Volume 71, Issue 21

March 39, 2011

INSIDE:
City renews U-Pass p. 6
Anti-Semitic play generates dialogue p. 11
p. 5
Chaput, Steeves,
Horton: Theyre pissed
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LETTERS
A ludicrous comparison
Re: U-Pass anonymous (Opinions, Feb.
17, 2011)
I FOUND MR. Wortle-Feternicks col-
umn in the Feb.18 edition of the Fulcrum
to be incredibly shocking. Te argument
that increased transit usage is environ-
mentally unfriendly is ludicrous. How is
it logically acceptable that encouraging
public transportation is a detriment to a
better environment?
First, an increase of the usage of pub-
lic transportation is a good thing. Only
increased usage of the current public
transit system in Ottawa would encour-
age further investment from politicians
into the system. Mr. Wortle-Feternick
has also failed to mention that many
individuals using the transit system
must walk to the various stations lo-
cated in Ottawa. Furthermore, it is logi-
cal to assume that, if given the choice of
walking/biking home or taking the bus
home during a cold winters night, many
people would choose the latter. Te time
in which the U-Pass is currently in ef-
fect (September through April) is mostly
made up of the winter months. Person-
ally, I would rather sit in a warm bus
than be freezing while biking or walking
home.
Bringing the idea of our overweight
society into the argument also seems to
be woefully unrelated. I come from Van-
couver, and I thought that city was dan-
gerous to bike in. Ottawa fares far worse
in this category. Mr. Wortle-Feternick
obviously wants people to use healthy
alternatives. I dont know if he is aware
that using public transit can encourage
increased usage of walking and biking.
However, there has to be suf cient in-
frastructure in place for such healthy
alternatives to become more used. Ot-
tawa currently lacks such infrastructure.
Te cyclists in Ottawa are brave, but it is
simply safer to take the bus than to bike,
especially in the winter.
Te U of O U-Pass is full of faults, but
this is only its frst year. All other major
Canadian universities have some form
of a U-Pass and, prior to arriving in Ot-
tawa, I thought a U-Pass was standard
practice at all major Canadian universi-
ties. Te universities from my hometown
have had it for 10 years and it has been
running great. Te U-Pass is a symbol
of forward-thinking universities on the
edge of good public policy. Give the pro-
gram suf cient time to improve instead
of just dumping the program afer only
one year. Major policy changes take time
to be refned and improved.
David Lu
First-year joint honours
history and political science student
Stop whining about deserved labels
Re: Letters about What a Slut (Opinions,
Feb. 3, 2011)
I HAVE JUST about had it with the let-
ters of the past two editions in praise of
the What a Slut article of Feb. 3, 2011.
I cant be the only one out there who
thinks that this is a whole bunch of non-
sense.
Simply put, I do in fact believe that
calling someone a slut is legit if that tag
is deserved.
In a similar fashion it should be seen
as obvious to call someone a hero if
that individual does something heroic.
You simply cant say that every positive
earned label in the world is kosher while
at the same time holding to the message
that any negative earned label is not. Life
just doesnt work that way.
Dont want to become known as a
slut? Dont act like one. If youve slept
with three diferent people last weekend,
guess what? Youre getting the label. And
rightfully so, because that is precisely
what has been earned.
Ive noticed this phenomena a lot late-
ly, and I think it speaks to the broader
problem of the cheapening of the act. If I
fnd that someone I am interested in has
slept with people well into the double
digits (especially at the age of the average
university student), I am automatically
less interested in them. Why? Because
for them the act is devalued; it doesnt
mean anything to them.
People need to start taking responsi-
bility for their actions. Especially if they
expect respect in society. If you do not
like having the reputation of being a
slut, well then you need to ask yourself
the question: Why do people see you as
such? And if the answer to that question
lies somewhere in between last nights
orgy and last weeks diferent-person-
each-night project, then perhaps you
should re-evaluate your own actions
rather than complain about being judged
as a result of them.
Nick Switalski
Fourth-year joint honours political
science and history student
Flawed voting methods: Cant vote from
abroad
EVERY SFUO ELECTION has its fair
share of scandals, but I am writing to ex-
pose one faw in the latest election that
might otherwise go unnoticed. Tis years
voting proceduresnotably the lack of
electronic votingmeant that Univer-
sity of Ottawa students who are currently
studying abroad were not able to submit
their votes.
I am currently on a year-long exchange
in the United Kingdom, and when I
emailed the SFUO elections of ce to ask
how I could submit my vote, I was told that
it would not be possible because there was
no electronic voting this year. When I re-
plied asking if there was any other method
I could use to vote from abroad, my email
went unanswered. Outgoing exchange
students are still considered full-time U
of O students, and thus we pay the same
fees to the SFUO as other undergraduates.
As fee-paying members of the union, it is
our right to have a say in how the SFUO
is governed.
I realize that there have been problems
with electronic voting in the past, but that
is by no means the only way that long-dis-
tance voters can be accommodated. I was
able to vote in the municipal election in
the fall, for instance, by appointing a proxy
to vote on my behalf. If the City of Ottawa
can accommodate voters in this way, sure-
ly the SFUO and its substantially smaller
electorate can do something similar.
Last weeks issue of the Fulcrum report-
ed that this years voter turnout was esti-
mated at only 10 per cent of undergradu-
ate students. By leaving out exchange
students, the SFUO is only making the
problem of low voter turnout even worse.
Te exclusion of any SFUO members from
the election process is undemocratic and
unjust, whether or not those members are
able to vote in person. My question to the
newly elected members of the SFUO ex-
ecutive is this: what are you going to do
about it?
Stephanie Lett
Tird-year history student
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NEWS EDITOR Katherine DeClerq | news@thefulcrum.ca | (613) 562 5260 5
Briana Hill| Fulcrum Staff
EARLY MONDAY MORNING, Jason
Benovoy, chief electoral of cer of the
Student Federation elections, was told to
change the results of the vp fnance race:
Tristan Dnomme, who had won by 114
votes the previous week, was to be dis-
qualifed and Sarah Jayne King would
resume the position next year.
I had nothing to do with the deci-
sion. It was a decision of the elections
committee and I got the news on, well,
Monday morning, I guess, almost as ev-
eryone else got it. I was told to change
results on the website, which is what
happened, explained Benovoy.
During the election campaign, D-
nomme was accused of publishing false
statements in relation to the personal
character, or conduct of a candidate;
posting in unauthorized locations; and
failure to comply with minor and major
penalties.
With the ruling of the elections com-
mittee came punitive measures, which
Dnomme contends he complied with
to the best of his ability. Te fnal hear-
ing of the second round of appeals is to
take place at a Board of Administration
(BOA) meeting on March 6.
Tis is anti-constitutionalits
bullshit, said Dnomme.
One day before Dnommes contro-
versial disqualifcation, the BOA passed
a motion abolishing the Student Arbi-
tration Committee (SAC)the neutral
committee that would have reviewed
Dnommes appeal. With the passing
of this motion, individual appeals will
now proceed directly to the BOA.
Instead of running a by-election to
determine the new vp fnance, the elec-
tions committee has declared Sarah
Jayne King the new winner.
Tey said that Sarah Jayne won, but
technically, if we follow the constitu-
tion, I am the next vp fnance. So May
1 Im going to go sit in the of ce, said
Dnomme.
On Sunday, the 25 members of the
BOA will vote to determine if the elec-
tions committees decision stands. Win
or lose, this BOA meeting wont be the
end of Dnommes battle for the posi-
tion.
If Im losing at the BOA, we are
going to court because this is unfair.
Its against my reputation; Im losing
$30,000; Im losing a year of school be-
cause I didnt apply to my masters be-
cause I won the election Im losing so
many things right now.
EXECUTIVES TELL ALL
Because of these events, three of the six
Student Federation of the University of
Ottawa (SFUO) executives came to speak
to the Fulcrum. With thoughts of resig-
nation, Tyler Steeves, president of the
SFUO, Ted Horton, vp university afairs,
and Alex Chaput, vp social, expressed
their frustration with the election com-
mittees decision to disqualify Dnom-
me and the BOAs decision to pass the
motion eliminating the SAC from elec-
toral procedures. Te Fulcrum spoke
with the gentlemen of the SFUO in a can-
did interview.
Te Fulcrum: How did you feel when
you heard about the disqualifcation of
Tristan Dnomme afer he had already
won the vp fnance position for next
year?
Tyler Steeves: Completely shocked. Its
unprecedented; its totally illegitimate.
Also, saddened that the elections com-
mittee had sunk to such new lows.
Ted Horton: Surprised by the decision it-
self, but not entirely surprised at the same
time. Disappointed, I guess, that it would
actually happen. But given the calibre of
the elections, not entirely surprised.
Alex Chaput: Ive just seen it happen so
many times that you see motions like
these trying to get passed at the BOA
Te fact that we are removing someone
from an elected position afer he won, its
just wrong on so many levels and that is
the last straw for me. Well, just to be
blunt, [the BOA has] taken a giant dump
on the election process of the SFUO.
Steeves: We were upset by the decision,
but in some ways not surprised. And it
really clicked for me when I found out
about Dnomme because the dots were
connected: So the elections committee
puts forward a motion that makes them
defendant, jury, and judge for the appeals
process, and then the next day they issue
a decree disqualifying an elected mem-
ber because wheres that going to go in an
appeal? [It goes] back to their little court
that has been set up, which is unfortunate
that it has gone to that level.
You say youre not really surprised at
the decision. Why?
Horton: [In the BOA], theres a fun-
damental lack of any attention to our
own structureto our governance, our
policies, our proceduresand we always
seem to go with whats the most expedi-
entwhats the simplest, whats the easi-
est and convenient for the end that youre
trying to get.
Chaput: Te BOA is structured in a way
that, even if you are in a confict of inter-
est, it is up to you to abstain from the
vote. Ive seen in the past, people that
are in a clear confict of interest voting
on issues on that board, and my hope is
that people who are afected directly by
this decision will abstain from voting as
well.
You three seem pretty upset about these
decisions. Monday morning, when you
found out about Dnomme, what was
your plan of action? What were you
thinking at the time?
Horton: In all honesty, my frst thought
was resignation. I didnt think thered be a
whole lot wed be able to do and it seemed
the principled stand to resign in protest.
Steeves: We all considered it. We serious-
ly considered the three of us just resign-
ing on the spot. But, what we decided is
that we cant be efective from the outside
and that we need to do whatever we can
to fx this injustice.
Chaput: We hadnt even met beforehand.
I showed up to the of ce and I met with
Tyler and I told him I felt like resigning.
He expressed it as well, and Ted felt the
same way. I felt that it kind of speaks vol-
umes that its not like the three of us came
into a room and said Lets resign. We all
had that initial feeling and reaction to the
news. I was completely disgusted.
Horton: I dont want to leave my employ-
ees in the lurch Tat was more what
convinced me to not resign.
If this decision is so crucial to the le-
gitimacy of the democratic process of
the BOA and SFUO, why are there only
three executives here? Where are Amy
Hammett, Sarah Jayne King, and Paige
Galette?
Steeves: Well, [King] is obviously in a
clear confict of interest.
Horton: [Teyre not here because of] the
division that has haunted [the SFUO] all
year, I would say. I would hope that the
three of them are principled enough to
take an objective look at it, take a look at
whats fair and best for the organization,
and whats best for the legitimacy of the
organization.
Chaput: Defnitely. And I think that the
message were sending students if the de-
cision of the election committee stands, to
disqualify [Dnomme], is that no other
student can get involved with the SFUO
on an executive level unless theyre in that
clique Unless youre friends with the
people that are already elected, theres no
way that you could possibly get in.
What do you think the outcome is going
to be next Sunday at the BOA meeting?
Steeves: Im optimistic that board mem-
bers are going to support democracy and
leave elected candidates as elected candi-
dates.
Horton: I can see the meeting going two
ways: I can see it being relatively quick
and them trying to push through this
coup by committee, or I can see it being
dragged out into hours of discussion
Chaput: Fify-ffy. Im hoping, like Tyler,
that people will stand up for democracy
and stand up for whats right, but Ive
seen in the past very ridiculous things get
passed at that board.
