The Queen's Journal, Issue 11

Mayoral race breakdown

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Falling for food

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Western too much for Gaels

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Bridging the gapQueen’s alumnus speaks about women in science

Diversity and Equity Task Force Action Plan aims to create an inclusive climate

Crafting an equitable future at Queen’s

PhOTO by kATIE PEArcEMeredith raddysh, steals the ball from an rMc forward. Queen’s gaels won 6-0 moving them up to fifth in the nation.

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By LaBiBa HaqueAssistAnt news editor

Though women have come a long way, statistics indicate that men still dominate in many scientific and technological disciplines.

This includes full-time and part-time doctoral candidates in the following disciplines at Queen’s: 78 per cent of computer science students are male, 81 per cent of students in engineering, 88 per cent in mathematics and 72 per cent in the physical sciences, President of Princeton university shirley Tilghman said during a public lecture last Friday.

Tilghman, a Queen’s bscH ’68, dsc ’02 graduate, came to Queen’s to present a public lecture on the need to increase women’s participation in science and technology. as a scientist, the first female president at Princeton university and the third female president in Ivy League history, she has been an advocate of women in science and technology.

she said although there have been many significant increases in women’s participation in post-graduate studies there is still a long way to go.

“In a highly symbolic development, women have for the first time earned a majority of doctorates awarded in the united states,” she said. “[despite these changes] women still remain underrepresented in the sciences and engineering.

“The humanities have traditionally been more successful in their pursuit of greater gender parity.”

“I think my generation got too caught up in numerating in all the challenging and we didn’t spend

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By CLare CLanCynews editor

This Friday, senior university administrators will spend a few hours learning about equity and diversity issues present on campus.

Principal daniel Woolf, the Provost, the vice-principals and others will be taking part in a workshop to discuss integrating a diversity framework into large-scale decisions, like hiring.

This workshop is only the first step in a series of measures to be implemented by the diversity and equity Task Force (deT) action Plan. director of educational equity and diversity Projects and chair of deT adnan Husain said the action plan is partly based on past reports about diversity and equity at Queen’s.

“We have a wealth of material

going back two decades that has systematically suggested that Queen’s can make improvements to recruit and retain the best and diverse faculty, students and staff,” he said, adding that the barry report and the Henry report are just two examples of past investigations into Queen’s ability to ensure an inclusive climate.

The barry report, also called the Final report by the Principal’s advisory committee on race relations (Pac report), was released in 1991 and highlighted systemic discrimination present at Queen’s. Its findings resulted in the creation of a Human rights Office.

The Henry report, released in 2006, addressed many of the same issues raised in the barry report and made general recommendations, such as recruiting a diverse

faculty, to prevent and quell the systemic discrimination reported at Queen’s.

Husain said that despite this wealth of knowledge, Queen’s has not done as much as it could to improve inclusivity.

“Queen’s underperforms for providing an educational experience for diverse canadians. I think the history of concentrating on this issue shows that it has been a relevant issue,” he said, adding that the difference with the deT action Plan is its focus on implementing measures instead of simply making general recommendations.

“The point of the [deT action] Plan is to put into action some of the recommendations and other measures that might make a difference in improving the climate of inclusivity on campus,” he said. “There is a history of attention

to this issue because there have been problems.

“We’ve come up with very specific and in some cases small and limited actions. Part of the problem is that some of the previous reports have made general recommendations,” he said. “This is a more actionable set of commitments that the university can commit to. The difference is the actions we’ve outlined are things that can actually be accomplished.”

He said given the university’s financial state, what is actually possible with limited dollars was a major focus.

“In this climate of budget cuts, there have been severe constraints on what we’ve been able to do,” he said, adding that initiatives including the creation of an inventory and sponsoring research on student

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Queen’s employees face financial hurdles Government plans will aid pension solvency in Ontario universities but want two years of wage freezes

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By KaTHerine FernanDeZ-BLanCeAssistAnt news editor

If pensions continue to increase at the current rate, the fund could cost the university’s operating budget $38 million by the 2012-2013 school year.

Given the university’s entire operating budget comes in annually around $400 million, this is fairly substantial, said Provost and Vice-Principal (academic) bob silverman.

“The good news is that Queen’s retirees are living longer,” silverman said. “but this has put a strain on the pension plans.”

Queen’s isn’t the only public institution to be met with this problem. The provincial government has responded with a new plan for pension solvency. rather than mandate universities continue their pension contributions, they are allowing them three years to think about their future and decide on a sustainable plan.

“They’ve given us more time to develop a plan to solve the problem and come up with the needed funds,” silverman said.

as noted in the sept. 27 financial update, this could likely mean an increase in employee contributions to their pension or a change in pension benefits.

caroline davis, vice-principal (finance and administration) said the next pension evaluation is

august 2011. by that point the university should have a firmer idea of how they want to handle the situation.

“The government is looking for some degree of risk sharing between universities and employees,” davis said.

The government also wants to see across the board wage freezes for all public sector employees for a period of two years.

For Faculty members, salary is divided into two components: across the board, and merit. silverman said merit raises based on performance are acceptable but the government is aiming to freeze across the board raises, even when based on consumer price index.

davis said that the government is still respecting collective bargaining, but wants to control salaries in the public sector in general. any contract that currently exists is going to be fulfilled, but once the contract expires, the government won’t be giving employers any money for salary increases.

“We will be starting to discuss with employee groups how we can manage this,” davis said, adding

that Queen’s has to wait until the government has thought in detail about what their plan will be before making any firm decisions.

“We’re hoping a draft will come out this fall,” she said.

The effect on employees is unclear at the moment, silverman said. It depends on what possible

solution Queen’s comes up with, and what employee groups will agree to.

Ontario unions, employers, and the provincial government had a discussion about the wage freezes in august, and nothing came of it, silverman said.

He said the unions have thus far refused a pay freeze but the government is persisting.

“We will negotiate in good faith. Negotiations [with the Faculty association] will probably start in January,” silverman said.

Though negotiations will have clear ramifications for Queen’s employees, davis and silverman said there hasn’t been much of a reaction to the update yet.

“It is our goal to get as many people as possible to read [the update] and understand it,” silverman said, adding that though the results may not be direct, [the] university’s talks with campus unions could play a larger role in student’s education.

“If there is more money in the system, that money goes to the students, meaning more money to hire Ta’s, support research, and so on,” silverman said.

The next financial update will be on the financial results for the 2009-2010 year. It will be available later this month.

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PhOTO by JUSTIN TANGcaroline Davis (left) and Bob silverman (right) say that talks with campus unions may play a role in Queen’s students education

“They’ve given us more time to develop a plan to solve the problem and come up with the needed funds.”—Bob Silverman, Provost and

vice-principal (Academic)

“The government is looking for some degree of risk sharing between universities and employees.”

—Caroline Davis, vice-principal (finance

and administration)

Mandela to be honoured by

Queen’sQueen’s is presenting honourary degrees to notable figures Phillip Fontaine, Gareth evans, Hector deLuca and Nelson Mandela (in absentia) at this year’s fall convocation.

Over the past four decades, Nelson Mandela has received nearly 700 awards, honours and other distinctions. Queen’s university will be the eighth university to present Mandela with a degree this year, adding to more than 115 honorary degrees he already

possesses. Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1993) and the us congressional Medal of Honour (1998), which he received the year after Mother Teresa, and the year before rosa Parks. He currently holds the record for most honorary degrees awarded in one day, with a grand total of eight in one ceremony.

ceremonies will take place at 10 a.m. on Thursday and Friday. convocation ceremonies will begin on Oct. 28 and continue Friday, Oct. 29.

—Gabriel Newman-Hogan

Les Vulgaires Machins were pictured on the front page of the Journal.

Incorrect information appeared in the Oct. 1 issue of the Journal.

The Journal regrets the error.

Barrie Chalmers has owned and operated a local automotive sales and service business in Kingston for 20 years.

“I’m not a politician, I’m a business man,” he said. “I believe the city should be run like a business and the accountability and transparency should be there.”

The Kingston native said more career opportunities need to be created to retain more of the students the city supports.

“We produce a lot of very well-educated people,” he said. “We need to respect that and try and provide jobs in this city to hold on to these students.”

Chalmers said the Aberdeen Street party is the root cause of strained relations between students and Kingstonians.

“It’s all you hear about a month before and a month or so after,” he said. “It just harps on the same old thing. If we figured out a solution to this problem between all involved then people for a month before that party and a month after won’t be bitching about Queen’s.”

Chalmers said he believes a solution to the issue will come from roundtable discussion between Kingstonians, student union representatives and city officials .

“[Students] do so much for this city but when it comes to one activity they get crucified,” he said. “If we could rectify that one situation that gives citizens a bad taste ... it’s unbelievable what we could accomplish.”

Barrie Chalmers’ full platform is available at barriechalmers.com

Mark Gerretsen is the city councillor for the Portsmouth district. He owns Gerretsen Properties, a company that operates several student and permanent residential housing, including homes in the Queen’s student Ghetto.

He started the business 15 years ago after buying and renovating a property.

“I consider myself one of the good landlords,” he said. “As Queen’s students know, there’s some places that are real dives and others that aren’t.

“You will always have five or 10 per cent that are the bad apples that will bring the reputation down for everyone.”

Gerretsen put forward a

motion to city council last month proposing a committee mandated to “get students more engaged in the community.”

He said the committee will include students, non-student residents, bylaw officers, police, city councillors and University officials.

“We don’t [currently] have that open line of communication,” he said, adding that as mayor he would conduct regular meetings with the AMS and the St. Lawrence student association.

“I’m committed to [the committee]. By bringing everyone together for monthly meetings we can figure out what’s going to work best and not from the top looking down.”

Gerretsen said one of his goals would be to engage Kingston citizens with social media, including Facebook and Twitter accounts for the Mayor’s office.

Mark Gerretsen’s full platform is available at markgerretsen.com

“Youth voter turnout is abysmally low, especially among students and Queen’s students,” said John Last who graduated from Kingston’s Loyalist Collegiate Vocational Institute three years ago.

He and two friends from high school are each running for Mayor.

“We decided if there were three young people running for mayor in the most ridiculous fashion possible, maybe people would start to be entertained by municipal politics and actually vote,” he said.

