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Students vote out of Canadian Federation of Students
CSA says results are
official, despite CFS’s
call for a process to
scrutinize results
DANIEL BITONTI
Students voted in droves and
CSA election or referendum.
“I am pleased that a record
amount of students participated
in the democratic process,” said
Armstrong. “From what we can
see, yes, it’s a record. It’s the largest
turnout we’ve seen. We haven’t
gone through all the books, but
the undergraduate student body.
Armstrong told the Ontarion
that the CFS is acting under
the belief that the online system
should be heavily scrutinized, and
they are unwilling to accept the
results until that scrutiny happens.
According to email transcripts
obtained by the Ontarion between
the issues this week
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make public results that are part
of a process that has not yet been
scrutinized,” Watson added in an
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email the following day. “Further,
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to my knowledge there is no
obligation to release preliminary
results to the CSA Board.”
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On Monday, April 12, Watson
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they made it clear what they
wanted.
By a margin of 3713 votes,
undergraduate students voted for
the CSA to leave both the national
and provincial components of the
Canadian Federation of Students
(CFS), Canada’s largest student lobby.
After two weeks of
campaigning by ‘Yes’ and ‘No’
organizers, a total of 7330 students
voted from April 7-9 via online
ballots in the referendum on
continued membership, with 5388
students voting ‘No’ on continued
membership, 1675 voting ‘Yes’ and
267 abstaining. Quorum had been
set for 20 per cent of undergrads,
approximately 3, 900 students.
According to Gavin Armstrong,
the CSA’s communications and
corporate affairs commissioner,
it was the largest turnout for any
from our recollection, it is.”
University of Guelph students
had been paying $3.30 per semester
to the provincial component and
$3.97 to the national component
of the CFS.
But the six-moth saga that
started in the fall with student
petitions, and eventually saw the
CSA fighting for a referendum in
court, isn’t quite over yet.
On the evening of Friday, April
9, the results of the referendum
were released to the CSA Board of
Directors by Armstrong, and the
following day they were leaked to
the CSA-run website, thecannon.
ca.
On Monday, April 11, the
CSA released what Armstrong
called “the official results,” posting
them on the CSA’s website and
sending them as a mass email to
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reiterated the CFS’s position
Gavin Armstrong and Lucy in another email to Armstrong,
Watson, a CFS member of the saying that “the Federations
Referendum Oversight Committee remain opposed to releasing
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the referendum process which also
includes two members of the CSA
executive including Armstrong
thoroughly scrutinized. We believe
until a review confirms that there
are no irregularities, it is premature
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What happens now?
In the aftermath of
the CFS referendum,
the Ontarion looks at
the next steps
NICOLE ELSASSER
After the referendum on
continued membership in the
Canadian Federation of Students
(CFS) ended on April 9, the
University of Guelph community
awaited the results. The results came
earlier than expected when they were
leaked to thecannon.ca on Saturday
April 10, indicating that 7330
students voted in the referendum,
the largest number of voters in
Central Student Association (CSA)
history, with 5388 students having
voted ‘No,’ to continued membership
in the CFS.
While the results that were
leaked are believed to be accurate,
the official and audited results have
If the unofficial results
are correct, having that
percentage of quorum,
which is the highest I
think we’ve ever seen
in a CSA election,
much higher than
Denise’s election, that’s
a much larger group
of students who have
voted and have said
something about how
we feel.
Nathan Lachowksy
academic and university
affairs commissioner
yet to be released by the Referendum
Oversight Committee (ROC).
While some close to the issue
Referendum results will potentially be scrutinized
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or to students.
“I have no problem with a
review of the system and I have no
problem with having a thorough
look into what happened. I think
that if there is an audit, it happens
after the fact…They [CFS] feel
that there needs to be a detailed
level of scrutiny,” Armstrong said.
“7330 participated in a referendum.
They [Students] voted. They were
engaged in the campaign. They
have a right to know what the
results are when they are available.
“The referendum ended Friday
at 8 p.m. and Monday morning,
[students] should have had the
results, whether they were audited
or not. We should not have to
sit around for a week while they
become reviewed and the students
wait and wait to see.”
Armstrong added that a third
party would be responsible for
scrutinizing the results, looking
into “very technical things” in the
online voting process, including
Denise Martins, the incoming external affairs commissioner and
‘Yes’ campaigner during the CFS referendum, is possibly facing a
challenging year with her executive portfolio being left nearly barren
without CFS campaigns to oversee.
say the auditing process is merely
a formality, Denise Martins, the
incoming CSA external affairs
commissioner and a ‘Yes’campaigner,
is hesitant to believe that the
unofficial results are accurate, and is
suspicious about how many students
appear to have voted.
“I’m suspicious of the results we
have received,” said Martins. “The
fact that we saw the largest turn-out
the CSA has received for as long as I
know, the fact that it’s a 40 per cent
turn-out, the fact that this was run
by the administration, the fact that
we haven’t had a chance to scrutinize
the results at all. It’s unsettling.”
Martins, who had recently
herself come out of an election and
referendum process that saw only 25
per cent of students vote, is surprised
that the CFS referendum saw more
student voters.
firewall codes and bounce backs.
Before the CSA is officially
out of the CFS the Federation
needs to accept the results of the
referendum and the CSA’s request
to leave within 90 days. If this
happens, the CFS membership,
comprised of members of various
student governments from across
the country, will vote on the CSA’s
request at the CFS’s annual general
meeting in November.
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of Students and the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario
Answer
Yes
No
Abstain
No answer
Rashaad Bhamjee
“I don’t want to accuse anyone
of anything or any sort but I feel
very uneasy about these results,” said
Martins. “I feel that this is the largest
turnout we’ve had in years. I feel
like this is not the number we were
seeing on the ground. It’s something
completely unexpected.”
Nathan Lachowsky, the current
academic and university affairs
commissioner for the CSA, had
campaigned for the ‘No’ side, and
rather than questioning the results,
is thinking toward the next step in
leaving the CFS.
“From looking at past universities,
the process of leaving is one that isn’t
decided necessarily by the students
so there’s still work to be done to
leave,” said Lachowsky. “At the CFS
Annual General Meeting, they have
to ratify the results of the referendum
and so while that would seem like a
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formality, it still has to happen in
order for it to be official.”
If in fact the CSA officially leaves
the CFS, Lachowsky explained that
the students must decide whether
they want another organization to
represent their rights and needs to
the government, or whether they
want to do that independently.
According to Lachowsky,another
facet to the aftermath of students
requesting to leave the CFS is that
the CSA portfolio for the external
affairs commissioner, the position
being assumed by Martins in mere
weeks, is nearly barren.
“It’s $24, 000 of students fees
that we’re paying someone to do [the
job as external affairs commissioner]
and so I would hope that there are
outcomes that the CSA would like
to see on the provincial level or an
external level,” he said. “I don’t know
how it will change but a lot of their
other [work] has been tied to the
CFS quite heavily so it’s going to be
an interesting portfolio. I think it’s
challenging for Denise being that
she was elected into a job description
that will now have to change.”
According to Martins, she
doesn’t know what her position will
look like next year, but maintains
that she’ll continue to work toward
lowering tuition fees for U of G
students, which means working with
the CFS in some respects.
“As an elected politician, my
opinion is that you give up your
personal opinions and personal
beliefs,” said Lachowsky. “If the
unofficial results are correct, having
that percentage of quorum, which is
the highest I think we’ve ever seen
in a CSA election, much higher
than Denise’s election, that’s a much
larger group of students who have
voted and have said something
about how we feel…We get elected
to an office and the students tell us
how to do our jobs and we should
carry it out.”
Percentage
22.85%
73.51%
3.64%
0.16%
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Conan to return to
television…on TBS?
After his much-publicized
departure from NBC, Conan
O’Brien will be making his
return to late night television in
November on TBS. The decision
came as a surprise to many fans,
as TBS is a cable station and
there had been no discussion of
that station being an option for
O’Brien. The decision to move to
TBS is seen as mutually beneficial
for both O’Brien and TBS, with
his production company owning
the rights to the show and getting
creative reign, and TBS getting the
opportunity to attract a larger base
of people to their cable channel.
O’Brien will fill the 11pm time
slot as of November. (New York
Times)
Pope’s visit prompts
town to consider hiding
their phallic statue
With a visit from Pope
Benedict XVI fast approaching,
the mayor of a town in Malta
wants to hide the ‘phallic’ sculpture
that is located near the town’s
airport. The mayor described the
work as embarrassing and vulgar
and thought it would offend the
visiting Pope. The artist who made
the sculpture, Paul Vella Critien,
is disappointed at what he sees
as a close-minded decision. The
sculpture has been on displayed
in its location since 2006. The
government maintains that it has
no official plans to remove the
sculpture. (BBC)
Toronto to explore
having dedicated bike
lanes
The city of Toronto is thinking
of exploring an extension of the
bike lanes on many major roads
including University Ave. In
the pilot project, one of the four
lanes on University Ave. will be
dedicated to cyclists. This will
be the lane closest to the centre
median, leaving the outer lane
available for pulling over or
parking motor vehicles. The city
estimates that the change from
three to four lanes shouldn’t
affect traffic conditions too much.
(Toronto Star)
CSA awards excellent
profs
U of G professors Robin
Milhausen, of the Department
of Family Relations and Applied
Nutrition who teaches courses in
human sexuality and Brady Deaton,
who is from the Department of
Food, Agricultural and Resource
Economics, teaches courses in
environmental and natural resource
economics, were awarded the 2010
Teaching Excellence Award by
the Central Student Association
(CSA). The award is given to those
who demonstrate a commitment
to excellence in education and an
ability to inspire students. This
award is significant because the
recipients are decided on by the
students at the university.
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The dog’s perspective
Video game teaches
c h i l d re n to p u t
themselves in their
dog’s shoes
ALDIS BRENNAN
There are many dangers that
face a young child and many more
that parents worry about constantly.
One underappreciated danger is
how a child interacts with the family
dog, which if done incorrectly, can
result in the child being bitten.
Barbara Morrongiello, a professor
of psychology at the University of
Guelph, is taking steps to address this
problem. She is working on a video
game called The Blue Dog, which is a
non-verbal game aimed at teaching
children how to act appropriately
around dogs. The game presents the
child with common home-based
scenarios and asks them to choose
how to interact with the dog.
“The child playing gets to decide
what the virtual child in the video
should do [in a given situation], like
should they go get help, swat the
dog off the couch, go pet the dog
after it just got its food. Things like
that,” says Morrongiello. “When
they make wise choices the child on
the video game smiles and laughs
and has a good time, but when
they make poor choices from the
dogs perspective they see the dog
get a mean face and growl to make
The Peak moved to make room for SHAC
DANIEL BITONTI
At the April 7 CSA Board
of Directors meeting, a motion
was passed that will move the
Alternative campus magazine, the
Peak, out of their second floor UC
office space by April 26.
Attached was the condition that
the CSA executive locate a suitable
space with at least 200 sq. ft. for the
collective.
The decision to move the Peak
is directly related to the creation of
the Student Help and Advocacy
A new videogame being developed by a U of G psychology professor allows children to work through
scenarios where they can learn how to behave around dogs. The goal is to educate children so they are more
aware of canine behavior.
it really clear that this is not a good
thing to do.”
Morrongiello hopes that this
video game will allow children to
understand that dogs will not always
react pleasantly to anything that
they do and that this recognition
will reduce the amount of injuries
Center (SHAC), a new CSA
service. SHAC combines the
Legal Resource Room (LRR), the
Financial Resource Room (FRR)
and the Human Rights Office
(HRO) into one single service. A
motion to create SHAC passed at
the March 10 CSA Board meeting,
despite intense opposition from
several groups including the HRO.
“Basically the CSA space that
the Peak currently occupies is seen
to be the ideal location for SHAC
to have,” said Galen Fick, the CSA’s
sustained by children. Ideally, this
will also transfer over to dogs which
the child is not familiar with as well.
“We’re hoping that it will
generalize to [interacting with
unknown dogs and to children with
no experience with dogs],” explains
Morrongiello. “I think we started
local affairs commissioner. “Easy
access, direct, open, visible, the rest
of our services are in a back hallway
and not quite as prominent. And we
really wanted SHAC being a place
where there is enough space to have
individual consultation rooms and
a sort of main area.”
The Peak is not a registered
CSA club, and Fick said that a
question was put forward to the
board at the April 7 meeting asking
whether a CSA service like SHAC
should take precedent over a group
like the Peak.
“Do we give priority to an
organization that has no affiliation
with the CSA? Do we prioritize
that over CSA clubs, CSA services,
CSA staff?” he asked rhetorically.
The Peak collective could not
be reached for comment despite
repeated request for an interview
from the Ontarion.
Fick and Josh Gaber, the CSA’s
human resource and operations
commissioner, had also began
looking into the space occupied by
the Photo and Arts Club (PAC)
with the possibility that PAC and
the Peak would share the general
office space PAC currently occupies.
