The Concordian - Vol. 31 Issue 6

Volume 31 Issue 6 October 1, 2013Independent student newspaper at COnCOrdIa unIVersIty. sInCe 1983.

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In this issue //news

Brand-new bike racks p. 2

life music

NIN’s opening band p.11

sports

Baseball picks up multiple wins p.12

Underutilized job services p.14

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Board game bar p.5

opinions

From blog to journal, professors’ project turns

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CITY

The Public Bike System Com-pany (PBSC) which runs Mon-treal’s Bixi system is $42 million in debt. Project Montreal leader, Richard Bergeron, said in a CTV article, there’s a good chance the company will go bankrupt. The city of Montreal, however, is cer-tain the provincial government will help out before PBSC has to file for bankruptcy.

After escaping from a Laval prison on Sept. 14, former Hells Angels hit man René Charlebois was found dead by police on Sept. 26. Police discovered his body at a small chalet on Île aux Fantômes, Quebec. Char-lebois had been in jail since 2001 for killing a police informant, among other charges, and would have been able to apply for full parole in three more years. Montreal police are looking into whether he committed suicide.

A suspicious man has reportedly been taking pictures in the Town of Mount-Royal (TMR) around schools, a local library and park. Parents of students at Dunrae Gardens elementary school are anxious. Some have even hired se-curity guards to watch over their children, as it is the only school in TMR without a fence. Mike Co-hen, spokesperson for the English Montreal School board, said the school will be meeting with the TMR mayor to discuss the instal-lation of a fence.

A piglet on his way to be slaughtered fell off a transport truck in Brossard and was found by Quebec provincial police on Sept. 18. The police called animal control officers who came to pick up the month-old piglet. The piglet was transported to the Wish-ing Well animal sanctuary north of Toronto. The sanctuary, founded by Brenda Bronfman, who’s origi-nally from Westmount, permanently adopts animals. Yoda, named by Bronfman, will now live the rest of his life at the sanctuary.

>> This liTTle piggy goT saved

>> Bixi in deBT

>> parenTs on edge over

suspicious man

>> hells angels escapee found

dead

University frees up spaces for parked bikes around campus

Concordia supports community cyclists


Showing their support for sustain-able transportation, Concordia impounded 78 bikes during a bike sweep performed on Sept. 23 at the Sir George Williams (SGW) cam-pus and installed new bike racks throughout this past month.

Facilities Management, the Se-curity Department, and Allégo—a working group of Sustainable Con-cordia, focused on transportation—developed an official procedure where unused bikes around cam-pus are removed to make room for active cyclists. While Concordia performed a bike sweep three years ago, this is the first one with an of-ficial procedure in place.

“We wanted to come up with a procedure because just removing bikes willy-nilly is not very polite,” said Chantal Forgues, Concordia’s sustainability coordinator, adding that the procedure has been in the works for about two years.

The organizers involved met on Sept. 25 to discuss how it went and what can be improved for future bike sweeps.

“Things seemed to roll out really well with the different team mem-bers,” said Forgues, who stressed that Allégo played a big role in the process. The legal department at

Forgues explained Concordia was able to determine the amount of new spaces that were needed based on transit surveys conducted two years ago which estimated the amount of cyclists in the area.

“A lot of these racks are used not only by Concordia students, staff, and faculty but also by community members,” said Forgues.

While the recent bike sweep took place downtown, Loyola campus will have its own in the future.

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Concordia and Risk Management were also involved to guarantee bikes would be removed in the fair-est way.

Forgues said Distribution Services as well as plumbing and carpentry from Trade Services attended the meeting.

Abandoned property is defined in the procedure as bikes, bike parts, or locks that appear inoperable or seem to be unused for an extended period of time and bring up issues of safety, accessibility and aesthetics.

The removal procedure involves attaching reusable tags on aban-doned bikes, which the owner can then remove. If the tag is kept on longer than seven days, Concordia will remove the bike and put it in storage where it will be kept for 90 days. The university has a reg-istry with photos and descriptions of the impounded bikes, but those unclaimed after this period will be donated to certain organizations in Montreal that specifically take in donated bikes and have a system in place for picking them up. Forgues said other options included send-ing them to local bike shops (such as Right to Move and the Little Red Bike Shop) and to charities in Haiti.

In addition to the bike sweep, 33 new bike racks were installed at the SGW Campus, creating 231 additional spaces for bike parking. Four inefficiently located racks were also moved to the Loyola campus.

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racks is really essential for the entire neighbourhood,” stressed Forgues.

Forgues said the next bike sweep will take place this spring, follow-ing the Easter holiday. After that, there will be another bike sweep in August next year, then again in October.

Next spring, 16 more bike racks will be installed downtown, adding an additional 115 spaces.

In total, there are now 675 spaces downtown and an additional 220 spaces at Loyola.

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NATIONMarC-OlIvIer laraMeestaff writer

Stephen Harper will not take “no” for an answer when it comes to the Keystone XL Pipe-line. President Barack Obama has yet to approve the project, going on five years, but Harper believes the project is beneficial for both countries. He stated that the environmental effects of the pipeline are negligible and that “the logic behind this project is simply overwhelming.”

Finance Minister Flaherty an-nounced on Sept. 23 that there would be a federal contribution of $660 million for the extension of the east Toronto subway. The decision to extend the subway is one of Toronto’s solutions to reduce car traffic in their city. However, Toronto Transit Com-mission CEO, Andy Byford, feels that this extension will exacer-bate the current crowding issues experienced by subway users.

A deal worth $4.7 billion pre-sented by Fairfax could be the solution to the desperate search for the revamping of BlackBerry which was once valued at $83 billion. Fairfax is already the largest holder of the telecommu-nication company’s shares. For the moment, this offer is still waiting for approbation but sev-eral analysts believe that Fairfax will help increase the company’s value.

The majority of Canadians are still subscribing to either cable or sat-ellite to watch television. However, the online viewing of television is continuing its growth with innova-tions such as Netflix, which now hosts 17 per cent of the Canadian market, an increase of 70 per cent since 2011. A study conducted by the CRTC also shows that 33 per cent of Canadians stream televi-sion shows online. A research and consulting firm responsible for tracking Canadian cable subscrip-tions said “it’s clear that there’s a seismic shift underway in how Ca-nadians watch television.”With files from Amanda L. Shore

>> harper won’T Back down

>> canadians change The way

They waTch Television

>> ToronTo meTro receiving

$660 million

>> a possiBle Buyer for

BlackBerry

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slOaNe MONtgOMeryCo-news editor

Former interim dean Paula Wood-adams selected by Board of governors

Concordia waits to take a position on charter

MarC-OlIvIer laraMéestaff writer

University President alan shepard still consulting with Board of governors

With many taking sides on the Parti Québécois’ proposed Char-ter of Values, Concordia Univer-sity’s official stance remains to be seen.

University President Alan Shepard, who considers Con-cordia’s diverse community of some 46,000 students from over 150 countries as a strength, is consulting with the Board of Governors before making a pro-posal on the university’s stance regarding the charter that pro-motes the secularization of Quebec public institutions.

“I would like to reassure the Concordia community of our deepest respect for diver-sity, inclusion and freedom of thought,” said Shepard in a statement issued on Sept. 18.

Shepard wrote it is too soon to know what exactly will be included in the legislation. The university is waiting for this

draft legislation to be tabled, and will only then take a posi-tion.

“During Thursday’s [Sept. 19] board of governors meeting, the president consulted with gover-nors on the proposed Charter of Values and will continue to con-sult with the Concordia commu-nity,” said Concordia spokesper-son Chris Mota.

In the released statement, Shepard encouraged Concord-ians to participate in this pub-lic consultation process set up by the Quebec government, by sending comments to Bernard Drainville, the minister respon-sible for Democratic Institutions and Active Citizenship.

The charter’s five proposals are: to amend the Quebec Char-ter of Human Rights and Free-doms; establish a duty of neu-trality and reserve for all state personnel; limit the wearing of conspicuous religious symbols; make it mandatory to have one’s face uncovered when providing or receiving a state service; and to establish implementation pol-

icy for state organizations.“The board is committed to

respecting the diversity of the Concordia community,” said Mota.

Other universities and CE-GEPs in Quebec have already made known their positions on the proposed charter.

On Sept. 17, McGill University sent out a news release where Principal and Vice-Chancellor Suzanne Fortier affirmed reli-gious choice and cultural diver-sity as essential values for the

New dean of Graduate Studies appointed

On Sept. 20 Concordia’s Board of Governors finalized and approved the appointment of Paula Wood-Adams as the new dean of gradu-ate studies.

Wood-Adams started her ca-reer at Concordia in 2001 as an assistant professor in mechanical engineering. Her strong academic background includes a PhD and Masters in chemical engineer-ing from McGill University and a Bachelors of Science in the same field from the University of Al-berta.

