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Calling all undergraduates: VOTE

As of the morning of Monday, March 14, all full-time and part-time

undergraduate students were sent out online ballots for the Central Student Association (CSA) elections. During the week between March 14 and March 18, undergraduates can vote on the incoming CSA Executive Commissioners, At-Large Representatives, and referendum questions.

Policy and Transition Manager and CEO of CSA elections, Jakki Doyle, described the signifi cance in undergraduates casting their ballots.

“Certainly, it’s incredibly important to vote,” said Doyle. “If you don’t vote as an undergraduate student, you don’t count. It takes less than a minute to answer the maximum

Have your say on CSA Executive Commissioners, At-Large Representatives and referendum questions from March 14 to March 18

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nine questions that you [will] get…It’s important to vote so that when you have complaints about the CSA you can speak to whether or not you chose the people to represent you and I think generally the CSA stands for participation.”

Jakki described the importance of this year’s referendum questions, which ask the student body whether or not they want to increase fees for specifi c on-campus organizations. One of the questions is asking for a $58 dollar increase for O-Week fees.

“Th ere’s a huge referendum question that people will receive on their ballots with O-Week fees. If people are disinterested in the candidates, they can decline to vote. But get to the referendum questions and participate. $58 dollars for a referendum question is the largest I can remember…Certainly in the last decade it’s the largest question that has been proposed I believe,” said Doyle.

Th e other referendum question is for the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) who is hoping to sponsor another refugee student to study at the University of Guelph, along with her child.

“Even the smaller referendum question for WUSC, it’s a big impact for 71 cents. Th ey’re looking to get that support,” said Doyle.

In order for referendum questions to be passed, there needs to be participation from 20 per cent of the undergraduate student body. Referendum questions that fail to gain support cannot be posed in the same form to the student body for another two years.

“If people are passionate either side for either of the referendum questions, it’s always important to vote for them, especially if they want or don’t want to see a fee implemented.”

For students who have felt frustrations with this year’s CSA,

see “ELECTIONS,” page 3

Why the buzzword is worth a celebration

What is sustainability? Th e word is often at the centre of

conversations about the state of our world today, but we may not always have the chance to really sit down and think about what sustainability actually means. From March 19 through March 26, students and community members alike will have the chance to attend workshops and participate in an open dialogue about the nature of sustainability

A glimpse into this year’s Sustainability Week

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and how we can come together and take action.

Coming together to eff ect change is something that Sustainability Week enthusiastically promotes.

“We’re trying to make a bridge between the community and the campus community, because there are so many good members of the community that would like to get out there and help us to grow. Th is week will be about bringing in those experts from the community and that inspiration on campus and having those connections last so that we can maintain those connections,” said Paul Wartman, one of the week’s organizers.

Th e week is paired up with several other community-wide celebrations, such as Transition Guelph’s Resilience, Net-Impact No-Impact Week and College Royal in order to capitalize on the vast body of resources in the Guelph Community.

Th rough over 30 workshops, the week will address various themes such as water, climate change, local seasonal food, social justice and sustainable transportation. While some of the events are speaker-oriented, such as Friday night’s keynote address by Chris Turner, author of The Geography of Hope,Sustainability Week is more than just a lecture series according to

all parties involved. “We want to leave everyone

with something that they can do…with these workshops and events we’re going to try and leave people with the ability to go out there and take action, whether it’s on a small scale like planting a micro garden in your kitchen or planting a forest,” explained Wartman.

Th e week is also exploring genres one might not traditionally associate with environmental sustainability, with an eye to bridging the gaps in the sustainability debate.

see “S-WEEK,” page 5

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NewsJapan quake disaster

Th e 8.9 scale earthquake and the tsunami that hit northern Japan on Friday, March 11, has led to thousands of individuals confi rmed dead and has left at least 500,000 people homeless. Th ousands of homes and buildings have been destroyed by the massive 10m waves that struck the coastlines, including nuclear reactors in Fukushima. Th e failure of the cooling systems in two of the reactors have caused great alarm to the locals as well as the international community. Emergency eff orts to cool the reactors are being done, however, the danger for explosions remains high.-BBC

Canada joins the eff ort

Ottawa has announced Monday, March 14 that Canada will be off ering Japan aid in order to help with the tsunami crisis. Th is includes a victim identifi cation team, specialists of a variety of fi elds including nuclear technical experts, and may as well dispatch the Disaster Assistance Response Team personnel and planes to help with the rescue and humanitarian aid eff orts. -CBC

Don’t forget about Libya

More than 100 people rallied and cried for the defeat of ruler Gadhafi on Saturday, March 12, at Kitchener’s City Hall. University of Waterloo students and other community members raised their voices to urge the public to be cautious of burying the issue and the situation in Libya under the extensive media coverage of the Japan earthquake that began this weekend. Protesters called for the government to promote the creation of a no-fl y zone over Libya to prevent Gadhafi from attacking the opposition by air, as well as to recognize the transnational opposition government.-Guelph Mercury

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now is an opportunity to vote for the individuals you think would help in improving undergraduate aff airs.

“Th e CSA wants students to be engaged in the politics, and with apathy and with all the problems and with the complaints the CSA has seen this year…it’s most important to vote. [Th e student body] is electing people that have the power to change the CSA, certainly for the next year,” explained Doyle.

Doyle encourages students to stay engaged in the election, even if they remain uncertain or concerned about the voting process.

“By choosing decline or none of the above…that can speak volumes if a number of people don’t support it. Th at’s important

feedback for the CSA to receive as well. Instead of checking out and saying you don’t care about student politics, it’s actually better to decline, then to just do nothing. It sends that message that students want to see something changed, or that potentially the process can be improved,” said Doyle.

Finally, it’s important for students to remember that CSA elections are meant to bring the voice of all undergraduates to the surface, regardless of how involved individuals are in on-campus organizations or CSA politics.

“Th e options are there so that any student should be able to vote,” said Doyle. “Th ere’s a boat for everyone. We send out a ballot to every student. It’s not just for those who are intimately involved or passionate about what goes on.” Megan Verhey

“ELECTIONS,” continued

Leading our country away from apathy

Canadians have a lot to talk about in politics lately. Economic markets

are turbulent, the environment is changing, and as we are all reminded, budgets are tight. Th ere are major adjustments on the way for some of Canada’s key policies. With a possible federal election on the horizon, now is the time for students to be gearing up to use their voices to ensure their interests are represented.

But statistically, most students probably won’t.

According to Elections Canada, only 60 per cent of Canadians cast their ballots in the last federal election. Guelph only saw 64.6 per cent of its citizenry hit the polls. Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the 2008 election was the turnout of voters aged 18 to 24, a dwindling

New website aims to bring together generations of Canadians to set political agenda, shift elections, increase voter turnout BETH PURDON-MCLELLAN

37.4 per cent of whom showed up to vote. Taking into account these numbers, it is likely that only one in three students will vote in Canada’s next federal election.

Unless something eff ective is done to truly address this problem.

While there are many initiatives to fi ght voter apathy, perhaps the most striking is the newly established organization LeadNow.ca. Although the organization aims to be cross generational, it is youth run and has the intention to get youth more involved in Canadians politics.

In an interview with CTV, LeadNow co-founder Jamie Biggar suggests that low youth voter turnout is a larger problem.

“I think there’s a vicious cycle going on right now,” said Biggar. “On the one hand, parties know that the youth don’t vote as much as the older folks, and as a result they tailor their message and spend most of their time listening to the older voters. And so the youth increasingly tune out. Th ey’re sick of a really divisive and toxic political environment. And so the two really re-enforce one another.”

Th e goal is to break this cycle

of apathy by using the internet to mobilize large groups of Canadians to respond to issues raised in elections. Th eir website describes the project as “a new model of political and movement organizing that uses technology to help set the political agenda, take eff ective action on important issues and shift elections.”

“Our goal is to create a new way for Canadians to come together online, and to talk about their shared hopes and priorities for the country, and to create a really strong voice that is going to be heard on parliament hill,” said Biggar.

Instead of being affi liated to any particular party or issue, LeadNow is an accessible way for people to get informed and involved. As part of their launch, LeadNow is hosting a set of community meetings they call “(re) generation” events.

(Re) generation events serve as opportunities for people to come together in person to discuss Canadian politics. Once key issues are identifi ed from these discussions, they will be compiled into what LeadNow calls a “Declaration for Change.” Th e Declaration for Change will then be presented to established political parties. Canadians

involved with LeadNow will vote for the political party they believe will most satisfy the challenge of the Declaration for Change.”

Th ese events can be hosted by anyone. Guelph saw its own (re) generation event on March 7, organized by two students, Gracen Johnson and Geoff Loughton.

“Th e premise of (re) generation is to critically assess the landscape of Canadian politics and question if this is actually representative of our values as Canadians,” said Johnson, a fourth year International Development student. “Our attendees, myself included, feel quite strongly that politics as usual in Canada is not going to cut it.”

Of the topics discussed, issues of Medicare and environmental leadership were at the top of the list. Overall, the meeting was viewed as a success for those who attended.

“LeadNow is hope; hope that we can reinstate the essence of Canada in our political system,” said Johnson. “Th is is the best chance we’ve had in a long time at shifting the game on Parliament Hill.”

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NewsIsraeli Apartheid Week fi nds support and critique

Over the last seven years, a global movement has been growing. Israeli

Apartheid Week (IAW) aims to educate people about “the nature of Israel as an apartheid system and to build Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns” against Israel, according to the IAW website.

Between March 14 and March 19, organizations on-campus and in the community of Guelph have come together to take part in IAW within our city and stand in support of the BDS campaign. Local events include speakers, art displays and fi lm screenings.

Greg Shupak, a PhD candidate in the U of G’s School of English and Th eatre Studies and media representative for IAW in Guelph, explained why the word “apartheid” is used to describe Israeli conduct.

“Israeli Apartheid Week is an anti-racism campaign,” said Shupak. “We believe that no group should be deprived of basic economic and democratic rights and that includes the Palestinian, Druze, Bedouins and Christian

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Arabs of Israel and the Occupied Territories. It is every bit as discriminatory for Israel to have roads in the West Bank on which Arabs cannot travel as it was for South Africa to have ‘whites only’ roads in Durban.”

Shupak further explained what the BDS campaign is about.

“Israeli Apartheid Week also represents an important opportunity to strengthen the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, an international, nonviolent campaign designed to pressure Israel economically and diplomatically until it decides to follow international law.”

Th e Israeli-Palestinian confl ict is complex and sensitive, and often brings to surface many diverging opinions. For supporters of IAW, the week represents an opportunity to critically assess the actions of the Israeli state, while others believe IAW provides a narrow account of the problems involved. Fourth-year Arts and Science student and U of G Guelph Hillel Executive Member, Jeff Greenberg, explained why he opposes IAW.

“IAW has been offi cially

condemned by the federal and provincial governments for a reason,” said Greenberg. “It does not work towards helping the cause for peace in the region and does not seek to promote dialogue between groups. Th e information presented by their proponents is very one-sided and antagonistic. Th e biggest issue for me, however, is that it creates an uncomfortable environment on campus for students who hold diff ering beliefs.”

Greenberg further described why he feels IAW is not fully representing the diversity of issues involved in the Israeli-Palestinian confl ict under a critical lens.

“While the organizers of IAW have a right to voice their opinions, I do not believe their goal is to provide a forum for a critical discussion. A critical discussion would also include opportunities to discuss the diffi cult issue Israelis face as well as what can be done to ensure a peaceful solution that is equitable to all,” said Greenberg, who would like to see a variety of groups come together to formulate an event called ‘Middle East Peace

Week’ instead of IAW. Shupak responded to

the sentiment that IAW is too “one-sided” as suggested by Greenberg.

“What would be the “two-sided” position?” asked Shupak. “To minimize, rationalize and justify the way that Palestinians are treated? Does being “two-sided” mean pretending that the Palestinian and Israeli sides of the confl ict have the same amount of power and that the two sides have infl icted an equal amount of violence on each other?…Only one side has the power to demolish the other’s homes and to illegally settle 300,000 people on the other side’s land. Only one side has F-16s, nuclear weapons and the virtually unlimited support of the most powerful state in the world. Productive dialogue about the confl ict cannot take place without acknowledging that Israel

is responsible for infl icting much more misery on the Palestinians than the Palestinians have on Israel.”

A detailed list of events can be accessed at www.iawguelph.wordpress.com.

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NewsBraving the cold and hunger out of choice

What do you picture when you hear the word “homeless?” Here is an

image that might be similar to yours. Cardboard, newspapers and

whatever other scraps you can find become the foundations for your walls and ceiling. Your bed is the ground beneath you; your blanket is your jacket, or if you’re really lucky, an old sleeping bag. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are old meals abandoned at the bottom of trashcans. Your dignity is a distant memory from another life as you spend your days and nights just trying to survive. These musings, often influenced by pop culture’s less than accurate portrayal, barely scratch at the surface of the reality of this situation.

