ACADEMICS Fine arts admissions suspended Students’ concerns brought to AMS Assembly result in the creation of a new committee to investigate decision BY S AVOULA STYLIANOU Assistant News Editor AMS Assembly voted to create a committee last night that will investigate the University’s decision to suspend admissions into the fine arts program. On Wednesday, University administration sent an email to fine arts students informing them that the program wouldn’t accept any new students for the 2012-13 academic year. In an interview with the Journal , 30 fine arts students gathered in the Polson Room of the JDUC to express their concerns. Anicka Vrana-Godwin, BFA ’13, said she’s angry about the decision to suspend the program. “It’s punishment because they haven’t done their research. No one knows about fine arts at Queen’s, yet graduates do great things … they have no idea what we can pull off,” she said. Heather Smith, BFA ’12, said she’s glad she was in fourth year when this decision was made. “If I was a first year, I would immediately be looking to transfer schools.” The motion passed at the Nov. 10 AMS assembly was brought forth by Ebonnie Hollenbeck, BFA ’13. It reads: “That AMS Assembly strike a committee composed of the AMS executive, [Arts and Science Undergraduate Society] executive, the rector and members of the society to investigate the suspension of the enrolment in the bachelor of fine arts program, the implications the suspension has on the future of the program, why students were not properly informed of the decision and how this will impact students currently enrolled in the program.” The motion also states that where possible, the committee should work to restore enrolment to the program for next year. AMS Vice President of Operations Ashley Eagan said LOCAL BUSINESS Goat barely afloat BY MEAGHAN WRAY Assistant News Editor The Sleepless Goat workers co-operative is facing financial difficulty. The restaurant and coffee shop, located on the corner of Princess and Wellington Streets, is known for its sale of fair trade coffees and vegetarian or vegan food options. According to an email sent to the Journal on Nov. 9 by Sleepless Goat employee Alex Mann, the co-operative’s situation may result in the business’ closure at the end of the month. “We’ve reached a pretty desperate situation financially,” she wrote. Mann wrote that the co-operative is in the process of organizing fundraising initiatives.Workers’ co-operatives are enterprises owned and democratically controlled by the employees, instead of having a top-down management model. All employees own equal assets of the business. Workers from the Sleepless Goat declined to do interviews with the Journal because a collective decision on how to approach the situation hasn’t been reached. FEATURE Interest in ceremony persists Remembrance Day gathering in Grant Hall will honour alumni who died in military service See Assembly on page 7 Fine arts students congregated in the JDUC yesterday to speak to the Journal about the program’s suspension of future admissions. PHOTO BY ASAD CHISHTI BY J ANINA ENRILE Assistant Features Editor Brian Yealland is expecting another full house at today’s Remembrance Day ceremony in Grant Hall. The University Chaplain said the ceremony has consistently attracted 1,000 students, faculty and staff since he started at Queen’s in 1983. “It’s fascinating to me that in the years that I had been here, I have seen the interest in Remembrance Day grow considerably,” he said. “The students arrive here directly or vaguely aware that Queen’s has had a significant role in the war efforts of the First and Second World War,” he said. More than 1,000 Queen’s students served in both World Wars. 189 students and faculty members died in the First World War and 175 died in the Second World War. The Canadian Officer Training Corps at Queen’s offered a full academic credit for military training during the Second World War. Students wrote qualifying exams at the end of their training in one of five fields: artillery, engineering, signals, infantry and field medicine. “It’s not hard to transport yourself to a time when you’re a 19- or 20-year-old student and a war breaks out and you’re called to leave your studies and find yourself serving in some capacity days later,” Yealland said. “The idea of that is a pretty stark one.” Principal Daniel Woolf will offer a short reflection to round out the 20-minute Remembrance Day ceremony. The 700-seat Grant Hall is always standing room only when the event begins, Yealland said. “We’ve had a whole variety of people give an address but this is the first time in my memory that the principal will,” he said. “It’s exciting.” The Chaplain said he isn’t worried about students losing interest in the event. In 1917, then-principal Daniel Miner Gordon wrote an article in the Journal. “The war has made havoc among our ranks, taking not only See Queen’s on page 3 F RIDAY , N OVEMBER 11, 2011 — I SSUE 20 T HE J O U RNAL Q UEEN ’ S U NIVERSITY — S INCE 1873 DIALOGUE Criminal identification procedures are incorrectly depicted on TV. PAGE 9 ARTS Two reviews of Footloose the musical. PAGE 11 SPORTS Women’s soccer competes in a national semifinal tomorrow in Montreal. PAGE 15
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AcAdemics
Fine arts admissions suspended Students’ concerns brought to AMS Assembly result in the creation of a new committee to investigate decision
By Savoula StylianouAssistant News Editor
AMS Assembly voted to create a committee last night that will investigate the University’s decision to suspend admissions into the fine
arts program.On Wednesday, University
administration sent an email to fine arts students informing them that the program wouldn’t accept any new students for the 2012-13 academic year.
In an interview with the Journal, 30 fine arts students gathered in the Polson Room of the JDUC to express their concerns.
Anicka Vrana-Godwin, BFA ’13, said she’s angry about the decision to suspend the program.
“It’s punishment because they haven’t done their research. No one knows about fine arts at Queen’s, yet graduates do great things … they have no idea what we can pull off,” she said.
Heather Smith, BFA ’12, said
she’s glad she was in fourth year when this decision was made.
“If I was a first year, I would immediately be looking to transfer schools.”
The motion passed at the Nov. 10 AMS assembly was brought forth by Ebonnie Hollenbeck, BFA ’13.
It reads: “That AMS Assembly strike a committee composed of the AMS executive, [Arts and Science Undergraduate Society] executive, the rector and members of the society to investigate the suspension of the enrolment in the bachelor of fine arts program, the implications the suspension has on the future of the program, why students were not properly informed of the decision and how this will impact students currently enrolled in the program.”
The motion also states that where possible, the committee should work to restore enrolment to the program for next year.
AMS Vice President of Operations Ashley Eagan said
The Sleepless Goat workers co-operative is facing financial difficulty.
The restaurant and coffee shop, located on the corner of Princess and Wellington Streets, is known for its sale of fair trade coffees and vegetarian or vegan food options.
According to an email sent to the Journal on Nov. 9 by Sleepless Goat employee Alex Mann, the co-operative’s situation may result in the business’ closure at the end of the month.
“We’ve reached a pretty desperate situation financially,” she wrote.
Mann wrote that the co-operative is in the process of organizing fundraising initiatives.Workers’ co-operatives are enterprises owned and democratically controlled by the employees, instead of having a top-down management model.
All employees own equal assets of the business.
Workers from the Sleepless Goat declined to do interviews with the Journal because a collective decision on how to approach the situation hasn’t been reached.
FeAture
Interest in ceremony persistsRemembrance Day gathering in Grant Hall will honour alumni who died in military service
See Assembly on page 7
Fine arts students congregated in the JDUC yesterday to speak to the Journal about the program’s suspension of future admissions. Photo By AsAd Chishti
By Janina enrileAssistant Features Editor
Brian Yealland is expecting another full house at today’s Remembrance Day ceremony in Grant Hall.
The University Chaplain said the ceremony has consistently attracted 1,000 students, faculty and staff since he started at Queen’s in 1983.
“It’s fascinating to me that in the years that I had been here, I have seen the interest in Remembrance Day grow considerably,” he said.
“The students arrive here directly or vaguely aware that Queen’s has had a significant role in the war efforts of the First and Second World War,” he said.
More than 1,000 Queen’s students served in both World
Wars. 189 students and faculty members died in the First World War and 175 died in the Second World War.
The Canadian Officer Training Corps at Queen’s offered a full academic credit for military training during the Second World War. Students wrote qualifying exams at the end of their training in one of five fields: artillery, engineering,
signals, infantry and field medicine. “It’s not hard to transport
yourself to a time when you’re a 19- or 20-year-old student and a war breaks out and you’re called to leave your studies and find yourself serving in some capacity days later,” Yealland said. “The idea of that is a pretty stark one.”
Principal Daniel Woolf will offer a short reflection to round out the 20-minute Remembrance Day ceremony. The 700-seat Grant Hall is always standing room only when the event begins, Yealland said.
“We’ve had a whole variety of people give an address but this is the first time in my memory that the principal will,” he said. “It’s exciting.”
The Chaplain said he isn’t worried about students losing interest in the event.
In 1917, then-principal Daniel Miner Gordon wrote an article in the Journal.
“The war has made havoc among our ranks, taking not only
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DialogueCriminal identification procedures are incorrectly depicted on TV.
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arts
Two reviews of Footloose the musical.
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sportsWomen’s soccer competes in a national semifinal tomorrow in Montreal.
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AcAdemics
College ties strengthenedQueen’s and St. Lawrence College sign new partnership agreement
Principal Daniel Woolf says an increasing number of university students take college programs after getting their degree in order to gain practical qualifications.
By Savoula StylianouAssistant News Editor
A new agreement between Queen’s and St. Lawrence College aims to address issues that students face when completing both college and university educations.
“The memorandum of understanding (MOU) is just that, an agreement to talk about stuff,” Principal Daniel Woolf said.
The MOU, signed on Nov. 3, hopes to provide students with the opportunity for a combined university and college education.
“Could we, for example, think of programs that are a hybrid of a Queen’s degree and a St. Lawrence diploma program, where you could get both qualifications,” Woolf said.
Students face issues when transferring from a two-year college program to the upper years of a university degree, he said.
“We’ve also found increasingly that students with university degrees go to college after to get
some kind of practical application qualification to help them out,” he said. “We want to make sure we find programs that match up.”
Woolf said he and St. Lawrence College President Chris Whitaker came up with the idea for the partnership together.
“A useful ‘summit’ meeting at St. Lawrence College between Queen’s and St. Lawrence College administration agreed that the next logical step was to sign an MOU,” he told the Journal via email.
In 2008, Queen’s and St. Lawrence College came together to create a one-of-a-kind teaching partnership called Go Tech Ed. It was made to decrease the shortfall of technology teachers in Ontario.
Woolf said there is no timeline or expiration date on the MOU.
“We do always, as we do with exchange partners, check in regularly to make sure that things are going as they should,” he said.
The MOU will also set a framework for research
collaborations between the two schools, Woolf said.
The new MOU will give faculty members licence to get in touch with their counterparts at each institution, Woolf said.
Any new programs created under the MOU must pass through the normal governance procedures of both institutions and the government’s quality assurance framework, which is a set of guidelines to rule over the quality of post-secondary programs.
Woolf added that the MOU is in part a result of a provincial government push for partnerships between colleges and universities, specifically to simplify the transferability of course credits between Ontario institutions.
