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Casual Smokers and lungs of steelBen Caplan commands crowd with ferocious vocals at Van Gogh’s Ear

tom beedham

With thick-rimmed glasses and an even thicker mane hiding the

greater majority of his face and neck, Ben Caplan might not come across as the most stage confident musician frequenting the stage speakeasy. The truth is quite the contrary; Caplan is no cowardly lion. Leaving the comfort of his Halifax home – and with it his infamous living room open mics

– behind, Ben Caplan visited Van

Gogh’s Ear Nov. 20 in support of his newest Ben Caplan and the Ca-sual Smokers studio album, In the Time of the Great Remembering.

Over the years, Caplan’s Casu-al Smokers act has borrowed the skills of over 50 musicians. Like a force with tentacles wrapping themselves around every touring act he meets, it’s made it easy for

him to take the act on the road.Currently co-headlining a

tour with Toronto-born, Mon-treal-based indie folk songstress Charlotte Cornfield, Caplan’s act saw Cornfield take to the drums

– an instrument she’s studied at Concordia University since 2006

– while her upright bassist Kath-ryn Palumbo also stood in.

But that’s not to suggest Ca-plan’s philosophy is all-take and no give.

Cornfield took to the stage before the Halifax artist to play material from her debut full length Two Horses, but not with-out getting Caplan to fill in on some keyboard and some of his Casual Smokers to perform other instrumental duties before he left.

After that, the stage – or room – was Caplan’s.

When Caplan broke a string on his guitar, he improvised by pick-ing up a banjo and pumping out a rendition of “I Got Me a Woman.”

Fueled with whiskey and never shy in front of the mic, Caplan sought to inject some of his cha-risma and spirit into the crowd. Instructing the audience mem-bers to imagine they were in a mortuary and tasking them with waking the dead, Caplan Ben Caplan is borrowing skills from current co-headlining performer Charlotte Cornfield and her upright

bassist Kathryn Palumbo on tour in support of his latest Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers album In the Time of the Great Remembering.

MaRIanne PoInTneR

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PeI abortion protestOver 350 pro-choice demonstra-tors assembled in Charlottetown on Nov. 19 to protest PEI’s abor-tion laws. Members of the PEI Reproductive Rights Organiza-tion protested in front of Province House while supporters of PEI Right to Life looked on. PEI is the only province where abortion is not available. Women seeking the procedure must travel to Halifax or Fredericton, and PEI will only pay for abortions with the recommen-dation of two doctors. The debate is ongoing, and both pro-choice and pro-life organizations plan to speak to the PEI provincial gov-ernment this week (CBC).

engineers create world’s lightest substanceAmerican engineers have created the world’s lightest material. The substance, which is 100 times less dense than Styrofoam, is 99.99 per cent air. It is made of a net-work of interconnected tubules, each a thousand times thinner than a human hair. The substance (unnamed as yet) absorbs large amounts of energy. Applications could include sound-dampening devices, thermal insulation, or battery electrodes. Researchers from the University of Califor-nia and the California Institute of Technology developed the low-density material. (BBC).

Teens dress up to hunt predatorsIn Vancouver, the RCMP recently shut down a trio of 17 to 18 year-old vigilantes, dressed as super heroes Batman and the Flash, who were setting up sting operations to reveal and humiliate pedophiles. Posing as 15 year-old girls online, they struck conversations with sexual predators and arranged for them to meet in public places. They then dressed up and came to accuse the man of pedophilia while recording the incident, which they would post on You-Tube as part of a series called To Troll a Predator. The RCMP found the act to be highly reckless and would not encourage people to try it. (The Toronto Star)

Russian Soyuz capsule landsThe Soyuz space capsule from the International Space Station safely touched down in Kazakh-stan, carrying astronauts Michael Fossum and Satoshi Furukawa, as well as cosmonaut Sergei Volkov. They were seated in chairs and wrapped in warm blankets to help them adjust to the gravity of Earth after four months in space. The two remaining astronauts on the station, Dan Burbank and Anton Shkaplerov are due to return in March. A launch next month will send more crewmembers to the station. (The Globe and Mail)

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Sitting in for student spacebeth Purdon-mcLeLLan

The Ontarion interviewed Drew Garvie, CSA communications and corporate affairs commissioner, about the issues of student space on campus. The CSA is planning a student “sit-in” on Dec. 1 to ad-vocate the need for more student space.

The ontarion: what are the main is-sues surrounding student space on campus and what are some of the solutions the CSa has proposed?

Drew Garvie: We think that most students are well aware of the main problems with student and study space on campus. In terms of study space, it’s com-mon to walk into the library and not find a place to study or write a paper. You see students in the strangest places all over campus sitting on the floor in dimly lit cor-ners or searching for non-existent outlets. Comfortable lounge areas for socializing or group studying are in high demand and there just aren’t enough spots available. As we move towards having more commuter students on campus, the need for places to unwind and work grows. In general, it’s a case of not having enough study space, as well as the space that’s available not meeting the needs of students, such as outlets, fur-niture and lighting.

Also, student controlled space continues to be a growing problem for students. The CSA and other student run organizations are crammed in the second floor of the University Centre. With around one hundred CSA clubs and fifteen offices, there is constant competi-tion for rooms. Other campuses have large student union build-ings that are student controlled and allow students to organize their space democratically based on their needs.

Solutions to the current sit-uation rely on the University’s willingness to meet the needs of students. Currently the Uni-versity is updating its “campus master plan” which looks at in-frastructure and space all over campus. Now is the time for the University to make meaningful commitments. This could include extending hours at the library, upgrading available space to in-clude proper lighting, furniture and outlets, and increasing the space controlled by students in the University Centre.

To: have there been any initiatives to create student space in the past? were they successful?

DG: We have seen study space being incorporated into new buildings on campus, specifi-cally the engineering expansion and the Science Atrium. These are welcomed additions to campus, but students are still expressing further need. What is in high de-mand is general inter-disciplinary study space, especially for arts and social science students.

As for student-controlled space, we are conscious of the history surrounding the University Cen-tre. In 1966, students decided to pay $10 a semester to construct a

“student union building”. Then a series of unfortunate events followed, including provin-cial funding being offered and withdrawn, the student union collapsing, and a separate UC ad-ministration being set up through a law suit brought by students against the University. The fact remains that while students paid to create the building, and still pay to maintain it, the space we directly control is limited to the second floor. This is not a sus-tainable situation and we need the university to provide more stu-dent-controlled space to students.

The CSA is committed to tak-ing action ourselves, with the limited power we have, to make space student-friendly on cam-pus. The UC second-floor “airport lounge” is study space that the CSA has provided and upgraded

with outlets. We are compiling a “study guide” to communicate existing study space effectively with students. We are also in-stalling another microwave in the CSA owned Bullring for students to use, as well as working with the library to get more microwaves.

To: what are some of the barriers preventing the creation of student space?

DG: The main obstacle to the creation of student space is pri-ority. This is why united student action is so important, as it shows the University of Guelph where student priorities lie.

Another deeper problem is governmental funding. Ontario now has the lowest per-student funding in the country. More and more funding is based on specific infrastructure projects for specific programs, and not general inter-disciplinary money. In general, funding is going into programs that can attract corporate and pri-vate funding and research. This has a deep impact on the Univer-sity’s prioritization. So there are systemic problems that need to be addressed in terms of the future of post-secondary education as well.

To: what is the purpose and the idea behind the “sit-in” planned for dec. 1?

DG: The “student space sit-in” will take place next Thursday on the last day of class. If you’re tired of searching for study space, sit-ting on the floor to find an outlet,

if you’re a member of a club with-out office space, or just want to see a more student-friendly campus, you should participate!

Don’t change your routine for the day, just show up to the Uni-versity Centre and get studying. We’ll be busting out the chairs, tables and extension chords to help out. The idea is to have a large visible presence, solicit feedback from students towards the “campus master plan”, and to have a symbolic reclamation of common space for a day. Talk to your friends and bring them out to study together. This is meant to be a reminder that universi-ties are here to serve the needs of students.

To: why does the CSa feel like this is an effective way to advocate the need for student space on campus?

DG: It is important to campaign now on behalf of students as the

“campus master plan” is being discussed. United action shows common needs, and it is a mes-sage to other students that it is possible to affect decision mak-ing in our interests.

If you’d like to be involved with the campaign, if you’d like to vol-unteer for the day or if you have any feedback please email your HR&O Commissioner Josh at csa-admin@uoguelph.ca.

On December 1st, let’s take our studying out of the nooks and crannies all over campus and come together in the UC to send a clear message!

during exams, the library is packed with students competing for study spaces with working lights and electrical outlets.

MaRIanne PoInTneR

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Scientifically Inclined: Faster than the speed of light?A second experiment confirms what physicists have been both dreading and hoping for: neutrinos

are travelling faster than the speed of light. arieLLe duhaime-ross

Unbeknownst to many of us, the field of physics was turned on its

head last September, perhaps irre-vocably. Physicists the world-over have been alternating between pulling their hair out and jumping for joy, all while pinching them-selves to make sure they aren’t dreaming. This is because of an experiment that demonstrated that neutrinos, very light sub-atomic particles affected only by gravity and the weak force, were moving faster than the speed of light. This assertion has shaken the very foundations upon which post-Einstein physics rests and could lead to a physics revolution.

Before going any further, how-ever, here’s a physics primer to get us all up to speed (pun intended). Most of us are familiar with Ein-stein’s famous equation E = mc2, in which “c” is the speed of light (299, 792, 458 m/s). This equation demonstrates that, as the ener-gy of an object increases, so does its mass, thus causing it to resist acceleration. Now, according to Einstein’s theory of relativity, an object can never reach the speed of light. Renowned physicist Ste-phen Hawking explains this in his book, A Brief History of Time, by stating that in order for an ob-ject to attain the speed of light, its mass would have to become infi-nite and the energy needed to get there would also need to be infi-nite– an unlikely scenario to say the least.

