Interrobang Issue For October 17th, 2011

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Volume 44 Issue No. 8 October 17, 2011 www.fsu.ca/interrobang/
Stephannie Leach is in the Level
3 (second year) of Developmental
Service Worker program. Im
21 years old and legally blind,
said Leach. I navigate the col-
lege with my guide dog. I strive
for accessibility for people with
disabilities and am a very inde-
pendent, confident person and
advocate.
1. Why are you here?
To gain experience and complete
my education for a fulfilling
career.
2. What was your life-changing
moment?
Going to a special school for peo-
ple who are blind and receiving my
guide dog. It helped make me a
very confident individual.
3. What music are you currently
listening to?
FM 96.
4. What is the best piece of
advice youve ever received?
Look at things open-mindedly and
you can go far in life.
5. Who is your role model?
Avril Lavigne.
6. Where in the world have you
travelled?
To several different states and
provinces.
7. What was your first job?
Receptionist.
8. What would your last meal
be?
Tim Hortons iced cap, sandwich
and soup.
9. What makes you uneasy?
Feeling depressed and rocking
vehicles.
10. What is your passion?
Making the world 100 per cent
accessible and enhancing quality
of life for people with disabilities.
Do you want Fanshawe to know 10
Things About You? Just head on
over to fsu.ca/interrobang and
click on the 10 Things I Know
About You link at the top.
10 Things I Know About You...
Leach keeps an open mind
CREDIT: SUBMITTED
Stephannie Leach is trying to make the world a more accessible place.
CREDIT: ANTHONY CHANG
Former Fanshawe Falcon Pat Sewell continues his attempt to make the London Lightning basketball team. The
Lightning play in the inaugural season of the National Basketball League of Canada.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
WHAT
ARE
YOUR
MIDTERM
STUDY
TIPS?
Spenser Hauraney
I dont study for midterms - it
just doesnt work for me. I do
read over slides from class,
but I dont really study.
Alexandra Andersen
I usually read the textbook
and do the practice
questions. I find it helps most
of the time.
Deanna Mitchell
Get a tutor if you need one.
Read over your notes from
each class so you know what
your teachers are going to
be talking about each week.
Nathan Tong
Take accurate notes and
go through them every day.
Also, study groups might be
good for some people - I was
in one and found it helpful.
Amanda Taverner
Keep reviewing your notes,
and stay away from social
networking sites as much as
possible.
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Fanshawe College and the
Fanshawe Student Union are team-
ing up to encourage students to be
a little sweeter this week with the
1,000 Acts of Kindness campaign.
On October 19, 20 and 21, volun-
teers will be stationed all around
campus to hand out 1,000 candy
hearts to remind everyone to have
a heart and pass the good feelings
forward.
Meredith Fraser, of LUSO
Community Services, started the
1,000 Acts of Kindness campaign
in 2009. The goal is to work
toward ending hate by choosing to
spread kindness instead, she said
during the campaign in 2010. Last
year, over 54,000 kind acts were
registered on the 1,000 Acts of
Kindness website throughout
October.
We want to get involved in this
London-based initiative, said
John Young, Operations Manager
for the FSU.
An act of kindness can be
something as easy as opening a
door (for someone), helping lift a
box, giving somebody a call, talk-
ing to your mom, he continued.
It doesnt have to be a big thing,
and it makes you feel good.
Young recalled his most recent
act of kindness, when he helped
some high school students at
Rainbow Cinemas downtown.
Three young people were waiting
for the use of a payphone, and one
had lost his wallet. They had no
money and were hoping to call
someone for a ride, said Young.
They were flustered and frustrat-
ed, and they were scared they were
going to miss the last bus (home).
Sensing the youths distress,
Young pulled out his wallet and
gave them a bus ticket. They were
so blown away, he recalled.
They thanked me profusely
hundreds of times and they left to
catch their bus.
It felt great to help, he said. It
was an actual incident I came upon
that I could impact Its that sort
of stuff that you hope other people
will do. It was simple, inexpen-
sive, only took a minute and his
small act really brightened some
peoples night, he added.
So whether its helping out a
stranger or a best friend, whether
its as big as helping someone
move or as small as giving them a
bus ticket, have a heart this week,
Fanshawe. Be kind!
For more information on the
London-wide 1,000 Acts of
Kindness campaign or to register
your kind act online, visit
1000acts.ca.
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Fanshawe Colleges Rob
Werstine, a Physiotherapist at the
Fowler Kennedy Sports Medicine
Clinic, has recently become the new
President of the Canadian
Physiotherapy Association. The
president is decided through a dem-
ocratic process where an open call
for nominations is followed by a
vote by all CPA members, making
the presidency quite an honour.
The CPA represents 12,000 phys-
iotherapists across Canada, approx-
imately 60 per cent of all physio-
therapists in the country. Their main
role is political and economic advo-
cacy for their members, as well as
professional development.
Werstine has been working at the
Fowler Kennedy Sports Medicine
Clinic at Fanshawe for 10 years and
has been dedicated to making phys-
iotherapy services more accessible
for all Fanshawe students. Very
recently we got through working
with the Student Union office on
the development of a benefits pack-
age for students that has $300 of
physiotherapy coverage, which
would allow almost 66 per cent of
the visit to a physiotherapist to be
covered through the benefits pack-
age, said Werstine.
One of the most common com-
plaints Werstine hears from stu-
dents is about lower back pain,
which he says is usually a result of
poor posture. Usually, students
arent just sitting around all sum-
mer, and they come back to school
and its a different kind of strain
through their backs.
As it stands for now, Fanshawe
students can directly access physio-
therapy without requiring a family
doctors referral. Legally, theres
no barrier to access physiotherapy
directly. Many insurance compa-
nies create an artificial barrier
the more barriers they put in front of
people to get money back from their
insurance program for physiothera-
py or dental or whatever, then the
less money they have to pay out.
Werstine and the team at Fowler
Kennedy also work closely with
intercollegiate athletics, providing
coverage for home field events,
including soccer, badminton, bas-
ketball and volleyball, to name a
few. (Our) partnership with inter-
collegiate athletics (ensures) that
varsity athletes have quick and easy
access to the clinic, that financially
their visits are not going to drain
them of financial resources, said
Werstine, noting that varsity ath-
letes are frequent visitors of the
clinic for repetitive strain injuries,
ankle sprains, knee injuries and
back injuries.
In keeping with the CPAs man-
date, Werstine is dedicated to help-
ing students overall health by
restoring, maintaining and maxi-
mizing the strength, function and
movement of patients. We are
looking at trying to empower our
patients to take control of whatever
problem that they have. The impor-
tant thing is that, at 3 oclock in the
morning, if you wake up with pain,
Im not going to be there, I dont
want to be there, I want to provide
you with the strategies and tools
that you need to live a happy
healthy life.
For more information, visit
fowlerkennedy.com or visit the
Health Services Medical Clinic in
SC1001.
Werstine helps students get back in motion
KIRSTEN ROSENKRANTZ
INTERROBANG
Have a heart: Be (extra) kind this week
ERIKA FAUST
INTERROBANG
CREDIT: KIRSTEN ROSENKRANTZ
Fanshawe Physiotherapist Rob Werstine, seen here hard at work at Fowler Kennedy Sports Medicine Clinic, was
voted as the new President of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association.
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Parkinson Society Southwestern
Ontario will be holding its first
Life in Balance workshop for peo-
ple with Young-Onset Parkinsons
at the Delta London Armouries
Hotel on Saturday, October 22.
The workshop is sponsored by
Simple Financial and runs from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Parkinsons disease is a neu-
rodegenerative disorder that affects
nearly 100,000 Canadians. It caus-
es tremors, slowness and stiffness,
impaired balance and rigidity of
the muscles. One in 10 people with
Parkinsons are under the age of 40
when diagnosed, making further
development of support programs
for sufferers of Young-Onset
Parkinsons a goal of the PSSO.
Manager of Programs and
Services Tracey Jones said that
typical support services for people
with Parkinsons are geared
towards people over the age of 60,
and arent working for the younger
group. According to Jones, this
workshop is designed to connect
people with Young-Onset
Parkinsons with each other so we
are able to look at improving our
support services.
The day will feature four speak-
ers with topics designed to build on
everyday strategies and help peo-
ple achieve a better quality of life:
Jennifer Barlow, Associate Lawyer
at Lerner and Associates, will
cover Understanding Your Rights
as an Employee; Patrycja Birbaum,
Social Worker for Clinical
Neurosciences at the London
Health Sciences Centre is dis-
cussing Sexual Relationships and
Parkinsons: Understanding
Changes; Christopher Burton,
Personal Financial Coach at
Simple Financial, is presenting
Planning Your Financial Future;
and Ph.D. student at UWO Mike
Ravenek is discussing Information
Needs for Individuals with Young-
Onset Parkinsons.
I know for a fact that there are
pockets of people across our region
(with Young-Onset Parkinsons).
We just thought its an opportunity
to bring together as many people as
we can, said Jones, emphasizing
her hope that this event will not
only provide a supportive social
networking group for people with
Parkinsons, but that it will also
help the PSSO identify who is
affected in the region. Its about
quality of life, and this will provide
another avenue for those with
Young-Onset Parkinsons.
In the future, Jones said she
plans to hold events like this one a
few times per year in cities across
Southwestern Ontario.
There is a $25 registration fee.
Contact Tracey Jones at 519-652-
9437 ext. 28 to register for the
workshop. Visit parkinsonsoci-
ety.ca for more information on
Parkinsons disease and support
services.
Event connects young people with Parkinsons
ERIKA FAUST AND
KIRSTEN ROSENKRANTZ
INTERROBANG
TORONTO (CUP) Students
wont be forced to visit a pharma-
cy to buy energy drinks after cer-
tain proposed regulations were
recently turned down by the feder-
al government, though consumers
will see some smaller changes to
familiar products over the next
couple of years.
Federal Health Minister Leona
Aglukkaq announced new regula-
tions surrounding the creation and
sale of energy drinks across the
country though the products
will still be available in the same
stores in which consumers can cur-
rently find them. The initial recom-
mendation to restrict the sale of
energy drinks to pharmacies origi-
nated from a Health Canada expert
panel that issued a report that also
suggested energy drinks should be
renamed stimulant drug contain-
ing drinks.
I think the question is not
Should these be sold on campus-
es? but How should they be
sold? said Toronto Public Health
dietitian Didem Varol. Theres
pretty much enough consensus out
there to say, Look, this is some-
thing that we should take with cau-
tion, so if were going to offer
these on campuses, what can we do
to make sure that harm is mini-
mized to students?
Despite the rejection of the
panels initial pharmacy-sale rec-
ommendations, Health Canadas
new regulations will limit the
amount of caffeine in energy
drinks to 180 mg in a single serv-
ing. As the governments decision
now considers energy drinks as
foods instead of natural health
products, new labels indicating
nutritional information are now
required. Warnings highlighting
the health concerns of mixing the
drinks with alcohol will also have
to be present.
It might be wise to not let them
be sold in bars because that seems
to be the big problem, suggested
Ryerson University Early
Childhood Education student
Meagan Salsbury. If theyre that
concerned, I think it would make
more sense to make them (only
available to those 19 years old) and
over, like cigarettes.
Labels will also have to indicate
the amount of caffeine in the prod-
uct. The new regulation of energy
drinks as a food means that they
can be subjected to stricter govern-
ment rulings.
The new regulations also dictate
that the companies that produce
energy drinks will have to let
Health Canada know of any con-
sumer complaints regarding their
drinks, as well as provide more
information around the sale and
consumption of the drinks.
I get where theyre coming
from, but I dont think its that big
of a deal, said Ryerson Business
Management student Anthony
Volpe. Its consumers who are
doing it wrong, not the producers
or the sellers, so the regulation is
smart.
Energy drink companies will be
expected to meet the new federal
regulations over the next 18 to 24
months.
Energy drinks to remain widely available, despite new federal rules
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1. What has been your best memory at
Fanshawe so far?
Too many to choose from, and were only coming to the end
of (October) ... I was not as outgoing in high school, so I
love how amazing the people at Fanshawe are. The place and
time dont matter - it is never-ending fun.
2. If someone forced you to get a
tattoo, what would it be and why?
It will be an Alice in Wonderland themed por trait tattoo of
the Foster kids I cared for, no force necessary ... The novels
were very special to me growing up, and the five girls I was
lucky to have call me Mom will never be forgotten. I cannot
think of a better way to keep a little par t of them with me
always.
3. Who is your celebrity crush?
Andrew Lee Potts
4. Whats your most embarrassing
childhood memory?
I used to be a serious tomboy, and it seems we hit puber ty
first, lol. In Grade 5, all of my guy pals and I hit a hot tub.
I went to wet my hair back, and as I shot back out of the
water, I lost my top...*seriously red in the face*
5. If your life was a TV show, what
would your theme song be?
Accidentally in Love by Counting Crows because I fall for
a random place or person and it always leads to something
unexpected ... also it has a dancing animated bunny in its
video, lol.
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Amanda Gall, SAC Rep Tourism and Hospitality
ERIKA FAUST INTERROBANG
As an editorialist, I tend to walk (erm
write) on the controversial side of the
spectrum. Touching upon subjects like
whether religion or science has caused more
human catastrophe, whether certain behav-
iours should remain gendered and whether
humans have the right to play God via
technological intervention, for example
Im sure you get why I also tend to piss a lot
of people off.
But, of course, this is NOT my motivation,
but rather a symptom of the fact that indi-
viduals frequently get emotional when one
expresses strong convictions about, well,
just about anything. I must be doing my job
right, however, if Im at least getting you to
think; after all, you wouldnt be reacting
emotionally unless that were being accom-
plished. Just saying
The problem, in my view, does not lie
within maintaining opinions nor expressing
them. As someone who gets paid to tout her
thoughts, Id be a huge hypocrite if I were
not always readily and happily available for
a good debate. Instead, the problem rests in
our reactions upon hearing something that
flies in the face of everything we believe,
likely always have believed and/or hold dear
to our hearts. When it comes to differences
of opinion, what sets apart the psychologi-
cally mature and immature then comes down
to three distinct characteristics:
1) the former does not cling to his/her val-
ues, attitudes and beliefs in ignorance (i.e.:
he/she has strong validation, if not research,
to refer to in order to back up his/her opin-
ions. In a word, such an individual is
invested into who they are and why they
believe what they do. Theres that good old
introspection again!)
2) the former is willing to admit errors in
judgement upon the acquisition of new
information and therefore adjust his/her
views accordingly
And finally and most importantly, 3) the
former is respectfully accepting of the opin-
ions of others, even when they directly con-
tradict his/her own views (i.e.: he/she will
simply agree to disagree)
With all of this said, I hope it is obvious
that it is NOT the impassioned emails I
receive from readers pointing out the
flaws (in their opinions) of my views that
bothers me. In fact, I ALWAYS (and you
can quote me on this) take the time to read
through their arguments and respond in an
objective fashion. The issue I have is when
my simple expression of a given opinion
somehow transforms me in my entirety into
an individual characterized by a derogatory
comment, particularly when its being
uttered by someone who doesnt know a
thing about me other than the fact we do not
see eye-to-eye in ONE area. This is what is
known, psychologically speaking, as a per-
sonal attack. But before I get into that defi-
nition, Id like to point out what I feel are
two important pieces of information to con-
sider from my perspective in this equation
(sorry for all the numbered lists!):
1) I dont recall ever forcing anyone to
read my writings
Moreover, 2) I dont recall ever forcing
anyone to accept my opinions as their own
Now, in any disagreement with another
individual, you always have a clear choice in
terms of how maturely you will phrase your
reactions. Admittedly, we all get heated at
times and say things out of turn, but a huge
aspect of developing psychological maturity
is getting a handle on ones emotions (i.e.:
both being able to control oneself and further
being able to understand why one reacts the
way he/she does).
With all of this said, theres a HUGE dif-
ference in terms of strongly disagreeing with
someone on a given subject matter and not
liking them as an individual altogether. I
should know, being the hippie artistic child
of a highly successful entrepreneurial busi-
nessman father: when it comes to the subject
of the value of money or the governments
right to taxation, we couldnt possibly be
singing from more different song sheets. Our
difference in opinion, however, is not just
cause for me hating my pops nor calling
him a selection of profanities. So why has
this unfair treatment been issued to me and
other entertainers/personalities? Well, a few
reasons (oh man, another numbered list?! I
know, I know, I apologize in advance.):
1) when you work under the publics
scrutiny, the common Joe seems to believe
that your feelings dont get hurt as easily or
as much when shit is slung in your general
direction, and/or you can or SHOULD be
able to take more shit than the average per-
son. (FYI this is NOT always true)
2) when a psychologically immature indi-
vidual is faced with evidence that may cause
him/her to re-examine (or examine for the
first time) the rationale driving his/her
beliefs which is an aspect of his/her self-
concept instead of being introspective,
he/she will often react defensively and emo-
tionally as a means of self-preservation
(something we discussed last week)
and 3) this weeks discussion: the concept
of anonymity. The individuals who send me
and others hate mail dont truly know
who we are as people and therefore have no
obligatory ties to us. In sum, unlike if I were
to call my dad a dick for believing some-
thing I could not even begin to conceive of,
the aforementioned hate mailers suffer lit-
tle to no consequences for their actions
As explained by Rider Universitys Dr.
John Suler in the CyberPsychology and
Behavior academic journal: Anonymity
works wonders for the disinhibition effect.
When people have the opportunity to sepa-
rate their actions from their real world and
identity, they feel less vulnerable about
opening up. Whatever they say or do cant
be directly linked to the rest of their lives.
They dont have to own their behavior by
acknowledging it within the full context of
who they really are. When acting out hos-
tile feelings, the person doesnt have to take
responsibility for those actions. In fact, peo-
ple might even convince themselves that
those behaviors arent me at all. In psy-
chology, this is called dissociation.
