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Another year, another title for the perennial powerhouse
third with a time of 32:23.16. The accomplishments didnt end there for the Gryphons, as the OUA awards a community service award each year to a member of Chris Mller one universitys team for both the men and women. Gryphon NaWeather is supposed to be the dine Frost was presented with this ultimate equalizer in the world award for her work in the Guelph of sport. Routine catches are community. The male award went dropped in a football game, the to Charly Allan of Waterloo. Head Coach Dave Scott-Thombounce of a soccer ball changes on a soggy pitch, and runners are as added to his status as one of supposed to lose their footing. Canadas most decorated coaches, It made no matter for the Gry- being awarded the coach of the phons, as they dominated the year for his work with the womfield en route to yet another OUA ens team. Its Scott-Thomass Championship. The men remain fourth time being recognized for undefeated since the 2005-06 coaching the womens team, and campaign, and the women since eleventh time overall as being la2004-05. The Oct. 27 meet in King beled the OUA Coach of the Year. City threw everything it had at Individual athletes were also the Gryphons, including pound- recognized with the naming of MiChAel P. hAll first and second all-star teams. ing rain and muddy conditions. Leading the way for the women Gryphons Ross Proudfoot, Yves After a very successful weekend, the Gryphon cross-country team celebrates their OUA Championship in the 5km was Genevieve Sikubwabo, Andrew Nixon, and performance. Lalonde, who opened the race Aaron Hendrikx were named to with the lead and didnt let go for the first team. Second team all- competing in the OUA have made championships on Nov. 10. If womens title, and seventh conthe entire 17:45.96 minutes of her stars included Kyle Grieve and the playoffs. Its the first time in the OUA meet was any indica- secutive title for the men. Other run. Rookie Madeline Yungblut Tommy Lecours, giving the Gry- school history such a feat has tion, the team is poised to make Guelph programs, take note this finished third, only five seconds phon men six out of a possible occurred, and with the crop of a run at their eighth consecutive is how dynasties operate. behind the silver-medalist from fourteen all-star spots. young talent thats been leading McMaster. Yungblut was named The women were also well-rec- the way, theres no reason to exthe OUA female rookie of the year ognized with Genevieve Lalonde, pect this trend to end any time for being the first rookie to cross Madeline Yungblut, Andrea Sec- soon. The provincial success will the finish line during the meet. cafien, and Carice Thompson hopefully lead to some nationThe men swept the podium named to the first-team, while al success for several Gryphon in the 10km race. Ross Proud- Joanna Brown, Nadine Frost, and teams, with the upcoming CIS foot, the male MVP of the meet, Lydia Frost were named to the Championships for field hockey, finished the race with a time of second. Half of the female all- cross-country, rugby, and wom36:06.17. The silver went to rookie stars were from Guelph. ens lacrosse. Yves Sikubwabo, who was named The teams success marks an inThe cross-country team will the male rookie of the year; he teresting moment in this years take a week off and will then finished with a time of 32:22.74. athletics program here at the Uni- travel to the Thames Valley Golf Keeping the podium Gryphon red versity of Guelph. To this point, Course in London, ON where was Andrew Nixon, finishing in all of the varsity Gryphon teams Western will host the national

Womens lacrosse takes OUA silver

Gryphons womens lax team takes second straight OUA silver in tough 12-7 loss to Mustangs
Jeff sehl
On Oct. 28, the Gryphons womens lacrosse team took on a perennial OUA powerhouse in the Western Mustangs in a battle for OUA gold. Unfortunately it was Western who was able to overcome a 5-3 halftime deficit, finishing strong for a 12-7 victory, winning their third Patterson Cup in the last four years, and knocking off the Gryphons who have now won back-to-back OUA silver medals. While gold is obviously the ultimate goal, the Gryphons have benefited from medaling in consecutive years. I think that winning back-toback silver medals has helped the program to gain a greater sense of key players from this years team. legitimacy both within Gryphon According to Smith, filling those athletics and in the OUA, said holes will be the key to competing third-year veteran Hannah Smith. in their third straight OUA final. By winning back-to-back medals, They will also have to continue the weve positioned ourselves as pe- strong defensive play they estabrennial contenders in the OUA for lished this season if they wish to gold. Every year we expect more remain amongst the OUAs best. and more from ourselves and each We are a team known for our other, and we fully expect to be defence, and with so many new going for gold next year. starters, they really stepped up Despite the disappointing loss their game and just killed it out to end the year, the Gryphonss there, said Smith. [Kathryn] many smaller accomplishments Sinclair, [Samantha Guit], and made the season an overall success. [Samantha] Silva really stepped We had a really balanced score up this year, helping anchor our sheet, which shows that we are defensive line alongside [Katea balanced team, and we went lynn Brzezinski] and Hannah over a game and a half without Golightly. The Gryphons will look to conallowing a goal, so that was pretty impressive, said Smith. Also tinue their strong defensive play in our semi-final we beat Laurier, next year in their 2013 season as something we hadnt been able to they hope to finally capture the do all season. elusive Patterson Cup, a goal the But, for another shot at gold next team has yet to achieve since the year, the Gryphons must focus on championship was established in rebuilding as they will lose some 1998.

