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Liberal Party of Canada leaderJustin Trudeau was at FanshaweCollege on September 11 to give aspeech and answer questions fromstudents.

While he avoided discussingconcrete political issues, Trudeau

focused on the upcoming federalelection tentatively scheduled forOctober 2015.

He said he was building a teamwith a plan that is going to offerCanada a better government.

Trudeau said the problem withthe world and politics today is thatthey are focused on short-term ben-efits on what to say to win thenext election cycle, to stay in powerfor one more mandate.

He also made reference to envi-ronmental issues, saying how wemanage our resources today haslong-term and broad consequencesfelt around the world.

Short-term thinking does notcare for the long term, he said.

Trudeau said the reason people especially younger people voteless is because politics can be atremendous source of cynicismthese days.

He pointed out that politicianswere more focused on attacking

their opponents than on actuallyserving the country and promisedhe would not be running attack adsduring the election.

A Liberal government underTrudeau would establish a politicalframe that would develop answersand policies in a lens that says,OK, these are our values, theseare our priorities. This is what thescience and research says, these arethe best practices around the world.This is the goal we want to achievewith this policy. And then actuallyleave it open for discussion.

He said doing so would help findthe best way to achieve the goal all

Canadians share having a pros-perous country with a sustainableenvironment that gives a real andfair chance for everyone to suc-ceed.

This is what we all want, hesaid. How to get there is the chal-lenge that politics should be fo-cused on. Where are the buses go-

ing, rather than who drives the busover whom?

Trudeau said the Canadian iden-tity is based around shared valuesof openness, respect, compassion,a willingness to work hard but adesire to be there for each other intimes of trouble. A belief of justice,in equality, in opportunity.

Trudeaus stop at Fanshawemarked his third post-secondary in-stitution stop in just two days andhis third stop in London that day.

To listen to his speech along withthe Q&A, head over to theinterro-bang.ca.

FRANCIS SIEBERT

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STEPHANIE LAI

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CREDIT: STEPHANIE LAI

Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau made his rounds in London and stopped by Fanshawe College to give aspeech to staff and students.

Trudeau attracts crowd in Forwell HallQuick Whats Fanshawes

Emergency Line number?Its 519-452-4242. But you wont

have to remember it.Fanshawes Campus Security

Services released a mobile phoneapp on Monday called Stay SafeFanshawe.

The app features a Twitter feedof safety-related news concern-ing Fanshawe, on- and off-campusemergency contact numbers and in-teractive and PDF maps of campus.

The app also features a Person-al Safety Toolbox that includes aflashlight app, an alarm, a featurethat sends an Im OK! message incase of emergency, as well as fea-tures to report suspicious activitieson campus.

If there is a building collapse oncampus, [the Im OK! feature is] amessage you can send out to a lovedone and say that theres an incidentthats occurred at Fanshawe Col-lege, but Im alright, said SpecialConst. Brent Arseneault.

It also includes numbers for theSafe Walk and Work Alone services.

Safe Walk is a Student Auxiliary

service that escorts students, facul-ty and staff to anywhere on campus24/7.

Work Alone is a Campus Secu-rity Services service that students,faculty and staff can use whentheyre working alone after-hours.People who want to use the servicecan call Campus Security Servicesand have someone check on themperiodically.

Other features include LondonTransit Commission routes, sched-ules and Interactive CityMap, taxiphone numbers, and resources,

such as Womens Safety Aware-ness, Safety Tips and EmergencyGuidelines.

There was a bit of a void, Ar-seneault said. Todays technologyand todays student its at theirfingertips or so to speak. So we de-signed with the intent that thats thebest way to communicate with ourdemographic.

The app was created after Cam-pus Security Services learned aboutsuch services already existing at oth-er campuses during a conference. Itwas developed by AppArmor.

The app is available for Android,iOS and BlackBerry.

Lays Potato Chips is at it againwith its Do Us A Flavour contest,and this year one of its finalists isfrom London, Ont.

Gloria Melanson, a resident of18 years, is a mother of four, grand-mother of five and great-grand-mother of one. She was brought upon the east coast and is a self-admit-ted kitchen person.

Melanson found out about thecontest while she was watching TVwith her husband.

There was a commercial, [and]my husband says, Why dont youenter that contest? she said. Thatwas in the later weeks of February.I pretty much sent in entries almost

every day for the next five weeks.Cinnamon Bun may have beenchosen as a finalist, but Melansonhad not one, not two, but 1,001 oth-er entries for Lays to choose from.

I kind of got a kick out of that.Of the 1,002 flavour entries she

sent in, Melanson admitted that sheactually did try the one that madeher a finalist.

At one point I was eating LaysLightly Salted ones, and I just come

into the kitchen, and I have a little

jar thats already mixed cinnamonand sugar, she said. I just sprin-kled it over the regular chips andI tell [my husband], Try these!

I didnt try every flavour out be-cause that was 1,002 of them, butthis was one I actually did try out.

When it came time for Melansonto finally try Lays finished product,she was amazed and overjoyed.

I have to give Lays 100 per centcredit, because I am totally ecstaticwith how they ended up with theflavour, she said.

Melanson said that she did have ahand in what ingredients should goin the bag.

The criteria of entering each andevery one of the entries of flavours

had to be fun and simple, she said.Then you had to suggest some in-gredients I suggested brown sug-ar, cinnamon and buttermilk.

Melanson is now a celebrity intown shes still getting used to theattention shes getting.

Im getting more attention thanI ever did in my life, she said. IfI go to the store people are recog-nizing me, which is kind of funny.

She also has a billboard on York

Street across the London Conven-

tion Centre.Being a finalist has certainly

changed her life.Ive learned a lot about social

media because social media iswhats happening today, she said.A lot of people my age werenot very active or knowledgeable[about it].

Melanson will be in front of theOasis in the Student Centre with herdaughter on September 24 and Oc-tober 9 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. toshare her chips with students.

Show your support for Melan-son by hashtagging #votecinnamonacross all social media outlets ortexting 101010 and selecting 2 forCinnamon Bun.

The long-time resident can beseen actively tweeting about herCinnamon Bun chips on her handle@Gloria_Melanson.

This was her inspiration for thecontest: Remember when youwent to Grammas house and itsmelled so good? That was Gram-mas famous cinnamon bun bakingin the oven! Grammas got this onein the bag.

Grammas got this one in the bag

CREDIT: DOUSAFLAVOUR.CA

You can vote for Gloria Melansons Cinnamon Bun avour everyday on so-cial media using #VoteCinnamonBun or by texting VOTE to 101010. Moredetails can be found online at: lays.ca/avour

Stay safe withStay Safe, Fanshawe

CREDIT: FRANCIS SIEBERT

Campus Security Services released the Stay Safe Fanshawe app on Mon-day to facilitate safety measures.

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With most teachers back in classrooms atthe beginning of the month, only one group

of public employees was yet to get back towork. The federal government came togetherin the House of Commons for the first meet-ing of the fall 2014 session on September 15.

After spending the precious few monthsCanadians generously call summer in theirrespective home provinces, Members of Par-liament assembled in Ottawa dedicated tominimizing bad publicity between now andthe federal election tentatively scheduled forOctober 2015.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and opposi-tion leader Thomas Mulcair announced legis-lation theyll be introducing in the near future,but they have an uphill battle ahead to catchLiberal leader Justin Trudeau in the polls.

The federal Liberal Party was an unmiti-gated train-wreck from the time of Jean Chr-tien over a decade ago until Trudeau arrived.

An interim leader who couldnt win re-elec-tion and two successive candidates that neverresonated with Canadians forced the Liberalsto surrender the title of opposition party toJack Laytons NDP.

On that note, Pierre Trudeaus son arrivedon the scene. He brings youth and charismato the floundering Liberal Party that was suf-fering from a distinct lack of both character-istics. Despite earnest attempts by Sun Newsto portray Trudeau as condoning terrorismand being anti-Semitic, he continues to leadin polls conducted in the major populationcentres of the country.

