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Te Guelph Farmers Market temporarilyrelocates, but not without an upset

I theres one thing thatresidents o Guelph areunanimously proud o, it has

got to be our bustling local marketthat takes place every week. Formany students, Saturday morningis routinely slated or market time,and no exam schedule could everget in the way. But or at least thenext 10 weeks, the building o theGuelph Farmers Market will be

closed in order to make repairsto its roo. Ater scrambling tofnd a new location, the city hasconfrmed the whereabouts othe markets new oster home.Starting this Saturday, market-lovers will have to go to the lobbyo city Hall and the Wilson Streetparking lots in order to pick outtheir avourite local goodies.

Just beore the city announcedthe new location o the market,I caught up with Mari-Claire

Vendors expressconcern over the citys

handling of moving themost popular market intown due to risk of roofcollapseKELSEY RIDEOU

Watkins rom Natural Balance Wellness, who has been sellingnatural soap and skin products

every Saturday or eight years.Watkins expressed rustrations overcommunications between the cityand the vendors.

Well I think the biggest pieceis that nothings clear right now...Its not clear about the buildingsstructural integrity, no one knowshow structurally integral it isIts more endless unansweredquestions being met with a lacko communication rom the city. Tis is causing angst, rustration,anger and uncertainty amongst allthe vendors. Te inormation ischanging daily.

Watkins was unsure as to why the

city was not providing the vendorsand the public with enough actsabout the actual conditions o themarkets roo.

Weve been advised by the citythat the roo is not able to supportits own load, but the city hasntproduced any documents to show usthis, said Watkins. Tey just toldus that this was their word. Teyhave not named the engineeringfrm that did the analysis. Teyvenot named the engineer. And

theyve not released or published toany o the vendors, the inormation.My position is that Im in the dark

about what the true acts are.Executive Director o Operations

and ransit, Derek McCaughan,believes the city has communicatedas best as possible with all aectedparties. He acknowledged therustrations in having to movethe market but could not think oanother option given the conditionso the building.

Well weve received an assessmento the building rom a structuralengineer, said McCaughan. Teassessment is that the roo structure would have di culty sustainingsnow load whatsoever. Tat meanstheres a chance that the roo would

collapse or ail in some way. Becauseo that we need to address it andwere not going to allow people intothe building.

McCaughan hopes that theFarmers Market will be up andrunning shortly ater the New Year.

For the building itsel, we are inthe process o hiring a contractor toaect repairs. Well know who thatis on the 15th o December and itwill take probably until the end oJanuary to get the repairs done, and

then everyone can go back to themarket.

While the city has managed tomove the market, it has not beenable to accommodate all vendors. Tose in need o hot and coldwater will not be able to sell theirproducts in the new location,including approximately a dozenmeat vendors. For many vendors,the weekends around the holidayseason are crucial to their business

sales. Watkins remains unsatisfedwith the citys eorts.

Te man that said that theywould not be able to get a secondopinion [on the roo ] isnt goingto lose his paycheck on Saturday,said Watkins. Tats important. Itshighlighting the act that even i hethinks hes done everything that hecould and should have done, trulyhe hasnt. But he may not be willingto acknowledge that.

Should bottled water companies help us to reduce our waste?

he ownship o Guelph/Eramosa last monthreceived a $22,000 donation

rom Nestl Waters Canada or thenew Royal Distributing AthleticPerormance Centre at MardenPark, in order to implementenhancements to the inrastructureo the acility and improve recyclingperormance.

Te purpose o these programs

Nestl donates $22,000to the ownship ofGuelph/Eramosafor purpose of wastereduction

JIHEE PARKKELSEY RIDEOU

see NESTL, page 3

is to demonstrate the importanceo public spaces recycling inhelping government and industryachieve 85 to 90 per cent diversionrates or aluminum, glass, paperand plastic, said John ChallinorII, Director o Corporate Aairsor Nestl Waters Canada.According to Challinor, thecompany has committed to undinglocal initiatives that promote aculture o recycling, with a history osupporting programs in the provinceas well as nationally. Marden Parkhas been their most recent project.Our donations o public spacesinrastructure in Wellington Countyis helping local municipalitiesbeautiy their environments,obtain higher recycling rates or

all recyclables (not just our own)and reduce their costs relatedto enhancing their recyclinginrastructure in a meaningul way, said Challinor. We will bedisappointed i the recycling ratesin each o the entities in WellingtonCounty where we have installedpublic spaces recycling inrastructuredoes not surpass 80 per cent in theshort-term and 85 per cent andhigher in the longer term.

Nestl Waters North America isthe largest manuacturer o bottled water on the continent. Nestl Waters Canada is the countrysbiggest water bottling company,extracting and bottling 4.7 millionliters o water everyday romGuelphs Grand River watershed,

which also serves as the areasmunicipal source o water.

Resistance to the companys

extraction o such massive quantities

Te Guelph Farmers Market will be temporarily moved to City Halland the Wilson S t. parking lot beginning Sat. Dec. 11.

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NewsWikiLeaks website and foundercontinue to scramble

Julian Assange, ounder o thewhistleblowing website WikiLeaks,has been arrested in London anddenied bail but continues to reuse

extradition to Sweden, where wherehe is wanted in sexual misconductallegations. Some believe the sexallegations have been set up tosabotage Assange. WikiLeaks hasbeen absorbing media headlinessince the ongoing release ohundreds o thousands o leakedUnited States embassy cables beganNov. 28. Major internet companieslike Amazon.com and PayPal Inchave dropped WikiLeaks romtheir servers, orcing the websiteto move to a Switzerland-basedprimary web address. Most recently,Assanges bank account has beenclosed and MasterCard broke its

ties to WikiLeaks. CBC

Canada heads to Cancun climatetalks amongst widespreadcriticism of Canadian inaction

Environment Minister John Baird will travel to Cancun to pressurenegotiators to hear Canadas message.Baird wants a new, internationalbinding agreement that will applyto all emitters, including developingcountries. Baird also wants theUnited Nations $100 billion undthat supports poorer countries to beinstead coordinated by the WorldBank with the participation o both

developed and developing nations.Meanwhile, several organizationsin Cancun have criticized Canadaor shadowing the United Statesand reusing to take any leadershipon the issue o climate change. Aclimate change perormance rankingreleased on Dec. 7 by researchorganization Germanwatch rankedthe U.S. 51st out o 57 countrieswhile Canada was ranked 54 th. CBC

Audit shows Canadian governmentunequipped to deal with major oilspills, climate change

Environment and SustainableDevelopment CommissionerScott Vaughan recently presentedan audit that revealed that theCanadian government has no planto readily respond to an oil spill.It also disclosed that Ottawa doesnot have sufcient inormation todeal with the impacts o climatechange. While oil spills reportedin Canadian waters have beensmall, the coast guard hears o aspill occurring everyday. Vaughanexpressed concern over the ndings,and explained how climate changeis already happening in many areaso Canada. CBC

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Keeping sharp over the holidays

Weve nally done it 12 weeks o classesnished and just

exams to get through, then wereon holidays!

Feasting, cookies, visiting withamily and riends and, perhapsmost importantly, no classes. Teuture o the next little whilelooks simply delightul. Butas great as it will be to nallyrelax, students must rememberthat it is also important to keepthemselves sharp, both mentallyand physically over the break.

Why? So that we dont comeback to classes in January in a vegetative or totally out o itstate.

Some students haveexperienced a less than idealreturn to classes in January.Weve all seen them and have allprobably been them at one point.Groggy early mornings ater weeks o sleeping in. ryingto concentrate on lectures andreadings ater not having to reallythink all that hard during theholidays. Undergraduate studentCaitlin ao has experiencedthis in the past, explaining

that her brain doesnt unctionupon returning to class. Fellow

How to stay in a healthyroutine during yourmuch-deserved break

KIRSI JUURAKKO

NESTL, continued

o water has emerged over the years.Students who have been part o ap In! have worked tirelessly togain strides in their goal o makingthe University o Guelph a bottled water ree campus. Wellington Water Watchers has been anothermajor player on the ront against theexploitation o local water sources.

