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Twelve-year detainee begs for justiceTerrorist suspect brings speaking tour about Canadian justice to Guelph

tom Beedham

on the evening of may 22, a large banner hung in the front office of 10 carden Street in Guelph. “We demad justice” the black letter-ing on the white cloth read. The typo in the second word was orig-inally just that–a typo. But after recognizing the error, the Justice for mahjoub Network decided to maintain the misspelling for what it suggested about the group’s dedication and attitude toward canadian justice–both the ideal and the system.

“We’re mad for justice,” mur-ray lumley told the audience at 10 carden.

lumley has been friends with

mohammad mahjoub, an egyp-tian national that was arrested under a security certificate in may 2000 and detained without charge ever since. He was appointed as a supervisor for the detainee after the Supreme court allowed mahjoub and four other men that had been held under the security certificates since 2000 and before to be released to their families in 2007.

While mahjoub has been out-side of prison walls since 2007, he is still a detainee, and on top of a personal supervisor overseeing his actions, a security bracelet on his ankle, and a constant scrutiny of his private life that lead to the col-lapse of his family, he’s only just been granted the ability to travel outside of Toronto, where he lives under house arrest.

mahjoub’s Guelph appearance was his fourth stop on a ser-ies of first-ever public speaking

events, an event titled after his on-going detainment, “The Twelve year Tour.” arrested for his al-leged membership in an al-Jihad precursor terrorist group called the Vanguards of conquest and agricultural work that he did for osama bin laden, the tour operates dually as a vehicle for mahjoub’s personal story as well as a medium through which he and the Justice for mahjoub Network can educate the canadian public on justice standards in canada.

mahjoub’s talks encompass much of what he has experienced as a result of his detainment. at his Guelph appearance, the de-tainee discussed multiple hunger strikes he initiated in response to jail standards; being denied visits to a dentist or eye doctor while imprisoned (mahjoub cannot see without glasses and lost five teeth as a result of a hunger strike while

Gryphons play Rogers centreFour Guelph athletes participate in OUA league championship at iconic venue

natasha graf

Sunday may 20 at the legendary rogers centre, four of University of Guelph athletes faced Toronto Varsity Blues in the baseball show-case championship. each year the ontario University athletics (oUa) league compiles its best players to

face the championship team. This year, four Gryphons have been selected to play for the first- and second-team all-stars, including Justin Intersiano, Dan mcmullen, marc mongollo and Wes romak. The Varsity Blues achieved the oUa championship title after beating the Western mustangs, their first championship title since 2003. The oUa includes seven schools: West-ern, laurier, mcmaster, Queens, Waterloo, Guelph and Brock and has been an annual event for the past six years.

The four Gryphons selected for the game are: marc mongil-lo, number 23, who plays outfield for Guelph, his hometown being Toronto ontario. Dan mcmul-len, number 17 was selected as a right-handed pitcher and is from Burlington, ont.. Justin Interisa-no, number 24, was selected as a catcher and is from Guelph. The fourth selection was romak Wes, number 44 from london, ont. who was picked as a second baseman.

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Ascot Royals play an empty crowdDismal turnout at eBar doesn’t phase Ontario’s best and brightest

roByn nicholson

How do you play to a grand total of two people and stay enthusiastic? ask the ascot royals, who played a fantastically high-energy show at eBar may 17, accompanied by Toronto’s Hands & Teeth and The elwins, hailing from Newmarket. Despite a disappointing turnout, all three up and coming bands put on great performances.

openers The elwins enjoyed the peak crowd capacity, which topped out at a whopping

17 audience members, and al-though it was probably not the best crowd they’ve ever had, you’d never be able to tell by their excel-lent performance. The four-piece cranked out charming feel-good indie pop-rock while demonstrat-ing their versatility with multiple instrument switches. a highlight was the closer “Fox Tale” dur-ing which lead singer matthew Sweeney had the crowd not only singing along but also doing a cho-reographed dance that he taught them himself. While the dance neared on kitsch, the rest of the set managed quirky additions without being cheesy, including a kazoo solo on standout track “Propin-quity.” If the caliber of their eBar performance is anything to go by, and considering the success of contemporaries Tokyo Police club and Born ruffians, the el-wins are headed for great things in their future.

Second on the bill were art rock-ers Hands & Teeth from Toronto. Self described as an

“experimental pop group cre-ated when friends unite through a love of complex harmonies,” their performance yielded stun-ning four-part harmonies and lush swelling arrangements. Taking a

cue from the elwins, each mem-ber except the drummer switched instruments multiple times throughout the set.

Particularly stunning was “come Help me,” a song which featured gorgeous and highly controlled mass harmonies and for which elwins lead singer mat-thew Sweeney was called back on stage.

Vocalist/violinist/bassist Na-tasha Pasternak, the luminous only female member, provided positively mesmerizing lead vo-cals, while keyboardist/guitarist Jeff Pinto exhibited more moody, Strokes-esque vocals. The clos-er “Hunting Season”–also the title track of their new album–was by far the most striking of the set, with the entire ensemble breaking seamlessly into driv-ing double time, while whimsical talking vocals echoed Sonic youth, and the entire ensemble giving it their all and bringing it home. The set was an impressive success in

pop-art and classical composition experimentation.

Finally the ascot royals bravely took to the stage, supported by a small group of friends and road-ies attempting to make up for the obvious evacuation of the rest of the crowd–which is a shame, re-ally, because it was quite possibly one of the better sets of live music Guelph has seen in a long time.

lead singer Jimmy chaveau, a British export, took to the stage like an explosion with more energy than the first two bands combined. The band’s brand of somewhat-generic Brit-pop rock maintained the drive for the entire set, only taking a break for a Bachman Turner overdrive cover of “you ain’t Seen Nothing yet”–a song

“about a dude with a stutter” gui-tarist Tal Vaisman quipped–which the band managed to pull off with-out any sort of irony. By the end of the set, the band actually took advantage of the lack of an au-dience by launching into a Pink

Floyd-esque instrumental jam, first guitarist and bassist facing off then letting up for a blazing drum solo. a brave and vibrant perfor-mance from a promising group of energetic and talented young men.

