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Don’t vote! SFUO voting posters

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White Stripesdisband

Te iconic rocker duoo cially breaks up

Environmentalmusician

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One student’s li e-changing experience

Quality discourseRe: What a slut (Opinion, Feb. 3, 2011)

I WAS VERY impressed with the Fulcrum or including this piece, and with the

writer or such a nuanced and i n ormativeanalysis o our generation’s use and accep-tance o the term. Tis is the kind o qual-ity discourse that our campus needs, and Ihope to see more articles like it.

Becky Dier-McComb,Fourth-year political scienceand women’s studies student

An ode to the Federated Body

WHILE HE SFUO elections may bedominating our attentions at the moment,I would like to bring to light another set o elections that will be taking place a shorttime rom now. Later on this semester,likely in late March or early April, the ed-erated bodies will be electing their execu-tives or the coming year.

Being an executive o a ederated body is an extremely rewarding experience,and allows or one-on-one personal involvement with your ellow students oncampus. While it may lack the glory andthe exposure o a position at the SFUOlevel, it makes up or it with riends, excel-lent experiences ,and being able to makedecisions that matter to students at theUniversity o Ottawa. 101 Week, count-less speakers, and innumerable dollars incharity donations are all the work o the

ederated bodies.For anyone who wants to get more in-

volved on campus, I strongly encourageyou to consider running or the executiveo your ederated body.

Pascal Blais,Tird-year economics student and

President of the EconomicsStudent Association

Open letter to Allan Rock

DEAR PRESIDEN ALLAN Rock,You made a commitment at the April

12, 2010 meeting o the U o O senate toinitiate a broad community discussion on

reedom o expression ollowing the con-troversy arising rom the letter o March2010 to American political commentatorAnn Coulter.

In your words: “As we look orward,one such alternative is or us to engageour university community in an open dis-cussion o these matters to work towarda consensus o our shared expectationswhen it comes to reedom o expression,and how to communicate those expecta-tions to people visiting our university … I we can agree that there is a collective viewat the University o Ottawa about the prin-ciples and responsibilities that underlie

ree speech, we can, or example, explorethe creation o a statement o principlesthat we can all adopt by consensus, andthat might re ect what we believe.”

A er eight months o inaction on thiscommitment, I motioned this week tobring the matter be ore the University o Ottawa senate at the upcoming meetingon Feb. 7. On Feb. 3, you responded thatit is your position now that the matter wasclosed and completed as o the May 2010meeting.

Mr. Rock, the antithesis between yourstatements and your actions since then isremarkable:

• When did you and the senate “engageour university community in an open dis-cussion o these matters”?

• When and h ow did “we” “work towarda consensus o our shared expectationswhen it comes to reedom o expression”?

• What progress has been made on our

“statement o principles”?Your detailed proposal at the senate was

accepted by consensus on April 12, 2010(you have explained the meaning o “con-sensus” in senate procedure). Either thesenate ollows through to instruct the ad-ministration on actuation o this item, ortables and adopts a motion to remove theitem, or the senate has been degraded toa meaningless shadow o its statutory sel .

A cynic might complain that one canexpect to see these sorts o empty prom-ises in ederal politics, but even a cynicwould agree that the university senate is

not intended to be a political instrument.It is by law the highest authority on aca-demic matters at the university.

I ear that i we do not act, there is a sig-ni cant risk that the University o Ottawasenate will become no more than a shill ora pro oundly shallow and ignorant view o the academic world.

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Tamara Tarchichi | Fulcrum Staff

“I’M WAI ING ON the edge o my seator President Mubarak to step down andor the Egyptians to go back to their nor-

mal, everyday lives. Tis is the happiestmoment o my li e, but I also need to berelieved rom all this stress and ocuson my upcoming midterms,” explainedNora Sultan, a ourth-year health sci-ence student—and one o many U o Ostudents afected by the con ict in Egy pt.

Much o the ongoing chaos has gen-erated headlines that have le Egyptianstudents at the University o Ottawa withmixed eelings.

“Some people think [because] we havea party and a government it’s a democrat-ic system, but it’s not. We are still looking

or real democracy,” said Ahmed Ghorba,a second-year master’s student in chemi-cal engineering and vice-president o theEgyptian Student Association.

“Te Egyptian people have been su -ering rom poverty, illness, unemploy-

ment, and corruption or more thanthree decades,” added Sultan. “We wanta better Egypt.”

Since Jan. 25, Egyptian protestershave lled the streets o Cairo in Egyptdemanding the removal o PresidentMubarak rom o ce. Pro esso r JabeurFathally rom the Faculty o Law andSocial Sciences at U o O provided com-mentary on the con ict, suggesting thedemonstrations will result in long-termchange and help establish security in theregion.

“It’s a act that a new regional balanceo power is emerging out o the screams,”he said. “An irreversible decaying o theEgyptian regime coupled by the rise o the unrelenting Egyptian people has setin motion a process that will help shapethe uture o the region and the calculuso all players involved.”

Aspiration or change is not a solitary act by Egyptians overseas alone, but hasinspired many Egyptian-Canadian pro-testers to seize the streets o Ottawa tounite and establish a voice or those op-posing the Mubarak regime.

o date, our anti-Mubarak protestshave taken place in ront o the EgyptianEmbassy, all o which were organized by the U o O Egyptian Student Association.

As a result o the protests, many U o O students are having trouble concentrat-ing on their school work due to the con-tinuous news coverage o chaos through-out the streets o Egypt. Tese studentsare worried about amily members back home, and are expressing ear o an un-certain uture.

“Te Egyptian people want Mubarak to give up and start negotiating. We wantto negotiate changing rom a military system to a civilian system,” explained

Ghorba.Ghorba can’t shake the reality o

Egypt’s predicament, and this has le amark on his studies. His attempt to copewith upcoming midterms has become astruggle, a nd he is ndi ng it di cult tomaintain any level o concentration.

“I can’t ocus on studying becauseI keep watching the V and news, andcalling the amily,” said Ghorba. “My

amily store in Egypt has been robbedby thugs; my ather’s job requires him totravel rom Alexandria to Port Said threetimes a week, and the only nancial aidI was receiving rom my ather has beencut of because the banks are rozen.”

International a fairs pro essor Costan-za Musu reveals the similarities Egyptianstudents at the U o O share with studentsprotesting at ahrir Square in Egypt.

“Part o the engine behind the pro-tests is that many students in the [ ahrir]square are highly educated and they seewhat is wrong in the country and they have a better way to organize grievances,”she explained. “I imagine Canadian stu-dents who have amilies abroad are tornbetween their normal routine o a s tudent[li e] and what’s going on at home.”

Adding to that sense o rustration,Mariana Mukhael, a second-year bio-pharmaceutical student at U o O, ex-plained that she is struggling emotion-ally because o the news she gets rom her

amily and riends in Egypt.“My dad is on the streets [in Egypt]

protecting my house because all the menwent to protect their apartments rompeople coming in to steal,” explainedMukhael. “My riends are calling meand crying and some women were raped.Tey are seeing their houses being de-molished and they can’t do anyt hing.”

Musu empathizes with U o O stu-dents presently struggling to keep upwith their studies along with the chaosthat currently surrounds their country and amilies overseas.

“Tis is [a] very di cult time, not only or Egyptian students but also unisian

and other students experiencing demon-strations,” explained Musu. “I anticipatemore pro essors will understand that t hiscan be a stress ul ti me or students with

amilies abroad and I invite students todiscuss their excessive pressures withtheir pro essors.”

Although a peace ul transition is yetto arrive in Egypt, Fathally hopes thatstudents at U o O will continue to usesocial networks to generate awarenessand connect with others.

“I think that Egyptian students willtake advantage o what’s happening nowand will learn rom the revolution theimportance o democracy, and especially the need o solidarity between all theEgyptian people,” he added.

Chaos in Egypt means stress for students

“I’m here today to support my friend who’s an Egyptianstudent here in Canada. Obviously, like most Canadians,we look at what we see on television with a great deal of sadness. We also need to recognize that instant changeis not going to happen, it might not be the best thing tohappen but you have to cheer on people ... It must be

tough for students. My friend is not pulling an all-nighterto party, but to be on the phone with his brother. I think

we are able to empathize with you. Don’t let it deter whatyou’re doing. There will be changes.”

—Max Keeping,CTV anchor attending “Egypt Day” for international week at the U of O

‘WE WANT A BETTER EGYPT’Students and civilians come together to protest the con ict in Egypt

photo by Michael Pilot

Protests overseasleave some Ottawastudents emotionallydrained with midtermsapproaching

“I’m really worried and scared; at the beginning I wasoptimistic, [but] now the fear sets in. My family hasn’t leftthe house, my cousins [have] been in the house for eightdays. Egyptian people want democracy and freedom andto be able to have good health care and good jobs when

they graduate. The Egyptian education system is not up topar with the world. I want Egypt to be secure for the short

term and free for the long term.”

— Andrew Babawy,Second-year biomedical science student

“This has been an extremely stressful time for my entirefamily. My grandmother is ill, and my family can’t get to

her to take care of her because of the mobs on the street.I have an aunt who was temporarily doing research in

the U.S. and she can’t y back to see her children. She’sextremely worried as she cannot stop her children from

participating in the protest.”—Sarah Sayed,

Fifth-year chemical engineering student

“I am against the protests in Egypt now, maybe I was withit given I am a supporter of Mubarak, but Mubarak needs

to step down because the government is corrupted. I’m fora slow transition, if [Mubarak] steps down today a chaoswill happen. My family’s book store, grocery store, and afamily business cinema all got robbed... this is a momentof truth, not of lies. I hope the best for my country, think

reasonably and rationally, and save Egypt.”

—Othman Ali,Fourth-year electrical engineering student

“Right now for us outsiders, we want to continue to bestrong. We want peace and a fair election. My family lives

in Egypt and my phone bill is $800. That shows how muchI worry about them. I talk to them every day. Egyptians

want a constitution to be reintegrated, whatever is writtenis not what goes on in Egypt. We want our freedom, and

rights back, and everyone in poverty wants freedom.Canada should get more involved and not just watch from

the outside. Put pressure on Mubarak. Go Egypt!”—Tonya Cattan,

Third-year communications student



6 | news thefulcrum.ca | Feb. 10–16, 2011

news briefSCourt grants UVic a CFS referendum

VIC ORIA (CUP)— HE B.C. SUPREME Court has awarded the University o Victoria’s students’ society a re erendum on continued membership in the Ca-nadian Federation o Students (CFS). In October 2009, UVic fled a petition totrigger a CFS membership re erendum. By November 2010, they had receivedno response and appeared be ore the Supreme Court in order to determinewhether the petition was valid. UVic’s students’ society had spent approximately $45,000 in legal ees, although the judge awarded them partial costs predictedto be around $10,000. UVic is hoping to hold the a re erendum in the ollowingsemester.

—Kailey Willetts, theMartlet

Windsor student discovers promising cancer treatment option

WINDSOR (CUP)—AF ER LOOSING HER ather to cancer, Carly Gri en, athird-year biochemistry student at Windsor University, made it her li e’s ambi-tion to fnd a cure. While working on her PhD, Gri en studied a rare Hawaiianspider lily plant, which contains cancer-killing compounds called pancratistatin.Te compound has been success ully tested on animal models o the human co-lon. Pancratistatin targets the cancer cell’s main power source, its mitochondria.However, the compound is not harm ul to non-cancerous cells.

Gri en has completed her PhD and plans to continue her cancer research inoronto.

—Meghan Scanlan, the Lance

CR C decision to be overturned

FREDERIC ON (CUP)— HE FEDERAL GOVERNMEN is now demandingthat the Canadian Radio-television elecommunications Commission (CR C)reverse its recent decision concerning Bell Canada. Previously, the CR C had al-lowed Bell to pass usage-based billing onto their wholesale and retail customers.

Tis meant that independent service providers, who rent online space rom Bell,would be orced to cap the services they o er.“Te CR C should be under no illusion—the prime minister and minister o

industry will reverse this decision unless the CR C does it itsel ,” a senior gov-ernment o cial told med ia on Feb. 2.

—Hilary Paige Smith, the Brunswickan

Strike vote passes at Brock

S . CA HARINE’S (CUP)— HE UNION REPRESEN ING part-time instruc-tors, teaching assistants, and other academic support sta at Brock University has voted 80 per cent in avour o a strike.

Te strike vote took place rom Jan. 19–21, and the union executives will nowuse this in ormation in uture bargaining sessions. A strike could happen as early as mid-February.

Te union has been bargaining with the university since April 2010. Tey havebeen without a contract since June 30. Te union’s main demands include in-creases to working hours, the prohibition o the elimination o seminars, signif-cant increases in hourly wages or all positions, and a better health plan.

—Tim Stacey, the Brock Press

Ryerson student charged in hate crime

ORON O (CUP)—A S UDEN A Ryerson University has been charged withcommitting an alleged hate crime against a ormer student. Eoin McManus, athird-year radio and television student, and his riend Benjamin McCall, havebeen charged with two counts o assault a er allegedly assaulting student RyanLester and his brother at a restaurant in oronto’s gay village on Jan. 22. Lestersaid homophobic slurs were hurled at them when they entered the restaurant, andthat he and his brother were beaten.

Lester was taken away by ambulance. According to police, the assault has beenlabelled a hate crime.

— Emma Prestwich, the Eyeopener

Tyler Shendruk | Fulcrum Contributor

Te problemGenomicists have a serious bias toward“model” organisms. Model organismsare species that have historically beenwell studied. Fruit ies, yeast, zebrafsh,and mice are examples o model organ-isms. So are humans.

But these model organisms are each just some lea on a random twig o thetree o li e. Scientists are only beginni ngto realize the true extent o biodiversity and the staggering variety o di eringgenes and structures that make up ge-nomes.

Te researcherNicolas Corradi studies comparativegenomics, which means that he se-quences organisms’ genomes and thencompares their genes and structure tothose o other species. Corradi’s lab in

the biology department at the Univer-sity o Ottawa ocuses on unicellulareukaryotes, single-celled micro-organ-isms that harbour curious genomes intheir nuclei.

Te projectCorradi’s avourite eukaryotes are mi-crosporidia, parasitic unicellular ungi.Tese little monsters are highly adapted

or in ecting host cells. Tey are oppor-tunistic bugs that steal everything they need to survive rom their host. In act,the only time microsporidia spend out-side o a host cell is as spores, scouringto invade other cells.

Te key Corradi sequenced the genome o themicrosporidia Encephalitozoon intes-tinalis. Tis particular microsporidiahas the smallest nuclear genome o any known organism. It is made o only

1,800 genes (1,500 times smaller thanthe human genome and 20 per centsmaller than the next smallest genomeever sequenced).

Why do they have such small ge-nomes? Because these microsporidiaare marauding picaroons. Tey don’t doanything they don’t have to. Tey stealso much rom their hosts that they haveshed every gene but the bare minimumneeded to unction.

Evolutionarily speaking, it is easierto lose genes than to gain them, so thesemicrosporidia are extremely adapted ortheir parasitic li estyle. Teir genome isso compact that Corradi believes it may represent the limit or a ully unctionalgenome.

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Miniscule monsters

Jane Lytvynenko | Fulcrum Staff

SARCAS IC MESSAGES LIKE “Don’tVote” and “Who cares who controls yourmoney” have been flling the university’sbulletin boards as a part o the StudentFederation o the University o Ottawa’s(SFUO) elections campaign. Te unconventional technique has sparked discus-sion among students, some welcomingthe new tactic, while others are con-cerned by the unorthodox techniques.

