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The deeper meaning of dreamsPostscript: Page 18

By Chloe SoBelNews Editor

According to preliminary figures, the Underground’s sales have sunk since 2013, when it was rebranded from Alfie’s Nightclub.

In 2013-14, the Underground sold $161,771.11 worth of drinks, a decrease of $134,151.51 from 2012-13 and $203,184 from 2011-12.

Last year, the AMS projected the Underground to sell over $380,000.

In a July 2013 AMS press release, former AMS Vice-President of Operations Nicola Plummer said the AMS Board of Directors had considered shutting down the club if poor revenue figures continued.

At the end of her term in 2014, she told

the Journal that it would be up to students to decide if they wanted a nightclub, since nothing had changed with student response to the brand.

“If they don’t, we’ll just shut it down,” Plummer said.

Justin Reekie, current vice-president of operations, said he has no plans to do so.

Reekie, ArtSci ’13, came up with the idea for the Underground rebranding as last year’s AMS Hospitality and Services Director. He said he’s spent this past summer looking at ways to sharpen the nightclub’s brand.

Last year, total operating expenses for TAPS, which operates both the Underground and QP, were $765,314.85. QP sold $1,173,838.14 of food and drinks.

Allocated expenses, which include

AMS

Underground sales sinkSales dropped by more than 50 per cent after rebrand

By KaShmala omarArts Editor

With a particular focus on nature, fairy tales and the secrecy of the human mind, artist Rebecca Cowan’s series Nymphs — New Works in Mixed Media is the epitome of thought-provoking art.

Although at first glance the artwork – located at Studio 22 in downtown Kingston – looks painted, the series was actually generated through p r i n t - m a k i n g — a technique that involves the transfer of images through processes of e n g r a v i n g , stenciling, cutting and more.

Cowan attended the Toronto School of Art at the age of 29, where she was first introduced to this artistic approach.

“I was very hesitant to pursue art as a career because I knew how precarious it

would be,” she said. “I didn’t really have a desire to paint, I didn’t know what I wanted to do. Then, the first week of classes I took a print-making course and I just fell in love with it.”

Each piece, printed on wooden canvas, presents viewers with individual faces against pastel backgrounds surrounded by whimsically-drawn trees and flowers.

Cowan was slightly hesitant to begin the project. She had been playing around with the idea for a long time, but was unsure of how to incorporate each theme into the initial idea.

“I did a series of [tree] art work two years ago, printed in black and

white, and I had wanted to go further with them,” Cowan said. “Many things came into play to get to the Nymphs. One of the ideas I’d been thinking of for a long time was the idea of secret lives, the fact

“I didn’t really have a desire to paint, I didn’t know what I wanted to do. Then, the first week of classes I took a print-making course and I just fell in love with it.”

— Rebecca Cowan

ART EXHIBIT

Nature meets fantasy Rebecca Cowan’s newest collection of sublime prints

Kingstonians protested violence against women at the Take Back the Night march yesterday evening. See page 4 for full story. PHOTO BY ARWIN CHAN

TAPS deficit last year: $125,554Decrease in drink sales at The Underground last year.55%

See Reekie on page 6 See A spiritual on page 11

page 12On Point

page 3The Halls

By Chloe SoBelNews Editor

Two researchers at Queen’s Innovation Park have developed a new technology they say can help fight the Ebola epidemic.

Dr. Michael Shannon, former deputy surgeon general of Canada, and Dr. Dick Zoutman, professor emeritus at Queen’s and current chief of staff at Quinte Health Care, created AsepticSure as a hospital sterilization system.

AsepticSure uses a combination of ozone and peroxide — frequently used separately as decontaminants — to

sterilize rooms and kill bacteria.“We’ve had access to some

pretty nasty things,” Shannon said, adding that so far there hasn’t been a bacterial pathogen they haven’t been able to kill.

AsepticSure reaches a six log reduction in bacteria, or 99.9999 per cent, which Shannon said is a standard requirement for sterilizing scalpels to avoid infections.

He said that the gas released by AsepticSure to clean rooms mimics how the human body kills pathogens. Combining ozone and peroxide creates trioxidane, present in lymphocytes, which produce

small concentrations of ozone and peroxide.

“We’re using an approach that the body uses,” he said.

“None of us would be here if it didn’t have that approach. Mother Nature sorted this out a long time ago.”

AsepticSure was tested at Quinte Health Care-Belleville General Hospital, where it was used to clean a ward. Shannon said the ward’s nurses also put various pieces of equipment into the room being cleaned, including wheelchairs and walkers, which are difficult to fully clean.

Belleville General Hospital

typically experiences one to two outbreaks of MRSA ( M e t h i c i l l l i n - R e s i s t a n t Staphylococcus Aureus) per month. After cleaning the ward in 2013, the hospital saw no new cases of MRSA over the next 12 months.

AsepticSure has to charge the room it’s cleaning over a period of time, determined by the size of the room. After the room is fully charged, an external computer alerts whoever is managing the cleaning and the machine goes into the treatment phase, where it releases the trioxidane vapor. Once the treatment is done, the machine scrubs the room, with the generator being turned off and ozone scrubbers and dehumidifiers take the ozone and humidity out of the air.

Shannon presented alongside J. Brad Matchung, president and CEO of Design Shelter Inc., a business based in Mississauga that specializes in remote infrastructure.

Matchung’s company manufactures portable structures designed to be lightweight, mobile and modular — different structures can connect to each other. The kits have served as field hospitals in Trinidad and Tobago, the Cayman

Islands and the Bahamas, and allow patients not to have to go to urban centres for treatment.

In combination with AsepticSure, Matchung said that the individual kits can serve as a multi-bed Ebola treatment facility. The kits include the shelter, the cleaning technology, an HVAC (heating, ventilating, air conditioning) system and a generator, and can be combined to form a complex.

The shelters include openings that can serve as windows or doors and connect to other shelters through “neutral zone” anterooms. This limits the amount of cross-contamination, which Matchung said has historically been a problem with outbreak management.

Matchung’s past clients include FEMA, the World Health Organization and Health Canada. The shelter can operate in almost any weather — from -50°C to 50°C and in winds less than 120 kilometres an hour.

“The whole thing is interconnected, and in the winter — I’ve been there, you can wander around in a t-shirt, it’s so nice inside,” Shannon said of the shelter complex.

ISABEL BADER CENTRE

More work left for the IsabelStudents dissatisfied with long commute to new arts centreBy JaCoB RoSenAssistant News Editor

After almost five years since its ground-breaking on Oct. 9, 2009, accessibility issues surrounding the Isabel Bader Centre have yet to be entirely solved.

The Isabel, as it’s been nicknamed by the University, is located on King St., roughly 15-20 minutes from main campus. During its construction, students complained about a potential lack of access to meals within a 10-15-minute walk. Express shuttle routes 501 and 502 run up and down King St. and stop at the Isabel, but their only stop on campus is at Kingston General Hospital on Stuart St.

The Isabel opened for classes on Sept. 8.

On March 14, the Queen’s Film and Media Society organized the Artists on the Run Parade, which targeted the University administration for the Isabel’s lack of transportation and food.

Students marched together from the BioSciences Complex to the Isabel holding signs asking the administration to take notice of student concerns.

Since then, Susan Lord, film and media department head, said she’s been working with Jo Brett in the office of the University Registrar in an effort to make film students’ timetables as convenient as possible. She’s also looked to improve food

choices at the Isabel.“[I] asked for healthier food

options in the vending machines,” she said, adding that her message will be stronger if students join in.

She added that the film department has worked all summer with the University to ensure opening the Isabel would run as smoothly and conveniently as possible for students.

A new crosswalk was implemented this summer in front of the Isabel’s entrance on King St. to ensure student safety, which Lord said shows the “responsiveness” of the City of Kingston as well as the University to students’ safety concerns.

The University was unable to comment by deadline.

Laura Wyatt, who’s in the Computing and Creative Arts program, said she’s faced with a 20-minute rush to get from her class in Macdonald Hall to the Isabel.

“They obviously just ran out of real-estate [closer to campus],” Wyatt, ArtSci ’17, told the Journal via email. She said the University has the ability to make the Isabel more accessible.

The addition of bike lanes on King St. could make it a more “safe and easily accessible route” to the Isabel, she added.

Wyatt said the centre’s biggest problem is the lack of community, which she attributes to the food issue.

“It would be nice to have an

original cafe there to really complete the building and give other incentive [for students] to stick around,” she said.

Overall, she enjoys and appreciates the addition of the Isabel to the Queen’s arts community.

“I love the centre and I am happy that there finally is a major appreciation/funding for the arts. I felt that it was previously lacking.”

Film and media student Ariel Silverstein echoed Wyatt’s concerns.

“The main reason I chose to come to Queen’s in the first place was the quick and easy access to campus,” Silverstein, ArtSci ’15, told the Journal via email.

The Isabel offers an open fridge for students to keep their lunches in, as well as vending machines, but there are still no plans to implement a cafeteria. The lack of food was another disappointment for Silverstein.

“While I am not in production classes, those who are will have long and hungry nights working on their projects in the editing rooms,” she said.

