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Kayla Watson is a third-year
Graphic Design student. I am a
dedicated student who loves
giraffes and design, said
Watson. However my student
status is changing in April when
I hit the job market in hopes of
getting that first real-world
job!
1. Why are you here?
At Fanshawe? To graduate and
learn design. On Earth? To make a
positive impact on those who sur-
round me.
2. What was your life-changing
moment?
The smiling children I made art
with in Costa Rica.
3. What music are you currently
listening to?
Country and some modern classi-
cal.
4. What is the best piece of
advice youve ever received?
What doesnt kill you makes you
stronger.
5. Who is your role model?
My mom.
6. Where in the world have you
travelled?
Costa Rica.
7. What was your first job?
Burger King.
8. What would your last meal
be?
Chicken covered with cheese,
bacon and barbeque sauce!
9. What makes you uneasy?
The unknown.
10. What is your passion?
Design, anything I set my mind to,
my fam jam, learning new things.
Do you want Fanshawe to know 10
Things About You? Just head on
over to fsu.ca/interrobang and
click on the 10 Things I Know
About You link at the top.
10 Things I Know About You...
Watson once a B.K. girl
CREDIT: SUBMITTED
Kayla Watsons life changed while in Costa Rica.
CREDIT: JAMES WILLIAMS
Sarah Van de Vooren, Fanshawes Environmental Program Coordinator cleans, up a mountain of Tim Hortons
cups that students were encouraged add to throughout the day on Tuesday, April 3. The pile Van de Vooren
accumulated represented 1,400 coffee cups. The Tim Hortons locations on campus distribute approximately
7,400 cups of coffee a day. This pile only represented about 20 per cent of a days worth of coffee cups! The
goal of the display was to communicate how impactful each individuals actions are, as well as ways to divert
this waste from landfill using the designated hallway bins or the compost bins in the cafeterias. This waste can
also be reduced by using a reusable mug. The effort was part of Environmental Week on campus.
QUESTION
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Andrew Snyth
Vacationing. Going
to Wasaga Beach and
Sunshine Park.
Rick Vanmourik
Im doing an eigh-month
co-op through Construction
Management. Im looking
forward to it.
Mike Papini
Making a million dollars
writing Android apps!
Amie McRobert
Ill be working all summer,
at the KD Market near Owen
Sound.
Cheryl Beckett
Ill be working all summer,
unfortunately.
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Is there a problem getting youth
engaged in politics? Matt Ross, a
Coordinator for the London Youth
Advisory Council (LYAC), thinks
people make it harder than it has to
be.
I think its done wrong, he
said. Most youth voting cam-
paigns (and) youth engagement
civic campaigns begin with the
presupposition that youth dont
care. Its always, How can you
trick someone into thinking vot-
ings cool?
Ross, along with Samantha Fox
and Rob Freele, two other LYAC
Coordinators; Mark Goad, Internal
Affairs Coordinator; and Richard
Sookraj and Saquib Mian, External
Affairs Coordinators, have been
hard at work over the last eight
months, attending between 50 and
100 meetings to put the Youth
Council together. This doesnt
include the dozens and dozens of
Londoners and students who kept
me moving forward with inspira-
tion, new ideas and connections,
added Ross.
The product of these months of
hard work is the LYAC, a commit-
tee of 13 people between the ages
of 15 and 25 who are all passionate
about making London a better
place. They were voted in to the
Council by the public in early
March, and their term will last
from this September until June
next year.
Youth Council, in a sense, is
very boring, laughed Ross.
Youre making policy recommen-
dations, youre interfacing with
city staff on budget analysis, that
kind of thing, but (the members
are) legitimately doing something
and they have the ability to influ-
ence the decisions. I feel like when
you actually just offer that, when it
is the ability to create something
and influence something, all these
people rise to it and lots of people
become interested in it.
Three LYAC members Derek
Stevens, Jessica Conlon and
Rebecca Croden have direct ties
to Fanshawe.
Ive always wanted to make a
difference and try to help uplift and
improve everyones lives,
explained Stevens, a London
native who is currently in his sec-
ond year of the joint Media,
Information and Technoculture
program between Fanshawe and
Western. I feel like theres a huge
burden and negative energy and
negativity within our society and
that, at the root, we have a problem
that hasnt been solved yet.
I feel like I am part of that
change, he continued. I saw
(joining the LYAC) as an opportu-
nity to get one step closer to shar-
ing some good ideas to joining up
with other like-minded individuals
and working together to help
improve the state of things. He
was elected based on a platform of
sustainability and environmental-
ism, removing fluoride from
Londons drinking water and get-
ting people to eat healthy and get
active.
Stevens said now is the time to
take action and make drastic
changes to avoid big problems in
the future. Corporations are back-
ing our governments, which are
controlling the decisions we
make, he explained, adding that
he sees an extreme divide between
corporations and the working class.
Were all human, you have to
care. How do we get them to care?
is one of my questions If we
dont care for each other, then lit-
erally were (in) an every-man-for-
himself survivor (situation) and
that means, essentially, at most one
person wins and likely everyone
loses.
Conlon, who is in her first year
of Practical Nursing at Fanshawe
and is a Student Administrative
Council Representative for Health
Sciences, is from Elmira, Ontario,
and has a number of ideas about
how to make London a better
place. Ive been involved with a
lot of grassroots movements, so I
really understand how to do that.
Being in Practical Nursing, I
understand what health promotion
is about. Its getting to the cause
and stopping it from happening.
Its prevention preventing it
before it actually goes on.
She added that she wants to fix
Londons problems at their source.
Ive gone to a lot of City Hall
meetings, heard about the issues
and seen how they dealt with
things and the speed of their
process when dealing with issues.
She said she has seen firsthand
how the city council does not
always put citizens needs and
wants first, citing current issues
like the debate to move City Hall,
cutting money from social pro-
grams and the proposed light show
for the World Figure Skating
Championships slated to cost
$450,000.
Conlon had a number of ideas
about how to improve the city,
such as creating community green-
houses to teach people about local
agriculture and healthy eating, and
creating safe drinking water for the
London population. Our water
treatment facility is so old, she
said. It needs to be refurbished, it
needs to be fixed, its not where it
needs to be We need to get the
chemicals out of our water.
Overall, through initiatives like
the North East Community Market
(nemarket.ca) and L.O.O.K.
(Locally Organized Organic
Knowledge) Its A Party (lookit-
saparty.ca), Conlon said she hopes
to turn London into a thriving cul-
tural hub. Thats why I wanted to
get into City Hall and make them
see that and make them as passion-
ate about it as we are. If they were
passionate about it, I think it would
be happening already. For some
reason, theres too much apathy in
there. We want to try to get some
empathetic people who really want
things to happen in there.
Croden graduated from
Fanshawes Recreation and
Leisure Services program in April
2011. She grew up in Muskoka,
Ontario and has lived in London
for three years. (I ran for LYAC)
because Im already an activist, so
I figured I may as well put my
activism to the test and bring it to
another level, she said. Crodens
platform was based on creating
green spaces in London through
rooftop gardening, greenhouses
and other sustainability measures,
as well as ensuring safe, fluoride-
free drinking water.
Croden and Conlon both men-
tioned that, though their duties as
Youth Council members dont
officially begin until September,
they have already started putting
together an action plan to create
greenhouses in London over the
summer. Conlon mentioned she
had been talking to business and
economy students: We can actual-
ly start proving that this is going to
benefit us and we can actually give
them logistics, numbers, scales,
yield amounts per square footage.
She said she wants to focus on giv-
ing people access to fresh, local
produce. We will be able to have
more than one growing season, and
it will help our infrastructure great-
ly. We could have social programs
have people who are in mental
health facilities or are homeless
come in and learn about gardening
and learn about science The city
has so much potential.
Every single one of (the council
members on the LYAC) is honest-
ly equally passionate (as Stevens,
Conlon and Croden). Its unbeliev-
able, Ross said proudly. I think
theyre going to be amazing: a)
theyre all passionate, and b) its a
broad political spectrum. Theyll
argue, but I think thats a very
good thing, theyll come to very
creative conclusions just by that
tension. Despite the fact they have
different opinions theyre all
collaborating and working on
issues already. Its fascinating to
see it happen.
For more information about the
London Youth Advisory Council,
check out lyac.ca.
Three Falcons set to change London
ERIKA FAUST
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CREDIT: ERIKA FAUST
Rebecca Croden, Jessica Conlon and Derek Stevens were three Falcons elected to the London Youth Advisory
Council, a new measure that brings young Londoners into City Council. All three expressed concerns about
making London's water safe and fluoride-free, creating environmentally friendly initiatives and making the city a
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With students set to graduate in
just a few short weeks and make
the transition from the educational
system to the workforce, the envi-
ronmental impact of some careers
is at the forefront of many minds.
For those students looking to find
not just a job but a job that wont
do damage to the environment, the
London and District Labour
Council (LDLC) is holding a day-
long conference all about good
green jobs.
The Good Green Jobs
Conference will take place on
April 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. at the Ontario Public Service
Employees Union Office at 1100
Dearness Dr. The conference is
being organized by the LDLC, and
the City of Londons
Environmental Program is provid-
ing funding, with support from the
Workers Health and Safety
Council. The conference features a
number of guest speakers and costs
$35 to attend. Attendees are
required to register in advance
before April 13 and select which
workshops they would like to
attend.
The aim of the Good Green Jobs
Conference is to help workers,
whether they are new to the work-
force or returning, and help them
build the skills necessary to find
jobs in environmentally friendly
workplaces.
Workshops and guest speakers
at the Good Green Jobs
Conference include:
What is a Good Green Job,
Anyway? presented by Angelo
DiCaro and Ken Bondy, both from
the Canadian Auto Workers
Union. This workshop explores the
issues of the green jobs movement
in relation to workers safety.
The Building of a Movement,
presented by Loretta Michaud from
the Workers Health and Safety
Centre. This workshop focuses on
working environmentally friendly
jobs while keeping workers bodies
and dignity intact.
Jobs in the Used Resources
Economy. presented by John
Jackson from Great Lakes United.
The workshop focuses on taking
what was once considered to be
waste and turning it into valuable
products.
Local Action to Build the
Green Economy, presented by
Bill Thompson of BlueGreen
Canada. This workshop will gener-
ate ideas to work towards building
a green city based on similar suc-
cess in Hamilton.
Aside from the workshops,
attendees of the Good Green Jobs
Conference will also get to hear
words from London Mayor Joe
Fontana and London Labour
Council President Patti Dalton,
who are slated to open the confer-
ence together, and MPP Toronto-
Danforth Peter Tabuns, the Ontario
NDP Energy and Environment
critic.
For more information on the
conference and speakers, visit
ldlc.on.ca.
ALISON MCGEE
INTERROBANG
Good Green Jobs
Conference offers eco-
friendly opportunities
A new scholarship opportunity
from the Crohns and Colitis
Foundation of Canada (CCFC) is
aiming to make the educational
experience of those affected by
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
(IBD) more successful.
IBD is a collective term for
Crohns Disease and ulcerative
colitis, two distinct diseases that
affect the body in similar ways.
Those suffering from Crohns and
colitis are at risk of experiencing
acute attacks of symptoms that
result in very frequent trips to the
washroom, feelings of pain and
discomfort and, on occasion, hos-
pitalization. These attacks disrupt
the day-to-day life of IBD sufferers
and can make carrying an average
course load at a college or univer-
sity extremely difficult.
Due to acute flare-ups of IBD,
nearly 70 per cent of those suffer-
ing from the diseases were delayed
in completing their post-secondary
education, according to the CCFC.
To help those affected overcome
the educational challenges brought
on by IBD, the CCFC has intro-
duced a new scholarship worth up
to $5,000.
To qualify for this scholarship,
each applicant must be a legal, per-
manent resident of Canada and
must have been diagnosed by
physician with Crohns Disease or
ulcerative colitis. The scholarship
is open to anyone who is currently
enrolled in a full-time university,
college or trade school program for
the school year beginning this
September. Applicants must also
submit a one-page essay outlining
how they strive for academic suc-
cess as well as an optimal level of
wellness in the face of their health
challenges, as well as two personal
letters of recommendation. The
one-time scholarship will be grant-
ed to seven individuals who meet
all of the criteria.
To apply for the scholarship, and
for more information, visit ibd-
scholarship.ca.
ALISON MCGEE
INTERROBANG
CREDIT: ALISON MCGEE
Members of the Fanshawe Student Union and the University Students Council of the University of Western
Ontario came together to sign a Memorandum of Understanding pledging to work together in the future.
FSU and USC pledge to work together
The Fanshawe Student Union of
Fanshawe College and the
University Students Council of
the University of Western Ontario
are teaming up. The two student
organizations signed a new
Memorandum of Understanding on
April 3, which outlines their shared
goals and missions that will benefit
all students studying in London.
This is the first time the student
organizations from the College and
University have partnered together
to create a formal document, which
USC President Andrew Forgione
and FSU President Veronica
Barahona said would pass on to
future councils. The Memorandum
of Understanding will help the
organizations maintain communi-
cations and strengthen their rela-
tionship, as well as partner togeth-
er for joint events, lobby together
and represent a united voice for
students in the city.
Today is a big day for the stu-
dents of London that we repre-
sent, said Forgione. When we
began this process of discussing a
partnership agreement, we saw this
as a bold opportunity to bridge the
gap between the two post-second-
ary institutions our city is very
proud of, and to better support the
students who attend both of our
institutions. Our two organizations
are strong representatives of stu-
dents in the Forest City, and I think
that by committing to work togeth-
er in the years to come on shared
goals and priorities, we are also
committing to serve our con-
stituents better than ever before.
Barahona agreed, calling it a
monumental day for students in
London. With this document, we
are committing to work together in
the year to come.
This Memorandum of
Understanding is something set in
stone its a living document
that will let each board know that
they have a responsibility to con-
nect with each side, she added.
The purpose of that is so that
every year, they have certain things
they collaborate (on).
Barahona explained that the two
organizations were inspired to cre-
ate the document after they both
wrote proposals for the Status of
Women in Canada grant. We
think that we could have pooled
our resources It would have
benefitted all students in London.
The Memorandum of
Understanding will also allow the
two student organizations to repre-
sent a united voice to local govern-
ment, said Forgione. From an
advocacy perspective, I think its a
smart partnership that will allow us
to influence our local government
more effectively on shared student
priorities, leveraging the 42,000
(students) that we collectively rep-
resent in the London community.
Barahona said the Memorandum
may affect the way the FSU and
USC represent students when new
bylaws such as the public nui-
sance bylaw are proposed. If
were working together collective-
ly and just give the same message,
then well be able to get more of a
student-focused view on things.
I see this as a positive step for-
ward in reinforcing the value of
students in our community, said
Forgione. By signing this docu-
ment, I commit the USC to work-
ing collaboratively with the
Fanshawe Student Union to better
achieve our mission statement, one
that is focused on the principle of
enhancing the student experience.
ERIKA FAUST
INTERROBANG
New scholarship aims to improve
educational experience for
students with IBD
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The City of London Council
members held an open forum meet-
ing of the Public Safety Committee
on April 2 to allow members of the
public to voice their opinions on a
proposed public nuisance bylaw.
The Proposal
The proposed bylaw, the entirety
of which can be found on the City
of Londons website (london.ca),
essentially aims to give police offi-
cers more authority when it comes
to preventing unlawful assemblies.
The move is a reaction to the St.
Patricks Day riot that occurred on
Fleming Drive near Fanshawe
College, as well as other similar
incidents in the past.
The full document is a hefty read
full of legal jargon, but it essential-
ly boils down to giving police offi-
cers the authority to break up a
party on private property, including
inside a private residence, if they
feel it could escalate.
The term nuisance party is
being used to describe the types of
parties police would be able to dis-
sipate. In order to classify a gather-
ing as a nuisance party, police
would have to witness any of the
following: disorderly conduct,
public intoxication, the unlawful
sale of alcohol or controlled sub-
stances, littering, damage of public
property, illegal parking, unreason-
able noise, open burning, public
disturbances and public urination
or defecation.
The Committee
The public participation meeting
was held at the London Convention
Centre to accommodate the larger
than average crowd; approximately
150 people were in attendance.
Orest Katolyk, the Manager of
Licensing and Municipal
Enforcement Services for the City
of London, cited a number of laws
similar to the proposed bylaw
already in effect in U.S. cities.
East Lansing Michigan instituted
a similar law after a 1999 sporting
event that led to over 10,000 stu-
dents congregating in the streets,
starting fires and destroying police
vehicles. Katolyk was quick to
assure council members that
bylaws mirroring the one that he is
proposing, particularly in East
Lansing, have proven successful in
the U.S.
London Police Chief Brad
Duncan spoke to the council about
the need for police officers to have
more control over party situations.
We need an opportunity to go in
and quell things, Duncan said,
referring to polices current inabil-
ity to intervene in parties on private
property. Duncan also told council
how things may have unfolded dif-
ferently on St. Patricks Day if the
police had had that power.
Public Participation
After the formalities of the coun-
cil speeches, the discussion was
opened to members of the public.
Over 20 London and area residents
got up to speak their minds on the
issue.
Of note among the public speak-
ers was Pauline House, a resident
of Huron Street close to Fanshawe
College. She spoke strongly about
the fears many permanent residents
have regarding students homes
coming in to their neighborhood.
We panic every time we see that
For Sale sign, she said, before
relating her own personal anec-
dotes about student disturbances in
her neighbourhood.
Other concerns were raised from
people who had purchased single-
family homes in neighbourhoods
that were then overrun by student
rentals, as were concerns involving
a student code of conduct. Sandra
Borson, who lives near the Western
campus, asked Police Chief
Duncan, Why were 1,000 people
even allowed out on that street that
night? Others offered solutions of
imposing restrictions on the num-
ber of students allowed in a single-
family home, such as the restric-
tions that exist in Oshawa.