“[Te posters] are actually saying ‘Donot vote’ and not everyone on campuscould get the joke behind it,” said ristanDénommée, an elections candidate or vp fnance o the SFUO.

Dénommée is especially concernedabout the students who are not immersedin the university’s politics.

“Students that are involved are likely to be aware [o the sarcasm], but or thecommon student it might be ‘Oh, cool.Tey say don’t vote so I’m not going to vote.’”

Sébastien St-Amour, a ourth-yearpolitical science student, agreed withDénommée. He explained that the un-orthodox voting campaign might sendthe wrong message to students.

“[Te SFUO] is not there to criticizethe student population’s voting habits,but to promote democracy—representa-tive, ree, and air elections.”

Te elections o ce has expressed t heirconcerns over students being distressed

by the posters. Michèle Meilleur-Sarazin,the chie retur ning o cer o the elections

o ce, said th at it was not the ir intent too end students. Instead, the campaign isaimed at generating discussions amongstudents and challenging their apathy tostudent politics.

“Unconventional methods are neededwhen you have a campus that is con-tinuously bombarded by generic posters

and messaging,” said Meilleur-Sarazin.“Within a ew hours o their unveiling,

they generated debate and encouragedeven those that aren’t usually interestedin the SFUO to express their opinion.”

Te SFUO elections o ce believes thatthe students at the U o O are capableo catching the sarcasm in the message,especially considering the context sur-rounding them.

“Tey reach out to a young audienceby bathing [them] in sarcasm and irony,”said Paige Galette, a returning candidate

or vp communications o the SFUO.Galette believes that the posters are a

welcome change to last year’s campaign,which encouraged students to run orelections to “be amous”.

“Tese tag lines and slogans were sim-ply di erent, and we were trying to getaway rom the tired poster designs thathave become easy to ignore … We havedefnitely taken into consideration theconcerns o certain students and modi-fed a ew aspects o the upcoming cam-paign,” said Meilleur-Sarazin.

Even St-Amour admitted that, al-though controversial, the postersshouldn’t o end students.

“Tere is nothing to be o ended [in]the posters. Students are apathetic andbored o SFUO elections, and those post-ers were the SFUO’s attempt to generateinterest,” he added.

Students will be seeing walkabouts,contests, debates, and media interactionin the next week o voting promotion.

Voting will take place on Feb. 15, 16,

and 17 throughout campus, but whocares? “Don’t vote!”

Ironic poster design

generates controversy Unorthodox election campaign tactics get students talking

POSTERS INSPIRE DEBATESFUO campaign goes to a new level

Profles in science research at the U o O

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Laura Falsetto | Fulcrum Staff

AF ER 13 YEARS, six studio albums,and a musical legacy in both under-ground and mainstream culture, TeWhite Stripes have decided to disband,as announced last week.

Divorced couple Jack and Meg re-leased a statement on their website, at-tributing the break up to “a myriad o reasons, but mostly to preserve what isbeauti ul and special about the band andhave it stay that way.”

With such hits at “Seven NationArmy”, “Fell in Love with A Girl”, and“Blue Orchid”, Te White Stripes haveestablished themselves as a success ulrock duo, and ans will no doubt missthis genre-defning band.

“Jack and Meg hope this decision isn’tmet with sorrow by their ans,” says a

statement on Te White Stripe’s website.“But that it is seen as a positive move doneout o respect or the art and music thatthe band has created.” Te White Stripesgreatly thanked their ans or continuedsupport throughout their career.

“Te White Stripes belong to you nowand you can do with it whatever youwant,” the website says. “Te beauty o art and music is that it can last orever i people want it to. Tank you or sharingthis experience. Your involvement willnever be lost on us and we are truly grate-

ul.”A er nearly our years since their last

album release, Te White Stripes will nolonger release new material or play live;however, Tird Man Records will contin-ue to release live and studio recordings

rom Te White Stripes’ Vault Subscrip-tion club.

Te White Stripes disband‘Out of respect for the art’

Charlotte Bailey | Fulcrum Staff

IF YOU’RE LIKE me, you’re lessthan pleased with this sudden, al-though not unexpected, change inthe weather. Although the days are

getting longer, they seem to be gettingcolder as we head into February. I hatespending time choosing an outft, thenstepping outside and realizing I have tocover it up with a warm, but not as ash-ionable, hoodie. So, how do we Canadi-ans stay toasty without orgoing style?

OuterwearIt took me a while to realize how impor-tant coats are to one’s ensemble. Whenyou’re looking or a coat, ask: is this warmenough or a -30, snowy day? Buying acoat that looks ab will just be a wasteo money i it won’t stand up against theweather. I look or dark-coloured coats(which keep you warmer than light-co-loured ones) with tailored cuts, so I don’tlook bulky. I your coat has a belt, or astyle that cinches in the waist, you stilllook chic while staying warm!

Jewellery and AccessoriesGlitz up a neutral coat by adding some jewellery to it. I your coat has lapels, fnda cute brooch to tack onto it. I you’re or-going a scar , add a high necklace to youroutft. Or, i you want to stay warm, look

or accessories that are both bright and

warming, such as a bright scar or a hat.Right now, the most stylish hats I’m see-ing will actually keep your head warm,rather than only look good. My avouritestylish hats all play on the “hunter-hat”style—with aux ur, bright tartan pat-terns, and ear aps.

Lipstick Tis suggestion comes rom my editor-in-chie : want a pop o colour in your

outft? Add it in your lips, with a splasho statement-making red. I you’re nervous about going bold with your lip co-lour, head over to Sephora or MAC at theRideau Centre and get one o the makeupexperts to pick out a shade that compli-ments your skin tone.

Knit sweatersInstead o a shapeless hoodie, why notgo or something a little cuter? Tick orthin, knit sweaters were marketed thisseason as a ashionable alternative whencovering up. I’ve had more luck withonline shopping than in stores—there’smore selection, more stock, andmost o all, bigger sales. Tebest sales I’ve seen are at Ur-ban Outftters’ and Forever21 Canada’s online stores.

BootsWhile I would love to pro essthat suede is in this season, andthat just by using the spray-on ap-plicator you can save your leather boots

rom slush—I can’t. Why? Because by living this, I have ruined at leastthree pairs o my avourite

ashionable boots thiswinter. Finding a pairo boots that stack up against the coldweather and look great is by no means

an easy task. My ad- vice—and it may sur-prise some—is to get a pair o boots that keep your eet warm and dry,no matter what they look like. In additionto these, fnd a pair o trendy boots tochange into at the o ce or to wear out inthe evenings. By buying two pairs, you’lleliminate the wear and tear on your ash-ionable boots, ensuring that your bootswill see it to at least another winter.

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THE END FOR JACK AND MEGDivorced couple stop touring and making music.

Stylish and snug



The RiteFOLLOWING HE S ORY o Michael Kovak (Colin O’Donoghue), Te Rite is based on the true tale o a young man’sexploration o the controversial world o demonic possession and exorcisms. Kovak, a seminary student with a torturedpast, is questioning his aith, resolve, and desire to continue in the priesthood. More accustomed to dealing with demonso a personal nature, Kovak is flled with doubt and cynicism when he embarks on a trip to the Vatican to study exorcism.Only when he is sent to apprentice with the unorthodox Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins) does Michael begin to question

his own skepticism as he is able to glimpse a phenomena that science cannot explain and that challenges everything he thought he believed.In the tradition o all good exorcism movies, Te Rite is flled with plenty o contorted bodies, eerie omens, and insolent demons. While it

lacks some o the gore typical to the genre, there are still plenty o thrills and shivers to be had. While O’Donoghue gives a solid per ormance,Hopkins, whose portrayal o Father Lucas is truly the highlight o the flm, overshadows him. A ew un ortunate continuity problems and plotholes in the latter part o the flm dampen the ending, but overall the movie is a solid addition to the world o exorcism icks.

—Amanda McCambridge

8 | arts&culture thefulcrum.ca | Feb. 10–16, 2011

featured review

movie reviews

WHEN WA CHING BLUEValentine , you will witness aloving relationship disinte-grate into a living hell—yet,its destruction is beauti ully

portrayed. Blue Valentine ollows two lovers,played by Michelle Williams and Ryan Gos-ling. Teir story is told through a disjointednarrative, shi ing rom the present to the

past, detailing their lives rom initial love tothe miserable, emotionally charged ending o their marriage. By utilizing a telephoto lens orthe majority o the flm, the director orces theaudience to pay attention to the aces o the ac-tors, enhancing the connection the audienceshares with the characters. Te actors portray their characters with such nuance and ability,the flm is incredibly realistic. Te personal in-teractions, the mood, the sex, and the chemis-try captures per ectly the act o alling out o love.

—Michael Robinson

HE MECHANICIS an action-packed, violent, and intrigu-ing movie that is basically aremake o the classic bad-guy story. Steve (Ben Foster) sets

out to avenge his ather’s death with the help o Arthur, the ‘’mechanic’’—someone who elimi-nates problems by killing people (Jason Sta-tham). As his apprentice, Steve learns the arts

o deception and homicide. However, all hellbreaks loose a er Steve kills a man and roofeshis dead corpse.

“Amat Victoria Curam,” in Latin, means“victory loves care ul preparation,” and is atheme that can be seen running throughoutthe movie in the brilliantly executed stuntsand plot twists. Te only lesson I got rom thismovie isn’t “never to kill with a motive” as Ar-thur puts it, but never to kill.

—Simon Oliver-Dussault

HE ROOMMA E MAY beadvertised as a thriller; how-ever, it’s actually anything but.With a less-than-stellar script,transparent plot twists, and

shame ul acting,Te Roommate may leave youscreaming—in rustration. Sara (Minka Kelly)and Rebecca (Leighton Meester) are assignedas roommates on a college campus. At frst, the

two seem to be the best o riends; however,Sara soon realizes that Rebecca might not bewho she says she is. Te cheap thriller is likean unaccredited version o the 1992 horrorSingle White Female due to its eerily identicalplot. Along with a complete lack o originality comes an insulting portrayal o mental illness.Everything about this flm is unwatchable, andwill leave you cringing instead o rightened.Most o us probably have had more suspense inour everyday li e—and we didn’t need a room-mate or that.

—Sofa Hashi

UNLIMI ED SEX PLUS theability to sleep with anyoneyou want sounds appealing toeveryone but Adam (AshtonKutcher). In the box o ce hit

No Strings Attached , Adam decides he wantsto get serious a er countless sexual encounterswith his riend-with-benefts Emma (NataliePortman), a commitment which she whole-

heartedly discourages.I you’ve ever seen a romantic comedy,you’ve seen this one too. Its predictable “I loveyou” dialogue occasionally strays to jokes thatmake you cringe instead o laugh. No Strings Attached promises sex and promiscuity but de-livers a stale message on everlasting monoga-mous relationships. Te only thing it has going

or it is the good looks o the stars, but eventhat gets disappointing when you realize thatthe most inappropriate body part you see isKutcher’s jiggling butt. Tis movie should takethe walk o sha me straight out o the box o ce.

— Jane Lytvynenko

Blue Valentine No Strings Attached The Mechanic The Roommate



Kiera Obbard | Fulcrum Staff

WI H A REPU A ION or stylizedstaging and a taste or thought-provok-ing, contemporary theatre, EvolutionTeatre is quickly becoming a prominentmember o the city’s theatrical scene.Founded in 2005 by three U o O alumni,Evolution Teatre is a not- or-proft or-ganization that is committed to bringing

innovative theatre to the Ottawa area.Founders Christopher Bed ord, LindaBed ord, and Nancy Kenny began Evolu-tion Teatre approximately fve years ago.By 2009, the company was nominated orEmerging Artist/Company o the Year atthe Golden Cherries, and became one o two mentorship companies at the GreatCanadian Teatre Company.

“I truly believe,” says Kenny, “thatEvolution Teatre is a prime example o where students, with hard work and de-termination, can go with their theatredegrees.”

Artistic Director Christopher Bed ordgraduated with honours rom the Uni- versity o Ottawa’s Teatre Program with

a specialization in directing, and is cur-rently directing the theatre’s upcomingproduction and English-language worldpremiere o Little Martyrs. Commis-sioned and translated by Mishka Lavi-gne—another U o O theatre alumna—Little Martyrs is a story inspired by thereal-li e kidnapping and murder o a tod-dler in Great Britain by two young boysin 1993, and ollows the killers’ release

and reconnection years later.Nancy Bed ord, general manager andstage manager or Little Martyrs, alsograduated with an honours degree in the-atre at the U o O, with a ocus on theatreadministration. Director o communica-tions and actor Kenny holds a degree intheatre, political science, and Canadianstudies rom the U o O. She plays therole o Minnie in the upcoming play, a

ormer runaway who rents Jacob her latenewborn’s room.

Little Martyrs will take place Feb. 9–19at the Arts Court, Studio A. Admission is$25, or $20 for students.

Jane Lytvynenko | Fulcrum Staff

A OUR BUS has been replaced withpublic transportation! Tis is just one o many environmentally riendly actionsguiding eco-musician Frank Horvat’sGreen Keys tour, which promotes Earth-considerate practices through melodies.Pianist Horvat elt compelled to re-eval-uate his carbon ootprint as he becamemore aware o environmental issues.

“At frst, I made the necessary chang-es in my everyday li e to ensure that Iwasn’t part o the problem,” says Horvat.“Ten I decided to use my music in thehopes that it might inspire others.”

One o his more amous pieces is a60-minute tribute to Earth Hour, whichhe always plays in the dark. His greentheme is urther pursued in his secondalbum, A Little Dark Music .

“I wanted the CD to eature musicinspired by social issues, but also be

produced in a sustainable ashion, usingForest Stewardship Council-approvedpaper or the packaging, [and] vegetableinks,” says Horvat.

As socially aware as he is, music isHorvat’s oremost passion. Horvat’s re-cent release is a departure rom his tra-ditional music style.

“Te frst CD was very gritt y, percus-sive, and emotional in a very expressivemanner. A Little Dark Music was my way to prove to mysel artistically that Icould create music that was ambient andintrospective, but not boring.

“I the music allows the listener toree their mind rom the hectic every-

day, to think about their place in theworld and how they are making an im-pact, both positive and negative, then I

eel like I will have achieved my goal,”says Horvat.

His ree show at the U o O’s FriemanHall will take place on Feb. 13 at 4 p.m.

Teatre group portrays tragedy U of O alumni take centre stage

Eco-friendly musician visits U of OFrank Horvat tours the nation—the green way

ENVIRONMENTAL ENTHUSIAST PLAYS DARK MUSICPiano player Frank Horvat visits U o O

photo courtesy Concert Med

S.C.R.I.P.T

O AWA’S UNDERGROUND MUSICscene continues to grow as local art-ists gain recognition and credibility,which is exactly the case or local hip-hop artist Loren D. Whittingham. Go-ing by the stage name o S.C.R.I.P. ,he has been selected to headline the2011 Winterlude celebrations, whichattracts over 600,000 people annu-ally. S.C.R.I.P. . sees this as a stepping-stone or uture opportunities to come.Trough the use o poetry, he expressesa personal message o perseverance andhope. His music is about the unspokentruth o what li e’s harsh realities canbring or children. Working with theKids Help Phone, S.C.R.I.P. . created amusic video entitled “Where Do We Go”to promote the organization’s message. Atruly independent artist who personally

unds his studio-time, music videos, andother initiatives, S.C.R.I.P. . has estab-lished a strong local an base.

