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THE ONTARION 161.9
IN FOCUS
Isreali apartheid week revisited
Opinions diverge
when it comes to the
use of ‘apartheid’ in
connection to the
Isreali state
KELSEY RIDEOUT
Several issues ago, the Ontarion
covered Isreali Apartheid Week
(IAW) and the related events taking
place in Guelph between March 1
and 7. Due to the controversial and
highly emotional nature of Israeli-
Palestinian conflict, the Ontarion
received some pointed criticism
regarding the article we published
entitled “Israeli Apartheid Week
in Guelph: Critically Examining
a Seemingly Never-Ending
Conflict.” In keeping with the
framework of “participatory
journalism” that the Ontarion
proudly operates under, we believe
it is important to encourage public
participation, while incorporating
diverse opinions into the paper. To
ensure this happens, we decided
to ask several questions regarding
IAW to two individuals with very
distinct opinions.
Haley Gotfrid is a fourth-year
political science student at the
University of Guelph. Being from
Israel and recently returning from
a semester abroad in the Middle
East, Gotfrid carries a personal
perspectives as well as an academic
background in politics.
“I support the right to freedom
of speech, so I’m not directly
opposed to Israeli Apartheid Week
per say,” said Gotfrid, when asked
if she was in support of IAW.
“What I am directly opposed to
is the language that’s intrinsically
used within the group…I can tell
you that Israel does not fit the legal
definition of what apartheid really
is. To describe it as ‘apartheid’ is
where I take issue.”
‘Apartheid.’ Indeed it is a
loaded and powerful word. It’s a
SHAC approved, but HRO still has misgivings
NICOLE ELSASSER
After weeks of discussion, both
in and out of Central Student
Association (CSA) board meetings,
the proposal for the new Student
Help and Advocacy Centre (SHAC)
has been approved and is now in
effect.
SHAC, which is intended to
improve student advocacy on the
University of Guelph campus, brings
together the Legal Resource Room
(LRR), the Financial Resource Room
(FRR), and the Human Rights
Office (HRO). While the intention
is to allow advocacy on campus to be
more accessible and effective, some
still feel that the new centre may be
doing students a disservice.
Through the consultation process,
and leading up to SHAC’s approval
by the board, people close to the
HRO had expressed concern that
the new centre would not be able
to provide the same level of focus
word directly associated with the
decades of violent, institutional
segregation that took place in
South Africa. The word, however,
in describing conflict between
Israel and Palestine, seems to
comprise a major part of the
criticism towards IAW.
The language of “apartheid” is
controversial, and when you
look at the definition, it’s the
entire political segregation
of one race or class over
another…I volunteered in
Israel at a hospital where
the chief was a Palestinian
woman. There is integration
and there are many
opportunities that exist.
Haley Gotfrid
Fourth-year political science
student
“The language of ‘apartheid’ is
controversial, and when you look
at the definition, it’s the entire
political segregation of one race or
on human rights that is necessary.
This concern arises mainly out of
the staffing arrangements outlined
in the SHAC proposal; the paid
positions call for less hours per week
than HRO jobs entail, and much of
the centre’s everyday maintenance
and advocacy will be performed by
volunteers.
According to Arden Hagedorn,
the current HRO Coordinator, the
centre’s reliance on CSA-trained
volunteers is troubling.
“There is no screening process
for volunteers outlined…office
volunteers are to keep the office
open for as long as possible, but they
cannot provide advocacy because
they will not be sufficiently trained
to provide immediate, walk-in
crisis support and advocacy for the
variety of issues that may arise,” she
said. “There is no mention of how
many cases volunteers and staff are
expected to manage each semester
class over another…I volunteered
in Israel at a hospital where the
chief was a Palestinian woman.
There is integration and there are
many opportunities that exist,” said
Gotfrid. “I think it is used because
it’s an inflammatory word that’s
often associated with something
that was truly a horrible period in
South Africa history, and I think
it’s a shame, and it’s a disgrace that
it’s used in a situation that is not
comparable to anything that was
going on in South Africa.”
Gregory Shupak, an active
organizer of IAW events and a
PhD candidate in Literary and
Theatre Studies in English at
the University of Guelph, holds
very diverging opinions from
Gotfrid. To Shupak, ‘apartheid’ is
justified when examining Israel’s
occupation of Palestine.
“There’s a misconception that
those of us who organized or
participated in IAW are the ones
who came up with the apartheid
analogy. In fact, we are merely
echoing what is a very common
sentiment outside of North
America,” said Shupak. “The word
‘apartheid’has been used to describe
and how the SHAC is going to
ensure retention of volunteers if the
work becomes too much of a time
commitment or too stressful.”
Momina Mir, the CSA’s external
affairs commissioner, has been one of
the main forces behind the proposal
for SHAC and maintains that any
concerns related to the structure of
the proposal can be dealt with and
changed.
“One of the concerns that
was raised was that the [SHAC]
events coordinator position was
only 10 hours as opposed to the
current Human Right Office events
coordinator which is 15 hours. That
can always be evaluated and added at
a later date. That’s something that we
can deal with,” said Mir.
As of now, Mir explained,
SHAC is in effect and they will
soon be hiring those who will staff
the centre. After the positions are
filled, the CSA will begin recruiting
Anne Tabata
Israel’s treatment of Palestinian
people, especially in the occupied
territories, by the UN…by Jimmy
Carter and Desmond Tutu, by
prominent Israeli journalists such
as Amira Hass, by the Israeli daily
Haaretz, and by the Israeli human
rights group B’tselem.”
According to Shupak, the
reason so many Canadians are
unsteady with characterizing the
conflict as apartheid boils down to
politics and strategic interests.
“My guess is that it’s because
the Canadian government
and mainstream media are as
stringently pro-Israel, or, more
accurately, as anti-Palestinian, as
any in the world, perhaps more so
than Americans’. This creates an
ideological climate in which many
Canadians are afraid to publicly
criticize Israel.”
Clearly, general opinion on
IAW and whether it is appropriate
to associate the word ‘apartheid’
with the Israeli state is far from
synonymous. However, when
discussing this topic with other
individuals, there was one message
that did appear unanimous: a deep
longing for peace and stability.
volunteers and begin training them.
Mir explained that this should be
done by the time that the current
CSA executives leave office. Mir
added that she invites feedback on
the structure of SHAC.
Despite the opportunity to weigh
in on the particulars of SHAC’s
structure, Hagedorn has her doubts
about whether SHAC will be
effective in advocating for students
facing human rights violations.
“The severity of these cases [the
HRO deals with] requires a staff
member to work solely on them,
without the risk of a volunteer
quitting and the student being
referred to someone else…[there’s]
an integral focus on students’ rights
in relation to human rights. This
focus would be lost within the
myriad of aspects of advocacy the
Student Help and Advocacy Centre
volunteer coordinator would be
required to have.”
NEWS
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Beckham injured, likely
to miss World Cup
Soccer celebrity David Beckham
was injured March 14 while playing
in a match between against Chievo.
It was his second time on loan to AC
Milan from the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Beckham, who had a few collisions
with other players during the game,
later dropped to the ground in
pain during mid-kick in the centre
circle, unchallenged. He limped
off the field and was subsequently
carried off in a stretcher. He left
his hotel on the morning of Mar.
ch15 on crutches and flew to
Finland, where Dr. Sakari Orava
confirmed that he had injured his
Achilles tendon. Orava stated that
the injury will necessitate surgery
and several months of recuperation,
thus destroying Beckham’s chances
to play on England’s World Cup
squad for a fourth time. Beckham
responded on his website, thanking
people for their support and stating
his desire for “a swift and full
recovery.” (BBC)
Sleep patterns may have
genetic explanations
Research suggests that genes
might have to do with whether
someone is a morning person or a
night owl. Over the past few years,
scientists have discovered certain
genes in people who subscribe
to particular sleep patterns. For
example, a gene called hPer2 was
found only in those who chose
to sleep from 7:00 pm until 4:00
am. Another gene called Period 3,
which controls a person’s internal
clock, was longer in those who get
up early and shorter in those who
stay up late. Recently, the research
group in Utah who classified hPer2
discovered DEC2-a circadian
rhythm sleep gene that enables
those with it to require only 6.6
hours of sleep nightly. (CBC)
Avatar re-release?
James Cameron and Fox movie
studio are reportedly considering
re-releasing Avatar this summer.
Cameron allegedly holds about
forty minutes of footage that was
not included in the final cut. The
film, which currently stands at one
hundred and sixty minutes (just over
two and a half hours), could have
approximately ten to twelve minutes
of supplementary scenes added. The
re-release would happen on both
digital and IMAX screens. Over 80
per cent of Avatar’s current domestic
earnings have come from from 3D
screenings. With Tim Burton’s Alice
in Wonderland bumping Avatar out
of 3D equipped theatres, Cameron
said that many theatre owners feel
they lost a few hundred million
dollars in possible Avatar revenue.
Avatar won three Academy Awards:
Art Direction, Cinematography, and
Visual Effects. It is the first movie
to gross over two billion dollars,
and the highest grossing movie of
all time in North America, beating
Cameron’s previous blockbuster
Titanic. (CBC)
Compiled by Vanessa Szpurko
 4 NEWS
Charges laid after assault
on campus police
DANIEL BITONTI
Three people, including one
University of Guelph student, have
been charged with assault on a peace
officer after being ejected from a
drag show put on by campus groups
Guelph Queer Equality (GQE)
and the Guelph Resource Centre
for Gender Empowerment and
Diversity (GRCGED). One of the
three individuals was also charged
with breach of probation.
According to Chuck
Cunningham, the university’s
director of communications and
public affairs, at approximately
midnight on March 5, police
observed three individuals entering
the University Centre. Earlier in the
evening, the individuals had been
ejected by event security in Peter
Clark Hall for bringing liquor into
the event. When the individuals
re-entered the building, one of the
accused was drinking from a can
of beer. As police approached, the
accused poured the beer on the floor
of the University Centre before
fleeing. During the pursuit, one
individual jumped on the back of
an officer and another was assaulted
in a similar manner, causing scrapes
and bruises to the officer’s neck.
Cunningham added that all three
individuals continued to resist arrest
during the process.
GQE has released a statement
formally declaring their “full
support” of the individuals charged.
They expressed “extreme dismay”
with the actions of Brass Taps
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“It is the opinion of Guelph
Queer Equality that the behaviour
of security and campus police ranged
from general mismanagement of the
situation to outright discrimination
against the three individuals charged,”
GQE said in their statement. “It
appeared to onlookers like nothing
more than people in positions of
power bullying members of the
queer community, and a glaring
example of the systemic forms of
oppression that marginalized groups
face in society.”
GQE also apologized to all event
goers who had any experiences, or
witnessed any interactions, that made
them feel unsafe or unwelcome.
Cunningham said that any
individual who feels they were not
handled appropriately can use the
formal systems in place to lodge
a complaint against the campus
police. He said he could only speak
on behalf of campus police, and
the evidence will speak for itself in
court.
“We also stand behind our
campus police who are respectful
of members of our community
and who are also put into difficult
situations almost everyday,” he
added. “And, they are trained to
the highest professional standards
and we expect that is how they will
perform day to day.”
University Centre Administration
would not comment on the statements
made by GQE concerning Brass
Taps security.
GQE said in their statement
that they intend to pursue the issue
through all possible avenues.
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March 16.
Interviewers can be trained to spot
desirable traits in candidates
DAN HOWSE
From that subtle scent you keep
tucked away for special occasions, to
your favourite pair of shoes that pull
the outfit together, job interviews
are all about how you present
yourself. While dressing up for any
situation is fun, during an interview,
it’s essential. It demonstrates the
confidence and assertiveness many
employers look for.
But recent research from
University of Guelph psychology
professor, Deborah Powell, showed
that interviewers can be trained to
detect traits such as assertiveness
from just your behaviour. Don’t
hang that tie up just yet, but make
sure it’s tied loose enough to let you
be yourself.
“You can say you’re assertive
but if you don’t act assertive in an
interview the employer will be able
to see that,” said Powell.
While everyone has some intuitive
understanding of psychology, the
study Powell conducted tested the Faakhir Rizvi
ability of average people to learn
how to read psychological cues. Her actual job interview. changing the hiring process.
study found that interviewers could “There was a video camera on Fourth-year psychology student,
be taught how to pick up on certain [the participants], so that might have Jesus Estevez-Rossouw, explained
traits fairly easily while others proved increased some stress but there were the importance of professor Powell’s
more challenging. no stakes associated,” said Powell. research.
“It is possible to be able to train However, while teaching “Research in the field of industrial
people to more accurately detect interviewers to pick up on organizational psychology is critical
some personality traits, [but] some vulnerability to stress proved to ensuring that the right people are
traits are easier to teach than others,” difficult, the study did generate some hired for the right jobs,” Estevez-
said Powell. unintended beneficial results. Rossouw explained. “Interviews are
Powell focused on traits that “People scored more accurately particularly important in the hiring
were consistently valued as useful on some traits I didn’t necessarily process, as in many cases, they can
for the position, in this case a bank train them on,” Powell explained. be the determining factor when
manager trainee. Her research Participants that had been choosing between two otherwise
focused on assertiveness, self- trained specifically on picking up equally qualified job applicants.”
discipline and vulnerability to stress. assertiveness and self-discipline While it might be intimidating
While interviewers were easily able also did a better job at identifying to think that employers are getting
to detect assertiveness and self- the facets of conscientiousness and a leg up on future employees, don’t
discipline, reading a person’s reaction extroversion. fret, help is coming.
to stress proved more difficult. While these four personality “This research benefits
One cause of this finding might traits consist of only a small portion interviewees as well,” said Esteves-
be that the stress induced in the of what employers need to know Rossouw. “A better understanding
experimental mock interviews was about their prospective employees, of the interview process hopefully
not proportional to the stress of an studies like these are undoubtedly showcases their desirable traits.”

THE ONTARION 161.9
5 days for the homeless
U of G students see
what it feels like to
be homeless
LAURA SHEP
Every one of us has passed
homeless people in the streets, often
without a second glance. Just take
a moment to imagine the pain and
indignity of falling asleep in subzero
temperatures, your body pressed
against the hard, wet, abrasive
pavement that has come to signify
home. It is sure to make many
uncomfortable, but very few of us
can claim to truly know the struggle
for survival that homeless people
face every day.
But on Mar. 14, five business
students from the University of
Guelph embarked on a challenge
called “5 Days for the Homeless,”
providing a glimpse into the struggles
afflicting over 33, 000 Canadians
who suffer from homelessness on a
daily basis.
