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Volume 50 | Issue 22 | April 4, 2016

Canadian microbiologist Dr.Shiv Chopra visits Peterborough

By D Dmuchowski

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On March 25, Peterborough was pleased to host the world-renowned Canadian microbiologist and human rights activist, who was credited as being involved in one of the first major whistleblowing incidents in Canadian public service, Dr. Shiv Chopra. The lecture took place at the East City Lion’s Community Center and featured Chopra as a keynote speaker, in addition to local panelists Cheryl Lyon, Ken Mills and Tom Hutchinson.

In 1998 and 1999, Chopra and several of his colleagues testified to the Canadian Senate that they were pressured by senior supervisors to approve multiple drugs that had not undergone rigorous testing, and were of questionable safety. Included were Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) and Baytril, which in the words of Chopra “is even more controversial. It’s a critical antibiotic, one that produces cross-resistance against a critical antibiotic necessary for human use called ciprofloxacin. It’s from the same class of drugs. When it is used in poultry, beef, turkeys, pigs, or whatever, then it causes cross-resistance in the intestines of those animals. Then those bacteria, like salmonella, campylobacter, or E. coli, get transferred to people and cause disease and death of immense order.”

The majority of these drugs were used to increase meat and dairy production in livestock.

Since then, Chopra has dedicated himself to advocacy and activism around food security, safety and quality in scientific as well as internationally political contexts.

His lecture at the East City Lion’s Community Center specifically aimed to discuss the effects of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) on Canadian food safety, quality and security, as well as the economy. The TPP is a trade agreement between 12 Pacific Rim countries which contains 1000 pages including issues of public policy.

Its stated goal is to “promote economic growth; support the creation and retention of jobs; enhance innovation, productivity and competitiveness; raise living standards; reduce poverty in our countries; and promote transparency, good governance and enhanced labor and environmental protections.”

Although the partnership deals with matters pertaining to a vast amount of issues, Chopra focuses on the impact it will have on food safety and sovereignty in

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Canada. He initially alludes to the purpose of the TPP; to create profit in the interest of protecting the investments of corporations. The TPP did not pass through parliament, which is also problematic in a democratic system of governance.

The TPP will have an immense effect on Canada’s dairy, poultry and meat sectors. In addition to affecting milk, the TPP agreement would allow for more imports of yogurt, ice cream and different types of cheese, said Sylvain Charlebois, professor of distribution and food policy at the University of Guelph’s Food Institute.

Canada’s protected dairy sector faces severe consequences as an additional 3.25 per cent share of imports in the sector would be allowed under the partnership from the states, in addition to 17, 700 tonnes of cheeses permitted from Europe, as well as a 2.3 per cent increase in imported eggs, and a 2.1 per cent additional increase in chicken, totaling in a four per cent increase of dairy and poultry products; a not insignificant number. This will continue to put local farmers out of work.

Chopra added that in addition to the economic backlash farmers will face, Canadians need to be concerned about the quality of food being brought into the country. According to his research, foods coming into Canada from other countries with different food safety regulations can pose health risks to Canadians. The “Five Pillars of Food Safety,” coined and con-

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structed by Chopra, is a model that takes into account the risks we may be facing with increased imports. This includes increased hormones and antibiotics, pesticides, slaughterhouse waste and genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

One of Chopra’s largest concerns is that the food being imported, which has not been rigorously tested for safety, will cause Canadians to fall ill and be increasingly predisposed toward cancers as a result of consuming products that have been treated with unnatural chemicals, causing shorter lifespans in livestock. Once Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) are determined, they are legally obligated to be published. There are no hormones listed, Chopra added, because there are no minimums for complete carcinogens.

As a solution, Chopra encouraged the nation to launch a public movement. Before it passes, the partnership must be ratified in provincial and federal courts.

In addition to this, he stated that we must invest in local farmers to keep money and resources in our own communities. He questioned whether Canada is a truly democratic state if chemicals are being put into the food, and therefore bodies of Canadian citizens, without their acknowledgment or consent.

Panelist Lyon, the secretary of the Board of Directors for the Peterborough chapter of transition town, an “all volunteer, nonprofit organization using economic local-

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ization to reduce our community-wide dependence on fossil fuels while increasing local community resilience and selfsufficiency in food, water, energy, culture and wellness,” also partook in the panel discussion. Lyon emphasized the absolute necessity of buying locally for economic benefit, as well as an adaptive measure in the face of global climate change.

Mills, the food security coordinator at OPIRG Peterborough and second-year biology student at Trent University, took a more direct approach by putting a lens on food scarcity for the economically disadvantaged. As food cupboards continue to disappear, noting the recent closing of the long-running OPIRG food cupboard, it is essential that providers of these services collaborate in order to secure more funding grants. He also noted that while many food justice activists on Trent campus have good intentions, they are not fully realized or put into action as frequently as is needed.

The last panelist, Hutchinson, emeritus professor of environmental resource studies at Trent University, spoke to the system of supply management systems in the food sector. It allows Canadian farmers to have set quotas while controlling supply and allows Canada to be self-sufficient.

However, as large portions of the meat and dairy sector are given to other countries, the small farms are put out of business. Echoing Chopra’s points, Hutchinson speaks of the danger to the economy as well as food quality; the amount of American milk with less regulated use of hormones in livestock will continue to proliferate in our markets and effect the health of Canadians for generations.

The theme is common amongst speakers; the quality of Canadian food and the Canadian dairy and meat economy are at risk, and residents of Canada need to come together to collectively do something about it before the partnership becomes ratified in provincial and federal courts.

In addition to this, local Canadian farmers must be supported to bolster access to food, in addition to increased local self-sufficiency and safety.

The health of current Canadian citizens as well as future generations is at risk.

“We need to take care of [ourselves] and our children. That is our duty to God,” Chopra concluded.

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Letters to editors

RE: Issue 20, college system investigation article This is a response to the article entitled “Arthur investigates the controversial restructuring of the college system” by Reba Harrison and Ugyen Wangmo, dated March 25, 2016 on your website.

Over the last couple of years, there have been numerous Arthur articles about the colleges at Trent that have paid insufficient attention to important historical context.

Originally, each college was responsible for its own housing operation, its own registrar services, its own food services, its own physical infrastructure and oversight of all faculties in the college. The decision to centralize these services was made long ago, before any of the current decisionmakers were at Trent.

This has dramatically changed the operations of the colleges, but not their primary goal; an intellectually and socially stimulating community. How that goal is achieved may have changed, the people may have changed, but the aspiration has not.

Experts in their fields now oversee each of the centralized functions at Trent. To decentralize these things once again would

entail an unbearable increase in costs.

You would go from one housing director to five; two project managers in PRD to five; one registrar to five; and so on.

The current organizational structure of the colleges flows from these historic changes.

A university is supposed to be on the leading edge of new knowledge and understanding. It should hardly be surprising then that over the last 50 years, the level of specialization in these very different functions has grown considerably.

Such expertise was not available and not understood in the early days.

It is also important to note that Trent’s compulsory non-tuition fees are some of the highest in the province, second only to UOIT. Centralizing services has been a strategy to limit costs in the face of painful financial challenges.

Finally, in my experience there is a troubling lack of critical discourse about the Oxford-Cambridge model upon which the colleges at Trent were founded.

The college system of those institutions is

fundamentally class oriented and privileges the wealthy elite. Power hierarchies are structural components of that system; one might even argue it is core to those colleges.

Ironically, Trent University was created out of the dreams, aspirations and hard earned money of the local labour movement in Peterborough - the antithesis of that classism.

More than 50 unions helped breathe life into those dreams. The labour movement is one that stands for solidarity and ensuring no one gets left behind. This is part of Trent’s heritage that could also be honoured.

The issues with fewer than half the student body feeling included in their college, or the high dropout rate at Trent goes against that heritage.

On a personal note, I would like to correct some inaccurate information that appeared in a recent Arthur article about the colleges: I worked at Trent University for a year and half and left on good terms.

My return to the University of Guelph was for a position that aligns with my professional aspirations and for family reasons. As a gay man, having children of

my own is not in the cards for me.

My niece was born after I started working at Trent and being at a great distance from her and the rest of my family was very difficult.

The fact that I left for family reasons was public knowledge. That I need to get into the details and defend it in the campus newspaper is deeply concerning. There were also several other factual errors in that article that have been addressed elsewhere.

As I look back on my time at Trent, there are many people that come to mind who are kind souls.

I had the good fortune to work with students, staff and faculty who are smart, compassionate and hard working. Nona Robinson in particular is a highly principled person, thoughtful and deeply committed to serving students.

The colleges at Trent have always been a work in progress, as is true of all meaningful communities. Best of luck to all of you in moving forward!

- Barry Townshend

An Open Letter to the organizers of Closed Space Discussion for Racialized and Indigenous Folks Am I oppressed enough?

My skin is dark, but is it dark enough?

I am a woman, but am I silenced enough?

Am I harassed enough? Am I objectified enough? Are my experiences with oppression valuable enough to be included in your closed space for discussion?

Is there a standard I have to meet, a checklist I have to cross, in order to be considered sufficiently racialized and marginalized to be able to attend your event? Am I welcome if I wont selfvictimize? If I will not let my experiences with oppression define me?