What are the consequences for the
SFUO, the BOA, and U of O students if
this does pass?
Steeves: Illegitimacy of the institution. I
think youre going to have an increase in
total disenfranchisement with the SFUO
Its decisions like this that make elect-
ed bodies fall apart, because if the people
who are supposed to uphold the rules
dont follow the rules then they have no
right to be there.
Horton: When we have a voter turnout
of 10 or 11 per cent and we dont even
take the time to honour the fact that [stu-
dents] did that and let the results stand,
why would they bother coming out to
vote again?
Whats your move if the motion passes
and Dnomme is of cially disquali-
fed?
Steeves: I dont want to think about it. I
think that it has to not pass.
Horton: I graduate and I leave behind
petty student politics and hope that some-
one else comes along in the next couple of
years who has the patience and the ambi-
tion to fx our broken governance system.
I spend the next two months trying to
leave my portfolio in the strongest state
that I can for my successor.
Chaput: My plan is exactly Teds. I will be
a little broken insidenot to be cheesy
but Ive given enough of my time to the
SFUO over the past years Ive given a
lot to that institution and to see it waste
away like this, it drains you, especially
when youre trying to bring it back to
the level the SFUO was maybe three or
four years ago Its a sad thing for me
to watch.
If you could all say one thing to those on
the BOA whose vote can still be swayed
before Sunday, what would it be?
Steeves: I guess, just remember that you
were elected to uphold a certain standard
of ethicality and morality. We have a case
here where an elected member has been
stripped of his position, and the appeal
process has been entirely compromised,
and so the only way to do the right thing
now is to let the elections stand and let
elected people be elected. I would urge
people to overrule the decision of the
elections committee in this case.
Chaput: Like I mentioned at the BOA,
theres a major confict of interest, having
the BOA ruling on this I mean, the ma-
jority of people that sit at that table have a
clear bias. Now, if you take a look back and
see who is pushing this agenda and trying
to disqualify the candidate that won the vp
fnance position, youre looking at three of
Sarah-Jaynes best friends You have to
wonder a minute if this is legitimate at all;
if these penalties were even legitimate in
the frst place. Like I mentioned before, its
disgusting to watch.
Is there anything else you would like to
say in regards to this situation?
Steeves: I invite students at large to get
in touch with their faculty directors.
If you think this is illegitimate, speak up,
and let them know, because theyre there
to represent the students theyve been
elected by. And [students] should come
out to the meeting [on Sunday] because
their voices should be heard.
Horton: I thought I was going to fnish
up the year without showing up in the
Fulcrum again.
Steeves: Yeah, me too.
with fles from Amanda Shendruk
Exec enraged over BOA antics
Dnomme
disqualied,
SAC eliminated,
Steeves,
Chaput, and
Horton? Pissed
TENSIONS REACH NEW HIGHTS
Steeves, Horton, and Chaput express their frustration in an interview with the Fulcrum
photo by Alex Martin
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Briana Hill| Fulcrum Staff
EARLY MONDAY MORNING, Jason
Benovoy, chief electoral of cer of the
Student Federation elections, was told to
change the results of the vp fnance race:
Tristan Dnomme, who had won by 114
votes the previous week, was to be dis-
qualifed and Sarah Jayne King would
resume the position next year.
I had nothing to do with the deci-
sion. It was a decision of the elections
committee and I got the news on, well,
Monday morning, I guess, almost as ev-
eryone else got it. I was told to change
results on the website, which is what
happened, explained Benovoy.
During the election campaign, D-
nomme was accused of publishing false
statements in relation to the personal
character, or conduct of a candidate;
posting in unauthorized locations; and
failure to comply with minor and major
penalties.
With the ruling of the elections com-
mittee came punitive measures, which
Dnomme contends he complied with
to the best of his ability. Te fnal hear-
ing of the second round of appeals is to
take place at a Board of Administration
(BOA) meeting on March 6.
Tis is anti-constitutionalits
bullshit, said Dnomme.
One day before Dnommes contro-
versial disqualifcation, the BOA passed
a motion abolishing the Student Arbi-
tration Committee (SAC)the neutral
committee that would have reviewed
Dnommes appeal. With the passing
of this motion, individual appeals will
now proceed directly to the BOA.
Instead of running a by-election to
determine the new vp fnance, the elec-
tions committee has declared Sarah
Jayne King the new winner.
Tey said that Sarah Jayne won, but
technically, if we follow the constitu-
tion, I am the next vp fnance. So May
1 Im going to go sit in the of ce, said
Dnomme.
On Sunday, the 25 members of the
BOA will vote to determine if the elec-
tions committees decision stands. Win
or lose, this BOA meeting wont be the
end of Dnommes battle for the posi-
tion.
If Im losing at the BOA, we are
going to court because this is unfair.
Its against my reputation; Im losing
$30,000; Im losing a year of school be-
cause I didnt apply to my masters be-
cause I won the election Im losing so
many things right now.
Dnomme
disqualied,
SAC eliminated,
Steeves,
Chaput, and
Horton? Pissed
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Whats he building in there?
Profles in science research at the U of O
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Tyler Shendruk | Fulcrum Contributor
Te problem
THE QUANTUM WORLD works quite
contrary to our own concrete and every-
day existence. When we are frst taught
about atoms, we are shown a solar sys-
tem-like model with electrons orbiting
the nucleus like planets orbit the sun. But
physicists have known for nearly a hun-
dred years that this picture is too simple.
Electrons are both a particle and
a wave at the same time. So electrons
shouldnt just be thought of like planets,
but also like a vibrating guitar string.
Tese so-called wavefunctions can be
experimentally probed and scientists
understand them very well. But for more
complicated moleculescombinations
of more than just one atomit becomes
very dif cult to directly see that theory
and reality are the same.
Te researcher
On top of being a professor in the physics
department at the University of Ottawa,
Paul Corkum heads the Attosecond Sci-
ence Laboratory at the National Research
Council. He is renowned for using a la-
ser pulse to accelerate an electron out of
its atom, turn the electron around, and
drive it back into its orbital. When the
electron recollides with the atom, short
bursts of light are given of that tells Cor-
kum about the environment in which the
electron settles.
Using very short laser pulses, Corkum
was able to take a high defnition snap
shot of the quantum cloud that defnes
where the electrons are around the atom.
Te project
Taking high-resolution pictures of quan-
tum orbitals is one thing, but flming a
movie of the wavefunctions during a
chemical reaction is another altogether.
And yet, this is exactly the challenge
Corkum set for his lab. Using the same
technology he invented for imaging or-
bitals, Corkum wanted to watch a single
molecule of bromine disassociate into
two separate bromine atoms.
Te key
Corkum blasted bromine gas with blue
light. Blue is exactly the right colour to
excite bromine molecules. Immediately
afer the blue light excites the bromine,
the short laser pulse that knocks an elec-
tron out and drives it back in is shot at
the gas.
Corkum saw that the blue light had
not excited all the bromine molecules.
This turned out to be an advantage
since the resulting bursts of light from
the recollision of the excited and the
non-excited molecules mixed into
beats.
Te non-excited bromine acted exact-
ly like a tuning fork: Corkum could use
the beating between the bursts of light
from molecules of bromine and from ex-
cited, separate atoms to see the diference
between the two.
Are you doing interesting science? Or do
you have a professor who cant stop talking
about his research? Let us know at
research@thefulcrum.ca
Beating bromine
Katherine DeClerq | Fulcrum Staff
STUDENTS RETURNED FROM reading
week to fnd that the city of Ottawa decid-
ed to keep the cost of the U-Pass the same
for another year. Tis came as a shock to
some students, as the citys original rec-
ommendation was to cut the $3 million
subsidy and make the universal bus pass
revenue-neutral, bringing the cost to $175
per full-time student per semester.
Te U-Pass pilot project will remain in
efect at $145 until September 2012.
Basically, at the city hall interim tran-
sit commission, all four student unions
were present and were given the oppor-
tunity to speak on the U-Pass issue, ex-
plained Sarah Jayne King, vp fnance of
the Student Federation of the University
of Ottawa (SFUO) and U of O representa-
tive at the commission.
What we were speaking to at city
hall were the benefts of the program;
why we wanted it to stay the same; why
we felt that the program should remain
at the same price for the next year; and
why running referenda wasnt an option
for any of the student unions, especially
given that both [Carleton University
Students Association] and SFUO had al-
ready gone through the election process.
Te student federations of both the
U of O and Carleton were able to con-
vince OC Transpo and the city hall in-
terim transit commission that it would
be benefcial to keep the program at the
same cost in order to give the universities
enough time to hold a referendum the
following year.
Mathieu Fleury, city councillor for
RideauVanier and supporter of the U-
Pass, was pleased with the results.
Both federations were pretty good
at explaining that there was a growth
in numbers. [Tat the universities] have
one, to two, to three thousand [new]
students every year, so this equals to X
amount of money. Tat covered the $3
million gap.
However, Fleury wanted to stress that
city council and the SFUO will have to
work hard over the next year in order to
come up with an agreement that would
provide both students and the city with
the best deal possible.
We have to start earlier, so that we
can be included in the budget process,
not fghting the budget process. If the
discussions can start very earlyIm
talking over the summer monthsinto
the planning around what the strategy
should be around this phase, then well
probably get better, or equal, results, he
said.
U-Pass returns
for another year
Briana Hill | Fulcrum Staff
OVER THE FOLLOWING two weeks,
student employees of the University of
Ottawa, and by extension members of
CUPE local 2626, will be voting for their
new CUPE 2626 Executive Board. Te
executives represent 3,688 members in
grievance and bargaining matters with
the university.
In last years elections, all candidates
ran uncontested; this year, three posi-
tions have two candidates.
As with any other executive, the
president of CUPE 2626 plays a leader-
ship role and is the face of the union lo-
cal. Tey liaise with the broader CUPE
community and represent the local at
national delegations.
Felix Grenier, the incumbent, is run-
ning uncontested for the presidency.
Grenier believes the continuity he will
bring if re-elected is crucial to ongoing
deals the union is trying to reach.
We are in a highly strategic period,
with bargaining near its conclusion or
disruption. Bargaining is our most im-
portant object of attention right now.
We need to keep going with the current
team and vision to get good results,
said Grenier.
Aside from assuming presidential du-
ties in the absence of the president, the
vice-presidents main responsibility is
communication with local members.
Olivier Roy and Majid Naji are run-
ning for the position of CUPE 2626 vice-
president.
In order to signifcantly bolster par-
ticipation, Roy is focusing on two new
communication techniques: distribu-
tion of an information kit with each new
contract and a website overhaul.
Roy believes his platform can be
summed up in three words: Leadership,
experience, and knowledge.
Naji hopes to use Facebook as a plat-
form for certain types of interaction
with CUPE members as the wall feature
allows for two-way communication.
I really like communication, espe-
cially I like using the new devices [to]
reduce the gap of communication.
Maryam Haghighi and Pouya Pour-
beik are running for secretary-treasurer
of CUPE 2626.
Haghighi, the incumbent, hopes to
continue her record of responsible f-
nancial management, while Pourbeik
would like to see more collaboration be-
tween graduate students and executive
members.
Te position of Chief Steward An-
glophone [CSA] is being contested by
Mathew Ladd and Mohammad Azizur
Rahman.
I am running for the position of CSA
in order to contribute my skills, knowl-
edge, and experience to CUPE afer
several years as a steward, said Ladd,
who feels his experience this year on the
bargaining committee has made him
more familiar with the applications of
the collective agreement than the other
candidate.
Rahman draws on his diverse inter-
national experience in his platform, as
well as his tenure with the CUPE local at
the University of Toronto.
Elections will run this week and next
week in the CUPE of ce at 303 Universi-
ty Centre and at various polling stations
across campus.
CUPE 2626 votes on new executives
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Universal bus pass to be
renewed at same cost
Te elections
arent over yet
We are in a highly strategic
period, with bargaining near
its conclusion or disruption.
Bargaining is our most
important object of attention
right now.
Felix Grenier,
presidential incumbent
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ITS CALLED THE citizens agenda.