Veronica Barahona, President of
the Fanshawe Student Union, took
the time to address concerns that
the wording in the bylaw is too
vague, too immediate and too reac-
tive.
Edgar Alan Smuck, who wrote a
letter to council members, which
was attached to the meetings
agenda, was angry about the lack
of preparation time given to citi-
zens to respond to the bylaw.
Oliver Hobson echoed this senti-
ment, accusing the council mem-
bers of giving the appearance of
citizen engagement as you try to
ram this thing through. The public
was given 48 hours from the time
the bylaw was posted online to the
deadline for written responses.
In another letter attached to the
nights agenda, Fanshawe College
President Dr. Howard Rundle
wrote, Fanshawe College sup-
ports the City of Londons propos-
al to amend the public nuisance
bylaw ... we believe these amend-
ments giving law enforcement
officials more authority to respond
to nuisance parties in the city can
play an important role in address-
ing disruptive behavior. Dr.
Rundle did not speak publicly at
the meeting.
Ultimately, after hearing from
the public for nearly two hours,
Councillors Bill Armstrong and
Paul Hubert spoke in favour of
delaying any action on the bylaw
until further consideration could be
given to it.
For more information on the
meeting, updates on the bylaw and
to view the entire proposal, visit
london.ca.
ALISON MCGEE
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From landscaping to jewellery
design to pretty much everything
in between, the Summer Company
program, one component of the
Ontario Governments Summer
Jobs Strategy, has funded all sorts
of startups by students.
The Summer Company program
is available to students aged 15 to
29 (as of April 30, 2012) who will
be returning to school in
September. All applications need
to be submitted by May 7, but the
sooner you send in your applica-
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Part of the program is a grant is
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money is estimated to be required
in the business proposal, which is
submitted as part of the application
process. Program participants will
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mentoring to help them get started;
local participants will work with
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tre.ca/summer_company.htm). At
the end of the summer, participants
are awarded an additional amount
of money the same amount they
were given at the beginning of the
summer if they have met all eli-
gibility requirements, including
keeping detailed logs of business
operations.
Jennifer Broxterman, a
Registered Dietitian and Sports
Nutritionist, was a full-time stu-
dent in London completing her
Masters degree at the University
of Western Ontario in Food and
Nutrition in 2011. She participated
in the Summer Company program
last May, creating NutritionRx
(nutritionrx.ca), a business that
offers clients one-on-one nutrition-
al counselling, meal plans and
nutrition seminars designed to help
them reach their health and sport
performance goals.
Broxterman learned about the
Summer Company program at a
seminar at the London Small
Business Centre, and advisors
there helped her organize her ideas
and write a business plan. She
applied to the program and was
pleasantly surprised when she
landed a spot in London. Not only
did I get financial support, but also
professional support from (the
Small Business Centres) mentors
to help me with marketing,
accounting, human resources and
all those different parts of running
a business that maybe you havent
had practice or training in.
NutritionRx was a hit, and
Broxterman has kept the business
open throughout the school year.
Its amazing. The snowball effect
of word-of-mouth referrals its
literally on the cusp of just explod-
ing. I think in the next year or two
Ill be ready to hire on some more
dietitians to support the volume of
clients that I see, she said. Its
completely exceeded any of my
wildest expectations of how suc-
cessful I could be with running my
own business. NutritionRx cur-
rently operates in the CrossFit gym
facilities in London (353 Bathurst
St., crossfitlondon.ca), which are
owned by Broxtermans boyfriend.
Its such a great message to
other students because I get to set
my own hours around my busy
school schedule, I get to be my
own boss, I can take off time when
I need to take off time, and it pays
for my cost of living quite com-
fortably, doing what I love and
what Im passionate about, said
Broxterman. If you have a plan
and you care about what you do,
you can actually support yourself
as a student entrepreneur.
To apply to the Summer
Company program, visit
ontario.ca/summercompany and
click How to Apply and then
Check Eligibility to answer a
short questionnaire to find out if
you are a good candidate for the
program. Every applicant must be
a Canadian Citizen or Landed
Immigrant living in Ontario, a cur-
rent student who is returning to
studies in the fall, prepared to
devote at least 35 hours each week
to their company, proposing a new
business idea and the business
must be operated in Ontario,
among other criteria.
ERIKA FAUST
INTERROBANG
CREDIT: ALISON MCGEE
Fanshawe Student Union President Veronica Barahona expressed her
concerns about a proposed public nuisance bylaw during a public partici-
pation meeting at the London Convention Centre on April 2.
Proposed public nuisance bylaw put on
hold after public participation meeting
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The staff at Interrobang would like to wish
all our readers a safe and happy summer.
We would like to thank all our readers for
the great feedback we have received
throughout the year. We are already plan-
ning some great issues for next year, as we
look to inform and entertain you.
Till then, adieu.
Interrobang staff
Have a safe summer
After much eager anticipation, Budget
2012 is finally upon us! Federal Finance
Minister Jim Flaherty tried to offset con-
cerns about the budgets content in the
weeks leading up to its release, but that has-
nt prevented harsh criticism.
The budget scales back and eliminates
many government organizations and federal
jobs. It eliminates just fewer than 20,000
federal jobs, with 7,000 of those expected to
occur through retirement. The CBC also
takes a cut to their budget: $115 million over
three years. Elizabeth May was quoted by
the CBC as saying that this is a budget for
people who are so out of touch with reality
they are unfit to govern. This scathing com-
ment particularly regards the fact that the
2012 budget doesnt mention climate
change even once.
The further reaching effects are costing
many others Canadians their jobs at offices
that received federal dollars, like the local
Salvation Army. The Canadian Food
Inspection Agency also felt the axe of the
budget. As a result, the Agency will no
longer verify claims on nutrition labels. A
new process that involves customers report-
ing misleading labels online was described
by a representative for CFIAs food inspec-
tors as a total farce. This cutback is a
major cause of concern for individuals with
diabetes, Crohns Disease or gluten allergies
because they now have no way of knowing if
a product is safe for them to consume.
It seems morally reprehensible that the
government is eliminating what constitutes
an essential service for literally thousands of
Canadians while simultaneously shortening
the period of environmental review for
major resource project undertakings. The
change will see the review process shortened
from up to six years to a maximum of two. If
environmental reviews take as long as polit-
ical ones, these projects will be underway
before the first test result is back. Hyperbole
aside, its troubling that Flaherty openly
states that the policy will apply to the
Northern Gateway pipeline. This is a major
undertaking involving hundreds of variables,
and the budget has limited the opportunity
for legitimate review to determine environ-
mental effect. Even if the pipeline project
does not have the potential to exceed the 24-
month allowable period, inevitably there
will be a project that does. This will turn the
policy into one more piece of archaic red
tape that nobody understands and only exists
to ease the burden on developers for creating
environmentally responsible projects.
Regardless of the ins and outs of Budget
2012, theres an overbearing sense that it
doesnt bode well for Canadians. Cuts to
services and job centres for youth, as well as
the CFIAs inability to verify food labels, are
all objectively bad for Canadians.
Shortening the environmental review
process is good for business. The Harper
government relies on a middle class of
drone workers to support the major earners
in Canada. The evidence for this is well doc-
umented in almost any press release by the
Occupy movement. I want my kids to grow
up in the Canada I know, not in the industri-
alized wasteland that capitalism will
inevitably create.
Where do
their (your)
priorities lie?
The word spiritual comes from the
Jewish-Christian tradition. Its meaning was
different from the meanings many people
give it today. Paying attention to the original
meaning can help us move forward.
In that Jewish-Christian tradition, the
word for spirit is also used for wind and
breath, as in the breath of God. The
Spirit of God appears in the opening lines of
the (Jewish-Christian) Bible. He gives life
and order to the created world. (I had to
choose between she, he and it.
Technically any of them will do.) Therefore,
all the world is Gods and all of it is spiritu-
al.
However, because humans partner with
evil, theres a split between us and God. This
gives the Spirit some extra work for the time
being. (Ditto for the other two members of
the Trinity, God the Father and Jesus the
Son.) He is a key player in giving new life
and new order to the lives of all persons who
accept that life and Gods reordering of their
lives.
This is why in the Christian understanding
the spiritual life involves change. Often this
is called repentance and that means
change, a turning around; a change of
consciousness and changes in patterns of liv-
ing. And this causes changes in all areas of
life: how a person responds to a class mem-
ber in the hallway; how an instructor relates
to students; how a political leader responds
to constituents and power groups; how a
doctor views her responsibility to diagnose
patients accurately; how a person makes and
handles money; how the parent guides the
child; etc.
This is quite a bit different from the usual
way spirituality is defined in recent times.
Its true that different people will define
spirituality different ways, but I think that
generally when we hear the word spiritual-
ity what first comes to mind are ideas such
as compassion and justice. Also included is
the idea of an awareness of the natural
world. And associated with those you often
find a suspicion of power, lawyers, guns and
money. Politicians are not spiritual.
Members of Greenpeace might be.
Economists are not spiritual. People who run
food banks are. Most men probably arent
spiritual. Women are more likely to be.
We can thank the long dead German
Philosopher Immanuel Kant (modestly
named since his first name is Hebrew for
God with us) for this understanding of
spirituality. According to his way of think-
ing, the domain of women was the kitchen,
the children and morality or church. Men, on
the other hand, built buildings, made money,
managed the farm, worked in laboratories,
taught university, practiced law and con-
ducted wars.
Effects of this kind of thinking are with us
today, a little less in the Catholic churches,
and a little more in the Protestant churches
that have been around a long time. In those
Protestant churches youll find few men and
a few more women (most of them noticeably
aging).
But those effects linger not only in the
churches. They also linger in popular under-
standings of spirituality. Not to repeat
myself, but again spiritual people are
more often than not women, environmental-
ists and the runners of food banks.
Spiritual people are not the ones mining
the Alberta tar pits.
From my observations, the earlier Jewish-
Christian understanding of spirituality holds
more promise and is more likely to endure.
Leaving behind evil and embracing good is
not something just for women. Working for
good in the family is something men as well
as women must work at. Not just men, but
women too, must be concerned that the
workplace and the business world bring
about justice and fairness for all who are
impacted by the factories and offices in
London and elsewhere.
As an aside, leaving the pursuit of moral-
ity and the raising of children mainly in the
hands of women diminishes men and
exhausts women. And leaving women out of
the political and economic activities of our
time diminishes women and exhausts men.
My point is not so much about the equali-
ty of women and men. It is mainly to say that
everyone is called upon to consider what
makes our lives tick.
What patterns in our lives are hurting oth-
ers and our own selves? What in our lives is
unspiritual in the sense that it does not
build but tears down, does not promote fair-
ness but feeds injustice, does not open the
way for dignity and love, but paves the road
towards divisiveness and even war? What in
our lives needs the Spirit of God to create
change, a turn-around, a repentance, a
renouncing of stuff from the past and an
embracing of new patterns for living?
Summer can be a very busy time, working
to save for next years tuition, travelling and
reconnecting with friends and family. But
maybe, away from the deadlines of assign-
ments and quizzes, it can also be a time to
reconsider how your and my life should be
different, where we need the Spirit of God to
bring new life.
NOTES FROM DAY SEVEN
MICHAEL VEENEMA
veenema.m@gmail.com
Spirituality this summer
VICTOR DE JONG
INTERROBANG
Its the final issue of the Interrobang for
this school year, and honestly, its gone by
so fast. It seems like yesterday was the first
day of class and its already the end of a
fruitful year. While Ive been writing about
all these different Canadian things that catch
my eye, surely a number of you must be
wondering some of the things that Canada
has taught me. Shes taught me a lot, all in
such a short time.
10. Hockey is life: Id be livid with
myself if hockey wasnt on this list. I grew
up watching the very limited hockey that
ESPN would broadcast back in India. I fell
in love with the Anaheim Ducks and NHL
2002 back in the day, but to actually live in
the country where its considered a pastime
in the winter has been unreal, in a word.
9. Poutine is heavenly: French fries with
cheese and gravy: poutine. I still remember
my first poutine, which I had at Oasis back
in October, and Ive been hooked on the
stuff ever since. Now, its been brought to
my attention that too much poutine isnt the
best thing ever, mainly because its so fat-
tening and unhealthy, but lets be frank here,
its delicious. And because it is delicious,
Im going to make the exception every so
often. Mmm, gravy...
8. 12C is warm weather: Back in
Calcutta, India, our winters would touch
12C. Sometimes, if we got lucky, it would
drop to 9C or so. It used to be freezing cold
back then. The other day when my dad
called and I told him 15C was warm, he
gasped.
7. The Toronto Maple Leafs are really
awful, arent they: Sorry, Leafs fans, but
you know I had to. I knew you guys never
made the playoffs since the lockout; I never
knew its been such a long, unfruitful run.
Its tough on you guys, I can empathize, but
this is something that I came across only
after coming to the Great White North. Buck
up, lads, youll be playoff-bound soon. Or
not.
6. The Arkells are brilliant: Amazing
band, the Arkells. And theyre Canadian. Id
never heard about them, and now they fill up
my iPod. Id say coming to Canada has real-
ly opened my eyes to a lot of great music
that you would never ever hear of if you
stayed in India. Im disappointed with
myself for not going to the Arkells show in
London a few months back, but I plan to see
them when they return to London. Until
then, my iPod has to work overtime.
5. Without Tim Hortons, this country
would be static: You really didnt think Id
forget Tim Hortons, did you? Without Tim
Hortons, there is no Canada (if you permit
me to exaggerate just a little bit). Its true,
though; Timmies are in every part of the
country Ive seen. Now, to grab a double-
double and roll up the rim...
4. Nickelback is not everyones cup of
tea: Honestly, this one surprised me to a
degree. I grew up listening to Nickelback,
and when I came to Canada, I discover that
they are despised in some parts of the coun-
try. I havent been able to decipher the rea-
son so far, but rest assured I will try to put
this mystery behind me.
3. Shovelling snow is a better workout
than youd get at GoodLife: For starters,
Ive never ever hit a gym in my life, so dont
count on me being an expert. What I can tell
you is that shovelling snow is not fun. Every
morning, in those sub-zero conditions, you
go out and burn those calories. I did it for the
first time ever this winter and it wasnt
pleasant. And you know what the best part
is? You get to do it all over again the next
day.
2. Bilingualism is in: This is one thing
thats impressed me so far. Ive never been
to Quebec, but I hear its a lot more French-
biased. Ignoring that fact, everything Ive
seen is bilingual. I see it as promoting cul-
tural diversity, which I believe is a great
thing. French-Canadian or English-
Canadian is still Canadian, and that is the
main thing. Merci.
1. Eh is a word: Hilarious as this may
seem, this is a word Ive observed numerous
people use, whether on the bus or in the halls
of Fanshawe. The word seems to be a con-
junction finding its way into many sen-
tences, although Ive seen it as a standalone
word numerous times. And you know what
the funniest bit is? I use it myself. Weird,
eh?
To sum up, its been a great year in
Canada and at Fanshawe. Ive made so
many friends and met new people. I love this
country, to tell you frankly: the culture, the
food, the people. Im glad my dad let me
come to college here in Canada. Its defi-
nitely one of the best decisions Ive made in
life. The country has grown on me and I
cant wait to be back next year.
Ten things Canada taught me
One of the greatest and longest standing
scientific debates revolves around human
socialization and how much we can attribute
to nature versus nurture. In other words, are
we born with pre-existing dispositions to
certain kinds of behaviours, attitudes and
actions based on our genetic code/evolution-
ary past? OR are we purely determined by
the environment(s) in which were raised? If
a combination of both, what role do ones
peers, parents and other social influences,
such as the media, play in terms of bringing
out or repressing certain hardwired traits?
Interestingly, the very same questions can be
asked when it comes to the realm of psycho-
logical maturity.
Are some inherently born with character-
istics more in line with psychological matu-
rity? OR does everyone come to the table
with the same capacity for developing psy-
chological maturity but ones experiences
(and how one learns from and copes with
them) determine if/when said attitude is
embraced? Further, how much should one
allow him/herself to be influenced by factors
outside of the self (i.e., externalization) ver-
sus listening to ones brains (i.e., remember
theres one in your head AND one in your
gut)?
Im afraid there are no easy answers to
any of the above queries and, in fact, part of
your journey to establishing (and maintain-
ing) a psychologically mature perspective
may just consist of you attempting to find
solutions. The point in doing so, however,
would NOT be to come up with definitive
end results, but instead to evaluate and
analyze the process that took you there.
Yes, once again, my friends, it all comes
back to introspection: asking yourself what
makes you tick and understanding why/how
it all comes together. As I said in my very
first column, if any of your self-contempla-
tions result in superficial because youve
been told to or thats just how its always
been types of answers, youre NOT digging
deep enough. EVERYTHING, no matter
how seemingly mundane, has meaning and
motive behind it. Dont forget that. Equally
important to remember is the fact that no one
enters your life unscathed or without bag-
gage of some sort trailing behind. So if you
find yourself feeling threatened by another,
instead of lashing out, ask yourself why
itll serve you much better and help you
become a much more considerate, empathet-
ic individual something I think we all
should strive to be.
Even those of you whove been practicing
the principles Ive discussed this past year
for a long time including minimizing
defensive reactions and focusing on long-
term gratification, among others Im sure
you still find yourselves in situations with
individuals who are difficult, to say the
least. Youll come to realize that the biggest
dilemma youll ultimately face in life is the
fact that just because youre reasonable and
willing to deal with situations in an adult
manner doesnt necessarily mean that every-
one else is singing from the same song-
book if you get my drift. Not to quote
myself unnecessarily, but the truth of the
matter is that some people are just content
being assholes; this obviously proves par-
ticularly contentious when said individuals
are a necessary evil in your life (e.g., step-
parents and/or monsters-in-law). Of course,
this brings me to the topic of stress some-
thing else weve thoroughly discussed.