Mike Nagy, Co-director o Wellington Water Watchers,claried what the donation romNestl consisted o.

[Nestl] donated a number obins to the acility, and basically puta value on it, so its a little dierent.Teres a bit o history on this. Tetownship o Guelph-Eramosadeclared the [Royal DistributingAthletic Perormance Centre] abottled water ree acility, whichinspired Nestle o course to meetwith the township.

It is difcult not to see any ironiesin a major bottled water companydonating bins to reduce waste. Nagyexplained why he thinks Nestl isdrawn to making donations relatedto waste reduction.

Im not surprised because when Iknew the policy o the bottled water

happened, this is what Nestl does,they try to convince otherwise Tey dont like policies like thisbecause it obviously goes counter totheir marketing program. We canttell Nestl what to donate moneyto, thats perectly up to them. Its upto people to accept it or not acceptit. Nestl has a vested interest intrying to keep the waste down. Teirbusiness is predicated on plasticwaste. Te more business they do,the more plastic waste is produced.Tats undeniable.

Nagy emphasized the importancein primarily reducing waste. Whilerecycling programs are necessary,they dont actually cut down on theamount o garbage people put out.

Waste per capita per headin Ontario has been increasingdramatically over the last 20 years,much aster than population growth.More and more products arebecoming disposable and packaginghas increased. Water is one that isvery easy to avoid. It comes out oyour taps, said Nagy.

While Nagy expressed that hedoesnt have any reservations withthe donation itsel, he did share hisconcern over the ongoing waste that

undergraduate student, AlishaHameed, agrees with ao andexplained that she oten comesback to school in January withno motivation to do anything.

So how do students keepthemselves sharp? It dependson the student, what they like todo and what makes them happy.Some enjoy popular winteractivities that take advantage othe snow, including hitting the

slopes with skis or a snowboardor gathering some riends (or

enemies) and having a snowballght. Its a great way to relieveany stress that has built up overthe semester. Some students maypreer to embrace the warmthindoors and enjoy baking, readingor shopping. Hameed plans to volunteer at a soup kitchen. Indoing so she hopes to combatthe holiday laziness that is otenwelcome at rst, but then becomesa habitual pattern upon return.

Instead o becoming a vegetable over the holidays, its

important to eat a ew and helpkeep healthy. O course, part othe joy o the holidays comesrom a little bit o indulgence.

What would they really consist o without shortbread, gingerbreadand hot chocolate anyway? Butlike anything else, moderation isalways key.

U o Gs Kathy Somers romthe Stress Management and HighPerormance Clinic has a ewother suggestions or studentsto maintain their health overthe holidays. Besides eating anutritious diet, it is important orstudents to get regular exerciseand stimulate the mind. Anothertip o hers may be tricky over theholidays, but could be o help inthe long term. Limit alcohol

consumption. It may eel relaxingin the short term, but alcoholincreases eelings o depression,said Somers. Setting a sleepand wake routine is also helpuland can ease the transition backinto school lie. As a nal tip,Somers advised students overthe holidays to set realisticexpectations and organize yourtime. You cant do everything allat the same time. Save time oryoursel.

So remember to enjoy yourholidays but in doing so try tokeep your health in line. Tenyoull be sure to have a great start

to the inevitable that is to come another winter semester.

comes rom companies like Nestl.[Nestl] has a goal o getting

the highest percentage as much othose bottles into the waste streamcollection, regardless o i they arerecycled or not because there are nostats, said Nagy. Te province o

Ontario does not keep any statisticswhatsoever as to how many o thesebottles are actually being recycled ornot. Its common knowledge that inthe world generally the vast majorityo the bottles are actually not beingrecycled.

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Out o the ashes, jazz music makes a comeback in Guelph

There once was a dreamthat was jazz. The citycried out for it, and not

just to have it once a year at afestival but to let it fill theirears on a more consistent basis.They wanted to have it croonedto them over dinner, while theysipped Shiraz and designed theirown pizza. It was a subtle plea,but someone with a well-trainedear heard the call. As soonas Thomas Aldridge opened

Manhattans Jazz Club in thesouth end it became an instantclassic. Thats why when it wasseverely damaged by fire thissummer and closed indefinitely,a void was left in the local jazzscene. Now that Aldridge is working to get things back ontrack, the artistic communityand music connoisseurs alike arewelcoming the return with openarms.

A lot of people, professors,administrators and studentsalike have been asking aboutus. Its missed and I thinkits kind of a good thing in a

way, said Aldridge. Aldridgebrought up the endless stringof Facebook messages ande-mails hes received from loyalcustomers whove been missingtheir old hangout. But its notonly customers that have been wondering where to go everyweek for live music; Manhattansclosure left a hole in the scheduleof many a musician as well.

Guelph has no shortage oflive music venues, but dinnerclub-style jazz music was aniche only Manhattans wasaddressing. Local musician PaulTaylor frequented the restaurantalmost weekly to perform,taking the stage on his own Thursday nights and bringingaccompaniment on Saturdays.He let on that Manhattans wasa one of a kind club for morereasons than one.

There was nowhere else inGuelph, from my end at leastas a player, where you could dothis. If you wanted to go hearlive jazz that was the place togo. It would appear that theresa huge void, said Taylor.

Now musicians and musiclovers have to go out of town fora similar experience, driving asfar as Kitchener/Waterloo forthe quality acoustic piano andgreat lounge atmosphere that

Manhattans jazzclub continuesreconstruction ater

fre, plans to revive jazzscene

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was once just down the street.According to Taylor it was notonly the love of jazz that kepthim returning to Manhattans,but the house piano itself wasenough to bring him in timeafter time.

[They] had this grand piano,

absolutely gorgeous, saidTaylor. Grand pianos are grandpianos, but then theres somethat are just a littler better thanthe others. [Manhattans] had anunusually nice one; it seemed tohave its own kind of spirit to it.

Taylor wasnt the only one tofind out about this legendarypiano, and Aldridge mentionedthat more than once he coulddraw a renowned player to hisclub based on the attraction ofthis impressive instrument.

My piano there was so goodit enticed the Toronto scene tocome and play. Juno to Grammy winners used to come play thatbaby because there was a mythout there that some crazy jazzclub owner actually bought adecent piano, he said.

Apparently a jazz club witha nice piano is a rarity even onthe Toronto scene; a situationthat usually entices musicians tobring their own electric pianosto perform. But, as Taylor

explained, electric pianos justdont deliver on the same level,

and you cant beat the quality ofacoustic.

Its cold playing an electricpiano. Its cool and all, and you

can get good stuff with it, andits a nice approximation, butcompared to an acoustic pianoits cold. What youre doing ismimicking the real thing, hesaid.

Sadly the famous piano wasdamaged by moisture whenthe fire was extinguished,and condemned when thesoundboard was warped. Thegood news about this is thatAldridge is wasting no time onnostalgia for the piano, or therestaurant for that matter. Withthe help of insurance hes set topurchase a new baby grand, and

with Paul Taylor helping himshop theyre set on finding a boxwith the same magnetic appeal.

The odds are good. Theresother pianos Ive played in mylife that had that extra littlesomething, said Taylor.

Aldridge is also looking tomake some improvements to the

club itself, seeing this tragedy asan opportunity to make somechanges that have been longoverdue.

Im looking for about tenextra seats Ive always wanted,so Im just gonna do a smallalteration to the restaurant.I think its going to make anamazing improvement to thevisibility of the stage, Aldridgesaid. In a way this little bird setme free.

