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With spring on its way, Guelphites eagerly anticipate the return of
seasonal beauty to its beloved landmarks.
The rebirth of the Grad Lounge
The cherished
restaurant is now
equipped with a fresh
menu, a new team, and
a manager with a heart
for healthy food
KELSEY RIDEOUT
T
o students’ great delight,
the Grad Lounge re-
opened in the first week of
February. For those Grad Lounge
devotees, anticipation has been
lingering to once again enter its
fifth floor doors to enjoy a meal,
have a beer or catch up on work.
But for many, it has been well
worth the wait. A major change
Megan Verhey
has been the installation of a
brand new management team. The
restaurant’s new manager, Jared
Irvine, is proud of the changes that
have been made.
“The main change I would say
would be our menu,” said Irvine.
“We make everything here on
site now. Everything’s fresh.
Everything on our menu is five
dollars even, taxes in. Everything’s
local on our menu and on our
draft menu. It’s more of a lounge,
a student space, where people are
more than welcome to come and
sit down, do homework, have a
pint, do nothing. It’s designed
more I think for the general
student population and it’s more
of a welcoming place.”
Conference asks: How can we end
hunger permanently?
The Universities
Fighting World Hunger
Summit brought
together individuals to
discuss hunger-related
topics
ZAMIR MERALI
T
he 6th annual Universities
Fighting World Hunger
Summit was held, for
the first time outside of the
United States, at the University
of Guelph from Feb. 25 to
Feb. 27. The summit attracted
people from across the globe,
including the past Governor
General, Michaëlle Jean and the
past Lieutenant Governor of
Ontario, Lincoln Alexander.
Universities Fighting World
Hunger is a perpetually
growing network of universities
which all share one common
belief. This belief being that
through networking and
education, fighting hunger will
become an integral value of
higher education institutions
throughout the world. The
purpose of the annual summit
For Irvine, providing healthy
food in a hospitable environment
is a passion of his that runs deep.
“My parents’ hospitality was
so important to them and the
love they had in their home,”
said Irvine. “There were always
strangers in our home and they
were always welcome for supper.
Food’s always been so important
to me, and the love and joy I see
it brings to people, and the fun
it always brings to the occasion,
has always made me grow huge
attraction towards it.”
Born and raised in Guelph,
Irvine attended the prestigious
Stratford Chef School and has
worked in the restaurant industry
for over 16 years. His first
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discussion between students, the final moments of his epic
humanitarians and industry run, he was met with cheers
leaders alike. and jubilation. The six-foot-five
Co-ordinators of the summit, man was clearly exhausted but
undergraduate student Gavin the look of absolute satisfaction
Armstrong, and U of G was impossible to miss on his
President Alastair Summerlee, smiling face. He was asked what
commented on the theme of the inspired him to take on such a
summit. journey.
“This summit is titled ‘Hunger “The goal of my cause is to
has no Boundaries.’ There are run one step for each person
no boundaries between hunger that dies of hunger,” said Henry. 
at home and hunger abroad and “25,000 people die every day,
there should certainly not be and I’m trying to run 25,000
boundaries between those who steps a day which works out to
take responsibility to end world be about 30 miles.”
hunger,” explained Armstrong. The formal proceedings of the
The summit was kick-started summit began on Feb. 26 after
on Friday by the arrival of a rousing key note address by
Joseph Henry. Unlike most of
the attendees, Joseph chose not
to drive or fly to the summit. see “HUNGER,” page 5
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ran 500 miles from The White
House in Washington, D.C.
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raise $100,000 for The United
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Refugee Camp(us)
WUSC fundraiser
brings to light the
challenges faced by
refugees
ANDREA LAMARRE
F
ew Canadian students can
imagine life in a refugee
camp in Kenya. The
temperature regularly climbs
to 40 degrees, the dust settles
on everything it touches and
the demands are high. Caring
for younger siblings, lining up
for water, cooking dinner from
meager rations and trying to
attain good grades all factor
into daily life for students in
refugee camps, a life that is
difficult to relate to in our
technologically-connected and
relatively privileged society. The
University of Guelph’s chapter
of the World University Service
of Canada (WUSC) is raising
awareness about the challenges
of life in a such a place with
their “Refugee Camp(us)” event
running from March 7 to 11.
Students will pledge to remain
on campus throughout the week
and participate in informative
events for the student body.
Refugee Camp(us) aims to
draw attention to the importance
“GRAD LOUNGE,”
continued
support local businesses, giving
them an opportunity,” said Irvine.
“We use Paisley Fine Foods for a
lot of our meats…It’s so worth it
and so rewarding to support locally
or when you shop globally, [to] find
out where it’s coming from and
what your money is doing when
you spend that money.”
PhD candidate Tara Holland,
who has long been a Grad Lounge
go-er, is enthusiastic about the
changes that have been made.
“I think they’ve done a really good
job keeping the feel the same,” said
Holland. “It seems a lot cleaner
and nicer looking inside without
changing the atmosphere too
much. Overall, it just seems nicer
inside. I think the food is much
better. It’s really fresh. It’s great
to have a few more choices on the
menu. And I love all the beers on
tap, it’s a really good addition.”
One Physics graduate student
explained their reasoning for
of sponsoring refugees to study
at the university. Gatluak G.
Deng, one such student, came
to the University of Guelph
this academic year to study
Biological Science.
“In Kenya, it’s a different
story, starting with the different
type of food they eat. Refugees
depend on rations given by
UNHCR twice a month…They
just make temporary houses out
of wood and sticks, a make-
shift kind of thing. Some people
stay in tents made by UNHCR,
which don’t last long because the
sun is so strong. It’s not like here
in Canada… temperatures go up
into the 40s,” he described.
The process of selection
for student refugees is highly
competitive, according to both
Deng and Allison Broadbent,
staff advisor for WUSC.
“WUSC does an amazing job
with the number of students
that they sponsor, but it is one of
the only opportunities for post-
secondary education for students
who can finish high school in
the camps, which in itself is a
challenge,” said Broadbent.
Students must achieve specific
academic standards and display
proficiency in English in order
to qualify. Applying to the
enjoying the Grad Lounge
environment.
“It’s a good place to hang out
where you don’t necessarily have
to buy anything,” said the student.
“It’s better than being downstairs,”
noting the more secluded
environment that the Grad Lounge
permits. When asked about which
change was most welcomed, the
answer was easy: “the beer.”
With a tweaked design and
a tasty new menu, the return of
the Grad Lounge has been most
welcomed. If students wish to
see additional changes, Irvine is
open to feedback and happy to
accommodate concerns.
“We’ve already after two weeks
changed the menu,” said Irvine.
“That’s with the chalkboard
menus. If something’s not selling
or a population says they’d like to
see something on the menu, then
fantastic. Let’s figure out how we
can do that and do it the best we
can.”
Mar. 3 - 9, 2011
program carries its own unique
challenges.
“Moving around was not easy;
that was the biggest challenge.
Also trying to balance classes
and the students you are
teaching,” explained Deng, who
taught younger refugees English
while applying to WUSC.
Refugee Camp(us) focuses
on raising awareness about
the Student Refugee Program,
but WUSC programming
encompasses several different
initiatives.
“There are a lot of different
programs, but what our school
focuses on is the Shine a Light
program for women’s education
in the refugee camps and the
Student Refugee Program,”
said Shawna Smith, a member
of WUSC and undergraduate
student studying International
Development.
The Shine a Light program
provides solar lighting to women
in refugee camps, allowing
them to study at night, one of
the many roadblocks in the
path of education for women.
Women are often expected to
perform traditional household
duties while undertaking their
education and are often unable
to attend school on a regular
The Grad Lounge has re-opened with a transformed menu and an ever-
fresh feel.
basis. Resultantly, the ratio of
women to men who qualify to
be sponsored is highly skewed,
a problem being actively
addressed by WUSC. Currently,
the local committee at the U of
G is raising funds in conjunction
with Harcourt United Church
to enable a woman and her
dependent child to study at the
University of Guelph next year.
“There are so many barriers
with women and education …
we’re trying to overcome this
through sponsoring the woman
and her child and also through
the Shine a Light program,” said
Abigail Menendez, a member of
WUSC.
WUSC’s sponsorship of
refugee students is but one way
in which students can take part
in making global change. As
Broadbent explained, “A lot of
students don’t even realize that
they’re donating a small portion
of their fees to the program, and
it’s such an important part of
where our funding comes from
… Students should be aware of
that and how that small donation
that each of them [provides] is
making a huge impact in the
lives of two students every year.”
Pam Duynstee
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Crisis continues to
unfold in Libya, Canada
to showcase military
presence
A military frigate is planned to
depart from Charlottetown to the
Libyan coast, in an international
effort to respond to Libyan
dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s
violent crackdown on protesters.
Billions of Gadhafi’s assets have
been frozen by the Canadian
government, to strip Gadhafi’s
financial privileges after death tolls
have climbed to approximately
2,000 people. Over 100,000
people have fled Libya, which has
been increasingly violent ever since
protests took place to oust Gadhafi
from power, following a string of
other Middle Eastern and North
African political revolutions.
CBC
Judge tries to use
Facebook photos for
evidence
Erica Sparks, a woman living in
New Brunswick, was injured in
a 2008 car accident and sued the
other driver for damages. The
insurance company of the other
driver recommended that Sparks’
Facebook photos be used to better
understand the injuries suffered by
Sparks. A New Brunswick judge
agreed and made an order to the
woman’s lawyer that her Facebook
photos be seized in order to
substantiate the severity of her
injuries. The judge explained that
individuals involved in lawsuits do
not often delete information from
a social network site, so attaining
the photos would be beneficial for
the case. CBC
International Women’s
Day to be celebrated
in Guelph through
movement
International Women’s Day will
bring together some of Guelph’s
most outstanding dancers. The
Guelph Contemporary Dance
Festival and Dance Theatre David
Earle will combine to present a
program entitled Women’s Voices
which will be performed during
the evening of March 8, at John.
F. Ross High School. The mother
of choreographer Janet Johnson
inspired one of the pieces that will
be performed. Johnson hopes to
see many women’s stories come to
life through the display of dance.
Guelph Mercury
Compiled by Kelsey Rideout
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News
Silence in the boardroom
Disputed conversation
in CSA Board of
Directors meeting leads
to questions over the
“silencing” of others
KELSEY RIDEOUT
NICOLE ELSASSER
O
n Feb. 16, a Board of
Directors meeting took
place at the Central
Student Association (CSA)
boardroom. In attendance
was former CSA Academic &
University Affairs Commissioner
Nathan Lachowsky,
presented on the 2010 Tuition
Student Survey. When it came
time for questioning, Denise
Martins, CSA External Affairs
Commissioner began to ask a
question about tuition fees, a
major part of her portfolio.
A dispute arose over the
conversation that Martins and
Lachowsky exchanged when
Martins began asking questions.
Lachowsky claims that Martins
repeatedly interrupted him while
he was attempting to respond to
the question.
“I just said to her to let me finish
answering the question, because I
might get to answering whatever
your supplemental might be
before you ask it and waste your
supplemental [question] because
you’re only supposed to have
one,” explained Lachowsky. “So
I continued speaking and then
every time I tried to take a pause
or a break, she would interject
a few words…I found it very
disrespectful.”
Lachowsky was particularly
frustrated when, after repeatedly
interrupting him, Martins then
claimed that she had nothing to
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say. At the time, he didn’t feel
it necessary to take any further
action to express his concerns
over Martins’ conduct.
“After the meeting I debated
sending an e-mail saying that
I found the actions towards me
inappropriate and disrespectful
but I know the executives deal
with a lot…I decided to just let
it go,” said Lachowsky.
The dispute stayed quiet until
an e-mail was sent to Lachowsky
from Communications
Corporate Affairs Commissioner,
Demetria Jackson. Indicating
who that the letter was of her own
opinion, Jackson disclosed that
she did not consider Lachowsky
welcome to future meetings,
and that she would initiate a
motion that would seek not
to extend speaking rights to
Lachowsky should he attend
a future meeting. Lachowsky
felt shocked after reading the
commissioner’s words.
“As a former student leader
and a current student leader in
the graduate community, I think
those kind of responses from
democratically elected student
representatives have no place on
this campus,” said Lachowsky.
Jackson defended the e-mail she
sent, describing the event at the
Board of Directors very differently
from Lachowsky’s account.
“Lachowsky took a pause,
and Denise went to clarify her
question, and he said, ‘I’m not
done.’ So he continued answering
and then he took another pause,
and then Denise asked another
question and wanted to clarify.
And he kept talking over her. He
said ‘I’m going to keep talking,
I’m going to keep talking….’He
didn’t want to accept the fact
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& participation I think is really
that it was an accident. She kept
apologizing…She had nothing
to say afterwards because he
belittled her in front of everyone,”
explained Jackson.
Others in the room expressed
concern over Lachowsky’s
remarks, according to Jackson.
“A few board members after
that said, ‘Woah. What was
wrong with Nathan?’ That’s
unacceptable, you can’t come into
this space and act that way…Just
because someone interrupted
[him]? I have people interrupt
me all the time, it doesn’t mean
you react that way.”
Don’t judge a book by its cover
The U of G Library
presents this year’s
Human Library
KELSEY RIDEOUT
T
he Human Library is
an annual event that
provides students with a
unique chance to meet and get
to know individuals who belong
to groups facing challenges and
discrimination. On March 3 to
March 4, students can go to the
3rd and 4th floor of the library
to reserve real-life books. For 30
minutes, students can sit down
with individuals of their choice
and engage in open dialogue
and learn more about their
experience. Examples of this
year’s participants include an
individual living with mental
illness, a survivor of Sri Lankan
conflict, a victim of sexual
violence, and a man’s experience
being gay. There are over two-
dozen Books to choose from.
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Cort Egan, Manager
of Communications of
Organizational Services at the
Megan Verhey
Martins agreed with Jackson’s
interpretation of the meeting.
According to Martins, the CSA
executive was notified that the
e-mail was going to be sent out
ahead of time, and did not object
to its content.
“The fact is that [the CSA
Executive] understood that
Demetria has a right to say
that and express how she felt…
So when she brought it to
executive…she let us know
basically what it was. I don’t
think it’s our place to comment
or stop her.”
Jackson and Martins
U of G, helped to organize the
Human Library, and explained
its overall significance.
“There are a number of things
that I value about the Human
Library event but what I think
value most about it is the fact
that it celebrates diversity and
provides a rare opportunity to
understand and appreciate each
other better,” said Egan.
The Human Library is
a welcome addition to the
world of literature found at
the McLaughlin Library, and