At the April 10 board meeting, a
discussion on the future of PAC
space was tabled for a later date.
But this came after a month
and a half of ongoing discussions
between the CSA and PAC,
including several meetings as well
as a series of proposals and counter
proposals that both the CSA and
PAC members created.
“We wanted to do a space
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with children who had pets because,
if anything, they already have a false
sense of security. Because if they have
a pet, they probably have positive
experiences with the pet and so we
thought that if we could impact
those children and their behaviour,
which is the harder group to affect
The Peak, an on-campus independent magazine collective, has been
moved by the CSA from their space on the second floor of the UC.
assessment with them and evaluate
how they are using their space,
and if there was a way to reduce
their space without significantly
impacting them in their operations,”
said Fick about the PAC club space,
which includes an office space, two
studios and a dark room.
“We don’t have a specific intent
for that space. Just because we did
the work up until now, I believe that
there is fruit in potentially looking
there… technically, it’s [proposal
on PAC space] being tabled to
be reconsidered, and what I’m
going to bring in that report is to
recommend to table it indefinitely,
to sort of put it aside, for now.”
Fick said the proposals and
discussions about PAC space could
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a change in, then we could try and
generalize it.”
A subject of an ongoing study
conducted by Morrongiello and
her team is whether the children
who play the game learn to assess
and react to the behaviour of their
dog and understand situations
from their dogs perspective. So far,
the game does seem to be effective,
at least in the opinion of Megan
Brodie and her children. Brodie
played the game with her six year-
old son Colin and two year-old son
Simon and believes it to have had a
positive effect.
“I have overheard Colin
instructing his younger brother to
be careful when playing with [the
dog] and not to pull her tail or take
her food as she might get mad,” says
Brodie. “I believe that he is referring
to the lessons of the game or at
least that those lessons and our own
comments emphasize the point of
being careful around the dog and
not taking for granted her easygoing
behaviour.”
She emphasizes that through
the introduction of this game and
communication with the child
during and after, a fun and accessible
means of educating children to
be more aware of their actions in
various situations around their own
dogs and others is achieved.
Rashaad Bhamjee
be used in the future when another
space issue creeps up.
While PAC executives said
they understood the position the
CSA is in, they were critical of
the approach they took in the
consultation process.
“We do understand that the
CSA is in a position where space is
limited on the second floor. Ideally,
the whole UC would be student
space,” said Ema Suvajac, a PAC
executive member. “We understand
that we are privileged… we did
try to help the CSA out with the
overall lack of space issue. The thing
is, during the talks everything was
so rushed.”

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TEDxGuelphU conference a success
DAN O’KEEFE
Like most Fridays, on April 9
Rozanski Hall was the home of
numerous lectures. However, some
of these lectures were anything
but ordinary. Nine speakers, three
musical performances, and two
videos constituted Guelph’s own
TEDx event.
TEDx events are independently
organized lectures based on
the extremely successful TED
conferences. TED stands for
“Technology, Entertainment,
Design,” and the purpose of theses
conferences is to share “ideas worth
spreading.” These conferences have
been held worldwide, and many of
them are available to view on the
popular website ted.com.
According to volunteer Phil
Sahula, these events are “just about
learning, to spread ideas,” and to
“cover a wide variety of topics.” The
speakers are success stories from
every walk of life, and they are there
to share stories, inspire participants,
spread learning, and provoke
thought.
In a brief video to start the
conference, the curator of TED,
Chris Anderson, spoke of the
“power of ideas.” Their “ideas worth
spreading” have created a conference
and web phenomenon known the
world over.
Pat Barclay, an evolutionary
psychologist, was the first of many
speakers. He discussed the use of
Transit pass increase finds overwhelming support
NICOLE ELSASSER
Although University of
Guelph undergraduate students
voted on increasing the price they
pay for transit back in March, the
results were only officially released
on Friday April 9. The delay came
because graduate students had
yet to vote on the transit fare
increase and overseeing parties
did not want the results of the
undergraduate vote to sway the
graduate opinion. When the
results were finally released, there
was overwhelming support for
the increase, with 90 per cent
of undergraduate students and
81 per cent of graduate students
Much beloved U of G personality, Bob Izdebskiego of Bob’s Dogs,
performed for the attendees at the TedxGuelph conference on April 9.
cooperation by the human species,
and shared his ideas on the links
between cooperation, generosity,
and reputation from a psychological
point of view.
On the same topic, Tom
Klein Beernink spoke about the
importance of cooperation, the value
of co-ops focusing on collective
needs and the sharing of benefits
and risks. He also spoke about a
house that was renovated by a group
voting in favour of increasing
the cost of their universal transit
pass from $61.63 to $82.15 per
semester.
According to Galen Fick, the
local affairs commissioner for
the Central Student Association
(CSA) and the executive who
worked closest to the transit issue,
while he expected the transit
increase to pass, he did not expect
the type of resounding approval
that the undergraduate vote
reflected.
“I think people accepted the
reasoning for the price increase
and accepted that the concern
was that we weren’t paying our
Julia Shonfield
from the university. The housing co-
op is extremely energy and water
efficient, filled with super-efficient
appliances, and is fully accessible to
persons with disabilities. A video
from a previous TED conference
continued the theme of cooperation,
discussing the cell and how its
numerous parts work in concert to
serve a greater purpose that each
part will never know, serving as the
basis of life as we know it.
reasonable portion,” said Fick.
“Students were pretty amicable…
it’s been ridiculously cheap before
and it’s still very cheap…clearly,
in campaigning and leading up
to it, there were a lot of people
who really cared and really were
informed and really saw this as an
essential service and something
that we all really benefit from.”
While the issue with the transit
price increase began with a lack of
communication between student
governments and Guelph transit,
Fick explained that through the
process of negotiation, the two
organizations have arrived at a
very positive place.
Later in the event, U of G
psychology professor Hank Davis
shared his thoughts on “benign
neglect” and bad belief systems, and
his beliefs on the possession of pets
and the inherent responsibility in
caring for them.
The first musical performance
featured Bob Izdebskiego, the much-
beloved proprietor of Bob’s Dogs.
Bob shared one song, and after great
applause, returned to delight the
audience with an encore.
A brief intermission brought
about exciting and engaging
conversation from the members
of the audience. Though no two
conversations were identical, the
theme of “ideas worth spreading”
was present everywhere.
The second half kicked off
with Steve Sladowski sharing
his thoughts on improvisation in
community and social practice,
before he and his band started an
improvised jam session. Instruments
were used unconventionally and
unconventional objects were used
instrumentally. The audience
joined the musicians with various
percussion instruments and they
together became an impromptu
orchestra filling the hall with a truly
unique sound and experience.
Later, taking the audience’s
attention was David Lawless, an
ecology student who was part of
an international youth group that
attended the UN World Climate
“I had a really great meeting
with [Guelph transit] on Friday
after we found out the results
and we’re all really keen to work
together,” said Fick. “I think we
got off on a bad foot when that
proposal was before council but I
think we’re going to go forward
and have a positive relationship
with complete, honest, transparent
conversation that have been the
history between the two groups.”
Fick explained that one aspect to
the open communication between
transit and the university is that
student opinion will be factored
into the city’s upcoming transit
growth strategy to determine
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Conference. At the conference,
Lawless and the others helped ratify
a declaration on climate change and
signed the declaration beside leaders
from around the world. He used his
experience as proof that you don’t
have to belong to a group like the
UN to help change the world.
The final presenter was Mike
Ridley, the chief information officer
and chief librarian at the university.
He argued, “reading and writing
are doomed,” calling literacy a
“tool.” Ridley continued, saying that
“[literacy] will be displaced by a
more powerful tool… the alphabet
is history.”
He believes that learning may
be replaced by replication, and that
post-literacy, in whatever form it
may come in, may be “delivered
by aliens” who have already shed
literacy.
The conference was a great
success, as was reflected by organizer
Nick Stepanov. He reported nearly
7, 500 views online, and a peak of
almost 350 viewers watching the
conference live on the web cast.
Chief organizer Yuri
Vernikovsky was happy with the
way the conference went. According
to Vernikovsky, the conference took
the better part of two months and
25 people to pull it off and it couldn’t
have been better. As for next year,
Vernikovsky hopes to expand the
conference to 600 people, and make
it an annual event.
what students want and need with
respect to transportation.
While little else will change
in the way transit operates for
U of G students, the CSA is
moving toward a new method for
bus sticker distribution to assist
Guelph transit in dealing with
fraud issues.
“We’re thinking about changing
how we do distribution so that it
will be more effective,” said Fick.
“We’re [changing] to semesterly
stickers so people will be able to
get in the habit of knowing the
first Thursday and Friday of every
semester, they need to get their
new stickers.”
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ARTS & CULTURE
2010 Ensemble project brings it all together
Theatre students
take the reigns on
and off the stage
JOSH DOYLE
“I think it’s really impressive. All
these people have all these different
skills and it just came together so
beautifully,” said Miriam Sydney,
sharing with the Ontarion her
experience as part of this year’s
Ensemble Project.
Miriam is part of the 2010
graduating class of theatre students,
and as a part of that class, it was her
responsibility to create an original,
independent piece of theatre. This
is a program where students take
matters into their own hands, and
the teachers hold their breath.
“The ensemble project really
pushed everybody’s skills to their
limits. Everyone was forced to take
that step up,” Sydney explained.
The ensemble project has been a
requirement of the graduating class
for years. It calls for the involvement
of everyone in the program,
and students are responsible for
everything, including writing the
script - an interesting development
all on its own.
Sydney was highly involved in
the writing and explains the process:
“We were given a text book basically,
and from that we had to choose a
piece which we would eventually
adapt into a play. We had to come
up with an idea, and then present
that to our class.”
Sydney’s production was adapted
from an essay called Marriage
by Mona Caird, but many of the
others including Sincerely Yours were
Guelph meets Hollywood at Toronto Screenwriting Conference
An introduction to
the highly competitive
world of screenwriting
JOSH DOYLE
“You’re in big trouble mister!”
may be a line you haven’t heard in
a while, but odds are that at some
point, you’ve used it. It was made
popular by Michelle Tanner of Full
House, a family comedy that ran for
eight seasons and sparked the very
famous careers of Mary-Kate and
ARTS & CULTURE
adapted from short stories.
Writing the plays wasn’t the
only obstacle these students faced
in putting together a successful
ensemble. Casting, directing, acting
and every stage of production was
completely up to them.
As is the case in any play, this
was one of the most enjoyable parts
of watching the performances that
took place last Thursday to Saturday
here on campus. Once again our
theatre students proved themselves
dedicated artists of the stage,
delivering impressive performances
all around.
In Sincerely Yours, Ryan Cotack
held the audience in his hands as
the wonderfully stubborn director
Frances Grand. His agent Franky
Fritz, played by Patrick Murphy,
fenced with unconventional
thinking, and the unrelenting
reporter Andrew Cromwell played
a cutthroat Hollywood agent. The
darkness portrayed by Sydney’s four
separate characters in Ball and Chain,
including a frighteningly cynical
mother, met with the childlike
innocence of Jade MacInnes, the
plays only personality with a positive
view of marriage. Considering
these characters were all created by
students, it’s remarkable to see their
knowledge of what the stage needs
to come to life with such accuracy.
The incredible thing about
ensemble is that it gives students
the opportunity to dabble in every
aspect of production, establishing
themselves in the often unnoticed
areas of theatre that go on backstage.
The ensemble project is designed to
give students hands on experience,
and allow them to utilize the skills
Ashley Olsen, while introducing us
to the lovely Bob Sagat. It was also
the first project Chuck Tatham was
a part of.
Tatham worked on the show
after heading to California in 1991
to pursue a career in writing. Since
then, he’s been involved in the
production of such popular series as
How I Met Your Mother and Arrested
Development. Why should you care?
Well, he came from Guelph.
Along with other experienced
writers, producers, executives and
The 2010 graduating class of theatre students built performances from the ground up as a part of their final
project as students at U of G.
they’ve developed throughout their
education.
“Everything you do in this past
four years is just theory, theory,
theory. This is practical. You had to
take everything you learned, and use
that knowledge to create this piece
of theatre,” Sydney said.
While the ensemble project itself
is nothing new, there were some
changes made this year. Sydney and
her crew welcomed those changes
and accredited them with some of
the success their team achieved with
the project.
consultants, Tatham spoke in
Toronto last weekend about the art
of screenwriting, sharing stories and
offering advice to anyone interested
in breaking through the door to
Hollywood.
On April 10 and 11, Ryerson
University hosted the 2010
Toronto Screenwriting Conference.
For two days, three floors of the
Ted Rogers building were taken
up by a group of interested and
aspiring screenwriters, their
grande Starbucks cups and beat up
APR. 15 - MAY 5, 2010
“They had different challenges
in previous years. This year we were
in small groups, but all the years
before this ensemble has been 20
people together doing one play.”
