By Katherine Fernandez-BlanceNews Editor

After a month of uncertainty about their future club space, the Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) and the Levana Gender Advocacy Centre have been told by the AMS that they can remain in the Grey House for the next year.

The groups hadn’t re-ratified as AMS clubs over the summer, and were told on Aug. 29 that they had until Sept. 30 to leave the Grey House.

On Sept. 14, the two groups re-ratified as AMS clubs, meeting the extended deadline set by the Space Allocation Committee.

After the Space Allocation Committee met earlier this week

to review the applications, OPIRG and Levana were told of the news on Sept. 28.

AMS Vice-President of University Affairs Kieran Slobodin said the decision was made after the two groups submitted their completed space allocation package.

“[It] requires a number of things,” he said.

Groups are required to denote things like how many hours they intend to use their space, whether they require it to be accessible and whether it will be open to the public.

“Weighing all those factors, the Grey House was a good fit,” Slobodin, ArtSci ’12, said.

Before the groups’ occupancy is finalized, they will be required

to sign a stewardship contract with the AMS. Slobodin said it’s something required for all clubs that occupy AMS club space.

“[It’s] to make sure that the space is being treated well, that it’s being used to its full extent and that other people in the immediate area are respected,” he said, adding the AMS is in the process of drafting a contract for the groups to sign.

The Education on Queer Issues Project (EQuIP) also received a

AcAdemic plAnning

Plan presented to Queen’s SenateTask Force writes 89 recommendations including a mandatory full-year literacy course

corner storyA history of the Campus One Stop.

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election PersPectiveDialogue examines policy proposed by the four major parties.

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new novellinoThe Boutique’s owner starts a modelling agency.

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cash KicKStudent Nick Green travels to Toronto for Wendy’s Kick for a Million contest.

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friendshiP PsychologyPostscript explores how to make friends at Queen’s.

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grey house

OPIRG and Levana to remain in Grey House

By catherine OwsiKAssistant News Editor

After almost a year of work, the Academic Planning Task Force presented its final plan to Senate on Sept. 27. During the discussion that followed, Senate members voiced concerns over how the 89 recommendations would apply to all Queen’s students.

The Academic Plan will be brought back to Senate for an approval-vote in October or November. If passed, the implementation process will start immediately.

Academic initiatives include: fewer lectures, a mandatory full-year literacy course, and reducing the impact of first-year marks on a final transcript by using a pass-or-fail system.

Task Force member Mark Jones said he doesn’t support the current Plan anymore.

“My sense in this is that this is not ready to come forward yet,” said Jones, a professor in the faculty of English. “It was produced in a couple months; I think that is too short of a time.”

The Task Force was formed by Senate in November 2010 as

part of Principal Daniel Woolf’s campaign for a new academic plan, which began with his January 2010 document ‘Where Next.’

Seven other members sit on the task force, including AMS Vice-President of Operations Kieran Slobodin and professors from various disciplines.

During their first seven months, the Task Force consulted with many groups including the AMS, the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS), the office of Student Affairs and faculty boards. The plan took three months to write.

Jones said the Task Force

Chair Peter Taylor is a member of the Board of Trustees and consequently the Academic Plan’s recommendations are too financially-motivated.

“The motivation seems to be ‘how can we do these things on the cheap,’ ” Jones said.

A recommendation that undergraduates work as TAs for credit would generate revenue for the University through tuition while saving on what it costs to pay faculty, he said.

“I would say most students come here to be taught by faculty,”

elections

Leniency to voteBy catherine OwsiKAssistant News Editor

On Oct. 6 students can ask for academic leniency in order to vote in the Ontario provincial election for Kingston and the Islands.

Professors are encouraged, but not required, to provide alternate arrangements for students who want to vote during class time without academic repercussion.

The motion was passed by Queen’s Senate on Sept. 27.

Alternate arrangements could include rescheduling exams, extending deadlines and providing missed material for a three-hour absence.

The motion was submitted by Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) President Jillian Burford-Grinnell and AMS President Morgan Campbell.

AMS Vice-President of University Affairs Kieran Slobodin said if students were constrained to voting in advance polls — which took place on campus from Sept. 21 to 23 — they would be forced to decide too quickly.

“Students need time to make a decision equivalent to the decision of everyone else,” Slobodin told Senate on Sept. 27.

“A motion like this is very similar to the labour laws which demand that all employees have an opportunity to vote during their work schedule.”

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The Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) and the Levana Gender Advocacy Centre were told by the AMS on Sept. 28 that they would remain in the Grey House for another year. The future of the other groups in the space has not yet been decided.

Photo by Justin Chin

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By savOula stylianOu and Meaghan wray Assistant News Editors Local provincial candidates have adopted different strategies to secure the student vote in the approaching Oct. 6 election.

Incumbent John Gerretsen from the Liberal Party, Mary Rita Holland from the New Democratic Party (NDP), Rodger James from the Progressive Conservative Party and Robert Kiley from the Green Party are all vying to become the next MPP of Kingston and the Islands.

When asked about how he has appealed to the student population, Gerretsen said that he’s a straight shooter.

“You have a problem, you look for a solution … that’s what makes me a Liberal,” he said.

The Liberal Party stands behind the Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs), which consist of 14 non-profit corporations that determine the health care priorities of different regions in the province. Gerretsen said it’s important that health care decisions aren’t made solely at Queen’s Park.

“We have to bring much more of the services to where the people live,” he said.

Gerretsen said he decided to run for MPP again because he has more to contribute to the Kingston community.

“Nobody would be involved in politics if you didn’t enjoy it. It’s as simple as that,” he said.

NDP candidate Mary Rita Holland said she decided to run for MPP because of her family’s struggle to make ends meet.

“I always thought the government had the means to make these policy changes that would help people move forward without generations of poverty,” she said.

According to election-prediction site democraticspace.com, the NDPs and the Liberals are in the lead for the Kingston and the Islands riding.

“Our numbers are overlapping a little bit so it looks like we’re running a very close second,” Holland said.

The NDP’s post-secondary education strategy, which includes a tuition freeze and taking the interest off of student debt, has received positive feedback, Holland said.

“The Canadian Federation of Students has rated all of the post-secondary platforms and ours got the best rating,” she said.

Conservative candidate Rodger James said he’s applying Henry Ford’s strategy in this campaign.

“Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise. That’s what I’m doing,” he said.

When asked about the AMS voting campaign, James said he felt the Conservatives are underrepresented at Queen’s.

“I’m surrounded by Liberals when I go to Queen’s … that is going to influence a lot of people because you’re voting for your brethren.”

James said that the Conservatives don’t support the Local Health Integration Network.

“What the LIHNs is used for is to take administrative dollars off of direct patient care, which is where we want the money spent,” he said.

Green party candidate Robert Kiley, B.Ed ’12 said his strategy for appealing to students is just being himself.

“The person running for office just needs to be authentic with who they are,” he said.

While the Liberal government has made a good start with clean energy policies in Kingston, Kiley said, there are still problems that need to be addressed.

“We need to have a rigorous injection of the Clean Energy Act,” he said.

As a politician, Kiley said he wants to inspire people.

“Yes, there are problems with the voting system, but let the electorate decide based on your vision. Stop telling them what they want, because they know.”

This is the first year that Queen’s University has had on-campus advanced polling offered to students and the surrounding Kingston community.

Photo by CoREy LAbLAns

By Meaghan wrayAssistant News Editor

An estimated 1,400 people voted in the on-campus advanced polls between Sept. 21 and 23 this year, the first year that advanced polls have been available on campus during a provincial election.

AMS Academic Affairs Commissioner Mira Dineen said based on anecdotal experience, she feels the majority of on-campus advanced poll voters were students.

Dineen told the Journal via email that students, like all voters, have differing concerns that span a wide range of topics.

Through her interactions with students, Dineen said Queen’s students are mainly concerned with the quality and affordability of education.

“Tuition fees and student financial aid are issues related to affordability that are often on students’ minds,” Dineen, ArtSci ’11 said. “Other issues such as the economy, health care and job opportunities are also important to students.”

Dineen said the student vote is crucial in order for politicians to prioritize and address student concerns.

“I’ve been extremely heartened by the number of students that showed up to the advance polls,” Dineen said. “I hope

students also hit the polls on Election Day [on] Oct. 6.”

According to the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance website, if every student who chose not to vote in the 2007 provincial election cast a ballot, the results in 67 out of 107 electoral districts could have changed, due to the large student populations in some of these ridings.

