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any diverse shapes Som

e are large some are tiny

Inside is what counts

- Vitam

in P

Wel-come to the

first ever themed edi-tion of KISSiNTEL This

week we decided to give a unifying theme to challenge the readers and contributors

of this publication to make forced associations

between what

inter-ests them and

BODIES The format was still left open ended

in order to accomodate max-imum creativity So smile because yoursquore in for a super duper special treat this

weekbetter than ice cream Cheers

Bo-De Foods in Waterloo is very unclear about what their store sells From the store name I can only deduce that they sell food of the bo-de variety (pronounced bOH-dEE) Which sounds very Hannibalistic to meWhich brings up a very good point about business naming Far too often I am passing by stores uptown downtown or on the road and I see signs for places that are poorly named Sorry Gloss yoursquore a great clothing shop but absolutely nothing about the name tells me what to expect Instead of tearing apart the many failures I can think of Irsquod like to recognize the ones who know whatrsquos up

Businesses that do it right- American Apparel look like an American by wearing our apparel- Sugar Mountain you will consume a mountain of sugar tonight- Starbucks spend bucks like a star- The Art Store get stuff make art or at least try- [insert name] Dentistry Dentist stuff by [name] (I love that - in general - dentists say dentistry but lawyers are just listing their last names)- Value Village A store of value goods from the village (or used to be before Macklemore)- Knowledge Integration you will integrate your knowledge (I know not technically a business but close enough)

So use your minds and beautiful typing hands to come up with better names for businesses that fail to explain what the heck they are doing I want to see them next issue

(Bo-dersquos totally relates it to bodies)

My thoughts are your thoughts A Rant~Author Frustrated~

In the spirit of the recent reevaluation of the KISS structure we (KISSiNTEL) also had a discussion on the plan and vision of this publication as we move forward with our biweekly editions throughout the term

The overall mandate of KISSiNTEL is to to be a publication that showcases and encourages KI students to share and have respectful and fun conversations around their passions opinions thoughts and talents with the rest of the community We value the diversity of opinion in Knowledge Integration and encourage both lighthearted and serious submissions Becausehellip

KISSiNTEL is nothing without itrsquos submissions And wersquore open to all types of opinionscomment news in-depth articles interviews poems art comics photographs anything They can be serious passionate quirky zany or something in between If yoursquore constructing an argument make sure itrsquos logical clear and critically thought out (we all took PHIL 145 and if you havenrsquot HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GRADUATE) We would like to include a variety of submissions especially since our program is so diversely talented

We look forward to hearing from you whether in comment or submission form [kissintelgmailcom]

- Actual Master and Commander Tiffany Lin

Note from the Editors Mandate Development

Uncomfortable white space

such discomfort

After last Fridayrsquos seminar alumni panel one of the panelists Vanessa Martin from the Amsterdam cohort wrote a blog post reflecting on the afternoon and included the points that she had wanted to share with the KI community

Last week I participated in the KI alumni seminar panel I started my Masters at the University of British Columbia in January so I wasnrsquot able to be there in person I did get to share a teensy bit about my experience in KI via Google Hangout but the technical difficulties made it frustrating

I sat down before the seminar and thought about how I really feel about KI Itrsquos hard to give advice that will actually be useful to someone immersed in their undergrad because Irsquom not You can ignore all of it and do your own thing Still what I wanted to talk about on Friday was this

1 Donrsquot worry so much about the future Yoursquore in an incredibly creative productive community surrounded by some of the most clever and engaged people you will ever meet Itrsquos cheesy and true Focus on the things you can learn from and make with each other (not babies mdash projects and stuff) The skills you develop in KI will help you to lead a learned thoughtful and challenging life You will not take every course that looked interesting in first year (and you will be okay with that) You will figure out your senior thesis You will get a job And when yoursquove done those things yoursquoll wish you were back where you are now Undergrad flies past so focus on it Have a few beers Do some readings for fun Itrsquos not all grades and itrsquos not all parties

2 Donrsquot just take INTEG 121 and assume you understand design There are so many applications and interpretations of the design method Find the one that works for you Being able to successfully analyze a problem identify stakeholders and iteratively create and test solutions will serve

you so well Read about past designers Sign up for lyndacom and take some Adobe tutorials Design cool shit with your cool KI friends