So when the OPERA collabora-tion, an international group made up of about 200 physicists from 13 different countries, declared in September of 2011 that they had clocked neutrino speeds exceeding the speed of light, the ensuing up-roar was deafening. Scientists the world over denied the possibili-ty of particles moving faster than light and questioned the science that had led to this result. For ex-ample, physicist Carlo R. Contaldi of the Imperial College London,

UK, published a letter stating that there must have been a mistake in the clock synchronisation con-vention the OPERA scientists had employed.

“If the OPERA results were confirmed, it would be truly earth-shattering. However, the community at large, while re-spectful of the OPERA team and their procedures, remains skep-tical of the implications of the result,” commented University of Guelph physics professor Dr. Paul Garrett. “Relativity has been so well tested over the past 100 years that people are not yet will-ing to abandon it.”

The many objections, combined with their own doubts, motivat-ed the OPERA collaboration to conduct a second experiment in which they would refine their analysis of the data. The results of this experiment, which were re-leased on Nov. 17 2011 as a preprint for the Journal of High Energy Physics, confirmed the original findings. In this second experi-ment, the researchers detected

20 neutrinos that had travelled a distance of 730km in 2.43 mil-liseconds, about 60 nanoseconds faster than light, with a margin of error of 10 nanoseconds. This time the results were robust enough to make the scientists, who had pre-viously refused to sign their names to the paper, reconsider.

Do these experiments prove Einstein wrong? Not yet. More tests needs to be done, this time by a group of researchers indepen-dent of the OPERA collaboration and hopefully using different equipment and data. In addition, there are many possible sourc-es of error– most of them having to do with the synchronisation of the time reference– that need to be eliminated through further experimentation. In the mean-time, the resulting collective loss of sleep that will be experienced by the global physics community is probably the only part of this saga that need not be questioned.

Arielle blogs about science at www.salamanderhours.com

Meeting seeks to continue occupy movement beyond the occupationdivinus c caesar

Under the banner of Beyond Oc-cupy, about 75 people met on Friday Nov 18 at 10 Carden Street to discuss the future of the oc-cupation movement in Guelph. When the event was originally planned, organizers Kevin Sut-ton and James Gordon had no intention of building a group that would supplant the group of dem-onstrators living in St. George’s square.

“I was really just hoping to pro-vide a space, and put a few tools together in people’s hands for having a conversation that might lead to something, and feel like everyone was heard,” Gordon said. “And felt like acknowledging

what was happening here with the occupation movement, and glob-ally, and how we are affected by it, and how we can contribute to it.”

However, with the downtown occupation just newly abandoned, the focus of the meeting shifted to trying to envision a future for the movement in Guelph that actual-ly did go beyond the occupation.

“Now that the occupation in Guelph has ended, this is kind of going to be carrying on the mo-mentum of what has happened in Guelph,”Sutton said.

After a short introduction and video presentation, participants separated into smaller groups to discuss their feelings about the movement and hopes for its future direction. These group discussions

were structured with the inten-tion of maximizing the sense that individual messages were heard, rather than to facilitate debate. After each person made their statement, another would vol-unteer to express, in their own words, what they understood the speaker had been trying to express. If the original speaker as-sented to the interpretation, the discussion would move on to a new speaker. This tended to move along faster than expected.

After an hour of these small group discussions, the larger group came back together to allow the smaller groups to present their ideas. In notes ranging from tra-ditional bulleted lists to picture covered mind maps, the groups

had recorded an array of ideas that pointed more toward a gen-eral unease or dissatisfaction with the direction and current state of society, than a unified critique or programme.

In the discussion which fol-lowed, attendees’ opinions varied as well on whether this was a strength or a weakness. Some exp ressed a desire for future meetings to focus on hammer-ing out a clearer message, while many expressed worries that the direction of the meetings could too easily lead to the calcifica-tion of the movement into an organization.

“I’m afraid it’s going to be too organizational,” said meet-ing participant Dale, last name

withheld. “People just love or-ganizing things.”

As it stands, the plan for the next meeting sounds like it could be interpreted as a step in either direction.

Sutton says the meeting will take place in a “big room with stations and facilitators at them that deal with core issues, and then people can wander back and forth popcorning ideas in towards creating tangible actual goals, and next steps and strategies.”

“The next steps come from the next meeting.” Sutton continued,

“I think that’s kinda how it goes.”

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Guelph research may help develop future ovarian cancer treatmentsbeth Purdon-mcLeLLan

Biomedical Sciences Professor Jim Petrik has made huge advance-ments in Ovarian Cancer research here at the University of Guelph. Petrik’s research is significant be-cause it has the potential to create new treatment options for ovarian cancer patients.

Ovarian cancer is often referred to as “the silent” killer, because unlike other cancers there are no symptoms that would specifically indicate the presence of a turmour. The danger for women with ovari-an cancer is that abdominal tumors in can develop to advanced stages before they are detected.

“Women that are suffering from ovarian cancer typically have symptoms such as nausea, bloat-ing, abdominal discomfort– which is not specific to ovarian cancer,” said Petrik. “It’s part of normal reproductive function for women.

So there’s nothing specific to say that something is going wrong.”

In order for tumors to grow to clinical size they have to recruit blood vessels to get enough nu-trients. In his research, Petrik has isolated a small fragment of a natu-rally occurring protein that targets the abnormal vessel associated with tumour formation.

“The current problem with chemotherapy for women with ovarian cancer is that the ovari-an tumors have such a poor blood supply that the chemothera-py drugs can’t access inside the tumor,” said Petrik. “So they don’t get to place that they need to be. If we prune back the abnormal blood vessels [… ] chemotherapy drugs get inside the tumor very efficiently and cause the tumors to completely go away.”

This could potentially allow doctors to decrease the amount of drugs used in chemotherapy

because the drugs will be taken up more efficiently by the tumor, making chemotherapy a more ef-fective treatment. Lowering the amount of drugs used in chemo-therapy will lower the side effects of the treatment.

“So far, we’ve seen no side ef-fects,” said Petrik. “We’ve seen no toxicity associated with it, be-cause we’re not using a synthetic compound. We haven’t created a drug. We’ve isolated a fragment of a naturally occurring protein in the body.”

Right now, research is being done exclusively on animals. So far Petrik conducted his research on a mouse model, but he hopes to design a phase one clinical trial for women in the near future. Should the phase one trials prove successful, this treatment has the potential to be a treatment option for other solid tumour cancers. Jim Petrik has conducted breakthrough research that may help

treat ovarian cancer.

MaRIanne PoInTneR

Sharing work skills for a better planetbeth Purdon-mcLeLLan

On Nov. 22 as part of the Better Planet Speaker Series, university faculty and staff spoke about their experiences with the Leave for Change international volunteer program. Leave for Change is an initiative run by World University Service of Canada (WUSC), where staff of participating organiza-tions can apply their professional skills to an international devel-opment project.

Among the presenters was Linda Watt, who works with Learning Development and Consulting Services at the University of Guelph. Watt’s placement took place in Malawi, where she worked with the Min-istry of Education, science and technology and the department of school health, nutrition and HIV/AIDS, and helped develop an implementation plan for over 300 initiatives.

During her time in Mala-wi, Watt got to know her own strengths as a professional. With very few resources, she was forced to be creative in the way she went about her work. She

shared the end of a desk with one of her co-workers, and went ev-eryday to the local hotel to access the Internet so she could conduct her research.

Watt reflected that her job at the university has regimented accountability that can be ex-tremely stressful. During her placement, Watt learned to let go of some of the pressures of the workplace and realize that

a “scheduled” workday does not necessarily make it efficient.

“They still got work done, de-spite not showing up at certain times. They still managed to do things,” said Watt. “When they got you in front of them they took advantage of every moment, in-stead of saying ‘you have to be here at this time’.

Of all the things that Watt experienced on her Leave for Change, the children at the Chankhomi Public School moved her the most. After a speech made by one of the students, Watt com-mitted to raising the funds for a school library. In less than 10 months, Watt raised $22, 000, and has signed a contract with UK organization called “Build-ing futures in Malawi” for the library’s construction.

“This is an example of how building a better planet can come out of something like a three week leave for change,” said Watt. “It’s not just about the time that you’re there, but the kinds of things you want to do because you are there and the commitments you make as you move forward in you life.”

CSahS rep creates blog to keep students informedbeth Purdon-mcLeLLan

Until recently, if students went to the CSA website, there wouldn’t have been much information avail-able to them. Due to high turn over in the CSA, the website didn’t offer any up to date information. Despite the lack of resources, Amy Bronson, board representative for the Col-lege of Social and Applied Human Sciences (CSAHS), remained ded-icated to her constituents. As the elected board member for one of the largest colleges at the Univer-sity of Guelph, she created a blog so that she could be informative about her participation with the CSA and create dialogue with students she represents.

“The idea of this blog is that at least there’s some ability for people to see what I’ve been doing or kind of the way I’m approaching things,” said Bronson. “They actually have a way of getting in touch with me and commenting on what I have been doing through the blog. Because it’s just not feasible for me to just some-how actively represent the opinions of thousands of people.”

Updating the CSA website will be a massive undertaking. Already im-provements have been made such as contact information and current events. However, Bronson suggests that the CSA should consider ex-panding the website and what it offers.

“If you go on any other student union’s website – that I’ve been on

– you can get clear ideas of who is doing what,” said Bronson. “Usu-ally most executive committees have blogs where the individual

executives would keep a blog as well and communicate that way.”