Describing how superb and high quality this line-up was becomes painful when considering that next to no one even knew it was happening, let-alone attended it. This is not the first time there has been poor attendance of stellar live events specifically at eBar, which begs the question, why did no one show up? Whether it was the genre that didn’t fit Guelph’s more folk-leaning demographic, the venue, or the lack of advertising (honestly the most likely culprit), concert organizers should be taking notes because if this trend continues, the appeal of Guelph for bright young new bands will diminish

completely and the city’s po-tential for fostering a thriving live music scene will be permanently tarnished.

officers refuse to arrest non-violent nATo protestorseven before thousands of protesters marched through chicago as world leaders assembled for a NaTo summit, rumours were being spread of federal agents making arrests that thwarted supposed “terrorist plots” targeted at the summit and President obama. at the protests itself, however, some officers openly refused to arrest non-violent protesters, while others even refused to show up for work.“I became an officer to help people, ya know?” one officer told press. “I didn’t sign up to throw kids in jail for taking pictures on their phones and I certainly didn’t sign up to arrest war veterans exercising their right to protest.” (Libertarian Review)

egypt has first post-revolution Presidential electionsover 52 million egyptians are voting to choose their president in egypt’s first ever competitive elections over may 23 and 24.Voters have been given the choice of 12 candidates, Islamists and secularists in the two-day elections. egyptian law allows detainees to vote as long as they have not been convicted, but sources have noted that neither the country’s former president Hosni mubarak–who was forced by his country to resign following protests in early 2011 and is currently being detained–nor any of his 44 former regime officials applied to vote. (The Hindu)

man survives tumble over niagara fallson may 21, an unidentified canadian man in his 30s or 40s hopped the fence above the Horseshoe Falls and jumped into the Niagara river in an apparent suicide attempt. While hundreds of Victoria Day visitors witnessed the apparent suicide attempt, the man was swept over the falls, but survived. Suffering gashes to his head and shoulder, a collapsed lung and chest and rib injuries, the man managed to swim to the shore after the fall, but was taken to Hamilton General Hospital soon after. He is listed in serious condition. (Toronto Star)

university of Texas faces embarrassing typoThe University of Texas’ lydon B. Johnson School of Public affairs is about public affairs–not “pubic” affairs. The school’s officials are apologizing to guests after the latter was suggested by an embarrassing typo printed on a program distributed for its may 19 commencement ceremony. (Huffington Post)

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The Ascot Royals played to a crowd of only two people at eBar on May 17, but that didn’t stop them from giving the show all they had.

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in prison); having phone conversa-tions with his lawyer tapped; being tortured for information; subjec-tion to racial and Islamophobic slurs; and a sexual assault he al-leges occurred at a Toronto jail.

It’s made plain and clear at the talks, however, that none of these iniquities phase mahjoub as much as what his detainment has done to his family.

explaining that–once released for house arrest–agents would enter his home and search it while his family was not present, sometimes taking objects like his children’s Wii device, that his

family would be stalked by agents when leaving the house, and that

his children could not have friends over to the house to play, mahjoub became emotional when relating his decision to have the canada Border Services agency take him in once again in 2009.

“my family collapsed complete-ly. I decided to take it on me again, and I called the cBSa [to say],

‘come to arrest me or I will come to your office. Send me back to de-tention.’ Because I already saw my family couldn’t take it anymore,” said mahjoub. and then his voice wavered as tears grew in his eyes:

“We divorced.” as for what he seeks to achieve

from the talks, mahjoub is asking

that the case against him and fel-low security certificate holders, algerian refugee mohamed Harkat and egyptian mahmoud Jaballah be dropped.

To this day, canadian Security Intelligence Service (cSIS) main-tains that mahjoub is dangerous and that should he be granted free-dom, he will engage in or instigate subversion by force of the govern-ment of egypt.

The “Twelve year Tour” will come to a head on the 12th an-niversary of mahjoub’s initial detainment–Jun. 26–with a pro-test outside of cSIS headquarters in Toronto.

“My family collapsed

completely... We divorced” –Mohammad

Mahjoub

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ARTs & culTuRe

book Review: Maphead, Ken Jenningsnick revington

There are those among us who are drawn to maps: the shapes, the co-lours, and the allure of mysterious places far away lure us in–absorb us, even, for hours at times. ken Jennings–record-holding 74-time Jeopardy! champion—is one of these types. In his latest book maphead (named after a term he uses to refer to geo-nerds such as himself), he examines the diverse expressions of this cartographic

obsession and the reasons behind them. This is more than just a history of cartography and geog-raphy: it is an exploration of why and how we experience maps.

Perhaps cartophilia (the love of maps) is most clearly demonstrat-ed in map collecting, as Jennings offers us a glimpse of the lon-don map Fair, where thousands upon thousands of rare and valu-able maps can be viewed, bought, and sold by the world’s foremost collectors and the general public alike. But that’s not all. There’s geocaching, too, the object of which is to find hidden contain-ers at specified sets of coordinates using a handheld GPS receiver. In-vented in 2000, the hobby is now practiced by countless numbers the world over; there are now well over 1.3 million hidden geocaches.

Then there are those who “col-lect” countries they have visited, perhaps seeking to join the Trav-elers’ century club, the swanky la-based group whose only en-trance requirement is to visit 100 of the world’s countries. others collect more obscure geograph-ic phenomena, seeking to visit,

for example, the highest point in every american state, or every land-based intersection of whole-number lines of latitude and longitude. The latter is, of course, a collection of essential-ly arbitrary points, as the use of 360 degrees to measure angles is no more than ancient convention, and the basis for longitude–the Greenwich meridian–was chosen simply by international conven-tion. Bizarre map-based hobbies abound–there are more closet mapheads than one might think.

While definitely a must-read for Jennings’ fellow mapheads, this book reads in a way that is compelling for a general audience, too. It seems clear that Jennings has not just taken his Jeopardy! millions and gone to pursue what was previously a hopeless child-hood dream of being an author–he can genuinely write well. His witty, fluid text is riddled with fascinating footnotes referenc-ing bizarre and obscure trivia, as one can only expect from a former game show champion.