Most of us are fortunate enough not to know what it is like to be homeless. However, this week, there are a group of students emulating the experience of homelessness.

In participation with 22 other universities across Canada, the University of Guelph’s College of Management and Economics is taking part in the 5 Days for the Homeless campaign from March 14 to March 18 to raise $5000 for youth at risk of becoming homeless. All of the university’s proceeds go to

U of G students participate in the 5 Days for the Homeless Campaign RACHEL SCAPILLATI

the Wyndham House, which houses homeless youth until they are ready to sustain their own livelihoods in society.

The experiences of those dealing with homelessness are being represented somewhat by the students involved in this initiative, not by those who deal with homelessness themselves. There is a contingent of students who feel that it is all too simple for a student to ask a peer to donate for a cause, yet it is important to remember that this simplicity is not echoed in similar real-life situations. They claim that this representation of a population that is often socially stigmatized might be limited by its lack of consultation with those who truly deal with homelessness every day. That said, those who are in support of the 5 Days for the Homeless initiative say it does attempt to send a message to U of G students about some of the difficulties facing those who deal with homelessness.

The students participating in the 5 Days for the Homeless campaign are literally, as the campaign title suggests, spending five days and four nights outside by the cannon to raise funds and awareness for the homeless.

Kara Cabuyao, Justin Sythes, Samantha Cherry, Thomas Beckett and Andrew Cumpson, all students in the Management and Economics program, were the five students selected to participate this year.

Huddled on the front steps of the

Raithby House, Cabuyao and Sythes described the transition of leaving the comfort of their warm homes, to sleeping outside in the cold.

“There really was no way to really prepare,” said Cabuyao. “The only thing I really thought about was if I had enough clothes to wear for the five days, but other than that it was basically just walking away from my home and coming here, and knowing that I am not coming back. It was something you couldn’t really prepare for.”

“I feel the same way,” said Sythes. “I think last night was when reality hit that this is five days outside in the cold. No phone, you don’t get to see your friends unless they come visit, and no food or anything. It was a real shock.”

The five students were not allowed to bring any possessions with them, only the clothes they were wearing, a sleeping bag and a pillow. For the next few days, they must rely on the kindness of their fellow students to provide them with food and water, and donations to the campaign.

“I think this is going to be a life-changing event,” said Sythes. “I’ve realized how much you do take for granted. After we set up camp on Sunday night all of a sudden it was just idle time. You get really bored. Two of my friends stopped by with hot chocolates for all of us, and now I think for me it’s about appreciating the little things.”

The 5 Days for the Homeless campaign differs greatly from most

charitable efforts that occur on campus. Seeing a table set up in the University Centre with fliers and banners is not out of the norm, but the approach these five students are making to spread awareness reaches a whole other level.

“We get to raise awareness for something we’re actually experiencing,” said Cabuyao. “We’re not just asking for money from people for a charity, but actually knowing what it feels like to be homeless.”

Donations can be made by visiting these students in the courtyard by the cannon, or by going online to www.guelph.5days.ca to contribute.

“I think the homeless issue is really important because one of the things I realize is how lucky we are as students,” said Sythes. “By helping at risk youth, for people who didn’t have the best opportunity to get their education, this helps them get there and get on track to get those same benefits.”

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Megan VerheyStudents from the College of Management and Economics participate in the 5 Days for the Homeless campaign.

“This year we’ve got poetry, we’ve got music [and] dance…art should make it easier to actually build this community, which is what sustainability is about,” said Anissa McAlpine, another member of the week’s organizing committee.

Georgia Simms, a local dancer, artist and water advocate is running a workshop on Tuesday morning that will explore the paradoxes associated with water. “The event that I’m hosting will be a combination of talking and getting people moving and interacting a little bit more than maybe what’s expected in workshops,” she explained. “Maybe by using motion people can connect to water differently, whether it’s emotionally, spiritually or any other way you can think of, and actually working with people in ways that are more challenging.”

Though Sustainability Week challenges attendees to reevaluate their understanding of sustainability and their relationship with the

“S-WEEK,” continued

environment, the goal is to provide an inclusive space to discuss and celebrate making change.

“If you love what you’re doing you’re going to do it. If you

love being part of a sustainable community it’s going to be that much easier to embark on the actions necessary to create sustainable changes,” said McAlpine.

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While Sustainability Week events will be taking place from March 19 to March 26, follow-up events and information will be made available for those wishing to take their experiences further.

“We see sustainability week as the beginning of an era. We want people to take these skills and apply them, and they will be able to because they’re simple, sustainable skills,” explained Wartman.

By fostering community-campus relationships, the events aim to keep the dialogue going after the week comes to a close.

So while sustainability might not be a simple topic to explore, the week’s organizers are optimistic about the ability to enter into dialogue and take action to improve the sustainability of both the local and global environment. As McAlpine put it, “It’s a celebration of community, and a celebration of change.”

Students can go to www.guelphsustainabilityweek.com for more information on event details.

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GAIN Music Fest fills bill with local music

This last Thursday, Van Gogh’s Ear was host to the inaugural GAIN (Guelph

Area Independent & New) Music Fest. The night hosted 13 bands spread out over all three floors of the Wyndham/MacDonnell venue that doubles (triples?) as a club most nights. GAIN notably, as you would assume from the name, features bands and performers from the surrounding area that are mostly unrepresented by record labels and management structure. This means that the night was home to a number of acts that in the next year or so could very well become full time acts on the touring circuit.

At only a 10 dollar cover for total access to all three floors, it just might have been the most cost effective concert in Guelph in quite some time. With sponsors ranging from local after-bar eateries, to radio

Van Gogh’s ear occupied all three floors last Thursday for a local music festivalPATRICK MCEACHNIE

Arts & Culturestations, to Wellington Brewery, it is clear that much planning and precision went into the festival, a practice that went over extremely well. Hundreds of locals and habitual concertgoers alike traveled from one floor to another, like nomadic music fans, experiencing some of the newest, most eclectic and best local bands the city has to offer. Is the funk fusion band on the first floor not your bag? No problem, just go up to the third floor and catch Guelph locals Kobra Kobra speed through a set of early 90s influenced rock and roll.

Included in this year’s GAIN festival were Gregory Pepper led Common Grackle. Though hardly a concert enthusiast, Pepper had respect for those putting on the event.

“Those dudes ran a pretty tight ship, from what I can foggily recall. I’m really grateful for their commitment to the scene, especially since most of us musicians are unorganized slackers who can’t be bothered to hold down a proper job, let alone organize a big event like that,” said Pepper. His words only come as a

surprise after spinning a copy of his latest album Great Depression, the quality and creativity of which suggests months of dedicated

production work and years of experience in writing.

The night went off without a hitch. With strict schedules

printed and pasted up around the various floors, it was easy to know exactly who you were seeing, or plan who you wanted to see at any time during the night. Local favourites What She Said were no surprise one of the select stand out acts of the night, as dictated by the sheer turnout for their sound check alone. While Guelph is often credited with having a surprisingly good local music scene, most musicians and enthusiasts will agree that in this category, too much is not a real thing.

“[The city] needs more events like GAIN so that artists/bands from all the scenes and styles can come together for a night of good music under one roof,” said Nick Moore, vocalist for What She Said.

The festival proved to be as beneficial to bands as it did entertaining to fans, as Nick pointed out GAIN is “a music festival that accommodated both artists and their fans. [What She Said] benefited directly as GAIN truly attracted performers and listeners with many different tastes, creating an awesome atmosphere for taking in the music.”

Katie MazLocal group Kobra Kobra performs live at this year’s GAIN music festival, a multi-group event taking up all three floors of Van Gogh’s

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Arts & CultureWhat are you reading?

Parker is “tough as nails” tough. Good-looking too. The ladies like to look at his

face. “It was his second, done by a plastic surgeon-looked strong and confident.” He’s disciplined, polite, maybe, but he won’t hesitate to kill a man if he has to. He is the kind of man criminal types call if they want a professional in on a “job.”

His latest job sounds a bit ambitious: rob the entire mining town of Copper Canyon in one night. This gig is the brainchild of Edgars, a mysterious man that Parker has neither heard of nor worked with before and he doesn’t quite trust his motives.

Edgars is convinced his plan will work. Copper Canyon has a curfew, due to some bad behaviour on the part of the locals, and the streets are dead empty after eleven at night. This will make it easier for the gang

The Score, Richard StarkANDREA CONNELL

to hit the town’s two banks, three jewelry stores and plant payroll without being seen. In an attempt to convince the others it’s a workable plan, Edgars boasts, “We pop every safe in town, and we’re out by six a.m.”

If everything goes according to plan, the payoff could be huge. A quarter of a million dollars split between ten men, not bad for an evening’s work in 1964 dollars. If the men can keep their personal vendettas in check and their eyes off the women, they may just be able to pull it off. However, things don’t always go according to plan and the twists and turns the night takes will keep you reading through to the end of The Score in one sitting.

The Score is a tightly written hard-boiled crime novel starring Parker as the anti-hero you will root for. Despite being a criminal, he is a man of integrity; he doesn’t sleep with other guys’ molls for example. He’ll use a hostage’s first name just to make them feel both terrified and safe at the same time. He only takes on jobs when he really needs the money or is just plain bored.

Parker is the creation of Richard

Stark, one of the many pen names under which Donald Westlake wrote crime fiction. Westlake was a prolific writer right up to his death in 2008. The Mystery Writers of America awarded him their highest honour, the Grand Master, in 1993.

The Score is the third of twenty-three novels featuring Parker as a professional in the gritty world of crime. I stumbled into Parker’s world by way of a graphic novel. Toronto-born comic-book artist, Darwyn Cooke, adapted and illustrated two of the Parker novels into graphic novels. The Hunter was published in 2009, The Outfit soon followed in 2010. Cooke captures the sixties like no other graphic artist can. Nobody can make a coffee toting polyester clad diner waitress look sexier and a machine gun carrying criminal look as cool as Steve McQueen. Westlake’s tight writing and crisp dialogue lends itself beautifully to the art form. The Parker novels are experiencing resurgence in popularity, and I like to believe it is due in part to Cooke’s adaptations of the novels. My only criticism of the Parker series is that there aren’t more of them.

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See some paint in Zavitz Hall

This week in Zavitz hall, we have Send Off, a collaborative exhibit

featuring this semester’s painting IV class. They’ve signed the poster with a loving “xo.” While endearing, we’d have been grateful enough for their work alone.

Lindsay McAllister features a series of three works, displayed vertically as separate entities holding a close relationship. They each occupy a very natural space, her acrylic strokes offering the moist appearance one wants in observing images of a wet Hosta leaf or a healthy sunflower. Her work brings the viewer much closer than they may get in a regular interaction with plants, or a butterfly, in part calling on the notion of painting as more likely to be appreciated than the nature she portrays.

Candace Damm’s Swing offers multi coloured lines running vertically, interrupted by a rope that hangs a third of the way down the display, providing call for the “swing” association. The rope, thick and tied at the end was clearly used to smudge wet paint in a pendulum motion, blurring the coloured columns. I am left with

Class, Painting IV holds Send Off exhibit JOSH DOYLE

the image of children swinging gracefully through a colourful life, which in turn serves to remind me of arts ambiguity.

Vanessa Tignelli’s Communication is of large scale, featuring the profiles of two young men apparently yelling at one another from mere inches apart. The inclusion of stubble and a casually worn tuque normalizes the image, but also makes apparent the detail Tignanelli must have envisioned in crafting it.

Much smaller is Michael Slotwinski’s Adam (My best bud). It portrays your average

20-something guy, and the cleanliness of Slotwinski’s living space suggests honesty in his title choice, as his “best bud” lounges on a couch. An empty cushion potentially awaits Slotwinski’s actual, unobserving presence.

Brittany Bogaert’s bright, almost provocative work (almost being the key word) is cleverly titled Egnaro eht htiw lrig eht, merely backwards English. A lingerie clad woman bends slightly, but from the breast down she is hidden (hence almost provocation) by nothing in particular. Perhaps this heightens curiosity. A thought

occurs, as we notice this is clearly an entity outside the pictured woman’s consciousness; “girl with the orange what?”

Jenna VanVeen’s stars so clear have been dead for years, but the idea still lives on, though large, could be improved only if it spanned the entire room. Gazing upon it induces the desire to fall headlong into an Alice in Wonderland like

tumble through the space she’s created, full of subtle colours forming galactic clouds.

With more words, I could tell you about them all, but it would do no justice. A pleasure to view, and even more so to review, this is an exhibit worth seeing for yourself. Catch it tonight, Thursday March 17 or wait until March 19, when they showcase at Ed Video.

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Arts & CultureStudent theatre pushes the envelope with Jekyll & Hyde

Sitting down to CCP’s recent theatrical performance of Jekyll & Hyde was a new experience

in more ways than one. It was the first performance in several seasons that featured a rather somber theme, lacking the humour that powered last year’s Reefer Madness. It hoped to supplement that humour with the depth of moral study, and a darkness that showed the real talent of the CCP crew. While a difficult choice to work with, the performance was ultimately successful on both accounts.