Bronson pointed out that many universities are not only required to make information accessible to the public, but also to explain that information to the student body. This active kind of communication makes students less removed from their student government.

“Through the blog, I’m trying to fill in what I think are the gaps in the CSA website, while also keeping myself transparent and account-able,” said Bronson. “Documenting some of the positive things that are going on is important. Hopefully, I can just get people aware that they have representatives and if there’s something going on they can come to talk– and it’s not just the exec-utives. There are other people on the CSA.”

Regardless of what changes are made to the CSA website, Bronson’s blog will still be there as a resource for students. The blog not only offer a method of communication, but a way of downloading board packages.

You can check out Bronson’s blog @http://csahsatlarge.wordpress.com/

aMy BRonSon“It’s not just

about the time that you’re there,

but the kinds of things you want

to do because you are there and the

commitments you make as you move forward in

you life.”

Linda watt

5nEwS 166.12 ◆ november 24th – 30th, 2011

a river runs through itupcoming multi-discipline performance benefit fueled by concern for resource

tom beedham

Shannon Kingsbury and Sue Smith aren’t your typical per-formance organizers. The last event they organized sought out an intimate wooded setting in the forest at Ignatius College’s Martin Creek site as a locus for a commu-nity artist fundraiser to benefit the Plant an Old Growth Forest Project. With weather cooling down, their latest undertaking, Water Way, is set to be a multi-discipline performance event that will take place indoors at the University of Guelph’s George Luscombe Theatre on Nov. 27. All proceeds from the evening will

benefit the Wellington Water Watchers and the North Duffer-in Agricultural and Community Task Force (NDACT).

Reflecting on the time she and Smith spent back in the woods at Martin Creek, Kingsbury di-vulged some of the inspiration behind Water Way.

“We spent a lot of time out in the landscape,” Kingsbury said.

“We thought that it was all about trees, but being out there we kind of realized that we couldn’t take water out of it. It’s inseparable.”

“We were so inspired by the flow of the water through the land-scape and – in particular – the creek, which had been dammed up,” Kingsbury said.

Since those meditations in Mar-tin Creek, Kingsbury and Smith have felt compelled to do some-thing that gives back to that essential element of nature.

Although the resource they intend to defend is becoming an increasingly limited resource, the two didn’t have to look far for support.

“I think water is a really hot topic these days, especially around Guelph,” Kingsbury said.

“We have a great community of

activists – and by activists I don’t mean people who are kind of mar-ginalized that way, I mean people in our community who are really interested and concerned with water issues.”

For Kingsbury and Smith, benefiting the Wellington Water Watchers and NDACT was a natural decision. Kingsbury is particularly concerned with the looming issue of Highland Companies’ grasps to place a mega-quarry in Melanch-ton Township.

“Eventually Highland stated that they filed an application to create Canada’s largest open-pit lime-stone mine 2135 acres in size with a perimeter of over 30 kilometers and they’re planning to manage about 600 million fresh liters of water per day for perpetuity,” Kingsbury noted. “Obviously it’s a huge concern.”

Exploring ideas of water, Water

Way will feature over 25 artists, including performances from modern dance troupe Fall On Your Feet Dance Collective improvis-ing around the theme of water; an aerial silk routine; storytell-ing from Jan Sherman; visual art by Janet Morton; a scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by ac-tors Jane and John Watson; a piece from spoken word artist Kevin Sutton; the poetry of Doug Bell, Wendell Berry, Robert Frost, and Gwendolyn MacEwen; designs by Barbara Bryce; and choral per-formances by Ondine Chorus (co-directed by Shannon Kings-bury and Sue Smith) and Evenine Chorus.

For more information about Wellington Water Watchers visit http://www.wellington-waterwatchers.ca/. For more information about NDACT, visit www.ndact.com.

Sam layton (left) and dana Schiemannon on stage during the recent production of Rose, a retelling of the Snow white fable which ran at the George luscombe Theatre. The performance was put together by a team of 42 students from two classes in the theatre studies program, both led by Jerrard Smith.RaQuel walKeR

we thought that it was all about trees, but being out there we kind of realized

that we couldn’t take water out of it.

It’s inseparable. –Shannon kingsbury

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managed to manipulate an initial-ly sing-along hesitant crowd into assisting him in rendering “Con-duit” as a chantey fit for a pirate crew embarking on a pub crawl through New Orleans’s smokiest blues houses.

At one point, Caplan even aban-doned his station at the mic and

showed how much his act could do without the device. Trudg-ing through the mostly seated crowed, Caplan’s ferocious voice dominated the downtown Guelph bar until he reached a saxophone he had stationed at the back of the lounge, surprising everyone with a solo he insisted was entirely im-provised. He revealed after the song that he knows not a single

note on the instrument; he saw it sitting in a friend’s apartment and asked to borrow it for the night’s show.

Caplan and Cornfield are cur-rently wrapping up their Ontario tour dates, with Cornfield’s last performance in Windsor on Nov. 24. Caplan will continue on to Montreal, and end his tour back home in Halifax on Dec. 4.

Touring her debut full length Two horses, Charlotte Cornfield stopped by van Gogh’s ear on nov. 20.

MaRIanne PoInTneR

list Service: Four uberly self-referential Pixar choicestom beedham

One of the things that makes any Pixar-involved project so special is that so many of them were fig-ured out at an infamous lunch back in 1994. At that lunch alone, plans were made for characters and storylines that would later morph into Toy Story, Finding Nemo, WALL-E, A Bug’s Life, Monsters, Inc. and The Incredi-bles, and what followed is some of the most brilliant viral market-ing ever launched in film history.

Book titles in Toy Story“The Adventures of Andre and Wally,” “Red’s Dream,” “Tin Toy,” and “Knick Knack” are all short films that Pixar produced before Toy Story. They appear on the spines of books on a shelf in Andy’s room in a scene where Woody is addressing the rest of Andy’s toys.

Pizza PlanetFirst featured as the home of those alien claw lemmings that say “Ooo, ahh” in Toy Story, the fictional pizza restaurant chain has been confirmed to be refer-enced – usually in the form of the chain’s delivery vehicles – in every Pixar film to date, except The Incredibles. There are even rumours claiming the truck will make an unlikely appearance in 2012’s Brave, what appears to be a medieval adventure film set in the Scottish Highlands.

dinocoThe fictional oil company that fueled that epic car pursuit at the end of Toy Story is also fea-tured in Cars as a sponsor of the Piston Cup and veteran racecar Strip “The King” Weathers, and

in Cars 2 the company is allud-ed to in several places, including an advertisement featured in a Tokyo scene. In WALL-E, the title character also picks up a light-er featuring the company’s logo.

John RatzenbergerThe voice of this famous Cheers actor has been featured in every Pixar feature film created thus far. He voices Hamm the piggybank throughout the Toy Story fran-chise, P.T. Flea the Machiavellian circus leader in A Bug’s Life, the Abominable Snowman in Mon-sters, Inc., an entire school of fish in Finding Nemo, The Under-miner in The Incredibles, Mack in both Cars films, Mustafa the waiter in Ratatouille, John in WALL-E, and Tom the foreman in Up. John Lasseter, director and chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios views him as a good luck charm for the franchise.

animated worldFlicks from around the globe shown at 11th waterloo Festival of Animated Cinema

andrea conneLL

For the past 11 years, Waterloo, Ont. has been the host of a very unique and little known festival – the Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema (WFAC). This year’s event took place from Nov. 17-20, at the Chrysalids Theater on Ontario St. in downtown Kitchener.

Fans of all ages arrived to watch some of the best animated films from around the world. Feature

length animated films are com-monly shown in movie theatres in Asia, but are rarely seen on the big screen in North America.

“I wanted this, you need to be able to see these films in 35mm,” said festival organizer, Joseph Chen. “It’s so rare to get these films here. It’s a cult following, but it’s cool.” Chen is passionate about the art form and the festival is his la-bour of love.

This year’s festival included new films from South Korea, Japan, a Spain/U.K collaboration, Denmark, Czech Republic and U.S.A.

The festival opened on Thursday night with Full Metal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos directed

by Kazuya Murata, the Japanese blockbuster hit of the summer. Fans know Edward and Alphonse Elric from the Full Metal Alchemist TV series. The series focuses on the price the boys paid for attempt-ing to perform a forbidden human transmutation on their dead moth-er. It sounds complicated, but it’s worth checking out the series on-line if you aren’t familiar with it.

In The Scared Star of Milos, the boys, now state alchemists, stum-ble upon a tiny country in the midst of a rebellion against the military oppressor that has annexed their land. The boys are drawn in and come face to face with the mythical and dangerous red Philosopher’s

Stone. The film did not disappoint. It had the humour and soft-core violence Full Metal fans expect. It was so popular it enjoyed a surprise second screening as the audience choice to replace a last minute film cancellation on Sunday.

My favourite film of the weekend was the Japanese anime The Prin-cess and the Pilot, by Jun Shishido. This film was just released in Jap-anese theaters on Oct. 1, 2011 but Chen managed to get it here in time for the festival.

“This is one of the most beautiful pieces of Japanese film, on the big screen,” said Chen.

It absolutely was. The anime was fantastic, the colors and

detail were gorgeous. The story is a mixture of romance and fantasy. A mercenary pilot is hired to fly the empire’s princess out of their city under siege to safety, 12,000 miles away. The pilot is of the low-est social class and – under normal circumstances – would not be in the presence of a woman of such high standing. The three-day mis-sion draws them together and they fall in love. The aerial scenes fea-turing futuristic flying ships and small fighting bi-planes are the best I have ever seen.

I’ve been converted to the genre after seeing six of the 10 films avail-able this past weekend. I cannot wait until festival number 12.