In the process, maphead demonstrates the enduring

importance maps and general geo-graphic knowledge have in a world where all the blank spaces on the maps have been filled, our car GPS systems can tell us where to turn

and our smartphones can show us where the nearest restaurant is. These advancements represent a continuation of cartographic his-tory, not the end.

bringing poetry to life on stageGuelph Poetry Slam holds open mic and spoken-word compe-tition

colleen mcdonell

Guelph was treated to some origi-nal poetry on Saturday as Guelph Spoken Word held its monthly poetry slam at eBar, starting off their fifth season of competitive spoken-word poetry. Spoken-

word poetry is the presentation of poems written specifically to be performed aloud on stage. The event begins with an open mic for people to perform any-thing they’d like - music, comedy,

and of course, poetry. after-wards, the poetry slam begins, and anyone is eligible to sign up. The performances are scored by volunteer judges. Topics on Sat-urday ranged from issues in giving peace and motherhood to stage-fright, marijuana, and technology. “I write to perform,” said matthew Dryden, long-time poet and orga-nizing member of Guelph Spoken Word. “I enjoy the art of perfor-mance quite a bit.”

Slams encourage audience participation–including snaps, cheering, booing, or even brib-ing the judges to alter their scores. There are some rules, however. The poems must be original and cannot exceed three minutes, with a ten second grace period. The poet must only use their voice; no props or instru-ments are allowed. a “sacrificial” poet sets the stage at the begin-ning of each round so that the judges have a set-point to base their following scores off of. The top four performers from the first round perform again in the second round, and the poet with the highest overall score wins. Beth anne Fischer, the founder of Guelph Spoken Word, recognizes that getting up on stage can be a daunting task.

“The hardest thing is to write your name on the sign-up sheet and walk up to the stage [but] it’s all easier from there,” Fischer said.

The poetry slam embodies a friendly, interactive atmosphere.

“once you get on stage, people are going to respect you and they are going to encourage you to get up to the microphone and share your story with the community.” For poets just beginning to write or perform, the poetry slams are a great place to get involved. “listen to other poets, hear them perform, and see what resonates with you and why,” suggests Fischer. “Think about rhythm,

think about your topic, listen to other poetry, and think about what you really like about it. But at the same time, do not try to mimic other people that you like. Give yourself permission to be your own voice and nobody else’s.”

Dryden has similar advice to beginner poets: “write what you know.” The Guelph Poetry Slams occur every third Saturday of every month at eBar. as well, the

last Friday of every month is the “Soundoff” youth Slam for ages 12-22 at the Guelph Public library’s main Branch. The next one is Jun. 1, beginning with a writing and performance work-shop at 5:30, followed by an open-mic at 6:30 and then the slam. on aug. 4 there will be a day-long youth Poetry Slam at the University of Guelph, featuring performers from across ontario. For further information, visit guelphspokenword.com.

“Once you get on stage, people are going to respect

you and they are going to encourage

you to get up to the microphone and share your story with the community.”

–Beth Anne Fischer

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Poets squared off in a battle of spoken word poetry at eBar on May 19.

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Nature of the Beast celebrates oVc anniversary53-day art show kicks off at Macdonald Stewart Art Centre

Benjamin arBour

When was the last time you walked into a gallery and were greeted by a ten-foot-tall horse? This is ex-actly what happened to those who attended the opening of the exhi-bition Nature of the Beast at the macdonald Stewart art centre on may 17. No, the show was not exhibiting genetically enhanced monster-horses, and the afore-mentioned horse was not real, but a massive oil painting titled “la-bour” by the artist kevin Sonmor. The show, curated by mSac direc-tor Judith Nasby, aimed to reveal how artists contribute to and re-inforce, our assumptions about the interconnectedness of animals and humans. The event coincides with the 150th anniversary of U of G’s ontario Veterinary college. all of the pieces exhibited (which in-cluded prints, paintings, sculpture and photos) were works from both the mSac and University of Guelph collections, and were handpicked to reinforce the objective of the show.

“The catalyst for this show was to examine how animals are

depicted in art. It is truly amaz-ing to think about how animals have impacted many of our social, environmental, and personal his-tories,” said mSac co-ordinator of education and Development aidan Ware. “The exhibition addresses a really diverse set of topics ranging from agriculture to gender, and presents some of our finest pieces to the public in a completely new context. Nature of the Beast is truly a celebration of this legacy.”

The exhibition took up the en-tire first floor of the gallery, and was organized into three main sec-tions. The main gallery housed the most contemporary works, and included the previously men-tioned painting “labour” by kevin Sonmor. other notable works in-cluded “The New Boss: Jacques,” an extremely expressive and bold encaustic painting of a rooster by Tony Scherman, and “ramboys Dressing,” a Polaroid series by evergon, both of which were do-nations to mSac.

The room left of the main gallery focused more on historical works from the 17th century, and fea-tured many intricate etchings and oil paintings depicting animals and people interacting in the past. art-ists featured here included Peter Paul rubens and John Hicks Whale.

The far right room of the gallery

showcased a variety of aborigi-nal works, whose inclusion in the show made perfect sense as aborig-inal art is often linked very closely with animals and man’s unique relationship with animals. an in-teresting combination of aboriginal works in paint and sculpture de-scribed just how important man’s

relationship with animals can be to those who depend on animals for survival.

Nature of the Beast is a fine selec-tion of works from both the mSac and U of G collections. Together, the two collections comprise more than 7,000 works by regional, na-tional and international artists,

and this show gives you the chance to see a fraction of these amazing collections.

Artifacts of the everyday: “Horse and Train”seamus ogden

alex colville’s painting and its title, “Horse and Train,” introduce a dual subject. The simplicity of subject and composition give it an urge to meaning. It calls us–as Homo metaphorus–to read.

When I look at it, sometimes I am the horse, the train my death, and other times the horse is sim-ple, primeval wildness, going unquestioningly against techni-cal modernity. In any case, you and I know what will happen. yet, like thoughtless horses, we go forth with a fatal necessity, seduced by the gaze of the oncoming headlight.