Regardless, Silverstein said she likes the Centre overall, adding that she appreciates that the Film and Media department has a building to

“better represent” itself.“Nonetheless I do believe that

there is a lot of work that still needs to be done on the building to make it feel like home once again,” she said.

EBOLA

Researchers repurpose technology to fight EbolaHospital sterilization system combined with shelter kits can help protect health workers in Africa

One of the Design Shelter Inc. shelters, set up at Innovation Park. PHOTO BY CHLOE SOBEL

Dr. Michael Shannon demonstrates AsepticSure. PHOTO BY CHLOE SOBEL

Students still have complaints about the Isabel’s amenities. JOURNAL FILE PHOTO

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By Laura russeLLFeatures Editor

An instructor stands at the front of an auditorium, lecturing to dozens or hundreds of students. This is the basis of many university courses — but it can be ineffective.

According to English professor Asha Varadharajan, students don’t learn if they’re passively receiving information in lecture classes.

“Having information just given to them will not engage them,” she said. “In my experience, I found that a combination of lecture and discussion works best.”

As students progress into upper years, lectures often give way to seminars and research projects. Aside from laboratory sections in the sciences and engineering, though, lectures remain the dominant teaching method in first- and second-year courses.

According to Varadharajan, Queen’s needs classrooms that allow both lecture and seminar styles of teaching. While smaller classrooms are often stuffy, she said, large auditoriums are generally packed full of students that are too overcrowded to write notes.

Queen’s has committed to renovating seven main auditoriums on campus, according to the University. Painting and seating upgrades are part of the scheduled work, expected to be completed by Sept. 2015.

“The condition of the classroom is important for the students to learn,” Varadharajan said, “and the room conditions have to be improved.”

Alexa Kuczynski, ArtSci ’15, said most of her lecture halls are cramped, including classes in the Biosciences Complex, Kingston Hall and Jeffrey Hall.

“Sometimes I don’t have enough leg room and some lecture halls don’t permit for someone to walk through the aisle when people are sitting,” she said, adding that it helps for lecture halls to have natural light and heating that isn’t too warm or cold.

An auditorium’s physical layout can also pose problems.

“One of my professors this year complained about the classroom set-up in Kingston Hall,” Kuczynski said. “He said he hates how the projector is in the middle of the front of the classroom because he can’t walk around.”

In that classroom, students sitting in the far left of the front row often can’t see the projection screen, she said.

“If it’s a filled lecture hall you don’t have a choice, but it should be a requirement that all students should be able to see the screen.”

Kuczynski said she finds it effective when her professors walk around while lecturing, making her more likely to pay attention.

“It’s great when the professors talk about their experiences and how it relates to the class,” she said. “It’s taking a break from the structured lecture format.”

In January, Queen’s opened

three new active learning classrooms in Ellis Hall, which focus on peer-directed learning, rather than on the instructor alone.

One classroom has the capacity to accommodate 48 students, while another can hold up to 72.

All three classrooms feature new learning technology and are currently being used for Arts and Science and engineering courses.

According to Jill Scott, vice-provost of teaching and learning, these spaces were designed to promote active and collaborative learning by increasing student engagement.

“We’re looking at different ways to teach and now that these spaces are available we’re undergoing analyses to see how it affects the students and their learning,” she said.

Two new active learning spaces will be available by January 2015 in Theological Hall, Scott said, which will facilitate a greater focus on teamwork among classmates.

“We know that teamwork is a desirable trait that employers look for,” she said. “We’re going to be looking at how these rooms can develop this type of teamwork within the students.”

Despite the rush to engage in active learning, Scott said, moving away from the traditional lecture format wouldn’t be feasible.

“We’re not going to get rid of the lecture,” she said. “The lecture format is always going to be there, but we can do many things to improve it.”

There are effective ways to engage students in lectures, she said, such as using clickers and breaking the class into smaller discussion groups.

“A faculty member has to feel comfortable with a particular medium,” she said. “But Queen’s has been providing faculty with opportunities to make lectures more engaging for the students.”

Some students, like Mark O’Donoghue, think professors should supplement their lessons by incorporating technology into lectures.

O’Donoghue, ArtSci ’15, said the typical lecture format is ineffective for teaching difficult concepts.

“A professor lecturing without aids is an effective way to remind the class of something that they

already know, or to recap last class, but not as a method to teach the entire lesson,” he said.

O’Donoghue graduated from Queen’s engineering in 2014 and is now completing a one-year degree in economics. He said he learns best when a concept is explained with a visual, which requires a projector.

The condition of the classroom also affects how he learns, he added. When most of his classes were in Dupuis Hall, he said, he barely had any room to move and his knees hit the chair in front of him.

“The rooms need to be updated in terms of creating more space for students to move and an update in their heating and air conditioning,” O’Donoghue said.

The new Ellis Hall learning rooms are a good start in how lecture halls should be constructed, he said, with chairs on wheels and up-to-date technology.

“It’s a good start, but it’s not quite there yet. We should be going towards an intuitive and comfortable learning environment,” he said.

“Right now we can’t look at the professor and the board at the same time,” he added, “which takes away from the overall learning experience.”

“The condition of the classroom is important for the students to learn.

— Asha Varadharajan, English professor

“It should be a requirement that all students should be able to see the screen.

— Alexa Kuczynski, ArtSci ’15

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ACADEMICS

Lecture halls prepare for a face-liftUniversity considers alternatives to the traditional lecture format and lecture hall spaces

PHOTO BY ARWIN CHANOne of the three Ellis Hall active learning classrooms.

PHOTO BY ARWIN CHANA computer science lecture in the basement of Macdonald Hall.

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FEATURE

FEMINISM

Kingston women seek to take back the nightAnnual march protests sexual and physical violence against women, draws dozens of protestorsBy Mishal OMarAssistant News Editor

After over 30 years of the annual Kingston Take Back the Night march, the event’s message remains the same.

Roughly 50 protesters marched through downtown Kingston on Thursday evening, beginning at Confederation Park, making as much noise as possible and shouting slogans such as “we want freedom, we want rights, we are taking back our nights”.

The march, which takes place all over the world, is a protest against sexual and physical violence against women. “Take back the night” is a reference to the fear that women feel when they are alone in public spaces.

One of the first marches was held in Philadelphia in 1975 following the murder of microbiologist Susan Alexander Speeth, while on her way home.

Many protestors, whether basing their decision to march on personal experience or as allies, spoke of rape culture as well as general inequality between men and women.

“Sexual violence still exists; rape still exists. It’s important for women to be able to walk in safety,” Karen, a protester who declined to give her last name, said.

Garrean Baga, an ally, said he lacked the knowledge of the extent to which sexual violence affects women until recently.

“Several of my friends have been sexually assaulted and upon finding out I was really shocked that it was so common,” he said.

Brenda Slomka, a Kingston mayoral candidate, was front and centre throughout the march.

“[The march] brings together people from the community,” she said.

“It shows the power of what it means when there is strength in numbers and what it means to be a collective that says that this issue that is systemic in our society — that we’re not going to tolerate it.”

Jennifer Byrd, a protester who was joined by her young son, expressed the importance of educating children about these issues.

“I love that we’re educating our children,” she said.

“I really believe that parents have a responsibility to teach their children how to treat people — including women.”

Daniel J. Beals, a representative for White Ribbon in Kingston, expressed the same sentiment.

“I try to make it clear to [my son] what I believe in, and the issues of equity,” he said.

“Women and everyone need and deserve safety. Those conversations are as good for me as they are for him, because they educate me as well.”

Members of Kingston’s “kink” community were also present. One woman, who asked to remain anonymous, touched on matters of rape where the lines — at least under the law — may be blurred.

“Consent is extremely important within the kink community,” she said.

“Instead of the slogan ‘no means no’, I prefer the slogan ‘only yes means yes’, because it’s a higher standard of consent. It means that men should seek enthusiastic consent from their partners rather than trying to get coercive consent from them.”

Marguerite Dydyk, a part time volunteer at the Kingston Interval House, said this event is important to her because of her daughter, murdered in Prince Edward Island by a co-worker.

“I try to let women understand that ‘it can happen to you’,” she said.

“No one is exempted from murder and no one is exempted from violence.”

PHOTOS BY ARWIN CHAN

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Top: protestors hold a banner for missing and murdered indigenous women. Bottom: marchers hold a sign protesting rape culture.

PHOTOS BY EMILIE RABEAU

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INNOVATION

Colourful innovation wins $25,000Winning Queen’s Summer Innovation Initiative team improves 3D printer’s ability to print in colour

Reekie says TAPS not tapped out

Winning teams receive $25,000 for their business. JOURNAL FILE PHOTO

administrative and space cost recovery charges, cost TAPS $110,400.

It’s unclear how much it costs to operate the Underground separate from QP, as allocated and operating expenses for TAPS include both establishments.

Last year, Plummer told the Journal that deficits incurred by the nightclub are often subsidized by QP, which garners more revenue and is attended more consistently.

Including cost of sales for both services, TAPS ran a $125,554.55 deficit last year, a stark decrease compared to the $6,712.35 deficit projected as part of the service’s budget.