The 19-year-old said the Queen’s student body has the potential to drastically impact the outcome of this month’s municipal election.

“It doesn’t matter that the Queen’s Ghetto is literally falling down, because young people aren’t voting,” he said. “The people that run the mainstream media in Kingston and the people who decide what the issues are are all of an older generation.

“Only 39,000 people voted in the last municipal election. So if every Queen’s student voted that could change the outcome of the election. They could turn this into a young person’s paradise.”

He said he views his role in the mayoral race as “a monkey wrench” in the proceedings.

“[The other candidates] aren’t the most interesting of people,” he said. “If you get them in the spotlight and make them dance a bit it might be more interesting for the people at home.”

Last said when he’s been involved in discussions, local politicians change their tone.

“We’re running in the most in their face way because otherwise it’s just so much easier to ignore us,” he said. “In our TV Cogeco debate

you can see they were catering to us. Everytime we suggested an idea [the other candidates] jump on it and say ‘that’s a great idea’. But the night before at the Sydenham district meeting they were trashing students.”

John Last’s full platform is available at runthistown.ca

Kevin Lavalley said he’s not a joke vote.

“We’ve been constantly combating the idea that we’re joke candidates,” Lavelly, a part-time Queen’s student in his first year said. “If any of us [the three youth candidates] are voted in we’ll take the job. We want people to vote for us because they think we’re right for mayor.”

Lavalley said he and his two friends, Last and Nathan Wilson, are running as separate candidates to draw more attention to youth issues.

He said each youth candidate has a different platform to maximize the air-time youth issues receive in the mayoral race.

“We want the issues to be at the forefront,” Lavalley said. “Because we’re trying to get the issues across, we need to make a spectacle ... I’m expecting to turn some heads.”

Lavalley said he’d attempt expansion of Kingston’s airport as well as the implementation of an inspection agency responsible for ensuring student housing is up to code.

“Up to this point, reporting housing [not in compliance with city codes] has been at the behest of the people living in the homes,” he said. “An inspection agency would ensure homeowners are on their toes.”

Kevin Lavalley’s full platform is available at runthistown.ca

Rob Matheson is the city councillor for the Loyalist-Cataraqui district.

Matheson was born in Tanzania to Canadian diplomat parents, raised in Quebec, Turkey, France, Belgium and Greece. He moved to Kingston 13 years ago.

He said Town-Gown relations are strained for two reasons.

“One being student housing and second being Aberdeen obviously, which continues to be a thorn in all our sides,” he said, adding that Kingston can solve Aberdeen problem by offering an alternative

venue as a gesture to students.“I see it as a carrot and stick

approach,” he said. “You provide a good welcome to students, perhaps opening up the K-Rock centre to a nice activity for students to attend as a welcome to our city.”

He said everyone “contributing to mayhem” of Fauxcoming needs to be addressed individually, including the young people involved in the party who don’t have any Queen’s affiliation.

“We can’t put up with any lawlessness and need to target those particular students that are causing the problems,” he said. “At the same time our police have to abide by the laws we have as well.”

“I’ve heard a number of concerns since Aberdeen that the police weren’t necessarily proactive and lawful themselves in the way they were behaving. We’ve got to take those concerns and address them seriously.”

Matheson said he doesn’t condone the current city council practice of relying on outside consultants to make decisions.

“The tail is wagging the dog in this city,” he said. “We need to be listening to citizen input ... and not tossing it aside because a consultant says otherwise.”

Rob Matheson’s full platform is available at robforthejob.com

Nathan Wilson’s friend had a family of bats living in the basement of his

Student Ghetto house.It inspired Wilson to join the

mayoral race.“His shower didn’t work,”

he said. “There were holes in the windows.”

The 20 year-old Kingston resident was the grade 11 representative on his Loyalist Collegiate Vocational Institute student council but his political ambitions have since grown.

“I want to bring some of the youth issues to the front of the debates,” he said, adding that he decided to run separately from Lavalley and Last because their full-time jobs make it difficult for each one to be present at debates and events.

“It made more sense to run separately because we could tackle more areas,” he said. “We can always make sure each of us are at events promoting youth issues.”

Wilson said he’s interested in implementing a free recycling service for downtown businesses to encourage more businesses to move into the area.

“I want to revitalize the downtown area for young people,” he said, adding that several downtown business owners told him they spend around $5,000 annually on recycling.

Wilson said he and his two colleagues have been surprised at how well they’ve been received by the community.

“We expected a lot of resistance but we haven’t gotten as much as we thought,” he said.

Nathan Wilson’s full platform is available at runthistown.ca

The AMS is hosting a mayoral candidates debate on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Grant Hall.

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John Last

Barrie ChaLmers

Kevin LavaLLey

roB matheson

nathan WiLson

marK Gerretsen

Many faces in mayoral race

hoW to vote

Mayoral candidates talk to the Journal’s Jake Edmiston about Kingston, Fauxcoming and Town-Gown relations

•Poll will be open on Oct. 25 at the Queen’s centre for residents in Sydenham district, the Memorial Centre for residents in Williamsville district and at Artillery Park for residents in King’s town district. To find what district you live in, visit cityofkingston.ca for a district map.

•The first advanced voting will occur on Oct. 16 at Winston Churchill public school for residents in the Sydenham district, at Princess St. United Church for residents in the Williamsville district and at Regiopolis-Notre Dame High School for residents in the King’s town district.

•The second advanced voting will occur on Oct. 20 at the Queen’s centre for residents in the Sydenham district, at Kingston Alliance Church for residents in the Williamsville district and at Artillery Park for residents in the King’s town district. •The 2010 Municipal election will elect a Mayor, 12 city councillors and school board trustees for a four-year term.

• Voter’s must have a piece of photo identification with a signature and verification of a valid residence within a Kingston district. Verification of address can include a lease, bill, bank statement or licence with the resident’s name and address on it.

•The AMS is partnering with Residence Life to provide first-year living in residence students with documentation of Kingston residency to be mailed out next week.

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While the time commitment is not substantial (the committee generally meets once per month for about one hour at noon), it is

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If you are interested in the student member-at-large position or if you wish further information, please contact Maureen Hamilton at

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The current representatives of the committee are:Director, Housing and Hospitality Services;

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Raising awareness for PakistanPakistan devastated by flooding that has displaced millions and resulted in 1,900 deathsBy Jessica FishBeinassisTanT news ediTor

The Indus River Valley began to flood in Northern Pakistan nearly two months ago, but many Queen’s students are only now learning about its devastating impact, president of Queen’s Pakistani Student Association (QPSA), Farooq Syed said. Though the flooding has recently stopped, it affected 20 million people and killed 1,900 as it moved south through the country.

“No part of Pakistan was spared,” Syed, Comm ’11, said, adding that while the current death toll may seem a like smaller number compared to other natural disasters, damage is never immediate with floods.

“The very nature of floods is people get warnings beforehand,” he said. “But many of these people are very poor and reluctant to leave their land and lifelong earnings and go to a relief camp.”

Syed said factors like waterborne disease, malaria and malnutrition in

both the refugee camps and villages where people have not evacuated will continue to increase the death toll, but he worries that people may not take these extended risks into account.

“People only realize slowly how big the disaster is,” he said “My biggest fear is that people will forget soon, and international aid will stop,” he said, adding that since there is no way of knowing how long it will take the country to recover, there is no set timeline for international aid to stop.

He said the global response Pakistan has received has been underwhelming. So far, the US and Saudi Arabia have donated the most monetary aid to Pakistan at over $75 million and $106 million respectively.

“The international community has been very slow in their response compared to other natural disasters like in Haiti,” he said, adding that people’s prejudices and preconceived notions about Pakistan may have influenced their choice not to donate money to help flood victims.

“People are scared to donate, which is unfortunate. The slow response has a lot to do with politics – some reports say that there’s bias in terms of where aid is going, such as specific religious groups,” he said. “These reports are absolutely baseless because there is no way to differentiate between who the aid

is helping.”Syed recommends that people

donate to organizations such as Unicef or Red Cross if they’re worried their money won’t be distributed properly. These organizations have workers who are distributing the money and doing groundwork themselves so they are more credible, he said.

“Even if you pay one dollar, that’s like a dinner for a family

of four because of the exchange rate,” he said. “A little contribution makes a big change.”

QPSA has started to raise awareness and funds for the flood victims with talks at the beginning of lectures and a booth in Mac-Corry So far they have raised over $900 and hope to raise between $5,000-6,000, which they will donate to Unicef. “We had a flood awareness week last week

and had a booth set up in Mac-Corry, and many people didn’t even know about the flood,” said Syed. “We raised some money but our efforts are just starting. We want to have a couple more days in Mac-Corry and also the ARC to keep sending the message across. It is our responsibility to raise awareness because we are privileged to receive an education abroad.”

Photo By Christine BlaisFarooq Syed, Comm ’13 says that the international response to the flooding in Pakistan has been slow and underwhelming.

“Even if you pay one dollar, that’s like dinner for a family of four because of the exchange rate.”

—Farooq Syed, QPSA President

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enough time in numerating all the success,” she said, adding it’s important for Canadian educational institutions not only to provide opportunities in which women can engage in science and technology but also allow younger students to celebrate women scientists of the past. “It’s important to know that they are there and that they have succeeded. I think that’s what we should be talking about.”

She said by increasing women in academic disciplines which currently see low numbers, the areas of research that may not otherwise appeal to men will broaden.

Tilghman came to Canada to receive the Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Ottawa. The award recognized her

achievements in genetics research as well as her leadership amongst women in science and technology.

Queen’s approached Tilghman to present a public lecture in honour of her award.

She said throughout her career she has been asked by many if she had ever experienced victimization due to her professional field being so male dominated.

“Interestingly, I was convinced that one of the reasons that I believed I could or would be a scientist was that no one ever told me otherwise,” she said.

Tilgham, who is a molecular biologist, said she received support from her parents, professors at Queen’s and post-graduate mentors. She credits mentorship at Queen’s as an important factor of her success.

“[One professor] sat me down and told me that I was not destined to be a great chemist,” Tilghman said. “He was right and I knew it. This was one of the most courageous and generous things a teacher can do for a student.”

She said that conversation helped her find her way into molecular biology, a field which was a much better fit for her.

That was only a part of her journey into the scientific world.