15 Gryphons prepare for playoff tilt vs. Queens Mens Just weeks after rugby Guelphs dramatic readies victory, Gryphons will host Gaels in OUA for OUA Playoffs semifinal
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Chris Mller
Following Guelphs dramatic comeback victory against Q u e e n s o n O c t . 1 3 , fe w would have expected Queens to regain the form that once crowned them one of the OUAs best. In their last regular season game, OUA leading rusher Ryan Granberg, was kept in a lategame blowout by the coaching staff. Granberg suffered a severe injury while attempting to rush for 1000 yards on the season. He did not play on Oct. 27 against Laurier, where Queens shutout the Golden Hawks 34-0. Granbergs backup, Jesse Andrews, accumulated 135 yards on the ground in his first start of the year. With Granbergs status uncertain for this weekend, the Gaels will have to rely heavily on their young running back and veteran quarterback Billy McPhee. McPhee has thrown for 1,975 yards and 10 touchdowns during the regular season. The statistic that will have the opportunistic Gryphon defense salivating is McPhees nine interceptions. T h e G r y ph o n d e fe n s e c r e ates more turnovers than any other team in the OUA with 30; 16 of those are created by interceptions. Second-year quarterback Jazz Lindsey is the linchpin on offense, often making plays he has no business making. Lindseys 1601 yards through the air, combined with another 232 earned on the ground have led him to 13 total touchdowns on the season. Hes kept the mistakes to a minimum, having thrown only four interceptions in that time. Lindseys mobility could open some holes for running back Rob Farquharson, who has quietly turned into one of the OUAs most punishing runners. Farq, as the team calls him, has racked up 940 yards on the ground, with another 114 in receiving yardage. His eight touchdowns have often come late in games, becoming the proverbial nail in the coffin and allowing Guelph to close out tight games. Guelphs wide-receiving core showcases Lindseys ability to spread the ball around to all of his receivers, a strength that should showcase itself in the playoffs. Dillon Dimitroff and Saxon Lindsey lead the wide receivers statistically, despite having very different skill sets. Dimitroff has been tough across

Following a 7-1 season, the Gryphons await their opponent for the OUA Semifinal
Chris Mller
They havent played an official OUA contest since Oct. 26, but the Gryphons appear more than ready for a run at the elusive Turner Trophy. Guelphs last championship came in the 1998-99 campaign, and the team is sure to be within striking distance when the winners of the two Oct. 31 preliminary games are determined. Guelphs first-round bye has afforded them a little well-needed rest, an advantage their opponent will not have. The biggest beneficiary of that rest could be the offensive unit, which has outscored the opposition 283-51, accumulating an average margin of victory of 35 in their seven victories this season. The lone loss on the record came at the hands of Queens on Oct. 26, where the visiting Gaels blanked the Gryphons by a score of 13-0. Offensive proficiency aside, the Gryphons boast one of the stoutest defenses in the OUA. The team has shut out their opponent twice this season, and only allowed an average of 6.3 points to be scored on them during the regular season. The worst defensive showing of the year came against McMaster on Sept. 9, when 17 points were allowed in a 43-17 Guelph victory. Regardless of how the Oct. 31 preliminaries go, the championship will doubtlessly ride through either Queens, Western, or Guelph all of whom boast a 7-1 record. It would seem that the OUA mens rugby championship is won by a different team every year. Since the Gryphons last OUA Championship, four teams have won the title, and all but Brock possess multiple victories. McMaster has taken six titles home, Western four, Queens two, and Brock rounds the total with one. If Guelph is to be considered one of the OUA powerhouse programs, this may be the year to get things started. Anything can happen in the playoffs, and with Guelph knocking on the same proverbial door as recent champions, theres no time like the present.

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The Gryphons will look to find similar success as they prepare to meet Queens in the OUA Semifinal on nov. 3 at Alumni Stadium.
the middle this season, while Saxon provides a big target for his younger brother to throw to in the endzone. Guelphs excellent special teams will have to be on high alert throughout the matchup, as Queens has taken two punt returns for touchdowns over the course of the regular season. The special teams unit is sure to be up to the challenge, and the strong punting of Daniel Ferraro should keep the Gryphons in favourable field position. With the Queens running back situation unclear, the redhot Gryphons may be able to get a lead early in the game and force the Queens offense into a passing game. With a week off, the Gryphon defensive unit should be up to the task and will look to take the ball away early, and let Farquharson run the clock out to seal the game. The Gryphons play host to Queens at 1:00 p.m. on Nov. 3 at Alumni Stadium in the OUA semifinal.

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Jordan Daradick makes a nice defensive effort during the mens lacrosse teams emphatic 16-4 victory over laurier on Oct. 27.

