in the paper this week

p. 2 - Ed. explains this reference* • p. 3 - Can-US border talks • p. 4 - Trent speaksp. 5 - CRTC gets interim chair • p. 8 - A third look at local music

p. 9 - Iran, oil, embargoes • p.10 - Trent Radio programmer profile: Kirk Jennings

centre: Arthur takes a look at the second draft of Academic Plan

in case you think Arthur is a sinking ship, here is a discount for the remainder of the year*

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Editorial

weighing in on weight in the media

By Miranda Rigby

It seems often these days that I hear negativity in the media towards people that others might consider “fat”. The term (fat) is a colloquial word referring to someone who, within popular mindset, might be seen as unhealthy, uncared for, and maybe someone who just doesn’t eat the right foods.

I remember in secondary school, one day during gym class, we were doing our physicals. This would have been in grade 8 or 9, and I would have been only a few inches shorter than I am today. I would have been about 80lbs lighter, however, or at least about 50lbs. I would have been one of those children who were labelled “fat”.

I know I was one of those kids because on the day of that physical I was handed a device. It seemed futuristic – gym equipment in elementary school consisted mostly of rubber balls – and it was meant to calculate my BMI. For those who don’t know, don’t remember, or weren’t subjected to this calculation, it was a test meant to calculate the percentage of fat on one’s body in order to determine whether children were healthy (in women that would be classified as 10%) or obese (32%+).

I was lingering at that age around the “acceptable range”, not “obese”. Even still, I asked my gym teacher how it was to tell me that I am healthy or not. I asked, “Does it calculate my grip? How does it know how much is muscle mass?” She said, “It knows” and that was the end of the discussion. By the end of that class I could say I had an eating disorder.

I only know this in retrospect. I blamed it on my (then) boyfriend, he had an allergy, and if I wanted to kiss him I was on a limited diet. I ignored the fact that I did not see him daily and I began only eating select foods when they were available to me and not eating on days that I didn’t have those foods.

My locker began to be crammed with moldy sandwiches. My mom would pack me one every day and I wouldn’t eat it. I told myself it was because I didn’t like that type of lunch meat. My mom eventually found out and changed the type. It had nothing to do with lunch meat.

Eventually my boyfriend and I broke up and I lost my go-to excuse. One day my mom and I went to town. Because I hadn’t eaten in a while my mom gave me a burger at Wendys. I threw it up. My stomach was no longer big enough to handle a burger at a fast food restaurant.

These days I am 24, I am a size 18, and the fashion industry tells me that’s borderline unacceptable behaviour. I find myself in the same position as that grade 8 version of me. I am on the cusp of needing to go to the plus sized stores exclusively. I am already limited due to my height, but I am also limited by my weight.

Despite this, I refuse to go on a diet. I know not to diet because of my own experience with them in the past. I know I am pretty damn attractive, and I don’t need to be told otherwise. Unfortunately, however, this is not the case for the majority of youth. Children are still taught about BMI, and how they need to be a certain weight, no matter how much they know their bodies are right for them.

In the news this week I read about a study which stated that the most regular bullies are overweight children and that the most regular recipients of bullying are… overweight children. Don’t you think this might be because of us? Why can’t we just enjoy how we look without identifying with our dress, pant, or collar sizes?

So my challenge to you this week is simple: don’t judge me or any other finely curvy females who don’t configure to your standards of beauty. Simply put, I am your editor, I am 18 dress size, and I really don’t care.

*In the news last week it was revealed that Costa Concordia passengers were given an insulting 30% off of their next cruise with the company that endangered their lives and killed many. Understandably insulted, passengers began making their claims to those media members who would begin to listening to their horror stories of how the ship was handled in the ultimate case of emergency. Passengers have claimed in various situations that they were forced to listen to “My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion as the ship capsized, that they were told to go back to their cabin because everything was okay, and of course, everyone’s favourite claim was that according to the captain “he slipped” into a rescue boat.

Claims aside, the “30% off next cruise” offer was no joke, and while passengers recalled their horror story vacation, they were told they could benefit from a nice discount from a company who is bound to go under. Thank goodness, in a statement issued on Friday, the company also added €11,000 to the offer.

It was with this in mind that the front page of this week’s paper was crafted. Who knows, maybe if you are one of the many who think Arthur is going under, you might be glad to hear I have yet to “fall into” any life raft, so to speak.

Biggest little editor in the whole wide world

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Re: re: & re: “Who the fuck”

letters

Dear Arthur Editors,

The TQC writing in response to the editorial entitled “You are a Woman? And who the fuck are you?” in Issue 14 of the Arthur.

Within the very first paragraph of the editorial, the author states that “It takes a lot of awareness of gender to be able to speak about it clearly, with knowledge, and without offending anyone.” If this is how the author feels, then perhaps she should have taken a step back to educate herself more before proceeding. The TQC recognizes that the author attempted to address some very pressing concerns, including the ongoing nature of transphobia in popular media, but we feel that the article did not do this in a constructive manner.

The first disconcerting omission from the editorial the definition and use of the word transgender. A transgender person is someone who identifies, presents, or lives as a gender other than the one prescribed to them at birth. So we ask: why does this editorial never use the word transgender? By discussing trans identities and failing to define or use this word, the article invisiblilizes identities that already face marginalization and discrimination.

The TQC also feels as though the editorial fetishizes and tokenizes trans identities. When the author refers to herself as “a plain old boring woman”, this suggests that there is something unusual, exotic, or exciting about trans people. Moreover, it suggests that trans woman are not “just” woman, but something different altogether. Both of these concepts feed into transphobia and uphold the cissexist culture that dominates society and mainstream media.

In addition, when the author says that she “is wholly blessed to know [people] who identify with genders other what they are born into”, she tokenizes trans folks. Basing relationships or the value of relationships solely on a person’s trans identify creates a dynamic of trans people being novel or ‘token’ within social groups. The author may have meaningful relationships with trans identified people, but hopefully these relationships are not only valuable because of their gender identities.