Julia Bennett, communications officer at Elections Ontario, said the student vote is just as important as any other.

“Elections Ontario’s role is to let voters know when, where and how to vote,” she said. “And of course, I would say that every vote does count, including students.”

Specific district influence is very unpredictable, Bennett said, and depends on the candidates.

“It’s hard to determine [which districts are most influential] because every election will bring forth different issues and different candidates,” she said. “That’s really something that’s highly variable.”

Bennett said there are 170 electoral districts across Ontario and each district has a certain number of advanced polls depending on what’s needed to serve the community. Kingston and the Islands had seven advanced polls for this year’s election spread throughout the riding.

Student vote mattersOn-campus advanced polls a new initiative this year

provinciAl elections

Candidates talk strategyFour provincial candidates discuss campaign tactics

Merilyn Simonds has been with Kingston WritersFest since 2009. Incorrect information appeared in the Sept. 20 issue of the Journal.

For the Fall Kingston Mega-Launch, Georgia Webber said it was coincidence that all the writers read poetry collections. Incorrect information appeared in the Sept. 27 issue of the Journal.

The Journal regrets the errors.

c o r r e c t i o n s

Provincial Points• 52.1 per cent of Ontarians voted in the 2007 provincial elections.• Kingston has had a Liberal MPP since 1995.• There are 265 polling stations in Kingston this year, which is 68 less than in 2007. • 54 per cent of Kingstonians voted in the 2007 Provincial elections, compared to 49.9 per cent for Toronto and 60 per cent for the Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound district (the highest voter turnout).

— Source: Elections Ontario

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For over 100 years, Queen’s students have frequented a store at the corner of Alfred and Earl Streets. The building’s history traces back to 1909, when Ryder’s Pharmacy served people coming into Kingston by trolley car on Alfred Street.

Now the intersection houses Campus One Stop, a corner store that’s been in the Nikitopoulos family for 45 years. In 2003, brothers Steve, Jimmy and Paul bought the store — then called College Variety — from their dad and uncle.

Co-owner Steve Nikitopoulos said owning a convenience store in the Student Ghetto is a challenge.

“It’s been a struggle just to keep the doors open,” he said. “You just get into a lot of business and personal debt and hope you turn the corner one day.

“The student demographic changes completely every four years and you have to keep up with it.”

One of his fondest memories of the Student Ghetto is from the 2006 blackout. On a 30 C day in August, the brothers gave away all the store’s melting and perishable food to students in the area.

“There were lineups out the door for popsicles and ice cream,” Nikitopoulos said. “Crowds of people came to see what was going on.”

Engineering students came equipped with helmet lamps, using them to guide people through the dark store. Other students brought bottles of vodka.

“That sort of stuff doesn’t happen in the big chains,” Nikitopoulos said. “It’s a

community thing.”In 2008, then-Pittsburgh

Penguin forward Mike Zigomanis came to visit the store. He brought some teammates to his favourite haunt when he was living in Kingston while playing with the Ontario Hockey League’s Kingston Frontenacs.

“They had a little party and looked at the shop,” Nikitopoulos said. “It’s incredible how so many things have happened here over the years.”

Building a personal rapport with shop regulars is the most successful way to market the store, Nikitopoulos said.

“We joke, with complete appreciation, that you get tired from waving [at customers] all day long,” he said.

A friendly relationship with students has also helped the store avoid serious security issues.

“People are easily dissuaded when met with kindness,” Nikitopoulos said. “We get some alcohol-influenced behavior but usually it ends with an apology or a visit the next day to say sorry.”

It’s this kindness that has brought local fame to the men.

On tough days, middle-brother and co-owner Jimmy likes to re-read an essay one Commerce student wrote about him being a community leader a few years ago.

The store’s popularity among students is not lost on visiting guests, either.

In 2009, Dragon’s Den star Brett Wilson was drawn to the store for a snack and chat with the owners.

“He tweeted that he was here and within ten minutes 35 people showed up to check it out,” Nickitopoulos said. “Word of mouth spreads so quickly on this campus that we’ve never needed marketing.”

While students make up a great portion of One Stop’s business, they prefer lower-priced items like chips and pop, he said.

The brothers began a fair trade organic food company, Mola Mola, which sells at a higher price point. According to Nikitopoulos, the brand’s chocolate bars are a

student favourite. Campus Care Packages

is another draw to the shop. Nikitopolous said that Queen’s alumni will order them after moving away.

“We try to have something for everyone,” he said. “When you break it down students are only here five and a half months out of the year.

“You could never operate a small business on five and a half months.”

Other variety stores in the Ghetto rely wholly on student

dollars, causing them to cut hours and lose profit in the summer months.

Albert Street corner store Bedore’s takes a large hit when students leave in April.

“Everyone around here is a student store,” owner Joanne Kwan said. “We all suffer during that time.”

Freddie’s Grocery on University Avenue is no different.

Owner Penny Tsinaridis said her sales go down by at least half when students aren’t around to buy soft drinks and cigarettes.

While One Stop relies on full-time Kingston residents as much as they do student dollars, the owners said that it’s the students

who bring the most excitement to their store.

“We’ve heard it all,” Nikitopoulos said. “Stories of heartbreak, house issues and stress from school.

“I feel like we know most of the gossip going on in this area just by being here.”

He said it’s not uncommon to loan his car to a student in need, help with housing repairs or hear post-breakup laments.

“For a lot of these students it’s the first time they’re living alone,” Nikitopoulos said. “Sometimes they need a little support.”

Nikitopoulos said the only foreseeable change to the Campus One Stop would be an expansion into the Earl Street parking lot.

“It’s a perfect storm here,” he said, adding that he can’t imagine selling out to a larger chain either.

“I don’t know what I’d do then,” Nikitopoulos said. “This business has become such a big part of who our family is.”

Local artist Bob Blenderman painted Campus One Stop in the winter of 1995 when it was under different management and called College Variety.

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Brothers Steve, Jimmy and Paul Nikitopoulos bought the store from their dad and uncle in 2003.

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Training mandatory for new graduate studentsSchool of Graduate Studies makes an online accessbility course a requirement to graduate

By Katherine Fernandez-BlanceNews Editor

Students new to the School of Graduate Studies are now required to take an online course on accessibility.

Developed and launched at Queen’s in 2009, the course was first made a mandatory course at McMaster University last year.

AODA 800, a non-credit course, was created after a 2008 provincial act stipulated that individuals who work in the public domain undergo mandatory accessibility training.

It’s already a mandatory requirement for all members of Queen’s that interact with the public on behalf of the university.

The School of Graduate Studies asked Queen’s Senate in March to approve the course as an academic requirement for graduate students.

The Senate Committee on Academic Procedures rejected the proposal but decided that the course become a non-academic requirement instead.

“We felt that this is something that would really be valuable for our graduate students,” said Vice-Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies Brenda Brouwer.

Brouwer said the School of Graduate Studies hoped making the course a requirement to graduate would ensure that students understood the barriers disabled people face.

“Queen’s certainly recognizes the values of equity and diversity,” Brouwer said.

The online course can be completed in less than two hours and there is no fee associated with it.

While Brouwer said Queen’s is committed to achieving a fully-accessible university, she added that “it would be naïve” to think that this course is enough.

“It is an important step in the right direction,” she said.

There are no plans to expand the course at this point, she said, adding that the course is online to engage the user better.

“Alternate modes of delivery would be extremely resource intensive, not to mention challenging to coordinate and schedule,” Brouwer told the Journal via email.

“Once you’ve completed according to the equity database, we’ll be able to indicate it as ‘pass’ on the transcript,” she said. “It’s meant to be an educational tool,” she said.

For graduate students who enrolled at Queen’s prior to September 2011, the course won’t be a mandatory requirement to graduate, but will be “strongly recommended.”

Brouwer said it wouldn’t be fair to add additional graduation requirements to students who are already part way through their programs.

Jeanette Parsons, disability services advisor with Health, Counseling and Disability Services was involved with the initial design of the course.

“[Queen’s] took the lead on putting in a proposal to the [the Accessibility Directorate

of Ontario],” Parsons said. “We had an extraordinary group of people at Queen’s.”

Parsons said the course takes what was provincially legislated to cover and puts it in a university context.

“The examples and scenarios are all based on someone being in a university environment,” Parsons said.

For many people, attitude can be the biggest hurdle when

dealing with issues of accessibility, Parsons said.

