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Gryphon women off to the OUA finals
Gryphons goaltender Danielle Skoufranis backstopped her team to their third straight playoff win on Saturday.
Onward and upward
Wa l t e r s l e ave s
Gryphons for special
teams position in CFL
MIKE TREADGOLD
For Kyle Walters,the opportunity
was just too good to pass up.
Late last week, the now-former
head coach of the Gryphons
football team announced that he
would be stepping down from his
position with the team to pursue
professional opportunities. Shortly
after, it was announced that
Walters would be named as the
new special teams coordinator with
the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the
Canadian Football League.
“This is an unbelievable
professional opportunity for him to
grow in his profession,” said athletic
director Tom Kendall. “He did a
great job in growing the program to
where we expected it to be.”
The offer from Bombers head
coach Paul LaPolice essentially
came out of nowhere. Winnipeg
reached out to Walters at the end
of reading week and flew him out
to interview for the position. After
some serious deliberating with his
family, Walters made the decision
to leave the program that he has
coached for the past four seasons
and been involved with since the
early 1990s as a player.
“From the initial contact until
my decision, it was only five days.
It was very quick,” said Walters,
who had not been seeking other
opportunities prior to the call from
LaPolice. “I hadn’t been looking at
all. I enjoyed my time at Guelph
and I was very happy here and
excited with what we were doing
and where the program was going.”
Reflecting on his time spent
with the Gryphons, Walters had
nothing but admiration for the
program that has given him so
many opportunities to succeed at
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Kyle Rodriguez
After four years as head football
coach of the Gryphons, Kyle
Walters will be moving on to the
Canadian Football League.
both the amateur and professional
levels.
Mar. 4 - 10, 2010
For the
students,
by the
students
DANIEL BITONTI
Sure, you have your weekly
showings at Zavitz. Sure, you have
Mac-Stew and Alma Gallery to
visit work from local and not-so-
local artists.
But for a University of Guelph
student-artist, no event is more
important than the Juried Art
Show, this year celebrating its 42nd
installment.
Taking place on Mar. 19 and
20, undergraduate student art will
monopolize every room, corridor
and stairwell in Zavitz Hall. The
yearly student run exhibition has
become the largest of its kind in
Ontario, exclusively featuring the
artwork of undergraduate students.
With a respected panel of
jurors deciding the top ten top
prizes (first prize is a cool $1000)
and 20 honorable mentions, the
Juried Art Show is certainly about
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Rashaad Bhamjee the issues this week
5 LIVING
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“I’ll always be loyal to Guelph
and cheer for Guelph. It was an
unbelievable opportunity to get
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back and coach there,” said Walters. GOING
“I would have been content to
have an entire career coaching in
Guelph.
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“I could have seen myself retiring
as the head coach in Guelph. My
family really enjoyed it here, but GLORY BOWLS
the opportunity [in Winnipeg] just
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seemed too good to pass up.” MICHAEL
The players were caught
somewhat off-guard by Walters’
announcement, but have offered INDEX
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THE ONTARION 161.7
Israeli Apartheid Week at U of G
The campus critically
explores a seemingly
never-ending conflict
KELSEY RIDEOUT
Student organizations on the
University of Guelph campus are
taking part in the internationally
recognized event known as
Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW).
Throughout the week, daily events
are scheduled to showcase critical
perspectives on the Israel-Palestine
conflict, a conflict that has now
endured for over half a century and
remains a contentious and often
deadly dispute.
While imposing blame for the
ongoing conflict on either state
remains a heavily sensitive and
controversial task, IAW seeks to
raise awareness regarding Israel’s
large-scale acts of violence and
deliberate segregation in defiance
of international law. In 2008-
2009, Israel’s attack on the Gaza
Strip killed approximately 1,400
Palestinians, and resulted in major
shortages in food and humanitarian
aid. In the last few years, Israel
has initiated the construction
of a major barrier consisting of
high technology concrete fencing
that spans over 400 km along the
Palestinian territory of the West
Bank. Following the International
More environmentally sound pork?
A U of G innovation
may soon mean that
pigs will produce
much less pollution
ALDIS BRENNAN
It has been a long-standing folk
tale that pigs are dirty animals and
live in their own filth. But of lately
people are becoming more familiar
with the interpretation that pigs
are in fact very clean animals.
The Enviropig, a genetically
modified line of Yorkshire pig that
is currently being developed at the
University of Guelph, is putting
the final nail in the coffin of this
myth.
This enhanced pig is capable
of digesting plant phosphorous
more efficiently than conventional
Yorkshire pigs. It does this by
producing an enzyme called
‘phytase’ in its saliva, actively
working to degrade indigestible
‘phytate’ contained in the grain
that they eat. This reduces the
amount of phosphorous in the
pig’s manure by 30 to 70 per cent,
depending upon age and diet.
So great, the Enviropig
produces less phosphorous manure,
but what does this mean and how
does that make this pig cleaner?
The phosphorous released
in the manure of the average
pig is an excellent fertilizer but
too much phosphorous in one
area can contaminate the soil.
When significant amounts of the
phosphorous saturated soil reach
bodies of water, they become
Court of Justice’s ruling that
the wall is illegal, Palestinians
have called upon international
organizations across the world
to impose boycotts, establish
divestment initiatives and institute
sanctions against Israel, known as
the BDS movement. Along with
the support of many renowned
critics including Noam Chomsky,
Naomi Klein, and Desmond Tutu,
IAW aims to promote the BDS
course of action.
On the U of G campus
specifically, several individuals
from organizations collaborated to
organize IAW and reiterate this
message though lectures, films and
various public outreach actions.
Guelph Peace Alliance member
Drew Garvie explained how he
responds to claims that the word
“apartheid” is inappropriate and
exaggerated by demonstrating
how the term was attributed to
Israel’s actions against Palestine by
those who’ve lived through brutal
apartheid systems themselves.
“People like Desmond-Tutu,
Nelson Mandela, and Ronnie
Kasrils…risked their lives in order
to defeat racist segregation and
now view the situation in Palestine
as analogous as or worse than
the oppression under which they
suffered,” said Garvie.
Professors are also taking an
polluted. The phosphorous in the
water can stimulate algae growth
that lowers the oxygen content of
the water, kills fish and can make
the water unsafe to drink.
If environmental sustainability
is not a convincing enough reason
to adopt the Enviropig, then
perhaps the economic benefits
are. Concentrated Animal
Feeding Operations (CAFO)
have been aware of the problem
of phosphorous pollution and to
combat it they have relied heavily
on expensive phytase dietary
supplements in order to reduce
the amount of phosphorous in the
manure. The Enviropig reduces
this cost by being able to produce
phytase itself.
As with any genetically
modified organism, there are of
course potential concerns such
as whether the modified animal’s
welfare is compromised and if they
are safe for human consumption.
The Enviropig website states that
all of their animal experiments
have been conducted following the
guidelines set out by the Canadian
Council of Animal Care, and
also that in order to produce pigs
meant for commercial use they
would have to be healthy.
The lead scientist for the
Enviropig project, University of
Guelph professor Cecil Forsberg,
said that “the real issues at this
point are the social and ethical
concerns…[but] we have produced
a pig which can digest phytate,
making it a fit animal. [Some
people are] against the use of
genes from one species in another
active role in participating in
IAW. Dr. Michael Keefer from
the School of English and Theatre
Studies at the U of G gave a
lecture on Tuesday night entitled
the Attack on Palestinian Human
Rights in Canada. Keefer expressed
his steadfast support for IAW and
why it is important for students
and Canadians at large to engage
with this week’s events.
“IAW is important because
this is an issue that Canada is
involved in,” said Keefer. “What
is happening in the occupied
Palestinian territory is atrocious.
The unfortunate fact is that Canada
is very distinctly a part of what is
going on in Gaza. It’s personally
legitimate for people to say it is
appalling that the Palestinians
made a horrible mistake in electing
Hamas, but to say…we will cut
off your food supplies and clean
water for your kids…is monstrous.
Canada was the first nation to join
in that blockade in 2006. What
that means is Canadians need to
be brought to an understanding
of what’s happening here, and…
return to the tradition of moderate
responses as opposed to extremist
responses, and return to a tradition
of peace making.”
While the topic of Israeli
Apartheid may appear
overwhelming in its scope, some
The Enviropig is an exciting development coming out of the University
of Guelph. The Enviropig could one day mean more environmentally
friendly conditions for keeping and raising pigs, thanks to less-toxic
waste output from the animals.
because it compromises their
purity.”
Whether the Enviropig is
safe for human’s to eat remains to
be determined by the Canadian
regulatory authorities such as
Health Canada.
This project, which began at
the university in 1997, has come
a long way and is finally at the
stage where it has begun to ask
for approval from national and
international regulatory bodies.
Forsberg explained that it is too
events are using creative platforms
aimed to establish a unique way for
students and community members
to learn about the subject. On
Thursday Mar. 4 at the Carden
Street Cafe, an IAW event will
explore a riveting movement
presently taking shape to denounce
injustices and oppose the West
Bank barrier. Entitled ‘Art as
Resistance,’ the event will feature
a presentation with live-poetry and
music to illuminate how the Israeli
Apartheid is being resisted through
artistic measures. As the West
Bank barrier has been unexpectedly
transformed into the world’s largest
canvass, this event will explain
why local and international artists
have sought to beautify the barren
concrete wall in order to voice their
opposition.
Depending on religious,
political and geographical
affiliations, individuals across the
world hold conflicting opinions
in regards to Israeli-Palestine
relations. Regardless of how
you may already view this issue,
participants believe IAW remains
an essential opportunity to create
meaningful dialogue, establish
critical outlooks, and engage with a
complex conflict that continues to
instigate widespread suffering while
sabotaging any progress towards
establishing global stability.
Cecil Forsberg
early to tell when the pig will be
made available to the public, but
added that all applications have
been submitted.
“[This is the] first transgenic
animal to go through this sort of
regulatory review,” said Forsberg.
At this point, barring any
unforeseen obstacles, it seems
that the Enviropig may soon be
reaching supermarkets around the
world where it may also have the
benefit of making people feel a bit
better about eating bacon.
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Loud
lasting
noises
and
cause
severe
hearing loss
Bad news for all those
people who play music in their
headphones at full volume:
hearing loss, according to
specialists, is ‘cumulative and
irreversible.’ According to Dr.
Brian Filgor, if a person is exposed
to overly loud noises as an infant,
they can suffer from hearing
loss for as much as half of their
lives. Because of the significantly
smaller size of a young child’s ear
canal, reoccurring exposure to the
kind of volume common to sports
events or concerts can cause
serious and lasting damage to the
child’s ability to hear. Filgor also
explained that this kind of hearing
loss is gradual and is usually not
painful so it can go unnoticed
and can continue to worsen.
Being aware of the possibility is
crucial for prevention. (New York
Times)
Woman sues for
wrongful mastectomy
A woman who had a
mastectomy in November at
Windsor’s Hôtel-Dieu Grace
Hospital is suing after it became
clear that she didn’t have breast
cancer when the surgery was
performed. While one doctor
provided the breast cancer
diagnosis, a pre-surgery test
revealed that this was, in fact,
not the case. The doctor that
performed the surgery misread
the test and went ahead with
the mastectomy only discovering
the true result of the test post-
surgery. Inquiries into the case
have since been launched by
the hospital and the doctor that
performed the surgery has since
been suspended. (CBC News)
GM recall after faulty
power steering leads to
14 crashes
General Motors is recalling
a number of smaller model cars
because of a faulty power steering
feature. The effected models
include Chevrolet Cobalt, Pontiac
G5, Pontiac Pursuit and Pontiac
4. According to GM, the cars
can be controlled but required
greater effort than usual. GM
has placed the blame on a part
from a Toyota-owned supplier
that apparently didn’t meet
quality standards. This comes
at a time when Toyota is being
forced to recall eight million cars
for various problems, including
accelerator and braking problems.
(BBC News)
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Disney shows kids a “Whole New World”, but is it the right one?
Some critical
th i n k i ng may reveal
that Disney movies
aren’t as harmless as
they seem
JOSH DOYLE
“When we watch cartoons,
values are shaped in our minds
forever. You can’t escape those
values even when you’re older,”
said Khatereh Sheibani, an
English professor at the University
of Guelph.
Sheibani teaches classes on
post-colonial literature and film
at the U of G. The term “post-
colonial” refers to places and
people that have come under the
dominating influence of imperial
powers, and for media corporations
like Disney, portraying them in the
right way is a serious business.
Aladdin is one of Disney’s
most popular cartoon feature films
and is a prime example of how
contentious these children’s films
can be. Aladdin takes place in the
geographic area now classified as
the Middle East, giving its own
version of that culture which
MAR. 4 - 10, 2010
Bruce Tuten
While Disney cartoons usually fill us with warm memories from childhood, even something so seemingly
innocent might require some critical thought.
tends to portray the area’s people Disney productions simplify other usually of another culture or
inaccurately. parts of world. They present a very nation,” said Sheibani.
“Hollywood movies like standardized “other” meaning The character Aladdin is
presented as a Middle Eastern boy
who doesn’t have much money
and is just trying to get by. But
critics claim that the strange
thing about him is his strikingly
North American appearance and
demeanor. You need only hear
him speak to hear that he has no
accent, and his American hairstyle
makes him look like Zac Efron.
The physically Middle Eastern
character’s are the villains in the
film, often chasing him around,
portrayed as angry, unpleasant
men who carry swords and have
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“I was born and raised in the
Middle East, yet I got to know
Great Career Arabian Nights through Aladdin,”
said Sheibani. “The colonizing
process first and foremost happens
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in a film, Disney and many other
Hollywood movies can draw you
into believing in false stereotypes.
Aladdin is not the only film
with stereotyping issues. Pinnochio
wouldn’t be complete without
its bad tempered Italian villain,
Stromboli. Interestingly this film
was made in 1940, when Italy and
America were fighting one another
in the Second World War. Lady
and the Tramp features Siamese
cats that are portrayed as South
Asian, and run around the house
causing all kinds of mischief and
blaming it on the hero of the film,
an innocent American dog.
“Normally the hero is American
in Hollywood Disney movies, and
the ‘other’ is very one dimensional,”
explained Sheibani.
One of the most prominent
ideas within Disney films is its
portrayal of gender roles, especially
in the princess movies. The
majority of feminine characters
in these films are defined by their
quest for a handsome prince, which
is usually their only true hope for
happiness.
“American women as portrayed
in Disney could be considered
colonized because again, the idea
of superiority is focused on white
males dominating them,” said
Sheibani.
Aladdin, throughout the film, is
in love with the beautiful princess
Jasmine, which shows young male
viewers that they too must go out
and find a princess in order to be
happy. This, in turn, is perhaps
placing a specific type of societal
expectations on young male
viewers as well.
“Women should be beautiful
sexual objects of desire for men,
but they should also prove
economic value,” said Sheibani,
on the expectations placed on
female characters in many Disney
princess films.
What Sheibani recommends is
to question what we are viewing,
even if it’s something as seemingly
innocent as our most beloved
Disney cartoons.

