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Hitting the ice
Check out The Argosys
coverage of Figure
Skating Championships in
Moncton from Jan. 15-22.
SPORTS, PAGE 28
A pirates piece
Do you know what
constitututes digital
piracy? James Wilson sets
the record straight.
OP/ED, PAGE 22
January 26, 2012 Not having sexual relations with that woman since 1875 Vol. 141 Iss. 15
A THE RGOSY
Mount Allisons Independent Student Newspaper
A world of pure imagination
John Fraser
Argosy Correspondent
Few stories appeal to the child
within like the story of Charlie and
the chocolate factory.
Children eagerly exploring a vast
candy enterprise, simple lessons
and morals and magical characters
provide the perfect recipe for a
simply delicious play. After much
anticipation, Garnet and Gold's
production of Willy Wonka
has come to an end. e show
was meticulously constructed,
broadly advertise and wonderfully
executed.
e cast was well selected and
performed wonderfully. From the
extremely self absorbed
attitude of Violet Beauregard to
the spoiled rants of Veruca Salt,
the golden ticket children perfectly
emulated their specic character's
traits. Augustus Gloop, played
by Geo Hutchison, manifested
himself as the glutton, acting in
such despairing hunger, while
the character playing Mike
Teavee was the reection of a
stereotypical teenager consumed
with technology.
ese four actors
did a fantastic job
of showing the
audience exactly
why we shouldn't
be like them.
Rena omas,
the actor playing
Violet stated that
she found it hard
to be so morally
reprehensible.
"ey kept telling me to be
meaner, I found that harder then I
thought," laughed omas.
eir morally poor choices were
made all the more obvious to
us as by the memorable Oompa
Loompas, whose colour and
activity brought to life the magical
world of "Willy Wonka". Despite
all the negativity around the four
self centred children, the energy
and good-naturedness of Charlie
Bucket, played
by Tom Hearne,
shone through.
His genuine
relationship with
his grandfather,
the way he
interacts with
his family and
his continuous
positive outlook
made Charlie
into a hero the audience could
sympathize with. With this clear-
cut distinction between good and
bad characters, the character of
Willy Wonka is left to our imagination.
Judged as both insane and benevolent
or genius and
malevolent, Willy Wonka graces
us with narration and mystery. His
gallant stride and intelligent air is
only dimmed slightly with the lack of
energy present in both him and the
over all play while it builds
speed to the second part.
Music and stage direction were tuned
to perfection. e music for the show
was entirely conducted and organized
by students. ird year student Justine
Korosil was the choral director, and
coordinated and coached the singers
in the production. ird year student
Winton Brangman was the music
director in charge of organizing the
pit band. ey, along with the lighting
crew and stage direction really brought
the atmosphere of magic and wonder
to the play.
I think the music
brought that feeling
to the play. It really
SSZLHJOZJLUL
Winton Bragman
Music Director
WILLY, PAGE 31
Argosy/Rosanna Hempel
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On a life in
science
Shawn Seeley
Science and Technology Editor
On a January 23 evening, in a talk titled
Reections on a life in science, Dr.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell spoke to a full
Brunton Auditorium about her discovery
of pulsars and commented on astronomys
place within poetry, as well as the
diculties that face female scientists in
todays world.
Dr. Burnell graduated from the
University of Glasgow in 1965 with
a Bachelor of Science and went on to
complete her Ph.D from Murray Edwards
College at the University of Cambridge in
1969. She is now a visiting professor of
astrophysics at the University of Oxford,
and a Fellow at Manseld College and the
Royal Society. She was the president of the
Institute of Physics from 2008 to 2010,
and has received many awards, a few of
which include the J. Robert Oppenheimer
Memorial Prize, e Herschel Medal, and
e Magellanic Premium.
Dr. Burnell began her lecture by
introducing her Ph.D research, which
had initially focused on quasars. Burnell
confessed that quasars had recently been
DR. BURNELL, PAGE 10
New Town
Hall excels
John A. W. Brannen
Editor-in-Chief
We're proud to report that one month
away from completion, we will indeed
be completing the project on time and
under budget, remarked Andrew Amos,
a senior engineering consultant with the
project. e $13 million structure will
focus on sustainability and environmental
stewardship while incorporating cutting-
edge technological and architectural
features. It will also see the municipal
government, re department and RCMP
under one roof.
e project began as a feasibility study
SUSTAINABILITY, PAGE 4
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Coverage of virus outbreak undervalues
real-time communication
Geoffrey Campbell
As our News Editor Rachel Gardner
discussed last week, the Canadian
University Press' (CUP) national
conference was hit by a suspected outbreak
of the Norovirus. Once the outbreak
started, there was panic and confusion.
However, before long Emma Godmere,
CUP National Bureau Chief, was
dispensing needed info on Twitter and by
e-mail. CUP sta also went door to door
throughout the night to check on the status
of delegates. By the end, many commended
her helpful crisis communication. At least
one did not and she was quoted by the
CBC with no space reserved for those who
disagreed or even Godmere, who was in
charge of communications at the time.
As with any breaking story, it was
dicult to get be sure of the number sick
and the correct diagnosis. However, there
was one piece of information that many
agreed on: the conference organizers
werevery active throughout the night doing
theirbest to connect all of the hundreds of
delegates with information they needed
how to deal with the outbreak.In order to
communicate with real-time information,
National Bureau Chief Emma Godmere,
in addition to sending out e-mails and
sending sta door-to-door,used her Twitter
account to post news with the hashtag
#nash74 so that delegates could get up to the
minute news.
However, when the CBC covered the
story, they apparently contact only one
attendee, Amy Badry who claimed that
information was poorly communicated
and "delegates were left to do their own
research and call hospitals". However,
many others disputed her version of events.
Amy Badry, whose Twitter prole revealed
she used the nash74 hashtag used by CUP
sta to communicate with delegates about
the outbreak complained online as well:
"#nash74 not impressed with how CUP
dealt with the noraviris outbreak. e
way information was disseminated was
not eective or ecient." A number other
delegates disagreed including Graham
Templeton who responded "You are at-out
wrong. ey were clear and quick, as info
came in." Many agreed with Templeton and
nobody using the nash74 hashtag wrote in
agreement with Badry.
While the CBC's unnamed writer
who found one person who criticized the
communication eorts from the many who
lauded them, e Vancouver Sun, on the
other hand, did the necessary research to
come to the conclusion that "[Godmere] and
other CUP sta were praised for their eorts
during the outbreak. Sta regularly updated
delegates with health information, often
going door-to-door to deliver supplies and
to check on the ill." Derek Spalding did his
due diligence and spoke to Harbour Towers
Hotel and Suites Hotel general manager
Ian Jones who lauded CUP sta for their
reaction to the outbreak. "'ey did a great
job,'" Jones said. 'ey certainly stepped up
(above) To see more photos from
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theargosy
(right) Meaghan Jones participating
in Sweden exchange enjoys some
skiing during her travels.
(above) Students perform Kung Fu at this years
Chinese New Year Celebration at Jennings.
Online Editor
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Fitness classes
and money
issues fuel
debate
Vanessa Million
Argosy Correspondent
Community access to cardio classes
Student Administrative Council Board of Regents Representative Sean
McGilley commented that community members have been complaining
that students are lling the athletic cardio class at the Fitness Centre
to capacity on Mondays and Wednesdays, leaving little or no room for
community members. eres actually some contention between some of
our fellow citizens in Sackville and students, said McGilley. McGilley said
that the townspeople questioned whether they might be able to reserve spots
in the future or have a calling list. Townspeople had suggested making the
Wednesday class a community class. VP Communications Julie Stephenson
mentioned that students wanting to attend this class may only go one hour
early to pick up a ticket for this class because of the high demand. Science
Senator Paras Satija suggested that the class be moved to the Athletic Centre
where there is more room, but Stephenson made the point that this would
not be a suitable option because it is often booked for varsity sports as well
as intramurals. ere is currently only one instructor for the athletic cardio
class and a suggestion was made to hire another instructor. VP Campus
Life Michael Watkins said he would inquire about the concerns with the
Athletic Director Pierre Arsenault.
SAC contemplating surplus
e SAC Investment Committee met on Tuesday, January 17 to discuss
what they believe are the priorities for the SACs operational surplus. e
Committee is looking at how to best spend the money in the short-term, but
they are also considering long-term investments. Short-term investments,
or immediate funding, would go towards an idea or project that will better
the SAC and the overall student body. e ultimate goal, said Joyce, is to
increase growth in the SACs investments and to ultimately allow for more
exibility in regards to nances. For long-term investments, the Investment
Committee is looking at investing money strictly for the purpose of long-
term growth in funds. When asked if it would be possible to lower student
fees, Joyce replied that it would currently not be sustainable. Technically, the
SAC might possibly be able to lower the fees for incoming students for the
next couple years, but as costs rise, they would eventually have to increase
the student fees substantially. e Investment Committee is currently
looking for student feedback on the topic and will be holding some focus
groups to see how the surplus funds should be divided up.
Innovation Fund
It has been decided that the Innovation Fund in the SAC budget should have
more guidelines. e Innovation Fund contains $1,000 that has previously
been used for any inventive idea that would better SAC operations. e
Operations Committee decided that all applications for the Innovation
Fund must be submitted by a committee and be sponsored by a committee.
By having a committee support the application, the SAC will be able to
see the progress of the project, and the individual who came up with the
idea will have help with the startup work of the project. ere will also be
two application deadlines per year. e two deadlines will allow for money
to be split across multiple projects throughout the year. e project should
be aimed towards an end that will enhance the services and oerings of
the Mount Allison Students Union, as stated in the ocial guidelines
approved by the SAC. We hope to get people to apply more regularly
throughout the year, said Joyce.
Flames engulf historic
Sackville foundry
Investigations
continue into
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News Editor
e 140-year-old Sackville
Enterprise Foundry went up in
ames Wednesday evening. Police
received a call informing them of the
re around 6:15 pm from the driver
of an Armour truck.
Located at 73 Lorne Street in
Sackville, NB, the Enterprise
Foundry was used to house a variety
of businesses, including stove
manufacturing, light manufacturing,
distribution, warehousing, as well as
housing an area for marksmanship
practice. A recent RCMP report by
Constable Dan Hilchie stated that
while the cause of the re remains
under investigation, police do not
believe foul play was involved. e
provincial Fire Marshal is currently
investigating the exact cause of the
re.
e Sackville Youth
Marksmanship Team, which meets
for practice inside the building on
Mondays and Wednesdays at 7:00
pm, was at the scene when the re
was rst spotted.
e scariest part is that we
couldve been in it, explains Darlene
Turner, one of the coordinators for
the Team. We went down early to
prepare for when the children were
going to get there [for marksmanship
practice]. We couldve been in it and
no one wouldve known that we were
there.
Turner reports hearing two
explosions around 6:30 pm and
another around 7:30 pm, stating that
the explosion may be accredited to
the teams CO2 tank used to ll their
guns. Police ocers near the scene
of the re also reported hearing
explosions come from the building.
I was here and I could feel it in my
chest, says RCMP Constable Dan
Hilchie.
An onlooker reported seeing the
whole centre of the building go up in
ames. Fire trucks made numerous
trips between the foundry and the
Facilities Management building on
Main Street to ll up on water and
deliver it to ght the ames at the
foundry. While re ghters were
not able to save the building, ames
were prevented from spreading to
nearby buildings after an excavator
of Bowser Construction, owned
by Daniel Bowser, knocked down
connecting breezeways. No one was
reported to have been hurt due to the
re.
Police and re departments
from Sackville, Dorchester,
Memramcook, Pointe de Bute, and
River Herbert rushed to the scene to
help calm the ames.
e Enterprise Foundry was
established in 1872, and was rebuilt
in 1908 after a re. By 1962, the
foundry had become the largest
privately owned and second largest
Canadian owned Stove Company
in Canada. In 1984, the assets of
Enterprise Foundry and the former
Fawcett Foundry were combined
and became Enterprise Fawcett. e
factory currently employs about sixty
employees. Areas of the building
were in a state of disrepair, with a
section of the roof collapsing in the
winter of 2010.
Argosy/Rosanna Hempel
Thc historic fntcrprisc foundry on lornc Strcct in SackviIIc, NB caught rc around 6:00
pm on Wcdncsday, ]anuary 18, with invcstigations into thc causc of thc rc stiII undcrway.
Transportation for Tantramar hosts town workshop
EOS Eco-Energy hosted a Transportation for Tantramar
workshop on Saturday, January 21 at the Marshlands
lnn. Thc workshop brought togcthcr forty-four com-
munity members to collaboratively look at develop-
ing a transportation systcm for Tantramar rcsidcnts.
Thc workshop arosc aftcr IocaI rcsidcnts idcnticd
transportation as one of the main issues for the re-
gion last year during the development of the Tantra-
mar 2040 sustainabiIity pIan. Gucst spcakcrs sharcd
their experiences in establishing and providing trans-
portation services to their communities, followed by
a discussion on what kind of transportation system
might work for SackviIIc and in thc Tantramar rcgion.
The workshop resulted in the formation of a Trans-
portation Committee that will continue to work on
dcvcIoping a transportation systcm for this rcgion.
Photo Credit: Janelle Belyea
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January 26, 2012 argosy@mta.ca NEWS
Sustainability, environmental stewardship central to the design of the facilities
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AboveLeft:Thc rc dcpartmcnt bay fcaturcs drains and
vcnts to absorb hazardous Iiquids and cxhaust fumcs.
Left/Below:Ron Buchanan explains the inner workings
of thc gcothcrmaI cIimatc controI. Bottom Left: The
glass-clad council chambers are located above the Sack-
viIIc Town HaII' sign. Right,Top/Bottom Construction
continues on the new Town Hall, which brings municipal
scrviccs, thc rc dcpartmcnt and RCMP undcr onc roof.
All photos by John Brannen
into whether or not the Town Halls
current location at the corner of York
and Main was sustainable. [e
study] indicated the current town
hall was old, outdated, inecient
and the space was not well used,
indicated Amos. is, along with
longstanding inadequacies in the
RCMP and re departments
facilities, led to the conclusion that
co-locating the facilities was the
best case scenario.
e new building features the
latest in green technology. Ron
Buchanan, Maxim Constructions
Superintendent for the project,
noted, From low-energy lighting
to geothermal heating and cooling,
this building is well equipped.
Buchanan explained that 450 feet
under the buildings parking lot,
there are eighteen geothermal tanks,
which take care of almost all of the
buildings climate needs. Its a very
self-sucient facility, he stated.
Natural gas is used only as a back-
up.
Documents outlining the
buildings features point to numerous
sustainable and economical features.
Among them, the use of signicant
local materials, including natural
sandstone quarried locally, to
complement the style of the town
and universitys buildings. A special
fully vegetated green roof with
wooden patio will be fully accessible
by all visitors.
e document
predicts that
with the ecient
t e c h n o l o g i e s
incorporated into
the construction,
the systems will
have an eective
payback of eight
years or less.
e focal point
of this green
technology will be a large LCD
monitor which will report energy
consumption/saving in realtime
called the Energy Dashboard. Amos
stresses that this can be a tool for
interaction between the Town and
students at Mount
Allison. e
Energy Dashboard
will be a tangible
means for students
to understand how
environmental and
sustainable designs
can be applied.
In addition, the
monitor will also
include community
notices such as
upcoming council meetings and up-
to-date weather reports.
Architectural features include
a nod to Sackvilles world-famous
marshes and wetlands, with reeds
and other plant designs incorporated
into the tiling and wall paneling. A
large skylight on the second level
allows natural light to ll the main
atrium throughout the day. e
glass-clad council chambers, visible
from the street, is a large space to
encourage public engagement.
Amos is thrilled at Towns decision
to walk the talk and have built their
infrastructure requirements based
on a sound scal investment strategy
while looking to ensure short and
long term sustainability goals.
e tentative opening date for the
new Town Hall is March 15, with
employees moving in shortly after
that.
From low-energy
lighting to geothermal
heating and cooling,
this building is well
equipped.
Ronald Buchanan
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Representative Giords to resign
Arizona representative Gabrielle Giords
announced this weekend that she will
be resigning from the United States
House of Representatives. e Democrat
congresswoman is stepping down to focus on
recovering from a near-fatal gunshot wound
that she sustained on January 8, 2011. e
wound was the result of a failed assassination
attempt on her as she was meeting with
her constituents near Tucson, Arizona. e
would-be assassin killed six people and
wounded fourteen others in the shooting
spree.
Cruise ship crash in Italy
e death toll continues to grow as search
and rescue teams comb a partly sunken
cruise ship that ran aground o of the coast
of Tuscany, Italy on January 13. e Costa
Concordia was carrying over 4,000 passengers
when the accident occurred. irteen bodies
had been found as of Sunday night, while the
captain, Francesco Schettino, and rst ocer,
Ciro Amborsio, of the ship are in police
custody. Captain Schettino has been charged
with multiple manslaughter, failure to assist
passengers in need, and abandonment of ship.
Arab League makes demands on
al-Assad
e League of Arab States, a regional
organization of states created to promote
closer relations and collaboration between
the Arab states in the Middle East and
Northern Africa, called for Syrian President
Bashar al-Assad to delegate powers to his
Vice President following the formation of
a national unity government. is plan of
action is the clearest and most legitimate
demand from the League of Arab States
on the Syrian regime since the Syrian
uprising began in 2011. e uprising in Syria
began January 2011 and those currently
participating are calling for the downfall of
the al-Assad regime.
Chemical weapons found in
Libya
e Organization for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons (OPCW) dispatched
inspectors to Libya last week and their
reports indicate that former Libyan dictator
Muammar Gadha had undeclared
stockpiles of chemical weapons. e Gadha
regime had signed on to an international
treaty to rid the world of chemical weapons
with the provision that it would eliminate
its stores by April 2012. e recent ndings
of the OPCW indicate that his regime was
not forthcoming with its actual weapons
capabilities.
Egypt opens new parliament
Egyptian lawmakers held the opening
session of the rst democratically elected
Parliament in more than six decades. While
military generals have promised to turn
over power to civilians by the end of June,
Egypts parliament remains subject to the
ruling military council. Celebrations are
scheduled for Wednesday, Janaury 24 to
celebrate the one-year anniversary since
the ouster of Mubarak. Protests have been
scheduled during the celebrations to call on
Egypts military rulers to hand over power to
civilians.
This Week in the
World
A weekly miscellany
compiled by
Scott Green
"Ending the Marginalisation
of Black History"
Wed. February 1st, 2012 7:00PM
Crabtree Auditorium M14
Danai Kusikwenyu, International Advisor
International_advisor@mta.ca
(506) 364-2112
The International Centre would like to invite you to a public lecture by Dr.
Esmeralda Thornhill. Lawyer, Human Rights and Anti-Racist Educator, Dr. Esmeralda Thornhill. Lawyer, Human Rights and Anti-Racist Educator, Dr.
Esmeralda Thornhill is a Full Professor of Law at Dalhousie University. From
1996-2002, she was the first holder of the James Robinson Johnston Endowed
Chair in Black Canadian Studies at Dalhousie University, a national initiative to
bring Black culture, reality, and perspectives into the Academy. Her expertise
and writings on race are recognized both nationally and internationally by aca-
demics and policy-makers alike such as the United Nations and UNESCO.
The lecture is part of the Embrace the Race Black History Month celebra-
tions. For more information about other Black History Month events taking
place at Mount Allison please visit: www.mta.ca/events.
Student Alliance fears tuition jump
NBSA sees
potential ten
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News Writer
A meeting with the department
of Post-Secondary Education,
Training and Labour (PETL)
has left the New Brunswick
Student Alliance fearing a
possible tuition increase. e
lobby group, which represents
more than 16,000 university
students in the province, is
concerned that tuition will
continue to rise in the coming
year. NBSA President Joey
OKane said that a meeting
with the provinces Post-
Secondary Education Minister
last week left him with the
feeling that tuition would be
hiked in 2012-13.
SAC Vice-President
External Mark Kroeker
attended the meeting between
the NBSA and the department
of PETL that included
Minister Martine Coulombe
and Deputy Minister Marc
Leger on January 6. Comments
from Coulombe during the
meeting indicated that she
would be lying if she said that
tuition levels will not increase
over the next academic year.
She continued to mention that
there will be no guarantee that
tuition will be regulated. Its
safe to say that the NBSA and
the SAC is very disappointed
that theres no indication
[tuition] wont go up, said
Kroeker.
e ministry made a
presentation to representatives
of the NBSA, breaking down
the nances of the provinces
universities. According to
Kroeker, Mount Allison
requires a six per cent increase
in their budget in order to
maintain its current state of
operations, translating to a four
per cent increase in provincial
operating grants. Any less than
this could cause students to see
an almost ten per cent increase
in tuition.
Ahead of this years budget
release, provincial Premier
David Alwards government
has said it will cut the provincial
decit, which is projected to be
at $545.7 million this scal
year. According to OKane,
students will be among the
groups that will feel the
pressure. e government has
committed itself to eliminating
the provincial decit by 2014
and has indicated that students
will be forced to pay higher
tuition as a result of changes
to public funding provided to
universities, he said.
Kroeker said the NBSA
was also disappointed to
hear that there would be no
independent announcement
relating to tuition. is will
be included with the release
of the provincial budget that is
tentatively scheduled for April.