16 w w w.t h e on ta r ion . C oM Weekend volleyball report

Up-and-down weekend for the universitys volleyball squads
andrew donovan
Oct. 6 was a busy night for Gryphons volleyball as both the mens and womens varsity teams played at home at the W.F. Mitchell Athletic Centre. The first game saw the womens team taking on the McMaster Marauders, which ended up being a thrilling game that went all the way to the fifth and final set. A win seemed improbable after McMaster went up convincingly in the first two sets 23-25 and 26-28; but facing the prospect of losing consecutive games to begin the season, the Gryphon side dominated the third and fourth sets 25-24 and 25-21. With surging momentum going into the fifth set, the script seemed all but written for a determined Gryphon side. Their commitment showed on the court with a rather lopsided 15-9 win in the final set to complete the comeback in front of a big home crowd. Though this game was undoubtedly a team comeback it was inevitable that people would notice the efforts put up by Guelph rookie, Nicole Collard, who had a team high 18 points (16 kills, 2 aces) followed closely by Julie Gordon with 15 (14 kills, 1 block) and Kristen Almhjell with an impressive 18 digs on defense. The weekend wasnt done for the womens side; they had a date with the winless Lancers on Sunday in Windsor. Unfortunately for the Gryphons, there were no surprising comebacks on that evening. Guelph was handed a pretty convincing loss by the Lancers dropping all three sets, 25-23, 2519, 25-18. As expected, Julie Gordon was atop the stats sheet again leading Guelph with seven kills and five digs. The ladies are travelling to Ottawa on Nov. 3 to take on the GeeGees before returning home on Nov. 9 to square off against the Queens Golden Gaels. The Gryphons mens team took to our home court for their first regular season game of the year on Friday after ending their preseason tournament at the University of British Columbia with a 1-2 record. The match was a back and forth affair with no one team outright dominating their opponent. Unfortunately for the Gryphons, the fifth set was won by a final of 15-13 to the visiting Waterloo Warriors. The loss put Guelph to 0-1 to begin the season while the win put Waterloo off to a solid 1-0 start. The first set was taken by Guelph, 25-19, on the backs of good defensive play and a few important Warrior miscues. The unfolding of events in the first set certainly wasnt foretelling of how the game would shape up in the coming sets. The Warriors stepped up their play in the second set and after going up 6-2 they never looked back, mimicking Guelphs first set performance with a 25-19 victory of their own. The remaining three sets were incredibly entertaining to watch as a spectator with neither team giving up any inch of the court and the fourth set, with the Gryphons down two sets to one and facing defeat. No one team lead by more than two points. Guelph ended up winning that fourth set to push the game to a fifth and deciding set. The Gryphonss fortunes ran their course though and the Warriors were able to hold on to win 15-13. Notable performances in the game were from Winston Rosser who contributed 14 kills, and Andrew Whitaker and March Wilson each contributed 12. The Gryphons men side will try to even their season record when they travel to Windsor this Friday to take on the Lancers at 8:00 p.m.

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The Gryphons look to complete the spike against McMaster on Oct. 26. The Gryphons won the contest 3-2.

Womens rugby takes OUA gold

Gryphons womens rugby win fifth straight OUA championship in 10-6 victory over Gaels

Gryphons in History:
Whats Old Was Once New
the University of Guelphs athletic facilities, its interesting to see how far a few million used to stretch. Provost Paul Gilmor explained that the $7.5 million price tag would provide the university with everything we would like to have two years from now. Students would be expected to help foot the bill, with a $10-$12 increase in their annual tuition fees. The $7.5 million price tag would be subject to cuts, the article states; as the committee would need to decide what is essential and what the University can afford. A report was created for the project, and the recommendations of a new gymnasium, new squash courts, a swimming pool, and an ice rink were well received by the academic and athletic communities.

thanks to strong defensive play from the 2011 national championship winChris Mller ning Gryphons. In their 10-6 defeat of the Queens Gaels in the OUA championship, the Published in The Ontarion on Sept. Gryphons continue their quest to de- 5, 1978 Jeff sehl fend their national title, coming into the tournament as the nationally With the recent extensive financial For the fifth straight season, the ranked number two seed. The Gry- investment in the development of Guelph Gryphons womens rugby phons will travel to Antigonish, Nova team is the toast of the OUA. The win Scotia, where number one ranked St. over Queens gives Guelph not only Francis Xavier will host Canadas best, their fifth consecutive OUA champi- and try to prevent the Gryphons from onship, but also their thirteenth OUA their second consecutive CIS title. championship since the title was first This task is unenviable, considercompeted for in 1994. ing the Gryphons will be entering the The game, hosted by Queens in CIS championships on a hot streak to Kingston on Oct. 27, was tightly say the least. contested to say the least, with the The Gryphons enter the tournament Gryphons coming out on top with a on the heels of a 6-0 regular season slim 4-point victory. The Gryphons record in which they outscored their were able to secure the win thanks in opponents an astonishing 388-8, as part to and early try by Caitlin Beaton well as a 3-0 playoff record in which and a conversion from Stephanie Ti- the Gryphons dominated the likes of belius to lead 7-0. However, Queens Brock and McMaster 109-0 and 72-0 would battle back with two consecu- respectively, as well as Queens on tive penalty goals, bringing the score their way to their OUA title and the CIS to 7-6 for the Gryphons. national championship tournament. Late in the match, it was again TiAfter their defeat of Queens, the belius putting points on the board for Gryphons will have little time to celGuelph with a penalty goal of her own, ebrate their OUA title as they take on bringing the score to 10-6. The score Acadia in the first game of the national would not change from that point on championship Nov. 1 in Nova Scotia.