Adults and students alike gathered at
City Hall on Feb. 27 to share their politi-
cal issues and questions. Discussions en-
sued, and the questions created became
the forefront of TVOs current afairs
program Te Agendas live broadcast the
following evening.
As a preamble to the provincial elec-
tions in October, Te Agenda has taken
the initiative of travelling to the home-
towns of the three major political party
leadersin addition to Sudbury and a
905 area code ridingto discover what
issues Ontarians would like to see ad-
dressed in the upcoming election. Tese
workshops, called AgendaCamp, bring
people of all ages together to discuss and
formulate questions that are voted upon
and asked to party representatives during
a live broadcast of the show with host and
editor Steve Paikin.
I always say that the name of the show
is Te Agenda, but we dont actually have
an agenda other than to try to bring is-
sues to the foor that we think people
want to know about or need to know
about in this particular time in Ontario
history, said Paikin in an interview with
the Fulcrum.
AgendaCamp was created in order to
allow election coverage that was diferent
from typical reporting from mass media
outlets
Being a provincial broadcaster, we
feel that it is very important for us to cov-
er the provincial elections in a signifcant
way, explained Te Agenda producer
Daniel Kitts.
We want to supplement the cover-
age that is being put out by other major
news organizations and AgendaCamp is
a great way of getting out there, getting in
touch with people, and fnding out what
they want to discuss.
U of O masters student Hillary
Bunchan-Terrell, studying public admin-
istration, attended AgendaCamp and
found it to be engaging.
I think it is a really neat idea to get
the citizens involved in the process. [On
Sunday], we got involved in a discussion
about civic engagement and there were a
couple of people who thought that meant
only voting, and while that is a big part,
there are bigger things we have to ad-
dresslike how people dont care about
these issues on a general basis, she ex-
plained.
It was great to bring diferent per-
spectives to the issue, added Bunchan-
Terrell.
Kitts explained that, while students
didnt make up the majority of the par-
ticipants due to reading week, they were
present and held a strong voice during
the event.
We had some students participate in
the economy discussion, and some heavi-
ly involved in drafing the question about
social services. Tere were students there
and they were involved.
Te issues discussed during Agen-
daCamp were voted on and discussed
on live television in order of importance.
Te top three issues revolved around en-
ergy, government transparency, and civic
engagement and election reform.
Te common theme among all party
representatives was the idea that Ontario
needs more public and political partici-
pationwhether it was through infor-
mation availability, voter participation,
or even election reform.
Over the past few years, Te Agenda
has become an outlet for political engage-
ment. Trough social media and work-
shops such as AgendaCamp, the show
has grown in popularity among younger
generations.
Were on Facebook [and] Twitter.
During the show we are always hosting
an online discussion where people can
weigh in and collect their thoughts. We
put them on the television screen while
the show is in, said Paikin.
Te amazing thing is that most cur-
rent afairs shows are watched by people
50 or older, and yet when I go to universi-
ty campuses to meet students, they know
the show. And that is wonderful because
when I was that age, I was not watching
this type of stuf on TV.
Te use of technology and local guest
panelists is something that was noticed
by Buchan-Terrell. It is her belief that the
online engagement and the success of
AgendaCamp are what makes TVO and
Te Agenda unique and informative, es-
pecially come election time.
You have representatives from all the
parties and all the perspectives present.
A good crowd came out to see the prod-
uct of what they accomplished [at Agen-
daCamp]. Its really informative. Tey
have great guests; they bring on a diverse
array of people. Tere is nothing else like
this on TV.
Whats your political agenda?
Steve Paikin comes to Ottawa as part of AgendaCamp, My Vote 2011
AN AVID TWEETER, Steve Paikin
could be seen taking pictures of the au-
dience and his guest speakers during the
live broadcast of Te Agenda. Current
host and editor of Te Agenda, Paikins
extensive career in current afairs spreads
across journalism, documentary produc-
tion, and professional writing. He has a
bachelor of arts from the University of
Toronto and a masters in broadcast jour-
nalism from Boston University.
Paikin set aside 10 minutes to speak
with the Fulcrum while renewing a library
book on his laptop. His advice to students:
get out there, read, and get involved.
Te Fulcrum: Te Agenda seems to con-
nect with youth and students more than
other media outlets. How do you keep
people engaged?
Steve Paikin: One of the things we have
doneand youth had shown us the
wayis a lot of the social media and in-
volvement. Now, of course, we had 4.5
million people download us on their
MP3 players last year, so we not only have
people watching us within the province
of Ontario, but you can live anywhere in
the world and get this show. And because
young people have a lot of video viewing,
either on their computers or MP3 play-
ers, its the place to be.
Te University of Ottawa just had their
student federation elections and we had
a voter turnout of 11 per cent. What
would you say to something like that?
I dont know. It was no diferent when I
went to university 30 years ago. I know
that my kids are politically engaged, be-
cause as I look over politics I take them
to stuf. I think thats the way it happens:
Parents expose their kids to it and it be-
comes part of life. So when they get older,
it isnt mysteriousits welcoming and
fun. I dont want to say that by the time
you get to university it is too late, but it
really does start way earlier than that.
How do you prepare for a daily show
that has a diferent topic every week?
Read, read, read, read, read. I do my re-
search, call peoplejust know the mate-
rial the best you can. It is dif cult since
you are doing a diferent show every day.
Te good news is, I have been doing jour-
nalism in Ontario for almost 30 years, so
I have a decent foundation to approach
each program, but there is always new
things to learn.
What is it like to moderate a federal
election?
Scariest thing I have ever done in my life.
You think Im kidding, but Im not. Te
Agenda is watched by 100,000150,000
people a night, and those election de-
bates are watched by three million, so
if you mess up, everybody knows. It is
a bit tricky because while you are doing
the debate, you are trying to make sure
everyone gets equal time, listening to the
answers in the hopes of asking a useful
follow-up question; you have the director
or script assistant in your ear telling you
whats going on; you have an eye on the
clock. It is tricky, but I have been hon-
oured to have done it.
Any advice for students who want to get
into this line of work?
Do it! Get involved, get active, read a lot.
You dont have to do it on a partisan point
of view; you can do it on an issue, on
something, but life is better and more in-
teresting when you squeeze as much from
the lemon as you possibly can. Dont wait
for someone to hold your hand and show
you how to do itjust do it.
A chat with Steve Paikin
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Charlotte Bailey | Fulcrum Staff
O
TTAWA NATIVE BROOKS
Hunter is using his struggle
with mental illness to cre-
ate a unique flm. His debut
work Kenneyville, which was flmed in
Ottawa, is a horrifc mystery movie of
conspiracy and mind control.
Kenneyville is a mad journey of two
detectives looking for a missing woman
in a small town, explains Hunter. Tey
realize that there are brainwashing ac-
tivities happening when one of them
gets kidnapped and gets brainwashed
themselves. Overall, it represents deeper
themesspecifcally, mental health.
Mental health is something that
Hunter has been concerned with since
his teen years; hes been diagnosed with
so many ailments that he says hes not
sure if he believes in concrete diagnoses
anymore.
I was [frst] diagnosed with depres-
sion, and it turned into severe anxiety,
he recalls. I was actually hospitalized
in high school for paranoia, and even
psychosis. Te diagnosis was schizo-
efective disorder. It turned into bipolar,
which has been my diagnosis for the
past seven years.
Hunter remembers that his recovery
included admittance into several hos-
pitalsone of which was the Childrens
Hospital of Eastern Ontario, in Ot-
tawaand how traumatic those times
were for him.
It was the feeling of, Im being hos-
pitalized, almost against my will; the
doctors are helping me, but it doesnt
feel like it at the time; Im being forced
medication. Te meds really knocked
me out, and I wasnt used to itmajor
side efects took place, he explains.
Its the feeling that its getting worse.
Tese feelings of pain paved the way for
Hunter to show how imprisoned the de-
tectives felt in Kenneyville.
However, these trapped feelings
didnt start presenting themselves until
the flm was already mid-production.
Hunter states that, in making this hor-
ror flm, he didnt immediately connect
the script that he had written to his
struggle with multiple diagnoses and
his road to recovery. As the project be-
gan to take form, he noticed themes that
hed encountered while he was trying
to come to terms with his illness, and
realized that the work was more intro-
spective than hed originally thought.
Tis lef him with one question: Did he
want to produce a piece of work that was
proving to be so personally revealing?
I recently felt, Im ready for this; Im
going to open up about it, knowing that
the movies are starting to workthat its
going to get to the masses. I have to be
ready to open up about my story, says
Hunter.
Te next project he has in his sights
is another movie with his production
company Robanzo Pictures. Tis time,
Hunter will continue to speak about his
struggles with mental illness in a docu-
mentary.
[Its] about mental health, and covers
my own story, he explains. I wanted to
create dramatizations that expressed the
feeling of what was going on.
Whether in documentary or fctional
form, Hunter wants his works to further
audience perceptions about living with a
mental illness.
Hopefully what this movie does is
give people hope and awareness, and
gives people another piece of the puzzle
to think about, he explains. It ex-
presses a unique experience in a creative
way.
Exploring mental illness
Director illustrates his road to recovery in Ottawa-based lm
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HUNTER HAUNTS AUDIENCES
Ottawa flmmaker battles demons in brainwashing flm
Photo courtesy Robanzo Pictures
Afer fghtingand thankfully win-
ning the fghtwith colon cancer in
2009, he noticed that his ability to battle
back from an episode of rhabdomyolysis
was decreasing and the pain was no lon-
ger going away in between hospital vis-
its, describes Karen McHarg, sales and
marketing director for CHUO 89.1 FM.
He was recently admitted into emergen-
cy care due to medical complications.
Tey could not directly relate this
issue to his rhabdomyolysis, but contin-
ued complications lead us to believe that
the visit to the Mayo Clinic is no longer
a luxury but is now an urgent necessity.
Tis is not cheap, says McHarg. Te
Mayo Clinic, located in Rochester, Min-
nesota, is known for their specialization
in using innovative methods on hard-
to-treat diseases. As McHarg states,
the cost for these treatments are quite
expensive. Because of this, a committee
called Friends of Wizdom has been
formed in hopes of raising some of the
funds Wizdom is likely to need during
his battle against rhabdomyolysis.
We are trying to raise $17,000, but
we dont think that will be the end of
it, says McHarg. All the funds raised
will go directly to Mikeys family to help
pay for [his visit to the] Mayo Clinic on
March 7, 2011. On Feb. 12, listeners of
CHUO 89.1 FM called in and sponsored
a total of $9,000 for the Friends of Wiz-
dom fundraiser.
It was an amazing demonstration of
the community and an amazing dem-
onstration of what Mikey means to the
community, McHarg states.
Upcoming events include Caravibe;
on March 4, those interested can go to
Parliament Ultra Club located on York
Street, and, with a minimum donation
of $10 at the door, they can enjoy a wide
variety of DJs spinning in Mikeys hon-
our. On March 6, Spades International
Barber Shops, located on Bank and
Somerset, will be donating all profits
made on haircuts to Friends of Wiz-
dom.
For those interested on making a do-
nation, cheques payable to Michael As-
sivero may also be mailed directly to the
radio station.
Friends of Wizdom
Community reaches out to help radio DJ with medical complications
MICHAEL ASSIVERO, ALSO known
as Mikey Wizdom, is a well-known
member of the Ottawa radio commu-
nity, known from the show Caribbean
Flavor on CHUO 89.1 FM. For over 15
years, Wizdom has been a radio person-
ality, and for seven of them, he has been
battling a rare disease called rhabdomy-
olysis, which afects muscles and kid-
neys. Initially, Wizdom found that the
efects of the disease were manageable.
Jessica Beddaoui | Fulcrum Staff
It was an amazing
demonstration of the
community and an
amazing demonstration of
what Mikey means to the
community.
Karen McHarg,
sales and marketing
director, CHUO 89.1 FM
Us and Others
Patchwork
Unsigned
PATCHWORK IS THE debut
release by Toronto indie band
Us and Others, and it is cer-
tainly a strong debut. Te al-
bum plays well from beginning
to end, maintaining a low-key feel through-
out. Tis playlist demonstrates consistency
in their sound, but it also makes the album
a little melancholyeven boring, at times.
