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Conduct Becoming Another CD filled with original student music is released at Gracies Entertainment, Page 18 Sheezer @ Georges The Toronto-based allfemale Weezer cover band will be playing at Georges Fabulous Roadhouse on April 14. Entertainment, Page 21 Burn the Summer Samuel Wilsons latest full-length play was read publically for the first time on Wednesday, April 4 at Live Bait Theatre. Arts&Lit, Page 26 Is anyone out there? The age old question: is there life on other planets? Sci-Tech, Page 27
Students, faculty and community members, marched, protesting Stephen Harpers policies, budget and the robo-call controversy.

Impromptu protest sees decent turn out

Carly Levy
News Writer A small but mighty group of students took to the streets of Sackville this past Saturday to voice their concerns over recent budget cuts, government policies and alleged election fraud. An impromptu protest organized by a few passionate students saw nearly 100 young people, faculty and community members, including Sackville Town Councillors, marching from the Wallace McCain Student Centre down the hill to Bridge Street chanting, This is a democracy - not hypocrisy!, Promote your right to vote! and Harper is a fraud, his policies are flawed!. Impetus for the last minute protest was sparked by the groups desire to discourage student apathy. At the centre of town, the demonstrators solicited honks of support from the passing cars, waving their signs demanding accountability of the Harper government and encouraging students to educate themselves on relevant political issues. The mob marched on to the newly completed town hall, where the group stopped to talk about issues as wide ranging as the Keystone XL Pipeline to recent federal budget cuts and new requirements for non-profit groups. The small group of students behind the protest came from a range of disciplines and represent several graduating classes. Were simply a group of concerned people who wanted to say something, said co-organizer Ruth Donald, who explained that the goal behind the march was to promote a dialogue around these important issues. This is a decisive time in Canadian politics, and we are the ones who will direct the course, she said. Coming on the heels of a national demonstration calling for a public inquiry into the robo-call election scandal earlier in the month, one of the primary concerns of the protesters was raising awareness about the importance of the student and youth voice. We have an expectation that other groups will take care of these things, but people need to be aware of their own voice, said co-organizer Liam Cobbe. We have such an amazing opportunity as students... and we want people to know the voices they have, agreed Emily Bishop, another coordinator of the event. Environmental Studies Professor Brad Walters marched alongside students over the weekend, relishing the opportunity to collectively stand up against the Harper government, which

New computers bound for library

Rachel Gardner
News Editor The library will soon receive forty new Dell all-in-one unit computers, thanks to a joint effort between the University and library in securing $30,000 in funds for student services. A project that will take place over the summer, students will be able to work on the new computers come the fall. University Librarian Tom Eadie states that two computers will be placed in the music library, twenty-one computers on the main floor, fourteen in the thirdfloor lab, while five will be held in reserve. Approximately $10,000 was acquired from the Universitys contingency funds, while $20,000 came from donations to the University libraries. In Mount Allison terms, this is a good amount of money, and will make a fairly dramatic difference for students using computers, comments Eadie. Im hoping to put in a few more resources to make the computers more accessible, including getting GIS software, specifically ArcView, on the computers so that students dont need to go to the AvardDixon lab. The majority of current computers have been handed down from University labs. In a survey of computer usage conducted between January 1 and February 27, each library computer averages 4.7 logins per day, an average that was three times higher than the Dunn computer lab, which has the second highest use on campus. VP Administration David Stewart approved the

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Awarding Athletes
Mount Allison honours its athletes and looks back at an eventful year of sports SPORTS, PAGE 31

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Job Searching for the Class of 2012

Geoff Campbell
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With the Canadian economy stalling and the unemployment rate in New Brunswick growing to 10.1%, graduates this year need all the help they can get if they want to find a job in the province. Its important to stand out in a tough job market. Human resources consultant and former Mount Allison professor Pierre Battah says that there are skills job hunters need to demonstrate in order to attract hiring managers. Most important is demonstrating a strong work ethic. Grads will impress a prospective supervisor with a commitment to getting the job done right, with the necessary attention to detail and the perseverance to see an assignment through to completion with enthusiasm and a genuine concern for quality work, Battah says. He also stressed that soft skills were important, specifically noting negotiation skills, time management, professionalism and group cooperation skills as being the most valuable abilities to have in todays competitive job market. In addition to traditional skills, Battah stressed that graduates need to be mindful of their behaviour online as well as offline. While noting that employers in Canada are generally not as aggressive in doing social media background checks as elsewhere, Battah nevertheless noted that managing your online identity is now vital. Remember that diligent employers check references by telephone and also verify prospective employee's online presence. I suggest that photos on social media sites be edited to ensure they are appropriate for viewing by prospective employers who may be negatively influenced (rightly or wrongly) by photos depicting a party lifestyle, says Battah. Mt. As Career Counsellor Scott Yorke agrees, adding that graduates should ramp up their privacy settings on social networks. Facebook can be very useful in promoting the reasons why you and your social-self should be hired; take the time to ensure it is not a reason to toss your application in the trash. To some, these warnings may seem like an overreaction, but in a recent study by UK business psychology firm OPP, 56 percent of employers said that they were likely to check out the social media presence of potential employees, and the trend towards increasing social media checks shows no sign of slowing. Battah explains that employers in Atlantic Canada for the most part are not currently very active in using social media to recruit, but those that are use Linkedin. He names Yorke explains the value of the concept of the site, For those students who have lacked on the networking front throughout their undergrad, or even for those who are very well connected, LinkedIn will not only expand your connections across a diverse group of organizations and locations, but will also give you the opportunity to be noticed by HR professionals who may be looking for a specific candidate with your experiences. There are many different features to the website that can help new grads in their job search. Once connected to fellow graduates,

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three main takeaways that job searchers need to include: direct contact with employers, scouring job postings, and expanding ones network in person and online LinkedIn is a great network-expander but must be accompanied by feet on the street networking as well. Yorke also believes in the utility of LinkedIn for professional networking. LinkedIn has been called Facebook for Adults and is a social media website that serves not only as your virtual resume but also allows users to directly connect with potential employers. professors, and former employers, you can request recommendations that will be viewable by others on the site. You can then inform your connections that you are looking for work in a specific area. As well, through a centralized professional profile, potential employers will be more likely to see that listing above than any possible negative content (photos of that last party) of you. There are many other benefits to building a diverse LinkedIn profile, Yorke says, and I encourage all students to create one upon graduation (if not before).

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Making it matter one step at a time

KAIROS workshop promotes Aboriginal rights
Julia McMillan
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Words of change, connection and encouragement were shared last week at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church when Migrant and Indigenous Rights Program Coordinator for KAIROS Canada Alfredo Barahona facilitated a workshop entitled Making It Matter: Truth, Reconciliation and Equity. The event, held on March 24, was hosted by the Outreach Committees of Sackville United Church and St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. The workshop advocated for the countrys continued efforts in creating an equitable future for Canadian Aboriginal peoples, and provided an opportunity for Sackville residents to acknowledge both past and present injustices regarding Aboriginal rights in Canada. The event was held in response to the Prime Ministers 2008 apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools in Canada, and the subsequent launch of the Truth and Reconciliation Process, as well as Canadas 2010 endorsement of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Workshop leader Barahona stated that the event was an effort to express a commitment to work towards right relations by stating that they matter to us! The day-long workshop began with a prayer and opening welcome from Chief Joe Knockwood from the Fort Folly First Nation community. The opening address was followed by what is known as the Blanket Exercise, an interactive exercise that takes people through the history of colonization of Turtle Island, from first contact with Europeans settlers to present. It details historical treaty agreements between settlers and Aboriginal peoples, emphasizing Canadians covenant to share and respect the land. The afternoon was spent discussing the UNDRIP, and the role it plays in ensuring the protection of the right of Indigenous peoples. Barahona stated that the workshops main objective was to ensure peoples participation and engagement. For the most part, people acknowledged that they were not aware of most of the information and the issues which came up throughout the day. So in that sense, the workshop is an eye-opener. He has been involved in providing a connection for the local Sackville KAIROS group to the KAIROS national office. KAIROS is an Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiative that unites Canadian churches and religious organizations in a faithful ecumenical response to the call in Micah 6:8, to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God. Barahona explains the importance of linking social change to religion by stating that [w]e are all motivated by something. For KAIROS, we are motivated by God to make change throughout the world and promote justice in our own communities. KAIROS has long been committed to protecting Aboriginal rights. According to Barahona, the organization feels that although progress has been made towards creating a more just future for Canadian Aboriginal peoples, we still have a long way to go. Unfortunately there are still quite a few issues that are important and which need to be addressed, including education, housing and health. We are also concerned with the right of Indigenous children and how they are being left behind. Because of the magnitude and the complexity of the issues surrounding Aboriginal rights, Barahona notes that he often encounters individuals who feel overwhelmed by the situation, and often feel as though there is little hope for an optimistic future. But he proposes that there is hope, and that people must learn to look at the bigger picture. He suggests that the way people can do this is by continuing to learn more about Aboriginal peoples and the issues affecting them. He calls for a sense of connectedness between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Here in Sackville, you can get involved with local groups like the KAIROS group who are trying to change the relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, explains Barahona. One thing you can do is to invite students of Mount A to reach out to indigenous peoples in this region and to work with them. Change takes time, but every little step and help is important. Keep your eyes and ears opened for future events relating to indigenous peoples. The event was part of KAIROS ongoing series of workshops held all over Canada. To learn more about the organization, visit http://www. kairoscanada.org.

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he says is systematically destroying this country. Canadians have become far too comfortable and complacent with their government, he said. I think its great, and also encouraging, to see students take this kind of initiative and go public with their concerns about the federal government. Among the major issues discussed at the rally were recent decisions by the federal government made in an attempt to save $5.2 billion a year by 2015. The budget, released last Thursday, saw cuts and major changes across the board. Of particular concern to the student activists is a plan to cap reviews of major resource development projects at twenty-four months, including the Northern Gateway pipeline. The budget also introduced a provision that will require non-profit groups to provide more information on their political activities and a plan to increase audits of these groups to enforce the current stipulation that no more than ten percent of their funds are spent on advocacy, in a move that some are saying is specifically targeting environmental groups. Further concerns include the elimination of the Katimavik program for youth, the reduction of over 19 000 federal public sector jobs over three years, reductions of funds for international aid and diplomacy, the halting of funds to the CBC, and the eradication of three institutions whose primary function is to inform government decisions: the First Nations Statistical Council, the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, and the National Welfare Council. The protest coincided with a nationwide call for Canadians to Stand for Democracy on March 31. The organization DemocracyCanada combined Bill C-10, C-30 Internet and Get Fraud out of Parliament rallies to create maximum exposure for these issues. DemocracyCanada is a nonpartisan online organization committed to the health of Canadian democracy and democratic institutions.

Second term approved for Ron Byrne

Rachel Gardner
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After undergoing a University-wide review, Vice-President International and Student Affairs Ron Byrne has been approved for a second term. Set to begin in December 2012, Byrne hopes to focus on student judicial, leadership development and programming, and the deeper internationalization of the campus in the new term. To have the opportunity to work with students again for a second term is really exciting, states Byrne. It was a vindication of the work that Ive done. Mount Allison President and ViceChancellor Robert Campbell announced Byrnes renewal on the Mt. A website on March 13. I look forward to working with Ron Byrne in his second term to further improve student services and processes, and to extend Mount Allisons reputation and reach externally, said Campbell in a press release from the University. In the Students Administrative Councils (SAC) review of Byrnes first term, students number of forums, a number felt that their expressed varied opinions on the performance opinions were not adequately considered and that of this administrative member. If renewed for the end result of forming an advisory committee another term, it is crucial that Byrne adopt a was reactive rather than truly collaborative. more collaborative and substantive approach Due to these concerns, the SAC passed the to addressing student following motion at concerns; students have the February 8 Council expressed that they To have the opportunity to work meeting: Be it resolved feel disenfranchised by that Council endorse with students again for a second this member of senior the performance review administration, whose term is really exciting of Ron Byrne which title alone should most states that if Byrne preclude him from Ron Byrne is to be renewed, it doing so, states the Vice-President International and must be with a caveat SAC submissions of Student Affairs of increased attention recommendations on and improvements to Byrnes renewal. That Residence Assistant said, the areas in which Byrne excels have and House Executive training; resources offered seen considerable improvements and Byrnes through the Meighen Centre; the Leadership contribution to said improvements cannot be Mount Allison program; coordination between ignored. departments, particularly during Orientation; The majority of student concerns regarding career services; and the International Centre; Byrnes renewal centred on his approach to as well as greater student engagement and the dons contract issues. The report states that increased opportunities for students to take part [w]hile students were appreciative of Byrnes substantively in decision-making processes. willingness to share information through a The SAC will be following up on these recommendations with Byrne in the upcoming week. President Campbell directed the review renewal process and is in charge of making the final decision on the renewal of a position. Feedback was requested via e-mail and on the website, which helped to inform the final decision. The review and renewal process is typically held every five years, according to Director of Marketing and Communications Tony Frost. As with most organizations, the review process and results are confidential, says Frost. Only those with a need to know have access to it. In this case, the President reviews and evaluates input from the community, discusses matters with the Vice President, and makes a decision and announcement to the community with some characterization of the process in the announcement. Byrne came to Mt. A in December 2007 from the University of Regina, taking a position as VP Student Affairs. This title was changed to VP International and Student Affairs in September 2008 to reflect attempts to internationalize the campus.

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$10,000 contingency fund for the project, expressing his hopes that the project would provide a better student experience. The library is an essential service and well-used, said Stewart. It needs computers and Im happy that we can replace them. Im sure that theyll get used more every day. Several students have commented on their excitement to see the new computers installed at the library. I did not have a working laptop for about a month and a half this term, so I used the library computers in the upstairs computer lab every day, sometimes for multiple study sessions in a day, comments fourth-year student Brie Nelson. While commenting that her usage has declined since purchasing a new laptop, she comments that she will still use them between classes. Having new computers would be fantastic and would make me happier while using them, even though I doubt that I would use them any more [often] or for more

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University discusses definition of a course

the What is a Course? document seems to do, according to Fox. They really should just abandon Entertainment Editor this approach. This reads like theyre trying to manage a room schedule Mount Allison students and rather than a foundation for teaching faculty have raised concerns about and learning, states Fox. the recently released discussion Assistant Professor of document, What is a Course? Biochemistry Dr. Cockshutt also which defines the qualitative and expressed her concern over the quantitative basis of a university pedagogical standards within the course. In particular, intensive document. I dont understand reading week courses may no longer how theyre trying to say that its be offered, as they would not comply pedagogically better to learn your with the documents required course courses several at a time no more length. than three hours a week. From what According to Provost and ViceIve witnessed myself, students learn President Academic and Research better when theyre focused on one Berkley Fleming, the impetus for thing and engaged in one thing. the document was a reading week These concerns were brought course proposed by the Geography forward to the administration in a Department. I flagged the intensive public discussion on Wednesday, courses and block courses as which was mediated by University something I thought we needed to Chaplain Reverend John Perkin. The make some quick decisions on because discussion was originally planned there was one course being proposed to consist of an open discussion, for the week of independent study followed by breakouts into discussion and there were all sorts of logistical groups and finishing with a plenary and financial discussion; this did problems. It hadnt not occur, as the been budgeted I dont understand how open discussion for, so that meant theyre trying to say that continued for the it had to pay for its pedagogically better duration of the itself. Technically, to learn your courses meeting at the it was during the insistence of the several at a time no winter term and audience. so if students more than three hours I think [the wanted to take it a week. From what Ive a d m i n i s t r at ion] as a sixth course witnessed myself, students was very hesitant without paying learn better when theyre in their response, any additional albeit defensive, focused on one thing and comments fifthtuition then there wouldnt be any engaged in one thing. year student income associated Patrick Forestell. with it. Dr. Amanda Cockshutt The atmosphere The Deans had Assistant Professor of of the evening a preliminary was moderately Biochemistry combative, but discussion of the issue, cancelling constructive to the proposed some extent. reading week course, and then There was a general sense of frustration presented it to the Academic Matters amongst students throughout the Committee and the Teaching and discussion, evident through a number Learning Committee. The process of heated comments directed at those of compiling, researching, and compiling the documents. finalizing decisions on the document Critiques of the documents were confidential. Although this is pedagogical and administrative standard procedure for all documents principles included it being a Western written by Senate committees, some approach, having an ableist bias, faculty and students are concerned being poorly referenced, infringing on about the lack input from their intellectual freedom, and restricting respective groups. of teaching innovation. The audience SAC Vice-President Academic was also upset at the absence of Erik Fraser questioned the lack Dr. Fox, who had a class scheduled of input from the student body in during the discussion. Chair of the compiling the document. After Senate Committee of Teaching and asking the administration why the Learning Eileen Herteis expressed document was compiled this way, some disappointment with the I received the response that this is communication between students the way all discussion documents are and the administration. Most of compiled at the University. the students seemed not to have read Head of the Department of the document, and were responding Geography and Environment Dr. to what others said rather than Michael Fox said that he is perplexed responding to the document itself. at the Universitys conflicting views Fleming closed the evening with within their Academic Renewal an assurance that the discussion Plan and the What is a Course would continue into the fall, and document?. Principle five within would involve student input. A the Academic Renewal Plan states conference will be held at the end that [student learning] is not coeval of April to draft a report on the with time spent in the classroom, i.e., discussion, which will be presented outcomes, not inputs, are important. to Senate on May 10. Fleming This principle does not equate the remarked that there would be an amount of time spent in the classroom urgency to come to a conclusion on with pedagogical satisfaction, which the subject in the fall.

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Internet/Indiana Lawyer Blog purposes than I use the current ones, comments Nelson. Yet it remains unclear as it how the new computers will affect student usage. When asked if he would use the library computers more often if new ones were installed, third-year student Sean Baker stated, Probably not. I would probably still use them for the same things I use them for now. It would be nice, but probably wouldnt increase my usage. Baker commented that he uses the computer a few times a week while on campus to check webmail and print assignments, carrying out most of his research on his laptop. Other students have expressed similar sentiments. For the most part, the library computers are useful to avoid having to bring my laptop to campus unless I actually need to sit down and write an essay or something like that, states thirdyear student Naomi Martz.

Summer research students sponsored by University

John Fraser
Argosy Writer
Forty Mount Allison University students have been awarded grants from the Research and Creative Activities Committee to pursue research in summer 2012. The Argosy is featuring the research of two students, Marlee Leslie, who will be researching social movements as portrayed in the media, and Bernard Soubry, who will study the use of film in garnering support for Inuit knowledge on climate change. One of Mount Allisons top selling points is that it offers undergraduate students a chance to do research in their studies, says Director of Research Services David Bruce, who helps approve the distribution of research grants to Mt. A students. The Summer Students Research Awards Program is an established set of diverse endowment funds from private investors, founders and sponsors that are divided equally between the Arts and Sciences, with approximately 70-100 applicants. Third-year Sociology student Marlee Leslie will be working with Sociology Professor Fabrizio Antonelli to conduct a content analysis of The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail and The National Post with interview data from protestors who were present at the G-20. I am looking for discrepancies in the information and then analyzing them using Antonio Gramscis theory of hegemony, explains Leslie. Names, research locations, and group affiliations have to be kept confidential to ensure the safety of former G-20 protestors. She is hoping to interview eight to ten protestors to ask about their experiences. Leslie was granted $6,000 from a

Argosy/Rosanna Hempel University-issued Social Sciences and Humanities Research Grant in order to cover expenses incurred in conducting her search over the summer. A comparison of the results of the context-analysis and personal interviews with rarely accessed groups is fairly new research grounds, states Leslie. I think the University will be interested in the results. Another student engaging in research this summer is third-year Honours Anthropology student and English major Bernard Soubry. He is planning to do research with Geography and Environment Professor Ian Mauro on the use of new media by Inuit in conveying local knowledge of global warming. Soubry is planning to head to Pangnirtung and Igloolik in Nunavut in a partnership with IsumaTV, an internet video portal for indigenous filmmakers, to aid in a Digital Indigenous Democracy project. Soubry will assist in the implementation of this project through technical maintenance of the servers, media player maintenance, and working with communities to create their own content to spread across the Arctic region. This research project is intended to emphasize the need to incorporate indigenous knowledge in discussions on climate change. These northern hunters are some of the most environmentally sensitive people. The data they observe should be taken as legitimately as what hard science comes up with, says Soubry. While many scientists from the south only carry out research during the summer, Soubry comments that Inuit live in the Arctic environment year-round and can observe certain climatic effects that are not seen by scientists in the summer. The North is radically different than here, and the only thing I can expect is to learn a lot and be humbled, comments Soubry, when asked what he expects his research findings to be. He hopes that this research will ultimately build strong relationships between the geography lab and the communities of the Indigenous so that we can mutually benefit each other. Set to leave for Nunavut near the end of June, Soubry has been awarded the Class of 46 Research grant in order to cover research costs over the summer.

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This Week in the World

A weekly miscellany compiled by Scott Green
National League of Democracy wins in Myanmar
Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyis political party claimed victory in Myanmars parliamentary elections this past Monday. The Nobel laureates party, the National League for Democracy, won at least forty of the forty-five seats that were up for contestation. Although this election is seen as a victory for the pro-democracy movement, the parliament of Myanmar is still dominated by the military and its allies, who still hold the majority of the countrys 664 seats. Suu Kyi was released from house arrest in November 2010 after spending fifteen of the previous twenty-one years under state supervision. Seven people were killed and three others wounded after a shooting occurred at a small California religious college on Monday. A former student named One Goh has been detained as a suspect, but has not yet been charged. The suspect was arrested near a convenience store in Alameda, California after fleeing the scene of Oikos University in East Oakland. Columbias leftist group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia Peoples Army, or FARC, have released their remaining ten police and military hostages. The former captives were retrieved from the Brazilian jungle and taken to the city of Villavicencio. The FARC made commitments to release these individuals, six police officers and four military personnel earlier this year. This hostage release was coordinated by the International Committee of the Red Cross. The group is thought to still be holding hundreds of civilian hostages, as ransom makes up the majority of the groups income. As of February, unemployment in the Eurozone has hit a new record high since the implementation of the Euro currency in 1999. The unemployment rate of the seventeen-state zone hit a record high of 10.8 per cent in February, up from 10.7 per cent the previous month. The data agency Eurostat has estimated that 17.1 million people are out of work as of February and that the unemployment rate has been rising for ten consecutive months.

Harassment at Mount Allison

Examining safety and the university students experience
Rachel Gardner
News Editor
Students involved with the Green Dot Campaign on campus recently attempted to raise awareness of the prevalence of harassment at universities during Anti-Harassment Week. The weeks events included Silent Walk MTA which was held on March 21 with a low turn-out from students. The Argosy has undertaken an overview of current student concerns regarding harassment at Mount Allison, looking at policies, campus safety, the handling of harassment cases by the University, and student concerns. Some students from the Green Dot Campaign have expressed concerns that student apathy towards the issue is lowering the profile of this issue. The fact that we had a significantly low turn-out speaks volumes about the political nature of our campus, comments third-year student and member of the Green Dot Campaign, Robyn LeBlanc. I certainly praise the students and faculty members that did participate and encourage us along the way, and all of those students and community members that took the time to read the posters displayed on campus, but the lack of reaction from the administration is slightly disheartening. LeBlanc points to Mt. As harassment policy as one example of University inaction on the issue. The fact that the [sexual] harassment policy we have in place was created in 1994 and, despite being reviewed, has never been revised, shows that the administration does not see a need in updating its policies to reflect the reality of the student experience, comments LeBlanc. Currently, sections 1000-1099 on Discrimination and Harassment

California school shooting

FARC releases hostages

Unemployment rate rises in Eurozone

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SAC discusses bike co-op, and budget

Creation of bike co-op coordinator

VP Campus Life Michael Watkins motioned for Council to create the position of bike co-op student coordinator with the declared terms of referenced, as presented. The bike co-op student coordinator would be the main director and coordinator of the bike co-op service, and would be granted a small honorarium of $500 for holding the position. Bhatia asked for the terms to include that the position would fall under the portfolio of VP Campus Life, and revisions were made. VP Academic Erik Fraser moved to amend the positions terms to include that the coordinator be present during the summer months. Some discussion ensued both supporting Frasers motion, with counter-arguments largely coming from Counsellor Bhatia, who stated that the honoraria was too small to make a student stay in Sackville and asked Watkins for his own personal views. Watkins responded that the Environmental Affairs Committee had discussed the inclusion of a summer term requirement, but thought that it would be best to leave this to the discretion of the Appointments and Recruitment Chair. After some more discussion on the phrasing of the new stipulation, the Council voted to include the following in the terms of reference: Shall be available to work in Sackville to fulfill the duties of the Sackville Bike Co-op Student Coordinator position during the summer months of May to August. With one opposed, the Council voted in favour of Frasers motion. With no more discussion on Watkins original motion to approve the coordinator, the SAC voted unanimously in favour of its creation.

do not include generalized policies half responded that they had on student harassment, although personally experienced harassment they do have policies concerning at Mt. A. When asked whom they sexual harassment, gender-neutral would contact at the University in language, workplace harassment, and dealing with a case of harassment, disabilities. While the Mt. A website students responded that they would maintained by the Harassment contact SHARE, Wellness Services, Advisor has a section labelled or no one at all. Eighty per cent Annual Report, the web page was of respondents indicated that they blank when visited by The Argosy. did not know the number for the Safety should be a number one campus police, and seventy per cent priority for our school, comments of respondents ranked their trust in LeBlanc, but the lack of clear and the campus police at five and below, accessible policies, along with the lack where one indicated no trust and ten of adequate training for both staff and indicated complete trust. Student students on how to prevent, report, suggestions to improve campus and deal with harassment, as well security largely centred around fixing as an insufficient security team, emergency phones, ensuring that all signify that campus police and the universitys security answer the priorities are The fact that the [sexual] phones, and raising harassment policy we elsewhere. awareness about LeBlanc is not have in place was created how to recognize the only student in 1994 and, despite and classify cases with concerns being reviewed, has never of harassment. about Mt. As In another h a r a s s m e n t been revised, shows survey conducted policies or the that the administration by the Students U n i v e r s i t y s does not see a need in Administration method of dealing updating its policies to Council (SAC) with cases of with over 400 reflect the reality of the harassment. An respondents on anonymous Mt. student experience campus safety, the A student who SAC found major was a victim were Robyn LeBlanc concerns of harassment Green Dot Campaign poorly lit areas on stated that they Member campus, a lack of were unsatisfied awareness of the with the process security offices in which the University dealt with location, and a lack of knowledge on their particular case of harassment. the phone number for campus police. It often felt like I was putting Students indicated that a walk home complete trust in a process I did not service would be helpful in feeling fully understand and that felt out safer walking home from campus of my hands, stated the student. at night. After a year of dedication It was exhausting, frustrating and to the subject, the SAC is ready disappointing. When asked if they and equipped to act as a conduit would feel comfortable sending a for student concern, comments friend through a similar process, they SAC VP Campus Life Michael made the following response: I do Watkins. Having identified some not feel I would send a friend to the problems this year, we hope to move same process I experienced. I believe forward with continued student counselling can be effective but if it consultation, and research in order to was anything more than that, I do not be best prepared to tackle this issue have faith that the University would regardless of the funding available. take real action. A public report of the document was In a recent survey conducted by The scheduled to be released on April 4. Argosy of ten anonymous students,

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SAC budget
VP Finance and Operations Pat Losier presented the SAC Budget to Council, motioning to approve the 2012/2013 SAC Budget as presented. Having been presented the week prior to Council, the referendum results allowed for a confirmation of budget expenses to be voted on this week. With little discussion on the budget at the March 28 meeting, the SAC voted unanimously in favour of its approval. After its approval, Off-Campus Counsellor Natalie Brunet asked when the Council can expect decisions to be made by the Investment Committee. SAC President Pat Joyce responded that the committee was going to external consultants and would hopefully come to Council next week with recommendations from market research associates. Joyce continued that significant investment decisions would only be made in the fall and would be approved by the new Council.

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David Cleaver shares his experience
Ryan Burnham
Argosy Contributor
This past Monday marked the thirtieth anniversary of a war between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands. On April 2, 1982, the first wave of Argentine Forces disembarked from the warship ARA Santisima Trinidad to seize the Falklands from the British Royal Marines stationed at the Islands capital of Stanley. The British and Argentine governments contest the sovereignty of the Islands. Despite Argentinas claims of de facto rights to the Falklands, control over the islands has long been British . The Argentine government asserts that due to the conditions of their independence from Spain, the Islas Malvinas Falkland Islandsbelong to them. The British had intermittent settlement on the islands until 1833, when they established a full military garrison. When the British Empire began to collapse after World War II, Argentina hoped this development would signal a shift in sovereignty over the islands, but the civilian population overwhelmingly identified as British and sought to remain a British Dependency. By 1982 the Argentine government was run by a military junta desperately looking for a distraction to draw attention from more pressing national issues. With rhetoric on both sides becoming more heated, and the belief that

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The Falklands War remembered, thirty years on

Argentines managed some success with the planes, the British made use of their own air power in conjunction with Special Forces. A lot of special forces work went on at night, blowing up aircraft on the West Island, said Cleaver. Harrier Fighter Jets were deployed to achieve air superiority from aboard the Carriers Invincible and Hermes: They didnt have many [fighter jets] left by the time we finished . . . They used to call the Harriers the Black Death. In a more humorous episode, Cleaver shared, We were able to prove that a Hercules can fly on one engine . . . one of our Harriers took out the other three. When the conflict was over I was one of the first people to go ashore; I was to set up a logistics support base at the airport, Cleaver remembered. When asked about the weather, Cleaver exclaimed, the snow at the airport used to come down horizontally, I kid you not! . . . I wore the full number when I was down there, all the arctic clothing I could find. Bombing had ruined all of the structures around Stanley Airport, offering no protection from the wind. In true British style, we had received lots and lots of canned beer, I was able to make a small office by stacking all this beer up . . . It didnt last too long though, it was destined for the ships. On June 14, 1982, the Falklands Crisis ended with Britain regaining control of the islands. 649 Argentine soldiers and 258 British soldiers lost their lives fighting an avoidable war. The sacrifices made by men on both sides of the war must not be forgotten, nor should we forget that militarism must never triumph over discourse.

Internet Photo/grandlogistics After Argentinian forces surrendered on June 29, 1982, HMS Invincible, involved in the Falklands conflict from the beginning, returned to victory celebrations in the United Kingdom. Britain would be unwilling to commit herself militarily, the junta decided to take the islands by force on April 2 1982. In defence of the Islanders right to national self-determination, the British government committed a large Naval Task Force to liberate the population. After ten weeks, the Argentine forces on the Falklands surrendered to the British Task Force. The Argosy spoke with Deputy Logistic Support Officer David Cleaver, who was aboard the Aircraft Carrier HMS Invincible during war. Cleaver was forty years old at the time of the crisis and served with the Royal Navy for eighteen years. We had decided that enough was enough and on the Good Friday of that Easter Weekend, I was on leave at that time, I got called back in. The country was committed to retaking the Falklands: Supplies were coming from all over England to help the war effort, a solid 24 hours, all go, said Cleaver. The Carriers HMS Invincible and Hermes left Portsmouth on April 5 to join the British Task Force with a wave of patriotic support at their backs. The mood aboard Invincible was pretty upbeat, though there was some concern for a few days while we figured out what exactly the game plan was, Cleaver explained. We had a couple of scares. They hit the HMS Atlantic Conveyer, the only reason they missed us was because the Atlantic Conveyer was between us and the aircraft that launched the missile. Despite very real danger, Cleaver never doubted a British victory. Much of the Argentine army consisted of conscripts who had received little training prior to being dispatched: They were just youngsters, possibly some of them had never even held a rifle in their life. The Super tendard fighter jets were among the gravest threats faced by the British, as they were able to fire the Exocet missile, designed specially for sinking ships. While the

Board of Regents: Part III

Faculty and alumni representation
Anissa Stambouli
Features Editor
My role on the Board is the same as any other Board member: look at the issues and try to come up with what we think is in the best interest of the University as a whole, said Dr. Craig Brett, a faculty member who has been sitting on Mount Allisons Board of Regents since January 2010. Since the University Act of 1993, the Board has been composed of twenty-four regents: two of which are appointed or elected by members of the faculty, and four by the Federated Alumni. While the Mount Allison Faculty Association (MAFA) represents the faculty of Mt. A, the faculty members sitting on the Board are not MAFA representatives. As a regent and faculty member of Mt. A, Brett offers a wider faculty perspective on issues relating to academics. However, pertaining to issues that directly affect the financial interest of the faculty, Brett can only offer mostly perspective while sitting on the Board. Its hard to do direct representation [of the faculty] under such situations, he told The Argosy. This is because when negotiations relating to the faculty such as contracts arise, faculty Board members must remove themselves from that particular meeting due to a conflict of interest. However, when faculty members are absent from decisions in situations like this, is the Boards representation evenly distributed, what with half of the members being appointed by the Board itself ? When faculty regents are removed from decisions of faculty-related issues, are there enough voices to balance out the interests of the twelve appointed Board members? There is an imbalance on the Board . . . its primarily corporate [representation]. That leads to insufficient representation for faculty [and] students, said MAFA president Stephen Law, who is serving his first year in this position. When asked his opinion on Board representation, Brett confessed, I dont have a strong opinion on it . . . Do I feel that Im listened to as a faculty rep? The answer is yes. Do I feel like I would be listened to any more if there were two more [faculty regents]? I dont know. Brett expressed confidence in the Boards discernment when appointing its twelve members: The appointed members on the Board . . . are acting in what they believe to be the best interest of Mount Allison. They wouldnt be there if they didnt want to advance those intereststheyre busy people. Unlike Brett, Law would prefer there to be different guidelines and principles in the selection of Board members. With the University Act of 1993, voting privileges of faculty members on the Executive Committee were discontinued. On behalf of MAFA, Law stated that he would like to have more faculty representation [on the Board], including some voting ability on the Executive. In 2004, MAFA claimed that the Board was unaware of, and uninterested in the effective functioning of . . . learning, teaching [and] research. As such, MAFA requested that the Board be reviewed in public, and be changed to allow public accountability and open processes. An official proposal for a revised structure of the Board was submitted. To name a few, MAFA suggested that faculty representation be increased to three members, the presidents of MAFA and MASA be added to the Boards membership, the Town of Sackville be offered a representative, and that two representatives of the Government of New Brunswick be added to the Board. These suggestions were not implemented at the time, and the Board structure has yet to change today. The difference between two faculty representatives and four, or two student [representatives] and three, seems like not much in my books, Brett commented. Law, on the other hand, feels that it would be best if the Board were set up to reflect the academic community. While it is important to maintain regents with the long-run sustainability of Mt. A in mind, Law believes that it would be helpful to include regents from other communities that are not, or insufficiently, represented on the Board. Andrew Clark, elected by the Federated Alumni, believes that representation on the Board is appropriate: This is broadly in line with other universities in the region . . . Being able to appoint twelve members, the Board is able to ensure Board membership includes a wide diversity of talents.

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Technologys double-edged sword

Exploring societys expressions for vanity
Elise Dolinsky
Features Writer
The benefits of technology and social media are everywhere, but could they be also making our society more vain? We are now more linked to each other than ever before, and can communicate with people around the world in all sorts of ways. But just what kind of effect does this technology and new ways of communicating have on our society? There has been a lot of concern that the new tech-savvy generation is more vain than its predecessors because of our access to the Internet and social media. People are now starting to suggest that this technology has made everyone more self-obsessed, giving everyone a chance to feel important. Its sort of like people are living in a different world, where all that matters is what people think of you and how many people are listening to what you say, third-year student Morgan Book told The Argosy. I think [social media] does change people; I doubt our parents acted the way we do, added third-year Psychology student Chloe Henderson, Its a good thing to be able to keep in touch with people who are far away, but people who are too young are posting things they probably shouldnt and getting attention for it. Everyone seems to be jumping on board with these new technological changes. On average, 745 iPhone apps hit the market every day, and now even companies you wouldnt expect are seeing the benefit of investing in the app concept. The postal service used to be a critical part of our society. Now with email, online banking, currier services and online shopping, postal service now seems like more of a novelty. Canada Post has started to fight back and adapt. It recently introduced a mobile app that lets users turn any picture they take into a postcard, and then send it for a low fee. This app turned out to be a huge success for Canada Post, and was the #1 downloaded app in Canada last February. Frequent travellers are especially excited about it, as it allows them to send more personalized pictures to their friends and family. But while it certainly encourages creativity, is this app also adding to societys vanity? Its definitely creating [an] outlet so that people are noticing others vanity, said third-year psychology student Agnes Flanagan, adding, For some people who would normally keep to themselves, this sort of [app] gives them a chance to share with others without actually having to do it face to face. Researchers and psychologists have started to question the effects of social media and the Internet on our metal health. A study led by Amanda Forest, published in the Association for Psychological S cience s j o u r n a l Psychological Science, at the University of Waterloo found that Facebook tends to increase the self-esteem of people who are already confident, while lowering the self-esteem of those who are already dont think highly of themselves; this is because individuals with low self-esteem express more negative emotions through social media. It has also been found that social media tends to act as a magnifier for people who are already susceptible to depression; causing what pediatrician Gwenn OKeffe calls Facebook Depression. With social media and technology like texting, you can be a completely different person than you really are; you can make up a fake persona, said third-year commerce student Taylor Kirkbride, It leaves room for exclusion because people will say things

that they normally wouldnt [in person], and it becomes easier to bully others and be bullied. Another study has gone one step

further and linked social media to narcissism and violent behaviour. Dr. Larry Rosen, a professor of Psychology at California State University recently presented the results of his study. Rosen found that teenagers who spend too much time on social networks are more likely to show narcissistic tendencies and have other behavioural problems such as anxiety and depression. However, Rosen also pointed out that social networking has some beneficial components, such as allowing young adults to come out of their shells, and it is a tool for interactive learning. Overall, social media and changing technology have proved to be very beneficial, and have helped connect people and keep them in touch. However, it now seems that social media has resulted in questionable societal behaviours, especially when used excessively.