The TQC does acknowledge that the issues raised in the article are very important and that the comments made in the CBC pilot show were inexcusable. However, we are disappointed with the approach that was taken in this editorial. The undersigned TCSA commissioners further endorse this letter.

Sincerely, The Trent Queer CollectiveQueer Students Commissioner, TCSAGender Issues Commissioner, TCSA

Dear anonymous,

Your letter makes valid points. It’s always helpful (to the world at large) to let someone know when they are being oppressive, or perpetuating oppression, whether through language or action. I worry, though, that the way you

make these points is counter-productive. Miranda’s editorial was a flawed attempt to express anger at oppression. Mocking someone for not caring correctly is needless and impedes necessary dialogue. That was an opportunity for teaching how to better cover trans issues, but instead you suggested that she stop trying to cover them at all. Discouraging anyone, especially the media, from discussing oppression helps no one.The truth is, getting used to someone’s change in pronouns is challenging for most people to get accustomed to. It shouldn’t be, but very few people are adequately prepared to understand gender issues. Miranda said it pretty well: “Personal pronouns, at times, can be hard to get used to. However, it is something I have learned to do over the time I have spent at Trent University, and I truly encourage you to do so as well.” It takes time to unlearn preconceptions about gender, and we should all take every opportunity to help people do that.

Wes C-T

By Carmen Meyette

Canadians make nearly 40 million trips to the U.S. every year, and $1.6 billion a day crosses the border in goods and services. It makes sense then that Canadian and U.S Governments are working out a new border deal, called “Beyond the Border,” to make some long hoped for improvements to current policies on both sides.

The goal of this new deal is simple: reduce congestion at the border and align security efforts. There’s a lot up for discussion, and about $1 billion expected to be spent on infrastructure projects in the next five years. So what will we be getting after all this?

We should anticipate efforts to align regulations about what can cross the border. As it stands each side has different policies about what can and cannot cross the border in consumer goods. The new agreement should include more succinct policies regarding various items, hopefully making things a little less disjointed.

With so many people crossing on a regular basis, there is keen interest in creating a process which will allow regular travelers, as well as trucks carrying goods, to cross in a more timely fashion than they are currently able to. Implementing this may mean opportunities for Canadians to become members of the NEXUS program or a similar program, recognition of “trusted” companies, and perhaps specified lanes for different types of travelers.

There is also talk of a singular entry and exit system with the hope that this could improve monitoring of when travelers are leaving one country and entering another. This system will include tracking of who is leaving each country, as opposed to simply who is entering. This is a result of the government’s inability to keep track of how many deportees have failed to leave, how many left on their own, or how many international students may be staying here illegally after their visas run out. This system might not tell us where in Canada they are, but we will know whether or not they have left.

One of the more major points is an agreement to more information sharing. The Governments are saying that by sharing more information they can do much of the screening away from the border and thus increase productivity at the border. Canada’s privacy commissioner urged the government to make sure that all information is dealt with according to the privacy protections required under Canadian law.

Another aspect being widely discussed is expanded law enforcement co-operation programs. Basically this part of the agreement encourages more teamwork between Canadian and U.S law enforcement on cases which are near the border, affect the border or cross the border. We could see this happening as a pilot project as soon as next summer. It is noted that a similar program, Shiprider, exists with regards to shared waterways such as the Great Lakes.

More co-operation and co-ordination of military efforts is also expected so that mobilization of one countries armed forces to assist another in the case of a natural disaster (for example) can be swift.

There are also expected clauses on the protection of critical and cyber infrastructure. This means more security measures for confidential online information and Government online infrastructure in general, as well as higher security for ‘critical infrastructure’ such as oil and gas lines, electrical grids, and so on.

Each of these clauses comes with its own evident pros and cons. Some clauses have been more heavily critiqued than others, however. Primarily these include clauses surrounded the collection, treatment, and sharing of information between the two countries.

Many Canadian organizations have deep concerns regarding the sharing of personal, medical, and criminal information of Canadians and non-Canadian citizens who visit our country and also visit the U.S. Canada and the U.S have different legislation regarding the privacy protection of citizens and these differences must be addressed and considered in any information sharing agreement.

Some critics, including NDP foreign affairs critic Helene Laverdiere, warn that in our attempt to appease the U.S’s security-obsessed mindset in this border deal we are diminishing our own sovereignty through excessive information sharing and an overall sense that Canada is giving up too much for the U.S.’s satisfaction. Others such as Interim Liberal leader Bob Rae state that the plan just doesn’t look like the breakthrough it’s being made out to be.

Still, supporters of these points and the trade agreement as a whole will diffuse these concerns by commenting that there is no need to worry about our privacy and that our civil liberties are not being sacrificed.

They will also throw another argument into the mix by streamlining some of our processes and eliminating unnecessary procedures. For example, if you were to fly from Canada to the U.S, your bags would be checked on both ends. This deal would eliminate that so bags are only checked once in a new system titled “Screened once, accepted twice”.

Canada will help make this process possible by investing in some new explosive detection equipment for our airports. (“Screened once, accepted twice” would apply to crossing the border on land as well.) There is money to be saved; an estimated $16 billion a year, actually. This suggests that with minimal interruption to most peoples’ lives, and an actual improvement to the lives of those crossing the border on a regular basis, we could top it off by giving our economies a bit of a boost.

The projected timeline for all of these plans includes many pilot projects in the next two years, beginning as soon as April 2012. It will take much longer than that for the affects of the entire plan to be realized and felt as it is carefully implemented. The full program is expected to be in place by June 30, 2014.

international

Can-US Border DealsChanging the way American laws

are upheld in Canada

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By Cornel Grey

Radical, left-wing, cliquey and sometimes even student trash; these are but some of the ways in which Arthur is perceived by some members of the Trent Community. Coming to Trent as a first year student, all that I had heard about the Arthur was that it is queer-positive, very political and highly contro-versial. It only took me a few weeks to learn that our beloved student newspaper was seen as a joke to some students and an insult to journalism by others. While my perspec-tive is inevitably skewed by my position as an Arthur writer, I sometimes wonder why it is that Trent students fail to appreciate the Arthur as a source of information and even entertainment. What I find even more shocking is the ignorance of some when I ask if they read the Arthur. “What’s that?” they ask.