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How bananas might not be providing enough potassium
Chris Mller
An article published on Sept. 11 in the National Post identified this startling statistic: only two per cent of adults in the United States are getting their required dose of potassium. Given the comparable diets of Canadians and Americans, this information ought to be useful to the northerly neighbour. Potassium is an important chemical in the performance of muscle contractions, and any threat to that basic physiological process is sufficient cause for concern. Potassium is also helpful in maintaining hydration in the body and balancing levels of electrolytes. Given the importance of this chemical, shouldnt we all just be eating more bananas? While bananas are a good source of potassium, the belief that one a day can provide a sufficient daily dose of potassium is, at best, a myth. The article suggests that modern diets contain a great deal of sodium; 90 per cent of adult Americans consumed more than 2,300 mg of sodium per day, thereby exceeding the daily recover-consumption of sodium such as hypertension. A regular banana, by comparison, offers about 420 mg of potassium. Given the bananas somewhat limited capacity to supply potassium, other foods have been identified as excellent sources of this element. Sweet potatoes, tomato paste, beans, and certain varieties of fish contain higher levels of potassium per serving. The sweet potato, with its delicious orange flesh, provides approximately 690 mg of potassium. Paired with half a cup of spinach and three ounces of halibut, the total potassium intake for a meal could easily be upwards of 1,500 mg in a single serving. Many of the fruits and vegetables readily available throughout the year can serve as an efficient source of potassium. We humans evolved without cheese puffs, muffins, granola bars, and sweetened vitamin waters. We are built to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds, meat and fish. We added foods such as beans and legumes, dairy, and grains a few thousand years ago, but either way, the closer we get to eating the way we did even two or

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A banana a day wont keep the doctor away

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While bananas are a good source of potassium, the belief that one a day can provide a sufficient daily dose of potassium is, at best, a myth.
ommended maximum sodium intake. When introduced to a sodium-heavy diet, potassium has the capacity to offset some of the negative effects of

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bananas dont pack enough potassium punch as you might think. With salt-heavy diets, high potassium intake can contribute to healthier eating habits.
three generations ago, the easier it becomes to meet our needs, not only for potassium, but for a host of nutrients that are vital to our health, said the articles author Jennifer Sygo. Food for thought, it would seem.

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Kaitlyn Mora (12) of the womens hockey team gets by the ryerson defender. Guelph won 3-0 on Oct. 28.

18 w w w.t h e on ta r ion . C oM This Week relationships and revolutions

in History Starting relationships
at protests a better alternative to the bar
Paul rashotte
For my whole life, an image of the bar has been building in my mind. As a kid the bar was a place where grownups go, where people drank the alcohol that I wasnt allowed to taste, and where the heroes in the movies I watched always got the girl. As a teenager, the bar represented a departure from the conservative sexual politics of my Catholic high school; it offered distant promises of fulfillment and escape. For my first year of university, as an 18-year-old without a good fake ID, the bar became the place where the seemingly impossible came true. As the resparties turned into pre-drinks for Trappers, older guys started to bombard me with stories of their sexual conquests at the club. They would tell me about the blowjobs in the bathroom, the supermodeltype girls they had seduced and the unlimited supply of womens numbers they had in their phones. The people bragging often lacked social skills, or any perceivable depth. Their insecurities were palpable and with a couple of the right insults they would have shattered but I still believed them. I believed their stories because I trusted in the illusion of the bar: I thought it was a place where the weak became strong. After my 19th birthday, I watched as the self-proclaimed sex gods would fail with women, and then drink excessively as if to repress their own inadequacy, before repeating the cycle. And I began to see that the bar is a lie, and that lying to everyone around you is what the bar is all about. You see, the thing about the bar is that who you are doesnt matter; all that matters is who people think you are. Appearance is everything and if you pay enough attention to the codes of intimacy, you can appear to be anyone. The process is gradual and your actions depend on the situation, but over time you learn the best ways to angle your body, the right postures to assume and the most effective ways to smile and look at the people around you. You become adept at eye contact, using your peripheral vision to get people to look at you before meeting their gaze, so as to position them as the pursuer and yourself as the pursued. You learn different mentalities to hold in your mind and when to switch them. You get a feel for when to be funny, when to be dangerous and when to be sexy. Mother jailed in dingo baby murder In a case that became known as Australias murder trial of the century, a mother accused a dingo of carrying off and killing her baby, which turned out to be a cover for her part in the murder. According to the article, In an earlier inquest the judge accepted the Chamberlains claim that a dingo had taken their baby, but further investigations by British pathologists showed the wounds, indicated by bloodstains on the babys clothes, could not have been caused by a dingo and a second investigation was started. The babys body was found at a campsite near Ayers Rock. Lindy Chamberlain, the mother, was expecting her fourth child at the time that she was sentenced to spend the rest of her life in prison.(BBC News Oct. 29, 1982) stocks collapse In 16,410,030share Day; Bankers Optimistic On a day that has been memorialized in history textbooks around North America, the stock market virtually collapsed and was named as the most disastrous [day] in Wall Street history. The article claims that hysteria swept the country as it was estimated that 80 issues had lost between eight and nine billion dollars in one day. However, despite the circumstances, some optimism was still present. Many investors who believed that the prices had gotten too low went on a buying spree to counter the quick decline, and many bankers, brokers and industry leaders believed that the situation could only get better from that point as it had run its course. Nonetheless, America was plunged into the Great Depression, and the economy wasnt able to bounce back completely until the beginning of WWII. (The New York Times Oct. 29, 1929) treaty on naval Base Must stand, cuba told The front page of The Globe and Mail on this day was overrun with news stories that focused on the U.S. Other interesting and telling headlines included Nixon Heads Confidently to N.Y As Three Surveys Pick Kennedy . and U.S. Nuclear Subs Get U.K. Base. The effect of the Cold War on Canadian society is clear through other headlines and articles that discussed the expansion of China into Soviet Asia, and the talks at the UN concerning the arms ban, which Canada urged to speed up. For those who love the TTC, the newspaper also covered the Metropolitan Toronto Councils study of the cost of a single fare in this edition. The lowest single ticket rate that could be introduced was 15 cents a ticket, and was opposed by various parties, though there is no mention of the opinions of Torontonians on the front page. (The Globe and Mail Nov. 2, 1960) Compiled by Alicja Grzadkowska

