hard but it’s not that hard.

What is most glaring though is White’s assertion that universities have changed because students’ intention in going to university has changed, which displays a stunning disregard for cause and effect.

A university education is expensive and, for most students, generates a debt burden that is almost sublime in proportion. Students are understandably anxious about their future and try to increase their odds in the job market by studying something Dear Arthur, This year’s annual Circle Gathering to commemorate the lives of missing and murdered indigenous women was much larger than in the past.

It was an emotional event. A bereaved mother from Alderville spoke movingly of the loss of her daughter. Mr. Fox returned from Toronto to tell those gathered about his daughter who was thrown to her death from a Toronto high-rise building. A man remarkable for his compassion and forgiveness, he stated that he is not seeking revenge.

His daughter was always an embodiment of love and caring.Fox believes only love can heal our world and end the current blight of racism and violence.

linked to a recognizable career – a calculation that favours professional programs.

Tuition is expensive because the province doesn’t subsidize it enough. If tuition was subsidized for everyone and low-income students were issued grants rather than loans, as they were within my institutional memory, we would see a more natural distribution of student majors.

Unsupportable debt isn’t an unfortunate by-product of higher education; rather, it is at the core of universities’ pedagogy. Its intention is to scare and bully students into thinking of themselves as marketable brands and to get them away from things they are “merely” curious or concerned about.

Rather than bemoaning their small number, I applaud students, especially those from modest backgrounds who are essentially leasing out their earning power to a bank for the next decade or two, who take the brave risk of studying something unmarketable. And I empathize with those who don’t.

David Tough.

All the speakers called for a federal investigation into the deaths and epressed their hope that after October 19, we will have a government that values women and takes measures to protect them, which could include self-defense training and public transportation from reserves to urban centres.

If this situation concerns you, plan to attend a circle gathering at St. Andrews Church on Tuesday, October 13 at 7PM. Native activists, Patrick Etherington and Frances Whiskeychan, will speak of their commitment to this cause which has inspired them to walk many miles across the country informing people about this national disgrace and generating support for a longoverdue investigation.

Carol Winter.

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All Candidates Debate on Arts, Culture, and Heritage

By Troy Bordun

On Monday, September 28 at Showplace Theatre, EC3 and Artspace co-hosted an All Candidates’ Debate on Arts, Culture, and Heritage (ACH). The candidates are Toban Leckie (Strength in Democracy), Doug Mason (Green), Dave Nickle (NDP), Michael Skinner (Conservative), and Maryam Monsef (Liberal). The wellattended event was introduced by Su Ditta of EC3 and moderated by Jack Roe (CBC Radio Morning, 680 Radio News, and Peterborough Theatre Guild).

Jack posed five questions to the MP candidates and each candidate had three minutes to respond. Prior to the questions, candidates had three minutes to “position” themselves. The exact wordings of the questions are rather unimportant; questions were fundamental and basic, and phrased such that candidates could express both their own and their party’s views on the Arts, Culture, and Heritage sector.

There was a short session of audience Q&A to conclude the two+ hour event.

Aside from the Conservative candidate, the others often chose to position themselves against the Harper government and were vocal about specific, and not-sospecific, aspects of Harper’s tenure as PM. Their sometimes facile criticisms are omitted here.

Arts Generally

The candidates were asked, in broad strokes, what their views were on the ACH sector, what they would bring to Ottawa, and how they would improve the ACH sector’s international promotion. The main thrust of Strength in Democracy (SiD)’s platform is policy tailored to the riding. Good ACH policy means a stronger

economy. SiD is also committed to a basic income guarantee for artists and average income taxation. Further, Toban put forward the idea of artists gaining charitable status. He believes in strong federal funding for artists and an increase in domestic and international promotion for artists.

On the international scale, Toban is a firm supporter of Canadian arts content and is skeptical of the argument that if Canadian arts are “good,” they will be consumed and purchased. The U.S.A. is an arts “behemoth” and Canadian arts policy should take this into consideration.

Mason cited his party’s pamphlet, Vision Green, on a couple of occasions. The Green party strives to support a society where the pressures of making a living do not crowd out the pleasures of life. This pertains to his views on the ACH sector.

Mason’s ideas are many: better granting programs, funding incentives to tour rural regions, increased support from community arts programs across Canada and guaranteed stable funding, equalizing funding among provinces, territories, and municipalities, and incentives to schools and extracurricular programs for arts-related programming.

Mason discussed a guaranteed livable income for artists, but disagreed with Leckie about artists gaining charitable status. Lastly, an increase in international arts promotion is solely needed.

The NDP ACH sector platform is extensive. Mason encouraged the audience to view the entirety of the platform online.

Notably, the NDP will contribute to provincial and municipal ACH funding, particularly infrastructure projects. NDP has also put forward a lower small business tax, a call for more F/T jobs, and a minimum wage increase to $15 per hour.

How to register

by Reuben Noteboom

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October 19, let our voices be heard!

We all know the federal election is coming up soon and there are only a few days left to prepare. The most important aspect of that is vote! But how?

First, you need to register. Time is short but you can still register online at elections.ca and by following the “How to register” links. For this, you will need to provide either your driver’s license (from any province except Québec), or your provincial or territorial ID card.

You can also register in person at the local Elections Canada office at 770 Erskine Avenue, Peterborough, K9J 5T9.

This office is open Monday to Friday, 9AM to 9PM. There are many options for possible ID allowed; however, it must show your current proof of address and, in some cases, you will need multiple types. A complete list of permitted ID is available at elections.ca under “Registration” in the FAQ section.

Finally, it is almost too late to register by mail but you can register on voting day at your local polling station. This will take some extra time and the ID requirements are the same as registering in person.

The deadline for all other registration options is Tuesday, October 13 at 6PM. Where do I vote? Your local polling station is based on where you live.

Students living on Trent campus can vote at the Trent Athletics Centre, 1650

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West Bank Drive, Peterborough, K9L 1Z7. Otherwise, your local polling station will be specified on your voter information card, which you receive after registering.

Elections Canada can be reached by phone at 1-866-241-7765. Those who require hearing assistance can call 1-800-361-8935. If an interpreter or other assistance is needed, call Elections Canada.

When do I vote? Election day is October 19, from 9:30AM to 9:30PM. Advanced polling stations will be closed by Monday, October 12. See elections.ca for details.

Trent Votes is “a campaign created by the Trent Central Student Association and TrentU Politics Society” (facebook. com/TrentVotes). They are organizing “Debate on Student Issues” on Wednesday, October 14 from 7PM to 9PM in the Athletics Centre Gym. This event is free but they are expecting a crowd! Youth take priority so reserve a seat on the Facebook page. This will be the last political debate in this region before the election – check it out!

Overwhelmed by the prospect of voting? Ask a friend, family member, teacher, anybody, for help. By participating in your right to vote, you are showing Canada, the candidates, and yourself that you care.

A message from Anti-Poverty Activism, a working group of The Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG).

Skinner has personally invested heavily in Peterborough ACH, including the purchase of the Red Dog and renovation of The Venue. The Conservative party has also invested heavily in the Peterborough ACH sector. For the Conservatives, the economy is the number one priority. ACH plays a vital role in the Canadian economy and his party believes in a low tax structure.

Skinner will work toward infrastructure investments on the Trent-Severn Waterways, something each candidate similarly expressed, and will see that some of the $30-million budget for Arts events announced by the Conservatives will find its way to Peterborough. The Conservatives have additionally implemented a number of trade agreements and funded workshops on developing arts and artists internationally.

Monsef ’s strategy as an MP is to be a facilitator and advocate. She will meet with leaders of Arts communities to develop and plan, and then advocate on their behalf.

Monsef supports Trudeau’s plan for investing in the ACH sector, which includes bumping Telefilm and the NFB to $25 million in funding. Monsef also believes more can be done for the international promotion of the arts. She advocates Promart and Trade Route Programs.

Canadian Council for the Arts

Candidates were asked about the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) and every candidate was in favour of increased funding. SiD supports the CCA but an increase in funding is not enough for ACH sector.

Leckie is concerned about the competitive nature of CCA grants; his platform of tailored policy works with smaller communities and emerging artists.

Mason seeks to increase CCA fund-

ing because the Arts support democracy.

Nickle also supports the CCA but the NDP platform on CCA had not yet been released. The NDP does believe CCA funding is insufficient at the moment. The extra funding to CCA will fill in much needed international promotion.

The Conservatives will continue to support the CCA. Since 2005, they increased CCA funding from $120 million to $180 million. For Monsef, the Liberals will continue an “arms-length” relationship between the government and the CCA, and the Liberals plan to double CCA funding to $360 million.

CBC

Nickle first quipped that his, Mason’s, and Leckie’s are the only parties that have not made cuts to the CBC. The NDP is committed to reverse cuts to the CBC and provide stable funding, retain the CBC’s editorial independence, and restructure their process of board member selection.

Leckie followed up with the view that the CBC should have stable funding regardless of the party in charge. He challenged candidates to vote against more CBC cuts, regardless of party line.

Mason also supports the CBC and he is particularly keen on restructuring their board members selection.

The Liberal platform includes $150 million to the corporation, consultations on a new strategic plan, and restructuring its board. Controversially, Skinner has attended all local meetings in regards to the CBC. He stands behind the cuts but as an MP, declared that if the riding wants him to fight for CBC, he will do so.

For further details on the candidates and party platforms, please search the Web for the candidates and party name.

sports

By Jenna Pilgrim, Gentlemen of the Otonabee PR Manager

The “Naked Truth” about the Rowing Calendar When 2nd year Physics major Kieran Wilson was asked to pose nude for a calendar to put a stop to homophobia in sport, he wasn’t quite sure what to think.

Beginning his rowing career in the Trent Rowing Novice Program with a background in national cross-country skiing, he quickly gained the skills (and the physique) that makes a good rower.

But what’s more, he recognized the more tangible ways in which rowing can, and does, change you. If you want to see someone’s true colours, wake them up at 4:30am six days a week for 7 months, send them to a place with over 80 other athletes, put them in a boat, and get them to heavily exercise for an hour and a half. Then send them to a full day of work/school, and have them return and do it all over again in the evening. You’d be surprised at the results.

This intensive atmosphere provides little room for any sort of tension between teammates, and very little room for self-doubt.

For this reason, rowing provided the perfect setting to make a startling statement about team unity. Hence, The Gentlemen of the Otonabee was born. Brainchild of the Warwick Rowers from Warwick, UK; the Rowing team concluded this was a high-risk, but very high potential fundraising initiative.

So we took the pictures. Everyone was super shy at first, all bringing the white towels that I invited them to bring to use between takes. Halfway through the shoot with the lovely Jessica Latone (JLee Photography), we took the waterfight shots.

After this, there was no need for towels, as everyone became fully comfortable in their natural state.

Trent has always had a history of doing shocking things, and there were times in the 80’s and 90’s where you could not flip open an issue of Arthur without seeing a hairy armpit or a set of boobs. From that standpoint, the calendar would be golden.

From the opposite standpoint – the bureaucratic, waiver-ridden, hypersensitive society we live in – it was a loaded cannon that could very well be pointed directly at the naked bodies (pardon the analogy) of our teammates. It was this potential disaster that caused us to lose the most sleep.

It ended up being all worth it. It became bigger than we ever imagined, and was worth it 100 fold.

The calendar launched late on Tuesday, September 22nd, receiving exposure on Ptbo_Canada. Now just three weeks later, the calendar has been picked up by: The Peterborough Examiner, ChexTV, Head of the Trent

Oars and beer steins – ROWING IN THE “HEADWIND OF THE TRENT” by Jenna Pilgrim

If you ask any typical Trent student what HOTT is, they describe it as a huge party, with maybe some boats thrown in on the side. The Beer Garden – the main attraction, following pancake parties and beer pong on the front lawn – has very little view of the adjacent river, and occasionally you’ll see a boat going by.

For a specific group of students and alumni at Trent however, Head of the Trent is the biggest day of the year. Dubbed “Christmas” by the rowing team, the day is met with much pomp, circumstance and camaraderie. Rowers work for weeks and months leading up to this day, both in planning and practicing.

Rowing Modern competitive boat racing originated on the River Thames in London, England in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The first Oxford-Cambridge Boat race occurred in 1828. As Trent is modeled after the Oxford-Cambridge college model, it is neat that we are the only school in Canada that has a homecoming centered around a rowing regatta.

The Head of the Trent began in 1971, with Peterborough Rowing Club founder Chris Leach organizing the first regatta with only a few boats from a few clubs.

Today, it has grown to be one of the largest single-day regattas in North America, bringing in over 2000 athletes and spectators from all over Ontario, Quebec, and the United States.

This year saw 445 boats entered in the 45th Annual Head of the Trent Regatta, now dubbed the “HOTR.” The most interesting and dramatic races to watch are the Novice Eights – groups of students who started rowing under a month before racing the HOTR. The mouth of the canal is very narrow and the library corner is very sharp, which usually causes the freshmen some trouble – but provides a significant amount of entertainment for the rest of us.

Homecoming Addition In 1972, the Trent University Alumni Association decided that they wanted to centre their homecoming weekend around the Head of the Trent, as rowing was Trent’s token sport at the time.

Peterborough This Week, Fresh 100.5FM, MichelleFererri.com, the Wolf 101.5FM, Buzzfeed, and most notably the CBC Ontario Morning show with Wei Chen. It has been shared over 6000 times across various platforms, and acquired around 18,000 views. It reached its break-even point in Etsy sales within 5 days.

Now the popular question I always get asked is, “Will there be a women’s rowing naked calendar?” This one no one could say. In researching the subject, we found that there have been many rowing clubs that have done naked calendars, but very few women’s clubs. Also interesting to note is the only organizations that received negative feedback or league prohibition were women’s clubs, happening in two different

instances. No record of league prohibition has ever been recorded for a men’s team.

What started all of this?

Since launching, the Calendar was sold at the Head of the Trent at the Peterborough Rowing Club, and we have recently formed a partnership with the Trent Central Student Association (TCSA) to sell the Calendars & Prints there. They will be $15 for students, with $5 from the sale of each calendar going to support Egale Canada, specifically focusing on inclusive space and ally education.

You can also purchase your own calendar by finding “Gentlemen of the Otonabee” on Etsy.