according to Egan, promotes
the same great aspects carried by
literary arts.
“What I enjoy most about
literature is the opportunity to
explore unknown and foreign
worlds in the comfort of my own
reading chair,” said Egan. “The
Human Library offers the same
sense of wonder, exploration and
discovery with the added bonus
that you can ask questions and
probe deeper into these new
worlds.”
Egan described the benefits of
students attending the Human
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emphasized Jackson’s democratic
right to put forth a motion that
could be voted on to remove
any individual speaking rights
in a future meeting. Lachowsky
however, could not recall a time
when that has ever been done in
the past.
“I think [removing speaking
rights] sends a very strong sign,
and is a very strong movement
by a board…To vocalize the will
to personally subdue someone’s
really challenging and upsetting
to me,” said Lachowsky.
Jackson’s interpretation of the
dispute remains polarized from
that of Lachowsky’s. She feels
that the resulting controversy has
pointed out bigger issues, one
of them being the need to hold
more anti-oppression training at
the governance level.
Meanwhile, Lachowsky hopes
broader lessons can be learned
from the incident as well.
“It’s sort of unfortunate that
this story is being highlighted,
to be honest…I hope that
undergraduate students read
[this] story and regardless of
what side they feel was correct
or incorrect, that it’s a catalyst
for getting engaged and doing
something about democracy
and free speech and open
participation in our student
governments. I think that’s the
most important thing to take
away from this.”
Library and learning from its
range of personal, inspiring
reads.
“One of the best things about
being a student, although it’s hard
to appreciate this fact until after
you graduate, is having the time
and opportunity to open your
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reality from you and that you
would otherwise probably never
meet. It forces you to explore
and examine your own values
and it allows you to view the
world - if only for half an hour
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libraries across the world, visit
the McLaughlin library website
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“HUNGER,” continued
Joey Adler, CEO of Diesel
Canada. During the course of
the day, 10 separate panels took
place, fostering discussions on
issues from the role of NGOs to
the work of the corporate sector.
One specific panel entitled
‘Taking Campus Initiatives
Global’ featured University of
Guelph undergraduate student,
Tyler Valiquette. Valiquette
was representing the Canada
Crossing initiative which he
co-created with University of
Guelph undergraduates, Jason
Morgenstern and Joel Saunders.
These students will be biking
across the entire country this
summer to raise awareness
about local hunger and money
for Meal Exchange. Valiquette
expressed admiration for the
variety of people he was able to
meet at the summit.
“We started this initiative not
more that three or four months
ago and it just exploded. We
didn’t anticipate to be where
we are today. To be a part of the
Demystifying a religion that’s often misunderstood
U of G hosts Islamic
Awareness Week
KELSEY RIDEOUT
F
or some time now, there
has been a growing
movement amongst
western states to embrace
secularism. Religion is not meant
to be a part of political affairs,
at least theoretically. Islam
however, is often situated at the
forefront of political dialogue
largely due to its contested
role in modern Middle Eastern
wars. For organizers of Islamic
Awareness Week, providing
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same panel discussion as these
distinguished speakers who
have accomplished so much at
their schools already, is really
an amazing honour and I’m
just so happy that I’m here
and able to make connections
and spread my message,” said
Valiquette.
A very unique aspect of
the Universities Fighting
World Hunger Summit is that
students and industry leaders
are both able to attend and
come together in dialogue. Phil
Donne, representing Campbell
Company Canada, was very
optimistic about how students
with humanitarian and business
inklings could combine the two
and affect the philanthropic
activities of corporations from
the inside.
“I think just by the virtue
of new people coming in with
a higher expectation of what
companies should do, will
change the agenda. Ultimately,
companies have to respond to
the marketplace, but they also
place of an increasingly confused
understanding of Islam, is a
major goal of the event.
“Our job here is to spread the
message of Islam,” explained
Huda Wali, a second year
Biological Science student
and co-coordinator of Islamic
Awareness Week . “In the media,
you see misconceptions of Islam.
They say Islam is a religion about
war. There’s a lot of posters here
about war. [Our teachings] say,
‘if you kill an innocent, it’s as if
you have killed all of mankind.’”
This year’s weeklong event,
which runs from Monday Feb.
28 to Friday March 4, is focused
on Islamic History. The relations
between Christianity, Judaism
and Islam from a historical
context is one of the topics
being explored throughout the
week. Wali emphasized the need
to spread authentic knowledge
in order to understand any given
religion.
“In our religion, the first verse
in the Quran states, ‘Read in the
name of God.’ What that means
is in order to understand your
religion, you need knowledge
and if you don’t have knowledge,
there’s no way for you to
understand the concept of your
religion,” said Wali.
Volunteers for Islamic
Awareness Week have engaged
with the student body by setting
up booths and resources about
Islam throughout the University
Centre. Students have been able
to informally walk through the
have to respond to the workplace.
I think that’s where the real
opportunity comes. [Students]
are learning about the green
side of business much faster and
more comprehensively than my
generation,” said Donne.
The Summit closed with
perhaps its most resonating
event, ‘The Pledge’ session.
People from over 150 universities
and 30 countries convened in
Rozanski 101 to pledge how
they would continue the fight
against hunger.
At the summit’s closing
banquet, Dr. Ray Buchanan left
us with one riveting quote by
Spanish poet Frederico Garcia
Lorca.
“The day that hunger is
eradicated from the earth there
will be the greatest spiritual
explosion the world has ever
known. Humanity cannot
imagine the joy that will burst
into the world on the day of that
great revolution.” Everybody
knows we’re still far from that
day. But hopefully with ongoing
UC and educate themselves.
Nicholas Lamirande, a Political
Science and Economics student
and a member from Atheos,
an on-campus club for people
without faith, read from the
display booths and picked up
the Quran. While he considers
himself to be atheist, he has an
appreciation for understanding
different faiths.
“I like to learn about faiths
and all the different beliefs out
there, so I’m glad that they’re
showcasing their beliefs for
everyone...It helps because when
we have these discussions either
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events like the Universities
Fighting World Hunger
Summit, we’ll be able to inch a
little closer.
out answers to controversial
questions. One of them asked
why Islamic women wear a head
scarf. Wali hopes that Islamic
Awareness Week will provide
some clarity over how the
Muslim faith views gender and
women.
“In Islam, women are
supposed to be treated like
queens, basically,” said Wali. “A
lot of people don’t know this but
the Islamic prophet Mohammed
gave a lot of freedom to women.
Back in the day, people were
ashamed to have daughters…
Men would carry on the family
name but the women wouldn’t.
The women would just get
married. But the prophet said
no, women have a lot of purpose
in life.”
Wali provided a story from the
Hadith collections, a grouping of
Megan Verhey sacred Muslim texts, to further
accurately describe Islamic
between faith and with people attitudes towards women.
who are non-believers…[it is] “A guy asked the prophet,
better if everyone’s informed,” ‘Who should you love first?’
said Lamirande. He said, ‘Your mother.’ Then
Being misunderstood he said, ‘Who else?’ He said,
based on beliefs about faith ‘Your mother.’ ‘Who else?’ ‘Your
is something Lamirande mother.’ He said your mother
could empathize with. three times, then he answered,
“I mean we’re misunderstood,” your father.”
said Lamirande. “In certain
countries if we state to some
authority figure that we’re
atheist, they’ll kill us. We
completely understand the
whole stigma thing.”
There was also a table set up
in the UC for the public to write
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Arts & Culture
Life in the Trenches explored at McCrae House
Home of famous war
poet hosts new exhibit
showing what life might
have been like in the
trenches of WWI
KIRSTI JUURAKKO
T
o his friends he was known
as “Jack.” Long before
student housing overtook
the area, he spent his summers at
his grandfather’s farm at College
Avenue and Janefield. He made
numerous sketches while on the
battlefields of Europe, and wrote
one of the world’s most notable
contemporary poems. When
most people think of Lieutenant-
Colonel John McCrae they
think of his famous World War I
poem, In Flanders’ Fields. Few of
them realize the poet and soldier
was born and raised in Guelph,
Ontario.
McCrae house, located near the
Speed River on Water Street and
built in 1858, is the birthplace of
John McCrae. This “historic home
that was preserved in the 1960s,”
as McCrae House’s Emily Rooks
addresses it, was preserved through
community efforts amidst plans
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Toro Y Moi,
Underneath the Pine
TAHLIA DYER
C
haz Bundick, the native
South Carolina artist
better known as Toro Y
Moi, is back. His LP officially
dropped digitally on February 22,
and it’s sensational. Prior to this
latest album, Bundick released his
EP, Causers of This in early 2010.
Underneath the Pine was intended
for release shortly after the EP, but
was delayed. The long anticipation
that surrounded Underneath the
Pine is over and, well, let’s just say
it was worth the wait.
The strange yet somehow
visually appealing exotic cover art,
quite different from that of his first
album, only begins to peak the
curiousity that unfolds the creative
and unique works of Bundick. The
direction of the new album has
perhaps continued the momentum
of the “chill wave” movement, but
has rather successfully set Bundick
apart from former comparisons.
A reinvention of his sound is
revealed in this album that focuses
more on live instrumentation than
anything. Bundick’s unique and
for the property to be developed
into apartment buildings. McCrae
house has since been restored, and
is now a museum depicting the life
and times of John McCrae.
Currently the McCrae House
is featuring an exhibit called Life
in the Trenches, which showcases
objects from World War I
including bullets, shrapnel, and
socks that were dug from a trench
near Ypres in Belgium.
“[It shows] how tough life
was in the trenches,” said Rooks,
adding that their Life in the
Trenches exhibit shows there was
much more to World War I than
just the fighting. “[The exhibit]
goes along with the life of John
McCrae.”
The exhibit is an appropriate
choice for the McCrae house,
since John McCrae spent much
of his time during WWI in the
trenches. Many hours of the day
in the trenches were lived in fear
of attack, and even moments of
relative peace were spent living in
filth. Illnesses like trench-foot and
lice were common characteristics
of the life McCrae was for so long
a part of. To pass the time some
soldiers would create “trench art,”
progressive tracks range from lush
and groovy to psychedelic and
funky.
To get a taste of his new album,
the singles “Still Sound” and “New
Beat” are worth soaking in. “New
Beat” offers a fresh sound featuring
a moving bass line and luminous
hook. “Still Sound” offers a funky
pop sound with yet another epic
bass line and ultimately groove-
tastic vibe. Bundick is able to
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including pictures and items like
letter openers from bullet and shell
casings. Though legitimate, most
of this art is not signed, a result
of the government’s ban during
the war on individuals using its
property for personal reasons.
Upon entering the museum one
can see the many images, letters,
pictures and tableware that portray
McCrae’s life growing up in Guelph,
his life as a doctor, and his time as a
soldier. Some of the rooms in the
house have been restored to show
what life would have been like when
McCrae lived there.
The mission statement of
Guelph’s museums, including
McCrae house, is “inspiring an
appreciation of Guelph’s past and
its relevance to our present and
future development.” People are
able to visit McCrae house and
discover the history on their own,
with educational programs for Kirsti Juurakko
school groups being offered as well. Once the home of Flanders Fields poet John McCrae, the McCrae House
“[At McCrae house people can] is now one of Guelph’s most important historical sites, and a museum
get away from just listening to now hosting the WWI exhibit Life in the Trenches
stories and reading from texts,”
said Rooks. She added that visitors in. Their current exhibit, Life in the of a medal as you experience the
can find a learning experience that Trenches provides the opportunity history of John McCrae, an iconic
is complemented by the hands-on to try on a soldier’s helmet, sit on symbol of Guelph, of Canada, and
activities visitors are able to partake a soldier’s cot or make a rubbing of peace.
that is short-lived, but stands out. Bundick’s newest dance project,
As a fan of Toro Y Moi, one where you can hear many parallels
may notice upon first listen that to his other work.
this album is quite different from Bundick’s ever-changing
his first. As a result of expecting stylistic approaches and tweaks in
a replica, or at least a similar his works are sure to explode as the
sounding album, it may take a outpouring of the second album
couple of listens to sink into. inaugurates, especially with the
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stylistically add several astonishing
twists that transform relatively old
tricks like grooves, hooks and bass
lines into extraordinary sounds.
Urban Outfitters exclusively
previewed the album prior to
its release, further increasing its
hype. The album stream offered a
further insight to the sensational
blow-up of other tracks on the
album including “Divina,” a purely
instrumental, piano-heavy piece
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peut vouloir dire des vies en danger. Mon travail
consiste à inspecter et à réparer le matériel de
communication de mon équipe. Je fais en sorte
que tous restent en contact pour que tous
restent en sécurité. »
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Arts & Culture
Latin-jazz-funk band Rebel Rhythm gracing U of Guelph once more
RACHEL SCAPILLATI
T
he swaying Latin
vocals and Afro-Cuban
percussions take you away
to the sandy beaches of Cuba.
The jazz infusion of trumpets
and piano then place you in a
small and dimly lit café in New
York City. The funk rhythm bops
along to the beat of a nightclub
in Toronto.
Put these international sounds
together and you have the Latin-
jazz-funk influenced band, Rebel
Rhythm from Toronto.
As part of the University of
Guelph’s ten show series of the
Thursday at Noon Concert Series
sponsored by the School of Fine
Arts and Music and the College
of Arts, Rebel Rhythm will be
performing this Thursday in the
MacKinnon Building.
Rebel Rhythm’s origins began
when front man and pianist,
Amadeo Ventura and his brother,
congo player, Ernesto Ventura,
formed their first Latin band
over 15 years ago and this was
where they met the current
members of their band. However,
it would not be until 2007 that
Rebel Rhythm would be formed.
“We all worked on various
projects [when our first band
What are you reading?
started] and soon we got too
busy with these other projects
to keep up with that band,” said
Ventura. “Then around four years
ago I started writing some new
compositions and decided to get
the musicians that I thought would
best fit the sound I was looking for.
I started working with my brother
and Luisito Orbegoso and that
was the birth of Rebel Rhythm.”
Besides Ventura and his
brother Ernesto, the band now
comprises of Orbegoso on vocals,
Mario Del Monte on percussion
and Jesse Turton on bass.
Their unique sound contributes
to a wealth of irresistible beats and
rhythms, making the listener tap
their feet and sway their shoulders
to the music. One of their songs,
Sonrisas, seems to transcend time
with its 1970s influenced funk,
whereas Antillano creates a jazzy
upbeat sound.
“I can honestly say that it is
these music styles that chose us
and not the other way around,”
said Ventura. “Our musical
influences are very diverse and
I’ve always seen us as a genre-
defying band. We grew up