LOIS SIEGEL

WHEN LOIS SIEGEL isn’t teaching vid-eo production part-time at the University o Ottawa, you can catch her behind acamera. Siegel works as a reelance writerand photographer, and has directed andproduced a number o Canadian flms.Siegel uses her photography as an art

orm to portray owers, celebrity por-traits, and candid photos.

Siegel exhibits black and white por-traits o actors, musicians, and artists.Her portraits capture rare sides o celeb-rities o en thought o as untouchable.Each photograph o ers a description o how the picture took place. Her frst ce-lebrity photograph was in 1968 o world-renowned Canadian photographer You-su Karsh. She has a lso captured a youngNicolas Cage, Robert De Niro, and HughGrant. But her work extends beyond ce-lebrities and includes portraits o politi-cal activists, such as Maude Barlow romthe Council o Canadians, and Du Co-nacher, executive director o Democracy Watch.

spotlightonDanielle Vicha | Fulcrum Contributor

Looks like: Celebrities looking likerelatable beings.

Check her out: Lois Siegel’s work will be showcased alongside Lydia

Tambay at the Shenkman ArtsCentre in Orleans from Feb. 25–May27. For more information, go tosiegelproductions.ca.

Sounds like: The poetic musings of someone who’s seen life from theother side of the tracks.

Check him ou t: S.C.R.I.P.T. will beperforming live on Feb. 11, at 6 p.m.at Winterlude’s Rogers Crystal Gardenin Confederation Park. For moreinformation about S.C.R.I.P.T., go toscript613.com.

arts&culture | 9thefulcrum.ca | Feb. 10–16, 2011

Evolution Theatre is a primeexample of where students,

with hard work anddetermination, can go with

their theatre degrees.-Nancy Kenny,

organization founder

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Dear Di...

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Sexy Sidenote:

A 2004 study found that a staggering 48 per cent of women had faked an orgasm at least once in life. Notthat shocked, eh? How about if I let you in on another

little secret: exactly the same percentage of mensurveyed also admitted to cleverly

conning their way through the big Oat least once.

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answers on p 2

Dear Di,I have a date this weekend that I aminsanely excited about—with my super sexy pro ! At least, I think it’s a date.Do you think there’s any way he might have misunderstood my euphemism and thinks we’re actually “ going to work onmy paper ” together?

—On Diferent Pages

Dear ODP,Oh my god, yes. I’d say the chances thatyour pro essor paramour is actually in-tending to tutor you are pretty high. Inall honesty, you’ve probably set yoursel up or about the most embarrassing re- jection o your li e. I I were you I’d getsome study material ready just in case heisn’t looking to get inside anything butyour head. I you do end up banging hisbrains out though, I’m sure my readerswould love to hear about it.

Love, Di

Dear Di,Ottawa winters are aw ul. Do what I will, there doesn’t seem to be any way or me to stay warm rom head to toe.Recently I came across a piece o spare elt in my apartment and ashioned my-sel a codpiece out o it. My creation isamazing! My penis stays toasty all day long, and even my balls are snuggly and warm. Te only problem is that it’s alittle hard to handle a boner when I havemy below-the-belt sweater on. It just doesn’t have enough space. What should I do?

—Sporting Sweet Penis Sweater

Dear SSPS,Wow, what an invention you’ve come upwith! It sounds like a snuggie or yourshlong. Either way, it’s defnitely an inter-esting way to keep your cock warm dur-ing the winter. I’m no abric expert, butI think i you pick up something that’smore o a uzzy, cotton-spandex blendinstead o opting or the admittedly warmer eece you’re using, you shouldbe able to make room or a little arousalexpansion i you ever need to.

Love, Di

Dear Di,Which vegetable makes the best dildo? Isit diferent or anal?

— oo Cheap or Venus Envy

Dear TCVE,Not that I have any experience using alegume between my legs, but I imagine acarrot or a cucumber would be the way togo. You should wash it well be ore you useit and probably put a lubricated condomon it to make sure you’re sa e rom any unseen dirt or bacteria on your makeshiman-stick.

As or anal, you can use the same typeo vegetable, but it wouldn’t be wise to usethe exact same one in both orifces. Also,though it makes me cringe to have to tellyou this, throw the damn vegetable outwhen you’re done with it, okay?

Love, Di

Questions or Di? Email deardi@the ulcrum.ca

or fnd her on Twitter (@Dear_di)

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12 | features thefulcrum.ca | Feb. 10–16, 2011

When recounting the start o what

would become a long and success ul careerin writing, translating, and editing, Maynedescribes the importance o culture at theuniversities where he completed his un-dergraduate and graduate work.

“Where I started was in English-speak-ing Montreal, which in the late 1950s, ear-ly 60s, was going through a major poeticrenaissance.”

He explains that the literary supple-ments in universities’ weekly papers, thestudent literary magazines and antholo-gies, and open weekly readings were im-portant aspects o a literary and artisticcommunity that helped to oster students’artistic work.

“Students who had talent had a venue.oday … in spite o the act that we have

a lot o programs across the country, Ithink that a lot o the visual arts and thecreative writing programs going on [are]all sequestered to the sid e. Tey don’t seemto be part o the mainstream o the cam-puses.”

Te need or a creative community isgreat according to Mayne.

“You’re not just writing in isolation [on]the third foor o a rooming house in San-dy Hill, but you’re actually going to share[your work] with other people who aregoing to give you eedback ... you’ll hearwhat other people say and how they re-spond to your work … Even though you’rean individual creator, you’re an individualcreator who also, some way or another,works within or shares [your] work withina community.”

One o the reasons he gives or the di -culty in maintaining a tight knit artistic

community is the growing population o

campuses, and changes in cultural i mpor-

tance.“Te cultural ocus o the 1960s, mosto the counter cultures in the United Statesand the rising nationalism in Canada, gaveculture a very central seat around the tablein the 1960s [and] early 70s, and un or-tunately, that’s not the case today. So stu-dents have a bit more d i cult time.”

Mayne explains that the students, notpro essors, must carry on maintaining astrong literary tradition.

“It’s or students to carry orward …Here it’s weakened a bit—I think partly because students have ar more distrac-tions than we had. oday it’s instantcommunication … In a unny way all o this has made opportunity available, butit has also eaten into our time, into oursolitude. I would say, or some people, theInternet, email contact, and all the othero erings … take an enormous amounto time away rom the older pursuits o reading and writing, which is what writ-ers always did.”

He believes that ollowing these pur-suits and having patience are what willallow young poets to become success ul.

“Give yoursel time, because you’renot going to become a Nobel Prize laure-ate in one year. I think it’s a long appren-ticeship, but i it’s a desire, i it’s as impor-tant as breathing, then you have to ollowwhat people have always done: readingwidely, and writing as much as you can,and then sharing it. Tere’s no mystery to that … Tere are a number o placeswhere you can get up and read, share, andget opinions, and see what people have tosay. And, you’ll even nd me at some o them. ”

Mayne ideas on poetry An interview with the U of O’s resident poetry enthusiast

Avoid overdone ideas or images

Don’t second-guess yoursel

Be brave enough to let

your emotion show

Play with poetic devices

Attempt other forms outside

your comfort zone

Write with a purpose in mind

Immerse yourself in other

people’s poetry

Edit, edit, edit

Get as many opinions as possible

Don’t give up

Ivan Frisken and Mathias MacPhee |Fulcrum Contributors

My verse ate your prose.It was boring: favourless.Spice it up, artists.

Hey, all you poets! Journalism needs your help:News lacks art’s insight!

God bless Haiku:It orces gusty poets

o keep it short and sweet.

I once knew a manFrom somewhere near Nantucket:He liked limericks.

You’re wasting your timeWith those sentences in books:Tese three li nes su ce.

Poets are only mortal But their work is eternal Inspiring all

Verses aboutversifcation

Findingyour voiceJaclyn Lytle | Fulcrum Staff

SOME IMES GE ING S AR ED isthe hardest part, and poetry is certainly no exception to the rule. I you’re boggeddown with writer’s block or in need o a terri c tool to get your creative juicesfowing, check out this list o tips andtricks or the budding poet.

Ali Schwabe | Fulcrum Staff

SEYMOUR MAYNE, PROFES-

SOR of Canadian literature, Ca-

nadian studies, and creative writ-

ing at the University of Ottawa, is

an award-winning author whose

efforts over the past 40 years

have helped to sustain the literary

community on campus and in

the nation’s capital. The Fulcrum

had the chance to speak with

professor Mayne about poetry

on campus, the Internet, and

how an audience can make

all the difference to an artist.

illustration by Caitlin Viitamaki

A few introspectivelines about an artform



Katherine DeClerq | Fulcrum Staff

THE LAST FEW years of studentfederation elections have resulted infrustration—slates, resignations, andtechnological dif culties took over theprocess. Last year bore the brunt of the aggravation as the election results were called into question. Whileeveryone loves a good scandal, moststudents don’t want to see their ownpolitical arena spoiled with negativecampaign periods.

2007–08This year found candidates for theStudent Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) executive unquali- ed for the jobs. The candidates forpresident and vp university affairsfailed their bilingualism tests. Thecandidate for SFUO president wasuncontested, leaving students withoutanyone to vote for.

Aside from the setback of hav-ing to have a second election for theposition of president, the electionsran smoothly. Candidates played itsafe, and although their platforms were all quite similar, there were few

complaints.

2008–09Before the elections, the most con-troversial topic of discussion was thatof e-voting. This was the rst yearthat the SFUO elections manifestedthemselves online, but this concept was almost discarded at the Boardof Administration (BOA). It wasargued that e-voting was unconstitu-tional and posed security concerns forstudents. The motion was eventu-ally passed through a secret ballot,enabling students to vote both by paper and the Internet. Voter turnoutdoubled.

But once the ballots were drawn,the results were appealed due to slateallegations. Presidential runner-upRenaud-Philippe Garner, vp nancecandidate Maureen Hasinoff, and vpsocial candidate Alexandre Chaput led an of cial complaint with theStudent Arbitration Committeeaccusing Seamus Wolfe, RoxanneDubois, Jean Guillaume, and JulieSéguin of running as a slate, whichis illegal according to the SFUOconstitution.

The accusations caused muchdebate and controversy among thestudent population, which was split between supporters of the electedcandidates and those who agreed withthe evidence of the plaintiffs. Thecase never made it past the BOA, andalthough there were online petitionsto impeach the SFUO executive, notangible results were publicized.

2009–10Last year’s SFUO election drama be-gan with the resignation of the Chief Electoral Of cer, Julien de Belle-feuille. In an emergency BOA meet-ing, it was decided that the executivemembers who were not running forre-election would be responsible forthe committee.

While a new electoral committee was being put together, membersof the Political, International andDevelopment Studies Student Asso-ciation had led a complaint againstpresidential candidate Amalia Savva because her platform—which wasopen on her computer—had beenemailed from an SFUO computer. Thestudents accused vp nance Roxanne

Dubois of helping Savva with hercampaign. Both Dubois and Savva de-nied this accusation, explaining thatSavva had borrowed the computerin the SFUO of ce because she wasrushing to post her platform. None of the allegations were ever proven.

The year 2009–10 was the rst year that the elections were conduct-ed entirely through e-voting. Studentsreceived PIN numbers late and werefrustrated that they couldn’t vote when they wanted to.

E-voting created another stand-still in terms of election results. TheBOA results for social sciences andengineering were said to containirregularities. On the last day of vot-ing, a few ags were raised about acouple of ballots, which kick-starteda series of investigations into the e- voting company. The BOA seats wereeventually decided in a completely separate by-election with a series of new candidates and platforms.

2010–11 Who knows? It’s up to the students todecide...

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Another year, another electionWill the SFUO be able to contain the scandal? According to history, probably not

2010: (e-voting)

Voting turnout

2007: (paper ballots)

2008: (paper ballots)

2009: (e-voting and paper ballots)

Candidate rundownExclusive interviews with all executive hopefuls p. 3-7

Want to vote?The Fulcrum shows you where and when p. 8

Whats the BOA?Your student federation broken down p. 2

illustration manipulation by Jessie Willms



Your student federation revealed

MOST STUDENTS ARE unaware of how our student federation functionsas a whole. Who does what? Whoreports to whom?

With an election coming in justunder a week, students are expectedto choose the candidates they wantto represent them. But if you don’tunderstand what these candidatesare supposed to do, then how do you know if they are quali ed? TheFulcrum has compiled descriptionsof each position so that you can makean informed decision come votingday.

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The BOA is the governing body of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa(SFUO). They are responsible for the management of the SFUO, including policy decisions, budget distribution, and disciplinary action. The BOA consists of the SFUO executives andelected student representatives from each faculty on campus. The student population of each faculty determines the number of seats each faculty receives. They meet once a monthin a public setting—usually in the senate room of Tabaret—where the representatives ask the SFUO executives questions about their initiatives and events.

The BOA is also the body that approves constitutional changes and modi cations, and basically keeps the SFUO in check.

SenateThe senate maintains the university’s educational policies andmanages academic issues on cam-pus. The senate consists of deans, vice-deans, professors, and 12student representatives.

Board of Governors (BOG)The BOG is responsible for thegeneral governance and manage-ment of the University of Ottawa.It makes nancial decisions andimplements policies that the university needs to operate. The BOGalso appoints and replaces thepresident and vice-presidents of the U of O. The board consists of university of cials and a studentrepresentative who advocates forstudent concerns.

Do you know what these are: BOA, BOG, SFUO, and Senate?

How many faculty representatives sit onthe BOA?

The SFUO is described on their website as “the student union and the instrument of political action for under-graduate students of the University of Ottawa.” They represent the interests of the undergraduate community,and make decisions involving student life (services, events, fees). They must report their initiatives to the BOA during the monthly meetings.

PresidentHe or she chairs the ex-ecutive and maintains itsfunctionality. The presidentis responsible for dealing with the U of O administra-tion, external relations, andgovernmental relation-ships. He or she mustattend regular federationmeetings including theBOA, standing commit-tees, round tables, annualgeneral meetings, and adhoc committee meetings.The president is, in general,the face and representativeof the SFUO.

VP FinanceThe vp nance oversees all nancial activities of theSFUO. These responsibili-ties include recommend-ing bylaws to the BOA regarding nancial matters,preparing and presentingthe budget, recommendingauditing rms, mainteningof health plan, managingthe four student businesses(the Pivik, the Agora,1848, and Café Alternatif),and overseeing humanresources for the studentfederation.

VP Student AffairsHe or she is responsiblefor the federation’s clubsand services, including the Women’s Resource Centre,Food Bank, Centre forStudents with Disabilities,Foot Patrol, Peer Help,Pride Centre, Interna-tional House, and RefugeeStudent Program. In addi-tion, the vp student affairstakes care of the SFUO’ssustainable developmentinitiatives.

VP University AffairsThe vp university affairsassumes the duties of sec-retary of the SFUO. Their jurisdiction extends to theStudent Appeal Centre andacademic criteria that affectundergraduate students. Heor she maintains studentrelationships with theuniversity senate, the Ac-tion Sandy Hill community group, and the university administration. In addition,the vp university affairs will act as the principal or-ganizer of SFUO campaignsas well as ex ternal studentrepresentative for organiza-tions outside the university.

VP SocialFirst and foremost, the vpsocial is responsible for 101 Week. He or she works withfederated bodies to create joint events and socialprogramming for the U of O. The vp social must alsoensure that all events areaccessible and diverse.

