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NEWS 2Volume 45 Issue No. 3 September 10, 2012 www.fsu.ca/interrobang/

Shannon Bozor is in her firstyear of Intergrated LandPlanning Technologies atFanshawe College. Shedescribed herself as “a no-drama, old-school, music-listen-ing anime geek.” 1. Why are you here?To get the college experience andeventually get a career, of course. 2. What was your life-changingmoment?

The birth of my little sister. Gottasay, I wished for her for 13 years.3. What music are you currentlylistening to?J-POP and K-POP.4. What is the best piece ofadvice you’ve ever received?If you don’t like something,change it. If you can’t change it,change your attitude.5. Who is your role model?Spike Spiegel.

6. Where in the world have youtravelled?U.S.A., Ottawa, Montreal, Congo,Guadeloupe and France.7. What was your first job?Babysitting my brothers.8. What would your last mealbe?A giant bowl of ramen.9. What makes you uneasy?Grandmothers in short shorts andshifty people. 10. What is your passion?Anime/manga and customizingstuff.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.

10 Things I Know About You...

Bozor loves her anime

CREDIT: SUBMITTED

Shannon Bozor’s life changed when her sister was born.

CREDIT: FSU STREET TEAM

Forwell Hall was packed on September 3 for a MuchMusic Video Dance Party.

KIOSK QUIZWHEN IS THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OPEN?

Drop by the Welcome Kiosk with your answer. Five winners will be selected from correct entries and we’ll notify winners by email.The Welcome Kiosk (between the Bookstore and the Library) is open all year between 8am and 4pm, Monday

to Friday.PRIZES SPONSORED BY CHARTWELLS

sweet tweets of the week

@irenemathyssen Wishing students, staff, and teachers

all the best this school year. Students

at Western University & Fanshawe

College, welcome to #LDNont

@supermario_47 Back at the ‘shawe. Feels awesome

#LdnOnt #MayTheFroshBeWithYou

@LashoutthejonesErmahgerd tacos at the #oasis best

first day at #fanshawe EVAR of all

time

@Emerginglondon Welcome #uwo and #Fanshawe

students! Here are a few tips for

living in #Ldnont http://owl.li/dsb96

(via @matt_thomas1)

@BrianGTBAfter watching the @fan-

shawesu video yesterday I’ve

decided @FSUPresident and @

FSUVPExternal should take up

acting!#maythefroshbewithyou

@FSU_FINANCE Res kids! You have been killing it all

weekend!!! Awesome time at the

much video dance! #youvegottha-

tonething #maythefroshbewithyou

@eyecarllyI go to my first class and every

seat has their own macs love it.

#fanshawe http://instagr.am/p/

PKku2Lv3IE/

@devinrobinson77 First day of school, amazing energy

in the air #fanshawe

@spainer4life Today my friends is the first day of

the rest of my life #careerchange

#fanshawe

@intheheezy So #fanshawe knows how to party,

let’s see how it educates !

@FanshaweCollege Nice! Congrats. RT @leslie_xo : A year

ago today, I was driving to Fanshawe

to move in. Today, I’m driving to work

in a job field I love.

@interrobang_fsu Our 2nd annual Sex Survey is up! If

you’re a current#FanshaweCollege

student, tell us what turns you on:

http://fsu.ca/interrobang_sex_sur-

vey.php

@teallieford I get super sad when I think about

not going to Fanshawe any more...:(

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If there’s one thing to note aboutthe London Police Service this fall,it’s that they will be watching you.Project L.E.A.R.N (LiquorEnforcement And Reduction inNoise) is in full force, which,according to Police Chief BradDuncan, means that “Police will bemaintaining a highly visible pres-ence to proactively dissuadebehaviour that is inappropriate anddisruptive to the community.”Police also work in collaborationwith Campus Security, who moni-tor over 300 security cameras oncampus.

As of September 5, the LondonPolice Service had 95 officers onduty; they laid 13 CriminalCharges and delivered 415Provincial Offence Notices.“Surprisingly,” said Duncan,“more than half those charges werefor individuals other than UWOand Fanshawe students.”Nonetheless, the focus is on stu-dent-heavy areas, and in particular

Fleming Drive. The London Police force will

spend $350,000 on ProjectL.E.A.R.N this year. With animpressive track record, there isproof that Project L.E.A.R.N hasbeen successful. Duncan pointedout, “From 2008 to 2011, there wasa noticeable reduction in the num-ber of Criminal Charges being laid:130 in 2008 and 54 in 2011.”Between 2010 and 2011 there wasa reduction of over 300 ProvincialOffence Notices that were laid.“There appeared to be a slow butsteady change in individual per-spectives that resulted in the reduc-tion of rowdy behaviours primarilyassociated with excessive con-sumption of alcohol,” he added.

Duncan paused. “Then cameMarch 17, 2012.”

As a result of the St. Patrick’sDay Fleming Drive riot, whichresulted in 175 Criminal CodeCharges being laid, a new publicnuisance bylaw was created in thecity. Duncan clarified, “A nuisanceparty is described as a social gath-

ering on any premise where theconduct of those present results indisorderly conduct, public drunk-enness, damage to public or privateproperty, unreasonable noise,unlawful open burning, public dis-turbances and public urinating, toname a few.” The bylaw places theresponsibility on the owner, theoccupant and the tenant of a resi-dence who allows or permits a nui-sance party on their premise.Under the public nuisance bylaw,London police officers have theability to charge a minimum of$500 and a maximum of $10,000.

We all know that the FlemingDrive incident created an awfulreputation for Fanshawe and thesurrounding community. ButDuncan urged London to bounceback, emphasizing our ability toreinvent our reputation in a posi-tive manner. The Police Servicewants to make sure that individualswho are students and rentersunderstand that they can collec-tively make a difference in ourcommunity. Duncan assured thepublic, “We’re quite prepared thisyear to ramp up police presence …I can tell you the planning is unbe-lievable – what goes into theseProject L.E.A.R.Ns, it takes manymonths of planning.” But aftereight years of completing ProjectL.E.A.R.N, London Police arehoping to one day no longer haveto provide the service.

London Police have also decidedto increase communication withstudents, hoping to prevent theseincidents from happening beforethey begin. Project L.E.A.R.Nmembers are going out into theneighbourhoods that are known totraditionally house students, going

door-to-door and speaking to asmany occupants as they can. “Wehaven’t had this kind of an empha-sis in the past where we’ve had thechief engage the students,” Duncannoted, “But I think they need tohear it, and to know that they canchange the pattern of activity in apositive way.”

Manager of bylaw enforcementfor the City of London OrestKatolyk said the city is highlyinvolved. “We’ve already been outthere … going door-to-door, send-ing letters to the landlords, andtalking to the student groups atFanshawe and Western.”

In a controversial statement,

Mayor Fontana told first-yearWestern students at a rally duringFrosh Week, “I know the Presidentof your school wants you to studyhard, but that’s all bullshit. Youshould just have fun.”

When asked about the comment,Chief Duncan noted, “You need totake that into context … I think hewould also say it’s about responsi-ble partying. No one’s saying youcan’t have fun when you go toschool, we’ve all been there.”

The consensus? Everyone wantsstudents to have fun – this will beone of the best social experiencesof your life... just remember every-thing’s good in moderation.

MELANIE ANDERSONINTERROBANG

Whether you are a returning stu-dent or just starting out at theCollege, remember that all mem-bers of the College communityhave rights and the College sup-ports your rights. Along with thoserights, each of you has responsibil-ities to ensure that you do notinfringe on the rights of others.The College must also ensure thatat no time are anyone’s rightsbeing violated.

There are laws at the municipal,provincial and federal levels thatare enforced at the College and theCollege’s Student Code ofConduct Policy sets out expecta-

tions of the behaviour of our stu-dents while you are here.

Please remember the Three Rswhile at the College: haveRESPECT for yourself, RESPECTthe rights and dignity of others andtake RESPONSIBILITY for youractions and your attitude.

Your time at college should besome of the best years of your lifeand remembered with pride and asense of accomplishment. You willbe facing many choices during thistime and those choices are yours tomake. The College encourages youto make the choices that will ensureyour success while you’re here andwe will be here to help you.

It’s about CHOICES!

BOB CLARKSTUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT ADMINISTRATOR

Now that you’ve got the firstweek of partying out of the way,it’s time to participate in some-thing for a cause. This September,the Fanshawe Student Union execsare putting on a number of eventsto raise money for the LondonChildren’s Health Foundation.“The FSU wanted to keep the char-ity local,” said FSU operationsmanager John Young. “The stu-dents suggested helping children inthe community who are unfortu-nate enough to have to be in thehospital.”

The FSU started off by hosting aResidence BBQ on move-in week-end at the beginning of September– a two-day event that raised$1,500 for the charity. For those ofyou who put on some neon attireon and headed to the FSU’s Tightand Bright pub night lastThursday, money from ticket salesalso went to help these children inneed. If you missed out, there arestill opportunities for you to getinvolved.

If you’re one of those guys long-boarding home from parties atnight or skateboarding to class,there are some upcoming eventsthat may interest you. OnSeptember 12, head to ForwellHall to compete in a game ofHORSE and win some prizes. Forthose of you who are unfamiliar

with the game usually played witha basketball, HORSE is essentiallya game of copy-cat. One individualleads by performing a certain shotor trick, and the other players haveto copy it. Whoever fails to per-form the trick receives an “H” –once that person spells out theword “horse,” they are out of thegame. If you’re interested, showup in Forwell Hall between 12 and1 p.m., and bring your skateboard!

The big finale fundraiser is a 5km Skate-A-Thon happening onSeptember 15 on campus. At 1p.m. you can grab your skateboard,bike or rollerblades and wheelyour way around a course made oncampus roads, or you can simplylace up those running shoes andhoof it around the track. Each par-ticipant must collect a minimum of$10 for donations. You can registerin advance at the Biz Booth, orbetween 12 and 1 p.m. on the dayof the event outside Merlin Houseresidence.

Young said, “Our goal is to raisebetween $3,500 and $5,000 to giveto the London Children’s HealthFoundation. It’s all about studentshelping young kids. We get a badrep that Orientation Week isalways about partying and drink-ing, but even in the first two dayswe raised $1,500 for charity! Youknow people are willing to giveand we’re just looking for that par-ticipation.”

MELANIE ANDERSONINTERROBANG

CREDIT: MELANIE ANDERSON

London Police Chief Brad Duncan addresses the media during a pressconference at Police Headquarters on September 5.

London police to keep close watch on students

Remember the Three Rs

Help the FSU help kids

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The treatment and care of ani-mals in zoos and aquariums hasalways been a concern of animalactivists, but a Toronto Star inves-tigation into the treatment of mam-mals at Marineland has broughtthese issues to the attention of thegeneral public.

The Star’s investigationinvolves eight former staff reveal-ing that poor tank conditions andlack of care has led to the sufferingof animals. The comments fromthe staff detail the marine mam-mals suffering from fur loss, skindamage and blindness. One traineradmitted that Larry, one ofMarineland’s seals, was taken outof the water for days or weeks at atime and put into a waterless pen.Larry’s eyes are now red andswollen: he is blind. He is amongsix of the seven seals atMarineland who have lost theireyesight. The staff members blamepoor water conditions and staffingshortages that make it difficult forthem to provide proper care forthese animals.

Larry was born and raised inLondon’s Storybook Gardens.

Larry and harbour seal Babywere transferred to Marineland in2005 because Storybook had sevenseals at the time, which was capac-ity for their pool. According toStorybook Gardens manager JohnRiddell, “The seals were in excel-lent condition with no health con-cerns when they left Storybook.”

Friends of Captive Animals(FOCA) member Vicki VanLinden had visited these pools sev-eral times. “There were seven sealsin that pool, which was shocking, itlooked like sardines in a can.These are large animals and thereare no features that have anythingto do with modern zoo design.”

In 2008, the decision was madeto transfer several of Storybook’sother animals. Downscaling thezoo operation was part of a newbusiness plan that was created in2008. Between 2008 and 2011,over half of the zoo animals weretransferred, leaving only the sealsand four other wildlife exhibits,which were more difficult to trans-fer.

It was decided that this summer,four harbour seals from Storybookbe transferred to a state of the artfacility at the St. Louis Zoo.Riddell said that in collaborationwith FOCA and Zoocheck,Storybook Gardens made the rec-ommendation to city council totransfer the seals to St. Louis inorder to provide them with the bestpossible living conditions.

According to Riddell, “The orig-inal plan was to keep the remaininganimals until the end of their natu-ral lives, but in 2011 Zoocheckstepped in to offer logistical sup-port in planning and funding thetransfers of the remaining wildlifeanimals.” Unfortunately, only oneof the four seals made it to St.Louis. The animals died whilebeing transferred, and the cause oftheir death is still under debate.Distress was considered a majorfactor, but Zoocheck Canada saidthe seals died of overheating, notstress.

Prior to the transfer, FOCA con-ducted an observational study ofthe behaviour of the four Harbour

seals: CriCri, Nunavut, Peanut andAtlantis. Van Linden was part ofthe investigation and said that,“What we observed taught us a lotabout how a small pool with nonatural features and no interestingactivities provides a very poorquality life for intelligent, sociallycomplex animals … The pool itselfwas an absolutely dreadful designand was way too small, it shouldnever been used to house marinemammals.” The seal pool was over50 years old, built in 1958.

Riddell clarified, “The sealswere healthy, but the pool itselfwas somewhat small and basic, itdid not provide them with the bestliving conditions.”

Cost became a big issue when itcame to keeping the seals here;“The cost to upgrade the pool tocurrent standards was deemed bycity council to be out of reachfinancially, so we chose to transferthe seals to the brand new pool andfacilities in St. Louis,” Riddellsaid.

The question by many readersand activists is, can animals livehappily in captivity?

Most animal activists will arguethat no captive animal is treatedproperly. They also suggest largeconservation areas that providenatural habitats for these animals.One issue is that there are no sanc-tuaries for marine mammals. VanLinden did have some suggestionsfor mitigating the suffering andcreating the best possible experi-ence for these animals.

She said she wishes that thetanks were more complex. “Bycomplexity I mean not just a barrentank. They should have things thatthey can swim around, things thathave some bit of difference andchange, different places for themto rest.”

She added that attention fromtrainers does help with their quali-ty of life. “Working daily withtrainers does mitigate some of thatsuffering. It’s like if you’re inprison but you have a craft or exer-cise program; you’re still not freebut you have something to look

forward to, some stimulation.”Raising awareness is also essen-

tial when it comes to breakingdown these issues and making adifference. As a result of theToronto Star investigation, over300 protesters paid a visit toMarineland’s gates to stand up forthe alleged suffering animals.What many animal activists andprotesters are hoping for is achange in legislation, as theyblame a lack of regulations inCanada for places like Marinelandto continue to operate freely. “Oneof the issues is that we haveextremely weak laws and virtuallyno federal laws to protect marinemammals,” Van Linden said.

With the Toronto Star investiga-tion making such a big splash, aninvestigation was conducted byThe Ontario Society for thePrevention of Cruelty to Animalsand The Canadian Association ofZoos and Aquariums atMarineland. The OSPCA con-firmed that “no major issues werefound,” but CAZA stated theinvestigation is ongoing.

One concern that Van Lindenhas along with Barry KentMacKay, the Animal Alliance ofCanada Director, is CAZA’s abili-ty to actually protect the animals.In a letter written to CAZA,MacKay said “I can’t recall anyzoo losing accreditation fromCAZA.”

Van Linden agreed; “I can’t finda time it’s ever happened, CAZA isin no way a zoo protection agency,you would call them a union forzookeepers. But, who does a unionfor zookeepers serve? Zookeepers!They serve the business interests ofzoos.”

For more information:CAZA’s involvement:

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The Toronto Star Investigation:t inyur l . com/mar inean imals -torstar2012

Sign the petition:tinyurl.com/marineanimals-peti-tion2012

Marineland investigationmakes a splash

MELANIE ANDERSONINTERROBANG

CREDIT: ERIKA FAUST

Storybook Gardens was famous for its seals and other wildlife, but itsonly remaining seal is the bronze statue outside the gates.

CREDIT: JON LINES

Rose Cora Perry, right, takes the spotlight once again as host ofLondon’s Driven, which airs on Rogers TV.

Rose Cora Perry is no stranger tobeing in the spotlight.

Dabbling in various arts projectssince high school, Perry’s newestventure as host of London’s Drivenhas given her the opportunity toexplore her creative side on awhole different level.