While some stress can be helpful and
motivating, too much can lead to emotional
overload and/or self-implosion. Life is all
about balance and honestly acknowledging
your limitations. Theres no cowardice or
shame in admitting when you need help or a
break. Confidence and a can-do attitude
will get you far, but too much pride is just
another issue waiting to bite you in the ass
not to mention, as my online video interview
with Professor Olson of the University of
Western Ontario overviewed, arrogant peo-
ple arent much fun to be around!
As we revealed in our dissections of many
pathological personality types such as
the people pleaser, egoist, pessimist
and hypocrite insecurity as well as a lack
of gratitude appear to be two common root
causes. Considering we live in one of the
most privileged areas of the world, its hard
to think as to why the latter would be the
case at all. Priorities, people! As for the for-
mer? Well, no two peoples situations are
alike, but it seems to me that bullying (by
BOTH authority figures and peers), along
with the promotion of unattainable social
ideals of what defines happiness, suc-
cess and beauty, are a serious part of the
problem.
In the end, everything comes down to one
simple, hard and fast question: Are YOU
happy? If you are, take stock of all of the
wonderful reasons why, never take such
things for granted and be sure to acknowl-
edge all of those who have or continue to
contribute joy to your existence. If youre
conflicted, dissatisfied, stressed, sad or
angry more often than you think you
SHOULD be or more than you WANT to be,
its time to seriously start asking yourself
some deep questions: Who am I? Why am I
this kind of individual? Who do I want to be?
What do I want in life? What do I need to get
there? What drives me? What discourages
me? Who/what supports me? Who/what
stands in my way? Only YOU can ask and
only YOU can answer.
Im sorry to say there are no magical solu-
tions or 10-step instructional manuals outlin-
ing how one can obtain a life in which
theyre living rather than simply exist-
ing. While many individuals will enter and
exit your life as your journey unravels (for
the better and sometimes for the worse),
remember its ultimately YOUR life you
need to look out for YOURSELF first and
foremost and that YOU have the power to
lead the kind of life you desire. Its all about
your ATTITUDE, so, in closing, get out
your wrenches and start adjusting.
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At one time they were treated no different
from any adult charged with a crime. Later,
they were labelled juvenile delinquents
and treated according to a special set of
rules. Today, a person in Canada between
ages 12 and 18 who is criminally charged
will be prosecuted according to the Youth
Criminal Justice Act. This is a special piece
of legislation, creating a distinct justice sys-
tem for young offenders. The aim is to reha-
bilitate young offenders back into society,
while holding them accountable for their
actions and sentencing them according to
their circumstances. Without undue delay,
here are a few things you should know about
the YCJA.
Minimum Age
In Canada, only those 12 years and over
can be held criminally responsible. This
means that children under 12 will not be
prosecuted for committing a criminal
offence. Those 18 and over will be prosecut-
ed as adults.
Youth Sentences
The courts are subject to specific princi-
ples when sentencing youth, once again
aimed at holding young offenders account-
able for their actions and reintegrating them
into society, all while protecting the public at
the same time. Sentences must be propor-
tionate to the seriousness of the crime com-
mitted and should be consistent with sen-
tences handed out for the same crime in the
same community. A sentence of more than
two years cannot be imposed for an offence,
and a sentence for consecutive offences can-
not exceed seven years, unless an adult sen-
tence is imposed.
Adult Sentences
The YCJA allows a judge to hand out an
adult sentence, where a youth over the age of
13 has been convicted of a most serious
crime. The Crown must be seeking an adult
sentence and must prove that a youth sen-
tence would not be sufficiently long to hold
the young offender accountable for his or her
actions. If a judge determines that a youth
sentence would be long enough to hold the
individual accountable, he or she cannot
impose an adult sentence.
Protection of Identity
You will often notice that accused minors
are referred to by names such as A.M. in
the media. This is because it is forbidden to
publish the name or any identifying informa-
tion of an accused minor, in order to avoid
stigmatization and lifetime labelling of the
accused as a criminal. Exceptions may be
made, however, such as when a young
accused has been convicted and handed an
adult sentence, when an accused minor is
being apprehended by the police and poses a
public danger or when a young accused per-
son turns 18 and wishes to release his or her
name.
This column provides legal information
only and is produced by the students of
Community Legal Services and Pro Bono
Students Canada (UWO). The information
is accurate as of the date of publication.
Laws change frequently so we caution read-
ers from relying on this information if some
time has passed since publication. If you
need legal advice please contact a lawyer,
community legal clinic, Justice Net at 1-866-
919-3219 or the Lawyer Referral Service at
1-900-565-4LRS. You can contact
Community Legal Services to book an
appointment to discuss your legal issue or
mediation services. Please call us at 519-
661-3352 with any inquires or to book an
appointment.
What you need to know about the Youth Criminal Justice Act
LAW TALK
Community Legal Services & Pro
Bono Students Canada (UWO)
519-661-3352
With the deadline having just passed for
students to apply for this terms 30 per cent
tuition rebate, questions have been raised
about how many eligible students actually
applied, what ineligible students can do and
how all post-secondary students can stay
afloat financially.
Approximately 310,000 students in
Ontario will be eligible to receive this tuition
grant, about half of whom have OSAP. In
order to get this grant, students must fall into
a specific category: they must be within four
years of graduating high school, be in good
academic standing, have their parents
income fall under $160,000 annually and be
in a full-time program that can be applied to
directly from high school.
Part of the application process involves
sending in your parents social insurance
number and part of their Canadian Income
Tax Return, and if your parents arent will-
ing to provide you with that information,
then you become one of the many people
who are ineligible for the rebate.
According to the Liberal government, five
out of six families with students will benefit
from this grant, but what about all the stu-
dents who dont fall within those guidelines?
I think it is a good starting place for the
government. It does reach quite a few stu-
dents. They do need to make it broader.
Right now, it kind of neglects some of the
key areas, said Kendra Sauder, VP Finance
for the Fanshawe Student Union.
Here at Fanshawe College, a little over
half of the students are classified as mature
students, which is defined as any student not
coming directly from high school, and that
number is going up. With the way the econ-
omy has been going, and with record-high
unemployment rates, many people are
returning to college or university for contin-
uing education or second career training.
The tuition rebate gives students back 30
per cent of the average university or college
tuition each year, but what exactly is the
average? According to ontariocolleges.ca,
the average university tuition is $6,100 and
the average college diploma tuition is
$2,400. What this means is that each year,
eligible university students will receive
$1,600 and college students will get $730.
Typically, the majority of university stu-
dents pay the same amount for tuition, but
that is not the case at colleges. The reality is
that, though some programs do cost around
$2,400, there are many programs that cost
much, much more. Take, for instance, the
Dental Hygiene program at Fanshawe,
where students are paying $6,500 per term
for a six-term program. If its a 30 per cent
tuition rebate, should they not be getting
$3,900 per year?
Thats something that definitely needs to
be looked at. It shouldnt be a prorated rate.
I think thats the biggest issue weve had
with our students; theyre upset, said
Veronica Barahona, FSU President.
Barahona also showed concern about the
number of students who are confused about
the grant because of the governments lack
of clear information. Restrictions are one
thing, but not making the information acces-
sible to students right away I think students
had to dig for it. The more that you had to
dig, the more information you found out, the
more people werent eligible, said
Barahona.
It seems as though the Liberal government
used the 30 per cent tuition rebate to help
lock in an election win, but as the specific
qualifications for the grant were released to
the public, many students were left disap-
pointed.
The tuition grant is expected to cost the
provincial government $423 million annual-
ly.
Some of that money that is being redirect-
ed from three previous programs: the
Ontario Trust for Student Support, the
Textbook and Technology Grant and the
Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top
Scholarship.
The Canadian Federation of Students sub-
mitted a 40,000-signature petition to the leg-
islature asking that this money be used to
pay for a 13 per cent tuition cut for all stu-
dents, instead of the 30 per cent for some.
For the seventh year in a row, tuition in
Ontario has increased by five per cent, leav-
ing Ontario with the highest fees in Canada.
Ontario has some of the lowest per-student
funding out of all the provinces when it
comes to higher education. The poverty line
for groceries is approximately $35 (per
week). Most students that I talk to are living
off of $25 a week, said Sauder.
So what options are left for those students
who arent getting the 30 per cent tuition
grant, or even for those who are, but are still
struggling financially?
Lets say a student works full-time earn-
ing minimum wage over the 17-week sum-
mer. They would make a little under $7,000
before taxes and living expenses. Even with
working part-time during the year, many stu-
dents must resort to student loans and OSAP
in order to afford tuition, rent, books and
supplies, groceries, bills, etc. The list goes
on.
In Ontario, students are graduating with an
average of $20,000 in debt. Here in London,
the unemployment rate for people aged 15 to
24 is hovering around 20 per cent. With the
way things are going, it will take years for
recent grads to pay off their student loans,
which means its taking longer for them to
buy houses and invest in retirement. The
financial struggle for students creates a
domino effect that is influencing their entire
lives.
The fear of debt and financial struggle is
cited as a big factor in why some people
choose not to pursue post-secondary educa-
tion. The tuition grant was designed to help
students transition from secondary school to
post-secondary. There is a large number of
under-represented students which would
be a first-generation or a student who comes
from a low-income family, a student with a
disability, etc. that typically do not
attend as many who could attend dont
attend, said Jim Robeson, Director of
Advocacy at the College Student Alliance.
According to Statistics Canadas Youth In
Transition Survey, of those students who
dropped out of their post-secondary pro-
gram, 36 per cent cited financial reasons.
Pursuing higher education should not be so
difficult financially that students are unable
to finish their program.
Student poverty is a legitimate concern on
Fanshawes campus, and it has been for a
while. We certainly see a lot of students in
our counselling role here who are having
financial challenges. Thats not new this
year; thats been an ongoing issue for stu-
dents over time, said Lois Wey, Manager of
Counselling and Accessibility Services at
Fanshawe. We have students who have
been depending on parents for their support
and then parents have lost jobs and not been
able to support them in the same way, she
added.
Suddenly students who had their parents
support are left trying to figure out how to
support themselves. Many who were origi-
nally ineligible for OSAP now are, and are
trying to navigate the application process.
Some just need a little money to tide them
over, but are unaware of their options.
There is a problem with awareness at
Fanshawe; many students dont know how
to apply for bursaries or awards and scholar-
ships. In fact, they might not even know that
thats an option for them. You just have to
dig for it. Money doesnt just land in your
lap, unfortunately. You have to work for it,
said Barahona. But should it be that difficult
for students to get financial assistance?
When I was a student here at Fanshawe
College, I was completely unaware of how
to apply for bursaries or awards and scholar-
ships. I knew they existed, but, like many
other students, I assumed that I would not
qualify, when the reality is that many people
who think they wont get financial assistant
have a much better chance of receiving assis-
tance than they think.
Financial Aid here at Fanshawe has been
working to get the message out to students
about bursaries, as has the FSU, but Im not
so sure its working. There are many
avenues for students to get financial assis-
tance, and for the most part, that fact has
somehow remained one of the colleges
best-kept secrets.
Students can make use of the Sharing
Shop at Fanshawe for items such as food and
supplies, and can talk to Kendra Sauder
(vpfinance@fanshawec.ca) or Lois Wey
(lwey@fanshawec.ca) if they are concerned
or are struggling with their finances.
KIRSTEN ROSENKRANTZ
INTERROBANG
CREDIT: STOCK IMAGES
Tuition grant and student poverty
OPINION
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
fsuletters@fanshawec.ca
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Dear Editor:
The following is an essay that I wrote in
2009 immediately following an incident
with the London police. I intended to submit
this essay to various media outlets at the time
of the incident and lost my nerve. I think
now is a good time...
On a Street Called Prosperity
I was arrested tonight. I was arrested as I
stood as an individual, on a street called
Prosperity, in peaceful protest. I refused to
turn a blind eye to the lying, brutality and
shameful behaviour of certain members of
those that we hold in positions of authority.
They said that I was disturbing the peace.
In truth, I had just left a forcibly evacuated
party I had attended for barely 30 minutes
before the police came rushing in through
the backyard. I was dead sober. Had I actu-
ally been drunk, I would not have been
flooded with thoughts of officers kicking a
youth in the face and the resulting bloodstain
left behind at the entrance of The Mews, or
seeing no less than six middle-aged officers
arresting another skinny, misguided youth
for having open liquor. It would not have
bothered me so much that grown men and
women were given carte blanche to abuse
their power and harass teenagers after only
recently having learned of three muggings in
the Fanshawe area or the consistent and reg-
ular reports of houses being broken into.
Instead, on this day, I was struck with the
realization that I did not feel safe in the city
of London, Ontario.
I did not feel safe because my peers were
allowed to invade our homes with little or no
police action. I did not feel safe because my
peers were being brutally mugged. I did not
feel safe because the police are running
around in rampant tyranny while the ostrich-
es of London keep their heads in the sand.
As I stated, calm-voiced, to the multitude of
police officers that surrounded me on this
night, If you are not part of the solution,
YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
I was approached by several officers
before being arrested and was asked to leave
the place, under a street light, where I stood
calmly. I stated that I was an individual on
public property with no intention of return-
ing to a house of complete strangers and no
intention of disturbing or harming anyone. I
was completely honest in stating that I held
my position as a matter of principle in light
of the out-of-control behaviours that have
been continuously conducted, unabated. I
did anticipate that I would be arrested, as a
public example, if for no other real reason. I
was handcuffed and placed in the car before
I was given the reason for my arrest;
although I heard two officers mulling about
what in the vast and vague rule of law that
they could apply to my situation. As it hap-
pened, I had to ask about the reason for my
arrest from the back seat of a cop car after
having already been formally arrested.
I was fully prepared to accept the conse-
quences of my civil disobedience and, for
the moment, saw the majority of the experi-
ence as a learning opportunity and a glimmer
of hope for change.
I am an upper-middle class, well-educat-
ed, shy, introverted female. I will probably
never see the inside of a jail cell again. I
could not help thinking about the souls in
adjacent jail cells who, I assume, had com-
mitted actual crimes. I was told before being
enclosed in the cell that I would not incur
any criminal charges and released shortly,
but was nevertheless detained against my
will.
Needless to say, as the minutes passed, I
did not begin to feel any degree of rehabili-
tation, only dissatisfaction with The System.
I can promise that I will be incredibly unlike-
ly to aid a police officer under any circum-
stance hereafter and I imagine that legitimate
criminals feel similarly. The fact is that our
system of punishment is entirely punitive
and devoid of opportunities for rehabilita-
tion.
I believe this glaring fault is a result of the
abysmal and continuous failure of certain
institutions in the city of London, Ontario to
recognize the difference between power and
authority. Power will correct a situation
swiftly, forcefully and temporarily only to
have said situation manifest itself in a more
destructive manner. Authority will prevent
the situation from occurring in the first
place, not by physical force, but by strength
of character. This difference is completely
lost on the law enforcers, public officials,
general news media and elected representa-
tives of London, Ontario.
I have no idea how long I spent in that cell
because I had nothing with which to tell the
time and I was so consumed with my
thoughts, but I could tell my moment of
release was impending when the voices of
the police officers in the room that I entered
when I arrived, became clearer. As I strained
to eavesdrop, I could discern a few words
amidst a cacophony of unintelligible mur-
murs, but, in retrospect, I wish I had not lis-
tened.
Heres what I heard: The Black
Chick.
Rachael?... and, as I guessed, I was
released shortly after. It may sound ridicu-
lous, but comparatively speaking, my time in
lockdown was relatively pleasant up until
the moment that my ears caught those three
words: The Black Chick.
I confronted the officers about this incred-
ibly damaging generalization and an officer
first denied that it was said and then claimed
that I must have overheard one of my male
cellmates. Since I had not seen any males in
the cells and could only hear them distantly
screaming unintelligibly from a completely
different direction, I wondered how people
who I had not seen would have known my
skin colour, let alone my first name. I chose
not to further pursue the blatant lie, a lie that
exposed itself on the visage of every police
officer present and I managed to just make it
out of the first set of doors without suc-
cumbing to tears.
This was not supposed to happen. I was
supposed to leave the police station, head
held high. Point made. Lives impacted.
Instead, I felt for the first time in my life that
no matter how intelligent I am, regardless of
my attempts at maintaining a peaceful and
respectful countenance, regardless of my
background and upbringing, these individu-
als saw me as just another nigger.
I am defeated. I had been defeated before
I had even begun. I went into this situation
feeling strong and empowered and I left feel-
ing weak and marginalized. The futility of it
all would have me throw these truths into the
nearest fire, but I had promised myself that I
would put these events in writing from the
moment that I was swarmed by police that
night.
I now see no hope for change in the mat-
ter of police vs. students and there will be
none as long as the residents and politicians
of the city of London continue to not only
ignore, but also encourage the actions of
these experts in the art of stereotyping and
racial profiling. This situation will get expo-
nentially worse and I intend to be far, far
away from this wretched city before that
happens. I did battle with ignorance today
and ignorance won. Huey Freeman.
Rachael Otukol
Looking back to a street called Prosperity
Dear Editor:
Last Friday everything seemed normal, I
was a typical stressed out Fashion Design
student. I was doing around 16 hours of
work a day on my first five-piece collection
and managing my first fashion shows finan-
cial and sponsorship matters. I lived at home
in the house I grew up with my father and
older sister, along with Tucker and Pepper
(our two dogs), Komere and Nila (our two
cats). But then everything changed...