THE ONTARION 161.7
Taking out a human book from the library
The second annual
‘Human Library’
kicks of at U of G
NICOLE ELSASSER
For the second year in a row,
the University of Guelph library
will be abuzz with excitement
for the Human Library. On Mar.
4 and 5, students, faculty and
members of the community will all
have the opportunity to sit down
with a ‘human book,’ and through
one-on-one conversation, leave
feeling as though they’ve learned
something from someone with a
different world view or experience.
The human books for this year’s
event include people from groups
that often face misconceptions
or prejudice. Among 30 people
volunteering to be books, there
is a drag queen, someone with
obsessive-compulsive disorder, a
First Nation Métis and a victim
of a drunk driver. Participants,
or readers as they are called by
Human Library organizers, are
welcome to sign up for a time
slot with any human books that
interest them.
Janet Kaufman, who works in
the Chief Librarian’s office at the
U of G and the coordinator of
this year’s event, explained that
the ‘human books’ are selected in
a number of different ways. Some
were participants from last year
and were asked to return. Other
‘human books’ were selected
Growth in the CSA
Ja k k i D oyl e a s
Policy and Transition
Manager
DAN HOWSE
The Central Student
Assocaition (CSA) has recently
created a new position called
Policy and Transition Manager.
Former CSA Finance and Human
Resource Commissioner, Jakki
Doyle, was selected for the position
and hired on a one-year contract.
While many governments are
frequently characterized as being
overly bureaucratic and inefficient,
this hire is far from extraneous or
irrelevant.
With the turnover that one-
year elected positions necessitate,
one of the policy and transition
manager’s primary responsibilities
is the development and upkeep of
transition materials and operating
manuals for the service and
programs within the CSA.
“Right now, all the services
operate with their own form of
transition, which is maybe a little
more inefficient than it could be,”
said Doyle.
Doyle is optimistic that this
continuity will not only help make
the CSA more efficient, but an
organization that consistently
improves.
“If someone’s excelling and
doing a really great job one year,
in two years a new staff member
in order to have certain topics
represented and there were also
people who simply came forward
and volunteered to be ‘human
books’.
“Based on ideas from
participants last year, I had another
list of topic ideas. Not necessarily
names to go with them, but at
least some ideas that readers had
suggested they would be interested
in,” said Kaufman. “We then did
some thinking about those topic
areas, thinking about people I
It’s a real opportunity to dispel
misconceptions, myths and confront
stereotypes and prejudices that people
have in a non-threatening, non-
judgmental safe space. …It has a very
personal kind of connection to it
might know who might fit those
categories and consulted with
some other people.”
According to Kaufman, the
atmosphere of the event is a bit
difficult to describe.
“As much as there is a buzz, it
is also very quiet,” said Kaufman.
“What we have is one-on-one
discussion going on. People were
sitting having quiet conversations
Jakki Doyle, the new policy and transition manager for the CSA, is
working to improve efficiency in the student government.
might not ever have met that
person and they wouldn’t know
what the benefits were of how they
did their job,” said Doyle.
The policy and transition
manager’s other primary
responsibilities include the
review of all CSA policies and
about whatever the topics
represented were. It was that
combination of that buzz and
quiet in a way.”
With last year’s Human Library
event being the first at the U of G,
participants filled out thorough
evaluations, all which according to
Kaufman were very encouraging.
“There were overwhelmingly
positive comments from people
who participated,” said Kaufman.
“We had people indicate that
they had learned something
Janet Kaufman
coordinator of Human Library
new, that they had appreciated
the opportunity to meet with
an individual, or maybe several
different individuals depending
on the topics that they had chosen
and to ask questions that they
would never have had a chance to
ask otherwise.”
According to Kaufman, it’s this
very opportunity to engage with
someone one-on-one that people
Rashaad Bhamjee
bylaws as well as serving as the
chair of the CSA Policy and
Bylaw Review Committee. This
encompasses a former student
position, that of researcher. They
are currently in overlap, but in
the future, the researcher position
will be incorporated into the
The Human Library brings in people from various misrepresented
groups to be human books for the day and invites others to sit down
one-on-one for conversation.
find so appealing about the Human
Library, distinguishing the event
from one where an individuals
speaks about themselves to a large
group.
“[It’s] the opportunity to sit
down face-to-face with someone in
a safe environment where names are
not necessarily exchanged…[and]
policy and transition manager’s
responsibilities.
Doyle’s portfolio is also
responsible for overseeing student
elections. The policy and transition
manager thus encompasses the
electoral CEO position, which
was also formerly a student job.
Lastly, Doyle acts as a board
resource. The policy and transition
manager is responsible for some
of the clerical duties associated
with board of director meetings,
coordinating the board of director
training and generally acting as a
resource to the chair with regard to
policies, bylaws and Roberts’ Rules
(guidelines for efficiently running
meetings).
Doyle’s emphasis on continuity,
growth and efficiency through
analysis and evaluation starts with
herself.
“There’s an administrative
component involving the review of
the job itself because the position
is new,” said Doyle.
Doyle thinks the new position
will not just help transition CSA
members from year to year but also
help synchronize various programs
and initiatives within the CSA.
“The CSA has a lot of people
working for it who are really
passionate about what they’re
doing but it’s not centralized in
any kind of organized way,” she
said.
Doyle feels that she can help
provide that organization.
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there’s an atmosphere of respect
that we try to encourage,” said
Kaufman. “It’s a real opportunity
to dispel misconceptions, myths
and confront stereotypes and
prejudices that people have in a
non-threatening, non-judgmental
safe space. …It has a very personal
kind of connection to it.”
“One of my biggest goals
is achieving that efficiency and
really making sure there’s positive,
forward motion,” said Doyle. “My
job is not to create new services or
change what’s currently working,
but to facilitate passing on what’s
working.”
Any students with efficiency
concerns regarding the CSA can
find Doyle at the CSA office in
the second floor of the UC.
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CFS ‘for dummies’
The Ontarion attempts
to make a convoluted
issue simple and clear
DANIEL BITONTI
A small percentage of students
already think it really is a big issue:
the university’s student government
pursuing legal action against both the
provincial and national components
of the Canadian Federation of
Students, Canada’s largest student
lobby group.
Last week, the Ontarion ran a
front-page news story that detailed
the current legal proceedings between
the CSA and the CFS.
It was dry. It was filled with
ith
legal jargon.
It was perhaps
interesting to only those
who understood what had
happened, how it got to this
point, and where the storyy
was going.
Ironically, the same week,k, we
ran a centre story that questioned
student apathy towards student
politics. Our news story was clearly
an ineffective way of curbing this
very apathy.
So this week, the Ontarion looks at
what the CFS is, what has transpired
between the federation and the
University of Guelph, and some of
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the criticisms of the organization.
Basically this is a “dummy’s guide” to
the issue.
The CSA, your student
government, is one of over 80 student
unions thatt make up the Canadian
Federation of
Students.
The CSA A is reducing tuition, lobbying the
belongs
to both the national
and provincial
components of the
federation and each
semester, every undergraduate
student pays CFS membership fees -
$3.30 to CFS-Ontario and $3.97 to
CFS-National.
“Basically they have a three-
pronged approach. They do lobbying,
research and campaigning,” said
Momina Mir, the CSA’s external
commissioner. “And believe it or not,
the amount of contribution students
pay for CFS is outnumbered by the
benefits they receive. Students are
getting a lot of what they individually
would have never been able to
accomplish
acco without being part of the
CFS.”
CFS
The
Th CFS’s best-known initiative
government
g on behalf of students.
In Ontario, the Drop Fees
campaign culminated in a day
of action against tuition hikes,
a showing of solidarity more
than
th anything else. According to
the CFS, national efforts to reduce
and
an freeze tuition have had success
over the last 15 years. Tuition fees
in British Columbia, for example,
were
w frozen between 1996 and 2002.
In Manitoba, fees were reduced by 10
pe cent in 2000-2001, only to finally
per
thaw last year. Students in Quebec,
as well as Newfoundland and
Larbrador, have also benefited from
tuition freezes in the past decade.
Beyond fighting for affordable
education, the CFS provides
students with services such as the
International Student Identification
Card and the Travel CUTS program,
promoting student-oriented products
and services, such as student fares on
airlines and trains, and student tour
packages.
But what gets Mir particularly
fired up are the wide range of social
justice causes taken up by the CFS,
such as the Task Force on Racism
and the Task Force on Islamaphobia,
a program Mir was personally
involved in.
“Those students have no other
avenue,” Mir said. “This report [on
islamaphobia] was done provincially
and nationally so you get to see
what’s happening at other campuses
that are better than you and ones that
are not as good as you.
“You can share that information
and improve on your services. I took
this report to all the administrations
across the province and I worked
with administrations on improving
services that impacted students
locally.”
Erin Millar, a journalist who has
been covering the CFS since 2002
and a founding editor of Maclean’s
On Campus website, agrees with
Mir on the effectiveness of a national
student lobby.
“[The] CFS has access to so
many ministers. They have the ability
to put in opinion on the budget. They
have all that structure. They have
done a hell of a lot over the years,”
she said. “If you look at some of the
things they have done on campus,
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not to do with tuition, they are really
important.”
Millar points to the No Means
No campaign as an example of this,
a CFS-run initiative that raises
awareness about rape, something
that “nobody on campuses wants to
talk about.”
But the CSA has taken legal
action against the CFS, in the name
of democracy.
In the fall of this year, student
organizers, frustrated with the
federation, sent petitions to the
provincial and national component
with student signatures requesting
a referendum. According to both
CFS-Ontario and CFS-National
bylaws, in order for a referendum to
take place, petitions must be sent to
the federation six months prior to an
intended referendum with signatures
of 10 per cent of the student
undergraduate population.
CFS-Ontario has denied students
a referendum because petitions were
sent in past the deadline. Issues over
the validity of student signatures
on the petition sent to the national
component have stalled the process
there. The CSA has asked the
Ontario Superior Court of Justice
to decide whether a referendum will
take place. It will do so on Mar. 23.
A smooth referendum process has
seemed elusive at other universities,
as well. The Post Graduate Students
Society at McGill is currently asking
courts in Quebec to set a referendum
date. In the spring of 2008, the
B.C. Supreme Court decided that
Kwantlen University College would
get to vote on the issue of membership
after the CFS tried to delay the vote
until the fall of that year. Similarly,
the CFS had previously asked the
provincial courts in Ontario to rule
on the Guelph petitions this April or
May, a development that would have
effectively postponed the referendum
to the fall.
What has happened over the last
several years continues to be a matter
of interpretation; some students have
argued that litigations between the
CFS and students unions reflects
the heavy-handed tactics of an over-
zealous and greedy organization,
bent on putting barriers up to
democracy. Other will argue that
bylaws are bylaws, and in the case
of the Guelph petitions, the bylaws
were not followed.
Whatever the case, Millar has
picked up on a trend over the last
eight years: “I guess the thing that
has been consistent over the years
has been this ends justifies the means
thinking that is really, really harmful,”
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she said. “I think they [the CFS]
honestly believe in it [their mission]...
people who want change are kind of
seen as just foolish students. So they
[the CFS] justify the crazy tactics
they have in the name of the issues
that are so important.”
Millar points to several anti-
democratic practices of the CFS she
believes has led to a “backlash”over the
last several years. While government
and university transparency is one of
the CFS’s key lobbying platforms,
student media has found it difficult to
attend CFS annual general meetings
over the years. This past December,
the Concordian reported that the
CFS granted media credentials to
only two reporters for their Annual
AGM, one being the Ottawa bureau
chief for the Canadian University
Press.
The CFS has also explicitly
tried to silence dissent in the past,
according to Millar. In 2007, in
perhaps the best-known example,
the CFS threatened Ryerson’s
student newspaper with a lawsuit if
it printed certain statements about
the organization. In a joint letter
to the editor last week, the Guelph
Campus Conservatives, University of
Guelph Young Liberals and Guelph
campus Greens outlined their own
issues with the CFS and demanded
that the Canadian Federation of
Students “demonstrate financial
and administrative transparency,
take a non-partisan stance during
elections, acknowledge student right
to choose through a referendum and
cease unjust litigation of your own
students.”
Again, the claims that the CFS
is against democracy are a matter of
how you interpret events that have
taken place over the decade.
Mir, however, still remains
confused on where anti-CFS rhetoric
is coming from.
“There hasn’t been a single
student out of 18, 500 students who
have walked in here to my office and
said ‘I have a problem with the CFS
being not transparent and asking
about issues over litigation.’ This is
the first time I have heard of any
issue. This is a new concept that [the]
CFS isn’t democratic.”
Student media across the country
continues to report weekly in a way
that highlights the transgressions of
the CFS. But being such a complex
issue, if students wish to truly
grasp the issue, you must become
journalists, ensconcing yourself in the
hundreds of articles written over the
last five years. All we have to say is
good luck!