Arthur is funded by a levy taken from students’ tuition. One would have hoped that there would be some interest in seeing where that money is going, and how we as students can make that investment all the more worthwhile. I didn’t understand how to make sense of this so I went to the Trent public—to those with a stake in the Arthur and those without. I wanted to see what stu-dents actually thought of this newspaper and this is what some had to say.

Some obviously had more to say than others:

Dylan De Leskie

I think it promotes a brand of kookery leftism, of moonbattery conspiracy Marx-ism - with no interest whatsoever of hear-ing a dissenting point of view. I've wanted to contribute an article for years but was afraid they would edit out things I write and still publish whatever is left over under my name as they have done to people I know in the past. It's one thing to be Left of Centre with thoughtful and respectable opinions. It's another thing to say that Bush did 9/11, Harper hates minorities and that "you're ei-ther a Marxist like us or you're useless." So it follows then that thoughtful leftists and conservatives alike take issue with the sen-sational, unfair presentation of the paper. I remember on my radio show once I talked about how a normal "pro-choicer" is some-one who believes abortion should be legal within the first trimester of pregnancy but those who are extremists and unthoughtful about their position are the "pro-choicers" who think abortion should be tax-funded (so therefore the half of the country who disagrees with them don’t have their core values respected) or those who think life doesn't begin until birth. I talked about

how I can't accept, respect or tolerate such an extreme opinion in any way anymore than a normal pro-choicer shouldn't accept, respect or tolerate people who think post-abort women should be killed. In response, the next issue of the Arthur had on its front page something like "Anti Choice Rhetoric Doesn’t Understand the Situation of Young Women" and about a third of the paper was dedicated to pro-abortion, anti-baby propaganda (not pro-choice, because they don’t support the pro-life tax-payer's right to choose). Of course, the Arthur didn't say my name because that would be too direct and draw more attention to me. Anyway, that's just one example. For a non-refund-able levy you'd think it should be more open to all sorts of different points of view.

Ayesha Asghar

Arthur is a great medium for vocalizing students’ concerns and needs in Peterbor-ough and Trent community, it’s just sad that it hasn't been used for this purpose a lot. It’s like any other democratic organization where it has faults, but if you can tap into the platform that it can offer you, you can reap way more benefits than you can imagine.

Shani Victorin

Well, print media is dying. I hardly ever read the Arthur. Chances are, I will pick up a copy if there is something specific in it, or someone tells me about an article they read in it. I will say that I feel like The Arthur has altered its writing style and is more palatable and less controversial this year as compared to previous years.

Brett Throop

I think Arthur is a place where everyone is invited to engage in a public conversation about our university, our communities, and our world. However, I do see some areas where Arthur can improve.

1. Most paid positions at the paper are for production, writing, putting together the paper week-to-week, and dealing with fi-nances. Meanwhile, board members are volunteers who have limited time to put into their roles. Though cash is tight right now, I think it might be helpful to have a paid staff person who isn’t directly working to produce the paper weekly, but is tasked with things like community outreach, liais-ing with the Board of Directors, organizing events and training workshops, and seeking out new partnerships and funding opportu-nities.

2. Governance needs to improve as well. For instance, I was a board member for one year and I received no orientation to the role. There needs to be better organization at the board level. A process has begun to update Arthur’s bylaws, policies and procedures,

which I think is promising.

3. I think there also needs for better plan-ning and organization on the editorial side. Writers and editors should have a plan from the beginning of the year of what stories they’re going to cover and who’s going to cover them. As it is now, most content deci-sions are made week-to-week. It would help to have one or more staff persons working over the summer to do some of this plan-ning.

4. Arthur needs to keep reaching out to all of its members (all Trent students are mem-bers) to see how the paper can better engage them.

5. The organization needs more money, too. I’d love to see a campaign to solicit alumni donations.

This year there’s been an effort to engage more members of the student community and I think that’s been reflected in the con-tent. It’s important to fight the perception that Arthur is an exclusivist clique so that everyone feels welcome to contribute. We can only benefit from more perspectives participating in the discussion.

Samudhya S.

I think the Arthur's changed... it used to be a lot more "radical" and "different". But peo-ple need to realise that Trent is "different" in that way, it's the people in IDS/the LGBT community who appear cliquey to others who don’t identify with that...I've heard that comment a lot. I don’t think there's anything wrong with what's published as long as it is reflective of the particular student interests the Arthur is supposed to serve.

Joanna Richardson

I think The Arthur effectively connects with the Trent student. It is truly written by students, for students, about issues stu-dents are facing. I would like The Arthur to showcase more student artwork and creative pieces, perhaps in special edi-tions (one every month or something).

Realistically speaking, we can’t please everyone but I found that there were some lessons to be learnt from all of this. There is some amount of awareness in the public sphere of Arthur’s efforts at providing a bet-ter product, there are strong opinions about us, good and bad, and that’s always welcome because it means that people are paying at-tention.

Lastly, we must not be passive commenta-tors when it comes to the quality of our stu-dent newspaper, participation is key if you don’t see your own interests reflected in the pages of this paper. Start writing.

Trent Speaks!What they really think about us

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national

local

By Anthony P. Gulston

The five year mandated term of Konrad von Finckenstein, former Chair of the CRTC, is up as of today and Leonard Katz is stepping in as interim Chair until von Finckenstein’s replacement is found. Len Katz has served as vice-chairman of telecommunications for the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission since 2007. He also spent 1974 to 1985 at Bell Canada, 17 years at Rogers, and 2004 to 2007 at a private digital security firm.

In an interview with the Canadian Press,

von Finckenstien advised the new Chair (future and interim) to not get co-opted by the interests of big telecom. After seeing Katz’s resume, this is some advice that he should heed. Von Finckenstein himself was a known problem for the Harper Government. The two major decisions of his five year term both cut down big telecom and put the interests of Canadians first.

