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Rosanna Hempel by Carly Levy Sackvilles fifth annual Winterfest this past weekend was the perfect midseason cure for the winter blues. Last weeks snowfall provided ample powder for the event, which showcased the many opportunities for cold-weather fun to be found in Sackville. The town offered a host of snowy activities and events for all ages over the course of three days. After skating on the Swan Pond Friday evening, children of all ages took advantage of a sunny Saturday to take in the main event, Winterfest Family Fun Day, which took place at Beech Hill Park. The afternoon included sledding, snow sculpting and sleigh rides. The Tantramar Outdoor Club also hosted a family ski clinic for beginners to try their hand at cross-country skiing or snow shoeing. An ATV poker run and a Curl for Cancer event also took place on Saturday. Mount Allison students were also involved in the celebrations. The Students Administrative Council (SAC) sponsored the crowning of Mr. And Mrs. Winterfest. The prize goes to a couple who donate a significant amount of time and service to the community. Dave and Diane Fullerton were nominated by last years winners, Wallie and Norma Sears, for their time and dedication to Live Bait theatre, the United Church and various other community organizations. Dave also serves as the Town Crier and, according to their nomination, the pair are both totally committed to bettering their community. Town, page 6
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After PhD candidate Barbara Roberts presented at Mount Allison on principles of accommodation and human rights for students with physical disabilities, The Argosy decided to investigate University accessibility for students with physical disabilities. Currently, the Wellness Centre offers services to eighty-eight students with non-learning disabilities, including physical disabilities and mental health diagnoses. Disabilities Services Coordinator Laurie Mitchell comments that these numbers have continued to grow over the past few years. A variety of services are offered to level the playing field within the classroom, including notetakers, tutor services, test and exam accommodations, and scribes. The University has allocated $300,000 to Disabilities Services over the past three years, according to Director of Student Life Gayle Churchill. Fourth-year student Justin Taylor, who spent twelve weeks in a cast last year, expressed frustration in the inaccessibility of the campus and several of the buildings. I e-mailed my professors when the injury happened, says Taylor. A couple said that they were sorry and tried to work to accommodate me. Others asked if there was anyway I could make class because it was important. Avard-Dixon and Hart Hall were particularly challenging to access, stated Taylor, who laughingly commented that he had to hop on one foot up the stairs. Taylor commented that he had found some assistance in keeping up with his class through the Wellness Centre, who had provided notes for him, as well as emotional support during the injury. Transportation to and from campus was also particularly difficult, according to Taylor, whose injury happened in early January, mentioning that most of his support came from other students and the community. I live by the Irving and people would stop and take me to my classes, stated Taylor. People were friendly and offered to carry my books for me. He mentions that a shuttle service for those with a disability would have been helpful in the process. I spent a massive amount on cabs in the first while and that wouldve made a huge difference, he states. Fifth-year student Ray MacLeod commented that in his first-year, a student with a wheelchair that had lived in Campbell had immense accessibility difficulties. I can remember days where facilities management wouldnt get the campus shovelled very well so she couldnt get to class because the wheels would get stuck in the snow, stated MacLeod. The student left the following year because of her difficulties accessing academic buildings. When The Argosy looked into whether
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The former leader of Panama, Manuel Noriega, was rushed to hospital on Sunday. Noriega, seventy-seven, was the military governor of Panama from 1983 until 1989, when he was ousted during the 1989 invasion of Panama by the US. As an US prisoner of war, Noriega was put on trial for racketeering, money laundering, and drug trafficking, and served a prison sentence from 1992 to 2007, after which he was found guilty by France and Panama for murder and money laundering. After spending less than a year in a French prison between 2010 and 2011, he is currently serving a twenty-year sentence in Panama.
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The Weather Network site, according to Bartlett. DSTN CEO Nam Ki Lee has expressed hopeful sentiments for further involvement in other wind farm projects across the country. In just a short period of time, we have shown that DSTN can deliver an exceptional product for the renewable energy industry, commented Lee. We look forward to many more successful projects like this one across Nova Scotia and throughout Nova Scotia. Dexter has further expressed the provinces desire to move towards the construction and implementation of renewable energy sources within the province. Over the past six years, the price of coal has gone up seventy-five per cent, stated Dexter at a September press conference in Halifax. We have to do something now to reduce the provinces dependence on fossil fuels. Nova Scotias Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act legislates a province wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction of ten per cent below 1990 levels by 2020. With the electricity sector accounting for nearly half of NSs total GHG emissions, the province has regulated a renewable energy target of twenty-five per cent by 2015, and a legislated renewable energy target of forty per cent by 2020. Other policy initiatives include support for community feed-in tariffs, net metering, supporting development of tidal energy, hydro electricity, and a Clean Tech Fund to support new environmental businesses. In NB, plans are under way to construct a wind farm with forty-three turbines on the Tantramar Marsh in Aulac. The proposal, made by Acciona Wind Energy, will supposedly supply enough power for 10,000 homes within the province. Before approval of the project can be passed, however, an in-depth study conducted by Acciona of its potential effects on migratory birds must be completed.
Keeping you in the know on Mt. Allison and Sackville events Thursday
International Development Week
Day 4:Annual Action Fair Wallace McCain Student Centre February 09, 2012.12:00 pm 2:00 pm
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International Development Week
Day 5: Global Action Day February 10, 2012.9:00 am Campus-wide, pledge an action online athttp://active8campaign.com/about-thecampaign
CultureWorks Conference
Wu Centre, Dunn Building February 09-11th, 2012.8:00 pm Mount Allisons Bilingual production of Eve Enslers The Vagina Monologues. All proceeds go to Autumn House, a transitional womens shelter in Amherst, NS. Tickets are $5 for Student/Seniors and $10. Tickets available at the door. Doors will open at 7:30pm.
Dr. John Mighton, OC Crabtree Auditorium February 10, 2012.7:00 pm Playwright, educator, founder of JUMP ( Junior Undiscovered Math Prodigies) Dr. John Mighton is the fourth speaker in the Presidents Speaker Series for the Year of Science and Discovery. For more information visit mta.ca/ysd
February 10-11, 2012 Free public conference celebrating the accomplishments of the CultureWorks ASUP Grant. A Canada Council Reading by Dr. John Mighton at the Owens Gallery,February 10 at 4:00 pm. The award-winning playwright and mathematician will read selections from his plays.OnFebruary 11, at 4:00 pm there will be a keynote Address by Martin Willis entitledOpen Fields? The Future of Interdisciplinarity in the Humanities.
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Day 6: Gender Equality and Child Mortality February 11, 2012.7:00 pm Tweedie Hall International Centre, The Sackville Association of Grandmothers and Others, Multicultural Society of Sackville and Tantramar and MOSAIC are hosting a multicultural fashion show in aid of the Grandmothers of Africa. Entrance is by donation.
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Mount Allison University Opera Workshop Brunton Auditorium February 12, 3:00 pm; February 13, 8:00 pm Opera Workshop presents scenes from operas that present the varying roles of women, in history and in the present day. Works by Jake Heggie, Thomas Pasatieri, W.A. Mozart and more. Admission is free and all are welcome.
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Valentines Day Art Auction and Dance Owens Art Gallery and Struts Gallery Owens Art Gallery February 14, 2012.7:30 pm Annual Valentines Day art auction and dance, featuring a cake-walk, door prizes, Instant-Lovin Photo Booth, and fun galore.