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Helping Haiti rebuild better
DAN HOWSE
If someone told you Haiti
needs to rebuild better, you’d
probably think they were referring
to architecture. Anyone who owns
a T.V. has seen the tragic images of
sunken buildings, buried families
and massive destruction caused by
the recent earthquake. Yet many
people don’t realize that one of the
reasons the devastation has been so
severe is that Haitians have been
plagued by similarly catastrophic
social and economic disasters.
At 1pm this Saturday Mar.
6, the Bookshelf Cinema will be
screening Artistide and the Endless
Revolution, directed by Nicholas
Rosser. Mary Skerrett, one of the
event organizers and members of
the Canada Haiti Action Network,
described the film as “a balanced
and fairly detailed account of the
removal of the democratically-
elected government in Haiti, in
February, 2004, by forces from the
United States, Canada, and France.”
Many Canadians do not know
the role that Canada played in the
removal of this government six years
ago. This documentary will provide
insight into actions that have
gone virtually unreported in the
mainstream press. Skerrett thinks
The Juried Art Show, in its 42nd year takes over the Zavitz Gallery
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competition. This year, organizers
expect close to 200 submissions.
And with no categories, the
best paintings, sculptures and
performance pieces will compete
together.
According to Miles Stemp
and Darryn Doull, this year’s
curators, it’s the degree of student
involvement that makes the show
different from any other.
“It’s the shear scale of it all,
the fact that it is entirely student
instigated,” said Doull. “The whole
process starts with the students, it’s
for the students and everyone comes
together around the students.”
It’s the responsibility of both
Stemp and Doull to select jurors
and organize submissions. This
year’s annual silent auction takes
place tonight at Atmosphere
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it is important that Canadians are
aware of the part they have played
in the current state of Haitian
governance.
“Most Canadians do not realize
that Canada played a role in not
only the coup d’etat, but also the
installation and direct support of
the ‘installed’ regime lasting two
years following the coup,” Skerrett
said. “This brutal regime resulted in
military occupation by a supposed
‘UN Peacekeeping Mission,’ and
severe repression of the Haitian
masses.” Furthermore, many of
them do not know the role that
Canadians play in the support of
the government in power currently.
“Most Canadians do not realize
that Haiti is Canada’s largest aid
commitment in the Americas and
the second-largest aid commitment
in the world after Afghanistan,”
Skerrett added.
Although Canadians have
jumped to Haiti’s aid in response to
the recent tragedy, very few of them
know precisely where their money is
going. Skerrett contended that much
of the support going into Haiti is in
the hands of loaning institutions
and other groups not furthering
Haiti’s best interests. “Most of
the money in Haiti right now is
at 8pm, featuring the pieces
of respected names in the art
community, including the works of
several professors from the School
of Fine Art and Music. All work for
the auction was donated.
But organizers say the Juried
Art Show has as much to do with
exposure as competition, providing
aspiring professionals with a venue
to display their work to the wider
artistic community.
“We get contemporary
Canadian artists, writers and critics
from Toronto and the surrounding
area because of the connections we
have,” said Stemp, still not ready to
reveal this year’s respected panel of
jurors.
“It’s sort of fortifying what the
University of Guelph has started
to forge with Toronto. I think that
is really a key thing,” added Doull.
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in the coffers of the International
lending Institutions, and the many
thousands of Non-Governmental
Organizations (NGO’s) which
have been operating in Haiti for
the past few decades; many of
which are funded by Canadian aid
dollar.” Skerrett said. “The Haitian
government must be strengthened in
order to work alongside the Haitian
population to rebuild their country.”
The event has also been
supported by local Guelph labor
advocacy groups. Local CUPE
3913 Chair, Trudi Lorenz, urged
citizens concerned with where
their tax dollars go to check out the
screening.
“[Much] of the poverty exists
because of the foreign policy,
imperialism and colonialism that
Canada has been implicated in”
Lorenz said, “and a lot of people
don’t know. We’ve been concerned
about the earthquake but we should
also be concerned about why the
devastation has been so horrible and
how we’ve been implicated in it.”
The screening will be followed
by a question and answer session
with speakers from the Canada
Haiti Action Network. For Rashaad Bhamjee
further information, check out University of Guelph student and singer Amy Nodwell performs
canadahaitiaction.ca. during a noon hour concert and benefit called Hearts for Haiti,
“As far as the jury goes, that is one
of the unique things that they are
totally separate from the university
… that is part of the value of the
experience. People get a chance to
know someone in the art world. We
bring in a respected person from
Toronto and they come and spend
the day with us.”
Last year’s jurors included
Corwyn Lund, a sculptor from
Toronto, Erin Stump, a curator
who works with Board of Directors
gallery in Toronto, and Ivan Jurakic, Julia Chapman
a U of G Studio grad and the The Juried Art show provides art students the opportunity to have
curator of the Cambridge Gallery. their work judged by an internationally recognized jury.
Both Stemp and Doull said
that Univeristy of Guelph grads displayed in top galleries in the city. selected by the jury, each discipline
are now becoming an extremely Doull thinks over half the galleries in the studio art department will
hot commodity in the Toronto in Toronto have someone from award it’s own prizes as well. The
art community. Members of the Guelph working in them. Juried Art Show is free and open to
“Guelph Mafia” as they are known Along with the top ten prizes as the public.
in Toronto, have seen their work well as the 20 honorable mentions
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THE ONTARION 161.7
GIRLS
ALBUM
On the surface, Album by the
all male band, Girls, is one of the
many melancholy, low fidelity
gems of 2009. But catch a glimpse
of Christopher Owens’s (singer/
songwriter) back story and demons
start to emerge.
Owens grew up in the evangelist
Christian cult, Children of God
(COG), until he escaped at age 16.
COG was started in California in
the 1960s and grew notoriety for sex
abuse scandals involving children.
One of the most recent and
disturbing scandals was the 2005
murder-suicide committed by Ricky
Rodriguez (son of COG leader).
It’s not of public record, whether
Owens was sexually abused as a
child, but his lyrics and music videos
suggest a curiosity surrounding
nudity and sexuality (see “hardcore
version” of the “Lust For Life” music
video). In the opening line of the
opening track, Owens states, “I wish
I had a boyfriend…” it’s possible
he is “coming out” but it seems
more likely he’s expressing his lack
of a male figure growing up and
continuing the androgynous joke
which started with the band’s name.
(In an interview by Faqmagazine,
Owens confirms the latter). Perhaps
Owens can rest now, after finding
Chet “JR” White, the other (lesser
profile) half of Girls who does the
band’s lo-fi production.
Call Album “shoegaze,” “jangly,”
“Californian” or “surf-rock.” Or
make all the Elvis Costello/Beach
Boys/Buddy Holly comparisons you
like. At the end of the day, Album
sounds just as unique as it did when
it was released last September. In
the first 22/44 minutes, “Lust For
Life,” “Laura,” “Ghost Mouth” and
When life gives you lemonade, make art out of it
Dave Willekes shows
his work at eBar with
Burn Planetarium
JOSH DOYLE
“I’ve tried to not treat art with
as much preciousness as I have in
the past, and that sort of influenced
how I used different mediums.
That’s how the whole coffee thing
came about,” said Dave Willekes,
explaining some of the bizarre
techniques behind his new and
old art, both of which he’ll be
showcasing at eBar this Thursday.
Willekes art will be featured at
eBar before a live concert featuring
Guelph’s Burn Planetarium and
Waterloo’s Tyson & the Trepids.
Willekes graduated from the
University of Guelph’s studio art
program in 2007 and has been
busy ever since making waves in
the Guelph scene with his unique
approach to visuals. The biggest
wave he’s made came in the form
of a show called Le Cyc.
Le Cyc, showcases a dystopian
society powered by bicycles, and
“Hellhole Ratrace,” floor
you with emotional distress.
While the second act picks
you up and leaves you longing
for “Summertime,” “Lauren-
Marie” and “Morning Light.”
For the average person, your
troubles pale in comparison,
making Album the perfect cheer-up
record for the midterm blues.
As toe-tapping as some of the
tracks are, the lyrics and vocals
are what really make Album an
impressive debut. It’s a lesson in
minimalist writing and on no other
track are the lyrics as clear and
powerful than in “Hellhole Ratrace.”
The song starts out with a pseudo-
reprise to “Ghost Mouth,” but
quickly bursts into an unforgettable
chorus. Although never tedious,
it’s easy to get lost in the 7 minutes
of repetition over ever-dreamier
guitars.
It’s a disturbing question, “would
Girls be famous without Owens’
cult history?” It’s not a stretch of the
imagination to think, “No.” Girls are
not the first artists to get a publicity
boost from COG. Jeremy Spencer,
former member of Fleetwood Mac,
is also one of the oldest members
of COG and gave Owens his
first guitar (according to Matador
Records). The Phoenixes (River,
Joaquin, Summer and Rain), Rose
McGowan and Susan Cagle were
all COG members. Regardless,
even records as good as Album don’t
stand the test of time without some
undeniable talent backing them.
Notable Tracks: “Hellhole Ratrace”,
“Lust For Life”, “Laura”, “Ghost
Mouth”
Listeners may also enjoy: The
Beach Boys – Pet Sounds, The Pains
of Being Pure at Heart – S/T
Next Sound Check: Joanna
Newsom – Have One On Me
-Daniel Wright
the imbalance of power within it.
The show’s haunting combination
of still frames, all done by
Willekes and all
done using coffee
and wine, has an
alluring effect when
put to music provided by
an indie orchestra.
The show is a
multimedia
collaboration with
an indie undertone,
featuring vocal
performances, a six
piece orchestra,
and nearly
400 images
hand painted
by Willekes. All
of his work will be
available for your viewing
pleasure at eBar this
Thursday.
“For Le Cyc, the overarching
theme was to never become
complacent with the circumstances
that you’re in. You have to
continually be questioning your
surroundings and the power
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Featured artist: Christina Boyer
Christina Boyer is a painter that is working herself out of painting within painting. If that description is
confusing, that’s alright, but it really isn’t that difficult to comprehend. Think of it as if you were a pediatrician
that doesn’t like working with kids, but all your training is in that field.
What makes Boyer’s work interesting is that she is thinking about painting in a completely different way.
Her source materials are photographs, though she relies on them minimally. She translates the photograph
from a real to an abstracted painting, yet still maintains elements of the image. Primarily, Boyer uses pictures
taken from Facebook, which is, in and of itself, not unique. What makes Boyer unique is her ability to make the
subject matter engaging by developing a disconnect between the subject and painter. Furthermore, she brings
the ownership of the image into question, while facilitating a dialogue concerning the façade of our personal
identity that we create and censor. She
engages our perceived notions of self
versus our actual selves.
I would describe Boyer’s practice
as loose and free flowing, allowing her
to develop her paintings intuitively. It
becomes the mixture of the shear joy of
painting with the agony and frustration
of it, yet it all works out in the end. She
leaves unprimed sections of the canvas
that create a dialogue between the
picture plane and the physical surface.
This is similar to a technique used by
Vancouver painter Ben Reeves, who
engages with the painting on both
surfaces. Boyer and Reeves blot out
the image and create importance in not
only the subject, but in the paint, the
painting style, and the process.
-Miles Stemp
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hometown of Guelph to Montreal, “Having a cup of some left
and just about everywhere in over lemonade, you think, lets see
between. If you missed it, don’t what happens if I throw some ink
fret - they’re looking to book in there and put it on the page. Its
some performances for this year got this strange effect and I think,
as well. ‘wow, I couldn’t have done that if I
Willekes’ latest work isn’t the tried to.’ It’s sort of like embracing
multimedia bombardment Le the randomness of other elements
Cyc was, and the paintings aren’t that you can’t expect.”
done using coffee and wine. This As of late, Willekes has
time he used ink, along with branched off from his work in Le
lemonade and orange juice. It Cyc and has been putting energy
seems Willekes can’t get enough into new projects, some of which
of these unexpected sources of will appear at eBar.
colour. What motivates an artist to “Overall I guess those pieces
include these strange ingredients are overlapping other art I’ve
in his work? done in the past.” He added that
“There’s colour and pigment his work is partially a response to
in pretty much everything around what some call graffiti, and the art
us,” he noted. “So I just got into the that comes into existence as part
habit of using everything around of normal city life.
Courtesy me, and often they would give “In the streets, art is always
me really unusual results, which covering itself. It’s like this evolving
ultimately are more interesting to organism the way we see walls and
structures around you,” said Dave look at. You kind of get the chaos the way they are continuously
explaining a bit about the show. of these random elements drying overlapping and changing.”
Le Cyc went on tour on a page.” Visit the walls of eBar and
beginning in September 2008 and It makes sense, when you check out Willekes’ newest work
didn’t stop until December 2009, consider that experimentation is a and then hear the music of one of
hitting everywhere from Willekes’ huge part of the evolution of art. Guelph’s tightest local groups.
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MAR. 4 - 10, 2010 THEONTARION.CA

Sweeping through the semis

Gr yphons net f ive
goals in front of
h o m e c r o wd t o
advance to the OUA
Championship.
JUSTIN DUNK
The Guelph Gryphons women’s
hockey team is playing their best
hockey at the right time of year.
After taking down the
University of Toronto Varsity
Blues in the OUA quarter-finals,
the Gryphons knocked off the
second-seeded Queen’s Gaels 5-2
on Saturday afternoon and ran
their playoff winning streak to
three games.
After defeating the Gaels
7-4 in a surprise road upset on
Thursday, the Gryphons started
strong again on Saturday, racing
out to a 1-0 lead, early in the first
period. Jessica Zerafa provided
the first Gryphons goal just seven Rashaad Bhamjee
and a half minutes into the period. Gryphons forward Dayna Kanis tries to go high on Gaels goaltender Mel Dodd-Moher in Saturday’s semi-final win over Queen’s.
Zerafa’s goal was her second of the
playoffs and added to her league- Skoufranis had two huge saves one rush to keep the score 1-0 in the game after scoring a hat- The final two Gryphon
leading playoff scoring tally with early on to keep her team in the after the first period of play. trick in Game 1. markers were scored by third-
seven points. game. Skoufranis turned away a The second period was filled “When I was coming down year defenceman Jody Hodgins,
Goaltender Danielle breakaway, and a Gaels two-on- with back and forth offensive [the wing], I just cut in and used and fourth-year forward Patricia
action - eventually, the Gaels were the defenceman as a screen,” said Harris, who finished off some hard
able to solve Skoufranis and tie the Small. “[Dodd-Moher] had no work from line-mate Samantha
game at one apiece. Shortly after idea where the puck was.” Ryder in the corner.
Queen’s tied the score, third-year Small’s team-leading fourth With the win over Queen’s, the
goal of the playoffs sent the fans Gryphons are back in the OUA
at the Gryphon Centre into a championship series, and will face
frenzy and ignited the rest of the the Laurier Golden Hawks for
We’re pumped Gryphons attack. the second consecutive year in the

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the right time minutes away. The team carried the champions. The team knows what
to really give momentum from Small’s second
period goal into the final frame.
they have to do in order beat the
Golden Hawks this time around.
Laurier a taste The Gryphons were all over the “We just have to play really
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relentless pressure against the Ryder. “[If we] play as a team, I
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close they were to advancing to the
think we can be really successful.”
The best-of-three series starts
So many opportunities. next round. on Thursday, Mar. 4 at the Sun Life
Patricia Harris The Gryphons scored three Financial Arena in Waterloo, then
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League honours for Gryphons rookie
Kiriakou takes home
OUA hardware as
Gryphons season
comes to a close
DAN HOWSE
While the Gryphon men’s hockey
team had their playoff wings clipped
by the Lakehead Thunderwolves
in the OUA West semi-finals on
Friday, there are plenty of things to
remain optimistic about.
The Gryphons beat their
first-round opponent at Laurier,
fell in overtime in both losses to
Lakehead, and still, like everyone
else, got to cheer on Canada against
the United States on Sunday.
However,even more importantly,
this team is poised for the future.
Just prior to the Lakehead series,
centre Thomas Kiriakou and
defenceman Tim Priamo were
both named to the OUA West
all-rookie team and Kiriakou was
named OUA West Rookie of the
year, after leading the Gryphons
with 32 points and 14 goals during
the regular season. Priamo was the
highest-scoring defenceman for
the Gryphons this season, adding
four goals and 16 assists.
Kiriakou was nothing short
of a pleasant surprise for the
Gryphons this season. While by
no means unknown to coaches,
the Ottawa ‘67s product wasn’t
necessarily planning on pursuing
his university education right away.
After being cut in training camp
by the Minnesota Wild in the
National Hockey League, Kiriakou
decided that taking advantage of
the education package the OUA
offered was more important than
playing for the Florida Everblades,
one of the Wild’s minor league
affiliates.
Gryphons off to the final four
SARAH DUNSTAN
The Gryphon men’s volleyball
team beat the Windsor Lancers
in a nail-biting five-set match on
Saturday and their celebration,
however sweet, was short lived,
as the Gryphons are already
preparing to compete in the OUA
semi-finals against the McMaster
Marauders.
The full-length match-up
featured outstanding back and forth
action with neither team able to
sustain a great deal of momentum,
and, despite Guelph’s best efforts,
the Lancers took the first set by a
score of 25-23.
But, the Gryphons fought
back, ending the second set with
a resounding 25-12 victory. The
score was predominantly tied for
the duration of the third set, but
the Lancers managed to pile on
the extra points towards the end,
finishing the set with a 25-23
advantage, putting the Gryphons
season on the brink of collapse.
Guelph brought the game to a tie
by ending the fourth set with a score
of 25-18, and worked frantically to
beat out the Lancers in the fifth by a
score of 15-12. Notable contributors
Thomas Kiriakou (left-centre in white) was among the team leaders in most offensive categories in his
rookie season.
Having friends already in the
program and having heard great
things about the campus, Kiriakou
elected to pursue the next stage of
his career in Guelph.
“I heard Guelph had a great
program,” he said.
Although Kiriakou was part of
a consistently solid ‘67s team, his
former OHL club had had limited
success in the playoffs. Despite a
berth in the Memorial Cup in his
first year at age 16, the ‘67s hadn’t
made it out of the first round since.
With that in mind, Kiriakou
was enthusiastic about defeating the
favoured Golden Hawks in the first
round, but felt that the Gryphons
could have easily beaten Lakehead
in the semi-finals, leaving him
optimistic and focused for next year.
in the Gryphons victory were
Andrew Revie with a phenomenal
25 points, Andrew Bartram with 18,
and Jonathan Whitton with 16.
The team was ecstatic with
the results of the game, bringing
them one step closer to the OUA
championship title. But, by the
time head coach Cal Wigston
had returned to Guelph from the
St. Denis Centre, he was already
watching replay videos and preparing
for Friday’s game.
Though the team’s winning streak
may seem sporadic to onlookers,
according to Wigston, the team’s
success has been several years in the
making.
“Four years ago, we sat down and
[asked] ‘when do we want to go for
the championship?’” said Wigston.
Instilling a philosophy in an
individual, let alone a team of
volleyball players, is a lengthy
process; however, it looks as though
all the behind-the-scenes planning
has finally paid off. The team has
finally come together, and has a
good shot at winning the OUA
championship title.
“Friday’s game will be an
opportunity for us to get back into
“Laurier was a great series for
us.” Kiriakou said. “[Goaltender]
Scott Van Bommel stood on his
head and in the [Lakehead] series,
we lost both games in overtime.
“We knew we could beat
Lakehead. They were ranked third,
but they only had two more points
than Laurier,” he continued, showing
frustration given the closeness of the
playoff losses. “At the beginning of
the year, we played Laurier in an
exhibition [game] and they just
crushed us. But our record after
Christmas was [so much better].
We had a lot of young guys and
new players so no one really gelled
together quick.”
Though coming so close was
obviously frustrating, Kiriakou was
impressed by the teamwork that the
the final game,” said Wigston.
Championship outcomes aside,
the men’s volleyball team has still
had a great season. Last Friday, three
Gryphons received OUA honours,
including libero of the year Gabe
deGroot, who received the honour
for the second consecutive season,
after placing third in OUA in total
digs with 173.
Second-year rightside Winston
Rosser lit up the scoreboard for the
Gryphons this season with a scoring
average of 4.22 points-per-game,
placing him fourth in the OUA,
and Jonathan Whitton, a fifth-year
student, finished second on the team
in scoring, with an average 3.37
points-per-game.
Wigston indicated that all three
of these players have contributed
to the team’s successful season, and
are extremely motivated to win the
OUA championship.
The Gryphons will play against
McMaster on Friday in Hamilton.
Guelph has fared well against the
Marauders during the regular season
with respective game scores of 3-1
and 3-0. But, however skilled the
men may be, they can expect no easy
victory. McMaster still very much
Rashaad Bhamjee
Gryphons demonstrated.
“We came together as a group,
which was fantastic,” he added.
According to Kiriakou, the
strongest part of his game is his
passing sense.
“I can read plays really well, and
I know where my linemates are,” he
said.
His linemates are inclined to
agree. Ed Gale said that he and
Kiriakou, along with fellow linemate
Kris Belan, clicked immediately
once head coach Shawn Camp put
them on a line together.
“We had instant success
together,” Gale said, recognizing
that a large part of this chemistry
was due to Kiriakou’s understanding
of the game. “He reads the play well
and is a great finisher at the net.”
Fifth-year captain Jonathan Whitton was instrumental in helping to
lead the Gryphons over Windsor in the OUA quarter-finals.
presents a formidable foe,
“They’re a seasoned veteran team
SPORTS & HEALTH
11
Coaching search will
begin immediately
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luck. They understand what an
opportunity this is for me and my
family.”
As a former Gryphon player
himself, Walters has always been
recognized as a player’s coach, and
is firmly responsible with having
turned the team around in the
past few years, instilling a positive
winning attitude and earning the
respect of his players and fellow
coaches.
“[Coach Walters] really increased
my understanding of the game,” said
graduating fifth-year quarterback
Justin Dunk, arguably the player that
benefited the most from Walters’
teaching. “He always had my back and
believed in me as a player. He brought
a winning attitude to this team.”
This is not Walters’ first
professional coaching opportunity.
A former defensive back with the
Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the CFL,
Walters went on to be the assistant
special teams coach with the Ti-
Cats in 2003 before returning to his
alma mater as assistant coach and
defensive coordinator in 2004-05.
The head coaching vacancy with
the Gryphons is said to be one of the
more desired positions in Canadian
university sport and is expected to
draw a healthy number of applicants
from a variety of backgrounds.
The position is expected to be
filled within the next several weeks
in time for spring camp.
“We’re going to fill this position
as soon as we can. We’d like
experience at this level of coaching,”
said Kendall. “We’re looking for
[someone with] a clear vision where
the program will go and how to get
athletes to their full potential.
“We need someone who will fit
right into the culture in this city.
We’ll be very selective.”
Rashaad Bhamjee
with some very good players,” said
Wigston.
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Track and field competition tightens