“Paula’s experience and com-mitment will serve Concordia well in our efforts to foster an envi-ronment that promotes research, scholarship and creative work for our graduate students,” said Con-cordia President Alan Shepard.

Wood-Adams became the pro-gram director of mechanical and industrial engineering in 2006 and held this position until 2012. In 2006 she was also appointed Concordia University’s research chair and had the experience to travel to Bangkok, Thailand as a visiting professor.

In 2010 Wood-Adams became the associate dean of graduate studies until July of 2012 when she began her service as the in-terim dean. Her interim duties ended this September, after over a year of service when she was officially appointed to be the new

dean. Her term is intended to last until September of 2018.

In addition to her strong aca-demic background, Wood-Adams has been a fundamental member of Concordia throughout her 12 years at the university. She has been an active member of fund-ing agencies and many commit-tees including, the National Sci-ences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Fonds de Research du Quebec (FRSQ). She has also contributed numer-ous articles to scientific journals focusing on polymer science and rheology, and has received over $2.5 million dollars in both shared and individual grants from federal and provincial and some private funding agencies to ad-vance her research. She is also a strong leader, supervising over 25 graduate students and postdoc-toral researchers, and continuing to lead more students everyday.

“This is a critical juncture for graduate studies at Concor-dia as we seek to raise the pro-file of our programs and expand our research output and impact […] Paula is passionate about graduate education and, equally important, is well-versed in the global trends in this key area of higher education,” said Graham Carr, vice-president of research and graduate studies. “Successful universities will be those that find exciting new ways to train stu-dents both within individual dis-ciplines, across disciplines, and through ambitious professional skills development programs, of

which GradProSkills is a stellar example.”

As an administrator Paula Wood-Adams has provided stra-tegic and operational direction to various functions of the graduate studies program, focusing her at-tention mainly on new curricu-lum and program support and re-cruiting new, promising graduate students. Wood-Adams has also been a working member of the group that developed Concordia’s academic plan. The current plan puts strong emphasis on the ad-vancement of research and gradu-ate studies.

Concordia University’s School of Graduate Studies is responsible for academic and administrative functions related to all graduate programs, graduate students and

postdoctoral students. The school evaluates and oversees over 100 graduate programs leading to doc-toral and masters degrees, gradu-ate diplomas, and certificates for professionals who want to up-grade their skills and knowledge.

“Apart from administrative experience, Paula has a strong re-search record. She’s a Concordia University research chair,” said Carr, “While there is an increas-ing number of graduate programs at the Masters and Diploma levels that focus on providing students with professional credentials, the link between research, graduate and postdoctoral studies is funda-mental in most fields and Paula embodies those connections through her work as a researcher and supervisor.”

Paula Wood-adams is the neW dean of graduate studies.

McGill community and opposed the charter.

The news release stated, “The proposal to prohibit our profes-sors and staff from wearing vis-ible religious symbols runs con-trary to our principles.”

Richard Filion, Director of General of Dawson College, also opposed the proposed charter.

Bishops University, Vanier College, and John Abbott Col-lege are among the schools yet to a position.

With files from Kelly Duval.

Photo from Flickr

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>> u.s. governmenT on Brink of shuTdown

>> comBaT in a mall in kenya

kills 68

>> former presidenT of

liBeria’s appeal denied

MarC-OlIvIer laraMée staff writer

WORLD learning // NeWs

If Congress can’t reach a deal on a temporary spending budget bill, the government will shut down. This means that the government will stop providing all but essen-tial services such as police and fire fighting. Part of the reason the U.S. is facing a shutdown is because of disagreements over the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare. Republican-controlled House of Representatives are re-fusing to pass a budget unless there is a one year delay in the rollout of Obamacare. So far the Senate has refused to modify the Affordable Care Act in relation to the spending budget.

The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone has denied Charles Taylor, for-mer president of Liberia’s ap-peal, against his conviction of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone. Tay-lor was sentenced to 50 years in prison in May 2012. In his rejection of the appeal, Judge George King pronounced that Taylor’s crimes not only hurt his victims and their rela-tives but fueled a conflict that threatened international peace and security in the West-Afri-can Sub region.

After four days of combat in a mall in Nairobi, Kenya, the death toll is estimated at 68 people, including two Canadi-ans and more than 175 injured. As of Sept. 30, the Red Cross believes that there is at least 39 people still missing in the rubble. However, the Kenyan government contends that there are no remaining bodies to be found. Investigators will continue to search the par-tially collapsed mall until it is declared 100 per cent cleared. Authorities believe that be-tween 10 to 15 people partici-pated in the attack. President Uhuru Kenyatta said last week that five of the attackers had been killed by security force gunfire. He believes there may be one or more attackers under the rubble.

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Cooplearn helps users take charge of their education

Website created for students by students

With the goal to improve the Cana-dian academic industry, on Sept. 9, Ontario university students of-ficially launched Cooplearn, a website designed to help students keep in contact with each other re-garding school affairs.

The free website was founded by childhood friends Bassil Eid, studying economics at the Uni-versity of Ottawa, and Robin De-faye, a student at the University of Waterloo. They came up with the idea in October of last year.

On the website, students can cre-ate an account, select their school, then form Studyrooms which are virtual spaces that mimic the classes offered at a given school. This is where students share notes, help one another study or work on assignments.

“We came up with the idea of Cooplearn when myself and a few friends were sitting around think-ing of how dependent we are on each other when it comes to com-pleting assignments and studying for exams,” said Eid.

By allowing students to take con-trol of their education, the found-ers hope to achieve their goal of improving the national school system - a goal they feel should be shared with students around the country.

“We all need to come together,” said Eid. “Cooplearn simply pro-vides the meeting place.”

He feels the collaboration the website allows can help better students’ work, while also making the studying process more fun.

“Going through a tough experi-ence with others who are in the same situation as you always makes the experience a lot easier,” said Eid.

Before officially launching the website this fall, Eid and Defaye tested it out on their friends who were enrolled in summer classes. Eid explained that they’re still testing the website and taking in feedback from users to make im-provements.

Cooplearn becomes more ben-eficial as more students sign up, explained Eid, as it allows for the sharing of knowledge.

He said just under 700 students use Cooplearn, while the amount of users is quickly increasing.

“The students have really been great at getting this website out there,” said Eid.

Cooplearn is now mostly geared towards Canadian colleges and universities. It’s also available in some schools in the U.K. and the U.S., while the founders expect it to continue to grow in the future. So far, there are only a few students at Concordia using Cooplearn.

“[A] cool feature is that we have control over everything we do,” said Concordia economics stu-dent Kevin Smith. “We create the Studyroom, we add in the assign-ments, we invite our friends.”

Smith said seven of his friends collaborated in a Studyroom to complete an assignment but he hopes more people will join the

website so that more students can help each other out.

Eid stressed that Cooplearn is different from other websites like Yahoo! Answers, Ask.com and Allexperts.com because of its fo-cus.

“While other [websites] just of-fer a free-for-all of questions and answers, we offer organized study with friends and classmates in a centralized location,” said Eid.

Cooplearn is for students in any area of study, from economics to drawing. There’s a math toolbar and image uploader on the web-site for students in technical and arts programs.

“This is a website created by students for students. It is created so that we can have control over our own education,” said Eid.

Students can sign up at cooplearn.com.

Concordia is in the final stages of new co-operative education programs

Getting a taste of post-graduation life

NOelle dIdIerjeaNContributor

An exciting development is in store for students of journalism, anthro-pology, sociology, and political sci-ence. Concordia’s Institute for Co-operative Education is in the process of integrating these departments into their program.

Getting approval for such an exten-sive program is a complex process. The approval is now in its final stage of review, which entails approval by the Senate (the highest governing structure at Concordia University). In order to get to Senate, the coor-dinator had to go through the Cur-riculum Council, the Curriculum Committee, the Academic Programs Committee and, before that, they needed faculty approval.

Despite this, coordinator Jane Fairhurst who has been developing the new programs said, “We have been incredibly fortunate because the university is very pro experien-tial learning, so it has only taken us about a year to get this going. From

what I’ve heard, this is absolutely unheard of. Usually, these kinds of procedures take a lot longer to get implemented.”

If the co-op program is approved, students will be able to put in their applications in mid-November, im-mediately after approval by the Sen-ate. Students must start applying for jobs all through the winter semester in order for them to have their first job by summer of 2014.

If you’ve not yet exceeded 30 cred-its (in other words, still a first year student or just starting your second year), you’re eligible to apply for the program. If you have more, you can’t complete the scheduled pro-gram because you’re required to do three work terms, with a study term in between, and you have to end on a study term.

Grade requirements vary by pro-gram. Applicants in the journalism department for example need a GPA of 2.7 or a CRC of 28.