As youll recall, I stated earlier that I
always take the time to write back to my
hate mailers and probe them further to
question themselves as to why they hold the
views they do, while gently reminding them
that a difference of opinion is not grounds
for verbal abuse. Interestingly, I NEVER
receive responses; a fact that very much con-
firms Sulers analysis that those engaged in
dissociative anonymity do not categorize
their actions as an encompassment of who
they are. To respond would force them to
own up to their actions, whereas failing to
carry on a dialogue and actually getting to
know me as an individual allows them to
maintain their prejudicial views. It isnt a
stretch to consider then that racism is com-
monly based upon similar foundations (i.e.:
lack of exposure to/ignorance of other
groups outside of ones own immediate
periphery).
In sum, while issuing personal attacks
may allow the instigator of such to achieve a
temporary feeling of superiority based on an
avoidance to look within, from a psycholog-
ical stance, its a logical fallacy to divert an
argument to belittling unless the goal were to
determine who is willing to sink to a lower
level (see political muckracking cam-
paigns if you require more proof). Likewise,
its a logical fallacy to possess feelings of
hatred toward strangers and/or label
strangers hurtful derogatory comments see-
ing as it literally does not make sense to har-
bour such strong feelings when there is no
actual emotional connection (yet another
indication one should look within, instead of
outward). In other words, and as well cover
more next week, by all means go forth and
debate, but first learn the art of fighting
fair.
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The great debate
PSYCH YOUR MIND
Rose Cora Perry
www.rosecoraperry.com
Eighty-one per cent of women said that
have been shoved, hit or grabbed by their
current or previous boyfriend/husband, 38
per cent said they were beaten or choked.
These are the shocking results of one survey
of 653,000 women across Canada
1
.
Abuse towards women is clearly common
in our country, and yet how often do we hear
from the media about the everyday abuses
some women suffer? The five oclock news
and local papers alike tend to only cover
issues of women abuse when tragedy strikes.
News coverage can be enormous if a woman
is critically injured or killed by her partner,
but we are never told of the thousands of
women suffering from abuse right here in
London. If you try to search for news of
abuse in relationships in our local newspa-
per, the London Free Press, there are very
few results, and almost all of the results that
are relevant are stories of disaster.
These articles in themselves depict stereo-
types and misconceptions surrounding abu-
sive relationships. By only reporting certain
incidents, we promote the myth that men
only get violent if they are pushed too far
and snap, instead of the reality that abuse
can be a daily occurrence. The way this topic
is covered supports the stereotype that vic-
tims are mainly women from minority
groups (such as those with mental illnesses)
or from low-income homes.
Perhaps there is an underlying fear that if
we make the realities of women abuse
known in our city, that London will start to
get a bad reputation. Or perhaps the reason
for under-coverage of important topics like
this is because the audience isnt interested
enough to listen. All news outlets, independ-
ent or corporate giants, are first and primari-
ly profit oriented businesses. Topics that
would interest a larger portion of the audi-
ence take priority over issues that are just as,
if not more, important because they will sell.
If news outlets are basing their pieces on
only the issues that are popular at the time,
then we start to compromise our true pur-
pose. The media is supposed to be a channel
between the people and the goings-on of the
world around them. Media sources that
gravitate towards interest-driven stories
arent serving that purpose. Most of us read
the paper with the idea that we are educating
ourselves about the issues of society, but in
reality we are only learning about the issues
that are of interest to the mass of our popu-
lation.
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pcawa.org
Why does local news ignore important
issues like women abuse?
TABITHA MCCARL
INTERROBANG
The stories were heartbreaking, and more
about them in a moment. Last week I attend-
ed a hearing of Canadas Truth and
Reconciliation Commission (TRC) at Indian
Brook, N.S. The event took place not far
from the very residential school that some of
the survivors at the meeting were once
forced to attend.
With seven public hearings scheduled
across Canada and a $60 million budget, the
TRC is a national listening ear. It is mandat-
ed to provide an inclusive, victim-sensitive
and culturally appropriate setting for
Aboriginal people to share their experiences
of the residential schools.
Survivors may tell their stories publicly or
in private meeting rooms. They are not
cross-examined. Their stories are only heard
and recorded. The purpose of the hearings is
to listen to your truth, as TRC
Commissioner Marie Wilson put it. The
process is intended to help government,
churches and indigenous communities come
to terms with the tragedy of Canadas resi-
dential schools.
The survivors of the schools are aging,
and increasingly their children are called
upon to recall the suffering of their parents.
Churches ran the schools for the government
implementing the governments policy of
eradicating Aboriginal cultures. Children as
young as four years old were forcibly taken
from their homes and placed in the schools.
An organizer told me that even though the
schools might be located only a few blocks
from the homes of Aboriginal families, fam-
ily contact was forbidden for months in a
row.
I heard stories of survivors being cruelly
strapped for running away, for bed-wetting
and for even accidentally letting any word
even a thank you slip from their mouths.
The children of survivors shared how their
parents physically abused them because the
parents had learned that beating is the main
form of discipline. Some shared that the
standing of parents and elders was destroyed
by the schools. Others told about their long-
term abuse of alcohol and drugs as a way to
escape school memories.
One man reflected on the possibility of
forgiveness, and how difficult it is to forgive
the black robes; the church, the govern-
ment, the media and the agencies that regu-
late compensation payments. The black
robes were the instruments of the govern-
ment to destroy us, were his words.
There was the gut-wrenching story of a
sister who was forbidden from visiting her
brother in the school. She risked a great deal
to sneak over to him. I heard a man tell the
story, broadcast later that day, of how his
hands were so badly swollen from strapping
that his cousin had to feed him that evening.
One woman shared how the residential
school was an evil presence. She was one of
the very last residents of her school. On the
day she finally left, a sister (a teacher) called
out, Wait, you forgot something, and
brought out her Bible. She took the Bible
from the sisters hands and threw it away. It
seems that, as one survivor from PE said,
God too was a victim of the residential
schools.
Throughout the day I began to realize that
the survivors who spoke are not just victims.
After all, they dont call themselves that.
Their very presence at the hearing was a
presence of courage. And a presence of
hope. Otherwise, why bother?
A very hopeful comment was one I heard
later that afternoon. It came from a survivor
who had become a social worker and now
uses her sensitivities to help families and
youth on the reserve. She chided Aboriginal
leaders who dont listen to survivors and
their children. She called on them to love
their struggling people. Help will in the end
not come from the government. It must
come from our own people. It doesnt cost
anything to love, to care, to pray for others,
to treat them as human beings. It doesnt
cost anything to love our people.
When she finished, I realized that this was
the note on which I wanted to leave. I picked
up my things and walked to the exit.
NOTES FROM DAY SEVEN
MICHAEL VEENEMA
It doesnt cost anything to love our people
OPINION
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
7
Three months ago, it looked like PC
Leader Tim Hudak was going to coast into
winning the Ontario provincial election. It
was supposed to be a blowout. A poll by
Forum Research Inc., Canadas largest
survey firm, showed Hudak with 41 per
cent of Ontarios decided voters, yet just a
few months later Liberal Leader Dalton
McGuinty walked away just one seat shy
of a third majority government. Despite
the stunning feat of being the first Ontario
Premier to do it in 34 years, McGuinty
really didnt say anything he hadnt been
for the last eight years.
Heres what this means for you.
McGuinty is proposing a $1,600 grant for
university students, and a $700 grant for
college students starting January 1. On top
of that, he is offering grants to cover up to
30 per cent of undergraduate tuition for
students whose parents have a combined
income of under $160,000 per year.
Hudak hasnt toned down his message
since the election, though. The brash front
that suffered several public opinion blows
promised to keep McGuinty on a short
leash. One of Hudaks chief concerns
about McGuintys spending plan includes
$30 million from tax-payers to invest in
foreign students. The argument is that
Ontarians tax dollars should be funding
Ontario students.
The NDP will have an opportunity to
weigh in this time around as well. With 17
seats, Andrea Horwath has significantly
increased the NDP presence in the Ontario
Legislature. Despite an additional seven
votes, Horwath wouldnt comment about
her expectations from a Liberal minority,
simply stating that shell continue to focus
on affordability, employment, and health-
care.
So who decides what is going on in
Ontario?
Dalton McGuinty does. Sort of. If at any
time the Liberals were to try to force
through a bill that the Conservatives and
NDP both oppose, it can be voted down.
That being said, all the leaders have com-
mon interests and some political analysts
believe a minority government will actual-
ly be more effective as it will require a
spirit of cooperation.
Closer to home, NDP member Teresa
Armstrong won in the Fanshawe riding by
a margin of 4,000 votes over Liberal
incumbent Khalil Ramal, who had held the
seat for the past two elections. Armstrong
made her first trip to Queens Park on
October 13 to get her offices in order, but
promises to work with the people of
London-Fanshawe to address the priorities
of our community.
Your member of provincial parliament
is the person to contact in many situations,
from getting information about OSAP to
landlord/tenant disputes. The office of
your MPP is the avenue for birth certifi-
cates and death certificates, as well as the
place to go in the event you lose all of your
government ID. The role of an MPP is to
represent the opinions and concerns of
their constituency in the legislative assem-
bly. We the voters have the power to
demand policy change and decisions in the
Assembly; get in touch with your MPP and
make your government work for you.
So the election
is over Now
what?
Dear Editor:
Epic Meal Time equates to an epic waste
of food. These guys have inflated egos
fanned by the cheers of unquestioning
crowds.
Im still trying to figure out the appeal, but
the deliberate waste of food was a disgrace.
J.C. Nikel
Epic failure
CREDIT: VIC KRASOWSKI
VICTOR DE JONG
INTERROBANG
I write about random things a lot.
I write a lot about random things.
And Ive been thinking about irony.
I dont mean the shaky sort of irony
like you might find in Alanis
Morrissettes Ironic, of rain on
your wedding day or needing a knife
and having only spoons, but rather
the unexpected; the unforeseen, like
when all the Martians died from lit-
tle Earth germs in War of the
Worlds. Im sorry if youre just read-
ing that and havent gotten there yet.
To be honest, I try to avoid
describing situations as ironic
because irony has a weirdly specific
definition and Im afraid Im going
to be wrong. Im thinking about
irony because Im thinking about
talking to Katie Rox, a former rock-
er turned chanteuse who grew up in
rural Alberta and rose to fame in
Canada as the lyricist and front-
woman of Jakalope, the industrial
pop band from the west coast.
But in 2008, Rox struck out on her
own and returned to a sound truer to
her upbringing and sense of self.
Since then, shes released a trio of
EPs that document her growth and
strength as an independent DIY
artist, as well as her love for doing
so.
Theres really nothing to hide
behind, Rox said of her solo sound.
And its not that I was hiding
before, its just that when youre in a
band youve got so many things
happening that I feel like a song
becomes more of the group as a
whole trying to say something, as
four or five or whatever people
becoming one.
In this case the one is just one,
theres just me, laughed Rox.
Yet despite the contrast in musical
atmosphere, Rox said the change
happened organically, but not with-
out consideration.
I love writing songs, and I love
writing all kinds of different genres,
so sometimes I am trying to figure
out what type of record I want this to
sound like, she explained. Am I
going country? Am I going pop? I
think about it.
With this record, I told myself,
Just start writing any song you
want, without any inhibition, and if
you end up with the countriest,
twangiest record, then so be it. Just
go write what you really want to
write. And I tried to do it without
any preconceptions, like, What if
its too country? What if its not
country enough? I just wanted to
write whatever it would be.
And what it has become is Pony
Up, Roxs third record and a collec-
tion of seven of the warmest songs
bound to be released all year, featur-
ing an excited group of Canadian
music veterans and talents.
I like the idea of releasing more
music more often, said Rox of her
choice of releasing EPs. People are
always looking for something new,
and so rather than putting out 10 or
12 songs because thats what youre
supposed to do, I decided to put out
the seven best songs, or the seven
that I want to put out right now, and
just always make them EPs.
So if in six more months I want
to release seven more songs, then I
can, and keep everything fresh to
where Im going. Actually, with
Pony Up we recorded 15 songs, so I
still have a bunch more; they
werent left off the record because I
didnt think they were good, its just
that I still have them for something
down the road.
But if thats the case, one would
hope it would fare better than the
sessions for Pony Up, which Rox
said were unfortunately interrupted
when she suffered a vocal cord
haemorrhage and couldnt sing for a
month. Determined to press on, Rox
sat in her spare room studio and tried
to convey the parts by whistling
them.
Paul (Forgues, producer) and
Jesse (Tucker, recording artist) were
so patient, I basically fell apart, it
seemed, Rox laughed. They
understood that I still wanted to keep
going, so Ill never forget that; as I
was whistling the parts, I was just
looking at Jesse trying to feed my
thoughts to him in my mind.
Now finished, the work was
worth it. Rox and Toronto
singer/songwriter Lesley Pike are on
tour on version two of their
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes tour, and
travelling to the ends of Ontario. The
two are stopping here at Fanshawe
to perform on Thursday, October 20
in Forwell Hall. The show is free
and just another great show brought
to you by the Fanshawe Student
Union.
For more information on Katie
Rox or her tour, visit her online at
ktrox.com or follow her on Twitter
@katieroxmusic. For more of the
latest music news, views and
streams, consider following me on
Twitter @fsu_bobbyisms or on
Tumblr at bobbyisms.com. You can
find even more new music by check-
ing out the Music
Recommendations thread in our
FSU social network.
So Im not sure about irony, but at
least we got to talk. And how about
this Ive got so much to say, yet
Im out of words.
One-on-one with
Katie Rox
LIFESTYLES
8
On October 7 at 7 a.m., the
Advanced Filmmaking class from
Fanshawe College piled into a bus
bound for Toronto. On the agenda
for the day: a few guest speakers
(which only true film nerds would
be interested in reading about) and
a Q & A with acclaimed documen-
tary director Steve James follow-
ing a screening of his 1994 film
Hoop Dreams.
The screening took place in the
TIFF Bell Lightbox Theatre, a
favourite for the AFM class trips,
nestled in the heart of Torontos
entertainment district. The theatre
itself is a stunning yet cozy place
to enjoy cinema. With a cute caf
just off the main lobby, a gift shop
full of cinematic wonders and a
master control room that had the
entire class ooh-ing and aah-ing,
the Bell Lightbox makes cinephiles
feel right at home.
After a brief introduction from
James himself, the film yes, an
actual film copy of the movie
began to roll...
Hoop Dreams was shot over the
course of four years in the inner-
city neighbourhoods of Chicago.
The filmmakers followed two
young African-American boys
who were both exceptionally gifted
at playing basketball and who both
had big dreams of someday play-
ing in the NBA.
William Gates and Arthur Agee,
both 14 years old at the time, are
recruited to play for the Caucasian-
dominated Catholic St. Joseph
High School in one of the citys
more affluent neighbourhoods.
They are both offered full scholar-
ships to the school but are faced
with the harsh realities of having to
sustain a certain grade point aver-
age in order to play on the team.
Agee faces difficulties almost
immediately. He is placed on the
freshman team as opposed to the
more competitive varsity team, and
he struggles academically. At the
end of his freshman year, Agee is
forced to return to his neighbour-
hood school after some complica-
tions with the scholarship he is to
receive. From there, Agee contin-
ues to play basketball throughout
high school but is forced to deal
with a drug addicted and allegedly
abusive father who leaves the fam-
ily on multiple occasions, a mother
who after losing multiple jobs is
forced to turn to welfare to support
her family, and ever falling grades
at school.
Gates begins his high school
basketball career with much prom-
ise; he is placed on the varsity team
and flourishes academically.
Throughout his freshman and
sophomore years, Gates experi-
ences a string of successes, but the
good times dont last. During his
junior year, Gates sustains a knee
injury that requires numerous sur-
geries and has a daughter with his
girlfriend. Struggling to balance
his health, the school, his family
and his basketball career, Gates
begins to falter.
The film is truly a heartbreaking
depiction of the challenges faced
by many that can be easily forgot-
ten by those who have been born
into privilege. The trials, tribula-
tions, failures and triumphs of both
Agee and Gates in Hoop Dreams
will have your heart aching for
those who dream high, yet struggle
for everything they have.
After the nearly three-hour film
ended, James returned to the stage
to answer the burning questions
from the film school audience.
James spoke about how (he) fell
in love with Film with a capital F
when (he) was a kid. The inspir-
ing words from one of documen-
tary cinemas masters certainly
reached the students, all hopeful
filmmakers themselves.
James also touched on the sub-
ject of privacy, personal involve-
ment and attachment with the sub-
jects when making documentaries
something that can be challeng-
ing. James shared a story with the
audience that is shown partly in the
film: the Agee household cant pay
their electricity bill and their lights
are promptly turned out. What you
dont see in the film is that James
and his crew raised the money
amongst themselves to have the
Agees lights turned back on.
After an enlightening few hours
of inspiring films and even more
inspiring filmmakers, the AFM
crew piled back on the bus and
returned home to Fanshawe, each
and every one of them more
learned and inspired about docu-
mentaries than they had been when
the left early that morning.
Filmmaking class treated to a
documentary extraordinaire
ALISON MCGEE
INTERROBANG
In 1989, David Chilton pub-
lished The Wealthy Barber, one of
the foremost Canadian books
released about personal finance. It
was simply written with a simple
message: pay yourself first and
spend less than you earn. Looking
back over 20 years later, both of
those points seem like obvious
advice, yet since the books publi-
cation, few Canadians have heeded
that advice. Now Chilton is back
with The Wealthy Barber Returns.