The bird he refers to is notsymbolic; in fact it is a veryreal bird, one whose nest inthe cove of the R in travelat the agency next door caughtfire, leading to the slow burnthat resulted in Manhattansruin. Manhattans is expected to

bring jazz music back to the citysometime mid winter.

In a way thislittle bird set mefree. - Tomas

Aldridge

Local jazz club Manhattans is in the midst o renovating ater fre,planning to re-open in the new year

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Giving the gift of giving

So what are you gettinghim? So what did youget? So when are you

returning it?Tis is just a small sample rom

the large collection o questionspeople will ask this month aboutthe wonderul act o giting. Everyyear we do it in heavy doses, buying

A look at what it meansto gift others, and whywe do it

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incessantly as though it were wiredinto our brains that this time o yearrequires such behaviour. Like manythings in lie we dont question it,and like many things that are not

questioned there are interestingmotives behind the act o giting.It seems the obligation is secondnature, but how ar the obligationgoes and what it means to be gitedin return take on diferent meaningsor everyone.

Miriam Sydney, a ormer U o Gstudent who is now working to payof school debts is doing anything

but rolling in money. Still she eelsit important to spring or gits thisyear even or those people who arenot close to her.

Im giting ourteen people

this year. A lot o them are peoplein Europe that I stayed with, justto show my gratitude, Sydneysaid. While her budget is tightSydney is going outside o herimmediate amily with her gitsthis Christmas. A avour was doneor Sydney, and she wishes to returnthat generosity. Tough repayinggratitude seems noble enough, a

ne line exists between wantingto return someones gratitude, andeeling obligated to do so. Sydney

admitted that it would do her wellto show thanks in this way.

Im giving them presentsbecause I want them to know thatIm thinking o them, that Imappreciative o them and I think iI didnt give them presents Id eellike I was ungrateul, said Sydney.

Oten it is unclear which actormotivates us to buy a git, theeeling o obligation or the eeling ogratitude. Also dicult is pointingout which o these motivators resultsin a better git, and does one personsgit result in the obligation to returnone? o Robbie Goddard, a twenty-three year old part-time student

whos entered the working worldull-time, the question o obligationis one he claims does not afect him.

I I dont want to give you agit Im not gonna give you a git,he said rankly. Still when askedabout how hed eel in the casethat he gave something o minimalimportance to a person who pouredtheir heart into a git, he would notstand so tall.

Id denitely eel embarrassed,said Goddard.

Sydney seconded his opinionon that matter, and both o theseparties elt they could make upsuch a social embarrassment on anupcoming birthday. Tings changewhen the tables are turned and thegit youve given is much better ormore expensive than the one youreceive. On this matter Sydney andGoddard had varying opinions, and while Sydney elt it was o littleimportance, Goddard seemed tothink the git received should beequal to what you give.

Id eel like they didnt care, ithey couldnt even take the timeto put in what I did. I probablywouldnt say anything, but Id givethem the look, said Goddard.

I neednt describe that lookor you to know it is unriendly,and likely means physical harm isinevitable. However Goddard isntall about getting a good return,

and he realizes its very much thethought that counts. Its only whensomeone ully capable gives much

less o both time and thought thatit becomes insulting. In this caseit is also our expectations o eachindividual that come into playwhen assessing the quality o a git.

Wade Davis is an awardedanthropologist, explorer inresidence or National Geographic,and deliverer o the MasseyLectures. His views on theconcept o giting are ormed onan international understanding ohow the transaction works in othercultures, and according to Davis, atransaction is just what it is.

Gits are really all aboutreciprocity. You get upset not just

because you eel you were lessgenerous than Sally was to you.Its that when you give me morethan I give you, I become indebtedto you, said Davis.

Perhaps this helps to explain why we buy so many gits, instead ojust saying, I love you, and thanksor that avour you did me. Teeconomy is driven by our needto rectiy debt, be it in the ormo a loan or, as Davis says, owingsomeone a git. As Davis pointedout, the economy thanks us orbeing so concerned with equality.

Te exchange o gits atChristmas literally drives aconsumer economy. Te percentageo economic activity generated inthe month o December versus therest o the year is astonishing, saidDavis.

Goddard and Sydney give uelto this notion by insisting thattheyll make up or lacking gitson a birthday, showing their needto ofset their gited debt. Perhapsthis is not how you wish to thinkabout giting, and certainly it willnot be everyones view. Indeedthough it stands as something tothink about while youre carousingthe isles o shopping centers thisseason, searching tirelessly or thatperect git.

Te question to ask yoursel:Why?

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Lending your ears to a whole new sound

Anew sound swept across thestage as the ContemporaryMusic Ensemble

preormed at MacDonaldStuart Hall last Saturday, Dec. 4.Guelph students improvised on amultitude o diferent instrumentsto deliver an hour o dynamic andsophisticated music.

Te Contemporary MusicEnsemble was the last o veensemble concerts presented bythe School o Fine Art and Music.Other concerts eatured the Choir,

Chamber, Jazz and Concert Windsensembles, which perormed earlierthis year. Guelphs College o Artswill continue to showcase its arrayo talent next semester, hostingboth ensemble perormances andanother noon hour concert series.

Directing Saturdays perormancewas Joe Sorbara, who began working with the University o Guelph

Guelphs ContemporaryMusic Ensembleperforms end ofsemester concert

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All the Pretty Horses,Cormac McCarthy

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wild adventure, horses and women. Te rst he cant escape or thelie o him; the latter he wouldntleave i it killed him. Whilestaying with ranchers Grady meetshis midnight lover, the daughtero a wealthy, dangerous amily. Teir interactions are shroudedin orbidden passion, and the

impending peril that loomsover every syllable o this novel.Cormac describes each moment in

brie, powerul sentences, allowingthe moments to create the poetry.He wastes none o his narrativebreath describing eelings andemotions in the traditional sense,and you may nd yoursel unableto ollow many authors elaboratedescriptive ater sampling his style.

Like several o Cormacs novels,this too was made into a lm. But

unlikeNo Country for Old Men thisone isnt worth your time. DespiteMatt Damon and Penelope Cruz

the movie was a op, and youd be arbetter exploring the rich narrativethat garnered two o the mostcoveted awards in America the yearit was released.All Te Pretty Horsestruly is a divine piece o modernction, the cowboy tale where noone sings country music, an instantAmerican classic. Tats what Imreading what about you?

Rugged terrains that stretchout over emptiness ormiles, the sound o

adventure with every stomp o ahoo on the dry earth, a orbiddenlove that whispers through aoreign language in the dead onight. In so many words you canbarely give credence to the storythat begins Cormac McCarthysBorder rilogy. From the writero No Country for Old Men andTe Road came a novel that wonthe National Book Award beoreanyone even dreamed o makingthose works into lm. Its the storyo young John Grady Cole, a boy inhis mid teens whose amily lie inexas is unsatisying. His inherent,otherworldly connection to horsesand desire or adventure beckonshe and close riend Lacey Rawlinsto cross the border into the lawlessland o Northern Mexico.

Te novel chronicles theharshness o this land, throughcrooked law enorcement agenciesand the violence o a prison thatsimply exists outside o the law.Ater being caught up in a stolenhorse case Grady and Rawlins

nd themselves in the walls ochaos itsel. Amidst the countriesmost dangerous criminals(Mexico, dont orget) they mustend or themselves and climbthe social ladder that exists inno way dependent on guards orgovernment. But this is what JohnGrady let his home in exas or;

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in 2007. Tough this is his thsemester with the ContemporaryMusic Ensemble, Sorbaracontinues to push the creativity ohis students and urther explore

the world o improvisational music. Tis year, Sorbara experimented with a directive style calledsoundpainting, a sign languagedeveloped by Walter Tompson orguided improvisation.