Cherry Sauce Chicken

Haruho Kubota
Argosy Contributor
Stressed? Well, theres only one thing to say. Deal with it. Thats right. There is no way of avoiding it; there is no easy way out. Lets think about it this way. No matter what, time will not stop ticking and being concerned about running out of time only causes more stress. Its normal to want to escape, especially for students. One way to recharge your batteries is to cook. Yes it takes time, going to the grocery store to buy ingredients, walking back home, cutting the ingredients and then finally actually cooking. But sharing this hobby with others and sharing the completed project (your dish) feels as if the mountain of assignments, essays, studying can be combated, not alone, but together with the friends you share your meal with. Embrace the

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support network with this cherry-sauce chicken as I did today. Its good, its easy and it works. Directions: 1. Whisk the egg whites in a medium-sized bowl until white and fluffy. Add in the cooking alcohol and soy sauce. 2. Cut the chicken into bite size pieces, sprinkle with salt and pepper. **If you massage the chicken here a little bit, it will make it a little tenderer**. 3. Put chicken into bowl from step 1 and marinate for at least 15 minutes. 4. Add the corn starch into the bowl and mix until there is no dry powder. 5. Use a small pot to deep-fry the chicken. Pour in oil into pot and set stove to HIGH. You can check to see if the oil has reached the right temperature for deep-frying by sticking the end of a fork or a chopstick in. If little bubbles form just around the utensil, then its ready! 6. Turn down heat to MEDIUM-HIGH and cook five to six pieces of chicken at a time for 3-4 minutes each.

Ingredients: 10 pieces of boneless chicken thigh 1 egg white 2 tablespoons cooking alcohol (if you have any) 1 tablespoon soy sauce Some salt/pepper 1/2 cup corn starch Frying oil A jar of cherry sauce

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to earn a full course load of credits through the University of British Columbia. Centred around what might be called place-based education, HGHES explains that students live on Haida Gwaii, attend lectures at the world-class Haida Heritage Centre at Kaay Llnagaay (Sea Lion Town) in Skidegate, tour the forests and landscapes of the islands, meet with local experts and knowledge-holders and become part of the Haida Gwaii community. The archipelago that makes up Haida Gwaii, formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, is home to approximately 4,000 people. It is accessible by a two-hour flight northwest from Vancouver, or an eight-hour ferry ride from the coastal city of Prince Rupert. As Crump explained in an email, The Haida Gwaii Semester has offered me a chance to learn in a way that standard university courses do not. You become utterly and completely immersed in the material you are learning. Classes and guest lecturers fill the days, but the learning spills well beyond the classroom. The semester is set up with four intensive, three-week courses with a fifth that spans the length of the semester. The class format varies depending on the module and professor, but generally a mix of seminar-style classroom time, community guest speakers, outdoor fieldwork and field trips around the islands all play a role in learning. Living in the relatively remote community is also an adventure unto itself, with lots of opportunities to take part in community events and take time to explore the land by hiking, cycling and kayaking. Along with the existing winter semester program that Crump and Singleton-Polster are currently inwhich takes a Social Science approacha second Haida Gwaii semester that is Ecology and Sciencefocused has recently been approved to run this coming fall. As a past participant in the winter semester, I can say that I fully support the positive feedback given by Crump and Singleton-Polster. As Crump puts it so clearly, I know I will be digesting, and just beginning to understand all that I have learned and continue to learn from Haida Gwaii for a long, long while yet. Applications are currently being accepted for the upcoming fall and winter terms. For more information, check out http://www. haidagwaiisemester.com

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Mt. A students take part in Haida Gwaii field school

Naomi Martz
Argosy Correspondent
As most Mount Allison students are eagerly looking forward to the end of the semester and stress of exams, Rachel Singleton-Polster and Rosalind Crump are far from Sackville and not nearly ready for their semester of field study in northwest British Columbia to end. Both third year Mt. A students, Singleton-Polster and Crump are currently taking part in the Haida Gwaii Semester in natural resource management. The program, run by the Haida Gwaii Higher Education Society (HGHES), has existed for several years and allows students

Rev. John Perkin

University Chaplain
Many people know that I am an inveterate fan of Bruce Springsteen; this dates back to my first purchase of his music, the newly-released album Darkness on the Edge of Town in 1978. The music was edgy-rock, the lyrics an elegy to a dying America and a paean to the independent spirit of those who sought to make their own way, seeking the road to an imagined promised land: tonight my baby and me, were gonna ride to the sea / and wash these sins off our hands. Softly imbued with Christian symbolism and hope, this album marked the beginning of Springsteens journey not only into the heart of America, but also into the gospel of redemption, hope and justice. That journey seems to have reached its goal with Springsteens latest alum, Wrecking Ball, released in early March. A singer songwriter with a passion for social justice, the marginalized and the poor, and a passion for declaring hope, Springsteens work has at times been part gospel and part prophetic indictment. As one theologian expressed in his Rock and Redemption from Asbury Park to Magic, Springsteen has had an ongoing lovers quarrel with America; Springsteen is profoundly attached and committed to America, but he has assumed the prophetic mantle, and declares what is wrong in order to call for change. Springsteen is, indeed, a modern prophet in song, denouncing the ills of society with biblical authority and often with biblical language and imagery. He stands even more clearly in this prophetic tradition in his latest album. Wrecking Ball is a culmination of Springsteens musical career and also his prophetic voice. A challenging album lyrically, it is filled with despair, anger and accusation, and it colours contemporary America in a much a darker hue. The America of which he sings is not fondly remembered for what has been (as in earlier songs, such as My Hometown, Youngstown, Darkness on the Edge of Town), but challenged for what is: the growing gap between rich and poor, an economy that casts working-people off while generating greater profits for industry titans; the erosion of human values, the loss of respect for people. The underlying theme of these latest songs is a demand that things change, and perhaps a warning of how change might come. In words that are drawn from prophetic and gospel texts in the Bible, Springsteen moves from an indictment of corporate profiteering in Easy Money

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Economics Society: Spliffville

A town with high priority problems
Nick Manuel
Argosy Contributor
This is an attempt to explain why the current system of a War on Drugs is ineffective. In this system, the suppliers of illegal drugs such as marijuana are pursued by the authorities and arrested if they are caught. Lets imagine that we have a town called Spliffville. In Spliffville there are 400 people who are regular users of marijuana. There are also four dealers in town, each of who grows their own crop in fields around town and supplies a quarter of the market each. Lets call these dealers John, Paul, George, and Ringo. The Spliffville Police Department, however, has a mandate to eliminate the drug from town by finding and arresting the dealers. The police first arrest George. Now there are 100 people in Spliffville who are looking to buy marijuana, but dont have their regular dealer. As a result, theyre going to have to start going to John, Paul or Ringo. Each of these dealers is going to have a greater demand for their product, and this is going to push their prices up. For a little while, these three men are going to be rolling in the riches and living the dream. Now lets imagine that theres another resident of Spliffville, lets call him Simon, who always considered starting his own grow-op, but always decided against it since he didnt feel it would be worth it. Now that he sees John, Paul and Ringo making tons of cash, Simon decides that he wants-in on the action and starts his own business. Eventually Spliffville is back to four dealers, causing the price to decrease and return to the level that it was at before George got arrested. Now, lets say the Spliffville Police find and arrest Paul. The same thing will happen as when George got arrested: the price is going to up for a little while, but eventually someone else, say Garfunkel, is going to decide that they want to enter the market. It is expected that this scenario will reoccur, and Spliffville will continue to have the same issue with drugs as it has always had: the names and faces of the dealers may change, but theyre always going to be around. Spliffville is actually losing through their policy of finding and arresting marijuana suppliers, since it will cost them a chunk of change to look for the dealers in the first place, and if theyre being kept locked up, this is going to cost them even more. Overall, this Spliffville economic model shows that a pure policy of War on Drugs leads to the same ol situation with nothing ever changing. This article is not meant to provide support for the legalization of marijuana. It is, however, meant to show why its a bad idea to focus efforts on the War on Drugs. Unfortunately, theres no one-sizefits-all policy for Spliffville. There are, however, two potential solutions. One is to find ways to reduce the demand for marijuana, making it not worth while for anyone to grow it. The other is to simply tolerate the use of marijuana, and leave the four dealers in town alone. Which one would you pick?

to images of the loss of dignity in Shackled and Drawn (the prison chain gang becomes the metaphor for middle American neighbourhoods); he continues through the despairing images of Death to my Hometown (and unlike the fond recollections of My Hometown years earlier, this song is now an angry, hollow expression of death). He keeps the theme moving through the ambiguously titled My Depression through to Wrecking Ball and Rocky Ground. The lyrics, in images drawn from scripture, speak of a world gone wrong and a nation that turns its back on its people; there is a confession of weakness and powerlessness, and before the final tracks, the song Rocky Ground offers a plea in a metaphor drawn from the biblical prophet Ezekiel-but reminiscent of the gospels too, for the shepherd to rise up and gather the flock that has roamed far from the hill. The album moves through despair to deeper despair and then ultimately to hope (dont put this CD in the player and select random or shuffle let the musical narrative run its proper course), ending not in despair but in the pure gospel sound of the older but previously unrecorded song Land of Hope and Dreams and then finally culminates in the exhortatory We are Alive. In Land of Hope and Dreams, Springsteen preaches the hope of the train that all can board and that will deliver all its riders (saints and sinners) to the promised land, the place where are all equal and welcome. Wrecking Ball is an interesting album for an election year; no one will want to touch it, despite the appealing lyrics of the opening track We Take Care of Our Own. That song is part bitter sarcasm, part complaint, and in part an exhortation to what should be but is not. Deliberately ambiguous and ironic, it leaves an uneasiness in the listener about the way the nation cares for its own, perhaps favouring some over others. Musically, the album is alive, energetic, urgent; there are no funeral dirges here. While the lyrics despair, the music drives the album forward with march, dance, celebration. There is life here, and there is hope, but it is not cheap life and not cheap hope or hollow victory. Hope and victory are gained through suffering and death, through a real journey to the cross which is implicit in the first song and boldly announced in the last song (Theres a cross up yonder on Calvary hill). It leads, at last, to hope, won not in passivity but in collective action; our souls and spirits rise, Springsteen sings at the end, in a song replete with store-front gospel church choir and rap sermon, to carry the fire and light the spark. Pure prophet. Pure hope. Pure gospel.

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An Argosy run down of coming events in Sackville
Thursday
The Beatles Collegium!
Brunton Auditorium April 05, 2012. 4:00 pm Collegium Musicum The Beatles featuring students of the Department of Music Brunton Auditorium, 4:00 pm Admission is free, but space is limited, so arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Friday GOOD FRIDAY NO CLASSES APRIL 06, 2012 Sunday

Mt. A Chapel
April 08, 2012. 6:00 pm Celebration of Easter with communion/Lords Supper. Worship in the word and music. All are welcome!

Tuesday
Sackville Community Garden, Old / New Gardeners Meeting

ASCARS 2012: Through the Ages...

Convocation Hall April 05, 2012 6:00 pm Get yourself and all your friends to the SACs annual awards show to recognize student contributions to the Mount Allison community.

Avard Dixon Building Room 112 April 10, 2012. 7:00 pm Help us kick off the new gardening season! This is an information session as well as a time for past and future gardeners to meet. Please pass along the good word and invite any others who want to rent a plot this summer or who are curious and enthusiastic about the community garden!

Wednesday
Official unveiling of the designs for Mount Allisons new Centre for the Arts.
April 11, 2012, 12:30 p.m. Tweedie Hall, Wallace McCain Student Centre Remarks and the official unveiling will take place in Tweedie Hall, with light refreshments to follow.

Next Week
...and we make art. The Fine Arts Majors Graduate Show
START Gallery - 7 Lorne Street April 12, 2012. 8:00 pm Works by Mount Allison Universitys Fine Arts Majors: Melissa Meade, Becky Martin, Nathalie Richard and Larissa Coombs Contact: Nathalie Richard, (506) 871-8572, nrichard@mta.ca

Cinema Politica: The Corporation

Starry Sackville Venus and Mars

Louise Edwards and Angus Findlay Wu Centre (Dunn Building) April 14, 2012. 7:30 pm Come join Louise Edwards for a public lecture titled Venus and Mars. Afterward, you will get a chance to view the nights sky at Mount Allison Universitys Gemini Observatory! Contact: Angus Findlay 364-2530 gemini@mta.ca

Miscellaneous
Library Amnesty: Coming Soon...
Accumulated fines at the library? You can now clear your slate by bringing in non-perishable food items! Each item you bring in will clear $2 worth of fines up to $10.

Yard Sale

April 07, 2012 9:00 am - 3:00 pm 29 Weldon St. Selling everything!

The Wu Centre (Rm 113 Dunn Building) April 11, 2012. 7:30 pm Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, The Corporation explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, The Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis. Taking its status as a legal person to the logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrists couch to ask What kind of person is it? The Corporation includes interviews with 40 corporate insiders and critics including Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva and Michael Moore - plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change. Contact: Cinema Politica, sackville@ cinemapolitica.org

On the Horizon...
6th Annual Giant Spring Yard Sale
Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 8 am to 1 pm Find the unexpected! Lots of household items and more, great deals and rare finds, be amazed! Money raised goes to support Tantramar Family Resource Centre initiatives - Old Sackville Fire Hall, 64 Main St, Sackville - Students- leaving town? Doing spring cleanup? Have things you no longer use or need? TFRC will be accepting donations between 4-8 pm on April 23 27 at the old Fire Hall. Call or email to arrange drop off or pick-up. For more information, contact: TFRC Office at 939-TFRC (8372) Or email tfrcoffice@eastlink.ca.

Earn up to $500 Acting in Sackville This Summer

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of Sackville Township, an original play will be presented at Live Bait Theatre the week of July 16. Everyone who is cast in the show will get an honorarium depending on the size of their roles. Auditions will be Friday, April 13 at from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at the Tantramar Civic Centre, and Saturday April 14 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m at Live Bait Theatre. Appointments can be booked but are not necessary. For more information phone 536-2541 or visit www.heritage. tantramar.com

OP/ED
Signing off from Mt. A
John A. W. Brannen
Editor-in-Chief
When I first started at Mount Allison in 2007, the tagline was Present Intense. Future Perfect. At the time I didnt quite know what that meant, though after five years here, I can honestly say that here, the present has always been intense. Whether it was taking on too many extracurricular projects to the detriment of academics or pushing deadlines beyond their limits. But in studying here, I now understand why this university is the way it is. The story of this university is straight out of a fairy tale. After showing off their silver spoons to a tax collector, the Allisons crossed the Atlantic in pursuit of a better life. The son, Charles Frederick, driven by the Methodist zeal, saw fit to establish a school with Christian values. As the years turned to decades and the decades to centuries, the campus, along with the schools mandate, grew. Today, the university has carved out a niche among small undergraduate universities and touts itself as the best in Canada, whether or not the current students feel it is the best. The Mt. A you see today is the result of tireless professors who cared equally about their own research and their students education. Initially, professors stayed at Mt. A not because of their salaries, but because they believed in the institution Bigelow, Hunton and Tweedie to name a few. For the most part, this is still the case today. Though professors are not on the poverty line, for the vast majority, the drive is much more than a paycheque. Todays Mt. A is the result of prudent administrators who checked in for work early and left late. They constantly sought new and positive ways to make the school better. Mind you, some have been able to juggle the needs of students, alumni, faculty and the good fiscal management of the school with more skill and tact than the current regime.

April 5, 2012

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Present intense, future perfect

Preparing for takeoff

John Trafford
Argosy Columnist
Canada is in the midst of sweeping changes; everything from how we conduct foreign relations to the political mindset of the average Canadian is changing all around us. Canadas role in the world is certainly changing. From the war in Afghanistan to enforcing a no fly zone in Libya, Canada is taking a more active role in the world. If Canada is going to take a renewed role in NATO or UN operations in the future then its military will need to be equipped with the best technology that is available. The debate surrounding the acquisition of new F-35 fighter jets for the Royal Canadian Air Force has been a result of Canadas changing role in the world; and I believe that Canada should absolutely purse the purchases of these much-needed jets. I do agree with one point that the opposition is maintaining in this debate. That is that these jets are not specifically designed to fit the unique conditions that the Canadian military will operate them in. That considered, acquisition of new technology is rarely perfect and despite its flaws the F-35 is currently the best option for replacement of the ageing CF-18. For all the utility the CF-18 has given to the RCAF they are based on a design that is over thirty years old. Technology from the 1970s is all well and good for nostalgic purposes but when it comes to fighting a twenty-first century war with twentieth century equipment it is fails to measure up. The current realities of international conflict are wars like Afghanistan where even the ageing CF-18 is more than a match for anything that local insurgents can throw against it. Critics of the F-35 ask why Canada should purchase new jets when its current fleet is more than adequate for operations in places like Afghanistan. The true reality of international conflict is that its norms can change at any time. Currently Canada is adequately serviced by its twentieth century technology but soon it could have need for twenty-first century technology. Fighter jets take several years to be developed and enter service and by the time an alternative replacement for the CF-18 is available, the current fleet could be over forty years old. This is totally unacceptable. Ultimately equipment needs to be replaced and Canada should invest in new F-35 jets before the CF-18s inevitably begin to fail under pressure. The F-35 is a superior interceptor fighter to the CF-18 as it can cruise at Mach while its older counterpart can only sprint at Mach speeds for a short time. If defence of the Arctic, for example, Id much prefer Canada posses a fleet of F-35 jets that can reach the region much more quickly than the CF-18. The truth of the matter is that these jets will be very expensive but they are absolutely essential if Canada is going to play a larger role in world affairs and be able to effectively defend its airspace against twenty-first century threats.

Mount Allison/Sue Seaborn

Outgoing Editor-in-Chief John Brannen, with Mt. A Chancellor, Peter Mansbridge.

Mt. A is the result of its current and former and current students. Now, the people who have invested money into this institution should be thanked and appreciated. But to quote one administrator, its much more than the money. It has to be. Each student, alumnus and alumna have given their time and toiled for this university. The nature of student life shouldnt be defined from a strategic statement but rather as the result of all of these interactions from this institutions founding. Alumni and alumna have just as much stake in this place, even if they dont have the financial means to prove it. Groups and associations on campus that have continued and persevered have had a profound effect on Mt. A. The Mount Allison Faculty Association (MAFA) and The Mount Allison Staff Association (MASA) have diligently represented their members, for better and worse. Federated Alumni has been a resource to most former Allisonians, keeping them connected. The Students Union, in all its iterations has sometimes been a voice and champion to students and their causes. Finally, The Argosy, in existence since 1872, has often brought important issues to the forefront even though this has not always been popular and has sparked the ire of many. So, what does all this mean? I think if Ive learned anything over the past five years, its that Mt. A is much, much more than the sum of its parts. Part of what has gone into this school is optimism and agreement equally important has been cynicism and disagreement. Mt. As future should never be determined by only one group of stakeholders. Decisions cant just be made by the administration, the Presidents Executive Group, or the wealthiest donors. All have had and still have a role to play, which is why Mt. A looks the way it does today. The present was and is intense. But is my future perfect? Only time will tell, but being here has certainly shaped who I am and broadened my understanding of the world around me - for better or worse. Now, I cross the glorious noon of current student to the twilight of alumnus. So when I say so long to Mount Allison so fair, its not to the buildings, policies, or new brand. No, its the professors, fellow students, and other relationships Ive made here. Here at the end of this journey, they have made all the difference.

Victory laps arent for everyone

But they should be
Carly Levy
News Writer
I cant help but feel a little sad with all my friends and acquaintances celebrating their final days at university as I register in classes for my fifth year at Mount Allison. After careful reflection and a general refusal to feel sorry for myself however, Ive bucked up and accepted my fate. Yes, grad banquets are glamorous and Im sure its really nice to be celebrating personal accomplishments with your closest friends. I really dont mind when professors gush about soon-to-be graduates and how theyll be missed, then turn to us victory lappers and, as an afterthought, they look forward to seeing us next year. I feel bad for all those suffering from senioritis and I appreciate how difficult it can be to find a place to stay for convocation weekend. To those of you on the executives of various committees or societies: no worries well pick it up from here, we know you checked out weeks ago. Those of you heading off to grad school with five-year plans, or the ones whove landed a great job, dont read on. If you are backpacking across South Asia, Im not speaking to you. Im speaking to all you graduates out there without a clue. The more of you I talk to about taking a fifth year to complete my degree the more I feel like it was the right decision. And yes it was my decision, I knew full well three years ago that I would be here at least one extra year, and I accepted it. All you first and second-years out there, stop stressing out. Get your head out of your goddamn book. Is a molecular biology textbook going to tell you what you should do with your future? Will the symbolism in Jane Eyre give you a code that will unlock the secret of success? If so Im in the wrong department. Not only have I had the time to get involved with the university community in my own way and on my own terms Ive been able to live a relaxed, less stressed, healthy life than my course-overloaded counterparts. University life encourages us to get involved but I think this is an unrealistic expectation of students who are trying to figure out what they want to study, study it, figure out what they want to do with their lives, graduate and move on in four years. Within that time period put your name on every society sign-up sheet you can reach at the SACtivities fair and guilt yourself into attending meetings until pretty soon youre organizing some event for a charity that youre not even completely sure where their money goes. I really am so proud of you all, finishing your degree in the arbitrarily allotted time. But now what? So many of you either dont have an answer or youre off to find yourself either way Im the one youre congratulating because I have that much more time to figure it out. For all you lappers graduating this year, I salute you. Whatever reason you had for sticking it out for an extra year (or two, or three) Im sure it was good. Was your university career more fulfilling? Id like to think so. As I head into my fifth and (cross my fingers) final year at Mt. A, I wanted to offer some solidarity to all you other students out there doing your victory laps, dont think of it as deferring adulthood, rejecting the real world or failing at life. Havent we all learned that we are unique and beautiful snowflakes, and we should take as much time to finish our degrees as we want?

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OPINIONS & EDITORIALS

Fuck the Ivory Tower

Whos going to answer for the past four years of my life?
Geoff Hutchinson
Argosy Staff
I decided three days ago to clean up my computer. Delete old pictures, games, programs, essays, and anything else that I probably wouldnt need in the real world. While I was organizing my school documents, I came upon two very interesting notes. One is the page I use to organize my student loan debt. The other was an essay I wrote in my second semester at Mount Allison. Why is this interesting? While I was reading this paper, I honestly couldnt remember any of the material that I had written about. On a whim, I began to read other notes, other essays. I pulled out my old textbooks. I couldnt remember much about any of it. Finally, I looked at my student loan document. Ive spent $29,488 to go to school here. This is not including the money I made during summer jobs, or employment here in Sackville. This is just the money that I got from the government. Almost $30,000, and I dont see how any of the things that I learnt could ever apply again in my life. I know how to write. I know how to think logically, how to be personable, how to speak publicly. I can use a computer better then most people twice my age. I know how to make friends, and I had friends before I got here. Basically, what Im saying is that all of the things, all of these learning goals were set by every single class that I paid money to attend, were things that any person with a semblance of a brain should have known by the end of high school. WHAT THE FUCK DID I GIVE THIS SCHOOL $30,000 FOR? Education in the modern world is broken. We teach children how to use a scantron test sheet, instead of teaching them how to read and spell properly. We teach high school students to internalize and regurgitate word vomit, instead of asking them to apply information in critical analysis. In university, courses arent meant to expand your knowledge base; theyre meant to have you learn how to write academic papers. Youre not being taught how to think for yourself, or how to be a creative, or how to work towards your goals. Youre being taught how to pass a course, plain and simple. All of my life my generation has been lied to. We were told that a good life, a secure and comfortable life, required a good job, which required a degree. Not only this, we were told that a degree would get us this job. This is not only a lie, it is a lie that has ensnared a generation, that caused youth to put themselves in tens of thousands of dollars worth of debt, to pursue a dream that turns into a nightmare after they graduate. Unemployment rates among youth are the highest we can remember; in some countries, they are the highest in post-modern history. I put myself under an Everest of debt, because I held the false belief that my university education was worth something, and that it would mean something. I was misled. While it might once have been a bastion in the world of higher education and academia, university has become an extension of high school, one that is prohibitively expensive and, in the end, more pointless than any person in a position of authority is willing to admit. I want to believe that Im going to be fine, along with everyone else who is heading into the real world with me, but the reality of this world is that many of us wont be. I request no. No, I DEMAND that someone answer to me why I have willingly lowered my own standard of life for the foreseeable future, in order to chase a dream that might never have existed in the first place. We, the soon to be disillusioned, deserve an explanation.

Farewell to advocacy Stop A final thought staring at for students women

Alex MacDonald
Op/Ed Editor
The end of my formal education: a time to reflect, a time to regret, and a time to consider what could have been. I feel like Ive put myself out there; through student governance, through writing for The Argosy, through volunteering with various groups and clubs. I cant help but look back and think that I could have done it differently, that if I hadnt called Dr. Campbell a bull-shitter that I wouldnt have scared off as many students and maybe would have been re-elected for a second term on the SAC. Maybe if I hadnt run for president with an in-depth platform, instead opting for something simple and shallow in content, things would have been different in my second electoral defeat. I realize now that I lack an ability to connect with large numbers of people, a skill not lost on some of the more successful student politicians. If there is one thing that I have learned from five years at Mt. A it is that I will never be an electable person. Im far too emotional. I am easily swept up in a moment where I perceive an injustice, and end up calling the university president a bull-shitter for asking the province to allow for significant tuition increases. I am human. I care about issues dear to me and it was never my intent to offend students, but rather to provoke the same passion I feel towards advocacy and social justice. For me there has been nothing more frustrating than a lack of provocation in student politics. While in university we have an opportunity to experiment with ideas. University is the time when students should have the opportunity to explore ideas in social justice, in political activism, and take chances even if that means offending our Dear Leader. University leaders like Ron Byrne and Robert Campbell have an advantage over us lowly students: its time. Theyre here for as many as ten years, or in some cases like with David Stewart, hes been here for as long as some of our parents have been alive. They can wait out any student issue; this means that students will always lose and administrators will always win when the two parties come to a head. I often hear students tell me while they are running for SAC positions, that working with and helping university administrators is the way to act in the students interest. This is fine when the interests of students align with the interests of administrators but that is not always the case. In my five years here, Ive seen university decisions made primarily on a costbenefit analysis, where balanced budgets are paramount. However, students, in my experience are more interested in the human impact of these important decisions. University administrators do have one rarely exploited weakness. This university is quite vain. The perceptions others hold of the university matter a great deal to university administrators. We have Tony Frost, ever-present at university events, crafting a message that promotes the Mt. A brand, whatever that means. A university that is as concerned about their public image as Mt. A could be easily manipulated in the students interest. I have never understood why students leaders seem to prefer backroom meetings, dinners at Cranewood or Ron Byrnes house as a medium to advocate for students and influence the agenda of the administrators. Because we dont know whats said in the cavernous offices of Centennial Hall or the Student Life office, students need to let administrators (and faculty for that matter) know that we are capable of shifting public opinion to pressure the university to adhere to the interests of students. Perhaps that means having students overtake a discussion on what a course is. Perhaps it means shutting down Montral and painting the entrance to a government office red to make a point. In five years at Mt. A, I have seen no progress on financial aid at this school, no progress on tuition (unless increasing its price counts), no progress in physical accessibility, no progress on teaching evaluations. If the students union was less concerned about pissing off Robert Campbell and was more concerned with strong advocacy for students, maybe I would have seen some progress in the issues that I thought were important to students when I started classes in 2007. Instead we have the status quo, which makes me think, why does the SAC continue to exist. Their actions tell me that their primary interest, much like the university, is perennial survival at any cost.

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Rachel Gardner
News Editorial
In a recent relationships column in The Globe and Mail, Ian Brown wrote an article entitled Why men cant and shouldnt stop staring at women. For those who havent read it, the article goes through the fifty-eight-year-old Browns personal experience gazing at womens bodies as he strolls the streets of Toronto, justifying his gaze by saying that [t]hese days, with women charging so fast past us, were happy to feel anything. Well Im sorry, Mr. Brown women mustve missed the memo that our only purpose in life was to saunter around in your favourite clothing for you to gawk at. Gag me. My first reaction to this article was to ask how it was even possible that a newspaper like The Globe and Mail would print such blatant misogyny. But then again, we live in a patriarchal culture and it is a constant fight to assert womens rights, as evidence in the case of threatened abortion rights and access to birth control in the US. It is insulting to women everywhere that Brown characterizes women as objects to be looked at, rather than strong, assertive individuals, agents in a system that continue to work against the oppressive structures that are imposed on us. Men like Brown are still trying to cage women within this predefined idea that women are meant to be pretty, to be there only for mens purposes, to yet still be owned by men. This article makes it quite clear that it is irrelevant who women are and what they have accomplished apart from their beauty, whether that be a career as a successful diplomat, homemaker, business professional, nurse, lawyer, secretary, politician, journalist. It is a constant struggle to define ourselves by our success rather than our appearance. Indeed, the column even goes so far as to state that men look at attractive women because attractiveness means that women are healthy, an evolutionary advantage. So now, all ugly women are less evolved. And who defines us as beautiful? The person being gazed at or the gazer? And people say feminism is dead. Males I want to charge you to stand alongside women in demanding gender equality, and to not be ashamed in taking up the feminist label. Contrary to what Brown says, men can and should stop staring at women. Women are not objects, and what we look like should not be more important than what we do. We appreciate compliments on our looks, but people should have equal, if not greater, respect for our characters, our depth-of-person, and our accomplishments. Defining a womans value based on her appearance causes a myriad of problems: if we get raped, it is our fault, and if we love women, its because we cant get a real man, and if we dont want to get married, than we are unnatural. It is never okay to be objectified.

I would like to thank Alex MacDonald for his piece on "post MtA plans". Many students are not facing glamorous prospects in their post grad years, and the university does nothing to acknowledge this reality. Debt slavery is no fun, but it seems that for many of us, it is an unavoidable reality. Because of this, seeing the highlited achievements of peers can feel injurious, especially if those people came from even moderately privileged backgrounds. I would like to offer a glimmer of hope to those students who are feeling less

than optimistic about the comming years. I dropped out of university at 19 to become a hairstylist, and despite the fact that I felt I had not achieved the social status expected of me, I loved my work for years. I learned important lessons about the value of being of service to others, and my life took turns I could never have anticipated. I faced all the challenges of someone with a high debt load: I lived on my parent's couch for a year, I missed car payments and had to borrow money for groceries. These things eventually got better

as I worked my way up and became self employed. Now, at 28, I'm back at university. The difference is that I know why I'm here. I know this is what I want, and I know where I'm going. And I'm excited about it. The thing is that you don't have to get everything "right" the first time around. You don't need to shine at MtA in order to have a great life. You may not have started out with the same encouragement and opportunities as some of your peers, but take the next few years to decide what you are going to do about that.

You might be doing a lot of thinking from your parent's couch our your lame job, but nothing motivates like dissatisfaction. It takes some of us longer to figure out how we want to live our lives, but there is no shame in that. In fact, it can be a remarkable experience. I wish someone had told me years ago that I was as valuable as those high achievers, but figuring it out for myself has made me strong... and humble. Jennifer Duguay

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Ask The Experts:

Taylor Losier and Sean Baker
Experts

HUMOUR
Top Ten: Worst Ways to End a relationship

Taylor: Imagine the scene: your kitchen/room/bathroom/wherever. The item your roommate has been using sitting in the middle of the floor. Roommate thinks: Ah-ha! There is that item that is not mine but that I have been using! I shall use it once more! He takes a step towards said item, and then BAM!!! Off goes the trap! A giant boulder comes rolling down the hallway, taking down anything in its path. Your roommate sees the deadly rock, screams in terror (alerting you to the fact that the trap has been launched), and makes a dash for the exit. But! The exit has been blocked ahead of time! On the other side is a large pit of potentially venomous snakes, waiting for him to plummet into! So, your roommate must choose: will he be squashed by the boulder, or bitten by the reptiles? Just as he is about to make his decision, you enter the scene. Standing on the other side of the pit, you hold a large plank of wood that can be used to cross the gap. Your roommate screams for help, but you tell him you will only help if he promises never to touch your stuff again. Your kleptomaniac roommate agrees, sobbing wildly. You put the board down and watch him race across, hope in his eyes. And at the crucial moment, when he believes he is safe, you kick the board into the pit, and he plummets after it, the boulder rolling to cover the hole. Lets see him try to take your stuff now Sean: This is a serious issue. You need to assert your exclusive right to your possessions before your house becomes an anarcho-syndicalist commune where every day starts with a rousing chorus of Id Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony). Follow in the footsteps of Benjamin Franklin and Nikola Tesla: start putting electricity in everything. If you rig your possessions to deliver electric shocks, I promise your roommate wont touch them anymore. As an added bonus, your room will smell like bacon! When dealing with human electrocution, some people have ethical problems, moral considerations and basic human compassion. If these common weaknesses prevent you from taking back whats rightfully yours, you may wish to employ a nonviolent approach. Determine which of your roommates possessions are desirable and/or expensive, and start using them without permission. One of three results will occur: A) Your roommate realizes what theyre doing, and backs off; B) You switch possessions with your roommate to your own benefit; or C) You switch bodies and therefore lives with your roommate. Warning: Only attempt this approach if your roommate has a better life than you. Ultimately, it might be your roommate thats the problem. After all, Ive lived with the same people for almost a year now, and none of them ever use my IM A STUPIDHEAD AND I HAVE COOTIES!!!

I know my roommate is using my things, without asking. What do I do to stop this?

Geoff Hutchinson
Humour Editor
10. Singing telegramAlthough, honestly, this is probably the worst way to deliver any message. 9. Hire someone to follow them around for a few days, call their telephone at random times and breathe heavily, and then break into their room in the middle of the night and whisper Its over in their ear. 8. Text messaging. Cmon. Youre better than that. 7. A bouquet of roses, with a note that says I hate you. Thats money youll need for beer in two weeks, to drown your sorrows when you realize that they were actually the only good part in your life, and that youve never really accomplished any of your dreams. Oh, and youre adopted, too. 6. You know what they say: nothing says were over like a good old fashioned brawl in the middle of the quad. Bring a chair words hurt, but broken bones hurt more. 5. So, the good news is, its treatable with antibiotics 4. Just leave one day and never come back. Just like your good-for-nothing father, that drunken bastard, may he burn in hell. 3. Start cheating on them. Like, really obviously. Dont even try to hide it. You can even play a fun game, See how long it takes to break the heart of someone you once cared about. I should note that this game is really only fun if youre a terrible person. 2. Get them a pet bear. A surprise pet bear. 1. Be mature and tell them that you just dont feel the same anymore. There is literally nothing as soul-crushing as the truth. Also, theyll probably wonder what game youre trying to play with their head. Voila! Youve ruined their love life for a good 8 months or so! 4:34 pm: Delete sentence and start again. 4:40 pm: Go to Wikipedia to verify one teensy fact 5:13 pm: Realize youve gone from Romantic Literature to Extraterrestrial Life. 5:14 pm: Give up. Youll work after supper. 5:15 pm: Supper time. Walk to Meal Hall; attempt to whistle cheerfully, yell curses at drivers instead. 5:20 pm: Chicken burgers, again. Promise yourself that when you live off-campus, youll eat real food. 5:21 pm: Yeah right Youll be having Corn Flakes for every meal 6:20 pm: Start essay again. 6:21 pm: Look at essay instructions; notice that the paper is due at midnight. 6:22 pm: Lose your shit. 6:25 pm: Get your shit together, start typing like youve never typed before. 11:24 pm: Cry as you read over your horrible essay and your brain turns to mush. 11:27 pm: Accept the fact that youre screwed. Decide to email Professor to ask for an extension. 11:28 pm: Receive email from said Prof: he cheerfully states that the class has been given an extra week to finish the essay. 11:30 pm: Your brain collapses; fall into puddle of tears and blubber on the floor. RA comes to enquire about your well-being before they realize that you are beyond help. 12:11 am: Mental breakdown complete, arrive to only logical solution: Head for the rum. 1:37 am: Fall asleep cradling your bottle of rum. Happy frosh, happy frosh, happy frosh

A Day in the Life of a Frosh

Taylor Losier
Argosy Correspondent
7:30 am: Wake up and greet the new day! Cheerfully prepare yourself for morning classes and decide to wear one of your multiple Mount A sweaters. 8:00 am: Walk to Meal Hall in a chipper manner; whistle joyfully and say hello to everyone you see. 8:05 am: Arrive at Jennings; gorge yourself on boiled eggs and home fries. 8:30 am: Morning class! Yay!! 8:35 am: Realize you have no idea what the Prof is saying. Panic. What is this? What are you doing? Oh dear heavens Begin to hyperventilate. 8:37 am: CALM DOWN!!