Is your closed space for discussion open for me?

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What about your allies? What about those who may not have experienced oppression, but who want to show their support, who want to join the conversation to listen about your experience, to express their solidarity, to take action with you?

How do you plan to address the oppression of racialized and indigenous peoples if your conversation is only a oneway conversation, if you don’t allow others to learn from your experiences and to express theirs?

When you created a closed space for discussion, you immediately created a space of exclusion.

The only people you included were those who identified as racialized and

indigenous, and you excluded all the rest. You excluded people who, like me, questioned the validity of their experiences before the word ‘closed.’

You excluded people who unlike you, who are less aware of ways in which oppression works against them and who could have benefitted from the conversation.

You excluded non-racialized and nonindigenous peoples who could have stood in solidarity, who could have learned about their position of privilege and their role in your oppression.

You excluded people who may not have wanted to stand in solidarity, those that needed to be exposed to different realities the most.

By creating a closed space for discussion, a “rare space where there are no white people participating,” you have excluded a number of diverse voices and experiences that may have contributed to your conversation.

You excluded me. Not only because I did not feel oppressed enough, but because I believe that if you are going to “address barriers,” you do not create more.

You created a barrier, and you prevented others from learning how to remove the ones that they create.

Your goal is to build solidarity, but let me ask you, solidarity with who?

-Anon

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Opinion

The double discourse of reasonable doubt

By Josh Skinner

Trigger Warning: the following article deals with the trial of Jian Ghomeshi and contains discussion of rape and the trial.

In the aftermath of the Jian Ghomeshi trial, three camps have emerged: those who believe the victims and are enraged by the judges’ decision; those who believe the victims, but understand the judge’s ruling and those who do not believe the victims.

In a poll released by Mainstreet/Postmedia in Toronto about 53 per cent of Torontonians polled disagreed with the decision, representing the polarized nature of the discourse that is taking place in the wake of the troubling trial.

Images of (mostly white) disappointed, angry women protesting the decision on commercial drive serve to infantilize those who feel that the legal system has failed.

Meanwhile, those who support the decision are seen as cold and heartless in their lack of will to believe those who come forward with their trauma.

There is a lack of will on either side of the social fallout to see the humanity in either side of the debate.

It is in times like these that I like to look at issues and discussion to find common threads between the two sides as a way of finding the humanity in the discussion. This urge is most likely a result of my

mostly incessant white saviour complex that puts me on the constant road to civilize.

Before I proceed I want to say that this is not going to be an opinion piece on the trial, rather it’s going to be an examination of the discussion on reasonable doubt, and how existential threats motivate those to ask for a suspension of it.

During a recent radio interview I conducted with Christopher Fleury, a law professional, and Kristal Jones, a sexual assault survivor, the latter brought up that she would like to see the world believe victims of sexual assault in the court of public opinion and of law.

This was met with immediate confrontation from the lawyer in the proverbial room (he called into the studio that day), where he stated that to do this would be to remove the principle of reasonable doubt out of the equation of law, which in his opinion would compromise the fundamental purpose of the law.

He did not believe in the concept of lowering standards for conviction in any case, and he brought up a brain-wrinkling parallel that caught the interviewer (me) completely flat-footed.

He stated that to believe victims without question is to lower the standards of evidence for conviction, which in turn

requires a suspension of the idea of proving that someone is guilty of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt.

This is very much the implication being put forward by those who would wish the legal system would adopt a “believe the victim” approach. He went on to state that this view of lowering of the standard of evidence for conviction is actually held by another group, those who wish to convict people for suspicion of will to commit terrorist attacks.

Those who view radical Jihadism as a massive threat to Western society believe that in order to prevent terror attacks from happening, there is a necessity to drastically reduce standards of evidence in order to make the world a safer place.

Whether those who hate the verdict of the Jian Ghomeshi trial want to admit it or not, they are asking for the same thing so as to achieve justice for sexual assault survivors, while also removing sexual predators from public life.

The commonality between these two parties is their own perceived existential threats of rape culture and the specter of terrorism.

Before I continue I would like to state that I believe that both rape culture and the specter of terrorism are real things that cannot be eradicated through deterrence methods (harsh penalties and mass convictions).

In both instances, there is a large group of people (Muslims and men), of which a minority commits crimes that are barbaric in nature.

There is a prevailing logic with both existential threats where it is understood that not all of those in either group commit these crimes, but the fact that some do creates an environment of fear around rape culture and the specter of terrorism in Western societies.

As a result, there are movements on both sides to make it easier to stop and regulate both of these things.

My goal with this article is to show that the principle of reasonable doubt is not just under scrutiny by those on left wing of politics, but also of those on the right.

I hope that by comparing these two criticisms of reasonable doubt that it will make people think more about what reducing the amount of evidence needed for conviction means.

However, most of all, I will once again state that the criminal justice system has been an objective failure at dealing with systemic issues such as gang violence and I do not see how increasing convictions for sexual assault cases will in any way mitigate rape culture.

To hear the full interview, visit https://soundcloud.com/trentvariety.

against the changes she authorized, but in the end it didn’t matter. The downtown colleges were sold and it changed Trent University forever...the effects still rippling in 2016, as we face higher enrolment and overcrowded residences. Patterson is still on Trent’s payroll, having since moved on with this “success” under her belt, and Arthur still echoes its criticisms over her after all this time, as it will with the restructuring of the colleges for years to come.

One of the greatest experiences we have had is reaching back into time and rediscovering the story of Peter Robinson’s closure by interviewing Ziy Sah, one of the Trent Eight, and trying to find photos to accompany one of the greatest university protests Canada has ever experienced.

Luckily, a past editor of Arthur, David Tough, was kind enough to share his archives with us. When I asked him why he decided to run for editor of Arthur, he mentioned that he thought Arthur should be more critical of administration than it was.

In criticizing what has happened to the colleges, it isn’t a personal attack on any one person. It’s the duty of this paper to remain critical of decisions such as this.

The fact remains that there is no proof of student input of how the decision to have college heads be administrative instead of academic is something anyone felt was necessary. Speaking with an old College Head, who for obvious reasons we will not name,

they felt as though Trent was trying to fix something that was never broken to begin with.

The fact remains that this change was presented to Senate as “information only” indicates that this could never have been challenged, it had simply gone through.

The fact is, that if you are an academic at any university right now, times are tough.

Finding a permanent full- time position, or even a part-time position as one that existed for college heads, is extremely rare. The fact is, that these College Head positions would greatly benefit those professors.

With professors in a state where they are begging for scraps or contracts, it calls into question whether a position like AVP Students is ever reviewed? It should be, because it’s only fair considering the impact that position now has, with all this power.

The time has come for us to fight for our professors, because their plight is our future.

Professors are entering early retirement plans, and with their positions remaining unfilled, departments crumble before our eyes. This is not just an issue that Trent faces, but universities across Canada.

Due to our campus being so small, we feel the pinch more than a larger institution like the University of Toronto where professors get hired and leave routinely.

In this issue, the teaching awards are the feature. The ironic thing about awards such as these is that many of it’s recipients are

no longer at Trent University for one reason or another. This is mostly due to the fact that professors would love to stay on at Trent, but are offered full time positions elsewhere. One such excellent professor comes to mind by the name of Mark Dickinson.

Many of you remember Mark from the course he taught, Canada and the Land. It was a superb course, and he was a superb professor.

To me, the irony of presenting him with a Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching when he was not offered a full - time position at Trent was, well, indicative of what goes on at this institution.

The thought of someone like Mark Dickinson being a College Head, or someone like Dave Tough holding that position is truly a heartbreaking thought, because such a thing can’t happen anymore.

If that is something you as a student feel is unjust, and is something you strongly disagree with, then you have to fight for it.

Fight for your professors, because they are suffering right now. It’s a lot to ask, because students are facing their own struggles as well, but your voice is the one that counts.

Can the tide be turned? Can scholars be College Heads once more?

That is up to the student voice, because unfortunately, to undo something of this magnitude is sure to be complicated - but not impossible.

Editorial: Arthur remaining critical

By Zara Syed

As another Volume of Arthur Newspapercomes to an end, it evokes a great deal of reflection after our first year as editors of a newspaper.

The source of the recent controversial discourse in the paper surrounds the restructuring of the colleges that occurred in the Spring of 2014. During that time, Arthur was not running, nor were students around to protest such a change.

Yumna and I had our work cut out for us in discovering how this change could have occurred without protest. The timing of this change occurring is part of that answer, as controversial changes being pushed through when school is not in session is not uncommon at Trent University.

Sure, there is something problematic with this statement, just as there was with discussing Barry Townshend’s departure from Trent University. There is also something problematic about having the power to change the nature of an academic establishment without that being called into question. The most problematic thing of all is stating that a change of this magnitude is a success, or that it isn’t that drastic of a change from the original model of the colleges, when everyone who has submitted feedback on the restructuring of the colleges has written otherwise.

What is so reminiscent of the Bonnie Patterson era here is that students were

Fairness for International Students: accessibility and challenges

By Kristina Dergacheva

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As Canadian Federation of Students stated, between 2000 and now the number of international students at Ontario colleges increased by five times, while the number of international students at Ontario universities almost tripled.