The course points to things like teaching methods for students who need alternate learning formats.

“Students with disabilities were involved in advising on the creation of the content and certainly the testing,” she said.

professor wins electronics award

Praveen Jain, a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, was named the 2011 recipient of the William E. Newell Power Electronics Award. The award recognizes an individual’s outstanding contribution to the advancement of power and electronics. It’s given out by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the world’s largest engineering association.

Jain is Canada Research Chair in Power Electronics at Queen’s as well as Director of the Queen’s University Centre for Energy and Power Electronics Research (ePOWER).

He was also the founder of CHiL Semiconductor, which was recently sold to International Rectifier for $75 million, and has worked with industries like Canadian Aeronautics, Intel and Nortel Networks.

— Rosie Hales

bargaining units to begin this fall

Four new bargaining units will soon begin contract talks with the University.

Post-doctoral fellows, represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada, will begin bargaining with the University in the fall.

Two bargaining units of the United Steelworkers of Canada will begin the first round of contract talks with the University administration. The first unit includes academic assistants and tutors while the second is made up of Queen’s general staff.

Negotiations with the Allied Health Care professionals in the Queen’s Family Health Team will also start.

So far this year, six contracts between the University and employee groups were negotiated.

— Rosie Hales

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notice on Aug. 29 that the group would be required to leave Grey House space by Sept. 30 because AMS policy dictates that committees don’t receive individual club space.

“Any discussions with EQuIP have been postponed until a co-chair is hired,” Slobodin said, adding that hiring is typically done by mid-October.

“We’re hoping to resolve this as quickly as possible,” he said.

Other Grey House groups Queen’s Pride Project (QPP) and Queen’s Helping Hands haven’t received their space allocation yet.

Slobodin said the allocation process had been delayed for QPP because the AMS is waiting for their new executive to form. He said he hasn’t heard back from Queen’s Helping Hands about this issue for the past two weeks.

Kavita Bissoondial, OPIRG Kingston

coordinator, said she wasn’t surprised that OPIRG kept Grey House space, but that she remained “skeptical” about what will happen with other Grey House groups.

“We’re really happy that we’re able to stay but we’re still pissed off about the other groups insecurity and them not knowing what’s going to happen,” Bissoondial, ArtSci ’10, said.

Securing a multi-year agreement with the AMS would be a priority, she said, adding that everyone in the Grey House needs space security.

“We’re hoping to see a new [Memorandum of Understanding] taken up by the AMS as well as the [Society of Graduate and Professional Students] and the University in recognition of the historic importance of the building and the space that we provide and the services we offer,” she said.

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Jones said. He added the increased focus on online

courses was financially-driven and that the University would save on dormitory and faculty costs while receiving tuition. Provincial funding is also granted on a per-student basis.

“They say students want fewer lectures, which may or may not be true. It’s over-generalized,” Jones said.

Peter Taylor, chair of the Task Force, said the plan will continue to be revised until it’s approved in a vote by Senate.

“We need to reduce the amount of details and make the main ideas clearer,” Taylor said.

The Task Force will amalgamate ideas, reorganize and simplify the plan, Taylor said, adding that over the next two to four weeks they will accept comments via their website.

Pilot projects of certain recommendations will be run on a small-scale first, he said.

One example is a mandatory full-year literacy course for all first-year undergraduate Arts and Science students.

The class, UNIV 100, will be graded on a pass-fail basis and the material will teach writing, reading and communication skills in an interdisciplinary and engaging manner. Example themes for the course include “conflict and co-operation” and “the

life cycle of common products.”The Task Force has suggested that a

four-week on-campus remedial course in the summer be taken by students who fail.

Taylor said the course is being suggested due to observations from faculty, students and employers that there’s a need for improved literacy skills in students.

“Employers tend to find that students are weak in these aspects, and that’s what they need students to do,” he said. “If academic skills are weak, the time to get them right is in first-year.”

Undergraduate Student Trustee Lauren Long said she supports the implementation of the UNIV 100 course but that the mandatory remedial course should be rethought.

“If they fail, to hold them back for a summer course for four weeks, I think that could potentially place a financial constraint on students,” Long, ArtSci ’13 said at Senate on Sept. 27. “They’d have to find housing for this period; as well the four weeks taken away from their summer break could prevent someone from getting summer employment.”

Overall she said the seminar-style of the class, the interdisciplinarity and the pass-fail grading are worth supporting.

“If Queen’s brought that opportunity to all first-year students it’d really set us apart,” Long said.

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Chair of the Task Force Peter Taylor will resubmit the Plan to Senate. Photo by CoREy LAbLAns

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A bake sale at the University of California, Berkeley attempted

to make a political point by using racial differences to determine the price of cupcakes.

A Maclean’s article from Sept. 25 described the event that had patrons pay different prices according to their race and gender. Prices for baked goods were set at: $2 for Caucasians, $1.50 for Asians, $1 for Latinos, $0.75 for African Americans and $0.25 for Native Americans. Women received a discount of $0.25.

The bake sale, organized by the Berkeley College Republicans, is meant to protest Senate Bill 185. The bill was passed and presented to Governor Jerry Brown on Sept. 9 who must sign or veto the bill before Oct. 9. If enacted, the bill would allow universities to consider race, ethnicity, gender and national origin on admissions applications.

While it’s a bold and shocking tactic, the Berkeley College Republicans have succeeded in garnering attention. What’s

debatable is whether they’ve opened a discussion on the bill or simply drawn flak in the attempt to satirize it.

The sale could prove to be self-defeating, with people discussing the contentious bake sale instead of the senate bill. The racially divisive bake sale is an interesting initiative, but rational discussion doesn’t flourish while people are angry.

It’s a satirical gesture, but one that is deeply offensive for many people.

The bake sale places the identity of patrons into categories — something that is potentially hurtful to individuals. What are patrons charged if they don’t identify their race or gender in the same way that the vendor does?

The fact that the Berkeley College Republicans hosted the sale is problematic. They represent a group associated with a long history of marginalizing minority groups. It’s difficult to examine their actions without also taking

into account their ideology. Had the event been put on by a group like Human Rights Watch, it likely wouldn’t have received so much criticism.

Essentially, the bake sale has made the UC Berkeley an unequal and unsafe place in the name of a political statement. It’s an exploitation of the hardship and discrimination that marginalized groups have historically faced.

The bake sale is an oversimplification of a serious issue.

The Berkeley College Republicans should’ve made a greater effort to have their demonstration more accurately represent the debate over admissions criteria. For example, if visible minorities were allowed to skip the line, it would correlate clearly to being given admissions priority.

Because it draws attention to Senate Bill 185, the bake sale is an important demonstration, but its discriminatory nature nearly oversteps the line between satire and insult.

An undergraduate degree doesn’t guarantee financial

success, according to a Sept. 26 article in the Globe and Mail.

In total, 18.5 per cent of undergraduate degree holders make less than the Canadian median income of $37,002. There is variance within the findings: a degree from the discipline of mathematics, business or engineering has a higher financial payoff than a degree in the humanities or arts.

This isn’t surprising. Engineering and commerce

degrees equip students with tangible job skills that are applicable to a specific field of work. In contrast, a Bachelor of Arts degree teaches concepts and abilities that don’t have the same practical application.

A BA isn’t a path to riches, and it’s not meant to be. The focus

of a liberal arts degree is learning for learning’s sake. It shouldn’t be viewed as a financial transaction. Studying the arts prepares students for academia, not employment, and a degree should be regarded as a personal investment instead of a financial one.

It’s arrogant to assume that graduating with a BA entitles you to a job. Skills learnt from attending lectures and writing essays don’t directly translate into assets for a specific job.

This lack of specificity is the largest benefit of an arts degree. Students are given a chance to develop and pursue interests, and are exposed to new subject matter constantly.

Undergraduate arts degrees might not prepare students for the work force, but they give individuals a unique opportunity

to grow.As more people enroll in

university and receive arts degrees, it inflates the pool of educated job applicants. More students are produced each year, but the job pool can’t keep up.

This will make adaptation the most necessary skill for a worker, and it’s probable that the concentration of a person’s degree will be vastly different than his career choices.

Believing a bachelor’s degree to be a ticket for employment is simple naïveté, and it’s a preconception that should be discarded. This doesn’t make a degree obsolete though.

Students should always be in the pursuit of an education, not a bigger paycheque.

