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Conference asks: How can we end hunger permanently?

The 6th annual Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit was held, for

the first time outside of the United States, at the University of Guelph from Feb. 25 to Feb. 27. The summit attracted people from across the globe, including the past Governor General, Michaëlle Jean and the past Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Lincoln Alexander.

Universities Fighting World Hunger is a perpetually growing network of universities which all share one common belief. This belief being that through networking and education, fighting hunger will become an integral value of higher education institutions throughout the world. The purpose of the annual summit

Th e Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit brought together individuals to discuss hunger-related topics

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is to promote networking and discussion between students, humanitarians and industry leaders alike.

Co-ordinators of the summit, undergraduate student Gavin Armstrong, and U of G President Alastair Summerlee, commented on the theme of the summit.

“This summit is titled ‘Hunger has no Boundaries.’ There are no boundaries between hunger at home and hunger abroad and there should certainly not be boundaries between those who take responsibility to end world hunger,” explained Armstrong.

The summit was kick-started on Friday by the arrival of Joseph Henry. Unlike most of the attendees, Joseph chose not to drive or fly to the summit. Rather, the Alabama native ran 500 miles from The White House in Washington, D.C. to the University Center here at the University of Guelph. Joseph’s goal was to both raise awareness about the summit and raise $100,000 for The United Nations World Food Program. As Joseph rounded the corner

onto the campus bus loop for the final moments of his epic run, he was met with cheers and jubilation. The six-foot-five man was clearly exhausted but the look of absolute satisfaction was impossible to miss on his smiling face. He was asked what inspired him to take on such a journey.

“The goal of my cause is to run one step for each person that dies of hunger,” said Henry.  “25,000 people die every day, and I’m trying to run 25,000 steps a day which works out to be about 30 miles.”

The formal proceedings of the summit began on Feb. 26 after a rousing key note address by

Th e rebirth of the Grad Lounge

To students’ great delight, the Grad Lounge re-opened in the fi rst week of

February. For those Grad Lounge devotees, anticipation has been lingering to once again enter its fi fth fl oor doors to enjoy a meal, have a beer or catch up on work. But for many, it has been well worth the wait. A major change

Th e cherished restaurant is now equipped with a fresh menu, a new team, and a manager with a heart for healthy food

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has been the installation of a brand new management team. Th e restaurant’s new manager, Jared Irvine, is proud of the changes that have been made.

“Th e main change I would say would be our menu,” said Irvine. “We make everything here on site now. Everything’s fresh. Everything on our menu is fi ve dollars even, taxes in. Everything’s local on our menu and on our draft menu. It’s more of a lounge, a student space, where people are more than welcome to come and sit down, do homework, have a pint, do nothing. It’s designed more I think for the general student population and it’s more of a welcoming place.”

For Irvine, providing healthy food in a hospitable environment is a passion of his that runs deep.

“My parents’ hospitality was so important to them and the love they had in their home,” said Irvine. “Th ere were always strangers in our home and they were always welcome for supper. Food’s always been so important to me, and the love and joy I see it brings to people, and the fun it always brings to the occasion, has always made me grow huge attraction towards it.”

Born and raised in Guelph, Irvine attended the prestigious Stratford Chef School and has worked in the restaurant industry for over 16 years. His fi rst

restaurant job was at the well-known Aberfoyle Mill at the age of sixteen. Since that informative experience, Irvine has yet to fall out of love with the business.

“I love working with the team,” said Irvine. “It’s so much fun. Putting in anywhere from 65 to 80 hours a week, on average 70 hours a week, and it taking me away from my wife and my two babies at home, it makes it worthwhile at the beginning because I love it.”

Irvine is committed to making fresh, local and ethical food purchases.

“I just think it’s awesome to

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NewsCrisis continues to unfold in Libya, Canada to showcase military presenceA military frigate is planned to depart from Charlottetown to the Libyan coast, in an international eff ort to respond to Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi ’s violent crackdown on protesters. Billions of Gadhafi ’s assets have been frozen by the Canadian government, to strip Gadhafi ’s fi nancial privileges after death tolls have climbed to approximately 2,000 people. Over 100,000 people have fl ed Libya, which has been increasingly violent ever since protests took place to oust Gadhafi from power, following a string of other Middle Eastern and North African political revolutions. CBC

Judge tries to use Facebook photos for evidence

Erica Sparks, a woman living in New Brunswick, was injured in a 2008 car accident and sued the other driver for damages. Th e insurance company of the other driver recommended that Sparks’ Facebook photos be used to better understand the injuries suff ered by Sparks. A New Brunswick judge agreed and made an order to the woman’s lawyer that her Facebook photos be seized in order to substantiate the severity of her injuries. Th e judge explained that individuals involved in lawsuits do not often delete information from a social network site, so attaining the photos would be benefi cial for the case. CBC

International Women’s Day to be celebrated in Guelph through movement International Women’s Day will bring together some of Guelph’s most outstanding dancers. Th e Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival and Dance Th eatre David Earle will combine to present a program entitled Women’s Voiceswhich will be performed during the evening of March 8, at John. F. Ross High School. Th e mother of choreographer Janet Johnson inspired one of the pieces that will be performed. Johnson hopes to see many women’s stories come to life through the display of dance. Guelph Mercury

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Refugee Camp(us)

Few Canadian students can imagine life in a refugee camp in Kenya. The

temperature regularly climbs to 40 degrees, the dust settles on everything it touches and the demands are high. Caring for younger siblings, lining up for water, cooking dinner from meager rations and trying to attain good grades all factor into daily life for students in refugee camps, a life that is difficult to relate to in our technologically-connected and relatively privileged society. The University of Guelph’s chapter of the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is raising awareness about the challenges of life in a such a place with their “Refugee Camp(us)” event running from March 7 to 11. Students will pledge to remain on campus throughout the week and participate in informative events for the student body.

Refugee Camp(us) aims to draw attention to the importance

WUSC fundraiser brings to light the challenges faced by refugeesANDREA LAMARRE

of sponsoring refugees to study at the university. Gatluak G. Deng, one such student, came to the University of Guelph this academic year to study Biological Science.

“In Kenya, it ’s a different story, starting with the different type of food they eat. Refugees depend on rations given by UNHCR twice a month…They just make temporary houses out of wood and sticks, a make-shift kind of thing. Some people stay in tents made by UNHCR, which don’t last long because the sun is so strong. It ’s not like here in Canada… temperatures go up into the 40s,” he described.

The process of selection for student refugees is highly competitive, according to both Deng and Allison Broadbent, staff advisor for WUSC.

“WUSC does an amazing job with the number of students that they sponsor, but it is one of the only opportunities for post-secondary education for students who can finish high school in the camps, which in itself is a challenge,” said Broadbent.

Students must achieve specific academic standards and display proficiency in English in order to qualify. Applying to the

program carries its own unique challenges.

“Moving around was not easy; that was the biggest challenge. Also trying to balance classes and the students you are teaching,” explained Deng, who taught younger refugees English while applying to WUSC.

Refugee Camp(us) focuses on raising awareness about the Student Refugee Program, but WUSC programming encompasses several different initiatives.

“There are a lot of different programs, but what our school focuses on is the Shine a Light program for women’s education in the refugee camps and the Student Refugee Program,” said Shawna Smith, a member of WUSC and undergraduate student studying International Development.

The Shine a Light program provides solar lighting to women in refugee camps, allowing them to study at night, one of the many roadblocks in the path of education for women. Women are often expected to perform traditional household duties while undertaking their education and are often unable to attend school on a regular

basis. Resultantly, the ratio of women to men who qualify to be sponsored is highly skewed, a problem being actively addressed by WUSC. Currently, the local committee at the U of G is raising funds in conjunction with Harcourt United Church to enable a woman and her dependent child to study at the University of Guelph next year.

“There are so many barriers with women and education … we’re trying to overcome this through sponsoring the woman and her child and also through the Shine a Light program,” said Abigail Menendez, a member of WUSC.

WUSC’s sponsorship of refugee students is but one way in which students can take part in making global change. As Broadbent explained, “A lot of students don’t even realize that they’re donating a small portion of their fees to the program, and it ’s such an important part of where our funding comes from … Students should be aware of that and how that small donation that each of them [provides] is making a huge impact in the lives of two students every year.”

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“GRAD LOUNGE,” continued

support local businesses, giving them an opportunity,” said Irvine. “We use Paisley Fine Foods for a lot of our meats…It’s so worth it and so rewarding to support locally or when you shop globally, [to] fi nd out where it’s coming from and what your money is doing when you spend that money.”

PhD candidate Tara Holland, who has long been a Grad Lounge go-er, is enthusiastic about the changes that have been made. “I think they’ve done a really good job keeping the feel the same,” said Holland. “It seems a lot cleaner and nicer looking inside without changing the atmosphere too much. Overall, it just seems nicer inside. I think the food is much better. It’s really fresh. It’s great to have a few more choices on the menu. And I love all the beers on tap, it’s a really good addition.”

One Physics graduate student explained their reasoning for

enjoying the Grad Lounge environment.

“It’s a good place to hang out where you don’t necessarily have to buy anything,” said the student. “It’s better than being downstairs,” noting the more secluded environment that the Grad Lounge permits. When asked about which change was most welcomed, the answer was easy: “the beer.”

With a tweaked design and a tasty new menu, the return of the Grad Lounge has been most welcomed. If students wish to see additional changes, Irvine is open to feedback and happy to accommodate concerns.

“We’ve already after two weeks changed the menu,” said Irvine. “Th at’s with the chalkboard menus. If something’s not selling or a population says they’d like to see something on the menu, then fantastic. Let’s fi gure out how we can do that and do it the best we can.”

Th e Grad Lounge has re-opened with a transformed menu and an ever-fresh feel.

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On Feb. 16, a Board of Directors meeting took place at the Central

Student Association (CSA) boardroom. In attendance was former CSA Academic & University Affairs Commissioner Nathan Lachowsky, who presented on the 2010 Tuition Student Survey. When it came time for questioning, Denise Martins, CSA External Affairs Commissioner began to ask a question about tuition fees, a major part of her portfolio.

A dispute arose over the conversation that Martins and Lachowsky exchanged when Martins began asking questions. Lachowsky claims that Martins repeatedly interrupted him while he was attempting to respond to the question.

“I just said to her to let me finish answering the question, because I might get to answering whatever your supplemental might be before you ask it and waste your supplemental [question] because you’re only supposed to have one,” explained Lachowsky. “So I continued speaking and then every time I tried to take a pause or a break, she would interject a few words…I found it very disrespectful.”

Lachowsky was particularly frustrated when, after repeatedly interrupting him, Martins then claimed that she had nothing to

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The Human Library is an annual event that provides students with a

unique chance to meet and get to know individuals who belong to groups facing challenges and discrimination. On March 3 to March 4, students can go to the 3rd and 4th floor of the library to reserve real-life books. For 30 minutes, students can sit down with individuals of their choice and engage in open dialogue and learn more about their experience. Examples of this year’s participants include an individual living with mental illness, a survivor of Sri Lankan conflict, a victim of sexual violence, and a man’s experience being gay. There are over two-dozen Books to choose from.

Cort Egan, Manager of Communications of Organizational Services at the

U of G, helped to organize the Human Library, and explained its overall significance.

“There are a number of things that I value about the Human Library event but what I think value most about it is the fact that it celebrates diversity and provides a rare opportunity to understand and appreciate each other better,” said Egan.

The Human Library is a welcome addition to the world of literature found at the McLaughlin Library, and according to Egan, promotes the same great aspects carried by literary arts.

“What I enjoy most about literature is the opportunity to explore unknown and foreign worlds in the comfort of my own reading chair,” said Egan. “The Human Library offers the same sense of wonder, exploration and discovery with the added bonus that you can ask questions and probe deeper into these new worlds.”