International students are an integral part of our university as they make our institutions more diverse. They also are helping to contribute to the academic community, similarly to all other students.

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Trent Central Student Association (TCSA), Regional Groups and Trent International Student Association (TISA) are launching the Fairness for International Students campaign, to achieve the elimination of differential fees and establish a strict percentage of how much international student tuition can increase. There is currently no official maximum percentage by how much their tuition can be increased, but there is a limit for domestic students.

The traditional argument in favor of

higher international student tuition fees is that universities do not receive operating funds for these students, and thus must recoup all costs through tuition fees.

However, the current regime of deregulated international tuition fees has allowed universities to charge tuition well in excess of the combined tuition, ancillary fee and government operating revenue received per domestic students. In other words, on a per-student basis, universities receive more revenue from international tuition alone

than they do from domestic tuition and government operating grants combined.

International students have a large economic impact; they contribute a few billion dollars annually to the province’s economy through tuition fees, basic living expenses taxes and consumer spending.

Despite these significant contributions, international students are faced with various challenges when it comes to accessing post-secondary education, health care and immigration processes.

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Undergraduates present their stories at the Feminist Research Cafe

By Reba Harrison

On the morning of March 31, nine groups of students set up in the Otonabee Common Room to display their research completed throughout the semester. The students of Dr. May Chazan spent the last three months carrying out community research projects in hopes of making positive changes to the lives of others.

Chazan guided the students throughout their projects and the university’s Academic Skills Centre offered a great amount of aid.

However, the students designed their own research questions, chose their methodology to carry out and analyzed the data collected to prepare for this day.

The following is a brief summary of each groups’ research. Please contact Dr. May Chazan of the Woman’s Studies Dept. for more information.

The Heterogeneous Woman Heidi Burns, Hayley Readman and Paige Wallace To better understand the assumptions that may exist in non-governmental organizations of the Global North and how women of the Global South and their health issues are being portrayed by these organizations, the researchers looked closely at Doctors Without Borders, Because I Am A Girl and World Vision.

The theme of women in the Global South as passive victims continued to emerge. While there is a major focus on the social and physical wellbeing of women and children with an emphasis on economical development, there is very little attention brought to educating men about gender oppression and gender-based violence.

The three student researchers hope that these findings will encourage organizations to be more conscientious of the images or assumptions they publicize.

Beyond the Desk Melissa Hunt and Breanna Webb Through a focus group with Peterborough front-line shelter workers, the group explored the kinds of supports and training currently offered for shelter staff in Peterborough to assist them in working with survivors of domestic abuse and mental illness. In particular, post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD).

The research concluded that restricted funding and a deficit in mental health education adds additional stress to shelter staff that work to help shelter occupants.

Their report suggested further research to be done around shelter staff career expectations in comparison to the reality, the nature of mental illness presented in formal education and determining further stressors in the field of work.

Attitudes and Perceptions: Sex Work Reba Harrison Harrison hoped to better understand the nature of the Trent community’s reproduction of stigma, and hypothesized that watching one or more of the ‘documentaries’ about sex work available on the student-popular Netflix may affect student perceptions and attitudes of sex work and workers.

Seeking honesty, she created a survey to be completed anonymously, but this method lacked clarity. A quantitative analysis of the data gathers did not offer any new insight on the issue. In

conclusion, Harrison presented insight into why a quantitative survey did not work to answer the research question.

Women and Remand Joy Doonan, Alicia Popelier and Steffany Trites “Our research found that remand programs have the potential to benefit many criminalized women, but only if they are implemented in the right way,” read the research report. Systematic issues like poverty increase the likeliness that a woman may end up in prison while suffering from economic disadvantage. The report ends by suggesting future research to focus on the legality of remand as an entirety, among other things.

The Invisible Onus of Family Integration on Immigrant Women Shivani Patel and Yatshini Rajaratnam Working with the New Canadians Centre to determine the barriers that exist for immigrant women to develop social and professional networks upon immigrants to Canada, the two research students interviewed front-line workers.

Their research found that responsibility of family integration is often put onto the women of the family, while the process is made challenging by existing societal and structural barriers.

Occupational Gender Stereotypes Abigail Kent and Danielle Dika Kent and Dika analyzed the content of online and in-print services and details of five local employment agencies. The research looked specifically at language

and imagery use alongside availability and accessibility of services, and services promoted for specific groups. Gender stereotyping and a lack of class diversity were clear in the analysis.

Employment agencies have a large amount of influence in the occupational assumptions made about gender. The group hopes to encourage agencies to use their power to challenge gender stereotypes and encourage career pathways of all kinds, regardless of gender.

Protection? A Dissemination Piece Dorinda Afriyie, Merdia Hassan and Sylvia Muloway Through an interview with Prof. Megan Gaucher who focuses her research on Canadian immigration, the group concluded that Canadian migration laws do not protect female migrant workers against sexual abuse.

Disjunctures Between Inclusion Policy and Inclusive Practice Eugenia Ochoa and Victoria De Schiffart Working with The Stop’s Drop-in Program in Toronto, the team conducted participant observations, volunteered at lunch and debriefed with the staff. Additionally, a content analysis of the display boards and a document outlining The Stop’s policy for inclusivity was shared.

The research showed that the Drop-in Program is a male-dominated space and incidents of race-based discrimination between the women occurred. A combination of low staff, low funding and the less-than-visible policy appear to be the underlying issues that may cause this effect.

Social media and the proletariat

By Troy Bordun

On March 28, Nick Dyer-Witheford from the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western University gave a talk on the current state of global labor in relation to digital and social media.

Dyer-Witheford’s talk was hosted by Trent University’s undergraduate program in Media Studies and was held in Bagnani Hall at Traill College. Dr. Liam Young, a limited-term associate professor in Trent’s Cultural Studies program and former student of Dyer-Witheford, invited him to Trent.

Dyer-Witheford provided an overview of his latest book, Cyber-Proletariat: Global Labor in the Digital Vortex (2015).

The author was moved by the “digital revolution” of the years 2009 to 2014.

This revolution took place from New Zealand to Ukraine to North America. Riots, uprisings, protests and occupations were commonplace in the news during those years.

The increasing digitization of society and culture, Dyer-Witheford argued, is “changing class composition.” The changes are visible in the labor fields themselves and in the movements, strikes and protests that challenge global capital.

Dyer-Witheford first assessed labor in global capitalization.

He observed that the wealthiest individuals today are all involved in cybernetics. The workers in this field, unfortunately, share none of this historically unprecedented wealth.

In terms of the volume of workers, we have seen a steady disintegration of white male industrial workers in North Ameri-

ca in favor of racialized workers in Asian countries.

Women assemble electronics in large factories in China; men, women and children survive on subsistence living in India (i.e., scavenging for discarded electronics), and women often populate call centres overseas.

Capitalism and the cybernetic industry have produced a “global proletariat.”

Indeed, the industry does not function without the cheap labor of Asian countries.

Dyer-Witheford reminded us that the proletariat, as defined by Marx, did not simply mean the working class.

The proletariat are defined by their precarious status as workers; they are self-employed, contractual or unemployed.

Dyer-Witheford stated that the digital

laborers overseas, if they are indeed working for a company and are not subsistence workers, are contract-based with little or no job security. Contrary to a scarcity of labor, in these countries there is an “oversupply of labor.”

This oversupply of labor plus the insufficiency of consumption brought about a “re-proletarianization” during 2009-2011.

After the financial crisis of 2008, four modes of resistance appeared throughout the globe, some of which used the tools of cybernetics to begin and continue the revolt.

The first had little to do with digital or social media: the riots of the excluded.

However, cellphone users were able to document these riots.

The second is workplace conflicts.

The auto and electronics sector strikes in South China are one example. While the workers did not initially mobilize digitally, cellphones and instant messages, as well as cellphone pictures, were used to maintain the resistance.

The Occupy movements were of a different sort. These protests were largely comprised of young, college-aged and tech savvy individuals. The force of Occupy was due, in part, to the social media campaigns and the extensive re-posting and re-tweeting on the respective sites.

On the one hand, social media aided in movement, on the other, these were high-traffic days for Facebook and Twitter. Facebook and Twitter function on and profit from user-generated content.

Lastly, Dyer-Witheford provided an overview of the leaks and hacks in recent years, from Snowden to Anonymous.

Dyer-Witheford observed that many of the protests, movements and strikes were failures.

He also noted the double-edged sword of digital technology: its ability to make visible what has otherwise been invisible, but also act as a weapon of surveillance.

Some of the movements, etc., have also been co-opted by ethnocentric and/or fundamentalist groups.

The talk almost ended on this pessimistic note, but the movements initiated in 2011 continue to this day.

Black Lives Matter, Idle No More and various migrant-border issues bring social media into their respective struggles.

While cybernetics may dominate the global market and global labor, DyerWitheford concluded that there is a strong “human front against digital capital.”

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Fairness For International Students Week

By Adriana Sierra

Jessica Rogers initiated the Fairness for International Students campaign last year during her term as the International Students Commissioner.

The campaign was meant to raise awareness on the disparities on tuition fees, immigration policies and health insurance between international students and domestic students.