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whenever, wherever. Smokes can contact Quit Coaches, track their progress by recording the number of cigarettes denied, the number of occasional slip-ups, and more. Offering support one hundred per cent of the way, Break It Off tells smokers what to expect within the first few days of quitting, how to overcome symptoms, triggers for relapse to keep an eye out for, what things to look forward to as their body readjusts, and more. But Break It Off isnt only for smokers hoping to dump their smoky lover. It also appeals to non-smokers who dont want to start dating the cancerous nemesis. Smokers and non-smokers alike can upload videos onto the website, recording their progress, struggles, or resistance. Joshua Murray, a smoker-on-the-quit, uploaded
a video to the website that records a break-up letter he wrote to his pack of cigarettes. As he listed reasons for breaking up with his teenage sweetheart, Murray humorously commented, Two, youve cost me more and more money every year, and you never ever pay me back. Three, I realize that Im often embarrassed to be seen with you in public. Four, we are not the kind of couple that kids can look up to. However, not everyone is falling for Twist Images approach to helping smokers quit. Other than giving a hotline to call, [Break It Off] is not anything new, said a second-year Mount Allison student. But I commend the effort regardless.
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Janelle Belyea filmmakers said they gained a lot from the making of the film, with Kunuk adding, Im just a filmmaker, not a scientist, but making this film was a huge learning experience for me. One of the more controversial aspects of the film was the Inuit elders criticism of polar bear biologists. The elders believe that many of the research techniques used, such as tagging and tranquilizing, are hurting the bears more than they are helping them. This puts into question our scientific understanding of polar bears, and the film has caused some intense dialogue between the two sides. A lot of polar bear biologists have publicly said that they disagree with what elders have said in this film, said Mauro. However, both Mauro and Kunuk feel this could be a positive thing, and hope academics and Inuit elders can work together in the future. According to Kunuk, In ten years I think well be working side by side, scientists and elders. He added, elders have knowledge of the land and animals . . . scientists need to talk to them. We are in a crisis, Mauro contributed, the earth has never seen such an anthropologic change, so we need to work together, scientists and communities. Kunuk and Mauro spend most of their time in four communities, each with different dialects. Fortunately Kunuk is fluent in all four, which has helped him to gain the trust of community members featured in his interviews. Zach [Kunuk] is one of the few people that can patch these dialects together, said Mauro, People gave him really raw, heartfelt answers. According to Mauro, the film is just as much about language as it is about climate change. As climate change increases, the need for the scientific community to consult native elders is also increasing. Elders and people on the land have their own science: the science of watching, said Mauro, explaining that Inuit elders have important knowledge about the environment that can help fight climate change. This is complex stuff, but I feel the voice of the movie says that there are things we can do to fix this, he said. Both filmmakers are very proud of their film, and believe the elders with whom they spoke feel well represented. Video is the perfect medium for oral knowledge, said Mauro, The elders knew that their knowledge would be passed on; they trusted [us] and were honest.
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by Haruho Kubota Sesame dressing is delicious, can be used for practically anything, and is one of the most common types of salad dressing back home in Japan. It is a creamy sauce that brings harmony to the taste of soy sauce and sesame. I remember eating it for breakfast everyday on simple morning salads consisting of lettuce, tomato and cucumbers without ever getting sick of it. As I walked through the aisles of Sackville grocery stores, there were the typical types of dressingsItalian, Ranch, Caesar, Greek. I was even able to spot something called Asian Sesame, which sounded right but just didnt look like the fantastic dressing that I had been craving. Ive since decided to make my own. After letting my friends have a taste, I became the salad dressing girl to them. Although this recipe is traditionally used as salad dressing, it makes a wonderful marinade for pork or can even dress ham-turkey sandwiches for lunch. All you need is a blender or mixer, a cutting board, knife, and some ingredients that people usually have sitting around in their fridge or cabinets. Ingredients: 30g sesame seeds 50g sugar 350ml canola oil 100ml sugar 130ml soy sauce 1 clove garlic Half an onion Half a carrot Directions: 1. Cut the garlic into quarters and the onion and carrot into sixths for easy blending. 2. Add in the rest of the ingredients into your blender/mixer. 3. Blend until smooth and creamy. Enjoy! by Spelunking Jones Most researchers take a cynical stance on the existence of the mysterious G-Spot in women. Women themselves, however, beg to differ. A questionnaire on sexuality was mailed to a random sample of 2,350 women with an overall response rate of fifty-five per cent. In this sample, eighty-four per cent responded that they believed that a highly sensitive area exists in the vagina. But what is the G-Spot? It is defined as an area in the front wall of the vagina, which is alleged to produce an extremely intense orgasm when stimulated. Its the holy grail of female sexualitysomething every partner wishes to find as they journey down below and inside her. Even though the direct evidence for its existence hasnt been shown yet, much support for the famous hotspot is out there. You may be asking, how do I look for it? and most importantly, how do I know I found it? Fear not she-gasm seekers, help is on the way. The G-Spot is typically located about two to three inches inside the vagina on the front wall. For some women, stimulating the G-Spot creates a more intense orgasm than clitoral stimulation. However, sexual stimulation of the G-Spot seems to produce a variety of feelings: discomfort, sensation of urination, or pleasure. Evidence says that is it difficult to stimulate the G-Spot through sexual penetration, especially in the missionary position because of the special angle at which penetration must occur. Rear-entry, or doggy style, seems to be the most effective position because the object of penetrationwhere the finger, dildo, penis, what have youis rubbing on the upper wall of the womans vagina. However, direct G-Spot simulation has to be done with fingers. Heres a little Indiana Jones Cave Guide that you Mounties can experiment with: First, start with a little foreplay. Everybody knows that most women need at least a couple of minutes to get aroused. After your partner feels all hot and wired up, get cozier. With your fingers approximately two to three inches in, move your fingers in even circles all around the inside of the vagina. Remain consistent with firm pressure along the entire length of the vaginal walls while fingering. You may wish to give a little extra pressure towards her belly, as long as you dont break the steady rotational rhythm. Stop rotating your fingers and rest your fingertips on the (usually slightly ridged) area of the vagina just behind the pubic bone, and exert pressure towards her belly (upwards). This is direct G-Spot stimulation, and it usually feels best if the fingers are subtly moving. You can move your fingers in small, slow circles, or point your fingers more sharply and rock them back and forth. Listen to your partner and adjust your actions with her to achieve the best results. If everything goes well you will give her a few minutes of euphoric sensation, where she is in complete bliss. Happy cave diving!
camp humour pervaded comedy in the early 1980s and have since developed into the comedy of today. It would seem that this growth is a reflection of the growing market-influence of adolescents. As more adolescents gain influence as consumers, they became the target audience of film studios, who have tuned their sense of humour to teenage taste. While many films such as The Hangover and Bridesmaids involve witty banter and language, they are much more geared towards an adolescent conception of humour: discussion and action feature things that have traditionally been socially taboo, such as jokes about bowel movements, nudity, outrageous language and conduct that would certainly have been flagged as immoral in the 1920s. Bridesmaids in particular serves as evidence of the cultural evolution of comedy. In the film, an envious bridesmaid and her posse of wacky cohorts seek to undermine the efforts of the maid of honour at their collective best friends wedding. The movie is filled with humour that seems to fit the vein of The Hangover or the American Pie movies, focusing on sexually suggestive jokes, the use of alcohol, the embarrassment of friends and most notably, one scene in a bathroom that would definitely have been unthinkable only a few decades ago in the film industry. Why is it that the public seems so accepting of this female potty humour now, when the topic would have been hidden in a time as recent as the 1980s? While it might be easy to say that society is merely seeing the continuation of the adolescent trajectory of contemporary humour, a more promising answer might instead be found in the idea of humour as pattern-completion. The portrayal of women engaging in crude humour, imagery that is so seldom seen in popular culture due to lingering genderstereotypes, offers a surprising completion to the pattern presented to us in Bridesmaidsa pattern completion that is only possible due to changing social attitudes about what should be considered appropriate behaviour for women in comparison to men.