Tough stale, their sound is capable of being
pretty catchy should it become less forget-
table. I dont think theyve quite hit it with
their frst album, but I expect some great al-
bums from Us and Others in the future. Once
theyve refned their style, theyll defnitely be
a band to watch.
Brennan Bova
featured review
Corinne Bailey Rae
The Love EP
EMI Records
IN AN AGE of online romances and speed dating, Corinne Bailey Raes latest release, Te Love EPa collection of covers
unifed under a singular love themeseems to be a bit out of place. A grandiose artistic statement it is not, yet Raes brazen
interpretations do manage to turn out some surprisingly pleasant results. Her rehash of Princes I Wanna Be Your Lover
is particularly infectious, while the deep, sensual interpretation of Low Red Moon goes a long way towards recalling the
stunning vistas of a wintry desert at midnight. Indeed, the only real weakness on this compilation is the live performance
of Que Sera Sera, whose 13-minute length makes listening to it a bit of a chore. Although Lennon was probably right when he said that love
couldnt possibly have been lef behind in the Roaring Sixties, Raes latest EP does provide strong evidence that it may have taken on a difer-
ent form since then.
Irving Tan Zhi Mian
Les Jupes
Modern Myths
Head in the Sand
WINNIPEG BAND LES
Jupes seem to draw on multi-
ple infuences for their new-
est album Modern Myths.
Unfortunately, these infu-
ences are things that I wouldnt have thought
should ever go together and Les Jupes have
not proved otherwise. Tey play a sort of slow,
drunken punk rock while their singer sounds
rather like Leonard Cohen in both voice and
delivery. Imagine Leonard Cohen releasing
a punk album. Not pretty, is it? It seems as
though their singer is aware of the notes he
should be hitting, but has chosen not toin-
stead falling into a static and nearly monotone
vocal delivery. Te albums fourth track is the
only song slow enough for his voical talent
to shine, but even this song is ruined with
an abrasive saxophone solo. In this instance,
abrasive means bad.
Brennan Bova
album reviews
LCD Soundsystem
London Sessions
dfa records
THE CREW FROM acclaimed
dance-punk band LCD Soundsystem
is ending their career on a disap-
pointing note with their last release,
London Sessions. Te album is com-
posed of live in-studio recordings of some of
their most famous songs to date, including
singles Daf Punk Is Playing at My House,
All My Friends, and Drunk Girls. Te way
the band has re-recorded these songs may be
interesting to some, seeing as they more ac-
curately represent the bands live sound than
their previous studio recordings. Tis would
have been a relevant promotion tool if the
band hadnt broken up. While the album
is pleasant and certainly a good way to in-
troduce a new listener to the bands upbeat,
dance-inspiring strangeness, it doesnt ofer
anything substantial for the long-time fan be-
yond a bit of in-studio jam and a way to remi-
nisce about the bands existence.
Chase Patterson
10 | arts&culture thefulcrum.ca | March 39, 2011
Frank Horvat
A Little Dark Music
Unsigned
FRANK HORVATS A Little Dark
Music is a collection of introspective
solo piano movements inspired by
diferent world issuesfor example,
the origins of a light and sporadic
piece entitled Working with the Sun came
from solar power projects for schools in Af-
rica. Currently touring under the banner
of Te Green Keys to help raise awareness
and funds for sustainable living, Frank Hor-
vats music passionately refects his feelings
about environmental endeavours. Horvats
technique is eclectic, experimenting with
a wide range of tones and moods, from the
light-hearted opener to the more somber. Tis
somber sound is heard best on the piece Te
Week Afer, which deals with the theme of
the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Tough Horvats
movements are varied, they sometimes lack
punctuation and the music will take an unex-
pected and erratic leap. Overall, Horvat dis-
plays great talent, and we can only expect him
to improve as he refnes his art.
Mathias MacPhee
arts&culture | 11 thefulcrum.ca | March 39, 2011
Charlotte Bailey | Fulcrum Staff
SHAKESPEARE WOULD HAVE been
proudas it turns out, large gatherings
for people to express themselves through
poetry isnt a dead practice. In fact, its
one thats being revived by local Ottawa
artists for VERSeFest, an all-encompass-
ing event that bring poets of all kinds to-
gether to celebrate their works.
Were really having this renaissance
of local poetry [in Ottawa], explains Jes-
sica Ruano, one of the event organizers.
Ruano is also involved with many poetry
events in Ottawa, and worked with other
organizers to create a celebration of local
poetry.
Te idea was to collaborate with these
14 poetry series in Ottawa, she explains.
With this new festival, were showing what
we have locally, and [that] the 14 series
have been doing a lot of great work. Each
of the groups will put on special events for
festival-goers each night from March 8 to
13. According to Ruano, the events will of-
fer something for everyone
interested in listening to, or
creating, poetry.
Each series has total control
over the event that theyre putting on,
she says, explaining that the diferent se-
ries have unique skills to share.
One series chose to put on a poetry
slam, another one is doing a masterclass
with two very well-known poets, she
says. Were going to have workshops for
youth; were going to have feature presen-
tations; were going to have a songwriters
fest, a haiku eventits a lot of diversity.
Among these poets will be the 2010
Capital Slam Team champions, local sound
poet J.W. Curry, and the group Oneness
Poetry Collective, who will orchestrate the
only bilingual event of the week.
Although the festival aims to unite
anyone and everyone interested in learn-
ing more about poetry, Ruano hopes that
VERSeFest will hold a special appeal to
students.
Students especially love these types of
events because it gives an outlet for them
to express themselves by listening and
participating, she explains. [Students]
can fnd its a very encouraging atmo-
sphere. Its nice because, unlike some art
forms, you have a very direct connection
to the artist on stage. Its very easy to in-
teract with them, to meet with them, to
ask them questions. Its a very communal
environment.
Tickets are currently on sale, with nightly
passes being sold for $10.50, and festival
passes costing $40. All the events will take
place in the Arts Court (2 Daly Ave.), with
two events happening each night. For more
information, visit versefest.ca
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STUDENTS WILL HAVE the oppor-
tunity to see the face of prejudice this
month when the Drama Guild presents
Te Jew of Malta from March 8 to 12.
Te play was written by Christopher
Marlowe and is being directed by the U
of O professor Tibor Egervari, who felt
personally drawn to the production.
I was born in Budapest in 1938, be-
fore the war, says Egervari. I am a Jew,
and half of my family perished in the
Shoa. So I was interested in the way Jews
and other racial minorities or enemies
are portrayed.
Egervari has been studying anti-
Semitism in theatre for a number of
years now, looking specifcally at Shake-
speares Te Merchant of Venice, which
was inspired by Marlowes play. He even
wrote his own version of the script,
called Shakespeares Merchant of Venice
in Auschwitz.
I was interested in the way anti-Sem-
itism has evolved over the centuries, he
explains. Te Jew of Malta is a very an-
ti-Semitic play, but its a very beautifully
written playits a very good theatre.
One is torn between the admiration for
this play and the condemnation of rac-
ism.
Egervari wants to show audiences what
anti-Semitism looks like, while forcing
them to consider issues of cultural iden-
tity with a deeper understanding of what
they mean. Although the play promises
a few good laughs, the production aims
to remind the audience of the horrors of
discrimination, with slides depicting the
products of anti-Semitism in the lobby of
the theatre hall. Te Guild is also generat-
ing dialogue about these issues during the
show by encouraging patrons to engage
with others.
Teatre is about social communica-
tion, and nowadays, theatres are used to
cutting out this communication, says
Egervari. You go to the theatre [and]
you are told to shut up, not unwrap your
candies, and just to see the show, ap-
plaud, and go home. But theatre is about
people getting together to talk about it.
If you just see the show, you wont re-
member it [as well]. During the show,
you will be able to text, tweet, and basi-
cally say what you think about [it].
He says that because its from a difer-
ent time, Te Jew of Malta will not have
a modern feel to it; however, it will be no
less powerful because of that.
Tis is very end-of-the-16th cen-
turyits much more free, violent,
straightforward, he explains. Maybe
its not politically correct. I know that
its anti-Semitic, but at the same time,
[anti-Semitism] exists, and I have to take
notice that it exists. Its a good play.
Jewish director produces anti-Semitic play
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Drama explores Jewish representation
Professor pushes students to
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ALL SHARE THEIR POETRY AT VERSeFest
12 | features
What is the Human Genome Project?
Te Human Genome Project began in
1990 and quickly evolved into a col-
laboration of over 1,000 scientists from
various countries, participating in an
endeavour to determine the nucleotide
sequence for every chromosome in the
human body. In other words, they were
attempting to break the code of informa-
tion in human DNA and learn where the
genes exist within this massive molecule
of information.
Initially, the sequencing process was
done with a gradual, deliberate ap-
proach, according to Doug Campbell,
professor of biology at Mount Allison
University (Mt. A).
Te plan was to organize a large col-
laboration to plot out a map of the genetic
and physical organization of the genome,
and then, starting from known sites, fll
in the actual sequence.
Tis was simply a more systematic
version of what scientists were already
doing; sequencing genes and small re-
gions of the chromosome based on their
particular interests.
However, one intrepid scientist named
Craig Venter, devised a new method for
genome sequencing, one which he called
the Shotgun Approach.
Te fastest approach was to frag-
ment the genome, randomly, into man-
ageably sized pieces, sequence them,
and use computers to re-assemble the
puzzle pieces of sequence into an over-
all genome, explained Campbell. Tis
shotgun approach rapidly generated
most of the sequence, while the gradual
mapping approach directed eforts to fll
in the gaps that were not successfully
covered.
Te method was adopted for the proj-
ect and delivered extraordinary results,
allowing the sequencing to move ahead
of schedule; it was Venter and his team
that wrote the paper published in Science
the day afer the Human Genome Project
published in Nature.
SACKVILLE, N.B. (CUP) IT WAS 10 years ago in February that the science jour-
nals Nature and Science published the frst rough drafs of the human genome project.
Nature published its 62-page article titled Initial sequencing and analysis of the hu-
man genome on Feb. 15, 2001. It marked the Human Genome Projects frst release of
a complete draf sequence of the chemical base pairs that make up our DNA. Science
published their 50-page article titled Te Sequence of the Human Genome the next
day. Former U.S. president Bill Clinton called it the most important, most wondrous
map ever produced by humankind, and for then U.K. prime minister Tony Blair, it
was a breakthrough that takes humankind across a frontier and into a new era.
Matt Collett | The Argosy (Mount
Allison University)
1991
First Genome Centres in the U. S. opened.
1994
Human Genome Project meets human
genetic mapping goal
1995
Human Genome Project meets human physical mapping
goal.
Haemophilus Infuenzae is sequenced, making it the frst
bacterial genome mapped.
1996
Release of frst-ever human
gene map.
Human Genome Project
meets mouse genetic
mapping goal.
Delving into our DNA
The Human Genome Project, a decade later
thefulcrum.ca | March 39, 2011 features | 13
Moving right along
In a testament to the true power of col-
laboration, the technology involved with
DNA sequencing has advanced immea-
surably since the dawn of the Genome
Project. In fact, as Campbell puts it, Ro-
bot sequencing facilities are turning out
entire genomes faster than scientists can
study them.
Tis has resulted in the development
of entirely new sectors focused exclu-
sively on data management and analysis.
In 2000, it was announced that a
rough draf of the human genome was
complete. Months later, Nature and Sci-
ence published the frst detailed look at
the genome; the entire world was made
privy to the project that promised mira-
cles in the biomedical sciences and fun-
damental changes in the way we under-
stand ourselves in relation to other living
organisms.
Even though the genome wasnt en-
tirely complete, scientists were already
learning things that had never been
known prior to the projects frst publica-
tion.
I remember that one of the big sur-
prises was the number of genes encoded
by the genome, recalled Dr. Charles
Bullerwell of the biochemistry depart-
ment at Mt. A. As I recall, the human
genome was estimated to have around
130,000 genesmany more than mice
and other mammals.
When it was announced that the
number of genes would be likely some-
where less than 30,000, it was quite a
shock to me that the experts would be so
far of the mark.