My sister was on her way to check on our
horses when she called Tucker and Pepper in
from outside to join her. Tucker, our nine
and a half year old collie slowly came
towards her and then stopped and leaned up
against the house. Right away she knew
something was dramatically wrong going
to the barn is our dogs equivalent to chil-
dren going to Disney World. We immediate-
ly took him to our local emergency vet.
Originally, we thought he was dramatical-
ly dehydrated and that all we would have to
do was to hook him up to IV fluids and elec-
trolytes. He stayed at the clinic to be hooked
up to fluids and closely monitored. Although
we left without him, we were still positive
everything was going to be alright. The next
morning we went to work together and were
managing to work effectively until my sister
got a call. Tuckers condition had started to
deteriorate. It was right then and there we
realized that Tucker may never come home.
My sister left work around 10:30 a.m. and
raced to the vet so she could spend as much
time as possible with Tucker. Around 20
minutes later she texted me and said I should
get to the vet as soon as possible. Four hours
later our beloved collie, a member of our
family, my sisters little boy and my late-
night couch buddy was gone.
To say the least, we were in shock. Did
that really just happen? Is this real? When
we got home that night all we did was look
at each other and then Pepper, our three year
old Shih Tzu. He looked so confused and
didnt understand why Tucker wasnt with
us. We cried and cuddled with him all night
while we did small things such as hiding
Tuckers food dish so we wouldnt have to
look at it again until we were ready.
It wasnt until Sunday that we believe
Pepper fully understood that Tucker wasnt
coming home. He looked so depressed, lone-
ly and heartbroken. We spent as much time
as possible snuggling and playing with our
lonely dog. Any time we left the house, he
came with us. Even putting make-up on and
doing my hair, he was with me. On Tuesday
morning I didnt have to be at class until 12
p.m. so I created a spa day for Pepper. He
loves getting his hair washed, dried and
brushed so much that we treat it like a spa
day where he even gets special treats. By the
time I left the house Tuesday morning, I was
walking down the street thinking that things
were getting better...
Around 4 p.m. Tuesday night I got a text
from my father to call him as soon as possi-
ble. I knew something was dreadfully
wrong. Panicking, I called him and as soon
as he picked up I blurted out, Whos dead?
No one was dead, but he explained me to
that Pepper had run away. He had taken
Pepper for a car ride to St. Marys, Ontario to
visit my grandparents. When they got there,
he let Pepper out of the car so he could go to
the washroom and sniff my grandfathers
leg. Something happened and Pepper took
off. My father tried to chase after him but
Pepper was too fast and he lost him.
In this sprint, our little 16-pound Pepper
ran almost one kilometre before we lost him
at Timms Lane and Peel Street. Five of us
searched until we couldnt see anymore that
night. When we got back to my grandpar-
ents house, I made the decision not to leave
until we found Pepper. So I stayed the night,
created posters and began my spree of
informing local business of his disappear-
ance via Facebook, Twitter and Kijiji.
The next morning I got up from a sleepless
rest at 5 a.m. and started calling shelters,
kennels, vets and police asking them to
inform me if anyone called or brought
Pepper in. By daybreak I was back out
searching for Pepper. My sister and I walked
around St. Marys all morning putting up fly-
ers and speaking with storeowners and
passersby asking for their assistance during
this troubling time. After a short lunch break
and a social media update, we were back out
on the streets looking for our little baby.
Thankfully all our hard work paid off on
Wednesday with numerous people calling
and informing us of sightings.
Thursday morning, due to all the great tips
from the day before, my grandparents and I
woke up early and arrived at The Flats, a
location that was most often mentioned in
Wednesdays public tips, around 5:40 a.m.
Between them driving around and me sitting
outside in Tuckers old car blanket with toys
and Tuckers valued bowl we left the park
unsuccessful. Once again we did our rounds,
even going door-to-door in some areas
searching for our poor lost puppy.
It is now Thursday night. I have slept
around two hours since Tuesday, walked
countless miles on a sprained ankle, handed
out over 220 posters and have been unable to
attend other family obligations. I keep wait-
ing to wake up from this nightmare but it
seems never ending.
Please help us find Pepper; to you he may
just be a dog, but to us he is so much more.
I can be contacted at 519-859-5630 or
ani.m.martin@hotmail.com with any infor-
mation you may have on Pepper.
Angie Martin
Last hope for Pepper
CREDIT: MARTIN FAMILY
LIFESTYLES
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Volume 44 Issue No. 28 April 9, 2012 www.fsu.ca/interrobang/
Cousins record some of their
songs in their garage and they are
not afraid to admit it. Their newest
album, The Palm At The End Of
The Mind, is sure to please fans
and listeners alike. It holds nothing
back and shows a wide range of
emotion. On March 28, I talked to
Aaron Mangle, who formed the
band back in 2009, to talk more
about his views on the new album
and the bands upcoming tour.
In your opinion, what sepa-
rates your most recent album
The Palm At The End Of The
Mind from your last five other
albums/EPs?
We spent a lot of time on this
almost a year, actually. I think its
been more paced than anything we
have done in a while. Its more
concentrated and its been almost
three years since we have done
something like this where we
spend a lot of time on a record.
Is this tour a little longer than
your usual tours? If so, what are
you looking forward to the most?
Well, last year we did a tour
that was about the same length.
This year is sort of like a rehashing
of that last tour. We have been on
the road for almost a month now
and the best part of the whole thing
so far has been going back to
places where we have toured
before and seeing all of the bands
we got to play with. Its just so
much fun to go back and revisit
people and hang out with them
again. Last year we were there we
were all like see you next year,
but sort of uncertain if we would
actually see each other again and
keep that promise. We are just
really excited to get to do it all over
again. We are also excited to go to
new places as well. We have
already been to a handful of new
cities.
Do you prefer recording at
your house or in a studio atmos-
phere?
There are certain pros and cons
to each. I think over all we prefer
to record at home, although the
variables are a lot more controlled
and we have a lot less options in
terms of what were capable of.
The comforts at home are really
great, although being in a studio,
(youre) with someone who knows
equipment and you can just focus
on one thing instead of the micro-
phones and stuff. Its really help-
ful. Overall I think a variety of
both is really good for us.
For concert dates, or to check out
Cousins new and past albums, go
to cousinscousins.bandcamp.com.
Cousins latest holds nothing back
CREDIT: COUSINS
Cousins will be back in London on April 27 for a show at APK Live.
CREDIT: YUKON BLONDE
Yukon Blondes latest album Tiger Talk was released March 20 on Dine
Alone Records.
With the end of the school year
upon us and exams to come and go,
freedom is just around the corner
and its time to celebrate. A number
of great names are headed to
London and these are shows that are
definitely worth checking out.
April 13 will mark the return of
Hands and Teeth to London follow-
ing their visit to SXSW. The
Toronto band has seen nothing but
success after their release of
Hunting Season and they have
nowhere to go but up. With a blend
of harmonizing vocals and key-
board pop rhythm, they promise to
make you dance till the night is
over. Theyll be joined by Oscar-
nominated Josh Raskin with his
project Kids & Explosions, who
will be mixing together musical
mash-ups with visuals that are
beyond words in an event that needs
to not only be heard but seen.
Opening the night will be
Papermaps, still fresh from their
self-titled debut last year, and TBD
not to be determined, but the
band name TBD featuring the
Owner of APK Live, Marc
Gammal, on drums. The show is $5
at the doors, which open at 8 p.m.
The next night well see
Japanther, an anything-goes band
playing their own blend of experi-
mental punk rock. Eleven years
young, this band has been all over
the Canadian music map and will
bring an act unlike anything the
APK Live has seen before. This
night will also mark the cassette
(yes, I said cassette) release of
London drum and bass duo I Smell
Blood, which features members
from local bands Wild Domestic
and Say Domino. Not even a year
on the scene and these boys have
already successfully made a name
for themselves. The two bands will
share the stage with Boys Who Say
No, who put on a live show compa-
rable to one by the Talking Heads,
and Dead City Beat, a one-man act
with a post-punk sound with ele-
ments of dubstep, noise and psyche-
delia. Doors will open at 9 p.m. and
the show costs $10 to attend.
Probably the most anticipated
night of the month will be April 20,
when Juno nominees and Polaris
Prize short-listed Plants and
Animals will make an appearance in
the Forest City along with local
favourites Wild Domestic. The
Montreal band Plants and Animals
made waves with their debut album
Parc Avenue back in 2008 and
havent slowed down since. Now
with a second album, The End of
That, which was released on
February 28, they have earned their
reputation as one of Canadas most
talented and respected bands.
Opening the night will be Wild
Domestic, back in town after
appearing at Canadian Music Week
and a mini-tour in March. With their
powerful rock sound, they never fail
to put on an amazing show. Did I
mention that they have a lineup that
includes two drummers? Tickets for
this show will be $15 in advance.
Rounding out the month will fea-
ture a show of shows with an
incredible lineup. Headlining April
27 will be the always incredible
Cuff the Duke, a London favourite,
in their APK Live debut. The folk-
rock lovelies will be joined by
Halifax surf-rockers Cousins, who
will be playing their first show since
the release of their album The Palm
At The End Of The Mind. B.A.
Johnson will be opening for the two
bands, with his catchy nerd rock and
crazy antics in support of his new
record Hi Dudes!, and with Evan
Redsky of Single Mothers fame
the Theatre Arts student mixes the
right amounts of folk and rock and
is worth the listen. Tickets are $10
in advance.
These shows will take place at
APK Live at 340 Wellington St. and
advance tickets can be found at tick-
etscene.ca, Grooves Records (353
Clarence Ave.) and Hot Dog
Musique and Cinema (256
Richmond St.).
MADISON FOSTER
INTERROBANG
It may have only been two years
since the debut of their debut self-
titled album in 2010, but there is
no denying that Yukon Blondes
sound has evolved in that short
time. Their debut album intro-
duced us to their more blues- and
classic rock-oriented sound, but
now, with a listen to their new
release Tiger Talk, its easy to see
that their sound has made the
switch to a more catchy pop-rock
sound. While listening to the
album, released on March 20, fans
of the British Columbian band can
still hear hints of their original 70s
sound and their oh-so-familiar har-
monizing vocals, like in the second
track and single Stairway. Other
than that, the pop rhythm produced
on the new album may come as a
surprise to those used to the last
album, but the new sounds wont
disappoint.
In an interview with Paste
Magazine, the band told reporters
that they wanted to do something
quite different with Tiger Talk.
Unlike their first album, Yukon
Blonde had more time available to
them to play around with tracks
and to record. We put a lot of
work into the songwriting, the
arranging, the process of recording
(we) wrote songs, scrapped
them, wrote them again, they told
Paste. We changed parts and sec-
tions over and over in the studio
until they felt right a luxury we
didnt afford ourselves on the first
album, which was recorded live
off the studio floor. They also
mentioned how they attempted to
create a sound similar to that heard
at a live Yukon Blonde show.
Anyone who had the pleasure of
being present at a show by the
band, their most recent London
stop being on March 28 at Call the
Office, knows the energy they put
into their performances, and its an
energy that has been carried over
to the album.
This album had a lot of time and
love put into it by the band. The 10
tracks have a clean, perfected
sound from the indie rockers and
all have so much personality and
depth, which is always refreshing.
Tiger Talk is the perfect album for
dancing around the house, as
theres no doubt that the beat will
grab you. Yukon Blonde may have
just visited London as they round
out their North American tour, but
we can only hope its not long
before they bless the Forest City
with their presence again. We can
only hope its not another two
years before they release a new
album. Until then, Tiger Talk is
available on iTunes and in record
stores now. Its worth a listen
and maybe a dance or two.
MADISON FOSTER
INTERROBANG
MY 15 MINUTES
WITH...
TAYLOR MARSHALL
The evolution of
Yukon Blonde
The theme of April is music
Since signing with Lil Waynes
Young Money label back in 2009,
Nicki Minaj has carved her own
niche in the industry as the
princess of hip-hop. Her unique
style and sensual demeanor have
garnered substantial popularity and
have solidified her as the denomi-
nate symbol female artist in main-
stream hip-hop. Her debut album,
Pink Friday, saw incredible suc-
cess in its first week of sales, and
eventually became certified plat-
inum.
Minaj has released her second
major studio album building off of
the momentum of the first one, and
continuing her undying obsession
with the colour pink. Pink Friday:
Roman Reloaded contains a whop-
ping 19 tracks, and the deluxe edi-
tion features 22. The production
cast, although not as star-studded
as the first record, includes high-
profile producers including Hit
Boy, Canadian T-Minus and
RedOne who worked on five of the
tracks. The album also features the
likes of Rick Ross, Drake and Lil
Wayne.
Right By My Side is the sec-
ond single of the album, and fea-
tures Chris Brown. The song is
produced by Oak, who does an
exceptional job on the beat. The
sound is busy yet soft, as it should
be for a mainstream single. Brown
sings in the second verse, while
Minaj sings in the first and only
raps on the hook, which was a bit
disappointing. There is a line that
is drawn as to how much a rapper
should sing, and Minaj stands just
inches of not crossing it on this
one. That being said, the song is
very catchy and was clearly made
for the radio.
Fire Burns is a track made to
pad the album. The three minutes
features Minaj singing about her
long lost man burning in hell for
leaving her. Im serious. The
singing is bad, the lyrics are poor
and dont make sense, and the song
doesnt make use of a pretty good
beat with a lot of potential. Skip
this one.
Champion includes Drake,
Young Jeezy and Nas, who I was
absolutely overjoyed to see fea-
tured. The beat, produced by T-
Minus, is slow and not very busy,
but perfect for all four rappers to
do work on. Jeezys verse is the
most forgettable out of the group,
but is quickly followed by Nas,
who tears it up as usual with vin-
tage sophistication, flow and inten-
sity. The track is one of only very
few actual rap songs and features
Minajs single best verse on the
entire album. This is easily the best
song on the record.
Honourable mention: I Am
Your Leader featuring Camron
and Rick Ross.
The album is quite different
from what has made Minajs
career. In Pink Friday, the lyrics
were cocky, witty and simile-
laden, while the beats were flashy
and abrasive. Her second album is
dumbed down to a softer, more
radio-friendly level plagued with
too many vocals. The record had
more of an R&B vibe to it than the
first, with Minaj over-using the
singing voice that she doesnt have
on the majority of the songs. This
is something that I usually would
love to see rappers leave to those
who can actually sing, so they can
focus on what they do best: rap.
Minaj is not an R&B singer, and
she got carried away too much on
her newest album. Pink Friday:
Roman Reloaded is fun to listen to,
but like many sophomore projects,
it doesnt match the polish that the
first one had.
CREDIT: NICKI MANAJ
Nicki Minaj loves to sport the colour pink.
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ITS A WRAP
STUART GOODEN
twitter: @StuGooden
I write about random things a
lot. I write about random things.
Did you know that album cover art
dates back to 1909? The general
belief was that a designer named
Alex Steinweiss invented the prac-
tice in 1938 with a Columbia
Records release, but as music geek
Alan Cross posted on his website
recently, that isnt completely
accurate. At all.
Actually, it seems that a collec-
tor named Michael Biel gave a
presentation at the Association for
Recorded Sound Collections last
year that featured at least 200
examples of albums decorated with
pictures, graphics and text that all
predate Steinweiss work. Ever
judging books by covers, artists put
a lot of time and effort into the way
their music is represented visually,
fueling all manner of insecurity
and frustration.
More frustrating than anything,
however, is when artists have the
opportunity to produce an album
but are unable to release it. It can
be frustrating for the artist, of
course, because their work and
livelihood hang in the balance. Of
course, it can be frustrating for
fans, too.
Currently feeling such a sting is
Whitbys Hello Beautiful, a hybrid
rock band who rose to prominence
after the release of their debut
album Soundtrack For Scenario in
2008. Although they completed
their followup effort I Wanna Die
Like This! early last year, legal
issues have kept them from releas-
ing the album widely.
Instead, theyve had to settle for
releasing singles, like last years
Superstar and the coming single
Tick Tock, for which the band
recently shot a video with the aid
of a grant from MuchFACT.
Hello Beautiful already has a
history of note when it comes to
music videos; their first album
yielded two singles and videos:
Virginia Symphony and Saint
Andrews Bridge, the latter also
produced with a MuchFACT grant.
The former peaked at number two
on the Much On Demand Daily
Top 10, while the latter peaked at
number five, and, due to fan sup-
port and heavy airtime rotation,
Hello Beautiful was the only
unsigned act to chart that year.
It continues the bands video
for Superstar last year was a
highly successful prank-style video
in which the band gave impromptu
performances at wildly different
locations, a large generator in tow
to power their equipment.
Some people got really pissed
off, but we thought everyone
would get mad, recalled Charlie
Royal, the bands lead vocalist,
laughing. See, we shot the
marathon part first, and then we
were stuck there for three hours;
we snuck in, but by the time we
were done there were a bunch of
spectators and vendors. We had
our van and all our gear, so we
couldnt sneak out!
They made us stay there for
three hours, and we were like,
Shit, this whole weekend is just
going to be pissing people off, but
it wasnt too bad.
Their luck improved, and the
reception warmed somewhat.
Some people were loving it, some
people were hating it. We got run
out of Newmarket when Darrell
(Wallace, lead guitar) our guitar
player jumped on the counter at La
Senza the managers boyfriend
was a construction worker, and he
jumped in his pickup and chased us
out of town!
According to Royal, the new
video is more of a performance
video, where the band is playing an
important showcase filmed at
The Garrison in Toronto and
frontman Cole Kidd is late and
having trouble getting to the gig.