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Faculty Tenure
by Emily James Every now and then, you hear the word tenure. Just the other day, I overheard a professor say I wish I could dye my hair pink and get body piercings, but I would get fired oh wait! The tenure, so I cant get fired! Tenure is usually referred to as life tenure in a job, and is an academics contractual right not to have a professors position terminated without a just cause. That sounds fair enough justification for academic freedom and rights to professors. However, today it is almost impossible to fire a professor, even a bad professor. To put it into prospective, one in 57 doctors lose their medical licenses; one in 97 attorneys lose their law licensesbut for teachers, only one in 2,500 have ever lost their credentials. In a dream world, we would all be receiving the best education from the best professors who truly care about all of their students. However, in reality, it is not always so. With tenure, even terrible professors have a job guaranteed for life. Students even notice it here at Mt. A, a school that has a good reputation for teachers that care about the students. However, there are those teachers who walk into class, talk about last nights baseball game, go out for a smoke break, and come back to do a twenty minute lecture. It is frustrating for students because we are being cheated of our education. It is also frustrating for other professors the professors that see you outside of class; the professors who will dedicate countless hours (and red ink) to help improve your writing; the professors who love teaching and do it not because it is a secure job, but because they know they are making a difference in the world. Imagine working beside a lazy person who does half of the work you do, but receives the same salary as you do. That is what good professors go through. Good professors cannot be rewarded for their hard work or their teaching skills. Therefore, it does not encourage the professors to work hard. It actually tells them that it is pointless to work hard because there is no reward in return. But what can we do about a bad professor? Well, the only solution today is to send that professor to another school and cheat other students from their education, but better them than us right? There are those great professors, including many at Mt. A. The professors that you think back on and say he taught me more than science, or she taught me how to truly write. Those are the teachers we remember and the teachers who deserve more than praise. They deserve rewards and benefits, perhaps encouraging other professors to follow their footsteps. However, there are only 3 or 4 professors that come to mind as great professors in the past 14 years of my education. So, is the tenure system ruining education? Yes it is. However, the solution is not to get rid of the tenure because professors still need protection. Instead we need to reform the contract. Reform the contract to make it possible to fire a bad professor and reward good professors. As a result, education will increase and money will be saved in the long run. Each year dropouts cost the United States $192 billion in lost income through taxes. This is your education. And teachers, it is not just your job to get through essays quickly or fill up fifty minutes of lectures. It is your job to make a better future. As of right now, you have such a huge influence over the lives of your students. Teach us. Really, truly teach us with all you can and give us the gift to teach the next generation. Your teaching is not only a years worth of influence, but also an influence over generations to come.
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Dear Editor, In the February 2 issue of the Argosy a short letter by (presumably) a student, Tori Morning, was so odd and so misleading I feel compelled to address it. Her letter was aggressive and rude in tone towards residents of the Sackville community who use the Fitness Centre. She hinted that Sackville residents are complaining to the SAC that they want access to the Fitness Centre. They do have access to the Fitness Centre, so I am not sure what she was talking about. But that is not the part that bothered me. It was her insinuations that community members are either wanting, or already getting, priority of spots in the Centre, and it was her uninformed declaration that the facility is Mount A situated, run and staffed, and therefore a student gym that propelled me to my computer to write this. First, I would urge Tori to read the description of the Fitness Centre which is posted on the Mount A Athletics Website. Here it is in its entirety. Note how welcoming it is to residents of Sackville and surrounding communities. One of the three major areas of focus for Athletics and Recreation is to provide Leadership in Wellness and Active Living. To have a successful impact on this pursuit, Athletics and Recreation has designed and will continue to refine a set and programs and services aimed at best serving the needs and interests of our students, our faculty and staff and the residents of Sackville and surrounding communities. With the introduction of a Fitness Centre Coordinator in August 2010, the department is poised to launch a more comprehensive and more engaging set of programs and services. We take our responsibility to encourage active living on campus very seriously and we are intent on connecting with as many students, faculty, staff and community residents as possible. After reading this, I would ask Tori to click on Membership where she will see the fee scale for those who are not students. I think, for example, that an adult resident of Sackville who pays $420.00 a year for use of the Fitness Centre (or $775.00 if they use the pool, too) should feel equal in every way to the students who use the facility. As a non-student who has used the Fitness Centre on average three times a week for the past year and a half, I am thrilled to have this state of the art facility open to me. I know many other residents who use it, and everyone, with no exception, feels as I do. I love looking around and being inspired by the others students, faculty, staff and community persons who are devoting a part of their lives to trying to keep fit. It is that wonderful cross-section of people which makes the Fitness Centre so distinctive, and such a great pleasure for me. I have never heard residents express even a hint that they think they should have priority spots over students in the Centre. Actually, I have never had to wait for a machine for more than a minute or two, and that has happened only 3 or 4 times over the course of 18 months! Thanks to Pierre Arsenault, the Athletic Director, and to Gaetan Richard, the Fitness Centres Co-ordinator, Mount A has taken a few giant steps forward in recent years to create an environment at the Fitness Centre which supports diversity of every sort, which is positive and exciting, and which promotes a terrific mix of town and gown, where people regardless of age or position, help and support one another in the mutual quest for Wellness and Active Living. Dr. Janet E. Hammock Dear Editor, A green dot is any behaviour, choice, word or attitude, big or small, that promotes safety for everyone and communicates utter intolerance for personal power-based violence. We can work independently and as a community to end sexual violence, relationship abuse, harassment, homophobia, transphobia and bullying. People can do something small like saying thats not very nice to something big like supporting a friend who wants to call the police or report an incident. The Mt. A Green Dot Campaign will select green dots to submit to the Argosy. This week the green dot is Leah Mightons work with NSCC Service Learning and a Mt. A sociology class to develop YouTube-worthy video skits about the Green Dots and ending personal power-based violence. In addition to being a staunch supporter of the Green Dot Campaign, Leah is the Manager of S.M.I.L.E. and the Coordinator of the SAC Social Justice Committee.Leah really helps to keep the Green Dot Movement spreading at Mt. A and beyond. Whats your green dot? Let us know by writing togreendot@mta.ca. Sabina Snow Dear Editor Need something unique for someone special this Valentines Day? CHAT@MTA will be selling hand-made, fair-trade Ugandan bead necklaces in the Student Centre on February 9-10 and February 13. The beads will be priced between ten and fifteen dollars, and the gift you purchase will be gift-wrapped with a thank you card from CHAT to the Future. All proceeds will go toward continuing efforts to provide sustainable housing, schooling and care for Ugandan orphans in need. Show someone you care by caring about the world around you. *Cash only Dear Editor, A group of Mount Allison students went to Moncton on the night of January 28 for a performance of Hnsel and Gretel put on by the Universit de Moncton at the Capitol Theatre. The opera, composed by Engelbert Humperdinck in 1891, is based on the famous fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. About a dozen students participated in the trip, organized by Professor Gabriela Fischer of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. The students are studying German at the first- and second-year levels, and the opera, which was performed entirely in German, was a learning experience as well as a night of culture. The opera had a Mt. A flavour, as the part of Hnsel and Gretels mother was played by Mt. A music student Morgan Traynor, who gave an excellent performance of a difficult part. She, and the opera as a whole, were well received by the crowd, who gave a standing ovation after the final scene. In all, the event was a worthwhile use of a Saturday evening and a good time was had by all. Lucas Cober
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When I see your dark rimmed glasses and innocent smile I cant help but know Ill be around for awhile. Of course these arent the only reasons my heart wants to stay, it certainly doesnt hurt that youre quite a good lay. Your plaid-on-plaid style makes my heart go a flutter, sometimes Im so lovestruck I speak, with a stutter. Youre there for me through thick and thin, it shows with your concern each time I prick my skin. Its safe to say were in it for the long haul were so in love, how much harder could we fall?