“The Underground doesn’t really lose much … we’d be in a worse financial situation [closing it] than keeping it open and remaining how it is right now,” Reekie said.

Reekie added that closing the Underground would leave the TAPS budget worse off, because it would still have to pay for all the costs of having the space.

“It’s not as easy as just shutting it down … because a lot of people often forget you’re losing [the revenue] as well. They kind of go hand in hand.”

From May 1, 2012 to April 30, 2013, TAPS made $85,038.11 before allocated expenses. After factoring in those expenses, it incurred a $19,961.89 deficit. The Journal reported in 2013 that an unaudited figure projected the deficit at $30,000.

The Underground is looking to bring more students in through a number of promotions, including a presence during Orientation Week DJing events and a partnership with CoGro.

The idea was created at a branding meeting held over

the summer, where Reekie and staff worked to figure out their brand identity.

“For this example, it was to be an essential part of student life, that we’re here for you just as much as students are here for us,” he said.

This year, TAPS is budgeted to run a total deficit of $19,188.07. The 2014-15 administrative charge was $22,000 and the space cost recovery charge was $24,100.

Reekie said he hopes that the Underground will perform better

in the coming year, but added that he’s being realistic about the 2014-15 budget. The Underground is budgeted to make $218,390.99 in sales, which would be an improvement over the actual sales

numbers of 2013-14.“I want a number that’s realistic.

I don’t think it’s something that will change completely overnight, but it’s definitely getting better,” Reekie said.

“This management team is really looking forward to the opportunity to provide the social value to students that I think is being often forgotten.”

By Mishal OMarAssistant News Editor

The winners of this year’s Queen’s Summer Innovation Initiative (QSII) created an addition to the consumer 3D printer, improving its ability to print in colour.

QSII is a 16-week intensive program that allows students the opportunity to become entrepreneurs.

A joint initiative between the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and the Queen’s School of Business, participating students have access to seminars, workshops and hands-on mentorship — all of which help them in designing and marketing their product.

This year’s winning team, Mosaic Manufacturing, stood out from the rest of the competition with their addition to consumer 3D printers that improves their ability to print in colour.

QSII which began the summer of 2012, is a way for students to accomplish their entrepreneurial goals, as well as develop as business people, innovators and leaders.

At the end of the program, each group must present their company to a panel of judges, and the winning team receives $25,000 to expand their business.

Greg Bavington, who oversees QSII and is the executive director of the Queen’s Innovator Connector (QIC), was happy with the results of this year’s program.

“The competition this year was

staggering,” he said.“Putting the nine teams in any

order you’d like, top to bottom, that ninth place team’s work was still head and shoulders above any team I’ve seen in the past.”

The goal of the program is to help Queen’s students prepare for the fast-changing needs of the current market.

“We’re now at a point where extremely successful technologies can be eclipsed in a matter of years, or even months,” he said.

“That means we have to be less wedded to a technology, you need a portable skill set — which has to include understanding commercial aspects, not just technical aspects.”

Bavington emphasized the importance of teamwork and diversity within the groups in this initiative.

“Everyone who is involved in the program feels very strongly about successful teams needing diversity among their members,” he said. “There’s a tendency for people to be around like-minded people — that’s not necessarily great for business.”

It is important for Queen’s students to be prepared for the needs of Canadian society once they graduate, Bavington said.

“Queen’s mandate has always been to prepare people to be successful, to serve Canadian society — and what Canadian society needs has shifted quite a bit. It needs people with transferable skills, people who are adaptable.”

QSII is unusual among entrepreunerial programs — it’s a paid internship.

The teams also receive $2,500 to create their company, something both Bavington and Chris Labelle, a member of Mosaic Manufacturing, referenced.

“One of the important things for us was that we were given access to the Queen’s prototyping labs. QIC also set all of the QSII teams up with $2,500 worth of seed funding with which to start our businesses,” Labelle, Comm ’14, told the Journal via email.

Most important for Mosaic Manufacturing, however, was the emphasis on teamwork.

“The most beneficial resource that QSII gave us was the ability to form our team,” he said.

“Everyone involved in QSII wanted to take a shot at being an entrepreneur, and being in that environment, being around people who had the same interests was what enabled us to create the product that we did,” he added.

Labelle praised the program for its goal of helping students, and the fact that they’re expanding each year.

“I think QIC is improving the initiative every year,” he said.

“The program is accessible to any student at Queen’s, and they’ve done a great job attracting top-tier mentors to the program.”

GRAPHIC BY MICHAELLA FORTUNE

Continued from page 1

The Underground’s sales have been steadily declining for the past several years, leaving TAPS in a deficit.

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Friday, September 26th, 2014

Goucher College went too far with their drastic revision to the school’s application process.

The Baltimore college will permit applicants to submit a video of themselves and some samples of their high school work, instead of transcripts and standardized test scores. The intention behind the new process, according to Goucher’s president, is to reduce bias and to provide equal opportunities, as not all high school students have a laptop or the means to write an admission essay.

This rationale is flawed. If

a student is unable to find a way to write an essay in high school — on paper or a free library computer — how are they going to write essays in university?

Overall, having a video as the primary form of application is a poor idea. Transcripts that represent years of work can’t be replaced by a short video, especially when a personal video doesn’t help gauge a student’s ability to perform in university.

Video applications would only exacerbate issues

of bias. Putting a face to a name immediately creates

an unavoidable inclination within the admissions officer. This would only be worsened by other factors, such as the applicant’s acting ability, attractiveness or race, as well as the quality of the video

— which will diverge based on a student’s budget.

If equal opportunity and access to education are Goucher’s major concerns, introducing video applications is a poor means of addressing these systemic issues.

The video has the potential to act as a supplement rather than as a replacement, similarly to Queen’s Personal Statement of Experience essay, which allows for a more well-rounded

application. The same can be said of the samples of work applicants submit to Goucher. If these samples were in addition to other papers, the result would be much more reflective of a student’s abilities.

Judging by Goucher’s 16 per cent acceptance rate, the college is likely hoping that more students will apply with the simpler application process. By making applying easier, though, all Goucher will do is contributing to the influx of students aimlessly applying to university.

— Journal Editorial Board

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Editorials — thE Journal’s PErsPEctivE

Video apps a folly solution

ILLUSTRATION BY MICHAELLA FORTUNE

Rob Ford’s detailed medical disclosure was the right decision, but his situation shouldn’t set a precedent where we demand health information from our leaders as though it were a right.

Ford withdrew from the ongoing Toronto mayoral race last week following the discovery of a tumour in his abdomen. Ford’s doctor released his medical details to the public — a rare occurrence in Canadian history, as the exact details of a politician’s medical condition aren’t often disclosed.

Politicians have a right to privacy and the extent of a medical disclosure should be their decision. The media can request such information, but the public isn’t entitled to the details of a politician’s illness.

It’s a politician’s responsibility to serve and consult their constituents. If an ailment could negatively influence their ability to work, they have a moral obligation to disclose it to their constituents.

However, if a politician decides to reveal such information, an acknowledgement is more than enough. Divulging details of the condition is unnecessary and shouldn’t be sought after.

Ford’s case is atypical in that the line between his personal and public life has been blurred for some time. His substance abuse has been at the forefront of news coverage throughout much of his tenure as mayor.

Ford made the right choice to go public. With his history of media attention, there would have been a lot of scepticism if he’d pulled out of the mayoral

race without an explanation. But this shouldn’t set the precedent that all politicians need to release details of their medical history.

Now that Ford has made the appropriate statement, the media needs to respect the fact that he’s sick and leave him alone.

— Journal Editorial Board

Medical details not a right

“So, what are you doing after you graduate?”

When I meet fourth-year students, one of my first instincts is to ask this very question. These days, I often find myself on the receiving end.

Many cringe when asked this question, as uncertainty on life after undergrad can be magnified when it hits you as a three-second question.

With grad school deadlines looming, my years of volunteering, late nights and internship experience will be combined to form an application labeled:

“ME … please accept!”Preparing for these applications

has brought to light the importance of investing in relationships that count.

When you’re stuck in your room working on answers to those simple, yet surprisingly tough application questions, it’s easy to feel lonely and out of the loop as you watch your friends hanging out around you — without you.

Attending a social event once in a while or talking to your housemate as you prepare dinner may temporarily fill that sense of loneliness, but relationships that haven’t been nourished with time

and effort can leave you feeling empty and unfulfilled.

It’s exactly the kind of feeling you don’t want to have when planning life after undergrad has already left you somewhat soft and vulnerable inside.

Seeking fulfillment in trivial interactions — like worrying about someone’s tone in a Facebook message, or when the person you’ve had your eye on will finally talk to you — isn’t the answer.

Relationships shouldn’t by any means be considered trivial, but there are certain parts of our interactions that are. When we worry about these trivial parts of

our relationships, any sense of fulfillment is short-term, leaving us as empty as we were before.

Life has a funny way of making you look back and realize that the strength to pursue your dreams — and fill out those grad school applications — often comes from your close family and friends who’ve been there all along, but whose impact you’ve sometimes failed to notice because your time has been spent overanalyzing other situations.