EditorialsThe Journal’s PersPecTive

Education

Knowledge not riches

Jake edmiston

Other guys

The Take Back the Night march on Sept. 22 featured the “Don’t

Be That Guy” campaign, with signs that read “Just because she’s drunk doesn’t mean she wants to f**k.”

The new campaign switched the focus from victims of sexual assault to perpetrators. Jennifer Byrd, a counsellor with Sexual Assault Centre Kingston (SAC), told the Journal last week that

“This campaign is one of the only campaigns that targets the perpetrators.”

There are attitudes on this campus that undermine a woman’s sexual sovereignty. And there are men who think it’s fucked up but don’t say anything.

During the 500-strong Aberdeen Street party earlier this month, groups of men chanted “Tits out for the boys,” soliciting flashes from passersby.

During Frosh Week, there were men on porches with numbered signs, rating women as they walked by.

There’s someone on those porches who should be encouraged to be that guy — the guy that breaks the mob mentality. A campaign that targets every man as a potential perpetrator makes that guy recoil from the cause.

The spirit of “Don’t be that guy” is an important message, but I fear the men who will be most influenced by the campaign are the ones who already know what

“No” means.According to the Adult Criminal

Court Survey, over 2,000 males have been convicted of sexual assault every year for the past five years in Canada.

No doubt, many more go uncaught. It’s an alarming number. But it’s not every man in Canada.

The men who aren’t offenders can help.

SAC reported a spike in cases during the first eight weeks of the semester. There’s another spike in sexual assaults in the first weeks back from Christmas holidays. It’s a problem that deserves protests like Take Back the Night.

But there can be smaller protests every Friday and Saturday night, if more men choose to be that guy who tells his friends to “Shut the fuck up.”

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“the arts prepares students for academia ... and a degree should be regarded as a personal investment instead of a financial one. ”

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Friday, September 30, 2011 queenSjournal.ca • 7

after taking office, the ontario Liberal government led by dalton McGuinty made post-secondary education a priority.

In 2003, Liberals froze tuition prices, doubled student assistance funding, added a textbook and technology grant and invested $4 billion in campuses over eight years.

neither of the preceding ndP and PC provincial governments improved the quality of education for ontario students.

the Liberal government will provide the most funding of any party to Canadian students while protecting the diversity of education.

the ndP led by andrea horwath offer little for post-secondary education. horwath’s voting record shows her lack of dedication to students. In 2005, she voted against a budget that promised to invest $6.2 billion in universities and colleges and increase financial aid.

according to the ontario Undergraduate student alliance, the ndP has no plan to improve the accessibility, quality or mobility of education. Meanwhile, the Canadian Federation of students notes that in their current cost breakdown, the ndP have forgotten the $1 billion in education funding promised to students. the promises and budget of the ndP don’t add up.

after eight years, we have seen results from the Liberal’s investment in education. In ontario, 64 per cent of adults now have post-secondary degrees (compared to the U.s. at 41 per cent).

this means that if you compare ontario to the 34 organization for economic Co-operation and development (oeCd) countries, the province leads in post-secondary degrees per capita. the Liberals also created 200,000 new spaces for students.

a Liberal government would create 60,000 new spots in post-secondary institutions as well as invest in three new satellite campuses. Moreover, McGuinty will continue government grants for lower-income families.

In addition, he has promised to provide a 30 per cent tuition grant to students from middle-class

the ontario Progressive Conservative platform is a collection of specific policy targets designed to strengthen the province’s economic recovery while improving the quality of life and social services of all ontarians.

once broken down, the platform consists of three key goals: to provide new jobs and tax relief for households, to improve the services that ontarians receive from their tax dollars and to make government efficient, accountable and innovative.

student employment has suffered extensively with the recession and while we recognize that taxes are a necessary load on society in exchange for services, it’s important to realize that taxes levied on many businesses and employers have exacerbated the student unemployment problem.

ontario’s debt has doubled in eight years. the tax burden must be lowered to drive economic growth and help people, many of whom are students, find meaningful employment.

While much of the platform is geared towards eliminating government red tape and improving transparency, there are a few policies geared specifically towards students. For one, a Conservative government would create up to 60,000 new spaces in our post-secondary institutions. the Conservatives also pledge to reform the credit transfer program to help students move seamlessly from advanced Placement in high schools, or other institutions, into university programs.

ontario PC leader tim hudak has also promised to overhaul the archaic ontario student assistance Program (osaP) rules to make sure the students who need financial assistance for their post-secondary education actually get money in a timely fashion.

the platform also pledges a $30 million scholarship program for ontario students to make education even more affordable.

you might be wondering where the money for these additional services is coming from given the party’s commitment to fiscal prudence and lower taxes.

the Conservative plan for

Contrary to the rumour, new democratic policy does not depend on simply raising taxes and over-spending. In fact, provincial ndP governments across Canada have the best record of balanced budgets at approximately 50 per cent.

If elected, new democrats will pay for policy by changing priorities and putting people first.

Most important to many students is education policy. every year the cost of education is climbing with ontario now the most expensive province for post-secondary education.

the province currently has the highest tuition fees and the lowest per capita spending on post-secondary education in Canada.

new democrats hear our complaints and are committed to making education more affordable by freezing tuition fees for college, undergraduate and graduate students over the next four years and eliminating the interest on the provincial portion of student loans.

ontario’s new democrats have a plan to make education more affordable — one that will not disappear after the election.

new democrats will focus on getting people back to work and growing the economy by protecting and creating jobs. Following a series of no-strings-attached corporate tax giveaways — totalling $20 billion over 10 years — job-creating investments have declined. While corporations who received the tax giveaways are increasing profits, many of those same corporations increased layoffs.

new democrats offer a solution: instead of blindly giving out no-strings-attached tax breaks to corporations, the ndP will replace them with programs and tax relief to reward job creators and cut taxes for small businesses.

responsible spending, capping public sector Ceo salaries and cutting no-strings-attached corporate giveaways is how the new democrats can provide a platform which balances the budget by 2017-18 and costs only $3.3 billion in the fourth year.

this is compared to the $3.5 billion and $6 billion

In 2006, elizabeth May stepped down as executive director of sierra Club and threw her hat in the ring to become leader of the Green Party of Canada. I had never belonged to a political party before that day in June when I turned Green.

now, five years later, I’m living in Kingston and am campaign manager for Kingston and the Islands’ Green Party candidate robert Kiley.

the campaign has been flourishing. all-candidate debates have allowed for needed focus on important concerns. I am impressed with the thoughtfulness and insight of organizers and the level of discourse by all candidates.

these conversations validate our belief in what Green Party policies will do to enhance quality of life. robert has been stellar — his responses and his passion have been a strong force.

I’m particularly excited about the energy that I see at Queen’s. Campus is buzzing these days. My impression is that students are pumped up about voting, and that is a welcome impression. there was evidence of that buzz at the aMs debate on sept. 19. But the question remains: what will that oct. 6 vote — your Green vote — signify?

Let’s consider Green Party energy policy. the bold first step that the Green Party of ontario advocates is to stop building new nuclear power plants. nuclear energy is dirty energy. It is unsustainable on all fronts — economic, social and environmental.

When a life-cycle approach is considered, which is an underlying principle for Green Party policy, nuclear doesn’t make the cut in a 21st century energy regime. Building nuclear facilities produces unacceptable greenhouse gas emissions. then there are the safety concerns of transporting and disposing of toxic waste.

the creation of high value and stimulating jobs is also a priority. Why not be bold here in Kingston and the Islands and attract venture capital in order to keep our graduates in the community to live, work and play?

on education, Green Party policy calls for a freeze on tuition and

Are you worried about getting a job after graduation?

“I’m a bit scared but looking forward to it.”

Sarah Mccullough, artSci ’14

“No, Queen’s has given me the skills I need to find a job.”

richard Wall, coMM ’12

“I plan to go to grad school but it’s definitely nerve-wracking.”

Kian SleggS, artSci ’12

“I think there will be lots of jobs.”

andreW hineS, artSci ’14

“No, I think coming from Queen’s means we have a good

chance to succeed.”