Just because you went to boarding school doesnt make you better than me. Public School Princess
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Valentines Day Showdown: Top Ten: Popular News Writer and News Expressions of the 1950s Editor go Head to Head!
by Taylor Losier by Rachel Gardner and Carly Levy Valentines Day. You might love it, or you might hate it. There are multitudes of people in each camp, probably even too many to mention. So, instead of taking a poll on the varying levels of hatred or gratitude towards this most lovey-dovey, possibly consumerist and most definitely contentious of holidays, we thought it better to just ask a couple of our own staff to explain their points of view. Rachel: Valentines Day is one of the most dreaded days of the year for a good fifty per cent of the population, that is, the singles of the world. It places unnecessary emphasis on romance and relationships, and devalues the freedoms of singlehood. Lets look at it this way: think about the big players in history the vast majority of them were single! Joan of Arc, Leonardo da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Florence Nightingale, Mother Teresa, Jesus. No emotional garbage to deal with, no strings attached, just plain devotion to a good cause and a legacy of remembrance by the general population. Thus, it only makes sense to celebrate the great martial status of singlehood, and the freedom attached to it. If this argument is not so convincing, then let me continue. Valentines Day perpetuates the commercialization of love. You pick one day out of the entire year on which to pay for a date night, buy flowers, buy chocolates, buy cards, buy a puppy, buy the moon, all for your special someone, and only on February 14. I think that if someone would really like to show love to their partner, theyll do it continually, throughout the year, and not necessarily by buying things for them. Theyll do it all the time because they love them everyday. In the words of a 1937 showtune, each day is Valentines Day. Commercialization around Valentines Day is also blatantly hetero-normative. Walking by the shelves filled with Valentines Day cards, looking at packaging of candies, and watching marketing and advertising campaigns, it becomes apparent that the corporate commercialism of the day is aimed at a very targeted audience. And let me continue. So often, Valentines Day becomes a patriarchal celebration in heterosexual relationships. In this case, men buy women all this stuff without the expectations that she will return the gift. While this may not seem so terrible at firstat least to the females out therethis perpetuates a gender role for men to be the breadwinners, the economic caretakers of the home. Come on my fellow women! Weve got our own dough, and we can spend it on our partners too! Buy your shnookums some flowers! Sixty-one per cent of men have actually admitted that they would like flowers for Valentines Day. If you want to opt out of the commercialism of the day, as I highly recommend, make each other your own homemade gifts. Mixed CDs, knitted socks, or some chocolate cake often means a lot more than a ten-second decision at the store. So, while others go out and celebrate this cursed holiday, I will stay at home and celebrate my singlehood... with a bowl of chocolate and romantic comedies to keep me company. Carly: The other day on the radio I heard a jewellery store ad that basically said Valentines Day is so commercialized, but buy diamonds for your lover anyway. The ad was trying to appeal to people that think Valentines Day was an invention meant to make people spend money on things they dont really need, but somehow managed to use that argument to try and sell diamonds! Do they think we are all just consumerist zombies, that maybe wed be more inclined to buy a Valentines present from their store because at least they acknowledge the fact that the whole day is based on evil capitalist ideas? Yes, most people are probably just zombie consumers, and Valentines Day gets such a bad rep because of those people. I wont even get into all those people who think they need to be in love to celebrate it. Come on people, take your best friend on a date! You guys probably need to catch up anyway, what with our degrees sucking up every freaking minute of our lives. I love V-day! No, I dont need a specific day to tell my significant other that I love them, and I dont want any presents either. I think theres something really sweet about a designated day that celebrates love in all its forms, not just the passionate love shared between partners but also the love you have for your parents, grandparents, other close family members and friends, of course. Every year on V-day I get valentines from my Grammie and my Aunt. I always loved giving them to my classmates in elementary school, too. It wasnt about tacky teddy bears, roses, or shiny things - I just felt so special dumping my valentines deposit box on my desk and looking at the scrawled names to see who got Disney Princess and who got Power Ranger-emblazoned cards. I still get that feeling now - I wear red on Feb. 14 and I like to make homemade cards that I know will make someone feel loved. No matter how much you may hate V-day, youre gonna feel damn special when I give you a cupcake and a card shaped like a heart that says youre beautiful. Are you visiting relatives this spring break who are still using expressions that were hip in their day? The Argosy has your back! Here are the translations to some common expressions form the fifties: 1. If you had been Clutched, you were rejected, shut down, turned away, etc. 2. That weird kid in the back of the lecture hall would be known as a Fream. 3. If you were a cheerleader, you were known as a Paper Shaker. 4. A Big tickle is a really funny story/occurrence. 5. If someone Razzed your berries, it means they impressed/excited you. 6. If you got the Word from the bird, you could be assured that you had been told the truth. 7. If someone was In orbit, rather than floating in space, they were merely in the know. 8. If someone told you that you had a Classy chassis, you would thank them for saying you had a great body. 9. If you wanted someone to calm down, you would tell them Dont have a cow. 10. If you were in an awesome place, the aforementioned place would be called Fat City.
Droll Jokes
Various Jokes from Past Issues, 1941-46 Before I hear the doctors tell The dangers of a kiss I had considered kissing you The closest thing to bliss. But now I know Biology And sit and sigh and moan Six million mad bacteria And I thought we were alone.
I cant marry him, mother, said the graduating co-ed. Hes an atheist and doesnt believe there is a hell. Marry him, my dear, said the mother, and between us well convince him that he is wrong. Professor: From where Im standing here I can tell what each one of you is thinking. Dave (From back of room): Well, why dont you go there?
Police Sergeant: A college student, eh? Suspect: Yes, sir. Patrolman: Its a lie. I searched him and found money in his pockets. The lecturer at a womans club called an attendant and told her to be sure to place a pitcher of ice water and a glass, on the speakers table. Do you want it for drinking? she asked? No, said the lecturer, I do a high diving act.
Co-ed (to boy friend, who was driving wildly down the road): For heavens sake, use both hands! Boyfriend: Cant. Need one to steer with. In fewer words, The stork that brought you should be arrested for smuggling dope. One of the boys in the Astronomy class peered through the telescope the other night, and murmured, Gawd! Pretty good telescope, wed say.
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It all starts with an idea. In 1872, the Eurhetorian Society of Mount Allison College desired, like other colleges, to possess organ to be read at their meetings. Three years later, the Eurhetorian Argosy became an independent publication. The rest is history, of which a sample has been provided for this issue. Enjoy!
