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166.6 thursday, october 13th, 2011 www.theontarion.com

GRYPHONS BLAST FROM THE PAST, PAGE 12

Penalties Cost Gryphons Home Opener
Justin nasielski
On Oct. 7, the Guelph Gryphons mens varsity hockey team took to the ice at the Gryphon Center to open up their season against the Ottawa Gee Gees. The team consisting of 17 returning players and seven new faces comes into the season as the reigning OUA Western Conference finalist. The team opened up the year without two star players from the previous season, losing forward Thomas Kirakou and defenceman Tim Priamo. Cody St Jacques started in net for the Gryphons turning aside 26 of 31 shots, while Russel Abbot received the win with a 27 save performance. Ottawa opened up the scoring on an early power play goal scored by Kyle Ireland, finishing off a passing play from Ottawa captain Mathieu Methot and Luc Olivier Blain, to chip the puck over St Jacques blocker. Guelph came back to score a power play goal of their own, seeing captain Kris Belan score from the bottom of the circle going far side on Abbot. The assists were credited to Zach Lillie and Ed Gale. The first period was very aggressive, seeing a few scrums after whistle and being capped off with Ottawas Darren Miller throwing a big hit on Guelphs JT MacDonald. The period ended on a scrappy note with Guelphs Andrew Merrett and Ottawas Max Chamberland each going to the box for roughing penalties. Ottawa came out in the second, scoring another early goal with Dom Jalbert finishing off a pass in front from Methot and Blain to go glove side on St Jacques. The goaltender got a piece of the puck, but not enough as it bounced across the goal line giving Ottawa a 2-1 lead. After a number of match penalties, Ottawa scored their second of the period as Matt White scored a beautiful goal, beating the Guelph defenceman wide on a 2 on 2 and wrapping the puck around St Jacques.

Celebrating World Mental Health Day

Trellis provides its first French language mental health service
shwetha chandrashekhar
Oct. 10 marks World Mental Health Day, and this year the theme is Investing in Mental Health. The day is meant to raise public awareness and promote open discussion of mental health issues, with emphasis on investments in prevention, promotion and treatment services. Mental illnesses affects nearly 12 per cent of the worlds population one out of every four people around the world will experience a mental illness that would benefit from diagnosis and treatment. Despite the extensive effect on the population, mental health is often less candidly discussed. A remarkable accomplishment on the road to addressing mental health issues, Sept. 29 denoted the first French language mental health telemedicine session held at the Delhi St. office of Trellis Mental Health and Developmental Services, after being officially introduced six months prior, on March 31. Trellis is a client driven organization committed to helping individuals and families facing mental health and developmental challenges. Funded by provincial and local governments and agencies, they have offices in

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THE ISSUES

INDEX
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Gryphons mens hockey drop home opener to the Ottawa Gee-Gees

NEWS
Operation Impact
Guelph police target road safety
andrea lamarre
This Thanksgiving weekend, police services geared up to enforce road safety across the country through Operation Impact, an annual project to reduce the number of highway traffic act violations. Operation Impact is a nation-wide project, explained Sgt. Douglas Pflug, the Guelph Police Services Media and Community Relations officer. Its a four-day project that all police undertake, and the main goal is to increase educational awareness of the rules of the road. With that, theres also the enforcement component, where the officers are looking for aggressive behaviour, impaired driving behaviourany driving behaviour that is outside the law -the end goal is to improve safety for everyone on the road, whether it be a driver, a pedestrian, a cyclist or a motorcyclist. Operation Impact is one of several initiatives undertaken by the Guelph Police Service in reaction to common violations such as alcohol and drug impaired driving, distracted driving, aggressive driving, and seatbelt infractions. These programs serve to reinforce knowledge across the community and hopefully prevent violations. This is a strategy that is appreciated by the public. Whenever we come out with these types of incentives, we get a lot of positive feedback from people, in the sense that its not just enforcement or a punitive strategy, said Pflug. People are really happy that its not just a heavy-handed approach [] Even though they may have the knowledge, we educate those who dont have it, inform those who do have it, and the third part is the enforcement side. We get a lot of public favour and public response to it because, at the end of the day, people want their roads to be safe. Traffic safety is a common concern for the community, and projects like Operation Impact often emerge from collaborative goal setting between the police service and community partners. Traffic issues are definitely issues at the forefront of our community [] the police work in partnerships and collaboration with the community so that we can make this as safe a place as it is to -as in our corporate linelive, work and play, said Pflug. He also stressed the importance of keeping the roads safe not just for drivers, but also for the large number of pedestrians and cyclists in our community.

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Air Canada flight attendants proceed with strike

Despite actions taken by Canadian federal government, Air Canada flight attendants have stated that they plan to proceed with the scheduled strike on Oct.13. Flight attendants submitted their 72 hour notice on Oct. 9 after rejecting a second agreement with Air Canada. Air Canada had initially thought the strike had been evaded when the federal government transferred negotiations to the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB). Normally, unions are not allowed to strike until the CIRB can assess the impact that a strike would have on the health and safety of Canadians. The government has stated that it will impose back-to-work legislation if the strike proceeds. However, the time frame for that legislation to come into effect is still uncertain as parliament does not resume in Oct. 17. (CBC).

Three women activists awarded Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize and $1.5 million was split between three women from Liberia and Yemen. Two of the women, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee, are from Liberia. Sirleaf is the Liberian president, and Gbowee has been recognized for her work as an activist for womens rights. The final recipient, Tawakkul Karman, is from Yemen and is being recognized for her advocacy of democracy. The award has made a statement that women and Islam have unprecedented impact on the arab anti-authoritarian movement, and the establishment of democracy in general. (Globe and Mail)

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Guelph police hit the roads Thanksgiving weekend for Operation Impact.
Results from this years Operation Impact will be available on the Guelph Police Services mental health CONTINUED Guelph, Wellington, Dufferin and Kitchener. Coordinator Christine Gilles has been recruiting Frenchspeaking psychiatrists from across the povince, and developing the protocols, processes and policies to ensure the programs success. This project was piloted by the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network, in support of Ontarios commitment to serving the French speaking community and to the French Language Services Act. Its exciting to finally launch this program and to be able to provide mental health consultation to francophone residents of Waterloo-Wellington in their own language, said Gilles. Better care is provided when one is able to speak to a health professional using ones first language. The breakdown? An individual sitting in Waterloo-Wellington uses a video camera to connect with a French-speaking psychiatrist in another area of Ontario through the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN). Both parties can communicate with website, as well as Facebook and Twitter, by the end of the week.