Although Royal didnt want to
give too much of the video away,
he did hint at a car crash and Kidd
having a body double.
Plans for the summer for Hello
Beautiful rounded out by Dan
Bradimore on bass and Kevin
Walsh on drums include a string
of festival concerts in support of
the coming video, including a stop
here in London sometime in May
or June, returning from an East
Coast tour later this month.
For more on Hello Beautiful or
their coming video for Tick
Tock, visit them online at hel-
lobeautifulmusic.com or follow
them on Twitter @hellobeautiful_.
And between us, while theres no
official release in the works for I
Wanna Die Like This!, the band
does have copies available with
them at shows if youre interested
in hearing more.
For the latest in music news,
views, streams and more, follow
this column on Twitter @fsu_bob-
byisms or via Tumblr at bob-
byisms.com. Its been another
great year at Interrobang and
Fanshawe, thank you for reading.
Be safe and have a great summer,
CREDIT: HELLO BEAUTIFUL
BOBBYISMS
BOBBY FOLEY
Just happy to see Hello Beautiful
Minaj releases second studio album
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CREDIT: JUST ONE OF THE GUYS
Just One Of The Guys
(1985)
We live in very uncertain times.
The economy is in the toilet.
Mother Nature is hurting. Hell,
some believe the world could soon
be coming to an end. Thankfully,
there is one thing we can count on.
Nearly every year, we can look
forward to a laugh-out-loud hilari-
ous cross-dressing comedy.
Yes, the cross-dressing comedy
is a Hollywood staple. It has gen-
erated hundreds of millions of dol-
lars, most of which has gone to
buying cars and swimming pools
for Martin Lawrence.
Choosing a favourite cross-
dressing comedy is quite difficult
for me. You may as well ask me
which of my children I love the
most. But if I absolutely must do
so, then I would have to pick the
1985 classic Just One of The Guys.
In Just One of The Guys, popular
high school student Terri Griffith
(Joyce Hyser) dreams of becoming
a big-time journalist, much like the
Cinema Connoisseur. However,
she feels she is not being taken
seriously because of her beauty.
The last straw comes when she is
passed over for a newspaper
internship.
Convinced that sexism is stand-
ing in the way of her dreams being
fulfilled, Terri resorts to drastic
measures. She enrols at another
high school as a member of the
opposite sex.
From there, hijinks ensue. Just
to get off topic for a second, why
has there never been a film called
Hijinks Ensue? Well, the Columbia
Pictures Corporation would have
been justified using that title for
this particular film. Ladies out
there may think that passing your-
self as a male is as simple as get-
ting a short haircut and adopting
the mannerisms of 1980s film star
Judd Nelson. Well, that will get
you most of the way, but then you
might run into some obstacles.
Such as gym class. Terri must
come up with a variety of excuses
to avoid having to share a change
room or hitting the showers with
her significantly hairier class-
mates.
Plus, what if you were to fall in
love with one of your male class-
mates? Would you be surprised if I
told you that this happens to Terri
in this film? Sure enough, it does.
Terri becomes best broskis with
Rick, a shy young man who is in
need of some lessons on how to
woo young damsels. Lesson num-
ber one: avoid using phrases like
young damsels.
Terri promises to find Rick a
suitable mate, but in reality, she
sees herself as the girl of his
dreams. Things get even more
complicated when Sandy (Sherilyn
Fenn), a hot-to-trot sexpot, begins
to put the moves on Terri. Oh,
what a gender-bending calamity!
Sure, this was the era of Boy
George and Fraggle Rock, but still,
this was some pretty racy stuff for
the time.
Things get ever wilder when
Terri reveals the truth to Rick by
flashing him at the prom. I vividly
remember this scene from when I
first saw it over 20 years ago. I was
flipping through the channels one
night when POW naked breasts
were plastered on my television
screen during primetime. How is
this possible, I wondered. Maybe I
was getting an illegal satellite feed
from France. I would then learn
about City TV and their rather lib-
eral use of censoring. God bless
that station for teaching me more
about anatomy than any Family
Life course taken in a classroom.
Just One Of The Guys is a smart
and sophisticated look at societys
attitude towards gender roles that
is just as applicable today as it was
when it was released 27 years ago.
Watching this film is the equiva-
lent to burning 27 bras. Plus it is
significantly cheaper than doing
that, and less likely to result in a
public nuisance complaint.
Wrath of the Titans
(2012)
When the remake of Clash of the
Titans was released in 2010 by
Director Louis Leterrier, it was a
worthwhile flick a little heavy on
the special effects, but otherwise a
solid watch. Now, in 2012,
Jonathan Liebesman takes a stab at
bringing the Titans to life, only this
time it feels more like they are
attacking the audience rather than
each other.
Wrath of the Titans follows up
with the story of the god Zeus, his
half-mortal son Perseus and their
never-ending battle against the
Titans. A full decade after defeat-
ing the Kraken, Perseus has
returned to his mortal life; the quiet
existence of a fisherman raising his
son. One night his peaceful life is
interrupted by his father, Zeus,
who warns Perseus that because
the devotion of the mortals to the
gods is waning, the powers that
hold the Titans captive are likewise
failing. When Zeus is captured by
his fellow gods and used for his
powers of immortality, which
results in the release of the Titans
upon the world, Perseus has no
choice but to fight back. From
there an all-out battle begins
between gods, men, Titans and all
forms of unearthly creatures.
The cast of Wrath of the Titans
is perhaps the only thing this flick
has going for it. Sam Worthington,
whom fans will know from his
Avatar fame, once again takes the
lead role as the demigod Perseus.
Worthington is a great action star,
though when the moment calls for
a little emotion, it becomes diffi-
cult to find.
Taking on the hefty role of Zeus
again is Liam Neeson, who has
appeared in recent hits Taken and
Batman Begins. It seems that
Neeson can do no wrong, for even
in a movie as over-digitized as
Wrath of the Titans, he brings to
the screen a certain energy.
Also making appearances in
Wrath of the Titans are Ralph
Fiennes as Hades, Danny Huston
as Poseidon, Edgar Ramirez as
Ares and Bill Nighy as
Hephaestus.
The biggest problem with Wrath
of the Titans is that it is presented
not only in 3D, which is over-
whelming enough on its own, but
in select theaters on IMAX screens
as well. Watching almost any
movie out there in 3D on an IMAX
screen is nauseating, but when you
apply those technologies to an
action-heavy film, it turns into a
truly sickening experience.
Perhaps Wrath would be better in
regular 2D, or it may even be an
enjoyable experience on the mas-
sive IMAX screens, but both at
once makes it feel as though the
film is attacking all of your senses.
If you are an absolute diehard
3D action movie fan, Wrath of the
Titans may not be a bad idea for
you. But if you have even a slight-
ly weak stomach or have trouble
with overwhelming digital effects,
then steer clear of this over-
processed sequel.
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The usual hustle and bustle of
the Advanced Filmmaking (AFM)
students is heightened as of late as
the class of 25 students is deep in
preparations for their year-end film
festival on April 21.
The AFM Film Festival brings
together 25 films, one made by
each of the students, and presents
the best of them to festival atten-
dees in one night of great films,
great food and great fun. The fes-
tival is a culmination of the entire
years worth of work by the AFM
students, said Festival
Coordinator and AFM student John
DuGray.
Each student will be allowed to
submit one film for consideration
in the festival to the programs pro-
fessors, who will then make the
final selections for screenings at
the festival. Over the past two
semesters the class has completed a
round of documentary films, narra-
tive films, an Aria project and a 48-
hour film challenge; each of these
may be submitted as a students
choice project. DuGray expected
there to be a wide range of film
styles submitted, including docu-
mentaries, comedies, dramas and
likely at least one grind house-style
flick.
A completely student orchestrat-
ed event, the AFM Film Festival is
being planned out and executed
solely by the students. Apart from
booking the venue, the students
have taken care of every aspect of
the festival from promotions to
programming to art direction and
everything in between.
Unlike last year, when the festi-
val was held on campus, the 2012
Film Fest will take place at Aeolian
Hall in downtown London. Were
really excited to take the festival
off campus this year, explained
DuGray. We wanted to make it
more of an event.
The festival, which runs from 7
to 10 p.m., will contain roughly
two and a half hours of student-
made films with a half-hour inter-
mission halfway through the pro-
gram. The evening will be emceed
by AFM students Rebecca Muise
and Vince Deiulis. Following the
screenings there will be a short
awards ceremony. Following the
awards ceremony, a formal recep-
tion will be held in Aeolian Hall.
Tickets for the festival can be
bought through the Biz Booth,
located in the Student Union
Building, or from any of the 25
AFM students, who can usually be
found somewhere in M building.
The AFM Film Festival takes
place on April 21, beginning at 7
p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance or
$12 at the door.
ALISON MCGEE
INTERROBANG
AFM Film Fest set to be A-OK!
Fashion Design
students show
passion for fashion
at Unbound 2012
Three months of hard work have
finally paid off for Fanshawes
third-year Fashion Design students
as they gear up for Unbound, an
annual fashion show that shows off
their top designs. The show takes
place on April 14 at Museum
London doors open at 7 p.m. and
the show begins at 8.
(This years theme) is based on
a trend we found on our trend fore-
casting website (Fanshawe has a
subscription to WGSN, a fashion
trend-analysis website), and its
more about science and technology
and finding the new in the old,
explained Natasha Wellman, a
third-year Fashion Design student.
From planning every aspect of
the show including the stage, pro-
motions and selecting models from
Elite Model Management in
Toronto to holding bake sales to
raise funds, the show was put
together by 27 third-year students
and over 40 first- and second-year
students who help with the show as
part of their grade. Every year (the
first- and second-year Fashion
Design students) volunteer its
part of their grade as well and so
they help out, explained Melanie
VandenBerg, a third-year student.
Its really good because they get a
lot of experience as to what the
shows going to be like for them.
The April 14 show will represent
the top designs from the 27 third-
year students. Eight judges
Canadian Designers Arthur
Mendoza, Franco Mirabelli, David
Dixon; Flare magazine Market
Editor Erin OBrien; Fashion
Writer Gail McInnes; and Producer
of Entertainment Tonight Canada
Natalie Deane will decide which
designs will be showcased in
Unbound based on criteria such as
marketability of design and quality
of construction. The show will be
emceed by Leesa Butler, who start-
ed the F-list website.
Tickets are $45 on the Grand
Theatre website or $50 at the door.
After the show there will be a
catered reception held at Museum
London with a bar, DJ, candy bar
and more. For more information or
for tickets, check out grandthe-
atre.com.
ERIKA FAUST
INTERROBANG
CREDIT: FANSHAWEC.CA
CREDIT: ALISON MCGEE
Advanced Filmmaking students will be showcasing a variety of student
made films on April 21 at the Aeolian Hall in London. Tickets can be pur-
chased at the Biz Booth.
It might not be summer just yet,
but the season is quickly approach-
ing and the official marker of the
end of the semester is a good indi-
cator of the fairest season. Patios,
swimming pools, a sunkissed
glow, longer days and no assign-
ment deadlines are all awesome
perks of summer, but summer is
my favourite season for beauty
goodies. Fall owns the runways,
but summer rules the makeup
counters.
Sunshine calls for punchy
shades that can stand up to the bold
hues of your sangria. Take vivid
nails to a whole new level of fun
by swiping on a scented shade.
Revlon has long since been the
dominant beauty brand to make
scented nail polish for grown-ups,
and they have done a fabulous job
of convincing the population over
age six its as fun a beauty trend
now as when we were younger.
Fruity flavours like Passion Fruit
and Orange Pop are joined by more
adventurous scented shades like
Cotton Candy and Gum Drop. Dior
debuted their version this past
spring season to amazing reviews
(and mentions on nearly every
beauty editors must have pages
of all the major glossies). Creating
only two shades, one deep mauve,
one shimmery mint, both colours
release a gorgeous rose scent once
dry. Beauty mega mecca Sephora
created their mini bottled summer
set in the form of Bohemian
Brights. The collection features six
bold shades, including bright
green, pink, orange, neutral beige,
brown and olive.
Lips are my favourite facial fea-
ture to accentuate with gutsy
colour. Brights, bolds and even
pastels are all great choices when
going for a statement lip.
Lancomes Rouge In Love collec-
tion moisturizes like a balm but
wears like a lipstick. Its creamy
and gives a good dose of colour
without being overwhelming at all.
Rose Boudoir, a gorgeous pink
shade, is universally flattering and
will look extra sexy with your
summer tan. For those who are not
faint of heart and are looking for a
bit more adventure, Smashboxs
Be Legendary lipstick was created
to stand out from the crowd and be
as unforgettable as the legendary,
iconic beauties best known for
their glamour. Mandarin, an elec-
tric coral, will certainly fulfill the
desire to be noticed, and its bright-
ening effect and compliments
youll surely receive will keep
your disposition as sunny as the
season.
Although I cant deny I am still
a little shadow shy, playing up eyes
can be a really fun and expressive
way to shake up your beauty rou-
tine in the warmer months. To dip
your toe in the trend seen on run-
ways this season from Diors retro,
bright shadows to Guccis dramat-
ic black bold look start with a
liner. Fendis incredible gold and
silver lids can be taken from the
runway to the real way with Make
Up Forevers award-winning Aqua
Eyes eyeliner. When traced close
to the lashline, the gold or silver
shimmer can still make an impact
and draw attention to the eyes.
Keen on something bolder? Go all-
out with Diors amazing new for-
mulated five-colour eye shadow
sets in Petal Shine, as seen on their
Spring/ Summer 2012 runways.
Whatever trend you try this sea-
son, remember to have fun with it
and WEAR YOUR SUNSCREEN!
Happy summer, everyone!
CREDIT: BLOG.ILOVETHISBOX.COM.AU
Go bold and beautiful with a
brightly coloured lipstick.
FASHION WRITER
AIMEE BROTHMAN
A summer of colour
LIFESTYLES
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Well, kids, you made it.
Its essentially summer and this
means the end of the year for most
of you.
Needless to say this year would
not have been so monumental
without our unfashionable
moments.
Looking back on the school
year, I think we can all look at our-
selves and recognize things we
need to change.
Personally I had plenty of
unfashionable moments this year.
Whether I was completely living in
some form of non-structured pants
for the week, or my complete
inability to find the time to brush
and dry my hair, we all had those
days.
Seeing as how summer is about
lazy days, I am going to teach you
how to look good while being
carefree, shower-free and money-
free.
For this activity youll need
some scrap fabric, some scissors,
some chalk and a friend.
The Fashion Design program
has taught me so much, including
how to look somewhat put-togeth-
er even when Im running off no
sleep and 10 pots of coffee.
Step one: Summer is about
colours and fun. Sometimes we
need to look back to the things we
enjoyed when we were young to
find pleasure, and sidewalk chalk
is one way to do just that. Whether
its drawing a huge and detailed
mural or just tracing each other out
and colouring in the clothes, its
okay to be a little immature. Use
your imagination and find new
means of being creative.
Step two: Scissors and fabric are
all you need without a shower.
Summer is about being relaxed,
and a turban or headscarf is the
perfect way of doing this. Throw
your hair in a ballerina or messy
bun and tie one on. Itll keep your
hair off your face and will add a lit-
tle colour to any outfit, not to men-
tion its an accessory, so it looks
like you tried a lot harder than you
did; its the perfect solution to
being shower-free.
Step three: Money-free is a
tough thing to be sometimes; I
always find myself needing money
most when I dont have it. The best
thing to do this summer is to learn
to live without it. Figure out differ-
ent ways of getting what you want
without spending as much.
Cutting up and fixing old clothes
is a great way to avoid spending
money you dont have. You should
also look to websites that help you
save money: Groupon, DealFind
and LivingSocial are the top three
websites that will help you save
money this summer.
Take a peek, take it into consid-
eration and be wise this summer.
Play safe, and I hope you have a
riot!
The carefree,
shower-free and
money-free days
of summer
FASHION WRITER
CHRISTINA KUBIW
KALASHNIK
As the school year is quickly
coming to an end and summer is
just around the corner, its time
to put away your heavy moistur-
izers and foundations and bring
out the colours of the summer!
Even though summer is a time
when most people put away their
makeup, you can still add pops of
colour to brighten your complex-
ion and makeup looks, especially
for any nights out. This summer,
try adding the charming colour of
coral to your cheeks, eyes, lips or
even your complexion!
When some people first look at
the colour coral, they are terrified
of its intensity and swear that
they will never wear it. The truth
is, if the right shade is picked and
is properly applied, coral can
look good on anyone. For some-
one who is just going out and
about on a summer day and does-
nt really want to wear any make-
up, putting on a coral lipstick can
add a fresh look to your appear-
ance. If you have a fair skin tone,
stick with cool-toned corals as
these will suit you best. If you
have a bit more colour to your
skin tone, you can really pull off
any coral. If you have a dark skin
tone, the brightest corals work
the best.
If you arent much of a lipstick
wearer, you can always add some
coral to your complexion by
using a primer and/or blush. Lise
Watier has a duo primer that has
a coral/apricot colour to it that is
perfect to give a glow to the com-
plexion and can be worn alone.
However, if you are very fair, I
would personally avoid using this
product, or use very little of it,
because you dont want to end up
looking orange. If you just want a
little bit of colour on your
cheeks, Benefits Coralista is the
best blush to use because you can
use it for just a sheer glow or you
can build it up and get a really
bright burst of colour.
Lastly, coral makes for a beau-
tiful eye shadow colour that can
be used for a simple and fun look
or can be made to look more
sophisticated for an evening out.
For a day look you could use a
glittery coral eye shadow with
some dark brown eyeliner and
black mascara and youd be set.