“The next stage will be for deans and departments in both schools with an interest in collaboration to develop relationships and come up with initiatives,” Woolf said.
Photo By Justin Chin
Professor won’t return to class
Professor Mike Mason has taken a leave of absence and will not return to his HIST 283 class this semester.
During a lecture for the History of the Third World on Oct. 26, Mason announced to the class that students had voiced concerns to the history department. These concerns, he said, were that some terms he used in class were racist and sexist — including “towelhead” and “mistress.”
Since then, Mason hasn’t taught the class. Two lectures were cancelled following his announcement.
“He will not be returning to the classroom,” chair of the history department James Carson said to the class on Nov. 9. “TAs and I know things have been scrambled and messy.”
In an email to the Journal, Carson said Mason hasn’t been fired and didn’t resign.
“He is taking a leave,” he said. Carson said the university
couldn’t comment as to whether legal action is being taken against Mason or if any allegations have been brought against the University.
For the remaining four weeks of the class, professors from various departments will take turns lecturing the history class.
Mason declined to comment to the Journal.
— Katherine Fernandez-Blance
Ams branding standards passed
An AMS policy to build a consistent marketing brand across campus is now in place.
AMS Communications Officer Amanda Judd said the Logo Guidelines and Visual Identity Standards policy will allow students
to associate different aspects of the AMS with each other.
A study conducted by the marketing office between Sept. 14 and Oct. 16 showed that certain AMS services weren’t being associated with the student government as much as others, Judd, ArtSci ’11, said.
The policy sets regulations for how AMS services, commissions and committees use the AMS logo, official fonts and colours. It was passed at the Board of Directors on Oct. 3.
“It’s taking the practice that the communications and marketing offices have been doing and putting it officially in policy,” Judd said.
“[The policy] is necessary to have in place because we want to make sure that this is something that continues in the future.”
She said exemptions from this policy include five publications by the Social Issues Commission and AMS media outlets such as the Journal and Queen’s TV.
In these cases the AMS has no control over editorial autonomy and as an alternative the AMS is mentioned in the publication credits or on the website.
“A lot of it is they deal with design themselves and basically express themselves,” Judd said. “It would be inappropriate for our name to be attached.”
— Catherine Owsik
study revises prostate cancer treatment
Queen’s researchers have developed a new treatment for men diagnosed with high-risk prostate cancer.
The treatment allows men to live longer and lowers their risk of cancer-related death.
The seven-year study, led by the National Cancer Institute of Canada clinical trials group (NCIC CTG), was conducted on a random sample of 1,205 men with
high-risk prostate cancer. Half of them received hormone
therapy, while the other half received a combination of hormone therapy and radiation.
In the hormone-only group, 26 per cent died of prostate cancer. This compared to 10 per cent in the combined therapy group.
“The results of the study refute the standard notion of using hormone therapy only for locally advanced prostate cancer,” said Wendy Parulekar, associate professor of oncology and a senior author of the study.
— Vincent Matak
Queen’s red Bull team places fourth
A pair of Queen’s students finished fourth in the Red Bull Racing Can National Final on Wednesday.
Mark O’Donoghue, Sci ’12, and Chris Barnes, Sci ’14, competed as Team Better Than Everyone Else in the Canadian university contest, held in Montreal.
Contestants had to build and design remote control cars using Red Bull Energy Drink cans.
O’Donoghue said he and Barnes had a positive experience.
“There was a lot of strong competition,” O’Donoghue said.
“We still feel pretty good about it, if anything it was a fun way to spend an afternoon.”
Winning would have meant competing at the Red Bull Racing Can World Final in England next week. Team Hardwear from the University of Moncton placed first in the Canadian competition.
Red Bull covered the team’s travel and hotel expenses as well as provided the material needed for the race, including a $200 remote-control car shell and cases of Red Bull.
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many who were already with us but many prospective students also, who would otherwise be now upon our roll,” Gordon wrote.
“Their work overseas is a silent yet urgent appeal to us to fill worthily the places they have left vacant here, to make our University life throb with as keen a sense of duty, as ardent faith and as fervent enthusiasm as inspired their work when fighting gloriously at Ypres and Courcelette, the Somme and Vimy Ridge.”
Yealland said his late predecessor Marshall “Padre” Laverty recalled student anti-war protests interrupting Remembrance Day services in the 1960s and 1970s.
No similar demonstrations have happened on campus since then, Yealland said, though the ceremony has sparked some debate about the commemorative poppy.
White poppies emerged in 1926
as an alternative to the traditional red lapel pin and as a symbol of pacifism after the First World War.
German professor Jill Scott said the white flower was born out of No More War movements in the 1920s.
“They [protestors] wanted to draw attention to the massive destruction of World War I,” she told the Journal via email. “Unlike WWII, where it was clear why countries got involved (to free Europe from Hitler, stop the Holocaust, and put an end to Japanese domination of Asia), World War I was seen as nationalistic self-indulgence.”
The white poppy hasn’t been widely recognized in North America.
“Last year, the controversy re-emerged when a group began promoting the white poppy as a symbol of peace,” Scott said. “Veterans were very angry because they said it didn’t honour the losses of military personnel.”
In 2010 the National Post reported that the Royal Canadian Legion had threatened to sue activists distributing white poppies. No legal action followed.
Richard Gimblett, a military historian and adjunct history professor, is one of those veterans.
He said the red poppy doesn’t glorify war.
“It’s not that at all,” the Gulf War veteran said. “It’s remembrance of the sacrifice of men and women in the past.
“I think to try to inject some
false premise into that dishonours the sacrifice of the past.”
According to Gimblett, soldiers of the First and Second World Wars deserve the most recognition on Remembrance Day.
“Back in the Gulf War, I had a war thrown upon me,” he said. “When you look instead at the men who joined in the First and Second World War who made a conscious decision to join the military forces knowing they would be going into
battle and possibly laying down their lives ... I think that takes a great deal of courage.”
Since leaving the navy in 2001, Gimblett has led battlefield tours in France and Belgium. He’s visited First World War cemeteries several times.
“That really reinforced a lot of the thinking I’ve been doing over the decades,” he said.
According to Gimblett, Remembrance Day is
something that should resonate with Canadians.
“Remembrance Day isn’t just a concept dedicated to the past, but has immediate repercussions to the present,” he said. “You don’t have to be in agreement with the fighting in Afghanistan to appreciate the sacrifice of men and women who die in battle.”
— With files from Terra-Ann Arnone
In 1918, then-principal Robert Bruce Taylor published this open letter in the Journal following the First World War’s end.
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Queen’s honours long military history
“The war has made havoc among our ranks, taking not only many who were already with us but prospective students also, who would otherwise be now upon our roll. ”
— Daniel Miner Gordon, former principal
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During the Second World War, military training would grant students an academic credit at Queen’s.
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The Canadian Officers’ Training Corps organized a Queen’s University Contingent for battle in the Second World War. The 1942-43 group is pictured above. Supplied by Queen’S ArchiveS
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FeaTure
By roSie haleSContributor
During the recent AMS fall referendum, 83 per cent of votes cast were against a mandatory fee for Queen’s TV (QTV).
Currently QTV draws revenue, in part, from an annual $3 opt-outable fee. In the Oct. 25 and 26 referendum, QTV placed a question on the ballot that, if passed, would make the opt-outable fee mandatory.
Last year, 30 per cent of students opted out of paying the QTV fee. The fee generated approximately $30,000.
Video Factory, the student-run production component of QTV, brought in approximately $10,000 of revenue.
This year, Video Factory has
generated $9,667 in revenue so far. QTV has signed contracts that will amount to $21,070 by the end of the academic year.
Eugene Michasiw, QTV executive producer, said it’s hard to understand why so many people voted against a mandatory fee.
“It’s important to consider that it is very hard to push for a mandatory fee,” Michasiw, ArtSci ’13 said. “QTV is in very much [in] a … transformational stage. Ultimately we’re not sure we’re on a level where we’d be considered for a full mandatory fee.”
Michasiw said QTV had hoped to purchase new film equipment if the referendum question passed.
“It’s nice to have the resources which match the passion of the volunteers,” he said.
Michasiw said it will take a
fundamental shift in how the Queen’s community sees QTV in order to convince students that the service is deserving of a mandatory fee.
“Referendums fail, but you keep trying, you keep going at it … I think that it’s only a matter of time, this was one step,” he said.
Currently, other campus media services, like the Journal and CFRC, receive funding through an AMS mandatory student fee.
Michasiw said no money was lost on account of the referendum’s result.
“It might slow down growth a little bit but we’re able to do well with what we have right now,” he said. “Financially, we’re doing absolutely fine.”
Eugene Michasiw, QTV executive producer, says the student fee remaining opt-outable won’t aff ect their fi nancial standing.
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Ams reFerendum
Queen’s TV unconcerned with resultMandatory $3 referendum fee would have been used to purchase new film equipment
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Friday, Nov. 11
Remembrance Day CeremonyGrant Hall10:50 a.m.
Memorizing or Understanding: Are we teaching the right thing?Stirling Hall, Lecture Theatre D1:30 to 2:30 p.m.For more information, contact [email protected]
Saturday, Nov. 12
Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area: Ski Swamp and Open House1655 Perth Road10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Free
Observatory Public TourEllis Hall, 4th Floor7:30 to 9 p.m.Free
Motown Dance Party! In support of the Food BankZorba’s, 1474 Bath Rd.Doors open at 7:30 p.m.$25 at the door
Sunday, Nov. 13
Women’s Art Festival Holiday Craft ShowCity Park10 a.m. to 3 p.m.For more information, visit: womensartfestivalkingston.ca
Monday, Nov. 14
Defence and Security Economics Workshop
Donald Gordon Centre, 421 Union St.8 a.m. to 5 p.m.$35For more information, go to: queensu.ca/dms
EQuIP meetingPerformance lounge, JDUC5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 15
Information session: MSc In ManagementGoodes Hall, room 3045:45 to 6:45 p.m.For more information, contact: [email protected]
The Two Faces of Mexico: Protection of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in ChiapasDunning Hall, room 277 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 17
Free pharmacy flu shotsShoppers Drug Mart 136 Princess St. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Lunch and Learn: Lifestyle PlanningMac-Corry Hall, room B176Noon to 1 p.m.Free
Walkhome Walk-a-thonWalkhome kiosk6 p.m. to 2 a.m.$1 from every walk will be donated to Queen’s Cares
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Assembly creates committeeContinued from page 1
From left: Kelsey-Lynn Corradetti, Jaclyne Grimoldby and Emma Kent, BFA ‘13, gathered in Ontario Hall yesterday to discuss issues arising from the Fine Arts program admission suspension next year.
Photo By AsAd Chishti
she met with the director of the fine arts department, Kathleen Sellars, and Gordon Smith, the associate dean of Arts and Science on Thursday.