Harvesting for charity

Harvest for Hunger group break records and fight hunger
duncan day-myron
On Oct. 5, a group of farmers working out of Monkton, Ont. a small town in Perth county, about 80 km west of Guelph set out to break a world record and help raise funds for the Canadian Foodgrains bank. The Harvest for Hunger Committee had intended to harvest 160 acres of standing soybeans in a mere 10-minutes, entering the Guinness book, and then auctioning off the harvested beans. The farmers did not quite make their 10-minute goal, coming up at 11 minutes 43.59 seconds. Although it was not the time they had hoped to reach, it was still record time. The effort was delayed twice due to weather issues, as combines need dry weather in order to stand a chance at breaking the record. We will not have much of chance at a world record if one or two of the combines plug up because the soybean plants are damp, said Randy Drenth, the chair of the Harvest for Hunger committee in a press release about the delay. The eventual day of the harvest was successful, with the five combines pulling in an estimated 8000 bushels of soy, which were then put up to auction. The auction raised approximately $250,000, exceeding the target amount $200,000. Proceeds from the auction are going towards famine relief, largely in Africa, through the Harvest for Hunger organization. The first bushel put to auction went for $1000, with almost 20 subsequent bushels selling at the same price. Following lots of 1600 bushels each sold for $36 a bushel, far above the current market price for soy. The success of the auction, a beautiful day and a crowd of more than 3,000 has made up for any disappointment at not meeting our target time of 10 minutes, said Drenth after the event.

each other through a television camera and monitor. OTN operates the largest telemedicine network in the world, making Ontario a world leader in using videoconferencing technology to facilitate access to health care services. A definite tribute to World Mental Health Day, indeed. Weve also created a new network of psychiatrists capable of providing telemedicine services to Trellis English speaking clients. The pathways and processes to expand this service are now known and this may benefit future clients whose first language is not French or English, said Fred Wagner, executive director. The observance of World Mental Health Day lies in eliminating stigma associated with mental health issues, and truly investing in understanding its essence. Professionals or francophone residents interested in accessing this service can do so by calling the coordinator of the service, Christine Gilles.

RIMs troubles continue

Blackberry users all over the world found themselves unable to text for more than three days in a row due to a malfunction in Research in Motions (RIM) network. The complication arose when RIM switched to a private network. A backlog of data has cut off many countries from using BlackBerry Messenger and rendered browser connections inconsistent. While this is seems like a mere inconvenience to BlackBerry owners, the timing of the malfunction could have serious repercussions for RIM: this week, Apple will release its iPhone 4S. Over the last few years, RIM has been struggling to maintain a competitive position with Apple. After its sale and share price plunged in the last quarter, this IT malfunction has added another element of uncertainty to RIMs future. (Toronto Star) Compiled by Beth Purdon-McLellan

NEWS
CFRUs Hoofbeats wins training opportunity for combined driving
beth Purdon-mclellan
Kim Logue, former host of CFRU program Hoofbeats, has just been offered the opportunity to study under the world renowned combined driver, Chester Weber. Logue received the placement after entering an essay competition on The Gift of the Horse website. The training will take place in Florida, although there has yet to be an agreement on when her training will commence. For those of you who may not be quite so horse savvy, combined driving is an equestrian activity where a carriage pulled by horses completes a threepart competition. A single horse, a pair of horses, or two pairs of horses can pull the carriage. When four horses pull a vehicle, the driver is referred to having four-in-hand. The competition consists of dressage, cross-country marathon and an obstacle course. Dressage, usually done in an arena, is where the horse is tested for its flexibility. It is often described as the ballet equivalent for horses. Each team is also judged for its presentation, or how esthetically pleasing the horse, buggy, driver and grooms appear. Logue first heard about combined driving at the Florida horse park while acting as an assistant for competitors. I was spectating and acting as groom for a former coach of/ member of the Canadian Eventing team at the time, shortly after having moved to Guelph, said Logue. A woman I asked about the carriage-sport and competition going on that day explained Combined Driving to me - she called it Eventing with a carriage[]When your body wont take eventing anymore, you become a combined driver. This isnt the first time Logue has appeared in equine centred media. she is most widely known on campus for her radio show Hoofbeats which she hosted CFRU, the campus radio station. Hoofbeats won Logue the National Sport Offices Media of the Year award from Equine Canada. I was keen to get all the free training available from CFRU as I tried to develop new skills, with content I felt confident in, said Logue. It is such a resource available to us. So empowering! Logue is hoping to bring her experience from CFRU, as well as other media courses, to Florida when she trains under Weber. She hopes to create a documentary on combined driving, This is an amazing opportunity, said Logue. I want to make a film documentary during the training time []to help share knowledge about the horse sports, in a whole new discipline and genre.

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A chance to learn from the best in Florida Keeping waste in our own backyard Previous host of
duncan day-myron
Guelphs first load of organic waste was dumped at its new Organic Waste Processing Facility on Sept. 27. The facility, which has been in development for a little over a year, will mean that the City of Guelph will be able to take care of the over 10,000 tonnes of organic waste generated here every year in its own backyard. Per the City of Guelphs website, the state-of-the-art facility includes air curtains on the bay doors in the tipping floor area, a closed top design with a 47.5 metre-tall biofilter stack, and the use of naturally occurring microbes that degrade odourcausing compounds in the exhaust air, releasing clean air back into the environment. Prior to the construction of this facility, organic waste generated in Guelph was being sent to a waste energy facility in Niagara Falls, NY for incineration. Instead of incinerating the waste, the facility will be generating nutrient-rich compost, which can then be used by gardeners, landscapers and greenhouses. Keeping the waste here and using it to create compost isnt the only advantage to this new facility. By dealing with it here, we also get diversion credits. We count it towards waste diversion, whereas sending it to Niagara Falls didnt count, said Bill Shields, supervisor of governance and compliance at the City of Guelphs Solid Waste Resources. In our Waste Management Master Plan weve identified that at some point in time were going to reach 60 per cent diversion, and this increases our diversion rates. Diversion credits are awarded to cities who can divert waste away from landfills and towards other, more eco-friendly sites, such as recycling plants and organic waste facilities such as this one. Shields also offers some advice to Guelph residents to help keep this system effective. Follow the sorting rules thats on [the City of Guelphs] website and follow the calendars, he said. The sorting rules determine what can and cannot be put in with the weekly organic waste. Its important to note a couple things, he continued. You cannot put plastics bags in organic waste. You cant put any diapers in organic waste any more, you cant put any sanitary products in there anymore, and you cant put any pet waste that is encased in plastic bags any more. This move away from plastic bags is going to continue beyond these rules, as within the next three years curbside collection carts are distributed, removing plastic bags from the organic waste collection process entirely.

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Chester Weber is world renowned for his skills in combined driving.

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making your own dinner seems time consuming and daunting, but unfortunately those are far more expensive options than cooking for yourself. The classes are an attempt to get rid of that apprehension and show people how they can make tasty things fairly quickly. The cooking classes are intended to have a wider impact in the community as well. Were trying to increase awareness of our services existence because we want everyone to realize that poverty is a real issue on this campus, said Simon. Its one that people are often reluctant to mention because its not very flattering to our communitys image. Food banks are becoming a more important resource for campuses across Canada. While the increases in food prices are a concern, the school related finances are what pressures students turn to the Food Bank

