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161.8 www.theontarion.com Mar. 11 - 17, 2010 161.8 JASON COLLETT PROCRASTINATION Page 6 Page 5 Arts & Cul ture Sports & Heal th Life Opinion Editorial Crossword Comics Classified Community Listings INDEX the issues this week KNOW YOUR ROOTS EROTIC FICTION TWO SPORT ATHLETES FEDERAL BUDGET 7 17 15 20 Varroa mite is behind the disappearing bee International Women’s Da y in G uelph Guelph professor explains the root of colony collapse disorder in bees I b x: , b b , , v . T C D C k , Generation A . I bk, v b b b z k b . I b , b , b v b k (CCD). W , C’ v U fi , fi , I v v . W , , “H I W’ D!” Ex k x. F v, v, v b b , N F D. I ff, k zz, k I W’ D b. W , qk x b b , b v . A q b v V’ D T OMBEEDHAM KELSEY RIDEOUT ( bk ). W O Bk’ A, O M A, F R Aff, N S E R C I-A I C- A, Uv G v b E Gz bv ’ fi b. I b b j, A, P. Gz V v 85 b O. V , - v b b. A Gz, V b b , b b v . j 24 , q qk , “W, ’ v b ’ ?” C I W’ D 15 , b W E N A, b M. 8 v. Hv, bffl, v b b C . I , , bk 100 C Zk S D P G 1910 I C Wk W C, Dk. W v b v v , v F or the second year in a row, the Human Library took place on the University of Guelph campus, this time on Mar. 4 and 5. Te area in front of the Williams Coffee stand was reserved for one-on-one conversations; human books, people who face misconceptions and assumptions about their views and lifestyles, and the readers who sign them out, had half-hour conversations. Stories were told, myths were debunked, and perspectives were challenged. Te aim of the Human Library is to provide a safe environment where people can sit down face-to-face with those who come from stereotyped, misunderstood, and occasionally marginalized groups. Te goal, in many ways, is for readers to leave with a more complete understanding of their worldviews. Te human books are people who have volunteered their time for the event; there was no charge for anyone interested in participating. When the Ontarion editorial staff chose to participate in the Human Library, we each selected topics that particularly resonated with us from the list of available books. Te task of writing about such a personal and subjective experience was a difficult one to take on. So, we each took a different approach. Each of the editors was free to respond to their conversation with their human book in whatever way they saw fit. Tere were no parameters on the writing, no rules for how to describe the experience. Some chose to retell the story relayed to them by their human book, while others focused more heavily on their reaction to the one-on-one interaction. Regardless, all four of us left the experience with a story that in one way or another affected us on a personal level. We retold stories to each other. W e debated about the ideas that our books brought up. Te experience was like no other. > SEE “CURE,” PAGE 4 > SEE “WOMEN,” PAGE 4 > SEE PAGE 12 FOR MORE

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