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The ever-popular Guelph Contemporary dance Festival graced the courtyard of the university Centre on nov. 23 with a preview to their upcoming annual performances. The finale featured three dancers who wowed the crowd with their break dancing skills.

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Gryphons men’s basketball in a word: scrappyFans get a glimpse of Gryphon sparkle at men’s basketball home opener

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On Nov. 18, with the Gryphons trailing in the first half of the game, it looked as if the result would be dismal. Following halftime, the team, led by Daniel McCarthy, brought a burst of energy to the court, catching the Ryerson Rams off guard and giving fans a glimpse of that golden Gryphon sparkle. In the last two minutes of the third quarter the Gryphons scored con-secutive baskets to lead the game 47-45.

The Gryphons were neck and neck with the Rams for the ma-jority of the fourth quarter, with McCarthy racking up 28 total points in the game. With 15.2 seconds left in the game and McCarthy fouled

out less than a minute earlier, the Gryphons trailed by a single point.

The final buzzer rang, following a disheartening dunk by the Rams and a lot of missed opportunities by the Gryphons. The Rams had won 66-68.

“We didn’t have any energy, didn’t stick to our game plan [in the first half] and really just played on our heels and allowed Ryerson to do some of the things that they do well,” said head coach Chris O’Rourke. “Then we regrouped at half time and played with more energy in the second half and de-fensively changed it up a little bit and forced [Ryerson] to play against the zone. Certainly [McCarthy’s] play the whole game was key to our comeback. “

The Gryphons returned to the W.F Mitchell Centre on Nov. 19 to play the Toronto Varsity Blues, whom they defeated with a satis-fying 89-71.

“Any time you lose, how you

respond the next day is a state-ment of the team’s character,” said O’Rourke. “I think that we came out with a lot of energy and played the way that we’re capable of on both ends of the floor. Defensively, [we] did most of the things that we wanted to and took Toronto out of their offence and wore them out, and then had an explosive third quarter offensively, which helped put the game away.”

So what can Gryphon basket-ball fans expect of this year’s team?

“We’re definitely an inexperi-enced team with a lot of new guys, but we do have some key veteran guys, McCarthy and Adam Bering, and I’m expecting a lot out of Ka-reem Malcolm and Zachary Angus,” said O’Rourke. “Our goal is to be a scrappy team that works real hard and is disruptive defensively, and hopefully offensively we can get more consistent shooting the ball. I think we’ll certainly be an enter-taining team to watch.”

The men’s and women’s basketball teams play again on Friday Nov. 25 against the Carleton Ravens, where

The Ontarion will be looking for Fan of the Game.

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The Gryphons men’s hockey game against uoIT on nov. 19 marked the fourth annual hockey day in Gryphonville event. although the team dropped the game, 2-3, alumni and players gathered to honour the 1978-79 and 1979-80 oua men’s hockey Champions, while also celebrating the history of Gryphon hockey dating all the way back to the oa-vC Redmen.

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Sporting a Gryphon sweater and the popular Gryph coloured striped socks, Daniela Banda Marin, a first year marine biology student, watched the Gryphons men’s basketball team at their home opener against the Ryerson Rams on Nov. 18.

“I’ve only been to the football game [during O week,] so I decided to come to a basketball game just to check it out, see how the team is and have fun. “

Marin noted that she was enjoy-ing the game despite the Gryphons slow start in the first period.

“It’s pretty good. At the start we were kind of slow but now we’re getting more points and we’re get-ting better.”

Marin would not be disappoint-ed, as the Gryphons stepped up the pace in the second half of the game, leading by a mere, but nonethe-less thrilling basket going into the final period.

On their feet, Gryphon players on the bench and Gryphon fans in the stands watched in anxious anticipation as the final seconds on the clock ticked towards the final buzzer. Unfortunately, the would-be winning three-point-er by Kareem Malcolm of the

Gryphons fell short of a basket, allowing the Rams to claim the Guelph home opener as their own.

The Gryphons played again on Nov. 19, winning against the To-ronto Varsity Blues.

Stand up, stand out and cheer for the Guelph Gryphons and you could be Fan of the Game. The winner receives two free tick-ets to another Gryphons varsity home game!

Follow @TheOntarion on Twitter to find out when we’re looking for Fan of the Game.

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The importance of cheering with Guelph having claimed four CIS and two OuA medals already this season, what’s not to cheer about?

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The University of Guelph has some seriously good varsity teams. This season alone the Gryphons have won three CIS titles for women’s rugby, men’s and women’s cross country; one CIS bronze for field hockey; OUA silver for women’s lacrosse and an OUA bronze for men’s rugby. As well, the women’s hockey team is currently second in the OUA, while the men’s vol-leyball team sits in third.

Having support from fans is extremely important for varsity teams, especially at home games. So whether you’re a sports fan or not, as long as you’re a Gryphons fan, your presence and your voice is crucial at Gryphons events.

Cheering is one of the easiest ways that you can support your favourite Gryphon teams at home and away games. There’s a num-ber of different ways to go about cheering at game, besides the ob-vious chanting of Guelph cheers and repeating cheers initiated by the team’s themselves. It’s all about throwing it back; they play, you cheer.

“I think it’s huge when you have home [support]. When you go on the road and [the opposing team’s gym] is full and the fans are yell-ing at you and it’s loud… We would certainly like to see our home court

like that,” said men’s basketball head coach, Chris O’Rourke.

One memory of Gryphon pride sticks out for me. At one of Guelph’s homecoming games, last year’s sports and health edi-tor and all-star quarterback Justin Dunk, ran to the bench following a Guelph touchdown, jumped on it and facing the crowd, threw his arms up in the air, sending Gry-phon fans into a frenzy of cowbell ringing and excited screams.

Aside from cheering, noise-makers is an effective way to cheer on your Gryphons while also distracting the opposing team. Cowbells have become a signa-ture of Guelph fans, and can be purchased in the Atheltic Centre for a relatively low price. On the other hand, vuvuzelas (the bull horn looking things popularized recently by the World Cup) and thunder sticks (the inflatable sticks you bang together to make noise resembling thunder claps) are also great ways to make noise while sparing your voice at events.

Bringing pots and pans to games,

while it may be considered a dated way of cheering, is nonetheless effective and cheap. Simply bring old pots and pans with a wood-en spoon and pound away. MIA recently, a pots and pans squad has been known to attend Gry-phon games, sitting behind the visiting team’s bench and mak-ing their coach’s attempted pep talks and time-out strategies

incomprehensible. If you’re not really into the

more obnoxious forms of cheer-ing, painting your face, making cheer boards or even just wearing Gryphon colours will do.

Let’s pack the gym Gryphon fans, and show just how proud we are of our Gryphon athletes. Go Gryphons Go!

MaRIanne PoInTneR

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fairnovember

The University of Guelph celebrated its 37th year of Fair November, a one-of-a-kind craft show held ann-

ually in the UC. From Nov. 17 – 18, the university welcomed artists from all over Ontario to set up booths. From jams to clothing and jewelry to pottery, the UC showcased creativity in every possible form.

“People just know about it because its been going for so long,” said Sam Baijal from University Centre Programming. “And the nice things that happens, is that the building trans-forms itself. And people come from all over the place.”

The craft show is organized by University Centre Program-ming in conjunction with University Centre Administration, and every year they do an excellent job coordinating the event. Their dedication to Fair November has earned the university a reputation that rivals Toronto’s One-of-a-Kind craft show, and has many artists returning year after year.

“I love this atmosphere; it’s friendly, cozy,” said Nancy Hilborn from Hilborn Pottery. “The show is very well run. There’s even the ‘magic people’ that help you at the begging to unload your van and pack it back up.”

The ‘magic people’ Hilborn refers to are actually volunteers. Staff, students and community members all work to provide artists with everything they need and make sure that the craft show runs smoothly.

Fair November is a craft show that attracts the best of the best. Artists submit examples of their work to be viewed by a jury, who determine which vendors will be admitted to the show. The jury process makes entry into Fair November competitive, and ensures that only the most skilled examples of craftsmanship are showcased.

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This year was Catherine Mambourg’s seventh year at Fair November, and her experience as a

jeweler is reflected in the quality of her work. Mambourg cuts and polishes her own stones, and offsets these with organic materials. This year, her work incorporates bone into many of her pieces. It shows a high level of skill and creativity.

“The philosophy is that I am doing this for my own freedom of expression, and imagining that other people that were receiving the jewelry were receiving some benefit from it,” said Mambourg.

Mambourg is truly a one-of-a-kind artist. Although she has a steady clientele, she continues to create unique, original pieces.

“I did some lines of jewelry that people really liked, but then it got to the point where I’d done so many of

them I couldn’t do any more of them. So it forced me to change,” said Mambourg. “I’ve done quite a bit of custom work so then its incorporation of my customers’ ideas and my ideas, so sometimes that pushes me beyond to do something else. I do quite a bit of mixed metals. It’s usually one off pieces.”

Artist Profile: lyndA CArr – l CArr designsKristin ross –K. ross CreAtions

Kristin Ross and Lynda Carr are new to the show business– although you wouldn’t know

it from their wide selection of accessories on display at Fair November. Ross and Carr create unique lines of jew-elry from recycled materials. Carr’s line features button necklaces made from celluloid, plastic or rhinestones. Ross is a silversmith, and creates her work by melting down old pieces of silver, like serving trays or cutlery. This was their first year at the Fair November, and both were excited to be at the event.

“It’s compared to A-One-of-a-Kind,” said Ross. “It’s a huge thing, to state that the show must be that wonderful.”

The artists have the best of both worlds: while they both create one-of-a-kind jewelry, they also have a successful wholesale business. Since they hand craft all of their jewelry, the biggest concern is having enough product to meet the demand.