We need to dismiss the trivial and nourish relationships we can count on — those that will strengthen us as we pursue our goals after graduation.

Natasa is one of the Journal’s Assistant News Editors. She’s a fourth-year political studies major.

Natasa BaNsagi

Toss out the trivial

“Transcripts that represent years of work can’t be replaced by a short video, especially when a personal video doesn’t help gauge a student’s ability to perform in university.”

PRIVACY

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DIALOGUE

Dear Queen’s Students,

As an old fogey who graduated from Queen’s and who has many friends and family — including my daughter — who graduated from Queen’s, I am moved to write this letter, strictly out of caring and concern.

On Monday, Sept. 8, I hit a couple of Queen’s students on bikes with my car. I was devastated, particularly at one point when I thought I had seriously injured them, or even worse. By the grace of God no one was seriously injured, although one girl with a bad cut was ambulanced to KGH.

I felt terrible about this incident and was concerned for the victims as if they were my own kids. I thought to myself that it could easily have been me over 50 years ago, or it could have been my daughter.

That being said, I also thought about something which has concerned me for some time, namely the lack of safety awareness of many students when they’re on the streets, something compounded by current technology.

I can’t tell you how many times in recent years I have witnessed, and told by others who have witnessed, students crossing streets and intersections with cell phones in their ears’ totally oblivious to what is going on around them. And yes, in my most cynical moments I have been tempted with thoughts of “wow, here’s our future leaders who are privileged high academic achievers, whose common sense intelligence is zero!”

I realize it is wrong to ‘tar all students with the same brush’ but I appeal to all of you to be alert and safety conscious on the streets. Back to my accident on Monday: these students were riding the wrong way on a one-way street and not watching where they were going.

I had been stopped at the stop sign awaiting my safe chance to turn onto that one-way street. The moment I started to make my turn they were across my path with no chance for me to avoid crashing into them.

For one thing they were going the wrong way — the rule for cyclists is the same as for cars — but clearly they were not attending their minds to what they were doing on the road.

In conclusion, I appeal to all students to be alert and safety conscious, including knowing the rules when on the roads. For the sake of yourselves, your parents, your alma mater and others, this is as much a responsibility for you as anyone.

Hal HoltArSci ’62

Should universities accept video applications for admissions? PHOTOS BY OLIVIA BOWDEN

“I would go for a written application. Video could turn into

something less serious.”

Jessica schissler, artsci ’16

Abby Andrew, ArtSci ‘15

After three years of dealing with Health, Counselling and Disability Services (HCDS), I’m convinced that Queen’s mental health initiative has yet to come to fruition.

As someone who suffers from depression, which developed during my first year at Queen’s, I know that myself and other students haven’t received the care from our school that we’ve been promised.

The Principal’s Commission on Mental Health was created in 2011 to address a desperate need for better resources on campus to support students who suffer from mental illness. An extensive series of reports were published in fall 2012 to combat this issue.

The Commission made over 100 recommendations in their reports, ranging from a focus on creating a supportive environment, encouraging students to seek help and ultimately having an “effective response, service and care.”

What’s on paper, however, has yet to be realized within HCDS, and students like myself are feeling the brunt of this inadequacy.

I understand that change takes time and patience. But at the core of mental health rehabilitation is

connecting with someone who’s ill and ensuring they don’t feel like they have to face each day alone. I experienced the opposite of this during my first trip to HCDS.

When I look back at my experience in residence, my memories are filled with those of confusion, sadness and fury. This was when I first began to develop depression, and I definitely didn’t know how to handle it.

The posters on every door in my residence said you should go to HCDS if you needed help, so that’s what I did. I soon realized this building operated more like a factory. Students were brought in, given a quick “fix” for their issue and sent away. The personal element, which is so key to mental health treatment, was missing.

The doctor I saw could tell I was struggling and knew something had to be done. He prescribed me an anti-depressant.

To this day, I can’t remember the name of the doctor that made this important and life-changing decision for me. I spoke to him for a mere 10 minutes, and a prescription had already been drawn up for me.

As I was depressed and desperate to feel better, I took the pills happily with the hope that my life would change. Nothing happened.

I found this whole process to be extremely isolating – the opposite of the ideology HCDS seems to purport on a daily basis.

The Principal’s Commission on

Mental Health rightly emphasizes that a safe environment must be created to encourage students to come forward with mental health issues. But when a student does come forward, those interactions are integral to their further rehabilitation.

A student who reaches out for help and is instead given a rushed prescription can be turned off from seeking help. That’s what happened to me.

In retrospect, medicine wasn’t what I needed at the time. What I needed was a doctor that would listen to me, support me and, above all, remember my name.

I’ve been on anti-depressants for three years, and the doctor who prescribed them to me has never followed up. I now rely on medicine to balance the level of serotonin in my brain, and I’m skeptical as to whether I need it.

My rehabilitation still relies on much more than medicine, and I didn’t feel that Queen’s could provide me this support. A bottle of pills isn’t personal support.

That day, the doctor handed me a list of therapists in the city that would be able to help me. I felt that I was being passed off to someone else because the school couldn’t deal with me. I had been outsourced.

It made me feel that my problems were too complex for them. The list of these therapists fell to the bottom of my bag and I never saw it again.

After going to HCDS, I made

an appointment with a counselor in Victoria Hall to seek guidance. I entered her office and poured out my feelings, but I felt as though I got very little back in return. I needed a solid foundation for care that simply doesn’t exist at this school.

I’ve received counseling services and accommodation notes for assignments — yet I still often feel on my own.

It’s clear that mental health is a concern at Queen’s. In the 2013 National College Health Assessment Survey, 70 per cent of Queen’s students said they’d felt

“very lonely” in the preceding 12 months and 73.2 said they’d felt

“very sad”. These are numbers that need to change.

Different surveys should be taken now. Queen’s should ask its students if the support they’ve been provided here is enough. They should ask for consistent feedback about HCDS and its doctors and counselors.

I encourage the University to seek out these opinions from students, and for students to go out of their way to tell HCDS what they need from them.

Permanent, systemic change is in the works, but the process can be sped up to help students at Queen’s who don’t have the luxury of waiting years for proper help.

Abby Andrew is a fourth-year English major.

“I think it’s a great idea. You can see [students’] creative side.”

aliya ali, artsci ’17

“It’s a cool creative outlet, but I’m on the fence about it.”

carrie emblem, artsci ’18

“It’s a great opportunity for some, but not for those who

aren’t tech-savvy.”

rachel mallory, con-ed ’15

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MENTAL HEALTH

Students left behindHCDS has failed to really connect with students suffering from mental health issues

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MUSIC REVIEW

Bringing Bounce to Stages Australian DJs performed an exciting set for a crowd of students on Wednesday night as part of Bounce Bus tourBy Tiffany LamStaff Writer

Australian DJs Will Sparks, Joel Fletcher and Timmy Trumpet, also known as “Team Lunatics”, have just embarked on a Bounce Bus tour together across North America, including Kingston as their first of four Ontario dates.

On Wednesday, Stages Nightclub and Embrace Kingston welcomed the Aussie trio.

Timmy Trumpet is a Sydney-based main room house DJ and producer who, not shockingly, plays the trumpet. Joel Fletcher is known as the prodigal son of Melbourne’s underground dance music, while 21-year-old Will Sparks has claimed legendary status as the king of the globally loved

Melbourne sound.According to Sparks, the

atmosphere on the Bounce Bus is positive and energetic.

“It’s three lunatics on a bus having a good time, ‘cause we’re all best mates,” he said. “We’re just traveling the world and doing what we love.”

The team travels on a large 12-bed luxury bus — the same bus that Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent used previously, he said. Sparks looks forward to making a lot of music and collaborations on this tour, and Trumpet looks forward to simply just enjoying himself.

“Life is about having a good time, and I’m having the best time because my mates are on tour with me, and it couldn’t be better,” Sparks said.

While ticket sales for the Bounce Bus Tour show weren’t moving as well as most bookings at Stages Nightclub, the night, hosted by Embrace Kingston, ended up being one to remember.

Timmy Trumpet kicked it off, followed by Sparks and Fletcher, all bringing out high energy in the audience.

It didn’t matter whether you knew their music or not — the energy they emoted translated to everyone within seconds, and the crowd roared with excitement as each performer stepped into the DJ booth. Trumpet was always smiling during his set, and Sparks could be seen moving and jumping around non-stop in the DJ booth. Joel Fletcher, rhe most hardworking and humble, kept his cool during

most of the set. They all interacted hugely with

the crowd. Trumpet threw out paper hats and all three constantly reached their bodies over the DJ booth to interact further.

Apart from this North American tour, they’re all eager with anticipation to play Australia’s

biggest festival, Stereosonic, in a couple of months together.

“The three of us did an amazing set at this festival called Nocturnal Wonderland,” Trumpet said. “I really enjoyed that so I’m looking forward to playing as a group again. When Team Lunatic combine, it’s an amazing show.”