Unexpected Track and Field
OUA Championships
Hockey (M) West Hockey (W)
OUA West Semi-Ànals OUA Semi-Ànals
Volleyball (M)
OUA Quarter-Ànals
performance at OUA Individual Medals
Sarah Peirce
Guelph vs Lakehead: 3-4 Guelph vs Queen’s: 7-4
Guelph vs Lakehead: 4-5 Guelph vs Queen’s: 5-2
Guelph vs Windsor: 3-2
OUA Semi-Ànals
Championships has - Gold 60m
Rachel Cliff
Gryphons lose best-of- Gryphons win best-of-
three series 2-0 three series 2-0
March 5, 2010
Guelph @ McMaster
Gryphons hungry - Gold 1500m
- Silver 3000m OUA Finals
Jess Vanhie March 4, 2010
for nationals - Silver 1500m
Kyle Boorsma
Guelph @ Laurier
March 6, 2010
- Silver 1500m
MIKE TREADGOLD - Gold 3000m
Laurier @ Guelph
March 7, 2010
Brittany Herd
Perhaps all that was needed was - Bronze weight throw (if necessary)
a little wakeup call for the Guelph Shaneista Haye Guelph @ Laurier
- Silver high jump
Gryphons track and field teams. Mike Lopatowski
Wrestling
The perennial favourites in the - Silver high jump
Tim Hendry OUA Championships
OUA, the Gryphons performed - Silver shotput Men’s Team Results
- Silver weight throw 1. Lakehead (59)
well, but not quite as well as they Dustin McCrank 1. Brock (59)
might have expected at the OUA - Gold weight throw 3. Guelph (53)
Brent Roubos
Championships at York University - Broze weight throw Women’s Team Results
last weekend, with the men finishing Guyson Kuruneri 4. Guelph
- Bronze longjump
second and the women third. Allan Brett Individual Medals
“I feel ‘medium’ about how - Bronze 3000m Kyle Grant
Genevieve Lalonde - Gold 130kg
things went,” said head coach Dave - Bronze 3000m Jake Jagas
Scott-Thomas of how he felt about Jason Diston - Gold 72kg
Kevin Iwasa-Madge
- Gold pentathalon
the weekend’s performances. “We - Gold 65kg
realistically finished a little bit below Team Medals Scott Wolowich
Silver: 4x800m women’s relay - Silver 61kg
expectations.” Bronze: 4x800m men’s relay Mike Katsilas
The Windsor Lancers won Rashaad Bhamjee - Bronze 76kg
Overall Standings Mathieu DesChatelets
both the men’s and women’s team Dustin McCrank continued to dominate the men’s weight throw Men - Bronze 82kg
titles, cementing their program as event, winning gold at the OUA Championships. 1. Windsor (144) Allison Leslie
- Silver 67kg
2. Guelph (122.5)
the current favourite going into the 2. Western (122.5) Laura Christensen
- Bronze 55kg
CIS national championships next gold medal performance by Jason in Windsor. 4. York (85)
5. Ottawa (78) Hilary RaÁa
weekend. Diston in the pentathalon. “We’ve got [another week] to - Bronze 63kg
Top: Canadian women’s
As a team, the Gryphons won 19 “Jason is one of the top two or reload and re-learn for [nationals],” Women
1. Windsor (179)
curling team skip,
Cheryl Bernard (photo:
medals. The Gryphon men tied for three athletes on campus,” said he said. “We’ve got a better team 2. Western (136) Julia ShonÀeld)
3. Guelph (111.5)
second place with Western, and the Scott-Thomas on Diston, who also than we showed last weekend, but 4. Toronto (92.5)
women trailed only the Mustangs plays for the Gryphons football I’m not down about it.” 5. York (63)
and Lancers. team in the fall. “I think he’ll be a While the exact number of Figure Skating Left: Women’s 15km
cross country skiing
“The track and field league is strong candidate for OUA Rookie Gryphons who will be competing in OUA Championships pursuit
Team Results
very strong right now,” said Scott- of the Year in track and field. Windsor has not yet been finalized, 1. Guelph - 78
Thomas. “It’s way better now, top to “I’ve been coaching for a long Scott-Thomas speculated that there 2. Western - 70
3. Waterloo - 61
bottom, than it was 10, or even five time,” Scott-Thomas continued. will likely be around 14 Gryphon 4. Toronto - 57
Bottom: Canadian
years ago.” “I can tell you that he has national women and 20 men participating. 5. Queen’s - 55
Melissa Hollingsworth
Ànished 5th in the
Despite the team’s overall team potential. He’s going to be a The showcase track event of Guelph Medals women’s skeleton.
Gold: Synchro Team
shortcomings, the Gryphons still keystone of this program for years the finals is likely to be the men’s Gold: Laura Barbison & Ariel Porty - Sr. Silver Similar
had a number of outstanding to come.” 3000m, which could feature as Dance
Gold: Rebecca Wilkes & Christine Kucava - Bronze
performances, including a podium Other Gryphon gold medalists many as five Gryphons in the final Rhythm Dance Four’s
sweep of the men’s weight throw included Sarah Peirce in the eight, including the return of Matt Gold: Krista Ricciatti & Tessa Mailling - Sr. Similar
Pairs
competition, led by All-Canadian women’s 60m, Kyle Boorsma in the Brunsting, the two-time men’s Silver: Charlotte Drewett - Sr. Silver Free Skate
Dustin McCrank, who was joined men’s 1500m and Rachel Cliff in cross-country champion, who has Silver: Rebecca Wilkes & Christine Kucava - STAR-
Skate Gold Creative Dance
on the podium by Tim Hendry and the women’s 3000m. been hampered by injuries during Silver: Sandra McCubbin - Sr. Silver Solo Dance
rookie Brent Roubos. Despite the Gryphons struggles the track and field season but has Bronze: Laura Stratton, Tessa Mailling, Lauren Black &
Charlotte Hoyle - Pairs Fours
Gryphons rookies also performed at York, Scott-Thomas, the eternal still managed to qualify for the final
admirably at York, led by a startling optimist, is ready for a big showing races.

THE ONTARION 161.7
Behind the scenes of the Olympic dream
The Olympics prove
to be a success for
Vancouver and the
nation’s pride
ELIZABETH MCLEOD
The Olympic flame may have
been extinguished this past Sunday,
but the memory and legacy of the
2010 Winter Olympics in Canada
will certainly remain.
While national unity is always
one of the aims of the Olympic
dream, never before has it been
as formidably accomplished as in
Vancouver over the 17 days of the
Winter Games. The combination of
the hometown spirit, amazing talent
and a record-smashing number
of gold medals won by Canadians
seemed to work its magic on the
Canadian population.
However, the Olympics were
far from being merely ‘fun and
games,’ and it took an extraordinary
amount of planning, work and
volunteer effort for Vancouver to
pull off the spectacle.
A series of negative public
relations events including violent
protests, the tragic death Georgian
luger Nodar Kumaritashvili,
inclement weather, ticket
cancellations, and technical
malfunctions during the opening
ceremonies set the scene for what
could have been a disastrous 17
days. While the situation was
portrayed as bleak, and the attitude
of the nation began to slip, spirits
remained high in Vancouver, in
part due to the overwhelming help
of the volunteer presence.
Meryl MacDonald, a University
of Guelph student, resident of
Vancouver, and volunteer at the
Olympic Games was highly
involved in Olympic effort and
recounted the experience of the
city.
“I participated in the Olympics
every way that I could,” she began.
Nothing but praise for Walters’ decision
On
tarion
MIKE TREADGOLD
In football, arguably more so
than any other sport, it is the head
coach that drives the team.
The players execute, but the
coach implements.
Whether it’s recruiting,
planning, motivating, adjusting, or
simply providing the foundation
for success, more is demanded of
head football coaches than any
other boss in any other sport.
This is what makes Kyle Walters’
decision to move from Gryphons
head coach to special teams
coordinator for the Winnipeg Blue
Bombers in the CFL that much
more significant.
Let’s face it: from a combined
playing and coaching perspective,
arguably, no individual has had
a greater impact on Gryphons
football in the past 15-plus years
Short track speed skater Marianne St-Gelais exuded Canadian pride
following her silver medal in the women’s 500m in Vancouver.
“From volunteering and taking part
in the free exhibits downtown, to
being a spectator.”
The immense commitment
and involvement of the 70,000
volunteers who participated in the
games cannot be overlooked by
the country when celebrating the
success of the games.
“I applied to be a volunteer two
years ago through the VANOC
volunteer site,” said MacDonald. “I
had two phone interviews and one
in-person interview before being
accepted.
“In 2003 I went to Prague as
a ‘Bid Booster’ with several other
Vancouverites that had an interest
in winning the bid, so this whole
experience has really come full
circle for me.”
The city of Vancouver opened
their doors to the world, but many
than Walters.
First, as a player, he helped lead
the team to a pair of Yates Cup
victories in 1992 and 1996, and
then, as head coach, Walters took
the team back to the provincial
championships in 2007, only to
eventually bow out to the Western
Mustangs after a hard-fought
playoff run, including a miraculous
comeback against Laurier in the
conference semi-finals.
For years now, Kyle Walters
was one of the faces of Gryphons
football.
Year after year, he helped
bring in some of the province’s
most talented high school players,
stocking the Gryphons’ previously
bare cupboard with a plethora of
talent, enabling the program to
thrive for years to come.
Walters instilled a winning
attitude among his players,
supporting their every move and
helping them grow into outstanding
athletes and individuals.
He loved his players, coaches
Geoff Sherman
residents were initially skeptical of
how this would affect themselves
and their hometown.
Preparations for the Olympics
were a monumental challenge
for all stakeholders in Vancouver,
including businesses, residents
and the government. Since the bid
was won in 2003, the construction
the city undertook to improve the
transit system (mainly the RAV
line – an extension of the sky train
from the airport to downtown
Vancouver) and construction to
the Sea to Sky highway had been a
huge inconvenience for the majority
of residents. Residents were
concerned with the inconvenience
and financial strain, as well as issues
such as the growing homeless
population in the downtown
eastside of the city. MacDonald
recognized the growing number of
and the atmosphere in the
Canadian university game, and
openly admitted that he could have
seen himself retire as a Gryphon.
But, like anybody else with
a passion for the game and an
ambition to move up, opportunities
at the next – in this case, professional
– level can be oh, so inviting.
And when the Bombers came
calling, Walters couldn’t help but
entertain their offer for him to
uproot and take charge of their
special teams unit.
The announcement of Walters’
decision caught many off-guard.
Players were surprised and I’m sure
potential recruits were startled,
having learned that the man who
had spent so much time soliciting
their services would no longer be
available to lead them onto the field.
But, Kyle Walters should not
take any blame from this situation.
He, like anybody else, is pursuing
his dreams.
The most obvious comparison
to draw from this story is players
homeless as a definite challenge for
the city.
“Maybe, while the city is still
in a position to spend, it will make
more challenging but necessary
upgrades,” she suggested. “Work
needs to continue in the downtown
eastside, addressing the increasing
number of homeless, the growing
drug problem and the need for
social housing developments.”
The severity of the issues were
the source of a number of protests
and the skeptical opinions about to
whether the Olympics were what
Vancouver really needed. However,
many argue that the new spotlight
on the city and increased tourism
can be seen as positive results from
the Olympic investment, which will
continue to give back to Vancouver
residents.
“The majority of people were
able to set the issues aside for
the duration of the Games,” said
MacDonald. “From volunteering
to party-going and witnessing an
immense amount of pride and
patriotism never before seen, I’d say
paying this party off for the next 50
years is definitely worth it.”
MacDonald has high hopes
for the city and it’s post-Olympic
legacy.
“Over the last couple of years,
Vancouver had gotten a reputation
of the ‘no-fun city,’ and that
reputation is certainly no more,” she
continued. “The new developments
– both residential and sport venues
– will also be part of the legacy that
the Olympics have left.”
The Olympics were a success, not
only for Vancouver, its volunteers,
and those directly involved in the
games, but also for the nation as
a whole. According to TSN, an
astounding 26.5 million, or 80 per
cent of Canadians, tuned in on
Sunday to watch Sidney Crosby
score the gold medal-winning goal
and the nation’s cheers were heard
from coast to coast.
in the CFL taking advantage
of opportunities to play in the
National Football League.
Every single year, CFL players
are faced with the difficult decision
of abandoning their Canadian
roots for greener pastures south
of the border. When you dedicate
so much of your life to a single
venture, you can’t help but have
your interest peaked when the next
great challenge presents itself.
Doug Flutie ate, slept and
breathed Canadian football for
nearly a decade, but it would be
hard to blame him for listening
when the Buffalo Bills inquired
about his services back in 1998.
Likewise, Walters, the ultimate
loyal Gryphon, should not be
vilified for his decision, but rather,
lauded for his ambition and
thanked for his commitment to
Gryphons athletics.
Everyone in this community
wishes him nothing but luck and
success in the next chapter of life
for one of football’s true class acts.
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Success on the mats
The Gryphons wrestling teams were
in action over the weekend at the
OUA Championships in London.
The men’s team won the bronze
medal and the women finished
fourth, while a number of Gryphons
took home individual medals. Kyle
Grant, Kevin Iwasa-Madge and
Jake Jagas all took home gold medals
with Jagas also being named OUA
rookie of the year. Scott Wolowich
and Allison Leslie took home silver
medals and Mike Katsilas, Mathieu
DesChatelets, Laura Christensen
and Hilary Rafia won bronze. All
Gryphon medalists qualified for the
CIS Championships in Calgary in
the first week of March.
Men’s ski team takes OUA
silver
The Gryphon men’s Nordic ski team
won the silver medal at the OUA
Championships in Orangeville over
the weekend. The Gryphons, who
came into the event with one of
the deepest teams in the province,
performed admirably with a number
of top ten individual finishes. OUA
all-star Matti Little was fourth in
the men’s 10km classic and fifth
in the 15km freestyle. Ian Ritchie
finished ninth in the 10km, earning
him an all-star nomination as well.
The men’s relay team won bronze.
On the women’s side, Vesta Mather
and Laura Hewitt both had top ten
finishes, resulting in all-star nods as
well. The women’s team just missed
the podium with a fourth place
overall finish.
Women fall in quarter-
finals
After making dramatic
improvements in the 2009-10 season,
the Gryphon women’s volleyball
team finally met their match in
Friday’s quarter-final playoff match
up against the Western Mustangs.
The Gryphons, who had not taken
part in postseason play in the past
five seasons, were defeated three sets
to none by the Mustangs, ending a
very successful season. Before the
game, a pair of Gryphons, Claire
Sandor and Kylen Van Osch, were
named first team OUA all-stars.
Gryphons fall to
Thunderwolves in semi-
finals
The Lakehead Thunderwolves
handed the Gryphon men’s hockey
team a pair of overtime defeats in the
OUA West semi-finals to knock the
Gryphons out of the playoffs, ending
their season. The series opened last
Wednesday night at the Gryphon
Centre where the Gryphons
executed a miraculous third period
comeback to send the game to
overtime, tied at three. In the extra
frame, however, Andy Hyvarinen
beat Gryphons goaltender Scott
Van Bommel to give Lakehead the
win, sending the series to Thunder
Bay for the final two games. Game
2, however, was all that was needed
as again, the Thunderwolves took
the Gryphons to overtime where
Matt Caria scored his third goal of
the game, clinching the series win.