[I]ts not clear whether that
[budget] will cover the next
four years or just next year,
said Kroeker.
New Brunswick students
already face the highest average
tuition in the country at $5,853
per year which is an increase of
3.6 per cent from 2010. If the
government does not invest
in postsecondary education in
NB and increase the operating
grants to the publicly-funded
universities, we could be seeing
tuition hikes of eight to ten per
cent, said OKane.
e government is currently
developing long-term funding
arrangements with NBs public
universities. is meeting was
one in a series of meetings to
discuss changes to funding and
student nancial aid programs
and to work towards the
establishment of a four-year
funding model for universities.
e meetings will produce an
agreement that is expected to
set how much universities will
receive for operational grants
over the next four years.
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January 26, 2012 argosy@mta.ca
Monday marked the rst day of the
Year of the Dragon, according to the
Chinese lunar calendar. e Mount
Allison community celebrated the
holiday with a New Years party at
Jennings Dining Hall, hosted by the
Mt. A Chinese Students and Scholars
Association. e event was a great
success, with authentic Chinese food
and a range of cultural performances.
Chinese New Year, also known as
Spring Festival, is the most celebrated
event on the Chinese calendar. It
marks the end of the winter season
and takes place on the rst day of
the rst month of the lunar calendar.
e customs to mark the event vary
from region to region; often families
thoroughly clean their homes to get
rid of bad luck and decorate their
homes with red to scare away evil
spirits. On Chinese New Years Eve,
most families have a dinner together
and wish each other happiness for the
New Year.
Bowen Xu, a rst-year Mt. A
student who moved to Canada from
China with her family eight years ago,
brought her parents to the Mt. A New
Years party. She said that Chinese
New Year celebration is very dierent
from western New Year traditions,
due primarily to focus on family.
Chinese New Year is a time for just
family to celebrate, sometimes close
friends as well, according to Xu.
Gina Ting, a high school student
Ringing in the New Year
Mt. A celebrates
the Chinese
New Year
Elise Dolinsky
Features Writer
who is visiting from Moncton and
plans to enrol in Mt. A next year,
agreed: Friends get together after the
new year, there needs to be some time
where you put family rst, she said.
ere was a range of bilingual
activities at the Mt. A New Years
party, which seemed to celebrate
both Chinese and Canadian culture.
A movie about the Spring Festival
was shown, and several students
performed songs or a skit. Sean Wang
played the traditional Chinese erhu, a
two-stringed instrument resembling
a ddle. Another student performed
a hip-hop dance, and the evening
ended with a Taiji demonstration.
Later in the evening reworks were
lit, as they are a very important part
of Chinese New Year celebrations.
A lot of work went into the dinner,
and Chinese students worked with
Jennings sta to cook fried spare ribs,
honey chicken wings, dumplings,
spring rolls, bubble tea and fried
rice. Fu Jian Wen, a second-year
commerce and math student, thought
the meal was very authentic, and
helped provide the menu and cook
the day before the dinner. It seemed
most of the Chinese students agreed,
and enjoyed a chance to eat more
familiar foods.
According to Bowen Xu, Canadian
food is denitely something to get
used to.Food here has a lot of sugar,
while food is more salty in China,
Xu continued, Fresh meat is very
important in China, we are very
aware of where our food comes from.
Celebrating the New Year away
from home is a challenge for many
Chinese students, since Chinese New
Year is such a family-centred event. I
think everyone is a little homesick,
said Wen, I cant say I dont miss my
family because on Chinese New Year
everyone should be together. It is very
important to talk about the future
with your family in the New Year.
e event was a great chance for
Canadian students to learn more
about Chinese culture. According
to the Mt. A. Chinese Students
& Scholars Association president
Kevin Lai, the dinner was not only
a celebration for Chinese students
but also an opportunity to promote
Canadian-Chinese communication.
e Canadian students enjoyed
the dinner as well. Marc-Alexandre
Chartrand, a fourth-year International
Relations student who plans to study
in Beijing next summer, commented,
this is a great opportunity for
students and the community to learn
about dierent cultures and explore
new opportunities. All in all, the
celebration was a great way to end the
Year of the Hare and welcome in the
New Year.
Argosy/ Xiang Bai
As winter rolls along and this years convocation
approaches, a number of students graduating
from universities and colleges worldwide will
not only acquire a degree in recognition of their
academic work, but will also make a pledge for
the future. Known at many participating schools
as the Green Pledge,
graduates at over
100 institutions can
choose to partake by
making the following
commitment:
I pledge to
explore and take into
account the social
and environmental
consequences of any
job I consider and
will try to improve
these aspects of any
organizations for which I work.
is statement is the product of an organization
called the Graduation Pledge Alliance (GPA). It
is intended to promote critical thinking about
employment opportunities, and their relation
to the environment and society, as students join
the workforce. As for Canadian representation
on the list of participants, the University of
Saskatchewan and Trent University are both
listed as active users of the program on the GPA
website.
While the GPA provides the standard pledge
noted above and gives students ideas about
how to bring the
pledge to their campus
and commencement
ceremony, participating
institutions are
encouraged to consider
alterations in wording
to make the central
theme of sustainability
in the workplace t
their place and people.
Ultimately, the idea
is to have the student
body decide what
language is appropriate for expressing this
commitment.
e responsibility to actually follow through
on the pledge, should they decide to make
it, is left to the graduates. ere is no formal
evaluation or requirement past the pledge
itself, but rather, as explained by promotional
material, It allows students to determine for
themselves what they consider to be socially and
environmentally responsible.
One of the suggestions
that stemmed from the
2011 Environmental
Audit is that Mount
Allison students
should consider
whether the pledge is
a step that should
be taken. While it
is easy enough to
criticize what is not
being done on an
environmental front
beyond ones individual
eorts, such a pledge
could be both a demonstration of student
leadership and a self-check mechanism for
graduates to consider their
decisions carefully.
On the other hand, one could certainly argue
that such a pledge is simply buzzwords and
a meaningless recitation without assessable
follow-through. Is it really valuable to have a
long list of people making a promise that means
something dierent to each individuala
promise that could simply be ignored should
that person choose? at said, if just a
few people were to actually follow
through with this commitment
and practice it for the rest
of their lives, it may be
worthwhile.
e Green Pledge
may not be
representative of
what all Mt. A
students want for
themselves and their
futures, but it is options
like this that certainly merit
active consideration at a place
that values student leadership
and engagement.
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Employment options could take a new edge
Naomi Martz
Argosy Correspondent
I pledge to explore and
take into account the
social and environmental
consequences of any job
I consider and will try to
improve these aspects
of any organizations for
which I work.
e Argosy www.argosy.ca
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FEATURES
Through Stained Glass
Rebecca Anne Dixon
Argosy Correspondent
When most people think of the
role of Christianity in Africa, they
inevitably think of colonialism
and the faiths involvement with a
project of domination, assimilation,
and devaluation. ey do not realize
that there are now an estimated 360
million Christians on the continent,
and that much of this growth has
occurred in the post-colonial period.
Christianity is now thriving
and diversifying, building bridges
with traditional African spirituality
and practice and the current lived
experience on the continent. I would
like to argue that there are many
ways in which Christianity can
play a positive role in addressing
key development issues such as
environmental sustainability and
the role of women in the church and
society.
Christian churches play an
important role in marking the major
events of peoples lives, such as
births, marriages, and deaths. ey
often provide material support in
the form of food and education and
many advocate for social justice,
anti-corruption, and fulllment of
commitments to poverty relief.
Most crucially, churches can
create strong community bonds and
active networks for people, which
I suggest can be used to discuss
and mobilize African communities
on development issues. As many
Africans have a strong knowledge of
Scripture and a clear sense of Biblical
relevance to their everyday lives,
introducing ideas about environment
and gender through Christianity can
help to contextualize the issues at
hand.
A case study of the Zimbabwean
Association of African Earthkeeping
Churches (AAEC) illustrated the
positive role Christianity can play
in addressing both environment
and gender issues as well as a
unique integration of Christian
and traditional beliefs. e AAEC
consists of 150 African Independent
Churches (AIC), with a combined
membership of two million, working
in tandem with the Association
of Zimbabwean Traditionalist
Ecologists. AICs originated from
the American Pentecostal tradition,
but have since taken an independent
trajectory with their own African
prophets and practices. While these
churches are incredibly diverse, most
share common traits of charismatic
revelation, spirit-lled worship,
strong personal faith, condence
in scriptural authority, a belief in
miracles, and a consciousness of a
supernatural world.
e members of the AAEC see
their primary mission to be healing
the earth through the planting of
trees. eir liturgical practice is
based around tree planting, which
is seen as partnering with God to
recreate Eden. Jesus is understood
as Saviour, but also as part of
African ancestral traditions around
veneration of the land. Bishop
Wapendama, leader of the Signs of
the Apostles Church, pronounced
the following: Jesus said, I leave
you my followers, to complete my
work! And that task is the one
of healing! We, the followers of
Jesus, have to continue with his
healing ministry. So, let us all ght,
clothing and healing the earth
with trees! While Christianity
has been accused of permitting the
degradation of the land through
its anthropocentric views and its
removal of local sacredness, the
AAEC proves that this does not
have to be so. It has planted between
three and four million trees over the
last decade.
Womens role in the
Earthkeeping Churches is also
remarkable. While not among
the upper echelons of the power
structures, women are considered
co-creators of Eden, and have
drawn great pride and assertiveness
through their involvement, as
the following quotation from
Raviro Mutonga, chairperson of
the ZIRRCON (the umbrella
organization that coordinates the
AAEC and AZTE) Womens
Desk:
Here in ZIRRCON the women
are now redening their status
. . . they are treated as equals by
the men and they have their own
insights and plans in the movement
without interference or domination
from the side of men . . . we women
have our own things here . . . You
fathers, who have come here today
are in support of our endeavours.
is example shows how
participation in Christian-based
organizations can ll African
women with a sense of pride, self-
worth, and power from which they
can often further assert their nature
of their own role in society. It also
shows how Christian organizations
can lead to reverent conservation
of the earth. While the AAEC
perhaps falls short of expectations
for the overthrow of patriarchy
and the recognition of human
inseparability from the earth, it
is an organization evolved within
an African context rather than an
imposition of radical views from
the global north.
Internet Photo/ TourEthiopia Lalibela Chuch of St. George in Ethiopia
e political union of England and
Scotland, spanning three hundred
years, may meet its end as early as
2014. At least thats if Scottish First
Minister Alex Salmond gets his way
and getting his way is going to be
dicult.
While Salmond, leader of the
majority Scottish Nationalist Party
(SNP), stated that the referendum
had to be made in Scotland and
approved by the Scottish Parliament,
he also warned the United Kingdom
government about trying to pull the
strings behind the scenes. Salmond
even went as far as to say Britannia
ruled the waves. Now it waives the
rules.
Scotland has had a
devolved parliament
since 1997. ough
Holyrood has control
over domestic aairs in
Scotland, constitutional
powers, such as
secession, are
reserved for
Westmi nster.
SNP was
elected to an
unprecedented
m a j o r i t y
government in
the Scottish
elections of
2011. Among
the principles of the
party, independence is rst
and foremost. According
to Salmond, a referendum
on Scottish independence
is about controlling the scal
powers of Scotland, controlling
Scotlands resources and
having a fairer and more just society.
British Prime Minister David
Cameron told e Daily Telegraph that
Scotland must decide its own future
on the independence question. e
PMs stance on whether secession
should occur however, is clear. He
told e Courier, I am going to run
a campaign - and others will run a
campaign - about the advantages
of being together. e question on
Scottish independence has given the
Conservative PM and the Labour
Opposition Leader Ed Milliband
some common ground in recent
weeks. Milliband stated in e Daily
Mail, I want to get to the substance
of that debate about our shared
economic interests, our shared values,
our shared history, what can actually
make a dierence for the working
people of Scotland. e Secretary of
State for Scotland, Michael Moore,
has stated - in reference to the
logistics of the referendum - that it
is not about who calls the shots -
it is about empowering the people
of Scotland to participate in a legal
referendum.
Meanwhile in Scotland, opposition
parties in Holyrood have been grilling
Salmond and the SNP on the timing
and semantics of the referendum
question. In an exchange last week,
Richard Baker, a Member of
the Scottish Parliament
(MSP) for the
Scottish Labour
Party noted,
ere are
a number
of bizarre
aspects to the
position which
has been
taken by
the Scottish
government
. . . its
bewildering and
it must frustrate
nat i onal i s t s ,
that theres a
m a j o r i t y
n a t i o n a l i s t
g o v e r n me n t
stretching every sinew
to hold o on a vote, when for so long
its been pressed upon us, the urgent
need for a referendum.
John Mason, MSP, Scottish
National Party interrupted Baker and
stated, Its one of the most important
decisions that Scotland has got to
make. It is worthwhile spending time
on it. Baker replied emphatically,
We have had years; we had the draft
bill in the last parliament from your
own government and that draft bill
called for a referendum, as soon as
possible. e SNP feels more time
is needed to debate the issue while
the Scottish opposition parties see
the delay as a stall tactic, since polls
indicate that the majority of Scots
oppose independence.
Mount Allison alumnus Stephen
Middleton is currently studying
in Edinburgh, and shared his
thoughts on the ground with e
Argosy. Middleton reports that the
issue of Scottish independence is
largely conned to political circles.
Most folks are aware the issue of
a referendum is on the horizon, at
some point in the next two years or
so. Middleton contends that there
may be more important things in
the forefront of peoples minds, such
as the implosion of the Euro [and]
austerity budgets.
Middleton feels there is a disparity
between the young and old in Scotland
regarding the issue of independence:
e question of independence
is hardly on the radar of young
people at all. Ultimately, Scottish
nationalism tends to be held by an
older generation and slowly dropping
o the radar of young people - adding
urgency perhaps to Alex Salmonds
plans for a referendum.
When questioned about what he
thinks an outcome would be to a
referendum, Middleton noted that
It remains to be seen in the next two
years which politician will be able to
make the case [for independence or
union] most eectively. In my humble
opinion, support for independence
has a long way to go yet.

Graphic by Danica Lundy
Britannia waives
the rules?
The UK watches
as Holyrood
debates
independence
John A. W. Brannen
Editor-in-Chief
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January 26, 2012 argosy@mta.ca FEATURES
e art of Shotokan Karate is the
most widely spread martial art in
the world. e style was given a
name in 1939 after the construction
of the rst Shoto Kan in Tokyo.
Shoto which means pine-waves,
was the pen name of the creator
of the style, Gichin Funakoshi.
Kan means hall or training area.
e style is Funakoshis version
of Okinawa Te. After World War
II, the art grew in popularity and
spread around the world thanks in
part to the United States military
and the Japan Karate Association.
e Mount Allison Shotokan
club was started by students Tony
and Danny Tam in the late 1970s.
In 1980 Master David Pyke started
his training at Mt. A and took over
the teaching of the club when
the Tam brothers graduated. e
club was closed for a short time
between 1985-1987, but reopened
until 1992, only to be closed again
due to lack of interest.
Ten years later, an Mt. A student
and Shotokan karate Brown Belt,
Sensei Norm Robitza, was given
permission by Pyke to reopen
the club. Over the past ten years,
Robitza moved through the ranks
of Karate to achieve his Sandan,
or third degree Black Belt. He
is a member of the Kenshusei
Program, a university-like course
enabling ocial international
status as an instructor.
In 2002, the Mt. A club was part
of the Japan Karate Association
based out of Tokyo, and the
International Shotokan Karate
Federation (ISKF) based in the
United States. In 2007, the two
organizations split and Mt. A
remained with the ISKF. In 2011,
the Mt. A club was one of the
rst clubs to follow Master Frank
Woon-A-Tai of Ontario out of the
ISKF, to create the International
Karate Daigaku (College).
On January 14, the Mt. A club
held a special class and celebration
to mark the tenth year of training
at the University under Robitza.
e celebration included cake and
snacks as well as a presentation of
a scrapbook that had pictures of
students from the passed ten years.
Former Mt. A instructor, Pyke
and his wife Sensei Janice Pyke,
owners of the Amherst Shotokan
Academy, were also in attendance
for the celebration.
Many people have congratulated
me on my accomplishment today,
said Robitza, but it is not my
accomplishment that should be
celebrated. It is theirs [students he
had taught] . . . It is the dedication
of the students that keeps the Mt.
A club going.
Robitza has seen over seventy
students test for Belts over the
past ten years, including two
that tested for their Black Belts.
Many more have tried Shotokan
Karate or have taken part in their
self-defense programs that are
occasionally oered.
Shotokan Karate,
a decade on
Last week Cinema Politica featured a
lm focusing on a most common, yet
very taboo subject: menstruation. e
Moon Inside You is a documentary by
Slovakian director Diana Fabianova,
who tries to make sense of societys
view on menstruation and how
dierent women experience it.
Menstruation is often perceived
as a burden for women or as
something that young girls should
fear. Fabianova herself suered from
problematic periods for years, and
part of the reason she made this
documentary was to gure out why
she had to experience so much pain
and annoyance
when doctors
kept telling her
she was healthy.
T h e
culture around
[menstruati on]
inuences how
we feel about our
bodies, she said,
as many people
think of womens
monthly cycle
as something
shameful. One
of the biggest
p r o b l e m s ,
according to
Fabianova, is that no one really talks
about menstruation, so it can be a
disorienting experience for young
girls. Part of the suering is that we
dont know how to value the cycle,
she said.
e Moon Inside You relies on both
personal and collective references,
using humour and self-irony to
challenge the current stigma around
menstruation. Fabianova speaks
with young girls, academics, men,
gynecologists, and people from
around the world and is often met
with incredulity and embarrassed
stares.
In one instance, when a man
was asked for his thoughts on
menstruation, he spent several
moments in ustered silence, and
then declared that he could not think
at all at the moment, and walked
away.
ere are many myths about
menstruation. For instance, some
cultures believe that women on their
periods cannot carry new babies or
they will give them a potentially
fatal illness, while others believe
menstruation is the cause of rabies
in dogs. However, according to
Fabianova, ese myths draw
attention from the fact that eighty per
cent of women suer physically and
psychologically from menstruation.
Spirituality often comes into play
as well, as many religions have rules
regarding menstruation. ese can
sometimes be perceived as a way to
put women in
their place, and
make women
fell ashamed for
me ns t r uat i ng.
Fabianova also
found that
politicians often
use it to their
advantage, as
studies which
claim that women
are less able to
work during
their periods
often crop up
when women are
entering schools
and the workforce. Religion, science,
politics, it seems everyone has a stake
in making women feel bad about
themselves, Fabianova reected,
Periods have become an excuse to
belittle us.
e showing was co-hosted by the
Mount Allison production of e
Vagina Monologues, which will take
place on February 9 to 11 at 8:00
pm in the Wu Centre. e show has
been very successful in the past, and
all proceeds go to Autumn House, a
shelter in Amherst for abused women.
Caitlin Semchuk, a fourth-year
student who is part of e Vagina
Monologues, enjoyed the screening
of e Moon Inside You. I think that
more documentaries like this are a
great promotion for the egalitarian
eorts of gender issues for both men
and women, said Semchuk, e
movie was surprisingly informative
and shared the same atmosphere that
we are trying to share with women
and men in e Vagina Monologues.
Cinema Politica has two lms
coming up soon. e Experimental
Eskimos will be shown on February
1 in the Wu Centre, followed by a
discussion panel with Dr. Marilyn
Walker. e lm documents the
lives of three Inuit boys who were
separated from their families at the
age of twelve and sent to schools in
Ottawa, in an experiment with very
unexpected results. All three men
went on to become activists and
leaders of their people, instrumental
in establishing aboriginal rights in
Canada and the creation of Nunavut.
But it all came at a terrible cost.
The Moon Inside You
Documenting
the search for a
happy period
Elise Dolinsky
Features Writer
On February 5, Cinema Politica
will show Atanarjuat (The Fast
Runner) in the Wu Centre.
Atanarjuat is thc rst fcaturc
Im cntircIy in lnuktitut, and thc
ncxt day its Immakcr (Zacharias
Kunuk) will hold a discussion
panel at the Vogue Cinema.
Internet Photo/Cinema Politica
Religion, science,
politics, it seems
everyone has a stake
in making women
feel bad about
themselves. Periods
have become an
excuse to belittle us.
Diana Fabianova
Director
On Monday January 23, Campus Climate
Change (C3), hosted by Mount Allisons Eco-
Action group, kicked o with a local food
dinner at Jennings, featuring discount rates for
o-campus students. Its nice that were not
only eating local, but were seeing where we
can get [local food], said second-year student
Meg Preston, referring to the booths set up in
Jennings which advertised local food companies.
By eating local, carbon gas emissions from
transportation are reduced.
Up until February 6, seven Maritime
universities will reduce their energy use by
creative means. Ideas include setting aside even
one night to: study in one room of the house
with roommates in order to limit the amount of
lights and heating used in other rooms, only use
ashlights, wash your clothing in cold water, and
more.
Anissa Stambouli
Features Editor
C3 starts with you
Argosy /Norm Robitza
Argosy Photo/ Anissa Stambouli
e Argosy www.argosy.ca
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By: Scarlett Lips
His turn:
Most men love a moist and
warm mouth around their Johnson.