Tilghman said she was given a research project in her second year and by luck the experience turned into a significant discovery which led to her first scientific publication.

“After that experience I could not, not have been a scientist,” she said. “For every girl who dreams of becoming a scientist or an engineer we have an obligation to do everything we can so that her chances [are just] as good as her male counterpart.”

Equalizing science

Photo By Christine BlaisShirley Tilghman, president of Princeton University delivers a speech on women in science last Friday in Walter Light Hall.

‘There is a history of attention to this issue’

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orientation are cost effective strategies to make positive change.

According to the DET Action Plan, an Equity Response Team will be created in the coming months. The team will prepare a system of university protocols designed to respond specifically to “incidents of hate speech, or racial, ethnic, or religious bigotry manifesting in violence, vandalism, or threatening intimidation.”

The Action Plan also called for the centralization of information regarding underrepresented populations at Queen’s and an increased access to this information. DET has created a guide outlining support programs available to students and information regarding financial assistance but Husain said there’s still work to be done on the inventory.

The guide is accessible online through the DET website and will be maintained by DET for the duration of the year, Husain said, adding that following this year, the maintenance of the inventory will be under discussion.

“The inventory does provide a resource for people interested with what exists at Queen’s,” he said. “[I want] something more user friendly. There are some very good programs and information on what student awards there are for people with a particular background. [We’re] finding ways to make it easier … access this information more easily.”

Husain said that the DET Action Plan has a section in reference to the academic planning occurring at Queen’s. He said the Principal’s ‘Where’s Next?’ document and the Academic Writing Team’s ‘Imagining the Future’ recommendations have both been considered.

“We tried to also connect our concern of diversity and equity to planning exercises taking place now,” he said. “It’s an opportune moment. We tried to put out that there are

some real opportunities to make a more significant impact. The section that relates to academic planning—it’s there basically for the university as a whole to discuss and potentially embrace.”

The section of the DET Action plan related to academic planning includes recommendations for a diverse curriculum and campus discussions to facilitate this. Husain said he wants to see the integration of non-Western cultural ideas into current courses and possibly the creation of new, interdisciplinary courses which focus on learning from different cultures.

“We want programs tailored to students of all backgrounds who are confident they are included and valued at Queen’s … [we need to] reform and shape current programs to meet the needs of a diverse and changing Canada. Perhaps we can sponsor new and innovative ideas to accomplish this.”

Husain said the future of the DET includes the creation of a long-term plan of how to promote an inclusive climate at Queen’s. The plan will be released in April 2011. Photo By justin tang

Director of Educational Equity and Diversity Projects and Chair of DET Adnan Husain says the DET Action Plan aims to create an inclusive campus climate.


“The section that relates to academic planning—it’s there basically for the University as a whole to discuss and potentially embrace.”

—Adnan Husain, director of educational equity and diversity

projects and chair of DET

“The humanities have traditionally been more successful in their pursuit of greater gender parity.”

—Shirley Tilghman, president of Princeton University

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010 • Issue 11 • Volume 138The Queen’s Journal is an editorially autonomous newspaper published by the Alma Mater Society of Queen’s University, Kingston. Editorial opinions expressed in the Journal are the sole responsibility of the Queen’s Journal Editorial Board, and are not necessarily those of the University, the AMS or their officers.Contents © 2010 by the Queen’s Journal; all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior permission of the Journal. The Queen’s Journal is printed on a Goss Community press by Performance Group of Companies in Smiths Falls, Ontario. Contribu-tions from all members of the Queen’s and Kingston community are welcome. The Journal reserves the right to edit all submissions.Subscriptions are available for $120.00 per year (plus GST).Please address complaints and grievances to the Editors in Chief. Please inquire about further grievance policies if you are not satisfied with the response.Please direct editorial, advertising and circulation enquiries to: 190 University Avenue, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3P4Telephone : 613-533-2800 (editorial) 613-533-6711 (advertising)Fax: 613-533-6728 Email: [email protected] Journal Online: www.queensjournal.caCirculation 6,000Issue 12 of Volume 138 will be published on Tuesday, October 12, 2010

ContriButors bill Flanagan, caroline garrod, KaTie Pearce

Anyone who has ridden a bicycle on the road

has probably experiencedthe near miss. The

near miss comes in many different flavours: a sharp turn without a shoulder check, a door opened quickly into traffic, or the worst: the angry driver who feels you’re encroaching on his or her private property.

This situation is more common than one might think—only the serious cases make the news. A recent incident near Rougement, Quebec saw three dead and three injured when a truck struck a group of cyclists riding single file on the edge of a busy motorway.

I’ll be the first to admit that it takes two to tango. While many riders lack the experience to ride safely on the road, it’s unfair to blame either cyclists or motorists for being the sole cause of dangerous road conditions. But if experienced cyclists are encountering dangerous conditions every time they ride, then motorists’ contributions cannot be ignored. The dangers aren’t simply caused by minor transgressions—they stem from drivers’ lack of empathy with cyclists.

Stereotypes of riders have built up some dangerous perceptions among non-cyclists. The notion that cyclists are non-taxpaying, un-licensed, rule-breaking pests is pure ignorance. Many cyclists are also drivers, fully aware of the rules of the road. And as citizens, cyclists also pay local taxes. The bottom line is this: we don’t just need more cyclists. What we need are more drivers to become cyclists.

When we were children, learning how to

ride a bike was a major milestone. It became possible to explore further, to go places beyond the reach of foot travel. I fondly remember skinned knees, splashing through puddles, and my

father’s inevitable two-hour struggle with the minivan’s bike rack before family outings. Riding bikes defined childhood fun.

As we got older, we traded in our two wheels for four. With this new step, our horizons expanded further—bikes were left for those too young to drive. Many of my friends only got back on their bikes once they realized they could sleep in an extra 10 minutes before an 8:30 class—their ridership is now exclusive to saving time.

The truth is that more bikes on the road means a safer environment for all road users. With greater numbers of riders, drivers are reminded that they are not the only ones on the road, in the same way that a police car reminds drivers to curb their speed. Most importantly, bike riders who also drive cars understand the dynamics of being a smaller, human-powered vehicle among a sea of fast moving, metal boxes on wheels.

What’s my suggestion? Go ride. Not just to campus or to the supermarket. Ride just for the sake of riding. Ride to rekindle that childhood fun. Ride to assert that bikes belong. Bikes aren’t just for spandex-clad athletes, car-deprived students, and kids. They’re for everyone, motorists included.

I’ll see you on the road. Give me a wave or a shout. It’ll be nicer than the near miss.

Tri-cycle the bicycleJustin tang

staff writers/photographers chloe camPion, alice greenberg, ParKer moTT, anand srivasTava

Man up? Moan lessIn an editorial published Oct. 2, the Toronto Star’s Robert Cribb considers the current plight of the masculine image.

The piece, entitled “It’s time for men to man up and take charge,” laments the lack of strong male role models for young boys, pointing to a generation raised on a stereotype of helpless men—reflected in popular sitcoms and cartoons.

Cribb explains that men are “no longer leaders” and are being eclipsed in the professional world. Consequently, men now come with their balls—as Cribb colourfully puts it—“pre-busted.”

As much has Cribb has a point—that popular television shows often revolve around a bumbling male character—it isn’t only men who suffer in these pop culture productions. Television and media in general are a form of escapism, not the final word on gender politics. It’s a bad idea to use them as some kind of benchmark for relationships on the other side of the screen.

More often than not, the bumbling male character has a long-suffering wife or girlfriend, who has to forgive his latest screw-up and accept his firm promise that he won’t do it again—until next week, when he does. Hardly a role most women would jump to embrace.

It’s hard to decide what’s most troublesome about the Star editorial. There’s the basic assumption that being a man automatically involves certain “manly” responsibilities,

the suggestion that pop culture dictates how we perceive each other or the idea that men and women are trapped in an “us vs. them” mentality.

The idea that being a man “has to” mean certain things is short-sighted and offensive, and does nothing but contribute to gender stereotypes. Advocating for a return to the primal manhood of yesteryear, Cribb overlooks that the flexibility of gender roles is exactly what has made it possible for women to shake off proscribed domesticity.

The real problem with the Star editorial is that Cribb fails to articulate any of the terms he assumes the reader will take for granted. This makes the content controversial, without being articulate: what exactly does “manning up” entail? What is involved in returning to “the ancient protocols of manhood”?

Cribb’s interview with Elliott Katz—author of a book entitled Being the Strong Man A Woman Wants—doesn’t answer any of these questions. Instead, the reader gets an unsettling view of how Cribb’s ideas would work in real life, summarized by the following statement: “Leaving decisions to her is very frustrating for women. We all believe in gender equality. But you’re still the man and you have to take charge.”

Who made Katz the spokesperson for women, everywhere?

And who made Cribb the spokesperson for men, anywhere?

Getting a grip on teachingBritain’s secretary for education has promised to make physical contact guidelines for teachers more transparent and less restricting. Michael Gove insisted that current school-specific rules that forbid instructors from touching students impair a teacher’s ability to do his or her job.

Teachers must be able to intervene physically to break up classroom altercations without fear of consequences, Gove said. His plan also involves granting anonymity to teachers accused of misconduct while inquiries are undertaken.

He said that existing guidelines on classroom management are too dense to be of practical value, and should be simplified.

Gove’s comments have drawn fire from the Children’s Rights Alliance, which claims the move threatens human rights and child protection laws.

While it’s important that teachers understand that this does not give them the right to physically reprimand students—something Gove addressed directly—it’s pretty clear that this is a realistic

take on the responsibilities that teachers are entrusted with.

Teachers must have the ability to separate students physically to prevent injury. Children don’t always listen to verbal instructions. In the event of physical altercations, a teacher trying to defuse a situation without intervening physically could quickly result in a child being injured.

Comforting small children with a hug is equally important.

A transparent and highly visible set of rules—generalized across school boards and districts—would be the ideal way to implement such a plan. Students and parents must be aware of the abilities teachers have to manage problematic situations. This new approach has nothing to do with reinstating corporal punishment, but is directly related to effective classroom management.

We entrust teachers with the responsibility of teaching children vital skills they will need to be contributing members of society. We must also provide teachers with the proper tools to do so.