“5 Days for the Homeless,” is an
initiative that takes place at over 20
universities across Canada, helping
to raise money and awareness
of homelessness on a local and
national scale. For the five volunteer
participants at Guelph, the rules
are strict: they must sleep outdoors
on campus (at Branion plaza, near
Transit referendum results still unknown
Students must wait
on the fate of their
bus pass for the GSA
elections to finish
NICOLE ELSASSER
Along with the Central Student
Association (CSA) election
results, two of three referendum
questions presented to students
have also be decided. While two
of the referendum questions, one
requesting a fee of 27 cents to go
towards the initiatives of Global
Vets, and the other requesting a
discontinuation of bottled water
sales at the Bullring, passed with a
high majority, the results of how U
of G students voted on the future
of transit has yet to be revealed.
The transit question that
Results of CSA candidate elections
Nick Stepanov Demetria Jackson
Alexander Moore Timmie Fortier
None of the above None of the above
Abstain Abstain
40.82%
Unofficial results courtesy of the CSA
Jeff Peters
Ally Rogin and Suba Naganathan are among the U of G students who
have committed to being homeless for five days. They are not allowed
to leave the campus, and the only food they are allowed to eat must be
donated.
the cannon), and cannot purchase donated from people who pass by. If
anything for the five consecutive no one makes a contribution, they
days of the event. will go hungry. They are also required
In other words, the only food to remain on campus the entire
these students will be allowed to five days, as well as attend classes
consume over the 120 hours must be and maintain employment and
appeared on the undergraduate concern; they will be revealed after
election ballot asked students the graduate students finish their
whether they would agree to voting.
increase the price they pay for a “The results are being withheld
universal transit pass each semester so to not skew the results of the
from $61.63 per semester to graduate voting because with
$82.15 per semester, with a smaller student fees like this, it’s treated as
customary scheduled increase each the entire student population,” said
year. The increase was determined Fick. “We add up the total numbers
through negotiations between for grads and undergrads…the
the CSA, the Graduate Student graduates currently don’t have a
Association (GSA) and the quorum on their voting and so
university administration with the whatever results they contribute
city. According to Galen Fick, the to the results, it will be official…
local affairs commissioner for the Once those are available then the
CSA, the deal is fair considering whole sum will be released.”
the improvements and changes the While it will be several weeks
city has made to the transit system before the results of the graduate
for U of G students. student’s vote are known, Fick is
Fick told the Ontarion that the optimistic that U of G students
results remaining undisclosed at will be able to keep their universal
present should not be a cause for bus pass.
Denise Martins Anastasia Zavarella
Curtis Batuszkin Shaun Karey-
None of the above McKenna
Abstain None of the above
Abstain
45.10% 41.31% 38.48%
extracurricular activity schedules.
Jessica Brandon-Jepp, a first-
year international development and
political science student participating
in this initiative, said her desire for
empathy was the main reason for
taking part in the event.
“I want to gain a better
understanding of what it is like to
be homeless, and I think the only
way to do that is to put yourself in
that situation,” said Brandon-Jepp.
“I also want to share the message
with other people that homelessness
is a huge problem and dispel the
commonly held belief that homeless
people are just lazy people. I want to
show my family and friends that it is
really difficult and hopefully inspire
other people to take a second look at
their lives.”
Julien Jacques, a fourth-year
commerce student, was one of the
five participants two years ago and
has helped to promote and organize
the event in previous years.
“We were sleeping in minus
20 degree weather. By the fourth
day, I could barely speak, I couldn’t
focus enough to study, couldn’t pay
attention in class….we couldn’t even
shower,” said Jacques. “It really made
me realize how difficult it would be for
a homeless person to get themselves
out of these circumstances, to get a
[job] interview offer anywhere. They
“I put a lot of effort into
campaigning, getting awareness
out there,” said Fick. “I think many
people were very aware of the issue
and had opinions and knew they
were going to vote on it… The
majority of people I was speaking
to were keen and saying ‘It’s an
amazing deal still, even if we
have to pay a bit more.’ But there
were people saying that they were
opposed to it and I encouraged
them just as much to get the word
out and get their vote out and tell
their friends to vote.”
Despite the widespread
concern about the transit issue
when it first reared its head back
in December, the CSA explained
that the number of students that
actually voted was just over 24 per
cent.
Kevin Bowman
Shireen Noble
Roisin Lyder
None of the above
Abstain
28.82%
NEWS
5
need someone to help them get out
of this.”
Jacques recalled a touching
story from his experience two years
ago when a local woman came out
the first night of the initiative and
brought the volunteers each a foot-
long Subway sandwich.
“It really moved me, and showed
me how giving people are at the
university,” he said.
Another woman generously
came out one day to donate coffee to
each participant, and upon speaking
to her, Jacques and his fellow
participants learned that the woman
had overcome the challenges of
homelessness as a youth and now
had a home to return to at the end
of each day.
The donations from “5 Days
for the Homeless” go towards
Wyndham house, a local shelter
that provides co-operative housing
to youth. Everyone is encouraged to
donate in support of these ambitious
students. Pledges can be made in
person at Branion Plaza or online
at the website www.guelph.5days.
ca, where participants will also
be keeping a daily blog of their
thoughts and experiences. Food
donations are also encouraged. Don’t
forget that donated food is the only
nourishment they will receive for
this entire week of classes.
According to Fick, the CSA
has made an effort to engage the
student population, no time more
so than with the transit issue,
but has had a difficult time even
getting quarom on student voting.
“I think, in large part, that
people don’t realize that the bus
pass, the health and dental [plan],
the Bullring, the clubs, food bank,
bike centre. There’s a lot of stuff we
do that doesn’t have CSA stamped
on it,” said Fick. “People don’t
realize that that’s a lot of what we
do for them and so I think a lot of
people just see the politics of it and
don’t necessarily feel as engaged
with that part of it.”
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Wanted: more female engineers

Research chair seeks
to promote female
interest in the sciences
and engineering
ALDIS BRENNAN
In 1996, the Natural Sciences
and Engineering Research Council
(NSERC) created five research
chairs dedicated to the promotion
of female interest in the natural
sciences and engineering. As of
2003, Valerie Davidson, a professor
of engineering at the University of
Guelph, became the chairholder
for the Ontario region, and was
renewed in her position in 2008.
Davidson, as the Chair for Women
in Science and Engineering-
Ontario (CWSE-ON), believes
that this initiative can correct many
of the stereotypes people hold in
relation to engineering and the
sciences.
“A lot of the things that
prevent women from moving into
studies in these areas or careers are
societal,” said Davidson. “[Women]
aren’t encouraged to explore them
in exciting ways. Science and
engineering careers are changing
and I don’t know that young women
or their parents know about these
changes.”
Davidson said she encounters
these sorts of stereotypes, even
among the young women she is
working with.
“The first reaction I get from a
lot of young women is that ‘oh no,
I wouldn’t do that,’ when you show
them how they might solder a
resistor onto a circuit or work with
a robot. They actually quite enjoy it
and they do some pretty interesting
and creative things with robots that
young men would not do,” she said.
That women may come up with
different solutions to problems,
or focus their research towards
different areas, is a large part of why
Davidson believes it is important
for women to participate in these
fields.
“These are areas where people
create technologies and solutions for
everyday problems and if you only
have one particular type of person
designing them then they may not
suit everyone,” said Davidson.
Davidson and her team run a
number of programs in order to
address the involvement of women.
One program is ‘Go ENG GIRL,’
along with a French equivalent,
which provides girls from grades
7-10 with the knowledge that
science and math can be fun and
rewarding. Davidson and her team
are involved in similar programs
from the elementary to post-
graduate levels.
Davidson believes that the
effectiveness of the CWSE-ON is
seen in the number of women and
parents that have been engaged in
the program.
“We’ve certainly reached a lot of
students; I think the numbers over
female
32.25%
University of Guelph
A lot of the things
male
that prevent women
from moving into
studies in these
areas or careers are
societal. [Women]
aren’t encouraged
to explore them in female
36.17%
exciting ways, science Ontario universities total
and engineering male
careers are changing
and I don’t know that
young women or their Data source: CUDO
parents know about Ratio of female to male professors at Guelph and across Ontario.
these changes.
said. in engineering and this also points
Valerie Davidson She also added that while it is to the effectiveness of the CWSE-
Research chair and U of G difficult to tell how much influence ON and similar programs like it.
professor of engineering these programs have, female “I see posters or sometimes
enrolment in engineering and students from high school, more of
science is rising. whom are girls, coming to visit that
Homayoun Motiee, a visiting know more about engineering and
the entire program are probably engineering professor at the are trying to pursue their studies in
well over 25, 000 students and in University of Guelph, has noticed engineering, that’s a good program,”
total, more like 39,000 people,” she an increase in female involvement she said.

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“It just sort of happened by accident really.”
ZACK MACRAE
In the late 1960s, Bob Dylan
was just about to go on a world tour
and was looking for a backing band
to help him with his transition
from folkie to rocker. After hearing
of a tight, rock, rhythm and blues
group from Toronto who would
later be known as The Band, Dylan
was sold. The Band joined Dylan
on tour for a number of years and
greatly influenced his sound both
on albums and on stage.
In 2010, Zeus is to Jason
Collett what The Band was to
Dylan 40 years ago.
Working out of Toronto, the
four long time friends believe
in the value of hard work and
are seldom caught without their
instruments.
It seems that Zeus is everywhere
lately. Whether it’s putting on
free shows in records stores, or
appearing in the production
credits of several of the years
most anticipated Canadian indie
albums, including Jason Collett’s
Rat A Tat Tat. The band lives and
breaths music.
On March 11, the Bonfire Ball
tour came to Guelph. Consisting of
Zeus, Bahamas and Jason Collett,
the tour has all three groups
playing their music together in
one giant mixed tape. In the three
hours that the show ran for, the
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audience was privy to more of a
jam session among friends than a
typical three set concert.
Under low lighting, in a booth
at eBar I talked to Mike O’Brien,
singer and guitar player for Zeus,
before he hit the stage. Turns out,
O’Brien and the rest of Zeus are
really into vinyl and have a love for
the authenticity of the 1970s.
The following is a conversation
I had with O’Brien that ended
when he heard the rest of the
group on stage, starting one of
their songs.
The Ontarion: Zeus has been
going through a lot of firsts
lately. For starters, you guys
just put out your first album Say
Us. Was making this album a
natural process? How did it come
together?
Mike O’Brien: It started with
Carlin and I demoing songs. The
first two songs on the record were
the first two songs that Carlin
[Nicholosn] and I recorded
together. So we just kind of
started recording these tunes with
nothing much in mind. Then Neil
[Quin] came along, so we started
recording some of his tunes and it
suddenly became a band with an
album. It just sort of happened by
accident really. We got to the point
were we said, these songs are really
starting to fit together and it feels
like a record. So we just became
really focused on putting together
a record and wanted to make the
best record we could. Luckily,
Jason was really into it and he sort
of championed it to the Arts &
Crafts people.
TO: I heard you guys did
something interesting with the
mastering aspect of the album.
MO: The Mp3s are all ripped
directly from the vinyl, so when
you download it from iTunes, or
buy the vinyl and get the digital
download card, all the Mp3s that
you put on your iPod or computer
are ripped directly from the vinyl.
So they have a vinyl sound. We
tested them against the digital
Mp3s that you would import from
the CD and there is a noticeable
difference. We just think it sounds
cool and it’s the closest you can
get to the sound of vinyl without a
record player. You get better sound
and the pops and crackles. It’s a
little warmer, and vinyl just pushes
different frequencies.
TO: When you guys released
the album why did you say vinyl
before CD?
MO: Just for the same reasons
why you love vinyl, you know.
We like it, our music sounds best
on vinyl. And vinyl is making a
comeback especially within the
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niche that indie bands are in. So MO: Physically, I didn’t do
why not take that opportunity? very much, I wasn’t doing sit-ups
I feel like CDs are useless now. or anything like that [laughs]. We
It’s like, if you want to listen to have just been rehearsing it a lot
something at home you have and trying to tweak it. We are still
vinyl and if you want to hear it tweaking it. Last night was the
on your iPod you have the digital first show of the tour and we are
download. Why would you buy a still really trying to hammer out
CD? the perfect set list. Because it really
TO: What’s your favorite is hard to transition back and forth
album? between each artists respective
MO: Wow, there are so songs and make it seem cohesive
many really. I often pull out Joni and flow nicely. I guess it’s kind of
Mitchell’s Blue. It’s the first one I like putting together a mixed tape.
thought of, it definitely takes me TO: What’s the best part
back to a certain point in my life. about being Jason Collett’s
Musicians like that are so rare in backing band?
this day and age. To see someone MO: Well, I’ve played with
like that who is just like such a him for about five years, so I’ve
raw, natural talent is a rare thing just had a lot of fun developing
these days. the sideman role. Now it’s kind of
TO: With the Bonfire Ball, different cause it feels like there
you guys are playing almost are five lead singers in one band on
constantly for three hours. How this tour, so it’s kind of cool.
did you prepare for this marathon
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The planter’s itch
Tre e p l a n t i ng : a
rugged culture where
anything goes
ZACK MACRAE
Why would anyone want to go
to Hornepayne? A small northern
Ontario town of 1,200 people, the
isolated community was established
when the Canadian Northern
Railway’s transcontinental line was
built through the area. Hornepayne,
for the greater part of the year, is a
sleepy northern Ontario community
where there isn’t much to do and not
much to see except an abundance of
pine and spruce trees.
But for three months in the
summer the outskirts of Hornepayne
plays host to a motley crew of
visitors who know the trials of the
harsh northern environment.
Steffen Bergen plants trees
for three months out of the year
and recalls his experience in
Hornepayne.
“We had people who would wake
up in their tents in the morning and
couldn’t open their eyes because the
black flies had bitten them so many
times through the night,” he said.
Tree planters are a unique breed.
Often nomadic, a planter spends a
great deal of time in an environment
that is totally removed from the
regiment of the everyday. They
live in the bush, work in the most
rugged environments, and endure
harsh mental and physical strain on
a daily basis.
Bergen recalls Hornepayne as
one of the most intense experiences
of his life. Carrying a 25 pound bag
of young pine saplings on either
side, Bergen is expected to plant
Death country meets university town
Elliot Brood shows
us a new kind of
country
JOSH DOYLE
How do you take a group of
musicians from Toronto, with a
lead vocalist who sometimes plays
the banjo, a guitar player who
sometimes plays a ukulele, and a
drummer who sometimes plays on
suitcases, and make them a success
everywhere from the Vancouver
2010 Olympics to Austin, TX?
You create a new genre of music,
and you call it “death country.”