Since her debut episode onAugust 15, Perry has already fea-tured some of London’s most fas-cinating professionals that havemade an impact on the local com-munity.

Created by RevolutionaryProjects’ Johnny Vega andFrancisco Cux, London’s Drivenprofiles local young entrepreneursin their 20s to 30s who contributeto making London a more vibrantand generative community.

The show’s crew – Cheryl Post,Suny Pein and Ayenia Quintanilla– have dedicated countless hourstowards production and locatingsome of London’s greatest youngrole models. “Johnny andFrancisco truly couldn’t havefound a better group of people towork with for the show,” Perrysaid with pride.

As the face of London’s Driven,Perry has made her mark in thecommunity as an inspiring anddriven young professional workingtowards her dreams.

After completing a Liberal Artsdiploma and a post-graduatedegree in CorporateCommunications and PublicRelations at Fanshawe College,Perry launched her first columnseries, “So You Wanna Be In ARock Band?” with the Interrobangnewspaper.

Shortly after college, Perrydecided to continue her educationat Western University and graduat-ed with an Honours B.A. in SocialPsychology. Her academic experi-ence inspired her to begin anothercolumn series at the Interrobangcalled “Psych Your Mind.”

Not only has Perry worked as afreelance print journalist, she hasalso headed her own artist manage-ment/record label/publicity com-pany.

“While London’s Driven hasprovided me with my first ‘real’opportunity hosting a televisionprogram, it’s fair to say I’ve beeninvolved in media in some capaci-ty for many years,” Perry said.

Being a musician herself, Perryis used to being the one in theinterviewee hotseat. However,since she began freelancing forInterrobang, she has taken on anyopportunities that allow her to be

on the other side. “I simply needed to find the

right fit to make the transition fromprint to broadcast.”

Perry has interviewedLondoners such as Juan Diego, astudent activist and founder ofSURLA (Students United inRepresentation of Latin America),who will be featured in mid-September.

“Juan’s story is compellingbecause he came from a childhoodfull of struggle,” said Perry.“Despite this, he has managed totake those negative experiencesand turn into an inspiring positiveindividual today, who aims tomake a difference in other people’slives through his activism.”

Perry said she hopes thatLondon’s Driven will inspireLondoners to take control of theirlives and make a difference in theircommunity.

“Many young people come toLondon because of our greatschools, but leave as soon asthey’ve completed their studies,”said Perry. “The guests featured onLondon’s Driven are a reflection ofthe simple fact that oftentimes youreally have to make your ownopportunities if you want to be suc-cessful.”

Perry and the rest of theLondon’s Driven crew are thrilledthat Rogers TV recognizes thepotential of the show and has givena developing independent produc-tion company the chance to launchtheir first series.

In order to produce new andexciting episodes, Londoners areencouraged to nominate youngprofessionals who have made animpact on their community.

One way the crew has reachedout to the public is through socialmedia. “Being able to reach out toour audience easily and have themlikewise feel they can play aninteractive part in our show isessential,” said Perry.

Scheduled to run an eight-episode pilot series, Londoners cancheck out show times and nomi-nate candidates on the show’s offi-cial Twitter and Facebook pages.

“I can’t express enough howexcited I am to be a part of thisshow,” said Perry, “and I hope itleads to many more opportunitiesfor all of those who’ve con-tributed.”

Check out London’s Driven onTwitter @LondonsDriven andF a c e b o o kfacebook.com/LondonsDriven,and head to rosecoraperry.com tolearn more about Perry.

AGNES CHICKINTERROBANG

Rose Cora Perry takes thespotlight on London’s Driven

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College already seems like a for-eign world for many new students;there are new classes to navigate,new roommates to meet and the chal-lenge of living on your own to dealwith. But what about learning tospeak English? Not knowing a singleperson? Or struggling to find foodyou enjoy? Being an internationalstudent is no walk in the park.

Methods of teaching and class-room styles vary greatly from coun-try to country. Just like every newstudent, the international students atFanshawe are presented with newchallenges when they arrive.

“School at home is 100 per centdifferent,” said Elo Ikpe, a graduateof the International BusinessManagement program who is cur-rently studying to become a personalsupport worker. “Back home inNigeria, we are colonized by theBritish, so when I came here I had tolearn APA writing format, which wasa big challenge at first.”

Junhyan Park, a General Businessgraduate, said, “It was a little bit hardto me; lots of essays, presentationsand group work. It’s really funnybecause in South Korea we only havemidterm and final (exams), and wedon’t have any assignments.”

Despite the efforts put forth byFanshawe College, there are somechallenges that they can’t assist with.One of the largest struggles for thesenewcomers is the cost of tuition. Theaverage tuition per semester for inter-national students is approximately$7,000. This amount is three timesmore than what domestic students arepaying. As Canadians, we partiallypay for college and universitytuitions through our taxes. “It’s really

not an inflated amount. It is an actualamount, and in the world-market, weare very cheap,” said internationalstudent advisor Kim Rowe. Theinternational students don’t receivethe same subsidized rate.

Elo said she believes the schoolshere should assist with the prices;“They should offer us scholarships ordiscounts.”

These students don’t qualify forOSAP funding or any sort of bur-saries, which adds to the difficulty ofmaking these payments. “It’s expen-sive, and we have to get the moneyfrom our parents,” Park said.

Most international students comehere knowing very few or no otherstudents, but Fanshawe does offerprograms to assist with social interac-tion and help these students meetnew people. Insu Mun is from Koreaand is taking Web Development atFanshawe, he reflected that theInternational Centre’s host programwas a huge help for him. “It was real-ly nice, because when I came here Ididn’t know anyone. I made manynew friends.” The host program is aone-on-one matching program whereCanadian students help internationalstudents adjust to everyday life. Inaddition to simply becoming a newfriend, the Canadian students canassist with everything from gettingaround London to practicing casualEnglish.

Elo said she found Fanshawe verywelcoming. “It’s a friendly environ-ment, and very accommodating. Thecampus itself is so self-explanatoryand it’s easy to get around.”

Faith Maudsley works in theInternational Services Office andsaid she is impressed with otherdepartments at Fanshawe as theycontinue to improve their relation-

ships with international students.“Athletics is really going over andabove. They are doing so much forour students both in ways of startingcricket as an intramural and extramu-ral sport, as well as hiring a lot of ourstudents to work there.”

Fanshawe could, however, bemore accommodating by providing agreater variety of food options. “It’simpossible to eat on campus,” Elosaid. “The entire (city), it’s so diffi-cult to get African food.” She didpraise United, a large Asian marketin London, “They have the same kindof rice and noodles I get back home,and they have meats – goat meats andchicken with bones!”

Several of the international stu-dents agreed that in order to get foodfrom their culture, they go off-cam-pus or cook it themselves. “There aresome good Middle Eastern restau-rants in London,” said YasserAlusltan, a Business student from theUnited Arab Emirates. “I likeParamount and Mr. Fish andChicken, but on campus there’s notmuch – I’ll eat the pizza or Mr. Sub.”

Last year, approximately 1,250international students graced the hallsof Fanshawe College; this year, thenumber is expected to climb toapproximately 1,500. Elo explainedthat most of her friends go to Englandor America for school, but afterattending school in England herself,she said she prefers Canada. “Hereyou meet different people, and thereare more opportunities here.”

Maudsley said she believes thatliving in Canada helps to attract stu-dents from over 60 countries toFanshawe. “Canada is a very, verypeaceful, liberal country where sev-eral backgrounds can live the waythey want to.”

MELANIE ANDERSONINTERROBANG

The life of an international student

Geekin’ out for agreat cause

It’s no secret that London ishome to a huge nerd population,and weekly Friday Night Magicevents at LA Mood, well-attendedcosplay picnics and the hugeturnout at the Video Games Liveconcert in March all prove it.

Greg Picken and Matthew Hoy,organizers of the first-ever ProjectPlay event, which takes place onSeptember 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.in the Fanshawe Student Centre.They’re aiming to bring togetherlocal nerds of all stripes to have funand raise money for a great cause.

Picken and Hoy are both avidgamers – Picken runs a websitecalled Gamer Pops, which reviewsfamily-orientated games, and Hoyco-founded Games Day Podcast, aweekly online video show that dis-cusses all things gaming. “Beingthat we’re both playing in thatsame area, we got together one dayjust to chat over wings at Palasad,”explained Picken. “We were justshooting around the idea of doingstuff around community building.”

The idea blossomed into a seriesof events called Hello, My GameIs, which featured talks by localgame designers and people whojust love games.

From there, Hoy and Pickencame up with the idea for a largerevent that would bring togethergamers of all kinds, from videogamers to tabletop gamers andeverything in between. Theylooked to PAX, an event createdby the makers of the Penny Arcadewebcomic. “(PAX) was kind of themodel that we thought would bereally cool to bring here. There isDIG (Digital Interactive andGaming conference) in town,which is a great event, but that’svery much industry-focused andbusiness-focused. We thought agood complement to having some-thing like that would be to havesomething that’s very grassroots –for gamers, by gamers.” The initialidea has grown to include anyoneand everyone who is proud to callthemselves nerds, including cos-tume players, artists and more.

Some details are still beingworked out, but Picken said thereis a lot to look forward to already.Local gaming company DigitalExtremes will be showcasing theirnewest game, Warframe, and itwill be available for the public toplay for the first time ever. Otherlocal companies, such as BigViking Games, and indie program-mers will be there to show off thegames and apps they’re workingon as well.

“We’ve got everything from thebiggest (game developing) compa-ny in town to people who are mak-

ing apps in their spare timebecause they have jobs but they’rejust so passionate about creatingtheir own games,” Picken said.“I’m hoping that some of the stu-dents here can be inspired by that.”

Tabletop gamers will be pleasedto note there will be a number oftournaments including Magic: TheGathering, Dungeons & Dragons,Warhammer, Warmachine andmore. Other board games will beavailable for casual play, and peopleare encouraged to bring theirfavourite board game and set up agame of their own.

Other things to check out atProject Play include a cosplay con-test, a digital art show, vendorsselling fantastically geeky waresand much more.

In addition to making the eventas fun as possible, Picken said itwas also important to keep a biggeridea in mind. “As much fun as wecan have pulling together videogames and board games and Magictournaments and all that, to havethat many people together in onespot and not capitalize on that forsomething good, it would havebeen a huge missed opportunity.”

Picken and Hoy decided to usethe event to raise money for localcharities. “We’re doing this for fun– we could do it to try to makemoney, but, I don’t know, it does-n’t seem like that’s fun anymore –then it becomes a job. We lookedat it as we could really build on thisand do something good and theidea that we settled on is to be ableto provide gaming opportunitiesfor kids whose lives have fallenapart, in a lot of ways.”

All proceeds from Project Play’sticket sales, as well as any dona-tions attendees may make, will goto one Strathroy charity, Women’sRural Resource Centre and twoLondon charities, MerrymountChildren’s Centre and Women’sCommunity House in London. Themoney will be used to put togethergaming bundles, which willinclude consoles and video games,board games, card games andmore. The bundles will be droppedoff at the charities in October.

Picken said he and Hoy are hop-ing to make Project Play an annualevent, and that people are alreadycoming up with ideas for futureevents. “People are already talkingto us now about things that theywould love to see next year,” he said.

Tickets are $10 and are availableonline at projectplay.ca. You canalso purchase tickets at the door:$7 for Fanshawe students with stu-dent ID, $10 for guests. For moreinformation about Project Play,chat with them on Facebook (face-book.com/projectplaylondon) orTwitter (@ProjectPlayLdn).

ERIKA FAUSTINTERROBANG

At the back of many students’minds is a number. It’s a numberthat increases every time they usetheir debit card, every time theymake a credit card payment, everytime tuition fees are due. Expertssay that by the time a student grad-uates from college or university,that number could be in the tens ofthousands.

That number is the amount ofdollars a student is in debt.According to Statistics Canada, theaverage cost of one semester oftuition is around $5,300. Researchfrom the Canadian governmentshows the total cost for one year ofpost-secondary education (includ-ing tuition, housing, school sup-plies and other expenses), isapproximately $14,500.

Tuition costs are slightly lowerfor many programs at Fanshawe.The list of fees for each programshows most cost between $1,500and $2,500 per semester (withsome programs costing far more,such as Dental Hygiene andAnesthesia Assistant), but thatdoesn’t necessarily meanFanshawe grads have an easiertime paying their debt back.

Many students turn to theOntario Student AssistanceProgram (OSAP) to help withschool funding. Though theamount of money a studentreceives depends on whetherthey’re in school full- or part-time,as well as a number of other crite-ria, single students with no depend-ents can receive up to $12,240 foreach year they’re in school.Ontario caps this loan, so the max-imum a student must pay back peryear of school is $7,300. Even withthe loan cap, a two-year programcould leave a student nearly$15,000 in debt – or more, if thestudent must turn to bank loans orother sources to supplement theirincome.

The number in Robin Lavery’smind is in the thousands. She grad-uated from the two-yearHorticulture diploma program atFanshawe in 2007, and after gradu-ation, she owed OSAP around$12,000. As she accumulated moredebt from other loans, such as herVisa card and her line of credit,that number just kept growing.

Lavery, like many students,expected to pay her debt backwithin a few years of graduatingfrom college. “I think they (OSAP)give you something like 10 yearsto pay it (your debt) back... I washoping I could have it paid off infive. But here I am, I’m in the sixthyear now, and I’m just halfwaythrough it.”

According to Emma Newman,the Vice President of Finance forthe Fanshawe Student Union, it’snot all that reasonable for studentsto expect to pay their debt within afew years of graduating. “I’m surea lot of people do it, especiallydepending on the program theygraduate from. Some people willwalk straight into well-paying jobsin high-demand areas, so it’s a lit-tle bit easier for them to pay it backin a shorter period of time. But forthe most part, I think that peopletake a lot longer than that. Peoplesort of underestimate the expensesthey’ll have once they’re not inschool that prevent you from pay-ing as much down on your debt asyou would think.”

Lavery’s monthly minimum

payments are $137, but she pays$150 to try to reduce the debt asquickly as possible. But, she said,she knows people who aren’t han-dling their debt that well. “I havefriends who went to school andtheir minimum payments arearound $200, and they can’t evenmake it.” She mentioned a friendwho is a graphic designer who haslet his OSAP go into collections.“It means that (he) can’t get anymore money from them, and theinterest that is occurring on it ismuch more significant than it waswhen you would have been payingit. His debt is just accumulatingvery quickly. But for people likethat who just don’t have themoney, he just doesn’t care. Inseven years, it disappears.”

Though “disappearing debt”doesn’t sound so bad, Lavery’sfriend’s credit will be ruined,meaning he’ll have trouble gettingloans for a car, a house, furthereducation and more.

Lavery’s debt is in good stand-ing, but that doesn’t mean it does-n’t cause her problems. “I’m rent-ing a house right now, and mylandlord just told me yesterday thathe’s selling it. He’s giving us theoption to buy it, but, because I’mcarrying debt from school andwhatnot, and I don’t have anymoney saved because I’ve beentrying to pay off my debt, I can’tafford to buy the house.”

Newman carries the number$30,000 in the back of her mind.She graduated from the MusicIndustry Arts program in June, andshe is currently in the CorporateCommunications and Public rela-tions post-grad program atFanshawe.

Debt has a huge impact on yourlife after school, she said, and caneven change the types of jobs yousearch for after graduations.“People are looking for jobs thatwill pay down their debt andthey’re not necessarily looking forjobs that interest them or are intheir area.” This results in peopleworking in industries they didn’tgo to school for, she said, “and italso leaves people thinking thatthey didn’t get anything from col-lege except all this debt becausethey’re not working in the area thatthey thought they would be.”

That’s definitely true inLavery’s case. In addition to deal-ing with her debt, she has had a dif-ficult time finding a job in herfield. Though the job market istough almost everywhere foryoung grads, Lavery said it’s espe-cially tough for job seekers inLondon. “I actually moved awayfor a couple years – I was living inToronto. There’s all kinds of jobsthere.” Since moving back toLondon to be with her boyfriend,she’s tried her hand at starting herown business. “It’s a slow process.I have to spend most of my timeworking full-time somewhere elsetrying to make ends meet.” Shecurrently manages a garden centre,but since that’s closing for the sea-son, she will have to switch to abartending position to continue topay down her debt.