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... around campusPhotos By Craig Draeger

“Waiting for american thanksgiving”

Josie Qiu, ArtSci ’12

What’s your favourite Thanksgiving

tradition?

“Celebrating the real thanksgiving.”

Kieran Slobodin, ArtSci ’12

“the colour of the leaves.”

Ian Stones, ArtSci ’13

“turducken.”

Blair Ostrom, ArtSci ’11

“seeing my younger and new cousins.”

Steven Hogberg, MA ’11

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Growing, even behind barsPrison farms are a necessary rehabilitative tool of the Canadian criminal justice system

Bill Flanagan

Upon their return to campus this fall, Queen’s students may have noticed the local controversy surrounding the federal government’s recent decision to close all of Canada’s six prison farms.

At the core of the controversy is a clash of two competing views on the nature and purpose of Canada’s criminal justice system.

Those who support the prison farms value the rehabilitative role they play in providing inmates the opportunity to gain practical work experience and social skills that will prepare them for their release back into society.

In contrast, the Conservative government is determined to get “tough on crime” and it seems that working on a prison farm simply isn’t part of their ideology.

As the only law school in the country that operates a legal aid program providing assistance to prison inmates, the Faculty of Law has a keen interest in correctional justice matters.

I was curious to learn more about our prison farms and I attended a town hall meeting of the “Save our Prison Farms” coalition last December.

At that meeting I discovered a diverse and dedicated group of farmers, correctional staff, aboriginal leaders, religious groups, students, seniors and other local residents — all of whom spoke passionately of the rehabilitative, sustainable and practical benefits of the prison farm program for inmates.

A few months later, I was able to visit the prison farm at the Frontenac Institution, a minimum-security prison farm in Kingston that produced dairy products and eggs. During my visit I witnessed a highly efficient operation run by staff and

inmates, all of who impressed on me both the importance of the farm as a rehabilitative program, as well as the practical economic benefits of the facility.

The farm supplied dairy and eggs to 13 federal prisons in Ontario and Quebec, all of which will now have to be purchased at great expense to the government.

After my tour of the prison farm facility, I became actively involved in the coalition’s efforts to oppose and challenge the government’s decision to close the prison farms.

The coalition mounted an impressive campaign in Kingston to raise the profile of the issue and educate community members on this issue.

In addition to our local efforts, the coalition also brought this fight to Ottawa, where I and other coalition members had the opportunity to testify before the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

Unfortunately the government ignored us and — over the spirited objection of dozens of protesters — the farm at the Frontenac Institution was closed in August and the dairy herd was auctioned off.

I witnessed 24 of our protesters arrested in acts of civil disobedience as they attempted to block the trucks removing the herd.

Continuing our lively opposition, we raised almost overnight $31,000 to form a cooperative that purchased about 20 cows in the auction that followed their removal from the farm.

Local farmers will care for them until they can be returned to a re-established prison farm.

I am the proud owner of shares in this cooperative. One of our calves, aptly named Hope, was on campus last week in an effort to raise awareness about the ongoing fight to re-establish the prison farms.

Many Queen’s students had the opportunity meet Hope and learn about this important local social justice issue. Many others have volunteered to help the Coalition continue its efforts to reverse the government’s decision.

What rationale did the government offer for closing the farms? The government argued that it was closing the farms to save money.

We were told that the farms generated $7.5 million in revenue and cost $11.6 million to operate, for a loss of $4.1 million.

The government also argued that less that one per cent of inmates find work in the agriculture sector after being released, so the farms do not provide practical skills.

Yet the government’s own “tough on crime” agenda means that our prison population will explode in the next few years, at enormous cost to the Canadian taxpayer.

According to the parliamentary budget officer, the annual costs of correctional services will more than double by 2015-16, from $4.4 billion to $9.5 billion.

The government is hugely expanding what it spends on prisons even though crime rates have been declining for years and continue to decline.

This rigid pattern of placing ideology over evidence has become all too familiar to Canadians.

The government’s decision to scrap the mandatory long-form census is another example, a move that lead to the resignation of the Head of Statistics Canada, Dr. Munir Sheikh.

As a faculty member at Queen’s University, I was proud to see that Dr. Sheikh has joined the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s, as a distinguished fellow and adjunct professor.

The Liberal Party of Canada has also taken a strong stand in favour of restoring Canada’s prison farm program.

Mark Holland, Liberal Opposition Critic for Public Safety and National Security, visited Kingston in September to deliver the Liberal Party’s written commitment to restoring the prison farm program.

Along with the Liberal Party, I will continue to fight to restore our prison farms as an essential component of a balanced, humane, and rehabilitative criminal justice system in Canada.

Bill Flanagan is dean of the school of Law and a candidate in the Liberal nomination race for Kingston and the Islands

Divestment an effective and responsible tool

Re: Divesting from ourselves (October 1, 2010)

Dear Editors,

I really appreciated how Mr. Rotman’s article drew attention to divestment campaigns at Queen’s University and how they can operate as a powerful tool for social and environmental justice movements.

But there were some key facts missing from the opinion piece.

Boycott and divestment were

instrumental in making the anti-Apartheid struggle in South Africa a global movement.

Queen’s eventually participated in the divestment campaign and despite what Mr. Rotman suggests in his article, the University did not go broke and students did not suffer as a result.

Divesting from a company does not mean the money is simply tossed away, as the article implies; it is invested elsewhere with due fiduciary concern.

Queen’s University made an ethical and financial stand against an abhorrent system of colonial administration.

In recent history, Students Taking Action Now: Darfur (STAND), with the support of then-Principal

Hitchcock, the SGPS and the AMS, succeeded in getting the Board and its appropriate sub-committees to divest from companies operating in the Darfur region of Sudan.

This was another victory for social and human justice causes through what is an effective method of non-violent action and solidarity.

The “proponents of divestment,” despite what Mr. Rotman claims, should be taken very seriously, just as the Board, student governments and senior university administrators have rightly done in the past.

As a student and an alumnus, I am deeply concerned about the financial wellbeing of this institution.

But I am equally concerned

about the social and political commitments the University adheres to.

I believe Queen’s University as a whole shares this conviction. Our institution has even implemented policies that allow for divestment on ethical grounds, which follows a long-standing tradition.

If monetary concerns completely overshadow our ability to make an ethical stand, then this institution and those who support such a policy, like Mr. Rotman, need to seriously reflect upon the value of education Queen’s University offers.

Andrew Stevens, MA ’06, PhD ’11

suPPlieDProfessor Bill Flanagan with hope, the calf sold at auction.

At the core of the controversy is a clash of two competing views on the nature and purpose of Canada’s criminal justice system.

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Arts EntErtAinmEnt &

suppliedBefore Aoki became an electro-entrepreneur, DJing took a backseat to studying as he worked towards his dual degree in sociology and women’s studies.

elvis may have long left the building, but this Wednesday, steve Aoki is most definitely in the house

By Alice GreenBerGsTaff WriTer

There was a time when artists were just artists, celebrities hung out in Studio 54 and records were strictly vinyl. In this day and age, when the line between artist and celebrity are blurred, it’s easy to question whether the old school passion for music has warped into a steroid pulsing, hyped-up Pauly D-version of its old self.

Despite the manic fist pumping that follows the very first beat of the Lion King remix—which reverberates from LA to Japan alike—it’s become clear there’s nothing old school about Steve Aoki.

Producer, notorious DJ, clothing line entrepreneur and an Orange County native, he’s re-mixed the very look and feel of popular culture, music and the party scene.

In light of his show tomorrow night at Stages (not to mention his sold-out tour schedule), Steve Aoki talks to the Journal about the future of music, the endeavor of dreams and the struggle to find himself in the midst of North American culture.

You’re coming to Kingston tomorrow for a show and you’ve come several other times in the past—what keeps you coming back?

I love Kingston—I think this is my third show in Kingston. I don’t know what it is about Kingston but it’s a memorable place. I always have great memorable shows, the crowd is very energetic, they’re crazy and I find myself always dropping new

songs and I’m playing a lot of new music and I’ll drop a few new tracks from the album coming out this year.

What’s your nightlife like—local bars, after-parties?

Not really, I don’t drink. So the bar life for me is kind of obsolete; but I’ll go to socialize with friends in L.A., but I don’t really do after-parties. After the show I just want to go home to sleep or just relax. Every time I go to an after-party in general it’s more of a problem because I can’t really hang, you know? Everyone wants to take photos and I’m not really able to hang out, it’s not like I have friends there; it’s crazy drunk people.

You played with Chiddy Bang at the Pacific Festival, how was that?

That was great. They’re on my album so the boys came out and it was the first time we performed our songs together live. The crowd loved it.

What do you think is the current state of music quality in our generation?

The access to music has changed dramatically and people can get all kinds of music from the internet, on their computers, from technology. And also just the access to producing music has also changed.

Do you think that lowers music standards?

It’s give and take. You can say

it lowers music standards but you can also say that because of the fact that there’s an abundance of music out there, if you’re looking for a gem, you’ll find them more often because there’s more produced.

The bar has been lowered for sure, I agree with you, but it allows for more music so that way you can have a range or a different scene or different scenes can come out of that … it doesn’t matter that there’s a million DJs—there’s a million singers, there’s a million plumbers. It’s a fun job and you know, I don’t blame people for getting into it. It’s a fun job that pays the bills if you get booked and it’s a big amount of money and now there’s programs like Tractor where you don’t really have to work and so even more people do it.

It’s just human nature: people just want to explore it, they’re bringing entertainment and it’s fun. So when you’re at the house party it’s fun to be the DJ on the iPod. Like hey, I want to play Arcade Fire, okay now I want to play MIA, Jay Z then I’m going to go back to Bloc Party. It’s fun to be that guy.

How does a kid from suburban Orange County—aside from Ryan Atwood—become an icon of

hipster culture?

It’s a really long story. I guess I’m a byproduct of conservative white upper-class suburban Southern California’s lifestyle and I was trying to find my own identity … and I found hardcore and punk and it was my safe haven in that really close minded community, and that really was the start of it. I got into straight edge hardcore and the whole politics of it, like the DIY lifestyle and getting involved in music that way.

It’s like this: it’s like I’m a kid and I—the only two fights I’ve been in growing up were racially motivated, like white kids making fun of me because I was Asian—I didn’t really fit in. I tried to fit in but I just couldn’t … so the kind of people who accepted me were these skaters that were all straight edge and they became my group of friends.