This new format gave ensemble a
sort of festival quality, having six
separate plays and three days of
shows, allowing for a more in-depth
look at the wealth of creativity that
lies in our theatre program. Other
project titles included A Penny for her
Thoughts, (Spoiler Alert), Intertwined
and Between the Walls. On a budget
of $ 50 for each show, the project
notepads a dead giveaway.
The event was rather
underground, hosting only about
100 attendees from different levels
and experiences in the screenwriting
world, plus those there to lecture.
Some were producers, some were
paid show writers, and some even
had a few movies under their belts.
Others were the freshest of the
fresh, in attendance only to catch a
glimpse at what’s really going on in
the elusive world they want success
in.
The experience was valuable
for someone wanting to learn, but
it wasn’t cheap. Students would
have been hard pressed to come up
with the necessary funds to attend
the event. Spots were reserved
for those dedicated to the craft of
writing, steering away celebrity
lovers and fence sitters who, “might
maybe like to write one day.” With
tax included, the price hit close to
$400, giving you access to up to 12
separate hour and a half lectures,
but it was impossible to see them
all.
Even with the program running
two eight hour days, there were
times the audience was forced to
choose, as two lectures went on
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Courtesy
was a huge success, giving students a
true-life experience of what it takes
to make real theatre.
“I’m really proud of what we
produced. It was a way for us to use
all the skills we’ve learned in the
last four years, and it created a real
community feeling in our program,”
said Sydney.
Sydney says the program
encouraged everyone involved to
contribute what they’ve learned to
theatre culture in their own way;
from the looks of things, the theatre
of tomorrow is in good hands.
simultaneously throughout both
days.
The conference runners were
accommodating, allowing for the
sensible options of following a
filmic or TV based route of learning.
Only the morning and closing slots
ran solo, featuring Q&A interviews
with such off screen talents as our
own Chuck Tatham, Tim Long
of The Simpsons, Robert Cooper of
Stargate, and Rhette Reese, writer
of the recent hit Zombieland and
the upcoming Deadpool.
For writers of an advanced level,
it’s hard to say whether much of the
conference was useful, but for an
aspiring and inexperienced student
it was a real eye-opener. Aside from
hands on experience, there’s nothing
more valuable to an up and comer
than hearing professionals say what
they know. Unfortunately, due to
high prices and limited promotion,
these kinds of writers took up the
smallest number of seats.
Amidst so much experienced
opinion, it was impossible to say
what the best piece of advice at the
conference was. That said, here’s a
tip from Tatham for all you How
I Met your Mother fans: you won’t
meet her till season eight.

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Featured artist: Patrick Krzyzanowski
Patrick Krzyzanowski’s work is
intricate, time consuming and very
detailed. He works a lot and you
can tell that from the images: they
are labour intensive and executed
with such finesse and fervor that it’s
hard not to love them. I can only
imagine spending that amount of
time on one image, making hours
in the studio seem like minutes.
Krzyzanowski uses machismo
Americana imagery and couples it
with the Sunday painter aesthetic
of watercolour. This technique
throws the viewer off, so much
so that you forget what you are
looking at and are just drawn into
the image. Because the subject and
materials are seamlessly unified, it
seams to be saying that machismo
can be dainty and delicate and the
Sunday painter can be a bad-ass
motha. Yet Krzyzanowski doesn’t
subscribe to either one, nor does
he play favorites. Whether it’s
wrestling or baseball, watercolours
or line drawings, he treats them as
equals, both on the same playing
field.
That being said, let’s not forget
that these drawings are, plainly
put, incredibly funny, which makes
them accessible to audiences that
are not so immersed in theory.
Even the names themselves
are straightforward and funny.
DANIEL WRIGHT
Spring and summer are
notorious for the music industry, and
this year is no exception. The race
is on to produce the 2010 “summer
anthem.” Forging an album review
for the final Sound Check of the
year, here is a shortlist of some of my
most anticipated upcoming releases.
Before you get all huffy because
you’re favourite artist didn’t make it,
this list was kept to debut LPs only.
That’s not to say I’m not excited for
upcoming heavy-hitters like LCD
Soundsystem, M.I.A., The Strokes,
Kanye West, The Roots, Panda Bear,
etc, or good ol’ fashioned Canadiana
like Broken Social Scene, The New
Pornographers, Arcade Fire, Plants
and Animals, Wintersleep and
Stars, or the sketchy possibilities
of new Radiohead, Avalanches, Lil
Wayne and Outkast. Heck, maybe
we’ll actually get Dr. Dre’s Detox,
originally due in 2004 (don’t hold
your breath). To consider all of
the above, ensued an endless, head-
aching debate that’s best saved for
a Stereogum thread. So, without
further adieu:
1. SLEIGH BELLS –
TREATS (MAY 11TH)
T
Topping my
excitement filter is
the Brooklyn duo,
Sleigh Bells. With
Baseball Pile #2 for example is a
title that says what it is, a pile of
baseball players. But once you look
closer at the painting, you realize
that both teams are celebrating
together, they had a tie game. This
unified celebration of togetherness
only a handful of songs the band has
managed to capture the attention
of many. They have a no-fi, hip-
hop infused sound which blends
into something quite unique. The
first time I heard “Crown On The
Ground” I thought there must be
something wrong with my speakers,
but in a matter of seconds the noise
transformed into something great.
Just when you think you can finally
categorize their music, they hit
you with “Ring Ring,” a delightful
acoustic track with booming base
and Alexis Krauss’s signature
sweet voice. The duo has recently
embarked on their spring tour with
Major Lazer (Diplo & Switch) and
Yeasayer, hitting SXSW, Coachella,
Pitchfork Festival and two stops in
Toronto. With Treats being released
by M.I.A.’s label N.E.E.T., this band
is sure to blow up in 2010.
2. JAY ELECTRONICA –
TBA (UNKNOWN)
Forget the hip-hop blog you
check or that in-the-know friend
you find music through. Look
no further than whooever Erykah
Badu happens to be dating for your
next favourite rapper. Is it really
coincidence that she happened to be
seeing Andre 3000 and Common
just before their careers took off?
(The exception being The D.O.C.).
Regardless, Jay Electronica, her new
love and father to her newborn child,
is turning a lot of heads. Heads like
references utopianism and futurism
that talk of sports and life where
no one wins and no one looses. It’s
like baseball when you were a kid,
everyone goes home with a trophy
and participation ribbon, “thanks
for coming out.”
Nas, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, P. Diddy,
etc. Although Jay Electronica just
recently released a mix tape, had
a baby and is involved with Badu’s
new album, it hasn’t hampered the
excitement over the possibilities of a
debut LP for this 34-year-old rapper.
Combine this with upcoming Shad
and Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli
& Hi-Tek) albums and we’re about
to get a heavy dose of golden age-
style hip-hop. Is the world ready for
lyrics again?
3. DELOREAN
– SUBIZA
( JUNE 8TH)
Get ready
to dance, again!
Alright, so I
A given day. Speaking of jj, remember
cheated. Not only is this album not
technically a debut but it’s actually
already released (in Spain only). But,
I’m banking that you hadn’t heard of
Delorean before their Ayrton Senna
EP came out last year or else you’re
far too cool to be reading this. After
a four year hiatus from a band with
the same name but a very different
sound, Delorean came back last
summer only to tease us with a
blissful, airy EP that you could just
as easily rave to as you could study
to. Subiza will mark Delorean’s first
full length album released in North
America (via True Panther Sound)
and for that, it sure feels like a debut.
Between Delorean and the ever-
growing Primavera Sound Festival,
it’s safe to say Barcelona is hot!
4. WHITE RING – TBA (UNKNOWN)
What do I know about White
Ring? They’re a New York duo on
the small Houston based record
In short, for those who like a
good painting, you can appreciate
Krzyzanowski’s work for the
technical skill involved, or if you
like a good joke, you can get into it
through the humor. You can also
be moved by the theory, for those
label, Disaro…that’s it. A new
trend of being mysterious to bring
in the curious has emerged in music.
We’ve seen it with the Swedish
band, jj, who were all marijuana
leaves and blood splatter until they
started touring. Same goes for
the presumably UK-based band,
Summer Camp, whose “chill-wave”
and ‘70s nostalgia influenced sound
could have landed they’re upcoming
debut in my #4 spot on any other
when they did a pseudo-cover of Lil
Wayne’s “Lollipop” called “ecstasy”
last summer? That’s about the sort
of sound you can expect from White
Ring, just increase the paranoia and
crank up the creepiness. In indie
terms, last summer was undeniably
the break-out of “chillwave/glo-fi”
genre, perhaps this summer will
be bands like White Ring whose
uglier sister-genre has loosely been
coined “witch-house,” “goth/dark-
wave” or “ghost-crunk.” Disclaimer
should read: Don’t listen to before
bed. White Ring has a split single
with oOoOO, “Roses/Seaww.” Also
check, “IxC999” via the Disaro
MySpace.
5. DRAKE –
THANK ME
LATER ( JUNE
15TH)
On the
single, “Forever,”
Drake raps, “Drop the mix-tape;
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7
Baseball Pile #2
who like a good socio-cultural
investigation of sport, machismo,
and the homoeroticism that belies
it. Or, you can just enjoy the
hell out of it, for those who like
enjoying. Krzyzanowski’s work has
it all. -Miles Stemp
that shit sounded like an album.”
It’s easy to forget, that with all
the fame and success Drake has
had, he actually hasn’t had a debut
LP, yet. In the new single, “Over,”
Drake has seemingly caught that
fame-paranoid bug that’s going
around. But, instead of turning
into a monster (Gaga) or a recluse
(MGMT), he grounds himself in
the weezy-esque saying, “…that’s
right, I’m doing me.” Hopefully the
rest of the album follows. Of course,
Drakes pulled out the star-studded
cameos: The-Dream, Jay-Z, k-os,
Alicia Keys, Lil Wayne, Kings of
Leon etc. Did you expect anything
less?
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Make ramps, not excuses
Guelph skatepark to
be removed, leaving
skateboarders with
no where to go
ZACK MACRAE
Last Saturday the weather was
beautiful. It was the perfect day
to get outside and do something
productive and active underneath
the beaming sun. Downtown there
were people window shopping
on Wyndham St. and in the York
Rd. park, a competitive game of
ultimate Frisbee got underway.
But in the west end, the Deerpath
skate park, seemed desolate and
eerily quite. In the middle of the
afternoon on a Saturday, this small
and unimaginative space remained
unused and neglected by members
of the public and skateboarders
alike. In fact, in the next month,
the Deerpath park will be packed
up and put into storage because of
the grief it caused local residents.
So is this evidence that there
is just not enough interest in
skateboarding to necessitate a
space for skateboarders in Guelph?
Or has this band-aid solution
proposed by the city in 2006 finally
fallen off?
Scott Hannah, manager of
development and parks planning
for the city is leading an initiative
to reach a solution to this ongoing
issue.
“We want to get it right,”
said Hannah. “Part of the council
direction is to set up a city wide
skate park study. We are going to
get together a group of 10 or 12
individuals from different walks
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some from the youth group,
neighbourhood representatives,
councilors, and anybody with an
interest.”
The mandate of the group is to
relocate the problematic Deerpath
park to another less controversial
area.
The problem with the
Deerpath skate park for residents
in the area had to do with noise
and vandalism. A study was done
that showed the park to be under
violation of applicable Ministry of
Environment noise guidelines for
that residential area. Vandalism
was also a problem that residents
faced, with broken glass and spray
paint now littering the area.
The problem with the
Deerpath skate park does seem to
stem from its location: it appears
out of sight and out of mind for
the majority of residents who
aren’t in direct contact with the
park. The mediocre, pre-fabricated
obstacles at the park are used required from stations located in
by skateboarders in the area, and around the plaza.
but the space is not respected by Although Guelph has a vibrant
skateboarders or residents of the skateboarding community, come
area.
A growing trend among
progressive cities in Canada like
Vancouver and Toronto is to
provide publicly inspired spaces
where skateboarders and the public We want to
interact in a meaningful way.
Projects like the Vancouver
Skateboard Plaza located in the
get it right.
heart of downtown Vancouver
give skateboarders a venue that
Scott Hannah
they respect to further their skills, manager of development and
and the public the opportunity parks planning
to view the technicality and skill
summer time there will be no
place for skateboarders to do
what they do best. Currently, a
city bylaw prevents skateboarders
from skating on both streets and
sidewalks. So where are they to
go?
Many skateboarders, in order
to find a challenging place to skate,
must travel to other towns in the
surrounding area, an option that is
not acceptable on a daily basis.
The cities current strategic plan
is looking at taking the problematic
Deerpath park and multiplying
it by three. They are proposing
putting in similar pre-fabricated
and movable parks at the West
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Hopefully, the city of Guelph
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that takes into account the best
interest of those who will use it.
Although with the initiative
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toward the right direction, to
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Waterloo steroid scandal triggers concerns
Three men charged
f o l l ow i n g p o l i c e
investigation
SARAH DUNSTAN
Last Friday, University of
Waterloo football player Nathan
Zettler was charged with the
possession of steroids for the
purpose of trafficking. Relating to
the matter, two other current and
former Warriors players were also
charged with other offences.