For those who are new to themusic world, improvisational musicis played spontaneously. Developedon the spot, musicians have tobe listening to the entire groupat all times, and be responsive tothe sounds they hear. Te efect isthat the music never sounds thesame, and evolves throughout theperormance. Te ContemporaryMusic Ensemble not only used

musical instruments, but electronics,sound efects, and even laughter tocreate an efect both original andengaging in its delivery.

Sorbara serves as a navigator orthe ensemble. Te gestures withinsoundpainting can range romvague to specic in their meanings.Sorbara can ask or specic notes,or simply ask musicians to play

something sometime within the

next ve to ten seconds. o createthe perect sound, it is up to thedirector to use discretion whenpicking the right actions at theright times.

I think that a good soundpainterknows how to use the strengths and weaknesses o the musicians in agroup, said Sorbara. It mostlyinvolves listening in a very intense

way and setting up diferent

situations where music can happenthat wouldnt otherwise.

Sorbara isnt the only one usingsoundpainting, as Adam Malcolm,a member o the ensemble usedthis technique in conducting hisown work Sonata No. 1. Teaudience was ortunate enough tohear a collection o works createdby students as well. Keegan Lutek

composed and perormed TeDay the Sun Shone Blue, along with other ensemble members.aylor Moran and Lindsay Wilsoncreated an interesting sound space,

mixing electronics and the violinin I the Cats Dont Mindand Sandro Manzon directed hisiACY, which was both detailedand dynamic.

Te concert proved to be anopportunity or these ensemblemembers not just to showtheir strengths, but to developas musicians as well. TeContemporary Music Ensemblegives musicians the reedom todecide which direction the musictakes.

Tats the whole thing, saidSorbara. We all have our ownmusic and, or me, improvisation is

the beginning o each o us ndingout what our music is.

As the last concert in theensemble series, the ContemporaryMusic Ensemble proved to be a wonderul nish to a semester omusic. Tose o you who want tobranch out into the musical worldcan attend the next set o concertsdebuting in the New Year.

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Jukebox A years worth of albumsOLIVER DZUBA, PARICK MCEACHNIE, JOSH DOYLE

Sleigh Bells - reats

Chance carries a special meaning to themembers o Sleigh Bells. Vocalist AlexisKrauss ateully met band mate Derek

Miller while he was serving ood to herand her mother at a local restaurant. Andeveryone is glad they did meet, as theirdebut album reats has been a spectacularefort that is miles diferent rom anyother album released this year. Not boundto a single genre, Sleigh Bells creates acompletely original sound in songs withbrilliant hooks that grab your attentionimmediately. Sleigh Bells is my pick orbest new band o 2010. RecommendedSong: Rill Rill

Caribou - Swim

Canadian born PhD holder Dan Snaithhas recorded another incredible album this year. His album Swim blends a perect

combination o the psychedelic and dancesound resulting in a near perect electronicLP. Te layering o the production alone isdone at great depth, almost as i Snaith is jamming the quality o several songs intoone. Te melancholies o Snaiths lyrics arethen added, setting the atmospheric tone.Not being able to see Caribou perormlive in Guelph this year was a greatdisappointment, nevertheless his albumSwim was one o my avourites rom 2010.Recommended Song: Odessa

Beach House- een Dream

Te music on een Dream sounds justlike the title suggests; the dream o a 17 yearold lled with the hopes and uncertainties

o love and happiness. Lush melodiespreormed by Victoria Legrand andAlex Scally give the songs character withunconventional rhythms making it soundalmost strange at rst, but not one part othese songs seems out o place. Legrandsability to evoke emotions in the listener with her sot angelic vocals is a sublimeexperience. een Dream is among the besto 2010. Recommended Song: Used to Be

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Titus Andronicus - Te Monitor

itus Andronicus have done somethingthat most university students could onlydream o: take a Shakespeare inspired

moniker and turn it into a 65 minutepresentation on the American Civilwar and make it just as engaging as it isentertaining. Te ve-piece New Jerseybased lo- act blew me out o the water when I rst checked out Te Monitor inthe spring, and continues to each and everytime I listen. With a sound best describedas Bright Eyes covering Bruce Springsteen,youre wasting your time i you dont go andlisten to it.

Wayfarer Our Fathers

With no credit to the CanadianContent law, my contender ortop Canadian record o the yearhad to earn it. Possibly the mostlocal o all, Kitchener/Guelphbased Wayarer have taken mytop spot. Our Fathers is 10 songsabout growing up, and moving on,taken one obscure reerence at atime. While the Attack In Blackcomparisons are substantiated, Ihave ar better hopes or this localact. Tey dont play live all thatoten, so dont miss your chance when youre granted with one.Download Our Fathers and the resto their discography or ree romhttp://wayarer.bandcamp.com.

Paul Baribeau Unbearable

Paul Baribeau is a near-nomadic singer songwriter inall the best qualities o the term.Te man behind the beard, whileintimidating on the surace, knowsexactly how to express his innersel so long as hes holding a guitar.His newest ull length Unbearableis anything but. Its 24 minuteso heartbreaking realizations andpessimistic nostalgia. Tis record was sel-released on CD andLP, possibly making it my mostobscure choice o these three.Luckily you can download it orree rom http://www.iyoumakeit.com/album/paul-baribeau/unbearable. You wont regret it.

Scott Dunbar - Philosophies of a Moth Vol. 3

Its not everyday you hear a man with a raspy voice banging out tunes on a banjo and call itmusic, at least not today. Yet when Scott Dunbardoes it you think, where has this been in my lie?

Te most important part o Dunbars doubledisc album Philosophies of a Moth Vol. 3 is his socialcritique. He is one o those musicians who showtheir discontent through song, never once letting usof the hook or our laziness or ignorance. Society isnot a ride through the park or Dunbar; its an open wound, a bleeding insult that weve all becomeblind too. Dunbar seems xated on shake rattleand rolling us out o our lull with noisy guitar andbouncy tunes about our embarrassing state.

With controversial lyrics like, you think Obamasgonna save the world? You dont understand/ 9/11inside job, head out o the sand, Dunbars musicwill either have you leading a revolution or snappingthe album case in disbelie. Fortunately or Dunbar,the albums were all made by his mother out ocloth and abric; just another unique aspect to thisalready deserving album. I you consider yourselpart o the counter culture, put this on repeat.

Bill Hicks - Te Essential Collection

While all o you inspired young hipsters havebeen daydreaming about anti-capitalist states and aworld where people speak out against the machinethat is consuming us more eciently each day, youarent holding a candle to William Melvin Hicks. Troughout the 80s and 90s Hicks brought hissatirical, analytical, and comical opinion to Americanstages, reminding audiences throughout the nationwhat an assortment o liberty hating, power hungrypanderer the government and big businesses are. He wasnt araid to state his opinion publicly, and hisopinion accounted or the big issues in lie; l ike artistsselling out to advertisement, the ever-present choicebetween ear and love, and the benets o taking acid.

With his ability to play the guitar as a pleasantbackdrop to his comedic talent, Bill Hicks Te

Essential Collection is rst and oremost a stand-upalbum. Still it will solve your dilemma o wonderingwhat to listen to by lling your ears with a two CD,two DVD dose o the pleasant sounds o Mr. Hicksripping apart any and all ridiculous aspects o society.It may not have a horn section, but youll denitely beglad this collection ound it s way into your jukebox.

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Gryphons losing in more ways than one

Te Gryphons were unableto win in each o their two roadgames beore the holiday breakand head coach Shawn Camp was let with some early coal inhis stocking when their startinggoaltender or this season, CodySt. Jacques, announced he wouldhit the road as well.

[St. Jacques] played themajority o the games defnitelyat the start [o the season], saidcurrent Gryphons goaltender,Andrew Loverock. I came inknowing that he was the number

one and I took what playing timeI could get.