…The thing about punk and hardcore is that it’s not just the music, but there’s this whole lifestyle that developed inside the community so the concept of DIY … trying to figure things out, and making your own zines.

That’s what I did when I was 16. I started my own zines, I interviewed bands, I learned how to play guitar, drums, bass, keyboards, without any traditional training at all. I started bands, I was in bands playing music, I was doing my own shows by the time I was 17, and it’s not an issue of money, it’s not like you need money. Me and my friends would go to Kinko’s and were practically robbing the copy place for all the paper and then just staying up late and fucking doing

it ourselves.I took that philosophy with me

to college and intellectualized it when I was in college and that’s when Dim Mak records was founded; and Dim Mak records is really more of a direct link of who I am today. I’ve been doing the label for almost 15 years, I’ve put out over 190 records from the label, we’ve signed Bloc Party, the Kills, the hardcore bands, emo bands, indie bands, the Bloody Beetroots, MSTKRFT and that all started with that concept, that lifestyle, that philosophy, from the hardcore punk ethics that I was raised in.

And that’s a by-product of me being in a Neoconservative, white upper, class suburban area. If I lived in a very welcoming community, I mean who knows, I’d probably end up being a hippy. It’s a nice neighbourhood, it’s beautiful, the beaches, trust me—but the people.

... I’m 32 years old, and I look back and I don’t have problem with them now, but when I was 14, 15 even younger, 10, 11, I didn’t understand why I couldn’t fit in, why I wasn’t making friends, why I was picked on, why I was

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Steve Aoki takes the stage

“It doesn’t matter that there’s a million DJs—there’s a million singers, there’s a million plumbers. It’s a fun job ... I don’t blame people for getting into it.”

—Steve Aoki

“I’ve put out over 190 records from the label ... [it] all started with that concept, that lifestyle, that philosophy, from the hardcore punk ethics that I was raised in.”

—Steve Aoki

Tuesday, ocTober 5, 2010 queensjournal.ca • 9Arts & EntErtAinmEnt

Strolling—well more likely stumbling—home bleary eyed at 6 a.m. brings contradictory feelings, a mixture of pathetic and triumphant. One would think triumph might outweigh shame after a night like Nuit Blanche but I fell into bed this morning unsure of what I’d accomplished from my sleepless night.

For one night in October over the last five years, Toronto has been transformed into a creative playground from sunset to sunrise.

Artists set up shop in storefronts, on walls and in alleyways. They showcase their creativity and cultural criticisms, inviting the city to engage in their work.

This year, there was a lot to be proud of from a national standpoint. Holt Renfrew’s grandiose facade was transformed into a collage of smiling faces through the collaboration of Agnes Winter and photography students from The Ontario College of Art and Design. The heartwarming

pictures were taken candidly of whoever would “smile for me”. As well, Canadian treasure Kent Monkman captured ever-so-posh Yorkville with a live performance as Miss Chief Eagle Testikle—a testament to Native rights, Mother Earth and freedom of sexuality. In an eerie take on capitalism’s contradictions, Torontonian Max Streicher stuck massive clown heads made of recycled billboards in an alleyway between two buildings on Yonge St. Hipster bars like the

Social raged on as usual, but with added costume. It was decked out with chrome and silver balloons lining the ceiling, an installation done by another Toronto artist, Tasman Richardson.

So how could someone resist falling in love with this Wonderland

of a street party? Well, reviews are in and they’re mixed.

Naysayers alleged disorganization of the exhibitions. They had a point. Hitting the streets with a well crafted itinerary proved somewhat useless. From early to late in the night, line-ups for most of the acclaimed works wrapped around multiple blocks. Much anticipation surrounded Daan Roosegaarde’s transformation of Lower Bay Station into an interactive light show. The piece, “Dune”, used a sea of tiny bulbs that brightened in reaction to motion, sound and noise.

It enticed most but turned away many. An hour-long wait on a chilly night is not much fun especially when there are many other pieces to see. Want to go get a drink instead? Another hour wait, wedged between sloppy partiers was pretty much unavoidable.

By PArker MottsTaff WriTer

Movie: The Social NetworkStarring: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin TimberlakeDirector: David FincherWriter: Aaron SorkinDuration: 120 minutes

A film that begins and demands your attention on the prose of its dialogue ought to be great. Fortunately that’s the case for David Fincher’s The Social Network (based on the novel, The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich). It tells a story while never overdoing it, about Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg), a college student who conceives a billion dollar concept while intoxicated and hoping to get laid.

It sounds much like the impulsive urges of the boys from Superbad, but The Social Network is compact with characters filled with anger. You can see it as their eyes twitch manically while staring at their computer screens.

Zuckerberg is a computer-obsessed madman. Not a madman with the urge to kill, but one that feeds off his motivations and stops at nothing for that one perfect idea. Or maybe Zuckerberg is not a madman, but a fanatical genius, who embodies not just his own aggressive nature, but ours too.

His best friend and his roommate at Harvard, Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield), provides the algorithm for an idea that simply sounds cool. As one of

the characters says: “Cool is what it [Facebook] has going for it.”

Facebook begins as a shallow and immature application: you rate and compare the sex appeal between two girls. Zuckerberg suggests what makes this idea fascinating is not the arbitrary social guessing games, it’s that these people know each other and bringing their social life to the web could be a sensation.

As Facebook becomes a hit, the characters become ruthless trying to survive in a technological domain while living the good life. These, of course are not gangsters, but a bunch of college kids.

Justin Timberlake plays Sean Parker, the rugged founder of Napster. He earns Zuckerberg’s trust through personal incentives: Parker created a brilliant concept to impress a perky high school girl. Did he ever win her heart? Ironically no, but the dollar bills supported him.

Timberlake is in control here; he

avoids chewing the scenery when most actors of his type (stemming from the music industry) would insist on histrionic mannerisms to get their character through to the audience.

This could be Eisenberg’s breakthrough performance. He’s been good as the nerdy confounded teen (Adventureland and The Squid and The Whale) and the very character he has meticulously parodied in other films (Zombieland). Here, Eisenberg looks and acts like Mark Zuckerberg, one who may be a smart and cordial man, but due to his thought process seems like a cheap, untrustworthy computer fiend. You become angry watching this character, maddened by his compulsion and incredibly intrigued at the same time.

This is all thanks to director David Fincher (Fight Club, Zodiac). His films are always methodical masterpieces, ones that move

by like running water, but never function as choppy, confusing mind games.

The Social Network is about a story that people may dismiss as a potential pot boiler, but will be thankful in the end that they don’t. The Social Network conjures an ideological jungle, where young actors move through the film, reacting and evolving off each other, absorbing ideas, with Fincher never forcing the audience to anticipate that one Clooney-esque monologue.

The Social Network balances a compelling dramatization of Mark Zuckerberg with a discussion between attorneys, defendant and prosecutors. Saverin, Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss and Divya Narendra, claim Zuckerberg stole their idea and launch a multi-million dollar lawsuit against him.

There’s a sharp contrast between these two sequences: the main story moves quickly, mostly highlighting the successes and rigid competition. The second is inert, mere banter, but thanks to Aaron Sorkin’s magnificent script, it transcends itself to another dimension—a commentary that Fincher is absorbing us in.

The Social Network proves that Fincher is a great director. His camera moves seductively, observing a variety of college environments. It becomes the fly on the wall, the fastidious watcher of a cult sensation called the social life. His camera is the dutiful eye of Zuckerberg.

He personifies the classic Fincher character: one dejected by the conventions of society, but still

insistent to surpass a banal normality and break through to their own unique reality—regardless of its morals.

Zuckerberg is much like Robert Graysmith, Jack Gyllenhaal’s character in Zodiac. Both are artists, tactile wizards, who obsess to win at their own game. Only one of them succeeds. I think you can guess who. Zodiac, to me, was better because it provided more than Fincher—it was 157 minutes long. It kept expanding, until it couldn’t evolve further and left us with fascinating inquiries.

The Social Network, shockingly, feels 40 minutes too short. Its ending is subtle and restrained, never allowing the audience to fully entrench themselves into these characters. When we sense a downfall, Fincher lets go, because there never truly is one. At the end of the day, the lawsuit was “only a parking ticket.”

Perhaps Fincher underwhelms in the best way possible. He’s a cinematic virtuoso, who communicates in some of the most interesting ways.

This is not just a Facebook, pop-icon movie. The Social Network is the cyber-There Will Be Blood: it suggests an egomaniacal character, who is bitter and driven towards his personal success—one never achieved in a particular friendly way. Sometimes great directors need to rattle and break the pace to get their message across. And Fincher did. Because as soon as the movie ended, I understood the crazed masterminds who created the Wall post.

After arriving home, I soon returned to Facebook.

Une très belle Nuit

When logging in turns lucrative The social Network explores the billion dollar concept that became our collective obsession

Journal correspondent Chloe Campion experiences a Toronto night in a whole new light at the fifth annual Nuit Blanche

suppliedNapster founder Sean Parker (Justin Timberlake) earns Zuckerberg’s (Jesse Eisenberg) trust with personal incentives.

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Nuit Blanche invites Torontonians to experience and interact with a multitude of artistic installations like “Crossings” (left) at the ROM and the Yorkville performance of artist Kent Monkman a.k.a. Miss Chief Eagle Testickle (right).

suppliedCharlie Roby, Mark Gane and Bryson Winchester fill a quadrophonic sound space with constantly churning music.

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By cAroline GArrodconTribuTor

A self-described rock/roots music/indie act, Toronto-based band The Ethers are sometimes described by reviewers as “alt-country,” a label lead singer Tom Dole doesn’t dispute.

“I mean, I don’t want to be lumped in with Toby Keith,” Dole said with a laugh. “It’s a pretty polarizing genre, it definitely makes

some ears turn off.”What Dole does appreciate

about country music is its instrumentation; something he said effects his music. Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen and Wilco are all strong influences.

“If you remove the voice from some of Neil Young’s songs and play them next to a country song, you wouldn’t know the difference,” Dole said. Country, it seems, is not a dirty word for Dole—provided,

that the “alternative” is included in front of it.

The music that The Ethers create could more properly be known as “Canadiana”, folk-music in the style of Springsteen or Dylan with a distinctly Canadian edge.