By OLivia LOncar-BarTOLiniArts Editor

After its first performance in Chicago in 2007, Tracy Lett’s August: Osage County has made its way to Broadway and to theatres all across the world. Now it’s at the Theological Hall’s Rotunda Theatre.

August: Osage County is the highly realistic story of a simple American family learning to cope with issues such as death, tragedy and old age. King’s Town Players brought this hard-hitting production to life with skillful execution, dark comedy and commitment to the roles they were portraying.

The play is based on on true-life excerpts from parts of Lett’s life, including the suicide of his grandfather.

Lett wrote this play as a cathartic release for all the pain that certain life events had caused him. That must be why each character comes across so authentic and relatable.

As the play begins, we’re cast into the Pawhuska, Oklahoma living room of aging couple Beverly and Violet Masters. Violet, who is sick with oral cancer is constantly on the verge of delirium caused by her medication. Beverly is a depressed alcoholic, which he makes clear through his opening lines.

The story unfolds as Beverly goes missing, and the family comes together in a struggled attempt to console one another as they worry about where he may have disappeared to and struggle

with the thought that he may never return.

The actors, who stayed true to their characters flawlessly throughout the entire production, gave us an accurate portrayal of the anger, frustration and stress that any family would be under in such an extreme situation.

As the clock ticks on and Beverly still isn’t found, the audience saw all kinds of familial relationships being called into question. Mother-daughter relationships, husband and wife relationships and even sisterly relationships begin to deteriorate under the pressure. The whole family struggles to remain collected.

Although the play started off slow, audience members slowly became invested in the lives of the characters. By the time intermission was called, no one wanted to leave their seat.

Something that was hard to miss was a lack of constant set changes throughout the play, and perhaps the most interesting part of the production is how the entire play takes place in the same room.

The one-set production shows how many events and emotions can pass through one simple foyer.

August: Osage County left the viewers feeling entertained while also giving us pieces of the reality that many families struggle with, allowing us to reflect on our own lives.

August: Osage County runs in the Rotunda Theatre until Sept. 20, and from Sept. 24-27.

ARTS

THEATRE REVIEW

A family affair August: Osage County brings intrigue

and stark reality to the Rotunda

A disagreement between husband and wife breaks out on stage. PHOTO BY ARWIN CHAN

From left to right: Joel Fletcher, Timmy Trumpet and Will Sparks. PHOTO S BY TIFFANY LAM

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By Kashmala OmarArts Editor

It was only a matter of time before multiple-genre band Gentlemen Husbands caught the attention of big-name producer Gavin Brown to produce their latest EP House of Cards.

The band originates from Cobourg, Ont. and consists of members Ryan Hutcheson on guitar, Jed Atkinson on bass guitar, Dan Farrell on drums and Derrick Ballard as the lead singer.

According to Hutcheson, they’re open-minded with their sound and tend not to focus on one specific music style.

“The fact is that we literally listen to everything. We’re as big a fan of A$AP Rocky and Drake as we are Keith Urban and Springsteen,” he said. “We’re big into pop stuff – from straight pop to hip hop to folk music to rock music. And that’s why it probably comes through so much

and why we have a lot of different sounds and play with a lot of different genres.”

On the new EP, some of the main tunes are folk-country based but have a surprisingly strong pop-alternative twist, which is what caught the attention of eccentric music producer Gavin Brown.

After hearing the finished product, Hutcheson knew that there was a method to Brown’s madness.

“He’s a crazy guy – everyone will tell you the same thing,” Hutcheson said.

“He’s so good at what he does and we got along really well. It was an enjoyable process working with him. There were a lot of decisions that we weren’t sure of at first when we first tried them, but then after it was all done we realized that he was right.”

Having written over 100 songs in the six years Gentlemen Husbands has been around, each member has ample experience

writing music.According to Hutcheson, the

fact that the members have been friends since before high school allows for mutual, often brutal honesty while they’re song-writing.

“It’s very brother-like — we’ve known each other for half of our lives and we spend so much time together,” he said. “When we’re writing, nothing really changes. We’re pretty quick to shoot down an idea when it doesn’t sound good. No one’s shy about saying they don’t like something.”

As a band, Hutcheson said, the guys remain humble and their main focus is on putting forth good music for their listeners.

“Our job, in our eyes, is just to shut up and play — that’s been our motto since day one. It’s less about a spectacle and more about letting the music speak for itself,” he said.

Gentlemen Husbands plays at the Mansion on Saturday, Sept. 20.

BAND INTERVIEW

A Gentlemanly affair Alternative band Gentlemen Husbands shares their sound

that we have a public and private persona — what we keep hidden and what we show. But I didn’t know how to get there.”

According to Cowan, the Japanese concept of the healing experience of being in the woods was tied in with the artist’s interest in magical creatures. This was united by the idea of the nymph, thus leading to the creation of the Nymphs project.

“The nymphs bring all those concepts together. You’re in the forest, and you have this experience of light, breathing and air, and these nymphs are fleeting magical figures in the forest — I just loved that whole idea.”

In the artwork, both the nymphs and theme of privacy come through in the ambiguous faces, each bearing a unique facial expression: some sombre, others sly or curious.

The series was also influenced by the role of technology in today’s world, Cowan said. The need for nature is enhanced by the amount of technology we have and we’re not paying enough attention to the

world around us. Nymphs — New Works in

Mixed Media is a series intricately crafted to convey the importance of nature, assisted by elements of fantasy.

Through the series, the artist hopes to change the viewer’s outlook on their world, if only for a moment.

“I strive to create work where people can have some sort of transcendent experience,” Cowan

said. “So they view and interpret it, and find something new within themselves by looking at this art. You just see something, even the smallest thing in your world, slightly differently, after experiencing the work. That’s what I’m always after.”

Rebecca Cowan’s Nymphs — New Works in Mixed Media can be viewed at Studio 22 on 320 King St. East.

A spiritual print-made series

The band’s EP House of Cards was released mid-2013.

PHOTO BY ALEX PICKERINGCowan’s prints on wall display at Studio 22.

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By Brent MooreAssistant Sports Editor

Less than a month into his OUA career, Jacob Schroeter is the leading scorer for men’s soccer.

So far this season, the first-year striker has netted four goals in six games, casting him among the top 10 scorers in the OUA.

In his first OUA game with the Gaels, Schroeter tallied two goals against the perennially weak RMC Paladins. He recorded a pair of goals the following weekend, including a game-winner against the Laurentian Voyageurs.

A product of Ottawa Fury FC’s developmental program, Schroeter began training with the Gaels in August. He spent that month living with captain Chris Michael and veteran striker Eric Koskins.

“I got to see Queen’s from a

fifth-year perspective,” Schroeter said. “I’ve transitioned pretty quickly and smoothly because of their advice.”

Their on-field success is also something Schroeter said he looks to emulate.

“I definitely look up to Michael,” he said. “He’s our captain, the guy who leads us out there.”

Schroeter and Koskins play the same position up front, but have markedly different styles.

“Eric is a lot stronger than me, he holds the ball well,” he said. “I can become a more well-rounded player by watching him play.

“You see what you can achieve in five years,” he added.

Schroeter has achieved a lot in the past five years. His efforts culminated this July, when he played with Ottawa’s professional North American Soccer League

team in an exhibition match against Scottish side Rangers FC.

From there, he moved straight into preparations for this OUA season. Schroeter said that OUA competition is more physical than playing youth soccer for the Fury.

“It’s a different kind of physicality,” he said. “It’s a short season and everyone’s here to win.”

Schroeter recently hurt his quadriceps as a result of this rigorous play and has been practicing light this week. The setback has turned into an opportunity for head coach Christian Hoefler to instill his philosophy in the young striker.

“I want to keep fighting because coach always makes a point that we should love adversity and that overcoming adversity is the best accomplishment you can have,” Schroeter said.

Coaching Schroeter is nothing new to Hoefler, a former coach in the Fury’s academy system that has known Schroeter since the player was 12. He also coached a U-16 Fury developmental team Schroeter played for, progressing all the way to the Canadian championships.

If Schroeter can continue to put up points, he’ll be in contention for the OUA East’s Rookie of the Year award, a personal goal for the season.

Despite what he wants to accomplish individually, team goals come first, Schroeter said, particularly the squad’s post-season success. He said the team’s main goal is to make it to the CIS championships this year.

With his time at Queen’s just kicking off, Schroeter is trying to take his early successes in stride.

“It’s a four-year, five-year experience. Your time comes and you earn your stripes,” he said. “I haven’t earned my stripes yet.”

By AdAM LAskArisStaff Writer

While it may not be the most popular sport on campus, Queen’s fencing is fighting hard to show that it’s one of the university’s most successful.

Tucked away to train in the Duncan MacArthur Hall gym on West Campus, the men’s and women’s varsity fencing club features a mix of newcomers and experienced fencers practicing hard for a shot at the OUA title.

“Everybody looks ready to put in the work this year,” said women’s team captain Nancy Chua. “We’re having a lot of fun.”

Chua and fellow captain Jimmy Wintle are two key members of the club. While the men’s and women’s teams compete separately, they practice and train together.

