Volume 46 Issue 15

Volume 46

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Issue 15

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January 23, 2012

Frostyfun!

more photos on page 4

Andrew Tan

LorneEllingson,thankyou

By Mary Dirmeitis

Trent University lost a unique and inspirational professor on Sunday, January 15, 2012. For those who had the privilege to be taught by Lorne, whether it was through conversation or as a student, it is clear that the world lost an incredible individual.

To encompass all of what Lorne gave the students of Trent University in just a few hundred words would be impossible. But as a recent student of his I will try to describe his passion for education and for the learning experience of his students in this small space.

Lorne’s classroom was unlike any other; chairs and couches were arranged in a circle, name cards were distributed, and studentto-student sharing was just as important as any words that Lorne lectured. To call his classes “lectures” would be incorrect. He acted more as a facilitator than a lecturer, prompting and inspiring students to reach their own conclusions about how they

could exist in this world as proactive and conscious individuals.

The class that I took with Lorne was a cross-listed Business Administration and Indigenous Studies course called “The Meaning of Work in the Contemporary World.” But Lorne once told me that he had wanted to call it “Conversations that Matter,” which is also the title of his book.

That is what his class was—three hours of immensely important conversations of which the students were the topic. Lorne taught self-reflection in which no answer was wrong, and to know oneself was the ultimate goal. It was not easy. Lorne demanded attention and toil in this search for the self and it was clear when someone was not fully engaged in the process.

Once a few weeks of class progressed we started to feel like a family. It became a sacred space with a special group and I experienced the highest amount of respect I have ever felt in a room filled with strangers. Lorne taught us to listen, to

share, and to look deep within ourselves.

The type of learning experienced was transformational. My fellow students and I recognized how different this learning was from the typical classroom experience in a university setting. Many of us expressed that this course, or a course taught in this style, should be required in every curriculum.

When I heard the news of Lorne’s passing I found it so hard to believe. Individuals such as he, who live so fully and are so influential, seem immortal. The incredible thing about his teaching is that he showed you how to teach yourself. Through being a student of Lorne’s I learned how to recognize my environment as either one of growth or as one I need to change.

I know I will forever be indebted to Lorne as a teacher. He lived and breathed education, and that passion was so deeply felt in his classroom. He as a teacher and his classroom as a transformational learning environment are models to be emulated

throughout universities everywhere.

In my last class with him in my final year at Trent, one of the last times I saw him, the whole class participated in a ceremony of saying goodbye. It was a goodbye circle in which everyone went around to all of their classmates both giving and receiving goodbyes. Lorne began the ceremony and said that we could say goodbye in whatever form we wished; he chose to give hugs. The rest of us imitated him and by the end my face hurt from smiling so hard at what was such a meaningful moment.

Lorne made this goodbye significant, and I felt important and full of worth. In the short time that I knew him Lorne Ellingson was attentive, pensive, and generous with his time and wisdom. He will be dearly missed, but his teachings will live on in the thousands of individuals he touched throughout his life. I know I join in with many other students in saying thank you, Lorne.

in the paper this week

centre: local music reviews and an update on the Attawapiskat reserve p. 3 - Trent professors responds to PCVS issue • p. 4 - More pictures from Frost week p. 5 - Del Mastro strikes again • p. 8 - Mariatu Kamara’s inspirational journey p. 9 - Trent and Arthur on the Internet • p.10 - Metaxas fiction continued

Online protest

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By Miranda Rigby

A sentiment that I have heard many times is that the younger generation does not know how to form a protest, that they are not active but only sedentary in their beliefs, and that they no longer affirm that they need to fight for what they believe in.

This sentiment has become hushed in the recent years, as the “young generation” that once was have grown up to become protesters just like their parents. Fighting battles, in person, which have become increasingly violent as the techniques that police officers use become more brutal.

However, there is still an ideal set by the older generation, which states that sedentary protest (specifically online protests) don’t work. That as many times as you click “like” next to a cause you believe in, it won’t do anything, it is just another interest on your long interest page that no one ever reads.

What most of these people in the older demographic fail to understand is that strange thing has happened within the past year or two of online social media. Those politicians – especially one’s looking for the vote – have begun listening to what interests you, and the easiest way to find this out is online.

They have been looking to social media to find out the majority interest, the majority opinion, and what has been posted/ retweeted/commented on the most.

This is why the SOPA blackout last Wednesday was monumental in the making of the new wave of political activism. For those of you who didn’t see it, or may have not been near a computer, the blackout was formed by a variety

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of websites in protest of heightened copyright restrictions in the United States. Each site essentially refused their service to anyone who happened upon them.

This caused some confusion with those who were not aware of the blackout’s pending doom, but otherwise it simply formed a radical discussion, and for those who weren’t committed to discussing, a re-tweeted, re-posted demi-discussion online.

A week later, we are left in the wake of the results. President Obama has made an official statement to the press that he is unhappy with the wording of the SOPA bill, and if it was put to vote today he might be forced to not back it. Soon after, the “hollywood authorities” threatened to take away key Democratic funding. Then even more recently Megavideo, a popular website which illegally streamed television shows and movies, was shut down. So, we all ask, was the blackout even worth it?

The bill has been pushed back, but much like Canadian’s current battle with mega-corporations over the usage based billing policy, it is far from being over. There has already been talk online of a more consumer-based protest, whereby people would halt purchasing/downloading/streaming for a month, just to show the result of what could happen if they did.

I am a non-believer in the ability of a large group to halt purchasing goods, because we are in a consumer-based economy, but I believe this attention and discussion is important in itself. For if we aren’t to discuss, how are we to learn? And that goes for the politicians too.

Friday, January 27, 2012 at 12PM in Sadlier House - Lecture Hall Agenda: 1) Opening remarks, 2) Election of new staff collective director, 3) Discussion of potential replacement of Iris Hodgson, 4) Other business, 5) Adjournment Send additions to agenda to: editors@trentarthur.ca Correction: In last week’s piece by Troy Bordun

Correction: In last week’s letter to the editor by Drew Hayden Taylor,

entitled “The Criminal Journey...”, in the third

he referred to the members of the Community and Race Relations

paragraph, first sentence, a citation was added

Committee as “non-native people.” The committee has asked we

by the editor: “Kathie Smith...”. This is incorrect.

acknowledge that this in incorrect and acknowledge that committee’s

The phrase, “heart of a novice” is from Nagisa

Konon:kwe and Anishinaabekwe staff and board members

Oshima himself.

collaborated in the development of the original letter.

letters

RE: Like Alan Cross, But Prettier Dear Editors:

Don’t ask how, but I did come across Caileigh Morrison’s interview with, uh, Caileigh Morrison. I discovered with some relief that I wasn’t the only one who teared up while reading Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. It’s always good to know you’re not alone.

And even without seeing Caileigh’s picture, I can confirm with some certainty that she is most definitely prettier than me.

Alan Cross Professional Music Geek www.alancross.ca

University professors fighting for the rights of secondary students Dear Ms. Lloyd [Chairperson, Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board]; The Executive Committee of the Trent University Faculty Association (TUFA) has been following the prospective closure of the Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School (PCVS) with mounting concern. We note a widespread perception that the process followed in determining which (if any) Peterborough schools ought to be closed was flawed and, relatedly, that the rationale provided for the selection of PCVS has been proven neither consistent nor compelling. We understand that the Ministry of Education has now appointed an independent facilitator to review the Accommodation Review Committee process that resulted in the decision to close PCVS this coming September.

