The Fulcrum - March 3, 2011

Volume 71, Issue 21March 3–9, 2011

INSIDE: City renews U-Pass p. 6Anti-Semitic play generates dialogue p. 11

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Chaput, Steeves, Horton: They’re pissed

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LETTERSA ludicrous comparisonRe: U-Pass anonymous (Opinions, Feb. 17, 2011)

I FOUND MR. Wortle-Feternick’s col-umn in the Feb.18 edition of the Fulcrum to be incredibly shocking. Th e argument that increased transit usage is environ-mentally unfriendly is ludicrous. How is it logically acceptable that encouraging public transportation is a detriment to a better environment?

First, an increase of the usage of pub-lic transportation is a good thing. Only increased usage of the current public transit system in Ottawa would encour-age further investment from politicians into the system. Mr. Wortle-Feternick has also failed to mention that many individuals using the transit system must walk to the various stations lo-cated in Ottawa. Furthermore, it is logi-cal to assume that, if given the choice of walking/biking home or taking the bus home during a cold winter’s night, many people would choose the latter. Th e time in which the U-Pass is currently in ef-fect (September through April) is mostly made up of the winter months. Person-ally, I would rather sit in a warm bus than be freezing while biking or walking home.

Bringing the idea of our overweight society into the argument also seems to be woefully unrelated. I come from Van-couver, and I thought that city was dan-gerous to bike in. Ottawa fares far worse in this category. Mr. Wortle-Feternick obviously wants people to use healthy alternatives. I don’t know if he is aware that using public transit can encourage increased usage of walking and biking. However, there has to be suffi cient in-frastructure in place for such healthy alternatives to become more used. Ot-tawa currently lacks such infrastructure. Th e cyclists in Ottawa are brave, but it is simply safer to take the bus than to bike, especially in the winter.

Th e U of O U-Pass is full of faults, but this is only its fi rst year. All other major Canadian universities have some form of a U-Pass and, prior to arriving in Ot-

tawa, I thought a U-Pass was standard practice at all major Canadian universi-ties. Th e universities from my hometown have had it for 10 years and it has been running great. Th e U-Pass is a symbol of forward-thinking universities on the edge of good public policy. Give the pro-gram suffi cient time to improve instead of just dumping the program aft er only one year. Major policy changes take time to be refi ned and improved.

David Lu First-year joint honours

history and political science student

Stop whining about deserved labelsRe: Letters about What a Slut (Opinions, Feb. 3, 2011)

I HAVE JUST about had it with the let-ters of the past two editions in praise of the “What a Slut” article of Feb. 3, 2011. I can’t be the only one out there who thinks that this is a whole bunch of non-sense.

Simply put, I do in fact believe that calling someone a slut is legit if that tag is deserved.

In a similar fashion it should be seen as obvious to call someone a hero if that individual does something heroic. You simply can’t say that every positive earned label in the world is kosher while at the same time holding to the message that any negative earned label is not. Life just doesn’t work that way.

Don’t want to become known as a slut? Don’t act like one. If you’ve slept with three diff erent people last weekend, guess what? You’re getting the label. And rightfully so, because that is precisely what has been earned.

I’ve noticed this phenomena a lot late-ly, and I think it speaks to the broader problem of the cheapening of the act. If I fi nd that someone I am interested in has slept with people well into the double digits (especially at the age of the average university student), I am automatically less interested in them. Why? Because for them the act is devalued; it doesn’t mean anything to them.

People need to start taking responsi-bility for their actions. Especially if they expect respect in society. If you do not like having the reputation of being a slut, well then you need to ask yourself the question: Why do people see you as such? And if the answer to that question lies somewhere in between last night’s orgy and last week’s diff erent-person-each-night project, then perhaps you should re-evaluate your own actions rather than complain about being judged as a result of them.

Nick SwitalskiFourth-year joint honours political

science and history student

Flawed voting methods: Can’t vote from abroad

EVERY SFUO ELECTION has its fair share of scandals, but I am writing to ex-pose one fl aw in the latest election that might otherwise go unnoticed. Th is year’s voting procedures—notably the lack of electronic voting—meant that Univer-sity of Ottawa students who are currently studying abroad were not able to submit their votes.

I am currently on a year-long exchange in the United Kingdom, and when I emailed the SFUO elections offi ce to ask how I could submit my vote, I was told that it would not be possible because there was no electronic voting this year. When I re-plied asking if there was any other method I could use to vote from abroad, my email went unanswered. Outgoing exchange students are still considered full-time U of O students, and thus we pay the same fees to the SFUO as other undergraduates. As fee-paying members of the union, it is our right to have a say in how the SFUO is governed.

I realize that there have been problems

with electronic voting in the past, but that is by no means the only way that long-dis-tance voters can be accommodated. I was able to vote in the municipal election in the fall, for instance, by appointing a proxy to vote on my behalf. If the City of Ottawa can accommodate voters in this way, sure-ly the SFUO and its substantially smaller electorate can do something similar.

Last week’s issue of the Fulcrum report-ed that this year’s voter turnout was esti-mated at only 10 per cent of undergradu-ate students. By leaving out exchange students, the SFUO is only making the problem of low voter turnout even worse. Th e exclusion of any SFUO members from the election process is undemocratic and unjust, whether or not those members are able to vote in person. My question to the newly elected members of the SFUO ex-ecutive is this: what are you going to do about it?

Stephanie LettTh ird-year history student

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U-Pass passed... Students will get U-Pass for another year

Mapping man A decade of development through the Human Genome Project

Th e Ottawa poetry scene Local artists participate in VERSeFest

Queen’s dethroned

Gees women’s volleyball team defeats Queen’s Gaels 3-1

Common courtesy or condescending paternalism?

Charlotte Bailey and Jessie Willms square off over chivalry

Taking away the students’ votes

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Briana Hill| Fulcrum Staff

EARLY MONDAY MORNING, Jason Benovoy, chief electoral offi cer of the Student Federation elections, was told to change the results of the vp fi nance race: Tristan Dénommée, who had won by 114 votes the previous week, was to be dis-qualifi ed and Sarah Jayne King would resume the position next year.

“I had nothing to do with the deci-sion. It was a decision of the elections committee and I got the news on, well, Monday morning, I guess, almost as ev-eryone else got it. I was told to change results on the website, which is what happened,” explained Benovoy.

During the election campaign, Dé-nommée was accused of publishing false statements in relation to the personal character, or conduct of a candidate; posting in unauthorized locations; and failure to comply with minor and major penalties.

With the ruling of the elections com-mittee came punitive measures, which Dénommée contends he complied with to the best of his ability. Th e fi nal hear-ing of the second round of appeals is to take place at a Board of Administration (BOA) meeting on March 6.

“Th is is anti-constitutional—it’s bullshit,” said Dénommée.

One day before Dénommée’s contro-versial disqualifi cation, the BOA passed a motion abolishing the Student Arbi-tration Committee (SAC)—the neutral committee that would have reviewed Dénommée’s appeal. With the passing of this motion, individual appeals will now proceed directly to the BOA.

Instead of running a by-election to determine the new vp fi nance, the elec-tions committee has declared Sarah Jayne King the new winner.

“Th ey said that Sarah Jayne won, but technically, if we follow the constitu-tion, I am the next vp fi nance. So May 1 I’m going to go sit in the offi ce,” said Dénommée.

On Sunday, the 25 members of the BOA will vote to determine if the elec-tions committee’s decision stands. Win or lose, this BOA meeting won’t be the end of Dénommée’s battle for the posi-tion.

“If I’m losing at the BOA, we are going to court because this is unfair. It’s against my reputation; I’m losing $30,000; I’m losing a year of school be-cause I didn’t apply to my master’s be-cause I won the election … I’m losing so many things right now.”

EXECUTIVES TELL ALL

Because of these events, three of the six Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) executives came to speak to the Fulcrum. With thoughts of resig-nation, Tyler Steeves, president of the SFUO, Ted Horton, vp university aff airs, and Alex Chaput, vp social, expressed their frustration with the election com-mittee’s decision to disqualify Dénom-mée and the BOA’s decision to pass the motion eliminating the SAC from elec-toral procedures. Th e Fulcrum spoke with the gentlemen of the SFUO in a can-did interview.

Th e Fulcrum: How did you feel when you heard about the disqualifi cation of Tristan Dénommée aft er he had already won the vp fi nance position for next year?Tyler Steeves: Completely shocked. It’s unprecedented; it’s totally illegitimate. Also, saddened that the elections com-mittee had sunk to such new lows.Ted Horton: Surprised by the decision it-self, but not entirely surprised at the same time. Disappointed, I guess, that it would actually happen. But given the calibre of the elections, not entirely surprised.Alex Chaput: I’ve just seen it happen so many times that you see motions like these trying to get passed at the BOA … Th e fact that we are removing someone from an elected position aft er he won, it’s just wrong on so many levels and that is the last straw for me. … Well, just to be blunt, [the BOA has] taken a giant dump on the election process of the SFUO.Steeves: We were upset by the decision, but in some ways not surprised. And it really clicked for me when I found out about Dénommée because the dots were connected: So the elections committee puts forward a motion that makes them defendant, jury, and judge for the appeals process, and then the next day they issue

a decree disqualifying an elected mem-ber because where’s that going to go in an appeal? [It goes] back to their little court that has been set up, which is unfortunate that it has gone to that level.You say you’re not really surprised at the decision. Why?Horton: [In the BOA], there’s a fun-damental lack of any attention to our own structure—to our governance, our policies, our procedures—and we always seem to go with what’s the most expedi-ent—what’s the simplest, what’s the easi-est and convenient for the end that you’re trying to get. Chaput: Th e BOA is structured in a way that, even if you are in a confl ict of inter-est, it is up to you to abstain from the vote. I’ve seen in the past, people that are in a clear confl ict of interest voting on issues on that board, and my hope is that people who are aff ected directly by this decision will abstain from voting as well.You three seem pretty upset about these decisions. Monday morning, when you found out about Dénommée, what was your plan of action? What were you thinking at the time?Horton: In all honesty, my fi rst thought was resignation. I didn’t think there’d be a whole lot we’d be able to do and it seemed the principled stand to resign in protest. Steeves: We all considered it. We serious-ly considered the three of us just resign-ing on the spot. But, what we decided is that we can’t be eff ective from the outside and that we need to do whatever we can to fi x this injustice.Chaput: We hadn’t even met beforehand. I showed up to the offi ce and I met with Tyler and I told him I felt like resigning. He expressed it as well, and Ted felt the same way. I felt that it kind of speaks vol-umes that it’s not like the three of us came into a room and said ‘Let’s resign.’ We all had that initial feeling and reaction to the news. I was completely disgusted.