VP CommunicationsHe or she assumes theresponsibility of communi-cating matters of the SFUOin both French and Englishto the students at the U of O. This includes maintain-ing the SFUO website andonline calendar, producingmedia releases, internalcommunications, and gen-eral information reportsto be distributed to local,provincial, and nationalmedia. The SFUO’s vis-ibility on- and off-campusresides with the vp com-munications. He or she isalso responsible for com-munity relations withinSandy Hill.

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Board of Administration(BOA)

Arts: 5 Common Law: 1Droit Civil: 1Education: 1Engineering: 1Health Sciences: 3Management: 3Medicine: 1Science: 3Social Sciences: 6

TOTAL: 25 SFUO

Think the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) iscomplicated? Wait until we add inthe university governing bodies!

The majority of students getcaught up in the executive electionsand don’t realize that they also needto elect their representatives on both the Board of Governors and thesenate. These students represent usduring matters concerning academ-ics and university policy.

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PRESIDENT

Amalia Savva Nathan BoivinRelevant university experience and involvement: Current campaigns organizer at theSFUO, vice-president with CUPE 4943, former Political, International and Development StudiesStudent Association (PIDSSA) president, worked with SFUO promotions

Why are you running?Because of my past involvement and because I’m very dedicated to the SFUO. I love working withthe SFUO, and in terms of president, I see so much potential ... For the most part, the mandate is basically being a support role to the other executives, to be the face of the organization.

What is the single greatest change you hope to make at the U of O?Because the provincial elections are coming up in the fall and it’s the provincial governments thatdecide on tuition fees ... it’s de nitely working around the provincial elections to make sure thatstudents are informed and that they’re voting ... also [working] with the candidates for the provin-cial elections to know that students should be on their agendas.

What skills or personal attributes do you possess which make you an effectiveleader?I was PIDSSA president last year, so I de nitely learned a lot from that. This year as well I’velearned so much working in the [SFUO] main of ce. I’ve seen a lot of the ins and outs of the SFUO,so I think that’s one of the main skills—the knowledge that comes with it. I like to listen and I liketo be that support role. I don’t see myself, if elected, as the top of the SFUO; I see myself working with the other executives to ensure that their projects are going smoothly to ensure that their ideasare being put on the table.

How are you going to improve relations with students, the administration, and com-munity members? Again, with the provincial election I de nitely want to improve the relations between the Carletonstudent unions, between our grads, Algonquin, and La Cité, so de nitely working with those otherstudent associations around the provincial elections ... with the administration, it’s working withthe administration to lobby the provincial government for more funding into post-secondary edu-cation and the administration can play a huge role in that.

If you were a super villain, what would your Twitter alias be?My super villain is de nitely Poison Ivy ... I have Batman collections all over my room; it would be@poisonivyftw, Poison Ivy for the win.

Relevant university experience and involvement: Previously a Residence Community Advisor, involved with Foot Patrol, volunteer at St. Joseph’s, CEO of the 2010 PIDSSA election

Why are you running?I think the SFUO has a lot of potential ... so I gured we need a candidate who can really unlock that potential—you know, deal with the challenges and issues that the SFUO has at the moment. We need a student representing students; we need a student who is in the system, but not of thesystem.

What is the single greatest change you hope to make at the U of O?I’d like to restore faith in the SFUO ... we ask the question “is the SFUO legitimate?” So I think that the greatest change we can bring to the SFUO is restoring that faith in the student popula-tion—that the SFUO is here for students.

What skills or personal att ributes do you possess which make you an effective leader?In my opinion, the most important thing for the executive of the SFUO is creating dialogue ... so Ithink we need someone who can encourage dialogue and get the right people in the right room atthe right time. I think that person is me.

How are you going to improve relations with students, the administration, and com-munity members?There’s pretty much three big relationships: the SFUO within the SFUO; the SFUO with the ad-ministration; and then the SFUO and student associations ... How do we facilitate dialogue? How do we create this link? I think what we could have really worked on this year, and my hope for next year, is having more things; for example, a presidential round table with the heads of each studentassociation. [By] opening up this communication we can really get to the heart of what studentsthink and what students want.

If you were a super villain, what would your Twitter alias be?@dubiality, because we’re living in a dubious reality.

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VP STUDENT AFFAIRS

Alexandra WebbAmy Hammett Stéphanie RoyRelevant university experience andinvolvement: Currently vp student affairs,previously worked at the services

Why are you running?I really, really enjoy doing this job. I think there’s a lot of things that can be gained by mestaying on another year. Turnover rates can be very high at the SFUO, and I’d like to continuethe projects I’m doing and give them the con-tinuity they deserve in doing another year. I’mexcited to have a lot more successes this follow-ing year and I’ve had a lot already behind me.

What is the single greatest cha nge you

hope to make at the U of O?More resources for students [and] for studentgroups. I think whether it’s clubs, services,federated bodies, or the media, student groupsneed more resources—whether that is moreaccess to multimedia rooms or more accessto promotional services. Student groups needmore resources to have the impact that they want to have on our campus.

The U of O consistently achieves low scores in university rankings for overallstudent experience. What do you believeis the greatest barrier to having a posi-tive student experience, and what are yougoing to do about it?I think we need to continue to listen to whatstudents want and deliver on that. I’m imple-menting a one-stop shop for volunteering sothat students can go to one place online andcheck out all the volunteer opportunities—whatit entails, how you go about doing it—and that way we’re going to see more students gettinginvolved in the services. That means that we’regoing to have more student input in how ourservices are run and what exactly they do.

Do you have plans to i mprove any of thefederation’s various student life services?I want to continue working with the two newsservices, the Bike Coop and Sustainability Centre, and ensure that they’re responding tostudent needs ... [that] they’re moving in direc-tions that students want and they’re continuingto do the work that is needed on our campus.

Relevant university experience andinvolvement: Currently vp student affairsfor the Translation Students’ Association,currently on the Translation Games organiz-ing committee, coordinator of the volunteertranslator database

Why are you running?It’s been a year that I’ve been talking about get-ting in here and doing some changes ... We’ve been having such a success [at the TranslationStudents’ Association] that I’m seeing that theidea of running at the SFUO I might be able toget the same success.

What is the single greatest change youhope to make at the U of O?My entire slogan for my campaign is “Engag-ing students in their student experience,” so I want to make everything that’s going on at theSFUO accessible to students—because it’s notthat students don’t care, it’s just that they’renot given something to care about because they don’t know about it.

The U of O consistently achieves low scores in university rankings for overallstudent experience. What do you believeis the greatest barrier to having a posi-tive student experience, and what are yougoing to do about it?If we collaborate a lot more, and cooperate a lotmore, I think we can get wonderful things. TheTranslation Games this year, we’re getting a lotof support from the university ... that’s what wecan do if we work with them rather than justpoint ngers at them and say how bad they are.

Do you have plans to improve any of thefederation’s various student life services?I’ve been going to some of those services sincemy beginning here and, I mean, some of thethings that I’ve noticed that’s most frustratingto the people who work at the services is thelack of being able to take charge of their ownservic e. [They] don’t really always have a say in who’s getting hired. I know it’s a union issue, but there’s also the bigger picture where eventhough they can’t be making the nal choice,they should still be involved.

Relevant university experience and involvement: Executive vp social for the rowingteam, iHouse, PIDSSA 101 week guide, involvedin AIESEC

Why are you running?I’m extremely frustrated with the SFUO as I’veseen in this past year and then in the previous year or so. I remember my rst year ... maybeit was just my rst-year perspective, but it wasso great. I feel like every year since then hasgotten more controversial, more stagnant, and just not at all productive. In political science, we often get the talk, “you can’t complain if you’re not willing to put in the effort to make

the change” so this is my effort.

What is the single greatest change youhope to make at the U of O? What I intend to do is make the SFUO moreaccessible to students in communications ...essentially work with vp communications andall the other positions to make sure that in-formation is available at all times and is easily available ... Students shouldn’t have to go out of their way to seek information for the servicesthat they’re paying for and that they need.

The U of O consistently achieves low scores in university rankings for overallstudent experience. What do you believeis the greatest barrier to having a posi-tive student experience, and what are yougoing to do about it?Our school is primarily locals ... who have trouble participating in on-campus events becauseof travel constraints ... a lot of other universi-ties don’t have that same issue. I think that weneed to cater to both of those needs. We needto incentivize students to want to participateon campus, as well as looking outside into thecity and offering opportunities to participatethrough [the U of O].

Do you have plans to improve any of thefederation’s various student life services?There are so many different things being of-fered and done and planned that would caterto interests of people who partake in otherservices and other clubs, but they don’t neces-sarily know about it ... so I think opening upthe lines of communication between servicesand between clubs ... would de nitely be a posi-tive thing.

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Relevant university experience and involvement: Director on the Board of Admin-istration (Faculty of Arts), former presidentand current volunteer with CommunicationsStudents’ Association, Party Party volunteer

Why are you running?In my past four years at the University of Ottawa, I’ve been involved on many differ-ent levels ... so I’ve had the opportunity to seemany different sides of the SFUO. Now that I’min my fourth year, I believe that I’ve gotten tothe point where I’m ready to take the next stepand bring my experience and my expertise tothe role of vp communications.

What is the single greatest change youhope to make at the U of O?Increase transparency and to make the SFUOmore approachable. I want to make the ex-ecutive more accessible. I get the feeling thatstudents feel like the SFUO of ce is kind of likean ivory tower ... One of the things I’d like todo is bring in podcasts and more social mediaupdates on the activities of the executive ... Another thing I want to bring in is a network of video screens at all the different satelliteof ces that can show video content from eventsthroughout the year.

Our university i s over 30,000 studentslarge. What is your plan to overcome thechallenge of reaching them all?Social media. Obviously we’re kind of like acommuter campus—we’re right downtown,many of our students come in from across thecity ... I think [what] would be probably the bestand the easiest way to reach out to students ishaving a more dynamic presence with socialmedia.

How will you improve the SFUO’s onlinepresence?I’d like to introduce the use of hashtags onTwitter, have more dynamic content on theFacebook, so videos, pictures and stuff likethat.

Logan Ouellette

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VP SOCIAL

Charles RoseTerry Morin Marie-Claude NoëlRelevant university experience andinvolvement: Greek council representativefor Delta Pi

Why are you running?I think some changes need to happen. I don’tsee any school spirit ... Okay Jockey Club, butthat’s pretty much it. I want to organize someevents that in uence school spirit. I want to work with the Alumni Association and havea better homecoming because some of ourstudents leave and go to Queen’s for homecom-ing—I don’t want that!

What is the single greatest change you

hope to make at the U of O?Homecoming and school spirit is a big one, butalso I want to bring everyone together, becauseobviously there’s people that don’t drink, [and]there’s people that drink—I want to make anevent so that everyone can be together and just have a wide spectrum of people in one bigevent, and I want to have fun.

How do you propose to increase studentparticipation in SFUO events?I want to go out there, if you get my expression.I want to go out there; I want to get everyoneinvolved; I want to get everyone’s opinion ... Ireally want to get all the students involved, and just take all their ideas, put it in one big pile,and make an event.

How will you organize events that caterto the diverse student population at theU of O? Well, that’s how I’m going to gure it out—by getting all these ideas.

Relevant university experience and involvement: Member of a French improv club,currently works at the Bilingualism Centre

Why are you running?There are some things to change in the 101 Week, mostly involvement for students withdisabilities. I want to work with [the Centre forStudents with Disabilities (CSD)]. I also wantto work with the Women’s Resource Centre,Sustainable Development, the BilingualismCentre, Pride Centre, and International Housein order to involve as many people as we canat 101 Week because I think there was a lack of involvement from student demographics that

we could have reached.

What is the single greatest cha nge youhope to make at the U of O?Mostly for accessibility for students with dis-abilities. That’s really important to me and I’ve been working also with CSD to help them out,make their service bilingual ... I want it to be apriority for next year.

How do you propose to increase st udentparticipation in SFUO events?Mostly working with the services, because whatI see is that ... since the vp social isn’t really as-sociated with the SFUO services, he can’t work with them. I think that yes, as vp social, youshould be working with the services, promotetheir events, and also get them involved in the bigger events like 101 Week, the Winter Chal-lenge, and the [SFUO’s] philanthropic actions.

How will you organize events that caterto the diverse student population at theU of O? Working with the services of the SFUO ... because they have contact lists, they have vol-unteers, they have the people to branch out [to],and other people that aren’t really involved. Ithink there’s a lack of networking and a lack of collaboration right now for the organization of events like 101 Week and the Winter Challenge.

Relevant university experience andinvolvement: Currently the assistant to thecoordinator of the U-Pass program

Why are you running?I feel like I’m bringing something different tothe table ... I really want to bring more inclusiv-ity and more accessibility to events on campus... I feel like a lot of the events are targeted tocertain groups and I’m hoping to broaden thatand just kind of make everybody feel included.

What is the single greatest change youhope to make at the U of O?Putting the focus on inclusivity and accessibil-

ity, and making events that target differentinterests, speaking to clubs and services, and just kind of seeing what people’s thoughts are.

How do you propose to increase st udentparticipation in SFUO events?The key thing is getting out there and talking tofolks—talking to clubs, reaching out to services,and talking with the other members of theexecutive, who have different mandates, but because of that, have different links to differentgroups. Making sure ... that the events actually interest people. Everyone loves to party, it’snice—but not always having that type of event.

How will you organize events that caterto the diverse student population at theU of O?The key thing to keep in mind is dialogue. Always—always—be talking to students andalways making sure ... that the way we’re rep-resenting them is the right way, and what thatmeans is getting their input at all times.

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Relevant university experience andinvolvement: Currently vp communicationsat the SFUO

Why are you running?I’ve really loved my experience as vp commu-nications. I think I grew personally in ways Inever thought I’d grow ... there’s a lot of things I wanted to get done that I’m not done, and a lotof new ideas I want to share with the studentpopulation thanks to feedback I’ve receivedfrom students.

What is the single greatest cha nge youhope to make at the U of O?

The town hall meetings. I think students havea voice and unfortunately, this year, we didn’thave much opportunity to hear their voices ...even though we do have BOA meetings [and] we do have cards to give out as executives. Wedon’t have that opportunity to sit down and re-ally listen to students ... I think with town hallmeetings, this is the opportunity for them toget up and go out there, speak their minds, andexplain their frustrations.

Our university is over 30,000 studentslarge. What is your plan to overcome thechallenge of reaching them all?I’m not someone who solely believes [in] In-ternet, although social media is the new thing... there has to be an interaction with one-on-ones. With the town hall meetings, with theorganizing [of] workshops, de nitely going outthere and talking to students.

How will you improve the SFUO’s onlinepresence?There’s a lot of things that are lacking. I won’thide it—it’s a fact. I think with our website hav-ing more things instead of just feeding infor-mation, having more of a collaboration withinthe web presence, as well as having voluntary text messages sent to the events.

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VP UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS VP FINANCE

Landry Ntwari Liz KesslerRelevant university experience andinvolvement: Currently treasurer of SigmaKi fraternity, executive position in two studentclubs

Why are you running?I feel that the position affects students thegreatest ... I thought I could help more peopleif I was university affairs ... things like U-Pass,things like the Bill of Rights, I really believe inthings like the Student Appeal Centre, whichsadly, we still really need ... but hopefully if Iget the administration and the students to haveopen dialogue then we won’t need it as much.

What is the single greatest cha nge youhope to make at the U of O?Open dialogue between the administration,the federated bodies, and students. One of thethings that I want to do is have an open discus-sion, a round table, where the administration,the students, and the federated [bodies] canall talk at once, where they can address someissues and address the dif culties that theadministration also has.