“They couldn’t answer important questions about if the arts program will still be a module system like it is now, which makes it so unique,” Eagan, BFA ’11, said in her address to assembly.
The module system allows students to specialize in specific areas of art for at least six weeks.
The decision to suspend fine arts admissions was made on Wednesday and was a result of budget constraints in the Faculty of Arts and Science, said Dean Alistair MacLean.
Faculty members within the department of Fine Arts were told of the suspension on Wednesday, shortly before the email was sent out to students in the program.
“Going through the budget process for Arts and Sciences, it became clear that there was a question about whether the program had sufficient resources to continue in the future,” he said.
Fine arts is one of the more expensive programs at Queen’s, MacLean said.
“They require particular space and particular resources to be able to teach appropriately.”
MacLean said the problem with the University’s budget is that it has a structural deficit that incurs severe costs for departments and faculties.
“In a normal year, the revenues for the faculty [of Arts and Science] go up by $1 million and our costs go up by $2 million. One of the things we’re also battling at this
moment is the University deficit,” he said.
The $1 million revenue increase each year comes from increases in fees and student enrolment, while the $2 million deficit is a result of inflation, costs of materials, heating and lighting and increased salaries, benefits and pensions, MacLean said.
MacLean said the suspension won’t affect professors in the department.
“The professors will continue to teach their courses and will be involved in discussions about the future of Fine Arts.”
MacLean said the Faculty of Arts and Science has committed to working with the fine arts program to look at its options for the future.
“We don’t know what the economic environment is going to be and we’ll have to take that into
account,” he said.Five students have already
applied to the program for admission next year.
“We will notify them about the decision and work with them to explore their options. They might wish to consider coming to Queen’s and taking fine arts courses as electives,” MacLean said.
There are currently 107 students enrolled in the fine arts program. The Faculty of Arts and Science told these students that their degrees will be completed without disruption.
Kaisa Moran, BFA ’12, and the Fine Arts department student council chair, speaks against the program suspension at AMS Assembly last night.
Photo By AsAd Chishti
“ Going through the budget process ... there was a question about whether the program had sufficient resources to continue in the future. ”
— Alistair MacLean,Dean of Arts and Science
For a video interview with a BFA student and footage from AMS Assembly, see:
queensjournal.ca/video
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Issue 21 of Volume 139 will be published on Friday, November 18, 2011.
There’s something grossly backward about a jaded
young person.It conflicts with the innocence
that should define this time in our lives. That innocence, and the trust it yields, provides the grounds for well-intentioned mistakes.
That’s the stuff learning is made of.
I’ve heard many friends — too young and too inexperienced — say that one person, one place or one thing has coloured their perspective of the world.
They feel overwhelmed by disillusionment and don’t realize it’s a normal part of growing up.
Reconciling childhood innocence with adult realities is something many of my peers are currently faced with. It’s a painful process.
But becoming jaded, cynical or distrustful isn’t out of your hands. It’s rooted in bitter fear — a feeling that we as individuals have sole control over.
Good opportunities for students are born in part out of someone else’s trust.
To have your perspective narrowed so early by fear is a shame.
Every day deserves a pair of eyes that aren’t blinded by the ugliness they witnessed yesterday. Every individual deserves an initial level of trust unscathed by last week’s anger.
Every class deserves an effort unaffected by September’s failures.
Of course, we all know that people don’t always get what they deserve. But maybe that in itself is a testament to my inability to bury cynicism.
Put practically, the more one gives, the more they have to lose. It’s basic economics and not entirely unreasonable.
Any Bay Street banker will attest to the truth in the opposite as well though: the more you give, the more you gain.
It’s a gamble, and I’m not a betting lady. But if I really had to, and the gamble was between fighting to keep trust in my world or allowing disillusionment to disarm me, I’d put my money on the former.
Maybe I’m too young to understand the consequences of this philosophy, but I’m looking forward to losing my point of view.
Because I know that it won’t affect the way my world is coloured
— at least for now, anyway.
“It’s an oversimplification to assume that a break would resolve mental health issues on campus. ”
Queen’s should reconsider implementing a
fall reading week. In a 2007 AMS plebiscite
question, the student body voted against a second reading week. The climate on campus has since changed, and with an almost entirely new student population, it’s worth asking the question again.
Recently schools like Ryerson, Trent and the University of Toronto added a reading week in the fall term.
At Queen’s, a similar initiative could help students deal with rising stress levels. Having a week off of class to catch up on assignments and readings would be helpful.
It could be beneficial for student mental health.
While it’s an oversimplification to assume that a break would resolve mental health issues on campus, it could certainly help with student stress levels. Having time to catch up on work and relax would lessen the stress caused by approaching midterms.
A fall reading week would also give upper-year students a chance to be proactive and work on applications for post-graduate studies or employment.
Many graduate programs set application deadlines for early November, and having a reading week beforehand would give students the extra time needed to
gather reference letters, write cover letters and update resumes.
The week of class time lost for a fall reading week would have to be allocated from somewhere. Because classes start relatively late in September — this year the semester began on Sept. 12 — the summer might be a good option. It could mean reducing Frosh Week as well.
A shortened summer holiday is a valid concern. Many students work full time during the summer months to help pay for tuition and rent.
A break could result in a loss of earnings, but Queen’s starts comparitively late so it’s still possible for students to work until Labour Day even with an added reading week.
If the question of a fall reading week is brought to the student body, it should carry attendant questions including when students would like to see the time appropriated from.
Whatever the possible pitfalls associated with a fall reading week, it’s a discussion that needs to be re-opened.
Occupy MOveMent
Occupy, don’t vacateThe city of Vancouver is
trying to win an injunction to force Occupy protesters to pack up and leave.
The proposed eviction infringes on the right to protest and should be resisted.
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson faced criticism from his opposition for letting the Occupy movement continue despite calls for campers’ removal.
The ensuing injunction was stalled in court and will be heard over the course of three days next week.
It’s a move that comes shortly after the death of Ashlie Gough, a 23-year-old woman who died during a visit to the Occupy camp.
Gough’s cause of death is currently unconfirmed. Toxicology tests are being conducted to rule whether or not Gough died from a drug overdose.
Her death is a tragedy, but isn’t a sufficient reason to shut down the occupation.
Vancouver is a city with a drug problem, and a 2005 report by the Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use went so far as to say that the city’s Downtown Eastside district has an injection drug epidemic.
If proven to be a drug overdose, Gough’s death serves as a microcosmic example of the struggles facing the city as a whole.
Occupy activism around the world is a popular movement motivated by different concerns. Having Vancouver’s site shut down because of one tragedy would be an affront to direct democracy.
The official reasons for the injunction cite the city’s land regulation bylaw as well as concerns of fire safety, drug use and sanitary issues.
Worries surrounding fire hazards and sanitation are legitimate, but aren’t reason enough to force the protesters to pack up their tents. Instead, a compromise should be found wherein protesters and their tents are allowed to stay but in a safe space.
Don’t evict protesters, focus on the safety of the make-shift campground.
Occupy protestors must be fully aware of how their presence affects the common conception of the movement. Everyone has the right to protest, but bad publicity will hurt the cause.
In a protest against social inequality it would be ironic and undemocratic to evict Occupy participants. Instead Vancouver needs to protect its citizens’ right to protest and address the concerns brought forward.
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Mistaken identityResearch shows police lineups are more pop-culture myth than reality during criminal identification procedures
hollywood frequently imitates real life scenarios. sometimes the movies get it right, and other times — well, less so. When it comes to crime tV shows, it’s a bit of both.
I conduct research on police identification procedures. naturally, I’m an avid watcher of crime tV shows.
When I see them get something about identification procedures right — when someone’s made an effort to be accurate — it’s incredibly pleasing.
When they get it wrong, I try not to let it drive me crazy. I have to remind myself it’s not hollywood’s primary job to educate the public on proper police procedure.
the reality is that the world of police procedures is often not that entertaining, so hollywood jazzes it up a bit. or a lot. I’m sure no one would actually expect to see so much cleavage on a medical examiner in real life — I’m looking at you, CSI: Miami — but it does make for better entertainment.
Unfortunately, hollywood perpetuates several misconceptions about the way things are actually done during criminal identification procedures. here’s an example: do a Google image search for the word “lineup.”
did an image from The Usual Suspects comes up at the top of your search results? that’s the typical kind of lineup you’d see on tV.
Picture it happening as if it were on the show Law and Order: a suspect, whose identity is known to the viewer, and several innocent stand-ins, called fillers, shuffle into the room in a line. they turn to face a one-way mirror, behind which is a witness who is concealed from view. you, the viewer, see the witness as they look at the lineup. you wait anxiously to find out if they will — or won’t — identify the suspect.
It’s the stereotypical lineup scenario, and you think it’d be common practice among law enforcement. however, research I conducted surveying Canadian and american police officers on their identification procedures indicates that live lineups are virtually never used anymore.
almost all the lineups conducted by Canadian and american officers are now presented to witnesses via photographs. I’ve seen photo
lineups used on tV shows as well, but they tend to be portrayed as the potatoes to the live lineup’s meat.
the switch to using photo lineups in actual practice has benefits. notably, it may make it easier for officers putting lineups together to find fillers who match the description of the criminal and make better lineups.
take a look back at that lineup from The Usual Suspects. Imagine I told you that the criminal had facial hair and bangs. With only those two pieces of information, you should be able to easily tell which person I was referring to. there’s only one person in the lineup with those features.
this would be an example of a poorly-constructed lineup — where the identity of the suspect is obvious simply because none of the other lineup members match even the basic description of the criminal.
now imagine the predicament of a police officer trying to round up a bunch of people who match a specific description to be in a live lineup, especially if the description is unique.
My survey data indicates most american officers use six-person lineups, but Canadian officers tend to use lineups of 10 to 12. you can imagine how difficult it would be to find good fillers for a live lineup in a timely manner, especially as the size of a lineup increases.
But as the world has become computerized, so have lineups. Most officers in my survey reported using databases or computer programs to find fillers for photo lineups. this means they have access to a larger pool of people from which to find their fillers, and can construct better lineups faster.
Using photos also decreases the chance that an individual’s
behaviour could compromise the lineup in some way. this was parodied in an episode of seinfeld where Kramer’s wild behaviour during a lineup, while hilarious, affected its neutrality.
the potential for partiality in live lineups is also illustrated in the real-life case in B.C. where the suspect in a series of sexual assaults refused to participate in a lineup, so officers held him in a headlock and forced him to comply.
the results of my survey indicate that police officers are integrating new methods into their identification procedures, and they’re right to do so.
But until crime tV shows stop portraying live lineups as the gold standard for identification procedures, it’s likely the public will continue to believe this outdated method is still widely in use.