Its simple but would make for a
fun summer look. For an evening
out, you could use a matte coral
eye shadow and contour it with a
chestnut brown colour, and then
add on final touches with black
eyeliner and some false eyelash-
es!
Next time you go out to look
for your summer shades, dont be
afraid to try on some coral
because chances are it will look
stunning on you. If you still
arent convinced, buy an inex-
pensive coral lipstick that suits
your skin tone and wear it around
for a day; count the number of
compliments you get; you may be
surprised!
Coral for summer
CREDIT: ARIANA PINDER
Original designs by Fanshawes own Kali Orenchuk, Sebastian Taborda Guarin, Christine Petric and Megan
Shepherd the models are all wearing coral-toned eye shadows and blush.
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Truth is, she hasnt showered in days.
BEAUTY BOY
JOSHUA R. WALLER
joshua.r.waller@gmail.com
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Investigative journalism and the
Interrobang dont exactly go hand in
hand. I credit this partly to our excel-
lent food services, which reliably
produce identifiable meals and
believe me, if youve been to a real
cafeteria before, this is a huge
accomplishment. The other half of
the credit probably goes to the stu-
pidity of social media posts, which
generally makes most investigation
unnecessary (think YouTube,
Twitter and the Fleming Riot). If any
dark and dirty mischief remains at
the school after that, well, Campus
Security susses it out in two seconds.
Still, I think every wannabe jour-
nalist and their idle readers has a
secret craving for a real scandal, and
the acme of journalism has long car-
ried vague associations with political
pressure, social change and selfless
skulduggery. We all want to be Peter
Parker, with his camera in one hand
and Spidey suit in the other, handing
in hot news to our hardnosed editor
just before the deadline, and then
rushing off to save Manhattan.
Unfortunately, no radioactive spi-
ders have been sighted at Fanshawe,
however these expectations do have
a foundation in history. They begin
with The Maiden Tribute of Modern
Babylon, a hard-hitting documentary
on child prostitution in Victorian
England during the 1880s by the
dedicated reformist W.T. Stead.
The age of consent in Britain at
the time was 12, meaning that a 45
year old could stop by the grade
school down the road, offer to buy a
grade seven girl an iPod in exchange
for sex, and then legally have inter-
course with her. The law itself was
made to protect wealthy heiresses
from being seduced by shysters out
to marry for money. It certainly had
nothing to do with helping the thou-
sands of child prostitutes in
Victorian England, which was why
an anti-vice campaigner co-opted
Stead in forcing a bill to raise the age
of consent.
Stead was an on-again/off-again
alcoholic, probably bipolar and one
of the most aggressively decent men
who have ever lived. He co-opted
Josephine Butler, the foremost femi-
nist of the day, and her son, to pose
as a madam and her pimp procuring
children for brothels in France. They
received dozens of offers of children
for sale, which is probably better
than you can do with modern-day
eBay.
Not content with this evidence,
Stead decided to prove his ability to
buy a child under the eyes of the law
for sale abroad. He commissioned a
reformed prostitute to aid him in
finding a family willing to sell him
a girl to work as a maid for a rich
gentleman. Whether or not the
mother knew this was a euphemism
for the sex trade would be left to the
jury later; if nothing else, this was
one of many instances of white slav-
ery long after Abolition. The girl
herself was the eight-year-old Eliza
Armstrong.
For the somewhat unnecessary
and vaguely repulsive purposes of
making the experiment as realistic as
possible, Stead first took the girl to a
local midwife and abortionist, who
confirmed she was a virgin. He then
purchased chloroform (not a pre-
scription drug) from the same mid-
wife. Jeez. I mean, chloroform was a
powerful anesthetic used for innocu-
ous purposes like relieving pain in
childbirth. And the midwife hands it
over without comment?
What a freaking skank.
He then rented a soundproof room
in one of the local shanties, dragged
in the drugged and unconscious girl,
and swigged a bottle of champagne
to achieve the proper red-eyed and
lechery look. Picture your
boyfriend waking up from a hang-
over, and you can guess why the girl
screamed when she woke up.
No one came. So much for
Scotland Yard.
Stead, taking lack of response to
her screaming as proof that he could
have had his way with her, handed
the girl off to a woman from the
Salvation Army who then brought
her to a family overseas, and he thus
gained the proof for the most sensa-
tional story to date in British journal-
ism.
His Saturday paper on July 4,
1885 was prefaced with a warning to
all those who are squeamish, and
all those who are prudish, and all
those who would prefer to live in a
fools paradise of imaginary inno-
cence and purity, selfishly oblivious
to the horrible realities which tor-
ment those whose lives are passed in
the London inferno not to read the
paper. Of course, that just ensured
everyone read the paper. The Pall
Mall Gazette, the newspaper in
which the expos was published,
sold out for the whole week, and
used papers were sold at 12 times
their purchasing cost.
Damn. If I could do that, goodbye
student loans, hel-lo, night life.
Telegrams came across the
Atlantic about the scandal.
Volunteers from the Salvation Army
passed the news by word of mouth
and picketers staked out Parliament.
William Harcourt, the home secre-
tary, actually begged Stead to stop
the press, to which Stead cheerfully
explained that he couldnt until the
age of consent was raised to 16 in a
new bill.
Hordes of youths dressed in white
flooded downtown London to harass
politicians, and a month later, in the
interests of preserving their repute as
upstanding citizens and dissolving
the public hubbub, they passed the
bill. But they were not content to let
Stead go after hed blown them the
metaphorical raspberry.
After Steads involvement in The
Eliza Armstrong Case became
investigated by other papers looking
to cash in on the news, the courts had
him jailed for three months which
was probably far less than
Parliament would have liked after he
single-handedly pressured them into
passing the bill. Of course, being the
clever and upbeat gentleman that he
was, he simply published accounts
of life in prison, to the fury of his
prosecutors and delight of his
friends. He was a great man.
Regrettably, it was cut short. The
most famous man who died on the
Titanic was not Leonardo Di Caprio.
Stead was there, and he helped
women and children onto the
lifeboats and defended them as they
launched before retiring to the read-
ing room. It seems fitting that he
died with the same obscene decency
as he lived. If his composure seemed
to understate the great upheavals that
accompanied him, it can only be
because to a great man, great things
are routine, and he never noticed his
life was out of the ordinary.
Perhaps our little London isnt
quite as scandalous (Fleming
notwithstanding) as its historical
forebear, and for that, we have to
thank Stead. Of course (no thanks to
him) his articles are probably more
interesting than my little column, so
check him out!
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LIFESTYLES
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Volume 44 Issue No. 28 April 9, 2012 www.fsu.ca/interrobang/
School is just about out for the
summer. For some of us, that
means graduation and moving onto
whatever comes next in life (hope-
fully employment, although thats
a bit of a challenge with Ontarios
economy). For others, that means a
return to school in the fall, for a
second, third or even a fourth year.
Throughout the year in this column
Ive attempted to provide students
with ways they can save money
and better knowledge about
finances. Id like to end the year
with some small tokens of advice
aimed for those returning to school
in the fall. Ive been to school for
many, many years now, so Ive
learned a few things along the way
about saving money over the sum-
mer.
First, get that summer job. I
know this is much easier said than
done, especially when London is
flooded with unemployed students
from Western and Fanshawe in the
early part of May. You need to
make yourself marketable, and you
probably should have started your
job search by now. You also need
to be flexible in the kind of earn-
ings and the kind of work you are
expecting. Career Services (in
room D1063) at Fanshawe can
help you with all of this, but in the
end, getting a job is up to you. If
youve already got one, youre a
step ahead.
Second, sock a bit of money
away in a tax-free savings account
(TFSA). Its not that big a deal
right now, but many banks can set
up savings programs where a cer-
tain amount of your paycheque is
deposited into your TFSA.
Another thing banks can do is
deposit 50 or $1 in your savings
account each time you use your
debit card. Let that money deposit,
even if its a small amount, and
youve got a bit of extra cash you
wouldnt have had otherwise come
September.
Third, get outside and enjoy
some (relatively) inexpensive fun.
I find its way more expensive to
do stuff in the winter, because you
cant enjoy the outdoors, and the
outdoors are free. You might still
need to pay for gas or food or
whatever, but its still way cheap.
Go to the beach or just chill out in
the park. Baseball season just start-
ed, and throwing a ball around in
the park is free and fun. Take up
jogging thats free, too, and good
for your heart. Theres a ton of
inexpensive stuff to do in the sum-
mer, so take advantage of it.
Fourth, try to pay down a bit of
credit card debt or loans, like car
loans, that sort of thing. This might
be tough to do depending on what
your budget is like especially if
you have to pay rent over the sum-
mer but if you are living with
your parents and working full-
time, youre a huge step ahead of
everyone else. Of course, in that
case youre unlikely to have much
debt, but if you do, pay a bunch of
it down this summer. Itll make
your money a lot less tight next
year when youre back in school.
And if you have no consumer debt,
youre doing great. Keep it up.
Last, when you get your fall
schedule in a few months, youll
find out which textbooks you need.
Buy them used. Or rent them. I
ordered a couple of my books from
textbookrental.ca this year, and it
worked great. The books were
about half-price. The company
mailed them to me, and after
exams in December, I mailed them
back. There are also websites
where you can rent digital editions
of your books, for use on your
tablet or computer, and these are
even cheaper. If you have some
friends in your program that are a
year ahead, you can likely grab
textbooks off them pretty cheaply.
There are so many options for get-
ting discounts that you rarely need
to buy new books at full price.
Take a look into these options late
in the summer when you start get-
ting prepared to go back to school.
This is the final column of
Talking Cash for this year. I grad-
uate in April, and I wish you all
great success in the future, both in
your finances and your personal
lives.
Five ways to save money
this summer
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Tahir Awan (left) and Rob Hunter show off the MyPod, an invention they created for Fanshawe's first-ever Student Research and Innovation Day on April 4. The MyPod connects two egg-
shaped devices through the Internet, and when one egg is tilted, the other egg tilts as well. Awan said the device could be used in the health care industry, giving the example of a child with
autism who may have difficulty using words to communicate but could use the device to communicate with his or her parents. Other inventions and innovations shown off by students at
SRID included sustainable housing measures, caffeine therapy to aid premature babies with respiratory issues, solar panels and a new form of concrete. Over 20 innovative projects were
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TALKING CASH
JEREMY WALL
LIFESTYLES
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Exam time is going to be here
before we know it, and despite the
amount of school work we may
have to do, it is important to
remember to maintain a healthy
diet and a regular exercise routine.
As the weather gets warmer, you
are going to want to be outside
anyway, so switch up your work-
outs, head outside and have fun.
Here are the top 10 outdoor work-
outs you can do this summer to
challenge your body and soak up
some vitamin D at the same time:
1. Running stairs: Work out
your glutes and quads while torch-
ing calories at a fast pace. Head to
your local football field and try
this workout: sprint up the stairs
and then walk quickly down
repeat these intervals to maintain a
steady heart rate.
2. Rollerblading: Push fully off
of your back leg to really work
your muscles, and be sure to bend
both knees slightly to protect your-
self from injury
3. Sand running: No doubt you
will be heading to the beach this
summer, so why not work out
while having fun with your
friends? Due to the fact that you
arent on a flat, even surface, your
body will have to work harder to
maintain balance in the sand. Try
having fun as a group by playing a
game of beach volleyball!
4. Canoeing/rowing: This is a
great upper body cardio workout
and lots of fun to do with a partner!
Search a canoe rental shop near
you and head out for a fun day with
a friend.
5. Beach volleyball: As previ-
ously noted, exercise in the sand
challenges your body in ways
working out at the gym doesnt. If
the sun gets too hot, make this
upper body challenge a full body
workout by moving the net into the
shallow water.
6. Cycling: A fun workout that
can be done alone or in a group,
cycling focuses on challenging
your lower body. A great aspect of
cycling is that the breeze you will
feel will help you to stay cool, and
soon you wont even realize how
far you have gone and how hard
you have worked.
7. Yoga: Who says yoga has to
be done indoors? Grab your mat or
embrace the grass try completing
your yoga series as the sun sets
after a long day. Yoga is an excel-
lent way to increase flexibility and
bring a sense of calm to the mind.
8. Park circuit: Remember that
jungle gym you played on as a kid?
Its time to head back to the park
use the monkey bars for chin ups
and dips, and swings for ab chal-
lenges.
9. Swimming: Whether its in
your backyard, a community pool
or a natural body of water, swim-
ming will tone up your entire body
especially your back muscles.
Swimming is an excellent way to
exercise without straining your
muscles, so head to your gym of
choice and enjoy the time to your-
self.
10. Rock climbing: This work-
out requires upper body strength,
flexibility and high endurance lev-
els the best part is you can go
with a group, as a pair or alone.
Just be sure to check out the safety
regulations wherever you go
rock climbing is not something
you want to do without proper
equipment and protection.
These workouts are fantastic
ways to get your body into shape
for the summer. Be sure to wear
lots of sunscreen and stay hydrated
when out in the sun!
Cardio fun
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Its no secret that writing down
your goals and visualizing them is
a sure way to stay on track, and the
same can be said for sticking with
your health and fitness goals.
Instead of writing down your goals
on a piece of paper, why not create
a blog for you to journal your suc-
cesses and challenges? Sites like
Blogger and WordPress offer free
space for users to create and per-
sonalize their own blog. If you
voice your goals and progress pub-
licly to others, youll be surprised
by the amount of positive feedback
and encouragement you will
receive.
Social media is another way to
stay on track with your fitness and
health goals. Take a photo of your
workout space on Instagram, tweet
your progress to your workout
buddies or post your favourite
workout on Facebook to share with
friends. Social networking auto-
matically gives its users a sense of
belonging, so sharing your chal-
lenges and progress on the various
sites you belong to is a great way to
keep yourself on track.
A fantastic way to motivate
yourself as you set out to achieve
your goals is through visiting your
favourite health- and fitness-relat-
ed sites. The workouts, photos and
discussions with others will help
you to keep the right mindset and
know that you are not alone as you
set out to face these challenges.
At the end of the day, sharing
your challenges and successes with
others will increase the likelihood
that you will not only continue
with your workout and diet plans,
but encourage others to join you in
pursuing a healthy lifestyle.
Become a body blogger and share
it with your friends and family
its just one more way you can
make staying fit and healthy more
fun!
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I spend every summer training hard in my hometown and blogging about my results and challenges give it a
try!
REBECCA GRIEB
INTERROBANG
HEALTH, BODY
AND FITNESS
Rebecca Grieb
Body bloggers
LIFESTYLES
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Volume 44 Issue No. 28 April 9, 2012 www.fsu.ca/interrobang/
THE TONIGHT SHOW
with Jay Leno
Betty White has a new show on
NBC called Off Their Rockers
where senior citizens prank young
people. Its kind of like what were
doing to them with Social Security.
Congratulations to Kentucky.
They won the NCAA championship
67-59 over Kansas, very nice. Did
you see the news after the game?
People in Kentucky flipping over
cars, they were burning couches.
That was all on the same front lawn.
Up in Sacramento this week a
man jumped on the hood of a police
car that was moving. Started
screaming his name. He was wear-
ing a puffy winter jacket, a
sombrero, one boxing
glove. They didnt arrest
him. Turns out just a
JetBlue pilot on break.
BEST IN LATE NIGHT
COMIC RELIEF
CONAN
with Conan OBrien
Charlie Sheen says he cringes
when he watches footage of his
crazy rant from last year. Hes
moved on. Hes now focusing on his
career as a JetBlue pilot.
iTunes announced a controversial
app has been pulled after people said
it was designed for stalkers. The
developers say they will resubmit
their app under its original name:
Facebook.
The Tony Awards announced
Neil Patrick Harris will host for a
third time. So once again theyve
snubbed Mike Ditka.
A new study claims that four out
of 10 Americans are now
obese. The study was con-
ducted by anyone working
at a water park.
LATE NIGHT
with Jimmy Fallon
This week in Ireland an elephant
escaped from a circus and ended up
at a mall. Fortunately, the elephant
didnt hurt anyone but he did sit
in one of those Brookstone massage
chairs with no intention of buying it.
On Saturday the Empire State
Building went dark for an hour to
draw attention to climate change. Of
course, 10 endangered eagles then
crashed into the building.
Yesterday was April Fools Day.
Mitt Romneys staffers played a
prank on him by staging a fake cam-
paign event in an empty room or
as Newt Gingrich put it, My
staff has been playing that
prank on me for six
months.
THE LATE SHOW
with David Letterman
Rick Santorum wants to ban
pornography. Thats one of the few
thriving industries America has left.
John McCains daughter Meghan
is going to be in the April issue of
Playboy. Im just glad Johns not
alive to see this.
Mitt Romney is trying to get
female voters and Rick Santorum
said, What? Women can vote? Are
you kidding me?
But the Wildcats, what a team, the
Kentucky Wildcats. Listen to this.
This is how good they are. Four of
the starters are freshmen. Four guys.
And theyre going right to
the NBA. Who says Obama
isnt creating jobs?
Newt Gingrich is down to
12 staffers. The guy has
more chins than that.
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Across
1. First word of special message
4. Can do
8. Formerly title of Russian
emperors
12. Parisian suburb
14. Indian side dish
16. Long upholstered seat
17. Home of the Leaning Tower
18. To a large extent
19. Gain by work
20. Look at quickly
21. Second word of special mes-
sage
22. Insect eye
24. Oven
26. Change for a five
27. Agree
30. First items in programs
33. Feminine name
34. Type of ski lift
35. Bristle
37. At all times (poetically)
38. Churns
39. Snout
40. Certain European
42. Unwanted picnic guests
43. River of east central Germany
45. Very young salmon
47. Communicated by telephone
48. Strong and healthy
49. Third word of special message
50. Having great affection for
53. Wound excretion
54. Apex
58. World fuel organization
(abbrev.)