St. Jacques let his universityteam to play one least year in theOntario Hockey League as anover-ager. Te ormer Gryphondecided to join the BramptonBattalion just beore Guelphstwo-game road-trip in Quebec.St. Jacques started in net orthe Battalion on Dec. 2, againstMississauga.

St. Jacques departure has letthe goaltending duties up tolast seasons starting netminder,

eam loses startinggoalie amidst threegame skid

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Gryphons will have to getalong without scoring star

he mens basketballteam arguably lost their bestoensive threat and mostathletic basketball player orapproximately 12 weeks. hereis a possibility that we do notsee Kareem Malcolm back in aGryphon uniorm this season.Malcolm broke his elbow justtwo minutes into Guelphs roadgame earlier this season against oronto on Nov. 20. Malcolm,the irst year transer, was thenumber one scoring option orthe Gryphons and they will haveto adapt to losing the serviceso the talented guard over thebreak.

Volleyball women close outfirst half with a winning taste

he Gryphons will carry somemomentum into the Christmasbreak ater a dominatingstraight set win over the Ottawa

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Scott VanBommel and frst yearGryphon Andrew Loverock.

Bommer [VanBommel] washere last year so we both know

what to expect, said Loverock.Loverock has seen lots o action

playing in seven games so arthis season, starting six, but onlyrecording two wins to go alongwith our losses. Loverock knowshe must play well to keep earningstarts between the pipes.

Whos on a roll type o thing.Whoever is playing well is gonnaplay more at that point, saidLoverock.

Oddly enough, Loverockactually has better numbers thanthe departed St. Jacques, sportinga 3.03 goals against average, overhal a goal less per game than

the new Battalion team member.Loverock is in his frst year as aGryphon in the CIS, coming ohis OHL career.

Guys are just older andstronger and there is not as manymistakes in the deensive zone,said Loverock. Guys are moreresponsible.

Head coach Shawn Camp triesto give his goaltenders some noticeo who is going to get the start innet rom game to game.

He usually lets us know a dayor two beore whos starting, said

Loverock. It kinda depends onwhat hes eeling.

Te communication betweengoalies and their deensemen

is crucial in the deensive zone.Loverock and his new teammateshave had to work together to makesure mistakes are not made whenplaying the puck in their own endo the ice.

Tere pretty good, saidLoverock. Its dierent in the CIScause they dont have the trapezoidso the goalies can play the pucka lot more. It helps them [thedeensemen] out more when wecan come out a little urther. Wecommunicate pretty well.

Personally, the frst yearGryphon believes the biggestdierence in the transition rom

CHL to CIS hockey is jugglingathletics with schoolwork.

Its more o an adjustment justgoing to school and balancingboth, said Loverock.

Gryphon Athletics

Former Gryphon goaltender,Cody St. Jacques, is headed backto the OHL.

Gee Gees on Nov. 28.Guelph sits tied or second

in the OUA West standings atthe hal way point o the regularseason. McMaster is the teamtied with Guelph and they haveone game in hand. Also, theMarauders hold the tiebreakerright now over the Gryphons,having claimed the irst meetingbetween the teams earlier inthe year. Guelph is just one win back, with three games inhand, o the current OUA Westleading Brock Badgers. heGryphons are within strikingdistance o being able to makethe road to the OUA inals inthe west division, run throughthe W.F. Mitchell Athleticcentre. Guelph must take careo business and be ocused whenthey ace the teams beneaththem in the standings. Each andevery game will be a big one inthe second hal o the season,especially i this team has hopeso becoming a legitimate OUAtitle contender.

Gryphons have chanceto play at the 2011 WinterUniversiade

he XXV Winter World

University games will be takingplace in the new-year on theother side o the world. Erzurum,urkey will host the 25th editiono the games and countries romaround the globe will competein 11 dierent winter events.

he Winter World Universitygames run rom Jan. 27 to Feb.6 with the womens hockey inalscheduled or Feb. 5.

wo Gryphon women hockeyplayers have been selected torepresent Canada on the ice.Deencemen, Jacalyn Sollis andorward, Jessica Zeraa werenamed to the roster or the

tournament.Also, two Gryphon mens

hockey team members wereinvited to the FISU trainingcamp to compete or a spoton the Canadian roster.Forward,homas Kiriakou anddeencemen, im Priamo, wereamong the 31 players invited tothe selection camp.

One o the highlights o the eam Canada selection campwill happen when the University eam Canada takes on theCanadian National World Junior team on Dec. 14 at theMaster Card Centre in oronto

at 7pm. A tune up game or theWorld Junior Squad beore theirtournament kicks o on boxingday.

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all varsity season saw lots o exciting moments, breath-taking plays, incredible perormances and championships. Te Gryphonsd CIS team titles in mens and womens cross country. Kyle Boorsma claimed the mens individual cross-country CIS gold medal.Rabalski won the frst ever gold at the Canadian University Rowing Championships or Guelph. Mark Henry captured a silverin mens lightweight singles while, yler Wilson and Mike Veltri won bronze in the lightweight mens doubles at the rowingionships. Te womens rugby team earned a bronze medal in the CIS championship tournament held at rent University. On

tur, the womens feld hockey team claimed a CIS bronze medal at the championship tournament held on campus at Varsity Field.w lets get to some awards or the all semester.

Te fth-year Gryphon ended his cross-country careeron the highest note possible, capturing the individual CISchampionship, as well as being named a frst team all-Canadian.Boormsa bounced back ater fnishing second and being

deeated at the OUA championships by Guelph teammate,Alex Genest. Boorsma also captained the mens side to theirfth straight CIS team championship. Each cross-countryseason has ended with a team title during Boorsmas fve-yearcareer with the Gryphons.

Te talented ourth-year Gryphon was named theCIS player o the year in womens rugby. Murphy ledthe OUA with 17 tries in fve regular season games,and added 11 tries in the three OUA playo contests,propelling her team to an OUA championship win overQueens. Murphy was named an OUA all-star and CISall-Canadian or the second year in a row, she rankednumber two in the entire country in scoring with 85points.

Te frst-year Gryphon began his Gryphon cross-countrycareer with a bang. Proudoot won the Western Invitationalon Sept. 25, his frst race ever in a Guelph uniorm. Terookie ran like a proven veteran all season, rom the win inhis frst race to a sixth place fnish at the CIS cross-countrychampionships. Proudoot earned frst team all-Canadianhonours in his reshmen campaign and he will only continueto develop into another Gryphon running star.

Te Gryphon cross-country dynasty has been builtby Scott-Tomas, year-in year-out he puts together ateam that not only competes, but wins OUA and CIStitles. Scott-Tomas was named the CIS coach o theyear or both the Gryphon mens and womens cross-country teams, collecting his 19th coaching award intotal. Te energetic head man continues to cement hiscoaching legacy, leading the womens cross-countryteam to a record o six straight CIS team titles.

Te ourth-year Gryphon receiver is also a great return man,in case you didnt already know, he has scored on big returnsin the past. Standing at the back o the end zone at MACsRon Joyce Stadium, Gardner hauled in a wide let feld goalattempt o the oot o Marauders kicker, yler Crapigna, oneyard shy o stepping out o bounds. Gardner made a coupleankle-breaking moves, broke a tackle and was o to the races.Gardner took the ootball the entire length o the feld or theGryphon touchdown. It was a 129-yard return to be exact,which tied him with one other player or the longest missed

feld goal return in CIS history.

Te ourth-year graduating star had a great fnalgame in Gryphon colours. Te pressure o playing in aCIS medal game, at home no less, did not aze Stairs.Guelph deeated the Victoria Vikes 3-0 and Stairs wasthe best player on the feld, just as she has been or themajority o her university career. She controlled theball very well, with skill and precision all game long,scoring three goals to record a natural hat trick to leadthe Gryphons to CIS bronze.