ARTS & CUlTURE

Video kids
Vidd Kideo underlines videos guidance of contemporary culture
marie Park
In processes that have become canonized by historical convention, the boundaries of thought become limited to the bandwagon. Much is the case in art today. In Vidd Kideo, Vikki Dziuma and Yusuf Rahmaty brought down these walls by taking novel approaches to familiar media. For my work, video can so easily capture the monotonous activities taking place in daily lifesuch as being stuck in trafficit is interesting in this case with the post-production aspect that movie stars are the ones taking part in these ordinary tasks, which makes a good contrast, Dziuma commented. Television in particular provides a wide array of repetitious, beautiful, and yet manipulative signals and symbols that are important to remember, Rahmaty added. Art for arts sake is a philosophy that has stuck with the field of art, while styles and other aspects of the genre have shifted tremendously over the years. Most postmodern art produced in Canada and America is mostly sanitized, and if there is a political discussion that discussion generally revolves around whether the art piece itself is art, or not art and why in fact it is art, said Rahmaty. I find that puzzling considering the times we live in and [how] now is the most important time to have a political discussion that specifically pertains to events in our reality. I am very interested with monotony, banality and failure as means for making art, Dziuma said, commenting on a greater interest in expressing the notion of authorship. Her three-piece work, entitled Homeric Question (Failed Shelving Unit with Stupid Stuck Chainsaw and Applesauce, Botched Hobaci, and Attempted Birdhouse #2) consists of sculptural remakes of the failed artwork that Homer Simpson creates in an episode of The Simpsons in which he (accidentally) becomes a contemporary artist. Rahmatys Traffic, a compilation of over 100 excerpts of various driving scenes in movies, again exhibits the artists focus on

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CSA Food Bank offers cooking classes

Learn how to make quick, nutritious meals on a budget
by beth Purdon-mclellan
The CSA Food Bank continues to support the community by offering cooking classes that equip students to eat well even when under financial stress. PJs Restaurant, a student run restaurant that operates in conjunction with the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, has opened its doors, and will be hosting the cooking classes. We are very, very thankful that this year PJs Restaurant has sponsored the classes and allowed us to use their professional kitchen space and staff, said Laura Simon, CSA Food Bank coordinator. I suppose the organizer would be myself, and Simon Day from PJs, who will also be teaching the classes. The CSA Food Bank supports the student body in more ways than just providing relief. It also provides information and skills that help students learn how to cope with hunger and budgeting. The cooking classes are one of the Food Banks proactive initiatives to ensure that students do not have to return to the Food Bank. The cooking classes and the cookbook are intended to help students make their food budget stretch, to help keep them afloat so that they dont have to resort to using the Food Bank, said Simon. Students can expect to learn basic cooking skills, such as food handling and preparation. The focus of the course is how to prepare cheap, nutritious meals that are compatible with a student lifestyle. A lot of students resort to buying pre-prepared meals or eating out because the task of

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CSA Food Bank cooking classes teach students how to eat well on a budget.
Tuition fees and other schoolrelated expenses are on the rise, and theyre not flexible, said Simon. Not paying your fees results in getting de-registered - so often students will be put in a position where they have to sacrifice their food budget in order to stay in school.

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Vikki Dziuma's three sculptural remakes of Homer Simpson's failed art attempts stood in the foreground of Yusuf Rahmaty's "Drive" (projected on wall) during Zavitz's display of Vidd Kideo, a collection of video ready-mades.
altering existing material from a post-production standpoint. [P]eople could recognize a lot of our source material [...] and even though the concept of the works has been completely complex, I think it was enjoyable for viewers to recollect these references, Rahmaty said. Using the postmodern approach of ready-mades, but applying it to moving media was one of Rahmatys ideas as well. Ready-mades are often and historically cultivated from everyday objects that exist in our world and not for example from the immaterial world, Rahmaty commented. Pieces like his The 16 Sineads use powerful images and intelligent synthesis to make statements with blatant political messages. Repetitious imagery, recognizable artifacts and symbols, and the tandem presentation of video and audio were key to the experience of the show. The artists exploration of media well reflected their intentions. To quote Rahmaty, media [] is an extremely powerful machine and its important for artists to experience the process of manipulating that power only to reintroduce it in whatever way they see fit.

Scientifically Inclined: Miraculins miracle explained

arielle duhaime-ross
Dont you just love the sweetness of Tabasco or the sugar high you get from biting into a lime? If you find this question confusing, then youve probably never heard of the miracle fruit Richadella dulcifida. This little red berry has the uncanny ability of turning highly acidic foods into sugary treats. In fact, the miracle berrys amazing extract, sold in tablet form, has been the belle of the ball at many a foodies table for the last 40 years or so, with people planning sour food tasting parties where a shot of vinegar is the drink of choice and pickles make a delectable dessert. The explanation for the taste bud alteration experienced for a period of one hour after ingestion had, until recently, remained a mystery. However on Oct. 4, a team of researchers from the University of Tokyo published an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that finally explains how this little berry manages to alter our sense of taste so drastically. The team of scientists, headed by Dr. Koizumi, used a system of cultured cells acting as human taste receptors to test the effect of miraculin (MCL) - a glycoprotein and the berrys active ingredient - at various levels of acidity. They realised that MLC increasingly activates hT1R2-hT1R3, a human sweet taste receptor, as pH declines from the acidic levels of 6.5 to 4.8. They also used molecular modelling to determine that the amino-terminal domain of hT1R2 is the necessary component for the MLC response. Thus, by interacting with the sweet taste receptor, MCL enhances the receptors activity, making us perceive sweetness in foods that we wouldnt otherwise. It is believed that fruits developed their sweetness to attract animals so that, through various methods, animals would spread their seeds. Therefore, from an evolutionary standpoint, this fruits ability to make sour foods sweet is rather peculiar because the miracle berry is itself not

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The Miraculin berry has received much attention for its incredible ability to make normally sour foods taste sweet.
sweet. It is only after ingesting a normally sour food item that sweetness is conveyed. So the animals that consume this berry would have had to learn of its properties over time. In light of this, one could liken an animal eating the berry to someone ingesting a drug in order to trip out on the subsequent foodaltering properties, in lieu of eating a food item to acquire the sugars needed to survive. If, after reading this article, you too wish to trip out by altering your taste buds for a spell, I suggest you order the tablets online because the berry unfortunately spoils rather quickly and is rarely imported fresh from West Africa. The tablets are perfectly legal and, more importantly, harmless. To get the full effect, place a tablet on your tongue and let it dissolve slowly. It will take about five minutes to reach its full strength and for a period of one hour after having done so, every sour item you can get your hand on will taste like candy. Interestingly, MLC does not make everything sweet. If you eat foods with a neutral pH of 7, the berry actually inactivates the hT1R2-hT1R3 sweet taste receptor, making those foods rather bland, so choose carefully and enjoy!

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Traffic jam
tom beedham
Even if theyve maintained a spotlight in the blogosphere, beats from Tyler, the Creators Yonkers arent typically anticipated to invade ears in the middle of a bands set when half of said band occupies itself with an acoustic guitar. Of course, such predictions make sense when the mediums making them arent let in on the fact that the second half of said band is a turntablist. Thats the formula behind Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker (USS), a band with a sound that is a combination Markham/Stouffville, Ont. alternative dance-rock duo Ash Boo-Schultz and Jason Human Kebab Parsons arrived at in 2007 as an answer to their shared goal of constructing a sound that was unrestricted from the stipulations of specific genres. Nearing the end of a cross-Canada tour, the pair (joined by official touring drummer Matthew Murphy) stopped by Guelphs Club Vinyl on Oct. 6. Along with onstage and offstage antics involving mid-song handstands and crowdsurfing that took Parsons into the crowd carting a makeshift Guitar Hero axe/ mixer hybrid, it doesnt take the divination of a psychic to speculate that a USS live performance will be anything short of a good time. Musical freedom is what allows presence seems to draw just as freely from the physical world as its sound draws its influence from the musical realm. Although they released USS Approved in May, the band kept mostly to tracks from their explosively successful 2009 full length Questamation, playing favourites like Neurochemical Warfare Gas Masquerade, Anti-Venom and Stationary Robbery, though they did include new tracks Minus Me, N/A OK. They also churned out Hollow Point Sniper Hyperbole from their 2008 debut EP Welding the C:/. Even with handstands, crowdsurfing, and a special smoothie demonstration involving their everpresent blender, USS saved the best for last, asking the crowd if they wanted to end the concert on the street. Wildly in favour of the suggestion, the packed venue spilled out onto MacDonell just as downtown activity in Guelph was starting to kick into high gear. To the detriment of downtown drivers, the crowd occupied half of the road, forcing cars and buses to come to a halt until they could proceed around the horde.