At least that’s what Canadian
band Elliott Brood has done,
and its been working for them so
far. After a successful run at the
SXSW festival in Austin, TX,
Canadian trio Elliott Brood drops
into Guelph’s Club Vinyl Thursday,
March 25.
The band consists of lead
vocalist Mark Sasso, guitar player
Casey Laforet and percussionist
Stephen Pitkin. They broke onto
the scene in 2006 with their album
Tin Type, at that point being
pinned as “alternative country,”
before they could correctly label
themselves. Stand out tracks from
that effort include “Oh, Alberta,”
A group of tree planters wait to board a helicopter that will take them to their planting block in a remote
area in Whitecourt, AB.
trees over and under the leftovers of
a recent logging extraction. It’s no
walk in the park. The sun is beaming,
and Bergen sweats as he plunges tree
after tree into the ground, a motion
that is by now, second nature.
Physically, he is being tested every
time he doubles over to plant a tree,
but mentally, Bergen is tested by the
constant hum of black flies circling
his head. Apparently, the swarm is
the worst that the locals have seen
in 40 years.
“The bugs would get in
underneath your gloves or your
sleeves and bite anything that they
a song that exemplifies their
attention to country style music,
while displaying their interest in
branching away from that genre.
It’s also a great tune if you want to
hear all your favourite Canadian
locations mentioned for their
charming traits.
Since Tin Type, the band,
which originated when Casey and
Mark left Windsor for Toronto,
has been producing A-grade
material.
In their short musical career,
Elliott Brood has been nominated
for several awards including the
Roots & Traditional album of the
Year in both 2006 and 2009, as well
as the sought after Polaris Prize
for Best Canadian album. As an
award that considers only artistic
merit and cares not a stitch about
how many albums sold, it’s quite
an honour to even be considered.
They walked away winners of the
Rising Star Award in 2006 for
their album Ambassador.
Ambassador was the first full-
length album they released, and
it met with great reception from
fans and critics alike. This album
featured some unique and personal
history about the band, including
the title. It was chosen after the
Ambassador Bridge that connects
could,” says Bergen. “It was constant.
I’d finish my bags and sprint for
100 meters and stop, and for two
seconds, I’d have peace and quite.”
So why would anyone put
themselves through such torment?
Like many planters who are
labeled as tree hugging hippies
intent on saving the environment,
Hil Coburn, a third year planter,
cites a more immediate reason for
returning year after year.
“My two motivations for going
back this summer are the people and
money,” she says.
Monetary gain is an important
Elliott Brood will be in Guelph at Club Vinyl on March 25 to play
songs in the genre that they originated: “death country.”
Windsor to Michigan, a suiting
metaphor for their transitional
style.
Their third album Mountain
Meadows is another full length
MAR. 18 - 24, 2010
Brad Halt
factor in piece work where a
worker’s pay is based on their own
self motivated practices.
Many tree planting websites,
and experienced planters, talk about
a need for strong motivation when
planting, that an agenda concerning
the environment, although valid, is
not enough to keep you going. Most
planters, although conscious of the
positive impact that they have on the
environment, are more concerned
with the cash amount that they get
per tree planted.
“My motivation is money,”
says Bergen. “Some come back
Courtesy
LP, and it’s the one the band had
shortlisted for a Polaris Prize for in
2009. Although they haven’t put
anything out since 2008, the band
has been delivering imposing live
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because they are concerned with the
environment, but for me that’s not
important really.”
Around this time of year, many
veteran tree planters start to feel the
weight of the cities that they live
in and the pressure that life brings.
They get excited for the bush. They
get the “planter’s itch.”
“You get the itch to get out and
leave your civilized existence of text
books and computers,” says Coburn.
“That annual escape from the normal
day to day reality is something that
is really important to a lot of tree
planters.”
For some, planting becomes a
lifestyle. Many wait for those three
months in the summer when tents
take the place of apartment buildings
and the stars at night are a welcome
substitute for city street lights.
For anyone who enjoys adventure
in a natural environment, it’s easy to
see the appeal of the rugged planter’s
existence.
Planters work harder in three
months then most do all year, but
the aspects of the culture that don’t
involve putting trees in the ground
are what keeps them coming back.
“The experience you get out there
is pretty life changing,” says Bergen.
“You work hard and you party hard.
I don’t think the Ontarion could
print most of the things that happen
on party night.”
Coburn is thankful for her time
in the bush. “I met such a great
group of friends out there,” she says.
“It doesn’t matter where you’re from,
how old you are, or what you do in
the off-season, for three months in
the summer you’re a tree planter.”
At the end of the day there’s always
a hot meal and your sleeping bag.
performances all over the world.
With their gritty country
twang in songs that are perfect to
sing around a campfire with beer
in hand, I wouldn’t hesitate to
call these guys an ideal Canadian
band.
Their unique sound is a
combination of three artists
obviously dedicated to their
crafts. Lead vocalist Mark Sasso’s
memorable voice sounds like
the result of smoking too many
cigars and yelling all night. Tracks
like “Without Again,” which hit
number one on CBC radio in 2008,
showcase Mark and Casey’s strong
vocal performances, and Stephen
Pitkin’s suitcase percussion is
second to none; literally, because
no one else is doing it.
If you consider yourself a
supporter of Canadian music
you probably already know this
is a must see, and if your a fan of
music in general, Elliot Brood’s
performance on March 25 at Vinyl
isn’t one you should be missing.

THE ONTARION 161.9
Featured artist: Stefan Herda
Stefan Herda is a painter who
likes to put himself through hell.
Working with water colours, he
creates complex and intricately
detailed paintings that he
painstakingly creates. His work
is both engaging and interesting,
with a practice that is based on
experimentation creating not only
the work but also referencing the
old school practice of creating his
own pigments.
The archival instability of his
home made pigments brings the
work into a transitional state. This
technique allows Herda to add
a third dimension into his work,
time. This is a pretty wild idea and
a unique and fresh way to think
about painting. Moreover, it’s also
a beautifully subtle critique of the
institution; a quite, ‘fuck you’ to the
intense archival obsession of the
museum system. The use of these
transitional pigments displaces the
painting from time and allows it to
float within outside of space and
time. Totally some crazy sci-fi shit,
but completely theoretical and
beautiful.
Recently, Herda has been
“exploring archaic and romantic
painting conventions in order
to bring his practice as a
representational painter in new
territory.” He has been using the
forgotten and overwhelmingly
complex Kowloon city, which was
a ramshackle, lawless city in Hong
Kong that has been demolished.
His use of these temporary dyes
and colours results in a futile sense
of sustainability and ecology within
these otherwise unsustainable
urban environments. The fragility
of these seemingly permanent
structures is something that cannot
readily experience in real time
but occurs around us constantly.
-Miles Stemp
From top to bottom:
Detroit fin, Mirrors fin, Mexico fin
JASON COLLETT
RAT A TAT TAT
It’s been a long time coming
for 42-year-old Torontonian
Jason Collett. After working with
the likes of Andrew Cash and
Hawksley Workman in the 90s,
teaming up with the epic Broken
Social Scene (BSS) crew and
four solo albums later, he should
be proud of his success. Like
the proud father Collett is, he’s
watched his backing band, Zeus,
emerge into their own, and had
them do the production for his
new album. Indeed, Collett is
famous enough to get invited to
play at the big wig indie festivals
like SXSW (Austin, TX) and get
a nod of recognition from the
critic tycoons over at Pitchfork, yet
humble enough to play Guelph’s
eBar on a Thursday night for $12
and a can of food for the CSA food
bank. His modesty shows on his
new album, Rat A Tat Tat (RATT).
Like any good folk album, Collett
doesn’t take himself too seriously
and there isn’t a shred of ego.
Throughout RATT, Collett
comfortably recreates genres
popular in the late 60s and early
70s in many forms. On “High
Summer,” he’s The Beatles circa
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts
Club Band, on “Long May You
Love” he’s Van Morrison circa
Moondance, there’s some Robbie
Robertson (The Band) in there and
you don’t have to be a music critic
to hear the influence of Bob Dylan
in just about everything Collett
sings. I’m certainly not the first to
make the Dylan comparison, but
on RATT it’s to the point where
one starts to wonder if Collett is
trying a little too hard or if that
really could be his natural singing
voice.
There are two songs that
standout against the otherwise easy
listening that Collett has created.
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The first is the radio-friendly track
“Love Is A Dirty Word.” The
track may be pop, but comes with
enough intellectual metaphor to be
considered an Arts & Crafts single.
The second is “Bitch City,” which
most closely mirrors a BSS sound
and effectively serves as the title
track with “rat a tat tat” backing
vocals. However, it’s hard to say if
this is what Collett brings to BSS,
or if this is Collett doing his best
impression of BSS. With already
one other Winnipeg diss song, I
can only imagine what city Collett
is sing about in “Bitch City.” One
thing is certain: the themes of love
and Candiana are well represented
throughout. And with just these
two tracks, you can get a pretty
good feel for the album.
At just under 40 minutes, RATT
serves as a perfect hors d’œuvre for
BSS’s highly anticipated album
dropping May 4. Coincidently,
west coast Canadian indie moguls,
The New Pornographers, are also
releasing their new album on
the same day. Now all we need
is Arcade Fire to release on that
day (their album is due this year)
and maybe CBC3 will implode,
not to mention it would be the
ultimate Vancouver vs. Toronto vs.
Montreal showdown.
Notable Tracks:
“Rave On Sad Song”, “Bitch City”,
“Vanderpool Vanderpool”
Listeners May Also Enjoy:
Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde,
Wilco – S/T
Next Sound Check:
She & Him – Volume Two
-Daniel Wright
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Mainstage production RUR set to hit the stage

JOSH DOYLE
“It’s about technology, and it’s
about how if it’s not utilized wisely,
technology can get out of control
and cause damage. Do you think
that’s still relevant?” he said.
Director and professor, Jerrard
Smith confronted the Ontarion
with this question during a recent
interview about this year’s Mainstage
theatre performance. The play is
called Rossum’s Universal Robots
or RUR, and is an adaptation of the
original that was written 90 years
ago. Karel Capek, a Czech writer
who to this day is noted for his
influential work, wrote the original
script in 1920. Like many influential Courtesy
minds, he was author whose work Jerrard Smith’s adaptation of Karel Capek’s Rossum’s Universal Robots plays in the George Luscombe theatre from Monday March 22 until
was also a social commentary. Saturday March 27
Karel’s piece is perhaps known most
prominently for its coining of the and direct a play about robots from socially, as human beings,” said Jerrard. students from getting involved with “There’s a challenge as a professor
popular phrase “robot,” a term that 1920, and still entertain audiences The play’s relevance to modern the highly anticipated RUR, Jerrard running the acting course and the
forms the backbone of the play. nearly a century later? As Jerrard society wasn’t the only motivation maintains the utmost faith in his production course.”
“To what extent are we turning explained, yes you can, but certain behind Jerrard’s choosing Karel’s robot actors and crew. Considering his previous
into robots because of the way we’re changes have to be made. story for this year’s performance. It “The actors are great. I think experience and the interesting nature
being used by technology?” Jerrard “Historically the robots were turns out real people had something it’s a question of allowing them to of the play, this year’s mainstage
asked in regard to the play. “It’s all much more mechanical … The stage to do with his decision. become more aware of their ability could make for quite a performance.
around us. We can’t do anything adaptations have always had the “People are writing these days to move, and use that ability to move In order to attend, Jerrard asks
without the involvement of modern robots in tinfoil and mechanical stuff. for casts of three or four actors to help tell the story,” he added. He that you, “Please enter your ten
technology.” We’re making our robots much more because it’s cost prohibitive to put also mentioned the versatile nature digit access code.” Or if you’re
The production explores the human, and our humans are a little on a production with a large cast. of the script as a pivotal point in still hanging on to some kind of
increasing influence of technology robotic.” I wanted to give as many people helping the production go smoothly. humanity, come out to the George
in our lives as humans, and This is a welcome change acting experience as possible,” said “I’ve got women playing men, Luscombe theatre in person to see
questions whether or not we can considering the bombardment of Jerrard. This is a reminder that it men playing women. I’m not doing this year’s Mainstage production.
avoid becoming products of the robot characters Hollywood has takes real people to make theatre it to make a point, it just works that Doors open this Monday, March
technology we’ve produced. introduced in the last century. The happen. But, as Jerrard ironically way.” Jerrard wouldn’t be the first to 22 at 8pm, and close after the final
Karel Capek was one of the idea of tin men with square heads pointed out, getting enough people employ this technique, and it’s had performance, Saturday March 27.
earliest science fiction writers, and light up eyes just isn’t cutting it became part of the problem. great success in the past. But where Eight dollars will get you in the door
leading the development of the anymore. Jerrard’s production focuses “We’ve got a rule in the his techniques may be based on past for a Monday to Wednesday show.
genre. This is perhaps why his play is more on the idea of humans acting as department that you can’t work on success, Jerrard’s directing students Primetime, however is Thursday to
still as relevant today as it was on the robots. two productions at the same time,” is uncharted territory. Saturday, and it will cost you $10 to
first day it opened, arguably more so. “We’re being dehumanized as he explained. Although a fourth “It’s the first time I’ve directed get in. Contact Michael Boterman
But in 2010, can one really produce consumers, as people who interact year ensemble project kept many a student production,” he says. in Massey Hall for tickets.

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THE ONTARION 161.9
New positional challenges for Gryphons star
Intent on prolonging
h i s c a re e r, D u n k
finds himself on the
receiving end of the
pass
MIKE TREADGOLD
The pattern was simple: a 10-yard
in-route. The receiver runs 10 yards
downfield, plants his feet, turns and
runs 90 degrees across the middle
to catch the pass. It requires precise
timing and often leaves the receiver
open to be hit. It’s a pattern that
Justin Dunk has literally executed
thousands of times in his life.
As a quarterback.
But on Friday, at the National
Invitational Combine (NIC) in
Toronto, Dunk was on the other
end of the now not-so-familiar
in-pattern. He was trying out as a
receiver. It’s a new position, a new
challenge, but for the graduating
Gryphons quarterback, it might be
his best chance to make it at the
next level.
For five years as a Gryphon,
Dunk was known for his athleticism
and versatility, being able to not
only make plays with his arm, but
also with his legs. He’s not your
prototypical quarterback: the big,
tall, gun-slinger; but rather, he’s
a pure athlete, who quite simply,
moves the football.
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terms of an offer, leaving Dunk to
try to impress once again on Friday.
