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Men are needed in the f ght or gender equality
M
ichael Kauman,the co-ounder o the White RibbonCampaign, the largest movementin the world to empower men andboys to promote gender equality,visited the University o Guelphon March 22 or an educationaland inspirational session on theglobal issue o violence againstwomen. he campus community was welcomed to listen andparticipate in the event whichwas interactive, sel-relectiveand challenged commonassumptions.One o the key messagesKauman gave was that we livein a culture o male-dominance.It’s not simply the existence o men that leads societies towardsaccepting violence againstemales. Male-dominance, orpatriarchy, utilizes the biologicaladvantage o males o greaterphysical strength as a way togain and maintain power. As a
Co-ounder o WhiteRibbon Campaignspeaks at U o G
JIHEE (MARIE) PARK
A student stands up against rising tuition ees during a rally organizedby the CSA on Friday, March 25.
result, in patriarchal societiesthe incidence rate o domesticviolence and abuse o womenis signiicantly higher than inothers.Kauman also discussed thecost o violence against women.However staggering the directand indirect economic costsare, the greater cost o domesticviolence is irreparable. Childrenwho grow up in an environmento violence are otenpsychologically scarred and may acquire severe developmentalproblems.According to Kauman, a rootcause o the insistent natureo violence against women isthat it is considered a personalproblem. Many people do noteel it is their responsibility to address another’s personalissues. It is important toredeine the deinition o civilresponsibility and make violenceagainst women an unconditionaloence, whether it is in plainsight or behind closed bedroomdoors.Kauman emphasized thatthroughout the history o eminism and action or women’srights, the activists have beenthe women themselves.“hat’s where I learnedabout violence against women:From women who against allodds have worked as scholars,intellectuals, activists, workingdeveloping women shelters andcrisis centers,” said Kauman. “Iagree with all o that and I think we can add to it. I think we needto add to it i we’re actually going to reach men.”Kauman pushes the needto educate and inspire men,who have had or the mostpart in history, a small role inpromoting gender equality. Asimple biological dierence thatseparates the two sexes should
see “KAUFMAN,”page 4
Pranksters educate students about new method o activism
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ulture jamming, atactic used to disruptmainstream institutionsand corporate advertising, hasbeen taken to a whole new level.T e Yes Men raise awarenessabout problematic social justiceissues through impersonatingleaders and corporations in themainstream media, a practice they coined as “identity correction.”Fake websites, press releases andvideos that resemble those o real
Andy Bichlbaum o theYes Men and CRIME’sLaurence Fabre talk about hoaxes
KELSEY RIDEOUcorporations create momentary conusion in the media and providea orum to publically humiliatethose complicit o unresolvedsocial and environmental abuses.T e CSA, OPIRG-Guelph andthe University o Guelph Library invited Andy Bichlbaum and othernotorious pranksters to campuson March 23, to share their work and describe the hoaxes they’vehelped to orchestrate. T e f rstprank Bichlbaum spoke o wasmeant to shame the US Chambero Commerce, the world’s biggestbusiness lobby, or their stanceagainst any government action onclimate change.Bichlbaum held a simulatedpress conerence where heannounced a radically di erentposition on climate change onbehal o the US Chamber o Commerce. T e CNN picked upthe story and later reported thatthe announcement was a hoax andthe lobby group was not changingits position on climate change aterall. Awareness was spread overhow the Chamber really spendsits $400,000 dollar per day budget,and Al Gore has since reportedthat the lobby group has decidedto make some real changes in itsattitude towards climate change.One o the f rst questionsdirected towards Bichlbaum wasover the possibility o being suedor impersonating large-scalecorporations. T e Yes Men haveonly had to deal with one lawsuitthe outcome o which has yet tobe determined in the past 12 yearso doing pranks.“It’s really because everybody can see that we’re right and they’rewrong,” explained Bichlbaum,on why corporations rarely try tosue the Yes Men. “You pull thatveil, you do something stupid andunny and make people laugh andimmediately everybody gets it.T ere’s nothing to it.”Special guest Laurence Fabrerom the Committee or theRepayment o the Indemnity Money Expropriated rom Haiti
see “YES MEN,” page 3
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Cities are ‘eeling the heat’ aroundclimate change
T e United Nations warnsurban areas to prepare to be atarget in order to curb climatechange. A study by the UN-Habitat reports that 70 per cento greenhouse gas emissions aredue to the world’s cities, whichonly occupy two per cent o theplanet’s land. Urban areas areconsidered energy intensive dueto transportation and energy consumptions. T ere is a need orimproved knowledge surroundingclimate change in regards to how cities contribute and what actionneeds to be taken.