Horton: I don’t want to leave my employ-ees in the lurch … Th at was more what convinced me to not resign. If this decision is so crucial to the le-gitimacy of the democratic process of the BOA and SFUO, why are there only three executives here? Where are Amy Hammett, Sarah Jayne King, and Paige Galette?Steeves: Well, [King] is obviously in a clear confl ict of interest. Horton: [Th ey’re not here because of] the division that has haunted [the SFUO] all year, I would say. I would hope that the three of them are principled enough to … take an objective look at it, take a look at what’s fair and best for the organization, and what’s best for the legitimacy of the organization. Chaput: Defi nitely. And I think that the message we’re sending students if the de-cision of the election committee stands, to disqualify [Dénommée], is that no other student can get involved with the SFUO on an executive level unless they’re in that clique … Unless you’re friends with the people that are already elected, there’s no way that you could possibly get in.What do you think the outcome is going to be next Sunday at the BOA meeting?Steeves: I’m optimistic that board mem-bers are going to support democracy and leave elected candidates as elected candi-dates. Horton: I can see the meeting going two ways: I can see it being relatively quick and them trying to push through this “coup by committee,” or I can see it being dragged out into hours of discussion… Chaput: Fift y-fi ft y. I’m hoping, like Tyler, that people will stand up for democracy and stand up for what’s right, but I’ve seen in the past very ridiculous things get passed at that board. What are the consequences for the SFUO, the BOA, and U of O students if this does pass?Steeves: Illegitimacy of the institution. I

think you’re going to have an increase in total disenfranchisement with the SFUO … It’s decisions like this that make elect-ed bodies fall apart, because if the people who are supposed to uphold the rules don’t follow the rules then they have no right to be there.Horton: When we have a voter turnout of 10 or 11 per cent … and we don’t even take the time to honour the fact that [stu-dents] did that and let the results stand, why would they bother coming out to vote again? What’s your move if the motion passes and Dénommée is offi cially disquali-fi ed?Steeves: I don’t want to think about it. I think that it has to not pass.Horton: I graduate and I leave behind petty student politics and hope that some-one else comes along in the next couple of years who has the patience and the ambi-tion to fi x our broken governance system. I spend the next two months trying to leave my portfolio in the strongest state that I can for my successor.Chaput: My plan is exactly Ted’s. I will be a little broken inside—not to be cheesy—but I’ve given enough of my time to the SFUO over the past years … I’ve given a lot to that institution and to see it waste away like this, it drains you, especially when you’re trying to bring it back to the level the SFUO was maybe three or four years ago … It’s a sad thing for me to watch. If you could all say one thing to those on the BOA whose vote can still be swayed before Sunday, what would it be?Steeves: I guess, just remember that you were elected to uphold a certain standard of ethicality and morality. We have a case here where an elected member has been stripped of his position, and the appeal process has been entirely compromised, and so the only way to do the right thing now is to let the elections stand and let elected people be elected. I would urge people to overrule the decision of the elections committee in this case.Chaput: Like I mentioned at the BOA, there’s a major confl ict of interest, having the BOA ruling on this … I mean, the ma-jority of people that sit at that table have a clear bias. Now, if you take a look back and see who is pushing this agenda and trying to disqualify the candidate that won the vp fi nance position, you’re looking at three of Sarah-Jayne’s best friends … You have to wonder a minute if this is legitimate at all; if these penalties were even legitimate in the fi rst place. Like I mentioned before, it’s disgusting to watch. Is there anything else you would like to say in regards to this situation?Steeves: I invite students at large to get in touch with their faculty directors. … If you think this is illegitimate, speak up, and let them know, because they’re there to represent the students they’ve been elected by. And [students] should come out to the meeting [on Sunday] because their voices should be heard. Horton: I thought I was going to fi nish up the year without showing up in the Fulcrum again.Steeves: Yeah, me too.

—with fi les from Amanda Shendruk

Exec enraged over BOA anticsDénommée disqualifi ed, SAC eliminated, Steeves, Chaput, and Horton? Pissed

TENSIONS REACH NEW HIGHTS Steeves, Horton, and Chaput express their frustration in an interview with the Fulcrum

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Briana Hill| Fulcrum Staff

EARLY MONDAY MORNING, Jason Benovoy, chief electoral offi cer of theStudent Federation elections, was told to change the results of the vp fi nance race:Tristan Dénommée, who had won by 114votes the previous week, was to be dis-qualifi ed and Sarah Jayne King would resume the position next year.

“I had nothing to do with the deci-sion. It was a decision of the elections committee and I got the news on, well, Monday morning, I guess, almost as ev-eryone else got it. I was told to change results on the website, which is whathappened,” explained Benovoy.

During the election campaign, Dé-nommée was accused of publishing false statements in relation to the personal character, or conduct of a candidate;posting in unauthorized locations; andfailure to comply with minor and major penalties.

With the ruling of the elections com-mittee came punitive measures, which Dénommée contends he complied with to the best of his ability. Th e fi nal hear-ing of the second round of appeals is to take place at a Board of Administration (BOA) meeting on March 6.

“Th is is anti-constitutional—it’s bullshit,” said Dénommée.

One day before Dénommée’s contro-versial disqualifi cation, the BOA passed a motion abolishing the Student Arbi-tration Committee (SAC)—the neutral committee that would have reviewed Dénommée’s appeal. With the passing of this motion, individual appeals will now proceed directly to the BOA.

Instead of running a by-election to determine the new vp fi nance, the elec-tions committee has declared Sarah Jayne King the new winner.

“Th ey said that Sarah Jayne won, but technically, if we follow the constitu-tion, I am the next vp fi nance. So May 1 I’m going to go sit in the offi ce,” saidDénommée.

On Sunday, the 25 members of the BOA will vote to determine if the elec-tions committee’s decision stands. Winor lose, this BOA meeting won’t be the end of Dénommée’s battle for the posi-tion.

“If I’m losing at the BOA, we are going to court because this is unfair. It’s against my reputation; I’m losing $30,000; I’m losing a year of school be-cause I didn’t apply to my master’s be-cause I won the election … I’m losing so many things right now.”

Dénommée disqualifi ed, SAC eliminated, Steeves, Chaput, and Horton? Pissed

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What’s he building in there? Profi les in science research at the U of O

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Tyler Shendruk | Fulcrum Contributor

Th e problemTHE QUANTUM WORLD works quite contrary to our own concrete and every-day existence. When we are fi rst taught about atoms, we are shown a solar sys-tem-like model with electrons orbiting the nucleus like planets orbit the sun. But physicists have known for nearly a hun-dred years that this picture is too simple.

Electrons are both a particle and a wave at the same time. So electrons shouldn’t just be thought of like planets, but also like a vibrating guitar string. Th ese so-called wavefunctions can be experimentally probed and scientists understand them very well. But for more complicated molecules—combinations of more than just one atom—it becomes very diffi cult to directly see that theory and reality are the same.

Th e researcherOn top of being a professor in the physics department at the University of Ottawa,

Paul Corkum heads the Attosecond Sci-ence Laboratory at the National Research Council. He is renowned for using a la-ser pulse to accelerate an electron out of its atom, turn the electron around, and drive it back into its orbital. When the electron recollides with the atom, short bursts of light are given off that tells Cor-kum about the environment in which the electron settles.

Using very short laser pulses, Corkum was able to take a high defi nition snap shot of the quantum cloud that defi nes where the electrons are around the atom.

Th e projectTaking high-resolution pictures of quan-tum orbitals is one thing, but fi lming a movie of the wavefunctions during a chemical reaction is another altogether. And yet, this is exactly the challenge Corkum set for his lab. Using the same technology he invented for imaging or-bitals, Corkum wanted to watch a single molecule of bromine disassociate into two separate bromine atoms.

Th e keyCorkum blasted bromine gas with blue light. Blue is exactly the right colour to excite bromine molecules. Immediately aft er the blue light excites the bromine, the short laser pulse that knocks an elec-tron out and drives it back in is shot at the gas.

Corkum saw that the blue light had not excited all the bromine molecules. This turned out to be an advantage since the resulting bursts of light from the recollision of the excited and the non-excited molecules mixed into beats.

Th e non-excited bromine acted exact-ly like a tuning fork: Corkum could use the beating between the bursts of light from molecules of bromine and from ex-cited, separate atoms to see the diff erence between the two.

Are you doing interesting science? Or do you have a professor who can’t stop talking about his research? Let us know at [email protected]

Beating bromineKatherine DeClerq | Fulcrum Staff

STUDENTS RETURNED FROM reading week to fi nd that the city of Ottawa decid-ed to keep the cost of the U-Pass the same for another year. Th is came as a shock to some students, as the city’s original rec-ommendation was to cut the $3 million subsidy and make the universal bus pass revenue-neutral, bringing the cost to $175 per full-time student per semester.

Th e U-Pass pilot project will remain in eff ect at $145 until September 2012.

“Basically, at the city hall interim tran-sit commission, all four student unions were present and were given the oppor-tunity to speak on the U-Pass issue,” ex-plained Sarah Jayne King, vp fi nance of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) and U of O representa-tive at the commission.

“What we were speaking to at city hall were the benefi ts of the program; why we wanted it to stay the same; why we felt that the program should remain at the same price for the next year; and why running referenda wasn’t an option for any of the student unions, especially given that both [Carleton University Students’ Association] and SFUO had al-

ready gone through the election process.”Th e student federations of both the

U of O and Carleton were able to con-vince OC Transpo and the city hall in-terim transit commission that it would be benefi cial to keep the program at the same cost in order to give the universities enough time to hold a referendum the following year.

Mathieu Fleury, city councillor for Rideau–Vanier and supporter of the U-Pass, was pleased with the results.

“Both federations were pretty good at explaining that there was a growth in numbers. [Th at the universities] have one, to two, to three thousand [new] students every year, so this equals to X amount of money. Th at covered the $3 million gap.”

However, Fleury wanted to stress that city council and the SFUO will have to work hard over the next year in order to come up with an agreement that would provide both students and the city with the best deal possible.

“We have to start earlier, so that we can be included in the budget process, not fi ghting the budget process. If the discussions can start very early—I’m talking over the summer months—into the planning around what the strategy should be around this phase, then we’ll probably get better, or equal, results,” he said.

U-Pass returns for another year

Briana Hill | Fulcrum Staff

OVER THE FOLLOWING two weeks, student employees of the University of Ottawa, and by extension members of CUPE local 2626, will be voting for their new CUPE 2626 Executive Board. Th e executives represent 3,688 members in grievance and bargaining matters with the university.

In last year’s elections, all candidates ran uncontested; this year, three posi-tions have two candidates.

As with any other executive, the president of CUPE 2626 plays a leader-ship role and is the face of the union lo-cal. Th ey liaise with the broader CUPE community and represent the local at national delegations.

Felix Grenier, the incumbent, is run-ning uncontested for the presidency. Grenier believes the continuity he will bring if re-elected is crucial to ongoing deals the union is trying to reach.

“We are in a highly strategic period, with bargaining near its conclusion or disruption. Bargaining is our most im-portant object of attention right now. We need to keep going with the current team and vision to get good results,” said Grenier.

Aside from assuming presidential du-ties in the absence of the president, the

vice-president’s main responsibility is communication with local members.

Olivier Roy and Majid Naji are run-ning for the position of CUPE 2626 vice-president.

In order to signifi cantly bolster par-ticipation, Roy is focusing on two new communication techniques: distribu-tion of an information kit with each new contract and a website overhaul.

Roy believes his platform can be summed up in three words: “Leadership, experience, and knowledge.”

Naji hopes to use Facebook as a plat-form for certain types of interaction with CUPE members as the wall feature allows for two-way communication.

“I really like communication, espe-cially I like using the new devices [to] reduce the gap of communication.”

Maryam Haghighi and Pouya Pour-beik are running for secretary-treasurer of CUPE 2626.

Haghighi, the incumbent, hopes to continue her record of responsible fi -nancial management, while Pourbeik would like to see more collaboration be-tween graduate students and executive members.

Th e position of Chief Steward An-glophone [CSA] is being contested by Mathew Ladd and Mohammad Azizur Rahman.

“I am running for the position of CSA in order to contribute my skills, knowl-edge, and experience to CUPE aft er several years as a steward,” said Ladd, who feels his experience this year on the bargaining committee has made him more familiar with the applications of the collective agreement than the other candidate.

Rahman draws on his diverse inter-national experience in his platform, as well as his tenure with the CUPE local at the University of Toronto.

Elections will run this week and next week in the CUPE offi ce at 303 Universi-ty Centre and at various polling stations across campus.

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IT’S CALLED THE citizens’ agenda. Adults and students alike gathered at City Hall on Feb. 27 to share their politi-cal issues and questions. Discussions en-sued, and the questions created became the forefront of TVO’s current aff airs program Th e Agenda’s live broadcast the following evening.

As a preamble to the provincial elec-tions in October, Th e Agenda has taken the initiative of travelling to the home-towns of the three major political party leaders—in addition to Sudbury and a 905 area code riding—to discover what issues Ontarians would like to see ad-dressed in the upcoming election. Th ese workshops, called AgendaCamp, bring people of all ages together to discuss and formulate questions that are voted upon and asked to party representatives during a live broadcast of the show with host and editor Steve Paikin.