Using the genome to our advantage
Now, a decade later, we still hope the ge-
nome ofers answers to such questions as
what predisposes us to diseases, why we
age and die, and how genetic informa-
tion codes form the many cell and tissue
types in our bodies. However, much work
is still needed before we begin to see de-
fnitive answers.
Many of these questions require
much more information than just the se-
quence of nucleotides from each chromo-
some of one human being, elaborated
Bullerwell. For example, each individual
has a unique version of the genome, thus
the project will never really be complet-
ed; indeed, companion projects exist to
study such things as the polymorphisms
in genomes from people from diferent
regions of the world.
Perhaps the greatest impact of the Hu-
man Genome Projects work up until this
point is one that rests in its very nature as
an open and free resource to the worlds
scientists. It has provided the opportu-
nity to investigate biological phenomena
in what Nature designates a comprehen-
sive, unbiased, hypothesis-free manner.
All of the sequencing is available on
the Internet, which has resulted in wide-
spread international cooperation and
advancement. Looking forward, it is
this strength toward collaboration that
ofers a bright future. In fact, scientists
are already vigorously pursuing cheap
methods of genome sequencing for wide-
spread use in the medical community.
Still some work to do
Scientists still have a long road ahead,
however, in terms of comprehending the
full depth of information held within the
genome sequence and discovering ad-
ditional variations that are not yet fully
understood. Te stakes are high, but the
potential outcomes of genomics are un-
fathomable.
As Francis Collins, director of the
National Institute of Health and leader
of the Human Genome Project said, I
think its fair to say that history will look
back on the sequencing of the human
genome as the most signifcant achieve-
ment of humankind in science up until
that point. f
...its fair to say that history will look back on the sequencing
of the human genome as the most signicant achievement of
humankind in science...
Francis Collins,
2001
First draft of human
genome sequence
published in Science and
Nature magazines.
1997
Escherichia coli, or E. Coli, genome is sequenced.
French national genome sequencing centre,
Genoscope, opens.
1998
A total of 30,000 genes are incorporated into the
existing human genome map.
Centers for genomic research open in Beijing,
Shanghai, and across Japan.
1999
Beginning of full-scale
human sequencing .
First human chromosome
sequence is completed.
leader of the Human Genome Project
14 | arts&culture thefulcrum.ca | March 39, 2011
THE UPCOMING WEEKS are prom-
ising a bunch of cant-miss concerts
Lady Gaga, Yukon Blonde, and Electric
Six included. I love concerts, and more
especially, I love mosh pits. Having said
that, anyone whos been in a mosh pit has
had at least one bad experience. To help
novice concert-goers (and even veteran
concert-goers) not piss of fellow mosh-
ers, Ive created my 10 mosh pit com-
mandments.
1. Tou shalt not push your way to the
front. If theres no one in front of you, go
as close up as youd like. But dont elbow
people out of the way trying to get to the
stage, pulling your friend in tow, because
people will hate you. Especially those
who got to the concert early enough to
get good spots, who are now being forced
to the back of the pit by you.
2. Tou shalt not complain about
how tall the people are in front of you. If
theyre in front of you, its because they
got there earlier than you. If you have to,
move. But Im not going to move to the
back because Im 58 and you didnt get
here on time.
3. Tou shalt not get mad when people
bump into you. You will get pushed; your
toes will get stepped on; you will have
someone singing in your ear. If you have
issues with personal space, buy a seat in-
stead of a standing ticket.
4. Tou shalt not bring a huge back-
pack. Bumping into someone or stepping
on someones toes is acceptable. Dancing
around with a purse or backpack swing-
ing around is not. Although bumping is
unavoidable, a big bag can be a huge haz-
ard. Leave it at home.
5. Tou shalt be discreet about your
drugs. Please stop screaming about how
high you are. Stop ofering me pills. Stop
lighting up a joint inside (theyre called
brownies, people). Just stop, because se-
curity will come over, and itll totally ruin
the song Im listening to.
6. Tou shalt feel free to sing, provided
you know the words. Singing is so awe-
some when its done by 300 people in uni-
son. But learn the lyricsits too distract-
ing otherwise.
7. If you cant stand the hits, thou shalt
GTFO of the tornado. Some people enjoy
rough dancing; in every rock mosh pit,
dancing people inevitably start hitting
and punching each other, causing the
pit to turn into a swarm I call a torna-
do. Itll only last for a few minutes, but
it wont help if you just stand there and
hope it goes away. Move your ass unless
you want to get seriously maimed.
8. Tou shalt body surfonce. Please
do this safely. Also, be sure to do it once
onlyyou dont want to be that one per-
son whose life goal it is to be carried by
random people through the whole con-
cert. Trust me when I say people will get
sick of you constantly demanding them to
hold you up.
9. Tou shalt not just stand around tak-
ing pictures. So, you sneaked your camera
past security. Very clever. But do you real-
ly want to be the idiot standing complete-
ly still flming the whole concert while
everyone around you is having fun? Make
memories instead of recording the songs.
10. Tou shalt have fun. Cheesy and
completely contradictory to everything
Ive just written here, but dont let anyone
ruin your good time!
arts@thefulcrum.ca
(613) 562 5931
Charlottes 10 mosh
pit commandments
Charlotte Bailey
Arts & Culture Editor
Snapshot
CHUO TOP 10 CHART FEBRUARY
1. My Dad Vs. Yours,Little
Symphonies
2. The Decemberists, The King
is Dead
3. Braids, Native Speaker
4. Destroyer, Kaputt
5. The White Wires, The White
Wires II
6. Seefeel,Seefeel
7. The Go! Team, Rolling
Blackouts
8. Disappears, Guider
9. Jenn Grant, Honeymoon
Punch
10. Slam Dunk,The Shivers
CHOICE GRADE
A MODERN DAY tribute to classic rock,
Choice Grade is everything a rock n roll
band should be. High in energy and true
to their roots, the Ottawa based rock/
blues band delivers a refreshingly classic
sound, with a Canadian twist. With mu-
sical infuences like Deep Purple, Kings
of Leon, and Joel Plaskett, the fve-piece
band blends soulful vocals and drives
electric sounds to create their distinc-
tively upbeat soundthe kind of rock
to which people actually want to dance.
Choice Grade formed in 2008, and
has had tremendous success in the past
few years. In 2009, they won the wild
card vote in the Supernova Battle of the
Bands and the grand prize in the Ener-
gizer national Rock Out & Win contest.
With the release of their frst EP, Its a
Lifestyle, the band is ready to take its
next big step. Choice Grade plans on
applying to the 2011 Live 88.5 FM Big
Money Shot.
KAREN BAILEY
KAREN BAILEY LOVES to paint peo-
ple. Ofen featuring behind-the-scenes
workers and under-recognized people,
the Ottawa born painter compliments
her impressionist style with a sense
of realism. Appointed military artist,
Bailey travelled to Afghanistan to work
with Canadian military medical person-
nel, which gave way to her series Triage.
In her most recent collection, Bailey
depicts the life of friends and family
members, as well as the paraphernalia of
tea. Inspired by pre-WWII photographs
of extended family discovered in her at-
tic, tea/leaves showcases the important
role of tea, in both bringing people to-
gether and tearing them apart. Her work
can be described as an exploration of
humanity; Bailey paints what she sees
while exploring diferent emotions and
colourful palettes, as well as new angles
(check out New Directions).
spotlight on
Michelle Ferguson | Fulcrum Staff
Looks like: Van Gogh meets Monet
(for tea).
Check it out: Karen Baileys series
Triage is currently featured in the
Canadian War Museums exposition
A Brush With War: Military Art from
Korea to Afghanistan, until March 20th.
Her other works, including tea/leaves,
can be found at karenbailey.ca.
Sounds like: The Arkells crashing a jam
session between Liam Gallagher and
the Beatles.
Check it out: Their music can be found
on YouTube under Choice Grade. For
more info, check out myspace.com/
choicegrade.
CHUO TOP 10 CHART FEBRUARY
SPORTS EDITOR | Jaehoon Kim | sports@thefulcrum.ca | (613) 562 5260
SPORTS
15
Jumping over her obstacles
A Gee-Gees story about persevering through kidney disease
Chainey developed a passion for
track and feld at the age of 16, and al-
though she received no proper training
or coaching, her techniques came natu-
rally as she delivered jumps of 161 cen-
timetres. For Chainey, a jumper blessed
with strong acceleration and sprinting
abilities, this was just the start to her
promising athletic career.
To do provincials and competitions
[in track and feld] you have to jump
155 centimetres. I didnt have the right
techniques when I was 16 and I dont
know where the passion came from,
said Chainey. But with the Gee-Gees,
I have the right techniques and I have
more support.
Chaineys competitive drive equipped
her to face various obstacles that came
her way, but nothing could have pre-
pared her for the challenge of her life. It
all happened in Spain 10 years ago when
she was training and learning Spanish.
She started to notice a strange weight
gain that lef her feeling dizzy and inca-
pable of walking up the stairs. Although
Chainey was training hard to shed of
the weight, she had trouble doing so. She
eventually learned that the problem was
more than just a few pounds; it was a
kidney failure.
I went to clinics and hospitals and I
couldnt believe the results, said Chain-
ey. My creatine was high, which indi-
cated kidney failure, my blood pressure
was 220, and I was lucky to still be alive
at that point.
Chainey began using dialysis and
plasmapheresis for platelets treatment.
But soon enough, things got even worse:
she couldnt walk, brush her hair, or en-
gage in other normal daily activities.
Next thing you know, my lungs
stopped working for a bit, my kidney
was failing, and I was intoxicated by my
own blood, explained Chainey. Te
hospital didnt think I would make it
and they phoned my parents to come say
their goodbyes.
But Chainey was born a winner and
not a quitter. A month afer her diagno-
sis, Chainey travelled back to Canada to
continue her treatments. She depended
on a wheelchair for the next four years
of her life.
Te treatments drain you and with
the relapse I dropped to 103 pounds
with no muscle. I never questioned why
this happened; there was always some-
thing I had to fght for, it was always to
stay alive, said Chainey.
Jumping became a metaphor for
Chaineys life. Te higher she aimed
towards her goal of recovery, the more
she was able to overcome her illness. She
began training again in 2004, and slowly
gained enough strength and muscle to
work her way back up to being one of the
top jumpers at the U of O. She thanked
her team for providing her with the sup-
port that she needed to push herself, and
her coaches for not treating her difer-
ently from other athletes.
My team has been amazing with my
case, and not every team would accept
that, said Chainey.
Although Chainey recalled many dif-
fculties in training while on treatment,
she credited her competitive edge and
stubbornness for her ability to perse-
vere. Chainey recently competed at the
Ontario provincial championships and
is looking forward to making the Cana-
dian fnals next year.
Ive always been super ambitious.
I cant change that. Im on dialysis but
I cant sit at home and be awful about
it, she said. Te doctors didnt think I
would make it, but Im here and Im com-
peting; its the best experience ever.
ALL ATHLETES
NEED to have a
competitive drive in
order to achieve victory
in sporting battles. For
Gee-Gees high jumper
Marie-Eve Chainey,
her competitive nature
has allowed her to
fght of a diferent
kind of enemy
kidney disease.
Tamara Tarchichi | Fulcrum Staff
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photo courtesy the UOttawa Gazette
My creatine was high, which indicated kidney failure,
my blood pressure was 220, and I was lucky to still
be alive at that point.
Marie-Eve Chainey
Gee-Gees high jumper
Hometown: Kapuskasing, Ont.
Program: Nursing
Year of studies: third year
Height: Five feet nine inches
2010 City of Ottawas Special
Recognition of Athletic
Achievement Award winner
Had over 800 blood
transfusions since 2001
One of 1.9 million Canadians
with chronic kidney disease
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ON FEB. 19, the Gee-Gees womens
volleyball team (13-6) hosted its frst
home playof game in three years. Teir
opponents? Te Queens Golden Gaels
(12-7), a team that Ottawa already beat
at Montpetit Hall on Feb. 9 by a score
of 3-1. Once again, the Gees powerful
ofence and solid blocking proved to be
too much for Queens, resulting in a 3-0
Ottawa victory.