On what issue would you most like to seecollaboration between the SFUO and theuniversity during your term?The student satisfaction, the open dialogue, but also tuition as well. I would like to seethe campaign for drop fees maybe geared to adifferent, a new approach. The one idea that Ihad was maybe talking to the administration,talking about the entrance scholarship, because when you get the entrance scholarship theuniversity is able to give you all the money forthe full four years that you’re here ... but whatI was thinking of is instead of making it com-pletely go away [if your GPA drops], just reducethe amount because it’s a big change comingfrom high school to university. Also the Bill of Rights, I want to continue working on that.

What do you see for the future of theU-Pass?I think the U-Pass was a great idea. I do know there were a few glitches with some peopletrying to opt-out—I think we can work on that.I do believe that the U-Pass is a good idea andit bene ts more than it detriments. I hear we’restill in talks with city council, and I do believethat, in the end, we will be able to lower it to alevel that we can both agree on.

Relevant university experience andinvolvement: Currently co-president of apolitical club, writing advisor at the Academic Writing Help Centre

Why are you running?I think we need someone for vp university af-fairs who’s not afraid to stand up to the admin-istration and talk about what students really need. I think it’s a super important position interms of anything going on with students [that]the administration needs to know about ... Ithink I have that sort of con dence and [the]experience that it takes to do that.

What is the single greatest change youhope to make at the U of O?I feel like there’s a lot of little things ... Likeright now, for instance, we have a co-op pro-gram that some students are having trouble with ... I think that we need to talk to thosestudents that are affected about some of thethings that might help them do better i n theprogram, and talk to the university about how we can make that happen ... Another thing, alot of exam schedules are available quite late inthe semester ... things like that shouldn’t be ahuge deal to x.

On what issue would you most like to seecollaboration between the SFUO and theuniversity during your term?Sometimes it’s hard to tell if the university rec-ognizes what kind of impact tuition fees haveon students and ... I feel like if we’re going totalk about tuition fees we need to talk about ... what are some other ways that we can deal with budgets without raising fees every year. I alsothink that things like accessibility on campusis an issue for sure. Anything that I can namethat’s on my platform is something we can talk to the university about.

What do you see for the future of theU-Pass?I had the great experience of working for U-Pass distribution last summer and doing thatI met a lot of students who were really excitedabout the U-Pass, who thought it was great, and what I’ve seen is students really appreciate themoney it’s saving for them. I plan on workingas hard as I can to make sure [we] maintain theU-Pass and that we keep it affordable.

Tristan Dénommée Sarah Jayne KRelevant university experience andinvolvement: Currently vp nance with theSFUO

Why are you running?There’s a lot of projects that I’ve started that Ifeel like I can continue in the new year, like ina second mandate, and there’s also just a lot of things that I think I’ll be able to have a goodgrasp on because of the experience that I’vehad already with the SFUO.

What is the single greatest change youhope to make at the U of O?

In terms of the big picture, the health planis one of the biggest and most used servicesthat the SFUO does offer and it falls under vp nance. I think with the new health plan wehave a lot of opportunities ... so in the coming year I’d really like to see more improvementsmade to the preferred provider network, whichsaves students a lot of money.

Many students resent paying fees whenthey don’t understand or support wheretheir money is going. How will you make

budgets and audits more accessible andtransparent to students?I’ve actually gotten a lot of questions this yearover where the SFUO fees go, and I reali ze thata shortfall on our website is we actually didn’thave that breakdown—the breakdown wasavailable on the University of Ottawa website ...I de nitely want to put that breakdown on our website because that way students will at leastknow where that money is going ... so making apresentation that’s simpli ed and making thatavailable to students.

Do you have plans for the Pivik and the Agora? We’ve already started offering a number of new products at the Pivik, more variety insandwiches and meal options as opposed to just your regular convenience store items and Ithink there’s been a very good response to that.The on-campus bookstore is now doing book rentals. That’s something that we’d wanted to jump on board at t he same time, but it’s quite ahard project to implement, so what we want todo in the coming year for the Agora is start of-fering the book rental program as well, becauseI think it’s actually quite a good idea and willsave students a lot of money.

Relevant university experience and involvement: Previously third-year representa-tive and vp social for PIDSSA

Why are you running?Basically, I like nance. I studied nance before coming to [the U of O]. I was taking business management in French in CÉGEP, sothis is something I like and at the same timeI think there’s a lot of things that I can do forstudents and I would love to help students helpme help them.

What is the single greatest change you

hope to make at the U of O?Transparency. I want to be able to show what’sgoing on on-campus with the student’s money.Right now there’s only one budget and it’s from April 30, 2010, so technically last year. We haveno current numbers; we have nothing—we don’tknow where our money is going. This is some-thing I want to change. I want to put updated budgets online compared to the only one wehave right now.

Many students resent paying fees whenthey don’t understand or support wheretheir money is going. How will you make

budgets and audits more accessible andtransparent to students?It’s not only about transparency, because obvi-ously, if I have documents with numbers I’mgoing to make them available to the public, but I also want to get the pul se of the studentpopulation. I want to know what they want because it’s their money, so I want to know where they want to spend their money and how,and I want them to have the feedback. So it’s allabout transparency and understanding by com-munication between the students and myself basically.

Do you have plans for the Pivik and the Agora?Right now there’s some businesses that arenot doing well. A business is supposed tomake money. We should not bail out business.Currently, we give half a million dollars to the Agora Bookstore—yes, it’s in the constitution; we voted to give x amount of money per studentper year, but if we look at the numbers, the business is in the red and without that money it doesn’t exist. So we are bailing out the busi-ness every year, year after year after year. Weshouldn’t do that. If it’s not working, we should x things.

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Kristyn Filip | Fulcrum Staff

“ROSES ARE RED / Violets are blue /Modern poetry con uses me / Post- andpost-post-modern does too.”

Does this sound like something thatmight have been written by you? Many students shy away rom the study orreading o poetry because o its totally con using terms and supposed inacces-sibility. However, the old adage is true:Don’t knock it until you try it. Given theinfnite amount o poetry— whether on-line, in print, or the spoken word— thereis certainly something out there or ev-eryone.

Still unconvinced that you could everwade through the murky waters o poetry and emerge triumphant? We thought so,which is why the Fulcrum enlisted thehelp o Robert Stacey, a pro essor in the Uo O’s English department and Canadianpoetry enthusiast.

Although it is nearly impossible toidenti y the exact years that encompassmodernism, Stacey explains that, “Whenwe speak o Canadian modernism inpoetry, we are generally talking about aset o practices and aesthetic ideas thatemerged in the 20s, became establishedin the 40s and 50s, and which persist tothis day, though with less and less rel-evance or authority.”

When asked about the subject mat-

ter o the Ca nadian modernists’ poetry,Stacey says that, “Tey advocated [ or]... a poetry more ‘cosmopolita n’ and lessintent on nationalist themes, especially nature. A lot o Canadian modernist po-ets were very political ... I I had to gen-eralize, I’d say that modernism poetry inCanada tended to resist what it perceivedto be the ‘Romantic’ tendencies o an ear-lier epoch.”

So, what o post-modernism? Stacey says that the use o the word “post-mod-ern” began in Canada in 1974, although,similar to modernism, “it’s not like [the

post-modern period] began on a par-

ticular date and ended—i it has ended—some time later.”

Canadian post-modernists tried tomove away rom the ormalism andstructure o the modern era.

“Post-modernism proceeds rom anawareness that art orms have politicalimplications and that art shapes under-standing,” says Stacey. “For a great many poets, the main goal o writing was to ex-plore the possibilities o language itsel ...[For some,] the political orce o poetry lay in doing new and unusual things withwords—even, or perhaps especially, i that meant not making sense.”

Tere is much debate amongst po-etry afcionados as to whether or not weare currently in the post-post-modernera. Stacey will only say that, presently,the majority o Canadian poets are writ-ing “a lazy sort o modernist ree verselyric that seems allergic even to the in-sights o our most challenging modern-ists.”

Although he acknowledges that thepoetry scene in Canada is “alive” andthat “there’s no shortage o venues or es-tablished and aspiring writers,” Stacey isunimpressed with the majority o currentpublished work.

“Whatever the label we attach to it,most poetry being written and publishedtoday is terrible,” he says. “Sometimes be-cause not enough work has gone into it;sometimes because the poets are operat-ing in a mode predicated on the sharing o insight, but they have none to share; some-times because the poetry is gimmicky andtoo clever by hal ... But most o en simply because it is exactly the sort o stu we’vealready read a million times.”

In Stacey’s opinion, “good poetry”pushes its audience to see beyond the

constraints o reality.“Poetry’s job is to test the limits o the ‘sayable’ at any given historical mo-ment, to challenge the world as we knowit ... to make alternative worlds ‘visible,’”he says. “Really good poetry should ma keus uncom ortable in the world we live inand give us glimpses o other possible re-alities.”

Tose interested in Ottawa’s poetry sceneare encouraged to visit bywords.ca, a web-site that ofers in ormation about local poetry events.

Where in the world of poetry are we?!

Jennifer Meya | Fulcrum Contributor

SUDEN POE ERESA Yang is

no stranger to the argument thatpoetry is on the way out. Not oneto let her way with words go to

waste, however, Yang has a quick answerready or anyone willing to challenge theimportance o her art orm: “Poetry en-compasses … a universal theme i n people.A person can be touched by something …It should a ect you.”

Yang, a student o international devel-opment and globalization, explains that

poetry has been a part o her li e sincethe age o eight. Starting o by writingabout boys, Yang moved on to composelines about her encounters with specifcbooks and works o art. By the time shehad reached the age o 15, she was writingportraits o people she knew or strangerswho captured her interest, and she beganto participate in competitions such as t heCanadian Poetry Face O and the SoundExchange Competition. According toYang, it was at this point that she madethe decision to write less or hersel andmore or an audience.

“Everyone is a ected by something,”she says. “I’ve done readings or people,and it [adds a whole] new dynamic. Peo-ple have told me that they liked it and ithelps them eel good about themselves.”

Yang explains that she tries to writein a specifc way to make sure that she ispleased with her poems.

“I have a tendency to listen to musicwhile I write. Te writing comes in the

ow rom the sound that I hear,” she says.Tough she does not write everyday,

Yang says that practicing her writing andexercising her talent is a signifcant parto her li e.

“Tere’s a lot o paper that I look at andtremble in ear. Just because it looks likea poem doesn’t mean that it is one,” shesays.

Te only way Yang will eel satisfed

with a fnished work is i she is certainthat people will relate to it.

“I don’t classi y mysel as a poet, be-cause to say that assumes that I havereached a certain point where everythingthat is in my head can be expressed onpaper. I haven’t reached that point.

“[I have a personal] expectation, where

I should be able to have the writing be themost beauti ul and simplistic way pos-sible to express words, all at once in amatter o three lines,” she laughs.

Yang is o the opinion that anyone canwrite a poem. Tough it may not be easy to fnd the right words, there is no spe-cifc rule o poetic writing.

your daughter is a enced line, is a sunset.

the police kicked your bundles away, said loitering was orbiddenI thought about ashing my passport, how it might work like a stop sign here.how Canadian o me.

the shoe polisher in the ashion district tells you here,we make a living out o anything because we must.

— eresa Yang

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Theatre

Now–Feb. 12: Waawaate Fobister’s Agokwe runs at the National ArtsCentre (53 Elgin St.), 8 p.m.

Now–Feb. 13: Broadway musical Cats runs at the National Arts Centre(53 Elgin St.), 8 p.m.

Now–Feb. 26: Norm Forster’s comedicplay The Long Weekend runs at theOttawa Little Theatre(400 King Edward Ave.), 8 p.m.

Now–Feb. 19: Evolution Theatrepresents Little Martyrs by Dominick Parenteau-Lebeuf at the Arts Court

Theatre (2 Daly Ave.), 8 p.m.

Feb. 11: Straight No Chaser presentedby Front+Centre at the Shenkman ArtsCentre (245 Centrum Blvd.), 8 p.m.

Feb. 15: Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada’s Ghosts of Violence at theNational Arts Centre (53 Elgin St.), 7:30p.m.

Feb. 20: The Nightengale presentedby Rag and Bone in collaboration withOYP Theatre School at the Shenkman

Arts Centre (245 Centrum Blvd.), 1:30p.m.

Feb. 21: A Chinese Carnival in hon-our of the Chinese New Year at theNational Arts Centre (53 Elgin St.),8 p.m.

Feb. 24–27: The Mariinsky Balletperforms The Kirov , or La Bayadère , atthe National Arts Centre (53 Elgin St.),7 p.m.

Mar. 3: Cedar Lake Contemporary Bal-let presents Orbo Novo at the National

Arts Centre (53 Elgin St.), 7:30 p.m.

Music

Feb. 10: Blackguard, Neuraxis, InsidesOut, and From The Deep play Maver-icks (221 Rideau St.), 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 12: My Dad Vs Yours, Coco et co,and In Antarctica play Mavericks (221Rideau St.), 8 p.m.

Feb. 12: Fuck The Facts plays Ou Quoi(48 Rue Laval), 8 p.m.

Feb. 18: April Wine plays the BronsonCentre (211 Bronson Ave.), 7 p.m.

Feb. 18: Rich Aucoin, Ennuie, LifeIn 2D, and Pete Samples play CafeDeckuf (221 Rideau St.), 9 p.m.

Feb. 18: Watters Brothers, Ornaments,and Those Gulls play the Elmdale Tav-ern (1084 Wellington St. W.), 8:30 p.m.

Feb. 18: The Goo Goo Dolls and Ste-ven Page play the National Arts Centre(53 Elgin St.), 8 p.m.

Feb. 19: Hey Rosetta! plays CapitalMusic Hall (128 York St.), 8 p.m.

Feb. 20: Coro Vivo Ottawa’s “ArmoniaRinascimentale” in Tabaret Hall,2 p.m.

Feb. 22: Be The Saviour, I, Emperor,Mercenaries, Fractures, and Infectica-tor play Cafe Deckuf (221 Rideau St.),8 p.m.

Feb. 25: Die Atlantic!, Horizons, ThePrologue, Be The Saviour, After The

Vendetta, and Kill For Change playMurphy’s Inn (917 2nd St. W.), 6 p.m.

Feb. 25: Great Bloomers, Huron, and The Withering Pines play Cafe Deckuf (221 Rideau St.), 8 p.m.

Feb. 26: Brain Trust, Thesis Sahib, andGreed Bros play Raw Sugar Café (692Somerset St. W.), 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 28: Melissa Ethridge and SerenaRyder play the National Arts Centre (53Elgin St.), 8 p.m.

Mar. 2: The Dreadnoughts, TheResignators, Nummies, and Dry RiverCaravan play Mavericks (221 RideauSt.), 6:30 p.m.

Mar. 5: Brainhunter, The Shakey Aches, and Move Your Mountain playZaphod Beeblebrox (27 York St.),8 p.m.

Mar. 5: Land Of Talk plays Mavericks(221 Rideau St.), 9 p.m.

Mar. 6: Acres of Lions, Brights,Hamilton, and Dead Weights play CafeDeckuf (221 Rideau St.), 7 p.m.

Mar. 8: Dave Hause, Grey Kingdom,and Jonathan Becker play Raw SugarCafe (692 Somerset St W.), 7 p.m.

Mar. 9: Siskiyou plays Cafe Deckuf (221 Rideau St.), 8 p.m.

Mar. 9: Plants And Animals andKarkwa play Capital Music Hall (128

York St.), 8 p.m.

Mar. 10: Down With Webster andSweet Thing play the Bronson Centre(211 Bronson Ave.), 7 p.m.