Egan described the benefits of students attending the Human

Library and learning from its range of personal, inspiring reads.

“One of the best things about being a student, although it ’s hard to appreciate this fact until after you graduate, is having the time and opportunity to open your mind to the new and unknown,” explained Egan. “In the busy and often time-starved life of a student, these opportunities are typically isolated to academic pursuits. This is one of those rare opportunities that come up very seldom in life that allows you to learn more about the life experience of someone who comes from a very different reality from you and that you would otherwise probably never meet. It forces you to explore and examine your own values and it allows you to view the world - if only for half an hour - through somebody else’s eyes.”

To learn more about this event, which has been held in libraries across the world, visit the McLaughlin library website and talk to your local librarians.

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say. At the time, he didn’t feel it necessary to take any further action to express his concerns over Martins’ conduct.

“After the meeting I debated sending an e-mail saying that I found the actions towards me inappropriate and disrespectful but I know the executives deal with a lot…I decided to just let it go,” said Lachowsky.

The dispute stayed quiet until an e-mail was sent to Lachowsky from Communications & Corporate Affairs Commissioner, Demetria Jackson. Indicating that the letter was of her own opinion, Jackson disclosed that she did not consider Lachowsky welcome to future meetings, and that she would initiate a motion that would seek not to extend speaking rights to Lachowsky should he attend a future meeting. Lachowsky felt shocked after reading the commissioner’s words.

“As a former student leader and a current student leader in the graduate community, I think those kind of responses from democratically elected student representatives have no place on this campus,” said Lachowsky.

Jackson defended the e-mail she sent, describing the event at the Board of Directors very differently from Lachowsky’s account.

“Lachowsky took a pause, and Denise went to clarify her question, and he said, ‘I’m not done.’ So he continued answering and then he took another pause, and then Denise asked another question and wanted to clarify. And he kept talking over her. He said ‘I’m going to keep talking, I’m going to keep talking….’He didn’t want to accept the fact

that it was an accident. She kept apologizing…She had nothing to say afterwards because he belittled her in front of everyone,” explained Jackson.

Others in the room expressed concern over Lachowsky’s remarks, according to Jackson.

“A few board members after that said, ‘Woah. What was wrong with Nathan?’ That’s unacceptable, you can’t come into this space and act that way…Just because someone interrupted [him]? I have people interrupt me all the time, it doesn’t mean you react that way.”

Martins agreed with Jackson’s interpretation of the meeting. According to Martins, the CSA executive was notified that the e-mail was going to be sent out ahead of time, and did not object to its content.

“The fact is that [the CSA Executive] understood that Demetria has a right to say that and express how she felt…So when she brought it to executive…she let us know basically what it was. I don’t think it’s our place to comment or stop her.”

Jackson and Martins

emphasized Jackson’s democratic right to put forth a motion that could be voted on to remove any individual speaking rights in a future meeting. Lachowsky however, could not recall a time when that has ever been done in the past.

“I think [removing speaking rights] sends a very strong sign, and is a very strong movement by a board…To vocalize the will to personally subdue someone’s participation I think is really really challenging and upsetting to me,” said Lachowsky.

Jackson’s interpretation of the dispute remains polarized from that of Lachowsky’s. She feels that the resulting controversy has pointed out bigger issues, one of them being the need to hold more anti-oppression training at the governance level.

Meanwhile, Lachowsky hopes broader lessons can be learned from the incident as well.

“It’s sort of unfortunate that this story is being highlighted, to be honest…I hope that undergraduate students read [this] story and regardless of what side they feel was correct or incorrect, that it’s a catalyst for getting engaged and doing something about democracy and free speech and open participation in our student governments. I think that’s the most important thing to take away from this.”

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Joey Adler, CEO of Diesel Canada. During the course of the day, 10 separate panels took place, fostering discussions on issues from the role of NGOs to the work of the corporate sector. One specific panel entitled ‘Taking Campus Initiatives Global’ featured University of Guelph undergraduate student, Tyler Valiquette. Valiquette was representing the Canada Crossing initiative which he co-created with University of Guelph undergraduates, Jason Morgenstern and Joel Saunders. These students will be biking across the entire country this summer to raise awareness about local hunger and money for Meal Exchange. Valiquette expressed admiration for the variety of people he was able to meet at the summit.

“We started this initiative not more that three or four months ago and it just exploded. We didn’t anticipate to be where we are today. To be a part of the

Demystifying a religion that’s often misunderstood

For some time now, there has been a growing movement amongst

western states to embrace secularism. Religion is not meant to be a part of political affairs, at least theoretically. Islam however, is often situated at the forefront of political dialogue largely due to its contested role in modern Middle Eastern wars. For organizers of Islamic Awareness Week, providing some concrete knowledge in

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place of an increasingly confused understanding of Islam, is a major goal of the event.

“Our job here is to spread the message of Islam,” explained Huda Wali, a second year Biological Science student and co-coordinator of Islamic Awareness Week . “In the media, you see misconceptions of Islam. They say Islam is a religion about war. There’s a lot of posters here about war. [Our teachings] say, ‘if you kill an innocent, it ’s as if you have killed all of mankind.’”

This year’s weeklong event, which runs from Monday Feb. 28 to Friday March 4, is focused on Islamic History. The relations between Christianity, Judaism and Islam from a historical context is one of the topics being explored throughout the week. Wali emphasized the need to spread authentic knowledge in order to understand any given religion.

“In our religion, the first verse in the Quran states, ‘Read in the name of God.’ What that means is in order to understand your religion, you need knowledge and if you don’t have knowledge, there’s no way for you to understand the concept of your religion,” said Wali.

Volunteers for Islamic Awareness Week have engaged with the student body by setting up booths and resources about Islam throughout the University Centre. Students have been able to informally walk through the

UC and educate themselves. Nicholas Lamirande, a Political Science and Economics student and a member from Atheos, an on-campus club for people without faith, read from the display booths and picked up the Quran. While he considers himself to be atheist, he has an appreciation for understanding different faiths.

“I like to learn about faiths and all the different beliefs out there, so I’m glad that they’re showcasing their beliefs for everyone...It helps because when we have these discussions either

between faith and with people who are non-believers…[it is] better if everyone’s informed,” said Lamirande.

Being misunderstood based on beliefs about faith is something Lamirande could empathize with. “I mean we’re misunderstood,” said Lamirande. “In certain countries if we state to some authority figure that we’re atheist, they’ll kill us. We completely understand the whole stigma thing.”

There was also a table set up in the UC for the public to write

out answers to controversial questions. One of them asked why Islamic women wear a head scarf. Wali hopes that Islamic Awareness Week will provide some clarity over how the Muslim faith views gender and women.

“In Islam, women are supposed to be treated like queens, basically,” said Wali. “A lot of people don’t know this but the Islamic prophet Mohammed gave a lot of freedom to women. Back in the day, people were ashamed to have daughters…Men would carry on the family name but the women wouldn’t. The women would just get married. But the prophet said no, women have a lot of purpose in life.”

Wali provided a story from the Hadith collections, a grouping of sacred Muslim texts, to further accurately describe Islamic attitudes towards women.

“A guy asked the prophet, ‘Who should you love first?’ He said, ‘Your mother.’ Then he said, ‘Who else?’ He said, ‘Your mother.’ ‘Who else?’ ‘Your mother.’ He said your mother three times, then he answered, your father.”

same panel discussion as these distinguished speakers who have accomplished so much at their schools already, is really an amazing honour and I’m just so happy that I’m here and able to make connections and spread my message,” said Valiquette.

A very unique aspect of the Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit is that students and industry leaders are both able to attend and come together in dialogue. Phil Donne, representing Campbell Company Canada, was very optimistic about how students with humanitarian and business inklings could combine the two and affect the philanthropic activities of corporations from the inside.

“I think just by the virtue of new people coming in with a higher expectation of what companies should do, will change the agenda. Ultimately, companies have to respond to the marketplace, but they also

have to respond to the workplace. I think that’s where the real opportunity comes. [Students] are learning about the green side of business much faster and more comprehensively than my generation,” said Donne.

The Summit closed with perhaps its most resonating event, ‘The Pledge’ session. People from over 150 universities and 30 countries convened in Rozanski 101 to pledge how they would continue the fight against hunger.

At the summit’s closing banquet, Dr. Ray Buchanan left us with one riveting quote by Spanish poet Frederico Garcia Lorca.

“The day that hunger is eradicated from the earth there will be the greatest spiritual explosion the world has ever known. Humanity cannot imagine the joy that will burst into the world on the day of that great revolution.” Everybody knows we’re still far from that day. But hopefully with ongoing

events like the Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit, we’ll be able to inch a little closer.

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Life in the Trenches explored at McCrae House

To his friends he was known as “Jack.” Long before student housing overtook

the area, he spent his summers at his grandfather’s farm at College Avenue and Janefield. He made numerous sketches while on the battlefields of Europe, and wrote one of the world’s most notable contemporary poems. When most people think of Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae they think of his famous World War I poem, In Flanders’ Fields. Few of them realize the poet and soldier was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario.

McCrae house, located near the Speed River on Water Street and built in 1858, is the birthplace of John McCrae. This “historic home that was preserved in the 1960s,” as McCrae House’s Emily Rooks addresses it, was preserved through community efforts amidst plans

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for the property to be developed into apartment buildings. McCrae house has since been restored, and is now a museum depicting the life and times of John McCrae.

Currently the McCrae House is featuring an exhibit called Life in the Trenches, which showcases objects from World War I including bullets, shrapnel, and socks that were dug from a trench near Ypres in Belgium.

“[It shows] how tough life was in the trenches,” said Rooks, adding that their Life in the Trenches exhibit shows there was much more to World War I than just the fighting. “[The exhibit] goes along with the life of John McCrae.”

The exhibit is an appropriate choice for the McCrae house, since John McCrae spent much of his time during WWI in the trenches. Many hours of the day in the trenches were lived in fear of attack, and even moments of relative peace were spent living in filth. Illnesses like trench-foot and lice were common characteristics of the life McCrae was for so long a part of. To pass the time some soldiers would create “trench art,”

including pictures and items like letter openers from bullet and shell casings. Though legitimate, most of this art is not signed, a result of the government’s ban during the war on individuals using its property for personal reasons.

Upon entering the museum one can see the many images, letters, pictures and tableware that portray McCrae’s life growing up in Guelph, his life as a doctor, and his time as a soldier. Some of the rooms in the house have been restored to show what life would have been like when McCrae lived there.

The mission statement of Guelph’s museums, including McCrae house, is “inspiring an appreciation of Guelph’s past and its relevance to our present and future development.” People are able to visit McCrae house and discover the history on their own, with educational programs for school groups being offered as well.

“[At McCrae house people can] get away from just listening to stories and reading from texts,” said Rooks. She added that visitors can find a learning experience that is complemented by the hands-on activities visitors are able to partake

in. Their current exhibit, Life in the Trenches provides the opportunity to try on a soldier’s helmet, sit on a soldier’s cot or make a rubbing

of a medal as you experience the history of John McCrae, an iconic symbol of Guelph, of Canada, and of peace.

Kirsti JuurakkoOnce the home of Flanders Fields poet John McCrae, the McCrae House is now one of Guelph’s most important historical sites, and a museum now hosting the WWI exhibit Life in the Trenches

Jukebox

Chaz Bundick, the native South Carolina artist better known as Toro Y

Moi, is back. His LP officially dropped digitally on February 22, and it’s sensational. Prior to this latest album, Bundick released his EP, Causers of This in early 2010. Underneath the Pine was intended for release shortly after the EP, but was delayed. The long anticipation that surrounded Underneath the Pine is over and, well, let’s just say it was worth the wait.