Despite the sweep, the match was
hard-fought and closely contested
throughout. Rookie Myriam English
started of the frst set with one of her
patented thunderous spikes to give the
Gees an early lead. Te Gaels battled
back, capitalizing of of Ottawas errors
to take a 23-21 advantage late in the frst
set. But just when it looked like the Gees
had lost momentum, Ottawa scored four
straight points, thanks to strong blocks
from middle Kelsie Englishwho was
later named the player of the match. Te
Gees won the frst set 25-23.
I think, more than anything, our
blocking did it today, said Gees head
coach Lionel Woods. More than serv-
ing and our attacks, our blocking made a
diference in what [Queens] could do. Its
why Kelsie won the player of the game;
she was outstanding on the blocks.
Te second set was just as back-and-
forth as the frst. Ottawa was able to pull
out another nail-biting 25-23 win. Soph-
omore Laura Carmanico contributed
seven kills in the set; her attacks were
efective without being overpowering.
In the third and fnal set, Ottawa was
able to win a couple of crucial points
afer long, exhausting rallies. Kelsie
English scored fve points of of blocks
and Carmanico ended the match with
a skillful kill, allowing the Gees to win
25-20.
Every time we have an important
match, they just love to compete, said
Woods. Tese guys just go to another
level with adrenaline.
Im just so proud of the whole team.
Everyone did their part in this game;
this win belongs to everybody, said
ffh-year setter Tess Edwards.
Tanks to the win against Queens,
Ottawa qualifed for the Ontario Final
Four tournament, held at the University
of Guelph, Feb. 2526. In the semifnals,
Ottawa faced the host Guelph Gryphons
(16-3), the number one seeded team in
the conference. Te Gryphons won the
match in straight sets, 25-17, 25-21, 25-
17. Te Gees were overwhelmed by a
Guelph squad playing on home court;
rookie Kayla Bell Hammond scored 10
points to lead the team.
Due to the loss, Ottawa was relegated
to the bronze medal match, held the
very next day. Facing a familiar foe in
the York Lions (14-5), the Gees came up
with a 3-1 victory, ensuring that they
would not return to Ottawa empty-
handed. In her fnal university volley-
ball match, Edwards fnished with 50
assists, 12 digs, and nine points. Tis
marks the Gee-Gees fourth provincial
bronze medal in the history of the wom-
ens volleyball program.
Womens volleyball
Chris Radojewski | Fulcrum Staff
THE OTTAWA MENS hockey team made
great progress compared to last season by
making the playofs as the eighth seed in
the Ontario East division. In the frst game
of the playof series against top-seeded Mc-
Gill (24-2-2), the Gee-Gees (11-14-3) suf-
fered a heartbreaking 2-1 loss on the road.
On Feb. 18, the pressure was on for the
Gees, who had to win at the Sports Com-
plex to stay alive in the best-of-three series.
Within the frst six minutes of the
game, two pucks went past rookie goalie
Harrison May into the Gee-Gees net. Te
defence for the Gees seemed a little of,
which allowed the McGill team to use
simple, rudimentary manoeuvres to put
points on the board.
By the end of the frst period, McGill
was up 6-0. We put ourselves in a hole
really early and we had to battle back,
said frst-year forward Kyle Ireland, who
scored a hat trick in the game.
Veteran goalie Aaron Barton came out
to play goal for the rest of the game, re-
placing May. Te Gee-Gees defence start-
ed to play better as well. Tough McGill
scored two more goals during the second
period, Ottawa put three in the back of the
McGill net, cutting their defcit to 8-3.
Te beginning of the third period gave
some hope for Gee-Gees fans as Ottawa
scored twice in the frst 10 minutes. Howev-
er, McGill responded again to take a 9-5 lead.
Te rest of the game was flled with
physical play from both teams, as the bad
blood boiled over between the two sides.
It resulted in roughing penalties for each
squad. Te Gee-Gees continued to play
hard for the rest of the period with many
scoring opportunities.
In the end, McGill scored the last goal
on an empty net, making the fnal score
10-5. Gees head coach Dave Ledger said,
I fnd that it [was] a shocking game that
we scored fve goals afer being down 6-0.
Its too bad. Its over for us [now], but that
is a window into where the future lies.
McGill advanced to the second round of
the playofs while the Gee-Gees will start
planning for next season.
Jaehoon Kim | Fulcrum Staff
NEEDING TWO VICTORIES in the f-
nal weekend of the regular season to earn
a playof berth, the Gee-Gees womens
hockey team fell just short of their goal.
Afer beating the Montreal Carabins (8-8-
4) 5-3 at the Sports Complex on Feb. 19,
the Gee-Gees visited the Carleton Ravens
(7-8-5) the very next day and lost 2-1. As
a result, Carleton edged out Ottawa for the
fourth and fnal playof spot in the Quebec
conference.
Te Gees played like a desperate team
against Montreal and it paid of early with
fourth-year defender Michelle Snowden
opening up the scoring just three minutes
into the game. Montreal replied with two
quick markers to briefy take the lead, but
fourth-year captain rika Pouliot scored a
power-play goal late in the frst period to
even the score at two.
Ottawa dominated their foes in the
second period, as the Gees had numerous
chances to score from the beginning of the
frame. Fifh-year graduating centre Kayla
Hottot scored on the power-play early in
the period; she would add another goal
before the end of the second. Afer forty
minutes of play, Ottawa led 5-3second-
year forward Fannie Desforges had the
other goal for the Gees on a two-on-one
breakaway chance. Rookie goaltender Tia
Marley made some crucial saves in the
third period to preserve Ottawas lead.
All the big guns like Hottot, Pouliot,
Desforges, and Snowden really played
well tonight and made a big diference,
said Ottawa head coach Yanick Evola. In
particular, Hottot added two assists for a
four-point match in the fnal home game
of her university career.
We have a 50-50 chance tomorrow
against Carleton on the road. Tey have
the momentum and theyre at home. Tey
were resting today and we played today so
we have to make sure that we maintain the
emotion level [from] tonight, said Evola.
Te next day, Ottawa fell to the cross-
town Ravens, despite peppering the Car-
leton net with 38 shots. With the score at
2-1 late in the game, Ottawa attempted a
comeback by pulling its goalie, but was
unable to score on the Ravens netminder.
Ottawa fnished ffh in the Quebec con-
ference with a 7-12-1 record.
Womens hockey
Mens hockey
How did the Gee-Gees fare over reading week?
ALL FIVE WINTER varsity teams were involved
in exciting games during reading week. Four of
them made the playofs; both basketball teams
are still on the hunt for a national championship,
while the womens volleyball team won an OUA
bronze medal. Here is the Fulcrums recap of how
each team fared during the winter break.
FIGHTING TIL THE END
Gee-Gees hockey and volleyball
teams were unable to stave of elimi-
nation during reading week
photos by Alex Martin
ALL F
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sports | 17 thefulcrum.ca | March 39, 2011
Serge Lafontaine and Jaehoon Kim |
Fulcrum Staff
AN ELECTRIC CROWD and high inten-
sity basketball was on display Feb. 23 at
Montpetit Hall as the Laurentian Voyagers
(7-15) took on the Gee-Gees in the Ontar-
io East mens basketball quarterfnals. Te
Gee-Gees (11-11) surged out of the gate in
the frst quarter and ran away with the lead
afer halfime, conquering the sixth-seeded
Voyageurs, 83-77.
Tird-year guard Warren Ward went
straight to work from the start of the game.
His length and poise allowed him to go up-
and-under for picturesque layups. Ward
was also able to hit turnaround jumpers
that capped an 11-0 Gees run in the frst
quarter. But still, Ottawa could not con-
tain the two-headed Voyageur monster
that was Manny and Isiah Pasquale. Te
brothers dissected the Gees defence and
controlled the ofensive pace in the second
quarter as they combined for 21 points.
Laurentian led 42-39 at halfime.
It was time for the Gees to make adjust-
ments.
He got us fred up, said Ward of Gees
head coach James Derouins halfime
speech.
And the Gees came out scorching hot
afer the intermission. Tey tightened up
on defence and spread around the scor-
ing. All fve starters fnished in double
fgures, including rookie guard Johnny
Berhanemeskel, who fnished with 12
points and six rebounds in his frst playof
appearance. Ottawa veteran centre Louis
Gauthier manhandled Laurentians interior
defence, scoring 21 points. And fttingly, it
was Ward who hit a dagger three-pointer
in the fourth quarter, halting a fnal Voya-
geur push. Ward was the games top scorer,
with 24 points.
Five starters in double fgures; thats
what you want in the playofs, said Der-
ouin. And what exactly was said at halfime
to energize the team?
I wont repeat it, thats for sure. But we
just talked about our defensive intensity.
We got comfortable and we got laid back
[in the second quarter].
On Feb. 26, Ottawa travelled to the
University of Toronto (14-8) to face the
Varsity Blues in an Ontario East semif-
nals matchup. Afer Toronto scored on the
opening possession, Ottawa fnished the
frst quarter on a 27-7 run, thanks to third-
year guard Jacob Gibson-Bascombes three
treys. Ward and Berhanemeskel were also
ofensive threats for the Gees, combining
for 10 three-pointers and 42 total points.
Ottawa maintained at least a 15-point lead
throughout the game in a 85-60 blowout
road win.
Even when we were 1-6, I knew that we
were getting better. I tried to tell everyone
that we were still in a good place and the
guys believed in it, said Derouin. We kept
getting better and I couldnt be happier
right now.
It feels amazing. Everything weve been
through this season up until this point,
just to get this big win in the playofs, it
feels really good for our team, said Ber-
hanemeskel. We defnitely kept fghting
[all year]. Were going to keep working in
Hamilton next weekend.
With the victory, Ottawa is now moving
on to the Ontario Final Four tournament
on March 4, hosted by McMaster Uni-
versity. Te Gees will play the Lakehead
Tunderwolves (17-5) in the semifnals at
6 p.m., while Carleton (22-0) and Laurier
(13-9) will battle in the other matchup. A
win against Lakehead (nationally televised
on Te Score) will give Ottawa a berth into
the 2011 Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Championships.
Jaehoon Kim | Fulcrum Staff
THE GEE-GEES WOMENS basketball
team had an extremely busy reading week
as they slogged through a gruelling sched-
ule that saw them play four games in just
nine days. In the end, Ottawa won three
matches, but lost a crucial playof game
to their cross-town rival Carleton Ravens
(18-4). As a result, the Gees chances of
landing a berth in the Canadian Interuni-
versity Sport (CIS) Championships are
still alivebut just barely.
Ottawa (14-8) fnished of its regular
season schedule at home against the Ra-
vens on Feb. 19. Afer trailing by twenty
points midway through the second quar-
ter, the Gees began an improbable come-
back thanks to fourth-year star centre
Hannah Sunley-Paisley. Sunley-Paisley
had a dominant performance against the
Ravens, scoring 25 points and adding 22
rebounds in 39 minutes of play. Ottawa
forced the game into overtime and eventu-
ally claimed a hard-fought 72-68 victory,
avenging their double-overtime loss at the
2011 Capital Hoops Classic.
Four days later, the third-seeded Gees
faced the sixth-seeded York Lions (7-15)
in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA)
East quarterfnals, held at Montpetit Hall.
Ottawa jumped out to a 21-13 lead at the
end of the frst quarter but the feisty Lions
clawed within three points by the end of
the third frame. But once again, Sunley-
Paisleys 26 points and 18 rebounds were
simply too much for the visiting York Li-
ons. Te Gees won 67-53 to advance to the
OUA East Final Four, hosted by the Uni-
versity of Toronto.
On Feb. 26, the Gee-Gees and the Ra-
vens met in a playof match for the third
time in the past three years at the OUA
East semifnals. Afer sufering heart-
breaking defeats to Ottawa for the past
two post-seasons, Carleton fnally won the
latest instalment of the Canal War by a
score of 65-51. Ottawa led 20-13 afer the
frst quarter thanks to third-year forward
Jenna Gilberts 10 points, but the Gees al-
lowed the Ravens to take a 35-31 lead into
the break afer a 15-2 Carleton run.