To keep him on edge and hard
ly breathing, variation is key. Lick
the head of his penis slowly, taking
your time as you trace it with
your tongue, occasionally sucking
softly; for extra heat, make eye
contact as you take more into your
mouth. Use your hands to pump
the base of his shaft in time with
the movement of your mouth.
Dont be shy to fondle his family
jewels with the other hand, or use
your tongue and gentle.
Dont forget to pay some
tongue-attention to his raphe, the
vertical line in the middle of his
scrotal sac, and the area between
his scrotum and anus. Flick your
tongue rapidly or more sensually
with slight pressure. is area
seldom receives attention, but its
a hot spot for nerves.
For those with a sensitive gag-
reex, tting it in deep may pose
a problem. To create the illusion
of deep-throating, place the tip of
your tongue on the roof of your
mouth, and let his prick hit the
underside of your tongue.
For those that are eager to try
the deep plunge but arent sure
how, the thing to remember is that
everything improves with practise.
When performing fellatio on a new
partner, test how much you can
take in your mouth by extending
your tongue to rub his shaft as
your lips are wrapped around it. As
you extend your tongue, relax the
back of your throat and allow it to
expand out.
Her turn:
A womans vaginal area is not a
cream pie to feverishly devour with
mouth-only action. Its sensitive
and full of nerves just waiting to
explode in response to your touch.
Usually women arent at the peak of
their arousal simply from tongue-
contact on their coocah. Ease her
into it by slowly stroking, squeezing
or rubbing the skin of her pelvis,
hip lines, lower abdomenand
so forth. Keep her guessing by
alternating between trailing your
tongue along her skin, nibbling, and
kissing it.
Go easy on her clitoris. Tongue-
rubbing it aggressively right o
the bat wont get her farin fact
it may just feel uncomfortable for
her. Try sucking her clitoris gently
until it swells a little, and then
separate her lips with your ngers.
With your tongue, alternating
between the smooth underside and
more controlled tip, work your way
toward gure eights. Remember,
its not just about the licking. Get
creative with sucking her labia,
kissing, and slipping a nger in
simultaneously .
When shes revved and ready to
go, give her exposed clitoris quick
yet subtle suction by enveloping it
with your mouth momentarily, and
releasing.
Argosy/Rosanna Hempel
Fondling, heavy
petting, going
down, eating
up, foreplay...
everything!
One of the most common stereotypes
in pop culture today is that vegetarians
are loud. Given the track record of
outspoken animal and environmental
welfare organizations such as PETA
and Greenpeace, many have long
been under the impression that
those who avoid the consumption of
animals are radicals on the outskirts
of society. For the most part, this
couldnt be farther from the truth.
As both vegetarian and vegan diets
continue to gain mainstream support
and acceptance in North America,
how is the well-meaning omnivore
to decide which of the no-meat
optionsif anyis more healthy or
appropriate?
First, it is important to clarify the
terminology specic to each side.
When most people mention the word
vegetarian in conversation, they are
referring to ovo-lacto vegetarians:
those whofor one reason or
anotherchoose to avoid eating meat,
but include eggs and dairy in their
diets. Veganism, on the other hand
is stricter, choosing instead to reject
all animal byproducts. ere is a
gradation in severity among vegans
however, with some decrying even
the use of silk or honey, and others
choosing to let the vegan criteria
aect only what they decide to eat.
When it comes to the respective
benets and drawbacks of each
approach, its easy to nd oneself in
confusing territory. Both vegetarians
and vegans often cite opposing
studies in order to promote their
particular lifestyle choices. A study
by the National Cancer Institute,
for example, shows that rats, fed a
diet low in animal-based protein,
showed a ninety per cent reduction in
precancerous growths compared to a
control group.
Prominent medical professionals
such as Dr. Dean Ornish publically
promote a vegan diet rich in fruits
and vegetables in order to both
treat and reverse the symptoms of
cardiovascular disease. While his
success rate
is certainly
n o t a b l e ,
d e t r a c t o r s
respond that
O r n i s h s
patients are
simply reducing
their intake of
the high-calorie
junk food that
caused the
heart disease in
the rst place.
One thing is
for certain: even
the most extreme veganism can be
practiced both safely and eectively
with tangible health benets
although it requires some eort. Both
the American Dietetic Association
and Dietitians of Canada (DC)
promote the vegan diet as appropriate
for all stages of life, including
pregnancy and infancy. Scholarly
consensus shows that both active
vegetarians and vegans are less likely
to suer from heart disease, most
cancers, and rheumatoid arthritis
than their meat-eating counterparts.
DCs most recent demographic
study stated that four per cent of
the Canadian adult population is
either vegetarian or vegan, and the
number continues to rise, as the
more environmentally conscious
Generation-Y reaches adulthood.
is raises the question, however,
of which lifestyle choice is healthier.
In their meta-analysis of various
peer-reviewed studies, DC reported
that, while those who avoid meat are
healthier on average than the general
population, the dierence in basic
health-signiers between vegetarians
and vegans is far from statistically
signicant. It would appear then,
that merely watching ones diet and
avoiding excessive consumption of
animal protein provides real health
benets in a number of areas.
However, most vegetarian and
vegan organizations make sure to
caution that, without proper planning
and resources, a vegan diet can
quickly lead to harmful deciencies in
vitamin B12, calcium, and omega-3
fatty acids, and other essential
nutrients. Another issue that some
associate with veganism is that of its
protein sources.
Meat, milk, and eggs all provide
complete proteinsthat is, they
contain all of the essential amino
acids necessary for proper nutrition.
We now know, though, that there
exist several good non-animal sources
of complete protein: soy, quinoa, and
lupin beans for example. Also, its
possible to combine two or more
incomplete protein sources in order
to meet ones daily protein needs.
e traditional Meso-American
combination of rice and beans, for
instance, provides a complete protein
source.
Both vegetarianism and veganism
are healthy, viable options that provide
real health benets when practiced
correctly. With no clear consensus
as to the superiority of one over the
other, the choice between veganism
and vegetarianism is left to ethical
considerations and personal choices.
So with nothing to lose, why not skip
that bacon strip tomorrow morning?
Or if youre adventurous, maybe even
the eggs and butter. Youd certainly be
doing yourself a favour.
Internet Graphic/VegetarianStar
Examining vegan
and vegetarian diets
No meat?
No problem
Ian Malcolm
Argosy Correspondent
Happy mounting!
Its already the third week of the winter
semester, and Im still having a hard time getting
into study mode, even though I know that it will
soon be crunch time. After sitting at my desk for
hours, staring at my textbook, I diverted to my
favourite website, Foodgawker.com.
Foodgawker is a website comprised of
mouth-watering pictures and recipes of food,
taken from various food blogs by people all over
the world. It allows you to discover new ideas
for your next meal, or to simply drool over the
photos of delicious looking recipes while you
try to write up that paper thats due tomorrow.
Foodgawker will make you want to cook even
if you the thoughts of measuring, tasting, and
mixing seem tedious.
Try this recipe, which combines two delicious
fruits, strawberries and bananas. Start o your
day by grabbing one of these delicious muns
that are lled with vitamins C, K, B5 and B6 to
keep those winter viruses away.
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Line twelve mun cups with mun liners or
spray with nonstick cooking spray.
2. In a medium bowl whisk together the brown
sugar, eggs, vanilla extract and mashed banana.
Add the melted butter and stir to combine.
3. In another bowl combine the our, baking
powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Fold
in the berries.
4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry
ingredients and stir just until combined.
5. Divide the batter evenly among the twelve
mun cups. Bake until mun tops are golden
and just rm, approximately twenty to twenty-
four minutes, rotating halfway through baking
time.
6. Cool muns in mun tin for ve minutes,
then transfer to wire rack and cool for ve
minutes before serving.
Tips:
-Try substituting whole-wheat our for the
all-purpose our to get a extra source of ber!
-Dont have butter? You can replace the stick
of butter with half a cup of applesauce!
-You can practically add anything to this that
you might want in your muns; if you want
blueberries; mix them in with the strawberries
(step 3). If you want oats, try reducing the
amount of our in half and replace half of it
with oats.
lngrcdicnts:
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted
butter, melted
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 ripe bananas, mashed
7-8 strawberries cut into bite
size pieces
2 l/4 cups u purpose our
1 1/2 teaspoons baking
powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
Strawbcrry-banana mufns
Haruho Kubota
Argosy Contibutor
SCI & TECH
January 26, 2012 argosy@mta.ca
is professional two-year graduate program oered by Dalhousie University in partnership with
the IWK Health Centre oers orthoptics/ophthalmic medical technology education that provides
students with unparalleled research opportunities in the vision sciences along with extensive clinical
practice to prepare themfor the profession of orthoptics/ophthalmic medical technology.
Orthoptists/ophthalmic medical technologists are allied health professionals who perform a wide
range of diagnostic and highly technical procedures and, in consultation with an ophthalmologist,
plan, implement and monitor treatment of a wide variety of ocular disorders, including disorders
of binocular vision and ocular motility. ey are engaged in a wide range of activities including
research into ocular motility, education of other eye care professionals, patient education and vision
screening.
e programinvolves 7.5 class credits, two extended practica and a thesis in an area of vision research.
Students are permitted to exit the programaer two years (prior to completing a Masters thesis) with
a Graduate Diploma in Orthoptics and Ophthalmic Medical Technology.
Applications for the MSc (Clinic Vision Science) programbeginning in September 2012 are now being
accepted. Applicants must hold a four-year bachelors degree with a minimum B average (GPA 3.0),
with at least one undergraduate class in human anatomy and/or physiology, and a class in psychology
with a laboratory component. Exceptional students may be accepted without these prerequisites on
the condition that they are fullled either prior to or concurrent with the program. Work/volunteer
experience in the health care eld is considered an asset.
Students whose native language is not English must demonstrate the ability to participate in a graduate
programconducted in English prior to acceptance into the program. e minimumacceptable score
on the TOEFL test is 580 for the written test and 237 for the computer test.
Financial assistance may be available to qualied students.
Deadline for applications is March 1, 2012
Further information is available fromour website www.dal.ca/cvs or by contacting
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with concurrent Graduate Diploma in Orthoptics
and
Ophthalmic Medical Technology
Dr. Burnell highlights women and poetry in science
Continued from cover
Burnell confessed that quasars had
recently been discovered and thus
were sexy to study. To do so, Dr.
Burnell and her fellow graduate
students constructed a massive radio
telescope by hand, driving each metal
spike into the ground and running all
the cables themselves. e telescope
produced vast distances of output
data on long sheets paper, which her
supervisor, Antony Hewish, had her
analyze. On August 6, 1967, Dr. Bell
noticed anomalies in the signal that
she would later come to recognize as
pulsars a new variety of star that she
herself had discovered.
It was very, very worrying, Dr.
Burnell admitted, describing the
feeling of having discovered pulsars.
We had to dream of every possibility
that could account for these
anomalous pulses. Unfortunately, it
would not be Burnell who received
credit for the discovery.
In 1974, Hewish won the Nobel
Prize in physics for Burnells discovery
of pulsars. With no credit given to
her, Burnell is surprisingly modest
and accepting of the situation. Ive
subsequently discovered that you can
do extremely well out of not receiving
a Nobel Prize, she joked with the
audience.
Dr. Burnell is not the only woman
to be undervalued by the scientic
community. e discrimination
against women in science was
illuminated by Burnells recount of
her own hardships in having to follow
her husbands career moves and
diculties nding jobs thereafter.
Women, she explained, were expected
to be subservient to their husbands
needs.
Dr. Burnell further elaborated on
the struggles women face in science
by presenting gures regarding the
number of female members in the
International Astronomical Union.
With countries having an average
female membership of fteen per
cent, women are far from comprising
the majority of members. Its not
womens brains that determine
whether or not you become a
scientist, Burnell reasoned, Rather,
it is the culture that youre raised in.
Dr. Burnell also oered the
audience a glimpse into astronomy as
it appears in poetry, as well as conicts
she experiences between her religious
beliefs and her science education.
Poetry, she argued, presents beautiful
depictions of the universe that even
non-science minded individuals can
enjoy. She described a poem that
depicted the universe as eventually
going dark and cold, and confessed
that this is indeed the fate that
astrophysicists have accepted as the
future of the universe.
As an active, worshipping Quaker,
it causes me to wonder what kind of
God designs a universe that would
end this way, Burnell said after a
long pause. A loving, creator God
would never [destroy the universe].
God must have been uninvolved with
creation. at must have happened
independently. Instead of creating and
controlling, I personally understand
my God to be one that acts through
people.
Dr. Burnells advice to students
wishing to go on with their
careers in science was simple and
straightforward: Be honest, be
just, be open, and be generous. She
instructed students that science,
like all things, should be carried
out honestly and compassionately,
regardless of the competitive nature
that research science sometimes
assumes.
In summing up a talk that described
her own career, the injustices against
women in science, and the need to
persevere, Dr. Burnell closed with the
famous quote from Laurel atcher
Ulrich: Well behaved women rarely
make history.
Argosy / Fiona Cai
Dr. BurncII's Iccturc on Monday night was both scicnticaIIy cducationaI and sociaIIy informativc.
Thc rundown on noroviruscs
Rosanna Hempel
Argosy Staff
What is a
norovirus, and
how do we
prevent it?
Last weeks update announcing two
conrmed cases of norovirus illness in
the Sackville community most likely
stirred some concern, perhaps even
compelling some to inquire about
it. Are you still wondering what the
main symptoms are? How the virus is
spread? How you can minimize your
risk? Take a moment to learn about it.
Norovirus was rst identied in
1972 after an outbreak in Norwalk,
Ohio. Approximately three hundred
to four hundred outbreaks of
norovirus are reported to the Public
Health Agency of Canada every year.
For the biology geeks, noroviruses
are a group of single-stranded RNA,
non-enveloped viruses.
As opposed to inuenza viruses,
which cause respiratory illness,
noroviruses are stomach us.
According to Health Canada, the
main symptoms are diarrhea, nausea,
stomach cramps, and vomiting.
Sounds pleasant, right? It gets worse.
Other symptoms may include chills,
fatigue, as well as head and muscle
aches. It often begins suddenly, and
can last one or two days. Dehydration
is also a risk, especially for the very
young, the elderly, and others with
suppressed immune systems.
Norovirus illness is also highly
contagious: it can spread through
multiple modes, including
eating or drinking something
that is contaminated, touching
contaminated surfaces and then
placing your hand in your mouth, or
having direct contact with an infected
person. It can be transmitted from the
moment an infected person begins to
feel ill until three to fourteen days
after recovery.
Let us also remember that hand
washing is always a good step towards
reducing your risk of infection,
especially before eating or preparing
food. Hand sanitizers containing
at least sixty-two percent ethanol
are helpful, but they are not by any
means a substitute for washing with
soap and water. When you have
the opportunity, pop those hands
under the sink! Remember to wash
contaminated surfaces and laundry, as
well as taking special care while you
are preparing food. If you do have
the misfortune of becoming infected,
avoid contact with others until you
are well again and stay hydrated.
Is there any hope for a preventative
vaccination? In December, LigoCyte
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced
that one of its recently developed
vaccines has demonstrated signicant
protection against the illness, making
it the rst to do so. e study,
published by e New England Journal
of Medicine, was conducted at Baylor
College of Medicine, the University of
Cincinnati and Cincinnati Childrens
Hospital Medical Centre, the Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine and
the SNBL Clinical Pharmaceutical
Centre in Baltimore, Maryland. As
of December, they intend to test the
product in clinical studies.
Internet Photo / Daily Mail Online
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cxtrcmc nausca and vomitting, and is cxtrcmcIy contagious.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Anti-piracy legislation halted
PopuIar wcbsitcs such as GoogIc and Wikipcdia protcstcd SOPA with bIackouts' simiIar to this onc.
Internet Photo / Daily Mail Online
Geoffry Campbell
Online Editor
SOPA meets
major criticism
from popular
websites
On Friday, two proposed bills
in the United States e Stop
Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the
Protect IP Act (PIPA) were both
indenitely suspended after historic
protests from major internet websites
including English Wikipedia, Reddit,
Google and thousands of other sites.
e laws, if passed, would have
consequences reaching far beyond
US borders. PIPA would have
required Internet Service Providers
to block access to any site accused
of posting or linking to copyrighted
content. It would have allowed the
government to force ISPs to block
access to websites deemed as enablers
of copyright infringement and sue
search engines to have the blacklisted
sites removed from their database.
SOPA would have allowed the
government and corporations to force
search engines and other sites to no
longer contain content from allegedly
infringing websites.
Proponents of the bill argue that
the justication is so-called rogue
sites, to which the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce responded that
Rogue web sites that steal Americas
innovative and creative products
attract more than 53 billion visits
a year and threaten more than 19
million American jobs.
On the other end of the spectrum
is much of the Internet industry and
a large percentage of Internet users.
Google, Facebook, Twitter, eBay
Mozilla, Yahoo, AOL and LinkedIn
wrote a letter to key members of
congress, suggesting that SOPA
poses a serious risk to our industrys
continued track record of innovation
and job creation, as well as to our
nations cybersecurity.
Another concern about the now
delayed legislation is that it would
undermine the security of the domain
name system (DNS) which ensures
end-to-end encryption for websites.
is means, for example, that there
would be no break between the
RBC website and its customers.
Representative Dan Lungred, head of
the Homeland Security subcommittee
on cybersecurity, has said that an
unintended consequence of SOPA
would be this undercutting of the
promotion of a secure DNS.
e legislation was put on hold
on Friday in the Senate by Senate
minority leader Harry Reid in light
of recent events, and then by Lamar
Smith, the sponsor in the House
of Representatives, saying action
would be delayed until there wider
agreement on the issue could be
reached.
e indenite postponement led to
praise from the internet community.
We appreciate that lawmakers have
listened to our communitys concerns,
and we stand ready to work with them
on solutions to piracy and copyright
infringement that will not chill free
expression or threaten the economic
growth and innovation the Internet
provides, a Facebook spokesperson
said.
e Motion Picture Association
of America (MPAA) expressed
disappointment with respect to the
delay. Chris Dodd, MPAA CEO, said
the delay only serves to aid criminals.
As a consequence of failing to act,
there will continue to be a safe haven
for foreign thieves, he said.
However, this is not the end of
anti-piracy legislation. Patrick Leahy,
chairman of the Senate judiciary
committee railed against the stall,
saying that it was a knee-jerk
reaction to a monumental problem,
and that he is committed to getting a
bill passed this year.
Women experience pain more strongly
Shawn Seeley
Science and Technology Editor
Women report
higher pain
levels for many
diseases
Researchers from the Stanford
University School of Medicine
examining electronic medical records
have found that women report
experiencing signicantly higher
levels of pain than men do for nearly
all diseases.
e study, published in e Journal
of Pain, examined 72,000 electronic
medical records and 160,000 pain
scores within those. Currently, only
one to two per cent of hospitals in
the United States employ electronic
medical record-keeping tools a
gure researchers expect to jump to
nearly one hundred per cent in the
near future.
In two hundred and fty dierent
disease categories, patients reported
their subjective levels of pain on a
scale from zero to ten. A rating of
zero indicates that the patient was
experiencing no pain, while a rating of
ten indicates the worst imaginable
pain level.
Were certainly not the rst to
nd dierences in pain among men
and women. But we focused on pain
intensity, whereas most previous
studies have looked at prevalence: the
percentage of men versus women with
a particular clinical problem who are
in pain. To the best of our knowledge,
this is the rst-ever systematic use
of data from electronic medical
records to examine pain on this large
a scale, or across such a broad range
of diseases, said the studys senior
researcher, Dr. Atul Butte.
We saw higher pain scores for
female patients practically across
the board, Dr. Butte revealed. In
many cases, the reported dierence
approached a full point on the one-
to-ten scale. How big is that? A
pain-score improvement of one point
is what clinical researchers view as
indicating that a pain medication
is working. With this in mind, Dr.
Buttes research ndings are not only
signicant because of supporting
statistical evidence, but they are also
important in a clinical, tangible, real-
world sense.
What do these results mean? e
immediate urge for those interpreting
the results presented by Dr. Butte is
to assume that women feel more pain
than men, however, this may not be
the case. e reports examined by
the Stanford researchers measured
subjective pain, and while this may
correlate well with physiological
sensations, it is not an objective
measure. It is possible that men are
compelled to under-report their level
of pain to meet social standards.
Dr. Butte admits that confounding
variables exist in their preliminary
research. Its still not clear if women
actually feel more pain than men do,
but theyre certainly reporting more
pain than men do. We dont know
why.
Butte is also quick to point out that
his research is still important, despite
extraneous factors inuencing the
ndings. Its not just a few diseases
here and there its a bunch of them.
In fact, it may well turn out to be all
of them. No matter what the disease,
women appear to report more intense
levels of pain than men do.
Buttes research team eventually
aims to nd objective, accurate and
reliable measures for pain (such as
a biomarker in the blood), which is
an ambition they hope will be aided
by further accessing and analyzing
electronic medical reports.