59. Consumers
61. Churn
62. Last word of special message
63. Scandinavian language
64. Bag-like cavities
65. Formal you
66. Fastens a shoelace
67. Sheltered side
Down
1. Soaks
2. Little Mermaids love
3. Born Free feline
4. Diamond patterned socks
5. Big businessman
6. In __ of
7. Greek letter
8. Flies that feed on human blood
9. Glide through the sky
10. Bushy hairstyle
11. Hindu queen
13. Pulled with a jerk (informal)
15. Those who pay the penalty for
wrongs done
23. 100 years (abbr.)
25. Western U.S. State (abbrev.)
26. Opaque gems
27. Greek mythological god of
war
28. Hindi disciple
29. Reddish-pink colour
30. Notices of deaths (informal)
31. Concerning the kidneys
32. Part of a plant
34. Metric unit of weight
36. Piece of bedroom furniture (2
wds.)
38. Electromagnetic projectile
launcher (2 words)
41. Conveyance for transporting
people or goods
43. Metal woodwind music instru-
ment (informal)
44. Places of worship
46. Type of 41 Down
47. Taxes
49. Health care giver
50. Attic
51. Large rare deep-sea fish
52. Hollow in which water collects
during the rainy season
53. Fairy-like being
55. Fuel
56. Rodents
57. Otherwise
60. Drunkard
Solution on page 22
1. The mask used
by Michael Myers in the original
Halloween was actually a Captain
Kirk mask painted white.
2. Kermit the frog delivered the
c o mme n c e me n t
address at
Sout ha mpt on
College located in
the state of New
York in 1996.
3. In Mel Brooks Silent
Movie, mime Marcel Marceau
is the only person who has a
speaking role.
4. For beer commercials, they
add liquid detergent to the beer to
make it foam more.
5. C3PO is the first character to
speak in Star Wars.
6. Arnold Schwarzeneggers
voice, in the movie Hercules, was
dubbed.
7. According to legend, theres a
Superman in every episode of
Seinfeld.
8. The first TV commercial
showed a Bulova watch ticking
onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
9. More than 3000 people audi-
tioned for Afghan model in 2009.
Only 10 were women.
10. Judge Judy makes $45 mil-
lion a year.
11. All of the clocks in the movie
Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
12. Napoleon constructed his bat-
tle plans in a sandbox.
13. Until President Kennedy was
killed, it wasnt a federal crime to
assassinate the President.
14. In medieval Italy, if a man
was caught kissing a woman in pub-
lic, he had to marry her whether he
liked it or not.
15. English sailors were referred
to as limeys because sailors
added lime juice to their diet to
combat scurvy.
16. Ching Shih, once a prostitute,
became one of the most powerful
pirates to have ever sailed. She
commanded one of the most formi-
dable pirate fleets in all of China
during the early 1800s, with hun-
dreds of ships under her command.
17. Ancient gladiators were
mostly vegetarians.
18. The first known contraceptive
was crocodile dung, used by
Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
19. The largest nuclear bomb
ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused
damage up to approximately
1,000km away.
Aries (March 21 - April 19)
Your judgment is sound, and
your aim is true. It feels good to be
in charge. Look back every so
often to see if youre still being fol-
lowed. Help someone who needs
just a little extra push along the
right path.
Taurus (April 20 - May 20)
Even as you check out others,
you too are being assessed. All
introductory phases seem to
involve this process. If you can
stand the discomfort, the payoff is
sure to be worth it.
Gemini (May 21 - June 20)
Partnership is a major element
of any large, successful effort. Its
safe to assume that everyone here
is your intellectual match. Express
yourself in daring new ways.
Cancer (June 21 - July 22)
The current game is one that
youd rather not play. A private
matter leaves you vulnerable
among people who dont need to
know about it. Youre eager for
good news, but have to wait until
late this week to hear any.
Leo (July 23 - August 22)
You have an enviable knack of
mixing work and play. Bosses get
to pick their own projects, while
capable employees are assigned to
those in which they rightly belong.
Demonstrate the skill that makes
you famous.
Virgo (August 23 - Sept. 22)
Virgo has good reason to change
their own mind. An old process
dies hard, especially when its
inventor or champion must see it to
its end. Youre doing the right
thing.
Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22)
Explore, engage and communi-
cate. In this versatile mood, all
windows are open and all hand-
writing is legible. Youre drawn to
young people, or maybe to the
younger side of older people.
Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21)
Go along with the team. You
might have ideas of your own, but
the timing for them could be bet-
ter. Words that you read a long
time ago swim to the surface,
applying themselves perfectly to
this situation.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21)
Youre either behind some new
movement or at the centre of all
the action. It feels good to end the
week with all of your resources so
well consolidated. Step wisely if
you want luck to follow.
Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19)
Personal satisfaction is a hungry
belly hoping for a good meal.
Obviously, Capricorn still has
something to prove. Unlike some
Signs that you could name, you
know when enough is enough.
Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18)
Laughter, visions and other
growing things are sprouting in
your neighborhood. You wont be
called the brains of an organiza-
tion, so maybe youre its spirit.
Spread whatever wealth comes
your way.
Pisces (Feb. 18 - March 20)
Your impulses are attempting to
drag you away from common
sense. The person about whom
you may be so upset isnt worth
all of this energy. Save yourself
for better things instead of spend-
ing it all on a lost cause.
easy Daily Sudoku: Sun 28-Jan-2007
5 3 7
5 9 1 2 6
1 8 3 2 5
8 6 9 4 2
8 7 3 1
9 7 1 2 4
9 2 4 5 8
7 5 4 1 3
1 4 5
Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 grid con-
tains the digits 1 through 9. That means no number is repeated in any col-
umn, row or box. Solution can be found on page 22.
Sudoku Puzzle
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Starring Holly Hunter
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Broadcast (News)
Copycat
Crash
Crazy (in Love)
(The) Firm
(The) Incredibles
(Little) Black Book
(Living Out) Loud
Nine (Lives)
Once (Around)
(The) Piano
Raising (Arizona)
Saving (Grace)
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LIFESTYLES
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When we were younger watch-
ing Disney movies like Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs or
Sleeping Beauty, we would imag-
ine what our Prince Charming
would be like: whether he was
handsome with dark hair and dark
eyes, or blonde with blue eyes; if
he was tall or short, if he had mus-
cles, if he was skinny or big and
cuddly like a teddy bear.
As we grow up, we not only
visualize what Prince Charming
would look like, but the qualities
that he would have as well. Some
preferences include being a great
listener, caring, loving, consider-
ate, faithful, honest, trustworthy,
intelligent, ambitious I could go
on forever.
Once we know what we want
him to look like and be like, we
think of the kind of career he
would have whether its some-
thing that would make him very
successful like a doctor, lawyer or
a CEO, or something in the trades
because we enjoy a man who can
work with his hands.
As a woman, I hate to admit it,
but we have extremely high stan-
dards that make it almost impossi-
ble for men to live up to. We creat-
ed a perfect human being, but the
problem with that is this is not
Practical Magic and we cant cast
a spell that creates the perfect guy.
If we plan to spend our lives
searching for this perfect person,
we will be setting ourselves up for
failure. So, does Mr. Perfect exist?
Of course not, and if he did, he
would be taken by now.
As women we might not get
everything we want in a guy, but
that doesnt mean we cant find a
guy who comes pretty close. So I
asked some girls what they thought
were most important qualities for a
guy to posses and here are some of
the most popular answers:
Sense of Humour
Everyone wants a person who
knows how to make them smile.
You dont necessarily have to be
great at telling jokes or a stand-up
comedian to make someone laugh,
either. Its because the person
knows you, and knows exactly
what to say to make you laugh,
even if its completely stupid.
Social
We want a guy who can get
along with our friends and can be
social at different functions. To be
honest I am always afraid to bring
guys that I am dating to meet my
friends, because if they cant get
along, its kind of a dealbreaker for
me.
Ambitious
As Ive said in previous articles,
girls want a guy who knows what
he wants in life and goes after it.
No girl wants to be with a deadbeat
who is going nowhere in life, even
though sometimes we end up with
one, once or twice.
Good Listener
Women like when a man listens
to them when they talk. Most
women know that with most guys
its in one ear and out the other, but
sometimes its just about being
there and letting them rant.
Honest/Trustworthy
No one likes a liar, and to have a
person in your life that you can
completely trust is a rare quality.
Good-Looking
Okay, so we want a guy that is
good-looking; who wants to date
someone they arent attracted to? I
know women always say its the
personality, but thats only half
true; we want someone who looks
good. The thing is, we dont all
like the same type of guy, not
everyone wants a muscle man,
some of us want a teddy bear.
Even if he posseses all these
qualities, women will always find
something wrong with him. I
mean, a guy can be amazing, but
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Its finally happened. Youre
finally living in the same city as
your significant other, or maybe
youre actually living in the same
home. Whatever your particular
situation, one things for sure: the
long distance has been dropped
and its time to get back to a sense
of normalcy in your relationship.
This is an exciting time in your
relationship, but it can also be
stressful, particularly if you are liv-
ing together.
Trying to incorporate a whole
other person into your life, which
you have so nicely figured out all
on your own, can prove tricky, but
here are some tips that should help
you smooth the transition so that
you can just sit back and enjoy
your life:
Talk about it beforehand. I
know Ive said this many, many
times before, but communication is
one of the most important elements
in long distance relationships.
Make sure that you talk about what
life will be like once youre living
together again before you make the
big move. Talk about what your
daily routines are like now, what
you want them to be like when
youre together and who will do
which chores and errands. This
will avoid the unnecessary stress of
finding that youre doing all the
work around the house and you
cant figure out why your partner
wont help you.
Expect some bumps in the
road. Even though you might be
thinking that now your life is per-
fect, you should expect that things
wont run as smoothly as planned
at least for the first little while. If
youre living together, there are
bound to be times when your part-
ner gets on your nerves, when you
miss having your own space and
when you just get overwhelmed
with all the changes in your life.
Even if youre not living together,
there may still be some rough
patches, though they may be a little
easier to overcome. Whatever your
situation, just be sure to have real-
istic expectations that life probably
wont be perfect right away.
Look on the bright side. No
matter how frustrating the transi-
tion is, you have to keep in mind
what you are gaining. You have
your best friend by your side once
again, so no matter how upset, con-
fused or downright angry you are
about some of the new changes to
your life, you have your biggest
supporter right there beside you to
help you through.
Congratulations on surviving the
long distance phase! Many excit-
ing things await you in your rela-
tionship, and if you can make it
through this, then you can make it
through anything. I hope these tips
and those tips Ive given
throughout the past few months
have been helpful for you. Heres
to smooth sailing from here on out.
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Being together again on a daily basis means some adjustments, but good
communication will help ease the early tension.
maybe he always forgets to put the
toilet seat down, so he is being
inconsiderate. Women are chasing
a hopeless dream for Mr. Perfect,
so its time to give up on that fairy-
tale. All you can do is find some-
one who is perfect for you, flaws
and all.
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Settling back in after time apart
When people think about Honda,
they generally think of the Civic
and Accord. While they are both
fine automobiles, Honda does have
other noteworthy products in its
lineup.
Take the Ridgeline, for instance.
It is the first pickup truck from
Honda to be sold in Canada, and
when it first came out in 2005, it
got great reviews. However those
accolades didnt really translate
into sales. The Ridgeline sells in
decent numbers, but it hasnt set
the sales floor on fire.
Honda hopes to attract more
buyers with the revised 2012 ver-
sion. It has changed the styling a bit
to give it a more aggressive look
and given the interior a few
changes too, but nothing major. It
is essentially the same truck as it
ever was, which is no bad thing.
Under the hood, you still get that
wonderful 3.5-litre V6 motor that
produces 250 hp and 247 lb/ft of
torque. You also still get that
ancient five-speed automatic gear-
box, which Honda seems to throw
in to everything they build. While it
works fine, they should have
installed the six-speed automatic
from the Acura ZDX in here.
The main disadvantage of only
having five speeds is the fuel econ-
omy, although I managed a
respectable 13.7 litres/100 km, a
number that can surely improve
with a newer gearbox.
The Ridgeline still retains its uni-
body construction, which makes
this pickup truck unique compared
to every other pickup truck on the
market, all of which use the body-
on-frame setup.
The advantage this gives the
Ridgeline is stiffness, which not
only helps with its ride and han-
dling, but also its comfort, hence
this is the most car-like pickup
truck in the market, which is great.
I have driven plenty of pickup
trucks over the years, and most of
them I could not wait to get out of.
I can drive the Ridgeline all day.
Or, at least, I would if I liked the
drivers seat more. I might be in a
minority with this, but I could
never quite get fully comfortable in
this vehicle, no matter how hard I
tried to set the seat. Your front and
back passengers wont complain
about space; there is plenty of that
in here.
But, yes, the main reason anyone
would buy a pickup truck is for its
cargo space, and the Ridgeline
offers plenty of that too. The cargo
bed is 1524 mm long and 1257 mm
wide, which might not be the
biggest bed in the business, but
thanks to its clever under-floor
cargo areas, you can get quite a few
things in that trunk. Plus, you can
open up the trunk-space even more
by folding down the pass-through
and folding away the rear seats.
You can also tow an impressive
5000 lbs. This truck is very practi-
cal.
It isnt the best equipped vehicle,
though. My Sport trim vehicle had
cloth seats, a stereo and not much
else. More equipment is avail-
able at a cost.
However, while lots of compa-
nies are still offering the option of
two-wheel drive or four-wheel
drive for their trucks, Honda has
made its VTM-4 all-wheel drive
system standard on the Ridgeline.
Pricing could have been stronger
though, as even the base Ridgeline
will cost you $34,990. My Sport
test vehicle was $37,690 and that is
before you add freight and all the
other fees levied on vehicles, plus
taxes. The Touring version starts at
an astronomical $41,990. So while
it is good, it is a bit pricey, hence
the reason its sales numbers have
been lacking since it hit the market.
However, like all Hondas, it will
be reliable and will run for a very
long time. If you want a vehicle
you can drive for 20 years with
minimum mechanical work need-
ed, a Honda always makes sense. If
you are a business owner who
needs to haul average-sized loads
every now and then, then the
Ridgeline will make sense for you
as well.
SPORTS&LEISURE
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On March 26, both the mens
and womens Fanshawe curling
teams found themselves in the
CCAA Curling Invitational cham-
pionship games. Both proved vic-
torious.
The Falcons havent seen a gold
medal win at the Curling
Invitational in over 20 years, their
previous victory being back in
1990. The victories were nearly
simultaneous, both games taking
place at the same time. Jordan
Ariss, the lead from the womens
team, said she had no idea what the
final round of the mens game was
like because she was too busy on
her own sheet.
Winning this championship
just feels so good. I know one of
the team members who won at the
last championship, so it feels real-
ly great to be at the same level as
them, said Arris, adding, by the
time we were going into the last
few minutes of our game, we knew
the guys had already won. It really
just added to our excitement and
energy levels.
The final end of the womens
game saw skip Chantal Lalonde
successfully complete an angle
double tap to steal the end.
According to Arris, that was really
the turning point in the game,
score-wise. On the mens side, it
was skip Chris Jay who made the
winning shot.
The tournament final scores
were 6-1 for the womens team,
losing only one game, and the
mens team went 7-0. The scores
of the final games were 5-4 for the
mens team, who beat the Red
Deer team and 6-4 for the
womens team, who triumphed
over the Grand Prairie team.
Arris was quick to give thanks to
the teams coaches, including
Barry Westman, the Head Coach;
Tom Devaney, the Assistant
Coach; and Shirley Westman, the
Associate Coach, as well as all the
support both teams received from
the Athletics Department.
ALISON MCGEE
INTERROBANG
Fanshawe takes double
gold medal at CCAA
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The Ridgeline has plenty of space for storage and passengers, but may
not have quite enough space for the driver, as reviewer Nauman Farooq
discovered.
Uncovering the summer drinking myth
I may have missed the addiction
awareness-themed Interrobang by
a long shot, but its never too late
to reiterate some key issues about
alcohol. I hope I can further clarify
a few things and help dispel certain
myths about alcohol. Many of
these myths run rampant, especial-
ly during the summer, so listen up
and make sure you know better!
One thing youve probably
heard for years is that beer is more
fattening than liquor. This is com-
pletely false in the grand scheme
of things. Your typical beer (like
Budweiser, which contains five
per cent alcohol) has about 150
calories. Now, your typical shot of
liquor (rye) has about 70 calories.
You would most likely mix your
rye with something (unless youre
a machine), so half a can of pop is
another 70 calories. Youve just
transformed your supposed lower
calorie liquor drink into a 150-
calorie beverage.
Now lets get serious, most stu-
dents mix up liquor drinks that are
closer to one and a half shots of
liquor, or even two shots, for that
matter. Your liquor drink just
jumped higher in calories than a
typical beer! Dont forget, most of
us can drink liquor a lot quicker
than beer, so youre even deeper in
the calorie hole! Its overall calorie
consumption that adds pounds, so
stop giving beer the sole blame for
beer guts.
There are also many myths
about hangovers. The truth is, a
hangover is a hangover and once
youre hung over, theres not much
you can do besides wait it out.
Were all human and our bodies
eliminate alcohol at a certain
speed. Time is the only thing that
cures a hangover. There are sever-
al things that can be done to help
cripple some of the awful effects:
drinking a little milk or olive oil
before a night on the town will
help line the stomach and serve as
a protective layer; eating a good
meal before heading out definitely
helps absorb some of the alcohol
content; drinking water throughout
the night will help alleviate some
of the dehydrating effects. Oh, I
almost forgot: avoid drinking like
youre a rock star trying to commit
suicide.