The strange yet somehow visually appealing exotic cover art, quite different from that of his first album, only begins to peak the curiousity that unfolds the creative and unique works of Bundick. The direction of the new album has perhaps continued the momentum of the “chill wave” movement, but has rather successfully set Bundick apart from former comparisons. A reinvention of his sound is revealed in this album that focuses more on live instrumentation than anything. Bundick’s unique and

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progressive tracks range from lush and groovy to psychedelic and funky.

To get a taste of his new album, the singles “Still Sound” and “New Beat” are worth soaking in. “New Beat” offers a fresh sound featuring a moving bass line and luminous hook. “Still Sound” offers a funky pop sound with yet another epic bass line and ultimately groove-tastic vibe. Bundick is able to

stylistically add several astonishing twists that transform relatively old tricks like grooves, hooks and bass lines into extraordinary sounds.

Urban Outfitters exclusively previewed the album prior to its release, further increasing its hype. The album stream offered a further insight to the sensational blow-up of other tracks on the album including “Divina,” a purely instrumental, piano-heavy piece

that is short-lived, but stands out. As a fan of Toro Y Moi, one

may notice upon first listen that this album is quite different from his first. As a result of expecting a replica, or at least a similar sounding album, it may take a couple of listens to sink into. Feeling daring? If you are really digging Underneath the Pine, be sure to check out Les Sins,

Bundick’s newest dance project, where you can hear many parallels to his other work.

Bundick’s ever-changing stylistic approaches and tweaks in his works are sure to explode as the outpouring of the second album inaugurates, especially with the North American spring tour at the tips of our fingers.

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« Des lignes de transmission rompues, ça peut vouloir dire des vies en danger. Mon travail consiste à inspecter et à réparer le matériel de communication de mon équipe. Je fais en sorte que tous restent en contact pour que tous restent en sécurité. »Caporal HAEBE BAGUIDY

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Arts & CultureLatin-jazz-funk band Rebel Rhythm gracing U of Guelph once more

The swaying Latin vocals and Afro-Cuban percussions take you away

to the sandy beaches of Cuba. The jazz infusion of trumpets and piano then place you in a small and dimly lit café in New York City. The funk rhythm bops along to the beat of a nightclub in Toronto.

Put these international sounds together and you have the Latin-jazz-funk influenced band, Rebel Rhythm from Toronto.

As part of the University of Guelph’s ten show series of the Thursday at Noon Concert Series sponsored by the School of Fine Arts and Music and the College of Arts, Rebel Rhythm will be performing this Thursday in the MacKinnon Building.

Rebel Rhythm’s origins began when front man and pianist, Amadeo Ventura and his brother, congo player, Ernesto Ventura, formed their first Latin band over 15 years ago and this was where they met the current members of their band. However, it would not be until 2007 that Rebel Rhythm would be formed.

“We all worked on various projects [when our first band

RACHEL SCAPILLATI started] and soon we got too busy with these other projects to keep up with that band,” said Ventura. “Then around four years ago I started writing some new compositions and decided to get the musicians that I thought would best fit the sound I was looking for. I started working with my brother and Luisito Orbegoso and that was the birth of Rebel Rhythm.”

Besides Ventura and his brother Ernesto, the band now comprises of Orbegoso on vocals, Mario Del Monte on percussion and Jesse Turton on bass.

Their unique sound contributes to a wealth of irresistible beats and rhythms, making the listener tap their feet and sway their shoulders to the music. One of their songs, Sonrisas, seems to transcend time with its 1970s influenced funk, whereas Antillano creates a jazzy upbeat sound.

“I can honestly say that it is these music styles that chose us and not the other way around,” said Ventura. “Our musical influences are very diverse and I’ve always seen us as a genre-defying band. We grew up listening to soul, funk, rock and jazz just as much as Latin music. Latin, jazz and funk is the best

way to describe our sound and these are sounds that come out naturally when performing.”

Ventura also commented that the band members have known each other for so long that little preparation is needed before performing live shows. Instead of relying on copious amounts of rehearsal time, he said, “during a performance we are communicating through music and understand where a band member wants to take a song.”

The band also enjoys collaborations and improvising to create a unique experience. The focus is on ensuring “no two performances are the same” and keeping their music “fresh and enjoyable.”

While the band originally comes from Toronto, Ventura and Turton currently reside in Guelph.

“We have played in Guelph on various occasions and always have a great time,” said Ventura. “I’m actually in the process of having an Afro-funk night at Van Gogh’s Ear on Wednesdays starting  March 23. Guelph is a vibrant musical city that needs more accessible venues for musicians, and artists in general,

to showcase their talents.”Nuestra Musica, Rebel

Rhythm’s first album, was released over a year ago and can be found on iTunes and Amazon, and select songs are available on their MySpace for listening. The

band is working on a new album and Ventura commented that, “the biggest challenge for our latest album has been creating a sound that is cohesive and yet incorporates the styles of music that we love to play.”

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What are you reading?

Chances are if you’ve been paying even a minimal amount of attention to

pop-culture over the last couple of years, you’ve heard of I Am Legend. While the novel might not be the first thing that comes to mind, you’re at the very least thinking of the 2007 film adaptation starring Will Smith, which itself is the third film adaptation of the work. If this is the case, forget everything you think you know about I Am Legend. Like most, the adaptation was little more than a cash cow that way too many people paid attention to. It even resulted in an edition of the novel with Smith on the cover.

The novel follows Robert Neville, a pseudo-messiah who believes he is the sole benefactor of the human race, or as genre staple Max Brooks would say, a LMOE (la-mo (Last Man On Earth)). Despite the following genre that Matheson helped pioneer, it’s impossible to peg

PATRICK MCEACHNIE

Richard Matheson, I Am Legend (1954)

the antagonists of I Am Legend as zombies, vampires, or even monsters. Rather, they’re simply “infected.” The infected are far more imposing than they’ve been in any adaptation since the original publication in 1954; they are vastly intelligent, conscious beings containing the original archetypes present within all modern day works of horror. Not only can the infected speak, think and act; they can organize. They are society. This is the basis for much of the novel, and more specifically the horror element.

Rather than using the infected as the entire source of horror, a crutch so many since have used, Matheson creates the perfect work of isolation-horror. One might think that a tale about a sole human would fall flat before it ever took off, but it is this very isolation that drives Robert’s physical and mental deterioration. Every day Robert prepares for the rest of his life by securely boarding his house in between fits of angst-driven depression and compulsive binge drinking. Without needing to expand on the idea, I can assure you that Robert is far from the chiseled ball of optimism portrayed in the most recent film.

At multiple times in the text the reader stands right beside

Robert, on the edge of exhaustion and carried only by their last hope. Without spoiling too much for you, Robert comes to a life-changing realization (as if his life could become any more polarizing), thanks to the help of a couple newfound companions -oh you knew it was coming- and a burnt out, redundant sense of self-preservation.

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Arts & CultureUniversity band ends long run in Guelph

“We met in a Turkish bath,” said Nicole Bilyea, telling

her own version of the story behind how a group of U of G students came together in the early years of their education to form a bluegrass band. Alas, this tale is as much an invention as the many others Bilyea and her band mates tell through song. Your Neck of the Woods, as they know themselves, formed in of the open minds of several university students during their first year at school. In the residence rooms of our university, while books of psychology and economics laid flat on the floor, a mandolin, a banjo and a set of drums were forming the foundation of what would grow to become not a band, but a musical family. That musical family performed yet another in town show at Jimmy Jazz last Thursday. Despite it being reading week,

Local group Your Neck of the Woods nears end of university career, and time as a band

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the house was packed, and the atmosphere excitable.

“It started out loosely in first year and then the band pulled together in the summer between second and third,” said Bilyea, vocalist and mandolin player for the Woods. “Tom Schiks (banjo, vocals), Julia Stead (drums) and I met in first year and then Ben joined in second year, and that’s when things took more of their current form.”

With Ben Doerksen came the addition of more mandolin, guitar and vocal accompaniment, making for the strong and eclectic vocal and instrumental sections that give this band so much presence on stage. Further additions to the band came with Mado Imrie, who brought a violin and fiddle, and Dave Riedstra with his upright bass.

While many students struggle to balance school with two nights of drinking a week, it’s almost surprising that some people can hold together a band over the uneven terrain of a university career. What’s more surprising is that they did it with a bluegrass band. Out of the wood works come indie, folk and alternative rock bands –for which we are thankful-

but few and far between are bands willing to make mandolins and banjos their musical tools.

“I think a lot of us grew up in small towns, and we liked the folk aspect. I worked at a fly fishing outpost in the Northwest Territories for a summer and they had a little bluegrass band up there so I started learning bluegrass with the mandolin, and really getting in to some old time classics,” said Bilyea. “We love story-telling music.”

This love is obvious in their music; almost as obvious as their love of bluegrass, which they do such justice. When they kick off “Cabin in the Woods” with the traditional “one, two, one-two-three-four,” it’s tradition with an appreciation for the contemporary. While the music on their self-titled EP is full of twang, and happily skips about with upbeat string sounds the way bluegrass should, the lyrics and vocal input can at times head a different route, making a sound all but predictable.

A certain melancholy finds its way into some of the vocals that moves beyond what you might call bluegrass, sorting its way

through the subtleties of unhurried folk. Songs like “Here I Shall Find” feel grave at a vocal level, like they should be accompanied by a slow heavy guitar, but true to their bluegrass fusion the track is instead carried along by a bouncy banjo and hand drum. The greatest thing about their sound is you think you could recreate it all in your living room. Finally, you’ll never be more modestly proud to be Canadian than after hearing “60th Degree.” Nor will you have any doubts about this six-some’s songwriting ability, as they wholeheartedly deliver a sanguine tale about love longing that uses our geography to talk about distance, both emotional and timely.

The simplicity behind Your Neck of the Woods is only a ruse meant to dissuade you from seeing the complexity of it all, as they tie a multitude of sounds and ideas

together forming one coherent, inviting sound. Staying true to local roots, they’re EP was produced by fellow local talent Josh Doerksen at Guelph’s Synn Studios.

Unfortunately the university career of this lovely group is coming to a close, meaning you should catch their show at Oxjam ‘11 this Thursday, March 3 at Brass Taps.

CourtesyLocal group Your Neck of the Woods performed at Jimmy Jazz last Thursday, and again this Thursday March 3 at Brass Taps. Their time as a band has spanned their university career, which will come to a close at the end of this term.

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Arts & CultureWhat, you thought knitting wasn’t cool?

What’s your hobby? This is a question often reserved for general

meetings or first dates, when we simply don’t know what else to ask. Most of the time it’s met with a blank stare, or a half-hearted mention of an understated gaming addiction. For some though, the answer is confident, enthusiastic even. For some, the answer is knitting.

This is the answer recent U of G graduate Victoria Michalowsky would give without a moments thought. It’s been only a year and a half since she picked up the craft, but she’s had her head down ever since, knitting gifts for family members and countless articles for herself, filling the in between moments carousing blogs about techniques, and writing one of her own. Her current project; a pair of socks with an intimidating pattern that looks as though it would take you all winter to complete. Michalowsky says she’ll work on them for an hour or two a day, and it will actually take her more like a week.

“I studied art when I was at Guelph. I was always told by my

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professors, ‘Artists have a very addictive personality.’ I got addicted to knitting. I haven’t knitted very long but I’ve gone head over heels into it,” said Michalowsky.