Film

Feb. 11: Gnomeo and Juliet releasedto theatres

Feb. 11: Graphic Sexual Horror playsat the Mayfair Theatre (1074 Bank St.),11:55 p.m.

Feb. 11: Biutiful plays at the BytowneCinema (325 Rideau St.), 8:50 p.m.

Feb. 11: The Eagle released to theatres

Feb. 18: Big Mommas: Like Father,Like Son released to theatres

Feb. 18: I Am Number Four releasedto theatres

Feb. 22-23: Winds of Heaven: Emily Carr, Carvers, and the Spirits of theForest plays at the Mayfair Theatre(1074 Bank St.), 7 p.m.

Feb. 23: Rope plays at the BytowneCinema (325 Rideau St.), 5 p.m.

Feb. 25: Fear and Loathing In Las Ve- gas plays at the Mayfair Theatre (1074Bank St.), 9:15 p.m.

Feb. 25: Hall Pass released to theatres

Feb. 25: The Light Thief plays at theBytowne Cinema (325 Rideau St.), 9:15p.m.

Feb. 26: Cock ghter plays at theMayfair Theatre (1074 Bank St.),11:15 p.m.

Feb. 27: Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie plays at the Mayfair

Theatre (1074 Bank St.), 6 p.m.

Feb. 28: Oliver Sherman plays at theBytowne Cinema (325 Rideau St.),9:05 p.m.

Mar. 1: Pi plays at the Mayfair Theatre(1074 Bank St.), 7 p.m.

Mar. 1: Requiem For A Dream playsat the Mayfair Theatre (1074 Bank St.),8:45 p.m.

Mar. 4: The Adjustment Bureau re-leased to theatres

Mar. 4: Rango released to theatres

Mar. 4: Beastly released to theatres

Mar. 4: Take Me Home Tonight released to theatres

Visual Art

Now–April 17: Che Bella Linea: ItalianMaster Prints, 1500–1650 exhibition atthe National Gallery of Canada (380Sussex Dr.)

Now–April 24: It Is What It Is. Recent Acquisitions of New Canadian Art exhi-bition at the National Gallery of Canada(380 Sussex Dr.)

Now–April 29: Alex Colville: The For- mative Year s, 1938-1942 exhibition atthe National Gallery of Canada(380 Sussex Dr.)

Sports

Feb. 12: Men’s and women’s track andeld Winter National Capital Invitationalat Louis-Riel Dome, 10 a.m.

Feb. 18: Men’s basketball vs.Carleton at Montpetit Hall, 8 p.m.

Feb. 19: Women’s hockey vs.Montreal at the Sports Complex, 6 p.m.

Feb. 19: Women’s basketball vs.Carleton at Montpetit Hall, 8 p.m.

Feb. 20: Women’s hockey vs. Carletonat Carleton University, 2 p.m.

Mar. 5: Men’s and women’s track andcross-country Super Saturday Seriesat Louis-Riel Dome, 10 a.m.

Miscellaneous Happenings

Feb. 10: “The Canadian Men Chippen-dale Show for Leukemia & Lymphoma”at Mambo Restaurant (77 ClarenceSt.), 7 p.m.

Feb. 11: 3rd Annual Painted Lips andLolly Licks: The Sexy Film Festival atthe Mayfair Theatre (1074 Bank St.),9:30 p.m.

Feb. 12: The 3rd Annual Hopewell“Love Your Life” Valentine’s Gala at theHilton Garden Inn (2400 Albert Rd.)

Feb. 27: The 83rd Annual Academy Awards telecast at the Mayfair Theatre(1074 Bank St.), 8 p.m.



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“I think we played better than them,”said captain and ourth-year orwardÉrika Pouliot. “Te frst two periods, wewere in their zone all the time.”

Tat intensity paid o when Pouliotscored the frst goal with 48 secondsle in the second period. It was a short-handed goal as the Gees were able to killo a crucial penalty.

Un ortunately or Ottawa ans,things went awry late in the third

rame. Concordia tied the game with just over our minutes le t and gainedmomentum. he last two minutes sawboth Pouliot and i th-year de enderAmber Foster in the penalty box, giv-ing the Stingers a ive-on-three. Con-cordia made sure to capitalize on theadvantage and came out with two goalsto secure the 3-1 victory.

“I was pleased with the intensity orthe frst 40 minutes,” said Gees headcoach Yanick Evola. “I think maybe inthe third we thought it was going to beeasy, even i I told the girls no.”

Despite the late-game breakdown,Evola remained upbeat about the rest o the season.

“I think there’s a lot o character on

the team [and] I think we can bounceback,” he said.

First-year goalie ia Marley was innet or her frst ull game a er being out

or two months with an injury, and sheresponded with a stellar e ort.

“We have ull confdence in [Marley]and I think she played very well,” saidEvola. “She had a bad bounce on the frstgoal; it was a per ect goal. And the sec-ond goal as well was a fve-on-three [so]she couldn’t do anythi ng.”

Un ortunately, the loss is a criticalone as the end o the regular season is

ast approaching. Te Gees are now in adogfght or the fnal playo spot.

“It was sad. It just put us in a really bad position or the end o the season,”said Evola.

Te Gees remain in ourth place inthe Quebec con erence and are twopoints above Carleton. However, Ot-tawa only has three games le , whereasthe Ravens have our.

“We need minimum two wins out o three,” explained Evola. “I not, we’renot in the playo s.”

Ottawa’s next battle will be on theroad against McGill (16-0-0), Feb. 12.

SPORTS EDITOR | Jaehoon Kim | [email protected] | (613) 562 5260

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photo by Kate Waddingham

Tird period meltdownWhat started of as a well-disciplined,

high-intensity game or the University

o Ottawa women’s hockey team quickly

turned into a nightmare on Feb. 5. Ot-

tawa’s 1-0 lead trans ormed into a 3-1 loss

at the hands o the Concordia Stingers (8-

6-2) in the last ve minutes o the match.

For the rst 40 minutes, a clean, ast-

paced hockey game saw the Gees push-

ing harder than the Stingers (8-6-2).

Both teams ocused on solid play, but

Ottawa looked hungrier or a win.

Katrina Medwenitsch | Fulcrum Staff

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Gees women’s hockey team blows lead in nal minutes against Concordia

FACE OFFDespite the best e orts o Sam Delenardo (pictured above), Ottawa ell to Concordia, Feb. 5



18 | sports thefulcrum.ca | Feb. 10–16, 2011

Tamara Tarchichi | Fulcrum Staff

BUILDING A BOND with another hu-man bei ng is di f cult, but what aboutbuilding one with an animal that weighsmore than 500 kilograms? It may seemlike a daunting task, but not to memberso the Gee-Gees equestrian team—they have been showcasing their a ection to-wards equine animals since 2003.

Te competitive club began with ourmembers who shared a passion or rid-ing horses. Te team has since grown toinclude 20 members. Te club provides

riders o varied experience with horses totrain, ride, and compete with.

“I started [riding] when I was eightyears old. I remember liking the toy hors-es at oys R Us and asking my parents tobuy me one or Christmas, but instead,they bought me riding lessons,” said LizStronach, a ourth-year member o theequestrian club. “Tis was a huge mis-take; they have since spent thousands [o dollars] on my riding career.”

Despite the n ancial d if culties t hatone might ace in this sport, the rewardo developing a strong bond with a horseis certainly an incentive or members o the Gee-Gees equestrian team. Like re-lationships between people, a riendshipbetween a horse and its rider is built ontrust, care, and a ection.

“[Horses] will do anything or you i they know that they’re doing the rightthing and i they’re appreciated,” ex-plained Katie Irwin, a third-year veterano the team. “It’s like training a dog.”

Te equestrian team competes in nu-merous showcases across the region andannually participates in two leagues: the

Intercollegiate Horse Show Associationand the Ontario University EquestrianAssociation.

“Tese competitions [do] not nan-cially prohibit anyone to ride. You don’thave to bring in your own horse and ahorse gets drawn out o a hat or you,”said Stronach. “You don’t have [much]time to establish a rapport with a horseand you must quickly adapt.”

But according to Irwin, horse ridingmeans more to her than just competingat various events. It can also be a healingprocess in times when she is aced withdif cult problems i n her li e.

“It’s a connection, that one-on-one[time] with a horse. [It] takes you away

rom other issues you are going through.I’ve been through quite a ew challengingissues in my li e and I’ve always turned tothe horse as a way o escaping,” explainedIrwin. “It’s nice to care or an anima l andrealize that they rely on you and loveyou.”

All seriousness aside, equestrian canbe a un sport or beginner riders, and

or those who are ascinated by horses.

Irwin o ered a tip on how to communi-cate with these intelligent, yet sometimesunpredictable ani mals—read their body language.

“Horses are sensitive and they almostalways know when you’re nervous,” saidIrwin. “And when they are tense you can

eel it. You can see it in the way their earsare, their neck, their tail, their pace—ev-erything.”

Stronach suggested that paying spe-cial attention to a horse the rst time youmeet them can be a crucial part o devel-oping a good relationship.

“Pet them, let them hear your voice,and show them you’re sympathetic in acalm way. alk to them and scratch thesensitive spot around their neck andthey’ll love you,” she said.

As or those who are interested in joining the equestrian club but may be abit hesitant, the warm-hearted welcome

rom the team and the horses are sure tomake you eel right at home.

“It’s so enjoyable. Te [horses] don’thurt anybody. It’s an honest experience, anever-ending journey,” said Irwin.

My relationship with a horseThe storybetween ridersand theirmajestic animalpartners

Jaehoon Kim | Fulcrum Staff

“I ’S AMAZING HA the longestportage to cross Canada is just 23 km by

oot,” explained Alexandre Bevington, aourth-year physical geography student

in an interview with the Fulcrum . Bev-ington is part o the rans CanEAUdateam that is planning to embark on a7,000-km canoe trip this May, starting

rom the Rideau River and ending at Inu- vik, N.W. .

Te group o eight students and recentgraduates—i ncluding ve af liated withthe U o O—is hoping to raise awarenessand money or Ca nadian environmentalissues through their six month-long jour-ney across the nation.

“What we hope to do is to cross a buncho watersheds and to explore their states.We’re af liated [with] a n organi zationcalled Canadian Parks and WildernessSociety, and their mandate is to preserveand protect Canadian w ilderness, [espe-cially] Canadian watersheds. We hope toraise $7,000 or them—a dollar or every kilometre,” said Dalal Hanna, a h-year environmental science student andmember o the rans CanEAUda team.

Everyone in the group has some ex-perience with paddling, some more thanothers. All eight members do have ex-pertise in various elds o outdoor rec-

reation and the team is hoping that theircombined skills will serve them well ontheir expedition.

“Some people have a lot o experiencein mountaineering but have only been ona two-day canoe trip. Others have guided20-day trips,” said Hanna.

“We all have [di erent] backgrounds,but maybe it will work out well becausewe’re all experts o di erent things,” add-ed Bevington.

In order to prepare or the grueling7,000-km trek, Hanna and others havealready begun their training regimen.Although each member is looking or-ward to testing their physical and men-tal endurance on a daily basis; the team’smain goal is to complete their trip injury-

ree.“We’re developing a plan with a phys-

iotherapist right now or training. Tere’sa cardio aspect to it, about 45 minutes toan hour everyday. Ten we have to do

stretches to keep our bodies in shape.Also, there’s a lot o muscular training,especially arms, shoulders, and abdomi-nals,” said Hanna.

“We need to be strong so that we don’tget injuries rom repetitive movements.It’s mostly just as protection. We’re notextremely worried about breaking speedrecords, although everybody wants tokeep a good pace. Te important thingis to stay sa e and not get hurt. A er sixmonths, we’ll be carved out o steel,” saidBevington with a laugh.

Te team is also organizing solutionsto emergency situations and navigationalproblems that may arise on the trip.

“We’ll have at least our people therewho will be well quali ed in rst aid. Wehave all the equipment we need plus asatellite phone and a GPS beacon. We’retrying to cover all our grounds,” ex-plained Bevington. “[Also], right a erLake Superior, there’s a whole portion

o the trip that crosses in and out o theUnited States and it’s a huge maze o is-lands. We’ll have to buy a pass or [bordercrossing].”

Te whole project is estimated to costaround $25,000, with a worst-case sce-nario budget o $50,000—i the team hadto buy all new equipment without any

undraising. rans CanEAUda already has a ew sponsors, but is hoping to at-tract more in the upcoming months.

“We already have a lot o outdoorequipment and some sponsors, but weare always open or more sponsors andalso governmental grants,” said Beving-ton. “Any extra money we make, we’ll puttoward our causes.”

rans CanEAUda will be doing pre-sentations at local high schools and willorganize a seminar or the departmento earth sciences in the near uture. Visittranscaneaudaen.wordpress.com/home

or more in ormation.

Crossing Canada by canoeTransCanEAUdaproject to

attempt 7,000-km paddling

journey in May

ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT?rans CanEAUda is donating their time and sweat to environmental causes

photo by Alexandre Bevington

photo courtesy U of O Equestrian Team

OVERCOMING OBSTACLESImportant bond between rider and horse



sports | 19thefulcrum.ca | Feb. 10–16, 2011

Marco Walker-Ng | Fulcrum Contributor

LE ’S CU O the chase. I you lack en-ergy, everything that you do in li e won’tbe as good as it could have been i yourenergy glass was spilling onto the cofeetable and leaving rings o energy untilyour girl riend has to tell you or the hun-dredth time to use a coaster. So what’s thebig secret behind harnessing this energy

or your own good? It’s rather simple: getbetter sleep!

A good sleep sets us up to deal withour daily challenges with energy, ocus,and motivation. Insu cient sleep causesus to be more pessimistic and depressed.Instead o looking on the bright side o li e, you will tend to see things throughthe dark side. Sleep also helps to repairyour muscles, so i you are not sleepingenough, you are wasting your hard work in the gym.

How much sleep is good enough? Tatcan vary or every individual; however,eight or nine solid hours is a sa e bet. Hereare some strategies to help you improveyour sleeping habits:

1. Exercise. Do something physicalthat is challenging and makes you hateli e while doing it, but makes you love li ewhen you are done. For example, insteado chatting with the cutie at the water

ountain about how much you can bench

press, cut your rest intervals to 30 sec-onds. Doing so will make you that muchmore atigued and will also cut downyour gym time. Making your body movethroughout the day will simply makeyou eel more tired at night. Since exer-cise can actually make you more awake,make sure to keep your training sessionsaround three hours be ore your bedtimeor you will nd yoursel counting sheep

or a long time.2. Ideally, do not drink cafeine a er

noon, but i you have long days, try tokeep it as ar away rom bedtime as pos-sible. Te drug stays in your system andcan keep you up or hours.

3. Alcohol consumption alters yoursleep patterns signi cantly. It interruptsyour REM sleep—a cycle your body goesthrough that improves cognition. Peoplewho lack REM sleep do poorly on cogni-tion tests and are mentally slower thanthose who do not. Chances are you’re notgoing to quit drinking because o this, buti you are having trouble sleeping becauseyou are drinking requently, it might be agood time to cut back.

4. Dim the lights in your house/apart-ment/ riend’s apartment during the eve-ning. Doing so will allow your body toproduce more melatonin. Melatonin is ahormone produced by the pineal glandthat helps set up your body or sleepy time.

5. Keep your room extremely dark while you sleep. Tis helps with increasedmelatonin production. ry to keep V’s,computers, and any electronics that havelights out o the bedroom. I you can, keeptelevision watching, video game playing,and Internet sur ng to an hour or twobe ore bedtime. Tis means all you noobslayers should turn of the Xbox an houror two earlier.