listening to soul, funk, rock and
jazz just as much as Latin music.
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way to describe our sound and
these are sounds that come out
naturally when performing.”
Ventura also commented that
the band members have known
each other for so long that little
preparation is needed before
performing live shows. Instead
of relying on copious amounts
of rehearsal time, he said,
“during a performance we are
communicating through music
and understand where a band
member wants to take a song.”
The band also enjoys
collaborations and improvising
to create a unique experience.
The focus is on ensuring “no two
performances are the same” and
keeping their music “fresh and
enjoyable.”
While the band originally
comes from Toronto, Ventura
and Turton currently reside in
Guelph.
“We have played in Guelph
on various occasions and always
have a great time,” said Ventura.
“I’m actually in the process of
having an Afro-funk night at
Van Gogh’s Ear on Wednesdays
starting  March 23. Guelph is a
vibrant musical city that needs
more accessible venues for
musicians, and artists in general,
Richard Matheson, I
Am Legend (1954)
PATRICK MCEACHNIE
C
hances are if you’ve been
paying even a minimal
amount of attention to
pop-culture over the last couple of
years, you’ve heard of I Am Legend.
While the novel might not be the
first thing that comes to mind,
you’re at the very least thinking
of the 2007 film adaptation
starring Will Smith, which itself
is the third film adaptation of the
work. If this is the case, forget
everything you think you know
about I Am Legend. Like most, the
adaptation was little more than
a cash cow that way too many
people paid attention to. It even
resulted in an edition of the novel
with Smith on the cover.
The novel follows Robert
Neville, a pseudo-messiah who
believes he is the sole benefactor
of the human race, or as genre
staple Max Brooks would say, a
LMOE (la-mo (Last Man On
Earth)). Despite the following
genre that Matheson helped
pioneer, it’s impossible to peg
Latin, Afro-Cuban infused group Rebel Rhythm will perform for the
traditional Thursday Concerts, this Thursday at noon.
to showcase their talents.”
Nuestra Musica, Rebel
Rhythm’s first album, was
released over a year ago and can
be found on iTunes and Amazon,
and select songs are available on
their MySpace for listening. The
the antagonists of I Am Legend
as zombies, vampires, or even
monsters. Rather, they’re simply
“infected.” The infected are far
more imposing than they’ve
been in any adaptation since the
original publication in 1954; they
are vastly intelligent, conscious
beings containing the original
archetypes present within all
modern day works of horror.
Not only can the infected speak,
think and act; they can organize.
They are society. This is the basis
for much of the novel, and more
specifically the horror element.
Rather than using the infected
as the entire source of horror, a
crutch so many since have used,
Matheson creates the perfect
work of isolation-horror. One
might think that a tale about a
sole human would fall flat before
it ever took off, but it is this very
isolation that drives Robert’s
physical and mental deterioration.
Every day Robert prepares for the
rest of his life by securely boarding
his house in between fits of angst-
driven depression and compulsive
binge drinking. Without needing
to expand on the idea, I can
assure you that Robert is far from
the chiseled ball of optimism
portrayed in the most recent film.
At multiple times in the text
the reader stands right beside
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band is working on a new album
and Ventura commented that,
“the biggest challenge for our
latest album has been creating
a sound that is cohesive and yet
incorporates the styles of music
that we love to play.”
Robert, on the edge of exhaustion
and carried only by their last
hope. Without spoiling too
much for you, Robert comes to
a life-changing realization (as if
his life could become any more
polarizing), thanks to the help of
a couple newfound companions
-oh you knew it was coming- and
a burnt out, redundant sense of
self-preservation.
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Arts & Culture
University band ends long run in Guelph
Local group Your Neck
of the Woods nears end
of university career, and
time as a band
JOSH DOYLE
“W
e met in a Turkish
bath,” said Nicole
Bilyea, telling
her own version of the story
behind how a group of U of G
students came together in the
early years of their education to
form a bluegrass band. Alas, this
tale is as much an invention as
the many others Bilyea and her
band mates tell through song.
Your Neck of the Woods, as they
know themselves, formed in of the
open minds of several university
students during their first year at
school. In the residence rooms
of our university, while books of
psychology and economics laid flat
on the floor, a mandolin, a banjo
and a set of drums were forming
the foundation of what would
grow to become not a band, but a
musical family. That musical family
performed yet another in town
show at Jimmy Jazz last Thursday.
Despite it being reading week,
the house was packed, and the
atmosphere excitable.
“It started out loosely in first year
and then the band pulled together
in the summer between second
and third,” said Bilyea, vocalist and
mandolin player for the Woods.
“Tom Schiks (banjo, vocals), Julia
Stead (drums) and I met in first
year and then Ben joined in second
year, and that’s when things took
more of their current form.”
With Ben Doerksen came the
addition of more mandolin, guitar
and vocal accompaniment, making
for the strong and eclectic vocal and
instrumental sections that give this
band so much presence on stage.
Further additions to the band came
with Mado Imrie, who brought a
violin and fiddle, and Dave Riedstra
with his upright bass.
While many students struggle
to balance school with two nights
of drinking a week, it’s almost
surprising that some people can
hold together a band over the
uneven terrain of a university
career. What’s more surprising is
that they did it with a bluegrass
band. Out of the wood works come
indie, folk and alternative rock
bands –for which we are thankful-
Mar. 3 - 9, 2011
but few and far between are bands
willing to make mandolins and
banjos their musical tools.
“I think a lot of us grew up
in small towns, and we liked
the folk aspect. I worked at a fly
fishing outpost in the Northwest
Territories for a summer and they
had a little bluegrass band up there
so I started learning bluegrass with
the mandolin, and really getting
in to some old time classics,” said
Bilyea. “We love story-telling
music.”
This love is obvious in their
music; almost as obvious as their
love of bluegrass, which they do
such justice. When they kick off
“Cabin in the Woods” with the
traditional “one, two, one-two-
three-four,” it’s tradition with an
appreciation for the contemporary.
While the music on their self-
titled EP is full of twang, and
happily skips about with upbeat
string sounds the way bluegrass
should, the lyrics and vocal input
can at times head a different route,
making a sound all but predictable.
A certain melancholy finds its
way into some of the vocals that
moves beyond what you might
call bluegrass, sorting its way
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through the subtleties
of unhurried folk. Songs
like “Here I Shall Find”
feel grave at a vocal
level, like they should
be accompanied by a
slow heavy guitar, but
true to their bluegrass
fusion the track is
instead carried along by
a bouncy banjo and hand
drum. The greatest thing
about their sound is you
think you could recreate
it all in your living
room. Finally, you’ll Courtesy
never be more modestly Local group Your Neck of the Woods
proud to be Canadian performed at Jimmy Jazz last Thursday, and
than after hearing again this Thursday March 3 at Brass Taps.
“60th Degree.” Nor will Their time as a band has spanned their
you have any doubts university career, which will come to a close
about this six-some’s at the end of this term.
songwriting ability, as
they wholeheartedly deliver a together forming one coherent,
sanguine tale about love longing inviting sound. Staying true to local
that uses our geography to talk roots, they’re EP was produced by
about distance, both emotional fellow local talent Josh Doerksen
and timely. at Guelph’s Synn Studios.
The simplicity behind Your Unfortunately the university
Neck of the Woods is only a ruse career of this lovely group is coming
meant to dissuade you from seeing to a close, meaning you should
the complexity of it all, as they tie catch their show at Oxjam ‘11 this
a multitude of sounds and ideas Thursday, March 3 at Brass Taps.
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Arts & Culture
What, you thought knitting wasn’t cool?
U of G grad discusses
the very “in” practice of
knitting
JOSH DOYLE
W
hat’s your hobby? This
is a question often
reserved for general
meetings or first dates, when we
simply don’t know what else to
ask. Most of the time it’s met with
a blank stare, or a half-hearted
mention of an understated gaming
addiction. For some though, the
answer is confident, enthusiastic
even. For some, the answer is
knitting.
This is the answer recent U of
G graduate Victoria Michalowsky
would give without a moments
thought. It’s been only a year and a
half since she picked up the craft, but
she’s had her head down ever since,
knitting gifts for family members
and countless articles for herself,
filling the in between moments
carousing blogs about techniques,
and writing one of her own. Her
current project; a pair of socks with
an intimidating pattern that looks
as though it would take you all
winter to complete. Michalowsky
says she’ll work on them for an hour
or two a day, and it will actually take
her more like a week.
“I studied art when I was at
Guelph. I was always told by my
Where it’s at with Josh Doyle: The choice to date online
This is a column
pertaining to interests
in art, culture, and the
overall state of things.
Sometimes this will
be complicated, other
times very simple, but
every single time, this
will be…where it’s at.
JOSH DOYLE
T
he world of online dating
has made things a lot easier
for a lot of people. It has
cut down on the time we invest
in the lengthy process of dating,
and created a friendly avenue of
bonding for the socially shy or
awkward. It has simplified a very
complex cultural practice, making
it more concise and effective.
After all, dating is such a hit or
miss thing. Time after time a
single person will meet someone
potentially interesting and agree
to go on a date with them, only to
find they’ve wasted their time and
have absolutely no interest in seeing
them again. In the online world this
is unlikely to happen. You can sort
profiles and trade messages for as
long as desired before ever feeling
professors, ‘Artists have a very
addictive personality.’ I got addicted
to knitting. I haven’t knitted very
long but I’ve gone head over heels
into it,” said Michalowsky.
While many see knitting as a
hobby reserved for elderly folk,
not the least of whom might be
their grandmother, they would be
poorly informed. Knitting is on the
rise, gaining popularity through the
abundant knitting blogs accessible
today, and sites like Ravelry, which
essentially act as a Facebook for
knitters. The way people approach
knitting in general is changing as
young adults, with their willingness
to expand on the foundation laid by
their grandmas, are taking the craft
to new heights.
“I find a lot of old women who
knit know the basics, and they could
probably get around doing more
complicated things, but they choose
not to. Younger knitters are willing
to experiment and take knitting to a
whole new level,” said Michalowsky.
You need only type the name
Janet Morton into Google to find
an artist who has done just that.
She and others in the community
have turned this traditionally
conservative past time into an art
form, covering trees and household
items, and even houses (yes, entire
houses covered in knitting) with
their own patterns.
And if you think knitting is
obligated to meet in person. This
gives you the opportunity to really
know someone before meeting him
or her, so that you don’t waste any
time…
If that last sentence stood out
as odd to you, this is a good thing.
Question: How much can you really
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without its icons, you’d be wrong
there too. Knitting publications and
random acts of artistic expression
have led the especially talented,
or at least the ambitious to have
much the same relationship with
their fans as any celebrated artist or
musician. Michalowsky knows this
truth first hand, or at least she hopes
to sometime soon.
“One of my favourite knitting
bloggers/writers lives in Toronto,”
said Michalowsky, ensuring that
star status exists in the knitting
world. “I hope one day when I’m
in a downtown Toronto yarn shop
she’ll end up right beside me
and I can talk to her, after I stop
hyperventilating.”
This isn’t all together unlikely
either. You may be surprised to find
Toronto is considered the knitting
capital of the world, due to its
wealth of yarn shops and notable
artists.
To Michalowsky, knitting
isn’t something done as quickly
as possible in hopes of creating
wardrobes or providing her entire
social circle with something to wear,
although these are well appreciated
results of her labours. At the heart
of it all is a past time that she
finds both fulfilling and enjoyable,
something with which you can keep
yourself busy and choose your own
involvement.
“Good sock yarn costs maybe
Megan Verhey
know about someone you’ve met
online? You can know about their
job and their hobbies, perhaps even
their family, and what their sense
of humour is like. But in the end,
you can only know what they’ve let
you know. What you won’t know
are the things they aren’t telling
ten dollars. That will take you about
a week of knitting everyday for
an hour or two. You could pay ten
dollars to go to a movie, which only
lasts you about two hours. You have
two hours of entertainment for ten
bucks, or a week of entertainment,”
said Michalowsky.
It seems knitting may be cooler
than you thought, but if you’re just
finding this out now there’s no
need to panic. You can start any
you. I don’t just mean the things
they’re leaving out, but the things
they couldn’t POSSIBLY tell you.
Things like their mannerisms, the
way they conduct themselves in a
conversation, and the overall feeling
you have when you’re around them.
These are important components
of personal relationships, and it’s
likely these more than anything else
will create the connection that will
take a relationship of any level past
the “getting to know one another”
phase. Sure, you’ll get to this stage
once you decide to go on a date,
but what do we gain from all this
preliminary discussion? After all,
there are no guarantees. We may
learn about a persons interests and
intentions, and these are certainly
valuable things. That’s the great
thing about online dating. But can’t
you just as easily do this within
5 minutes of conversation with
someone on the bus, at a bar, or in a
park on a Saturday?
I’d like to challenge the idea that
we should avoid meeting people in
person because it’s intimidating.
Yes, being rejected hurts, but it’s
a part of life. The better we get
at handling it, the more we can
become strong enough not to care
what complete strangers think of
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Courtesy
time, and the world of knitting is
an inclusive one. Just go buy a ball
of thick yarn, some long needles
and an instructional book (all
considered beginner items) and
try for yourself. Or better yet, drop
by a yarn shop like Guelph’s All
Strung Out, where you can learn
and purchase everything you need
to start knitting. It’s probably for the
best, since you’re only miles from
the knitting capital of the world.
us. And who’s to say going out
with someone you don’t end up
liking means you’ve wasted any
time? As much as a “miss” date may
feel pointless, it probably wasn’t.
Everyone has something to offer,
even if you have no connection
with them over a cup of coffee. The
odds are that you will have learned
something from every prolonged
interaction, about yourself or other
people.
My worry is that we are
submitting ourselves further to
the confines of an online life; that
social networking is hindering our
ability to socialize and take social
risks. We become so busy with
our jobs that we talk to our friends
over Facebook, and have no time to
meet potential partners (or at least
none to waste) so we shop for them
online. The results can be great,
and I know of many happy couples
who found one another online. The
point is not that online dating is
bad; in fact it can be the best thing
for many people. The point is that
we shouldn’t count out the value
behind going out there, baring it all
to meet one another in person, and
seeing what happens. Experience
after all, is the only real way we
grow. And that’s, where it’s at.
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Sports & Health