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Protest rallies might be a better alternative to starting relationships at the bar.

Like it or not, what you learn is game. And while you can tell yourself youre not playing and that pickup artists are losers, the reality is that ignoring the signals around you decreases your performance and prevents people from seeing the great person you supposedly are so everybody plays and everyone tries to get better. This is why people tell you not to enter into relationships with people you meet at the club. Its not that people who go to bars are worse than anyone else, its that your ability to discern who they are as people is generally obscured. This is not to say that lots of great relationships dont start at the club, but that the success of these relationships is largely chance. If Ive convinced you of some of the shortcomings of the downtown Guelph breeding ground and youre feeling lost, dont worry. There is an alternative space with a rich history of helping people to discover fulfilling relationships. Its called the protest rally. And in the sexual revolutions of the 1960s, protests were central to challenging the societal norms of monogamy and celibacy. Despite what youve heard about the origins of Western sexual freedom it wasnt discovered on the dance floor free love was won on the street. Yet even with protests and their historic ties to sexuality and relationships, theyre almost never suggested as realistic places to find somebody. The cultural stereotypes disseminated by the media paint protesters While getting better at playing as pedantic asexual hipsters the game increases your chances whining and tweeting ironically. of a successful interaction, what Any reference to sex and protests you still never really figure out at (which is rare) is always transthe bar is compatibility. This is formed into a caricature of the because everyone to some degree real thing. Sexual liberation is plays the game, which also kind replaced with images of smelly of means that everyone is lying hippies smoking joints and awkabout who they are. Seducing wardly groping each other after somebody at the bar has more in singing Kumbaya. Its as if common with code breaking than the words used to describe soactual intimacy, as your navi- cial activism have replaced the gations through social barriers offensiveness traditionally assorarely produce genuine insights ciated with swearing. Feminism into individuals inner selves. has become the new fuck. But when you actually join a protest, you surround yourself with the positive energy of those who refuse to passively accept injustice. Gone is the misanthropic doom preacher. The doubter who thinks but never does. For he is silenced, made quiet by the human potential of the crowd. Everywhere you look, people show you that theyre not afraid that the fear-machines of the status quo will not stop them and that there is an answer to the hopelessness of despair. And when you see all that courage, it makes you brave, it makes you question the barriers holding you back, and it makes you less susceptible to the universal turnoff of cowardice. The stale small talk that plagues most social gatherings with its disgusting repetition of boring surface observations also ceases to be an issue. Peaceful civil disobedience creates an environment that facilitates passionate in-depth conversations. The adrenaline and hope that comes with actively trying to make a difference causes you to feel close to the people around you. Suddenly telling someone about your university major seems irrelevant and all that matters is your deepest fears and concerns about the world. A protest shows you what real communication feels like and it reminds you of how valuable it can be to listen. The act of resistance brings out the strength within yourself and everyone around you. Instead of having to guess through drunken eyes and the many masks of game, you see peoples capacity for love and morality laid raw. Finding a partner no longer requires a suppression of the self in a minefield of chance. At protests, starting new relationships actually makes sense.

Despite what youve heard about the origins of Western sexual freedom it wasnt discovered on the dance floor free love was won on the street.