Setting aside our personal opinions regarding the wisdom of shutting down what appears to be a highly valued and vibrant downtown institution, we write to convey two specific concerns.

RE: “You are a woman?” and who the fuck are you Do not worry dear Arthur editor, no reader will confuse this piece as an editorial meant to educate those on etiquette of addressing trans and gender issues. For one, you discuss trans/gender variant identity throughout the article with no proper use of language. You go through the entire article without even using any form of the word transgender/transsexual/gender variant. Instead you refer to transgender girls being excluded from Girl Guides in Colorado as “children who are born male but identify as female”, which negates their experiences and leaves the reader questioning if you even believe these girls are female. These girls were not born boys but assigned a male gender before their eyes were even open.

Thank you for advocating for acceptance of trans people’s wild pronoun requests, and suggesting our identities are outrageous and anything but “plain”. If you were even remotely self educated on trans issues you would have constructed a more comprehensive piece on a commonly misrepresented issue. Or maybe you should have enlisted the help of one of these people whose pronouns you found “hard to get used to”.

After viewing two transphobic pieces of media you are shocked? No, you should not have been prepared. No one should be prepared for transphobia. I am subjected to transphobia on a regular basis and the previous experience never prepares me for the next. It is endearing that this type of discrimination against gender variant folks appals you but this is representative of cissexist mainstream media, and is in no way isolated to these two events.

Starting the article with a request to excuse the faults of your article (or gaps in knowledge) and your encouragement that learning new pronouns is hard but something you can learn to get used to, is not a free pass to write offensive material. If you feel you need to start an article like this you should probably end it right there. My apologies if my change in pronoun for personal comfort and sanity is challenging for you to get accustomed to.

Ever consider some of us trans folks might consider ourselves to be plain ol’ men and women? I would argue that most of us do not want to be fetishized on the first page of the Arthur and if this is going to be an example of Arthur’s attempts at covering trans issues I suggest you stop right there.

Anonymous

Given the appointment of a facilitator, we think it incumbent on the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board-at the very least-to push back the closing date of the school by one year to allow time for this review to unfold. Should the review lead the Board to revisit its conclusions, the proposed delay will have ensured the possibility of undoing this decision with minimal additional cost. If the review confirms the validity of the Board’s decision-making, then the delay will have served a valuable purpose in lessening public frustration over what some see as a precipitous rush to close PCVS. Our second concern relates to the silencing of dissent among PCVS teaching faculty.

While we understand the rationale for restricting employees from subverting their employer’s right to manage the affairs of the institution, we would distinguish between requiring employees to fulfill their duties as assigned and suppressing the right of those same employees to voice their opinions in matters of importance to the general public.

In this regard, the academic freedom enjoyed by the faculty in institutions like our own is useful to consider.

The Canadian Association of University Teacher’s “Policy Statement on Academic Freedom” asserts that any faculty member should have the “freedom to express one’s opinion about the institution, its administration, and the system in which one works.”

The policy also affirms that “Academic staff must not be hindered or impeded in exercising their civil rights as individuals including the right to contribute to social change through free expression of opinion on matters of public interest.”

There are a number of reasons for safeguarding such freedoms in educational institutions. Primary among these is the value of modelling for our students the kind of civic engagement that we hope they themselves will manifest as citizens. Given that the impending closure of PCVS has now involved our community in a deep and considered exploration of that institution’s role in the City of Peterborough, we would urge the elimination of any institutional impediments keeping PCVS teachers from engaging fully with this issue as members of the larger community.

[On behalf of] the executive committee, David Newhouse President

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campus

eastversuswest battleitout

RailJam!

photos by Andrew Tan

“Jibs on the Hill,” which was set up by the Trent Riverside Railjam, was a huge success Tuesday, January 17. Students came out to ski, snowboard and toboggan on the hill behind Gzowski college. Even though it was a bit on the wet side it was still great fun for everyone that came out. Graham Marshall (aka ‘Higgs.B’) mixed up some awesome tunes all day in a spot that was sheltered from whatever mother nature decided to throw his way. Despite this he was still seen and heard almost everywhere in the Gzowski College area.

This year the Trent Riverside Railjam ski and snowboard competition is on Saturday, March 24. There will be a beer garden, free giveaways, a sponsor village, a huge viewing area, and live bands including MC Atherton, DJ Who, Higgs.B, and Small Town Get Up. The latter is a seven piece ska band coming from Trent and the Toronto area. Anyone interested in participating, either by competing or volunteering, should contact the committee at trentriversiderailjam@ gmail.com.

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opinion

Del Mastro’sinterestingperception ofdemocracy

By Natalie Guttormsson

On Tuesday, January 17, MP Dean Del Mastro hosted a Pre-Federal Budget roundtable discussion at the Peterborough Legion located at Lansdowne West and Kawartha Heights Boulevard. The stakeholders that were identified and invited by Dean were asked to give their opinions on where they would like to see funding concentrated on.

Nineteen people were at the table with Dean and his secretary, three of them were women of which one did not give a presentation.

The organizations represented included: Market Hall, Peterborough Victoria and Haliburton YWCA, Economic Developers Association of Canada, Fleming College, McCloskey International, Peterborough County Federation of Agriculture, Ontario Cattlemen’s Association, Voices for the TrentSevern Waterway, the Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce, Peterborough and District United Way, Greater Peterborough Area Economic Development Corporation, Peterborough and Kawarthas Association of Realtors, as well as a couple representatives of farmers and manufacturing businesses.

The TCSA requested a spot at the table and were told they could not participate.

Occupy(ed) Peterborough was there, standing outside the Legion in the misting rain to remind Dean of all those who were excluded from his roundtable consultation.

Between 12:45 and 12:50, we watched Dean Del Mastro leave the Country Style coffee shop and start crossing the parking lot to the Legion. As he reached half way we called out a friendly “Hi, Dean”. He waved in acknowledgement and came over to talk to us.

ThePlanetNorth vsTheSeasonedSpoon

By Anthony P Gulston

Since the grand opening celebration of The Planet North at Trent’s Athletic Complex on Saturday January 14, questions have been raised about what it will mean for Trent’s home grown, student-run food community, The Seasoned Spoon. The newest version of The Planet gave away free sandwiches, coffee, cookies, and soup at their grand opening on Saturday January 14. Arthur spoke to the Education Outreach Coordinator of The Seasoned Spoon and long time employee of The Planet, Robyn Smith.

When speaking on behalf of The Spoon, Robyn said that “we’re just really happy to see another vegetarian option on campus” and that both will serve different but complimentary niches on campus. The Planet North actually corresponds with one of the Seasoned Spoon’s goals and aims which is to promote and advocate for alternative food options. The main difference between The Spoon and The Planet is the Spoon is Trent student’s food advocacy group that does much more than serve food. The Seasoned Spoon seeks to influence University food and fair trade policy, facilitates and organizes food workshops, has a small (but growing) library of recipe and food books, works with local farmers and Trent Rooftop Gardens, provides many on-campus student jobs, hosts Trent Centre for Community Based Education projects, and is in the process of building a root cellar on campus. The next workshop will be a Beer Making Workshop at The Spoon, Wednesday Jan. 25 starting at 4:30pm, $5 or PWYC.

