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Erica Bursey is just finishing upher first year of Fanshawe’sChild and Youth Worker pro-gram. “I’m a 19-year-old girlfrom Cambridge, but I’m cur-rently living in London. I’mgoing to Fanshawe to learn howto be a child and youth worker,”she said. When asked to describeherself, she replied, “I’m patientand kind and I’d rather bearound kids than adults. I lovethe beach and cannot wait forsummer!”

1. Why are you here?I’d like to win tickets!! 2. What was your life-changingmoment?When I got accepted to FanshaweCollege.3. What music are you currentlylistening to?“Thriftshop” by Mackelmore. 4. What is the best piece ofadvice you’ve ever received?Look both ways before crossingthe street.5. Who is your role model?

Mamabear.6. Where in the world have youtravelled?Newfoundland.7. What was your first job?Cashier at the big Z.8. What would your last mealbe?Lobster and steak.9. What makes you uneasy?Bad smells, like smoke. 10. What is your passion?I’m passionless at the moment.Do you want Fanshawe to know 10Things About You? Just head onover to fsu.ca/interrobang andclick on the 10 Things I KnowAbout You link at the top.

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Fanshawe College President Dr. Howard Rundle (centre) chats with Daniel Tablas (left), Artem Rosnovsky (grey sweat-shirt) and Rahul Patel (right) as they present their idea for a student portal called Hourclass at the second annualStudent Research and Innovation Day in early April. Students showed off their innovative ideas in industries such astechnology, horticulture, environmental sustainability and more in hopes of snagging top honours (and some prizemoney).

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What would it be like to die andbe brought back to life? It’s aninconceivable event for most of us,but this was a reality for DaltonMoss.

Dalton travelled to Chiang Rai,Thailand for his 21st birthday in2001, when he came head to headwith what would be his tryingfuture.

“He was up in the mountains ona big motorcycle,” said his mother,Eve Moss. “He had a phone calland took off his helmet … Whenhe was finished he didn’t put hishelmet back on because it wasn’training anymore. He went around acorner, hit an army truck head-on.He hit the grill, went underneaththe vehicle, and he was prettymuch almost dead.”

Dalton’s jaw completely dislo-cated, and he was covered in bloodfrom head to toe. He lied on theburning hot pavement, so hot itmelted his legs through his thinpants, and yet people were mug-ging him. His last chance at lifewas left in the hands of the doctorsin Thailand.

“He died, and they brought himback to life,” said Eve. “They justdon’t give up on you; they will notlet a person die!”

Dalton suffered a broken ankleand forearm, a multitude of abra-sions, and severe brain injuries thatcost him his memory and landedhim in a coma for three months.When he finally woke up, he waslike a baby – he couldn’t walk, andhe couldn’t talk.

Dalton is now 32 but his mentalage ranges daily from about 12 to32 years old.

After six months of what seemedlike endless life-threatening sur-geries, Dalton and his motherreturned home to BritishColumbia. Seeking treatmentbecame the next hurdle. Evedescribes his treatment at LangleyHospital as “abuse.”

“You’d have to threaten them toget to do anything because he wasgetting so infected ... His tracheawas green, and I basically had togo to the news media to get them todo anything. It was a living night-mare, what they did to my son, andnobody cared.”

So Eve sought treatment at GFStrong Rehabilitation Centre,where Dalton began learning inde-pendence. He was released afterthree months, but he still had avery long way to go. Finally, theheath system in B.C. forced themto move to Ontario.

“Physio was just hit and misshere and there for a few months,”Eve said, “but that’s no way to helpanybody, you don’t improve.”

B.C. only produces 40 physio-therapy graduates annually, butthere are 200 jobs to fill. At thispoint, the University of BritishColumbia is the only post-second-ary establishment to offer a physio-therapy graduate program.Meanwhile, Ontario sees 265 phys-

iotherapy graduates annually. ButEve said it’s not just the lack ofphysiotherapists in B.C. that’s theproblem; she felt as though theyused her son as an experiment.

“Because he has such a multi-tude of things that are all workingagainst each other … they couldn’tfigure it out in B.C., so they werejust doing it because they were get-ting paid for it.”

The stars finally aligned for Eveand Dalton when they found treat-ment in London.

“The therapist watched him justfor the first time and instantly sheknew where all the problemswere,” said Eve.

Now Dalton walks with a cane,though he still struggles with bal-ance. Until recently, governmentfunding covered all of his treat-ments. Any further treatments mustbe paid for out of pocket becauseDalton’s physiotherapist said hehas reached the point where he willno longer reap the benefits of phys-iotherapy.

Dalton was invited to a physio-therapy rehabilitation class focusedon traumatic brain injury atWestern University. The studentscould see the before and aftereffects of what physiotherapy cando for a person never expecting towalk again. Caroline Trajan wasone of the students who attendedthe class.

“We all did a subjective inter-view, asked him about the incident.Dalton’s speaking can be hard tounderstand, so it was a lesson to usin communicating with peoplewith brain injuries.”

Trajan’s placements haveopened her eyes to issues in thefield.

“There’s a lack of funding in alot of areas. Physiotherapy beingsecond tier in health care inCanada doesn’t necessarily get theattention that other areas of healthcare do. I know that a lot ofpatients like Dalton get kicked offthe case load, maybe prematurely,definitely while they could stillbenefit from the care.”

Dorianne Sauve, the CEO of theOntario PhysiotherapyAssociation, said, “For those whohave extended health benefit plans,there’s lots of private clinic optionsout there.”

Eve Moss lives solely on a dis-ability cheque from the govern-ment to support herself and herson, and she does not have enoughmoney to pay for private treatment.

“If I go back to the ’80s, I wouldsay that 80 per cent of physiothera-pists worked in the public sectorand 20 per cent worked in the pri-vate sector,” said Sauve. “Nowwe’re closer to about 50/50, if nota bit more in the private sector …What we’re looking at is whetheror not the system is built andthere’s funding available for phys-iotherapists to provide services inthe public sector.”

It’s the patients who have chron-ic illnesses or long-term disabili-ties who are the most vulnerable.

They don’t often fit into the eligi-bility requirements. People whofall between the gaps in publicfunding are the ones who aren’table to pay, don’t have extendedhealth benefits, aren’t covered byWSIB or insurance, and don’t fallinto any specific programming thatare offered within the public sys-tem. These people often don’t getthe treatment they need.

Ontario specifically faces issuesrelated to geographical access.

“I think we’re challenged in hav-ing the same access when we moveaway from our major centres inOntario,” said Sauve. “What we’reseeing over and over again in smalland medium communities is wherea small reduction occurs, or some-one says, ‘We will no longer offerthis service at this hospital site,we’re only going to offer it at thisother hospital site which is inanother town’ … People are hav-ing a hard time navigating gettingthat care and oftentimes having tochoose to go without because theycan’t afford private services.”

The value of physiotherapy ishuge. It can cut hospital wait times,it can help people regain independ-ence, and it can help health careworkers discover the root problemsof dysfunction.

Sauve said, “It reduces a hugeamount of the cost to the healthcare system because if someone’sable to be active and mobile andout there, then they don’t showback up at the hospital.”

Dalton Moss is an exceptionalexample of the skill physiothera-pists in Ontario possess. He camein a wheelchair and left on his feet.

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Dalton Moss continues to recover from a brain injury he suffered inThailand when his motorcycle ran into a truck head-on.

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Brad Duguid, minister of training, colleges and universities, announcedthat colleges and universities tuition increases will be capped at three percent per year over the next four years.

Students participating on campusgain invaluable skills

New research published by theHigher Education Quality Councilof Ontario reveals that studentswho participate in activities oncampus are more likely to improveskills valued highly by the labourmarket.

Getting involved at Fanshawecan range from volunteering forvarious awareness week activitiesto being a member of student gov-ernment to assisting other studentsin programs such as peer tutoring.

Along with working for theStudent Union as a work study stu-dent, FSU President Zack Dodgestarted the Fanshawe GamingLeague on campus.

“It allows you to take the experi-ence you’re getting in the class andapply it to a real world scenario;you’re working with a team,you’re organizing events, you’refinding new ways to use theskillset that you’ve been refining inclass,” he said.

The HEQCO study found thatstudents involved in activitiesscored significantly higher in coreskills such as mobilizing innova-tion and change, communication,personal time management, prob-lem solving and analytical skills –all skills that will make a differ-ence in your future job hunt.

“A potential employer wantssomebody that has engaged in theircommunity, whether it’s in a col-lege or in the community,” saidFSU operations manager JohnYoung.

He added that employers don’ttypically look at your grades.“Even if you get a 90, they’re notlooking for that; they’re lookingfor students who are engaged.”

The study, which was completedat the University of Guelph, foundthat students who volunteered inpeer academic support programsand volunteer to help others scoreeven higher on mobilizing innova-

tion and change than thoseinvolved in other campus activi-ties.

Whether you’re a sports nut,computer whiz or fashion queen,find a way to use and develop yourskills on campus.

“When you leave the academicenvironment and you’re lookingfor a job, it shows that you’re notjust self-centred and just wanna getthrough school, but you’re actuallythinking of the community and thepeople that you can impact,” said

Dodge.Young added that students

should ask themselves, “How areyou going to stand out as a gradu-ate in these economic times with18.5 per cent unemployment inLondon for students?”

Look at the statistics and standout: volunteer on campus.

For ways to get involved atFanshawe visit:www.fanshawec.ca/firstyear/involved.

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Good news for the “starving stu-dent” generation. The Ontario gov-ernment will reduce the cap onannual tuition fee increases to threeper cent on average over the nextfour years, down from the five percent cap that previously madeOntario’s fees the fastest-growingin Canada.

“This new tuition policy strikesa balance. We are increasing fair-ness and affordability for studentsand their families while providinginstitutions with the long-termfinancial stability needed to pro-vide a high-quality education forour students,” said Brad Duguid,Minister of Training, Colleges andUniversities.

This new framework will backexisting supports such as Ontario’sStudent Access Guarantee and the30 per cent off Ontario TuitionGrant. The Guarantee helps institu-tions ensure that no qualified stu-dent is denied access to educationbecause of limited funds that maynot be fully covered by the OntarioStudent Assistance Program. In

addition, the government is mak-ing changes to deferral fees to bet-ter align the timing of tuition feeswith OSAP deadlines.

Duguid stated, “We will alsocontinue to ensure that studentshave access to higher educationbased on ability to learn, not abili-ty to pay.”

The average Fanshawe studentpays $3,561.68 for tuition in theirfirst year. That’s relatively lowcompared to the average amountpaid by Ontario undergraduate stu-dents: $7,100.

In the 2012/13 school year,OSAP issued approximately $1.5billion in grants and loans to stu-dents, including granting money tocover 30 per cent of tuition to stu-dents of low and middle-incomefamilies. Over the past 10 years,investments in student assistancehave resulted in more than doublethe students qualifying for finan-cial aid.

Looking ahead, the MTCU willdiscuss changes to the structure offlat fees with colleges, universitiesand student groups over the nextfew months.


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HAMILTON (CUP) — She is awoman known for her remarkablefight against racial injustice andadvocacy for political prisoners.While Angela Davis now speaksabout her past reflexively, it washer discussion of abolition and itsconnection to current disparitiesthat drew 800 people to a lecture inHamilton.

Davis was invited to mark theopening of the McMaster Centrefor Scholarship in the PublicInterest. Henry Giroux, the centre’sdirector, emphasized Davis’ greatcommitment to engaged education.

“We invited Angela Davis heretonight because she has struggledgreatly and with great dignity fordecades to demonstrate that educa-tion is a form of political interven-tion,” said Giroux. “She hasworked in difficult and shifting cir-cumstances to remind us of thepower of education as a central ele-ment of inspired self-government.”

Davis spoke for close to an hour,first sharing her own personalstory. She described how she hadan early exposure to activism.

She briefly discussed her nowinfamous early teaching career,which got her fired from UCLA,first because of her support forcommunism, then later for speak-ing out on behalf of political pris-oners. Davis was later wrongfullyjailed for her supposed connections

with a murder plot.She argued that the prison-indus-

trial complex, a notion that wascentral to both her own personalexperience and her talk, was firstexemplified in slavery in the U.S.

The talk itself was meant tomark the 150th anniversary of theEmancipation Proclamation. ButDavis’ aim was less commemora-tive and more critical of the under-lying implications of the purported‘end to slavery’ and its continuedrelevance.

“The civil rights movement wasonly necessary because the slavetrade had not been fully abol-ished,” she said. “As a matter offact, what we call the civil rightsmovement, we should call the 20thcentury abolition rights movement.Because it was about abolishingthe vestiges of slavery. If slaveryhad been abolished … there wouldbe no second-class citizenship.”

Davis argued that slavery wasneither abolished nor antiquated.She noted how the actions of thecivil rights movement were framedin a narrative that attempts toshowcase the U.S. as a model ofdemocracy.

However, she asserted that thecivil rights movement has beennarrowly defined and restricted toinstances like Martin LutherKing’s “I Have A Dream” speech,while suppressing activities ofgroups like the Black Panthers. Butoverall, she proclaimed that the

emphasis on a continued need andstruggle for freedom was integral.

While Davis spoke knowledge-ably about the pre- and post-CivilWar period, she especially cap-tured the audience’s attention whenshe drew contemporary connec-tions to slavery and the civil rightsmovement.

She used examples such as theFreedom from ApartheidMovement in South Africa, theDalit Panthers in India and thePalestinian Freedom Riders asglobal movements that wereinspired by the black freedomstruggle.

Davis acknowledged that thecurrent era is full of struggles thatrequire social critique and discus-sion, similar to the dialogue thatsurrounded the civil rights move-ment. She urged that ideas shouldbe fostered in the academy yet nur-tured and used in practice on socialissues.

She dismissed the notion thatthere is a “post-racial society” andthe excision of poor people frompublic and academic conscious-ness. Davis stressed that criticaleducation was key to questioning,addressing and restructuringoppressive social systems.

“The challenges of scholarshipand activism are vast today …what is most important about thisera is the consciousness and inter-connectedness of various struggles.We can no longer focus on a single

issue.”Julia Empey, a third-year student

in English and history with a minorin religious studies, came out of theevent appreciating the magnitudeof Davis as a speaker. Empey alsonoted that the gap between scholar-ship and activism was still presentat McMaster.

“There is a desire to see it hap-pen in some pockets of students …but to have that image realized isgoing to take a lot of work. How do

we put these ideas in action?We’ve been told we’ve been givenpractical tools [through our educa-tion]. But we haven’t been taughthow to use them.”

Davis concluded her talk byusing part of a lesser-knownspeech from M.L.K., stating that,“most of what you know aboutM.L.K. is, he had a dream, right?And I’m actually kind of tired ofthat dream.”

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Fanshawe Student Union Vice President of Athletics and Residence LifeMatt Stewart presents Samantha Kohn (left) and Marina Brkjaca from theBig Brothers Big Sisters of London and Area with a cheque for $2,000.The money was raised at the FSU’s annual Charity Ball in early February.“Big Brothers Big Sisters of London and Area is incredibly grateful to theFSU and Fanshawe community,” said Kohn.