It also put the musical abilities of the company to work in a major way. Not five minutes of Jekyll & Hyde is spoken without the orchestra in full swing, at least never consecutively. Music is of course expected in a musical, but some feature more than others and this was an example of a play very much sang to its audience. Luckily the music in Jekyll & Hyde is engaging and clever. It’s through these songs that the play does everything, be it teaching us about a fathers love for his daughter, a young girl’s need for independence, or the lustful search for fulfillment amidst the “devil’s backyard” of East end London. This being the case, the vocal ability of this season’s cast was the cornerstone of the show.

In her soprano delivery, Kimberly Garrett carried the hope of the young girl she portrayed as young fiancé Emma Carrew, while the baritone of Marc Harwood (Emma’s father, Sir Danvers) brought a much-needed depth. Meg Buchanan (Lucy) was more than comfortable holding down numerous songs on her own, though just as much so when joined by Tim Clarke (Henry Jekyll) or her

CCP’s 2011 performance proves talent through difficult material

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The mornings I avoided cereal stirs, a choir of spoons hitting bowls heads too heavy to hold up, shoulder to elbow to wrist to palm, subtle qualm the diary of an escapist, the writer living in the basement below the drawer of spoons The mornings I welcome take good care of yourself,f ingers zipping up a backpack, you’re not well,comfort is my hand in your hair,on pause is the fanfare your heart in mutiny, against your will I’m a person of,“I’ll always be there for you” and if I could literally stick to my words I would. lying in bed the ripe of the morning, never a cold night between two bodies burrowing of yawns into blankets nothing needed to bear an editaside from the hours falling from the clock

supportive ensemble. Amongst this group were standout voices, not the least of which belonged to Brittany Cane and William MacKenzie.

All this is not to say the acting in Jekyll & Hyde was anything to be brushed over or looked at second hand. A performance by Tim Clarke pierced through the music of the show, delivering his hopeless and selfless search with clarity and truth. As with her vocal delivery, Meg Buchanan was convincing on

her own, and her on stage chemistry with Clarke made for easy to watch scenes between the two. Clarke’s presence aside, Buchanan’s performance was always improved through the sisterly addition of co-workers Nellie (Tania Jarmai) and Allie (Chanelle Oullet).

Hyde, played here by Ryan Reeve, took on the demonic, possessed character he was meant to with an alluring yet haunting swagger. His stance spoke of malice and bad

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intentions. While his actions told of a thirst for revenge over what had been done to his counterpart Dr. Jekyll, Reeve’s manners made no appeal to a fondness between the two.

Some connection is maintained through their relationships and motives, Hyde wanting to do away with those who denied Jekyll the approval for his research, and both of them having a strange affinity for the lonesome, longing, heart of gold prostitute Lucy. Their similarities though, end here, as their internal desires manifest in vastly different ways.

While Jekyll despises the pompous air with which the Board looks down at him, murder seems

to be the farthest thing from his mind, and Hyde’s murder of the affectionate Lucy is all but expected. But we get the sense that Hyde is not just an intoxicated version of Jekyll, and that Jekyll is not just the sober version of Hyde. A bond is found between the two that speaks to the duality Jekyll so desperately wanted to explore, and this was an aspect CCP’s performance handled masterfully.

In the end, this year’s CCP performance was not Reefer Madness, but it also wasn’t Fame. What we’re left with is a bit of confusion over why this was the piece chosen, but resounding evidence that the kids of CCP can pull off just about anything you throw at them.

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Dr. Jekyll (Tim Clarke) laments on the sufferings he undergoes as the curious scientist who goes to far, in CCP’s 2011 rendition of Jekyll & Hyde

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Arts & CultureWhere it’s at: Selling small time music for big budget ads

Advertisement took over TV a long time ago. There are car insurance

companies constantly trying to penetrate your brain with short, catchy jingles. There are community colleges abounding all over North America that want to improve your life by offering you the next career step. Lost in the vast ocean that is today’s advertising crusade, you might wonder how the hell anyone even sells things anymore. But then you’re watching TV one day and a new sound fills your ears. It’s lively, and fresh. It stands out amongst the others, something genuine and true to life. It sounds like a song made solely for you and it’s coming on just when you needed it most. And above all, it’s Mac.

If you’ve had an experience similar to this, it means advertisers are doing their jobs. What it also means is that artists are selling out like chocolate cupcakes at a fourth grade bake sale. Advertising is one of the most competitive markets out there, there’s no questioning that. Hundreds of times every day (if you watch TV) advertisers are trying to convince you that their products are the best, and in order to stand out they’re drawing on whatever creative resources they can. The problem is we know they’re doing it, and

JOSH DOYLE we’ve become, to some degree, resistant.

Music is also something we’re all exposed to, some of us more than others. It also tries to deliver a message, and artists seek new and intriguing ways to stand out above the rest. The connection should be obvious at this point, but so too should be the differences. Music doesn’t seem to be selling anything, aside from itself. There is no hidden message (presumably) and more importantly it seems natural, a product of our humanity that is healthy and needs to be there. Modern music holds a wealth of material directed right at the hearts and souls of its listeners, and for this reason it is one of the most highly effective tools advertisers have for getting across to us.

Commercials like McDonald’s recent effort featuring Pepper Rabbit’s “Little Brother,” grab your ear immediately. The commercial uses imagery of people’s growth, coupled with this emotional yet cheerful song that makes McDonalds seem like an important part of your life.

Excel’s 2010 commercial featuring “Spinning as we go” by Hello Gumption does much the same thing, using a connective song to make their gum seem like something we’re emotionally attached too, something just as natural and good for us as the

music and meeting new people.Alexi Murdoch’s “Don’t Forget

to Breath,” is a powerful tune about pausing to enjoy your quickly passing life. Nissan used it to make you want their trucks.

The question I’m posing is this: Does selling music to conglomerates represent any kind of loyalty on behalf of the artists?

Think about it; they spend countless hours, even years of their lives coming up with thought provoking and emotionally charged material, crafted to the best possible sound they can muster with the help of professionals. Many musicians make strikingly original songs that have a powerful effect on their listeners. What part of the artistic spectrum does “using creative material to make billion’s of dollars for corporations” fall under?

I’m not living under a rock, I understand the need for financial stability, and I also see that it’s tough to make a desirable living as an artist. It’s well known that, while famous artists do very well, those beneath the surface survive mostly off of live shows and, to borrow a phrase from LRG, “pay their rent with their passions.” It’s obvious why when a huge conglomerate knocks on one of their doors, saying they want to plaster their work all over national television 12 times a week the overwhelming desire

is to say “YES!” And who am I to judge? I’d

probably do the same. What can be so bad about your song reaching the world? It is after all the goal of most musicians to reach the widest audience they can. For many artists, without breaks like this their music would still be relatively unknown. Mac’s 2008 commercial featuring Yael Naim’s “New Soul” still sticks out in people’s minds years later, though few know the tune

as anything but “that Mac book air song!”

Maybe the whole selling music to advertisers isn’t all that bad. I’m thankful to advertisers for bringing me songs like “Older Brother,” which I probably would never have found otherwise. Regardless, I find it something of a betrayal on the grassroots, “Let’s be broke and make music,” songs-for-the-little-people movement, when huge fucking companies spin indie tunes in commercials.

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This is good: Hannah Georgas plays noon-hour concert

On Friday March 11, those familiar with Hannah Georgas were patiently

waiting for her performance in the courtyard of the UC. Those less familiar were caught by her voice and able to listen for as long as their timetables allowed. Hannah Georgas, a pop-roots singer from Vancouver, has been nominated for two Juno awards along with making the long-list for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize. With catchy songs like “Bang Bang You’re Dead” and “This is Good,” it ’s no wonder that she is receiving nationwide recognition.

The most startling thing about Hannah Georgas is her ability to captivate large audiences with her beautiful vocals, alongside

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Charming Singer/Song-writer gathers crowd in the UC courtyard

her ability to not take things too seriously both on stage and off. Hannah can be compared to

a warm, powerful and inspiring garden of simple pleasures and naturally, a thousand rosebuds

blooming. Her personality was apparent by her willingness to talk after the show.

“These songs were inspired by a moment, well, premeditated, that turned into great experiences and memories I have,” said Georgas, explaining what inspired her new album “This is Good.”

In her video made for the song “Thick Skin,” directed by Sean Wainsteam who has pieced together videos for Tokyo Police Club, Wintersleep and The Born Ruffians, Hannah crawls nude though an entanglement of vines and metal scraps to get to her muddy destination. Her videos are nothing short of sweet.

Upon asking Hannah what she loved to do on Sunday mornings, she replied as naturally as one could have hoped.

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Arts & CultureJukebox

When Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes released Up From Below

in July of 2009, you probably had no idea what was coming. No one did really; who could have predicted a group of Californians led by a bearded, long hair-sporting hippy would sweep the nation with their music? But when “Home” hit your ears for the first time, it probably became obvious. They seemed like peaceful wanderers, moving about like the incarnation of a Fleetwood Mac song, preaching love for our brothers and a genuine fondness for life. Always leading them was a robe clad messiah figure, his beard and flowing hair a reminder of the inner hippy just waiting for an opportunity to burst free. After disappearing for the year to perform and record, that man has reappeared with an album of his own, losing the other nine members

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that made up the Magnetic Zeroes, but maintaining the sharpness with which they made indie-folk songs.

“Alone in his room, he had his guitar, a Lowery organ he picked up at a St. Vincent’s thrift store in Los Angeles for seventy bucks, a clarinet he used for the bridge on the record’s first single “Truth,” and a violin he’d found somewhere in Tucson on tour.” This was how Alex Ebert made Alexander, all by himself.

“To the ladies of Vietnam, take my arm, and walk me in… Oh dancing, let’s win.” These words spark an album full of liberated dance and celebration. It’s a perfect introduction to what’s in store, as Ebert calls on his Mamas and Papas, Simon and Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane influences for a light hearted exercise in love with some deeper moments for speculation.

Once properly established as more euphoric than critical, Ebert lets the album wander into deeper waters. Like an invitation to a party you know nothing about, “Truth” pulls you in with an alluring intro, and keeps you hooked with well-placed words and spacing that

creates suspense out of nothing. The sounds create an experience not unlike a more upbeat version of “Today,” by Jefferson Airplane, but the lyrical content is much less about love. The lyrics are full of metaphors that draw you in closer, making the song almost personal. “Tilt my chin back slit my throat, take a bath in my blood get to know me , All out of my secrets, All my enemies are turning into my teachers,” sings Ebert in a way that pleads for you to actually follow his words, (figuratively, of course). He exposes himself freely, even stripping ego from his vocal delivery.

“A Million Years,” is an epic celebration of love, and that’s all that needs to be said.

Again and again within Alexander, Ebert shows off his ability to make fun, thoughtful folk songs that make you want to grow a beard and let your hair down as you dance around the front lawn or your best friends living room. But Alexander is not without its depth. While “Truth” offers vivid imagery and questions that sink in way below the skin, “Glimpses” is an outright cry in the dark, lost in the

wilderness top-of-your-lungs plea for help. It’s a welcome addition to the happy-go-lucky repertoire otherwise represented in his work, and it goes to show Ebert can stand on his own as an artist capable of powerful solo music.

It’s hard to tell if Alex Ebert is the real deal or not; he seems too good to be true, or maybe I just don’t want to be taken for a ride. For the time being though, it’s nice to think beards are cool again.

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much depth,” said Scott-Th omas. “Th e good thing is [Windsor] graduates almost all [of their depth] this year.”

Heading into the track and fi eld season Scott-Th omas opined that a top fi ve fi nish for the women would have been respectable for the team at CI’s.

“Going into this year I thought fi fth would have been a good performance for our women looking across the country. On

the guys side I thought we might give Windsor a bit more of a run,” said Scott-Th omas.

Of course the Gryphon teams were forced to deal with the closure of the Gryphon dome in late 2010 and the team was forced to commute to the north end of the city to be able to train at all. Field athletes worked out in a warehouse in the north end and the runners made the trip to a small town called Marden just outside of Guelph. But the facility issues were just another hurdle for the team to jump over and clear with ease.

“I don’t think I ever really let it get to me. When you’re faced with a little adversity like that

and really I don’t think it was too bad of a situation,” said men’s team captain, Kyle Boorsma. “Th e coaching staff and management deserve a lot of credit for really trying to fi nd the best way to deal with the situation. I never heard anyone complain about not having the dome.”

Th e Gryphons have consistently been a podium class team for many years and their head coach views the 2011-12 season being no diff erent.

“We have shown that the Gryphons can get on the line and be competing with the best in the country,” said Scott-Th omas. “We’re back on full boar next year.”