“I think that, as Canadians, we are especially aware of winter and of the changing seasons,” Dole said of the titular thematic thread that runs through the band’s debut album, Early Winter. “Winter was definitely a huge influence on the album … these are definitely Canadian songs,” he said.

And what makes a ‘Canadian’ song, other than winter? Well, as Dole reminisces, 15 years ago, it would have been a really awful song. “Some terrible song would come on the radio, and you’d just know that it was Canadian—like Max Webster,” he said.

Now, the new generation of Canadians bands that Dole hears playing local shows and on university radio stations show a definite shift in quality: “It’s a lot easier to make a professional sounding record with less money these days,” he said.

In fact, that’s exactly what The Ethers did. When they describe themselves as ‘indie-rock’, they’re not comparing themselves to the likes of Death Cab for Cutie or The Strokes; rather they are indicating their place in the long line of bands that have produced their music independent of major corporations.

When asked about that experience, Dole said that he “can see why people hire companies to do the work … it’s a lot of work, it’s difficult to manage. Obviously, there’s a whole industry that is focused upon music production and promotion.”

But, their album doesn’t sound like it was recorded in someone’s basement.

“We wanted it to sound like a 1970s rock album, but still be polished,” Dole said.

However, it’s hard to be a businessman about something that you love, and Dole feels that they’ve learnt a lot of important lessons.

“Our next album,” Dole said, “is going to be less polished, less perfect, more experimental. Maybe we’ll use a synthesizer.”

But will they be trading in their indie card?

“It depends on the company … we’re not actively looking to be signed to a company, but if the right one came along, we’d consider it,” he said.

The band has something of an interesting history, with the four members coming from very different backgrounds. Jeff Quirk (vocals, guitars, synthesizers and organ) spent nine years in a punk band; Dole (vocals, acoustic, electric and pedal steel guitar) got his musical start playing the harmonica in a blues band at age 13, Jamie Habkirk (drums) played the drums in several different bands and Anthony Bullock (bass and synthesizer) honed his bass-playing talents as a four-time World Guitar Hero Champion.

Dole said he feels that this diversity has strengthened their sound, because it allows them to “bring more to the table musically. When you listen to stuff, it sits in your consciousness and then resurfaces years later, and allows you to create a richer sound,” he said.

That rich sound is certainly present in Early Winter, an album packed full of jangling guitars, pounding drums and strong vocals. Dole is particularly proud of the titular track, as they “really pulled out the stops on that one. We wanted to make it an anthem about resilience,” he said with pride.

The album, he said, is about life, death, rebirth and living in Canada, through yet another winter.

I don’t know about you, but that sounds like music I could use as I slip-n-slide to my 8:30 a.m. classes, in the middle of another Kingston blizzard.

The Ethers play The Mansion tomorrow night with Matthew Hornell at 9 p.m.

My galavanting around the street assuredly had its share of frustration and aimless wandering through hoards of people. Still, the tensions carried with those aspects of the night miss the mark a little. The magic of Nuit Blanche didn’t necessarily lie in (or die because of) the stellar exhibitions with atrociously long line-ups. If you look at Nuit Blanche more holistically—as a piece of art in and of itself—that reality becomes clear.

Take, for example, that many of the installations focused on some notion of what it meant to live in an urban environment. How does city life interfere with our sense of the natural? How do we interact with others when we move so quickly and with such purpose? Such questions seemed to be posed repeatedly and perhaps better answered by the night’s atmosphere than the exhibitions that explored them.

A diverse audience took part in the evening. Whether they carried a stroller, a camera, a Blackberry, a hot chocolate or a cigarette with them, everyone shared their purpose for being there. It was for the sake of art, Toronto and community. For that reason, Nuit Blanche should be recognized not only for the art it exhibits, but as an event that fosters cohesion between people whose spheres of living seldom intersect.

Queen St. West was dappled with light from boutiques that had their doors wide open all night. The people that strolled through, perusing the independent exhibits exuded a sense of cohesion with one another. Personally, I started out the night with two others, but our crew accumulated to 20 by bumping into friends along the way. We were engaging with the art, yes, but also a sense of community that often takes the back burner in urban environments. It was invigorating, as those are the same streets that were ravaged by a whole different mayhem during the G20 summit this summer.

Several times this year Toronto has attempted to prove it’s coming into its cultural own. The TIFF Bell Lightbox was in full swing for the festival in September, stating loudly that the city is now home to a film festival that considers Cannes and Sundance its peers. Evergreen Brickworks opened this summer, turning a worn down and dangerous part of the city into gardens and a massive farmers’ market. Plus, love it or hate it, Saturday night was the fourth time in 2010 that the city has willingly extended bar hours for the sake of amping up our cultural credit.

A match to Montréal perhaps? Maybe not quite, but Nuit Blanche achieved an important aim. Urban living can be remote and lonely at times, but when we learn to share the spaces we live in together we realize how connected we really are. I’ll stay up until six in the morning for that.

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ashamed of being Asian. I couldn’t understand all those things, and later in life I understood it and as I was finding my identity growing up as a kid living in that world I learned how to rebel.

I didn’t really understand rebellion but I learned that that’s what made me feel more independent, more of myself and I was able to intellectualize rebellion when in college and make sense of it and do the right things from it.

Is that what you hope your music will help do with your audience?

To me it’s like, the most important and basic thing is that you want to focus all your energy on the things that you love. You have to be willing to sacrifice whatever it takes to do the things that you love, to do the things you want to produce or be a part of something that speaks your language. If it’s fucking dogs, and you want to save dogs, you do your thing to save dogs. If it’s cancer, you fight for that. If you want to fight for the empowerment of the people that relate to you, fight for that—it can be anything.

Do you see yourself ever settling down, becoming an accountant?

An accountant?

…wearing suits?

Wear suits? I like wearing suits. I don’t mind wearing suits. But yeah, eventually, sure; who knows, life is filled with change. Five years ago I couldn’t predict where I’d

be now. Ten years ago there’s no possible way in hell I’d even think I’m where I am today. And even 12 years ago I thought I was going to be a professor at some college writing books and doing that sort of thing; I didn’t see myself following a career path of music. But either way life is filled with things you never know. I may not even be alive or I may live until I’m 90 on an island with a big white beard and I’m just fishing for my dinner.

Wow. Okay. Moving on, you majored in women’s studies, any alternate career paths you considered before DJing?

Yeah, DJing was never even a discussion. At that time I never knew a DJ, I wasn’t a DJ. I started DJing when I was 23, to give you some kind of time frame. DJing was nowhere near what I was planning on becoming.

It was kind of a strange thing to do, you become a DJ when you’re

in high school, but for me music at that time was entirely a recreational thing, there’s no way that you could make money off of music, that’s what I thought. When I’m in a band and I’m selling out shows in Japan and I come off tour and I make only about a couple hundred. So think about it, even when I’m selling out shows in Japan, after we split it up between everyone, we’re leaving with a couple hundred dollars, it’s incredible.

The music, the label, that was all for the love of music. I really was planning on staying in academia, getting my PhD, writing books doing research on the things I was interested in. Teaching was not really my thing; I’m not really meant to be on a stage talking, lecturing, but of course I would have to do that eventually. But that’s really what I was going for, so when I majored in sociology and women’s studies I was gearing myself to that world. Sometimes even now it’s strange that I’m a DJ, it wasn’t supposed to happen; it wasn’t supposed to be.

What’s the legacy you’re creating?

I want to be remembered for the music. It always speaks for itself; you don’t need to explain anything, you don’t need to talk about anything. When you hear a song that you like, you feel something you can’t really explain, and that’s what I want people to remember about the music I produced and was a part of. And before I was even producing music

I was supporting artists and being associated with those artists; that was very crucial in my life.

Ever thought of doing an autobiography? Kind of Kurt Kobain’s diaries meets Michael Jackson’s Moonwalk?

No—but I think our plan is, we’re going to do a Dim Mak book. I don’t want to say any dates because I don’t know how long this will take—but there’s just so much context in the Dim Mak world with all the events that we do, the different festivals, the parties, the labels, the artists we’ve signed and support and there’s a lot of interesting moments from touring like a maniac for the past four years.

Did you ever have one of those dreaded moments—the equipment doesn’t work, speakers’ feedback, computer crashes?

Many times. Many times. I put on a clown’s outfit and just start tap dancing. I say a couple of jokes, spin on my head a few times ... no, I’m kidding. It’s very stressful; it’s the one thing that makes me nervous. Once you’re in the swing of things you can do anything, but first you have to get there.

Do you ever get used to that feeling when your computer crashes in the middle of a show—do you ever get comfortable with it?

Never. Never. Probably ‘til the day I die. I’m a pretty nervous guy to begin with, I get nervous all the time.

If you had time for a hobby, what would it be?

I do have a hobby.

What is it?

Poker.

Poker?

Instead of after-parties, if you put on a poker game, I will go to that.

I’ll try to set something up.

Yeah, if you put on a serious poker game, that’s something I’ll go to. There’s a function in that.

Are you a bluffer?

Only ten per cent of the time.

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12 • queensjournal.ca Tuesday, ocTober 5, 2010SPORTS Gaels too much for cross-town rivalThe women’s soccer beat the RMC Paladins at their home-and-home series in Kingston this weekendBy Kate BascomsporTs ediTor

The Gaels wrapped up the weekend at Richardson Stadium with a home-and-home series with the RMC Paladins. Queen’s came away with six points from two victories, a close 2-1 match on Saturday and a dominating 6-0 win on Sunday.

Head coach Dave McDowell said that the team’s been suffering from the wear-and-tear of the season, and nagging injuries have resulted in a diminished squad.

“We got terrific contributions from the whole depth of the squad,” he said. “So there was a lot of little injuries [that] we’re coming back from. I just said to them ‘thank goodness for our depth’. I don’t know how many other teams would ... have as many players injured and still get results.”

Saturday’s game against the Paladins saw the Gaels compete in one of their closest battles of the season. Forward Jacqueline Tessier opened the scoring before midfielder Kayla Crnic scored the game winner near the end of the first half. RMC’s only goal came on a penalty kick.

“I thought the first 45 [minutes] was good,” McDowell said. “Then we started the second half well, then kind of took our foot off the pedal a little bit. Today was much better.”