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Remember when your mom used to tellyou not to hold your face in grotesque posi-tions for too long, otherwise it might stickthat way? While Mom may have ever soslightly exaggerated her words of caution(though frown lines can permanently leavetheir mark if said facial expression is heldconsistently for a lengthy period of time!),one could take the essence of this warningand reasonably apply it to psychologicalthought patterns. In other words, “addic-tions” do not merely need to consist of phys-iological accommodations resulting from theregular ingestion of foreign substances.Certain thought patterns – particularly of thenegative variety – can equally become soingrained, so habitual, that one doesn’t evenrealize they’ve become “stuck” in a singularmindset, that they’ve developed “pathologi-cal” thinking. This of course brings me toour final topic of discussion for the year:psychological framing.

I recently pitched a new idea at work, anidea that is quite dear to my heart. While itwas generally well received, I was providedwith a decent-sized laundry list of necessaryamendments before it could potentially beformally implemented. As fate would haveit, I received this “lukewarm” news over theweekend, while I was vegging out watchingthe comedy flick, Evan Almighty – I’llexplain the significance of that later.

Now anyone who’s studied cinema, oreven is an avid Oscars viewer, knows thatnine times out of 10, accolades are given todramas and tragedies over movies that tickle

your funny bone. This bias is equally perpet-uated in our educational system in that, atleast in my high school experience, the onlytaste of the world’s greatest writer wereceived revolved around his tales of misery,betrayal, murder and star-crossed lovers.

From an evolutionary psychology per-spective, this makes sense: humans, giventhe treacherous situations we found our-selves in during our primitive days, neededto have a stronger awareness of negativestimuli in order to properly assess risks and,therefore, aid in our self-preservation as aspecies. Believe it or not, having a pes-simistic and/or paranoid perspective wasactually considered a valuable asset!

I suppose in order to continue to justify (atleast on a subconscious level) why we ranktragedies supreme, we’ve developed compli-cated symbologies relating to media thatassess ‘dark tales’ are somehow more illus-trative of “universal” truths, wisdoms andexperiences. We’ve convinced ourselves thatdespondent emotions and melodrama gohand in hand with the “human condition,”and that true “growth,” at least, according tothe world of pop culture, can only occur afterdeep suffering or loss.

Well, I hate to offend any aspiring film-makers or actors, but the truth of the matteris that you can learn equally valuable lessonsabout others and yourself from laughing justas much as you can from crying. Humans area complicated mess of logical and illogicalthoughts, actions and motives and only con-sidering one side of the equation willNEVER give you the full picture. But I’mnot here to justify my preference when itcomes to cinematic experiences. Just say-ing…

The reason I bring up Evan Almighty isbecause this Steve Carell comedy is actuallychalked full of stunning examples of “psy-

chological framing”; the most quintessentialof which is evident during God’s discussionwith Evan’s wife about the true meaningbehind the Noah’s Ark tale. Allow me toexplain:

At this point in the film, Evan’s wife (por-trayed by Lauren Graham of Gilmore Girlsfame) is feeling confused, hurt, abandonedand perhaps most importantly, unacknowl-edged by Evan because, despite all of thenegative repercussions that are coming aboutas a result of his inexplicable self-pro-claimed mission to build an ark, he continuesto stride forward. Accordingly, Grahamcomes to the conclusion that the Noah storyis nothing more than the tale of an individualman taking on an individual quest – perhapsbecause he feels he needs to “prove some-thing,” even if it’s at the detriment of every-one else in his life. God (depicted by MorganFreeman), however, presents a very differentanalysis.

Given that the crux of the Noah talerevolves around the importance of saving“two” of each species to ensure future prop-agation, Freeman suggests it’s actually theultimate love story, rather than one celebrat-ing man’s “independence” or “self-serving”motivations. His character goes on to sur-mise that the underlying theme above all oth-ers is actually the importance of family andcompanionship.

Okay, okay, so how on earth does any ofthis relate to my work situation? Quite sim-ply, the above depiction demonstrates one ofthe most basic tenants of “psychologicalframing,” moreover “psychological maturi-ty”: there’s ALWAYS more than one way oflooking at a given situation. I could be total-ly bummed and feel like a failure that Iessentially got a “needs improvement”stamp on my dear-to-my-heart submissionthat I worked my ass off on OR I could

acknowledge that I must have “something”if my employer was willing to take the timeto provide constructive feedback so that Ican improve upon the idea for future consid-eration.

What I’m hoping you’ll recognize fromthis movie critique/academicdiscourse/Rose’s real-life example is justhow POWERFUL one’s thought processestruly are. How one is able to react to a givensituation is entirely determined by howthey’re willing or unwilling to “frame” it.

In Graham’s explanation of the Noah tale,she “thinks” (or frames) herself as helpless(i.e. it’s an independent quest in which shehas no role) and therefore “becomes” justthat (i.e. she’s relegated to sitting back andletting her life and family fall apart). In con-trast, in Freeman’s version of the story,because companionship and the importanceof being supportive toward one’s partner(even if you don’t always get where they’recoming from) is emphasized, Graham is ableto regain a sense of agency and feel “impor-tant” and “essential” to her husband’s mis-sion, even if his reasoning is beyond her.

So here’s the thing: life never goes exact-ly as planned. Even when you’re sure thistime, things are failsafe, it’s always a smartmove to have a contingency. So while youcannot – as much as you may like to try –control the external elements or individualsaround you, you most certainly can take anactive role in your own life. That role beginswith how you think.

You can either see challenges or opportu-nities for growth, dismissals or lessons to belearned, failures or the beginnings of some-thing new. The choice is yours. Don’t under-estimate or take for granted your thinkingpower. If you want to be a success, knowyou already are. Until next year, my friends,keep psyching that mind of yours!

Laughter is the best medicine

When I wrote about snow a few issuesago, the first thing I expected was no snowfor the past few weeks, as we are now intoApril. But alas, the past few weeks has beennothing but snow. But what I loved the mostwas the fact that it was supposed to be allgone by now. That is, if last year was any-thing to go by.

But no! This year there was no escapingfrom the “you had it easy this winter” chantsfrom nearly everyone who lived in Canadaall their life. This year, I got it all. And therewas a ton of snow this year – even on thefirst day of spring… and the second day ofspring… and the third… and the fourth. Thatreally took the cake. Where I come from,back in India, the coldest we ever got wasaround six degrees, and that was at night, ifwe were lucky.

Isn’t it supposed to be spring by now? Andisn’t spring supposed to be that time of yearwhen all that snow melts and goes away fora good number of months? At least, that’swhat movies taught me when I was growingup. Instead it seems like we’re going to gofrom snow one day to hot sun on the other,almost as if the weather gods flicked aswitch somewhere down the line.

Don’t get me wrong, I’d take cold weath-er over hot, blistering weather any day. Andwhile you look at me with scorn for pickingthe cold over glorious sun, hear me out.Where I come from, while winter is ‘cold’ atsix degrees, in summer it tops 40 degrees.Pleasant weather? I hardly think so.

Which brings me to another point: I left atropical country to come to Canada tofreeze? Everyone back home thinks I’ve lostit. But that’s where the fun begins. Walkingout in long trench coats, with a ton of clothesunder that, makes it seem just like themovies. Growing up, everyone wanted to do

what they saw in the movies – hockey play-er, really cool superhero and so on. So whynot be that guy dressed in 50 layers ofclothes?

I recall a conversation with my dad whenI told him, “It was warm,” when in fact itwas far from being warm. I still got the samelook of disdain from my dad, which to this

day makes me chuckle every time I thinkabout it.

Was leaving home to come to Canada andto Fanshawe College worth it? You bet. I’vehad a blast every single day I’ve been here,and from the looks of it, that isn’t going to bestopping anytime soon. Old Man Winter'sbeen fun, especially since I’m able to poke

fun at a few of my friends in the UnitedStates who can’t handle five centimetres ofsnow on a single day. With one year of win-ter experience under my belt, I feel just a lit-tle more welcome to Canada.

But as much as I love snow, let’s be real;I could do with some warm, sunshine-filleddays right about now.

VICTOR KAISARINTERROBANG

I left a tropical country for this?

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Welcome to the first day of spring at Fanshawe College. Look at all that white stuff!

It seemed to me, upon embarking on thisarticle, that the populace at large would rec-ognize littering as a global issue. An Internetsearch for littering and the practices thereinleft me scratching my head. What do yousuppose was the number one page thatappeared for this query? One would imagineit would link to something like the Swedishsymposium on human behavior relationalcommittee, or something Swedish like that.Or the American coalition of custodialenforcement – you know those Americansand their coalitions. But no, what I got was apage from the Prince Edward Island parksassociation on littering in the park. This maydenote the turning of a global eye on litter-ing. Well, it is what it is, so let us use theP.E.I. parks association model of litter con-trol as the basis for this article - here are fourreasons why people litter:

1. They don’t realize they are litteringThis ranges from the cigarette butt flicker

to the gum sticker. A carelessly tossed ciga-rette butt may cause a forest fire or be pickedup by many of our diverse animals in thepark: raccoons, squirrels, birds, street bumsand young teenagers that hoard discardedbutts and smoke them in a flurry in desolateunderground parking lots and alleyways.

Smaller animals and birds can swallowdiscarded gum, clogging their digestive sys-tems causing death. Have you ever brailedyour way under a table and read the bumpsof someone’s gum? Ever been tempted to

pop it in your mouth? Okay, secretly yes, butmore often than not, nope. In fact, one maybe a little irritated at feeling up your dis-carded wad of mucus.

2. Lack of social pressure to do the rightthing

Hikers in the park may well feel at libertyto discard refuse from energy bars and bot-tled water. These are not natural elements inthe carefully managed environment.

Just last week there were two incidents inthis park that we call Fanshawe that stuck inmy mind: I was right behind a guy that bas-ketball’ed a paper ball into the air and into abush (nice form, actually) – an arrogant,self-centred, over-confident douchebag toss-ing his crap onto our planet. Normally Iwould have said something, but this time Idid not. I wonder if this makes me just asmuch as a douchebag as he is? Still brewingover this, I turn the corner over by the green-house and there was this organized pile ofgarbage that someone had dumped out of aparked car. I looked at this like it was thewaste of some giant resource-eating animalin our park, strolling about taking a dump ofgarbage whenever and wherever the urge hit,and decided that that is exactly what it was.

3. People feel no sense of pride in theareas they are littering

You will find a number of designatedgarbage receptacles placed around the park.Please use these animal-proof bins to dis-pose of your garbage. Refuse left behindattracts animals, insects and those attractiveskinny politically correct people who collectthings in stolen shopping carts from thatmall up the street. It is not advisable – itseems, to dispose of your left over BurgerKing meal deal by tossing it out of your carwindow, even if you are feeding the birds.

4. Laziness and maliciousnessAccording to the Environmental

Education Program for the Post EndowmentFund of Prague Czech Republic, over 50 percent of littering occurs within five meters ofa garbage can! This was the second mostpopular page after the PEI parks association.

It is a federal offence to dump on publicparkland. Penalties for dumping range frommaximum fines of $10,000 to jail terms. Itmay be difficult to stick the paperboy in jailafter dumping the entire edition of theSunday newspaper into a water culvert, orbackup-pickup-truck-guy dumping into afield. Deliberate littering can also be a subtlething: like those who wedge garbage intocrevices and seat gaps so it will not be seen.

From a gentle stroll or relaxing picnic to along-distance walk or heart-pumping adven-ture, the park provides every opportunity forenjoyment, relaxation and trees to stuff yourgarbage into.

My TakeSince the 1950s, our national compulsion

with consumerism has increased in propor-tion to the decline of our national happiness(see The Story of Stuff). We live in a fast-paced, throw-away society. It really seemsto be a matter of pride and laziness. If theywon’t keep it clean, why should I? Whyshould I say anything to someone who lit-ters, or pick up another person’s trash, orthrow out my popcorn box after the movie,or blow my nose and stick it to the back ofyour head...

ConclusionThis park belongs to us all; please leave

your campsite clean and tidy before depart-ing.

When I think of who the face of Fanshaweis, I think about the first person I see when Iwalk into the front doors. It is the personwho welcomes everyone with a smile and asincere “How are you?” It is the person whoseems to answer every question that youhave at the time with no hesitation, and isalways eager to elaborate if needed. It is thatone desk, that one corner, that if you cannavigate to it, you can get the answers to geteverywhere else. By now, I’m sure that youhave pinned down the Welcome Kiosk atFanshawe College, where you will find LoriHamilton residing from Monday to Friday,ready to welcome you with a smile and a tonof information.

Approximately 30 years ago, Hamiltonbegan as a Graphic Design student atFanshawe College. Following the comple-tion of the program, Hamilton began work-ing for the College. Over the past 26 years,she has spent her time in various facultiesand departments at Fanshawe, such as Co-opand Career Services, Counselling andAccessibilities, Office of the Registrar,Daycare, and finally the Welcome Kioskwhere she has resided since its opening eightyears ago. At the Welcome Kiosk, Hamiltonis responsible for answering any and allquestions that are thrown at her by studentson a regular basis, such as where is my class-room? What are some important dates toknow? What are some of the college’s poli-cies and procedures? With a laugh, Hamiltoncommented that many times students willcome by and say “This is random but…” or“You probably won’t know this, but…”, andmore times than not, Hamilton tends toknow! She attributes her vast knowledge tothe opportunities she has had within theschool and various faculties and teams shehas been a part of within the college envi-ronment.

As I sat with Hamilton through the inter-

view, a variety of students approached thedesk to simply chat and check in with her. Itis clear that through her time at Fanshawe,she has built a positive rapport with manystudents, and is appreciated by them. Onestudent commented that he calls Hamiltonthe “Yoda of the school” because she is soinformative. After I observed her answermany different questions while I was there, Iwould have to agree!

When asked to comment on what sheenjoys most about her role at Fanshawe, shecouldn’t help but smile when she thoughtabout her daily interactions. Hamiltondescribed the students at Fanshawe as “herfamily during the day, and sincerely appreci-ates the one-on-one interactions and the rap-port she has an opportunity to build.Through these interactions, Hamilton saidshe feels like the Welcome Kiosk has“become a sense of community and comfortfor students” and feels like it is a part of herjob to create a familiar and comfortableplace for students to go when needed.

Considering the amount of spontaneousstudent interaction with Hamilton, it wasclear that she has made a home for herselfbehind that desk at Fanshawe. When askedwhat her favourite part of the job is, shecommented that it is seeing the relief washover students’ faces when given an answer totheir question or a small word of encourage-ment. Based upon my opportunity to observeHamilton within her work environment, it isclear that she is the perfect woman for thisjob. From her warm smile to her outgoingpersonality and relaxing demeanour, sheseems to have an answer for everything, andwho wouldn’t like a woman who has all theanswers!