The NIC is an event hosted by
TSN analyst and former CFLer
Duane Forde. It is an opportunity
for Canadian University players,
who were not invited to the formal
CFL Evaluation Camp, to try out in
front of league personnel. The event
was run like any other combine,
with player drills, coaching and
interviews.
Dunk was the only player invited
to both the NIC and the E-Camp,
where he tried out as a quarterback,
replacing injured Western Mustangs
pivot Michael Faulds. Dunk’s fellow
teammate, linebacker Matt Rossetti,
was also granted an invitation to
Friday’s combine.
Despite being undersized at
5’11” and 207 pounds, Rossetti
performed well. He showed quick
feet in the agility drills, the ability to
shed blockers in one-on-ones, and
responded well to coaching advice.
Mike Treadgold With two remaining years of OUA
Justin Dunk (left) reaches out for a pass during receiver drills at eligibility, Rossetti’s work ethic and
Friday’s National Invitational Combine in Toronto. skill set make him an intriguing
prospect going forward.
In recognition of this virtually he has been trying to become In watching Dunk take part
unparalleled athleticism, Dunk was increasingly familiar with in the in the receiver drills on Friday, his
invited to Friday’s NIC to try out past year. Last year at this time, the nervousness at the position was
at a new position, with Canadian Toronto Argonauts and BC Lions apparent early on. Showing slight
Football League coaches and scouts both awarded him a tryout – albeit, apprehension during the initial
attentively watching. without pads – at the position. While drills, Dunk took time between reps
While playing receiver is indeed both teams were impressed with his to go over technique with Waterloo
new to Dunk, it is a position that athleticism, nothing transpired in Warriors receivers coach Carl
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Zender, who offered insight on body
positioning and receiver technique.
“After I caught a few balls and got
my bearings, I realized that I could
play with these [other receivers],”
said Dunk. “[Carl Zender] and I
have developed a nice relationship
over the years and he just wants
to see guys get better, regardless of
what school they’re from.”
After a few sessions with Zender
and a handful of reps, Dunk started
to come into his own, despite his
lack of familiarity at the position.
“He really helped tinker with a
few things that I need to work on to
get better,” said Dunk of his work
with Zender. “I was able to use his
suggestions in some of the later reps
and it worked well.”
One of the highlights of his
performance came during a rep of
the aforementioned 10-yard in-
route. Dunk exploded off the line
of scrimmage, streaking down the
left side. Coming to a quick halt,
he planted, 10 yards downfield and
turned inwards, creating space from
the defensive back. The throw came
in high, and as Dunk reached up
for the grab, the pursuing defensive
player cut Dunk’s legs from
underneath him. Both players hit
the ground, but most importantly,
Dunk held onto the ball. His fellow
receivers voiced their support.
Dunk just smiled. It was all
starting to click.

Gryphon men are the class of the country

SARAH DUNSTAN
After a weekend of breathtaking
competition, the Guelph Gryphons
departed the CIS Track and Field
Championships in Windsor with
fists full of medals and hearts full of
glory.
The Gryphons entered the
St. Denis Centre on Saturday in
first place and managed to emerge
victorious against the Lancers in
the men’s overall standings, beating
out Windsor by a single point
wih a final score of 86 points. The
Gryphon women also did well,
placing fourth overall among 18
different universities, with a total of
59 points.
The rivalry between Windsor
and Guelph has been historically
intense, with 38 of the past 40
CIS track and field championships
being won by either the Lancers or
the Gryphons. Head coach Dave
Scott-Thomas said the rivalry is
strong, but still very much friendly
and positive. Both schools boast
top-notch programs, with Guelph’s
current team consisting of over 20
athletes that are, or have been, on
national teams.
Scott-Thomas was also awarded
the CIS men’s coach of the year at
the championships.
“It’s a team award, to be honest,”
he said. “If it was a physical award,
I’d break it up into 30 pieces and
give a piece to all the staff, athletes,
assistant coaches who helped make
the tournament a success.”
Dustin McCrank built on his
silver medal from 2009 by bringing
home gold in 2010 in the men’s
weight throw. With his second gold
medal in consecutive days, Kyle
Boorsma grabbed gold in the men’s
1500m, having won the 3000m race
the day before. The men’s 4x800m
team also fared well, finishing with
silver. Robert Jackson picked up
bronze in the 1500m race, Guyson
Kuruneri scored bronze in men’s
long jump, and Tim Hendry was
awarded bronze in shot put. Jason
Diston, who won bronze in the
men’s pentathlon, was also awarded
CIS male rookie of the year.
The women’s team is still ranked
fourth in the country, and because of
the program’s high standards, placing
below the podium is considered a
blow to the Gryphons. Despite the
fact that this year’s women’s team
consisted of many rookie athletes,
Scott-Thomas said that prior to the
event, he believed that the women’s
team had a shot at a podium
position.
“Part of the challenge as a coach
is getting both the [men’s and
women’s teams] up there,” he said.
Star Gryphon Rachel Cliff
entered the competition ranked
second in the women’s 1500m
and 3000m distances. Up against
Megan Brown from the University
of Toronto, who has dominated
CIS cross-country for the past three
years, Cliff took off like a bat out of
hell to win the 3000m race, earning
All-Canadian honour in track and
field. Her victory in the 3000m
was the third consecutive year that
a Gryphon woman has taken the
title. In the 1500m, Cliff ’s aggressive
style fell just short against Brown,
with the U of T runner taking the
If it was a physical
award, I’d break it up
into 30 pieces and give
a piece to all the staff,
athletes, assistant coaches
who helped make the
tournament a success.”
– head coach Dave Scott-
Thomas, after being named
CIS men’s coach of the year.
Dave Scott-Thomas
Gryphon’s track and field head
coach
lead during the final lap and never
looking back. Cliff held on tight, and
managed to secure the silver medal,
with a finishing time 4:25.32. Sarah
Peirce also played a critical role in
the Gryphons success by winning
silver for the women’s 60m dash.
Beyond the awards banquet, the
CIS track and field season is over, but
for the dedicated athletes involved
in Guelph’s elite program, there is
zero downtime. Guelph is one of the
few schools that offers a full summer Mundo Images
schedule, with Gryphons hitting the Kyle Boorsma (right) spent most of the weekend ahead of the pack, en
track to compete again in mid-April. route to a pair of CIS gold medals.
An interrogation with the new CSA line-up: the results are in!
After a period of campaigning and students voting, the Central Student Association (CSA) has released the unofficial results of the candidate elections. While
the results still need to be ratified by the CSA board of directors at their meeting on March 24, U of G students voted and chose their five executives for the
2010/2011 academic years. To give Ontarion readers a chance to get to know the individuals who will be representing them in student political office, each of the
new executives were asked questions aimed to give students an idea of what they can expect once the new CSA assumes office.
Nick Stepanov
Human Resources & Operations Commissioner
1. What will be your first priority upon assuming
office as the Human Resources & Operations
Commissioner?
My first priority would be to ensure a smooth transition between
the outgoing and incoming Executive. Tasks, projects, and ideas
should not come to a halt or be lost due to turnover. Lessons
learned should not have to be re-learnt. We will carry and build
upon the existing momentum. I have been working closely with
the outgoing Executive all year and will continue to do so. Waiting
to assume office is assuming this is just a job. However, helping to
make student life better is something I started my first day here.
2. Possibly the most highly publicized issue
relating to the Human Resources & Operations C
ommissioner’s portfolio was the changes made
to the CSA’s employment equity policy. With
these changes, how will you work to ensure that
diversity is maintained in the CSA in the coming
year?
I believe that the changes made to the CSA’s Employment Equity
policies were made in the right direction. We will continue to
conduct ongoing research into our hiring and employment practices
to ensure that the CSA is meeting our mandate of establishing a
diverse environment. As part of my portfolio, I will also develop and
conduct anti-oppression training in accordance with our by-laws
and policy.
3. What do you think will be the most challenging
part of your position?
The biggest challenges are usually the ones that one cannot
foresee. Always taking that extra step or extra minute to think is
one way to stay as prepared as possible. The big task ahead that
I do see clearly is one that has always happened in the past. The
incoming Executive is made of five individual portfolios, however
we’re one team. We must do our utmost to work together and
effectively, to assist one another and to support each other. I am
confident that this year’s Executive will do just that.
Demetria Jackson
Communications & Corporate Affairs Commissioner
1. What is your first priority upon assuming
office?
My first priority is to familiarize myself within the executive position by
becoming familiar with the administrative and ‘behind the scenes’
duties of the Communications Commissioner. Once I have that
down, I’ll be able to get to the fun stuff – decreasing student apathy,
and increasing CSA transparency!
2. Where do you think the position of
Communications and Corporate Affairs needs
the most improvement in its execution? How do
you plan to enact this improvement?
As I have mentioned during my campaign, the actual execution of
getting the important information out to students needs the most
improvement. As you have heard on numerous occasions, I plan to
improve this by using weekly podcasts to inform, address concerns
and questions, and increase student awareness. You will always
know what’s going on in your student union.
3. The Communication and Corporate Affairs
commissioner is often the mouthpiece of the
CSA and must liaise with many different parties
to ensure that information is delivered from the
CSA clearly and correctly. What are you going to
do to ensure that you are accessible and actively
engaged with necessary groups at all times?
There are many diverse student groups on campus. I will try my
best to attend at least one meeting a month of each group on
campus. I understand that this is a daunting task, but I also knew
when I decided to run for this position that it would not be easy.
This is what my job entails, and I will make sure that it gets done. In
addition, when proposals are made to the Board of Directors that
may affect one or more student groups, I will make sure that there is
adequate representation before anything gets passed. Remember,
this is YOUR CSA and I work for YOU.
Denise Martins
External Affairs Commissioner
1. What will be your first priority upon assuming
office as External Affairs Commissioner?
My first priority will be to ensure that all the directors within the CSA
Board feel capable enough to challenge all aspects of our university.
Whether it is CSA policy, library hours, or tuition hikes, directors
should feel empowered to voice all of our students’ demands. As
the CSA’s supervisors, they are the highest ruling body within the
union, and as such, they hold the key to interpreting the student
voice. Students have voiced their outrage on a variety of issues
and the CSA is the students’ megaphone: If board members and
students aren’t speaking up, the CSA is useless
2. The CSA’s recent issues with the CFS have
been covered extensively in the Ontarion. As
the incoming executive with a portfolio dealing
extensively with the CFS, what is your stance on
these developments on the U of G campus?
I believe that what’s been immensely overlooked by all involved is
what we have to gain from membership within the CFS. If we are
still members within the CFS in the fall semester, we should use
more of the resources available to us through the CFS, as well as
use the CFS to share our campaigns with students outside of our
institution. I think if anything, the recent developments show that we
have a lot to contribute to the CFS and I am ecstatic to have been
chosen as the students’ advocate to other student unions as this
will give me the chance to show the world what Guelph can bring
to the table.
3. Do you bring any larger initiatives you would
like to see come to fruition over the course of
your term?
The buzzer at the library rung at 10:45pm on Saturday night. This
is outrageous. It is not in students’ interest to have the library close
that early in the middle of midterms. I want to work with other
student unions to create a report on libraries’ operation hours and
see how different unions have handled this issue. In the long run, I
hope to work with different commissioners, the administration, and
library staff to ensure that we have the best working environment
possible for Guelph students. Similarly, it is not in students’ interest
to have tuition rise every single year. I will connect our students with
students elsewhere in order to create a united plan of action.
Anastasia Zavarella
Local Affairs Commissioner
1. What is your first priority upon assuming office
as Local Affairs Commissioner?
Redecorating! Just kidding. I’d like to touch base with the staff
I’m supervising (Food Bank, Bike Centre etc.) and work out some
goals for the upcoming year, find out how I can best be a resource
to them and look at ways to get students more excited and involved
in these important services. I’ll also be setting up meetings with the
city and community organizations to talk about those same things,
as well as getting campus involved in and aware of the wider
Guelph community.
2. This year’s Local Affairs Commissioner spent
a great deal of their term working with City of
Guelph officials on transit negotiations and with
students to ensure that they are fully informed
about the issue. How will you ensure that U of
G student interests are represented effectively in
the city of Guelph?
Well, I’ll be talking to Galen a lot about this issue and carrying over
the best of his initiatives in this department. I think the most important
thing I can do to represent students on this issue is to remain firm
with the city about not only keeping our bus pass, but keeping the
price (as well as the buses themselves!) accessible.
3. What new initiatives do you hope to bring
forward during this coming year?
I have lots of initiatives I’d like to put forward! Cycling by-law
workshops, tenancy workshops in residence, in partnership with
Res Life and looking critically into the administration’s hate activity
policy. I look forward to and welcome ideas from students, as well.
They’re the ones we’re advocating for and are the ones who know
best what they need from their campus and community. It’s my job
to facilitate that connection and I’m excited to serve students and
the community!
Compiled by Nicole Elsasser
Kevin Bowman
Academic & University Affairs
1. What do you think distinguished you from the
other candidates vying for your position?
I hope that I came across as a rational, thoughtful individual with the
goal of accurately representing and serving the needs of students.
These are my intentions so I would like to think I successfully
communicated that. That being said I can’t really be sure what the
voter’s reasons were for choosing as they did. All I can do is work
hard and prove I am worthy of the position.
2. What do you plan to do to improve the education
experience of undergraduate students at the U
of G?
As I promised during my campaign I will be donating some of my
own salary to the GSAP (bursary fund for students of Guelph) in
addition to finding other donors. This will be one of the initiatives I
plan to work on to remove financial barriers. I also plan to be heavily
involved with the Accessibility Working Group and others to ensure
students who identify as having a disability have every opportunity
to be just as successful as any other student. I am particularly
looking forward to seeing what becomes of the Secondary Area of
Studies report after review and recommendations by the Board of
Undergraduate Studies.
3. What will be your first priority upon assuming
office as the Academic and University Affairs
Commissioner?
To ensure continuance of existing projects by the current Academic
and University Affairs Commissioner. I don’t want any positive
initiatives to fall behind or be put on the back burner. Additionally
I want to establish a positive working relationship with the other
CSA executives as soon as possible. We will be working together
on many things in the coming year so it is critical to start off on the
right foot.
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Gryphon excellence at CFL E-Camp

Gryphons send for CFL personnel to get an up out of the backfield and catching the
largest single-school close and personal look at draft- ball.”
eligible Canadian players, as well as Having just completed his fourth
contingent to Toronto others who had been passed over in season as a Gryphon, Fitzgibbon is
for three-day testing previous years. eligible for both the CFL draft, as
well as one more year of university
MIKE TREADGOLD football.