The Planet got the location in the AC because the previous owner did not want to renew the contract and The Planet has a “good staff willing to take it on.” They have been expanding their horizons lately with new menu items, hosting art shows and all ages’ shows and now have added

this second location. Many Trent students already frequent The Planet’s Water Street location and it has been a great linkage between students and the community, so it was only natural that The Planet would go to the AC where this same linkage happens.

The Planet is a good sign that Trent is still part of the Peterborough community. The AC is happy to have them there and since it is funded by community money they are technically excluded from the Aramark exclusivity contract.

Tentatively, The Planet North will be open from 7am to 8pm, depending on business and interest. They are serving sandwiches (gluten-free bread option), one soup (always vegan), and one chili. They will also be selling their legendary Potato Cheddar Bread, their Flax Bread, and fair trade, organic coffee just like The Spoon, but The Planet North has an espresso machine for delicious Americanos on campus.

Robyn’s favourite sandwich there is her own creation and not exactly on the menu- the avocado and brie on Potato Cheddar Bread with salsa and hummus. (I would clarify this because staff will get super pissed if people start asking—there isn’t salsa in the a/c anyway. So if it’s easier you can just say avocado brie on p/c!)

The Seasoned Spoon is open from 8am to 3pm and serve wraps, two soups, one or two “exciting salads” with some kind of grain or protein, a main, plus gluten-free and vegan options. Since The Spoon is subsidized by its members, meals there are cheaper.

Right now The Seasoned Spoon is strategic planning “to see how we can grow as a food co-op” and would like students input. You can pick up a survey at The Spoon and return it for a free coffee or tea. They will also be hosting some panels to see where students want their food community to go.

So whether it’s at The Seasoned Spoon or at The Planet North, it’s nice to have some real food options on campus.

My fellow demonstrators explained to Dean that his roundtable meeting was exclusive, secretive, and inaccessible. It was suggested he hold a meeting at a central location where anyone could attend, in a similar manner to last year’s City Transit meeting at the Evinrude Centre. Dean instantly rejected the idea saying it would be a “waste of time” and would only be a bunch of people shouting. Dean seems to be underestimating the people of Peterborough, but even so, one would think Dean would be right at home in such an atmosphere, given his many years experience in the House of Commons.

Dean insisted that the people of Peterborough were represented by those invited to the table. Occupy(ed) demonstrators tried to explain to Dean that many people, especially marginalized groups, are not associated with the stakeholders at the table, were not represented, and are consistently not represented in the Canadian democratic process. Dean dismissed this by saying his door is always open and he will listen to any of his constituents, however he will not organize a general public consultation any time soon. You can, however, express your opinion on the budget via the website: www.fin.gc.ca I sat in on the meeting to take notes for Arthur and will make my notes available soon via the Arthur Blog for those who are interested in what the stakeholders of Peterborough had to say. But my favourite moment was when Dean managed to promote the XL Keystone Pipeline to the Chamber of Commerce and then the next day President Obama rejected it. Oh sweet irony.

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ReFrame.Youhadbettergo.

arts

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Friday January 27 to Sunday January 29

“The Price of Sex” Saturday, January 28 at 10AM in Market Hall

"Price of sex was insightful and creative.

[It] left me with some questions, but overall higher awareness than I started with.”

- Carmen Meyette

"It’s a heavy topic that more people need to break through the discomfort to examine. My family is from Eastern Europe, and left after the collapse of communism. I wonder how the women of our family’s lives would be different.

Would we fall for the allure of a job abroad and become tricked into the sex trade?”

- Sara Ostrowska

“Mimi Chekorova is an inspiring journalist and a powerful storyteller. She goes undercover... at great personal risk. But, as Mimi reminds us, unlike the women whose stories she tells, she gets to go home when her work is done. The film inspires journalist and nonjournalists alike to be more courageous in shedding light on injustice.”

- Brett Throop

“The ‘Free’ Market that was imposed on Communist Eastern Europe was the freedom to exploit impoverished people in the name of kapital gain & unchecked male desire.”

- Anthony P. Gulston

“a poignant reflection on globalization, the exploitation of the free market in the Eastern Bloc, and how this supports the illegal sex trade”

reframefilmfestival.ca

MusicReview2011,PartII

By Matt Jarvis

For those that didn’t catch the good news last week, what follows my meandering and verbose prologue is the second instalment in a series of local music reviews covering the last year in Peterborough. Is this useful? I have no damn idea.

The terrible reality that the (or at least, this) arts journalist has to face when looking at his ragged composure across the bathroom sink is that words like “authentic” and “tour de force” don’t really mean a damn thing. The only way for me to communicate what a piece of art is to you (the reader), is to imagine that the language I have constructed is common enough in the arts world for you to make the connection between my selections and other pieces that other writers may have written about. But you know what?

Damn the Man! In that spirit, this week I will be reinventing arts journalism by dragging you viscerally into these bands using completely new and exciting vocabulary! Wait, that’s not really that exciting (and not even true). You know what is exciting? These bands’ albums; buy them. Your well spent money is the fuel that keeps our local troubadours skinny jeaned and Ray-Ban’ed.

Charming Ruins “Reckless Abandon” The “power duo” seems unnecessary enough to be abandoned into the bottomless armpit of rock and roll marketing gimmicks. And yet, the form consistently produces roundhouse kick ass albums (White Stripes, Death From

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Above 1969, Japanther, Lightning Bolt, Hella, Sleigh Bells, etc). While thinking this through, I had a revelation. The “power duo” is rock and roll at its most basic, stripped down to ONLY the necessary components: melody and rhythm.

This is why I like Charming Ruins. Rob Viscardis and Steve Kerslake use their limitation to its fullest advantage on their debut EP so that, despite the obvious single “Can’t Stop Loving You” lyrically revolving around the most central song trope, they get me. Blues inflected guitar and falsetto backups, there is strong inspiration from the American desert rock phenomenon of the early-mid 2000’s. Fans of Queens of the Stone Age and especially Eagles of Death Metal will dig Charming Ruins.

Listen to “Can’t Stop Loving You” at charmingruins. bandcamp.com

Nick Ferrio & his Feelings “Self Titled” I have known, or at least known of, Nick Ferrio for a number of years now. The first time I met him was in Toronto, I was completely wasted with his completely wasted roommate.

We woke him up at 3:00am on a workday and rather than scream at us (which is what I would have done), he proceeded to skip introductions, pick up a 3/4 guitar and play us a song in a clear falsetto, mournfully projecting how we (or some unknown subject) put the “cunt, cunt, cunt in country”.

I’m not sure how he’ll feel about me sharing that. Nick is a solid dude best known for his bass work in “The Burning Hell”, sporting sweet moustache, and the occasional cowboy hat. His latest 3 song EP wastes no time on production, leaving space to appreciate Nicks practiced and mature song

writing. Simple melodies on guitar, backed by local couple Jill Staveley and Matt Watson on vocals and mandolin, this is country music I can get into. Reminiscent of the more serious tracks from Ween’s “12 Golden Country Greats”, folks wanting a quick breather in a busy day would be wise to take a trip with Nick Ferrio & his Feelings.

