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Reflecting on the struggles and sharing
in achievements
U of G celebrates Black
History Month
BETH PURDON-
MCLELLAN
I
n Canada, the concept
of multiculturalism is
an important one. It
acknowledges that the country
we have today has been built upon
an incredible diversity of cultures.
Black History Month was created
to acknowledge and appreciate
the countless contributions
of African Canadians to this
process. Though we celebrate this
diversity now, it is important to
remember that until recently,
these contributions were largely
ignored.
Black History Month raises
awareness that racism is not just
Global changemaker talks about her journey
KELSEY RIDEOUT
Y
vonne Su, a fourth-
year international
development student,
has been named a “Global
Changemaker” by the Ontario
Council for International Co-
operation (OCIC). Each
year, during International
Development Week, the OCIC
recognizes the work of several
youth from across the province for
making a difference both locally
and abroad. The Ontarion caught
up with Yvonne Su to learn more
about her commitment to social
and environmental change.
Ontarion: You have just won
the Global Changemaker Award
from the OCIC. What actions
were you recognized for?
Yvonne Su: I fundraised
money with my community…
to build a school in China, in
rural, northern China with Free
the Children. The other [action]
I did was a walk for Darfur.
It was a walk from Calgary to
Edmonton, to raise awareness
about the plight of refugees
and suffering a fraction of the
a thing of the past. By fostering
awareness, there is hope that
there will not be a recurrence of
historical and cultural erasure.
The importance of awareness is
not lost here at the University
of Guelph. The C.J. Munford
Centre is a collective for students
of all racial, ethnic and religious
backgrounds. This non-profit
organization encourages cultural
diversity on campus by means of
educational programs and events.
“Anyone is free to come in,
discuss important issues and
take part in the weekly group
discussions. It is a relaxing
environment, and provides
students with a place to study,
relax between classes and create
strong relationships with others,”
said Chineze Nwebube, event co-
pain they experience when they
flee from their homes because
of genocide in Darfur. That
raised national awareness and it
raised funds for the War Child
humanitarian relief work that
they were doing in Darfur. Those
were the two specific things I got
recognized for.
ON: When did your interest for
development work and pursuing
social and environmental justice
start for you?
YS: It started with the
environment. I was 13 and it was
grade 9…One day after school
I watched the janitor do his
recycling and garbage run and I
noticed he dumped everything
together in the same bin for
the whole hall…We had the
[recycling] system in place, so it
looked like we were doing it but
we weren’t. I think that was the
first time that I felt a strong sense
of injustice. I started talking to
my teachers and my principle.
Luckily, my principle was really
supportive…We brainstormed
and decided it would be much
easier to have enviro reps. So
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coordinator at the C.J. Munford
Centre.
The C.J. Munford Centre
provides a welcoming and
inclusive environment for all
students. When asked about their
experience with the Munford
Centre, Nwebube agreed it had
been an experience of acceptance
and growth.
“I can confidently say that
being part of the C.J. Munford
Centre has played a major role
in my positive experience here
[at the University of Guelph],”
said Nwebube. “It has enhanced
my cultural awareness, as it has
given me a chance to create
strong relationships with people
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political refugee from China. understand the full breath of harder for me to take things for
How does your earlier life impact what he went through so me and
your work now? my brother can be where we are,
YS: I was born in 1989. In I think that propels me to do a see “JOURNEY,” page 5
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News
Rally voices opposition against Enviropig™
People gathered at the
cannon to denounce
genetically modified pig
KELSEY RIDEOUT
I
f you found yourself walking
by the cannon on Wednesday,
Feb. 6, you may have looked
twice at those who were chanting
and wearing pig costumes. The
rally brought together students
and community members who
oppose Enviropig™, a genetically
modified pig invented by faculty
at the U of G.
Enviropig™ was born almost
12 years ago out of a desire to
reduce amounts of phosphorous
emitted from pig feces. Excessive
amounts of phosphorous from
manure runoff is problematic in
intensive livestock operations,
causing environmental
degradation in surrounding
freshwater ecosystems. The pig
itself is marketed as “the first
transgenic animal created to solve
an environmental problem.” But
many critics say that the scale of
livestock farming is what needs
to change, not the pig’s genetics.
“If you have ten pigs together,
the way they’ve evolved, or how
God created them, take your
pick, it’s not that bad. But if you
have 100,000 pigs in one barn,
it smells terrible. And it’s toxic
waste. That’s inhumane. That’s
inhumane treatment of the
pig,” said Steve Lidkea, a long-
time member of the Guelph
community, who came to campus
to take part in the rally.
Tensions over Enviropig™
have started to visibly flare, as it
continues to receive more local
and international attention.
Enviropig™ currently awaits
approval by Health Canada
and the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration Agency. If
approved, Enviropig™ will be the
world’s first genetically modified
food animal to be on the world
market.
Lori Bona-Hunt, Associate
Director of Communications
and Public Affairs at the U of
G, emphasized the importance
of public dialogue and debate, in
describing the administration’s
response to the recent protest.
“These are legitimate
questions that society is
asking about the ethics of so
significantly manipulating the
genetics of an animal, and they
should be discussed,” said Bona-
Hunt. “As well, many people
do not fully understand animal
biotechnology or the benefits it
can offer; the fact is that people
have been modifying animals
and plants since civilization
A rally against Enviropig™ took place on campus on Feb. 9.
began.”
Aside from encouraging factory
farming practices, protesters also
cited negative repercussions for
farmers as another reason to
refute Enviropig™.
“The major reason [I’m
protesting] is the damage
Enviropig™ will cause pork
farmers,” said Tarran Giacomini,
a graduate student in Sociology,
who attended the rally. “I
worked for a full year with the
National Farmers Union doing
research. I really had no idea
before that time how bad the
crisis is in the livestock sector
of this country. For years and
years, farmers are making below
the cost of production and pork
farmers in particular in Ontario.
We have farmer suicides in this
country. We have farmers who
have so much debt, who are so
Feb. 17 - 23, 2011
burdened…The problem is just
so terrible. The Enviropig™ is
just going to be a costly techno-
fix. It’s not even a fix. There
already are solutions.”
Bona-Hunt veered the blame
away from U of G researchers,
emphasizing that they are not
the ones to decide whether or
not society accepts scientific
innovations.
“Our jobs as a university are to
create and develop the science,
and to engage in a public debate
about it. But, in the end, it’s not
really for university researchers
to try to sway public opinion.
Ultimately, it is a decision
that will be up to society and
government regulators,” said
Bona-Hunt.
But Lidkea believes that
scientists have strayed too far
away from ethics and should
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refrain from pursuing research
if it is believed to perpetuate
harmful environmental and
societal problems.
“Scientists lose sight of the
fact that there’s right and wrong
in the world. Just because you
can do something, doesn’t mean
you should do something. I think
in this case, they’ve modified
the pig to address a sort of non-
existent need,” said Lidkea.
While Bona-Hunt
expressed that the university
administration believes “many
people would applaud efforts
to reduce the environmental
impact of animal production” in
reference to Enviropig™, there
clearly remains great debate over
the use of genetic modification
in the name of improving the
livestock sector and enabling a
more “sustainable” environment.
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Parliament responds to
Minister’s decision to
cut funding to church
based group
International Co-operation
Minister Bev Oda denied a church
backed group, Kairos, funding, but
was also found to have possibly
altered documents pertaining to
this decision, making it appear
she was speaking on behalf of
the House of Commons. She
denied these claims and made a
speech to the House on Monday
regarding this issue. Prime Minister
Stephen Harper announced his
support of Oda’s decision to cut
funding from Kairos. Member of
Parliament, Bob Rae, is demanding
Oda resign and members of
the Opposition requested in
investigation as to whether she
deliberately altered the documents
and knowingly misled the House.
CBS reporter sexually
assaulted in Cairo
Lara Logan, a CBS News
correspondent reporting on the
events in Cairo, was recovering
in a U.S. hospital from injuries
sustained from a sexual and
physical assault during protests in
Cairo. Logan was in Cairo’s Tahrir
Square on Friday when Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarack
resigned and was broadcasting
the crowd’s celebrations. A group
of the people celebrating became
violent and Logan was separated
from her camera crew. It was at
this time the sexual and physical
assaults took place, but she was
rescued by a group of women and
20 Egyptian soldiers.
Libya latest to feel anti-
government protests
Hundreds of Libyans are calling
for a new government and clashed
with security during protests.
These events, inspired by Egypt’s
recent unrest, are creating pressure
on Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi to
resign. Demonstrators chanted, “no
God but Allah, Moammar is the
enemy of Allah.” Police and armed
government officials attempted to
silence the protestors with rubber
bullets. There are outbreaks of
protests in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen,
Bahrain and Iran, causing strain on
leaders like Gadhafi, who have held
power in their respective nations for
decades.
Compiled from CBC by Rachel
Scapillati
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The job hunt is on
Students begin the
search for summer jobs
and future careers
TAHLIA DYER
MacPherson, a third-year
Criminal Justice and Public
Policy student, remarked that
it is “very competitive trying to
find government summer jobs
as there are hundreds of other
University of Guelph, and other
employment websites, her search
is well on its way. One of the
most challenging parts of the
job hunt is finding something
within her preferred area. She

R
eading week is not
only an indicator that
the winter semester is
halfway through but it is also a
cue that summer is on its way.
For most students, it is time to
find summer employment or
for those graduating, it’s time
to find long term employment.
It can be quite the stressful and
hectic time looking for work
in between midterms, papers,
course work and perhaps that
one week getaway. With jobs
on the market being sparse and
competitive, some students find
it difficult to land employment.
For most, the luxury of
choosing summer employment
does not exist. Emily
students with similar credentials
to compete with.” In addition,
some further limitations include
that her hometown and Guelph
“don’t have very much to offer
when it comes to placements in
my field.”   in employment within the
Michelle Fernandes, an
upper-year student at Guelph,
is looking for a new experience
when it comes to employment,
not necessarily within her field
of study. Fernandes is looking at
a government student summer
job, ideally that is “close to home
and also jobs that are seeking
current university students for
the summer.” Already familiar
with Recruit Guelph, an online
job bank for students at the
stresses that “once you start
being specific [with location],
the jobs available decline.”
Jun Campbell, a fourth-year
Hotel and Food Administration
co-op student is interested
hospitality industry, “anything
from entry-level to manager
training.” Spending his past
three summers in western
Canada, he has been able to
“gain new experience and
bring a lot back to his studies
along with traveling and seeing
new places at the same time.”
Campbell finds it a challenge to
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don’t fret, whatever it is that you
are looking for, the Co-operative
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operative Education & Career

to a Great Education & Career Services is

on campus and available to help
all students.
Services that students should
check out. These include: one
on one appointments for resume,

Career Jill Ferguson, co-ordinator of

Educational Planning and Job
Search, advises students seeking
summer employment not to
Your degree or diploma is a great
wait since “many employers
foundation — now get the job-specific
have already started the process
skills employers are looking for in as
little as eight months. of seeking students for summer
employment.” Ferguson added
Sheridan offers 22 post-graduate that students should “make
programs that will prepare you for sure that [they] are putting
a career in business, management, [their] best foot forward with
communications, or digital media. employers, [by making] an
appointment to have someone
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The next Recruit Job Fair will be
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3 pm in the UC Courtyard.
Keep in mind that some
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“JOURNEY,” continued
granted…I feel a great sense of
responsibility.
ON: You recently went to
Copenhagen and Greenland to
learn more about climate change.
Can you talk more about that?
YS: I’ve always had an interest
in climate change. It really
got sparked when I got into
university and I understood
more about environmental policy
and governmental interactions.
When I got the opportunity
to go to Copenhagen, I got to
experience first-hand just how
stagnant policy and bureaucracy
is. At the same time, people just
didn’t have an understanding
of the arctic…Nobody knew
anything about Greenland…
We all talked about how the
Greenland ice sheet is going to
melt. But no one talked about
the people, the population, how
contaminants are affecting the
people’s health. It was really
important for me to go and learn
about it.
ON: Is there one issue right
now that you feel most concerned
or pushed to act towards?
YS: It’s climate change
adaptation. I’ve watched how
little progress there’s been in
terms of CO2 emissions and
cutting them down…There
needs to be more of a focus on
adaptation…The impacts of
climate change have already
been settling in...If you don’t
have the proper mechanisms
to deal with it, especially in
developing countries, it’s going
to get really bad.
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ON: A lot of people feel
guilty or overwhelmed about
environmental issues. What do
you say to those people?
YS: It’s easy to get
overwhelmed…I read a quote
somewhere that said “you can’t
be part of the solution if you’re
not part of the problem.” I think
that’s a really good way to look
at it. You just need to bite the
bullet and realize you are part
of the problem…When you’re
guilty you’re more in denial…
Once you get over that, then you
can take in the issue and figure
out what you can do.
ON: What are your thoughts
about the future?
YS: People just need to talk
about it more. People just need
to engage themselves and be
critical. John Stuart Mill said
“there are no truths in the
world.” You need to debate it out
and talk.
Undergraduate student Yvonne
Su was named a Global
Changemaker by the Ontarion
Council for International
Cooperation.
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“BHM,” continued others on the background behind Students are encouraged to

with various backgrounds. It the celebrations,” said Wiwa.
has also given me a chance to be There is one piece of criticism
open with my culture.” surrounding Black History
The C.J. Munford Centre Month that tends to surface each
has joined forces with the year: why is the celebration of
attend Black History Month’s
final celebration held in the UC
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two pm on Feb 17.