T e Global Report on Human Settlements 2011,Cities and Climate Change: PolicyDirections
hopes to achieve thisneed through goals expressed intheir report. -
BBC
Platorms planks or ederal election unveiled
A non-conf dence motiontriggered Canada’s ourth ederalelection in less than seven years.National party leaders have startedto unveil their platorms as electionday approaches. Liberal leader,Michael Ignatie , announced acampaign plank to help und post-secondary educations or Canadianstudents. Jack Layton declaredthat part o the NDP campaignwas ocusing on credit card debt inorder to control Canadian amilies’household debt. ConservativeLeader Stephen Harper isrumored to unveil an incentive orsmall businesses to continue thetheme o lower taxes. Continueto look or announcements romall party leaders as the upcomingweeks progress. -
CBC
Signif cant reduction in energy during Earth Hour
On Saturday March 26,2011 residents o Guelph whoparticipated in Earth Hoursignif cantly reduced energy consumption. T e Guelph HydroInc. municipal utility parentreported that during the hour,local power consumer used 4megawatts less than the sameperiod a week earlier. T is equatesto the equivalent o 1300 homesbeing dropped o the powergrid. T e University o Guelphcontributed to the e orts by reducing or turning o lights oncampus. T ere have been reportso the international event losingmomentum among other citiesbut with these f ndings it does notappear to be the case or Guelph. -
Guelph Mercury
Compiled by ahlia Dyer(CRIME) helped to organize ahoax in which they acted as theFrench government and declaredtheir commitment to repayingthe 90 million gold rancs Franceimposed upon Haiti ollowingtheir independence in 1804. T edebt has crippled Haiti’s economy since the early 19
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century.“We saw that the media hadplayed a role o megaphone ororeign powers that had soughtto quell discussion about Haiti’sindependence debt and its role inunderdevelopment,” said Fabre.“So it was no coincidence that wechose to stage a prank in whichthe voice o a pretend Frenchgovernment was prominentbecause we knew rom experiencethat France would get listened towhen it talked about Haiti.”CRIME ollowed the hoaxwith a letter signed by prominentworld leaders such as NoamChomsky and Naomi Klein thatpublically denounced France’sreusal to pay back Haiti’sindependence debt.As the attention span in themedia is so short, Fabre describedhow to create pranks that have alasting impact.“I think or a prank tobe e ective as a mobilizingtool, I think you need to actin coordination with groupswho are working on ongoingcampaigns and you need to tapinto networks that can talk aboutthe signif cance o the prank…I think it’s important to pick atarget very careully, that there’s amovement ocused on that sametarget so you immediately have anetwork that can push orwardthe issue,” she said.Bichlbaum was asked why heuses the approach o creatingshort-term conusion opposedto raising awareness in a morehonest and direct manner.“Within usually an hour ortwo, we’ve completed unveiledeverything and said this iswhat happened, this is why ithappened and this was whowas involved...Why we do itthat way instead o just sayingthis is important and sendingout press releases is becauseprobably nobody would publishthat. Even the 20
th
anniversary o the Bhopal catastrophe wasn’tconsidered important enough toget much attention. I think doingour hoax enabled a lot morepress to be written about that,”said Bichlbaum, in reerenceto another Yes Men prank thatshamed Dow Chemical overtheir reusal to compensatevictims o the world’s largestindustrial disaster.Bichlbaum emphasized thatthe purpose o pranks is notto create deceit, but to bringattention to important issuesthat rarely see media coverage.“We don’t make lies. We unveilthe truth.”