Listen to “When We Sang Together” at nickferrio.bandcamp. com

Tin Vespers “A Song For Evermor” There is a realization that some are destined to experience while listening to front woman Meaghan Culkeen sing in any of her past and present projects, that in another life she prepares us coffee. That is both humbling and terrifying. Her voice is force, sometimes a slap, sometimes a grip. Such a woman should overshadow any project she participates in, right? Wrong. Tin Vespers are a brilliant fusion of genre consisting of Meaghan, Derek Bell, Katie Adamson, Charity Justrabo, and Brandon Munro. Each stands on their own and together creates a project that is arguably Peterborough’s most interesting. On this (too short) EP I hear guitars, piano, accordion, cello, drums, bass mixed into something beautiful but not to be taken lightly. The orchestral quality to this music is not to be understated; the complexity of harmony is refreshing in a world dominated by aggressive hooks. Hints of Sigur Ros and early Hawksley Workman, I highly recommend Tin Vespers Listen to “Snow” at www.youtube.com/MichaelMorrittFilms

International

Occupy Nigeria

By Anthony P. Gulston

A January 1 decision to stop subsidizing fuel prices by Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has sparked not only labour negotiations, but an Occupy movement. After the repeal of the subsidy the cost of gas in Nigeria went from 40 cents a litre to 86 cents a litre. According to a protest statement put out by Chinua Achebe and 37 other writers, the average Nigerian lives on $2 a day. Even though Nigeria has plenty of oil, its oil refineries are inadequate, forcing the country to import 70% of their oil. The Goodluck Jonathan administration and the Nigeria Labour Congress are still negotiating, while thousands of workers and Occupiers fill the streets of Ojota, Lagos. Labour negotiations have led to a settlement on 60 cents a litre. The NLC acted to save lives, but the Occupy protests continue.

The removal of oil subsidies will save the Nigerian government $8 billion a year. Jonathan’s Minister of Information, Labaron Maku, claims these savings will be put into much needed public transport, sanitation, and electrical services. The subsidy removal does not affect the price of

diesel, which is what busses for public transport run on, and the subsidies themselves are not financially sustainable. Many Nigerians though, such as ‘Gebenda Sesan from Enough is Enough Nigeria, are accusing the government of using the extra money to settle debts and line their own pockets. Each Nigerian senator, of which there are 109, makes $135,803.97 US a month, most of which is in amenities, not salary. Since oil sales make up 80% of the country’s revenue, oil affects the price of everything. “Corruption is endemic because we have had a complete failure of leadership in Nigeria that has made corruption easy and profitable,” says Chinua Achebe in an interview with The Christian Science Monitor.

It is these accusations of corruption that have lead Nigerians to Occupy the streets of their capital. In the early days of the labour protests one man, Ademola Aderinde, was beaten, then shot by the police. Police have tried to justify the violence by claiming that well documented ethnic and religious strife has motivated attacks amongst the crowd of Occupiers, but according to Enough is Enough Nigeria these attacks were perpetrated by undercover police themselves. Social media

corroborates this assertion, as many statements of solidarity amongst ethnic factions are being circulated. There is a widely circulated picture of Christians guarding Muslims as they pray. “It is important to be a Nigerian first, not an activist, not a musician, not a politician,” says Prince of Afrobeat and activist Seun Kuti. Even Nigerians abroad have been having Occupy Nigeria movements in the UK and North America.

Many comparisons to the Arab Spring have been made, in which corrupt North African governments have been toppled non-violently. Like the Arab Spring, social media has been credited for giving Nigerians a medium to tell their own stories. Seun Kuti pointed out that many traditional broadcast media (TV, newsprint, radio) are easily bribed and coerced by the government, whereas the decentralized and abaxial nature of internet communications allows for there to be too many media producers to pay off. President Goodluck Jonathan himself announced his campaign on Facebook and even wrote a book based on the Facebook comments of his friends. I’m sure he won’t “like” the popular Occupy Nigeria group.

national

Attawapiskatproblemsstillnotover

By Carmen Meyette

It’s well known that in politics, statements and stories should be checked and verified by the general public so as to ensure our opinions are formed on truthful facts and not generalizations and misinformation. This is especially true when it comes to the coverage of the state of emergency on the Attawapiskat First Nations Reserve in Northern Ontario.

On October 28, 2011 Chief Theresa Spence called a state of emergency. This is the third time in three years that this has happened. The response of the Canadian government was a disappointing “we didn’t know about the housing crisis and general poverty of the reserve”, a statement which on closer inspection is difficult to believe.

The difficulty in this statement stems most quickly from the fact that the Aboriginal Affairs minister John Duncan had in fact visited the community on a number of occasions.

The government's memory of Attawapiskat’s troubles should go back father than that however. The reserve spent a little over 30 years, 1980 until 2011, demanding a school be built. Their school, built in 1976, had been demolished after large oil leaks had contaminated the schools foundation, and children and teachers became ill from the carcinogencarrying fumes. The children of this reserve even travelled to Parliament to make their request in person.

That being said, it is difficult to accept the government's ignorance of the impoverished situation at Attawapiskat,

having been pleaded with for so long just to build a basic school.

Statements to the press from Parliament proceeded to defend themselves, making claims about how much funding had already been given to Attawapiskat and implying that the crisis was due to poor management, not poor support.

The government claimed to have given Attawapiskat about $90 million for housing since 2006. However Attawapiskat’s financial records indicate that they have only received $4.3 million in funding for housing since 2006.

The solution Parliament provided was to put Attawapiskat and its finances under third party management. This solution was fiercely opposed by the reserves Chief, but has been imposed anyway. Even more unsettling than the forced imposition of third-party management is that the cost of $1300 a day is left to the community to pay.

Acknowledgement has been made that this is not an economical system, but efforts to revise the system and alleviate the heavy cost from the community have not surfaced.

The three press releases published on the Attawapiskat reserves website provide a shocking number of corrections to information provided to the public by the government.

These corrections correspond to government and media tendencies to criticize any spending done by the community.

For example, the purchase of a Zamboni was questioned.

Attawapiskat answered the criticism on this particular

note with an explanation that their former Zamboni had met the end of it’s useful life and had become hazardous to its operators. It is criticisms like this, directed at spending which would go uncommented on in other communities, which Attawapiskat has had to answer time and time again.

They have also been clear each and every time about where each penny associated with the purchase in question comes from. They even make public the relevant financial records to demonstrate that recreational and community improvement items are not purchased with funds given to them for housing or education, but from funds raised by the community.

Again and again the Chief must explain exaggerations and misstatements which cast an unfavorable light on them self, the various leadership organs of the reserve and the community as a whole.

An outcry has arisen from the declaration of a state of emergency at Attawapiskat and the subsequent lack of action.

Other reserves across Canada have publicized their own predicaments to demonstrate that Attawapiskat is, sadly, not particularly unique. Furthermore, reserves with the luxury to be able to do so have offered support to Attawapiskat.

On December 1, 2011 the Canadian Red Cross also mobilized to aid the situation.

The devastating living conditions faced by the residents of many reserves in our country speaks volumes beyond what I could write about the priorities of our current and recent governments.