Applicants will be judged on grades, competence, and enthusi-asm. The applications will need to include a letter of intent, cover letter, CV and transcript.

The first year enrollment in the co-op program will be capped at 10, and is strictly considered a trial year to see if it works for employers and if students are interested. If there are a surplus of employers interested in journalism students, then the num-ber of students admitted will slowly increase.

“But it all has to happen slowly, like a bit of a dance. We can’t in-crease the number of students with-out having the employers, we can’t increase the number of employers without having the right number of students,” said Fairhurst.

Upon completion of the co-op

program, students “are miles ahead of their peers graduating from other universities without having gone through co-operative learning,” said Fairhurst. Students will have three letters of recommendation from em-ployers to put on their CV.

But participation in the co-op pro-gram goes further to help students than simply a résumé boost. All stu-dents enrolled in the program will at-tend seminars in cover-letter writing, CV writing, and interview skills. This ensures that graduates of the program “are at a certain caliber when they’re actually interviewing and going out to get jobs,” Fairhurst explains.

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Randolph Pub offers an alternative night out

leah BalassContributor

On the crowded St. Denis street filled with students and young party-goers, a unique pub that feels more like your childhood

living room has made its mark amongst the busy bars, clubs and coffee shops of the area. And it’s the first of its kind in the city of Montreal.

At Randolph Pub Ludique customers are invited to enjoy an entertaining evening of board gaming, with professional staff known as gaming animators, who act as counselors to help customers select, learn and play one of the 1,000 games available.

“Nothing has been made like this be-fore [in Montreal],” said Justin Bazoge, one of the four passionate co-owners of the pub,“There were establishments that had board games or board game libraries – in restaurants, in bars, [and] in bistros – but there was never animation.”

The pub, which opened its doors last July, caters to all demographics and group sizes – from couples, to friends and fami-lies, and even solo players looking to be paired up with others. Bazoge says he has met customers as old as 70, though his cli-ent base is generally a student crowd, as it is situated close to universities and CE-GEPs.

Among the pub’s diverse customer base, board game enthusiasts Jake Alper and Sandy Ruffin from Boston, chose to visit Montreal for their honeymoon after hear-ing about Randolph from some friends.

“We love board games so much that [Randolph] was the inspiration for coming to Montreal,” said Alper.

Prior to opening the pub, co-owner Joël Gagnon hosted frequent gaming nights for Montreal’s vibrant board gaming commu-nity. Over the years, he has established a fol-lowing of over 300 people, many of whom became Randolph’s most loyal customers.

“We’ve been animating, entertaining people with board games for over four, five

years now, so it just made sense to open a place of our own,” said Bazoge.

For experienced gamers like Jean-Fran-cois Beauchemin, Ran-dolph is a great place to meet new people and get to know other passionate players in the city.

“It allows me to play with a lot of people that I haven’t played with before,” said Beauchemin.

Though none of the owners had prior expe-rience in opening a pub or a bar, their combined passion for board gam-ing was strong enough to overcome the chal-lenges involved in set-ting up their new busi-ness.

With over 850 board games of their own, the four owners had only a few more purchases to make in order to reach their goal of having 1,000 games to fill the shelves of their pub.

Bazoge and his three co-owners say they are glad to see custom-ers enjoying the atmo-sphere and the concept of Randolph.

“People are happy, so we become happy,” said Bazoge. “I like the environment here be-cause people don’t come to drink and get drunk, they come here to play games and have fun.”

Randolph Pub Ludique is located at 2041 Saint-Denis. It’s open everyday from 4:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., and until 2:00 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

Board gaming and beer becomes big hit on st. denis

CCSL SPECIAL PROJECT FUNDING Do you have an exciting idea that will engage your fellow Concordia students but lack the funds to bring it to life?

Then apply to the Concordia Council on Student Life (CCSL) Special Project Fund. The CCSL makes funds available to support projects that enhance or contribute to the quality of student life at Concordia.

Guidelines & Online Application available at:deanofstudents.concordia.ca/funding-and-awards/

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Montreal’s Pop Festival hosts fierce fashion competition

laUrIaNe dUval-BélaIrContributor

Music resonated, clothes twirled, heels clattered and all eyes turned to the models as they walked

down the runway for Fashion POP, a com-petition featuring six young designers pre-senting their first collections. On Wednes-day Sept. 25, the Rialto theatre was full of people when a panel of judges chose Chris-tina Julien as the winner of this year’s Fash-ion POP.

From white dresses and short satin red shorts, to monochrome dresses and big square net suits, the collections presented at Fashion POP were all very different and brought something unique. Native Montreal designer, Madeleine Voizard, took inspira-tion for her collection from the city and

Fashion POP provides platform for new designers

Cultured Cuisineers — Dutch cooking

“how people are dressed in the metro or in evening meetings.”

“I like to use silk and jacquard mixed with more modern fabrics such as jean and cotton to create garments,” she said.

“I get my inspirations from the design and architectural world,” said Viviane La-belle, another young participant, citing the urban planning of two different cities she visited, Los Angeles and Portland, as the inspiration behind her menswear collec-tion.

Both Voizard and Labelle agree that the competition is an opportunity for them to get visibility and experience and, just may-be, a way for them to achieve their dreams. Voizard would like to have her own cloth-ing enterprise in Montreal. She sees herself designing as well as managing the business aspect of a clothing line. Labelle would like to have a shop where she designs mens clothes as well as furniture and other ob-jects.

Heather Campbell, the coordinator of the event, said that Fashion POP was first initiated seven years ago to extend the POP Montreal festival to the fashion

community.“The main objective is to give new de-

signers a platform to show their work out-side of school,” said Campbell. “Fashion POP gives the opportunity to young design-ers to present their work to an audience without having to care about the business aspect of fashion.”

The competition is open to any young designers, but Campbell has personally

approached and encouraged many of this year’s participants, having become familiar with their work through their school port-folios.

Fashion POP can be a great opportunity for designers who have just finished school. For instance, Natasha Thomas and Angie Johnson, two previous winners, are now running their own fashion lines in Mon-treal.

Models strutted their stuff on the catwalk, wearing designs by eMerging artists at fashion PoP Montreal Photo by lauriane duval-belair

aNNe kINgMaContributor

I know, I know...What the hell is Dutch food?Odds are, you will probably never hear, “I’m

craving DUTCH food SO BAD right now...” on this side of the Atlantic.

Truth is, not a lot of Netherlanders actu-ally live in Montreal today, compared to immi-grants of other European countries. And those who do (under 15,000 people) have integrated themselves so well that they have kept their traditions mostly for special occasions.

According to Joanna H. Lowenstein, author of A Social History of the Dutch in Quebec, after World War II, when Canada was experiencing a huge wave of immigrants, the Dutch popula-tion mostly went to Ontario or to other prov-inces. Some did stay in Quebec, and especially in the Montreal area, but most of them “inte-grated quickly and many faded away into the general population.”

However, this does not mean that Dutch traditions are forgotten. Most Netherlanders simply keep their ways and pass them on in the privacy of their own homes, never trying to push them onto others.

But enough about history. The dish I am

presenting today is a traditional Dutch Stamp-pot. This is a hearty winter dish, for those snowy days, spent ice-skating on the Amster-dam canals while singing Christmas carols in unison.

OK... For us, it’s more like “finish class at Loyola at 8 p.m., slip on an ice patch while running after the shuttle, have an unpleasant ride in a crowded metro and finally get home at 11 p.m., all this during a snowstorm” days. Nevertheless, this recipe is cheap, easy to do,

Cultured Cuisineers — Dutch cookingSTAMPPOT RECIPE

- 2 large potatoes, cleaned, peeled, and cut into chunks- 1 head of endives, cut into small pieces- 1/2 onion, chopped- 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped- 2 tablespoons of butter- 1 cup of warm milk- Salt and pepper, to taste- 1 large Dutch smoked sausage (Rook-worst)

1. In a large pot, boil the potatoes until they easily break apart (around 20 minutes)Meanwhile, to steam your sausage, place it in your steam machine or in a colander that fits into a pot lightly filled with boiling water. Cover for about 15 minutes.2. In a smaller saucepan, stir-fry your onions and garlic in the butter until they turn light brown.3. When the potatoes are ready, mash them with a fork and add the milk to make the mash smooth.4. Add the raw endives, fried onions and garlic to the potato mix and stir. Use salt and pepper to taste.5. Place the smoked sausage on top, and voila! Eet smakelijk!

and feels good after a long day.“In the winter in Holland, every family eats

it at least once a week. It is usually served in the big pot on the table, with a big smoked sausage on top,” said Gauke de Jonge, representative of Nederlanders in Montreal (and true expat; he has been in Montreal since 1965). Stamp-pot is very versatile. You can switch endives for spinach, kale, carrots, replace the sausage with meatballs, use sweet potatoes, add bacon, wherever your taste or budget takes you.