6. Write a to-do list be ore you havedinner. Tis way, you’ve already writtendown the things that are in your headand you won’t have to think about themlater in bed. You can relax, eat dinner,then sleep!

7. Set up a bedtime routine. Followingthe same routine every day helps to relaxyour body or bed. I like to sel -massageand stretch tight muscles while listeningto Moby.

8. Have sex! Un ortunately, I can’t speak rom experience with this one, but I hear it

helps you sleep really well!I you have trouble sleeping, try stick-

ing to at least a couple o these habits. Nextweek, we will look at how to eat to increaseyour energy levels.

Marco Walker-Ng is a personal trainer and a strength coach for the Gee-Gees’ soccer, football, and volleyball varsity teams. Hisblog can be found at marcoathletics.com.

Boosting energy without cafeineIs this even possible?

sports briefSWomen’s basketball extends winning streak with consecutive road wins

A PO EN A ACK allowed the University o Ottawa women’s basketball team(13-6) to continue rising in the standings this past weekend. On Feb. 4, the Gee-Gees travelled to York (5-14) and outlasted the host Lions 70-63. Te ollowingnight in Sudbury, Ottawa lit up the scoreboard again in a 72-50 victory versus theLaurentian Voyageurs (4-15).

Te Gee-Gees’ rst game at York was a tighter-than-expected contest. Ottawahad a 27-26 lead at hal ime and the score was tied 42 -42 a er three quarters. How-ever, a 28-point outburst by the Garnet and Grey in the nal rame allowed them tosecure the seven-point win.

Ottawa’s ourth-year centre Hannah Sunley-Paisley was dominant ofensively,registering a double-double with 22 points and 14 rebounds. Rookie guard Kim-berly Cupid added 16 points.

Against Laurentian, Ottawa built a 30-23 lead by hal -time and never lookedback. Te Gees outscored the Voyageurs 40-27 in the second hal to make it a rout.

As Sunley-Paisley was limited to just eight points, other players stepped up:third-year centre Jenna Gilbert recorded 22 points and nine boards and second-year guard Kayte Chase provided 12 points.

With the wins, Ottawa remains in third place in the Ontario University AthleticsEast division. Te Gees will return to oronto on Feb. 11 and 12 to play at Ryerson(9-10) and oronto (15-4).

—Andrew Hawley

Men’s basketball wins pivotal match-up or third place in OUA East ON FEB. 4, the Gee-Gees men’s basketball team travelled to York University to takeon the Lions. Coming into the match-up, the two teams were tied or third place inthe Ontario University Athletics (OUA) East division, with identical 8-9 records.

Tough the Lions took an early 23-18 lead a er 10 minutes o play, Ottawa re-ocused to take a slim our-point advantage by hal ime. Tird-year guard Warren

Ward posted a double-double, scoring 26 points and adding 10 rebounds, whilerookie Johnny Berhanemeskel had 24 points and ve rebounds, including six treys

rom downtown. Tanks to the efort o Ward and Berhanemeskel, the Gees earneda crucial 88-83 road win.

Te next day, Ottawa took a trip to Sudbury to take on the Laurentian Voyageurs(6-13). Berhanemeskel had another tremendous outing, scoring 31 points, and the

Gees won 86-72. Ottawa led just 36-33 a er 20 minutes o play, but pulled away in the second hal to record a weekend sweep. Ward added 16 points and our re-bounds to the Gees’ cause.

Te Gee-Gees (10-9) now have sole possession o third place in the OUA Eastand have a record over .500 or the rst time this season. Ottawa will play a coupleo away games against Ryerson (9-10) and oronto (14-5), Feb. 11 and 12.

—Jaehoon Kim

Women’s volleyball de eats Lakehead twice in one weekend

HE UNIVERSI Y OF Ottawa women’s volleyball team needed to win b oth gamesagainst the Lakehead Tunderwolves (3-16) in Tunder Bay to keep pace with OUAEast divisional leaders, York (13-4) and Q ueen’s (12-6). Te Gees accomplished justthat in a pair o victories, Feb. 4–5.

In the rst game, Ottawa roared out to an early 2-0 advantage, just to have thescrappy Tunderwolves claw back to tie the match at 2-2. However, the Gees wereable to regain composure in the h and deciding set, which Ottawa won 15-9.Rookie le -side hitter Kayla Bell Hammond—who was replacing an injured Me-lissa Morelli—scored 13 points and seven digs in the victory.

Te next day, the U o O Gee-Gees had a much easier time against the Tunder-wolves in a 3-0 clean sweep victory. Second-year setter Christina Grail was namedOttawa’s player o the game with seven digs and two assists.

Te Gee-Gees (12-6) will close out their regular season with a game againstQueen’s at Montpetit Hall on Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. Te winner will likely earn a homeplayof match.

—Jaehoon Kim

How did the Gee-Gees are at the World University Games? Men’s hockey statistics and scores

Feb. 3, Canada beats Slovakia 9-1 (quarterfnals)Tird-year orward Matt Methot: 0 shots on goal, +1 ratingRookie de enceman Dominic Jalbert: 2 assists, 2 shots on goal, +1 ratingFeb. 5, Canada loses to Russia 4-2 (semifnals)Tird-year orward Matt Methot: 2 shots on goal, even ratingRookie de enceman Dominic Jalbert: 1 shot on goal, even ratingFeb. 6, Canada beats Kazakhstan 3-1 (bronze medal)Tird-year orward Matt Methot: 5 shots on goal, even ratingRookie de enceman Dominic Jalbert: 1 assist, 1 shot on goal, even rating

Swimmers ready or their biggest meets

Anton Ninkov | Fulcrum Staff

HE 2010–11 SEASON has proved to beone heck o a year already or both themen’s and women’s Gee-Gees swimmingteams, and the provincial and nationalchampionship meets have yet to be swum.Fourteen swimmers, combined rom bothteams, have already obtained a quali yingtime to punch their tickets to the Cana-dian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) NationalChampionships held in Calgary, Alta. Tatnumber is already higher than the numbero competitors the Gee-Gees sent in 2010,despite the act that only ve swimmersare returning members rom last year’ssquad.

Te remaining 23 men and womenare recruits o second-year Ottawa headcoach Derrick Schoo , who is starting tobuild his own dynasty o new rookies towork with at the Montpetit swimmingpools. Perhaps most impressive, however,is that Schoo ’s team has already achieved15 new school records this season. Tehistory book o the Gee-Gees’ top ormerswimmers is now looking like a list o besttimes or the current team.

All these accomplishments may seemlike enough to claim the season a success,but the Gee-Gees have a chance to ac-complish extraordinary eats as they enterthe climax o their campaign. A coupleo mid-season additions have been madeto the team —Phillipe Bastien rom Mon-treal and Daniel Fernandez rom MexicoCity —they are aiming to provide the Geeswith more depth during the upcomingchampionship swim meets.

Te Gee-Gees are determined to build

upon their already long list o CIS quali -ers when they head to Guelph or the On-tario University Athletics championships.O note, ormer Pan American medalistMatt Hawes and team veterans Adam Bestand Kara Demers could make some noiseat the national level.

welve more swimmers have a realisticchance to achieve their national quali yingtimes, which would result in 26 Gee-Gees

ying over to Calgary or the CIS Cham-pionships—another team record or theprogram. With so many swimmers com-

peting, the Gee-Gees would have a greatopportunity to improve on last year’s Na-tional Championship rankings, which sawthe women nish 14th and the men 11th.

Ottawa’s men’s team is currently rankedeighth nationally and second in Ontario,right behind the powerhouse University o

oronto Varsity Blues. You can ollow theGee-Gees’ live results rom the OntarioChampionships rom Feb. 10 to 12 at guel-phmarlins.ca/liveresults and the CIS nals

rom Feb. 24 to 26 at english.cis-sic.ca/championships/swim/index.

Ottawa set to competein provincial andnational competitions

REPRESENTING THE GARNET AND GREYGees swimmers are preparing or the nationals, Feb. 24 to 26

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20 | sports thefulcrum.ca | Feb. 10–16, 2011

Chris Radojewski | Fulcrum Staff

EVEN BEFORE HE game began on Feb.4, the excitement could be elt in the airat the jam-packed Sports Complex. Teclassic rivalry between the Ottawa Gee-Gees and the Carleton Ravens was aboutto kick-of in men’s hockey action. A hugenumber o Gees ans showed up to thegame, hoping to catch a stellar per or-mance rom the home team. Te Ravenswere coming into the game with a 15-7-2record, ahead o the Gee-Gees who only had a .500 record.

It wasn’t long be ore points were put onthe board in the rst period. Less than twominutes into the rst rame, Carleton gota shot of on goal. Rookie goalie HarrisonMay wasn’t able to hold on to the ast puck.It slipped out o his glove, giving the rstgoal to the Ravens. But the Gee-Gees werequick to respond as less than a minutelater, rookie orward Kyle Ireland evenedthe score at 1-1.

Te rst period o play was hard-ought, as the teams were encouraged by

the cheers and chants o many in the au-dience. Te hits were heavy on both sidesand the alls were equally as hard.

Soon a er, the Gee-Gees picked up apower-play and a er many shots and op-portunities, veteran orward Simren Sand-hu made it 2-1 or the Gees at the end o the rst rame.

At the start o the second, the Ravenscapitalized on a rebound to even the score.Less than ve minutes later, a power-play

or Carleton allowed the Ravens to takethe lead at 3-2. Tough Ottawa had twopower-plays in the second period, they were unsuccess ul in putting the puck in the Ravens’ net. Te quality o hockey deteriorated a bit toward the end o the

rame; however, Gee-Gees head coachDave Leger was pleased with his team’sper ormance.

“Te rst two periods were quite strongor us,” said Leger.

By the third period, the atmosphere atthe Sports Complex was not the same aswhen the game began. Ottawa ans werelooking or opportunities to cheer, but notmany were ound.

Almost immediately a er the puck dropped on centre ice, the Ravens man-aged to score two goals. A power-play orthe Gee-Gees was proven inefective by the tough Carleton de ence. A bad change

or Ottawa resulted in another Ravens’goal, making the score 5-2.

As the game became severely one-sidedin avour o Carleton, tempers began to

are. With seven minutes le , a brawl al-most started, but re erees were quick toprevent st ghts. However, the re ereeswere not as quick the second time around.Soon a er the rst skirmish, punches were

ying again, with all o the players on the

ice involved except Carleton’s goalie.“Tat’s hockey. I was actually shocked

as it seemed [like] such an innocuous ex-change behind the net but [it] catapultedinto a big mayhem,” said Leger. Helmets,sticks, and gloves littered the ice as oneplayer rom each team was ejected romthe game, while many more were sentto the penalty box. Te third period was

lled with turnovers, especially in the lastve minutes o the game. Eventually, Car-

leton walked away with a 6-2 win.“I am proud o how the guys stuck with

Carleton. We actually have battled a ton o injuries over the last our games and wehad to plug holes,” Leger explained.

Leger was also happy about the num-ber o ans. “It’s nice to see the ans outtonight. I’ll be honest with you. I’m sorry that we didn’t show a better result, but the

ans made a big diference,” he sai d.Te Gee-Gees (11-12-3) will now play

two away games be ore the playofs begin.Ottawa is ranked eighth in the Ontario Eastdivision and have clinched a playof spot.

Cool ice, heated atmosphere

ABOU A YEAR ago, my predecessorwrote an article about varsity sportsteams at the Royal Military College(RMC) and their losing ways. Te RMCPaladins are at a huge recruiting disad- vantage compared to other universitiesin Ontario University Athletics (OUA);most highly regarded student-athletescoming out o high school do not wantto join the military and choose to attendother schools.

While Gee-Gees ans grumble abouthow none o their teams win nationalchampionships, Paladins supportersrejoice even i RMC squads manage towin just one game in an entire season.And the Paladins women’s volleyballteam accomplished that eat or the rsttime in the 2009–10 season, earningthe program’s rst-ever victory againstthe Windsor Lancers a er 110 straightlosses.

Fast orward a year and the story re-mains pretty much the same or RMC’s varsity teams. Teir de- acto agshipmen’s hockey program has the worst

record in Canada at 4-22-1. Te winlessmen’s basketball team is averaging 47points per game while giving up 98 totheir opponents. But RMC’s athletic de-partment now has a glimmer o hope. Te

ormerly putrid women’s volleyball teamhas a respectable 7-10 record and sits twogames ahead o oronto or the nal play-of spot in the OUA East division. TesePaladins have been on re lately, winning

our out o their last ve games. And i Ottawa can leap rog York or rst placein the OUA East, the unthinkable may happen on Feb. 19 at Montpetit Hall—theGees could host the Paladins in an OUAquarter nals match-up with a berth tothe Final Four on the line.

So what exactly happened to the Pala-dins? No, their starting libero did notgrow a third arm, but RMC does haveone o the best de ensive players in theOUA, Danielle Vortisch—she has 248digs on the season, good or ourth in theentire con erence. Te Paladins also havea antastic all-around middle in Mallory Litjens; she is among the OUA leaders

in three statistical categories. ChelseaLitjens, Mallory’s twin sister, is also astandout player or RMC. And what dothese three players have in common?Tey are all rookie student-athletes. Ap-parently, it is possible or an RMC teamto recruit well; just ask their head coachCarolyn Welden.

I the women’s volleyball team at RMCcan build a playof team in just one sea-son, other Paladins squads could poten-tially pull of the same eat in the near

uture. RMC’s varsity teams can nowdream that one day, they will no longerbe a laughingstock in the OUA. Maybethe Paladins could eventually host a play-of game or two. Yes, this could mean thatthe Gee-Gees will actually have to dresstheir starters or the entire game to beatRMC rom now on. But in the end, a n im-proved RMC athletic program will resultin more parity in the OUA. And that’scertainly a good thing.

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The Paladins strike back

from thepress boxJaehoon Kim

Sports Editor

Bad blood spills out in 6-2 win for Carleton Ravens

DENIED A GOALrouble scoring on the Ravens, Feb. 4

photo by Paul Yacobucci



EXECUTIVE EDITOR Mercedes Mueller | [email protected] | (613) 562 5260

OPINIONS21

Alex Hilmi | Fulcrum Contributor

I ALL S AR ED with a headache.It wasn’t your typical drank-too-

much-on-the-night-previous headache.Te night be ore had been spent workingon an assignment in that all too amil-iar last-minute crunch. Still, a headachewasn’t something to stress about—a ewheavy doses o Advil and it should havebeen a thing o the past.

It persisted… or several days. And itgot worse, eventually taking on a mindo its own. When my vision startedgetting blurry, I fgured it was time tolook into this extraordinary headache.Tis, o course, meant a combination o Google and WebMD. A er a sel -diag-nosis that I had a migrai ne, I made a tripto the pharmacy. A skinny man lookedat me rom across the counter as I de-scribed my symptoms.

“Yeah, that’s a migraine alright. Isyour other medication not working?” heasked. I was con used.

“What do you mean ‘other medica-tion’?” He then looked about as con-

used as I was.“Well, you’ve had migraines be ore,

right? You don’t just get them.” He thenrecommended I see a doctor—immedi-ately. With rustration starting to build,I made my way to the campus healthclinic and waited until I saw a doctor.

His name was Dr. Engleheart; he was apatient man who listened to my symp-toms with a trained ear, and then saidthe li e-changing phrase, “Alex, I donot want to alarm you, but you need togo to emergency right away and have aCA scan. Tese symptoms can only becaused by a problem in the brain, and itcould be an aneurysm.”