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Gryphon Track and Field teams settle for silver

A rivalry that has waged on for a number of years now was front

and centre at the CIS Track and Field championships which took place from March 11-13 in Sherbrooke, Que.

Your University of Guelph Gryphons and the Windsor Lancers have competed fi ercely against each other for cross country and track and fi eld supremacy. Th is year’s CIS track and fi eld championships were no diff erent.

“I think the Lancer-Gryphon track and cross rivalry is the best sports rivalry in the CIS,” said head coach Dave Scott-Th omas. “It’s been going on for a decade now. I think of the last 40 titles available in those sports [track and fi eld and cross country] in the CIS we or the Lancers have

Add another chapter to the Gryphon/Lancer rivalry

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“Frankly unless [Windsor]

had a lot of misfortune they

were going to win.” Dave

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won [about] 36 of them.”In the race for the men’s team

gold Guelph was down by 10 points to Windsor heading in to the fi nal day of competition. While on the women’s side the Lancers had already locked up the team gold over the Gryphons.

“It’s pretty intense, it’s pretty emotional and when we’re there we want to metaphorically smash ‘em in the mouth, knock ‘em to the ground and kick ‘em and get a ton of points,” said Scott-Th omas. “Th ey’re trying to do the same thing to us. By the same token though I like to think that whichever team wins the other team is the fi rst over shaking hands.”

Windsor claimed both team titles at the 2011 CIS championships, but the Gryphons were able to grab silver medals for both the men’s and women’s teams.

“Frankly, unless [Windsor] had a lot of misfortune they were going to win. Th e reality is they just had so much talent and so

Guelph Gryphon track team member, Kyle Boorsma races to gold at the 2011 CIS track and fi eld championships.

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Sports & HealthTh rowing it down with Dunk: CIS must set standards to protect varsity hockey players

It has been the year of concussions in pro sports. Talk surrounding head

injuries and hits to the head have been a hot topic of debate

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stateside through the NFL season and the concussion issue hit close to home in the great white north ever since Sidney Crosby suffered a concussion just a few days into the 2011 year.

Obviously when arguably a countries greatest - current - hockey player has been shutdown for over two months due to post concussion symptoms people

begin to take the concussion issue seriously.

Concussions are definitely an issue to be dealt with at every level of hockey –- as more and more people are starting to understand the effects concussion can have on an individual.

On the Guelph men’s and women’s varsity hockey teams at least four players suffered a

concussion during the 2010-11 campaign. The OUA and CIS brand of men’s hockey does not receive the fan fare and attention like the OHL and CHL, but the fact is - the varsity level of hockey is played by an older more physically developed athlete.

Of course the more the athlete continues to develop the faster the pace of play becomes and

if you have not seen a varsity hockey game - I can tell you it is FAST.

The speed of the varsity game has out grown the rules and the CIS needs to step in and protect the varsity athletes.

The athletes are totally on their own there is no policing of the dangerous hits from behind and to the head. Why would a fourth line player care about being suspended for one game, if he can take out one of the opponents best players for weeks or in some cases, months.

Players cannot police the game the game themselves in the CIS because there is no fighting allowed in the league. There needs to be a standard, a way to hold players accountable.

Why doesn’t the CIS jump out and take the bull by the horns with all of the discussion and talk about hits to the head in the game of hockey. Many players in Canadian university hockey suff er concussions and head injuries as a result of dirty hits, which need to be harshly penalized. Concussions are not just an issue at the pro hockey level.

Penalties for illegal hits must be laid out in order to attempt to prevent players from taking liberties on an opponent who is out of position. Right now the players know the suspension or penalty they -– might incur - will be minimal, if any at all. Until the CIS sets a standard and attempts to cut out the dirty hits, players will continue to play with a reckless abandon.

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Sports & HealthIs it time for a spring cleaning?

Spring is in the air! The days are longer, we have sunlight past four pm and things

are going to start looking a little greener very shortly. Spring is the start of something new, new life, fresh beginnings, a clean palate if you will. Most of us focus on cleaning out the house, garage, unloading the 6 layers of salt from our vehicles and planting new roots somewhere in the garden. But what about cleaning out your body? It’s true that just like your house, you should be a good host or hostess to your own terrain- and that could mean a little detox.

Detoxification plans are designed to do several things, they can help us improve our digestion, lose weight, remove toxins and help eliminate waste from our bodies. Choosing the correct type of detox can be considered a full time job. There’s a lot to think about- do you want a full systemic cleanse, specific organ (liver,

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colon, kidneys), do you want a herbal detox, a cellular detox, a homeopathic detox, do you do it for seven days, 30 days, six months, what are the symptoms you can expect to endure....? Where to begin!?

Every detox is different, just like the person doing it. I like to start off simple. For me, that’s food. Food is great because it does have strong detoxifying effects, but can be tailored to the individual who prefers to experience lighter symptoms. Keep in mind that a detox plan is not meant to be fun and enjoyable, you basically have to suck it up and realize that at the end of the cleanse you should experience better skin, improved energy, a better mood and less sluggishness. If you don’t, perhaps it’s time to advance to a more in-depth cleanse that is designed for you specifically. For that I recommend seeing a holistic health care practitioner.

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High heels—wear them at your own risk

We’ve all seen girls walking around downtown at two

a.m. on a Friday night, teetering on their three-inch-high stilettos. Little do they know that their poise is not the only thing they are at risk losing with their choice of footwear.

Wearing high heels, especially incorrectly and often, can lead to serious health complications typically involving the legs and spine. Undoubtedly, most girls do not think about these problems when getting ready to go out for the night. Yet specialists think that they should start to; falls are not necessarily the most severe consequence of putting on high-heeled shoes.

Chiropractor Dr. Diana De Carvalho, M.Sc. from the University of Guelph’s Health and Performance Centre explained the other issues that can arise from wearing high heels.

“The average person is looking at developing strain and sprain injuries in the lower back, hips, knees and ankles. Increased load on the foot, depending on how high the heel is, can also translate into an elevated risk of osteoarthritis, particularly at the base of the first toe and the knees.”

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Although high heels don’t seem as dangerous as sports-related injuries, the mechanics of these injuries are similar, as Carvalho explained.

“Tissue injury can occur in two different ways: the load abruptly becomes larger than the integrity of the tissue, like in a fall, or the tolerance of the tissue can decrease over time.”

Just like in a football game, when a player gets hit repeatedly in the same part of the body, heels place force on the same joints and muscles each time you wear them.

Perhaps the most significant factor that sports and high heel injuries share, according to Carvalho, is that “they can deceive the patient because they develop over long periods of time and the patient usually can’t think of a particular incident that started their problem.” The inability to recognize the problem

when it first begins is dangerous to women because the smaller, more temporary injuries to the joints and tissues can culminate in a permanent problem, like arthritis or permanently strained calf muscles.

And for the wearers of heels who think that they improve posture and strengthen the leg muscles, the chiropractor has some bad news. “Stability and balance have been shown to decrease with heel height and posture worsens, because in order to balance yourself you essentially have to hold your body backwards. Forces travel from the ground up through parts of joints that they weren’t designed for, which can lead to injury.”

With so many permanent problems stemming from wearing heels, it appears that the only footwear young women should be wearing are paediatric loafers. Thankfully, Carvalho pointed out options for women who like to wear high heels.

“Several studies on jelly sole inserts have concluded that they help to reduce pressure on the feet and legs while a woman wears heels,” she said.

Carvalho has additional tips for lovers of heels. Being smart about how high your heels are can improve your chances of avoiding stresses on the body.

Choosing a moderate heel size, rather than always opting for sky-scraper stilettos can reduce the risk of injury because as heel size increases, the pressure on the bottom of the foot and the forces acting on the calves, lower back and joints, also increased.

Furthermore, bringing a change of shoes to work and events where high heels are necessary, as well as making

sure the shoe fits properly is also important.

“If you do have issues,” added Carvalho. “Seek treatment earlier as opposed to later. Soft tissue injuries can become harder and more complicated to treat the longer the issue has been going on.”

In other words, don’t ignore the pain, no matter how cute those shoes look with your outfit.

“The average person is looking at

developing strain and sprain injuries in

the lower back, hips, knees, and ankles.” -

Dr. Diana Carvalho.

butter accordingly. Armstrong also identifies

himself as having a mental illness, but places none of the blame for such conditions on marijuana use.

“I’m a drug user who is mentally ill. I have bi-polar, but I don’t believe it facilitated my psychosis. I believe drug use uncovers pre-existing mental illness. When you read the studies with an unbiased view that’s what the science actually says,” said Armstrong.

Whether this makes the (decidedly low) risk acceptable or not is a personal decision, but it never hurts to follow Armstrong’s example in informing oneself before using any substance.

There are of course those who steer clear of any such use. Former M.Sc student Peter Seaby was exposed to marijuana throughout his university career, but was never appealed to by the drug or its effects.

“I have good friends that do it all the time. I’ll voice my concerns to them. I’ll recommend to them not to do it, or to do it less often, but it’s their choice,” said Seaby.

His friends who partake are hardly the “enablers” one might picture. They keep their habits to themselves, making no attempt to push their lifestyle on Seaby or any of his other acquaintances that opt out.

Co-existence is possible, and in today’s world it’s becoming the norm. Most marijuana smokers are perceived as peaceful, more likely to attack your cupboards than anything. They are not the deranged fiends old films would have you think. As society sheds flawed stereotypes, a clearer picture is painted, allowing for informed decisions and the opportunity for a clear stance, whether you’re smoking or non.

While the idea may still seem foreign to the recreational smoker, some people use marijuana as medicine. Marijuana is known for its analgesic and anti-nausea effects, making it ideal for those undergoing chemotherapy and suffering from certain forms of arthritis. In Canada and select States within America, having a disease or ailment can be cause for you to be prescribed marijuana medicinally. In Canada, applications to use marijuana medicinally are sorted by the category of the ailment.

“Category one is for what’s generally considered more severe conditions, which include HIV, cancer, MS, spinal disease, severe arthritis and epilepsy. For those conditions, any medical practitioner can sign up a patient,” said Scott Gilbert, formerly of Guelph and now Director for the Hamilton Medical Marijuana

Despite increased acceptance, marijuana is still illegal by Canadian law. In 2002 and 2004 Canada introduced identical bills that would have decriminalized marijuana, making possession of small amounts (15 grams or less) punishable by fine. These bills failed, partially due to pressure from the United States Drug Enforcement Agency, which allegedly threatened to close the border to prevent smuggling.

“It’s still a criminal offence to possess or traffic [in any amount]” said officer Doug Pflug of the Guelph Police Department. He recalls the brief moment when cannabis was almost legal, and the freedom some smokers exhibited as a result. Then the Conservative party was voted to government in 2006, and any hopes of reforming marijuana laws went up in smoke.

“For a while it was under review and the rules were what some perceived to be relaxed, but in the end it went back to the way it normally was,” said Pflug.

Still there is a lot of support for legalization of marijuana, or at least softer laws. In a recent survey involving U of G students and others outside the community, a majority of respondents answered they would like to see marijuana laws relaxed.

“I say yes,” replied a female student of legalization who wished to remain anonymous. “Everyone does it, so it might as well be legal.” Her view was seconded, and third-ed, time and again.

“The government can make money through taxing something that a lot of people already do,” responded a third-year Criminology student at Carleton. The argument for government taxation seems a popular one, most supporters of reform agreeing the government is missing out on taxing a product a sizeable percentage of the population already uses. Citizens opting for taxation? This might be a first.

Not only is the government missing out on valuable tax dollars, but keeping marijuana illegal forces money into mediums that work against the countries interest. Geoff Welch, an enthusiast of the Royal City and owner of an Alberta grocery store sees the business opportunities being avoided by the nation as purely uneconomical. What’s more, he’s a firm non-smoker.

“If it was controlled by the government there would be more money in the country, whereas now it’s controlled by underground organizations. The money is never seen and only devalues our dollar,” said Welch.

“We’ve come a long, long way together, through the hard times and the good,” sang Norman Cook of Fatboy Slim. His words could just as soon be applied to humanities ubiquitous relationship with a plant called marijuana. It’s been deemed illegal by many countries including our own, but such efforts have done little to diminish its relevance to popular culture. Marijuana is among the most recognizable plants in the world, and whether you agree with its use or find it offensive to even speak of legalization, chances are you can pick it out of a line up. To say marijuana is everywhere is perhaps assuming too much, but it occupies a unique corner of our humanity that nearly everyone has an opinion on. From prohibition in 1923, to near decriminalization in 2004, our collective idea of marijuana has changed drastically. Some of these changes have been for the better, but there are still strict rules in place that we should all be aware of.

The strength of his statement was supported in a recent article published by Toronto magazine Now.

“Canada spends $2.3 billion on [drug] enforcement every year,” read the article.

A CBC fact sheet estimates the marijuana industry is worth approximately $20 billion annually. You don’t need a math degree to…Well, you get it.