It may be a case of art not imitating life — but it makes for one hell of a show.
Michelle Bertrand is a PhD candidate in the Queen’s department of psychology.
Until crime TV shows stop portraying live lineups as the gold standard for identification procedures, it’s likely the public will continue to believe this outdated method is still widely in use.
Canadian officers use up to 12 stand-ins during a typical lineup, making it difficult to round up enough people who match the suspect’s description.
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“Police officers are integrating new methods into their identification procedures, and they’re right to do so. ”
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Should Queen’s have a fall reading week?
“With other schools doing it, it might make sense.”
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By Katherine Fernandez-BlanceNews Editor
Three years ago, Christopher Morris, ConEd ’97, conducted a series of interviews in Afghanistan,
Pakistan and Ontario to discover the realities of those affected by the war in Afghanistan.
Dust became the outlet for these stories. Over a five-week period, a cast of 13 Queen’s students rehearsed the play — a harrowing
and emotionally charged depiction of families affected by the war.
Through its three-part segmentation, it successfully avoids placing blame and instead alludes to a common suffering and sense of loss.
“It’s important to me to discuss the idea of what an enemy is,” Morris said following the Wednesday night dress rehearsal. “I strongly believe that the wife or mother of a Taliban [soldier] feels the exact same feelings that a wife and mother of a Canadian feels.”
Dust begins on a sloped stage covered in sand. In the centre, a Pakistani woman removes her burka and dances, letting the sand fall between her fingers as she transitions through a range of emotions.
Bibi is a mother and wife of a Taliban soldier, but is soon widowed and left to deal with her son joining the Taliban.
While Smita Misra’s portrayal of Biba is raw and focused, actors playing neighbors and friends of Bibi narrate the isolation she feels.
With the beginning of the next segment, the carefully lit stage shows Wajma, a widow from Kabul and her son Qais moving into the Toronto community.
Wajma becomes an actress, with the stage turning into a film set. She becomes extraverted, thumbing her nose at the Taliban. These acting sequences provide the necessary insight into the mental unravellings of a mother widowed by war, an experience Rebbecca Lloyd depicts with maturity.
Dust concludes with a Canadian segment that looks into the relationship between Dolores and her husband Carson, who’s killed in Afghan combat.
Dolores is ultimately widowed after Carson is killed overseas. The audience is privy to his final minutes as he crawls across the sand, unable to move his legs. Dolores, grippingly portrayed by Lauren Saunders, is left alone opening a Christmas present from her late husband.
The play comes full circle, ending with some of the main actors from the three segments standing in solidarity. The audience is left jarred, but satisfied with the desolation the characters have dealt with.
“For me, in the end it’s a piece of theatre,” Morris said. “I have respect for all the stories, but we have to make a piece of theatre.”
Morris plans to make Dust into a professional production and have it tour across Canada and Pakistan in 2013.
For now, the Queen’s-based production offers a timely and balanced account of war, which succeeds on the strength of its script and the sensitivity of its actors.
Dust runs at the Rotunda Theatre until Nov. 19. Tickets are $10 for students.
By alyssa ashtonArts Editor
Meredith Shaw is one of many Queen’s grads who have gone on to have thriving music careers. In fact she began her time in Kingston by meeting a future Canadian star.
“I actually met Jay [Malinowski of Bedouin Soundclash] my first night at Queen’s, he lived across the hall from one of my best friends.” Shaw said.
Shaw, ArtSci ’04, learned how ubiquitous the Queen’s alumni community is while filming the video for her debut single “Little Fishy” on Connie Island.
“We shot it very kind of guerrilla style with all Queen’s people,” she said of the unintentional reunion. “Everyone involved in the video went to Queen’s. So the stylist went to Queen’s, the producer went to Queen’s, the director and myself.”
“Little Fishy” is the first single off Shaw’s debut album Place Called Happy, released in May. The album was recorded at Willie Nelson’s Pedernales studio in Spicewood, Texas. The trip to Texas was a first for the Toronto singer-songwriter.
“I’ve never been to Texas before and as a good little Canadian I was like ‘Eww Texas, that’s a little right wing for my taste,’” Shaw said with a laugh, adding that her perspective quickly changed once she arrived in the Lone Star State.
“It was super inspiring,” she said. “It was hot and that was kind of nice and it was dusty and vibey and full of musicians that were there because they love it. There is no L.A. kind of fame game rat race going on there; it’s just sort of good old boys and girls who rock.”
At the start of the month Shaw began her Canadian tour with blues
Smita Misra looks to the audience in the opening scene of Dust. She plays Bibi, a widowed Pakistani woman and mother of a Taliban soldier during the play’s dress rehersal on Wednesday night.
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Alumni vibesMeredith Shaw brings her debut album to Kingston
Gordie Johnson of Big Sugar produced Meredith Shaw’s debut album, Place Called Happy.
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War re-experiencedChristopher Morris’ Dust tells the story of three families affected by the war in Afghanistan
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By caitlin choiAssistant Arts Editor
For local gallery owner Raymond Vos, education is a universal right. So when he heard about a group of street boys in Kenya working dollar-a-day jobs instead of going to school it “just about broke his heart.”
“At the same time, I had an idea of how to make a difference.”
It’s been almost three years since Vos’ close friend Irwin Streight, shared stories about his experiences in Kajabi, Kenya.
“There were about 10 or 15 boys who lived in a [shelter] at Chak — this town away from Kajabi, which is basically like a truck stop,” Vos said. “Truckers would stop there to get prostitutes and drugs … these boys were
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Street to schoolRaymond Vos raises money for the Kenya Initiative
Online Drunk/SoberOn Sunday night, check out the Journal’s annual drunk/sober review of Queen’s Players.
Raymond Vos has raised around $20,000 for the Kenya Initiative, but has had to pay for the boys’ education out of his own pocket.
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“ For me, in the end it’s a piece of theatre. I have respect for all the stories, but we have to make a piece of theatre. ”
— Christopher Morris, director of Dust
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A collection of photos from this week’s up-coming plays. Clockwise from top left: Dust, Footloose, Black Comedy, Footloose and Black Comedy.
By the time I was 13 I had seen Footloose over 20 times and embarrassingly performed the final dance sequence at family functions. To say I was excited to see the Kinsmen Club of Kingston’s musical version of the 1984 film is an understatement. But the most iconic moments of Footloose are lost in the stage format.
The film is scandalous with its gyrating hips and incredibly loose main character, Ariel — but the 1998 stage version of Footloose tames all these dirty moments. The characters don’t even kiss, settling for innocent hugs instead.
Due to the constraints of the stage, many scenes from the film that defined characters are missing. In the film, Ariel shows her anger at her father by acting out — throwing herself in front of an on-coming train and standing between two moving cars. These scenes don’t occur in the musical. Emily Fennel does her best with the material given, rocking Ariel’s red boots. But she can’t truly portray Ariel without these moments.
Most disappointing is Ren’s rebellious warehouse dance scene, which the play changes to a group dance sequence in the school. The scene shows off John MacPherson’s stunning vocals and attempts to hide his lacking dance abilities. How can you have a Ren who can’t dance? How can you have a Ren not wearing a white wife beater?
MacPherson makes you fall in love with his good looks. But he’s too adorable to be a tough guy. The true bad boy is Chuck Cranston played by Alex Pearce. The way he wiggled his eyebrows in “The Girl Gets Around” was beyond suggestive and had me jumping to the wrong side of the tracks.
The film is all about the freedom that comes from dancing, which the characters finally experience when they travel to a nearby club. The club scene in the musical Footloose doesn’t fully define this freedom — it’s reminiscent of an awkward elementary school dance with the actors two-stepping, not getting down and dirty.
Though the musical deviates from the original script, one excellent addition was giving Vi, Ariel’s mother, a more prominent role. Beth Sirrett is mesmerizing as the constrained wife of the reverend. Her performance of “Learning To Be Silent” makes you forget all the other discrepancies — at least until she finishes the song.
It’s not that the Kinsmen Club of Kingston’s Footloose is bad, in fact it’s the opposite; it’s highly entertaining with great choreography and amazing talent. But it’s not the Footloose I fell in love with, it’s a watered-down version.
Footloose plays at the Grand Theatre until Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. with matinees on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $40 for adults and $35 for students and seniors.
Forgive me Reverend, for I have danced.
Having never seen the 1984 classic film Footloose, starring bad boy Kevin Bacon, I was surprised to find my shoulders bopping and knees pumping during the Kinsmen Club of Kingston’s musical rendition at the Grand Theatre.
Undeniably catchy 80s tunes, like Bonnie Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” and Kenny Loggins’ “Footloose,” leave you unreasonably giddy after the show. Quirky jazz, tap and break dancing interludes by a solid supporting cast had me jealous of their moves.
The plot is a no-brainer — girl falls for misunderstood boy and father doesn’t approve. Reverend Moore, the head of the Bomont Council, has laid down the law against dancing. Ren McCormack, a smart-mouthed city boy from Chicago, shakes up the stifled community, leading the fight to bring back rock and roll.
Footloose features a candid cast of volunteers underscored by a professional seven-person orchestra. The Kinsmen Club is a non-profit organization that has donated over $110,000 in the last seven years to local charities including the Kingston chapter for Cystic Fibrosis. Kinsmen spent $10,000 on rights to the script and rallied a sophisticated set design.
John MacPherson, as lead heartthrob Ren, channels a casual
attitude with well-rounded vocals. He’s much more clean-cut than I imagine the notoriously sleek Bacon would be, but MacPherson’s harmless swagger and boy-band charm make for a vulnerable and endearing performance.
Unfortunately, dancing isn’t his strong suit, but he manages to pull at some heartstrings with his singing and easy stage presence.
Whatever rugged appeal Bacon has — I was never a fan — seems to be missing from the play. Lovable MacPherson lacked a roughness that would have given him more clout as Ren.
When the kids finally defy authority and dance, it’s a wholesome honky-tonk scene with a chick-flick love twist. Line dancing doesn’t exactly scream freedom, but the excitement is still contagious.
The boys’ scene in the second act is a highlight, showcasing
their comedic-chemistry and boyhood banter. Chris Varley as Lyle comes out in old-lady drag — playfully impersonating Willard’s large-bosomed mother — leaving the audience with cramps from laughing.
The supporting cast members were instrumental, adding numerous memorable moments and a consistently strong chorus throughout the show.
Actress Emily Fennel channels a cool and confident Ariel Moore, the Reverend’s rebel daughter. But the love connection between her and MacPherson takes a backseat to the music.
Unburden yourself of Hollywood expectations and just have fun. High off of Footloose’s high-energy vibes and fun-loving cast, I was humming and hopping home. I can’t imagine how Footloose wasn’t always a musical.