T How will your character, experiences and qualifications enable you to better the
he Central Student
Association elections
are upon us with voting
running from Mar. 8 - 12. And
whether or not you are personally
enthusiastic about student politics,
the candidates running for the
executive positions in the CSA
are among the most involved and
passionate members of the University
of Guelph student community. The
candidates chose to run for one
of the five available commissioner
positions based on what they felt
they were most qualified for, or
interested in the work that the
CSA does. Those interested in the
academic and university affairs
commissioner can expect to advocate
for students in matters relating
specifically to the university in
general. This includes working with
student representatives at a number
of levels, including Student Senate
Caucus, college governments and
program/curriculum committees.
The communications and corporate
affairs commissioner is the
mouthpiece of the CSA and works
to communicate with students
about what the organization offers
and any changes or issues that
arise within it. The external affairs
commissioner is responsible for
representing student views outside of
the university on a number of levels
including local, provincial, federal
and global levels. This position
works directly with outside unions,
including the Canadian Federation
of Students to ensure the student
voice is heard. The local affairs
commissioner represents students
in their concerns about living in
the city of Guelph. This individual
works directly on tenancy issues and
their most well-known work is the
various issues that arise from transit.
Lastly, the human resources &
operations commissioner maintains
the organization of the CSA from
the inside. The individual works
with various clubs and CSA-run
organizations as well as managing
the CSA Health and Dental Plan.
Students have the power during
the voting period, not only to choose
who will represent them in the
aforementioned positions, but also
to vote on a number of referendum
questions.
A guide to who’s on your CSA ballot
individual student experience in your desired CSA executive position?
Academic & University Affairs
Local Affairs Commissioner External Affairs Commissioner Commissioner
Shaun Karey-McKenna
There are those who wish to lump us in with high school students, and
more than triple the cost of our bus pass. I will fight them with every beat of
my heart, with every ounce of my strength. All I have to give is blood, sweat
and tears, and give them I will. I promise that every day when you pass by
my office I will be sweating, I will be bleeding, and I will be crying; for you.
From my days as the Finance Committee Chair of the University Centre,
I have garnered much experience in how the University politics work, and
have more than once tested my mettle against those who wish to unfairly
raise student fees and exploit the student population. Let me be your voice
in Guelph and we shall usher in a new era, an era in which the student voice
is heard and respected throughout City Hall.
Anastasia Zavarella
I believe I can enhance the students’ experience by helping re-orient the
Central Students Association toward an advocacy model, as opposed to a
governance one. Students have plenty of people governing them and it’s
time their student union began to advocate for the financial, physical and
social accessibility of their education. I believe in maintaining a reasonably
priced buss pass, increasing safety on campus and in transit and making local
farmers’ produce accessible to students. I will work in partnership with the
food bank to bring Community Supported Agriculture shares to campus,
as well as working with the Bike Centre to advocate for safer and more
numerous bike lanes. I will work with stakeholder organizations on campus
to attack the problem of growing rates of hate graffiti and sexual assault in
order to produce a more safe and harmonious campus for all students. I will
fight tooth and nail for students.
Human Resources & Operations
Commissioner
Alexander Moore
I have had a wide range of campus involvement, including RLS, Interhall,
club executive, and most currently working as the Clubs Coordinator and
Staff Rep for the CSA. My work in RLS and activism on campus has given
me an in-depth understanding of how student organizations function on
campus and given me the crisis and conflict management skills that are
essential for the HR&O position. Working as the Clubs Coordinator
and Staff Rep for the CSA has given me the opportunity to work with
CSA bylaw and policy, and manage Clubs and finances. All of these skills
combined give me the ability, experience, and means to know how to reach
out to students and give them the services and safe inclusive space that they
deserve. Every student walking into the CSA should know that it is a union
elected by them, and is there to support them.
Nick Stepanov
It’s important to recognize that no one student experience is like another.
Academics or athletics, working hard or party harder, growing as a group or
a journey of self-discovery – university is different for everyone. As HR&O
Commissioner, I must ensure that CSA benefits ALL students. My three years
with the Guelph Campus Co-op, our student bookstore and housing provider,
have taught me what makes a large student organization function well and
how to continuously improve it. Last year the Co-op rebated over $120,000
to our members. At the end of the day, helping students financially makes the
biggest difference. My work in Finance, HR and operational committees, in
GCC and CSA, my education in Management Economics, and supervising of
up to 40 people in the Canadian Forces have equipped me with the necessary
skills and experience to run the HR&O portfolio well. But most importantly,
my character, sense of duty, integrity, and community...is what ensures I will.
Curtis Batuszkin
I am well known across campus for my open mind, humorous demeanour,
and full-bodied laugh. I am a political moderate with an open mind to discuss
any idea, even ideas that I may not originally agree with. My experiences with
student groups stems back almost 4 years with my first job as an RA in Mills
that sparked a desire to become more active on campus. I am a passionate
and well-informed debater with a long track record of engaging in critical
discussions about all matters involving our student life. I have demonstrated
my resolve to tackling controversial issues such as continued membership in
the CFS. I believe that the External Affairs Commissioner should be able
to provide leadership opportunities and foster a desire for social change with
our students. I believe that in order to do so, we must approach solidarity as
beginning locally and being pursued externally.
Denise Martins
Although I have a lot of background around our university, I am especially
experienced with this commissioner’s portfolio. I’ve worked closely with
both this year’s and last year’s External Affairs Commissioners. This year I
also sat on the Drop Fees committee (which is facilitated by the External
Affairs Commissioner) and collectively we organized Guelph’s day of action
against student fees. While collecting signatures, I met many students that
were genuinely struggling to make ends meet. I have had the same fears
and struggles myself but this experience allowed me to talk to students first-
hand and realize that we all want to rant: we all want our voices heard and
we want someone to listen and understand what we go through. The CSA is
here for students. Let’s listen.
Communications & Corporate
Affairs Commissioner
Eric Timmie Fortier
During my time at the University of Guelph I have been able to
develop several skills, though my experiences, which I believe will aid me in
representing the undergraduate community. I have always been interested
in the views of others, and I have a great passion for raising awareness to
grassroots that would otherwise go unheard. My experience on campus
has allowed me to work with many various groups; this has given me many
perspectives on how students needs differ within the university population,
and even within specific groups. I believe the most important aspects of
being a representative of the student voice is the ability to be both aware and
give consideration to the entire student populous.
Most importantly when improving the individual’s experience, I would
approach the students on a personal level that they are able to relate to. I’m
Timmie and I want to ‘Take U Forward.’
Demetria Jackson
Being a student at the University of Guelph is all about getting involved;
be it events, clubs, sports, or student government, being active defines the
University of Guelph experience. I believe that I am the best person for the
Communications & Corporate Affairs Commissioner position because I
am personable. The experience of being a Student Ambassador during my
first year has enabled me to approach students and introduce myself with
ease. My involvement with the Ontario Public Interest Research Group has
increased my awareness of conflict and respect for diverse opinions. Students
need someone who will keep them regularly informed about events and
important issues. I plan to use social networking sites and weekly podcasts
to keep you ‘in the know’ about the ways you can improve your student
experience at the University of Guelph. If you want transparent action, vote
Demetria Jackson.
Kevin Bowman
In my 4 and a half years at Guelph I have had experience with many facets
of student life at Guelph: academics, athletics, clubs, student government,
living in residence both as a student and as an Residence Assistant, living off
campus, financial difficulty and many more. Most importantly I understand
the difficult task of balancing these things with the rest of life: friends, family
and health to name a few. As a recent graduate I have no other obligations to
distract me from my duties as Academic and University Affairs Commissioner
and I intend to use this advantage to dedicate myself entirely to the task
of accurately and responsibly representing the student body. Unfortunately
none of the three candidates (myself included) are particularly experienced
in academic policy compared with previous Academic Commissioners. Such
as it is, I believe my competence, dedication and lack of other obligations
make me the best choice.
Roisin Lyder
The individual student experience is improved when we elect representatives
who are devoted to defending student interests (at the university, local, provincial
and national levels). As your Academic and University Affairs Commissioner I
will be committed to advocating for the academic diversity and quality of this
institution, even in the face of budget constraints. Working with numerous
clubs, organizations and campaigns on campus has taught me that students
want more effective representation from the CSA. My experience sitting
on the CSA board of directors has given me the working knowledge of the
organization that I will need to effectively implement changes. My friendly,
approachable and inclusive nature makes me a good resource for students with
academic questions and concerns. At the same time, my strong belief in the
importance of accurately and effectively representing students will mean that
I’m never afraid to tackle controversial issues should they arise.
Shireen Noble
The most important experience for this position for me is that I am a
student. I’ve lived, worked, and volunteered here, and I’m aware that the
decisions made by the Academic & University Affairs Commissioner can
affect your experience here. This has also made me aware of how varied
the student experience can be, and why YOU need representation when
decisions are made.
The university faces having to make a number of cuts next year. I’m
committed to engaging you in this process so we can make the best possible
choices. It’s essential for all commissioners to work together to run efficiently,
and I’m excited to work with any of your candidates.
When we graduate from Guelph, I want us to be proud to be from here,
and I want to be part of making that happen. So when you vote, make the
Noble choice and vote for Shireen.
Vote online at
csaonline.ca
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Mar. 12!
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Is that paint in your hair? No, I’m just going grey

How to respond
when your scalp
changes its tint
JOSH DOYLE
Joe saw the look on his
hairdresser’s face as she combed
his dark hair, ready to make the
necessary cuts.
It was a look of surprise, and
Joe knew exactly why. He recoiled
in horror as the woman’s eyes
widened. The piece of bubble gum
she’d been chewing rolled out of
her open mouth and crashed to
the floor, along with Joe’s self-
esteem, where they mingled with
his discarded locks of hair.
Ashamed, the woman tried
to act as though nothing had
happened, but the irrevocable
damage was done.
You see, Joe was but 21, and
although his hair was black and
healthy, and had been throughout
his entire life, he was beginning to
find scattered throughout his dark
mane ever so few rogue strands of
that dreaded, dreaded colour.
The colour that makes one
recoil in shame when they see
commercials for Grecian 5; the
colour that makes one look at
their father’s hair with anger and
wonder, “Why did you even have
me?!”
The colour was grey.
Joe, who requested his last
name be concealed, given the
embarrassing nature of his claim,
may have exaggerated the story
of the hairdresser when he told it.
But nevertheless, his feelings were
clear.
“That’s certainly how it felt,” he
said of the infamous salon incident.
“I definitely saw her eyes open up
when she started cutting a part of
my hair that I knew had greys.”
Joe, like many other young
males who begin to see grey hair at
an early stage, had no idea why his
once dark hair was now showing
strands of silver.
“I was just shocked, really,” he
admitted. “I always thought people
went grey at [age] 50, not 20. So
really, I was frustrated at first.”
Some believe that going grey
early can be a result of stress,
which ties in to the misconception
that getting scared suddenly can
turn your hair white.
Although there may be
something behind this idea, it’s far
from the whole truth, according
to Dr. Jnanankur Bag, a genetics
professor at the University of
Guelph.
“Stress is probably a factor,”
said Dr. Bag. “When people take
a stressful job or are in stressful
situations, their hair can turn grey.
“But grey hair seems to be
genetically linked. People tend to
follow the greying pattern of their
parents.”
For anyone who just dropped
this paper on the floor after
recalling pictures of their father
with a full head of grey hair at 25,
I sincerely apologize.
“I have a friend who started to
turn grey quite early, not necessarily
due to stress,” said Dr. Bag.
Certainly, Dr. Bag is not the
only one with a friend like this.
“Greyness is sometimes linked
to vitamin deficiency,” he added.
“So it looks like there is a genetic
factor, as well as an environmental
[factor].”
What Dr. Bag explained was
that although factors such as
health and stress may have an
impact, the issue is thought to be
largely genetic, leaving the solution
somewhat out of your hands.
But, this doesn’t have to
frustrate you further. It can help
you realize that going grey is only
natural, and truly, not a big deal.
Grey hair happens, sometimes
very early on, and if you have seen
a couple of grey hairs popping up,
you certainly aren’t the only one.
What young men with grey
hairs should do is not hide, but
share their stories of hair trauma,
in an effort to liberate themselves
from their prison of premature
aging.
Besides, grey hair can be cool.
Just look at George Clooney,
he’s still getting roles in big time
movies, and girls love him. U of
G student Stephanie Kreplin said
she’s not at all against a man with
a bit of colour to his mane.
“I have a love for men with grey
hair. It’s handsome and it screams
experience,” she said. “A man I
work with has a full head of silver
hair and he’s absolutely beautiful.”
After hearing this, I jotted
down Joe’s number for her. He’s
still awaiting the call.
In addition, members of the
fashion community are beginning
to go grey on purpose, completely
negating the idea of dyeing their Beatrice Murch
hair to avoid grey.
Kate Moss was recently seen Gere. again. Don’t be afraid of the grey
rocking grey streaks at a handbag Clearly, salt and pepper is in. So – embrace it. Coming soon: the
launch in Paris, and people all all you young men thinking your survival guide to going bald. Stay
over are asking their hairdressers first grey hair is the beginning of tuned.
to make them look like Richard the end of your good looks, think

Revisiting the resolutions

Two months into
2010, how are your
ambitions holding
up?
KATELYN DINGMAN
It’s easy enough to make a New
Year’s resolution, but can you keep
up with your goal?
The tradition of creating a
New Year’s resolution dates back
to ancient Roman times. Janus,
a mythical kind of the Roman
Empire, became an ancient
symbol for resolution. In the
early traditions of new years, the
majority of Romans looked for
forgiveness from their enemies in
their resolutions. Although the
tradition of establishing a New
Year’s resolution has changed over
time, the basic motive behind
the New Year’s resolution has
remained consistent.
Common modern New
Year’s resolutions include
quitting smoking and becoming
healthier. With the spring quickly
approaching, we begin to wonder
who has kept up with their
resolutions and who has fallen off
the wagon?
Gurvinder Mundi, a third-year
environmental engineering student
at the University of Guelph, vowed
in the new year to stop eating fast
food, but admitted to giving up
on his New Year’s resolution after
about a week and a half.
Rashaad Bhamjee
“It’s difficult for me to find
time to cook full meals and go
grocery shopping because of my
course load,” Mundi said.
Since Mundi spends the
majority of his time on campus
during the week, he is often
tempted by fast food.
“When I’m on campus, it’s
cheaper to buy fast food,” he said.
“But when I was living at my
house in Brampton, I ate mainly
home-cooked meals.”
Schoolwork is likely to be the
falling off point for the majority
of resolution-keeping university
students. If it’s difficult for us to
find time to cook and go grocery
shopping, how are we supposed to
find time to make other healthy
choices, like going to the gym?
A somewhat more unique
resolution came from another
student, who, for obvious reasons,
elected to remain anonymous.
“I vowed to initiate sex more,”
she claimed, emphatically.
The anonymous student said
that before making her resolution,
she wanted it to be her boyfriend
initiating the sex, to make her feel
as though she was desirable to
him.
“I know it’s silly,” she admitted.
“Because I know he loves me and
it’s self-deprecating to get into
a pattern where my opinion of
myself is based on how often my
boyfriend initiated sex.”
Up until this point, the
anonymous initiator indicated
that she has been keeping up with
her New Year’s resolution and I –
along with her boyfriend, I’m sure
– hope that she will continue to do
so.
It is important for us to make
New Year’s resolutions that
improve our sense of self, whether
it be body image or self-esteem.
There are many reasons why
we fail to keep our New Year’s
resolutions. It is important in
creating them that you adapt your
resolution if you are using one
from a previous year. If you didn’t
keep your resolution from last year,
why would you keep it this year –
something was obviously off.
It also makes it easier to keep
your resolution if you don’t have
excessively high expectations for
yourself. Tell your friends and
family about your resolution so
that they can help you to achieve
your goals.
Following New Year’s
resolutions is rarely easy, so it
is important that you reward
yourself in your resolution. If
your resolution is to save money,
reward yourself by going to the
movies with friends at the end
of the month when you see your
improved cash flow.
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17