The Argosy and its Editor-in-Chief would like to publicly thank and acknowledge the support of the Mount Allison University Archives and Archivist David Mawhinney in completing the centrefold stories. The vast majority of clippings from previous Argosies are from the Mount Allison Archives or the R.P. Bell Library microfilm holdings.
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Sugar Pfizer Recalls One Million Packages of Birth Control Pills Produces Deleterious Effects
by Shawn Seeley Pfizer Inc. has issued a recall of one million packages of birth control pills in the United States, stating that errors in both mechanical and visual inspection of their products has lead to some packages potentially having inadequate levels of medication. Oral birth control medications contain twenty-one doses of active medication and seven days of inactive sugar pills. Usually packaged in a blister pack, the pills are arranged chronologically to assist women in keeping track of their doses. Pfizer has determined that recently shipped packages of birth control have too many or too few active pills, while other packages may have the placebo pills interspersed with the active doses, upsetting the balance of medication and placebo, thus altering the menstrual periods of its consumers. Missing a dose of oral contraceptives is normally not cause for immediate, intense concern. If caught on time, the easiest rectification is to simply take the pill when the missed dose has been noticed. Unfortunately, since women are unaware they are taking the inert pills instead of the active ones, it is impossible for them to know that they need to correct the situation. Not only does this put Pfizers clients at risk of unwanted, unpredicted pregnancy, but because some users have prescriptions for contraceptives to control irregular or painful periods, the implications of this pharmacological blooper are far-reaching. The recall extends to 14 lots of Lo/Ovral-28 tablets and 14 lots of the generic Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets. Both of these contraceptives are produced by Pfizer and marketed in the U.S. through Akrimax Pharmaceuticals. The packages affected by the error have expiration dates that range from July 31, 2013 through to March 31, 2014. In Pfizers statement to the FDA, they direct consumers to immediately begin using other methods of contraceptives and to book an appointment with their family doctor immediately. Additionally, the FDA statement also urges customers to return their faulty birth control packages to the pharmacy the pharmacy from which they received them. Pfizers recall is the second of its kind in less than a year. In September 2011, Qualitest Products, Inc. recalled nearly 1.4 million packages of its oral contraceptives across eight different brands. Although it is hard to say what the end result for Pfizer will be, Qualitest was sued for a pregnancy that was claimed to result from their packaging error. by Emily James Recent research from the University of California, San Francisco published in Nature reported that sugar is a toxin and is fuelling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million deaths worldwide from noncommunicable diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Additionally, seventy-five per cent of health care dollars in the United States are spent on these diseases. Sugar is everywhere. It has become part of our regular diet even part of our fruit intake! The consumption of sugar worldwide has tripled over the past 50 years and is believed to be the reason why North Americans weight is increasing at frightening rates. As mentioned above, however, sugar does not only make people fat, but it contributes to a plethora of diseases. It influences the metabolism, raises blood pressure, alters signalling of hormones and causes damage to the liver. To be clear, the researchers are not talking about the naturally occurring sugars in fruits; rather, they are concerned with the white sugar we put into our coffees every morning and especially high-fructose corn syrup. Highfructose corn syrup is more than a bad sugar, it is also a scary sugar. It is put in most of our processed foods without most of the populations knowledge. In the early 1980s, high fructose corn syrup replaced sugar in sodas and other products because it was cheaper. The researchers are proposing to limit the consumption of sugar. However, changing the diets of North Americans is almost asking for the impossible. Nonetheless, the UCSF believes it is possible if certain steps are taken. The UCSF team state that it can be achieved not through interventions of individual change, but on environmental and community-wide scales, similar to the efforts put forth against alcohol and tobacco. In order for this change to be realized, special sales taxes would need to be levied and access would need to be controlledall aided by a tightening of licensing requirements on vending machines and snack bars that sell high sugar products in schools and public places. The purpose is not to get rid of sugar all together, but to make it difficult and less convenient to access. People eat sugar because it is there and convenient. In public schools, vending machines full of candy bars and sodas are in every building. Sometimes people do not even know they are consuming so much sugar in their daily diet. This is troubling, because the daily nutritional requirement for sugar consumption is absolutely zero grams. Surprisingly, this proposal and research is turning many heads. After Robert Lustgis
Science Briefs
by Shawn Seeley Two new moons have been found orbiting Jupiter, bringing the planets total moon to 66.
Yawning may keep our heads from overheating, new research says. Yawning triggers expansion and contraction in the maxillary sinus, located in the cheekbones, causing air to be pumped onto the brain.
Hot Head
Preliminary research indicates that womens tears may contain signaling chemicals that lower mens testosterone, causing them to be lose aggression and sex drive.
Cry me a river
A drug named Kalydeco has been found to treat cystic fibrosis effectively in a recent double-blind human trial. Unfortunately, the drug treats a mutation that only accounts for four per cent of cystic fibrosis cases.
Bittersweet CF treatment
Scientists at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland have found a possible Higgs signal with 99.9% confidence. Although this means physics is closer than ever to discovering the Higgs Boson and completing the standard model, it is still possible that the validity of the finding is only a statistical coincidence.
Higgs Boson
Alzheimers disease has been found to spread from one area of the brain to another, as opposed to beginning across the entire brain at once. Tau proteins, a component of neurofibrillary tangles, have been observed to propagate from neuron to neuron, crossing the synaptic cleft. speech, The Bitter Truth was placed on YouTube.com in 2010, it received 1,972,728 views. As ludicrous as the idea of controlling access to sugar sounds, it is hard to ignore the fact that sugar is killing us. Should we control sugar as we do with alcohol and tobacco? In theory, it is not such a terrible idea. In a sense, sugar truly is similar to alcohol and tobacco because it is damaging the public health in a tangible and measurable way. Additionally, most of the population is unaware of the dangers of sugar. As a challenge, try to not add sugar to your grapefruit. Or perhaps eat a fresh apple instead of peaches that have been soaking in twentythree grams of sugar for months. If you can tell a great difference or your face scrunches up in distaste, then I would be surprised. Try it! That one minor change wont kill youliterally.
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population of bats in New Brunswick that was not abundant in the first place has decreased from 10,000 to 3,000 species. For Eastern America, one of the most
abundant mammals [will be] essentially gone in five [to] ten years, Forbes said. Its one of the biggest, catastrophic losses of mammal species that we know of.
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I am pleased to announce that ion drives, most famously known for being the propulsion system of TIE fighters from Star Wars, several Star Trek ships and other various ships appearing in science fiction, are not fictional. Heres the rundown on how they work. Jack Stocky of NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory explains: Youre trying to throw something off the craft so you can push the craft forward. The indispensable ingredient of ion drives (as you may have guessed) is ions, which is what ion thrusters throw off . Ions are atoms that are electrically charged (either positively or negatively). In ion thrusters, this is most commonly achieved by using something similar to cathode ray tubes to bombard atoms with high-energy electrons, thereby releasing an electron from an atom (commonly Xenon) and turning it into a positively charged ion. All of this occurs in a positively charged chamber that is open at one end. As space has a potential of zero volts, the positively charged ions want to go there. Fast. Thirty-two kilometres per second fast. A grid at the opening spreads out the ions into a very science-fictionesque, faintly visible blue beam. Unfortunately, science fiction writers clearly know secrets unknown to our worlds brightest scientists as there seem to be significant performance disparities between the real worlds ion drives and theirs. For instance: Despite high exhaust exit velocities leading to theoretical tops speeds of 90,000 m/seventually, current ion engines produce all of the thrust of 0.5 Newtons: not much, in other words. It translates to a whopping acceleration of roughly 6.7 meters per second per day. Maneuverability of Earth ships equipped with ion engines, therefore, will be sorely lacking. I suppose, however, that this is all on par with the course for now, seeing as we have no clue as to how to design and produce inertia dampeners that would prevent our eyeballs from exploding out of their sockets when we decide to jink away from a pursuing TIE fighters, anyway.