So what are you waiting for? Take one for the team.

The Trent University Rowing Club started the Beer Garden in the same year, to host students and coaches and athletes after they were finished racing for the day.

It has now grown to accommodate over 5000 students, alumni, and friends each year. This is the HOTT we know and love.

Students love returning to Peterborough each year to catch up with friends, party in the beer garden, and maybe catch a boat or two racing by along the way.

Results This year was a great success for many Trent boats, with several medals and many personal bests.

The Varsity Crews raced the grueling 5km race from the Parkhill Bridge to the beach at Champlain College, in the nastiest headwind any of us have seen in many, many years.

This year unfortunately, was the last year that the Beer Garden can occur in the Bata Library parking lot, due to the beginning of construction on the student centre this spring. Rest assured that the beer garden will still happen, though in a bigger & better location for endless years to come.

What’s with the Rower’s Yellow Hats?

The Yellow hats that the rowing team was sporting this year for the HOTR symbolizes the Canadian Cancer Society, as our teammates’ mother lost her battle with cancer just a week before the HOTR. A long time supporter of the Peterborough Rowing Club, Trent Rowing wanted to remember her in this way, and show support for our teammate and his family.

One of the biggest excitements for the Trent crews was the success of our novice program, who placed first in both the men’s & women’s eights – a true sign of a healthy and successful coaching program.

The other two novice eights placed 4th (women’s) and 6th (men’s), which still puts them near the top of the leaderboard going into the OUA championships.

Single Lightweight Sculler Joshua King is continuing his undefeated season with another win at this year’s HOTR. Josh and several of his Varsity teammates competed at the National Rowing Championships last week, a first trial for the 2015-16 National Team.

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National

Peterborough and the next federal government

By Troy Bordun

Peterborough residents have their eyes on plenty of political issues. Filtering through them, from the niqab debate to the TPP, may prove difficult. I asked Peterborough City Councillors what they thought were significant issues for the region and a few were kind enough to respond to my questions about the upcoming election.

Henry Clarke (Monaghan) provided an extensive list of what, in his view, the federal government needs to address in regards to Peterborough’s interests: “Employment for all those who seek and are capable of holding a job, support for those who cannot do so, leadership and stewardship for the environment, looking past the [present] and looking for the long term welfare of our planet, and care and compassion for those around the world who do not enjoy the quality of life that we as Canadians are so fortunate to possess.”

I appreciate Clarke’s claim here that persons in other countries should be considered by the federal government just as much as Canadians. It is true, comparatively speaking, we are offered many privileges in Peterborough, although, as Clarke also notes, we have our share of problems.

More specifically, he feels that better child care, reasonable benefit support, and a national housing policy are key concerns for our region.

Councillor Diane Therrien (Town) stresses the need for affordable housing and a national policy as well. She writes, “The federal government has not properly funded this initiative in years, instead downloading it to the province, [which] then downloads it to the municipality.” With the possible closure of Peterborough’s Brock Street Mission, an issue to be covered in a later Arthur article, housing is of the utmost importance to Peterborough.

Councillor Therrien additionally notes that the elimination of the long-form census has greatly affected municipal politics. The “best and most thorough source of information about our communities” is now unavailable, thus local governments have difficulty accurately addressing the needs of its constituents.

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She further writes that Canadian relations with First Nations have been soured by the current administration.

“The federal government is the primary signatory to the historic treaties between the crown and First Nations,” she observes, thus better leadership is required as well as a strong commitment “to engage in good faith negotiations […] to address decades old land claims, underfunding of on reserve education, and the national shame of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.”

One way to work on relations with First Nations is through the Arts, Culture, and Heritage sector. At Artsvote 2015 (see “Artsvote 2015” in this issue), MP candidates were asked by an audience member about their commitment to indigenous arts.

Michael Skinner (Conservative) supports the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) and their efforts in that area.

Liberal Candidate Maryam Monsef will follow through with the 94 recommendations put forward by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. The Liberals also support the CBC, a great hub of indigenous culture.

Toban Leckie (Strength in Democracy) provided an answer that generated applause. New policies on indigenous culture are needed as well as an overhaul of the current relationship between settlers and indigenous communities.

According to Doug Mason, the Green Party platform includes protection for indigenous property and intellectual rights. Lastly, Dave Nickle (NDP) observed the importance of including indigenous culture in school curriculums. (At the time of writing this article, October 7, Tom Mulcair is unveiling his commitments to indigenous peoples.)

On this last note, Councillor Clarke recognizes that the present is only significant if it provides for the future.

He wants the next government to look ahead, look to the youth, and prepare them for what lies ahead.

Clarke echoes the voices of Monsef, Leckie, Nickel, and Mason at Artsvote: whichever party takes the helm of Canadian governance, they will need to “rebuild the position of respect that our country held on the world stage for many years…, [the position that] makes us an open, equitable, and caring society.”

Earn a bike!

By Jeffrey Moore

Winter is approaching quickly but that doesn’t mean your community B!KE shop is closing! In fact, we’re going to be ramping up our workshop schedule in the coming months starting with a special EarnABike programme for Trent students.

Orientation will be held at 12PM on Sunday, October 18 at our B!KE downtown location (336 Rubidge St).

EarnABike is a flexible learn-and-earn system for community members to give a little love back to their community, on their own schedule, and to build a bike for themselves in the process. By volunteering time in the shop, participants can earn points towards a bike of their choosing from our stock of donated frames. Then, the skills they learn and practice in the shop can be used to refurbish their bike.

All of this is at no cost to participants!

B!KE is a student levy group and nonprofit teaching shop that works with Trent and the community of Peterborough to get people from all walks of life riding bikes safely and with confidence. If you’ve got a desire to learn a bit more about the mechanics and maintenance of the pedalpowered vehicle that changed the world, come visit our friendly teaching staff and check out our huge library of tools.

We’ve even got a little teaching shop on campus! For hours and more information: www.communitybikeshop.org.

Campus

Writer’s Reading at Traill: Robert Winger

Photo by Jenny Fisher

By Jenny Fisher

Rob Winger, Trent professor and author, read poems from his book Old Hat in the Junior Common Room at Traill College on Thursday October 1st. This event was Trent’s second Writers Reading of this year’s series. The event was not hosted by the usual host Lewis Macleod, but by Professor Stephen Brown. Professor Brown read from a script provided by the original host and then announced he had stolen whisky from Lewis Macleod.

Before introducing the author, Stephen

Brown introduced Rob Winger and stated that, “Rob not only writes poetry, but he sings it like no one else.”

To further describe his writing, Professor Brown stated that “Rob Winger’s poetry is like meeting a stranger at a bus station, and when you go your separate ways, you realize you knew him better than your own family”.

He read a series of his own poems from his most recently published book, Old Hat. Some of the poems he read were “Re/ Covering from Champlain Trails”, “Another Birch Across” and “What We Thought”.

While reading from his poems there was plenty of supportive laughter and smiles throughout the audience. This line in particular enticed a lot of laughter, “Inform your pregnancy if you suspect you are a doctor”. One of the audience members mentioned that having the author read from his book really shows the original intent of tone and pace.

In this case, Rob Winger read his poems with a fast pace and humorous tone.

The event ended with another small speech by Stephen Brown. During the closing speech Professor Brown made sure to say: “I haven’t been to one of these things in twenty five years”.

The audience then members asked a series of questions.

One question asked by a Trent student was: “You talk a little about working class English and academia English, do you think that working class English is compatible with intellectual language and is academic language compatible with casual conversation?”

Professor Winger responded with: “Good Question! My target was not academic language. My target was language used as a way to exclude. Which could also be used in jargon for sports. Not trying to make academia look evil or anything.”

He further expressed that language use in poems “is a funny line, dumbing it down can be an insult”.

Another inquiry from an audience member was “Do you hear your voice

when you are writing?”.

His first response was “Like, am I insane?” However, after lots more laughter, he stated a serious answer to the question, “I always read my drafts aloud. Poetry with these connections to song and prayer, the sound is important.”

Professor Winger also stated that when he read his work out loud: “Sometimes I am embarrassed by the poem, and then I change it.”

The last question asked was: “How do you make your written word come across with tone?” To the audience’s surprise, he answered “I don’t do that, people will read it at a difference pace.”

He then continued his answer with, “sometimes you can control [the] reader’s pace with spaces and punctuation.”

During the interview Winger spoke very strongly about the history behind his poems showing proof of heavy research and deeper meanings to his poems.

Professor Winger also had great things to say about Trent University and Trent’s Writer’s Reading.

“The writer’s reading is an extension [to Trent’s atmosphere] in so many ways. I think it’s a really awesome thing”.

Rob Winger stated that one of favourite things about Trent is that “the professors are really collegial, it is okay to disagree at Trent”. There was even great advice given to Trent students to help improve their writing: “In my experience, reading is the best way to learn how to write.”

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the panel is political.

Elections

How to vote at Trent University

By Keila MacPherson

Student vote has been a big concern in this federal election and with such a large number of eligible voters being in the university age range, it is even more important to talk about how this can happen.

The difficult part about student vote awareness is the resistance with which pro-voters are met.

However, a study done by Samara Canada, a non-profit organization working with Elections Canada, found that students aren’t apathetic about politics or issues; there are just more barriers to voting as a student that aren’t apparent to non-student individuals.

According to Ashley Fearnall, president of Trent Politics Society, one major barrier is that most students are disconnected from politics and elections. She points out that while there are many barriers, it is not impossible to vote.

“Students don’t get the same level of contact with political parties, individuals, or

organizations. They’re just left out; they’re excluded from the conversation consistently,” remarked Fearnall.

To try and overcome this barrier, the Trent Votes Campaign is bringing the candidates to campus on October 14 in the Athletic Complex (AC) gymnasium from 7PM to 9PM. On October 19, voting day, Trent Votes is bringing an on-campus voting booth to the AC that will be a voting station for students that live on residence – for some, not quite as far a trek as the walk to Blackburn Hall.

“We’re hoping to get about half of the students. It’s in the Athletic Complex this year, previously it has been in Blackburn Hall and I think this will increase [voter turnout],” said Fearnall.

It should be noted that off-campus students cannot vote at the on-campus voting booth. They should still go to the polls in the riding for their place of residence.

This is another barrier students face when it comes to voting – not having their school

residence as their permanent residence address.

These off-campus students have the option to register on Elections Canada with a driver’s license or government-issued ID. Fearnall also emphasized that students, on- or off-campus, must have a piece of ID with proof of their current address when they go to the polls. The Voter ID card will be mailed to students registering this year but it only serves to inform them of their poll station.

“The Voter ID card no longer counts as proof of address so you do need either a bank statement with your full name and address or bills. If you live on residence, you can print off a Proof of Residency letter and Housing will fill that out,” Fearnall explained.

If you are a student that has kept your permanent address on your phone bills and bank statements, and you’re not the roommate whose name the utilities bill is under, it’s not too late to change the address on an

Trent Votes is a new campaign co-created by Trent Central Student Association and Trent Politics Society. THEIR goal is to challenge the way Trent Students think about voting, politics, and elections. There is a wealth of information on the Trent Votes website: (http:// trentvotes.weebly.com) on how to vote both on- and off-campus, as well as getting in touch with the local elections office. You can also visit elections.ca.

Skip your lecture, leave work early, and vote!

By Betelhem Wondimu

With the official federal election date set for October 19, students face a lot of challenges ranging from being a firsttime voter to not being in one’s own local riding. There is also an issue of convenience with regards to a student’s responsibilities, such as lectures, labs, seminars, or placements. Elections Canada states, “By law, everyone who is eligible to vote must have three consecutive hours to cast their vote on Election Day. If your hours of work do not allow for three consecutive hours to vote, your employer must give you time off.”

Unfortunately, this law doesn’t remedy the issues most students face. Thus, in an effort to combat the challenges students have to navigate when heading to the polls, a group of Senators in collaboration with the TCSA presented a motion that would allow for students to not be penalized for missing lectures, seminars, labs, and placements as a

result of voting on Election Day. This would stipulate that students ask for labs and placements to be cleared by the assigned instructor/professor prior to Election Day. “This initiative was inspired by previous efforts to present motions to Trent’s Senate,” explained Pippa O’Brien, Vice President University & College Affairs, adding, “We were encouraged by the support we received by Trent University Faculty Association and CUPE 1 when we first presented the idea.”

After several drafts and the motion being presented to the student caucus, it was finally presented by Tim Hance, Senior Senator of Otonabee College, and was passed by Senate unanimously!

“This motion being one of the most successful motions in the history of Trent’s Senate presents a pivotal moment not only in student leadership, but in university administration as well,” noted Hance, adding, “It represents a moment that is uniquely Trent, essentially everyone coming

Vote for yourself

By B. R

Voting is probably the most important thing you can do in life.

Politics is not about who can provide you with safety; that is an illusion. It’s not about the economy; that is cyclical. It’s not about insulting someone’s appearance; that’s petty.

Politics is about expressing the ideals you hold dearest and turning them into reality. It is about imagining a future that is better than the present.

You may disagree with me, call me naïve, but being naïve is part of being young and that is a gift. Too often, we are taught to be cynical, suspicious, and afraid. “Expect the worst,” they say, “And you will never be surprised.”

Now is not the time for pessimism; now is the time for idealism and dreaming. Dream of a better country, education system, and healthcare system.

Dream of a government that will uphold the law and protect our rights and freedoms.

We hold the key to a better country but do not use it for fear of change, for fear of the un known, for fear of realizing our

true potential. We must not base our ideals for the future on the state of today but on what the state could be tomorrow.

Our votes are not meaningless – in fact, they are our only means for demonstrating the Canada we want. We are not taxpayers but citizens. We are not cowards who listen to those who preach fear. We are not voiceless.

We will be heard. We will not be happy with the current state of Canada; we strive to make a better one.

This election is only the beginning. This century is going to be the most important time for Canada as a nation. This is where we have a chance to define who we are as Canadians, and where we stand in the world.

This is an opportunity to show that we are not afraid, we will not cower, and we will not meekly surrender our future. We are the true North, strong and free, and when we vote, the world will take notice. The future is ripe for the taking and here is our chance. Vote with your head, vote with your heart, and more importantly, vote for yourself because no one else will.

together to make voting for students more accessible.” He also highlighted the fact that going to the polls presents a “uniquely Canadian experience,” whereby the parties we may choose to vote for may not fully encompass our affiliations due to that large spectrum of political and socioeconomic structures.