Two Gryphons pin down CIS gold
Rookie Guelph team
members show their
talent
JUSTIN DUNK
F
our years of training finally
paid off.
“Heading into
tournament I definitely wanted
to come out with a win,” said
Guelph wrestler, Allison Little.
The win was a golden one for
Little. She made it out of her
pool to face Sabrina Kelly from Championships. for me down the road,” said
the University of Alberta in the “Being the underdog, being Papke. “If I keep working hard “Being the
final for the 67kg weight class. a rookie and all, you’re not maybe once in the next three
“I held her off for the last expected to do well,” said first- years, or possibly even all three underdog,
minute defensively so she year Gryphon, Jade Papke. “I years, I could win a CI’s gold
couldn’t score again,” said Little. could walk in there and not feel medal.”
being a rookie
and all, you’re
“It was really rewarding to finally like there was a lot sitting on my Papke earned the title of CIS
wrestle well and get a medal and shoulders.” rookie of the year to go along
the reach my goal of winning.” Papke certainly performed with her silver medal, certainly not expected to
Along with her gold medal, well, earning a silver medal in her a sign that her Guelph wrestling
Little took home CIS first team first year as a varsity wrestler and career is off to an impressive start. do well.” Jade
All-Canadian honours. helping the women’s team finish Not to be outdone, the men
A rookie female wrestler put eighth overall. finished in fifth place in the final
Papke, first-year
herself on the map at the CIS “It shows that there is potential team standings. Leading the way Gryphon.
for Guelph was Korey Jarvis, who
stepped up big at the national
tournament.
“I knew as long as I wrestled