Waterloo Regional Police
found thousands of pills and vials
of antibiotic steroids, including
nandrolone, trenbolone, stanozolol,
testosterone and tamoxifen – not
a steroid, but a breast cancer drug
used in collaboration with steroids
to reduce water retention.
Zettler, 23, is no stranger to
criminal deviance. He was arrested
in late March and faces numerous
criminal charges, including
possession of stolen property, use
of a stolen credit card, breach of a
probation order, and five counts of
breaking and entering.
Additionally,teammate Matthew
Valeriote was charged with breaking
and entering and possession of
stolen property. Valeriote has also
been suspended from the Warriors
football team for the time being. The
third arrested individual was former
Warrior Eric Legare.
Shortly after the investigation
began, the Warriors made CIS
history by engaging in the first
team-wide testing for narcotics.
The football team consists of
approximately 70 people, and the
Canadian women win bronze in Kingston
MIKE TREADGOLD
For the first time in history,
a Canadian team landed on
the podium at the Federation
Internationale du Sport (FISU)
cross-country championships, the
ultimate international university
event.
Led by a fifth-place finish by
the University of Toronto’s Megan
Brown, and an 11th-place finish
by Guelph Gryphons star runner
Lindsay Carson, the Canadian
women’s team brought home the
bronze medal from last weekend’s
FISU races in Kingston.
“Lindsay may have even
exceeded our expectations for
her in the race,” said Canadian
assistant coach Chris Moulton,
who had speculated that Carson
was capable of a top-15 finish,
but also had to consider that she
has fought injuries throughout
the season. “She ran exceptionally
well.”
The women’s 5km race was
comprised of four 1.25km laps
around the Fort Henry Hill course.
The pace was quick and the race
was ultimately won by Portugal’s
Sara Moreira. A pair of British
women, Jess Sparke and Joanne
Harvey, joined Moreira on the
podium, giving the British women’s
SPORTS & HEALTH
hefty $20,000 price tag – which will
be divided between the Canadian
Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES)
and the university – reflects the scale
of the anti-doping investigation.
Though the results are not expected
back until May, the University of
Waterloo has assured the press that
any failed test results will be made
known to the public.
Fearful that Zettler may have
been providing narcotics to other
Ontario schools, the CCES
conducted random drug tests on
athletes hailing from the University
of Guelph, McMaster, Western
Ontario, and Wilfrid Laurier.
CCES officials were on campus
testing Guelph athletes the day
after the Waterloo story hit the
press.
Since the implementation of
the CIS doping control program in
1990, there have been 56 narcotic
infractions from over 5,800 drug
tests. Although the testing is done
randomly, football and hockey are
often the two most targeted sports,
which isn’t surprising considering
that of the 56 positive tests, 54 were
male, and 45 were football players.
Steroids account for the most drug
infractions, with 24 positive test
results; marijuana has provided 15
positive returns.
Along with giving players an
unfair advantage, steroid use can
lead to irrevocable health problems,
including high blood pressure, liver
and kidney damage. The CIS has
a zero-tolerance policy on doping
infractions; Zettler was banned
from the University of Waterloo
campus and suspended from the
Gryphons star Kyle Boorsma finished 15th in Sunday’s FISU
cross-country championships, equaling the best all-time finish by a
Canadian male.
team their second consecutive
title. The third-place finish for the
Canadian women was even more
incredible considering the team
was missing Guelph’s Rachel Cliff,
who was held out due to a stress
reaction injury in her lower leg.
Western’s Bob Vigars was the
head coach of the Canadian teams,
assisted by McMaster’s Rory
football team before any charges
were even laid against him. Any
positive drug test can result in up
to a four-year suspension from the
CIS.
While the drugs may have
been seized and the guilty party
behind bars, a lingering air of
disappointment can’t help but plague
the varsity community at Guelph.
“This is an isolated incident,” said
director of athletics Tom Kendall.
“And it is not reflective of what’s
happening generally.”
Confident that Guelph athletes
do not take performance enhancing
drugs, the appearance of CCES drug
testing authorities on campus was
not met with surprise or animosity
from Guelph players or staff.
Rashaad Bhamjee
Sneyd, who offered his leadership
to the women’s team and Guelph’s
Moulton, who helped lead the men.
After the outstanding women’s
result in Sunday’s opening race,
the men were next, taking off at a
furious pace.
“It was unbelievable how fast
the men went out,” said Moulton,
who coached the Canadian men to
“When something like that
happens in the geographic area, it’s
natural to come out and test,” said
Kendall. “From our standpoint, it’s
good to test, to remove any doubt
that any of our players are involved.”
Despite the small number of
positive drug test results, precautions
are still taken to ensure compliance
with CIS anti-doping policies.
“Every year, our athletes have
to take an online awareness course
about doping and drug testing,”
said Kendall. “It’s an excellent
program.”
The course Kendall is referring
to is a compulsory program for all
CIS athletes that resulted from
revisions to the CIS Eligibility
Registration and Doping Control
a fourth-place overall finish, their
best ever result. “The pace would
have been as fast as some of our
guys would have started their 3km
track races.”
The Canadian men, however,
were prepared for such a quick
start, establishing their positions
and hanging on to finish all five
runners in the top 30. Scoring
was determined by the top four
finishers on each men’s team. The
Canadian men’s team was led by
Gryphon Male Athlete of the
Year, Kyle Boorsma, who finished
15th, tying him for the best all-
time finish by a Canadian male.
Japan took the men’s team title,
led by a gold medal win by Tetsuya
Yoroizaka.
“I was very pleased with my
result at FISUs,” said Boorsma.
“I was proud to be a part of the
Canadian team and happy that
I could contribute to our fourth-
place finish.”
Fellow Canadians Kyle O’Neill
(Western) and Dave Weston
(Windsor) finished in 20th and
24th, while Boorsma’s Gryphon
teammates Allan Brett and Matt
Brunsting, the CIS cross-country
champion, finished 25th and 27th
respectively.
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Data Requirements in 2007. All
athletes must register when taking
the course, so that the university will
receive a record upon its successful
completion.
Although the Ontario
University Athletics football
league has undeniably been shaken
by the events in Waterloo, the
general consensus seems to be that
university football will eventually
carry on.
“It doesn’t reflect well, but the
fact of the matter is that 95 per
cent of athletes in football are clean
and [have] not been involved with
steroids or performance-enhancing
drugs,” said Kendall. “From our
perspective, it’s a warning to
everybody.”
by both the Canadian men’s and
women’s teams proved just how
strong the cross-country program
in this country really is.
“The FISU championships
were a great race,” said Boorsma.
“I think they were a testament to
how strong the CIS competition is
right now, given that the Canadian
teams placed third and fourth in
a very competitive international
field.”
For the first time in the history
of the FISU cross-country races,
the Canadians enjoyed a home
field advantage, competing on
the same course as where the CIS
championships took place earlier
in the year. The crowd support
was instrumental in pushing the
Canadians to the next level.
“The atmosphere was
phenomenal,” said Moulton, who
speculated that there were about
1500 spectators in attendance.
“It was unique because you don’t
usually go to a cross-country meet
where everyone is cheering for
one team. When you to an OUA
or CIS championship, everyone is
cheering for their own school.
“But on the weekend, almost
everyone was cheering for Team
Canada. It was pretty special.”
The Ontarion ’s
Top Stories of the Year
The pissoirs downtown
The Ontarion’s first big centre story in September was on the odd
change to Guelph’s downtown landscape that popped up over the
summer: outdoor urinals. As a pilot project to cut down on Guelph’s
ph’s
downtown public urination problem, the city installed two publicblic
urinals to encourage those to choose a urinal over an alley whenhen
nature called. The project was met with mixed reviews and eventually
ally
the urinals disappeared.
Fair trade on campus
After getting wind that the CSA may have purchased their official cial
gear from a clothing producer that wasn’t in line with their ethical
ical
purchasing policy, students made public displays of their disapproval.
val.
It was discovered that that the clothing producer the CSA chose, ose,
Gildan, was in fact not in violation of the purchasing policy. They
did, however, decide to explore other, more ethical apparel choices for
future needs.
INSITE conference
At an event put on by the CSA’s Human Rights Office aimed to
promote “Resistance Through Art,” a drawn picture that depicted da
person wearing a strap-on dildo and penetrating the eye socket off
what appeared to be a Catholic priest was distributed around the
UC. The piece of art upset some in the U of G community and it
was requested that it be removed from the event. INISTE organizers
defended the presence of the picture on campus, saying that it made a
commentary on the oppression that queers have historically felt from
the church.
The Human Library
For the second year in a row, the main floor of the library was
transformed for an event seeking to dispel myths and stereotypes
about marginalized groups through one-on-one conversation. People
who face misconceptions or stereotypes in their lives volunteered to be
‘human books’ that others could take out for a half hour of productive
conversation.
Hanlon Creek Business Park
After a summer that saw protesters taking up residence on the Hanlon
Creek Business Park construction site, construction was delayed until
the following spring. While protesters maintain that the area should
be environmentally protected and from that, a small victory was
achieved, some protestors have been sued by the City of Guelph for
damages to the site and delays in construction.
Photos of the Year
From left to right:
Rashaad Bhamjee
Kyle Gillespie
Brittany Haughton
Jamie MacDonald
It allllll started
staart d in
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ed in the fall,
faall, when
w en an undergraduate
wh undergraduatte student wanted
want to ask his peers a single
question. By the spring, the entire undergraduate population was inv involved, with over 40 per cent
of the student population making it clear what they wanted.
The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) is the Ontarion’s newsmaker
ne of the year. Other
than the CSA, no organization, group or person, was written abo about more extensively in the
paper and d spoken
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b more ffrequently h O
l in the Ontarion office.
ffi This year, a lot of good things happened that brought originality and creative
It was in September that a student by the name of Curtis Batuszkin started a petition drive
that asked students whether they would like to vote on continued membership in the CFS,
Canada’s largest student body. The CSA is a paying member of both the provincial and national
components of the CFS, so two separate petitions requiring signatures from 10 per cent of
undergraduates were circulated.
We knew it was a big story at the time; we certainly didn’t know how big it could get. Over
the course of the fall semester, it was learned that the petitions to CFS-Ontario were sent by a
process server, not by registered mail, a CFS-Ontario bylaw. Batuszkin sent the petition again,
this time by registered mail, and the Federation recognized it over a week after the deadline
(petitions had to be sent six months in advance of the proposed referendum on March 29, 30,
31). According to affidavits, the original petitions had made it to CFS-Ontario on time. In
February CFS-Ontario made it public that they were denying Guelph a referendum.
The national petitions had been plagued by several problems. Despite the fact that, like
the provincial petitions, the university’s registrar had verified that over 10 per cent of students
signed the petitions, the national executive determined that many names were illegible. They
said the CSA was not cooperating with helping them verify the signatures further.
The CSA had always made it clear that they would support any student intent to exercise
their democratic rights. They requested a judge decide on the referendum’s fate.
Well, if you were on campus at anytime in the last two weeks, it was pretty evident what
happened. At the end of March, a judge decided that a referendum would take place on the
Guelph campus.
And after three days of voting last week, students voted in favour of discontinuing
membership in the CFS. Of the 7330 ballots that were cast, 73.5 per cent of students voted ‘No’
on continued membership, while 1675 voted ‘Yes.’
The CSA’s request to leave the CFS still needs to be approved by the CFS, and will need
support at the CFS’s annual general meeting.
AArts Newsmaker of the Year
Specialized art student
The progressive nature of our city and campus here in Guelph has given the
Ontarion no shortage of artistic and cultural events to report on over the last year.
For example, back in September we saw a performance by John Kilduf at Ed Video
where he simultaneously ran on a treadmill, blended up fruit cocktails, painted outer
space and appeared live on the internet.
thought to the Arts & Culture section. But no person or event continually influenced
the section like the art students in the specialized studio practice class.
Made up of 16 of the most promising art students in the school, the specialized
kids showed their work both individually and in a group, every time presenting
viewers with something new.
Mad scientist Stefan Herda took us into the bush to forage for twigs and berries
that he then reduced to ink and pigments that coloured his canvases; he asked
questions about process and temporality. The impermanence of Herda’s work has
generated discussion, as over time much of the work will decay, transforming his
paintings from timeless to ephemeral.
But when the entire class got together, that was when the real fun happened.
In early December, all 16 students took part in Triple Gulp, a group show that was
a favourite of the year. The show was insightful with Darryn Doull investigation
of the Artist-Curator, while Patrick Krzyzanowski’s pain-staking and hilarious
watercolour painting that depicts two baseball teams in a massive pile-up as the
result of a tie game reiterated the fact that art can be funny too.
If you want to catch one final showing of the talent of these 16 students, their
work will be at Ed Video from April 12-18 in their final show called Let’s Make
this Special. The opening reception will be on Saturday April 17 from 2pm to 5pm,
and there will be no shortage of talent and imagination.