We werent ready today. Our young
kids had some problems in this one. We
had 11 turnovers at the point guard posi-
tion and obviously youre not going to win
a lot of games [this way], said Gees head
coach Andy Sparks afer the loss.
Carletons veteran guards Alyson Bush
and Jessica Resch combined for 30 points
and 13 rebounds while playing solid de-
fensive games. Sunley-Paisley had a quiet
game against the Ravens, scoring just six
points and fve rebounds; the only bright
spot for Ottawa was Gilbert, who had 19
points and nine rebounds.
Our execution wasnt where it needed
to be. Te better team defnitely won that
one, said Sparks. Weve got to win to-
morrow or were done for the season now.
With the season hanging in the balance,
the Gees faced the Ryerson Rams (10-12)
in the OUA East bronze medal match on
Feb. 27. Despite trailing 25-24 at halfime,
Ottawa never lost its composure in a 67-56
victory. Sunley-Paisley fared much better
against the Rams, scoring 19 points and 15
rebounds while Gilbert added 18 points
and 15 rebounds.
Te Gees will now visit the Western
Mustangs (19-3) on March 5 for the OUA
ffh-place match; the winner is guaran-
teed a berth in the CIS Regionals round of
the Championships. f f
Mens basketball
Womens basketball
photos by Rah Saneie
Even when we were 1-6,
I knew that we were getting
better. I tried to tell everyone
that we were still in a good
place and the guys
believed in it.
SUCCESS ON THE HARDCOURT
Ottawas basketball teams combined to go 4-1 in playof matches
James Derouin,
Gees head coach
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Marco Walker-Ng | Fulcrum
Contributor
ITS TIME TO shed some light on a drink
that is ofen neglected in favour of other
cooler drinks. Im not sure if everyone
knows this, but drinking water is prob-
ably more important than anything else
in the world. Yes, even more important
than updating your Facebook status for
the third time today though Im really
jealous that you got front row seats to
the Justin Bieber concert. So here is the
down-low on H
2
O.
Water fuels your cells and therefore
your entire body
Around 60 per cent of your body is
made up of water. Any sort of dehydra-
tion makes the human machine run a bit
slower. Studies have shown that an ath-
letes performance can decrease simply
by being two per cent dehydrated. Try to
think of something that the body does.
Chances are drinking water can help.
Lacking energy? Chug some water!
Water helps fush out toxins from the
body
Tat is what happens when you pee. You
are getting rid of waste. Te more you
drink, the more toxic waste you excrete.
Water has no calories
Tis makes it the ideal drink if you are
trying to stay trim. One of the simplest
ways to cut out a whole lot of useless calo-
ries is to focus on drinking only water for
beverages. Try drinking a glass of water
when you are really hungry or craving
something sweet like juice. It is amazing
how fast that craving goes away.
Some tips to consider when drinking
water:
How much do I drink?
A good measure is the colour of your
urine. Medieval? Yes. Efective? Hell yes.
Urine should be clear if you are well hy-
drated. Be wary, however, as the more
water you drink, the more trips you will
need to take to the washroom. If you are
the numbers type, take your weight and
divide it by two. Drink that number in
ounces of water per day. So a 145-pound
female should drink 72.5 ounces of H
2
O a
day. If you are an athlete or someone who
exercises very frequently, you may need
to drink even more water.

Marco Walker-Ng is a personal trainer and
a strength coach for the Gee-Gees soccer,
football, and volleyball varsity teams. His
blog can be found at marcoathletics.com.
H2 the Izz-0
Dont waste your money on vitamin
water. Tis is one of those health gim-
micks I referred to in a previous article.
Te amount of vitamins in the water
is negligible. Also, some contain sugar
and sweeteners, two things that we
have a beef with.
Pack a water bottle and make it metal
or glass. Your water bottle is your insur-
ance policy when you get thirsty! If it is
metal or glass, you wont get all those
nasty PCBs you hear about all the time
from plastics. Your non-mutated chil-
dren will thank you! Reuse the glass
jars you get with pasta sauces or other
Jaehoon Kim | Fulcrum Staff
DESPITE THE FACT that several mem-
bers of the swim team fell victim to the
fu, the Gee-Gees turned in an admi-
rable performance at the University of
Calgary, Feb. 24 to 26. Competing at
the 2011 Canadian Interuniversity Sport
(CIS) Swimming Championships, the
mens team fnished in 10th place over-
all, while the women placed 12th. Ot-
tawa picked up three medals at the com-
petition, including the teams frst ever
nationals gold medalwon by third-
year swimmer Matt Hawes in the 200-m
backstroke event.
On day one of the Championships,
a depleted Gee-Gees squad got of to a
relatively slow start. Hampered by ill-
ness, Ottawa only managed to earn three
top ten fnishes on the frst day of the
competition. Hawes fnished in seventh
in the 50-m backstroke, while teammate
Adam Best set a personal record in the
same event and fnished ninth. Te mens
400-m freestyle relay teamheadlined
by Hawes and Bestalmost reached the
podium with a sixth place fnish; they
did manage to set a new school record.
Hawes fnally broke through for Ot-
tawas frst medal on day two: a silver
medal in the mens 100-m backstroke
event. Te womens team achieved more
success as well, with the womens 800-
m freestyle relay team achieving a sixth
place fnish. Rookie swimmer Ashley
Wright set a school record in the wom-
ens 200-m butterfy event, fnishing in
ninth place. But perhaps the most re-
markable Gee-Gee of the day was Phil-
lippe Bastien, who fnished sixth in the
mens 50-m butterfy raceBastien was
one of the fu-stricken Gee-Gees.
Tat was impressive, but these guys
really want to race, said Gees head
coach Derrick Schoof in an interview
with Sports Services. Even if they are
down and out for a day or two, the min-
ute they start feeling better again, theyre
going to want to jump right back in the
pool.
On the fnal day of the competition,
Ottawa dominated the 200-m back-
stroke event, with Hawes earning the
historic gold medal, and Best right be-
hind with a silver medal fnish.
We defnitely built momentum as the
meet went on. Obviously being hit hard
with the fu really seemed to take the
wind out of our sails in the beginning,
said Schoof. But once we found our
stride and got our momentum going on
the second day and then with [Hawes]
and [Best] fnishing one-twothats
pretty signifcant for the University of
Ottawa.
Simply the best
Matt Hawes earns rst place nish at CIS Championships
Put down the Kool-Aid and pick up some water
Mens team: Fourth place overall
Womens team: Fifh place overall
Top results:
Womens pentathlon: First-year
Michele Krech, gold, 3,582 points
Mens pentathlon: Fourth-year
Patrick Arbour, gold, 3,490 points
Mens long jump: Second-year Chris-
topher Greenaway, silver, 7.29m
Womens 60-m hurdlers: First-year
Ashlea Maddex, silver, 8.59s
Womens 4x200-m relay: silver, 1:42.56
Womens 4x400-m relay: silver, 3:51.76
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FIRST EVER GOLD MEDAL
Matt Hawes won the Gee-Gees frst CIS gold in program history
photo by Matt Staroste
2011 Ontario Track and
Field Championships
Hosted by York University,
Feb. 2526
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Theatre
March 3: Cedar Lake Contempo-
rary Ballet presents Orbo Novo at
the National Arts Centre (53 Elgin
St.), 7:30 p.m.
March 6: Paco Pea Flamenco Vivo
at the National Arts Centre (53 Elgin
St.), 7:30 p.m.
March 13: The High Commission
of Indias presentation of Shakun-
thalam at the National Arts Centre
(53 Elgin St.), 7:30 p.m.
March 16April 2: Saint Carmen of
The Main at the National Arts Cen-
tre (53 Elgin St.), 7:30 p.m.
Music
March 5: Brainhunter, The Shakey
Aches, The Start, and Move Your
Mountain play Zaphod Beeblebrox
(27 York St.), 8 p.m.
March 5: Mistake Makers, Dead
Weights, Police Funeral, and Lost
Youth play 654 Maclaren St., 7 p.m.
March 5: Land Of Talk and Valleys
play Mavericks (221 Rideau St.),
9 p.m.
March 5: GOOD2GO and New Car
Smell play Irenes Pub (885 Bank
St.), 9 p.m.
March 6: Acres of Lions, Brights,
Hamilton, and Dead Weights play
Cafe Dekcuf (221 Rideau St.),
7 p.m.
March 8: Dave Hause, Grey King-
dom, and Jonathan Becker play
Raw Sugar Cafe (692 Somerset St.
W.), 7 p.m.
March 9: Siskiyou, Black Lungs,
The Acorns Rolf Klausener, and
Roberta Bondar, play Cafe Dekcuf
(221 Rideau St.), 8 p.m.
March 9: Plants And Animals and
Karkwa play Capital Music Hall (128
York St.), 8 p.m.
March 10: Down With Webster and
Sweet Thing play the Bronson Cen-
tre (211 Bronson Ave.), 7 p.m.
March 10: Necronomicon, Dark-
ness Rites, and Immersed play
Zaphod Beeblebrox (27 York St.),
8 p.m.
March 11: Rah Rah, Grand Motel,
Fire and Neon, and Oceans play
Cafe Dekcuf (221 Rideau St.),
8 p.m.
March 12: The Rebel Spell, Ma-
chine Gun Dolly, Wooka Tribe, and
RawRawRiot play Cafe Dekcuf
(221 Rideau St.), 7:30 p.m.
March 12: Young Galaxy, Bravesta-
tion, and Loon Choir play Mavericks
(221 Rideau St.), 8 p.m.
March 14: Lymbyc Systym, We Fled
Cairo, and I Spell It Nature play Cafe
Dekcuf (221 Rideau St.), 8 p.m.
March 15: Kalmah, Warcall, Insur-
rection, and Accursed Spawn play
The Rainbow (76 Murray St.), 7 p.m.
March 16: Kid Liberty, I Call Fives,
Rust Belt Lights, Sharks, and Red
Rocket play Mavericks (221 Rideau
St.), 6 p.m.
March 17: The Gatineau Steamers,
The Chapeau Irish Fiddler Band,
and Quin Gibson play The Rainbow
(76 Murray St.), 2 p.m.
March 24: Protest The Hero, May-
lene and the Sons of Disaster, and
TesseracT play Capital Music Hall
(128 York St.), 7 p.m.
March 25: Basia Bulat and The
Wilderness Of Manitoba play the
First Baptist Church (140 Laurier
Ave. W.), 7 p.m.
March 26: Jeff Martin 777, Flower-
child, and Gabriel Lee play Capital
Music Hall (128 York St.), 8 p.m.
March 30: Born Rufans and First
Rate People play Ritual nightclub
(174 Rideau St.), 8 p.m.
April 1: Comeback Kid, Title Fight,
The Carrier, Counterparts, and
Constraints play Mavericks (221
Rideau St.), 6:30 p.m.
April 1: Subsistance, Machine Gun
Dolly, The Rotten, Hellbats, The
Scally Cap Brats play Cafe Dekcuf
(221 Rideau St.), 7 p.m.
April 2: August Burns Red, Set Your
Goals, Born Of Osiris, and Texas In
July play Capital Music Hall (128
York St.), 6:30 p.m.
Film
March 4: The Adjustment Bureau
released to theatres
March 4: Rango released to
theatres
March 4: Beastly released to
theatres
March 4: Take Me Home Tonight
released to theatres
March 11: Battle: Los Angeles
released to theatres
March 11: Mars Needs Moms
released to theatres
March 11: Red Riding Hood
released to theatres
March 11: Jane Eyre released to
theatres
March 18: Limitless released to
theatres
March 18: The Lincoln Lawyer
released to theatres
March 18: Paul released to theatres
March 18: Win Win released to
theatres
March 25: Sucker Punch released
to theatres
March 25: Diary of a Wimpy Kid:
Rodrick Rules released to theatres
April 1: Source Code released to
theatres
Visual Art
NowApril 17: Che Bella Linea:
Italian Master Prints, 15001650
exhibition at the National Gallery of
Canada (380 Sussex Dr.)