Alcohol also dilates small blood
vessels through the skin, which
causes increased blood flow near
the skins surface. Over time, these
blood vessels can be permanently
damaged. Underneath the eyes is
where it can become most visible
since the skin layer is extremely
thin. You might laugh it off now
since youre a young stallion, but
once you hit your mid- to late 20s,
believe me, your skin wont glow
like an angel anymore.
Drinking is very detrimental
when it comes to weight training
and fitness. By now, you already
know how important water is when
it comes to hitting the gym. If
youre dehydrated and your water
is being used to metabolize alco-
hol, then you wont have sufficient
water to process other substances!
Heavy drinking also weakens your
immune system, and it affects your
brain in a negative manner, ruining
your focus for training and other
important daily tasks!
I could go on forever, but I dont
think I need to beat a dead horse
here. For the most part, we all
understand the negative effects of
heavy drinking. Youre in college
now and you should be having the
time of your life. What you should-
nt be doing is looking like youre
40 by the time youre 25. A glass
of wine a day can promote healthy
benefits for the heart, but 10 glass-
es a day can get you a first-class
ticket to a nice coffin. Remember,
you are what you eat AND drink.
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WrestleMania 28 took place last
Sunday night, and the Internet was
buzzing with reports that both
Brock Lesnar and Batista would be
making their returns at the Super
Bowl of wrestling. This was
fuelled in part by the fact that
Lesnar was spotted in Miami with
his wife Sable, as well as talk that
Lesnar had been offered a new
contract with the WWE. Neither of
these former Superstars ended up
making appearances, but there
were other surprises during the
night, both good and bad.
The World Heavyweight title
match between challenger
Sheamus and champion Daniel
Bryan was the first contest of the
PPV, and it proved to be a very
disappointing match. Upon enter-
ing the ring, Bryan took a moment
to kiss his storyline girlfriend, AJ
Lee, and that was all the opportu-
nity that Sheamus needed to nail
Bryan in the face with a Brogue
Kick. The Celtic Warrior pinned
Bryan, and the whole match was
over in 18 seconds. The problem is
not the fact that Sheamus became
the new champion, as he is said to
have a great work ethic. He gets
some heat for being Triple Hs
buddy, but the fact that he appar-
ently makes a point of going to
events that he doesnt even have to
be at is a good indication of his
dedication to the business.
The problem with this ending is
that an 18-second bout severely
cheapens the value of the
Heavyweight Championship, at
least in my opinion. It should be
made to look like the belt is hard to
win, with both competitors giving
everything they have to try to win
the ultimate prize. This would be
especially frustrating to those fans
who paid good money to attend
WrestleMania 28 in person, and
before they even know it, one of
the two most important matches of
the night is over.
Despite John Cenas fans cheer-
ing for him to win, it was The
Rock who was victorious at the
end of their heavily hyped, once-
in-a-lifetime match. This makes
sense in a way, since its doubtful
that the Peoples Champion would
actually be made to lose in his
hometown of Miami. The Rock is
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Lets continue with the mock
draft, taking in the last third of the
first round.
21. Cincinnati Bengals select
Kendall Wright, wide receiver
from Baylor: Robert Griffin IIIs
former toy will help fellow young
receiver A.J. Green make the
Bengals offence explosive.
22. Cleveland Browns select
Stephon Gilmore, cornerback from
South Carolina: They would love
Wright, but also love the idea of
Gilmore playing alongside Joe
Haden.
23. Detroit Lions select Rueben
Randle, wide receiver from
Louisiana State: After hitting on
Titus Young a few years ago, the
Lions add Randle and make their
receiving corps (possibly) the best
in the league.
24. Pittsburgh Steelers select
Fletcher Cox, defensive tackle
from Mississippi State: They will
be overjoyed if Cox falls this far.
An absolute beast, he will help
replace Casey Hampton down the
line.
25. Denver Broncos select
Devon Still, defensive tackle from
Penn State: With Still in the middle
and Elvis Dumervil and Von Miller
rushing off the edge, the Broncos
D will be ferocious.
26. Houston Texans select
Whitney Mercilus, defensive end
from Illinois: After losing Mario
Williams in free agency, the
Texans have a huge hole on the
line. The combination of Mercilus
and last years first-round pick J.J.
Watt will help.
27. New England Patriots select
Mike Adams, offensive tackle from
Ohio State: Adams may not start
right away in New England, but he
will certainly take over when Matt
Light leaves.
28. Green Bay Packers select
Janoris Jenkins, cornerback from
North Alabama: A potential risk
this high, but the Packers need to
get younger (and better) on
defence. This will help.
29. Baltimore Ravens select
Coby Fleener, tight end from
Stanford: The Ravens have solid
tight ends, but if Fleener falls this
far, they need to make the move.
30. San Francisco 49ers select
Andre Branch, defensive end from
Clemson: A depth pick here again,
the Niners make the move to
replace the aging (but still effec-
tive) Justin Smith.
31. New England Patriots select
Nick Perry, defensive end from
Southern California: The Pats need
help with their pass rush. With his
size, Perry should be good both
against the run and pass.
32. New York Giants select Peter
Konz, centre from Wisconsin: The
Super Bowl champs have a few
other holes to fill, but Konz will
help ease the transition if the team
moves away from Shaun OHara.
As this is the last article of the
year, I would just like to say thanks
for reading this year, and I hope
you enjoy the draft!
Baseball season has opened.
Hockey is in the playoffs. Exams
are upcoming. Spring is here.
This time of year is always one
of the most exciting times for any
sports fan. The combination of
baseballs opening day with hock-
eys Stanley Cup playoffs is an
indicator that summer is almost
here and that the semester is nearly
finished (and thank God for that).
The Toronto Blue Jays have
looked sharp in the pre-season,
with their retro sky-blue uniforms
and well over 20 wins. Whether
they will be able to play as well in
the regular season is anyones
guess. Spring is just that: training.
It means nothing once they play
opening day.
However, with the expanded
MLB playoff format, the Blue Jays
have a much better shot at getting
into the post-season this year. They
havent been in the playoffs since
1993. I still remember exactly
where I was when Joe Carter hit
the World Series-winning home
run. I was with my parents listen-
ing to the game on the radio, driv-
ing back from my Dads rec league
hockey game. It would be nice if
the Blue Jays could create a few
more nice memories like that for
their fans. Its been a long time
coming.
They have a much better chance
of making the playoffs this year,
even though they continue to play
in the American League East,
against the well-salaried jugger-
nauts the New York Yankees and
the Boston Red Sox. There will be
five playoff teams in the AL this
year, with the two wildcards play-
ing one another in a one-off to see
who advances into the final four.
Its something of a half-assed addi-
tion to the playoffs, as one extra
game does not constitute an entire
extra playoff round. But its better
than nothing, and Jays fans have
lived with nothing since 93.
Some baseball purists hate the
expanded playoff format.
Remember, for decades only two
teams from each of the American
and National Leagues made it into
the playoffs. They played each
other for their respective leagues
titles, and the winners went on to
play in the World Series. Thats
only four teams in the playoffs
altogether.
It wasnt until the 90s that base-
ball recalibrated its divisions into
three per league (previously it was
two) and had four teams from each
league make it into the playoffs
instead of two, doubling the
amount of playoff teams altogeth-
er. Of course, purists didnt like
that one, either.
Baseball changes. It needs to.
Things that dont change die. And
after a spike of popularity a few
years ago, baseballs popularity
has been at lows, largely due to the
steroid scandals that have tar-
nished the sports wholesome
faade. Baseball needs to evolve to
survive, and a slight change to the
playoff system helps.
Will the Blue Jays make the fifth
spot in the American League, at
least? Hey, maybe theyll get first.
Who knows. I suppose if youre
not a Jays fan, you dont really
care. But baseball is all about root-
ing for the home team (as the old
song goes), and I highly doubt
London is going to get a major
league franchise anytime soon
(apologies to the Rippers). The
Jays are Canadas only existing
major league baseball team, and
one of Torontos few sports fran-
chises that arent an embarrass-
ment to the citys population. So
heres to the Blue Jays.
And heres to a long summer.
JEREMY WALL
INTERROBANG
Will the Blue Jays
make the playoffs?
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Joe Carter hits the 93 World Series-winning home run in the last season
the Toronto Blue Jays made the playoffs.
So here we are; the last issue of
the Interrobang for this school year.
While the NBA season will still go
on, it wont be possible to write
more about the league. In that
regard, this will be my playoff pre-
view, if I may call it that.
At the time of writing, just two
teams have clinched playoff spots:
The Chicago Bulls and the
Oklahoma City Thunder. Hardly
surprising there, I would say; these
are the two teams I fancy to top
their respective conferences. Miami
sits second in their conference and
they should qualify next, but one
team that has caught my eye is the
San Antonio Spurs. They sit second
in the West and have played just 50
games (at the time of writing).
Remarkable, considering many
view them as an aging team.
On the other side of things, three
teams are already out of playoff
contention: the New Orleans
Hornets, the Washington Wizards
and the Charlotte Bobcats. The
fourth worst win percentage (at a
modest .340) is Toronto. At this
moment, they look to be the next
team headed out of playoff con-
tention.
Jeremy Lin is out injured; hes
expected to be out for six weeks.
That could be six long weeks for the
New York Knicks as they sit in
eighth place in the East and the
Milwaukee Bucks are right on their
tail. The NBA playoffs begin on
April 28 and if the Knicks do
squeeze into the playoffs, they will
be up against the Bulls, and honest-
ly, they would be massive under-
dogs in that matchup.
If the league were to end with the
standings as they are, there is one
matchup that will be interesting to
watch: the L.A. Lakers against the
Dallas Mavericks. Remember
Dallas swept the Lakers aside last
year in their conference semi-final
matchup, so Kobe Bryant and com-
pany will be out for revenge. By no
means has this Dallas team
impressed me so far, so I wont put
it beyond the Lakers to take the
series this time around should it
occur.
All this discussion leads me
towards another key question that
basketball fans always seem to
debate about: who will be this
years MVP? Ive come up with a
few candidates who could take
home top prize, but by no means is
this list definitive.
Kevin Durant: He missed out on
this award last year. While Derrick
Rose was a worthy winner, remem-
ber Durant didnt get half as much
coverage as Rose did. So for him to
win the NBA MVP award will be a
huge boost indeed.
Derrick Rose: Hes arguably
Chicagos key player. Rose is one
of the reasons why Chicago is run-
ning riot in the NBA this season. He
scores when called upon and dis-
tributes the ball well. Hes another
definite MVP candidate, but his
injury layoff could hamper his
chances.
Chris Paul: He had his stellar sea-
sons at New Orleans, and now that
Paul is in L.A., hes clicking well
with the Clippers. Based on the
Clippers season, he could end up
with this award, and that is some-
thing that will drive the Lakers mad.
LeBron James: James is always
going to be on the MVP candidate
list, he is that big a player. His
offensive efficiency is excellent,
while his rebounding and defence
has been outstanding. He showed
what he can do when Dwayne
Wade was out, but the one thing
James wants more than anything is
the NBA ring that has eluded him
all these years.
Kevin Love: Im going to take a
huge gamble and place Love on this
list. While most people expect the
MVP to at least make the playoffs,
this year Love has improved his
game. I credit the Ricky Rubio
effect as the key to this transition.
While Minnesotas failure to possi-
bly make the playoffs could ruin
Loves chances for the award, his
stats still show what he is capable
of.
Kobe Bryant: Kobe, Kobe, Kobe.
Hes played injured and hes scored
key points to help the Lakers win
games, so its no surprise that he is
on this list as well. Hes leading the
shortened NBA season in scoring.
Hes also broken a couple of
records this season, which adds to
his credentials. So, I guess, while I
might not be his biggest fan, this list
would be incomplete without
Bryant.
The league is winding down to an
end, and Kentuckys Anthony
Davis tipped to be a first overall
pick in 2012, which isnt surprising,
given his potential. This shortened
NBA season is surely putting up
some surprises. Itll be sad when the
season is over, but then you just
have to wait a few more months for
it to happen all over again.
Amazing!
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As the summer break approach-
es, sports move into transition. The
MLS season is in full swing, while
leagues across the pond wrap up.
The European Championship will
highlight the summer, but you will
not have to look far for some excit-
ing football. Canadian soccer is at
a high, and the dog days will pro-
vide us with some promising tales
for Canada.
The oldest Canadian MLS fran-
chise, Toronto FC, plugs away at
their sixth season, and they seem
poised for another mediocre cam-
paign. There are a lot of positive
things to come out of BMO Field,
however, as the roster hasnt had
such a turnover as they have had in
earlier seasons. While out west,
Vancouver works on what should
be a very successful season. They
look great at the back, and they are
even better going forward.
Montreal is just starting out their
first season, and the support for
their club looks fantastic that will
carry them for years.
The point is, Canadian soccer is
at an all-time high. It has comfort-
ably carved a niche in the sporting
public, and fans need to realize that
this is a special moment. This sum-
mer will provide a fantastic time
for us to enjoy soccer.
The Canadian mens Olympic
team fell short this spring from
qualifying, but the mens national
team will still have a busy summer.
With our newfound love for club
teams, we must translate that pas-
sion to the national side. Canada
plays the U.S. in the centennial
game on June 3, and then they get
into qualifying for the 2014 World
Cup. All of their home games will
be in Toronto, including a June 12
tilt against Honduras.
The European Championship
will also occur. Although this isnt
North American, this is still prime
football that everyone will have
eyes on. England will be in an
interesting state without a manager
only a few months going into the
tournament. On top of it all, the
under-23s take to the field in Great
Britain for the Olympic tourna-
ment as well.
This summer will be a great one
for football fans in this country, as
we need to appreciate all that is
going on in this nation in terms of
soccer. This sport is growing, and
we need to take a step back before
we progress further.
Other stories: The English
Premier League will wrap up with
Manchester United looking sure
for a title. Manchester City will
need to pick up the pace and hope
for a United loss if they expect to
be crowned champions in May.
The Champions League will wrap
up in Europe as well. Theres plen-
ty of soccer to look out for this
summer break!
A summer full of soccer
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With the addition of the Montreal Impact, there are now three MLS teams
in Canada, the other two being the Vancouver Whitecaps and Toronto FC.
Its set: the second round of
playoffs has been officially
announced and it looks like we
have some better matchups in
round two. In case you missed
round one, nothing really signifi-
cant happened: in two first-round
sweeps, London beat Windsor in
four games and Brampton swept
Sudbury. There was only one
upset, although it was the fifth-
seed Saginaw Spirit upsetting the
fourth seed Sarnia Sting. This sec-
ond round looks to be a lot more
competitive and there are a couple
of series I will be keeping my eye
on.
Here are the second-round
matchups with my predictions:
Eastern Conference:
(1) London Knights vs. (5)
Saginaw Spirit
London wins series 4-0
(2) Plymouth Whalers vs. (3)
Kitchener Rangers
Plymouth wins series 4-3
Im calling London to sweep
Saginaw and advance their record
to 8-0 in the playoffs. Saginaw did
upset number-four-seed Sarnia,
but London is just far too strong
for the Spirit. Look for London
goaltender Michael Houser to
have a great series; Im predicting
him to have two shutouts after
all, he already shut Saginaw out
twice this season. This means
London only needs to score two
goals a game to pick up a win, and
I doubt Houser will let more than
two goals. Watch for Greg
McKegg to have a great series
he was quiet in the first series and
Im predicting he will lead the
way in the four-game sweep.
The Plymouth/Kitchener series
will be a great one to watch.
Theyre two evenly matched
teams and it will be a great series
that will will have Plymouth com-
ing out on top in game seven.
Plymouth did struggle against
Guelph in round one, but that was
just the first two games of the
series; they actually have a four-
game winning streak going right
now. On the other side, Kitchener
completely dominated the Owen
Sound Attack and took the series
in five games; although with
Owen Sounds suspensions, win-
ning the series was a given the
only question was how many
games it would take. That being
said, Kitchener wasnt tested last
series, but in this series they have
their work cut out for them, play-
ing one of the best teams in the
CHL. To be fair, Kitchener is an
honourable mention when it
comes to the best team in the
CHL. This will be the series to
watch.
Western Conference:
(1) Niagara Icedogs vs. (4)
Brampton Battalion
Niagara wins series 4-2
(2) Ottawa 67s vs. (3) Barrie
Colts
Ottawa wins series 4-2
No surprises the best teams
advanced, although some stum-
bled in the first round, most
notably Niagara letting the
Oshawa Generals back in the
series and Ottawa giving the
impression that Belleville stood a
chance. Brampton made short
work of the Sudbury Wolves in
round one, so dont count them
out just yet.
In closing, for those who want
to watch a great series, pay atten-
tion to the Plymouth/Kitchener
series. These two teams have been
at each others throats all year and
have developed a great rivalry.
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also a greater WWE Superstar than
Cena could ever hope to be, so its
only right that such an outcome
was reached.
Things would get much worse
for Cena the following night on
RAW. Lesnar finally made the
return that everyone was waiting
for. He came to the ring as Cena
applauded his appearance. Lesnar
was not interested in Cenas
approval, though, and he wasted
no time in sending a message to
him by hoisting him up and deci-
mating him with a vicious F5. This
is one of the truly great moments
on RAW for a long while, as it
gives the impression that the entire
landscape of the WWE is about to
change. Lesnar is back, and all
other WWE Superstars should take
care not to cross him, lest they suf-
fer the same fate as Cena.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Chief
Jay Strongbow, who wrestled in
the WWF during the 1970s and
early 80s, passed away on April 3.
He was 83 years old.
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