I am sure that many of you have borrowedHamilton’s stapler from time to time, orstopped to pick her brain about an aspect ofFanshawe, but I encourage you to go backand dive into a conversation with her. I guar-antee that you won’t regret the 10 minutes

out of your day that it took, and I can assureyou that those 10-minute conversations iswhat makes Hamilton’s time at Fanshawe sofulfilling and enjoyable. From the faculty tothe staff and students at Fanshawe, I want tothank Hamilton for greeting each and everyperson in the college with a smile, and mak-ing them feel like they belong and can suc-ceed within the college environment – youare truly an unsung hero!

Lori is the smiling face of Fanshawe



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Lori Hamilton greets everyone at Fanshawe’s Welcome Kiosk with a smile and warm hello.

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It’s just the latest in a steady stream ofembarrassing statements by Ward 9 coun-cilor Dale Henderson, and the worst part is,he isn’t even embarrassed. At some point,between questioning whether smoking caus-es cancer and publicly stating that eight ofthe 15 city councilors are running the city,Henderson evidently stopped worryingabout his re-election bid.

Councilor Henderson put on a spectaculardisplay of questionable judgment in theaftermath of the councilor expense reportsrevealing his $7,000 investment in cameraequipment for his YouTube channel,DaleTV. A key element in this story is thatHenderson hasn’t broken a single regulationor technically done anything wrong at all.Every city councilor has a $15,000 expenseaccount that is designed to help them con-nect with their constituents. Whether it’s hir-ing an assistant, compiling a mailing list ormaking a YouTube channel, the councilorsare free to use their better judgment.

The water got murky when CouncilorHenderson was asked if he would return thecamera and equipment to the City upon com-pletion of his term in office. He had no plansto do so and it would likely have remainedthat way if the issue hadn’t been raised a fewdays later in City Hall, where Mayor JoeFontana unequivocally clarified that thetechnology belongs to the City of London.

The actual wrongdoing is obscure becauseHenderson just made a series of dumb deci-sions as opposed to breaking any rules. Thefirst issue that occurred to every personunder the age of 30 was the cost of his equip-ment. Henderson obtained one camera, light-ing equipment and green screen technologythat added up to about $5,000. You’d behard-pressed to find a high school-aged kidin the city who couldn’t put a video like thistogether for $200. On top of buying profes-sional grade equipment, Henderson also paidsomeone to edit his ramblings into a 10-minute semi-coherent lecture. The use of theterm ‘lecture’ is deliberate, since Hendersondisabled comments for his YouTube chan-nel, preventing anyone from responding tohis videos. Pretty weird, when the purpose ofthe channel was to connect with Londoners.

The worst part of his debacles is thatHenderson has no concept of how he isinfluencing public perception. Councilrepeatedly talks about keeping post-second-ary graduates in the city, yet Hendersonspent the equivalent of a full year of univer-sity tuition on a project that could’ve beenaccomplished with a $30 webcam. This kindof out-of-touch spending coupled withLondon’s unemployment rate of 9.1 per centisn’t encouraging anyone to come to, orremain in, the Forest City.

With only 18 months left before he seeksre-election, Henderson already knows thathe made a mistake, but he isn’t willing toadmit it. While bragging about receiving e-mails from Londoners to congratulate himon DaleTV, he states in episode seven,“History Of London and Ways to CureNegative Media,” that he worries he won’tbe re-elected. The only thing that remains tobe seen is how much more damage to CityHall’s image he can do before Londonersfinally have the chance to replace him.

Time to changethe channel onDaleTV

Last week I said I would give the lastword – my last two columns for the year – toWendell Berry, who I believe is one of themost important writers of our time. Afarmer, a theologian, a professor and anobserver of our changing society, he offersfresh insights in the search for a good future.The reason his insights are fresh is that theycome from the unique perspective (unique tomost modern readers) of someone who lovesthe farm.

Why is it important to hear from someonewho loves the farm? The farm not as anindustry dependent on global markets,intense financing, devastatingly expensivemachinery and international economicarrangements, but the farm as a family orextended family enterprise; the farm as away of making a living that requires anunderstanding of animals, of the naturalcycles of water, wind and temperature, of thefood needs of the local community, and ofthe micro-ecosystems that make up fieldsand woodlands.

I recall once hearing Dr. Cal deWitt, aprofessor of Environmental Studies, speak atWestern University (actually, I invited him).I am not sure if I heard it there or at anothervenue, but he spoke about the way a farmerhe knew cared for his hogs. The farmerrejoiced in giving his animals room to wan-der in their pens, in providing fresh straw,and in allowing the piglets generous timewith their nursing mothers. He said, “Theyare God’s creatures and deserve a decentlife.” Amen.

This story illustrates a point that Berrymakes in an essay titled “RenewingHusbandry” (husbandry is the craft of per-sonally caring for farm animals so they willthrive over many generations and producewhat we need from them). In the essay,Berry laments that our machine-based food

industry deprives food workers from feelinggood about what they do and, in a complete-ly related development, deprives them ofany personal connection with the naturalprocesses that put food on our tables and inour take-out boxes. The pig farmer abovefelt a connection with his animals and itmade him feel good to give them a level ofanimal dignity. (This enjoyment of the con-nectedness with the sources of our food is nodoubt part of what makes fishermen where Icurrently live very contentious when theyare told to keep their boats ashore.)

Quoting Terry Cummins, Berry writes,“When you see that you’re making the (farmanimals) feel good, it gives you good feelingtoo.” Cummins writes about the importanceof being able to open the barn door for hissheep and scattering grains of corn to feedhis chickens. A farmer, he notes the greatsatisfaction he gets from seeing his crops,animals, fields, gardens, farm buildings andfarm equipment all fitting together.

Such satisfactions are being all but lost tomodern farmers whose main reward comesfrom seeing the bottom line improve. Andthis may be about the only source of satis-faction still available to current Canadianfarmers since the modern farm has destroyedtens of thousands of farm-based Canadianvillages and has ruined relations betweenneighbours who are locked in a tractor-eat-tractor fight to put each other out of busi-ness. Of course, we have saved a lot oflabour on the farm. But this means that peo-ple who once could have been farm owners(or farm hands) now are employed in mind-numbing assembly lines and beige officecubicles, hoping that the competition inMexico and Nepal won’t put their bosses’companies out of business, and if it does,that the federal government will have gener-ated some other business opportunitiesabroad.

Last week I asked if the values of frugali-ty, care for the local ecology, kindness toneighbour and other values embedded in afamily farm-based economy can be recov-ered. Can the old ways become new ways?

It seems to me that, as with many large-

scale changes, many small decisions andchanges can add up to something bigger thanwe could hope for. I suggest looking at twosources for inspiration: the dog and the cot-tage.

The dog. The other day I met a man whois still in mourning two months after losinghis dog to old age. Why do so many lovetheir dogs (or other household pets)? I thinkthat one reason many love pets is that it con-nects us with the comings and goings of life.You have to feed the dog, groom the cat, andmake sure there is water in the dripper forthe hamster. You can hold the pet, and givena bit of time, you will learn and love itsquirky ways and its need for the morningwalk and for adequate health care.

Consider the cottage. People endure heavymortgage payments, long drives and repairbills to keep their cottages. Why? Isn’t itbecause with the cottage comes a dream? Adream of reconnecting with woods, lakes, afew neighbours and the local racoon popula-tion. A dream of disconnecting from our dis-connected world where all is machines,manufactured surfaces and manufacturedimages. The cottage is a place where youmight plant seasonal flower beds or an occa-sional tree, not that you have to recreate theBabylonian Gardens, but that you have theopportunity to love what you have (ratherthan desire what is almost out of reach – thecondition most of us are supposed to live infor the “good of the economy”).

We can’t all become family farm owners.But a few of us can. Not all will be able tolove pets or make cottage values a greaterpart of life. But some of us can move in thatdirection. We can’t all support local farmmarkets. But more of us than presently docan. We all can’t get out of the rat race(which, as one saying wryly puts it, no onehas ever won) cold turkey, but some of uscan. We can’t all plant some tomatoes, pota-toes and raspberry bushes, but many of uscan. We can’t all begin to see the world as aplace of connectedness and of God’s bless-ing and abundance for us all. But some of uscan – maybe even all of us. Have a greatsummer.

VICTOR DE JONGINTERROBANG

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Can old ways becomenew ways? (Part 2)

London City councilor Dale Henderson’s wayof reaching out to constituents is via hisYouTube channel DaleTV.

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Brad Weber is a busy man;like a creative shark, it seems themore he keeps busy, the better heis able to channel creative ideasinto his music, whether on drumduty for critical darling Caribouor as the mastermind of his sideproject Pick A Piper, who is cel-ebrating the release of their self-titled full-length debut in 12”vinyl and digital formats onApril 2 by Mint Records.

Begun late in 2008 as a meansto keep occupied during hisdowntime, Pick A Piper repre-sents for Weber the opportunityto make music that he loves onhis own terms.

“After I’d been touring withCaribou for a bit, I came homeand needed a new project to getmy creative urges out, get mysong ideas out,” he recalled. “Weslowly started with the intentionof making dance music aroundreally organic instrumentation,so we had tons of acoustic gui-tars, hand drums and percussion... it wasn’t that balanced at thatpoint, maybe, but it was us figur-ing out where we wanted to gowith it.”

Enlisting the collaborativehelp of Clint Scrivener, AngusFraser and Dan Roberts, Weberbuilt and released a pair of EPsas far back as 2009, when thefirst of the tastemakers began totake notice. Years later, the tim-ing couldn’t be more right to cel-ebrate the fruit of that collabora-tive relationship.

Information on the group canbe scarce at best, but the story sofar is that their self-titled 2009EP turned a few heads, earningthem high praise online. Whenthe time came for Weber toreturn to the road with Caribou,Pick A Piper was put on the backburner.

Now Weber and company areback with a more focused soundthan that which appeared on theirearlier EP and featuring guest

vocal appearances by RubySuns’ Ryan McPhun, Braids’Raphaelle Standell-Preston,Enon’s John Schmersal – whoalso sang vocals on the lead sin-gle “All Her Colours” – andmore.

The music on this album isundeniably sharper, and benefitsfrom the unfortunate amount oftime that Weber, Scrivener,Fraser and Roberts all enjoyedaway from each other – by takingan extended amount of time tocomplete the album aroundduties in other bands, the fourwere all able to take a figurativestep back and get better organ-ized, working slowly on this newalbum.

“Most of the songs started offas some little loop or beat ormelody written on my laptop in avan or on a plane, heading some-where,” Weber said, explainingthat the greatest challenge hefaced was finding the time towork on the material. “Over timeI took those ideas to Dan andAngus and we slowly fleshedthem out into full songs; we wereaway so much that it took us twoor three years to get everythingtogether and fully finish it.”

Considering the attention thathe captivated with two EPs sofar, it’s little wonder that the newfull-length album has receivedthe kind of praise that it has.Media outlets everywhere arecelebrating its odd blend oforganic and synthetic sounds, butnone so much as Weber himself– the album release tour extendsfor much of the month of April,with plans for the band to headout west around the summer.

For more information on PickA Piper or their new album, visitpickapiper.bandcamp.com or fol-low along on Twitter @pick-apiper. Their April 19 show atThe APK on is 19-plus and alsofeatures The Danks and Illitry,347 Clarence St. across from CitiPlaza. Admission is $6, doors areat 9 p.m.

BOBBY FOLEYINTERROBANG

Pick A Piper preparedto impress at APK

CREDIT: SCOTT BARBER

Pick A Piper will be at APK on April 19.

Tisk Tisk Tusk has a solid self-titled EP out now that they hopewill get them the attention theydeserve. The three band mem-bers, Gianni Liolli (drums), ColeHowson (vocals/bass) and JeffHogg (guitar) met while studyingat Fanshawe in the MusicIndustry Arts program from 2009to 2011, and they all currentlyreside in London. I got a chanceto chat with the boys to talk abouttheir first-ever EP and their hopesfor a summer tour:

Can you describe the soundof your new EP?

Liolli: “This is our first EP thatwe put out as a band. We are stilltrying to find the exact sound, butif you listen to the EP you kind ofsee the transition from hard rockto alternative music with an indiefeel. It’s definitely an experiment.We wanted to try to see what we

could put together. We alwaysjammed on and off, but never gotanything serious going. We wrotea few good songs that we thoughtwould hold up for an album.”

Are you guys workingtowards a full-length album?

Liolli: “We are hopefully goingto some shows over the summerand build our live performancechops. We do have a bunch ofsongs that could be used on a full-length album down the road. It issomething we really want to do inthe future.”

Where are you planning ontouring to work on those liveperformance chops?

Liolli: “We have played a cou-ple house shows these past fewweeks, most recently being St.Patrick’s Day. We’d like to getsome stuff going late spring earlysummer. Our drummer is movingback down to Windsor to go backto school for a bit, so we aregoing to try to play off that andtry and get some shows out of it.Hopefully we will expand our fanbase.”

What is the fan base like herein London?

Liolli: “We are definitely over-whelmed that we did get moresupport than we thought wewould here. We did manage tosell quite a lot of our EPs on ourbandcamp website. It’s just beenoverall positive feedback. We justhave to keep the ball rolling.”

For more information on TiskTisk Tusk, visit their Facebookpage atfacebook.com/TiskTiskTusk orcheck them out on bandcamp attisktisktusk.bandcamp.com.

MY 15 MINUTESWITH...TAYLOR MARSHALL

Beats keep coming with Tisk Tisk Tusk

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Record Store Day returns

I write about random things alot. I write a lot about randomthings. Some days, though, I justdive straight into it: April 20 marksthe return of your favourite holidayand mine as the sixth officialRecord Store Day kicks off world-wide.

Endeared to music fans over thelast five years, Record Store Dayhas been widely embraced as vinylhas made its gradual return to pop-ularity, thanks in no small part tothe rise in digital music sales anddeclining public interest in physi-cal CD formats.

Digital Music News reported inJanuary that vinyl sales in the U.S.had another record-breaking yearin 2012, selling a total of 4.6 mil-lion units with a significant trendtoward rock albums. That figure isan increase of more than 17 percent over the 3.9 million units soldin 2011, better yet than the 2.8 mil-lion sold in 2010.

In 2012, the top-selling album inthe U.S. was Blunderbuss, thedebut solo album by Jack White ofThe White Stripes. Of course, inaddition to his music career Whiteis the founder of Third ManRecords and a noted vinyl enthusi-ast himself – fitting, then, that inan innovative move, Record StoreDay elected White as its officialAmbassador 2013 to champion theoccasion.

“I’m proud to help in any way Ican,” White wrote on recordstore-day.com. “To invigorate whoeverwill listen with the idea that thereis beauty and romance in the act ofvisiting a record shop and gettingturned on to something new thatcould change the way they look atthe world, other people, art, andultimately, themselves.”