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Guelph’s entrant in the light
heavyweight or the 90kg class,
Jarvis was able to throw away the
competition to claim the top spot
on the medal podium.
“I got a good warm up for every
one of my matches,” said Jarvis.
“[I] Went in [to each match and]
was very offensive.”
The first-year Gryphon was
forced to face last years defending
CIS champion.
“It wasn’t very close, I went
out and I pretty much dominated
him,” said Jarvis. “I beat him four
nothing the first round and five
nothing the second round.”
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medal in the 76kg weight class,
while, John Fitzgerald, the
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won bronze.
“He had never really had a
chance to wrestle [at] the OUA’s
or CI’s before,” said Jarvis. “It’s
pretty good for his first time out.”

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Sports & Health
Gryphon looking to be a big hit at evaluation camp
Guelph DB readies
himself for chance at
the pros
JUSTIN DUNK
H
is parents were a little
reluctant in allowing
their son to strap on
the pads for the very first time
in grade eight.
“I was more of a hockey
player growing up. So when I
was 13, [my friend] convinced
me to come to one of the team
practices and to sign up,” said
fourth-year Guelph Gryphon
defensive back, James Savoie.
Fortunately for Savoie, his
parents allowed him to play the
violent collision sport, which has
him on the cusp of a pro career.
“Once I got out there [my
parents] saw me practicing they
were supportive.” said Savoie. “I
think that’s what made them a
bit nervous, about seeing me
out there smashing heads with
players who were a lot bigger
than me.”
The talented defensive back
happens to be the smallest player
in terms of height, heading into
the CFL Evaluation camp.
Savoie and one other attendee
are listed at 5’ 9.” Despite being
shorter than most, Savoie has
always had a thirst for bringing
the pain.
“My coaches saw that I liked
to tackle and I liked the contact,”
said Savoie.
It was clear soon after Savoie
started playing football as a
young boy that he quickly
developed a love for the game
of football. He played for a
travelling football team, located
in Niagara Falls, NY, during the
fall and played for the Niagara
Spears of the Ontario Varsity
Football League during the
summer.
“I did try out in grade nine,
but eventually quit the junior
varsity high school team in
order to play for the Cataract
Eagles. They played teams from
all over Buffalo and the New
York area,” said Savoie. “My first
two years of high school I was
playing with [the Eagles], with
what I thought was some more
talented players. The speed of
the game was certainly different,
much better athletes across the
boarder.”
Savoie joined the high school
varsity team at Saint Michael
Catholic High School in grade
11. He had played on both sides
of the football growing up, but
Mar. 3 - 9, 2011
it was during his first tryout for
Team Southern Ontario, Savoie
realized where his natural
position on the football field
might be.
“It was actually there that I
decided to switch to defensive
back because when the initial
team huddle broke I took a look
at the wide receivers and they
“It’s always been
a goal of mine,
ever since I have
gotten here to
Guelph, to make
a run at the
CFL.” James
Savoie, fourth-
year Gryphon.
seemed a lot bigger than me,”
said Savoie. “I stuck with it from
that point on.”
The decision to be a full time
defensive back paid off quickly
for Savoie, he turned himself
into a shutdown cover man for
his high school and summer
football teams.
Savoie worked his way up for
a chance to compete with elite
players from across Canada
to represent our country at
the Junior World Football
Championships. Savoie proved
he had the talent to wear the
maple leaf on his chest at the
2005 and 2006 tournaments.
“It was a confidence builder,”
said Savoie. “I always wanted to
measure myself against the best.
A lot of the players I played
with [on Team Canada] are
in the same boat as I am now
where they’re preparing for the
evaluation camp.”
Savoie was not just a role
player on the Canadian teams
he was a part of, but a stand
out athlete. With his strong
play he caught the attention of
many Canadian univeristy head
coaches.
“Being recruited by Kyle
Walters was a major factor,”
said Savoie. “He had played my
position professionally so I just
saw the chance to fully meet
my potential as a football player
here at Guelph.”
Savoie immediately made
an impact for the Gryphons
earning a starting position right
out of the gate in his rookie year
and he has been in the starting
lineup for each and every game
Guelph has played during his
four-year career.
“He came in and started for
us in his first year. Moved and
contributed more on special
teams and became a leader,”
said former Gryphon football
head coach, now Winnipeg
Blue Bombers special teams
Coordinator, Kyle Walters.
Not to mention Savoie
earned three consecutive first-
team OUA selections and All-
Canadian honours at defensive
back during his second and third
seasons.
“Clearly the way you compare
him to his peers you know he is
going to have a shot to get a look
at the CFL level,” said Walters.
The former Guelph head
coach was a key piece in the
development of Savoie.
13
“With Coach Walters being
a professional I trusted him.
Whether it would be with
workouts or whether it would be
with game film, I trusted in his
advice and followed that and it
has got me to where I am today.”
Currently Savoie is preparing
for the biggest football challenge
in his career, not that he has ever
backed down from one.
“It’s always been a goal of
mine, ever since I have gotten
here to Guelph, to make a run
at the CFL,” said Savoie “I feel
like I’m prepared. That’s just
the next goal is to have a great
evaluation camp and get noticed
by some CFL teams.”
Savoie has engulfed himself in
CFL football as he is currently
working on a project where he
will mock design an outdoor
stadium that eliminates the
elements and creates a more
comfortable environment for
fans and players.
“I decided I’d like to take a
look at Ivor Wynne Stadium
in Hamilton given that they’re
actually doing a redesign now
and its proximity to Guelph,”
said Savoie.
The irony is, Savoie is hoping
to play in the stadium, as a
visitor or home team member,
which he is currently working
on for his mock redesign project.
He has been working hard in
the classroom on his stadium
project while also working
hard to improve his football
skills heading into the CFL
Evaluation camp in Toronto
from March 4-6.
“I’m trying to work with a
diverse group of receivers of all
different skill levels,” said Savoie.
“I’m putting a lot more time into
focusing on the football side of
things.”
Savoie certainly recognizes
how important his parents have
been in helping to get their son
to the brink of a CFL career.
“That’s really where the
credit is due and supporting me
constantly and doing everything
in their power to help me
succeed as a football player and
as a young man.”
 b o u t c o n c u s s i o n s
Discuss i o n s a
Brain trauma inj
uries
A
grey area has
surrounded
brain trauma
injuries for
quite some
time. Caught in the clouds,
seeing stars, groggy, dazed
and confused are just a few of
the symptoms one might feel
after suffering a brain trauma
injury, or what has become
known in general terms as
a concussion. Uncertainty
continues to surround the
unknown. The short and
long term effects of brain
injuries are still largely a
cloud of grey.
“I think we need to do a
lot more in educating the
general public about what
a concussion is and how to
deal with it,” said certified
athletic therapist and
Healthy brain tissue owner of Basic Motion
Therapy Services, Marya
Morrison.
Knowledge is power
in any discussion, but
especially when brain
trauma injuries are the
topic. The cloud of grey
surrounding concussions
is slowly becoming more
transparent and there are new
guidelines to follow in treating
brain trauma injuries, named the
Zurich Consensus Statement
protocol.
“The way that the protocol
or, the standardized step wise
program is designed, is that it’s
Brain tissue showin essentially five to six days until
g evidence of the athlete is back to full contact
Chronic Traumatic
Encephalopathy or the person is back to full work
or activity.”
Rest has become an important
aspect of the treatment process
to nurse an individual back to
full health from a concussion.
“Step one is 24 hours of
complete rest, no running up
and down stairs, just rest. You
should probably not go to class,
not go to work and just rest
your body and let it heal,” said
Morrison.
After being symptom free
for 24 hours the concussed
individual can move onto step
two of the protocol.
“Step two is light activity.
You can go for a walk or
[ride] a stationary bike or
climb stairs, things like
that,” said Morrison. “That
will get your heart rate
up, but not really exerting
yourself.”
The next step, after
being symptom free for yet
another 24 hours, involves
getting back into a specific
activity.
“If you want to get back
into hockey you can go
skating for about 20-30
minutes to really get your
heart rate up and start
using the movements that
you would if you were
playing hockey,” said Morrison.
“If you’re a construction worker
do some light lifting and some
little skills that you would do on
your job.”
Once again the person who
suffered the concussion must
be symptom free for 24 hours
to move onto step four of the
protocol, which relates
to sports, but can also be
used for people who are
not athletes and have
suffered a concussion.
“You can do some
sport specific drills
with no contact,” said
Morrison.
As athletes or
individuals start to
progress through step
four, which entails
exerting their bodies
during physical activity,
the concussed must once
again be symptom free
to move onto the next
stage.
Nathan Martine, of the Guelph
Gryhpon men’s hockey team.
Gryphon Athletics
justin dunk
“Step five is where you have
full contact in a controlled
environment,” said Morrison.
“Then step six is game day, so
that you can get back into full
contact and full participation.”
They key to the Zurich
Consensus Statement protocol,
which has just been laid out, is
the patient must reach each step
while continuing to be symptom
free.
“If you get to stage three and
you can do aerobic exertion,
but you start doing your sport
specific activity and you start
h i n k w e n e e d to do a
“I t i ng the
i n e d u c a t
lot more out what
l p u b l i c a b
genera and how
n c u s s i o n i s
a co
it.”
to deal with
Marya Morris
getting a headache, or you start
feeling nauseous or any of your
symptoms come back, then you
have to go back to step one,” said
Morrison. “The Zurich protocol
is pretty universal now, a lot of
people use it.”
Even with a new protocol in
place the actual damage that a
brain injury can cause is largely
unknown until a person passes
away and only then can the
brain be analyzed by doctors and
scientists.
Are athletes just supposed to
stop playing contact sports all
together? Injuries are just a part
of the sports landscape, but even
current athletes know that for
sports to continue as safely as
possible, steps must be taken to
diminish concussions.
“The players have to have
more respect for each other, but
that’s not going to happen until
the league does,” said second-
year Gryphon defencemen,
Nathan Martine. “Concussions
are so big right now.”
Martine has suffered two
separate concussions during his
hockey-playing career. The first
one occurred when he was with
the Barrie Colts of the Ontario
Hockey League and the second
occurred during the 2010-2011
OUA regular season.
“It’s a pretty scary situation
when you don’t feel yourself
for a couple weeks or a lot
longer,” said Martine. “Every
[concussion] adds up.”
Recovering from a brain
trauma injury can take its toll
on.
on any individual, but especially
tough on athletes who are forced
to rest when they’re used to
being active everyday.
“You have to let your brain
heal and give it time. I think
for an athlete that’s the hardest
thing. Understanding that rest
is actually the best thing,” said
Martine. “With a concussion
there is really nothing you can
do, it has to take its time.”
Athletes nowadays have
become more conscious about
their health and have steered
away from the old time tough
guy mentality.
“It’s being honest with
yourself. Are you putting yourself
in a dangerous situation,” said
Martine. “If you don’t feel right,
as much as you want to say
‘Yeah, I feel great,’ honesty is the
key and if you’re not going to be
honest you’re just going to hurt
yourself again.”
In years gone by athletes
would throw their health to the
wind and do anything to get
back in the game, but at the end
of the day an athlete or person
knows their own body best.
“Sometimes for an athlete the
pride factor of I’m fine, I look
fine, everything feels fine, but
then really my brain isn’t all
there,” said Martine.
The talented defenceman
experienced the concussion
process first hand this year.
He was hammered by a hard
charging opposing forward
from behind into the boards
and was knocked completely
unconscious, in a game
against the Waterloo
Warriors on Jan. 8, 2011.
“The guy came all the
way across the ice and
totally had no respect for
the game or who he was
playing against and hit me
straight from behind,” said
Martine. “My face hit the
glass and my helmet was
in shambles a little bit.”
Number five for the
men’s hockey team recalls
exactly what he felt at the
point of impact.
“It was like a big
doorbell going off in my
head, it was really loud and
I was totally blacked out,”
said Martine. “When I was able
to see, I was looking at a pool
of blood. I remember thinking I
wanna move, but from the brain
memory to the body it wasn’t
happening.”
Even in the women’s hockey
game where there is little to
no contact there have been a
couple Gryphons who suffered
concussions during the 2010-11
regular season.
“I was just really dazed and
having a lot of trouble with
school,” said second-year
forward, Jenna Lanzarotta.
“With time it heals itself and I
am glad to still be playing.”
The young Gryphon has
suffered two concussions, one
in each of her first two seasons
playing at Guelph.
“It was like you’re in a mental
fog. You feel really slowed down.
You’re tired all the time. You’re
just down about everything,”
said Lanzarotta.
Number 19 for the women’s
Jenna Lanzarotta, of the Guelph
Gryphon women’s hockey team.
Gryphon Athletics
hockey team was sidelined for
over two months after her first
concussion.
Martine sat out for over two
weeks before he resumed any
hockey activity and felt he was
ready to return to game action
on Jan. 28.
“I came back against Lakehead
and I got hit pretty early in the
game and didn’t receive any
symptoms from that hit, but I
was playing scared of getting
hit,” said Martine. “We decided
to take another week and a half
off of playing.”
Hard to blame the defenceman
for smartly realizing he was not
fully ready to return to game
action, as much as he wished he
could be in the lineup Martine
made his health a priority.
“We’ve really put it on the
forefront, we’re trying to take
out headshots, we’re trying to
limit concussions,” said Martine.
“I think the medical staff and
the players are really starting to
understand the significance of
concussions.”
The Gryphon defenceman
believes it is the job of the league
to take control of the concussion
issue.
“With the CIS especially
they need to put in place a
board or something where
there is punishment for the
actions. We need to have a more
structured system in the CIS,”
said Martine. The athletes are
totally on their own. There is no
policing at all, there needs to be
a board or something to really
set a standard and hold players
accountable.”
Lanzarotta
feels as though
more attention
needs to be paid
for the benefit of
everyone.
“There [are]
many more
concussions
now. People are
overlooking it,
saying I feel good,
but you really
have to think
about it because
there [are] more
important things
than playing
hockey. They kind of trust you
to make the decision yourself.”
Knowledge has been power for
Lanzarotta in making decisions
about her health.
“The symptoms don’t happen
right away all the time. It’s
different for everybody. If
people are more aware of what’s
going on then they can be ready
to decide am I really ok to go
back into it.”
Time is key in assessing a
patient or athlete after they have
sustained a concussion.
“I started with small steps.
I went from going on the bike
for a few days and then I went
to a non-contact practice and
then I went to a full practice,”
said Lanzarotta. “By the time
that whole process played out
it was a few weeks of practicing
before I could actually get back
into a game. I understood the
reasoning behind why it took so
long.”
“The best healing method
for it is time. It was almost a
month and a half for myself. As
frustrating as it can be you really
have to take your health into
consideration,” said Martine.
Athletes are starting to
understand why they are being
held out of competition.
“There is no return to sports
[the] same day at all, where there
used to be if people were feeling
better they would send them
back into play,” said Morrison.
“Where as now they’re realizing
that concussion symptoms can
take a little bit longer to come
up.”
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Sports & Health