When asked if debt is a problemfor grads, Lavery responded “defi-nitely,” but added that she’s notsure what the solution is. “I don’tknow if there’s anything anyonecan do. I mean, they have pro-grams where they help with inter-est payments, but that doesn’t real-ly do anything. It’s postponing it –

I don’t have to pay for a year, buteventually I’m going to have tostart paying it again anyway.Maybe there should be more toolsfor us, like aids for finding jobs.That’s, ideally, the ultimate goal:to have that good job to pay backthe money, right?”

Newman said the most impor-tant thing to do is to keep track ofthe debt from day one. “There are alot of people who graduate fromcollege or university and they …have no idea what their actualaccumulated debt is.” She said it’sa good idea to make sacrificeswhile in college in order to gradu-ate with money left over, leavingsome money to start paying loansback as quickly as possible.

As VP Finance, part ofNewman’s job is to help studentsnavigate through the sometimesmurky waters of finances in col-lege. She can help students applyfor bursaries and scholarships –free money that never needs to bepaid back. She can also work withstudents to figure out their totaldebt, and she even has sheets tohelp students track where theirmoney is coming from and whatthey will owe by graduation.

Another resource that studentscan turn to is Fanshawe’s FinancialAid office, located in E2020. KellyArmstrong, who works inFinancial Aid, suggested tacklingthat number in the back of yourmind before graduation. “Weencourage students to look at theresources they have available; talkto their parents; look at their sav-ings, their part-time earnings; startputting away as soon as you can.”

“Do not come (to school) justsolely relying on OSAP; it will notbe enough,” she stressed. “Theintent of OSAP is to supplementyour contributions as a student aswell as your family’s contributions(if that’s applicable). We really,really encourage people to comeup with those resources from avariety of sources.”

She mentioned the importanceof applying for scholarships andbursaries, telling the story of onehigh-school student who made ither part-time job to apply for freemoney to pay for school. She

began her first year with $17,000she didn’t have to pay back,Armstrong said.

Students can look to stu-dentawards.com, scholarship-

scanada.com and fanshawebur-saries.com to apply for a variety ofscholarships and bursaries. Formore information about OSAP,head to osap.gov.on.ca.

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Thousands of students across Ontario are facing a future full of debt.

Students sentenced to debt

As we welcome our new students into thecollege community, we sometimes observethat differences in students’ social expecta-tions may lead to and create social discom-fort or moral dilemmas for others. Manyyounger first-year students find it stressfuland difficult to adjust to college life, partic-ularly if they are coming directly from a highschool environment. College life presentsnew challenges; different academic expecta-tions in a new and often larger environment.Without the predictable support systems ofhome, family and friends, some students findthis sudden exposure to new cultures andways of life overwhelming.

For us as instructors, this becomes anincreasingly difficult problem since our firstobligation is to instruct our students, butequally, we must do so by encouraging ourstudents to understand that their whole worldhas changed; what was acceptable in highschool is often not accepted within this newadult environment. We are there to guide our

students into adulthood, to point themtoward resources within our college commu-nity that can further assist in this period ofgrowth. For our students away from homefor the first time, this can present evengreater stresses. Some of our students try tocling to old ways, others act out inappropri-ately, and some just struggle or even sufferin silence.

The stressors of going away to college,and all of the newness that goes with it, cansuddenly leave people without their pre-dictable social network that once seemed socomfortable. Sometimes new students try torecreate these environments and will go toextremes to exert themselves. While collegelife is about learning and growth, it is alsoabout learning what behaviour is acceptablein an adult society. Sometimes behavioursthat seemed “popular” in high school arenow completely unacceptable in this newenvironment. This may lead to significantproblems for our students and the conse-quences can be life-long, possibly interrupt-ing a smooth journey to an otherwise prom-ising academic career.

While the college has excellent HumanRights Policies and Procedures, it is often amore unclear, grey area that we must dealwith prior to promoting or enacting thesepolicies. Our students often fail to realizethat off campus, they are still representativesof our Fanshawe community and theiractions can be viewed in that light.

London and region has a very vibrant andactive Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,Two-Spirit, Queer, Questioning and Intersex(LGB2SQQI) community. This group ofpeople can include your coworkers, yourinstructors, lab technicians, field placementsupervisors or fellow classmates. The reality

is that you may never know who they are,but a negative comment or response to oth-ers in this new community can have negativerepercussions on a student who fails to exer-cise a sense of decorum and restraint.

Popular comments such as “That is sogay!” are now viewed in a different light,regardless of the context in which they werespoken. Certain other behaviours, derogato-ry words or name-calling, brought to collegefrom one’s previous life, may have seriousrepercussions within this new adult environ-ment. In short, that kind of language andbehaviour is no longer acceptable.

Considering the diverse cultural variety inour college community, we also must be sen-sitive to the cultures and religious concernsof our global community. We can no longerjokingly malign another group of peoplebecause of their race, religion, age, gender orculture, and we must learn to respect andaccept those who are different from us.Equally, our foreign students must do thesame.

A night at the pub, whether on or off cam-pus, can have catastrophic consequences.We can never forget that “no means NO”! Itdoesn’t mean maybe – ever! Sexual violencecan land any of us on the wrong side of thelaw. And yes, girls can also be perpetrators.Each of us wants to be treated with dignityand respect, and in order for us to acquirethat, we also must be willing to extend thesame to others. It is not a one-way street, norare there any acceptable excuses for violat-ing this basic tenet – none.

As I stated earlier, part of our jobs as fac-ulty and staff is to assist all students in theirgrowth. We are here to help, and we don’tview your education as something that onlyoccurs in a classroom. For our LGB2SQQI

students, any of the staff or faculty who havetaken the Positive Space Program are well-positioned to assist, and confidentiality isassured. You are not alone and you shouldnever have to feel you are. Our goal astrained members of the Positive Space AllyProgram is to assist you in resolving prob-lems you may have before they becomemajor issues for you or your fellow students.We are also happy to help connect you withcollege and community resources that arewelcoming, inclusive and respectful.

For students who fail to “think” beforespeaking, don’t be surprised if you are quiet-ly corrected so that your success as an adultin this new world is assured. Again, we arethere to help you; yes, we all make mistakes,and sometimes an intermediary can smoothout the bumps of misunderstanding.

In conclusion, I want to welcome our newstudents and welcome back our returningstudents! We hope you learn from each otheras much as you learn from us. The diversitythat our college community offers and thelife lessons you will learn are immeasurableand potentially rewarding and refreshing.

In accepting those who walk differentpaths in life, even if we don’t understandthem, we step out of our “comfort zones”and potentially expand our world. By capi-talizing on opportunities to connect with andlearn from diverse cultures and customs, wewill all be successful in both our academiccareer and in life.

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HAROLD HOTHAMPOSITIVE SPACE WORKING GROUP

Private career colleges offer a wide rangeof training programs and the ability to gaincredentials quickly in today’s demanding,competitive work market. While most deliv-er what they promise, some private careercolleges use poorly trained instructors, offercourses not recognized by regulatory gov-erning bodies, charge high tuition fees andhave dismal learning facilities. These prob-lems have been on the decline since the pas-sage of the Private Career Colleges Act,2005 (PCCA), but there are still steps youshould take to protect yourself if you areconsidering enrolling in a private career col-lege. Private career colleges are privatelyowned and operated businesses and shouldnot be confused with Ontario’s 24 publiclysupported colleges of arts and technology.

Do Your HomeworkYou should research the private career

college you want to attend in order to avoidproblems. The website for Ontario’sMinistry of Training, Colleges andUniversities (www.tcu.gov.on.ca) has asearch function to determine if a college oran offered course is provincially licensed. Ifthe college or course is licensed, then youcan be assured that the protective regulationsof the PCCA will apply. The Ministry web-site also lists colleges that have been finedfor violating the Act. If you enroll in a col-lege that is not licensed, the PCCA will notprotect you, but you can still file a complaintwith the Ministry, which will conduct aninvestigation that can help to protect futurestudents from similar problems.

Protection After the FactEven if you’ve already signed up for a

course with a private career college, theremay be remedies available to you if youencounter problems. Before beginning acourse or program with a private career col-lege, the college must have you sign a writ-ten contract called an “enrollment agree-ment.” The PCCA requires specific provi-sions in the contract. For example, the con-tract must contain the start and expectedcompletion date of a vocational program, thelanguage of instruction and the admissionrequirements for the program. If these orother required provisions are not included inthe contract, then it is not binding.

Moreover, you have the right to cancel anenrollment agreement within two days ofreceiving a copy of it. To do so, you mustimmediately notify the college in writing ofyour intention to cancel, and deliver yournotice to the address stated on the contract.If you wish to cancel your contract withinthe two-day period, you must give back anyitems given to you by the college and thecollege must return any funds you paid tothem.

Furthermore, the PCCA prohibits privatecareer college operators from making mis-leading statements or advertisements toinduce an individual to sign up for a courseor program with them. This means that ifyou believe that you were induced to sign upwith a career college through misleadingstatements, your contract with the collegemay be void, and you may not be required topay the college operator.

Finally, minimum standards of educationand experience are required of the instruc-tors teaching at career colleges. Generally,an instructor is required to have had fouryears of experience working in the vocationhe or she is teaching, or a diploma, degree or

apprenticeship certification supplementedby two years of work experience. The onlyexception to these standards is if theMinistry of Training, Colleges andUniversities approves the employment of aninstructor deficient in meeting them.

Filing a ComplaintThe PCCA requires that each college have

a student complaint procedure. If you haveconcerns about a college you have signed upwith, you can complain directly to the col-lege to seek a remedy. You can also file acomplaint with the Ministry of Training,Colleges and Universities if the college isunable to address your complaint to yoursatisfaction.

For more information, we encourage youto contact the Ministry of Training, Collegesand Universities at www.tcu.gov.on.ca ortoll-free at 1-800-387-5514. In addition, youcan find more information about consumerprotection topics at any time in a series ofCommunity Law School webinars archivedonline at tinyurl.com/lawwebinars-2012. Beempowered and stay tuned.

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When youth culture collides with diversity

This past month, I celebrated 28 years ofglorious existence on this earth; namely“glorious” because unlike my fellow wackyartistic types, I was smart enough not to findmembership on the “Dead at 27” list.

Like all of my previous birthdays, I foundmyself being showered with varying sums ofmoney from my relatives. Now, I’m not cer-tain where this tradition originated; perhapsI was denoted long ago as one of those hard-to-buy-for individuals or maybe my familymembers simply have the extra disposablecash. Either way, for as long as I can remem-ber, August has consistently been ushered inby the receipt of cheque-filled envelopeupon envelope in my mailbox.

I jokingly remarked to my mom this year,“When do you think I’ll reach the cut-offage? I’ve come to rely on receiving thatextra annual income.” While I assure youthe aforementioned statement was entirelymade in jest, it brought to light an interestingmodern-day dilemma: at what age is onenow considered an “adult”? In other words,it’d be hard to imagine me (or anyone forthat matter!) reaching 40 or 50 years of ageand still receiving birthday spending moneyfrom their extended family members.

If we trace back through human history,“adulthood” was seemingly easier to define.In the Medieval era, a woman was signed upfor marriage and childbirth the moment shedemonstrated her first signs of fertility.During the early 1900s, mandatory militarytraining began for boys as early as age 10.The moment you hit 18, you’d be enlisted tothe draft lottery, whether you were a lover ora fighter. In stark contrast, in today’s world,we, as a country, can’t even seem to agreeupon what the legal drinking age should be!

Nowadays, it’s not uncommon for menand women in their late 20s and 30s to stillbe floundering when it comes to setting acareer path and/or relying on their parentsfor financial support. Despite having accessto superior education and opportunities,many of us (and it’s not for lack of trying)just can’t seem to “grow up.” Of course, thiscalls into question yet another existentialdilemma: what exactly does it mean to be“grown up”?

But before we open that can of worms,there’s another query that requires address-ing: why does any of this matter? Well, psy-chological research has uncovered time andtime again that humans’ number-one fear isdeath (public speaking, interestingly, rankssecond). Given that humans, as a species,are able to cognitively contemplate exis-tence and come to grips with the notion thatALL living things are tied to a fairly pre-dictable life cycle, it must be understood thatthis fear is not simply about losing the func-tion of one’s physical form. In order tounderstand death and our fear of it, then, onemust look beyond its literal meaning andinstead into the world of symbolism.

Intertwined with the fear of death is also a“fear of the unknown” (e.g. What happenswhen I lose my physical form? Is there anafterlife? Should I have believed in some-thing? Will I return in another form in thefuture?). More pertinent to our discussion,however, a fear of death is as well largelytied to a “fear of failure” (e.g. I’m runningout of time. There are so many things Iwant/ed to accomplish. How will I beremembered? Did I do enough?) Whetheryou are consciously aware of it or not, eachyear we age, these types of contemplationsbecome increasingly important to us.

What I’m trying to get at is that through-out our history, and even still today, “adult-hood” has been defined by the accomplish-ment of specific milestones at set ages: astandardized checklist, if you will, of obtain-ing education (teens to 20s),establishing/maintaining a career (mid 20sto 50s), getting married (late 20s to early30s), having kids (late 20s to early 30s),buying a home with a snazzy white picketfence (mid to late 30s), retirement (mid 60s)and so forth. This “idealization,” however,fails to take into account changing social,political and cultural circumstances.Accordingly, many of us live “stressed out”and become increasingly depressed as weage because we’re unable to “measure up.”

As humans are a social species that high-ly values group membership, failing toaccomplish these established “life goals” (asdetermined by our larger social group) pres-ents yet another potential fear coming tolight: that of ostracism. In other words,there’s no worse “death” than “dying alone.”

Taking all of the above into consideration,I’d like to suggest that this traditional modelof “adulthood” is short-sighted and outdated(to say the least). Having life goals IS

absolutely essential, BUT in my 28 years onEarth, if I’ve learned anything, it’s this sim-ple truth: true age and “maturity” (and there-fore what constitutes adulthood/growing up)cannot and should NOT be merely definedby a number OR series of tangible accom-plishments. After all, we’ve all known“adults” whose behaviour is juvenile, atbest, and “children” who take us by surpriseby the wisdom they effortlessly espouse.

Instead, I’d like to propose that we shouldassess age (and “adulthood”) by one’s levelof “psychological maturity”: the ability toencounter all of life’s circumstances with anon-defensive introspective empatheticresponsible point of view. Yes, I know that’sa rather loaded statement! It goes withoutsaying that maintaining consistency when itcomes to adopting/applying a “psychologi-cally mature” perspective is by far the mosttrying aspect of this entire exercise.

Never fear, my friends! The aim of thismonthly series is to help you on your way.With that said, lesson number one comesdirectly off of a page from my recent birth-day book: ASK QUESTIONS. Rarely isthere a time something should be accepted atits face value. True understanding and there-fore appropriate “mature” reaction is ONLYpossible when one has inquired to learn allsides of the equation.

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The Quebec provincial election resultswill have far-reaching effects on all ofCanada – particularly Ontario, as the twoprovinces jointly contain two-thirds ofCanada’s population.

The student riots in Montreal bolsteredsupport for the Parti-Quebecois candidatePauline Marois and swept Premier JeanCharest’s foundation away. In May, PremierCharest took a hit to his credibility when theprovince’s education minister, LineBeauchamp, stepped down after beingunable to negotiate an agreement with theleaders of several student groups prominentin the riots. This was followed by an under-whelming campaign hampered by concernsabout student protestors potentially disrupt-ing the Premier’s appearances.

Marois was polling well all the way intothe election and managed to secure a minor-ity government in the province with 59 seats.Her leadership will be a significant changeof direction for a province that struggleswith corruption on a broad enough scale torequire a provincial inquiry. Within 100 daysof being elected, Marois promised she willabolish the tuition increase and commencean alternative process to examine the issue.To add a degree of accountability, she alsocommitted to limiting tuition increases to notexceed the rate of inflation.

Entering the election, it’s been readilyapparent that Marois is interested in bringingback the traditional values of the PartiQuebecois, even proposing to ban head cov-erings in the public sector workforce. Hercampaign alienated a huge population of cit-izens who’ve become the driving force forsocial and economic evolution in theprovince. Those she alienated, however, area minority in comparison with the provin-cially oriented citizens who’ve grown accus-tomed to superior healthcare and heavilysubsidized post-secondary education.