Te annual homecoming game is my pick orthe best game o the hal school year or tworeasons. One, the game was close all the way, agreat deensive matchup and the Gryphonsplayed very well, maybe their best eort o theseason. wo, the atmosphere was electric. Teannounced attendance was, 8799 and all o thepeople made the game seem bigger and better.Te large crowd was right into the contest andenergized the Gryphons all game long. It was agreat university event. oo bad the student bodyhas ailed to create this type o atmosphere, saveor one game a year, or more o the Gryphonsports home games.

Te Gryphons soccer team went eight plus games to open theseason without scoring a goal, which led to seven losses and adraw to start the year. Give the men credit though, they battledback to grab the last playo spot, but the goalless streak to startthe year was defnitely not expected.

An undeeated season is something that is very di cult toachieve. Te mens lacrosse team went a perect 10-0 during theOUA schedule, but regular season achievements mean nothing andthe Gryphons hit their peak too early. Ater an unblemished marchthrough the year, Guelph ell 9-4 to the McMaster Marauders inthe OUA quarterfnals. A surprising result considering Guelphhad won both games over McMaster in the regular season.

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Overindulging in cafeine is a ast path to a burnout

Acup with breakast, a cup beore classstarts, a cup with lunch, a cup (ortwo) or the aternoon, a cup with

dinner and a cup beore bed; i this isnt an

addiction, than what is?Cofee, and its myriad o other orms,

might taste good and ofer a quick energyburst, but like smoking and other addictionsthat present huge health risks.

Cafeine is a great pick-me-up wheneeling low or tired, but that little boost comesat a price, said Jennier Hillier, naturopathor the Health and Perormance Centreon campus. Oten, as students adrenalglands are already unctioning at their peakdue to stress, this extra pressure to perormcan speed up the progression to burn out.Burned out adrenals leave you eeling tired,getting sick more oten, unable to sleep welland oten oster negative responses to stress.

Tese symptoms o overconsumption

o cafeine may not seem like long-termhealth risks, but putting your body througha constant cycle o pressure can havelasting efects on your brains responsetime, stimulation, and handling mental andpsychological stress.

However, having a cup o cofee once inwhile, much like having a glass o red wineonce in a while, is not entirely unhealthy.

Cofee research has demonstrated some

RACHEL SCAPILLAI positive efects o consumption as well,including the reduced occurrence o diabetes,heart disease and Parkinsons disease, shesaid. While these results are promising,the healing efects o proper sleep, diet and

exercise ar outweigh the consumption o asingle beverage.

Moderation is key with cafeineconsumption, as it is key with all the guiltypleasures we indulge in daily.

It is oten questioned i a person canbecome physically addicted to cafeine.According to Hillier, it is quite possible andprobable to gain an addiction to cafeine iyou are someone who enjoys a cup o cofeemultiple times a day.

Since cafeine increases adrenaline andcortisol, the body gets used to having the extraenergy and increases dopamine, the eel-good-hormone, she said. When cafeineis removed or a period o time, symptomssuch as headaches, abdominal pain and

depression development demonstrate thatthe body has developed a dependency on thechemical.

Hillier also assures that through timeand distance rom cafeine, the body willrebalance itsel, but that oten it is a realchallenge or some users o cafeine to getover the initial hump.

From a social aspect, it is understandableor students to become addicted to cafeine

as it is so readily available in thecaeteria and aids with temporarilyup-keeping energy whilst studying.

Long hours, the extended need orocus and the social aspect o going

or a cofee, all predispose students toindulging in cafeinated drinks, saidHillier. Finding study places that donot centre on drinking cafeinatedbeverages, nding deca alternativesand developing alternative strategiesor waking up, like exercise or a coldshower can help decrease cafeineconsumption. Getting adequate sleepand eating a nutrient dense diet willhelp to keep you sharper and morecreative than any beverage.

Tere are many alternatives tocafeine, including herbals teas witha bold avour, such as cinnamon andchai, or avours such as peppermintor cedar ofer a resh taste. Scheduling

power naps in the aternoon, ten to30 minutes in duration, can help youde-stress and wake up.

Hillier ofers some advice orstudents experiencing a potentialcafeine addiction.

I cafeine has become anaddiction, try switching out one cup withdeca or green tea and work your way up toeliminating cafeinated beverages. Tough

green tea does have a low amount o cafeine,the antioxidant and anticancer benets aroutweigh the negatives.

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Te worst contemporary flms ever made

roll 2 1990Director: Claudio Fragasso

Star: Michael Stephenson

From little people dressed ingoblin costumes (and obviousones at that), to corny dialogueand beyond abysmal acting, roll2 has everything you need toensure a complete cheese-est o aflm. Anyone who has seen roll 2knows that in spite o the title othe flm, there are no trolls and nomention o trolls at any point. Temonsters o the movie are actuallygoblins and badly costumedgoblins at that. Apparently, themarketing team behind this flmwanted to mooch o the slightly

successul horror movie calledroll and so, while roll 2 hasnothing to do with its predecessor,it is the sequel. MichaelStephenson, who portrays Simon,delivers a convincing perormanceo a moronic hero trying to escapea town inested by man-eatinggoblins. Stephenson did the besthe could with the dialogue, whichincludes the gem, Teyre eatingher and then theyre going to eatme. Oh my God! As a horror flm,roll 2 is an utter ailure, but i youwatch the movie as a comedy, youmight get some entertainmentvalue rom the dialogue alone.

Te Postman 1997Director: Kevin CostnerStar: Kevin Costner

Tis is a three-hour flm tellingthe story o a postmans slow,pointless and boring walk acrossa post-apocalyptic America whilehe delivers some mail. Tere is no

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lesson to be learned, no messageto be ascertained and no reason orrhyme to the plot oTe Postman.Te idea oTe Postman is kind oneat, but to be put through threehours o an uneventul journeythat airs no accomplishmentsexcept depressing people withmail rom people who are nowdead, and sees Kevin Costnerportraying a character with

little depth, does not reallyencourage sympathy. Te overallplot, dialogue and acting are notnearly strong enough to claimthree hours o someones time.At least with WaterworldCostnerhad gills, and there was actionand suspense; Te Postman is justterrible and yawn inspiring.

Glitter 2001Director: Vondie Curtis-HallStar: Mariah Carey

Glitteris bad or the sole reasono unoriginality, not to mention iteaturing Mariah Carey trying toact. Tis actually might have beenthe straw that broke the camelsback in terms o what killedCareys career and created her

dip in popularity. At least when Jennier Lopez tries to act shecomes o as somewhat endearing,but Carey is just plain ghastly.Glitter ollows the storyline o abeautiul young woman tryingto make it big in Hollywood. Tere are only a hundred otherflms that try to accomplish thisplot every year. Her big hair andlackluster delivery o the poorquality dialogue only add to theglamorous pile o crap that is thisflm. errence Howard, a decentactor in most movies, loses somerespect points or participating inthis abomination.

Gigli 2003Directed: Martin BrestStar: Ben Aeck and JennierLopez

Tis flm marks a dark chapterin Ben Aecks cinematic history;the era o J Lo. Aeck stayedmostly hidden rom the flm worldor the next fve years ater thecatastrophe called Giglihit theatresand then, quickly, DVD. Te flmdepicts a gangster, Larry Gigli,played by Aeck, who kidnaps amentally challenged young man,played by Justin Lee Bartha, tohold or ransom. Jennier Lopezplays Ricki, a back-up thug hiredto keep an eye on Gigli. Gigli is

threatened by Rickis superiorityand also seems to be threatenedby the act that she is a lesbian.Somehow, with his charm, heconvinces Ricki to all in love withhim. I you are conused, dont bealarmed. Te plot is pretty muchnon-existent and is used as a crutchto bring Ricki and Gigli togetheror no practical reason other thanto mirror Aeck and Lopezsshortly lived real lie romance. Te dialogue is uncomortableand Aecks portrayal o agangster is laughable. Te bestperormance comes rom Barthaand his character looks ingeniouscompared to Aecks portrayal oGigli.