This season, the men’s team is looking to reclaim the provincial title after Carleton ended their three-year run atop the province in 2014, while the women’s team heads into the upcoming season as defending Ontario champions.

Unlike most Gaels varsity programs, the fencing team isn’t contingent on finding top fencers. The captains estimate about 80 per cent of the fencers come into the program without experience,

though they say it’s not a big concern.

Both Wintle and Chua entered the Queen’s fencing program without any prior training. Chua said she became interested in the sport after a friend told her about a positive experience in fencing, while Wintle’s passion for trying new sports in his undergraduate days led to his curiosity in the Queen’s fencing program.

Fencing is unique among most intercollegiate sports, as the important dates of the season only last for a two-day period: the OUA championships. The championships consist of both individual events and team relays, with points from both counting towards crowning the overall men’s and women’s champions.

Before provincials, a typical year sees the Gaels take part in about five competitions with other universities. At these events, Queen’s looks to build their fencers’ skills and confidence.

FENCING

Titles from new talentQueen’s fencers gain both experience and wins on the squad

ATHLETE PROFILE

Formidable froshNewcomer Jacob Schroeter has found his stride up front

Jacob Schroeter’s hot start to the season makes him a potential candidate for the OUA East Rookie of the Year award.

PHOTO BY EMILIE RABEAU

See Provincials on page 14

SPORTS

By seAn sutherLAndSports Editor

When Queen’s football faces a familiar foe on the road tomorrow, it’ll be with their playoff chances at stake.

A loss tomorrow to the Guelph Gryphons would bring the Gaels’ record to 0-4 on the year, making a playoff run a difficult task.

Head coach Pat Sheahan said a loss tomorrow, while costly, wouldn’t be enough to guarantee missing the playoffs.

“I don’t think we’re out if we lose this weekend, but I do feel now you get involved in mathematical equations,” he said. “That’s not where you want to be down the stretch.”

Though the Gaels have struggled this season — in part due to forfeiting a victory over the Windsor Lancers after fielding an ineligible player — Sheahan said the team is confident they can beat Guelph and the McMaster Marauders on Sept. 27.

The contest serves as a grudge match between the Gaels and Gryphons, who have met four times over the past two years. The teams have split victories, with the home team winning each time.

The biggest focus for the Gaels is shutting down the Gryphons’ offence. Queen’s has allowed 600 yards a game on the defensive end this year, second-most among all OUA teams.

Sheahan said the defence needs to stay strong throughout the whole game and avoid breakdowns, something they’ve struggled with this season.

“We’ve played extraordinary at times,” he said. “But there has been a few explosions. A two- or three-minute lapse where, bing bang boom, the other team moves the football. There’s no real explanation for it other than our team has just lost focus.”

Guelph quarterback Jazz Lindsey has struggled this year, completing less than 50 per cent of his passes. A ball-hawking Gaels defence will look to create turnovers on any mistakes he makes.

Lindsey serves a dual threat, with his quickness posing a potential problem for the Gaels’ defence.

“You need to be athletic when you’re getting after him,” Sheahan said. “You can’t be out there chasing him with guys that are not capable of changing direction and getting the read on.”

FOOTBALL

Must-win gamePlayoff situation murky with road loss

The Gaels and Gryphons met in Queen’s second Homecoming game last season. Quarterback Billy McPhee threw for 294 yards, as the Gaels claimed a first-round playoff bye.

JOURNAL FILE PHOTO

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By Sean SutherlandSports Editor

There’s a parity problem in OUA football and not much can be done about it.

Last weekend, all five of the conference’s football games were won by 20 or more points, including the Toronto Varsity Blues’ 70-0 shellacking of the York Lions. The week before, York lost 61-0 to a Western Mustangs squad that sat several starters in the fourth quarter.

That same weekend, the Waterloo Warriors lost to the McMaster Marauders 66-0. It’s a pattern that’s been repeated, not just against York and Waterloo, but throughout the league.

Since 1998, Western and

McMaster have captured a combined 11 Yates Cup titles, with only Queen’s joining those schools in winning a title since 2007. Even Queen’s has fallen behind schools like Western, who have outscored the Gaels 144-65 over their last three meetings.

There’s a clear divide between the haves and have-nots in the 11-member league, but suggesting that monetary spending from larger schools is the cause doesn’t tell the whole story.

While Western, McMaster, Queen’s and the Guelph Gryphons have dominated the OUA over the past four seasons due in part to their ability to finance their teams, there’s an additional academic aspect to their success.

In Canadian university sports, the scholastic reputation of a university is just as, if not more important, than the athletic component. On-field success begets success, but giving players the promise of a better degree also helps keep certain schools competitive.

The big four teams in the OUA right now have an advantage over schools such as York or Windsor, since the universities they represent are considered to be above-average academic institutions. Not all degrees are created equal, and schools like Western can gather talent based on this fact.

On the flip side of this are schools such as Toronto or Waterloo, where the grades needed to attend are higher, limiting the amount of talent the football team can bring in. A lack of talent is a major reason the Varsity Blues have only finished .500 once since 1994.

Waterloo has the additional struggle of rebuilding after scuttling their 2010 season due to a steroid scandal that saw several potential recruits — including Gaels quarterback Billy McPhee — head elsewhere.

In comparison, Western’s unique position as both a consistent football powerhouse and academic giant has given the Mustangs the opportunity to become an OUA juggernaut.

The only way have-not programs can compete with upper-echelon teams is to adopt a privatized funding model akin to the Laval Rouge et Or. That’s what the Carleton Ravens are doing with the football team they revived two years ago.

The Ravens are run by a non-profit company independent of Carleton. Increased funding for programs whose school doesn’t have the same academic reputation of the top teams will allow them to close the gap.

The Laval method works; the Rouge et Or have captured eight Vanier Cups since the program’s inception in 1996. The Ravens’ hopes of catching up to schools like Queen’s hinges on their ability to replicate Laval’s success.

That said, the added role academics play in the OUA makes it

unlikely Laval’s methods will carry over to Ontario. Even if it does, schools like Queen’s and Western have the history and alumni base to fund their teams in a manner similar to Carleton.

The divide between schools is growing every season, and as it does, there’s no way to stop it from happening.

The big four of Western, Queen’s, McMaster and Guelph will battle each other for the Yates Cup year in and year out, while everyone else will be playing for fifth place.Offensively, Queen’s will have

to avoid the short-yardage struggles that plagued them in their 43-12 loss to the Western Mustangs last Saturday. The Gaels had three different opportunities to score inside Western’s five-yard line, but only came away with 10 points on those drives.

The Gryphons’ stingy run defence will be tested by running back Jesse Andrews, who returns after missing two games due to injury. His role as the feature back means Jonah Pataki will get fewer touches in the game, but will have the chance to rest between carries.

“When [Andrews] is healthy, when he’s going at full throttle, he’s another weapon,” Sheahan

said. “He takes a little bit of the pressure off the other ball carriers that we have and makes them more effective because they won’t have to run 25 or 30 [times] a game. Pataki, if he’s making 10 or 12 carries a game, he’s going to make 10 or 12 good football plays.”

With their playoff future on the line, the Gaels will look to gut out a win. After the past four meetings with Guelph, Sheahan has expectations about how the game will turn out.

“We have had some great games against them over the past couple of years, depending on one’s point of view of greatness,” he said. “They’ve certainly been entertaining games.”

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The Gaels have lost their last three meetings to the Western Mustangs by a combined score of 144-65.

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The Gaels racked up 52 points against the York Lions when the two teams played last season. Queen’s has never lost to York and hosts them in this year’s Homecoming game on Oct. 18.

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“To be successful, we all have to help build each other up,” Wintle said.

While maintaining focus in what’s essentially a series of exhibition tournaments could be a challenge to some, Wintle said the close-knit nature of his teammates is key to concentrating on their goals year-round.

“Having a cohesive team that works really well together [is a strength],” he said. “We spend a lot of time together, on road trips we’re in hotels together, we do a lot of team bonding making those connections with people who are willing to put in the time to really explain to you the nuances of the sport and to help bring you up to a competitive level.”

In addition to the university-focused events, Queen’s fencers can also compete in

unsanctioned competitions during the year outside of the team. Individuals and small groups from Queen’s often travel to these events to help advance their training.

The team practices four times during a typical week, though the number is smaller if they’re preparing for a weekend competition.

Wintle and Chua, as well as other experienced fencers, often lead and instruct drills, while the coaching staff typically works one-on-one with individual fencers.

While it’s still a long while before the OUA championships — the men’s is slated to start on Jan. 31, and the women’s on Feb. 7 — Wintle is confident that his team is heading in the right direction.

“The coaching staff’s done a great job setting goals week by week of where we should be,” he said. “They’re really setting the tone.”

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Provincials in January

Queen’s men’s fencing team won three straight OUA titles from 2011 to 2013, while the women’s squad are the defending champions.

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184th Fall Fair a rewarding day for allKingston’s Fall Fair continues its tradition of providing an entertaining and welcoming celebration

By Blake CanningContributor

Running from the Sept. 11-14, the 184th Kingston Fall Fair showcased some of the best horseback riders, lawn tractor racers, country singers and giant sunflower growers that Kingston has to offer, with more events and competitions than you could shake a proverbial stick at.