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twitch
Looking beyond Edit>Undo
bakz awan
Background Truth be told, my level of concentration heightens whenever I pull out the magnetic lasso, paint brush, or pencil tool in Adobe Photoshop. With my face screwed up in focus and an inch away from the screen, its hard to believe such common tools require such attention. Its the pressure of it all. I know that as I outline the required areas, a single twitch of the hand could ruin the entire stroke completely. To make matters worse, after such a twitch, I know Ill have to end up undoing (edit>undo) the entire stroke, losing all of the progress I made before the twitch. When this happens, no form of rage face created can capture the frustration of having to lose that amount of progress (that can sometimes look perfect), for some minor mistake made towards the end. I shouldnt be fearful when using any tools in Photoshop and I shouldnt feel bad over a simple twitch of the hand a common human mistake. At its heart, the undo button is one of the many blessings of our age; it allows us to try and try again. But, it hasnt evolved much since its introduction. Besides some minor tweaks, there isnt any significant difference between the undo button for Paint and the one for Photoshop. By focusing on the problem and solution I propose below, I think Photoshop would be making a significant step foreword (get it!) in the enhancement of its undo button. The problem- Our undo button is stuck in the 90s While using the magnetic lasso, paint brush, or pencil tools in Adobe Photoshop, you shouldnt have to undo an entire stroke and lose all of your progress, when you really just messed up or twitched somewhere towards the end. The solution- lets take the undo button to the next level I would like to suggest a horizontal timeline that lets you undo part of your stroke after a specific point in time where you messed up. In this way, you dont have to undo your initial progress as well. Dont get me wrong Dont get me wrong, I can imagine my solution is complex and would be difficult to implement. Youd probably have to record a users mouse activity across different platforms with different screen resolutions. As a suggestion to Adobe, why not offer the timeline undo feature just for the brush tool at first? Then, focus on applying it on the magnetic lasso which is a much more demanding tool. Despite its technical challenges, in a broader picture, think of the sheer time and frustration saved for many designers and graphic artists by offering such a solution. Not to mention, tools like Autocad already offer sophisticated history and undo features; to the point of being able to fully recreate the users steps in creating their model from start to finish. While Autocad is, after all, command-line based (making such a feature easier to offer), such sophistication and convenience are cause for critical acclaim. footnotes: There are, in fact, some ways to avoid undoing all of your progress: 1) Break each stroke into smaller chunks. That way, you can end up undoing a chunk, rather than the whole thing. I learned this method the hard way, by having to undo entire great works in the past. 2) By copying the progress you like, undoing the whole step, and pasting it back onto the document. This can work sometimes for brushes, but you really cant do it for the magnetic lasso. However, both of these methods are still pretty counter-intuitive. The fact that people have to resort to these work-arounds, I think, represents the broken nature of the undo button to begin with. The minor tweaks currently included

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users see their steps created; 3. The usage of layers (particularly, being able to just delete a single layer) offer greater protection from loss for the rest of the document.

seeking jobs and answers

wayne Greenway
Here are our answers to two common career job search questions from new graduates. Question 1: I have been searching for a job for almost 4 months. I have had only two replies to dozens of letters to jobs posted on a variety of on-line sites. I am beginning to wonder if my MSc in Integrative Biology was a waste of time? What am I doing wrong? I have debts and I am really getting concerned. Answer: You have certainly had a frustrating time trying to land an interview. You are not alone. Some clients say that career job search is tougher than any combination of courses they have ever studied in university. It takes many people, especially those with limited relevant work or volunteer experience, four to six months of full time work, using a very carefully targeted strategy to land a good career job. I know this does not change the fact that you need to find a career job quickly, but the length of your search is not unusual. If funds become too short, you may have to find a survival job, but choose your survival job care- are actually advertised to the fully so you have time available public. Networking is the best way to tap into the vast supply for networking and interviews. It is definitely worth the struggle of opportunities known as the to find a good career job in your hidden job market. With such field. It will not only make your life a large percentage of jobs going more meaningful but it will also be unadvertised, word-of-mouth of long term financial benefit to referral is among the surest ways you. Statistics Canada information to land a new job, says Harris. Before you think about your reports that Masters graduates earned over $10,000 more than next steps in networking, you their bachelors degree counter- will need to build a schedule for yourself for the next three to four parts for all fields of studies. At this point in your career, a weeks. Schedule one hour a day good career job is one that gives of physical and social activities; a you meaningful experience in an half hour a day to read a national area that you want to pursue over newspaper; three hours a week the next few years. It should also volunteering on a project related give you the opportunity to work to your future occupation; and hard at building a list of accom- four hours a week to read journals plishments to create a strong and professional development platform for your next transition. material relating to your field. These weekly tasks will help I dont have all the details of your situation, but you will need you feel connected, confident the help of a career development and positive. These are emotions professional to help you to revise that play a critical role in your your search strategy, so that success. These feelings will affect in addition to applying to jobs how you write your letters and online, you will build in other most of all how you come across approaches that are focussed in the interview. Now that you have planned to around networking. Peter Harris describes this in a recent safeguard your mental health, you are ready to allocate 37.5 Workopolis article. Most experts agree that hours a week to implementThinking only 15-20% of all available jobs ing your strategy. about your search as though it Question 2: I received feedback is your current job will also help on one of my applications from an HR Department recruiter. strengthen your mental outlook. Your first few work days on She told me that my resume your search should include a read like a series of mini job web review of how to conduct descriptions and that I also networking and informational needed to customize my letter interviews. Using this knowl- more carefully. Can you help edge you can create a revised me understand how I need to strategy that you could dis- change my resume and cover cuss with career development letter? Answer: This advice is worth the professional. In general, to achieve suc- value of gold in revising your cess you will need to conduct resume. The bullets under each about four-to-six informational job in a traditional resume used interviews a week until you start to read like mini job descripgetting interviews. Every infor- tions, but now employers want mational interview will help you to see accomplishments or to learn more details about your successes that you achieved targeted area of employment and on the job. Ideally you will this information will give you the want to emphasize any accomedge for your interview. As a rule plishments that pertain to the of thumb, you should try to get targeted job, thereby customizthe names of three more people to ing the resume for the position. interview from each person with Once you have completed the whom you network. After about customized resume, your cover 27 informational interviews you letter should briefly summawill be getting hot leads on rize how you match exactly jobs. A hot lead is an upcoming what they are looking for, as or available position, with a job described in the advertisement title, job description, company, and job description. You will and a contact that told you about want to keep in mind that you the position. For success, aim to are not writing your resume to work on at least four hot leads get the job. You are writing it just to get the interview! throughout your search.