For example, one might decide to vote for one of the three main parties in the election but socially support other lesser known parties, or vice versa Students play an essential role not only at Trent but in our economy as a whole. Initiatives such as this are intended to create a dialogue and foster an environment that would remain long after the federal elections are held, one where students can voice their opinions and speak about what matters most to them. Both O’Brien and Hance hope that students recognize the efforts made to make voting more accessible and that it would encourage students to go out and vote!

Survey

How diverse is Trent University? The short answer is: we don’t really know.

There are gaps in our knowledge and gaps in the way we ask questions. This is about to change.

For the first time ever, Trent University is undertaking a comprehensive Equity and Diversity Survey of its students, faculty, and staff.

The survey is being led by the Centre for Human Rights, Equity, and Accessibility and the Presidential Advisory Council on Human Rights, Equity, and Accessibility (PACHREA).

We hope that every individual who is part of the Trent University community will be able to see themselves in the survey and is able to positively self-identify.

What this means is that, instead of just asking whether you are male or female, we ask whether you identify as woman, man, transgender, intersex, two-spirited, gender queer, or another gender.

Questions on sexual orientation, Aboriginal identity, culture and ethnicity, ability, and more, follow this same spirit.

Why do we want to know this? It is our hope that once we have a strong set of baseline data, we can begin to evaluate our current services and supports, identify gaps, and design targeted interventions to enhance equity across campus.

Oh, and one more thing: if you complete the survey, you can enter to win an iPad! You can access the survey at trentu.ca/equitysurvey.

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Elections

Michael Skinner of the Conservative Party of Canada

Arthur: On average, our nation’s youth is $27k in the hole after completing an undergraduate degree. Does your party have any plans to address the issue of student debt?

Skinner: From a federal point of view, our whole objective is to create more jobs. A week ago, our Prime Minister spoke about how we are going to work with companies in generating another 1.3 million jobs. The intent is that when students come out of school, they can go into a job. We haven’t seen that necessarily, especially in Ontario, where we’ve seen lots of problems. So, from a federal point of view, we’re just going to keep pushing job creation.

As a local MP, that is my number one priority. I think the economy is very important. We’ve set aside about $65 million to work with universities and colleges to make sure they’re lined up with what employers want. I was on the Trent Business council last year and that is why I joined.

I wanted to make sure the business program lined up with what businesses actually need. You go to school for four years, you want to make sure your skills are matched.

Peterborough is a perfect example.

There’s almost 5,000 people on unemployment here, but there are actually around 2,000 positions that remain unfilled. They are unfilled because the people that are graduating from school don’t have the right skills to fill those jobs. So, I think if we better align the universities and college system with employers, we can get people to get through that barrier.

The other thing is we have got a lot of paid intern programs, and we have increased the number of them as a part of our platform as well as another 5,000 positions.

So I think these are really the big pieces to put in place.

Arthur: Would one of the big pieces be to meet with the premiers more often?

Skinner: Unfortunately, we cannot fix the provinces issues. People forget that the federal government gets elected just like the provincial government, just like the municipal government. The provincial government doesn’t report to the federal government and I think that’s a misconception that people have.

All three governments work for us. I’ll give you a perfect example. We graduate with 9,000 teachers each year, the provincial government pays for every teacher, hires every teacher, and we have 5,000 teaching positions. We subsidize those 9,000 positions, so why is the Ontario government graduating this many teachers if there are only 5,000 jobs? The province needs to rethink how they are doing things from an education point of view.

If you graduate from electrical engineering, you’ve got a job. It’s one of those positions that has a big void. I’d rather see our province subsidize 5,000 teachers and basically have free engineers and take the other 4,000 people who are benefiting from subsidy and actually apply it.

Like you said, education costs are very high. Students coming from abroad, typically they’re coming and paying more for university. So, it allows a lot more money to

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be injected into that university and college which should bring the cost down.

As we bring the cost down by bringing in more international students, the savings gets passed along to the students and so hopefully they will have less debt. It’s a long answer to your question. Lots of our graduates from Trent are traveling internationally, I’ve known a lot of them and they are going off and teaching.

There are some great provinces that understand education, and I think if Kathleen was to meet with some of the other premiers who are doing a good job, there are lots of studies out there.

Does the federal government need to pay a facilitation role? I almost hope not.

I would hope that if you’re a premier, you could identify a province that’s doing a great job. Why not go and sit down with that premier, or even the minister of education, and say, “Listen, let’s look at your program.”

If I was the premier, that’s what I would do. I would say, “Hey, you’re doing a good job with healthcare, I’m going to sit down and learn from you.”

Arthur: Peterborough has one of the highest unemployment rates in all of Canada.

What does your party have planned to eradicate the unemployment rate and get jobs back?

Skinner: We range from 6.5-12% and bounce up and down almost like a heart meter. It’s been that way since I joined the Peterborough economic board four years ago. We need to fix our unemployment.

It’s why I’m running. I’m someone who has built a number of companies in Peterborough and I’ve built companies internationally.

Businesses create jobs. If you’ve got a company that wants to grow internationally … a lot of it is making sure the administrative cost is low. Every time we raise taxes on small businesses, it affects them directly.

I always believe in a low tax balanced budget plan. It’s the Conservative model.

That’s what I need as someone who has built companies. I need the government to stop taking away the profit that I’m gathering so that I can reinvest it back into my people, and my products. I’m growing my business but I’m also hiring people. There is a direct relationship between low tax and the growth of companies.

You’ll hear from other parties where some focus on small business, some focus on large business [but] you can’t break those apart. A lot of large business have small business in their supply chain, so if you go after large businesses with higher taxes, you will affect the supply chain.

If you go after small businesses, you’ll affect their ability to create product for larger businesses, so to me, we need to just let business do what business does.

We’ve just talked about the TPP. It was a big announcement, and if you think about what we’re doing, the government is removing trade barriers. We’re removing government from business that’s already there. How do you drive most companies?

You do it by driving low administrative costs, and Ontario is bad [for it].

Arthur: People are concerned with getting rid of the deficit and what to do with the taxes. Some people are concerned that this will result in the cutting of social programs because of this.

Skinner: We have increased the RRSP contribution. We did it back in 2012 and now we’re doing it again, so basically increasing the amount of money people can put away.

TFSA’s as well, we’ve just increased that from $5,000 to $10,000.

Even healthcare transfers, we’ve been increasing every year; it is a balance in maintaining the economy. The best way to increase the amount of money the government gets is to create jobs as there’s a direct 1:1 ratio.

The more people working, and the more people paying taxes, means one of two things: either the government has more money, or they don’t have to collect as much tax.

I don’t believe in deficit spending personally. We have a plan to reduce the GDP ratio. I think it’s down to 25% but the intent is to lower debt because we pay interest on that debt.

Arthur: There’s been a lot on talk in the last few weeks regarding the necessary steps to take regarding the nations security. What steps does your party plan to take? How this will translate to the safety of our First Nation population, specifically women?

Skinner: There has been a call for an inquiry, and around 40 documents have been written on this subject. The reality is that we know the problem. I think it’s a matter of focusing on action. We have been focusing on investing in the RCMP to handle a lot of the crimes being committed against all women, not only indigenous women, but definitely First Nations in terms of ratio.

We have had a weaker system in terms of enforcement so I think what we’re doing is sending a clear message to the perpetrators who commit these crimes against women, First Nations or not, that enough is enough.

We’re definitely seeing it as due to some of the cultural problems we’ve had with First Nations. I think it’s more prevalent, as well as some of the conditions on some of the reserves being not as good as they are in other parts of Canada. I think there’s a lot of contributing factors. We have taken the stance of, “Let’s solve the problem and stop talking about it.”

If we know what the root problem is, let’s fix it. Let’s not spend a bunch of money on lawyers and consultants to write another document that’s going to sit on the shelf somewhere. These are crimes that are being committed and we need to spend the money on policing to make sure that they are being solved and corrected.

Arthur: You knew we were probably going to ask, going back to security, but Bill C-51?

Go ahead.

Skinner: We created bill C-51 and there has been some controversy over it, for sure. It has been a major topic of conversation over the course of this election. I wish we didn’t have to have security, it would be nice to live in a world that we don’t.

I do believe that sharing information between the RCMP and CSIS is important.

During 9/11, one of the big things they said was that if the departments were able to communicate, they would have been able to prevent it.

If we had had proper communication, we would have had a better chance. We have always been monitoring, we have just had a much stronger control going through to get [warrants].

This is allowing communication to go through much quicker because if there was an attack, you want to make sure that communication is going through.

I know there have been discussions on how much parliamentary oversight there should be. I know that as someone who is going to be an MP, I would trust the RCMP

and CSIS to make better judgment calls than me as an MP. Now with CSIS, I know that they have agreements to share information with other countries, and that has caused some controversy on whether or not information about Canadians will be shared with multiple sources. You have to remember that these are Canadians that are under investigation for terrorism. It’s not simple crimes, it’s very specific.

These parties are trying to do the maximum they can with the resources they have, so I believe that they are always going to be focusing on legitimate threats and not just random people.

Arthur: Can you speak to the controversy surrounding Bill- C51 and First Nations?

Skinner: Yes, if you look at the Indian act as well as the Williams act, both of those agreements have something called the Duty to Consult, and the challenge with the duty to consult is that it doesn’t actually say anywhere that it requires permission, it just requires notification.

In the past, it has come to the point where some First Nations have performed acts of civil disobedience, and so the worry is that bill C-51 will be targeted at them.

It’s only going to be targeted at them if they begin to commit terrorist acts, acts where they are blowing up buildings or pipelines, that’s the level that it would need to get to before it would get to them.

This is about nation-to-nation negotiations. Let’s get to a point where we can build a strong relationship with our First Nations and our federal government before it ever gets to a point of civil disobedience as an answer. I think as a country, we’re beyond that.

Arthur: Why Stephen Harper and the Conservative party?

Skinner: We’ve spent the last nine years running the economy. I think Stephen Harper really understands how to drive our economy. The Conservative platform of low taxes and a balanced budget is something that I believe in.

It’s all about jobs, that’s why I’m running here in Peterborough. Jobs are my number one priority. My son is 2 and when I was 20, I had to move away from Peterborough due to a lack of jobs. I don’t want my son to have to do the same. I think we’ve got some great, talented people that come to school here whether it’s Trent, Sir Sanford Fleming, and now Seneca.

We have great resources, and a beautiful environment. Anyone who takes a look at the 401 on a Friday looks at all the people coming up here to enjoy what we have. The reason we aren’t keeping them is because we don’t have the jobs, it’s as simple as that.

If I can work within the framework of the Conservative party to generate more jobs, that’s what I’m going to do. By using the Conservative platform, I think I will be able to support businesses who will in turn generate jobs. At the end of the day, it’s a combination of getting government out of business and allowing business to grow.

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Maryam Monsef of the Liberal Party of Canada

to $10 million per year to help young Canadians gain the skills they need to enter high-demand trades.

Arthur: On average, our nation’s youth is $27k in the hole after completing an undergraduate degree. Does your party have any plans to address the issue of student debt?

Monsef: I know first-hand the challenge of managing student debt and how important it is to provide affordable postsecondary education.

A Liberal government will provide a number of new initiatives to make postsecondary education more affordable including increasing the maximum Canada Student Grant for low-income students to $3,000 per year for full-time students, and to $1,800 per year for part-time students.

Helping more students from middleclass families qualify for Canada Student Grants by increasing the income thresholds for eligibility, we will invest $50 million in additional annual support to the Post-Secondary Student Support Program, which supports Indigenous students attending post-secondary education, and will allow the program to grow in line with increasing demand.

Making our student loan system more flexible is a big priority. We will ensure

that no graduate with student loans will be required to make any repayment until they are earning an income of at least $25,000 per year.

In addition, we need to provide graduates better opportunities in finding a job after leaving school.

The Liberal party has proposed a number of initiatives, such as creating 40,000 good youth jobs – including 5,000 youth green jobs – each year for the next three years, by investing $300 million more in the renewed Youth Employment Strategy.

A direct result of this would include, doubling the almost 11,000 Canadians who access Skills Link each year.

This program helps young Canadians, including Indigenous youth and those with disabilities, make a more successful transition to the workplace.

We will also invest $40 million each year to help employers create more co-op placements for students in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and business programs.

We will also work with provinces, territories, and post-secondary institutions to develop or expand Pre-Apprenticeship Training Programs. This will provide up

Arthur: There has been a lot of talk in the past few weeks regarding the necessary steps to take when considering the security of our nation. What steps does your party plan to take? How will this translate to the safety of Canada’s First Nation population, specifically women?

Monsef: The Liberal party has presented a comprehensive plan to address the security of Canada.

It includes maintaining current national defense spending levels; however, it establishes different priorities than those of the Conservative government that are more in line with Canada’s historic international peace and security operations, humanitarian support missions, protection of Canada’s borders, and responding to natural disaster.

Specific initiatives will include: ensuring the Canadian armed forces are appropriately equipped, building new naval vessels including icebreakers, supply ships, arctic and offshore patrol ships, surface combatants, and other resources required by the navy.

We also want to end Canada’s combat mission in Iraq and refocus Canada’s military contribution in the region on training of local forces and humanitarian aide.

The Liberals will not buy the F-35 stealth fighter-bomber and instead, will begin a procurement process to purchase an aircraft whose primary mission will be the defense of North America, and not a first strike capacity, and continuing Canada’s participation in NATO. We all deserve to be kept safe. The disappearance and death of nearly 1,200 Indigenous women and girls is an ongoing national tragedy that must come to an end.

Liberals will immediately launch a national public inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada, to seek recommendations on

concrete actions that governments, law enforcement, and others can take to solve these crimes and prevent future ones.

We will work alongside provinces and territories, and with First Nations, the Métis Nation, and Inuit, to enact the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, starting with the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Arthur: Peterborough has the highest unemployment rate in Canada, an embarrassing statistic that needs to be addressed as soon as possible. What plans do the Liberals have to revive the economy in Peterborough and get people back to work?

Monsef: Nationally, the Liberal Party has committed to a historic new investment in Canada’s infrastructure that will stimulate the economy and create new jobs.