8:39 am: Calm. Remind yourself that you are a happy frosh. 9:20 am: Happy frosh, happy frosh, happy frosh Smile and wave some more. 9:25 am: Arrive back at residence. Time to do reading for class and start that essay! But first, lets check Facebook 10:40 am: Run into class and grab nearest seat; act as though youve been there all along. Realize that you didnt do your reading. 10:55 am: Listen to that nasally kid suck up to the Prof. Envision smacking him with your textbook. 10:56 am: Giggle at the idea. 11:00 am: Prof enquires about what is so amusing. Mumble some reply about irony and allusions Marxism?

10:50 am: Professor congratulates you on your excellent analysis and understanding of the text. 10:51 am: Consider majoring in this subject. Youve obviously understood something, somehow 11:21 am: Head to the gym. 11:25 am: Once inside Meal Hall, head straight for the desserts. After all, you almost went to the gym. 12:30 pm: Nap. 2:30 pm: Last class of the day! Nap during class to celebrate. 3:40 pm: Start working on essay: complain that its FIVE pages long, and then duck to avoid whatever object has been thrown at you by a disgruntled upperclassman. 3:41 pm: Write down the title. 3:42 pm: Facebook. 4:32 pm: Realize that you are procrastinating and then go back to work. 4:33 pm: Write intro sentence.

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And now, puzzles, with a crossword that actually works this time! I promise!
(CUP) Puzzles provided by BestCrosswords.com. Used with permission. Across 1- _ well...; 5- Muscat native; 10- Bed support; 14- Falsehoods; 15- Aired again; 16- Gap; 17- Bards river; 18- Cadge; 19- Fit to _ ; 20- Equinox mo.; 21- Dejected; 23- Journey; 25- Toward the mouth; 26- Vigorous; 29- Artificial; 33- _ Ababa; 35- Large wading bird; 37- Bikini part; 38- Hollow grass; 39- Belt site; 40- Uncle Remus title; 41- Young _ ; 42- Trio; 43- Precipice; 44- Exam taker; 46- Climbed; 48- Bailiwick; 50- Lives in rented rooms; 53- French national holiday; 58- Floor covering; 59- Assist, often in a criminal act; 60- Breakfast fruit; 61- Cancun coin; 62- Carbonized fuel; 63- Maker of Pong; 64- Only Time singer; 65- Household; 66- Grannies; 67- Rat- _ ;

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Cut em out, glue them on a greeting card, and youre ready to express your anger in a mature and sophisticated way. Give them to your friends! Give them to your teachers! Give them to your Mom!

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Conduct Becoming
Conduct Becoming was founded in honor of Jason Abraham, who passed away due to cancer on March 27, 2000. The album release show for the 2012 album, Conduct Becoming: All Of Us, took place on March 29.To see the rest of The Argosys photos of Conduct Becoming, visit: flickr.com/theargosy
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Paper Lions: ups and downs

PEI band makes the best of unfortunate situation
Taylor Mooney
Entertainment Writer
PEI-based pop-rockers Paper Lions have had a tumultuous year. Comprising of brothers John and Rob MacPhee, Colin Buchanan, and David Cyrus MacDonald, the bands year has been peppered with ups and downs. Paper Lions record Trophies is currently being released for free, but at an unfortunate price for the band. About a year and a half ago, Paper Lions released Trophies with a record label in Toronto. Everything went pretty well for the first few months, but things started to get a little sticky,the bands singer John MacPhee told The Argosy. We didnt think much of it at the time. We just sort of went on our way. About a year and a half in, the band still hadnt seen any of the money from the album sales. We didnt assume it would be a ton of money, but it made us wonder why we were still charging for the records when we could really just be giving it away for free. We didnt assume the amount of money would be enough for it to be worth it to hire a lawyer, and we didnt care all that much about the money. We decided to take the opportunity to put the album online for free so that anyone can download it. Thankfully, Paper Lions is bouncing back from this event in a huge way, and is currently in Vancouver recording a new album with Howard MacPhee describes Trophies as being the bands musical foundation. Sonically, the new album isnt going to be night and day from Trophies. It will just be expanding on the musical boundaries that we had. It will allow songs to go in different directions. Were giving ourselves a bit more freedom and room to experiment. That being said, its not going to be that different more of just a continuation of what weve been doing. Lyrically, the band has happened upon a new source of inspiration: their childhood. Lyrically, this time around, weve started to kind of mine stories from our youth, says MacPhee. It came about organically, it was pretty cool. Rob, my brother, and Colin, our neighbour from when we were growing up, just started reminiscing about stories of our youth. We remembered some really interesting stories, and thought it would be worthwhile to turn them into songs. Experiences like building forts after school just to knock them down or the anticipation year after year for the pond to freeze over Its a pretty cool thing that weve come onto, its something that weve all really enjoyed, being able to rehash memories that we hadnt really thought about for quite a long time. And its certainly a perspective that we havent used as adults in quite a long time. Trophies has reportedly been downloaded fifteen thousand times since its free release. Paper Lions has been nominated for three ECMAs for the second year in a row, including Entertainer of the Year, Song of the Year, and Songwriter of the Year. Paper Lions will be in Moncton for the ECMAs in April, playing at the Delta Ballroom on the twelfth and at the Oxygen Complex on April 13.

Paper Lions is currently recording their new album in Vancouver, which is inspired by their childhoods.
Redekopp. Its been a really great experience, says MacPhee. We knew coming into it that that he had worked with some of our favourite bands like New Pornographers, Tegan and Sarah, Mother Mother we knew that he was legitimate. Over past couple of weeks weve really found him to be a great producer and a great guy. Were really excited to see how it all comes together. In order to finance the new album, Paper Lions has initiated an Indiegogo campaign. Indiegogo is an online service that allows anyone to handcraft a campaign in order to raise money for their cause. Besides functioning as an easy, effective way to donate money, users can also offer a myriad of perks to go along with donations. Perks at various donation amounts include tons of merchandise, a party DJed by lead guitarist Colin Buchanan using his own personal iPod playlist, thanks in the linear notes of the record, and countless other benefits.

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Sedna Way

Ian Moffat
Argosy Columnist
The Sackville Film Society will be closing up shop for the season after this evenings screening of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy -- Swedish director Tomas Alfredsons neo-noir, Cold War thriller, adapted from the adored novel by John Le Carre. What is perhaps most exciting about the event is the promise of another standout performance from Gary Oldman. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is Goldmans first role for which he has been recognized with an Oscar nomination, despite a critically praised career spanning three decades and a stockpile of diverse roles. From his break out role as the emaciated, apoplectic Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy to the tormented and brilliant Ludwig van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved to his role as the incorruptible James Gordon Oldmans sweeping career, has, up until this year, gone entirely unrecognized by the academy. With this years nomination he is finally in the club, a recognition he says is nothing short of a fairy tale. Also nominated for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was screenwriter Peter Straghan a nomination accepted with mixed feelings, as his wife and co-writer, Bridget OConnor, died of cancer last september, before the filming began. After the films release and success, Straughan was quoted as saying She wrote all the good

bits, I made the coffee and did the typing Theres a moment when a woman suckling a baby gets shot and the baby keeps on feeding. It was Bridget who wrote that. I remember being pretty grossed out, Straughan told the BBC earlier this month. He also claims that it was horrifying to take on an adaptation for the screenplay of one of Britains most loved novels, not to mention the highly successful 1970 BBC miniseries. Throughout the writing process, the couple met the storys genitor, Le Carre, at various points to discuss the novel, as well as to listen to his memories about working in the very weird world of Cold War British Intelligence. After coming to terms with the convoluted realities ofTinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the difficulties these would pose for a film adaptation, Le Carre advised the couple not to stick to the story as he originally imagined it. We were much much more protective over the original text than he was, says Straughan. He actually had to coax us away from it. And whether or not the film bears any resemblance to the book or not, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a movie that is making waves around the world. Already, Straughan, Oldman, and much of the original production team are busy making pre-production plans for of a sequel. Dont miss Sackville Film Societys final screening this season at 7:30pm at the Vogue Cinema with Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Sedna Ways distinct Celtic folky sound evolved naturally according to band members Julia McMillan, Nina MacEachern. Amie Macdonald and Amy-Mae Jewell.

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Taylor Mooney
Entertainment Writer
Sedna Way might be the most rapidly developing musical group in Sackville. Coming together for the first time at the end of last January, the group has averaged at two shows per week since establishing themselves as a band. The idea for the project was formed between Nina MacEachern and AmyMae Jewell on night while at a Bolivia concert. We were sitting on this old, crusty mattress, and we were both just wishing we could be in a band, says MacEachern. MacEachern, a voice major at Mount Allison, and Jewell, who plays drums, decided to work together to form a band. Jewell cornered Amie MacDonald in their Spanish class: She asked me if I want to be in a band, and I said sure. It was kind of funny, because when Nina and Amy-Mae were at that coffee house, Julia and I were also there, and that was the first time I met Julia. McMillan agrees, adding, it was like all these things were coming together without us even knowing about it. The band started off on uneasy footing, as each of its members started getting to know one another. We had awkward jams, laughs MacEachern. We didnt really know each other, we would just awkwardly sing. Its not something weve ever sat down and thought about, but the music has kind of evolved into a sort of folky, Celtic sound, says McMillan. The girls note that usually MacDonald writes most of the instrumental parts of the songs, and then the group comes together to flesh out lyrics and harmonies. Its pretty collaborative, says MacDonald. I usually just come with a little bit, a least something

The essentials
Members: Julia McMillan: Bass, Second year English/ French major Nina MacEachern:Vocals, Second year Bachelor of Music, voice major Amie MacDonald: Guitar/mandolinSecond year biolgy major Amy-Mae Jewell:Percussion, Second year IR Upcoming: Show April 5 at Pickles alongside Devarrow
in terms of instrumentals written, and then we go from there. Julia writes a lot of the harmonies. Amies our foundation, laughs MacEachern. Shes our solid ground. Our lyrics are stories that we can relate to, but also just things that have touched us in our lives Theyre things that really mean something to us, and may not seem like they would, but theres usually a story hidden in the lyrics. McMillan notes that the thematic storytelling the group incorporates into their songs reinforces the pattern of Celtic influence in their music. Aside from their strong Celtic tendencies, the group notes that they are heavily inspired by Northern Canada. We were trying to think of something Northern-themed to name the band and we came across Sedna, this badass Inuit goddess of the sea, says McMillan. We read her legend and decided that we liked how she sounded and what she represented. Senda Way kind of sounds like a lot of other things, like setting away, or sending away, and it kind of works on that level too, because some of us are leaving next year and were going to have to take a sort of hiatus. The group attributes much of their instant success to the nature of Sackville as a community. The music community in Sackville is so small, and we have a lot of friends who are involved. Thats made it really easy to get connected to shows, says McMillan. People have been being really welcoming, and playing that much has be really good because its help out confidence level a lot. I think weve grown as performers. McMillan is leaving next year for an exchange in France, and Jewell is heading to Tokyo. Weve talked about it, and I think it came down to wanting to take a break for the year, says McMillan. MacEachern and MacDonald mention that theyll still jam together, but the girls arent interested finding any replacements. They aim to release an EP after they reconvene in their fourth year.

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Long Distance Runners Tracks

Never heard of Long Distance Runners? You will soon. The Newfoundland based band is quickly making a name for themselves on the Canadian music scene. The group sounds like a throwback to the 60s. Imagine the Kinks (but a little more stoned) fronted by Wilcos Jeff Tweedy, and you have the Long Distance Runners. Tracks is the bands first full length album, and its sure to be the first of many. So far, the four-member ensemble has enjoyed small scale success, with a number of ECMA and Music NL nominations under their belt. But I predict the group is about to be met with some real love from the national music community. I was also pleased to discover that they sounded nothing like Hey Rosetta!, Newfoundlands current buzz band (Disclaimer: I love Hey Rosetta!, but variation is important!) Long Distance Runners has some of the best old school guitar riffs that we dont often hear today, and beautiful three part harmonies. They are definitely a group to keep on your Canadian Music Radar. -Julia McMillan

Eight and a Half Scissors

Mike ONeill Wild Lines

Gescha Crayon Politics

Andrew Sisk Tree Lines

Band break-ups arent always a bad thing, as proved by this tantalizing ten-track album made up of former band members, Justin Peroff (formerly of Broken Social Scene), Liam ONeil and Dave Hamelin (both formerly of The Stills). This Toronto band has put together a distinctive album that combines electronica, rock, and garage music in a catchy beat that will have you bouncing around your seat in no time. A good set of headphones is a must to catch the dynamic beats, swings, and unorthodox arrangements. With a new sound and twist to each song, original and creative lyrics, this album is sure not to bore. Personal favourites were The Turn Around and Walked into Diazepene. -Rachel Gardner

Mike ONeills most recent offering, Wild Lines, serves as the perfect soundtrack for ushering in the spring. ONeill has produced a highly accessible album featuring a well-balanced brand of upbeat folk pop. The parity between vaguely melancholic and cheerful melodies puts the listener in mind of Fleetwood Macs material from Rumours. In fact, the influence of folk pop stylings from the sixties and seventies can be heard throughout the album; Calgary is particularly reminiscent of The Byrds. The album incorporates harmonic, wordless vocal accentuations (think doot-doot-dooos and bada-badabada-bahs) throughout, adding a playful layer of sound to the often serious lyrics. Employing well-placed harmonies and playful swatches of keyboard, handclaps, and woodwinds, ONeill is effectively channelling some hippy dippy feel-good vibes from days of yore, whether intentionally or not. -Taylor Mooney

Saskatoon Hip-Hop rapper, Gescha, delivers a strong collection of songs in his 2011-released debut album Crayon Politics. Representative of his life, this thirteen-track record translates his range of emotional experiences from the past, where the array of crayons is indicative of his life in all its colours. At times dark, and ending with the bright Sunshine, Gescha rips out catchy, bouncy beats with tasteful background vocals, all the while collaborating with a variety of artists. His sound, at times predictable, still manages to tug at our heart strings with his powerfully expressive lyrics. Keep Gescha on your radar, we will be seeing more of his work in the near future. -Rosanna Hempel

Andrew Sisks premier solo album features the unlikely combination of experimental instrumentation and straightforward folk. He compiles a healthy dose of acoustic guitar, meaningful lyrics and simple, unstrained vocals with some edgier neofolk tendencies. Pastoral and Clearing are particularly outstanding in comparison to the rest of the record, featuring dreamlike instrumental soundscapes with distorted organs and synths, reminiscent of the work of Halifaxs Paper Beat Scissors. The feel of the album is solemn, bordering on dark, but changes pace with Paused. Though the lyrical subject matter is far from upbeat, the melody incorporates more major keys and a stretch of oohs that will stick in your head for days. -Taylor Mooney

Review: A Separation
Allison Grogan
Argosy Correspondent
A gripping tale of family life in Iran,The Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Language Film, A Separation, was shown by the Sackville Film Society this week. In its simplest form, A Separation is a story of one couples divorce, butlike most great films it goes much further than what the title presents us with. Nader and Simin have been married for fourteen years when Simin (Leila Hatami) wants to move the family out of Iran. Nader (Peyman Moadi) however, cant bear to leave his elderly father, who suffers from Alzheimers, without his care. As a result of their disagreement Simin moves back in with her parents leaving Nader with their eleven-yearold daughter Termeh. Diving into personal issues that are universally identifiable, A Separation doesnt hold back. The film may be titled A Separation but it is about far more than just a divorce. From the beginning it becomes clear that despite their now dwindling love for each other Simin

A Separation won The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It is a story of one couples divorce, yet about more than divorce.
and Nader have complicated and drastically different moral beliefs. As such, when they both attempt to do what is right for their family, their efforts end up clashing. When Simin leaves their home and moves back in with her parents Nader is forced to hire a maid to look after his ailing father. Not long after, he accuses the maid of stealing from him, roping not only the maid but also her daughter and husband into their snowballing problems. Every aspect of the filmmaking, from the camera angles to the writing, makes the story feel completely genuine. Furthermore, the pacing sets a thrilling tone that keeps the audience actively engaged for all 123 minutes.Though it may be in a foreign language to a North American audience, the film reaches far beyond the borders of Iran with its sensitive issues. It is during scenes that deal with the Iranian legal system when A Separation beings to feel foreign. The film gives an inside look at modern day Irans judicial system, where religious customs, moral beliefs and class structure all have an effect on the outcome of any individuals charge. In many cases, foreign films are incredibly good at making us see what we have in common across the world, which is true for A Separation in varying ways. However, it is also important to note that the production process of this film is far from that of a Hollywood blockbuster. At one point during the production of A Separation the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance banned its continuation because of director Asghar Farhadis vocalized support for several filmmakers in an acceptance speech. It was only when Farhadi formally apologized that he could resume production. In instances like this, Iran seems worlds away from North American cinema but when the story of Simin and Nader graces theatres across the globe, were struck with an overwhelming connection that is far more meaningful than the cultural differences between us.

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More than just food

Shows at Pickles have become Sackville staple
Taylor Mooney
Entertainment Editor
Pickles. It has beer. It has sandwiches. And for a while now, it has had live music on Thursday nights. Pickles European Deli has been open since January of 2010, making it about two years old. Owner Dave Hunter found upon opening, that things began really well in Sackville, but completely dropped off in the summer. What happens here is that from one day to the next, its like a ghost town. We thought students would be back in September or October, but that didnt happen. Now that weve been doing this for a couple years, weve realized that it takes people some time to get oriented. Hunter brainstormed ideas in an attempt to bounce back from a summer rough on business. I used to operate a hotdog stand outside of Duckys or Georges, and I noticed a lot of people walking around at night looking for food other than pizza. On Thursday nights everybody shuts down at midnight, so I though maybe Pickles should start opening later. Pickles new hours caught on slowly, not really picking up speed until Hunter started the Thursday night concert series. At first, we only had about three or four people coming in between nine and twelve. Im totally into music, and Zach [Carriere] who works with me plays music as well, so I thought that maybe we should just jam while were here. We put a drum kit and a bass guitar in the corner, and just had an open jam. The Thursday night concerts began with a show from Noise Hounds and the Bedroom Session. Zach was in the Noise Hounds, and Chris Meaney from the Bedroom Session worked here as well. They decided to put on a show about fifty people showed up. The concerts took a short hiatus this fall, but have been seeing unprecedented reception since having been reinstated. Its funny, as soon as people found out that we started doing shows again, its really easy to get people to play here. Hunter received his first noise complaint two weeks ago after a concert featuring Concrete Asylum, a punk band from Halifax. They were so loud. I think midnight should be the cut-off, but they started late and were playing until 12:40 am. I knew I was going to get a complaint. It was totally legitimate. Hunter mentions that in the future, hes going to try to have the shows start and end earlier. He also mentions that he was originally a bit worried about moshing, fearing that people may accidentally go through the windows. Since then, he has had a few people (including Luke Patterson from Paint for Barns) come in to stand between the crowd and the windows. Its cool, because I think people respect this place too, says Hunter. Im usually here, and I feel like people respect the energy in here.

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Astral Gunk Crosss Hospital Grade Strawmen 8:00 PM @CHMA Attic Pay What You Can, suggested donation 5-10 dollars Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 7:30 PM @The Vogue Cinema 6 dollars for SFS members 9 dollars for non-members Sedna Way Devarrow 10:00 PM @ Pickles Pay What You Can Baby Eagle The Mouthbreathers Wooly Leaves 8:00PM @ The Legion 8 dollars Zachary Lucky Carly Maicher 10:00 PM@Pickles Pay What You Can, suggested donation 5 dollars Lil Brian and the Zydeco Travellers 9:00 PM @ Georges 12 dollars in advance, 15 dollars at the door, 8 dollars for students Sheezer Camp Radio Yellowteeth 9:00 PM @ Georges Price TBA

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Sheezer will be playing at Georges Roadhouse on April 14 as they make their way to the Lawnya Vawnya festival in Newfoundland.

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All-female Weezer coverband hits Sackville

Taylor Mooney
Entertainment Editor
A Toronto-based all-female Weezer cover band under the clever sobriquet of Sheezer will be playing at Georges Fabulous Roadhouse on April 14. This is Sheezers first time playing in Sackville, but its members have played various shows at Georges and The Pond under the auspices of The Bicycles and The Adorables. On their way to play in the Lawnya Vawnya festival in Newfoundland, Sheezer is playing various dates in the

Atlantic Provinces as they head east. Sheezer was formed on a long drive home between band members Laura Barrett and Dana Snell late after a tour. The two had been good friends and playing in bands together for quite some time before Sheezer. It was going to be kind of a long drive, so we listened to the whole Blue Album, says Snell. Neither one of us had really listened to it all that long, but we really loved it a lot so we were singing along and airdrumming and whatnot, and we were like man, I wish we could play this type of music. Lauras music is kinda nothing like Weezer, and I was in the Bicycles, and that was pretty pop. Snell notes that Sheezer tries to replicate Weezers songs as closely as possible, but that there are some inevitable differences. Its a little faster live, and we dont have their gear or their giant amps. Also, we sing differently. We are ladies, so it

does sound different as it comes out of us, but what we play we try very hard to make exactly like the songs. According to Snell, Sheezers live show is something to get excited for. All the shows weve played have had people have been crazily singing along, crowd surfing its just a real release for everyone. It has that feel of an arena rock kind of show on a tiny scale. Snell is excited for the bands Atlantic tour dates, saying, were just hoping that the craziness continues out east, or maybe is even crazier. I find when I play on the east coast I really enjoy the fans and their reactions. They tend to be really fun-loving and into partying, so its going to be a really good fit, and were excited to give it a go. Alongside Sheezer will be Sackvilles own Yellowteeth, as well as Camp Radio from Ottawa. Hit up Georges on April 14 for a night of loud, moshy, sloshy, dancey music.

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THE CLOSING EDITION

THE CHARTS
FOR THE WEEK ENDING TUESDAY APRIL 3, 2012
RANK ARTIST TITLE (LABEL) 01 BOLIVIA* Bolivia (Self-Released) 02 BABY EAGLE & THE PROUD MOTHERS* Bone Soldiers (Youve Changed)

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CAMPUS/COMMUNITY RADIO (BUT NEVER ASKED)
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03 ZEUS*
Busting Visions (Arts & Crafts)

04 NOISE HOUNDS* Noise Hounds (Self-Released) 05 PAPER BEAT SCISSORS* Paper Beat Scissors (Forward Music Group) 06 EACH OTHER* Taking Trips (Self-Released) 07 JULIE AUBE* The Kitchen Table (Self-Released) 08 PARKS & REC* Seeds Grown Here (Self-Released)

09 MATTHEW & THE BIRDS*

Between the Waves (Self-Released)

10 ADAM MOWERY* St. Josephs Mechanical Penthouse (Self-Released) 11 CANNON BROS.* Firecracker / Cloudglow (Disintegration) 12 AIDS WOLF* Ma Vie Banale Avant Garde (Lovepump United) 13 SAID THE WHALE* Little Mountain (Hidden Pony) 14 GOTYE Making Mirrors (Universal) 15 MIIKE SNOW Happy To You (Columbia) 16 THE SHEEPDOGS* Five Easy Pieces (Atlantic)

Campus/community radio is your friend. Public radio is your really paternalistic friend prone to lecturing you and making your mornings more dif cult than they already are. Commercial radio is your friend that keeps dropping by your place to not-so-discreetly hawk old CDs so that they may purchase an eightball with the pro ts. These are the only serious distinctions you need to know between these forms of radio broadcasting. But seriously, I dont think Im alone here when I say that most people probably assume Mount Allisons very own lovely campus/community radio station CHMA 106.9FMs sole purpose is to function as a place where pretentious (no-talent hiding behind talent hiding behind no-talent) lo- indie rock music can drone on and on from a computer generated playlist cycling endlessly while being broadcasted into the ether But hey, thats only one very small part of what we do. Okay, so maybe its most of what we do but Im SPOTLIGHT ON #31: LAKE NAMES Echo EP (Self-Released) This week Halifaxs Lake Names nabs the coveted number thirty-one spot with their catchy pop rock EP Echo. Even though it was released last year, it is still popular amongst CHMA programmers, thanks in part possibly to their performance at this years Sterephonic Music Festival. Their upbeat, lo- sound has won them a lot of fans in Sackville, and it doesnt hurt that their songs are very singable and liable to get stuck in the listeners head.

17 DAVID R. ELLIOTT*
Blue Sky Country Gold (Self-Released)

18 BOYHOOD* Boyhood (Self-Released) 19 ROCOCODE* Guns Sex & Glory (Head in the Sand) 20 MEMORYHOUSE* The Slideshow Effect (Subpop) 21 TOM WAITS Bad As Me (Anti-)

about to get real serious with you right now on the merits of campus/community radio. CHMA is a valuable community-building resource: it allows even the lowliest forms of human existence, (just look at me go!) to crawl out of our sad sorry holes and gain real skills in producing, recording, public speaking and occasionally expressing our deepest passions about why a particular track is such a painfully beautiful sonic snapshot of a subculture. CHMA provides burgeoning musicians with an outlet to expose a little corner of the world to their artistry. CHMA gives a place to the most excellent syndicated programming that struggles to nd a forum; Drug Truth Nation and WINGS are examples. In a weird way, CHMA is about empowering individuals-- and not in the pop-psychology bullsh*t kinda way-- but rather CHMA is about increasing media diversity in this age of conglomeration. CHMA is as bad or as good as we chose to make it and thats the beauty and truth of it all. Checkmate.

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DIY or Die
Joel Young
Arts and Literature Writer
In the age of micro-blogging, iphones and nuclear-fallout, reasons to stay positive often seem few and far between. The world as we know it appears to be on the verge of economic, social and ecological peril, and as a result it can be difficult to think of art and music as important political forces. Rest assured, all hope is not lost: glimmers of light have been known to shine through even the most congested modern infrastructure. Understanding the utter marginalization of art as a symptom of macro-level world problems no solution, rather, it is the task of creative and thoughtful people everywhere to make a space for art in a diverse, healthy society. My solution to the woes of the modern age lies in the DIY punk movement. DIY (Do-It-Yourself ) means taking the world into your own hands. Its more than just a way to avoid hiring professional contractors to save costs on home renovation projects; it is a movement that values the power of the individual above all else in order to accomplish things hitherto deemed impossible. It means having complete control over your art and creative expression booking your own tours, playing shows in basements, recording and releasing music and other creative projects on your own accord. I think the most visible facet of this movement is found in the underground punk community. I learned DIY punk-rock in damp, dark basements throughout Canadas three smallest provinces. When I discovered that people everywhere were taking music into their own hands writing songs and putting on shows with whatever resources they could scrape together it felt like the culmination of all I had dreamt of since hearing my first Dead Kennedys record at age fourteen. The mystique of the basement show the noise, the chaos and the hysteria surrounding

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DIY punk movements take the initiative to make their own music and put on their shows. Above, band Vixen performs at such a show.
sweaty bodies and amplified guitars made me feel like anything was possible. Gone were the childish days of believing everything you were told, the phenomenon of plenty, the myths of rocknroll pop stars and sex icons. The deceitful faces larger than hot-air balloons ubiquitous in mass media became topographical errors on the DIY map of the world. The dry, arid landscape of my youth became a moist oasis in which all people were accepted for who they were: revellers in an endless world of honesty and visceral delight. I sought refuge in circle pits full of leather, bristles, studs and acne; clusters of human bodies dancing to wrong notes and ducktaped drum-kits. No one gave a fuck whether you had a cock or a pussy (or both) your race, your class or your orientation were all of secondary importance in the world I had stumbled upon. It was a community where you wore your heart on your sleeve, and took pride in creativity, honesty and friendship. You can imagine my utter disappointment when I realized that underground punk music could be just as commercialized as the Budweiser beer cans guzzled down by many a crusty anarchist. The vision I described above is a rarity; all too often positive artistic communities become trampled by alcoholism and hyper-erect punk egos. The selfdestructive and hedonistic lifestyle associated with rocknroll music is a real downer, but one thing that I have held onto to this day is the belief that people everywhere can foster the raw DIY spirit. I dont think that music will change the world. The Bono/Geldof vision of world peace seems horribly trite (not to mention patronizing) in the complex and transient world we live in. I do, however, dream of a day when the tide is turned, when community groups everywhere are able to foster the sense of community found in DIY spaces, spinning something alreadypositive into a vibrant web that is as rich in insight as it is in political power. DIY creative communities embody the spirit of resistance to larger-than-life superstructures. Just as it makes more sense to share art in a non-hierarchical community of peers as opposed to selling art in commercialized setting, so to does it make sense to organize activist movements around peer communities. Its easy to write a cheque to Oxfam or PETA, but I think that change

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really happens when we take a step back and actually act upon our core beliefs, when we share with and listen to our peers in a positive setting. The revolution comes from within, not from some external acronym of vested interest. Music and art are, at their most powerful, incredibly thought-provoking mediums of communication that give people both reasons to live, as well as ideas about living itself. DIY ethics smash the idea of art as a petit bourgeois institution that serves as cultural Nembutal for those in a very specific seat of privilege. DIY reminds us that art is to the global citizen what the hammer is to the carpenter: a tool that can be used to build or destroy, depending completely on context. For this reason I stand wholly by the timeless mantra, DIY or die.

Ease on down the road

Struts Gallerys next artist in residence, Ainslie Moss
Joel Young
Arts and Literature Writer
If you enjoy pondering language, typeface and book making, youre in for a treat this April. Ainslie Moss (BFA 11) will be the next artist in residence at Struts Gallery. Between April 18 and May 14 she will be making seven Lorne Street her creative redoubt, using her time to work on her forthcoming letterpress book. Although Moss describes her project as being all over the place, there is certainly continuity in her plans. Moss will be emblazoning the Struts Gallery walls with insect imagery accompanied public record divorce proceedings. Moss will by disjunct text a concept that expands on use imagery, and perhaps a little bit of irony, to some of the work she did for her fourth-year explore the relationship between words and the BFA project, pictured real world. below. Moss described Insects and Society isnt structured to give being inspired typesetting are really by public record any breaks to creative people. only a point of entry transcripts of divorce Moss main focus I think its okay to take time proceedings: You will be the design experiencing life in other ways. I have this intimate, and layout of her live by the idea that if [art] is with personal subject forthcoming book. you, it will come back to you. matter, and its all While the visual aspect being described with of her residency looks extremely dry legal Ainslie Moss (11) jargon. After tireless at the relationship Struts next Artist-in-Residence months of research, between text and images, the book she Moss will finally have is working on takes a chance to develop the language and love as its subject. The book, the actual layout and logistics of printing, as well tentatively titled Love Stories, will creatively as time to experiment with the visual aspects of interpret Supreme Court documents outlining the book. After graduating from Mount Allison last May, Moss, a former photo editor at The Argosy, relocated to Halifax, NS. While even the keenest of recent graduates can expect to experience some sort of stress and anxiety upon entering the real world, the prospect of perusing an artistic career can be extremely daunting. It can be difficult, said Moss, I quickly moved into a 9-5 job; trying to find the time to make art is really challenging. When asked what advise she would give to future Fine Arts graduates, Moss emphasized the importance of being gentle with yourself, and not becoming too overwhelmed when lifes many responsibilities get in the way of the busy work schedule that your undergrad requires. Society isnt structured to give any breaks to creative people. I think its okay to take time experiencing life in other ways. I live by the idea that if [art] is with you, it will come back to you.

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Foundation, colour, action!

Learn how to brighten up your spring makeup pallet
Rosanna Leitner
Argosy Fashion Correspondent
Spring is upon us once again, and the tease we received a few weeks ago brought out sundresses, shorts and flip flops. Aside from pastel shirts, pleated skirts and big bold colours, our accessories and makeup could use a little facelift as well. Save the dark colours for nights out and polish up your look using the hints below. Keep your hair long and tussled, or flaunt a foxy pixie cut. As for the men, keep it short and tidy. Long locks are not for everyone! Spring is the time to embrace natures vibrancy, so dont be afraid to go bold with your eye shadow! Play with purple, gold, pink and even some light blush just refrain from other prominent hues. The last thing you want is to look like a painted doll, or worse, a clown. Instead, blush should be kept light and airy, along with your foundation. Give your skin a break and use some mineral powder at the most. To keep those lips moist and kissable, try a nude hue or step it up with citrus coloured lipstick such as a subtle tangerine. If you choose a bright lip, keep your eye makeup neutral and blush at a minimum unless you choose to sport the 80s throwback look. In regards to accessories, rings are going to remain super-sized, so embrace the bling! But remember to keep other pieces to a minimum. Everything this season is about balance, strong prints, fluffy feathers and chandelier earrings look the best if paired with basic lines and subdued tones. Get creative with oversized and geometric necklaces. New this season, these pieces have a DIY vibe, but are still show stoppers with their angular design and colour. The cuff and bangle bracelet trend continues, but you can spice it up by adding funky colours or broad bands into the mix. Polished nails will tie the entire ensemble together, and for spring try pastel pallets or go bold with a fuchsia hue. Now to address my male audience. Yes, I did say male. There has been some hype around male makeup lately, and were here to embrace the trend and offer some tips! Like the ladies, it is understandable and acceptable if a guy wants to hide a pimple or cover up some redness. Try using light coverage and bronzers which only darken the skin, rather than add a glow. Men who wear makeup would like to improve their complexion and look, so keep concealers and powders to a minimum since it should not be obvious. As for mascara or eyeliner, pick them according to your hair colour. Black mascara

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Spring is the time to go bold with your make up! Try experimenting by wearing brightly coloured eye shadows and lipstick.
Internet Photos/doedeereblogazine will pair nicely with dark hair, however, choose brown mascara if your locks are brown or blonde; the same goes for eyeliners. With these suggestions in mind, make a list and go out there to get some new colours and bronzers. Go through your old makeup and try to remember when you bought it. If it has been over three months or long enough that you forget, it is time to toss it. An immense amount of bacteria grows on your makeup due to its daily contact with your skin. Take advantage of the change in season and renew your makeup tote. As for brushes, clean and disinfect them on a regular basis and just get over that sponge and throw it out (you know you have them in there). Enjoy experimenting with fun new eyeshades and liners, and, like always, wear your confidence and flaunt your fabulous look!