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02 THE JOHN WAYNE COVER BAND* The Wheel (Self-Released)
26 JOEL PLASKETT/SHOTGUN JIMMIE* Joel Plaskett/Shotgun Jimmie Split (New Scotland)
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12 BRY WEBB* Provider (Ide Fixe)
18 MARINE DREAMS* Marine Dreams (Youve Changed)
08 B.A JOHNSTON & THE MOBY DICKS* B.A. Johnston & The Moby Dicks (Mammoth Cave)
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23 KATHLEEN EDWARDS* Voyageur (Rounder)
06 ADAM MOWERY* St. Josephs Mechanical Penthouse (Self-Released)
30 OHBIJOU* Metal Meets (Last Gang)
24 ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS* Songs of Man (Outside)
21 ANDREW SISK* Broadcaster (Self-Released)
19 OLD MAN LUEDECKE & LAKE OF STEW* Sing All About It (Self-Released)
27 TOM WAITS Bad As Me (Anti-)
25 JUSTICE Audio, Video, Disco (Ed Banger)
04 DAVID SIMARD AND THE DA DAS* Slower, Lower (Self-Released)
29 HANDSOME DAN & HIS GALLIMAUFRY* The Best There Was (Self-Released)
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Timber Timbres 2011 record Creep On Creepin On has
graced CHMAs charts for a number of months, probably
due to its infectious creepiness and memorable songcraft.
At times happily mired in slow-moving sludge, at others light
and airy, this album is a solid listen all the way through. If
MF Doom and Bill Callahan were to collaborate, it might
sound something like this. With a propensity for slapback
reverb on vocals and sparse, haunting piano, Taylor
Kirks fourth effort as Timber Timbre is impressive. It was
nominated to receive the 2011 Polaris Music Prize and has
a Sackville connection: the song Swamp Magic gets its
name from a Sappyfest theme and Kirk recorded parts of the
album in the Sackville Music Hall while here on a Sappyfest
Songwriter Residency.
Hot Shots from the 9th Annual Festival
Photography by Vanessa Blackier
STEREOPHONIC: WHAT YOU MISSED
Bolivia at the MTA Chapel Lucy Niles and the Mouthbreather at the Bridge Street Cafe
Hot Donna at the MTA Campus Pub (The Pond) Olympic Symphonium at the Vogue Theatre
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Shivering Songs becomes musical warmth
February brings
second annual
Shivering Songs
music festival
Taylor Mooney
Entertainment Writer
Frederictons second annual
Shivering Songs music festival will
take place on the rst weekend in
February. Brendan MaGee, one of
the festivals organizers, estimates
that there will be over a thousand
people purchasing tickets and
attending shows over the weekend.
e festival was introduced last
year to celebrate the release of
Olympic Symphoniums third full-
length album, e City Wont Have
Time to Fight. e festival denitely
started as a way to celebrate [the
bands] record release, but it also
grew out of wanting to warm up
Fredericton with some intimate
music during one of the coldest
weekends of the year intimate
in the sense of not only the music,
but the atmosphere, says MaGee.
e atmosphere to which MaGee
refers includes the Wilmot United
Church, one of the most beautiful
and historic venues Fredericton
Photo Credit/ Kyle Cunjak
has to oer. Coincidentally, the
interior of the church was designed
by one of Mount Allisons own:
Alex Colville. Other venues for
the festival include the Cedar Tree
Caf, the Capital Complex, and
the Fredericton Farmers Market.
Weve got a Hot Toddy reunion, a
songwriters circle with David Adams
Richards, David Myles, Catherine
MacLellan and more, and a show
with Mark Kozelek (Red House
Painters/Sun Kil Moon), all slated
for the Wilmot United Church,
says MaGee, outlining the promising
calendar of events for the weekend.
ere will also be a bluegrass brunch
as our big Sunday nale, where Alan
Jeries and his band will play the
Fredericton Farmers Market while
concertgoers can enjoy a brunch buet
and drink Picaroons. en theres
free programming at the Cedar Tree
Caf on Saturday, and some great
late night entertainment, including
Snailhouse, Gypsophilia, and Owen
Steel, among others, all weekend
at the Capital Complex. A busy
weekend, but in the best possible way.
Musically, Im denitely excited
to see Postdata and Mark Kozelek on
one bill. ats amazing in any city,
and to have it in Fredericton as part
of Shivering Songs is so exciting,
says MaGee. Seeing Hot Toddy
for the rst time in years will also
be fantasticthose guys are three of
the best musicians in the country.
e festival has purportedly
expanded from last year. e
brunch has moved from a restaurant
setting to the much bigger farmers
market, weve added an extra night
at the Wilmot Church, as well as
free programming at Frederictons
Cedar Tree Caf. Weve also
expanded our late night line-up at
the Capital Complex, says MaGee.
CBC Radio 3 personality Lisa
Christiansen will be making the trip
from Vancouver to cover the festival
(you may recognize her from her
show, Appetite for Distraction).
Weve had a great relationship
with Radio 3 since Grant Lawrence
came up last year, says MaGee.
Mitch Fillion from Southern Souls
is coming as well, which is great.
Its not only one of the coldest
weekends [in Fredericton], but also
one of the quietest, says MaGee.
Its great to be able to bring
someone like Mark Kozelek in from
San Francisco, or to reunite Hot
Toddy when there would be radio
silence in Fredericton otherwise.
MaGee also mentions that
there are plenty of places in the
heart of downtown if youre
thinking about making the trip,
and with this bill of events, its
denitely something to consider.

When: February 3-5
Where: FrederictonWilmot United Church,
Cedar Tree Caf, Capital Complex, Fredericton
Farmers Market
Cost: $60 for a weekend pass
Website: www.shiveringsongs.com
Limitless, 100% access to the drug genre
Bradley Cooper stars in Niel Burgers thriller, Limitless, screening this evening at The Vogue Cinema this evening courtesy of the Sackville Film Society. Limitless is a new
addition to drug ccntcrcd cincma, within thc Im BradIcy Coopcr's charactcr takcs a drug that givcs him 100 pcr ccnt acccss to his brain rathcr than thc usuaI twcnty pcr ccnt.
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Niel Burgers
thriller shows
at The Vogue
tonight
Ian Moffatt
Argosy Correspondent
is evening, the Sackville Film
Society will be screening Niel
Burgers 2011 thriller, Limitless.
Edward Eddie Morra (Bradley
Cooper) is a writer who lives in
New York City. Eddie is in a slump:
in addition to failing to meet the
deadline to turn in his new book,
which he hasnt started yet, Eddie has
just been dumped by his girlfriend
Lindy (Abbie Cornish) and spends
most of his time moping around the
city and feeling sorry for himself. One
day, Eddie comes across the very slick
Vernon Gant ( Johnny Whitworrth)
the brother of his ex-wife, Melissa
Gant (Anna Friel). Vernon is a drug
dealer and he oers Eddie a sample
of a newly designed Adderall-like
super drug, NZT-40, claiming it
provides access to 100 per cent of
the brain, as opposed to the normal
twenty per cent. Eddie accepts, and,
much to his surprise, the drug works,
placing him in a hyper-productive
manic state. Eddie starts and nishes
his book in four days. After an initial
period of good times I am limitless:
the perfect version of myself, Eddie
remarks his dependence on the drug
results in a two hour conglomerate
of long-legged women, Russian
gangsters and Wall Street crooks.
Limitless has got me thinking
about the drug movie as a genre
one that has garnered almost
zero critical attention or popular
acknowledgement. Of course, any kind
of generic classication is slippery, so
I guess I am being a bit reckless by
inventing one nonetheless, drugs of
all kinds have, for many years, taken
centre stage in mainstream cinema. So
Ill go out on a limb and call the drug
movie as valid a genre as any other.
e past thirty years have given us
myriad examples of substance-imbued
cinema. Take, for instance, Brian
De Palmas 1983 epic lm Scarface,
staring Al Pacino, whose character
train-wrecks into an erratic frenzy
of cocaine and heroine. Even better
is Terry Gilliams 1998 masterpiece
Fear and Loathing Las Vegas, based
on Hunter S. ompsons novel,
and starring Johnny Depp and Raul
Duke, travelling through the Nevada
deserts, energized by an outlandish
mix of Cannabis, mescaline, LSD,
cocaine, amphetamines, barbiturates,
ether, amyl nitrite, whisky, opium,
hashish, hash oil and adrenochrome.
To be sure, Id be willing to bet
that the very large majority of drug
movies out there are absolute trash,
but a lot of it is entertaining trash.
Trash done right. Here I am thinking
of Brian Taylors 2006 lm Crank and
its equally outrageous 2009 follow-
up, Crank: High Voltage, in which
Jason Stathoms character is given
a lethal injection, the only antidote
to which is a constantly high heart
beat and high adrenaline levels. Its
an unashamedly wow-focused lm.
So Limitless stands in a long line
of drug movies, all of which draw
heavily on similar conventions (sh-
eyes, jump cuts, extreme zooms), and
are sure to provide viewers with a
mind-bending cinematic experience.
Tickets are nine-dollars for non-
members, and six for members. For
more information, visit the Sackville
Film Society Facebook page, and to
see the Sackville Film Societys full
line up go to www.voguecinema.ca
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January 26, 2012 argosy@mta.ca
ENTERTAINMENT
Gary Oldman is maybe the only actor better than I am.
Getting cosy
with comedian
and actor
Jon Lajoie
Blake Morneau
The Martlet (University of
Victoria)
VICTORIA (CUP) I dial the
number Ive been given. Instead of
the usual ring of a telephone line, Im
treated to the sounds of an orchestra
in full ight. ere is no answer, just
a disaected voice on the other end
simply telling me Jons not here,
leave a message. I call back. e same
orchestra, only this time, an answer.
Its internet comedy sensation and
star of FXs sitcom e League (now
in its third season in the U.S., rst
in Canada), Montreals Jon Lajoie.
Hes on a prep day for a live show in
Saskatoon and has no problem killing
some time talking to me: What the
hell else am I gonna do in Saskatoon,
right? Not a lot to do except
freeze my ass o and eat horribly.
Between live touring, releasing
comedy albums through iTunes,
his character on e League and of
course, his famous multi-million-
viewed Internet videos, Lajoie has
built a strong, loyal, cult following.
e Internet videos were what
launched him, but Lajoie says that
wasnt the plan when he started
putting them up on the web.
Go ahead, look up my rst video,
which is Saturday Night Webcam
Party and you tell me if that looks
like a guy with a plan, says Lajoie. It
looked like a drunk guy in an apartment
who is messing around in front of a
camera, and thats exactly what it is.
Despite the rough edges and
lack of technical skills in that rst
video, it got Lajoie started on a
quest to hone his craft and get
better with subsequent videos.
It was really exciting to start doing
it and to kind of explore shooting
videos and editing them and seeing
what I could do with them, he says.
I really did invest a lot of time, once I
started; reading about editing, reading
about shooting and dierent camera
lenses and blah, blah, blah. Not to
say I have any production value in
my videos. But I just kind of know
a bit more about it and Ive gotten
better regardless of whether Ive
gotten good or not, I got better.
e eort more than paid o as
the videos, including High as Fuck,
Everyday Normal Guy (1 & 2) and
2 Girls 1 Cup, began to go viral.
People started watching. I was
like, Okay, Im gonna try to ride
this wave a little bit, says Lajoie.
e absurdist humor of Lajoies
songs and commercials for fake
products caught the eye of Je
and Jackie Schaeer, creators and
producers of e League, as they
scoured the internet looking for
someone to cast as the aloof but well-
intentioned stoner character Taco.
ey had seen my videos and were
like, Oh, Taco already exists. Its him
and hes making internet videos. So
they came to get me, knowing what I
do and liking my sensibilities and all
that stu. eyve kind of allowed me
to do a lot of what I do on the show.
e semi-improvised, laid-back
humor of e League seems to be the
perfect t for the absurd, often sick
humor Lajoie has become known for.
Its really the perfect situation
for me, because I would not do well
on a straight-up sitcom or anything
like that; Im not the best actor in
the world, he says but quickly
reconsiders. Gary Oldman [is]
maybe the only actor thats better
than I am. Him, Daniel-Day Lewis
and then its me. Its like those guys
could do those roles, but I gotta
stick to having some kind of say in
whats coming out of my mouth and
how its coming out of my mouth.
Even with his star rising as a
cast member of e League and his
continued release of hilarious internet
videos, Lajoie nds time to tour and
bring his unique brand of humor to the
live audiences all over North America.
As an Internet sensation, he
understands people might be
skeptical towards paying for a
ticket to see someone they could
see for free online. To those people,
Lajoie oers a very simple answer:
Tell them to go fuck themselves!
But he adds that he knows where
the skeptics are coming from.
I get it. At rst, I hesitated to do a
live show because I have no interest in
reproducing my videos live on stage.
I think thats boring for everyone.
What I do: its basically just my
comedic sensibilities thrown together
in a variety show. Yes, I will do a few
of the songs that people wanna hear
and theres a bunch of new songs, a
bunch of stand up and new videos
that people are gonna get to see. I do
a PowerPoint presentation as well.
Covering all the bases of his many
talents, Lajoie promises something
extra for even his most devout fans.
If you knew all my stu inside
and out, still sixty per cent of the
show is new. You wont have seen or
heard it in any of my videos. And I
masturbate on stage. If you want to
see that. I dont know many people
who do wanna see that, but if you
do wanna see it, Ill be doing it.
A heartwarming journey through Spain
Emilio Estevezs
STThe Way
explores the
father-son bond
Allison Grogan
Argosy Correspondent
ough it may not always be evident
in what they say or do, there is a
complex love between a father and his
son. Written and directed by Emilio
Estevez, son of Martin Sheen, e Way
is a compelling portrayal of the father-
son bond. Sheen stars as omas
Avery, a solitary man in his mid-
sixties who lives a conservative and
monotonous life. e lm begins with
a call, reporting that Toms son Daniel
has died in a storm while traveling
along the Camino de Santiago.
e Camino, more commonly
known as e Way of Saint James, is a
Catholic pilgrimage that leads to the
Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
in Galicia, Spain. In e Way, Daniel
sets out on a pilgrimage in an eort
to see as much of the world as
possible, while his father remains in
California living an unadventurous
life following the death of his wife.
When Tom travels to France to
retrieve the remains of his son, he
decides on a whim to carry out what
Daniel started and begins the trek on
the Camino. In a tribute to Daniel
and his unnished pilgrimage, Tom
has the remains of his son cremated
and spreads them throughout
the path as he walks the Camino
Tom does not, of course, travel
the Camino alone. Toms fellow
travellers include Joost (a Dutch
man determined to lose weight),
Sarah (a Canadian trying to quit
smoking), and Jack (an Irish author
suering from writers block).
Director Emilio Estevez noted that
this assorted team of travellers was
supposed to parallel Dorothy and
her comrades who travel the Yellow
Brick Road with her. ese people
come from various backgrounds and
walks of life, but have all come to
the pilgrimage searching for greater
meaning in their lives. Just like in
day-to-day life their trip along the
Camino includes many obstacles that
must be overcome, either as a team
or through personal introspection.
ough Tom is originally reluctant
to have anyone join him on the
journey, the eclectic travellers that
accompany him on his pilgrimage
help him to realize that he must not
walk the Camino only for his son,
but for himself as well. To add to the
father-son dynamic, Estevez himself
played the part of Daniel in ash
backs and his various appearances
in Toms hallucinations. Naturally,
because of its subject matter, e
Way showcases copious footage of
sweeping Spanish landscapes that add
to the beauty of the lm. Estevez used
a small lm crew to shoot the movie
in respect to the Camino and its
many travellers. e fact that the lm
was shot on location makes all the
dierence when the setting plays such
an important role in the story-telling.
Estevezs use of the pilgrimage
as an entry point to explore
themes functions perfectly. With
a heartwarming outcome, Estevez
tackles the father-son relationship
with precision and understanding.
Without going over the top, e
Way manages to explore the ever-
present question of the meaning
of life and how every individual
explores this in dierent ways.
Jon Lajoie is an Internet comedy sensation and has a new sitcom, The League, on the FX channel.
Internet Photo/Zimbio
Internet Photo/Martyr Magazine
Martin Sheens character, Tom, in The Way is joined by an eclectic
group of travellers during his pilgrimage along the Camino.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Stereophonic 9
Watched over by the omnipotent presence of the CHMA pheasant, this years Stereophonic Music Festival brought warmth and light to Sackville
amidst the cold and dark of January. Last year, the festival was cursed with a blizzard; this year a re at the foundry. But in the words of Festival
Co-organizer Kevin Brasier, we are a community that pulls each other close when times get dicult. Within the sanctuary of the Chapel, the
warm bosom of e Vogue and the intimate quarters of STRUTS, friends gathered together for the love of music and the love of radio. After
drinking in music by lamplight, a long trek to Georges was rewarded with dancing and abrasive tunes. Stereophonic steps beyond its bounds
as a music festival, becoming a celebration and a comfort all at once, a festival which both Sackville and CHMA should be proud to call their
own. For those of you who missed Stereophonic this year, take a gander at the memories captured below. Hope to see you at Stereophonic 10!
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Top Left: Baby Eagle and
the Proud Mothers enjoy a
moment on stage at Georges
on Friday night.
Top Right: B.A. Johnston
performing at The Pond on
Wednesday evening in his
work clothes.
Middle Left: Corey Isenor
delighted the audience at
STRUTS on Saturday with
songs off of his album The
Hunting Party.
Middle Right: The Olympic
Symphonium couldnt make
the festival last year due to
the weather, thankfully they
graced the stage of the Vogue
this year.
Bottom Left: Good times were
had by all at the many shows
of Stereophonic.
Bottom Right: Old and Weird
journeyed from Halifax, as
did many other bands, to
partake in the Stereophonic
experience.
Graphic by Danica Lundy
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January 26, 2012 argosy@mta.ca CENTREFOLD
Q&A with the SAC
CRO: Willie McQuaid
John A. W. Brannen Editor-in-Chief
Whoareyou?
I am the Chief Returning Ocer (CRO) for the Mount Allison Students Union (SAC). I am
a fourth-year student majoring in International Relations with a minor in Political Science.
I am originally from Prince Edward Island. e position of CRO is an appointed position.
WhataretherolesandresponsibilitiesoftheCRO?
As CRO I have a number of responsibilities, the most important of which is overseeing the
conduct of the three regular SAC elections and any by-elections or referendums that may
take place. I am responsible for organizing and promoting these elections, as well as ensuring
that they are done in a credible, fair, transparent and legitimate manner. I am also responsible
for enforcing the relevant policy and bylaws surrounding elections. I am also responsible for
organizing the online voting system, counting votes and reporting the results to the student
body in clear manner. Essentially, SAC elections are my life and my sole purview.
Whatdoyoudoduringelectioncampaigns?Election
night?Intheinterimwhentheresnoelection?
During election campaigns I send and receive a lot of e-mails. I am consistently responding to
questions, booking equipment or a venue, ensuring compliance with policy and by-laws and
getting ready for the voting days. I am also responsible for organizing speeches for candidates
for constituents who live in residence and those who live o-campus. During campaigning
and leading up to the election there is a lot to do, but it is manageable. When it comes to
voting days I am responsible for making sure polling stations are staed, that any issues
people have with voting are resolved, that materials are not tampered with or removed and
essentially ensuring proper conduct. Election night consists of counting ballots, guring
out turnout numbers and drafting it into a document that can be sent to the student body.
Counting is probably the most painstaking process.
When there are no elections, I live a fairly typical life as a student, nothing to out of the
ordinary. is year I have been concerning myself with doing evaluations of turnout based on
online voting versus paper balloting, a process that should be taking o in earnest after this
coming executive election.
What,ifany,arethechallengesforyouthiselection?
Challenges for the election are what they always are: getting people to vote. Turnout is the
greatest challenge that I must wrestle with and it is something where you do your best to
promote voting and the campaigns and hope that students turn out in large numbers. In
addition, rening the process of online voting, looking for ways to improve the convenience
of it and just evaluating its use and potential impact is the other important consideration.
Having had to oversee the implementation of the online voting was time consuming and a
challenge in the fall election but I have a far better grasp of it now.
Doyouhaveanyonehelpingyou?
In terms of people helping me there are a variety of dierent individuals. ere is the position of deputy
chief returning ocer which gives me someone to bounce ideas o of and someone who can help me
plan and organize. We have also appointed an election committee who are responsible for helping count
ballots, lling in poll shift gaps and essentially being a body of impartial students to be involved with
the election process. Finally the oce sta of the SAC, Jessie, Joy and Sonali are all helpful, as well as
members of the SAC for stang polling stations and helping me with promotion.
Doyouhaveanypredictions?
Nice try, but unfortunately I cannot make any predictions on the outcome of the election. What I will
say is that the eld of candidates at each position is very strong and there should be some interesting
races. I would try and predict voter turnout, but I might jinx things, so Ill keep quiet about that. I
implore everyone to take the time and vote on January 31 and February 1. Its your Students Union and
I just provide the apparatus.
Argosy/Rosanna Hempel
Crunchingthe
Numbers
$12,000
The salary of the
SAC President
$4300
The salary of the
SAC Vice-Presidents
What do you think are the big issues in this SAC election?
"I really liked how some of the candidates plan on pushing for more online banks, such as the test
banks, and also looking into things like note banks available to all student."