Kira FulFord, artSci ’15

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DIALOGUEPersPectives from the Queen’s community

provincial elections

A discussion on party policiesPanelists representing the four major provincial parties highlight key policy points

Kyle RichaRdson, aRtsci ’12

nancy doucet stuaRt claRK, aRtsci ’14

Michael caRlucci, aRtsci ’12

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Drinking culture must be changed

dear editors,

as a community grappling with the fallout of excessive alcohol consumption every fall for the last several years, decision makers in Kingston have worked to ensure public safety is maintained and alcohol laws are enforced. But is it enough?

recently, dr. Gerald thomas, a senior research and policy analyst from the Canadian Centre on substance abuse, presented to local decision makers on how the cultural acceptance of the use of alcohol for recreation needs

to be shifted. drinking large quantities of

alcohol in a short period of time is a risky activity, yet it is promoted as culturally acceptable through peer to peer contact, media messages and the promotion of drinking games and paraphernalia. there have been several reports of this type of promotion occurring locally in recent weeks. a local bar pasted a large promotional sticker on the inside of their menu advertising a chance of winning a beer pong table. another business in the downtown core has a window display of drinking paraphernalia including a funnel and hose apparatus, and a hard hat with multiple drink holders and tubing attached. these items are not designed to

promote responsible drinking and, like the beer pong table, target the student population.

a 19-year-old acadia University student died earlier this month after consuming a large amount of alcohol.the student was reportedly participating in a drinking game in residence.

you are basically risking your life by participating in any of these games. rapidly drinking alcohol can result in an individual becoming unconscious which in turn leaves them unable to protect their airway. KGh has had a number of admissions to the emergency department in the last week of individuals who were completely unconscious from excess alcohol use.

a community-based approach is crucial to our success in promoting safe and responsible choices, including in Queen’s University residences. Paraphernalia such as beer pong tables and funnels, which promote excessive and unsafe consumption, are not allowed in residences at Queen’s. these items generate a larger concern in our communities around safe consumption.

as Queen’s continues to move forward in implementing the coroner’s recommendations around alcohol following the deaths of two students last year, it is important for the community to step up and support these efforts. the 14-year harvard school of Public health College alcohol

study positively demonstrated the need to bring campuses and communities together to change the environmental conditions that promote heavy alcohol consumption both on and off campus. While it is important for partners in health, enforcement and education to support change, there needs to be commitment from local business owners and others in the community to create the culture shift needed to de-normalize heavy drinking and reduce alcohol-related harm.

Cathy Edwards,

Coordinator,Greater Kingston Area Safe and

Sober Community Alliance

LETTErs TO THE EDITOr

families. For over 80 per cent of students that means they will get $1,600 back from their tuition each year.

tuition grants are not important, however, if you can’t find a job in the workforce. that’s why for students who can’t find a job after graduation, the Liberal government could reduce their loan payments to zero.

When choosing who to vote for on oct. 6 look at the party platforms and decide who is really going to put students first.

Kyle Richardson is policy director for the Queen’s University Liberal Association.

ontario is one of measured growth and sustainability, eliminating useless committees and kickbacks in a government that has needlessly ballooned in size.

I will admit the Conservatives have not made promises as extravagant as the Liberals on education. however, the PC platform sets a realistic bar for ontario’s next government that doesn’t cripple our economy with new levies and hikes.

Given the choice between a reduction in tuition and a job when I graduate, I don’t think there’s any contest.

Stuart Clark is secretary-treasurer for the Queen’s University Conservative Association.

of the Liberal Party and Progressive Conservative Party respectively. simultaneously, the ndP will invest in green energy solutions; remove the hst from hydro, home heating and gas; stop rising tuition; increase investment in frontline healthcare and offer tax credits for job creators.

the people of ontario and the students of Queen’s University deserve a government that is working for them.

In this election, a vote for Mary rita holland and the ontario new democrats is a vote to change priorities and a change that puts people first.

Michael Carlucci is acting president for the Queen’s University New Democrats.

increases in grants and scholarships. affordable housing will help us work towards reducing poverty and improving quality of life.

as the Green Party candidate for Kingston and the Islands, robert Kiley has said the Green Party views our choices through a life-cycle lens. this lens considers environmental, social and economic factors. students at Queen’s University have the ability and the power to shape a sustainable future.

how Green is my campus? I think it will be much greener after oct. 6.

Nancy Doucet is campaign manager for Kingston and the Islands Green Party nominee Robert Kiley.

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By Caitlin ChoiAssistant Arts Editor

An evening in, playing music with Montreal musicians from the Stills, the Sam Roberts Band and Stars turned into the start of a seven-person cover band.

Tommy Youngsteen & the Million Dollar Band features a seven-piece act that strictly plays a set of Tom Petty, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen classics.

“We were sitting around and having a few beers,” guitarist and

vocalist Alan Snoddy, a former Stars guitarist, said. “Just playing, and I kind of had the idea that we should try a show out or something like that.”

The band debuted at Toronto’s Dakota Tavern in December 2010. Since then, they’ve been bouncing between shows in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa with a few in Kingston and Waterloo.

The classic rock covers don’t stray far from the original tracks. Snoddy said they focus more on

By alyssa ashtonArts Editor

Tammy Godefroy gave up a career as a Toronto talent agent to open a boutique on Princess Street. But when she started talking to local models, she said she felt the need to get back into the talent business.

In 2007, Godefroy started to direct photo shoots to showcase products at her clothing store, Novellino. When models came looking to get involved with her ad campaigns, Godefroy started giving advice. The guidance counselling evolved into SoHo Models, an agency that also provides programs for prospective models and actors.

“I started counselling girls and their parents on what to look out for,” she said. “A lot of the girls are naïve and it’s scary.”

Godefroy worked at TT Talent as a talent agent. She said it’s an industry standard that modelling agencies don’t charge fees, they only make money off commission when their client gets a job.

Godefroy started meeting Kingston models and “the girls started telling me about the agencies they were going to and they were scams.

“We first started course work

for recreational purposes,” she said. “The first course would be an introduction to modelling, the second is developing their image as a model, the third on how to get work in the modelling agency.”

SoHo Models won’t force anyone in their roster to pay for in-house photo shoots and courses. Godefroy said as long as the end result is professional, the agency will find the client jobs.

The agency has access to the National Breakdown Service which lists all auditions daily.

Godefroy said rejection is a reality in modelling and acting industries.

“I can only take people that I can get work,” she said. “With the whole reality TV situation, they all see that these people don’t do anything but they’re celebrities. But I’m like, do you have any skills? Can you actually model? Can you actually act?”

While SoHo Models is the newest venture for Godefroy, she’s

still maintaining her store, which has been at 286 Princess St. since its opening in 2005.

Godefroy brings in all her merchandise from Los Angeles and buys stock every week.

“Every other store buys six months ahead of the season,” she said. “You’re buying in September for [sale] in February [or] March, so you’re guessing what people will want in six months.

“People in Kingston are in the moment, they’re not ahead of the trends. A lot of the Queen’s students are ahead of the trends because they come from the big cities. But a lot of Kingstonians are very conservative.”

All of Novellino’s merchandise is posted on their website and Facebook page. Godefroy said she receives text messages at 2 a.m from customers asking to reserve clothing they saw online.

Since Novellino buys stock weekly, when stock runs out they will not be re-ordered.

“If it’s gone it’s gone, there is only six pieces of it in Kingston,” she said. “Every other store will contact the company and get refills of items.”

Novellino is an Italian word meaning fresh and new. The theme of the boutique is the Italian Mediterranean, using bright colours and open spaces to create a relaxing shopping experience.

Though Tommy Youngsteen is only playing shows around Ontario, its members have played shows all around the world, opening for bands like the Rolling Stones and AC/DC.

Next issue PumPed uP KicKsRoyal Wood is coming to Kingston with new songs and his Cover Sessions EP featuring tunes from Adele, Tom Petty and Foster the People.

cry BaBy cry

Andrew McPhail’s new exhibit, CRYBABY, at Union Gallery pieces together hundreds of Kleenexes to reflect the grieving process and the fragile human body.

Primate ProjectThe Screening Room presents its second speaker series, combining a talk on ape cognition research with the film Project Nim, a real life story of a chimpanzee raised like a human child.

Hostile Home In his new exhibit, Correspondences, Abbas Akhavan explores how trauma and systemic violence in the nation-state can translate into violence in the home.

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On the classic trackCanadian rockers come together to pay tribute to classic rock legends

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SoHo strutTammy Godefroy’s new modelling agency educates aspiring talent

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Novellino’s dress list ensures that no two women wear the same dress to an event.

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By Janina EnRilEAssistant Features Editor

Ohbijou will launch a North American tour this month, in support of their new release, Metal Meets.