I have to admit that I’ve never been the biggest “country” boy. I grew up in a crowded suburb, I rode a bike as a kid instead of a tractor and chickens kind of freak me out.

But as soon as I stepped on to the Memorial Centre grounds, I became part of that community feeling of people coming together to share their best achievements of the year and have a nice day out with their family and friends.

The one thing I adored seeing even more than the flashing lights of the midway and the tantalizing smell of the beaver tail shack — yes, they had a real beaver tail shack — was the people.

The fall fair had something for everyone, from the youngest new competitors to their grandparents, bringing with them the memories of their first fair over half a century ago.

I spoke first with a young contestant in the junior steer competition named Shaelynn.

She was showing Lasenza, her

rich brown calf complete with big puppy dog eyes and a face that couldn’t look happier if it was on a Baby Bell wrapper.

For those who don’t know, the steer show plays very similar to a dog show, just substituting beagles for young bovines.

When I first saw Shaelynn, she was beaming from ear to ear and excitedly brushing Lasenza’s tail.

She had just come from winning her very first show with Lasenza, leaving with the reserve champion title, usually awarded to the

runner-up in the adult bracket. It was given to her only because

she was too young to receive the adult grand champion title, she explained.

I never got a chance to see her compete at the fair this year, but seeing the happiness in her eyes told me that her and Lasenza already felt enough like winners.

“She’s just so adorable and lovable,” she squealed at one point, nuzzling the calf’s snout with her face. “She’s my best friend!”

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By Jake RameRContributor

With the onset of fall, the temperature starts to dip and days become shorter. Having a wardrobe adequately prepared to face the season will certainly aid in the chilly transition.

Fortunately, fall weather allows for an assortment of accessories. Finding a balance between classic styles and new trends is often the best approach to piecing together fall outfits.

Shoes Shoes are a very large part of any outfit, so choosing a pair that’s stylish in addition to being versatile and comfortable is important.

A dark leather shoe or boot is a classic look that’ll go well with a whole variety of outfits. The versatility is a definite benefit — they can be worn casually or in dressier settings.

Depending on the shoe, they may transition well into early winter if they’re more of a boot than a shoe, which is an added bonus.

ToqueAlthough the weather may still be quite warm in early September, a hat will most certainly come in handy as the days become shorter and the nights turn cold.

It’s a simple and helpful accessory that’ll keep you warm walking home from an evening class or serve as a statement piece to an outfit.

I prefer a darker-coloured toque myself, but brown and dark red are generally good colours for the season.

Watch Even for everyone carrying a cellphone with a clock readily accessible, a watch is still an accessory with plenty of utility. As far as watches go, choose what you feel suits you best.

The simple brown leather strap watch is always a look I’ve enjoyed. However, personal preference can vary greatly and there’s an array of styles available. A watch may be small but it has a strong impact on the way an outfit comes together.

SunglassesSunglasses are often associated with the summertime; however, that doesn’t mean they don’t have a place within a fall outfit.

Much like watches, there are a whole variety of sunglasses to choose from and choosing a style really is just a matter of deciding what you like best. Personally, I prefer the classic black Ray Ban Wayfarer due to their sturdy construction and vintage look.

Choosing a style that’s comfortable and suited towards your personal style is the most important criteria, though.

BackpackChoosing a backpack that can offer functionality in addition to style may sometimes seem difficult. A standard classic backpack is always a viable option but don’t be afraid to venture beyond the conventional backpack into different styles.

A rucksack is an easy way to try something new without losing the functionality that you would have with any standard backpack. A brown or tan canvas definitely suits the fall colours but can certainly be worn year-round.

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The fair is a great opportunity for local competition.

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By Zoe KelseyStaff Writer

This year Taylor Swift became an icon — and she’s ready for it.

Icons are rarely created accidentally. They’re manufactured through a slow deliberate project of branding, creation and intuitive marketing. In other words, you have to be smart.

Much of pop iconicism is about embodying “the times” and Swift, with her cat-filled Instagram, trendy wardrobe and — though I hate the word — adorkable persona feels emblematic of the self-conscious Internet era in which we live.

She’s awkward in a relatable way (as opposed to a cringe-inducing-I-can’t-watch way) and she’s approachable without seeming overly smarmy.

Rolling Stone even said that she was so personable that “it’s not hard to imagine her running for office someday”.

She’s got a signature style and best friends you recognize from TV — it’s almost as if she’s the big sister you never had.

The singer-songwriter has

finally come into her own, no longer the 16-year-old girlish country star giggling in her cowboy boots.

Red, her fourth and most recent studio album, was a breakthrough that opened the door for Swift to fully emerge into the pop scene and, more generally, womanhood.

Her new album 1989 isn’t out until Oct. 27, but it’s almost guaranteed to open at number one and break numerous sales records. This has been made possible by relentless campaigning by Swift.

She’s rocked the cover of Rolling Stone, appeared on The Tonight Show and performed at the VMAs, not to mention topped every best-dressed celebrity fashion list for weeks.

While her printed blue jumpsuit at the VMAs raised a few eyebrows, her old Hollywood ensemble at the premiere of her upcoming feature film The Giver was perfection and earned her the title of “Must See Look of the Week” on ET!’s Fashion Police. Either way, Swift had people talking.

She’s also made headlines for her feud with another pop

star — allegedly Katy Perry — for “trying to sabotage her entire arena tour”.

Swift mentioned the rift as motivation behind her 1989 track

“Bad Blood” in her Rolling Stone cover story. Every tabloid desperate for gossip about Swift after her departure from the dating world is ecstatic, and ultimately the story just further promotes 1989.

Most importantly, Swift has cleverly used almost every online format available to connect with fans and hype her album’s release.

Before the Aug. 18 release of “Shake it Off”, Swift posted teasers on her Instagram, including a clip of a skywriting that read “Taylor Swift 8/18 5 p.m. Yahoo”.

On the 18th, she appeared in a Yahoo live stream from the Empire State building where she announced “Shake it Off” and the release of her album.

By 5:30 that day there were an average of 2,400 tweets per minute that included #taylorswift and similar tags. The fun, memorable and oh-so Taylor Swift video for

“Shake it Off” currently stands at around 90 million views.

With each media spotlight, her brand continues to solidify the sense of Taylor Swift’s as a truly accomplished business woman and artist.

1989 promises to be a less “boy-centric” album and more about Swift herself, and it’s high time — icons are so much more interesting than bad boyfriends.

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A Swift ascensionTaylor Swift goes from girl next door to pop icon

By Justin MathewsStaff Writer

For pollsters and political scientists alike, the biggest indicator of voter turnout is your age. Youth don’t vote and they never have, according to Statistics Canada.

There are several reasons for this: we don’t feel voting is a civil duty in the same way our parents do, we feel we simply don’t know enough about politics and are just genuinely disinterested.

To some extent, this does makes sense: youth are less likely to vote precisely because they’re youth, who are typically dependents, generally unaffected by taxes, mortgages rates, trade regulations and whatever else is debated in

our city halls, provincial legislatures and on the Hill. However, what doesn’t make sense is the fallout generationally.

While youth have historically declined to make it to the ballot box, this is more true today than it was before. A study by McGill University’s Elisabeth Gidengil shows that when the baby boomers were our age, turnout was significantly higher. Today, youth are significantly less likely to vote than our parents and grandparents when they were our age.

For some this may seem unsettling, but for political scientists that care about democracy, this is terrifying. Voting is habitual, which means as youth continue to

not vote, get older and eventually replace older voting generations, there is a very real potential we go from a short-term crisis in representation to a long-term crisis in our democracy.

This is especially troubling considering education is also positively correlated with voter turnout. Yet we see declining turnout despite today’s youth being the most educated of any other previous cohort. And here’s the rub: it isn’t the educated youth that are voting less, it’s youth that are less advantaged and uneducated that miss the vote on Election Day.

So why are they apathetic and indifferent? Why aren’t they participating in politics?

Here we are met with one of

the most interesting paradoxes surrounding today’s youth: we aren’t making it to the polls, but we aren’t apathetic either. We may not vote, but we’re more likely than our parents to sign a petition, boycott or literally take our politics to the streets in protest.

Paradoxically, we care about politics, but we are disinclined to pursue formal and traditional avenues to express it. Which means there is something about electoral politics that turns off Canadian youth.

However we aren’t just turned off from politics. Youth are certainly dissatisfied, with Elections Canada showing that three out of five youth say that politicians don’t care about what they think.

However, this disaffection isn’t especially true for youth. In fact, studies suggest the opposite is true

— that Canadian youth are less pessimistic than the average voter.

Rather, youth are not as turned off from politics as they are tuned out. We are less interested and know much less than the average Canadian when it comes to Canadian politics. But to suggest Canadian youth are the root of the problem is to misdiagnose the issue of low youth engagement entirely. Every generation of youth has performed increasingly poorer when it comes to voting than the previous generation of youth, which is to say something about our politics isn’t the same.

There was a time where Canadian political parties were nation-building, consensus-oriented organizations.