Rebecca Breau, Third year Sociology Major, Riverview, NB
"I think that implementing a 14 meals/week option would be incredibly valuable for both on and off-
campus Mounties. It would not only help those on the go, but any money-conscious university students."
Ben Wilson, Second Year Commerce Major, Quechee, Vermont, USA
l |h|nl |he mos| |mpot|an| |h|ng dut|ng |he SC e|ec||on campa|gn |s de|n||e|y hov |he cand|da|es
make themselves known across campus not only during the election time but throughout the year.
Moreover, try and let everyone know what your goals are and how you aim to achieve them. And of
course the goals should sound reasonably achievable. "
Devika Pandey, Third Year Psychology Major, New Delhi, India
I think implementing spring session courses is an important issue facing the SAC right now. As an
educational institution, it is key that we recognize educational opportunities as the top priority of Mount
Allisons features.
Kate MacDonald, Second Year Psychology Major, Toronto, Ontario
Reading week courses are a big issue, especially for students who cant go home for the break. I would
vote for an VP Academic who proved that they had a plan to put these in place for next year.
Graham May, First-year Student, Powell River B.C.
I think that one of the issues that should be covered in the upcoming elections is scholarships - the
GPA required to keep scholarships should be lowered, and the amount given if you regain the entrance
scholarship after losing it should be higher. Right now if you lose your scholarship but manage to get it
bacl, you on|y ge| a |tac||on o| |he amoun| g|ven |o |ts| yeat s|uden|s.
Emily Schmidt, Second-year Student, Psychology
Satisfying the students. People are still upset about the Don contract and some are still waiting for them
to lower the required GPA for scholarships.
Taylor Losier, First year, English Major, Quispamsis, New Brunswick
SAC CRO Willie McQuaid takes a look at the new online voting system, the same
kind to be used in the upcoming election. It replaces the traditional ballot box.
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CENTREFOLD
Have you been looking for the opportunity to spice up our social climate? After serving
as your Arts Senator for 2010-11 and studying abroad, Im just the person youve been
looking for to spice things up.
Aside from ghting for tighter security and promoting an automatic opt-out for Health
and Dental, I want to explore a grocery delivery service, facilitate clubs and society
training, and ght for a CampusLife budget to further social initiatives!
Britt Smith
Im Jacob Lavigne, a third year biology major
who has now served two years in the SAC,
rst as a house representative and currently
as your science senator. ere are many
aspects of student life I plan to address that
need improvement, such as: Internal and
external internships and volunteering, further
transparency between the VP International
and Student Aairs and students, the approval
of reading week intensive courses, increased use
of technology and online resources throughout
campus and Athletic Aairs Development.
Jacob
Lavigne
e time for excellence is now. I am going to create an environment for you to succeed.
Academic:
R5 Academic fair! Connecting you with students who have already taken your courses
R5 Financial: Minimizing your expenses through corporate partnerships
R5 Physical: Meal plan at Gracies
If you have a problem, I have a solution! E-mail me at nbhatia2@mta.ca. Please consider
me as your choice for VP Campus Life on election day.
Nikki Bhatia
Hey Mounties! My name is
Paras Satija and Im running
for Vice President of Academic
Aairs in the upcoming SAC
election. I have been involved
with the SAC from day one at
Mt. A and I know that I am
prepared to take on a larger
role within the Students
Union. Feel free to stop me
anywhere on campus for a chat
or email me at psatija@mta.
caif you have any questions or
concerns about my platform!
Paras Satija
Whether its dealing with Student Life or Facilities Management ocials, listening to
constituents needs as Treasurer of ornton, learning the problems challenging students
as an Argosy Sta Writer, or taking in Campus Life as the executive of two campus
clubs, there is no area of Mt.A Campus Life unfamiliar to me. My platform is detailed
on my Facebook site and feel free to email me with any questions or suggestions. me
at:smurray@mta.caor Simon G. Murray on FB.
Simon Murray
Hello Allisonians!
If you want a dynamic, experienced,
and approachable Vice-President External,
elect me, Sean McGilley. My plan of action
includes: 1. a new and more detailed SAC O-
Campus Housing Directory, 2. more intern and
mentorship opportunities for Mount Allison
students, 3. working to create more avenues to
allow for student input in the greater Sackville
community. I will continue to advocate for
Mt. A students at all levels of government. For
more information or questions please feel free
to approach me anytime (slmcgilley@mta.ca).
Sean
McGilley
I am a third-year Commerce student pursuing
a minor in Environmental Science. I believe
that I would be an ideal presidential candidate
because I am a rational and intuitive thinker,
eective communicator, and determined
to make things happen. I am also a proud
Mountie and passionate about student issues
and concerns. Furthermore, I am an open-
minded individual and I believe that my unique
background would bring a fresh perspective to
the SAC team.
Rebecca
Hebb
e foundation of strong advocacy and
representation is well-founded policy and
consistent, clear communication. If elected
to serve students again, I will increase our
policy and research capacity and embark on
a rebranding project in order for the SAC to
truly excel on these fronts and bring the best to
Mount Allison students. Join me, and together
we can build a more perfect Students Union.
On January 31, and February 1, vote Pat Joyce.
Pat
Joyce
e opportunity to have a say
in your academic experience
is invaluable to your success
at Mt. A. ough my main
priority as VP Academic
would be to focus on the
concerns of both students
and faculty, I would also
like to explore week-long
intensive courses, promote
mid-semester qualitative
course evaluations, create a
notes bank, and facilitate the
online component of the SAC
Used Book Sale. Questions?
Email kmdechastelain@mta.
ca. I look forward to your
support!
Your Presidential Candidates:
VP EXTERNAL
Candidate:
VP Campus Life Candidates:
VP Academic
Candidates:
Kylie de Chastelain
Vote on
Jan 31st/Feb 1st!
All candidate photos by Rosanna Hempel
HUMOUR
January 26, 2012 argosy@mta.ca
Ten Childrens Books that would
never be published, Part 2:
By Susan Rogers, Illustrations by Ian Malcolm, Colouring by Geoff Hutchinson
Lord of the Rings: I am TIRED of these
motherfucking ORCS on this motherfucking
PLAIN.
Forrest Gump: Mama always said, life is like a box
of motherfucking chocolates.
Gone with the Wind: Frankly, my dear, I dont give
a ying fuck.
Titanic: Jackwill you draw me like one of your
French hos?
Jumanji: Ive been gone for HOW MANY
MOTHERFUCKING YEARS?
Casablanca: Of all the MOTHERFUCKING
gin joints, in all the MOTHERFUCKING
WORLD, that ho had to walk into mine.
Citizen Kane: Motherfucking.Rosebud.
Hes Just Not at Into You: He is not fucking
interested.
e Artist: ..Motherfucker.
e Princess Bride: INCON-
MOTHERFUCKING-CIEVABLE.
Lion King: NANNNTTSSSSSS,
INGONYAMA BAGITHI BABAAAAAA.
MOTHERFUCKER.
Rocky Horror Picture Show: Dammit, Janet, I love
youho.
Apocalypse Now: I LOVE the smell of charred
motherfuckers in the morning.
Shawshank Redemption: I wish that I could tell
you that Andy fought the motherfucking good
ght, and the Sisters let that motherfucker be.
I wish I could tell you that - but prison is no
motherfucking fairy-tale world.
Bridges of Madison County: is kind of certainty
comes but once in a motherfucking lifetime.
Good Will Hunting: Its not your motherfucking
fault.
If Samuel L.
Jackson were
cast in every
movie
Argosy Staff
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HUMOUR
DearExperts:IwasnevertoldhowfriggingCOLDitisinSackville.Whataresome
waystobeatthewinterchill?
ASK THE EXPERTS!
Thats right... Were back, bitches.
Geoff Hutchinson and Taylor Losier
Experts
Taylor: First of all, the cold will never go away. You may temporarily keep it at bay, but it will NEVER die. NEVER.
Welcome to Canada; get used to it. at being said, I suggest returning to the roots of our ancestors in order to keep warm:
fur and seal blubber. However, due to an unfortunate lack of seals and an even more unfortunate rise of animal rights
protestors, we are a little short on blubber. e animal rights protestors have also cut o our access to most furs as well (since
they are determined to sever all connections with our founding fathers), so we fall to the last available option: re.
Fire is undeniably the best way to battle the cold: moths know it, marshmallows know it, animal right activists know it
so build a nice, warm, well-contained re out of any material available to you. Textbooks, class notes, maybe cut down a few
trees if you run out of stu. Unfortunately, the drawback to re is the environmental activists, protesting the use of rewood.
(Something silly about needing trees for air)
You know what, I think I see a trend here... e solution to warmth is simple: we get rid of the activists.
Geo: If youre like ninety per cent of the student body, you are from Canada. As a Canadian, I would assume that
youre aware of our stereotype to the world at large: With the exception of British Columbia, WE LIVE IN A FROZEN
TUNDRA, DEVOID OF HEAT OR LIFE. If there were any kind of constant population in Antarctica, they would
probably have a conversation similar to the following: Wow, its cold today here at the BOTTOM OF THE WORLD,
eh? Yeah, but at least we dont live in Canada. ats true. Hey, pass me over the blowtorch, my shoes are frozen to the
ground again.
Unluckily (or luckily if youre a masochist, I guess), we live in the Maritimes, which have the reputation of being the coldest
part of this god-forsaken wasteland that we call home. Sackville also has the dubious honour of being located next to
marshes, which apparently mainline the cold in from Narnia or somewhere. Something sciencey. All I know is that it makes
our town much colder.
As far as beating the cold goes, I guess you could always try lighting a bonre to huddle by. Try to do this outside. If you
want to keep warm while travelling to somewhere else, such as your classes, or the bonre down the street, I would suggest
dressing in layers. Try wearing not only a shirt, sweater, and coat, but also a second, third, fourth and fth coat, along with
twelve or so scarves, some polar bear hides, maybe eight or nine pairs of gloves. is should help, slightly.
Honestly, the only real way to beat the heat? Move to a warmer climate. And bring me with you.
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2. Who is the lead singer
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4. What is the largest river
in the world?
5. Which is the largest of
the United States?
6. Who was the lead singer
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January 26, 2012 argosy@mta.ca HUMOUR
Across
1- Averages;
6- Barbershop request;
10- ick slice;
14- Good point;
15- _ extra cost;
16- Hawaiian city;
17- Blank look;
18- Cancun coin;
19- Drum sound;
20- Chat;
22- Guard;
24- Periodical, briey;
26- Tiny;
27- Bribe;
31- Jabber;
32- Earlier;
33- Alternate;
36- RR stop;
39- Ethereal: Prex;
40- Syrian leader;
41- Drop;
42- After taxes;
43- Ascended;
44-Pueblo Indian village;
45- Belonging to us;
46- Wounded;
48- To bargain;
51- _ Paulo;
52- Chief Indian ocer;
54- Underground electric railroad;
59- Bunches;
60- Yours, in Tours;
62- Metal spikes;
63- Adhesive;
64- Make-up artist?;
65- Pang;
66- Chow;
67- Ages and ages;
68- Guide;
Down
1- Not fem.;
2- is, in Tijuana;
3- Slippery _ eel;
4- Soft ball brand;
5- Vegetable appliance;
6- Faucet;
7- Numbered rds.;
8- Atlas feature;
9- Wide-eyed;
10- Contract;
11- Big cats;
12- Kind of cat;
13- Cotton seed pod;
21- Bleat of a sheep;
23- Drop of water expelled by the
eye;
25- Vulgar;
27- Bridge;
28- Algonquian language;
29- Java trumpeter;
30- Miss Piggys query;
34- Half a y;
35- Clock pointers;
36- Problem with L.A.;
37- Duration;
38- Not much;
40- Large terrier;
41- South American tuber;
43- Batting Babe;
44- Quantities;
45- Speaks publicly;
47- Small batteries;
48- Papal seal;
49- Circa;
50- Rate;
52- Wise;
53- Horse color;
55- Monetary unit of ailand;
56- Metal lament;
57- Burn balm;
58- Belgian river;
61- Apr. addressee;
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The Ships L g
An Argosy run down of coming events in Sackville
Thursday Monday
The Argosy Contributors Meeting
January 26, 5:30 pm, Third Floor of the WMSC
If youre interested in writing or taking photos for The
Argosy then join us and be a part of journalism at
Mount Allison!
Friday
Saturday
Privacy Issues and Research Ethics
Dr. Timothy Christie, Regional Director of Ethics
Services for Horizon Health Network in New Brunswick
January 27, 2012. 1:00 pm, Dunn 108
Public lecture and education session open to all
members of the Mount Allison community
Athletics
Womens Volleyball vs. MSVU, 2:00 pm
Womens Hockey vs. STU, 7:00 pm
Guest Recital
January 28, 2012. 8:00 pm
Laureate, Honens International Piano Competition
Evgeny Starodubtsev, Brunton Auditorium
Concert and Masterclass sponsored by Mrs. Pauline
Spatz in memory of Dr. Albert Spatz.
Sunday
Canada Council Reading
Jessica Grant
Owens Art Gallery
January 30, 2012. 7:00 pm
Newfoundland writer Jessica
Grant will read from her
award-winning novel Come,
Thou Tortoise (2009). Everyone
welcome.
Opera Tea, Mount Allison Opera Workshop
January 29, 2012. 3:00 pm, Faculty Lounge, Music Building,
An afternoon of tea, goodies, and beautiful opera excerpts, presented
by members of the Mount Allison Opera Workshop. This event is a
fundraiser for the annual Opera Workshop tour of high schools. Admission
is only $5 or by donation.

Athletics
Womens Basketball vs. Holland College, 2:00 pm
Womens Hockey vs. U de M, 7:00 pm
Mens Basketballvs Holland College, 4:00 pm
Tuesday
Summer Employment Fair
Career Services MtA, Tweedie
Hall, January 31, 2012.
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Looking for a summer job? Mount
Allison Career Services invites you
to Tweedie Hall. Potential summer
employers from Sackville and
other various locations will be
attending, as well as information
for students regarding numerous
internship, volunteer and paid
opportunities throughout the
summer months. There will also
be stations including resume/
cover letter tips and critiquing.
Check out the Career Services
@ MtA Facebook page for more
information!
Paul Dewar, MP, NDP leadership
candidate presentation and open forum
January 27th, 1:30 pm, Manning Room (basement
of the Chapel) He will give a talk and respond to
questions in a forum All are invited to attend.
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OP/ED
January 26, 2012 argosy@mta.ca
Over the past few weeks of this
semester Ive been thinking of how
students t into the greater picture
of Mount Allison. Larger schools
like Toronto or McGill are intensive
research oriented institutions. While
their main function is not necessarily
research, it does often outweigh
commitments to education.
I have come to believe that Mt. A
is not taking advantage of its small
size by doing more for its students.
Simply put, Mt. A is a great school,
but it has been resting on its laurels
with regards to its relationship with
its students. How could I believe such
nonsense when Mount Allison boasts
one of the highest student satisfaction
levels in the country?
Last year during the Mount Allison
Faculty Association negotiations I
often wondered why it was that the
faculty required a wage increase of
any kind. Are academics not some
of the best paid employees in the
Canadian market? At Mt. A anyway,
the answer is certainly yes. According
to Statistics Canada, in 2009 full
professors at Mt. A earned an average
of $124,257, while their associate
counter parts took home an average
of $94,689. I think it would be fair
to argue that the majority of Mount
Allison students parents income put
together would not equal $124,257 or
even $94,689.
I understand that years of
dedication are required to teach at
a university level but its students
who have to deal with the costs of
their salary increases. is is a prime
example of how students opinions
are often simply disregarded; even at
small universities like ours.
Another instance where student
interests are not in mind for the
University is nancial aid. Prior to my
arrival at Mount Allison I was oered
a $1,000 dollar renewable scholarship
that I was more than happy to accept.
However, there was just one problem:
university is not high school, and there
was no chance of me maintaining my
average from secondary school.
Is it really fair to expect a rst
year student to maintain a 3.7? e
chaotic transition from high school
to university creates an environment
where it is extremely dicult to keep
marks from falling. While I realize
that the University cannot aord
to have each student retain their
entrance scholarships, why not set the
bar at 3.5; a more realistic GPA for a
rst year student that would exclude
enough people so Mt. A does not go
bankrupt.
Having discussed these issues, Mt.
A is still one of the best universities in
Canada, and certainly does do many
good things for its students. However,
Mt. A should not be content with its
current relationship with its students
and should be constantly seeking to
improve it. Mt. A is a great place for
students but with a little more eort
from administrators and faculty, it can
be even better.
An open letter
to faculty and
administrators
John Trafford
Argosy Columnist
Put studcnts rst
How I got through an entire semester
without discussing why digital piracy
is not the bogeyman people often
make it out to be is beyond me. Lets
rectify this terrible omission. is
defence will take up several articles.
is rst one will clarify some of the
misconceptions around piracy. As an
added note: this will be a defence on
non-commercial piracy only. Below
are some misconceptions about
digital piracy.
Myth One: Digital piracy is theft.
Hardly. e key part of any denition
of theft is that the owner is being
deprived of their property. Copying
does not deprive the owner of his
property therefore it is not theft of
the property itself. But, you say,
what of the prots the company
might have made from the sale of
a music cd? Havent you deprived
them of a prot? And if I bought a
dierent cd have I committed theft
by not buying their cd? Of course not.
At the moment it is still copyright
violation but that doesnt equal theft.
is distinction is important in
copyright law.
Myth Two: Pirates never pay for
anything if they dont have to. For
starters if this were true pirates would
be the most frugal people in Canada,
a beacon of spending restraint. is
is not true for a couple of reasons.
Challenging
popular myths
James Wilson
Arrr-gosy Columnist
ln dcfcncc of digitaI piracy
1) ey tend to also be the biggest
consumers of the products they pirate.
e Swiss government recently stated
they dont see piracy as bad because
pirates spend their money on other
things. 2) Pirates are not immune
to convenience. ey will purchase
programs, games or music when it is
easier than searching the net with the
hope that what les you nd arent
swimming in malware.
Myth ree: Companies cannot
compete against free and immediate.
Companies can, and often do,
compete against free and immediate.
Bottled water being perhaps the most
prominent example. It is after all,
just tap water (ie. not something
this country has any lack of ).
T h e r e is also the
exampl e
o f
i Tune s .
T h e y
seem to
be doing well
c o n s i d e r i n g
they also
c o mp e t e
a g a i n s t
free and
immediate. And
if companies
cant compete
against free
why are they
still in business?
Piracy, it must be
remembered, has been around many
years now. And while you will nd
companies complaining how piracy
is cutting into their prots you wont
nd all that many (if any) who are
doing absolutely terribly and risk
failing because of it. If you want to
know how to end ninety percent of
all piracy cases the answer is simple:
bring cost, convenience, and quality
as close to what people can get for
free, and they will spend money on it.
Myth Four: Companies/artists
have a right to all prots from what
they create. e following argument
comes directly from the linked paper
above so it is helpful to read it. In
a market economy, we care only
that producers make enough return
to cover their costs, including a
reasonable prot. So long as that cost
is covered that others also benet
from the goods produced, is not
considered a problem. It should
be noted monopolies run
afoul of this argument
b e c a u s e they can
( a n d do) charge
m o r e
than what
is reasonable.
Make no mistake;
copyright law is
monopolistic.
M y t h
Five: Piracy
harms small
startups. Piracy
is actually not the
greatest threat to
small companies;
being unknown
is. Piracy actually
helps solves this
problem. Large companies are well
known so arguably piracy is a greater
problem for them.
In my next article I will go into
dierent examples of how piracy has
been benecial in practice.
laying thc groundwork for thc libcraI Party
A time to rebuild from
the grassroots
Stephen Spence
Argosy Contributor
e Biennial convention of a political party is
often hectic, chaotic and ripe with heated debate.
To onlookers, it sometimes looks wrought with
discord. e most recent Biennial convention
of the Liberal Party of Canada in Ottawa was
in fact even more wrought with discord and
discussion than most. To a Liberal sympathizer,
or supporter as they have now been termed
and codied into the partys constitution,
these words may seem worrisome. However,
for a party still reeling from its worst defeat in
Canadian history last May, there is comfort to
be drawn.
As many have identied, the collapse of
the Liberal Party occurred as a result of many
factors. It has been no secret within the party
that an open and frank discussion regarding the
structure and future of the party was necessary.
To this end, Ottawa 2012 was an incredible
success. As was pointed out by many on the
oor of the convention at the partys Biennial:
discussions, proposals and amendments are
usually discussed among smaller groups and
only proposed to the general assembly for a nal
stamp of approval. Any participant in Ottawa is
well aware that the motions on the order paper
were far from quickly passed over for a rubber
stamp. Discussions and debate were lengthy
and, while tiresome for many, were necessary
for the partys process of renewal. Discussions
in Ottawa were not held among the few, but
among the many members of the party. More
than 3,000 members of the Liberal Party,
including nearly 1,000 young Liberals, discussed
and debated making important changes to the
party, including opening participation in party
aairs to a new group of Canadians: Liberal
supporters.
Supporters of the Liberal party are now able
to register and vote on party matters, including
leadership contests and candidate nominations,
without ocially purchasing a membership.