If the ascendancy of the Liberal Party is re-markable, it can hardly overshadow the politi-cal revolution began by the late former Leaderof the Official Opposition, Layton. The innu-merable eulogies dedicated to him after hispassing celebrated his passion for inclusivityand his embodiment of the NDPs values.

It was under Laytons guidance that theNDP stormed the 2011 federal election,snatching up 103 seats compared to the mere36 theyd held before. Public support for theparty waned in the transition to the new lead-ership of Mulcair, who is proposing a federalminimum wage of $15 per hour as his back-from-summer headline. The minimum wagewould only apply to federally regulated in-dustries, which render it an inconsequentialsideline that wont generate much debate orcriticism.

The prime minister is opening the sessionof Parliament with bills that are intended toreduce red-tape and secure a free tradeagreement with South Korea. Legislation andannouncements of this nature tend to have the

wonderful dual effect of encouraging the fi-nancial markets and boring voters.

Harpers government certainly wont becampaigning on its environmental or ethi-cal track record given the omnibus bills itsrammed through parliament during its major-ity. The CBC published an article in March

that included excerpts from a speech deliv-ered by a young Stephen Harper in 1995when he inquired, How can members repre-sent their constituents on these various areaswhen they are forced to vote in a block onsuch legislation?

Almost two decades later, hes going to

face an electorate whose input he has spenthis entire time in office ignoring. The Harpergovernment has delivered on their economicand financial commitments but whether thatwill be enough to shelter them from the Lib-eral storm has yet to be seen.

The next big thing: Battle lines drawn for federal electionVICTOR DE JONG

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CAZZY LEWCHUKTHE OTHER PRESS

CREDIT: STEPHANIE LAI

Harpers government has delivered on some things, but is that enough to stave off the Liberals?

NEW WESTMINSTER Time is anabstract concept, created by carbon-basedlife forms to monitor their ongoing decay. Thundercleese, a militant killbot

Were all guilty of being late at one pointor another. Sometimes its just being fiveminutes late to class; sometimes its submit-ting a paper that was due a couple hours ago.In our society, time is extremely important.Literally everything we do revolves around atimed schedule, and the clock is always tick-ing. If the bus is supposed to leave at five,and it doesnt leave until 5:12, it can ruin

someones day.

But why is precise time such an importantfactor in our daily lives? Not very long ago before watches or cell phones precise tim-ing was a lot less important. Time was mea-sured by the light in the sky and was workedout between interacting parties who neededit. Even today, in some countries, time isconsidered flexible. Agreeing to meet some-one around noon could very well have themfive, 10, or 20 minutes late, and its not a bigdeal. This seems to work well for the locals,although it may frustrate visitors in the area.Why is time so important to our contempo-rary western society?

Obviously, being severely late isnt good

for anyone. It keeps others waiting and it cuts

into the time spent on the task. But far toooften, rushing to make appointments leavesone tired, stressed, and pressured. How manytimes have you run to get to school or work soyou could start on time, instead of being threeor four minutes late? Inflexible policies areharmful to everyone. It suggests that savingfive minutes is more important than gettingsomewhere effectively, stress-free, and evenperhaps safely.

Its a clich, but we often forget to stopand smell the roses. Especially true for stu-dents, were constantly bombarded by sched-ules, commitments, and work. Although timemanagement is important, shaving every-

thing down to the minute can sometimes

do more harm than good, especially for ex-tra-motivated people.

Give the benefit of the doubt next timeyoure in a situation where someone is late. Ifpossible, dont let yourself be bothered whenyou get somewhere slightly later than intend-ed. The day will go on like it always does,and all you can do is use your remaining timethe best you can.

Bill Wattersons character, Calvin, oncesaid: Were so busy watching out for whatsahead of us that we dont take time to enjoywhere we are. A six-year-old boy whosebest friend is a stuffed tiger knows whats up why dont we?

The value of hesitation: Why is time so important?

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My sketchbook and pencil are my lifelongcompanions. Like some people sleep withtheir phone, I sleep with my Moleskin note-book and charcoal readily available on mynightstand. I carry a bag big enough for themto travel with me wherever I go. I fill it withgrocery lists and clippings and business cardsand homework.

But sometimes, when a moment I can onlydescribe as extraordinary hits, it sweeps overme like Hokusais great wave, and I fumblefor my pencil before it makes its way throughmy body and leaves me.

You know what Im talking about.The adrenaline that some might get from

jumping out of an airplane or driving real-ly fast, we get from putting pencil to paper,

watching the lead smooth over the texturedsurface. This feeling, this elusive creativegenius, as writer Elizabeth Gilbert calls it,feels otherworldly, outside of yourself andyour control.

Last year I wrote about Chuck Close andhis famous quote inspiration is for amateurs;the rest of us just show up and get to work.And he certainly did, completing staggeringhyperrealistic portraits despite his disability(spinal artery collapse, initially leaving himparalyzed from the neck down). But everyartist has his/her own process, and there aresome other industry heavy-hitters that wouldargue otherwise.

Gilbert gave a TEDtalk in 2009 aboutcreative genius or inspiration and where it

comes from.She cited that in Ancient Greece and Rome,

people thought that creativity was a spiritthat came to humans from some unknowable

source and worked through us.They believed that a genius was this, sort

of magical divine entity, who was believed toliterally live in the walls of an artists studio,kind of like Dobby the house elf [fromHarryPotter], and who would come out and sort ofinvisibly assist the artist with their work andwould shape the outcome of that work.

This idea of divinity striking an artist con-tinued throughout time, perhaps occasionallyas a way of taking the responsibility off ofthemselves (we all know the lazy artist whohasnt felt inspired to paint anything formonths), but more often, to pay reverence tothat je ne sais quoi.

Automatism, an artistic movement, wasdeveloped in the 40s as a way of drawingout that inspiration. Andre Breton and Paul-Emile Borduas developed the method as a

way to express the subconscious and free thehand of rational control, allowing emotionsand skills to be accessed that would otherwisebe repressed.

It took anchor and has been used by manyartists since then.

Even Apple developed a program to facili-tate automatic writing where the display onlyshows one word at a time as the writer typeshis/her piece.

Although some artists like Close believethat inspiration is for chumps. There is ab-solutely no doubt that this feeling, this weirdwave, does swell. Hard work and practice isnecessary in between, but there is no betterfeeling than grabbing the pencil and letting itwash over you.

Moment of clarity orinspiration out of nowhere

ARTiculation

AMY VAN ES

VANCOUVER Last month, the worldwas shocked by actor and comedian Rob-

in Williams suicide. Soon after his death, apublic discussion on ways to prevent suicidewas opened, and it is certainly no coincidencethat the World Health Organization (WHO)issued its first global report on suicide pre-vention last week.

The WHOs report suggests that suicidecan be prevented by improving the socialconditions of the poor and middle class, byremoving the exaggeration of suicide fromthe media, and by identifying and managingthose with mental illness and addiction.

Unfortunately, the report focuses heavilyon improving standards of living for lowerincome people, rather than on the importanceof treating people with mental illness. In ad-dition, it merely skims over the importance ofthe medias role in suicide prevention throughcreating awareness of aid resources.

These two preventative measures mostdefinitely take priority over global livingconditions, as they offer direct solutions thatwork on both local and international scales.

Firstly, the correlation between mental ill-ness and suicide is an important factor, whichshould be considered as more of a priority inpreventing self-murder. A study in the OxfordJournal of Medicine concluded that 90 percent of United States suicide victims were di-agnosed with a psychiatric disorder, and thatthe best preventive method against suicide isto effectively treat those with mental illness.