Horses ran wildly through the arab world into a blinding head-light. They run wildly over the streets of montreal. Too many across canada, falsely secure in wealth and apathy, refuse to see any parallel in righteousness be-tween these Printemps (Spring) movements, between a protest and a revolution. But they have largely been initiated by the same demo-graphic, with the same desire: young people who want an active democracy, where all people–not a few–will thrive with the real sup-port of the community and state, especially during crisis periods. The two groups have pursued their

ends in largely the same manner as well: peaceful protest and creative demonstration, marred by some violence and destructive misdirec-tion. They are both answered by a threatened, forceful hand–a train, momentous and heavy.

We know which force is the mightier. So does colville, but the

painting does more than prophesy doom. It wants us to dwell on the purity and unity of the horse in its greatest instant. Horses, people, protests, revolutions, etc. are waves that gather and build into pure, naïve, beautiful potential. at the perfectly beautiful preci-pice is the storming of the Bastille,

Tahrir square, etc. and then the wave starts to curl. The realization that a group is not all one brings factions and the loss of consensus. The ‘im’ attaches to the ‘possible.’ The wave will crash. But the prior instant is all the more beautiful for it. It is that instant that colville demonstrates.

colville courts realism, but this is no photograph. line and shape are almost geometric, but the texture is soft, with an al-most water-like sheen. Despite the obvious depiction of motion, his style gives a certain stillness to the painting. a fleeting instant oddly hangs in time. It is the situa-tion, not the speed or the motion, that is captured. Subject and view-er perpetually await. Whenever I return to the painting, horse and train remain as they were - apart. What strikes me is the awaiting, the eventuality, the going-toward, the neither reaching, nor escaping.

The horse cannot know what it is doing, what it is saying to us. and we may not know the signifi-cance of what or why it is doing what it is. But the horse–like a na-tion in revolution or a community in protest–is wholly invested and committed, regardless of the in-evitable ending. That is how to live a beautiful life.

alex colville’s “Horse and Train,” a prized piece of the art Gallery of Hamilton’s collection, has been brought out of holding for perma-nent display. a special exhibit is on now and throughout the sum-mer. For more information visit the aGH’s website at www.art-galleryofhamilton.com.

sculpted animals prowled the gallery at Macdonald stewart Art centre on May 17 for the opening of nature of the Beast, an event coinciding with the 150th anniversary of u of G’s ontario Veterinary college.

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Alex colville’s “horse and Train” is now on permanent display at the Art Gallery of hamilton.

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enviro pigby THe HAiR of THeiR cHinny-cHin-cHins

U of G’s trademarked genetically modified “Enviropigs” face execution by: Tom beedham

as with all issues regarding the topic of genetic modi-fication, the University of Guelph has faced its share of controversy over its research involved with a unique spe-cies of genetically modified pigs, formally recognized as

“enviropigs.”That didn’t change when the university an-nounced in march that it was considering terminating all 16 of the transgenic pigs.

The announcement came after ontario Pork declared in march that it would be redirecting its research dollars and that its funds would no longer be supporting envi-ropig research.

The declaration caught the attention of many animal rights and protection agencies across North america, but at the time, termination was only one option the univer-sity was considering for the pigs.

“We said publicly that several options were being consid-ered, including ‘depopulating the herd’ (euthanasia),” U of G communications and Public affairs Director lori Bona Hunt wrote to The ontarion in an email. “It was also made known that euthanasia was only one of the options being considered, as we were continuing efforts to find a new academic or industry partner or receptor interested in taking the lead in commercializing the technology.”

as those efforts were deflated by a lack of academic and industrial interest in the enviropig research, the univer-sity announced that it was bound to follow through with herd depopulation.

In response to both announcements, the university re-ceived many generous and well-intentioned offers from individuals and groups wishing to help find homes for the enviropigs, Hunt said.

“Unfortunately, there is absolutely no opportunity for

this to occur, as adoption, donation or transfer of the ani-mals would represent a breach of our protocols as well as canadian regulations.”

Farm Sanctuary, the largest farm animal protection group in North america is among the parties that have taken interest in the university’s decision to depopulate its enviropig herd.

“For the same reason they would not kill 16 perfect-ly healthy puppies, kittens, or chimpan-zees, they shouldn’t kill these perfectly healthy pigs,” Farm Sanctuary Senior Di-rector Bruce Friedrich told The Ontarion over the phone. He maintains that the university has a moral responsibility to let the animals lead out their lives.

Friedrich has en-gaged in back-and-forth communications with U of G Vice President of research Professor richard moccia, but Friedrich says he and Farm Sanctuary have been fairly dissatisfied with the exchanges.

Friedrich voiced a particular concern that the univer-sity was not doing all it could to avoid the extermination of its animals.

“each time I’ve asked what [legal] regulation it is that requires that they kill the animals, and [moccia] has not

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U of G’s trademarked genetically modified “Enviropigs” face execution by: Tom beedham

yet provided a specific regulation. and thus we’re ex-tremely dubious about whether there really is a regulation that we can’t work around,” Friedrich said. “He also cited protocols, which of course the university has the power to change.”

“our research and animal utilization protocols re-quire us to maintain strict care and control over the enviropigs. We are legally bound to keep the animals in

closed containment, with strict biosecu-rity and isolation protocols, and the protocols strictly forbid the disposi-tion of animals at the termination of research,” said Hunt after pressed about Friedrich’s claims. She said that al-lowing the pigs to live on outside of the U of G institu-

tion would also violate canadian regulations regarding the containment and use of transgenic animals under canadian regulatory authorities like Health canada, ca-nadian Food Inspection agency and environment canada.

“as such, we are not considering options to attempt to amend regulations or otherwise alter our existing proto-cols due to the abovementioned risks and responsibilities,” wrote Hunt. “It would represent an unacceptable and irre-sponsible risk for the University to allow these transgenic

animals to be under anyone else’s control where the pos-sibility of escapement or inadvertent release, however remote, could occur, with the possibility that they could intermix with either feral or domesticated pigs, or even end up in the human food chain by accident.”

The protocol is consistent, Hunt says, with the univer-sity’s previous treatment of the enviropig herd.

“over the years, all transgenic pigs generated for this research are either retained (for research and breeding) in a containment facility or humanely euthanized.”