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literary journal’s website, manned by Concordia staff and students, celebrates its first birthday

rOa aBdel-gaWadarts editor

Wine and words flowed when Lem-on Hound celebrated its one year anniversary last Friday at Drawn

& Quarterly Library, marking a year since the journal’s migration from blog format to a fully blooming website.

Founded in 2005 by Concordia creative writing professor, Sina Queyras, Lemon Hound initially functioned as Queyras’ per-sonal blog until 2009. She now holds the po-sition of Editor-in-Chief to what has evolved into an online literary journal where poetry, reviews, interviews and more are published. Its impressive masthead includes Concor-dia professors Stephanie Bolster and Darren Wershler, and award winning writers such as Christian Bök (Eunoia) and Zoe Whittall (Holding Still for as Long as Possible).

The celebration involved readings from six authors. Amongst them was Concordia creative writing professor, Josip Novakovich, who was a finalist for the Man Booker Inter-national Prize earlier this year. Novakovich read from a new story entitled “Crossbar”, and proceeded to send the guests into fits of laughter as he told the offbeat tale of soc-cer and zoos, beginning the story with, “this

happened a few years back, in 2016.” Concordia creative writing graduate

student, Nicholas Papaxanthos, and trans-lation student, Clara Aimee Wall, were also amongst those reading on Friday. They shared selections from their respective poetry which can be described as gritty and experimental; qualities that are in-line with the kind of aesthetic Lemon Hound promotes.

Other readers included award winning Canadian author Anita Lahey (Out to Dry in Cape Breton), and poets Dani Couture and Robin Richardson.

Though the online magazine gives spe-cial attention to women’s writing, Lemon Hound publishes conversations with writ-ers such as Ken Babstock, Jim Smith and Michael Crummey, and explores diverse mediums such as the graphic novel, film and television.

“It is our commitment to staying rel-evant, to seeing literature as organic and local, mechanistic and ludic, international and in translations, conceptual and classic, staring us straight in the eyes and kicking dirt in our face, as diverse and complicated as the host of hands that helps make Lem-on Hound happen over and over again,” writes Queyras and Genevieve Robichaud in the introduction to the journal’s 6th vol-ume.

Lemon Hound keeps its doors open to writers’ creations, critical essays and other ideas, including those that are unsolicited. “We will always, always read what you

send us,” said Queyras. Visit lemonhound.com to read the lat-

est issue and to learn more about Lemon Hound’s submission criteria.

birthday celebrations took Place at drawn and Quarterly library. Photo by roa abdel-gawad

theatre // arts

An intergenerational tale meets an identity crisisteesri duniya’s season opener looks at the past and the present in order to move forward

OlIvIa raNger-eNNsstaff writer

It is a universal story: the bonds be-tween a grandmother, a mother and a daughter. On the day of her wedding,

Malobee, reads dated letters and learns of her grandmother’s situation back during the 1947 partition of India. As hidden pasts and secrets are uncovered, Malobee begins to unravel family histories. This is a classic tale of the past being smacked against the present: how can one adapt? How can one become Canadian?

Letters to my Grandma is staged by the Teesri Duniya theatre, which means “third world” in Hindustani. Directed by Lib Spry and featuring National Theatre School of Canada graduate, Sehar Bhojani, the theat-rical play tackles the concept of generation and identity.

A one woman show, this play is ex-pected to wow people out of their socks for its politically and sociologically fire-hot themes.

“I play four characters,” said Bhojani. “It’s a bit confusing, to be honest,” she add-ed, laughing. “I play Malobee, the daughter, I play the mother, and I play the grandmoth-er as a young and as an older person.”

Bhojani uses certain props to switch

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from one character to the next. For example, in a scene where Malobee has an altercation

with her mother, Bhojani uses a headscarf to identify herself as the mother, who is se-

riously unimpressed with her daughter’s behaviour.

Bhojani also uses ex-tensive manipulation of voice tones and dialects to differentiate herself and let the audience know which character she is playing.

“I swear, ma, it was just a hockey game. And I walked home alone, no one accompanied me!” exclaims Malobee, who is simply a young Canadian immigrant who wants the same things any young woman aspires to have: a boyfriend, friends, a job, clothes, etc.

“It’s difficult in that I am the only actor in the play, but I get my mind to split in two,” said Bhojani, who began rehearsals on Aug. 26 and has been hard at work six days a week, working from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“I’m a Muslim, so it was really interesting to play a Hindu, to see and play the

other side. That was a beautiful learning ex-perience,” said Bhojani.

“The mother and daughter theme is universal, so I think this play can speak to a multitude of people,” said Bhojani, who had to do some research about India and partition in general.

When asked if she is nervous, Bhojani laughed and nodded. “It’s just me for this thing, so of course I am nervous. I am the only actress for the play. I need to stay fo-cused.”

Linda Levesque, the company’s general manager, believes the storyline is dramatic, not sweet. “This is not your quintessential sweet story about a grandmother. There is a lot of resentment. Malobee is constantly reminded of the sacrifices her parents made to move to Canada, and so forth,” said Levesque.

“I think this story will resonate with a lot of people who have had to leave their homelands, who have been uprooted and who came to a new country with new cus-toms,” Levesque added.

This is undoubtedly an important Cana-dian play for Quebec in a time of burning issues as it highlights major themes of in-tergenerational living, immigration, racism, displacement and a new Canadian identity.

Letters to my Grandma plays from Sept. 27 to Oct. 13 at the Centre Culturel Calixa-Lavallée.


video game // arts

Film looks into the use of gMOs and the harmful chemicals within the world’s food system

ayaN ChOUdhUryContributor

Cinema politica // arts

Don’t play around with love — or doa video game about breakups inspired by joy division’s “love Will tear Us apart”

jOCelyN BeaUdetContributor

There’s a universal truth in saying that love and relationships are dif-ficult. Harder still, is the expres-sion of these difficulties, even be-

tween adults. Will Love Tear Us Apart? is a game that

attempts to express what words often fail to convey between people, and puts us in the shoes of an individual dealing with a failing relationship. The game abstractly defines itself, with crudely drawn gender-less figures in a black and white world. The sounds are mellow, but there’s a permanent feeling that something is incredibly wrong. Although each of the three “phases” of the game are different, they are played out in a simple fashion that requires very little ex-planation to understand.

The first phase is the argument, where you sit at a table opposite your partner. While the argument has no words, it does contain emotions: anger, compassion and guilt. Your chosen reaction either makes you win, lose or stall the argument. The pat-terns of emotions become predictable, and winning soon becomes trivial. The disturb-ing factor is that every subsequent “victory” drains the life of your partner until they be-come nothing but a skeleton. The last vic-tory, where you absorb your partner com-

pletely, causes you to move forward to the next stage where things get fairly tricky.

You are transported into a maze, where you control both parties, attempting to make it to the center of a heart. The maze is riddled with obstacles: the walls contract as you get closer to the centre while blood be-gins filling the pathways. Should any of the two parties die before at least one of them reaches the light at the centre, you’re forced to start the maze over. The instructions read: “To save the partners from the pain of breaking up, guide them to the light.”

The truth is that this phase can’t be won, no matter how well you strategize. The pathways will close, leaving one of the two partners stranded and left to die, either eaten by a parasite or drowned in blood. “It’s not a flaw in timing. One is always left behind,” the game reminds you.

Although it would be unfair to spoil the game at this point, it becomes clear that the ideas expressed during the gameplay are true to life. There’s an innate reality of the difficulty of relationships and the struggles that we face when undertaking that journey. This symbolism, firmly expressed by the creators is spot on and its impact reminds us that there are never any clear winners or losers in relationships, only participants. This entire journey clearly glorifies the val-ues of communication and makes you, the player, understand that winning an argu-ment really just means that your partner has lost it.

While the game isn’t perfect, it stands as a testament that games can be art, despite critics saying otherwise.

In the third phase, if you choose to take one of the wrong paths, the game will have you start over from the first phase. Although the goal of this forced restart is most likely to convey a message of futil-ity to the player, it’s hard to have it cre-ate the same impact that these decisions would have in a real life situation. When this happens, it often feels that starting

over comes as a relief from the strain of the tensions in the relationship. We get this romantic notion of a second chance, when in truth we’re only starting the en-tire cycle over.

Will Love Tear Us Apart? may seem like a pessimistic game at first glance, but bur-ied in the troublesome images, it displays a message that begs to be acknowledged.

You can experience the free-to-play browser game for yourself at www.willl-ovetearusapart.com

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Where are you getting what you are eating?

What are the back-door poli-tics behind the food that we consume every day? Where and how are they really pro-

duced and what kind of chemicals are used? What are its harmful effects? These are a

few of the issues tackled by the film All of Us Guinea Pigs Now? by French director, Jean-Paul Jaud.