Album review: lights

Siberia 2.9/5.0
oliver dzuba
Canadian artist Lightss Siberia provides an interesting idea in music. Ostensibly suggesting that selective audience pandering is possible, the 24-year-olds sophomore album shows the difficulties of finding a balance between genuine music and popularity. While Siberia isnt particularly a great album, there is good in it. Valerie Anne Poxleitners voice crafts the ideal pop sound through all of Siberias 57 minutes. An attractive and likeable voice that can only be described as endearing is placed on top of a dub-step inspired production, which surprisingly maintains originality in spite of the subgenres recent popularity. Appearances from Canadian rapper Shad and production credits written to Tawgs Salter (the producer partially responsible for Josh Groban) nearly make Siberia an innocuous pop album that could be considered otherwise tolerable. Lightss songwriting fails to articulate and convey ideas and feelings into lyrics and its in this that Siberia suffers the most. The entire album is about as lyrically trite as the average Nickelback song, and after 14 songs, listening to Siberia becomes a bit of a challenge. Poxleitners sweet voice becomes grating when forced to sing If you are a cliff-hanger ending, Im the one that doesnt know anything or In any book Ill ever read, youd be the line that sticks out to me. Whether intentionally simple for the sake of accessibility and radio play or not is speculative, but after lyrics like these it becomes clear that Lights was meant to be taken in small doses. Poxleitners twee image and persona arent enough to carry this album, and the novelty of these theatrics wear thin rather quickly. Perhaps shes pining on the hope that her listeners are nave enough to relate to the shallowness of her lyrics, and its probably certain that the album was written for a younger crowd who would never be aware of such an idea. Selling albums is hard nowadays. If Lights wants to make money from music, then good for her, but doing so has left Siberia laking any credible substance or anything remotely genuine for that matter. Its hopeful to say that the production behind this young artist as well as her astounding voice could be better used on future releases. Siberia could have been a great album, but its lack of lyrical creativity weigh it down heavily.

It doesnt take the divination of a psychic to speculate that a USS live performance will be anything short of a good time.
USS to spin samples of the Odd Future head honchos breakthrough single in their sets. True to their intentions, between songs, the bands sampling at Vinyl also drew from popster Miley Cyruss Party in the USA, and the group even introduced their 2009 hit Laces Out with pump up favourite House of Pains Jump Around. With a set decorated with a blender, a portrait of the Hindu goddess Durga, a heart monitor, and tribal art, and Boo-Schultz and Parsons dressed in a scouting uniform and a Gryphons football tee (respectively) the bands visual

The Ontarion

ARTS & CULTURE

tom beedham
Earlier in the month, 23 seasonlong series The Simpsons looked to be on Fox Networks notorious chopping block when there was a contract dispute between the mega company-and the cartoons voice actors. Now that the shows producers have agreed to reduced wages, thus insuring another two seasons of the long-running toon, this installment of List Service looks at some of the shows finer voice cameos in celebration. Thomas Pynchon Having avoided reporters and a public appearance for over 40 years, the author of Gravitys Rainbow, The Crying of Lot 49, and V. lent his voice to The Simpsons in 2004 for two animated cameo appearances as himself. When Marge becomes a novelist in Diatribe of a Mad Housewife, Pynchon is seen with a An openly gay man made famous in the 70s for creating transgressive cult-films, the pencil-thin moustache man that wrote and directed Hairspray in 1988 guest-starred in 1997 episode Homers Phobia. This marked the shows first episode revolving entirely around gay themes, and it was initially found too unsuitable for bag over his head while speaking over the phone, providing a blurb for the back of Marges new book. Later, in Alls Fair in Oven War, hes consulted for a quote in a cookbook and he delivers a slew of puns that Pynchon supposedly wrote himself (The Ontarion could not reach Pynchon for comment) for the episode. His character also made a non-speaking appearance at the fictional WordLoaf convention in 2006 episode MoeNa Lisa. John Waters

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list Service: three outstanding Simpsons cameos

broadcast by Fox censors due to its controversial subject matter. Michael Jackson In 1991 episode Stark Raving Dad, Homer gets sent to a mental institution, where he meets cellmate Leon Komowsky, a large white man claiming to be Michael Jackson. Credited as John Jay Smith, MJ voices Komowskys character. That Jacko played a man that claimed to be himself and then tried to avoid being recognized as the real McCoy is confusing enough, but add to the mix the fact that Jackson got sound alike Kipp Lennon to sing portions of Billie Jean and Ben and things get really weird. According to the king of pop, the switch and the pseudonym were intended because he wanted to play a joke on his brothers. The gloved one also wrote the song Happy Birthday Lisa for the show.

COURTESY

Wool on Wolves appearance in the noon concert series fell on a Thursday instead of during the usual Friday slot, allowing students taking early Thanksgiving flight from Guelph a chance to witness free music in the UC courtyard on Oct. 6.
KATIE MAZ

New writer-in-residence
Playwright Colleen Murphy begins stay at U of G
abigel lemak
New writer-in-residence Colleen Murphy brings a passion for theatre to the students of the University of Guelph. A writer-in-residence is an accomplished writer who offers their experience and insight to students interested in writing and the arts. With extensive experience in both film and theatre, Murphys experience is available both to writers who are serious about their craft and for students who are simply curious about the industry. Her office is located in Massey Hall 104B, and she is available to book meetings on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Colleen Murphy has demonstrated exceptional writing for the radio, stage and screen for over two decades. In 1985 she won third prize in the CBC Literary Competition for her radio drama Fire Engine Red, and in 1987 she moved on to produce her first play All Other Destinations Are Cancelled, after joining the Playwrights Unit at the Tarragon Theatre. Unhappy with the performancesinterpretation of the play, Murphy temporarily left theatre for film. Her short films proved successful with nominations for best short film in 1996 for The Feeler, and three more Genie awards for her feature film Shoemaker, the latter of which allowed her to walk home with the Audience Prize and the Ecumenical Jury Prize in 1997. In 1999, Murphy co-produced the film Desire, which was nominated for two Genies (Best Leading Actress and Actor) at the Toronto International Film Festival a year later. Murphy continued her career in theatre with her fourth play The Piper, directed by Richard Rose. The play was performed at the Necessary Angel Theatre in 2002. Murphy also produced the short film Girl with Dog two years later. Her short films have been enjoyed in Canada as well as throughout Europe. Currently Murphy is working on an opera titled The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G. in collaboration with composer Aaron Gervais, said to be complete by next year. Murphys return to theatre has provided wonderful additions to Canadian theatre that have been praised worldwide. The University of Guelph is privileged to welcome her talents to our school, and students are encouraged to drop by and ask about her latest works. On Oct. 12, Murphy held a on tragedy titled Confronting Ourselves: Writing Tragedy in a Godless World in lower Massey Hall. For more information on Colleen Murphy, you can visit her site at colleenmurphy.ca.