3 You do eventually have to figure out your future If yoursquore interested in grad school there are a few good first steps Apply for an NSERC USRA to conduct your senior thesis research if yoursquore interested in science Talk to your thesis advisor about taking your poster to a conference (hint thatrsquos how I met my current MSc supervisor) Talk to professors whose classes you likeddid well in about acting as references for your grad school applications Building these relationships early will generate much better letters of references (like other than ldquoI donrsquot really know who this person is Irsquom sure theyrsquore finerdquo)

KI was probably the most excellent decision I have made in my life So many people in my EVC and my MSc lives have commented on what a good foundation it was I just wanted to share that

- Vanessa Martin

This has been modified from its original version on Vanessarsquos blog

Vanessa was part of the Amsterdam I cohort and is now doing her Masterrsquos at UBC studying pacific salmon ecology after having completed the EVC (Environmental Visual Communication) program through the ROM and Fleming College If you want to read more about her experiences (and you really do) so far her blog wwwvanessammartintumblrcom is fantastic

Thoughts to a Student Body Alumni Vanessa Minke-Martin

Photo courtesy of freehdwcom

Bo-De Foods in Waterloo is very unclear about what their store sells From the store name I can only deduce that they sell food of the bo-de variety (pronounced bOH-dEE) Which sounds very Hannibalistic to meWhich brings up a very good point about business naming Far too often I am passing by stores uptown downtown or on the road and I see signs for places that are poorly named Sorry Gloss yoursquore a great clothing shop but absolutely nothing about the name tells me what to expect Instead of tearing apart the many failures I can think of Irsquod like to recognize the ones who know whatrsquos up

Businesses that do it right- American Apparel look like an American by wearing our apparel- Sugar Mountain you will consume a mountain of sugar tonight- Starbucks spend bucks like a star- The Art Store get stuff make art or at least try- [insert name] Dentistry Dentist stuff by [name] (I love that - in general - dentists say dentistry but lawyers are just listing their last names)- Value Village A store of value goods from the village (or used to be before Macklemore)- Knowledge Integration you will integrate your knowledge (I know not technically a business but close enough)

So use your minds and beautiful typing hands to come up with better names for businesses that fail to explain what the heck they are doing I want to see them next issue

(Bo-dersquos totally relates it to bodies)

My thoughts are your thoughts A Rant~Author Frustrated~

In the spirit of the recent reevaluation of the KISS structure we (KISSiNTEL) also had a discussion on the plan and vision of this publication as we move forward with our biweekly editions throughout the term

The overall mandate of KISSiNTEL is to to be a publication that showcases and encourages KI students to share and have respectful and fun conversations around their passions opinions thoughts and talents with the rest of the community We value the diversity of opinion in Knowledge Integration and encourage both lighthearted and serious submissions Becausehellip

KISSiNTEL is nothing without itrsquos submissions And wersquore open to all types of opinionscomment news in-depth articles interviews poems art comics photographs anything They can be serious passionate quirky zany or something in between If yoursquore constructing an argument make sure itrsquos logical clear and critically thought out (we all took PHIL 145 and if you havenrsquot HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GRADUATE) We would like to include a variety of submissions especially since our program is so diversely talented

We look forward to hearing from you whether in comment or submission form [kissintelgmailcom]

- Actual Master and Commander Tiffany Lin

Note from the Editors Mandate Development

Uncomfortable white space

such discomfort

After last Fridayrsquos seminar alumni panel one of the panelists Vanessa Martin from the Amsterdam cohort wrote a blog post reflecting on the afternoon and included the points that she had wanted to share with the KI community

Last week I participated in the KI alumni seminar panel I started my Masters at the University of British Columbia in January so I wasnrsquot able to be there in person I did get to share a teensy bit about my experience in KI via Google Hangout but the technical difficulties made it frustrating

I sat down before the seminar and thought about how I really feel about KI Itrsquos hard to give advice that will actually be useful to someone immersed in their undergrad because Irsquom not You can ignore all of it and do your own thing Still what I wanted to talk about on Friday was this

1 Donrsquot worry so much about the future Yoursquore in an incredibly creative productive community surrounded by some of the most clever and engaged people you will ever meet Itrsquos cheesy and true Focus on the things you can learn from and make with each other (not babies mdash projects and stuff) The skills you develop in KI will help you to lead a learned thoughtful and challenging life You will not take every course that looked interesting in first year (and you will be okay with that) You will figure out your senior thesis You will get a job And when yoursquove done those things yoursquoll wish you were back where you are now Undergrad flies past so focus on it Have a few beers Do some readings for fun Itrsquos not all grades and itrsquos not all parties