“I always say that the name of the show is Th e Agenda, but we don’t actually have an agenda other than to try to bring is-sues to the fl oor that we think people want to know about or need to know about in this particular time in Ontario history,” said Paikin in an interview with the Fulcrum.

AgendaCamp was created in order to allow election coverage that was diff erent from typical reporting from mass media outlets

“Being a provincial broadcaster, we feel that it is very important for us to cov-er the provincial elections in a signifi cant way,” explained Th e Agenda producer Daniel Kitts.

“We want to supplement the cover-age that is being put out by other major news organizations and AgendaCamp is a great way of getting out there, getting in touch with people, and fi nding out what they want to discuss.”

U of O master’s student Hillary

Bunchan-Terrell, studying public admin-istration, attended AgendaCamp and found it to be engaging.

“I think it is a really neat idea to get the citizens involved in the process. [On Sunday], we got involved in a discussion about civic engagement and there were a couple of people who thought that meant only voting, and while that is a big part, there are bigger things we have to ad-dress—like how people don’t care about these issues on a general basis,” she ex-plained.

“It was great to bring diff erent per-spectives to the issue,” added Bunchan-Terrell.

Kitts explained that, while students didn’t make up the majority of the par-ticipants due to reading week, they were present and held a strong voice during the event.

“We had some students participate in the economy discussion, and some heavi-ly involved in draft ing the question about

social services. Th ere were students there and they were involved.”

Th e issues discussed during Agen-daCamp were voted on and discussed on live television in order of importance. Th e top three issues revolved around en-ergy, government transparency, and civic engagement and election reform.

Th e common theme among all party representatives was the idea that Ontario needs more public and political partici-pation—whether it was through infor-mation availability, voter participation, or even election reform.

Over the past few years, Th e Agenda has become an outlet for political engage-ment. Th rough social media and work-shops such as AgendaCamp, the show has grown in popularity among younger generations.

“We’re on Facebook [and] Twitter. During the show we are always hosting an online discussion where people can weigh in and collect their thoughts. We

put them on the television screen while the show is in,” said Paikin.

“Th e amazing thing is that most cur-rent aff airs shows are watched by people 50 or older, and yet when I go to universi-ty campuses to meet students, they know the show. And that is wonderful because when I was that age, I was not watching this type of stuff on TV.”

Th e use of technology and local guest panelists is something that was noticed by Buchan-Terrell. It is her belief that the online engagement and the success of AgendaCamp are what makes TVO and Th e Agenda unique and informative, es-pecially come election time.

“You have representatives from all the parties and all the perspectives present. A good crowd came out to see the prod-uct of what they accomplished [at Agen-daCamp]. It’s really informative. Th ey have great guests; they bring on a diverse array of people. Th ere is nothing else like this on TV.”

What’s your political agenda?Steve Paikin comes to Ottawa as part of AgendaCamp, My Vote 2011

AN AVID TWEETER, Steve Paikin could be seen taking pictures of the au-dience and his guest speakers during the live broadcast of Th e Agenda. Current host and editor of Th e Agenda, Paikin’s extensive career in current aff airs spreads across journalism, documentary produc-tion, and professional writing. He has a bachelor of arts from the University of Toronto and a masters in broadcast jour-nalism from Boston University.

Paikin set aside 10 minutes to speak with the Fulcrum while renewing a library book on his laptop. His advice to students: get out there, read, and get involved.

Th e Fulcrum: Th e Agenda seems to con-nect with youth and students more than other media outlets. How do you keep people engaged?

Steve Paikin: One of the things we have done—and youth had shown us the way—is a lot of the social media and in-volvement. Now, of course, we had 4.5 million people download us on their MP3 players last year, so we not only have people watching us within the province of Ontario, but you can live anywhere in the world and get this show. And because young people have a lot of video viewing, either on their computers or MP3 play-ers, it’s the place to be.

Th e University of Ottawa just had their student federation elections and we had a voter turnout of 11 per cent. What would you say to something like that?

I don’t know. It was no diff erent when I went to university 30 years ago. I know that my kids are politically engaged, be-cause as I look over politics I take them to stuff . I think that’s the way it happens: Parents expose their kids to it and it be-comes part of life. So when they get older, it isn’t mysterious—it’s welcoming and fun. I don’t want to say that by the time you get to university it is too late, but it really does start way earlier than that.

How do you prepare for a daily show that has a diff erent topic every week?

Read, read, read, read, read. I do my re-search, call people—just know the mate-rial the best you can. It is diffi cult since you are doing a diff erent show every day. Th e good news is, I have been doing jour-nalism in Ontario for almost 30 years, so I have a decent foundation to approach each program, but there is always new things to learn.

What is it like to moderate a federal election?

Scariest thing I have ever done in my life. You think I’m kidding, but I’m not. Th e Agenda is watched by 100,000–150,000 people a night, and those election de-bates are watched by three million, so if you mess up, everybody knows. It is

a bit tricky because while you are doing the debate, you are trying to make sure everyone gets equal time, listening to the answers in the hopes of asking a useful follow-up question; you have the director or script assistant in your ear telling you what’s going on; you have an eye on the clock. It is tricky, but I have been hon-oured to have done it.

Any advice for students who want to get into this line of work?

Do it! Get involved, get active, read a lot. You don’t have to do it on a partisan point of view; you can do it on an issue, on something, but life is better and more in-teresting when you squeeze as much from the lemon as you possibly can. Don’t wait for someone to hold your hand and show you how to do it—just do it.

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THE AGENDA TAKES OVER ONTARIOHost and editor of Th e Agenda, Steve Paikin engages the public

photo by Rae Landry

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ARTS & CULTURE Charlotte Bailey | [email protected] | (613) 562 5931 9

ARTS&CULTURE

Charlotte Bailey | Fulcrum Staff

OTTAWA NATIVE BROOKS Hunter is using his struggle with mental illness to cre-ate a unique fi lm. His debut

work Kenneyville, which was fi lmed in Ottawa, is a horrifi c mystery movie of conspiracy and mind control.

“Kenneyville is a mad journey of two detectives looking for a missing woman in a small town,” explains Hunter. “Th ey realize that there are brainwashing ac-tivities happening when one of them gets kidnapped and gets brainwashed themselves. Overall, it represents deeper themes—specifi cally, mental health.”

Mental health is something that Hunter has been concerned with since his teen years; he’s been diagnosed with so many ailments that he says he’s not sure if he believes in concrete diagnoses anymore.

“I was [fi rst] diagnosed with depres-sion, and it turned into severe anxiety,” he recalls. “I was actually hospitalized in high school for paranoia, and even psychosis. Th e diagnosis was schizo-eff ective disorder. It turned into bipolar, which has been my diagnosis for the past seven years.”

Hunter remembers that his recovery included admittance into several hos-pitals—one of which was the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, in Ot-tawa—and how traumatic those times were for him.

“It was the feeling of, ‘I’m being hos-pitalized, almost against my will; the doctors are helping me, but it doesn’t feel like it at the time; I’m being forced medication.’ Th e meds really knocked me out, and I wasn’t used to it—major side eff ects took place,” he explains. “It’s the feeling that it’s getting worse.”

Th ese feelings of pain paved the way for Hunter to show how imprisoned the de-tectives felt in Kenneyville.

However, these trapped feelings didn’t start presenting themselves until the fi lm was already mid-production. Hunter states that, in making this hor-ror fi lm, he didn’t immediately connect the script that he had written to his struggle with multiple diagnoses and his road to recovery. As the project be-gan to take form, he noticed themes that he’d encountered while he was trying to come to terms with his illness, and realized that the work was more intro-spective than he’d originally thought. Th is left him with one question: Did he want to produce a piece of work that was proving to be so personally revealing?

“I recently felt, ‘I’m ready for this; I’m going to open up about it, knowing that the movies are starting to work—that it’s going to get to the masses. I have to be ready to open up about my story,’” says Hunter.

Th e next project he has in his sights is another movie with his production company Robanzo Pictures. Th is time, Hunter will continue to speak about his struggles with mental illness in a docu-mentary.

“[It’s] about mental health, and covers my own story,” he explains. “I wanted to create dramatizations that expressed the feeling of what was going on.”

Whether in documentary or fi ctional form, Hunter wants his works to further audience perceptions about living with a mental illness.

“Hopefully what this movie does is give people hope and awareness, and gives people another piece of the puzzle to think about,” he explains. “It ex-presses a unique experience in a creative way.”

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HUNTER HAUNTS AUDIENCES Ottawa fi lmmaker battles demons in brainwashing fi lm

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“Aft er fi ghting—and thankfully win-ning the fi ght—with colon cancer in 2009, he noticed that his ability to battle back from an episode of rhabdomyolysis was decreasing and the pain was no lon-ger going away in between hospital vis-its,” describes Karen McHarg, sales and marketing director for CHUO 89.1 FM. He was recently admitted into emergen-cy care due to medical complications.

“Th ey could not directly relate this issue to his rhabdomyolysis, but contin-ued complications lead us to believe that the visit to the Mayo Clinic is no longer a luxury but is now an urgent necessity. Th is is not cheap,” says McHarg. Th e Mayo Clinic, located in Rochester, Min-nesota, is known for their specialization

in using innovative methods on hard-to-treat diseases. As McHarg states, the cost for these treatments are quite expensive. Because of this, a committee called “Friends of Wizdom” has been formed in hopes of raising some of the funds Wizdom is likely to need during his battle against rhabdomyolysis.

“We are trying to raise $17,000, but we don’t think that will be the end of it,” says McHarg. “All the funds raised will go directly to Mikey’s family to help pay for [his visit to the] Mayo Clinic on March 7, 2011.” On Feb. 12, listeners of CHUO 89.1 FM called in and sponsored a total of $9,000 for the “Friends of Wiz-dom” fundraiser.

“It was an amazing demonstration of

the community and an amazing dem-onstration of what Mikey means to the community,” McHarg states.

Upcoming events include Caravibe; on March 4, those interested can go to Parliament Ultra Club located on York Street, and, with a minimum donation of $10 at the door, they can enjoy a wide variety of DJ’s spinning in Mikey’s hon-our. On March 6, Spades International Barber Shops, located on Bank and Somerset, will be donating all profits made on haircuts to “Friends of Wiz-dom.”

For those interested on making a do-nation, cheques payable to Michael As-sivero may also be mailed directly to the radio station.

Friends of WizdomCommunity reaches out to help radio DJ with medical complications

MICHAEL ASSIVERO, ALSO known

as Mikey Wizdom, is a well-known

member of the Ottawa radio commu-

nity, known from the show Caribbean

Flavor on CHUO 89.1 FM. For over 15

years, Wizdom has been a radio person-

ality, and for seven of them, he has been

battling a rare disease called rhabdomy-

olysis, which aff ects muscles and kid-

neys. Initially, Wizdom found that the

eff ects of the disease were manageable.

Jessica Beddaoui | Fulcrum Staff

It was an amazing demonstration of the community and an

amazing demonstration of what Mikey means to the

community.

—Karen McHarg,

sales and marketing director, CHUO 89.1 FM

Us and OthersPatchworkUnsigned

PATCHWORK IS THE debut release by Toronto indie band Us and Others, and it is cer-tainly a strong debut. Th e al-bum plays well from beginning

to end, maintaining a low-key feel through-out. Th is playlist demonstrates consistency in their sound, but it also makes the album a little melancholy—even boring, at times. Th ough stale, their sound is capable of being pretty catchy should it become less forget-table. I don’t think they’ve quite hit it with their fi rst album, but I expect some great al-bums from Us and Others in the future. Once they’ve refi ned their style, they’ll defi nitely be a band to watch.