The appeal isn’t lost on CursedArrows, the Toronto duo of Ryanand Jack E Stanley. Like many

independent artists, they’veembraced the spirit of the occasionwith all of their DIY work ethicand are coordinating the release oftheir newest album Sonic Union tocoincide with Record Store Daythis year.

In case you missed them in townat The APK with Brews Willis andBaseball Furies in early April,Cursed Arrows recorded two songsfrom the coming album for thevideo series Southern Souls, whichcan be viewed on their site atcursedarrows.com or on southern-souls.ca.

You won’t find Sonic Union list-ed on the Record Store Day web-site officially, however thanks todistribution by Aluminum MonsterRecords and The Ford PlantRecording Co., you should find thealbum in your favourite recordshop. Probably.

Be sure to browse the list oftitles online, it’s tough to knowwhat releases are going to be themost valued or sought after.Although most releases are exclu-sives, many are only manufacturedin small numbers, like TheGaslight Anthem’s deluxe editionof Handwritten (800 copies) or theDave Matthews Band’s Live TraxVol. 1 box set (500 copies), both ofwhich are popular artists among

those who collect vinyl. Even if you’re not a serious col-

lector, it pays to do a bit ofresearch. You may only be afterone album, but London has a lot ofrecord shops spread out acrosstown that all open at roughly thesame time, so make a call or two toimprove your chances of gettingwhat you want. Pro tip: takeadvantage of retailer membershipprograms, like that which theyhave at Sunrise Records.Membership gives you a discounton purchases and will get you earlyentrance on April 20.

For more on Record Store Day,to find your local participatingstores or browse the complete offi-cial list of releases, visit record-storeday.com and follow the con-versation on Twitter @record-storeday with the hashtag#RSD13.

And for more on the latest musicnews and more over the summer,consider following this column onTwitter @fsu_bobbyisms.Whether you’re graduating thissummer, finishing your first yearof finals, just reading this as afavour to me or anything inbetween, congratulations on agreat year. See you next time, I’mout of words.

BOBBYISMSBOBBY FOLEY

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The end of the school yearbrings with it the turbulence oflooking for a job.

Of course we all know the basicsto nail an interview: look profes-sional, do your research about thecompany and ask questions. Buthow can you ensure you get thatinterview?

Ryner Stoetzer, music compos-er, said it’s about governing your-self as if you are your own boss.

This comes from personal expe-rience. Stoetzer used to be a pro-fessor at Fanshawe College butknew he wouldn’t be fulfilled untilhe pursued his dream of becominga full-time composer. Twentyyears later, since he made the bolddecision to start his own business,he composes music for film, tele-vision, live ballet and theatre – fulltime.

He said first and foremost don’tact as if the universe owes youanything.

“You are fully responsible foryour own success, your own for-ward movement, your ownachievement, and you have to takefull ownership of your mistakesand learn from them,” he said.

“Unless you make a commit-ment to be a lifelong learner andcreate a habit pattern where you’respending at least an hour, maybetwo hours a day reading and study-ing in your field and listening toaudio books, you’re not going tobe able to make it because the

competition out there is alreadydoing all of that.”

Having gone to school, theassumption is that the skillset isalready there. “That’s not enough,”he said. “You have to be a goodperson; you have to be someonethat others can easily get alongwith. When you make a mistake,you have to admit it and move onand look for a solution.”

He credited all of his success toone mentality he had when pursu-ing his career.

“The best stance you can take isbeing the CEO of your own com-pany and basically the CEO ofyourself, of your own body. Evenif you’re employed as an employeeto someone else, you’re still theCEO. In my case, I’m the CEO ofRyner Stoetzer, and regardless ofwho hires me, I am still the boss ofmy own brand, my own creativity,my own actions.”

Once you take responsibility andsee yourself as part of the organi-zation you are engaged in, Stoetzersaid you create a partnership.

“The employer takes the role offinding you a definable job thatyou will then do in exchange foryour time, which they pay you for.And unless you act like your ownCEO, I doubt that will happen in amanner that requires excellenceand which is absolutely necessaryto succeed.

Initiative is what it takes to getstarted with this mentality.

“Practicing your craft, and act-ing as if you have a job, brings into

play all kinds of laws of the uni-verse, laws of attraction.”

Saying to yourself, “I’m goingto be successful,” and followingthrough with actions that worktoward your goal says to the uni-verse that this is your path, heexplained.

In turn, “that draws to you,opportunities, people, situationthat allow you to further practiceyour craft.”

This will ensure that you topractice your craft on a regularbasis. And “through the laws ofaccumulation, you become excel-lent at your task. And of courseanyone who becomes excellent at atask eventually becomes noticed.”

PAIGE PARKERINTERROBANG

Be your own CEO

Being a student can be challeng-ing at times, and whether you liketo admit it or not, everyone feelspressured or stressed at one time oranother.

“Many students at this time ofyear are concerned about what theywill be doing for the summer, (ask-ing themselves questions such as)‘Am I moving back home?’ ‘Am Igoing to be able to get all mystudying done for finals?’ ‘Am Igoing to be able to get my assign-ments in?’ It’s a very naturallystressful time of the year,” saidLois Wey, a member ofFanshawe’s Counselling andAccessibility Services staff. It canbe difficult to balance schoolwork,family time, a social life and jobs,but there are ways to keep in con-trol of your stress levels.

First of all, make yourself awareof what it is that is causing you tofeel stressed. Could it be school-work, a personal issue or some-thing else entirely? Along withschool pressures, there are otherthings that can affect students’stress levels. “There may be familyrelationships, dating relationships,health issues, fatigue, financialconcerns,” said Wey. Being awareof the stressors in your life is keyto gaining control over them.

Avoiding stressful situationsmay not always be easy, but it ispossible. If you know a situation isgoing to stress you out, do not putyourself in that situation. Also, tryto avoid people, places and conver-sation topics that cause you stress,and learn how to say no to cowork-ers or friends – you don’t want totake on more than you can handle.

Some students do quite a goodjob at keeping their stress levelslow and their positive attitudes up.“When I begin to feel stressed, Ijust take a break. I know that push-ing myself too much will just stressme out even more,” said one first-

year university student who askednot to be identified. But not every-one can cope with his or her stres-sors so easily.

Many young adults feel a lot ofpressure as they are growing up,maturing and figuring out whothey are. As a result of this, somestudents may feel the need to dealwith the stress in their lives in anegative way. “Sometimes peoplewill self-medicate, they’ll take pre-scription drugs, over-the-counterdrugs, alcohol, street drugs …Sometimes students are workingharder and harder trying to make it,but actually their stress increasesbecause they’re not eating properlyor sleeping properly,” Wey stated.

One resource that people canturn to is iCopeU, a website thatwas created specifically forFanshawe students who are seek-ing help. If you’re dealing withdepression, an eating disorder or ifyou simply need someone to talkto, this site is a useful tool in find-ing out information. Check it out aticopeu.com/Fanshawe.

“We’ve got all the differentservices in London that can behelpful for eating disorders, med-ical emergencies, sexual assault,domestic assault, and drug andalcohol abuse,” Wey said.

The Counselling office offerssame-day half hour appointments,and if you book an appointmentahead of time, it can be up to anhour long. “Any student who’shaving difficulty with stress cancome here for counselling,” saidWey.

Stress may not be preventable,but it can be made bearable.“What’s positive to do during astressful time is to get enoughsleep, take care of yourself, bal-ance your work and your fun, eatproperly, don’t self-medicate,”Wey said. You can’t simply focuson one aspect of your life. Youhave to make time for everythingto live a happy, balanced lifestyle.

GABBY SCHEYENINTERROBANG

Finding balance ina stressful time

Ryner Stoetzer

The Baxters – Scott Thomas,vocals; Quinton Strutt and AlexMason, guitar; Justin Lund, bass;and Taylor Lucas, drums – are aband straight out of the MusicIndustry Arts Program here atFanshawe College. They are doingthe program and the college proudas they are currently nominated forBest Rock Group for SceneMagazine’s London MusicAwards. The band also has a newfull-length album in the works thatis due out later this month.

Recently I got to talk to guitaristMason and talk about what thefuture holds for The Baxters:

What did you guys do here atFanshawe, and how did it influ-ence your music?

“Everyone but me attended theMusic Industry Arts program atFanshawe, so that was definitely abig part of how we all met. Ithelped with our recording processand just the overall knowledge ofthe industry. I got to sit in on a cou-ple classes and I believe it’s defi-nitely been a big help.”

What has the touring experi-ence been like for you all?

“We’ve mostly toured inLondon, but we did a random gigin Brantford as well as in Guelph acouple times. It’s been kind ofminimal, but we are looking to getout and play more places. Theshows in Guelph have been great,though.”

You are currently nominated

for the Scene Magazine and NewMusic Fest award. What wouldit mean to you guys if you endedup winning both?

“I think it would be great! Atthis point we are just trying to getas much exposure as possible. Wehave been playing as much as wecan in London. We are working onan album release date as well:April 20. Up until that day, I thinkthe goal is to just try to get ourname out there as much as we can.We just won the IndieUnderground Music contest, so wewill be getting our own podcast aswell.”

You mentioned your newalbum, Equinox. Can you justelaborate on it and explain what

listeners can expect?“It is going to feature almost all

new songs as we only have a cou-ple we’ve carried over from ourlast EP. We are kind of heading ina new direction. The recording ses-sions have been kind of fragment-ed because we are all still inschool. It’s been really exciting sofar, though. We are hoping to playsome festivals this summer andfrom there do a tour sometime inthe near future.”

Check out the LP release partyfor Equinox on April 20 at Call TheOffice. For more info, check outwww.thebaxters.bandcamp.com orLike them on Facebook at face-book.com/thebaxtersband.

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Equinox going to rock

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The Baxters onstage at London’s Call The Office.

London native Anthony Jacksongraduated from H.B. BealSecondary School in London witha mission: he was determined tobring his mixture of hip-hop andpop music to vie for attendees inthe city. Should a recording con-tract come his way, he wouldn’thesitate to travel anywhere theplane takes him.

Toronto? New York? LosAngeles? Not a problem.

The tall and athletic 20-year-oldis sure-footed and thoughtful abouthis approach to music success. Hedoesn’t shy away from hard workin the studio or at the gym, whichis somewhat of a repertoire withmany mainstream hip-hop or popacts. He also frequently postssongs on his Facebook page anduploads videos of his blend ofDJing and hip-hop to his YouTubechannel.

How Jackson began his musiccareer is a funny story, so he stat-ed.

“My mom and I left my step-dad’s place, and we were sitting inthe living room, talking about howwe don’t have much money. Andwe were trying to come up withideas how we were going to makemoney, somehow.”

“We were thinking of buying aparking lot and charging people topay for parking passes. I never

thought about doing music until Iwent to Beal. I started a break-dancing group and I wrote my firstsong for the breakdancing group.Then I said to my mom, ‘Maybe Ican be a rapper?’”

His mother encouraged him andso the plan began to take off.

“Ever since then, I kept writing.I sent my first song to everyone atBeal, I performed it at prom, andeveryone loved it.”

Jackson uses a variety of pro-grams to help him with beat match-ing that only cost him $20.

“I usually get my beats online,mostly from a place calledTopmass. To record I use a Shuremic, a tiny two-sub Behringermixer, a MacBook with Pro Toolson it. And that’s it. All my stuffcomes from me making it all in mystudio which I made out of mywalk-in closet.”

To date, Jackson has created a“hub” of his work, featuring 43videos on his channel. “Let’s FlyAway” and “In Your City” are twosongs on his newly recorded CDthat ignite excitement in his eyes.

“On my Facebook page, I do a‘Throwback Thursday.’ I justupload an old song and tell every-one how I wrote it or what washappening when I wrote it. Theother big thing I’ve done is do avideo called, ‘Let’s Fly Away.’”

“Let’s Fly Away” is a video dis-cussing relationship abuse and its

debilitating effect on the victim, inparticular women. Jackson refer-ences the frightening statistic that29 per cent of Canadian womenhave been abused. Jackson alsocarefully articulated how his moth-er survived a harrowing ordealwith a former boyfriend, whichpropelled Jackson to pursue hispassion, always keep his feet onthe ground and maintain a strongsense of self.

“In Your City” pays homage toLondon, including strong andhealthy friendships that haveshaped Jackson, as well as givingmention to teachers at his schoolwho believed in his abilities. Onetongue-in-cheek verse in his firstsong is that” being so tall, he wasoften mistaken for a basketballplayer: “You know that tallkid…that really tall kid? He mustbe seven feet!” But to the coaches’dismay, basketball wasn’t in hisheart – it was music.

With “In Your City,” Jacksonalso gives acknowledgement to thevolunteers and employees at theSalvation Army.

Jackson is also maintaining abusy social media spotlight on histalent. Keeping current with one’ssocial marketing is essential tomaintain a footing in the musicindustry, but resisting oversatura-tion is a key tactic. He is alsoskilled at editing his own footageand taking his own photographs,

which is a cost-effective way tocontinue his career.

Initially, Jackson was atFanshawe taking RadioBroadcasting but decided it wasn’tthe right program for him, so hedecided to take a general year,choosing Music Appreciation and

Experimental Music amongst othercourses to cement his academicload.

Check out Jackson on YouTubeat youtube.com/jackson2206, onTwitter @tha6thjackson and onFacebook at tinyurl.com/anthony-jackson-fb.


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Fanshawe student Anthony Jackson is making waves in hip-hop.

Londoner finds his niche in hip-hopJAYMIN PROULX

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Josephine Cleo is bringing herbig voice and big personality to thestage once again in a can’t-missshow.

The April 27 performance atLondon Music Club will be Cleo’sthird concert in London, but thisshow promises to be a little differ-ent. In celebration of Cleo’s 40thbirthday on April 25, she’ll besinging songs that she said encom-passes where a person is at 40years old.

“Forty is the old age of youth,and fifty is the youth of old age” isa quote by author Victor Hugo thatCleo said sums up how she’s feel-ing about her upcoming birthday.“That’s exactly how I feel. I’menergetic and I’m youthful, but I’mon the other side now. You’vereached the midway point, ifyou’re so lucky as to live to 80.”

Though this is a show celebrat-ing Cleo’s 40th birthday, it’s reallya show for everyone of any age –though it is 19-plus, as the MusicClub is a licenced venue.

She plans to perform songs bywell-known singers such as FrankSinatra, Barbara Streisand and EllaFitzgerald. “I’m heavily influencedby people such as Bette Midler andIdina Menzel and Kristin

Chenoweth,” Cleo said. She willbe accompanied by Zach Havens,of the band To Tell, on piano. Shepromises to bring the audience anight of “toe-tapping tunes, time-less classics and powerhouseshow-stoppers.”

She said she tends to draw fromthe Broadway world. “I just likethe classic voices of yesteryear:people like Judy Garland, BetteMidler, Barbara Streisand, thatkind of style. I just find that that iswhat my voice is best suited to,that kind of classic, clean-soundingvoice,” she said. She’s been hard atwork practicing her songs for thepast few weeks. “Because it’s anintimate venue, I want to makesure that the songs are top-notch.”