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of Intercultural Affairs (OIA)
throughout February to host
Black History Month. Since the
beginning of February, there have
been a series of workshops, most
of which focus on issues such
as race, struggles in opportunity
and diversity.
“Black people have gone through
a lot and therefore, celebrating
their accomplishments is very
important. The history reminds
us how far we have come and that
we are also continuing to grow,”
said Rita Wiwa, the other event
co-coordinator at the Centre.
This year, the C.J. Munford
Centre is trying to make the
event more interactive with
the community. In the spirit of
diversity the Centre recognizes
that everyone learns in different
ways, so there are a variety of
opportunities to become engaged
with the event.
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situations and fighting alongside my team,
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Arts & Culture
Guelph through the lens
Exhibit at Guelph
Civic Museum explores
the history of Guelph
through photography
ANDREA LAMARRE
L
ooking down Eramosa
road, the Church of
Our Lady punctuates
the modest skyline of Guelph’s
downtown. Trees line the
roadway, redbrick storey-and-
a-half houses nestle on the
periphery, and you can practically
hear the sound of model-Ts
clambering up and down the hill.
Wait, what century is this?
Through the Lens, an exhibit at
the Guelph Civic Museum, offers
a glimpse into the history of this
city we call home. Developed as a
means to showcase the museum’s
extensive photograph collection,
the simple display chronicles
the city from the 1850s to the
present day, with the majority of
photographs captured between
1890 and 1930. Though the
Lens exhibits a selection of
images drawn from over 6000
photographs and 1500 postcards
that have been donated over the
course of its history.
Centering on themes like views
Whitestone Gallery melts the ice, with Rouge
Guelph art gallery
hosts exhibit of warm,
energetic art under the
title Rouge
KIRSTI JUURAKKO
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owntown’s Whitestone
Gallery is currently
featuring an exhibit
entitled Rouge until March 26,
an exhibit described by one
gallery member as meant to
offer a brief interlude to your
winter woes.
“[It’s] warm and inviting
during the cold and harsh
February month,” said Mike
Skiperis.
The pieces showcased in
Rouge show a great variety both
in medium and in content; the
pieces all feature the colour
red, and most emphasize the
colour. There are art pieces of
glass, paintings and coloured
pencil. Some depict images of
love and romance, others feature
landscapes, while others still
are more abstract. Whitestone
Gallery describes Rouge in an
appealing way, stating that,
“Red is hot. Red is passionate.
Red is spicy. Red is vibrant and
of downtown, disasters, sports
and fashion, there’s something
for every Guelphite on display.
Perhaps the most captivating
element of the exhibit is the way
in which it allows patrons to
wander through the gallery and
see how the city has grown and
changed over the years.
“Pictures really capture the
imagination, especially when
they’re old and it’s a time period
you’ve never lived in. You can
look at a picture and imagine
what it was like,” said Kathleen
Wall, assistant curator at the
Guelph Civic Museum. “There’s
nothing like being able to
compare in your mind what it
used to look like to what it looks
like today. There’s something
almost visceral about it.”
Though many of the
photographs are striking and
capture important moments in
Guelph’s history, the majority
of the exhibit consists of
amateur photographs, with
a few professionally taken
aerial views. Wall spoke to the
Royal City’s infatuation with
photography even in a time
where photographs were more
luxury than disposable, which
allowed such an exhibit to come
to fruition.
“It’s warm and
inviting during
the cold and harsh
February month.”
energetic. Red is Rouge.”
These descriptions are well
represented in the artwork of
the exhibit. Each feeling is more
embodied by some pieces than by
others, but each of these feelings,
“hot, passionate, spicy, vibrant
and energetic” can be found in
at least one piece. One can find
more words to describe the art
and the feelings that it brings –
“bold,” “striking,” “captivating”
and “intense” are just a few that
come to mind. Above all the
art is beautiful, creative and
admirable. It succeeds in its
quest to be “warm and inviting”
and in capturing the viewer’s
attention. The works are
definitely captivating, with some
pieces requiring a few moments
of devotion to interpret properly.
One such piece is a painting of
a lone red tree. One wonders if
Feb. 17 - 23, 2011 7
“We had some really avid
photographers … there were a
lot of people who considered it
an important visual record. They
wanted to take a picture of the
city they lived in, or events that
were important to them,” said
Wall.
Guelph residents old and
new will recognize the city’s
familiar haunts on display at the
museum, though the experience
will conjure slightly different
memories for each visitor.
Though some of the photographs
are quintessential snapshots of
well-known city stand-bys like
the Church of Our Lady, GCVI
(Guelph Collegiate Vocational
Insitute) and the stone buildings
that line our downtown streets,
some of the images might
surprise even those who have
lived in the Royal City for years.
From images of flooding on Pam Duynstee
Nottingham Street, a popular The vehicles have changed but Guelph’s landscape bares all the same
student-housing mecca, to a traits as it did in 1932, as seen in this photo at the Civic Museum’s
massive train derailment near Through the Lens exhibit
what is now the Turf Grass
Institute, some of Guelph’s exhibit. If you’ve never been to kind of microcosm. Especially
lesser-known lore is on display. the Civic Museum, this might be if you’re not from Guelph and
On until the museum relocates your golden opportunity to see you want to get an idea of the
to its new space beside the Church what it’s all about. city you live in, coming to the
of Our Lady, Through the Lens Wall recognizes that, “as a museum is a great thing to do.
exposes the history behind the student, at least when I was a It’s a great way to get a snapshot
City of Guelph in a clean, simple student, you tend to live in your of the city you live in.”
the tree’s redness represents its it, evident in the Whitestone’s art gallery.
love for the life-giving earth free admission. Most of the art If you’ve been feeling blue and
beneath it or if its redness displayed is for sale, and is often tired of winter, Rouge could be
represents a desire within the rather affordable, a result of an ideal escape, but only for a
tree to be loved. the gallery selling art in a more few more weeks. Drop in to the
Whitestone Gallery showcases direct manner between the artist Whitestone Gallery on Norfolk,
the work of both well known and the buyer than the typical and have a look for yourself.
and emerging artists from
Guelph and Southern Ontario.
The gallery features the work
of about fifteen artists and has
a new show each month. Often
the monthly show features
the work of a single artist.
Whitestone Gallery operates
on a collective format with all
of the artists coming together
to create shows. It is a small
gallery with two rooms, the
front room being where monthly
shows like Rouge are held, while
the back room features other
works by the artists. Behind the
back room is Vessels, a pottery
business that offers hand-made
pottery for sale as well as pottery
lessons. The artists featured in
Whitestone Gallery create art in
various mediums, from paintings,
to sculptures, photography, glass
and more. The gallery is a
collaborative effort to increase
the audience of art without
increasing the costs to appreciate
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Arts & Culture

Curtain Call Productions introduces talent with an evening of cabaret
Student-run theatre night at the Brass Taps in late
company producing November. “Whether
While the night served its
Jekyll and Hyde holds function as a means of necessary you’re a lead
fundraiser at Brass Taps fundraising for the production
costs that come with putting in the show or
TOM BEEDHAM
together a full scale theatre
project, the cabaret theme was
whether you’re
an ensemble
W
ith only three selected more specifically with
weeks left until the ears of Jekyll and Hyde’s
its production of future audience in mind. member,
Jekyll and Hyde opens at the Chanelle Ouellet plays the part
University of Guelph, student- of “Allie” in CCP’s upcoming regardless,
run theatre company Curtain musical, as well as taking on
Call Productions (CCP) hosted executive responsibilities within it’s a good
a night of cabaret-themed acts the company. She explained that
last Friday, Feb. 11 at the Brass their approach Friday seemed an opportunity
Taps, revealing a cast and crew
of dedicated, practiced, and
effective way to familiarize the
crowd with what the upcoming
for everyone to
powerful delivery.
With an all-student propelled,
show has to offer.
“Whether you’re a lead in
be showcased.”
full-length production, there the show or whether you’re an Chanelle Oullet
are certain variances to be found ensemble member, regardless,
in contrast with a production it’s a good opportunity for
of the same sort being put on everyone to be showcased,”
by a college-backed enterprise. Ouellet said. work that’s going on for Jekyll
That’s not to say that CCP Master of ceremonies for and Hyde, with a haunting
doesn’t have the blessing of CCP’s cabaret evening and group ensemble rendition of
the School of English and the character “Nellie” in Jekyll “Facade,” but it was far from a
Theatre Studies, but it’s known and Hyde, Tanya Jarmai guided mashing together of numbers
that funding for things like a well-packed crowd at the from the upcoming show. The
costumes, props, set materials Brass Taps through a night of soirée’s swank was arrived at via
and stage space typically rely ensemble numbers and solo careful selection of pieces that
on donations and company performances. measured up to the grandiosity
membership fees. That said, CCP provided its attentive and echoed the borderline
CCP is not new to the scene. audience with two and a half schizophrenic sentiments of
The company got started in hours of live entertainment, but the society that Stevenson’s tale Katie Maz
1957, and is now in its fifty- as Ouellet points out, most of depicts, with solo performances A performer from Curtain Call Productions shares her vocals at a cabaret
fourth season of bringing the performances featured in last of songs like the gleeful “All performance last Friday in the Brass Taps. The event aimed to spread
theatre performances to the U Friday’s show are not even a part That Jazz” juxtaposed with the awareness and raise funds for the company’s upcoming performance of
of G. Over this span they’ve of the upcoming musical based more mournful and brooding Jekyll & Hyde
developed the knowledge and on Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Finishing the Hat.”
connections necessary for gothic doppelgänger story. If the amount of passion that the outcome will be anything
successful fundraising, ensuring “We sing one from the show,” went into last Friday’s show is but top-notch.
their shows always take on the said Ouellet. “The rest of the any indication of the quality of Curtain Call Productions’
atmosphere of professional songs that were chosen are kind work that theatergoers will be Jekyll and Hyde premiers March
theatre. CCP’s cabaret night of incorporated with the Jekyll/ witnessing when CCP finally 9, running performances every
was the second fundraising Hyde theme.” unveils its creative offspring for night until its close on the
night of the 2010/2011 school The cabaret evening did allow the year, it’s hard to imagine that 12, with a matinee and finale
year, succeeding a karaoke its audience a glimpse into the with Stevenson’s classic story, evening show.

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Arts & Culture
The Vagina Monologues performed at U of G with sincerity and talent
Guelph talent shares concerning vaginas were sorted hearted motion, and
Eve Ensler’s stories of through, from the misfortunes everything from the
of shaving to the problem with sullen delivery of
humour and tragedy for physical exams. Some of the issues violent experiences
V-Day were serious, with monologues to the laugh-out-
like “My Vagina Was My Village” loud discussion of
JOSH DOYLE portraying matters of rape and varying orgasmic

“D
own there? I haven’t
been down there
since 1953… No, it’s a
cellar down there… You don’t want
to go down there.”
These were the words uttered
during a show stealing performance
by Zoe Barrett-Wood as part of
the U of G’s 2011 rendition of The
Vagina Monologues. “The Flood,”
as this particular piece was called,
portrayed a 72-year-old woman
who had never had an orgasm, or
much of a relationship at all with
her vagina, until sitting down to
an interview with Eve Ensler. This
was one of the interviews that
Ensler would use to comprise an
entire collection of monologues,
performed yearly by different
organizations in reverence to
V-Day.
Before Barrett-Wood took
the stage as a most convincing
elderly woman hesitant to discuss
her “down there,” U of G student
Silver Wyatt opened the floor
with a piece simply called “Hair.”
In this fashion the many matters
sexual violence both in foreign moans held to the
countries and at home. Others truth inherent in
were uplifting and inspiring as each. Physically,
they touched on the revelations of the performances
women who come to terms with were handled with
their bodies, their sexuality, and a visible sense of
their vaginas. “Vagina Workshop,” liberty, delivered
performed by Chantelle Burgess with an enthusiasm
explored a woman’s panic in that the audience
finding and confronting her clitoris was grateful for.
with the help of an instructor, Their reception
leading to her “thrashing about to the performers
on her little blue mat,” all in the was never more Megan Verhey
most delightful English accent. obvious than during The cast of this year’s Vagina Monologues show their V’s in support of V-Day all over the
As was Ensler’s intention, nothing Sam Morton’s world, prior to their final show last Saturday at War Memorial Hall.
was left out of the conversation performance of
at Saturday’s show, and all parties “Reclaiming Cunt,” where a War at this year’s monologues, bringing old woman who spoke so early on.
must have walked away knowing Memorial filled with women and in the likes of high school student The last words of her monologue
and appreciating femininity, men from university students Amber Sherwood-Robinson, who could have been the last of the
female sexuality, and vaginas just a to grandparents were overtaken performed “My Angry Vagina,” show, as they remarked on the
little bit better. by the chant of that “pejorative alongside Nicole Bilyea, with great benefits of discussion, an
The performances overall c-word,” as it’s described in this a powerful delivery seemingly open dialogue on a topic often
were staggeringly genuine and year’s program. Always the show’s beyond her years. Diversity on ignored.
engaging. This year’s cast was full narrators were there in time to stage, of both experience and “You know, actually, you’re the
of committed performers, whose usher in a new performance and background, became an easy plus first person I ever talked to about
dedication was obvious in their keep a complicated show on the to a captivating and enlightening this, and I feel a little better,”
relationship with the material. right track. show. she says. After seeing The Vagina
None of the acting fell victim Fresh faces to the U of G The theme of these performances Monologues, I feel a little better
to wooden dialogue or half- performance plane were welcome circled back to the message of the myself.