“You have a schedule,” said Ross. “We have orders that we need to fill and it’s 24/ 7. You’re constantly making and building your stock to have enough to get you through everything.”

Since they make their products from recycled mat erials, it is hard to determine when they will be able to find the items they need and in what quantity. It’s important for artists like Ross and Carr to have a large back stock of silver. However, despite the inconvenience, it is the recycled aspect of their work that has opened up a niche in the industry.

“This line has been out for four years, and this is the line that I wholesale across Canada, and I’ll be going to the States,” said Ross. “It’s because of the recycle feature and it’s affordable art, but its still very fine silver and that put me into that market. It’s because it has that recycle, eco-friendly edge to it.”

While making jewelry is her business, Ross’ hasn’t lost her love for silver that got her introduced her to jewelry making in the first place.

“I take one day at a time, and appreciate it for what it is at the present moment too. I don’t really put a lot of expectations.

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Gryphons look to rebound after loss at homeThe women’s hockey team’s four game win streak came to an end last week with a loss to the Laurier Golden Hawks

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The Gryphons have been firing on all cylinders lately, rightfully earn-ing their second place position in the OUA standings. At 10-3-1, the Gryphons sit two points behind Laurier for first in the division.

The push for first place was evi-dent throughout the beginning of November, which saw the Gry-phons maintain a four game win streak going in to the rematch game against Laurier with wins against Laurier, Waterloo, York, and Brock. With the Brock game going into overtime, the exhausted Gryphons dropped only their sec-ond game of the month.

Interim head coach Carly Hag-gard is thrilled with the play of the team so far this year.

“As a team, we have been play-ing really well,” said Haggard. The winning streak has been a combi-nation of great goaltending, and the success of struggling forwards putting the puck in the net.

Over the four game win streak, the Gryphons won twice in over-time, the game-winners were scored by assistant captains Jac-alyn Sollis and Erin Small.

“They’ve been stepping up in key moments and really leading our team,” said Haggard.

Traditionally, Laurier and Guelph have been the powerhouse programs in the OUA. Over the last eight years, Laurier has won the OUA Championships seven times; the Gryphons have placed second for the past four years in a row. The loss at home on Nov. 17 was a revenge mission for Lau-rier, having lost to Guelph earlier this season.

The Gryphons will take on the UOIT Ridgebacks on Nov. 25 in Oshawa, and have learned to not take the 5-8-0 team too lightly,

having lost to them earlier in the season, 3-4.

“They work hard, and some teams have taken them lightly, and I think we did as well the first time we played thm,” said Haggard. The Gryphons lost 4-3.

With only two games remaining on the schedule before the winter break, the Gryphons hope to go into the holiday season on a high note, and with games against UOIT and Queens, they’ll have a good opportunity to do that.

The Gryphons resume with their regular season on Jan. 14 by host-ing Western (6-7-0) in what is sure to be a spirited tilt.

Gryphons team captain, Tamara Bell assisted erin Small to the only Gryphon goal in their rematch against laurier, falling 1-4, after defeating them in oT on nov. 6.

MaRIanne PoInTneR

vitamin C still a treatment for the common cold?divinus c caesar

For several years now, there’s been reason to believe that vitamin C, one of the favoured weapons in the war against the common cold, has been firing blanks. Many peo-ple have carried on unaware of this shift in understanding, running out at the first sign of a cough to stock up on supplements, orang-es, and sauerkraut. Others have interpreted spotty results in clini-cal trials as a total condemnation of the vitamin, treating users like wild-eyed grandfathers bury-ing stacks of wet pennies in their garden to prevent volcanoes: laughably old fashioned.

The case for and against Vitamin C has been made by individual tri-als examining its usefulness before and after contact with the virus, in interesting subgroups of the pop-ulation. Any one of these studies is enough to inspire a newspa-per headline or fuel a debate, but meta-studies, reviews and eval-uation of the literature, are what allow a more complete and bal-anced picture to emerge. The latest meta-study, released by the Co-chrane Collaboration, a respected and independent medical review organization, continues the trend of giving credence to the anti-vita-min C side of the debate, but does point to some hope.

The most important finding of the study is further confirma-tion that loading up on vitamin C post-exposure has no effect.

Several trials have examined this possibility and found the vitamin wanting. The sad truth is cold suf-ferers have been choking down delicious oranges and grape-fla-voured chewable vitamins for no reason.

Vitamin C has also failed to show evidence as a preventative for the average user. Widespread supple-mentation hasn’t resulted in the hoped for reductions of cold inci-dence that Linus Pauling, the Nobel prize winning original advocate of the vitamin, once predicted. There is a glimmer of hope here though: for the non-average user, specifi-cally children and super-soldiers training in subarctic temperatures, vitamin C does appear to be a useful preventative measure. However, these are both groups with a higher incidence of infection, and supple-mentation just appears to bring them back down near the average.

Where vitamin C offers real hope, however minor, is in its ability to slightly reduce the symptoms and duration of the cold, if taken before contraction. Doing so can result in a significantly lower “mucus weight”, and a reduction in the duration of symptoms by 3-12 per cent. That doesn’t amount to much, but researchers note that there is evidence that dosage levels modify this effect, and hope for studies in the future to examine whether the mega-doses Pauling once celebrat-ed might restore some of the luster of vitamin C in the war against the common cold.

Much in store for synchronized swimming teamThe team will be hosting the Eastern tournament next semester

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The synchronized swimming club here at the University of Guelph is having a big year. The club is headed by Kelly Koscielak, presi-dent of the Guelph team and also of the Canadian University Synchro-nized Swimming League (CUSSL), and Carly Shewen, vice president of the Guelph team, who have a combined 30 years of swimming experience between them and both swim for the senior team.

The synchro team didn’t waste any time getting back into the swing of things this year.

“We had a meeting the very first day of school this year, just to get numbers and decide what we were going to do,” said Shewen.

“And then practices started that Wednesday.”

The team had over 20 interested

girls show up to that first meet-ing, and has stacked their roster enough to split itself into two sep-arate teams, a junior team and a senior team. The junior team is made up of seven first year girls, while the senior team is made up of six swimmers who have been with the team in previous years.

Although both are part of the same club, the two teams compete against each other in competitions, including a recent invitational tournament at McGill University, which was the kick-off to their competition season. In addition to the two teams, there are also two duets– performances by just two swimmers– in competition, both made up of members of the junior team.

And next up for the team? The Eastern Tournament, which will be taking place on Jan. 14 right here at the University of Guelph.

Although the competition schedule for this year’s tourna-ment hasn’t been finalized, last year 16 teams competed from On-tario and Quebec, and almost every

university in Ontario has a syn-chronized swimming team.

In addition to the prestige of being the host, the tournament will also help raise funds for the group, who, as a club, aren’t fund-ed by the Department of Athletics.

“Because we’re hosting Easterns with CUSSL, they give us half of the proceeds,” explained Kosci-elak. “Every person that comes to watch us, of the admission money that we get, half of it will go to us and half of it will go to the league, and that pays for registration and all that. Other than that, it’s strict-ly us advertising and fundraising.”

Teams competing in Easterns may then have the opportunity to move onto Nationals, which take place in February at the University of Calgary, where they will com-pete against teams who competed in the Western Tournament. But it doesn’t end there.

“Nationals is the end of our com-petitions, but Guelph has College Royal and the Guelph Synchro-nized Swimming Team for the city of Guelph puts on a water show,”

said Shewen. “Last year we swam at that. It’s mostly just to keep training afterwards.”

“It also helps us recruit,” added Koscielak. “A lot of people who have applied to Guelph in October find out in March if they got in, so a lot of them come to the school for a preview day. I’ve actually found a lot of girls who came to the general

meeting this year came to College Royal to see all the sports and clubs. So it helps us. We’re showcasing and recruiting.”

It’s apparently been an effective tool for the team, because its ros-ter is certainly growing.

“This is the biggest that [the Guelph team] has ever been. It’s good this year,” said Koscielak.

The synchronized swimming club’s senior team is one of the two teams that will be competing at the eastern Tournament at the u of G in January.

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Sex Geek: Testicular cancershireen nobLe

Judging by the number of oh-so-unfortunate looking ‘staches I’ve seen around campus this week, it seems that Movember has taken Guelph by storm. The important thing to remember about Movem-ber is that it’s not simply about raising money for prostate can-cer. It’s also about starting some discussion and raising some aware-ness about men’s health issues. The dialogue has been a little shallow when it comes to other aspects of men’s sexual health. Allow me to now attempt to address this: gen-tlemen, let’s talk testicles.

It’s pretty easy to see that men value their testicles; in fact, we

colloquially equate the (figura-tive) size of one’s testicles to his manhood. Scientifically, this actu-ally makes a bit of sense– testicles

are responsible for the produc-tion of more than 90 per cent of the testosterone in a man’s body

(the adrenal glands produce the remainder). Testosterone is, of course, the hormone associated with any number of “manly” func-tions: building muscle, growing facial hair, and the normal de-velopment of sperm. And yes, stimulation of the testicles can be extremely pleasurable.

Did you know that testicular cancer is the most common can-cer in men aged 15 to 35? A quick Google search will bring up tons of information on how to per-form testicular self-examination (or for instructions, keep reading). Yet we keep hearing about pros-tate cancer being the big concern for men. I know, somehow it’s not considered particularly manly

for college-aged men to express concern about changes in their testicles, but it’s time we started to change this thinking. The con-sequences of ignoring testicular health are too steep to ignore: in it’s early stages, testicular cancer can be cured in many cases.