While many citizens support reform, especially those in the university population, the point of view of law enforcement paints a different picture. Officers of the Guelph Police Department face marijuana related crimes daily. They see the grittier parts of the underground enterprise it has bred, witnessing little of the free-spirited, harmless plant that so many advocates speak of.

“When you look at marijuana you have to look at the broader spectrum; you’ve got grow ops, you’ve got weapons in those grow ops, people robbing each other,” said Pflug. “One of the [raids] we had in recent years had seven illegal weapons in it.”

Organized crime gives marijuana a bad name. The millions of dollars it draws every year creates stiff competition for sales and territory, often leading to violence.

There’s no guarantee that legalization would do away with all these crimes. Businesses selling marijuana products would need to gather resources from somewhere, and the potential for further, possibly aggressive competition in this lucrative business would still be high, but that doesn’t stop some from feeling a legalized state would be an improvement.

“Buyers would not have to find random sellers, or meet them in places away from the home at all hours of the night,” stated another student anonymously. There seems to be truth in her words, and we need look no further for the possible benefits of legalization than alcohol prohibition in the 1920s, which few will deny created more problems than it solved.

Regardless of where you stand, or how harmless you see it as being, marijuana is still very much illegal, so don’t expect leniency from police officers the next time you’re busted in the park.

“Basically whatever the rules are, we’ll enforce them,” said Officer Pflug. “If the rules change, we’ll of course have to revisit that.”

Though no longer a question heard when entering a restaurant, the distinction is valuable when applied to marijuana and contemporary culture. Those

who partake of the drug rarely occupy the worn out image of dazed hippies dancing on hills. Though admirable, and fitting for the 1960s social movement, smokers of today tend to be rather indistinguishable from the average citizen. This says one of two things: either marijuana users are a scheming group, getting better at concealing their dangerous habits, or that marijuana is becoming normalized, ridding itself of unnecessary and inaccurate stereotypes that have followed it throughout the past century.

More than likely it’s the latter. Apart from the smell, even today’s non-smokers often have no problem sharing a room with those who smoke. Today’s marijuana user is often a university student, or a fully employed, contributing citizen, who only occasionally takes part in hilltop dances. They’re also usually conscious of marijuana’s effects.

“I think it’s really important to know what you’re putting in your body. Whether it’s drinking alcohol or smoking marijuana, you should know what’s gonna happen,” said Mark Armstrong, a university student and marijuana enthusiast. Well versed and well read, Armstrong has no problem articulating himself or speaking of his marijuana use informatively, sounding more intelligent and measured than dazed and confused. He has no illusions about the effects marijuana may be having on his body, or his mind.

“I occasionally smoke joints or pipes, but that’s my least common way. It’s heavy smoke, and it’s bad for you. 90 per cent of the time I smoke out of a [bong]. It draws smoke through the water, and filters out around 98 per cent of the heavy matter and makes it a lot cleaner to smoke,” said Armstrong.

Another option for today’s health conscious smoker is what’s known as a vaporizer, which avoids creating smoke by heating the marijuana instead of combusting. This creates a THC rich vapor, which in theory is far less damaging to the body.

Yet another alternative is to consume your marijuana via baked goods. By creating marijuana infused butter, substituting that for the usual butter serving of any recipe, your favourite cookies could have you under the influence for hours. This cuts out any of the harmful smoke that can lead to various cancers, saving your lungs while delivering the desired effects.

“It’s a much longer lasting high, but it’s difficult to tell where the concentration of resin butter will be in the baked goods,” said Armstrong.

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Centre. These conditions have long qualified as reason for legitimate prescription, and most people agree that those suffering from such illnesses should be allowed access.

Category two cases open the door to a much broader collection of illnesses and symptoms, from back spasms to muscle pain, and anything along the way. It’s actually quite a lenient system in that regard, Gilbert suggests. The real difficulty is in getting your case approved, which depending on the case can sometimes be a lost cause. While having a Category one condition means any doctor can fill out a prescription and send you on your way to a seed bank or local grower, Category two conditions require the approval of a specialist. In these cases your family doctor has little power other than to refer you to someone with the proper credentials.

“The difficulty is in finding the specialist. You could probably get a prescription for a hangnail if you wanted, but you’d have to get a hangnail specialist to prescribe it,” adds Gilbert, his frustration in the system barely disguised by his humour. “There’s some conditions where there happens to only be two or three specialists in Canada, while there’s other conditions where there might be thousands of specialists. It’s really not a fair access program for some patients.”

While making things difficult for the average physical labourer to acquire a fully legal prescription, its obvious this is done as a protection measure. Without the insistence on specialists there would be little between the relatively controlled state of Canada’s medical marijuana program, and open the floodgates of states like California and Colorado. Here marijuana prescriptions are handed out to virtually anyone with a reasonable medical claim. By reasonable I mean anyone claiming back spasms, real or otherwise, can get a “card.” Once a card is obtained showing the patient can legally use marijuana, the next step is much like visiting a small-scale marijuana bulk barn, where different varieties are laid out in air tight jars with labels depicting names like, “O.G. Kush,” and “NY Sour Diesel.” It’s not quite Amsterdam, but it’s a long way from five years ago.

The Canadian system borrows little from the California or Colorado model of free commerce, placing far more restrictions on the patient and distributor.

“[A patient] can either purchase from the government, grow it themselves, or designate a friend to grow it for them. Anyone designated to grow can grow for a maximum of two people,” said Gilbert.

Like the requirement of

specialists, these regulations are put in place to avoid abuse. It’s true that these measures have been affective. Along the strip of Venice Beach, Los Angeles, advertisements proclaiming, “The Kush Doctor is in,” suggest roadside prescriptions may be removing the legitimacy from what is in legal terms considered a medicinal industry. But in a state where legalization was barely defeated in Proposition 19 this past summer, perhaps calling pot “medicinal” and handing out prescriptions was always a pretty thin veil. It doesn’t take a tarot card to read into this future, which at least on the West Coast points to legalization. Once one state legalizes, it’s only a matter of time before places like Oregon, Colorado and Nevada - all of which have decriminalized marijuana - follow suit.

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Since Canada tends to borrow policy decisions such as these from our southern neighbours, and already shows a system considered rather “lax” by many standards, Vancouver might not be far from the Amsterdam of the future. It’s already shown signs of this behaviour, with the occasional mock “coffee shop” popping up, allowing patrons to use cannabis pretty openly. This isn’t legal by federal standards, but given the progress marijuana has made this past century, it might not be far off. Police have conveyed an “observe, but don’t intervene” stance towards events like April ‘s 4/20 on the Johnston green, or Queen’s Park’s Marijuana march. This suggests recognition that cannabis use may be a personal choice with minimal potential for outside harm. You may not agree with the way things are going, but perhaps its time we re-evaluate our stance on the little green plant that won’t go away. Josh

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they’ve had this winter,” said Henry. “With making the team it kind of depends what boats they plan to send and then even if you can make that boat, it depends if you can make [it] go fast enough, because they’re only going to send a boat that hits a certain percentage of gold medal standards.”

Rabalski felt the camp was demanding, but that it exposed [him] to the intensity of training that they’re looking for right now. For Rabalski, this was important in preparing him for the next camp.

“When I get to camp in June, if I get invited, I want to be able to show up and get in the boat and not be set back a few weeks.”

As for what camp was like Henry described it with a grin as a lot of practice and eating.

“You basically had breakfast

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Sports & HealthGryphon rowers with a shot at the national team

Mark Henry and Adam Rabalski are two Gryphon Rowers who

were recently invited to take part in the Under23 Canadian Elite training camp in Victoria, British Columbia; one step on the ladder to making the Canadian National Rowing Team.

For Henry, a 2010 OUA Rowing Championship gold medalist, this was the second invitational camp of the year.

“Th ere were six lightweights this time, which was fun ‘cause we got to row in diff erent combinations,” said Henry of the attendees at the camp.

In regards to making the national team, Henry feels confi dent that he will be invited, but knows it is only the fi rst step.

“Th ey’ve changed their process to make the team this year, so it’s a little diff erent; you used to be able to just show up in Victoria and try out, this year you had to get invited. I think my chances of getting invited [to train for the National team] are pretty high considering they’ve invited me to both the camps

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“Th ey’ve changed their

process to make the team this

year.” - Mark Henry.

went to practice, ate lunch, went to practice, ate dinner and then attempted to do homework, because it wasn’t over reading week.”

While in Victoria, Henry and Rabalski were placed in diff erent boat sizes over the course of the week. Although having rowed

in every boat for the Gryphons, Henry said he is partial to sculling (two oars per rower) and was concerned when he was placed in a sweep boat (one oar per rower), where he had to row his opposite side; starboard instead of port.

“[Sculling is] what I’ve always

done, so I’m more comfortable with it. But at the end of the week, thankfully, they put me in a double and stuff turned around at that point. It got way better.”

Rabalski on the other hand, had a diff erent outlook and emphasized that he doesn’t have a preference towards sculling or sweeping.

“For me I want to be in whatever boat [puts me] in the best possible position to win,” said Rabalski.

Th e two Gryphon athletes spent one day indoors -- after windy conditions ‘swamped’ a boat -- taking body fat, wing-span and height and weight measurements, as well as lactic testing to see how much lactic acid their bodies can handle.

Having been invited to the Under23 Canadian Elite training camp in Victoria, Henry and Rabalski are one step closer to making the National Team and one step closer to competing in the World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Amsterdam this July.

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Sports & HealthBisphenol A, what’s in your bottle?

Most of us are aware by now that plastic water bottles leach

chemicals into the water. The safety of water bottles has become a hot topic in the past few years, as consumers want to remain conscious of what they are putting in their bodies. Plastic water bottles like Nestle Purelife or Aquafina are typically made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET). A German study showed that plastic water bottles contain concentrations of certain chemicals, such as antimony, which increase the longer the water sits in the plastic bottle. Antimony is a white metallic element that in small doses can cause health issues like nausea, dizziness and depression. In large doses, it is potentially fatal.

Most Polycarbonate (#7 on the bottom) bottles, like Nalgene and other hard plastic bottles, may leak Bisphenol A (BPA), which is an estrogen-like chemical. The

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ingestion of BPA is linked to breast cancer and early puberty in teenagers. Nalgene has recently banned the use of BPA in their bottles, and claims that there is no leaching of this chemical. Nalgenes purchased after the ban are deemed relatively safe (if the bottle is BPA-free it will indicate so on the bottom).

Jennifer Hillier, who works at the Health and Performance Center on campus, is an advocate of the stainless steel water bottle.

“It doesn’t degrade with heat or cold, can be sterilized with boiling water and does not absorb or leach toxins. While plastic bottles are cheaper, they do depend upon oil production for manufacturing and thus involve all of the chemicals associated with the petrochemical industry, which can end up in your beverage,” said Hiller.

Many students on campus own Siggs. Siggs are lined with a water-based epoxy resin to protect the aluminum exterior from leaching as aluminum consumption leads to Alzheimers and Lou Gehrig’s disease. Sigg, a

Swiss company, independently hired a for-profit lab to conduct studies on the level of BPA in their linings. Not all levels of BPA were analyzed, as a recent study shows. The independent lab did not attempt to detect BPA below 2 PPB (parts per billion).

According to Safewaterbottle review.com, the number one rated water bottle on the market is Klean Kanteen. Klean Kanteen is slim, made of stainless steel and considered the most ergonomic in comparison to other leading brands. It is slightly overpriced, ringing in at about $40. Next on the list is the New Wave Enviro, which is considered most affordable ($17) and durable.

“For my patients that are struggling with drinking enough water, I try to encourage them to invest in a stainless steel water bottle and coffee cup as part of the building blocks for better health. If plastic is the only option though (due to finances or attachment to a certain bottle), I still encourage them to drink up, the more fluids in the

body, the easier it is to detoxify the tissues...all in all a better choice than not drinking water at all,” said Hillier.

Stainless steel water bottles are clean, non-toxic, flavourless, lightweight and relatively inexpensive. They are also made to last a lifetime (unfortunately, Nalgenes get cracks)!

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Sports & HealthInterim coach looking to re-load for title run

Women’s hockey head coach, Rachel Flanagan was

expecting the birth of her child right around the time of the OUA championship final series, which takes place yearly in early March.

Flanagan gave birth to her child days after the Gryphons were swept in two games, by the Queen’s Gales, in the 2011 championship series, which ended March 4.

Flanagan will take a one-year maternity leave from her head coaching duties. There to fill the void on an interim basis is, Carly Haggard.

“We are extremely pleased to have Carly taking over the leadership of our women’s hockey program for the next year,” said director of athletics, Tom Kendall.  “She brings a wealth of experience

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as both a player and coach. Her expertise and enthusiasm will be invaluable towards the program’s quest to win a conference championship.”

“We’re all really excited. She has so much experience in the hockey world,” said Gryphon captain, Tamara Bell.

Haggard served as an assistant coach with the team for two years. So the team is very familiar with the new head coach.

“All of us have such a respect for Carly and we already know her expectations,” said Bell.