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Footloose: film or musicalThe Arts Editors debate the merits of the Grand’s Footloose musical compared to the original film
The end scene of Footloose features the high school students indulging in their fi rst legal dance.
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War inside and outLocal author Brian Howald publishes his first novel after a five-year break from publishingBy GilBert coyleSports Editor
It’s no surprise that Brian Howald’s book launch coincides with Remembrance Day — the local novelist and publisher is a war history buff.
Inside Looking Out will be Howald’s fourth novel based on the Second World War. He’s also written about the American Civil War and has plans to release a novel on the Vietnam War.
Howald said he took Remembrance Day into account when he was planning the book launch last month.
“When I knew I had to pick a date in mid-November, I quickly decided on Nov. 11,” he said. “Why not?”
Inside Looking Out is a suspense story based on the experiences of British soldiers in a German camp for Prisoners of War. Main characters Terry Lange and Pete Foley carry out a series of elaborate escape attempts.
“It’s a good action-packed character drama,” Howald said.
Howald said he’s interested in writing about the Second World War because there’s room or creativity.
“There are a thousand good
stories that could be set during wartime,” he said.
But Howald said wartime books have only become main-stream in the last decade.
“Fifteen or 20 years ago, there weren’t many war novels in bookstores,” he said. “Perhaps as we approach the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War, there’s more interest.”
Howald wrote and published Inside Looking Out. He founded the Kingston-based publishing company, Bookworm Literary Productions, in 1994. He wasn’t planning on writing novels, but said it was difficult to attract outside partners.
“Financing was one major hurdle,” he said. “I wanted to be just a publisher at the beginning but I had to fall back on my own resources.”
Howald published his first novel, The Chopper of Lucy Electra, in July 1996. Inside Looking Out will be the seventh book he’s written and published through Bookworm Literary Productions.
After Howald published The Blue of Capricorn in 2004, Bookworm Literary Productions was inactive for five years. Howald said he chose to take a break because the publishing
company was becoming a financial burden. He wanted to perform firework shows with his brother in Perth, Ont.
“I became attracted to doing high explosives,” he said. “I wanted to experience, without anyone shooting back at me, what it might be like on a battlefield.”
But Howald always intended to restart his publishing company.
“I never officially closed Bookworm down,” he said. “I used four or five years to polish off a whole series of manuscripts.”
Howald said Inside Looking Out will be the first of many books he’ll release in the next few years. His next publication, A Spot Marked X, is a war story about an undiscovered Nazi treasure.
But Howard’s future novels won’t all be about the Second World War.
“One manuscript is a dramatized account of Jane Fonda’s trip to Hanoi in 1972,” he said. “It’s a scenario that really hasn’t been written about.”
The book launch for Inside Looking Out takes place Friday afternoon at Novel Idea at 156 Princess St. from 3 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 8 p.m.
By MathieU slyContributor
The Kingston-based film 21 Brothers may have set a new Guinness World Record for the longest film shot with a single camera.
“We didn’t plan on it, we kind of lucked out,” director and producer Michael McGuire said of the film being shot in one take.
The film can be verified as the longest single take film once it’s shown tonight at the Screening Room.
Clayton Garrett, who produced, wrote and acted in the film, met with McGuire in December 2008 to discuss the idea of filming the story in Kingston. After a year and a half of writing and research, a story was built around the Canadian 21st Battalion, based out of southeastern Ontario. The film is entirely shot in Kingston with over 60 local cast and crew members.
“One of the reasons why we did the one take thing is I knew locally that we had a lot of good theatre actors, but most of them didn’t
have a lot of film experience,” McGuire said. “So I thought doing a one take might be a good way to sort of bridge that.”
Watching the film is like walking on stage during a theatre performance — you’re a part of the action. The camera is acknowledged as a physical presence in the story.
“Hey look, we’re in the movies. I always thought I had the good looks for the pictures,” Private Banks says in the film when he notices the camera.
The film is a 91-minute glimpse into the life of soldiers who lived, fought and died in the trenches at the battle of Flers-Courcelette in the First World War. This battle was the first ever to see the use of tanks and took place during the Somme offensive in France in 1916.
From the opening shot, it’s clear this is not a traditional war film.
21 Brothers begins with a group of soldiers routinely dodging artillery fire, but then settles into dialogue for the rest of the film. The dialogue addresses many of the realities of the First World War and the difference of modern warfare.
Because of the shoestring budget, special effects are limited to a few explosions, some blood and the rotten foot of Private Reid. Instead of focusing on intense visuals, machine gun fire and battle-ridden landscapes, 21 Brothers explores the devastating psychology of war.
“I want to go home … I’m going home,” Private Langdon says before running into no man’s land. Private Langdon is 14 and from Sydenham, but he wanted to fight overseas so he lied about his age.
21 Brothers will run from today until Nov. 17 at the Screening Room. See moviesinkingston.com for show times.
Director Michael McGuire, screenwriter Clayton Garrett and actor Steve VanVolkingburgh prepare for a scene in 21 Brothers.
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Gallery Raymond owner Raymond Vos was buying artwork in Toronto before he started representing local artists in Kingston in 1984. A collection of his Toronto pieces will be on sale at Harambee.
basically drug runners or they stole for food.”
Streight and Vos had a conversation about Streight’s experience in Kenya in 1999, sparking the Kenya Initiative: From Street to School. Vos’ Harambee is an art fundraiser to raise money for the initiative.
“We have art fundraisers so two of the boys can go to university and so this fellow named [John] Njane could take some of these street kids into his home and provide school and clothing et cetera for them.”
One of the boys who relies on the Kenya Initiative to go to school, named Issac, is currently studying business at Daystar University in Nairobi.
“I’m going to quote Isaac where he says, ‘In Africa, you’re life just won’t go anywhere unless you have education,’” said Vos. “It’s the lifesaver, it’s a difference.”
Tomorrow’s Harambee — the Swahili word for “community pulls together” — marks the third year Vos has had a relationship with the Kenyan boys. Paintings he purchased in Toronto and donations from local artists are put up for sale and silent auction at the fundraiser.
Over the past two years, Vos
has raised around $20,000 from the event. While primary school in Kenya is free, it costs around $10,000 a year just to send Isaac and his brother to university. Whatever money he doesn’t raise, Vos takes it upon himself to pay the difference.
“I got a phone call before six in the morning when Isaac said, ‘Unless our tuition is paid for we can’t write our final exams,’” Vos said. “So I’ve had to borrow money. It’s from my parents and from myself.
“I don’t have a goal [for each fundraiser], I’m just thankful for every dollar that comes my way.”
The five younger boys from Chak are finishing up high school. Vos said they have hopes of going to university and getting stable jobs after graduation.
“One of them, who I’m a bit fond of, his name is Joseph, he wants to become a doctor,” Vos said.
Vos was almost crying when he described the personal relationships he shares with the boys. The Kingston native has never been to Africa, but they communicate regularly over phone and by email.
Vos opened Gallery Raymond on Princess Street in 1984, and has spent the last 27 years facilitating the sale of local art. Since the street
boys came into his life, he’s devoted over 700 hours to organizing fundraisers and other initiatives.
The success of the project relies heavily on alliances.
“There seems to be an incredible connection between Kingston and eastern Africa,” he said, adding that he’s met numerous like-minded people.
This year Vos has combined efforts with the African Education Resource Centre (AERC) through Queen’s Dr. Penina Lam. Dr. Lam, co-founder of the AERC, works to promote the education of women in Africa.
Vos said combining resources was a way to secure a larger turnout.
“Last year, we had an opening night [for Harambee] but the Whig-Standard screwed up [the advertisement] so nobody showed up. It was worse than heartbreaking. Anyways, I knew if I was going to do the same thing again, I wanted to do it in conjunction with someone,” he said.
For Vos, the Harambee is one day, but staying involved and raising awareness is a full-time goal.
“[It’s about] making a difference and education is the key,” Vos said.
The Harambee exhibition opens tomorrow and runs until Thursday at Gallery Raymond.
Communal helping handContinued from page 10
Heather Haynes is one of the Kingston-based artists donating artwork to Raymond Vos’ Harambee. For the past four years, Haynes has regularly exhibited her African-inspired artwork and tree paintings at Gallery Raymond — one of which now resides in the psychiatric wing at Kingston General Hospital.
“I think art can bring a world together,” said Haynes. “For [Vos] to do so much for these boys from hearing a story, that’s pretty amazing.”
Haynes and Vos first collaborated in 2009, after her first trip to Africa. The two mounted an exhibition donating 15 pet cent of the profits to the Buy-a-Net Malaria Prevention Group.
Earlier this year, Haynes travelled to Tanzania, where she filmed an operation and visited a women’s clinic.
“If they’re not sick they’re quite happy. If they’re fed, they’re not asking for a lot. I find that contrast to our society
is alarming,” she said. “To see a hospital in Africa was quite something, you would never think of it as a hospital it’s so run down.”
While in Tanzania, Haynes met a group called the Hard Life Artists (HLA). She’s since introduced their artwork into the Kingston market. She met the four young artists while they were painting in the chicken coop behind their shelter.
“As an artist, nothing could be more inspiring,” she said.
One of the HLA paintings was sold at Gallery Raymond last week. Vos donates his time and framing workshop so all the profits go to buying more paints and supplies for the HLA group.
“The boys now have left the street shelter because they’ve graduated from high school and they’re living on their own,” said Haynes. “They also have a studio school and they’re teaching other street kids how to paint.
“This was their dream, I couldn’t imagine a better dream.”
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rockers Big Sugar. “I feel like the luckiest girl in
the world right now, these guys are so good at what they do,” she said. “It’s like a part of Canadian music folklore and history. I stand up there and I’m like ‘Oh right I’m in the show.’ I feel like I’m watching it and I have to be like ‘Oh yeah sing here.’ ”
The self-described girly-girl, though “not an annoying girly-girl,” loves shoes, hair products and nail polish. She said so far tour life hasn’t suppressed her feminine spirit.
“We haven’t got on the bus part yet, that could be a rude
awakening,” Shaw said. “All the guys are sort of waiting for me to really grasp what that is. I’m like ‘I’ve been to camp I know how that works.’
“Right now it’s pretty swanky, were in hotels and drivers and all those sort of fun things. It’s not that hard to get use to.”
Shaw’s upcoming stop in Kingston will hopefully allow her to indulge in one of her favourite restaurants from her time at Queen’s.
“Poutine at Bubba’s,” she said.
Meredith Shaw plays Alehouse on Nov. 16 at 9 p.m.
Her happy placeContinued from page 10
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Premiere playDalliance Theatre Company begins their first season with Black Comedy
By Brittany JohnstonContributor
Dalliance Theatre Company’s inaugural production, Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy, is playful and enchanting.