According to the documentary, most of the world’s governments have authorized the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) after having studied their effects on animals. The film also asserts that these studies usually last for only three months, often too short of a time span to determine the various chronic effects associated with

the use of GMOs. However, a secret research study was recently undertaken in France, testing the adverse health effects of a cer-tain type of genetically modified seed and the results were frightening. The rats used in the study were prone to developing can-cerous tumors and eventually succumbed to premature death.

The film travels from France to Senegal and Japan, showcasing various groups of outspoken farmers and protesters. In Japan,

for example, the major en-v i ronmenta l issue is the use of nuclear power, a con-tentious sub-ject since the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fu-kushima. In Senegal, we find a group of organic farm-ers very much against the use of GMOs, a be-lief which they pass on to the younger gen-eration of food producers.

In the case of Japan, the documentary a r b i t r a r i l y asks: how can a nation that

suffered from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII (and the sub-sequent decades of harmful radioactive effects) allow the explosion of the nuclear plant at Fukushima to occur?

Outside of a few scenes in Senegal and Japan, the film fails to truly remain engag-ing, especially during the long stretches filmed in France. The director presents ideas that are at best subversive and at worst based on unfounded conspiracies.

For example, according to the film, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization, and the World Bank are “mercenary organizations working for the U.S. and are the oligarchies and financial muscles of the food-processing industry.” We, as an audience, are expected to simply swallow this as unquestionable truth.

This film feels as if activists have made it solely for other activists, instead of the average filmgoer.

All of Us Guinea Pigs Now? does not cre-ate an immediate sense of connection and compassion, asking questions that have little to do with the topic at hand. While the issue of what goes into our food supply is an important one, it seems that the mak-ers of this film are so obviously vexed, so righteously indignant towards the ‘big bad enemy,’ that they fail to present their argu-ment fully.

All of Us Guinea Pigs Now? screens Monday October 7 at 7 p.m. in room H-110, 1455 de Maisonneuve W. The event is co-presented in collaboration with the Festival du Nouveau Cinema. For more information, visit cinemapolitica.org/concordiafilM Questions if we are test subjects after an exPeriMent on a genetically Modified organisM yielded harrowing results


Crafts // arts

Puces POP presents the best of Montreal’s artisanal creations all year round

leah BatstONeContributor

Your arts, crafts and designs—locally made

Poetry // arts

Poet’s Corner

Poetry is like an open door, so that you may peek if you seek. The follow-ing poem is about knowledge and its various degrees of perception, how it takes over the mind, when original thoughts like “all is one” come through our creative self, a.k.a. our poetic self. It’s about knowledge, in that its self-evidential rather than assuming. Light is the peace that comes with enlight-ened thoughts. The poem calls for self-mastery and to no longer be a slave to non-creativity. This poem was written while chilling with my grandfather on a sunny day sitting outside a café, with empiricism, Carl Jung and a beautiful golden retriever in mind.

How did you like this poem? Be sure to leave your comments online at theconcordian.com or to submit your own poem write to [email protected].

Evidential

The Empirical sweat,dripped of reason, my mind.

Accumulated light in the cave of logical glee!

Universally One,vibrates sound ofthis joyous day....

Seed your mind,grow a tree,

nourishing self-control.

Testimonia for past slaves,poetry never made,Evidential Poetry!

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By: Kevin Savard

In the basement of St. Michael’s Church in the Mile End, Oliver Stenberg reaches over a table for his five-week-old daughter, Cotton.

She finds comfort on her father’s shoulder as he rocks and bounces her amidst the hustle and bustle of the craft fair. Customers pause in front of Stenberg’s table to look at the tra-ditionally made soaps in scents like lavender, rose and vanilla.

Each product is engraved with “c44”, for Carriage 44, the family business run by Sten-berg, his wife and his mother.

For little Cotton, it’s the first of many fu-ture appearances at Puces POP; an indie and eclectic craft fair for people of all ages.

Held by POP Montreal since 2004, Puces POP has been a platform for artists and craft makers of all media to showcase their work, expand their clientele and meet loyal custom-ers.

The fair is held three times annually, with each show bringing different artists and a dif-ferent vibe to the tables.

“It kind of came about naturally. There are all these people around making interest-ing things, [we got] them all together in the context of this festival,” said Puces POP direc-tor Tessa Smith. This is Smith’s third year as director and the position keeps her incredibly busy.

“It’s kind of non-stop. I’ll sleep Tuesday but then I get right back into planning the next one. Applications open up in October and the fair is in December,” said Smith.

Puces POP is held in September, Decem-

ber and June. The fall fair runs simultaneously with the annual POP Montreal music festival. It brings in many out of town visitors and has the highest amount of customer traffic.

This year, it hosted 75 artists, but the num-ber per each fair varies. Out of the 300 to 400 applications Smith receives for each fair, there can be anywhere between 60 to 90 artists cho-sen.

“We look for a certain quality of work as the first thing. It’s nice to have a mix of people who are really new, who just started their busi-ness,” said Smith during the opening night of Puces POP. “But also people who have been coming to the fair for years and are kind of established, familiar faces. It’s nice to have a bal-ance of the two.”

There is also a collection of differ-ent merchandise present at each show. From art-work to jewellery, beauty products to food, every artist brings something unique.

For Kerri West-lake of Westlake Designs, Puces POP encouraged her to transform her knitting hobby into a full-time job. Westlake started knitting when she was six years old.

Today, she sells her items in six Canadian boutiques, at craft fairs and on the popular craft website, Etsy.com.

“I think it’s really valuable and I think it’s a trend among a lot of people that sell at Puces POP,” Westlake said as she knits be-hind her table. “Especially where it’s really hard to get a job as a youth right now, with the economy the way it is. So it’s really won-derful that Puces POP allows people to make their own work, doing something you love too,” she said.

Westlake Designs and Carriage 44 prod-

ucts can both be found at General 54, a store in the Mile End. But Stenberg finds some-thing very valuable about the Puces POP ex-perience, for crafters and shoppers alike.

“I think meeting customers and seeing what people like, seeing how people react to things and getting feedback is crucial to developing your business. And we love POP Montreal and Puces POP.”

The December Puces POP dates and lo-cation have yet to be confirmed, but check out popmontreal.com/segment/puces-pop for updates.

Missed the fair in sePteMber? no worries, Puces PoP fairs will be back in deceMber. Photo by stacy lee


>> Ray Charles stamps

The U.S. Postal Service decided to honour Ray Charles with a commemorative stamp, released Sept. 23, on what would have been the singer’s 83rd birthday. This is not the first time they have featured a musician on their stamps. In fact, Charles is the third musician to be included in their Music Icons series. The first two were Lydia Mendoza and Johnny Cash. The image that was chosen to represent Ray Charles on the stamp was the photograph used for the album The Best of Ray Charles.

>> Mumford & Sons go on

indefinite hiatus

Some unfortunate news has come in for Mum-ford & Sons fans; the band has decided that they will be taking a break. Although they did not specify how much time they would be tak-ing off, they told Rolling Stone that it would be a “considerable amount of time.” For the past few years, the band has been caught up in a whirlwind of writing and recording new mu-sic, touring, press and award shows, without any real downtime. Their concert in Kansas on Sept. 20 marked their final show.

>> Pussy Riot member goes

on hunger strike

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot started a hunger strike on Sept. 23 in response to the inhumane treatment she and her fellow pris-oners are receiving in prison. Her bandmate Maria Alyokhina also went on a hunger strike earlier this year when she was banned from at-tending her parole hearing. After being hospi-talized, Alyokhina’s demands were met by of-ficials. Tolokonnikova is demanding a change in labour conditions. She said that prisoners are forced to work in unsanitary conditions sewing police uniforms for up to 17 hours a day.

>> Local rockers win Prize

It was Montreal band Godspeed You! Black Emperor who took home the 2013 Polaris Music Prize on Sept. 23 in Toronto for their album Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend. Al-though they did not attend the ceremony, they accepted the cash prize of $30,000, which they said will be used for music education funding in Quebec prisons. The award celebrates diversity and creativity in Canadian artists and is determined by a jury of 200 music connoisseurs. The band was up against fellow canadians Metric, Tegan and Sara, METZ, Whitehorse, Young Galaxy, Purity Rings, Zaki Ibrahim, A Tribe Called Red and Colin Stetson.