In addition to singing, Cleo willalso be telling stories, a part of hershow that always draws big laughsfrom her audiences. “After my firstshow, the feedback that I got wasmostly about the stories that I toldin between songs.” People didn’talways know the songs she per-formed, but they enjoyed the sto-ries, she added.

“I always make a point to pre-pare good stories, because, for me,a show isn’t just about watchingsomebody stand up and sing. Theyhave to be entertaining throughoutthe whole thing. My show is kind

of a (combination of) excellentmusic and … a humourous ele-ment, because I tell funny storiesand people seem to think that I’mhilarious,” she said with a giggle.

Cleo is adept at combining pre-pared stories with improvisedjokes during her show. “It’s thethings that you don’t prepare thatare really the funniest elements,when you’re just being you,” shesaid. “You have to be able to wingit under pressure.”

The show is really just meant toentertain people. “I want to give(the audience) value for theirmoney, because people can go any-where for entertainment; they cango to the movies, they could stay athome and watch Netflix,” Cleosaid. “To get people out of theirhouses is a big deal. I want to makesure that when they come to theshow, they’re … able to forgettheir problems for a couple ofhours and just have fun. That’swhat a concert and music is sup-posed to do: make you forget yourtroubles and have a good time.”

Cleo hits the stage on April 27 atthe London Music Club (470Colborne St.) at 7 p.m. Tickets areavailable in advance on Cleo’s site(josephinecleo.com) throughPayPal for $12, or at the door for$15.

Cleo cracks jokes while covering the classicsERIKA FAUSTINTERROBANG

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With the school year quicklycoming to an end, we students willfinally have time to clean up andget organized. I know that any stu-dent, especially students in adesign program, will finish theschool year with plenty of paper-work and bulky assignments lyingaround their living spaces.

All of these projects you havelaying around your home willsomeday be useful; you neverknow when you’re going to needto look back at your notes fromprevious years for a quick review.To make your life a little easier forthe next few years, it’s a great ideato organize your schoolwork. Whowants stacks of old homework justlying out in the open?

A great way to start organizingyour schoolwork is to sort bysemester and class if you haven’talready done so – sometimes wejust don’t have the time during thebusy school months. From thereyou can determine what type oforganizers you need, depending onyour program. Some projects maysimply require a few baskets or file

cabinets, while others may needbookshelves or even portfoliocases.

To maximize your organization,add labels to your projects andbundle them together. If you wantto get really particular on organi-zation, bundle them by the datesyou completed them. I organizedmy projects into separate portfo-lios by semester and filed them bythe date they were completed withlabels of the name of the projects.This was the easiest and quickestway to find old notes for reference.

Most importantly, you need tode-clutter by throwing out or sell-ing anything that is unwanted. Ifyou are like me, you might findyourself rewriting your notes, sothrow the old copies out! Get rid ofyour old textbooks – the ones youswear you will never touch again.They will just take up preciousspace in your home.

The key is to remember thatorganization is a step in the direc-tion toward a calmer life style.Make your next school year oryour future career easier by organ-izing your notes and projects forfaster reference. Good luck toeveryone on your final exams andto everyone graduating fromFanshawe College this year.Remember keep organized andstay calm!

It’s time to clean upyour year-end clutter

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An organized living space leads to a happy life!

TURN BORINGSPACES BEAUTIFUL BRITTANY ROACH

Everybody has a favourite pair ofjeans. Some people have several.Why not? They are the most versa-tile wardrobe staples in your closet.Denim is having a major moment infashion right now. This spring, takea look at your collection and switchup your go-to blues for some of-the-moment denim trends.

Before we start talking aboutcolours, prints, fades and washes,the most important thing in a greatpair of jeans is the fit. If you haveever had to lie down on your bed andhold your breath in order to zip upyour skinny jeans, you know whereI’m going with this. In order to becomfy and flattering (which is whatjeans are for), they have to fit youright. One thing I know I’m guilty ofis hanging on too long to jeans thatdon’t fit and won’t fit again.Accepting you have a problem is thefirst step. Realizing that just becauseyour pant size has increased doesn’tmean you can’t look fab in yourjeans is the ultimate goal. You willlook slimmer 100 per cent of thetime if you are wearing the right sizethan if you try to squeeze yourselfinto too-tight jeans. Lucky for us,relaxed fit and “boyfriend” styles aresurging in popularity this spring.

Once you’ve made sure that youknow the best size and style to flat-ter your body type, you can experi-ment with denim trends happeningthis season. Coloured denim is aneasy way to brighten up your look.Trade in your trusty dark washdenim for a purple, pink or mintgreen pair. The colour palette forspring has a lot of pastels. In mostcases, these light colours will func-tion as neutrals in an outfit, so that

makes dressing even easier, as youcan wear any top you like.

A twist on the coloured denimtrend is the printed denim trend.This look is a little bit trickier to pulloff, because you have to be moreconscious when choosing your top.It’s always a good idea to go with abasic top in a plain colour whenworking with printed pants. Popularprints include florals, polka dots,stripes and stars. Printed jeans are afunky way to jazz up your casuallook and instantly up your cute-fac-tor.

That being said, a good ol’ pair ofbaby blues is never out of fashion. Ifyou want to go for a beachy, down-town cool vibe this summer, look nofurther than deconstructed, vintage-looking denim. These babies areworn in all the right places, careful-ly ripped to make it look accidental,and fit you like a glove. Whetherthey’re full-length, cropped to the

ankle or shorts, it is this writer’sopinion that it’s always best to gowith a more relaxed fit when choos-ing deconstructed denim. Let’s justsay that when your thigh is poppingout of the holes in your super-skinnyjeans, it is a less than desirableeffect. Not that I’ve had that experi-ence…

Now that you have a whole newwardrobe of jeans to buy, you canconsider other ways to bring somedenim into your life. The ever-popu-lar jean jacket, which has stood thetest of time from James Dean toMadonna to Kurt Cobain to AlexaChung, is a must-have. Update thestyle for this season by looking for“moto” inspired versions. Anotherway to work denim into your look isthrough the denim shirt. Oncereserved for cowboys and manuallabourers, button-down denim topsare a cool and casual way to top offyour look.

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While fragrance is a very person-al thing and there are those of uswho will loyally stick to our onefavourite scent, it’s time to find anew one for the summer of 2013.This doesn’t mean you need to getrid of your absolute favourite scent,it just means you need to retire itfor the summer and find somethingthat is fresh and new! Heavierscents or deep musks that may havebeen worn during the winter or hol-iday season are now going to be abit too much for a beach day or asummer’s evening out (when thatweather finally comes.)

If you do like a richer fragranceor want something that is a bitdeeper for an evening withoutbeing too overpowering, VeraWang’s Lovestruck Floral Rushmay be one for you to look out for.In its gorgeously designed bottle,with a large flower ornament as alid, lies a scent with notes such asapricot blossom, white freesia anda base of sheer musk which givesthe fragrance depth.

A lighter floral scent that is bet-ter worn out as an everyday fra-grance is Flora by Gucci. Whilethis perfume may be a bit moreexpensive, it has beautiful notes ofwhite floral and creamy magnoliawith a more earthy and woodybase. This fragrance is also a bitmore mature smelling compared tothe Vera Wang one, which tends tobe more targeted to a younger gen-eration.

Another extremely popular scentthat is out just in time for summeris Escada’s Cherry in the Air.Every year since 1993, Escada hasreleased a limited edition fragrancethat usually tends to be on the flo-ral-fruity side. This year, Cherry inthe Air is exactly that; a very lightfragrance with two very prominentnotes of sour cherry and raspberry.What gives this fragrance its sweet-ness is the hint of marshmallow,and it’s the note of sandalwood thatgives it its floral base. If this is oneyou’re interested in, make sure youget it right away because once it’ssold out, it doesn’t come back!

Jean Paul-Gaultier has onceagain launched a brand new editionof his iconic woman-shaped per-fume bottle, Classique Summer2013, except this year it’s beeninked up! The bottle is covered in

intricate and beautiful designsinspired by carp and koi tattoos(almost having an Ed Hardy feel).The fragrance’s top notes are ablend of Sicilian lemon, orangeblossom and tangerine, which givesit a very citrusy beginning. It thensettles to hints of ylang-ylang androse and finishes with a deep musk,amber and vanilla.

With the nicer weather (hopeful-ly) just around the corner, startlooking into your fresh new sum-mer scent! If it is really hard to giveup on your “go-to” fragrance, findout the major notes in it and find alighter, comparable one that will bemore appropriate for the summer!

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Jean-Paul Gaultier’s ClassiqueSummer 2013 bottle design isinspired by koi and carp tattoos.

This spring, try coloured, printedand deconstructed denim

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With the end of the school yearfinally here, you may be celebrat-ing by going on a warm holidaywith friends or by preparing tomove home for the summer. Nomatter what you’re up to, it’s timeto start packing!

Sometimes I think if I hadn’tbeen named Jenna, I would’vebeen given the name “Over-pack-er.” I’m the girl who brings a suit-case and a duffel bag for a week-end getaway to Grandma’s.

As soon as my empty suitcase isunzipped, my alter ego takes over.During this two-day expedition Iam under the impression that I willgo on a hike, go to an art gala, thegym, a royal ball, the beach, anight on the town, and a cookinglesson. Each and every one of theseactivities requires a different outfitand a different pair of shoes, so it’ssafe to say that the suitcase fills uppretty quickly between the hikingboots and the ball gown. Mind you,in reality, my weekend consists ofsweatpants and apple pie in frontof the TV.

I really don’t know how yourational thinkers do it. It makessense on paper: two outfits, onepair of pajamas, and the necessarytoiletries. So what is it that makesit so difficult?

In my defense, accidents do hap-pen, in which case more than twooutfits are necessary. You neverknow when your spaghetti dinnerwill end up on your shirt instead ofin your mouth.

When it comes to packing for alonger period of time, I used to relyon the old “sit on the suitcase”technique to get me by.Fortunately, I’d like to think thatI’m improving, one pair of socks ata time. My general rule of thumbfor a short vacation is that if Ihaven’t worn the item of clothingin two weeks, leave it behind.

If you’re moving back to yourhometown, consider doing somespring cleaning to make things abit easier for yourself. The tie-dye

shirt you made in the fifth gradewon’t be missed, trust me.

My biggest piece of advice whenit comes to packing is not to followin my footsteps. Be realistic –unless you genuinely have plans tohike the Swiss Alps, leave yourgear behind.

Best of luck to you all! I amwriting this last sentence as I getmy roommate to jump on my suit-case in attempts to zip it shut.

Have a fabulous summer, wher-ever you go!

Don’t break your back while you packMY SERIES OFUNFORTUNATEEVENTSJENNA WANT [email protected]


The spring season welcomes asense of freshness, newness and,particularly this season, an air ofsophistication. On April 19, thefirst-year Fashion Design studentswill showcase their 2013 SpringCollection at Shoppers Drug MartBeauty Boutique at Huron andHighbury Streets (1365 Huron St.)as a Fashion Show and Gala event!The event, Spring Sophistication,focuses on dressy, coordinatedseparates that can be worn in thedaytime as career wear and asnighttime classy pieces. SpringSophistication is a fusion of all theinspirations, ideas, creativity andresearch of all the designers.

Throughout the semester, stu-dents worked together to createtheir final coordinated separatepieces. The process began withtheir personal inspirations andideas, and then eventually workedtogether to refine their concept anddirection. From there, theydesigned and created separates thattheir target customer would enjoy.In a creative environment, one ideacan have many different variationsand that will be apparent in the col-lections at the fashion show. The

chosen colour palettes will appealto everyone’s preferences, rangingfrom nudes to pastels to vibrantand vivid colours.

This exciting event is an occa-sion that encourages guests todress up, get their makeup profes-sionally aapplied at the gala andwatch a fun fashion show that sup-ports local design students. Guestscan receive makeup and skin careadvice and techniques from the topcosmeticians in The BeautyBoutique, as well as learn about allthe new makeup launches and howto wear these news looks with theirspring wardrobe.

The event is a perfect girls’ nightout. It is a great atmosphere tosocialize and get updated on newfashion and make up trends beforegoing out that night!

If you’re thinking of heading outfor the night, why not stop by andget your makeup done for the nightwith your all your friends? TheGala runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.and the fashion show starts at 7p.m. Tickets are only $5, and eachticket is an entry into a draw to wina basket of beauty products. Comeout and support Fanshawe’s talent-ed designers!

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Another school year has comeand gone… well, for those of youwho aren’t taking classes duringthe summer semester, anyway.Even though most of you willprobably find yourselves work-ing this summer, no matter if it’sa full-time job or a part-time gigsomewhere, summers are madefor one thing: movies.

Maybe you like to get yoursummer movie fix in the coolcomfort of the air-conditionedtheatre. There is something to besaid for this. Summer is the sea-son of blockbusters, those big-budget, high-intensity flicks thateveryone goes to see over andover again. These types ofmovies are often best viewed upon the big screen, so take theopportunity to get the very mostout of them with your litre of popand your extra-large popcorn.

Maybe you like to spend yourlazy summer days watching yourfavourite DVDs in bed. Therecan be something magical in thispractice, too. Getting all cozy inyour light summer loungeclothes, curling up on your couch(or better yet, in your bed), witha giant glass of lemonade or icedtea to help keep you cool. Youcan spend entire days this way,and sometimes it’s the mostrelaxing thing in the world – justwhat you need to unwind andrecharge after a hectic spring ofclasses, papers and exams.

But the best way, the absolutebest way, to get in your summermovie viewing is in the one placeyou can only visit during thewarmth of the season: the drive-in.

If you’ve never been to thismost magical of cinematicplaces, I suggest that the verynext Friday night that it’s openyou take your best friend or yourspecial someone and go see whatit’s all about.

The drive-in brings to life theold-school feeling of whatmovies were like during theheight of Old Hollywood.Sometimes, if you’re luckyenough, they even play the clas-sic “let’s all go to the lobby”commercial featuring the singingand dancing cup and bag of pop-corn.

I’m not sure what it is exactlythat makes the drive-in so filledwith wonder for me. Maybe it’sthe warmth of the summer nightbeing so intense that all you needis a t-shirt and a pair of oldripped jean shorts to keep youcomfortable. Maybe it’s the alto-gether unique experience ofpulling in, parking the car,rolling down the windows andcranking the radio, which playsthe audio track on the world’stiniest radio frequency.

This summer is bound to befull of great movies. Whetheryou want to watch them alone orwith those you love, in bed inyour sweats or out at the localtheatre, find a way to spend thehazy, lazy days of summer get-ting lost in new worlds and hav-ing glorious new adventures.

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32. Glide through the sky

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1. During the GoldRush in 1849, some people paid asmuch as $100 for a glass of water!

2. During the 1600’s, boys andgirls in England wore dresses untilthey were about seven years old.

3. Contrary to pop-ular belief, the

first ironcladwarships were

built by Korea inthe 16th century.