Furthermore, the medias representationsof suicide are important to consider, as stud-ies show the issue can be directly linked withtechnology. We are constantly bombarded bysuicide sensationalized through social media,in news outlets, and in television shows.

Some social media innovators, however,have begun to take advantage of media tocombat this issue. The WHO should recog-nize these preventive attempts, and seriouslytake into consideration a further expansion ofthese technological efforts.

In 2011, Facebook partnered with the Na-

tional Suicide Prevention Lifeline and theSubstance Abuse and Mental Health ServicesAdministration (SAMHSA), to allow sta-tus updates that express thoughts of suicide.Facebook could then send these users a mes-sage, providing them with a Lifeline numberand a direct link to an online crisis counsellor.

Furthermore, the popular iPhone feature

Siri can also be used to seek help for thosewith thoughts of suicide. Siri is programmedto call the National Suicide Prevention Life-line when a user says something that indi-cates thoughts of suicide.

All in all, while improving the standardsof living for low income families may helpprevent suicide, it is not a priority because

it is a large-scale measure; one that wouldtake lots of time and resources to carry out.Instead, the WHO should look at more acces-sible solutions that involve the improvementof mental health care, and the medias projec-tions of suicide to the public. This will ensurethat people get the help they need right away.

Approaching suicide prevention from another angleKATRINA TRASK

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Smartphones have programs in place to help in suicidal situations. Apples Siri is programmed to call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline ifprompted to.

Continued from cover

He made the promise that while they fo-cused on him, hed be focused on Canadians.

Throughout his presentation, Trudeau

showed his love for Canada, saying he hopesto make Canada connected as a whole.

With the next election tentatively sched-uled for October 2015, the leaders of all

the parties are making visits throughout thecountry, securing as many votes as they canin the next year. Prime Minister StephenHarper was at the college in May to make anannouncement about internships while oppo-sition leader Thomas Mulcair has yet to make

a stop in London. More information on Justin Trudeaus

campaign as well as the Liberal Party of Can-ada can be found at liberal.ca.

Trudeaus visit sparks mixedfeelings with Fanshawe students

JANE MINIFIE

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Denim is here to stay and regard-less of whats going on in fashion,denim is changed, ripped, dyed andrestyled to survive the fast pace oftrends.

The silhouettes of denim havechanged over the years. Rememberbell bottoms?

But denim still takes inspirationfrom the past; skinny and ultra high-rise jeans have all been re-adaptedwith added stretch to accommodateour current tastes. It is a staple inevery wardrobe and everyone hasowned a pair of jeans at one point,and sometimes they need an update.

Putting your own rips in jeans isnow back in style, in fact the moredistressed the better. Rolled upjeans to wear with boots or heels arestyles that have been made popularby fashion bloggers and the users ofPinterest and Instagram.

Denim is one of those pieces inyour wardrobe that is really casualbut can look fabulous, even dressy,when styled correctly.

This outfit explores how den-im can be dressy and casual at thesame time while keeping the outfitbalanced.

Ripped denim is a great start andthe key to picking a great pair ofjeans is the fit. Not just how muchspandex is in it is important but

where it sits on your body. If it is notsitting right, the band could make ituncomfortable for you when sittingdown and moving around. Pick arise that is comfortable for you, forlayering purposes, low rise worksgreat because then you can tuckshirts under or wear them overcomfortably, but you choose.

A plain fitted tank top alwaysworks great if youre planning toaccessorize and have your pieces bethe main focus. Then a red flannelshirt adds even more character tothe outfit.

To take the outfit from hipster tofashion blogger on Pinterest, roll up

your denim slightly and pair with athick heeled ankle boot.

Details on the boots work welland they keep the outfit lookingfresh, though all these pieces havebeen around forever.

Of course accessories are a greataddition in keep the whole outfitinteresting. A thick gold solid-look-ing chain and a body chain are somesmall updates you can add. Theseare some ideas on out to updatethings that you may already have inyour closet.

Fashion and beauty have alwaysgone hand in hand, but now morethan ever. With makeup gurus all

over YouTube, Instragram and so-cial media, it is that much easier tolearn how to recreate your desiredlooks.

To dress up this denim look andkeep it fresh, a strong cat eye andbold red lipstick makes a statement.Bayalage ombre is the subtle sisterof traditional ombre. It updates thisthe classic makeup look and againstthe red flannel it looks amazing. Itplays up the casual-get-dressy as-pect of the ripped jeans.

Mix and match inspired by fash-ion and beauty bloggers have keptdenim looking fresh, trendy and de-sirable every season.

Every woman (or man) has thosecertain products she/he cant livewithout, whether it is a favouritecolour of eye shadow or the onlylipstick she will wear. Sometimeswe get so stuck in our ways thatwe dont venture off and try newproducts.

Here are some of my makeupmust-haves that may inspire you totry something different.

My first makeup must-have isDiors Lip Glow. It is a nourishinglip balm that will not only mois-turize and protect your lips; it willalso enhance their natural colour,

giving your lips that healthy glow.This is the perfect product for peo-ple who dont like wearing lipstickbut still want to have a bit of colouron their lips or for those who justwant something quick and easy forevery day wear. Dior Lip Glow alsoworks brilliantly as a base for lip-stick and lip gloss.

The next makeup must-have is

the NARS Orgasm blush. If youhave never heard of this blush, youmust try it on at least one time, as

it is one of the most iconic blushes.Why you ask? It is a beautiful blendof peach and pink with a goldenshimmer that actually looks goodon every skin complexion. If youdont believe me, go try it on your-self and you will not be disappoint-ed. Orgasm gives your skin thatperfect healthy glow when wornalone or it can be layered to achievea deeper, sexier look.

Marcelles translucent, looseFace Powder is an affordable must-have for every single woman andman. Not only is it a Canadianproduct, it suits every skin type aswell. It can be worn alone to evenout your skin tone or can be wornon top of your favourite foundation

to set it without creating a powderylook. Its beautiful, silky textureworks on every complexion andhelps absorb excess oil to prolongthe wear of your foundation.

Shiseidos High Beam WhiteLuminzing Satin Face Colour isa product that is a must-have forall makeup lovers. The best thingabout this product is that it can be

used in many different ways. It canbe lightly dusted all over the face tocreate a matte glow or can be usedas a natural highlight on the heightof your cheek bones, bridge of thenose, bow of your lip and your

brow bone. This product can also bemixed with blushes to lighten theirtone or to seamlessly blend them.

This list could go on and on, butthese are some of my favourites thatyou may not have known existed. Ihope these have inspired you togo and try some new products andmaybe even add a few new items toyour makeup must-haves.

As Above/So Belowis the newestinstalment in the people-go-plac-es-they-shouldnt-and-then-bad-things-happen horror genre, fol-lowing in the footsteps of movieslike The Chernobyl Diaries andThe Descent.

The premise differs slightlywhere instead of wandering aroundexploring foolishly like so many ofthe protagonists in this genre, themain character, Scarlett, played byPerdita Weeks, has talked a reluc-tant group of followers into helpingher search for the fabled Philoso-phers Stone.

In this horror version of The DaVinci Code, the group destroyspriceless artefacts and solves riddlesthat lead them deeper and deeperinto the catacombs under Paris.

The setting of the movie is a bitdisappointing, despite a great dealof promise. The characters spenda small amount of time exploringthe true catacombs (one charactereven points out that all of the inter-esting rooms are in another direc-tion) and instead we are treatedto a great number of rock walls andawkward close-ups of body parts.

The found footage film stylein general tends to be problemat-ic with the shaking camera occa-sionally causing nausea, and in AsAbove/So Below it becomes espe-cially frustrating as it greatly limits

what you see on screen.There are multiple scenes where

the characters are freaking out be-cause something happened, but allthe audience sees are more rocksand feet.