During last year’s decision regarding Wind Mobile’s right to operate in Canada, von Finckenstein was forced to make a decision to allow or disallow Wind Mobile to enter the Canadian mobile phone market

as a service provider. Egyptian company Orascom Telecom Holding SAE holds a 65 per cent equity stake in Globalive, the Canadian company that operates Wind Mobile. Minister Tony Clement insisted that it would be better for Canadian consumers if they had more choice in the matter, yet von Finckenstein maintained that the CRTC policies regarding percentage of Canadian ownership is there to protect Canadian producers, not consumers. In the end access was granted to Globalive to operate Wind Mobile in Canada.

It was von Finckerstein’s CRTC that amended by-laws in order to include the Diversity of Voices bylaws that make sure that communities within Canada have fair usage and representation in broadcast media. This is the new set of by-laws that may give Ryerson Radio the competitive edge over its commercial competitors. Diversity of Voices is not only about community representation in the content, but in the ownership and structure as well.

Most recently, von Finckerstein’s CRTC made the controversial-if-it-wasn’t-so-confusing usage based billing decision that allows big telecom to charge independent internet service providers a per use instead of flat rate basis for the use of their infrastructure. Like the Wind Mobile decision, it was Tony Clement and the Harper Government that pressured von Finckenstein to make a decision. The CRTC is a regulatory body and the government legally allowed overturning any one of the CRTC’s decisions.

Accusations of corruption and bowing

to large telecommunications companies has always plagued CRTC Chairs, but now such an obvious influence at the helm, pressure will be mounting from individual Canadians. Von Finckerstein had a rough five years with the advent of many new ways of sending and recieveing information in Canada, but he remained one of the most open and transparent Chair’s in the CRTC’s history. In an interview with Cartt.ca (Canadian radio and television news site) von Finckenstein spoke to this:

“A prime example would be UBB, the wholesale decision. It wasn’t even a hearing. It was a wholesale decision dealing with what we thought was a relatively routine matter. It blows up out of all proportions. Thousands of emails and everything, etcetera. Everybody misunderstands it. Business gets upset. Everybody thinks we are mandating (data) caps, which we have never done and never will do. If you had asked me before we made that decision, ‘Is this going to be controversial?’ I would have said ‘it probably doesn’t get a headline.’”

CRTC gets interim Chair

free food

von Finckenstein gives advice to the new guy

for those who need it

By Cara Hernould,Food Cupboard

and Free Market Coordinator

As the winter semester gets rolling along and the second half of OSAP is distributed, many of us are left wondering how we are going to make it until our first summer paycheck. Let’s do some quick math:

Income: OSAP 13,000

Expenditures:Tuition 6,700Books 1000Rent 8 X 400 = 3200Groceries 8 X 200 = 1600Cell phone 8 X 80 = 640 13,140

We can argue the nitty gritty of my budget, but the central theme is that it isn’t easy being a student, and we are often left with much to be desired. In fact, many of us are unable to meet our basic needs as surprise expenses creep up on us. Recent discussions with other students have opened my eyes to the fact that I am not alone in financial hell.

Over the past year OPIRG’s Food Cupboard has seen a rising trend in the number of post-secondary students using our food distribution services. If you are in need, please come by the Food Cupboard.

We offer confidential service and we do not require ID, proof of income, or proof of student status to access out services. The cupboard is open three days a week, with fresh food including milk and vegetables available on Fridays. Unlike other food banks, our services allow weekly visits to ensure no one goes to bed hungry.

In conjunction with the Food Cupboard we run the Free Market. No, this has nothing to do with NAFTA, but is the place where donated clothing and household items are given away for free. This may be the only place you will ever visit that offers everything for free without restrictions. No trading, bartering, or donations required. Free, free, free. We have dishes, clothing and children’s toys. This service is meant for everyone, and donations are always welcome. You can find a donation bin in BATA, by the Timmy’s. Please donate clean, folded clothes and working household items.

OPIRG Food Cupboard and Free Market In the Sadleir House Basement

Wednesdays 3-5pmThursdays 1-5pmFridays 1-5pm

Contact: opirgfreemarket@gmail.com

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By Sara Ostrowska

A new draft of “Radical Recovery: An Academic Plan for Trent University (2012-2015)” has been recently released after receiving feedback from faculty, students, alumni, and community members. Arthur sat down with The TCSA’s President Sheldon Willerton and Vice President of Student Issues Brea Hutchinson to talk about the plan and some of its changes.

In the first draft, the first recommendation for improv-ing the student experience was the development and in-troduction of an “Interdisciplinary First Year Foundational Course” that would be mandatory and implemented in September 2013, with possible trials during the preceding summer. The second draft recommends developing a pro-posal for a one-term interdisciplinary course, which will be an elective, and not a mandatory course, as the first draft suggested. This course would aim to prepare students for university-level work and to “foster intellectual curiosity.”

TCSA President Sheldon Willerton asserted that “we have first and second year courses that are busy focusing on covering grade 12 material.” This problem will not be solved by introducing elective interdisciplinary courses. Therefore, one of TCSA’s possible recommendations for the third draft will be that there are two levels of courses in first year: one for those who want to major in that specific program, and one for those who are just taking the course out of interest. Sheldon wanted to make it clear that there should not be a “smart kids and a dumb kids course” but a course for students who are serious about the subject and want to major in it, and a separate course for students who are just interested in the subject and just want to learn the basics.

The controversial fifth recommendation to convert all

courses at Trent to half-credit courses has now been altered. Instead of the “cookie-cutting” that was proposed, the recommendation instead intends to “initiate a three year phase-in process whereby half-credit courses become the ‘normal,’ though not exclusive, delivery unit.” The plan it-self states that there is acknowledgement of the strong feel-ings about the use of half-year instead of full-year courses. In consideration of these arguments, all existing full-year courses will be reviewed before 2015, and “normally” all new courses will be half-credit courses. It also suggests to faculty to voluntarily split existing full-year courses into complementary linked half-credit courses.