Volume 46 | Issue 15 | January 23, 2012

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columns

DiamondsintheRough

By Yolanda Ajak, Kawartha World Issues Centre

The civil war in Sierra Leone between 1991-2002 resulted in the deaths of over 50,000 and the displacement of over a million citizens. During the first year of war the Revolutionary United Front (or RUF, a rebel army that fought and failed in the 11 year civil war) seized control of large strips of territory in Eastern and Southern Sierra Leone that were rich in alluvial diamonds. The lack of immediate government response to the RUF, and the consequent disturbance in the country’s diamond production, lead to a Coup d’état on April 1992 by the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC).

In 2009 the RUF were convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

In an internally hostile environment of economic inequality and violent conflict, the children were the most traumatized.

Mariatu Kamara was born and raised in the West African nation of Sierra Leone. Her harrowing experiences as a child victim of war and its aftermath are the subject of her memoir The Bite of the Mango (2008). Her survival story is one of breath taking courage, hope and inspiration. Mariatu was 12

years old when her family and the rest of her village fled from approaching armed rebels with the Revolutionary United Front.

Presently, Mariatu is a college student in Toronto and her professional aspirations for the future include working for the United Nations, raising awareness of the impact of war on children, and running her own foundation to raise money for homes. Eventually she would like to build homes for abused women and children in Sierra Leone.

She was honored the position as a UNICEF Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, which involves speaking to groups across North America about her experiences.

Prior to her involvement with UNICEF, she was a public speaker for Free the Children, a non-profit organization that acts on issues facing children in developing countries. She was also honored with a Voices of Courage Award in New York City, an award presented by the Women’s Refugee Commission.

Back in Sierra Leone at the Amputee Camp for war wounded citizens in Aberdeen Mariatu developed close ties with other young people who had suffered through the

same atrocities of the brutal civil war. She and others began their internal healing process through the performing arts as members of Aberdeen’s Theatre Troupe. Mariatu sang, danced, and told stories that preserved their strength and hope, and restored forgiveness. They tribute their emotional healing to the Theatre Troupe created in the camp.

Mariatu plans on reuniting several members of Aberdeen’s theatre troupe. Her goal is to maintain this as an ongoing project so that she can instill the knowledge of peacekeeping skills that she is learning through her own work in other youth.

In conjunction with the ReFrame Film Festival, KWIC is hosting a World Issues Café with speaker Mariatu Kamara, this Saturday January 28. From 6-7pm, the Mix & Mingle reception & book signing will take place at Art Space catered by Black Honey. At 7:30pm: The KWIC Issues Café presentation will resume at Showplace “Youth, War and the Arts: A Journey to Transformation” followed by To Be Heard (USA, 87 minutes), the Saturday Night feature film.

Join us while we listen to this young woman’s survival story of the civil war in Sierra Leone. Tickets are $10, on sale at KWIC in the Environmental Science Building room B.101.

Yeah,IGotThis A Programmer Profile of Yolanda Ajak Caileigh Morrison: So, Yolanda.

CM: That happens. What first drew you to Trent Radio?

Yolanda Ajak: Yes, Caileigh.

YA: Well, I always wanted to do a show on Trent Radio but I never had the guts to approach Trent Radio. I just kept saying “I’ll do it when I’m good enough, I’ll do it when I’m able to do the show,” but then I ran into John [K. Muir, General Manager of Trent Radio], and he said “Hey, you look like you’d be good at radio because you have an interesting personality,” so I said okay. I was still really nervous, but then I just decided to go for it. It was a nowor-never-type thing.

CM: Tell me, what is your programme called and when is it?

YA: My programme is called Poetic Justice and it’s on Saturdays at five o’clock.

CM: And what is Poetic Justice all about?

YA: Well, it varies, depending on the theme of the show that day. There’s always poetry involved, sometimes spoken word, and music that’s heavily conscious and brings attention to global issues, as well as facts and statistics that highlight global issues in order to create awareness.

CM: “You look like you’d be good at radio”? I hope he didn’t tell you that you have a face for radio! That’s quite an insult.

CM: So art + justice. Lovely. Now, how long have you been doing this programme?

YA: Yeah, thank god he didn’t say that [laughing].

YA: I’ve been doing it since last May.

YA: Yes. It happened when I first started getting comfortable and feeling like “Yeah, I got this”. There was one show where everything just kind of flowed together. I do write stuff down and plan my show out but when I get here it doesn’t always go that way depending on the timing, but things just kind of came together and they flowed and a song came into

CM: Sweet. Have you done any programmes before this one?

YA: Actually, this is my first one. I’d never done any programmes before, so I was really nervous when I started.

CM: Have you ever had a really cool moment on the air?

my head and then I decided I should freestyle, on the air, with a beat in the background. It didn’t work out but it still felt cool. And then I... didn’t try it again [laughing].

CM: But it was an exciting moment.

YA: Yeah, and I decided I’d do it again, later on.

CM: Other than programming, what else do you do around here?

YA: I’m an operator and I’ve also been on the board since November. I’m excited about that. We’ve had one meeting so far and there’s another one coming up next week. So that’s what I do at Trent Radio.

CM: And outside of Trent Radio, what do you do with your life?

YA: Besides partying? [Laughing] Well, there’s school. That’s an obvious one. I also write for the Arthur as part of an internship course I’m doing on behalf of KWIC [Kawartha World Issues Centre]. And I’m also involved with an Oxfam working group.

CM: So Trent Radio’s more of your creative outlet?

YA: Yeah. When I’m here on the weekend it gets me inspired for the week. I get my show going and then once I walk out of here I think “Okay, let the weekend begin!” You know?

CM: Definitely. Now I found, personally, that I hated operating on Saturdays. But you seem to enjoy it. Do you have any particular reasons why?

YA: I couldn’t imagine doing this on a weekday. I have so much to do and I’m just very, everywhere.

If I did this on a weekday I’d be very disorganized and it just wouldn’t work out for me.

CM: Right. So this is your “me time”.

YA: Yes. After doing my laundry on Saturday morning and all that, I come here and it’s Fun Time [laughing]!

CM: What do you like about Trent Radio as an organization? What keep you here?

YA: What I love about it is the administration.

Seriously, you guys are really cool. Secondly, I really love the aura that Trent Radio gives off. It’s really grassroots, but open. It doesn’t push you to a certain type of genre or anything. You’re free to express yourself, but at the same time I feel like my beliefs coincide with Trent Radio’s aims and objectives.

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GoogleIt! How the Internet may or may not help Trent’s reputation

By Cornel Grey

While working on another assignment for our beloved paper I stumbled upon a rather fascinating webpage. Were you aware that Arthur has a Wikipedia page? I wasn’t up until a week ago, and the information posted is more detailed that one would expect.

It tells you how the newspaper is structured and organized, gives a history of previous editors, and even talks about where we plan our weekly meetings. The article further states that the Trent newspaper has had a “leftleaning political stance”, focusing on issues such as LGBT rights, feminism, and administrative issues with Trent University as a whole.

Even though it’s Wikipedia it has relatively accurate information that many Trent students might be unaware of. For example, contrary to popular belief, Arthur is not named after King Arthur, which is usually assumed based on the fact that the institution’s varsity teams are named Excalibur and the supposedly correlating sword in the school’s crest. It was actually coined by the first editorin-chief Stephen Stohn; Trent alumni who went on to be the executive producer of Degrassi: The Next Generation.

Who knew? Furthermore, on the matter of Excalibur, the sword in our crest isn’t Excalibur; it’s the sword of Samuel de Champlain. There’s Trent History 101 for you!