Te Room 2003Director: ommy WiseauCo-producer: ommy WiseauWriter: ommy WiseauStar: ommy Wiseau

I honestly do not know howto begin to describe the depthso awulness Te Room sinksto. Tis movie, directed, co-produced, written and starring ommy Wiseau, is the epitomeo bad acting and the essence o aconicting plot line that meanderson orever until you want to ripyour eyeballs out o your head to

stop yoursel rom watching it. Tequestionable plot ollows the lovetriangle between Johnny, playedby Wiseau, his fanc Lisa, playedby Juliette Danielle and Mark, Johnnys best riend and Lisassecret lover, played by Greg Sestero. Te jarring dialogue betweenthe characters and the awkwardsexual chemistry in the each othe sex scenes is enough to make you cringe. As well, the two sexscenes between Lisa and Johnnyare actually the same ootageused twice with dierent musicto separate them. O all the cast, Wiseau has the distinct honouras the worst actor and seems tohave no sense o punctuationin his speech. In addition to Wiseaus ailing perormance, thedialogue throughout the wholeflm is dreadul and uninspiring.Lisa says to her mother, and herriend Michelle, I dont want totalk about it seven times. Alsorepeated over and over againby Lisa is I dont love Johnnyanymore. Lastly, the line, I cantdo this, Johnny is my best riendis said by Mark to Lisa when sheseduces him, a total o ten times. Iyou decide to watch Te Room, bewarned, this is 99 minutes wortho misery you will never get backagain.

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Foodstufs tries to score with baked goods

It would have been sae toassume that this weeksedition o Foodstuffs would

have been about some kind oestive holiday are. But it isnt.Tis weeks column will highlighta little-used but dangerouslyefective trick that should bein everyones sexual arsenal:using baked goods to score.Baking is not that dicult noris it particularly expensive butto people who dont bake the actseems almost unathomable. It isthis very disconnect that makesbaking something delicious

or someone youre trying to woo a sure-re way to impressthem. Te next step, o course,is deciding exactly what you aregoing to bake. Chocolate chipcookies are a go-to but tricky.Because chocolate chip cookiesare so ubiquitous, it is likelythat the person you are tryingto impress has eaten a hundred

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cookies o that particular kindthat are better than yours. Unless you have an amazing amilyrecipe o some kind. Tis is whygoing with something a little

more obscure but not necessarilymore dicult is route I wouldrecommend. Te recipe providedbelow is called boy bait but itsso delicious and easy to makethat it could bait any object oyour afection. Happy wooing!

Recipe for blueberry boy baitInspired by Smitten KitchenMakes 12 squares

For the cake:2 cups plus 1 tsp all-purpose our1 tbsp baking powder1 tsp table salt1 cup or 2 sticks o unsalted butter

at room temperature cup light brown sugar, packed cup granulated sugar3 large eggs1 cup whole milk (buttermilk canbe substituted however) cup blueberries (can use reshor rozen but i using rozen, donot derost rst as it will turn thewhole dish violet)

Adjust the oven rack to themiddle position and heat theoven to 350 degrees. Grease andlour a nine by nine inch bakingpan. Whisk two cups o lour,baking powder, and salt togetherin medium bowl. With electricmixer, beat butter and sugarson medium-high speed untilluy, about two minutes. Addeggs, one at a time, beating until just incorporated and scrapingdown the bowl. Reduce speed tomedium and beat in one-thirdo lour mixture, then remaining

milk, and inally remaininglour mixture. oss blueberries with remaining one teaspoono lour. Using rubber spatula,gently old in the blueberries. Spread batter into prepared pan. For the topping, scatter remainingblueberries over the top o the batter. Stir remaining sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl andsprinkle over batter. Bake until toothpick inserted in centre o cake comes out clean (about 45 to 50minutes). Cool in pan or 20 minutes, then turn out and place in serving platter, topping side up. Servewarm or at room temperature. Cake can be stored in airtight container at room temperature or up tothree days.

For the topping: cup blueberries, resh or rozen(do not derost) cup granulated sugar tsp ground cinnamon

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16 Dec. 9 - 15, 2010 163.13OpinionLoose Cannon: CSAs Sleeping Beauty needs to wake up

We all have days whenwe feel like telling offour bosses. In an era

of instant communication tools,it can be frighteningly easy tosend off a poorly worded email,or let slip something during ateleconferencing session that wewould like to take back.

But when your insult is sent notas a casual slip-of-the-tongue,but as official correspondenceto every single supervisor inthe organization that employs you, well, that takes a bit moreexplaining.

Case in point is a letter sentby the Denise Martins, ExternalAffairs Commissioner for theCentral Student Association, tothe CSAs Board of Directorsat its November 10th meeting. The Board passed a motionrequesting that Martins andLocal Affairs CommissionerAnastasia Zavarella submittheir regular reports, which werelate, to the Boards ExecutiveEvaluation Committee. TheEEC is tasked with helping

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ContributorsGreg BeneteauSam DewaeleOliver DzubaKirsti JuurakkoAndrea LamarreJames MacDonaldPatrick McEachnieBeth Purdon-McLellanLeigh McSwanJihee (Marie) ParkSarah PattersonMarianne Pointner

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commissioners set and meetgoals related to their work. The reports, which include anestimate by commissioners ofhow many hours they ve worked,

help the committee and studentsunderstand how these electedofficials are spending their time.

Both Martins and Zavarellasubmitted the late reports in timefor the next meeting. Denise,however, wasnt willing to let thematter rest with take a shot ather bosses. She apologized, in away, by saying the EEC reports werent at the top of her list ofthings to do.

I often did not see it as apriority in the extensive list oftasks I have been accumulatingover time... which is probablythe reason it was put on the back

burner for so long, Martinsexplained.

Just to add some spice to herapology, Martins decided to takeaim at the EECs requirement tokeep track of her hours, whichshe claimed was too arduous.

I will work to meet the newguidelines. However, pleaseunderstand that keeping trackof hours worked is impossible.I would be willing, however, tosubmit a report of hours slept ifit will help the EEC, she wrote.

(The implication, Martinslater told me, is that she spendsmore time working on herportfolio than sleeping, as thusit would be easier to keep

track of hours slept than hours worked - a claim that will beimpossible to verify unless shestarts actually keeping track ofher hours.)

I cant wait to update youonce again of my ongoing viamy report! Martins concludedin her letter.

Most people could expect tobe fired for using such a tonewith their employers. The Board,being what it is , has taken a morecautious approach and asked theEEC to investigate positivediscipline options and reportback. This isnt the first time

Martins has decided to pick afight for no apparent reason.For the past three weeks, she hasfuelled a war of words with theuniversity administration andstudents over the recruitmentof campus support for theBetterPlanet Project.

In an article to The Ontarion,Martins compared the Project,which aims to raise $200 millionfor various academic programsand scholarships, to green- washed charity campaigns and

criticized student leaders forsuggesting that students couldchip in.

Universities launch capitalfundraising campaigns all the

time, under various guises. Muchof the money raised in the BetterPlanet Project so far (more than$88 million) is coming fromalumni, corporations, the publicsector and private donors.

The debate over whetherthe CSA should contributeis certainly one of someimportance. If Martins doesnt want to throw her supportbehind the Better Planet Project,thats her prerogative.

But her utterly bizarrebehaviour in calling out fellowstudents for how they chooseto spend their own time in a

letter to the editor, she suggestedthose students should spenda little less time in committeemeetings... and a little more timecommunicating what is goingon to students, - bordered onpetty. If this is Martins idea ofproductive work, shes living inSleeping Beautys dream world.