Without going too much further

into the plot, there is one pointabout Scarlett that was particularlyinfuriating. This is a character thatsomehow managed to attain multi-ple PhDs by the time she was 25.She still believes in alchemy andthe Philosophers Stone despite be-ing highly educated, yet laughs offwarnings of danger as being sillyurban legends.

This highly inconsistent charac-ter that also left her main love inter-est (played by Ben Feldman) to rotin a Turkish prison at some point inthe past, is hard to feel invested in.Horror movies tend to work betterwhen a viewer cares about the char-acters, but the only one developedenough to matter is revealed as be-ing selfish and unlovable.

That said, there are a couple ofthings As Above/So Below doeswell.

There are some very interestingallusions to Judeo-Christian my-thology, including the words thatare supposedly written above thegates of hell. The pacing of themovie, after a pointless and cul-turally insensitive detour in Iran,is actually pretty great, avoidingthe long lulls of walking that oftenhappen in this type of movie. Thereare also a few strangely comedicscenes near the films climax that,so long as you havent been takingthe movie too seriously, definitelyadd to the entertainment value.

If youre looking to be genuinely

scared, there isnt much aside froma couple of jump scares and somecreepy music. However, if yourelooking to be mildly entertainedand have something to make fun ofover drinks afterward,As Above/SoBelowhas a great deal to offer.

Abandon all hope, yewho watch this movie

PAM-MARIE GUZZO

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As Above/So Belowleaves much to be desired for the avid movie goer, butfor fans of the horror genre, there are only a handful of jump scares.

Beauty Boys makeup must-haves

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Marcelles Face Powder is an af-fordable, Canadian must have!

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This fall season is about updating a classic the jean. Ripped or not, itsalways something to add to your wardrobe.

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The Out Back Shack was full to the brim with students who came out toparticipate in Sex Toy Bingo an event during the FSU's Sexual Awarenessweek.

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Hailing from the Forest City,punk quartet Single Mothers willreturn September 26 to Call TheOffice as part of its North Americanpromotional tour for its debut full-length albumNegative Qualities.

Guitarist Micheal Peterson wasavailable to talk about the newalbum, new lineup and renewedvigour for the band to succeed.

I think the band was pretty vol-atile for a little while, it was justlike generally unstable, Petersonsaid about the bands storied past.Somebody comes into the band,you get to know them, youre tour-ing with them, youre creating withthem, and then the next minute,theyre gone and its just like, al-

right you kind of have to just takea laissez-faire attitude.A group that has seen a dozen

members come and go, its schlep-ping is beginning to pay off.

Everyone from London hasbeen extremely welcoming andsupportive of us so, it feels prettygood, Peterson said.

[Coming back to London is] in-teresting for sure, I mean its defi-nitely a different vibe than when wefirst started out, he said. Havingbeen a band from London, it sortafeels cool looking from an outsideperspective.

The upcoming show is the bandsfirst in London since news of Neg-ative Qualitiescame out, which de-buts internationally on October 7.

Releasing a full length [albumis] intimidating but also extremelyexciting, Peterson said about thealbum. I think that its been a longtime coming.

We put in a lot of hard work, and

cycled through a lot of members to make this thing happen, so itsnice to finally have a solid line openand get something out there thats acomplete work.

Though with members spreadacross Ontario, the band wont orcant forget where it started.

Were sort of a band that pridesitself on who we are and where we

came from, like especially withDrew [Thomson]s lyrics there willalways been that aspect of Londonthats deep rooted in his writing.

A city you can escape, but stillends up defining you.

Familiar songs like Ketamineand Overdose (the latter, origi-nally a Daytrotter recording) haveundergone as many transformations

like the band itself.We came back to everything

starting making the record properwith this line up, those were justthe ones that stuck as being I thinksomewhat representative of the jour-ney that the bands been on since theconception, said Peterson. Wegotthose songs to a place where wewere pretty happy with them so we

wanted to include a proper versionand share that with people.

Also on the bill are I Smell Blood,Solids, and Wasted Potential. CallThe Office is located at the cornerof 216 York St. and Clarence. Theall-ages show starts at 9 p.m. onSeptember 26 with tickets $10 atthe door and online at tinyurl.com/mc29rku.

CREDIT: KINGSBARCADE.COM

Single Mothers, a band formed in the Forest City, will be returning to its roots at Call The Ofce on September 26.

Local band Single Mothers comes homeJERROLD RUNDLE

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VANCOUVER I have yetto encounter anyone who doesntlike a good old-fashioned roadtrip. Thats the truly amazing thingabout them: there are so many dif-

ferent kinds of vacations and peo-ple tend to differ in opinion aboutall of them whether its better togo to the beach or the forest or themountains but one thing we canalways seem to agree on is that thebest way to get anywhere is to loadup a car with your favourite people,some good music and junk foodand just hit the road.

Its amazing that people stillchoose to drive places when theycould just as easily fly, but there issomething so much more interestingabout driving through the RockyMountains for six hours than justflying over them in one. There issomething alluring about forgingyour own path and enjoying the ride.

Road trips make every vacation somuch more worthwhile because thejourney is just as important as thedestination, if not more.

English poetry classes teachabout the pastoral ideal, the idea ofgetting away from it all and return-ing to the outdoors, and I think thatthe artistic obsession with road tripsis an extension of this. Books suchas Kerouacs On The Road roman-ticize the idea of just getting up andgoing, allowing the open road totake you away from everyday life.Kerouacs characters are driven toescape from their mundane lives insearch of something more exciting

and fulfilling, and the journey to getto this imagined destination is anintegral part of the story.

Movies likeInto the Wildand TheSecret Life of Walter Mittyare ableto capture our attention with char-acters who strive to find that seren-

ity that comes with forging amaz-ing paths for themselves. On top ofit all, there is always such a hugefocus on the scenery, the amazingbreathtaking views that you canfind if you just drive an hour or twoout of town.

We all want an escape from theeveryday parts of our lives, and noteveryone can afford to hop on aplane and go away for months at atime, or just move and start all over.Road trips are accessible: you canmake a trip down the coast for onlya weekend, and it can be somethingexciting if you make it about thetrip itself versus the arrival at yourdestination.

Always make time for stops at

the side of the road for goat farmsand pie shops, lakes and deer herds,and for every eccentric thing thatcatches your interest. Road trips area lot like art: we search out meaningfrom them and we use them as anescape or as a way to find a story,be it our own or imagined.

Of course, every great storyneeds a great soundtrack. One ofthe best parts about road trips ischoosing your musical accompani-ment. Its key to pick the best musicand to sing along as loudly as youlike, and be sure to add in embar-rassing dance moves that you knowthose passing cars will see.

There is something so fittingabout the acoustic sounds of easy-to-sing-along-to music that makeskilometres of highway betweenstops melt away. I have some of myown personal favourite go-to road

trip sounds, and Im sure you doto, but if you are looking to expandyour playlist, give John Welshsnew EP, On the Road, a listen.

Hes a BC local who wrote all hissongs while travelling the world,from New Zealand to Newfound-land, and all the way back homeagain. His music is upbeat, catchy,and super easy to sing along towhile cruising down the highwayon your next adventure.

If youre ever looking for a break maybe classes are getting a bitoverwhelming or your job just kindof sucks try taking a day or two togo somewhere different. You dont

need to have a specific destination;just get up and drive somewhere.If you dont have a car, Im sure afriend who does would be up foran adventure, and if worst comes

to worst, you can rent a car. Theresnothing stopping you but yourself,so get out there, get on the road, anddont forget your iPod.

Why road trip stories are so captivatingCASSY OBERNDORF

THE PEAK

CREDIT: DAVINA GRAHAM

John Welshs new EP release, On the Road, is sure to be the perfect soundtrack to your next adventure.

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I write about random things a lot.I write a lot about random things. Asa storyteller, however, Im drawntime and time again to music un-forgettable memories are made ev-ery day in music, l ike Arkells recentperformance to 100,000 people indowntown Hamilton, crammed to-gether on James Street North for Su-percrawl. Or perhaps like the bandsfrosh gig here in 2010, playing inthe rain to hundreds of Fanshawestudents in the SUB Courtyard.