In any case, plan A was a bust so I decided to scope the Internet so as to ascertain what other appealing bits of information on Trent I could stumble upon. I decided to go back to a link I bumped into when I was trying to find out

more about Trent during the application period. I recall two entries on the website and, although the creators the site have no authority in evaluating or rating an institution, one would be surprised how posts such as this can influence the minds of potential applicants, for better or worse. This is what that site had to say about Trent: Trent A small university in Ontario, Canada in the city of Peterborough. Peterborough is located approx 1 hour 40 minutes Northeast of Toronto. This university is known for small class sizes and a close teach-student relationship. You are not just another number, everyone knows each other. The Environmental Engineering program is one of the best in Canada.

Also known for the drunken hoe’s in the 11pm Pub-Bus, the Trent Queer Collective (guys making out on the bridge over Lake Champlain) and an amazing international student association (TISA) and a kick ass MSA (TMSA). The city literally closes down at 4:30pm and everything shuts down (except ‘the rooster’ and galaxy cinemas). Primary industry (if you can call it that) is senior citizens housing.

As in: Maaahn .. I can’t wait to get outta this ghost town trent got me into. Or, Where the HELLL is the trent bus its 11:45am and -30 Celsius. I’m going to kill the bus driver (by the way you would normally know the name of the bus driver since everyone knows everyone important and cause he wears Oakley sun glasses).

Bata Bullshitter A Trent University student who spends most of their

time outside the Bata steps talking about things that they pretend to feel, dreams they won’t chase, and hoping that staying in school will never allow them to confront their failure to chase their dreams head on.

[Example:] T: I really want to have my own place, go to grad school, and really live for myself. It’s all other peoples’ fault that I can’t accomplish these things.

N: Trust me, grad school’s great. It’s alot of fun...wonderful.

I dream of being a prof, or just having sway over other peoples’ fertile young imaginations because someone torched mine so long ago that it’ll render me thoughtless to how I treat others permanently. Academics is the place for me.

Geez, there’s a lot of Bata Bullshitters out today I have not overheard any conversations on campus that reflect those sentiments, at least not in entirety. I would assume that most would agree with the positive qualities described in those entries. However, is that to say that the negatives do not exist or are we too afraid to confront the inconvenient truth? I haven’t been at Trent long enough to have any justifiable issues with the environment in all of its faculties, but one can appreciate how it is that potential applicants to Trent University may or may not be dissuaded from coming here when information such as this is all over the Internet.

TorontoDispatch:OrganizingtoStopRobFord’sCuts

By Zach Ruiter

Peterborough residents concerned with Mayor Daryll Bennett’s threatened cuts to transit and use of consulting firms to conduct publication consultation may be closely observing a storm brewing in Toronto over a budget that will drastically reduce services, including many non-rush hour transit routes.

Victoria Barnett feels lucky to speak on behalf of a network that has been growing ever since Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s inauguration.

The snack trucks on Dundas Street are ready for their first customers, only a few people are skating on the rink, civil servants cross the square carrying briefcases, I’m between punctual and fashionably late as I arrive to interview Barnett at Nathan Phillips Square. The air is conspicuously spring like. I spin around then look up and notice Barnett surveying the square from the ceremonial ramp that leads to the podium roof of Toronto City Hall.

I’m caught off guard by the calm passion of Barnett’s unhurried words: “Stop The Cuts is a network of 11 autonomous organizing groups of people getting together in their communities, who often have never met before, but are forming relationships over their anger and what-the-fuck is up with Rob Ford”.

According to Barnett, the groups that range in size between 15 and 60 people “work on the things that affect them most in their communities. The neighbourhood committees are autonomous of the network, but report back to the network. Their different actions don’t have to be approved because they focus on things in their communities that affect them – the cuts specific to their area.”

Barnett states the goal that drives Rob Ford’s proposed budget is a “clear mandate – to

make respect for the taxpayers the core value at City Hall”. Yet there is a contradiction to the austerity measures—they are not necessary.

City staff project a year end operating surplus estimated at $145 million or higher.

On January 2, Stop the Cuts staged a successful intervention of the Mayor’s New Year’s Levee by unfurling one banner and releasing another with helium balloons.

Ford, who two weeks before being elected, assured voters “services will not be cut, guaranteed”, commissioned eight KPMG reports to locate savings in city spending.

KPMG received the largest portion of $3 million spent by the city on private consulting firms.

City Councillor, Adam Vaughn, claims the savings identified by the mayor will close shelters, childcare centres, pools, youth outreach programs, library hours, arenas, community centres, arts funding, and reduce “hundreds of community service programs” by 10%. The cuts will be augmented by a 1015 cent TTC fare increase, new recreation user fees, and increased childcare costs.

Ford is also proposing to outsource the city’s garbage collection services, Vaughn writes “while garbage and recycling collection rates for homeowners will stay the same as last year, charities and not-for profit groups will now have to pay for collection.”

Ford legitimizes the proposed budget by arguing the process has so far “included more public consultation” than ever before with “eight public meetings hearing from over 1,200 people”. ‘Public consultation’ frames policy questions and defines issues to incorporate yet simultaneously disenfranchise dissenting voices. “You are going to now ask me for alternatives—these are our alternatives” said Barnett in a December 7th deputation to Toronto Council. Barnett explained “this is what we need to do for ourselves as people of the city”.

Opinion

Volume 46 | Issue 15 | January 23, 2012

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fiction

The Spectre

By Christian Metaxas

I woke up in a cold sweat, coughing, as I sat up in my bed.

Rubbing my eyes, I glanced over at the digital clock on my night table. My eyes were still too bleary to make out the time, but it must have been late. I rolled back onto my side and closed my eyes again, trying to slip back into sleep.

It wasn’t easy; it hadn’t been easy for the past few days.

I hadn’t had a good night’s sleep since the funeral; I just tossed and turned until dawn, nodding off for only a few hours, if I was lucky.

I turned over and replayed the funeral again in my head.

When they lowered Zeke into his grave, when I kissed Ally on the bench. The image of that bare tree violently shaking in the wind was stuck in my head, like when you can remember what you were doing when you first heard certain songs.

I sat up and got out of bed, shaking my head as I hobbled down the stairs. I didn’t flip on any lights; I just wandered the main floor of the house. I was staying with my parents

until classes resumed for the second semester, their house was like a castle compared to the student housing near the university. Everything was so majestic: the spiraling wooden staircase, the sprawling foyer, the beautifully furnished living and dining rooms. I didn’t notice how wonderful a home it was until I had lived somewhere else for so long. As I putted around the main floor a sense of déjà vu came over me. When you’re not sleeping, the days bleed together and nothing feels real anymore. I putted around in a circle for another few minutes, gazing at the walls full of photos, just a room full of ghosts.

I opened the door to the basement and felt my way down the stairs. The basement was thick and warm, cool moonlight spilled in from the small window near the ceiling. Over at the far end by the bookcases, a lamp bathed the corner in a comfortable orange glow. Ally was asleep on the couch as I made my way over to her, crawling over her and sinking behind her into the couch. I leaned over her and pressed my lips against hers. I could feel her wake and begin to kiss me back. She stretched out over the arm of

the couch and shut off the lamp. The cool blue moonlight poured over us as we undressed each other. All I could hear now was the dull clapping of sweaty skin against old leather, moaning as we went. Ally started moaning louder, tightly holding onto the armrest at the end of the couch as though she’d slip off the face of the earth if she let go.