Montreal foursome brings special blend to Guelph

Random Recipe Ontario. After a string of successful
combines hip-hop, shows and packed crowds in
Quebec, Random Recipe has met
folk and indie styles to with the difficulties of promoting
create a sound that’s music that hasn’t spread this
popularity in Quebec is far West. But doing shows in
spreading West front of as few as four people
hasn’t held them back from fully
putting themselves into every
JOSH DOYLE performance, knowing the bigger
and the next thing you know we
get to travel. Last fall we went sky
diving in exchange for a show.”
Random Recipe has been taking
advantage of their talents in the
most practical way, returning
to that original economy of
bartering skills for goods and
services. The metaphor of getting
‘pizza for music’ extends further
of undergrads stubbornly tying
together their too eclectic musical
tastes and thinking it’ll work.
Then they start playing and you
find out it does.
“We have so many influences
that we’re unaware of that are
just there because that’s what
we listen to. We don’t try to ‘be
an indie band,’ and we wouldn’t
the feeling of Salt-n-Pepa to
stage with a style that could find
it’s way to a more Lauren Hill
approach. With two experienced
musicians holding the sound
together from the back, Random
Recipe has a solid foundation and
a unique style, and that’s more
than enough to suggest their
days of performing to half empty

T
here are those who would
say hip-hop and folk have
no business being mixed
together; that they are genres too
different to ever be successfully
crossbred. These would be the
words of those yet to see or hear
the work of Montreal based
Random Recipe. Combining the
b-girl flow of rapper/beat-boxer
Fab with the folk-esque sounds of
vocal & guitarist Frannie Holder,
Random Recipe has proven these
styles compliment each other as
nicely as heavy and metal. Backed
by Vincent Legault on guitar
and bass and Liu-Kong Ha on
percussions and keys, they played
a show at ebar Thursday, Feb. 10
to a small but receptive crowd,
marking the potential in their
sound and offering a sign of the
success they could attain if their
music breaks further from home.
“It’s a humbling process,” said
Holder of their tour through
shows will come, as they have
before, and every show is another
chance to improve their craft.
Apart from recognizing the
need to pay dues on the concert
circuit before expecting any kind
of real return, Random Recipe
are just flat out grateful for the
opportunity. From their small
beginnings in the streets and food
stops of Montreal, to the stages of
foreign countries and large venues
in the city that birthed their style,
music has taken this foursome
further than they probably
expected.
“We were playing one night
on the sidewalk as our friends
were smoking. I was playing my
little guitar, and we went into the
pizza shop and played for pizza,”
said Holder of their early days of
hustling beats for currency. “Then
we thought it was a good idea to
play music in life, because you get
pizza. We did that for cab rides,
for Random Recipe, and they
rode the success of their music
into bigger and better trades,
eventually finding themselves on
tour trading passion for passion.
“We love travelling; my life is
revolving around that. So now to
see that we’re traveling with our
music and we don’t have to pay, it’s
crazy. I’m seizing the opportunity
now because you cant just decide
‘ok I’m gonna tour with the band
now.’ It’s something that either
happens or doesn’t, and it might
end tomorrow,” said Holder.
Maybe there’s a link between
the diversity within this group,
both personal and musical, and
their interest in traveling the world
on the shoulders of their music,
taking in as much foreign culture
as possible, and maybe there’s
not. In any case the diversity of
Random Recipe is as real as their
stage presence. At first sight they
give the impression of an assembly
say we’re hip-hop. I don’t know
what it is. I don’t even remember
what the first song was and how
we developed to it. If we had
a category that we could fit in,
I’d take it and try to be good at
it,” said Holder of the group’s
difficulty with finding a suitable
genre label.
Whatever you want to call
their music; folk, hip-hop, indie
rock, their ability to pull bodies
on to a nearly empty dance floor
means people are liking it. Their
stage presence is dynamic and
engaging, and their sound causes
a domino effect that starts with
the perking of your ear and ends
with the shuffling of your feet.
Holder is energetic and comedic,
as she shreds a South American
‘chiquita guitarra’ and sings the
indie/folk vocals, keeping the
audience more than informed
with her personal commentary.
Fellow front woman Fab brings
concert halls are numbered.
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Arts & Culture
Collage exhibit showing at Zavitz Gallery
U of G students
showcase the almost
forgotten and
underappreciated art of
collage
STEPH-MARIE SZENASI
C
ollage, stemming from the
French word “coller” or “to
glue,” is a technique which
assembles different prints and
fabrics to create a “new whole.” A
person who appreciates art in most
forms may have been taken aback
by the broad range of mediums
used, along with the diversity in
the style and technique, of the
latest exhibit going on in Zavitz
Hall. Anyone roaming the gallery
could be easily drawn into the
intricacies and subtle details
expressed using faint red crayon
lines, yarn, transparencies to create
depth and pattern, and strands of
colourful fabric.
Will Gorlitz, both a art for this week’s display. Each
contemporary Canadian artist
and a professor of studio art at
the University of Guelph, brought
forth the idea of Collage. He
wanted to allow his students to
explore “a radical way of thinking
of materials and representation
during the twentieth century,” as
he explained of the inspiration
behind this exhibit.
“In recent years, there has been
a resurgence of interest in collage
as a medium,” Gorlitz suggested.
“But now it has been redefined by
the advent of digital technologies,
‘installation art’ aesthetics and
D.I.Y. ethics.  It can be disarmingly
simple or intensely involved.”
Gorlitz does not hesitate to
acknowledge that any medium of
collage can be effective so long as
one dives into their imagination,
which he suggests is the most
important ingredient.
The work exemplifies the
individual artist’s imagination
and interpretation of various
aspects of the environment, media
representations, global issues
and reality broadly. Twenty-one
students have showcased their
piece was entirely unique from
the next, indicating that we as
humans take pieces of reality,
interpret, and incorporate those
images, words and feelings into
Feb. 17 - 23, 2011 164.6
very inimitable and distinct
creations that accurately display
our understandings of the world
around and within us.
April Manarang’s piece secures
one’s eyes immediately upon
entering the room. This collage,
shaped almost like a continent, was
formed by varying long strands of
magazine clippings, arranged with
gaps of space. It sits slightly apart
from the wall, creating a shadow
around the edges. To me, it spoke of
silenced political disorganization
and unspoken societal ills, much
like Renée Bokma’s piece, which
blended natural and human-
made landscapes with overlapped
phrases suggesting deprivation
and fear stemming from “natural”
disasters.
“I think it’s really important
to know what’s going on in
contemporary art, and then
knowing this, make work that Pam Duynstee
relates honestly to your own The power of picture takes on many forms at this weeks Zavitz exhibit,
interests and sensibilities. Also, the appropriately titeled Collage
become involved with other artists
who will challenge you,” Gorlitz something about how we, perhaps about the current state of society,
commented. as a society, internalize and express and these are the observations one
Contemporary art is an our individual environments. can make at this week’s Zavitz
expression of the now. It says Contemporary art speaks novels exhibit.
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Arts & Culture
Jukebox
James Blake,
James Blake
OLIVER DZUBA
I
t appears I missed the
memo on dubstep. The genre
continues its invasion of the
playlists in many of our favourite
drinking spots in Guelph, making
it official that dubstep is now
cool again. However, from what’s
being played, it seems the most
recent dubstep is nothing to be
overly impressed with, and as
of right now, it seems like the
recent dubstep fad might exit just
as quickly as it came in. There is
however one recently released
album that just might give the
genre a bit more substance than
the usual gimmicks of heavy bass
What are you reading?
Whiter Shades of Pale:
The Stuff White People
Like, Coast to Coast,
from Seattle’s Sweaters
and catchy rhythms.
The eponymous album by
British electronic composer
James Blake is perhaps what this
seemingly unfulfilled revival of a
genre needs. Prior to this release
Blake put out three amazingly
original EPs in 2009 which
promised to deliver an even
better debut LP. The 22 year old
not only met this promise, but
greatly surpassed expectations
showcasing musical as well as
production expertise in every
second of his self-titled album.
Every second bears importance
on this album. In the least
contrived sense, it is indeed the
sounds that you hear, but also
many of the ones you don’t, that
culminate the brilliance, and the
near audacity, of James Blake.
Along with perfect use of timing
in his music, the art of minimalism
is always present throughout the
40 minutes. By using little music
Courtesy
to Maine’s Microbrews,
Christian Lander
OLIVER DZUBA
W
e often underestimate
the importance of
self-awareness. Being
conscious of yourself is helpful in
figuring out who you are and who
you want to be. Self-awareness can
Feb. 17 - 23, 2011 11
in his songs, Blake has a way of
spacing the noise perfectly, to
make it seem as if every sound
heard is put in its rightful place.
The repetitious notes never seem
to be unnecessary, and lead to a
climax that feels only comparable
to the sensation of a massive rush.
The Feist cover ‘Limit to Your
Love’ is more so a reimagining
of her song than anything. The
piano and emotionally driven
vocals by Blake make a unique
instance where a cover of a song
may be superior to the original
version. Either way, it is one of the
highlights of the album.
Perhaps it would be more
appropriate to label this release
‘post-dubstep.’ There is much
more offered in the subtleties
on this album than what current
dubstep could ever hope to
achieve. And it’s things like that
which will ensure this album will Courtesy
be a highlight of 2011. 4.4/5
also be funny. Very funny. Blogger that white people have for forming drawings of a stereotypical white
and author Christian Lander a queue. “The first [rule] is that person from different cities along
knows all about the value of self- white people take extreme pleasure with captions mocking their
awareness and has used it to poke in watching someone attempt to appearance. Although the examples
fun not only at himself, but his cut to the front of the line only to are mostly from American cities,
entire culture. be rebuffed and sent to the back. Lander does not let his home
Christian Lander’s second book, This will make their entire day.” country of Canada off the hook
Whiter Shades of Pale: The Stuff This instance, and many others, easily. In a drawing of a typical
White People Like, Coast to Coast, make the book painfully true young white Torontonian male,
from Seattle’s Sweaters to Maine’s and uncomfortably relatable for Lander comically mocks how often
Microbrews is a witty commentary members of this culture. The book’s we Canadians are sure to remind
on white culture. In the likeness observations are spot on, and often our American counterparts about
of Lander’s original website, times I found myself shaking my the benefits of free healthcare.
stuffwhitepeoplelike.com, the head with laughter at how much Whiter Shades of Pale is perhaps
book Whiter Shades of Pale satirizes of a self-description it was, making one of the most hilarious books
the many seemingly normal the reminder of ‘how white you I have ever read. If you want to
cultural aspects of white people. are!’ more and more accurate to my be highly amused, and perhaps
It hilariously analyzes 92 quirky life as I read on. experience several moments of self-
cultural behaviours that white folk Included in the book are realization, this book is for you.
encounter in their daily lives and
shows sometimes that trying too
hard just looks downright silly.
Lander focuses mostly on the
middle and upper class whites
of urban settings as victims of
his unrelenting satire. This over-
privileged group seems to have
the most time on their hands in
life, and with that time they will
often take interest or engage in the
most peculiar practises. As part of
this group, Lander humorously
reveals how impractical, weird
and otherwise arbitrary these
practises are.
Covering a wide range of cultural
norms, including food, clothing
and entertainment, Lander takes
monotonous everyday things
and points out how ridiculous
they can be. One such example
in Whiter Shades of Pale is when
the book takes the tedious chore
of waiting in line and somehow
finds absolute comedic gold in it,
as Lander discusses a few rules
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Sports & Health
CCES looking to catch more cheaters
Focusing on CIS
football PEDs
JUSTIN DUNK
I
n the wake of last year’s
University of Waterloo
Warriors football program’s
anti-doping scandal, the
Canadian Centre for Ethics
in Sport has stepped up their
efforts to crack down on
performance enhancing drugs in
CIS football.
“We had said when all of
this had come about over the
course of the summer, that we
were planning on taking some
of our tests from other areas
that we might have been testing
and at least for the short term
focusing them on CIS football,”
said Director of Executive
Operations and Public Affairs
for the CCES, Rosemary
Pitfield. “We recognize that
there is an issue.”
One of the other issues the
CCES has come to comprehend
is there are simply not enough
resources to test Canadian
athletes the way the centre
would prefer.
events
“The reality is it’s not a
sustainable way to continue
testing in this area. We’re
literally taking tests, which
we would be using for other
developmental sports and using
them in football,” said Pitfield.
“We only have a limited number
of tests that we can afford to do
through the course of a year.”
The CCES tests athletes from
the Olympic level on down
including developmental sports,
CIS, CCAA, junior football,
Feb. 17 - 23, 2011
Canada games, Pan- random testing and in season
am games and more. [testing]. What we’re trying to
The focus on CIS do now is hit more out of season
football has been testing because we know that
clear with the entire is a higher risk period,” said
Wilfrid Laurier Pitfield. “We are securing more
University football intelligent information, which
team subjected to CIS schools are helping to
testing procedures provide, which allows us to help
and three University determine who, what and where
of Guelph Gryphon we test.”
football team There are three different ways
members tested in that the CCES makes decisions
January of this year on which athletes they will test.
alone. “There is random, there
The CCES has is what we call intelligence
Courtesy attempted to keep testing, which may lead to
athletes, especially targeted testing and there is
CIS football players, off balance. weighted testing – testing
“What we try not to do is sports, positions etc. that
provide any information that might be at higher risk,” said
would allow people to target on Pitfield. “We use all three in
our testing and figure out what combination and separately.”
we might be planning next,” said Here are some examples of the
Pitfield. three ways testing participants
Some people have been led can be chosen.
to believe that the anti-doping Random testing may happen
tests are completely random in or out of competition. For
and athletes will only be tested example, in competition the
during their ‘playing season.’ CCES might pick a couple of
“Certainly in the past what names off the roster out of a
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players. Targeted testing uses
intelligence information to
determine which athlete or
athletes may be targeted for
testing. The CCES will review
performance data and other
information, which may be
tracked, to help the CCES
determine specific athletes they
will test.
The CCES uses weighted
testing to prioritize sports and
positions within sports that may
be at risk of using performance-
enhancing substances.