The first book sold over two
million copies in Canada and is
probably the first book any
Canadian should read about finan-
cial planning. It was written featur-
ing fictional characters discussing
their issues with personal finance,
with advice being dispensed by the
titular character, the so-called
wealthy barber. Chiltons personal
financial advice to the reader was
related through this character.
The new book is a bit different.
Chilton has ignored the fictional
format to present a book that is
basically a varying mix of short
chapters on individual finance top-
ics, such as lines of credit, budget-
ing and saving for retirement. Its
one of those books that you can
open up to pretty much any chapter
and start reading and you wont be
lost, as each chapter works like a
brief anecdote about its particular
topic.
Although theres been a change
in the books format, Chiltons
advice hasnt changed much from
1989. There are really three key
points from the original. These
points are worth repeating here
because theyre probably the best
(and simplest) advice youll ever
get about financial planning:
1. Pay yourself first. Chilton
thinks budgeting doesnt work
because people are too easily dis-
suaded from sticking to a budget.
Instead, you need to save about 10
to 15 per cent of your income right
off the top (other financial plan-
ners advise for up to 30 per cent).
For example, you could have an
automatic withdrawal setup to
immediately deposit 15 per cent of
your paycheque into an RRSP
every time youre paid.
2. Spend less than you make.
This is self-explanatory. Dont use
credit to buy things you cant
afford, because this erodes your
saving power. You have to live
within your means, which has been
a huge problem for Canadians over
the last 20 or so years.
3. Avoid debt, and pay it off as
quickly as you can. Paying down
debt is probably the best return
youll get on your money, better
than any investment. You need to
avoid debt as much as possible and
pay down your debt as quickly as
possible.
The Wealthy Barber Returns is
simply an affirmation of these per-
sonal financial principals. The
question really was whether the
advice Chilton offered in the 1989
book was still valid after the 2008
economic meltdown. The answer
is a resounding yes. It is more valid
than ever, actually, as many
Canadians have not heeded this
advice at all and have done quite
the opposite by loading up on debt
and living beyond their means. The
new book is only worth reading
after youve finished the original,
and I highly recommend getting a
copy of the original. Want a
money-saving tip? Try the London
Public Library.
Jeremy Wall is studying
Professional Financial Services at
Fanshawe College. He holds an
Honours Bachelor of Arts from
the University of Western Ontario.
Wealthy Barber returns with
more sage financial advice
BOBBYISMS
BOBBY FOLEY
TALKING CASH
JEREMY WALL
LIFESTYLES
9
If you are an electronic pop fan
and havent heard Reversing Falls,
you are truly missing out. This
Montral-based band is about to
explode onto the Canadian music
scene with their first full-length
album due out in January. Their
three previous singles, Recoder,
Doom Beach/Little Goodbye
and Is This Thing On? are proof
that the band can dish out short but
sweet hits. Last week, I got the
chance to talk to Tyler Crawford,
lead vocalist and guitarist of
Reversing Falls, over the phone
while he and his bandmates were
on a break while on tour in
Manitoba:
How did the band start?
Me and the bass player Jesse
have known each other for years
and we used to work in a guitar
store in New Brunswick. I was in
another band and he kind of helped
us out with recording. Then he
moved to Montral and I moved
there a year later, and then a friend
of ours from St. Johns had moved
to town. We had a three-piece band
with guitar, bass and drums that
started in 2007. Then we added our
current guitarist Charlie in 2009.
About a year and a half ago, our
drummer left and then we replaced
him with a drum machine, and
thats kind of the gradual process
that led us to where we are right
now.
You have worked with Mark
Lawson two times before on your
past EPs, Recoder and Little
Goodbye/Doom Beach, and he
has worked with another great
Montral-based band, Arcade
Fire. What was it like to work
with him again on your latest
single Is This Thing On??
Its really great. Hes a friend
of mine. I do repair work for audio
equipment and I have a recording
studio. I worked for him before as
an assistant and hes a highly pro-
fessional guy and really talented at
what he does. Hes especially good
at making small suggestions that
have a really big impact and organ-
izing the workload of what it takes
to make a seriously good record-
ing. Hes a really positive guy; he
is really friendly and a really nice
person to be around. When youre
in a recording studio working on
music, its basically like a bunch of
people in a small room listening to
the same thing over and over and
being really particular, and it can
get tense. Sometimes there are peo-
ple who have different opinions,
but hes really good at keeping the
work flow going, making sugges-
tions and fostering a really good
environment, which is really
important.
With your first full-length
album coming out in January,
what can we expect from it and
what do you hope you accom-
plished with it?
I would say sonically its a bit
more hi-fi. The songs are a bit
more focused and longer than
some of our other ones; the struc-
tures are a little more flushed out
thats one of the things Mark has
helped us out with. We have done
a lot of pre-production where we
just worked on the song and the
song structures. The songs are real-
ly solid structurally. Personally, I
think sound-wise it just comes out
really loud, huge and crazy while
still retaining a really melodic pop
sensibility. I really worked a lot on
the lyrics and I am happier with the
lyrics on this record as opposed to
some of the other stuff. Its a little
more focused, personal and even
more direct. In terms of what we
would like to accomplish with it,
we would like to get out to a wider
audience or just try to connect to
people who might be into a similar
thing.
What are you looking forward
to the most on this upcoming
Canadian tour?
I think for all of us this is our
first big driving trip around
Canada, so aside from the shows
and meeting new people and play-
ing in new places, were looking
forward to getting out of town for a
while, away from work just to trav-
el for a bit and relax on the road.
Also to see the scenery because I
am from Eastern Canada, like New
Brunswick, where its like hills
everywhere all the time and out
here its nice and flat. Its kind of
surreal in a way.
Reversing Falls were at the
Black Shire Pub in London on
October 13 . For more information
on Reversing Falls check out
myreversingfalls.com and follow
them on Twitter @ReversingFalls.
TAYLOR MARSHALL
INTERROBANG
My 15 minutes with Reversing Falls
CREDIT: PIGEONROW.COM
Reversing Falls made a stop in London on October 13. The group has a new album coming out in January.
LIFESTYLES
10
Its 5:30 a.m. and I cant get
back to sleep. My body aches all
over, even though I take as much
Tylenol as I am safely allowed (if
not twice as much, most days) just
to get by. I tiptoe down the stairs
and into my basement, trying not
to wake up my still-sleeping fami-
ly, and start my two to three hour
run on my treadmill. Inside I know
that I should stop long before,
especially since Ill be going for an
hour (or longer) swim at the
YMCA that evening, after my
four-hour shift at work and my
schoolwork has been completed. I
have decided to treat myself and
eat half a carton of strawberries for
dinner ... that is all (besides water
and the orange that my parents will
monitor me eat after my morning
shower) that enters my mouth this
day. I cry three times, for various
reasons, or no reason at all. My
parents eyes are full of worry
every time I look into them, some-
times brimming with tears after our
daily argument over what I eat.
This is what almost every single
day of my life looked like three
years ago. No, I wasnt trying to fit
into a special dress, I was anorexic.
Almost a year and a half of my life
was devoted to making the number
on my bathroom scale go down,
and after a few months, the devo-
tion was no longer my choice.
Many people believe the miscon-
ception that people with eating dis-
orders are taking vanity to new
extremes, when in reality the eat-
ing disorder has pushed its victim
to new extremes. People also
believe the misconception that fad
dieting is harmless, but if the cir-
cumstances are right, that two-
month summer boot camp can turn
into something that will change
your life forever.
While the main focus of those
with disordered thinking is weight-
oriented, countless other issues are
present as well. Depression, self
injury, self hate, obsessive compul-
sivity, perfectionism, thoughts of
suicide, strained relationships at
work and in school life; they (and
many others) can all come
wrapped in the same package as
the ED (eating disorder). Some
researchers say that the malnutri-
tion and stress are the cause of
such problems, while others say
the ED is formed partly because
some of those issues were already
present. Whichever is the case, the
fact is that up to 80 per cent of
those with eating disorders suffer
from major depression
1
, 25 per
cent self-injure and almost 40 per
cent attempt suicide
2
.
There are many contributing fac-
tors that are thought to be related to
the formation of an ED, but defi-
nite causes have never been estab-
lished. Major life changes, like
moving away from home for the
first time, low self-esteem, a bad
family life, personality disorders
and cultural expectations are a few
of the contributing factors for some
people.
Most people suffering from EDs
refuse treatment, not just because
they fear weight gain, but that they
will lose their newfound control
over their lives. Eating disorders
have the highest mortality rate of
any mental illness, which is part of
why recovery is so crucial.
Oftentimes treatment and recovery
arent possible unless family
and/or close loved ones are part of
the treatment as well. Eating disor-
der support centres like Hopes
Garden here in London offer an
array of resources and supports for
those who know someone with an
ED. It can be nearly impossible to
persuade someone with the illness
to receive treatment without proper
knowledge of what the disorder
really entails.
For more information or sup-
port, you can contact Hopes
Garden at 519-434-7721, or in per-
son at 478 Waterloo St. in London.
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tinyurl.com/EDdepression
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tinyurl.com/EDstats2
Eating disorders are about so
much more than food
TABITHA MCCARL
INTERROBANG
At some point, weve all pushed
back our chairs at the dinner table
with a groan, made one too many
trips back to the buffet or changed
the notch on our belt after a holi-
day feast. The act of consuming
large portions of food at once is a
big part of many cultures; feasts
have been a traditional form of cel-
ebration since ancient times. In
fact, overeating has become an
almost culturally accepted ritual,
from the famous All You Can
Eat buffets to the familiar tub of
Ben and Jerrys that all post-
breakup women in chick flicks
consume. Usually we just laugh
and sleep it off, but what exactly is
it that distinguishes normal eating
from a full-blown disorder?
Binge-eating disorder, some-
times known as compulsive
overeating, is characterized by
repeated occurrences of binge eat-
ing (eating a large amount of food
in a short period of time), where
the eater feels a lack of control in
his or her actions. This is not to be
confused with bulimia, where the
person purges following their
binge. Binge eating often begins in
early adulthood as a response to
unresolved emotional feelings or
experiences kept inside. The caus-
es cannot be pinpointed and vary
widely depending on the persons
unique case, as is the case with
most mental disorders. Triggers
usually include loneliness, stress,
personal problems and restrictive
dieting.
People suffering from binge-eat-
ing disorder frequently try to hide
their actions and feel ashamed.
Their binges go on in secret, and
the binges are often associated
with entering a trance-like state,
where they eat in an almost altered
state of consciousness. Some com-
mon practices of compulsive
overeaters include:
- Lack of control or a sense of
desperation while eating
- Stealing other peoples food
- Eating discarded food
- Eating in secret
- Eating at night
- Feeling temporarily soothed
while eating, followed by regret
- Intense urges or cravings for
particular foods
- Restrictive dieting following
binges
In short, people with binge-eat-
ing disorder use food as a means to
suppress or diminish painful emo-
tions, much like how alcoholics
use alcohol. Unfortunately, both
binging and drinking alcohol only
provide temporary relief from
much deeper problems.
Compulsive overeating can be a
dangerous disorder, as victims of it
often fall into vicious cycles of
binge-eating followed by periods
of shame and self-starvation or
dieting, which trigger additional
binges.
Binge-eating disorder is like any
addiction: it has both physical and
emotional consequences, and
should be taken seriously. Those
afflicted with the disorder should
seek treatment immediately so
they can learn strategies for deal-
ing with their feelings and actions
on an individual basis. Compulsive
overeating is not an issue that
should be ignored because of
shame or stereotype. Instead, it
should be dealt with head-on in
order to improve the quality of life
of the person suffering. If youre
feeling out of control, The
National Eating Disorder
Information Centre can help. Visit
nedic.ca for more information.
Food is here to fuel us; to give us
life and energy. It can bring people
together, and is meant to be
enjoyed as much as it is meant to
nourish our bodies.
Compulsive overeating:
A recipe for disaster
Nutrition Ambition
Emily Nixon
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Thanksgiving has come and
gone the turkey was carved, the
pumpkin pie was devoured and
now youre left feeling sluggish
and out of synch.
Dont waste time beating your-
self up over how much you ate,
thats over and done with. What
you need to do now is get back on
track. Here are a list of foods that
will help whittle your waistline
while keeping you satisfied.
Almonds
An ounce of almonds has
approximately 165 calories, 6
grams of protein and 3 grams of
fibre. They also contain healthy
fats and calcium, and they contain
no cholesterol. Pack some up in a
little baggie to keep in your purse
or backpack so youll be prepared
when hunger strikes.
Oatmeal
Oatmeal is very high in soluble
fibre, which will help keep you full
longer, and it can also help lower
cholesterol. Oatmeal with some
berries and protein powder is an
amazingly healthy way to start
your day.
Eggs
Eggs are amazing. For such a
small amount of calories you get so
much. One egg is only about 70
calories but contains 6 grams of
protein, 0 grams of carbs and 30
per cent of your vitamin B12 for
the day. Eggs fill you up and are
great because they can be eaten
any time of day and are already
portioned out for you.
Berries
Any time you are trying to lose
weight, fibre is going to be your
friend. Fibre fills us up and helps
keep the digestive tract running
smoothly. Berries are loaded with
antioxidants and minerals and all
of them contain fibre raspberries
contain the most.
Green Tea
Most people know that green tea
is good for you and yet still not
very many people drink it. Green
tea contains epigallocatechin gal-
late, which is an extremely power-
ful antioxidant. Green tea has the
ability to help lower cholesterol,
kill cancer cells, prevent blood
clots and cardiovascular disease,
and it can also help with rheuma-
toid arthritis. Aside from all that
ass-kicking stuff, green tea also
helps boost your metabolism!
Nowadays there are a ton of green
tea flavours to choose from just
make sure it contains pure green
tea, not oolong. Oolong tea is
processed differently and this
causes the leaves to lose much of
their EGCG, whereas green tea
leaves are steamed to lock in those
antioxidants.
Fish Oil
There are so many good things
to be said about fish oil that I could
go on and on. Fish oil contains the
omega-3 fatty acids EPA
(Eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA
(Docosahexaenoic acid). Fish oil
can help with inflammation and
immune function, it can help main-
tain a healthy heart and overall
brain function, and it is being used
to treat those with depression and
other mental health issues. It can
help boost your metabolism and it
just keeps your body running bet-
ter.
Lean Meats and Fish
Adequate protein consumption
is really important if youre trying
to lose weight. Protein helps
rebuild muscle and also keeps us
full longer as it takes our body
longer to break it down. Fish, like
salmon, and lean meats, like turkey
and chicken, will help keep your
energy levels up and keep you on
track.
Dark Green Veggies
Veggies that are dark green in
colour tend to have more fibre than
others and will help keep you full
for a very small amount of calo-
ries. If youre not a huge veggie
eater, try grating or finely chop-
ping them up and mixing them into
your recipe. I personally take
frozen spinach and blend it in my
morning smoothie. I never taste it
and its an easy way to up my veg-
gies for the day.
Water
I know that this really isnt a
food or supplement, but people
really dont understand how
important water is. Our bodies are
made up of the stuff, so its impor-
tant that we replenish often.
Basically, when you dont give
your body adequate water, it holds
onto every last drop it gets from
other sources and this in turn can
make you bloated.
Incorporate these foods into
your daily diet along with exercise
and youll be well on your way.
IN TRAINING
CHELSEY MOORE
info@powerhousetraining.ca
Foods to help you get
back on the healthy track
JAYMIN PROULX INTERROBANG
O
n the surface, A (name withheld to protect
privacy) appeared as though she had it all
together. Outgoing and quick-witted, she
had many friends and lived in a middle- to upper-
class neighbourhood with her family and two older
sisters. She was involved with many sports and
pastimes growing up, attended high school close
to her home and attended Fanshawe for a year.
But when she disclosed about her dependency
on cocaine, a different and more vulnerable side
came forward.
I was raised primarily by babysitters. My mom
and dad were both very busy and I participated
in a lot of sports, and Brownies and Girl Guides. I
also danced, gure-skated and played volleyball
and basketball.
Back then, my family wasnt very open with
regards to communicating. They let me do
whatever I wanted.
In grade eight, A tried marijuana for the rst time.
She felt pressured to try it because of her peers
and because she wanted to impress a guy she
liked.
It took numerous attempts before A actually
got high from marijuana. She said she became
addicted in grade nine and this soon became a
gateway to more powerful substances.
She later tried cocaine, also because of a guy, and
this drug would become her drug of choice for
many years later.
Cocaine suppressed my appetite and made me
feel like ... a valuable person. It made me feel like
I had a lot of condence and I felt great about
myself. It also helped me lose weight.
Marijuana is the dried leaves and owers of the
cannabis plant. THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) is
the main ingredient in marijuana that causes
people who use it to experience a calm euphoria.
Regardless, pot changes the brain messages
that dictate sensory perception and coordination.
When you smoke marijuana, it can cause you
to see, hear and feel differently and slow your
reexes.
Cocaine is a stimulant. It speeds up the activity in
the brain and spinal cord. As a result, it can cause
the heart to beat faster and blood pressure and
metabolism to increase. Stimulants often inuence
a person to be more talkative and anxious and to
experience feelings of exhilaration.
In addition to drug dependency problems, A also
developed an addiction to exercising. She would
spend more time in the gym than hanging out
with her friends, worrying obsessively about her
weight and body. School was an afterthought as
exercising and drug abuse took precedence in her
life.
It wasnt until A was hit by a car and needed to
see a psychiatrist that she received help. It took
a full year for her parents to nd a psychiatrist,
and by this time, she had been using cocaine for
a decade. The psychiatrist refused to help A until
she went to rehab at Homewood Health Centre in
Guelph, Ontario.
Rehab was a life-changing experience. I would
wish anyone who is a suffering addict to go. They
restricted my time at the gym to 20 minutes, but
they discharged me after 30 days because I would
stay longer in the gym and wouldnt listen to them.