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laura Chown
On Oct. 5, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in a 9-0 vote that individuals living with HIV would not be required to disclose their positive status to sexual partners in situations where they use a condom and have a low concentration of the virus in their blood. This decision was made in response to the launch of several charges against Clato Mabior, who was convicted of aggravated sexual assault after having sex with nine women after being diagnosed as HIV positive. Criticisms of the 1998 Supreme Court ruling on HIV disclosure, which required people with HIV to disclose their status to partners, or risk charges of aggravated sexual assault, were also a driving force behind the refinement of the previous ruling. In response to this months ruling there has been considerable criticism with regards to the fairness, and more importantly, the potential social and public health implications have shown reduction rates as high of this law. as 96 per cent, others finding that The Science no transmission of HIV was observed Existing legislation as well as case law was used in determining the courts decision. However, the science behind HIV and the role of viral load in transmission was vital in the ruling. According to the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, viral load is the term used to describe the amount of HIV circulating in the body. Viral load, which is measured in the number of copies of HIV per milliliter of the fluid tested, is significantly reduced with the proper use of antiretroviral therapy (ARVs). Transmission rates as low as 0.013 per cent have been established on a per-act basis, when an HIV positive man with a viral load below 400 copies/ml has vaginal sex with a woman. A level of 400 copies/ml would be considered low in Canada, but still detectable. Countless from people treated with ARV therstudies examining the transmission apy and with a viral load below 400 of HIV in individuals using ARVs copies/ml. Most research about HIV transmission and viral load has focused on malefemale couples engaging in penile-vagina sex. Condom use, regardless of viral load, is close to 100 per cent effective in preventing the transmission of HIV when used properly. Where the Supreme Court Went Wrong Anyone who reads up on viral loads and condom use can clearly see that the risk of transmission of HIV is extremely low when either a condom is used, or a persons viral load is low. Period. Requiring people living with HIV to use a condom and have a low viral load if they choose not to disclose their status is inconsistent with scientific evidence that condoms are effective as well as the evidence that lower viral loads significantly reduces rate of transmission, driving national and international treatment expansion. This ruling not only places another burden on those living with HIV it contributes ,

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This ruling not only places another burden on those living with HIV, it contributes to misinformation of the risks of transmission of HIV.

to misinformation of the risks of transmission of HIV as well as to , the stigma of living with HIV that already exists. Why is the stigma surrounding those living with HIV such a big deal? It not only instills fear in HIV-positive communities, but also in those who believe that they are HIV-negative. The threat of prosecution for failing to disclose is likely to prevent at-risk individuals from seeking testing, and/or speaking to their health professional about their own risk of contracting the virus. At the end of the day, the countrys highest of courts has spoken, in what has been referred to as a landmark ruling. A case that had the potential to relieve HIV-positive communities of fear of unfair prosecution, undesirable stigma and a legal obligation to disclose irrelevant information has instead promoted a false sense of security among HIV-negative individuals and failed to address the equitable treatment under the criminal law of those living with HIV .