All men over the age of 15 should be performing regular testicular self-examinations. This should probably be done after a shower, when the muscles in the scrotum are relaxed. Examine one at a time by rolling the testicle between your fingers and checking for swelling, bumps, lumps, or changes in the size of your testicles. You’ll be able to feel the sperm-carrying tube (the epididymis) at the top and the

back of each testicle- this is normal. It’s also normal for one testicle to be larger than the other. If you no-tice a change in the appearance, it’s also a good idea to see a doctor.

In the spirit of Movember, maybe we should all (regard-less of gender) take some time to explore our genitals. Get used to what’s normal, so you can be aware if there are changes (and make sure you talk to a healthcare professional about it). I know, this might seem a little dry (no pun in-tended) for a sex column, but my goal here is to promote healthy, safe, and consensual sexual fun. And without the “healthy” part, it can quickly interfere with your ability to enjoy it.

FASHION Mixing patterns and texturesJessica avoLio

Maybe you’re already a fashion expert when it comes to mixing colours, or maybe you have an eye for mixing different eras and styles, but what about mixing pat-terns? People tend to avoid mixing patterns in outfits because, lets be honest, it’s quite difficult. But mix-ing patterns not only makes a less predictable outfit, but unexpected visual pairings add so much inter-est that people will be envious of your mixing abilities. If you have trouble knowing where to start, keep these following ideas in mind and you’ll be headed in the right direction and on your way to be-coming a pattern-mixing expert.

When foraying into mixing pat-terns, it is best to begin with a solid foundation. Choose a clothing item that is either a solid or neutral in colour. This allows for ease of mix-ing in bold patterns and pops of colour while keeping the rest of the

outfit grounded. To ensure that you don’t go overboard, a solid basic item will also break up any un-usual combos. For example, your pattern mixing can be grounded with a pair of jeans, a basic white t-shirt, or even a black jacket. In addition (not to get you too con-fused), some prints are considered neutrals. A subtle enough pinstripe or tweed in a neutral colour will often read as a neutral itself.

Always keep in mind the co-lour scheme of your entire outfit. Choose one colour to act as the main underlying thread to tie all the pieces together. A pink and brown polka dot shirt could be paired with a brown and cream tweed jacket. If the browns are similar, it will tie the two pieces together, creating a more uni-fied look. In addition, make sure the dominant colours in both patterned items are of similar in-tensities (no neons with pastels) or act as a neutral.

If you are pairing together two items of similar patterns, just vary the scale and weight. A medium size plaid patterned shirt could be paired with a small scale check-ered scarf. It is always a good idea to pair a small pattern with one that is larger in proportion. Too many small patterns can look really busy, and too many large patterns can make you appear bigger than you actually are. You can also mix a graphic print with an organic or a bold pattern with a more subtle one. The juxtaposition of hard and soft or big and small patterns and textures tend to work really well together.

Lastly, don’t combine more than two or three patterns unless you want to look like you dressed yourself in the dark. It is also a good idea to include a tailored piece into the mix to keep everything pulled together, and stay minimal with jewelry and accessories so your look isn’t overwhelming.

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you know that feeling when you go into a room then forget why you went into that room? Toby’s felt that way since 2005. he’s sort of like the absent-minded professor, but without all that professor business getting in the way. also, he could use a nap. always.

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Did you know that testicular

cancer is the most common cancer in men aged 15 to 35?

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dijon and dill vinaigrettemarianne Pointner

Who knew homemade dressing was this easy? The only step is to mix all the ingredients together, or shake in a closed bottle. Once prepared, this can be kept in the refridgerator for weeks. The recipe here serves for about 8 salads, but it is easy to adjust proportions based on need.

1 clove garlic, minced1 shallot, minced1 tablespoon Dijon mustard1/4 cup red wine vinegar1/2 cup olive oilCoarse grained salt and cracked black pepper2-3 teaspoons chopped fresh or dried dill

Based on personal preference, you may want to try some substitutions for example regular or honey mus-tard in place of Dijon, or chili flakes or spices in place of fresh herbs. MaRIanne PoInTneR

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Beth’s Craft Corneruse newspaper instead of gift wrap

beth Purdon-mcLeLLan

For most people, the holidays are usually associated with that warm feeling they get with the gift of giving. However, for individuals who are environmentally con-scious, the holidays are more likely to make them cringe: excessive amounts of lights are strung over every surface and left on all hours of the night, trees are cut down for

the sake of holding up decorations, and if that wasn’t enough, every single gift is wrapped in paper only to be torn off and put in the garbage.

This season, make your gift-giving a little more eco-friendly by using newspaper instead of gift wrap. This isn’t a craft per se, but it is a way to re-use and then re-cycle. Of course, here at The Ontarion, we encourage you to read the newspaper before you use it to wrap up that Christmas sweater.

Although newsprint isn’t as

flashy or showy as some of the co-lourful prints you can get from the store, you can give it a bit of life by painting on your own designs. If you do decide to go this route,

make sure you don’t use too much paint or it might seep through. If you are using acrylic, you can place a garbage bag underneath to pro-tect your painting area.

hand warmers, how do they work?The weather’s getting colder, and, if gloves aren’t your thing or just aren’t keeping you warm enough, then you may find yourself reaching for a hand warmer, those small objects that heat up on-demand without the use of batteries, electricity, or any other kind of power supply.

The most common hand warmers are activated by bend-ing a small metal disk inside the packet, which then causes the object to warm up, generating heat for your hands, feet, or anywhere else you might stash it, for up to two hours. But how do they work?

Well, it all comes down to an exothermic reaction, some-thing anyone who went through high school chemistry is proba-bly somewhat familiar with. An exothermic reaction is a reaction is a chemical reaction which re-leases energy, in this case in the form of heat.

The solution inside of the hand warmer is a supersaturated so-lution, meaning there is more of the solute– typically a salt such as sodium acetate– than the sol-vent should be able to sustain in solution under normal cir-cumstances. This is achieved by heating the solute in the solvent, which changes how they react to each other.

Bending the small metal ac-tivator disk– typically stainless steel– acts as a catalyst, undoing the bonds in the supersaturated solution, causing the salt to re-crystallize out of solution. This releases the energy that was ini-tially used to create the solution in the form of heat. The tem-peratures generated can exceed 50c and can last up to two hours.

These objects can be restored their original solution state sim-ply by reheating them and then allowing them to slowly cool back to room temperature, so even though they’re quick, easy and cheap, don’t get the impres-sion that they’re disposable!

A different technological mys-tery will be investigated and explained each week in “How do they work?”

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a closer look at The Fear Project Katie mae saundercooK

The small dance studio on the third floor of 42 Quebec Street was brought to life with a stark and captivating performance ti-tled The Fear Project.

The production has been run-ning since spring 2011, and is performed by six young women. This collaborative piece, which was written by all six perform-ers, was one of the most moving and meaningful performances I have seen. The performers used the small space in a way that evoked strong emotion from the audience; by using controversial approaches of addressing issues for example with the incorpora-tion of nudity and sexuality.

With minimal use of lighting or sound production, the sound was mostly kinetic coming from the actors and props, creating a mosaic of human production. The actors created a dynamic en-semble using their bodies as both props and subjects of physical and emotional expression. Tying in real and honest experienc-es, The Fear Project brought to the stage, and to the audience’s attention, the reality of young women’s struggles and personal battles in contemporary west-ern society relative to both men and women.

This performance generates an idea of solidarity, a topic that is becoming increasingly important to those involved in

a variety of social movements that are currently taking place. The issues touched upon in this performance span across gender violence, challenges of sexuali-ty and identity, and women and other minority group rights.

These diverse issues bring to the forefront the importance of both studying and challenging gendered identities and experi-ences. As a University of Guelph student, it brings to light the real tragedy of the women’s studies program having been removed from our institution. My hope is

that productions like The Fear Project and Vagina Monologues will spark discussion between both students and faculty, in order to prioritize disciplines like gender studies or women’s studies (or whatever the name may be), so we can begin to implement them back into our institution.

This production provides a chance for men and women of all ages to get out and see a live per-formance that is not only thought provoking but entertaining and extremely powerful. The Fear Project provides a voice to our generation, in a creative way that allows for a subsequent dialogue about how men and women can come together to work collab-oratively in addressing pressing issues faced by so many. The production calls itself “theatre for social change”; and I hope that it not only imparts a desire for change in those who see the production, but that this notion of transformation speaks to the importance of including studies of gender, women and contem-porary critiques of our societal structure, at the University of Guelph.

Making those important career-making connectionswayne Greenway

There is nothing wrong with ap-plying to jobs you can find on career websites and in newspa-pers, but studies show that about 60 to 70 per cent of all positions are filled through networking.

Mary, who is finishing universi-ty this year, completed a thorough self-assessment and then targeted 5 career destinations. She had al-ready received advice on the value of doing informational interviews as part of a plan to approach 200 solid contacts in the hopes of gen-erating about seven interviews.

She realizes these meeting are crucial to landing a position be-cause of how they will inform her about the industry; help her build her list of contacts; alert her to potential openings; leave a posi-tive impression with whoever she contacts; and help her target pro-fessional associations and journals that she needs to explore.

Mary says she is quite comfort-able arranging to do these kinds of interviews with people related to her summer experiences. She also selected a topic for a term

paper to enable her to interview some key career contacts, thereby giving her much easier access to conduct the informational inter-view while gathering information for her term paper.

Mary is asking for help in know-ing how to proceed when it comes to businesses and organizations where she has no connection to the contacts.

Kate Wendelton, presi-dent at The Five O’Clock Club, an American based career coaching and outplacement company says

“it’s actually best if you do not contact the actual hiring man-ager first. It’s better to get in and talk to someone else– anyone else– and find out about how the company works and the kind of people they tend to need. That person could then refer you on to the hiring manager and you will be in a much stronger position than all those other “desperate” job hunters who are only looking at openings, and are not sincerely interested in this company at all.”