News Newsmaker of the Year
Universal Bus Pass
One of the biggest stories for the news section this year, not to mention one of
the most dramatic showings of student interest, was the universal transit pass. The
issue first came into play in December, when the announcement that City of Guelph
decided to reconsider the viability of the transit pass that university students had
been enjoying for years, took the U of G community by surprise. This reconsideration
came as part of a large budget evaluation process in which the City of Guelph sought
to make up for a deficit.
Immediately upon hearing the news, students began mobilizing around the issue,
working to make it clear that the universal bus pass was something they valued greatly
in their Guelph experience. A Facebook group was established, letters were sent to
city councilors expressing concerns about losing the universal transit pass, and finally
representatives from the Central Student Association (CSA), the Graduate Student
Association (GSA) and the university administration attended a packed city council
meeting to plead their case along with representatives from nearly one hundred other
community groups facing cuts.
At that time it was decided that the transit discussion would take place outside
of a budget discussion and the CSA, GSA and Brenda Whiteside, the associate
vice-president, student Affairs, went into negotiations with Guelph transit to
come to an agreement that was mutually beneficial for both parties. Guelph transit
requested more money for the universal pass in negotiations, citing increased or
improved transit service that students were getting for an unfair price. Eventually the
negotiations produced what both parties considered to be a fair price for students to
pay per semester for transit: $82.15 as opposed to the $61.63 that students had been
paying before.
But, after all those negotiations, it was still up to the students to decide if the
increase was fair, and if faced with a nearly $20 increase they were willing to spend
more money.
Students voted, and while the results were held back until the graduate elections
were over, when they were eventually released they reflected a resounding approval of
both the increase in price and continuation of the pass, with a 90 per cent approval in
undergraduate voting and an 81 per cent approval in graduate voting.
Sports Newsmakers of the Year
Allan Brett
Matt Brunsting
Kyle Boorsma
You’ve read about them on nearly a weekly basis, and now, once more.
They run faster and further than anyone else, and then they do it all over again.
For the 2009-10 season, the Ontarion sports newsmakers of the year are runners
Matt Brunsting, Kyle Boorsma and Allan Brett. The Gryphon running program is
undoubtedly the best in the country with the men winning the OUA and CIS team
titles in cross-country and track.
The three national class athletes combined for OUA and CIS gold medals
in both cross-country and track and field, with each star runner landing atop the
podium at some point during the season.
Brunsting started his string of success early in the season, winning the season-
opening Guelph Open in the Arboretum and following that up with silver at
OUAs, gold at CIs and a bronze medal finish in the AGSI Canadian cross-country
championships in November. It was the second consecutive year that Brunsting won
the national title, cementing his status as one of the top cross-country runners in
Canadian university history.
Injuries hampered Brunsting’s track and field season, however, he did manage
to secure two critical points at the CIS championships and finished 25th at last
weekend’s FISU world university cross-country championships, capping off a
brilliant five years as a Gryphon.
Not to be outdone, Boorsma ran the most complete season of any runner, taking
silver in both the OUA and CIS cross-country championships, along with three gold
medals at the OUA and CIS track and field championships. Boorsma also competed
in the FISU races, finishing his season in fine form with a 15th-place finish, tying the
best all-time finish by a Canadian male. Boorsma was honoured on Thursday night
as the university’s male athlete of the year for the second consecutive year.
The third, and largely unheralded, member of the trio is Brett, a third-year
athlete and the OUA cross-country champion. Brett was a force throughout the
entire season in both cross-country and track and field, medaling in both sports and
adding a 21st-place finish at FISUs.
Little more can be said about these three men, but they are truly elite athletes and
deserving sports newsmakers of the year.
 12 SPORTS & HEALTH APR. 15 - MAY 5, 2010 THEONTARION.CA

A night for the athletes

Year-end banquet
honours the best of
the best in Gryphons
athletics
MIKE TREADGOLD
Capping off a year of outstanding
performances, the Department
of Athletics hosted its Annual
Intercollegiate Awards Banquet
on Thursday night, honouring the
university’s top student-athletes.
Not surprisingly, it was Gryphon
runners that took the top awards
with Kyle Boorsma and Rachel
Cliff winning the male and female
Athlete of the Year awards for their
successes in both cross-country and
track and field.
“This season was a big
breakthrough for me,” said a very
humble Cliff. “I knew I was up for
a major award but I didn’t really
consider the [award] for top female
athlete.
“I really surprised myself this
year. I’ve always thought of myself as
a decent athlete, but this year, it all
really came together.”
For the second consecutive year,
Boorsma took the award for top male
athlete, having excelled yet again
in both indoor and outdoor events.
“I’m very happy with how the
season has gone, both from an
individual and a team perspective,”
said Boorsma. “The only distance
runners in the country who won
CIS gold medals this year – team or
individual – were from Guelph. It’s
pretty hard to get better than that.”
In addition to winning the most
CIS track and field championships
in Windsor, a race that pitted her
against U of T’s Megan Brown,
arguably the top female distance
runner in Canada.
“The rivalry is very friendly,”
said Cliff, who added that the
competition is even stronger during
As any athlete
can attest to,
it takes a lot
of discipline
and time
management to
be successful in
both academics
and athletics.
Courtesy Kyle Boorsma
Female Athlete of the Year, Rachel Cliff, with the university’s Associate
Vice President, Student Affairs, Brenda Whiteside.
the cross-country season. “We talk
prestigious male athlete award, second years, adjusting to university to each other after races, she’s a
Boorsma also won the President’s and being disinterested in school. really nice person.
Trophy as top male student-athlete, But now, I’ve found an interest in “But, it is competitive sports,
given his academic excellence as my classes and things seem to be too.”
well. Brienne Stairs from the OUA going smoothly.” Jake Jagas, a national champion
champion Gryphons field hockey Cliff ’s honour as top female in wrestling, was named the Scott
team won the President’s Trophy for athlete culminates an outstanding Yanchus Male Rookie of the Year
top female student-athlete. season for the fourth-year distance and distance runner Genevieve
“As any athlete can attest to, it specialist, where she medaled in Lalonde took home the Dr. Mary
takes a lot of discipline and time both cross-country and track and Beverley Burton Female Rookie of
management to be successful in field. Perhaps her most outstanding the Year award after outstanding
both academics and athletics,” said performance was her gold medal win indoor and outdoor seasons.
Boorsma. “I struggled in my first and in the women’s 3000m event at the The W.F. Mitchell Sportsman
and Sportswoman awards were
given to swimmer Scott Van
Doormaal, who competed at the
OUA Championships on a broken
foot, and fifth-year field hockey
star, and Canadian national team
member, Krissy Wishart. Wishart
was named as an All-Canadian in
each of her five years as a Gryphon.
The Shirley Peterson award for
most improved female athlete went
to Chantique Payne, the national
champion butterfly swimmer, while
James Savoie from the Gryphons
football team won the Don
Cameron award for most improved
male athlete.
Rounding out the award
winners were Hediyeh Karimian,
who won the Cathy Rowe Manager
of the Year award for wrestling,
Nina Caverly, who took the James
Maclachlan Trainer of the Year
honours, and Nadine Frost from the
track and field team, who won the
Fred Ramprashad Scholarship.
When asked if she views herself
as a leader in the varsity athletic
community, Cliff noted that she
prefers to let her accomplishments
do the talking.
“The whole team is very mature
and while I like to think of myself
as a leader, there isn’t a real sense
of hierarchy among our team,” she
said. “Everyone brings something
different to the team, so we can all
lead each other in various ways.”
“The 2009-10 teams have to be
the best teams that I’ve ever been a
part of,” added Boorsma. “[We] were
driven and motivated and really
worked hard for each other.”

Gryphon sprinter among the province’s top female

student-athletes
Sarah Peirce combines
athletic and academic
excellence
MIKE TREADGOLD
Turn your head and you might
miss Sarah Peirce’s entire event.
Her races are won and lost in a
matter of hundredths of a second.
The fifth-year sprinter is
lightning fast and one of the
country’s top short distance
runners, excelling in the 60m
indoor event where she won OUA
gold and a silver medal at the CIS
track and field championships this
season.
And for her outstanding
efforts, both on the track and in
the classroom, Peirce was recently
named one of the OUA’s Women
of Influence, included in a group
of outstanding female student-
athletes who will be honoured by
the league on April 30.
In addition to her All-Canadian
running accomplishments, Peirce
is also a top student who will
begin her graduate studies in
the university’s geographical
information studies program in
the fall. The nomination for OUA
honours came as a result of her
President’s Trophy award that she
won last year as the university’s top
female student-athlete.
“The award really came as a
surprise. I didn’t know too much
about it and it was a bit of a
shock,” said Peirce. “Winning the
President’s award last year was
exciting and it’s nice to receive
honours for both [academics and
athletics]. There are some pretty
amazing women involved with
this award and I’m really proud
and excited.”
On a team that is often known
for its group of national class
distance runners, Peirce’s strength
in the short distance races places
her in a unique situation. While
so many of her teammates focus
their attention on endurance and
positioning, Peirce’s game is about
straight speed and explosiveness;
her races start and finish in less
than eight seconds.
“I really don’t think the distance
runners and the sprinters have
much in common,” said Peirce,
in terms of comparative workout
routines. “There’s not a lot of
overlap.”
Despite being in a student
in Guelph for five years, Peirce
has only used four of her five
years of athletic eligibility, having
been injured in her first year.
Looking to maximize her varsity
opportunities, Peirce will return to
the track next year while working
on her Master’s degree. As she has
become one of the senior members
of the team and a captain, she has
embraced a leadership role for the
other athletes.
Peirce now holds the Gryphons
all-time record in the 60m distance
after finishing in 7.45 seconds in
her silver medal performance at
CIs. Recording a sub-7.5 second
time was unequivocally the
highlight of her season and the
very mention of that CIS race
filled Peirce with excitement.
“I was going into CIs hoping
to get a personal best, which was
a sub-7.5 second run,” she said.
“At the beginning of the year, my
personal best was 7.6 and breaking
that was the biggest barrier for me
this year.
“Breaking that 7.6 second time
– I can’t even explain how it felt. I
hadn’t had a personal best in more
than a year, and then every meet
after that, I kept shaving off more
time leading up to CIs.”
And for Peirce, her Gryphon
career has been excellence on the
track and influence throughout
the league.
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Sprinter Sarah Peirce has been named one of the OUA’s Women of
Influence for her successes on the track and in the classroom.

THE ONTARION 161.13
Milk was a bad choice
Ron Burgundy may
have been onto
something
DAN O’KEEFE
From as far back as I can
remember, I was always encouraged
to drink milk. Lots of milk.
Every day, I heard, “Milk is good
for you,” or “Milk will help you stay
healthy.” But will it really?
Without a doubt, milk
contains numerous essential
nutrients. Calcium, proteins, zinc,
phosphorous, vitamins A, B1, B2,
B6, B12, D, E, and K are all found
in milk. However, milk isn’t the only
source of these nutrients, and often,
isn’t the best source. For instance,
turnips, nuts, seeds, broccoli, and
kale all have more available calcium
per serving than milk.
It is also somewhat odd that
humans are the only species
that continues to consume milk
throughout adulthood after
weaning, as well as the only species
to consume the milk of another
species. The high rates of lactose
intolerance in humans, bordering 50
per cent in North America, should
be an indicator as to the suitability
of milk for human consumption.
It seems the cons may outweigh
the pros of milk consumption.
By federal regulation, milk is
pasteurized before consumption
by humans, because of the vast
number of potentially harmful
microbes present. Some of these
microbes include E. coli and
Salmonella, among others. Even
after pasteurization, studies have
found some of these microbes
are still present at harmful, and
occasionally lethal, levels.
The daddy of specialists
Chris Munford takes
personal training to
the next level
MIKE TREADGOLD
WITH FILES FROM JUSTIN DUNK
Chris Munford wants the best.
And only the best.
In the community of strength
and conditioning coaches, Munford
is in an elite class as an athletic
performance specialist. With
experience training and developing
athletes at both the amateur and
professional levels, Munford has
dealt with everyone, from aspiring
university athletes to professionals
earning millions of dollars in the
NBA. He takes personal training to
the next level.
A former CFL player
with Hamilton, Toronto and
Saskatchewan, Munford has also
worked with the Gryphons and
the Charlotte Bobcats, and has
created his own business, Corporate
Productivity Enhancement
Consulting. Munford has seen it all
and is widely viewed as one of the
top specialists for athletes looking to
get to the next level.
In order to work with Munford,
In the early 1990s, the American
Food and Drug Administration
approved the use of recombinant
bovine growth hormone (rBGH)
to increase the production of milk.
The use of rBGH led to a 20 per
cent increase in milk production;
however, the treated cows showed
side effects, including udders
swollen with pus. When the
swollen udders are milked, the pus
is transferred to the milk, which
can cause illness in humans. The
antibiotics used to treat the swelling
were also found in the milk.