Thoughts on Hollywood's biggest night

DUNCAN DAY-MYRON calculated to have mass appeal. perennial loser and a great actor, so The Princess and the Frog and than any other on the list.
Ah, the Oscars. The conflation Most people who didn’t enjoy it on there’s a lot of support behind his The Secret of Kells were also artistic Then there’s Up. The only
of so many of my favourite things: some level are probably not being nomination. But Morgan Freeman resurrections, testaments to the animated feature nominated for Best
betting, watching movies and wholly honest. It was a bombastic was born to play Nelson Mandela, longevity of traditional hand-drawn Picture makes it seem like a shoo-in
judging people. Like the Super love affair with filmmaking, just one and Jeremy Renner, George Clooney animation. Princess was stylish, with for the Animated category. Up was a
Bowl, it’s such a celebration of that didn’t really leave you asking and Colin Firth’s performances were big, beautiful Art Deco inspired quality film, no doubt. At this point,
excess, with millions of dollars spent questions or having conversations just as strong and nuanced as Bridges. musical numbers, and was probably Pixar seem incapable of making a
on something most people would about it after it was over. It was Renner has the underdog advantage, the first Disney “princess” movie bad movie. It broke all sorts of box
probably be watching even if it was an unlikely candidate for best which seems like it would be not to be a total slap in the office records for animated films,
held under a tent in a field in Iowa. picture, but no movie this year was an oxymoron anywhere but the face to decades of feminism: and kids and parents went nuts for
The Academy switched it up as successful, positively reviewed, Oscars, but no matter which way Tiana is a BAMF (that’s it. But, it doesn’t deserve to win.
in a few ways this year, although culturally significant or will have the the award goes, it won’t be too badass motherfucker) who On multiple viewings, it doesn’t
unfortunately not in any ways that longevity. It might be the first time strong of an upset. knows what she wants ever give up anything new. The story
will make the broadcast shorter. The where a movie won Hollywood’s My biggest passion, and will sacrifice it for is slapdash and at times feeling like
Best Picture category was expanded biggest honour for reasons outside however, is with the Best no man. two half-baked ideas stuck end to
from five nominees to a whopping of pure artistry. Animated Feature category. Kells is definitely end. It is just dripping with so much
10, in part to accommodate Unfortunately for Sandra The category was expanded the underdog, not even sentimentality that it disguises these
films that wouldn’t normally be Bullock, Best Picture is the only from three to five nominees having a wide release shortcomings. Essentially everything
considered for the award. I’m sure category for which the voting rules this year and I couldn’t think in North America we feel about Carl, the main
the producers of The Blind Side are have changed. If that weren’t the of a better year for it. yet. Hopefully the character, is set up in a saccharine
eternally grateful. case, even-money would be on Coraline and Fantastic Mr. nomination is enough to montage at the movie’s outset. Then,
The voting for that award her winning. Even though she’s Fox breathed new life into stop- get it some more attention the occasional shot of a photo of
is a little different, too. While up against perennial nominee but motion animation, a previously from critics and audiences. Carl’s wife stirs it all up again and
everything else is still a simple seldom winner, Meryl Streep (the near-dead art form, and were It is so thoroughly unique, reminds us why we’re continuing to
whichever-gets-the-most-votes- greatest actor alive), her stiffest both visually breathtaking: with incredibly detailed sit through the plodding, uninventive
wins affair, Academy voters have to competition is probably Gabourey Coraline’s technicolour imagery landscapes with visible narrative. It losing would be a huge
take the 10 nominees and organize Sidibe, the unknown who turned alternated beautifully between brushstrokes and vibrant upset to a lot of people, but my
them from favourite to least out a tear-jerking performance in macabre and whimsical, and Fox’s colour. The entire movie is fingers are crossed that any of the
favourite, which are then scored Precious: Based on the Novel Push picturesque countryside was just teeming with creativity other films are called.
accordingly. It may not sound like by Sapphire with no experience or nothing short of magical. and artistic revelation. So, those are my thoughts, and
a big deal, but it could drastically formal training. Sidibe has taken to And both movies took There haven’t been I’m sure anyone reading this has
affect future results: if, say, 30 per the talk show circuit with a bubbly, children’s stories by animated characters their own too. So take a break from
cent of voters picked one movie as upbeat personality, which was masters of the genre this expressive and studying and stop by TheOntarion.
a favourite, in past years it would the antithesis of her character in and translated them stylish since Tex ca and share your thoughts on
likely win. Now, if that same 30 per Precious. If anything, that has helped into film in ways that Avery. It doesn’t cartoons, on Avatar, and even the
cent liked one movie, but then 99 her cause. Academy voters love expanded, cleaned stand a chance important categories I didn’t get
per cent of people liked another when a then-relatively unknown, or up and, dare I say, of winning, but to talk about, namely writing and
movie second best, that could turn unrecognized, actor pulls off some improved on the it deserves the directing.
the tables. It will probably mean Stanislavksy feat of “becoming the source material. nomination more
less controversial and polarizing character.” It’s the same deal with
Best Picture wins (I’m looking at her co-star Mo’Nique. It wouldn’t be
you, Crash) with more populist all that shocking if they both won.

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I really want to get into... a how-to student guide on

Each week, Ontarion editors will divulge their sage advice for breaking into
Photography
a possibly intimidating aspect of culture. Anything that might overwhelm RASHAAD BHAMJEE
and seem impossible to "get into," Ontarion editors will seek to demystify You see them in the
newspaper, you see them online,
and make the transition from neophyte to connoisseur a simple one. heck, you even see them hanging
in the coffee shop, and you want
to have some of your own. Photos.
Everybody loves a good photo and
you really want to start making
your own, but the thought of
where to start boggles your brain.
Megapixels? Grain? Aperture?
How is anyone supposed to start
taking photos? Like this:
to learn how to take pictures
is to take them. This is where
having a digital camera is
handy as you can review what
you have just taken and it costs
nothing to take lots of photos.
Even so, thinking about how a
shot will look before you take
it is always better than clicking
away and hoping for the best.
STEP 4: LOOK AT OTHER
PHOTOGRAPHERS WORK

STEP 1: GET A CAMERA Start looking at photographs

The interior of the Canadian Opera Company building in Toronto.
DUNCAN DAY-MYRON
For the uninitiated, opera can
be a little intimidating to say the
least. Probably the biggest hurdle
for most is that it is almost never
in English. Operas tell stories, and
without understanding stories it can
be easy to feel lost. But the effort can
open a door to a whole new world
of music and performance outside of
what you may be used to. Just follow
a few simple rules, and you’ll be well
on your way.
First, stay the hell away from
Il Divo, Josh Groban, and all of
that. It’s just the wrong first step.
They have fine voices, whatever. It’s
too polished and overproduced. It
isn’t real enough. Think about it, if
someone knew opera but wanted
to get into rock and roll, would you
expect them to start with Britney
Spears’ cover of (I Can’t Get No)
Satisfaction? God, I hope not. So try
to find some full performances. Also,
pick and choose individual pieces of
larger operas, and you should accept
early on that the point isn’t to learn
how to make a sweet opera mix
CD.
When you’re looking for
something to listen to, don’t dive
in head first blindfolded; find
something you might be familiar
with. Not necessarily familiar with
the music, but the story. There are
operas based on Shakespeare, and
that’s where I started, but there’s lots
out there either based on popular
stories, or which have been adapted
into other forms that are more
popular. A short list of suggestions
follows the article. If you know
the general idea of where the story
begins and ends, you will have a
general idea of what is going on as
you listen to it.
If you can’t find any with a story
familiar to you, just look it up and
read along. There’s no shame in
hitting up Wikipedia to find out
some information about a piece
either before, during or after you
listen to it. Not understanding
the lyrics, but hearing the context
of a song, can totally change your
reaction of it. Sometimes it makes
it more awesome. You might be
listening to a piece of music and
not even realize it’s about someone
you like and find out who took
Whether it records in 1s and them. Try and figure out why
0s or is analogue, you will need you like them and emulate that
to get yourself a camera. While in your own work. The Internet
it seems like digital is the only and the library are great resources
way to go, used film cameras can for finding the work of many
Christina Pinto be bought for a bargain online photographers.
being brutally murdered.
And if you find something
you like, keep going with it. Find
different performances and different
performers. You might be surprised
how much can change. So much of a
performance lies in the hands of the
performers rather than the writers.
Opera really needs to be
approached in a different way than
popular music. If you just sit down
and throw on some Bizet, there’s a
pretty good chance you won’t sit
through the whole thing. But if
you do the legwork and get some
stuff you can follow along with, at
least somewhat, it will be a totally
different experience. And, simply
put, the people who sing opera,
especially those who perform it
live, are the finest singers on the
planet. Bar none. Mariah Carey is
a piece of shit compared to these
people. Opera requires skill and
control of the voice like nothing
else. As you listen to more, and hear John Kratz
different performances of the same
productions, you’ll start to discover and at places like Value Village. STEP 5: GET INVOLVED
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(loosely based on Shakespeare’s
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makes a quinoa glory bowl

? with sausage and garlic green beans ?

Recipe for Quinoa Glory Bowl

Ingredients Directions

For the Quinoa: In a medium pan, heat the

NICOLE ELSASSER
Quinoa (pronounced keen-
wah) is amazing. It is one of the
lesser-known grains and in my
opinion it is extremely underrated.
Among its most impressive
attributes is the fact that quinoa
can be enjoyed by vegans and non-
vegans alike, as well as its high
protein contents. It can also be
used in many of the same dishes as
rice or couscous.
Quinoa can also be enjoyed in
either savory or sweet dishes. It has
a pleasant nutty flavour, but with
quinoa the real party comes from
the slightly chewy texture and
unique translucent appearance.
While I usually enjoy using quinoa
to make a sort of porridge, with
maple syrup, berries and nuts, it
really shines in a kind of glory bowl,
much like the recipe below. Glory
bowls are among my favourite
For the garlic green beans
Kyle Gillespie
things to make because it allows
you so much flexibility and there is
no limit to the combinations one
can think up. In order to make a
proper glory bowl, the only criteria
is that the dish has to be a well-
balanced meal (vegetables, protein,
grain) all in one big bowl. This
recipe is so great for the last of the
long cold nights of winter and will
leave your belly full and warm all
night.
1 tbsp olive oil olive oil over medium heat. Fry
1 small brown onion, diced the onions until soft and slightly
1 clove garlic, finely chopped translucent. Add the garlic, chili
1 chili, deseeded and finely and mushrooms and cook for
chopped two minutes. Add the quinoa and
250 g sliced white mushrooms stock, stirring to combine. Cover
1 cup quinoa the pan and simmer for 20 minutes
2 cups of chicken stock or until the quinoa has absorbed
Sea salt and black pepper to taste the liquid and has become slightly
Parsley, roughly chopped translucent and soft. Make sure
4-5 sausages that you don’t overcook the quinoa
by making sure that when it is soft,
it still has chewiness to it. When it
Olive oil is done, stir in the chopped fresh
5 cloves of garlic finely chopped parsley and add salt and pepper to
2 big handfuls of green beans (cut taste. Meanwhile, grill the sausages
into thirds) until cooked through and slice
Sea salt and black pepper to taste them once done.
For the green beans, heat olive
oil in a separate pan over medium
heat. Add the garlic and beans and
fry them until they are a bright
green colour. Season with salt and
pepper to taste.
When all components are
done, assemble in one large bowl
and enjoy.

Dan O'Keefe's Vegan Challenge: part 6

DAN O’KEEFE
Even though February is the
shortest month of the year, it has
been a long one.
But, I made it: One month of
veganism.
No doubt it was a challenge. But
if something isn’t hard, what’s the
fun?
I have to say that this has been
an incredible learning experience.ence.
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of becoming vegan. Only a few
months ago, I knew very little about
veganism. Now, I’m practicallyy an
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and realize what goes into
processed foods, or the true
effects of factory farming, or
how animals are processed,
it is quite a learning
experience.
Another terrific part of
veganism was just how great
I have felt throughout the
entire process. Cutting all
the over-processed junk out
of my diet is one of the best
things I have ever done for myself.
Remember that saying, “Garbage
in, garbage out”? It couldn’t be truer
with regards to your diet. A pure,
balanced, and healthy diet will make
you feel awesome.
Now, where do I go from here?
Presently,I plan to stay with veganism
for a little while longer; however, in
The grand finale and future plans
my research, I found another diet
that I feel will suit me best for the
long run: the Palaeolithic Diet. It is
a diet based on what humans used
to eat before foods were processed.
Humans have existed for about
2.5 million years, and up until
about 10, 000 years ago, consumed
no processed foods. There is also
gravitation towards raw
foods, as humans didn’t
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includes many of the same foods as
veganism, but allows for lean meats
– preferably wild game or free range
– and eggs. The Palaeolithic Diet
excludes dairy and grains, which are
some of the oldest processed foods
known to man, as well as legumes,
salt, refined sugars, and processed
oils. Supporters of this diet point
out lactose intolerance (70 per cent
of people experience mild or severe
cases) and the high rates of food
allergies (about 1-2 per cent of
people) as evidence why humans
shouldn’t consume these foods.
Subscribers
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use ththe correlation between the
processing of foods and “diseases
proces
of civilization,”
c which include
Alzheimer’s disease,
asthma, cancer, diabetes,
heart disease, stroke, and
obesity, to support their
choice.
By no means was the
Vegan Challenge easy. I had to
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in a very short period of time and
work vevery hard not to make mistakes
or give into temptations. This was
very challenging,
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by the many
m people who helped me
along tthe way. I would like to take
this chance
cha to thank those people.
My introduction to veganism
was courtesy of Alice and Gemma
Stanton-Hagan. They shared a
great deal of information and made
writing my first article on veganism
very easy.
My former hallmates in Johnston
3A said that I couldn’t go a month
without meat, and then supported
me the entire way.
My RLS team poked fun and
offered support for the challenge,
as they do with every challenge we
encounter.
My parents gave me a lot of
support and put a lot of money
towards soymilk and fresh fruit.
Many of the hospitality staff
here at the University of Guelph
went out of their way to look up
ingredient lists for me and prepare
vegan-friendly food for me and all
the others on campus who have
special diets.
Rasha Taha gave me a very useful
interview and offered exceptional
insight into veganism from an
insider’s perspective.
My girlfriend, Mikhaila Lang,
supports me in everything I do,
especially with the Vegan Challenge,
and gave me a very thoughtful fake
leather belt for Valentine’s Day.
And finally, Mike Treadgold and
the team at the Ontarion made the
Vegan Challenge possible, gave me
so much direction, guidance, and
advice, and dedicated a section of
the paper to the Challenge.
To everyone here, thank you so
very much. You are the ones who
made the challenge achievable. I will
always be grateful for your constant
and invaluable efforts.
If I can leave readers with one
thing, this is it: You don’t have to be
vegan to be healthy, and veganism
isn’t for everyone. To be healthy, you
must eat well, eat unhealthy foods in
moderation, and be physically active
in one way or another. If you try
veganism and can’t stay with it, don’t
be discouraged.Eating predominantly
vegan or even just partially vegan can
be extremely beneficial. If you think
you might want to change your
diet, consulting a doctor beforehand
is extremely wise and highly
recommended. Finally, most of all,
have fun with food. Try something
vegan, because it is probably
delicious, and certainly nutritious.
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 20 LIFE
A simple yes or no. . .
A question of trust
All through high school and
into the earlier part of university,
I was in a relationship with a girl
that I considered to be my high
school sweetheart. Our time
together was good for what it was
and we both learned a lot from
being with one person for so long.
As we entered student life here in
Guelph, we began to pull away
from each other. She was having
trouble adjusting to life away
from home, while I took in new
experiences and met new people
on a daily basis. One could say it
was a natural progression and an
example of two adolescent kids
growing up and away from each
other.
Like I said, we were together for
about a year and a half in Guelph,
in which time we gained new
friends, some mutual and some
personal. The one friend in which
this anecdote centres around, is a
guy who I met on my first night
in this unfamiliar new city. As we
both had a love for skateboarding,
a friendship was immediately
forged. We would hang out on a
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regular basis, talk and basically
have good times together. And
when my long time girlfriend and
I broke up, he was there to fill the
void and show me the value and
importance of a good pal.
About a month ago he
confessed that he always thought
my ex was cute and asked me if it
would be weird if they hooked up.
By now, my feelings for my ex have
long subsided, but I insisted that
it would be disrespectful for one of
my now good friends to have sex
with my high school sweetheart.
So, last week we went
skateboarding and at the end of
the day he told me that he had
invited her over to his house and
that they had fooled around.
With this act I feel as though
he has deliberately broke the
mutual trust between us, saying
‘fuck it’ and giving into his bodily
urges.
Should I forgive this friend,
or has he crossed the line and
broken a sort of code that is shared
between two friends?
Fur comes out of hiding and becomes a sartorial option
NICOLE ELSASSER
Among my family’s various
heirlooms is a bulky, floor-length
and pristinely white wolf fur coat.
This coat was an engagement gift
from my father to my mother and
is so large that it is most likely made
up of skin from no less than three
wolves. This coat has sat unworn in
its protective hanging for most of
my life.
The fur coat, which probably
seemed like a great idea to my
father in 1987, quickly went out of
vogue in the early ‘90s when real
fur became terribly controversial
and so-not-PC, forcing my mother
to hang it up in a closet and
quickly forget it was there. This
coat continues to be what comes
to mind first when I think of fur;
warm, soft, impossibly glamorous,
yet, hidden guiltily and worn only
by a six-year-old while playing
dress-up in her room. As a child, I
would pull it out, drape it over my
shoulders, and hope that someday
it would be socially acceptable for
me to wear this poor, forgotten coat
out into the world.
As an adult, I still associate
a certain nostalgic glamour with
fur, yet I continue to find myself
uncomfortable with the idea of
wearing that first wolf fur coat. I
can’t help but struggle with the
idea of wearing the skin of three
majestic wolves (not to mention