This week, the current International Students Commissioner, Boykin Smith, in collaboration with a task force of engaged students, the Trent International Students’ Association (TISA) and regional groups, continued the Fairness for International Students campaign through a series of events designed to shed light on international student issues at Trent.

One of the principal components of the campaign was a petition drafted by the TCSA, TISA and regional groups that called for regulated international students’ tuition fee increases.

Currently, international student tuition fees can be increased by any percentage at any given time. The petition seeks to regulate the percentage increase to match that of domestic students for the next four years.

In other words, if domestic tuition fees increase by three per cent, international tuition fees can increase by a maximum of three per cent accordingly.

Unregulated tuition fees place international students in a precarious condition due the ability of international students to cover the costs of unpredictable tuition fees.

The Fairness for International Students campaign hosted an event every day of the week to raise awareness. On Monday and Tuesday, campaign organizers tabled at Wenjack and in the Bata Library foyer with free candy and baked treats.

The tables featured signs that read

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‘Tuition,’ ‘Immigration’ and ‘Health Insurance,’ and behind each sign goodies were segregated between international and domestic.

Domestic students were only allowed to take goodies under the ‘Domestic’ label while international students were only allowed to take goodies from the ‘International’ label.

The purpose of this was to initiate a conversation on fairness of policies in regard to international students in these three areas and to educate both international and domestic students on the disparities created by such policies.

On Wednesday, in light of the Internationalization Review launched by Trent University that included few student voices, the Fairness for International Students campaign hosted its own Internationalization Review that welcomed all students.

Members from TISA, TACSU, HOLA and TSEAO attended the session; as did the incoming International Students Commissioner, exchange students and domestic students alike. The director of Trent International Program (TIP), Dr. Mike Alcott, was also in attendance.

The review began by a statement of the definition of “internationalization” as given from Trent’s administrative body.

This definition included increasing the number of international students on campus and international student enrolment, increasing study abroad programs in a push to create global citizens, including international student perspectives and learning objectives across course curriculums, increasing learning opportunities between people of different countries and increasing opportunities for engagement in international businesses.

Students noted that this definition of internationalization was too narrow and needed to be expanded to include

increasing diversity, since increasing the number of international students alone does not necessarily result in a multicultural environment if recruitment efforts focus on specific regions.

Additionally, students pointed out that it was important to include inclusivity and integration of international students at all levels of the university.

The review was guided by a series of questions on how Trent was accomplishing internationalization and how its efforts could be improved. Students mentioned that Trent was contributing to internationalization through strong student-led initiatives such as the World University Services Canada and the regional groups, by the amount of personalized support that TIP provides to incoming students and by offering specialized programs that contribute to the uniqueness of a Trent degree and that may not be offered in other universities abroad.

Students noted many areas in which Trent could improve its internationalization initiatives.

In the area of tuition fees, students echoed the petition by vocalizing the need for regulated fees. In addition, they noted that although Trent University ranks as the #1 school in offering scholarships to international students, this does not mean that there is no room for improvement in this area.

They suggested a budgetary review across the university, as the university has allocated so much of its budget to nonpriority areas like the television screens that have been placed across campus, renovations to Bata Library and excessive administrative costs.

Students recognized the university-wide budget cuts, but noted that the burden of these cuts should not be placed on internationals students.

As a university that is marketed as a place where ‘the world learns together,’ it

should allocate its funds to create more opportunities for international students.

Additionally, students noted that Trent should diversify its recruitment efforts, as the number of students from low and middle-income countries in areas from Latin America and the Caribbean has been steadily declining, while student numbers from Asian countries have steadily increased.

They proposed using student ambassadors to promote Trent University when they travelled back home in order to ensure the diversity of incoming students.

Students also pointed out prerequisites and the recognition of transfer credits as a significant barrier to exchange students and students who completed advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs.

They argued that course content could – and should – be diversified and take into account the presence of international students.

A number of professors assume prior knowledge of the Canadian context that international students lack.

Additionally, students also noted that international faculty and faculty of color can speak to diverse issues and were essential in creating an environment that welcomed multiple perspectives.

On Thursday, the campaign featured a Lip Sync Battle at the Ceilie with international tunes and an opportunity for domestic and international students alike to come together over music. On the last day of the campaign, students were welcome to make buttons at the Bata Library foyer and to later join into the colorful Holi Spring Festival celebration.

The Fairness for International Students campaign is essential to raise awareness, have open spaces for discussion and educate domestic and international students on the barriers that international students face at Trent University.

It’s Spring, though it may not feel like it! So, Arthur thought some poetry may liven up your senses and get you ready for the burst of blossoms around the corner. Finish up those essays and prepare for your mind to wander.

Pollinate your thoughts & get inspired. What better time to get writing then the lovely Springtime of Peterborough.

The Skeptic

by Erin McLaughlin

Hair grows soft from his chest Light grows sight in his eyes Makes blank blue, let me see you Pulling sage out from under your lips

The fight for articulate To open the water gate Let your heart pour out Make something worth reading about

The crow’s pick him dry He love them nonetheless For when the floor creaks And when the cat shrieks

This City AM

by Anthony Moniz

My heart goes out to this city, the day shows a town so vibrant and pretty, but what happens when you walk down the street?

People on every corner are just looking for something to eat, we all keep walking by as they’re begging for change, yet we walk by them everyday thinking it’s strange.

How could this town turn its back on the poor? without a chance you’re just shown the door.

No opportunities to make the situation right, wondering how there is a chance of surviving another night, when all the jobs offered are barely even part - time, has you contemplating stealing and a life of crime.

Now I know why Peterborough is so dark and gritty, my heart still goes out to this beautiful city.

Autumn

by Kyndra French

He reminded me of autumn leaves.

They give him something to feel

The way he floated, so elegantly into my eyes.

Other than fear of the real

So beautifully, so peacefully.

Mint sprouts bravely from his skin

I hoped to catch him, while he was still floating in the air,

Chasing the light’s ingredients

All the while he plucks them out Repaying their voyage with doubt He realizes he would rather see nothing Than to see what is not really there

It’s just not the right shape” He keeps trying, and they keep sinking.

The dogs are in the water, shit coloured mutts wet in this seaweed stench.

The children swim with the dogs, naked and laughing.

Cotton candy wisps above my head, I wish I could eat the sky. “it’s pollution, ” she used to tell me “what’s pollution?” ”the sky, when it’s all pink and orange like that,” she said it like she knew. “but it’s beautiful. It’s the sun. the way the light hits the clouds.”

She laughed, like, ha ha ha. ”no” like ha ha ha no This cloud looks like a seahorse.

There are fly guts on my fingers,

but it seems as though I couldn’t reach.

because the keep trying to land

His green eyes, reminding me how he once was a green leaf,

on my face.

only to turn crimson and fall perfectly into my sight, and slip off his branches.

His chocolate hair reminding me of the roots hat once grew beneath him,

I want to pluck my cotton candy seahorse out of the sky and eat it.

Maybe i’ll forget about the fly guts, but they stained my fingers, and keep

He wonders why

holding him steady, keeping him strong.

flying into my eyes.

His brain won’t feed him right

And his cherry lips, telling me that he may still blow away and land on someone else’s lap.

Pink seahorse,

He only knows helpless While he sees without sight

That he, the beautiful red leaf he is, still too high for me to catch.

CottonCandySky

by Yumna Leghari

But he’s certain

on my tongue.

Maybe I ‘ll taste the pollution?

Maybe the smoke and plastic, the whatever else that makes the sky go orange,

That the mirror plays tricks

The boys are scattered on the sand,

will go down my throat.

Back to a corner

one’s trying to skip small shells.

Then I could find her and say

He quietly sits

”it wont work, it won’t.”

’ I know now.’

As he miserably plucks

He’s only six; the damned kid won’t listen.

I know.

The sage from his lips

“See, it’s shaped all wrong. It’s empty, the water will just fill it up like a bowl .

ha ha ha

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Self Love Week

Self Love Week

Trent University celebrates annual excellence in teaching awards

Photography by Samantha Moss

By Ugyen Wangmo

Trent University celebrated its annual excellence in teaching award on March 31, to honour great teachers who have helped strengthen the longstanding tradition of vibrant teaching and learning at Trent.

The four teaching award recipients were Dr. Joel Baetz of English Literature, Trent University Durham for Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching; Dr. David Newhouse, Indigenous Studies and Business Administration, for Educational Leadership and Innovation; Lesley Hewett from Forensic Science took the Award for Excellence in Teaching Assistance; and Dr. Shirley Williams nee Pheasant, Indigenous Studies, was revered with CUPE 3908-1 Award for Excellence in Teaching.

“Celebrating excellence in teaching is a key component of Trent to demonstrate how it has managed to balance the university’s emphasis in both teaching and research, and excel in both,” said President Leo Groarke.

Of the four teaching awards to recognize Trent’s inspirational teachers, one is Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Baetz was honoured with this award, an award that recognized his outstanding teaching, which is a unique teaching methodology that actively engaged and encouraged student learning, and his authentic demonstration of exemplary concern for students.