The building of new affordable housing, seniors facilities, expanded public transit, cultural and recreational facilities, the protection of local watersheds, and investment in green energy, are all areas our Party is commited to developing.

Locally, I am the only candidate that is presenting a comprehensive jobs plan for Peterborough-Kawartha.

It builds on our community’s strengths and includes new investments in key sectors like small business, industry, entrepreneurship, tourism, arts and culture, and tourism.

In partnership with all levels of government and the private sector, I will secure investment in a convention centre for Peterborough.

I also want to work with Trent University and support the development of their student incubation/accelerator centre, and work with the Province, Municipality, and Trent University to further plans for the Research and Innovation site.

I have also committed to hold a local jobs summit in Peterborough Kawartha within 90 days of being elected.

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Elections Dave Nickle of the New Democratic Party of Canada When I was your age, I had a part-time job before every election that was called enumerating. We would go around door-to-door and my sister and I would knock on doors and say, “Hi, I’m from Elections Canada and need to know all the names of everyone in the household.” You’d get the names, the ages, and the voters list was up to date before every single election. Now, subsequent Liberal and Conservative governments thought this was too expensive.

Well, democracy shouldn’t be cheap. Citizens should have the ability and right to vote because they are on the voters list.

Arthur: On average, our nation’s youth is $27k in the hole after completing an undergraduate degree. Does your party have any plans to address the issue of student debt?

Arthur: An early election was called this year, how has the campaign treated you?

Nickle: It’s been a long, long campaign. At this point, I’m too busy to be tired. However, a normal campaign would have started two weeks ago. I think a number of Canadians are cynical as of why that is. There’s no doubt in my mind that this was meant to bankrupt the other parties. With the 60% rebate, the Conservatives have already paid their fees.

It’s going to be tougher seeing that they have more money than both parties have together.

Arthur: Do you think this election represents a democratic vote?

Nickle: Democracy is an important issue to discuss, especially because everything else is going to flow based on whether or not we have a true democratic system of electing politicians. For me, that is really the most important issue. If we retain first- past- the- post, we are not going to have the kind of democracy that will give Canadians the kind of Government they are asking for.

Arthur: There is an issue with first-past-the-post in that it’s not the most effective way of measuring the vote, especially with more than two parties - it’s diluted. We’re glad you bring up democracy, especially with the recent incorrect voter information that has been going around. The new Elections Act was recently condemned at a Senate meeting as being inaccessible for students from out of town to exercise their vote.

Nickle: I call it the Unfair Elections Act, as it has done more to disenfranchise people. It’s a direct importation of Republican moves to disenfranchise black and Mexican voters in the southern United States. We know that the people at Elections Canada suspected about 18 people in Canada had voted without being eligible in the last two elections.

Just like the niqab, the issue around the niqab, it has affected two women. However, both issues have diversely been used to make changes to what used to be considered a fair and just system.

Arthur: Touching on the niqab issue, how do you feel about the media fixating on it and distracting people from the real issues?

Nickle: I’m frustrated with our media but when you think about who owns the media and how they have profited very well from their low-tax agenda over the last 35 years, so you can understand how they don’t want democracy to be a real issue. The mainstream media hasn’t given a focus to how Mr. Harper hasn’t addressed that we’ve got hundreds of thousands of people out of work, that we aren’t creating jobs for young people, and that we have had two recessions in the last ten years.

Arthur: Is the information itself more inaccessible with the changes Elections Canada has gone through?

Nickle: There had been such real restrictions from Elections Canada for advertising, for getting people out to vote, and what people need in order to vote. You could vote today! If you can’t make the advanced polls or make the voting on October 19, you can go down to Elections Canada.

That should be on a full-page ad in every newspaper, that should be on the radio and T.V.

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Nickle: Don’t forget that students with loans used to be run by the provincial government, while now, all the loans are through private banks so you’re paying hugely in interest. The Liberals said, “We’re going to reduce tuition by 30%” but what they didn’t tell you about are the parameters, including this condition, this condition, and so on.

What it ended up doing, there turned out to be a very small percentage of students that fit this criteria for the 30% reduction. Most of them didn’t get a reduction at all.

One of the things Thomas Mulcair said was that that Mr. Harper hasn’t met with the premiers in 10 years. Tom is going to be meeting with them twice a year. Once in Ottawa and once in a rotation. So, not only are we planning on eradicating the interest, but we will be in discussion with premiers about reducing tuition fees.

We are going to eradicate interest on student debt. In my ideal world, I don’t want us to go an American route but rather aim towards the Scandinavian and European route, where we reduce tuition so much that it would be non-existent.That’s not going to happen tomorrow, unfortunately, but there are lots of things we can do using Bank of Canada money. Using Bank of Canada Money at 0% interest is where I see us going with giving loans to students with 0% interest.

Arthur: The NDP have taken the stance to not run a deficit if elected.

Nickle: What Tom is saying is that we are going to spend money on infrastructure but we are not going to run a deficit. What we’re going to do is take money from big corporations and we are going to put that money into clean green technology.

We’re going to give tax breaks to the job creators; smalland medium- sized business are the innovative businesses that are going to take us into the next clean green era of jobs that will put Canadians back to work. What we’re not going to do is run up a deficit to do this.

We are going to increase the tax rate for major corporations who are sitting on about two-thirds of a trillion dollars of what they call “dead money” [that] they are not investing in Canada, which they are not investing in putting Canadians back to work.

Arthur: Peterborough’s unemployment rate is one of the highest in Canada, if not the highest. It’s an issue that is embarrassing and needs to be rectified as soon as possible.

So, what is your party’s plan to improve this stat in the Peterborough-Kawartha area?

Nickle: Honestly, I had to leave Peterborough when I was a kid because unemployment was a problem even then. My dad came to play lacrosse and football in the early 1950s and he was working at GE back when they had nearly 70,000 unionized employees. They have less than 600 now.

Johnson and Johnson is gone, OMC is gone. Don’t forget that GM, who used to be the largest employer in Peterborough, now has less than 3,000 employees. My own two kids had to go out west because there are no jobs here. Just as I said before, we’re going to stop giving blanket tax cuts to corporations who are missing out on tax cuts and sending our jobs overseas.

We’re going to do is stop ripping and shipping our raw materials over seas. What we’re going to do is start making sure that we have the secondary and tertiary businesses, so instead of ripping and shipping raw materials and buying finished goods, why cant we make those goods here? Bring the middle man in. I would love to be off oil tomorrow, but it’s not going to happen, so stop shipping our oil down to the states. Mr. Harper suggests to use the XL pipeline through to the United States which would create 40,000

jobs there. Well, why cant the oil industry have those 40,000 jobs here in Canada? The other thing we can do is, we’re on the cusp, as I said, we can create hundreds of thousands of clean green jobs. Oil workers are getting put out of work in the west. Well we’ve got the technology, if you just go another half a kilometer south into the earth you’re going to hit geothermal. Why don’t we take advantage of that?

Why aren’t we putting money into RND (research and development?) into tide energy and wave energy, and why aren’t we putting solar panels on every house? Why aren’t we building these solar panels?

Why aren’t we building those small rooftop turbines that don’t make anybody sick? Why aren’t we bringing our new construction up to at least our 2000 code? Why aren’t we putting our Canadians back to work? Because who is going to build those products? Who’s going to install those products? Who’s going to maintain those products?

We don’t need free trade, we need fair trade. And something like the TPP that is coming up, is something that is for investor protection agreements. They’re not about protecting Canadians or Canadian jobs. What we need is to make sure that corporations aren’t calling the shots anymore. My feeling is, you are perfectly entitled to make a profit, but what you’re not entitled to is greed.

Arthur: On the subject of security- there’s been a lot of talk over the duration of this campaign regarding the necessary steps to take to ensure the security of our nation. What are your party policies, and specifically, how is this going to translate into the First Nations community?

Nickle: Don’t forget that Mr. Harper says he wants to protect women overseas but with his insane policy that you cannot give any money to agencies that support safe abortions for women overseas. Now, he’s not going to attack that here in Canada but you have thousands and thousands of women in third-world countries that are dying because they don’t have access to safe abortions. Mr. Harper says we’re not going to invest in any social agencies in these countries that allow women to have safe abortions. So, are you really standing up for women? Please explain that to me.

In regards to Bill C-51, I’m really proud of the NDP. We are disgusted by Mr. Harper’s government for bringing it in and I am equally disgusted with Mr. Trudeau and his caucus for supporting it. How do you purport yourself to be a progressive party when you support that kind of undemocratic law? My granddad fought for 5 years during the Second World War against this exact kind of law and this kind of government so I am so proud of the NDP for voting against it. I am also proud of the Greens [as] Ms. May and her team had voted against it.

One of the things that we are going to do is, in terms of First Nations Women[,] we’re going to enact the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and we’re going to move beyond promises to action. We’re going to protect gender identity and expression as prohibited grounds for discrimination on grounds of the Human Rights Act. We’re going to put rights [as well as] poverty reduction right in the heart of our foreign aid. We’re going to restore the court challenges program to make sure all Canadians can claim their rights and freedoms under the constitution. Amnesty International said Bill C-51 is a setback for humans rights in Canada and I couldn’t agree with that more.

The NDP is looking to reenact the Navigable Waters and Protection Act, the Environmental Assessment Act, and the Fisheries act. Those acts protected 2.5 million lakes, rivers, and watersheds, and guess what? Now they protect only parts of 159.

Elections Toban Leckie of the Strength in Democracy Party Arthur: On the subject of security- there’s been a lot of talk over the duration of this campaign regarding the necessary steps to take to ensure the security of our nation.

What are your party policies, and specifically, how is this going to translate into the First Nations community?

Arthur: I don’t think a lot of people know about your party, so can you give us some context to what you’re all about?

Toban: It was started in late October of last year when two MPs left their parties. One left the Bloc Quebecois and one left the NDP. They left for the same reason. They felt athat the large party line and party interests were a variety of portfolios.That it was absolutely necessary for them to vote along those party lines made it impossible for them to represent their ridings. With the NDP candidate JeanFrancois Larose, there was a trade deal that Mulcair was in favour of, and the NDP voted in the favour of this trade deal. It was going to result in job losses and manufacturing sectors in his riding.

Naturally, his riding was like, “What are you doing? You have to speak to this.” He was told by the NDP headquarters that he couldn’t say a word. It sounds bad on the NDP but it’s how all the parties function. It’s party discipline.

And so, at a certain point, [Larose] said, “I was elected to be the voice of this riding.”

Francois left and started his own party. They also brought another candidate, Manon, from the NDP party.

The premise of our party is that it’s a regional focus and it’s looking at a type of federalism. Instead of seeking a national vision on all the party platforms, we’re looking instead to community organizations and municipal leadership to come up with policy options for specific regions.

So, you strengthen the regions and in so doing, strengthen the country. It’s a more participatory democratic process.

Arthur: Your approach is quite candid. You say things that other candidates stray away from. Is this representative of your party approach?

Toban: Absolutely. Part of the reason our politics are broken is because politicians lack certain principles around issues. They instead look for ways to appeal to as many voters as possible. At the environmental issues debate, I talked about the need to raise taxes. Parties know that that doesn’t generally sell well to their voter base, so they rarely would admit that they’d raise taxes.

So, with concerns about the environment, and healthcare with the baby boomers aging, it’s all going to cost something, and people have to be willing to pay for it.We do need to raise taxes. We need to change the spirit of our taxation. Skinner will say, “Well, if you increase corporate taxes, they will bring down the wages of their employees or fire them.” That’s not realism. We just have a different approach.

Arthur: How does your party plan on responding to the crippling student debt in Ontario?

Toban: Governments should not be making profits off of student loans. Student loans are in place to allow people who don’t have the means [...] to gain from the advantages of a strong education system. Even matching interest with inflation is fine but my provincial rate for OSAP is 9%, and that’s half of what a credit card is. Say, I take 10 years to pay my student debt.

Right now, you can only receive these loan agreements if you’re a full-time student and what that means is that it’s all or nothing. You’re on a loan cycle. The profit motive for the provincial and federal government around loans is that they want students to take more money. The only reason that education is so much cheaper in Quebec is that it’s so much more subsidized by the province. If we were to value education to the extent that the Quebecois do, our students would be in much better shape.

Toban: I don’t think we have a security issue in terms of terrorism. There are places in the world that do, but not in Canada. Harper’s emphasis on security around Syrian refugees is a moral one. It demonstrates the institutional racism in play in the federal government.

The fact that Canada is more outraged by his approach to the immigrant and refugee crisis in Syria and Iraq demonstrates how deep seeded his Islamophobia. The whole narrative of Islam as being an enemy [...] they can’t really get away with saying that anymore, but ultimately the way everything is situated in the media is the West against Islam.

Harper recently announced a $1.9 million research project to look into the causes of terrorism, yet is unwilling to look into murdered and missing indigenous women. He claims that we have all of this security to contend with the issue. We don’t. Those policing forces themselves are locked within a patriarchal and racist foundation in the first place.

If he’s right, why do we need to launch an inquiry into the causes of terrorism and launch Bill C-51 when our police and CSIS agencies have been able to manage thus far? Our politics are broken and I think the Conservative government is just pandering to a subset of society that is racist. They’re fear-mongering; there are no principles intact. I don’t think Harper actually believes that there is a terrorist issue at all. I think that Trudeau’s endorsement of Bill-C51 (with amendments) was because he was looking like a weak, bleeding heart Liberal to everybody so he had to come down firm on security.

Arthur: So, your party would revoke Bill C51?

Toban: Absolutely. The risk of Bill C-51 on our Indigenous protesters is pretty terrifying. There’s a subtle link between missing and murdered indigenous women and this position of indigenous communities and the terrorism question. The bill is so vague that writing in the phrase “economic terrorist” or “treason” is subject to the question, “What does this mean?” It would mean anyone working against the best interest of the Canadian economy. It’s nonsense.

Arthur: What does the environment mean to your party, and how do you feel about the massive revocation of protected lakes and rivers in Canada?

Toban: It all ties into an attack on information and knowledge that Harpers Conservative government has been engaging in over the past nine years; closing down the experimental lakes project, declassifying 2.5 million protected lakes and rivers to 159. That is expressly for the interest of resource development. They’ll say it’s because that program of monitoring was too costly but then what about the long-form census? Was that too costly?