The Gaels’ Sunday afternoon game closed out a season sweep of the Paladins. Forward Kelli Chamberlain had two goals. The Gaels went into the second half up 2-0 with goals from midfielders Alexis

McKinty and Mary Kampman. Along with Chamberlain’s two goals, Tessier and defender Paula Wong also scored to finish off the Paladins 6-0.

“I would say, quite honestly that our finishing could be better,” McDowell said. “I think we’re creating lots of chances and again, with the different line-ups we’ve had over the past week and a half with some injuries, the continuity’s been really good.”

The Gaels had a tough stretch in their season. McDowell said in addition to injuries, the team has also been dealing with a busy schedule.

“We’ve had a long stretch here where we’ve played Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday,” he said. “We’ve played more games than anyone else in the country by a long stretch.”

The Gaels are looking forward to their much needed break over the Thanksgiving weekend. Along with being first in the OUA East with a 10-1 record, the Gaels are ranked fifth in the CIS. Going into their final stretch, McDowell said he hopes the team will come back from the weekend with the energy to finish off their season strong.

“To get a little break at Thanksgiving where they get four or five days off, it’s going to be terrific,” he said. “Then come back for those last four games kind of mentally and physically reinvigorated after a pretty tough first month and a half.”

The Gaels will play the Gee-Gees Wednesday in Ottawa.

By anand srivastavasTaff WriTer The women’s rugby team didn’t play the role of ‘gracious guest’ last Friday, coming away with a 27-5 win over the Trent Excalibur during their homecoming weekend. The win pushed the Gaels’ record to 4-0 for the first time since the 2005-2006 season.

Fullback Karlye Wong paced the Gaels with a pair of tries and CIS All-Canadian fly-half Andrea Wadsworth added a try and a convert. Scrum-half Susan Heald and fullback Jocelyn Poirier also put down a try each for the Tricolour to round out the scoring.

Head coach Beth Barz was not only pleased with her team’s effort on the road but also their ability to perform on Trent’s artificial turf stadium.

“It was nice to pull off a win,”

she said. “It’s always interesting to go up to see the Trent fans on homecoming weekend. It’s a transition playing in the lights and on the turf. It’s a different

environment for sure.”Queen’s strength on the pitch

was their strong defence, allowing only one try to the Excalibur.

“I think that when we play defence the way we’ve been trying to this year, good things happen,” Barz said. “We create turnovers and then tend to score. We had

Queen’s 27, TrenT 5

Please see Composure on page 15

Women’s rugby storms to 4-0 Gaels will defend unbeaten season against the University of Toronto this weekend

By Lauri KytömaaassisTanT sporTs ediTor A brisk Saturday in Peterborough provided the Queen’s rowing team the first true test of the 2010 season. Held at Trent University’s campus, the Head of the Trent is one of the larger regattas in the fall season leading up to the OUA championships.

The crews race along a five kilometer course that runs through the Trent Canal and the Otonabee River. The races are run in time trial fashion with boats being sent off from the start one at a time so as to be unaffected by other boats. Particular to this race course, however, is a narrow canal about a kilometer from the finish which doesn’t allow boats to pass one another often causing bottlenecks. The large crowds use this position to heckle rival crews, making the finish even more exciting.

For the men’s rowing team this was their second race of the season, but the appearance of touted Brock

and Western teams made for a tough day of racing. The men’s heavyweights finished 45 seconds off of first place Brock, finishing fourth in the varsity eight event behind Brock, Trent and Western respectively. In the varsity four, the heavies finished with a similar margin finishing in fourth place, 41 seconds behind the winning Brock boat.

The margins of defeat were smaller for the lightweight men, but the results were much the same. In the lightweight eight event the men finished third with a 12 second margin from first, losing to Brock and Western. Finally they came fourth in the lightweight four event losing by 37 seconds.

Team captain and lightweight rower, Colin Sutherland said there is still potential in the season despite a somewhat disheartening weekend.

“We were satisfied,” he said. “There is still a little bit of work to do but I think we are still in striking range of Brock and Western. It’s

still a matter of coming together as a crew and learning to meld our techniques into one in order to go faster.”

Although the season is young, the middle of the pack position reflects on the rebuilding nature of both the men’s heavyweight and lightweight programs. In a longer race like the Head of the Trent anything under a 10 second margin is still fairly close. While the men’s lightweight eight fared respectably, losses by over 30 seconds in several races allude to the fact that a lot more work has to be put in for podium finishes at the OUAs.

The women’s program came off with a more successful day of racing. The women’s heavyweight eight finished in first place, seven seconds ahead of Western. The women also came second in the women’s heavyweight four. The Mustangs did get caught behind a slower boat in the canal yet the victory provided the women with a good starting point for the season

Queen’s 2, rMC 1; Queen’s 6, rMC 0

Please see rowers on page 14

Queen’s rowers still looking to catch Brock and Western

“Quarterfinals and semifinals in the OUA are, I think, one of the toughest things to get through in the country.”

—Beth Barz, women’s rugby head coach

Gaels kick off their fall regatta grind with tough race at Trent

PhoTo by JUsTin TanGThe women’s soccer team came away from their home-and-home series with six points, defeating rMC saturday 2-1 and on sunday 6-0.

Tuesday, ocTober 5, 2010 queensjournal.ca • 13SPORTSSPORTS

The Queen’s Gaels dropped their Saturday game against the Western Mustangs 46-10 in London.

The Gaels’ loss to the Mustangs has dropped their record to 1-3-1. With a shocking win by the University of Toronto Varsity Blues over the Ottawa Gee-Gees, the Gaels are ranked seventh in the OUA and are sitting outside of the playoffs.

Head coach Pat Sheahan said the game against Western was unlike their previous losses.

“It was the only game this year that has kind of gotten away from us,” he said. “In every season, there’s always one game that has potential to be the one you want to forget and I’m afraid that was it.”

Sheahan said there were many factors which contributed to the loss.

“Despite our best efforts and preparation,

unfortunately, things unravelled,” he said. “We had a few players injured [and] we gave up a few plays. We didn’t seem to get too many breaks either but when you add it all up, it was just that one game that was kind of the disaster of the year.”

The Gaels battled miserable conditions in London with cold weather and rain beating down on them throughout the game.

“The weather and the wind always have an impact,” he said. “In our situation, we didn’t quite throw the ball that well into the wind and certainly having a wet ball made our passing game a little bit up and down ... Unfortunately it was a slick ball and those conditions certainly didn’t help us.”

Running back Jimmy Therrien was effective despite the loss, running for 111 yards and 20 carries. This was his third 100-plus yard game of his career. Sheahan said much of their running game was abandoned after they fell behind but Therrien’s game against a tough Western defence created

momentum for the team. “I thought that our running game was

pretty good,” Sheahan said. “When you get behind, you have to abandon the running game because it’s time consuming ... If we could have drawn them within one score, we could have maintained more of a balanced attack.”

Quarterback Justin Chapdelaine played the majority of the game completing 12 of his 25 passes for 115 yards and running in one touchdown. After the first quarter, the Gaels were never able to pull back into contention.

“We had to curtail our game plans somewhat to be able to stop them,” he said. “Western’s a good team this year and we needed to be full-throttle to be able to compete with them. We weren’t able to get there on Saturday.”

In a weekend full of upsets, the win by the Varsity Blues over the Gee-Gees, who are ranked second in the country, came as a surprise to everyone including Sheahan.

“I don’t think anyone saw that one coming,” he said. “To hear that Ottawa had 600 yards plus was not surprising but to hear that Toronto also had 600 yards was a little bit of surprise.”

With the Queen’s facing Toronto this weekend, there was show of concern over a confident Blues team coming into Kingston. Saturday’s game will have playoff implications for the Gaels who cannot afford another loss.

“This certainly has caused us to take Toronto far more seriously [and] not take them for granted,” he said. “All the rest of the games are playoff games for us because our back is against the wall. This will be a whale of a ballgame because Toronto is performing as well as they have in a number of years and we’re hungry for a win.”

Rain, running game wash away GaelsBy Kate BascomsporTs ediTor

Queen’s 10, WesTern 46

Western celebrates homecoming by running over Queen’s

The Gaels will take on the university of Toronto Varsity Blues at home over the Thanksgiving weekend. Kickoff’s at 1 p.m. on saturday.

PhoTo by Jeff ChanThe Gaels huddle after their 46-10 loss to the Western Mustangs on saturday.

PhoTo by Jeff Chanrunning back Jimmy Therrien is tackled to the ground by the Mustangs.

14 • queensjournal.ca Tuesday, ocTober 5, 2010SPORTS

despite the slip of a rival boat. Heavyweight rower Sarah

Pidgen took the victory lightly.“I think it’s a good starting

point,” she said. “Ultimately the goal is the OUAs. [It’s] good to know where you stand versus other crews.”

The lightweight women surprised many by finishing in fourth place in the lightweight eight event, 12 seconds behind Western and fourth in the lightweight coxed four event. They went into the race with higher expectations placed on them.

Although the results weren’t hugely satisfactory, head coach John Armitage said he remains optimistic.

“[T]here is an old saying that you don’t want to go fast in the beginning of the season. You don’t want to peak too soon,” he said. “[One] can’t read from these results that you are going to win or that you are going to lose. They are just interesting results to learn from. The results from this regatta are going to give us a training focus in the next two weeks.”

The teams are in transition and lack veteran presence. A season used to build up experience will

be very valuable for years to come. Armitage said race experience and coaching will bring the team to where it needs to be in the future.

“We are a very young team and we need to get out there and race and test what we have learned,” he said. “Fortunately, I think we’ve got great coaching, we’ve got 12 very dedicated coaches with varsity and the development programs that are working hard.”

The Queen’s rowing team will be racing next in st. Catherines at the Brock Invitational on Oct. 16.

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Rowers test their mettle PhoTo by CaTie finley

The light weight women’s eight racing through the Trent Canal in Peterborough.

PhoTo by JoRdan WilleThe heavyweight women’s eight won gold over the weekend at the Head of the Trent.

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some hard running efforts, so that certainly worked out well for us.”

The Gaels have only had two home games due to their regular season schedule. With the victory, the Gaels have guaranteed themselves a home playoff game and Barz said she was looking forward to the familiarity of Kingston Field for the game.