Even if you arent the biggest fanof music in general, you may have

noticed its inextricable link with ad-venture. Music plays the supportingrole on road trips, at afterparties andin epic movie scenes because of itsability to encapsulate a moment intoa memory. Long after the buzzing inyour ears has passed, the thrill of theexperience is a melody away.

A true rock and roll underdogstory, Teenage Kicks has enduredgrowing pains and industry obsta-cles alike to release their debut LPSpoils Of Youth, a record full of sto-ries of survival and personal mantrasof strength. The band is bringing itsshow to London on September 26,headlining #TheLateShow at RumRunners with London acts TheWeathered and Big Lonely and Yu-

kon Territorys The Naysayers.Currently made up of brothers

Peter and Jeff van Helvoort, theband has seen a number of lineupchanges over the years lets saymore than the Foo Fighters, fewerthan Spinal Tap but hasnt devi-ated from its rock and roll vision.Over the course of two EPs, an ex-clusive Singles Club of free down-loads for email subscribers and anexplosive debut full-length, theband has delivered moving, excit-ing music and shows no signs ofslowing down.

Released in April, the bandslatest record Spoils Of Youth is anenduring hit that documents a longjourney to realization, one that be-gins long before yet hinges cruciallyon a largely unusable album made in

West Hollywood early in 2013.Studio bias played an unfortu-nate hand in the early stages of thealbum, and when the band returnedto Canada after five weeks of re-cording the guys found they had analbum that didnt sound up to theirstandards on any but those studiospeakers.

Attempts to remix or remasterthe album came and went but thesource material didnt stand well tobeing edited in such a way, so theneed to re-record became clear.

We were basically making re-visions on these one-hour walk-throughs, which is not a lot of timeto mix a song, frontman Peter vanHelvoort said. We were making re-

visions on something that probably

wasnt finished in the first place by the time we were talking to thethird or fourth person to remix onesong, we said [to Rezolute Music] ifyou dont just let us make the recordagain ourselves, were probably notgoing to be a band anymore.

Determined to see the recordthrough, the band booked threedays at Metalworks Studios in Mis-sissauga, van Helvoort would pro-duce and engineer and Gus Van Gosigned on to mix in Brooklyn. Butthose three days were a challengeunto themselves, spent relearningmusic and trying to preserve theirspace from another artist in the stu-dio over the summer.

When we came in on the last

day, someone had pressed a bunch

of buttons and messed up all ourknobs, van Helvoort said. Wehad to recall everything from cellphone photos, and after we had Iwas recording something and start-ed hearing water dripping thatwas during the flood last year, andsoon the ceiling of Metalworks juststarted pouring water.

The result might not be the exactrecord they set out to make whenthey excitedly arranged their tripto California, but it is a remarkablerock album that is pure of heart anddripping with integrity and plain-tive truth. And in spite of every-thing thats happened, the brothersare approaching the future with apositive perspective.

Its water under the bridge now,

he said. Its like, if I want to playmusic, I need to get my shit togeth-er and know that there are worsethings happening to other people inthe world, it could be a lot worse.

For more on Teenage Kicks andits current tour, visit the band onlineat teenagekicksrock.com or followon Twitter and Instagram @teen-agekicksto. The brothers show withThe Weathered, Big Lonely and TheNaysayers begins at 9 p.m. and ad-mission is only $5 and is 19-plus.

For more of the latest musicnews, album streams and concertpreviews, follow this column onTwitter @fsu_bobbyisms. Supportyour local music scene, Im out ofwords.

Teenage Kicks triumph with Spoils Of Youth

CREDIT: CHRIS PAYNE

The band Teenage Kicks will visit the Forest City on September 26 to perform at Rum Runners.

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BRITTANY MACDONALD

THE OTHER PRESS

Life After Pi: An inside lookat an industry in trouble

CREDIT: DEADLINE.COM

The people responsible for turning this blue sack into a living, breathingtiger are in deep trouble.

What do your favourite summerblockbusters of the past few sum-mers have in common? Chancesare, theyve got some heavy visualeffects work behind them. Even infilms that arent big-budget sci-fiopus magnums, VFX comes intoplay with needs such as digitalset extension, prop creation, and,probably most famously, creatureanimation.

Yes, whether you liked it or not,Life of Piwas a landmark film inthe area of visual effects, thanks toits hyperrealistic animation of thetiger Richard Parker, Pis epony-mous lifeboat castaway companion.Yet, despite the acclaim (from crit-ics and the amount it made at thebox office), the studio behind thefilms visual richness, Rhythm andHues, went bankrupt shortly after.

Studio head Bill Westenhofer at-tempted to shed light on the troubledVFX industry during his Oscar ac-ceptance speech but was cut short bya deliberate mic mute. The outragethat followed was also peppered bythe question: What happened?

Life of Pi was a film with an as-tronomical budget of $120 million,and an even more massive box of-fice haul of over $600 million. Yet,

Rhythm and Hues didnt see a dimeof that gross. The broken platformon which the industry is run is ex-

plained and examined upon inLifeAfter Pi, a documentary created inthe aftermath of the Go Greendemonstration, where VFX pro-fessionals changed their Facebookprofile to Chromakey Green in sol-idarity in raising awareness abouttheir plight.

Life After Pi isnt just talk ofmoney matters and the damagingbusiness model that every specialeffects house operates under; it alsofeatures one-on-one interviews withthe animators and technicians whobrought all our favourite movies tolife instead of leaving them shots ofblue cloth and white tracking balls.While the film definitely doesntskimp out on the details on why theindustry is the way it is, youll alsosee the enthusiasm and passion ofthe professionals. These just arentpeople who use computer magic tomake movies happen; theyre ded-icated artists who use technologyonly as tools to achieve visuallywhat we could only dream of onceupon a time.

Its a documentary thats informa-tive and also quite angering. We asconsumers of mainstream film areoften dismissive of digital effectsas simply part of the movie, mereCG made by computers. Thereality of course is entirely differentone we shouldnt take for granted.

Life After Piis free to watch onYouTube, and only takes 30 min-utes of your time. It could be one of

the most important documentarieson modern filmmaking you willever see.

REEL LIFE

ESHAAN [email protected]

NEW WESTMINSTER Af-ter allegedly being sexually as-saulted two years ago, a student ofNew Yorks Columbia University,Emma Sulkowicz, has decided tofight back against her campus lackof action.

A visual arts major, Sulkowiczhas dedicated her final thesis to aperformance piece in which she willcarry around a dorm room mattresseverywhere she goes. The mattressis meant to be a physical representa-tion of the emotional weight she car-ries with her, after she was raped bya fellow classmate during her soph-omore year. To make the weight ofthe mattress even more akin to theemotional weight and trauma of theassault, Sulkowicz has rules to thepiece: she cannot ask for help incarrying the mattress, but she may

accept help if it is offered.In a filmed interview with the

Columbia Daily Spectator, studentnewspaper for the campus, Sulko-wicz said, For me, I was raped inmy own dorm bed. Since then, ithas basically become fraught forme, and I feel like Ive carried theweight of what happened there withme everywhere since then.

Several months after the assault,Columbia University held a hearingin which Sulkowicz was forced torecount the intimate details of theassault, and even draw a diagramin order to explain to the univer-sity administrators how an assaultsuch as hers happens. Despite thefact that two additional female stu-dents claimed that the same studentassaulted them as well, the studentreceived no known punishment andwas allowed to remain at the uni-versity.

Sulkowicz and the two otherwomen believe that the universi-tys own authorities are at fault fortheir poor record keeping, in whichnames were changed in the earlierreports in order to protect the iden-tity of those involved. The use ofaliases later lead to confusion whenthe cases were actually brought be-fore the university administrators.