Policy-wise, Liberals voted to push for the
legalization of marijuana by an overwhelming
majority, in addition to a resolution to adopt a
preferential ballot system for federal elections.
Eight Mount Allison Young Liberals attended
the conference. Heading into the conference,
we were all aware of our partys dismal position
on the federal stage, but the consensus, having
arrived home, is that the Liberal Party of Canada
is far from a party with one foot in the grave.
e Mount Allison Young Liberals meet every
ursday at the Pond at 8:00 pm. If you have
questions email youngliberals@mta.ca. As Bob
Rae said, If [you] want a party with ideas and
discussion, then come help us build."
Internet Photo/Postmedia
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23
OPINIONS & EDITORIALS
Putting the
potential
presidents in
perspective
Emily James
Argosy Contributor
Argosy/Carly Levy
When it comes to elections, very
few students truly pay attention.
Do you know the presidents
proposals, or their strategies for
change to better the university and
the student body? Do you know the
names of all three candidates for
president of SAC?
We, as students, often go to the
polls without a clue and base our
decision on name recognition or
who is the best looking. I must
confess that is how I voted for SAC
elections. For the rst time I decided
to take action this year I went to
the candidates debate held by the
Argosy last Sunday. If you missed it,
let me ll you in.
Before the debate on Sunday,
I was unsure about Pat being re-
elected. He would not bring in a
new perspective. When I think
about what the SAC has done this
year, I draw a blank. e only project
I can recall is the Health and Dental
Plan.
But then I went to the debate,
and my opinion of Pat changed.
Joyce needs to be re-elected. Not
only does he have the experience, he
has strategies and plans on how to
help the student body thrive. He is
focused on changing policies. e
most important part of policy is that
it is truly reective of what students
want, Pat writes on his Facebook
campaign page. It must also be well
informed and developed through
thorough research.
In Pats opening speech during
the debate, he reminded us that
giving him the privilege of another
year as president, he would continue
work on his projects. I realized
that the reason why I always draw
a blank when people ask me what
has the SAC done is that one year
is not enough for a group of people
to make major changes to improve
the university and the lives of its
students.
However, I do have to point out a
few weaknesses of Joyce. I found it
very strange that he waited a week
and a half before elections began to
campaign. It wasnt until Tuesday
that his Facebook page came online
and it was only last weekend that
a few posters popped up here and
there throughout campus.
Additionally, I am concerned
about the male domination of the
SAC. In the past few years, men have
lled the most inuential positions
on the SAC. It is not a feminism
thing, but the benet of presidential
candidate Rebecca Hebb is that
she is female and would bring in a
unique perspective.
So Pat, you have my vote.
However, my request is bring new
perspectives to the SAC. As for all
of the other candidates, remember
to stand your ground and stand up to
the university. I wish you luck with
the election, and students, try to
nd out more about the candidates
they represent you. Even though
some of the candidates are good
looking, looks can be deceiving.
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Alex
MacDonald
Op/Ed Editor
Part one of four
columns on
education
Mt. A's futurc
Thc dcath of criticaI thought at Mount AIIison
At times it can be dicult for us
as students to collectively agree on
anything. Maybe we can agree that
wed rather drink a Picaroons than a
bland, mass-produced Molson beer.
Often it is a lack of consensus that
drives students unions to do nothing.
I sat through students union debates
for the upcoming elections and for
over two hours I listened to nine
candidates talk a lot without ever
actually saying anything.
is is not the rst time I have
expressed my cynicism toward
student politicians. I am cynical
because I fell that most of them
are in it for themselves and their
perceived prestige of the position
and not for the opportunity to
actually inuence outcomes in our
community. roughout the debates
candidates would avoid expressing
their thoughts on particular issues,
declaring their populist outlook
on governance, explaining that the
opinions of the president and vice-
presidents are not relevant, rather the
collective opinions of students are
paramount in any decision. I wonder
if we would be better o replacing
all candidates with robots capable of
creating surveys and polling students.
If our student leaders want input
from students Ive always been happy
to contribute, and for the next three
issues of e Argosy I will describe
changes to Canadian universities that
will be necessary for them to become
true communities of higher education.
eyll even get the added bonus
of my advice coming from a low-
income student; a demographic often
marginalized to the fringes of student
advocacy. As someone who rarely sees
the needs of low-income students
reected in education priorities (of
the students union, the University
and the government), I have become
fed up with federal and provincial
p o l i t i c i a n s
and university
admi ni s t r at or s
paying lip service
to a liberal
education but
then imposing
severe restrictions
on the outcomes
by punishing
those who colour
outside the lines.
Students who
are individuals,
those who seek
education on
their own terms are punished for not
meeting the arbitrary outcomes set
by universities and governments. As
a student I consider myself to be a
circle and I dont react well to having a
university tell me Im worthless unless
I turn myself into a square. A square
that is allowed to ask questions, but
not the questions that make people
uncomfortable because that may lead
to substantial discussions on terms not
set by the student
union executives,
universities or
governments.
Uni v e r s i t i e s
have become
i n s t i t u t i o n s
of oppression,
institutions that
destroy creativity
and critical
thought, and
institutions that
do not provide
social equalization
but rather ensure
the expansion of power for those
from the upper and middle castes of
Canada while spitting in the faces of
those from modest means.
Over the coming three issues of
e Argosy, I will explain further how
universities needs to shift their focus
in order to transform themselves into
institutions that are about more than
just a ght for credentials among
upper and middle caste students. I
will describe how education has the
potential to do more than train people
for jobs, that it has the potential to
help make us better people, a potential
to give us social equity.
During the students union
elections take the time to ask
candidates the tough questions, tease
out their philosophies on education
and nancial aid. I hope that since
e Argosy debate, they have all given
some genuine thought into why
they running, because if they are still
giving the answer that they dont have
an opinion and need to poll students,
then they dont deserve the job. ese
so-called educated individuals lack
the ability to think critically. We
deserve better.
Students who are
individuals, those
who seek education
on their own terms
are punished for not
meeting the arbitrary
outcomes set by
universities and
governments.
Thcrc's onIy onc SAC prcsidcnt
Forget that cute guys name at the bar?
Did somebody make your day?
Wanna shout out your meal hall crush?
Send in your missed to missed@mta.ca
e woman whose smile can shine,
Who I have known for the longest time.
Her breathtaking looks make guys stop,
Or make them head toward a gift shop.
Brown is her hair which looks like silk,
And teeth as white a skimmed milk.
Flowers themselves shine bright when shes near,
Beauty and happiness radiates from her sphere.
Heres to the Lockview gal,
It sucks that I am stuck being her pal.
To La Belle,
I used to sit in the back of the class, now Ill be sitting
in the front. And dont you worry, Ill be looking for
extra credit.
To the late night snacker,
Stop eating where I can smell your food late at night.
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January 26, 2012 argosy@mta.ca
OPINIONS & EDITORIALS
On January 19, e Argosy ran an
article about student security on
campus and called into question some
of the actions and motivations of the
students who are hired as security for
events on campus. Personally, I was
appalled at some of the comments
being made about these underpaid
and undervalued students who are
given more responsibilities than
should be expected of them as part-
time employees.
According to the administration
guidelines for security at events held
on campus, the ratio is supposed to be
one security person for fty students.
Having one person responsible for
fty people can be ne, if you nd
the most docile and respectful fty
people on campus, but that however
is hardly ever the case. e rst major
issue with this ratio is that when you
add alcohol and a rowdy crowd, it
can make even just ve of the fty
students for whom you are responsible
act in a manner that would force you
to have to intervene. is relates to
the article in which a student was
running around and pushing people
inside e Pond and the Student
Centre in general but no security was
there to deal with it. Too often these
security guards are put into situations
where too much is asked of them
because of the lack of sta, which
brings me to the second inherent
problem with the ratio. Events are
too often understaed in order to cut
costs and hope to run a bigger prot
for the events. Even when the events
are properly staed far too often
security is stuck doing menial tasks or
positioned in low trac areas. is is
when dangerous situations arise and
event sta is forced to deal with on
their own, often in altercations that
can turn into physical violence.
One thing the article failed to
mention is that the understang
of events and the situations around
events that often go unresolved are
not at the choice of these security
guards. Believe me when I say that
they would much rather have more
people on sta rather than not
enough, especially since there are not
that many shifts available to work.
e Super STUD events mentioned
in the article are good examples of the
types of events where more situations
arise due to the larger crowd,
unfortunately these larger crowds are
not accompanied with larger stas, at
least not proportionally.
Some may point out how more
problems arise during the events held
in the Student Centre and seemingly
fewer happen during residence parties.
Firstly, because residence parties are
more about student enjoyment and
not so much about prot, they tend
to hire substantially more security
than e Pond would during a big
event. Consider the residence party
coming up next week; Mardi Gras
in Windsor Hall. Approved for
500 guests, to keep the ratio alive
they would need to hire ten security
guards for the night but instead have
pledged to hire fourteen, a ratio of
35.7 guests per security guard. Where
the residence parties save themselves,
however, is by having the Residence
Assistants present in force at these
events. Mardi Gras, for example, will
host twenty-two RAs. TWENTY-
TWO! at brings the ratio down
to approximately fourteen people for
every security guard or RA, a much
more manageable number.
I have to ask, however, why the
sudden outburst for security on
campus? Last year when security
was raised as a question during the
SAC elections for President, it was
brushed away. During one of the
rst weekends as e Pond was
transferred to new management, a
member of our student community
was beaten, trampled and had his jaw
broken in three places while inside
the student pub. e three individuals
involved escaped the Student Centre
and any further criminal investigation
because of lack of security guards.
Surely not something wished on the
students by any of the current or
former employees of the Event Sta.
One source, whom I have chosen
to not name (but I hope he reads this
article and feels my disdain for the
way things are currently for EES)
stated: Im trying to run a business
here. For reasons of security in
employment, I have chosen to remain.
Anonymous
Campus Sccurity fvcnts
While some of you may be aware and
others may not, February marks the
beginning of Black History Month.
Youre probably asking yourself, what
exactly is Black History Month? How
did this celebration come to be? Why
does it take place in February?
Black History Month is a
nationwide celebration that gives
persons the opportunity to reect,
recognize and honour the countless
contributions made by signicant
African Americans throughout
history. In essence, this is a time
for all persons of African descent
to acknowledge and appreciate
their heritage and the struggles and
sacrices made by those who have
paved the way for the liberation of
black people in todays world.
Dr. Carter G. Woodson is
considered to be the 'father of black
history'. Woodson, whose parents
were salves, was convinced that the
importance of African American
history was being overlooked. He was
driven and relentless in his eorts to
shed light on the achievements of
African Americans. In 1915, Woodson
established the Association for the
Study of Negro Life and History. is
association began working towards
obtaining a 'Negro History Week', to
explore and celebrate contributions of
African Americans. In 1926, the rst
'Negro History Week' began during
the second week of February. e
second week of February was chosen
in honour of Frederick Douglass
and Abraham Lincoln, two pivotal
individuals who inuenced the
African American population greatly.
In 1976, 'Negro History Week' was
extended to an entire month and
renamed 'Black History Month'.
When addressing the importance
of black history month it is imperative
that we pinpoint the struggles that
Africans endured during the time
of slavery. While being aware of the
origins of slavery, those negative yet
factually told stories, were indelibly
written on the walls of my heart. And
those stories, in large part, emanates
from the Unites States of America.
rough my early years of school I
learnt about the stories of slavery,
apartheid the relentless ghts of our
heroes such as Martin Luther King
Jr., Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela
and Rosa Parks. I could never grasp
the pain one must feel when faced
with human inequalities because
of race, nationality or creed. As the
old adage says, one who feels it,
knows it. Some may relate Black
History Month solely to the negative
attributes of slavery, however, we must
realize that such negative events have
produced positive manifestations; this
however does not negate the facts of a
black mans past and present struggles.
Blacks have fought tenaciously to
end the denial of even the most
basic rights, exploring all methods
of struggle and all forms of alliances
to end this repression and should be
acknowledged as great courage and
strength of a people.
History is a narrative of both
positive and negative events that
occurred in the past. us history
gives persons the ability to learn about
how actions or events had an impact
on their lives then and how they
continue to have an impact on today's
world. For this reason, ROOTS, an
African-heritage group at Mount
Allison, believes it is important to
celebrate Black History Month. A
series of events have been planned for
the month of February to promote
awareness about the signicance of
the history of African culture and
to celebrate the accomplishments
of inuential blacks throughout the
Diaspora.
I believe that Black History Month
is truly an avenue where by we as
people of this world, no matter your
background or race can celebrate
the accomplishments of those who
paved the way for liberation. Martin
Luther King Jr. said it best, I look
for the day man will not be judged
by the colour of his skin but the
content of his heart and character.
We must always remember the
adversities and struggles of the
past as we work to combat todays
challenges. I look forward to seeing
you all out to the planned events
this month. For a detailed list of
events please visit ROOTS Facebook
page: http://www.facebook.com/
groups/152991234332/
Shafayne Allen
President of ROOTS
BIack History Month
On November 15, Mosaic showed
their support to the International
Centre by dedicating a day to racism
awareness on campus. ey set up
tables in front of the library and
student centre, handing out hot
chocolate and white pins for students
and faculty to wear as recognition
that racism is a constant struggle on
campus and Sackville. e purpose of
the survey was to evaluate if racism
directly aects Mt. A students, and
whether or not they believe it is a
relevant issue in Sackville today.
Out of the 149 surveys completed,
over four percent of Canadian
students at Mt. A and sixteen percent
of international students lled out the
survey. is is an astonishing ratio
between Canadians and international
students, because over ninety percent
of students on campus are Canadian,
which suggests that the racism survey
appealed much more to international
students than it did to Canadians.
ere are a variety of reasons that help
explicate why the Racism Awareness
Campaign was more alluring to
international students. Perhaps being
the minority on campus, international
students feel more compelled to
help advocate on the signicance
this prevalent issue has on campus.
However it also may be that because
Canadian students are the majority
on campus, racism may not have a
direct inuence on them.
Last year, MOSAIC also held a
similar event in February and students
were asked to ll out surveys in the
same manner. However, the club did
not have a chance to follow up on the
event. erefore, MOSAIC is trying
to initiate a change on campus to
combat racism on campus based on
the survey results that they obtained
this November.
When going through the surveys,
MOSAIC found that a lot of
students think racism rises from a
lack of understanding and respect
of people's cultures. Although the
objective of MOSAIC is to promote
multiculturalism, educating students
to understand other cultures does not
happen in a day, therefore the club has
come up with a new way to address the
issue of racism. Instead of scratching
the surface of racial discrimination
in the community by handing out
more pins and spreading the message
of racism, this year's MOSAIC
executive committee has decided to
come up with a constructive, long-
term project to help students that are
facing problems of racism. MOSAIC
does not have an exact proposal ready
yet, but a project in collaboration with
the Wellness Centre can denitely be
a possibility.
Flora Chung, MOSAIC
Anti-Racism
Flora Chung
Studcnts from MOSAlC had 149 studcnts II out survcys on thcir
racism awarcncss day in Novcmbcr.
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e Argosy www.argosy.ca
When someone told me there was a medical
school student competing at the Canadian
Figure Skating Championships, I thought they
must have been kidding. No one, I thought,
could balance competitive gure skating with
training to be a doctor.
It turns out I was wrong, because Kevin
Boczar does just that.
Boczar is a competitive ice dancer; he and his
partner Helene Letourneau have been skating
together since 2006 when
both decided to leave singles
competition behind. e
team has been competing
together ever since, and
skating at the senior level for
the past two years. Yet for
most of his time competing
at the senior level, Boczar has
been enrolled as a medical
student at the University of
Ottawa.
It was dicult, he told
me, but its just a matter
of being able to juggle the responsibilities
of school and skating really well with time
management.
And Boczar couldnt be more serious when
he says that time management skills are the
most important thing. is past year he and
Letourneau were on the ice at 6am for practice
before heading o to classes for the day. After
classes they went straight back to the rink
for more ice time and o ice workouts. en
followed paper writing and studying. Despite
the time commitment though, Boczar told me
that he enjoys being involved in volunteer work
in the community. And it doesnt end there:
Boczar recently started a research internship
at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute in
cardiac imaging.
Yet, believe it or not, Boczar takes the same
course load as everyone else. roughout the
whole time weve always made sure that weve
kept up our full time studies along the way,
he says, adding that at his medical school, part
time studies arent even an option. Boczar didnt
just coast through his studies either; when he
graduated from Carleton he was awarded the
Chancellors Award for having the highest marks
in his graduating class.
Asked where he spends
most of his time, Boczar
decided its probably
equal. is year it has been a
little more hectic with school
so I would say probably in the
lab this year, but other years it
has been just about equal.
One of the more stressful
experiences Boczar says
was juggling competitive
skating with medical school
interviews. Leaving the
Canadian Championships in London in 2010,
Boczar went home to Ottawa for one day of
classes before ying to Vancouver for a medical
school interview.
It was during medical school interview that
his gure skating training really helped him out
I found the interviews almost like a skating
competition. You get the adrenaline rush and
then you have to perform. Voicing a sentiment
I have never heard from my medical school
friends, Boczar said that the interview process
Susan Rogers
Argosy Staff
I found [medical school]
interviews almost like a
skating competition. You
get the adrenaline rush
and then you have to
perform.
Kevin Boczar
Canadian Ice Dancer
One seriously athletic student
was more fun than stressful.
When asked what advice he could give to
other student athletes, Boczar reiterated the
need for time management skills. I commend
all the students that continue their athletic
pursuits, he told me. Its really rewarding [to
continue in sports] and I just say keep at it
because it gives you a good balance in life to do
both school ... and athletics.
I denitely want to stay involved with
skating and I think I want to do it as a team
doctor. As to what specialty I go in to, I mean
there is no one route you have to go to become
a sports doctor. So right now I am thinking
cardiology but what specialty I want to go into
kind of changes weekly.
e team nished thirteenth at the 2012
Canadian Championships, the last skating
competition of their competitive career. With
a medical clerkship taking up most of his time
next year, and a clinical rotation in massage
therapy dominating hers, the team simply wont
have enough time to train for competition
anymore. Time constraints dont mean that
Boczar is leaving the rink for good though - he
plans to become a skating coach, as well as a
sports doctor, and will be busy as ever studying
to get both certications in the next couple years.
Internet Photo/photography.ice-dance
Kevin Boczar and Helene Letourneau manage to keep up with their studies despite
the time commitments of skating.
Volleyball team sweeps weekend games
Mt. A downs
Universit
Sainte-Anne in
ACAA action
Robert Murray
Sports Editor
Mount Allison's volleyball team
enjoyed success on the road this past
weekend, defeating the Universit
Sainte-Anne Dragons in ACAA
volleyball double header action. On
Saturday the Mounties shut out the
Dragons three sets to none before
tacking on another victory the
following day, this time by a score of
three sets to one.
On Saturday, the Mounties were
led by Caila Henderson, who had
seven kills and eleven digs, as the
Mounties captured the game in three
consecutive sets by scores of 25-17,
26-24 and 25-21. Erica Cronkhite
added four service aces and twelve
digs of her own to the victory for Mt.
A, their fth straight, continuing their
perfect run in 2012. Also assisting
defensively was fourth-year standout
Vanessa Gray, who contributed nine
digs and four blocks while chipping
in ve kills on the oensive side of
the ball. While Mt. A walked away
with their victory, they came close
to matching their season high in
Blocking Errors.
Coach Andrew Kennedy summed
up the weekend games saying, "We
were not consistent in our oensive
or defensive approach throughout
the entire weekend, but managed to
get two necessary and very important
wins at this point in the season."
Sunday was more of the same
dominating play from Mt. A as the
Mounties won in four sets (25-21,
25-18, 23-25, 25-20) to sweep the
weekend series. e team set a season
high in service aces with sixteen, with
Allison Settle and Jane Delahunt,
both in the top ve for service aces in
the ACAA, playing a large part of the
team's success in that category. Settle
also added seventeen digs followed by
second-year team member Georgia
Sibold, who contributed eleven digs
of her own.
Kennedy commented on the eort
put forth by a strong Dragons squad
saying, "ey served aggressively at
us, attacked well from left-side, and
caused us some defensive headaches."
With the win the Mounties
move to 8-3 on the season and into
sole possession of second place in
the ACAA Women's volleyball
standings. e Mystics from Mount
Saint Vincent University continue to
run the table at 10-0 losing only three
sets the entire season (two to UNBSJ
and one to NSAC).
Enjoying one of their best regular
seasons ever, several Mounties are
making their presence felt on the
national spotlight. Mountie Allison
Settle is ranked second nationally for
assists per set with 7.0 and also in a tie
for fteenth overall in service aces for
the entire CCAA.
e Mounties have a pair of games
coming up this weekend against
potential playo opponents as they
put their calendar year undefeated
record on the line when they host the
MSVU Mystics at 2:00 pm Saturday.
On Sunday the team travels down the
highway to Truro for an away match
against the NSAC Rams at 2:00 pm.
Be sure to come on out and cheer on
your Mounties as they enter the nal
home stretch for their 2011-2012
regular season.
Left: AIIison ScttIc is rankcd in thc top ftccn nationaI in assists
per set and service aces. Right: Caila Henderson was a critical
part of the team's offensive attack this past weekend in Pointe-de-
l'glise, Nova Scotia.