Further, the rBGH has been
linked to increased chances of
prostate cancer. Yet, Americans are
those mainly at risk, since Canada
and most of Europe has banned the
use of rBGH since 2000.
The supposed benefits of
milk are also being challenged.
Osteoporosis is supposed to be
prevented by milk consumption.
Ironically, it may be caused by milk
consumption. Multiple proteins in
milk contain sulfur. When these
proteins are broken down, the sulfur
reacts to form sulfuric acid. In order
to neutralize the acid, calcium is
taken from bone, thus weakening
bones. Possibly even more ironic,
the countries with the highest rates
of milk consumption are also the
countries with the highest rates of
bone disease.
A major protein, casein, has been
linked to asthma. Casein produces
histamines, which in turn, trigger
the production of mucus, which
leads to breathing difficulties.
Another milk protein, casomorphin,
has proven links to autism and
attention deficit disorder.
The list of milk-related diseases
and conditions goes on. The
prospective clients and individuals
within their support network must
go through a series of interviews to
determine if there is a good fit and
a burning desire to commit and
develop.
If the interview stage is
successful, Munford then goes to
work developing a comprehensive,
multilayered, and highly
individualized program for each
of his clients, focusing on their
mental and physical capabilities and
identifying areas for improvement.
“The first layer (when creating
a workout program) is figuring
out the athlete’s biomechanics and
neurological status,” said Munford.
“The second layer is, as you build
their program, you have to pay
attention to their sports-related and
injury-related goals.”
Like other personal trainers,
Munford is quick to recognize the
differences that exist among athletes
and how he must alter his training
strategies to accommodate their
personalities.
“You have to understand how
to communicate with different
athletes,” he said. “I’m working with
a quarterback right now who is
getting over a [knee] injury and he’s
Journal of Microbiology published
an article arguing that a microbe
found in milk might be responsible
for Crohn’s disease in humans. A
New England Journal of Medicine
article suggests a link between
unsure of himself. I have to know
how to push his limits and press his
buttons with what he can tolerate.
He’s getting there, but he doesn’t yet
know his limits.
“But, I had a receiver last year
who wanted to do more than what
he should,” he continued. “You have
to know how to deal with different
frames of mind. You have to learn to
motivate those that need motivation
and slow down those that need
slowing down. It’s all part of the
cycle.”
Having worked with dedicated
athletes, as well as those who are
less willing to put in the same effort,
Munford spoke to the frustration
that sometimes comes with being a
personal trainer.
“It can be very frustrating,” he
said of dealing with an uncommitted
client. “When you see naturally
skilled and talented athletes who
don’t work at it, I don’t understand
that. I’ll never understand that.”
Despite his remarkable success
at the professional level, when
he worked as the strength and
conditioning coach for the Bobcats,
Munford has a great deal of
appreciation for, and commitment to
the aspiring university athlete who
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milk consumption and diabetes.
Additionally, milk consumption has
been linked to infertility, ALS (also
known as Lou Gehrig’s disease),
and Multiple Sclerosis, to name a
few.
Gryphons running back Nick Fitzgibbon looked to renowned performance
specialist Chris Munford while training for the CFL E-Camp in March.
seeks his guidance. While training
for the CFL Evaluation Camp in
March, Gryphons running back
Nick Fitzgibbon solicited Munford’s
assistance.
“With a University of Guelph
student, there’s definitely more
SPORTS & HEALTH
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Further, cows are known to carry
diseases that can infect humans.
Remember mad cow disease or the
foot and mouth disease scares from
years past? There have also been
cases of tuberculosis being carried
by cows in parts of the United
States.
Moreover, milk-producing cows
require a lot of feed; that food
could go to humans instead. There
is an undeniable food shortage
in the world, and cattle consume
far more food than they produce.
On top of that, cows produce
a lot of gas, primarily methane.
Methane is 23 times worse than
carbon dioxide. Reducing our
consumption of milk can even
help the environment.
So, if we can’t drink milk, what
can we drink? How about soymilk?
Soymilk is cholesterol free and
contains less saturated fat than
cow’s milk. It can be fortified with
calcium to be equally as beneficial as
cow’s milk. It also contains vitamins
B1, B2, B6, and E. The isoflavones
found in soymilk are known to
reduce your chances of developing
hormone-related cancers, such as
prostate or breast cancers. Soymilk
can also help prevent osteoporosis.
For those who think soymilk
tastes bad, try flavoured soymilk.
Vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry
flavours are available, nutritious and
delicious.
Do yourself a favour and grab
a glass of soymilk, instead of cow’s
milk. It is healthier, easier on
the body, and is far less likely to
cause any of the myriads of health
conditions linked to cow’s milk.
Anything that can cause a dozen or
more health conditions and diseases
is definitely a bad choice.
Rashaad Bhamjee
compliance,” Munford said. “There
seems to be more of a teacher-
student relationship when you
can talk to them and expect more
compliance. Being in the framework
of an educational institution, it lends
to that kind of listening role.”
 14 SPORTS & HEALTH
Turning off the mike (for now)
tarion
On
MIKE TREADGOLD
A little more than two years ago,
I decided that I would start to follow
university sports.
As a lifelong sports fanatic, the
choice was a simple one; here was
a chance to go to more live events
than ever before, and support a team
and a program with which I could
easily identify.
One thing led to the next – fan,
volunteer writer, sports editor, and
university sports blogger, to the
point where I now follow university
sports almost equally as closely as I
do the professional ranks. With that
in mind, I’ve learned a few things
along the way.
First, just because they’re not
professionals doesn’t mean that these
athletes can’t play. I’ve watched a lot
of live professional sporting events
and even more live university games.
I can honestly say that some of the
most exciting games I have ever seen
have come at the university level. If
you think that the level of excitement
at the CIS level is lacking, check out
a game and prove me wrong. Betcha
can’t.
Second, all the things that
you hate about sports are more
LIFE
LAURA SCHEP
I don’t know about you, but
recently, I can’t help but notice
the increase in joggers around
Guelph, enjoying the sunshine as
they stride along, some plugged
into iPods, others just listening to
their steady pattern of breaths as
they continue along their way. This
led me to think that this week, I
could write an article about how
someone who has never run a far
distance can train themselves to
do so.
Perhaps this concept puzzles
you – after all, does running really
need an explanation? All you need
to do is put one foot in front of
the other repeatedly, right? Well,
yeah… that’s technically all there
is to running. The simplicity is
part of the beauty of it. You don’t
need to take any fancy classes to
participate, it’s not an expensive
or complicated sport, and you
can really run anytime, anywhere,
in most forms of weather. If you
are in relatively good health, and
are not recovering from previous
injuries, chances are you can
participate in long-distance
running, and train yourself to run
many, many kilometres (if you’re
into that sort of thing).
Suppose one of your summer
goals is to complete your first-
ever 10km race. The first time
than likely absent at the university
level. Whiny egos? Not really;
they’re all unbelievably humble
and team-oriented. Salary drama?
All the things that
you hate about
sports are more
than likely absent
at the university
level. Whiny
egos? Not really.
Salary drama? No
chance. Players
faking injuries?
Forget about it.
No chance; they’re all playing for
free. Players faking injuries? Forget
about it; sportsmanship is virtually
universal. The absence of these
detractors makes for outstanding
entertainment.
Third, there is an amazing group
of women at this university who are
doing great things, both for females
a how-to student guide on
Running a 10k
I did this, I found it helpful to
break down my training into
manageable parts. There are books
and online sources available for
training schedules and tips, and
most sources will recommend
trying to run for five to eight
minutes, consecutively, without
walking, as a good starting exercise.
in sport, as well as in the community.
They play hard, fast, are supremely
dedicated and never hesitate at
the chance to lend support and
mentorship the next group of young
female athletes. Take any pre-
existing stereotypes that you may
have applied to women’s sports, and
throw them out. Watch a game and
I guarantee that you’ll be surprised
with what you find.
Fourth, the ‘fandom’ that I have
always hoped would develop among
students, never has. For a multitude
of reasons – which is another column
altogether – the level of support and
excitement for university athletics
among fellow students at this school
is still lacking.
It’s certainly not for lack of
winning. In the past two years, we’ve
seen a number of elite athletes,
excitable personalities, national
championship teams and captivating
games, but still, game attendance
often disappoints. Admittedly, there
have been a few refreshing outliers
along the way: Homecoming
football, as well as playoff basketball,
volleyball and hockey. But by
and large, the onus is now on the
students to offer support for their
athletes, their friends, their teams.
It has been an amazing
opportunity and a great pleasure
to cover athletics at this university.
Call me cheesy, but I can confidently
Dave Morris
If you can do more, that’s great,
and if you can’t yet manage five
minutes, that’s still perfectly fine.
You will soon, if you keep trying.
Bear in mind that your pace for
this running does not need to be
exceedingly fast – it should be one
that is comfortable for you. Most
sources will recommend that your
APR. 15 - MAY 5, 2010
Events such as Homecoming football drew outstanding crowds.
Sustaining this excitement needs to be the next objective.
say that this position has not been
a job, but the development of a
hobby and an unforgettable learning
experience.
Next year, there will be a new
sports editor in this position; a fresh,
new perspective on university sports
running pace should be one at
which you could still maintain
a conversation if someone else
were running beside you (also not
a bad idea). So if you’re huffing
and puffing and couldn’t possibly
speak as you’re running along,
you definitely need to slow down
your pace. Once you’ve run the
time you’ve set out for yourself,
take your walk break, and repeat
this sequence of events once, or
maybe even twice. Try to get up
to about 20 minutes of walking/
running at a time. For some
people, this may be achievable
the first time. For others, it may
take a few weeks. Whatever the
case, just keep gradually building
up your endurance until you can
run for 20 minutes, consecutively.
Once you get up to running
about 20 minutes before taking a
walking break, you’ve established
your running base and can start
training for the 10km.
Now, for the actual training of
your first 10km, you should aim
to run about three times per week,
preferably not on two days in a
row. In the days when you’re not
running, it helps if you are cross-
training (walking, swimming,
biking, rock climbing, etc.) to
continue challenging your body
in other ways. Two of your weekly
runs will be simple, short ones –
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Rashaad Bhamjee
and one that will be extremely
unique. I will attempt to remain
informed and continue this column
from a distance. My message will
stay the same: support your athletes.
They deserve it, and you will be
impressed.
maybe 20-25 minutes of straight
running. These are “maintenance
runs” and simply help to preserve
the endurance you’ve established.
One of your three weekly runs,
however, will be one in which you
will gradually extend your distance,
in order to eventually reach the
10km mark. You can accomplish
this either by time or distance
– so if you’ve been running for
20 consecutive minutes for your
two short runs during your first
week of training, maybe try 24
minutes for your longer run. The
next week, try 26 or 27. Or, if you
want to go by distance, if you’ve
been running 5km for your short
runs, then try the first week to
go to six or seven. It is important
not to extend the distance or time
too far during these runs; most
sources will recommend that
runners limit their increase in
distance to roughly 2km or 3km
maximum.
Within a couple of months, if
you stick to this simple approach
to running, you should be able
to gradually reach your target
distance of 10km.

THE ONTARION 161.13
makes apple cake and The joys of wedding
it costs almost nothing season
NICOLE ELSASSER
The coming of spring excites
most food lovers who eat the seasons,
to borrow a phrase. While it’s totally
possible to get all kinds of summer
berries, tomatoes, cucumbers,
and summer squashes to boot all
year round in supermarkets, these
produce items are rarely at their best
in January and it’s become a sort of
gastronomic faux pas to eat produce
imported from some far away land.
This is why, as the weather gets
warmer and the farmers market gets
way more colourful, food people
excited.
That is to say, those food people
who don’t happen to love eating
apples with a fiery passion in their
loins. Read: me.
I love apples but they are
generally considered a fruit best left
to the fall. With all this noise about
apples being a fall flavour, I thought
it best to get my pre-spring apple
baking out of the way before such
an act invites judgment and scorn
(kidding).
I stumbled upon the recipe for
this apple cake on a wonderful online
cooking show called Working Class
Foodies. The aim of the show is to
provide local and sustainable food
options to people for fewer than $8
per person for the food. The apple
cake episode was a popular one and
the cake promised to be simple,
not to mention, satisfying to the
apple craving part of me. By their
estimation on the show, the entire
cake should cost about $2.20 to
make if you have a properly stocked
pantry, which, in my opinion, is
pretty reasonable.
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Ingredients
3-4 tart apples
2 cups and 2 tbsp granulated sugar
2 tbsp cinnamon
2 cups all-purpose flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp of fine sea salt
2 1/2
/2 tsp of pure vanilla extract
1 cup
up vegetable oil
4 eggs
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Life
CATHLEEN FINLAY
Nicki Darbyson had a warm,
fuzzy feeling inside when her
friend from high school asked her
to be a bridesmaid in her spring
wedding.