The recognition for “educational leadership and innovation in instruction” was awarded to Newhouse for his distinctive impact through his introduction of innovative methods in teaching, the development of teaching tools and approaches incorporating indigenous thought and traditions.

This award recognized his sustained contributions of 25 years at Trent to the advancement of university teaching, preparing students for the world beyond university and capacity building at all levels.

Hewett rightfully received the “excellence in teaching assistance” award for her excellence in teaching that encouraged student learning and success in workshops, tutorials, seminars and laboratory or field settings.

Students are known to highly regard Hewett for her, “approachability, fairness, helpfulness, and adaptable teaching style.”

The final category of excellence in teaching award, the ”CUPE 3908-1 award for excellence in part-time teaching” was conferred to Williams, an elder and professor emeritus in indigenous studies at Trent.

The award applauded her success to create powerful spaces where language and knowledge was imparted to younger generations by her teaching. She was recognized for her caring, patient and positive approach to teaching which is known to have fostered a warm learning environment that motivated and supported students.

The event also saw the announcement of a special gift of $124 thousand, a donation that is a part of the current $50 Million Campaign: Unleash the Potential.

The fund will be towards supporting two major projects to help further teaching excellence at Trent: four new teaching fellowships is to be created and a establishment of new Deborah Berrill Design Studio, which was “named in honour of Trent alumnus and founding director of the University’s School of Education and Professional Learning, Dr. Deborah Berrill ’69.”

The donor asked to forgo recognition in order to honour Professor Berrill.

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Also on March 31, Champlain College celebrated the latest publications completed by Champlain faculty fellows.

Faculty members included Dr. Margaret Steffler, who edited Mexican by P.K Page; Dr. Devin Penner, who co-edited and contributed to Thinking Radical Democracy: The Return to Politics in Post-War France; Dr. Hasmet Uluorta co-authored a journal article titled Tea with Zizek in Psychotherapy and Politics International; Dr. Philip Giurlando, published the book Eurozone Politics: Perception and Reality in Italy, the UK, and Germany; and Dr. Nadine Changfoot for a journal article titled Creating meaning: creating emancipatory moments through storying outlawed experiences and relational aesthetic.

The publications by all faculty members’ were on display and discussed with students and other faculty members.

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Arthur’s spring elections are happening soon!

Elect the editor(s) and board for Volume 51

Arthur Spring Elections are coming up! That means that it is time to elect the editor(s) and three Staff Collective Board directors for the upcoming academic year.

For more information about these positions, please consult the Policies and Procedures.

You can also contact the Arthur board at board@ trentarthur.ca.

Time and Place The election location is the Lecture Hall in Sadleir House.

Who can vote Those who are on the staff collective at the time of the

election (the list is below) and previous editors of Arthur can vote in person by request. Voting is done by secret ballot.

Everyone on the staff collective is entitled to a single ballot.

Who’s on the Staff Collective?

You are considered part of the staff collective if you have

The date of the elections is Wednesday April 6, 2016.

Elections begin at 7p.m. Refreshments, likely Persian, will be provided.

contributed to the production of at least 15% of the issues of Arthur released before the election. For our purposes that means you must have contributed to at least three.

(Again, see below.)

Agenda The Adgenda is as follows:

Proxy Votes In accordance with section 6e of Arthur bylaws, staff

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1. Editor(s) Remarks 2. Presentations of candidates for editor(s) platforms (10 minute limit per set of candidates) 3. Question Period 4. Election of Editor(s) 5. Election of three Board directors by the Staff Collective 6. Adjournment

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collective members may participate in the election through means of proxy vote. They may appoint, in writing, a proxy holder to vote for them in the election. The proxy holder does not need to be a member of the staff collective.

Proxies must bring: - The name and signature of the Staff Collective member - The date the proxy is signed - Who the proxy is giving voting powers to

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- Who the Staff Collective member is voting for (or the Staff Collective member can allow the proxy holder to choose who to vote for).

Who can run for editor?

Candidates for the position of editor(s) must be members

of the Staff Collective at the time of the election. Two Staff Collective members may choose to run as co-editors. They must have been running together to fill the positions of co-editors together.

Who can run for the Board?

Anyone who is a member of the Staff Collective at the time of the election.

Deadlines The deadline for nominations for editorial candidates was

Thursday March 31, 2016 at noon. All sets of editorial candidates must submit a position platform (800 word limit) and photograph by this time. These will be published online and in Issue 22.

Those wanting to run as Staff Collective directors on the board can be nominated at the Spring Election meeting.

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Unofficial TCSA 2016 Spring Election Results

Candidates

President Alaine Spiwak 1303 81% Corey LeBlanc 210 13% No Choice 99 6% Vice President Campaigns & Equity Brendan Campbell 603 38% Ryan Newman 704 44% No Choice 289 18% Vice President University & College Affairs Andrew Clark 417 26% Anna Leonova 855 54% No Choice 320 20% Vice President Clubs & External Affairs Pippa O’Brien 945 59% Sam Khaira 457 29% No Choice 199 12% Anti-Racism Commissioner Shanese Steele Yes 1378 87% No 199 13% Ethical Standards Commissioner Scott Maufront Yes 1426 91% No 136 9% Indigenous Students Commissioner Coty Zachariah Yes 1373 88% No 191 12%

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International Students Commissioner Ivana Sekularac Yes 1454 92% No 121 8% Queer Students Commissioner Annette Pedlar Yes 1390 89% No 178 11%

Referenda Questions Community Movements Conference ($0.75 refundable) Yes 1002 63% No 591 37% Trent Vegetable Gardens ($2 refundable)

Yes 1076 67% No 522 33% Warming Room Homeless Shelter (name change, $2.15 refundable) Yes 1076 67% No 522 33% Benefits Merger (no change in cost)

Yes 1134 85% No 207 15% 10% Transit increase to maintain level of service Yes 780 57% No 577

43% Turnout: 24.3%

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EditorialElections Photography by Samantha Moss

Josh Skinner & Kristina Dergacheva Our names are Kristina Dergacheva and Joshua Skinner and we are running for the co-editorship of the prestigious student newspaper: Arthur. Both of us bring three years of experience at Trent University that qualify us for this job, and are excited to get started.

Kristina’s experience as president of Trent International Students Association (TISA), the second largest group on campus, demonstrates her administrative qualifications to handle a diverse group of students while improving interests and conflict in a professional manner.

During this time she was integral in organizing meetings, and putting on events such as the wildly successful TISA: Cultural Outreach. She is also a standing committee member of the Charter and Policy review.

Meanwhile, Josh has been an independent journalist with his successful news broadcast, Trent Variety. Over the past two years he has been covering news stories both at the Trent and Peterborough level.

He has honed his public outreach skills by reaching out to community members of all political persuasions in a fair and balanced manner. Josh has also worked for and with Trent Radio going out and covering events in the community, facilitating transfers of information to the broader public.

Josh and Kristina come together to create a perfect balance of administrative and journalistic expertise that Arthur deserves. We are both excited and passionate about creating a fair and balanced product for readers that is focused on creating an avenue for all voices at Trent University and the broader Peterborough community.

We will work tirelessly at establishing a professional work environment for the staff writers that holds ourselves and the writers accountable to journalistic and professional standards.

Both of us come from very different places, and have had different life experiences. However, as stated above our differences are what make us the most sensible combination for running this school paper. Josh brings his two years of independently driven journalistic experience to the table.

He would be in charge of external administrative duties such as public outreach, social media and dealing with the printers. Kristina would be much more oriented towards administrative duties of the internal nature through organizing

story meetings, making sure deadlines are met and most importantly, ensuring that all staff members were communicating with each other and on the same page.

Josh and Kristina will bring together the perfect blend of internal administrative efficiency and committed public outreach to make Arthur the best it can be.

However, there are things that can be improved upon at Arthur. Editing is often a thankless task, and one that can swamp the copy editor. This is why we will partner staff writers with each other on a weekly basis to peer edit their partners’ article.

This will create an environment of accountability among staff writers as well as ensure that the copy editor is able to focus on the articles that need the most editing, non-staff submissions.

The second goal will be to get a levy increase of 50 cents for Arthur. This will involve mobilization of the staff we have on hand, however as co-editors we bring a wide network that we accrued during our time at TISA and Trent Radio. Part of this levy will go to printing costs and toward funding a social media campaign.

It may seem backwards for a newspaper to pay for advertising, but print media no longer has a monopoly on advertising and, as a result, we will have to explore new avenues to expand Arthur’s readership. Part of this will also include Josh taking the time to revamp the website to create a greater online base of readership.

We will also work to build greater bridges with the journalism program at Trent by doing presentations for the classes and create a culture of collaboration between us.

Part of this will involve inviting students to observe how Arthur does story meetings and what Arthur looks like Monday nights when we’re getting ready to print.

Finally, in step with our commitment to creating a professional environment, we will be strict with deadlines at Arthur when elected co-editors. Through the partnership program it will become easier to discern, which, if any of the writers are not able to keep up with their workload. Trent University has a journalism program with students that should be given equal opportunity to practice their craft if someone shows a lack of ability to keep up with both school and work.

Thank you for reading our platform and don’t forget to vote for Kristina and Josh for the co-editorship of Arthur.