NowApril 24: It Is What It Is. Re-
cent Acquisitions of New Canadian
Art exhibition at the National Gallery
of Canada (380 Sussex Dr.)
NowApril 29: Alex Colville: The
Formative Years, 1938-1942 ex-
hibition at the National Gallery of
Canada (380 Sussex Dr.)
Sports
March 5: Mens and womens track
and cross-country Super Saturday
Series at Louis-Riel Dome, 10 a.m.
Miscellaneous Happenings
March 3: Dont Feed the
Stereotypes: The Experience of
Refugee Students in Canada in the
University Centre Couch Lounge,
5 p.m.
NowMarch 5: The 34rd Annual
Canadian Improv Games
2011-Ottawa Regional Tournament
at the National Arts Centre (53 Elgin
St.)
March 10: The 31st Annual Genie
Awards at the National Arts Centre
(53 Elgin St.), 7 p.m.
March 13: The Humane Society
Benet featuring Tanya Janca,
Courtney Thorman, Lauren Cauchy,
and Annelise Petlock at Mercury
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March 26: The Ottawa Theatre
Challenge in honour of World
Theatre Day featuring Company of
Fools Theatre at the National Arts
Centre (53 Elgin St.), 7:30 p.m.
Mar. 29: An Evening with David
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(53 Elgin St.), 8 p.m.
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Dear Di...
Sexy Sidenote:
About four per cent of the
population of the United States
publicly identies themselves
as either gay, lesbian, or
bisexual.
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Dear Di,
I went down South for reading week and
got an awesome tan. Well, everywhere
but my butt anyways. Normally this
would be no big deal, but when I got
home I had an email from my crush
asking me on a date. Di, Ive been try-
ing to bang this guy for months and
this weekend could be my big shot.
I cant risk turning him of with my
pasty-looking ass and I dont have time
to tan it away. What do I do? Is there
any way I can get rid of it in time,
or do I just have to cross my fngers
and hope that hes into ass stripes?
Wallowing Over my White Butt
Dear WOWB,
Considering you have so little time to
come up with a solution, there is only
so much advice I can give you about
tanning your butt to match the rest of
your hide. While I will warn you to skip
the salon and stick to a self-tanner, if
you are hell-bent on having a brown
bottom in time for date night, I think
youd be better of to take a chill pill
than to spend any more time obsess-
ing about your of-coloured ass.
It doesnt take a ton of time on the
Internet to fgure out that lots of guys
are into tan lines. Tere are countless
blogs and porn sites dedicated to dudes
that love lines on their ladiesand
who could blame them? On an all-
over brown body, tan lines essentially
highlight all the hot areas. What man
could be opposed to a map of all
the areas only he is privileged to?
Realistically, my pale-patootied pal,
theres only so much you can do before
the weekend comes along. If youre still
in an uproar about your white butt,
you might as well relax and hope that,
instead of a turn-of, your tan lines
function as a conversation starter.
Love, Di
Dear Di,
Lately I fnd Ive been more and more
interested in getting involved on campus.
Ive been checking out teams and clubs all
over the U of O, and one place I stopped
by in my search for a new pastime was
the Fulcrum. Stupid me , I guess I didnt
realize everyone was out of town for
reading week. Tere was one luscious
lady there though who was good enough
to give me the info I needed. Long story
short Di, I think Im in love. Tis girl
was by far the nicest, coolest, and hottest
woman I have ever met. I have to have
her. Has anyone at work mentioned
meeting someone interesting lately? Are
most of the ladies you work with single?
In Love With an Editor
Dear ILWE,
Oh, how I love an of ce romance. It gives
my work friends and me plenty to gossip
about, and ensures at least one of the edi-
tors around here is getting laid as much as
I think they ought to. As long as nobodys
doing it on my desk, Im all for of ce love.
Sadly for you, my aspiring little
volunteer, there are an awful lot of
women that work in this of ce, and in my
opinion, theyre all pretty hot. Without
a bit more of a description, Im not sure
I can help you. I will say though that,
among the of ce ladies, a large number
are on the market, and if one were to
mention that shed met a hot honey like
yourself I could defnitely do my part
to convince her to get close to you.
If you want another shot at talking to
your Fulcrum femme, stop by the of ce on
Tursday at 1 p.m. for our staf meeting
I can guarantee every lovely lady of the
of ce will be there by then. Best of luck!
Love, Di
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OPINIONS
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Its not courtesy to condescend
point/counter-point
point
CHIVALRY IS DEAD. Tank god.
Originating in the Middle Ages, the
concept of chivalry evolved from the
notion that a knight ought to protect
the dames of the village to the modern
notion that a dude ought to look out for
helpless chicks. While the subtle nuances
may have changedprotecting a woman
from danger rarely involves standing in
between stray arrows these daysthe
concept reinforces sexist and paternalist
understandings of female inferiority to
males.
Chivalry has always been premised on
the idea that women are incapable or un-
willing of taking care of themselves, and
thus require the heroic and dutiful care
of men. Te concept of chivalry has be-
come so confated with notions of simple
courtesy, it continues to reinforce tradi-
tional, and ofen harmful, gender norms.
So what acts constitute chivalry? A
quick Google search returns the follow-
ing instruction as a part of the Code of
Chivalry by iVillage: Encounter a re-
volving door when you are walking with
a girl, you should enter it frst so that
you may push the door. (Of course, you
should not push it too fast, so that the
girl has to leap like a gazelle to enter the
revolving door youve set spinning out of
control.)
From this rule and others like it, its
easy to conclude the requisite roles for
women: to subsume the characteristics
of docile, wide-eyed creatures. Notice the
ease at which the source of this code re-
duces all females to girls (mere infants!)
andin the same sentenceroaming
animals that cannot understand the
complexity of a turning door.
Its not these acts of chivalrypay-
ing for a shared meal, helping with a
heavy winter coat, or holding open a
doorthemselves that are problematic.
Rather, what is concerning are the un-
derlying assumptions of a womans inad-
equacy and a males duty that are subtly
being reinforced. Presumptuous at best,
paternalistic at worst, the implicit under-
standing of female dependency on males
is hidden from criticism by the facade of
kind consideration. Chivalry should not
be confused with common courtesy and
polite mannerismand were the burden
of these good social graces placed equally
on both genders, the debate over the con-
cept would be rendered moot.
When its proponents wax nostalgic
of a golden age of chivalrywhen men
wore suits and women apronsthey glo-
rify this period without consideration for
the implications of rampant and unques-
tioned sexism. Tis promotion of tradi-
tional gender norms, which has become
entrenched, accepted cultural practices,
is detrimental to the advancement of full
gender equality. As long as the notion of
chivalry exists as a concept above and
beyond the basic requirements of a good
human person, the underlying assump-
tions will also remain true.
So to those who lament chivalrys
decline, I say, its about time. Cheque,
please.
Jessie Willms
counterpoint
Its just kindness
CHIVALRY ISNT DEAD. I hope, at
least. Chivalry is just a way men show
that they care. Im not talking about
a guy carrying me across puddles or
throwing down his coat so I can walk
over mud. To me, chivalry consists of the
little things. Opening doors. Standing
when a lady enters the room. Giving up
your seat on the bus to the woman with
groceries. Simple, kind acts that, when
they come from men, are deemed chiv-
alrous.
While I consider myself a little tra-
ditional, I dont think that Im behind
the times when it comes to womens is-
sues. Women should have every right
that men have, and that there are some
gender stereotypes that are detrimental
to those to which they are appliedbut
I honestly dont believe that the ways in
which people show their kindness is one
of them. If a man wants to show his re-
spect for a woman, shouldnt he be able
to do it without fear that he might be
seen as condescending?
Maybe theres an argument that chiv-
alry stems from the idea that women
cant take care of themselvesthat they
arent strong or smart enough to open
doors or pay for their own meals. Even if
this is true, and that men started being
nice only to be condescending toward
women, thats not the case today. Being
chivalrous means being a gentleman,
which requires a certain amount of re-
spect for women.
Most men know that women are ca-
pable of paying for their own meals and
opening their own doors, but they en-
gage in the traditional niceties as a to-
ken of respect. Yes, it means that theyre
living up to gender stereotypes. But lets
reverse the roles: If I, as a woman, feel
like putting on an apron and baking you
a fresh batch of warm cookies to show
you I care, what would you do? Roll your
eyes and give me a lecture on how youre
perfectly capable of making your own
cookies, and how my act of kindness is
detrimental to my gender? Or would you
say thank you and have a cookie?
Chivalry shouldnt be written of as
something thats unattractive to women.
Maybe some ladies fnd it insulting to
have their chairs pulled outothers fnd
that it makes them feel special. Whatever
your preference, when it comes to chiv-
alry, whats the harm? Its just another
way for people to show their respect for
one another. So if a guy wants to be chiv-
alrous, why would I complain?
Charlotte Bailey
Chivalry is
dead, but
should we
miss it?
From this rule and others like
it, it is easy to conclude the
requisite roles for women: it
requires they subsume the
characteristics of docile, wide-
eyed creature.
An antiquated concept or just a
expression of respect
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THE FULCRUM RETURNED from
reading week excited to fnally fnd out
who won the Student Federation of the
University of Ottawa (SFUO) elections.
Many of us were travelling until the early
hours on Monday, and we came into the
of ce groggy and exhausted. Opening up
the SFUO website, we saw that:
#1. Tere were no of cial results, only
preliminary ones; and
#2. Te preliminary results were diferent
from what we had originally seen before
reading week.
Te obvious diference: vp fnance
winner Tristan Dnomme was dis-
qualifed. Not only that, but the Board
of Administration (BOA) had passed a
motion that removed the Student Arbi-
tration Committee from the elections
appeal process, a body that is supposed
to act as an impartial representative for
candidates.
Remind us never to go on holiday again.
First of all, wasnt Dnomme elect-
ed? Didnt he obtain the majority of the
votes? Since when did the elections com-
mittee or the BOA have the authority to
disqualify someone afer the fact?
Obviously, this is a huge blow to de-
mocracy on campus. Te elections com-
mittee has decided that, regardless of the
turnout of the election, the candidate
chosen by the majority cannot be allowed
into of ce. Tey also presented a motion
to remove the only unbiased organiza-
tion that could defend his appeal. Tey
did this the day before they announced
the disqualifcation. Coincidence? Prob-
ably not.
Youve also probably noticed the front
page of our newspaper and the news sec-
tion, where three of the six SFUO ex-
ecutives came into our of ce and said: if
this decision is allowed to remain, it will
prove the illegitimacy of our student gov-
ernment. Its one thing that the students
of the U of O dont think of the BOA or
the SFUO as being legitimate, but when
half of the executive admits it as well, you
know something is wrong.
Te BOA is blatantly ignoring the
rules and regulations put in place by
their own constitution in favour of the
quick n easy approach. It has happened
countless times over the years; policy has
been ignored in order to pass motions on
their own terms and agendas. As elected
of cials of the students at the U of O, this
should not be the case. We pay you to fol-
low procedure. We pay you to have only
the interests of your faculty at heart. We
pay you to ignore prior friendships and
petty politics and focus on the issues at
hand.
So far, we havent seen any of it.
Dnommes disqualifcation was just
the trigger. Students and SFUO politi-
cians have been unhappy with the BOA
for a while now, and these last few rulings
have just made this more obvious to the
rest of the student population. We won-
der what the voter turnout will be next
year, afer the votes of 10 per cent of the
population were ignored?
Tere is absolutely no reason for stu-
dents to return to the ballot box for their
supposedly-elected representatives if
their votes and voices are not going to be
taken seriously. Te BOA doesnt seem to
understand that if they decide to uphold
these ridiculous and stupid decisions,
they are not only deligitimizing the un-
dergraduate governance at the University
of Ottawa in the present, but they will
seriously damage it for the foreseeable
future. Just as it is easier to criticize than
praise, it is much easier to lose legitimacy
than it is to gain it.
Tis upcoming Sunday, the 25 mem-
bers of the BOA will vote to determine
next years vp fnance, the same vote al-
ready put to the 35,000 undergraduate
students of the University of Ottawa over
a week agoapparently, their votes were
not good enough.
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