—Brennan Bova

featured review

Corinne Bailey RaeThe Love EPEMI Records

IN AN AGE of online romances and speed dating, Corinne Bailey Rae’s latest release, Th e Love EP—a collection of covers unifi ed under a singular “love” theme—seems to be a bit out of place. A grandiose artistic statement it is not, yet Rae’s brazen interpretations do manage to turn out some surprisingly pleasant results. Her rehash of Prince’s “I Wanna Be Your Lover” is particularly infectious, while the deep, sensual interpretation of “Low Red Moon” goes a long way towards recalling the stunning vistas of a wintry desert at midnight. Indeed, the only real weakness on this compilation is the live performance

of “Que Sera Sera”, whose 13-minute length makes listening to it a bit of a chore. Although Lennon was probably right when he said that love couldn’t possibly have been left behind in the Roaring Sixties, Rae’s latest EP does provide strong evidence that it may have taken on a diff er-ent form since then.

—Irving Tan Zhi Mian

Les JupesModern MythsHead in the Sand

WINNIPEG BAND LES Jupes seem to draw on multi-ple infl uences for their new-est album Modern Myths. Unfortunately, these infl u-

ences are things that I wouldn’t have thought should ever go together… and Les Jupes have not proved otherwise. Th ey play a sort of slow, drunken punk rock while their singer sounds rather like Leonard Cohen in both voice and delivery. Imagine Leonard Cohen releasing a punk album. Not pretty, is it? It seems as though their singer is aware of the notes he should be hitting, but has chosen not to—in-stead falling into a static and nearly monotone vocal delivery. Th e album’s fourth track is the only song slow enough for his voical talent to shine, but even this song is ruined with an abrasive saxophone solo. In this instance, abrasive means bad.

—Brennan Bova

album reviews

LCD SoundsystemLondon Sessionsdfa records

THE CREW FROM acclaimed dance-punk band LCD Soundsystem is ending their career on a disap-pointing note with their last release, London Sessions. Th e album is com-

posed of live in-studio recordings of some of their most famous songs to date, including singles “Daft Punk Is Playing at My House”, “All My Friends”, and “Drunk Girls”. Th e way the band has re-recorded these songs may be interesting to some, seeing as they more ac-curately represent the band’s live sound than their previous studio recordings. Th is would have been a relevant promotion tool if the band hadn’t broken up. While the album is pleasant and certainly a good way to in-troduce a new listener to the band’s upbeat, dance-inspiring strangeness, it doesn’t off er anything substantial for the long-time fan be-yond a bit of in-studio jam and a way to remi-nisce about the band’s existence.

—Chase Patterson

10 | arts&culture thefulcrum.ca | March 3–9, 2011

Frank HorvatA Little Dark MusicUnsigned

FRANK HORVAT’S A Little Dark Music is a collection of introspective solo piano movements inspired by diff erent world issues—for example, the origins of a light and sporadic

piece entitled “Working with the Sun” came from solar power projects for schools in Af-rica. Currently touring under the banner of “Th e Green Keys” to help raise awareness and funds for sustainable living, Frank Hor-vat’s music passionately refl ects his feelings about environmental endeavours. Horvat’s technique is eclectic, experimenting with a wide range of tones and moods, from the light-hearted opener to the more somber. Th is somber sound is heard best on the piece “Th e Week Aft er”, which deals with the theme of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Th ough Horvat’s movements are varied, they sometimes lack punctuation and the music will take an unex-pected and erratic leap. Overall, Horvat dis-plays great talent, and we can only expect him to improve as he refi nes his art.

—Mathias MacPhee

arts&culture | 11thefulcrum.ca | March 3–9, 2011


SHAKESPEARE WOULD HAVE been proud—as it turns out, large gatherings for people to express themselves through poetry isn’t a dead practice. In fact, it’s one that’s being revived by local Ottawa artists for VERSeFest, an all-encompass-ing event that bring poets of all kinds to-gether to celebrate their works.

“We’re really having this renaissance of local poetry [in Ottawa],” explains Jes-sica Ruano, one of the event organizers. Ruano is also involved with many poetry events in Ottawa, and worked with other organizers to create a celebration of local poetry.

“Th e idea was to collaborate with these 14 poetry series in Ottawa,” she explains. “With this new festival, we’re showing what we have locally, and [that] the 14 series have been doing a lot of great work.” Each of the groups will put on special events for festival-goers each night from March 8 to 13. According to Ruano, the events will of-

fer something for everyone interested in listening to, or creating, poetry.

“Each series has total control over the event that they’re putting on,” she says, explaining that the diff erent se-ries have unique skills to share.

“One series chose to put on a poetry slam, another one is doing a masterclass with two very well-known poets,” she says. “We’re going to have workshops for youth; we’re going to have feature presen-tations; we’re going to have a songwriter’s fest, a haiku event—it’s a lot of diversity.”

Among these poets will be the 2010 Capital Slam Team champions, local sound poet J.W. Curry, and the group Oneness Poetry Collective, who will orchestrate the only bilingual event of the week.

Although the festival aims to unite anyone and everyone interested in learn-ing more about poetry, Ruano hopes that VERSeFest will hold a special appeal to students.

“Students especially love these types of

events because it gives an outlet for them to express themselves by listening and participating,” she explains. “[Students] can fi nd it’s a very encouraging atmo-sphere. It’s nice because, unlike some art forms, you have a very direct connection to the artist on stage. It’s very easy to in-teract with them, to meet with them, to ask them questions. It’s a very communal environment.”

Tickets are currently on sale, with nightly passes being sold for $10.50, and festival passes costing $40. All the events will take place in the Arts Court (2 Daly Ave.), with two events happening each night. For more information, visit versefest.ca

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STUDENTS WILL HAVE the oppor-tunity to see the face of prejudice this month when the Drama Guild presents Th e Jew of Malta from March 8 to 12. Th e play was written by Christopher Marlowe and is being directed by the U of O professor Tibor Egervari, who felt personally drawn to the production.

“I was born in Budapest in 1938, be-fore the war,” says Egervari. “I am a Jew, and half of my family perished in the

Shoa. So I was interested in the way Jews and other racial minorities or ‘enemies’ are portrayed.”

Egervari has been studying anti-Semitism in theatre for a number of years now, looking specifi cally at Shake-speare’s Th e Merchant of Venice, which was inspired by Marlowe’s play. He even wrote his own version of the script, called Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice in Auschwitz.

“I was interested in the way anti-Sem-itism has evolved over the centuries,” he

explains. “Th e Jew of Malta is a very an-ti-Semitic play, but it’s a very beautifully written play—it’s a very good theatre. One is torn between the admiration for this play and the condemnation of rac-ism.”

Egervari wants to show audiences what anti-Semitism looks like, while forcing them to consider issues of cultural iden-tity with a deeper understanding of what they mean. Although the play promises a few good laughs, the production aims to remind the audience of the horrors of discrimination, with slides depicting the products of anti-Semitism in the lobby of the theatre hall. Th e Guild is also generat-ing dialogue about these issues during the show by encouraging patrons to engage with others.

“Th eatre is about social communica-tion, and nowadays, theatres are used to

cutting out this communication,” says Egervari. “You go to the theatre [and] you are told to shut up, not unwrap your candies, and just to see the show, ap-plaud, and go home. But theatre is about people getting together to talk about it. If you just see the show, you won’t re-member it [as well]. During the show, you will be able to text, tweet, and basi-cally say what you think about [it].”

He says that because it’s from a diff er-ent time, Th e Jew of Malta will not have a modern feel to it; however, it will be no less powerful because of that.

“Th is is very end-of-the-16th cen-tury—it’s much more free, violent, straightforward,” he explains. “Maybe it’s not politically correct. I know that it’s anti-Semitic, but at the same time, [anti-Semitism] exists, and I have to take notice that it exists. It’s a good play.”

Jewish director produces anti-Semitic play

THE JEW OF MALTA Drama explores Jewish representation

Professor pushes students to generate dialogue on issues of ‘enemy’ portrayal

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IAN KETEKU, CHRISTINE MCNAIR, J.W. CURRY ALL SHARE THEIR POETRY AT VERSeFest

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What is the Human Genome Project?

Th e Human Genome Project began in 1990 and quickly evolved into a col-laboration of over 1,000 scientists from various countries, participating in an endeavour to determine the nucleotide sequence for every chromosome in the human body. In other words, they were attempting to break the code of informa-tion in human DNA and learn where the genes exist within this massive molecule of information.

Initially, the sequencing process was done with a “gradual, deliberate ap-proach,” according to Doug Campbell, professor of biology at Mount Allison University (Mt. A).

“Th e plan was to organize a large col-laboration to plot out a map of the genetic and physical organization of the genome, and then, starting from known sites, fi ll in the actual sequence.

“Th is was simply a more systematic version of what scientists were already

doing; sequencing genes and small re-gions of the chromosome based on their particular interests.”

However, one intrepid scientist named Craig Venter, devised a new method for genome sequencing, one which he called the Shotgun Approach.

“Th e fastest approach was to frag-ment the genome, randomly, into man-ageably sized pieces, sequence them, and use computers to re-assemble the puzzle pieces of sequence into an over-all genome,” explained Campbell. “Th is shotgun approach rapidly generated most of the sequence, while the gradual mapping approach directed eff orts to fi ll in the gaps that were not successfully covered.”

Th e method was adopted for the proj-ect and delivered extraordinary results, allowing the sequencing to move ahead of schedule; it was Venter and his team that wrote the paper published in Sciencethe day aft er the Human Genome Project published in Nature.

SACKVILLE, N.B. (CUP) — IT WAS 10 years ago in February that the science jour-

nals Nature and Science published the fi rst rough draft s of the human genome project.

Nature published its 62-page article titled “Initial sequencing and analysis of the hu-

man genome” on Feb. 15, 2001. It marked the Human Genome Project’s fi rst release of

a complete draft sequence of the chemical base pairs that make up our DNA. Science

published their 50-page article titled “Th e Sequence of the Human Genome” the next

day. Former U.S. president Bill Clinton called it the “most important, most wondrous

map ever produced by humankind,” and for then U.K. prime minister Tony Blair, it

was a “breakthrough that takes humankind across a frontier and into a new era.”

Matt Collett | The Argosy (Mount Allison University)

1991

First Genome Centres in the U. S. opened.

1994

Human Genome Project meets human

genetic mapping goal

1995

Human Genome Project meets human physical mapping

goal.

Haemophilus Infl uenzae is sequenced, making it the fi rst

bacterial genome mapped.

1996

Release of fi rst-ever human

gene map.

Human Genome Project

meets mouse genetic

mapping goal.

Delving into our DNAThe Human Genome Project, a decade later

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Moving right along

In a testament to the true power of col-laboration, the technology involved with DNA sequencing has advanced immea-surably since the dawn of the Genome Project. In fact, as Campbell puts it, “Ro-bot sequencing facilities are turning out entire genomes faster than scientists can study them.”

Th is has resulted in the development of entirely new sectors focused exclu-sively on data management and analysis.

In 2000, it was announced that a rough draft of the human genome was complete. Months later, Nature and Sci-ence published the fi rst detailed look at the genome; the entire world was made privy to the project that promised mira-cles in the biomedical sciences and fun-damental changes in the way we under-stand ourselves in relation to other living organisms.

Even though the genome wasn’t en-tirely complete, scientists were already

learning things that had never been known prior to the project’s fi rst publica-tion.

“I remember that one of the big sur-prises was the number of genes encoded by the genome,” recalled Dr. Charles Bullerwell of the biochemistry depart-ment at Mt. A. “As I recall, the human genome was estimated to have around 130,000 genes—many more than mice and other mammals.

“When it was announced that the number of genes would be likely some-where less than 30,000, it was quite a shock to me that the experts would be so far off the mark.”

Using the genome to our advantage

Now, a decade later, we still hope the ge-nome off ers answers to such questions as what predisposes us to diseases, why we age and die, and how genetic informa-tion codes form the many cell and tissue types in our bodies. However, much work

is still needed before we begin to see de-fi nitive answers.