Livin’ the pure life: Fitness Myths- BUSTED
TRUE
Caffeine supplements have
been on the market in the fitness
industry for years. They claim it
LEIGH MCSWAN BSC., CNP improves athletic performance
muscles time to repair and heal.
Do a circuit a few times a week,
and then gradually increase the
intensity so that you are working
hard, but you’re also allowing the
muscles to recover and develop
TRUE
Yes, protein is essential
post workout. Protein is the
building block of muscle,
and after a workout you’ve

W
orking out should be a
part of your everyday
routine. Unfortunately
most of us don’t make it part of
our monthly routines! Having
been exposed to a personal trainer
for quite some time, having
worked for a large corporate gym
and having a certified personal
trainer as a business partner, I’ve
learned that it doesn’t have to
be as complicated as it may first
appear.
You really don’t need an expensive
gym membership, the latest Nikes,
or high tech equipment to get
fit- there’s a lot you can do with
just your own body weight and
some items in your house- very
convenient for the savvy student.
Now that we’ve busted the reasons
why you can’t work out, let’s look
at some other common myths I
hear all too often.
Avoiding caffeine before and after
a workout is best.
and endurance. And while this
may be true for the short term,
it will definitely drain you in
the long run. Caffeine stresses
the adrenal glands, increasing
our perception of stress which
contributes to belly bloat. What’s
worse is that it interferes with
sleep, even if you consume it
before lunch. During a workout it
can cause irregular and increased
heart beats- do this naturally, and
get your blood flowing with 5-10
minutes of cardio before your
workout.
If you’re not sore, you’re not
working hard enough.
FALSE
The reason you feel sore after
a workout, or 1 or 2 days post
workout is because muscle fibres
have torn due to strenuous exercise
or high intensity. If you’re sore after
every single workout, it’s likely
because you’re not giving your
properly. Don’t focus on feeling
pain, focus on proper training.
Women need more cardio and less
weight training to lose weight.
FALSE
Cardio is great for many reasons
and does burn the calories, but
more effective is weight training.
Women often worry that if they
start a weight training regime
they will bulk up and look like
the Arnold. This isn’t true- simply
put, we don’t have the naturally
occurring testosterone levels that
men have to make this happen.
Weight training is actually a great
way for women to lose weight, the
more lean muscle we have on our
bodies the more calories we burn
at rest. Weight training is also
important for our bone health and
should definitely not be skipped.
I should consume protein after a
workout.
drained your protein-
you need to replenish
it for healthy muscle
development. The most
effective way to do this is
with a good quality protein
powder within 30 minutes
of working out. Look for
one that is free of sugars, Courtesy
preservatives, hormones,
artificial colourings and
flavourings. Try a New Zealand unrealistic for most people, and
Whey protein in isolate form, and setting the bar too high will only
ensure it was cross-flow micro lead to disappointment. If all you
filtered (CMF) for optimal purity have time for once and awhile is a
and absorbability. 30 minute workout, I believe it’s
better than sitting at home and
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Sports & Health
Guelph shoots down the Hawks
OUA West Final on
deck
JUSTIN DUNK
A
bizzaro world Gryphon
men’s hockey team
notched two road wins,
3-0 on Feb. 24 and 2-1 on Feb.
27, to claim the best of three
OUA quarterfinal playoff series
over Laurier. Guelph managed
just three victories in 14 regular
season road games.
“A lot had to do with our starts
in the games,” said Gryphon
assistant captain, Ed Gale.
In both of the victories in
Laurier’s rink, Guelph was able
to score the first goal and get out
to an early lead.
“It makes it a lot easier for our
goalies especially. It gives them a
little bit of breathing room back
there,” said Gale. “[We] try to
weather the storm and make sure
we get the bus-legs out and build
on for later on in the game.”
Working off the bus-legs
will be a key in the three game
OUA West division final series
as Western holds home ice
advantage. The Mustangs have
three wins in three home games
during this year’s playoffs.
“We just have to come in
and be ready to work and play
well defensively,” said Gryphon
starting goaltender, Andrew
Throwing it down with Dunk: Quick reads
JUSTIN DUNK
Swim Team
A noteworthy performance was
put up by fourth-year Gryphon,
Chantique Payne in Calgary, Feb.
24-26, at the CIS championships.
The Guelph veteran picked up
four medals; silver in the 50m
butterfly, bronze in the 100m
butterfly, bronze in the 50m
freestyle and bronze in the 100m
freestyle.
Payne carried the women’s team
to a ninth place overall finish.
Look for her to make an impact
at the Swim Canada meets in the
near future.
Men’s Volleyball
After a 16-6 regular season the
Gryphons went out with no more
than a wimper at the OUA Final
Four tournament in London on
Feb. 25. Guelph dropped a three
set to one decision in the semi-
final round to the host Mustangs.
It never really seemed like the
men brought the type of energy
needed to get the job done.
Loverock. “They’re a good team,
they’ve got a pretty good offence.”
Western possesses a great all-
around attack; with no one real
stand out player.
“They have three or four lines
that can score,” said Gale. “We’re
just going to have to make sure
that we’re keeping a guy high
and playing defensively sound
hockey.”
As a team the Mustangs scored
119 goals during the regular
season, good for second best in
the entire country.
“The main thing is not to panic,
don’t get running around in our
own zone,” said Gale. “Right
now Lover is stopping what he’s
seeing, as long as we can keep the
shots to the outside he is going
to make those saves for us.”
The white and purple have been
riding the hot play of their own
goalie, Anthony Grieco, who has
posted a 4-1 record with a 1.40
goals against average and reps an
incredible .953 save percentage
through two playoff rounds.
“We’re going to have to get a
lot of traffic and use our point
men,” said Gale. “They’ve been
doing a great job of getting the
puck through, which makes it
easy for the forwards to find
those rebounds.”
Number 17 has led the way
for Guelph offensively in the
Fifth-year captain, Andrew
Revie, will be lost to graduation
and depending on the decisions
of a some fourth-year team
members Guelph could return a
strong experienced core for 2011-
12 OUA season.
Rowing
Two Gryphon rowers Adam
Rabalski and Mark Henry will be
attending an elite development
camp for the Under23 Canadian
National rowing team. The camp
will take place on Vancouver
Island this week and it will be a
chance for the rowers to show if
indeed they do possess the talent
and drive to become a member of
the National program.
Track and Field
Three prominent Gryphon cross
country members have traded
their outdoor running shoes in
for track spikes in order to run in
the distance events at the OUA
Track and Field Championships
Feb. 25-26.
Kyle Boorsma and Ross
Proudfoot won gold medals in
the 1500m and 3000m events
respectively. Rachel Cliff captured
gold in the women’s 3000m race.
Mar. 3 - 9, 2011 17
playoffs so far. Gale has recorded
three goals, he only had five in 28
regular season games, and seven
assists in six Gryphon playoff
games.
“Coach told me to start
shootin’ the puck, sometimes I
can be a little too generous,” said
Gale. “I’ve just been taking the
opportunities I’ve been getting.”
Guelph played Western very
closely during the three regular
season meetings between the
teams. Each game was decided
by one goal, Western winning
3-2 on Oct. 7 and 5-4 on Nov.
12, but in the new-year the
Gryphons are undefeated against
the Mustangs.
“We match up pretty well
against them,” said Loverock.
Guelph prevailed 3-2 in
overtime in the team’s regular
season finale in London and the
men are confident they can get it
done on Western’s smaller, NHL
sized ice surface.
“Brock had a smaller rink and
we played well there. I don’t think
that’ll be too much of a factor,”
said Gale. “As long as we play our
game we’ll be fine.”
Gryphon forward, Matt Lyall
drives to the net in a game earlier
this season. Lyall has been key on
the Guelph power play adding Rashaad Bhamjee
some offence from the point.
Guyson Kuruneri posted a team for some of their inconsistent the playoffs, which should bode
7.30m leap to claim gold in the play, I think the team should be well for the future of the program.
men’s long jump event and Tim given full credit for battling thru
Hendry led a Gryphon podium the adversity thrown their way. As For all of your latest and up to date
sweep in the weight throw event. they say what doesn’t kill you only sports information or to share your
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It was surprising to see the
men’s and women’s teams finish
second -- by such a wide margin
-- at the Ontario championships.
Both teams sat more than 100
points behind the first place
finishing schools.
Basketball
On Feb. 23 both Gryphon
basketball teams saw their season
come to an end.
The women dropped 73-
47, contest on the road against
Laurier. All things considered the
year was a success for the team,
despite being blown out by 26
in the first round of the OUA
playoffs.
The men had an up and down
season to say the least. Injuries
raveged the Gryphon roster
almost all season long and when
the team was finally healthy they
made a great run just to make
the playoffs in the OUA West
division. Instead of bashing the
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Sports & Health
Gryphons net birth in third consecutive OUA Finals
Hockey women focused
JUSTIN DUNK
T
he Gryphon women’s hockey
team will be hoping that
the third time is the charm.
Guelph moved into their third straight
OUA Championship series.
The women stole game one in St.
Catherines 3-2 in double overtime on
Feb. 24 and came back to the Gryphon
Centre to win game two 3-1 on Feb.
26 to clinch the series win over Brock.
Guelph was able to shut down Kelly
Walker, the OUA’s regular season
scoring leader, holding her to just one
assist. While the Gryphon offensive
attack was able to strike for six goals
in two games against Beth Clause, the
Badger’s OUA All-Star goaltender.
“I think we just kept it simple. We
got a lot of shots through [to the net],”
said Guelph captain, Tamara Bell.
“Our defence played really well, they
stepped up to play.”
Awaiting the Gryphons in the
OUA Finals is Queen’s University.
The Gaels knocked off the seven-
time defending OUA champions, the
Laurier Golden Hawks in the other
women’s semi-final series.
“We were all definitely expecting
Laurier to come out again, but
Queen’s is on fire lately so it will be
a good battle with them,” said Bell.
“As long as we don’t let goals in, our
offence should be able to outscore any
other team in the league.”
A sister duo has the Gaels offence
clicking, Morgan and Brittany
McHaffie share the top spot for OUA
playoff point getters with four apiece.
Brittany scored both game wining
goals, each coming in double overtime,
for the Gaels in the two game sweep
of Laurier.
“As long as our defence plays the
body against them we should be okay,”
said Bell. “I don’t think we’re going to
try and match them, I think we are
going to play our own game.”
Guelph has received steady play
throughout the lineup during the
playoffs, but none more so then
starting goalie, Danielle Skoufranis.
“It’s good to have an experienced
goalie. She is always focused and ready
to go,” said Bell. “It’s nice to have
confidence back there.”
Home ice advantage is an added
bonus for Guelph in the finals, if the
series comes down to a third sudden
death game it will be in the Gryphons
rink.
“None of us were expecting to get
the home ice, but now that we have
Mar. 3 - 9, 2011 164.7
it we are for sure going to use it to
our advantage,” said Bell. “We just
build and thrive from the energy in
the rink.”
Blocking out any possible
distractions will be key in Guelph’s
quest for an OUA title.
They have a lot of players who
like to get under your skin and try
to make you retaliate,” said Bell. “As
long as we stay composed, don’t take
any stupid penalties we’ll beat them
five on five.”
Guelph will be looking to rely on
their experience to guide them to
gold.
“We have a lot or graduating
players and at the end of the day we
don’t want to have any regrets,” said
fifth-year Gryphon Dayne Kanis.
“We don’t want to come away with
another silver medal.”
Kanis leads the Gryphons after
victories with a victory dance or
celebration and she hopes her team
is dancing all the way to an OUA
championship.
“It [the dance] is definitely
working for us.”
Gryphon captain, Tamara Bell, will
be looking to lead her team to an
OUA Championship. Rashaad Bhamjee
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Sports & Health
Gryphons have gold medal hopes spiked
Electric OUA finals
sees Guelph fall short
JUSTIN DUNK
I
t was an emotion-filled OUA
women’s volleyball final on
Feb. 26 at the W.F. Mitchell
Athletic Centre.
“We all realized [it] was an
amazing opportunity especially
compared to other years we had
come so far,” said forth-year
Gryphon, Melissa McGinn.
The Guelph volleyball
program has made the climb
from the basement. The team
posted a 1-18 record in the
OUA West division during the
2005-06 campaign. Guelph
came a long way to sit atop
the standings after the 2010-
11 regular season. With a
16-3 mark and the privilege
to host the OUA Final Four
tournament.
“I’m just really proud of what
the program has become,” said
graduating fifth-year captain,
Kylen Van Osch.
The Gryphons jumped out
to claim the first set of the
championship match, but
Western would storm back to
win three straight sets on the way
to hoisting the OUA title banner.
“In the second, third and
fourth set I think Western started
playing better and started serving
tougher,” said Van Osch. “It was
harder for us to pass the ball.”
Arguably, the turning point
of the match happened with
Guelph up comfortably in the
fourth set. It looked like the
Gryphons were going to force a
fifth and deciding set.
“Our confidence went down
and Western was able to take
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“It was
heartbreaking.
I don’t know
how else to
explain it.”
Kylen Van
Osch.
control of the game,” said Van
Osch. “All of a sudden the doubt
started to get into our minds and
Western was just able to step on
us then.”
Obviously the loss was a tough
one to swallow and the sudden
finality of a varsity career is hard
to comprehend.
“It was heartbreaking. I don’t
know how else to explain it,”
said Van Osch. “Other than not
winning the gold I can’t think
of a better way to end my career,
being able to play in the OUA
gold medal match on home court
in a capacity filled gym, its an
experience I’ll never forget.”
McGinn had high praise for
her graduating captain.
“She definitely led the team
by example in her effort and her Jamie MacDonald
skills and how hard she worked Gryphon, Erinn Bickle makes a huge block against Ottawa in Guelph’s OUA semi-final victory.
on the court, she was a go-to
player.” teammates grounded will be very class has left the program in will continue that and will work
A new leader will have to important for whoever steps up.” much better shape then the way just as hard and it will lead them
emerge for the Gryphons with Guelph will lose three high they found it. to success.”
their captain moving on. calibre players to graduation. “In comparison to my first “I hope that it carries on. I
“Someone is going to have to “It was hard because I think year all the way into my fourth, know the girls who are left will
step up and be the leader on the we all realize that this is it,” said everything’s changed,” said definitely help to carry it on and
court and be a leader with how McGinn. McGinn. “How hard people continue to make it one of the
they play,” said Van Osch. “I McGinn, Clair Sandor and work and how hard everyone top programs in the OUA,” said
think just being able to play with Van Osch were teammates for tries is just amazing and I know Van Osch. “I ‘m just happy that I
confidence in order to keep your four seasons, but the outgoing that the girls that are left behind had a part in that.”
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Foodstuffs makes a pie that people actually want to eat
should be. Don’t be thrown off at
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NICOLE ELSASSER Ingredients Directions:

P
ie is awesome. Objectively.
Case Closed. But most of the
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Until I recently decided to hunker
down and learn to make pie like a
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was virtually inedible. I had made
every mistake in the book because
making pie is a pretty precise
business and you have to be willing
to perform every step involved with
a great amount of care. The most
common mistakes that can ruin a pie
are not cutting the fats into the flour
thoroughly enough while making the
crust, having too much liquid in the
filling, and having too heavy a hand
when adding an acid like lemon juice.
Baking requires precision and at no
time is this more true than when one
is baking a pie. The recipe below is for
sweet potato pie, which is not near
as ubiquitous as apple pie but totally
For the crust
R5 1 ¼ cups (300 mL) pecan pieces
R5 1 ¼ cups (300 mL) all-purpose
flour
R5 2/3 cup (160 mL) granulated
sugar
R5 1/3 cup (80 mL) cold butter, cut
into ½-inch (1.2- mL) pieces
R5 2 ½ Tbsp. (38 mL) water
For the filling
R5 5 eggs
R5 1 cup (240 mL) brown sugar
R5 2 tsp. (10 mL) ground cinnamon
R5 ¼ tsp. (1.2 mL) salt
R5 2 ¼ cups (535 mL) cooked and
mashed sweet potato (about 1 ¼
lb/568 g)
R5 ¾ cup (180 mL) whipping
cream
R5 1 ½ cups (360 mL) milk
R5 1 tsp. (5 mL) vanilla extract
FOR THE CRUST:
Preheat the oven to 350°F
(175°C). Combine the pecans,
flour, sugar and butter in a food
processor. Process until mealy and
just beginning to clump. Add the
water and process until the dough
starts to come together to form a
ball. Press the pastry into a 10 x 1
¼-inch (25 x 3-cm) flan pan with
a removable bottom. Bake for 20
minutes, until pale golden.
FOR THE FILLING:
Using an electric mixer or whisk,
beat the eggs, sugar, cinnamon,
and salt until light. Add the sweet
potato, cream, milk and vanilla and Courtesy
beat until smooth. Pour into the
prebaked crust. Bake for 35 to 45
minutes, until the crust is golden
and filling is no longer liquid in the
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Life
How to tackle basic photography
A sunset captured in Cayo Santa Clara, Cuba, taken with a basic digital
camera.
RACHEL SCAPILLATI
I
t does not take a a boring photo a little more
professional to capture
those beautiful landscape
photos or close-ups of flower
petals. Photography, like poetry
or painting, is an art form, but
can also be a fun hobby for those
of you who have an interest in
exploring this creative outlet.
The first thing to remember
is not to be frightened of your
camera. It does not take a fancy
SLR to capture the photos
you want. Even a basic digital
camera comes with at least five
settings and these settings are
your friends. Playing it safe
and keeping the camera set on
“Auto” might cause you to miss
Chris Carr
out on an opportunity to make
interesting.
While travelling in a car it is
often hard to capture landscape
photos without catching the
glare off the window, or ending
up with a blurry indistinct
picture. Most digital cameras
come with a setting that can
cope with movement, usually
titled kids/pets. Your blurry
shots will transform into crisp
vignettes if either you or your
subject is moving.
The landscape setting is
fairly self-explanatory and will
switch your camera’s focus from
objects up close to honing in on
the background. A mountain
Mar. 3 - 9, 2011
range or oceanic view will now
appear more vivid than if taken
with the “Auto” setting.
Another very helpful setting
to remember is the “Night”
setting. If you are out with your
friends in the evening and want
to catch a photo outside, the
“Night” setting will eliminate
the problem of an overly bright
flash, or a vaguely dark picture.
One of the most important
aspects of a camera is the zoom
function. Don’t avoid the zoom
for fear of getting unflatteringly
close to your subjects. Zooming
in on your subject often
enhances the dramatic quality
of a photo. It helps if you are
on the portrait setting while
Verhey
Megan
utilizing the zoom on pets or
people as this setting focuses
solely on your subjects.
The flash is another
important aspect when taking
a photo. Whichever setting you
choose will be affected greatly
by the flash. You are allowed
to turn the flash off if you
are finding that your subjects
appear extremely washed out.
The flash is usually represented
by a lightening symbol it is
turned off if the lightening
symbol is slashed out.
One of the best tips for
everyday photography is
keeping your photos simple. Be
it a landscape shot or a picture
of your friends on the beach, less
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Megan Verhey
is more. The simpler you make
the photo the better is usually
looks. Try to avoid posing your
subjects and keep it natural.
Even your cell phone’s camera
can produce good photos if you
utilize these basic concepts.
Experiment with your camera.
Go to an area such as a forest or
a garden and take shots of trees
and flowers. This will be good
practice and help you to know
your camera and its settings.
Using a digital camera does
not have to be complicated.
Browse your user manual
to read about your camera’s
specific settings, and have fun.
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Life
Love, Laura: A very blue valentine The weekly dog: Larry
LAURA SCHEP
I
just finished watching Blue Valentine at
the Bookshelf. Just finished watching,
as in, I just got home from the theatre
30 minutes ago. So consider this my quasi
movie review-mixed with a view of love, and
consider yourselves warned if you find I`m
being especially cynical with regards to that
four-letter word this week.
Terrific movie, by the way. I don’t think it’s
one that everyone would enjoy, but personally
I thought it was great. It`s been called “the
anatomy of a break-up” and was just that:
unpredictable, emotional, filled with tension,
showing depressing scenes from the drawn-
out disintegration of a marriage between
main actors Ryan Gosling and Michelle
Williams, yet continually flickering back to
scenes of earlier, happier days when the young
couple began to fall in love. Not your typical
happily-ever-after story, that is for sure.
What made me initially really interested
in seeing Blue Valentine was an article I read
a couple of months ago, which talked about
the process that was taken for the actors to
get immersed in their roles. For instance,
I thought it was so interesting that the
director, Derek Cianfrance, had Williams
and Gosling live together for a month, in
the house their characters share in the movie.
They lived together, in character, sharing a
fake Christmas, complete with a decorated
tree and gifts they purchased within the
confines of their budget - the money their
characters, a nurse and a mover, would be
making. They threw fake birthday parties
and made home movies and spent time with
the little six-year-old girl who plays their
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daughter in the movie, and learned how to
talk and how to fight with each other, so
that it would come across as natural once the
cameras were rolling.
This movie does something that not all
traditional love stories do: it realistically
addresses something that I believe is a
genuine, hidden and secret fear we all have
sometimes: what if things don’t end happily
ever after? Will this happen to us too, will we
lose our love?
In this film, we`re confronted with the
story of love lost and found. The film explores
the story of two people who were once very
much in love with each other, but who, six
years later, have a sad and loveless marriage
that is upsetting to watch. Viewers can likely
relate to various scenes in the movie - the
little bickering that has lost its charming
quality and has escalated into raw, vulgar
arguments, Williams’ feelings of suffocation
in her marriage, her emotional numbness
which is in stark contrast to her husband’s
desperately emotional pleas for their love to
be given another chance.
The acting is so convincing and we wonder
if this could indeed happen to us too, if this
is how our lives, our love will play out. After
all, who could have predicted in the happier
scenes of the movie that this is how things Christopher Hamelin
would turn out for this couple? How do such Larry is zero years old. Larry loves the movie Men in Black and eats dog food.
transformations happen anyway - are they
sparked by one event that makes a fissure that
will only widen beyond repair as time goes
on? Or are such endings the eventual clash of
two people’s personalities, and the different
things they want out of life, eventually leading
to a sad and broken conclusion? How could
you ever know how to prevent something like
this from happening, if you have no way of
foreseeing it in the first place? I don’t know
the answers to these questions, but I don`t
think I am alone in asking them.
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Opinion
Open Content: Roaming the stacks in the Human Library
MICHAEL RIDLEY
F
orget e-books; so 10 minutes
ago. Digital libraries?
Bah. The coolest things
in libraries is not hardware or
software but, ah, wetware. People.
People as books.
Once again the library is hosting
the Human Library. The idea is
simple: the “books” in the Human
Library are actually people. The
“readers” (that would be you) take
out a book and talk with them
for 30 minutes. That’s it. Simple.
Direct. And extraordinarily
profound.
We live in an interesting world:
war, hatred, prejudice, violence,
intolerance. How can this be?
Why is it happening? As we
struggle with these questions, one
thing seems obvious: there are
great distances between people.
We are all humans but we really
don’t know each other. We are
fearful and we distrust the “other.”
The gap between us is the chasm
of ignorance. What can be done?
One response is the Human
Library.
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The Human Library is an event
where people (readers) talk with
other people (books) in order to
bridge those difference, explore
ideas, and hopefully come to a
better understanding of others. The
Books belong to groups that often
face challenges or discrimination
due to broad generalizations,
stereotyping, misunderstanding
and even marginalization. They are
doing something quite remarkable
and intimate: they are opening up
themselves, fully, to you. They are
risking so much of themselves so
you can seek to understand who
they are. For them it takes courage,
for you it simply takes curiosity.
The Readers can be anyone who
is ready to broaden their horizons
or simply wants to explore
or understand an unfamiliar
experience or way of life.
What are some of the titles?
Canadian Solider; Disabled
Runner; Don’t Call Me a Faggot;
Drag Queen; Funny, You Don’t
Look Crazy; Living With
Schizoaffective Disorder; Pray For
Me, and I Will Think For You: A
Mar. 3 - 9, 2011
Secularist in a Religious Country;
Sri Lankan Conflict Survivor;
Transsexual Guy; Victim of Sexual
Violence; and many more.
Why are we doing this? It’s a
publicity stunt, right? Good PR.
Entertaining. A diversion for the
librarians from shelving the books
and shushing the students? As a
seasoned professional librarian
(i.e. I’m an old fart) and a grizzly
University administrator, nothing
has moved me in my career as
much as the events of the Human
Library. The affect of these
conversations is what libraries
are really all about: building
understanding, allowing people to
learn, supporting sincere dialogue,
changing lives. There is nothing
Loose cannon: The worst of both worlds?
GREG BENETEAU
A good friend of mine, now
in his thirties, is fond of telling
me about his time working at
The Fulcrum, The University
of Ottawa’s student newspaper,
while doing his undergraduate
studies.
The Fulcrum became an
independent corporation in 2004,
but back when my friend worked
there, the newspaper was owned
by the Student Federation of the
University of Ottawa. The Fulcrum’s
association with a student union
meant that the newspaper was
subject to some rather unorthodox
practices, including electing its
editorial staff.
The idea baffles me. What
would an election to be an
editor look like, exactly? Would
candidates promise to publish
more good news than their
predecessors? Would you dig out
your opponents’ old essays and
criticize them for improper use of
semicolons?
My point is that not every
position should be filled by
popular vote, especially if you
don’t want the position to be
politicized. I’m starting to feel
that way about the Executives at
the Central Student Association.
I was led to this realization
because of an ongoing dispute
over the release of a survey
commissioned by the Capacity,
Analysis and Planning Committee
(CAPCOM), which reports to
the CSA Board of Directors.
CAPCOM asked members
of the board to evaluate the
effectiveness of board training,
the structure of meetings, and
other areas relevant to board
phony about this.
Of course, it is fun too. The
Human Library has an after party.
Only the Books are invited; sorry,
very exclusive. If this year is like
last year, I won’t be able to shut
the books up. The experience for
them is as profound as it is for
the readers. They can’t stop talking
about it.
So how does it work?
The Books can be reserved for
30 minute intervals between 10am
and 4pm on March 3rd and 4th.
There will be areas within the
Library where the book and reader
can sit and engage in an open
dialogue, ask questions, and learn
about each other. You can renew
the book after 30 minutes (unless
governance.
More controversially,
CAPCOM also asked board
members to evaluate the five
executives in categories such as
professionalism, accessibility and
the execution of their portfolios.
Suffice it to say, some executives
fared better than others, and the
board has been grappling over
whether the results should be
circulated to the media. (It’s
largely a mute point, since the
survey was entered into the
meeting minutes and is therefore
a matter of public record).
Politicians receive public
performance reviews all the
time; they’re called polls. The five
executive members are elected
to their respective portfolios, so
they’re technically fair game.
On the other hand, most
employers have strict rules about
confidentiality when evaluating the
performance of their employees.
City councillors, for example,
don’t publish polls analysing the
effectiveness of their staff. Such
behaviour would undermine the
bond of trust between elected
officials and civil servants.
So, are the CSA Executives
politicians or elected civil
servants? In many ways, they’re
both, which is the worst of both
worlds.
Like cabinet ministers, each
executive member has a portfolio
dictating their responsibilities.
The Communications and Public
Affairs Commissioner organizes
public relations campaigns. The
Local Affairs Commissioner
organizes bus pass distribution,
et cetera. They’re given a lot
of leeway to pursue their own
campaigns - as long as those
campaigns fall within their
respective portfolios – and under
extraordinary circumstances have
the power to make decisions on
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it’s already been reserved), or take
out another book and continue
to discover. You can browse the
Human Library catalogue from
the Library’s website and reserve a
book now.
Here, there are no stupid
questions. This is not about
confrontation. Everything is done
to make your time with the Book
safe, authentic, enjoyable, and
revealing. The Human Library is
a table, two chairs, a book and a
reader. It is an opportunity to open
a universe and bridge a divide.
Michael Ridley is the Chief
Information Officer (CIO) and
Chief Librarian at the University
of Guelph. Contact him at mridley@
uoguelph.ca or www.uoguelph.ca/cio.
behalf of the board.
However, executives are also
“responsible for further tasks
as assigned by the Board of
Directors with duly authorized
job descriptions,” and “shall
be responsible to the Board of
Directors for the performance of
duties,” according to CSA Bylaws.
By passing motions, the Board
of Directors can tell executive
members what to do, and
reprimand them for not doing it.
To top it all off, CSA executives
are voting members on the very
board on which their supervisors
sit. This is not unusual for
politicians, but not a good idea
for staff. As Editor of thecannon,
I can make suggestions to my
superiors on the Operating
Committee, but I cannot vote to
implement those suggestions.
So, executive members are
bosses, staff and independent
operators all wrapped into one.
It’s a terrible mess. For one
thing, executives enjoy the job
protections of political operatives
– they can only be removed
from office through a recall vote
initiated by petition or a two-
thirds vote on the board – while
playing apolitical roles in student
government.
Secondly, the executive and
board are constantly at odds over
who lords over whom, and since
there’s no one at the top of the
hierarchy like a president to make
the big decisions, it’s a constant
stalemate.
With CSA elections coming up
next week, candidates and voters
need to take a good, hard look at
the system that currently exists.
If that system isn’t working, we
need to come up with one that
does. Otherwise, students will
lose faith in the effectiveness
of its representatives, elected or
otherwise.
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General: x58265
Editorial: x58250
Advertising: x58267 Approximately a billion people the difficult challenges that the world” can result in tragedy, one ordeal to the other.”
Accounts: x53534 in the world are hungry. There Haitians continue to face. She culturally and technologically On the other hand, people
is often a demand for wealthy called for a new ethical platform inappropriate solutions that also come to believe that there
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519-824-7838 nations to step up and “feed for resolving world hunger, foster very little growth. Jean are no adequate local experts,
the world.” While this quest expressing frustrations over explained how Haiti’s agricultural organizations or resources that
Editorial Staff: appears to be a well-intentioned solutions that do not account system has collapsed as a direct could benefit locals to self-
Editor-in-chief one, aid agencies often use very for the need for communities to implication of programs that organize, insisting that western
Nicole Elsasser simple-minded, problematic develop their own local, thriving, solely distributed rice and food food aid is the only way. These
News Editor
responses to respond to the task. agricultural sectors. exports, creating a crippling kinds of ideas perpetuate the
Kelsey Rideout
Arts & Culture Editor According to former Governor Jean encouraged others to dependency. As a result, poverty false notion that developing a
Josh Doyle General Michaëlle Jean, who contemplate the wrongdoings has heightened and hunger has local food system for countries
Sports & Health Editor attended and spoke at the 6th that exist within the present aid been sustained. Populations such as Haiti is far from possible.
Justin Dunk Annual Universities Fighting regime for hunger relief. that are gravely suffering from But we hope you will join us
Copy Editor World Hunger Summit recently “The idea of helping those in the effects of hunger should be in thinking that it is possible.
Sasha Odesse held at the U of G, short-term need, and striving tirelessly for supported in developing their Haiti and other food insecure
Associate Editor strategies, while they may be social justice, human rights and own local food economies so that regions around the world can
Rachel Scapillati needed during disasters, can do social awareness is inextricably they may attain an adequate level surpass hunger. We realize
more harm than good. linked to the very act of thinking of food security, a very important the enormous breadth of such
Production Staff:
Photo & graphics editor “The fight against hunger is not critically,” expressed Jean. ingredient for any nation to truly a goal and we by no means
Megan Verhey only about providing immediate The Ontarion commends Jean alleviate hunger. claim to have a prescription for
Ad designer access to food. Fighting hunger for her willingness to provide It’s important to challenge the solving world hunger. But like
Anne Tabata is also about combating poverty critical, heartfelt insights into methods of food aid as much Jean, we have to believe that a
Layout Director and undertaking a paradigm shift the debate about resolving world as the discourse surrounding paradigm shift can happen and
Alison Tibbles through the theory and practice hunger. Hunger sadly continues it. Mainstream rhetoric about has already begun. We invite
of international co-operation,” to be a serious and pervasive hunger can lead to dangerous you and all those involved in
H_Û\^LmZ__3 said Jean, who is presently the problem throughout the world. stereotypes, according to Jean. the “fight against hunger” to see
Business manager
United Nations Envoy to Haiti, But like Jean points out, solutions “I can no longer bear to hear the concept of being local as not
Lorrie Taylor
H_Û\^fZgZ`^k her native country. to providing immediate access to about the resilience of the just a conscious, environmentally
Monique Vischschraper While a year has passed food need to be re-evaluated and Haitian people. It sounds as if friendly decision, but a logical
Ad manager since a major earthquake placed within a deeper vision. they were put on this earth only choice with life-saving results.
Chris Hamelin struck Haiti, Jean talked about Western methods to “feeding to recover from one crisis, one