Friedrich, however, is dissatisfied with the university’s framing of the situation, calling the use of the term “eu-thanization” a misapplication.

“euthanasia certainly implies mercy, and is in every other instance I can think of a last resort for the animals involved. So it seems that the term is misapplied here,” said Friedrich. “yeah, euthanasia refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suf-fering. That has nothing to do with what they’re doing.”

While the university is carrying on with its decision to terminate the enviropigs, Farm Sanctuary plans to reach out to its canadian members and supporters, encourag-ing the humane community across canada to contact the U of G.

“We’ll be attempting to continue to convince the uni-versity to do its moral duty by appealing to their better angels,” said Friedrich.

The genetics of the enviropigs will be preserved in long-term safe storage at the canadian agricultural Genetics repository Program operated by agriculture and agri-Food canada in Saskatoon.

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The Pop machine: children of the mouse contradictWhat Miley Cyrus might tell us about Britney Spears and Disney

tom Beedham

ever since I read the account chuck klosterman gave of his 2008 Esquire interview with Brit-ney Spears, I’ve been pretty wary of the kids Disney’s churned out. The cloying nature of the mickey mouse club was scary before, but just the notion that their training could have any hold on a person’s self-awareness meant a new level of scary.

When klosterman went into that interview, he was primarily con-cerned with whether Britney was the least self-aware commercial

product that music producers could dress down and sell like Barbie dolls, or if her apparent in-ability to process the idea that she might just be that kind of sexed-up marketing device was actually an über-savvy projection Spears used to frame her own innocence. To be fair to Disney, klosterman never explicitly brought up their com-pany, but when he talked about selling Britney, I couldn’t get Dis-ney out of my head. So this column kind of rests on that assumption.

klosterman’s account manages to freak me out mostly because he isn’t able to reach a conclusion, even after asking questions that you’d think would give him some answers. But in her interview, Britney responds to questions like

“why do you think magazines like Esquire use half-naked pictures of

women on their covers?” with an-swers like “maybe to inspire other people.”

Fast-forward a few years, and another child of the Disney incu-bator, miley cyrus has had to grow up in the public eye, but for mi-ley’s public image, there was no gestation period. While the final season of Hannah Montana was still fresh and airing new episodes, cyrus dropped Can’t Be Tamed, an album with a title that might be pretty scary for a parent to read when their kid’s watching a sug-ared up show about an innocent Disney pop princess.

“I feel I was so trained in my in-terviews to be all-american or whatever. I just got so set in the way of saying the same things I did when I was 12-years-old… I guess I kind of realized that my

whole life isn’t one giant press jun-ket. I don’t have to be smiling all the time and always have the per-fect answer,” she said on a recent episode of lifetime’s The Conver-sation with Amanda de Cadenet.

In comparison to Britney’s in-terview, miley’s gushes with self-awareness. The two instanc-es are pretty contradicting, but maybe it’s a reflection of the times. The only reasonable explanation I can offer is social media explo-sion. over the last couple of years, our culture has become obsessed with sharing the self and the in-dividual, and with that has come the requirement of self-awareness. These days, it’s almost impossible to imagine a naïve character like pre-buzzcut Britney, so maybe the popstar assembly line has toned down the marks it leaves on the

minds of its protégés. I mean, you have to make a product realistic in order to sell it, don’t you?

mongilla was recruited two years in a row to play for the all-stars.

last year he played for the sec-ond team all-stars and this year

he has been selected for the first-team all-stars.

“last year was a lot of fun, this year I’m happy to say I did even better and was able to make the first-team all-star, which is ex-citing,” mongilla said.

Dan mcmullen was selected for the second team all-stars.

“To get the opportunity to play in a game like this is amazing,” mcmullen stated in a brief in-terview. “I’ve been involved in all-star games before in tourna-ments and such, but never at such a large venue.”

When asked about his skills and why he was selected, mcmullen responded, “I’m not an overpow-ering strikeout pitcher, but just someone who tries to keep the ball down.”

although mcmullen’s claims about his own personal baseball skills are modest, he expressed the importance of the opportunity.

“I think things like this all-star game, and the chance we may play

all of our future playoff games at the rogers centre, is a big deal for this league. Things such as this are a great example of the teams, play-ers, coaches, as well as the league in general, taking steps to play the best baseball possible.”Head coach keith mason credits some of that success to the Gryphons’ new recruits.

“We’ve had three excellent recruiting years in a row, par-ticularly the last two. We’ve brought in a lot of young talent,” said mason. “That’s made a huge difference to the team.”

The Gryphons really bet on the help of young talent, and younger players now make up the bulk of the squad. 18 of the 24 players on the team are first and second year students. Based on what a turn-around this season has been for the team, they were clearly wise to do so.

Having a team of mostly young players also helps insure the lon-gevity of their success.

“Because we have such a young team, we see this as just the start of the new era, if you like, of the Gryphons men’s soccer team,” mason said. “These players are only going to get better, they’re only going to develop into finer players […] and it will get stron-ger every year. We see this as the start of building a new program, one that’s going to be competing for championships for Gryphons soccer.

The Gryphons have been playing this season on the new Gryphon Soccer complex, including their first playoff game against the Brock Badgers.

“It’s tremendous that we have probably the best facility in the cIS and to host the playoff game on there is an honour,” said mason. “We’re really looking for-ward to it.”

Having such a great field to play on isn’t only an honour for mason, but is also helping the team play as well as they have.

like many pop stars before her, Miley cyrus has had to grow up under the public eye.

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Gryphon baseball athletes Justin interisano, dan McMullen, Marc Mongillo, and Romak Wes faced Toronto Varsity Blues in a baseball showcase at the Rogers centre on May 20.

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coffee for life: Recent study shows coffee may help you live longerstacey aspinall

Put on another pot and brew some good health: a new study shows that drinking upwards of six cups of coffee per day may help you live longer.coffee is the most popular bever-age consumed by adults in canada, apart from water, Stats canada reports. Health canada consid-ers a moderate caffeine intake to be 400 mg per day, the equivalent of approximately 2-3 cups of cof-fee. However, a new study shows that men who drink six or more cups of coffee a day have a 10 per cent lower risk of death, compared with men who do not drink coffee.