The ninth recommendation is entirely new and replaces the previous recommendation to construct a student learn-ing commons: To increase the entering average of high school students to 74% by the fall of 2015. This will be part of the university’s strategy to increase “student quality” and the university’s reputation.

Moreover, the first draft of the academic plan recom-mended that “no undergraduate course will normally have a maximum cap of less than 35 students or an enrolment of less than 15.” The new draft of the plan compromised with the feedback given in the previous round of discussion and recommends that Deans begin conversations on what “sustainability” means within their individual units, since “some smaller units may not be arithmetically ‘sustainable’ but are imperative to the University mission.” If there are less than 15 students in a course, and the Chair and Dean are agreeable, the course will proceed.

Sheldon commented: “Again, this is them scaling back their brute forceness. As opposed to mandating 15 bodies in a classroom, they’re saying that you’re going to need to get approval to offer one of those classes […] This will be giving deans and chairs a lot more say in the budgeting pro-cess.”

Last term, the TCSA hosted an open forum about the academic plan, where 25 to 35 students showed up. Shel-don said: “I think we ended up pulling out 20 to 30 recom-mendations that we wanted to comment on… and it was all submitted [as feedback] […] They’re paying attention to what students have to say.”

Last December, Arthur spoke with President Steven Franklin and asked about the important of academic free-dom, in regards to Trent and the academic plan, in which he replied: “Academic freedom is our highest value.” When Arthur asked whether the plan touches on Franklin’s senti-ment of academic freedom, Sheldon replied “It’s a manage-ment document.”

“There’s nothing radical in here. I think it’s a manage-rial document that’s trying to create a culture of continu-ous improvement. […] Overall, it’s an improvement. It’s definitely less radical […] but how much academics does it really cover?”

When Arthur asked Brea Hutchinson why many stu-dents still don’t know about the academic plan, she said that this is the problem with a document that is of that length; Students either don’t know about it or they don’t take the time to read it. She informed Arthur that only two students showed up at the official consultation for the academic plan last term: TCSA President Sheldon Willerton, and Braden Freer, a junior senator from Gzowski College.

If you would like to read the revised document, visit the Trent website. You will be able to send your feedback to apfeedback@trentu.ca up until February 1, 2012.

A final revised version of the Academic Plan will be sub-mitted to the Academic Planning and Budget Committee for approval at their February 6, 2012 meeting. If approved, the document will then proceed to Senate for approval at the February 14th meeting.

Second Draft of the Academic Plan Released

OPIRG Peace Week 2012

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peace

Trent Active Minds and OPIRGhold many successful events

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JNYCE – Vaults of Horror Vol. 3

The brains behind the beats of local Horrorcore outfit “Psych Ward”, James Nyce has an ear for absence. In my mind, the key to a really successful rhythm in hip hop is how the producer manages the space in between the samples. The feeling of each break lasts a LITTLE longer then expected which is exactly what it should do.

Creatively mixing punchy kick and snare with eerie piano and string samples, the final result is the perfect soundtrack for those in transit, whether that means walking between class or driving through the sunset. James’ work with Psych Ward is impressive, having released albums since 2005. The Vaults of Horror series repeats his accomplishments with the group, stripping out the vocals and leaving you to appreciate the craftsmanship of finely wrought syncopation.

Volume 3 is the latest and my favourite. It gets into your bones. JNYCE would make fine company on any Ninja Tune sampler next to the likes of Blockhead and DJ Vadim. Aspiring MCs or anyone just wanting to bounce from place to place should take the time to pick up Vaults of Horror Vol. 3.

Listen to “The Outstanding” at psychward.bandcamp.com

2011 a year in (music) review Part IIIBy Matt Jarvis

Ok, so this is it. Over the last three weeks I’ve listened to and reviewed 9 active local music groups with releases over 2011. Is this an exhaustive list? No. Is my “taste” universal and sophisticated enough to fall into sync with every reader of my humbly fabulous superlatives? I’d like to say yes but, again, no.

So why bother? Why have I wasted all of our time that could have been be spent playing Mah-Jong or having solo

Breaker High/Smartfood marathons in musty bedrooms? Because my friends, as Jesus once said, you can bring a man a dead bear and he’ll eat for a little while or you can teach a man the art of strangling bears and he’ll have a whole buttload of dead bears to feast his weird mountain family with (something like that).

I have given you the first half of a treasure map, a framework upon which to exert your inner sleuth and discover emotionally and intellectually stimulating entertainment created right here, the city within which you

eat your pogos/TVP. It is now up to you to find the booty. Occasions of good live music are a great way to spend time with friends; there is a sense of being a part of something ephemeral, yet visceral.

In music we sync like in no other aspect of life, save (of course) sex. All of the bands I have written about have events regularly in our community. Go to them, share their songs and your experiences of them. We’re all alive. Let’s enjoy ourselves.

Dave Tough – Hello Love

“I remember when the feeling started, but now I tend to think about the day things changed. I had to live up to my reputation, if I was ever going to be myself. When I think of all the damage I dealt out, all the hunger that I hurtled your way, I had to hand it to someone. Baby don’t get close to me, I’m like a barely burning fire. Baby don’t get close to me, I’ll eat the best years of your life” (D.T)

Dave Tough writes like a poet, and sings like an honest man. Releasing material in Peterborough since 1992, this Trent Alumni, former Arthur Editor and current Ph.D. Candidate has been known to bring spectators to tears with his simple and well thought melodies. Long lauded by national critics as an authoritative voice in Canada’s folk community, Dave’s forthcoming album “Hello Love” only strengthens the argument. Fans of Nick Drake, The Rheostatics, and Snailhouse would do well by Dave Tough.

Listen to “Don’t Get Close” at davetough.bandcamp.com

The Resolutionaries Marimba Band – Marimba Explosion

On Saturday mornings my wife takes my son and I to the Peterborough farmers market and buys us homemade pierogi. It’s a great time for all of us. A particular aspect I always look forward to is the music being played by buskers throughout. Usually in the realm of bluegrass or folk, one morning stands out in my mind. Three giant xylophone looking things with three dancing men and women crafting unbelievably infectious rhythms to a quickly growing crowd in the beautiful sunshine.