Brindsley Miller, played by John Gallant is the typical starving artist. A rich benefactor is coming to view his work and his fiancée’s father is visiting. But the master fuse blows, leaving characters in darkness.
The use of reverse lighting is off-putting in the best way. When the lights are on in Brindsley’s apartment, the audience is in
complete darkness. During the blackout, lights shine on the audience. The darkness is a bit disorientating at first.
Daniela Cerrone’s promiscuous character Clea aptly says the apartment is “like a magic dark room where everything goes wrong.” For Black Comedy nearly everything seems to go right. The lighting and sound cues are perfect and the humour resonates with the audience.
Director Alexsandra Marzocca said staging the play was a challenge, but it’s one of the most important elements. It’s
well-choreographed — especially when Gallant’s character has to remove and replace furniture in the dark.
Each actor develops their own British accent that’s natural and unique to their character.
Richard Stefano plays, Brindsley’s “monster” future father-in-law, Colonel Melkett. Stefano captures the commanding presence his role demands. The
Colonel’s exasperation with Brindsley is well done and both actors played off each other well during the Colonel’s interrogations.
It’s the darkness that reveals the character’s true personalities and relationships. Brindsley’s small apartment is an intimate setting. It’s almost as if the audience is an uninvited guest — like many characters in the play.
Marzocca’s decision to set
Dalliance’s production of Black Comedy in the 1920s rather than the 1960s, was a good choice. This era of indulgence is the perfect setting.
Black Comedy plays today and tomorrow at 8 p.m. with an additional 5 p.m. show on Saturday at Vogt Studios in Carruthers Hall. Tickets are $10.
Though engaged, Bindsley spends quality time with his ex-girlfriend Clea in Black Comedy. photo by Corey lAblAns
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By GilBert Coyle and emily loweJournal Staff
It’s been an eventful week for the women’s soccer team.
Last weekend, the Gaels clinched their third-straight berth at the national tournament with a 3-0 OUA semifinal win over the McMaster Marauders on Saturday and then beat the Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks to win the OUA title on Sunday.
On Thursday, they beat the
University of Alberta Golden Bears 2-1 in the national quarter-final in Montreal.
Striker Jackie Tessier was on crutches earlier in the week. But she was the star of yesterday’s game, scoring the opening goal and setting up midfielder Alexis McKinty’s game-winner in the 70th minute.
“The winning goal was fantastic,” Tessier said. “I crossed it into the box and [McKinty] had a fantastic shot into the top right-hand corner.”
Head coach Dave McDowell
said it was an ugly win.“It’s not going to go down in
the annals as the best technical performance in the world,” he said.
“But it’s some motivation to be a little bit better on Saturday.”
The win sets up a national semifinal against the Ottawa Gee-Gees tomorrow. Queen’s beat Ottawa twice this season and finished four points ahead of them in the OUA East. But McDowell said those results won’t matter on Saturday.
“They’re a fantastic team and
it’s a national semifinal,” he said. “They’re in the same boat as us with a few injuries.”
Captain Kelli Chamberlain missed the OUA Final Four weekend with a knee injury, but she played the entire game against the Golden Bears. McDowell said it was a major boost to have both Chamberlain and Tessier back in the lineup.
“The two of them just battled through,” he said. “I’m not sure they’re close to 100 per cent.”
Regardless of who’s in the lineup, McDowell said the team’s collective experience will be an asset this weekend.
“In previous years, we might have just been happy qualifying for nationals,” he said. “But this group isn’t happy with just qualifying … your expectations change a bit.”
Winger and OUA East player of the year Riley Filion said the Gaels’ depth at forward makes it manageable to deal with injuries.
“Our subs coming in can score goals,” Filion said. “[Rookie] Breanna Burton came in and played a huge role in our success [last weekend].”
The women’s soccer team celebrates its OUA gold medal in Waterloo last weekend. They beat the University of Alberta Golden Bears 2-1 in the national quarter-final yesterday.
football
Semifinal win was too much to askThe Gaels would have needed a perfect performance to beat McMaster last weekend
women’s soccer
Gaels two wins from national goldWomen’s soccer plays Ottawa Gee-Gees in CIS semifinal in Montreal tomorrow
InsIde
preview
Looking at the men’s and women’s basketball teams.
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volleyball
The men’s and women’s volleyball teams had contrasting results.
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Lakehead’s varsity teams fly to every home game.
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By Benjamin deansAssistant Sports Editor
The football team’s problems were obvious in last Saturday’s 40-13 semifinal loss to the McMaster Marauders.
After scoring only two points in a Sept. 5 loss to the Marauders, it was clear the Gaels needed their best offensive game of the season to win against McMaster. But they were unprepared after playing mediocre OUA defences for eight straight games.
The Marauders’ pass defence, which leads the country in interceptions, nabbed six of backup quarterback Ryan Mitchell’s passes in the first half. Mitchell was replacing starter Billy McPhee, who was out with a bruised rib. It’s doubtful that McPhee would have changed the result.
It takes an experienced quarterback — like McMaster’s Kyle Quinlan — to create opportunities out of nothing.
Mitchell was forced to throw into heavy coverage on Saturday and the Marauders’ defensive backs made him pay.
The Gaels’ stalwart ground game didn’t show up either. Running back Ryan Granberg became the CIS rushing leader while playing against weak defences all season, but he didn’t find a rhythm on Saturday until the Marauders were up by 20 points.
The team leaned on its defence to keep it in games all season, but couldn’t on Saturday. The Gaels put on their worst defensive performance of the year, allowing a season-high 40 points. Much of that can be blamed on poor field position and fatigue from constant offensive turnovers, but the defence still didn’t look like the one that allowed the fewest points in the OUA during the regular season.
Despite the flaws, the Gaels had improved from last season. The team lost to a McMaster squad that
could win a national championship.The offensive unit wasn’t much
better than last season’s, but it played more consistently in close games like the 13-6 win over the Toronto Varsity Blues and the 27-14 win over the Windsor Lancers.
Defence was the team’s strong point this year. The Gaels allowed only 103 points in the regular
season, compared to 183 in 2010. The return of sack-machine lineman Osie Ukwuoma and the improvement of the secondary produced a defence that almost looked like the 2009 Vanier Cup champions’.
The discussion about parity in the OUA this season only applied
Head coach Pat Sheahan (back right) talks to his team after Saturday’s loss. In nine seasons, Sheahan’s playoff record is 10-8.
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If the men’s rugby team wants to win the OUA title in London tomorrow, it will have to stop Conor Trainor.
New Zealand, the 2011 Rugby World Cup Champions, couldn’t do it. Trainor, the Western Mustangs’ outside centre, scored two tries for the Canadian national team against New Zealand at the World Cup on Oct. 2. He was with team Canada in Wellington, New Zealand when the top-ranked Mustangs beat the Gaels 13-7 in regular season play on Oct. 1.
Gaels head coach Peter Huigenbos was also at the World Cup as Canada’s video coach.
“It will be a different challenge for our guys to play against [Trainor],” he said. “He’s a very strong runner. Lucky for me, I don’t have to go out and tackle him.”
The Mustangs went 8-0 this season to finish ahead of the 7-1 Gaels. Both teams earned first-round playoff byes and won their OUA semifinal games last weekend. Western beat the Guelph Gryphons 28-3 while Queen’s came from behind to beat the McMaster Marauders 32-10 at Tindall field.
Gaels inside centre George
men’s rugby
Tall task for rugbyGaels head to Western for OUA final on Sunday
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The Gaels’ defence put on its worst performance of the year, allowing a season-high 40 points.
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Bernard Burgesson will start at forward this season.
Liz Boag scored 9.1 points per game last season.
By anand srivastavaStaff Writer
Head coach Joely Christian-Macfarlane couldn’t remember the last time women’s volleyball won at the University of Western Ontario.
But the Gaels beat the the defending OUA champion Western Mustangs 27-25, 25-27, 25-17, 25-21 in London on Saturday to cap off a perfect weekend.
They swept the Windsor Lancers 25-20, 25-12, 25-21
on Friday. Outside hitter Becky Billings
continued her early-season hot streak, leading the team with 8 kills and 13 digs against the Lancers and 23 kills and 30 digs against the Mustangs. Billings and fellow outside hitter Natalie Gray lead the OUA with 6.73 and 4.64 points per game respectively.
“It was really nice to beat the defending OUA champs in their own gym,” Billings said. “[It’s] a huge success for us and our program.”
The Gaels have 12 rookies on a 19-person roster. But they sit at fourth-place in the province.
“We’re earning respect against other teams that I don’t think thought we could play,” Billings said.
The team needs to focus on continuing its strong start to the season, Christian-Macfarlane said.
“We’ve had a history of where we start off super strong and then kind of falter in the past,” she said. “This year is really about maintaining consistency across every match so that we don’t have those big pitfalls in the second half of the season.”
Last weekend’s road trip marked the start of a tough stretch of four away games. They’ll travel to Guelph and Brock this weekend on another long road trip. Christian-Macfarlane said it’s difficult to establish a rhythm with so much travel.
“You just try to keep the schedule pretty controlled so that there aren’t a lot of distractions on the road,” Christian-Macfarlane said.
basketball
Tip-off for GaelsExamining the basketball teams this season
Coach
This will be Wilson’s 30th season as the Gaels head coach. He has a 525-232 regular-season record and is 14-32 in the post-season.
Key player
Moore is the Gaels’ all-time leading scorer and will be a crucial part of the offence.
Can’t-miss game
Dec. 2 vs. Western Mustangs: The Mustangs beat the Gaels 65-64 last season. The Gaels will look to enter the holidays with a win over their rivals.
Women’s team
Last season, the women’s basketball team overcame injuries to four key players and earned a playoff berth. With no major departures, the Gaels can expect better results this season.
This season’s roster will include five new faces. Guard Rachel Urosevic will debut as a rookie after missing all of last season with a stress fracture in her foot. Wing Jenny Wright is the Gaels’ top recruit and head coach Dave Wilson said she will soon be dominant in the OUA.
Veteran presence was lacking last year, but guard Meaghan MacDougall and wing Christine Wallace are returning to the line this season after season-ending injuries early last year.
The Gaels still have a major injury concern ahead of Friday’s home opener. Fifth-year guard Brittany Moore is expected to play, but she missed the past three pre-season games due to an ankle injury. and isn’t 100 per cent If the Gaels want to make the playoffs, they will need their top scorer to stay healthy.
The Gaels won three straight games at the Tindall tournament on Oct. 21 to 23 and then recorded two wins over American opposition last weekend. Wilson said his team played better than they did during last year’s pre-season.
This team is deeper and healthier than last season. An OUA semifinal appearance is possible.