“Many of these questions require much more information than just the se-quence of nucleotides from each chromo-some of one human being,” elaborated Bullerwell. “For example, each individual has a unique version of the genome, thus the project will never really be complet-ed; indeed, companion projects exist to study such things as the polymorphisms in genomes from people from diff erent

regions of the world.”Perhaps the greatest impact of the Hu-

man Genome Project’s work up until this point is one that rests in its very nature as an open and free resource to the world’s scientists. It has provided the opportu-nity to investigate biological phenomena in what Nature designates “a comprehen-sive, unbiased, hypothesis-free manner.”

All of the sequencing is available on the Internet, which has resulted in wide-spread international cooperation and

advancement. Looking forward, it is this strength toward collaboration that off ers a bright future. In fact, scientists are already vigorously pursuing cheap methods of genome sequencing for wide-spread use in the medical community.

Still some work to do

Scientists still have a long road ahead, however, in terms of comprehending the full depth of information held within the genome sequence and discovering ad-ditional variations that are not yet fully understood. Th e stakes are high, but the potential outcomes of genomics are un-fathomable.

As Francis Collins, director of the National Institute of Health and leader of the Human Genome Project said, “I think it’s fair to say that history will look back on the sequencing of the human genome as the most signifi cant achieve-ment of humankind in science up until that point.” f

...it’s fair to say that history will look back on the sequencing of the human genome as the most signifi cant achievement of

humankind in science...

—Francis Collins,

2001

First draft of human

genome sequence

published in Science and

Nature magazines.

1997

Escherichia coli, or E. Coli, genome is sequenced.

French national genome sequencing centre,

Genoscope, opens.

1998

A total of 30,000 genes are incorporated into the

existing human genome map.

Centers for genomic research open in Beijing,

Shanghai, and across Japan.

1999

Beginning of full-scale

human sequencing .

First human chromosome

sequence is completed.

leader of the Human Genome Project

14 | arts&culture thefulcrum.ca | March 3–9, 2011

THE UPCOMING WEEKS are prom-ising a bunch of can’t-miss concerts—Lady Gaga, Yukon Blonde, and Electric Six included. I love concerts, and more especially, I love mosh pits. Having said that, anyone who’s been in a mosh pit has had at least one bad experience. To help novice concert-goers (and even veteran concert-goers) not piss off fellow mosh-ers, I’ve created my 10 mosh pit com-mandments.

1. Th ou shalt not push your way to the front. If there’s no one in front of you, go as close up as you’d like. But don’t elbow people out of the way trying to get to the stage, pulling your friend in tow, because people will hate you. Especially those who got to the concert early enough to get good spots, who are now being forced to the back of the pit by you.

2. Th ou shalt not complain about how tall the people are in front of you. If they’re in front of you, it’s because they got there earlier than you. If you have to, move. But I’m not going to move to the back because I’m 5’8” and you didn’t get here on time.

3. Th ou shalt not get mad when people bump into you. You will get pushed; your toes will get stepped on; you will have someone singing in your ear. If you have issues with personal space, buy a seat in-stead of a standing ticket.

4. Th ou shalt not bring a huge back-pack. Bumping into someone or stepping on someone’s toes is acceptable. Dancing around with a purse or backpack swing-ing around is not. Although bumping is unavoidable, a big bag can be a huge haz-ard. Leave it at home.

5. Th ou shalt be discreet about your drugs. Please stop screaming about how

high you are. Stop off ering me pills. Stop lighting up a joint inside (they’re called brownies, people). Just stop, because se-curity will come over, and it’ll totally ruin the song I’m listening to.

6. Th ou shalt feel free to sing, provided you know the words. Singing is so awe-some when it’s done by 300 people in uni-son. But learn the lyrics—it’s too distract-ing otherwise.

7. If you can’t stand the hits, thou shalt GTFO of the tornado. Some people enjoy rough dancing; in every rock mosh pit, dancing people inevitably start hitting and punching each other, causing the pit to turn into a swarm I call a “torna-do”. It’ll only last for a few minutes, but it won’t help if you just stand there and hope it goes away. Move your ass unless you want to get seriously maimed.

8. Th ou shalt body surf—once. Please do this safely. Also, be sure to do it once only—you don’t want to be that one per-son whose life goal it is to be carried by random people through the whole con-cert. Trust me when I say people will get sick of you constantly demanding them to hold you up.

9. Th ou shalt not just stand around tak-ing pictures. So, you sneaked your camera past security. Very clever. But do you real-ly want to be the idiot standing complete-ly still fi lming the whole concert while everyone around you is having fun? Make memories instead of recording the songs.

10. Th ou shalt have fun. Cheesy and completely contradictory to everything I’ve just written here, but don’t let anyone ruin your good time!

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Charlotte’s 10 mosh pit commandments

Charlotte BaileyArts & Culture Editor

SnapshotCHUO TOP 10 CHART FEBRUARY

1. My Dad Vs. Yours, Little

Symphonies

2. The Decemberists, The King

is Dead

3. Braids, Native Speaker

4. Destroyer, Kaputt

5. The White Wires, The White

Wires II

6. Seefeel, Seefeel

7. The Go! Team, Rolling

Blackouts

8. Disappears, Guider

9. Jenn Grant, Honeymoon

Punch

10. Slam Dunk, The Shivers

CHOICE GRADE

A MODERN DAY tribute to classic rock, Choice Grade is everything a rock n’ roll band should be. High in energy and true to their roots, the Ottawa based rock/blues band delivers a refreshingly classic sound, with a Canadian twist. With mu-sical infl uences like Deep Purple, Kings of Leon, and Joel Plaskett, the fi ve-piece band blends soulful vocals and drives electric sounds to create their distinc-tively upbeat sound—the kind of rock to which people actually want to dance.

Choice Grade formed in 2008, and has had tremendous success in the past few years. In 2009, they won the wild card vote in the Supernova Battle of the Bands and the grand prize in the Ener-gizer national Rock Out & Win contest. With the release of their fi rst EP, It’s a Lifestyle, the band is ready to take its next big step. Choice Grade plans on applying to the 2011 Live 88.5 FM Big Money Shot.

KAREN BAILEY

KAREN BAILEY LOVES to paint peo-ple. Oft en featuring behind-the-scenes workers and under-recognized people, the Ottawa born painter compliments her impressionist style with a sense of realism. Appointed military artist, Bailey travelled to Afghanistan to work with Canadian military medical person-nel, which gave way to her series Triage.

In her most recent collection, Bailey depicts the life of friends and family members, as well as the paraphernalia of tea. Inspired by pre-WWII photographs of extended family discovered in her at-tic, tea/leaves showcases the important role of tea, in both bringing people to-gether and tearing them apart. Her work can be described as an exploration of humanity; Bailey paints what she sees while exploring diff erent emotions and colourful palettes, as well as new angles (check out New Directions).

spotlight onMichelle Ferguson | Fulcrum Staff

Looks like: Van Gogh meets Monet (for tea).

Check it out: Karen Bailey’s series Triage is currently featured in the Canadian War Museum’s exposition A Brush With War: Military Art from Korea to Afghanistan, until March 20th. Her other works, including tea/leaves, can be found at karenbailey.ca.

Sounds like: The Arkells crashing a jam session between Liam Gallagher and the Beatles.

Check it out: Their music can be found on YouTube under “Choice Grade”. For more info, check out myspace.com/choicegrade.

CHUO TOP 10 CHART FEBRUARY

SPORTS EDITOR | Jaehoon Kim | [email protected] | (613) 562 5260

SPORTS 15

Jumping over her obstaclesA Gee-Gee’s story about persevering through kidney disease

Chainey developed a passion for track and fi eld at the age of 16, and al-though she received no proper training or coaching, her techniques came natu-rally as she delivered jumps of 161 cen-timetres. For Chainey, a jumper blessed with strong acceleration and sprinting abilities, this was just the start to her promising athletic career.

“To do provincials and competitions [in track and fi eld] you have to jump 155 centimetres. I didn’t have the right techniques when I was 16 and I don’t know where the passion came from,” said Chainey. “But with the Gee-Gees, I have the right techniques and I have more support.”

Chainey’s competitive drive equipped her to face various obstacles that came her way, but nothing could have pre-pared her for the challenge of her life. It all happened in Spain 10 years ago when she was training and learning Spanish. She started to notice a strange weight gain that left her feeling dizzy and inca-pable of walking up the stairs. Although Chainey was training hard to shed off the weight, she had trouble doing so. She eventually learned that the problem was

more than just a few pounds; it was a kidney failure.

“I went to clinics and hospitals and I couldn’t believe the results,” said Chain-ey. “My creatine was high, which indi-cated kidney failure, my blood pressure was 220, and I was lucky to still be alive at that point.”

Chainey began using dialysis and plasmapheresis for platelets treatment. But soon enough, things got even worse:she couldn’t walk, brush her hair, or en-gage in other normal daily activities.

“Next thing you know, my lungs stopped working for a bit, my kidney was failing, and I was intoxicated by my

own blood,” explained Chainey. “Th e hospital didn’t think I would make it and they phoned my parents to come say their goodbyes.”

But Chainey was born a winner and not a quitter. A month aft er her diagno-sis, Chainey travelled back to Canada to continue her treatments. She depended on a wheelchair for the next four years of her life.

“Th e treatments drain you and with the relapse I dropped to 103 pounds with no muscle. I never questioned why this happened; there was always some-thing I had to fi ght for, it was always to stay alive,” said Chainey.

Jumping became a metaphor for Chainey’s life. Th e higher she aimed towards her goal of recovery, the more she was able to overcome her illness. She began training again in 2004, and slowly gained enough strength and muscle to work her way back up to being one of the top jumpers at the U of O. She thanked her team for providing her with the sup-port that she needed to push herself, and her coaches for not treating her diff er-ently from other athletes.

“My team has been amazing with my case, and not every team would accept that,” said Chainey.

Although Chainey recalled many dif-fi culties in training while on treatment, she credited her competitive edge and stubbornness for her ability to perse-vere. Chainey recently competed at the Ontario provincial championships and is looking forward to making the Cana-dian fi nals next year.

“I’ve always been super ambitious. I can’t change that. I’m on dialysis but I can’t sit at home and be awful about it,” she said. “Th e doctors didn’t think I would make it, but I’m here and I’m com-peting; it’s the best experience ever.”

ALL ATHLETES

NEED to have a

competitive drive in

order to achieve victory

in sporting battles. For

Gee-Gees high jumper

Marie-Eve Chainey,

her competitive nature

has allowed her to

fi ght off a diff erent

kind of enemy—

kidney disease.

Tamara Tarchichi | Fulcrum Staff

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photo courtesy the UOttawa Gazette

My creatine was high, which indicated kidney failure, my blood pressure was 220, and I was lucky to still

be alive at that point.

—Marie-Eve ChaineyGee-Gees high jumper

Hometown: Kapuskasing, Ont.

Program: Nursing

Year of studies: third year

Height: Five feet nine inches

2010 City of Ottawa’s Special Recognition of Athletic Achievement Award winner

Had over 800 blood transfusions since 2001

One of 1.9 million Canadians

with chronic kidney disease

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ON FEB. 19, the Gee-Gees women’s volleyball team (13-6) hosted its fi rst home playoff game in three years. Th eir opponents? Th e Queen’s Golden Gaels (12-7), a team that Ottawa already beat at Montpetit Hall on Feb. 9 by a score of 3-1. Once again, the Gees’ powerful off ence and solid blocking proved to be too much for Queen’s, resulting in a 3-0 Ottawa victory.

Despite the sweep, the match was hard-fought and closely contested throughout. Rookie Myriam English started off the fi rst set with one of her patented thunderous spikes to give the Gees an early lead. Th e Gaels battled back, capitalizing off of Ottawa’s errors to take a 23-21 advantage late in the fi rst set. But just when it looked like the Gees had lost momentum, Ottawa scored four straight points, thanks to strong blocks from middle Kelsie English—who was later named the player of the match. Th e Gees won the fi rst set 25-23.