While many see knitting as a hobby reserved for elderly folk, not the least of whom might be their grandmother, they would be poorly informed. Knitting is on the rise, gaining popularity through the abundant knitting blogs accessible today, and sites like Ravelry, which essentially act as a Facebook for knitters. The way people approach knitting in general is changing as young adults, with their willingness to expand on the foundation laid by their grandmas, are taking the craft to new heights.

“I find a lot of old women who knit know the basics, and they could probably get around doing more complicated things, but they choose not to. Younger knitters are willing to experiment and take knitting to a whole new level,” said Michalowsky.

You need only type the name Janet Morton into Google to find an artist who has done just that. She and others in the community have turned this traditionally conservative past time into an art form, covering trees and household items, and even houses (yes, entire houses covered in knitting) with their own patterns.

And if you think knitting is

without its icons, you’d be wrong there too. Knitting publications and random acts of artistic expression have led the especially talented, or at least the ambitious to have much the same relationship with their fans as any celebrated artist or musician. Michalowsky knows this truth first hand, or at least she hopes to sometime soon.

“One of my favourite knitting bloggers/writers lives in Toronto,” said Michalowsky, ensuring that star status exists in the knitting world. “I hope one day when I’m in a downtown Toronto yarn shop she’ll end up right beside me and I can talk to her, after I stop hyperventilating.”

This isn’t all together unlikely either. You may be surprised to find Toronto is considered the knitting capital of the world, due to its wealth of yarn shops and notable artists.

To Michalowsky, knitting isn’t something done as quickly as possible in hopes of creating wardrobes or providing her entire social circle with something to wear, although these are well appreciated results of her labours. At the heart of it all is a past time that she finds both fulfilling and enjoyable, something with which you can keep yourself busy and choose your own involvement.

“Good sock yarn costs maybe

ten dollars. That will take you about a week of knitting everyday for an hour or two. You could pay ten dollars to go to a movie, which only lasts you about two hours. You have two hours of entertainment for ten bucks, or a week of entertainment,” said Michalowsky.

It seems knitting may be cooler than you thought, but if you’re just finding this out now there’s no need to panic. You can start any

time, and the world of knitting is an inclusive one. Just go buy a ball of thick yarn, some long needles and an instructional book (all considered beginner items) and try for yourself. Or better yet, drop by a yarn shop like Guelph’s All Strung Out, where you can learn and purchase everything you need to start knitting. It’s probably for the best, since you’re only miles from the knitting capital of the world.

Where it’s at with Josh Doyle: The choice to date online

The world of online dating has made things a lot easier for a lot of people. It has

cut down on the time we invest in the lengthy process of dating, and created a friendly avenue of bonding for the socially shy or awkward. It has simplified a very complex cultural practice, making it more concise and effective. After all, dating is such a hit or miss thing. Time after time a single person will meet someone potentially interesting and agree to go on a date with them, only to find they’ve wasted their time and have absolutely no interest in seeing them again. In the online world this is unlikely to happen. You can sort profiles and trade messages for as long as desired before ever feeling

This is a column pertaining to interests in art, culture, and the overall state of things. Sometimes this will be complicated, other times very simple, but every single time, this will be…where it’s at. JOSH DOYLE

obligated to meet in person. This gives you the opportunity to really know someone before meeting him or her, so that you don’t waste any time…

If that last sentence stood out as odd to you, this is a good thing. Question: How much can you really

know about someone you’ve met online? You can know about their job and their hobbies, perhaps even their family, and what their sense of humour is like. But in the end, you can only know what they’ve let you know. What you won’t know are the things they aren’t telling

you. I don’t just mean the things they’re leaving out, but the things they couldn’t POSSIBLY tell you. Things like their mannerisms, the way they conduct themselves in a conversation, and the overall feeling you have when you’re around them. These are important components of personal relationships, and it’s likely these more than anything else will create the connection that will take a relationship of any level past the “getting to know one another” phase. Sure, you’ll get to this stage once you decide to go on a date, but what do we gain from all this preliminary discussion? After all, there are no guarantees. We may learn about a persons interests and intentions, and these are certainly valuable things. That’s the great thing about online dating. But can’t you just as easily do this within 5 minutes of conversation with someone on the bus, at a bar, or in a park on a Saturday?

I’d like to challenge the idea that we should avoid meeting people in person because it’s intimidating. Yes, being rejected hurts, but it’s a part of life. The better we get at handling it, the more we can become strong enough not to care what complete strangers think of

us. And who’s to say going out with someone you don’t end up liking means you’ve wasted any time? As much as a “miss” date may feel pointless, it probably wasn’t. Everyone has something to offer, even if you have no connection with them over a cup of coffee. The odds are that you will have learned something from every prolonged interaction, about yourself or other people.

My worry is that we are submitting ourselves further to the confines of an online life; that social networking is hindering our ability to socialize and take social risks. We become so busy with our jobs that we talk to our friends over Facebook, and have no time to meet potential partners (or at least none to waste) so we shop for them online. The results can be great, and I know of many happy couples who found one another online. The point is not that online dating is bad; in fact it can be the best thing for many people. The point is that we shouldn’t count out the value behind going out there, baring it all to meet one another in person, and seeing what happens. Experience after all, is the only real way we grow. And that’s, where it’s at.

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Two Gryphons pin down CIS gold

Four years of training fi nally paid off .

“Heading into the tournament I defi nitely wanted to come out with a win,” said Guelph wrestler, Allison Little.

Th e win was a golden one for Little. She made it out of her

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pool to face Sabrina Kelly from the University of Alberta in the fi nal for the 67kg weight class.

“I held her off for the last minute defensively so she couldn’t score again,” said Little. “It was really rewarding to fi nally wrestle well and get a medal and reach my goal of winning.”

Along with her gold medal, Little took home CIS fi rst team All-Canadian honours.

A rookie female wrestler put herself on the map at the CIS

Championships. “Being the underdog, being

a rookie and all, you’re not expected to do well,” said fi rst-year Gryphon, Jade Papke. “I could walk in there and not feel like there was a lot sitting on my shoulders.”

Papke certainly performed well, earning a silver medal in her fi rst year as a varsity wrestler and helping the women’s team fi nish eighth overall.

“It shows that there is potential

for me down the road,” said Papke. “If I keep working hard maybe once in the next three years, or possibly even all three years, I could win a CI’s gold medal.”

Papke earned the title of CIS rookie of the year to go along with her silver medal, certainly a sign that her Guelph wrestling career is off to an impressive start.

Not to be outdone, the men fi nished in fi fth place in the fi nal team standings. Leading the way

for Guelph was Korey Jarvis, who stepped up big at the national tournament.

“I knew as long as I wrestled the way I should wrestle I’d do fi ne, said Jarvis.

Guelph’s entrant in the light heavyweight or the 90kg class, Jarvis was able to throw away the competition to claim the top spot on the medal podium.

“I got a good warm up for every one of my matches,” said Jarvis. “[I] Went in [to each match and] was very off ensive.”

Th e fi rst-year Gryphon was forced to face last years defending CIS champion.

“It wasn’t very close, I went out and I pretty much dominated him,” said Jarvis. “I beat him four nothing the fi rst round and fi ve nothing the second round.”

Jake Jagas won a CIS silver medal in the 76kg weight class, while, John Fitzgerald, the budding heavy weight talent, won bronze.

“He had never really had a chance to wrestle [at] the OUA’s or CI’s before,” said Jarvis. “It’s pretty good for his fi rst time out.”

“Being the underdog,

being a rookie and all, you’re

not expected to do well.” Jade

Papke, fi rst-year Gryphon.

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Sports & HealthGryphon looking to be a big hit at evaluation camp

His parents were a little reluctant in allowing their son to strap on

the pads for the very first time in grade eight.

“I was more of a hockey player growing up. So when I was 13, [my friend] convinced me to come to one of the team practices and to sign up,” said fourth-year Guelph Gryphon defensive back, James Savoie.

Fortunately for Savoie, his parents allowed him to play the violent collision sport, which has him on the cusp of a pro career.

“Once I got out there [my parents] saw me practicing they were supportive.” said Savoie. “I think that’s what made them a bit nervous, about seeing me out there smashing heads with players who were a lot bigger than me.”

The talented defensive back happens to be the smallest player in terms of height, heading into the CFL Evaluation camp. Savoie and one other attendee are listed at 5’ 9.” Despite being

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shorter than most, Savoie has always had a thirst for bringing the pain.

“My coaches saw that I liked to tackle and I liked the contact,” said Savoie.

It was clear soon after Savoie started playing football as a young boy that he quickly developed a love for the game of football. He played for a travelling football team, located in Niagara Falls, NY, during the fall and played for the Niagara Spears of the Ontario Varsity Football League during the summer.

“I did try out in grade nine, but eventually quit the junior varsity high school team in order to play for the Cataract Eagles. They played teams from all over Buffalo and the New York area,” said Savoie. “My first two years of high school I was playing with [the Eagles], with what I thought was some more talented players. The speed of the game was certainly different, much better athletes across the boarder.”

Savoie joined the high school varsity team at Saint Michael Catholic High School in grade 11. He had played on both sides of the football growing up, but

it was during his first tryout for Team Southern Ontario, Savoie realized where his natural position on the football field might be.

“It was actually there that I decided to switch to defensive back because when the initial team huddle broke I took a look at the wide receivers and they

seemed a lot bigger than me,” said Savoie. “I stuck with it from that point on.”

The decision to be a full time defensive back paid off quickly for Savoie, he turned himself into a shutdown cover man for his high school and summer

football teams. Savoie worked his way up for

a chance to compete with elite players from across Canada to represent our country at the Junior World Football Championships. Savoie proved he had the talent to wear the maple leaf on his chest at the 2005 and 2006 tournaments.

“It was a confidence builder,” said Savoie. “I always wanted to measure myself against the best. A lot of the players I played with [on Team Canada] are in the same boat as I am now where they’re preparing for the evaluation camp.”

Savoie was not just a role player on the Canadian teams he was a part of, but a stand out athlete. With his strong play he caught the attention of many Canadian univeristy head coaches.

“Being recruited by Kyle Walters was a major factor,” said Savoie. “He had played my position professionally so I just saw the chance to fully meet my potential as a football player here at Guelph.”

Savoie immediately made an impact for the Gryphons earning a starting position right out of the gate in his rookie year and he has been in the starting lineup for each and every game Guelph has played during his four-year career.

“He came in and started for us in his first year. Moved and contributed more on special teams and became a leader,” said former Gryphon football head coach, now Winnipeg Blue Bombers special teams Coordinator, Kyle Walters.

Not to mention Savoie earned three consecutive first-team OUA selections and All-Canadian honours at defensive back during his second and third seasons.

“Clearly the way you compare him to his peers you know he is going to have a shot to get a look at the CFL level,” said Walters.

The former Guelph head coach was a key piece in the development of Savoie.

“With Coach Walters being a professional I trusted him. Whether it would be with workouts or whether it would be with game film, I trusted in his advice and followed that and it has got me to where I am today.”

Currently Savoie is preparing for the biggest football challenge in his career, not that he has ever backed down from one.

“It ’s always been a goal of mine, ever since I have gotten here to Guelph, to make a run at the CFL,” said Savoie “I feel like I’m prepared. That’s just the next goal is to have a great evaluation camp and get noticed by some CFL teams.”

Savoie has engulfed himself in CFL football as he is currently working on a project where he will mock design an outdoor stadium that eliminates the elements and creates a more comfortable environment for fans and players.

“I decided I’d like to take a look at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton given that they’re actually doing a redesign now and its proximity to Guelph,” said Savoie.

The irony is, Savoie is hoping to play in the stadium, as a visitor or home team member, which he is currently working on for his mock redesign project.

He has been working hard in the classroom on his stadium project while also working hard to improve his football skills heading into the CFL Evaluation camp in Toronto from March 4-6.