 
MAR. 4 - 10, 2010
such an unflattering coat). But, if
there was any time for the forgotten
furs of the world to come out of
hiding and see the light once more,
it is now.
Combing through look books
and photos from recent fashion
runway shows, one fact is impossible
to ignore: fur is back whether you
like it or not.
And I, for one, am delighted.
The wolf coat is not a sartorial
option for me personally, but
this stems from my true love and
respect for the wolf as an animal.
As I have been considering furs
more and more, I realized that
there are furs that I am comfortable
wearing. I would consider rabbit,
mink coyote and raccoon because
these animals are abundant in this
world, and in the case of rabbit, are
used for meat as well as fur. I would
never consider monkey, wolf, fox
and leopard because the opposite
is true of these animals. You may
call this ethical cherry-picking.
And I wouldn’t disagree with
you. This is how I have chosen to
make my decision about what I am
comfortable wearing, others may
take a different approach.
I do have a few pieces of advice,
if you, like myself, wish to wear
fur but need a little help feeling
comfortable with the idea after
years of hearing about un-expecting
fur wearers being covered in red
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paint by PETA.
Firstly, consider the following:
if you eat meat or wear leather,
then you are with animals dying.
Coming to terms with this
realization is the first step to being
a happy fur-wearer. The second
step, if you are like me, is deciding
which animals you are comfortable
wearing the skin of. When making
this decision, I generally consider
their standings population-wise,
their other uses, and my feelings
for them generally.
Secondly, buy your fur pieces
vintage. Most of the demand for
fur of late is being met by second
or third hand coats, vests, and
collars abandoned long ago and
now stocked by vintage boutiques
and consignment stores. By buying
fur from a vintage retailer, you are
merely ensuring that older coats are
worn rather than thrown away, with
no additional animals being used.
Lastly, if you are still
uncomfortable with the idea of
wearing fur, but like the look of it,
faux fur has improved in quality by
huge leaps and bounds in the last
few years. This means that the days
of weird textured, off-coloured faux
fur are behind us and the desired
look can be achieved with no harm
to animals.
So with that said, go forth and
be warm, on-trend, and be totally
comfortable with your love of fur.







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OPINION
THE ONTARION 161.7
21
ANDREW T KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT DINOSAURS