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Festival // MUsIC

froM toP left: local natives (Photo by keith race), jessy lanza (Photo by gabriel ellison-scowcroft), wild nothing (Photo by keith race)

POP Montreallocal festival celebrates all things music, art and film

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instruMental rock band exPlosions in the sky PerforM with nine inch nails on the “tension 2013” tour. Photo by Munaf rayani

Exploring an explosive instrumental sound explosions in the sky perform for sold out crowds on tour with Nine Inch Nails

jUstINas staskevICIUsContributor

This Thursday night at the Bell Centre, the lights will dim and Ex-plosions in the Sky will unleash their “cathartic mini-symphonies”

to a crowd of thousands. The Austin based four-piece will open for industrial rock vet-erans Nine Inch Nails along the first leg of their “Tension 2013” Tour to promote their latest album. In a recent interview with The Concordian, guitarist Mark Smith shared how four young aspiring musicians came to play alongside one of the biggest names in music.

Explosions in the Sky formed in Austin, Texas, back in 1999. Chris Hrasky, the band’s drummer, is an Illinois native while the remaining three members are from Texas.

“I moved to Austin to go to the university, but had dropped out,” said Smith.

As fate would have it, Hrasky had posted up a flyer to attract musicians with “Wanted: Sad Triumphant Rock Band” printed on it in hopes of form-ing a band. Because of the flyer, the three musicians answered the call, came together and have been playing as a band since. With such a crucial point in their genesis based entirely on luck, Smith claims that “It’s just weird to think if he had never put up that flyer or we had never seen it...I try not to think about it.”

If he were not part of Explosions in the Sky, Smith says he would have wanted to be the general manager of a professional bas-ketball team. “I’m fairly certain that’s what I was born to do but got side tracked by music,” jokes Smith.

Being an almost purely instrumental band, Explosions in the Sky drew on a

long list of musical influences including Metallica, Fugazi, Pavement—the creators of Smith’s favourite album—Slanted and Enchanted-, Jawbreaker, and The Cure, to churn out their first album, How Strange, Innocence, in 2000. “In the early years, it seemed like we wrote at a pretty ferocious pace, like it was just pouring out of us. We had found a sound and were just feverishly trying to develop it and explore it. Not to mention we were renting practice spaces by the hour,” said Smith. “We’ve never taken more than two weeks to record an album,” he added.

After being together for only a year, the band was already feverishly working on their second album, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever and it was clear to them

that they had put together something spe-cial. The four members tattooed the angel depicted on their second album cover onto each of their left wrists. “It really solidified how serious we were. We’ve always referred to them as our wedding rings,” said Smith.

Having created the original score for the recent David Gordon Green film Prince Ava-lanche starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch, the band has been increasingly busy.While not new to scoring screen productions—having filled out most of the soundtrack for

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Mazzy Star - Seasons of Your Day (Rhymes of An Hour Records; 2013)

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Kings Of Leon - Mechanical Bull (RCA; 2013)

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Kings Of Leon emerged in 2003 as four shaggy-haired brothers — and cousins — eager to play their grimy Southern sounds. A decade later, the Nashville natives have evolved into fully formed, mature musicians and lyricists with their sixth stu-dio album Mechanical Bull. Fans might not neces-sarily hear Caleb Followill’s raw vocals and gritty guitar riffs found in the band’s earlier work, but tracks like the album’s first single “Supersoaker” or “Coming Back Again” sound like they may have been plucked off their 2007 release Because Of The Times.

Mechanical Bull shows the band’s ability to take a smorgasbord of genres and pair them with honest lyrics to create a cohesively fluid album. “On The Chin” is fueled with country twangs, while “Wait For Me” tugs at the heartstrings of the most cynical of cynics in this anthemic arena-rock ballad. Kings Of Leon prove with Mechanical Bull that they have not lost their ability to pump out stellar tracks and stay true to their Southern roots-rock sound.

Trial Track: “Coming Back Again”

Fans have been waiting 17 years for a new release from Mazzy Star. Fortunately the band’s fourth studio album continues where 1996’s Among My Swan left off. Equal parts nostalgia and maturation, Hope Sandoval and David Roback quickly prove that they are more than simply a ‘90s comeback. Their trademark dream-pop and psychedelic folk sound has influenced contem-porary acts like Beach House, Frankie Rose and even Lana Del Rey, affirming the fact that Mazzy Star’s presence in the current music scene is more relevant than ever.

Though Seasons of Your Day does not boast any catchy singles or infectious hooks, the overall ambiance and songwriting are its real strengths. The album succeeds in creating a hauntingly beautiful atmosphere that expands upon, yet tran-scends the bands previous work.

Triall Track: “California”

the TV series Friday Night Lights—this ven-ture is a different beast from traditional al-bum composition. The band had composed a song for Green’s previous film Snow Angel and with Green currently living in Austin, the matchup seemed like a natural fit.

While artist and director at times do not see eye to eye in scoring films, Smith stated,“this was kind of a dream project in that it just went extremely smoothly and we all ended up happy.” While the 15 song soundtrack is well composed, do not expect to hear any of the band’s newest material on stage. “We only get 40 min-utes for our sets on these tours, so we’ll be playing four or five songs from our al-bums every night.” However, these songs might one day be played live: “I don’t think it’s out of the question that we’ll

play a song from the movie the next time we do our own tour.”

As for their current tour with headliner Nine Inch Nails, Smith and the rest of the band are not feeling overly nervous about play-ing before such large crowds. “We’ve been doing it long enough that we have confidence in what we’re doing,” Smith asserts. He added that even if the show goes south, their goal is only to “do our thing and hopefully it sparks something in some people.” While the band have been fans of Nine Inch Nails since their 1989 release

Pretty Hate Machine, none of the mem-bers had previously ever seen the band live in concert.

Despite recording movie soundtracks and their ever expanding tour lineup, the band have not lost their sense of wonder and of humour. When asked what type of animal he would most likely be, Smith answered that he had once looked in the mirror and “thought (he) was a wolf.”

Explosions in the Sky open at the Bell Centre Oct.3 for Nine Inch Nails.

In the early years, it seemed like we wrote at a pretty ferocious pace, like it was just pouring out of us. We had found a sound and were just feverishly trying to develop it and explore it. Not to mention we were renting practice spaces by the hour

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Baseball // sPOrts

MattheW shaNahaNContributor

stingers go 1-1 against Montreal before playoffs

Finishing atop the standings

The Concordia Stingers baseball team led off the final week of the season with a bang, beating the last-place John Abbott Islanders easily in a

14-0 mercy after five innings of play last Tues-day. They continued their hot streak, scoring three wins out of four.

Game recap for Tuesday, Sept. 24.

“We need more players - nine players go-ing against 25 just doesn’t work,” said John Abbott catcher Matthew Palaic. “Our problem all year has been commitment.”

Although the Islanders had two players in scoring position to lead off the first inning, they couldn’t capitalize.

“It was just a timing issue. I found that my leg lift and my arm speed were just a little bit off,” said Stingers rookie pitcher Dan Conner-ty, talking about his first inning issues.

He pitched a five-inning complete game shutout and settled in nicely after his rough start.

Game recap for Game 1 on Saturday, Sept. 28.

The Stingers definitely had enough con-fidence going into Saturday’s doubleheader against the Université de Montréal Carabins, but there was one thing both players and coaches agreed would be the main issue.

“It’s mostly focus. We just have to keep focus and keep doing what we do,” said Sam Belisle-Springer, who finished the game going 0-for-2, with a walk, run and a stolen base.

“I need these guys to keep focus and get

ready for the playoffs,” said manager Howie Schwartz after Tuesday’s mercy-victory. “I thought we lapsed [our focus] a couple of times during the game, and it’s hard. It’s going to come down to how much we are mentally ready.”

Both would prove to be right, as Concor-dia fell behind early in the game. It was a fine pitcher’s duel early on. The Stingers then suf-fered an unlucky bounce when it was bases loaded and two outs and a routine ground-ball was hit to third base, but skipped up and over into left field. What should have been an inning-ending groundout turned out to plate two runs on the play giving the Carabins a 2-0 lead. The Stingers would score only two runs in the game and drop the game 3-2.

“We were trying to do too much at the plate,” said designated hitter Dustin White. “We have clutch guys who’ve been clutch all year and today they were just hitting pop flies and grounding out, but today it wasn’t their day. People slump, and it happens but hopefully come playoff time, [we’ll] be back to where [we’re] at.”

Game recap for Game 2 on Saturday, Sept. 28.

The second game was a different story. Un-like the first game, which was close the entire way through, the Carabins took a command-ing 4-0 lead. They scored a run in each of the first three innings as well as a run in the fifth inning when it looked like the Carabins were going to sweep Concordia on their own turf. It seemed like the Stingers had given up hope, but it turns out a costly error would awaken their spirits.

“These guys had been quiet most of the game and, all of a sudden, the other team makes an error and we have life again,” said Ron Snell, assistant coach for the Stingers. “They gave us an inch, and we ran with it. This team isn’t going to lose many games when you give us the opportunity. You make a mistake, we’re going to hurt you.”

Throughout the majority of both games, the Stingers struggled with bunting, failing to advance the runner on many occasions.