“To be honest until this [the
UW scandal] occurred in CIS it
was random,” said Pitfield.
“The only time before that
we were really able to test was
once athletes started training
camp and through the season.
What’s happened now is, since
Waterloo, the universities are
now providing us with athlete
home information, we know
their training schedules, so all
of that information is helping us
to be able to now change when
we test, so athletes now need to
anticipate that we could be there
at any point.”
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Gryphon swim teams place fifth at championships
CIS championship
meet on deck.
JUSTIN DUNK
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he captain led the
way for the Guelph
Gryphon men’s swim
team as they finished fifth out
of 11 teams that competed at
provincial university swim
championships.
“The team did fairly well. We
lost a few swimmers that had
a lot of points for us last year.
The rookies definitely stepped
up when they needed to,” said
second-year Gryphon, Ben
Roberts. “I think Coach was
surprised.”
Roberts tallied four medals
over the three-day meet, three
gold medals coming in the
50m backstroke, 200 and 400m
medley relays and one silver
medal in the 100m backstroke
event.
“I guess it was very motivating
not only for the medals, but for
my achievements in times,” said
Roberts. “I made the best times
in both the 100 and 50 back
[stroke races] when I won my
individual medals and the relays
were a huge success.”
In particular, the men’s 400m
medley relay was arguably the
best event of the championships
for the Gryphons. The four-
man team of Roberts, Matt
Stephenson, Will Wright and
Troy Baxter captured gold in an
OUA record time of 3:42.67.
“You come out of that and you
just have a sense of pride,” said
Roberts.
Guelph’s other men’s relay
gold came in the 200m medley
relay with Roberts, Stephenson,
Wright and David Nowacki
beating the Western team by six
one hundredths of a second.
Wright picked up bronze in
the 50m freestyle, grabbed two
silver medals in the 50 and
100m butterfly and hit gold in
the 100m freestyle event. The
Gryphon men also picked up
a bronze medal in the 200m
freestyle relay event.
Roberts believed having the
meet in their home pool gave
the team an advantage.
“It was way louder than other
meets. Being where you train all
the time really gives you some
sort of a ‘home court’ advantage.
It was a great feeling. The
gold pool is one of the fastest
short course pools in Canada
because of its uniform depth.”
said Roberts. “I went in very
confident for sure.”
Derrick Bush stepped up to
the surprise of even his own
teammates to have a solid meet
performance for the men’s side.
“He threw down some really
good times in the 200 back and
50 back. He really brought his ‘A’
game. We were very impressed
to see that,” said Roberts.
On the women’s side for
Guelph, a big medal threat
certainly did not disappoint.
“I was quite happy,” said
fourth-year Gryphon star,
Chantique Payne. “My times
were a little bit better then I
expected them to be.”
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“Our goal is
always to stay
top ten in the
country,” said
fourth-year
Gryphon,
Chantique
Payne.
Payne led the charge for the
women’s side, collecting four
medals. She swam to gold in the
50 and 100m butterfly events,
grabbed a silver medal in the
100m freestyle and a bronze
medal in the 50m freestyle race.
“My goal was to try and get
as many points for the team as Jamie MacDonald
possible,” said Payne. Gryphon swim team member, Chantique Payne, speeds her way to a
Alisha Harrichan contributed gold medal in the 100m butterfly final at the OUA championships.
to the women’s medal haul with
two bronze medals, one each in qualifying time in the 4x100m said Payne. “Our goal is always
the 100m and 200m butterfly medley relay. to stay top ten in the country.”
events. As a team the women “This is my fourth-year and The Gryphon men will have
improved on last years OUA that is the first time we have a large contingent competing in
championship finish. qualified a relay for CI’s,” said Calgary.
“Last year we were seventh, Payne. “She [Michon] finished “This is the biggest team that
so we were hoping to definitely it off with us. We couldn’t of we’ve taken, as far as I know,
move up from that,” said Payne. done it without her.” in the past eight years at least,”
“We were just hoping to move The Gryphon men and said Roberts. “We have 13 or 14
up from seventh which we did women, who have qualified, will people going overall.”
and I think we were pretty turn their full attention to the Payne will be looking to
happy with the results.” Canadian Interuniversity Sport continue her individual success
Second-year Gryphon, Swimming Championships at CI’s.
Carolyn Michon, normally a which run in Calgary, AB from “It makes me nervous to think
breaststroke racer, stepped in to Feb. 24-26. about. It’s going to be tough,”
race the free style leg and help “This year we have four, said Payne. “I would love to get
the Guelph women to a CIS possibly five girls going to CI’s,” a double gold at CI’s.”
BEN E ATH T H E SH A M E A N D BEYON D T H E S T IGM A S:
U N DE R S TA N DI NG E AT I NG DIS OR DE R S
by Kelsey Rideout
Anorexia Nervosa People
who have anorexia nervosa
are obsessed with controlling
their eating. The reason for
their obsession is the belief
that by controlling their
bodies they can control their
lives. This obsession is usually
achieved through starvation.
Bulimia Nervosa is
characterized by cycles of
bingeing and purging. As with
anorexia, this behaviour is
driven by a desire to regulate
feelings, and with worries
about body weight and shape.
Binge Eating Disorder
(BED) Individuals with
binge eating disorders eat
excessive amounts of food at
one time.
Anorexia Athletica
(Compulsive Exercising)
Anorexia athletica is a
condition where people
over-exercise because they
believe this will control their
bodies and give them a sense
of power, control and self-
respect.
Obtained from NEDIC,
National Eating Disorder
Information Centre
I
remember a conversation I had
with a good friend of mine last
summer. As we filled each other
in on life’s ups and downs, we began
to talk about our family and friends,
and not long after, we realized that
both of us knew of loved ones who
were enduring a similar problem. I
was relieved to hear that she could
relate to the frustrations that I was
feeling, but also a bit saddened that
she too had to endure the process of
seeing someone close to her suffer. We
talked about its widespread nature,
and the lack of resolve for most of
the individuals we knew who were
living with it, agreeing that the term
“epidemic” may not be an exaggerated
description. It wasn’t cancer that
we were discussing, even though its
prevalence rate remains exhaustingly
high. It was eating disorders. Up
until that conversation, I hadn’t fully
realized just how pervasive eating
disorders have become, and how
many lives have been directly or
indirectly affected by the illness.
According to the Wellington-
Dufferin-Guelph Eating Disorders
Coalition, eating disorders affect up
to eight per cent of Canadians.
“Another 20 to 30 per cent may
have some of the symptoms of
eating disorders. 10 per cent of those
with eating disorders are male. We
know that no particular age, social
class, ethnicity, or gender is immune
to developing an eating disorder,”
explained April Gates, Program
Coordinator for the Eating Disorders
Program at Homewood Health
Centre, at a recent community event.
Perhaps most alarming, described
Gates, is just how many lives are lost
due to the illness. “We also know
that eating disorders have the highest
mortality rate of any psychiatric
disorder.”
Clearly, this is a serious and often
life-threatening problem deserving
of further exploration. Hopefully
this piece can provide a glimpse into
the reality of eating disorders, and
through sharing stories of those
who’ve struggled, showcase another
sometimes-contested truth; that
recovery is indeed possible.
LIFE WITH AN
EATING DISORDER
Eating Disorders Awareness
Week took place from Feb. 6 to Feb.
12 across Canada. The Wellington-
Dufferin-Guelph Eating Disorders
Coalition held events throughout the
week, including a panel discussion
entitled “Faces of Recovery.” The
discussion featured five individuals
who had personally been affected by
eating disorders, and invited them
to share their own journeys with the
public. Each of their speeches bored
witness to the power of recovery
and detailed the misconceptions
that continue to circulate around the
intricate illness.
The evening began with
perspectives from a young, athletic
male. 22-year-old Andrew House
from Goderich, Ontario,
described how the onset of
weight preoccupations began
when he was 16 and became
more heavily committed to
sports.
“I picked cycling as the main
sport I want to focus on and
excel at. I started to become
really aware of my body at
that time. I noticed that other
pro-cyclists and good athletes
seemed to be a lot leaner and
smaller than I was. And I
thought that if I wanted to be
faster, that’s what I had to do.”
House explained how
his eating disorder started
slowly and how he refused to
acknowledge the problem, even
as it persisted.
“I started to cut back on my
meals. I started to train really
hard in order to lose weight.
I did and I thought that was
great. I started to get a lot of attention
from other bikers at races and they’d
tell me how good I was looking and
that kind of just fed it on.”
Eventually, the symptoms got
worse and House could no longer
hide his eating disorder from others.
Friends and family started noticing
major changes and became worried.
“I kept just going downhill from
there. People started to notice that
I was abnormally thin now. My skin
was becoming discoloured at that
time, which told me that my liver
was starting to get stressed. You
could really notice it in my hands,
my feet and sometimes my face.
My parents became very concerned
because of this.”
After seeing many doctors, House
was finally properly diagnosed with
an eating disorder. He reflected on a
conversation he had with a dietician
who had dealt with eating disorders
throughout her career.
“She knew from my thinking
patterns that something was wrong.
She basically told me that if I don’t
make some changes now this is going
to get out of control, [that] I’m going
to get to a real serious low and end up
struggling for my life in a treatment
centre somewhere, and I said, ‘No
it’s not going to happen to me.’ I still
didn’t want to come to grips that there
could be a problem.”
After years of denial and resistance
towards treatment, House was
eventually taken to Homewood
Health Centre, a specialized mental
health treatment centre in Guelph.
“An eating disorder
isn’t a statistic. It’s not
a phase and it’s not a
certain list of symptoms.
It doesn’t define me and
it doesn’t define any
of you. I promise it
doesn’t define who we
are as people. An eating
disorder is a mental
illness and it gets widely
stereotyped.”
Ashlean Richardson, eating
disorder survivor
He completed the program only to
leave and relapse, and his condition
worsened more than ever.
“At this time, I was struggling with
six different eating disorders, three
behavioural problems and doctors
basically gave up hope. And nobody
knew what to do. My doctor said,
‘You got less than maybe a week or
two weeks to live.’”
House’s competitive nature was
part of what saved his life and
triggered an urgent need to survive
before it was too late.
“I took on a challenge to prove [my
doctor] wrong. That’s where I really
turned around and made my decision
that I wanted to recover. And from
there on, I didn’t seem to struggle.
When I wanted recovery, the struggle
was different.”
House described the uncontrollable
thought patterns he endured while
suffering from his eating disorder.
Ashlean Richardson, a university
student at the University of Western
Ontario, explained how eating
“Eating disturbances (dieting, disorder eating and eating disorders) and low self-esteem have been shown to occur in up to 25 per cent of university women with the number of men being affected increasing steadily
each year. Some research findings suggest that the risk of developing an eating disorder increases with higher education. Eating disorders are not really about food or weight but rather are about underlying issues such
as perfectionism, a fear of failure and a need for control to name a few (remind you of any university students you know?) and can be a way to cope with or avoid one’s problems. There is also a lack of understanding
and resources available for special populations (e.g., minority groups, the LGBTQ community, individuals with a disability) and their unique issues associated with body image and eating disturbances.”
disorders might appear to be physical
but actually stem from deep mental
struggles.
“I guess my main message is that
an eating disorder isn’t a statistic. It’s
not a phase and it’s not a certain list
of symptoms. It doesn’t define me and
it doesn’t define any of you. I promise
it doesn’t define who we are as people.
An eating disorder is a mental illness
and it gets widely stereotyped,” said
Richardson, who is recovering from
bulimia nervosa.
Courageously, Richardson read
from a journal entry she wrote
the night after her family had
found out about her eating
disorder, which described some
of her own negative thought
processes.
“It’s nights like these that get
to me. The nights which are
becoming increasingly frequent
where I lie awake in bed and I
just can’t turn my brain off. I
don’t know who I am anymore…
No matter how long or hard I
search, the feeling of not being
understood just won’t go away.”
The psychological elements
attached to eating disorders
make them especially difficult
to overcome without treatment.
“What people don’t know is
what goes on inside a person’s
head,” explained Gates. “The
constant chattering and the
eating disorder voices. It doesn’t
mean that they’re psychotic.
This is just a part of their eating
disorder. They have a lot of rules
that they have to follow. Their eating
disorder tells them to do this and do
that, or don’t eat this or eat that. It’s
very complex.”
Each panelist who had suffered
from an eating disorder had received
professional help and credited the
external support as playing a large
role in their process of recovery.
RECOVERY AND
TREATMENT
“Recovered. It’s a powerful word
to me. It means eating three regular
meals without hesitation. It’s being
able to eat some chips without feeling
guilty. It’s having Christmas chocolate
still in the apartment a few weeks after
Christmas. It’s taking care of yourself,
mind, body and soul, and wanting to
be healthy in order to survive and live
the life you want. My name is Tracey
and I’m recovered from my eating
disorder.”
These inspiring thoughts about
recovery came from Tracy Hamilton,
a university student and Guelph
native. After years of experiencing a
very contentious relationship with
food while undergoing the loss of
several loved ones, Hamilton sought
professional help and finally began
to heal some of her deepest, most
debilitating wounds.
“I’ve taken the power back from
the food,” shared Hamilton. “I used
to associate certain foods with certain
feelings. I would feel emotions when
I saw these foods all over
again. The good feeling foods
I would enjoy eating and eat a
lot of them. And the bad feeling
foods I would avoid and feel
very anxious around. Working
through the pain that I have
been protecting myself from,
by using food, was a long hard
journey, but it has healed me
in so many ways. I had been
avoiding my depression by
numbing out on food.”
I went to Homewood
Health Centre to learn more
about eating disorder recovery
programs through talking
with professionals in the field.
I was met by Gates, who, as
previously mentioned, is the
Program Coordinator for the
Eating Disorders Program, and
Monika Krau, the recreational
therapist on board.
I asked them to describe the
process of treatment administered by
Homewood for patients with eating
disorders. With an interdisciplinary
team that includes a dietician, a
horticultural therapist, a psychologist,
an occupational therapist, a social
worker, nursing staff, a family
therapist, a chaplain and a pharmacist,
Homewood’s approach to enabling
recovery is nothing short of holistic.
Two major components of treatment
include Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy, a type of therapy that
helps patients to identify and change
harmful thinking, behavioural and
emotional responses, and Dialectical
Behavioural Therapy, a more skills-
based approach to treatment. Krau
further explained the significance of
the community for patient recovery.
“We’re a group based program…