My son is two years old, he can’t pay attention to fireworks for more than a couple minutes. He was completely immersed in this stuff, doing little man shuffles and the like. A couple people down I saw an elderly woman making very similar movements and I thought to myself, “This is it. This is what great days are made of.”

The Resolutionaries make music for everyone. The marimba is an incredibly fun sounding instrument and the band uses that strength to its fullest, filling out the already complex rhythms with a kit drummer. The band’s recent three song EP is a great introduction, but no replacement for an in person experience. See this band live on February 11 at the Venue; they will blow your mind.

Listen to “Kukanyanisa” at resolutionaries.bandcamp.com

9Volume 46 | Issue 16 | January 30, 2012

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By Brian Lukaszewicz

There are two pieces to every action movie – the action and everything else. Not exactly groundbreaking, I know, but I think the distinction is important. The action is what sells the tickets. It’s what people leave the theatre talking about. But everything else – the story, the themes, the characters – that’s what gives the action its context. It’s what gives it depth.

From the very first scene Haywire establishes itself as a force to be reckoned with in the action category. The combat in this movie has a distinctive style far removed from the glossy overwrought stuff you normally see out of Hollywood. It’s gritty, fast paced, quite brutal at times, and frankly it’s downright mesmerizing. The fight choreography alone is worth the price of admission.

But it’s the other half of that equation – the everything else half – that stops Haywire short of great. The plot, while not the worst I’ve seen (*cough* Transformers *cough*), becomes somewhat convoluted as the film progresses. Add to that a few glaring plot holes, weak dialogue, and poorly developed characters, and it feels like you’re simply being dragged from one set piece to the next.

This duality is never more apparent than with the film’s lead, Gina Carano. Carano, an

ex-mixed martial arts fighter, excels at the stunt work. You can tell she really knows how to fight, and it brings an air of authenticity to the action sequences. Her acting though isn’t nearly as fluid. While the script clearly calls for her character to maintain a fairly cold and calculated persona, there are times when even that seems put on. She’s certainly not terrible, but she’s not Meryl Streep either. Still, after this outing you’ve got to think she’s just punched her ticket as a certified action star.

But something tells me that despite its flaws director Steven Soderbergh made exactly the movie he wanted to make. There’s a lot of flair to the way Haywire is shot and edited. Long single takes, cuts to slow black and white images – it’s the kind of stuff that wouldn’t seem all that out of place in a Tarantino movie. Haywire doesn’t aspire to be anything more than a popcorn movie, a film where style and attitude are just as important as story and character, and it succeeds at just that.

If you’re looking for something as smart and tightly plotted as the Bourne trilogy, you’ll probably be disappointed. But if you’re the kind of person who just likes a good fight sequence, Haywire is for you. It’s a breath of fresh air the action genre hasn’t seen in a long, long time.

Soderbergh’s Haywire All Action, No Substance

Listen HereFarewell, Arthur. It’s been a pretty awesome semester here, and I leave behind this:

my Trent Arthur Mixtape. These are songs I’ve been listening to through my semester as I wrote, fact-checked, or spent hours creating e-mailing lists. All of these songs can be found on YouTube, with the exception of Drivers Drive Cars, which is on Alphabot’s Myspace.

All the best,Wes C-T, PCVS co-op student

Gin and Sparrow- ParadeDan Mangan- SoldElliot Brood- Oh, AlbertaGabe and Kijana- You and Me in SpaceAlphabot- Drivers Drive CarsMoldy Peaches- Who’s Got the Crack?Mother Mother- Tic Toc [for fridays]The Cat Empire- Manifesto [for editors demanding cheery songs]Broken Social Scene- Almost Crimes (acoustic)Cold War Kids- Audience

International

By Sara Ostrowska

European Union foreign ministers have formally adopted an oil embargo against Iran over its nuclear programme, banning all new oil contracts with the country, while also freezing the assets of Iran’s central bank in the EU. Iran has called the sanctions “unfair” and “doomed to fail.”

The Council of the European Union said in their conclusions from the Foreign Affairs Council Meeting in Brussels, January 23 2012 that “the recent start of operations of enrichment of uranium to a level of up to 20% in the deeply buried underground facility in Fordow near Qom further aggravates concerns about possible military dimensions to Iran’s nuclear programme.”

Last November, the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, said in a report that it had information suggesting Iran had carried out tests “relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device.”

The EU currently buys about 20% of Iran’s oil exports. Oil is the country’s most valuable asset. A decision by the EU to stop buying from Iran may damage the Iranian economy but will not destroy it; Iran sells most of its oil to countries in Asia. The EU and the United States are now working to persuade Asian countries to reduce their purchases from Iran as well.

The measures were “another strong step in the international effort to dramatically increase the pressure on Iran”, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement.

“European officials and other countries which are under America’s political pressure […] should consider their national interests and not deprive themselves of Iran’s oil to help US officials achieve their secret aims,” Mr. Mehmanparast, the spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said. He accused the US of trying to create “problems with energy supply requirements in countries which are America’s economic rivals.”

Iran insists its nuclear programme is for energy purposes, and denies that it is trying to develop nuclear weapons. Iran says talks and not sanctions are the only way to resolve the dispute; however, the EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said that world powers had yet to receive a reply to an offer made to Iran in October to hold new talks.

“It’s beyond dispute Iran is developing nuclear weapons and lying about it,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper told CBC News chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge.

Iran had “failed to restore international confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear programme,” British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a joint statement. “We will not accept Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon.”

Iran has already threatened to retaliate by blocking the Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Gulf, through which 20% of the world’s oil exports pass. The US has said it would keep the trade route open, raising the possibility of a confrontation. Late last year Iran conducted 10 days of military exercises near the Strait of Hormuz, test-firing several missiles. Oil prices have risen already because of the increasing tension and the expected impact of the EU ban on oil supplies to Europe.