4. Clocks made before1660 had only one hand - an

hour hand.5. Cleopatra wasn’t Egyptian;

she was Greek.6. Che Guevara suffered from

asthma!7. Canada’s new flag, with its

maple leaf design, was unfurled in

1965 in Ottawa!8. At age 18, the Queen of

England was a mechanic for theBritish Military.

9. Approximately 40 per cent ofthe U.S. paper currency in circula-tion was counterfeit by the end ofthe Civil War.

10. Ancient Romans at one timeused human urine as an ingredientin their toothpaste.

11. A baboon called Jackiebecame a private in the SouthAfrican army in World War I.

12. A B-25 bomber airplanecrashed into the 79th floor of theEmpire State Building on July 28,1945.

13. Pilgrims did not eat withforks. They only used spoons,knives and their fingers.

14. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler hadonly one testicle.

15. Leonardo da Vinci wasdyslexic, and he often wrote back-wards.

16. In 1897, Bayer, who is themaker of Aspirin, marketed thedrug heroin.

17. Early Romans used to useporcupine quills as toothpicks.

18. During World War II, UncleBen’s was the exclusive supplier ofrice to the U.S. Armed Forces.

19. Cleopatra married two of herbrothers.

20. Because metal was scarce;the Oscars given out during WorldWar II were made of plaster.

21. Approximately 25,000workers died during the building ofthe Panama Canal, and approxi-mately 20,000 of them contractedmalaria and yellow fever.

22. The Honourable Companyof Edinburgh Golfers founded in1744, is the world’s oldest golfclub!.

Aries (March 21 - April 19)The moon tickles and prods your

Martian side, playing on its weak-ness. Too much force will only getyou deeper into trouble. Cooldown and think about this for awhile.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20)Your week should be complete,

but something’s missing. Follow ascent from the moment that youpick up its trail. Desire could makea fool of you if you’re not careful.

Gemini (May 21 - June 20)Longtime allies disagree with

each other. Both good and badmedicine are difficult to swallow.Any steps taken now should becarefully considered in advance.Intelligence is your greatest asset.

Cancer (June 21 - July 22)You’re on the edge, and you

could learn to like it here. Letyourself be passionate and cre-ative, and everything else will takecare of itself. The stars are pickingup your tab this time.

Leo (July 23 - August 22)Put on your serious face.

Impersonate authority without anounce of satire. You’re genuinelycurious, but only the conventionalmeans of fact-finding carry anyweight around here. Be discreetand proper.

Virgo (August 23 - Sept. 22)Self-analysis is easy when you

have nothing to lose. A stranger oracquaintance is attracted by yoursense of security. It’s okay to talkshop at a social event. Ask ques-tions and really listen to theanswers.

Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22)Your audience is limited and

fickle. Get your story right thefirst time, just in case this is youronly chance to tell it. It’s a sadtruth that many people are attract-ed mainly by money - or even thepromise of it.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21)You’re beyond pretending and

posing. Your natural state couldfrighten off those with delicatesensibilities. Don’t apologize forwho you are; you’re here to enjoyyourself.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21)You’re wise in a right-brained

way. Parts of your brain are in fullmotion, parts that are usually onlyactive when you’re asleep. If youhave an art, this is the perfect timeto pursue it. Conversation is prob-ably useless.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19)You’re far ahead of everyone

else, and they sure seem to be tak-ing their time. For now, you likedoing more than your share.Things will even out soon enough.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18)You’re disappointed when a

plan falls through. It’s probablyfor the best - you need this time tochill out and marshal your forces.Patience is a welcome exercise forsomeone addicted to instant grati-fication.

Pisces (Feb. 18 - March 20)Your channels are open. The

energy is flowing again. Youapplaud each trick that your imag-ination plays on you. Your pastfailures weren’t mistakes butmerely practice for this moment.

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Scientists say they are getting clos-er to being able to do Jurassic Park-style cloning of extinct species.Imagine that! Things that werethought to be extinct could be broughtback from the dead. So there’s hopefor NBC. It could turn around.

A 33-year-old woman in Britainclaims to have an allergic reaction toexercise. She says every time sheexercises, she has an allergic reac-tion. Actually, I have that. You knowhow I treat it? Pizza.

Infectious disease experts are nowwarning people around the world tostay away from bats. Do you have totell people that, really?You know which bats arenot dangerous? The onesthe Chicago Cubs use.

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CONAN with Conan O’Brien

Passover is the time every year whenI’m forced to spend eight days andeight nights writing all my own jokes.

During his trip to the Middle East,President Obama helped restoreIsrael's relationship with Turkey.Now, onto the final hurdle — restor-ing Israel’s relationship with pork.

Some people traveled toWashington and paid as much as$6,000 to watch the Supreme Court’sdeliberations on gay marriage. Yeah,$6,000. Maybe that’s why the SupremeCourt launched its 41-city “Monstersof Gay Marriage Deliberation Tour.”

In Kentucky, a teenager was arrestedfor falsely yelling “Bingo”in a Bingo hall. It’s beingcalled the first-ever arrestthat actually diminishedsomeone's street cred.

LATE NIGHT with Jimmy Fallon

A NASA official told Congressthat if a meteor was on track to strikethe U.S., Americans should pray.Even Pope Francis was like, “That’syour Plan A?”

There’s a growing trend of olderAmericans who are using marijuanain their retirement. That makes sensebecause old people are always talk-ing about their joints.

I guess the marijuana trendexplains why White Castle is nowoffering an early bird special.

A father of five has come forwardto claim Saturday’s winningPowerball ticket worth $338million. Or as he told hisfive kids, “Great news.Three of you can go to col-lege.”

THE LATE LATE SHOW with Craig Ferguson

It is spring in L.A. Flowers areblooming, sundresses are comingout, and Taylor Swift is gathering upnew boyfriends to last through thesummer.

Even though it’s warm here inL.A., people still have to wear layers- at least until their plastic surgeryheals.

Today happens to be Vaffeldagen.That is Swedish for Waffle Day.Every year on March 25, the peopleof Sweden get out of their Volvos,turn off their ABBA CDs, and startmaking waffles.

Some say being a poet is adying profession. It’s likebeing a video store clerk, ora BlackBerry sales-man, or a late-nighttalk-show host.

THE LATE SHOW with David LettermanA guy in Great Britain found a

way to make cars run on coffee. Itsounds like a great idea, right? Well,wait until you start trying to fill upthe tank at Starbucks.

The new Pope worked as a bounc-er in a nightclub. You don’t think ofthat as step No. 1 on your way to thetop, do you?

The average American works sixmonths a year for the government.Think about that. Governmentemployees don’t even work sixmonths a year for the government.

In New York City you can park freefor as long as you like - any-where in New York City.Don’t worry about the tick-ets. Mayor Bloomberg says,“It’s on me. I’ll take care ofit.” Oh, April Fools!

JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE with Jimmy Kimmel

A chicken in China laid a giantegg. When they cracked the eggopen, they found two yolks in it.Then they found, inside the egg,another egg. And when they crackedthat egg open, it had another yolk init. The chicken gave birth to aDenny’s Grand Slam breakfast.

Actress Tilda Swinton gave anunusual performance at the Museumof Modern Art this weekend. Sheslept in a glass box in the middle ofthe museum all day. If you are inNew York, for $20 you can watchTilda Swinton sleep in a box. In L.A.you can watch Gary Busey pass outin public for free.

Personally, I rarelymake good decisionswhen I’m wearing a robe.

Ordering off iPads? Pretty cool,if you ask me. London’s newestsushi restaurant, 168 Sushi Buffet,is a new all-you-can-eat experience.

I visited the restaurant on aFriday for lunch, and had an amaz-ing time. My meal was a greatprice, $13.95 for a weekday lunch,but going after 4 p.m. will cost you.During the week dinner service is$21.95 and on the weekend increas-es to $23.95 – pretty pricey forsushi.

The restaurant was busy on aFriday around 3 p.m., but with a6,000 square foot building and 200seats, they had no problem seatingus with no reservation.

The iPads at each table added amodern and sleek appeal to therestaurant. Each menu item had aclear picture and descriptions,which helped us determine exactlywhat to order.

You use the iPad to order yourmeal by simply hitting the “plus”symbol and adding each item intoyour order list. Once we submittedour order, a message appeared onour screen: “Sit tight, your server iscoming.” I found it a little bit awk-ward that once we submitted ourorder, we had to wait for our serverto send it to the kitchen, so some-times we were left waiting for a fewminutes.

With inspiration from Japanese,

Chinese, Korean and Thai cuisine,there was great variety in the menu,but it was a little bit overwhelming.

In addition to sushi, the menufeatured everything from Dim Sumto curry items to tempura andsoups. Some of my favourite itemswere the steamed pork dumplings,the seaweed salad, and the chickenteriyaki.

My favourite sushi item was thegreen dragon roll, which featurestempura shrimp inside and avocadoon the top. The sushi was definitelyfresh, but it was difficult to eat; itwas served warm and the ricesometimes fell apart.

The portions were small, whichwas helpful when trying not toover-order (and get charged for

leaving too much food on yourtable).

The service was very fast, whichalso helps the all-you-can-eat expe-rience, because you can gauge howfull you’re getting, and how muchmore to order.

If you’re a sushi lover, I woulddefinitely recommend you try outLondon’s newest sushi addition.It’s located at 660 Oxford St. W.,just west of Wonderland andOxford.

For the best value, go for lunchand go hungry!

If you have a restaurant or recipesuggestion for Mel’s Munchies,email her at [email protected].

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168 Sushi Buffet offers a delectable variety of Japanese, Korean, Chineseand Thai food.

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Everybody’s go-to for dystopianfiction is either George Orwell’stotalitarian Nineteen Eighty-Four orAldous Huxley’s Brave NewWorld. And why not? Both arelandmark science fiction novelswhose words and concepts haveentered our daily lexicon. NineteenEighty-Four was a critique of thegovernment, while Brave NewWorld was more or less a criticismof the carefree flapper lifestyle ofthe 1920s. Which book got it right?Well, really, before all that, let’sdive into story behind these books.

Ironically enough, being one ofthe most challenged books of alltime, Nineteen Eighty-Four takesplace in a hopeless future of propa-ganda and potemkin wars. The gov-ernment is entwined in such nefari-ous deeds as spying on its citizensand mercilessly torturing and brain-washing dissenters. The book’s pro-tagonist, Winston Smith, is incharge of altering historical docu-ments to better suit the party’s ever-changing manufactured story.Nineteen Eighty-Four tells the storyof a government born out of mad-ness and out of need, with the restof the world already in shambles.Orwell, much like in Animal Farm,intended Nineteen Eighty-Four as aparody of Stalinism: the brazenlycareless attitudes towards humanfeelings, the constant surveillance,the lies spread of profitable harvestsin the fields, the beating down of

the human spirit to a broken husk.Brave New World, on the other

hand, was less about parodyingevents than painting the futurebased on the direction AldousHuxley saw it going in.Promiscuity. Simplicity. A sublimi-nally conditioned enjoyment ofone’s meager or fantastic life,thanks to sleep learning. Due to thereal story of the book beginningaround its middle, and my refusal tospoil things, let’s just say the firsthalf of the book is based aroundestablishing and explaining theseemingly utopian society of BraveNew World.

Of course, now that we under-stand that Nineteen Eighty-Fourand Brave New World were verydifferent, what can we really drawfrom this knowledge? Well, notmuch. The fact of the matter is, bothbooks, rather than presentingopposing viewpoints, instead dis-play ideas that more or less comple-ment each other.

Both Nineteen Eighty-Four andBrave New World feature the cen-sorship of works for being subver-sive, offensive or generally notcomplying with an arbitrary moralstandard. While our society has notgone as far as outright governmentintervention on free speech, theshaming by the hands of so-calledmoral guardians in order to induceself-censorship is a movement gain-ing popularity.

The increase of surveillance intoour private lives and affairs by thehands of Big-Brother-type govern-ment agencies has been acceptedwith normalcy. It is currently com-mon knowledge that every emailsent will likely pass through the

grubby e-hands of some Bureauagent for scrutiny of any possibleterrorist activity. And not just thegovernment, but private entities,too. With all kinds of browser cook-ies tracking your habit and GPS-based tracking on our phones, ourlives are becoming very concurrentwith Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Let’s not forget Brave NewWorld in this messy mix. While itcertainly did predict the increase ofsexual promiscuity (or at least theopenness toward it) in both genders,in today’s more sexually liberatedsociety, we don’t necessarily acceptit as a bad thing. Teaching youngJimmy or Marie about STIs, preg-nancy and rolling on the rubbers isthe best we can do without beingimposing and restrictive of free-doms. But one thing that Brave NewWorld did predict that will resonatewith us is the promotion of self-cen-tred apathy. The characters of thebook are tuned to not care aboutthose perceived of as a lower class,and, in general, have no concept offamily due to the society beingbased around manufacturedhumans.

There are so many more topicsthese books discuss that I couldcompare to our society, like thedestruction of words, our state ofconstant medication… far too manyfor this article. I suppose the rathergrim conclusion is that we’re a vic-tim of both books’ evils, not oneover the other.

Reading Between The Linesexplores books that you may havemissed out on that are worth yourwhile. If you have a book to suggest,email Eshaan at [email protected].

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G.I. Joe: Retaliation(2013)

Little boys have, for a long time,loved playing with G.I. Joes. Youknow, the “real American heroes.”For a shorter time, boys, girls, menand women alike have lovedwatching the big-screen adapta-tions of these quintessential child-hood toys. Well, for all of you inthat category you’re in luck! Thenewest big budget adventure of theJoes has arrived.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation is the sec-ond in the series of the childhoodfantasy flicks, and this time, thingsare even more action-packed thanbefore. Retaliation begins with theteam of Joes being framed forstealing nuclear warheads fromPakistan, the aftermath of whichleads to a strike to eliminate theentire team. Unfortunately, not allmanage to survive and – spoileralert! – previous headliner Duke isunceremoniously killed off. Thosewho survive – Roadblock, Flintand Lady Jaye – swear revenge onthose who killed Duke and set outto clear the good name of the Joes.Meanwhile, Cobra is at it again

with Cobra Commander being res-cued from imprisonment and animpostor being sent to impersonatethe President of the United States.When Lady Jaye figures out thePresident is a fraud, Roadblockleads what remains of the Joesteam to the only man who can helpthem: General Joseph Colton.From there on it’s business asusual: Joes fighting Cobra andgood doing everything it can to tri-umph over evil.

This time around, the castingchoices for the Joes are beingswitched up a little bit as somefamiliar faces leave the series tomake way for some big guns.Within the first few minutes of theflick, series star up to this pointChanning Tatum, as Duke, isoffed. Thankfully, he dies a glori-ous soldier’s death, however itseems strange to kill off the star ofthe previous installment at the verybeginning of the flick.