At the end of the Women’s hockey season in 2010 Haggard was unsure of what her future in terms of coaching hockey would hold. Being an assistant coach is only part-time work, but Flanagan mentioned that she was trying to have a child and if Haggard stuck around for another year being the interim head coach might be a possibility.

“Low and behold she got pregnant. [Flanagan] put [the]

idea to Tom Kendall, the athletic director, and he was all for it, so it worked out really well,” said Haggard.

Haggard and her players know the team will suffer some key losses as Jessica Zerafa, Dayna Kanis and Carla D’Angelo among others graduate this year and move on from the team.

“We might take a hit loosing some of those key players. But that just makes some of the current players step into some new roles for next year,” said Bell.

The Haggard era will begin

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“We are extremely pleased to have

Carly taking over the leadership of

our women’s hockey program for the

next year. She brings a wealth of experience as both

a player and coach. Her expertise and

enthusiasm will be invaluable towards the program’s quest to win a conference

championship.” -Tom Kendall,

director of athletics

Newly named Gryphon women’s hockey interim head coach, Carly Haggard.

when the team gets back to their off ice training regimen.

“I gave the girls a couple weeks off and starting April first we’re going to get right back at it,” said Haggard.

But Flanagan will be there for any guidance Haggard may need.

“I know if I have any questions or problems or need [Flanagan] just for support, she will be there for me.”

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How to know your city; a canvas of Guelph

As a student, you may only spend four years here. As a member of the faculty, you

might not even live here, and spend your mornings and afternoons commuting. Yet there is a city beyond the property limits of the university and it is bursting with many diff erent opportunities you may not even be aware of. Th is city is Guelph.

If you head towards the Hanlon parkway, just beyond the city limits, there is a place teeming with some of the gentlest creatures you will ever encounter. Th e Donkey Sanctuary of Canada is home to nearly 100 donkeys, mules and hinnies.

“Sandra Pady brought the fi rst donkeys to the farm in 1991,” said Ruth Gillespie, manager of retail and public relations at the sanctuary. “She became completely enamoured by them. It wasn’t long before there were 15 resident donkeys. Word got out and people would call, telling her about donkeys that were in need of help.”

Th e need for a donkey sanctuary may not seem evident at fi rst, but animal cruelty is still a very real issue.

“We are often asked ‘Why donkeys?’   Th e short answer is because it is necessary,” said Gillespie.  “And indeed, it is necessary because … the donkey is the forgotten equine, too often a subject of ridicule, and too often considered disposable at the end of its working life. Donkeys are often abused and neglected … whenever possible, we put an end to this inhumane cycle in which equines are bred, bought and sold over and over, and then disposed of callously. We provide a sanctuary for these animals, where they may live out

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their lives naturally, in peace, and without obligation to humans. We believe in the value of animal life, and we believe in the value of the lives of the no longer forgotten equine. Th at is why donkeys.”

Th e sanctuary reopens to the public on May 1, and regular hours of operation are Wednesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to four p.m. Th ere is no admittance fee, but donations are encouraged, $7 for adults and $5 for seniors and students. Volunteering and sponsorship of donkeys is another important aspect of the sanctuary and details on how to participate in both are available on their website, http://thedonkeysanctuary.dev.openject.com.

Getting back on the Hanlon, you will fi nd Guelph’s own Wellington Brewery. Founded in 1985 by Philip Gosling, this brewery brings its own special fl avour to beer, characterizing the unique brand. Daily tours of the brewery are available seven – nine p.m. for $10 per person.

“At Wellington Brewery we pride ourselves on being involved in the community,” said Brad McInerney, events and marketing coordinator at the Wellington Brewery.

“Wellington Brewery is a proud supporter of local festivals such as Th e Guelph Jazz Festival, Hillside Festival, Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival, Guelph Festival of Moving Media, the Eden Mills Writers Festival, Kazoo! Festival and many more. By supporting non-profi t organizations and artistic endeavors in Guelph, we can contribute to enriching the city of Guelph.”

On the other side of the city,

patrolled by fl ocks of approachable Canadian geese, the Guelph Lakes is a place to escape from the hustle of schoolwork and enjoy a quiet getaway with nature.

Th e Lakes is a reservoir that was created with the construction of the Guelph Dam in 1976 to help reduce fl ood damage by the Speed and Grand Rivers.

Th e Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) helps maintain the lakes and surrounding land through its environmental projects.

“Most of the land around the reservoir was farmland when it was acquired by the GRCA for the dam project,” said Dave Schultz, manager of communications for the GRCA. “Much of the land was turned into the Guelph Lake Conservation Area. Since then, some of the land around the lake has been reforested. We are involved in a project with the Guelph Rotary Club to reforest 100 acres over a 13-year period. In addition, the GRCA has policies banning the use of pesticides and fertilizers on park property.”

Th e Guelph Lakes is also the site for the Hillside Festival event and attracts many campers throughout the summer season.

On MacDonnell, Wyndham, Woolwich and Quebec Streets lie some of the most culturally defi ning elements Guelph has to off er.

Lynn Broughton, public relations manager of the Downtown Guelph Business Association, has a few recommendations of places to visit in the downtown core.

“Look up MacDonell Street to the very impressive Church of Our Lady. Go in and out of the shops,” said Broughton. “See a show

at the River Run, our gorgeous performing arts centre. See a hockey game at the Sleeman Centre, and then go catch some live music in one of many venues. Defi nitely go to Macondo Bookstore and also Th e Bookshelf. You could spend an entire day there browsing books, eating and catching a fi lm at the fantastic repertory cinema. Th en go see some music at the ebar … Guelph is the small town in the big city. Feels like home to me.”

In addition to this myriad of shopping and cuisine opportunities comes a little shop located in the Quebec Street Mall that has originality all on its own.

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material that “appeals to all ages” and host regular events, such as book signings, readings to children and a weekly gaming night.

“Th e reason why we have game nights and these diff erent events is because we think it is important for the gaming community to have somewhere to play in public,” said store manager, Amy Chop. “Our aim is to be one of the most inviting places for all readers and gamers in all age groups and to appeal to everyone.”

Th e Dragon supports the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, which helps ensure that there is no censorship in comics.

Th is is your city, whether you’re here for school or here for life, go out there and explore it.

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To the left: Th is is Apollo, a donkey from Th e Donkey Sanctuary of Canada, greeting a visitor to the farm.

To the right: Downtown Guelph’s beautiful

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LifeA student’s guide to successful studying

We’ve made it past reading week and midterms, and now

the winter semester is slowly winding down. Or rather, winding into the most stressful time of the school year: exams. We all have our own little study tips developed over the years, but sometimes finding a place to study on campus can be harder than studying itself. If you’ve taken more than a few steps into the library (and I’m hoping that by March you have), you no doubt know that getting a seat at peak times can be a challenge. I’ve collected a sample of study areas on campus that aren’t exactly as popular as the library, but offer their own individual merit.

Thornbrough: Window SeatsUnless you’re an engineering

student, chances are you haven’t spent much time in Thornbrough. One of the most defining features of the layout is the long hallway

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immediately parallel to the bus loop. Here you’ll find plenty of seats and a great view; however, power outlets are limited, and you’ll be subject to quite a bit of foot traffic around the 20 and 50 after the hour marks. This isn’t to scare you off, in fact it aids in the perfect study break.

MacNaughton: Tim Hortons.There’s no lack in supply of

coffee venders on campus, but Tim Horton’s above the Campus Book Store is a little different from most: it’s more of a gathering place than anything else. This enclosed space is home to a plethora of tables and comfy couches; perfect for individual or group study sessions. However the appeal of the neon Tim Hortons sign has its effects as well. This think tank is subject to its own ambient noise and flow of traffic throughout the day.

Science Complex: The Atrium

This architectural marvel consists of a large open concert space with a number of different table styles and seating options. Be they personal sized seats to

eight person tables, they’re all found here. The largest of tables tend to go quickly, so be sure to show up especially early, later, or with a rabbit’s foot. The Atrium is a rather new addition to the U of G campus, so it’s well stocked with floor outlets for the long-term study sessions. The sheer size of The Atrium is one of the major drawbacks from the study spot, particularly if you’re a people watcher, as there’s no short of watching to be had here.

Mackinnon Building: ClassroomsMackinnon is well known to

U of G’s Arts population, but there are a number of students who have never stepped foot in the building, or at the very least are intimidated by the intimate classroom structure. The classroom section of the building is host to three floors of seminar rooms that lie vacant throughout the evening and night; my personal favourite pick for studying. Sneak off on your own and isolate yourself in an empty seminar room, or use the vacancy as a group study area and give your class presentations a run through.

As you’ve no doubt picked up by this point, almost every building on campus is home to its own area ripe for studying. Finding it can sometimes be the issue. This exam period, go out there and channel your inner explorer, because

nothing is more frustrating than walking the beat on all six floors of the library without avail.

Stay tuned for part two next week, a discussion of the second most important factor in exam study: caffeine.

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LifeIrish drink recipes to get you ready for St. Patrick’s Day

Kick off your St. Patrick’s Day celebrations with these three tasty Irish

beverages. Although this first recipe does

call for Guinness, the Bailey’s and Jameson whiskey do help to soften this usually bitter stout. The Irish Car Bomb is rightly named because speed is required to drink it. The recipe

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calls for three quarters of a pint of Guinness, one shot of whiskey mixed in the beer and one shot of Bailey’s Irish Cream in a separate shot glass. Once the whiskey and beer are mixed, quickly drop the shot of Irish cream into the bottom of the stout and chug this beverage back as fast as possible, otherwise the cream will curdle.

The next drink is a more sour concoction. The Green Dublin Apple Cocktail calls for two shots of Irish whiskey, one shot of sour apple schnapps and white cranberry juice to top it off. Pour the two shots over ice into a

highball glass, add the juice and stir.

The last St. Patrick’s beverage is the Irish Mint Kiss. This refreshing drink is reminiscent of mint-chocolate chip ice cream, as it calls for two shots of Bailey’s Irish Cream, one part cream or milk, a splash of crème de menthe and chocolate syrup. Mix the Irish cream, cream or milk and crème de menthe in the blender until frothy and pour into a glass. To finish, top off with the chocolate syrup.

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As any regular reader of Foodstuffs may have gathered by this point,

I like cereal. And, despite having what I consider is a solid appreciation of the world of foodstuffs, I can’t seem to keep my hands off of that really sugary and heavily processed breakfast cereal that we coveted as kids. Give me a bowl of Lucky Charms and I’ ll give you one happy Nicole Elsasser. That said, one can only fill themselves up with Froot Loops, Corn Pops and Reece’s Peanut Putter Puffs for

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so long before the grown-up guilt kicks in and one starts to feel malnourished. This is when being able to whip up a batch of homemade granola becomes really handy. By making granola at home you’re getting the delight of eating breakfast cereal in the morning (though this time without regret) as well as the satisfaction that only comes when you make something you normally had to buy premade in the store. There is no shortage of recipes for granola out there in the big wide world but the one I’ve included is the most straight-forward while also being pretty delicious.

Recipe for GranolaInspired by Jamie Oliver

2 cups rolled oatmeal (not quick-cooking or instant)1 heaped cup mixed nuts (pick your favourites just don’t get salted)¼ cup mixed seeds (sunflower, poppy, pumpkin, seseme, flax…)¾ cup unsweetened shredded coconut1 tsp ground cinnamon5 tbsp maple syrup3 tbsp olive oil1 ½ cups dried fruit (if there are any large pieces of fruit, chop them up a little)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Put oatmeal, mixed nuts, mixed seeds, coconut and cinnamon in a large bowl. Stir well. Drizzle with maple syrup and olive oil. Stir again, ensuring that all of the dry components are somewhat coated in the liquid. Spread the mixture in an even layer on a baking sheet. Smooth out with a wooden spoon. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Every five minutes or so take the tray out of the oven, stir and then smooth the mixture out again so everything can cook evenly. Once the granola is golden in colour, remove it from the oven, mix in the dried fruit and let it cool fully. Serve the granola with milk or yogurt, adding fresh fruit on top if you desire. Store the leftover granola in an air-tight container and it should be fine for two weeks…if it last that long at all. I predict it will not.

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LifeLove, Laura: All the single folks!

Dec. 31, at the end of the long-awaited countdown, in the

moment all the couples at the party come together in an intoxicated embrace for the first kiss of the New Year.

Valentine’s Day. Hell, the entire week leading up to Valentine’s Day.

There are just some times when being single feels, well…lonely. Times when, no matter how independent and happy you may be on your own, you still long for the time when you’ll meet that special someone who will make you even happier, someone you can depend on and grow with. Perhaps even times when you analyze yourself and begin to wonder if there’s something you’re missing, something about you that is to blame for your current lack of a significant other in your life.

I’ve had some good memories with the people I’ve dated in the past, and I don’t mean to insult any of them here with the following statement. But I’d be lying if I said I’ve been happier overall when I’ve been involved

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in romantic relationships in the past than when I’ve been single.