Zara Syed & Yumna Leghari This year marked a half century of Arthur’s existence since Stephen Stohn first began this student rag in 1966. The implication of two young Pakistani women running this paper 50 years later is an incredible symbol of how far our society in has come. Through our diasporic lens, we were able to shed light on many diverse issues in our community and on campus. Times may have changed, but Arthur has remained a constant through the decades at Trent.

Without our hardworking, dedicated writers and staff, this year would not have been possible.

Arthur has accomplished a lot this year regarding distribution expansion, content and staffing. Early in our editorship, we uncovered that Arthur had many financial management decisions to make that had been overlooked for years.

Hiring a business manager helped us get Arthur back on track financially, in part by ensuring that we finally got our taxes sorted. We are confident that we have steered Arthur towards a more financially secure future. If re-elected, we plan on hiring a business manager again.

We will continue to expand distribution beyond our 30 new locations and Trent Durham campus, and we hope to branch into East City next year. Another thing we will do to keep strong ties with Trent Durham is continue to accept submissions from Durham students.

With a critical eye, Arthur covered all aspects of Peterborough, whether it was campus, local, or community news, as well as arts and national/international news.

We did so through a feminist and paninclusive lens and will continue to do the same if re-elected.

The inclusion of Ad Astra Comix was a huge success, and we received positive feedback on this addition to Arthur, so that will be something we would continue and build on.

This year, Arthur became the main vehicle through which discussions on the colleges occurred. The announcement of Catherine Parr Traill College undergoing review was revealed in Arthur by President Leo Groarke. In turn, we saw a wave of students and community members engaging in dialogue via Arthur.

The editors before us reported that there was a shortcoming of reporting on Black Heritage Month, and we are pleased to say that Black Heritage Month coverage and reporting was a huge success this year.

There are many things that we have learned, and would like to change or implement next term.

Social media plays a larger role now than it ever has in journalism. We have decided that it is too important and unique of a task to simply fall on the editors. Therefore, we will be exploring options regarding a specialized role focused on social media expansion and promotion of Arthur, which would incorporate advertising outreach as well.

The law that put constraints on the number of hours worked affecting OSAP received by a student was recently changed, and it is our intention to increase the hours to 10 a week, as well as increase student positions once a successful levy increase is achieved. The work our staff does is time consuming and rigorous, thus more time and pay will only increase the value and quality of their work.

As we now have experience campaigning and navigating through the election process of the TCSA Levy Referenda process, we are hopeful that next year will be successful.

There is already a plan put forward to overhaul the website, as it has not been updated since its inception. We believe a more streamlined and user friendly website will increase Arthur’s readership.

Media studies students we worked with were given the option of writing for Arthur, gaining hands on media experience to further their journalistic skills. The partnership we had with Media Studies students was a win-win situation, as it benefited Arthur’s content and contributor volume, so we plan to continue this.

We have continued Arthur’s radio show that Pat and Matt began during their editorship in 2014, and plan on continuing this stream of Arthur broadcast next year.

We have many ideas and plans moving forward with Arthur. We would like to see the Internship program become successful and are actively seeking school boards who wish to comply with Arthur.

In order to make production swifter and improve the quality of the paper, we will be purchasing new computers.

The balance we have reached as co-editors can only benefit Arthur next term, as all the cogs in the machine have become well oiled, leaving us ready to take this paper in an even greater direction.

We have survived and adapted to the variables, unexpected situations and stress that this job presents, and have overcome and triumphed them. We have gained an immense amount of knowledge this year, but have only just honed our skills. We look forward to taking advantage of all that we have learned, and with continuity, take the paper to greater heights than we have achieved this year.

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A panel on policing and prisons comes to Peterborough

By D Dmuchowski

Chains Across the Border is a panel discussion focusing on prison policy, policing and how these issues apply in local, national and international contexts.

The panel will feature perspectives from several various groups, scholars and activists who will bring specialized information and critical perspectives to the table.

End Immigration Detention Network Peterborough (EIDN PTBO) has been in the press a lot lately here because of the immigration detentions that happen so often here at Central East in Lindsay.

The United Nations (UN) has identified immigration detention as a human rights violation.

“The inability of a state party to carry out the expulsion of an individual does not justify detention beyond the shortest period of time or where there are alternatives to detention, and under no circumstances indefinite detention,” stated the UN high commissioner for the Human Rights’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, regarding the situation in Canada.

Immigration detention is a situation where people who have not committed any crime beyond immigration violation, or people who have committed a crime that would have served a sentence and been released if it were not for their immigration status, are held.

They are often held indefinitely without any access to lawyers or legal aid. EIDN PTBO is a group that works with people who are incarcerated in that facility.

“It’s a really interesting discussion which will allow audience members to get a real perspective on what’s happening behind the walls of that facility that most of us don’t usually have the opportunity to visit,” Jeremy Milloy, assistant professor for the School for the Study of Canada commented.

Gillian Balfour, a professor of sociology at Trent University will also be speaking, bringing intersectional feminist perspectives to academic criminological discourse, as well as insights into the functions of the criminalization in Canada.

Milloy pointed out that in the last decade and a half, the justice system has lost its leeway when dealing with charged and convicted individuals. He also shared that crime rates today are the lowest in Canada since the 1960s, but the rate of incarceration is the highest.

“We also need to consider that these

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are very heavily racialized statistics. Indigenous peoples make up a far higher percentage of our prison population than they would normally, for example,” said Milloy, also commenting on how the recent change of government should yield policy improvements.

“We have a new government; we have a chance to revisit these policies. Where are we going with this? What are our goals for crime, punishment, treatment, trauma, incarceration, prisons, and policing in Canada? This is a good chance to start asking these questions.”

The last panelist is Marie Gottschalk, a professor who specializes in American politics, with a focus on criminal justice, health policy, race, and development of the welfare state and business-labor relations in the Political Science Dept. at the University of Pennsylvania.

Gottschalk is one of the foremost expert and critic of the prisons and policing system in the U.S. Her book “Caught: The Prison State and Lockdown of American Politics” was published last year, and focuses on how the prison-state has “metastasized” and locked down American politics.

Entire other sectors of the American political system, such as education, voting rights and health care are being affected and shaped by the fact that so many people are in jail, under supervision or have criminal records.

American unemployment rates are also skewed by the fact that people are in jail.

She pointed out that this prison system has to be understood in its totality if we’re going to do anything about it.

Milloy added that after half a century of focusing on incarceration, the U.S. is looking at alternatives for convicted persons.

He described that Barack Obama was the first president to visit a federal prison when he did so last year.

“There’s discussion on both the left and the right for various reasons; primarily race and primarily about finances on ending this era of mass incarceration. There seems to be a moment of reconsideration in the United States at the exact same time as we’ve been moving in a very American direction in our policy.”

He encouraged the perspective that Gottschalk will bring with her talk.

“A policy focused purely on the black/ white disparities in politics is not going to be able to deal with the totality of the system. The financial feasibility of supporting mass incarceration can go either way; it is

an argument that can be abandoned if the economy gets better,” said Milloy.

According to Gottschalk, there are a slew of reasons for disparities in incarceration, beyond racism, that need to be considered before trying to tear down the philosophy of incarceration.

“This is a really amazing opportunity, we have people who are amazing activists on this panel, people who are world class scholars on these issues coming together,

which is really exciting. Anyone who is interested on prisons, policing, why we lock so many people up, what alternatives might be, will be really interested in this event,” Milloy concluded.

Chains Across the Border will be taking place at the Peterborough Public Library on April 7, at 7:30p.m. This is a free event that will be followed by a Q&A period. The Peterborough Public Library is an accessible space.

arts

Self Love Week

Curated: an abundance of culture in the heart of downtown

By Tyler Majer

Curated is the epitome of Peterborough’s artistic sensibility. Located in the Charlotte Mews, directly across the street from the bus terminal, Curated seems almost hidden.

From a distance, the store does not look like much. Discreetly hidden in the Charlotte Mews alongside a variety of niche stores, such as My Left Breast, Curated is a diamond in the rough.

Walking towards it, a small sign points inside. “Curated,” it reads, “Appraisals, Artwork, Oddities.”

Sketches, drawings and a plethora of quirky artifacts fill the front window. A quick glance at the store window does not do the artwork justice, but the urgency and excitement to get inside will surely push you in. Make sure to take a longer look at the end of your trip.

As one enters, Melinda is sure to greet with a smile. The first glance is overwhelming. There is an abundance of different merchandise, ranging from books, to artwork and zines to jewelry. The variety of merchandise is truly astonishing.

Artwork stares back at you from the back of the shop, while smaller pieces are scattered around the store. A bookshelf is lined with a plethora of different books on a variety of subject matters ranging from feminist-ideology to self-help to novels.

Everything is beautiful, yet not too inyour-face.

Once you get accustomed to the variety of things to check out, and ease into your browsing session, the store becomes you.

Each piece deserves a moment of reflection.

It is truly a store that you can spend all day browsing in.

Melinda described the store as her “love note to Peterborough,” and stated that she was “attracted to Peterborough for its arts/ feminist/DIY Vibe.”