Sulkowicjz has decided that herperformance will only end eitherif her alleged attacker is expelled,or when she graduates. She claimsin the interview with the ColumbiaDaily Spectator that the loss of heranonymity has been the hardestpart.

At this point, Sulkowicjz is oneof many who have dealt with mis-handled sexual assault cases at Co-lumbia University: 23 students havefiled complaints with the university.

Performance art protests Columbias

mishandling of a sexual assault

CREDIT: SCREEN CAPTURE/TIME

Emma Sulkowicz is protesting Columbia Universitys mishandling of her rape by carrying around a dorm roommattress as performance art.

CREDIT: SARAH WATTS

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As the school year begins to getbusy with tests and assignments,you may find yourself strugglingto stay awake during the day. Thethought of taking a nap may be-come more and more tempting asthe weeks go on.

This may be because you aredraining yourself with schoolworkor just because napping is a betteralternative to actually getting yourwork done. The main reason to takea nap may be different for every-one, but is that nap actually goingto be beneficial and boost your pro-ductivity when you wake up?

Information gathered by CHPCanada has shown that there arebenefits and downfalls to the differ-ent kinds of naps.

The power nap This kind ofnap typically lasts only about 10 to20 minutes. If youre looking for aquick boost of energy in the day,this is what you are going to wantto go for. It allows your body to takea break and recharge without goinginto a deep sleep.

The 30-minute nap This napmay seem like a good amount oftime to rest, however, its longenough that your body reachesthe power nap stage for an energyboost, but it is not long enough tofully reach the best restorative pur-poses of a nap. You may find thatafter this nap you feel groggy or

almost hungover. This is clearlynot the nap you are going to wantto have before entering back intostudy mode.

The 60-minute nap This napis long enough to help reboot yourbrain, however, you are likely go-

ing to have the groggy feeling whenyou wake up from this one too. Thisnap is ideal for when you have justfinished a huge study session andyou want the information you justlearned to really sink in. It is goingto improve your memory, but it willnot be a good nap if you are hopingto study again after it.

The 90-minute nap This isideal for feeling fully refreshed.During this nap you will reach adeep sleep, which lets your bodyfully rest before you wake up. If youare starting to feel overwhelmedand stressed about school work,this is going to be the ideal nap. Ithelps improve your emotional stateand stress levels. When you wakeup from this length of you will nolonger feel like you are in a grog-gy state. You will wake up feelingrefreshed and ready to get back tostudying.

When you are deciding if youshould nap or not, dont only con-sider the amount of time, but alsowhere and when you are going tohave this nap.

The most ideal time for a nap isgoing to be in the middle of the dayso as to not disrupt your nighttimesleep schedule. If you are lookingto avoid a deep sleep, to avoid thegroggy feeling, your best bet is tosleep in a somewhat upright posi-tion. This could be a couch, at yourdesk or even just on the bus.

Recent Fanshawe College gradu-

ate Katie Cornelius shared her wisewords about napping, When youare still in school, take every oppor-tunity to nap and enjoy it, she said.Because once you start working,taking a mid-day nap is no longeran option.

CREDIT: ALBERTO BOGO VIA THINKSTOCK

Napping could be benecial before or after a study session, but what is theoptimal length?

To nap or not to napKORI FREDERICK

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Fans of The Walking Dead TV

show wont have to wait until thenew season premire for some zom-bie scare St. Thomas will be hold-ing its annual Tom Zombie Festivalon Sept. 27.

The main event of this years fes-tival will be The Terminus Tour, atour through a haunted Elgin Coun-ty Railway Museum, inspired bythe season four finale of The Walk-ing Dead.

Zombies have been popular inour culture for decades, said Bry-an Bakker, the festivals creator.Also whats very popular is theemergence of effects makeup andcosplay and the festival reallytaps into that.

Judges will also be picking a new

zombie to carry the Curse of TomZombie.The story goes that when trapper

David Ramsey found the TrimericBell hidden in a First Nations buri-al ground around the Port Stanleyarea, he used it to put a curse onColonel Thomas Talbot.

This was at the turn of the nine-teenth century, and Ramsey wasangry with Talbot for refuting hisland claim.

When Talbot heard about Ram-sey casting a spell on him, the leg-end goes, he tried to kill Ramsey.

Except, Ramsey wouldnt die.It is said that years later, Talbot

and his bride tried to organize atreaty between St. Thomas localsand First Nations. He wouldvethen been attacked and buried alivein St. Thomas, just deep enough sohe could hear his assailants torturehis bride. Other stories say bothTalbot and his bride were buriedalive in the town or that Talbot was

held captive, being forced to watchthe assailants burn his bride alive.

It is then that the curse was setin motion, and that strange thingshave happened around St. Thomasever since.

Last year, the town began holdingits annual St. Thomas Tom ZombieFestival with the goal of finding anew host to carry the curse.

Contestants for the curse go onstage and try to scare the judgeswith their makeup and costumes.

Its really like a reverse beautypageant, Bakker said.

Last years Tom Zombie will leadthe Zombie Walk from the RailwayMuseum to City Hall, where theTransition Ceremony will be held.

The new Tom Zombie will thenlead the walk back to the museum.

The festival will also feature ac-tor Vincent M. Ward, who playedOscar in season three of The Walk-ing Dead, a beer tent, food vendorsand music.

But the festival is also aboutteaching people the history of theregion.

The reality is, we really do havea rich cultural and historical fabricin this area that we hope to use totell some great stories, Bakker said.

The event will be held at the El-gin County Railway Museum onSeptember 27 from 12 p.m. to 10p.m.

CREDIT: TIM HARVEY

The Tom Zombie Festival will touch ground on September 27 in St. Thom-as to celebrate all things zombie.

FRANCIS SIEBERT

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Hobnob with the walking dead

ANGELA ESPINOZA

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NEW WESTMINSTER OnSeptember 9, Apple revealed an en-tirely new project called the smart-watch. The idea of the smartwatchis simple: it is essentially a smart-

phone one can wear on their wrist.The smartwatch, or Apple Watch,

is the latest advancement in digitaltechnology that can be worn by theuser, as opposed to being held. LikeGoogle Glass, the smartwatch actsas a peripheral you can use and wearas you go. The Apple Watchs face,or what Apple refers to as the digi-tal crown, is that of a touchscreen,from which the wearer can accessanything from Facebook to bank ac-counts or simply check the time.

As this is the first model of theApple Watch, there are some con-cerns to keep in mind before pur-chasing. For one, the wearer must

also own an iPhone no older thanthe iPhone 5 series in order to usethe Apple Watch. In addition, whilethere are adjustable options forstraps, the watch device itself is,according to CBC, large for thosewith smaller wrists. Then there is

the cost to consider, which current-ly stands at roughly $350 for thestarting price. Finally, as Recodereported in an interview with Ap-ple spokesperson Nat Kerris, Weanticipate that people will chargenightly which is why we designedan innovative charging solution thatcombines our MagSafe technologyand inductive charging. In otherwords, the Apple Watch will likelyneed to be charged once a day.

The Apple Watch is neverthelessone of the most unique additionsto digiwear since Google Glass.Apple Watch is anticipated to be instores by early 2015.

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Nerds



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1. Around 300 feet uphill fromthe highest water level reached bythe 2011 Thoku tsunami sits a cen-turies-old stone marker that warns:Do not build your homes belowthis point!

2. Rather than using mechanicalmowers, Google regularly employsa flock of 200 goats to naturally

mow and fertilise the lawns.3. None of the Beatlesknew how to read music.(Paul McCartney eventual-ly taught himself.)