Coming in to replace Tatum asthe leader of the Joes is Dwayne“The Rock” Johnson asRoadblock. Everyone knows thatThe Rock, as he is so endearinglycalled in the world of actionmovies, is a professional wrestlerwho has made a real name for him-self as an action star. As usual,Johnson gives a performance thatis all adrenaline-filled, all action-packed, all the time. Johnson isactually quite perfect for this role,given that he is playing the tough-est of the tough soldiers.

Also joining the cast this time

around is the pinnacle ofHollywood action stars himself,Bruce Willis. Willis brings to lifethe hard-ass General JosephColton. Bruce Willis is... well, heis Bruce Willis. He is exactly whatyou would expect of him in thisrole: hard, intense and willing to dowhatever it takes to get the jobdone. Much like Johnson is, Willisis also perfect for this type of rolein this type of movie.

Rounding out the cast areAdrianne Palicki as Lady Jayne,Luke Bracey as CobraCommander, Lee Byung-hun asStorm Shadow and Ray Park asSnake Eyes.

Filmed and projected in 3D, G.I.Joe: Retaliation gives a newdimension to the action-filledfavourite. Even though some peo-ple are admittedly not fans of thenew technology, it has to be said

that flicks like Retaliation are real-ly what 3D is made for. It’s funreally to see something so reminis-cent of your childhood brought tolife not only on a giant screen butalso in the third dimension.

If you lived for your G.I. Joeswhen you were little, or if you evenstill have some kicking aroundnow, head to the theatre and checkout G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Youwon’t be disappointed.

REEL VIEWSALISON [email protected]

The Joes look to retaliate in latest blockbuster

Roller Derby film never goes off track

Blood on the FlatTrack: Rise of the RatCity Rollergirls (2007)

This has to be the greatest timeof the year for sports fans. TheMajor League Baseball seasonkicks off in early April. The NHLplayoffs usually begin around thistime. There is the continuation ofMarch Madness. But, most impor-tantly, it is the time of year whenmany roller derby leagues starttheir seasons.

Originally gaining a huge fol-lowing in the 1940s, the mostlyfemale sport has experienced arevival in recent years. It is evenunder consideration to become amedal sport in the 2020 SummerOlympics. This is great news; forwhile, I have always had theutmost respect for the athletesinvolved, many have viewed it asfringe sport. Yes, some havethrown it in the same category asjousting, dwarf tossing and hideand seek. I don’t like to brag, but Iam quite the hide and seek player.I once hid behind a sack of pota-toes for 45 minutes before theother players gave up. So if rollerderby gets accepted into theOlympics, I feel hide and seek hasan outside shot as well, and I coulddo Canada proud.

The 2007 documentary Blood onthe Flat Track: Rise of the Rat CityRollergirls puts the fledging sportunder the microscope, and intro-duces us to the colourful athletesthat make up the game. The RatCity Rollergirls league is based outof Seattle, and began to draw hugecrowds in their first two years – nowonder, with a roster of competi-tors with monikers such as:Punchin’ Judy, Cybil Unrest,Bruise Lee, Ann Munition, PiaMess, Blonde an’ Bitchin’, DarthSkater, Jowanna Ass Kickin’ andPayne Gretzky.

The women of the Rat CityRollergirls are tough and fast asanyone who has knowledge of thesport would expect. The one thingI didn’t know is how many differ-ent hats (or helmets) the competi-tors must wear. Not only are theythe featured talent, but they takecare of many of the behind thescenes tasks. Putting together theprograms, booking venues andassembling the track are just a fewof the jobs these women take on.You wouldn’t catch athletes fromsome of the other major sports get-ting their hands dirty like this. I’dlike to see LeBron James try to useMicrosoft Publisher to design anadvertisement for a Miami Heatgame. Baseball star AlexRodriguez may have plowed manyfields, but he’d be hopeless tryingto mow the grass at Yankee stadi-um.

Not only do the women have tomanage many different aspects ofthe sport, but they also have a lot ofother things on their plate. Youmight be surprised to learn thatmultimillion-dollar roller derbycontracts do not exist. So these

women have to juggle their derbyresponsibilities, their day jobs,relationships, and sometimes theirchildren. Incidentally, child jug-gling is also one of the sports beingconsidered for Olympic inclusionin 2020.

Hopefully if the inclusion in theOlympics does happen, the deserv-ing women of roller derby will begiven more coverage by the majorsports media outlets. It is really ina unique position, being perhapsthe only female dominated sport.Unless you consider wet t-shirtcontests a sport. And I do. Major

sports media outlets don’t want tocover that, either, no matter howmany professionally written lettersI pen.

Blood on the Flat Track: Rise ofthe Rat City Rollergirls is a terrificdocumentary that will give you awhole new appreciation for thestars of a quickly rising sport. Itreally showcases the camaraderiethat exists between the athletes(even those on rival teams), and thebumps and bruises that thesewomen endure. It will all be worthit though once Syphilis Diller,Wikibleedia and Susan B. Agony

become household names.It has been another great year

writing for the Interrobang. I espe-cially want to thank whoever it isthat updates the Interrobang’s web-site… perhaps it is the day job of aroller derby girl? Hope everyonehas a nice summer. You can readall the reviews I have written frommy decades-long career as a filmreviewer at cinemaconn.com. Youcan also follow me on Twitter(@cinemaconn), where I will nowbe reviewing films in 140 charac-ters or less… in haiku form.

Cinema ConnoisseurALLEN GAYNORwww.cinemaconn.com

CREDIT: MONGREL MEDIA

Roller girl Basket Casey is out for blood.

CREDIT: SKYDANCE PRODUCTIONS

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars in G.I. Joe: Retaliation as Roadblock.


CREDIT: THE BALCONIES

(From left) Samar Almadhoun, Danny Klapak, Danielle Schnekenburger and Lacey LaRose present their project,“Assessment of Soluable and Slow-Release Fertilizer Regimes on Geranium Growth,” at the Student Researchand Innovation Day in early April. The team of Bachelor of Applied Biotechnology students studied soil used byHorticulture students to grow geraniums as part of their program. Based on the group’s findings, theHorticulture students have switched soils to one that requires less work and is more environmentally friendly.

CREDIT: THRILLER: A CRUEL PICTURE

Swedish actress Christina Lindberg is a Swedish journalist known inter-nationally for her work as an actress and glamour model in the late1960s and early 1970s. She starred in such titles as Thriller – A CruelPicture, Anita: Swedish Nymphet, Exponerad, Rötmånad and Love in 3-Damong other titles, and will be on hand for a screening of one of herfilms and signing autographs while being followed by a Swedish docu-mentary crew.

From April 12 to 14, Londonwill be hosting fans of horror andsleaze from all over North Americafor the third annual Shock StockSubculture Weekend Celebrationand VHS Tape Swap. This horrorconvention was started in 2011 byJake Windatt of GrimbrothersEntertainment and James ‘WeirdJames’ Bialkowsy of VagrancyFilms, a former FM96 radio per-sonality. The only one of its kindin Ontario, Shock Stock celebratesall things horror, sleaze andexploitation, providing horror fansan environment that is specificallytailored to their interests.

While covering multiple genresfrom comics to sci-fi to Japaneseanimation as vendors during theannual FanExpo convention inToronto, Windatt and Bialkowskirealized that the horror genre wasquickly becoming overshadowedby more popular attractions and anoverabundance of genres.

“Over the years, we and lots ofothers worked extremely hard tobring in exciting guests so we cancelebrate and pay respects tothem,” explained Windatt, “butthey’ve become lost among the big‘flavour of the month’ attractionssuch as The Walking Dead andGame of Thrones.” Unsatisfiedwith the exposure that they werebringing their genre, the pairdecided to break away from thelarger convention in order to, asWindatt put it, “deliver the showfor the guy who doesn’t fit in at the‘big’ events.”

As a self-proclaimed lover of allthings old school, preferring theuse of a typewriter instead of acomputer, Windatt’s conventionreflects his preferences. “We don’twant to bring in the same peoplethat you would see at the biggerconventions,” explained Windatt.“We’ve decided to focus more onhorror and exploitation, in the styleof the grindhouse movies of the1970s.” Grindhouse films are tra-ditionally associated with over-

the-top violence, low budgets andthemes designed to shock the audi-ence. This focus away from themainstream productions also pres-ents an opportunity for those film-makers who still use the traditional35mm film to showcase theirwork.

Attached to Shock Stock eventis the annual VHS tape swap,where collectors and vendors canbuy, sell or exchange their classicand rare videotapes. According toWindatt, the collectors market forVHS tapes has seen a large resur-gence in the last five years, andshows no sign of slowing. “We ini-tially brought tapes to FanExpo tosee how they would sell, and wenoticed a large demand, especiallyon more underground titles thatwere impossible to find in anotherformat, so when we left we made ita part of our show.” Windatt cred-ited the tape swap as “creating astrong sense of community in ashort period of time” at ShockStock.

Major events at this year’s con-vention include a screening of TheRocky Horror Picture Show at theRainbow Cinemas hosted byactress Patricia Quinn, the pre-miere of The Ghostkeepers, byCanadian director Anthony D.P.Mann, and an after-hours screen-ing room at the Station Park Hotel.Scheduled guests include zombieartist Rob Sachetto, AmericanHorror Story: Asylum actressNaomi Grossman and the first-everCanadian appearance of Swedishhorror icon, Christina Lindberg.The actress is hosting a galascreening of one of her classicfilms, and will be bringing with hera two person documentary crewfrom Swedish network SVT. Therewill also be a series of autographsessions, film trailers, Q&As andvendors for fans to explore.

Shock Stock is being held April12 to 14 at Centennial Hall, 550Wellington St. A full event sched-ule, guest list and ticket informa-tion is available atgrimbrothers.com.

ANDREW VIDLERINTERROBANG

Sex, blood and video-tape: Shock Stockreturns to London WATERLOO (CUP) — “I never

thought this would happen to me.”Those are the words out of every-one’s mouth after they have gonethrough something bad. No oneexpects it, no one is prepared for itand no one knows how to deal withit.

Unfortunately, I spoke thosechoice words at the beginning ofOctober, when I woke up in anIntensive Care Unit (ICU) from amedically induced coma due to mybrain surgery.

Loaded sentence, eh?I wish I could follow it up with a

wicked story that makes me seemcool and dangerous, but this allhappened because I went with myfriend to get a piercing and faintedbecause I saw him flinch.

I ended up with staples in theback of my head because I had cutit open and was transferred toHamilton General Hospital so mybrain could be monitored. This wasbecause I had an epiduralhematoma, which is an accumula-tion of blood between the inside ofmy skull and outer covering of mybrain.

I was admitted on a Monday andthe following Saturday I wasrushed into emergency surgery thatrequired the removal of a portionof my skull because I had a seizuresince my brain was swollen andbleeding.

Fortunately, I don’t rememberany of this and woke up in the ICUabout three days later.

This story isn’t intended to makeyou feel sorry for me, that is thelast thing I want. But I do want totalk about this because I know thatother young people have experi-enced a brain injury similar tomine and I want to express howdifficult it is to get back into theswing of things, especially school,when you’re hit with such anevent.

“It goes without saying, there isa lot going on in the brain,” saidJayar La Fontaine, the acquiredbrain injury system navigator at theCommunity Head Injury ResourceServices. It’s a complicated organand damaging it can result in seri-ous consequences and obstacles.

I don’t consider this a burden; Iwon’t say that I’m glad this hap-pened to me but I’m a firm believ-er in the common phrase that“everything happens for a reason.”

This injury brought old peopleinto my life again, because theywere concerned about me. Itbrought new people into my lifebecause they had to take care of mefor two weeks in the hospital. Italso made me realize just howlucky I am to have such wonderfulpeople and amazing friendships inmy life.

To all my friends reading this,I’m talking about you, so pat your-self on the back. Apparently thefirst thing I asked about when Iwoke up (aside from making mydad promise to buy me the newiPhone 5. Yes, I’m a brat) wasschool. I don’t know if that makesme a dork or just makes me worri-some, but it was a thought that wasconstantly on my mind.

Being a fourth-year history stu-dent, foregoing the semester wasnot something I could afford. Butat the same time, I knew the obsta-cles I’d be facing.

Catching up on missed seminarreadings was something I fearedbut wanted to conquer. Thankfully,I have three amazing professorsthat were completely understand-ing and willing to work with me tosucceed this semester.

That is essentially where the eas-iness ends.

Because my brain is still swollenfrom the surgery, the front part ispushing on my eyes and makingmy vision unfocused. My eyes areessentially back to normal now butafter I got discharged I was seeingdouble, even triple.

So now that I’ll forever be underthe label of “brain injury girl,” Idon’t know how to continue mylife.

For me, the hardest part of thiswhole thing has been taking theseverity of my injury seriouslybecause I don’t remember any ofit. So when I tell people about thefact that I had brain surgery, I can’thelp but laugh.

I’m not laughing at my injuries,I know they are real and life threat-ening and I appreciate all the workmy doctors did to keep me alive.

But try saying “I had brain sur-gery” out loud, it feels weird right?Especially as a university student.

When asked how to take preven-tive measures in regards to braininjuries, Azim Ahmed, communi-cations and fund development offi-cer at the Ontario Brain InjuryAssociation (OBIA) stressed that“the most important thing is beingaware of what’s around you.”

He went on to say that obvious-ly it’s impossible to prevent acci-dents from happening, but beingaware of your surroundings andbeing logical in common situa-tions, like “when riding a bike,obviously helmets are important,”is smart. Fontaine added that youshould “really think about the risksyou are taking.”

Another thing I’ve found diffi-cult with this whole situation isthat, since a brain injury is internaland the only thing that tells peopleI have one is my hidden scars andthe shaved part of my head, mostpeople don’t believe it.

According to the OBIA, braininjuries are the number one killerand disabler of people under 44. Soclearly, we need to be more awareof internal injuries. They’re realand they happen to students.

Especially since young peopleare so active, brain injuries duringsports are common. According tothe OBIA, one in five sport-relatedinjuries are brain injuries.

So the next time you see some-one acting out, don’t be so quick tojudge. Don’t assume that they arejust being dumb and remember thatthey could have a story like mineand just didn’t get as lucky.

One in 26 Canadians are livingwith an acquired brain injury,according to OBIA.

Within the next hour, sixCanadians will suffer from a braininjury. Whether that is from faint-ing in a piercing shop, or in anoth-er accident, it is a common occur-rence.

As the OBIA stated on theirwebsite, an acquired brain injury is15 times more common than aspinal cord injury, 30 times morecommon than breast cancer and400 times more common thanHIV/AIDS.

KATELYN CULLUMTHE CORD

I survived brain surgery … now what?

Over the last few years, whenev-er anyone would ask me about myfavourite SUV, I would withouthesitation say the big Range RoverSupercharged.

No other SUV felt as good as theRange Rover Supercharged, noth-ing looked better, and nothingcame even close to matching itsinterior.

In short, it is the ultimate truck,and it may even be the ultimateluxury vehicle. However, it doeshave a rather bad reputation forreliability.