Mount Allison/Sue Seaborn
Can you Dig it?
5
2
93
categories in the ACAA
in which the Mounties
have at least one player
Number of total sets
lost in 2012
Digs by Erica Cronkhite,
the most by anyone on
the Mt. A squad
KEVIN MONAGHAN
presented by:
For a second time this season, Mount
Allison's ve-foot-11 guard KEVIN
MONAGHAN has won University
Athlete of the Week honours for
his tough and steady hard court
play against three opposing teams.
Providing a lot of leadership,
Monaghan scored 46 points and
pulled in 12 rebounds over the past
week, and made a number of key shots
in the MSVU and UKC games. In a
67-54 loss to Crandall in Moncton,
he scored nine points; in a two-point
loss (65-63) to hometown MSVU he
shot 3/3 from the three-point range
for 19 points; and at home against
UKC, playing 40 minutes of tough
basketball, he was 6/8 from the arc
for 18 points.
SARA MACKELLAR
Sara MacKellar, a ve-foot-four
guard with the Basketball Mounties,
has won female Athlete of the Week
honours at Mount Allison. MacKellar
led her team through three games
over the week, breaking presses,
stealing and making numerous assists
in games where the Mounties scored
a total of 229 points. Averaging
three steals a game MacKellars team
overpowered Crandall University
by a 98-45 score, then lost to the
hometown MSVU Mystics 79-41,
and nally handed visiting UKC a
90-49 loss last Sunday.
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January 26, 2012 argosy@mta.ca SPORTS
The importance of
hand washing
Jenn MacKenzie
Health Intern
Hand washing is an action that is often
overlooked. With cold and u season here, it
is important to wash your hands before putting
them near your face or on your food.
Your hands touch many surfaces in the run of a
day, so it is very important to wash your hands.
Bacteria and viruses can collect on your ngers
and palms. e bacteria and viruses can be found
on a variety of surfaces such as doorknobs,
phones and faucets. By not washing your hands,
you are spreading the bacteria and viruses to
others that may come in contact with them. e
risk of infection increases when you touch your
eyes, nose, mouth or an open sore or cut.
e proper method for hand washing is to rst
wet your hands and apply soap. Rub your hands
together making sure you have gotten all skin
surfaces. Scrub your hands for about twenty to
thirty seconds, or the length of the song happy
birthday. Pay close attention around the nail
area and between the ngers. en rinse and dry
your hands thoroughly.
Hand washing is a key way in preventing the
spread of disease and infection. e norovirus,
also known as the Norwalk virus, has recently
been identied in Sackville and is very
contagious. e Norwalk virus is an illness that
causes nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. ese
symptoms usually last between twenty-four and
forty-eight hours. ere is no medication to
treat this illness because it is a virus. e best
preventative measure is to wash your hands
often, and if you are not able to do that, use hand
sanitizer.
e Center for Disease and Control (CDC)
says, the single most important thing we can do
to keep from getting sick and spreading illness
to others is to clean our hands. University is a
place where viruses can thrive if introduced to
its environment. Sitting close to somebody who
is sick in class, opening a door to a classroom or
residence, or touching a desk/table infected by
its last occupants are all examples of how easily a
contagious illness can spread.
ere are posters in almost every washroom
on campus indicating the proper technique for
hand washing. Please take the time to read the
poster and consider your health and the health of
others. As many know, it isnt pleasant to be sick
when trying to do papers and write midterms.
If you are sick, the best thing to do is stay home,
get rest and drink plenty of uids. However, if
you feel you need medical attention go to the
hospital or call/visit the Wellness Centre on the
ground oor of the Wallace McCain Student
Centre (364-2163).
Internet Photo/Afro News
Washout
20-30
Seconds you should wash
your hands for
24-48
Duration of symptoms for
Norwalk virus
80
Percentage of all
infectious diseases that
are transmitted by touch
Men see improved play in
loss to MSVU, win vs. UKC
Mounties come
out strong against
Halifax area teams
Robert Murray
Sports Editor
e Mount Allison mens basketball team had
an impressive weekend versus the two Halifax
area ACAA basketball teams that resulted
in close exciting games featured live on the
Argosy Sports Twitter feed. Unfortunately
for the men, the weekend resulted in a split,
not allowing them to gain any ground on the
three teams ahead of them in the standings.
On Saturday the men traveled to Halifax
to take on the nationally seventh ranked
Mystics from Mount Saint Vincent
University (MSVU) in a rematch of a mid-
November game in which the Mounties were
blown out by thirty-three points and lost
their former head coach, Bruce McMillan,
in the aftermath. e end result, a 65-63 for
the Mystics may have looked the same in the
standings, but the Mounties improved play
of late showed against an experienced team
such as MSVU. Fifth-year starting guard
Kevin Monaghan led Mt. A with nineteen
points while Ben Chisholm wasnt far behind,
adding seventeen points of his own. After the
loss, Coach Duane Starratt was humble in his
analysis saying, I think we did a better job
defensively.
e Mounties play was characterized
by strong consistent ball movement that
resulted in fewer turnovers than usual.
Several members of the team such as Tim
Crouse and Akil Smith were instrumental in
advancing the ball quickly up court. Ahead
of the match-up the following day versus the
University of Kings College (UKC) Blue
Devils back in Sackville, Starratt also added,
If we compete like that for forty minutes we
can compete with the other teams and were
going to start getting some wins.
Sundays match up back home was another
close game, but the Mounties took control
of the game, winning 81-74. e Mounties
shot 52.5% from the eld as Ben Chishom
led all Mt. A starters with twenty-nine
points followed by Brandon Malally, Kevin
Monaghan and Tim Crouse who added
nineteen, eighteen and eleven respectively.
e game went in burst as the Blue Devils
nished the rst quarter up eight, but by
early into the second quarter, the Mounties
had erased the decit and built a small lead
of their own to end at half-time leading 37-
32. For the rest of the game the teams traded
leads of one and two points before Mt. A
pulled ahead for good. With his eorts on
Sunday, Brandon Malally now has three
double-doubles on the year and sits fourth in
the ACAA for total rebounds per game.
anks to weekend splits by Saint omas
University, UNB Saint John, and Holand
College, the Mounties remain in a tie for
fourth place with the Crandall Chargers. Up
next for the Mounties is a trip to Saint John
to face UNB this Saturday before returning
to face Holland College at home on Sunday.
Tip o is at 4:00 pm on Sunday.
Mount Allison's Trevor Mann (right), from Thornhill, ON, drives by UKC's
Thomas Watson of Halifax.
Mount Allison/Sue Seaborn
Mt. A swim team compete at UPEI
Taylor Losier
Argosy Correspondent
e Mount Allison Varsity Swim Team
travelled down to Prince Edward Island the
weekend of January 21 in order to attend the
University of PEI Invitational Swim Meet.
Other teams competing were Dalhousie,
UNB, MUN and Acadia. It was the rst
ocial competition of the year, with some
strong performances by all swimmers present.
e mens team came away with second place
while the womens nished fourth.
On the mens side, veteran swimmer
Mitchell Peters earned two gold medals in
the 200 free and the 200 y, and two bronze
medals in the 400 IM and the 100 free. In
addition, his nal times for both the 200 y
and the 400 IM were Mt. A records. Another
record was set in the 50 y by Mikhel Peters,
while Colin Vale swam ve best times out of
ve events. e same feat was accomplished
by swimmer Graham Muise, who took o
well over twenty-ve seconds in total.
For the womens team, Madeleine Crowell
nished the weekend with three personal
bests for the season; she took o time in
the fty and 200 breast and the 200 IM.
She was also a part of the Womens 4x100
medley relay team, alongside Marya Peters,
Katherine Frise and Emily Byrne. ey
earned themselves a bronze medal.
e highlight of the weekend was the
Mens 4x100 meter freestyle relay, composed
of Mitchel Peters, Colin Vale, Andrew
Reeder and Mikhel Peters. Not only did they
set a new Mt. A record, they also nished rst
overall, defeating both Dalhousie teams for
the rst time in several years. With the same
combination of swimmers, they also nished
second in the 4x100 medley relay.
Im proud of my team-mates in the
relay; says second year swimmer Colin Vale
Weve been working hard these last few
months and placing rst has shown not only
how weve improved our technique but also
demonstrates that we are dedicated to doing
our very best.
is was the Mounties last meet before the
AUS Championship at Dalhousie, as Coach
John Peters pointed out. Were looking
forward to the Dal meet, says Peters So
far one swimmer has qualied for CIS, and
were hoping that a couple more swimmers
Mounties led again
by Mitch Peters
in the pool
will qualify at the AUS Championship. For
the next few weeks our focus is on making
those times.
Mitchell Peters left his mark on another
event, taking home two gold and two
bronze medals for Mount Allison.
Mount Allison/Sue Seaborn
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SPORTS
Bryan Downey
Lisa Riley
Argosy Correspondent
Bryan Downey, originally from
Stephenville, Newfoundland, is a
third-year Badminton Player in in
his second year at Mount Allison
(He transferred in from Memorial
University after his rst year). He is
an International Relations major with
hopes of doing an honours in the
future. Bryan plays both singles and
doubles, but has spent the last year
focusing on doubles for Nationals,
which happened last year, and the
upcoming national qualiers this year.
Bryan is not just a national level
Badminton player, he is also a RA
and a bartender at the Pond. As a
mentor in the Rural Opportunity
Scholars Program, he mentors a high
school student who is surrounded
by an environment that would
not necessarily encourage them to
consider Post-Secondary education,
but who still have the academic skills
to go. As you read, Bryan is preparing
to travel to Montreal with Model UN.
Finally he works with BTS-MTA,
which is a Guatemalan-Canadian
solidarity network.
It's sometimes hard for professors,
and my friends alike, to understand
how much time playing a sport takes
up - especially traveling - but I try to
balance everything as best I can. If I
wasn't playing a sport I think I would
be lost...having a predetermined
schedule works well for me. I would
denitely have to agree with that.
School is a big part of the reason he
is here at Mt. A, and last year he was
an Academic All-Canadian as well as
a National Scholar for the CCAA.
Playing badminton does not distract
him from his school work, rather it
helps him focus.
e best experience Bryan has had
playing Badminton here at Mt. A was
holding National Championships
at home. e calibre of players who
travelled to Sackville was incredible,
and he explained that just less than
ve years ago there were players
in this same league who are now
preparing to play in the 2012
Olympics in London. He loved the
challenge of playing against some of
the players from out West who train
in a more populated league, train all
year round and who play in private,
professional clubs. I try to forget
that and just grind them down as best
as I can. He and his partner placed
sixth in the championships last year,
but remembers fondly ghting for
every point and not giving up. As the
male rookie of the year last year, he
encourages recognition for the sport
through his award. at award was
really a win for the whole Badminton
community. Not many people know
the work that the Badminton team
put into practicing, but they train
just like every other Varsity sport and
even have 6:30 am practices.
After graduation, he is leaning
towards international law or some
type of federal work, potentially
foreign aairs. Badminton will always
play a role in his life, and, in his words,
I can never see myself stopping until
I can't physically walk. He was quite
enthusiastic about the lively masters
scene Canada boasts and hopes to
play in it when he's older. He is also
interested in coaching Badminton
and even soccer, and has participated
in coaching in the past.
Bryan and the rest of the Badminton
team competed in their nal home
tournament already and will not
be playing here again, but you will
see them in the gym practicing as
Nationals are in Kelowna, British
Columbia this year, and they hope to
qualify most of their 8 players. Good
luck everyone!
Mount Allison/Sue Seaborn
Bryan Downey is a big part of
Mt. A's success in badminton
this year.
Sean Connors, CA
Senior Wealth Advisor

Tel: 506-867-0705
Sean_connors@scotiamcleod.com
After a tough overtime loss
at home against UPEI two
weekends ago, the Hockey
Mounties bounced back with
a 5-0 win at Saint Marys on
Sunday.
Katelyn Morton paced the
Mounties with a pair of goals
and an assist, while Ashlyn
Somers scored and added an
assist as well. Hailey Munroe
and Megan Cameron rounded
out the Mountie scoring with
their rst career CIS goals.
Meghan Corley-Byrne
stopped all 24 shots she faced
for the shutout, her rst of the
season and third of her career.
Somers got the Mounties on
the board within seven minutes,
with assists going to Lisa Riley
and Morton, with the former
adding her rst of the game
ve and a half minutes later
to give the Mounties a two-
goal lead going into the rst
intermission.
Munroe boosted the lead to
three goals halfway through the
second from Kristy Lanigan,
and Morton and Cameron
scored powerplay goals in the
third to complete the rout.
It was a chippy game, with
forty-four minutes in penalties
being handed out, with twenty-
eight coming in the third
period.
We played a solid game,
said head coach Zach Ball.
Everyone contributed and it
was a well-deserved win.
Mortons goals give her ten
on the season, tops among
Mounties, while Somerss +14
rating ranks her sixth in the
AUS.
Corley-Byrne continues her
strong play, going 4-2 in her
last six starts, and ranks second
among goalies who have played
more than half their teams
games with a save percentage
of .932.
Saint Marys continues to
struggle in 2012; in addition to
being on a 15-game losing skid,
the Huskies have been badly
outplayed since the calendar
turned, being outscored 36-5 in
six games since 2012 began.
e Mounties are still mired
in a battle for third place in the
AUS standings with UPEI,
who won a 4-3 decision against
the Huskies on Saturday. UPEI
currently sits in third at 9-7-0
(18 points) while the Mounties
are right behind them at 7-5-3
(17 points). e Mounties have
played one fewer game than
the Panthers, so it will likely be
contested down to the wire.
Fortunately, the Mounties
have a two-game home stand
this weekend, but both games
are big ones. Saturday night
the puck drops at 7:00pm
against the fth-place Saint
omas Tommies (7-8-1, 15
pts) and Sunday at 2:15pm
the Mounties host the UdeM
Aigles Bleues (13-2-1, 27 pts).
e season series in both
cases is tied at 1-1, with both
Mounties victories coming at
home, including a thrilling 3-2
victory against Moncton on
November 20.
Third place
still in sights
Wray Perkin
Sports Writer
Hockey
Mounties
trounce
Huskies again
Mount Allison/Sue Seaborn
Mount Allison's Megan Cameron (right) defends the
Mounties' goalie Meghan Corlye-Byrne, from STU's
Kayla's Blackmore.
Stacking the Pads
24
+14
10
Shots turned away by goaltender Meghan
Corley-Byrn
Plus/Minus of Ashlyn Somers, good enough
for sixth in the AUS
Goals by Katelyn Morton on the season
Winter classic a success
Robert Murray
Sports Editor
Varsity and Junior Varsity players
at Mount Allison came together
last ursday night in support of
the Right to Play group at Mount
Allison. ough the game ended in a
6-5 result for the Junior Varsity team,
everyone in the rink and beyond were
winners as initial estimates placed
total funds raised at approximately
$2,000.
Zander MacKinnon was thrilled
after the game saying, "It does not
really matter what level the hockey is,
it could be CIS, Major Junior or pick-
up, it is always exciting for the players
to play in front of a loud crowd like
we saw ursday." MacKinnon also
wished to express a sincere thank
you to all the volunteers who helped
ensure the event went o without a
hitch.
e game was also the culmination
of the Penny Wars residence challenge
with Edwards House taking home the
title after raising over $175 in spare
change. Edwards made it a double
victory, winning the Golden Skate
Award for displaying the most spirit
throughout the event.
As an unique add-on to the event, a
shootout occurred during the second
intermission, pitting e Argosy's
Sports Editor against a selected
representative from each of the on-
campus residences playing on the
teams for that evening. Judged for
their style and ability, players like
Scott Yorke tried an Ovechkin-like
two stick move that was not able to
nd the back of the net while the
aforementioned MacKinnon decided
to set up a slapshot from the slot, only
to be denied quickly.
MacKinnon also reected on the
event as a whole, which was in its
third season, commenting, "is
annual charity game is such a great
fundraiser for Right to Play. Like the
organization, this event is all about
having fun."
If you would like to get more involved
with the Right to Play group at
Mt. A be sure to join the Facebook
group or go to their weekly meetings
Wednesday's at 7:00 pm in AVDX
G12.
Argosy/David Shi
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January 26, 2012 argosy@mta.ca SPORTS
A big family reunion
e atmosphere was like a family
reunion last weekend as Moncton
played host to the Canadian Figure
Skating Championships; an event
that brings together the best gure
skaters from across the country to vie
for the title of Canadian Champion,
and reunite with friends at the same
time.
e 2012 event
was exciting, as
some skaters fought
their way to the
top of the podium
for the rst time
in the womens
and pairs events,
and the returning
c h a m p i o n s
d e l i v e r e d
o u t s t a n d i n g
performances to
retain their titles in
the ice dance and
mens events.
Mens champion Patrick Chan
deed all expectations, turning out
an incredible nal score of 302.14. It
is believed that this is the rst time
anyone has ever scored over 300
points. ough the score wont count
as a world record because it wasnt set
in international competition, it speaks
volumes for Chans chances to win
the world championships again this
year. Olympic champions in ice dance
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir also put
in an outstanding performance to win
with a score of 180.02.
ough the returning champions
were outstanding, it was the up and
coming skaters who really won the
hearts of the crowd.
Besides Chan, the favourite in the
mens event was thirteen year-old
Nam Nguyen from British Columbia,
who performed his jazzy number with
style, despite falling on the stairs just
minutes before his short programme.
e miniature athlete was followed by
a throng of equally young admirers for
the remainder of the competition, and
skated well enough to earn a standing
ovation and seventh place overall.
In the pairs competition, Megan
Duhamel and Eric Radford, who, at
age twenty-six, were two of the oldest
competitors in Moncton, skated an
outstanding long program to win
by nearly twenty points, despite
having a lead of less than a point
after the short program. Duhamel,
who had placed on the podium at
the Canadian Championships three
times with a previous partner, but
never won the gold, told reporters,
Eric moved away from home when
he was thirteen and I moved away
when I was fourteen with the sole
purpose of winning
a national title
and it took a long
time but we never
lost hope. Equally
ecstatic, Radford
summarized the
feeling saying,
When I started
skating it was this
moment that I was
dreaming of.
K a e t l y n
Osmond, a
newbie at the
senior level, came
out of nowhere to win the short
program in the womens competition.
Training at the busy West Edmonton
Mall everyday helped Osmond
battle nerves, ere are a lot of
people shopping especially around
Christmas time I think you get
used to getting nervous because youre
so used to having a crowd watching
you everyday. Osmond nished third
overall.
Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje
were the other crowd favourite in the
ice dance, delivering an outstanding
and emotional performance. ough
they found themselves second again
this year, they have used their time
in Virtue and Moirs shadow to
improve their skating dramatically.
On Saturday they nished only
5.49 points behind, a dramatic
improvement compared to the ISU
Grand Prix nal in December, where
they nished 16.65 points behind the
Canadian Champions.
e Championships arent just for
bragging rights however, as the results
from the Canadian Championships
are used to choose the team that will
represent Canada at the World Figure
Skating Championships, and at other
international competitions such as
the Four Continents Figure Skating
Championship and International
Skating Union Grand Prix Series.
e majority of the team
representing Canada at the World
Championships was chosen Sunday.
Patrick Chan and silver medalist
Kevin Reynolds will represent
Canada in the mens event. Likewise,
champions Megan Duhamel and
Eric Radford, and silver medalists
Jessica Dube and Sebastian Wolfe
will compete for Canada in the pairs
competition. Canadian competitors
for ice dance will include champions
Virtue and Moir, Weaver and Poje,
and the fourth ranked Kharis Ralph
and Asher Hill. Bronze medalists
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier will
not be able to compete in the event
as American Gilles has not yet been
released by US Figure Skating to
compete for Canada.
e only decision that has not yet
been made is in the womens event.
Canada can only send one woman to
the world championships, and new
Canadian champion Amelie Lacoste
does not have as much experience
on the international stage as former
champion Cynthia Phaneuf, who
placed second in Moncton. e
lucky woman will be chosen after
the Four Continents competition,
where Lacoste, Phaneuf, and fourth
ranked Najarro will compete.
e bronze medalist in Moncton,
Osmond, only sixteen years old,
will represent Canada at the Junior
World Championships this year to
gain international experience, before
competing internationally at the
senior level.
Despite being in competition with
each other, the skaters and coaches
alike were thrilled to be in Moncton
all together for the event. Top skaters
often move around the country to
train under certain coaches, yet the
Canadian Championships are an
event where skaters can see former
coaches, mentors, and training
mates. As Chan put it, All of [the
competitors] are greattheyre all
great friends I think out of all
the years that I have been on the
world team this is the biggest
brotherhood.
Susan Rogers
Argosy Staff
All of [the competitors]
are greattheyre all
great friendsI think
out of all the years that
I have been on the
world team this is the
biggestbrotherhood.