It was about hal a millisecond a erI heard these words that all my rustra-tion rom earlier turned into a chilling

ear. My headache suddenly seemedto be screaming at me rom inside my skull, as i my rapidly increasing heartrate had aggravated whatever ailed me.As the seriousness o the situation beganto sink in on the cab ride to the hospital,I was struck with a disturbing new sidee ect.

From one minute to the next, I orgothow to read—words became a blurred,incomprehensible mess. By the time Igot to the hospital, I had gone rom earto panic. A er going in a side door o theCivic Hospital, I was told that I was notin emergency. Con used, scared, andshaken up, I asked how to get there.

“Oh, it’s easy,” a hospital worker in-ormed me. “Just ollow the signs.”

Te walk rom reception to emer-gency was the worst experience o thisordeal. Imagine stumbling aimlessly through a hospital. Te side o your

head eels like your brain is trying tobreak through your skull, while ear,panic, and a host o other emotionsburn through your mind—and, on topo everything, you can’t even read the

ucking signs telling you where to go.Eventually, I made it, and it only took about 15 minutes be ore I was lying onmy back in a hospital gown having a Cscan.

A erwards, the doctor on duty cameover with the head diagnostician, omi-nously wanting to speak with me. Tey matter-o - actly explained that they hadseen a mass on the C scan and they thought it might be a brain tumor. My headache seemed to subside upon hea r-ing the news; the rushing in my earswent away and I just nodded and asked

or a ew minutes alone.I had brought my backpack with me,

so I slid down the wall, pulled out my laptop, and put on music. It was sooth-ing—something by Bonobo. My doctorcame in again, with a bag in her hand.She had brought me some ood, and to-gether we sat on the oor and ate sand-wiches and drank chocolate milk. othis day, chocolate milk has become asort o com ort ood, reminding me o sitting on the oor digesting the possi-bility o having a brain tumor.

One MRI later, the head neurosur-geon came over to my bed. He s at down,

and explained that brain tumors are o -ten 90 per cent atal. He then told me Ididn’t need to worry about this, as I d idnot have one—I had only had a stroke.

It seems strange to say “only had astroke”—especially when I was only 21years old when this happened— but con-sidering the odds o the other possibil-ity, I can see why he phrased it like that.

I was taken to the Neurological CareFacility, sixth- oor: Stroke ward. I youhave ever had a nightmare about beingtrapped in a place, surrounded by sor-row, death, and su ering—and thoughtit was hell—it was probably the strokeward. It was the single most depressing,traumatizing, and mentally unnervingexperience o my li e, and I spent twoweeks there.

I was a avourite o the nursing sta .Tey had become quite cynical workingon this oor, and they told me that I wasthe youngest patient they had ever had—and also the only one they knew wouldwalk out o here. Tere was one nightwhen my blood pressure skyrocketed,and the headache came back, despite themorphine. Tey told me everything wasfne, but they checked on me constantly and I got the impression they eared Iwas about to take a turn or the worse.

Be ore I could all asleep that night, Ihad to wrestle with the act that I mightnot wake up. It’s a di cult thi ng to do—

at 3 a.m., brain ull o painkillers amongother things and your ami ly not by yourside—to realize when you close youreyes you might never open them again.At that point, I had regrets, but nothinginvolving money or success. It was sim-ply or not having been a better person,wishing I had made better decisions, ornot having told the people I love that Ilove them one last time—even i I hadnever said it be ore this point in time.

A er a night like that, waking up inthe morning was the greatest blessing inthe world. When I fnally got released,the nursing sta gathered to wish mewell, and I told them that I hoped I neversaw them again.

Everything is di erent now. Every-thing is somehow better. It was an op-portunity to grow up and begin living ali e o restrictions, sel -discipline, andbig-picture mentality. I love it. Weightloss, good health, a sense o maturity,realizing that my actions a ect everyonearound me, learning how to be less sel -ish and more sel ess—all things I hadwished or but had never been able toachieve on my own. Tese things, and anew lease on li e, were given to me, touse at my own will.

Te stroke happened last August, twoweeks a er my birthday, and you knowwhat? Best birthday present ever—it was just unwrapping it that sucked.

‘Only a stroke’ A student’s journey from a little pain to a life regained

illustration by Alex Martin



22 | opinions thefulcrum.ca | Feb. 10–16, 2011

ON HE SURFACE, usage-based billinghas many people urious, but “everyone’sa critic.” So be ore you get on your highhorse, here are some things to consider.

Many high-usage bandwidth usershave been taking advantage o unlimiteduse to illegally pirate music, movies, andgames. Sure, we all download our airshare o copyrighted content, but whatabout users who have a year’s worth o music or more movies than your local

ailing Blockbuster? What incentive doesthis provide or artists who work longhours—only to fnd their content beingmass uploaded online? Tere will al-ways be those cliché starving artists, butwith unlimited data plans being abused

or ree online media, there will be evenmore o them.

By associating cost with bandwidthtra c, people are more likely to place ahigher value on securing their network

rom unauthorized access. We all earour sensitive in ormation being stolen inthe digital world, but what happens whenwe are responsible or paying or othersto steal our ba ndwidth? With online digi-tal entertainment peaking at its highestlevels ever, network security has been un-dervalued and has become increasingly important or all users. When money isinvolved, people fnally get serious andcome up with solutions to sa eguard theirpocketbooks.

Internet users who do not abuse un-limited allocation are spending money on what they are using relative to other,

high-tra c users. Let’s ace it: you shouldget what you pay or, and why pay orsomething i you are not getting any-thing rom it? Tis would be like impos-ing some sort o ee on students or… let’ssay, transportation, when they have noneed or it. Wits aside, the average userwill never exceed their capacity limitsand will pay or their air share.

One last thing to consider is lost pro-ductivity associated with the Internet.With the cost o wasted time rising, thereis now a quantifable cost that business-es can use to measure and evaluate. It’sshocking that much o the Internet’s por-nography tra c is during the day time—and unless we have an unemploymentproblem that the country is unaware o ,businesses are paying employees to dothings other than what’s detailed in their job description. And it’s not just porn—it’s Tetris Friends, videos, social network-ing, and surfng that have become justanother cost o business. With usage-based billing, people are more aware o productivity and just how much it costs.

—Brayden Mueller

USAGE-BASED BILLING? Sounds likea money grab. I mean, it has the word“billing” in it, so it’s probably bad—noone opens a bill with the same joy as a10-year-old on a Christmas morning, sowhy is this any di erent?

Charging an arm and a leg or extrabandwidth is just another way Bell andRogers eliminate competition in a heav-ily dominated market. Internet usersshould oppose usage-based billing andkeep Internet regulation out o the gov-ernment’s hands.

Companies like Bell and Rogers whoalso o er cable V are using this as a way to get back customers who have cancelledtheir cable because most television showsare now o ered online. Tese peoplearen’t necessarily watching these showsillegally though. Case-in-point: compa-nies like Net ix, which is trying to geta oothold in the Canadian market by charging a at rate or unlimited televi-sion and movies. Bell and Rogers don’twant this competition, and usage-basedbilling is just one way o preventing peo-ple rom cancelling their cable services.

Te CR C is a government-appoint-ed organization, and the governmentshouldn’t control the Internet or any other orm o communication. A goodexample o this is in Egypt. Te govern-ment cut o all Internet and cell phoneaccess in an attempt to prevent protesters

rom taking action and communicating.Not only did this a ect the protesters, butit a ected business owners, students, and

anyone who required access to the Inter-net as part o their daily lives. Basically,this type o government control has thepotential to prevent a lot rom gettingdone.

Te Internet is becoming a much moreintegral part o business worldwide.Canada would be at a severe disadvan-tage in comparison to other countries i our use o the Internet was capped at acertain amount. Many people would goto extreme lengths to avoid going overthe threshold. And you can say goodbyeto watching your riend’s silly videos onYoutube, which uses up bandwidth. Andyou know that awesome program thatallows you to talk to your riends any-where in the world or essentially noth-ing? Yeah, that’s right, Skype—well I dobelieve that uses your bandwidth, too!

Advertisements on websites use upbandwidth. I it costs people a lot to goover their bandwidth cap, Ad Blocker,and other similar programs, will be usedby more people. Ads will lose visibility,and this will take money away rom advertising companies. Sure, in a per ectworld pop-up advertising or annoyingbanners would cease to exist, but theseannoyances are a large part o a website’s

unding.I usage-based billing is implemented,

people will fnd a way to get around thecapped bandwidth. Te costs associatedwith this are outrageous and ultimately un air to Internet users.

—Kristen Mundy

Usage-based billing—or bullshit?ON JAN. 25, the

Canadian Radio-

television and

Telecommunications

Commission (CRTC)

announced its

decision to grant big

telecommunication

companies the right

to charge wholesale

buyers their regular

fees, at a 15 per cent

discount. This means

that many Internet

service providers

can no longer afford

to offer plans with

unlimited data usage,

because the large

telecom company in

control will now be

able to charge the

small companies

by the gigabyte.

This policy will force

service providers to

cap consumer usage

starting March 1, and

those who go over

the monthly gigabytelimit will be charged

at each company’s

discretion. While the

CRTC is in the process

of reviewing their initial

decision, the Fulcrum

sounds off over this

charging conundrum.

Unfair billing bullshit

Useful billing, business-wise

Let’s face it: you should getwhat you pay for, and why pay

for something if you are notgetting anything from it?

photo by Mico Mazza

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EDITOR–IN–CHIEF Amanda Shendruk | [email protected] | (613) 562 5261

EDITORIALVolume 71, Issue 20, Feb. 10–16, 2011

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Amanda ‘simile’ Shendruk Editor-in-Chie

Jessie ‘wordy’ WillmsProduction Manager

Mercedes ‘meaning ’ MuellerExecutive Editor

Alex ‘metaphor’ MartinArt Director

Katherine ‘ devices’ DeClerqNews Editor

Charlotte ‘rhythm’ Bailey Arts & Culture Editor

Jaclyn ‘alliteration’ LytleFeatures Editor

Jaehoon ‘oxymoron’ KimSports Editor

Chelsea ‘echo’ EdgellOnline Editor

Briana ‘asposrophe’ HillAssociate News Editor

Katrina ‘paradox MedwenitschStaf Writer

Kate ‘paradox’ Waddingham

Staf PhotographerNicole ‘diction’ Bed ordCopy Editor

Alexandra ‘hyperbole’ SchwabeProo reader

Will ‘rhyming couplet ’ RobertsonWebmaster

Katarina ‘onomatopoeia’ LukichVolunteer & Visibility Coordinator

David ‘mood ’ McClellandGeneral Managerbusiness.manager@the ulcrum.ca

Andrew ‘personifcation’ WingAdvertising Representativeads@the ulcrum.ca

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Cover photo by Michael Pilot

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Sean CampbellLaura FalsettoKristyn FilipIvan FriskenSo a HashiAndrew Hawley Alex HilmiJane LytvynenkoMathias MacPheeGraham MacVannelAmandaMcCambridgeJenni er MeyaBrayden MuellerKristen Mundy Anton Ninkov Simon Oliver-DussaultMichael PilotJoshua PrideChris RadojewskiMichael RobinsonMaria Rondon

yler Shendruk Matt Staroste

Emily Steeleamara archichi

Danielle VichaCaitlin ViitamakiMarco Walker-NgPaul Yacobucci

MANY OF US at the Fulcrumlook orward to when the Stu-dent Federation o the Uni-

versity o Ottawa (SFUO) elections rollaround—we get to make a big, sexy in-sert detailing the goals and plat orms o candidates; we run a un critique o can-didate posters; there’s always some scan-dal to cover; and we can eel great aboutourselves because none o us have hal as much work to do as our news editor.Tis year, however, disappointment set inpretty quickly.

We’re not looking or a scandal—itwould be nice to see a clean, respect ulelection this year—but we really wouldlike to have candidates worth talkingabout. A er reading their plat orms on-line, pondering their comments in ourelection pull-out, and viewing the cam-paign posters, it quickly becomes appar-ent that many candidates have little ideawhat they’re talking about and have putlittle thought into the quality o theircampaigns.

As the media at t he U o O, it’s our duty to be the watchdog or campus politics.Tis means, un ortunately, pointing outthe ridiculousness that has come romthe campaigns o many 2011 SFUO ex-ecutive candidates. We won’t use names,but you’re smart kids. You’ll gure it out.

Problem #1: Lack of research!• Te “rate my landlord” idea already

exists. Te of-campus housing o -ce tracks and rates local landlords

very efectively.• Campaigning to lower the cost o

the U-Pass is just alse advertising.I you read the last issue o theFul-crum, you’d know that it seems very likely that the cost o the U-Passwill increase due to an upcomingrise in transit ares and less subsidi-zation rom the city. I this happens(and it really sounds like it will),then the U-Pass will no longer exist,and another re erendum will needto be held to bring it back. Tere’sno way in hell it will be cheaper.

• Te idea to alter the renewable ad-mission scholarship system so thatyou don’t completely lose yourmoney i your GPA drops is a re-ally noteworthy idea—too bad it’salready been done. ed Horton andthe SFUO success ully lobbied theadministration earlier this year,and the new system will come intoefect as o September 2011.

• I the SFUO spends less, that actu-ally doesn’t mean that students haveto pay less to them. Te only way tochange what we pay the SFUO is tohold a re erendum.

• Te ofer to provide discountedGee-Gees t ickets at the SFUO o ceis a con using proposal, as all Geesgames are already ree (except or

ootball i you’re not in rst year).• How many students think that the

most signi cant barrier to a richstudent experience is volunteer-ing? I students can nd more soupkitchens to help, then I’m sure Maclean’s will give us that A+ wedream about.

Solution: read the Fulcrum ... or any-thing, really.

Problem #2: Communication!• So you plan on putting everyone’s

ideas in a pile and making an eventout o it? How big is this pile goingto be and where will it be located?Tere’s already a lack o studentspace on this campus.

• Best presidential campaign sloganever: “Te eggs to your bacon.” Youmay have just lost the vegetarianand vegan vote.

• Poster typos!

Fun challenge: count the number o timesthe ollowing token SFUO words are usedin a candidate’s plat orm: transparent/transparency OR accessible/accessibility.

Problem #3: Lack of creativity!How to make a 2011 SFUO campaignposter:• ake a photo o yoursel , waist up• Choose a colour or your back-

ground• Stick a Photoshop cutout o your

picture on the background. Makesure it’s in the bottom le or rightcorner.

• Write your name—don’t orget tomake it as big as possible

• Add one to three points rom yourplat orm beside your photo

Since all the posters looked dull andmore-or-less exactly the same, the Ful-crum decided against doing a campaignposter critique this year. Tere was sim-ply nothing to say. We were actually re-ally disappointed about this. Sigh.

A er running through all the candidates,we ound that almost none o them wereserious contenders. It’s a shame that somany o them appear to not care enoughabout the positions or the students at theU o O to put in a bit o efort. Tis is notto say that there aren’t a hand ul o goodideas out there, but with 14 candidates vying or airly prestigious campus posi-tions, you’d think there would be morethan three or our well-conceived pro-posals. Tese candidates have one moreweek to prove to us that they deserve towin, because as o now... we probably wouldn’t vote or any o them.

editor@the ulcrum.ca(613) 562 5261

Where are the serious candidates?

photos by Alex MartinPOSTER, POSTER ON THE WALL ... YOU ALL LOOK THE SAME!Above are just a ew examples o the plague o uncreative and eerily similar campaign posters cropping up around campus

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