“At first, I felt great. I felt happy
for my friend and I was touched
that she considered me such a
close friend,” Darbyson said, a
PhD student studying History at
the University of Guelph.
But once she realised the
amount of time, effort, and
money that was expected of her,
Darbyson’s fuzzy feelings seemed
to fade away.
“I eventually realised that for
bridesmaids, the bad inevitably
outweighs the good,” Darbyson
said.
The wedding, traditionally
understood as a happy rite of
passage celebrating the love
between two people, can quickly
become a stressful and expensive
venture for everyone involved.
And ‘expensive’ is not an
understatement. Vicki Howard,
associate professor of History at
Hartwick College, insists that the
wedding industry generates about
$70 billion per year.
In her new book entitled
Brides, Inc., Dr. Howard illustrates
how the modern conception of the
wedding was shaped in the early
twentieth century by advertising
campaigns, merchandising
promotions and entrepreneurial
Nicole Elsasser innovations.
The foolproof apple cake is kept moist over several days because of the Things like the white wedding
juice in the apples. It can be served covered in powdered sugar, with gown for one-time use, the large
vanilla ice cream or with whipped cream. diamond ring, and the grooms’
donning of a wedding band are all
relatively new concepts.
“Many traditions that we think
of as ancient or natural at weddings
developed around the 1920s and
30s,” Dr. Howard said.
Directions One trend that was pushed
by the jewellery industry that
Preheat your oven at 350 degrees F. Peel and core your apples. Chop them never caught on was a male
into uniform chucks, about a 1/2 inch dice. Toss the apple pieces with 2 tbsp engagement ring. Dr. Howard
sugar and the cinnamon and mix evenly in a medium bowl. In a separate said it didn’t become popular
bowl, add the flour, the rest of the sugar, the baking powder, the salt, the because it “conflicted with notions
vanilla extract, the vegetable oil and the eggs. Stir until a batter forms. Stir in of masculinity and represented
the apple pieces until well coated by the batter. Butter a cake pan and pour passivity and possession.”
the batter into it. Bake in the oven for 65 minutes
min or until the top is golden Traditions that did not generate
brown and a knife goes into the cake and com comes out clean. Let cool slightly more business, like wearing an
and remove from the cake pan and serve alone,alon covered in powdered sugar heirloom ring or a handed down
or with vanilla ice cream or whip cream. dress, have been downplayed by
the industry in the past.
“The common wedding that
we have today resembles what
would have been, 100 years ago,
the wedding of the elite class,” Dr.
Howard insisted.
The growing popularity of
the lavish wedding has not only
driven up costs, but also bloated
the expectations placed on the
bridesmaids, family, and friends of
the bride to provide support with
planning and costs.
Darbyson said, “There’s the
engagement party, the bridal
shower, the jack and jill, and the
15
bachelorette party that need to be
planned and on top of that gifts
need to be purchased for each
party in addition to the wedding
gift.
“Bridesmaids also usually
have to pay for their dress and its
alterations, as well as their hair,
make-up, and shoes. This can work
out to be well over a thousand
dollars.”
Sharon Naylor, author of
35 books on wedding planning,
including her latest entitled Your
Wedding Your Way, insists that
many brides today are opting for a
non-traditional wedding.
“It’s about twisting the
common traditions to personalise
your big day. The shift from
traditional to non-traditional has
been happening slowly over the
past ten years,” Naylor said.
“The first things that started to
happen were cutting out the garter
toss and the bouquet toss. A bride
may not have a lot of single girls
there to go after the bouquet. It
may be inappropriate if they’re all
eleven years old. Or you just don’t
want violence on your dance floor
because people are drinking.”
Although some brides are
putting a unique twist on the
traditions of their wedding, Naylor
maintained that wedding etiquette
is still important.
She said, “There’s a lot of
misinformation and outdated
information out there on proper
etiquette.”
According to Dr. Howard, the
reason wedding traditions have
been able to maintain the influence
that they have is because of the
etiquette-makers’ ability to adapt
the rules for new trends.
“There is a new angle to wedding
traditions that incorporates
environmental awareness, for
‘green brides’. There are also ways
that the etiquette has expanded to
incorporate new cultural practices,”
Dr. Howard said.
Despite the prevalence of
twisting and adapting traditions,
there still are ‘Bridezillas’ who feel
that their wedding day needs to
be the best day of their lives, no
matter the cost.
Naylor said that some brides
have gone as far as hiring models
as bridesmaids to have perfect
pictures. She also said that some
women have ordered their wedding
party to enter bootcamp to fit into
the preferred dress size.
Darbyson said that the best way
for a bride to enjoy her wedding is
to take the pressure off herself and
those around her.
“Going into it thinking it’s
going to be the perfect day will
only make it a disappointment,”
she said.
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L OOSE CANNON
Now that the dust has settled, time to get back to work
GREG BENETEAU
Politicians make a good show
of disliking their opponents.
In debate, it’s common to hear
a fiery orator talk about how the
gentleman (or gentlewoman) on
the other team is so far out to
left (or right) field, they’re a hair’s
breadth away from encroaching on
communist (or fascist) territory.
Politicians may say things
about their opponents, but they
don’t necessarily take them to
heart. They simply can’t, because
the inner workings of government
operate much differently than the
theatrics on the floor of whatever
legislature you happen to follow.
In the U.S., Democrats and
Republicans form bipartisan
caucuses to advance important
legislation for women, blacks,
Hispanics and the LGBT
community. In Canada, MPs
and Senators from all parties sit
on committees in order to shape
legislation and compose reports.
At the end of the day, a
certain amount of co-operation is
necessary for democracy to thrive.
You may disagree with a colleague
on a single issue, but you need to
be able to work amicably with
Pearls before swine
Haiti’s exploitation
and pity’s limitations
TOM BEEDHAM
Some countries are mistakenly
stumbled upon and then said
to be ‘found.’ Some countries
are exploited as punitive convict
dumps. Other countries are found,
colonized, and then abandoned—
both in terms of trade and aid—on
a global level. Such was the case for
Haiti until January this year.
Despite Haiti’s latest tragedy
and the seemingly fabulous global
aid response, Haiti’s outstanding
debts are still upheld by creditors
around the world.
Up until Christopher Columbus
came upon Haiti in 1492, Haiti
was inhabited only by the native
Taínos—an Arawakan people.
After making a small settlement on
the island country, Columbus left
Haiti, not to return until 1493—
only to find that his settlers were
gone, maybe killed. Columbus then
claimed the island for Spain and
left it for his brother, Bartolomeo.
Shortly following the arrival of the
Europeans, indigenous populations
in Haiti went nearly extinct. This
is popularly believed to be a result
of Europeans bearing diseases that
the natives had no immunity for.
After the King of Spain ordered
a strategic relocation of the Spanish
settlement in Haiti in 1606, a period
of colonial pirate wars ensued.
Eventually France won control of
the region and enslaved locals, also
introducing mass amounts of slaves
from Africa in order to maximize
OPINION
APR. 15 - MAY 5, 2010
that colleague on other issues. the incoming Executive, who won
Otherwise, nothing would get relatively low-key elections only to
done. find themselves competing against
The incoming CSA Board, one another in a high-stakes
which was divided on whether to campaign - and their jobs haven’t
endorse the campaign to leave the even started yet.
Canadian Federation of Students, Their involvement shows that
has a tough road ahead for the our elected representatives are
coming year. passionate about representing
Some questioned whether it students’ interests, even if they
was the CSA’s disagree on some of the
place to take a specifics.
stance. Some W h a t ’s
who voted impor tant
in favour of now is that
supporting the new
the ‘No’ board
campaign d o e s n’t
were volunteers let a difference
with that campaign, and of opinion affect its larger
vice versa for the ‘Yes’ side. mission of advocating for students
In the end, the CSA endorsed at the University of Guelph
the ‘No’ vote, which went on Those who supported the
to resoundingly win the ‘No’ side should avoid needless
referendum. No doubt the gloating and focus on re-
fallout from that decision orienting themselves
will continue to resonate to tackle pressing
for some time. issues, including a
The referendum desperate need for
is over, but I worry more student space
that the rivalry will and the fight against
continue. student apathy.
It’s a particular challenge to On the other hand, those
commendable, it’s not adequate to
get Haiti back on its toes. Despite
the fact that Haiti suffered massive
2.0 tragedy in January, people are still
National Governments reluctant to say that its massive
World Bank debts should be forgotten.
IMF Klein, a writer for UK news
Other International Agencies source the Guardian, wrote
Haiti’s debt (billion US$)
1.5 in a Feb. 11, 2010 article that
western countries should consider
themselves indebted to Haitians,
and that to consider the situation
in reverse is an attitude that needs
to be abandoned, listing slavery, the
1.0 US occupation, dictatorship and
climate change as her sources for
such a debt.
Klein’s article states that “This
history [of Haiti as debtor] needs
to be confronted now, because it
0.5 threatens to repeat itself,” and she
might very well be in the right. On
Jan. 25, 2010, Caroline Atkinson,
director at the External Relations
Department for the International
0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Monetary Fund (IMF), made
a statement that noted, “Two
Centre for Global Development hundred years ago, Haiti was
the “Pearl of the Antilles.” Its
lumber yields from forests. Relief for Haiti, Savings for the amazingly rich soil then produced
Haitians won independence Future,” IMF video July 2009). four harvests a year,” and then said
from France in 1804, but in 1825, And according to Naomi Klein, that “It is not unrealistic to imagine
King Charles X came to the island for more than the last two decades that the country can be rebuilt
with a fleet of warships threatening “In debt service alone, Haitians into a prosperous nation.” Here,
re-enslavement of the former have paid out tens of millions Haitian prosperity is guaranteed
colony in lieu of a 90m gold franc every year.” through how Haiti was once
payment. That demand being the The response to Haiti’s January celebrated as the “Pearl of the
equivalent of ten times Haiti’s earthquake has yielded impressive Antilles”—a moniker it earned for
annual revenue in 1825, Haiti was amounts of altruism on the part its mountainous landscapes and
locked into a debt that would take of individuals, nongovernmental once dense forests—and also its
122 years to pay off. organizations, and Non-Profit- once rich soil.
In 2009, Haiti was considered Organizations from the western Where Atkinson cheated
to be “The poorest country in world. her listeners was in that she
the western hemisphere” (“Debt While this altruism is neglected to explain that Haiti’s
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who supported the ‘Yes’ side need
to avoid thinking of the defeat as
a slight, and instead work to find
common ground with their new
colleagues.
If nothing else, I hope this
experience has shown that real
debate between elected officials,
rather than the wishy-washy let’s-
keep-students-informed approach,
is the key to getting students
involved in campus politics.
Nearly 40 per cent of
undergraduates cast ballots in the
CFS referendum – 45 per cent, if
you ignore co-op students, who
were ineligible to vote because they
didn’t pay CFS fees this semester.
Politics thrive on a certain
amount of conflict. When elected
representatives debate ideas with
real-world consequences, voters
become interested in the outcome.
But when the dust has settled
from those debates, it’s time to get
back to work.
claim to Antillean revere has been
compromised by the perception of
Haiti as a country that is a locus for
prosperity; Haiti’s environment was
brought to ruin through the French
introducing many African slaves to
exploit forestry and sugar-related
industries. Overworking and
cultivation of much of Haiti’s soil
for profit gain has also resulted in
desertification, a near-irreversible
soil condition.
Beyond the ruin of it’s
environment, one of the biggest
factors contributing to Haiti’s
destititution are its past debts,
most significantly its 122 year debt
to France, for which Klein notes
Haitian president Jean-Bertrand
Aristide trying to sue France in
2003, based not on moral, but
legal grounds: Aristide’s former
lawyer Ira Kurzban said “the [debt
contract with France] was an invalid
agreement because it was based
on the threat of re-enslavement
at a time when the international
community regarded slavery as an
evil.”
The sentiment that buying
a song on iTunes is enough to
alleviate the conditions of a ruined
Haiti needs to be abandoned.
Haiti’s poverty is not manifest in
the myopic depictions that are
offered by popular media outlets—
it is not just about earthquake-
ruined homes but mostly about
the context that left Haiti a failure
of colonial enterprise. Without a
global familiarity with the ruined
country’s context—historical and
economical—hope for Haiti is
hopeless.

THE ONTARION 161.13
The importance of supporting local food
LINDSAY MESSCHERSMID &
ONNELA PUKK
Do you pay attention to where
your food comes from? How
many carbon emissions were
released into the air to get that
California apple to you? Have you
ever thought about how your food
purchases might affect your local
economy, the environment or your
health?
Students and faculty have
begun to recognize that local food
is a key way to support sustainable
initiatives on the University of
Guelph campus. As the number
one agricultural university in the
world, and with its food science
department being the largest
in the university, the U of G
has great resources to support
local food initiatives on campus,
including celebrating the work
Hospitality Services has made in
providing local food options on
campus. Guelph is unique among
Canadian universities in offering
both academic and applied
learning opportunities in organics
on campus.