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Internet Photo/ halleethehomemaker northern communities. Fine-arts student Amanda Curti then proceeded to lighten the mood with gut-splittingly terrifying stories of her Mussolini-worshipping racist grandmother. From her humorous perspective, sometimes leaving home can never happen soon-enough. Prominent Sackville figure and Struts-gallery operator John Murchie rounded off the evening with his own tale of leaving home for the first time, in his case, to attend university in Boulder Colorado. As the night finished up, the main topic of conversationafter the stories themselveswas the series future. With talk of an all-student storytelling night, and future in-depth lectures, the humble meat-named event has succeeded in turning itself into an informative and enjoyable informal lecture series that unites both students and faculty. I, for one, will look forward to leaving home for the next one.
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Fiona Cai Continued from Cover That statement set the tone for the evening. Docking performed contemporary pieces from all eras of the twentieth century, and reminded his audience of their ability to sound different, new, and exciting each time. Dockings choice of repertoire featured dissonant pitch language, serialism, and atonalism. Although the experimental music may not be to everyones musical taste, Docking played to an eager and appreciative audience, and even converted this reviewer into a New Music enthusiast. One of the most intriguing pieces of the evening was a collection of miniatures by Schoenberg entitled Six Little Piano Pieces, op. 1. The very short movements, each only about a minute long, were like flashes of emotion, or an experience. Schoenberg allegedly wrote the fifth movement, Etwas rasch, immediately after famous Romantic composer Gustav Mahlers funeral. The movement featured elements of experimental new music, but was filled with minor chords evoking a sense of melancholy and loss. A recurring repetition of a high tone was added to represent the tolling of a church bell. The audiences favourite piece was Djilile, written by Post-Modernist composer Peter Sculthorpe. When composing the piece, Sculthorpe tried to create a distinctly Australian sound. He combined musical traditions from Eastern Asia with European instruments in an attempt to mirror Australias history and geography. The piece was more traditional in its composition, compared to Dockings other selections. The piano played with a gentle chiming sound, emitting a somehow sad but beautifully haunting melody. The whole second half was dedicated to a twenty minute long piece by Elliot Carter, entitled Night Fantasies. Docking described the piece as what I think of as one of the greatest piano pieces of the last hundred years. Night Fantasies is a tone poem about the half-dream state of falling asleep, and the many phases you go through: semiconsciousness, buried memories, the frustration of being unable to sleep. The piece explores the individual nature of rhythm and change groupings. Perhaps the only form of regularity or predictability throughout the music are the recurring open fifths that occur between the episodic vignettes that make up the piece. The small interruptions, as Docking referred to them, are perhaps representative of the subject falling back into the sleep cycle. The erratic piece was captivating and completely intriguing, and so accurately captured the process of falling sleep. After finishing the evening with a Charlie Chaplan shrug ending, Docking returned to the stage for a double encore. His performance was a fantastic opening to this seasons Performing Arts Series, and my favourite series concert thus far.
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Dead Sexy
by Anna Robertson Love is in the air, and it smells like death. The Nerf guns are out and Humans vs. Zombies is back at Mount Allison. The return of the pseudo athletic Mt. A pastime coincides with the midseason premiere of the deliciously visceral AMC show, The Walking Dead. Without a doubt, one of the best TV shows out right now, another (albeit somewhat bloody and gooey) gem from the former AMC. In the middle of the second season, The Walking Dead doesnt show any signs of toning down on gore, nor delving into the soft porn/ soap opera direction that befell True Blood: and thats what I love about it. To be honest, Im a pretty big zombie fan and there doesnt seem to be any way of doing them justice without splatter. Earlier films, like Val Lewtons 1943 horror flick I Walked With a Zombie, are an exception, but what they lacked in guts they made up for in eeriness. Almost every zombie film from 1960 onward like Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland, 28 Days Later, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Deadgirl and now on small screen, The Walking Dead, has a healthy dose of putrid flesh. But now, with Valentines Day around the corner, it seems appropriate that I would find out about Warm Bodies. Based on the book by Isaac Marion and backed by Summit Entertainment (responsible for Twilight), Warm Bodies explores the romance between a young zombie and the girlfriend of one of his victims. Of course, the general population is turned off by necrophilia, so rotting corpses have been humanized, with toned bodies (scratch and gash-free), brooding eyes and pale, but perfect, complexions. In case you didnt catch that, they have officially SEXUALIZED ZOMBIES. It would take me a lifetime to express how confused and upset I am over this. They already took vampires from us, and now zombies are going to sparkle too? Deadgirl displayed some seriously disturbing sexual relations between humans and the undead, but made those scenes SERIOUSLY DISTURBING, sans sparkles. I can understand the vampire-romance genre, I can stomach that, but zombie-romance? Nah brah, I aint down for that. Its a little disheartening to see those former monsters that made me so wonderfully scared being represented by a select few university students with orange headbands, and by a new pale-faced romantic hero for twelve year olds to fawn over. Thank God for The Walking Dead, for keeping us tied to the roots of zombie film culture. For helping us remember what Night of the Living Dead and White Zombie gave us to squirm about; that zombies are reanimated corpses that can, and will, eat your brains, not something you take into the sack.
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Scrappy is Happy
by Taylor Mooney Joel Plaskett is approaching the release of his new album, Scrappy Happiness, in an unconventional way. He explains the project to CBC Radio 3 as follows: myself and the Emergency Band, thats Dave Marsh on the drums, and Chris Pennell on the bass, [have] begun a new record that were calling Scrappy Happiness. What makes this recording project kind of interesting is that we are recording and releasing a song a week for the next ten weeks... I dont know exactly whats going to happen. These songs are writtenbut theyre changing as were here in the studio, and also I cant really control what happens because we have a deadline every week. So if I catch a cold, perhaps well find ourselves recording a version of Santo and Johnnys instrumental song Sleepwalk, the one that the astronauts were listening to when they landed on the moon. That could happen. Unlikely, but possible. Along with this unconventional recording process, Plaskett is drawing a huge amount of publicity towards the CD with making-of videos and a live chat-log on the CBC Radio3 website. On the chat log, Plaskett reveals his inspiration for the Scrappy Happiness recording process. Records used to be made quickly and released quickly. I really wanted to record as in the moment as possible, and get it out fast so people could react immediately and we could hit the road. Its really fun having something so fresh hit the airwaves fast. He notes that the biggest challenge thus far has been finding a steady pace. Ive been trying to take the weekends mostly off, but this week its caught me off guard and Ill be up all night trying to finish the next tune, as I didnt get as far as [I was] hoping this week. These songs are not being written every week. They are being documented for the first time, but some are as much as a year old. Its cool to hear them come together (or fall apart!) scrappy for sure, but imperfection is cool. I could probably write a song a week but some of these songs have just been waiting inside by acoustic guitar for this record to happen so they could come alive. Plaskett admits that the songs may have turned out differently if he wasnt recording them so quickly. Id let them sit awhile and have more time to change or second guess or improve or whatever depending how you look at it. Im really enjoying this weekly thing, as challenging as it is, because theres no looking back. Laudatory praise has been rolling into Twitter in the form of posts with the hashtag #scrappyhappiness: #scrappyhappiness is the best thing since sliced bread; the next ten weeks shall be good#scrappyhappiness; #scrappyhappiness is gunna be huge, I love @ jplaskett and I love east coast music. I love making records, says Plaskett. I learn more every time, and it provides me with tangible memories of place and time. I like to challenge myself, but I also just feel compelled to do it, regardless of the challenge or notIm treating this record more as a series of singles and hope itll hold together as an album. Happiness is scrappy. New songs can be found at radio3.cbc.ca/#/ artists/joelplaskett, and are released every Monday night.