4. A geep is a very rare goat-sheep hybrid or chimera.

5. John F. Kennedy rejected hispresidential salary of $100,000 ayear and donated it to charity in-stead.

6. The most push-ups ever per-formed in one day was 46,001 byCharles Servizio.

7. A study had men report theirown penis size, and the averagewas found to be 6.1-6.5 inches. Asubsequent clinical study actually

measured penises, and found theaverage size to be 5.1-5.7 inches.

8. Hippos secrete a red-pink flu-id, dubbed blood sweat, whichacts as a skin moisturizer, waterrepellent, sunscreen, and antibiotic.

9. Jim Cummings, the voice ofWinnie the Pooh, called kids at hos-pitals to chat with them in character.

10. Women are more attracted tomen with a stronger sense of hu-mour because they interpret it tosignify intelligence and honesty.

11. Theres a city named Lick-ing and a town named Butts in thestate of Missouri.

12. Until the 1960s, men withlong hair were not allowed to enter

Disneyland.13. The firefly is not actually a

fly, but a beetle.14. Each of the main characters

in Spongebob Squarepants was in-spired by one of the seven deadlysins.

15. Milt, known as a delicacyaround the world, is actually fishsperm.

16. Sloths can swim three timesfaster than they can move on land.They can also hold their breath forup to 40 minutes.

17. In 1959, the USPS attemptedto deliver mail via cruise missileand successfully shipped 3,000pieces of mail from Virginia toFlorida in 22 minutes.

18. In the wake of Goat Simula-tors popularity, Rock Simulator2014 was developed and released.Gameplay simulates life as a rock.

19. Students at MIT developeda wristband that can regulate yourthermal comfort, which couldpossibly eliminate the need for cen-tral heating and cooling.

20. In Czech Republic, womenare entitled to up to four years ofpaid maternity leave, increasing toseven years if the child is disabled.

21. Researchers say that liningthe toilet seat with paper is prettymuch pointless

Aries (March 21 - April 19)

No one can resist your fierycharm. People flock to you instinc-tually. Take care to shower an equalamount of affection on each of youradmirers or petty jealousies willerupt.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20)The forces of right and reason si-

lence irrational distractions. Domi-nant personalities are tempered bytheir partners in a healthy relation-ship. Understand another point ofview even if youre not going toadopt it.

Gemini (May 21 - June 20)You find ways to power you past

forces that usually slow you down.Integrate all of the necessary ele-ments. True growth never happensin a vacuum.

Cancer (June 21 - July 22)Dont feel pressure to rush. The

tortoise beat the hare because hemade slow and steady progress. Thedestination isnt as much fun with-out a solid journey.

Leo (July 23 - August 22)Leo spends the next few days

among their favourite people. Yourstandards are high, but everyoneseems to meet them. Theres noneed for leadership when all play-ers are equal.

Virgo (August 23 - Sept. 22)If others insist on annoying you,

keep your distance. Youre not re-sponsible for their foul mood, butyou can control how you react to it.Delight in your own company.

Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22)

Tend to your most special rela-tionships. If you act in a selflessmanner, your actions will have asurprisingly large impact. You canmake more of a difference than youknow.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21)Style becomes a trap if its substi-

tuted for strategy. You cant knowwhat works best for someone else,even if you think you do. Judge oth-ers by the results they produce, notby how they get there.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21)Simple pleasures turn gloriously

hot. Everything becomes a sensualexperience. Excess doesnt feel likequite enough. Dive headfirst into anadventure of the soul.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19)You have a hard time keeping

secrets. Capricorn may not be anymore talkative than usual, but oth-ers are especially perceptive. Behonest with the people who knowyou best.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18)Favourable events unfold in re-

cord time. You lust after the realthing, and have no patience for any-thing less. Luckily for you, most ofthose nearby want you to be happy.

Pisces (Feb. 18 - March 20)Stereotype and caricature are dis-

turbing when they prove accurate.Your instincts are sharper than usu-al. Dont believe any stories that aresimply too strange to be true.

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JOEL LUXFORDINTERROBANG

What has happened to the NFL?With news breaking of yet anotherdomestic violence case involvinga high profile player, the NationalFootball League and its positionon domestic violence has reached acrossroad.

Commissioner of the NFL, RogerGoodell, has some interesting deci-sions to be made in the next coupleweeks that will set a tone for theNFLs stance on domestic abuse.

As of now Ray Rice, the star run-ning back for the Baltimore Ravens,has been suspended indefinitely oncharges of domestic abuse after avideo surfaced of him dragging hisunconscious girlfriend from an ele-vator after a fight.

Earlier this summer Goodell hadhis stance on domestic violencechallenged by the media after theinitial news of Rice broke. Original-ly Goodell had suspended Rice fortwo games, but after much backlashfor that decision Goodell instituteda new domestic violence policy forthe NFL.

The policy included stiffer pen-alties: a six-game suspension for afirst offense and a lifetime ban fora second. A lifetime ban can be ap-pealed for reinstatement after oneyear. It was only after a video de-

picting Rices actions surfaced didthe suspension get extended.

Rice isnt the only star playergetting media attention recently forviolence. Adrian Peterson, famedrunning back of the Minnesota Vi-kings, has also drawn allegations ofchild abuse after allegedly strikinghis four-year-old son with a treebranch.

Earlier this summer CarolinaPanthers defensive lineman GregHardy was convicted of domes-tic violence and sentenced to 18months of probation. All these inci-dents occurred less than a year afterAaron Hernandez, former tight endof the New England Patriots, wasaccused of three murders for whichhe is still facing sentencing.

Needless to say, the NFL has amajor public relations issue on theirhands. How they choose to dealwith these new concerns will notonly be a blueprint for the next gen-eration of players but an examplefor todays youth.

As of now, football is arguablythe most popular sport in NorthAmerica. Many of the players in

the NFL are idolized and adored.Whether or not the NFL knows it,the organization needs to set out acourse of action that justly dealswith these issues because failure todo so will not only hurt their image

but national awareness and publicperception of domestic violence ingeneral. The commissioner needs toset precedence that criminal activityamong personnel is not only unac-ceptable but morally reprehensible.

Perhaps the NFL needs to take astance on domestic violence similarto the one Major League Baseballhas taken on gambling. Just over35 years ago Cincinnati sluggerPete Rose was placed indefinitelyon baseballs ineligible list, whichhas disqualified his ability to bevoted into the MLB Hall of Fame.Although controversial, at leastbaseball has taken a firm stanceon the subject compared to the onefootball has taken towards violenceto date.

Rose was made an example ofand as such, his punishment haslikely deterred many players fromconsidering similar actions. If theNFL can come up with a similarsolution to its issues with domesticviolence, perhaps it will inspire achange in not only its players be-haviours but society at large.

If you or a loved one is experi-

encing domestic violence there ishelp. The London Police Servicehas set up a website that compilesa list of agencies you can contact.For more information, check out ti-nyurl.com/helpstoptheviolence.

Whats next for the NFL?

CREDIT: PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP PHOTO

Running back for the Baltimore Ravens Ray Rice is only one of many caught in domestic abuse scandals. What isthe NFL doing about this?

How shall I put this the 2014Kia Soul lacks soul. It moves you like it will get you from A to B butit doesnt move you emotionally.This is not the kind of vehicle thatwill pull you out of bed early on a

Sunday morning, begging you to goon a drive.The first generation Kia Soul de-

buted in 2008, and it was a bit ofa hit thanks to its funky styling.It also outsold its main rival, theNissan cube, because the Soul hada decent conventional automatic,while the cube had one of the worstiterations of a CVT gearbox everfitted to a car.

The Soul also had funky, flash-ing speakers, which turned your carinto a nightclub.

All these things, along with thefact it was somewhat decent todrive, helped the Soul.

I dont know if it was Kias think-ing or feedback from their custom-ers, but the Korean auto manufac-turer felt that the Soul needed tomature a bit. Some of that maturityis welcome, however, like the carsstyling. It still looks funky and coolbut it also has a whiff of eleganceto it now.