“I think, more than anything, our blocking did it today,” said Gees head coach Lionel Woods. “More than serv-ing and our attacks, our blocking made a diff erence in what [Queen’s] could do. It’s why Kelsie won the player of the game; she was outstanding on the blocks.”

Th e second set was just as back-and-forth as the fi rst. Ottawa was able to pull out another nail-biting 25-23 win. Soph-omore Laura Carmanico contributed seven kills in the set; her attacks were eff ective without being overpowering.

In the third and fi nal set, Ottawa was able to win a couple of crucial points aft er long, exhausting rallies. Kelsie English scored fi ve points off of blocks and Carmanico ended the match with a skillful kill, allowing the Gees to win 25-20.

“Every time we have an important match, they just love to compete,” said Woods. “Th ese guys just go to another level with adrenaline.”

“I’m just so proud of the whole team. Everyone did their part in this game;

this win belongs to everybody,” said fi ft h-year setter Tess Edwards.

Th anks to the win against Queen’s, Ottawa qualifi ed for the Ontario Final Four tournament, held at the University of Guelph, Feb. 25–26. In the semifi nals, Ottawa faced the host Guelph Gryphons (16-3), the number one seeded team in the conference. Th e Gryphons won the match in straight sets, 25-17, 25-21, 25-17. Th e Gees were overwhelmed by a Guelph squad playing on home court; rookie Kayla Bell Hammond scored 10 points to lead the team.

Due to the loss, Ottawa was relegated to the bronze medal match, held the very next day. Facing a familiar foe in the York Lions (14-5), the Gees came up with a 3-1 victory, ensuring that they would not return to Ottawa empty-handed. In her fi nal university volley-ball match, Edwards fi nished with 50 assists, 12 digs, and nine points. Th is marks the Gee-Gees’ fourth provincial bronze medal in the history of the wom-en’s volleyball program.

Women’s volleyballChris Radojewski | Fulcrum Staff

THE OTTAWA MEN’S hockey team made great progress compared to last season by making the playoff s as the eighth seed in the Ontario East division. In the fi rst game of the playoff series against top-seeded Mc-Gill (24-2-2), the Gee-Gees (11-14-3) suf-fered a heartbreaking 2-1 loss on the road. On Feb. 18, the pressure was on for the Gees, who had to win at the Sports Com-plex to stay alive in the best-of-three series.

Within the fi rst six minutes of the game, two pucks went past rookie goalie Harrison May into the Gee-Gees net. Th e defence for the Gees seemed a little off , which allowed the McGill team to use simple, rudimentary manoeuvres to put points on the board.

By the end of the fi rst period, McGill was up 6-0. “We put ourselves in a hole really early and we had to battle back,” said fi rst-year forward Kyle Ireland, who scored a hat trick in the game.

Veteran goalie Aaron Barton came out to play goal for the rest of the game, re-

placing May. Th e Gee-Gees defence start-ed to play better as well. Th ough McGill scored two more goals during the second period, Ottawa put three in the back of the McGill net, cutting their defi cit to 8-3.

Th e beginning of the third period gave some hope for Gee-Gees fans as Ottawa scored twice in the fi rst 10 minutes. Howev-er, McGill responded again to take a 9-5 lead.

Th e rest of the game was fi lled with physical play from both teams, as the bad blood boiled over between the two sides. It resulted in roughing penalties for each squad. Th e Gee-Gees continued to play hard for the rest of the period with many scoring opportunities.

In the end, McGill scored the last goal on an empty net, making the fi nal score 10-5. Gees head coach Dave Ledger said, “I fi nd that it [was] a shocking game that we scored fi ve goals aft er being down 6-0. It’s too bad. It’s over for us [now], but that is a window into where the future lies.” McGill advanced to the second round of the playoff s while the Gee-Gees will start planning for next season.


NEEDING TWO VICTORIES in the fi -nal weekend of the regular season to earn a playoff berth, the Gee-Gees women’s hockey team fell just short of their goal. Aft er beating the Montreal Carabins (8-8-4) 5-3 at the Sports Complex on Feb. 19, the Gee-Gees visited the Carleton Ravens (7-8-5) the very next day and lost 2-1. As a result, Carleton edged out Ottawa for the fourth and fi nal playoff spot in the Quebec conference.

Th e Gees played like a desperate team against Montreal and it paid off early with fourth-year defender Michelle Snowden opening up the scoring just three minutes into the game. Montreal replied with two quick markers to briefl y take the lead, but fourth-year captain Érika Pouliot scored a power-play goal late in the fi rst period to even the score at two.

Ottawa dominated their foes in the second period, as the Gees had numerous chances to score from the beginning of the frame. Fift h-year graduating centre Kayla Hottot scored on the power-play early in the period; she would add another goal

before the end of the second. Aft er forty minutes of play, Ottawa led 5-3—second-year forward Fannie Desforges had the other goal for the Gees on a two-on-one breakaway chance. Rookie goaltender Tia Marley made some crucial saves in the third period to preserve Ottawa’s lead.

“All the big guns like Hottot, Pouliot, Desforges, and Snowden really played well tonight and made a big diff erence,” said Ottawa head coach Yanick Evola. In particular, Hottot added two assists for a four-point match in the fi nal home game of her university career.

“We have a 50-50 chance tomorrow against Carleton on the road. Th ey have the momentum and they’re at home. Th ey were resting today and we played today so we have to make sure that we maintain the emotion level [from] tonight,” said Evola.

Th e next day, Ottawa fell to the cross-town Ravens, despite peppering the Car-leton net with 38 shots. With the score at 2-1 late in the game, Ottawa attempted a comeback by pulling its goalie, but was unable to score on the Ravens netminder. Ottawa fi nished fi ft h in the Quebec con-ference with a 7-12-1 record.

Women’s hockey

Men’s hockey

How did the Gee-Gees fare over reading week?ALL FIVE WINTER varsity teams were involved

in exciting games during reading week. Four of

them made the playoff s; both basketball teams

are still on the hunt for a national championship,

while the women’s volleyball team won an OUA

bronze medal. Here is the Fulcrum’s recap of how

each team fared during the winter break.

FIGHTING TIL THE ENDGee-Gees hockey and volleyball teams were unable to stave off elimi-nation during reading week

photos by Alex Martin

ALL F

in exciti

sports | 17thefulcrum.ca | March 3–9, 2011

Serge Lafontaine and Jaehoon Kim | Fulcrum Staff

AN ELECTRIC CROWD and high inten-sity basketball was on display Feb. 23 at Montpetit Hall as the Laurentian Voyagers (7-15) took on the Gee-Gees in the Ontar-io East men’s basketball quarterfi nals. Th e Gee-Gees (11-11) surged out of the gate in the fi rst quarter and ran away with the lead aft er halft ime, conquering the sixth-seeded Voyageurs, 83-77.

Th ird-year guard Warren Ward went straight to work from the start of the game. His length and poise allowed him to go up-and-under for picturesque layups. Ward was also able to hit turnaround jumpers that capped an 11-0 Gees run in the fi rst quarter. But still, Ottawa could not con-tain the two-headed Voyageur monster that was Manny and Isiah Pasquale. Th e brothers dissected the Gees’ defence and controlled the off ensive pace in the second quarter as they combined for 21 points. Laurentian led 42-39 at halft ime.

It was time for the Gees to make adjust-ments.

“He got us fi red up,” said Ward of Gees head coach James Derouin’s halft ime speech.

And the Gees came out scorching hot aft er the intermission. Th ey tightened up on defence and spread around the scor-ing. All fi ve starters fi nished in double fi gures, including rookie guard Johnny

Berhanemeskel, who fi nished with 12 points and six rebounds in his fi rst playoff appearance. Ottawa veteran centre Louis Gauthier manhandled Laurentian’s interior defence, scoring 21 points. And fi ttingly, it was Ward who hit a dagger three-pointer in the fourth quarter, halting a fi nal Voya-geur push. Ward was the game’s top scorer, with 24 points.

“Five starters in double fi gures; that’s what you want in the playoff s,” said Der-ouin. And what exactly was said at halft ime to energize the team?

“I won’t repeat it, that’s for sure. But we just talked about our defensive intensity. We got comfortable and we got laid back [in the second quarter].”

On Feb. 26, Ottawa travelled to the University of Toronto (14-8) to face the

Varsity Blues in an Ontario East semifi -nals matchup. Aft er Toronto scored on the opening possession, Ottawa fi nished the fi rst quarter on a 27-7 run, thanks to third-year guard Jacob Gibson-Bascombe’s three treys. Ward and Berhanemeskel were also off ensive threats for the Gees, combining for 10 three-pointers and 42 total points. Ottawa maintained at least a 15-point lead throughout the game in a 85-60 blowout road win.

“Even when we were 1-6, I knew that we were getting better. I tried to tell everyone that we were still in a good place and the guys believed in it,” said Derouin. “We kept getting better and I couldn’t be happier right now.”

“It feels amazing. Everything we’ve been through this season up until this point, just to get this big win in the playoff s, it feels really good for our team,” said Ber-hanemeskel. “We defi nitely kept fi ghting [all year]. We’re going to keep working in Hamilton next weekend.”

With the victory, Ottawa is now moving on to the Ontario Final Four tournament on March 4, hosted by McMaster Uni-versity. Th e Gees will play the Lakehead Th underwolves (17-5) in the semifi nals at 6 p.m., while Carleton (22-0) and Laurier (13-9) will battle in the other matchup. A win against Lakehead (nationally televised on Th e Score) will give Ottawa a berth into the 2011 Canadian Interuniversity Sport Championships.


THE GEE-GEES WOMEN’S basketball team had an extremely busy reading week as they slogged through a gruelling sched-ule that saw them play four games in just nine days. In the end, Ottawa won three matches, but lost a crucial playoff game to their cross-town rival Carleton Ravens (18-4). As a result, the Gees’ chances of landing a berth in the Canadian Interuni-versity Sport (CIS) Championships are still alive—but just barely.

Ottawa (14-8) fi nished off its regular season schedule at home against the Ra-vens on Feb. 19. Aft er trailing by twenty points midway through the second quar-ter, the Gees began an improbable come-back thanks to fourth-year star centre Hannah Sunley-Paisley. Sunley-Paisley had a dominant performance against the Ravens, scoring 25 points and adding 22 rebounds in 39 minutes of play. Ottawa forced the game into overtime and eventu-ally claimed a hard-fought 72-68 victory, avenging their double-overtime loss at the 2011 Capital Hoops Classic.

Four days later, the third-seeded Gees faced the sixth-seeded York Lions (7-15) in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) East quarterfi nals, held at Montpetit Hall. Ottawa jumped out to a 21-13 lead at the end of the fi rst quarter but the feisty Lions clawed within three points by the end of the third frame. But once again, Sunley-Paisley’s 26 points and 18 rebounds were simply too much for the visiting York Li-ons. Th e Gees won 67-53 to advance to the OUA East Final Four, hosted by the Uni-versity of Toronto.

On Feb. 26, the Gee-Gees and the Ra-vens met in a playoff match for the third

time in the past three years at the OUA East semifi nals. Aft er suff ering heart-breaking defeats to Ottawa for the past two post-seasons, Carleton fi nally won the latest instalment of the “Canal War” by a score of 65-51. Ottawa led 20-13 aft er the fi rst quarter thanks to third-year forward Jenna Gilbert’s 10 points, but the Gees al-lowed the Ravens to take a 35-31 lead into the break aft er a 15-2 Carleton run.

“We weren’t ready today. Our young kids had some problems in this one. We had 11 turnovers at the point guard posi-tion and obviously you’re not going to win a lot of games [this way],” said Gees head coach Andy Sparks aft er the loss.