The Pilot and The Beauty

Sam Page
Argosy Contributor
There was once a young pilot who flew for a band of pirates. He had been rescued by the crew as an orphan child and was raised by them among the clouds and the ports of a tropical archipelago. He had become close almost immediately with the previous pilot of the large sea plane that was their lifeblood. He spent most of his time watching and learning how such a lumbering machine could defy gravity. And when the position was offered to him, he gladly took it on. He had a natural skill for flying and it took him no time to learn how he should land in the water and approach ships so that they could be plundered, or how to fly away into the sunset so that they could make their getaway. They were not much in manner of a crew, but they made up for it with heavy fire power. And once their treasure was stolen, they would go to port and spend lavishly, for that was the life of a pirate. He dreamed of a different life, however, one where he could stay still for more than a few nights, but he could never leave the crew, or the captain he loved so dearly. They were big and loud and rowdy, but they were the only family he knew and they cared for him like a son. And how could he leave the sky he loved so, the feeling of complete freedom when he danced among the clouds, he owned them, they were his skies and he looked upon the dotted sea below as others would look at the ground below their feet. His machine was big and stupid and uncomfortable, but when it left the ground it meant home. It all changed, however, and the culprit was, as usual,

A Modest Proposal: For preventing the savage children of Northumberland County from Being a Burden to Their Parents or to the Tax Payers, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public
Tyler Turcotte
Argosy Contributor
PART IV of IV I can think of no one objection that will possibly be raised against this proposal, unless it should be urged that the number of people will be thereby much lessened in the County. This I freely own, and it was indeed one principal design in offering it to you. I desire the reader to know that the reservations here described are interchangeable with any of the reservations across the nation. Let no man talk of other expedients, such as promoting our countys universities to foreign lands, while the savages at home are being left in the dark. He shall not reject these claims less he hath seen inside the fragile shacks where fetal alcohol children play at their mothers feet, nor less he deny that advancing the idea that the County adopts MiKmaq as a provincial language would increase assimilation rates, and give these small towns within our county a better sense of Canadian identity, ultimately mitigating poverty, and make the savage child feel at home in the public school system. But as to myself, having been wearied out for many years with offering vain and idle thoughts, I have had the good fortune to fall upon this proposal as if in a dream. If there be some author who so desires to contradict this scheme, let him first consider these two points: First, as things stand, how does one suppose the savage should be assimilated without making this county trilingual? And second, how do we rid the savages dependence on substance and alcohol, and the breeding of FAS babies? Unless he is willing to go to the reservations himself and work in social aid, let him put his words to rest, but would he admit that he would rather profit from a scheme such as the one here proposed? I desire that if my peers should dislike my overture, to be so bold as to answer whether a child would not be happier at five serving his tribe as a commodity, or going through life a walking stigma, vulnerable to life and death. I profess in the sincerity of my heart that I have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the public good of this county, and encouraging the parties and citizens of this nation to think over this new year about families facing the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent, being without money or trade, families in need of common sustenance, without sufficient heat to cover from the inclemencies of the weather, and people with the inevitable prospect of entailing like miseries upon their breed forever.

love. They had landed and boarded a large sailboat on a bright sunny day, its owner was a wealthy merchant, but they sought not his merchandise, they wanted his money, and they could get it easily because he would give it to them, in exchange for his beautiful daughter who was his only family. Of course they had to hold her for a few days in order for him to collect the ransom they desired, but the captain gave his word that neither hair nor skin should be harmed on her body, and the captain always kept his word. He trusted no other with the care of the lovely young girl but the young humble spirited pilot. So he watched over her and fed her and protected her while they hid in a small port town. She was like him, always on the sea and dreaming of something more solid, but the waves where her home. Together they talked endlessly for three days and two nights of their dreams. They fell hopelessly in love. But how could they possibly be together in a world that separated them so, walls and pillars of hatred stood between them. So on their last night they decided they would run away together. But how could they make anything of their lives starting from nothing? Thankfully a large sum of money was about to change hands, and that made it easy for them to get their own hands on it. The trade went as planned with the wealthy merchant, but that very night, both parties met each other on the road again, the merchant calling them scoundrels and demanding his daughter back, and the pirates calling him a greedy pig and demanding he give back theyre gold or his blood would be spilt. And in all the confusion, the two lovers stole away into the night to begin their life together. Using the gold they stole from their families, they bought their own small sea plane, and flew far away where they would never be found.

Member of Picnicface comes to Mount Allison

Mark Little, sketch comic, holds workshop
Geoff Hutchinson
Humour Editor
If youve never heard of Mark Little, then youve probably been living under a rock somewhere; a sad, lonely little rock. Little is a member of Picnicface, a sketch comedy group based out of Halifax, who have created a number of famous Youtube videos, such as Powerthirst, SuperBingo, Halifax, and The Real Zone. Little also co-wrote and starred in a feature film, Roller Town, along with Picnicfaces current national cable television show on the Comedy channel. Little has won various comedy awards, including Yuk Yuks Great Canadian LaughOff and Halifaxs best comedian, and has appeared at the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal. It was Mount Allisons privilege, then, to have had Mr. Little come to Mount Allison last Wednesday, to both teach and perform. I used to do stuff with Justin (Collette, of FLiNT Improv) for the last couple of years in Toronto, Little told The Argosy. He just asked to come out and do a show with him, and mentioned doing a workshop to teach one of the few skills I know how to do! Little hosted an improvisation and sketch-writing workshop, aimed at helping a group of about fifteen students develop their own comedic ideas into full-length sketches. Little emphasized a process of escalation; after establishing any scene, its important to try and see how you can take the scene from the slightly abnormal to the truly outrageous. This was what Little called finding

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Mark Little, member of the Canadian sketch comedy troupe, Picnicface, demonstrating the conception of a scene to a group of hopeful novice comedians. Little came to Mount Allison last Wednesday, to lead a sketch-writing and improvisation workshop hosted by FLiNT improv, who had invited Little to preform with them in one of their weekly improv shows at The Pond.

the game of a scene, which is at the basis of most sketch comedy. To find the game, an actor tries to find the aims and goals of the scene, meaning how a scene possibly could escalate from its beginnings to the final, explosive ending. Little then encouraged those attending the workshop to compile a list of comedic figures, and then had students work as a group to try their hand at finding the game of each characters situation, from a hypocritical doctor to a group of obnoxious bullies at a nightclub. The process that Little taught during the workshop was the same

basic approach that he and other members of Picnicface use during their writing. What Andy and I do, is just, like, riff. Like, In this sketch, your guy wants to commit suicide, and Im the genie who comes out of your gun. And then we just talk. We just stand up, and we go back and forth, and anytime one of us says something that we find funny we stop, and we try to commit it to memory, and we just keep talking. Little later performed a set with FLiNT at their Wednesday night show, sharing a story of his youth, which was then transformed into

a variety of scenes with the other improvisers. Little also guest starred on the season finale of FLiNTs improvised soap opera, The Aroused and the Lost, playing a Green Beret commander who ordered the destruction of the small hamlet of Bagtown. At the end of the show, The Argosy had the chance to talk to Mark for a few minutes, during which time we asked him what advice he had to give anyone hoping to break into working in comedy. It helps that we did five years of weekly or biweekly, shows, and we did

new materials at the vast majorities of the shows, Little said. Doing years and years of new sketches, and throwing away eighty per cent of them, forced us to get better. I think that theres a lot more to it than just that but its a good way to just force all of the bad ideas out of yourself. Its just like any person who starts any kind of art, especially comedy; theyll have lots of raw ideas. Youve just got to keep doing what you love, until you sort of figure out what it takes, to do what you do well.

Original play read at Live Bait

Burn the Summer by Samuel Wilson in early stages of production
Julia McMillan
Arts and Literature Editor
Our generation has caught The Fear. What does that mean? Samuel Wilsons latest full-length play, Burn the Summer can answer that question. The play explores the idea of a nation living in perpetual fear in our post 9/11 society. The play was read publically for the first time on Wednesday, April 4 at 7pm at Live Bait Theatre Burn the Summer is about the tensions between what is, and what could be. Written in response to the events of 9/11, the play is an ambiguous narrative centering around the lives of two main characters, Carmen and Louis. Each of them lives in a state of constant yet unspecific anxiety, and experiences an unshakable feeling that something is about to The play is set in the summer months of June happen. 2009 to September 2009, when the terrorist Wilsons writing builds upon a non-linear attacks in New York City occurred. Wilson plot line, intertwined with complex themes and explains that the time frame for the play was a symbols that seem to reveal themselves to the very deliberate decision. audience at the same time they become obvious I was doing some research for the play, to the character. His and I found out that writing causes the Timothy McVeigh, audience to connect I think our generation has sort of United States terrorist with the characters [responsible for the gotten The Fear. A lot of what and feel the same sense Oklahoma City of fear and anxiety we do now is based off of fear, Bombings in 1995], they feel, despite (or and is in response to the terrorist was executed on June perhaps due to) the attacks in our recent history. 11, 2001. I started fragmented plot line. thinking about the I guess I try to connection between Samuel Wilson the two events, and make my writing Playwrite their affect on the U. intentionally vague often so the viewer S public, and the more can piece it together I thought about it, the for themselves, My writing is often a little more natural it seemed to be to frame the play fantastical, its not quite like real life. The reason between these events Wilson stated. for this is that I feel that theatre should go The connection between the two events beyond real life. It has the power to take you to resonates throughout the entire play. Even after different places, to make you see different things. McVeighs assassination, the characters have Part of what makes theatre a magical experience an enduring sense of unrest, emphasizing that is that it can do what real life cant. even though the threats of terrorism seemed to have subsisted, there is no way of knowing what may happen in the future. Wilson notes that the omnipresent anxiety looming over the plays plot line is evocative of The Fear, as mentioned in early Hunter S. Thompson novels. I think our generation has sort of gotten The Fear. A lot of what we do now is based off of fear, and is in response to the terrorist attacks in our recent history. Wilson goes on to note that the influence of those events is what makes this play significant on both a political and social level. I think its a story that matter to our generation. I gave myself twelve years before I tired to write anything about 9/11. Even if you werent there, it still matters. The social and political phenomena that happened in the immediate wake of 9/11 have influenced our generation so strongly. Wilson will be moving to New York in the fall, where he hopes to continue developing the play. He would ideally like to produce the play and move it into a professional theatre.

SCI & TECH

Westcott lab examines capsaicin and ligands
John Fraser
Argosy Staff Writer
This week in our focus series on research at Mt. Allison well be looking at the work of Alyssa Patterson. Patterson is a third year student currently pursuing an honours degree in Biochemistry. She has been working under the guidance of Dr. Steve Westcott, a professor of Chemistry who has held a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair since 2001, and has recently been awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair for his work with Green Boron Chemistry, worth 1.4 million dollars. Pattersons work has largely focused on researching with the Saturday Wild Toads. The Wild Toads program was created by Dr. Westcott and allows students to volunteer their time in order to gain valuable lab experience. The Wild Toads work includes working with derivatives of hot pepper complexes called capsaicin that have been linked to anti-cancer, anti-fungal and anti-

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Wescott, which was approved. In addition to her work with capsaicin complexes, Patterson has been involved with research on chelating ligands to a metal centre. This involves attaching series of identical chains of organic molecules know as ligands to an inorganic metal centre element, such as Iron or Cobalt. Patterson has been doing work with Copper metal centres and has successfully chelated ligands to the metal centre, making new compounds that have not been previously synthesized. Patterson has sent her purified compounds to a lab for further analysis, and is currently waiting on the results. We create it and purify it, after which we send it away to a testing facility to see if our results are confirmed, says Patterson. At this moment, we are working on publishing a paper relating to this synthesis and it is in its final stages. Patterson has been approved for an NSREC research grant for this summer to continue her research with Dr. Westcott. While she is looking forward to the research, she is unsure of where the projects will take her. We talked about a few ideas, but nothing is set in stone yet. Patterson is optimistic that this research will help lead her honours and is set to start researching in the first week of May.

Alyssa Patterson has been researching the chelation of ligands to meal centres as well as the medical applications of the spicy molecule capsaicin.
bacterial properties. Capsaicin is also fundamentally involved in what makes hot peppers so hot. Working with this compound could add knowledge to the increasingly expanding field of cancer treatment research as well as many other applications, providing the anti-fungal and anti-bacterial nature of the compound become more fully realized. Working with capsaicin has not been without its challenges. The problem with the chemical that we are working with is that it is quite volatile, making it difficult to isolate and prepare, explains Patterson. Some of my work is an effort to make similar compounds that will be easier to safely manipulate, while still possessing the same potent bioactivities we are interested in. She has already pursued this research further than the scope of The Wild Toads program by applying for a research grant to work with

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Racist? Theres a pill for that

Oxford Ph.D students test found racial bias disappeared when subjects took propranolol
Keeton Wilcock
The Fulcrum (University of Ottawa)

OTTAWA (CUP) Since the 1960s, propranolol has been a drug prescribed as a betablocker to lower blood pressure. Sylvia Terbeck, an experimental psychology and neuroscience PhD candidate at the University of Oxford, recently noticed that propranolol also has tangible effects on certain parts the brain. Since I do neuroscience, I know from the biochemistry of the drug that it not only reduces your blood pressure, but it works in some areas of the brain, Terbeck said in an interview with the Fulcrum. I was specifically interested in the one [part of the brain] the drug is working on called the amygdala, which deals with emotion processing and fear processing. I wanted to test the hypothesis that fear responses are really causally relevant or crucially important for a prejudice. To test Terbecks hypothesis, she and a few fellow researchers screened a group of 36 Caucasian volunteers for medical eligibility. They gave one half a placebo, the other half propranolol, and then had the two groups take the Implicit Association Test developed at Harvard University, which measures individuals subconscious race biases.

A drug typically used to reduce blood pressure has been found to remove racial biases in laboratory situations.
What usually happens in the test is that white participants seem to have a preference for white faces, meaning they find it easier to associate white faces with good words as compared to black faces with good words, or they find it easier to associate black faces with bad words compared to white faces with bad words, explained Terbeck. This favouritism this bias in the response disappeared when they took the drug. Monique Frize, an emeritus professor at the U of O and professor at Carleton University in biomedical engineering, commented on the possibility that Terbecks research can be seen as unethical. When I do anything with patients and doctors, I have to make sure that theyre all aware of the potential risks and the benefits, noted Frize. So I think if that was clearly explained, then I dont see an ethical problem with people being encouraged to take this. Frize stated that she would prefer research funding go towards altering peoples race prejudices in a more natural manner, as racism is not an issue that should be considered solved by taking a pill. I think its a cultural problem, I think its an attitude problem, and a behaviour problem, Frize said of racial biases. Instead of working on chemicals, I would work on [the patients] attitude. Why do they have this fear? I would

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prefer to see fear reduction through psychological means rather than chemical [ones]. Terbeck noted she is not an ethicist, but she works closely with researchers who are aware of the sensitive nature of her research. Terbeck believes her findings are important, and that her research could lead to positive developments. One of my co-authors said that theres a recent report that we might want to consider that for judges or in employment cases, in some decisions, some groups would be disadvantaged [and taking propranolol] would be a good thing. Terbeck is already working on new studies to confirm her findings and delve deeper into how our brains deal with fear and race prejudices.

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March weather madness

Massive heat wave shatters records
Carly Levy
News Writer
March may have arrived as a lion, but certainly left like a lamb, as the weather throughout the month had many thinking spring had sprung early. Temperatures soared over most of the continent with cities across Canada and the United States breaking records that were over one hundred years old in some cases. Sunshine and warm weather prompted many students on campus to dig out their shorts and get outside. However, dipping temperatures by the end of March and heading into the first full month of spring prove that this may have been a bit hasty and humans arent the only creatures affected. Wildlife experts are saying that animals of all shapes and sizes are feeling the consequence of this confusing weather that experts are calling Meteorological March Madness 2012. Baby birds are emerging weeks earlier than normal and racoons are suffering from distemper a disease normally killed off by cold weather. Trees and many other plants are also reacting to the warm weather, developing flowers and grasses two to three weeks earlier than usual. Records were broken across Canada and the U.S. where at least 7,733 daily

Unseasonably warm weather for March in cities like Philadelphia in triggered an early emergence of spring vegetation.
high temperature records were either tied or broken. Chicago saw nine straight days over twenty-six degrees Celsius, which are temperatures usually not seen until late June. The lowest temperatures in Michigan and New Hampshire were even higher than the previous high temperatures for those areas. Canadian cities were not exempt from the heat wave, with some cities breaking all time April records for warm temperatures. Winnipeg saw the highest March temperature in over 140 years, which was accompanied by intense thunderstorms. Halifax and Fredericton were among five other cities including St. John that broke their April records, both topping off at twenty-seven degrees around the first day of spring on March 20. As part of an ongoing research assessment and interpretation of evolving climate conditions, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Research Centre (NOAA) has presented a preliminary analysis on their website in an attempt to make scientific sense of Marchs wacky weather. The findings have yet to be peer-reviewed and represent an initial draft of their findings. NOAA has reported that conditions east of the Rocky Mountains that were more fitting for June than March were due to a massive heat wave, which covered most of eastern North America over a twelve-day period. A surge of warm air pushed northward from the Gulf of Mexico, west of the Great Lakes, and subsequently spread eastward. The intense poleward air mass movement was propelled by an unusually intense low-level southerly jet stream that stretched from Louisiana to western

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Wisconsin. Once this warm surge engulfed the region, an incredible prolonged period of unseasonably high temperatures ensued. Maximum heat wave intensity spanned approximately ten days between March 12 and March 23. NOAA has yet to apportion blame for this massive meteorological event to any one circumstance, claiming instead that this was likely a chance occurrence, likely to only happen once in a century and with little cause attributable to global warming.

Science Oddities

The neighbourhood just got cosier

Rosanna Hempel
Argosy Staff
Astrobiologists and citizens of the Earth alike have plenty of reasons to be excited about a recent discovery showing the existence of tens of billions of rocky super-Earth sized planets in habitable zones surrounding red dwarf stars in the Milky Way. The study, carried out by an international team working at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) La Silla Observatory in Chile, is to be published in Astronomy and Astrophysics. The researchers have been focusing on locating extrasolar planets orbiting red dwarf stars for the past six years. Using the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS), the researchers observed that approximately forty per cent of red dwarfs have a planet orbiting their habitable zone, a region where liquid water can exist on the surface of a planet. These results are indisputably important, as red dwarfs are the most common kind of stars found in the Milky Way, numbering 160 billion, which accounts for eighty per cent of our galaxys stars. In other words, our current estimate of planets that could support life in our galaxy has been expanded far beyond previous theories. Up until only a few years ago the idea of planets existing in the habitable zone around red dwarf (M-type) stars received little attention, comments Dr. Robert Hawkes, professor of Physics at Mount Allison University. Fortunately, not all specialists discounted the idea. It now appears that, in the big picture of habitable planets, those around M-type main sequence stars are important. HARPS is a leading extrasolar planet finder,

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Taylor Losier
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Zombie Ants Researchers from Pennsylvania State University have been studying a fungus that was found in Thailands rain forests. This fungus, part of a species known as Ophiocordyceps, targets the nervous system of the local population of fungus ants. The infected ants behave normally for three to nine days, until the fungus takes them over completely, turning them into zombies, and forcing the ants to behave abnormally so that the fungus can reproduce. All infected ants are killed off by the fungus at high noon. Alcoholic Monkeys Vervet monkeys on the island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean have been stalking tourists in order to fulfill their alcohol addiction. BBC Worldwide News did a report on the unique species,

explaining how the monkeys behave very much as humans do: some prefer to drink socially, some abstain altogether, and some monkeys like to indulge in binge drinking. Scientists hope that by studying the monkeys, they will be able to explain the nature of human drinking tendencies. Firefly Squids If you visit the beaches of Toyama Bay, Japan anytime from March to June, you will see the shores light up with the help of thousands of Firefly Squids. The squids have special lightproducing organs called photophores that emit a deep blue light. Firefly Squids have thousands of these photosphores that, when working in conjunction, enable the squid to create light along the length of its entire body. They use these lights to attract and hunt pray. Normally living 1200 feet underwater, they wash ashore in order to spawn their eggs, during which time the shores are aglow with serene blue luminescence.

internationally renowned for its extraordinary precision and sensitivity. It has been used to detect the presence of various planets by measuring the changing radial velocities of the stars they are orbiting. When a star is being orbited by a planet, its position relative to Earth is regularly influenced by it. These changes can be detected as fluctuations in long and short wavelengths in the stars electromagnetic spectrum as it moves further from or closer to Earth, respectively. The researchers used HARPS to examine 102 red dwarfs in the southern skies, and detected nine extrasolar planets, two of which were found in the habitable zone of their respective stars. From these results, they concluded that approximately forty per cent of red dwarfs have a planet orbiting their habitable zone. The search for such environments preoccupies much of current astronomical research. Dr. Louise Edwards, professor of Physics at Mt. A, suggests that other current work investigating planetary companions around low-mass stars includes the use of facilities such as the Gemini Observatory at Mt. A, which collaborates with two telescopes in Chile and Hawaii, in addition to the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Herschel Space Observatory infrared telescopes. If these new estimates stand up to future studies of larger numbers of stars with precise instruments, then the finding is indeed exciting, Dr. Hawkes explained optimistically. Red dwarfs are known to produce large solar flares, releasing vast amounts of X-ray and ultraviolet radiation, thus making life on their surrounding planets less likely. Despite this threat to the existence of life on planets orbiting red dwarfs, the discovery has nevertheless expanded the number of possible life supporting planets beyond our own solar system.

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Varsity sports year in review

Several teams setting foundation for future
Robert Murray
Sports Editor
2011-12 was a year of ups and downs for Mount Allison Mounties teams, with many individual accomplishments standing out and overshadowing some struggles. Mens Soccer finished with a record of 2-8-3, but with half the roster currently in their first or second year, it was a building year as well as a year of experience for new Head Coach Roy Chineh. A bright spot for the team was Stuart McAdam, who was named team MVP, Mt. As Outstanding Male Senior Scholar Athlete and also received the CIS Athlete Community Service Award. On the womens side, they also missed playoffs with a 1-8-4 record, with Hilary Hamilton being named team MVP and Emily van Diepen Mt. As co-Female Rookie of the Year. With 10 rookies in 2011-12, they look to be a much improved team this coming fall under the tutelage of Barry Cooper. The Football Mounties limped to an 0-8 season that was decimated by injuries. Jacob Leblanc, Matt Kenny and Luke Ekoh were named AUS Defensive All-Stars, while Sackvilles

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story of the Swimming Mounties, winning three gold medals and two silver medals at the AUS championship meet. Peters will swim at an Olympic trial event in Cancun on April 24. As a team, the Mounties fell short of Dalhousie once again, finishing second to the Tigers. With a new coach in Dan Wortman, the Badminton Mounties didnt skip a beat as they breezed their way to another championship, and earned eight of ten total qualifying spots for Nationals (including coaches). Heather Murray and Bryan Downey were honoured as the ACAA Female and Male Players of the Year respectively, while Wortman was named Coach of the Year. The biggest step forward by a Mountie team was taken by the Womens Hockey Mounties, who finished third in league standings, helped by a seven-game winning streak to finish off the regular season. They battled their way through the playoff tournament and lost a heartbreaker to UPEI in the AUS Championship game. Meghan Corley-Byrne was a first-team All-Star in goal, and Lauren Oickle was a second-team All-Star, both for the second year in a row. In addition, Ashlyn Somers was named Most Sportsmanlike Player, and Emily van Diepen was named to the All-Rookie team on defence. Another year of Mountie sports, another year of individual and team records being broken. If this pace keeps up, it will be a very exciting sports season in 2012-13 as every team looks to take the next step.

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Amanda Jeanson of Rosemere, Quebec is one of several young Mt. A soccer players that is looking to improve on last year's result.
Justin Richard led the AUS in tackles. Leblanc was also named the AUS Rookie of the Year, and along with Richard and Kenny, will anchor a strong Mountie defence in 2012 while quarterback Jake Hotchkiss will once again lead the charge offensively. The Mens Basketball Mounties faced adversity early on in their season when Head Coach Bruce MacMillan resigned. Replacement Duane Starratt did an admirable job being thrust into the role, leading the Mounties to a 9-12 record, and a quarter-final upset of #3-ranked Holland College on a buzzer beater by Brandon Malally. Malally was named an ACAA secondteam All-Star The Women finished third in the ACAA standings at 13-8, and also won their quarter-final against Kings before falling in the semis to Mount Saint Vincent. Led by MVP and second-team All-Star Marlon Smith, the Mounties were able to win nine of their first ten games in January and February 2012. Volleyball once again turned in a great season, but fell short in their defence of the ACAA Championship. With a record of 13-5, the Mounties finished third, but dropped their playoff opener to host STU. Allison Settle was named a second-team AllStar, while Caila Henderson and Erica Cronkhite were first-team All-Star selections. Cronkhite was also chosen as the Libero of the Year. Mitchell Peters was once again the

From the field to the big screen

Wray Perkin
Sports Writer
Its amazing sometimes what changes can happen in life. Take John Reardon, for example. Fifteen years ago he was wrapping up a Biology major at Mount Allison, with plans to study medicine after graduation. Now he is a Hollywood actor, with some impressive film credits already to his name. It just ended up happening, laughed Reardon in a phone interview last week. I had been in some plays in high school, but was never really involved in drama at Mt. A. Reardon, a Halifax native, spent five years at Mt. A and was a receiver on the football team for five seasons. In 1997, his final season, he was named an AUFC All-Star, amassing 32 receptions (ninth most in the country) for 456 yards. He eased into the acting scene in Vancouver, doing some comedy sketches and appearing in a few commercials before getting some opportunities on television shows. His first real job was a recurring role in the CBC show Edgemont, before breaking through in 2006. His first big gig was a television mini-series, Son of the Dragon, which also starred David Carradine of Kill Bill fame. Another miniseries, Merlins Apprentice, found Reardon cast as the title character, opposite Jurassic Parks Sam Neill. The fantasy Hallmark Entertainment movie also cast Reardon alongside his future wife, Megan Ory. The couple recently moved back to Vancouver after living the past few years in the centre of the acting world, Los Angeles. Roles in Scary Movie 4 and White Chicks preceded his role in Tron: Legacy in 2010. Reardon acted as the body for the role, and Academy Award-winner Jeff Bridges face was superimposed onto his in post-production. Working with Jeff Bridges was a great lesson, commented Reardon. Hes a real perfectionist, and puts in more work than anyone Ive ever worked with. Reardon recently wrapped up the first season of CBCs show Arctic Air, in which he plays one of the main recurring characters. On his time at Mt. A, Reardon said, It was definitely one of the best experiences of my life. I felt like I had to grow up, and needed to deal with stuff I didnt know a lot about. I had to find a way to find work, and Mt. A taught me a lot about confidence. The lanky former receiver mentioned that despite the struggles of 2011, it has been good to see the football Mounties find success in recent years. Reardon was a member of the 1997 team which won the conference championship, and says that it was a special group which took the title that year. Having Eric Lapointe certainly didnt hurt, Reardon laughed, referring to the soon-to-be Hall of Fame running back. We had a very well-rounded team though, with about fifteen

John Reardon has established himself in the North American film and television industries as a professional actor
guys in their fifth year. We were a very tight-knit group, whod been through a lot in our time. One season had us ranked #1 in the country, another year had us needing to win the last three games just to make playoffs. Reardon cites his favourite football-related memories as playing in the Atlantic Bowl in 1997, and Just the everyday moments around practices, in the locker room, and just hanging with the guys. Well always remember some games and successes, but the things I cherish the

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most are the friendships. Upcoming projects for Reardon include The Philadelphia Experiment, about a secret government project gone wrong, and Continuum, a sci-fi television series about a detective from the future stuck in the presentday. Those hoping to catch a glimpse of Reardon in person might get their chance in the coming months, as he expressed his desire to return to Sackville perhaps for the Homecoming football game in the fall.

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Park Vaughn, Swimming & Cross Country Team
Lisa Riley
Argosy Correspondent
Parker Vaughn has been a swimmer, cross country runner and a member of Mount Allisons Men's basketball team for a season during his time at Mt. A. Parker is a fifth-year Geography major with a minor in Environmental Studies from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He started out as a first year basketball player and switched to cross country and swimming in his second year. He went to a couple of swim team practices at the beginning of his second year and fell in love with the team. His first year on the team he was what swimmers call a sprinter, meaning he races the short distances, 50-100 metres. For the next three years he moved to mid distance swims which are 200-400 meter freestyle. As a swimmer he was named the teams MVP in 2009 and during his career as a cross country runner he came in first for 11 out of 16 races. Parker is not just an athlete here at Mt. A. He also finds time to work at both the Athletic Centre and the Fitness Centre, coaches the Sackville swim club and lifeguards at the Mount Allison pool. He was a note taker for a couple of his classes here and was a Floor Representative in his second year in Edwards House. In his limited

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Staying healthy this summer

Jenn MacKenzie
Health Intern
The warmer weather and sun are starting to appear and are giving us a glitter of excitement for the summer. The school year is now coming to an end and summer will be here before we know it. Anticipation is mounting for school to be over and the summer to begin. It is just as important to look after yourself in the summer months as it is the rest of the year. Summer is a time of rest, fun and nice weather for many students, so it is important to stay healthy and safe. Parties are especially prevalent in the warm summer months. Drinking alcohol in the warm sun all day can cause dehydration and it is important to be aware of this and keep yourself hydrated. Drinking can be very dangerous if you do not know the problems associated with it. Dehydration can be a serious health risk. Being in the sun and heat dehydrates you more quickly than being in the shade. Alcohol speeds up the process of dehydration and it is important to drink plenty of fluids (such as water) and keep drinking in the sun to a minimum. Drinking also impairs decision making. When at parties, make sure you have a safe ride home. Do not drink and drive. Not only can you kill or injure yourself, you can also harm those on the road around you. Healthy eating and making healthy choices needs to continue during the summer. Fresh fruits and vegetables will give you the vitamins your body needs and fill you up. It is also a great time to purchase fruits and vegetables, because the prices are more reasonable as our local produce comes into season. BBQs are also very popular as our weather becomes nicer. BBQs allow us to eat a variety of meats, and it is better to choose those with less fat. Remember to follow Canadas Food Guide. During summer break we need to keep our minds sharp so we can jump right back into work in September. Make a reading list for your summer break. Reading for enjoyment can be relaxing and fun, but it will also keep your mind active. With the weather becoming increasingly better it is easier to get outside and exercise. It is easy to save your money on a gym membership and change things up from your normal routine. You can get outside and walk, run or swim. But remember stay hydrated. As I finish up my degree here at MTA I would like to thank-you all for reading my column and wish you all the best. I hope I have kept you all informed and have given you some helpful tips. Good luck on finals and have a safe and healthy summer.

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Over the course of Vaughns five years at Mt. A he has excelled both in the pool and on the track.
spare time he enjoys hanging out with his friends. Parker also has a goofy side which explains his participation in the video that took over Mt. A called Speedo Love ( http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=btpcgDRL5GQ.) Parker, just like any other Mt. A athlete, has had to learn discipline as well as time management skills. It's hard, but you just have to get it done. When you have practices it forces you to schedule time aside for work and just finish. During his time Parker has quite a few great memories, but was able to decide on one from swimming and one from cross country which are standouts from the rest: coming in second place in the 4x200 metre freestyle relay in 2012 at the AUS championships. They shattered the previous Mt. A record while placing the best they ever have at AUS. After Parker graduates he plans on joining the Odyssey program. This is an exchange program where he would be a language assistant in a middle school classroom in Quebec for a year. After that he would eventually like to get his masters in Nature Based Tourism in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Lacrosse player dives into business world

Robert Murray
Sports Editor
Looking at Sam Imbeaults career statistics over three seasons as a Mountie, one goal in twenty-one games, most wouldnt consider him a star on the field. However, the graduating middie, who has spent the last three season playing lacrosse at Mt. A, is shaping his own future off the field. The cole L'Odysse graduate, who is on track to graduate this spring with an honours degree in economics, has accepted an opportunity to work with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) as an investment banker, which could see him landing on Bay Street in Toronto this summer, or see him head out to Calgary to work in the oil and gas operations of investment banking. Going into such a large organization, Imbeault relates his experiences with the lacrosse team to working in an organization as large as CIBC. We didnt always have a good team, noted Imbeault on a recent trip to Toronto with the Commerce Society last month. He brought up how the team didnt always get along, and how different departments within a workplace may not get along either, but at the end of the day they have to learn how to co-exist in a proper

Ducks fly together

Liam Coughlan
Argosy Contributor
The Mount Allison Ultimate Frisbee team had a great outing at the 20112012 Tournament of Fools this weekend in Halifax. Saturday included games against St. FX, Dal, UNB, and Halifaxs Darkside. In all of these games, the Mounties fought hard but came up short, losing to St. FX by only one point. Despite losing, the Mounties kept in high spirits for all the games. Credit goes to Spencer Yarnell, who bravely wore a duck mascot head at several points that day. The duck head reappeared once again during post-game spirit games where the Mounties would select a member of the opposing team as MVP and then award them a prize, with a few stipulations. Firstly, the winner would not be told they had won, but would be approached by a member of the Mt. A team wearing the Duck head. The second stipulation, and the more hilarious one, was that the recipient had to obtain their prize with their mouth. These shenanigans continued for much of the day and Mt. As spirit was the talk of the tournament. The Mounties went into Sunday as the lowest seed in the tournament but emerged triumphantly after winning two games against Halifaxs Anarchy and Mile High Club. In the game versus Anarchy there was a combination of new Mountie talent and wily veteran play. The highlight was Mount Allison alum Brennan McConnells huge interception of the Frisbee in the opposing teams endzone for a Callahan, which is Ultimates rarest and most impressive play. Newcomer Brad Johnston was a huge part of the Mounties defensive effort, setting a fantastic mark for the entire game. Captain Sarah Quann and Meggie MacMicheal frustrated the defence with their speed and quickness and Zoey Frolking made a great defensive play to set up the winning score. Before the tournament began the Mounties had two goals: one was to place higher than their initial seeding and the second was claim the spirit award back from St. FX who had won it the past two years. The Mounties achieved both of their goals, placing two places higher than their initial seeding and winning the coveted gold bicycle. Well, half bicycle, but it is still extremely coveted. Overall the weekend was filled with laughs, excitement, and great camaraderie amongst teammates that can be summed by the simple mantra Ducks Fly Together.

Sam Imbeault (left) and his brother Jake (right) have been integral members of the lacrosse team during their time at Mt. A.
manner, so that they can realize their ultimate goal, whether it be striving for a win against Saint Marys Uuniversity (SMU), or making a smart investment. Though he noted that, All the guys are friends off the field, he went on to explain that anything can happen in the heat of the game, which he attributed to the teams playoff exit this year against St. Francis Xaiver in the semi-finals. If there has been one noticeable trait of Imbeault throughout his time at Mt. A, it is has been his humble nature. Despite numerous academic awards and his father being the cofounder of Pizza Delight, Imbeault still takes time out of his schedule to be a teachers assistant in introductory economics, as well as bringing civility and reason to his tone in class, regardless of the issue. Growing up, Imbeault described his involvement with lacrosse as dabbling. While at L'Odysse, Sam played Varsity hockey, a large commitment throughout the school year for him. He also played golf, but started playing lacrosse at Mt. A seriously in his second year. The Mounties had a coming out party this past season with the emergence of second-year middie Kevin Isherwood, who finished third in Maritime University Field Lacrosse League (MUFLL) scoring with thirty-one goals and thirty-four points. Isherwoods efforts also earned him the League MVP trophy as the team looks to reach the finals for the first time in their existence. However, the team will have to accomplish that without Imbeault and standout goaltender Tyler James, who will both graduate this year.

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2011-2012 Athletic Awards

Caila Henderson Brookfield, NS (Female Athlete of the Year, Volleyball MVP) Emily van Diepen - Morell, PEI (Female Rookie of the Year, Female Soccer Rookie and Hockey Rookie of the Year) Jacob LeBlanc - Halifax, NS (Male Rookie of the Year, Football Rookie of the Year) Heather Murray - Belleisle, NS (Outstanding Senior Female Athlete of the Year, Female Badminton MVP) Stuart McAdam - Halifax, NS (Senior Scholar Athlete) Marya Peters - Sackville, NB (Female Rookie of the Year, Female Swimming Rookie of the Year) Justin Barkhouse Hantsport, NS (Outstanding Senior Male Athlete of the Year, Male Badminton MVP) Katelyn Morton - Berwick, NS (Senior Scholar Athlete) Mitch Peters - Sackville, NB (Male Athlete of the Year, Male Swimming MVP)
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Students, faculty and community members, marched, protesting Stephen Harpers policies, budget and the robo-call controversy.