Charest painted the opposition with abroad brush, insinuating that they’re justvarying degrees of separatists while promis-ing to clean up the province and tackle eco-nomic issues. While being founded on solid,sound principles, Charest’s campaign heldlittle appeal to one of the most vocal groupsin this election: students. Students are adiverse group with an excellent grasp ofpopular culture, social media and expend-able resources. In an effort to assert himself,Charest failed to come to an agreement withstudent groups. The result was escalatingunrest and the introduction of Bill 78, a blun-der that contributed to costing him the elec-tion. For many in Quebec, Charest was asymbol of the failure to negotiate and thatstayed true on the campaign trail.

The election results have a huge impact onthe future of Quebec as a province and aspart of Canada. Marois promised to infuseseveral social programs with governmentmoney, leading to the question of where sheplans to find that money. The minority gov-ernment requires cooperation to sustain,something all too rare in politics, particular-ly in Quebec. The divisiveness on the cam-paign trail may well haunt Marois throughher term since the opposition will have littleinterest in working with her. With one can-didate pushing an agenda of cooperation andfiscal responsibility and the other promisingrebates and tax cuts, the decision was aneasy one to make for Quebec voters.

Re:UnitedQuebec

In an article that’s just appeared on theGlobe and Mail website, Paul Tough (I amnot making up the name) talks about stu-dents and success. The article begins withMargaret Wente’s confession that she hadalways thought that genes and IQ were muchmore important in determining our successthan whether our parents hugged us or satbeside us for piano lessons. If it’s all aboutgenes and IQ, then there’s not much anyonecould have done to make sure you succeed atcollege.

But, according to Tough, there’s no needto be so fatalistic. At the risk of oversimpli-fying the article, I’m going to highlight afew of his claims (and add a few thoughts ofmy own). First, he says that if your parentscoddled you, that’s good – as long as therewas a lot of coddling when you were verylittle, say up to the age of three, decreasing

as you grew older. If your parents huggedyou when you cried and gave you presentsthat met your childhood needs, great.

Second, he says that if your parents weretough on you, letting you know when youdid poorly as well as when you succeeded,that too is good – as long as they begandoing that when you were around three.Generally, telling a nine-year-old that she’sthe best hockey player in the world doesn’thelp her succeed. It may be good for herself-esteem, but it will give her an unrealis-tic impression of what she can expect in thewider world where parents aren’t going to bearound to protect her from evaluations – it’smuch better to let her know that she shouldtighten up her skating and work on her slapshot.

Third, if you had the opportunity to suc-ceed at things with less – or maybe even no– parental involvement, that too is a verygood thing. Typically it would be best if youhad such experiences in your teenage years.Tough mentions that he had a crazy idea ofcycling from Atlanta to Halifax when he was18 years old. He had little idea of all thechallenges he would face, but he did it.

Fourth, if you’ve ever failed at something,consider yourself lucky. Teens and adultswho have never failed at anything often havenot developed the coping skills needed tosurvive when the path gets rocky. The expe-rience of picking yourself up and startingagain after failing a course, after being bul-lied or after coming in 14th in the long jumpcan be invaluable. As you overcome possi-ble feelings of frustration, anger, disappoint-ment and betrayal, and as you decide whatyour next steps are going to be, you find andbuild resiliency. Without resiliency, youmay not reach your goals. With it, yourchances are much greater.

Underlying much of this are two otherfactors. One of them is the importance ofstable family. And a second is the impor-tance of willpower. We all have the ability tomake choices. For example, we can give into frustration, anger, addictive tendencies orlaziness. But we can also choose a betterpath with respect to all of these.

And to all of this, I would also add prayer.And that’s for next week.

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The guys of the band Lowlandshave no problem taking thingsslow especially when it came tomaking their new album Huron,due out on September 14. I got thechance to talk to Lowlands’Gordon Auld about all thingsmusic and why he is looking for-ward to their upcoming tour.

You guys relocated fromToronto to Guelph. In your opin-ion, what are some of the biggestdifferences musically betweenthe two cities?

“Well, Guelph is a universitytown so that’s the huge difference,really. The music scene or indus-tries here in university towns are atotally different model thanToronto. In Toronto there are thou-sands of bands, thousands of ven-ues and a great community andeveryone stays really connectedthere. But in Guelph, (the musicscene) is really dependent on stu-dents, which is good and bad. Inthe summer, playing shows canstill be good, but it’s less frequent,but everyone wants to tour univer-sity towns in the fall because that’swhen everyone is back and aroundto go see shows. I think that’s real-

ly one of the biggest differences,though, that we are dependent onthe university scene, which I don’treally see as a negative thing. I seeit as a positive thing, because ifyou look at the size of the city,there are four or five decent placesto play and lots of amazing bandswho play there. Also, anyone whoplays a show in Toronto wouldplay Guelph as well because it’s onthe tour route. So there are lots ofgood opportunities to play locallywith people. We don’t really playin Guelph more than once everythree or four months just becausewe want to draw our focus to othercities. We can always count onGuelph because most of ourfriends grew up here and we livehere, but it’s always better to focuson your stronger cities, which willalso make your other citiesstronger – for example, cities likeLondon and Hamilton. So I wouldsay those are the two biggest dif-ferences musically between thetwo cities.”

Your sophomore album Huronis due out September 14. Canyou explain the feel of this albumcompared to your first album?

“The first big differencebetween them would have to be theproduction. With the first album,we had no idea what we weredoing as far as recording material.I had only ever done recording ontapes and on (crappy) 4-tracks

before that first album. Being inthe studio, we had no idea what wewere doing. I mean, we had reallygreat people who were recordingwith us, but they were novices.Dan Beeson, who is the slide play-er and drummer of Lowands now,has a studio just up the street andmastered the first album, and saidhe wanted to do the same with thisone as well. So we really took ourtime to make everything soundright. That’s really the huge differ-ences when I listen to both of them:it’s the sound quality. Also one ofthe biggest things sound-wise forus that we have been dealing withis playing soft folk songs and loudfolk songs and the differencebetween them. We do play a lot ofbars at like 12 at night that arepacked and you kind of have toplay the loud stuff. But we also

played at a farm and did an allacoustic set. Everyone was justdrinking whiskey and crowdingaround and we don’t ever want tolose that. Also, with our last album,it was really only our loudest,strongest songs so I guess we arekind of testing the waters a little bitwith this one.”

You have Canadian dates, butare you planning to play someshows in the States and maybeeven overseas?

“Yes, we are planning to do so,but when? I don’t really know. Wehave an east coast (of Canada) tourbooked, though. We did haveanother little lineup change. Ourrhythm section has just been arevolving door for the last fewmonths. We have a pedal steelplayer now – Danny – who is alsodrumming and is going to be

switching up that position as wellbecause they can both play thepedal steel and the drums for thetour. We are also sharing bandmembers with Alanna Gurr, who istouring with us, so it’s like six peo-ple, one car, two vans. It’s going tobe fun, though, because we havebeen playing with Alanna for solong. We do have plans for theStates, but it won’t be happeningtoo soon, I would say next fall atthe earliest.”

Go and see the band when theycome to London on September 24at APK Live. For more informa-tion, visit their website low-landsmusic.com and be sure to gettheir new album, Huron, onSeptember 14 It will also be avail-able for streaming on their websiteand on iTunes.

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Statistically almost 50 per centof students who commence a pro-gram don’t complete their pro-gram.

There are many factors to look atwhen considering this statistic –the student may have chosen a pro-gram they’re not interested in orthey may have had to leavebecause of personal reasons.Fanshawe’s student success facili-tator Cheryl Mills clarified that“More often they are dropping outafter midterms when they getgrades back that say they’re notdoing well and that’s a reallystrong wakeup call.”

So how can you beat the odds?Whether it’s your first year atFanshawe or you’re a returningstudent, here are some tips for suc-cess.

Why do students get behind withtheir studies during the month ofSeptember? “I think it’s becausestudents have had this opportunityto be unscheduled, and there’s alsogood weather and lots of freedom,”Mills said. Remaining focused andavoiding all those first-month dis-tractions is one part of the key tosuccess.

Mills stressed that organizationand time management are the mostessential tools for success. Shesuggested three tools to help youstay on track with your work.Firstly, she recommended mappingout all of your due dates and post-ing them above your desk – “Thiswill help you to see the big pic-ture,” she noted. Secondly, youneed a daily to-do list. “Not onlywill it help you get a quality sleepat night, but I also suggest you lookat the list in the morning so youknow exactly what you have to

accomplish that day.” Thirdly, geta planner, whether it’s an app onyour smartphone or a paper agen-da. “Put everything into a planner –include your whole life: a dentistappointment, coaching appoint-ment, a placement – whatever itmight be. Your life is reflected intothat schedule so you can start look-ing for gaps to put in study timesand plan ahead.”

Another challenging problemstudents encounter is timing andproject management. Thinkingtwice about booking a full week-end of social activities when somany events are available is noteasy to turn down. “Students oftenunderestimate how much time itwill take them to complete a task,”Mills said. “The rule of thumb isthat for every hour you spend inclass, we recommend that youspend two hours of independentstudy.”

Most midterms or big papersaren’t due until October, though,so what’s the rush? “There’s a mis-nomer about studying that it’ssomething we do only before amidterm, quiz or final,” Mills said.“Studying is something we do eachand every day.” Keeping up withyour work and making notes aftereach class can make a big differ-ence. Mills said that, theoretically,the best way to learn information isrepetition. “What they suggest isthat we need a minimum of threerepetitions with the same context.”There’s a catch, though – theserepetitions must happen within a24-hour window.

Mills clarified “The first repeti-tion is reading the textbook beforeclass – all of the words, definitions,theories and formulas that aregoing to be discussed in class. This

will allow students to go to classand not be a secretary taking dic-tion; it allows them to put the pendown and use their brains toprocess the information and thenwrite notes (the second repetition).The third repetition would bereviewing the notes and creatingstudy notes for the exam that sameday.”

Studying techniques in highschool and studying in college canbe very different. The material canbecome increasingly difficult andyou’ll be expected to learn at afaster pace. We all know thatstudying in advance is a must, butwhat else should we know aboutstudy habits? According to Mills,most students are nighthawks, sofor them, she recommended study-ing at night when their brains areawake. In terms of what to study,“I’m going to encourage them tostart with subject matter that theyeither find most difficult, over-whelmingly challenging or themost boring, uninteresting materi-al. You want to work on these firstwhen your brain is most alert.”Getting the hardest information outof the way first will help you feelless stressed and more accom-plished.

We all choose different tacticsfor studying. Some of us are verballearners, some are visual and someare auditory. Maybe you make cuecards, record audio in class and lis-ten to it at night or write out infor-mation a million times until it’sstuck in your mind. But, if purememorization is your regular go-tostrategy, Mills said you may wantto think twice.

“The other thing I really encour-age students to do is not to memo-rize. If you are looking at a theo-

rist, for example, truly understandwhat this theorist believes in ratherthan citing word-for-word whatyour textbook says. If making cuecards, resist the urge to write word-for-word because the way the text-book is written is not remotelysimilar to the way you think, speakor write, yourself. Comprehend,truly understand the material andthis will make the shift to the long-term memory.”

The other problem with memo-rization is that most courses havefinal exams many months after youfirst learn the information. If youare not truly grasping the informa-tion that you’re reading, you willlikely experience difficultiesrecalling the details four monthsdown the road. Mills warned,“You’re essentially looking back atall 14 weeks of material trying tolearn it … it’s just not worth it.”

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I write about random things a lot.I write a lot about random things.What’s the worst thing you canthink of happening at a concert? Idon’t mean deaths or anything neg-ative befalling the performingartist, but rather the experience youhave going to a show – what ruins aconcert experience for you?

This summer I’ve come to wit-ness the newest low amongst con-cert-goer infractions. It was RockThe Park in July, and headlinerSlash began his fiery set withMyles Kennedy and TheConspirators following an after-noon of performances by MonsterTruck, I Mother Earth and Bush.About four or five songs into theset, a drunk man weaving back andforth to the music in front of mesuddenly half-turned, tucked hispenis back into his pants and thendisappeared into the crowd aseveryone around suddenly realizedthe terrible truth: he had just peedon the guy in front of him. Sadly,the same happened to a dear friendof mine a couple of weeks ago at aconcert in Toronto.

It’s no surprise concert etiquettehas changed over the years, and

these days concert-goers now haveto find patience with people play-ing with their phones and camerasin addition to traditional concertfaux pas. But when fans can’t feelcomfortable or safe from assaultamongst other fans, the experienceas we know it will suffer profound-ly.

So what’s the answer? Love thyneighbour at a concert. Treat othersthe way you would have them treatyou. Or, consider the Dada Lifephilosophy: “Destroy dance musicand have fun. Don’t look back inthe past. Always go forward. Don’tthink too much. Always follow themoney. Do the Dada.”

Hailing from Sweden, Dada Life– Olle Corneer and Stefan Engblom– are putting the fun back into con-certs. Known for their highly ener-getic live performances, the duo areat the forefront of the Swedishhouse music scene and just wanttheir fans to have a good time. Infact, fans often dress in banana out-fits for the show, as though thechampagne, balloons and sausagesbeing thrown from the stage trig-gers their inner fruitcake.

Dada Life has long been a part ofthe electronic music scene in theirnative country, and has enjoyed agrowing status worldwide thanks totheir distinct sound and fun atti-tude. You may have heard theirreleases back in 2006, but it wasn’tuntil last year’s “Kick Out The Epic

Motherfucker” that they hit the topof the charts in Sweden, peaking atnumber two.

Dada Life is embarking on theirbiggest North American tour todate, stopping here in London onSeptember 20 for their long-await-ed return to the London Music Hall.The tour stops here in southernOntario for a few dates before div-ing into the U.S. until the end ofOctober.

Perhaps the most telling thing toconsider is that Dada Life prefers tolet the music do the talking. Don’tmistake their laid-back dispositionfor indolence, however; the pairmay exude a carefree demeanour,but their success has come directlyfrom hard work.

“It started with doing a lot oftracks, doing remixes and doingsongs,” Corneer toldEarmilk.com’s Alex Leonard aftertheir performance in London inNovember. “That’s the best advicewe give to new producers and DJsall around the world. Just keepdoing remixes and keep doingsongs and try to get them out to asmany people as possible, it takestime, just be productive.”

For more on Dada Life or to pur-chase tickets for their upcomingtour, visit them online atdadalife.com or follow along onTwitter @dadalife. Tickets for theirSeptember 20 gig here in Londonare $30 and doors will open at 10

p.m. Make no mistake, tickets aregoing to go fast for this event, soact soon or risk having to travel tonearby Guelph or Toronto to seethem live.

And for more of the latest music

news, views and more, considerfollowing this column on Twitter@fsu_bobbyisms. Don’t think toomuch and have fun, but please,don’t pee on each other. I’m out ofwords.

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Beat the statistics, be a success

The ins and outs of online classesTypically you get home from

class, grab your laptop and sit infront of your TV. You may checkFacebook, Twitter, some emails,and look up some YouTubevideos. The Internet has becomesuch an integrated part of our lives.According to Internet marketingcompany comScore, Canadiansspent an average of 45 hours on theInternet from October to Decemberin 2011 – that’s about two hoursevery day!

We’re all familiar with using ourlaptops to make notes and writeessays, but what about having anentire class online? Fanshaweoffers over 330 online classes inalmost every department. Onlineclasses aren’t anything new, butwhat’s the experience like? Howcan you be successful if youchoose to delve into this new virtu-al world of independent study?

Katya Shabanova recently grad-uated with a Bachelor’s Degree ofManagement and Organizationsfrom Western University; she tookan anthropology class online thatshe originally thought was going tobe an easy mark. “It was hard toorganize my time properly; Ialways left things to the lastminute. I learned my lesson by mymidterm when I didn’t do so well.”

“Time management and self-dis-cipline are key,” said MichelleWhite, a Human Resources profes-sor at Fanshawe, “Every onlineclass has a checklist of things anddue dates beside it: that’s yourbible. If you print that off and high-light things when you finish them,you will stay on track.”

White warned that you need to

be very aware of what’s going onin the class at all times. “More peo-ple underestimate the amount oftime you have to put into an onlinecourse. You have to be a great timemanager, you really do, becausedeadlines will come and go andthere’s no teacher telling you, ‘Oh,this is coming up.’”

Everyone handles school differ-ently, so it’s important to reallythink about whether an online classis the right fit for you. Whitestressed the importance of beingindependent; “You have to want togo through the material on yourown, some people learn better ingroups or get better ideas whenother folks are talking aboutthings.”