With Canadian Football League We see ourselves working Former Gryphons defensive
(CFL) scouts and coaches hoping as running backs back Brad Crawford was in the same
to get a glimpse of the league’s against everyone else. situation last year. Crawford was
incoming homegrown talent, six drafted by the Toronto Argonauts,
members of the Guelph Gryphons
We encourage each other let go during training camp, and
put their skills on display at the and we push each other. returned to Guelph for his fifth year
annual Evaluation Camp on the It was a really talented of eligibility. After a strong final
weekend. group. year, Crawford was given a contract
The Gryphons football by the Argos just a few months ago
program sent more athletes to the Nick Fitzgibbon and will likely be with the team for
three-day event than any other Gryphons running back the upcoming CFL season.
university, proving that despite their Fitzgibbon was thoroughly
underachieving 3-5 record during impressed with the level of
the regular season, the individual “I set the bar high for myself competition among the running
talent on the team is among the coming in,” said Fitzgibbon. “I didn’t backs at the E-Camp, a group that
nation’s best. reach some of those goals, but I did he has become increasingly familiar
Taking part were offensive reach others, and overall, I’d say it with over his football career.
lineman Ryan Bomben, defensive was a pretty good camp for me.” “Since we were younger, we’ve all
lineman Grant MacDonald, Fitzgibbon was one among a been to Team Canada [workouts]
running back Nick Fitzgibbon, group of seven running backs taking and East-West bowls,” he said. Mike Treadgold
kicker Rob Maver, linebacker Adam part, known for his versatility both “We’ve all known each other for a Gryphons running back Nick Fitzgibbon (left) appeals to CFL teams
Dunk and his brother, quarterback as a runner and a receiver out of the long time. seeking versatile players out of the backfield.
Justin Dunk. backfield. “We see ourselves working as
The competition and level of “On the offensive side of the ball, running backs against everyone talented group.” “One was dropped and the other
skill on display was unbelievable. it helps that I can be a dual threat,” else. We encourage each other and After trying out as a receiver was a deep ball that was just a little
The E-Camp was an opportunity he said. “I feel like I excel coming we push each other. It was a really in Friday’s National Invitational too far.”
Combine, Justin Dunk also took Canadian quarterbacks have
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Grant MacDonald DL 5.38 5.38 21 26.5 7’ 11” from Queen’s and Erik Glavic know what else needs to happen,”
from the Calgary Dinos all trying said Dunk, after his drills were
Result per CFL.ca to impress league scouts. After both completed.
measurable events and activity drills, Following the camp, all three
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THE ONTARION 161.9
Humble rookie adds to her impressive accolades
Despite remarkable
first-year success,
Gryphons star runner
Lalonde quietly goes
about her business
DAN HOWSE
Let’s play a quick game here.
You’re a rookie, a first-year university
student, about to start contributing
to two of the most dominant varsity
athletic programs in not just Ontario,
but in all of Canada. What are your
expectations? A spot on the team?
A little recognition from one of the
coaches? How about winning both
the OUA and CIS rookie of the
year awards in both cross-country
and track-field, finishing fifth in
Ontario and ninth in Canada in
cross-country, and finishing third in
Ontario in track and field to make
all-Ontario first team? Throw in a
pair of all-star team nominations,
just for good measure.
Probably exceeds your
expectations, right? Not for
Genevieve Lalonde.
The outstanding Gryphons
IN FOCUS
Rockin’ rolls
Looking at the
culinary craze from a
health perspective
ELIZABETH MCLEOD
What’s raw, slippery, a bit
smelly, wrapped in seaweed and
has become arguably the most
popular trend on the dining scene?
Well, that would be sushi. This
Japanese delicacy has blossomed
into quite a culinary craze, not
only for its taste, but also for its
proclaimed benefits to the health
of the consumer.
While the Japanese have been
consuming sushi for centuries, the
neat little rolls that western society
has come to love originated in the
19th century in Edo, Japan. These
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rookie was well on her way to
another tremendous finish at the
CIS National Track and Field
Championships before being
derailed by injury. Despite the minor
setback, she’ll be back next year, and
plans on picking up right where she
left off.
“I would like to perhaps qualify
for FISU (Federation Internationale
du Sport Universitaire) and perhaps
bring home a national title,” Lalonde
said.
One can only assume that her
casual use of the word ‘perhaps’
reflects her extreme modesty and
not her actual intent. Lalonde is one
of the most committed individuals
you will come across on this campus,
or anywhere. While that should
be self-evident given her already
lengthy list of accomplishments, this
assessment was also echoed by her
coach, Dave Scott-Thomas.
“[Genevieve has] a high degree of
mental toughness and is committed
to the team,” Scott-Thomas said.
These are no small words of
praise. Scott-Thomas has put
together a John Wooden-like résumé
with 17 OUA, 13 CIS and 2 Fox
of cancer and cardiovascular
disease, increasing immune
function, and brain health. And, if
the whole seaweed deal freaks you
out, take heed: seaweed is full of
essential minerals like magnesium,
calcium, iron, folic acid and
antioxidant phytonutrients.
“Sushi is best and healthiest
when fresh, it is important to use
only the freshest ingredients and
prepare the sushi only upon order
to ensure maximum freshness,”
said Winnie, a customer relations
representative at Guelph’s newest
sushi restaurant, W Sushi,
emphasizing the importance of
quality when eating sushi.
Sushi has become big business
in Guelph, with restaurants
catering to a large and diverse
following.
“We have a veryy wide varietyy
of menu options to cater to every
taste,” she continued. “Our clientele
is very
verr y diverse and ranges from the
and people from
manyy cultural
ma
Duncan Day-Myron
all-sports Canadian Coach of the
Year Awards. Along the way, he has
coached a number of gold medalists
and championship winning teams.
It’s safe to say that Scott-Thomas
knows talent when he sees it.
“She’s going to be a major player
at the CIS level and honestly, the
She’s going to be
a major player at
the CIS level and
honestly, the national
team level.
Dave Scott-Thomas
Gryphons cross-country and
track and field head coach
national team level,” Scott-Thomas
said.
This level of success isn’t new to
Lalonde. She has already represented
Canada at the 2009 World Cross-
Country Championships in Jordan,
where she cracked the top 20, just
before fainting 500 metres from
backgrounds. Everyone loves
sushi!”
Recently the name of the game
amongst sushi lovers has been ‘all
you can eat.’
“Going out for sushi gives
me something to look forward to
after a long week at school and
is by far my most enjoyable and
favourite social dining experience,”
said Erin McLaughlin, a student
at the university by day, and a
sushi connoisseur and enthusiast
by night. “There’s a real science
behind the ordering process,
making sure you cover all the best
items. It’s something I really pride
myself in having mastered.”
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the finish. Although picking up two
DNFs (did not finish) in consecutive
years national and international
competitions might discourage
some, they have not slowed Lalonde.
She is ready to pick up right where
she left off.
“Next season will be the summer
season and I will try to make it on
to the National junior track and
field team that will be represented
in the World junior track and field
championships in my hometown of
Moncton,” Lalonde said.
Ever the humble superstar,
Lalonde said she is privileged to
have the world juniors take place in
her hometown.
As for her new home away from
home in? Lalonde likes Guelph, but
hasn’t found the living transition
always as smooth as her athletic
shift.
“There have been some ups
and downs, but Guelph is a great
place to live and I have thoroughly
enjoyed it here,” Lalonde said of her Mundo Images
life outside of athletics. Gryphons rookie Genevieve
But, on the track or running Lalonde capped a brilliant first
cross? Safe to say it’s been virtually season by winning the CIS female
nothing but ups so far. rookie of the year award.
of precautions to be taken from something that can be harmful
a health standpoint. The buffet if consumed by humans in large
mentality has been known to set quantities.
in with ‘all you can eat’ and this This being said, however, these
can lead to over consumption and risks are easily tended to if sushi
excess caloric intake. There are a is prepared correctly with quality
number of menu items with covert ingredients and consumed with
calories, including fatty sauces, moderation in mind.
deep fried tempura, and starchy Not only can sushi be a great
white rice. Soy sauce is jam packed health and taste experience, but
with sodium, which, in increased also, there have been whisperings
levels, can cause heart and kidney of sushi being a potent natural
issues. aphrodisiac. Needless to say, if
Additional risks include the you haven’t done so already, give
fact that eating raw fish inherently this slimy seaweed-covered stuff a
comes with an increased risk of chance.
food borne illness, when compared
with cooked items. Fish also runs
the risk of mercury exposure,
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Running culture is equally unique as it is successful
tarion
On
MIKE TREADGOLD
It was last Saturday night, when
my BlackBerry went into the all-
too-familiar vibrating convulsions.
I was waiting for one email in
particular: the press release with the
final results from the CIS track and
field championships. The Gryphon
men had gone into the final day of
the weekend-long set of events with
a slim lead over their longtime rivals,
the Windsor Lancers.
As expected, the mobile alert
contained the news that I was
hoping for, headlined by “Gryphon
Men Win National Track
Championship.” Chalk up another
national title for the Gryphons
unbelievable running programs, this
one decided by a mere one point in
the final race of the weekend.
The Gryphons went into
CIs fresh off of a less than
stellar performance at the OUA
Championships, where the Lancers
swept the men’s and women’s titles.
In talking to head coach Dave Scott-
Thomas following OUs, he indicated
that a few tweaks needed to happen
prior to the national championships
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to get the team back on their game.
Apparently, all the right tweaks
took place, giving the Gryphon
men their second national banner
in the past three years. The success
of the running teams at Guelph –
both cross-country and track and
field – left me thinking: just what
is it that makes these programs so
consistently dominant year after
year? These pages have been graced
with success stories about Gryphons
running on nearly a weekly basis this
year, far more than any other sport.
In sports lingo, one might apply the
term, ‘dynasty.’
Scott-Thomas is without a
doubt, a brilliant coach, capable
of bringing in incredibly talented
recruits. But, despite all this, there
is a process of developing these
athletes that is unique and exclusive
to the Gryphons programs. So, I
simply asked: what differentiates
Gryphons running from the other
national classes?
Like any other interview that
I’ve conducted with Scott-Thomas, a
five-second question quickly became
a 15-minute discussion. Conversing
Rookie dominates on the mats
Jagas leads Gryphons
to CIS glory with
gold medal win
SARAH DUNSTAN
Despite sending a relatively small
contingent of athletes to Calgary, the
Guelph Gryphons wrestling team
brought home three medals from
the CIS national championships.
All three Gryphon medalists came
on the men’s side, with rookie
Jake Jagas taking gold, Kyle Grant
picking up a silver, and Kevin Iwasa-
Madge securing bronze.
Now more committed
than ever, Jagas is already
preparing for the junior
nationals, assuring
fans that the Gryphons
have a strong and ever-
improving team moving
forward.
Given his remarkable
performance as a first-year wrestler,
Jagas was named CIS Rookie of the
Year, in addition to capturing gold in
the men’s 72 kg event.
Although this was Jagas’ first year
of varsity wrestling, he was involved
in wrestling throughout high school,
making this his fifth year in the
sport.
“Most people are more impressed
than I am,” Jagas admitted, regarding
his success.
Now more committed than
ever, Jagas is already preparing for
the junior nationals, assuring fans
that the Gryphons have a strong
and ever-improving team moving
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with him on a regular basis this year
has opened my mind and just started
to give me a glimpse about what it’s
like to be a member of the successful
running programs in Guelph.
What I quickly learned is that
the Gryphons running program is
far more complex than just physical
development. It’s about character,
philosophy and team building. It’s
about finding out who these athletes
are as people, and how committed
they are to contributing towards the
program’s vision.
High school athletes come to the
Gryphons rookie, Jake Jagas, won CIS gold in just his first varsity
season.
forward.
The prestigious R.W. Pugh Fair
Play Award was bestowed upon
fifth-year Gryphons wrestler Grant,
who placed second in the men’s 130
kg, the second consecutive year that
he was won silver on the national
stage.
Grant already has a plethora of
wrestling achievements under his
belt this season, including an OUA
championship title in the 130 kg
class, and a silver medal in the 120
kg group at the Guelph Open.
Iwasa-Madge, dominant in the
Brock Invitational earlier this year,
won bronze in the men’s 65 kg event
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program with a sense of invincibility.
By and large, they come from programs
and club teams where they are
running from a highly individualized
perspective. To them, running is an
individual sport and relationships
with fellow athletes are less common.
But Scott-Thomas’ culture, vision
and program sees otherwise.
And, this team-first attitude
works towards a unique strategy that
the Gryphons employ that is far too
complicated to be described in words.
Statistics, spreadsheets, breathing
strategies and understanding the
physiological makeup of fellow
teammates and opposing runners
are all a part of Gryphon running,
requiring a mature and committed
individual to embrace its tactics.
Scott-Thomas and his fellow
coaches stress controlled running,
understanding the other runners
as well as you know yourself.
Understanding when to pass, when
to hold back, when to go aggressively
and when to let other runners tire
themselves, only to be caught when
they are most vulnerable. It’s a
veritable game of cat-and-mouse, a
fascinating battlefield-like strategy
where only the strongest survive.
Gryphon running is about far
more than what happens on your
feet. It’s a philosophy, and a culture.
Courtesy
at the CIS championships, a solid
finish in just his second year as a
Gryphon.
On the women’s side, the small,
but competitive group of female
Gryphons were led by a pair of fifth-
place finishes by Allison Leslie and
Laura Christensen.
The Gryphon men placed 6th
overall in the final standings with
a total of 32 points, second among
Ontario universities, behind only
Lakehead, who finished third.
On the women’s side, the
Gryphons finished tenth overall
with 11 points, fourth among
Ontario schools.

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NICOLE ELSASSER
If an old Italian man wanted
to cure his own pancetta or build
a wood oven in his backyard to
bake bread or pizza, that wouldn’t
be pretentious right? If a twenty-
something did the same thing
though, people would be quick to
point fingers, labeling the offender
a hipster, a snob and definitely
pretentious as hell.
In speaking to some friends
about this double-standard, many
admitted to being interested in
starting a garden, keeping chickens
in their backyards or making their
pasta from scratch, but fled quickly
from the impulse in fear of being
assigned the dreaded “hipster” label.
In the minds of many, taking the
effort to make the food that is easily
obtained at the grocery store is tied
to some kind of retro fetish, an ironic
throwback to the good-old-days
and akin to writing on a typewriter,
owning music exclusively on vinyl
or refusing to wear clothes unless
they are vintage.