Patrick Chan
2012 Canadian Figure
Skating Mens
InternetPhotos/SkateCanada
The Champions of the Canadian Figure Skating Championships hosted in Moncton last weekend. Patrick Chan claimed gold again in the mens competition; Tessa Virtue
and Scott Moir rcturncd to thc top of thc icc dancc podium aftcr missing Iast ycar's compctition. Mcgan DuhamcI and fric Radford won thcir rst goId togcthcr in Pairs
Skating. AmcIic lacostc won hcr rst nationaIs, jumping ahcad of prcvious champion Cynthia Phancuf who camc sccond. Ncwcomcr kactIyn Osmond pIaccd third.
Flashback to January 16, 2011.
e Mount Allison University
womens basketball team had
just won a road game against
Holland College for their third
win of the season. e team
would eventually nish the
year with a 10-11 record and
suering the loss of graduating
star forward Meghan Dickie.
Instead of throwing in the
towel, Coach Al Hart and his
sta drastically altered the
teams style of play for the
current season,
and is watching
the team,
6-3 through
Sundays play,
enjoy the
rewards.
S p e a k i n g
candidly about
the changes,
Hart said, Last
year we walked
the ball inside,
mainly to the MVP of the
league [Dickie], this year with
ve new rookies we are sprinting
up the court and jacking a lot
of threes. In fact, the team has
attempted 201 three-pointers
in only eight games this season,
sinking seventy-ve of them
and are on pace to attempt over
450 three-pointers this season
in league play. e number of
three-pointers would be close
to 200 more than their all-time
best set last season when they
attempted 260.
After several solid seasons,
Al Hart wanted to take his
team to the next level, We
had nished third the last two
or three years and decided we
werent going to win with that
style. Of the players helping
to implement the up-tempo
style is rookie guard Sara
MacKellar, who played her way
into a starting role on the team,
and Kayla Robichaud, a third-
year veteran helping advance
the ball aggressively down
court. Not to be outdone, the
shooting ability of veteran stars
Mackenize Gray and Marlon
Smith was also noted for the
teams increase in successful
three-pointer execution.
e true test of any teams skill,
how hard they work in practice,
was also emphasized by Hart,
who mentioned in a candid
one-on-one interview that ve
nights a week at practice the
team is split into two and told
to shoot 100 three-pointers
in ve minutes.
is works out
mathematically
to show that
the team is
attempting 1000
threes a week, a
true testament
to the age-
old adage that
practice makes
perfect.
In the end,
however, Coach Hart sticks
by his training in the National
Coaching Certication
Program (NCCP), you
dont t your [coaches] ideas
into your team, you see what
team you have and then you
make your adjustments to
that. With several fresh faces
on the team and a strong
start to the second half, the
Mounties look poised to nally
surpass the predominant teams
from Mount Saint Vincent
University and St. omas.
Robert Murray
Sports Editor
Women surging in
ACAA standings
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[coaches] ideas
into your team,
you see what team
you have and then
you make your
adjustments to that.
Al Hart
Head Coach
Womens
basketball
enjoying early
rewards of
style change
ARTS & LIT
e Argosy www.argosy.ca
Brunton gets Moondrunk
Performance of
Schoenbergs
masterpiece
Pierrot Lunaire
Joel Young
Arts and Literature Writer
1VOU.YLLUNL[Z]LZ[HYZ
Book Review of The
Fault in Our Stars by
John Green
Allison Grogan
Argosy Correspondent
e Mount Allison Music
Department commemorated
the 100th anniversary of
Arnold Schoenbergs atonal
melodrama, Pierrot Lunaire,
with a performance in Brunton
Auditorium last Saturday
evening.
e Music Departments own
Helen Pridmore performed the
recitation and gave a brief pre-
concert talk to give the audience
some background information
on the piece. Schoenberg wrote
Pierrot Lunaire as a setting of
twenty-one poems from a cycle
by the same name from French
poet Albert Giraud. e piece
employs an expressionist vocal
technique called sprechstimme,
a mixture of singing and speaking,
and takes as its subject the Pierrot,
a tragic clown.
Pridmore explained that the
piece was atonalwithout a
tonal centre, or key. Many of the
passages and motifs found within
Pierrot Lunaire are directly
inuenced from a variety of styles
and forms from the history of
tonal music, only in Schoenbergs
musical language they are
construed in such a way that it
is impossible for the listener to
discern a sense of tonal cadence.
Pridmore explained that the
seventeenth poem reminded her
of a Gavotte, a popular section in
a French baroque dance suite. An
atonal Gavotte, added Pridmore,
much to the audiences delight.
e musical performance
was accompanied by costumes
and a video installation by multi
media artist Ryan Suter. e
video instillation appeared on a
projection screen that comprised
most of the set. While the video
did not attempt to directly
parallel the text of the poems,
it did make use of interesting
typeface settings, as well as shots
that either complemented or
contrasted with the poetry.
e opening notes of the
rst poem, Mondestrunken
(Moondrunk in English),
made clear the seriousness, the
complexity and the utter artistry
of the entire performance. What
was most striking was the way
in which Pridmore and the
chamber orchestra interacted
with eerie light projections and
the video installation. Pridmore
was costumed almost completely
in white, and the ve members of
the orchestra all sported ornate
white hats.
At times it seemed like an
intentional sensory overload:
it became a challenge to focus
on any single element of the
performance. Likewise, it was
dicult to take in the work as a
whole. In a strange way, I found
that the best way to understand
Schoenbergs highly inuential
work was to guratively turn
o your brain and just focus
wherever your eyes (and ears)
land. For all his concern with the
theories that explain sound and
art, perhaps Schoenbergs art was
really dealing with the inherent
beauty in words, sounds and the
sentiments that result when the
two are combined.
e level of musicianship and
artistry was impeccable; any
technical aws in the performance
were beyond my capability for
criticism. e performers were
extremely dynamic and expressive.
Each artist involved in this
production rose to the challenge
of performing a piece that goes
far beyond the music and text on
the manuscript.
Argosy Photo/Janelle Belyea
Upcoming
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Julia McMillan
Internationally renowned pianist, Evgeny
Starodubtsev will be performing at the
Brunton Auditorium this Saturday, January
28. Starodubtsev is the 2009 Laureate of
the prestigious Honens International Piano
Competition. A highly accomplished, endearing
and acclaimed musician, New York Times has
described Starodubtsey as an accomplished and
probing artist. e concert and Masterclass
(held January 27 at 3:00 pm in Brunton
Auditorium) are sponsored by Mrs. Pauline
Spatz in memory of Dr. Albert Spatz. For more
information, contact the Music Department at
364-2374, or music@mta.ca
Music Department Guest Recital:
Evgeny Starodubtsev
January 28 at Brunton Auditorium. 8pm.
e Mount Allison Opera Workshop is pleased
to present its rst annual Opera Tea.
e Tea will feature performances by members
of the Mount Allison Opera Workshop and
friends, and takes place in the Faculty Lounge in
the Marjorie Young Bell Conservatory of Music,
on Sunday, January 29 at 3:00 pm.
e Opera Tea oers a program of excerpts
from operas, including solo arias and ensemble
numbers. Some of these excerpts will be
presented in fully staged form at our usual Opera
Workshop performances in February. But at the
Opera Tea, the mood is more informal, and the
performers will mingle with the audience at
intermission, serving tea and tasty snacks, and
talking about their studies and their future hopes
and plans.
e Opera Tea is a fundraising event for the
annual Opera Workshop tour of high schools in
the region, which will take place in April 2012.
Admission to the Tea is only $5.00, but larger
donations are, of course, welcome.
Come enjoy the refreshments of tea, good
company and beautiful music on January 29!
We look forward to seeing you there! For
more information contact Helen Pridmore at
hpridmor@mta.ca or 364-2381.
Opera Tea: Hosted by the Mount
Allison Opera Workshop
January 29 in Conservatory Faculty Lounge.
3 pm.
Newfoundland native Jessica Grant will be
visiting Mount Allison to read from her award-
winning novel Come ou Tortoise (2009). e
quirky novel follows Audrey (also known as
Oddly) Flowers through a journey that is
simultaneously delightfully light-hearted and
poignantly insightful. Contact Christl Verduyn
at cverduyn@mta.ca for more information.
Canada Council Reading: Author
Jessica Grant
January 30 in Owens Art Gallery. 7 pm.
Mount Allison once again presents a production
of Eve Enslers e Vagina Monologues in
conjunction with V Day, an international day of
awareness for violence against women. Tickets
are sold at door, the door opens at 8:00 pm,
and all proceeds from ticket sales are going to
Autumn House, a womens shelter in Amherst.
Exploring themes of sexuality, domestic violence
and genital mutilation, e Vagina Monologues
manages to incorporate humour while discussing
private issues in a public forum.
The Vagina Monologues
Saturday, January 28 at Brunton Aud. 8pm.
Fresh out of college, long before his rst
novel Looking For Alaska was published in
2005, John Green spent some time working
as a chaplain at a childrens hospital. Between
his time as a chaplain and now, Green has
written and published ve novels, with his
most recent being e Fault in Our Stars. A
thoughtful story that tackles themes of life,
love and death, e Fault in Our Stars is at its
core a novel about illness that investigates the
nature of a heroic life and the importance of
what we leave behind when were gone.
Greens rst female narrator is the
undeniably intelligent and thought-
provoking sixteen-year-old Hazel Grace
Lancaster. After being diagnosed with stage
IV thyroid cancer at age thirteen, which later
spreads to her lungs, Hazel undergoes many
treatments that leave her with lungs that, as
she put it, sucked at being lungs. When she
is nally diagnosed with depression after years
of treatment and various medications, Hazels
parents put her in a support group for kids
with cancer in hopes that she would make
friends. Despite Hazels original doubts about
the support group, she meets seventeen-
year-old, blue-eyed, ex-basketball player and
amputee, Augustus Waters. e Fault in Our
Stars is, among other things, their love story.
Green writes with such honesty that it
is impossible not to invest emotionally in
the characters he creates. He writes the
characters in such a way that their disease
becomes secondary. ough much of the
story is about illness, the characters share
their unique perspective on life and their
thoughts on the heroic cancer patient concept
that Hazel and Augustus have been exposed
to so incessantly since their diagnosis. When
they are rst getting to know each other,
Augustus asks Hazel what her story is, and
she replies automatically with the story of
her diagnosis, wherein he cuts her o to say
Dont tell me youre one of those people
who becomes their disease. Cancer is in the
growth business, right? e taking-people-
over business. But surely you havent let it
succeed prematurely. It is this statement by
Augustus that introduces Greens exploration
into how disease changes your outlook on life,
especially during the adolescent years.
Much of the story of Hazel and Augustus
involves the ctional novel An Imperial
Aiction written by Hazels self-proclaimed
third best friend, Peter Van Houten. An
Imperial Aiction is like e Fault in Our
Stars in many ways; it too is narrated by a
young girl with cancer. In reference to her
favourite book, Hazel says Sometimes, you
read a book and it lls you with this weird
evangelical zeal, and you become convinced
that the shattered world will never be put back
together unless and until all living humans
read the book. Number one on the the New
York Times best-sellers chart,e Fault in Our
Stars is that kind of book.
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January 26, 2012 argosy@mta.ca
ARTS & LIT
ough the weekend of January 20
was jammed-packed with events
both on and o campus, Brunton
Auditorium was my venue of choice.
e concert entitled Metamorphoses
was presented by Symphony New
Brunswick and was the rst in a series
to tour the province. Its a privilege
to be here, noted Christie Goodwin,
Principal Oboist of the Niagara
Symphony. eres no better place
to do a rst show. e odd ensemble
of bassoon, oboe, horn and piano
assembled a brilliant and enjoyable
program. In any case, I was blown
away by the performances.
e program started with an
Andante for Horn and Piano in
C major by Richard Strauss. is
particular work was composed for his
parents silver wedding anniversary.
Pianist Dr. Stephen Runge of Mount
Allisons department of music and
Symphony Nova Scotia Principal
Hornist David Parker performed this
rst piece, its haunting melodic line
passing back and forth between the
two. e piano complemented the
horn, taking the piece into new ideas
and transitions, but always bringing it
back to the lyrical, soaring tune.
e next piece, Benjamin Brittens
Six Metamorphosis after Ovid for
solo oboe, is based on the Roman
poet Ovids Metamorphosis. Britten
and his works are seen as the pinnacle
in twentieth century British classical
music. As the title for this piece
suggests, it deals with change. Each
of the six movements deals with a
range of emotions experienced by the
characters: grief, rapture and hilarity
to name a few. Goodwin read the
poetic line attached to each movement
and oered her own commentary for
a few. For number ve, Narcissus,
which is based on the text, who
fell in love with his own image and
became a ower, Goodwin noted, If
you listen carefully, you can hear his
reection sassing back at him.
As Patrick Bolduc, former
Principal bassoonist of LOrchestre
Symphonique de Trois-Rivires and
Runge took the stage, my eyes were
xated on Bolducs instrument. At
rst glance, the bassoon resembles
some sort of cosmic, interstellar
musical device, but after the duo
began playing Camille Saint-Sans
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano, Op.
168, I soon realized that the bassoon
indeed has a place among Earths
instruments. Saint-Sans makes
full use of its range in the second
movement, ii. Allegro scherzando,
when the piece ends with dramatic
upward chromatic passage. e piece
is tinged with regret, not only due to
the somber timbre of the bassoon,
but also since this was Saint-Sans
last composition before his death in
1921. By this time, his late French-
Romantic style was almost devoid of
popularity.
e program notes indicate
Carl Reinecke was known as a
conservative musician who placed
a particular value on Beethoven.
is shines through in his Trio
for Oboe, Horn and Piano, Op.
188 which has considerable
Beethovenesque moments. e piano
plays an accompanying role with
intermittent interjections while the
odd combination of oboe and horn
allow for varied exchanges with the
theme.
e Trio for Piano, Oboe and
Bassoon by Francis Poulenc was the
highlight of the evening, and the
trio was also thrilled to perform it.
Goodwin introduced it as, one of the
rockingist pieces weve got [tonight].
e thought of a jazz trio doesnt
immediately bring to mind a piano,
oboe and bassoon, but it worked!
e Andante is brushed with dark
and tense moments, though it gives
way to a merry, pseudo-militaristic
Rondo, complete with sequences
and booming bass notes on the piano.
It was a truly well spent evening
with a passionate group of
musicians. e tour wrapped up that
weekend with shows in Moncton,
Fredericton and Saint John. For more
information about Symphony NB
and their musical lineup, go to www.
symphonynb.ca.
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John A. W. Brannen
Editor-in-Chief
Argosy/John Brannen
It seems that everywhere you
look, dance in its various styles
and forms is increasingly
present in the media. rough
its presence in movies, music
videos and television shows, this
art form has certainly turned
mainstream and has experienced
a recent resurgence in popularity
from all types of people, whether
they are trained dancers or not.
While classical styles
of dance, like ballet, have
remained popular, other styles
such as lyrical and hip-hop
have emerged at the forefront
through the ever increasing
popularity of participation
in dance competitions.
ese competitions push
the boundaries of technique,
costuming and choreography,
meaning that creativity within
dance is reaching new heights.
As a new participant in the
dance competition scene, Mount
Allison Varsity Dancer, Emily
Cainen has had a positive
experience with her transition.
It has introduced me to a world
of judges and awards, and has
given me the opportunity to
experience a side of dance that
classical ballet has not.
In Lifetimes new smash hit,
Dance Moms, viewers follow a
group of young dancers and their
mothers as they travel to weekly
competitions and deal with their
tough, yet extremely talented
teacher and company director.
While the dramatic altercations
involving the mothers are an
enticing aspect of this new
show, it is also the talent of the
dancers and the high quality
of choreography that makes it
a hit. e dancers featured in
the show learn to be successful
dance professionals and compete
regularly for professional
opportunities in music videos
and contracts with talent
agencies. is shows a denite
focus on the emergence of dance
as an increasingly sought-after
and competitive career.
A major inuence on
the emergence of dance in
mainstream media is the
show So You ink You Can
Dance, which has expanded
to 21 countries and showcases
performances by the countrys
best dancers in various dierent
styles. After eight seasons of the
original American version, many
of the contestants have gone on
to pursue extremely successful
professional careers, and
choreography from the show
has won several Emmy awards.
Aside from its success as a hit
television show, So You ink
You Can Dance has broadened
the scope of dance for many
viewers, as it incorporates lesser-
known styles such as ballroom,
krump, and bollywood. rough
exposure that the show provides
for them, these particular styles
have become accepted as serious
and legitimate dance forms
in the world of professional
dance. By pairing dancers that
have been trained in dierent
styles and that have their own
strengths and weakness, the
show is able to provide audiences
with creative choreography and
concepts that have never been
seen before.
With its recent increase in
popularity and the expansion of
its role in visual media, dance has
certainly provided people of all
ages and abilities with an outlet
for creativity, physical activity
and fun.
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Media sets the
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Argosy Contributor
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Andante for Horn and Piano
in C Major
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Six Metamorphosis after Ovid for
solo oboe, Op. 48
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano
Op. 168
Carl Reinecke (1824-1910)
Trio for Piano, Oboe and Horn
Op. 188
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Trio for Piano, Oboe and Bassoon
A nights programme
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Bragman noted that "I think the
music brought that feeling to the play.
It really lls each scene"
Along with the music, this
whimsical atmosphere of the
show is enhanced by the beautiful
construction of the set, from the
comically connected beds of Charlie's
grandparents to the grand arching
purple staircase in Wonka's factory. In
addition to the wonderful set design
were the beautiful musical numbers.
e singing was well balanced, both
within the ensemble and with the
pit band, and the choreography was
simple yet eectively brought to life
each moment. Technological delays
in amplifying the actors voices were
an issue, but not a critical blow to the
enjoyment of the play.
One of the most eective decisions
made for Willy Wonka was the
incorporation of many non-student
actors, especially the younger
children. e small children dressed
in squirrel costumes created one of
the most adorable moments in the
play. In addition to this, the presence
of many young actors among the
village children really added to the
childhood magic that "Willy Wonka"
is so famed for.
Adding to this atmosphere was the
necessary demand of the audience's
imagination. We had to imagine
Charlie and his Grandfather ying,
massive chocolate pumping pipes and
a large chocolate river. is did not
detract from the play, but it pulled us
further into the wonder of Wonka's
factory.
Willy Wonka was a wonderful
adventure into a world dripping
with engaging acting and wonderful
sound. e incorporation of children,
the wonderful set design, the beautiful
music and the fantastic lighting
brought the magic of Willy Wonka's
factory to fullness. e play was a
delicious treat and was worth much
more than any golden ticket.
Argosy/Rosanna Hempel
On January 16, the community of Sackville was
invited to view the collective work of one of its
resident student artists, Shuang Liang. Liang,
more commonly known by the rst name of
Bonny, is native to China. She came to Canada
to pursue her dreams as an artist, and has
created works of colour and wonder that ooze
with emotion. An exhibition, dubbed Went
Missing was held at Bistro 96 in her honour.
Her artwork features fantastic design, and the
stories behind them bring deeper beauty to each
one.
What stands out in Bonnys art is the amount
of her personal life she puts into each piece.
Much of her work is reective of a dicult
family split in her past. Despite this pain her
art, upon analysis, reects a deep love for
her family. Even the name of the exhibition
Went Missing explains Bonnys philosophy
for dealing with loss: friends and family are
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Argosy Contributor
never gone just missing. Her many works need
context to fully uncover their meaning. e
painted shoes, upon closer examination, are
actually painted on one side of the wedge heel
with the sad eyes of her mother; the other side
with the angry eyes of her father. is family
emotion connection bleeds out in much of her
work. In another piece, her sister is symbolically
represented by a small mouse, surrounded
by a oating chain. For Bonny, the chain is
protection against the sorrows of the world
around her. Despite the depth of her art, there
are still some playful pieces. Her work Beside
Me is the result of playful experimentation with
strange art concepts.
Bonny has created many dierent types of
art in numerous dierent styles. From painted
shoes to drawings and oils on canvas, each piece
is unique from the others. e only works that
share strong similarities are her drawings of
perfumes. e perfumes are marked by simple
and soft colours and caressed in swirling lines,
representative of her ngertips. Each perfume
is associated with a feeling it brings when
smelled. ey also represent an important blend
of Bonnys culture with the culture she adopted
here in Canada.
In China they want you to paint realistic
paintings. ey dont like abstract. e perfumes
are realistic but the overall painting is not I
wanted to blend the two, explains Bonny.
is blending of the realistic and abstract
is also present in many other paintings. e
vividness of dreams she has experienced comes
to life in many of her oil on canvas pieces. Alive
with simple, vibrant colours, her oil pieces drip
with symbolism and emotion. ey excite the
eyes and add wonder to the mind.
If anything can be said about Bonnys work,
it is that it reects the experience and sensations
that have shaped her life. Her deep love for her
family and the sadness she feels about painful
memories can be seen in almost every piece.
e way she blends cultural ideas into her oil
painting is intriguing, and gives a window into
her background. She displays humble integrity
in her art and has shown that pain can be the
path to tremendous beauty.
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The Argosy is hiring a new Editor-in-Chief
for the 2012-2013 publishing year.
Excellent leadership
skills
Interest in student
journalism
Experience in editing
and design an asset,
but not required
QUALIFICATIONS:
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Term:
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2013
Deadline:
Friday, February 10,
2012
Please submit a
cover letter and
resume to the
Argosy Business
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jvbaglole@mta.ca
Candidates must
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