the community milieu is really an
essential part of our program. [In]
realizing that they’re not alone,
[patients] share their stories and are
able to build in the community. We
always say that you alone can heal
and be in recovery but you can’t do
it alone.”
Gates explained the need to be
upfront with individuals when it
comes to their understanding of
where Homewood fits into their
recovery.
“We always tell the patients
when they come in the door that
Homewood is not the cure, not
to expect the cure…It’s similar to
building a house. You have a good
solid foundation, and that’s what
we hope to provide at Homewood
“Our society views body image
dissatisfaction as a normative
discourse and that is a huge
problem. Jiddu Krishnamurti
once said, “It is no measure
of health to be well adjusted
to a profoundly sick society.”
I have met so many beautiful
people (inside and out) that
think they are worthless and
deserving of poor treatment
because they don’t fit an ideal.”
Ashley Skinner, Senior Peer
at the Wellness Centre
and building the rest of the house
is the further work they need to
do in the community with their
support system.”
Although the staff collaborates to
provide the best possible outcome
for incoming patients, individuals
who are unwilling to participate can
be asked to leave. This can be hard on
the staff.
“Secrecy is the cornerstone of an
eating disorder,” said Krau. “So [we
need to] appreciate that there’s a lot
of shame and guilt connected up to a
lot of behaviours that are connected
to eating disorders. I always think
of it as going into an environment
where you’re talking about your
most personal things, you don’t
know everybody here, you’re in a new
sleeping environment, [and] how
difficult that is, and really I think
the tough thing for the team is when
the secrecy element is there…and
[patients] not [letting us] know that
they’re struggling.”
Gates and Krau commended all of
Ashley Skinner, Senior Peer and coordinator of Acceptance Without Limits at the Wellness Centre.
those who have participated in the
program for their courage, describing
it as an honour to be able to work
with them throughout their pursuit
of recovery.
A SMATTERING OF
SUPPORT
While many individuals with eating
disorders are forced to encounter
serious, life-threatening battles,
governmental support remains low
and organizations find it challenging
to secure consistent funding.
At Homewood Health Centre,
there currently exists 13 beds for
patients with eating disorders,
down from 20 beds that were
available at one point. There is a
waiting list for incoming patients,
and an even longer waiting list
for the few beds covered by
OHIP, our provincially funded
health coverage.
“We know from the number
of people we have coming out
of province, they’re very, very
lacking in services there too.
There needs to be a lot more
money put into eating disorders,
especially when the prevalence
of eating disorders is so high,
and the mortality rate is so high
as well,” explained Gates.
Some of the changes that
Gates hopes to see is an increased
number of in-patient programs
for eating disorders in Canada.
“I think even looking up 10 to
20 years ago, there are a lot more
opportunities for treatment. Not
so much in-patient but certainly
outpatient…As far as residential
in-patient programs such as ours,
Toronto Hospital and Ottawa are
probably the closest programs that
are similar to ours. There’s not a lot.”
Krau would also like to see a
daytime hospital set up in Guelph
to better enable Homewood patients
to effectively transition back into the
community.
“A day hospital in our community
would be fantastic…To have that step
down in the community seems to be a
gap in general. It would be great to be
able to come and see us during the day
and then to ease into that [transition]
slowly.”
Although there remain challenges
for rallying up support, Gates
and Krau believe that the issue of
eating disorders has been gaining
ground and are hopeful that it’ll be
increasingly recognized as a serious
problem by the government and
society at large in the future.
LIFE IS WORTH
FIGHTING FOR
The journey is a long and difficult
one. If you or anyone you know has
ever encountered an eating disorder,
it’s safe to assume that recovery
required an enormous amount
of time and energy. Some of the
panelists suggested that it is a lifelong
struggle, still finding days where
strength is needed to overcome
thinking patterns and emotions that
would typically manifest into the
eating disorder before treatment.
It is a battle, but by no means a
pointless one.
House urged concerned family
and friends not to lose hope, even
though individuals suffering from
eating disorders may be very resistant
to treatment and change for some
time. For him, having a loving family
and supportive friends who stood
by throughout the self-induced
pain and relapses was integral to his
eventual recovery. House recalled
the time that he was in Homewood
and was debating whether or not
to leave the program. One night,
another patient sat down with him
for three hours to listen to House’s
fears and uncertainties, encouraging
him to stay in the program despite
how challenging it may be. House
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Sports & Health
Women’s basketball team clinches playoff spot
Nowhere to go but up
SARAH DUNSTAN
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lood, sweat and feathers
scattered the court Saturday, Feb.
12, as the Guelph Gryphons
dominated the McMaster Marauders
to secure the 6th ranked OUA playoff
spot, in a riveting 56-51 win.
The Gryphons got off to a good
start, scoring the first basket of the
game, and maintaining a 15 point
lead over McMaster for the duration
of the first quarter. The Gryphons
widened the gap during the
proceeding quarters, with final scores
of 28 - 22 for the second, and 48 - 37
for the third.
But the Marauders had no
intentions of leaving the W.F Mitchell
Centre empty-handed.
The rivalry reached its boiling
point in the final quarter, where
the Gryphons game temporarily
succumbed to the prowess of
Marauders Taylor Chiarot and
Jaklynn Nimec. A few time-outs
called by head coach,Tom O’Brien,
set the girls straight, as they managed
to hold on for the final minutes of
the game, winning 56-51. Since the
game was also Shoot for the Cure
day which raises money for breast
Feb. 17 - 23, 2011
cancer research based on the number
of points the Gryphons score, the
players and coaches raised $2200 -
not including corporate donations.
The victory, which marks a 9-11
season for the women’s basketball
team, is a stark departure from last
year’s 2-20 record.
“We wanted to go into the playoffs
winning this game,” said O’Brien. “We
didn’t want to find ourselves relying on
other teams to win or lose games [to
secure a playoff spot].”
Prior to Saturday’s game, the ladies
were on somewhat of a losing streak,
with the possibility of making the
playoffs gradually looking bleaker.
The playoff spot was not the only
victory on Saturday however: star
rookie Kayla Goodhoofd scored 12
points during the Gryphon onslaught,
breaking her point scoring record
for both the regular season and her
basketball career.
“After our losses against Western
and Laurier, we agreed as a team
that we needed to be more energetic,
because we were coming out flat in
the first quarter,” said Goodhoofd.
“At Saturday’s game we didn’t come
out flat, because everyone was talking,
encouraging each other and filled
with energy.”
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Although the remaining two games
of the regular season will not affect
Guelph’s standing, the imminent
victories or losses will make a
difference in player morale going into
the playoffs.
“You lose one and you’re done,” said
O’Brien. “We’ve got to make sure we
keep winning.”
The team has faced a grueling 70
practices leading up to saturday’s win,
with many more to go if the Gryphons
want to reach the championship tip-
off. O’Brien says that practices will be
cut back from two hours to an hour and
15 minutes leading into the playoffs,
to avoid risk of pre-game injuries.
“After the Christmas break,
we started losing our energy, but
I’m hopeful we’re over that,” said
Goodhoofd. “Overall, it has been a
long season, but personally, I’ve had a
lot of fun.”
Senior Gryphons Kara Muhlhausen
and Alex Yallin are both graduating
this year - for both their sake and the
glory of the Gryphons, fans can only
hope for a playoff run filled with the
same talent and determination that
got them here in the first place. Megan Verhey
“If we can keep our energy up, I Gryphon point guard, Chelsea Kane, brings the ball up
think we can play against any team,” court for Guelph during their playoff clinching, 56-51,
said Goodhoofd. defeat of the McMaster Marauders on Saturday Feb. 12.
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Sports & Health
Guelph wrestling brings home an OUA championship
CIS championships on
deck
JUSTIN DUNK
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wo points was all that
separated the Guelph
Gryphon men’s wrestling
team, sitting a top all the others as
the men brought home their first
OUA wrestling banner for Guelph
since 1983.
“A lot of it has to do with the
great coaching we have here,” said
heavyweight gold medalist, John
Fitzgerald. “They know exactly
how to push you and how to
utilize your strengths to the best of
your ability.”
An impressive medal haul it
turned out to be as the Gryphon
men won seven medals in total.
Along with Fitzgerald’s gold,
Korey Jarvis won gold in the men’s
90kg weight class, Jacob Jagas
struck gold in the men’s 76kg class,
Mathieu Deschateletes won silver
in the 82kg class.
“Deschateles has a pretty serious
rib injury and we didn’t know if we
wanted him to wrestle or not, but
he wanted to wrestle,” said head
coach, Doug Cox. “He didn’t win,
but he did wrestle quite well under
those circumstances.”
Rounding out the men’s medal
tally was Robert Filman who was
good for silver in the men’s 51kg
class, Kevin Iwasa-Madge grabbed
Dangers of laptop computer use
Are you killing your
sperm?
KATELYN DINGMAN
I
n the past decade there has
been a major shift away
from desktop computers.
Students recognize the
convenience of the laptop
computer as its compact design
allows for it to be easily carried
to wherever it need be required.
Many individuals however
fail to recognize how laptop
computers can be detrimental
to one’s health.
There have been strong
concerns among Canadian
health professionals regarding
potential health effects
associated with laptop usage
including minor burns, negative
affects in posture, eyesight
and fertility, particularly male
fertility.
Naturopathic Doctor at the
University of Guelph Health
and Performance Center,
Jennifer Hillier offered insight
into the negative effects laptop
usage can have on male fertility.
“If you’re using a laptop sitting
silver in the men’s 65kg class and
Daniel Greenarce took bronze in
the men’s 68kg class.
“Dan [Greenacre] did really,
really well. He wrestled with a ton
of heart. He definitely embodied
the whole Gryphon spirit,” said
Fitzgerald. “He was down and you
saw him losing, but he just kept
fighting.”
The cohesiveness of the team
was key to the championship
performance.
“It’s one of those teams that
are really just a family,” said
Fitzgerald. “Everybody is willing
to help out anybody. It’s a really
nice atmosphere.”
Heading into the OUA
championships the Gryphons
might not have been expected to
be in title contention.
“I’m always a go big or go home
type of guy. I thought we should
win just because of who we had
and if everybody wrestled their
best we could win,” said Fitzgerald.
“Although it was an upset. No one
expected Guelph to even be top
three.”
A big reason the Guelph men
were able to claim the OUA title
was due to the fact that six of the
nine male wrestlers representing
the Gryphons wrestled in the
finals of their respective weight
class.
“Winning as a team is much
much, much much, more fulfilling
right on the lap, heat is coming
in right by the scrotum and
when you heat up the testicles
that causes problems with the
making of sperm,” said Hillier.
In a recent study done in the
journal of Fertility and Sterility,
researchers used thermometers
on 29 healthy male volunteers
who had a laptop placed on
their knees. Researchers found
that when the males knees
were together with the laptop
balanced on top, it took 28
minutes for the scrotum’s
temperature to increase by
nearly two degrees Fahrenheit.
Although research is currently
focused on the short-term
effects laptop usage can have on
male fertility, Hillier believes
that long-term laptop usage may
also have long-term effects.
“It can impact fertility in the
short-term, but also now they’re
thinking that the long-term
heating up of the scrotum can
cause long-term infertility.”
Eyes are also a major concern
when focusing on negative
health impacts of using a laptop
computer.
“Because there are backlights
Feb. 17 - 23, 2011
Members of the Guelph Gryphon men’s wrestling team with the OUA championship banner and trophy.
then winning as an individual,”
said Fitzgerald. “You’re number
one and there is no one that can
take that away from you.”
The wrestling women did not
fair so bad in their own right,
placing fourth as a team with three
women taking home OUA medals.
Allison Leslie won gold in the
Women’s 67kg weight class, Kelsey
Gsell grabbed gold in the women’s
“It can impact fertility
in the short-term,
but also now they’re
thinking that the long
term heating up of
the scrotum can cause
long term infertility,”
Jennifer Hilliers,
Naturopathic doctor.
it is not natural for eyes to be
able to focus on computer
screens for a long period of
time. People will spend excessive
periods of time staring at a light
screen that can really impact the
eyes’ ability to focus long term,”
said Hillier. “A really easy way
of avoiding that would be to
look up into the distance every
couple of minutes.”
Using a laptop computer for
an excessive amount of time
has been known to cause mild
migraine headaches as your eyes
strain to focus on the screen.
“When you’re looking at
a computer screen your eyes
are fixed in one place and the
72kg class and Jade Papke, nabbed
silver in the 48kg class. Also, Gsell
was named the OUA female
rookie wrestler of the year.
“She’s a very elite wrestler,” said
Cox. “We’re hoping that she will
have an opportunity to win CI’s
this year.
The CIS Wrestling
Championships take place in
Thunder Bay on Feb. 25 and 26.
pupils are kept dilated to a
specific diameter and therefore
it becomes straining on those
muscles,” said Hillier.
Laptops have been known
to cause minor burns and skin
irritations on the legs, the
stomach and genital area as a
result of their compact size and
inability to regulate heat.
“Laptops generate a lot of
heat because there’s not a lot
of space within the computer
casing whereas in a desktop you
have a lot of fans going and a
lot of space where the heat can
build up and dissipate through
the fans,” said Hillier.
Posture is another concern
when looking at laptop usage.
Using a laptop on the lap
encourages bad posture or
slouching. While this may not
seem to be an issue of great
concern, long-term unproper
usage of a laptop computer can
result in serious injury.
Chiropractor, Dr. Adriano
Persi addressed some of the
concerns regarding the negative
affects laptop computers have
on individual’s posture.
“In the long term it can result
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Gryphon Athletics
All of the Gryphon medalists
from the OUA championships
automatically qualify for the CIS
tournament.
“We won’t try to change too
much. One of the things we do
know now is our draw, so we
know who we’re going to wrestle
out there,” said Cox. “It gives you
something to design your practices
around.”
in spinal pain, neck pain and
shoulder pain.”
In order to avoid these long
term issues that arise when
improperly using a laptop we
must not only be conscious of
what we are doing to our bodies,
but we must also take action
while recognizing the proper
way in which to sit and engaging
in exercises to avoid muscle
constraint.
“We have to be conscious;
I think it’s probably the most
important thing and we have to
realize that what we do although
it may be comfortable in the
short-term, but in the long-
term it can result in problems,”
said Persi.
Persi suggested some exercises
to promote good posture.
“Specifically to counter
the effects of computer use I
suggest anything that’ll promote
extensor activity which can be
easily addressed by walking
briskly and with a view to good
posture and core stabilization,”
said Persi. “Yoga can address
both of these aspects and has the
added benefit of helping with
concentration.”
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Sports & Health