Strangely enough, each of those
symptoms of hipster pretension
present genuine benefits outside
of the scornful desire for ‘cred.’ The
sound quality of vinyl is genuinely
superior to most digital music. Using
a typewriter allows one to type
outdoors, electricity free, without
the sun’s interference; something
I really want to get into...
Each week, Ontarion editors will divulge their sage advice for breaking into a possibly intimidating
aspect of culture. Anything that might overwhelm and seem impossible to "get into," Ontarion
editors will seek to demystify and make the transition from neophyte to connoisseur a simple one.
SUKIE, LVL 80 TAUREN DRUID
World of Warcraft (WoW) is a
genuine phenomenon, with over 10
million subscribers worldwide. It is
the most successful MMORPG
(that’s Massively Multiplayer
Online Role Playing Game) by an
astronomical margin. And despite
its bad reputation – that it’s a time-
sink, or that only basement dwelling
nerds with neckbeards play it – if
you can put aside any preconceived
notions, you might find out that
neither of those things true, and it’s
a damn fun game.
MAKING YOUR CHARACTER
Anyone just starting the game
has their pick of five different races
in two different factions (Alliance
and Horde). The two factions are at
war with each other, and each has a
unique story, its own areas to play the
game in, and cannot communicate
in any way with the other. Both race
and faction are largely cosmetic,
with negligible differences between
them. If you’re playing with friends,
make sure you pick the same faction,
but other than that it’s really down
to what you want your character to
look like.
is pretentious... but so what?
that normally makes a laptop
screen impossible to see. Buying
vintage clothes usually allows for
high quality and interestingly style
clothes to be purchased much more
cheaply than if they were purchased
new.
The same benefits can be found
in attempts to be more involved
in one’s food production. There is
certainly an amount of practicality
that comes from growing herbs in
The next thing you’ll pick is your
class. Each race has a limited number
of classes to pick from, but each
faction can be any of the 10 classes.
While each class can be broken
down into one of a few essential
categories—physical damage dealer
(swords, axes, guns and all that),
magical damage dealer (fireballs!),
tank (a character who draws enemy
attacks while other characters deal
the majority of the damage) or
healer (casts spells to bring hurt
players back from the brink)—
they’re all equally powerful. If you
want to do one specific role,
think about that
now and while
you go through the
beginning stages of
the game. If you don’t n’t
like it, just start over!!
QUESTING!
Next up, go out ut
and adventure!
Levels one through
10 are pretty
simple, and meant
to help new players
understand the gamee
mechanics.
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a window box in your apartment
window or making your own
bread. These are things that make
sense. They made sense to everyone
for hundreds of years before
urbanites stopped creating food for
themselves.
The cruel and unfortunate truth
is that if you decide one day to make
something from scratch, to take the
effort and prepare it by hand, opting
out of store-bought, pre-packaged
Start by finding characters with
yellow exclamation marks over their
heads (!). These are quest-givers.
When you talk to them (right-click
with your mouse), they will tell you
what quest they are offering and
the reward. Read the instructions,
and accept the quest. You’re on your
way!
Most quests involve killing x
number of enemies, or collecting y
number of an item, and can usually
be done right in the vicinity of the
quest-giver. If not, they will tell you
where you need to go to get it done.
Quests can be tracked in your quest
log, and when w complete the
quest-giver will have a yellow
quest-give
‘?’ over his or her head.
Talk to them again, turn
in your quest, reap the
rewards! Lather,
rince, repeat. It
might seem a little
monotonous to read, but
monoto
the further youy get into the game,
the harder and an more exciting the
quests becom
become, and the greater the
rewards. YouYou’ll end up riding fire-
breathing dragons,
dr driving around
in a tank destroying buildings
and cou
countless other things.
food, than somebody may view you
as pretentious, a snob.
So what? Do it anyway.
I hate to resort to cliché,
but I will. We live in a culture
of convenience. When a person
decides to make the decision to
disregard all of the handy routes
in place for getting food to mouth,
conclusions will be drawn. It will be
assumed that you, by deliberately
making the process of obtaining
and consuming food more difficult,
are making a statement of some
sort. The go-to assumption on this
front will probably be that you
are too ‘à la mode’ to eat the same
food as everyone else. Images will
be conjured of you sitting on your
vintage shag carpet, the sounds of a
Serge Gainsboug record oozing out
of your portable record player, an ox
head mounted on the wall behind
and you, in your vintage denim
jacket and high-rise leather shorts,
savoring every bite of the salmon
you just smoked in your backyard.
Really, if this mental image is
keeping you from exploring all of
the possibilities available when you
decide to make your own food, I
suggest you reconsider. So, go forth
and be gastronomically intrepid.
Feel free to eat that self-smoked
salmon without even a hint of
irony.
SKILLS AND TALENTS
As you quest, kill monsters and
explore: you’ll gain experience and
level up. Every other time you level
up (all the even numbered levels)
you’ll be able to learn new skills by
talking to your trainer. You’ll find out
who they are pretty early on. Each
class has a huge number of skills,
some will be essential and others
will be only occasionally used. It’s up
to you to figure out which ones suit
you the best.
Starting at level 10, you’ll also
gain one talent point per level. From
that point on, you can press ‘N’ to
open up your Talent Trees, where
you can spend these talent points
to learn new skills and spells and
customize your character to a great
degree. You can reset these points
and start all over again (for a fee!)
at your trainer, so play around with
things!
GROUPING, “INSTANCES” AND “RAIDS”
Although WoW has a huge
amount of playable content to keep
the solo player busy for as long as
they want to be, part of the draw is
the multiplayer experience. As you
level, people may want to group with
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you to kill enemies and complete
more difficult quests.
There are also “instances,” a term
used to describe different areas of
the game that require a group to
complete, feature better rewards
and harder “boss” encounters. Most
require a group of five players, and
there are different instances for all
levels of the game. If and when you
reach the highest level (currently
level 80), there are “raid” encounters
which require anywhere from 10 to
25 people to complete. These are
mostly optional, but are some of the
hardest and most exciting parts of
the game!
There is a “looking for group”
tool you can activate to help you
find a group, or for people who are
looking to fill a group to be able to
find you.
World of Warcraft may not
be for everyone. But it’s free to try
(you can get a trial version at www.
worldofwarcraft.com), and, well, it’s
so hugely successful for a reason.
There’s an endless amount of things
to do, people to group with, and
things to fight!
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a how-to student guide on
Summer employment
DANIEL BITONTI
Some people are lucky enough
to find summer jobs they can’t wait
to get up for in the morning. It
might be out in the sun, perhaps
a stint as a lawn-chair-beer-tester
(I’m still banking on this job
actually existing), or least a job in
the field they’re studying at school.
Then there are the more obnoxious
ones who land sweet summertime
gigs without having to go through
the motions of updating resumes,
stalking job sites morning to night,
and sending out dozens of resumes
to prospective employers.
And then there’s you. After a
month and a half of waking up at
noon and creeping on Facebook,
you finally get a call back. And, by
this point, you’re so frustrated you’ll
take almost anything.
If you ask most experts, the
old tactics for finding summer
employment simply won’t cut it
anymore. Certainly determination
and persistence count for something,
but according to Lauren Friese, the
founder of TalentEgg, Canada’s
only career site for students
and new graduates that focuses
exclusively on meaningful careers
and related development, you have
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to play the game and keep up with
the trends. Friese provided the
Ontarion with her five hottest tips
for finding summer employment,
advice that will help distance you
from everyone else.
1. CAST YOUR NET.
This tip is pretty easy to execute,
but few students use the available
resources they have. Friese says to
take stock of the tools available to
help with your job search. This
includes your network, job boards,
Google (!), your career centre, and
resources like TalentEgg.
By going onto as many job
boards as you can, it is possible
for students to land jobs in similar
fields to the ones they are studying.
2. BROADCAST YOUR AVAILABILITY:
WITH TOOLS LIKE TWITTER,
FACEBOOK, ETC., IT ’S EASY TO LET
YOUR NETWORK (AND THE WORLD)
KNOW THAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR
A JOB.
By using tools like twitter and
Facebook, the chances of being
found only increase. Friese says that
the intern she currently employs is
exemplary of what you can do as a
student to ensure that people are
aware of you. “On his twitter he
is consistently making it clear that
he is interviewing and meeting
people. He started a blog that talks
about his job search and the career
he wants to get into,” she said. “It
shows that he is current with the
trends and that he can intelligently
address the industry he wants to
get into. It shows passion.”
Friese adds that the great thing
about twitter is that it really is a
professional tool and you end up
connecting with people who are
interested in the same professional
goals as you are. “Recruiters are all
over twitter,” she adds.
3. SHOW OFF.
It’s not enough to just say
you’re available – make sure you let
everyone know why you’d make an
excellent helping hand this summer.
Friese advises student to leverage
the opportunity the web gives you
to get outside of your rigid resume
and show off what really makes you
a superstar.
“But the number one thing I
think that students with not a lot
of work experience should do is put
testimonials on their resume,”Friese
says. “On your resume, this whole
idea about saying your references
are available upon request…
why do that when you have the
opportunity to put testimonials of
the great things people have said
about you?”
She also says scrap the whole
education and work experience
format on resumes. She advises
student to talk about your life
experience instead, and how they
would relate to the career you’re
getting into. “What’s going to
stand out if you’re looking for a
job in finances? Is it going to be
whether you worked at the GAP
for the summer, or that at school
you were involved in a committee
where you acted as the CFO and
organized all the finances.”
Oftentimes, students display
some of their most applicable
skills in projects they have done in
school.
4. APPROACH ORGANIZATIONS
THAT DON’T APPEAR TO BE HIRING.
Friese says to pitch your energy,
expertise and willingness to learn
within organizations, especially
smaller ones, even if they don’t
appear to be hiring. Chances are,
if you can offer a positive return
on investment throughout your
internship or summer job, they’ll
be happy to bring you on for the
summer to give them an extra
hand.
5. SEARCH OUTSIDE THE LINES.
Friese says to use your summer
as an opportunity to try something
you wouldn’t have otherwise done.
Use it as a time to figure out what
you do and don’t like to do.
MAR. 18 - 24, 2010
A simple yes or no. . .
Filing a complaint
against an out of line
enforcement officer
Back in December, the Buffalo
Bills made their second annual
regular season visit to the Rogers
Centre in downtown Toronto.
Anyone who is familiar with
an NFL game knows that there is
a unique ‘experience’ to observing
a game. And I’m not talking
about what happens on the field.
Drunken fans are the norm, and
while in-seat fights are rare, they
have been known to take place.
That being said, in these
games, security is tight. I’m talking
airport-tight. At previous games
that I’ve been to in Buffalo, the
second a punch is thrown, the
perpetrator is almost instantly
swarmed by yellow-clad security
guards and promptly escorted to
the exits.
With that in mind, I decided
to attend the Dec. 3 game in
Toronto between the Bills and
the New York Jets, along with my
girlfriend.
I drove from Guelph to Toronto
for the game, and consumed zero
drinks, with the intention of
driving back to Guelph the same
night. Aside from being a huge
football fan, I’m also an avid Bills
fan. I went to Toronto that night,
with the intention of watching
football, and not drinking.
In my row, there was a
particularly loud – and intoxicated
– Bills fan, who liked to stand up
whenever a big play occurred. This
is completely normal practice at
any other football game that I’ve
been to. However, two rows behind
us, an equally loud – and similarly
intoxicated – Jets fan decided that
his view was being blocked, and
with rational behaviour nowhere
to be found, challenged said Bills
fan to a fight in the middle of the
aisle.
Long story short: Bills fan
accepts, fight ensues. Security is
nowhere in sight.
As the fight starts moving
closer to my location, I had but
one thing in mind: don’t let my
girlfriend get hit by these idiots.
Shielding her with my body, the
fight is now literally, right on top
of me and now features as many
as eight participants, but I was
not among them. With women
and children nearby, surrounding
spectators are pleading with the
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fighters to stop, but their cries fall
on deaf ears.
After two solid minutes of non-
stop chaos, a pair of undersized
and ill-prepared security guards,
as well as two police officers,
arrive to break it up. Instead of
asking questions, they just started
grabbing random people whom
they believed were involved, and
escorted them out. Inexplicably,
without any reason whatsoever, I
was one of those random people
selected by one of Toronto’s finest
for an early exit.
Upon realizing that I had been
mistaken for someone else, other
fans in my section try to convince
the officer that I had done nothing
wrong. One fan even went as far to
tell the officer that it was he, and
not I, that should be kicked out.
As was the case with the drunks
– deaf ears.
While the officer is firmly
escorting me up the stairs, I’m still
pleading with him to listen. It was
at this time that he uttered words
that I won’t soon forget:
“Listen kid, there’s a lot of
people who are bloody down there
and if you resist me, you’re going
to get even bloodier.”
Excuse me? A threat? At this
time, I realized that my efforts
were worthless. This guy was on
a power trip. I walked out on my
own, infuriated, but silent.
Again, I stress that not only was
alcohol a non-factor as far as I was
concerned, but also, at no time did
I even lay a hand on anyone else.
But this police officer was having
none of it. I wasn’t charged, just
escorted outside and told to leave
it alone.
When retelling this story
to others, many have suggested
that I file a complaint against
the officer, not only for acting
unprofessionally, but also for
violently threatening me. I did
get his name, but I chose not to
pursue it further. My reason: police
officers and security personnel are
assigned to these games to act first,
ask questions later. Even though I
hadn’t been drinking and didn’t do
anything wrong, football fans are
guilty before proven innocent.
So, I ask, should I have taken
further action against this overly
aggressive officer?

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EcoBits
by Gini Beaumont
H affect you? For some, it is WI am the Composting Co-
ow much does climate change henever I tell someone that
affecting mental health creating ordinator at the Sustainability Office-
phobias and psychosis. In February,
the first official case of climate change
delusion was diagnosed in Australia
when a boy was admitted to the
psychiatric unit for refusing to drink
water; drinking water to him was an
action he thought would contribute
the killing of millions around the
world that are without clean water.
Though having anxiety over
current events is not a new
phenomenon, climate change
is an event that is bound to get
worse before it gets better. The
main worries are that these events,
especially natural disasters that are
being linked with climate change,
create a disconnection from nature
and feeling of loss of control over
one’s own life.
So what can be done? Well,
those with experience in the field,
including people from the Centre for
Health and the Global Environment
at Harvard Medical School, and the
Smith College School for Social
Work, say that we should begin to
train people to give psychological
first aid and that those feeling the
stress should get involved with action
toward solutions.