The biggest difference betweena regular class and an online one isthat you don’t have to be at schoolfor any length of time or on a setdate. “There are advantages, forsure,” White said, “Especially ifyou’re working, there’s the flexi-bility of schedule, you don’t haveto be in a brick and mortar build-ing.”

Online classes may also be agood idea for those who don’t likea classroom environment. Manycollege classes have a similardynamic to high school – veryclose, in-person interactions withteachers and other students. “Somepeople find that they really like togo through material on their own.They maybe feel shy to ask ques-tions in the classroom, but feelmore comfortable emailing orgoing on a discussion boardbecause they don’t feel like theyare being put on the spot,” Whitepointed out.

Shabanova said she felt comfort-

able with the format of her onlineclass. “We had an online board andfor each chapter we had to post ananalysis. The teacher also ledonline discussions by postingquestions for us to think aboutbefore each reading. This helpedme stay on track a bit.”

So if you love to read, study onyour own and have no doubt thatorganization and time managementare your strengths, an onlinecourse may be what you’re lookingfor – and hey, you won’t have toget up at 8 a.m. for class!

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A quick survey of returning stu-dents and Fanshawe alumni to findout what students would tell theirfirst-year self revealed a lot of greatinformation for new students. Hereare the top five tips that wereshared.

1. People Don’t BecomeSuccessful By Sheer Luck

If you want to be successful, youwill have to work for it. Your class-es have to be your first priority.You will need to be organized andaware of when your next assign-ment is due. You will need toattend classes. Remember that youwill get out of college what you putinto it.

2. Get InvolvedTry extracurricular activities,

such as student council. You canmeet like-minded people, makefriends, network and build skills.Try something that you are interest-ed in and something that will add toyour resume when you finish yourprogram and start looking for yourfirst post-college job.

3. Instructors And Staff AreValuable Resources

The instructors want you to suc-ceed, so ask questions and get toknow them. Try to make a goodimpression with your instructorsand counsellors – you may be ableto use them to network later on andthey may even help you with a ref-erence one day when you’re hunt-

ing for a job. “Students shouldalways communicate with theirfaculty and student success advisorif they are concerned about theirgrades and progress. Assumingeverything is okay is not enough;your SSA is a great resource thatwill keep you on track,” said ZackDodge, Fanshawe Student UnionPresident and CorporateCommunications and PublicRelations grad.

4. Your Failures Will TeachYou As Much As Your Successes

Everyone around you is probablygoing through similar issues, sodon’t be too hard on yourself if youfind you’re having a hard time jug-gling all of your assignments or ifyou make a mistake. Admit it toyourself and do your best to fix it,then move on.

5. Find Your BalanceYou can balance everything. Too

much school and not enough socialtime will not make a good collegeexperience, but too much socializ-ing and not enough school time willmake for a disastrous college expe-rience. “Go into school tellingyourself that you are there to builda career for yourself. These years incollege will depict what you dowith the rest of your life – take itseriously, but enjoy yourself at thesame time. These will be some ofthe best years of your life, but theywill fly by, so enjoy it while itlasts,” said Andrew Buttigieg,Broadcast Journalism grad.

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Rubber (2010)

Throughout the history ofmotion pictures, audiences havebeen presented some truly heart-less, cruel and dastardly villains.Darth Vader. Heath Ledger’s por-trayal of The Joker. That shirtlesswerewolf guy from the Twilightfilms. They all pale in comparison,however, to the protagonist inRubber, a truly ground-breakingfilm I’ll be taking a look at thisweek. Why? Well, because thelead character is a tire.

Rubber is a film within a filmfrom renowned French directorQuentin Dupieux. As the storybegins, a group of individuals aregathered in a desert to watch afilm. There is no screen, onlybinoculars. What they are treatedto is the oddest occurrence in a“theatre” since Fred Willard decid-ed to get out of the house one nightthis past summer.

A tire suddenly springs to life,and that’s where things really getrolling. Literally rolling, as that isall the tire does at first. But it does-n’t take long for the tire to crosspaths with others objects, andeventually animals and people.

And that is when this tire willmake you squeal.

You see, this isn’t your typicalDisney-style anthropomorphism.This tire is pure evil. Through thepower of telekinesis, the tire is ableto make anything – or anyone –explode into bits. This leads to athrilling and hilarious “tire-hunt”where buffoonish local lawenforcement attempt to give thistire a flat.

I cannot say enough about theperformance of the tire. Not sinceKristen Stewart burst onto thescene with the aforementionedTwilight films has an inanimateobject been given such a prominentrole in a major motion picture. Ihope to see the tire tackle other

genres of film, and to really chal-lenge itself with the roles it choos-es. Perhaps a romantic comedywith Reese Witherspoon? Maybe abuddy action film with JasonStatham? The only genre I don’tfeel the tire would succeed in ispornography, since rubbers are notgenerally used. But as long as thetire’s ego doesn’t get too inflated,and it treads cautiously, its careerwill continue gain traction. Thewheels are already in motion.

In an age when most moviesseem to just be retreads, Rubber isa provocative and original film. Ifyou want to have a good day – hell,if you want to have a good year –then be sure to check out Rubber.

Lawless (2012)

No longer is Shia LaBeouf theone-trick pony from MichaelBay’s Transformers franchise; theyoung actor has grown into a mul-tifaceted performer with his bril-liant dramatic performance in JohnHillcoat’s Lawless.

The latest dramatic period filmfrom Hillcoat, best known for his2009 take on Cormac McCarthy’spost-apocalyptic novel The Road,follows the lives of the Bondurantbrothers during the GreatDepression in Virginia. The broth-ers – Howard, the oldest and a vet-eran of WWI; Forrest, who foughtthe Spanish Flu and won; and Jack,the youngest and most inexperi-enced in the ways of the world –are making it through the toughtimes by bootlegging their ownbrew of moonshine. When a newlawman comes rolling into town,the Bondurants stand firm and vowto do what it takes to evade thelong arm of the law.

Taking centre screen as the boot-legging brothers Howard, Forrestand Jack are Jason Clarke, TomHardy and LaBeouf, respectively.Clarke, perhaps best rememberedfor his role as Red Hamilton in2009’s Public Enemies, brings adistinct Depression-era tone to hisrole of the oldest and most hard-ened Bondurant brothers.

Hardy, meanwhile, fresh off histerrifying performance as Bane inthis summer’s The Dark KnightRises, plays it a little closer tohome with a much more subtle, ifno less spine-chilling, kind ofhardness.

Finally, but certainly not least ofall, LaBeouf plays the youngestand most naive of the Bondurants.LaBeouf truly shines in this role,which for him feels dramaticallydifferent from any of his previouswork; he embodies such a desper-ate yet determined character socompletely it becomes easy to getlost in his performance.

Playing opposite the lawlessBondurants is Guy Pearce asCharlie Rakes, the new law intown. As if Pearce wasn’t unset-tling enough on screen normally,now playing a good guy who youdon’t want to triumph with his sin-ister manner of speech and creepylack of eyebrows, Pearce takes it toa whole new level.

But we can’t overlook the out-standing female performances in

Lawless; though somewhat in thebackground, their time on screen isno less powerful. Jessica Chastain,who seems to have found her placein period pieces, and MiaWasikowska bring to life thewomen of the Great Depressionwho inspire love and kindnessfrom otherwise hardened men.

What is truly striking aboutLawless and what makes the film’sstory resound with such intensity isthe gritty realism of the time.Lawless doesn’t shy away fromany of the violence, dirtiness ordesperation of the GreatDepression, and although at timesit can be difficult to digest, any-thing less would have greatly takenaway from the film’s potency.

Not one for the faint-hearted,Lawless is a down and dirty look atthe so-called “criminals” of a timewhen men were hard and life washarder. If you’re intrigued by old-school bad guys just trying to getby, then Lawless is not one to bemissed.

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Shia LaBeouf shakes off his Transformers stigma in Lawless.

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Tread carefully if decide to watch Rubber.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys andgirls: gather round for the latestand, by my count, greatest insightinto the evolution of the biz we allknow and love so much... show.

Movies have come a long waysince they were first inventedbefore the turn of the 20th century.From synchronized sound tocolour film to high definition and3D technology, there isn’t muchthat remains untouched in theworld of Tinseltown; there isn’tmuch left unscathed. If you’re itch-ing for the newest Avatar flick andcan’t wait to see your favouritechildren’s movie remastered witheach new era of film, then you canprobably stop reading right now.However, if you are one of thosesensitive souls who longs for a the-atre where actual film is still used,or someone who refuses to watchanything with the words “part 17”in the title, then we have some-thing in common and reading thesefew paragraphs might just beworth your time.

Sure, I wasn’t actually alive dur-ing the days of Old Hollywood,and some may call me pretentiousfor delighting in the nostalgia of a

past that was never actually mine,but whether you lived it yourself ornot, there is something to be saidfor the magic of Old Hollywood;for the beauty and timelessness offilms made because they aroused apassion in someone, not becausethe studios want to bank on a fran-chise which has made them a pret-ty profit time and time again.

I may not know it all about themovie business, I may not knowevery tidbit and every star, but Iknow quality and I know when it isclearly lacking in an industry thatseems to have lost quite nearly allof its creative soul.

So join me this year if you will;take a moment from your studieson this journey as we ponder thebig questions, like why do somepeople insist on believing thatAvatar has somehow outdoneGone with the Wind in the race forhighest-grossing movie? Why doDisney and Pixar feel the need toremaster every children’s classicinto the third dimension?

I don’t know it all and I don’tpretend to, but I know what I likeand I know that I’m not alone inthat. So if you want to hear onewoman’s insights into how thefilm industry is changing rapidlyand why some of us don’t thinkthat’s a good thing, then read on,fellow cinephiles; read on andrejoice because you’re not alone inyour love of good cinema.

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As the new school year is finallyhere, it’s time to switch up yourmakeup routine, try new productsand freshen up your everydaymakeup looks. Over the summer,we all know our makeup looks startto diminish and we fall into a mini-malist routine – it’s time to try outsome of the new fall trends for yourfresh, back-to-school makeup.

Fall 2012 trends are all aboutusing extreme dark and lightcolours in your look and contrast-ing them. This could mean havingvery neutral tones around the eyeand then having an extreme deeprouge lip. Statement colours arevery big with the fall makeuptrends, whether they’re on yourlashes, lips, cheeks or eyelids.

The first trend for fall is mulber-ry lips; red is always a prominentcolour in fall makeup, but this yearit is very toned down and not sovibrant. Instead of having a true redlip, the lipsticks are much deeperwith hints of chocolate undertones.When wearing this lip colour, it’sbest to have it fairly glossy and

contrasted with a very simple eyecolour. A simple rule to rememberfor this season’s trends is “one outof three”; for example, if your eyesare very dramatic, then keep yourcheeks and lips simple (neutral-toned).

The second makeup trend thathas actually transferred over fromlast year’s trends is defined brows.This part of the face is oftenskipped when quickly getting readyin the morning, but filling in thebrows actually adds a lot of defini-tion to the face. It is best to use eye-brow powders, as you can get amore natural look, but you can alsofeather on eyebrow pencils to real-ly define the arch of the eyebrow.For a really bold evening look, youcan also add some glitter and colourto the eyebrows.

The last and probably most wear-able trend for back to school issmoky brown for eyes. Instead ofusing the harsh blacks and greys fora traditional smoky eye (which tendto wash out a lot of complexions),deep browns are now being usedinstead. These shades work beauti-fully with all complexions and caneasily be transformed from a day-time look to an evening look just bylayering on more pigment. Insteadof using a black eyeliner, try usinga mocha-coloured kohl liner and

blending it out (with a smudgebrush) to create an even smokiereye. Finish this look by adding avolumizing mascara and a nude lip(keeping the one-in-three rule in

mind). This season, try switching up

your makeup routine by includingone or all of these flawless makeuptrends. Contrasting between

extremes of lightness and darknessin colour will add life to your look;just remember to keep the one-in-three rule in mind.

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The beautiful mulberry lips trend is seen on many celebrities on the red carpet.

BEAUTY BOYJOSHUA R. WALLERjoshua.r.waller@gmail.com

Back-to-school trends to know

LIFESTYLES16Volume 45 Issue No. 3 September 10, 2012 www.fsu.ca/interrobang/

As a student in FanshaweCollege’s School of BroadcastJournalism from 1981 to ’83, I wasfortunate enough to enjoy a numberof practical learning experiences. Infact, about two-thirds of my timeinvolved helping operate a busynewsroom and interviewing mem-bers of the community for news-casts and documentaries.

Still, I attended regular classroomlectures – English, economics, his-tory, law and, my favourite class,Film Appreciation with recentlyretired Fanshawe professor JosephDunlop-Addley. But I’m guessingthat as a current Fanshawe student,sitting through an eight-hour day oflectures and PowerPoints isn’t yourpreferred method of learning.

Lectures are necessary and theydo serve a purpose, but I like tothink of them as the starting blocksof higher education. As a professor,I use PowerPoints to instill a senseof curiosity within my students.Once introduced to a new set oftools necessary to obtainingemployment, it is then up to stu-dents to run with these new ideas –develop a skillset that will help sep-arate them from the competition.

We’ve all heard the term ‘thinkoutside the box.’ During my entirecareer as a journalist and mediarelations professional – and even asa Fanshawe student – I’ve advancedthrough the ranks by thinking out-side the box. Many times as a stu-dent reporter I would have coffeewith my professors at D Cafeteriaand pick their brains about what Ihad learned in class earlier that day.And whenever I interviewed apolitician, athlete or member of thebusiness community, I would askquestions – sometimes away fromthe microphone or camera – thatdidn’t necessarily involve the newsstory to which I was assigned, butdid interest me in terms of my owncareer.

Classroom instruction is impera-tive to earning a diploma and learn-ing the basic skills necessary to yourchosen profession. But it’s just astart. Thinking outside the box –taking additional steps, doing yourhomework and considering allangles – is what will help separateyou from the majority of job seek-ers.

In the mid-1980s, I was workingpart-time as a radio newscaster andreporter, freelance writing on a part-time basis and bartending at adowntown hotel. I knew then that I

wanted to write on a full-time basis,and I also knew that networkingwas an all-important piece to thatpuzzle. In fact, I had earlier left awell-paying office job in order tohave more face-to-face contact withpeople with whom I could network.

Two weeks ago, I wrote about theimportance of a business card, evennow as you begin or complete yourstudies. When I bartended, I alwayskept my business cards behind thebar: “Jeffrey Reed, FreelanceWriter,” with my phone number and– I can admit now – a cheesy graph-ic of a quill pen. It was either that oran image of a typewriter. To refreshyour memory, a typewriter is aninsufficient writing instrument (pre-computer) that involves messy car-bon paper and mounds of incom-plete stories piled high on the floor,resting at your feet while you stum-ble past an opening paragraph. Itwasn’t pretty in the early days.

One day, while volunteering tobartend a convention luncheon, agentleman with a camera hangingfrom his neck approached me for abeverage. I asked him about hisduties that day, and learned that hewas taking photos for a trade maga-zine involving the conventioneers.You guessed it: I handed him mybusiness card and asked if he need-ed a writer.

Two weeks later, that same gen-tleman – an editor with a large pub-lishing firm – handed me my firstcover story. Today, I still work withthat publisher as a writer and editor,contributing to scores of magazines,newspapers and corporate newslet-ters.

This was a classic think-outside-the-box initiative come to fruition. Ididn’t wait for a job to come to me.Simply mailing my query, CV andwriting examples wasn’t an option.I chose to bartend; I chose to workduring a noon-hour business meet-ing; I took the step to create a busi-ness card; and I offered my skills tothe photographer – who turned outto be a senior editor with that pub-lisher. Despite my gaudy cummer-bund and bowtie, and liquor-stainedshoes, I must have made a strongfirst impression.

As a student, there are numerousways for you to think outside thebox in terms of jump starting yourchosen career. Fanshawe Collegeand the community at large have amyriad of groups and associationswhich involve people from allwalks of life. You’ll find that suc-cessful professionals will oftenmake the time to speak with youabout your chosen career, and maybe open to mentoring you duringyour time at Fanshawe.

Learn from lectures, and soak inall that a PowerPoint offers, butremember to think outside the class-room: there’s a whole world ofknowledge waiting for you.