“We weren’t ourselves today. We didn’t have the same energy level and just guys try-ing to get something going,” Belisle-Springer said. “We pulled through in the second game today but we can’t play like this in the play-offs.”

“It’s just something that needs to be prac-ticed. It’s a job that needs to be done,” said Snell. “But in the end, it’s not the end of the world.”

This costly error would prove to spark the Stingers and propel them to victory, coming from behind to win the game 5-4.

“Good teams find a way to win,” said White. “We knew it wasn’t our best ball but hopefully we’re gonna come back tomorrow and win both games.”

“Sometimes, the baseball gods just kinda shine down on you,” Connerty said. “That er-ror in the fifth inning just signalled everything. Everyone got their energy back which we lost early on. Something as small and minor as that can make a big difference in the game.”

Manager Schwartz was the first to men-tion his team’s overall performance.

“Make no mistake about it; we did not deserve to win this game,” he said. “We were flat.”

However, he made it clear it had nothing to do with any sort of lack in ability, “This team is incredibly talented, we just didn’t execute.”

They finished the regular season atop the standings and will play the fourth place team in a best of three series next Satur-day at noon at Pierre-Elliott Trudeau Park in Cote-St-Luc. As long as the Stingers win that series, they will compete against other Canadian universities in the Canadian Base-ball Intercollegiate Association’s national championships in Windsor, Ont. which will take place on the third weekend of Octo-ber.

ChrIs COrdellaContributor

Sports in the News

The two most surprising teams this year have to be the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Giants and for two completely different reasons. The two squared off Sunday afternoon on FOX with the Chiefs defeating the Giants improving their re-cord to 4-0. They have already doubled their win total from last year after going 2-14 in 2012. Oddly enough, two of its big players, quarterback Alex Smith and head coach Andy Reid, were basically run out of town from their previous teams in San Francisco (Smith) and in Philadelphia (Reid). The two have found success to-gether in Kansas City where expectations weren’t very high.

Even though the regular season had end-ed Sunday night, the issue of who will be playing who in the playoffs is not settled. In the American league, there was a tie between the Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers for the final spot. The two will play in a one game play-in, where the winner will play the Cleveland Indians in the do-or-die wildcard game. In the Na-tional League, the Cincinnati Reds will play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the wild-card game where the winner will play the St. Louis Cardinals in the playoffs. The only matchups that are finalized are be-tween division winners. In the National League, the Los Angeles Dodgers will take on the Atlanta Braves. In the Ameri-can league, the Detroit Tigers will take on the Oakland Athletics in one series and the Boston Red Sox will have to wait to play either the Rays, Rangers or Indians in the other series.

On Sept. 25, the NBA and the Toronto Rap-tors announced that they will be hosting the 2016 all-star game weekend for the first time in the organization’s history, accord-ing to The Toronto Sun. The all-star game comes in the same year the Raptors will be celebrating their 20th anniversary. “Clearly the 2016 all-star game is a flag in the sand that we planted with the NBA. It is a must-have in my opinion and it will be the cen-trepiece of how we rebrand this,” Tim Lei-weke, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment president and CEO, and owner of the Rap-tors, told The Sun in May.

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Stingers can’t catch a break against Redmen Concordia football team lose in overtime despite holding 20-point lead

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On a beautiful Saturday after-noon, the McGill Redmen and Concordia Stingers battled until the bitter end for the 27th annu-

al Shrine Bowl. After a back-and-forth after-noon, the Redmen won 53-52 in overtime, handing the Stingers a heartbreaking loss.

The opening quarter was all about field position and special teams as neither Con-cordia nor McGill found their way into the endzone. McGill’s kicker Samy Rassy made two out of his four field goal attempts in the first quarter to give the Redmen a 6-3 lead. Concordia’s kicker Keegan Treloar put the Stingers on the board with an impressive 50-yard field goal. Treloar had a good game going three for three, making two more long field goals from 44 and 48 yards.

Concordia scored the first touchdown of the game when Stingers’ quarterback Francois Dessureault punched in a one-yard run. Dessureault replaced starting quarter-back Reid Quest midway through the first quarter after Quest threw an interception. Dessureault would end the game with 309 passing yards and four touchdowns.

Concordia would score another touch-down in the second quarter thanks to a sev-

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The game that got away against McGillConcordia lacrosse team remain winless after loss last tuesday

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The Concordia lacrosse team suffered a thump-ing 23-1 loss in their third game of the season against the defending national champions the McGill Redmen.

The game got off to a rough start as Con-cordia got into penalty trouble early. Dimitri Lappos was called three minutes in for slash-ing. The penalty cost them an early goal as Rufus Frost slammed it past Concordia goal-keeper Louis Grimes. Less than 30 seconds later, Spencer Bromley got a pass from Leland De Langley and scored to put McGill up 2-0 in a span of one minute.

Two minutes later, De Langley got a goal of his own to put McGill 3-0 over Concordia. Conrad Keeble was called for slashing and it didn’t take long for McGill to reply as Anders Bjella got a pass from Brandon McLean and shot it into the back of the net. The game was really getting out of hand for Concordia as three minutes, later Bromley got another one past the Concordia goalkeeper.

The goals unfortunately kept coming as De Langley scored again with a superb pass from Bjella. At this point it was already 6-0 McGill and they didn’t slow down. The Con-cordia offense seemed to struggle to get in the offensive zone and the penalties kept coming. Xavier Poirier was called for slashing, result-ing in another McGill goal from Bromley not even 30 seconds into the penalty. After that, Christian Carter got a late goal at the end of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, it was already 8-0

en-yard run by running back Kevin Wade. Going into halftime, the Stingers defense held the Redmen without a touchdown and helped the Stingers secure a 20-12 lead. Al-though it seemed like a defensive battle, the game was about to be blown wide open.

After McGill surrendered a safety to start the second half, Concordia scored 12 unanswered points and led 32-12. Halfway through the third quarter, it seemed as if the Stingers were going to cruise to their first win of the season but the Redmen had other plans.

McGill scored 24 unanswered points of their own and with 10 minutes left in the game, the Redmen were up 36-32. For the rest of the game, both McGill and Con-cordia’s offenses exchanged blows. With just over two minutes left in the fourth quarter, Dessureault marched the Concor-dia offense down the field. The late drive was capped off by a third down comple-tion to wide receiver Shayne Stinson for an eight-yard touchdown. With 1:14 left in the game, Concordia was up 46-43. How-ever, McGill stormed back with an 11-play, 60-yard drive and Rassy hit a game-tying field goal with no time left on the clock.

In overtime, McGill received the ball first on Concordia’s 35-yard line. They marched the ball into the Stingers end zone and ended their drive with a one-yard rushing touchdown by Luis Guimont-

Mota. Needing a touchdown and an extra point to tie, Dessureault once again drove the Stingers offense into the end zone.

That’s when tragedy struck. On the extra-point attempt, the snap was fumbled and Concordia could not get the kick off. The game ended 53-52.

“Both teams played hard obviously and it’s always a great rivalry, I’d rather see the game won on a big play than have it end

for McGill. Thirty seconds into the quarter, Rhys Burnell added a goal. Three minutes later De Langley scored again to make it a lead of double digits. McGill received a rare penalty when De Langley made a slash and was sent to the box for one minute. That didn’t seem to get him down as he got out of the box and went on to record his third goal at 11:10 of the second quarter. Burnell added his second goal of the night four minutes later. Not even 20 seconds later, Burnell scored again to also re-cord a hat trick with the assist coming from De Langley.

The goals kept coming as Bohe Hosking scored a goal to make it 14-0. With no end in sight, the whistle blew signaling halftime.

Concordia finally got on the board five minutes into the third quarter as Poirier got a good shot on net and it went in to break the ice for Concordia. It didn’t take long for McGill to respond as two minutes later Hosking got another goal to make it 15-1 for McGill. Frost, De Langley, Daniel Maffezzoli and Christian Barker each added goals for McGill by the end of the third quarter, making it 19-1 McGill.

Goals from McGill were scored at the 19th, 18th and 15th minute from Bromley, Matthew Tse and Bradley Hofman, respectively. Concor-dia looked tired and started making mistakes. Poirier was called for an illegal body check which cost them another goal by Bromley with another assist from De Langley. That was the last goal of the night as the game ended with a disappointing 23-1 loss against the Redmen.

“We had a very rough start, we were un-disciplined, and we lacked in areas that were needed like offense and defense,” said Concor-dia head coach Mike Taddeo.

“We managed a very slow start to the game. Louis Grimes made some good saves when we needed it, we picked things up in the fourth quarter and I saw some good stuff for the third game of the season,” added mid-fielder Brenden Di Vittori.

that way,” said Stingers’ head coach Ger-ry McGrath, “That was unfortunate but that’s why we play the game.”