“I’m trying to work with a diverse group of receivers of all different skill levels,” said Savoie. “I’m putting a lot more time into focusing on the football side of things.”

Savoie certainly recognizes how important his parents have been in helping to get their son to the brink of a CFL career.

“That’s really where the credit is due and supporting me constantly and doing everything in their power to help me succeed as a football player and as a young man.”

“It’s always been a goal of mine,

ever since I have gotten here to

Guelph, to make a run at the

CFL.” James Savoie, fourth-year Gryphon.

Brain trauma injuries

Discussions about concussion

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A grey area has surrounded brain trauma injuries for quite some

time. Caught in the clouds, seeing stars, groggy, dazed and confused are just a few of the symptoms one might feel after suffering a brain trauma injury, or what has become known in general terms as a concussion. Uncertainty continues to surround the unknown. The short and long term effects of brain injuries are still largely a cloud of grey.

“I think we need to do a lot more in educating the general public about what a concussion is and how to deal with it,” said certified athletic therapist and owner of Basic Motion Therapy Services, Marya Morrison.

Knowledge is power in any discussion, but especially when brain trauma injuries are the topic. The cloud of grey surrounding concussions

is slowly becoming more transparent and there are new guidelines to follow in treating brain trauma injuries, named the Zurich Consensus Statement protocol.

“The way that the protocol or, the standardized step wise program is designed, is that it ’s essentially five to six days until the athlete is back to full contact or the person is back to full work

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aspect of the treatment process to nurse an individual back to full health from a concussion.

“Step one is 24 hours of complete rest, no running up and down stairs, just rest. You should probably not go to class, not go to work and just rest your body and let it heal,” said Morrison.

After being symptom free for 24 hours the concussed individual can move onto step two of the protocol.

“Step two is light activity. You can go for a walk or [ride] a stationary bike or climb stairs, things like that,” said Morrison. “That will get your heart rate up, but not really exerting yourself.”

The next step, after being symptom free for yet another 24 hours, involves getting back into a specific activity.

“If you want to get back into hockey you can go skating for about 20-30 minutes to really get your heart rate up and start using the movements that you would if you were playing hockey,” said Morrison. “If you’re a construction worker do some light lifting and some little skills that you would do on your job.”

Once again the person who suffered the concussion must be symptom free for 24 hours to move onto step four of the

protocol, which relates to sports, but can also be used for people who are not athletes and have suffered a concussion.

“You can do some sport specific drills with no contact,” said Morrison.

As athletes or individuals start to progress through step four, which entails exerting their bodies during physical activity, the concussed must once again be symptom free to move onto the next stage.

“Step five is where you have full contact in a controlled environment,” said Morrison. “Then step six is game day, so that you can get back into full contact and full participation.”

They key to the Zurich Consensus Statement protocol, which has just been laid out, is the patient must reach each step while continuing to be symptom free.

“If you get to stage three and you can do aerobic exertion, but you start doing your sport specific activity and you start

getting a headache, or you start feeling nauseous or any of your symptoms come back, then you have to go back to step one,” said Morrison. “The Zurich protocol is pretty universal now, a lot of people use it.”

Even with a new protocol in place the actual damage that a brain injury can cause is largely unknown until a person passes away and only then can the brain be analyzed by doctors and scientists.

Are athletes just supposed to stop playing contact sports all together? Injuries are just a part of the sports landscape, but even current athletes know that for sports to continue as safely as possible, steps must be taken to diminish concussions.

“The players have to have more respect for each other, but that’s not going to happen until the league does,” said second-year Gryphon defencemen, Nathan Martine. “Concussions

are so big right now.”Martine has suffered two

separate concussions during his hockey-playing career. The first one occurred when he was with the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League and the second occurred during the 2010-2011 OUA regular season.

“It ’s a pretty scary situation when you don’t feel yourself for a couple weeks or a lot longer,” said Martine. “Every [concussion] adds up.”

Recovering from a brain trauma injury can take its toll

on any individual, but especially tough on athletes who are forced to rest when they’re used to being active everyday.

“You have to let your brain heal and give it time. I think for an athlete that’s the hardest thing. Understanding that rest is actually the best thing,” said Martine. “With a concussion there is really nothing you can do, it has to take its time.”

Athletes nowadays have become more conscious about their health and have steered away from the old time tough guy mentality.

“It ’s being honest with yourself. Are you putting yourself in a dangerous situation,” said Martine. “If you don’t feel right, as much as you want to say ‘Yeah, I feel great,’ honesty is the key and if you’re not going to be honest you’re just going to hurt yourself again.”

In years gone by athletes would throw their health to the

wind and do anything to get back in the game, but at the end of the day an athlete or person knows their own body best.

“Sometimes for an athlete the pride factor of I’m fine, I look fine, everything feels fine, but then really my brain isn’t all there,” said Martine.

The talented defenceman experienced the concussion process first hand this year. He was hammered by a hard charging opposing forward from behind into the boards and was knocked completely

unconscious, in a game against the Waterloo Warriors on Jan. 8, 2011.

“The guy came all the way across the ice and totally had no respect for the game or who he was playing against and hit me straight from behind,” said Martine. “My face hit the glass and my helmet was in shambles a little bit.”

Number five for the men’s hockey team recalls exactly what he felt at the point of impact.

“It was like a big doorbell going off in my head, it was really loud and I was totally blacked out,”

said Martine. “When I was able to see, I was looking at a pool of blood. I remember thinking I wanna move, but from the brain memory to the body it wasn’t happening.”

Even in the women’s hockey game where there is little to no contact there have been a couple Gryphons who suffered concussions during the 2010-11 regular season.

“I was just really dazed and having a lot of trouble with school,” said second-year forward, Jenna Lanzarotta. “With time it heals itself and I am glad to still be playing.”

The young Gryphon has suffered two concussions, one in each of her first two seasons playing at Guelph.

“It was like you’re in a mental fog. You feel really slowed down. You’re tired all the time. You’re just down about everything,” said Lanzarotta.

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hockey team was sidelined for over two months after her first concussion.

Martine sat out for over two weeks before he resumed any hockey activity and felt he was ready to return to game action on Jan. 28.

“I came back against Lakehead and I got hit pretty early in the game and didn’t receive any symptoms from that hit, but I was playing scared of getting hit,” said Martine. “We decided to take another week and a half off of playing.”

Hard to blame the defenceman for smartly realizing he was not fully ready to return to game action, as much as he wished he could be in the lineup Martine made his health a priority.

“We’ve really put it on the forefront, we’re trying to take out headshots, we’re trying to limit concussions,” said Martine. “I think the medical staff and the players are really starting to understand the significance of concussions.”

The Gryphon defenceman believes it is the job of the league to take control of the concussion issue.

“With the CIS especially they need to put in place a board or something where there is punishment for the actions. We need to have a more structured system in the CIS,” said Martine. The athletes are totally on their own. There is no policing at all, there needs to be a board or something to really set a standard and hold players accountable.”

Lanzarotta feels as though more attention needs to be paid for the benefit of everyone.

“There [are] many more concussions now. People are overlooking it, saying I feel good, but you really have to think about it because there [are] more important things than playing

hockey. They kind of trust you to make the decision yourself.”

Knowledge has been power for Lanzarotta in making decisions about her health.

“The symptoms don’t happen right away all the time. It ’s different for everybody. If people are more aware of what’s going on then they can be ready to decide am I really ok to go back into it.”

Time is key in assessing a patient or athlete after they have sustained a concussion.

“I started with small steps. I went from going on the bike for a few days and then I went to a non-contact practice and then I went to a full practice,” said Lanzarotta. “By the time that whole process played out it was a few weeks of practicing before I could actually get back into a game. I understood the reasoning behind why it took so long.”

“The best healing method for it is time. It was almost a month and a half for myself. As frustrating as it can be you really have to take your health into consideration,” said Martine.

Athletes are starting to understand why they are being held out of competition.

“There is no return to sports [the] same day at all, where there used to be if people were feeling better they would send them back into play,” said Morrison. “Where as now they’re realizing that concussion symptoms can take a little bit longer to come up.”

Nathan Martine, of the Guelph Gryhpon men’s hockey team.

Jenna Lanzarotta, of the Guelph Gryphon women’s hockey team.

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Sports & HealthLivin’ the pure life: Fitness Myths- BUSTED

Working out should be a part of your everyday routine. Unfortunately

most of us don’t make it part of our monthly routines! Having been exposed to a personal trainer for quite some time, having worked for a large corporate gym and having a certifi ed personal trainer as a business partner, I’ve learned that it doesn’t have to be as complicated as it may fi rst appear.

You really don’t need an expensive gym membership, the latest Nikes, or high tech equipment to get fi t- there’s a lot you can do with just your own body weight and some items in your house- very convenient for the savvy student. Now that we’ve busted the reasons why you can’t work out, let’s look at some other common myths I hear all too often.

Avoiding caff eine before and after a workout is best.

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Caff eine supplements have been on the market in the fi tness industry for years. Th ey claim it improves athletic performance and endurance. And while this may be true for the short term, it will defi nitely drain you in the long run. Caff eine stresses the adrenal glands, increasing our perception of stress which contributes to belly bloat. What’s worse is that it interferes with sleep, even if you consume it before lunch. During a workout it can cause irregular and increased heart beats- do this naturally, and get your blood fl owing with 5-10 minutes of cardio before your workout.

If you’re not sore, you’re not working hard enough.

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Th e reason you feel sore after a workout, or 1 or 2 days post workout is because muscle fi bres have torn due to strenuous exercise or high intensity. If you’re sore after every single workout, it’s likely because you’re not giving your

muscles time to repair and heal. Do a circuit a few times a week, and then gradually increase the intensity so that you are working hard, but you’re also allowing the muscles to recover and develop properly. Don’t focus on feeling pain, focus on proper training.

Women need more cardio and less weight training to lose weight.

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Cardio is great for many reasons and does burn the calories, but more eff ective is weight training. Women often worry that if they start a weight training regime they will bulk up and look like the Arnold. Th is isn’t true- simply put, we don’t have the naturally occurring testosterone levels that men have to make this happen. Weight training is actually a great way for women to lose weight, the more lean muscle we have on our bodies the more calories we burn at rest. Weight training is also important for our bone health and should defi nitely not be skipped.

I should consume protein after a workout.

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Yes, protein is essential post workout. Protein is the building block of muscle, and after a workout you’ve drained your protein- you need to replenish it for healthy muscle development. Th e most eff ective way to do this is with a good quality protein powder within 30 minutes of working out. Look for one that is free of sugars, preservatives, hormones, artifi cial colourings and fl avourings. Try a New Zealand Whey protein in isolate form, and ensure it was cross-fl ow micro fi ltered (CMF) for optimal purity and absorbability.

Working out once a week is pointless.

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If you’re having a rough week, think exams, vacation or catching the fl u and all you have time to squeeze in is one workout session, it’s still better than nothing. Working out fi ve times a week is

unrealistic for most people, and setting the bar too high will only lead to disappointment. If all you have time for once and awhile is a 30 minute workout, I believe it’s better than sitting at home and doing nothing! Don’t be too hard on yourself, any amount of activity is better than none, just try to get the most out of that workout and focus on proper technique, not how long you’re spending doing it.

Leigh McSwan is a Holistic Nutritionist & Lifestyle Consultant.

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Sports & HealthGuelph shoots down the Hawks

A bizzaro world Gryphon men’s hockey team notched two road wins,

3-0 on Feb. 24 and 2-1 on Feb. 27, to claim the best of three OUA quarterfinal playoff series over Laurier. Guelph managed just three victories in 14 regular season road games.

“A lot had to do with our starts in the games,” said Gryphon assistant captain, Ed Gale.