From our universal healthcare to R.B. Bennett’s Wheat Board and Bank of Canada, to Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms, brokerage politics was effectively the mantra of Canadian government in the 20th century.

The Canadian political party today is no longer nation-building. The death of brokerage politics has

arrived, and instead parties are, as the Toronto Star’s Susan Delacourt writes, shopping for votes: where parties target voters on much more refined scale, in niche communities and individually.

For any democrat, this prospect should be frightening: if political parties are targeting would-be voters, there is a very large possibility of a systematic lack of participation of specific groups of citizens — youth. Unfortunately, this fear is being born in Canada with pollsters, politicians and their parties ignoring those groups that don’t vote historically.

The art of politics is today, more than ever, a well-practiced, research-intensive and highly technical science.

If there’s any indication, it’s your local MP’s schedule, especially during election season: you’ll see more retirement homes, cultural centres and churches than universities or shelters.

The attention given to richer communities, educated communities and ethnic communities comes at the cost of further alienating less-advantaged youth, giving them less reason to vote, let alone pay any attention.

We’re voting much less because parties today have excluded youth as a matter of electoral strategy. Youth aren’t being represented — intentionally.

In the short-term, this is a crisis of representation and in the long-term, we’ll see only a democracy for some. And a democracy for some is no democracy at all.

For now, politicians may be able to win elections while ignoring us, but as soon as some begin to listen, the politicians late to the party will be in for a rude awakening: only the early politician will get our votes.

This article is owed to the research of Dr. Heather Bastedo.

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Keep on dreamingAlthough the science behind dreams is debatable, one thing is certain: dreams affect us all

By Chloë GrandeLifestyle Editor

I once met Robert Pattinson in a convenience store.

He was browsing through a tabloid magazine when we bumped into each other. I don’t remember much except that he was an exceptionally good hugger — it was a long, warm embrace and his soft flannel shirt felt like the world’s most comfortable blanket.

Dreams are undoubtedly strange things. By no means am I infatuated with Robert

Pattinson. I have no desire to meet him in person but yet, my subconscious seemed to be telling me otherwise. This sort of dream falls under the category of an ordinary dream, despite the odd celebrity appearance.

Other types of dreams, such as lucid dreams, recurring dreams, prophetic dreams and false awakening dreams, are a little more complex to understand.

Lucid dreams occur when you realize you’re dreaming. It’s during these types of dreams that the dreamer is able to take control over their actions and manipulate the situation to their advantage.

For example, I remember having nightmares of huge dinosaurs chasing after me as a kid. In these cases, I would change the dream “channel” in my mind to Barbie and imagine a bubble gum pink, candy-coated world instead.

This wasn’t always the case. A recurring childhood dream of mine featured a dark, spinning room with an eerie voice calling out to me.

According to Dream Moods, a dream symbol interpretation website, the spinning symbolizes confusion and a lack of control, while a dark room suggests repression and voices signify a message from a spiritual realm.

I’d like to think the dream was more a reflection on my fear of the dark, rather than suggesting I was some sort of troubled medium trying to regain sense of my life.

Come to think of it, these dreams weren’t experiences I shared with my family. In fact, I’ve always kept them to myself.

For others, though, dreams are a pivotal topic of conversation. Steven Griffin frequently discusses his dreams with his housemates, without any awkwardness around the subject.

“I just feel like everyone has their own

dreams, their own things that go on inside their heads,” Griffin, ArtSci ’17, said. “I can tell one guy about how I met a celebrity and we went to Mexico … and then the other guy can tell me about how he went to Candyland.”

There’s no discomfort in revealing these personal stories because we’ve all had unusual dreams.

“I feel like it’s just this fun little thing we have that we can share the fact that we have really weird dreams

… It’s kind of another level we can connect to as people.”

But what about wet dreams? Otherwise known as nocturnal emissions, these types of dreams are in a category of their own.

Griffin admits he’s had one or two before, back when he was on the cusp of adolescence.

“I didn’t really think of it too much, I was just like ‘oh, I was probably sweating at night,’” he said.

As a kid, he was very

happy-go-lucky and carried on with his day without giving the wet dreams too much thought.

“It was nothing so intense or traumatic that it actually made me dwell on it … I don’t remember the dreams associated with them.”

But dream symbolism doesn’t mean much to Griffin. The commonness of certain

dreams and emotions, such as falling or losing teeth, weakens

the argument in favour of dream interpretation.

“People like to a lot of the time think about the link between that dreamscape and real life and how they may be related,” he said.

“It’s just kind of interesting because the most common

things that come up in dreams are associated

with some of the most common emotions, which can be reflected on anybody

… There’s nothing really too specific so I found myself believing somethings and

not others.”

Not everyone is so open about discussing their dreams. Nicole D’Angelo is more selective when it comes to disclosing hers.

“There are some dreams I wouldn’t tell anyone just because they’re either bat-shit cray or … a personal thing,” D’Angelo, ArtSci ’16, said.

One thing is for certain, D’Angelo doesn’t believe that you can control your dreams. For instance, when she was younger, she used to sleepwalk to the point where she’d end up in closets or try to walk out the front door.

It’s these cases where she felt a complete lack of control, yet D’Angelo believes there’s nothing we can do about the situation.

“I feel like nightmares and dreams, you have to experience them for what they are and it’s a part of life.”

While dreaming is an activity that affects us all, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what the phenomenon is. According to Alistair MacLean, a psychology professor at Queen’s, dreaming is the occurrence of thought-like activity during sleep, which is often accompanied by vivid perceptual activity.

The reasoning behind why we dream is a disputable topic.

“On the one side there has been the view, largely following from the work of Freud

and his followers, that dreams are essential to our mental well-being; on the other is the view that dreams are simply a by-product of certain types of physiological activity,” MacLean told the Journal via email.

For MacLean, his take on dream psychology leans more toward the latter explanation.

“I am inclined to view dreams as a by-product of certain types of physiological activity.”

That said, there are other beneficial uses to dreams.

“I think dreams can still be useful therapeutically because their content may [be] of considerable significance to the dreamer.”

Like Griffin, MacLean also finds the link between someone’s dreams and their unconscious desires a hard one to believe.

“Statistically, most dreams are of commonplace situations, in known surroundings, and involving people who are familiar to the dreamer. Bizarre dreams are relatively uncommon but tend to be better remembered because they are unusual and striking,” he said.

“I don’t think that there is convincing evidence of a link between dreams and unconscious desires — what Freud called the ‘royal road to the unconscious’ — but I know there are colleagues who would strongly disagree with me on that point.”

Joseph De Koninck, emeritus professor at the University of Ottawa’s School of Psychology, thinks otherwise.

In his chapter “Sleep, Dreams, and Dream” from The Oxford Handbook of Sleep and Sleep Disorders, he discusses how dreams can be used in psychotherapy.

Although contrary to Freud’s psychoanalytic theory that suggested dreams were a representation of repressed childhood conflicts, most modern-day psychotherapists still use dreams to resolve their patients’ personal problems.

De Koninck said these approaches rely on three assumptions: dreams are part of the waking experience without input from the external world, linked to the expression of emotions and can create new connections.

“In approaches labeled ‘dreamwork,’ therapists seek in dreams new expressions of current preoccupations of patients and work with them to derive associations with past experiences,” he wrote.

Although there has been a growing interest in using dreams to improve one’s well-being, these theories are not strongly backed-up by experimental research.

However, this area of study is gaining more attention in the research community.

“Dreams have fascinated humans from the earliest of times,” De Koninck wrote.

“Yet modern research is still struggling to understand the nature and functions of dreaming.”

Whether your dreams involve teenage heartthrobs, car chases or public nudity, rest assured that you’re not alone to question the rationale behind these bizarre experiences.

Sometimes the inexplicably simple must be embraced.

“I think dreams can still be useful therapeutically

because their content may [be] of considerable

significance to the dreamer.

— Alistair MacLean, Psychology Professor

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Looking for a little more excitement, it was easy to follow the sounds of whinnying over to the indoor arena, where the western games and show jumping were taking place.

Sitting down to watch the different horses canter and jump around the converted hockey rink, I began talking with the couple sitting next to me.

Their names were Mark and Kathy Teske, and as I soon found out, this wasn’t exactly their first rodeo.

Kathy told me she had owned horses for over 25 years.

“They’re some of the most forgiving creatures on earth,” she said.

Having been thrown from a horse more than a handful of times in my life, I was reluctant at first to agree with her.

She was good at convincing me, though. “The important part is having that bond. If you don’t, then there’s no point in riding at all.”

Kathy had many fond memories to share about coming to the fair as a child, and seeing her mother’s eyes light up when the show ponies would come out.

“My sister actually won one from the circus in this very ring in 1963. We named that one Dynamite. Along with Zoey, they were both very important to our family.”

Watching the Teskes look out over the ring, I was reminded again of why I always loved coming to the fair: the down-to-earth, friendly community I’d always yearned for living in a city that could sometimes lack it so much.

In the future, if you’re ever looking for something a little more authentic than a night at the Ale House, mark your calendar for the 185th Kingston Fall Fair next year.

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