Mary’s goal will be to get face-to-face interviews with the targeted contacts. Prior to

emailing the contact, she needs to gather as much information as possible about the business she is targeting, the role that inter-ests her and background on the person she is contacting. Once this is completed, she could email the contact with a carefully tai-lored message such as: “My name is Mary Jenkins . I am interested in pursuing a career in facilitating community involvement in health planning. I am currently study-ing Sociology. I have one summer of directly-related experience with a community health centre and I recently completed a major paper on comparative approach-es to community involvement. I would like to learn from you how to get started in this field when I complete my degree this year . Would you have a few minutes to speak with me at your office? I am willing to come to meet with you at any time of day that would be convenient for you. I will con-tact your office in a few days to see if we could arrange a time for a quick meeting.”

All of her contacts will likely have more than enough to do in

a day’s work, but if she is polite and enthusiastic, it may be eas-ier for them to say yes than no. The contact may also like to help new people coming into their field. Mary may get turned down be-cause of time constraints, but it may leave the door open for her to ask if the contact could rec-ommend someone she could call. Persistence pays off, so if one door closes then she should keep calling people in that role with different organizations until an-other door opens and she gets an interview.

Mary also needs to be ready with her questions, in case the person will only talk with her over the phone at the time she calls. Mary will want to appear ruffled with such a request and be able to engage the person as meaning-fully as possible on the telephone.

Mary should have a well-crafted “elevator speech” about herself. Her questions need to show that she has done her re-search in the field and on the person she is interviewing. She needs to remember that the time given to her by the contact is

precious, and so she should start with good questions that relate to the work that the person does. Then draw out of the contact how they got into the field and their recommendations in the current environment. Ideally, Mary will want to manage the conversation so she is invited to call again if she has questions. Most importantly, she will also want to find out the names of other leads who could help make her search successful. Obtaining the contact’s consent to use their name in following up with these people will increase her chances of getting a meeting. Any leads on job openings that the contact knows about in the field would be splendid. If the person is involved in a professional asso-ciation, she would be wise to ask if there are events or projects that he would recommend for further exploration.

This whole strategy is not Mary’s style, but “stepping out” and taking these measured risks is a building block for personal growth. Her willingness to try something new is a promising sign for her future career.

“The Fear project

brought to the stage, and to

the audience’s attention, the reality

of young women’s struggles

and personal battles.”

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a five-point plan to avoiding exam stresscarLeiGh cathcart

“The sky is falling! The sky is fall-ing!”... Okay, so maybe the sky isn’t falling - but with final exams just around the corner, it sure can feel that way. I may be but a mere first year pupil (as my physics professor would say, “You know nothing!”), but using consulta-tions with mentors, discussions with my fellow victims (er, I mean, students), and my own personal experience, I’d like to offer some quick tips for easing the stresses of exam time.

Tip #1: Start early. One of the biggest mistakes students can make in the lead-up to finals is delaying the start of “study time.” Yes, there may be three weeks until your chemistry extermination (uh, sorry, examination) but I can as-sure you that waiting until there

are three hours remaining is not a good idea. My strategy is, in the weeks preceding (yes, weeks), to study every day for a short period of time. Doing so will allow you to retain information is small, less-daunting amounts, and limit the

‘overload’ effect that comes with last-minute cramming.

Tip #2: If you need help, get it. Another huge, but very com-mon, error. When you are unsure about something, or cannot un-derstand a concept, shoving it outside of your brain and pretend-ing it doesnt exist won’t help you. There are many resources offered for assistance in virtually every subject area. Though I admit some are much more helpful than others, I recommend attending student learning groups (SLGs), stop-ping by a drop-in centre, or even looking into getting a tutor. Your

professor is also available for help, so check out course outlines or home pages to determine a suit-able time to meet.

Tip #3: Work with your peers. This particular strategy is often overlooked, which is unfortunate because it can greatly contribute to one’s understanding, confidence, and reduced stress. You don’t have to be in an academic cluster to find good people with whom you can work. For instance, the girls on my floor are in a variety of different programs, which actually broad-ens the possibilities of working together to solve difficult prob-lems. As an added bonus, working with others gets you out of your rez room, interacting with others, and (thank goodness!) some ver-sion of a social life (hey, I’ll take what I can get!).

Tip #4: Avoid overload. Take

frequent breaks. For the sake of preserving your sanity (which ad-mittedly can be very difficult, at least for me), make sure you give yourself time to refresh, and your poor old brain a refuge from the perpetual monotony of studying. It’s great that you’re working hard and studying harder, but six hours of constant chemistry equations will wreak havoc on your mind.

Tip #5: Take care of yourself. Doing this is extremely important! Let me assure you that regardless of your intelligence, effort, or study time, if you are hungry, fa-tigued, or sleep-deprived, you will not perform to your potential on exams! (Or any other evaluation, for that matter). Staying up until 3 a.m. the night before your biol-ogy exam isn’t a good idea, even if you’re doing so to fit in some last-minute cramming (see tip

#1). Though you’ve likely heard it before (sorry, I’m not trying to be your second mother), it is vital to make sure you are fed, hydrat-ed, and rested. I would also like to note that no, being “fed” does not encourage scarfing down 3 cheese-burgers or relying on a large bag a sour keys for fuel. (Okay, so I’m not doing a very good job at the whole ‘not being your second mother’ things. My apologies).

To summarize (if you’re tolerant enough to have reached this far in the article), be healthy, honest, and hard-working. Plan, prepare, and problem-solve. It’s not always easy, and it certainly isn’t always enjoyable, but you are in univer-sity, after all. So, my fellow pupils, try hard, and good luck. I wish you well.

Now, put down this paper and study.

Dear Editor,I am writing in response to an article and two letters published in last week’s paper (“A Mo-vember to remember” by Chris Muller, and letters from Douglas Lusted and Paulina Cumming). Three very different subjects, at first glance, but still deserv-ing of more critical attention: one, regarding the rugby team’s

participation in Movember, the prostate awareness fundraising drive, and the others regarding student behaviour, and access to food on campus. All of them have one thing in common: stu-dent health.

While I applaud those partici-pating in Movember who have also taken the initiative to actu-ally receive a prostate and colon

check from their doctors, I feel that this particular event can be seen as disingenuous (or per-haps that’s just my cynical side). To devote a portion of your page space to showing off the rugby team’s disgusting porn ‘staches is proof of this: nowhere in the ar-ticle did any member of the team mention that he had received a prostate cancer check, or that

such an action should go hand in hand with fundraising for the event. All that was mentioned is “raising awareness” for pros-tate cancer - which is fine, except when nothing is done in the face of awareness. Men who are par-ticipating in Movember should be obligated, in my opinion, to be responsible about their own health and undergo a screening for cancer. If they do not, they are simply participating for par-ticipation’s sake; I suppose that in itself cannot be a bad thing, but again, it ends up feeling disin-genuous. I can’t help reiterating that the event should be under-lined by cancer screenings for all participants.

In the Letters to the Editor sec-tion, Douglas Lusted recounted his dizzying experience at the University of Guelph on Satur-day, November 12, and I couldn’t help but be sympathetic with his plight. In his letter, Lust-ed recalled how in one night as a visitor at the University, he unintentionally rescued an in-toxicated former childhood friend from frostbite and a torn ACL and in the process had his backpack stolen. Sounds unfor-tunately familiar, in disturbing trends towards student apathy, violence, vandalism and alcohol-ism. I feel terrible that Lusted’s experience was so negative, and hope that others too recognize its significance. Paulina Cummings’ letter was equally as inflamma-tory, blasting the University’s Better Planet Project for failing to provide adequate food to its own needy and increasingly fi-nancially stressed students. In my experience, much of what Cummings says resonates; I, too, often could not afford the food at

the various cafes on campus, and have seen the personal benefit of food bank provisions. In ne-glecting the CSA Food Bank for projects outside the Guelph com-munity, the Better Planet Project is indeed negating its claim that it is a “global leader” in “Food (among other things)”.

However, in pondering these two letters, I see a connection: where students cannot afford to eat, they often can (somehow) afford to consume alcoholic bev-erages to the point of poisoning, imprisonment or any number of other disastrous consequences. As a former student at the Uni-versity who has been living in the downtown core for five years, I have seen changes in the lev-els of student disrespect, and childlike behaviour while in-toxicated, escalate to the point at which I avoid the downtown in the evening. I have to address my own failures in this area, as I am equally as guilty as anyone else for occasionally making bad spending choices which re-sult in negative consequences. But the experience of blowing through a year’s worth of OSAP in three months is not a unique one, and most often the culprit is alcohol. While intoxicated, any individual can become more ag-gressive, prone to bad judgment, and generally less coordinated. This absolutely affects things like community participation, respect, theft, injury, assault or abandonment, and the ability to make positive judgments about food consumption. Students have to be aware that there are more positive outlets for their energy!

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I’m sure Ms. Cummings and Mr. Muller would say I’m miss-ing their points, but I am looking towards a larger theme: student health. While the Better Planet Project is indeed an over-bud-geted P.R. campaign, and while Movember is an over-budgeted cancer campaign, they both have a perceived impact on student vi-tality, which has many areas of application. If the rugby players wish to make a positive impact, they should discuss their cancer screenings and how important it is to get one, not how much they are scoring and how mus-taches are cool. If the CSA spent more time addressing student alcoholism, and how it affects your budget and your life, there may be a decline in the amount of students who require servic-es from the Food Bank (though I wil reiterate it will not solve the problem Ms. Cummings pointed out, that many of the new Food Bank clients are international students and those with fami-lies to support).

I will end by calling on the per-son who had a momentary lapse of judgment when they took Mr. Lusted’s backpack to please do the right thing and return it, with all its contents undisturbed. It is sad to think that the University that I loved so much when I began my studies is becoming less and less accountable for its students behaviour and well-being. Some-thing needs to change!