— Jerry Zheng
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men’s team
Don’t expect the Gaels to improve on last season’s second-last place finish in the OUA. New head coach Stephan Barrie said a young team will simply focus on getting better every week and won’t take any shortcuts for early wins.
“We have to build this program from the ground up,” he said. “This is the first year, so we have to set a good foundation.”
Core players Dan Bannister, Tim Boyle and Chris Barrett graduated after last season. Barrie said he wants a collective effort, but starters like Ryan Golden, Bernard Burgesson and Nikola Misljencevic will be expected to step into leadership roles. Although Mackenzie Simpson and rookie John Lenz will round out the starting lineup, Barrie said there will be fluctuation throughout the season.
The Gaels will be underdogs in almost every game they play this season — something that might have its advantages, according to Barrie. He said his team won’t have anything to lose because nobody will be expecting results.
An inexperienced team with a new coach won’t win any trophies. But if Barrie can develop his younger talent, the Gaels will be a team to watch in the future.
— Peter Reimer
Coach
This is Barrie’s first season with the Gaels. In the past five years, he coached the Western Mustangs women’s team to an 87-23 record.
Key player
Misljencevic is the highest scorer among returning players and should be a big presence under the net.
Can’t-miss game
Jan. 13 vs. Laurentian Voyageurs: The Voyageurs finished one place ahead of the Gaels in the OUA last season. This season’s matchup will determine whether or not the Gaels have improved.
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women’s volleyball
Landmark in LondonWomen’s volleyball beats defending OUA champions on the road
The Gaels beat Western on Friday. Supplied by nySSa kuwahara
By Benjamin deansAssitant Sports Editor
After a sour weekend in Southern Ontario, the men’s volleyball team is on an early-season losing streak.
The Gaels fell 3-1 to the Windsor Lancers on Friday, their first loss to Windsor since 2005. Head coach Brenda Willis said her team wasn’t expecting a challenge.
“They really beat us on the left and right sides. They scored at will,” Willis said. “We’re capable of not just matching that, but even more.”
The Western Mustangs blew out the Gaels 3-0 on Saturday, winning 25-17, 25-19 and 25-15. The Mustangs won the teams’
pre-season matchup in straight sets as well. Willis said her team’s confidence was still shaken from the loss to the Lancers.
“We didn’t have the rhythm we need,” she said, mentioning setting and passing problems in the loss.
The Mustangs are ranked eighth nationally, but Willis said they should be ranked higher based on Saturday’s performance.
The Gaels sit eighth in the OUA with a 1-2 record. Willis said other teams have better records than the Gaels because they haven’t faced Windsor and Western yet.
“They are two of the best teams in the league,” she said. “I expected going into the season that Windsor, Western and McMaster would be
our toughest competition.”Outside hitter Joren Zeeman
and middle Mike Amoroso both played through leg injuries on the weekend. Willis said it’s not certain when they will be fully recovered, adding that Amoroso missed some practice for therapy this week.
Fifth-year outside hitter Bryan Fautley has returned to the weight room following a back injury that has kept him off the court since summer. Willis said she hopes he’ll be ready to play by January.
“Our hope is that he’ll actually start passing balls in live action around the end of [November],” she said, adding that without Fautley, the team’s only consistent scorer is Zeeman.
Willis scheduled two practices on Tuesday to help her team to move past last weekend’s losses.
The Gaels will face the third-place Guelph Gryphons on Friday and the seventh-place Waterloo Warriors on Saturday.
men’s volleyball
Early losing streakMen’s volleyball loses twice, falls to 1-2
men’s hockey loses twice
The men’s hockey team fell to sixth place in the OUA East following two losses on the road last weekend against the Ottawa Gee-Gees and Concordia Stingers.
On Friday, the Gaels suffered a 3-2 shootout loss to the Gee-Gees. Forwards Corey Bureau and Joey Derochie both missed in the shootout.
Bureau scored in the third period to stay tied as the OUA’s leading scorer with eight goals. His linemates, Kelly Jackson and Tyler Moore, lead the Gaels with 11 points each.
The Gaels fared worse on Saturday, losing 6-1 to the Stingers. But Jackson said the scoreline didn’t indicate how the game went at all.
The Gaels outshot the Stingers
40-35, but were held to a single goal by Concordia goalie Peter Karvouniaris. Gaels goalie Whitlock was pulled in the second period after allowing three goals on nine shots.
Captain Jon Lawrance said the team is looking ahead to Friday’s game against the undefeated McGill Redmen at the Memorial Centre.
“We’ve got a chance to be the team who gives them their first loss,” he said.
— Peter Morrow
women’s hockey wins twice
The women’s hockey team came back from Toronto with maximum points last weekend after beating the Ryerson Rams 5-1 on Friday and the University of Toronto Varsity Blues on Saturday.
The Gaels scored five straight goals after falling behind early to the Rams on Friday night. Captain Kristin Smith led the team with two goals and goaltender Mel Dodd-Moher made 14 saves in goal.
On Saturday, sisters Brittany and Morgan McHaffie both scored three points while goaltender Karissa Savage made 17 saves to lead the Gaels past the Varsity Blues.
Morgan leads the country with 19 points while Brittany is third with 15.
With the wins, the Gaels improve to 7-2, sit third in the OUA and are ranked sixth in Canada. They travel to Waterloo to play the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks tonight. The Golden Hawks are first in the OUA, third in Canada and beat the Gaels 6-3 on Oct. 30.
— Gilbert Coyle
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Life on the roadLakehead’s closest OUA competition is 700 kilometres awayBy GilBert CoyleSports Editor
When the Queen’s basketball teams open their seasons at the ARC tonight, their visitors will have travelled over 1,600 kilometres to get here.
On Thursday, the Lakehead Thunderwolves boarded a plane in Thunder Bay and flew to Toronto, where they rented vans to get to Kingston. After playing the Gaels tonight and the Royal Military College Paladins tomorrow, they will travel home on Sunday.
Next road trip, they’ll do it all over again.
Lakehead University is the OUA’s only participant in Northern Ontario. With its closest competitor almost 700 kilometres away, its teams have to fly to every away game.
“You don’t have much room to work with between getting on the plane, getting to the hotel and getting fed,” Thunderwolves Sports Information Officer Hugh Mullally said. “It’s really life on the road.”
Thunder Bay is closer to Winnipeg than it is to any major Ontario city — and Winnipeg is still an eight-hour drive away. But Mullally said the city’s remote location fosters a close-knit environment.
“You don’t have much of a choice of who you’re going to be hanging out with,” he said. “Being so far from any major city, there’s no quick shots home for mom’s cooking.”
Mullally is used to living in isolation — he was born and raised in Prince Edward Island. He said Thunder Bay reminds him of an
island culture.“There’s a real community
here,” he said. “It’s devoid of a lot of outside influences and changes don’t sweep into town with great speed.”
The school’s Athletics program has benefitted from that community feel. Mullally said being a varsity athlete in Thunder Bay is special because Thunderwolves games “are the biggest show in town.”
Last week, the men’s hockey team played their home opener in front of 3,500 people. The men’s and women’s basketball teams routinely play in front of 1,000 fans. Men’s basketball head coach Scott Morrison said Thunderwolves teams have the greatest playing environment in the country.
“Being the main show in town, the kids here essentially get a Division 1 experience while staying in Canada,” he said.
Last season, the men’s basketball team won the OUA Championship. Considering the city’s northern location and climate, it’s an unusual spot for a basketball power.
Thunder Bay’s size means its talent pool is relatively small and its remote location makes it difficult to compete with southern Ontario schools for top prospects.
“My first few years, we really tried to battle Southern Ontario schools,” Morrison said. “We lost more kids than we got.”
But Morrison has found ways to overcome these challenges, using Thunder Bay’s proximity to the Manitoba and Minnesota borders to assemble an unconventional OUA roster. This season, the Thunderwolves have three local Thunder Bay players, three players from Winnipeg and three more from the U.S.
Morrison said he attracts players to Lakehead Athletics by promising a unique varsity experience.
“We emphasize our differences from the other schools,” he said. “We get the chance to travel more and we’ve got the best home atmosphere in Canada.
“The American guys maybe didn’t get an opportunity to play
Lakehead’s men’s basketball team won the OUA Championship last season.
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By lauri KytÖmaa
Staff Writer
HAMILTON — The Gaels were outplayed by the McMaster Marauders in Hamilton on Saturday, falling 40-13 in the OUA semifinal. Constant turnovers and an inability to stop the Marauders’ offence snapped Queen’s seven-game win streak and ended their season.
The Gaels felt quarterback Billy McPhee’s absence — backup Ryan Mitchell threw six interceptions in the first half. Even though it was only Mitchell’s second career start, his inaccuracy was surprising given he had completed 23 of 38 passes for 272 yards against the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks in the OUA quarter-final.
“Everybody did their job except for me,” Mitchell said. “Nobody can turn the ball over six times and win a football game.”
The Gaels’ defence had a few key stops in the red zone, including a TJ Chase-Dunawa interception,
but couldn’t compensate for the sputtering offence.
The Gaels’ star running back Ryan Granberg posted 128 rushing yards and scored the Gaels’ only touchdown before leaving the game with an injury. But he struggled early on, picking up only 11 yards in the first 27 minutes of the game.
In addition to McPhee, the team played Laurier without linebackers Ted Festeryga and Sam Sabourin and saw defensive lineman John Miniaci leave the game. All three were on the field against McMaster, but they didn’t seem fully recovered.
Defensive lineman Osie Ukwuoma left the field with an injury in the first quarter, on Saturday, but returned to finish the game. Defensive lineman Derek Wiggan hurt his knee and left the game permanently in the second quarter.
Ukwuoma, who closed out his Gaels career with the game, said it was a tough way to go.
“We didn’t start out on the right foot. It sort of just crumbled from there,” he said.
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to the middle of the pack. The league’s top two teams — the Marauders and the Western Mustangs — were a step above the others. The Marauders are playing their best football of the year right now. No team can match McMaster without playing an error-free game.
The league could be similar next year. The OUA’s best players
— Quinlan and receiver Mike Di Croce from the Marauders, and running back Tyler Varga from the Mustangs — will all have CIS eligibility next season.
The Gaels aren’t likely to win another Vanier Cup in coming seasons, but they can be serious Yates Cup contenders in the next two years. If McPhee can reach Quinlan’s level before he graduates, the Gaels will be one of the best teams in the OUA.
The Gaels’ defence will decline without Ukwuoma, who had five sacks and led the best defensive line in the country. There aren’t any linemen ready to fill his role right away.
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Gleeson and flanker Matt Kelly were both injured in last weekend’s win over the Marauders. Gleeson is currently 12th in OUA scoring with five tries this season, while Kelly is a former U20 national team player and one of the Gaels’ best players. If they can’t play, Mike Van de Westhuizen and Dylan McTavish will fill in.