Thats when I realized the professionals at
Homewood knew what they were talking about.
After leaving Homewood, A began the 12 steps of
Narcotics Anonymous. Its a program that uses
the key-tag system. Its entirely based on a higher
power, but not a religious one. You are encouraged
to only spend time with the people in the program,
develop a support system and trust your sponsor.
What helps me now is trusting in my higher power
and my own intuition. I took the advice of the
people at Homewood and realized that I needed to
spend less time exercising and take it easy.
A is not clean, but still tries to manage her
addictions with the support of her family and
friends. She nds that staying honest with herself
and in relationships helps her stay clean and away
from cocaine.
She also loves music and uses her passion as
a creative outlet. She also has plans to return
to school to study nursing. She loves hanging
out with her friends and giving support to those
in need and has big plans for the future. It is
apparent she has come a long way since her
insecure years in high school, succumbing to
other peoples inuence and putting her health in
jeopardy.
She ended the interview with a quote she loves to
this day: If you put one foot in yesterday and one
foot on tomorrow, you are messing up today.
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ADDICTIONS
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esse James, Tiger Woods, David Duchovny
all self-proclaimed sex addicts.
Is it an excuse for people caught cheating?
Or is it similar to other addictions like alcoholism
a legitimate problem that society isn't comfortable
addressing yet?
Andrew Lukas, a registered clinical counselor for
Freedom for Life Counseling in London, said sex
addiction is not unlike a "normalized" addiction
like those associated with drugs and alcohol. Sex
addiction is similar to those addictions in that it
involves "someone trying to stop but (who) keeps
going back," said Lukas.
"They keep doing it despite the consequences,"
he said, adding these consequences often include
an inability to concentrate on school or work and
difculties in relationships. Richard (last name
withheld) of Indianapolis, IN., experienced these
consequences having been a sex addict for the
past several decades. Currently a member of Sex
Addicts Anonymous' speakers' bureau, Richard's
addiction began in his 20s. He had gotten out
of the service and was married at 22 years old.
He and his wife started having problems and he
found himself turning to the addiction, like buying
pornography and masturbating more than normal,
because it offered a "momentary feeling of relief,"
he said.
But the addiction became more than just stress
relief; it became constant. He divorced his rst wife
and remarried, thinking he could stop these "acting
out" behaviours, as he called them. From seeking
out anonymous sex with men and women in parks
and malls, to seeking out porn and peep shows
and even masturbating while at work, Richard
still did not completely realize how pervasive the
addiction was in his life despite its negative impact
on his family, he said.
It wasn't until 1996, when a police sting operation
set up in a park caught him when he was looking
for anonymous sex, that he realized he needed to
confront his addiction.
After nding a support group in his area, Richard
started the path to recovery. Part of the process
was identifying instances in his past that may
have contributed to his current addiction, a
common step in recovery. One theme in his past
was abandonment. Born in the early 1940s, his
mother was a single parent, which was frowned
upon, so he was sent to live with his grandparents.
Eventually his mother, who remarried, came back
to claim him and the emotional attachment to his
grandparents was severed, he said.
Then at 14 years old, his adoptive father passed
away suddenly from a heart attack and Richard
experienced another moment of loss. His issues
with abandonment related to his sex addiction in
that, ironically, it can be a very isolated addiction.
In addition to looking at an individual's emotional
past, recovery can include one's sexual past as
well, said Lukas.
"There may be abuse back there," he explained.
"There is emotional content at these moments
(and) signicant turning points."
Lukas added that, in counselling, they don't
go through every sexual encounter just very
memorable ones and then work to reconcile and
heal that emotional content.
Essentially, addicts in the recovery process are
learning tools to help them deal with feelings, like
anxiety and depression, which usually lead them to
acting out.
"(We help them) live connected with their
own hearts and emotions, (which) are often
disconnected," said Lukas.
Which brings the topic to the celebrities who have
popularized the addiction. Are they legitimately
aficted by this addiction, or is it an excuse
because they got caught?
It is possible they could be experiencing a sex
addiction, said Lukas. Society is just not as used
to hearing about this type of condition as they are
with alcoholism, but "people now know what it is
they're dealing with," he explained. "There's a lot of
shame associated with (this addiction)."
As witnessed, the addictions affect an individual's
entire life even if it's not obvious to that individual
and the relationships in it. Thankfully, Richard's
wife has remained supportive throughout his
recovery, he said.
Resuming a "regular" relationship, particularly
sexually, is also part of the process. Recovering
sex addicts begin to learn to deal with their
emotions rather than distracting themselves
with the addiction same goes for sex. "It's very
relationship-less," said Lukas, of the types of
connections the addicts have with others. "(But)
with a partner it needs to include emotional and
spiritual (components). Less about two bodies
coming together."
He added that when emotions enter into sexual
relations, the addict will push them away if they're
bad and turn to the addictive mindset. Partners
can feel like a "piece of meat" until the addict
learns to accept emotions in the bedroom.
One thing is that is evident throughout the
addiction is that it's very real to those living with
it, and the recovery process is no less difcult
despite people's belief that being a sex addict
can't be all that bad.
"The important thing is for people to understand
that as human beings we react to pressures of life,"
said Richard. "Very few of us are armed with the
tools to make decisions about (the pressures). I'm
always struggling with things that direct me to the
addiction."
"Recovery has been one of the greatest gifts (it
has) brought clarity ... into my life (that) I've never
had before. Recovery is work."
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According to a 2009 study of Ontario
students by the Centre for Addiction
and Mental Health, the most
commonly used drug is alcohol (58.2
per cent of students reported drinking
in the past year), the second is weed
(25.6 per cent had used it in the
past year) and the non-medical use
of prescription opoid pain relievers
such as Oxycodone ranked third
(with 17.8 per cent reporting use in
the past year). Just over one-fth
of students reported using at least
one prescription drug non-medically
over the past year. Past year use of
hallucinogens like magic mushrooms
was reported by 5 to 7 per cent of
students.
Were not here to tell you whether you
should take drugs or not; you can
make that choice on your own. But it
is important that you know the short-
and long-term effects of what youre
putting in your body.
ALCOHOL
WHAT IT IS
Alcohol is a depressant that
is consumed as a beverage.
Approximately 80 per cent of the
alcohol in a beverage is absorbed in
the small intestines and the remaining
20 per cent that is absorbed in the
stomach. The speed at which the
alcohol is absorbed depends on the
amount of alcohol consumed, whether
the consumers stomach is empty or
full, and the type of drink.
SHORT-TERM EFFECTS
Slows broatning and noart rato
Loworod innibitions, wnion may load
to risky behaviour
Poor ooordination, slurrod spooon
Blaokouts and momory loss
Nausoa or vomiting, oausod by
distortion of the persons sense of
balance or by the bodys attempt to
rid itself of the alcohol
Stupor at a blood aloonol
concentration of 0.40, which may
include disorientation, confusion,
severely impaired brain and
muscular function
Coma wnon tno BAC roaonos a lovol
of 0.50, with a high risk of respiratory
failure and death
Hangovors and noadaonos
LONG-TERM EFFECTS
rritation o tno stomaon lining, wnion
can be painful and is potentially fatal
Tissuo damago to tno livor and
pancreas
Aloonol abuso oan load to "atty
liver fatty degeneration in the
liver, which can cause nausea and
vomiting, lack of appetite, weight
loss and fever
Brain damago, wnion oan load
to dementia, difculties with
coordination and motor control, and
loss of feeling or painful burning in
the feet
Diabotos
Obosity
noroasod risk o livor, tnroat, broast
and other cancers
Aloonol dopondonoo oan rosult in
clinical depression
Motnors wno drink aloonol during
pregnancy may give birth to infants
with fetal alcohol syndrome, which
can include mental retardation and
irreversible physical deformities
MARIJUANA
WHAT IT IS
Marijuana is an herb that can be
smoked or baked into food. It contains
chemicals called cannabinoids;
the best known is called
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The
high caused by smoking marijuana is
mainly due to THC.
SHORT-TERM EFFECTS
Stimulatos appotito and supprossos
nausea
Lowors prossuro in tno oyo and is
sometimes used to treat glaucoma
Poduoos musolo spasms in pooplo
with nerve problems
Somotimos usod as a troatmont to
reduce pain
Can disrupt balanoo, pnysioal
coordination and visual perception,
making it dangerous to drive while
high
LONG-TERM EFFECTS
Linkod to somo o tno samo noaltn
issues as smoking tobacco, such as
bronchitis, but has not clearly been
linked to lung cancer
Momory loss ator prolongod poriods
of smoking marijuana, and the more
a user smokes, the longer it takes
to get his or her memory back to
normal
Psyonologioal dopondonoo gains
strength over time, users smoke
increasingly large quantities of
marijuana in order to get the same
feelings they did when they rst
started
mpairod ooordination, balanoo,
reexes and physical performance
will improve after quitting smoking
Halluoinations, psyonosis
mpairod ability to loarn, unotioning
at a lower intellectual level
Doprossion
Pooplo wno aro prono to montal
illness increase their risk of
developing full-blown mental illness
with heavy use
Anxioty, panio attaoks, oolings o
discomfort
OXYCODONE
WHAT IT IS
Often sold under the brand name
OxyContin, it is an opiate prescribed
for moderate to severe pain. It is given
in pill form, and is a slow-acting pain
reliever. Some users crush and snort
the pills, leading to a high that is
reported to be more intense than that
of heroin.
SHORT-TERM EFFECTS
Poduood pnysioal pain and musolo
weakness
Sovoro itoning
Nausoa and oonstipation
Doprossos tno oontral norvous
system, which can lead to strange
behaviour, lightheadedness, mental
clouding, confusion, sleepiness or
mood swings
Dramatioally slows broatning, i a
person breathes fewer than 10 times
per minute, he or she is at risk for
permanent brain damage
LONG-TERM EFFECTS
Malnutrition and woignt loss
Artnritis and otnor rnoumatologio
problems
Collapsod voins rom intravonous
use
Livor and/or kidnoy disoaso
Dooroasod lovols o tostostorono,
which may result in impotence or
enlargement of the prostate
Cnangos brain onomistry and
makes the brain think it needs the
drug function normally
Usors oan build up a toloranoo to
oxycodone, leading them to ingest
more to produce the same high as
when they rst started using
RITALIN AND
ADDERALL
WHAT IT IS
These are two of the most popular
drugs prescribed by doctors as a
stimulant treatment for ADHD. They
are both used illicitly for their energy-
inducing effects, and both have a
high propensity for misuse, abuse
and dependence. Snorting either of
these drugs in powder form increases
the intensity of the high because the
drugs enter the bloodstream directly.
SHORT-TERM EFFECTS
noroasod attontivonoss and oous
noroasod onorgy, a sonso o woll-
being and comfort
Can onnanoo tno ooots o otnor
drugs, such as ecstasy
Booauso tnoso drugs aro
similar in chemical makeup to
methamphetamine, they may have
similar effects, including sleep
disturbance, irregular heartbeat or
increased heart rate and circulation
problems
Swoating, nausoa and noadaono
Agitation and anxioty, as woll as
irritability, depression or restlessness
Bouts o aggrossion or nostility
Psyonotio opisodos
n oasos o ovordoso, usors
may experience tremors and
hallucinations
LONG-TERM EFFECTS
Woignt loss duo to avorsion to ood
while high
May oauso dovolopmontal probloms
in the brain and changes in brain
wave activity
Dostruotion o tno nasal and sinus
cavities and lung tissue from
snorting
Cnronio anxioty
Symptoms similar to paranoia
MAGIC
MUSHROOMS
WHAT IT IS
Psilocybin mushrooms, also called
shrooms or magic mushrooms, are
a hallucinogen that are either eaten in
their dried mushroom form, consumed
as a white powder or brewed into a
tea. They cause users to experience a
distorted version of reality, also called
tripping. Shrooms are generally not
considered addictive, but users may
develop a tolerance for their effects,
leading to using increased dosages.
SHORT-TERM EFFECTS
Nausoa and |ittorinoss
Sligntly olovatod blood prossuro,
heart rate, and breathing
noroasod body tomporaturo
Donydration
Hoigntonod omotions and distortod
senses of touch, sight, sound and
taste
Somo oolings o boing out o oontrol
of thoughts
Eoots largoly dopond on tno usor's
mood, so if a user feels anxiety or
fear, it could lead to a bad trip
Pro-oxisting montal noaltn issuos,
such as depression, schizophrenia
or paranoia, may cause
unpredictable reactions
LONG-TERM EFFECTS
Aooording to Hoaltn Canada, tno
effects of long-term psilocybin use
have not been studied
Somo usors navo oxporionood
prolonged psychosis loss of
touch with reality that resembles
paranoid schizophrenia
Somo usors oxporionoo momory
impairment and ashbacks
For more information, visit goaskalice.
columbia.edu. Another excellent
resource is Buzzed: The Straight Facts
about the Most Used and Abused
Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy, by
Cynthia Kuhn, Scott Swartzwelder,
and Wilkie Wilson.
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ost people are aware of the immediate effects
of excessive drinking: loss of consciousness,
vomiting, decreased heart rate and dealing with
a brutal hangover the next day. It seems that the long-
term effects of excessive drinking are far less known.
Todays society subscribes to a philosophy of living in
the moment, but when it comes to matters of exorbitant
alcohol consumption, the future repercussions must be
considered.
According to the Center for Disease Control, heavy
or excessive drinking is classied as an average of
more than two drinks every day for men and more than
one drink every day for women. If this type of drinking
behavior occurs on a continual basis, the risk develops for
becoming an alcoholic: depending on and developing an
addiction to consuming alcohol.
An alcoholic may suffer from not only chronic illness in
the present, but also, according to the Middlesex-London
Health Unit, irreparable future damage to his or her liver,
throat, stomach, intestines, pancreas, heart and brain.
(Your liver) takes the brunt of high alcohol concentrations.
Heavy alcohol consumption can lead to two serious types
of liver injury: alcohol hepatitis and brosis or cirrhosis,
according to the MLHU website. What this kind of damage
means is that theres a real possibility of developing
hormone, metabolism or immune disorders.
Your heart may also pay a hefty price for your heavy
drinking. Alcohol can cause direct or indirect damage
to nervous tissues. Long-term heavy drinking is linked to
brain damage and poor mental functioning, explained the
MHLU website.
Many other long-term physical problems may arise from
prolonged periods of excessive drinking, however liver
and brain damage are the two most commonly treated
problems.
Aside from the physically damaging long-term effects
of alcoholism, relationships can suffer some dramatic
consequences as well.
Meg (last name withheld to protect privacy) has a father
who was an alcoholic for much of her childhood. It was
really hard growing up because my dad was always out
drinking. He was never around at night to help me with
homework, or to take me to after-school sports, Meg
explained. This absence made Meg feel neglected, like
drinking was more important to him than his own family.
Megs parents separated when she was nine years old
and she saw very little of him until he sought help for his
addiction many years later. Now in her twenties, Meg sees
more of her father. Were trying to develop a relationship
now that hes sober.
Much like Meg, Brad (last name also withheld)
experienced a relationship crumble due to alcoholism.
Brads then-girlfriend Jen developed a drinking problem
during college. It started out as normal college partying.
We would go to a party together, get drunk, have a wicked
hangover the next day but then do it all over again in
a few weekends, Brad explained. Things took a turn
for the worse when Jen stared going out every night,
drinking way too much and hooking up with other guys.
She was irresponsible when she was drunk, Brad said.
She cheated on me, and when I asked her to get help
for her drinking problem she refused. I couldnt stay in a
relationship like that, so I walked away.
So if you nd yourself drinking every night, or always taking
one too many, remember that there are consequences
for excessive drinking. Even though you might feel young
and invincible at this point in your life, sooner or later all
that drinking will catch up with you, and you may wish that
you had taken the always lame-sounding advice to drink
responsibly.
For more information, visit The Centre for Disease
Control at cdc.gov and the Middlesex-London Health
Unit at healthunit.com.
HOW THE DRINKS YOU HAVE TODAY
CAN AFFECT YOU DOWN THE ROAD
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A
ccording to the experts, you cannot be
addicted to video games. No matter how
many hours you spend playing each day,
no matter if your professional and personal lives
fall apart because of how much you play, and even
if you feel as though you have no control over how
much you play, you may be classied as a heavy
user or overuser, but not as an addict.
Substance addiction is dened by the American
Psychiatric Associations Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
with two criteria: tolerance (including the need
for increasing amounts of the substance in order
to achieve the same effects) and withdrawal
(including the inability to cut down or control use).
But since video games dont have a measurable
chemical effect (as substances like alcohol and
heroin do), they cannot be classied as addictive.
Though there has been a push from the mental
health community to put additional research and
resources into the area for years, the APA rejected
to classify it as an ofcial addiction in 2007.
Despite what the DSM currently says, many people
who have experienced problem video gaming
believe that video game addiction is a very real
issue.
Dr. Andrew Doan hasnt played a video game
since the summer of 2008. He battled a 30-year
problem of overuse: from a youth spending 10 to
20 hours every week playing games on the Atari,
Commodore 64, NES and Sega Genesis systems;
to a young adult devoting 20 to 25 hours weekly to
games like Civilization, Master of Orion, Sim City
and more; and eventually to playing games like
Warcraft II, Ultima Online and Diablo for over 40
hours weekly while in medical school.
Medical school was easy for me, so I used
the gaming to give me adrenaline rushes, a
sense of accomplishment, mental challenges,
the camaraderie of online guilds and mental
avoidance of the daily stress of having little money
and raising a young family, Doan explained. This
led to an ugly, out of control, positive feedback
loop of addiction.

And yes, said Doan, this was an addiction. Video
game addiction is real and it is destroying our
talent. I was lucky that I survived, but I know other
doctors, professionals and friends who did not
do well. People lose their jobs, families and some
have lost their lives.