Inordinate Ordinance
Chris Carr
What do you think about antiintellectualism? We here at the university are on one side of this debate by virtue of us being within the walls of this institution. Lets assume we are not anti-intellectuals because we are intellectuals. Do we see the virtue in higher learning? Some of us are here to learn because we love learning, plenty of us are here to get a better job later in life, a few of us are here to play a sick round of beer pong, bro. Mostly, Ive regarded anti-intellectualism as a cute protest. Something those without a formal education can quantify going directly into the work force or a trade. They can rage against the institutions, vote for Romney and stay comfy inside the recesses of non-committal cognitive cruise control. This is an elitist (read: douchey) view on anti-intellectualism, and generally pretty common in liberal, intellectual circles. I belonged to this elitist group all throughout my post-secondary career (again, still douchey) but maybe, I am wrong? Consider, if you will, the godmachine, the Internet. Especially in the light of how accessible information is these days. Theres this scene in Good Will Hunting, where the good, Will Hunting (Editors note: Ha!) explains to a cocky intellectual grad student that he dropped $150,000 on an education he could have gotten for a $1.50 in late fees from the library. Good Will Hunting came out in 1997, in the infancy of the Internet we love to love today, so take the word library and shoe-horn in Internet and you got yourself a current model of the argument for anti-intellectualism. How do you like them apples? If I want to learn about the war of 1812, I can just type my query into the omnipresent answer box that is Google and faster than you can bayonet a Red Coat, I am learned man. It cost me a monthly Rogers bill, at most, ten minutes of reading. And therein lies the legs of the anti-intellectualist animal, information is basically free for those who want it. So what the hell are we doing here? Its been said that your diploma will be the most expensive ornament your walls will ever have the pleasure to suspend. Its the diploma, the certificate, the degree, the doctorate that we all strive to hold, more importantly its what that piece of paper represents: its a fraternity. We join the ranks of the better people, learned men and woman; its an intellectual selfcongratulating circle of brainiacs and pretention. Harsh? Maybe, but maybe this is where the anti-intellectualists anger toward the institution comes from its ability to become members only, complete with an Aggies leather jacket and a secret decoder iron ring (looking at you engineering students). I really cant stand on one side of the debate or another. I am in school here Im in the club however, I do find a little excitement in a healthy streak of anarchistic theory. I pose the question: would you really want education to be free? This would mean you arent special anymore, you arent the learned sole, you are just another young adult, too old for high school, too young to start a family. Would free education make you feel like the colour taupe? No longer special, you will cease to be the child who your grandparents talk about as a philosopher or a scientist. I consider this as we band together as students to fight raising tuition and other such forms of student oppression. But are these things keeping us elite? Do they give our credentials a little more pull if employers know weve spent more on our educations than we did a house? Its an interesting concept. Id be interested to hear thoughts on the matter. We can discuss it, weigh its pros and cons and develop a theory about it, like intellectuals, intellectually pontificating intellect intelligently. We can even talk about my love of alliteration, while the anti-intellectual serves us our coffee. I wonder who would be best in this scenario, me, you or the server? The server would probably have more original ideas about it. Chris Carr is Editor-in-Chief of The Cannon. Inordinate Ordnance publishes every Thursday in The Cannon and in The Ontarion. The opinions posted on thecannon.ca reflect those of their author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Central Student Association and the Guelph Campus Co-op, or The Ontarion.

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Annie VAn AlTen

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facing death on facebook

As a tool that commemorates death sentiments are often ones life, or at least reveals too incredibly impersonal. A status much personal information that reads, RIP John may be about it, Facebook is not often well-intentioned and backed up associated with death. However, with sorrow, but it comes off as problems arise when people pass an easy and casual way to show away, leaving their Facebook page that the user is compassionate. password protected and forever After all, the purpose of social media websites is to make it less un-updated. Facebook offers several options difficult and time-consuming for the friends and family mem- for people to connect with those bers of deceased peoples profiles, who they may not be able to call like the memorialization of a or communicate with regularly. Likewise, compared to attenddeceased persons profile, and reporting the passing of a person ing a funeral, which places people or the appearance of their directly in grieving and desolate account under People You May settings, posting a status or writKnow, which has caused issues ing a comment on the persons wall is no sweat off your back, for Facebook in the past. What Facebook doesnt offer and shows a complete lack of is how to deal with a persons death, probably because its a form of social media and not a counselor or psychiatrist. Nonetheless, people have found ways to use Facebook to demonstrate their grief and mourn the death of a loved one, sometimes in ways that may be interpreted as inappropriate. Several concerns result from this act. One extreme circumstance is when a parent finds out about the death of their child through Facebook before police officials can inform them, which is what happened in Wales to mother Cheryl Jones this past September. Friends who posted RIP Karla forewarned Jones of the death in a rather untimely way, which led to a formal complaint from Jones and her local MP. In an article from The Telegraph, it was reported that police condemned Facebooks role in the publicizing of the death, calling it a sad indictment of todays personal involvement. Showing society. This event reveals another compassion can be done in more concern, which is that Facebook productive ways that require

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Many Facebook users deal with death of friends and colleagues by posting on the deceaseds Walls.
slightly more effort, but are also more effective at expressing grief. There is something troubling about peoples need to publically declare their empathy. Just as in situations where people expose their anger towards their partner through song lyrics, or take photos on their webcam when theyre alone in their room, the impulse to publicize every aspect of ones self is unnecessary and uncomfortable for many viewers. In the case of death, this need might interfere with the needs of others, who might not want to be reminded of a persons death or, as in the case of Cheryl Jones, find out through Facebook that this person has passed. On the other hand, for people who were very close to the deceased person, Facebook mourning might be beneficial since it allows for the externalization of grief. Regularly writing on a late friend or family members wall about how much theyre missed might not help the deceased, but it is much better than keeping the pain of their death inside. There are methods to externalize sadness that might be seen as more positive, like talking to others physically or keeping a private journal, rather than waiting for someone to comment on the original post with their personal experience or to like the post. But, at least Facebook serves as a way to communicate some feelings that might not otherwise be expressed. As well, its simple for people who want to contribute in the remembrance effort to do so continuously online, and those who dont want to see this information can easily pass over it or block it from their newsfeed. In general, death is difficult to handle, and its been made easier through Facebook. Though there are pros and cons to posting statuses and comments centered on a deceased persons passing, the pervasiveness and intrusion of social media into our lives is growing, so its natural that people have found ways to deal with the subject of death and other challenging topics on the internet. Just dont equate posting on Facebook with a personal expression of real emotions.

A status that reads, RIP John may be wellintentioned and backed up with sorrow, but it comes off as an easy and casual way to show that the user is compassionate.

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