Impromptu protest sees decent turn out

Carly Levy
News Writer A small but mighty group of students took to the streets of Sackville this past Saturday to voice their concerns over recent budget cuts, government policies and alleged election fraud. An impromptu protest organized by a few passionate students saw nearly 100 young people, faculty and community members, including Sackville Town Councillors, marching from the Wallace McCain Student Centre down the hill to Bridge Street chanting, This is a democracy - not hypocrisy!, Promote your right to vote! and Harper is a fraud, his policies are flawed!. Impetus for the last minute protest was sparked by the groups desire to discourage student apathy. At the centre of town, the demonstrators solicited honks of support from the passing cars, waving their signs demanding accountability of the Harper government and encouraging students to educate themselves on relevant political issues. The mob marched on to the newly completed town hall, where the group stopped to talk about issues as wide ranging as the Keystone XL Pipeline to recent federal budget cuts and new requirements for non-profit groups. The small group of students behind the protest came from a range of disciplines and represent several graduating classes. Were simply a group of concerned people who wanted to say something, said co-organizer Ruth Donald, who explained that the goal behind the march was to promote a dialogue around these important issues. This is a decisive time in Canadian politics, and we are the ones who will direct the course, she said. Coming on the heels of a national demonstration calling for a public inquiry into the robo-call election scandal earlier in the month, one of the primary concerns of the protesters was raising awareness about the importance of the student and youth voice. We have an expectation that other groups will take care of these things, but people need to be aware of their own voice, said co-organizer Liam Cobbe. We have such an amazing opportunity as students... and we want people to know the voices they have, agreed Emily Bishop, another coordinator of the event. Environmental Studies Professor Brad Walters marched alongside students over the weekend, relishing the opportunity to collectively stand up against the Harper government, which

New computers bound for library

Rachel Gardner
News Editor The library will soon receive forty new Dell all-in-one unit computers, thanks to a joint effort between the University and library in securing $30,000 in funds for student services. A project that will take place over the summer, students will be able to work on the new computers come the fall. University Librarian Tom Eadie states that two computers will be placed in the music library, twenty-one computers on the main floor, fourteen in the thirdfloor lab, while five will be held in reserve. Approximately $10,000 was acquired from the Universitys contingency funds, while $20,000 came from donations to the University libraries. In Mount Allison terms, this is a good amount of money, and will make a fairly dramatic difference for students using computers, comments Eadie. Im hoping to put in a few more resources to make the computers more accessible, including getting GIS software, specifically ArcView, on the computers so that students dont need to go to the AvardDixon lab. The majority of current computers have been handed down from University labs. In a survey of computer usage conducted between January 1 and February 27, each library computer averages 4.7 logins per day, an average that was three times higher than the Dunn computer lab, which has the second highest use on campus. VP Administration David Stewart approved the

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Job Searching for the Class of 2012

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With the Canadian economy stalling and the unemployment rate in New Brunswick growing to 10.1%, graduates this year need all the help they can get if they want to find a job in the province. Its important to stand out in a tough job market. Human resources consultant and former Mount Allison professor Pierre Battah says that there are skills job hunters need to demonstrate in order to attract hiring managers. Most important is demonstrating a strong work ethic. Grads will impress a prospective supervisor with a commitment to getting the job done right, with the necessary attention to detail and the perseverance to see an assignment through to completion with enthusiasm and a genuine concern for quality work, Battah says. He also stressed that soft skills were important, specifically noting negotiation skills, time management, professionalism and group cooperation skills as being the most valuable abilities to have in todays competitive job market. In addition to traditional skills, Battah stressed that graduates need to be mindful of their behaviour online as well as offline. While noting that employers in Canada are generally not as aggressive in doing social media background checks as elsewhere, Battah nevertheless noted that managing your online identity is now vital. Remember that diligent employers check references by telephone and also verify prospective employee's online presence. I suggest that photos on social media sites be edited to ensure they are appropriate for viewing by prospective employers who may be negatively influenced (rightly or wrongly) by photos depicting a party lifestyle, says Battah. Mt. As Career Counsellor Scott Yorke agrees, adding that graduates should ramp up their privacy settings on social networks. Facebook can be very useful in promoting the reasons why you and your social-self should be hired; take the time to ensure it is not a reason to toss your application in the trash. To some, these warnings may seem like an overreaction, but in a recent study by UK business psychology firm OPP, 56 percent of employers said that they were likely to check out the social media presence of potential employees, and the trend towards increasing social media checks shows no sign of slowing. Battah explains that employers in Atlantic Canada for the most part are not currently very active in using social media to recruit, but those that are use Linkedin. He names Yorke explains the value of the concept of the site, For those students who have lacked on the networking front throughout their undergrad, or even for those who are very well connected, LinkedIn will not only expand your connections across a diverse group of organizations and locations, but will also give you the opportunity to be noticed by HR professionals who may be looking for a specific candidate with your experiences. There are many different features to the website that can help new grads in their job search. Once connected to fellow graduates,

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three main takeaways that job searchers need to include: direct contact with employers, scouring job postings, and expanding ones network in person and online LinkedIn is a great network-expander but must be accompanied by feet on the street networking as well. Yorke also believes in the utility of LinkedIn for professional networking. LinkedIn has been called Facebook for Adults and is a social media website that serves not only as your virtual resume but also allows users to directly connect with potential employers. professors, and former employers, you can request recommendations that will be viewable by others on the site. You can then inform your connections that you are looking for work in a specific area. As well, through a centralized professional profile, potential employers will be more likely to see that listing above than any possible negative content (photos of that last party) of you. There are many other benefits to building a diverse LinkedIn profile, Yorke says, and I encourage all students to create one upon graduation (if not before).

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Making it matter one step at a time

KAIROS workshop promotes Aboriginal rights
Julia McMillan
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Words of change, connection and encouragement were shared last week at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church when Migrant and Indigenous Rights Program Coordinator for KAIROS Canada Alfredo Barahona facilitated a workshop entitled Making It Matter: Truth, Reconciliation and Equity. The event, held on March 24, was hosted by the Outreach Committees of Sackville United Church and St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. The workshop advocated for the countrys continued efforts in creating an equitable future for Canadian Aboriginal peoples, and provided an opportunity for Sackville residents to acknowledge both past and present injustices regarding Aboriginal rights in Canada. The event was held in response to the Prime Ministers 2008 apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools in Canada, and the subsequent launch of the Truth and Reconciliation Process, as well as Canadas 2010 endorsement of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Workshop leader Barahona stated that the event was an effort to express a commitment to work towards right relations by stating that they matter to us! The day-long workshop began with a prayer and opening welcome from Chief Joe Knockwood from the Fort Folly First Nation community. The opening address was followed by what is known as the Blanket Exercise, an interactive exercise that takes people through the history of colonization of Turtle Island, from first contact with Europeans settlers to present. It details historical treaty agreements between settlers and Aboriginal peoples, emphasizing Canadians covenant to share and respect the land. The afternoon was spent discussing the UNDRIP, and the role it plays in ensuring the protection of the right of Indigenous peoples. Barahona stated that the workshops main objective was to ensure peoples participation and engagement. For the most part, people acknowledged that they were not aware of most of the information and the issues which came up throughout the day. So in that sense, the workshop is an eye-opener. He has been involved in providing a connection for the local Sackville KAIROS group to the KAIROS national office. KAIROS is an Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiative that unites Canadian churches and religious organizations in a faithful ecumenical response to the call in Micah 6:8, to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God. Barahona explains the importance of linking social change to religion by stating that [w]e are all motivated by something. For KAIROS, we are motivated by God to make change throughout the world and promote justice in our own communities. KAIROS has long been committed to protecting Aboriginal rights. According to Barahona, the organization feels that although progress has been made towards creating a more just future for Canadian Aboriginal peoples, we still have a long way to go. Unfortunately there are still quite a few issues that are important and which need to be addressed, including education, housing and health. We are also concerned with the right of Indigenous children and how they are being left behind. Because of the magnitude and the complexity of the issues surrounding Aboriginal rights, Barahona notes that he often encounters individuals who feel overwhelmed by the situation, and often feel as though there is little hope for an optimistic future. But he proposes that there is hope, and that people must learn to look at the bigger picture. He suggests that the way people can do this is by continuing to learn more about Aboriginal peoples and the issues affecting them. He calls for a sense of connectedness between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Here in Sackville, you can get involved with local groups like the KAIROS group who are trying to change the relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, explains Barahona. One thing you can do is to invite students of Mount A to reach out to indigenous peoples in this region and to work with them. Change takes time, but every little step and help is important. Keep your eyes and ears opened for future events relating to indigenous peoples. The event was part of KAIROS ongoing series of workshops held all over Canada. To learn more about the organization, visit http://www. kairoscanada.org.

Student activists express outrage

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he says is systematically destroying this country. Canadians have become far too comfortable and complacent with their government, he said. I think its great, and also encouraging, to see students take this kind of initiative and go public with their concerns about the federal government. Among the major issues discussed at the rally were recent decisions by the federal government made in an attempt to save $5.2 billion a year by 2015. The budget, released last Thursday, saw cuts and major changes across the board. Of particular concern to the student activists is a plan to cap reviews of major resource development projects at twenty-four months, including the Northern Gateway pipeline. The budget also introduced a provision that will require non-profit groups to provide more information on their political activities and a plan to increase audits of these groups to enforce the current stipulation that no more than ten percent of their funds are spent on advocacy, in a move that some are saying is specifically targeting environmental groups. Further concerns include the elimination of the Katimavik program for youth, the reduction of over 19 000 federal public sector jobs over three years, reductions of funds for international aid and diplomacy, the halting of funds to the CBC, and the eradication of three institutions whose primary function is to inform government decisions: the First Nations Statistical Council, the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, and the National Welfare Council. The protest coincided with a nationwide call for Canadians to Stand for Democracy on March 31. The organization DemocracyCanada combined Bill C-10, C-30 Internet and Get Fraud out of Parliament rallies to create maximum exposure for these issues. DemocracyCanada is a nonpartisan online organization committed to the health of Canadian democracy and democratic institutions.

Second term approved for Ron Byrne

Rachel Gardner
News Editor
After undergoing a University-wide review, Vice-President International and Student Affairs Ron Byrne has been approved for a second term. Set to begin in December 2012, Byrne hopes to focus on student judicial, leadership development and programming, and the deeper internationalization of the campus in the new term. To have the opportunity to work with students again for a second term is really exciting, states Byrne. It was a vindication of the work that Ive done. Mount Allison President and ViceChancellor Robert Campbell announced Byrnes renewal on the Mt. A website on March 13. I look forward to working with Ron Byrne in his second term to further improve student services and processes, and to extend Mount Allisons reputation and reach externally, said Campbell in a press release from the University. In the Students Administrative Councils (SAC) review of Byrnes first term, students number of forums, a number felt that their expressed varied opinions on the performance opinions were not adequately considered and that of this administrative member. If renewed for the end result of forming an advisory committee another term, it is crucial that Byrne adopt a was reactive rather than truly collaborative. more collaborative and substantive approach Due to these concerns, the SAC passed the to addressing student following motion at concerns; students have the February 8 Council expressed that they To have the opportunity to work meeting: Be it resolved feel disenfranchised by that Council endorse with students again for a second this member of senior the performance review administration, whose term is really exciting of Ron Byrne which title alone should most states that if Byrne preclude him from Ron Byrne is to be renewed, it doing so, states the Vice-President International and must be with a caveat SAC submissions of Student Affairs of increased attention recommendations on and improvements to Byrnes renewal. That Residence Assistant said, the areas in which Byrne excels have and House Executive training; resources offered seen considerable improvements and Byrnes through the Meighen Centre; the Leadership contribution to said improvements cannot be Mount Allison program; coordination between ignored. departments, particularly during Orientation; The majority of student concerns regarding career services; and the International Centre; Byrnes renewal centred on his approach to as well as greater student engagement and the dons contract issues. The report states that increased opportunities for students to take part [w]hile students were appreciative of Byrnes substantively in decision-making processes. willingness to share information through a The SAC will be following up on these recommendations with Byrne in the upcoming week. President Campbell directed the review renewal process and is in charge of making the final decision on the renewal of a position. Feedback was requested via e-mail and on the website, which helped to inform the final decision. The review and renewal process is typically held every five years, according to Director of Marketing and Communications Tony Frost. As with most organizations, the review process and results are confidential, says Frost. Only those with a need to know have access to it. In this case, the President reviews and evaluates input from the community, discusses matters with the Vice President, and makes a decision and announcement to the community with some characterization of the process in the announcement. Byrne came to Mt. A in December 2007 from the University of Regina, taking a position as VP Student Affairs. This title was changed to VP International and Student Affairs in September 2008 to reflect attempts to internationalize the campus.

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$10,000 contingency fund for the project, expressing his hopes that the project would provide a better student experience. The library is an essential service and well-used, said Stewart. It needs computers and Im happy that we can replace them. Im sure that theyll get used more every day. Several students have commented on their excitement to see the new computers installed at the library. I did not have a working laptop for about a month and a half this term, so I used the library computers in the upstairs computer lab every day, sometimes for multiple study sessions in a day, comments fourth-year student Brie Nelson. While commenting that her usage has declined since purchasing a new laptop, she comments that she will still use them between classes. Having new computers would be fantastic and would make me happier while using them, even though I doubt that I would use them any more [often] or for more

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University discusses definition of a course

the What is a Course? document seems to do, according to Fox. They really should just abandon Entertainment Editor this approach. This reads like theyre trying to manage a room schedule Mount Allison students and rather than a foundation for teaching faculty have raised concerns about and learning, states Fox. the recently released discussion Assistant Professor of document, What is a Course? Biochemistry Dr. Cockshutt also which defines the qualitative and expressed her concern over the quantitative basis of a university pedagogical standards within the course. In particular, intensive document. I dont understand reading week courses may no longer how theyre trying to say that its be offered, as they would not comply pedagogically better to learn your with the documents required course courses several at a time no more length. than three hours a week. From what According to Provost and ViceIve witnessed myself, students learn President Academic and Research better when theyre focused on one Berkley Fleming, the impetus for thing and engaged in one thing. the document was a reading week These concerns were brought course proposed by the Geography forward to the administration in a Department. I flagged the intensive public discussion on Wednesday, courses and block courses as which was mediated by University something I thought we needed to Chaplain Reverend John Perkin. The make some quick decisions on because discussion was originally planned there was one course being proposed to consist of an open discussion, for the week of independent study followed by breakouts into discussion and there were all sorts of logistical groups and finishing with a plenary and financial discussion; this did problems. It hadnt not occur, as the been budgeted I dont understand how open discussion for, so that meant theyre trying to say that continued for the it had to pay for its pedagogically better duration of the itself. Technically, to learn your courses meeting at the it was during the insistence of the several at a time no winter term and audience. so if students more than three hours I think [the wanted to take it a week. From what Ive a d m i n i s t r at ion] as a sixth course witnessed myself, students was very hesitant without paying learn better when theyre in their response, any additional albeit defensive, focused on one thing and comments fifthtuition then there wouldnt be any engaged in one thing. year student income associated Patrick Forestell. with it. Dr. Amanda Cockshutt The atmosphere The Deans had Assistant Professor of of the evening a preliminary was moderately Biochemistry combative, but discussion of the issue, cancelling constructive to the proposed some extent. reading week course, and then There was a general sense of frustration presented it to the Academic Matters amongst students throughout the Committee and the Teaching and discussion, evident through a number Learning Committee. The process of heated comments directed at those of compiling, researching, and compiling the documents. finalizing decisions on the document Critiques of the documents were confidential. Although this is pedagogical and administrative standard procedure for all documents principles included it being a Western written by Senate committees, some approach, having an ableist bias, faculty and students are concerned being poorly referenced, infringing on about the lack input from their intellectual freedom, and restricting respective groups. of teaching innovation. The audience SAC Vice-President Academic was also upset at the absence of Erik Fraser questioned the lack Dr. Fox, who had a class scheduled of input from the student body in during the discussion. Chair of the compiling the document. After Senate Committee of Teaching and asking the administration why the Learning Eileen Herteis expressed document was compiled this way, some disappointment with the I received the response that this is communication between students the way all discussion documents are and the administration. Most of compiled at the University. the students seemed not to have read Head of the Department of the document, and were responding Geography and Environment Dr. to what others said rather than Michael Fox said that he is perplexed responding to the document itself. at the Universitys conflicting views Fleming closed the evening with within their Academic Renewal an assurance that the discussion Plan and the What is a Course would continue into the fall, and document?. Principle five within would involve student input. A the Academic Renewal Plan states conference will be held at the end that [student learning] is not coeval of April to draft a report on the with time spent in the classroom, i.e., discussion, which will be presented outcomes, not inputs, are important. to Senate on May 10. Fleming This principle does not equate the remarked that there would be an amount of time spent in the classroom urgency to come to a conclusion on with pedagogical satisfaction, which the subject in the fall.

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Internet/Indiana Lawyer Blog purposes than I use the current ones, comments Nelson. Yet it remains unclear as it how the new computers will affect student usage. When asked if he would use the library computers more often if new ones were installed, third-year student Sean Baker stated, Probably not. I would probably still use them for the same things I use them for now. It would be nice, but probably wouldnt increase my usage. Baker commented that he uses the computer a few times a week while on campus to check webmail and print assignments, carrying out most of his research on his laptop. Other students have expressed similar sentiments. For the most part, the library computers are useful to avoid having to bring my laptop to campus unless I actually need to sit down and write an essay or something like that, states thirdyear student Naomi Martz.

Summer research students sponsored by University

John Fraser
Argosy Writer
Forty Mount Allison University students have been awarded grants from the Research and Creative Activities Committee to pursue research in summer 2012. The Argosy is featuring the research of two students, Marlee Leslie, who will be researching social movements as portrayed in the media, and Bernard Soubry, who will study the use of film in garnering support for Inuit knowledge on climate change. One of Mount Allisons top selling points is that it offers undergraduate students a chance to do research in their studies, says Director of Research Services David Bruce, who helps approve the distribution of research grants to Mt. A students. The Summer Students Research Awards Program is an established set of diverse endowment funds from private investors, founders and sponsors that are divided equally between the Arts and Sciences, with approximately 70-100 applicants. Third-year Sociology student Marlee Leslie will be working with Sociology Professor Fabrizio Antonelli to conduct a content analysis of The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail and The National Post with interview data from protestors who were present at the G-20. I am looking for discrepancies in the information and then analyzing them using Antonio Gramscis theory of hegemony, explains Leslie. Names, research locations, and group affiliations have to be kept confidential to ensure the safety of former G-20 protestors. She is hoping to interview eight to ten protestors to ask about their experiences. Leslie was granted $6,000 from a

Argosy/Rosanna Hempel University-issued Social Sciences and Humanities Research Grant in order to cover expenses incurred in conducting her search over the summer. A comparison of the results of the context-analysis and personal interviews with rarely accessed groups is fairly new research grounds, states Leslie. I think the University will be interested in the results. Another student engaging in research this summer is third-year Honours Anthropology student and English major Bernard Soubry. He is planning to do research with Geography and Environment Professor Ian Mauro on the use of new media by Inuit in conveying local knowledge of global warming. Soubry is planning to head to Pangnirtung and Igloolik in Nunavut in a partnership with IsumaTV, an internet video portal for indigenous filmmakers, to aid in a Digital Indigenous Democracy project. Soubry will assist in the implementation of this project through technical maintenance of the servers, media player maintenance, and working with communities to create their own content to spread across the Arctic region. This research project is intended to emphasize the need to incorporate indigenous knowledge in discussions on climate change. These northern hunters are some of the most environmentally sensitive people. The data they observe should be taken as legitimately as what hard science comes up with, says Soubry. While many scientists from the south only carry out research during the summer, Soubry comments that Inuit live in the Arctic environment year-round and can observe certain climatic effects that are not seen by scientists in the summer. The North is radically different than here, and the only thing I can expect is to learn a lot and be humbled, comments Soubry, when asked what he expects his research findings to be. He hopes that this research will ultimately build strong relationships between the geography lab and the communities of the Indigenous so that we can mutually benefit each other. Set to leave for Nunavut near the end of June, Soubry has been awarded the Class of 46 Research grant in order to cover research costs over the summer.

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This Week in the World

A weekly miscellany compiled by Scott Green
National League of Democracy wins in Myanmar
Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyis political party claimed victory in Myanmars parliamentary elections this past Monday. The Nobel laureates party, the National League for Democracy, won at least forty of the forty-five seats that were up for contestation. Although this election is seen as a victory for the pro-democracy movement, the parliament of Myanmar is still dominated by the military and its allies, who still hold the majority of the countrys 664 seats. Suu Kyi was released from house arrest in November 2010 after spending fifteen of the previous twenty-one years under state supervision. Seven people were killed and three others wounded after a shooting occurred at a small California religious college on Monday. A former student named One Goh has been detained as a suspect, but has not yet been charged. The suspect was arrested near a convenience store in Alameda, California after fleeing the scene of Oikos University in East Oakland. Columbias leftist group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia Peoples Army, or FARC, have released their remaining ten police and military hostages. The former captives were retrieved from the Brazilian jungle and taken to the city of Villavicencio. The FARC made commitments to release these individuals, six police officers and four military personnel earlier this year. This hostage release was coordinated by the International Committee of the Red Cross. The group is thought to still be holding hundreds of civilian hostages, as ransom makes up the majority of the groups income. As of February, unemployment in the Eurozone has hit a new record high since the implementation of the Euro currency in 1999. The unemployment rate of the seventeen-state zone hit a record high of 10.8 per cent in February, up from 10.7 per cent the previous month. The data agency Eurostat has estimated that 17.1 million people are out of work as of February and that the unemployment rate has been rising for ten consecutive months.

Harassment at Mount Allison

Examining safety and the university students experience
Rachel Gardner
News Editor
Students involved with the Green Dot Campaign on campus recently attempted to raise awareness of the prevalence of harassment at universities during Anti-Harassment Week. The weeks events included Silent Walk MTA which was held on March 21 with a low turn-out from students. The Argosy has undertaken an overview of current student concerns regarding harassment at Mount Allison, looking at policies, campus safety, the handling of harassment cases by the University, and student concerns. Some students from the Green Dot Campaign have expressed concerns that student apathy towards the issue is lowering the profile of this issue. The fact that we had a significantly low turn-out speaks volumes about the political nature of our campus, comments third-year student and member of the Green Dot Campaign, Robyn LeBlanc. I certainly praise the students and faculty members that did participate and encourage us along the way, and all of those students and community members that took the time to read the posters displayed on campus, but the lack of reaction from the administration is slightly disheartening. LeBlanc points to Mt. As harassment policy as one example of University inaction on the issue. The fact that the [sexual] harassment policy we have in place was created in 1994 and, despite being reviewed, has never been revised, shows that the administration does not see a need in updating its policies to reflect the reality of the student experience, comments LeBlanc. Currently, sections 1000-1099 on Discrimination and Harassment

California school shooting

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Unemployment rate rises in Eurozone

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SAC discusses bike co-op, and budget

Creation of bike co-op coordinator

VP Campus Life Michael Watkins motioned for Council to create the position of bike co-op student coordinator with the declared terms of referenced, as presented. The bike co-op student coordinator would be the main director and coordinator of the bike co-op service, and would be granted a small honorarium of $500 for holding the position. Bhatia asked for the terms to include that the position would fall under the portfolio of VP Campus Life, and revisions were made. VP Academic Erik Fraser moved to amend the positions terms to include that the coordinator be present during the summer months. Some discussion ensued both supporting Frasers motion, with counter-arguments largely coming from Counsellor Bhatia, who stated that the honoraria was too small to make a student stay in Sackville and asked Watkins for his own personal views. Watkins responded that the Environmental Affairs Committee had discussed the inclusion of a summer term requirement, but thought that it would be best to leave this to the discretion of the Appointments and Recruitment Chair. After some more discussion on the phrasing of the new stipulation, the Council voted to include the following in the terms of reference: Shall be available to work in Sackville to fulfill the duties of the Sackville Bike Co-op Student Coordinator position during the summer months of May to August. With one opposed, the Council voted in favour of Frasers motion. With no more discussion on Watkins original motion to approve the coordinator, the SAC voted unanimously in favour of its creation.

do not include generalized policies students, half responded that they had on student harassment, although personally experienced harassment they do have policies concerning at Mt. A. When asked whom they sexual harassment, gender-neutral would contact at the University in language, workplace harassment, and dealing with a case of harassment, disabilities. While the Mt. A website students responded that they would maintained by the Harassment contact SHARE, Wellness Services, Advisor has a section labelled or no one at all. Eighty per cent Annual Report, the web page was of respondents indicated that they blank when visited by The Argosy. did not know the number for the Safety should be a number one campus police, and seventy per cent priority for our school, comments of respondents ranked their trust in LeBlanc, but the lack of clear and the campus police at five and below, accessible policies, along with the lack where one indicated no trust and ten of adequate training for both staff and indicated complete trust. Student students on how to prevent, report, suggestions to improve campus and deal with harassment, as well security largely centred around fixing as an insufficient security team, emergency phones, ensuring that all signify that campus police and the universitys security answer the priorities are The fact that the [sexual] phones, and raising harassment policy we elsewhere. awareness about LeBlanc is not have in place was created how to recognize the only student in 1994 and, despite and classify cases with concerns being reviewed, has never of harassment. about Mt. As In another h a r a s s m e n t been revised, shows survey conducted policies or the that the administration by the Students U n i v e r s i t y s does not see a need in Administration method of dealing updating its policies to Council (SAC) with cases of with over 400 reflect the reality of the harassment. An respondents on anonymous Mt. student experience campus safety, the A student who SAC found major was a victim were Robyn LeBlanc concerns of harassment Green Dot Campaign poorly lit areas on stated that they Member campus, a lack of were unsatisfied awareness of the with the process security offices in which the University dealt with location, and a lack of knowledge on their particular case of harassment. the phone number for campus police. It often felt like I was putting Students indicated that a walk home complete trust in a process I did not service would be helpful in feeling fully understand and that felt out safer walking home from campus of my hands, stated the student. at night. After a year of dedication It was exhausting, frustrating and to the subject, the SAC is ready disappointing. When asked if they and equipped to act as a conduit would feel comfortable sending a for student concern, comments friend through a similar process, they SAC VP Campus Life Michael made the following response: I do Watkins. Having identified some not feel I would send a friend to the problems this year, we hope to move same process I experienced. I believe forward with continued student counselling can be effective but if it consultation, and research in order to was anything more than that, I do not be best prepared to tackle this issue have faith that the University would regardless of the funding available. take real action. A public report of the document was In a recent survey conducted scheduled to be released on April 4. by The Argosy of ten anonymous

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SAC budget
VP Finance and Operations Pat Losier presented the SAC Budget to Council, motioning to approve the 2012/2013 SAC Budget as presented. Having been presented the week prior to Council, the referendum results allowed for a confirmation of budget expenses to be voted on this week. With little discussion on the budget at the March 28 meeting, the SAC voted unanimously in favour of its approval. After its approval, Off-Campus Counsellor Natalie Brunet asked when the Council can expect decisions to be made by the Investment Committee. SAC President Pat Joyce responded that the committee was going to external consultants and would hopefully come to Council next week with recommendations from market research associates. Joyce continued that significant investment decisions would only be made in the fall and would be approved by the new Council.

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David Cleaver shares his experience
Ryan Burnham
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This past Monday marked the thirtieth anniversary of a war between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands. On April 2, 1982, the first wave of Argentine Forces disembarked from the warship ARA Santisima Trinidad to seize the Falklands from the British Royal Marines stationed at the Islands capital of Stanley. The British and Argentine governments contest the sovereignty of the Islands. Despite Argentinas claims of de facto rights to the Falklands, control over the islands has long been British . The Argentine government asserts that due to the conditions of their independence from Spain, the Islas Malvinas Falkland Islandsbelong to them. The British had intermittent settlement on the islands until 1833, when they established a full military garrison. When the British Empire began to collapse after World War II, Argentina hoped this development would signal a shift in sovereignty over the islands, but the civilian population overwhelmingly identified as British and sought to remain a British Dependency. By 1982 the Argentine government was run by a military junta desperately looking for a distraction to draw attention from more pressing national issues. With rhetoric on both sides becoming more heated, and the belief that

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The Falklands War remembered, thirty years on

Argentines managed some success with the planes, the British made use of their own air power in conjunction with Special Forces. A lot of special forces work went on at night, blowing up aircraft on the West Island, said Cleaver. Harrier Fighter Jets were deployed to achieve air superiority from aboard the Carriers Invincible and Hermes: They didnt have many [fighter jets] left by the time we finished . . . They used to call the Harriers the Black Death. In a more humorous episode, Cleaver shared, We were able to prove that a Hercules can fly on one engine . . . one of our Harriers took out the other three. When the conflict was over I was one of the first people to go ashore; I was to set up a logistics support base at the airport, Cleaver remembered. When asked about the weather, Cleaver exclaimed, the snow at the airport used to come down horizontally, I kid you not! . . . I wore the full number when I was down there, all the arctic clothing I could find. Bombing had ruined all of the structures around Stanley Airport, offering no protection from the wind. In true British style, we had received lots and lots of canned beer, I was able to make a small office by stacking all this beer up . . . It didnt last too long though, it was destined for the ships. On June 14, 1982, the Falklands Crisis ended with Britain regaining control of the islands. 649 Argentine soldiers and 258 British soldiers lost their lives fighting an avoidable war. The sacrifices made by men on both sides of the war must not be forgotten, nor should we forget that militarism must never triumph over discourse.

Internet Photo/grandlogistics After Argentinian forces surrendered on June 29, 1982, HMS Invincible, involved in the Falklands conflict from the beginning, returned to victory celebrations in the United Kingdom. Britain would be unwilling to commit herself militarily, the junta decided to take the islands by force on April 2 1982. In defence of the Islanders right to national self-determination, the British government committed a large Naval Task Force to liberate the population. After ten weeks, the Argentine forces on the Falklands surrendered to the British Task Force. The Argosy spoke with Deputy Logistic Support Officer David Cleaver, who was aboard the Aircraft Carrier HMS Invincible during war. Cleaver was forty years old at the time of the crisis and served with the Royal Navy for eighteen years. We had decided that enough was enough and on the Good Friday of that Easter Weekend, I was on leave at that time, I got called back in. The country was committed to retaking the Falklands: Supplies were coming from all over England to help the war effort, a solid 24 hours, all go, said Cleaver. The Carriers HMS Invincible and Hermes left Portsmouth on April 5 to join the British Task Force with a wave of patriotic support at their backs. The mood aboard Invincible was pretty upbeat, though there was some concern for a few days while we figured out what exactly the game plan was, Cleaver explained. We had a couple of scares. They hit the HMS Atlantic Conveyer, the only reason they missed us was because the Atlantic Conveyer was between us and the aircraft that launched the missile. Despite very real danger, Cleaver never doubted a British victory. Much of the Argentine army consisted of conscripts who had received little training prior to being dispatched: They were just youngsters, possibly some of them had never even held a rifle in their life. The Super tendard fighter jets were among the gravest threats faced by the British, as they were able to fire the Exocet missile, designed specially for sinking ships. While the

Board of Regents: Part III

Faculty and alumni representation
Anissa Stambouli
Features Editor
My role on the Board is the same as any other Board member: look at the issues and try to come up with what we think is in the best interest of the University as a whole, said Dr. Craig Brett, a faculty member who has been sitting on Mount Allisons Board of Regents since January 2010. Since the University Act of 1993, the Board has been composed of twenty-four regents: two of which are appointed or elected by members of the faculty, and four by the Federated Alumni. While the Mount Allison Faculty Association (MAFA) represents the faculty of Mt. A, the faculty members sitting on the Board are not MAFA representatives. As a regent and faculty member of Mt. A, Brett offers a wider faculty perspective on issues relating to academics. However, pertaining to issues that directly affect the financial interest of the faculty, Brett can only offer mostly perspective while sitting on the Board. Its hard to do direct representation [of the faculty] under such situations, he told The Argosy. This is because when negotiations relating to the faculty such as contracts arise, faculty Board members must remove themselves from that particular meeting due to a conflict of interest. However, when faculty members are absent from decisions in situations like this, is the Boards representation evenly distributed, what with half of the members being appointed by the Board itself ? When faculty regents are removed from decisions of faculty-related issues, are there enough voices to balance out the interests of the twelve appointed Board members? There is an imbalance on the Board . . . its primarily corporate [representation]. That leads to insufficient representation for faculty [and] students, said MAFA president Stephen Law, who is serving his first year in this position. When asked his opinion on Board representation, Brett confessed, I dont have a strong opinion on it . . . Do I feel that Im listened to as a faculty rep? The answer is yes. Do I feel like I would be listened to any more if there were two more [faculty regents]? I dont know. Brett expressed confidence in the Boards discernment when appointing its twelve members: The appointed members on the Board . . . are acting in what they believe to be the best interest of Mount Allison. They wouldnt be there if they didnt want to advance those intereststheyre busy people. Unlike Brett, Law would prefer there to be different guidelines and principles in the selection of Board members. With the University Act of 1993, voting privileges of faculty members on the Executive Committee were discontinued. On behalf of MAFA, Law stated that he would like to have more faculty representation [on the Board], including some voting ability on the Executive. In 2004, MAFA claimed that the Board was unaware of, and uninterested in the effective functioning of . . . learning, teaching [and] research. As such, MAFA requested that the Board be reviewed in public, and be changed to allow public accountability and open processes. An official proposal for a revised structure of the Board was submitted. To name a few, MAFA suggested that faculty representation be increased to three members, the presidents of MAFA and MASA be added to the Boards membership, the Town of Sackville be offered a representative, and that two representatives of the Government of New Brunswick be added to the Board. These suggestions were not implemented at the time, and the Board structure has yet to change today. The difference between two faculty representatives and four, or two student [representatives] and three, seems like not much in my books, Brett commented. Law, on the other hand, feels that it would be best if the Board were set up to reflect the academic community. While it is important to maintain regents with the long-run sustainability of Mt. A in mind, Law believes that it would be helpful to include regents from other communities that are not, or insufficiently, represented on the Board. Andrew Clark, elected by the Federated Alumni, believes that representation on the Board is appropriate: This is broadly in line with other universities in the region . . . Being able to appoint twelve members, the Board is able to ensure Board membership includes a wide diversity of talents.

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Technologys double-edged sword

Exploring societys expressions for vanity
Elise Dolinsky
Features Writer
The benefits of technology and social media are everywhere, but could they be also making our society more vain? We are now more linked to each other than ever before, and can communicate with people around the world in all sorts of ways. But just what kind of effect does this technology and new ways of communicating have on our society? There has been a lot of concern that the new tech-savvy generation is more vain than its predecessors because of our access to the Internet and social media. People are now starting to suggest that this technology has made everyone more self-obsessed, giving everyone a chance to feel important. Its sort of like people are living in a different world, where all that matters is what people think of you and how many people are listening to what you say, third-year student Morgan Book told The Argosy. I think [social media] does change people; I doubt our parents acted the way we do, added third-year Psychology student Chloe Henderson, Its a good thing to be able to keep in touch with people who are far away, but people who are too young are posting things they probably shouldnt and getting attention for it. Everyone seems to be jumping on board with these new technological changes. On average, 745 iPhone apps hit the market every day, and now even companies you wouldnt expect are seeing the benefit of investing in the app concept. The postal service used to be a critical part of our society. Now with email, online banking, currier services and online shopping, postal service now seems like more of a novelty. Canada Post has started to fight back and adapt. It recently introduced a mobile app that lets users turn any picture they take into a postcard, and then send it for a low fee. This app turned out to be a huge success for Canada Post, and was the #1 downloaded app in Canada last February. Frequent travellers are especially excited about it, as it allows them to send more personalized pictures to their friends and family. But while it certainly encourages creativity, is this app also adding to societys vanity? Its definitely creating [an] outlet so that people are noticing others vanity, said third-year psychology student Agnes Flanagan, adding, For some people who would normally keep to themselves, this sort of [app] gives them a chance to share with others without actually having to do it face to face. Researchers and psychologists have started to question the effects of social media and the Internet on our metal health. A study led by Amanda Forest, published in the Association for Psychological S cience s j o u r n a l Psychological Science, at the University of Waterloo found that Facebook tends to increase the self-esteem of people who are already confident, while lowering the self-esteem of those who are already dont think highly of themselves; this is because individuals with low self-esteem express more negative emotions through social media. It has also been found that social media tends to act as a magnifier for people who are already susceptible to depression; causing what pediatrician Gwenn OKeffe calls Facebook Depression. With social media and technology like texting, you can be a completely different person than you really are; you can make up a fake persona, said third-year commerce student Taylor Kirkbride, It leaves room for exclusion because people will say things

that they normally wouldnt [in person], and it becomes easier to bully others and be bullied. Another study has gone one step

further and linked social media to narcissism and violent behaviour. Dr. Larry Rosen, a professor of Psychology at California State University recently presented the results of his study. Rosen found that teenagers who spend too much time on social networks are more likely to show narcissistic tendencies and have other behavioural problems such as anxiety and depression. However, Rosen also pointed out that social networking has some beneficial components, such as allowing young adults to come out of their shells, and it is a tool for interactive learning. Overall, social media and changing technology have proved to be very beneficial, and have helped connect people and keep them in touch. However, it now seems that social media has resulted in questionable societal behaviours, especially when used excessively.

Cherry Sauce Chicken

Haruho Kubota
Argosy Contributor
Stressed? Well, theres only one thing to say. Deal with it. Thats right. There is no way of avoiding it; there is no easy way out. Lets think about it this way. No matter what, time will not stop ticking and being concerned about running out of time only causes more stress. Its normal to want to escape, especially for students. One way to recharge your batteries is to cook. Yes it takes time, going to the grocery store to buy ingredients, walking back home, cutting the ingredients and then finally actually cooking. But sharing this hobby with others and sharing the completed project (your dish) feels as if the mountain of assignments, essays, studying can be combated, not alone, but together with the friends you share your meal with. Embrace the

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support network with this cherry-sauce chicken as I did today. Its good, its easy and it works. Directions: 1. Whisk the egg whites in a medium-sized bowl until white and fluffy. Add in the cooking alcohol and soy sauce. 2. Cut the chicken into bite size pieces, sprinkle with salt and pepper. **If you massage the chicken here a little bit, it will make it a little tenderer**. 3. Put chicken into bowl from step 1 and marinate for at least 15 minutes. 4. Add the corn starch into the bowl and mix until there is no dry powder. 5. Use a small pot to deep-fry the chicken. Pour in oil into pot and set stove to HIGH. You can check to see if the oil has reached the right temperature for deep-frying by sticking the end of a fork or a chopstick in. If little bubbles form just around the utensil, then its ready! 6. Turn down heat to MEDIUM-HIGH and cook five to six pieces of chicken at a time for 3-4 minutes each.