Altogether, Doan estimated he had devoted over
20,000 hours to gaming over eight years. Thats
(like) holding two more-than-full-time jobs, he
said.
Doans problem gaming almost cost him his
marriage and children. He turned to the Church
for support and took four years to complete a 12-
step recovery program. He said he has also found
solace in On-Line Gamers Anonymous, an online
forum for overusers. It is good to know one is not
alone. It has been helpful for me as I am able to
help others understand the addiction and provide
hope to others ... which is also part of the healing
process for an addict.
Emily and Darren (last names withheld to protect
their identities) lived together in Surrey, B.C. for
nearly their entire 10-month relationship. Though
they no longer speak, Emily recounted what it was
like living with someone who seemingly had no
control over his gaming habits.
She estimated that Darren spent at least 12 hours
each day playing the online role-playing game
World of Warcraft, forgoing social outings and
spending time with Emily to participate in raids.
He had no job and he had no money because all
he would do was sit and play, she remembered.
It got to the point where Im 21 and Im up at 4
a.m. worrying about bills. I was working three jobs
so that I could keep up my apartment and food
for both of us.
Darren would often be cruel and lash out at
Emily if she ever got between him and the game,
criticizing her and sometimes turning violent.
Dr. Steven Kline, Professor of Communications
at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia,
has studied the way video games have affected
the way children play since the early 1990s.
He attributed Darrens outbursts to militarized
masculinity: This is about his identity as a gamer.
What shes violating is very compulsive. He noted
that Darrens behaviour was somewhat typical of
what is reported by heavy players: My girlfriend
gets on my case (about gaming), so I had to get
rid of her.
In his studies throughout the 1990s, Kline explored
the nature of childrens attraction to video games:
why kids were choosing this virtual play over
playing outside with each other. This didnt strike
me as a necessarily good thing for childrens
wellbeing and social development. I became
concerned with the shift in the forms of play.
Kline and his researchers also studied the
compulsive aspects to gaming using diagnostic
criteria for compulsive behaviour. The team asked
gamers to examine their own gaming habits with
criteria that included out-of-control play, disrupted
sleep patterns, disturbed social relationships and
conict in their lives. The results showed that the
symptoms became more pervasive as users were
spending more time gaming, and many gamers
readily admitted they felt addicted.
These people are exhibiting these psychological
symptoms and can self-diagnose they recognize
these symptoms, these feelings of having
behaviour that they cant control, Kline said.
Now the people Kline studied in the 90s are in
their 30s and 40s, and video games are not just for
kids anymore. In fact, for many of (the people who
were studied), video games remain a major part of
their lifestyle.
The problem that overusers like Darren and Doan
face is that there isnt much help or resources
available as problem gaming isnt yet understood
as well as it needs to be by experts.
While more study is needed on the addictive
potential of video games, the American Medical
Association remains concerned about the
behavioral, health and societal effects of video
game and Internet overuse, Dr. Ronald Davis,
President of the AMA, was quoted by the
Washington Post. We urge parents to closely
monitor childrens use of video games and the
Internet.
With some more research, video game addiction
may become better understood, leading to more
support and resources for those who need it.
According to ScienceDaily, video game addiction
may be included in the next version of the DSM,
due to be published in 2013.
In London, there are few resources for problem
gamers to turn to. A strong local resource for help
with substance and gambling abuse is Addiction
Services of Thames Valley, but it is currently
unable to provide services for problem gamers.
We know problem gaming is a signicant issue;
however, we are not currently mandated or funded
to provide services, explained Joshua Keene,
Addiction and Mental Health Counsellor at ADSTV.
He also noted that there is a desire within the
community for agencies like ADSTV to provide
supportive services for people with this problem.
Overusers like Doan have found the On-Line
Gamers Anonymous website to be a helpful source
of support, discussion and more. Visit it online at
olganon.org.
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G
ambling is dened as the risk of something
of value in a game or contest where the
outcome is affected by chance. Problem
gambling is dened by the impact that your
gambling and behaviour has on your life, and
on those around you. And problem gambling
has become a growing concern among youth in
Southern Ontario.
Problem gambling is more common and more
harmful than people realize, said Heather Elliott,
Program Coordinator for problem gambling and
Heartspace at Addiction Services of Thames
Valley in London, whose counselling background
began in substance abuse.
There are similarities and differences between
substance use and gambling, she said. If you
look at both of them on a very basic, fundamental
level, it is often about coping strategies. And with
youth and younger people, theyre not always
gambling with money. Sometimes its about
possessions, or thats their way of bonding, of
coming together.
People aged 14 to 24 are twice as likely to have
gambling problems as adults or seniors. In
fact, some 25,000 to 30,000 young people are
problem gamblers males tend to be involved
with active gambling like poker and similar card
games, females are just as involved with passive
games like slots or scratch tickets.
And while many realize that gambling is risking
money or possessions, its rare that people
realize that for young people particularly post-
secondary students one of the most valuable
things being sacriced is their time.
Students need time to do homework, Elliott said.
They may be missing classes, missing sleep,
perhaps they have a part-time job. When you
look at consequences of gambling, its looking at
what impact it has had on your personal health
maybe you can make it to your classes, but then
the rest of your time is spent gambling or gaming,
so now you may be putting on weight or not
getting enough exercise.
In fact, one of the telltale signs that someone you
love may be caught up in problem gambling is
that he or she begins to appear exhausted all the
time, possibly tired from hours lost to gambling.
According to Elliott, a big concern is that problem
gamblers experience brownouts, similar to
people with alcohol or substance abuse problems.
You completely lose track of all time and the value
of money. Its called Jacobs Dissociative State,
she explained. Mary tells her family shes going
out to get a loaf of bread and a bag of milk, and
shes gone for four hours. She comes back with
the loaf of bread and bag of milk and they say,
Where have you been for the last four hours? She
says, What do you mean? Ive been gone like 10
minutes.
Elliott credited casinos for enabling such
behaviour, pointing out the lack of clocks or
windows in their common areas.
Fatigue is only one point on a list of behaviours
exhibited by individuals with gambling problems.
Other signs to watch for include a preoccupation
with gambling, irritability, suspiciously secretive
behaviour and perhaps even a complete change
in personality.
If youve got a friend who typically likes to get
together and hang out, yet theyre withdrawing
from those social activities, or theyre always
driving the social activities to be, Oh, you know
what? Lets go to the casino, lets go to the
casino, she explained. It doesnt have to get to
that point for everybody; you can see some of that
changing. So take them somewhere neutral but
private and just say, Im concerned. Im worried
about you here are some of the things that Im
seeing. Is this a concern for you?
If youre concerned that someone you know might
have a problem with gambling, speak to them
about it from a place of sincerity and honesty.
Admit to them your concerns, and give them an
opportunity to address them with you.
Many people dont understand that gambling
can be as serious an addiction as any form of
substance abuse, if not more so. Its important
not to be judgmental, but simply to remember
that you care about that person enough to ask
youth have a far better ability to see these sorts of
changes in their friends than adults do.
To speak to a counsellor here at Fanshawe, visit
the Counselling and Accessibility Services centre
in F2010 and ask about information on problem
gambling. Additionally, counselling is available
through Addiction Services of Thames Valley,
located at 200 Queens Ave., or visit their website
at adstv.on.ca.
THE SERIOUS SIDE OF
GAMBLING
BOBBY FOLEY INTERROBANG
ADDICTION SERVICES OF THAMES VALLEY: HERE TO HELP JESSICA IRELAND INTERROBANG
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hose suffering from an addiction or who know someone who may be
dealing with one may be faced with the daunting task of trying to gure
out where to get help, where to take the next step.
Addiction Services of Thames Valley is a good place to start. They have
various substance abuse programs for both adults and youth, like Back on
Track for impaired driving, said Pam Hill, Manager of Programs and Clinical
Services a program that helps mothers with substance abuse problems.
Facing an addiction can be difcult, but at ADSTV, individuals will nd a
welcome and non-judgmental environment, explained Hill.
We dont tell people what to do (we) focus on their strengths, she said.
We dont focus on labels like addict or alcoholic.
Whatever an individuals situation, ADSTV aims to nd a way to help them by
giving them information and encouragement to make a change.
Whatever it takes to empower people to make their own choices, said Hill.
(Its about) building an alliance with the client.
The ofce is located at 200 Queens Ave., Suite 260. Walk-ins are welcome
on Monday or Thursday afternoons. Bringing a support person, such as a
parent or friend, is allowed. There will be a brief form to ll out and then a
meeting with a counsellor to ensure youre in the right place. Depending on
the severity of a case, an individual may be referred elsewhere.
If you are not referred somewhere else, its likely youll be put into an
assessment group. There, individuals complete a series of self-administered
standardized tools to establish how they feel about their addiction and their
ability to cope with it.
Eventually youll be given an appointment to come back for a one-on-one
counseling session. Individuals can also attend Supportive Information
Sessions that run Monday to Thursday mornings and Friday afternoons.
These group sessions give members information about a variety of topics
from depression, community resources, coping with anxiety and dealing with
stress.
For more information on the specic programs offered by Addiction
Services of Thames Valley, visit adstv.on.ca.
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WHEN WORKING OUT WEARS YOU THIN JESSICA IRELAND INTERROBANG
ALISON MCGEE INTERROBANG
10. LEAVING LAS VEGAS (1995)
When a Hollywood screenwriter loses everything
he cared for due to his alcoholism, he heads to
Las Vegas with a plan to drink himself to death.
When in Vegas, he meets a prostitute and strikes
up an unusual pact with her.
5. THE KING OF KONG (2007)
Addicted to an arcade game, or simply addicted
to being the best? Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell
compete to hold the world record for highest score
in the classic arcade game Donkey Kong.
9. CHOKE (2008)
Choke focuses on a sex addict/con artist who
plays upon the sympathies of strangers to pay his
desperately ill mothers medical bills.
4. THANK YOU FOR SMOKING (2005)
Nick is the spokesman for Big Tobacco and he
will stop at nothing to gain new smokers in the
world. This ick is a thoroughly satirical look at the
dangers of tobacco and one mans downfall.
8. GIRL, INTERRUPTED (1999)
Susanna is admitted to a psychiatric hospital in
the 1960s after attempting to kill herself. There
she meets and bonds with an eccentric group
of women who are facing addictions and mental
illnesses.
3. 127 HOURS (2010)
Aron Ralston is an adrenaline junkie and an
outdoor adventurer, and while traversing a canyon
on a solo trip, an 800-pound boulder pins Arons
arms to the canon wall. With no hope of rescue
Aron is forced to do the unthinkable to survive his
127 hours of captivity.
7. POOLHALL JUNKIES (2002)
This lm tells the story of a talented pool hustler
who, after many years of being out of the game,
must return to his glory to save his younger brother
from a dangerous pool-playing thug.
2. REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (2000)
Four individual addicts are pulled further and
further into delusion as their self-control vanishes
and they succumb to their drugs of choice. Its a
dirty look at the downward spiral of drug addicts.
6. THE LOST WEEKEND (1945)
This lm is a sad look a weekend in the life of a
desperate alcoholic. Flashbacks piece together
moments and even days lost by the brutal effects
of intoxication.
1. TRAINSPOTTING (1996)
A sad, pathetic and desperate look at the life of a
heroin addict in Scotland that, through its startling
and powerful imagery, sends a strong message
about the dangers of heroin.
S
ometimes movies are addictive, and sometimes they just tell stories about addictions. Luckily
there are some icks that fall nicely into both categories, so here are my top 10 addictive
movies about addictions.
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taying t is essential to overall
health, but there is a point
where even working out turns
unhealthy.
Some individuals become addicted
to exercising. Theres a ne line
where people go from a healthy habit
to having physical activity become
too much of a priority in their lives.
These people choose to exercise
over going to class, eating and
sleeping, said Tracy Gedies,
Coordinator of the Health and Fitness
Promotion program at Fanshawe
College. Gedies has witnessed two
or three students who had addictions
to exercising. One girl would just do
stride jumps for four hours every day.
She also remembered one incident
when a woman left her wedding to
go running.
It has to do with control and the
need to feel like you are in charge.
Those addicted to exercising will do
it at all costs even if theyre injured.
Lisa (last name withheld) found
herself continuing to exercise despite
injuring her glutes nine weeks prior.
I thought I just exercised because I
knew it was good for me, she said.
She had been told not to do any
physical activity while she was
injured, which meant no running. She
said she chooses running for her
exercise because it burns the most
calories in the shortest amount of
time. But since the injury, she noticed
the extreme effect not running has
had on her life.
I (was) super emotional, it
(was) mentally tearing me up, I
(wasnt) able to eat, it (affected)
relationships, she said. (Running) is
something I desperately need to do.
She ran four to ve times a week, for
about 45 minutes each day prior to
her injury. Sometimes she would run
for two to three-and-a-half hours on
the weekends. On weekends, shed
go out with friends to the bar, stay
out until 2 a.m., not drink, then get up
at 7 a.m. the next morning to run.
I wouldnt let my social life get
in the way. Running would take
precedence, she said.
The effects of not being able to run
showed up everywhere in her life. It
affected the way I think about myself
and the way I felt in my own skin. I
knew I gained weight, I knew I wasnt
in the same physical shape I was
used to.
Lisa was asked to take pictures at
the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront
Marathon after her injury as part of
her job, but she couldnt even stay
past the start of it because she was
supposed to run that race. It was my
race.
While Lisa became aware of her
dependent behaviour, many who
are addicted remain in denial. Often
those individuals will start exercising
discreetly so others wont notice.
Theyll exercise early in the morning
or very late at night. Sometimes
they avoid tness centres, choosing
to exercise on their own so their
addiction can stay hidden, said
Gedies.
Gyms will sometimes take notice.
On campus at Fitness 101, there
have been incidences of gym staff
recognizing the signs of someone
who is unwell. Besides medically
screening all individuals looking
for a membership, they also keep
an eye out for other issues, said
Jodi Anderson-Carson, Fitness 101
Program Manager.
College often marks the rst time an
individual is away from home, and
often he or she will go in one of two
directions health-wise. There are
those who gain a lot of weight with
the freedom of a meal plan and a
variety of on-campus options, and
those who go to the other extreme
and choose not to eat because
parents arent there to monitor, she
said.
A while back, there was a girl who
the staff was worried about. She
would work out for two hours, then
take two back-to-back hour-long
classes. It was to a point where it
looked concerning, said Anderson-
Carson. As tness professionals, we
red-ag that. But thats not to say all
facilities do this.
If Fitness 101 recognizes an issue, it
may result in a closed-door meeting
or a membership being revoked.
Shes seen these situations in both
genders, noting it seems higher in
females.
Its part of who I am as a trainer, we
care about people, she said about
getting involved. I dont want them
doing anything to hurt themselves. I
wouldnt want to turn a blind eye to
it.
Often those with exercise addiction
will exercise for two or more hours,
at odd hours of the day. They may
try to hide the fact theyre exercising,
xate on calories and weight loss,
and forgo social, work or school
obligations while having a drop in
their mood. If you are concerned
someone you know may be addicted
to exercise, approach the issue
by saying something like Im
concerned about you, it seems like
youre not as happy anymore. Try
not to pass judgment and encourage
them to seek out help at Counselling
and Accessibility Services located at
F2010 or call 519-452-4282.
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ody image is an issue that many people
have struggled with at one time or another
in their lives. In todays skinny-worshipping
society where images of size-zero celebrities
are constantly thrust into the foregrounds of our
thoughts, it can seem more difcult than ever
to achieve the perfect body. In some cases,
individuals attempt to take control of their bodies
in drastic ways which can become addictive and
lead to the development of eating disorders.
ANOREXIA VS. BULIMIA
Many misconceptions exist about the two most
prevalent types of eating disorders anorexia and
bulimia and many people are not aware of the
signicant differences between the two.
According to the National Eating Disorder
Information Center, there are two types of anorexia:
anorexia athletica, which involves compulsive
over-exercising as well as a fanaticism about food
consumption; and anorexia nervosa, in which the
individual strictly controls and restricts his or her
food intake, often to a point of starvation.
Bulimia nervosa is classied by NEDIC as cyclical
bingeing and purging, including repeated use of
laxatives, diet pills and frequent forced vomiting.
WARNING SIGNS
Individuals often exhibit warning signs that they
are developing an eating disorder. Hopes Garden,
a local eating disorder support center, warned to
be aware of the following symptoms:
HOW TO HELP
The NEDIC website offered tips on how to go about
offering help to someone who is suffering from an
eating disorder:
Be patient often the rst time you approach an
individual with an offer of help they will reject it.
Dont get discouraged, give it some time and offer
again. Make sure to avoid rushing someone to get
help.
Be knowledgeable nd out as much information
as you can in order to better understand what
someone else is going through.
Be compassionate individuals with eating
disorders are usually experiencing a lot of both
mental and physical pain; be mindful of this and
show them care and sensitivity.
Be non-judgmental avoid speaking negatively
about or laying blame on the individual. Instead,
offer them support and validation of the healthy
choices that they make.
Eating disorders are a serious and sometimes
fatal problem. Eating Disorders have the highest
mortality rate of all mental illnesses, according to
the Hopes Garden website.
There are numerous resources available for those
affected by eating disorders, however waiting
times can range anywhere from two months to
around two years in Ontario.
If you or someone you know is affected by an
eating disorder, the following resources are
available:
On campus: Health Services Medical Clinic, Room
SC1001, or Counseling Services, Room F2010.
In London: Hopes Garden, 478 Waterloo St., 519-
434-7721; Middlesex London Health Unit, 50 King
St., London, 519-663-5317.
Across Canada: Eating Disorder Foundation of
Canada, 519-858-5111.