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Community Listings
Thursday March 3
Thursday at Noon Concert
Series. This week: ‘Rebel
Rhythm’. Concerts start at
12:10PM. MacKinnon Room 107
(Goldschmidt Room). Admission
FREE – donations gratefully
appreciated. Everyone Welcome!
Info: www.uoguelph.ca/sofam
CASU presents Come Together:
A Free Concert. Featuring: The
Speed River Riot, Hear, Comes
the Calvalry, The Johnston
Brothers, What She Said. 7pm at
Peter Clark Hall in the UC. Free,
donations will be accepted for the
Better Planet Project.
Saturday March 5
Songfest 2011 – Folk & Family
– with James Gordon, Tannis
school enivironmental leadership
programs & climate change
initiatives locally and globally. 2-5
pm, 133 Wyndham St. N.
Sunday March 6
The Guelph Youth Jazz Ensemble
hosts a concert of a Trio of
World Class Musicians (Kirk
MacDonald, Dennis Mackrel, Neil
Swainson). 7pm at MacDonald
Stewart Art Centre. Tickets: $15,
contact info@brentrowan.ca, 519-
823-6532. Proceeds in support
of the youth ensemble program.
www.msac.uoguelph.ca
Guelph Hiking Trail Club – Hike
- Schneider’s Woods Xc, Ski only.
3-4 hr. Level 2. Speed Moderate.
No snowshoes. Bring water and a
lunch. Meet at Galaxy Cinema at
10am. All welcome. Contact: 519-
Wednesday March 9
Curtain Call Productions presents
Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical. 8pm
in War Memorial Hall nightly
from March 9-11, 8pm; Saturday
March 12 at 2pm. Tickets at info
desk in UC, online or at the door:
$12/UofG students (with valid
ID), $12/children and $15/general.
www.curtain@uoguelph.ca
Decreasing Headaches program
begins at 7:00 pm. Details at
www.uoguelph.ca/~ksomers.
SHAC Mock LSAT #2: 5:30 -
9:30 in Mackinnon room 229. A
second chance to improve your
LSAT test taking abilities! Cost:
$5 or free if you are taking the
Prep Program. shac@uoguelph.ca
Thursday March
Ongoing:
Barber Gallery Exhibit ‘Queen
of Tart’. runs until March 12.
Selected pieces by 40 regional
artists. 167 Suffolk St. W. 519-
824-0821.
Red Ribbon Gala 2011 – Call
for Artist Donations. Deadline
for submissions: Thursday, March
31st. A joint fundraiser between
AIDS Committee of Guelph
&Wellington County, Bracelet of
Hope and the Masai Centre. Info:
519-763-2255 ext. 128 or email
redribbon@aidsguelph.org.
Discover Life in the Trenches at
McCrae House. Exhibit includes
objects dug from a trench in Ypres,
Belgium near where John McCrae
was stationed during the 2nd
Battle of Ypres. Runs until May
2. Sundays-Fridays, 1-5pm. 108
Water St. Info: 519-836-1221.
Guelph Civic Museum exhibit
celebrating the 175th Anniversary
of Norfolk Street United Church
– ‘People Serving God Through
Serving People’. Exhibit runs
until June 30. 6 Dublin St. S.
Open daily 1-5pm. Info: 519-
836-1221 ext. 2774 or visit
guelph.ca/museum.
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Exhibit – Ehryn Torrell: ‘Self-
Similar. When one or all parts are
smaller copies of a larger shape’
Exhibit runs until April 26. 358
Gordon St. 519-837-0010. www.
msac.ca.

Slimmon, the Guelph Chamber
Choir and 4 other local choirs,
8pm at Harcourt Memorial United
Church. Single Tickets $20, 4 for
$60. 519-836-5103.
SHAC Pre-law/LSAT Weekend
Program - March 5, 9am -
5pm - March 6, 9am - 2pm in
Mackinnon room 229. A basic
look into the LSAT, various styles
of questions, how to prepare. Cost:
$50 for weekend course and both
Mock LSAT’s. shac@uoguelph.ca
Art Show Opening at Alma
Art Gallery. Antarctica: photos
from the bottom of the earth by
Morgan Milne. Supporting high
836-5567, wmungall0809@rogers.
com
Monday March 7
STOP Worrying workshop begins
at 7:00 pm. Details at www.
uoguelph.ca/~ksomers.
Tuesday March 8
Café Scientifique - Shelldale Centre,
Pharmaceuticals in your drinking
water – an easy pill to swallow?’
with Professor Paul Sibley, School
of Environmental Sciences. 7pm
@ ARTISANALE. Everyone
Welcome, Free Admission.
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March is
Nutrition Month
- Free Workshop EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES 5-7pm. Confidentiality ensured. Munford
offered by Centre, Rm 54. Contact: rmcleod@
GHC on how Forest Restoration Planters Needed! uoguleph.ca or x53244.
to get the most Planting small trees on farms across south
information out Ontario. Guelph based, from April 18 - VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
of food labels. May 20. Excellent rates - earn $150+ per
6:30-8pm at day. Treeplanting experience an asset. Info: Hillside Festival seeks volunteers to
bartramwoodlands@sympatico.ca present workshops at their festival. Apply
20 Shelldale by March 18. Also accepting applications
Crescent. The ONTARION Is NOW HIRING until April 22 from community,
Register at (519) Editorial And Production Staff for our environmental & grassroots organizations
821 - 6638 X 303 2011-12 Production Year. Deadline For for Neighbourhood Tent. Details: www.
or kcumming@ Applications Tomorrow! For details check hillsidefestival.ca
guelphchc.ca out our job postings on page 2 of this issue
of the Ontarion or contact ontarion@ OUTline is seeking volunteers to help staff
uoguelph.ca. www.theontarion.com its Support Phone Line and other peer-
support services. To be eligible, applicants
Recruit Guelph: Your online job database are required to identify as LGBTIQ2P+
exclusively for Guelph students & alumni. and be available in April for training
Whether you’re looking for a part-time, program. Contact: 519.824.4120 ext.
summer or full-time job, recruitguelph.ca 56358 or outline@uoguelph.ca.
is for you!
Student Support Network Team Volunteer
COMMUNITY EVENTS Recruitment for their peer support
drop-in. Drop by McNally House for an
U of G’s 25th Annual Toxicology application form, or for more information
Symposium “Cancer & the Environment: about becoming a volunteer e-mail ssn@
Our Environment Affecting Our uoguelph.ca
Health”. Sat, March 5, 8: 30am-3pm,
OVC Lifetime Learning Centre. Four
distinguished speakers will address topics
including phytoestrogens in our foods,
epigenetic, occupational carcinogenic
exposure, and epigenetics susceptibility to
carcinogenesis. 4th year tox undergrads will
present posters. Tickets: $15, $12/students.
Includes breakfast/lunch. Ticket/info:
toxsa@uoguelph.ca OR www.uoguelph.
ca/~toxsa

SERVICES

Student of Colour Support Groups

(and Students from Different Cultural
Backgrounds). Mondays: One on One
support 10am-2pm, Discussion 3-5pm.
Tuesdays: One on One support 10am-2pm.
Discussion group 2-3pm. Wed: One on
one support 10am-2pm. Discussion group
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19- Utmost 8- Breadwinner 43- Copy music
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23- Capp and Capone 11- Gasteyer of “Saturday Night 47- Dated (2)
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28- Jointed or knobby at intervals 12- Hanoi holiday 50- Bridal path
30- Agitate 14- Move furtively 51- Squelch (2)
31- Beverage commonly drunk in 20- Art supporter 55- Gap
England 25- Waterfall 56- Mid-month times
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Employment Opportunity!

LIAISON OFFICERS
Admission Services is hiring six dynamic people
for temporary full-time employment
(Approx. August 2, 2011 to November 25, 2011)

Reporting to the Assistant Registrar - Student Recruitment, Liaison Officers will be required to
give presentations at approximately one hundred Ontario high schools as part of the Individual
School Visit Program, presenting information to prospective students, parents, teachers and
secondary school officials. The Liaison Officers will be responsible for preparing reports on
those visits; participating at the Ontario Universities’ Fair; counselling prospective applicants;
responding to inquiries; assisting with on-campus events; assisting with the production of
liaison materials and information; general correspondence, and other duties as assigned.

Requirements of this position include: a university degree (preferably from the University of
Guelph); relevant experience in the liaison, registrarial or student services environment, public
relations or marketing, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; demonstrated
excellence in verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills; knowledge of word
processing. A valid Ontario driver’s license is essential. Must be able to work weekends and
evenings. Extensive travel throughout Ontario is required.

Applications must be submitted on or before March 11, 2011 to:

Human Resources, University of Guelph
Level 5, University Centre

For a full description of the job posting please visit:

http://www.uoguelph.ca/hr/careers-guelph/current-staff-opportunities
between February 25 and March 11, 2011