On the Bandwagon
Lucy Niles and The Mouthbreathers
Fiona Cai
by Taylor Mooney
The Mouthbreathers comprise of Lucy Niles, Nic Wilson, and Evan Matthews. Formerly operating under the moniker of Lucy Niles and the Mouthbreathers, Niles is working to change the name, mentioning that she finds the old one a bit narcissistic. Born from a failed folk act, the Mouthbreathers perpetuate a loud, punk-inspired sound. Over the summer, just as an experiment, I was trying to write folk music just to see if I could. I didnt really work out because I cant really write folk music, laughs Niles. I asked Nic if he wanted to be in a joke country band, instead. We started jamming, and then it just turned into a punk bandI guess thats more our style than joke country. This was last summer, and Evan joined in the fall. The oldest song we play is off of a solo EP I made last year after final exams. Niles explains that the name the Mouthbreathers came from a couple different sources. Well Im kind of a mouthbreather, she laughs. But mostly it comes from an awesome song by Jesus Lizard. Wilson and Matthews also work together in the band Yellow Teeth, and find playing with the Mouthbreathers to be a completely different experience. All I have to do is hit things, says Wilson. I would consider to be Evan a writing partner in Yellow Teeth, just because we jam all of the songs out and figure out how theyre going to sound collectively. Matthews agrees, we write our own parts for this project, but were both acting in a purely supportive role. Niles explains that she likes to write her songs about what she knows. mostly TV and books and drinking with friends. Theres no stylistic
artistic visionI know a lot about TV. Theres a song about a Bender from Futurama, thats probably our most conceptual song...Its the episode where he tries to be a folk singer Its kind of chronicling my journey as a failed folk singer. Having only been together since last fall, the Mouthbreathers have already experienced a huge surge of popularity in Sackville. Weve played about eight showsabout as much as you can without infuriating everybody by oversaturating it, says Niles. Weve played as much as I would possibly want to, just the right amount. Niles also notes that the band has had quite a few strange experiences for how long theyve been playing together. We played a show with some metal bands at 15 Allison, and the basement flooded and everyone was getting shocked. Lucy got pushed into the drums by moshers when we were plying on Saturday, it was very Nirvana, adds Wilson. We probably sound really debaucherous, laughs Niles. The band notes both pros and cons of playing in Sackville. I always say that Sackville is the perfect size because theres always something to do, but theres never two things to do, so if anythings going on everyone will be there. Its good that Sackville is centralized, too, adds Wilson. Its easy, in theory, to go to Halifax, PEI, Fredericton, Moncton, St. John theyre all within two hours, so its not a huge commitment. We could go on tour without going on tour. We could sleep in our beds every night. Matthews notes that there are also disadvantages to playing in Sackville. Its really easy to oversaturate. There are probably about six or seven active bandsits not a huge pool, so you cant rotate out. If youre reading this on Thursday, you can see the Mouthbreathers tonight at Pickles, alongside the Bedroom Session and Peter Bohan.
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THE CHARTS
FOR THE WEEK ENDING TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2012
RANK ARTIST TITLE (LABEL) 01 BOLIVIA* Bolivia (Self-Released) 02 THE JOHN WAYNE COVER BAND* The Wheel (Self-Released)
03 JON MCKIEL*
Tonka War Cloud (Saved By Vinyl/Youth Club)
04 MARINE DREAMS* Marine Dreams (Youve Changed) 05 JOHN K. SAMSON* Provincial (Anti-) 06 LONG WEEKENDS* Dont Reach Out (Noyes) 07 COREY ISENOR* The Hunting Party (Self-Released) 08 LAKE NAMES* Echo (Self-Released)
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Mount Allison/Sue Seaborn pressure, and the powerplay went to work; three consecutive penalties against St FX allowed the ice to tilt to the St FX end, and Lauren Oickle capitalized on one of the powerplay attempts at the ten-minute mark. Just over three minutes later, Kristen Cooze scored her sixth of the season to tie the game up 2-2. The penalty parade continued in the third period, and in a very unusual 3-on-3 scenario, Megan Camerons pass found King who made no mistake on the backhand to give the Mounties the lead and ultimately the win. King along with sister Chelsea and Carmanah Hunter was the Mounties most dangerous forward line throughout much of the game. Meghan Corley-Byrne was stellar for the Mounties in goal, stopping 28 shots in the Mounties first ever regulation win against St FX. Katie Greenway was equally good for St FX, stopping 33 Mountie shots. Cooze has 3 goals and 2 assists in a current 4-game points streak, while Emily Van Diepen has a helper in each of the last three games, putting her at sixth in the AUS in points among defenders with 12 points. Oickle is also on a three-game points streak, with a goal and three assists in those games. The Mounties (9-6-4, 22 points) now sit alone in third place, two points ahead of UPEI (10-80, 20 points). Mt. A has only one regulation loss in their last six games, and only two in 2012, so they are picking up steam at the right time of the season. UPEI faced Moncton on Tuesday, but the result was not available at time of publication, and host Moncton and Dalhousie this weekend. The Mounties return home for a 5:00 pm game against Dalhousie on Saturday, and will travel to fifth-place Saint Thomas on Sunday. With only five games remaining in the regular season for the Mounties, every point becomes crucial in the standings.
Sue Seaborn Mount Allisons six-foot-five forward BEN CHISHOLM has won University Athlete of the Week honours for a second time this year for his play against NSAC over the past weekend. Leading his team in a tough 69-55 win over the Rams, Chisholm scored 26 points and also pulled in six rebounds. A third-year player with the Mounties, Chisholm comes from Fall River, NS, and is a former standout from Lockview High School where he was coached by Scott Lancaster. He was also a member of the Fall River Rebels coached by Neils Daigle. The former high school all-star was the Basketball Mounties MVP and a second-team ACAA all-star last season.
Sponsor: Scotia MacLoed Lisa Riley is by far one of the most interesting, not to mention determined, student-athletes that Mount Allison University has ever produced. The fifth year forward who is currently sitting with three goals and six points has been truly representative of the pro-active attitude Mt. A Athletics hopes to inspire within each athlete. Last year Riley had to sit out with a knee injury that prevented her not only from playing, but also from being able to wear jeans for a long period of time. Riley is a Canadian Studies Major with a double minor in History and Geography, and is a resident of Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, who works diligently to outshine another hockey hero also from her home town every time she steps on the ice. Rileys real contribution to the Athletics program has come through her extensive
participation in extra-curricular activities. She is the Student Coordinator for the Links Reading Program at Salem Elementary School, which is a specially designed reading program she attends twice a week. In what spare time she has, she regularly writes the Better Know a Mountie pieces for the Argosy Sports section. She is also a Teachers Assistant and works two more part-time jobs, refereeing intramural hockey and working at the Athletic and Fitness Centres. Rileys passion for sports does not stop at hockeyas she is also involved with intramural basketballbut hockey remains her number one passion. She recalls the first time she started a game against UNB back when they were in the league: The best moment I can remember was playing UNB Jack told me I was starting. Standing on the blue line then lining up for that first face off. I was so nervous, but I couldnt stop smiling. I won the face off and lost every other
Tom Reid one that game. It didnt matter though because I won that first one. Riley, who also serves as president of the Canadian Studies club on campus, doesnt relax during the summer months either. As a product of the Nova Scotia hockey program she volunteers her time with the High Performance program for Team NS that plays against others from around the region in the Atlantic Challenge Cup. However, her studies serve as the most important part of her experience at Mt. A. She notes that the teams large amount of away games can take up a lot of time, so she has to focus during the week so she is academically eligible to play. Looking into the future, Riley wants to take her talents to the classroom and become an elementary teacher, but youll still find her out on the rinks, playing and coaching. I want to coach for sure. I love it too much to stop playing so Ill find a league to join somewhere.