OUA Volleyball regular season comes to a close
Postseason looms large against RMC we still got the
for Gryphons job done and broke the record.” “I’ve been
The women have been playing
JUSTIN DUNK some of their best volleyball of waiting for this

“W
e knew that we
were going to be
one of the top
teams this year,” said Gryphon
head coach, Paul Funk.
After two weekend wins
against RMC on Feb. 12
and over Queen’s on Feb. 13,
Guelph clinched the first
overall seed for the Women’s
OUA volleyball playoffs.
“With us being behind MAC
for most of the year it never
really got into our heads until
the very last weekend, but we’ll
take it,” said Funk of the top
seed.
In the process of securing the
number one seed in the OUA,
the women set a new school
record with 16 wins, previously
14, in the regular season.
“We beat it on Saturday when
we played RMC, which was
pretty exciting,” said fifth-year
veteran, Kylen Van Osch. “Even
though it was an ugly game
the entire campaign heading
into the post season. Guelph
has ripped off seven wins in
succession, since a Jan. 14, five
set loss against Western, only
dropping one of their last 22
sets.
“We’re on a pretty good roll
right now and our confidence
is pretty high,” said Funk. “We
just want to keep trying to stay
on this roll.”
An OUA quarterfinal match
against the Brock Badgers
awaits the Gryphons on
Saturday Feb. 19 at the W.F.
Mitchell Athletic Centre.
“They’ve always given us
trouble in the past with their
defence. In the past they’ve
been able to frustrate us by
keeping the ball off the floor
and keep getting back over the
net,” said Funk. “We’ve faced a
lot of teams like that down the
stretch and we’re dealing much
better with that, not letting
and working
hard for this
for five years,”
Kylen Van Osch,
Gryphon star.
ourselves getting frustrated.”
Guelph must be well prepared
defensively in order to handle
the Badger attack.
“They do have some
tendencies within their offence
and in certain rotations. So
dedicating our block to the
right people at the right time
is going to be important,” said
Funk.
Cliché or not, the Gryphons
will focus on the playoffs one
game at a time. Especially, since
Guelph was handed one of
only three losses in the season,
a three sets to one final, to the

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“We’re trying to just focus on
this game and not get too far
ahead of ourselves,” said Van
Osch.
A quarterfinal win would
mean Guelph would host the
OUA Final Four Volleyball
Championships, but Brock
stands in the way and in order
to come out with a win the
Gryphons will need to execute
with and without the ball.
“Offensively, to get ahead
our attack and have everyone
contributing to getting points,”
said Van Osch. “ For defence
will have to definitely serve,
receive well and be able to get
balls up off the floor.”
Van Osch has been dreaming
of the chance to play a
postseason match on her home
court.
“I’m pretty excited. I’ve been
waiting for this and working
hard for this for five years.”

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Sports & Health
Gryphons flying high into post season
Guelph to face Brock
in first round of OUA
playoffs
JUSTIN DUNK
Y
et another second half
surge down the OUA
regular season stretch, has
given the Gryphon men’s hockey
team home ice advantage in the
first round of the playoffs.
Guelph finished fourth in the
rough and tumble OUA West
division at the end of the 2010-11
campaign.
“We have traditionally been
a very good, strong second half
team. It just seems that in the
second half we always catch fire,”
said Gryphon head coach, Shawn
Camp. “As the guys sense the
urgency to move up the standings
towards the playoffs.”
Guelph has certainly been on
a roll as of late. Winning five
of their last six regular season
contests, including a 3-2 victory
on Feb. 12 in their regular season
finale over the West division
leading and number six ranked
team in the CIS, the Western
Mustangs.
“With that win it’s just huge
going into the playoffs,” said
Gryphon forward, Thomas
Kiriakou. “We feel if we play our
game and stick to the basics we’re
a pretty good team and tough to
play against.”
The men have been tough in
battling through many different
challenges during the second half
of the regular season.
“While we had injuries and
suspension and players away at
Healthy eating habits
Getting away from
three big meals a day
JUSTIN DUNK
T
hree square meals a day
keeps the belly bulge
away, right? Not so
much.
Many students are,
understandably, busy with
schoolwork and other activities,
which fill a university goers life,
so eating properly at the best
of times, can be overlooked by
students.
Let me give you a couple
quick healthy eating tips.
Eat more than three big
sit down meals a day. Your
body uses energy each waking
second of the day. Think of
your body like a car the minute
a vehicle is turned on it must
the World University Games,
we found that there were
guys stepping up,” said Camp.
“Everybody was just doing a little
bit more.”
The Gryphons will face the
Brock Badgers in a best of three
first round playoff series, which
begins in Guelph on Thursday
Feb. 17 at 7:30pm at the Gryphon
Centre. Game two is Feb. 18 in St.
Catherines, and if needed, game
three would be back in Guelph on
Feb. 20.
“They’re a very difficult team to
play against because they are very
strong defensively,” said Camp.
“They’re very patient, they wait
for their opportunity to counter
attack.”
Leading the Badger
counter attack is rookie, Matt
Abercrombie, who had 18 goals
and 32 points during the regular
season.
“They have a couple guys that
can score,” said Camp “We have
great respect for them because
they’re a team that if you give
them an opportunity on turnovers
or mistakes they can bury you.”
“Brock plays a really good trap.
It’s going to be an interesting
series,” said Kiriakou. “We can’t
be too cute in the neutral zone.”
Guelph will be focused
defensively on shutting down the
top line for the Badgers led by
Abercrombie.
“We have a couple of lines that
we’re playing with right now to
determine who we will matchup
against them,” said Camp. “There
is two schools of thought. One is
to match offence against offence
and we’ve had success doing that
have fuel pumped through it to
move. No fuel no go, easy right.
In some ways your body is
similar. Your body needs fuel
(food) at the ready to function
and move.
Eating three spaced out
meals a day means, depending
on ones daily schedule, your
body can go without food
for long lengths of time. For
example the majority of people
eat breakfast around seven,
lunch around one and dinner at
night lets say around seven pm.
Your car has long since run
out of gas or your body is
asking for food.
Feeling hungry is not the
appropriate time to eat you
must give your body fuel (food)
constantly just like when you
turn your car on, remember.
The second you feel hungry
your body has essentially run
Feb. 17 -23, 2011 19
this year. The other thought is to
put together a shutdown line.”
The men will be focused on
controlling the puck and not
turning over the puck to allow
Brock scoring chances on the
counter attack.
“If we have good puck
possession and we hold the puck
and protect the puck well you
create offence yourself,” said
Camp. “It’s like keep away.
Badger goaltender, Kurt Jory,
has played in all but two games for
Brock during the regular season.
“Our game [will be to] get the
puck in deep and use our wide
speed,” said Kiriakou.
The third-year goalie has been
steady in net all year for the
Badgers, repping a 2.84 goals
against average.
“Jory has played so well this
season. If he sees the puck he is
pretty much going to stop it,” said
Camp. “We have to make sure that
he doesn’t see all the pucks coming
to the net. Generally, we try and
make it uncertain for him and his
defencemen around the net.”
Special teams, as in any hockey
series, will be a key factor in
deciding the series winner. Guelph
has converted on six of their last
22 power play opportunities, good
for a 27 per cent clip, but they will
need to continue the same type of Rashaad Bhamjee
production on the man advantage Gryphon forward, Thomas Kiriakou, will be looking to lead Guelph’s
in the playoffs in order to be offensive attack in the OUA playoffs.
successful.
“In the playoffs everything
becomes magnified. If you don’t we get those few opportunities on “If you lose that game you’re
score on a chance [in the] power powerplay.” on death row. You just can’t afford
play, generally that will come back Game one, in a short three to make any other mistakes,” said
to bite you,” said Camp. “We have game series, can ultimately be the Camp. “The first game is always
to make sure that we’re ready when turning point. so critical.”
out of fuel.
An ideal diet would consist
of five-six, even seven medium
sized meals per day, eating every
two-three hours throughout
the day. Constant fuel like a…
dare I say it…car.
No a medium-sized meal
does not consist of a bag of
chips a pop and a chocolate
bar. We’re talking healthy
foods, smart students, such as
yourself, should have an idea
of the items you should and
shouldn’t be consuming.
There are lots of easy ways to
cut down on time and increase
your food intake. For example
preparing food the night
before. It might be when your
cooking dinner, make some
extra food and put it away in
the fridge ready to grab on the
go in the morning heading out
to catch the bus. Courtesy
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Sports & Health
Throwing it down with Dunk: ‘It’
JUSTIN DUNK
I
can hear ‘it’ in the voice of,
Kylen Van Osch, as she talks
about her first home playoff
game of her long and illustrious
Gryphon career.
‘It’ runs all the way through
the phone and hits me right
between the eyes when I
spoke to men’s hockey head
coach, Shawn Camp, about the
upcoming postseason.
‘It’ is part of the way with
which Guelph two-sport athlete,
John Fitzgerald, describes
Gryphon pride.
Players across the OUA will
break a sweat sitting in their
locker, before they head out to
compete for keeps.
Of course playoff time is upon
us, for many OUA sports, but
‘it’ is hard to articulate. Because
of ‘it’ hockey players grip their
sticks that much tighter, skate
that much harder, finish their
checks with more authority and
focus mentally as sharp as the
blades they glide on.
On the volleyball court, ‘it’,
will be on display as well. Serves
will be calculated as precise as a
sniper, each point will sway the
momentum that much more,
bodies will fly across the floor in
attempts to dig each and every
kill, each and every kill will be
hit with the power of a sledge
hammer and sets will come right
down to the wire.
What is ‘it’?
‘It’ just might be more
important than schoolwork at
this time of year.
‘It’ is the precision with
which Gryphon curlers will
throw their rocks at the OUA
championships.
‘It’ is written all over the faces
of the men’s basketball team as
they make one final push for the
playoffs.
‘It’ is the heart with which,
Mathieu Deschatelets, showed
Feb. 17 - 23, 2011 21
in wrestling through a serious
rib injury to win a OUA silver
medal.
‘It’ is the goal set forth by
members of a team unified to
play as one.
‘It’ is the determination to live
to see another day.
‘It’ is felt in the finality after a
playoff loss.
‘It’ is felt with the cheers
and screams of the crowd, ever
so passionate, hoping praying,
begging for a victory.
‘It’ is felt running through the
veins and minds of all fans and
spectators.
‘It’ is what makes the OUA
and CIS playoffs what ‘it’ is.
‘It’ is the intense passion with
which these athletes take to
their chosen craft. No incentives
or bonuses are at stake, just pride
for the school colours each and
every student athlete represents. Megan Verhey
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Life
Foodstuffs makes a uber-healthy Glory Bowl
bowl contains everything a
meal should have and you get Glory Bowl Dressing
the added bonus of eating it ½ cup nutritional yeast flakes
all in a pile so you can pretend 1/3 cup water
it’s cereal. The dressing that 1/3 cup soy sauce
NICOLE ELSASSER you drizzle on top is a big help 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar