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involved outside your life to serve and support others. Besides getting their pink gear together, the team is also prepping for their challengers the York Lions, as well as hoping to improve their season record. Recently the Gryphons played a solid game against the Western Mustangs, holding them to a tight score throughout the game. Although the final score, 33-29, was in favor of the Mustangs, coach Lang commented that it was likely the best-played game of the season. As well as building on the successes of the game against the Mustangs, the Gryphons are also working on reducing penalties and missed assignments. Were still making mistakes on the football field and were a team that needs to play error-free football to be successful, said Lang. On the other hand, the coaching staff is quite excited to see a

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The second period ended with Guelph being outshot 25-16 by the Gee Gees. Action picked up mid way through the third, with Merrett capitalizing on the big rebound given out by the Gee Gee goaltender, scoring his first of the season on the power play. MacDonald and Justin Gvora were given the assists on the play. From there, Ottawa took over, converting two more times on the power play with goals coming from Austin Krahenbil and Alex Touchette. The special teams were very active for both teams, seeing Guelph go two for six on the power play while going four for seven on the penalty kill. Discipline was a key tonight. We scored two power play goals which was positive, but we gave up three [shorthanded], and whats worse is that the couple penalties took away momentum said coach Shawn Camp following the loss When youre in the box giving up shorthanded chances,

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Red, black, gold and pink

Gryphons football game to promote and raise money for breast cancer awareness
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On Saturday Oct. 15 the University of Guelph Gryphons football team will be suiting up in their red, black and gold uniforms to take on the York Lions. On top of the traditional Gryph colours the team will also be sporting pink gear to help raise awareness and money for breast cancer research. As well as having pink wristbands and using pink tape to wrap wrists and shoes, the coaching staff will also be promoting this charity through a display of pink apparel. Weve got pink caps, all the coaches and other staff will be wearing those on the sidelines, said head coach Stu Lang. Were trying to do more and more [each year]. Ive ordered some pink towels so hopefully theyll arrive in time as well. We did this last year but, like anything, were improving and growing in it. Lang also commented on why the Breast Cancer Society was the chosen charity. I think that since the University of Guelph is predominantly female, it makes sense to have this charity as one of the major charities on campus, he said. Lang not only stressed the importance of breast cancer awareness to the team, but also the idea of service. I told them the other day a quote that I had heard that said that the rent for living on earth is a life of service, continued Lang. Its important that the players start looking beyond themselves and trying to find an area of service. I told them that some people get called for big things, some for small things, but you have to get

it hurts us and that was the story tonight. Guelph played the second of back to back home games against UQTR, which resulted in a 7-3 loss to the Patriots. The team falls to 0-2 to begin their season, but will be traveling to Ottawa to face the Carleton Ravens on Oct. 14 in search of their first win of the season. Guelph plays their next game at home on Wednesday Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m against the UOIT Ridgebacks.

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Gryphons football team to wear pink for breast cancer awareness

couple of players stepping up. Jazz Linsdey, our new firstyear quarterback, this is his second game, and everyday in practice and in the two games that hes played hes continued to improve so were quite excited about that. [As well] Rob Farquharson looks like hes going to be our starting runningback, said Lang Make sure to be in attendance at the game on Oct. 13 to support your Guelph Gryphons and an excellent cause.

Sports drinks: myth or necessity?

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The task of debunking some common misconceptions about sports drinks presents one central question: is it truly necessary for me to consume one when I exercise? To correctly answer that question, its important to understand what the sports drink was originally designed for: elite athletes. While the product was initially made for athletes, 75% of [the producers] sales are to the general population, said Dr. Lawrence Spriet, a professor and chair of the Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences here at the University of Guelph. He explains that despite those sales figures, these drinks are still intended for the elite athletes among us. For those not training twice a day for hours at a time, the sports drink is unnecessary. In a lot of cases, sipping on water is fine, claims Spriet. The main ingredients in the sports drink are relatively simple: water, sugars (carbohydrates), and a small amount of electrolytes. The benefit to the athlete is experienced when the beverage is consumed during the time of physical exertion. Ideally, an athlete is able to replace the amount of fluid lost through sweating by hydrating with water and sports drinks. All the water in your body has a 0.9 per cent salt content, explains Spriet. The kidneys play the role of strict regulator in ensuring that these levels remain constant, this is important because the salt levels in the bodys liquids are critical to the correct functioning of cells in the body. Sweating releases these fluids and the body cannot reproduce liquid and salt without consumption of an outside source. For the elite athlete, it is critical that these levels are corrected immediately and thus the sports drink becomes a necessity. While the importance of water and salt are evident, the role of sugar is equally important. A lot of people forget that sugar is the preferred fuel of the brain, said Spriet. The brain requires many of the carbohydrates that are found in the sugars provided by sports drinks, but can also be found in other natural sources. Since many sports require quick decision making, it becomes apparent that keeping the brain fuelled is equally as important as keeping the body hydrated. So what does this mean for the backyard quarterback among us? There are a large number of people that are active, but by no means require a sports beverage, states Spriet. Accordingly, the high amount of sugar and salt in the diet of the Fo o tb al l

The Gryphons womens hockey team were triumphant in their home opener against the Queens Gaels on Friday Oct. 7. Although Queens took the lead early on in the game a strong second period and some excellent goaltending by Stephanie Nehring allowed the Gryphons to overpower the Gaels with a 3-2 win. Goals were scored by Jessica Pinkerton and Jenna lanzarotta, who scored twice.

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Gryphon's player Jon-Thomas MacDonald battles with UOIT player for puck possesion.

A moment with a Gryphons golf athlete

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Fourth year varsity golf athlete Vanessa Dupuis sits down with the Ontarion to talk about what its like to be on the team.
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Sasha Odesse: Whats is the training schedule of a varsity golf athlete like? Vanessa Dupuis: We have practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Our scheduled practice on Thursday is where one of our assistant coaches comes and we go to the

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driving range and hell have certain exercises for us just to try some different things and see if anything works for us that we hadnt been aware of before. Each week we focus on something different, so last week we just focused on putting and he had some drills for us to do and then in the off-season hes going to develop a personal training program for us based on some of the things we could strengthen. SO: Has the team practiced yearround in the past? VD: This is the first year that [the golf team] will be training all year round. We usually dont do much in the winter [but] our home club is the Cutten Club and they have an indoor practice facility that is open throughout the winter. SO: What is it like to have such a small team? VD: We have six girls on our roster but only four girls go to each tournament so we rotate for the most part. The couple top-ranked girls go to all of the tournaments. And then on our mens team we have eight guys and five go to each tournament. It is [like a big family]. Usually were all on the same bus to the golf course together so its good for team building. SO: What are your personal goals for the season? VD: I finished sixth in our last tournament, [the Gryphon Invitational], which is better than any tournament that I competed in last year or the year before and we have