Everywhere you look, cuts are being made: CBC, the muzzling of scientists, government scientists not being able to go to conferences to actually discuss science. It’s all connected.

Harper has done so much to erode our civil liberties and our democracy that when you talk about all the things he’s doing, you end up sounding like a conspiracy theorist. But it’s really true! We need to heavily defund the tar sands, first and foremost. Whether or not the government is willing to admit it, none of them are coming out strong in this way. The NDP and the Liberals certainly aren’t, and the Greens aren’t even as much as they should, in my opinion.

At some point in the next 40 years, there will be a massive transition away from oil and gas. It’s inevitable. We can either plan for it and move towards it with excitement, enthusiasm, vision, and be global leaders in sustainable energy technologies, or we can be dragged along trying to continue as a resource colony. It will be absolutely to the detriment to our kids, to our environment, and to our economy.

This is specifically important to Peterborough-Kawartha. We’ve got all of these manufacturing spaces and when the NDP, Conservatives, and Liberals met with the Chamber of Commerce with some interest groups in Peterborough to discuss some economic development, they

talked about revitalizing manufacturing. They don’t want to discuss regional numbers – they immediately jump to the National level. They don’t know what they’re going to bring here and with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), we’re going to be losing more manufacturing jobs. What we would like to see is an increase in research and investment around sustainable energy. This could be an incredible base for employment. All of the old manufacturing spaces are sitting and ready to be used.

Arthur: Peterborough has one of the highest unemployment rates in all of Canada. What does your party have planned to eradicate the unemployment rate and get jobs back?

Social issues are interconnected and speak to each other.

You can’t just put this much money into pension, and this much money into something else, and hope for it to work.

In terms of employment, around 41% of jobs in Peterborough-Kawartha are service industry jobs, so largely impermanent, short-term positions.

We would encourage, through tax incentives, small businesses, which are basically the backbone of the economy. Small businesses can find stable, salaried positions.

For instance, if a place like Hot Belly Mama’s has a manager who’s been there for three years, we would want to create a salaried full-time position, and in doing so, you’re creating many permanent jobs with total diversity. Instead of having a plan for bringing in 400 manufacturing jobs, you’ve diversified your base.

There are two main industries that we see as being critically important, and one is healthcare. We don’t have enough longterm healthcare spaces, and the baby boomers aging hasn’t even started yet. Provincially, if not nationally, we need to get ahead in that wave by rezoning and renovating or creating new centers for longterm healthcare, which would in turn create many job opportunities.

It would also lead to more healthcare positions such as nursing. Childcare, which is a major concern in Canada, can be integrated into the framework for longterm care. In the Netherlands, they have a program where the ground floor has childcare for 80 kids and the rest of the space is for senior citizens. It also closes the gap between the younger generation and elders. It’s important that we have a vision like this. All of this can create employment opportunities.

If we created a climate of sustainable energy technologies, we could bring companies here. We have got the willingness, industrial space, and the vision. We would work with Fleming, Trent, and the rest of the community to create hubs.

*Editors Note: A big thank you to our staff writer, Jordan Porter, for conducting these interviews. No matter who you decide to vote for, everyone deserves a fair and objective outline of what these parties are all about. Without the insightful and critical questions that Jordan posed, Arthur would not be able to give you an in depth analysis if your local candidates.

A lot of hard work went into these interviews. Writing out transcripts left our fingers bleeding (okay, not really) and our brains malfunctioning with all of the chaotic politicaql language we had to sift through. We know you’ve heard it over, and over, but we’ll say it again. SKIP CLASS. LEAVE WORK EARLY. VOTE. Our future depends on it.

Oh, and, thank you again Jordan!

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by Reba Harrison

The student collective is named just that: Revolutionary Student Movement (RSM), or Mouvement Etudiant Revolutionnaire (MER) in French-speaking regions.

Guided by communist principles, the RSM was formed in 2012 after the Revolutionary Communist Party in Toronto held a conference, inviting similar groups nearby to come together and share resources. Since then, the RSM has grown across Canada and developed its own website, mandate and constitution.

Within their mandate, the RSM states: “We align our struggles with those of the broader working class… We will end exploitation, alienation, and all oppressions by supporting struggles against institutional and individual oppressions in their various forms. We strive to support externally and maintain internally a strong anti-racist, anti-fascist, anti-ableist, LGBTQ2S*-inclusive, and proletarian feminist culture in both word and action.”

Its constitution further explains its hierarchy and lackthereof. Congress is the highest decision making body within the RSM whose members are voted on by the local chapters and general members. Although congress annually passes proposals of local chapters by majority vote of all members, it holds a lot of power too. Congress can strike any committee or committee member it sees fit and local chapters must uphold all decisions made by congress. This is due to right wing efforts to dismantle the organization.

One of the attending groups of the 2012 conference was the Marxist Student Association of the University of Ottawa, founded by Martin Rosso. Now a graduate student completing his Masters in Canadian and Indigenous Studies at Trent University,

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Rosso brought the RSM to Peterborough last year, creating one of fifteen local chapters across Canada. He is not currently a part of the Peterborough RSM chapter but instead is on the Coordinating Committee of the Canada-wide RSM. The Peterborough RSM Facebook page has 678 Likes as of October 1st but sees less attendance at its meetings.

Low attendance does not affect its regular members’ hard work. One of its most dedicated persons is undergraduate biology student Kenneth Mills who handles a lot of the group organizing and promotions, but stressed that he is no more or less of a member than any other meeting attendant.

After Trent University, Mills’ education will not fail his social justice commitments as he plans to challenge the issue of corruption in science for ring wing agendas, by honest research in biological determinism and social biology.

When asked about experiencing limitations and backlash on campus, Mills replied: The RSM takes an antagonistic position against what we see as reactionary forces on campus be they political parties or Groups like Men’s Rights Organizations that promote misogynistic views. Sometimes this leads to verbal attacks and threats but this is not surprising and The RSMs strength has been proven across Canada by not being deterred and confronting these attacks with solidarity and pushing forward.

Otherwise the RSM has met the challenges that are common to any organization starting out which is making people aware of your presence, however I think the Hammer and Sickle in our logo gives us an edge on this front.

Rosso says that the largest limitation is connecting with working-class students.

Not only are they commonly low on time to spare, but many are unable to attend university. Furthermore, working-class

students are often used to being told that they must work with the system instead of against it. It takes time to help students build up their confidence and education.

When asked about his experience of oncampus backlash, Rosso commented: The right always attacks the RSM in one form or another, but it’s usually fairly muted. When I was at uOttawa they’d draw swastikas and write mild threats on our posters, tear our materials down, stuff like that. When we got a bit bigger, the Campus Conservatives would do weird stuff like harass us when we tabled, video-record us, etc. . We’ve had people online threaten to call the RCMP on us. When we ran a slate for the OPIRG uOttawa elections, the campus right organized an “Anyone But Communists” campaign, that failed miserably.

It’s mostly just nonsense. Recently though, a group of neo-Nazis attacked the meeting of our section at Algonquin College, and so we’ll be taking that threat more seriously.

The official website of the RSM mentions the public ignorance of leftist politics as a large limitation on its efforts. The group focuses on tactical choices and thoughtout stages, methods and detours to address the common myths about the political left.

One example of this behaviour is that the RSM encourages students and members to not only question capitalism, but to question the leadership of its own local chapter.

Across Canada, the RSM is working towards the upcoming annual congress meeting which will take place on October 31st and November 1st. At this event, local chapters can bring forward ideas, helping congress to decide if there will be any large projects planned in the new year.

Each local chapter can work on its own goals though. The immediate goal of the RSM on campus is to give students the confidence and support to be resistant and push for justice within post-secondary education systems. Trent’s RSM participated in the Pan-Canadian Day Of Action campaign last spring, in solidarity with the Spring 2015 movement against austerity.

The campaign demanded the abolishment of tuition, canceling of student debt, open access to education and an anti-colonial aspect to university programs. Campuses and busy street across Canada were flooded with student demonstrations on March 24 2015.

With the federal elections moments away, many local chapters across Canada are supporting the Boycott Elections cam-

paign which is an active boycott, calling to organize and take action instead of simply not voting. The RSM of Peterborough will be taking part in this campaign as well.

“We boycott in order to send a message that we reject the current bourgeois socalled democratic electoral system,” (from boycottelections.wordpress.com).

The RSM rejects the NDP party of Canada as leftist and rejects any fundamental party differences in the electoral choices as each one supports capitalism, imperialism and colonialism. By pointing out each party’s repeated lies, broken promises and continuous corruption, the RSM labels each running party as anti-people.

Of course, much of this is common knowledge and it is a public practice to vote for the “least evil” of the parties. The RSM further rejects this practice as well, labelling the current electoral system as a “bourgeois democracy”, being a democracy only for the upper class while the lower classes are left without choice or change.

This is the way the elections are designed: to control itself to maintain predictable consistency and exclude working class Canadians and Indigenous Peoples.

By boycotting, the the question changes from Who do we want? to What do we want? and allows organization and changes from the connecting proletarians of Canada. The RSM may not be alone in the lack of faith in elections. There has been a steady decline of election turnouts in Canada, with only a 58.8% turnout in the federal 2008 elections and just a 49.2% turnout in Ontario’s 2011 election. To the RSM, this means that the masses understand that voting will not change their lives.

The argument to ‘change from within’ is also rejected by the RSM as it requires time, opportunities, funding and privilege that the working and lower class do not have access to. Furthermore, in our neoliberal society, parliament has limited power today so their is no use in ‘playing their game’.

The next RSM meeting is Monday October --th at --pm in the Lady Eaton College cafeteria on Trent U campus. There is no time to waste; one must be outspoken by creating a strong and demanding movement in order to drive change.

Check out this week’s article “VOTE… or don’t: your guide to either” online to learn what exactly RSM Peterborough has planned for those that do not want to vote, but instead take action!

Arts&Culture The Intern: Great, now senior citizens are taking all the internships

By Brian Lukaszewicz

The Intern reminds me most of Lost in Translation. It’s not a perfect comparison.

The Intern isn’t going to win any Oscars. It has a completely different tone and there’s no real romantic undertones – it wisely avoids ever going that far. But it’s kind of beautiful in the same way that movie was beautiful over a decade ago… two people forming a deeply meaningful, if ultimately unconventional relationship.

The Intern follows the blueprint of a romantic comedy, insofar as it pretty much lives and dies on whether it can find two charming leads to take us through the proceedings. And it does, in Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway, though if you’d have told me beforehand that it was going to be De Niro doing the heavy lifting in that regard, at least in the early going, I don’t think I’d have believed you.

But that’s just how it happens. Ben Whittaker (played by De Niro) is a widowed retiree who’s getting a bit bored. He’s traveled.

He’s visited his family. He’s taken classes.

That’s not to say he’s depressed, he’s actually a pretty positive guy – he just wants to have someplace to go every morning. When he picks up a flyer advertising internships for senior citizens at an online retailer, he jumps at the opportunity.

That’s the first of many very smart decision made by writer/director Nancy Meyers. She doesn’t take 25 minutes to work through a series of “hilarious” misunderstandings that leads Ben to take the job. She just knocks it out in the first 3 minutes. He’s bored, he wants to learn.

Good, I’m on board. I’d hire him. And when Ben starts work, she wisely avoids the low hanging fruit. This isn’t a 2 hour movie based around one stale old-people-don’tunderstand-Facebook joke (or the opposite what-have-these-young-people-doneto-the-workplace). She gets a few bits out of it, but for the most part Ben fits in pretty

personal phone number. She rides a bike around the office. She puts her assistant through her paces. Essentially, she’s eccentric and hard to work with and she doesn’t really want a 70 year old intern hanging around her. You know, that character.

That first impression is fleeting though – Jules may take a bit longer to get to know

well. It’s no big deal. And frankly, you buy it, because Ben is great… in no small part because Robert De Niro is great.

And being so great, Ben is assigned to be the personal intern to Jules Osten (Anne Hathaway), who founded the company just over a year prior and is now a pretty big deal in The internet world. Her company is growing so quickly in fact that investors think she needs to hire on a more experienced CEO, who would essentially be her boss. She’s not a fan of that.

Jules takes some warming up to, or at least she did for me. At first glance, she seems like she’s just a collection of surface deep quirks. She gives customers her

than Ben, but she’s much deeper than her first 10 minutes would suggest. As easy as it was for her to come around to Ben, so too was it to come around to her.

And that’s the magic of The Intern.

Nancy Meyers creates two fantastically interesting characters, pairs them up, and then just rides their very charming relationship right off into the sunset. The plotting is minimal, which is to say the characters are always firmly in the driver’s seat. The story goes where they need it to go, which is smart, because it makes pretty much every tangent fair game.

At one point, Jules accidentally sends a cutting email to her mother, so Ben is

tasked with stealing her mom’s computer so she doesn’t see it. It’s the sort of broad slapstick nonsense that’s usually just meant to kill time. Here it’s great. It’s funny. It’s fun. It’s just very watchable.

And the same goes for the heavier moments as well… it’s all just very watchable.

Two great characters. Two great performances. De Niro and Hathaway – who in expressing my surprise at how good De Niro was I may have inadvertently slighted (but she’s great as well) – could read the sports section together and there would be chemistry.

The script isn’t perfect. It falls victim to Hollywood’s obsession with overly precocious children. It can drag at times, though thankfully is pretty good at recognizing when that’s happening.

And in the relationship between these two, it’s clearly Jules who is getting the most out of it. Ben, keeping with his character, is pretty much happy to be along for the ride, which at times makes him feel like her Manic Pixie Old Guy. But for the most part, The Intern is pretty clever. It doesn’t get bogged down with unnecessary subplots nor does it resort to silly, concocted misunderstandings or other forms of manufactured drama. It constantly zigs when you think it will zag and in those instances finds some truly touching moments. It’s a breath of fresh air.

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Trent Film Society: Nosferatu

By Alex Karas

TFS is proud to present the second screening in our line-up of films for our horror-themed month of October!