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FEBRUARY 9, 2012
Weekly Wellness
Love is in the Air ... but are you Protected?
by Jenn MacKenzie February is a month when love is in the air and cupid is buzzing around working his magic. Valentines Day is around the corner and protecting yourself from STIs and diseases is extremely important and is something that is overlooked too often. Having unprotected sex is extremely risky. It poses the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and diseases, as well as the chance of pregnancy. STIs and diseases can affect your general health as well as your future ability to reproduce. There are many types of STIs but some of the more common ones are: chlamydia, herpes, gonorrhea, human papillomavirus (HPV) and syphilis. One of the more serious viruses to obtain from unprotected sex is the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The best way to protect yourself from STIs and diseases is to learn about safe sex methods, talk to your partner(s) about their STI status and use of protection, use condoms (male or female) consistently and correctly and get tested regularly for STIs if you are sexually active. If you are diagnosed with an STI be sure to get treated and follow-up with a health care professional because it is easy to become reinfected, especially if your partner has contracted it and hasnt been treated. Birth control pills, like condoms, can prevent pregnancy. However, they do not protect you from contracting STIs or other diseases. You should also be aware that these methods do reduce your chances of pregnancy and contracting STIs and diseases, but they are not always 100% effective. An example of a common STI is chlamydia. Females between 15-24 and males between 2029 have the highest number of recorded cases of chlamydia in Canada. Even more alarming, approximately one in ten women and one in twenty men aged 20-24 have had chlamydia in New Brunswick, and it has been on the rise in this province over the last few years. Like many STIs, many people who have chlamydia do not experience symptoms pertaining to the infection, which is why it can be easily transmitted, making it even more important to be tested. STI testing can be as simple as peeing in a bottle. Some STI tests are done by taking blood samples while others are done by swabbing the urethra at the tip of the penis or by swabbing the cervix, which is done during a routine PAP test. The Health Matters Society is hosting their annual Condom Rose Campaign on campus to promote safe sex on Valentines Day from 10:00 - 4:00 pm at the Wallace McCain Student Centre. They are also hosting a Wellness Fair at the student centre February 3, from 11:00 - 1:00 pm. Also make sure to check out The Vagina Monologues February 9-11, happening at the Wu Center, Dunn 113, at 8:00 pm! To learn more about STIs, how to protect yourself or testing contact the Wellness Centre on the ground floor of the Wallace McCain Student Centre or call them at (506) 364-2163.
it up in the second half by running our offensive sets better and we came through with a good win. Mount Allison made the most of thirty-seven free throw attempts in the game, knocking down twenty-two of them compared to the Rams, who hit eleven of seventeen. Both teams struggled terribly from the three-point line. Ben Chisholms three pointer was the only one in eight attempts for Mt. A, while Harvey had both of his teams long distance baskets. All together the teams only managed to sink three shots from beyond the arch on nineteen attempts. Both teams were evenly matched on both offensive and defensive rebounding, while
Mount Allison/Sue Seaborn Mt. A won the turnover battle, giving up only eleven but causing twenty on the other side. In other ACAA action this past weekend, the MSVU Mystics and UKC Blue Devils spoiled trips by Holland College and UNBSJ to the provincial capital as both teams swept their weekend games. St. Thomas scored the only other victory of the weekend, beating the NSAC 71-49 to add to their road woes that have yet to see them win a game on the road this season. The Mounties are on the road this weekend as they travel to Halifax on Friday evening to face off against the UKC Blue Devils before facing Holland College on Prince Edward Island Sunday.
Mount Allison/Sue Seaborn in the nation, he has graced the international stage as well. He was captain of the Under-14 Maccabi Canada basketball team during the last Pan-Am games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he led the team to a silver medal, and was captain of the U-16 Maccabi Canada team at a tournament in Israel. Mann has also played in the Ontario Basketball Association for the Mississauga Wolverines. His teammates are also taking notice. A fellow rookie from Lakefield, Ontario, MacKenzie (Mac) Brown noted, Trevor has had a solid rookie season and with his strong work ethic will surely be a player to watch down the road. The two have also branded their own group calling themselves the Ontario Connection. Sitting seventh on the team in points-pergame, Mann has excelled in his first year and is a big part of the reason why the team has three wins in their last four games, and are on pace to have a significantly better season than last year.
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especially more prevalent, and its something thats going to continue for a while. The key to a successful franchise is stability, Hall said. You need to minimize movement, and grow collectively. When youre constantly changing its hard to find success. One statistic which stands out is that Marc Trestman (Montreal) and John Hufnagel (Calgary) each have four years of CFL head coaching experience under their belts. Thats more than the entire rest of the league combined. Paul LaPolice (Winnipeg) has two years experience, while Kavis Reed (Edmonton) has one year. Hall was surprised by this as well, but said, Just because someone doesnt have head coaching experience doesnt mean that they dont know what it takes to be a head coach. Using Hamiltons George Cortez as an example, Hall described the experience some coaches have of being around the league and the knowledge gained. The veteran coordinator also said he didnt feel any added pressure with a new crop of coaches around him in Saskatchewan to help them get acclimatized to their positions. Corey (Chamblin, new head coach) is very smart, hes a very good coach, and my role is to contribute whatever I can. The coaching circle, especially in the CFL, is a small one, and Hall spoke briefly about the fraternity which exists among coaches. If you stick around long enough, youre going to coach against a friend. Its a real good atmosphere for coaches. It turns out its a real small world. Barker and Hall are also in agreement that the 2012 season is shaping up to be an exciting one. Youre going to see a new CFL with new blood, and exciting, new ideas led by fresh faces, said Barker. It will be very exciting for the fans to see how it unfolds. CFL Free agency opens on February 14, and with big names like Andy Fantuz, Avon Cobourne and Justin Hickman on the market, expect even more turnover in player personnel over the next few weeks.
Mount Allison/Sue Seaborn by Robert Murray Mount Allisons volleyball team experienced two completely different games this past weekend, but still managed to pick up consecutive victories against the University of New Brunswick Saint John Seawolves (UNBSJ) in ACAA Womens volleyball action. On Friday evening the nationally eleventh ranked Mounties took on the Seawolves (4-10) in what many anticipated to be an easy victory for the Mounties, who were coming off wins against the MSVU Mystics and NSAC Rams the past weekend. However, the Seawolves set the pace early, catching the Mounties off guard and winning the first set 25-23. The Mounties fell victim to several stuff blocks by the Seawolves early on. The Mounties rallied to
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