Ingredients: 10 pieces of boneless chicken thigh 1 egg white 2 tablespoons cooking alcohol (if you have any) 1 tablespoon soy sauce Some salt/pepper 1/2 cup corn starch Frying oil A jar of cherry sauce

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to earn a full course load of credits through the University of British Columbia. Centred around what might be called place-based education, HGHES explains that students live on Haida Gwaii, attend lectures at the world-class Haida Heritage Centre at Kaay Llnagaay (Sea Lion Town) in Skidegate, tour the forests and landscapes of the islands, meet with local experts and knowledge-holders and become part of the Haida Gwaii community. The archipelago that makes up Haida Gwaii, formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, is home to approximately 4,000 people. It is accessible by a two-hour flight northwest from Vancouver, or an eight-hour ferry ride from the coastal city of Prince Rupert. As Crump explained in an email, The Haida Gwaii Semester has offered me a chance to learn in a way that standard university courses do not. You become utterly and completely immersed in the material you are learning. Classes and guest lecturers fill the days, but the learning spills well beyond the classroom. The semester is set up with four intensive, three-week courses with a fifth that spans the length of the semester. The class format varies depending on the module and professor, but generally a mix of seminar-style classroom time, community guest speakers, outdoor fieldwork and field trips around the islands all play a role in learning. Living in the relatively remote community is also an adventure unto itself, with lots of opportunities to take part in community events and take time to explore the land by hiking, cycling and kayaking. Along with the existing winter semester program that Crump and Singleton-Polster are currently inwhich takes a Social Science approacha second Haida Gwaii semester that is Ecology and Sciencefocused has recently been approved to run this coming fall. As a past participant in the winter semester, I can say that I fully support the positive feedback given by Crump and Singleton-Polster. As Crump puts it so clearly, I know I will be digesting, and just beginning to understand all that I have learned and continue to learn from Haida Gwaii for a long, long while yet. Applications are currently being accepted for the upcoming fall and winter terms. For more information, check out http://www. haidagwaiisemester.com

April 5, 2012

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Mt. A students take part in Haida Gwaii field school

Naomi Martz
Argosy Correspondent
As most Mount Allison students are eagerly looking forward to the end of the semester and stress of exams, Rachel Singleton-Polster and Rosalind Crump are far from Sackville and not nearly ready for their semester of field study in northwest British Columbia to end. Both third year Mt. A students, Singleton-Polster and Crump are currently taking part in the Haida Gwaii Semester in natural resource management. The program, run by the Haida Gwaii Higher Education Society (HGHES), has existed for several years and allows students

Rev. John Perkin

University Chaplain
Many people know that I am an inveterate fan of Bruce Springsteen; this dates back to my first purchase of his music, the newly-released album Darkness on the Edge of Town in 1978. The music was edgy-rock, the lyrics an elegy to a dying America and a paean to the independent spirit of those who sought to make their own way, seeking the road to an imagined promised land: tonight my baby and me, were gonna ride to the sea / and wash these sins off our hands. Softly imbued with Christian symbolism and hope, this album marked the beginning of Springsteens journey not only into the heart of America, but also into the gospel of redemption, hope and justice. That journey seems to have reached its goal with Springsteens latest alum, Wrecking Ball, released in early March. A singer songwriter with a passion for social justice, the marginalized and the poor, and a passion for declaring hope, Springsteens work has at times been part gospel and part prophetic indictment. As one theologian expressed in his Rock and Redemption from Asbury Park to Magic, Springsteen has had an ongoing lovers quarrel with America; Springsteen is profoundly attached and committed to America, but he has assumed the prophetic mantle, and declares what is wrong in order to call for change. Springsteen is, indeed, a modern prophet in song, denouncing the ills of society with biblical authority and often with biblical language and imagery. He stands even more clearly in this prophetic tradition in his latest album. Wrecking Ball is a culmination of Springsteens musical career and also his prophetic voice. A challenging album lyrically, it is filled with despair, anger and accusation, and it colours contemporary America in a much a darker hue. The America of which he sings is not fondly remembered for what has been (as in earlier songs, such as My Hometown, Youngstown, Darkness on the Edge of Town), but challenged for what is: the growing gap between rich and poor, an economy that casts working-people off while generating greater profits for industry titans; the erosion of human values, the loss of respect for people. The underlying theme of these latest songs is a demand that things change, and perhaps a warning of how change might come. In words that are drawn from prophetic and gospel texts in the Bible, Springsteen moves from an indictment of corporate profiteering in Easy Money

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Economics Society: Spliffville

A town with high priority problems
Nick Manuel
Argosy Contributor
This is an attempt to explain why the current system of a War on Drugs is ineffective. In this system, the suppliers of illegal drugs such as marijuana are pursued by the authorities and arrested if they are caught. Lets imagine that we have a town called Spliffville. In Spliffville there are 400 people who are regular users of marijuana. There are also four dealers in town, each of who grows their own crop in fields around town and supplies a quarter of the market each. Lets call these dealers John, Paul, George, and Ringo. The Spliffville Police Department, however, has a mandate to eliminate the drug from town by finding and arresting the dealers. The police first arrest George. Now there are 100 people in Spliffville who are looking to buy marijuana, but dont have their regular dealer. As a result, theyre going to have to start going to John, Paul or Ringo. Each of these dealers is going to have a greater demand for their product, and this is going to push their prices up. For a little while, these three men are going to be rolling in the riches and living the dream. Now lets imagine that theres another resident of Spliffville, lets call him Simon, who always considered starting his own grow-op, but always decided against it since he didnt feel it would be worth it. Now that he sees John, Paul and Ringo making tons of cash, Simon decides that he wants-in on the action and starts his own business. Eventually Spliffville is back to four dealers, causing the price to decrease and return to the level that it was at before George got arrested. Now, lets say the Spliffville Police find and arrest Paul. The same thing will happen as when George got arrested: the price is going to up for a little while, but eventually someone else, say Garfunkel, is going to decide that they want to enter the market. It is expected that this scenario will reoccur, and Spliffville will continue to have the same issue with drugs as it has always had: the names and faces of the dealers may change, but theyre always going to be around. Spliffville is actually losing through their policy of finding and arresting marijuana suppliers, since it will cost them a chunk of change to look for the dealers in the first place, and if theyre being kept locked up, this is going to cost them even more. Overall, this Spliffville economic model shows that a pure policy of War on Drugs leads to the same ol situation with nothing ever changing. This article is not meant to provide support for the legalization of marijuana. It is, however, meant to show why its a bad idea to focus efforts on the War on Drugs. Unfortunately, theres no one-sizefits-all policy for Spliffville. There are, however, two potential solutions. One is to find ways to reduce the demand for marijuana, making it not worth while for anyone to grow it. The other is to simply tolerate the use of marijuana, and leave the four dealers in town alone. Which one would you pick?

to images of the loss of dignity in Shackled and Drawn (the prison chain gang becomes the metaphor for middle American neighbourhoods); he continues through the despairing images of Death to my Hometown (and unlike the fond recollections of My Hometown years earlier, this song is now an angry, hollow expression of death). He keeps the theme moving through the ambiguously titled My Depression through to Wrecking Ball and Rocky Ground. The lyrics, in images drawn from scripture, speak of a world gone wrong and a nation that turns its back on its people; there is a confession of weakness and powerlessness, and before the final tracks, the song Rocky Ground offers a plea in a metaphor drawn from the biblical prophet Ezekiel-but reminiscent of the gospels too, for the shepherd to rise up and gather the flock that has roamed far from the hill. The album moves through despair to deeper despair and then ultimately to hope (dont put this CD in the player and select random or shuffle let the musical narrative run its proper course), ending not in despair but in the pure gospel sound of the older but previously unrecorded song Land of Hope and Dreams and then finally culminates in the exhortatory We are Alive. In Land of Hope and Dreams, Springsteen preaches the hope of the train that all can board and that will deliver all its riders (saints and sinners) to the promised land, the place where are all equal and welcome. Wrecking Ball is an interesting album for an election year; no one will want to touch it, despite the appealing lyrics of the opening track We Take Care of Our Own. That song is part bitter sarcasm, part complaint, and in part an exhortation to what should be but is not. Deliberately ambiguous and ironic, it leaves an uneasiness in the listener about the way the nation cares for its own, perhaps favouring some over others. Musically, the album is alive, energetic, urgent; there are no funeral dirges here. While the lyrics despair, the music drives the album forward with march, dance, celebration. There is life here, and there is hope, but it is not cheap life and not cheap hope or hollow victory. Hope and victory are gained through suffering and death, through a real journey to the cross which is implicit in the first song and boldly announced in the last song (Theres a cross up yonder on Calvary hill). It leads, at last, to hope, won not in passivity but in collective action; our souls and spirits rise, Springsteen sings at the end, in a song replete with store-front gospel church choir and rap sermon, to carry the fire and light the spark. Pure prophet. Pure hope. Pure gospel.

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An Argosy run down of coming events in Sackville
Thursday
The Beatles Collegium!
Brunton Auditorium April 05, 2012. 4:00 pm Collegium Musicum The Beatles featuring students of the Department of Music Brunton Auditorium, 4:00 pm Admission is free, but space is limited, so arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Friday GOOD FRIDAY NO CLASSES APRIL 06, 2012 Sunday

Mt. A Chapel
April 08, 2012. 6:00 pm Celebration of Easter with communion/Lords Supper. Worship in the word and music. All are welcome!

Tuesday
Sackville Community Garden, Old / New Gardeners Meeting

ASCARS 2012: Through the Ages...

Convocation Hall April 05, 2012 6:00 pm Get yourself and all your friends to the SACs annual awards show to recognize student contributions to the Mount Allison community.

Avard Dixon Building Room 112 April 10, 2012. 7:00 pm Help us kick off the new gardening season! This is an information session as well as a time for past and future gardeners to meet. Please pass along the good word and invite any others who want to rent a plot this summer or who are curious and enthusiastic about the community garden!

Wednesday
Official unveiling of the designs for Mount Allisons new Centre for the Arts.
April 11, 2012, 12:30 p.m. Tweedie Hall, Wallace McCain Student Centre Remarks and the official unveiling will take place in Tweedie Hall, with light refreshments to follow.

Next Week
...and we make art. The Fine Arts Majors Graduate Show
START Gallery - 7 Lorne Street April 12, 2012. 8:00 pm Works by Mount Allison Universitys Fine Arts Majors: Melissa Meade, Becky Martin, Nathalie Richard and Larissa Coombs Contact: Nathalie Richard, (506) 871-8572, nrichard@mta.ca

Cinema Politica: The Corporation

Starry Sackville Venus and Mars

Louise Edwards and Angus Findlay Wu Centre (Dunn Building) April 14, 2012. 7:30 pm Come join Louise Edwards for a public lecture titled Venus and Mars. Afterward, you will get a chance to view the nights sky at Mount Allison Universitys Gemini Observatory! Contact: Angus Findlay 364-2530 gemini@mta.ca

Miscellaneous
Library Amnesty: Coming Soon...
Accumulated fines at the library? You can now clear your slate by bringing in non-perishable food items! Each item you bring in will clear $2 worth of fines up to $10.

Yard Sale

April 07, 2012 9:00 am - 3:00 pm 29 Weldon St. Selling everything!

The Wu Centre (Rm 113 Dunn Building) April 11, 2012. 7:30 pm Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, The Corporation explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, The Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis. Taking its status as a legal person to the logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrists couch to ask What kind of person is it? The Corporation includes interviews with 40 corporate insiders and critics including Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva and Michael Moore - plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change. Contact: Cinema Politica, sackville@ cinemapolitica.org

On the Horizon...
6th Annual Giant Spring Yard Sale
Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 8 am to 1 pm Find the unexpected! Lots of household items and more, great deals and rare finds, be amazed! Money raised goes to support Tantramar Family Resource Centre initiatives - Old Sackville Fire Hall, 64 Main St, Sackville - Students- leaving town? Doing spring cleanup? Have things you no longer use or need? TFRC will be accepting donations between 4-8 pm on April 23 27 at the old Fire Hall. Call or email to arrange drop off or pick-up. For more information, contact: TFRC Office at 939-TFRC (8372) Or email tfrcoffice@eastlink.ca.

Earn up to $500 Acting in Sackville This Summer

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of Sackville Township, an original play will be presented at Live Bait Theatre the week of July 16. Everyone who is cast in the show will get an honorarium depending on the size of their roles. Auditions will be Friday, April 13 at from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at the Tantramar Civic Centre, and Saturday April 14 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m at Live Bait Theatre. Appointments can be booked but are not necessary. For more information phone 536-2541 or visit www.heritage. tantramar.com

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Signing off from Mt. A
John A. W. Brannen
Editor-in-Chief
When I first started at Mount Allison in 2007, the tagline was Present Intense. Future Perfect. At the time I didnt quite know what that meant, though after five years here, I can honestly say that here, the present has always been intense. Whether it was taking on too many extracurricular projects to the detriment of academics or pushing deadlines beyond their limits. But in studying here, I now understand why this university is the way it is. The story of this university is straight out of a fairy tale. After showing off their silver spoons to a tax collector, the Allisons crossed the Atlantic in pursuit of a better life. The son, Charles Frederick, driven by the Methodist zeal, saw fit to establish a school with Christian values. As the years turned to decades and the decades to centuries, the campus, along with the schools mandate, grew. Today, the university has carved out a niche among small undergraduate universities and touts itself as the best in Canada, whether or not the current students feel it is the best. The Mt. A you see today is the result of tireless professors who cared equally about their own research and their students education. Initially, professors stayed at Mt. A not because of their salaries, but because they believed in the institution Bigelow, Hunton and Tweedie to name a few. For the most part, this is still the case today. Though professors are not on the poverty line, for the vast majority, the drive is much more than a paycheque. Todays Mt. A is the result of prudent administrators who checked in for work early and left late. They constantly sought new and positive ways to make the school better. Mind you, some have been able to juggle the needs of students, alumni, faculty and the good fiscal management of the school with more skill and tact than the current regime.

April 5, 2012

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Present intense, future perfect

Preparing for takeoff

John Trafford
Argosy Columnist
Canada is in the midst of sweeping changes; everything from how we conduct foreign relations to the political mindset of the average Canadian is changing all around us. Canadas role in the world is certainly changing. From the war in Afghanistan to enforcing a no fly zone in Libya, Canada is taking a more active role in the world. If Canada is going to take a renewed role in NATO or UN operations in the future then its military will need to be equipped with the best technology that is available. The debate surrounding the acquisition of new F-35 fighter jets for the Royal Canadian Air Force has been a result of Canadas changing role in the world; and I believe that Canada should absolutely purse the purchases of these much-needed jets. I do agree with one point that the opposition is maintaining in this debate. That is that these jets are not specifically designed to fit the unique conditions that the Canadian military will operate them in. That considered, acquisition of new technology is rarely perfect and despite its flaws the F-35 is currently the best option for replacement of the ageing CF-18. For all the utility the CF-18 has given to the RCAF they are based on a design that is over thirty years old. Technology from the 1970s is all well and good for nostalgic purposes but when it comes to fighting a twenty-first century war with twentieth century equipment it is fails to measure up. The current realities of international conflict are wars like Afghanistan where even the ageing CF-18 is more than a match for anything that local insurgents can throw against it. Critics of the F-35 ask why Canada should purchase new jets when its current fleet is more than adequate for operations in places like Afghanistan. The true reality of international conflict is that its norms can change at any time. Currently Canada is adequately serviced by its twentieth century technology but soon it could have need for twenty-first century technology. Fighter jets take several years to be developed and enter service and by the time an alternative replacement for the CF-18 is available, the current fleet could be over forty years old. This is totally unacceptable. Ultimately equipment needs to be replaced and Canada should invest in new F-35 jets before the CF-18s inevitably begin to fail under pressure. The F-35 is a superior interceptor fighter to the CF-18 as it can cruise at Mach while its older counterpart can only sprint at Mach speeds for a short time. If defence of the Arctic, for example, Id much prefer Canada posses a fleet of F-35 jets that can reach the region much more quickly than the CF-18. The truth of the matter is that these jets will be very expensive but they are absolutely essential if Canada is going to play a larger role in world affairs and be able to effectively defend its airspace against twenty-first century threats.

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Outgoing Editor-in-Chief John Brannen, with Mt. A Chancellor, Peter Mansbridge.

Mt. A is the result of its current and former and current students. Now, the people who have invested money into this institution should be thanked and appreciated. But to quote one administrator, its much more than the money. It has to be. Each student, alumnus and alumna have given their time and toiled for this university. The nature of student life shouldnt be defined from a strategic statement but rather as the result of all of these interactions from this institutions founding. Alumni and alumna have just as much stake in this place, even if they dont have the financial means to prove it. Groups and associations on campus that have continued and persevered have had a profound effect on Mt. A. The Mount Allison Faculty Association (MAFA) and The Mount Allison Staff Association (MASA) have diligently represented their members, for better and worse. Federated Alumni has been a resource to most former Allisonians, keeping them connected. The Students Union, in all its iterations has sometimes been a voice and champion to students and their causes. Finally, The Argosy, in existence since 1872, has often brought important issues to the forefront even though this has not always been popular and has sparked the ire of many. So, what does all this mean? I think if Ive learned anything over the past five years, its that Mt. A is much, much more than the sum of its parts. Part of what has gone into this school is optimism and agreement equally important has been cynicism and disagreement. Mt. As future should never be determined by only one group of stakeholders. Decisions cant just be made by the administration, the Presidents Executive Group, or the wealthiest donors. All have had and still have a role to play, which is why Mt. A looks the way it does today. The present was and is intense. But is my future perfect? Only time will tell, but being here has certainly shaped who I am and broadened my understanding of the world around me - for better or worse. Now, I cross the glorious noon of current student to the twilight of alumnus. So when I say so long to Mount Allison so fair, its not to the buildings, policies, or new brand. No, its the professors, fellow students, and other relationships Ive made here. Here at the end of this journey, they have made all the difference.

Victory laps arent for everyone

But they should be
Carly Levy
News Writer
I cant help but feel a little sad with all my friends and acquaintances celebrating their final days at university as I register in classes for my fifth year at Mount Allison. After careful reflection and a general refusal to feel sorry for myself however, Ive bucked up and accepted my fate. Yes, grad banquets are glamorous and Im sure its really nice to be celebrating personal accomplishments with your closest friends. I really dont mind when professors gush about soon-to-be graduates and how theyll be missed, then turn to us victory lappers and, as an afterthought, they look forward to seeing us next year. I feel bad for all those suffering from senioritis and I appreciate how difficult it can be to find a place to stay for convocation weekend. To those of you on the executives of various committees or societies: no worries well pick it up from here, we know you checked out weeks ago. Those of you heading off to grad school with five-year plans, or the ones whove landed a great job, dont read on. If you are backpacking across South Asia, Im not speaking to you. Im speaking to all you graduates out there without a clue. The more of you I talk to about taking a fifth year to complete my degree the more I feel like it was the right decision. And yes it was my decision, I knew full well three years ago that I would be here at least one extra year, and I accepted it. All you first and second-years out there, stop stressing out. Get your head out of your goddamn book. Is a molecular biology textbook going to tell you what you should do with your future? Will the symbolism in Jane Eyre give you a code that will unlock the secret of success? If so Im in the wrong department. Not only have I had the time to get involved with the university community in my own way and on my own terms Ive been able to live a relaxed, less stressed, healthy life than my course-overloaded counterparts. University life encourages us to get involved but I think this is an unrealistic expectation of students who are trying to figure out what they want to study, study it, figure out what they want to do with their lives, graduate and move on in four years. Within that time period put your name on every society sign-up sheet you can reach at the SACtivities fair and guilt yourself into attending meetings until pretty soon youre organizing some event for a charity that youre not even completely sure where their money goes. I really am so proud of you all, finishing your degree in the arbitrarily allotted time. But now what? So many of you either dont have an answer or youre off to find yourself either way Im the one youre congratulating because I have that much more time to figure it out. For all you lappers graduating this year, I salute you. Whatever reason you had for sticking it out for an extra year (or two, or three) Im sure it was good. Was your university career more fulfilling? Id like to think so. As I head into my fifth and (cross my fingers) final year at Mt. A, I wanted to offer some solidarity to all you other students out there doing your victory laps, dont think of it as deferring adulthood, rejecting the real world or failing at life. Havent we all learned that we are unique and beautiful snowflakes, and we should take as much time to finish our degrees as we want?

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OPINIONS & EDITORIALS

Fuck the Ivory Tower

Whos going to answer for the past four years of my life?
Geoff Hutchinson
Argosy Staff
I decided three days ago to clean up my computer. Delete old pictures, games, programs, essays, and anything else that I probably wouldnt need in the real world. While I was organizing my school documents, I came upon two very interesting notes. One is the page I use to organize my student loan debt. The other was an essay I wrote in my second semester at Mount Allison. Why is this interesting? While I was reading this paper, I honestly couldnt remember any of the material that I had written about. On a whim, I began to read other notes, other essays. I pulled out my old textbooks. I couldnt remember much about any of it. Finally, I looked at my student loan document. Ive spent $29,488 to go to school here. This is not including the money I made during summer jobs, or employment here in Sackville. This is just the money that I got from the government. Almost $30,000, and I dont see how any of the things that I learnt could ever apply again in my life. I know how to write. I know how to think logically, how to be personable, how to speak publicly. I can use a computer better then most people twice my age. I know how to make friends, and I had friends before I got here. Basically, what Im saying is that all of the things, all of these learning goals were set by every single class that I paid money to attend, were things that any person with a semblance of a brain should have known by the end of high school. WHAT THE FUCK DID I GIVE THIS SCHOOL $30,000 FOR? Education in the modern world is broken. We teach children how to use a scantron test sheet, instead of teaching them how to read and spell properly. We teach high school students to internalize and regurgitate word vomit, instead of asking them to apply information in critical analysis. In university, courses arent meant to expand your knowledge base; theyre meant to have you learn how to write academic papers. Youre not being taught how to think for yourself, or how to be a creative, or how to work towards your goals. Youre being taught how to pass a course, plain and simple. All of my life my generation has been lied to. We were told that a good life, a secure and comfortable life, required a good job, which required a degree. Not only this, we were told that a degree would get us this job. This is not only a lie, it is a lie that has ensnared a generation, that caused youth to put themselves in tens of thousands of dollars worth of debt, to pursue a dream that turns into a nightmare after they graduate. Unemployment rates among youth are the highest we can remember; in some countries, they are the highest in post-modern history. I put myself under an Everest of debt, because I held the false belief that my university education was worth something, and that it would mean something. I was misled. While it might once have been a bastion in the world of higher education and academia, university has become an extension of high school, one that is prohibitively expensive and, in the end, more pointless than any person in a position of authority is willing to admit. I want to believe that Im going to be fine, along with everyone else who is heading into the real world with me, but the reality of this world is that many of us wont be. I request no. No, I DEMAND that someone answer to me why I have willingly lowered my own standard of life for the foreseeable future, in order to chase a dream that might never have existed in the first place. We, the soon to be disillusioned, deserve an explanation.

Farewell to advocacy Stop A final thought staring at for students women

Alex MacDonald
Op/Ed Editor
The end of my formal education: a time to reflect, a time to regret, and a time to consider what could have been. I feel like Ive put myself out there; through student governance, through writing for The Argosy, through volunteering with various groups and clubs. I cant help but look back and think that I could have done it differently, that if I hadnt called Dr. Campbell a bull-shitter that I wouldnt have scared off as many students and maybe would have been re-elected for a second term on the SAC. Maybe if I hadnt run for president with an in-depth platform, instead opting for something simple and shallow in content, things would have been different in my second electoral defeat. I realize now that I lack an ability to connect with large numbers of people, a skill not lost on some of the more successful student politicians. If there is one thing that I have learned from five years at Mt. A it is that I will never be an electable person. Im far too emotional. I am easily swept up in a moment where I perceive an injustice, and end up calling the university president a bull-shitter for asking the province to allow for significant tuition increases. I am human. I care about issues dear to me and it was never my intent to offend students, but rather to provoke the same passion I feel towards advocacy and social justice. For me there has been nothing more frustrating than a lack of provocation in student politics. While in university we have an opportunity to experiment with ideas. University is the time when students should have the opportunity to explore ideas in social justice, in political activism, and take chances even if that means offending our Dear Leader. University leaders like Ron Byrne and Robert Campbell have an advantage over us lowly students: its time. Theyre here for as many as ten years, or in some cases like with David Stewart, hes been here for as long as some of our parents have been alive. They can wait out any student issue; this means that students will always lose and administrators will always win when the two parties come to a head. I often hear students tell me while they are running for SAC positions, that working with and helping university administrators is the way to act in the students interest. This is fine when the interests of students align with the interests of administrators but that is not always the case. In my five years here, Ive seen university decisions made primarily on a costbenefit analysis, where balanced budgets are paramount. However, students, in my experience are more interested in the human impact of these important decisions. University administrators do have one rarely exploited weakness. This university is quite vain. The perceptions others hold of the university matter a great deal to university administrators. We have Tony Frost, ever-present at university events, crafting a message that promotes the Mt. A brand, whatever that means. A university that is as concerned about their public image as Mt. A could be easily manipulated in the students interest. I have never understood why students leaders seem to prefer backroom meetings, dinners at Cranewood or Ron Byrnes house as a medium to advocate for students and influence the agenda of the administrators. Because we dont know whats said in the cavernous offices of Centennial Hall or the Student Life office, students need to let administrators (and faculty for that matter) know that we are capable of shifting public opinion to pressure the university to adhere to the interests of students. Perhaps that means having students overtake a discussion on what a course is. Perhaps it means shutting down Montral and painting the entrance to a government office red to make a point. In five years at Mt. A, I have seen no progress on financial aid at this school, no progress on tuition (unless increasing its price counts), no progress in physical accessibility, no progress on teaching evaluations. If the students union was less concerned about pissing off Robert Campbell and was more concerned with strong advocacy for students, maybe I would have seen some progress in the issues that I thought were important to students when I started classes in 2007. Instead we have the status quo, which makes me think, why does the SAC continue to exist. Their actions tell me that their primary interest, much like the university, is perennial survival at any cost.

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Rachel Gardner
News Editorial
In a recent relationships column in The Globe and Mail, Ian Brown wrote an article entitled Why men cant and shouldnt stop staring at women. For those who havent read it, the article goes through the fifty-eight-year-old Browns personal experience gazing at womens bodies as he strolls the streets of Toronto, justifying his gaze by saying that [t]hese days, with women charging so fast past us, were happy to feel anything. Well Im sorry, Mr. Brown women mustve missed the memo that our only purpose in life was to saunter around in your favourite clothing for you to gawk at. Gag me. My first reaction to this article was to ask how it was even possible that a newspaper like The Globe and Mail would print such blatant misogyny. But then again, we live in a patriarchal culture and it is a constant fight to assert womens rights, as evidence in the case of threatened abortion rights and access to birth control in the US. It is insulting to women everywhere that Brown characterizes women as objects to be looked at, rather than strong, assertive individuals, agents in a system that continue to work against the oppressive structures that are imposed on us. Men like Brown are still trying to cage women within this predefined idea that women are meant to be pretty, to be there only for mens purposes, to yet still be owned by men. This article makes it quite clear that it is irrelevant who women are and what they have accomplished apart from their beauty, whether that be a career as a successful diplomat, homemaker, business professional, nurse, lawyer, secretary, politician, journalist. It is a constant struggle to define ourselves by our success rather than our appearance. Indeed, the column even goes so far as to state that men look at attractive women because attractiveness means that women are healthy, an evolutionary advantage. So now, all ugly women are less evolved. And who defines us as beautiful? The person being gazed at or the gazer? And people say feminism is dead. Males I want to charge you to stand alongside women in demanding gender equality, and to not be ashamed in taking up the feminist label. Contrary to what Brown says, men can and should stop staring at women. Women are not objects, and what we look like should not be more important than what we do. We appreciate compliments on our looks, but people should have equal, if not greater, respect for our characters, our depth-of-person, and our accomplishments. Defining a womans value based on her appearance causes a myriad of problems: if we get raped, it is our fault, and if we love women, its because we cant get a real man, and if we dont want to get married, than we are unnatural. It is never okay to be objectified.

I would like to thank Alex MacDonald for his piece on "post MtA plans". Many students are not facing glamorous prospects in their post grad years, and the university does nothing to acknowledge this reality. Debt slavery is no fun, but it seems that for many of us, it is an unavoidable reality. Because of this, seeing the highlited achievements of peers can feel injurious, especially if those people came from even moderately privileged backgrounds. I would like to offer a glimmer of hope to those students who are feeling less

than optimistic about the comming years. I dropped out of university at 19 to become a hairstylist, and despite the fact that I felt I had not achieved the social status expected of me, I loved my work for years. I learned important lessons about the value of being of service to others, and my life took turns I could never have anticipated. I faced all the challenges of someone with a high debt load: I lived on my parent's couch for a year, I missed car payments and had to borrow money for groceries. These things eventually got better

as I worked my way up and became self employed. Now, at 28, I'm back at university. The difference is that I know why I'm here. I know this is what I want, and I know where I'm going. And I'm excited about it. The thing is that you don't have to get everything "right" the first time around. You don't need to shine at MtA in order to have a great life. You may not have started out with the same encouragement and opportunities as some of your peers, but take the next few years to decide what you are going to do about that.

You might be doing a lot of thinking from your parent's couch our your lame job, but nothing motivates like dissatisfaction. It takes some of us longer to figure out how we want to live our lives, but there is no shame in that. In fact, it can be a remarkable experience. I wish someone had told me years ago that I was as valuable as those high achievers, but figuring it out for myself has made me strong... and humble. Jennifer Duguay

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Ask The Experts:

Taylor Losier and Sean Baker
Experts

HUMOUR
Top Ten: Worst Ways to End a relationship

Taylor: Imagine the scene: your kitchen/room/bathroom/wherever. The item your roommate has been using sitting in the middle of the floor. Roommate thinks: Ah-ha! There is that item that is not mine but that I have been using! I shall use it once more! He takes a step towards said item, and then BAM!!! Off goes the trap! A giant boulder comes rolling down the hallway, taking down anything in its path. Your roommate sees the deadly rock, screams in terror (alerting you to the fact that the trap has been launched), and makes a dash for the exit. But! The exit has been blocked ahead of time! On the other side is a large pit of potentially venomous snakes, waiting for him to plummet into! So, your roommate must choose: will he be squashed by the boulder, or bitten by the reptiles? Just as he is about to make his decision, you enter the scene. Standing on the other side of the pit, you hold a large plank of wood that can be used to cross the gap. Your roommate screams for help, but you tell him you will only help if he promises never to touch your stuff again. Your kleptomaniac roommate agrees, sobbing wildly. You put the board down and watch him race across, hope in his eyes. And at the crucial moment, when he believes he is safe, you kick the board into the pit, and he plummets after it, the boulder rolling to cover the hole. Lets see him try to take your stuff now Sean: This is a serious issue. You need to assert your exclusive right to your possessions before your house becomes an anarcho-syndicalist commune where every day starts with a rousing chorus of Id Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony). Follow in the footsteps of Benjamin Franklin and Nikola Tesla: start putting electricity in everything. If you rig your possessions to deliver electric shocks, I promise your roommate wont touch them anymore. As an added bonus, your room will smell like bacon! When dealing with human electrocution, some people have ethical problems, moral considerations and basic human compassion. If these common weaknesses prevent you from taking back whats rightfully yours, you may wish to employ a nonviolent approach. Determine which of your roommates possessions are desirable and/or expensive, and start using them without permission. One of three results will occur: A) Your roommate realizes what theyre doing, and backs off; B) You switch possessions with your roommate to your own benefit; or C) You switch bodies and therefore lives with your roommate. Warning: Only attempt this approach if your roommate has a better life than you. Ultimately, it might be your roommate thats the problem. After all, Ive lived with the same people for almost a year now, and none of them ever use my IM A STUPIDHEAD AND I HAVE COOTIES!!!

I know my roommate is using my things, without asking. What do I do to stop this?

Geoff Hutchinson
Humour Editor
10. Singing telegramAlthough, honestly, this is probably the worst way to deliver any message. 9. Hire someone to follow them around for a few days, call their telephone at random times and breathe heavily, and then break into their room in the middle of the night and whisper Its over in their ear. 8. Text messaging. Cmon. Youre better than that. 7. A bouquet of roses, with a note that says I hate you. Thats money youll need for beer in two weeks, to drown your sorrows when you realize that they were actually the only good part in your life, and that youve never really accomplished any of your dreams. Oh, and youre adopted, too. 6. You know what they say: nothing says were over like a good old fashioned brawl in the middle of the quad. Bring a chair words hurt, but broken bones hurt more. 5. So, the good news is, its treatable with antibiotics 4. Just leave one day and never come back. Just like your good-for-nothing father, that drunken bastard, may he burn in hell. 3. Start cheating on them. Like, really obviously. Dont even try to hide it. You can even play a fun game, See how long it takes to break the heart of someone you once cared about. I should note that this game is really only fun if youre a terrible person. 2. Get them a pet bear. A surprise pet bear. 1. Be mature and tell them that you just dont feel the same anymore. There is literally nothing as soul-crushing as the truth. Also, theyll probably wonder what game youre trying to play with their head. Voila! Youve ruined their love life for a good 8 months or so! 4:34 pm: Delete sentence and start again. 4:40 pm: Go to Wikipedia to verify one teensy fact 5:13 pm: Realize youve gone from Romantic Literature to Extraterrestrial Life. 5:14 pm: Give up. Youll work after supper. 5:15 pm: Supper time. Walk to Meal Hall; attempt to whistle cheerfully, yell curses at drivers instead. 5:20 pm: Chicken burgers, again. Promise yourself that when you live off-campus, youll eat real food. 5:21 pm: Yeah right Youll be having Corn Flakes for every meal 6:20 pm: Start essay again. 6:21 pm: Look at essay instructions; notice that the paper is due at midnight. 6:22 pm: Lose your shit. 6:25 pm: Get your shit together, start typing like youve never typed before. 11:24 pm: Cry as you read over your horrible essay and your brain turns to mush. 11:27 pm: Accept the fact that youre screwed. Decide to email Professor to ask for an extension. 11:28 pm: Receive email from said Prof: he cheerfully states that the class has been given an extra week to finish the essay. 11:30 pm: Your brain collapses; fall into puddle of tears and blubber on the floor. RA comes to enquire about your well-being before they realize that you are beyond help. 12:11 am: Mental breakdown complete, arrive to only logical solution: Head for the rum. 1:37 am: Fall asleep cradling your bottle of rum. Happy frosh, happy frosh, happy frosh

A Day in the Life of a Frosh

Taylor Losier
Argosy Correspondent
7:30 am: Wake up and greet the new day! Cheerfully prepare yourself for morning classes and decide to wear one of your multiple Mount A sweaters. 8:00 am: Walk to Meal Hall in a chipper manner; whistle joyfully and say hello to everyone you see. 8:05 am: Arrive at Jennings; gorge yourself on boiled eggs and home fries. 8:30 am: Morning class! Yay!! 8:35 am: Realize you have no idea what the Prof is saying. Panic. What is this? What are you doing? Oh dear heavens Begin to hyperventilate. 8:37 am: CALM DOWN!!

8:39 am: Calm. Remind yourself that you are a happy frosh. 9:20 am: Happy frosh, happy frosh, happy frosh Smile and wave some more. 9:25 am: Arrive back at residence. Time to do reading for class and start that essay! But first, lets check Facebook 10:40 am: Run into class and grab nearest seat; act as though youve been there all along. Realize that you didnt do your reading. 10:55 am: Listen to that nasally kid suck up to the Prof. Envision smacking him with your textbook. 10:56 am: Giggle at the idea. 11:00 am: Prof enquires about what is so amusing. Mumble some reply about irony and allusions Marxism?

10:50 am: Professor congratulates you on your excellent analysis and understanding of the text. 10:51 am: Consider majoring in this subject. Youve obviously understood something, somehow 11:21 am: Head to the gym. 11:25 am: Once inside Meal Hall, head straight for the desserts. After all, you almost went to the gym. 12:30 pm: Nap. 2:30 pm: Last class of the day! Nap during class to celebrate. 3:40 pm: Start working on essay: complain that its FIVE pages long, and then duck to avoid whatever object has been thrown at you by a disgruntled upperclassman. 3:41 pm: Write down the title. 3:42 pm: Facebook. 4:32 pm: Realize that you are procrastinating and then go back to work. 4:33 pm: Write intro sentence.