In both of the victories in Laurier’s rink, Guelph was able to score the first goal and get out to an early lead.

“It makes it a lot easier for our goalies especially. It gives them a little bit of breathing room back there,” said Gale. “[We] try to weather the storm and make sure we get the bus-legs out and build on for later on in the game.”

Working off the bus-legs will be a key in the three game OUA West division final series as Western holds home ice advantage. The Mustangs have three wins in three home games during this year’s playoffs.

“We just have to come in and be ready to work and play well defensively,” said Gryphon starting goaltender, Andrew

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Loverock. “They’re a good team, they’ve got a pretty good offence.”

Western possesses a great all-around attack; with no one real stand out player.

“They have three or four lines that can score,” said Gale. “We’re just going to have to make sure that we’re keeping a guy high and playing defensively sound hockey.”

As a team the Mustangs scored 119 goals during the regular season, good for second best in the entire country.

“The main thing is not to panic, don’t get running around in our own zone,” said Gale. “Right now Lover is stopping what he’s seeing, as long as we can keep the shots to the outside he is going to make those saves for us.”

The white and purple have been riding the hot play of their own goalie, Anthony Grieco, who has posted a 4-1 record with a 1.40 goals against average and reps an incredible .953 save percentage through two playoff rounds.

“We’re going to have to get a lot of traffic and use our point men,” said Gale. “They’ve been doing a great job of getting the puck through, which makes it easy for the forwards to find those rebounds.”

Number 17 has led the way for Guelph offensively in the

playoffs so far. Gale has recorded three goals, he only had five in 28 regular season games, and seven assists in six Gryphon playoff games.

“Coach told me to start shootin’ the puck, sometimes I can be a little too generous,” said Gale. “I’ve just been taking the opportunities I’ve been getting.”

Guelph played Western very closely during the three regular season meetings between the teams. Each game was decided by one goal, Western winning 3-2 on Oct. 7 and 5-4 on Nov. 12, but in the new-year the Gryphons are undefeated against the Mustangs.

“We match up pretty well against them,” said Loverock.

Guelph prevailed 3-2 in overtime in the team’s regular season finale in London and the men are confident they can get it done on Western’s smaller, NHL sized ice surface.

“Brock had a smaller rink and we played well there. I don’t think that’ll be too much of a factor,” said Gale. “As long as we play our game we’ll be fine.”

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Gryphon forward, Matt Lyall drives to the net in a game earlier this season. Lyall has been key on the Guelph power play adding some offence from the point.

Throwing it down with Dunk: Quick reads

Swim TeamA noteworthy performance was

put up by fourth-year Gryphon, Chantique Payne in Calgary, Feb. 24-26, at the CIS championships.

The Guelph veteran picked up four medals; silver in the 50m butterfly, bronze in the 100m butterfly, bronze in the 50m freestyle and bronze in the 100m freestyle.

Payne carried the women’s team to a ninth place overall finish. Look for her to make an impact at the Swim Canada meets in the near future.

Men’s Volleyball After a 16-6 regular season the

Gryphons went out with no more than a wimper at the OUA Final Four tournament in London on Feb. 25. Guelph dropped a three set to one decision in the semi-final round to the host Mustangs. It never really seemed like the men brought the type of energy needed to get the job done.

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Fifth-year captain, Andrew Revie, will be lost to graduation and depending on the decisions of a some fourth-year team members Guelph could return a strong experienced core for 2011-12 OUA season.

RowingTwo Gryphon rowers Adam

Rabalski and Mark Henry will be attending an elite development camp for the Under23 Canadian National rowing team. The camp will take place on Vancouver Island this week and it will be a chance for the rowers to show if indeed they do possess the talent and drive to become a member of the National program.

Track and Field Three prominent Gryphon cross

country members have traded their outdoor running shoes in for track spikes in order to run in the distance events at the OUA Track and Field Championships Feb. 25-26.

Kyle Boorsma and Ross Proudfoot won gold medals in the 1500m and 3000m events respectively. Rachel Cliff captured gold in the women’s 3000m race.

Guyson Kuruneri posted a 7.30m leap to claim gold in the men’s long jump event and Tim Hendry led a Gryphon podium sweep in the weight throw event. Hendry notched gold with a throw of 17.39m.

It was surprising to see the men’s and women’s teams finish second -- by such a wide margin -- at the Ontario championships. Both teams sat more than 100 points behind the first place finishing schools.

Basketball On Feb. 23 both Gryphon

basketball teams saw their season come to an end.

The women dropped 73-47, contest on the road against Laurier. All things considered the year was a success for the team, despite being blown out by 26 in the first round of the OUA playoffs.

The men had an up and down season to say the least. Injuries raveged the Gryphon roster almost all season long and when the team was finally healthy they made a great run just to make the playoffs in the OUA West division. Instead of bashing the

team for some of their inconsistent play, I think the team should be given full credit for battling thru the adversity thrown their way. As they say what doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger and some of the young Gryphons got a taste of

the playoffs, which should bode well for the future of the program.

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Sports & HealthGryphons net birth in third consecutive OUA Finals

The Gryphon women’s hockey team will be hoping that the third time is the charm.

Guelph moved into their third straight OUA Championship series.

The women stole game one in St. Catherines 3-2 in double overtime on Feb. 24 and came back to the Gryphon Centre to win game two 3-1 on Feb. 26 to clinch the series win over Brock.

Guelph was able to shut down Kelly Walker, the OUA’s regular season scoring leader, holding her to just one assist. While the Gryphon offensive attack was able to strike for six goals in two games against Beth Clause, the Badger’s OUA All-Star goaltender.

“I think we just kept it simple. We got a lot of shots through [to the net],” said Guelph captain, Tamara Bell. “Our defence played really well, they stepped up to play.”

Awaiting the Gryphons in the OUA Finals is Queen’s University. The Gaels knocked off the seven-time defending OUA champions, the Laurier Golden Hawks in the other women’s semi-final series.

“We were all definitely expecting Laurier to come out again, but

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Queen’s is on fire lately so it will be a good battle with them,” said Bell. “As long as we don’t let goals in, our offence should be able to outscore any other team in the league.”

A sister duo has the Gaels offence clicking, Morgan and Brittany McHaffie share the top spot for OUA playoff point getters with four apiece. Brittany scored both game wining goals, each coming in double overtime, for the Gaels in the two game sweep of Laurier.

“As long as our defence plays the body against them we should be okay,” said Bell. “I don’t think we’re going to try and match them, I think we are going to play our own game.”

Guelph has received steady play throughout the lineup during the playoffs, but none more so then starting goalie, Danielle Skoufranis.

“It’s good to have an experienced goalie. She is always focused and ready to go,” said Bell. “It’s nice to have confidence back there.”

Home ice advantage is an added bonus for Guelph in the finals, if the series comes down to a third sudden death game it will be in the Gryphons rink.

“None of us were expecting to get the home ice, but now that we have

it we are for sure going to use it to our advantage,” said Bell. “We just build and thrive from the energy in the rink.”

Blocking out any possible distractions will be key in Guelph’s quest for an OUA title.

They have a lot of players who like to get under your skin and try to make you retaliate,” said Bell. “As long as we stay composed, don’t take any stupid penalties we’ll beat them five on five.”

Guelph will be looking to rely on their experience to guide them to gold.

“We have a lot or graduating players and at the end of the day we don’t want to have any regrets,” said fifth-year Gryphon Dayne Kanis. “We don’t want to come away with another silver medal.”

Kanis leads the Gryphons after victories with a victory dance or celebration and she hopes her team is dancing all the way to an OUA championship.

“It [the dance] is definitely working for us.”

Gryphon captain, Tamara Bell, will be looking to lead her team to an OUA Championship.

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Sports & HealthGryphons have gold medal hopes spiked

It was an emotion-filled OUA women’s volleyball final on Feb. 26 at the W.F. Mitchell

Athletic Centre. “We all realized [it] was an

amazing opportunity especially compared to other years we had come so far,” said forth-year Gryphon, Melissa McGinn.

The Guelph volleyball program has made the climb from the basement. The team posted a 1-18 record in the OUA West division during the 2005-06 campaign. Guelph came a long way to sit atop the standings after the 2010-11 regular season. With a 16-3 mark and the privilege to host the OUA Final Four tournament.

“I’m just really proud of what the program has become,” said graduating fifth-year captain, Kylen Van Osch.

The Gryphons jumped out to claim the first set of the championship match, but Western would storm back to win three straight sets on the way to hoisting the OUA title banner.

“In the second, third and fourth set I think Western started playing better and started serving tougher,” said Van Osch. “It was harder for us to pass the ball.”

Arguably, the turning point of the match happened with Guelph up comfortably in the fourth set. It looked like the Gryphons were going to force a fifth and deciding set.

“Our confidence went down and Western was able to take

Electric OUA finals sees Guelph fall short

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control of the game,” said Van Osch. “All of a sudden the doubt started to get into our minds and Western was just able to step on us then.”

Obviously the loss was a tough one to swallow and the sudden finality of a varsity career is hard to comprehend.

“It was heartbreaking. I don’t know how else to explain it,” said Van Osch. “Other than not winning the gold I can’t think of a better way to end my career, being able to play in the OUA gold medal match on home court in a capacity filled gym, its an experience I’ll never forget.”

McGinn had high praise for her graduating captain.

“She definitely led the team by example in her effort and her skills and how hard she worked on the court, she was a go-to player.”

A new leader will have to emerge for the Gryphons with their captain moving on.

“Someone is going to have to step up and be the leader on the court and be a leader with how they play,” said Van Osch. “I think just being able to play with confidence in order to keep your

teammates grounded will be very important for whoever steps up.”

Guelph will lose three high calibre players to graduation.

“It was hard because I think we all realize that this is it,” said McGinn.

McGinn, Clair Sandor and Van Osch were teammates for four seasons, but the outgoing

class has left the program in much better shape then the way they found it.

“In comparison to my first year all the way into my fourth, everything’s changed,” said McGinn. “How hard people work and how hard everyone tries is just amazing and I know that the girls that are left behind

will continue that and will work just as hard and it will lead them to success.”

“I hope that it carries on. I know the girls who are left will definitely help to carry it on and continue to make it one of the top programs in the OUA,” said Van Osch. “I ‘m just happy that I had a part in that.”

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“It was heartbreaking.

I don’t know how else to explain it.” Kylen Van

Osch.

Gryphon, Erinn Bickle makes a huge block against Ottawa in Guelph’s OUA semi-final victory.

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Foodstuffs makes a pie that people actually want to eat

Pie is awesome. Objectively. Case Closed. But most of the pie made by regular folk aka.

the home baker is pretty terrible. Until I recently decided to hunker down and learn to make pie like a bandit, every single pie I had made was virtually inedible. I had made every mistake in the book because making pie is a pretty precise business and you have to be willing to perform every step involved with a great amount of care. The most common mistakes that can ruin a pie are not cutting the fats into the flour thoroughly enough while making the crust, having too much liquid in the filling, and having too heavy a hand when adding an acid like lemon juice. Baking requires precision and at no time is this more true than when one is baking a pie. The recipe below is for sweet potato pie, which is not near as ubiquitous as apple pie but totally

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should be. Don’t be thrown off at the idea of eating the usually savory sweet potato in a dessert. You’ll like it, I promise.