The objective of the EU is to achieve a long-term settlement with Iran that would build international confidence in the peaceful nature of their nuclear programme, while respecting Iran’s legitimate rights to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper shared a controversial opinion with Peter Mansbridge: “In my judgment, these are people who have a particular, you know, a fanatically religious worldview, and their statements imply to me no hesitation about using nuclear weapons if they see them achieving their religious or political purposes. And […] I think that’s what makes this regime in Iran particularly dangerous.”

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has referred to Iran several times as the world’s greatest threat to peace and security.

EU Launches Oil Embargo Against Iran

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Caileigh Morrison: Kirk Jennings.

Kirk Jennings: Yes.

CM: What is your programme called and when is it?

KJ: My programme is called ‘That’s What’s Up’ and it’s Monday nights at 8PM.

CM: Exciting. What is your programme about?

KJ: ‘That’s What’s Up’ means “that’s what’s up in my head”. Songs that have been stuck in my head lately, songs that I’ve been listening to lately. Well, at least that’s how it started off, and now it’s expanded. I do different themes, and all week I think of the theme and different songs pop into my head and then on Monday I play the songs I’ve been thinking about.

CM: What songs do you usually think about? Any particular type of song?

KJ: Well, it really depends on what the theme is. Usually, if it’s just things that I’ve been listening to regularly it’s a lot of rap, some pop, mainstream stuff that I don’t usually get to play, and things like that. But a lot of times I’ll go with themes. For instance, tonight, I am doing country. And often, I take requests from people so I can get a lot of people interested not only in my show, but also Trent Radio.

CM: In what capacity other than programming are you involved with Trent Radio?

KJ: I started off as a co-op student here, and from there I started taking on more and more responsibilities. Then, once my co-op was done, I applied to be an operator here.

CM: I see. What did you do during your co-op?

KJ: It started off very simple, because I didn’t know how to do much. Organizing the Smooth Operator book, putting more PSAs in and taking the old ones out, and then doing Smooth Operator. Other than that, just a few cleaning things, but not too much. But then as my semester progressed it was really good because James and John [Programme Director and General Manager] would give me more and more chances to take on different jobs and do other things, so I had my own show, then two shows, and I interviewed political candidates. A whole bunch of things.

CM: Cool. Most of the people, actually I think all of the people I’ve interviewed so far are not high school students. Do you think that the Trent Radio experience is different for you, coming in as a co-op student? Do you catch a lot of flak?

KJ: Well, I guess everyone who comes in here for their first season feels new, but as a co-op student I felt even newer because I was always the youngest in the building. Always. It got to the point where I had so many responsibilities that I knew how to do more than most programmers did. I guess it was pretty weird being younger more than anything else, but now that I’ve been here for a couple of seasons it doesn’t feel weird at all. I just feel like part of the family.

CM: Very nice. What made you decide to come to Trent Radio in the first place?

KJ: I have always been interested in broadcasting and entertaining, and my plan is for it to become a career, so naturally I looked for a placement in radio. Before I started my co-op placement I’d only ever driven by Trent Radio – that was the most contact I’d ever had with Trent Radio. But then my co-op teacher said “you should really try Trent Radio, you get on the air right away, it’s such a good experience, you get to do so much” so I said “alright, sure!” Then right after my interview I fell in love with the place and now I don’t leave.

CM: What’s the most important thing you’ve learned from hanging out here?

KJ: I think a lot that I’ve learned is on-air stuff, like talking into the mic and running the board. There is experience you can only get from continuously being on the radio; there are a lot of things that you can’t learn from being told or from books. And then a lot of things like....well, when you’re hanging out at Trent Radio you meet a lot of different people, and the best thing to do is to say “hey, how you doin’?” and just talk because it’s just one big Trent Radio family and you’ve got to be able to talk to everyone.

CM: What are your plans for the future?

KJ: Well, I’m starting another co-op placement next month at Chex Television.

CM: Sweet.

KJ: Yeah, I’m taking the whole broadcasting thing pretty seriously.

A Programmer Profile of Kirk Jennings

Taking the Whole Broadcasting Thing Pretty

Seriously

11Volume 46 | Issue 16 | January 30, 2012

Trent Film Society Presents Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope (1948), 80 minutes, starring James Stewart. Wednesday, Feb-ruary 1st @ 8pm, Artspace, 378 Aylmer Street. Rope is a lesser known Hitchcock work but one that demands as much atten-tion as Psycho and Birds. Come join us for a great film and discussion.

Classics Drama Group play, Euripides’ Helen starts February 1st and runs to and including February 4th, 8pm each evening in Nozhen: First peoples Per-formance Space. The cost is $10/ $7 for students and tickets can be purchased at the door or for reservations: (705) 748-1011 x7848 or email kaxcell@trentu.ca

Learn the “lowdown” on Occupy movements from Dave Vasey from Occupy Toronto and members-participants from Occupy(ed) Peterborough. On Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 from 1-3pm in ECC Lecture Hall 201, Trent University, Symons Cam-pus. The cost is FREE and there will be food and a gathering afterward in CLLC (Champlain Living and Learning commons above the seasoned spoon cafe). For more information contact, Nadine Changfoot, Department of political studies at na-dinechangfoot@trentu.ca

Dub Trinity presents tribute to Bob Mar-ley: Feb.4th, 2012 the Red Dog Tavern, 189 Hunter St. West. Doors open at 9 pm.