Carleton’s veteran guards Alyson Bush and Jessica Resch combined for 30 points and 13 rebounds while playing solid de-fensive games. Sunley-Paisley had a quiet game against the Ravens, scoring just six points and fi ve rebounds; the only bright spot for Ottawa was Gilbert, who had 19 points and nine rebounds.

“Our execution wasn’t where it needed to be. Th e better team defi nitely won that one,” said Sparks. “We’ve got to win to-morrow or we’re done for the season now.”

With the season hanging in the balance, the Gees faced the Ryerson Rams (10-12) in the OUA East bronze medal match on Feb. 27. Despite trailing 25-24 at halft ime, Ottawa never lost its composure in a 67-56 victory. Sunley-Paisley fared much better against the Rams, scoring 19 points and 15 rebounds while Gilbert added 18 points and 15 rebounds.

Th e Gees will now visit the Western Mustangs (19-3) on March 5 for the OUA fi ft h-place match; the winner is guaran-teed a berth in the CIS Regionals round of the Championships. f f

Men’s basketball

Women’s basketballphotos by Rah Saneie

Even when we were 1-6, I knew that we were getting better. I tried to tell everyone that we were still in a good

place and the guys believed in it.

SUCCESS ON THE HARDCOURTOttawa’s basketball teams combined to go 4-1 in playoff matches

—James Derouin,Gees head coach

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Marco Walker-Ng | Fulcrum Contributor

IT’S TIME TO shed some light on a drink that is oft en neglected in favour of other “cooler” drinks. I’m not sure if everyone knows this, but drinking water is prob-ably more important than anything else in the world. Yes, even more important than updating your Facebook status for the third time today though I’m really jealous that you got front row seats to the Justin Bieber concert. So here is the down-low on H2O.

Water fuels your cells and therefore your entire bodyAround 60 per cent of your body is made up of water. Any sort of dehydra-

tion makes the human machine run a bit slower. Studies have shown that an ath-lete’s performance can decrease simply by being two per cent dehydrated. Try to think of something that the body does. Chances are drinking water can help. Lacking energy? Chug some water!

Water helps fl ush out toxins from the bodyTh at is what happens when you pee. You are getting rid of waste. Th e more you drink, the more toxic waste you excrete.

Water has no caloriesTh is makes it the ideal drink if you are trying to stay trim. One of the simplest ways to cut out a whole lot of useless calo-ries is to focus on drinking only water for

beverages. Try drinking a glass of water when you are really hungry or craving something sweet like juice. It is amazing how fast that craving goes away.

Some tips to consider when drinking water:

How much do I drink?A good measure is the colour of your urine. Medieval? Yes. Eff ective? Hell yes. Urine should be clear if you are well hy-drated. Be wary, however, as the more water you drink, the more trips you will need to take to the washroom. If you are the numbers type, take your weight and divide it by two. Drink that number in ounces of water per day. So a 145-pound female should drink 72.5 ounces of H2O a day. If you are an athlete or someone who exercises very frequently, you may need to drink even more water. Marco Walker-Ng is a personal trainer and a strength coach for the Gee-Gees’ soccer, football, and volleyball varsity teams. His blog can be found at marcoathletics.com.

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• Don’t waste your money on vitamin water. Th is is one of those health gim-micks I referred to in a previous article. Th e amount of vitamins in the water is negligible. Also, some contain sugar and sweeteners, two things that we have a beef with.

• Pack a water bottle and make it metal or glass. Your water bottle is your insur-ance policy when you get thirsty! If it is metal or glass, you won’t get all those nasty PCB’s you hear about all the time from plastics. Your non-mutated chil-dren will thank you! Reuse the glass jars you get with pasta sauces or other


DESPITE THE FACT that several mem-bers of the swim team fell victim to the fl u, the Gee-Gees turned in an admi-rable performance at the University of Calgary, Feb. 24 to 26. Competing at the 2011 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Swimming Championships, the men’s team fi nished in 10th place over-all, while the women placed 12th. Ot-tawa picked up three medals at the com-petition, including the team’s fi rst ever nationals gold medal—won by third-year swimmer Matt Hawes in the 200-m backstroke event.

On day one of the Championships, a depleted Gee-Gees squad got off to a relatively slow start. Hampered by ill-ness, Ottawa only managed to earn three top ten fi nishes on the fi rst day of the competition. Hawes fi nished in seventh

in the 50-m backstroke, while teammate Adam Best set a personal record in the same event and fi nished ninth. Th e men’s 400-m freestyle relay team—headlined by Hawes and Best—almost reached the podium with a sixth place fi nish; they did manage to set a new school record.

Hawes fi nally broke through for Ot-tawa’s fi rst medal on day two: a silver medal in the men’s 100-m backstroke event. Th e women’s team achieved more success as well, with the women’s 800-m freestyle relay team achieving a sixth place fi nish. Rookie swimmer Ashley Wright set a school record in the wom-en’s 200-m butterfl y event, fi nishing in ninth place. But perhaps the most re-markable Gee-Gee of the day was Phil-lippe Bastien, who fi nished sixth in the men’s 50-m butterfl y race—Bastien was one of the fl u-stricken Gee-Gees.

“Th at was impressive, but these guys

really want to race,” said Gees head coach Derrick Schoof in an interview with Sports Services. “Even if they are down and out for a day or two, the min-ute they start feeling better again, they’re going to want to jump right back in the pool.”

On the fi nal day of the competition, Ottawa dominated the 200-m back-stroke event, with Hawes earning the historic gold medal, and Best right be-hind with a silver medal fi nish.

“We defi nitely built momentum as the meet went on. Obviously being hit hard with the fl u really seemed to take the wind out of our sails in the beginning,” said Schoof. “But once we found our stride and got our momentum going on the second day … and then with [Hawes] and [Best] fi nishing one-two—that’s pretty signifi cant for the University of Ottawa.”

Simply the bestMatt Hawes earns fi rst place fi nish at CIS Championships

Put down the Kool-Aid and pick up some water

Men’s team: Fourth place overallWomen’s team: Fift h place overall

Top results:Women’s pentathlon: First-year Michele Krech, gold, 3,582 pointsMen’s pentathlon: Fourth-year Patrick Arbour, gold, 3,490 pointsMen’s long jump: Second-year Chris-topher Greenaway, silver, 7.29mWomen’s 60-m hurdlers: First-year Ashlea Maddex, silver, 8.59sWomen’s 4x200-m relay: silver, 1:42.56Women’s 4x400-m relay: silver, 3:51.76

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FIRST EVER GOLD MEDALMatt Hawes won the Gee-Gees’ fi rst CIS gold in program history

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2011 Ontario Track and Field Championships Hosted by York University, Feb. 25–26

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Theatre

March 3: Cedar Lake Contempo-rary Ballet presents Orbo Novo at the National Arts Centre (53 Elgin St.), 7:30 p.m.

March 6: Paco Peña Flamenco Vivo at the National Arts Centre (53 Elgin St.), 7:30 p.m.

March 13: The High Commission of India’s presentation of Shakun-thalam at the National Arts Centre (53 Elgin St.), 7:30 p.m.

March 16–April 2: Saint Carmen of The Main at the National Arts Cen-tre (53 Elgin St.), 7:30 p.m.

Music

March 5: Brainhunter, The Shakey Aches, The Start, and Move Your Mountain play Zaphod Beeblebrox (27 York St.), 8 p.m.

March 5: Mistake Makers, Dead Weights, Police Funeral, and Lost Youth play 654 Maclaren St., 7 p.m.

March 5: Land Of Talk and Valleys play Mavericks (221 Rideau St.), 9 p.m.

March 5: GOOD2GO and New Car Smell play Irene’s Pub (885 Bank St.), 9 p.m.

March 6: Acres of Lions, Brights, Hamilton, and Dead Weights play Cafe Dekcuf (221 Rideau St.), 7 p.m.

March 8: Dave Hause, Grey King-dom, and Jonathan Becker play Raw Sugar Cafe (692 Somerset St. W.), 7 p.m.

March 9: Siskiyou, Black Lungs, The Acorn’s Rolf Klausener, and Roberta Bondar, play Cafe Dekcuf (221 Rideau St.), 8 p.m.

March 9: Plants And Animals and Karkwa play Capital Music Hall (128 York St.), 8 p.m.

March 10: Down With Webster and Sweet Thing play the Bronson Cen-tre (211 Bronson Ave.), 7 p.m.

March 10: Necronomicon, Dark-ness Rites, and Immersed play Zaphod Beeblebrox (27 York St.), 8 p.m.

March 11: Rah Rah, Grand Motel, Fire and Neon, and Oceans play Cafe Dekcuf (221 Rideau St.), 8 p.m.

March 12: The Rebel Spell, Ma-chine Gun Dolly, Wooka Tribe, and RawRawRiot play Cafe Dekcuf (221 Rideau St.), 7:30 p.m.

March 12: Young Galaxy, Bravesta-tion, and Loon Choir play Mavericks (221 Rideau St.), 8 p.m.

March 14: Lymbyc Systym, We Fled Cairo, and I Spell It Nature play Cafe Dekcuf (221 Rideau St.), 8 p.m.

March 15: Kalmah, Warcall, Insur-rection, and Accursed Spawn play The Rainbow (76 Murray St.), 7 p.m.

March 16: Kid Liberty, I Call Fives, Rust Belt Lights, Sharks, and Red Rocket play Mavericks (221 Rideau St.), 6 p.m.

March 17: The Gatineau Steamers, The Chapeau Irish Fiddler Band, and Quin Gibson play The Rainbow (76 Murray St.), 2 p.m.

March 24: Protest The Hero, May-lene and the Sons of Disaster, and TesseracT play Capital Music Hall (128 York St.), 7 p.m.

March 25: Basia Bulat and The Wilderness Of Manitoba play the First Baptist Church (140 Laurier Ave. W.), 7 p.m.

March 26: Jeff Martin 777, Flower-child, and Gabriel Lee play Capital Music Hall (128 York St.), 8 p.m.

March 30: Born Ruffi ans and First Rate People play Ritual nightclub (174 Rideau St.), 8 p.m.

April 1: Comeback Kid, Title Fight, The Carrier, Counterparts, and Constraints play Mavericks (221 Rideau St.), 6:30 p.m.

April 1: Subsistance, Machine Gun Dolly, The Rotten, Hellbats, The Scally Cap Brats play Cafe Dekcuf (221 Rideau St.), 7 p.m.

April 2: August Burns Red, Set Your Goals, Born Of Osiris, and Texas In July play Capital Music Hall (128 York St.), 6:30 p.m.

Film

March 4: The Adjustment Bureau released to theatres

March 4: Rango released to theatres

March 4: Beastly released to theatres

March 4: Take Me Home Tonight released to theatres

March 11: Battle: Los Angeles released to theatres

March 11: Mars Needs Moms released to theatres

March 11: Red Riding Hood released to theatres

March 11: Jane Eyre released to theatres

March 18: Limitless released to theatres

March 18: The Lincoln Lawyer released to theatres

March 18: Paul released to theatres

March 18: Win Win released to theatres

March 25: Sucker Punch released to theatres

March 25: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules released to theatres

April 1: Source Code released to theatres

Visual Art

Now–April 17: Che Bella Linea: Italian Master Prints, 1500–1650 exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada (380 Sussex Dr.)

Now–April 24: It Is What It Is. Re-cent Acquisitions of New Canadian Art exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada (380 Sussex Dr.)

Now–April 29: Alex Colville: The Formative Years, 1938-1942 ex-hibition at the National Gallery of Canada (380 Sussex Dr.)

Sports

March 5: Men’s and women’s track and cross-country Super Saturday Series at Louis-Riel Dome, 10 a.m.

Miscellaneous Happenings

March 3: Don’t Feed the Stereotypes: The Experience of Refugee Students in Canada in the University Centre Couch Lounge, 5 p.m.

Now–March 5: The 34rd Annual Canadian Improv Games 2011-Ottawa Regional Tournament at the National Arts Centre (53 Elgin St.)