I like details like how its tailgateblends into its rear lights and thefact that its roof can be specified indifferent colours.

I also like the new interior. It isspacious, moderately comfortableand now has a very decent infotain-ment system.

So far so good.It remains fine if youre using the

vehicle for mostly city driving. Itrides bumps fairly well, has a goodturning circle and offers good vis-

ibility all around. However, I dowish it were more frugal.

My tester, which had the 2.0-li-tre, four-cylinder motor consumed9.1 litres/100km. Its not awful, butI expected better.

For those interested in specs, this

motor produces 164 hp and 151 lb-ft of torque. A base, 1.6-litre motorwith 130 hp and 118 lb-ft of torqueis also available. While the basemotor can be had with either a six-speed manual or a six-speed auto-matic gearbox, the 2.0 SX modelonly gets the latter transmission. Itis a smooth gearbox, so no com-plaints there.

The complaints start pretty muchas soon as you hit the highway.

This is not a well insulated car.There is a lot of tire noise, lots ofroad noise and the car just feelsstressed at highway speeds. On myweekly long drive, I got home feel-ing drained.

Since I felt the same way whenI returned the vehicle the followingweek, my view of its performanceon the highway was confirmed.

I actually think the older genera-tion Soul was better in this respect.This aspect of the new Soul wasenough to put me off.

What about the price? It starts offfine. The base model could be yoursfor $16,995. My well-equipped SXtester, however, was worth $27,395(destination and excise tax not in-cluded) and I think that is a lot ofmoney for this vehicle.

Like all Kias, the 2014 Soul iswell made, it will be reliable and ithas a great warranty all of whichare a good reason to buy one. How-ever, if you do a lot of highwaydriving, you should look elsewhere.

Kia Soul is lacking somethingNAUMAN FAROOQ

INTERROBANG

CREDIT: KIA

Look-wise its not bad. But Kias 2014 Soul lacks, well soul.

CREDIT: ALAN BUSHELLStaff and students at the Centre for Digital and Performing Arts were treat-ed to a hotdog BBQ to kick off the school year.

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With the end of another MajorLeague Soccer season comes an-other agonizing chapter in the lifeof Chivas USA. With no more than5,000 people appearing to homematches, Chivas is on its way outof this league.

According to reports releasedthis week, the league-owned clubwill likely fold this season leav-ing the league with an even 20teams (with New York City FC andOrlando joining the fray). Chivashas truly fallen from grace, in anever-changing soccer landscape inNorth America.

The team Chivas (Spanish forgoats) was brought into the leagueback in 2004, as a franchise ca-tered to the large Mexican popu-lation in Los Angeles. In fact, theclubs namesake is taken from theMexican giants of Club DeportivoGuadalajara, to which Chivas is asubsidiary of.

Back then, the ethnic populationwas seen as an untapped resource tothe many who were looking to growthe professional side of soccer inthis part of the world. C.D. Guada-lajaras owner was looking to enterMLS, and the league was more thana willing partner.

Those early years were very suc-cessful for Chivas. They finishedatop the Western Conference, madethe playoffs four out of five seasonsand kept well above the league at-tendance average. Back then Chi-vas and the LA Galaxy who bothplayed out of the Home Depot Cen-tre were two of the more success-ful clubs in the league. Then DavidBeckham came to Los Angeles.

Now, Im not saying Beckhams

involvement with the Galaxy was areason for the slow demise of Chi-vas, but it certainly did not help.

Over the next few seasons, LA

became the best team in the league,Seattle Sounders came into theleague swinging and the WesternConference became incrediblytough. This saw Chivas sink tothe bottom of the conference. Forthe past four years, the team hasnot finished anything higher thanlast place. Constant on-the-fieldtroubles have put the team down arocky path that leads it to the brinkof extinction.

Obviously attendance is not themost important thing when it comesto a clubs financial status, but itcertainly tells a tale. From 2010to 2014, the average attendancedropped from 14,000 to 4,000 leaving the club in dire straights.

Unfortunately, their own man-agement hasnt really helped themeither. In 2012, Jorge Vergara whowas majority owner of both C.D.Guadalajara and Chivas boughtout the rest of the investors inChivas USA, assuming completecontrol of the club. In just a fewmonths, the majority of Americanor non-Mexican players on the firstteam started to dwindle.

During this fire sale, twonon-Latino youth coaches filed adiscrimination lawsuit against theclub after Vergara allegedly toldhis staff he would fire anyone whodidnt speak Spanish. MLS boughtthe club from Vergara this past off-season, in the hopes of finding anowner who would rebrand Chivasand keep it in Los Angeles.

But after a full season, it doesntlook like that is going to happen.There are countless reports linkingthe league with new expansion cit-ies, leaving Chivas in limbo. It wasan experiment, perhaps even a gim-mick that marked the end of an erafor MLS.

Another MLS team in limbo

MARTY [email protected]

@martythompson

NATALIE SERAFINI

THE OTHER PRESS

Bye-bye birdie, hello badminton.

Its a classic back-and-forth seenboth in backyards and in sanctionedcompetitions. Badminton can beplayed one-on-one or in teams oftwo, requires a certain amount ofskill and energy, and its place in theOlympics means that most dontquestion its validity as a sport.The games volley with the ev-er-airy birdie can get a bit leisurelythough, as returns of the birdie getincreasingly light n easy. The tra-ditional racquet sport also harkensto old-fashioned images of ladiesin hoop skirts almost as much asit does to lightning-fast athletes intheir prime. So, does this Olympicpastime have validity as a sport, oris it a schmort at heart?

Badminton is played with rac-quets, a net, and a birdie thatsabout it. The opponents determinewho will serve and who will re-ceive, with the starter serving diag-onally over the net to the receiver.From there the players can volleythe birdie wherever theyd like,sending one another careening backand forth across the court. Whenone side lands the birdie in a score,they get to serve the next round,and play continues. Traditionally, amatch is made up of three games,with each game ending at 21 points,unless a close call forces scoring upto whoever scores the 30th point.The player who wins the best ofthree games wins the match.

Badminton is extremely accessi-ble, as it really only requires somedollar-store racquets and a half-de-cent birdie; consequently, this gamegets a reputation as a leisurely pas-time at beaches, barbecues, andbackyards galore. Badminton isconsequently seen as less of a sport,

what with kids cavorting about insomething that lacks the regulationof organized sport. Many gamesfind themselves touting the titleof recreation rather than sport asa result of their popularization inless-athletic realms. The prestige asthe game of champions gets dilutedas it becomes a loose romp, to becasually enjoyed: Is anyone keep-ing score? Who cares, its just agame.

Badminton also emerges froma time of old-fashioned decorum,meaning that one can easily drawupon images of ladies in hoop-skirtsgivin it all they can muster andthey cant muster much, what withtripping over inconvenient and un-athletic attire. Badminton was madeto be played by people who canparticipate despite cumbersome at-tire, where other games require thatone is as aerodynamic as possible.I used to work at a historical mu-seum, and one of my duties in thesummer would be to play badmin-

ton against patrons, while dressedin full-1920s garb. Trust me, thegame doesnt demand a particularlysporting uniform.

Nonetheless, its important toacknowledge that professionalbadminton players can become as-toundingly skilled and quick. Theydash across the court to dive in andwhack the birdie over the net, orspike it into the face of their oppo-nent. This requires a certain amountof athletic talent, which your aver-age Joe cannot profess to possess.

Badminton has also maintainedits status as an Olympic event, de-spite the fact that if the playersarent giving it their all, as in thecase of a match fix at the London2012 games badminton is deathlyboring to watch. When they are hit-ting that birdie with all that theyvegot, the game gains a redeemingcompetitive edge and thats whatsports are made of.

Verdict: sport

Putting the bad in schmorts?

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Is it really that bad? The verdict is in on whether badminton is a sport.

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