ONE World Dinner: Sat, Feb 4th: Peter-borough One World Dinner at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church Hall. Doors open at 5:30pm. Vegetarian potluck, live music, raffle, dessert auction & dance with the Revolutionaries. Tickets at the door: $10/family/$5/person or PWYC, for more information go to www.kwic.info or call 748-1680. Proceeds support KWIC, JSH, NCC & WUSC

“Its not easy being green: News from the front-line on Rob Fords war on the envi-ronment”: Trent department of political studies educational talk given by Franz Hartmann, PhD, executive director of the Toronto Environmental Alliance. On Thursday February 9th, 2012 from 2-4pm in the Champlain living and learning commons above the seasoned spoon cafe, Trent University, Symons campus. The cost is FREE and there will be food pro-vided. For more information contact Na-dine Changfoot, Department of Political Studies at nadinechangfoot@trentu.ca

The Employment Fair will be held on Wednesday, February 8th in the athlet-ics centre gymnasium at Trent Univer-sity. This will be one of our largest events yet, with over 45 organizations already registered and hundreds of stu-dents planning on attending. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to recruit passionate, educated individuals from Trent. If you wish to register for this event please contact Danielle DeVries at careers@trentu.ca

5th Annual Showcase During Black History Month: “CELEBRATING DIFFERENCE” @ THE VENUE, in Peterborough, ON. On February 11 at 9pm. Presented By: AFRICVILLE PRO-DUCTIONS and THEBESTHIPHOP.COM Tickets: ONLY $10 ALL AGES and Licensed Alcohol Areas/dance floor. Tickets Available at: The Venue, Flavour Fashion, TRENT U/ TCSA Office, Dreams Of Beans

The Havelock TEACH Centre is hosting its 4th annual Soup And Dessert Competition on Family Day, February 20, 2012 at the Havelock Community Centre. The event will begin at 1pm with FREE skating, followed with a soup and dessert compe-tition and dessert auction. Chefs, both restaurant and hometown, are invited to enter a soup and/or dessert. For more

information please call the Havelock TEACH Centre at (705) 778-7873 or email at brookewrightly@gmail.com

Relay for Life is a 12-hour charity even to raise money for cancer research. The event begins at 7 pm and runs all night until 7 am. Relay for Life is more than just a fundraiser. It is an opportunity to get together with family and friends to celebrate cancer survivors, remem-ber loved ones, and fight back against cancer. Trent University will be run-ning our very own Relay for life on March 23rd in the Athletics Complex. For more information about Relay for Life please contact the Relay for Life chair Holly Ottenhof at hollyottenhof@trentu.ca or myself the Survivor chair Brittany Williams at brittanywilliams@trentu.ca. Also, feel free to stop by at our infor-mation booth outside of Wenjack Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays leading up to the event.

Tuesday Circus Art Jams: Come run away with the circus one night a week. Bring some circus toys or acts: hulahoop, poi, juggling, clown, dance, etc and come practice, share, and learn new circus skills. Don’t have any skills? Come any-ways! There are always extra toys and willing teachers. Takes place at the Sadlier House Dinning Room Tuesdays 7pm-10pm. PWYC Donation. So come and enjoy the fun!

Dance your Bones: Move freely to music from around the world. Every Thursday 6pm-8pm at All Saints Anglican Church Hall, 235 Rubidge St. Peterborough. The cost is $10 ( sliding down to $5). For more information please contact (705) 750-0411

Students - St John Ambulance is Canada’s leader in first aid training - We of-fer courses every weekend and many week-days and weeknights. Renew your CPR in 1 evening - most courses include a stu-dent discount. If you need to renew your first aid certificate or take a course for the first time contact St John Am-bulance 705 745-0331 sjapeterborough@bellnet.ca sja.ca

30 Crafts Market: a nonprofit initia-tive to support handcrafting and the connection between artisans/crafts-persons and the general public in the Kawarthas. This event is still open to crafters/artisans who would like to sell their goods. The market will be held May 12, 2012 in Peterborough Ontario. Booths are 15 dollars. To apply, visit 30craftsmarket.webs.com.

Want help keeping your academic New Year’s resolutions? The Academic Skills Centre offers one-on-one appointments that can help you become a more effec-tive and efficient student and writer. ASC instructors are experienced profes-sionals with graduate degrees from a va-riety of disciplines, including English, Canadian Studies, History and Mathemat-ics. Let us help you acquire the skills necessary to tackle the new semester successfully. Call 748-1720 for more information or to make an appointment.

Mock Interview: Participate in a Mock Interview! Get interview experience, get valuable feedback, network and meet professionals in a range of fields have your resume reviewed and targeted. Your first step is to attend one of our in-terview workshops happening on 3pm, Feb-ruary 14 at 10am, or March 8 at 10am. Go to www.trentu.ca/careers to register for the workshops.

The Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre is looking for dedicated volunteers to pro-vide Peer Support for the women and men

calling our 24-Hour Crisis Line. Free Crisis Intervention Training will be held in February! For more information please call the Volunteer Service Coor-dinator 705-748-5901 or ksacvolunteers@nexicom.net.

HU Song Contemplation Regardless of your beliefs or religion, you can sing HU to become happier and more secure in God’s love. Join us for a 20-30 minute contemplation, every 1st Monday of the month, 7:30pm Sadleir House, 751 George St. N. No charge.

Need $ for your theatre activity? The-atre Trent’s funding proposal deadline this month! Apply @ www.theatretrent.ca. We are welcoming new executive mem-bers to write cheques for theatre-makers and gain non-profit Board experience: you are needed.You are welcome to bor-row props and costumes from the storage space at Sadleir House - email theatre-trent@trentu.ca

Students Helping Students: Are you a outstanding academic student? Are you looking for a meaningful volunteer expe-rience? Are you hoping to build experi-ence and demonstrate skills in leader-ship and supportive communication? Then look no further, the Peer Mentoring Pro-gram hopes that you will become a peer mentor. Check out www.trentu.ca/peer-mentoring or email peermentor@trent.ca for more information.

Tom Eastland is playing a solo acous-tic set of original music as part of the Peterborough Acoustic Showcase at the Garnet, 213 Hunter Street West in Peterborough on Saturday night January 21st. Doors open at 9:30, line up is:

Tom Duke with Sybil Herceg-Shanahan, Tom Eastland, then CL McEachern. This will be a show of original music, cost is $5. On Thursday eve January 26th Tom East-land will be entertaining at the Stink-ing Rose pub on Bridge Street in Camp-bellford. This will be a mix of familiar favourites and original material. Music starts at 8pm, no cover charge.

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