Award-winning journalistJeffrey Reed is a FanshaweCollege professor with theCorporate Communication andPublic Relations post-graduateprogram and an instructor withFanshawe’s Continuing Educationdepartment. E-mail him atjreed@fanshawec.ca.

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Alright, mature students, twoweeks in and you’ve no doubtnoticed school is wa-a-ay differentfrom when you were last in class. Nodoubt you’re amazed, dumbfoundedand, quite frankly, shocked at theproliferation of devices your class-mates are wielding, texting, key-boarding and Facebooking. Duringlectures. Right in the professor’sface, as he or she is talking.

I’ve been sitting near the front ofthe class since I began my programlast September. It’s because I’m hereto learn. It’s because I’m mindful ofpaying over $2,000 for tuition andbooks, and forgoing a year’s salary tobegin a second career. It’s alsobecause I don’t want to look at peo-ple’s open laptops turned to theirFacebook pages, reality TV showsand shopping channels. Thank godmost of these students sit at the back.However, they’re not doing theirfriends and classmates any favoursby their boorish behaviour.

Let me be as plain as my kids’Grade 8 teacher, who announcesevery first day of school: “You’re bigkids now. Your hormones are goingcrazy. When you’re all together inmy class, you stink. If your parentshaven’t talked to you about this, lis-ten up. I want you to get antiperspi-rant and use it every morning beforeclass.”

Hey, you guys don’t stink. You’repretty and well-groomed, and youprobably take more time putting onyour makeup in the morning than Ido getting dressed and out the door.But as meticulous and fastidious asyou are about your appearance, Iwish you’d take two minutes toabsorb this: your open laptops andopen cellphones during class arerude. There’s no reason for yourscreens to be on except if you’reactively taking notes. There’s no rea-son at all for your cellphones to be on

during a class.Even if you have kids, rest assured

they will survive at daycare and ele-mentary school for an hour or twowithout you. In my three terms atFanshawe, I’ve seen (and heard) lap-tops turned on to everything exceptFanshaweOnline during classes. I’veheard all manners of ringtones go offduring lectures, tests and evenexams. What the hell! Go to the backand flunk out there!

Not even your parents find youcute when you tune out like this, andyour professors and classmates find iteven less cute. I’m saying pleaserespect your education and mine byproviding a good atmosphere forwhat we’re here for: to learn. You’vegot plenty of time to check your mes-sages at break or between classes.

Another thing. The avalanche ofnoise with slamming binders andscraping chairs just before the end ofclass is truly embarrassing. Trust me,your profs have a good eye on theclock and can bring their lectures to aclose without you cutting them off.

You know who really wants tohear you talk? Your teachers! Theywould love it if you answered theirquestions and participated in classdiscussions, so save some socializingfor them.

THE LONG VIEWSusie Mah

Paying to be rude

CREDIT: MATT SAYLES

If you’re paying attention to yourcellphone, instant messages andemail while in class, you’re notmulti-tasking. You’re being rude.

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Thinking outside the box could lead you to that opportunity that helpslaunch your career.

THE REAL WORLDJeffrey Reedjreed@fanshawec.ca

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“I don’t like anyone telling mehow I’m supposed to feel, or how Iam supposed to think.” That’sHope Solo in her own words. Solois the goalkeeper for the UnitedStates Women’s National Team.She debuted for the full USWNT in2000, but has been in the team’sjunior leagues since she was 16.She shares her journey to soccerstardom in her memoir, Solo: AMemoir of Hope. The book chroni-cles the beginning of her soccercareer to her most recent appear-ance on the reality TV showDancing With The Stars.

Solo has made a name for herselfin professional women’s soccer.She received the Golden GloveAward for being the best goalkeep-er in the 2011 FIFA World Cup.Also in 2011, Solo received theBronze Ball Award for her overallperformance, and was in the All-Star team of the tournament.

The memoir shows Solo’s per-spective on her personal life, aswell as how she became the num-ber-one goaltender in the world.Solo has an interesting relationshipwith her family, specifically herfather; she goes in-depth about herfamily life and lets readers knowthat she did not have it easy.

On the soccer side of things,Solo goes into detail about how shedid not always want to be a goal-tender; she actually started as astandout forward. The memoir alsogives Solo’s personal viewpoint onthe 2007 World Cup catastrophe.

Solo made a lot of waves in themedia with her comment to ESPNabout sitting for the Brazil game inthe 2007 World Cup. Greg Ryan,the coach, decided to bench Solo in

favour of playing Briana Scurry,who had played outstandingly inthe previous World Cup gold-medal game, despite Solo havingshutouts in the three previousgames. The memoir shows the hardjourney she went through to getback on top and to patch up rela-tionships between veteran playerssuch as Christie Rampone andAbby Wambach. AlthoughWambach is only a year older thanSolo, she was close with the veter-ans on the team. Solo discusseshow she overcame those 2007hardships, along with her devastat-ing shoulder injury, and how sheeventually became number one.Lastly, she talked about her not sopleasant time with reality TVseries, Dancing With The Stars.

The book is very well writtenand shows a lot of insight into whatprofessional women’s soccer isabout and how cutthroat the league

can really be. Readers will alsoenjoy how much of her personallife she put in the book, and mayhave newfound respect for Solobecause she shows that her way tothe top was not an easy one.Reading the memoir, I admired herhard work and dedication; howev-er, I was appalled at how she wastreated at Dancing With The Stars,it really made me lose faith in real-ity TV. Solo’s viewpoint reallyshowed how fabricated the showreally was.

All in all, I think that Solo: AMemoir was a really great book. Itshowed how gritty and upfrontHope is, and I think she has that tothank for her career’s progression.If it wasn’t for her 2007 outburst, Idon’t think the team would bedoing as well today. The USWNTjust came back from winning goldat the London 2012 Olympics andis currently doing a victory tour.

Solo tells it how it isLINDSAY ROCHE

INTERROBANG

CREDIT: WASHINGTONPOST.CA

Hope Solo in action at the 2012 Olympics against France.

for all Fanshawestudents

Need a few extra dollars thissemester? Got a few extra hoursduring the week? Check out thepart-time work study program – ifyou qualify, you might just findyourself working on campus in acollege department or with theFanshawe Student Union.

The purpose of the on-campuspart-time work study program is toassist students who are in financialneed, who may be receiving finan-cial aid through OSAP or whohave obtained another educationalloan but still require additionalassistance. Part-time work studyjobs have been created on campusso students will have the resourcesto meet expenses associated withtheir education. The added bonusis that these positions also give youvaluable experience to add to yourresume.

Here’s how you get started. Assoon as possible before September28, you must complete the workstudy application (available onlineat yourmoneydance.com) andcomplete the following steps:Select “Click here to apply”; underBursary Name, enter “Part timeWork Study” and hit Search.Review the criteria for the part-time work study program andselect Apply. From there, log onusing your FanshaweOnline user-name and password. Provide theinformation as requested and sub-mit your application. Staff in theFinancial Aid office will reviewyour application to determine youreligibility and provide a writtenresponse.

To qualify, students must meetthe Canadian Citizenship criteria,be taking at least a 60 per centcourse load during the Septemberto April period, they must have ademonstrated financial need and

must be making satisfactory aca-demic progress. While candidatesshould have been assessed forOSAP and been eligible for assis-tance, some exceptions to studentsnot being eligible for OSAP willbe considered.

Available part-time work studyjobs are posted on the CareerServices job posting site, accessi-ble through FanshaweOnline(from the right-hand toolbar, selectthe link to Career Services and Co-op Job Site). Once logged in, selectthe link to Job Postings and furtherselect On-campus Jobs. Only thoseapproved for the program canapply to these positions. If you areapproved, bring your approval let-ter to D1063, Career Services andask for the contact information forthe positions you viewed on thewebsite which you wish to applyto. Complete the part-time workstudy application as soon as possi-ble to avoid being disappointed.

Current available positionsinclude a variety of jobs in theAthletics department, office assis-tants, Interrobang reporters, jobs inthe restaurants on campus, promo-tions and advertising, assistants fora number of programs and serviceson campus and much more.

Need assistance? Drop by theCareer Services office in RoomD1063. The Career Services staffis available to assist you on anindividual basis. Visit the office toarrange an appointment with theconsultant responsible for yourprogram or call 519-452-4294.For job listings, visit www.fan-shawec.ca/careerservices.

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FREDERICTON (CUP) — Thereare many who believe Justin Bieberchanged their life, but few are likeme. No, I’m not a 12-year-old girland yes, I really can’t stand hismusic.

My story is a bit different. It’s oneI haven’t really told anyone before.

I’m an Internet kid — I alwayshave been. At 13 years old I was run-ning my own video game forumwebsite and at 14, the site grew tohave over 14,000 members. I wasn’tthe most social kid, so this took up alot of my free time. When I got boredof my site, I shifted my attention tothe emerging YouTube.

I can’t quite remember how Istumbled across “kidrauhl,” JustinBieber’s account, but it must havebeen around February 2007.

He had about 10 videos up on hisaccount. They were all shot with low-quality cameras and ranged any-where from a cover of ArethaFranklin’s “Respect” to break-danc-ing to Michael Jackson. Regardless, Iwas impressed with the kid’s talentand shot him a quick message: “Keepit up.”

It was his mother, Pattie Mallette,who responded. That was the begin-ning of our Internet friendship.

Think that’s weird? Trust me, Iknow.

I was dealing with some of thehardest moments in my life as a teen.I’ve always kept to myself, whichoften led me to bottle everything up.I was depressed, my self-esteem wasat an all-time low and nobody knew

it but me.That is, until I told Pattie.After several weeks of exchanging

emails back and forth, I somehowended up spilling my private life. Inever told her specifically what I wasgoing through, but she figured it out.She had gone through the samethings.

And so there I was: not willing totrust anyone near me, but theanonymity of the Internet allowedme to open up to someone halfwayacross the country.

I began to look forward to Pattie’sresponses. My YouTube messageswere often the first things I checkedwhen I got home from school. It feltnice to have someone to talk to.Eventually we ended up speaking toeach other mostly through Skype.

And yes, of course, this was all atthe same time Bieber’s fame was onthe rise. In the early stages, I gotinvolved in a promotion group onYouTube. Pattie was one of thefounders. I later left the group after itfell under heavy scrutiny from theYouTube community — rumourscirculated that the group’s mainowner was a pedophile.

So four other members and I start-ed our own collaboration. We madevideos together, and Bieber also wenthis own way. When my group,dubbed “TeenTubers,” met itsinevitable failure, I quit the YouTubecommunity and went back to my oldwebsite.

I remained in contact with Pattiefor a while after. She told me severalrecord labels were looking at Justinand big things were going to come.

But she was still very worried forher son — he was in his rebel years.She was a single mother trying tocope.

It’s odd now, looking back andrealizing a 30-year-old was gettingsupport from a 16-year-old. She toldme about Justin getting in fights inschool and how they were driftingapart. She worried for him. She wor-ried a lot. She was especially con-cerned that he was growing up to belike his then-troubled father.

I never really talked to Justin him-self — besides the few odd times hewould jump on his mom’s Skype.His life kept getting crazier. Soon, heand Pattie were flying out to places tomeet with high-profile celebrities likeScooter Braun, Usher and JustinTimberlake.

I still remember Pattie sending methe original version of “One Time”long before its official release. I wasdisappointed in it, but congratulatedthem all the same. I had no idea itwould go on to get almost 400 mil-lion hits on YouTube alone.

As Bieber got bigger — and as Istarted to grow up — contactbetween Pattie and I graduallywaned. I remember once receivingthe message, “Can’t talk, on the wayto the Junos — watch it!”

I had Pattie on Facebook and I gotto talk to her the odd time, but it wasdifficult. They were now famous andvery, very busy.

After several failed attempts tocommunicate, I knew it was time todelete them from my life. So I did.

Now, it’s all just a really odd story.Who would have thought?

JAMES ROUSETHE AQUINIAN

I was friends with Justin Bieber’s mom

LIFESTYLES18Volume 45 Issue No. 3 September 10, 2012 www.fsu.ca/interrobang/

THE TONIGHT SHOWwith Jay Leno

A company announced they are

now selling waffle-flavoured vodka.

Who is this for, the drunks that still

think breakfast is the most important

meal of the day?

That had to be rough for Ron

Paul. You run for president, you win

a bunch of delegates, and not only is

he not allowed to speak but he

couldn’t even sit down because they

gave his chair to Clint Eastwood.

A man in Florida has been arrest-

ed for wearing a President Obama

mask while robbing a McDonald’s.

To show you how good this guy’s

disguise was, instead of a holdup

note he was reading from

a teleprompter.

BEST IN LATE NIGHTCOMIC RELIEF

CONAN with Conan O’Brien

Bruce Willis may sue Apple so he

can pass down his Apple music col-

lection to his daughter. This could be

an important case because if there's

one thing teenage girls love, it is

their dad’s music collection.

MTV has announced this will be

the last season of Jersey Shore. So I

guess we’ll never know if they learn

to walk upright.

Chuck Norris said that if President

Obama is re-elected it will lead “to a

thousand years of darkness.” Then he

said if Mitt Romney wins, it will lead

to four years of extreme whiteness.

A former Navy SEAL has a book

out that claims Osama bin

Laden was unarmed when

he was shot. The book is

called Who Cares, He’sDead.

JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE with Jimmy Kimmel

I no longer recognize Labour Day

as a holiday now that Jerry Lewis is

not hosting anymore.

On Saturday the White House

released President Obama's personal

recipe for a home-brewed beer.

That’s how bad the economy is. Not

only is our president drinking, he’s

drinking beer he made in his bath-

tub.

A new study has found that men

and women see colors differently.

And we also see everything else dif-

ferently.

Women can perceive more than

50 shades of gray, whereas men see

a poorly written book.

THE LATE SHOW with David LettermanYou know who is in trouble

again? Lindsay Lohan. For a while

Lindsay Lohan was a person of

interest in a jewel heist. I'm telling

you, this woman apparently learned

nothing from her four hours in

prison.

Did you have a nice Laboor Day?

It's the day we honor the American

worker. When I say an American

worker, I mean an 8-year-old kid in

China.

President Obama is spending his

free time in the White House mak-

ing beer, and apparently the beer is

so good that the White

House is now releasing the

recipe. Not to be outdone,

Mitt Romney will be releas-

ing his own recipe for root

beer.

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LIFESTYLESAcross1. Keats, for one

5. Author Janowitz

9. Up, in baseball

14. ___’acte (the interval between

two acts of a play

15. “what are you some kind of

___” (2 words)

16. Gaucho’s rope

17. Blues singer James

18. Bank deposit

19. Circle

20. 12th PM of Canada

23. At no time, poetically

24. Non-profit organization pro-

viding programs, services and live

entertainment to United States troops

and their families

25. BC-born Baywatch babe

32. Storied royal elephant

33. King of Portugal 1838–1889

34. Certain corporate takeover

(abbr.)

35. Enthusiasm

36. World-weary

38. Bank claim

39. ___ miserables (1862 French

novel)

40. 1940's-50's All-Star baseball

pitcher Johnny

41. Smoke from ceremonial burn-

ing

42. Deepest body of water in

North America

46. Top of a clock dial

47. “Idylls of the King” character

48. Queen Victoria’s 4th daughter

55. Gave out

56. Santa ___, Calif.

57. Wing (prefix)

58. American symbol

59. Tiny fraction of a min.

60. Austin of “Knots Landing”

61. Syrian leader

62. Ad headline

63. Bone head?

Down

1. Leave in a hurry, with “out”

2. “I’m ___ you!”

3. “___, Brute!”

4. Casey Jones, e.g.

5. Attachment to a graduation cap

6. “Peer Gynt” character

7. Think (over)

8. “___ boy!”

9. Provokes

10. Extreme fear

11. Honey

12. Has ___ ear (is tone-deaf)(2

words)

13. Sylvester, to Tweety

21. Prophet

22. ___ Murphy: most highly dec-

orated American soldier in WWII

25. Less ruddy

26. Belittle

27. “32 Flavors” singer Davis

28. Greek letter (plural)

29. Go furtively

30. Corpulent

31. ___ of the above

32. Luxumborg. neighbour (abbr.)

36. Alkaline

37. “___ Abner”

38. Precede

40. Cut corners

41. History Muse

43. Armpit, anatomically

44. Craft

45. Bind

48. Found in a pod

49. “___ to riches”

50. Coastal raptors

51. Sammy ___: 1998 National

League MVP

52. Residents (suffix)

53. Muralist José María ___

54. Great Lake

55. Narc’s org.

Solution on page 22

1. Ice Cream is chinese food!2. Blueberry juice boosts memo-

ry.3. Coca Cola was originally

green.4. The world’soldest knownrecipe is for

beer.5. It takes food

seven seconds to getfrom your mouth to your

stomach.6. You would have to walk for

seven hours straight to burn off asuper sized Coke, fry and Big Mac.