Psychological first aid is helping
those who have experienced effects
of climate change, such as natural
disasters (being the most abrupt), to
feel safer and taken care of. This can
be hard because natural disasters often
destroy health care infrastructure, but
having more people trained will help.
For this and other longer term cases,
educating people on the psychological
way in which they may respond, so
they are prepared for what they may
experience, is vital.
A way to combat this anxiety, as
with other forms of depression, is
building a community of people, a
network of friends, which are taking
some action against climate change.
Not only will the brain benefit from
knowing that the work is actually
helping, but having social bonds
can help with the overwhelming
feelings, empowering us to continue
our work, with the strength from the
community around us.
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Co-presented with MacLaughlin Library
The metaphysical effects of being struck by lightning.
University of Guelph (SOUG) on
campus, more often than not the
response is, “We compost here,
where?” It’s interesting, at least to
me, that more people don’t expect
Guelph to compost. Anyway, we
do compost here, though the whole
process is still relatively new to U of
G. Some of the faculty departments
and some residences are taking part
by emptying their lunch room and
kitchen organics into our round, black,
outdoor ‘EarthMachine’ composters.
The composting process still
receives some objection around
campus. The outdoor composters
have been called unsightly, and in
the summer, they can work up quite
a smell. This can happen if they aren’t
turned regularly, which may happen
when we don’t have enough hands
to maintain them. I haven’t been here
for the summer months, but I’ve been
told that our last summer students
did really well in this area.
The University has a waste
diversion goal of 60 per cent by
2011. Right now we’re sitting on
45 per cent. Though most of this
diversion is created by the recycling
programs that are set up all over
campus, composting could make up a
significant part of the last 15 per cent.
The SOUG itself is relatively new,
as well. They have been researching
potential ways of making larger scale
composting, say for our cafeterias,
possible on campus. But this and
public composting (having compost
bins in all classrooms) also meet
barriers such as resistance to extra
responsibilities or a mix of, perhaps,
laziness and a lack of education;
this seems to be similar to a barrier
of recycling where people just don’t
make the time or have the know-how
to correctly separate out recyclables,
or organics.
With this in mind, SOUG is
working to help these barriers come
down and hopefully understand a
little more. For this, we would love
to hear your ideas and comments.
For more information check out
the website: www.pr.uoguelph.ca/
sustain/, or email the Compost Co-
ordinator: compost@pr.uoguelph.ca .
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A spot-on coming-of-age story set in 1960s Britian.
Horoscopes
ARIES
Yikes! What an emotional day,
Aries. The planetary energies are
forecasting conflict, and lots of it.
Do your best to personally steer
clear of any of it, and try to avoid
being drawn into any arguments.
You may wish to keep to yourself
today. Tonight either stay in or head
out to the movies alone. Don’t worry,
everyone will be feeling much better
tomorrow.
TAURUS
Emotions will run high with today’s
planetary energies, Taurus. But
this is no reason to run away and
hide! People will be much more
honest than usual, even brutally so,
and you could learn some valuable
information as a result. Don’t be
afraid to listen to some airing of
dirty laundry as well. With your
discerning judgment, you’ll be
able to make sense of what is good
information and what isn’t.
GEMINI
Today’s emotional energy risks
being exceptionally high, Gemini.
You may find yourself at the end of
your rope by midday. Try to take a
long walk or bike ride in order to
calm down. Go by yourself and do
some deep breathing outdoors. Try
to avoid being drawn into other
people’s conflicts. Excuse yourself
and trust that they can work things
out on their own.
CANCER
Today is good for entertaining,
Cancer. Enjoy the company of family
and friends, and don’t get distracted
by gloomy thoughts about work
or money. Just relax and let others
take care of themselves. You enjoy
nurturing other people and making
sure they have a wonderful time, but
you need to have a great time as well,
so don’t work too hard. Someone
may give you a gift, a token of love
and appreciation.
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Absorbing insight into a larger-than-life eccentric.
LEO
Today’s energies are going to be
stirring up everyone’s emotions,
Leo. You may wish to avoid getting
involved in any arguments or
conflicts. If you ask for someone
else’s advice, you’re likely to get an
earful. It may be best to keep to
yourself as much as possible today
and spend some time alone tonight
with a good book. Everything should
be much calmer tomorrow.
VIRGO
Yes, you can be proud of yourself,
Virgo. You really know your stuff.
You have committed yourself to
deepening your knowledge and
capabilities and it really shows.
Friends and family members will
be coming to you for advice, and
rightfully so. Try not to grow
complacent, though. It’s an easy trap
to fall into. You’ll need to continue
full-speed ahead on your educational
journey in order to keep that edge!
LIBRA
Today is wonderful for surrounding
yourself with those you love the
most, Libra. Host a get-together
with family and friends, full of
stimulating conversation and
delicious food and drink. However,
you might at some point feel a little
sad, missing someone who should
be with you but isn’t, and speculating
about what he or she may be doing.
Concentrate on those there with
you. You’re surrounded by love and
are likely to remain so.
SCORPIO
As a person who enjoys being
gregarious and outgoing, days like
this provide a wonderful outlet for
your energy. You might spend a
lot of time with your family today,
Scorpio, but you’ll also probably
touch base with many others. At
some point you might find yourself
in the spotlight. You’ll feel especially
fond of everyone around you and
appreciate your good fortune. Enjoy
your day.
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SAGITTARIUS
This is a great time to take advantage
of a little solitude to pursue some
cherished goals, Sagittarius. Your
concentration and imagination are
operating at a very high level, and
you may not stop working until
you’re completely finished. If you’re
starting a project, you’ll probably do
well on it and, if business and money
are involved, be successful. Don’t let
temporary snags get in your way. Go
for the gold!
CAPRICORN
Be careful of gossiping too much
with your friends and colleagues,
Capricorn. It’s fun to laugh and
exchange stories, but remind
yourself of the fact that the truth in
a story is diminished and changed
each time it’s repeated. If you gossip
too much, your friends may begin
wondering what you say about them
when they aren’t there. Ultimately,
this isn’t healthy behavior for your
friendships. Think about it.
AQUARIUS
Don’t be surprised if you don’t spend
too much time at home today. All
signs indicate that you’re more
likely to be out and about, shopping,
visiting, and maybe attending a
special dinner or concert. There are
a number of family activities that
you won’t want to miss, Aquarius,
so don’t let your friends distract you
with too much shopping or sports
on TV.
PISCES
You know that you have a very fertile
imagination, Pisces, and today’s
aspects highlight this special quality.
You might wish to channel your
thoughts into an artistic endeavor
like writing or painting. Be sure to
grab any opportunity to weave a
fascinating tale for a child. Be careful
about letting your imagination
run away with you when making
judgments about people. They’re
most likely on the up and up.
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OPINION
Why Israel is an apartheid state
GREGORY SHUPAK
From March 1 to 7, Israeli
Apartheid Week (IAW) was held
at the University of Guelph and on
campuses around the world. IAW
is aimed at raising consciousness
about the nature of Israel’s rule
over the Palestinian people and at
strengthening the global Boycott
Divestment and Sanctions campaign
against Israel. To demonstrate
that the term apartheid applies to
Israeli rule over the Palestinians,
one needn’t prove that conditions
are identical to those in racist South
Africa. What’s necessary is to
establish that there are significant
parallels between the two situations
and that the definitions of apartheid
set out in international law describe
Israeli policy. The United Nations
defines apartheid as “inhuman
acts committed for the purpose
of establishing and maintaining
domination by one racial group [...]
over another racial group [...] and
systematically oppressing them” and
Article 7 of the Rome Statute of
the International Criminal Court
echoes these terms.
Allow me to begin with the
easiest point in favour of labelling
Israel’s system of governance
“apartheid”: Nobel Peace Prize
winners Jimmy Carter and South
African Archbishop Desmond
Tutu have applied the term, as have
the United Nations and the Israeli
newspaper Haaretz. The most visible
mark of separation between Israeli’s
and Palestinians is the wall that
Israel built along the West Bank,
which the UK’s Independent calls
an “apartheid wall.” To build a wall
around a group of people, confining
them to a virtual prison, is inherently
an act of “domination,” as are the
segregated roads in the occupied
territories (UNHRC 2007).
L OOSE CANNON
Harper has a cyber chat with himself
GREG BENETEAU
Is social media democracy’s best
friend, or its worst enemy? The answer
depends on how you use it.
When Prime Minister Stephen
Harper sat down Tuesday for a special
livestream interview on Youtube, the
move was heralded by organizers
as an opportunity for the country’s
leader to connect with the Internet
generation.
The Prime Minister’s Office
described the interview as a chance
for “Canadians to have unfiltered and
immediate access to information.”
“It’s not every day that you get to
ask your country’s leader questions
about issues you care about,” chirped
Jacob Glick, Canada Policy Counsel
for Google, which owns Youtube.
Sadly, that day remains as elusive
as it’s ever been. Instead of going
viral, Harper simply adopted a new
communication strategy for his
heavily-scripted message.
The interview, conducted by
Google’s bilingual chief financial
officer Patrick Pichette, touched on
Moreover, all residents over age 16
must carry an Israeli Identification
Card, categorizing people as Jewish
or non-Jewish and, according to
the UK’s Guardian, “determining
where they are permitted to live,
access to some government welfare
programmes, and how they are
likely to be treated by civil servants
and policemen.” This is precisely the
sort of infrastructure that constitutes
“systematic oppression.”
Furthermore, another article in
the Independent describes Israeli
policy as “apartheid by paper....[A]
set of Israeli laws which prohibit
almost all Palestinian building
or village improvements, which
shamelessly smash down Palestinian
homes for which permits are
impossible to obtain, ordering
the destruction of even restored
subjects ranging from the deficit to
crime and the Afghan detainee abuse
scandal.
But there was nothing social
about the 40-minute pep talk from
our Prime Minister. Mainly, it was
an opportunity for him to repeat
Conservative talking points without
any interruptions.
B. Jonte from Waterloo asked why
the government frequently responded
to questions about detainee abuse
in Afghanstan by saying “we should
‘support our troops’ and look the
other way.”
Harper replied by stating he
disagreed with the premise of Jonte’s
question, and then proceeded to
launch into a “support our troops”
speech. He barely attempted to
address concerns about student debt
expressed by Crazyforyou79, who
apparently lives in Saskatoon.
On a question about the
effectiveness of mandatory minimum
sentencing, Pichette even stepped
in to help with the wording after
Harper claimed that deterrence to
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Palestinian sewage systems. Israeli
colonists have no such problems;
which is why 300,000 Israelis now
live - in 220 settlements which
are all internationally illegal - in
the richest and most fertile of the
Palestinian occupied lands.” What
little Palestinian land remains in the
occupied territories has been carved
into a series of fractured parts, an
ongoing process that makes the
possibility of a coherent Palestinian
homeland more and more remote.
Figures such as Colin Powell and
the eminent Israeli journalist Amira
Hass have likened this practice to
Bantuism—Bantustans were the
ten territories that South Africa’s
apartheid regime established
to divide the black population
under the pretence of giving them
“homelands.”
crime “doesn’t work unless people are
actually certain they’re going to get
punished.”
“But if you create a system where
there’s always a loophole, and you can
always get out of the punishment,
or the punishment can always be
downgraded or forgotten, then it’s
clear, that kind of a system does not
deter people,” Harper explained.
“Is not credible,” Pichette chimed
in.
“Is not credible,” Harper echoed.
You won’t get that kind of
assistance from Peter Mansbridge.
If Harper hoped to resonate
with the youth vote, he blew it when
responding to a question about the
legalization marijuana. (According
to Pichette, it was the most popular
question chosen by online voters).
“A majority of Canadians, when
polled, say they believe marijuana
should be legal for adults, just like
alcohol,” the question read. “Why
don’t you end the war on drugs and
focus on violent criminals?”
Harper’s black-and-white answer
MAR. 18 - 24, 2010
Moreover, B’Tselem, the Israeli
human rights group, demonstrates
that, as in South Africa, Israeli social
spending is grossly unequal along
racial lines and demographically
disproportionate. The group notes
that Jerusalem’s Jewish population,
accounting for 70 per cent of the
city’s population, are served by 1,000
public parks, 36 public swimming
pools and 26 libraries. The estimated
260,000 Arabs living in the east of
the city have 45 parks, no public
swimming pools and two libraries.
One of B’Tselem’s reports states:
“since the annexation of Jerusalem,
the municipality has built almost
no new schools, public buildings or
medical clinics for Palestinians. The
lion’s share of investment has been
dedicated to the city’s Jewish areas.”
Just as in racist South Africa,
where a large part of the black
population was treated as foreigners
in the very cities in which they were
born, B’Tselem notes that “Israel
treats Palestinian residents of East
Jerusalem as immigrants, who live
in their homes at the beneficence
of the authorities and not by right.
The authorities maintain this policy
although these Palestinians were
born in Jerusalem, lived in the city
and have no other home. Treating
these Palestinians as foreigners
who entered Israel is astonishing,
since it was Israel that entered East
Jerusalem in 1967.” Furthermore,
John Dugard, the international law
professor and formerly the UN’s
chief human rights monitor in the
occupied territories, notes that, “The
similarities between the situation of
East Jerusalemites and black South
Africans is very great in respect
of their residency rights. We had
the old Group Areas Act in South
Africa. East Jerusalem has territorial
classification that has the same sort
bordered on condescending, insisting
that the legalization of “bad” drugs
like marijuana could never be handled
as reputably as, say, the commercial-
ization of alcohol.
“The reason drugs are illegal is
because they are bad,” Mr. Harper
said. “And even if [marijuana] were
legalized, I can predict with a lot of
confidence that these would never
be respectable businesses run by
respectable people.”
Harper also claimed that when
people buy drugs, “they are not
buying from their neighbour. They
are buying from international cartels
that are involved in unimaginable
violence and intimidation and social
disaster and catastrophe all across the
world.”
The strength of social media is
that it provides a forum for frankness
and honesty in a world saturated with
spin.
But in the spirit of participatory
democracy, I decided to submit a
written question for the occasion. I
asked Mr. Harper why government
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of consequences as race classification
had in South Africa in respect of
who you can marry, where you can
live, where you can go to school
or [to the] hospital.” Moreover,
as the Guardian has noted, only
Israeli-registered cars are allowed
within Jerusalem and Palestinians,
including those who are born in
East Jerusalem, must receive a pass
from the Israeli military to enter the
centre of the city.