2 Donrsquot just take INTEG 121 and assume you understand design There are so many applications and interpretations of the design method Find the one that works for you Being able to successfully analyze a problem identify stakeholders and iteratively create and test solutions will serve

you so well Read about past designers Sign up for lyndacom and take some Adobe tutorials Design cool shit with your cool KI friends

3 You do eventually have to figure out your future If yoursquore interested in grad school there are a few good first steps Apply for an NSERC USRA to conduct your senior thesis research if yoursquore interested in science Talk to your thesis advisor about taking your poster to a conference (hint thatrsquos how I met my current MSc supervisor) Talk to professors whose classes you likeddid well in about acting as references for your grad school applications Building these relationships early will generate much better letters of references (like other than ldquoI donrsquot really know who this person is Irsquom sure theyrsquore finerdquo)

KI was probably the most excellent decision I have made in my life So many people in my EVC and my MSc lives have commented on what a good foundation it was I just wanted to share that

- Vanessa Martin

This has been modified from its original version on Vanessarsquos blog

Vanessa was part of the Amsterdam I cohort and is now doing her Masterrsquos at UBC studying pacific salmon ecology after having completed the EVC (Environmental Visual Communication) program through the ROM and Fleming College If you want to read more about her experiences (and you really do) so far her blog wwwvanessammartintumblrcom is fantastic

Thoughts to a Student Body Alumni Vanessa Minke-Martin

Photo courtesy of freehdwcom

After last Fridayrsquos seminar alumni panel one of the panelists Vanessa Martin from the Amsterdam cohort wrote a blog post reflecting on the afternoon and included the points that she had wanted to share with the KI community

Last week I participated in the KI alumni seminar panel I started my Masters at the University of British Columbia in January so I wasnrsquot able to be there in person I did get to share a teensy bit about my experience in KI via Google Hangout but the technical difficulties made it frustrating

I sat down before the seminar and thought about how I really feel about KI Itrsquos hard to give advice that will actually be useful to someone immersed in their undergrad because Irsquom not You can ignore all of it and do your own thing Still what I wanted to talk about on Friday was this

1 Donrsquot worry so much about the future Yoursquore in an incredibly creative productive community surrounded by some of the most clever and engaged people you will ever meet Itrsquos cheesy and true Focus on the things you can learn from and make with each other (not babies mdash projects and stuff) The skills you develop in KI will help you to lead a learned thoughtful and challenging life You will not take every course that looked interesting in first year (and you will be okay with that) You will figure out your senior thesis You will get a job And when yoursquove done those things yoursquoll wish you were back where you are now Undergrad flies past so focus on it Have a few beers Do some readings for fun Itrsquos not all grades and itrsquos not all parties

2 Donrsquot just take INTEG 121 and assume you understand design There are so many applications and interpretations of the design method Find the one that works for you Being able to successfully analyze a problem identify stakeholders and iteratively create and test solutions will serve

you so well Read about past designers Sign up for lyndacom and take some Adobe tutorials Design cool shit with your cool KI friends

3 You do eventually have to figure out your future If yoursquore interested in grad school there are a few good first steps Apply for an NSERC USRA to conduct your senior thesis research if yoursquore interested in science Talk to your thesis advisor about taking your poster to a conference (hint thatrsquos how I met my current MSc supervisor) Talk to professors whose classes you likeddid well in about acting as references for your grad school applications Building these relationships early will generate much better letters of references (like other than ldquoI donrsquot really know who this person is Irsquom sure theyrsquore finerdquo)

KI was probably the most excellent decision I have made in my life So many people in my EVC and my MSc lives have commented on what a good foundation it was I just wanted to share that

- Vanessa Martin

This has been modified from its original version on Vanessarsquos blog

Vanessa was part of the Amsterdam I cohort and is now doing her Masterrsquos at UBC studying pacific salmon ecology after having completed the EVC (Environmental Visual Communication) program through the ROM and Fleming College If you want to read more about her experiences (and you really do) so far her blog wwwvanessammartintumblrcom is fantastic