When Land Rover started workon the 2013 model of the RangeRover, the first thing they say theytackled was its reliability issues. Ihope they have accomplished this,and I hope this new vehicle willnever be found on the side of theroad, with steam spewing from itsowner’s ears.

I lived with this new RangeRover Supercharged for a week, aweek that saw me put roughly1,300 kms on it, and thankfullynothing broke or stopped working.So maybe this new Range Rover isas reliable as its maker suggests itis.

The other issue people had withthe Range Rover, especially onesequipped with the superchargedmotor, was with its fuel economy.The reason for its thirst was notonly its massive 5.0-litre super-charged V8 motor (which pro-duces 510hp and 461lb/ft oftorque), but also its weight. SoLand Rover went about to maketheir behemoth lighter. Now theRange Rover has a new aluminumchassis, which, along with otherweight-saving measures, hasreduced its weight by 318kg overthe old model (its curb weight,however, is still a hefty 2,330kg).Lighter weight equals less strainon the motor, which means itworks less hard and drinks lessfuel. Add to that a new eight-speedautomatic transmission (previous-ly was a six-speed box), and thatshould help save some fuel as well.I averaged 14.2 litres/100km,

which is quite incredible for avehicle like this. However, it willonly drink premium fuel, and sinceI had to do a lot of driving, it wasreally thirsty, which meant that Iwas left almost bankrupt.

At least I was travelling in style.The Range Rover has always

been a classy and elegant vehicleto travel in, and the new one is noexception. It is still as impressiveto behold as it always was, and thesleek new design might even winsome new fans.

Step inside, and while the interi-or is not radically new, it doeshave some neat new features, suchas the flush centre console and arotating knob for selecting gears(which first appeared in sistercompany Jaguar’s products backin 2010).

The best feature in this interioris the seats. Very few vehicleshave seats as good as the ones inthe Range Rover. I had spent along day just driving this vehicle,and the seats never gave me anydiscomfort. If you spend a lot oftime on the road, this is the vehiclefor you.

If you like your SUV to also actlike a hot rod, then again, you willlike this truck. Thanks to its super-charged motor, the Range Roveraccelerates like a sports car. Thesprint from zero to 100 km/h takesjust 5.4 seconds, and whenequipped with the 22-inch wheeland tire sport package, the topspeed for this vehicle is 250 km/h(225 km/h in standard trim).

The ultimate SUV remains theultimate, at least in my books. Ifyou want one as much as I do, thenI hope your bank account is health-ier than mine. Base price for theRange Rover Supercharged is$114,750.

MOTORING NAUMAN [email protected]

Supercharged upfor summer

ABBOTSFORD (CUP) —When William Faulkner wrote ofthe “pattern, design almost beauti-ful” of hockey, “that second before… (disintegration) and dissolve,”not only was his a perfect pictureof the spectatorship of a sport, butthe volatility of being in love withone.

Choosing Faulkner as a go-tohockey quote over any of the thou-sands of faces that have appearedover the years on The SportsNetwork, Canadian BroadcastingCorporation or voices on the radio,is probably the obvious undergrad-uate thing to do. It’s an outsiderperspective of something thatopens up re-evaluation. It’s a mov-ing away from expected authoritiesto the period after growing up witha sport – being impressed by fami-ly tradition, national identity,what’s “in” at school. It’s nowabout choosing interests, values,reasons of our own. We begin totry to rationalize what we like andface rejecting the rest – either thator ignore the questions of why wewatch.

Hockey is said to be free, notbound to the rigidity of plays likefootball and baseball, more chaoticand physical than basketball. Yet itfalls, through strategies, throughthis lack of form, into the mostbasic, uninteresting structures ofpower play formations, passinglanes and endless rotation.

From the 12 years I followedhockey closely, the hundreds ofgames and memorized names andtendencies didn’t add up to a singleteam but patterns of play that couldbe, yes, almost beautiful in theirconforming (the Sedins doing whatthey do) or breaking (to the pointwhere “broken play leading to agoal” is a pattern in itself). But thatalso gives the dekes and garbagegoals and glove saves of highlightreels a predictability – it’s beenseen before. Hockey lives in thereplay, it can’t be caught fully thefirst time, and so much of it thendepends on television direction.

Already much hockey strategyhas the objective of stifling cre-ativity, so perhaps it’s fittingthere’s often nothing that evenapproaches an attempt to conveythe speed and attractive qualities ofthe game as seen on television.Distant pans cut to behind-the-glass bodychecks, while the onlymoving camera tracking a break-out defenceman. In the one situa-tion when it would better to see theice in its entirety, the televisioncamera restricts vision, keeps thegame conventional, closed-in andstale.

The biggest push away fromhockey is in its culture. The sportFaulkner praises for the “excite-ment of speed and grace,” “not

from the crude impact of a heavierfist” if it exists, is rarely describedin similar terms. The argument sur-rounding fighting, of pacifists andthose flipping between the gameand Ultimate FightingChampionship, is not somethingthat can be resolved, but can it beenough to say that hockey fightingdoesn’t even stand up on merits ofbeing a “good” fight?

It’s marked by overextendingand blindly swinging and grabbingand awkwardly falling, not assomething more realistic andmessy, but staged and pointless. Inthe same way, none of the all-too-frequently life-altering injuriescould be said to come from a resultof a “good” hit. The physicality ofhockey is more closely associatedwith sounds, with selective memo-ry, than with the actual sloppy,childish menace of the thing itself.And this is praised and valued.

To compare baseball to hockeyis to risk that same mentality – thatone is tougher, that the athletes ofone sport aren’t even athletes. It’sa mixture of defensiveness fromfans of a less popular sport andfalse bravado. But this relies onanother television twisting – theknowledge of the sport throughhighlight reels. The emphasis ofhome runs and diving catches,although exciting, falls into thatsame trap of predictability andreplay. Where baseball lives is inbetween, the so-called “boring”parts where “nothing’s happen-ing.”

Baseball broadcasts aren’tgroundbreaking, but they don’thave the problem of failing toshow – everything is before andvisible, the pitcher-catcher-batterrelation clearly defined andobservable. When runners reach

base, the imperfect but still effec-tive solution of splitting the screen,showing multiple perspectives,with base-running coaches in thebackground, cuts to managerialdirection and the different platepositions all held on the screenuntil the last possible second, whenthe pitch is released, the early jumpof a stealing runner or stop at therealization of a strikeout just regis-tering at the corner of the frame.

A friend that helped re-introduceme to baseball offered one obser-vation that also helped when itcomes to season and game length:with a game every day, there is lessdwelling on the past, an allowancefor losses because every team willwith such a packed schedule.

What it also means is just moreto watch – there are those that tryto see everything, but the over-abundance means that there’s theroutine of there always being agame on, to turn on for a fewinnings as inoffensive backdropfor an evening of trying-to-but-notdoing homework.

Baseball extends through days,timeslots and pre-conceptions.Surely the greatest experience ofwatching hockey is playoff over-time when the game doesn’t enduntil a goal, with no commercialsto interrupt. With baseball, there isthe possibility for this with everygame.

Every half-inning is defined thisway; it could be over in regular 1-2-3 fashion, or take an hour, withnothing to break in and advertise.Sure, there’s always the signage insight, and required broadcastermention, but it’s a pleasant feature,and better yet an outcome of theeternal possibility in baseball – asport unrestricted by time, wherevictory is always an open chance.

MICHAEL SCOULAR THE CASCADE

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It is snowing as I write this. I hopethat by the time you read this, it willbe sunny again. Last year we got itreally good and the sun was blastingfull force by the time St. Patrick’sDay came around. Actually, I thinkwe got it a little too good because thisyear’s weather seems to be a com-plete yo-yo of a tease in terms of sunand cold. Back to reality, I guess, andback to the indoor routines for a littlewhile longer for most of us.

A group of friends and I had a bitof a roundtable discussion after arecent weekend spent indoors. Wewere joined by a couple of otherresistance training enthusiasts whoalso had some opinions. One of themhappened to be a female bodybuilderwho is very well respected in thecommunity with several accomplish-ments. Somehow we got into a dis-cussion about biceps and bicep train-ing. She started explaining that in

order to increase the size of the bicepbelly, you have to do exercises thathyperextend the bicep. Basically, shewas suggesting that stretching thebicep with extreme force will create abigger surface area so that you actu-ally have more bicep to work with(the more bicep you start off with, themore bicep you have to stimulategrowth through weight trainingresulting in bigger arms).

It instantly got awkward becauseanyone who has a basic knowledgeof the human anatomy knows thatyou simply work with the body andgenetic gifts that your parents gaveyou. Absolutely everyone canimprove their body composition, andto be more specific to this particulardiscussion, everyone can increaseand tone their arms. However, ourbicep belly lengths are already indi-vidually predetermined and the larg-er they are the greater capacity youhave to get “bigger” arms. Thisapplies to the rest of our body parts aswell. For example, the higher yourcalves attach on your legs, the loweryour potential for growth is com-pared to that of a person of similarproportion who has calves that attach

much lower on their legs. When youthink about it, it makes completesense; the larger muscle belliedcalves simply have much more roomto grow from weight training.

The point is, this bodybuilder iscompletely off her rocker into believ-ing you can hyperextend your musclebellies in such away. More impor-tant, it doesn’t take a genius to figureout that HYPERextending anythingis NOT a good idea and will eventu-ally lead to serious injury. She is sim-ply another case of an individual withgreat genetics for body building, buthas chosen to believe some veryincorrect information.

So, if you don’t take anything fromthis article, at least leave with this:STAY IN SCHOOL, KIDS. But on aserious note, don’t just listen toeverything that someone has to sayjust because they may appear to be a“pro” in the topic of conversation. Ifsomething seems “off,” listen to yourgut! Do some of your own personalresearch and gather more opinions toformulate your own conclusion. Inthe meantime, I need to end thisweek’s article because I have severalsets of bicep hyperextensions to do!

“Professional” doesn’talways mean right

FUN AND FITNESSRICK [email protected]

Seven Fanshawe students receive highest CCAA honour

Seven Fanshawe College stu-dents will be honoured with theCanadian Collegiate AthleticAssociation’s (CCAA) most presti-gious award.

The SIRC-CCAA Academic AllCanadian Award recognizes stu-dents with high achievement insport as well as academics.Honourees must attain academichonours (above a 3.5 GPA) at theirinstitution in addition to having ahigh level of athletic achievement.

Falcon athletes who are receiv-ing the awards are FeliciaMazerolle (basketball), ClintSmith (cross country), NicoleMcDonald (soccer), StephanieBignell (volleyball) and three play-ers from the women’s curlingteam: Shannon Kee, Jordan Ariss,and Kaitlyn Knipe.

Fanshawe athletic directorNathan McFadden pointed out thatmany of the players are nationalchampions. “There’s three of themthat are from our women’s curlingteam, which is also our national

championship team, so that’s agreat honour for them to have thatindividual and team success, inaddition to their academics.”

McFadden added that the sameholds true for Clint Smith. “He wasa national silver medalist and alsoa national champion with themen’s cross country team.”

With seven honourees,Fanshawe finished atop theOntario Colleges AthleticAssociation and tied for second inall of Canada. Fanshawe tied withthe University of British Columbia

Okanagan and has only one fewerhonouree than Vancouver IslandUniversity.

McFadden was thrilled withFanshawe’s accomplishment. “Ourathletic department encompasses alot more than just athletics becausewe’re constantly supporting ourstudent athletes on the academicside as well … To be able to leadOntario is a really high honour forour college and our institution,something that we are extremelyproud of as both a college and as anathletic department.”

Despite the work and support ofcoaches, staff, family and friends,McFadden credited the athletesthemselves for the accomplish-ment. “At the end of the day,they’re the ones who put the workin, in the classroom and on theplaying surface to achieve thathonour.”

To view all SIRC-CCAAAcademic All Canadian Awardwinners, visithttp://tinyurl.com/SIRC-CCAA.


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Toronto FC started their seasonwith four points from their firstfour games in a valiant effort tostay with the rest of Major LeagueSoccer as the season is into its ear-liest stages. This year’s team lookslike a promising group of players,as we have already seen someflashes of brilliance from these menso far.

The defence has been as solid asexperts promised with the arrival ofcentre-back-turned-coach RyanNelsen.

Danny Califf and captain DarrenO’Dea have formed one of the bestcentre-back tandems in the league –a tough task, considering TFCstruggled in the defensive end lastseason.

The left and right backs haven’tseen much change. AshtoneMorgan and Richard Eckersleyreturn with pace and sensibleattacking runs to help complementthe midfield. However, they areshallow in these areas. DarrellRussell started over a tired Morganwhen they played the Los AngelesGalaxy on March 30. He provedover the 90 minutes (especially thefinal minute, when his costly head-er gifted possession and a lateequalizer for the Galaxy) that thisback four isn’t much deeper thanthat.

The midfield has seen a majoroverhaul for the better, as TFClooks to move the ball about thepitch, something they haven’t donein a long time. John Bostock andHogan Ephraim give the midfieldtechnical skill, allowing the group

to properly develop plays instead ofjust seeing a dump and chase styleof play.

Although we haven’t seen thetwo properly link up just yet, simi-lar skills from an already settledLuis Silva have already done thetrick. Winger Reggie Lambe is alsoperforming well (leaving the nick-name ‘Reggie Goat’ behind), as thefive-man midfield has allowed forhim to play a limited role, lettinghim use his speed and cut down histouches on the ball.

The two central midfielders,however, have been awful so far.Terry Dunfield and Jeremy Hallboth should not be playing at thislevel, as neither of them can prop-erly stop or create plays. Hall, usu-ally a defender, can barely controlthe ball and pass it before he is shutdown. Meanwhile, Dunfield hasalways been a liability defensively,taking awful challenges and leav-ing his backs vulnerable.

Finally, the strikers have beenfabulous. My apologizes, the strik-er has been fabulous. Welsh nativeRobbie Earnshaw is a formerCardiff City man. He has played asthe lone striker and is averaging agoal a game after four games.Being that lone man up top, he isreally given licence to pounce onsleepy defencemen and createchances.

Earnshaw has already become aBMO Field legend with his firstfour goals, all created by him.Whether it’s catching a defensewith a slow pass or a penalty, thisman is proving well worth everypenny he is paid.

There are a lot of positives withthis TFC squad this year as theylook toward the summer. Only timewill tell if they can step the pace upand find themselves in playoff con-tention by autumn.

A promising newlook for TFC

FANSHAWE FCMARTY [email protected]: @martythompson_

CREDIT: MLSSOCCER.COM

TFC’s fortune looks to have turned as the club has a few good pieces towork around.

CREDIT: FANSHAWE ATHLETICS

Fanshawe Falcons women's hockey team captains Brittany Tiseo, Kelsey Fox, Carly Parker and Laura Dohertyaccept the challenge cup from St. Lawrence-Cornwall following the Ontario Colleges Committee on CampusRecreation final last month.

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