Lead vocalist and songwriter Casey Mecija said the band wanted

to make the whole album a love story, based on the title track.

Metal Meets is Ohbijou’s third album, following the 2009 Beacons and the 2006 Swift Feet for Troubling Times. With two years since their last album, Ohbijou had plenty of time to gather inspiration for the new album.

“We’re definitely older and have a weight of more experiences under our belt,” Mecija said, “I think the accumulation of different experiences has resulted in an album that kind of looks at the world with a little more depth and complexity.”

Mecija said Metal Meets is

moodier and more complex than Ohbijou’s previous efforts.

“A lot of the lyrics and the subject matter of the album is very much inspired by love,” she said. “The other two albums were inspired by that as well, but I think with this new record, it was more about finding a new language of

how to articulate that feeling.”Lyrics were inspired by books

that Mecija has indulged in, such as Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson.

“[Carson] has such an amazing way of describing feelings — really desperate feelings — by using words like red and giving emotions colours and things like that,” Mecija said.

Mecija said the band chose “Niagara” as the album’s opening track because it has a deliberately strong chord structure. Mecija said the song title’s resemblance to the name of a famous Canadian landmark was no coincidence.

“I was trying to describe these feelings of love by paralleling it with that sort of weather and environmental element,” she said. “It’s just comparing the force of the falls to the force of a feeling of love.”

Ohbijou is preparing for a North American tour, with the first show scheduled in Toronto.

Before the release of Swift Feet for Troubling Times, Ohbijou was Mecija’s solo project. She soon felt the need for a full band including her sister Jennifer.

“We know how to make each other upset, but in the end, the underlying thing is that it’s more of a relief that we’re together,” Mecija said, “And it would be sad if I didn’t have [Jennifer] singing and playing beside me. So I feel lucky to play with Jenny.”

Ohbijou play with the Gertrudes at The Mansion on Oct. 5 at 9 p.m.

emulating, not interpreting. “We might arrange them slightly

differently, like the Neil Young stuff we might stretch out,” he said. “[But] it’s pretty well note for note.”

Guitarist Greg Paquet and the band’s bassist Tim Fletcher are former members of the Stills. The Stills stopped recording music, allowing them time for other endeavours. The cover band’s drummer, Josh Trager, plays with the Sam Roberts Band, which takes priority over the tribute act.

“[The band] is more just for fun,” Snoddy said. “I think everybody would do it as long as people were interested in seeing it, but it revolves around everyone else’s schedules and priorities, like

Sam Roberts and the other bands.”Saxophone player Erik Hove,

guitarist Graham Playford and keyboardist Greg MacDonald also have big resumes — Hove is a member of the turntable-jazz group Soundclash, Playford is a soloist and MacDonald is a member of Canadian band Sloan.

Despite having a veteran roster, egos and opinions aren’t a problem, Snoddy said.

“Nobody’s really in charge. Sometimes someone will want to do one song and someone won’t want to do another song so you have to compromise,” he said. “They say the best kind of compromise is when everyone is equally dissatisfied. That’s sort of how it goes.”

Tommy Youngsteen sticks to early work by Petty, Young and

Springsteen. The most recent songs on the band’s setlist are Petty’s “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” (1993), Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” (1989) and Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” (1984).

With shows featuring old songs by recent rock stars, the crowd tends to vary. Snoddy said they

attract an older audience who come out for familiar music. Younger fans often are interested because of the connection with their other bands. One fan in particular has been following the band from show to show.

“I’ve never spoken to him but he’s there everytime in front,”

he said. “He’s sort of like a big football player kind of guy. He was in Ottawa, Toronto, he was in Kingston, and he just turned up every single night with a Bruce Springsteen concert shirt on.”

Tommy Youngsteen plays the Mansion tonight at 9 p.m.

OLD sONG, NeW BANDTommy Youngsteen is known to play these classic rock hits at shows.

American Girl

King’s Highway

Listen to Her Heart

Love and Only Love

Hey Hey, My My

Cinnamon Girl

Born to Run

Dancing in the Dark

Bobby Jean

Metal meets Limestone

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Ohbijou’s thirds album, Metal Meets, was released on Tuesday and had the band travelling outside the familiarity of Toronto to untraversed locations like volcanoes and haunted waterfalls found around the world.

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Ohbijou’s new album, Metal Meets, delves deeper into love and relationships

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Last January the boutique started carrying vintage accessories.

“It’s not just anything, I really source the vintage,” she said. “Anytime I travel the world I pick up vintage items, so they all have stories. I need to go on another trip soon.”

But she won’t be traveling anytime soon. She’s pregnant with her first child. But she’s

not slowing down.“Definitely expansion, definitely our own

line,” Godefroy said of future plans. “We like to do things that are outside the box. We like to do our own events.

“I would like Kingston to have a fashion weekend or a fashion week. We are kind of centrally located, so it makes sense to me for us to be a sort of a hub. It’s just getting the city involved in it.”

Novellino novelties

Novellino started selling vintage accessories last year, including a coveted Hermes scarf which sold at the store’s vintage premier party.

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By Lauri KytömaaStaff Writer

The men’s hockey team will travel to Buffalo, N.Y. to play Niagara University and Canisius College.

Preseason trips to the U.S. are a regular occurrence with Queen’s varsity teams. Teams test themselves against NCAA competition and they don’t always lose. Men’s soccer, men’s hockey, women’s hockey, men’s basketball and men’s rugby will compete with American schools this season.

Last season, men’s hockey lost 5-0 to Robert Morris University and 8-1 to Mercyhurst College. Head coach Brett Gibson said his team struggled with a different style of hockey.

“The teams are a lot faster than what we are used to,” Gibson said.

“They aren’t as physical but the speed of the game catches you off for a couple of periods.”

The team also has to deal with different rules south of the border. Last season in Pennsylvania, the Gaels had to account for rules like icing on the penalty kill and no line

changes on icing calls. Gibson said every trip to the U.S.

allows his players to enjoy far better hockey facilities than his team has in Kingston. Mercyhurst College has an ice surface and their own personal gym on campus.

“They are a lot ahead of us,” he said. “I would love to see that for the Gaels in the future.”

“I wanted to get a game in against a top U.S. college or university,” he said. “[It’s a] level of competition that you don’t get [in Ontario] during preseason play.”

The men’s soccer team tied the Cornell Big Red 0-0 in last year’s match in August and earned an invitation back for another game. The two teams tied 0-0 again on Aug. 25.

“We are hoping to bring them down [to Kingston] at some point.” head coach Chris Gencarelli said. Men’s rugby has been the most successful Queen’s team to travel south. At the Dartmouth Classic in August this year, the Gaels beat Dartmouth College 36-0 and Army University 25-5.

By Benjamin DeansAssistant Sports Editor

Nick Green was at Tindall field on Tuesday morning to practice 25-yard field goals. He didn’t make a single one. Tomorrow, he starts his campaign to kick for $1 million.

Green is one of four Canadians remaining in Wendy’s Kick for a Million challenge, a promotional contest affiliated with the Canadian Football League (CFL). The contest, now in its seventh season, draws

almost 18 million entries every year.Green worked next to a Wendy’s

during a summer internship at the Innovation Park at Queen’s University. The contest opened on July 25 and Green tallied 2,321 entries before it closed.

“There were about 12 students and we would all go for lunch at the same time,” Green, Sci ’11, said. “I thought, ‘maybe I’ll win a free hamburger or something.’ ” Instead, he won a shot at becoming a millionaire.

On Sept. 6, four participants — two from Western Canada and two from Eastern Canada — were selected to compete. On Saturday, Green will kick in the Eastern quarter-finals during the halftime of a Toronto Argonauts game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.

In the quarter-finals, both participants get three kicks each at distances between the 15 and the 50 yard lines. If a kick goes through the uprights, points are awarded for each yard kicked. The participant with the most points moves on to face the Western Canada winner in the semifinals the following weekend in Toronto.

The last kicker standing will travel to Toronto on Oct. 14 with the chance of winning $1 million. The kicker will have four kicks — from 20, 30, 40 and 50 yards — each of which, if successful, will yield increasingly better prizes. Kicking a 50-yard field goal wins the grand prize.

Green has been practicing for about a week. He found out two weeks ago, but couldn’t start kicking right away.

“I had to go out and get cleats and the ball,” he said. “Didn’t have any of it.”

The fifth-year Engineering student hasn’t played football since

lining up as a defensive tackle at Lorne Park Secondary School in Mississauga. His career was cut short by a hand injury.