Following the smashing success of It Follows (see what I did there?), our next screening will be a special event: a rare double-feature of two classic horror films from the Weimar era of Germany. The 1920s were a productive time for filmmakers, especially those typifying the Expressionist style, an artistic school that uses distortions of reality to evoke strong emotional responses. This school of filmmaking is perhaps most closely associated with the works of Fritz Lang (Metropolis) and has remained an influential style to this day, inspiring directors as diverse as Ridley Scott and Tim Burton.

That’s enough history for now. Onto the films themselves: our first film of the night will be F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu,

Eine Symphonie des Grauens (A Symphony of Horrors), better known by the shortened title Nosferatu (1922).

This film, popularized by its remake by the German director Werner Herzog in 1979, was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and did much to ingrain the notion of vampirism in mass culture. Like its companion Der Golem, it is a silent film in black and white, which lends itself well to the film’s use of chiaroscuro (a visual technique in which the contrast between brightly illuminated subjects and dark backgrounds is used for effect). Perhaps the film’s most famous scene is the shot of the vampire ascending a staircase, silhouetted against the wall an effective use of suggesting rather than explicitly showing the monster, a technique famously exploited by more contemporary horror films such as Jaws (1975). The grotesque look of Count Orlok, with his pale skin, bald head, pointed ears, and

clawed fingers, remains a terrifying sight to modern audiences. The plot concerns a real estate agent who travels to the vampire’s castle to close a deal, unaware that he is a vampire who has been terrorizing the local peasants. All of the classic vampire tropes (sleeping in coffins, drinking blood, and vulnerability to sunlight) can be found in this film. The plot hewed so closely to that of the novel that Bram Stoker’s widow took legal action against it - which only added to its notoriety.

Our second film of the night, Paul Wegener’s Der Golem (The Golem), also bears resemblance to a Victorian horror novel - namely, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

However, it is based on a medieval Jewish legend about a rabbi of Prague who creates an artificial lifeform from clay and animates it with magic, intending to use it to defend the marginalized Jews of the city from persecution. However, the golem takes on a life of its own and rampages throughout

the city (as artificial lifeforms are prone to do) and it is up to Rabbi Loew to save his people from the demonic golem that has turned against him. This film is actually the third in a trilogy made by Wegener about the legend of the golem, but the other two have been lost to history, leaving it as the definitive version of the story.

Both films have German intertitles with English translation. Their running times are 81 min. and 91 min. respectively, with a break in between. A short discussion will follow the films. Audiences are welcome to come for either or both films - but we hope you’ll stick around for both features (if you’re not scared out of your wits, that is!).

This screening, which starts at 8PM, is at our regular venue of Artspace (378 Aylmer St. North) and best of all, it’s free! Note: TFS is not responsible for the development of any insatiable bloodlust or monstrous rampages.

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Local Tunes

The Beaches: raw punk synth-pop hailing from Toronto

By Tyler Majer

The Beaches’ introductory release from 2013 embodies the essence of Fem-Rock.

They build off of the Riot Grrrl sound of the early ‘90s, and add in a sort of Metric style synth-pop. Their sound is grimy clean, sort of like the feeling you get when you deep clean your house.

It is a raw sense of accomplishment and emotional purging, paired with a sort of grit and longing to take a shower, in the most wonderful way possible.

The songs off their self-titled album are the rawest songs of the bunch and rely heavily on punk-rock style guitar riffs on one hand, and heavy bass-filled synthesizers on the other. From the beginning of the song “Loner”, one is thrown into these two predominant aspects of their music.

The song begins with a building electronic squeal and breaks into a simplistic yet angry drum pattern. The distorted guitar soon follows and the vocalist sings angsty lyrics filled with confusion, anger, and doubt.

From there on, the verses contain similar ideas. Romantic confusion, indignation, and their angst are just some things to notice.

At this point in the album, I will be honest, I felt like I had heard their sound before and was a little bit weary. However, as the songs continue, one begins to hear their sound change. The punk guitar and high volume continue for the most part but the electronic influence begins to reveal it-

self. Songs like “Boy Wonder” and “Wanna Know Your Name” show more of a synth element and it is the slight differences that break from their sound that makes their band so interesting.

Finally, my favourite song off Beaches is the more ballad-type, “Youth Lament”. It follows similar subject matter to the rest of the album but does so in a sad (yet optimistic) way instead of in pure anger.

Delving into their second album was a

bit of a different experience. The punk attitude is still there, but the production here seems fuller.

If the first album shows more of their punk roots, as a throwback to Riot Grrrl bands and the Runaways, then their second album, Heights, is a representation of their synth sound, sounding almost like the love child of Metric and The Gogo.

Their heavy distorted guitars, loud drums, and electronic influence all culminate in fantastic, catchy choruses and a general feeling of catharsis.

The first two songs, “Strangelove” and “Little Pieces”, both start with an electronic fade. Soon following are choruses, which are almost talk-sung and sound as if they were spoken/sang through a cloud of cigarette smoke. Their EP progresses with a similar sound and finishes off with a song called “Hey, I Love You”, almost as a call to their fans to say, “hey, love us, and we will do the same.”

The Beaches will be playing at The Red Dog on October 24 with Kids in Despair (KID).

James Higgins talks music and open mic culture

Photo by Andrew Ryan

By Tyler Majer

Pop-punk singer-songwriter and Open Mic Master, James Higgins, sat down with me, for a coffee at The Trend while Motown and R&B played in the background.

We chatted about his music, Peterborough as a music scene, and the open mic culture present in the community.

Okay, so I guess tell me a little bit about yourself?

I recently turned 30 years old and became a coffee drinker. That’s a good little segway.

That’s probably a good thing to put in an interview. So, are you from Peterborough?

More or less. In the developmental years as a musician, I would call Peterborough

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home. Bounced around a lot. I lived just outside of Peterborough in a little town called Millbrook and that’s where I got started playing music.

There really wasn’t that much to do in that town. I didn’t feel [like] a part of a community so I just kind of did my own thing. I started going to high school in Peterborough and that’s where I started playing music. I started playing in cover bands and was heavily influenced by Green Day, and then I started to find my own voice a little.

give people (who I had seen play before) a chance to get up and actually get things going on in front of people.

Or I’d get a nudge from a friend to get up and play some songs. For a couple years, I was doing an open mic at McThirsty’s and there was a strong connection with that crowd, as well as the people I was getting in touch with at Trent.

You travel obviously to play shows, so what does Peterborough have that makes it unique as a music scene?

Yeah, and I wasn’t going to set up all my gear and sit back for the night, then just wait to get paid at the end. I was getting really involved in promoting the nights and getting people to come out. People were coming out and letting me know ahead of time.

My view of those open mics is putting on more of a “showcase”, in quotations, less of like open mic or open stage, which gives people the impression at times that it’s just gonna be a free-for-all where that drunk guy gets up and is gonna play “Wonderwall”.

Peterborough is very… Like, I talk about Millbrook as a small town but Peterborough seems, in comparison, you know, bigger. There’s a ton of people and tons going on in this town. Just, I guess, being able to walk into places, for better or for worse, someone knows my name. Just situations like that, it’s a comfort thing.

That’s actually part of what motivated me the past couple of years. I started playing where I’d get super drunk and I’d wander into an open mic, and, essentially, just try to take it over and make a show of it.

After a little while of playing open mics, [I started] playing at a place called Mexies that used to be open. A good friend of mine would let me take over his days and let me do my own thing.

It started getting [to the point] where I could play my own stuff, do some crowdfriendly cover songs, and then, when I was getting in control of nights, I could

So, basically, you would just give people confidence or a boost to actually get up onstage and do it?

I would be the opening act and the closing act of the night. I find especially with a lot of the Trent kids, – I say kids because I’m super old, – I find that they can get up and carry the room.

What are one or two places or venues you like to play in Peterborough?

Well, my home base for the last few beers is McThirsty’s on Charlotte Street where I used to host the open mic. I am always drawn back to McThirsty’s as an unofficial home base. As well, I really like Trent University up at the Ceilie.

I started doing the occasional night there and then last year, they had me more on a schedule with open mics. So, the Ceilie is also a really good environment. The firstyear [students] really blew me away.

James Higgins recently released a foursong, self-titled EP, which is a great sounding pop-punk album, as well as a music video for his song “Hearts” off the same album. Be sure to check out his acoustic punk styling in and around Peterborough, and all the way towards the GTA.

I think the preconception of an open mic is just an empty stage, a mic, and nobody hosting it...

We would get packed rooms for these nights. I would play at the beginning of the night, let some bodies get into the room, let people settle down and enjoy themselves.

And once it was worthwhile for someone else to get up on the mic, I would make sure there was a good crowd for people to play, too.

Have you ever wanted to see your work published? Do you have a flare for journalism?

Well, it’s your lucky day! We’re interested. Arthur is always accepting volunteer submissions. Cover campus events, shows downtown, or send us an opinion piece.

Email us at editors@trentarthur.ca and pitch us a story! www.trentarthur.ca

Movie Review: Carnage (2011) As many of us mature, we feel as though we are taking the necessary steps to become members of the civilized population, leaving behind our infantile impulses. We feel wise and patient, having deserted our youthful penchant for conflict. We’re think we’re adults and we are beyond the immature tactics that our younger selves once employed. But we’re fooling ourselves. All it takes for us to return to our primal lust for Carnage is a simple push. We each have a trigger that, once pulled, strips us of the adult image we’ve tried to present, and reveals the inner child that is still craving for a playground scrap. Carnage (2011), starring Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet, and Christoph Waltz, studies this possibility with its clever pacing, wit, and dialogue.

The film’s concept is based on the 2006 play “God of Carnage”, written by Yasmina Reza, which follows two families who plan to meet in a civilized manner after one child physically harmed the other at a public park. Carnage throws its audience right into the middle of the meeting between the two groups of parents, leaving no time for awkward introductions. From the start, it’s obvious that the exchanged pleasantries are forced and in the interest of an amicable meeting and discussion, but it doesn’t take long before opinions and beliefs

Hollywood at Home is a weekly column by filmmaker, writer, and critic Keith Hodder that highlights the variety of films and television programs that Netflix has to offer, along with recommendations of what to watch next and his opinions on the world of entertainment. Follow him @KeithHodder and feel free to suggest a film. start to taint the meaningless small talk.

What Carnage presents is a cast of characters who say what many of us would like to say, but are without the filter that keeps them from doing so. It leads to a catastrophe that, like even the worst of car accidents, we can’t help but watch.

The script is what deserves most of the praise. At a lean runtime of 1 hour 20 minutes, the film somehow introduces the story and its cast without rushing, and delivers moments both comedic and relaxed without dragging. Despite the crazed and sometimes frenetic conflicts, Carnage delivers on the black comedy in

happenstances both strong and nuanced.

The latter are some of the most skillful doses of ha-ha. The turns that each of the characters take feel motivated, and every word spoken is put to use without feeling contrived. There’s no room for filler here and Carnage tells its story with surgical precision, all while making its commentary known.

Each of the actors elevates the script with their performances of characters that are archetypes of our civilized society. We’ve met these individuals, or at least someone who reminds us of them, which makes it all the more thrilling when their

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façade crumbles and they give in to their impulses. No performance stands out in particular because everyone involved contributes in equal measure and tilts the evershifting group dynamic. Each of the actors delivers in moments that were tailored for them and can also support the moments of others through subtle gestures and deliveries. In a film that showcases the collapse of our society, of all the pleasantries and polite small talk that guide us through our dayto-day lives, the performances are the true and successful group dynamic.

The end of Carnage is the real punch to the gut that sends its message home. In a film that is filled with moments that seem unlikely to happen until they do, it is the final frames that show just how much these adults have regressed, and how little credit they’ve given to their offspring. Carnage offers a different dose of comedy that requires more attention and depends less on vulgar punch lines and more on hilarious pay-offs that have been meticulously plotted from the film’s earliest moments. Here’s a hidden gem worth the attention and guaranteed to make the philosopher in you roar with laughter.

What to Watch Next: Blue Jasmine and The Matador

If you talk in the movie theatre, you’re an asshole

By Keith Hodder

The movie theatre is a dying platform.

It crumbles under the weight of Netflix, ticket prices, and piracy - not to mention that most are just too plain lazy to leave the comforts of their home. I find that it is the audience that has been ruining my experience as of late.

I get it; we’re all in this together. We’ve all bought a ticket and some popcorn and have scoured for the perfect seat in the middle of the row. We all have a stake in the experience we are about to take in together but with that said, I believe, with every ounce of celluloid that runs in my veins, that disruptive and ignorant behaviour is not only idiotic but just plain rude.

If no one has informed you yet, allow me the pleasure of doing so: if you talk loud enough that someone, or everyone, in the theatre can hear you, and you continue to do so anyway throughout the film, know that you are an asshole.

You have destroyed the cinematic experience for all of us. You have taken us away from the sight and sound that has been meticulously crafted by a filmmaker and their team of hundreds, who all possess a devout passion for what they’ve created.

Months and sometimes years have been spent behind the scenes to create the film that has just made it to the screen.

And there’s so much more that you didn’t see. You didn’t see the writer secluded from their family as they toiled with the words they hoped you’d one day love. You didn’t see the dozens of rejected pitches and their struggle to face them.

You didn’t see the crew busting their ass to appease the director’s vision. You didn’t see anything. You were too busy talking or looking at your phone to acknowledge the blood, sweat, and tears that went into the film that everyone else is trying to watch and appreciate.

You’re so self-centered that you have no

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empathy for the people around you. You care not for the student who treated themselves after a tough week, or the mother or father who took their kids to the movie even though they probably couldn’t afford it. You don’t stop and think about the older woman who goes to the theatre alone in remembrance of her late husband who used to take her every weekend. No, you don’t think about that at all. You lack the capacity for it, in fact.

And I pity you. I pity how stupid you are to spend over $10 on a film and then waste it to text your friends or scroll through Twitter. What you probably don’t see is how similar you are to the zombie that you aren’t watching on the big screen.

And as annoying as your behavior is, it’s both laughable and depressing as I wonder what else you missed in your life because you were so compelled by the device that you continue to rip from your pocket.

I’ll try to give you the benefit of the doubt. Maybe you don’t like the film. I get

What is your major and year?

I am a Geography major with a minor in Environmental Studies, graduating year 2017.

What is your position in Trent Fashion Show and how long have you be involved?

I was a model for two years and now I’m a codecorator this year.

Why are you a member of the Trent Fashion Show?