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And now, puzzles, with a crossword that actually works this time! I promise!
(CUP) Puzzles provided by BestCrosswords.com. Used with permission. Across 1- _ well...; 5- Muscat native; 10- Bed support; 14- Falsehoods; 15- Aired again; 16- Gap; 17- Bards river; 18- Cadge; 19- Fit to _ ; 20- Equinox mo.; 21- Dejected; 23- Journey; 25- Toward the mouth; 26- Vigorous; 29- Artificial; 33- _ Ababa; 35- Large wading bird; 37- Bikini part; 38- Hollow grass; 39- Belt site; 40- Uncle Remus title; 41- Young _ ; 42- Trio; 43- Precipice; 44- Exam taker; 46- Climbed; 48- Bailiwick; 50- Lives in rented rooms; 53- French national holiday; 58- Floor covering; 59- Assist, often in a criminal act; 60- Breakfast fruit; 61- Cancun coin; 62- Carbonized fuel; 63- Maker of Pong; 64- Only Time singer; 65- Household; 66- Grannies; 67- Rat- _ ;

Down In this quote, each letter has been switched with a corresponding letter of the alphabet. For example, ABC could become XNE. TIGER could become MAGIC. The pairings are completely random. Isnt language wonderful? Got it? Good! Get ready, because 1- As _ resort; 2- Alcohol processor; here we GOOOOO! 3- Female spotted cat; KFX KA ONX GTRGFOGUXH KA QXYFU G JGBOGYF YH QXYFU GQVX OK 4- Nine-digit ID; 5- Alloy of copper and zinc; GHZ AKL GTRYJX PYONKCO FXJXHHGLYVD NGRYFU OK OGZX YO. - WGSXH 6- Cat call; 7- East of Eden brother; OYQXLYCH ZYLZ 8- Tortilla topped with cheese; 9- Innate; 10- Broken fragments; Last Issues Quote: 11- Trent of the Senate; I think that sometimes you do something that makes a small group of people laugh, which is all we were trying to do; 12- Hard _ ! (sailors yell); we were just trying to make each other laugh. - John Cleese 13- Ticked (off ); 21- Ball belles; 22- Berns river; 24- Empty; 27- Sign of injury; 28- Attempts; Here we go again, ladies and gents: The most inane 30- Curtailment; comments to have reached our ears this week. 31- Not kosher; Remember, if youve heard someone say something 32- Middle Eastern coffee holder; utterly ridiculous, send it to argosy@mta.ca, with 33- Stuck in _ ; the heading Overheard! 34- Sand hill by the sea; 36- Just _ !; (A girl, who bumped fists with a guy): Oh my god, 39- Helmsman; I havent been fisted since I was in high-school! 40- Ran, as colors; People still do that? 42- Actress Garr; 43- Satiate; (Two guys, presenting awards): Guy 1: Ladies, 45- Gossip; Gentlemen, and people who havent decided yet, 47- Singer Morissette; one way or the other - 49- Prince Valiants wife; Guy 2: Which is fine! 51- Gut course; 52- Brown ermine; (A girl, at the pub): I honestly wish I could say that 53- Goldberg Variations composer; this is the first time Ive seen his dick... 54- Peek follower; 55- Thin stratum; (A guy and a girl, discussing their futures): Guy: So, 56- Brio; what are you going to be doing next year? 57- David Copperfield Girl: Cry a lot? wife; 61- Green shade;

CRYPTOQUOTE!

OVERHEARD @ MT. A!

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ANTAGONISM CARDS

Cut em out, glue them on a greeting card, and youre ready to express your anger in a mature and sophisticated way. Give them to your friends! Give them to your teachers! Give them to your Mom!

For when a simple I hate you just doesnt suffice.

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Sincerely, The Argosy Staff

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So our little Argosy has left her harbour and will brave the threatening billows... Our courage may well sink; but we have passed the Rubicon, and there is no turning back.

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ustrator), Carly Levy (News Writer), Alex MacDonald (Op/Ed Editor), John Fraser itor), Joel Young (Arts & Lit Writer), Rob Murray (Sports & Fitness Editor), Wray eatures Writer), Audrey Bagnell (Copy Editor), Kent Blenkhorn (Circulations), osanna Hempel (Photo Editor), Taylor Mooney (Entertainment Writer) Gardner (News Editor), Justin Baglole (Business Manager/Advertising Manager), en (Editor-in-Chief), Susan Rogers (Production Manager), i (Features Editor), Geoff Campbell (Online Editor)

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Conduct Becoming
Conduct Becoming was founded in honor of Jason Abraham, who passed away due to cancer on March 27, 2000. The album release show for the 2012 album, Conduct Becoming: All Of Us, took place on March 29.To see the rest of The Argosys photos of Conduct Becoming, visit: flickr.com/theargosy
All photos by Rosanna Hempel

Paper Lions: ups and downs

PEI band makes the best of unfortunate situation
Taylor Mooney
Entertainment Writer
PEI-based pop-rockers Paper Lions have had a tumultuous year. Comprising of brothers John and Rob MacPhee, Colin Buchanan, and David Cyrus MacDonald, the bands year has been peppered with ups and downs. Paper Lions record Trophies is currently being released for free, but at an unfortunate price for the band. About a year and a half ago, Paper Lions released Trophies with a record label in Toronto. Everything went pretty well for the first few months, but things started to get a little sticky,the bands singer John MacPhee told The Argosy. We didnt think much of it at the time. We just sort of went on our way. About a year and a half in, the band still hadnt seen any of the money from the album sales. We didnt assume it would be a ton of money, but it made us wonder why we were still charging for the records when we could really just be giving it away for free. We didnt assume the amount of money would be enough for it to be worth it to hire a lawyer, and we didnt care all that much about the money. We decided to take the opportunity to put the album online for free so that anyone can download it. Thankfully, Paper Lions is bouncing back from this event in a huge way, and is currently in Vancouver recording a new album with Howard MacPhee describes Trophies as being the bands musical foundation. Sonically, the new album isnt going to be night and day from Trophies. It will just be expanding on the musical boundaries that we had. It will allow songs to go in different directions. Were giving ourselves a bit more freedom and room to experiment. That being said, its not going to be that different more of just a continuation of what weve been doing. Lyrically, the band has happened upon a new source of inspiration: their childhood. Lyrically, this time around, weve started to kind of mine stories from our youth, says MacPhee. It came about organically, it was pretty cool. Rob, my brother, and Colin, our neighbour from when we were growing up, just started reminiscing about stories of our youth. We remembered some really interesting stories, and thought it would be worthwhile to turn them into songs. Experiences like building forts after school just to knock them down or the anticipation year after year for the pond to freeze over Its a pretty cool thing that weve come onto, its something that weve all really enjoyed, being able to rehash memories that we hadnt really thought about for quite a long time. And its certainly a perspective that we havent used as adults in quite a long time. Trophies has reportedly been downloaded fifteen thousand times since its free release. Paper Lions has been nominated for three ECMAs for the second year in a row, including Entertainer of the Year, Song of the Year, and Songwriter of the Year. Paper Lions will be in Moncton for the ECMAs in April, playing at the Delta Ballroom on the twelfth and at the Oxygen Complex on April 13.

Paper Lions is currently recording their new album in Vancouver, which is inspired by their childhoods.
Redekopp. Its been a really great experience, says MacPhee. We knew coming into it that that he had worked with some of our favourite bands like New Pornographers, Tegan and Sarah, Mother Mother we knew that he was legitimate. Over past couple of weeks weve really found him to be a great producer and a great guy. Were really excited to see how it all comes together. In order to finance the new album, Paper Lions has initiated an Indiegogo campaign. Indiegogo is an online service that allows anyone to handcraft a campaign in order to raise money for their cause. Besides functioning as an easy, effective way to donate money, users can also offer a myriad of perks to go along with donations. Perks at various donation amounts include tons of merchandise, a party DJed by lead guitarist Colin Buchanan using his own personal iPod playlist, thanks in the linear notes of the record, and countless other benefits.

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On the bandwagon
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Sedna Way

Ian Moffat
Argosy Columnist
The Sackville Film Society will be closing up shop for the season after this evenings screening of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy -- Swedish director Tomas Alfredsons neo-noir, Cold War thriller, adapted from the adored novel by John Le Carre. What is perhaps most exciting about the event is the promise of another standout performance from Gary Oldman. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is Goldmans first role for which he has been recognized with an Oscar nomination, despite a critically praised career spanning three decades and a stockpile of diverse roles. From his break out role as the emaciated, apoplectic Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy to the tormented and brilliant Ludwig van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved to his role as the incorruptible James Gordon Oldmans sweeping career, has, up until this year, gone entirely unrecognized by the academy. With this years nomination he is finally in the club, a recognition he says is nothing short of a fairy tale. Also nominated for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was screenwriter Peter Straghan a nomination accepted with mixed feelings, as his wife and co-writer, Bridget OConnor, died of cancer last september, before the filming began. After the films release and success, Straughan was quoted as saying She wrote all the good

bits, I made the coffee and did the typing Theres a moment when a woman suckling a baby gets shot and the baby keeps on feeding. It was Bridget who wrote that. I remember being pretty grossed out, Straughan told the BBC earlier this month. He also claims that it was horrifying to take on an adaptation for the screenplay of one of Britains most loved novels, not to mention the highly successful 1970 BBC miniseries. Throughout the writing process, the couple met the storys genitor, Le Carre, at various points to discuss the novel, as well as to listen to his memories about working in the very weird world of Cold War British Intelligence. After coming to terms with the convoluted realities ofTinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the difficulties these would pose for a film adaptation, Le Carre advised the couple not to stick to the story as he originally imagined it. We were much much more protective over the original text than he was, says Straughan. He actually had to coax us away from it. And whether or not the film bears any resemblance to the book or not, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a movie that is making waves around the world. Already, Straughan, Oldman, and much of the original production team are busy making pre-production plans for of a sequel. Dont miss Sackville Film Societys final screening this season at 7:30pm at the Vogue Cinema with Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Sedna Ways distinct Celtic folky sound evolved naturally according to band members Julia McMillan, Nina MacEachern. Amie Macdonald and Amy-Mae Jewell.

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Taylor Mooney
Entertainment Writer
Sedna Way might be the most rapidly developing musical group in Sackville. Coming together for the first time at the end of last January, the group has averaged at two shows per week since establishing themselves as a band. The idea for the project was formed between Nina MacEachern and AmyMae Jewell on night while at a Bolivia concert. We were sitting on this old, crusty mattress, and we were both just wishing we could be in a band, says MacEachern. MacEachern, a voice major at Mount Allison, and Jewell, who plays drums, decided to work together to form a band. Jewell cornered Amie MacDonald in their Spanish class: She asked me if I want to be in a band, and I said sure. It was kind of funny, because when Nina and Amy-Mae were at that coffee house, Julia and I were also there, and that was the first time I met Julia. McMillan agrees, adding, it was like all these things were coming together without us even knowing about it. The band started off on uneasy footing, as each of its members started getting to know one another. We had awkward jams, laughs MacEachern. We didnt really know each other, we would just awkwardly sing. Its not something weve ever sat down and thought about, but the music has kind of evolved into a sort of folky, Celtic sound, says McMillan. The girls note that usually MacDonald writes most of the instrumental parts of the songs, and then the group comes together to flesh out lyrics and harmonies. Its pretty collaborative, says MacDonald. I usually just come with a little bit, a least something

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Members: Julia McMillan: Bass, Second year English/ French major Nina MacEachern:Vocals, Second year Bachelor of Music, voice major Amie MacDonald: Guitar/mandolinSecond year biolgy major Amy-Mae Jewell:Percussion, Second year IR Upcoming: Show April 5 at Pickles alongside Devarrow
in terms of instrumentals written, and then we go from there. Julia writes a lot of the harmonies. Amies our foundation, laughs MacEachern. Shes our solid ground. Our lyrics are stories that we can relate to, but also just things that have touched us in our lives Theyre things that really mean something to us, and may not seem like they would, but theres usually a story hidden in the lyrics. McMillan notes that the thematic storytelling the group incorporates into their songs reinforces the pattern of Celtic influence in their music. Aside from their strong Celtic tendencies, the group notes that they are heavily inspired by Northern Canada. We were trying to think of something Northern-themed to name the band and we came across Sedna, this badass Inuit goddess of the sea, says McMillan. We read her legend and decided that we liked how she sounded and what she represented. Senda Way kind of sounds like a lot of other things, like setting away, or sending away, and it kind of works on that level too, because some of us are leaving next year and were going to have to take a sort of hiatus. The group attributes much of their instant success to the nature of Sackville as a community. The music community in Sackville is so small, and we have a lot of friends who are involved. Thats made it really easy to get connected to shows, says McMillan. People have been being really welcoming, and playing that much has be really good because its help out confidence level a lot. I think weve grown as performers. McMillan is leaving next year for an exchange in France, and Jewell is heading to Tokyo. Weve talked about it, and I think it came down to wanting to take a break for the year, says McMillan. MacEachern and MacDonald mention that theyll still jam together, but the girls arent interested finding any replacements. They aim to release an EP after they reconvene in their fourth year.

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Long Distance Runners Tracks

Never heard of Long Distance Runners? You will soon. The Newfoundland based band is quickly making a name for themselves on the Canadian music scene. The group sounds like a throwback to the 60s. Imagine the Kinks (but a little more stoned) fronted by Wilcos Jeff Tweedy, and you have the Long Distance Runners. Tracks is the bands first full length album, and its sure to be the first of many. So far, the four-member ensemble has enjoyed small scale success, with a number of ECMA and Music NL nominations under their belt. But I predict the group is about to be met with some real love from the national music community. I was also pleased to discover that they sounded nothing like Hey Rosetta!, Newfoundlands current buzz band (Disclaimer: I love Hey Rosetta!, but variation is important!) Long Distance Runners has some of the best old school guitar riffs that we dont often hear today, and beautiful three part harmonies. They are definitely a group to keep on your Canadian Music Radar. -Julia McMillan

Eight and a Half Scissors

Mike ONeill Wild Lines

Gescha Crayon Politics

Andrew Sisk Tree Lines

Band break-ups arent always a bad thing, as proved by this tantalizing ten-track album made up of former band members, Justin Peroff (formerly of Broken Social Scene), Liam ONeil and Dave Hamelin (both formerly of The Stills). This Toronto band has put together a distinctive album that combines electronica, rock, and garage music in a catchy beat that will have you bouncing around your seat in no time. A good set of headphones is a must to catch the dynamic beats, swings, and unorthodox arrangements. With a new sound and twist to each song, original and creative lyrics, this album is sure not to bore. Personal favourites were The Turn Around and Walked into Diazepene. -Rachel Gardner

Mike ONeills most recent offering, Wild Lines, serves as the perfect soundtrack for ushering in the spring. ONeill has produced a highly accessible album featuring a well-balanced brand of upbeat folk pop. The parity between vaguely melancholic and cheerful melodies puts the listener in mind of Fleetwood Macs material from Rumours. In fact, the influence of folk pop stylings from the sixties and seventies can be heard throughout the album; Calgary is particularly reminiscent of The Byrds. The album incorporates harmonic, wordless vocal accentuations (think doot-doot-dooos and bada-badabada-bahs) throughout, adding a playful layer of sound to the often serious lyrics. Employing well-placed harmonies and playful swatches of keyboard, handclaps, and woodwinds, ONeill is effectively channelling some hippy dippy feel-good vibes from days of yore, whether intentionally or not. -Taylor Mooney

Saskatoon Hip-Hop rapper, Gescha, delivers a strong collection of songs in his 2011-released debut album Crayon Politics. Representative of his life, this thirteen-track record translates his range of emotional experiences from the past, where the array of crayons is indicative of his life in all its colours. At times dark, and ending with the bright Sunshine, Gescha rips out catchy, bouncy beats with tasteful background vocals, all the while collaborating with a variety of artists. His sound, at times predictable, still manages to tug at our heart strings with his powerfully expressive lyrics. Keep Gescha on your radar, we will be seeing more of his work in the near future. -Rosanna Hempel

Andrew Sisks premier solo album features the unlikely combination of experimental instrumentation and straightforward folk. He compiles a healthy dose of acoustic guitar, meaningful lyrics and simple, unstrained vocals with some edgier neofolk tendencies. Pastoral and Clearing are particularly outstanding in comparison to the rest of the record, featuring dreamlike instrumental soundscapes with distorted organs and synths, reminiscent of the work of Halifaxs Paper Beat Scissors. The feel of the album is solemn, bordering on dark, but changes pace with Paused. Though the lyrical subject matter is far from upbeat, the melody incorporates more major keys and a stretch of oohs that will stick in your head for days. -Taylor Mooney

Review: A Separation
Allison Grogan
Argosy Correspondent
A gripping tale of family life in Iran,The Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Language Film, A Separation, was shown by the Sackville Film Society this week. In its simplest form, A Separation is a story of one couples divorce, butlike most great films it goes much further than what the title presents us with. Nader and Simin have been married for fourteen years when Simin (Leila Hatami) wants to move the family out of Iran. Nader (Peyman Moadi) however, cant bear to leave his elderly father, who suffers from Alzheimers, without his care. As a result of their disagreement Simin moves back in with her parents leaving Nader with their eleven-yearold daughter Termeh. Diving into personal issues that are universally identifiable, A Separation doesnt hold back. The film may be titled A Separation but it is about far more than just a divorce. From the beginning it becomes clear that despite their now dwindling love for each other Simin

A Separation won The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It is a story of one couples divorce, yet about more than divorce.
and Nader have complicated and drastically different moral beliefs. As such, when they both attempt to do what is right for their family, their efforts end up clashing. When Simin leaves their home and moves back in with her parents Nader is forced to hire a maid to look after his ailing father. Not long after, he accuses the maid of stealing from him, roping not only the maid but also her daughter and husband into their snowballing problems. Every aspect of the filmmaking, from the camera angles to the writing, makes the story feel completely genuine. Furthermore, the pacing sets a thrilling tone that keeps the audience actively engaged for all 123 minutes.Though it may be in a foreign language to a North American audience, the film reaches far beyond the borders of Iran with its sensitive issues. It is during scenes that deal with the Iranian legal system when A Separation beings to feel foreign. The film gives an inside look at modern day Irans judicial system, where religious customs, moral beliefs and class structure all have an effect on the outcome of any individuals charge. In many cases, foreign films are incredibly good at making us see what we have in common across the world, which is true for A Separation in varying ways. However, it is also important to note that the production process of this film is far from that of a Hollywood blockbuster. At one point during the production of A Separation the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance banned its continuation because of director Asghar Farhadis vocalized support for several filmmakers in an acceptance speech. It was only when Farhadi formally apologized that he could resume production. In instances like this, Iran seems worlds away from North American cinema but when the story of Simin and Nader graces theatres across the globe, were struck with an overwhelming connection that is far more meaningful than the cultural differences between us.

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More than just food

Shows at Pickles have become Sackville staple
Taylor Mooney
Entertainment Editor
Pickles. It has beer. It has sandwiches. And for a while now, it has had live music on Thursday nights. Pickles European Deli has been open since January of 2010, making it about two years old. Owner Dave Hunter found upon opening, that things began really well in Sackville, but completely dropped off in the summer. What happens here is that from one day to the next, its like a ghost town. We thought students would be back in September or October, but that didnt happen. Now that weve been doing this for a couple years, weve realized that it takes people some time to get oriented. Hunter brainstormed ideas in an attempt to bounce back from a summer rough on business. I used to operate a hotdog stand outside of Duckys or Georges, and I noticed a lot of people walking around at night looking for food other than pizza. On Thursday nights everybody shuts down at midnight, so I though maybe Pickles should start opening later. Pickles new hours caught on slowly, not really picking up speed until Hunter started the Thursday night concert series. At first, we only had about three or four people coming in between nine and twelve. Im totally into music, and Zach [Carriere] who works with me plays music as well, so I thought that maybe we should just jam while were here. We put a drum kit and a bass guitar in the corner, and just had an open jam. The Thursday night concerts began with a show from Noise Hounds and the Bedroom Session. Zach was in the Noise Hounds, and Chris Meaney from the Bedroom Session worked here as well. They decided to put on a show about fifty people showed up. The concerts took a short hiatus this fall, but have been seeing unprecedented reception since having been reinstated. Its funny, as soon as people found out that we started doing shows again, its really easy to get people to play here. Hunter received his first noise complaint two weeks ago after a concert featuring Concrete Asylum, a punk band from Halifax. They were so loud. I think midnight should be the cut-off, but they started late and were playing until 12:40 am. I knew I was going to get a complaint. It was totally legitimate. Hunter mentions that in the future, hes going to try to have the shows start and end earlier. He also mentions that he was originally a bit worried about moshing, fearing that people may accidentally go through the windows. Since then, he has had a few people (including Luke Patterson from Paint for Barns) come in to stand between the crowd and the windows. Its cool, because I think people respect this place too, says Hunter. Im usually here, and I feel like people respect the energy in here.

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Astral Gunk Crosss Hospital Grade Strawmen 8:00 PM @CHMA Attic Pay What You Can, suggested donation 5-10 dollars Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 7:30 PM @The Vogue Cinema 6 dollars for SFS members 9 dollars for non-members Sedna Way Devarrow 10:00 PM @ Pickles Pay What You Can Baby Eagle The Mouthbreathers Wooly Leaves 8:00PM @ The Legion 8 dollars Zachary Lucky Carly Maicher 10:00 PM@Pickles Pay What You Can, suggested donation 5 dollars Lil Brian and the Zydeco Travellers 9:00 PM @ Georges 12 dollars in advance, 15 dollars at the door, 8 dollars for students Sheezer Camp Radio Yellowteeth 9:00 PM @ Georges Price TBA

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Sheezer will be playing at Georges Roadhouse on April 14 as they make their way to the Lawnya Vawnya festival in Newfoundland.

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All-female Weezer coverband hits Sackville

Taylor Mooney
Entertainment Editor
A Toronto-based all-female Weezer cover band under the clever sobriquet of Sheezer will be playing at Georges Fabulous Roadhouse on April 14. This is Sheezers first time playing in Sackville, but its members have played various shows at Georges and The Pond under the auspices of The Bicycles and The Adorables. On their way to play in the Lawnya Vawnya festival in Newfoundland, Sheezer is playing various dates in the

Atlantic Provinces as they head east. Sheezer was formed on a long drive home between band members Laura Barrett and Dana Snell late after a tour. The two had been good friends and playing in bands together for quite some time before Sheezer. It was going to be kind of a long drive, so we listened to the whole Blue Album, says Snell. Neither one of us had really listened to it all that long, but we really loved it a lot so we were singing along and airdrumming and whatnot, and we were like man, I wish we could play this type of music. Lauras music is kinda nothing like Weezer, and I was in the Bicycles, and that was pretty pop. Snell notes that Sheezer tries to replicate Weezers songs as closely as possible, but that there are some inevitable differences. Its a little faster live, and we dont have their gear or their giant amps. Also, we sing differently. We are ladies, so it

does sound different as it comes out of us, but what we play we try very hard to make exactly like the songs. According to Snell, Sheezers live show is something to get excited for. All the shows weve played have had people have been crazily singing along, crowd surfing its just a real release for everyone. It has that feel of an arena rock kind of show on a tiny scale. Snell is excited for the bands Atlantic tour dates, saying, were just hoping that the craziness continues out east, or maybe is even crazier. I find when I play on the east coast I really enjoy the fans and their reactions. They tend to be really fun-loving and into partying, so its going to be a really good fit, and were excited to give it a go. Alongside Sheezer will be Sackvilles own Yellowteeth, as well as Camp Radio from Ottawa. Hit up Georges on April 14 for a night of loud, moshy, sloshy, dancey music.

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THE CHMA 106.9 FM CAMPUS & COMMUNITY RADIO BULLETIN

THE CLOSING EDITION

THE CHARTS
FOR THE WEEK ENDING TUESDAY APRIL 3, 2012
RANK ARTIST TITLE (LABEL) 01 BOLIVIA* Bolivia (Self-Released) 02 BABY EAGLE & THE PROUD MOTHERS* Bone Soldiers (Youve Changed)

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CAMPUS/COMMUNITY RADIO (BUT NEVER ASKED)
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03 ZEUS*
Busting Visions (Arts & Crafts)

04 NOISE HOUNDS* Noise Hounds (Self-Released) 05 PAPER BEAT SCISSORS* Paper Beat Scissors (Forward Music Group) 06 EACH OTHER* Taking Trips (Self-Released) 07 JULIE AUBE* The Kitchen Table (Self-Released) 08 PARKS & REC* Seeds Grown Here (Self-Released)

09 MATTHEW & THE BIRDS*

Between the Waves (Self-Released)

10 ADAM MOWERY* St. Josephs Mechanical Penthouse (Self-Released) 11 CANNON BROS.* Firecracker / Cloudglow (Disintegration) 12 AIDS WOLF* Ma Vie Banale Avant Garde (Lovepump United) 13 SAID THE WHALE* Little Mountain (Hidden Pony) 14 GOTYE Making Mirrors (Universal) 15 MIIKE SNOW Happy To You (Columbia) 16 THE SHEEPDOGS* Five Easy Pieces (Atlantic)

Campus/community radio is your friend. Public radio is your really paternalistic friend prone to lecturing you and making your mornings more dif cult than they already are. Commercial radio is your friend that keeps dropping by your place to not-so-discreetly hawk old CDs so that they may purchase an eightball with the pro ts. These are the only serious distinctions you need to know between these forms of radio broadcasting. But seriously, I dont think Im alone here when I say that most people probably assume Mount Allisons very own lovely campus/community radio station CHMA 106.9FMs sole purpose is to function as a place where pretentious (no-talent hiding behind talent hiding behind no-talent) lo- indie rock music can drone on and on from a computer generated playlist cycling endlessly while being broadcasted into the ether But hey, thats only one very small part of what we do. Okay, so maybe its most of what we do but Im SPOTLIGHT ON #31: LAKE NAMES Echo EP (Self-Released) This week Halifaxs Lake Names nabs the coveted number thirty-one spot with their catchy pop rock EP Echo. Even though it was released last year, it is still popular amongst CHMA programmers, thanks in part possibly to their performance at this years Sterephonic Music Festival. Their upbeat, lo- sound has won them a lot of fans in Sackville, and it doesnt hurt that their songs are very singable and liable to get stuck in the listeners head.

17 DAVID R. ELLIOTT*
Blue Sky Country Gold (Self-Released)

18 BOYHOOD* Boyhood (Self-Released) 19 ROCOCODE* Guns Sex & Glory (Head in the Sand) 20 MEMORYHOUSE* The Slideshow Effect (Subpop) 21 TOM WAITS Bad As Me (Anti-)

about to get real serious with you right now on the merits of campus/community radio. CHMA is a valuable community-building resource: it allows even the lowliest forms of human existence, (just look at me go!) to crawl out of our sad sorry holes and gain real skills in producing, recording, public speaking and occasionally expressing our deepest passions about why a particular track is such a painfully beautiful sonic snapshot of a subculture. CHMA provides burgeoning musicians with an outlet to expose a little corner of the world to their artistry. CHMA gives a place to the most excellent syndicated programming that struggles to nd a forum; Drug Truth Nation and WINGS are examples. In a weird way, CHMA is about empowering individuals-- and not in the pop-psychology bullsh*t kinda way-- but rather CHMA is about increasing media diversity in this age of conglomeration. CHMA is as bad or as good as we chose to make it and thats the beauty and truth of it all. Checkmate.

22 SLEIGH BELLS
Reign of Terror (Mom + Pop)

23 BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB A Different Kind of Fix (Island) 24 GRIMES* Visions (Arbutus) 25 DAVID SIMARD & THE DA DAS* Slower, Lower (Self-Released) 26 BANDED STILTS* By The Back Stair (Self-Released) 27 KATHLEEN EDWARDS* Voyageur (Rounder) 28 ST. VINCENT Strange Mercy (4AD) 29 JOEL PLASKETT* Scrappy Happiness (MapleMusic) 30 OF MONTREAL Paralytic Stalks (Polyvinyl)

31 LAKE NAMES*
Echo EP (Self-Released)

UPCOMING EVENTS & CONCERTS

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DIY or Die
Joel Young
Arts and Literature Writer
In the age of micro-blogging, iphones and nuclear-fallout, reasons to stay positive often seem few and far between. The world as we know it appears to be on the verge of economic, social and ecological peril, and as a result it can be difficult to think of art and music as important political forces. Rest assured, all hope is not lost: glimmers of light have been known to shine through even the most congested modern infrastructure. Understanding the utter marginalization of art as a symptom of macro-level world problems no solution, rather, it is the task of creative and thoughtful people everywhere to make a space for art in a diverse, healthy society. My solution to the woes of the modern age lies in the DIY punk movement. DIY (Do-It-Yourself ) means taking the world into your own hands. Its more than just a way to avoid hiring professional contractors to save costs on home renovation projects; it is a movement that values the power of the individual above all else in order to accomplish things hitherto deemed impossible. It means having complete control over your art and creative expression booking your own tours, playing shows in basements, recording and releasing music and other creative projects on your own accord. I think the most visible facet of this movement is found in the underground punk community. I learned DIY punk-rock in damp, dark basements throughout Canadas three smallest provinces. When I discovered that people everywhere were taking music into their own hands writing songs and putting on shows with whatever resources they could scrape together it felt like the culmination of all I had dreamt of since hearing my first Dead Kennedys record at age fourteen. The mystique of the basement show the noise, the chaos and the hysteria surrounding

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DIY punk movements take the initiative to make their own music and put on their shows. Above, band Vixen performs at such a show.
sweaty bodies and amplified guitars made me feel like anything was possible. Gone were the childish days of believing everything you were told, the phenomenon of plenty, the myths of rocknroll pop stars and sex icons. The deceitful faces larger than hot-air balloons ubiquitous in mass media became topographical errors on the DIY map of the world. The dry, arid landscape of my youth became a moist oasis in which all people were accepted for who they were: revellers in an endless world of honesty and visceral delight. I sought refuge in circle pits full of leather, bristles, studs and acne; clusters of human bodies dancing to wrong notes and ducktaped drum-kits. No one gave a fuck whether you had a cock or a pussy (or both) your race, your class or your orientation were all of secondary importance in the world I had stumbled upon. It was a community where you wore your heart on your sleeve, and took pride in creativity, honesty and friendship. You can imagine my utter disappointment when I realized that underground punk music could be just as commercialized as the Budweiser beer cans guzzled down by many a crusty anarchist. The vision I described above is a rarity; all too often positive artistic communities become trampled by alcoholism and hyper-erect punk egos. The selfdestructive and hedonistic lifestyle associated with rocknroll music is a real downer, but one thing that I have held onto to this day is the belief that people everywhere can foster the raw DIY spirit. I dont think that music will change the world. The Bono/Geldof vision of world peace seems horribly trite (not to mention patronizing) in the complex and transient world we live in. I do, however, dream of a day when the tide is turned, when community groups everywhere are able to foster the sense of community found in DIY spaces, spinning something alreadypositive into a vibrant web that is as rich in insight as it is in political power. DIY creative communities embody the spirit of resistance to larger-than-life superstructures. Just as it makes more sense to share art in a non-hierarchical community of peers as opposed to selling art in commercialized setting, so to does it make sense to organize activist movements around peer communities. Its easy to write a cheque to Oxfam or PETA, but I think that change

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really happens when we take a step back and actually act upon our core beliefs, when we share with and listen to our peers in a positive setting. The revolution comes from within, not from some external acronym of vested interest. Music and art are, at their most powerful, incredibly thought-provoking mediums of communication that give people both reasons to live, as well as ideas about living itself. DIY ethics smash the idea of art as a petit bourgeois institution that serves as cultural Nembutal for those in a very specific seat of privilege. DIY reminds us that art is to the global citizen what the hammer is to the carpenter: a tool that can be used to build or destroy, depending completely on context. For this reason I stand wholly by the timeless mantra, DIY or die.

Ease on down the road

Struts Gallerys next artist in residence, Ainslie Moss
Joel Young
Arts and Literature Writer
If you enjoy pondering language, typeface and book making, youre in for a treat this April. Ainslie Moss (BFA 11) will be the next artist in residence at Struts Gallery. Between April 18 and May 14 she will be making seven Lorne Street her creative redoubt, using her time to work on her forthcoming letterpress book. Although Moss describes her project as being all over the place, there is certainly continuity in her plans. Moss will be emblazoning the Struts Gallery walls with insect imagery accompanied public record divorce proceedings. Moss will by disjunct text a concept that expands on use imagery, and perhaps a little bit of irony, to some of the work she did for her fourth-year explore the relationship between words and the BFA project, pictured real world. below. Moss described Insects and Society isnt structured to give being inspired typesetting are really by public record any breaks to creative people. only a point of entry transcripts of divorce Moss main focus I think its okay to take time proceedings: You will be the design experiencing life in other ways. I have this intimate, and layout of her live by the idea that if [art] is with personal subject forthcoming book. you, it will come back to you. matter, and its all While the visual aspect being described with of her residency looks extremely dry legal Ainslie Moss (11) jargon. After tireless at the relationship Struts next Artist-in-Residence months of research, between text and images, the book she Moss will finally have is working on takes a chance to develop the language and love as its subject. The book, the actual layout and logistics of printing, as well tentatively titled Love Stories, will creatively as time to experiment with the visual aspects of interpret Supreme Court documents outlining the book. After graduating from Mount Allison last May, Moss, a former photo editor at The Argosy, relocated to Halifax, NS. While even the keenest of recent graduates can expect to experience some sort of stress and anxiety upon entering the real world, the prospect of perusing an artistic career can be extremely daunting. It can be difficult, said Moss, I quickly moved into a 9-5 job; trying to find the time to make art is really challenging. When asked what advise she would give to future Fine Arts graduates, Moss emphasized the importance of being gentle with yourself, and not becoming too overwhelmed when lifes many responsibilities get in the way of the busy work schedule that your undergrad requires. Society isnt structured to give any breaks to creative people. I think its okay to take time experiencing life in other ways. I live by the idea that if [art] is with you, it will come back to you.

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Learn how to brighten up your spring makeup pallet
Rosanna Leitner
Argosy Fashion Correspondent
Spring is upon us once again, and the tease we received a few weeks ago brought out sundresses, shorts and flip flops. Aside from pastel shirts, pleated skirts and big bold colours, our accessories and makeup could use a little facelift as well. Save the dark colours for nights out and polish up your look using the hints below. Keep your hair long and tussled, or flaunt a foxy pixie cut. As for the men, keep it short and tidy. Long locks are not for everyone! Spring is the time to embrace natures vibrancy, so dont be afraid to go bold with your eye shadow! Play with purple, gold, pink and even some light blush just refrain from other prominent hues. The last thing you want is to look like a painted doll, or worse, a clown. Instead, blush should be kept light and airy, along with your foundation. Give your skin a break and use some mineral powder at the most. To keep those lips moist and kissable, try a nude hue or step it up with citrus coloured lipstick such as a subtle tangerine. If you choose a bright lip, keep your eye makeup neutral and blush at a minimum unless you choose to sport the 80s throwback look. In regards to accessories, rings are going to remain super-sized, so embrace the bling! But remember to keep other pieces to a minimum. Everything this season is about balance, strong prints, fluffy feathers and chandelier earrings look the best if paired with basic lines and subdued tones. Get creative with oversized and geometric necklaces. New this season, these pieces have a DIY vibe, but are still show stoppers with their angular design and colour. The cuff and bangle bracelet trend continues, but you can spice it up by adding funky colours or broad bands into the mix. Polished nails will tie the entire ensemble together, and for spring try pastel pallets or go bold with a fuchsia hue. Now to address my male audience. Yes, I did say male. There has been some hype around male makeup lately, and were here to embrace the trend and offer some tips! Like the ladies, it is understandable and acceptable if a guy wants to hide a pimple or cover up some redness. Try using light coverage and bronzers which only darken the skin, rather than add a glow. Men who wear makeup would like to improve their complexion and look, so keep concealers and powders to a minimum since it should not be obvious. As for mascara or eyeliner, pick them according to your hair colour. Black mascara

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Spring is the time to go bold with your make up! Try experimenting by wearing brightly coloured eye shadows and lipstick.
Internet Photos/doedeereblogazine will pair nicely with dark hair, however, choose brown mascara if your locks are brown or blonde; the same goes for eyeliners. With these suggestions in mind, make a list and go out there to get some new colours and bronzers. Go through your old makeup and try to remember when you bought it. If it has been over three months or long enough that you forget, it is time to toss it. An immense amount of bacteria grows on your makeup due to its daily contact with your skin. Take advantage of the change in season and renew your makeup tote. As for brushes, clean and disinfect them on a regular basis and just get over that sponge and throw it out (you know you have them in there). Enjoy experimenting with fun new eyeshades and liners, and, like always, wear your confidence and flaunt your fabulous look!