The observational study took place over 13 years, and looked at 402,000 men and women aged 50 to 71 in the US. It examined total and cause-specific mortality, and its association with coffee drink-ing. The results were published in the New England Journal of Medi-cine on may 17.

The results indicate that drink-ing coffee does not produce harmful effects, such as increased blood pressure or heart prob-lems, as some researchers in the past have worried. a study inw 2008, published in the American College of Physicians, found sim-ilar results; consuming coffee on a regular basis may be beneficial

for Type 2 Diabetes and heart dis-ease, and doesn’t have an effect on cancer.

It should be noted, however, that in the most recent study, interac-tions between smoking and coffee consumption is associated with a slightly increased risk of death from cancer, in men. Interestingly, it was also noted that in the study, coffee drinkers generally tended to exhibit more unhealthy behav-iours, such as smoking, drinking more than three alcoholic drinks per day, consuming red meat, and exercising less. This behavior ini-tially confounded the research, but once adjusted for these variables, overall coffee consumption did not

increase chances of mortality.another study focused on coffee

consumption and prostate cancer risk. The results, published in the Journal of the National Cancer In-stitute in 2011, supported the idea that coffee affects longevity; men who consumed six or more cups of coffee per day had a lower risk for prostate cancer than non-coffee drinkers. coffee drinkers were able to reap this reward from consum-ing caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee, indicating that benefits may come from the non-caffeine components.

according to Health canada, some individuals who are sensi-tive to caffeine may experience

insomnia, headaches, irritability and nervousness, in response to the stimulant and diuretic effects of caffeine. However, it is known that coffee contains more than 1,000 compounds besides caffeine that might be important to health. Decaf drinkers may also experi-ence the health benefits.

The health benefits and risks of continual coffee consumption is a hotly debated topic, but recent research emphasizes the health perks. Until the next study comes out, sit back and pour yourself an-other cup.

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Adwatch: The real clash of the commercialstom Beedham

my Victoria Day night went out with a whimper, and not with a bang. Forgoing chances to check out fireworks, I stayed in and did some reading while cBS aired a one-hour special called the Clash of the Commercials that rounded up the year’s “best” commercials. I recorded the special on my DVr

so I could fast-forward through its commercials, and that entire sit-uation serves as an apt metaphor for the very culture surrounding commercial viewing at this point in time.

according to media buying firm Horizon media, online viewing is up more than 46 per cent in the last year. as for those gathering around the traditional family entertain-ment system, The New York Times projects that 50 per cent of ameri-can homes will be fitted with DVr devices by next year, while half of the country already has video

on demand. Basically, traditional commercial watching culture is ever decreasing.

When I ended up watching cBS’s show, I hadn’t seen even half of the commercials that were up for the big prize. Granted, the show’s

“best” commercials were ones that were voted on by online pollsters and not determined, but the bulk of the successes were commercials that are not aired often.

With an increasing trend toward self-controlled content, viewers are watching more of what they want, and less of what they don’t. That statement might read like a platitude, but when it’s placed in the context of successful adver-tising, it becomes pretty telling.

Good ads are ones that leave an impression, but in advertising there is a fine line between leav-ing an impression and becoming incredibly irritating.

In an age where viewers decide the content they watch, the fre-quency of an ad’s delivery plays an important role in its efficiency. rather than trying to bludgeon its audiences into complete submis-sion, a successful ad will make the viewer opt in. This is why com-mercials at the Super Bowl–some of which are aired exclusively during the game and then never again–are so successful and also why viewers that already take in unquantifiable numbers of adver-tisements every day will still tune into TV specials like Clash of the Commercials. It’s just a shame that the mediocre advertisements wouldn’t clue in too.

e*Trade’s commercial “Baby Best Man” beat out all u.s. and world competitors on cBs’s clash of the commercials.

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inordinate ordnancechris carr

Wyatt earp was one of the first lawmen of the ol’ west. He was a gunfighter-turned-deputy who sought out thieves and murderers to bring order to unsettled kansas and later, arizona. If you haven’t seen the movie Tombstone, you should. It’s about how earp ac-complished all this and became the “toughest and deadliest gun-man of his day.” That’s how stuff got done back then: a big cowboy boot would kick in the front door, the cold iron spinning six bullets around the room and a musta-chioed man would tell you what you should be doing. If you were lucky, it was the police. That’s how the west was settled –bullets, badges and bourbon.

Not today though, the west has all been found and settled, owned and tamed. There are still guns and mustaches, but also tod-dlers and tiaras. The wild has been

lobotomized from the west and with it goes any hint of new pio-neering. all I can do now is read the Wikipedia article on Wyatt earp and maybe grow a mustache–guns scare me anyway.

But that’s just the place the “wild” has gone, to the Internet. Since its inception, the Internet has been a place of new pioneer-ing. It’s a wild, infinite space that we are learning to use more and more with each passing tweet. We settled Internet radio, bank-ing, networking, communications, entertainment—all of this was pre-viously undecided and unsettled (concerning Internet applications). Now it is as easy as a simple click of the trigger, I mean, mouse. as it stands, the Internet is settled in relatively small community like the towns of the old west. come visit Facebook, best whiskey in the state! Pinterest has the best brothels, much higher calibre than Instagram.

If you provide the destination, there will be those willing to set-tle and use that community. This has been the Internet for the last 15 years, complete with its own spe-cific memes, community dialect and laws. Well, maybe. Pirating is one of the chief practices of the Internet age. Pirates run ramped like bandits on horseback. Up until recently there was a serious lack of a central government control-ling the Internet.

Bill c-11 has recently passed the report stage and is current-ly heading for its third reading in the House of commons, the final stage before being voted upon. as it stands, it looks like the bill will be passed allowing the canadian government to apply “locks” to websites it deems as unacceptable. In essence, this loads the cannon trained on the pirate’s ship. It is canada’s version of the american SoPa bill that was recently shelved after a mass online protest that

involved shutting down key web-sites like reddit, Digg and 4chan. It allows the canadian government to police the Internet, effectively circumventing any user’s freedom to access information.