Dugard’s reference to marriage
is crucial. Amnesty International,
Human Rights Watch and
the UN have criticized Israel’s
Citizenship and Entry into Israel
Law. According to Haaretz, this
law prevents Palestinians from
obtaining legal status in Israel when
they marry an Israeli citizen and the
22,000 families affected by it often
face awful consequences: children
denied basic rights such as health
insurance; Palestinian spouses who
are prohibited from working; women
“expelled to Gaza” who lose all
contact with their children; women
who stay in violent relationships
because they fear being separated
from their children.
I’ll close with a comment that
Dugard makes in a 2007 report
on Israeli policy in the West Bank:
“Can it seriously be denied that
the purpose [...] is to establish
and maintain domination by one
racial group [Israelis] over another
racial group [Palestinians] and
systematically oppressing them?
Israel denies that this is its intention
or purpose. But such an intention or
purpose may be inferred.”
Greg Shupak is a widely published
author of fiction, non-fiction and
academia. He is working on a PhD
at the University of Guelph’s School of
English and Theatre Studies.
institutions remained hostile to
Freedom of Information requests,
despite a pledge by the Conservatives
to usher in a new era of transparency.
I asked why it was considered
reasonable for citizens and journalists
to wait periods of up to 18 months to
receive heavily redacted documents, if
they received them at all.
I also asked why it was necessary to
answer questions through a Youtube
interview when many of the most
popular questions were being asked
everyday by hardworking journalists,
who are given the same pre-chewed
answers by MPs.
Sadly, no such question came up
over the course of Harper’s interview.
Presumably it wasn’t popular enough,
at least compared to questions about
legalized pot and detainee abuse,
which raises another troubling
question about social media: if
an issue doesn’t resonate with the
Internet mob, does that mean it’s
not important? Maybe I’ll add that
to my Twitter feed and see if I get an
answer.

THE ONTARION 161.9
ANDREW T KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT DINOSAURS
The wonders of formspring.com
ANDREW T
Good Morning Angels,
This week’s column is very
practical. I’m going tell you about
fun new things on the Internet.
Well, just one fun new thing.
Sorry.
It’s called Formspring.Me
and it’s awesome. Just go to
http://www.formspring.me/ and
sign up. What is it? Well, it’s
like the homepage says: “Ask
questions, give answers and learn
more about your friends.” It’s
literally just a place where you
ask people questions that they
then answer and people then
read. It’s amazing! And useful!
I’ll prove it!
Last week I got a Formspring.
me account and asked people
to ask me questions…and they
did! So here’s a sample of the
wonderful fun that you can have
using Formspring.me!
Question #1: What sort of
questions should people ask?
Answer: Good question. With
Formspring.me, you can ask any
kind of question. Any kind! I
recommend asking not ‘Yes or
No’ questions. I really want you
to make me think about myself.
I want your question to reveal
as much of myself to myself as
it does to you. The only catch is
that I can delete your question if
I don’t like it. But I like most all
CATHLEEN’S CORNER
There’s a little history in those walls
CATHLEEN FINLAY
How often have you heard
around campus, “Let’s meet up at
Creelman,” or “I’m going to an art
show in Zavitz,”? Although we
often hear these names, how often
do we, as students, consider who
the men behind the titles of these
buildings were?
Not very often according to
masters student Adina Muskat.
“I’ve always been curious about
the process of naming campus
buildings, and how specific people
were chosen to be associated with
certain buildings, but I’ve never
looked into it myself,” Muskat said.
The University of Guelph’s
Facility Naming Policy answers
some of Muskat’s questions. The
policy states that a neutral name is
preferred for buildings so the name
won’t need to be changed if the
function of the building changes.
This explains why some building
names aren’t associated with their
function on campus.
When thinking about important
campus buildings and the figures
they were named after, three seem
to stick out. Zavitz Hall, Creelman
Hall, and the Reynolds Building
are all named after three interesting
men who played important roles at
the Ontario Agricultural College
(which in 1964 became the
University of Guelph along with the
Ontario Veterinary College and the
Macdonald Institute).
Andrew T and his pet dinosaur Rex
questions. You can ask any kind.
Question #2: How are you so
sexy?
Answer: Another good
question. I’m sexy because I’m
responsible, so I’m mostly only
sexy during tax season.
Question #3: What is the best
way to shine your shoes?
Zavitz Hall was originally built
in 1914 for Field Husbandry but
is now home to the School of Fine
Art and Music. Charles Zavitz was
a renowned crop scientist at the turn
of the 20th century and his work
with efficient crop breeding was so
impressive that the US Department
of Agriculture tried to lure him to
Washington, according to University
of Guelph History professor Terry
Crowley.
Dr.Crowley explained that Zavitz
held the position of acting president
of the OAC while President George
Creelman was advising the New
Zealand government on agricultural
policies. Trouble arose at the OAC
when World War One began and
Zavitz, a Quaker and pacifist,
opposed all pro-war demonstrations
from occurring on campus.
This caused an uproar in the
deeply patriotic and very British
town of Guelph, and many called
for his termination at the OAC.
Prof. Crowley insists though,
that Quakers like Zavitz were
accustomed to bearing hostility for
their anti-war beliefs and calls him
a, “tough character.”
The Department of Agriculture
quickly summoned President
George Creelman back so that
he could quietly reassume his role
as college president so as not to
“unsettle any waters,” according to
Dr. Crowley. Crowley said Zavitz
was a “quiet, unassuming man who
Andrew T
Answer: This one’s easy—spit
shine! Nothing gets you closer
to cleanliness, and closer to your
shoes, than spit shine. Whether
it’s wiping down your loafers
or shining up an old basketball
court (Space Jam reference), spit
shine is the way to go. It’s not
gross; it’s spit shine!
stood up for his principles when he
had to.”
George Creelman, whom
Creelman Hall is named after, held
the position of OAC president from
1904 to 1920. Dr. Crowley describes
Creelman as an “extremely political,
ambitious, Liberal man who was
astute in navigating the corridors
of power.” Creelman had a public
presence and an ability to get things
done; it’s no surprise that he was
asked to lead the provincial Liberal
party in 1909.
Under Creelman, the OAC
experienced significant expansion
and the women’s institute really
gained momentum with his help.
He and his wife believed in “the
spirit of liberal inquiry,” according
to Prof. Crowley. Mrs. Creelman,
the daughter of a former OAC
President, hosted a faculty wives
meeting to discuss the current
important books of the day.
Dr. Crowley exposed J.B.
Reynolds, the man behind the
Reynolds building, as a “tragic
figure” at the OAC. “He was a nice
guy, and was my favourite [OAC]
President,” Dr. Crowley insisted,
“he was a brilliant man and a great
leader and he was removed for purely
political reasons by the Conservative
Government.”
The OAC was unique at this
time because the college was a part
of the Provincial Government’s
Department of Agriculture. The
Question #4: What kind of
dinosaur would you have been?
And how would you have avoided
extinction?
Answer: I would have been a
Chronosaurus, the only dinosaur
with the ability for time travel. I
would have time traveled to the
future to avoid the extinction and
the judgmental looks from my
dinosaur friends because I didn’t
bring them with me. Then I would
invest in telecommunications
stocks, and to not show up drunk
at my cousin’s wedding. Time
travel teaches you so much!
Question #5: Do you know
whether or not Rex is seeing
anyone?
Answer: For those that don’t
know, Rex is my stuffed T-Rex.
He’s not seeing anyone right
now, but I’m trying to set him
up with me childhood stuffed
dinosaur Dino. These names…
they are astounding.
Question #6: Why does
Tickle Me Elmo laugh when you
kick it?
Answer: I think it’s kind
of like when your friend gets
really mad because you hid his
cellphone in the ceiling, and in
his rage he punches a hole in
the wall. You laugh then because
it’s the only way to relieve the
tension of the awkward situation.
Elmo’s laughing because he
Creelman Hall is named after George Creelman, who held the
position of OAC president from 1904 to 1920.
direct affiliation meant that when
the politics of the college didn’t align
with the politics of the government,
people were removed from their
positions and replaced with people
whose political beliefs were more
compatible with those of the
government.
Reynolds was an early advocate of
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doesn’t know what else to do. He
was made only to laugh. He’s just
working through the tension.
Question #7: Why is it that
I am unable to start or finish
anything with a due date, before
the date that it is actually due?
Answer: I guess Formspring.
Me can be used for asking real
questions too. I’m no expert, but
this social networking tool is
forcing me to become one. And
it sounds to me like you have a
problem with procrastination.
That’s cool. I used to have the
same problem. But then I went to
the dentist and I have no cavities
so she gave me a lollipop and I’m
all better now. Do I recommend
you do the same thing? No. That
whole procedure was actually
unrelated and wasted a lot more
time. I think you need to find
an enclosed space to go work in,
disconnect the wifi, chuck your
phone into a lake, and maybe
break up with all of your friends.
You can always find new friends,
but you can’t find a new due
date.
If you want, you can ask me
tons of questions at http://www.
formspring.me/desirefortiger
and I’ll answer them! It’s easy
and free to set up. If I were going
to suggest you register for one
thing today, it would be this.
Rashaad Bhamjee
women’s rights, and also introduced
a pioneering course in Canadian
Literature to the OAC, which in the
early twentieth century, was a very
unique course for a college to offer.
As we enjoy our campus, let’s try
to keep in mind the history of this
place and remember the people who
came before us.
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EDITORIAL
Will a new CSA Executive bring refreshing
engagement?
Congratulations are certainly in
order for the new members of the
CSA Executive. We’ll give credit to
any individual who enters student
politics, runs a campaign, and signs
on to a position where being publicly
criticized might as well be a part of
the job description.
Have a drink. Go celebrate.
But, once the party is over, before
looking into the changes you want to
make to your portfolio, take a good,
hard look at one number: 4344.
That is the number of
undergraduate students who voted in
this year’s CSA elections.
Beyond all else – the Universal
bus pass, the Canadian Federation
of Students, Employment Equity –
curbing student apathy should be of
the utmost priority.
We’ve said it all year, but
repetition can be one of our most
effective tools.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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to the Editor to
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and phone number. 300
word limit on all letters.
Re: “Food for thought: Vegan for
a different reason.”
The fork O’Keeke speaks of
already exists. Explanations for
a vegan diet are almost always
the product of some multi-
faceted utilitarian reasoning and
emotivism of some sort. That
said, there seems to be a serious
non sequitur between how vegans
explain themselves and how they
go about representing themselves.
I speak in reference to the
mentality of getting individuals to
“go vegan” when the aim is to get
human society to stop exploiting
animals in the way it does. The
bar is set too high and it sets
And now, we’ll be frank: it
should be your prerogative to make
uninteresting issues seem interesting.
If you’re in this job to merely
pad your resume, consider yourself
a contributor to the status quo. As a
representative of the undergraduate
student population, find a way to
reach out to even the most apathetic
of students.
The outgoing CSA made
inroads in reaching out to otherwise
uninterested students with their
relentless coverage of the bus pass
issue in December. Over 7, 000
individuals joined an interest group
on Facebook. Social networking at
its finest.
Take heed of this example.
Whether or not you think that social
networking is an informal way of
soliciting attention, you can’t argue
with its history of success. Rarely have
U of G students been so collectively
people up for failure. Veganism
and vegetarianism still, for the
most part, remain something
that young people try, fail at, and
then proceed to hold themselves
to a lower ethical standard for
the rest of their lives. This results
in the whole issue of meat eating
becoming a completely polarized
issue between those in the club
and those outside of the club –
the resulting knife fight is one the
vegans are losing. Say what you
will about veganism being more
common and easier than ever,
the fact remains that humans are
consuming more meat than ever
before. The vegan community is
partially to blame for this for using
their predominately utilitarian
reasoning to extract a strict ‘NO
ANIMAL’ principle that, big
surprise, most people don’t accept
or take seriously. The irony is that
this sort of polarizing actually
harms any utilitarian objectives
vegans might have in mind when
advocating their lifestyles. Most
people, regardless of how it is
packaged, will never accept a ‘NO
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elections. and making it relatable. Fax:
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– and your mandate – like you would are really interested in and brand
advertise a business. The best piece of yourselves as something more than Editorial staff
wisdom is that the old system is not just a political organization? Editor-in-chief
working. But, for almost the entire year, Daniel Bitonti
Everyone can say ‘think outside all we’ve really seen is a dialogue Arts & culture editor
the box,’ but why not actually do it? between student politicians and a Zack MacRae
Network, using various mediums small percentage of students who News editor
and techniques. Use style, wit and live, eat and breathe student politics. Nicole Elsasser
Sports & health editor
personality. Appeal to interests. Clearly, a new lead is needed. You’re
Mike Treadgold
Create a brand for yourself. Engage. missing thousands and thousands of Copy editor
In many ways, a newspaper students. Roli Wilhelm
struggles with the same types of The groundwork is in place; Web editor
problems as an organization like the will it be built upon, or be left in Sarawanan Ravindran
CSA: we must present issues, and our obscurity?
Production staff
Photo & graphics editor
Rashaad Bhamjee
ANIMAL’ position – so, with most colour should not be discriminated Ad designer
people a softer approach is called against, it says that “Every person Anne Tabata
Layout director
for. The last thing vegans need is has a right to equal treatment…
Duncan Day-Myron
another decadent formulation to without discrimination because
rally behind. It would be used to of race, ancestry, place of origin, Office staff
polarize the issue even further, colour…” etc. Business manager
and while it would cause vegans to Privilege and oppression exist Lorrie Taylor
feel even better about themselves, in society. There are systems that Office manager
it would do nothing to curtail inherently advantage some while Monique Vischschraper
society’s meat consumption. disadvantage others. The point Ad manager
of anti-oppression is to work to Chris Hamelin
Michael Barbetta address those systems; it is not
about addressing the people that Board of directors
President
are affected by them. My dice were
David Evans
rolled when I was born just like Chairperson
everybody else and through the Timothy McBride
Response to ‘Re: Straight white lottery of life I ended up here. I Treasurer
male privilege in CSA’ understand that there are ways that Curtis Van Laecke
I have been privileged and ways Secretary
I appreciate a stranger coming that I have been disadvantaged; Joanna Sulzycki
to my aid. James Duff ’s defense but the end of the day, judging Members
of straight white males is valiant, somebody’s worthiness to be Matthew French
but it a way it misses my point. a student leader (or a part of a Andrew Goloida
Identity doesn’t give you rights, discussion on human rights) based James Hawkins
Marshal McLernon
being a human being does. No on their skin colour, gender, sexual
one should need to put themselves orientation, or any other arbitrary
into an identity box to prove characteristic is wrong.
their worthiness. The Ontario
Human Rights Code doesn’t say Galen Fick
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Aldis Brennan
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