“I’m gonna come, I’m gonna come,” she squealed, the upward infliction in her voice was a huge turn on. My top was about to blow. “I love you,” she moaned, making the dream a reality.

“I love you, Zeke,” I said as we came together, California rest in peace. We laid there together in silence for a few minutes before Ally fell back to sleep. It was only then that it dawned on me what words came out of my mouth. I didn’t miss him, I hated him and wanted his girlfriend, and this was exactly what I wanted to happen. Ally was beautiful, her every curve sculpted with sensuality, almost like some unattainable woman. She was mine, I had replaced Zeke, and it was everything I ever wanted.

sports

Intramural CO-ED Competitive Indoor Soccer

By Mitchell Powers

It’s great to be back for another semester of recreational sporting madness, and what better place to start the year than CO-ED Competitive Indoor Soccer.

Having swapped the frosty outdoors for the more sensible and comfortably heated gymnasium, I soon realized it made little or no difference given the heat exchanged between the two teams: The Dirty Oars and The Kings. The sheer competitive dynamic of either team was producing enough kinetic energy to heat the gymnasium on its own; I do not doubt that if we can capture this effectively we could have a new green energy source capable of powering Trent University over the coming years.

First off, The Dirty Oars, who are the varsity rowing intramural recreational sports team, had momentarily swapped their oars and Lycra for a pair of sensible shorts and shin pads; these guys and girls were a force to be reckoned with.

I spoke with Mark, the self-proclaimed captain, and he gave me a summary of the ‘resources’ available at his disposal – these players weren’t human-beings,

they were just numbered parts of а much bigger well-oiled machine. This practice, I’m told, is followed throughout the sport of rowing. Yet, I soon realized Mark was more than a captain; Mark was more like an authoritarian dictator and he had The Dirty Oars enrolled in a military-precise substitute rotation system. Any player caught overplaying their allotted time or skipping their turn was going to receive a punishment. The unlawful would have to perform one-legged standing squats at the same time as being spanked, repeatedly, by a rowing oar. And could you believe all this whilst swearing allegiance to Trent Excalibur? I was of course shocked, but then again mildly impressed. Although The Dirty Oars looked terrified and at moments close to tears, the team was well organized and extremely industrious on the field of play. The defense and offense moved in harmonic symphony . Often this left its opponents mesmerized and in a state of disarray. At times great gaps were left in the opponent’s defense for The Dirty Oars to exploit like a pack of angry wolves and just before the end of the first half their hard grafting paid off. A quick interchange

between numbers 2 and 4 on the edge of the box gave number 6 little to do but to drill the ball into the top right hand corner… jolly marvelous.

In contrast, the opposing team, The Kings, who wore a black strip and were led out by team captain Kay Kanyandula aka José. To imagine these guys, just picture both teams engaged in a ballroom dance competition. The Dirty Oars would be performing the Waltz, a measured dance moving around the floor in a controlled and eloquent fashion, whilst The Kings performed the Mambo. The Kings weren’t concerned with breaking steps or basic steps, they were simply feeling the music, and it was a joy to behold. José, the captain and box to box midfielder, kept the team in check in case any improvising got out of hand. At one stage, the modestly named Superman was pulling out all the stops and his delicate trickery and eagle-eyed vision opened up The Dirty Oars’ resolute defense. Chocolate Drop (I’m not making this up by the way) set things rolling from the back and Thrillz punished The Dirty Oars time and time again.

The game ended a resounding 5 – 3 in

Intramural Athlete Profile Team: The Dirty Oars Name: Hannah Lewis Studying: 4th Year Biology Position: Everything but Goalkeeper Previous Sporting Experience: Hannah has played Sunday League Indoor/ Outdoor Soccer and for the last 4 years and has been involved in Varsity Rowing at Trent University Pre Match Meal: Vegetable sandwich (strictly no meat) Inspirational Quote: “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.

Boldness has genius power and magic in it.”

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favour of the The Kings, and The Dirty Oars were sent packing. I’ve since heard rumors that Mark had them all sent on an extreme rowing training camp and some of them have since been reported A.W.O.L. In all seriousness, reporting on this game was a really enjoyable experience. There was a feeling of fun and friendship amongst both teams. The Kings who were made up of a group of international students who had met each other at Trent University and the banter between them was amusing.

Likewise, The Dirty Oars were made up of fellow rowers and again you could feel the camaraderie and genuine friendship.

If don’t fancy CO-ED Competitive Soccer don’t worry you can still get a team together and play in all kinds of other intramural sports. If you like the sound of getting involved, but not necessarily the sound of Soccer, you need not worry as sports include CO-ED Recreational & Competitive Volleyball, CO-ED Recreational Inner tube Frisbee, Open Competitive Basketball, CO-ED Recreational Snow Frisbee, and Women’s Shinny Hockey.

Listings Spoon Cooking Classes: Come Cook With Us! Cooking Classes at the Seasoned Spoon. A six-week series, these workshops will be held every Monday starting January 23rd and running until Monday, March 5th, from 4:30pm – 7:30pm. They are designed to introduce new cooks to the exciting world of efficient ecological cooking, with a focus on vegetarian cuisine- however, the tips we teach will also be extremely applicable to omnivores. There are six workshops: Soups, Salads, Proteins, Sauces, Baking, and Appetizers. Preregister and save money!

Each workshop is $5, or $25 for all six. There will be no class during Reading Break. Email seasonedspoon@trentu. ca for more details.

Peace Week at the Spoon: Skill Sharing Circle: Tuesday, Jan. 24th at 4:30pm.

Join your friends at the Spoon and OPIRG for a discussion on bartering and skill sharing, while learning some new skills.

If you know how to do something cool, come out and show the rest of us! Cost is by donation.

Beer Making Workshop at the Seasoned Spoon: Wednesday, Jan. 25th at 4:30pm.

Proof that not all yeast infections are bad... join a seasoned DIY brewmaster for an evening of bubbly delight.

He’s got a wealth of knowledge and will show you how to make a mean beer from scratch. Cost is $5 or pwyc.

ReFrame Film Festival: ReFrame Peterborough International Film Festival on January 27-29, 2012 VENUES: Market Hall, Showplace Performance Centre,The Venue. ADMISSION: Festival Pass: $25 Student/Unwaged Festival Pass: $12.

Rush Tickets: $8/Film or Pay What You Can. Tickets Available online - www. reframefilmfestival.ca Trent Central Student Association – Trent University, Champlain College Peterborough Green-Up Store – 378 Aylmer Street Kawartha World Issues Centre – Trent University, ERS Building RM B101, Titles Bookstore – 379 George Street INFORMATION: www.reframefilmfestival.ca or 705-933-4222 KWIC invites you to Mix & Mingle with Mariatu Kamara (The Bite of the Mango, 2008 Annick Press) at ArtSpace, Saturday, Jan 28th: 6-7pm; food by Black Honey. Tickets include reserved seating at Showplace for KWIC presentation, “Youth, War & the Arts”, followed by ReFrame feature film. $10.00 student; $25 regular at KWIC, Titles Bookstore & The Spill. www.kwic.info or 705-748-1680.