On another note, I would like to commend the Ontarion staff

and editorial team for continu-ally putting out interesting and informative content this past se-mester, beginning with the Frosh Guide I wish I had gotten in my first week on campus. Thanks for the awesome reads!

Sincerely,Zoe Annemieke

This is cutting in my Skyrim time but has to be addressed: why do people insist on using the Comic Sans font? The Ontarion is a great looking paper this year and it’s being crapified with ads contain-ing Comic Sans. It’s not a “fun” font people. It’s ugly, clunky and soul destroying. A feature needs to be installed along with spell-check that will automatically detect Comic Sans and delete it com-pletely from the user’s computer. Next time the urge hits to use it, don’t. You’ll be amazed how much better your ad will look without it.

Meredith Craig

For years upon years Canada has maltreated their Aboriginals. The government has manipulated, undermined and abused its First Nations, simply brushing their cruel acts under the carpet for decades. It was only in the last 30 years, that Canada began provid-ing these people with an ounce of respect. But, this will never heal

the deep scars of the trauma they were, and still are, forced to en-counter on a daily basis.

The Aboriginal Reservation sys-tem has been described to have just as horrid living conditions as some of the poorest areas in India. After all the pain these people have been subjected to, the gov-ernment still insists on providing them with horrifying living condi-tions. Sure, status Indians receive benefits that include money for ammunition, hunting and fishing rights, tax free statuses and free post-secondary education, but, can this justify the emotional scars Canada has instilled in them? No, it cannot. With the first residential school opening in the 1840s, and the last closing in 1996, the Ab-originals suffered abuse for over 150 years. In 2005 and 2008 Ste-ven Harper said he would provide relatives of Aboriginals subjected to harm with a sum of money. Is this enough? After all these years, in 2009, June was named National Aboriginal History Month. How-ever, despite the government’s slight attempt at healing, this was barely publicized.

After the Canadian govern-ment has hid the significance of Aboriginal issues, their recovery is nearly unattainable. The only way to somewhat apologize for the immorality that has occurred is to continue respecting Aboriginals

and maybe, just maybe, their scars will heal with time.

Katherine McLachlan

Dear Editor-in-chief, As it is nearing the end of Novem-ber, I have seen increasingly more advertisements for “Movember”. I have extremely conflicting opin-ion on this. On the one hand, I am all for supporting donations to re-search for cancer of any kind, so I think “Movember” is a unique way to go about spreading awareness of it. On the other hand though, I find it is quite unfortunate just how many people have forgotten the really goal behind “Movem-ber”. This is wrong; while growing a moustache for the month of No-vember will ultimately help to further the spread of awareness on men’s health, it is sad to think that

“Movember” has become nothing more than a fad. This is just the case. Numerous men and boys have begun to grow moustaches and yet very few of them actively care about men’s health. Are they doing this to try and help a good cause or just to make a statement or seem cool? In my opinion, de-spite the benefits that could still potentially be achieved through this, the fad of “Movember” has gone sadly astray from its original and true mean. This is nothing less than a travesty.

Charlotte Graham

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Police violence not going to end occupy movementSay what you will about the Occu-py movement, it has fast become one of the most significant pro-test movements in recent memory. Since the first marches into Wall Street on Sept. 17, tens of thousands of individuals have taken up the banner of Occupy in cities on every continent on Earth. While move-ments like this have had greater participation in the past, few, if any, have been embraced so quickly and so thoroughly by so many dif-ferent people around of the word.

Although there were reports of initial conflict between protestors and police from the very start, for a while, it seemed like the movement was carrying on without meeting much resistance from police forc-es. Within weeks, however, video footage emerged of NYPD deputy inspector Anthony Bologna pepper spraying two protestors at Occupy Wall Street. Following that, drastic breakdowns in the relationships between protestors and police forc-es started to be emerge in media coverage of the events, as attempts

were made to shut down camps at various cities around the world. However reluctant we should be to do so, putting aside the gross abuse of power in firing on unarmed, nonaggressive citizens– even with non-lethal weapons– police at-tempts to bring the protests to an end through such tactics likely only serves to strengthen civilian sup-port towards the protestors.

On Oct. 26, images of marine and Iraq war veteran Scott Olsen emerged showing the blood-soaked man being carried by fellow pro-testers. Olsen was hit in the head with a projectile, which fractured his skull and knocked him uncon-scious. Eyewitness reports differ in what struck Olsen, with re-ports of both non-lethal weapon rounds from police and bottles and rocks being thrown by protestors. However, what most of the photos capture– which throws support in Olsen’s favour regardless of what injured him– are the acts of aggression by police on the pro-testors who were trying to remove

him from the scene to safety. They were again assaulted with non-le-thal weapons.

Days later, on Nov. 3, again in Oakland, Scott Campbell was shot by police with similar non-lethal weaponry. The event was documented by Campbell him-self, who was filming the officers who fired upon him. His video ac-count of the attack shows that it was unprovoked.

On Nov. 16, the Associated Press released a photo of Dorli Rainey, an 84-year-old who stopped on her way home at a march in Se-attle to voice her support of New York protests, which had recently been shut down. During a stand-off with the police, Rainey was pep-per sprayed. Most accounts of the situation refer to it as having been a peaceful protest, and there have been none which have indicated any acts of aggression– by Rain-ey or otherwise– towards Seattle police.

These instances are but of a few of the many reports of assault and

injury on protestors by police, most of which report the aggression be-ginning with the police. Although it’s important to also consider the many allegations which do not in-volve the police– reports of assault between protestors are also nu-merous– these incidents are the ones which demand the most at-tention and people like Olsen, Campbell and Rainey become martyrs, and having faces to put to any cause does nothing to quell emotion among people who are involved. If anything, having such ubiquitous images of such galling circumstances of police aggression towards the protestors deepens the us-and-them divide between civilians and police forces, which won’t cause any of these camps to go away any sooner. Dispro-portionate violence is more likely to cause people, even those who may not even have had any prior investment in the movement, to be sympathetic towards the protestors.

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Thursday november 24

Office of Intercultural Affairs in the Department of Student Life presents as part of the Global Is-sues Discussion Series: “Social Media: Mobilizing for #good or #evil”. 7pm in the Bull Ring. Pan-elists include: Professor Mark Lip-ton, Robert Routledge, a Guelph Debate Society representative. Moderator : Dr. Tamara Small.

Royal City Musical Productions Inc presents the show you’ve been dreaming of….Irving Berlin’s ‘White Christmas’. Nov 23rd-27th at the River Run Centre. For tick-ets or info visit: www.rcmpi.ca or call 519-763-3000.

Saturday november 25

Guelph Spoken Word presents Guelph Youth Poetry Slam: No-vember edition! Ages 12-22 Slam. All ages open mic. 6pm at

the Guelph Public Library Main Branch (100 Norfolk St.) This is a Free Event. Donations accepted. www.guelphspokenword.com

Helping Haiti Grow via a silent auction of Haitian art at The Royal City Church Hall, 50 Quebec Street, 7:30 to 9:30 pm on. Local musical entertainment, socializ-ing and light refreshments. www.partnerswithpurpose.com or call PWP at 519-843-3444.

The Dancetheatre David Earle sea-sonal studio showing presented in partnership with the Guelph Youth Dance Company. GYDC performance at 6:30pm followed by the DtDE performance. Sec-ond showing at 8:30pm featur-ing DtDE dancers only. Tickets: $15/adults; $10/children under 12. Reservations encouraged, seat-ing limited. 519-836-2746 janet-dance@gmail.com. 42 Quebec Street. www.dtde.ca

Sunday november 27

SKSS presents Water Way – a ben-efit performance exploring Water. Music, Dance, Drama, Spoken Word. Featuring over 25 perform-ers. 7:30pm at George Luscombe Theatre, U of G. Reception to fol-low. Tickets: $20 at Ground Floor Music. In support of Wellington Water Watchers and NDACT. www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca

Guelph Holistic Wellness Show and Fundraiser. Speakers forum, 40 vendors – reflexology, mas-sage, Reiki, Native Healing and more. Psychic and Intiutive Read-ers. Fundraiser for Power of Hope Community Organization. Cost: $5 or donation of New Pajamas for women or children. www.healthy-choices.ca, www.pow-erofhopeontario.ca

Monday november 28

C.J. Munford Centre presents con-fidential, educational workshops for women. This week’s focus is on ‘Partner Violence’, lead by Mary Dempsey of Guelph General. 5-6:15pm in Mackinnon Room 055. For further information email: rmcleod@uoguelph.ca

Tuesday november 29

Songwriters Open Stage at the E Bar. Bring your instrument, PA provided. 8pm every Tuesday until December 13th. Free admission.

Tuesday december 6

Guelph Guild of Storytellers spec-ial pre-Christmas event featuring Guelph’s own songwriter/racon-teur James Gordon. 7-8:30pm at the Guelph Public Library, Main Branch, 100 Norfolk St. Free ad-mission; donations accepted for

local charity. Information: www.guelpharts.ca/storytellers; storytellers@guelpharts.ca; or call 519-826-5948.

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Thursday At Noon Concert Series. ♫♫ “celebrating over 40 years of music making” ♫♫. Concerts start at 12:00p.m. Thursdays in Mack-innon room 107 (Goldschmidt room). Admission free – dona-tions gratefully appreciated. Ev-eryone welcome!

Guelph Barrier Free Committees: Access Recognition Awards. The nominee has gone above/beyond the expectations of the AODA by removing barriers for others with disabilities or overcoming their own barriers to fulfill a dream. Nomination deadline is January 13th, 2012! http://guelphbarrierfree.net/events/

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