Buying local food has many
rewards. It supports farmers
economically and sends the
message that their work is
valuable. Knowing the people
behind your produce builds
human relationships and
encourages quality food products.
Local food is more nutritious
because it is picked at its peak, and
reduces environmental impacts
as transportation is minimized,
so food produced locally doesn’t
leave such a large carbon footprint.
Besides keeping businesses in the
community, a sustainable LFS can
offer fresh, tasty, and safe foods to
consumers.
The student will is there, and
POP CULTURED
Glee is back, mediocre as ever
DUNCAN DAY-MYRON
I enjoy watching Glee. I feel
comfortable in the assessment
that it is one of the happiest hours
on television. It’s a bunch of cute,
sprightly young people singing and
dancing. Plus there’s showtunes,
and showtunes are my kryptonite.
But after watching this week’s
“mid-season premier” (I won’t get
started on how that shouldn’t even
be a thing and that shows should
actually just run for a whole
season and not dick around with
my emotions by disappearing for
weeks at a time. Looking at you,
Gossip Girl.) I have come to the
realization that, like a McFlurry,
Glee is a pleasant experience at
first, but not actually very good at
all.
A brief rundown for the
uninitiated: Glee is like if High
School Musical were a TV show
and had a less beautiful but far
more talented cast. It’s just high
school life plus singing, basically.
Now on to the beef. Glee has
a big, varied cast and seems to
be proud of that: in most of the
an effort to make it easier to
distinguish between non-local and
local products could further foster
a student body that is readily able
to support the local community.
The current situation suggests that
students who are unaware of local
food initiatives on campus assume
that local foods have not been
integrated into the University’s
food systems. This assumption is,
however, far from true.
Hospitality Services currently
sources up to forty percent of the
University’s food locally, primarily
through the EPAC (Elmira
Produce Auction Cooperative
inc.). EPAC is a wholesale market
for regional produce serving
country market owners, local
universities, as well as individual
community members, all looking
for quality and the unbeatable
taste of fresh picked food. Locally
purchased products include fresh
produce, dairy, eggs, yogurt, ice
cream and a variety of meats
– an accomplishment worth
celebration and praise. If students
were equipped with the ability
to differentiate between what is
local and what is not, they too
could appreciate these previous
initiatives, while possibly fuelling
a demand that could encourage
more sustainable food being
brought onto campus.
The University of Toronto took
steps to ensure that students were
able to differentiate local food
on campus from other foods, in
2006. They launched a deal with
their food service companies to
meet and implement the labeling
standards of Local Food Plus; a
Canadian non-profit organization
that certifies local sustainable
farmers. The University of Guelph
could replicate this model, in order
promotions, while there are no
doubt cast members that make
more money and get a bit more
attention (the Tony nominees),
everyone gets some focus and
everyone has sung at least one
song solo, even the ones that
really shouldn’t. But for a show
that seems to try so hard to be an
ensemble cast, they don’t really try
very hard to make the characters
interesting. The football player, his
girlfriend, and the keener drama
student dork who is in love with
him form the general thrust of
most of the stories, and each of
those characters have had a fair bit
of attention put towards them. The
teacher who runs the glee club and
his wife have also had more than a
little bit of effort.
But everyone else (the people
who aren’t straight and white,
basically) is about as emotionally
developed as the Geico gecko.
Mercedes is basically what
someone who had never met a
black person or someone in high
school would probably assume a
black person in high school would
to strengthen student awareness
about the numerous local food
products already provided on
campus.
Students at the U of G would
like to see the university take action
and implement an undergraduate
Local Food Systems and
sustainability course that will work
to increase the availability of local
foods on campus. The idea came
from the University of British
Columbia, where a similar set of
courses were developed nine years
ago and are now being offered at
the University as the UBC Food
System Project (UBCFSP), an
initiative towards sustainable
and secure campus food systems.
Encompassed within the UBC
land, food and community suite
of courses, the overall objective of
this ongoing collaborative research
project is to assess the sustainability
of the UBC campus food system,
and continually respond to
barriers and opportunities while
transitioning towards food
system sustainability. Just as UBC
assumed responsibility, the U
of G can provide students with
the opportunity to improve their
understanding of globally relevant
issues while studying the impacts
of the food system feeding the
campus and Guelph community.
A course would help students
evaluate the ecological, economic,
and social sustainability of food
systems, while working to increase
the availability of local food at the
university.
A group of students advocating
for local food met with President
Alistair Summerlee to discuss
the opportunity for establishing
a local food system course at the
University. The students were
elated to find that he is very
act like: she snaps her fingers, bobs
her head with what I assume is
supposed to be sass, and is basically
just a girl who dresses and acts with
the superficial urban sensibility
that no one in the world actually
has. Kurt, the token gay kid (how
is there only one, honestly), wears
scarves and designer clothes, sings
like his testicles were bitten off by
a pit bull as a baby, and is basically
just effeminate and fancy and not
a lot else. Is he good at math?
Don’t know. What’s his favourite
book? Couldn’t tell you. Does he
like Gucci bags and men’s chests?
You betcha! And then there’s the
quiet Asians, Tina Cohen-Chang
and Mike Chang. They’re referred
to as ‘Asian’ and ‘Other Asian’, by
the way, and no they’re not related.
The Glee creators could apparently
only think of one Asian last name.
Cindy had a story once. It ended
out with the viewer finding out
she didn’t have a stutter. Other
people get pregnant or fake being
pregnant, enter sham marriages
or trick students into eating pot
cupcakes. But all the Asian girl
supportive of this idea. He also
suggests that through the course,
students further develop the
Guelph Centre for Urban Organic
Farming at the Arboretum to
maximize production as a source
of local food for campus – a unique
initiative where even honey is
made from the bees on the farm.
The centre’s coordinator, Martha
Gay Scroggins, commented about
the barriers to expanding farm
production. “We need a vision
plan - a long-term 10 year plan.
We have very limited resources
to work with, so we definitely
need donations. We need to
build washing stations and an
outdoor shower and we’re putting
in a solar energy system, she
explained.” They also need the
gets is to NOT have a stutter.
In each case there was clearly
an attempt to sort of switch it up
a little bit: the black girl has rich
upper class parents! The gay kid
has no mom and his dad is a burly
mechanic who is okay with him
being gay! The quiet Asian girl has
a Jewish last name which is never
explained! Then nothing. Nothing
at all ever.
If you look at a show like
Community, there are ways to
handle large casts of all different
kinds of people without resorting
to ugly stereotypes. On that show,
people get personalities and stories
and jokes. Seeing something
well done in the time that Glee
has been on hiatus has made me
realize what little Glee really
has to offer its viewer besides
(admittedly awesome) renditions
of 80s songs and showtunes sung
by former Broadway also-rans. For
the time being, I will still watch it.
I will complain, but I will watch it.
I’m hoping that the fact that it has
become such a phenomenon will
get Fox to plan for its future and
OPINION
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Rashaad Bhamjee
hands of volunteers to help with
numerous tasks from planting and
pulling weeds to making compost
and saving seed. Martha stated
that the farm is “all about building
transparency and a whole new way
of farming,” but that “it’s not been
accepted throughout the campus
yet.” She said that it’s “...the
excitement of the student body”
that keeps it going. The potential
is bountiful.
There you have it: the
importance of supporting local
food at the University of Guelph
has even the president’s support
for a more sustainable food system
on campus. Find out how you too
can get involved.
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more depth. If they can do that,
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EDITORIAL
The infinite power in self-reflection
A reader came into the
Ontarion office early last week
criticizing the paper for its coverage
of the referendum on continued
membership in the Canadian
Federation of Students. She held
up the paper in front of my desk,
visibly distraught, and informed
me we hadn’t been balanced in
our reporting. She was angry, also
concerned that our editorial had
advised students to vote ‘No’ in
the referendum. I remained calm,
yet unwavering in my position,
defending the paper and the
integrity of our coverage of the
issue over the past year.
When she left, I had that
strong ‘I-put-her-in-her-place’
feeling, and a co-worker came to
my desk for a fist pound, a silent
acknowledgement that he was
proud I stood my ground. Well, of
course I pounded back. What did
she know, right?
It’s an Ontarion tradition for the
editor-in-chief to write the final
editorial of the year, often serving
in the past as an arena to either
castigate the paper’s harsher critics
or thank everyone who has been
part of the paper and their own
personal development.
Over the last several years the
tone has been more progressive.
The editorial last year, for example,
advised students to be the change
and to be constructive in their
approach to activism, something
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
In response to “What you can do
with $224,000?”
Let’s get this straight. If you
are to try to put emphasis on
where $224,000 can be used, do a
bit of research before you use the
brand of stereotypical example
of world poverty that is Africa.
In fact, the country that faces the
largest percentage of famine in
youth is India where nearly 46 per
cent of children under three are
malnourished compared to 35 per
cent in sub-Saharan Africa.
But why look elsewhere? Why
don’t you point out how much
poverty there is in Canadian
children? Back in 2007 it was at 1.2
million.
I’d also like to point out that
your suggestion of using money to
feed children for a year is incredibly
paternalistic of you. Everyone
knows the saying “Give a man a
fish and you feed him for a day, you
teach a man to fish and you feed
him for a lifetime.” So why not put
that editor saw very little of.
But I won’t waste your time
trying to give you a profound piece
of wisdom on the faults I saw in
people and groups over the year;
even if I tried, it would turn out to
be an 800-word platitude. It would
be hypocritical and it would come
off as preachy.
I might not be able to avoid
being a little cliché, however, but as
one staff member put it, clichés are
clichés because there is always some
bit of undeniable truth in them.
The day after that concerned
student came to the office, I could
feel something nagging at me. I
didn’t feel good at all anymore
about our conversation. I looked
at the issue she had referred to and
reread the articles we had written
about the referendum. To me, our
editorial was fine; it was the one
part of the paper where we, a staff,
could be explicit with our opinions.
But we hadn’t been balanced
with our news coverage. Sure, there
was balance in the actual reporting
of each news story; we provided the
competing views on each issue and
talked to people on both sides of
the debate.
Our choice of coverage, however,
reflected a clear anti-CFS stance.
It wasn’t a mistake, but rather
something we could improve on and
avoid in the future. I recognized it
quicker than I had before.
As the editor-in-chief of a
this knowledge to use and look into
initiatives that look to empower
people so they can provide for
themselves?
The reality is, you aren’t
interested in preventing famine, or
at least, you weren’t able to realize
that the Canadian Federation of
Students actually does work to rid
poverty in a more sustainable way
than your colonialist approach.
The Canadian Federation of
Students does a multitude of work
such as taskforces that look into
marginalized groups (that are most
susceptible to poverty and hunger),
provide great services that save
money (sometimes it’s a choice
between stuff and food), and do
extensive lobbying for lower fees
and more accessible education for
those that aren’t as privileged.
Sadly, I would like to
congratulate you on winning this
referendum on the premise of
misinforming students.
Eric Fortier
newspaper, I’ve been lucky in
this regard; I’m constantly being
criticized, both privately and
publicly, on a weekly basis. What
I see now is that being defensive
is dangerous, and can often be
contagious, and an individual
can only start to even try to
make personal and professional
improvement when they are willing
to recognize their own weaknesses.
And that can certainly be a long
and arduous process.
It took months for me to
realize that our coverage about
former women’s studies majors
putting on a mock funeral for the
deceased program appeared like
we were throwing ‘silly’ and ‘radical
protestors’ into the fire, as one critic
pointed out. I had too much faith
in my reporting and knowledge to
even consider that perhaps, I hadn’t
gone far enough with my journalism.
In hindsight, we should have gone
further, running pieces on the value
of the program alongside those that
argued the program wasn’t needed
any more. Where was our balance?
When we criticized organizers
of an arts conference for defending
an image that depicted queers
aggressively ‘bashing back’
against a religious figure, we were
scrutinized for showing little,
if any, understanding about the
issues facing the queer community.
While I believe our editorial
had value, helping raise a strong
Last Thursday, I had the
displeasure of opening the Ontarion
to the article entitled “What You
Can Do With $224 000?” It was an
article about the CFS Referendum
with a serving of colonialism on
the side. Apparently, for that $224
000, one can buy a “2010 Bentley
Continental GT”, or “400 acres of
lakefront property in Nova Scotia”,
or “feed 4411 starving African
children for a year.” As a racialized
minority, I was very disappointed
to see that last point in the
Ontarion for a number of reasons.
The majority of which had to with
the portrayal of Black people in the
most colonial and prejudiced way
imaginable. Racialized minorities
are often left out of the media;
however, when we are included, we
are usually portrayed in the most
demeaning and victimized ways
possible. In last week’s paper, race
appeared twice: once for books
to Africa, and once for feeding
starving children. In both cases,
Black people are put in a box
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labelled ‘victim’, awaiting the White President
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majority of you will think that I am Chairperson
being oversensitive to these eight Timothy McBride
words written in last week’s paper Treasurer
which were not intended as an act Curtis Van Laecke
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as part of MY daily life, I encounter
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