The Trent Fashion Show was the first group that I was involved with at Trent. At first I was hesitant with how the fashion show would be run and if it would be a positive place for everyone. Soon after receiving the email about being accepted as a model, I quickly learned that the Trent Fashion Show is an amazing place.

The positive atmosphere created by everyone involved in the fashion show was great, especially when I was just figuring out my place at Trent.

I have made many great friends each year after having joined the fashion show, and will continue

it. I’ve seen my fair share but that doesn’t mean that my opinions are unanimous with the other individuals around me.

That doesn’t give me the right to sabotage the experience. I can either leave, or watch the rest of the film despite my displeasure.

No matter how bad the film, I refuse to partake in any thoughtless behavior that will distract another audience member.

There’s simply no excuse.

Movies were made to be an escape. They were made to encourage us to leave our troubles at the door and to inspire some of the most potent feelings and connections. They were crafted to make us believe in the impossible, to make us forget the moments that are dragging us down, that have beaten us up and have left us weakened and shrunken.

Movies were made to pick us up and to put a kick in our step so that we may face our troubles and conquer them. Movies were made to be watched.

to do so again and again.

What is your favourite memory or favourite part of the Trent Fashion Show group?

My favourite memory of the Trent Fashion Show are the people, especially the interesting acts that go on-stage each year and showcase their many talents.

What are your long-term goals after you graduate Trent University?

My long-term goals after graduating Trent University are, first of all, to travel as much as possible. I’ve always had a passion for travelling and seeing everything the world had to be discovered.

I actually would like to see all seven wonders of the world (from each categorization of the seven wonders of the world), as I have already seen a few. I would definitely like to get a job in the field of Geography or the Environment, hopefully in planning.

I guess I don’t know exactly what I want to do after I graduate but to be honest, I don’t know many people who do.

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Community

Trent Radio does not like music

By James Kerr

I would like to speak in defence of Freddie Mercury’s “Radio Ga Ga” song. Though adored by and played often on commercial radio, it is, in fact, a scathing attack on that very institution. Everything Freddie Mercury heard on the radio when he turned it on was crap; “ga ga” (like baby noises) or, as was the original lyric, “ca ca” (or, “poo”).

That’s what the song is about. And it also makes Lady Gaga’s name-inspiration a little more problematic. Of course, you will never hear “Radio Ga Ga” on Trent Radio.

It may be a scathing attack on brainless commercial noise but it has itself become a mainstay of commercialism. It’s a lovely song but it’s been firmly claimed by the dark side.

Much of what I do as programme director at Trent Radio is trying to teach new programmers that the music they are familiar with from commercial radio is not Music (with a capital “M”). Commercial music adheres to scientifically-researched principles to maximize the probability of bringing listeners ever so slightly closer to

By Keila MacPherson

Most people can agree that sometimes, you’re hanging out with a group of friends, making jokes, and there’s that one person who takes a joke too far, whether it be a racist joke or a rape joke.

It makes everyone in the group feel uncomfortable. Do you stand up or stay silent?

an advertising dollar. Just because it’s popular does not mean it’s good - it means it had enough financial backing to put enough record weasels on the phone to bother enough programme directors to shove it into their rotations. A rotation - a giant vat of churning, commercially-approved (on railroad) tracks - is a creatively dead thing.

Trent Radio does not have a rotation. All our programming is just local people, like you, coming in and doing their own shows.

We don’t even influence programming - except that I don’t ever want it to sound like commercial radio.

I don’t want to sound overly critical of commercial radio. Commercial radio does what commercial radio does very well: try and catch your ear with minimal variation and minimal risk. The emphasis is on catchy, slick, inoffensive, and overproduced ambiguity. That’s great, in what it is. It’s sexy. It’s industry. But it is not all of Music. There is a lot of amazing music out there completely untouched by commercial radio. Just because it is good does not mean it is popular. The top/hot/super/bill-

Kristal Jones, in collaboration with Kristen Mommertz of Hollaback!, Kawartha Sexual Assault Center (KSAC), and Courage Peterborough, has decided to stand up and Draw the Line on “jokes” about rape and consent.

“We wish to expand our reach and to provide those who have suffered harassment in our community an avenue to share

board charts are not the best tunes; they’re the most supported by the industry, chosen for having the best hooks and wiggliest earworms, and typically devoid of artistic merit. This music is not evaluated for content beyond catchiness and its endurance to be played endlessly.

But there is music out there with entirely different goals, waiting for your ear. I encourage our programmers to explore these forms of music, music that is distinctly uncatchy. The hook isn’t everything. The beat isn’t everything. There are worlds of depth to explore in music that does not fit within commercial radio’s mantra of Music. That’s what Trent Radio is for: to explore what goes unexplored through other channels.

Commercial radio does commercial radio well. You be you. We’ll be we.

The schedule for 2015-16 broadcasts is now up on the Trent Radio website and we are in full swing on the dial. If you tune in at 92.7 FM don’t expect Music. What we’re playing is harder to process, a lot less catchy, and potentially a more gratifying than any of that. Maybe you’ll think it

sounds terrible, maybe it will open up new worlds. The point is, it’s risky. I would like to speak in defence of Freddie Mercury’s “Radio Ga Ga” song, but I think its sentiment has been firmly lost having beem played so many thousands of times. Let’s

their stories,” said Jones.

Jones experienced a slew of abusive comments after having called out a comedian on social media for making comments that mocked a consent poster in town and receiving support for his promotion of rape culture.

The individuals joining this man were worse than the friends that stay quiet when an offensive joke is uttered because they kept feeding the bad joke fire.

Jones went to the police on several occasions. Even after being threatened and harassed for being a survivor, the police told her there was nothing they could do about it.

Draw the Line is a variety show with a purpose.According to Jones, it serves to raise awareness of the “normalization of rape culture in our society and the gap between the law and these situations” in a lighthearted manner that doesn’t take away from the seriousness of the issues.

The show premiered last year at The

Venue and Jones is saying they want to run the event twice a year.

This year’s show will be happening on October 17 at 9PM at The Venue. All of the proceeds will go to public education through KSAC, the Draw the Line Campaign and Hollaback!. There will be a photo booth where audience members can donate and get a snapshot of them sharing where they draw the line.

In addition to awakening public awareness, Jones added that another goal of this year’s event is to make Peterborough the first UN-mandated safe city in Canada.

Willing individuals can sign their own letter template at the event that will be sent to Mayor Bennett asking him what he will do to make Peterborough a Safe City.

For more information on UN-mandated safe cities, visit: www.unwomen.org/~/ media/headquarters/media/publications/ unifem/evawkit_05_factsheet_safecitites_ en.pdf

Gender-based violence in our community

by Ugyen Wangmo

What message is the story sending the victims? The perpetrators? And the bystanders? are the three most important questions to consider when telling the stories of gender-based violence.

“WORDS MATTER: The Story Behind Gender-Based Violence in Our Community” was a professional development event that educated journalists, newsmakers, and communication specialists of the language and complexity of communicating genderbased violence through media.

“Words Matter is a topic that is very relevant in today’s media and it is just the beginning of a conversation of how we communicate about gender-based violence in our community,” said Lisa Clarke, needsassessment project manager at the Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre (KSAC).

The half-day workshop was a professional development opportunity for people working in media and communications. It provided better understanding and introduced new language and perspective to stories of sexual- and gender-based violence that are published in print, online, and television, informed Clarke.

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The event saw Julie Lalonde, public education and anti-sexual violence activist, as the keynote speaker. The panel presentation included Lauren Gilchrist of Peterborough Police Service, Lois Tuffin of Peterborough This Week, and Sarah Deeth of CHEX Television.

The event followed the release of the Lessons From Behind the Door Community Report that addresses access to community services in the prevention of and response to sexual violence against girls and women in the City and County of Peterborough, said Clarke.

According to her, the KSAC, Elizabeth Fry Society of Peterborough, and collaborating agencies have been working with survivors of sexual violence and front-line service providers to research this issue in a needs assessment that was funded by Status of Women Canada. The report is due to be released on October 20, 2015 at the Peterborough Domestic Abuse Network’s annual awards luncheon, shared Clarke.

She briefly explained the proceedings of the event by saying that media and professional communicators discussed “all sides of the story” in talking about gender-based violence, including sexual assault, harassment, and intimate partner violence in

public forums. Difficulties and opportunities while talking about public safety concerns regarding gender-based violence, and the limitations in telling the whole story, was also up for discussion. Clarke noted that further, the event allowed participants to talk collaboratively about ideas in addressing victim-blaming and rape culture through words in the news and online.

Among many important topics that were covered during the forum, attendees thoroughly deliberated the use of the word “alleged” when describing the act of sexual assault. Lalonde noted that “alleged” implied disbelief on the part of the communicator.

She recommended using alternative words to avoid evoking negative bias towards a survivor’s reports.

For instance, Lalonde suggested we “replace the word ‘alleged’ with ‘said,’ ‘according to,’ or ‘report’, and attribute the words to a specific speaker (for example, ‘according to the police’ or ‘prosecutors say’).”

Another important element when covering stories about sexual assault is approaching and employing the right sources for information. Lalonde talked about who the experts are on the subject, as well as those who are useless towards contributing to the story.

She mentioned that survivors are the experts; however, it is important to remember that they will be experts only on their experience. Individuals who work with survivors have a breadth of experience around sexual violence, so they are the most important experts to talk to, according to Lalonde. Thirdly, academics and researchers who do qualitative and quantitative study specialized around this area are also worthwhile sources to talk to for building a story.

But “don’t talk to someone just because they say something clever over the Internet.

And definitely not the neighbours, friends, and family of the perpetrator, or the politicians,” warned Lalonde.

The event was held on October 5 at the Seeds of Change at George Street United Church through the collaboration of the KSAC, YWCA Peterborough Haliburton, Elizabeth Fry Society of Peterborough, PARN-Your Community AIDS Resource Network, Peterborough Police Service, Peterborough This Week, and the Peterborough Examiner.

It was supported by Status of Women Canada, United Way- Peterborough and District, and Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General.

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TCSA Election Candidates Anastasia Kaschenko: Environment & Sustainability Commissioner

system, energy efficiency, and waste infrastructure. These are all areas I believe have room for improvement and we can work together to create positive change.

However, this all starts with being informed.

So, Trent students, if elected, I sincerely offer to:

t Create opportunities to receive your feedback on environmental issues you Hello fellow Trent Students!

I am a fourth-year Environmental Science/Studies student who enjoys being outdoors, smiling at strangers, and finding at least one thing to laugh about everyday.

Otherwise, you can commonly find me in the halls talking about something related to sustainability and the environment with peers, faculty, and other student leaders.

This often includes helping coordinate an upcoming event or initiative, such as the Lug-A-Mug campaign, Waste Warrior Challenge, EcoTray pilot project, or the Green Team - all of which I was either involved in, or held the key organizing role. My past years of involvement with Sustainable Trent, Kawartha World Issues Centre (KWIC), and more recently, the Green Team and Food Sustainability Services committee, have resulted in myself having already established relationships with these student groups and several Trent staff on the two advisory boards with which this position is expected to liaise.

In short, by virtue of having been involved in the awesome student initiatives on campus the past few years, I have found myself doing many of the tasks of the TCSA Environment & Sustainability commissioner already! I will therefore be able to build on those projects by continuing to work to that goal under this title, if elected.

I am passionate about on-campus sustainability because I believe that when students see real change happen from their efforts, it promotes environmentallyconscious conversation and behaviour. If elected, I would like to communicate to you (the students) what initiatives are already going on at both the student group and administrative levels as information is released.

Through articles in Arthur, the TCSA website, and events I run with this position throughout the year, I want information to be highly accessible to students regarding sustainability initiatives on campus. This way, students are informed and can provide their feedback or input to the right people. I look forward, if elected, to running awareness campaigns related to sustainability on campus in our food

Elora Tarlo- Off-:Campus Commissioner Hi, I’m Elora Tarlo and I’m running for first year off-campus commissioner.

I made the decision a long time ago to live off-campus even though people told me it would be hard to make friends and get involved with the University. I’ll admit, it hasn’t been a breeze but it’s been an amazing experience. I was forced to come out of my shell and take the opportunities to meet other people.

I want to bring off-campus to on-campus and vice versa. I was sitting in a seminar the other day and we all agreed that it’s hard to get out and know what’s available offcampus. I was shocked because just the weekend before, I’d gone downtown to a café and had done some shopping. Peterborough is a beautiful community and if there was one thing I didn’t like about downtown, it was that I was on my own.

I want to reach out to first-year students and show them what Peterborough is all about and why I fell in love with this little city. There is so much to see and do here, whether it’s going on a hike, going to the zoo, shopping, a café… It doesn’t matter, I’ve fallen in love with it all.

I want to learn what other first-year students have to say and what they are looking for in Peterborough. Besides, it is us who have the freshest first impression of this city.

As well, I want to share the variety of opportunities that Trent has to offer us. Because there is so much, a lot can go unseen. It’s cheesy but the “more the merrier,” right?

Cheers to a new start! Vote for me and we can start it right.

Asiaga Corriveau: Women’s Student Commissioner Hello!

My name is Asgiga Corriveau and it is my final year at Trent as a joint Psychology and Sociology major.

I am a good choice for the position of Women’s Student Commissioner because I have previous experience of being on the board, I have a good grasp of campaigns run by the TCSA. I’ve been part of campaigns such as Draw the Line, which falls under consent and safe sex; and I have a previously established network that I can use to get in touch with groups on-campus and organizations in the community.

For the time I would be in this position for the year, there are a couple of things I would like to do.

First, I would like to personalize the Draw the Line campaign to the Peterborough Trent Campus by working together with Security at Trent, Peterborough Police, and the Kawartha Sexual Assault Center.

The second thing I would like to look at is safety on campus. With the introduction of a stand-alone policy on sexual violence and harassment at Trent by the Senate last year, I think it would be prudent to engage with students about it.

The third objective I have in mind is towork with the current queer commissioner to organize events or work on the self-love week campaign.

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care about and communicate it to Trent advisory boards.

t Work with you on ideas you have for making our campus more sustainable. t Report back on sustainability projects, both on-going and proposed, as information is available.

t Be approachable, friendly, and super open to talking about sustainability and the environment with any student – just ask!