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lAST GAME RESUlTS 10/09: Guelph vs. McMaster 0-2 GRYPHON SEASON STANDINGS: W l T 3 6 1

lAST GAME RESUlTS 10/08: Guelph vs. Waterloo 3-1 GRYPHON SEASON STANDINGS: W l T 9 11 0

lAST GAME RESUlTS 10/07: Guelph vs. York 3-0 GRYPHON SEASON STANDINGS: W l T 7 1 0

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lAST GAME RESUlTS 10/09: Guelph vs. Toronto 4 - 12 GRYPHON SEASON STANDINGS: W l T 8 2 1

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lAST GAME RESUlTS 10/08: Guelph vs. UOIT 3-4 GRYPHON SEASON STANDINGS: W l T 1 1 0

the OUAs this weekend in Kingston so Im going to try and place in the top ten. SO: What do you think Guelphs odds are moving into OUAs? VD: I think there is definitely some potential to get a medal we didnt fare too well last year, but with our new recruits this year I think we have a chance.

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people every year. Doctors have tried, but have not been able to establish any guidelines on how you can practice choking without, well, dying. Definitely explore some of the other activities you and your partner might enjoy that still give you the opportunity to play with power and dominance, but skip anything with that high of a mortality rate. Sexy: Exiling your roommate for a couple of hours so you and your partner can enjoy some uninterrupted alone time Stupid: having sex while your roommates in the room because you figure he/shes probably asleep. Why: School, jobs, friends, family: there are plenty of pressures on you already. So if you find a couple of hours where you and your partner can enjoy yourselves, wouldnt it be nice to actually be able to enjoy the experience? You can take off some of the pressure by finding a couple of hours where you dont have to worry that someones about to walk in on you. Make sure youre not doing it right before their major
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Sex Geek: Stupid vs. sexy

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Lets face it: sometimes when it comes to sex, we can do some questionable things. Star Wars props? School girl outfits? If you were having safe, consensual fun, Im all for it. But occasionally there are things that seem to cross that line from sexy straight over to stupid (or downright dangerous). Ive got a couple of examples below. Sexy: Keeping condoms with you so that youre always ready to go Stupid: Getting caught up in the moment without protection and thinking well, just this one time wont hurt. . . Why: Once is always going to be enough to get someone pregnant or contract an STI. Having condoms with you doesnt mean that you have to have sex. It doesnt mean that you dont trust your partner, or that youre looking for sex. What it does mean is that youre ready if opportunity ever strikes youll have the appropriate safer sex supplies on hand, that youre an awesome friend because youll be able to help out a friend when opportunity finds them, or that youll be totally prepared if the need for a water balloon emerges. (Hey, these things happen!) (Just remember, condoms need to be stored in a cool, dry place. Pockets or wallets arent a good idea. And make sure that theyre not expired or damaged!) Sexy: engaging in some consensual bondage/dominance play Stupid: choking your partner (or being choked) Why: There are lots of people who enjoy taking part in some role-play or power play kind of activities. This might include being tied up, tying the other up, spanking, props, whips, gags, etc. In order to be done safely, boundaries always need to be set up with your partner and a safe word (something non-sexual that youd say if you wanted things to stop, or an action youd do if you werent able to speak) established before you start. However, choking your partner (or allowing your partner to choke you) is incredibly dangerous. Basically, this is an activity that can (and does) kill

FASHION Makeup for this fall

Black eyeliner in graphic shapes can go either rocker or classy. Go for a thick, squared wing for a mod look, wing out slightly for a classic cat-eye effect, or just have fun and play with different shapes. You can also experiment with other coloured liners since colour on the eyes was a recurring theme this season. In addition, dramatic metallic eyes played a part on many runways this fall with luminescent golds and other jewel tones. Peacock eyes were also featured with a mix of greens and metallics. Blue smokey eyes also looked super cool and not at all outdated. Clumpy lashes loaded with black mascara were also a current look. Apply several coats (or more) to make a powerful statement that is vaguely Twiggy-esque. Brows are also an important element to having flawless makeup. Work with the shape you were born with and never ever over-pluck. You want to be excited about your makeup, but not look permanently excited because you went tweezer-crazy.

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midterm and that youre willing to return the favour, but then feel free to experiment with position #461 from the sex guide you picked up, no matter how ridiculous you think it might look. Having sex with your roommate in the room is totally unfair to you, your roommate, and your partner. If you find someone listening to/watching you have sex

exciting, there are appropriate venues for that. Check online there are websites specifically for this purpose, just make sure that you and your partner are both consenting to others watching or listening and old enough to make such a decision! Its totally unfair to subject a roommate to listening for the purposes of getting you off.

This seasons catch-phrase should be bring on the drama. Runways were filled with bold lips, graphic eyeliner, swashes of eyeshadow and clumps of mascara. Below is the breakdown on how to incorporate these trends into your existing repertoire. Bright red lips were seen all over the place with either glossy, matte or stained finishes in super pigmented shades. If you want to go classic red and youre fair skinned, go for lipsticks and glosses with blue undertones, and if you are warm skinned, go for reds with pink or orange undertones instead. Deep wine shades were also prominent and these berry shades were bold and edgy. If you are pale, find one with pink undertones; if you have medium skin, go for browns; and if you are dark skinned, you should go for berry colours. Hot pink was also featured on the lips of stars such as Emma Stone. This fun shade makes a statement, especially when paired with bold liner and a bit of black mascara.

Brows are both bold and natural looking. When incorporating these makeup techniques into your daily ritual, choose to play up either just your lips or just your eyes. Playing up both can easily go overboard, so it is best to keep the rest of your face neutral and natural while emphasizing your favourite feature with bold shapes and colours.

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is a variation on the martini. Adding scotch or other whiskies to a martini are not altogether uncommon. Adding just a touch in place of vermouth gives the drink a touch of smokiness that reinvents it entirely. Although typically reserved for the clean taste of the vodka martini, Drambuie can be added just as well to a gin martini, although the ratio would need to be adjusted. While a vodka martini would need just a splash of Drambuie, you would need about half as much Drambuie to gin in order for the flavour to be noticeable. And although the cocktail shaker is usually not far from a martini glass, Id still recommend they be mixed in the glass. With martinis, its important to spend a little more on the spirits. Smirnoff might make your vodka cranberries all they need to be, but without that sugary buffer, its not quite so good. Wyborowa vodka straight out of the freezer, or Tanqueray (10 or not) are both wallet-watching choices that will make a fine cocktail. Last, but not least, we go to the hot drinks. While I talked about mulled wine last week, there are plenty of other hot drinks that would make a nice home for a shot of Drambuie. The hot toddy isnt a very popular drink, but when the weather gets colder, it might be something worth investigating further. Although the traditional English way to make a hot toddy is to add alcohol usually whisky or a fortified wine like brandy or Port to strong, steeped black tea, the Scots tend to forego the tea altogether and simply add the hot water and honey to a glass of whisky. Either is delicious. With the Scottish version, a squeeze of lemon juice or a stir with a cinnamon stick wouldnt go amiss. And while Baileys is most peoples preferred liquor for their coffee, Drambuies is just as delicious. Its a rare drink, in a way. Its easy enough to find in the LCBO, but harder to find on most peoples shelves at home. I firmly believe that if more people went out and tried it, more people would drink it. And the