The importance of a good web presence

Here you go, Josh.
You asked for it!
ANDREW T
Good Morning Angels,
This article was suggested to me
by someone who e-mailed me and
told me what to write about. And
I turned that suggestion into this
elegant piece of writing. It is like
The Ugly Duckling. You’ll see. But
the idea came from Josh. He’s a
loyal reader, I assume, in the same
way that samurai are loyal to their
master.
Anyways, Josh sent me an
e-mail and suggested that I write
about clubs at the University
of Guelph and what they do
digitally to stay in touch with their
members. What do I know about
clubs? Nothing! But I’ve done my
best to tell you what I’ve gleaned
from Josh’s e-mail.
First off, running a club sounds
hard.
Second off, did you know
that not all clubs have offices on
campus? I knew that, but Josh
reminded me. I need reminders
sometimes.
Can you imagine being in
a club like the Outdoors Club
(henceforth known as The O.C.)
and not having an office indoors!
That’d be a funny thing to
complain about. Luckily, they have
an office. What the O.C. also has is
a website…but it needs an update.
Like your bedsheets, websites
should be updated/washed every
nine years (at least). The O.C.
aside, having a ballin’ website is
even more important if you don’t
have an office. I mean, like, how
else will you tell members what
the dealio is? Or what the haps
are? Listservers are lame and
complicated. I know that some
people utilize those, but I think
maintaining a Facebook group is a
lot easier. But an actual website is
more legit. So do that.
For my thirdly point, I
would like to accuse UoG for
not helping things! That may be
brash, but I’m really just trying to
start some beefing. According to
Josh, the university’s offer of free
webhosting is not compatible with
MySQL, which The O.C. needs
if they want to use Wordpress as
the backbone of their new site.
Now, I like Wordpress. As far as
backbones go, it’s certainly a spine
you want to have. It’s easy to use
and change. Like a diaper, but in a
good way. And unlike the real O.C.
(which is not a diaper), the idea
of Guelph’s O.C. paying money
for external hosting and a decent
Wordpress theme is like the idea
of Ryan actually going out with
Lindsay: Yeah, we’d like it if the
club had the money to do those
kinds of things, but…paying for
things is actually like dating your
foster mom’s half sister? Yeah. For
a second there I wasn’t sure if my
analogy was sexy enough. It is.
(There is a solid dollar for the
first person to get in touch with
me an accurately explain what I
just said and what my reference
really meant.)
In summation, that last point
is calling the university out to
provide better integration for web
applications. C’mon, UoG. Do
it for the students. Dooooo It!
MySQL it up!
Basically (fourthly?) a web
presence is great. If I had an award
show, then I would give an award
to Josh for using the internet to
reach out to the O.C.’s members.
I would also give awards to anyone
that saw maintaining a readable
and beautiful webspace to be a club
priority. Having a webpresence
is a great way of a) meeting new
people, b) letting people you
already know learn more things
about you, and c) saving a URL
for when some company really
wants it and you can sell it for a
cool million. That’s why Scott and
I are gonna buy BigMoneyButts.
com and PelicanDonutDelivery.
net. One of those has gotta pay off
some day!
For my final point (#5) let me
just say that I was SO EXCITED
when I got Josh’s e-mail. Let me
just say that. If there’s ever anything
you want me to write about, let me
know. Send something to andrewt.
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hope you found this…entertaining.
I’m gonna go find something
entertaining to do now! I’ll probably
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 22 OPINION
Famous and wealthy individuals are no more than human
JUSTIN DUNK
Step into the shoes of Tiger
Woods for a minute.
It is too easy for an overweight
couch potato to call out Tiger
Woods for all of his transgressions.
A man is only as faithful as his
options. None of us really know
what Woods has to deal with in his
everyday life.
Woods has been under a
microscope ever since he appeared
as a two year-old golf prodigy
on the nationally televised Mike
Douglas Show. After appearing on
the program, Woods lived much
differently from the proverbial
“normal life.”
On Feb. 19, Woods finally broke
his long silence when he crashed
his SUV into a tree outside of his
Florida home, and all of his marital
affairs became public knowledge.
Many of us have seen the Tiger
story explode all over different
media outlets throughout the
world. Woods’ prepared statement
apologized publicly to his family, the
media, the people who work for his
L OOSE CANNON
CFS: Ask how your student movement can screw you
GREG BENETEAU
It’s not prescience. Just history
repeating itself.
There was always a good
chance that the Central Students
Association would be forced to seek
legal relief against the Canadian
Federation of Students on the issue
of holding a referendum vote. It
didn’t make me any happier to warn
people it was coming for the past 12
weeks.
Out of the 13 schools that held
petition drives this year, only one, the
Alberta College of Art and Design
Students’ Association, managed to
satisfy the CFS’s conditions to hold
a referendum. Those aren’t terribly
good odds. But what do you expect
from a group that refuses your
referendum request because you
submitted the necessary materials by
process server (i.e. personal courier)
instead of registered mail? That’s
like showing up for a job interview
and being told you won’t be hired
because you showed up in a BMW
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foundation and the young kids who
have held him up as a role model.
Woods was raised on strict rules
by his father Earl Woods, and when
his father died, it has been said that
Woods first realized all the freedoms
of the world. Earl was the person
Woods looked to for the all of his
answers. Once he was by himself,
Woods no longer had his father to
guide him, and suddenly he could
do whatever he wanted without any
discipline from his father.
Woods has grown up to be one
of the most recognizable athletes
on the entire planet and has earned
over one billion dollars during his
professional career. Let’s face it:
all of this money and fame makes
him an attractive target for women.
Seems to me that he would have
women following him around every
place he goes.
The issue that is lost in all of
Woods’ affairs is that the women he
cheated with are just as much at fault
as he is, and Woods has no obligation
to the world to apologize just because
he is a high profile athlete. All of the
instead of a Chevy.
What’s worse, most schools have
chosen not to stand up for their
members’ rights. Student petitioners
at Western and Carleton have
encountered the same problem at
U of G, except their student unions
won’t go to court to force the issue
for one reason or another. That’s a
losing strategy – when it comes to
the CFS, you have to fight for every
inch.
I’m not normally a betting
man, but I’d like to invite the CFS-
National executive to participate in a
friendly wager over what will happen
next. At stake are bragging rights
and a 2-4 of Molson Canadian. In
order for me to win, both of my
predictions will have to come true:
-The CFS will have their asses
handed to them in court – that
is, the U of G referendum will go
ahead this year. While respecting
the letter of the law, judges tend to
be pragmatic when presiding over
disputes within an organization.
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Appeals to the smart kid in all of us.
women knew Woods was married
yet they still pursued a relationship
with the famous golfer. By no means
am I saying he is innocent, but these
women are at fault as well. They
should not be painted as victims of
a sex-obsessed man. If these women
were not also pursuing Woods,
maybe there would not have been
any temptation for Woods to ever
have these affairs.
Woods must deal with events
in his life that ‘normal’ people will
never understand. The argument
that Woods deserves the onslaught
of criticisms because he chose to
live a public life is inherently false.
Who are we kidding? Woods never
chose this life, he was pushed into
it not only by his father but society.
Everyone expected the child prodigy
to turn pro. Everyone expected him
to sign endorsements deals. He had
no choice. And when he failed, like
so many other people do, he should
not have to pay anymore because he
is worth millions and because he has
a public life he really didn’t choose.
Although there are many
A justice might attempt to seek
out a compromise on the timing a
referendum, but there is no chance
the court will throw out U of G’s
petition because of the way it was
delivered, no matter what CFS-
Ontario’s bylaws say.
-When a referendum is finally
held, U of G students will vote to
leave the CFS. This is not because
of the federation’s callous disregard
for basic democratic rights, its
litigious nature or its hugely
expensive and useless attempts
at lobbying, but because the vast
majority of students have no stake
in their version of the so-called
“unified student movement.”
The CFS has long preferred to
concentrate its efforts in schools
around Ottawa and Toronto, where
seats of government are located.
When it comes time to campaign,
students will scratch their heads at
the federation’s sudden affinity for
U of G and its $300,000-a-year
membership.
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different opinions of Woods, I’m
sure we can all agree that mastering
perfection in life may be just as hard
as mastering the game of golf.
In Woods’ statement he gave no
indication of when he is set to return
to golf. When Woods does make
That’s where the bet ends.
What happens next depends
on the CSA. If the referendum
affirms defederation, our student
government must submit a
withdrawal request to the national
executive, who then puts forward
a recommendation to be voted on
at the next general meeting. (Yes,
that means that other schools
in the federation get to vote on
whether Guelph is permitted leave
– a frightening prospect, but far
enough away for the moment that
it’s not worth the worry).
Like at Western and Carleton,
if a newly-elected student union
doesn’t want to respect the will of
students, it can simply stop trying to
push the matter with the CFS. The
student union will miss its deadline
(or the CFS will raise another asinine
technicality) and the withdrawal
will fail. End of story. This has
been the case at several universities
over the years who suddenly found
their governing bodies stacked with
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spectacle that will attract attention
from his detractors and supporters
alike. I bet when Tiger gets dressed
for his first golf round back, he will
put his golf pants on one leg at a
time.
pro-CFS candidates following an
attempt at defederation.
I don’t believe that’s the case at U
of G. However, I know how student
politicians loathe to a take a stance
on controversial issues. I still think
the CSA’s version of “neutrality”
was bone-headed given the history
of CFS’s dirty tricks. Nice to a
fault, our elected representatives did
everything possible to accommodate
the federation and, as if on cue, the
federation stymied them at every
turn. By refusing to push early
and hard for CFS to respect the
petition process, the issue dragged
on until the 11th hour, potentially
jeopardizing students’ chances at
voting.
This year’s executive is finally
starting to realize that playing
politics with the CFS is a contact
sport. They’re making the right
moves. The question is, will the
incoming executive follow their
lead? That’s a question only they can
answer.
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ACADEMICS AGAINST APATHY
Profiling Dr. Keefer’s endless will to enable critical thinking
KELSEY RIDEOUT
Dr. Michael Keefer is a
professor in the department of
English and Theatre Studies. He
is also an engaged citizen who
spends much of his time publically
revealing injustices within the
Canadian government and western
policies through delivering public
lectures, participating in protests
and publishing books. His recent
talks to students and the Guelph
community have focused on the
underlying political dimensions of
9/11, the Canadian government’s
involvement in Haiti, and the
infringement of Palestinian Human
Rights in Canada. Dr. Keefer just
recently finished writing a book
entitled “Anti-Semitism, Real
and Imagined: Responsive to the
Canadian Parliamentary Coalition
on Anti-Semitism” which aims to
harness a critical understanding
of Canada’s history and flawed
approach to attaining policies,
views and actions that are meant to
reflect anti-Semitism.
KR: In what ways do you combine
academic experience with
activism?
MK: I understand the responsibility
of scholars is to do our very best to
get the truth out on subjects that
are of urgency to Canadians…
The basic thing I feel I can do, is to
apply the same scholarly tools that
I use in writing in editing difficult
texts and exploring issues of early
modern philosophy … to issues of I
think real urgency in contemporary
history. University people have a
responsibility. We have the luxury
of being able to spend our time
trying to understand things and I
think we need to try to understand
what problems we can manage to
grapple with that have urgency for
our compatriots.
KR: Last week you were a part of
the Haiti panel discussion and
voiced your opposition in regards
to the Western involvement within
the country. On Tuesday you talked
about “the Attack on Palestinian
Human Rights in Canada” for
Israeli Apartheid Week. Can you
identify any barriers that stand in
your way of getting your messages
across to the public?
MK:It’s a little bit frustrating to
realize the news media (the corporate
news media) are not hospitable to
important critical perspectives…
The news media on the subject of
Haiti want to project the image of
Canada as a good Samaritan. The
image we project is that poor Haiti
is lying, beating and battered on the
ditch…and we Canadians because
we’re binding up their wounds, we
are being decent. The unfortunate
fact is that this is propaganda, and
it’s also a sad falsehood. We plotted
to overthrow the democratically
elected government of Haiti…I
find it really unfortunate that
Canadians are not given the truth
on these matters. Canadian troops
occupied the airport, American
troops kidnapped the president, and
the French were co-conspirators.
Our media are not critically
investigating these issues. One has
to be extremely grateful for critical
news analysis and commentary on
the internet.
KR: What are you ultimately hoping
will result from your efforts?
MK:In regards to the book, what
I’m hoping is that the analytical
work I’ve done will help Canadian
Parliamentarians understand the issue
more clearly, to understand the ways
in which and the degrees in which
anti-Semitism remains a problem…
It will enable them to approach the
issue and not be panicked…because
the evidence is quite clear.
KR: What would you say to a tired
university student who is beginning
to feel that academia cannot lead
to any real form of change?
MK: A great literary thinker …said
that the university is the place, the
workshop, where the real stuff is
being done. He contrasted that to
the ivory tower of the business world.
I think we need to remind ourselves
that change comes about through
understanding, and that’s what we’re
involved with – whether it’s legal
scholars at work, historians at work,
agronomists at work, economists –
people are in different ways trying
to arrive at a fence of what the
truths are, and to disseminate that
understanding. Part of the problem
with being a university student,
and I accept partial blame for this,
is that we have a structure here that
we’re demanding you to perform
this task and another task and not
encouraging or permitting you to
raise your hands enough… for you
to say here are the large critical
perspectives, here are the large social
issues, and here’s what’s facing the
community that we belong to.
KR: How can the university
system transform ambivalent
attitudes into action, concern and
compassion?
By and large, and I say this with
OPINION
23
sorrow, the people who are in
universities are those who already
enjoy a degree of privilege that
many of their contemporaries
don’t. There are lots of people
who have the capacity to be
among us and who don’t have
the resources…I think perhaps
even if we are racking up debt in
university we are still privileged….
Of course, what one of the things
I really strongly object to is the
degree to which our system pushes
people into doing part-time work.
Many university students are in
effect doing good jobs, in order
to eat and pay their rent… and
that contributes to or takes away
from students, and their capacity
and freedom to engage in critical
reflection. In terms of motivating
people…if we stand back and
look at where we are, we should
be seriously alarmed, by you name
it – peak oil, economic collapse,
ecological collapse, the issues of
climate change and so on. People
may not want to think about
issues like that, and part of what
universities are there for is to say,
‘no, we have to think about these
things’. We cannot afford the
luxury of ignorance. We need to
engage, develop an understanding,
and capacity of critical engagement
with these subjects.
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EDITORIAL
While the world is still watching…
Canada just finished hosting
one of the world’s most significant
international events: the Olympic
Games.
We don’t need to reiterate the
importance and the spectacle that
is the 17-day event that took place
in and around Vancouver. The level
of captivation among the 80 per
cent of Canadians who tuned into
the gold medal men’s hockey game
speaks for itself.
Never before has Canadian unity
been so apparent. Never before
has the nation been so universally
engaged in an ongoing event.
And going beyond just Canadians,
for all intents and purposes, the
Olympics are a time when some of
the largest populations in the world
collectively focus on a single city and
country. The spotlight on Vancouver
and Canada has rarely been brighter
and with the ongoing Paralympics
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor,
In the piece, “A response to
Our union, our caucus,” CSA
Commissioner Gavin Armstrong
writes, “it is critical that the facts
presented are correct and coherent.
In this case, they were not. I would
like to take this opportunity to
present the correct facts.”
Gavin, I reserve a lot of respect
for you and the other commissioners,
as you represent Guelph students
to the administration, local
organizations, and even federal ones
such as the CFS. You hold a lot of
power and responsibility. That said,
it both disappoints and chills me to
the bone to think you that you don’t
know what a fact is.
A fact cannot be incorrect. A
fact, such as “24 of 216 students in
a poll indicated they were aware of
the CFS issue,” is pure truth. An
argument, however, such as “One
way of properly engaging students
is for CSA commissioners to edit
their own writing,” can be judged
coherent, incorrect, stupid, insightful,
etc.
But why am I explaining this to
you? As the “Communications &
Corporate Affairs” Commissioner,
shouldn’t you know these things?
Darren Monteith
Dear Ontarion,
I guess it was a slow news week
in general, since the Feb 25th issue
seemed to be dedicated almost
entirely (with the exception of
the sports and regular columns,
thankfully) to a discussion not of the
issues, but of the politics of politics,
and the technicalities of student
governance complexities.
Did you know that reading
week was Project Serve week, and
that students are still advocating for
action and awareness about Haiti,
women’s rights, environmental
issues, and homelessness?
Maybe student awareness and
apathy about the CFS and CSA’s
highlighting the accomplishments
of individuals who have battled
through some of life’s greatest
challenges, the accolades from other
countries should continue to pour in.
With that in mind, there has
never been a better opportunity
for Canada to bestow its most
progressive virtues on the rest of the
world, beyond the world of sport.
Granted, we are not perfect.
Not by any means. There are certain
features of this country that need
work and are cause for concern.
Mistreatment of our Native
populations and our government’s
often-apparent apathy towards the
global environmental movement, are
but two major issues that need to be
examined and reformed for Canada
to continue calling itself a global
leader and advocate of progressive
change.
But that said, Canada also has a
in-fighting is high because students
don’t find these things relevant
to what really matters: our local
community, equality, human rights
and environmental sustainability.
Maybe students would pay more
attention to the CSA and CFS if
they did something to improve the
world, instead of get caught up in
the self-importance of their own
bureaucracy.
Sincerely,
Gillian Maurice
Dear Ontarion,
On Thursday, Feb. 25, the
Ontario Legislature passed a
resolution declaring that Israel
Apartheid Week incites hatred
against Israel. Michael Ignatieff
addressed the issue by saying “Israel
Apartheid Week” (IAW), betrays
the values of mutual respect that
Canada has always promoted.
International law defines “apartheid”
as a crime against humanity.
Labelling Israel as an “apartheid”
state is... a deliberate attempt to
undermine the legitimacy of the
Jewish state itself.” It is shocking and
saddening to me to see this offensive
and hateful terminology being used
at the University of Guelph. If
organizations like the CSA Human
Rights Office are truly in favour
of seeking peace and justice in this
world, then perhaps next year they
will hold Middle East Peace Week
instead of Israel Apartheid Week.
Students on this campus must
unite together in order to create
an environment for peaceful and
productive dialogue, and this kind of
environment must be instituted in
order for actions of students to truly
have an impact on any scale. Jeff
Greenberg MAL Outreach Central
Canada - Canadian Federation of
Jewish Students Exchequer - ΑΕΠ
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lot to offer.
Universal healthcare, human
rights, access to higher education
and relatively low levels of
unemployment are things that we,
as Canadians, take for granted, but
make us the apple of the eye for many
in the international community.
And with that in mind, let’s
use this post-Olympic aura that is
resonating throughout the world as
an opportunity to prove that Canada
can be much more than a sports-
enthused mecca of polite individuals
with a liking for good beer.
The 36th G8 summit will take
place in Huntsville, Ontario from
June 25-27, 2010 and Toronto
will also host the G20 meeting in
the same month. These are two
massive international events and
will be an opportunity for Canada
to once again emanate its leadership
capabilities to the international
Dear Ontarion,
As I was walking to class today,
I was shocked to hear some of
the accusations made by Israel
Apartheid Week representatives.
Accusing Israel of being an
oppressor that is not interested
in peace is counterproductive
and incorrect. Internal Israeli
government documents, now
declassified, prove that in 1967,
following the acquisition of the
West Bank, Gaza and Sinai, and
the Golan Heights from Jordan,
Egypt, and Syria respectively, Israel
was willing to return all territory in
exchange for peace agreements with
its neighbours and an end to violence
in the region. Indeed, Israeli foreign
Minister at the time, Abba Eban,
stated that in direct talks with Arab
countries, “everything is negotiable.”
The Arab League responded with
the Three No’s: no peace with
Israel, no negotiations with Israel,
and no recognition of Israel. Since
then, Israel has made peace and
significant territorial concessions
with both Egypt and Jordan, and
pulled completely out of Lebanon,
demonstrating its continuing
readiness and desire for peace. People
should really do their homework
before making hurtful accusations
such as these. Thanks Haley Gotfrid
I would like to bring attention
to a group at Guelph that has made
me afraid of coming to campus
every morning. The reason that I am
afraid is because I support Israel. The
now yearly event known as Israel
Apartheid Week brings students
and other members of our Guelph
community’s radicalized beliefs to
the surface. We are fortunate that
heads have been calmer here than
on other campuses, but at the same
time the mere mention of Israel as
apartheid state makes me cringe
and fear the hate that sweeps our
campus. How ironic that the group
that is making me fearful is the one
meant to protect minority groups on
campus- the CSA Human Rights
Office. If I ever feel oppressed
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with the Canadian Federation of
Students (of whom all students at Board of directors
the University of Guelph are a part President
of ). I am left confused and hoping David Evans
for some clarification. Chairperson
A claim is made that the CFS Timothy McBride
should advocate effectively on issues Treasurer
that matter to students. Yet, the CFS Curtis Van Laecke
continues to dedicate enormous Secretary
amounts of time and resources, Justine Baskey
through various campaigns and Members
Matthew French
lobbying efforts, to advocate on
Andrew Goloida
numerous critical issues that matter James Hawkins
to all students. That being said, Aaron Jacklin
which of their campaigns have not Rachel Jones
been relevant to the issues students Marshal McLernon
face? Are there other issues that you Joanna Sulzycki
wish to see the CFS raise and, if
so, what are they? Have such ideas
been communicated to the CFS, Contributors
and what has been the response? Greg Beneteau
Similarly, this letter also demands Aldis Brennan
Katelyn Dingman
that the CFS demonstrate financial Josh Doyle
and administrative transparency. Yet, Justin Dunk
having possession of copies of their Sarah Dunstan
Dan Howse
publicly-accessible, audited, financial Kristian Imgrund
statements, I am more than happy Elizabeth McLeod
to share them with anyone wishing Dan O’Keefe
Kelsey Rideout
to review these records (as has been Neil Risk
done for others making similar Julia Shonfield
Michael Slotwinski
requests). What are the specific Miles Stemp
concerns that are being eluded to? Andrew Townsend
When such concerns have been Daniel Wright
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(if any) been determined to be unjust? help facilitate such a meeting. 14 15 16
If such litigation has occurred, what Always hoping for an open and
has been the outcome (if any) and transparent dialogue, I look forward 17 18 19
how has the CFS justified such to receiving your thoughts.
actions? 20 21 22 23 24
As the CSA executive responsible Sincerely,
for representing the University of Momina Mir
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Guelph in the CFS, I look forward CSA External Affairs
to hearing the specific concerns Commissioner
32 33 34 35
behind these accusations so that
they can be addressed. Should the
36 37 38
authors so wish, I am always more
than happy to meet with them, and
anyone else, to discuss this and/ 39 40 41 42 43
or other concerns regarding our
membership within the CFS. More 44 45 46
so, should anyone wish to raise such
concerns with those working at the 47 48 49 50 51 52
provincial and national offices of the
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1 6 4 8 5. Snide remark
9. Musical composition
2 9 6 14. Division word
15. Away from the elements
16. Type
8 3 5 17. Drop jaws
18. Lion’s pride, maybe
2 6 3 19. Libreville’s country
20. A slight hint
22. Take 5
7 4 5 24. Brooks of Spaceballs
25. Morsel for Rover
26. Do math
28. Cattral of Sex and the City
30. ____ king (2 wds.)
Congratulations to last week’s winner...
32. Wound
Dave Bestin 34. Foe of certain armies
36. George Burns accessory
Come by the Ontarion office 38. Secrete
to pick up your prize. 39. Hard water remnant
42. Intense rage
43. Hues
Submit your answers to UC 264 by 44. Reclusive sort
Monday at 4:00 for a chance to win 45. Sea worthy craft
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54. Trig. Angle 11. On a winning streak
55. Prefix for morning or summer 12. Most whimsical
56. Stew necessity 13. Poetic contraction
57. Dandy 21. Known to a select few
59. Hindu adviser 23. Chickadee
61. Made a yoink sound
63. Strauss’ fabric
27. Cero successor
29. Make do, so to speak (2 wds.)
65. ‘Alpha-Bits’ maker 31. Language and visual
67. Fashion rag 33. The British ____
68. Debbie Reynolds musical (1976) 34. Made known
69. Butter substitute
70. Pig’s feed
35. Is sure-footed
37. Loses faith in (3 wds.)
71. Eastern English county 39. Las Vegas sight
72. Budding body part
73. Uses a towel
40. Northern trees
41. Clown fish sanctuaries
46. Participate in the Winter
Down Olympics
48. Follow
1. Duel weapon 50. Greek god of the hunt
2. Full
3. Movie credit
51. Globular serving
52. Makes orange pekoe
4. Singapore’s Prime Minister 55. Calliope and Erato, for e.g.
(1990-2004) 58. Christmas tree
5. Kapow! 60. Nestlé treat
6. Sleeper’s nuisance 62. Roman Polanski film (1979)
7. Parti Québécois founder 63. Pass on
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Joe Crowley, Ontario Nature,
will talk about Ontario’s
Reptiles At Risk at the Guelph
Field Naturalists meeting on
Thursday, March 11th at 7:30
p.m. at the Arboretum, UofG.
Everyone welcome.
THE GUELPH RECORD
and CD SHOW - Sunday,
March 14. 10:30am - 4pm at
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Over 35 vendors. Admission
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contact: 905-777-1763.
HOUSING
Student house – two bedrooms
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Townhouse at 1155 Gordon
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please call Valerie at (905)599-
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FRIDAY MARCH 5
Talk on Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Toameh The View From Inside
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12:30pm in MacKinnon 116.
SATURDAY MARCH 6
Falun Dafa free qigong
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Info: Mai 519-823-2422.
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Canadian Blood Services
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Café Philosophique, presents
Prof. Susan Nance, Department continues with SES professor
of History, discussing “Can Rob Nicol considering “Food,
Rodeo Sports Survive the Fuel and Chemicals: There’s
Twenty-First Century.” 7pm at Plenty to Go Around.” 7pm at
the Bookshelf eBar the Diana Downtown.
Café Scientifique, a series WEDNESDAY MARCH 10
of science and technology
discussions hosted by the SES, C.J. Munford Centre presents
Black History Month Speaker:
Dr. Jean Augustine, first
African-Canadian woman
Member of Parliament, first
Fairness Commissioner of
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Employment Opportunity!

LIAISON OFFICERS
Admission Services is hiring six dynamic people
for temporary full-time employment
(Approx. August 3, 2010 to November 26, 2010)

Reporting to the Assistant Registrar - Student Recruitment, Liaison Officers will

be required to give presentations at approximately one hundred Ontario high
schools as part of the Individual School Visit Program, presenting information to
prospective students, parents, teachers and secondary school officials. The Liaison
Officers will be responsible for preparing reports on those visits; participating at
the Ontario Universities’ Fair; counselling prospective applicants; responding to
inquiries; assisting with on-campus events; assisting with the production of liaison
materials and information; general correspondence, and other duties as assigned.
Requirements of this position include: a university degree (preferably from the
University of Guelph); relevant experience in the liaison, registrarial or student
services environment, public relations or marketing, or an equivalent combination
of education and experience; demonstrated excellence in verbal and written
communication and interpersonal skills; knowledge of word processing. A valid
Ontario driver’s license is essential. Must be able to work weekends and evenings.
Extensive travel throughout Ontario is required.
Applications must be submitted
on or before March 12, 2010 to:
Human Resources, University of Guelph
Level 5, University Centre

For a full description of the job posting please visit:

www.uoguelph.ca/HR/jobpost/index between
February 26 and March 12, 2010
 Are you between the ages of 15 and 30?
Looking for a job? Then come to the

Youth Job Fair

When: Where:
Thursday, March 11, 2010 Best Western Royal Brock, Guelph
1:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. At the corner of Gordon Street & Stone Road

This Event Is Open To All Ages

For a complete list of employers and positions, visit us at:
www.workforceplanningboard.com

Bus schedule
BE PREPARED FOR AN
ON-SITE INTERVIEW
1:30 – 160 St. David Street, Fergus
2:00 – Arrival at Best Western Royal Brock
3:45 – Best Western bus leaves for Fergus
4:15 – Arrival at St. David Street, Fergus
This project is funded by the
A free shuttle bus from Fergus to Guelph will Government of Canada
be available for rural jobseekers on the day
of the job fair.