“It is nice to [play at] home,” she said. “I certainly know that we can win wherever we play. It’ll be nice to be able to be in our team room and have the comforts of Kingston around us with lots of fans.”

With a home-advantage in the playoffs guaranteed, Barz said the Gaels will concentrate on closing out the regular season before

thinking ahead to the postseason. “We’re certainly not looking

that far ahead just yet,” she said. “Quarterfinals and semifinals in the OUA are, I think, one of the toughest things to get through in the country ... We’ve been focusing on controlling whatever we can control and not necessarily looking a whole lot at the other team this year.”

Wadsworth, now in her third year with the team, said that this year’s team has been able to perform physically but has also been mentally tough on the pitch.

“I think a big difference for us this year has been keeping our composure,” Wadsworth said. “The Trent team near the end [of the game] almost turned on themselves

and were yelling at each other. Our team has been calm, composed and poised on the field and I think that makes a big difference.”

With one game remaining in the regular season, Queen’s now sits alone atop the Russell Division standings with 19 points.

“[Winning the division] would definitely be a step in the right direction for us,” Wadsworth said.

“It would be a huge accomplishment for the team. I feel like Queen’s women’s rugby program has taken some huge leaps forward in the last few years, especially this year.”

The Gaels will host the University of Toronto Varsity Blues, who are 1-2-1, on Friday to close out the season. Wadsworth said the team would not be looking ahead to the playoffs and would be focused on finishing their strong regular season.

“Even though Toronto isn’t doing statistically as well, I don’t think they’re a team that should be taken lightly,” she said. “Every game we’ve been improving on certain aspects and I think that this game could be the game where it all comes together.”

The women’s rugby team’s play

has been impressive on the field, dominating their opponents on the scoreboard, like in their match against York, and in composure and confidence like in their close victory over McMaster. However, Wadsworth said the Gaels can still find areas to improve.

“I don’t think offensively we’ve peaked quite yet,” she said. “[It’s] good in a sense, as we’ve still been winning games. I think that when we do click offensively it’s going to be amazing.”

Queen’s will host the university of Toronto Varsity Blues on Friday, Oct. 8 at Kingston Field. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.

Composure and confidence key to Gaels’ successContinued from page 12

“I feel like Queen’s women’s rugby program has taken some huge leaps forward in the last few years, especially this year.”

—Andrea Wadsworth, fly-half

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Women’s volleyball takes bronze in

preseason tournament

The women’s volleyball team opened their preseason by going to the 2010 Marriott Preseason Classic. They opened up with a four set win over the University of Moncton on Thursday and then fell to McGill in four sets the next day. This would be their only loss of the tournament as they went on to a four set win over Guelph and straight set win over Laurier. The 3-1 record in the round robin sent them to the bronze medal game against the host Ottawa Gee Gees. The Gaels won the match in straight sets 25-18, 25-17 and 25-20.

Natalie Gray carried the Gaels across the tournament and had 10 kills, 10 digs, an ace and a block in the final match.

—Lauri Kytömaa

Gaels split exhibition matches in Manitoba

Men’s volleyball began their preseason with a trip up north to face off against the Winnipeg Wesmen and the Manitoba Bisons.

They swept the Wesmen in two games winning the first game in four sets and the second in three. The Gaels then faced off against the Bisons, losing both games in four sets. Joren Zeeman led the team in both games putting away 21 kills against the Wesmen and 25 kills against the Bisons.

—Lauri Kytömaa

Tough road trip for hockey

As a part of the annual preseason tune-up the men’s hockey team went down to Pennsylvania this past weekend to face off against Robert Morris University and Mercyhurst College. The Gaels dropped both games to the Division I teams, losing 5-0 to Robert Morris and 8-1 to Mercyhurst.

Steele De Fazio and Davis Aime split goaltending duties in both games. Defenseman Brendan Bureau scored the lone goal of the weekend for the Gaels.

—Lauri Kytömaa

Women’s hockey grabs final win of

the preseason

The Gaels won their final preseason game 3-2 against the Whitby Wolves of the Provincial Women’s Hockey League. Forward Morgan McHaffie had two goals while forward Shawna Griffin scored the Gaels’ other goal. Goaltender Karissa Savage made 18 saves.

The Gaels will open their season against the Waterloo Warriors this Friday at the Kingston Memorial Centre. Puck drop is at 8:30 p.m.

—Kate Bascom

Disciplinary matters force baseball to

forfeit

The Gaels baseball team will finish off their regular season by forfeiting a double-header to the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks.

The forfeit comes in response to a team violation of the school’s Student-Athlete Guidelines for Behaviour. Queen’s Athletics and Recreation will not raise the suspension until a full investigation has been completed. The details surrounding the suspension are being withheld until the investigations have been completed.

—Lauri Kytömaa

16 • queensjournal.ca Tuesday, ocTober 5, 2010PostscriPt

By Kelly loeperPosTscriPT ediTor

It’s that time of year again.Thanksgiving weekend is right around the corner. Whether this means reciting prepared answers about your future career plans to distant family members, watching your uncle John get way too drunk or listening to your cousin’s boyfriend talk about football for the hundredth time, I’m sure there’s one thing that never disappoints: the food, of course!

As soon as October hits, food blogs are overrun with classic comfort foods—from chilli to cheesecake and cinnamon to ginger, it’s easy to allow yourself to be transported to a much simpler time through flavours and textures.

Food blog smittenkitchen.com notes fall as the perfect time to get inspired, since markets are flooded with seasonal fruits and vegetables.

As Food network celebrity chef Jamie Oliver remarks on his website, one of the best reasons to cook with in-season foods is the food is more likely to be produced locally. It will be fresh as ever and you’ll be in perfect harmony with nature’s rhythms—who wants to eat a pie with shrivelled-up strawberries from June, after all?

The biggest fall and Thanksgiving recipe trends incorporate a range of in-season fall fruits like apples, pumpkins, figs and pears.

Whether you’re trying to distract yourself from schoolwork or looking for a way to bond with friends and family, spending some time in the kitchen and getting creative is arguably the best way to escape the incoming autumn chill.

PumPkin Bars A classic favourite—Re-vamped!Yields 48 small or 24 large barsCook time: 30 mins

IngredientsBars:

4 eggs * 1 2/3 cups granulated sugar * 1 cup vegetable oil * 15-ounce can pumpkin * 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour * 2 teaspoons baking powder * 2 teaspoons cinnamon * 1 teaspoon salt * 1 teaspoon baking soda *

Icing: 8-ounce package cream *

cheese, softened 1/2 cup butter or margarine, *

softened 2 cups sifted confectioners’ *

sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extract*

DirectionsPreheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Using an electric mixer at medium speed, combine the eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin until light and fluffy. Stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda. Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and mix at low speed until thoroughly combined and the batter is smooth. Spread the batter into a greased 13 by 10-inch baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting. Cut into bars. To make the icing: Combine the cream cheese and butter in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add the sugar and mix at low speed until combined. Stir in the vanilla and mix again. Spread on cooled pumpkin bars.

aPPle-Bread Pudding CakeApples, pudding and cake had a baby. Yields 8-10 servingsCook time: 35 mins

Ingredients4 tablespoons unsalted butter, *

melted, plus more for the pan2 1/2cups chunky applesauce * 1/2 cup golden raisins* 1 teaspoon finely grated *

lemon zest

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon* 1/2 cup milk* 2 large eggs, separated* 1 1-pound loaf sliced whole-*

wheat or cinnamon-raisin bread, crusts removed

1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar* 3/4 cup apricot preserves*

DirectionsPreheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch-square baking pan and line with foil, leaving a 2-inch overhang on all sides; butter the foil.Mix the applesauce, raisins, lemon zest and cinnamon in

a bowl; set aside. Whisk the melted butter, milk and egg yolks in a shallow dish. Dip half of the bread slices in the egg mixture and layer in the prepared pan, trimming as needed. Spread the applesauce mixture over the bread. Dip the remaining bread slices in the egg mixture and layer on top. Bake until the egg mixture is set and the bread is golden, about 35 minutes. Meanwhile, beat the egg whites and confectioners’ sugar in a bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until stiff peaks form.

Spread the apricot preserves on top of the cake. Spread the egg-white mixture on top of the preserves, forming peaks with the back of a spoon. Return to the oven until the meringue is golden, 5 to 7 minutes.Let the cake cool in the pan, about 1 hour. Lift out of the pan using the foil and slice into squares.

-All recipes sourced from foodnetwork.com

red wine sangria

The perfect way to catch up with high school friends over the weekend. Yields 8 servingsPreparation time: eight mins

Ingredients1 bottle Spanish red wine * 1/3 cup super fine sugar * 1 orange, thinly sliced * 1 red apple, thinly sliced * 1 mango, pit removed and *

sliced 1 cup orange juice * Pinch salt * 1 (12-ounce) can seltzer *

water Ice cubes*

DirectionsIn a large pitcher combine the wine and sugar and stir until the sugar dissolves. Add the remaining ingredients, excluding the seltzer, and mix well. Put the pitcher in the refrigerator and let the sangria sit for at least 1 hour or up to 4 hours. Just before serving, stir in the seltzer and ice cubes.

TriPle ChoColaTe CookiesCan you ever have too much chocolate?Yields 24 servingsCook time: 12 mins

Ingredients1/4 cup butter, softened * 1/2 cup dark brown sugar * 1/4 cup granulated sugar * 1/4 cup canola oil * 1 egg * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract * 1/2 cup all-purpose flour * 1/2 cup whole-wheat pastry flour * 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch processed) * 1/4 teaspoon salt, optional * 1/3 cup coarsely chopped dark chocolate (2 ounces) * 1/3 cup coarsely chopped milk chocolate (2 ounces) * 2/3 cup chopped pecans, optional*

DirectionsPreheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, mash together the butter and sugars with a fork until well combined. Add the oil and egg and beat until creamy. Mix in the vanilla. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flours, cocoa powder, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well. Stir in the dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and the pecans and mix well. Using a tablespoon, scoop the batter onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 12 minutes. Transfer cookies to a rack to cool.

Giving thanks for second helpingsThanksgiving is the ultimate time to connect with others; what better way than through their stomachs?

PhoToS BY ChRISTIne BLAIS

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