Although I love meeting people, and of course it’s fun and exciting to get to know someone new and see where things may lead….there are also the hard times, the arguments, the complications and the breakups. Plain and simple, when I’m single, I just have less to worry about. I don’t need to wonder how things are going to turn out; I don’t need to question whether the relationship is worth the effort I’ve put into it or whether I can trust this person and count on them; I don’t need to wonder what the other person sees happening between us. When I’m single, I can just take care of my own responsibilities, my own interests, my own time and how I’d most like to spend it. I can work on accomplishing the things I want without needing to always factor another person into my everyday plans; I don`t need to be concerned that my own interests are occupying too much of my time to the point where my partner feels neglected.

It’s true that being single can be lonely sometimes. But it can also mean you get to do the things you might not always have time for later in life, once you’re involved in a serious relationship and are sharing much of your time with your partner.

I know some people who just can’t stand being single. It’s like they’re anxious when they’re not with someone, or they’re just so scared to be alone. I’ve never really understood this. Of course, if you’re with someone who makes you happy, that’s obviously a great thing. But if you’re just looking to have someone be with you so that you’re not alone, that just doesn’t seem fair to the person you’re with, or even fair to yourself.

To all the single ladies and gentlemen out there, I say, make the most of your “singleness” while you can. The plain truth is that we never know if or when we will meet someone extraordinary who will change our lives. It is a legitimate possibility that this might never happen. And as sad as that may be, I think it would be far more tragic if we spent all our lives waiting for some hypothetical perfect girl, or prince charming, to come along so that our lives can begin. Being single should not mean being in a perpetual state of searching for someone, and it should not mean feeling completely alone or unloved.

Use the time when you’re single as an opportunity to get to know yourself, to become the best version of yourself you can be, to do the things you love to do. Be happy with who you are, not just with who you can be in

relation to someone else. And perhaps when you least

expect it, you will meet someone extraordinary.

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Loose Cannon: I endorse… civil student politics

Greg Beneteau’s note: This week, I was fully prepared to write a column bemoaning the lack of civility and respect in this year’s Central Student Association elections. Fortunately John Sakaluk, a former U of G student now living in the U.S., beat me to the punch.

With his permission, I hand over my Loose Cannon column to him, in the hopes that his insightful commentary can knock some sense into people.

After graduating last year from the University of Guelph, I packed my

bags and moved to the state of Kansas to pursue graduate school.

Having left a friendly country—and an even friendlier community—it has been quite a shock to my system to move to a place only 20 minutes away from the Westboro Baptist Church, and where most people give me weird looks for asking others how their day is going.

Guelph is a community full of wonderful, caring people; I miss it terribly. Lately though, my Facebook feed has been plastered with Central Student Association elections material, and a lot of what I am seeing is neither friendly, nor wonderful, nor caring.

In fact, a lot of what I have been reading has been

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passive-aggressive at best, and downright mean-spirited at worst. Candidates and their cronies are baiting each other with loaded questions, people are being shredded in online media, and many of the individuals involved with elections seem more concerned with why you shouldn’t vote for someone, as opposed to why you should vote for another.

Candidates, supporters, and members of the current CSA: nearly everyone involved in this election process has been guilty of not being kind to each other. 

To be clear, there are friends of mine running in this election, and there are people I don’t like running too—sometimes both for the same position—and I think in general, both parties have a lot of room for improvement.

Therefore, I would like to offer two examples of election food for thought. The first is an example of a past CSA Executive election that I think embodies the between-candidate courtesies that anyone thinking of running for office should aspire to. The second example is one from the current CSA elections, that I think is another great example of hard, yet courteous, campaigning.

Example 1: Two years ago, the Local Affairs Commissioner race had (I think) three candidates: Galen Fick, Anastasia Zavarella and another individual whose name I am unfortunately forgetting. What I do not forget though, is how this trio of candidates acted around each

other: completely courteous, bordering on fabulously friendly.

I still recall the three of them coming to a class of mine to talk about their individual platforms, yet one topic was consistent across all of their pitches. They each expressed respect and positive feelings about their colleagues. If I didn’t know any better, I would have thought they weren’t competing at all.

Example 2: The current Local Affairs race is between Derek Alton and David Nguyen is a fantastic example—from what I can tell—of this same principle. I believe a facebook quote, by Derek, on Derek’s campaign page provides a compelling example.

“I have been very fortunate to have a very classy person in David as my competitor for this position,” Alton wrote about his opponent. “I am grateful for the respect he has shown me in our campaigning and I have worked hard to show the same to him.”

Both of these situations demonstrate the quality of character becoming of Guelph students, and that quality was a large reason why I fell in love with the school in the first place. Looking at Derek’s comment, I can’t help but feel that the Local Affairs portfolio, one way or another, will be in good hands, and that’s how Guelph students should feel for all of these positions.

Anger has its time and place (sparingly), but more times than not it

just burns people out. Guelph students don’t want candidates and their followers fighting and making it seem like choosing one candidate over another will lead to absolute doom and destruction of the student experience.

Guelph students want to know that the people they are choosing from are good people, who can come together and cooperate for a common cause of making our school a better place.

Our school was called the most caring university in the world, but caring isn’t just caring about the issues of the CSA, it ’s also caring for the people involved in the CSA. That includes the students the CSA serves as well the other people hoping to be elected.

If everyone treated each other with decency and respect—and sometimes it is hard—then everyone would be better off. Students would have functional leadership, and members of the CSA wouldn’t have to dread bumping into coworkers they treated unkindly.

I recommend the following for students, candidates, and ultimately the new exec to consider:

Students: vote for candidates that seem able to put their differences aside, and work as a team with others.

Candidates: treat each other with respect. This is the kind of drama that turns students off of the CSA.

New Exec: you all will have specific portfolio issues you will need to attend to, but do everyone a favour, and make teamwork and courtesy a priority for every portfolio.

With an emphasis on working together and caring for one another, the CSA will accomplish a lot more than as a bunch of individuals sniping and taking pot-shots at one another.

Who knows: you might even enjoy your time working in the CSA.

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OpinionIsrael and the ‘A’ word

The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) defines

apartheid as “systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over any racial group or groups” and the United Nations’ definition is effectively the same. Israel practices apartheid policies toward Palestinians and other minority groups, particularly in the Occupied Territories, but don’t believe it ’s true because I say so. Don’t believe critical Israeli journalists like Amira Hass, Gideon Levy, or Danny Rubinstein. Don’t believe Nobel Prize winners Jimmy Carter or Desmond Tutu or UN representatives Richard Falk and John Dugard. Believe Israel’s ruling elite. Believe Shulamit Aloni, a former Minister of Education in Israel, that “The state of Israel practices its own, quite violent form of apartheid with the native Palestinian population.” Believe Ami Ayalon, former head of the ShinBet, Israel’s domestic intelligence service, who says that Israel is “guilty of apartheid policies.”

The “systematic oppression and domination by one racial group” over another is most tragically evident on the Gaza Strip. The blockade of Gaza has been characterized as illegal by the UN, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Oxfam. Even the Red Cross, a traditionally neutral

GREG SHUPAK organization, characterizes Israel’s policy in the Gaza Strip as “a collective punishment imposed in clear violation of Israel’s obligations under international humanitarian law.” The organization notes that the blockade has created living conditions in Gaza that are “dire” and points out that Gazans deal with lengthy power cuts each day, hospitals short of equipment, inadequate sewage systems, and unsafe drinking water. According to the World Food Program, 61 per cent of Gazans are “food insecure” and 65 per cent of these persons are under the age of 18. Meanwhile, the UN Relief Works Agency points out that because of the blockade Gaza has “the highest level of anaemia in the region, with alarming rates of childhood stunting due to inadequate nutrition.” The blockade also prevents exports from leaving the territory and this has stunted the territory’s economic development. Gisha, the Israeli human rights group, points out that “critical manufacturing sectors in Gaza are dependent upon selling their goods outside the Strip” and that these have been “heavily hit” by the blockade.

However, the situation is scarcely better on the West Bank. The World Health Organization says that a population requires 100 litres of water per capita. B’Tselem, another Israeli human rights group, notes that while the average Israeli living as

an illegal settler on the West Bank consumes 282 litres, the Palestinians of the West Bank get only 66 litres per capita or two thirds of the necessary amount. Meanwhile, Maxwell Gaylard, the UN’s Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, reports that Israeli officials have been destroying Palestinian water cisterns on the West Bank. Furthermore, a December 2010 report from Human Rights Watch notes the “two-tier system of laws, rules, and services that Israel operates for the two populations in areas in the West Bank under its exclusive control, which provide preferential services, development, and benefits for Jewish settlers while imposing harsh conditions on Palestinians.” And B’Tselem reports that “Israel’s severe restrictions on Palestinians’ freedom of movement in the West Bank are enforced by a system of fixed checkpoints, surprise flying checkpoints, physical obstructions, roads on which Palestinians are forbidden to travel, and gates along the Separation Barrier.   The restrictions enable Israel to control Palestinian movement...in a sweeping breach of Palestinians’ rights.”

Though minorities within Israel have some rights not granted to their sisters and brothers in the Occupied Territories or to the black population of South Africa,

there is still evidence of “systematic oppression” in Israel proper. Land and development issues highlight some of the differences. The Jewish National Fund ( JNF) controls 13 per cent of the land in Israel and its charter prevents it from leasing land to people who aren’t Jewish. Though Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled that this practice is discriminatory, it also decided that the Israeli government should compensate the JNF for land won by non-Jewish citizens in government tenders, which would allow the JNF to keep the same percentage of land Arab-free. Meanwhile, there are examples of policies designed to foster divisions along ethnic lines. Haaretz, the Israeli newspaper, reports that in 2009 schools in the city Kiryat Gat launched a program with “the expressed purpose of preventing Jewish girls from becoming romantically involved with Israeli Bedouin.” Similarly, the philosopher Slavoj Žižek points out that in 2009 “the city of Petah Tikva created a hotline that parents and friends can use to inform on Jewish women who mix with Arab men; the women are then treated as pathological cases and sent to a psychologist.” The Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law provides another example. Whereas a non-Israeli who marries an Israeli is normally entitled citizenship and residency permits, under this law that right is not extended to people who live in the

West Bank or Gaza. Amnesty International notes that the “the law is discriminatory and violates fundamental principles of equality, human dignity, personal freedom and privacy. . .as well as the right of children to live with both parents.” Moreover, in September 2010, the government of Israel endorsed an amendment to its citizenship laws that would require all new citizens of Israel to take an oath of allegiance to Israel as a “Jewish and democratic state.” Not only does this place immigrants of different ethno-cultural origins in a rather uncomfortable position, it also marginalizes the roughly 20% of Israeli citizens who are Arab, the vast majority of whom are Muslim, Druze or Christian.

You may not believe me that this adds up to apartheid. But believe Michael Ben-Yair, Israel’s former attorney general, who points out: “We enthusiastically chose to become a colonial society, ignoring international treaties, expropriating lands, transferring settlers from Israel to the Occupied Territories, engaging in theft….We developed two judicial systems: one—progressive, liberal in Israel. The other—cruel, injurious in the Occupied Territories. In effect, we established an apartheid regime in the Occupied Territories.”

Open Content:Culture jamming with the Yes Men

Naomi Klein has called them “the Jonathan Swift of the Jackass

generation.” The Yes Men. So who are they and why should you care?

One way is to go see them. The Yes Men are coming to the university (March 23rd War Memorial Hall at 6:30 in a free event hosted by the Library, the CSA, and OPIRG-Guelph). But this isn’t an advertisement. Not really.

While culture jamming is fairly old school now, what the Yes Men do is worthy of considerable reflection. They are an activist group who are like performance artists with a focus on political and social issues.

Their key method is something they call “identity correction” – a wonderful and ironic phrase that echoes Orwell and highlights our obsession with “brand.” Not

MICHAEL RIDLEY shy about their objectives, the Yes Men are blunt in describing this technique as “impersonating big-time criminals in order to publicly humiliate them. Our targets are leaders and big corporations who put profits ahead of everything else.”

They have been called “hilarious, insightful, disturbing and thoroughly entertaining.” It ’s the insightful and disturbing parts I want to focus on.

In order to engage in identity correction, the Yes Men pose as phoney spokespersons for multinational corporations, issue fake news releases or media reports, post imitation websites and operate them for months (often drawing traffic away from the legitimate sites), and engage in stunts of all types. They have taken on the WTO, ExxonMobil, BP, and many others, including the governments of France, the United States, and Canada.

Famously the Yes Men posed as Dow Chemical spokespersons and apologized for the Bhopal disaster of 20 years before which had killed thousands and permanently injured a hundred thousand more as a result of a massive chemical spill. They stated that the company was going to liquidate in order to fully pay for reparations and the health care costs of those affected. Dow Chemical denied the story but this only served to revive the tragedy in the media and remind everyone of the horrific situation. This, of course, was exactly what the Yes Men wanted, and this, of course, was exactly what Dow Chemical wished to avoid.