Now, Bill c-11 lobbyists will say that they are simply trying to protect the kids. It’s true that the bill will allow the canadian government to ban sites that are unsuitable for minors and stop any illegal, prejudiced and oppressive sites from reaching the masses. However, the problem with this is that with this comes supremacy over Internet content, wholesale. So along with piracy being locked out, it is possible for the govern-ment to lock out anything it simply doesn’t like. This is what makes Bill c-11 so dangerous. I, for one, have lived a long time without an older brother, I don’t need one now.

Bill c-11 is Wyatt earp, coming in, guns a-blazin’ and telling you to sit down and shut up. It is an

attempt at taming the world wild web. It’s big government bringing law to a system that self-regulates and only acts as a conduit for in-formation, nothing else.

The Wild West can be a scary place, especially for those who don’t know what they are doing. and that is the problem, the leg-islature is being decided by people who only just learned about Twitter–or just learned to ride a horse–and think they know what is best for the Internet users. The term “users” is even too finite since inevitably the Internet will infect every facet of our life, just like the settlements of the west. Trying to govern that kind of thing can only result in two pos-sible outcomes: total control by the government over information or revolution. my inner gunfighter hopes for the latter.

“Good ads are ones that leave an impression,

but in advertising there is a fine line

between leaving an impression and

becoming incredibly irritating.”

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debunking myths about the quebec student strikesdenise martins

may 22 marked the hundredth day of student strikes in Que-bec. The following list of myths and facts will hopefully uncover the truth behind the recent stu-dent demonstrations. I recently spent three days in montreal with a group of student journalists work-ing around the clock to learn more about the truth behind the strikes.

myTH #1Quebec students have nothing to complain about because they have the lowest tuition fees in the country

This is one of the most prop-agated myths of the strike. The fundamental flaw of this myth is its failure to analyze why Quebec fees are so low. The freeze in tu-ition fees, along with many other victories, are the result of mass mobilization on behalf of the stu-dent movement. a ten-year freeze was won in 1996 through a student strike in Quebec, and an attempt to convert student bursaries into loans in 2005 was stopped the same way. Students in english-speaking canada have long been able to point to the Quebec model of accessibility where students graduate with a debt a fraction the size of those in other provinces. The erosion of Quebec students’ right to education will hurt our ability to demonstrate that alter-natives are possible.

myTH #2Bill 78 is a desperate attempt on behalf of the charest government to bring peace back to Quebec.

Bill 78 was passed in Quebec’s National assembly (provincial parliament) on may 19 supposedly to end the “unrest” that student protests had caused. The bill de-mands anyone seeking to organize a protest of more than 50 people to first seek the approval of the local police at least eight hours in ad-vance. The request to protest must include route of the rally, amount of people expected to participate, and duration. The police reserve the right to deny a request to pro-test, thus potentially making any

protest illegal. Furthermore, the bill illegalizes any form of student demonstration within 50 metres of the outer limits of post-secondary institutions. This can practically illegalize any actions in montreal since the city is full of post-sec-ondary school campuses.

Bill 78 does the opposite of maintaining peace. This bill gives the police practically unlimited power to make any unwanted pro-test illegal. calling a protest illegal and criminalizing the 20,000+ stu-dents that continue to march the streets every night despite police repression has only added fuel to the fire by shifting the discussion from a tuition fee freeze to one about civil liberties.

myTH #3Students are not workers and therefore they cannot strike

History has shown students winning through strikes all over the world. To deny this fact is to deny history itself. The strike can-not be termed a “boycott” since education is not merely a com-modity that one can choose not to purchase, it is a public good that must be protected. Boycotts are usually individual and relate to not purchasing something. Stu-dents presently on strike in Quebec have collectively decided to strike, and all pay their tuition. It is not a traditional labour strike, but it is definitely not a “boycott.”

myTH #4The Quebec government has no other choice but to raise tuition fees.

Through its actions, the charest government has made it very clear that the tuition fee hike is no lon-ger about available funding, but the political choice to privatize post-secondary education.

at most, the complete funding of post-secondary education in Que-bec (i.e. the complete elimination of all tuition fees) would cost $700 million. This number may seem extravagant out of context, but in one year alone, the province of Quebec handed out $950 million in tax cuts to the rich. moreover, the proposed raise in tuition fees totals only $216 million.

Policing cost will soon exceed the revenue that would be created by the tuition fee hike.

myTH #5The police only attack when provoked.

This myth could be extended to mean that the police only attack when they feel threatened. The fact is that in Quebec, as well as in any other rally, the police’s job is to retain an intimidating demean-our, and when they realize that their mere presence fails to scare people enough to cause a demon-stration to disperse, they use more perverse means to disperse crowds.

For example, after a night of rallying, the group I was with decided to call it a night and dis-cuss the events we had seen in a bar. However, when the rally turned into the same street as the bar, it was the police that pepper sprayed people in two different bars (including our own), not the protesters. at this point, the police had no interest in dispersing the crowd as they blocked both sides of the street. We were able to flee the scene through the back exit of a local bar.

myTH #6The strike is anti-democratic. Stu-dents that want to go to class are being prevented from their “right to education.”

In order to be able to strike, every student group has had to hold a strike vote at its gener-al assembly. at these assemblies students raise concerns, amend clauses and vote on striking. The decision to strike was reached in a democratic fashion and each organization determined its own terms for striking. Some associa-tions voted to strike for a few days; others are on unlimited strike until the government agrees to freeze tuition. many held weekly strike votes where strategies were dis-cussed and some added clauses like striking only once 100,000 stu-dents had joined the strike.

Whatever the terms for striking, decisions were made in a demo-cratic fashion. The proper way to defy a strike is by taking it to a

general assembly and voting the strike down.

I can sympathize with students that have democratically voted to strike being annoyed that their classmates dismiss the democratic process. However, the instanc-es of preventing students from going to class are few and far be-tween though each one is heavily reported on.

myTH #7you break the law you go to jail. It’s only fair.