Thank you, Miigwetch, and peace and love to you all!

community

OPIRG’s Food Cupboard is closing

by Jesse Whattam

For the past 16 years, OPIRG (Ontario Public Interest Research Group) has been running a Food Cupboard for Trent University students and Peterborough community members to provide access to

emergency food.

For years a community has been building at the Food Cupboard and it has flourished into a space where you can always find not only food, but conversation, support and laughter.

It is with great sadness that OPIRG has

announced that on Saturday October 17th, the doors of the Food Cupboard will be closing.

OPIRG is forever thankful and grateful to the volunteers, community members and students. These individuals have put so much work and energy into trying to create an anti-oppressive Food Cupboard for our community.

Today, OPIRG does not have the structural or financial capacity to maintain the growing operation of the Food Cupboard.

Since 2008 the use of the food cupboard has increased by over 300% and is now the third largest food bank in Peterborough.

No one expected the small OPIRG food cupboard to grow to such size and over the past three years.

Volunteers, board and staff have been working extremely hard to try and meet the needs of the Food Cupboard program.

Despite the continuous effort, limited access to funding and resources, the pursuit of meeting the needs of a large food bank have been unsuccessful.

The basement of a heritage building is not suitable for such a food bank: it is physically inaccessible for some people.

There is inadequate space for it to be safe for our community, and resources such as fridges and freezers are lacking.

It is well known that this funding and resource strain is a common challenge faced by local organizations.

This challenge is a product of the same systems of neoliberal capitalism that have seen a drastic increase in wealth and income inequality, poverty and thus food banks.

During the summer of 2013, the Food

Cupboard went under an internal evaluation in response to skyrocketing demand and the lack in capacity to expand in both space and hours of operation along with the increasing clarity of the unsustainability of a food bank system.

Two years after this review was completed, the short-term goals have largely been accomplished.

However, the long-term goals of a new and sustainable space, supportive programming, waste management resources and long term transportation, have proven to require a large amount of funding and resources which are outside the capacity of OPIRG. From this a review a Food Cupboard Steering Collective (FCSC) was established and since the fall of 2014.

The FCSC began looking into the possibility of the food cupboard separating from OPIRG and becoming its own entity.

The FCSC remains very dedicated to the search for funding which will allow a separate food bank to be opened, filling the gap left by the closure of the Food Cupboard.

OPIRG will continue to focus on food justice, security and sovereignty.

To end the prevalent crisis of poverty and inequality and the unsustainability of our food system, there will need to be a wave of force from society to create a paradigm shift that acknowledges poverty, inequality and hunger as a structural failure and a political issue.

OPIRG intends to continue being a part of this force, with more focus on advocating for structural change and bringing attention to the root causes of hunger and poverty.

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Hot dish: “gobble gobble those turkey leftovers”

By Marina WIlke

Thanksgiving is over and done with, but what to do with all that leftover turkey?

You could be typical and use it in soups and sandwiches or you could spice up your life a bit and impress your roommates with this Hot Dish original.

Turkey egg rolls are a quick, easy and unconventional way to turn your Thanksgiving leftovers into magnificent munchies.

I have added some handy cheats so you won’t have to spend all day chopping to get fabulous results for this recipe Ingredients:

t 1 package eggroll wrappers t 3 cups chopped leftover turkey meat t 2 cups coleslaw mix (you can shred

you own carrots and cabbage, this is just faster)

t 1 onion thinly sliced t 2 cloves garlic minced t 1 tbsp fresh ginger chopped t 1 cup bean sprouts (optional) t 2 tbsp soy sauce t 1 tbsp sesame oil t Oil for frying Instructions: 1. Sautee the sliced onion with a splash of oil on medium-high heat for 1 minute. When the onion has started to soften, add the coleslaw mix, garlic and ginger and fry for a few minutes until the whole mixture is soft and reasonably well cooked.

2. Turn off the heat and combine the fried vegetables, chopped turkey, bean sprouts, soy sauce and sesame oil and mix well (add more soy or sesame to fit your taste).

Let this mixture cool down a bit so you don’t burn your hands.

3. Lay a wrapper flat on a clean, dry surface and place about ¼ cup of the mixture in the centre. Fold the bottom and top of the wrapper inward over the mixture and roll from one side to the other forming a cylinder. Place the finished roll aside and continue until all of the mixture is used up.

4. In a deep frying pan warm the oil until it forms bubbles on the end of a wooden spoon when inserted.

Fry 3-4 rolls at a time, turning often, until the outside is puffy and golden brown. Remove the rolls and let them drain on some paper towel. Continue this until all of your turkey rolls are fried and serve them with your favourite dipping sauce.

Hint: You can buy egg roll wrappers at Fresh Co. , Min’s Chinese Grocery and Goodies on George Downtown.

Most super markets carry them too but you will probably have to ask a staff member to help you find them.

*Editors Note: Do you have a tight budget, limited resources, and perhaps not the best culinary skills? Fret not. Hot Dish is a weekly column that appears in Arthur Newspaper. The lovely Marina Wilke dishes her favourite, original, and expert recipes for your frugal student needs.

Visit our website to check out Hot Dish recipes you may have missed over the summer and early fall. Just looking at this picture is making us hungry. Eating well doesn’t have to be expensive!

Follow Marina’s Twitter account to keep up to date with all of these mouth watering meals: @HotDishEats

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listings: Want your event in the paper? Send yours to listings@trentarthur.ca

classifieds ELECTRIC CITY GARDENS offers a 40% STUDENT DISCOUNT

on all Entrees. Daily changing menu featuring lovingly prepared seasonally-inspired dishes. Can cater to any special dietary requirements (vegan, gluten-free, etc) and culinary cravings. (Advanced notice appreciated for menu alterations).

ECG offers attentive service in an intimate setting. Find us on Facebook.L.G.B.T. friendly. LLBO Licensed. Reservations strongly recommended: 705-749-1909.

Interested in learning to play Guitar, Ukulele or Bass? Take Lessons with Nick Ferrio at Hank to Hendrix Guitar Co. Personalized one-on-one instruction for beginners or intermediate players. Contact: 705-768-7544 or nicholas.ferrio@gmail.com Academic Mentoring Needs Math Mentors! If you’re interested in a volunteer opportunity of approximately one hour a week helping another student, consider applying to be an academic mentor in math or any other subject. The academic mentoring program is a mentormatching service that matches students with mentors with expertise in the subject with which they need help. Mentors help “mentees” work through course concepts and demonstrate good academic practice while gaining valuable volunteer experience. The minimum qualification of an academic mentor is an average of 75%. Visit us: www.trentu.ca/peermentoring.

Clubs & Groups Trent Film Society Presents a Free Public Screening of Nosferatu and Der Gollum. A rare double feature of two classic horror films from the Weimar era of Germany. Audiences are welcome to come for either or both films - but we hope you’ll stick around for both features (if you’re not scared out of your wits, that is). This screening, which starts at 8 p.m., is at our regular venue of Artspace (378 Aylmer St. North) and best of all, it’s free!

Volunteer with B!ke: Low on gold?

Pay for your bike with experience points! Level up your mechanical skills by volunteering in our teaching shop to earn experience points, then put your skills to use by refurbishing a bike from our dungeon! Collect 100 points in the shop and the bike is yours!

For more information or to register for the EarnABike Programme, contact B!KE at jeff@communitybike-

shop.org.

Chocolate Extravaganza:Tuesday, November 3rd from 5-7 pm @ the Spoon. $5-$10 sliding scale.

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Join food alchemist Dan Ledandan as he explores the craft of chocolate making and leads us in a spectacular night of celebrating cacao in all its forms!Take part in chocolate tasting, have the opportunity to design your own chocolate creations and more! In the spirit of Halloween and the Day of the Dead you are encouraged to bring costumes, snacks to share, musical instruments or whatever else you wish to contribute to add to the festivities The Seasoned Spoon:The Seasoned Spoon Café is grateful for the support of Trent students. Refundable levy requests by registered students will be accepted until Friday, October 23rd. We serve delectable, local and organic food Monday-Friday from 8:00-3:30 in Champlain College. For more information about the Spoon and our programs go to www.seasonedspoon.ca Honey Wine Making: Learn how to make your own honey wine using 100% local ingredients in this exciting workshop! From its historical and cultural significance, to its nutritional, and even environmental benefits; mead making (or mazing) is seeing a resurgence in popularity, and you can start making your own “Elixer of the Gods” at up to 18% alcohol, with very little start-up money while supporting farmers, your local economy and your taste buds! Darian Bacon from the Harvest Gathering will lead you through the process step by step and answer any questions you have along the way.There will also be samples and handouts provided. Previous students of Darian’s courses are encourages to bring their stories, experiences and creations. Wednesday October 14. 5:00-7:00pm at Seasoned Spoon Cafe. $5 or PWYC Sauerkraut Workshop: Using traditional recipes and fresh fall produce from the Trent Gardens, this workshop will teach you how to make your own super nutritious and delicious preserves that will last you all winter long. Sauerkraut; a staple for any local food lover’s fridge! Wednesday October 21 from 5:00 - 7:00pm at The Seasoned Spoon.

Volunteer Call-out:Exiting Opportunity! THE SEASONED SPOON IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS! It’s that time of year again when Spoon kitchen is firing back up and fresh organic produce is pouring in from the gardens. We need lots of extra help

to keep things in check and maintain optimum kitchen flow.

We are seeking out new volunteers with keen interest in food issues, a desire to learn kitchen ninja skills and an inspiration to contribute to community building.

Please email spoonvolunteers@gmail. com if you are interested or for more info.

Peterborough Downtown Farmers’ Market.

Wednesday’s 8:30-2:00pm. Louis St. parking lot (near Charlotte & Aylmer, next to Shopper’s Drug Mart). Every week until Oct. 30.

Follow us on Twitter: @PtboWedMarket. “Kawartha’s own, locally grown.”

Tame: Presented by Public Energy. three dancers navigate a chaotic landscape filled with ambiguity, off-beat humour and colourful perversion. General Admission.

Advanced Tickets available online.

Saturday October 17 at Market Hall.

Peterborough Women’s Events Committee presents the 25th Annual Persons’ Day Breakfast: from 7:00 - 8:30 a.m. at Trinity United Church (360 Reid St., Peterborough, entrance off Simcoe St.).

Peterborough women have celebrated Persons’ Day exploring equity issues globally and locally for 25 years. Many Aboriginal, immigrant and indeed international women have never enjoyed an equal status.

Persons’ Day has encouraged these conversations and supported action with table discussions and thoughtful speakers. Sue Newman will sing ‘Bread and Roses’. Janet McCue will bring a greeting song as well.

Young women from each political party are invited to identify a key national women’s issue and explore why they are committed to the political process. Cost: $12 or pay what you can – at the door.

For more information contact KWIC - info@kwic.info.

An Evening of Stories of Reconciliation with Elder Shirley Williams: Friday, Oct. 30 2015, 7:00 – 9:00 pm. At the Unitarian Fellowship of Peterborough 775 Weller Street (at Medical Drive) $5-10 donation or pay what you can. Free parking.

Fun Mystery Quiz Night with Italian Dinner Buffet: Saturday Oct 24th, 2015 6 pm. St Andrew’s United Church. 441 Rubidge St, Peterborough. Tickets $20 Facilitator’s Collective Information Session: Have you heard about The Seeds for Justice Facilitator’s Collective with KWIC? It’s entirely youth-driven, and its goal is to develop and deliver social and environmental justice-themed workshops to youth in the Peterborough area. Want to learn more?

Attend our Facilitator’s Collective Information Session on Tuesday, October 12 from 2-3pm, in the KWIC-ERS Resource Centre.Training session will follow on October 17.

For more details, contact Rachelia Giardino at workshops@kwic.info

Arts B L A C K L I G H T: Dance with the Dark on Devil’s Night with DJs Dauri Cems, Gnosys, Aquapher and Benny Black where you come as the decoration with a chance to play with black-light paint and costumes...party will provide a blacklight environment FRIDAY, OCT. 30, 2015 8pm Sadleir House. ONLY $10 TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLY at www.mediaartspeterborough.org Attend a jazz performance! Donna Collison & Biff Hannon Jazz Duo at Curry Village: Saturday, November 7th, 2015 (306 George St. N., Peterborough) Xprime Ccomes to The Spill! A high energy Niagra based-based pop-rock outfit is capable of making elegant, punchy pop music of immensely broad appeal. Xprime is creating a buzz in the Canadian music scene.

October 15 at The Spill $2 Punk Shows Every Month!

Acoustic Punk show! Wayne Kennedy, James Higgin, KINK, Sheenan D. Jordan, Rich Chris, Mitch Barber.

October 3 at The Garnet. 213 Hunter St. West. Doors at 9:00PM. 19+ The House of Haunt: Peterborough legends No Pussyfooting will be returning to the stage at the Spill and you aren’t going to want to miss this. Television Rd rounds out this stellar lineup. They’ll have their sophomore EP released by then, and they’ll bring their signature haunting style, complete with dazzling vocals and vertigo inducing keyboard! It’s always a helluva party with these folks, don’t miss out! Doors at 8:30 PM. Music at 9:00 PM $10 at the door, or $7 if you show up in costume!

MAP Talks @ Sadleir House: An open dialogue “show and tell” night with cultural producers working today on various media arts projects around here.(Season 1) Five consecutive Tuesdays starting Oct. 13th - Filmmakers and Photographers: Wayne Eardley, Rob Viscardis, Angel Hamilton, Lester Alfonso, Dan Browne (series rate only $50) More info and tickets available at www.mediaartspeterborough.org

street style

Amuse has been a gift to our hedonist coffee drinking souls, but the delightful coffee isn’t the only thing we’ve noticed at Amuse. Every time we walk through its doors, an impeccably dressed individual is perched in a corner with a latte, hunched over their laptop, or in deep conversation with an equally well dressed companion.This quaint little place draws a unique crowd.

Peterborough blows Toronto out of the water when it comes to fashion, as is our humble opinion. This week, we photographed said Amuse fashionista’s.

Donning suspenders, some rad red keds, and a maroon v-neck (perfect colour for the fall!) the Amuse barista on the left is killing it with his simplicity and colour coordination. The fella on the right flashes his ankles with candid rolled up cuffss and a striped shirt. If only we were this cool.