For more information about NEDIC, visit nedic.ca.
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THE BURNING QUESTION: LONDONS MARIJUANA GROW-OPS JAYMIN PROULX INTERROBANG
I
n 1936, Louis Gasnier directed Reefer Madness, a grim portrayal of
marijuana and its corruption of youth, ensnaring them into a destructive
lifestyle.
It was later produced by Dwain Esper and went through several different name
changes including Doped Youth, Love Madness and The Burning Question.
The burning question that London faces is what can be done locally for our
reefer madness?
According to Det. Sgt. Chris
McCoy, head of London Police
Services guns and drugs section,
London police made 169 arrests
and laid a total of 461 drug-related
charges last year.
In addition, there have been nearly
50 search warrants for household
marijuana grow operations also
known as grow-ops since May
2009 in London. A grow-op is a
building (often a house) that has
been modied in order to grow
large amounts of marijuana.
Unfortunately, there is no
particular area of the city where
grow ops are more prevalent,
said McCoy. They are present
in residential areas as well as
commercial areas.
Sgt. Steve Arthur, Acting Ofcer in
Charge of London Detachment of
the RCMP, added that marijuana
grow-ops lead to increased
criminal activity in residential
areas, re hazards, health risks
and environmental dangers, and
decreased real estate values.
Drug enforcement is part of the
RCMP mandate, and there are
approximately 185 RCMP drug
enforcement positions in Ontario.
A grow-op can be easily distinguished from other houses by the garbage bags
containing soil and plant material often found on the property. Grow-ops also
often have covered windows to obscure the activity in the house.
Most houses that grow marijuana are altered to supply light, water and
ventilation to the growing plants. These changes require new owners to make
signicant repairs once they buy from the previous residents.
Damage is caused by moisture from humidity which in turn causes mould,
explained McCoy. The mould permeates the structure, like the drywall and
framing, and causes a signicant health risk and needs to be professionally
removed, rebuilt and inspected.
Another costly repair issue is a
hydro by-pass, which is when the
hydro line is tapped into the meter
so hydro use cant be detected.
Also, any uninspected wiring
alterations within the home are
modied to run the lights, timers
and other equipment. This too
would have to be professionally
removed, rewired and inspected.
Neighbours suspicious of grow-
op activity should look for people
arriving and leaving the house
with garbage bags or bringing
excessive amounts of soil and
growing equipment into the house.
McCoy said the cost of busting
a grow-op depends on the
complexity of the investigation
and the scale of the operation.
The larger the grow operation,
the more expenses are required
to dismantle it and process
the seized exhibits for court or
destruction. After that, there are
the ongoing court processes.
Those who are convicted of
participating in the cultivation and
distribution of illicit marijuana can
face anything from nes to forfeiture
of assets to incarceration, said
Arthur. Marijuana possession,
other than as specically exempted from the Controlled Drugs and Substances
Act under the Marijuana Medical Access Regulations, is against the law.
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50/50 (2011)
When Will Reiser was diag-
nosed with cancer, he had two
things on his side: a killer sense for
screenwriting and a loyal friend in
Seth Rogen. From these elements
emerged the film 50/50, which
tells the story of Reisers real-life
battle with a rare and often fatal
form of cancer.
In the film, the central character
is Adam, who has a difficult girl-
friend, an overprotective mother
and a truly devoted best friend.
After suffering from chronic back
pain, Adam is unceremoniously
diagnosed with a rare form of can-
cer that has a 50 per cent survival
rate. After discovering that his girl-
friend is cheating on him and find-
ing his mother difficult to lean on
for support, Adam turns to his
friend Kyle, who provides unfal-
tering support. Through
chemotherapy, major spinal sur-
gery and the loss of a fellow
patient, Adam with Kyle by his
side fights for his life.
Adam, the fictionalized version
of Reiser himself, is brought to life
by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who fans
will know from Inception and 3rd
Rock From the Sun. Gordon-Levitt
does an absolutely fantastic job of
bringing to life the complexities of
both the character and the incredi-
ble situation that he is faced with.
Through his comedic relief as well
as his tear-jerking moments,
Gordon-Levitt will have you feel-
ing every emotion right along with
Adam.
Kyle, Adams best friend in the
film, is played by Rogen, who
actually isnt playing at all. Rogen
was Reisers main supporter
through his battle with cancer, and
nearly all of the things said and
done by Rogen in the film were
done by him in real life as well.
What can I say? Rogen does a
spot-on job of playing Rogen.
Bryce Dallas Howard takes on
the role of Rachel, the difficult
girlfriend who cant deal with
Adams illness. It would seem that
Howard is truly in her prime play-
ing less-than-nice-girl characters
as she shines in every one of her
scenes. Anna Kendrick plays
Katherine, Adams counselor
turned love interest, and proves to
be cute and charming as always.
Finally, Anjelica Huston takes on
the role of Adams mother, Diane,
whose ear-splitting whining about
her sons health is both touching
and irritating.
The thing that makes this film
truly special is the fact that it is a
personal story told by and in part
acted by those who really lived it.
Everything about 50/50 feels
authentic, from the devastation felt
by Adam upon hearing his diagno-
sis to Kyles sickeningly funny
faux pas regarding dressing
Adams post-op wounds. The
moments of loss feel like true loss-
es, just as the moments of triumph
feel beautifully real.
This movie is a must-see for any
Rogen fan, as he brings his usual
wit and dark humour to the role,
but also for everyone else. One
word of advice, though: its an
emotional flick that most certainly
will make you cry.
50/50 a touching story of friendship
REEL VIEWS
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a_gaze@fanshaweonline.ca
CREDIT: EONE
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Asun Ortega plays Sister Sarah in Nude Nuns With Big Guns. Sister
Sarah receives a message from God telling her to take vengeance on all
those who did her wrong after being left for dead by a corrupt clergy.
Nude Nuns With Big
Guns (2010)
Bless me Father, for I have
sinned. It has been a few decades
since my last confession.
I have coveted my neighbours
possessions. I made an illegal copy
of a Chumbawamba CD. I beat a
hobo half to death with his bindle
after he defeated me in a game of
Yahtzee. I have used the Lords
name in vain. But worst of all, I
watched the film Nude Nuns With
Big Guns and waited a whole six
months before spreading the good
word about this film.
So what exactly is Nude Nuns
With Big Guns? Well, first of all, it
is a very aptly titled motion pic-
ture. It does in fact feature a nun
with a gun. And this nun does have
a habit of stripping of her habit and
appearing in the buff. It is an
example of the nunsploitation
genre of film. And no, I am not
making that term up to my own
surprise, it actually exists.
Shortly after taking her vows,
Sister Sarah (Asun Ortega) is left
for dead after a brutal assault by
corrupt members of the clergy. On
her deathbed, she receives a mes-
sage from God. Now, while Jesus
Christ was known for telling peo-
ple to turn the other cheek, readers
of the Old Testament know that
God could be a little bit more
aggressive, as anyone who was a
victim of one of his floods or
locust attacks will testify to. God
instructs Sister Sarah to strike
down upon her assailants with
great vengeance and furious anger.
That is where the big guns come
in, as Sister Sarah is armed with
some major guns in her battle with
the clergy who wronged her, and
the motorcycle gang that has been
hired to send Sister Sarah to meet
her maker.
So Ive already gone over the
nun and the guns, now lets talk
about the nudity. Quite simply,
there is a lot of it. However, the
Bible itself featured loads of nudi-
ty. That Adam and Eve story
would never make it past the cen-
sors these days. Sister Sarah is
simply showing pride in the body
God gave her. It would be a sin for
her not to be naked, and it would
be even more sinful for us viewers
to refrain from leering at her.
Once in a generation, a really
good religious/firearms movie
with copious amounts of nudity is
released. Nude Nuns With Big
Guns is that film for this genera-
tion. If for whatever reason you
cannot make it out of the house on
Sunday, watching this film is a
perfectly acceptable substitute for
attending Sunday service. Plus,
unlike mass, you dont have to feel
awkward about achieving an erec-
tion during it. So say three Hail
Marys, four Our Fathers and slip
Nude Nuns With Big Guns into
your DVD player. Amen.
Best religious film bar nun
Cinema Connoisseur
Allen Gaynor
www.cinemaconn.com
LIFESTYLES LIFESTYLES
21
Whenever you submit a resume
for a job application, you should
always include a cover letter to
introduce yourself to the employer
and motivate them to read your
resume. Your letter documents
how your qualifications meet the
job requirements and details what
you, as a potential employee, have
to offer the employer. More than a
simple preview of your resume, the
letter is your tool to demonstrate a
good match between what you
have to offer and what the employ-
er is seeking.
In todays labour market litera-
cy, communication skills and moti-
vation are highly prized by
employers. Your letter is an impor-
tant vehicle in proving you are
willing and able to communicate in
a professional manner.
A cover letter should be no
longer than one page (three to four
paragraphs) and should be printed
on the same high-quality paper as
your resume. You may even
choose to use the same letterhead
on both your resume and cover let-
ter. Always remember to use a
business format and do not forget
to spell check, proofread and sign
the letter before sending it out.
To help you decide the content
of your letter, it is useful to first
think about what concerns and
needs an employer might have
when trying to decide whom they
will interview. Remember, it is not
always the most qualified person
who gets the job, but the person
who best convinces the employer
they are the right candidate for the
job. That can be you if you make
the employers concerns your
own!
An important point to remember
is that the cover letter is all about
what you can do for the employer,
not what you want or need. The
following three questions summa-
rize the most common overall con-
cerns of many employers: Can you
do the job? Will you do the job?
Will you fit in?
A Simple Plan
Letters are easier to write if you
plan your paragraphs and stick to
one theme per paragraph. Here is a
simple format to try:
Paragraph One: Apply for the
job. When responding to an adver-
tisement, specify the job title you
are applying for as well as where
and when you saw the ad. If some-
one referred you to the employer,
mention the name of the person
who referred you. If you are apply-
ing cold, tell the employer the
kinds of work for which you are
applying. It is better to be specific
rather than saying you are applying
for ANY jobs they might have
available. Remember, enthusiasm
is catchy. The first and last para-
graphs should be the shortest in
your letter two or three sentences
are often plenty.
Paragraph Two: Can you do
the job? Do you have the skills and
aptitudes to undertake the job with
a minimum amount of training, or
with the usual training provided by
the employer? Talk about your
job-specific skills and how they
relate to the position. If you are
applying to an advertised vacancy,
refer to the qualifications as out-
lined in the ad, using the similar
wording as the employer. Use this
paragraph to highlight your related
education and experience includ-
ing field placements, volunteer,
co-op and summer experiences. Do
not just say you have a skill; offer
specific examples to demonstrate
where and how you have proven
your skills. Never apologize for
what you do not have; talk about
transferable skills and what you
CAN do. Think of this paragraph
as the technical part of your sales
pitch - your description of specific
job-related information.
Paragraph Three: Will you do
the job? Will you fit in? Simply
put, this is a good place to talk
about your personal strengths and
qualities. What would previous
employers say about your positive
work habits? How have you
demonstrated your motivation?
What examples can you give to
show you have the ability to com-
municate or get along with cus-
tomers and co-workers? Dont just
say you have excellent communi-
cation skills, use examples of what
and where. Some employers con-
sider your personal skills as impor-
tant, if not more, than your tech-
nical abilities.
Paragraph Four: Express your
interest in meeting with them to
exchange further information in a
personal interview. Offer your
phone number and ask them to call
you when it is convenient. If you
are applying cold without an
advertisement, it is a good idea to
offer to contact them rather than to
say you hope to hear from them
soon. Give them a time range for
when they can expect to hear from
you, say, within the week.
Close with your sign off (Yours
truly), but do not forget to sign!
If you are really at a loss for
what you can say about yourself in
your cover letters, you can ask for
assistance at the Fanshawe College
Career Services department in
Room D1063. Drop by or call 519-
452-4294 and ask to make an
appointment with the consultant
responsible for your program. We
are prepared to work with you to
help you identify your skills and
strengths so that you will be able to
create effective cover letters and
resumes.
CAREER CORNER
Wendy Lycett
Career Services
Consultant
Fanshawe Career Services
Effective job search letters
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Every girl has a thing: some
girls are all about shoes, while oth-
ers are all about scarves or jewelry
or purses. Dont focus on one gar-
ment or look: here are some things
everyone should be into.
Bravery and Confidence
I cannot tell you what a turn I
feel fashion has taken. We are all
becoming bland: were t-shirts and
jeans type of people with occa-
sional logos. We are essentially
walking billboards for the brands
we wear. It has become ridiculous
that people resort to the unoriginal-
ity of a Hollister logo on a plain
white t-shirt to make themselves
feel more special, when the same t-
shirt without the logo would prob-
ably look better with a new state-
ment necklace.
Clothing Organization
Do you know how much easier it
is to get ready in the morning if
your clothes are organized?
Picking your clothes off the ground
and throwing them on is NOT a
system. Ill open my life up to you
and let you in on a secret: I organ-
ize my clothes by type and colour.
I have a dresser thats organized by
garment category, which means
tank tops, pants and long-sleeved
shirts are all in separate drawers.
Within those drawers, you will
find the clothing organized into
colour groups: white, black and
others. Not only that, but I have a
rolling rack stacked with my funki-
est pieces that is also organized by
colour. It makes my life easier in
the morning when Im not sure
what I want to wear. If I feel like
wearing a risqu blue or classic
black, its easier for me to find so
Im not late for class.
Chameleonism
Chances are, if youre reading
this article, youve read a womens
magazine before. Womens maga-
zines always have this great sec-
tion that shows you how to wear
something several different ways. I
fully suggest playing dress-up one
day and figuring out what looks
best on you, because after three
weeks of wearing a top and some
jeans, it gets tiring. Learn to wear a
t-shirt with a leopard print vest and
some black skinny jeans, and
maybe a pair of combat boots.
Dont just pair your shirts with a
pant, think about colour, detailing
and especially TEXTURE. Add
interest to your outfits by mixing
and matching things that are a little
wilder together, youll get a good
reaction, I promise.
Class
Knowingly repeating myself, I
do so to stress importance. Class is
a virtue that our society is lacking.
Nowadays TV is filled with skanky
girls who think life is all about
cleavage and butt. Well, NEWS
FLASH its not. Women exploit
themselves far too often nowadays.
Class is the demonstration of styl-
ish superiority. However, this
extends itself to personality as
well. Ask yourself: are you classy?
Are you kind? Are you generous?
Are you reliable? Do people look
up to you? Class is a state of
being. Its your attitude and the
way you approach a situation. Be
polite but have fun. Dont get
hammered and let everything
hang loose. Learn to be an elevated
being its fashionable.
Uniqueness
Sometimes we try to look like
someone else or be someone else,
but the most important thing you
can really love is you. We need to
recognize that fashion is a means
of expressing who we are, but if
you are expressing yourself by
looking like someone else, then it
defeats the purpose entirely. Tell
people who you are, and do it in
different ways: with an accessory,
or cool unique shoes. Different
things in your outfit scream differ-
ent things, its just a matter of fig-
uring out what screams this is
me!
Five things needed to be fashionable
CHRISTINA KUBIW
KALASHNIK
FASHION WRITER
LIFESTYLES
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CREDIT: ERIKA FAUST
The Volunteer Fair, which took place on October 12 in F building, saw many local organizations informing stu-
dents of tons of volunteer opportunities throughout London and area, such as the Victorian Order of Nurses,
Pets Friends for Life and the Thames Region Ecological Association. Above, a student fills out a form before
getting his blood type tested by Canadian Blood Services.
When you look in the mirror,
what do you see? If your answer is
somewhere along the lines of
ugly, unattractive or
hideous, then please, look again.
Keep looking until the only thing
you see is yourself; something that
is so beautiful it cant possibly get
any prettier. No matter how much
makeup you apply or how many
cosmetic surgeries you get, your
true and natural beauty is what
shines through. Unfortunately, in
the world we live in, most people
wont believe this statement and
will go to such extreme measure to
make themselves more beautiful
that it becomes an addiction.
In such a competitive world,
where celebrities with their flaw-
less complexions and stunning
body figures are constantly in the
spotlight, its hard for us to not
want to strive towards looking like
them. However, there is a huge dif-
ference between trying out fancier
makeup techniques or possibly
starting new diets and going to
extremes of cosmetic surgery. We
see celebrities like Heidi Montag
who have plastic surgery done, and
to some, she looks absolutely per-
fect, but the real question is, what
was wrong with her looks in the
first place?
This is when society starts to
become heavily influenced to the
point where an addiction can begin
to form. Body dysmorphic disor-
der is when a person is excessively
obsessed with perceived flaws in
their appearance and is addicted to
trying to make themselves look
better but is really never happy
with the outcome. The causes of
this are extensive, but one that has
recently become more prevalent is
environmental factors, mainly the
media.
Sometimes people just become
addicted to buying beauty products,
which in the end isnt overly harm-
ful, but it still should be treated. The
serious problem is when the addic-
tion to beauty becomes so extreme
that they become addicted to cos-
metic surgeries. Not only does this
completely drain the persons
money, it can be extremely harmful
and dangerous to their wellbeing.
This is especially dangerous when
the person is not only addicted to
beauty, but has body dysmorphia as
well, because they will never be
happy with any of the operations
and will continue to have cosmetic
surgeries done, up to or even past
the point where they look like a
completely different person.
Some people do not believe that
this problem actually exists, but
the scary fact is that it is very real,
and not only with celebrities, but
everyday people as well. Cindy
Jackson is a 55 year-old woman
who holds the record of 52 cos-
metic surgeries, which have costed
over $100,000 altogether. If that is
not considered an addiction, I do
not know what is.
We all have insecurities about
our appearance, but we should
always remember that we were
born this way and are beautiful for
who we truly are. Never let the
advertisements and magazines
make you want to change your
appearance because its the only
way you can look good. Never let
beauty become an addiction.