D
espite the fact that I
often consider myself a
bona-fide adult, I find
eating the appropriate amount
of vegetables a challenge. With
the power to decide my own
meals three times a day in the
palm of my hand, I inevitably
choose to eat breakfast cereal
over cucumber and fried
Fluffernutters over green
beans every time. That said,
I still understand how crucial
vegetables are to the general
operation of my body and so
I’ve developed little tricks to
force healthy food into my
smiling face. My best trick yet
is by far the Glory Bowl. One
too. You only need a little and
suddenly the whole bowl of
healthy food becomes totally
delectable. The recipe below
is simple and incredibly good
for you. Not to mention it’s
healthier than tricking yourself
to eat vegetables by wrapping
them in bacon.
Recipe for Glory Bowl
(makes two bowls)
4 cups cooked brown rice
1 cup beets, grated
1 cup carrots, grated
1 cup slivered almonds,
toasted
1 cup spinach leaves
1 cup tofu, cubed
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1/5 cups vegetable oil
2 tbsp tahini paste
Prepare brown rice and set
aside. In a skillet with a little
oil, sauté the tofu cubes. Prepare
the dressing by combining
all ingredients in a blender.
To assemble the bowls, place
cooked brown rice into bowls
and top with spinach, then
beets, then carrots followed by
the tofu and then the almonds.
Drizzle with dressing.
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I really wanna get into…hot yoga

KELSEY RIDEOUT yoga. But that all changed when I Wear and gear

I
admit that I was skeptical at
first. I figured it was another
moneymaking trend that
enabled westerners to grace a tiny
part of a deeply rooted historical
tradition. After all, yoga is a
holistic discipline that dates
all the way back to 3300-1700
BC. I felt like I was done with
commercialized classes for a while,
determined that I needed to look
elsewhere to truly learn about
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decided to attend a hot yoga class
in our lovely city of Guelph. The
incessant sweating and the intense
breathing felt amazing (however
counterintuitive it sounds). I
began to attend a studio regularly
that I felt reflected the physical,
emotional and spiritual benefits of
“the practice.” Two years have now
passed and hot yoga and I remain
good friends – even if it’s still
considered a trendy thing to do.
Hot yoga tends to be just that –
HOT. In order to help you enjoy
the class, it is nice to wear material
that doesn’t absorb your body’s
perspiration. You don’t necessarily
have to buy oodles of brand named
yoga clothes to feel comfortable.
Stay away from cotton. Nylon,
spandex and other breathable
materials feel nice on the body
and can be used for various
sports. If you are trying hot yoga
out for the first
time, another
key ingredient
is water. Bring
a water bottle

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to cool your body for students.
for temporary full-time employment
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down. Bring a
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Reporting to the Assistant Registrar - Student Recruitment, Liaison Officers will be required to a towel to use Since hot yoga classes are carried
give presentations at approximately one hundred Ontario high schools as part of the Individual during class. The out in sauna-like temperatures,
School Visit Program, presenting information to prospective students, parents, teachers and towel will help breathing can feel difficult at first.
secondary school officials. The Liaison Officers will be responsible for preparing reports on you to dry off and This can overwhelm newcomers
those visits; participating at the Ontario Universities’ Fair; counselling prospective applicants; stay planted on and lead them to stray away from
responding to inquiries; assisting with on-campus events; assisting with the production of the mat once you the studio. But wait! Before you
liaison materials and information; general correspondence, and other duties as assigned. start to sweat. If decide that hot yoga isn’t for you,
you have neither remember that finding your breath
Requirements of this position include: a university degree (preferably from the University of
of these, the can take time, especially if you’ve
Guelph); relevant experience in the liaison, registrarial or student services environment, public
studio you go to never devoted much attention to
relations or marketing, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; demonstrated
will likely have acknowledging it before. Once
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them to rent. you learn to let it guide you, the
processing. A valid Ontario driver’s license is essential. Must be able to work weekends and
You’ll probably benefits of yoga become endless.
evenings. Extensive travel throughout Ontario is required.
want to jump in Poses become less straining. Your
Applications must be submitted on or before March 11, 2011 to: the shower after mind will invite more clarity. And
Human Resources, University of Guelph class so be sure your entire being will start to feel
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choose from. Be any point of your hot yoga class,
Balance
A large part of yoga is about
finding a balance in many aspects
of your life. It can help to build a
stronger sense of self-acceptance
and a more conscious approach to
self-care. You can help yourself find
a balance in class by ensuring that
you only do what feels good for
your body. Yoga challenges us to
live freely in the moment, without
expectations of winning or being
the best through over-exertion.
If you are feeling tired, go into a
resting pose. If you are feeling you
need more power, you can extend
a pose. If it doesn’t feel good to do
something, don’t. Having difficulty
finding balance? Remember once
again, to breathe.
May your encounter with hot
yoga be a positive one that brings
more balance and beauty within
your life. Namaste.
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Opinion
Open Content: Invasion of the Pestware
MICHAEL RIDLEY
T
wo weeks ago the
campus IT network was
attacked. An email went
out to all students, faculty and
staff to explain what was going
on. It was nasty; lots of extra
effort was required to secure
the network and clean up the
problems. No fun for anyone.
Sadly, however, this wasn’t
so unusual. We get attacked all
the time; every day in fact. The
university’s network, servers,
and software installations are
a battle zone. Over 8 million
email messages arrive at UG’s
front door each day; 97 per
cent are spam or carry viruses
of some sort. The vast majority
get blocked. Unfortunately, bad
stuff gets onto the network in
lots of other ways; too many
ways.
Spam isn’t just email anymore;
spam websites are everywhere.
These are sites that spread
viruses, steal information, and
generally behave fraudulently.
According to the very
depressing “SpamClock” from
the Blekko search engine, there
have been over 800 million
spam pages (and counting)
created since January 1 st of this
year! Over a million new spam
pages per hour.
As nasty as spam is, it can be
worse. Some attacks are much
more malicious: destroying
information, releasing personal
data to other sites, and wreaking
havoc of all sorts.
So what is happening? Who
is doing this and what are we
doing to defend the campus? To
be honest, I don’t really know
who is after us. Criminals.
Jerks. Whatever. Our focus
is on security and protection.
Securing a campus network is
now serious, every day work.
Serious. Complex. Expensive.
Relentless. CCS and my Office
have to dedicate significant
resources to protecting the
campus.
Our challenge is simple:
how to maintain an open
network that facilitates the
effortless exchange of ideas and
information while at the same
Feb. 17 - 23, 2011
time maintaining a secure and
safe environment. Open and
safe. Not an easy combination.
Intrusions are not normally
done by people; all this activity
is usually done by other software
programs: bots, Trojans,
viruses, worms, spyware. It’s
all called “malware” but I think
my favourite description is
“pestware.” It certainly captures,
if politely, my feelings about it.
Intrusions are designed to do
many things but most often
they are looking to create
“zombie” machines; essentially
taking over a computer to do
the bidding of the malware
(such as spewing out thousands
of spam emails). You may not
notice it at all; some pestware
persists undetected for months,
even years.
What can you do?
1. Put virus protection on
your computer. The university
provides free access to such
software for all students,
faculty and staff (check the
CCS Software Distribution
The opinions expressed herein do not
refelect the opinions of The Ontarion
site). Make sure it auto updates
itself with protection against
new outbreaks; outdated virus
software is just about as bad as
none at all.
2. Change your passwords
occasionally. Believe it or
not, some people have the
password “password.” D’oh.
Choose hard passwords and
keep them to yourself. Writing
your password on the bottom
of your computer doesn’t cut it.
Difficult passwords may be a
pain but they are your best line
of defensive.
3. Be prudent. If you get email
someone is trying to give you a
million dollars in exchange for
your email ID and password,
maybe, just maybe it’s a trap. If
the deal on that website looks
too good to be true …. yup, you
know the story. Remember, it
is never that urgent to “click
here!” without thinking first.
4. Challenge the hacker
culture. It isn’t cool to steal data,
compromise accounts, threaten
people. We have glamorized
the nerds and missed the
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real danger. Hackers are not
some new Robin Hood in the
virtual world, most of them are
criminals.
Resolving the intrusion last
week took a tremendous effort
from the university IT team.
These folks are dedicated IT
professionals that most of us
never see. My thanks to them
for their extraordinary efforts.
And my thanks to you, the
users of IT on campus for your
patience. You depend on IT
to be available, fast, and safe
24/7/365. We work hard trying
to achieve that goal.
Michael Ridley is the Chief
Information Off icer (CIO)
and Chief Librarian at the
University of Guelph. Contact
him at mridley@uoguelph.ca or
www.uoguelph.ca/cio.
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Opinion
Why I need to share my story about mental illness
SHIREEN NOBLE my sister was going through a had done.

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he fact that I’m writing rebellion that was tearing my I was unconscious for eight
this in bed, curled up parents apart, I had my heart hours. They had to pump my
with my dog, is sort of broken for the first time. All stomach and give me charcoal.
ironically appropriate, since the while I was working on My heart came dangerously
that’s how everything almost Parliament Hill and things close to stopping. And then
ended. And yes, I know what looked fine. Finally came the I had to spend the worst two
I’m risking by telling my story- first real breaking point: we had months of my life in as an
but it doesn’t seem nearly as to put my first dog down. That inpatient in the hospital. I have
steep as not telling it. was when I became so desperate very little memory of that time,
Five years ago to the week, I that I started cutting myself. and I’m grateful for that. The
found out my friend Christine That terrified me enough that psychiatrist there decided that
had committed suicide. She had I had to get some kind of help. I was simply a spoiled brat, and
just turned 16. I wish I could But when I went to my doctor, that my parents couldn’t control
tell you that this was the first I found out that there was really me. But here’s the really weird
time I realized that there were nothing he could do but try and thing: that’s finally what made
people struggling with mental add some medication while I me decide I was going to get
health issues. But it definitely went on a year-long wait list for better. I was stubborn enough
wasn’t. a psychiatrist. that I would survive just to
I don’t know how old I was To my surprise, things could prove her wrong.
when I first knew there was get worse from there. I started Not long after leaving the
something wrong with the having five panic attacks a hospital, I found out about
way I was feeling, but it was day. I was too tired to make it Christine’s death. It shook
probably before I turned 10. through school. I kept hurting me up, but I wasn’t going to
Being the first girl in my school myself. I finally had my mom let it stop my life again. So Megan Verhey
with breasts made me an easy drive me to the hospital, where I returned to school for the
target for the bullies. In middle I told them that either they second semester of my grade to you as University of Guelph it didn’t come without a fight.
school, it only got worse. I’m not did something to help me, or I 12 year, sat down with my students. Use them. And if it Consider this a call to arms
going to go into the details, but would do something. They had guidance counselor, and was doesn’t work out, be willing to then, consider this a challenge
what I experienced amounted to to help me. They bumped me promptly told to “face facts”, try something else. Not every to take up the fight. If we get
torture. But I changed schools up on the list. that there was no way I was therapist works for everyone, the election that the parties
when I was 13, and all of that Fast-forward a little, and going to graduate. But proving there’s no one-size-fits-all keep threatening, use the
was supposed to get better. it seemed that I was getting her wrong was another great treatment. And unfortunately, opportunity to ask questions
And maybe it did for a little better. I mean, I was on the motivation for getting through there’s no miracle overnight about mental health care. If you
while. But by high school, lows medication that the doctors things. cure. But it will get better. think something’s not right with
started getting lower. A bad had recommended, I was seeing It wasn’t easy. There were And to those of you thinking someone you care about, ask the
day turned into a bad month, the therapist that they wanted still medications to be changed, that this isn’t relevant to you: hard questions and be ready to
and eventually a bad year. But me to see, but things weren’t all and therapists to see, and the think again. Estimates are that support them. Volunteer your
I kept getting good grades, I right. And finally, one Sunday inevitable social consequences one in five individuals struggle time, your compassion, your
kept kicking-ass on the debate morning in grade 12, I woke up of having been so withdrawn with mental health issues. If voice. But most of all, if you’re
team, and I kept on with my and decided that I couldn’t live that I had no friends. And let’s someone trusts you enough reading this and are thinking
daily routine. Eventually, I did like this anymore. So I took a not forget about the curveballs to disclose their struggles, be that maybe you don’t have to
ask my doctor for help, and lethal dosage of pills, and curled the universe has to send: three there for them. No, you can’t be struggle the way you’ve been,
started therapy and medication. up in bed with my new dog. months after Christine, another their doctor or counselor, but reach out and ask. Demand if
Still, every day got a little Sometime later, my neighbour girl I had been hospitalized knowing that there’s one person you have to. Use whatever you
harder to get out of bed. And as came by to meet this new dog with after attempting to commit out there who recognizes their can to get through this- even
these things tend to happen, a and my dad tried to take her suicide. And three weeks before struggles and wants to help can if you’re like me and your need
thousand things hit at once: my away from me. At that point I graduation, a classmate passed make a world of difference. It to call upon your stubbornness
dad was having health problems, panicked and told him what I away. But contrary to what my may be the difference between to get you started. I have hope
guidance counselor had told your friend asking a professional now, I make plans for the
me, I graduated. I graduated for help and deciding to suffer future, and I’m ready to share
as an Ontario Scholar, with an in silence. this story. And to steal a line
extra credit, and with a school As a society, we’re ignored from Dan Savage- it gets better
letter and a department award. the mental health issues that (and then it gets great). But I
So why am I telling you this? individuals face. Granted, we can assure you that five years
Because I’m finally far enough hear about the extreme stories ago you wouldn’t have been able
away from it that I can. And of mental illness when tragedies to have convince me so.