Potent potables: Scotchs sweet second-cousin

duncan day-myron
At the end of last weeks how-to on mulled wine, I suggested adding a splash of Drambuie to the final product. Since then, Ive had more than one person ask me, Duncan, what is Drambuie? The answer to that question is many things, but delicious is the most important. Drambuie is a mixture of Scotch whisky, heather honey, herbs, spices and magic. Its golden like the setting sun, with a sweet-yet-smoky flavour unlike anything else. If you pick some up, and I recommend anyone who has a passing interest try it at least once, start by tasting it neat. That doesnt mean do a shot of it, but pour some unchilled into a rocks glass and have a sip. Get used to the taste, and think about the ways you feel you might like to use it. If you enjoy it enough drinking it neat, then by all means finish the bottle that way. No one will think less of you for it. The most common way to drink Drambuie is in a rusty nail. The drink dates back to the 1960s, and is a mixture of Scotch whisky and Drambuie, typically in equal parts, served over ice with a twist of lemon. Start with the ice, and pour the Drambuie in, then add the Scotch. The Drambuie is the thicker off the two, and adding the whisky second helps to lift it from the bottom and mix the two together. The drink should never be shaken (no whisky-based cocktail should ever begin life in a cocktail shaker) and stirred only slightly. Aggressive stirring will just melt the ice faster and dilute your drink more. Add the twist of lemon last, and feel free to squeeze some of the juice out of it as you add it, although keep in mind this isnt a whisky sour. If drinking whisky straight up is too strong for you, the only mix which wont ruin the drink is a small splash of soda water. I dont encourage it, but its still a fine drink regardless. If the prospect of buying a bottle of Scotch frightens you, then go for the middle of the rack. J&B Rare Scotch is fine quality and wont break the bank. If the bank can be broken, break it with Laphraoig before Mr. Walker. Another interesting way Drambuie is used is in a cocktail called an Aberfoyle, which

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For those of you who were sent home with truckloads of leftovers, you know that there is never enough gravy to cover all those mashed potatoes. Although we love this Thanksgiving staple, by the end of the week youre probably getting sick of eating them plain. Heres a simple way to spice up those mashed potatoes. 2 Cups mashed potatoes Cup flour 1 onion, minced 1 egg tsp salt and paper Place all the ingredients in a bowl. Mix well. Form patties approximately 5 cm in diameter. Since this mixture is very thick and requires an egg, it is important not to make your patties too big. If you make them too large, they will not cook all the way through, and are likely to crumble when you try to flip them. In a frying pan, heat the oil. Place in the patties and cook until they are heated all the way through and have turned a crisp, golden brown.

Hot turkey sandwich recipe

As simple and easy it may sound, a hot turkey sandwich is in my opinion, one of the most satisfying ways to enjoy your leftover turkey. It is as easy as making a grilled cheese, and actually very similar in process. 2 slices of bread butter leftover turkey leftover gravy
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more people whose apartment liquor supply can provide me with a rusty nail, the better.

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Turkey n Stuffing Casserole

This easy recipe is great to use up all your Thanksgiving leftovers in a pinch with its short list of easy-to-find ingredients. What makes it a favourite is all the room a casserole can allow for substitutions. The version shown below is a great as is, but feel free to get creative! Stove Top stuffing or leftover stuffing 1 can condensed cream of chicken soup 1 c. milk 2 c. chicken or turkey Onion and/or peas and/or carrots Salt & pepper Shredded cheddar cheese to garnish Put leftover stuffing or Stove Top stuffing in bottom of 9 x 12 inch pan. In a bowl, mix all ingredients except the cheese, salt and pepper. Spoon evenly over the stuffing and bake at 350 degrees for approximately 20 minutes. Add cheese and seasons and return casserole to oven for a remaining 10 minutes.

Leftover vegetables are an inevitability after a big holiday meal. You make enough for everyone, and then they all fill up on meat. They freeze well in an airtight container, and are easy to reuse. With English parents, this one was a staple of mine growing up. Almost any vegetable can be used in a pinch, although greens such as cabbage or Brussel sprouts are standard. Unless the vegetables were cooked with the meat, it is easy to make it totally vegetarian or vegan as well. 2 tbsp butter or vegetable oil Half a medium onion, finely chopped Leftover vegetables (e.g. cabbage or other greens, carrots, parsnips, turnips, beans) Leftover potatoes Salt and pepper

Heat the oil or butter in a hot skillet. Add chopped onion and sprinkle with salt. Let soften, stirring occasionally to prevent browning. Chop cold vegetables finely, and add leftover potatoes. If using cold roasted or boiled potatoes, mash slightly with a fork before mixing with the greens. Stir until combined. Turn mixture into skillet and let cook until heated through and a crispy golden crust forms on the bottom. Turn over in chunks (it wont flip over like a flapjack) and cook other side. Serve at breakfast. Excellent with eggs, bacon, baked beans and toast.

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stand at the front hoping that the doors would open right ahead of them. Although this works, its not always the case as sometimes the bus continues right past you and stops a few people away. Now you are forced to brace yourself as the crowd around you controls your movement towards the door. At times like this, the driver is more concerned about crowd control than bus pass checking so if you are someone who normally forgets your pass, crowded buses may be a good thing for you. Once you make it inside and if you are lucky enough to find a seat, the only problem you need to worry about is minding your own business and avoiding awkward eye contact where you then feel compelled to fake a polite smile. Its usually at this point that I develop a sudden interest in whatever is piled on my lap or text friends unnecessarily. Just keep busy, right? And for those with an aisle seat, you may have to worry about accidentally getting hit by purses or backpacks occasionally. Having to stand on the bus can be very unpleasant because you are required to multitask by keeping your things in place while trying not to sway into people as the bus brakes, goes over bumps, or turns. As you reach for the bar above your head, you pray that the deodorant you applied that morning holds out at least for the entire bus ride. And if you are standing at the back door, you have the occupation of keeping an eye out for people who are exiting, as well as the sliding doors that shove you aside every time it opens. To help the situation of overcrowded buses, the city should have articulated buses or send more than one bus during rush hours to popular stops. This should help students arrive to school on time, and to reduce the awkward moments on a bus syndrome. Hopefully something happens soon because winter is approaching and very shortly we will all have to start wearing puffy jackets and factory looking boots.