Forget all the tabloids and overly
photoshopped pictures of celebri-
ties and look at yourself in the mir-
ror. What do you see?
The addiction to beauty
BEAUTY BOY
JOSHUA R. WALLER
joshua.r.waller@gmail.com
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Body dysmorphic disorder is when an individual is excessively focused
on perceived defects in his/her physical features.
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because she was unique and irreplaceable.
LIFESTYLES
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Any job I have ever had, regard-
less of the field of work Ive been
in, has had a uniform policy. Some
restaurants required a white but-
ton-down shirt, while others pro-
vided me with a logoed golf tee.
Summer camp demanded wash-
able tanks and sturdy shoes. My
current position at Yorkdale
Shopping Centre requires a fashion
equivalent of an athletes game
face: getting ready for work takes
work.
Id like to believe I put so much
thought into my work attire as I
have a sense of pride for my posi-
tion and what it represents, but
deep down, I know its because
Yorkdale is a designer jungle
where the shoppers are cougars
lithe creatures waiting to attack
their prey. Often clad in
Louboutins, oversized Prada sun-
nies and toting a Louis, these
women advance on poorly dressed
people as much as they do the
stores they shop in.
I know this because I see them
daily; these women are the very
definition of shopaholics, allowing
Yorkdale to enjoy earning the
highest sales per square foot of any
mall in North America (and mak-
ing it a near miracle to find a park-
ing space).
Judging aside, these shoppers
are busy spending, spending,
spending. Many of them are what
we call VIP clients as they are
regulars at bringing our numbers
up. From a business standpoint,
these are our perfect clients. (From
an employee who tidies up after
them, it can be a different story.)
From a behavioral analysiss per-
spective, a few of them may be
suffering from oniomania. While
some of these slim, well dressed
and incredibly wealthy women are
plunking down their plastic simply
out of genuine need or want for the
garment, a few are fulfilling a
compulsive desire to shop.
Oniomania, the technical term
for a shopping addiction, is a very
real and serious addiction.
Illustrated for over 100 years,
oniomania is categorized by either
a clinical addiction or an impulse
control disorder.
Similar to any substance addic-
tion, shopping addicts suffer a
cycle of endorphin-charged highs
followed by crashes. The compul-
sive need to buy is driven beyond
personal consumer need and is
fuelled by what psychiatrists
believe is a desire to feel special
and fight loneliness as well as
make them a better person. This
pattern can lead to debt and failed
relationships with friends and fam-
ily. In serious cases, the person
suffering from the condition may
shop in secret or destroy their pur-
chases to hide the extent of their
addiction.
Consumerism has exploded over
the past few decades, with figures
of power from politicians to adver-
tisers aggressively encouraging the
population to spend. Experts
believe oniomania is a significant
modern or postmodern addiction
as our culture advocates spending
our earnings on shopping. Retail
therapy is a term based on the
feel-good high achieved when
making a purchase, and marketers
have tapped into this and used it to
their advantage. Oniomanics are
on a constant search for this high
and self-medicate with shopping.
Oniomania sufferers need clini-
cal treatment to overcome their
addiction, and they are treated with
similar methods used with those
with compulsive gambling or any
other impulsive control disorder. If
you or someone you know may
have a compulsive shopping prob-
lem, contact a counselor or mental
health professional for help.
FASHION WRITER
AIMEE BROTHMAN
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Shopping spree or oniomania?
Most students worry about gain-
ing what is known as the Freshman
15. This is usually caused by
excessive partying, fast food and
late night eating that first-year stu-
dents tend to indulge in. Some stu-
dents also become less active and
spend most of their free time sit-
ting down in a library studying or
sleeping, which doesnt help the
problem, either.
Its not only the Freshman 15
that scares people; the holiday
weight that people gain also
becomes an issue. I like to think
its because we need to store some
fat for the winter to keep us warm.
I mean, if eating a couple extra
pieces of pie will keep me warmer
at night, Im going to do it.
Although as soon as January 1
comes around, people begin to put
down the gingerbread cookies and
head straight for the gym so they
can start losing the five to 10
pounds they gained over the holi-
days.
We are a culture that unfortu-
nately obsesses about weight gain,
and we dread the times when we
know we are going to gain it.
Although the one thing I have
noticed no one ever really talks
about is what I like to call the
Relationship 15. It is a known fact
that people tend to gain weight
when they start dating someone.
Unless you are dating someone
who eats ridiculously healthy food
and has strong willpower, you are
destined to gain weight. So why
does this happen?
One reason people tend to gain
weight is because the classic dates
all involve food, such as dinner and
a movie. Restaurants are not very
healthy even something as nutri-
tious as a salad may be hundreds of
calories depending where you go,
not to mention how many calories
are in movie popcorn. I know
Cineplex now plays a commercial
before the movie that shows us
exercises we can do in our seats
during the movie so we can eat our
popcorn guilt-free. Seriously
though, who would ever do that
while watching a movie? Also, no
way those exercises will even
come close to burning off as many
calories as we are eating. I am not
saying that going out for dinner or
eating movie popcorn is bad, but if
you start doing it two or three
times a week, it can be.
Not only do you eat out more,
but you also tend to eat more and
usually later at night. If one of you
gets hungry, somehow it turns into
both of you eating. With the last
guy I dated, I found myself eating
two dinners three times a week for
the first few months, and I gained
10 pounds. This was because every
time we stayed in, one of us would
always get hungry late at night and
we both wound up getting some
sort of fast food, even though one
of us wanted to eat. I know person-
ally there is no way I can watch
someone else eat while I just sit
there; I dont have enough
willpower for that and I know most
of you dont either. That is a huge
problem: not only do we eat more
when we arent hungry; it also
never seems to be healthy food.
Its not just about how much
more food we consume when we
are in a relationship, it is also how
we spend our time. In the begin-
ning of a relationship, couples tend
to be less active. We find ourselves
making time to hang out, which
means cutting other things we may
do in our spare time, like going to
the gym. Even just staying in and
watching TV or a movie is time
you are spending on a couch. I
know some of you might find some
active things to do with each other
while staying in, but sex on aver-
age burns 100 calories for any-
where between 15 to 20 minutes. If
thats what you consider being
active, it really isnt going to make
that much of a difference.
Its hard to avoid the
Relationship 15, yet even though
most of us know that it will hap-
pen, we dont obsess over it like
we do with the Freshman 15 or
holiday weight. Why is the
Relationship 15 something people
never really worry about? Maybe
its because some things in life are
more important to us than how
much weight we put on, and hav-
ing a good relationship with some-
one who cares about us is definite-
ly one of them.
Love, Lust & Lies
Patricia Cifani
asklovelustlies@gmail.com
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the Freshman 15
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THE TONIGHT SHOW
with Jay Leno
Christopher Columbus claimed
America for Spain. If the British had
never come here, we would all be
speaking Spanish as opposed to
just half of the country speaking
Spanish.
We found out why Sarah Palin
wont run for president. She heard
the job lasts four years.
A woman gave birth to a baby girl
right after completing the Bank of
America marathon. Because it was
Bank of America, they charged her
$5 to take the baby out.
San Francisco hosted the first
medical marijuana job fair. The
keynote speech was titled,
Jobs and How to Avoid
Getting One.
BEST IN LATE NIGHT
COMIC RELIEF
LATE NIGHT
with Jimmy Fallon
Officials in Venezuela have hired
120 mimes to help direct traffic. Its
confusing. You can never tell if the
mimes are telling you to stop, or if
theyre just trapped in a box.
A Papa Johns delivery guy called
the cops on a man who was using
medical marijuana. Yeah, a pizza
guy called the cops on a stoner. Its
all part of Papa Johns new business
plan trying to put themselves out
of business.
A team of American scientists
just traveled to Russia to search for
the Abominable Snowman. That's
right, a mythical creature
who probably doesnt exist.
Or as Republicans call that,
a presidential candidate.
THE LATE LATE SHOW
with Craig Ferguson
Every year, Columbus Day forces
us to ask some very interesting ques-
tions, such as, Is the post office
open?
Its Canadian Thanksgiving, a day
that Canadians gather around and
watch dad carve up the hockey puck.
The Occupy Wall Street protesters
gathered outside Rupert Murdochs
house chanting, What do we want?
Murdoch interrupted saying, I already
know, I hacked your phones.
This weekend was the National
Beard Championship. Over 200 peo-
ple competed, and most of them were
men.
Amish people have rejected
most forms of technology.
Theyre like old people,
but on purpose.
THE LATE SHOW
with David Letterman
Christopher Columbus, an Italian,
moved to Spain and then discovered
America, although many Americans
believe he was actually born in
Kenya.
Someone threw a hotdog at Tiger
Woods while he was putting.
Legally, half that hotdog goes to
Tigers ex-wife.
Congratulations to Paul
McCartney, who was just married
for the third time. Paul smiled and
seemed to know where he was.
Paul McCartney married a truck
heiress. You know the economy is
bad when Paul McCartney is
marrying for money.
Happy birthday to Bo, the
White House dog. It looks
like he may be a one-term
dog.
Oh great noodely one,
We thank you for this bounty,
blessed be art though in thy noodely
appendage.
We thank thee for this bountiful
cornocopia of monocacharides
and carboydrates,
Therein that give our bodys
energy and sustanance,
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It never ceases to amaze
me the diference one
person can make in the
world.
Steven Jobs paved
the way for many
things: Personal
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length 3D
animation and so
much more
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and iTouches high
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LIFESTYLES
Across
1. Deprives of free speech
5. Plural of 3 Down
10. Very strong wind
14. Asian country
15. Fill with joy
16. Adams son
17. Half-snake, half-human crea-
ture
18. E. Indian palm trees
19. Drinking vessels
20. Urban slum areas
22. Fly that feeds on human blood
24. Dime, for example
25. Examine by touch
26. Flows in a sudden and copious
stream
29. Any animal with four feet
33. Vane direction
34. Alter written material
36. Dwarfish legendary creature
37. Burn lightly
40. Imitate
41. German city
42. Ornamental hairnet
43. Makes free of
45. Army rank (abbr.)
46. Man-eating giantesses in folk-
lore
48. Ringworms
51. Small rorquals
52. Florences river
53. Make possible
56. Using block letters
60. Capital of Latvia
61. Icy
63. ___ fixe: obsession
64. __ and span
65. Rub out
66. Tidy
67. Military armoured vehicle
68. Satisfies fully
69. Freshwater fish
Down
1. Saucer-shaped bell
2. Far Eastern nursemaid
3. Pledge to fight
4. Steal
5. Sponge cake
6. Foreign
7. Unfilled spaces
8. Greek letter
9. Last six lines of a sonnet
10. Indonesians
11. Be adjacent to
12. Lower limbs
13. Otherwise
21. Foot extension
23. Durable twilled woollen fabric
25. Honoured
26. Plaster of Paris
27. Availing
28. Title used of a Spanish-speak-
ing man
29. Wigwams
30. Sheriffs helpers
31. Letter of the Greek alphabet
32. Results of auto accidents?
35. Challenges
38. Returns (2 words)
39. Erstwhile Ford
44. Walks with long firm steps
47. Military attacks
49. Country hotel
50. Observing
52. Get up
53. Formerly
54. E. Indian palm tree
55. Against (informal)
56. Plan of an area of land
57. Notion
58. Close
59. Obtains
62. Period of time
Solution on page 26
1. KISS is an acronym for the
design principle keep it simple,
stupid! The KISS principle states
that simplicity should be a key
goal in design, and that unneces-
sary complexity should be avoid-
ed.
2. Cerberus was a
three-headed dog
that guarded the
entrance to the
underworld in Greek
mythology.
3. A ham was a term
given to an actor of low grade
around 1875. The term is derived
from the use of pig fat, which
actors used instead of cold cream
to remove makeup.
4. In the ancient Greece, Rome
and the medieval world it was con-
sidered disgraceful for a woman to
go on the stage. In the time of
William Shakespeare womens
roles were generally played by
men or boys.
5. In punishment for his murder
of Iphitus, Hercules was given to
Omphale as a slave. She made
Hercules perform womens work
while dressed as a woman.
6. Verona, the Italian city where
Shakespeares play lovers Romeo
and Juliet lived, receives about
1,000 letters every year sent to
Juliet on Valentines Day.
7. Superman was created by
Toronto-born cartoonist, Joe
Shuster. Pure Canadian psyche, the
man of steel hides his super-
strengths under the meek guise of
Clark Kent.
8. The name Scrooge entered the
English language as a synonym for
a miser, and the phrase Bah!
Humbug! dismissive of the fes-
tive spirit.
9. Of all the words Dr. Seuss
made up in his storybooks, only
one has stuck in the English vocab-
ulary: Grinch, which is refers to a
killjoy - and it took more than 20
years.
10. French artist, Michel
Vienkot, uses cow dung as paint
when he creates his pictures.
11. In 1943, the July issue of
Transportation Magazine had an
article entitled 1943 Guide to
Hiring Women.
12. Santa Claus has a brother
named Bells Nichols according to
French Tradition. He visits homes
on New Years Eve after everyone
is asleep, and if a plate is set out
for him, he fills it with cookies and
cakes.
13. The name of the award given
to honor the best sites on the
Internet is called The Webby
Award.
Aries (March 21 - April 19)
Energy is your middle name.
Exercise, courtship and personal
projects smolder under your touch.
People with different backgrounds
fascinate you, whether theyre
from halfway around the world or
the other side of the tracks.
Taurus (April 20 - May 20)
Know your limits among people
who dont seem to know theirs.
You strut a little when you feel
other eyes watching. Taurus man-
ages to look like a million dollars
at only a fraction of the cost.
Gemini (May 21 - June 20)
No one wants to commit just yet.
The situation is unclear, and
resources are tied up elsewhere.
You need to finalize plans before
the weekend is over, keep trying
until you get it right.
Cancer (June 21 - July 22)
Privacy is a big issue for you. If
others wont leave you alone, build
your own wall. Body language is
an adequate substitute for speech.
Maybe youll feel more hospitable
next week.
Leo (July 23 - August 22)
Your special time continues.
The standard is raised every time
you meet it. Instead of being nerv-
ous, youre relaxed and ready. You
couldnt stop radiating confidence
and charm even if you wanted to.
Virgo (August 23 - Sept. 22)
Virgo prefers to stay involved.
Although youve taken on an
impossible task, its in your nature
to keep trying. For some reason,
there seems to be virtue in suffer-
ing.
Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22)
Libra is hungry for motion and
development. Call around or pub-
lish your discoveries on the
Internet as soon as you have
something new.
Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21)
Go off by yourself to see if you
enjoy your own company. Your
life has been so full lately that you
could use a reminder of what your
natural state actually is. Be sure
youre getting all that you deserve.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21)
First you include everyone, and
then you figure out how to use
them. Sagittariuss warehouse
overflows with wisdom and cre-
ativity. If others should know
something that isnt in any book,
write your own.
Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19)
You may lack privilege, but you
excel in skill. Years of study and
practice have given you a broad
perspective and easy reflexes.
Justice will be served when youre
good and ready to make it so.
Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18)
Aquariuss world is a user-
friendly place. Your week is gov-
erned by steady signals and charac-
terized by smooth transitions. Hook
up with your favourite people and
go to places that you all love.
Pisces (Feb. 18 - March 20)
A Sagittarius friend might
broaden some horizons, but now
is intent on showing Pisces the
limits. Hackers respond to the
challenge of the forbidden. All
others should follow the directions
on the package.
very hard Daily Sudoku: Wed 26-Mar-2008
6 3
6 4 2 9
9 3 5 8
2 6 1
4 1 8 6
4 9 5
5 2 3 1
3 2 8 4
8 1
Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 grid con-
tains the digits 1 through 9. That means no number is repeated in any col-
umn, row or box. Solution can be found on page 26.
Sudoku Puzzle
puzzle rating: very hard
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(Anti-war) protests
(Counter-)culture
Fashion
(Lyndon) Johnson
(Robert F.) Kennedy
(Martin Luther) King
Politics
Riots
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Heading into their October 15
game at home against the Calgary
Flames, the Toronto Maple Leafs
remain undefeated. But just barely.
The Leafs opened the season
October 6 with a win over
Montreal and followed that up with
a win over Ottawa on October 8.
Toronto beat Ottawa 6-5, but
Ottawa embarrassed Toronto in the
third period, scoring five goals,
including a few easy ones on Leafs
goalie James Reimer after it looked
like the Leafs had the game in
hand. Reimer, who shutout
Montreal in the season opener, was
solid early, shutting out Ottawa
until getting blitzed in the third.
The Leafs special teams were also
terrible that night. Ottawa netted
two power play goals and a short-
handed goal in the third.
Much of this seasons success
depends on the play of James
Reimer. In his first two games,
when hes played well, hes been
brilliant. But the third period
against Ottawa showed that consis-
tency may be a problem, and con-
sistency in his play is something
Reimer will need to have if the
Leafs are expecting him to play 50
or more games this season.
One bright spot in the Ottawa
game, though, was the production
of Phil Kessel, who tallied a hat
trick and added an assist. It was
Kessels first hat trick as a Leaf. If
it wasnt for Kessels hat trick, the
Ottawa game would have been an
embarrassing come-from-behind
loss for the Leafs. Granted, the
team is short a few players: Tim
Connolly is already hurt, Nazem
Kadri is also out for a few weeks
and Clarke MacArthur is serving a
suspension he earned during pre-
season. Both Connolly and
MacArthur were expected back for
the October 15 game against
Calgary.
Theres a problem here, though:
Ottawa stinks. Theyre forecasted
to be among the lowliest of the
basement dwellers this season, a
team thats planning to rebuild
through the draft, which means
multiple seasons of last place fin-
ishes. Theyre one of the worst
teams in the league and Toronto
barely beat them.