Huigenbos said he’s hopeful both players will dress, but he’s confident in any subs that he puts in as backups if his two starters sit out.
“We have great medical staff and guys have had less turnaround with bigger injuries … they haven’t been ruled out yet,” he said. “[But] that’s what we do at Queen’s, we build our depth so we have guys ready to step in.”
The Gaels were solid defensively against
McMaster, something Huigenbos said they’ve been working to perfect all season.
According to Huigenbos, the Gaels have matured since winning an OUA bronze last season.
“The nucleus of the team is still the same, but they’ve grown up another year and are making better decisions on the park,” he said.
“It definitely helps having Liam Underwood out there.”
After an electrifying rookie season in 2009, Underwood sat out last season with an ankle injury. This season, the fly half is the OUA’s scoring leader. Western’s Mike Turnbull, the league’s second-highest scorer, will also be playing on Sunday.
The OUA gold medal game starts at 1 p.m. on Sunday at Western University’s TD Waterhouse Stadium.
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Captain Dan Moor runs in the men’s rugby team’s 32-10 semifi nal win over McMaster last weekend.
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The Gaels are two wins away from their second consecutive CIS Championship — it would be the third in team history. But fifth-year goalkeeper Chantal Marson said this year’s competition is tougher.
“The top teams are all here,” she said. “Anyone has a chance to take the title … our biggest opponent will always be the next team we’re playing.”
The Gaels and the Gee-Gees kick off at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow. The winner advances to the gold medal game on Sunday.
— With files from Janina Enrile
Community strength
By GilBert Coyle
Sports Editor
The women’s soccer team won the only prize that’s eluded them in the past two seasons. On Sunday, the Gaels beat the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks to win the OUA gold medal.
In a rematch of last season’s OUA and CIS finals, the Gaels beat the Golden Hawks in a penalty shootout in Waterloo. After 120 minutes of scoreless play, the Gaels converted five straight kicks while fifth-year goalkeeper Chantel Marson made one save to win the title.
In 2009, the team suffered a shootout loss to the York Lions in the OUA gold medal game. Last season, the Golden Hawks beat the Gaels 1-0 in the final
at Richardson Stadium. But this time, the Gaels weren’t to be denied, winning their first provincial title since 2002.
The Gaels’ best chances came early in the game, with striker Jackie Tessier and winger Riley Filion both forcing saves out of Golden Hawks goalkeeper Mallory Woeller.
The Golden Hawks had a goal disallowed on an offside call early in the second half. Gaels midfielder Alexis McKinty almost scored 20 minutes later, but her shot was saved by Woeller.
The Gaels and the Golden Hawks have been Ontario’s two best teams for the past two seasons. The they could meet again at nationals in Montreal this weekend.
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top level at home. This is an opportunity for them to get their degree and still play at a high level.”
Morrison said travel limitations mean his coaching staff starts the recruiting process earlier than their competitors.
“We usually try to target a kid at the beginning of Grade 11,” he said. “By the time he reaches his senior year, we have a pretty good idea of whether or not he’s interested in leaving home.”
The hard part is convincing players to consider moving so far north. But according to women’s basketball coach Jon Kreiner, visiting recruits are usually
impressed once they come to visit.“Our greatest recruiting
strength is bringing a recruit up to see the playing environment,” he said. “The community support we get for our student-athletes is fantastic.”
The city’s remote location also translates into a major home advantage when other schools come to play. Thunderwolves are used to travelling south every two weeks, but other teams only make the trip to Thunder Bay once in two years.
“We fly all the time, we’re used to that,” he said. “But it hurts other teams when they have to travel up and get hit with snowstorms.”
On any given road trip,
Thunderwolves student-athletes will miss a day and a half of classes. But Kreiner says Lakehead Athletics is well-equipped to deal with these challenges through its Academic Assistance Program.
“We have the greatest hands-on support,” he said. “We have an actual academic advisor with an office at our athletics facility to work with our student-athletes.”
According to Kreiner, that kind of support system extends throughout the local community.
“The community support is second-to-none. It’s a tight-knit family,” he said. “We’re all in the same situation of being isolated from Southern Ontario and that’s become a strength.”
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Beatboxing is a common fixture in modern a cappella groups, says Casey Wilson, president of Trillers A Cappella.
“People should be able to keep time themselves internally, but the beatboxer is more for rounding out the sound as a piece,” Wilson, BFA ’12, said.
Trillers A Cappella is one of Queen’s newest ensembles, founded by Wilson in 2010.
She said the challenge in a cappella is figuring out how instruments can translate into vocal sounds.
“We take — say ‘Somebody to Love’ by Queen — and I’d listen to it and pick out the bass and I’d pick out the guitar and I’d pick out the piano and we make each line into something vocal,” she said.
Dating back to the 19th century, the term a cappella translates from Italian to “in the manner of the church.” It’s a reference to the religious tradition of using voices unaccompanied by music.
Wilson said she started the Trillers because she lacked a musical outlet at Queen’s.
“I had nowhere to sing except at church and then by third year, I was just thinking ‘This is not okay. I need somewhere to sing,’” she said.
“There are so many people who love to sing out there, why would I not just start a group and bring people in?”
This year, the Trillers have 20 members including a musical director, who doesn’t actually sing.
“She plays the piano for us,” Wilson said. “When we’re learning music, she directs so we can get our timing.”
Trillers A Cappella was a name picked by group consensus.It originates from a musical term that refers to a quavering sound or rapid movement between two adjacent notes. Normally, only sopranos, the highest of the four standard singing voices, will trill.
“We went around and we took suggestions for our new name and we kind of settled on this idea of Trillers,” she said.
There’s no unfriendly
competition between the a cappella singing groups on campus, Wilson said.
“The most competition that happens is that there is a little bit of tension every year around auditions time — we really needed basses this year and we were worried that Barred Notes or All the Queen’s Men or Momentum would take all our basses,” she said.
Compared to other a cappella groups on campus, tryouts for the Trillers are fairly laid-back.
“[Other groups are] really competitive and they take fewer people than we do, so I can’t imagine their kind of process,” Wilson said. “They basically run you through an obstacle course vocally, which is really smart of them because then they get some really capable singers.”
To audition for the Trillers, people have to prepare a short piece and then get called back to perform with the group.
“We broke off into sections and we taught them the first few bars of a song so we could see how they … sounded together and how they performed under the pressure of having 20 people watching them,” Wilson said.
The Trillers audition process examines how well each individual can fit into the already existing group, she said.
“You can get someone out at an audition who can belt like a pro and sound like Christina Aguilera, but she can’t blend,” she said.”In a choir setting when everyone’s trying to make the same sounds
… it’s not going to work if you can’t blend.”
The Trillers are currently working on pieces from Coldplay, Stevie Wonder and Bonnie Raitt, she said.
“We’re trying to touch on all genres this year and all time frames,” she said. “One of our members is actually working on the James Bond theme song.”
Mark Cuyegkeng, is a new addition to the a cappella group.
“I went to St. Michael’s Choir School so I’ve been singing in choir since I was eight and every year I’ve been here, I’ve been doing
something musical,” he said.Cuyegkeng, Comm ’13, was
part of the Queen’s University Chamber Choir in his first year and the Queen’s Choral Ensemble in his second year.
Cuyegkeng said he enjoys being
part of the Trillers more than his other musical experiences.
His favourite songs performed by the Trillers include “Such Great Heights” by the Postal Service and
“Mr. Blue Sky” by Electric Light Orchestra, he said.
“I was never in an a cappella group before. It’s a different feel and more energetic and not as stoic,” he said. “It’s kind of liberating to go for three hours a week and jam out.”
The Trillers A Cappella practice in the Robert Sutherland Room in the JDUC. PHOTO BY JUSTIN CHIN
Reading music makes the a cappella rehearsal process easier, says Momentum musical director Dan Boyle.
PHOTO BY JUSTIN CHIN
By Savoula StylianouAssistant News Editor
A cappella group Momentum requires that all its members can read music, says musical director Dan Boyle.
“We get a lot of people who are amazing except they can’t read music. It’s just a much faster pace in rehearsal if everyone can read through music right away and figure it out by themselves,” Boyle, ArtSci ’12, said. Momentum, who recently performed at TedxQueensU, was created in September 2009. It’s the oldest co-ed a cappella singing group ratified by the AMS.
Boyle said Momentum’s audition process is rigorous.
“Each person who comes in sings a song they’ve prepared of their own choice in a cappella in two minutes,” he said. “We have them sing scales on the piano to see their range … We have a few exercises where they have to read music or match rhythms.”
According to Boyle, a cappella involves using your body as an instrument.
“Sometimes using your body, like snapping or clapping, is using yourself as the instrument,” he said.
Boyle said Momentum looks for venues that provide acoustic benefits.
“As an a cappella choir and as
a choir that doesn’t use a lot of amplification, we go for places where people are there just to hear us, where we’re the only sound,” he said.
Momentum president Carmen D’Amours said her favourite place to perform is in the Robert Sutherland room of the JDUC.
“[The room] is just brilliant. We also sing in a circle when we rehearse so we can face each other, but it’s totally spoiling ourselves because when you perform, you don’t do it in a circle,” D’Amours, ArtSci ’12, said.
Momentum practices every Thursday for two and a half hours and holds one formal rehearsal per month.
The group uses an even number of males and females separated into different vocal ranges.
“There’s six parts and we have three people to each part. There’s basses, baritones and tenors in the mens’ voices, then there’s altos, second sopranos and sopranos in womens’ voices,” D’Amours said.
The group has seen a healthy growth, she said.
“We started with a core group of eight people, but people came and went throughout the entire year,” she said.
“In our second year we had 14 people, and now we have 18.”
D’Amours said though the group doesn’t compete in a cappella
singing competitions, she hopes they can widen their horizons.
“We really want to take a trip to another university,” she said. “Not to compete, but definitely perform with another a cappella group.”
D’Amours said the name Momentum came from a joking discussion.
“We were adamant about not being Glee,” she said, “We were thinking about cheesy a cappella group names and when someone said ‘Momentum,’ we were like, ‘Hahaha — oh wait,’” she said.
Ahmed Himada, ConEd ’12, is the group’s secretary. He said the Ted conference event allowed Momementum to connect with other a cappella groups and students.
“We want to gain an audience,” he said.
Himada said he joined Momentum because of his love for singing.
“For me, Momentum is one of the few things I look forward to every week and it’s just really fun … I also have a really good falsetto, so I get to show it off.”
Momentum wil host a joint concert on Nov. 24 in the Robert Sutherland room with performances from a cappella groups All the Queen’s Men and the Caledonias.
A CAPPELLA AUDIOCheck out voice clips of Trillers A Cappella on queensjournal.ca/postscript
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