Ingredients

For the crust1 ¼ cups (300 mL) pecan pieces1 ¼ cups (300 mL) all-purpose flour2/3 cup (160 mL) granulated sugar1/3 cup (80 mL) cold butter, cut into ½-inch (1.2- mL) pieces2 ½ Tbsp. (38 mL) water

For the filling 5 eggs1 cup (240 mL) brown sugar2 tsp. (10 mL) ground cinnamon¼ tsp. (1.2 mL) salt2 ¼ cups (535 mL) cooked and mashed sweet potato (about 1 ¼ lb/568 g)¾ cup (180 mL) whipping cream1 ½ cups (360 mL) milk1 tsp. (5 mL) vanilla extract

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Directions:

FOR THE CRUST:Preheat the oven to 350°F

(175°C). Combine the pecans, flour, sugar and butter in a food processor. Process until mealy and just beginning to clump. Add the water and process until the dough starts to come together to form a ball. Press the pastry into a 10 x 1 ¼-inch (25 x 3-cm) flan pan with a removable bottom. Bake for 20 minutes, until pale golden.

FOR THE FILLING:Using an electric mixer or whisk,

beat the eggs, sugar, cinnamon, and salt until light. Add the sweet potato, cream, milk and vanilla and beat until smooth. Pour into the prebaked crust. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, until the crust is golden and filling is no longer liquid in the center. Cool to room temperature.

Recipe for Sweet Potato Pie

Weekly drink recipe: Cuban sunrise

Come get away from the slush and cold weather with a Cuban Sunrise. This

beverage is a blend of one shot of rum, grenadine, orange juice and

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ice. It will transport you to the beaches of Santa Clara with its mix of refreshing orange juice and warm rum. For best results, real Cuban rum, such as Havana Club, will compliment the drink nicely, so if you are visiting Cuba or have a friend travelling there, try to pick this brand up to create the Sunrise and many other Caribbean concoctions that will delight your taste buds.

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LifeHow to tackle basic photography

It does not take a professional to capture those beautiful landscape

photos or close-ups of flower petals. Photography, like poetry or painting, is an art form, but can also be a fun hobby for those of you who have an interest in exploring this creative outlet.

The first thing to remember is not to be frightened of your camera. It does not take a fancy SLR to capture the photos you want. Even a basic digital camera comes with at least five settings and these settings are your friends. Playing it safe and keeping the camera set on “Auto” might cause you to miss

RACHEL SCAPILLATI out on an opportunity to make a boring photo a little more interesting.

While travelling in a car it is often hard to capture landscape photos without catching the glare off the window, or ending up with a blurry indistinct picture. Most digital cameras come with a setting that can cope with movement, usually titled kids/pets. Your blurry shots will transform into crisp vignettes if either you or your subject is moving.

The landscape setting is fairly self-explanatory and will switch your camera’s focus from objects up close to honing in on the background. A mountain

range or oceanic view will now appear more vivid than if taken with the “Auto” setting.

Another very helpful setting to remember is the “Night” setting. If you are out with your friends in the evening and want to catch a photo outside, the “Night” setting will eliminate the problem of an overly bright flash, or a vaguely dark picture.

One of the most important aspects of a camera is the zoom function. Don’t avoid the zoom for fear of getting unflatteringly close to your subjects. Zooming in on your subject often enhances the dramatic quality of a photo. It helps if you are on the portrait setting while

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utilizing the zoom on pets or people as this setting focuses solely on your subjects.

The flash is another important aspect when taking a photo. Whichever setting you choose will be affected greatly by the flash. You are allowed to turn the flash off if you are finding that your subjects appear extremely washed out. The flash is usually represented by a lightening symbol it is turned off if the lightening symbol is slashed out.

One of the best tips for everyday photography is keeping your photos simple. Be it a landscape shot or a picture of your friends on the beach, less

is more. The simpler you make the photo the better is usually looks. Try to avoid posing your subjects and keep it natural. Even your cell phone’s camera can produce good photos if you utilize these basic concepts.

Experiment with your camera. Go to an area such as a forest or a garden and take shots of trees and flowers. This will be good practice and help you to know your camera and its settings.

Using a digital camera does not have to be complicated. Browse your user manual to read about your camera’s specific settings, and have fun.

Megan Verhey

Chris CarrA sunset captured in Cayo Santa Clara, Cuba, taken with a basic digital camera.

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LifeLove, Laura: A very blue valentine

I just fi nished watching Blue Valentine at the Bookshelf. Just fi nished watching, as in, I just got home from the theatre

30 minutes ago. So consider this my quasi movie review-mixed with a view of love, and consider yourselves warned if you fi nd I`m being especially cynical with regards to that four-letter word this week.

Terrifi c movie, by the way. I don’t think it’s one that everyone would enjoy, but personally I thought it was great. It`s been called “the anatomy of a break-up” and was just that: unpredictable, emotional, fi lled with tension, showing depressing scenes from the drawn-out disintegration of a marriage between main actors Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, yet continually fl ickering back to scenes of earlier, happier days when the young couple began to fall in love. Not your typical happily-ever-after story, that is for sure.

What made me initially really interested in seeing Blue Valentine was an article I read a couple of months ago, which talked about the process that was taken for the actors to get immersed in their roles. For instance, I thought it was so interesting that the director, Derek Cianfrance, had Williams and Gosling live together for a month, in the house their characters share in the movie. Th ey lived together, in character, sharing a fake Christmas, complete with a decorated tree and gifts they purchased within the confi nes of their budget - the money their characters, a nurse and a mover, would be making. Th ey threw fake birthday parties and made home movies and spent time with the little six-year-old girl who plays their

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daughter in the movie, and learned how to talk and how to fi ght with each other, so that it would come across as natural once the cameras were rolling.

Th is movie does something that not all traditional love stories do: it realistically addresses something that I believe is a genuine, hidden and secret fear we all have sometimes: what if things don’t end happily ever after? Will this happen to us too, will we lose our love?

In this fi lm, we`re confronted with the story of love lost and found. Th e fi lm explores the story of two people who were once very much in love with each other, but who, six years later, have a sad and loveless marriage that is upsetting to watch. Viewers can likely relate to various scenes in the movie - the little bickering that has lost its charming quality and has escalated into raw, vulgar arguments, Williams’ feelings of suff ocation in her marriage, her emotional numbness which is in stark contrast to her husband’s desperately emotional pleas for their love to be given another chance.

Th e acting is so convincing and we wonder if this could indeed happen to us too, if this is how our lives, our love will play out. After all, who could have predicted in the happier scenes of the movie that this is how things would turn out for this couple? How do such transformations happen anyway - are they sparked by one event that makes a fi ssure that will only widen beyond repair as time goes on? Or are such endings the eventual clash of two people’s personalities, and the diff erent things they want out of life, eventually leading to a sad and broken conclusion? How could you ever know how to prevent something like this from happening, if you have no way of foreseeing it in the fi rst place? I don’t know the answers to these questions, but I don`t think I am alone in asking them.

Th e weekly dog: Larry

Larry is zero years old. Larry loves the movie Men in Black and eats dog food.Christopher Hamelin

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OpinionOpen Content: Roaming the stacks in the Human Library

Forget e-books; so 10 minutes ago. Digital libraries? Bah. The coolest things

in libraries is not hardware or software but, ah, wetware. People. People as books.

Once again the library is hosting the Human Library. The idea is simple: the “books” in the Human Library are actually people. The “readers” (that would be you) take out a book and talk with them for 30 minutes. That’s it. Simple. Direct. And extraordinarily profound.

We live in an interesting world: war, hatred, prejudice, violence, intolerance. How can this be? Why is it happening? As we struggle with these questions, one thing seems obvious: there are great distances between people. We are all humans but we really don’t know each other. We are fearful and we distrust the “other.” The gap between us is the chasm of ignorance. What can be done?

One response is the Human Library.

MICHAEL RIDLEY The Human Library is an event where people (readers) talk with other people (books) in order to bridge those difference, explore ideas, and hopefully come to a better understanding of others. The Books belong to groups that often face challenges or discrimination due to broad generalizations, stereotyping, misunderstanding and even marginalization. They are doing something quite remarkable and intimate: they are opening up themselves, fully, to you. They are risking so much of themselves so you can seek to understand who they are. For them it takes courage, for you it simply takes curiosity. The Readers can be anyone who is ready to broaden their horizons or simply wants to explore or understand an unfamiliar experience or way of life.

What are some of the titles?Canadian Solider; Disabled

Runner; Don’t Call Me a Faggot; Drag Queen; Funny, You Don’t Look Crazy; Living With Schizoaffective Disorder; Pray For Me, and I Will Think For You: A

Secularist in a Religious Country; Sri Lankan Conflict Survivor; Transsexual Guy; Victim of Sexual Violence; and many more.

Why are we doing this? It’s a publicity stunt, right? Good PR. Entertaining. A diversion for the librarians from shelving the books and shushing the students? As a seasoned professional librarian (i.e. I’m an old fart) and a grizzly University administrator, nothing has moved me in my career as much as the events of the Human Library. The affect of these conversations is what libraries are really all about: building understanding, allowing people to learn, supporting sincere dialogue, changing lives. There is nothing

phony about this. Of course, it is fun too. The

Human Library has an after party. Only the Books are invited; sorry, very exclusive. If this year is like last year, I won’t be able to shut the books up. The experience for them is as profound as it is for the readers. They can’t stop talking about it.

So how does it work?The Books can be reserved for

30 minute intervals between 10am and 4pm on March 3rd and 4th. There will be areas within the Library where the book and reader can sit and engage in an open dialogue, ask questions, and learn about each other. You can renew the book after 30 minutes (unless

it’s already been reserved), or take out another book and continue to discover. You can browse the Human Library catalogue from the Library’s website and reserve a book now.

Here, there are no stupid questions. This is not about confrontation. Everything is done to make your time with the Book safe, authentic, enjoyable, and revealing. The Human Library is a table, two chairs, a book and a reader. It is an opportunity to open a universe and bridge a divide.

Michael Ridley is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Librarian at the University of Guelph. Contact him at mridley@uoguelph.ca or www.uoguelph.ca/cio.

Loose cannon: The worst of both worlds?

A good friend of mine, now in his thirties, is fond of telling me about his time working at The Fulcrum, The University of Ottawa’s student newspaper, while doing his undergraduate studies.

The Fulcrum became an independent corporation in 2004, but back when my friend worked there, the newspaper was owned by the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa. The Fulcrum’s association with a student union meant that the newspaper was subject to some rather unorthodox practices, including electing its editorial staff.

The idea baffles me. What would an election to be an editor look like, exactly? Would candidates promise to publish more good news than their predecessors? Would you dig out your opponents’ old essays and criticize them for improper use of semicolons?

My point is that not every position should be filled by popular vote, especially if you don’t want the position to be politicized. I’m starting to feel that way about the Executives at the Central Student Association.

I was led to this realization because of an ongoing dispute over the release of a survey commissioned by the Capacity, Analysis and Planning Committee (CAPCOM), which reports to the CSA Board of Directors.

CAPCOM asked members of the board to evaluate the effectiveness of board training, the structure of meetings, and other areas relevant to board

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governance. More controversially,

CAPCOM also asked board members to evaluate the five executives in categories such as professionalism, accessibility and the execution of their portfolios.

Suffice it to say, some executives fared better than others, and the board has been grappling over whether the results should be circulated to the media. (It’s largely a mute point, since the survey was entered into the meeting minutes and is therefore a matter of public record).

Politicians receive public performance reviews all the time; they’re called polls. The five executive members are elected to their respective portfolios, so they’re technically fair game.

On the other hand, most employers have strict rules about confidentiality when evaluating the performance of their employees. City councillors, for example, don’t publish polls analysing the effectiveness of their staff. Such behaviour would undermine the bond of trust between elected officials and civil servants.

So, are the CSA Executives politicians or elected civil servants? In many ways, they’re both, which is the worst of both worlds.