“I stiff-armed one of the offensive linemen and then someone hit him from behind,” Green said. “It was the day after our coach told us not to stiff-arm people.”

On Tuesday night, Green met up with the football team’s kicker, Dan Village. As Green was walking out to the field, Village kicked a 40-yard punt.

“Holy crap,” Green said.Village said Green has to be

confident with his kicking.“The most important advice I

could give to him is just keeping

KicK for a million

Green kicks for $1 millionFifth-year engineering student Nick Green practices with Gaels’ kicker Dan Village to prepare for Wendy’s contest

Fifth-year student Nick Green (right) is a quarter-finalist in the Wendy’s Kick for a Million challenge in Toronto on Saturday. He practiced with Gaels’ kicker Dan Village (left) during the team’s football practice on Tuesday at Richardson Stadium.

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men’s HocKey

Border crossingQueen’s Athletics continues to send teams to the U.S. for preseason games

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Rowing Recap

Men’s rowing dominates at Head of the Rideau.

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Speedy debut

Maxime LeBoeuf has fastest time at Saturday’s Western Invitational.

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RivalRy ReviSited

To prepare for the weekend, the Journal looks at classic Queen’s-Western rugby games.

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RMc wRap

Men’s and women’s soccer beat Royal Military College.

page 15 Gaels forward David Chubb battles with a Mercyhurst Lakers player during a game in Erie, Pa. last year.

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“ I had to go out and get cleats and the ball. Didn’t have any of it.”

— Nick Green, Sci ’11

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Rowers win regattaMen’s rowing improves on last year’s results at Head of the RideauBy Kye anDreOPOuLOsContributor

The men’s rowing team won nine of 10 races at the Head of the Rideau regatta in Ottawa on Sunday.

The regatta featured crews from McGill University, University of Ottawa, Carleton University and Trent University. Gaels rower Rami Maassarani said the team’s success at the Head of the Rideau isn’t an indicator of their strength because perennial contenders weren’t competing.

“Brock and Western usually have pretty strong teams,” he said. “We don’t really have an idea of how fast everyone is until we show up to the same regatta.”

The Gaels improved on their 2010 results, where they won only five of the nine events. Maassarani said the men’s team have benefitted from a demanding off-season training schedule of rowing and

dryland training.“Most of the teams have been working

pretty hard over the winter and the summer and those are the months that really count,” he said.

The Gaels compete at the Head of the Trent regatta — traditionally considered the most important regatta before the OUA regatta on Oct. 29 — this weekend. The Brock Badgers and the Western Mustangs will both be in attendance.

“The first real test … is going to be this weekend,” he said. “Every team shows up and means business.”

The Head of the Trent will also be the women’s rowing team’s first event of the season. Maassarani said he expects last year’s OUA champions to perform well.

“They’re feeling good about this season,” he said. “They’re defending champs so people are going to be going after them hard.”

The men’s heavyweight eight-man crew won their race at the Head of the Rideau regatta on Sunday in Ottawa.

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The cross country team’s top recruit was the Gaels’ best runner at the Western Invitational in London on Saturday. Transfer student Maxime LeBoeuf led the men’s cross country team to a fourth-place finish in the 10-kilometre race with a time of 33 minutes and 10 seconds. The women’s team came in sixth in their five-kilometre run.

LeBoeuf, MA‘13, was absent for the Sept. 24 Queen’s Invitational. The Western event was his debut with the Gaels. Every Gael crossed the finish line within a minute of LeBoeuf in London.

“For the part of the season we’re at right now, we’re setting ourselves up nicely for the more important races down the road,” men’s team captain Oliver Hatheway said.

The Gaels finished behind the first-place Windsor Lancers, the Guelph Gryphons and the Western Mustangs. Hatheway said his team was satisfied with the fourth-place finish.

“This time of year, we’re not really concerned with results,” he said. “We’re of the mentality that it’s all for the one race in November, so we’re quietly confident. “

But Hatheway said the team could have done better if they had stuck to the initial race plan.

“We were actually hoping to run the race a little bit more together,” he said. “We kind of got separated with the early pacing.”

Jeff Costen and Jeff Archer were sidelined with injuries for the second straight event. Last week, head coach Steve Boyd said they might be the fittest runners on the team. He said both runners will compete in Bethlehem, Pa.

today for Lehigh University’s Paul Short Run.

LeBoeuf, Hatheway, Nick McGraw, Dave Cashin and

Cody Beals ran for the men. The women’s team went with Alex Gatza, Monica Bolejszo, Lauren

oct. 29, 2006OUA semifinal:

Queen’s 10-15 Western

In muddy conditions in London, the Gaels made several early mistakes and trailed 15-0 at the half. Spencer Cameron and Beau Chapman got tries to make it 15-10, but the Gaels couldn’t score again. The Gaels lost the bronze medal match against the Brock Badgers.

oct. 13, 2007OUA regular season:

Queen’s 16-13 Western

The Gaels beat the Mustangs for the first time since 2001 in front of more than 1,000 fans at Kingston Field. Captain James Potter scored an early try and his team led 13-6 at the half. Two fights broke out in the second half, but the Gaels held on for the win. The teams met again in the OUA semifinal where the Gaels won 18-13.

sept. 20, 2008OUA regular season:

Queen’s 12-12 Western

The Gaels scored in the last minute to earn a tie in London. Down 12-7 late in the game,

flanker Pat Richardson scored his second try to tie it, but centre Ryan Kruyne missed the potential game-winning conversion. The Gaels beat the Mustangs 19-8 in the OUA semifinal a month later.

oct. 3, 2009OUA regular season:

Queen’s 13-12 Western

The Gaels won 13-12 to move to first place in the OUA. Eight-man Tim Richardson scored the team’s only try while centre Ryan Kruyne had a conversion and two penalty kicks for the team’s first win in London since 2001.

nov. 14, 2009OUA final:

Queen’s 23-19 Western

The Gaels capped off a perfect 10-0 season by defeating the Mustangs to win their first OUA championship since 2001. Western led midway through the second half but a late try from Chris Barrett put the Gaels up late in the game to win the gold medal.

— Source: Journal Archives, compiled by Gilbert Coyle

cross coUntry

LeBoeuf leads team in debutTransfer student posts fastest time for men’s team at the Western Invitational on Saturday

The women’s cross country team fi nished sixth at the Western Invitational in London on Saturday.

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Rivalry revisitedBefore men’s rugby plays the 4-0 Western Mustangs Saturday, the Journal looks at five recent classics between the two teams

Gaels celebrate a 16-13 win over Western in 2007. supplied

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Prufer, Meghan Tait and Steph Hulse. Hulse led the team with a time of 18 minutes and 38 seconds.

The Gryphons won the women’s race.

Boyd said he was impressed by the way the women’s team ran.

“We’re rebuilding this year on the women’s side, [but] our average runner was faster than [at] this time last year,” he said.

The team travels to Bethlehem, Pa. to compete in Lehigh University’s Paul Short Run today.

his head down and swinging right through the ball,” he said.

“Obviously, he’s a novice, but if he works a bit, he’ll be fine.”

Green’s third kick was successful. In all, he made about 10 of 50 attempts.

“I’m way more confident after

tonight,” he said.Green heads to Toronto on

Friday and will stay at the hotel in the Rogers Centre. He faces off against the other Eastern finalist Mike Tompkins — a 56-year old Brockville-native who owns a Promotional Merchandise Company.

“He doesn’t look that athletic,” Green said. “I’m hoping that just by being 30 years younger, I’ll have an advantage.”

Follow @QJsports on twitter to receive live updates on Green over the weekend.

Women’s soccer rebounds with big win

The women’s soccer team responded to their slip-up against the Toronto Varsity Blues on Sunday by beating the Royal Military College Paladins 5-0 on Thursday.

Striker Breanna Burton led the team with two goals while Kelli Chamberlain, Jackie Tessier and Alexis McKinty each added singles. The win takes the Gaels to 7-0-1 and keeps them at the top of the OUA East division.

“It was a pretty good result. It’s

a place where we’ve traditionally struggled to play,” head coach Dave McDowell said.

The Gaels will play the Carleton Ravens at Richardson Stadium on Saturday at 1 p.m.

— Ben Deans

men’s soccer breezes past rmc

The men’s soccer team ended a three-game winless streak with a 2-0 win over the Royal Military College Paladins on Thursday. Striker Mac Ojiaku scored in the 31st minute

and midfielder Eric Cappon added another goal minutes later to give the Gaels a halftime lead over their cross-town rivals.