7. Decaffeinated coffee is not100 per cent caffeine free. When

coffee is being decaffeinated, twoper cent of the caffeine stillremains in it.

8. 50 years ago Cheerios werecalled Cheerioats.

9. Vanilla flavouring is some-times made with an ingredientfrom beaver pee.

10. Every month, about nine outof 10 American children visit aMcDonald’s restaurant.

11. An average person’s yearlyfast food intake will contain 12pubic hairs.

12. Chocolate is lower in caf-feine than tea, coffee and cocacola. A one ounce bar of chocolatecontains about 6mg of caffeine,whereas a five ounce cup of regu-lar coffee contains over 40mg.

13. Research has shown thatallowing chocolate to melt in yourmouth produced brain and heartrate activity that was simliar to -and even stronger than - that pro-duced with passionate kissing.

14. In the 1800’s, rum was con-sidered excellent for cleaning hairand keeping it healthy. Brandy wasbelieved to strengthen hair roots.

15. The purpose of the indenta-tion at the bottom of a wine bottleis to strengthen the structure of thebottle.

16. White wine gets darker as itages while red wine gets lighter.

17. Orange juice naturally con-tains a small amount of alcohol.

18. Japan is the largest exporterof frog’s legs.

19. All 13 minerals necessaryfor human life can be found inalcohol beverages.

20. You can overdose on caf-feine.

21. There are about 100,000 bac-teria in one litre of drinking water.

Aries (March 21 - April 19)Your specialty is in the limelight

for the rest of the week. Outsidersmake a big impression within thecircle. No one has ever tried thisapproach before, but everyone willsoon be following your lead.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20)Face cosmic reality -- you’re

going to lose for the next few days.Attitude is everything. Instead ofwasting energy in a hard-foughtlast stand, work with your con-queror. Cooperation will berewarded.

Gemini (May 21 - June 20)You’re most persuasive under

the Moon. The thing that you lovecould be even more perfect than italready is. Team members pulltogether when driven by a com-mon purpose.

Cancer (June 21 - July 22)A little bit of greed is healthy if

you put a friendly face on it.Recognize the difference betweenperfect and good enough. Waterand fire are comfortable alliesthese days.

Leo (July 23 - August 22)Nothing surprises Leo, no matter

how amazing. The world’s atten-tion focuses naturally on you.Further your cause or set the bestexample during these goldenmoments.

Virgo (August 23 - Sept. 22)Demand to see the hard copy.

Your strong preconceptions couldpaint new data in different colours.Virgo believes that the quality ofthe messenger has some effect onthe message.

Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22)You’re capable and fluid. Libra

has a hand in several majorevents. If someone doesn’t yetknow your name, you’ll changethat situation. The next few gooddays will make up for anythingbad that has happened.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21)There’s a lot going on, but

Scorpio has only a little bit of con-trol over it. Your lover is probablymuch more sympathetic than yourboss. Theft will be punished,although escape will be tolerated.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21)You arrive in the right place at

the right time. The Moon suppliesyou with endless creativity inhappy circumstances. Your ener-gy naturally attracts a higher qual-ity of people.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19)Look your problem straight in

the eye. Difficult people are goingto make a difference whether youaid or oppose them. The chancethat’s now available, though chal-lenging, is exciting.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18)For Aquarius, the final days of

this week are about people.Friends, loved ones and cowork-ers all require highly specializedattention. You may have to give alot to keep the peace or maintainthe status quo.

Pisces (Feb. 18 - March 20)Suddenly you’re having less fun

than before. The music haschanged, and your dance is nolonger appropriate. Fall into stepwith others until you can find amore harmonious use for yourindividuality.

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 grid con-tains the digits 1 through 9. That means no number is repeated in any col-umn, row or box. Solution can be found on page 22.

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Fanshawe Student Union VP Internal Tory Holmes helped serve up some food on September 1 during the resi-dence barbeques benefiting the London Children’s Health Foundation. The event raised $1,500.

WINDSOR (CUP) — The stu-dent diet is famously known for thestaples of Kraft Dinner, ramennoodles and bags of frozen pero-gies that only cost a few bucks.

But imagine your mac andcheese spiced up with some freshhot pepper or a nice kale salad tocomplement your ramen. Heck,how about just some nice herbs toliven up your frozen food? It’sentirely easy and possible to growthese fresh foods no matter how lit-tle space you have.

Artist and gardener SamanthaLefort was living in a tinyVancouver apartment when shedecided she wanted fresh food24/7, 365 days a year. “I didn’thave access to a balcony or a com-munity garden … I wanted some-thing that was fresh and as close tothe soil as I could get it.”

The importance of truly freshherbs, vegetables and fruit can’t beunderstated. “As soon as you pickany fruit or vegetable from thestalk, it starts to lose a good por-tion of its nutrients.”

Produce from the grocery storehas to travel hundreds of milesbefore it can be purchased — bythe time it is, a lot of nutrients aregone. “Eating food that is as closeto the ground as possible as soon asit is picked is healthier for you.”

When getting started, Lefort rec-ommended only starting with thefood you actually want to eat.

“Use stuff that’s simple — herbsare the best thing to start withbecause you can use them a lot andyou get used to interacting withthem in your kitchen space or dormspace.”

Herbs such as mint grow likeweeds so they don’t need a lot ofsupport to get going (they alsoallow you to make delicious andfresh mojitos). You can also pur-chase starter herbs that allow youto get a head start on growing

instead of growing right from theseed.

The Internet is a treasure troveof gardening information — tree-hugger.com, letspatch.tumblr.comand victorygardensvancouver.tum-blr.com all have great informationon container gardening.

Lefort was kind enough to give aprimer on how to grow your ownherbs and veggies quickly and eas-ily in simple containers that can bemade from found objects.

Container gardening: A how-to

This guide will help you build aself-watering water bottle contain-er to grow herbs in.

You need:• a bottle with a spout• soil• some rocks• a piece of cotton or water absorbent fabric (it needs to plug the hole of the spout)• seeds, or an herb starterStep 1. Cut the water bottle

about one-quarter from the bottomso that the planting area is largerthan the water reservoir

Step 2. Place your fabric throughthe spout and tie a knot in the sidethat will make up the planting area.This is so soil doesn’t breachthrough.

Step 3. Put some drainage rocksin the bottle all around the fabric— this provides drainage and stopsthe soil from mixing with thewater.

Step 4. Add soil and seeds. Theseeds should be planted just a fin-gernail length in the soil. Addsome water into the reservoir area.You can also buy a plant starter —this plant is already alive andgrowing, you just have to keep ithealthy.

Step 5. Once all these steps arecomplete, water the plant oncefrom the top — after that, the plantwill get all the water it needs fromthe water reservoir.

H.G. WATSONTHE LANCE

Container gardeningfor your dorm room

I’ve always grown up as a per-son who hated summer. But beforeyou judge me, I should makemyself clear and say that summersfor me while growing up involvednear 50°C temperatures on a dailybasis with unpleasantly hot andsticky weather, so naturally, Ihated the sight of summer.

Of course, now, summer seemslike a pleasant thing after all. I’vejust put my first Canadian summerbehind me and while the joy ofreturning to school may haunt mein a few months, the summer mostdefinitely will not. I’ve heardabout the rage that barbecues cre-ate in this country and now that Iam the proud owner of one myself,I’m not sure if I fall under the cat-egory of enthusiast or bandwag-oner. Perhaps someone would liketo clarify.

Jokes aside, I really looked for-ward to my first taste at a‘Canadian summer.’ I was excited,naturally, and the suspense wouldkill me each passing day while Iwas holidaying back home inIndia: golf, baseball, barbecues,the possibility of meeting CoreyPerry – all of this was indeed in thecards back in April. And then it sohappened that the London Knightswon the OHL title and there I was,probably the only guy in India whowas actually celebrating, whichmade me realize how out of place Ireally was. “Keep cricket to Indiaand hockey to Canada,” is what Itold myself.

Fast forward a month and mydreams of becoming the nextsuperstar on the PGA tour took abackseat. It seems like everyone inCanada, from businessmen to thebiggest NHL superstars, all fancytheir hand at golf, but alas, I’ve yetto discover why. Perhaps nextsummer, eh?

London has been great to me, itreally has. It’s been my home fromover a year now and was also theplace where I watched my firsthockey, baseball and footballgames. But there is something thatbeats all of that combined: meeting

Corey Perry at Labatt Park duringDrew Doughty’s charity softballtournament. I know some of youmight despise Perry, but for a kidfrom well beyond the pond, I’d callthat a pretty awesome and nerve-racking moment – a moment thatsort of makes up for the disap-pointment of being told that notbeing Canadian was the reasonwhy I couldn’t apply for a summerwork study position at Fanshawe. Ican now only imagine how muchdifferent life might have been if Ihad I been working at 106.9 TheXor for the Interrobang, but that’snot something that really matters

now that summer is gone and win-ter draws ever so near.

Summer 2012 is almost com-plete, and since it was my firstCanadian summer, I can safely saythat it will always remain special tome. It’s interesting to see how peo-ple do things here in Canada, andyes, they are different than thingswe did back home. Studyingabroad is a great learning experi-ence, I’m glad I could do it. It’sgreat to be writing for theInterrobang again, and I can’t waitto meet new people in the halls ofFanshawe.

A summer of fun endsVICTOR KAISARINTERROBANG

CREDIT: SPENCER GOWAN

Summer 2012 bucket list: Meet Corey Perry. Complete.

This time of year, NHL fans areusually gearing up for the upcom-ing season, buying tickets for theirfavourite teams and completingfantasy drafts with their friends.But with the NHL lockout deadlinecoming up on September 15 and nodeal in place, it could be a whilebefore fans see that first puck drop.Let’s get down to the facts.

Who’s involved?- The National Hockey Leagues

Players’ Association (NHLPA), ledby executive director Donald Fehr

- The NHL owners, representedby League Commissioner GaryBettman

What are they debating about?- Money! What else is new?

Bettman said he believes the own-ers are paying the players toomuch, and the players disagree.There was a salary cap created in2004, and NHL revenues havegrown to about $3.3 billion annual-ly

- As of September 6, the NHLproposed a deal that would seeplayers receive 46 per cent of rev-enues, but the union argued that thenegotiations should be measuredcloser to the current position of 57per cent

- Although both sides seem readyand willing to discuss the issues,not much progress has been made

How much do NHL playerstypically make?

- The average player makes $2.4million per year and $13 to $14million in his career

Has there ever been a lockout?- Yes, in 2004 the entire season

was cancelled- The issues were similar, focus-

ing on revenue and salaries- Other issues: higher player

fines, playoff bonuses, schedulingWhat’s social media’s role in

all of this?- Many hockey experts are not-

ing that social media wasn’t as pop-ular in 2004 as it is now. ManyNHL players and fans are usingTwitter and Facebook to voice theiropinions about the potential lock-out

- One 21-year-old fan fromFinland created a video to try tounite hockey fans and discouragethe lockout from happening. It’sgained international attention andnearly 300,000 views on YouTube:t inyur l .com/youtube-nhlfan-

vid2012Important dates:- September 15: Expiration date

for the Collective BargainingAgreement between NHL andNHL Players’ Association

- September 19: NHL preseasonschedule begins

- September 26: PhiladelphiaFlyers vs. Toronto Maple LeafsNHL preseason game at the JohnLabatt Centre

- October 11: 2012/13 NHL reg-ular season begins

This is the Panamera, Porsche’sfirst-ever production car to havefour doors. While Porsche hadexperimented with such conceptsback in the ’70s and the ’90s, theynever got past the prototype stage.

The problem with those earlierconcepts was perhaps because theywere nothing more than 911s and928s that were stretched to accom-modate extra doors. The Panamerais a car that is new from the groundup. Nothing about its platform hascome from anything they currentlymake (although some technical bitsare shared). This clean sheet designallowed Porsche to mould the plat-form to their exact requirements –everything from the position of theengine in the chassis to the posi-tioning of the rear seats was donespecifically for this car.

The end result is simply amaz-ing, not that you can tell just bylooking at it. Let’s face it; this isnot a pretty car. No matter whichangle you look at it from, it’s notgoing to win your heart. The rearend especially is quite bulbous.

However, that is okay, because

its interior is easily one of the bestin the business. It does seem thatPorsche allotted all their topdesigners to the interior depart-ment. Not only is this a very spa-cious four-seater (yes, it has buck-et seats even in the rear, hence nomiddle seat for a fifth passenger),the ergonomics are spot-on, too. Ilove the centre console, whichseemed to have been inspired bythe Vertu phone. All the buttonsare well positioned and easy toread, and understanding which but-ton does what is actually very sim-ple. There is no BMW iDrive com-plication here, which will pleasemany people. Customers will alsobe pleased by the toys it has tooffer. Navigation system, touch-screen interface, a brilliant soundsystem and more – it’s all here.One feature I really appreciatedwas the heated steering wheel,which came in handy when Ijumped in the car first thing in themorning.

However, none of the above-mentioned features even comeclose to this car’s very best feature:its engine. This front-enginePorsche has a brand new motor, a4.8-litre V8, which produces 400hp and 370 lb/ft of torque. Matedto a seven-speed PDK (PorscheDoppelkupplung) twin-clutchgearbox (with steering wheelmounted shift buttons), power is

sent either to the rear wheels(Panamera S) or to all wheels(Panamera 4S), as in my test car.

As for the typical question ofspeed, the Panamera 4S will accel-erate from zero to 100 km/h inabout 4.8 seconds, and its topspeed is 282 km/h. If you want togo faster still, a Turbo model isalso offered, which produces 500hp. That can accelerate past 300km/h.

Figures alone, however, aremeaningless; it’s all about how acar feels that separates one carfrom the next, and the Panamera4S feels spectacular. Over theyears, many car companies havetried to make a four-door sportscar, but they all lacked the feel of atrue sports car. Drive a Panamera

for five minutes and you forget thatit actually has big back seats and avery commodious trunk. Manyauto journalists have said it feelslike a 911, but personally, I thinkit’s even better. Where a 911 isonly great when being pushed onthe track, the Panamera feels greateverywhere. Whether you’re on ahighway cruise or on a desertedstrip of twisty tarmac, thePanamera will plant a huge smileon your face.

Luxury car buyers might say it’snot as well insulated as aMercedes-Benz S-Class, but per-sonally I think the Panamera offersthe right amount of insulation. It’snever harsh, nor is it a sensory dep-rivation tank.

Throw in its excellent handling

capabilities and what you end upwith is probably the most completecar I have ever come across. It’s apractical family car with all-wheeldrive, so it can be used every day,even in the Canadian climate. Itmanages 11 litres/100 km(city/highway combined), so it’sabout as frugal as a mid-size sedan.But for occasions when you need adriver’s car, this family carrewards like a sports car.

So this one car can do it all,which is a good thing, becausewith Panamera prices starting at$110,200, it’s not cheap.Personally, I’d save a bit of moneyand buy a BMW 550GT instead,because it does everything thePanamera manage, but it gives youmore space and is cheaper to buy.

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The Porsche Panamera 4S is one impressive car

MOTORING NAUMAN FAROOQnaumanf1@yahoo.com

Panamera 4S combines sports car with family car

The Windsor Spitfires are racingto the start of the season, due to thefact that they had the worst post-season in the Ontario HockeyLeague.

After an early exit for the 2012Playoffs, a series sweep at thehands of the London Knights, theSpitfires had a relatively quietsummer. Heading towards trainingcamp, the biggest story of the off-season in the OHL broke out: theOntario Hockey League leviedfines totaling $400,000 against theWindsor Spitfires Hockey Club, inaddition to taking away three first-round draft selections and two sec-ond-round draft selections fromthem.

OHL commissioner DavidBranch was quoted on the OHLwebsite as saying, “The Leagueconducted two separate investiga-tions led by our director of securi-ty and enforcement, and in consid-ering all the facts, I was persuadedthat the Windsor Spitfires HockeyClub violated the League’s PlayerBenefit and Recruitment Rules andPolicies. While the penalties mayappear to be severe, the Leagueand its Member Teams recognizefor any such violations of ourRecruitment/Benefit Rules andPolicies, we must send a strongmessage to preserve the integrityof our League.”