The store truly reflects this. Be it the abundance of feminist literature and journals, or the crudely made, yet clever and almost lo-fi artwork, the whole store embodies what Peterborough is: an intellectual place for critical thinkers to engage and discuss (at least most of the time).

It seems that Curated represents the fruition of Peterborough’s abundance of artists and thinkers.

Be it Matt Post’s clever ‘Ayn Ranch Dressing’ painting with the bottle stating,

‘I am Selfish,’ to the hand-made soaps smelling of tobacco leaf, patchouli and Echinacea, Curated is filled with artifacts.

This makes sense as Melinda has worked in galleries and museums for a number of years, as well as having obtained her curator’s license.

Having started in appraisal work, Melinda accumulated many things over the years. The store started as a reaction to this. As she began to need space, Melinda decided to open up shop.

Curated is a place for her to express her personality, while maintaining a space to store, sell and trade some of her belongings.

“The store, is a way to contribute to a community I love. It gives me a space to do what a love: research, collecting, interacting with interesting people. It’s also a space where other people can explore their creative sides, whether that’s learning a new skill through workshops, discovering new artists, or by having their own artwork on display in the shop.

“A lot of the artists in the store are just starting out. It’s a low pressure, comfortable spot where they can test out offering their work to the public,” Melinda stated when asked about her store, its meaning and its purpose.

Curated truly is place for artists to meet, grow and share. This is most seen in the many workshops that Curated holds.

On April 9, Curated will be holding a ‘Beginner’s Knitting Workshop,’ while on May 7 and May 14, it will be holding bookbinding workshops.

Many more events are posted on their website at: www.curated-peterborough.ca Curated’s events are the final piece of the store’s purpose. The store is a place where not only artwork is distributed and sold, but also where art and its methods are learned and created.

This fulfills all aspects of the artistic process and truly shows Melinda’s love for what she does.

Curated is a place to enjoy and admire others’ work and creations, but also a place to be expressive. It is not a place that just shows what the community has to offer, but also invites new people to enter the community and create their own versions of the Peterborough artistic scene.

This, by far, is the most amazing and important part of Curated. Not only does the store invite you to love it and its merchandise, but it also invites you to love yourself.

Photography by Samantha Moss

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Hollywood at Home: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

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.

I avoided this film. Its title screams of eventual heartbreak.

Admittedly I’m not one for seeking catharsis in movies. I know many audiences out there do, which is why the books of Nicholas Sparks and Jodi Piccoult have been adapted to film, but it is something that I have no interest in pursuing.

I’ve never understood the practice of exploring further emotional pain in moments of sadness and depression.

Surely the pain is enough without the magnification.

In an interview with Jeff Goldsmith, Woody Allen spoke to this effect, stating that there were movies that helped us escape the world, and movies that felt the world and the gamut of emotions that it offers.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl offers both.

It simultaneously combines deadpan humour with the plight that many face in their awkward teenage years. The film follows a young man who parodies

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arthouse film with his friend Earl as they befriend a girl at their school who has been diagnosed with cancer.

I know what you’re thinking; it sounds exactly like the sort of film that would have Zac Efron in the lead role.

What’s charming is that Me and Earl and the Dying Girl sees the clichés in its plot and recognizes them, making fun of what previous films have guided you to expect and subverts it. This film is anything but a rom-com.

Most of the story is guided through the lead’s clever narration.

It’s a constant reminder of the point of view we’re seeing the film through and the mindset of its character.

Thomas Mann’s role is that of the introverted outsider. He isn’t a loner per say, as he has made a consistent effort to be familiar with everyone in the school, but is a character that would rather live within and without, simultaneously experiencing the high school life, but also getting exhausted by it.

At the end of the day it’s a film that feels

anything but clichéd.

Some of the most pleasurable sequences revealed the parodied films, which were often some of the most pretentious selections from the depths of the Criterion Collection.

In many instances it reminded me of the homemade film that played over the credits of J.J. Abram’s Super 8, which was a reminder of how many filmmakers began their careers.

But the lead character isn’t really a filmmaker. He simply tinkers with the art as a hobby and to distract himself from the emotions he feels, which makes it all the more difficult when he decides to make one for his dying friend.

He struggles, as now he is forced to confront the emotions that he has been hiding from. It’s a struggle that the film puts its viewers through, bringing us in on the comedy and getting its hooks in us with the sudden and emotional drama.

You both expect it and you don’t. After all, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl does exactly what you don’t expect it to.

Which is why I couldn’t avoid this film.

It does everything in its power to draw you in, warming your heart with its Meta and awkward charm. You’ll come in with expectations, promptly forget them, be reminded of them by the characters that call them out for their own amusement, and leave feeling something you would have never expected to feel.

If this was one of those populist movie reviews they’d call it an “emotional roller coaster,” but this is not one of those reviews, and I am not one of those reviewers.

If you want to laugh, you’ll laugh. If you’re hoping to cry, you may cry. I’m curious what Woody Allen would think of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.

I feel as though it brings together the two kinds of films that are often separate and brings about an emotional escape.

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Trent Film Society presents: The Man Who Fell to Earth

By Alex Karas

Share bride failing star.

This cryptic phrase is the last line of lyrics that appears on David Bowie’s 1976 album Low, the first part of his landmark Berlin trilogy.

The meaning is obscure, but it conjures up imagery of outer space, dying planets and other deeply depressing things.

Why am I talking about this? Because Trent Film Society (TFS) is showing a science fiction film starring David Bowie, who died this year; a cult classic based on a little-known novel and directed by the legendary Nicholas Roeg (Don’t Look Now, Walkabout).

This film is The Man Who Fell to Earth and we want you to watch it with us.

In fact, rumours persist to this day that the music that became Low was supposed to be the soundtrack for the film.

This is understandable when you consider Bowie’s stature as a musician.

But you may be surprised to learn he was also a competent actor – despite his bestknown film role being the infamously cheesy Labyrinth, where he played Jareth the Goblin King, notable for his hair metal mullet and incredibly tight pants.

But he did serious films too, and this is one of them. Last year, TFS showed a Japanese film with Bowie playing a Christ figure of sorts in a World War II internment camp, Nagisa Oshima’s Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, which was surprisingly good.

The premise of the film might seem a little outlandish, so bear with us.

Bowie is an alien (okay, maybe not that outlandish) who has come from his home planet on a mission. His home world is dying from a severe drought and he has left his family behind to bring back water to save them.

Taking the name Thomas Jerome Newton, he uses his species’ knowledge to become an inventor and is seen as a technological genius. Over time, he becomes accustomed to life on earth and finds himself straying from his original mission to spend time with a woman called Mary-Lou (Candy Clark, best known for American Graffiti, which TFS showed last fall).

Scientist Dr. Nathan Bryce (Rip Torn) suspects Newton’s alien nature and tries to expose him, and thereby attracts the attention of the government.

The film goes from here into dark territory – so much that it’s not hard to reach the conclusion that the role Bowie plays here is more autobiographical than fiction.

During the making of the film, which was shot in the heat of the New Mexico desert, Bowie lived alone in a trailer; by his own admission, he subsisted primarily on cocaine and milk during this period.

The aforementioned Low is so called because of the depression he felt during this time and it’s not coincidental that the cover features Bowie in costume as Newton, with a surreal reddish background reminiscent of an alien sky.

The desolation and pain he felt during this period is captured best on the ambient track that closes the album, “Subterraneans” – and in this movie.

As Newton himself sinks deeper into despair at his failure to accomplish his mission, he becomes addicted to earthly vices like alcohol, television and sex.

There are no happy endings for anyone in the movie, and its deeply pessimistic view of human nature says a lot about the mental state of its star at the time.

Fortunately it’s not all doom and gloom.

Many big names were involved in the production of this film – Roeg had a long and successful career, the producers went on to make the Vietnam War epic The Deer Hunter (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture) and of course Bowie himself followed up the film with some of the best music of his career.

Unfortunately, Clark never established herself as an A-list actor, and Torn, who developed substance problems of his own, was arrested in 2010 for a bizarre alcoholrelated incident in which he broke into a bank.

The music was composed by John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas (anyone who came to our showing of Chungking Express is not likely to forget “California Dreamin’” any time soon) and featured guitar by Mick Taylor of the Rolling Stones.

With such talent involved (Roeg was on a roll at the time, having just made the horror masterpiece Don’t Look Now), and Bowie’s star power, it’s unfortunate the film bombed badly after its release, grossing only $100,000 on a budget of $1.5 million.

Despite getting mixed reviews at the time, it has since been reassessed and gained a release by the prestigious Criterion Collection (which is currently out of print).

TFS is showing The Man Who Fell to Earth on April 6, at Artspace. This film is rated R and features scenes of nudity, violence and substance use; it is not suitable for children. The running time is two hours and 19 minutes and the screening starts at 8p.m., with a short discussion afterward.