The Holiday break willprovide Martins will ample timeto catch up on her rest. Hereshoping that the she wakes up intime for the New Year.

Editorial

Leaking the truth and uncovering a wounded democracy

If you havent heard abouthim yet, its about time you did. Julian Assange

is the mastermind behindthe whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, which aims todisclose state documents andclassified information in orderto better inform the public andkeep governments transparent.In October, WikiLeaks receivedhavoc for its disclosure of300,000 state-classified reportsabout the wars in Iraq andAfghanistan. But its the newrelease of a quarter of a millionUS Embassy Diplomatic Cablesthat has enraged governments allthroughout the world and evenspurred calls for the assassinationof Assange. Currently, the WikiLeaks founder remains incustody until a British Courttakes up a Swedish requestfor his extradition. Assange is wanted for questioning relatedto allegations of unlawful sexualcontact, though he maintainshis innocence and has called thecase a political witch-hunt.

So why should you careabout this story? WikiLeaks

is responsible for releasingthe largest set of confidentialdocuments in history. Fromthe most recent leak, the worldhas learned of many stories,actions and conversations thatnever would have had the hopeof being exposed to the publiceye. In the last month, we havecome to know that the USpressured Spanish prosecutorsto drop court investigations overthe 2003 killing of a Spanish journalist by US troops in Iraq. Weve also learned that a USspying operation has gone sofar as to target UN officials,including its secretary-general,Ban Ki-Moon. And manyhave watched with disbelief a video released back in Aprilshowing about a dozen people,including journalists, beingindiscriminately killed by theUS military in an Iraqi suburb. These are but three revelationsof hundreds of thousands ofstories that have been leakedinto the media.

Perhaps even more importantthan the stories themselves, isthe critical questions they have

prompted. Should citizens bemade aware of more actionstheir governments take?Depending on who you are and who you work for, whether youhonour or deplore WikiLeaks will likely vary. Some arecalling Assange a hero forhis tireless efforts in fightingfor transparency, while othersdemonize him for attempting tosabotage powerful governmentsand for risking the lives of thosenamed in the leaked documents.Noam Chomsky, internationallyrenowned philosopher andlinguist, recently weighted intothe debate, and commentedthat the most recent WikiLeaksrelease reveals a profoundhatred for democracy on thepart of our political leadership. We at the Ontarion couldntagree more.

We oppose the incessantsuppression of informationon behalf of the governments we are theoretically meant totrust and elect. While billionsof dollars are poured intostate security schemes to keepus from knowing what our

governments really think, anever-expanding gap continues to widen between politicians andthe public. Its really not hard tounderstand why so many peopledont vote. Aside from those who are genuinely disinterestedin all things political, we atthe Ontarian hypothesize thatthe vast majority of people who dont go to the polls seeright through the manipulative,corporatist-favored agenda thatpresent western neo-liberaldemocratic governing bodiesreek of, including our own.

We applaud Assange for hiscourage. Thanks to WikiLeaks,a conversation questioning thestatus quo of the dominantpolitical regime has beengenerated across the world. Nowmore than ever is the time todemand real democracy fromthe world powers who havemanaged to get away with theiract of charades for far too long. We hope you will join us indoing so.

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Letters to the Editor

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Letters to the EditorDeadline or letters:Mondays @ 2PM

Chris Hamelin did an interesting

piece on MP3 and FLAC encoding of

audio material. Unfortunately, some

of the material was a little inaccurate.

First, he did the community a

disservice buy lumping all MP3s

into one group. There are many

from very poor to just about perfect.

The encoder used to make the MP3

is also very important, and LAME

is a good general purpose one. For

a good rule of thumb, any MP3

encoded under 160kps may have

some audible audio loss, anything

over 160kps is functionally identical

to the source material. I encode at

192kps and above, just to be on the

safe side. I have never been able

to hear a convincing difference

between CD audio/FLAC/WAV

and a properly encoded MP3.

The engineers that developed

the MP3 format did a great job.They have been immortalized.

The only real issues with MP3s

are artifacting of certain types

of almost pure sounds, and that

is rare in normal audio and you

have to be trained to hear it.

My personal recommendation:

Dont even think of re-encoding

material you have already encoded

unless it was done at 160kps or

less or with a bad encoder. Do

new rips with whatever suits

your fancy, but you may have

device compatibility problems

and perhaps licensing problems

if you choose the wrong one.Properly done plain old MP3 done

properly is probably good enough.

Lastly, even the losses of a poorly

compared to losses due to lower

and room audio issues.

Glenn Soltes

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started walking in the park justpast downtown.

I just wanted to say that tryingto keep up with you added somespice (and helped me up mypace) on an otherwise drearymorning and long run. hanks!I hope you see this... drop mea line!

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I saw you the other day inthe Quebec St. Plaza sitting ina really sweet red velvet chair. Jealoussssss. Wish I had one.

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Tursday December 9

Te New Horizons Band o Guelph reeconcert, 11am at Guelph Youth Music CentreRecital Hall. Tis twelve week programofers adults a place to learn or reresh theirskills on a wind band instrument. Ino: 519-

823-6532 or newhorizons@brentrowan.ca

Books or Arica Campus Book Drive tocollect textbooks or schools in Arica. Dec.6-17 -Collection boxes in the UC, Co-opBookstore and Science Complex Atrium.Volunteers needed to help sort and packbooks during exams. Ino:uogba@gmail.com

Friday December 10

Guelph Country Dances monthly danceseries. Live band and caller. 8pm at St. JamesAnglican Church, Paisley Rd/Glasgow St.No partner or previous experience necessary.$10 ($8/students, members). No street shoes

on dance oor. Ino: 519-763-2494 or www.guelphcontradances.com

Sunday December 12

Christmas Choral Fantasy - GuelphSymphony Orchestra with the Grand RiverChorus with Conductor David Bourque.3-5pm at the River Run Centre. Admission:Adults $30, students $15 and children $10.Ino: www.guelphorchestra.ca.

G SPEED RIVER RAIL Section 3 Xc Ski, Snowshoe Or Hike. 5 km. Meet1:30pm at the easternmost point o theImperial/Wellington plaza. Level 2. SpeedModerate. All welcome. Leader: 519-836-

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Saturday December 18Guelph Spoken Word presents the Guelph

Poetry Slam Featuring SPENCERBU. 7pm at Te Ebar (41 Quebec St.).Cover: $10 - $5. Youth Welcome. Ino:guelphspokenword.com

Te Guelph Chamber Choir perormsHandels Messiah 8pm at the River Run

Centre. ickets: $30. www.riverrun.ca orwww.guelphchamberchoir.ca.519-763-3000.

Sunday December 19

A Christmas Celebration with the DublinChancel Choir with conductor FredGraham, Te rillium Brass, and organistMichael Bloss. Dublin St. United Church,68 Sufolk St. W. ickets: $18/adults, $5/students. Ino: 519-821-0610 orwww.dublin.on.ca

Ongoing:Te Barber Gallery - Te Git o the Magispecial exhibition o orty regional artists

working in a variety o medium and styles.Show runs rom Dec 3 - Jan 8. Galleryhours: ues - Fri 9-5:30 and Sat 9-4. BarberGallery. 167 Sufolk St. W. 519 824-0821

Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Exhibit:Building a Legacy, Curating a Collectioneaturing the work o contemporaryCanadian artists who have contributed toand continue to dene art in Guelph. Exhibitruns until December 19. 358 Gordon Streetat College Ave. 519.837.0010ino@msac.ca | www.msac.ca

Guelph Civic Museum Exhibit Spirit ochange: One Building ells the Story oGuelph. racing the history o the second

oldest church building in Guelph. Exhibitruns rom June 12, 2010 January 9, 2011.6 Dublin St. S. Open daily 1-5pm. guelph.ca/museum.

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