Josh Doyle
“YES MEN,” continued
Andy Bichlbaum o the Yes Men and Laurence Fabre rom CRIME gavean interactive and at times hilarious presentation about international hoaxing and media activism.
Students to f ght against shame by marching in SlutWalk
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lut
. It’s a pejorative wordall too oten tossed aroundwith no repercussions. Butater a representative rom theoronto Police recently used theterm in relation to sexual assault,a prompt uprising was born.In stating, “Women shouldavoid dressing like sluts in ordernot to be victimized,” the oicerprovoked a group o people toorganize a rally denouncingthe view that it’s okay to blamevictims o sexual assault basedon their personal characteristics.SlutWalk oronto organizersexplain more about the cause ontheir website.“As the city’s major protectiveservice, the oronto Policehave perpetuated the mythand stereotype o ‘the slut,’and in doing so have ailed us.With sexual assault already asigniicantly under-reportedcrime, survivors have now beengiven even less o a reason to goto the Police, or ear that they
Free transportationrom Guelph toToronto rally onSunday, April 3
KELSEY RIDEOUcould be blamed. Being assaultedisn’t about what you wear; it’snot even about sex; but usinga pejorative term to rationalizeinexcusable behaviour creates anenvironment in which it’s okay to blame the victim.”U o G students Kinnison Maand Kaila Newby have helpedto organize a ree bus trip romGuelph to oronto on Sunday,April 3. he bus will leavethe parking lot between theBoathouse and the Cat Clinicon Gordon St. at 11:30 am anddrive to Queen’s Park, where therally will start. At the end o theday, the bus will leave Queen’sPark at 5 pm and head back toGuelph.Ma explained why she eelscompelled to march the streetso oronto or Slutwalk.“We think this behaviour is sounacceptable and so wrong andwe’re going to go out and show that hundreds o people think that no matter what you wear,who you are, or how you act, noone asks to be sexually assaulted.It’s important that people startrealizing that that isn’t an okay way o thinking,” said Ma, whosits on the Awareness o SexualAssault Prevention Committee(ASAP), alongside Newby, whois the producer o the VaginaMonologues at the U o G.Newby emphasized thatthe attitudes expressed by theoronto Police oicer are notrare and continue to be sharedby many igures o authority. Ajudge in Manitoba has recently received a lot o media coverageover releasing a perpetrator o sexual assault because the victimwas perceived to be “provokinghim with what she was wearing,”explained Newby.SlutWalk also serves as anopportunity to shed awarenessabout the resources that doexist to support those who haveendured sexual assault.“here are a lot o people whohave been sexually assaultedon our campus,” said Newby.“here are a lot o survivors. Ieel like it’s important or us tomake the message loud and clearthat there are a lot o supportpeople and places on campusand we want to go to rallies likethis to make sure that peopleare aware that they don’t have toeel ashamed.”Support services in Guelphinclude the Guelph-WellingtonWomen in Crisis Centre, theGuelph Resource Centre orGender Empowerment andDiversity (GRCHED) and theWellness Centre. Both Newby and Ma praised Director o Campus Community PoliceRobin Begin, describing her asan “amazing ally” who is also agreat support or sexual assaultsurvivors.Ma encouraged thoseinterested in attending SlutWalk to show up on Sunday or theree bus to oronto, and clariiedthat the march is inclusive o everyone.“One thing is that this marchisn’t speciically or woman-identiied people, anyone cango and you don’t have to dressup in any sort o way. he nameis more just in response to whatthe oronto Police oicer said. Iknow there are misconceptionsthat maybe we’re supposed todress up in certain ways, butyou don’t have to, just come asyou are.”
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