Since the incarceration of tens of thousands of people is virtual-ly impossible, Bill 78 is simply an okay-go for the police to do as they wish. a recent online picture peti-tion shows the faces of thousands of protestors saying they will dis-obey the law.

many lawyers have come out and said that the new law is in fact illegal and that it would be defeated when it is taken to the Supreme court of canada. How-ever, this process is tedious and in the meantime, police repres-sion will continue to be a factor of any student demonstration. even before the law, arrests connected to the student strike were more numerous than the G20 or the FlQ “october crisis.” This is the most widespread and prolonged use of police repression in cana-dian history.

myTH #8Quebec students are more militant. This is a culture unique to Quebec.

From impoverished countries like cuba to rich ones like Germa-ny, free tuition has been achieved. Students all over the world have fought to create conditions for accessible education. Quebec happens to be the most recent, powerful, and local example.

If it can happen in Quebec, it can happen in ontario.

If you are interested in seeing Que-becois students in action yourself, concordia University Television (cUTV) broadcasts every rally live. Tune in any night and judge for yourself at cutvmontreal.ca

dissent in Harper ranksconservative mP David Wilkis is the representative for koote-nay-columbia, and he may have accidentally made himself rep-resentative of something much more sinister. one thing the cur-rent Government is well known for is its ability to muffle dissent within the party caucus, and today David Wilki’s words may have been the discontent starting to show.

While talking to his constitu-ents, Wilkis stated that he does not necessarily like the Budget Implementation act that is going through the legislative process right now. along with many economic and budgetary pas-sages, there are huge swaths that deal with changes to employ-ment insurance, and the gutting of environmental regulations. He also stated that if he did vote

outside of the party line, he could face severe repercussions.

This seems to be the first peep of criticism from an air-tight caucus, and one would think an incred-ibly welcome change, however, within minutes, his website stated his undying love for this act.

Parliament only works when members listen to their con-stituents, and most canadians

want these issues at least dis-cussed. These issues seem to be of such great importance to the Government that it seems only reasonable that they get dis-cussed in the public forum.

Wilkis will not vote against the Government on this bill; it’s too risky for his career. It’s a shame that his career is more important than protecting canada for future generations.

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friday may 25Fourth Fridays –random acts of creativity and community in downtown Guelph the fourth Friday of every month. 7-10pm. www.fourthfridaysguelph.ca

From Good to Great athletes. a free one-hour info session on how integrating sports psychology with biofeedback/neurofeedback en-hances athletic performance. Session offered twice: Fri may 25, 7:30- 8:30pm and Sat may 26, 10-11am. rm 103 University centre, U of G. Info: ken.friedmann@gmail.com, 519-827-6036, www.men-taltrainingcentre.ca.

rare eco centre grand opening fundraiser Western Boots and Black Tie Barn Dance at 768 Blair rd, cambridge/north Dumfries. Proceeds will go to rare’s ‘every child outdoors’ environmental education program initiative. In-formation: 519-650-9336 x118 or www.raresites.org.

saturday may 26The rainbow chorus Pictures Show and Silent auction, 8pm at Harcourt United church, 87 Dean avenue. a second matinee perfor-mance Sunday, June 3rd at 2pm at knox Presbyterian church, 50 erb St. W., Waterloo. Tickets: $15 adults ($20/door); $15 students/seniors; $5 children under 12. www.rain-bowchorus.ca

charity road Hockey Tournament in Guelph on may 26th, a great day filled with fun and road hockey

please email fred@intrigueme.ca or call 519-265-2196 for de-tails. Proceeds will go to Guelph Wellington Special olympics and Guelph children’s Foundation Grant’s program.

Guelph youth Singers presents its Spring concert – ‘celebrate the Sky’. 7pm at the river run centre. conductor: linda Beaupre. Pia-nist: ken Gee. Tickets: adults/$25, Students/Seniors/$19. Box office: 519-763-3000 or riverrun.ca. www.guelphyouthsingers.c

sunday may 27Guelph arts council Historical Walking Tours. ‘Tour I: Where Guelph Began’. Starts at 25 Wa-terloo ave., corner of Dublin St at 2pm. cost: $5/person. Walking tour booklets available, $5 each. Info: (519) 836-3280 or gac@sen-tex.net

monday may 28 Guelph Hiking Trail club: Hike - 2 hr. In rockwood, starting at end of Jackson St. climbing up and down coral reefs of wooded valley east of rockwood. meet at covered bridge parking lot, east of Gordon St. at 6:30pm. all welcome. leader: Bill mungall wmungall0809@rogers.com

friday June 1Guelph Independent living (GIl) first annual Going Places Gala. 5-8pm at 8 royal road, Guelph. $40/ticket ($30 for GIl clients). Proceeds to go towards purchase of a mobility vehicle for GIl cli-ents. Tickets, contact Victoria: 519-836-1812, ext. 33 or victo-ria@guelphindependentliving.org.

SoUND oFF! (Featuring, Timaj Garad). come to the workshop and sharpen your writing and perfor-mance skills. The open stage is all ages and gets on the way 6:30pm, along with the slam for those 22 or younger. 5:30pm at the Guelph Public library, 100 Norfolk St. PWyc/Free. www.guelphspo-kenword.com

Tuesday June 5The public is invited to a free talk by Dr. James Hunt, Profes-sor emeritus of the Department of Physics at U of G, followed by a rare opportunity to view the Tran-sit of Venus. 5:30-7pm at Guelph civic museum. admission free. 52 Norfolk St. Information: 519-836-1221 ext. 2774 or visit guelph.ca/museum

friday June 8 THe elePHaNT maN - Directed by Jewels krauss & Nicholas Walsh. 8pm at the Guelph youth music centre (75 cardigan St.). Tickets: $15 adult, $10 Student. available at www.guelphyouththeatre.com

lakeside church 2011-2012 artist in residence –Final Show. ‘Fruit: renaissance Symbolism’ Sylvia D.

Woods. opening reception, 7-9pm. www.lakesidechurch.ca

saturday June 9 Guelph creative arts association presents Painting on the Green. Sat, June 9, 11am-5pm, Sun, June 10, 11am-4pm at the arboretum centre, U of G. enquiries: Guelph artisan Store (519)-829-3792.

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