“It’s really big for us to get back on track,” Cappon said. “When we’re going through a tough spell like we have been, this is a good way to get back.”

With the win, the Gaels improve to 4-2-1 and move into a tie for third in the OUA East division. They’ll host the Carleton Ravens Sunday at Richardson Stadium.

— Dylan Haber

Football (2-2)

at Toronto Varsity Blues (2-2) at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Women’s soccer (7-0-1)

vs. Carleton Ravens (4-3-2) at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Richardson Stadium.

Men’s soccer (4-2-1)

vs. Carleton Ravens (6-2-0) at 3:15 p.m. on Saturday at Richardson Stadium.

Women’s rugby (3-0)

vs. McMaster Marauders (3-0) at 1 p.m. on Saturday at West Campus.

Men’s rugby (3-0)

at Western Mustangs (4-0) at 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Cross country

Paul Short Run at Lehigh University today in Bethlehem, Pennsylvannia.

Rowing

Head of the Trent regatta on Saturday in Peterborough.

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‘He’ll be fine’continued from page 12

SportS in brief

Gaels’ goalkeeper Marshall Peacock goes up for a ball during yesterday’s 2-0 win over the Royal Military College Paladins.

photo by coRey lAblANs

“ obviously, he’s a novice, but if he works a bit he’ll be fine. ”

—Dan Village, Queen’s football kicker

Lehigh up nextcontinued from page 14

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Despite exposure to a population of more than 20,000 people on campus, Queen’s students may find that their friendships lack diversity.

According to a recent study published in the social psychology journal Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, large university campuses breed undiversified friendships when compared to smaller institutions.

Due to its student population, Queen’s is considered to be a large university, making it less likely for students to have friendship groups that contain varied attitudes and beliefs.

Angela Bahns, lead author of the study, said on large campuses, students are better able to find friends with whom they share similarities.

“In general, we have found larger campuses are more diverse, in that there are more people to choose from and greater variability of attitudes,” Bahns told the Journal via email. “Compared to smaller campuses in Kingston, I would say that yes, Queen’s friendships are likely to be less diverse.”

To conduct the study, researchers surveyed pairs of students in public places about beliefs that could potentially impact a friendship.

In the U.S, researchers surveyed 110 students on the University of Kansas campus, which has a student population of more than 25,000. These results were compared to answers from 158 students at four small colleges in rural Kansas. Each college had an average enrolment of around 1,400 students.

Students were asked to agree or disagree with polarizing questions regarding political, social and

religious issues. These included questions on the use of alcohol and drugs, and attitudes towards abortion and the death penalty.

While the friendship initiation process is the same in every setting, a university’s population size determines who students choose to pursue friendships with, Bahns said.

“In diverse environments with lots of choice, students can be ‘pickier’ — if areas of dissimilarity are discovered they may decide that friendship is not worth pursuing.”

Closeness was also measured in the study. Participants had to rate on a scale of one to seven how close they felt to the other person in the pair.

On small campuses, pairs had an average closeness of 5.9 while on large campuses it was 5.2.

Friendships may be formed based on similarities, but that doesn’t ensure their longevity.

“We have found that friendship length is not related to similarity. That means that once a friendship forms, it’s unlikely that friends will become more similar to each other over time,” Bahns said.

“So for less diverse friendships, a certain amount of discrepancy must be tolerated for the whole life of that friendship — it isn’t going to go away as friends influence each other.”

Diverse friendships are often

lasting ones, Bahns said, adding that they are beneficial in other ways too.

“There’s good research showing that forming friendships with people from different social groups from your own ... is one of the best ways to reduce prejudice, so there [are] certainly some advantages to befriending people who are not just like you.”

People may ultimately prefer similar friendships because they’re easier.

“People like to be in similar relationships because they are familiar, and because they are more harmonious — agreement reduces conflict,” she said.

Queen’s sociology professor Vincent Sacco said students who are enrolled at large universities like Queen’s still have as many close friends as those at small post-secondary institutions.

“A stereotype is that people in bigger cities have less close friends, but this isn’t true,” Sacco said. “I don’t think the size of the school would matter.

“There’s been a lot of research on social connections in big cities versus small towns, and there isn’t a big difference in how many close friends people have.”

While Queen’s might be a large school, Sacco said it doesn’t have a diverse population because

it attracts students from similar socio-economic backgrounds.

“A university that people don’t commute to, where people have to move, attracts people who can spend more on education,” he said.

“That automatically introduces homogeneity into the sample.

“Queen’s isn’t as diverse as people want it to be,” he said, adding that universities in a bigger city like Toronto attract a more diverse student body.

But socio-economic factors aren’t the only reason the population of Queen’s isn’t diverse.

“Kingston is a small city. It just isn’t attractive to everyone,” Sacco said. “There are also traditions of people from certain communities and high schools coming here.”

While bigger universities may attract a wider range of personalities and socio-economic backgrounds, Sacco said friendships ultimately form based on similarities.

“People prize diversity in theory more than in practice,” he said.

“Do you actually have any 70-year-old male friends?”

That being said, friendships based on shared interests aren’t always easy.

“One of the mistakes people make is that friendships are self-maintaining, but they do require maintenance. People that don’t put in the maintenance are seen as free riders,” he said.

“Most of our friends from university will cease to be in our lives because we won’t maintain friendships with them. The energy required isn’t viewed as worth the effort any longer.”

Though people naturally gravitate towards others with similar interests, diverse friendships can still exist, Sacco said.

“It takes a little more effort to make certain kinds of relationships continue,” he said. “It involves tolerance and understanding — people find those things taxing and the rewards may not be worth the effort expended.

“People can absolutely work to have diverse friendships, but there has to be a desire to do that.”

Queen’s psychology professor Jill Jacobson said people pick their friends based on similarity as opposed to diversity because it

makes socializing easier. “With a similar other, you can

project your own feelings and opinions without having to worry. This is how similarity wins the day,” she said.

However, Jacobson said Generation Y is willing to be more experimental when choosing friends in university.

”People might be more likely to go to a club meeting they may not normally go to, to see what people there think.”

At Queen’s, Jacobson considers proximity the largest factor to determine burgeoning friendship.

“Maybe the first [friends] you are exposed to are proximal, and then you see what their values, interests, career goals are,” she said. “If they match that’s who you stick with.”

However, just because someone’s proximal doesn’t mean he or she makes for an ideal friend — a frosh’s often hurried selection of future housemates is an example.

“There’s a big push for first years to find housemates early on

… you’ll find people making choices based on who’s proximal to them, then saying ‘Gosh, I regret that,’” she said. “What predicts longevity is similarity.”

“With social networking and Facebook you can meet more people with the same interests who aren’t proximal to you,” she said.

While similarity is important for friendship, it’s hard to determine whether an optimal friendship is solely based on shared interests, Jacobson said.

“You want complimentary. You don’t want to be exactly the same and you don’t want to be completely different,” she said.

Students on exchange programs have one of the best opportunities to make diverse friendships.

“All students are coming to the institution that is opening itself up to the world. Why would they limit themselves to people with the same experiences?” said Justin Kerr, an international student advisor for Queen’s University International Centre (QUIC).

Kerr offers non-academic support for many students who come to Queen’s on exchange.

He said students on exchange look for shared interests among those who come from different

cultures and have had different life experiences.

“We don’t want to pigeonhole people to think their only valid social connection is with someone with a shared heritage. That’s overlooking so much about them,” he said.

“Whether it’s someone who comes from India but really likes Monty Python humour, someone from Kingston could like the same thing.”

Language could present a barrier, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be overcome.

“It absolutely presents

a difficulty, but it’s also an opportunity for students to not judge someone based on what they first hear,” he said. “We’ve had people come in for our conversation group who end up making social connections.”

Kerr said students shouldn’t use similarity as the sole criteria for making friends.

“It’s easy for students with a particular regional background to gravitate towards others like them,” he said. “We strongly encourage students to not limit themselves to this.”

Merits of diversity

According to psychology professor Jill Jacobson, friendships often emerge due to proximity. photo by justin chin

“ People like to be in similar relationships because they are familiar, and because they are more harmonious. ”

— Angela Bahns, social psychologist

“ People can absolutely work to have diverse friendships, but there has to be a desire to do that. ”

— Vincent Sacco, Queen’s

sociology professor

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