The Pilot and The Beauty

Sam Page
Argosy Contributor
There was once a young pilot who flew for a band of pirates. He had been rescued by the crew as an orphan child and was raised by them among the clouds and the ports of a tropical archipelago. He had become close almost immediately with the previous pilot of the large sea plane that was their lifeblood. He spent most of his time watching and learning how such a lumbering machine could defy gravity. And when the position was offered to him, he gladly took it on. He had a natural skill for flying and it took him no time to learn how he should land in the water and approach ships so that they could be plundered, or how to fly away into the sunset so that they could make their getaway. They were not much in manner of a crew, but they made up for it with heavy fire power. And once their treasure was stolen, they would go to port and spend lavishly, for that was the life of a pirate. He dreamed of a different life, however, one where he could stay still for more than a few nights, but he could never leave the crew, or the captain he loved so dearly. They were big and loud and rowdy, but they were the only family he knew and they cared for him like a son. And how could he leave the sky he loved so, the feeling of complete freedom when he danced among the clouds, he owned them, they were his skies and he looked upon the dotted sea below as others would look at the ground below their feet. His machine was big and stupid and uncomfortable, but when it left the ground it meant home. It all changed, however, and the culprit was, as usual,

A Modest Proposal: For preventing the savage children of Northumberland County from Being a Burden to Their Parents or to the Tax Payers, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public
Tyler Turcotte
Argosy Contributor
PART IV of IV I can think of no one objection that will possibly be raised against this proposal, unless it should be urged that the number of people will be thereby much lessened in the County. This I freely own, and it was indeed one principal design in offering it to you. I desire the reader to know that the reservations here described are interchangeable with any of the reservations across the nation. Let no man talk of other expedients, such as promoting our countys universities to foreign lands, while the savages at home are being left in the dark. He shall not reject these claims less he hath seen inside the fragile shacks where fetal alcohol children play at their mothers feet, nor less he deny that advancing the idea that the County adopts MiKmaq as a provincial language would increase assimilation rates, and give these small towns within our county a better sense of Canadian identity, ultimately mitigating poverty, and make the savage child feel at home in the public school system. But as to myself, having been wearied out for many years with offering vain and idle thoughts, I have had the good fortune to fall upon this proposal as if in a dream. If there be some author who so desires to contradict this scheme, let him first consider these two points: First, as things stand, how does one suppose the savage should be assimilated without making this county trilingual? And second, how do we rid the savages dependence on substance and alcohol, and the breeding of FAS babies? Unless he is willing to go to the reservations himself and work in social aid, let him put his words to rest, but would he admit that he would rather profit from a scheme such as the one here proposed? I desire that if my peers should dislike my overture, to be so bold as to answer whether a child would not be happier at five serving his tribe as a commodity, or going through life a walking stigma, vulnerable to life and death. I profess in the sincerity of my heart that I have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the public good of this county, and encouraging the parties and citizens of this nation to think over this new year about families facing the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent, being without money or trade, families in need of common sustenance, without sufficient heat to cover from the inclemencies of the weather, and people with the inevitable prospect of entailing like miseries upon their breed forever.

love. They had landed and boarded a large sailboat on a bright sunny day, its owner was a wealthy merchant, but they sought not his merchandise, they wanted his money, and they could get it easily because he would give it to them, in exchange for his beautiful daughter who was his only family. Of course they had to hold her for a few days in order for him to collect the ransom they desired, but the captain gave his word that neither hair nor skin should be harmed on her body, and the captain always kept his word. He trusted no other with the care of the lovely young girl but the young humble spirited pilot. So he watched over her and fed her and protected her while they hid in a small port town. She was like him, always on the sea and dreaming of something more solid, but the waves where her home. Together they talked endlessly for three days and two nights of their dreams. They fell hopelessly in love. But how could they possibly be together in a world that separated them so, walls and pillars of hatred stood between them. So on their last night they decided they would run away together. But how could they make anything of their lives starting from nothing? Thankfully a large sum of money was about to change hands, and that made it easy for them to get their own hands on it. The trade went as planned with the wealthy merchant, but that very night, both parties met each other on the road again, the merchant calling them scoundrels and demanding his daughter back, and the pirates calling him a greedy pig and demanding he give back theyre gold or his blood would be spilt. And in all the confusion, the two lovers stole away into the night to begin their life together. Using the gold they stole from their families, they bought their own small sea plane, and flew far away where they would never be found.

Member of Picnicface comes to Mount Allison

Mark Little, sketch comic, holds workshop
Geoff Hutchinson
Humour Editor
If youve never heard of Mark Little, then youve probably been living under a rock somewhere; a sad, lonely little rock. Little is a member of Picnicface, a sketch comedy group based out of Halifax, who have created a number of famous Youtube videos, such as Powerthirst, SuperBingo, Halifax, and The Real Zone. Little also co-wrote and starred in a feature film, Roller Town, along with Picnicfaces current national cable television show on the Comedy channel. Little has won various comedy awards, including Yuk Yuks Great Canadian LaughOff and Halifaxs best comedian, and has appeared at the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal. It was Mount Allisons privilege, then, to have had Mr. Little come to Mount Allison last Wednesday, to both teach and perform. I used to do stuff with Justin (Collette, of FLiNT Improv) for the last couple of years in Toronto, Little told The Argosy. He just asked to come out and do a show with him, and mentioned doing a workshop to teach one of the few skills I know how to do! Little hosted an improvisation and sketch-writing workshop, aimed at helping a group of about fifteen students develop their own comedic ideas into full-length sketches. Little emphasized a process of escalation; after establishing any scene, its important to try and see how you can take the scene from the slightly abnormal to the truly outrageous. This was what Little called finding

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Mark Little, member of the Canadian sketch comedy troupe, Picnicface, demonstrating the conception of a scene to a group of hopeful novice comedians. Little came to Mount Allison last Wednesday, to lead a sketch-writing and improvisation workshop hosted by FLiNT improv, who had invited Little to preform with them in one of their weekly improv shows at The Pond.

the game of a scene, which is at the basis of most sketch comedy. To find the game, an actor tries to find the aims and goals of the scene, meaning how a scene possibly could escalate from its beginnings to the final, explosive ending. Little then encouraged those attending the workshop to compile a list of comedic figures, and then had students work as a group to try their hand at finding the game of each characters situation, from a hypocritical doctor to a group of obnoxious bullies at a nightclub. The process that Little taught during the workshop was the same

basic approach that he and other members of Picnicface use during their writing. What Andy and I do, is just, like, riff. Like, In this sketch, your guy wants to commit suicide, and Im the genie who comes out of your gun. And then we just talk. We just stand up, and we go back and forth, and anytime one of us says something that we find funny we stop, and we try to commit it to memory, and we just keep talking. Little later performed a set with FLiNT at their Wednesday night show, sharing a story of his youth, which was then transformed into

a variety of scenes with the other improvisers. Little also guest starred on the season finale of FLiNTs improvised soap opera, The Aroused and the Lost, playing a Green Beret commander who ordered the destruction of the small hamlet of Bagtown. At the end of the show, The Argosy had the chance to talk to Mark for a few minutes, during which time we asked him what advice he had to give anyone hoping to break into working in comedy. It helps that we did five years of weekly or biweekly, shows, and we did

new materials at the vast majorities of the shows, Little said. Doing years and years of new sketches, and throwing away eighty per cent of them, forced us to get better. I think that theres a lot more to it than just that but its a good way to just force all of the bad ideas out of yourself. Its just like any person who starts any kind of art, especially comedy; theyll have lots of raw ideas. Youve just got to keep doing what you love, until you sort of figure out what it takes, to do what you do well.

Original play read at Live Bait

Burn the Summer by Samuel Wilson in early stages of production
Julia McMillan
Arts and Literature Editor
Our generation has caught The Fear. What does that mean? Samuel Wilsons latest full-length play, Burn the Summer can answer that question. The play explores the idea of a nation living in perpetual fear in our post 9/11 society. The play was read publically for the first time on Wednesday, April 4 at 7pm at Live Bait Theatre Burn the Summer is about the tensions between what is, and what could be. Written in response to the events of 9/11, the play is an ambiguous narrative centering around the lives of two main characters, Carmen and Louis. Each of them lives in a state of constant yet unspecific anxiety, and experiences an unshakable feeling that something is about to The play is set in the summer months of June happen. 2009 to September 2009, when the terrorist Wilsons writing builds upon a non-linear attacks in New York City occurred. Wilson plot line, intertwined with complex themes and explains that the time frame for the play was a symbols that seem to reveal themselves to the very deliberate decision. audience at the same time they become obvious I was doing some research for the play, to the character. His and I found out that writing causes the Timothy McVeigh, audience to connect I think our generation has sort of United States terrorist with the characters [responsible for the gotten The Fear. A lot of what and feel the same sense Oklahoma City of fear and anxiety we do now is based off of fear, Bombings in 1995], they feel, despite (or and is in response to the terrorist was executed on June perhaps due to) the attacks in our recent history. 11, 2001. I started fragmented plot line. thinking about the I guess I try to connection between Samuel Wilson the two events, and make my writing Playwrite their affect on the U. intentionally vague often so the viewer S public, and the more can piece it together I thought about it, the for themselves, My writing is often a little more natural it seemed to be to frame the play fantastical, its not quite like real life. The reason between these events Wilson stated. for this is that I feel that theatre should go The connection between the two events beyond real life. It has the power to take you to resonates throughout the entire play. Even after different places, to make you see different things. McVeighs assassination, the characters have Part of what makes theatre a magical experience an enduring sense of unrest, emphasizing that is that it can do what real life cant. even though the threats of terrorism seemed to have subsisted, there is no way of knowing what may happen in the future. Wilson notes that the omnipresent anxiety looming over the plays plot line is evocative of The Fear, as mentioned in early Hunter S. Thompson novels. I think our generation has sort of gotten The Fear. A lot of what we do now is based off of fear, and is in response to the terrorist attacks in our recent history. Wilson goes on to note that the influence of those events is what makes this play significant on both a political and social level. I think its a story that matter to our generation. I gave myself twelve years before I tired to write anything about 9/11. Even if you werent there, it still matters. The social and political phenomena that happened in the immediate wake of 9/11 have influenced our generation so strongly. Wilson will be moving to New York in the fall, where he hopes to continue developing the play. He would ideally like to produce the play and move it into a professional theatre.

SCI & TECH

Westcott lab examines capsaicin and ligands
John Fraser
Argosy Staff Writer
This week in our focus series on research at Mt. Allison well be looking at the work of Alyssa Patterson. Patterson is a third year student currently pursuing an honours degree in Biochemistry. She has been working under the guidance of Dr. Steve Westcott, a professor of Chemistry who has held a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair since 2001, and has recently been awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair for his work with Green Boron Chemistry, worth 1.4 million dollars. Pattersons work has largely focused on researching with the Saturday Wild Toads. The Wild Toads program was created by Dr. Westcott and allows students to volunteer their time in order to gain valuable lab experience. The Wild Toads work includes working with derivatives of hot pepper complexes called capsaicin that have been linked to anti-cancer, anti-fungal and anti-

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Wescott, which was approved. In addition to her work with capsaicin complexes, Patterson has been involved with research on chelating ligands to a metal centre. This involves attaching series of identical chains of organic molecules know as ligands to an inorganic metal centre element, such as Iron or Cobalt. Patterson has been doing work with Copper metal centres and has successfully chelated ligands to the metal centre, making new compounds that have not been previously synthesized. Patterson has sent her purified compounds to a lab for further analysis, and is currently waiting on the results. We create it and purify it, after which we send it away to a testing facility to see if our results are confirmed, says Patterson. At this moment, we are working on publishing a paper relating to this synthesis and it is in its final stages. Patterson has been approved for an NSREC research grant for this summer to continue her research with Dr. Westcott. While she is looking forward to the research, she is unsure of where the projects will take her. We talked about a few ideas, but nothing is set in stone yet. Patterson is optimistic that this research will help lead her honours and is set to start researching in the first week of May.

Alyssa Patterson has been researching the chelation of ligands to meal centres as well as the medical applications of the spicy molecule capsaicin.
bacterial properties. Capsaicin is also fundamentally involved in what makes hot peppers so hot. Working with this compound could add knowledge to the increasingly expanding field of cancer treatment research as well as many other applications, providing the anti-fungal and anti-bacterial nature of the compound become more fully realized. Working with capsaicin has not been without its challenges. The problem with the chemical that we are working with is that it is quite volatile, making it difficult to isolate and prepare, explains Patterson. Some of my work is an effort to make similar compounds that will be easier to safely manipulate, while still possessing the same potent bioactivities we are interested in. She has already pursued this research further than the scope of The Wild Toads program by applying for a research grant to work with

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Racist? Theres a pill for that

Oxford Ph.D students test found racial bias disappeared when subjects took propranolol
Keeton Wilcock
The Fulcrum (University of Ottawa)

OTTAWA (CUP) Since the 1960s, propranolol has been a drug prescribed as a betablocker to lower blood pressure. Sylvia Terbeck, an experimental psychology and neuroscience PhD candidate at the University of Oxford, recently noticed that propranolol also has tangible effects on certain parts the brain. Since I do neuroscience, I know from the biochemistry of the drug that it not only reduces your blood pressure, but it works in some areas of the brain, Terbeck said in an interview with the Fulcrum. I was specifically interested in the one [part of the brain] the drug is working on called the amygdala, which deals with emotion processing and fear processing. I wanted to test the hypothesis that fear responses are really causally relevant or crucially important for a prejudice. To test Terbecks hypothesis, she and a few fellow researchers screened a group of 36 Caucasian volunteers for medical eligibility. They gave one half a placebo, the other half propranolol, and then had the two groups take the Implicit Association Test developed at Harvard University, which measures individuals subconscious race biases.

A drug typically used to reduce blood pressure has been found to remove racial biases in laboratory situations.
What usually happens in the test is that white participants seem to have a preference for white faces, meaning they find it easier to associate white faces with good words as compared to black faces with good words, or they find it easier to associate black faces with bad words compared to white faces with bad words, explained Terbeck. This favouritism this bias in the response disappeared when they took the drug. Monique Frize, an emeritus professor at the U of O and professor at Carleton University in biomedical engineering, commented on the possibility that Terbecks research can be seen as unethical. When I do anything with patients and doctors, I have to make sure that theyre all aware of the potential risks and the benefits, noted Frize. So I think if that was clearly explained, then I dont see an ethical problem with people being encouraged to take this. Frize stated that she would prefer research funding go towards altering peoples race prejudices in a more natural manner, as racism is not an issue that should be considered solved by taking a pill. I think its a cultural problem, I think its an attitude problem, and a behaviour problem, Frize said of racial biases. Instead of working on chemicals, I would work on [the patients] attitude. Why do they have this fear? I would

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prefer to see fear reduction through psychological means rather than chemical [ones]. Terbeck noted she is not an ethicist, but she works closely with researchers who are aware of the sensitive nature of her research. Terbeck believes her findings are important, and that her research could lead to positive developments. One of my co-authors said that theres a recent report that we might want to consider that for judges or in employment cases, in some decisions, some groups would be disadvantaged [and taking propranolol] would be a good thing. Terbeck is already working on new studies to confirm her findings and delve deeper into how our brains deal with fear and race prejudices.

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March weather madness

Massive heat wave shatters records
Carly Levy
News Writer
March may have arrived as a lion, but certainly left like a lamb, as the weather throughout the month had many thinking spring had sprung early. Temperatures soared over most of the continent with cities across Canada and the United States breaking records that were over one hundred years old in some cases. Sunshine and warm weather prompted many students on campus to dig out their shorts and get outside. However, dipping temperatures by the end of March and heading into the first full month of spring prove that this may have been a bit hasty and humans arent the only creatures affected. Wildlife experts are saying that animals of all shapes and sizes are feeling the consequence of this confusing weather that experts are calling Meteorological March Madness 2012. Baby birds are emerging weeks earlier than normal and racoons are suffering from distemper a disease normally killed off by cold weather. Trees and many other plants are also reacting to the warm weather, developing flowers and grasses two to three weeks earlier than usual. Records were broken across Canada and the U.S. where at least 7,733 daily

Unseasonably warm weather for March in cities like Philadelphia in triggered an early emergence of spring vegetation.
high temperature records were either tied or broken. Chicago saw nine straight days over twenty-six degrees Celsius, which are temperatures usually not seen until late June. The lowest temperatures in Michigan and New Hampshire were even higher than the previous high temperatures for those areas. Canadian cities were not exempt from the heat wave, with some cities breaking all time April records for warm temperatures. Winnipeg saw the highest March temperature in over 140 years, which was accompanied by intense thunderstorms. Halifax and Fredericton were among five other cities including St. John that broke their April records, both topping off at twenty-seven degrees around the first day of spring on March 20. As part of an ongoing research assessment and interpretation of evolving climate conditions, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Research Centre (NOAA) has presented a preliminary analysis on their website in an attempt to make scientific sense of Marchs wacky weather. The findings have yet to be peer-reviewed and represent an initial draft of their findings. NOAA has reported that conditions east of the Rocky Mountains that were more fitting for June than March were due to a massive heat wave, which covered most of eastern North America over a twelve-day period. A surge of warm air pushed northward from the Gulf of Mexico, west of the Great Lakes, and subsequently spread eastward. The intense poleward air mass movement was propelled by an unusually intense low-level southerly jet stream that stretched from Louisiana to western

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Wisconsin. Once this warm surge engulfed the region, an incredible prolonged period of unseasonably high temperatures ensued. Maximum heat wave intensity spanned approximately ten days between March 12 and March 23. NOAA has yet to apportion blame for this massive meteorological event to any one circumstance, claiming instead that this was likely a chance occurrence, likely to only happen once in a century and with little cause attributable to global warming.

Science Oddities

The neighbourhood just got cosier

Rosanna Hempel
Argosy Staff
Astrobiologists and citizens of the Earth alike have plenty of reasons to be excited about a recent discovery showing the existence of tens of billions of rocky super-Earth sized planets in habitable zones surrounding red dwarf stars in the Milky Way. The study, carried out by an international team working at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) La Silla Observatory in Chile, is to be published in Astronomy and Astrophysics. The researchers have been focusing on locating extrasolar planets orbiting red dwarf stars for the past six years. Using the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS), the researchers observed that approximately forty per cent of red dwarfs have a planet orbiting their habitable zone, a region where liquid water can exist on the surface of a planet. These results are indisputably important, as red dwarfs are the most common kind of stars found in the Milky Way, numbering 160 billion, which accounts for eighty per cent of our galaxys stars. In other words, our current estimate of planets that could support life in our galaxy has been expanded far beyond previous theories. Up until only a few years ago the idea of planets existing in the habitable zone around red dwarf (M-type) stars received little attention, comments Dr. Robert Hawkes, professor of Physics at Mount Allison University. Fortunately, not all specialists discounted the idea. It now appears that, in the big picture of habitable planets, those around M-type main sequence stars are important. HARPS is a leading extrasolar planet finder,

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Taylor Losier
Argosy Correspondent
Zombie Ants Researchers from Pennsylvania State University have been studying a fungus that was found in Thailands rain forests. This fungus, part of a species known as Ophiocordyceps, targets the nervous system of the local population of fungus ants. The infected ants behave normally for three to nine days, until the fungus takes them over completely, turning them into zombies, and forcing the ants to behave abnormally so that the fungus can reproduce. All infected ants are killed off by the fungus at high noon. Alcoholic Monkeys Vervet monkeys on the island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean have been stalking tourists in order to fulfill their alcohol addiction. BBC Worldwide News did a report on the unique species,

explaining how the monkeys behave very much as humans do: some prefer to drink socially, some abstain altogether, and some monkeys like to indulge in binge drinking. Scientists hope that by studying the monkeys, they will be able to explain the nature of human drinking tendencies. Firefly Squids If you visit the beaches of Toyama Bay, Japan anytime from March to June, you will see the shores light up with the help of thousands of Firefly Squids. The squids have special lightproducing organs called photophores that emit a deep blue light. Firefly Squids have thousands of these photosphores that, when working in conjunction, enable the squid to create light along the length of its entire body. They use these lights to attract and hunt pray. Normally living 1200 feet underwater, they wash ashore in order to spawn their eggs, during which time the shores are aglow with serene blue luminescence.

internationally renowned for its extraordinary precision and sensitivity. It has been used to detect the presence of various planets by measuring the changing radial velocities of the stars they are orbiting. When a star is being orbited by a planet, its position relative to Earth is regularly influenced by it. These changes can be detected as fluctuations in long and short wavelengths in the stars electromagnetic spectrum as it moves further from or closer to Earth, respectively. The researchers used HARPS to examine 102 red dwarfs in the southern skies, and detected nine extrasolar planets, two of which were found in the habitable zone of their respective stars. From these results, they concluded that approximately forty per cent of red dwarfs have a planet orbiting their habitable zone. The search for such environments preoccupies much of current astronomical research. Dr. Louise Edwards, professor of Physics at Mt. A, suggests that other current work investigating planetary companions around low-mass stars includes the use of facilities such as the Gemini Observatory at Mt. A, which collaborates with two telescopes in Chile and Hawaii, in addition to the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Herschel Space Observatory infrared telescopes. If these new estimates stand up to future studies of larger numbers of stars with precise instruments, then the finding is indeed exciting, Dr. Hawkes explained optimistically. Red dwarfs are known to produce large solar flares, releasing vast amounts of X-ray and ultraviolet radiation, thus making life on their surrounding planets less likely. Despite this threat to the existence of life on planets orbiting red dwarfs, the discovery has nevertheless expanded the number of possible life supporting planets beyond our own solar system.

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Varsity sports year in review

Several teams setting foundation for future
Robert Murray
Sports Editor
2011-12 was a year of ups and downs for Mount Allison Mounties teams, with many individual accomplishments standing out and overshadowing some struggles. Mens Soccer finished with a record of 2-8-3, but with half the roster currently in their first or second year, it was a building year as well as a year of experience for new Head Coach Roy Chineh. A bright spot for the team was Stuart McAdam, who was named team MVP, Mt. As Outstanding Male Senior Scholar Athlete and also received the CIS Athlete Community Service Award. On the womens side, they also missed playoffs with a 1-8-4 record, with Hilary Hamilton being named team MVP and Emily van Diepen Mt. As co-Female Rookie of the Year. With 10 rookies in 2011-12, they look to be a much improved team this coming fall under the tutelage of Barry Cooper. The Football Mounties limped to an 0-8 season that was decimated by injuries. Jacob Leblanc, Matt Kenny and Luke Ekoh were named AUS Defensive All-Stars, while Sackvilles

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story of the Swimming Mounties, winning three gold medals and two silver medals at the AUS championship meet. Peters will swim at an Olympic trial event in Cancun on April 24. As a team, the Mounties fell short of Dalhousie once again, finishing second to the Tigers. With a new coach in Dan Wortman, the Badminton Mounties didnt skip a beat as they breezed their way to another championship, and earned eight of ten total qualifying spots for Nationals (including coaches). Heather Murray and Bryan Downey were honoured as the ACAA Female and Male Players of the Year respectively, while Wortman was named Coach of the Year. The biggest step forward by a Mountie team was taken by the Womens Hockey Mounties, who finished third in league standings, helped by a seven-game winning streak to finish off the regular season. They battled their way through the playoff tournament and lost a heartbreaker to UPEI in the AUS Championship game. Meghan Corley-Byrne was a first-team All-Star in goal, and Lauren Oickle was a second-team All-Star, both for the second year in a row. In addition, Ashlyn Somers was named Most Sportsmanlike Player, and Emily van Diepen was named to the All-Rookie team on defence. Another year of Mountie sports, another year of individual and team records being broken. If this pace keeps up, it will be a very exciting sports season in 2012-13 as every team looks to take the next step.

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Amanda Jeanson of Rosemere, Quebec is one of several young Mt. A soccer players that is looking to improve on last year's result.
Justin Richard led the AUS in tackles. Leblanc was also named the AUS Rookie of the Year, and along with Richard and Kenny, will anchor a strong Mountie defence in 2012 while quarterback Jake Hotchkiss will once again lead the charge offensively. The Mens Basketball Mounties faced adversity early on in their season when Head Coach Bruce MacMillan resigned. Replacement Duane Starratt did an admirable job being thrust into the role, leading the Mounties to a 9-12 record, and a quarter-final upset of #3-ranked Holland College on a buzzer beater by Brandon Malally. Malally was named an ACAA secondteam All-Star The Women finished third in the ACAA standings at 13-8, and also won their quarter-final against Kings before falling in the semis to Mount Saint Vincent. Led by MVP and second-team All-Star Marlon Smith, the Mounties were able to win nine of their first ten games in January and February 2012. Volleyball once again turned in a great season, but fell short in their defence of the ACAA Championship. With a record of 13-5, the Mounties finished third, but dropped their playoff opener to host STU. Allison Settle was named a second-team AllStar, while Caila Henderson and Erica Cronkhite were first-team All-Star selections. Cronkhite was also chosen as the Libero of the Year. Mitchell Peters was once again the

From the field to the big screen

Wray Perkin
Sports Writer
Its amazing sometimes what changes can happen in life. Take John Reardon, for example. Fifteen years ago he was wrapping up a Biology major at Mount Allison, with plans to study medicine after graduation. Now he is a Hollywood actor, with some impressive film credits already to his name. It just ended up happening, laughed Reardon in a phone interview last week. I had been in some plays in high school, but was never really involved in drama at Mt. A. Reardon, a Halifax native, spent five years at Mt. A and was a receiver on the football team for five seasons. In 1997, his final season, he was named an AUFC All-Star, amassing 32 receptions (ninth most in the country) for 456 yards. He eased into the acting scene in Vancouver, doing some comedy sketches and appearing in a few commercials before getting some opportunities on television shows. His first real job was a recurring role in the CBC show Edgemont, before breaking through in 2006. His first big gig was a television mini-series, Son of the Dragon, which also starred David Carradine of Kill Bill fame. Another miniseries, Merlins Apprentice, found Reardon cast as the title character, opposite Jurassic Parks Sam Neill. The fantasy Hallmark Entertainment movie also cast Reardon alongside his future wife, Megan Ory. The couple recently moved back to Vancouver after living the past few years in the centre of the acting world, Los Angeles. Roles in Scary Movie 4 and White Chicks preceded his role in Tron: Legacy in 2010. Reardon acted as the body for the role, and Academy Award-winner Jeff Bridges face was superimposed onto his in post-production. Working with Jeff Bridges was a great lesson, commented Reardon. Hes a real perfectionist, and puts in more work than anyone Ive ever worked with. Reardon recently wrapped up the first season of CBCs show Arctic Air, in which he plays one of the main recurring characters. On his time at Mt. A, Reardon said, It was definitely one of the best experiences of my life. I felt like I had to grow up, and needed to deal with stuff I didnt know a lot about. I had to find a way to find work, and Mt. A taught me a lot about confidence. The lanky former receiver mentioned that despite the struggles of 2011, it has been good to see the football Mounties find success in recent years. Reardon was a member of the 1997 team which won the conference championship, and says that it was a special group which took the title that year. Having Eric Lapointe certainly didnt hurt, Reardon laughed, referring to the soon-to-be Hall of Fame running back. We had a very well-rounded team though, with about fifteen

John Reardon has established himself in the North American film and television industries as a professional actor
guys in their fifth year. We were a very tight-knit group, whod been through a lot in our time. One season had us ranked #1 in the country, another year had us needing to win the last three games just to make playoffs. Reardon cites his favourite football-related memories as playing in the Atlantic Bowl in 1997, and Just the everyday moments around practices, in the locker room, and just hanging with the guys. Well always remember some games and successes, but the things I cherish the

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most are the friendships. Upcoming projects for Reardon include The Philadelphia Experiment, about a secret government project gone wrong, and Continuum, a sci-fi television series about a detective from the future stuck in the presentday. Those hoping to catch a glimpse of Reardon in person might get their chance in the coming months, as he expressed his desire to return to Sackville perhaps for the Homecoming football game in the fall.

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Park Vaughn, Swimming & Cross Country Team
Lisa Riley
Argosy Correspondent
Parker Vaughn has been a swimmer, cross country runner and a member of Mount Allisons Men's basketball team for a season during his time at Mt. A. Parker is a fifth-year Geography major with a minor in Environmental Studies from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He started out as a first year basketball player and switched to cross country and swimming in his second year. He went to a couple of swim team practices at the beginning of his second year and fell in love with the team. His first year on the team he was what swimmers call a sprinter, meaning he races the short distances, 50-100 metres. For the next three years he moved to mid distance swims which are 200-400 meter freestyle. As a swimmer he was named the teams MVP in 2009 and during his career as a cross country runner he came in first for 11 out of 16 races. Parker is not just an athlete here at Mt. A. He also finds time to work at both the Athletic Centre and the Fitness Centre, coaches the Sackville swim club and lifeguards at the Mount Allison pool. He was a note taker for a couple of his classes here and was a Floor Representative in his second year in Edwards House. In his limited

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Staying healthy this summer

Jenn MacKenzie
Health Intern
The warmer weather and sun are starting to appear and are giving us a glitter of excitement for the summer. The school year is now coming to an end and summer will be here before we know it. Anticipation is mounting for school to be over and the summer to begin. It is just as important to look after yourself in the summer months as it is the rest of the year. Summer is a time of rest, fun and nice weather for many students, so it is important to stay healthy and safe. Parties are especially prevalent in the warm summer months. Drinking alcohol in the warm sun all day can cause dehydration and it is important to be aware of this and keep yourself hydrated. Drinking can be very dangerous if you do not know the problems associated with it. Dehydration can be a serious health risk. Being in the sun and heat dehydrates you more quickly than being in the shade. Alcohol speeds up the process of dehydration and it is important to drink plenty of fluids (such as water) and keep drinking in the sun to a minimum. Drinking also impairs decision making. When at parties, make sure you have a safe ride home. Do not drink and drive. Not only can you kill or injure yourself, you can also harm those on the road around you. Healthy eating and making healthy choices needs to continue during the summer. Fresh fruits and vegetables will give you the vitamins your body needs and fill you up. It is also a great time to purchase fruits and vegetables, because the prices are more reasonable as our local produce comes into season. BBQs are also very popular as our weather becomes nicer. BBQs allow us to eat a variety of meats, and it is better to choose those with less fat. Remember to follow Canadas Food Guide. During summer break we need to keep our minds sharp so we can jump right back into work in September. Make a reading list for your summer break. Reading for enjoyment can be relaxing and fun, but it will also keep your mind active. With the weather becoming increasingly better it is easier to get outside and exercise. It is easy to save your money on a gym membership and change things up from your normal routine. You can get outside and walk, run or swim. But remember stay hydrated. As I finish up my degree here at MTA I would like to thank-you all for reading my column and wish you all the best. I hope I have kept you all informed and have given you some helpful tips. Good luck on finals and have a safe and healthy summer.

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Over the course of Vaughns five years at Mt. A he has excelled both in the pool and on the track.
spare time he enjoys hanging out with his friends. Parker also has a goofy side which explains his participation in the video that took over Mt. A called Speedo Love ( http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=btpcgDRL5GQ.) Parker, just like any other Mt. A athlete, has had to learn discipline as well as time management skills. It's hard, but you just have to get it done. When you have practices it forces you to schedule time aside for work and just finish. During his time Parker has quite a few great memories, but was able to decide on one from swimming and one from cross country which are standouts from the rest: coming in second place in the 4x200 metre freestyle relay in 2012 at the AUS championships. They shattered the previous Mt. A record while placing the best they ever have at AUS. After Parker graduates he plans on joining the Odyssey program. This is an exchange program where he would be a language assistant in a middle school classroom in Quebec for a year. After that he would eventually like to get his masters in Nature Based Tourism in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Lacrosse player dives into business world

Robert Murray
Sports Editor
Looking at Sam Imbeaults career statistics over three seasons as a Mountie, one goal in twenty-one games, most wouldnt consider him a star on the field. However, the graduating middie, who has spent the last three season playing lacrosse at Mt. A, is shaping his own future off the field. The cole L'Odysse graduate, who is on track to graduate this spring with an honours degree in economics, has accepted an opportunity to work with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) as an investment banker, which could see him landing on Bay Street in Toronto this summer, or see him head out to Calgary to work in the oil and gas operations of investment banking. Going into such a large organization, Imbeault relates his experiences with the lacrosse team to working in an organization as large as CIBC. We didnt always have a good team, noted Imbeault on a recent trip to Toronto with the Commerce Society last month. He brought up how the team didnt always get along, and how different departments within a workplace may not get along either, but at the end of the day they have to learn how to co-exist in a proper

Ducks fly together

Liam Coughlan
Argosy Contributor
The Mount Allison Ultimate Frisbee team had a great outing at the 20112012 Tournament of Fools this weekend in Halifax. Saturday included games against St. FX, Dal, UNB, and Halifaxs Darkside. In all of these games, the Mounties fought hard but came up short, losing to St. FX by only one point. Despite losing, the Mounties kept in high spirits for all the games. Credit goes to Spencer Yarnell, who bravely wore a duck mascot head at several points that day. The duck head reappeared once again during post-game spirit games where the Mounties would select a member of the opposing team as MVP and then award them a prize, with a few stipulations. Firstly, the winner would not be told they had won, but would be approached by a member of the Mt. A team wearing the Duck head. The second stipulation, and the more hilarious one, was that the recipient had to obtain their prize with their mouth. These shenanigans continued for much of the day and Mt. As spirit was the talk of the tournament. The Mounties went into Sunday as the lowest seed in the tournament but emerged triumphantly after winning two games against Halifaxs Anarchy and Mile High Club. In the game versus Anarchy there was a combination of new Mountie talent and wily veteran play. The highlight was Mount Allison alum Brennan McConnells huge interception of the Frisbee in the opposing teams endzone for a Callahan, which is Ultimates rarest and most impressive play. Newcomer Brad Johnston was a huge part of the Mounties defensive effort, setting a fantastic mark for the entire game. Captain Sarah Quann and Meggie MacMicheal frustrated the defence with their speed and quickness and Zoey Frolking made a great defensive play to set up the winning score. Before the tournament began the Mounties had two goals: one was to place higher than their initial seeding and the second was claim the spirit award back from St. FX who had won it the past two years. The Mounties achieved both of their goals, placing two places higher than their initial seeding and winning the coveted gold bicycle. Well, half bicycle, but it is still extremely coveted. Overall the weekend was filled with laughs, excitement, and great camaraderie amongst teammates that can be summed by the simple mantra Ducks Fly Together.

Sam Imbeault (left) and his brother Jake (right) have been integral members of the lacrosse team during their time at Mt. A.
manner, so that they can realize their ultimate goal, whether it be striving for a win against Saint Marys Uuniversity (SMU), or making a smart investment. Though he noted that, All the guys are friends off the field, he went on to explain that anything can happen in the heat of the game, which he attributed to the teams playoff exit this year against St. Francis Xaiver in the semi-finals. If there has been one noticeable trait of Imbeault throughout his time at Mt. A, it is has been his humble nature. Despite numerous academic awards and his father being the cofounder of Pizza Delight, Imbeault still takes time out of his schedule to be a teachers assistant in introductory economics, as well as bringing civility and reason to his tone in class, regardless of the issue. Growing up, Imbeault described his involvement with lacrosse as dabbling. While at L'Odysse, Sam played Varsity hockey, a large commitment throughout the school year for him. He also played golf, but started playing lacrosse at Mt. A seriously in his second year. The Mounties had a coming out party this past season with the emergence of second-year middie Kevin Isherwood, who finished third in Maritime University Field Lacrosse League (MUFLL) scoring with thirty-one goals and thirty-four points. Isherwoods efforts also earned him the League MVP trophy as the team looks to reach the finals for the first time in their existence. However, the team will have to accomplish that without Imbeault and standout goaltender Tyler James, who will both graduate this year.

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2011-2012 Athletic Awards

Caila Henderson Brookfield, NS (Female Athlete of the Year, Volleyball MVP) Emily van Diepen - Morell, PEI (Female Rookie of the Year, Female Soccer Rookie and Hockey Rookie of the Year) Jacob LeBlanc - Halifax, NS (Male Rookie of the Year, Football Rookie of the Year) Heather Murray - Belleisle, NS (Outstanding Senior Female Athlete of the Year, Female Badminton MVP) Stuart McAdam - Halifax, NS (Senior Scholar Athlete) Marya Peters - Sackville, NB (Female Rookie of the Year, Female Swimming Rookie of the Year) Justin Barkhouse Hantsport, NS (Outstanding Senior Male Athlete of the Year, Male Badminton MVP) Katelyn Morton - Berwick, NS (Senior Scholar Athlete) Mitch Peters - Sackville, NB (Male Athlete of the Year, Male Swimming MVP)
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This summer, the MASSIE Program at Mt.A will welcome 37 Japanese university students to Sackville. MASSIE is looking for families who are willing to share a small part of their summer with a pair of students. Information and applications can be found on the MASSIE website (www.mta.ca/massie). Deadline is April 30. For more information contact Genevieve MacIntyre (tel. 364-2176). Information session is scheduled for: Wednesday, April 11 at 7:30pm in the All Nations Lounge located on the second floor of the Wallace McCain Student Centre

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