Details of the Spitfires’ viola-tion are still unavailable.

Strong Message?Say what you want about the

integrity of the League, what I seefrom this statement by David

Branch is: if we think you aredoing something wrong based onunreleased facts, you’re going toregret doing whatever those thingsmay be, in this caseRecruitment/Benefit Rules andPolicy violations.

The league wouldn’t fine theteam $400,000 as a slap on thewrist, and I’m sure the WindsorSpitfires will do their best to avoidthe situation in the future.

Do you ever not regret doingsomething, but just regret get-ting caught?

The Spitfires lose their nextthree first-round selections, alongwith their next two-second roundpicks in the OHL priority selection(draft). We might see the nextTaylor Hall or Ryan Ellis in thenext few years, but we will neverknow until the time comes. Whatwe will know is that the WindsorSpitfires will be watching from thesidelines (or bench).

It’s a black eye for the WindsorSpitfires Hockey Club, and we willsee how they respond. Initially, theteam is looking for an appealprocess, but lately, they’ve focusedon training camp. In late August,they donated $9,000 to a minorhockey club in the Windsor area,interacting with the community;unfortunately we don’t pick up onthe positive stories around theOHL too often.

I don’t have any sympathy forthe Windsor Spitfires. There arerules in the OHL, and the Spitfiresbroke those rules, according toleague officials. I’m glad thatWindsor was made an example of,because I have a tough time believ-ing that the Windsor Spitfires arethe only team to be violating theRecruitment/Benefit Rules andPolicies.

Windsor Spitfires puttinglast year behind them

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This year will go down as animportant year in the history ofsoccer in this country. Not onlywas it the Canadian SoccerAssociation’s 100th anniversary, italso held one of the biggest accom-plishments by a national team ever,while domestically, there werenow three top-flight clubs in thecountry playing some of the bestsoccer seen here since the days ofthe North American SoccerLeague in the ’70s and ’80s.

However, the women’s nationalteam felt they could have achievedmore at the London Olympicgames, and the oldest MLS team inCanada, with arguably the biggestfan base, started to look like theworst team in the world.

The Canadian Women’sNational Team held Canada’s

attention at a time when there wereso many athletes vying for it. Thesemi-final versus the United Statesdrew some of the biggest TV audi-ences and Twitter activity of theentire Olympic Games – a power-ful statement that only cementswhat soccer now means here.Canada could have been robbed ofthat win, they could have beat theU.S. for only the fourth time in 52chances, the goals stand and willfor the rest of time.

Canada was full of ‘could have,’while they couldn’t see what wasalready done. A whole otherChristine Sinclair could have beenturned on to soccer that day, andwho might help the program in thefuture. The attention they receivedonly showed what we can expectwhen the Women’s World Cup isplayed here in 2015.

A silver lining may be hard forsome Toronto FC fans to find thisseason. In fact, the clouds are asdark as they were at their homeopener in March. They lost 3-0 thatgame against the San Jose

Earthquakes, and they have hadone of the worst seasons in MajorLeague Soccer history.

Danny Koevermans’ infamousclaim that the team was the worstin the world soon turned to beincredibly close to fact, as fewerand fewer are returning to BMOField for each home game. TFChas shown mismanagement to suchan extent that this writer simplydoesn’t feel the need to write aboutit. The lack of consistency in whatshould be Canada’s team(Canadian champions four yearsrunning) has led to a decline in thestature of the club to the point fewplayers want to play for the side.

The interest has not waned inboth Vancouver and Montreal,though, as both teams are in thehunt for playoff spots and very rep-utable seasons. The attendance hasgrown and so have fan bases inboth sides of the country.

This summer may have been oneof heartbreak for Canada, but justlike any breakup, you tell yourselfyou’ll find someone better later.

Summer of sadness forCanadian soccer

CREDIT: TORONTO STAR

Diana Matheson came through late for Canada this summer for the bronze, just a bit too late.

Stop procrastinating and just do it!

Let’s face it, we all make excus-es from time to time. Some of uslive our lives full of excuses, whileothers use them on the odd occa-sion to rid themselves of guilt. Ourexcuses typically revolve aroundwork, progressing and the will tosimply try our hardest. But moreoften than not, we make excusesfor the simple, everyday tasks thatwe know we should be doing!

A few years ago, I decided to tryto learn the guitar. It started offokay, with steady improvements,but I eventually let the practicediminish. I’ve heard many timesthat one of the golden rules of theguitar is that even when you havebecome quite savvy, you shouldpractice for 15 minutes every day.

Who knows – maybe if I neverstopped, I could possibly be at that“15 minutes a day” stage.

This brings up a couple ofimportant points that can beapplied to pretty much anything.Firstly, you never know until youtry and actually give it an honest,full-out effort. Secondly, althoughyou may start off strong and suc-ceed at something, if you don’tmaintain it, you may completelylose it.

Throughout the day, regardlessof how busy we are, we typicallyhave moments of downtime. Forexample, if you work in an office,you will have opportunities whereyou can get up and accomplishsomething for yourself that is nottime-consuming. Remember thatnagging shoulder injury that yourphysiotherapist had you vigorouslyrehabilitate and sent you off pre-scribing that you should maintaincertain exercises for 15 minutes?Do that during your office down-

time! Sure, you might not be ableto do 15 minutes straight, but youcan probably split it up in threeseparate five-minute sessionsinstead of checking your Facebookaccount!

Okay, so it might be a little awk-ward if you try to do your 15-minute routine in the waiting roomof your dental clinic. You shouldalways have time set aside at a cer-tain point in the day for suchimportant health necessities, espe-cially when they aren’t time-con-suming! I might not have been ableto bring my guitar to work to prac-tice my 15-minute jam sessions,but I could have easily fit it inanother specific time of the day ifI’d stopped making excuses.

It’s one thing if you’d LIKE todo something but don’t followthrough on it. It’s another thing ifyou NEED to do something butkeep making up reasons to post-pone it. DO it and prosper!

FUN AND FITNESSRICK MELOmelo_rick@hotmail.com

FANSHAWE FCMARTY THOMPSONsensandsoccerfan@hot-mail.comtwitter: @martythompson_

With the Major League Baseballseason coming to a close, fans arelooking ahead to the playoffs andthe World Series.

The New York Yankees are ontop of the American League EastDivision – not a big surprise. Thatbeing said, what’s the deal with theBaltimore Orioles? In recent sea-sons, Baltimore has been mathe-matically eliminated from the raceat the All-Star break. The point is,the Orioles haven’t been to theplayoffs since 1997; this yearcould be the year to start a new tra-dition: being competitive.

Speaking of big comebacks, doyou remember the Tampa BayDevil Rays? They used to be thelaughingstock of the A.L. East,with their ugly uniforms and thesame attendance as the LondonRippers. In 2007, they finisheddead last in the American Leaguewith the worst record in baseballhistory: 66 – 96. They cleaned uptheir act the very next year with aname change, new uniforms and afew new prospects; they finishedthe 2008 season 97 – 65, winningthe division along with the A.L.Championship, making it to the

World Series against thePhiladelphia Phillies.

Thinking back to Tampa Bay’scoming-out party, is it that jaw-dropping to see the BaltimoreOrioles challenging for a playoffspot?

A lot of critics and sports writerswere expecting Baltimore’s weakdefence to ruin their year, but oncethe team passed the season’shalfway point, they cut their rate offielding errors in half. Sure, theirfielding is the third worst in theMLB, but it isn’t hurting them inthe win-loss column.

Offensively, they aren’t going topost powerhouse numbers, butwhat makes them so different fromother teams is their clutch hitting –getting a hit when you need it issomething that can’t be taught.

Am I picking the BaltimoreOrioles to win the World Series?

No, I have a tough time believ-ing that the Orioles can get past theTexas Rangers. The last two yearsthe Rangers finished as finalists,and last year they were one strikeaway from winning their firstWorld Series Championship. Inother words, don’t mess withTexas. The Orioles are a few yearsaway; once catcher Matt Wietersfinally has that breakout seasonwe’ve all been waiting for, we aregoing to see some fireworks inBaltimore.

‘O’, can you takethem seriously?

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The 2012 NHL playoffs had noshortage of entertainment. Onegreat story was the emergence ofthe New Jersey Devils from theirnear defeat at the hands of theFlorida Panthers to the unlikelywin over the New York Rangers.Rookie sensation Adam Henriquewas to thank for helping the teamget to the Stanley Cup Finals.Henrique talks about a year he willnever forget…

How would you sum up yourfirst year in the NHL?

“It was exciting. For me, it wasabove and beyond my expectationsand for the most part above theexpectation of others. I was flyingunder the radar for the first part ofthe season. Once I made camp, Iwas sent down to Albany for aweek, due to a couple rosterinjuries on the Devils, I went rightback into the lineup. The year wasvery exciting and I learned from somany guys on the team. Going farinto the playoffs also helped.”

Was your game-winning goalagainst New York your biggestgoal of your career?

“It’s a toss-up between that goaland the goal I scored in Florida indouble OT to keep our team alive.The goal against New York waskey as Jersey/Rangers is a hugerivalry and the goal put us into theStanley Cup finals. All things con-sidered, it would have to be thegoal against New York.”

What would it have meant tobring the Stanley Cup back toyour home town of Burford,Ontario?

“Every kid’s dream is to win theStanley Cup and bring it home. Iappreciated all the support frommy fans. My friends and familywould keep me posted during theStanley Cup playoffs with whatwas happening at home and itmakes me want to work harder towin the Cup, not just for myself,but for all the supporters at home.Watching the community rallyaround me and the team is a greatfeeling.”

You were nominated for theCalder Trophy – how did it feelto be recognized amongst playerslike Ryan Nugent-Hopkins andGabriel Landeskog?

“It was very special, for mecoming out of junior and the teamwe had, people always said I wasthe one under the radar, but I neverlooked at it that way, we just had avery good team and to be nominat-ed and recognized for such a pres-tigious award was special … Itreally capped off the year for me.”

Too bad they did not factor inthe playoffs – you would havewon, hands down. What was theNHL Awards experience like?Who were some of the celebritiesyou met? Did you have a chanceto meet some of your hockeyheroes? Who were they?

“It was pretty crazy, I had justfinished the playoffs, came homefor a day then raced off to LasVegas for the awards. I took myfamily with me. It was special toshare that moment with them. Thebuzz in Vegas and being there ver-sus watching it on TV was awe-some. I saw a lot of celebrities, theonly one I met was the Old SpiceGuy. I was able to speak withBrendan Shanahan, (Henrique)Lundqvist … I met quite a fewplayers. It’s cool that I was part ofit. Seeing all the big stars of the

game and to be part of this group iscool. It hasn’t really set in yet! It’san honor to be recognized amongstthese elite group of players.”

Tell us a bit about your Meritof Achievement awarded to youby Walter Gretzky.

“That was very special. Duringthe New York series, my momcalled to let me know that I wasnominated. I had been in the CNIBgolf tournament at Brantford Golfand Country Club for a few yearsand it was a thrill to be presentedthe award. It means a lot to me andmy family, especially coming fromthe Gretzkys. They do so much forthe community, and have done somuch for me and my family grow-ing up. Glen Gretzky is a big partof my hockey career – he coachedme when I was younger. We’vealways stayed in contact. To bepresented the award by Walter wasvery special. He is a hero aroundthe world and to know him and tolive so close is great. He is a greatmentor to me.”

You had an amazing breakoutseason. …. How do you preparefor the big games and do youhave any pre-game rituals?

“I do, it’s the same with a lot ofathletes … It’s based on routine.Breakfast (same time every day),go to the rink for morning skate. Igo home and cook lunch, pastachicken with vegetables. It’salways the same meal, whether I’mat home or on the road. I try tohave a pre-game nap the same timebefore every game. I might sleepfor two to three hours. Wake uphave water and a peanut buttersandwich and I try to be to the rinktwo and a half hours before game-time. I always grab a coffee on theway. I typically change into somecomfortable clothes and watchsome TV … I always get dressedthe same way …. Always left sidebefore right side … Left shin padthen left sock, left elbow pad, etc.”

Can you comment on similari-ties to the game of hockey andthe game of golf?

“Almost all the hockey players Iknow are golfers … I find the golfswing and hockey shot similar. Ifind most hockey players are goodgolfers … It seems to come natu-rally.”

What courses did you enjoyplaying growing up?

“When I was young, my friendsand I would always golf at BurfordGolf Links. It was the only place Iwould play … Living in Windsor, Iplayed a few clubs but mostly forcharity golf events. I like playingBrantford Golf and Country Clubas I have played in the WalterGretzky CNIB event a few times.”

What is it about the game youenjoy? Do you find it frustrat-ing?

“I like getting out to the clubsand getting away. It’s an escapefrom hockey. I can’t focus onhockey all year … It’s good to getaway and have fun with your bud-dies and relax. I don’t get out asmuch as I would like, but I was outwith some friends the other dayand played fairly well. I actuallydrove the green on a par four. I sur-prised myself! I find it frustratingto hit a series of bad shots, it’stough to recover sometimes.”

What is your most dreadedshot? For me, it is 50 yards fromthe green.

“My short game’s pretty good.My driver has a bad slice.”

What is your most trusted

weapon in your golf bag? “I’m good around the green, so I

would say my pitching wedge isthe club for me.”

What would be some coursesyou would like to play? Sky’s thelimit.

“I would love to play Augusta… Or going overseas would begreat – Scotland or Ireland. Thehistory and the experience wouldbe fun.”

Who on your team is known tobe a great golfer (e.g. low handi-capper)?

“Marty (Martin Brodeur), forsure! He golfs almost every day inthe summer and a bit into the sea-son … He is the most avid golfer,hands down!”

Who is your favourite tourplayer?

“I would have to say RoryMcIlroy. He’s a young guy. It’scool to see the younger golferscoming up. It’s similar to hockey… Guys are getting younger andbetter and having success at ayoung age. I also like PhilMickelson, he’s always consistent.It’s interesting the similarities thatyounger and older players can havesuccess in golf or hockey.”

If you could have your dreamfoursome to play 18 holes of golfwith, who would it be?

“My brother, Mike, SteveYzerman and Walter Gretzky.Walter plays at a lot of area cours-es and he’s known to spend moretime fishing for golf balls thanactually golfing – I know, I haveseen him coming out of the busheswith several golf balls. He’s fun!”

There was a reporter inLondon who dubbed Gretzkywith the name the “Great One” –would you have an issue if I takea stab at Adam “Overtime”Henrique? Or Adam “GameWinner” Henrique?

“Haha, they’re both pretty good– go for it!”

Since you are a winter residentof New Jersey, people would liketo know who your favourite castmember of Jersey Shore is.

“Oh my god! That show issomething else… No comment!”

Judging by the amount of webtraffic attached to your name, itis evident that you have fans not

only in Burford, Brantford,Windsor and Jersey, but all overNorth America. Do you haveanything you would like to say toyour fans?

“I would say thank you, honest-ly there are people that have beencheering for me since I was 10years old. People send me mes-sages… ‘I cheered for you inWindsor and congratulations onyour NHL success.’ The fans areso loyal. The fans give so much tome; I try to give back to the fans asmuch as I can.”

Rob Foster is the coordinator ofFanshawe’s Golf & ClubManagement program (www.fan-shawec.ca/golf) . This article willbe appearing in the next issue ofGolf Scene Magazine(golfscene.ca).

ADAM HENRIQUE:QUICK FACTS

Won Gold Medal at the 2007 CanadaGames (with Team Ontario)

Won 2009 Memorial Cup (with WindsorSpitfires)

Wayne Gretzky 99 Award (2009/10 OHLPlayoff MVP)

Won Silver Medal at 2010 World JuniorIce Hockey Championships (with TeamCanada)

Won 2010 Memorial Cup (with WindsorSpitfires)

Named NHL Rookie of the Month inDecember 2011

Selected to the 2012 NHL Rookie All-StarSuper Skills Competition

Nominated for the Calder Trophy 2011/12season

Recipient of the Walter Gretzky Merit ofAchievement

NHL hockey, golf and the Jersey shores… What could be better?ROB FOSTER

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New Jersey Devil Adam Henrique potted the winning goal versus the New York Rangers. That goal put theDevils in the Stanley Cup finals where the eventually lost to the Los Angeles Kings.