A nagging problem for the Leafs
during the past few seasons has
been both their power play and
penalty kill. The Ottawa game
showed that, though hopes are high
for Toronto this season, Torontos
special teams have much room for
improvement.
It will be interesting to see how
Connolly plays alongside Kessel.
Kessel is off to a hot start and logic
says with a playmaker like
Connolly centering his line, Kessel
should produce even more. But
logic has little to do with team
chemistry in hockey and Kessel
and Connolly had little time to gel
during preseason. It may take time
to find their mutual chemistry this
season, should they find it at all.
And the more often Connolly is out
of the line-up, the more difficult
finding that chemistry becomes.
MacArthur is a bigger asset to
have in the line-up than Connolly.
The MacArthur-Kulemin-
Grabovski line was the Leafs best
last year and figures to be the best
again this year. As with Reimer,
consistency from these players will
be vital to any success the Leafs
have this season.
JEREMY WALL
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Daniel Alfredsson scores a shorthanded goal against James Reimer in
the third period of the Leafs-Senators game, October 8.
Last week brought some shock-
ing developments on both the
TNA and WWE fronts.
First up on RAW, The tension
between Triple H and his employ-
ees threatened to boil over.
Several superstars, including
Alberto Del Rio, Cody Rhodes,
Jack Swagger and David Otunga,
made it perfectly clear that they
were not happy with Triple Hs
performance as the Chief
Operating Officer of the WWE.
They felt that the boss was not
providing them with a safe work
environment, due to the fact that
Awesome Truth was able to con-
stantly get into the building and
assault people, despite being fired
by Triple H a few weeks ago.
Otunga assumed leadership of
the superstars who had an axe to
grind, seeing as how he is the only
one with a law degree. He decided
that the only way to force Triple H
out was to start a lawsuit against
the company, which the other co-
conspirators were quick to agree
with. It has backfired on some of
them, as Triple H has thrown
Rhodes and Christian into match-
es they were not expecting as pun-
ishment for crossing the boss.
The flames of mutiny were
fanned further by John
Laurinaitis, the VP of talent rela-
tions. He seems to have been
doing all he can behind Triple Hs
back to undermine his authority.
It all came to a head when a
vote of confidence was organized,
and the entire WWE roster
(except for John Cena, Sheamus
and CM Punk) surrounded Triple
H, who was standing in the ring.
Triple H attempted to justify his
performance as the boss, but the
superstars would not hear it and
unanimously voted no confidence
in him. Jerry Lawler made a sur-
prise return and told Triple H that
as long as he was the man in
charge, nobody was safe, and he
informed Triple H that he was
walking out. The rest of the roster
followed Lawlers lead and left
the building, even the faces. An
intense moment occurred then
when JR was the last one left at
the announcers table. He sat there
contemplating, then removed his
headset and took his leave as well.
With none of the WWE superstars
or employees having confidence
in Triple Hs authority, how long
can he be the boss?
Over on Impact Wrestling, the
moment that fans have been wait-
ing for finally arrived, as Hulk
Hogan agreed to wrestle Sting at
Bound For Glory. Hogan has been
dodging Sting for weeks, and he
made the official announcement
last Thursday that he is retiring
from the business. It was perhaps
a heartbreaking moment for many
Hulkamaniacs, until Sting came
out dressed in Hogans signature
classic red and yellow. Sting
informed Hogan that he had hid-
den camera footage, and as the
video played it showed Hogan and
Bischoff laughing backstage
about how Hogans retirement
was all a lie. Hogan just about lost
it on Sting and angrily told him
that he would fight him at Bound
For Glory, and if Sting won, he
would get the company back for
Dixie Carter. Hogan realized what
he had said immediately but it was
too late, the challenge had been
accepted in front of all the Impact
fans. This ensures that Bound For
Glory will be the must-see PPV of
the year, as the stakes have never
been higher.
SPORTS&LEISURE
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Last weekend was turkey week-
end, and we were blessed with a
sunny average of 27C! Everyone
got to see his or her families and
were all a tad plumper.
Thanksgiving is the ultimate eat-
ing holiday. You eat, and then you
sleep. You wake up from your nap,
and then you eat dessert. You watch
TV for a bit and then you eat again.
The next day, you either go to a rela-
tives house or your boyfriend/girl-
friends familys place to eat more.
Then you take home Tupperware full
of leftovers and have turkey sand-
wiches for what seems to be the next
month.
After Thanksgiving weve got
Halloween its almost time for little
Oh Henrys and Kit Kat breaks. After
that, Christmas is just around the cor-
ner. This is the time for giving and
the time for eating random foods and
treats at multiple parties. Just to add
insult to injury, its almost winter-
time, which leaves many of us play-
ing video games and lounging
around more than we normally
would. Were all doomed or then
again, maybe were just in for a chal-
lenge that we face every year.
People usually have small season-
al fluctuations in weight. Although
its difficult to estimate, this may
translate to about a three- to four-
pound increase on average. Climate
has a lot to do with it. Climate is lit-
erally in our faces and is always one
of the most important environmental
barriers to being physically active.
Physical activity helps control weight
gain, and the majority of people are
less physically active during winter,
particularly we poor chaps here in the
Great White North. Put simply,
weight gain is about energy in and
energy out. We take in energy with
our diet and expend energy through
physical activity. Physical activity
and diet should balance each other
out, and an imbalance can result in
weight gain. So how can you prevent
the pounds from packing on?
In winter, try not to change your
diet. The winter season often leads
people to eat more comfort foods rich
in sugars and starches, further
increasing the potential to gain
weight. People may also feel less
concerned about this weight gain
during the winter months when pub-
lic displays of the body are less like-
ly. A loose sweatshirt, for example,
easily conceals a few extra pounds.
However, when the summer season
kicks in, bringing along more oppor-
tunities to reveal the body such as
in a swimsuit or during a day at the
beach people tend to refocus their
concerns about body image and as a
result, refocus their outlook on nutri-
tion. Of course, being active and hav-
ing a good diet contributes to making
the weight control game a hell of a lot
easier.
If you think youre less active than
you should be, look at how to build
more activity into your winter days.
Look for what will stop you from
being physically active and how you
can overcome those barriers. Take
small opportunities to increase phys-
ical activity. Get into purposely mak-
ing active choices such as taking the
stairs instead of the elevator or taking
a walk around the office instead of
emailing people.
The key is getting into the habit of
being active without really knowing
it. Its not about doing anything dras-
tic; its about adopting a mentality of
simple steps. All this winter talk may
seem a little early, but we all know
its going to get cold real fast. With
the cold comes more opportunity for
excuses. Remember, moving your
body for the sake of health and fit-
ness only takes effort until it becomes
habitual.
FUN AND FITNESS
RICK MELO
melo_rick@hotmail.com
In what has been a crazy and
unpredictable NFL season so far, the
Detroit Lions have been by far the
biggest surprise. The offence, led by
quarterback Matthew Stafford and
wide receiver Calvin Johnson, has
been remarkable. The defence, on
the other hand, hasnt been all that
great, but it is improving week by
week.
Despite all this, the Lions are still
just a few losses from being right
back where they were in previous
years (the bottom of the NFC
North), and they face an important
week seven showdown against the
inconsistent Atlanta Falcons.
The Falcons come in with their
season basically on the line. They
have alternated wins and losses pret-
ty much every week, and they
havent been able score many
points. I realize we arent even at the
halfway point of the season yet, but
the Falcons may need to win this
game to stay in the NFC playoff
hunt.
Key Matchups
1. Brent Grimes vs. Calvin
Johnson: Good luck, Mr. Grimes.
The man they call Megatron
(Johnson) has been on an absolute
tear this season, and it seems no one
can cover him. Grimes has been the
best cornerback for Atlanta the past
two years, but he will certainly have
his hands full in this one.
2. Falcons offensive line vs.
Lions defensive line: The Falcons
have been among the best in the
league at protecting the quarterback,
but they havent faced anything like
this. Led by pro bowler Ndamukong
Suh and rookie Nick Fairley, the
Lions can rush the passer and stop
the run as well as anyone. This bat-
tle will likely determine the outcome
of the game.
3. Matt Ryan vs. Inconsistency:
The most inconsistent player on the
Falcons has been Ryan. The former
first-round pick has struggled to get
the ball downfield, and he needs to
do that to be successful. If he can
start throwing the ball deep and
stretch out the Lions defence, he
could have a huge game.
The Rundown
The Falcons, as I said, are tough
to call. They generally struggle on
the road, but I think they can pull off
an upset here. The key will be the
play of Ryan, and if they can get
anything going on the ground with
running back Michael Turner. Ill
take the Falcons in a close one, 31-
27.
For next week, I will take a look
at the Sunday night affair, which
will have huge implications in the
NFC East.
Time for the Lions to roar
NFL CZAR
JUSTIN VANDERZWAN
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THE HEEL TURN
SCOTT STRINGLE
stringle78@gmail.com
Winter weight gain
SPORTS&LEISURE
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Last week, we looked at new
cars that cost under $20,000. This
week, we will look at some more
cars that cost just under $30,000.
All these cars we are talking about
today are family cars, so if youre
looking for something practical,
read on.
2012 Honda Civic Si
We have looked at the Honda
Civic Si many times over the years
and have always liked it. Since for
2012 it has been heavily revised,
we decided to revisit it again to see
if the magic is still there.
From a styling point of view, it
still looks good. Available as
either a coupe or sedan, this model
will still catch the attention of
those who know their cars.
Personally, I prefer the rear lights
of the previous generation model.
Inside, things look pretty much
the same. While the dashboard has
gained a few toys, especially the
VTEC indicator, elsewhere the car
seems to be put together by using
cheaper plastics, which is not a
good thing. Even when you open
the trunk, the lining looks cheaper,
suggesting Honda is trying to save
money or they just need a better
supplier.
Like all Civic Sis before, its the
bit under the hood that most enthu-
siasts are interested in. For 2012,
the engine has grown from a 2.0 to
a 2.4 litre. Horsepower is up slight-
ly, so now it produces 201 hp and
170 lb/ft of torque. It is still only
available with a six-speed manual
gearbox and powers the front
wheels.
The driving feel is what most Si
owners will complain about.
Whereas the last car was sharp and
loved to rev to 8,000 rpm, the new
one would rather that you dont
rush and it only revs to 7,000 rpm.
Plus that familiar VTEC kick is no
longer felt.
The rather heavy flywheel holds
the revs for too long not what an
enthusiast wants from their motor
and the suspension set up on my
test sedan suggested this car is
tuned for the highway rather than
back roads.
In short, the new Civic Si is not
as much fun to drive as the old one.
But if you still want a new one,
prices for this model start at
$25,990.
2012 Chrysler 200
The old Chrysler Sebring sedan
was just about the blandest, most
boring car on the planet.
Thankfully, the 200 is a big
improvement on that, and it starts
with the styling.
Styled under the creative eye of
Ralph Gilles, the 200 bears a fam-
ily resemblance to the 300 sedan,
which is a step in the right direc-
tion. I particularly like the LED-
style light beam that runs over the
headlamps, which gives this car a
much more up-class look.
The interior is similarly
improved. While it is still obvious
that the 200 is based on the old
Sebring, at least the fit and finish
and the quality of the materials
look to be improved.
What you and your passengers
will enjoy the most will be its spa-
cious interior and excellent ride. If
youre looking for a practical vehi-
cle that rides like its suspended
from air, this would be the car.
If you want a car that is fun to
drive, this isnt for you. The 2012
Sebring comes with either a 2.4-
litre, four-cylinder motor that pro-
duces 173 hp, or a 3.6-litre V6 that
produces 283 hp. The base motor
comes with a four-speed automat-
ic, while the upgraded motor gets a
six-speed automatic. My test car
was a V6 model.
Despite the power figure, this
car is slow and feels slow. This is
not for anyone who enjoys the act
of driving. However, if you want
something comfortable with lots of
space for occupants and their lug-
gage, then this is the car for you.
Prices for the 2.4 start at $19,995,
while the 3.6 starts at $27,995.
2012 Toyota Camry
The last two generations of the
Toyota Camry were just about the
dullest vehicles ever produced, so I
am happy to report that the 2012
version of the Camry is a big step
forward in dynamics and interior
quality, even though the styling is
not revolutionary enough.
The new Camry that was just
launched is an evolution of the old
car, rather than a revolution.
However, Toyota engineers point
out that this car is pretty much all
new. I just ask, if it is all new, why
did they make it look so similar to
the old one?
Thankfully, things improve a lot
when you step inside. The interior
layout and the quality of the mate-
rials have improved vastly. Plus,
now you get new toys like a touch-
screen infotainment system
(optional), which is also your nav-
igation screen. I also like the
design touches like the stitching on
the dashboard, which gives it a
much more upscale look.
As always, there is plenty of
room inside for five passengers,
and a trunk big enough to carry all
of their luggage.
Powering the new Camry are
three new engines. The base motor
is a 2.5-litre, four-cylinder motor
that produces 179 hp. The upgrade
motor is a 3.5-litre V6 that pro-
duces 268 hp, and the third engine
option is the hybrid motor, which
is paired to the 2.5-litre motor.
Toyotas literature did not include
any power rating for the hybrid,
but at the event it was suggested to
be around 200 hp. Also worth not-
ing, the new hybrid is still using a
nickel-metal hydride battery and
not lithium-ion, and in EV mode
can only carry the car for a 2 km
distance.
Also worth noting is that none of
the Camry models come with a
manual gearbox option even the
sporty SE-model, which comes
with a six-speed automatic and
steering wheel-mounted pedal
shifters. The other Camry models
get the same transmission but
without the pedals.
At the recent press event for the
Camry, I got to drive all the differ-
ent models of the new Camry, on
the road and even the track. I have
to say, this vehicle is impressive
for a family car. It might not be the
prettiest sedan on the market, and
its certainly not the most fun you
can have even in its category
but it is comfortable, quiet, spa-
cious, efficient and affordable, and
that is what most people want.
Pricing for the new Camry starts at
$23,700 for a 2.5 LE model, while
the base V6 SE is yours from
$29,900. No prices for the hybrid
have been announced yet.
MOTORING
NAUMAN FAROOQ
naumanf1@yahoo.com
Practical cars
fanshawe college athletics 519-452-4430
www.fanshawec.ca/athletics j1034
soccer
basketball
open gym time available during the day. all you need is a
campus card. see daily schedule.
Congratulations to Jennifer Begley on being named the womens
soccer player of the week. Jennifer Begley scored three goals last
week including a pair against Lambton College.
The Mens and Womens soccer programs will be busy this
weekend with potential cross-over soccer games. Going into the
eliminations the womens program is ranked fifth in the
OCAA (nationally) and the OCAA (provincially)
The Mens Basketball team will be hosting an exhibition game against
Centennial at 8:00pm at Fanshawe College J Gym.
OPEN RECREATION
Come participate in some fun events
taking place every Tuesday,
Thursday and Sunday night
at 10:00.
INTRAMURAL SPORTS
Still accepting individual entries for
mens and womens hockey.
Deadlines have been extended.
See J0134 for more information.
cross-country
The mens and womens team travel to Etobicoke for the
Seneca College Open on Saturday (October 22)
volleyball
The Womens Volleyball team travels to the beautiful Niagara region for
the Niagara College tournament starting on Friday (October 21)
athlete of the week
The international breaks in foot-
ball are usually devoted to big
headline games in European
Qualifying groups or simply
friendlies that feature huge teams.
However, why not fill your breaks
with some action right here?
Bashing the Canadian Mens
National team has almost become a
national pastime to us, but frankly,
it doesnt make sense to discourage
the team. We can turn a leaf a
maple leaf, that is this time
around. Right now, Canada is on
the long road to the 2014 World
Cup, and Canadians need to get
into it.
World Cup qualifying for the
Confederation of North, Central
American and Caribbean
Association Football (CONCA-
CAF) is past confusing. The first
round is devoted to the complete
minnows of the region (such as the
U.S. Virgin Islands playing the
British Virgin Islands). That round
serves as a play-in to the second
round, where a team like Canada
would enter. Countries ranked
between seventh and 25th would be
added with the winners of the play-
in to a group stage. This is where
we are at this point in time for the
2014 World Cup Qualifying. Save
a few losses from St. Kitts and
Nevis, Canada will breeze through
this part of the tournament.
The third round, however, could
be a little bit harder for the
Canucks. Here, the winners of the
six groups in the previous round get
mixed in with the top six of the
region (the United States, Mexico
and Costa Rica, to name a few) into
three groups. It was here that
Canada encountered trouble last
year, as they couldnt get points
against teams like Honduras in
their group. However, if they finish
in the top two of their group, they
will advance to the final group of
six. The Hex, as its called, gives
the top three direct trips to the
World Cup, with the fourth place
team playing the fifth place team in
South America for another chance
to make it to the finals.
Canada does have a shot at mak-
ing it that far. You may think its a
crapshoot, but they have made it far
in tournaments like this in previous
years. They won the 2000 Gold
Cup, a tournament devoted to the
entire CONCACAF region after
handling teams like Mexico and
Columbia. Performance is not
important; what is important is sup-
porting the nation you reside in and
the nation that you are (hopefully)
proud to be from.
A lot has been documented about
the poor support the Canadians get,
especially at home. In the last qual-
ifying cycle, Honduras played
Canada and because most of the
fans were Honduran at the match,
the stadium staff handed out blue
and white noisemakers. We need to
get behind the national team. We
need to be proud to be Canadian
football fans. I highly recommend
watching a video called Support
Local Soccer (tinyurl.com/sup-
portlocalsoccer) on YouTube. Its
time to get behind your country.
Its time to support Canada
FANSHAWE FC
MARTY THOMPSON
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