Thoughts to a Student Body Alumni Vanessa Minke-Martin

Photo courtesy of freehdwcom

Well folks I have a ton of assignments this week which means a rather scaled

back version of my usual verbose song descriptions In fact Irsquoll let you in on a

little secret For this weekrsquos article I just opened my iTunes and searched for songs

that had ldquobodyrdquo in the title Herersquos what I came up with

1) My Body ndash Young the Giant

This song represents my shameless conformity to the theme of this issue of

KISSiNTEL

2) Soul Meets Body ndash Death Cab for Cutie

This is a great song and ndash WOW IT CAME OUT NINE YEARS AGO

WHAT

3) Rock Your Body (Skrillex Remix) ndash Black Eyed Peas

Party get loud whatever

4) Somebody Told Me ndash The Killers

A classic song from my childhood Seriously This song came out when I was

12 5) Body Electric ndash Lana Del Rey

Love her or hate her yoursquove got to respect the Sparkle Jump Rope Queen

And no I donrsquot understand that nickname either

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As Knowledge Integration students wersquove all occasionally spent a Saturday night questioning our academic goals life goals and what ldquo42rdquo really means Okay maybe some of us have other things to do on Saturday nights but yoursquove at least scrolled through the university website at least once looking for an elective with the right mix of funinter-estingusefuldoesnrsquot-make-your-head-hurtfulfills-that-require-ment

If yoursquore anything like me you click on half the links in the calendar and write down a couple lsquomaybesrsquo until you get to a course like KIN 100 Human Anatomy Limbs and Trunk with the KIN 100L Human Anatomy Lab and think ldquoWhen will I ever get to go to a lab like that after university and have it not be creepyrdquo (Or you know ldquoThat looks coolrdquo ndash but I like my version) My main interest in this course was that it fulfilled one of my science requirements (Irsquod already vetoed chemistry biology and physics) and it was different from everything else I was doing had done or was probably ever going to do So I set out to get permission from Darlene the lecturer and the lab instructor through a series of emails that basically amounted to ldquoPleasepleaseplease can Irdquo until I got in I loved it

Let me preface this by saying I donrsquot have any particular interest in pursuing a vo-cation in medicine Irsquove met some great doctors nurses surgeons physiotherapists and podiatrists I have never felt the call to join their ranks I actually spent the majority of this course thinking about design Not intelligent design but the efficiency of the function of certain muscles depending on their shape and attachments Why certain injuries are more common than others just based on location and why certain small variations can influence larger processes in the human body

The course and lab are 075 credits of (mostly) memorization of the Latin terms for bones nerves arteries veins and muscles along with their attachments and functions and recognition of these in the human body (Did I mention the lab has pre-dissected human cadavers Thank you do-

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nors) If memorizing hundreds of facts is your forte then yoursquore halfway there For the rest of the way and for the people who equate memorization with kryptonite you have to find some way to organize the information and make sense of it all The lecture is in a large hall but the lab involves about five stations for interactive and experiential learning with a ratio of teaching assistant to students at something like 1 to 6 The TAs mostly upper-year undergraduates who are volunteering their time can be your greatest asset They will happily give you mnemonics analogies rhymes models pictures and rubber bands until you understand recognize and remember There is lots of opportunity to ask questions for clarification or even for general interest beyond the course and for active engagement in your own learning (Why does that muscle do that Well pull on its tendon and see ndash do not try this at home kids)

One of the things that made the course especially awesome for me was the former lab instructor and current lecturer Tamara Maciel Instructors can sometimes make or break an experience and I lucked out Tamara is familiar with KI she has collaborated with members of the KI faculty and is currently a thesis advisor She got me enrolled in a lab as soon as possible sent me a welcome

message and allowed me to come into alternate lab sessions when I couldnrsquot make the review times She was one of my first experiences of the impact and influence that the KI student body had made on oth-er faculties The choice to take the course led me to becoming more involved in more teaching and learning opportunities such as Kin Lab Days dissection club and pass-ing on my knowledge and experience as a volunteer even before I had taken my final exam that same term

Irsquom not saying yrsquoall should take KIN 100 and 100L (Although you really should Offered every winter Irsquom also told every non-KIN student who wanted it got into the lab this year so itrsquos totally doable) However taking a chance on a course that just makes you pause and wonder or even just taking a peek at courses under subjects that you never intend on taking can be worth your while At the very least yoursquoll run into something you hadnrsquot expected there to be a course on and find out exactly whatrsquos offered

~ Akanksha Madan

ldquoOf course you have a cat Yoursquore such a hipsterrdquoLOLS From Profs

Cruss-

Werd

Send feedback and submissions to kissintelgmailcom

Cruss-

Werd

Send feedback and submissions to kissintelgmailcom