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listings Clubs & Groups Trent Ukelele Club: Practices are Fridays at 2pm in the Champlain JCR. Bring ideas for music and activities you want to do throughout the year. There will be FREE PIZZA! Bring your ukulele if you have one and there are extras if you don’t. Ukulele club perks include- ukuleles, free lunches at the seasoned spoon on Fridays whenever you go there to jam, usually snacks or pizza, stress relief, amazing quirky friends, a non-judgemental safe space, as well as HAPPINESS and JOY that follows ukulele playing and the ability to spread it

Sadleir House

Come visit the Sadleir House Library Open Mondays 11am-4pm, 6-9pm, Tuesday 1-9pm, Wednesday 12-9pm, Thursday 1-6pm, Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm in Room 107 (wheelchair accessible). The Sadleir House Library is a free lending library open to all students and community members. With over 4000 books covering general academic interest and 2000 films focusing on international titles, documentaries, art house, and LGBT interest.

The OPIRG Free Market. Wednesdays 3-5pm, Thursday & Fridays 1-5pm. Located in the basement of Sadleir House, right across from the Food Cupboard at 751 George St. N. Thanks to the dedication of OPIRG volunteers, the Free Market and Food Cupboard are open several days a week, year round.

We now have a drop off bin permanently located at the entrance of Bata Library. When you have clothes, household goods, books or non perishable food…drop them off in the Free Market bin at Bata library, Trent University or bring them to the basement of Sadleir House. All items will end up in the Free Market, to be given away at no cost to whoever needs the items.

Improv Class with Matt Davidson: Wednesday, 7pm-8:30pm. Want to try improv?

Come out to Intro to Improv for Wednesday night drop in classes. Improv is fun, come out and join in! (Please note that this is a drop-in space, so while you’re more than welcome and encouraged to come for the entire two hours, you’re also more than welcome to stop by for a shorter time!) Adults: $10 Students $5 Babe-lesqu: Thursdays at 6 until April 14.

Ever wonder about the fascinating and exciting world of burlesque? Ever wanted to shake your tail feathers on stage? Ever felt like a boa could be your new best friend? Intro to Babe-Lesque is a class for anyBODY. The class is designed to teach the fundamentals of classic burlesque all while helping to develop of a love and appreciation for your own beautiful body.

Whether you want to perform onstage, wish to learn a fun new skill or just want to explore new levels of Self Love, this class is for you! Classes at Sadleir House!

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TVAN SPARK Photo Festival Exhibit. Trent Visual Arts Network (TVAN) “Bringing Artistic minds together.” This network was founded on building a community through visual art. This year we have created a

diverse photography exhibit, inspired by many topics and parts of the world. We hope that both Trent Students and the Peterborough community can be brought together to enjoy this showcase of student talent.

The exhibit is open to the public during regular Sadleir House opening hours: Monday - Thursday 9am-9pm Friday 9am-6pm Saturday 10am-4pm.

Table Top Day: Extending from our popular board game pubs, Sadleir House will be joining with gamers around the world for Geek & Sundry’s International Tabletop Day! www.tabletopday.com. Kids are welcome with their parents (please bring along ageappropriate games).

Bring your friends, favourite games & snacks to share (we’ll provide coffee, tea & water). A free event! In the Hobbs Library (room 101), this room is wheelchair accessible.

in-person or an “online” appointment at wwww.trentu.ca/sep.

Media Studies Graduation Celebration: This year marks a special year for the Media Studies program! We have our first wave of graduates who have both started and finished their degree as Media Studies majors! Whether you are graduating or not, come join us to celebrate all of our graduating students! Anyone from any major is welcome, and feel free to bring your friends! There will be free food on us! If you are a Media Studies major, or if you are interested in Media - specifically, in Video Games, you might want to join us for our talk preceding the party! Join us as Liam Mitchell and Kelly Egan lead a seminar entitled “Video Games, Media Art, and Time” April 7, from 6-9pm at BE at The Trend.

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Trent Academic Skills in the Colleges: There is now an academic skills instructor at each college office. Writing papers and/ or labs? We can help: from starting the writing process, revising a draft or any stage in-between. You can make an in-person or an “online” appointment at www. trentu.ca/sep.

Walkhome—Trent’s safe walk service. Late class? Working in the lab? Call us for a walk; 25 minutes from Symons or Traill (downtown) Hours of operation: Monday to Friday: 7pm to 1am, Saturday & Sunday: 9pm to 1am 705-748-1748 Walkhome—Pre-book your safe walk. Do you regularly have practice Monday night, work in the Library Tuesday night or go downtown Friday night? Our team of volunteers walkers can meet you, on campus or downtown. Monday to Friday: 7pm to 1am, Saturday & Sunday: 9pm to 1am. Call us 705- 748-1748 or email walkhome@tretnu.ca to Prebook a walk.

Worried about a course this semester? We want to help! Register for the Academic Mentoring Program to request an upper-year student mentor. Mentors meet regularly with students to discuss course concepts and build an understanding of course material. To request a mentor, or to volunteer, visit trentu.ca/academicskills/ peermentoring.php.

Do you find your class readings overwhelming? Could you use a little help organizing your study time? The Academic Skills Centre is the best place to come to get your daily academic life under control! Book an appointment online through your Student Experience Portal at trentu.ca/sep. Click on “Book Appointments” and select “Academic Skills”. We’re located at Suite 206 in Champlain College and our services are always free!

Academic Skills in the Colleges: There is now an academic skills instructor at each college office. Writing papers and/ or labs? We can help: from starting the writing process, revising a draft or any stage in-between. You can make an

send yours to listings@trentarthur.ca

Free Nights at the Canoe Museum: Thursdays, 5pm-8pm. Tour starting at 7pm. on’t miss out on this unique opportunity to visit this amazing collection of canoes, kayaks and paddled watercraft absolutely FREE! Watch for Upcoming Events listings for news and dates for seasonal holiday activities on select Thursday evenings at canoemuseum.ca/upcoming-events.

Wednesday Writing Workshop hosted by Peterborough Poetry Slam: Sadleir House every other Wednesday from 7pm-9pm. Free of charge, and hosted by various members of the Peterborough Poetry Collective.

Come out to reflect on time and for an opportunity to share your words with a small group if you so choose.

and reserve a spot: http://ca.tm.org/web/ peterborough/introductory-talks.

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Listening Party #15: Liam Kennedy-Slaney hosts Listening Party #15! Head to Curated at 203 Simcoe St, Unit #5. April 19 at 8:00. Bring your headphones!

Rising Appalachia: Head to George Street United Church on April 7 from 6:30 to 10:30. Experience some spoken word, banjo tunes, fiddles, and a wealth of variety in the form of Appalachian Music.

Theatre Guild Auditions Notice: The Peterborough Theatre Guild is proud to announce auditions for ECLIPSED by Patricia Burke Brogan. Auditions will be held March 29 & 30 from 7:00pm until 9:00pm and on April 12 &13 from 6:30pm until 8:30pm in the Gwen Brown Studio (Studio A) at the Peterborough Theatre Guild located at 364 Rogers St. ECLIPSED set in 1963 Ireland, explores the tragic history of 5 young Irish girls placed in a Magdalene Laundry.

Unwed mothers, whether they were orphaned or considered mentally unfit, these young Irish girls were forced to wash the sins from their souls while washing the country’s laundry. ECLIPSED is a story begging to be told! The casting requirements for ECLIPSED are: 5 Women aged 16 - 30. 1 Woman aged 20 - 30. 1 Woman aged 50+. ECLIPSED will be produced at The Peterborough Theatre Guild November 4 to 19.

Red Finks Friday: Red Finks are putting on a show! Friday, April 8 at The Spill. Doors at 7:00, Lonesome Pines at 8:00, Finks at 9:00. Wow! A PWYC fundraiser for the Derailleurs.

Seasoned Spoon is hiring: The Seasoned Spoon Café is a not-for-profit cooperative that serves locally grown, organic food at Trent University.

We are currently hiring TWSP eligible students to work during the 2016/17 school year. The application deadline is Monday, April 4th at 12pm. Cover letters and resumes can be sent to seasonedspoon@trentu. ca. Visit our website for more details www. seasonedspoon.ca Annual Pashmina Walk: The 6th annual Red Pashmina Walk, Sunday, April 17 at George Street United Church. Registration is from 2 to 2:45 p.m. and the walk begins at 3 p.m. For pledge sheets and further information, email peterborough@CW4WAfghan.ca.

Proceeds to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan, supporting the education of women of girls in Afghanistan.

Free Introductory Talks on Transcendental Meditation: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays in April, May and June from 7:00pm-9:00pm at Market Hall, Peterborough. This free introductory talk will help you find out everything you need to know about the TM technique and how to learn if you are interested. Space is limited. Email: mmacleod@tm.org for more information or if you have any questions. To pre-register

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•Rising Appalachia @ • Red Finks with George St United Church Lonesome Pines @ The • Rock n’ Roll Buffet (6:30pm) Spill(7pm) @ The Spill & Artspace (3pm) •Spring Thaw Tour feat. • Joe Hall and Tiny 9 Lives and Counting, Davis @ Electric City • Lowest of the Low @ Veil Unknown, Crimson Gardens (8pm) The Red Dog (9pm) Breed,Johnny Nocash @ Stan Simon and the Hotel The Spill (9pm) • Little By Little @ Bible, Chris Culgin Showplace(8pm) @ The Garnet (9pm) • Rap Club V3 with Gar- • Pat temple and Alan bageface, Test Their Black @ Showplace (3pm) Logic, Nick Persons @ The Garnet (9pm)