March 10: The 31st Annual Genie Awards at the National Arts Centre (53 Elgin St.), 7 p.m.

March 13: The Humane Society Benefi t featuring Tanya Janca, Courtney Thorman, Lauren Cauchy, and Annelise Petlock at Mercury Lounge (56 Byward Market), 7 p.m.

March 26: The Ottawa Theatre Challenge in honour of World Theatre Day featuring Company of Fools Theatre at the National Arts Centre (53 Elgin St.), 7:30 p.m.

Mar. 29: An Evening with David Sedaris at the National Arts Centre (53 Elgin St.), 8 p.m.

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Dear Di,I went down South for reading week and got an awesome tan. Well, everywhere but my butt anyways. Normally this would be no big deal, but when I got home I had an email from my crush asking me on a date. Di, I’ve been try-ing to bang this guy for months and this weekend could be my big shot. I can’t risk turning him off with my pasty-looking ass and I don’t have time to tan it away. What do I do? Is there any way I can get rid of it in time, or do I just have to cross my fi ngers and hope that he’s into ass stripes?

—Wallowing Over my White Butt

Dear WOWB,Considering you have so little time to come up with a solution, there is only so much advice I can give you about tanning your butt to match the rest of your hide. While I will warn you to skip the salon and stick to a self-tanner, if you are hell-bent on having a brown bottom in time for date night, I think you’d be better off to take a chill pill than to spend any more time obsess-ing about your off -coloured ass.

It doesn’t take a ton of time on the Internet to fi gure out that lots of guys are into tan lines. Th ere are countless blogs and porn sites dedicated to dudes that love lines on their ladies—and who could blame them? On an all-over brown body, tan lines essentially highlight all the hot areas. What man could be opposed to a map of all the areas only he is privileged to?

Realistically, my pale-patootied pal, there’s only so much you can do before the weekend comes along. If you’re still in an uproar about your white butt, you might as well relax and hope that, instead of a turn-off , your tan lines function as a conversation starter.

Love, Di

Dear Di,Lately I fi nd I’ve been more and more interested in getting involved on campus. I’ve been checking out teams and clubs all over the U of O, and one place I stopped by in my search for a new pastime was the Fulcrum. Stupid me , I guess I didn’t realize everyone was out of town for reading week. Th ere was one luscious lady there though who was good enough to give me the info I needed. Long story short Di, I think I’m in love. Th is girl was by far the nicest, coolest, and hottest woman I have ever met. I have to have her. Has anyone at work mentioned meeting someone interesting lately? Are most of the ladies you work with single?

—In Love With an Editor

Dear ILWE,Oh, how I love an offi ce romance. It gives my work friends and me plenty to gossip about, and ensures at least one of the edi-tors around here is getting laid as much as I think they ought to. As long as nobody’s doing it on my desk, I’m all for offi ce love.

Sadly for you, my aspiring little volunteer, there are an awful lot of women that work in this offi ce, and in my opinion, they’re all pretty hot. Without a bit more of a description, I’m not sure I can help you. I will say though that, among the offi ce ladies, a large number are on the market, and if one were to mention that she’d met a hot honey like yourself I could defi nitely do my part to convince her to get close to you.

If you want another shot at talking to your Fulcrum femme, stop by the offi ce on Th ursday at 1 p.m. for our staff meeting I can guarantee every lovely lady of the offi ce will be there by then. Best of luck!

Love, Di

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Th e Fulcrum is holding elections for next year’s editorial board. If you have a passion for student journalism, come join the fast-paced and exciting life of a Fulcrum editor!

Candidates must prepare a platform out-lining their vision for the position they would like to fi ll next year. Platforms must be received in both hard copy and electronic form by 5 p.m. on the Friday prior to the election date for the position. Hard copies must be delivered to the Ful-crum offi ces at 631 King Edward Ave. and electronic copies must be emailed to both [email protected] and [email protected]

Please note that staff status is required for declaring candidacy and voting. All elec-tions will take place at the Fulcrum offi ces during the weekly staff meeting Th ursdays at 1 p.m.Th e election dates and platform dead-lines are:

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It’s not courtesy to condescend

point/counter-point

point

CHIVALRY IS DEAD. Th ank god.Originating in the Middle Ages, the

concept of chivalry evolved from the notion that a knight ought to protect the dames of the village to the modern notion that a dude ought to look out for helpless chicks. While the subtle nuances may have changed—protecting a woman from danger rarely involves standing in between stray arrows these days—the concept reinforces sexist and paternalist understandings of female inferiority to males.

Chivalry has always been premised on the idea that women are incapable or un-willing of taking care of themselves, and thus require the heroic and dutiful care of men. Th e concept of chivalry has be-come so confl ated with notions of simple courtesy, it continues to reinforce tradi-tional, and oft en harmful, gender norms.

So what acts constitute chivalry? A quick Google search returns the follow-ing instruction as a part of the Code of Chivalry by iVillage: “Encounter a re-volving door when you are walking with a girl, you should enter it fi rst so that you may push the door. (Of course, you should not push it too fast, so that the girl has to leap like a gazelle to enter the revolving door you’ve set spinning out of

control.)” From this rule and others like it, it’s

easy to conclude the requisite roles for women: to subsume the characteristics of docile, wide-eyed creatures. Notice the ease at which the source of this code re-duces all females to girls (mere infants!) and—in the same sentence—roaming animals that cannot understand the complexity of a turning door.

It’s not these acts of “chivalry”—pay-ing for a shared meal, helping with a heavy winter coat, or holding open a door—themselves that are problematic. Rather, what is concerning are the un-derlying assumptions of a woman’s inad-equacy and a male’s duty that are subtly being reinforced. Presumptuous at best, paternalistic at worst, the implicit under-standing of female dependency on males is hidden from criticism by the facade of kind consideration. Chivalry should not be confused with common courtesy and polite mannerism—and were the burden of these good social graces placed equally on both genders, the debate over the con-cept would be rendered moot.

When its proponents wax nostalgic of a golden age of chivalry—when men wore suits and women aprons—they glo-rify this period without consideration for

the implications of rampant and unques-tioned sexism. Th is promotion of tradi-tional gender norms, which has become entrenched, accepted cultural practices, is detrimental to the advancement of full gender equality. As long as the notion of chivalry exists as a concept above and beyond the basic requirements of a good human person, the underlying assump-tions will also remain true.

So to those who lament chivalry’s decline, I say, it’s about time. Cheque, please.

—Jessie Willms

counterpoint

It’s just kindnessCHIVALRY ISN’T DEAD. I hope, at least. Chivalry is just a way men show that they care. I’m not talking about a guy carrying me across puddles or throwing down his coat so I can walk over mud. To me, chivalry consists of the little things. Opening doors. Standing when a lady enters the room. Giving up your seat on the bus to the woman with groceries. Simple, kind acts that, when they come from men, are deemed chiv-alrous.

While I consider myself a little tra-ditional, I don’t think that I’m behind the times when it comes to women’s is-sues. Women should have every right that men have, and that there are some gender stereotypes that are detrimental to those to which they are applied—but I honestly don’t believe that the ways in which people show their kindness is one of them. If a man wants to show his re-spect for a woman, shouldn’t he be able to do it without fear that he might be seen as condescending?

Maybe there’s an argument that chiv-alry stems from the idea that women can’t take care of themselves—that they aren’t strong or smart enough to open doors or pay for their own meals. Even if this is true, and that men started being

nice only to be condescending toward women, that’s not the case today. Being chivalrous means being a gentleman, which requires a certain amount of re-spect for women.

Most men know that women are ca-pable of paying for their own meals and opening their own doors, but they en-gage in the traditional niceties as a to-ken of respect. Yes, it means that they’re living up to gender stereotypes. But let’s reverse the roles: If I, as a woman, feel like putting on an apron and baking you a fresh batch of warm cookies to show you I care, what would you do? Roll your eyes and give me a lecture on how you’re perfectly capable of making your own cookies, and how my act of kindness is detrimental to my gender? Or would you say “thank you” and have a cookie?

Chivalry shouldn’t be written off as something that’s unattractive to women. Maybe some ladies fi nd it insulting to have their chairs pulled out—others fi nd that it makes them feel special. Whatever your preference, when it comes to chiv-alry, what’s the harm? It’s just another way for people to show their respect for one another. So if a guy wants to be chiv-alrous, why would I complain?

—Charlotte Bailey

Chivalry is dead, but should we miss it?

From this rule and others like it, it is easy to conclude the requisite roles for women: it requires they subsume the

characteristics of docile, wide-eyed creature.

An antiquated concept or just a expression of respect

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THE FULCRUM RETURNED from reading week excited to fi nally fi nd out who won the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) elections. Many of us were travelling until the early hours on Monday, and we came into the offi ce groggy and exhausted. Opening up the SFUO website, we saw that:

#1. Th ere were no “offi cial” results, only preliminary ones; and#2. Th e preliminary results were diff erent from what we had originally seen before reading week.

Th e obvious diff erence: vp fi nance winner Tristan Dénommée was dis-qualifi ed. Not only that, but the Board of Administration (BOA) had passed a motion that removed the Student Arbi-tration Committee from the elections appeal process, a body that is supposed to act as an impartial representative for candidates.

Remind us never to go on holiday again.

First of all, wasn’t Dénommée elect-ed? Didn’t he obtain the majority of the votes? Since when did the elections com-mittee or the BOA have the authority to disqualify someone aft er the fact?

Obviously, this is a huge blow to de-mocracy on campus. Th e elections com-mittee has decided that, regardless of the turnout of the election, the candidate chosen by the majority cannot be allowed into offi ce. Th ey also presented a motion to remove the only unbiased organiza-tion that could defend his appeal. Th ey did this the day before they announced the disqualifi cation. Coincidence? Prob-ably not.

You’ve also probably noticed the front page of our newspaper and the news sec-tion, where three of the six SFUO ex-ecutives came into our offi ce and said: if this decision is allowed to remain, it will prove the illegitimacy of our student gov-ernment. It’s one thing that the students of the U of O don’t think of the BOA or the SFUO as being legitimate, but when

half of the executive admits it as well, you know something is wrong.

Th e BOA is blatantly ignoring the rules and regulations put in place by their own constitution in favour of the ‘quick n’ easy’ approach. It has happened countless times over the years; policy has been ignored in order to pass motions on their own terms and agendas. As elected offi cials of the students at the U of O, this should not be the case. We pay you to fol-low procedure. We pay you to have only the interests of your faculty at heart. We pay you to ignore prior friendships and petty politics and focus on the issues at hand.

So far, we haven’t seen any of it. Dénommée’s disqualifi cation was just

the trigger. Students and SFUO politi-cians have been unhappy with the BOA for a while now, and these last few rulings have just made this more obvious to the rest of the student population. We won-der what the voter turnout will be next year, aft er the votes of 10 per cent of the

population were ignored?Th ere is absolutely no reason for stu-

dents to return to the ballot box for their supposedly-elected representatives if their votes and voices are not going to be taken seriously. Th e BOA doesn’t seem to understand that if they decide to uphold these ridiculous and stupid decisions, they are not only deligitimizing the un-dergraduate governance at the University of Ottawa in the present, but they will seriously damage it for the foreseeable future. Just as it is easier to criticize than praise, it is much easier to lose legitimacy than it is to gain it.

Th is upcoming Sunday, the 25 mem-bers of the BOA will vote to determine next year’s vp fi nance, the same vote al-ready put to the 35,000 undergraduate students of the University of Ottawa over a week ago—apparently, their votes were not good enough.

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Mercedes ‘misrepresentation’ Mueller Executive Editor

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Katherine ‘defamation’ DeClerq News Editor

Charlotte ‘bashing’ Bailey Arts & Culture Editor

Jaclyn ‘libel’ Lytle Features Editor

Jaehoon ‘inquisition’ Kim Sports Editor

Chelsea ‘insinuation’ EdgellOnline Editor

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