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Well-intentioned disappointment
Like any growing city, Guelph is perpetually under construction. As the population increases, new houses need to be built, along with roads, stores, and other amenities. Road reconstruction is inevitable, as not only do the roads themselves wear down, but water main and sewer lines, as well as other public and private utilities buried underneath the roads and sidewalks often need maintenance, which can result in entire stretches of road being torn up, as is currently happening along Dublin St. Among these standard construction projects, however, there are a series of well-intentioned disappointements. The City of Guelph has been discussing the construction of a new main public library branch downtown for years now. The plan gained some ground in 2009 when the City purchased property on Wyndham St. intended to be the site of the new facilities. The buildings including the former home of the Family Thrift Store, which has since closed down; Wyndham Art Supplies, which relocated; and 14 apartments, the tenants of which have also all had to relocate were intended to be demolished, with the property extending to Baker St. to be redeveloped by the city. The single-storey property containing the Family Thrift Store alone was said to have cost the City upwards of $1.25 million. And where are we now? The buildings still stand, abandoned, at the end of Wyndham St., leaving a stretch of downtown looking derelict and neglected. And we dont seem to be making any more headway, with City Hall putting a completion date as far away as 2017. More recently, the City announced sweeping changes to its public transit. The changes including rerouting many of the bus lines that service the university and renumbering all routes was set to ease congestion among main lines; create a spine of service down Gordon, Norfolk and Woolwich; and increase bus frequency during peak hours. Many long-time patrons of Guelph Transit had hoped this would be an answer to many problems (Sorry Bus Full) that had only gotten worse over recent years. The plans were set to go into action on Nov. 6, but, due to unspecified collective bargaining agreements, will now no longer happen until the new year. In the meantime, bus patrons will have to continue to use the current system a system which the City of Guelph must know is congested and insufficient to be instituting such aggressive changes with the promise of improvements just a little further on the horizon. This isnt the only significant hiccup transit developments have had in this city recently. A new downtown bus terminal is another project which has been in the works for some time. This summer, the existing terminal at MacDonnell and Carden was demolished and coach services were relocated to a trailer in a parking lot at Wyndham and Fountain, across from the police station. As bleak as that sounds,

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Crowded buses and awkward moments

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Waiting for the bus is no fun. Thats a fact. Especially on days when its raining, snowing, windy enough to march against, or days when its just too hot! Of course these are the times when we as humans are at our worst; were cranky, impatient, tired and ready to give the evil eye to anyone who cuts in front of us. Here in Guelph, bus rides are quite the experience; especially when point A is at the university center. Its crowded, and wait times are often an estimate because of the confusing bus schedules. As an off-campus university student with a very spaced out class schedule, I find myself on the bus about four times a day. (Thank goodness the bus passes are prepaid!) At some point within these time periods I catch myself standing in a pool of students who are waiting for the same bus. All of us very aware that some are wasting their time waiting in vain because there is no way we can all squeeze into the same bus no matter how hard the driver may try. So if you find yourself at the back of a large crowd either move to the front or just forget it; the only way you are getting on is with a miracle. Of course no one wants the door slammed in their face so many

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or if the work site on Wyndham south of Carden had a pathway to accommodate pedestrian traffic, then a commuter would only have to make the short walk straight down Wyndham to the coach terminal. It is counterintuitive and shows a great deal of disregard towards commuters. But worse than the limited pedestrian access to the bus terminal is the extent to which it limits pedestrian traffic to the Ward. The neighbourhood bound by Neeve, Elizabeth, York and Setevenson is a huge residential community, and is home to many students. Wyndham St. being closed, as well as the commuter tunnel at the old transit terminal, and the entire length of the train tracks being shut off from pedestrian traffic mean that, like commuters from downtown, Ward residents must detour down Wellington or Gordon just to get downtown. Much of the development plans for Guelphs expanding downtown are intended to increase traffic to the area, by making it easier for locals to access downtown, for giving them more reasons to visit it, and by making it easier for people to get to Guelphs downtown from other nearby cities. In the interim, the people who do need to access downtown are suffering for it. Businesses shut down, buildings abandoned, inaccessible transit and extremely limited pedestrian access. While the promise of the future might be great, the present is a little bleak.

life in the stacks

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This column finds students, faculty and staff in the Library stacks and explores how they are using the Library services and facilities, how were failing to meet your needs and what you would like to see us improve. Well use this space to report how weve addressed concerns raised either through this article or through our online comments areas. Chris Location: P 165 (fourth floor stacks); section on cognitive linguistics. Chris was found with several books in hand, the most daunting of which was titled The Cognitive Linguistics Reader, edited by Vyvyan Evans, Benjamin Bergen and Jorg Zinken. This thousand page tome includes essays titled Towards an Empirical Lexical Semantics, Reconsidering Prepositional Polysemy Networks: the Case for Over, and Logical and Typological Arguments for Radical Construction Grammar. What gives? And what makes grammar so radical? Originally from Sarnia, Chris is a masters candidate at the University of Waterloo in the rhetoric and communication design stream of the English department. Because of the nature of Chriss research, there are certain articles and texts that are important to his thesis topic. While he has used RACER and interlibrary loans to get the materials he requires, occasionally its just quicker and easier to come directly to Guelph or Laurier to get materials that are unavailable at Waterloos library. Chris describes his research techniques as fairly narrow and he credits this to the highly specialized area of interest. When youre conducting research in cognitive linguistics there are certain theorists that cannot be ignored: Turner, Lakoff, Johnson, Croft, Gibbs, Radden and Kovecses to name a few, he said. Searching for articles written by these leaders in the field will elicit the majority of papers I require for my own research. I will also conduct searches using very specific terminology like blending theory and conceptual integration networks. Admitting that his research habits have changed significantly from being an undergrad, Chris explains that he learned some of his early study techniques from subject librarians at both Waterloo and Guelph. I had a prof in second year that forced us to use the librarys subject librarians for a research paper. I set up a meeting with the librarian that specialized in English grammar and we worked together on which resources were best for my area of study, he said. At the time, Project Muse and JSTOR proved to be very useful to me. Ill also confess that Ill sometimes use Google Scholar to find a particular article or resource and then utilize PRIMO to see which of the TUG libraries has it. For a UW student, Chris had a pretty good understanding of the Guelph Library. Most academic libraries are pretty similar. I do find it annoying that your floor numbers are not marked though I see some helpful students have written floor levels on the wall. I always move from floor to floor by stairwell, so it can get a bit confusing when you dont know what level youre on. Otherwise, I dont really have any complaints about the library. This is a common complaint with U of G students and faculty. The Library is having new stairwell signage with floor numbers and subject directories installed throughout the Library watch for these to start going up in November. If there are other improvements that you would like to see the Library make, send a note to the Ontarion with Life in the Stacks as the subject line. Your comments will get to us and will be published in the next column. Cort Egan is the Communications Manager for the Library and CCS.

the ad hoc terminal is a lot nicer inside than the previous brickand-mortar terminal was, a testament to just what state of disrepair it was in. This terminal was initially set to be completed by Oct. 31, in order to take advantage of $5.3 million in provincial and federal Infrastructure Stimulus Funds and just in time for the new bus routes to come into effect, but has been deferred until the spring of 2012. The new transit terminal will extend, on Carden St., from Wyndham to MacDonnell and will service multiple coach lines, as well as GO Transit and Via Rail. The construction site extends that whole distance, beyond MacDonnell to include the site of the previous terminal, as well as the entire roadway south of Wyndham and Carden. While it is mildly inconvenient that the bus terminal has been moved away from downtown, it is compounded exponentially by the fact that the construction site to build the new terminal completely blocks all pedestrian access to the temporary site from downtown. If youre commuting by bus, then you likely dont have access to a car, but in order to get from the downtown core, including the city bus terminal at St. Georges Square, to the temporary bus terminal, you have to walk all the way down to either Gordon or Wellington, leaving downtown, then walk down Fountain from Gordon or Neeve from Wellington in order to get there. If the construction site werent as extensive as it was,

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