Like cabinet ministers, each executive member has a portfolio dictating their responsibilities. The Communications and Public Affairs Commissioner organizes public relations campaigns. The Local Affairs Commissioner organizes bus pass distribution, et cetera. They’re given a lot of leeway to pursue their own campaigns - as long as those campaigns fall within their respective portfolios – and under extraordinary circumstances have the power to make decisions on

behalf of the board.However, executives are also

“responsible for further tasks as assigned by the Board of Directors with duly authorized job descriptions,” and “shall be responsible to the Board of Directors for the performance of duties,” according to CSA Bylaws. By passing motions, the Board of Directors can tell executive members what to do, and reprimand them for not doing it.

To top it all off, CSA executives are voting members on the very board on which their supervisors sit. This is not unusual for politicians, but not a good idea for staff. As Editor of thecannon, I can make suggestions to my superiors on the Operating Committee, but I cannot vote to implement those suggestions.

So, executive members are bosses, staff and independent operators all wrapped into one. It’s a terrible mess. For one thing, executives enjoy the job protections of political operatives – they can only be removed from office through a recall vote initiated by petition or a two-thirds vote on the board – while playing apolitical roles in student government.

Secondly, the executive and board are constantly at odds over who lords over whom, and since there’s no one at the top of the hierarchy like a president to make the big decisions, it’s a constant stalemate.

With CSA elections coming up next week, candidates and voters need to take a good, hard look at the system that currently exists. If that system isn’t working, we need to come up with one that does. Otherwise, students will lose faith in the effectiveness of its representatives, elected or otherwise.

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Conference asks for long-term solutions to world hunger, Jean provides some honest answers

Approximately a billion people in the world are hungry. There is often a demand for wealthy nations to step up and “feed the world.” While this quest appears to be a well-intentioned one, aid agencies often use very simple-minded, problematic responses to respond to the task. According to former Governor General Michaëlle Jean, who attended and spoke at the 6th

Annual Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit recently held at the U of G, short-term strategies, while they may be needed during disasters, can do more harm than good.

“The fight against hunger is not only about providing immediate access to food. Fighting hunger is also about combating poverty and undertaking a paradigm shift through the theory and practice of international co-operation,” said Jean, who is presently the United Nations Envoy to Haiti, her native country.

While a year has passed since a major earthquake struck Haiti, Jean talked about

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the difficult challenges that Haitians continue to face. She called for a new ethical platform for resolving world hunger, expressing frustrations over solutions that do not account for the need for communities to develop their own local, thriving, agricultural sectors.

Jean encouraged others to contemplate the wrongdoings that exist within the present aid regime for hunger relief.

“The idea of helping those in need, and striving tirelessly for social justice, human rights and social awareness is inextricably linked to the very act of thinking critically,” expressed Jean.

The Ontarion commends Jean for her willingness to provide critical, heartfelt insights into the debate about resolving world hunger. Hunger sadly continues to be a serious and pervasive problem throughout the world. But like Jean points out, solutions to providing immediate access to food need to be re-evaluated and placed within a deeper vision.

Western methods to “feeding

the world” can result in culturally and technologically inappropriate solutions that foster very little growth. Jean explained how Haiti’s agricultural system has collapsed as a direct implication of programs that solely distributed rice and food exports, creating a crippling dependency. As a result, poverty has heightened and hunger has been sustained. Populations that are gravely suffering from the effects of hunger should be supported in developing their own local food economies so that they may attain an adequate level of food security, a very important ingredient for any nation to truly alleviate hunger.

It’s important to challenge the methods of food aid as much as the discourse surrounding it. Mainstream rhetoric about hunger can lead to dangerous stereotypes, according to Jean.

“I can no longer bear to hear about the resilience of the Haitian people. It sounds as if they were put on this earth only to recover from one crisis, one

tragedy, one ordeal to the other.” On the other hand, people also come to believe that there are no adequate local experts, organizations or resources that could benefit locals to self-organize, insisting that western food aid is the only way. These kinds of ideas perpetuate the false notion that developing a local food system for countries such as Haiti is far from possible.

But we hope you will join us in thinking that it is possible. Haiti and other food insecure regions around the world can surpass hunger. We realize the enormous breadth of such a goal and we by no means claim to have a prescription for solving world hunger. But like Jean, we have to believe that a paradigm shift can happen and has already begun. We invite you and all those involved in the “fight against hunger” to see the concept of being local as not just a conscious, environmentally friendly decision, but a logical choice with life-saving results.

Wednesday March 9

Curtain Call Productions presents Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical. 8pm in War Memorial Hall nightly from March 9-11, 8pm; Saturday March 12 at 2pm. Tickets at info desk in UC, online or at the door: $12/UofG students (with valid ID), $12/children and $15/general. www.curtain@uoguelph.ca

Decreasing Headaches program begins at 7:00 pm. Details at www.uoguelph.ca/~ksomers.

SHAC Mock LSAT #2: 5:30 - 9:30 in Mackinnon room 229. A second chance to improve your LSAT test taking abilities! Cost: $5 or free if you are taking the Prep Program. shac@uoguelph.ca

Thursday March 10

March is Nutrition Month - Free Workshop offered by GHC on how to get the most information out of food labels. 6:30-8pm at Shelldale Centre, 20 Shelldale Crescent. Register at (519) 821 - 6638 X 303 or kcumming@guelphchc.ca

school enivironmental leadership programs & climate change initiatives locally and globally. 2-5 pm, 133 Wyndham St. N.

Sunday March 6

The Guelph Youth Jazz Ensemble hosts a concert of a Trio of World Class Musicians (Kirk MacDonald, Dennis Mackrel, Neil Swainson). 7pm at MacDonald Stewart Art Centre. Tickets: $15, contact info@brentrowan.ca, 519-823-6532. Proceeds in support of the youth ensemble program. www.msac.uoguelph.ca

Guelph Hiking Trail Club – Hike - Schneider’s Woods Xc, Ski only. 3-4 hr. Level 2. Speed Moderate. No snowshoes. Bring water and a lunch. Meet at Galaxy Cinema at 10am. All welcome. Contact: 519-836-5567, wmungall0809@rogers.com

Monday March 7

STOP Worrying workshop begins at 7:00 pm. Details at www.uoguelph.ca/~ksomers.

Tuesday March 8 Café Scientifique - Pharmaceuticals in your drinking water – an easy pill to swallow?’ with Professor Paul Sibley, School of Environmental Sciences. 7pm @ ARTISANALE. Everyone Welcome, Free Admission.

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Community ListingsThursday March 3

Thursday at Noon Concert Series. This week: ‘Rebel Rhythm’. Concerts start at 12:10PM. MacKinnon Room 107 (Goldschmidt Room). Admission FREE – donations gratefully appreciated. Everyone Welcome! Info: www.uoguelph.ca/sofam

CASU presents Come Together: A Free Concert. Featuring: The Speed River Riot, Hear, Comes the Calvalry, The Johnston Brothers, What She Said. 7pm at Peter Clark Hall in the UC. Free, donations will be accepted for the Better Planet Project.

Saturday March 5

Songfest 2011 – Folk & Family – with James Gordon, Tannis Slimmon, the Guelph Chamber Choir and 4 other local choirs, 8pm at Harcourt Memorial United Church. Single Tickets $20, 4 for $60. 519-836-5103.

SHAC Pre-law/LSAT Weekend Program - March 5, 9am - 5pm - March 6, 9am - 2pm in Mackinnon room 229. A basic look into the LSAT, various styles of questions, how to prepare. Cost: $50 for weekend course and both Mock LSAT’s. shac@uoguelph.ca

Art Show Opening at Alma Art Gallery. Antarctica: photos from the bottom of the earth by Morgan Milne. Supporting high

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COMMUNITY EVENTS

U of G’s 25th Annual Toxicology Symposium “Cancer & the Environment: Our Environment Affecting Our Health”. Sat, March 5, 8: 30am-3pm, OVC Lifetime Learning Centre. Four distinguished speakers will address topics including phytoestrogens in our foods, epigenetic, occupational carcinogenic exposure, and epigenetics susceptibility to carcinogenesis. 4th year tox undergrads will present posters. Tickets: $15, $12/students. Includes breakfast/lunch. Ticket/info: toxsa@uoguelph.ca OR www.uoguelph.ca/~toxsa SERVICES

Student of Colour Support Groups (and Students from Different Cultural Backgrounds). Mondays: One on One support 10am-2pm, Discussion 3-5pm. Tuesdays: One on One support 10am-2pm. Discussion group 2-3pm. Wed: One on one support 10am-2pm. Discussion group

Ongoing:

Barber Gallery Exhibit ‘Queen of Tart’. runs until March 12. Selected pieces by 40 regional artists. 167 Suffolk St. W. 519-824-0821.

Red Ribbon Gala 2011 – Call for Artist Donations. Deadline for submissions: Thursday, March 31st. A joint fundraiser between AIDS Committee of Guelph &Wellington County, Bracelet of Hope and the Masai Centre. Info: 519-763-2255 ext. 128 or email redribbon@aidsguelph.org.

Discover Life in the Trenches at McCrae House. Exhibit includes objects dug from a trench in Ypres, Belgium near where John McCrae

was stationed during the 2nd Battle of Ypres. Runs until May 2. Sundays-Fridays, 1-5pm. 108 Water St. Info: 519-836-1221.

Guelph Civic Museum exhibit celebrating the 175th Anniversary of Norfolk Street United Church – ‘People Serving God Through Serving People’. Exhibit runs until June 30. 6 Dublin St. S. Open daily 1-5pm. Info: 519-836-1221 ext. 2774 or visit guelph.ca/museum.

Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Exhibit – Ehryn Torrell: ‘Self-Similar. When one or all parts are smaller copies of a larger shape’ Exhibit runs until April 26. 358 Gordon St. 519-837-0010. www.msac.ca.

5-7pm. Confidentiality ensured. Munford Centre, Rm 54. Contact: rmcleod@uoguleph.ca or x53244.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Hillside Festival seeks volunteers to present workshops at their festival. Apply by March 18. Also accepting applications until April 22 from community, environmental & grassroots organizations for Neighbourhood Tent. Details: www.hillsidefestival.ca

OUTline is seeking volunteers to help staff its Support Phone Line and other peer-support services. To be eligible, applicants are required to identify as LGBTIQ2P+ and be available in April for training program. Contact: 519.824.4120 ext. 56358 or outline@uoguelph.ca.

Student Support Network Team Volunteer Recruitment for their peer support drop-in. Drop by McNally House for an application form, or for more information about becoming a volunteer e-mail ssn@uoguelph.ca

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Admission Services is hiring six dynamic peoplefor temporary full-time employment

(Approx. August 2, 2011 to November 25, 2011)

LIAISON OFFICERSEmployment Opportunity!

Reporting to the Assistant Registrar - Student Recruitment, Liaison Officers will be required to give presentations at approximately one hundred Ontario high schools as part of the Individual School Visit Program, presenting information to prospective students, parents, teachers and secondary school officials. The Liaison Officers will be responsible for preparing reports on those visits; participating at the Ontario Universities’ Fair; counselling prospective applicants; responding to inquiries; assisting with on-campus events; assisting with the production of liaison materials and information; general correspondence, and other duties as assigned.

Requirements of this position include: a university degree (preferably from the University of Guelph); relevant experience in the liaison, registrarial or student services environment, public relations or marketing, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; demonstrated excellence in verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills; knowledge of word processing. A valid Ontario driver’s license is essential. Must be able to work weekends and evenings. Extensive travel throughout Ontario is required.

Applications must be submitted on or before March 11, 2011 to:Human Resources, University of Guelph

Level 5, University Centre

For a full description of the job posting please visit:http://www.uoguelph.ca/hr/careers-guelph/current-staff-opportunities

between February 25 and March 11, 2011