Culture jamming. Cool? Sure, but.

The flip side of this exposure was the affect on the people of Bhopal. They are living with the impact of the chemical

spill every day. They were quite distressed when they heard that the apology and reparations were part of a hoax. They too, it seems, were part of the event.

So all this is clearly (and deliberately) misrepresentation. But is it more Jackass than Swift? Like satire, it is aimed at exposing abuses through the ridicule of individuals or corporations. We like satire. Satire is very powerful. But is it also libellous? Is misrepresentation on this scale not just fraud?

The Yes Men have never been charged with anything like this but their methods bring these many of these issues into focus. By spamming of the nature and role of multinational corporations, they concentrate our attention on the impact media has in shaping (or distorting) our views and opinions. They also spark a very valuable debate

on the nature of image, brand, and identity, particularly in a society where those things are invented, managed, and manipulated rather than simply (but honestly) earned.

The Yes Men are playing with lies and truth in the hypermedia world of instant communication and media spin. I suspect they are part of the problem as much as they are an important part of the necessary corrective action.

Whether you are appalled by the actions of the Yes Men or applaud them for uncovering deceit, they present a powerful reminder that truth is contextual. So go see and hear them. Make up your own mind. After all, that’s what critical thinking is all about anyway.

Michael Ridley is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Librarian at the University of Guelph. Contact him at mridley@uoguelph.ca or www.uoguelph.ca/cio.

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tudents walking through campus grounds may have noticed a shack-like

structure assembled nearby the cannon, along with cardboard signs pledging for donations. Five students are spending the week outside emulating homelessness as part of the 5 Days for the Homeless campaign. Th ese students are equipped only with a sleeping bag and a pillow, and rely solely on food donations from students. Proceeds from this campaign go to the Wyndham House, a transitional residence for at-risk youth.

Homelessness exists everywhere, though often goes unacknowledged. We commend these students for their eff orts to bring awareness to a serious social issue that impacts our own community. But we can’t help but wonder whether this demonstration is enough to

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Dear Editor, Water is the only drink for a wise

man…Nestlé can turn water into

gold….at the cost of our natural resources!

I absolutely agree with the protests against Nestlé’s application for a 10-year permit extension at the Aberfoyle facility. Th ey are trying to escape the tighter policies which are about to be put in place. Nestlé have too much freedom to drain the natural aquifer; the taps must be tightened on their usage and their permit should be updated to take into account the fl uctuations in the aquifers capacity to withstand such high usage. Nestlé are reaping the benefi ts while the natural aquifer pays the costs.

I do not agree with CSA local aff airs Commissioner, Anastasia Zavarella’s comment about “Everyone has them [resources] and has equal access to them,” because it

is deemed as basic needs. Th is is too idealized. People will not regulate their water use without incentives. If water from underground sources were to become common resources, there would be even less regulation of exploitation than there is at present. With the privatization of the resource there is defi nitely the disadvantages like higher costs etc. but at least there is someone to blame. Without Nestlé to point the fi nger at, who would we hold responsible?

I am all for raising awareness of Nestlé’s local presence but real facts and realistic solution are needed to let people make informed decisions. If we all start wishing for considerate communities, protection of natural resources and world peace, we might be waiting some time!

Sincerely, Dawn Wood

truthfully portray the realities of homelessness.

In the media, we are used to seeing stereotypical images of what being homeless entails. Th ese images are enforced in the approach that the fi ve students are taking, as they sleep in a make-shift tent constructed out of materials found in the dumpster. Th e participating students are receiving vast amounts of donated food, given by sympathetic peers. But if this scene were translated onto the streets of downtown Toronto, would these same concerned students still stop to talk and give them food? Our concern is that the depiction of homelessness happening in the Branion Plaza is not telling of the real stories that many individuals are forced to encounter. Th is project involved no consultation with actual homeless youth, providing these youth no platform to give voice to their own

experiences. Th ere was, however, one recent

event that allowed for students to have a personal encounter with individuals from many walks of life. Th e Human Library brought together individuals willing to share their own history of struggle, whether it was someone who has been sexually assaulted, endured civil war, or faced the horrors of being bullied. Th e event gave students the opportunity to have one-on-one experiences with individuals who have been victim to facing social stigmas and marginalization.

Th e diff erence between events like the Human Library and 5 Days for the Homeless is that the former allows for a more genuine understanding of the issues involved, but the latter lacks depth as it is a projection based on the students’ assumption of what being homeless means. We’re not

asking the students to go through the perils of being homeless. Instead, we encourage those participating in the campaign to take a more critical consideration of the population that they’re representing.

We, the Ontarion, encourage those of you who wish to represent the suff ering incurred by groups facing socio-economic hardships, to include the voices of those who have actually experienced them. It will add further strength and integrity to your cause, and more honestly raise awareness. As Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “We fear each other because we don’t know each other. We don’t know each other because we cannot communicate. We cannot communicate because we are separate.”

Th rough communication, we can begin to break down the barriers that continue to separate us.

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Weekly Dog: Dodger

Kayla AlexandropoulosDodger is an 8-year old beagle who’s scared of squirrels and always rides shotgun. He’s a big fan of gym socks and has a tendency of getting stuck in small spaces. But he’s the best dog in town!

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Wednesday March 23

Guelph Civic Museum Military Lecture Series: Today’s lecture - “For King and Kanata: Aboriginal Canadians and the First World War” with Tim Winegard from WLU’s Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies. 7pm, 6 Dublin St. S. Contact: 519-836-1221. www.guelph.ca/museum.

Wyndham House Fundraiser at Brass Taps. Cost: $8, doors open at 8:30pm. Featured Bands: Ruby Randall, Your Neck of the Woods, Richard Laviolette plus a Special Guest.

Saturday March 26

Purple Day for Epilepsy. Join us and wear purple to promote epilepsy awareness worldwide. www.purpleday.org.

Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis: Support women & children in our community by joining us at our Crystal Anniversary Dinner & Auction. 5pm at Guelph Place, 492 Michener Rd. Tickets: $50. Call 519-836-1110 or visit www.gwwomenincrisis.org.

Earth Hour –join one billion people worldwide calling for action on climate change by switching off non-essential lights for Earth Hour at 8:30pm.

Guelph Environmental Leadership (GEL) – Lights Out Relay: Noon-7pm. Anyone interested in running or walking a leg of the relay or helping out with relay organization, call GEL at 519-763-2652 or Email: info@guelphgig.ca. To pledge support for Earth Hour, become a conservation ambassador and to see the relay route visit: www.

ISA PRESENTS: Chamakti Shaam Formal 2011 -A Golden Bollywood Aff air. Enjoy Indian food, performances & entertainment, raffl es, dancing. Delta Hotel and Convention Centre. Early bird tickets $30. Info: email isa@uoguelph.ca or visit http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=204408749571066

Improve health & reduce stress! Come and learn the simple, eff ective Falun Dafa qigong exercises and meditation that benefi t millions of people world-wide. All ages, no experience, always FREE! UC 332. 2-4:30pm. Info: Mai (519)823-2422.

Guelph Hiking Trail Club: Hike - Along Th e Eramosa, 8 km. Meet 2pm at the Gordon Street parking lot beside Guelph’s covered bridge. All welcome. Leader: Susan Bard 519-836-6570; Dave 519-716-8273. Level 2. Speed Moderate.

UofG Chamber Singers and UofG Women’s Chamber Choir presents: ‘On Wings of Song. Music of Birds and Angels!’ Conductor Marta McCarthy. 8pm at Harcourt United Church, 87 Dean Avenue. Admission $10. Info: www.uoguelph.ca/sofam/events

Tuesday March 22

Falun Dafa qigong exercises and meditation. UC 441, 6-8:30pm. Info: Mai (519)823-2422.

Public Talk: “Th e International Criminal Tribunal: Fighting Against Impunity” with lawyer Alfred Orono, from United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. 7pm in War Memorial Hall. Tickets $5, available at UC info desk or CJ Munford Center in MacKinnon 054. Info: www.uoguelph.ca/cjmunford/Orono

Guelph Arts Council Schmoozefest – A networking event for the Arts Community. 5-7pm at the Ed Video Media Arts Centre, 40 Baker St., 2nd

Floor. Info: gac@sentex.net or

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Community ListingsTh ursday March 17

Israeli Apartheid Week Keynote Alan Sears, 5:30pm at University Centre Rm 103 @UofG. www.hissinggoose.info

Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival ‘11. Preview - featuring Montreal based Muriva Dance Company. Noon in the UC Courtyard. Free admission. www.guelphcontemporarydancefestival.com

Friday March 18

SW Ontario Queer Student Organizations Conference 9am - 6:30pm. University Center @ U of G. www.hissinggoose.info

Guelph Queer Equality – join us for an evening of DRAG and CABARET in Peter Clark Hall. Doors open at 8:30pm. A Split-licensed and accessible event. Admission $5 or pay what you can. All proceeds go to Out On Th e Shelf.

Saturday March 19

University of Guelph Sustainability Week – ‘Intertwined Roots: Sustainable Communities’, March 19-26. Fun, interactive and inspirational events led by Guelph’s own community experts, students & faculty, all the way to Earth Hour on Saturday, March 26th. Check out www.guelphsustainabilityweek.com for a calendar of events.

U of G’s College Royal Open House Weekend: March 19, 9am-5pm - March 20, 11am-4pm. Garden2Table Exhibit in Macdonald Institute Rm: 214. Learn to prepare healthy foods like humus and granola, and various related activities/displays. Info: jwithers@uoguelph.ca

Guelph Spoken Word Guelph Poetry Slam. Featuring: Alessandra Naccarato (www.facebook.com/alessandra.naccarato.poetics). 7pm at the Ebar (41 Quebec St.). $10-$5 cover. www.guelphspokenword.com

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Join Transition Guelph at a candlelight celebration for Earth Hour in St. George’s Church, 8:30pm.

Sunday March 27

Several members of the Omega Tau Sigma professional veterinary fraternity are organizing a community wide running event to support the OVC Pet Trust Fund. For info and registration: www.events.runningroom.com/site/?raceId=6442 OR www.otsdogjog.ne1.net/

River Run Centre presents Duffl eBag Th eatre’s version of ‘Sleeping Beauty’. 4pm on the Main Stage. Recommended for children aged 4 and up. Tickets $16-$21. www.riverrun.ca or 519-763-3000.

Th ursday March 31

Save a life…or 3! Canadian Blood Services is looking for donors at the University of Guelph. Clinic held in PCH March 31st 11-6pm.

Ongoing:

Th ursday at Noon Concert Series-. Concerts start at 12:10PM. MacKinnon Room 107 (Goldschmidt Room). Admission FREE – donations gratefully appreciated. Everyone Welcome! Info: www.uoguelph.ca/sofam

Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Exhibit – Ehryn Torrell: ‘Self-Similar. When one or all parts are smaller copies of a larger shape’ Exhibit runs until April 26. 358 Gordon St. 519-837-0010. www.msac.ca.

Red Ribbon Gala 2011 – Call for Artist Donations. Deadline for submissions: Th ursday, March

31st. A joint fundraiser between AIDS Committee of Guelph &Wellington County, Bracelet of Hope and the Masai Centre. Info: 519-763-2255 ext. 128 or email redribbon@aidsguelph.org.

Discover Life in the Trenches at McCrae House. Exhibit includes objects dug from a trench in Ypres, Belgium near where John McCrae was stationed during the 2nd Battle of Ypres. Runs until May 2. Sundays-Fridays, 1-5pm. 108 Water St. Info: 519-836-1221.

Guelph Civic Museum exhibit celebrating the 175th Anniversary of Norfolk Street United Church – ‘People Serving God Th rough Serving People’. Exhibit runs until June 30. 6 Dublin St. S. Open daily 1-5pm. Info: 519-836-1221 ext. 2774 or visit guelph.ca/museum.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Forest Restoration Planters Needed! Planting small trees on farms across south Ontario. Guelph based, from April 18 - May 20. Excellent rates - earn $150+ per day. Treeplanting experience an asset. Info: bartramwoodlands@sympatico.ca

Recruit Guelph: Your online job database exclusively for Guelph

students & alumni. Whether you’re looking for a part-time, summer or full-time job, recruitguelph.ca is for you!

COMMUNITY EVENTS

On March 23 at 2:30pm in McKinnon room 120, the Molecular Biology and Genetics Students Association (MBGSA) is hosting a seminar byDr. Jeffery Medin, Medical Biophysics Department, University of

Toronto. His current research involves applications of gene therapy in Haematopoietic stem cells; using retroviral vectors to transfer genes into these stem cells. Dr. Medin’s lab is pursuing possible treatments for cancer and inherited diseases such as Fabry as well as other research to improve the effectiveness of gene therapy treatment. If you wish to have more information please contact mbgsa@uoguelph.ca.

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