KWIC World Issues Café series presents “Youth, War and the Arts: A Journey to Transformation” with Mariatu Kamara, UNICEF Special Representative for Children of Armed Conflict and Recipient of the Voice of Courage Award. Saturday, Jan 28th: 7:30pm at Showplace. Advance tickets at KWIC and Titles Bookstore and with admission to ReFrame Saturday night feature film. Info @ www.kwic.info or 748-1680

above the seasoned spoon cafe). For more information contact, Nadine Changfoot, Department of political studies at nadinechangfoot@trentu.ca ONE World Dinner: Sat, Feb 4th: Peterborough One World Dinner at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church Hall. Doors open at 5:30pm. Vegetarian potluck, live music, raffle, dessert auction & dance with the Revolutionaries. Tickets at the door: $10/family/$5/person or PWYC, for more information go to www.kwic.info or call 748-1680. Proceeds support KWIC, JSH, NCC & WUSC “Its not easy being green: News from the front-line on Rob Fords war on the environment”: Trent department of political studies educational talk given by Franz Hartmann, PhD, executive director of the Toronto Environmental Alliance. On Thursday February 9th, 2012 from 2-4pm in the Champlain living and learning commons above the seasoned spoon cafe, Trent University, Symons campus. The cost is FREE and there will be food provided. For more information contact Nadine Changfoot, Department of Political Studies at nadinechangfoot@trentu.ca The Employment Fair will be held on Wednesday, February 8th in the athletics centre gymnasium at Trent University. This will be one of our largest events yet, with over 45 organizations already registered and hundreds of students planning on attending. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to recruit passionate, educated individuals from Trent. If you wish to register for this event please contact Danielle DeVries at careers@trentu.ca The Havelock TEACH Centre is hosting its 4th annual Soup And Dessert Competition on Family Day, February 20, 2012 at the Havelock Community Centre. The event will begin at 1pm with FREE skating, followed with a soup and dessert competition and dessert auction. Chefs, both restaurant and hometown, are invited to enter a soup and/or dessert. For more information please call the Havelock TEACH Centre at (705) 778-7873 or email at brookewrightly@gmail.com Relay for Life is a 12-hour charity even to raise money for cancer research. The event begins at 7 pm and runs all night until 7 am. Relay for Life is more than just a fundraiser. It is an opportunity to get together with family and friends to celebrate cancer survivors, remember loved ones, and fight back against cancer. Trent University will be running our very own Relay for life on March 23rd in the Athletics Complex. For more information about Relay for Life please contact the Relay for Life chair Holly Ottenhof at hollyottenhof@trentu. ca or myself the Survivor chair Brittany Williams at brittanywilliams@trentu.ca.

Also, feel free to stop by at our infor-

mation booth outside of Wenjack Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays leading up to the event.

Tuesday Circus Art Jams: Come run away with the circus one night a week. Bring some circus toys or acts: hulahoop, poi, juggling, clown, dance, etc and come practice, share, and learn new circus skills. Don’t have any skills? Come anyways! There are always extra toys and willing teachers. Takes place at the Sadlier House Dinning Room Tuesdays 7pm10pm. PWYC Donation. So come and enjoy the fun!

Dance your Bones: Move freely to music from around the world. Every Thursday 6pm-8pm at All Saints Anglican Church Hall, 235 Rubidge St. Peterborough. The cost is $10 ( sliding down to $5). For more information please contact (705) 750-0411 Students - St John Ambulance is Canada’s leader in first aid training - We offer courses every weekend and many weekdays and weeknights. Renew your CPR in 1 evening - most courses include a student discount. If you need to renew your first aid certificate or take a course for the first time contact St John Ambulance 705 745-0331 sjapeterborough@ bellnet.ca sja.ca 30 Crafts Market: a nonprofit initiative to support handcrafting and the connection between artisans/craftspersons and the general public in the Kawarthas. This event is still open to crafters/artisans who would like to sell their goods. The market will be held May 12, 2012 in Peterborough Ontario.

Booths are 15 dollars. To apply, visit 30craftsmarket.webs.com.

Want help keeping your academic New Year’s resolutions? The Academic Skills Centre offers one-on-one appointments that can help you become a more effective and efficient student and writer.

ASC instructors are experienced professionals with graduate degrees from a variety of disciplines, including English, Canadian Studies, History and Mathematics. Let us help you acquire the skills necessary to tackle the new semester successfully. Call 748-1720 for more information or to make an appointment.

Mock Interview: Participate in a Mock Interview! Get interview experience, get valuable feedback, network and meet professionals in a range of fields have your resume reviewed and targeted. Your first step is to attend one of our interview workshops happening on 3pm, February 14 at 10am, or March 8 at 10am.

Go to www.trentu.ca/careers to register for the workshops.

The Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre is looking for dedicated volunteers to provide Peer Support for the women and men calling our 24-Hour Crisis Line. Free

Crisis Intervention Training will be held in February! For more information please call the Volunteer Service Coordinator 705-748-5901 or ksacvolunteers@ nexicom.net.

HU Song Contemplation Regardless of your beliefs or religion, you can sing HU to become happier and more secure in God’s love. Join us for a 20-30 minute contemplation, every 1st Monday of the month, 7:30pm Sadleir House, 751 George St. N. No charge.

Need $ for your theatre activity? Theatre Trent’s funding proposal deadline this month! Apply @ www.theatretrent. ca. We are welcoming new executive members to write cheques for theatre-makers and gain non-profit Board experience: you are needed.You are welcome to borrow props and costumes from the storage space at Sadleir House - email theatretrent@trentu.ca Students Helping Students: Are you a outstanding academic student? Are you looking for a meaningful volunteer experience? Are you hoping to build experience and demonstrate skills in leadership and supportive communication? Then look no further, the Peer Mentoring Program hopes that you will become a peer mentor. Check out www.trentu.ca/peermentoring or email peermentor@trent.ca for more information.

Tom Eastland is playing a solo acoustic set of original music as part of the Peterborough Acoustic Showcase at the Garnet, 213 Hunter Street West in Peterborough on Saturday night January 21st. Doors open at 9:30, line up is: Tom Duke with Sybil Herceg-Shanahan, Tom Eastland, then CL McEachern. This will be a show of original music, cost is $5.

On Thursday eve January 26th Tom Eastland will be entertaining at the Stinking Rose pub on Bridge Street in Campbellford. This will be a mix of familiar favourites and original material. Music starts at 8pm, no cover charge.

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Jazz Duo, pianist Biff Hannon and vocalist Donna Collison at Curry Village, 306 George Street on Saturday, January 28th, 2012 from 6 pm to 9 pm. No Cover.

Classics Drama Group play, Euripides’ Helen starts February 1st and runs to and including February 4th, 8pm each evening in Nozhen: First peoples Performance Space. The cost is $10/ $7 for students and tickets can be purchased at the door or for reservations: (705) 748-1011 x7848 or email kaxcell@trentu. ca Learn the “lowdown” on Occupy movements from Dave Vasey from Occupy Toronto and members-participants from Occupy(ed) Peterborough. On Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 from 1-3pm in ECC Lecture Hall 201, Trent University, Symons Campus. The cost is FREE and there will be food and a gathering afterward in CLLC (Champlain Living and Learning commons

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