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o begin, this editorial was that while this piece may be the of the newspaper that is meant to Christian beliefs expressed in the
ontarion@uoguelph.ca originally supposed to be opinion of one or even many people, encompass people’s voices.That those article may have felt neglected,
written on another topic this does not make it our own. We voices are often times different from and possibly even offended by the
Phone: entirely. Due to the multiple and realize that the opinions expressed in one another, perhaps passionately so, remarks. This is by no means our
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passionate responses to a recent this article represent a rather narrow is inseparable from our nature, and intention. We, the Ontarion staff,
General: x58265
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Advertising: x58267 Ontarion titled, “SAINT Valentine’s be enjoyed in one way only, by one opinion simply because it is not our and an understanding of differences.
Accounts: x53534 Day,” we have decided it more particular group of people, counts out own. Your view is just as valuable Furthermore, we find the answer
important to address the issue of a great variety of competing points as theirs, and we encourage you to to opinions we find problematic is
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519-824-7838 opinions in general, as they relate to of view. Sexual interaction is indeed express it. If it happens that you have not to silence them based on our
our publication. The aforementioned yours to embrace as you choose and read the aforementioned article and disagreement; it is to present the
Editorial Staff: opinion piece was one regarding the no opinion of someone else’s. In find you hold an alternative point of opposition with equal or greater
Editor-in-chief way people approach love and sexual addition, we find it no person’s place, view, then please write in your own clarity.
Nicole Elsasser relationships. The central idea within or ability, to say when and where love thoughts. We will print them, so We would like to remind our
News Editor
this piece was that sexual relations may exist in another’s life. long as they are not slanderous. readership that the opinions
Kelsey Rideout
Arts & Culture Editor should be reserved for those men These points however, do not Some parties may have found expressed within the opinion section
Josh Doyle and women bonded by marriage, decrease the value of the opinion, or this article violated that important are not necessarily those of the
Sports & Health Editor for the purpose of reproduction. mean it has no place in our newspaper. guideline, which is indeed the Ontarion staff, but represent those of
Justin Dunk Furthermore, it added that all sexual The Ontarion has an opinion page only one by which we govern the anyone willing enough to put their
Copy Editor acts outside this realm were deemed for the sole purpose of providing the opinions that find publication in views to paper and submit. If you feel
Sasha Odesse ‘lustful,’ and could not involve any student body and others who may our newspaper. In particular, those strongly enough, we encourage you
Associate Editor degree of love. wish to involve themselves, with a of the homosexual community as to do the same. The opinion page is
Rachel Scapillati We would like to make it clear forum for discussion. This is a section well as anyone not holding particular yours to fill.
Production Staff:
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Megan Verhey Letters to the Editor
Ad designer
Anne Tabata Hi Stephan. Hi the Ontarion. recent talk to Guelph students, the   Stephen Van Erve’s piece, “SAINT First off, Stephen, as a big ol’ dyke
Layout Director Nope. No thank you.  Your Congolese activist Kambale Musavuli Valentine’s Day” is disrespectful to I can tell you that I have been lucky
Alison Tibbles “opinion” is totally unoriginal and stated that “millions of Africans, on the the diversity of religions, relationship enough to experience lasting, fulfilling,
classically backed up by years of record, have been exploited” by Kinross models, and sexual orientations that romantic love and sex (!!!) outside
H_Û\^LmZ__3 catholic moralist capitalism. These Gold. This outrageous and absurd exist in the Guelph community. Not A) marriage and B) heterosexual
Business manager
are not new ideas Stephan. These fabrication was apparently aimed at every person views the Catholic God as relationships. I’d say your repressive
Lorrie Taylor
H_Û\^fZgZ`^k are very popular, offensive ideas that discrediting Kinross’ contributions to a source of authority, and the readers of and oppressive attitudes can kiss my
Monique Vischschraper perpetuate hate, shut down abortion the U of G BetterPlanet project, which the Ontarion should not be subjected queer ass, but I wouldn’t let you within
Ad manager clinics, and kill queer people.  Are include a recent $1 million donation to religious dogma. We object to 10 feet of me! Also, as someone who
Chris Hamelin you really attempting to define human to establish a Chair in Environmental dogma that tells us that there is only dedicates much of her time and passion
sexuality, lust and love? Are you really Governance at the University, and one way to love and that anything else to fighting sexual assault and domestic
Board of Directors moralizing the student body suggesting an earlier $1 million donation to U is simply “lust,” and that monogamous, violence, I want to tell you that you
President that we should all get hetero-married of G to establish the Canada-Brazil heterosexual marriage is the only valid ought to be ashamed of yourself. Your
David Evans before we have missionary position Research Network on responsible relationship model. There are plenty of queerphobic, misogynist, preachy, sex-
Treasurer
heterosexual intercourse?  Where is resource management. Mr. Musavuli’s people who are happy and fulfilled as negative rhetoric is the patriarchy is
Curtis Van Laecke
Chairperson your own brain?  uninformed and irresponsible they never would be in monogamous made of and next time you put pen
Marshal McLernon Valentines Day is a Christian comment is a sorry example of how heterosexual marriage and we affirm to paper in an effort to make the
Secretary inspired Capitalist project.  It is the most extreme and defamatory and celebrate those relationships. We Ontarion’s entire circulation of readers
Andrew Goloida popular because there are cards to sell, accusations can too easily pass as truth reject Mr. Van Erve’s assertion that there ashamed of their decisions, bodies and
Directors chocolates to sell, and flowers to sell.  if left unchallenged in this kind of is any inherent purpose to sex and we desires, you ought to think twice about
Lisa McLean That’s why it exists. It is not a mystery. forum.  recognize that there is nothing wrong the guilt and shame you’re imposing
Antik Dey It is obvious.   For the record, a few facts: with a person enjoying consensual sexual on people. You are soundly part of the
James Napier The Ontarion is embarrassing itself from 2005 to 2006, Kinross held activity with one or many partners for problem.
publishing this. The Ontarion is also a minority, non-operating interest any or no reason. Whatever you want to do with
Contributors supporting hate, homophobia and in a private company exploring the We also find this article to be YOUR body and YOUR capitalizing
Greg Beneteau misogyny in publishing this article. potential to re-open a copper mine insensitive to all the couples and other of SAINT Valentine’s Day is your
Maxime Bergeron This hate is extremely dangerous with in the Democratic Republic of the romantic unions, heterosexual or business. I wouldn’t dream of telling
Tom Beedham
tangible consequences.   Congo. Kinross sold its interests in otherwise, who are unable to conceive you what to do with your body, desires,
Rashaad Bhamjee
Sam Dewaele I challenge the Ontarion to consider 2005 and 2006.  The mine was never children or do not desire children. We sexuality or even your affinity for caps
Katelyn Dingman how it can support writers in crafting operational during this time.  Kinross wonder if Mr. Van Erve would advocate lock. You need to get a reality check
Sarah Dunstan informed, well researched cultural, has recently donated some $400,000 for barring infertile people from marriage and respect the fundamental and
Pam Duynstee historical, news-based and personal to various development projects in because there would be no possibility inalienable right of all of us to express
Oliver Dzuba
articles that say something new and the DRC. This includes support for for the couple to conceive children? our desires in a consensual and safe
Tahlia Dyer
Kirsti Juurakko don’t perpetuate hate.  Even though the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation, Love, marriage and relationships are manner. I’m going to try to undo some
Andrea Lamarre this article is found in the “Opinion” a group dedicated to improving constantly evolving and taking on new of the incredible damage your article
Jamie MacDonald section, with a disclaimer at the top, health and education for people in the meaning. The ideals that St. Valentine has done to the campus community:
Katie Maz you’re still investing ink and space DRC, which recently opened a 150- may or may not have espoused (and express unwavering and unending
Beth Purdon-McLellan
in this article. Space that you could bed hospital in a suburb of Kinshasa; recall all the stories of him we have are support for every individual’s right
Shireen Noble
Michael Ridley have given to a much stronger piece support for a Zerofootprint-sponsored apocryphal) are no longer relevant to our to safe and consensual expression of
Elizabeth Shearly that actually had something new and micro-credit initiative for a women’s society as people, and we need to talk their sexuality and desire. U of G, we
Steph-Marie Szenasi interesting to say and did not isolate, poultry farming cooperative and about relationships, as they exist today, are beautiful, valuable and good just
The Ontarion is a non-profit organization governed by alienate, judge and piss off a lot of school feeding program in Tshivanga; not as they may have been centuries ago. as we are; our queerness, gender non-
a Board of Directors. Since the Ontarion undertakes the
publishing of student work, the opinions expressed in this potential readers, queer and straight.  and support for the grassroots efforts There are a multiplicity of ways to conformity, dis/abilities, ethnicities
publication do not necessarily reflect those of the Ontarion
Board of Directors. The Ontarion reserves the right to edit You can do so much better with the of prominent activist Lisa Shannon express affection, and on a campus that and struggles within capitalism only
or refuse all material deemed sexist, racist, homophobic, or
otherwise unfit for publication as determined by the Editor- resources you have. to raise awareness and funds for war- prides itself on its inclusivity, we are making us stronger and more fabulous
in-Chief. Material of any form appearing in this newspaper
is copyrighted 2010 and cannot be reprinted without the Sarah Mangle affected Congolese women. disappointed that the largest campus for still being here.
approval of the Editor-in-Chief. The Ontarion retains the
right of first publication on all material. In the event that Regards, Steve Mitchell media outlet would publish an article Anastasia Zavarella
an advertiser is not satisfied with an advertisement in the
newspaper, they must notify the Ontarion within four working Vice-President Corporate erasing--in fact, decrying!--this simple CSA - Local Affairs Commissioner
days of publication. The Ontarion will not be held responsible
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Thursday February 17
Thursday at Noon Concert
Series-. Concerts start at
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Across 56- Horse color 21- Japanese syllabic script
57- Detach 23- 3:00
1- Highway 61- Ascends 25- Yorkshire river
5- Nourishment 65- Actress Petty 26- Angry with (2)
10- Like some orders 66- Tied 28- Like some stadiums
14- Forever’s partner (2) 69- Commotion (2) 29- Bring out
15- Extreme 70- Level 30- Twinned crystal
16- A Brazilian city 71- Without ___ in the world (2) 31- Humorous
17- Frond plant 72- CPR experts (acronym) 33- Charged (33)
18- Aired again 73- I could ___ horse! (2) 34- Intertwine
19- Conks out 74- Blank look 35- A, as in Athens
20- Anomaly 75- “Whip It” band 38- Rod used to reinforce concrete
22- Precede in time 41- Longtime resident of Hawaii
24- Polite address Down 43- Farm structure
27- Score 46- Cookbook amts.
28- Raging 1- Rabble 48- Rent-___ (2)
32- Simmons rival 2- Baltic feeder 52- Conjunct
36- Harem room 3- River in central Switzerland 54- Collection of maps
37- Passion 4- Electric generator 55- Hit back, perhaps
39- Fishing net 5- Fine hair 57- Peter Fonda title role
40- Filth 6- Cheer for Manolete 58- Bright star
42- Chair designer Charles 7- Other, in Oaxaca 59- Worry
44- Cut 8- Sturm und ___ 60- Final Four org.
45- Acclaim 9- ___ Domingo 62- A bit
47- Leg bone 10- Young children 63- 1999 Ron Howard film
49- Baseball bat wood 11- Inter ___ 64- Fair (2)
50- Considers 12- Internet writing system that 67- Be human
By BestCrosswords.com 51- Capital of West Bengal popularized “pwn3d” and “n00b” 68- Actress Ruby
53- On ___ with (2) 13- Come up short

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