After the game, awards were handed out to players from each team. Concor-dia’s MVP was defensive tackle Quinn Smith and Mikael Charland won the out-standing defensive player award, Des-sureault won the outstanding offensive player award.

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Many student services to aid the post-graduate job search are underutilized

jUlIa sCaNdellaContributor

The question of whether universities should find jobs for their students continues to be a popular discus-sion topic, especially in an age

where some students do not expect to find a job too quickly post-graduation. Despite this, Concordia University offers its students sev-eral resources that, for the proactive student, can ensure future success.

Some of Concordia’s job services include career planning and counseling, career fairs, workshops, men-torships, internships and job directories, and resume help. However, there is a low aware-ness level of the resources the university offers its students.

“The services we have here are underutilized,” said Profes-sor Harold J. Simpkins, aca-demic director of the marketing co-op program. “I know with many mentorship programs the challenge isn’t getting mentors, it’s getting mentees.”

A number of students that use Concordia’s services, such as Macey Dames, have had positive experiences. “At JMSB, I’ve used the Career Manage-ment Services (CMS) services. The counselors are very knowl-

More bike racks good...but bike lanes still badConcordia adds more bike racks but cycling to school is still difficult

Concordians need to review their optionsedgeable in their respective fields. I would definitely recommend CMS as a resource to other students,” she said.

However, some students aren’t informed about the services. “I am pretty unfamiliar with any career resources offered to me. I would certainly consider using them if I was more aware,” said film student Ryan MacDuff.

In addition to the services offered by JMSB, Concordia’s Counseling and Develop-ment department has four drop-in centres, where students can get advice. Additionally, Concordia’s Career Placement and Services (CAPS) offers counselling on writing re-sumes, cover letters and proposals, interview preparation, advice on looking for a job, as well as hosting a job bank and career work-shops. These are resources students should definitely take advantage of.

Not all students feel the same way about the university’s role in helping them find work. Recent English literature graduate Bi-anca Bourgeois said she doesn’t expect the university to help her once her studies are completed.

“I consider universities as places in which to gain knowledge and conduct inde-pendent research. If my ultimate goal was to find a job immediately following gradua-tion, I would have chosen a different field of study,” she said.

It is fair to say that students are respon-sible for their own success. The university should not be held accountable for provid-ing students with jobs, although the job hunt does require a certain degree of knowledge, which is offered to those that are eager to learn about their industry and employment prospects.

Aside from these services, students should maximize their time by network-ing with professors and their peers through classes and clubs. Many students feel un-prepared for the work force since they lack “relevant” work experience, but getting in-volved in extracurricular activities fosters valuable skills that deserve (and will often get) recognition.

For students wanting hands-on work experience in their industry during their academic careers, co-op might be a viable option. The Institute for Co-operative Edu-cation simultaneously helps students gain work experience, a better idea of their de-sired career path and some capital to help finance their education. Co-op is offered in approximately 35 programs (not including the Industrial and Professional Experience initiatives), with more to be added soon.

Students forget that prepar-ing for the post-graduation job hunt doesn’t start when we leave school. It begins while we are university students, where we can take advantage of all that is offered to us by the institution and the interest-ing people we meet, and when we take the time to try new things and learn more about ourselves.

Attributing responsibility to the university for the deci-sions we do or don’t make, for the prospects we do or don’t pursue, is an easy cop-out to shift the blame over to someone else.

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Concordia University announced on Aug. 30 that they will be adding 200 bicycle-rack parking spaces for the fall term. Hope-

fully, this will encourage more students to use their bikes to get to school rather than cars or public transit. However, more park-ing spaces cannot help the main deterrent for riding one’s bike to school—the terrible bike lanes.

Getting to both campuses by bike can be hazardous. Bike lanes end abruptly or are non-existent going towards the place you want to go. The streets are small, especially when cars are parked on both sides and one is constantly worried that an absent-minded

driver will knock into them. According to CAA Bike Safety, 7,500

cyclists are seriously injured every year in Canada. This does not include cyclists who sustain minor injuries such as bruises and broken bones.

Kay Teschke, who studies cycling in cit-ies, told Maclean’s Science-ish blog, “The fatality rates are about the same for cyclists and pedestrians, though the numbers of pedestrians killed is much higher, because more people walk. Of course, the numbers of motor-vehicle fatalities is much higher than either cycling or walking.The safest mode of transport by far is transit—like buses or subways —there’s no question about it.”

Furthermore, Teschke pointed out that having protected bike lanes significantly re-duces bike injuries, “One of the interesting features that has been found in North Amer-

ican cities where European-style separated bike lanes are being installed is that this is not only lowering cyclist crashes, but also pedestrian and motor vehicle crashes.”

There is a protected bike path along de Maisonneuve Boulevard which goes by the Hall, library, GM and MB buildings, but the problem is getting to de Maisonneuve Bou-levard.

According to the bike path maps on both velomontreal.com and pedalmontre-al.ca there are no protected bike paths or designated bike lanes leading to de Mai-sonneuve. This means that cyclists have to make their way to the protected bike path next to cars which is both dangerous and unhealthy, as it causes a greater inhalation of exhaust fumes.

It is the same for the Loyola campus. There are no designated bike lanes or pro-tected bike paths on Sherbrooke Street. You

can take de Maisonneuve Boulevard, which is parallel to Sherbrooke, but then once again you still need to get from de Maison-neuve to campus on streets without bike lanes or paths.

In order to avoid being too close to cars that may accidentally hit them or whose fumes they will inhale, some cyclists choose to use the sidewalks. Unfortunately, sidewalks are designed for pedestrians and therefore slow a cyclist’s travel time as well as bring inconvenience to pedestrians.

Concordia has a strong mandate of sus-tainability. In fact, just last week JMSB was recognized for having the second best green MBA program. Encouraging more students, faculty and staff to bike to school would be an excellent way to promote sustainability, but it is hard to sell biking as a mode of transportation when said mode of transpor-tation is hazardous.

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Confessions of a 20-somethingNo more guilty pleasures

Let’s get one thing straight: don’t waste time on anybody who thinks they’re too good for pop music. And don’t be ashamed of anything you like.

Over the years, I’ve received a fair share of teasing for the music I listen to. Whether it was Britney Spears or Jedward, people always had something to say about it. One of the biggest problems people have is with liking anything that would be la-beled “teeny bopper.” One Direction, Demi Lovato, or any other musical act associated with Disney are apparently off limits once you turn 16, and I never quite understood why.

If I’m being honest, my music tastes have basically not changed since I was about six-years-old. I may be an adult now, but that doesn’t mean my taste in music has to change completely.

In March of last year, One Direction made a stop at Musique Plus for an in-terview and performance. Streets had to be shut down because of the outrageous number of people outside the studio. My friends and I were part of that crazy crowd—I even skipped class to be there. The average age of the crowd was about 14-years-old. Meanwhile, my friends and I, for the most part, were over 18.

Please explain to me why we got more dirty looks than the other fans? Why should it matter that we’re older? We’re fans of One Direction too, and we were desperate to see them just like everybody else. For the next few days, whenever I mentioned to anyone that I had been there, they would laugh at me. Would it have been OK if I had been waiting outside for hours for a “cooler” band?

If you did a poll of what random people on the street were listening to, I guaran-tee you a lot of them would be too embar-

Letter to the editorRe: “A culture of misunderstanding, miscommunication, and misogyny” - Robin Sas, Sept. 24, 2013

Last week, I read an opinions article talking about the undermining of the feminist movement by men’s rights activists. The writer made an excellent point: “They [men’s rights activists] ignore the fact that feminist discourse shows an understanding that these issues do not only affect women.”

The article received some strong criticism, and, true to Lewis’ Law, “the comments on any article about feminism justify feminism.” For people to say that the advancement of the women’s rights movement somehow limits or impedes on men’s rights shows that people don’t understand how feminist issues, while centered on women, apply across a broad spectrum and better the lives of more than just women.

Before we get to how feminism helps more than just women, let’s take a look at some statistics to help contextualize the importance of the feminist movement. Women, who make up just short of 50 per cent of the world’s population and 50.4 per cent of Canada’s population, are greatly underrepresented on the political stage. In Canada, only 24 per cent of members in the House of Commons are women. While this is a record number in this country, it is still not close to representing the actual population of women present in the country. Anyone who says this lack of representation is irrelevant is highly in denial of the lack of a voice women have in their govern-ment.

One of the most outrageous crimes against women, sexual assault, occurs at such a high frequency and yet is still blown off. The Globe and Mail reported that almost a quarter of university women have been the victim of rape or attempted rape. Stats Canada also reported that women are five times more likely to be the victim of a sexual assault.

While people may take these statistics to undermine the credibility of men’s rights and claim that men are being marginalized, it actually shows issues that disproportionately affect women more than men. This doesn’t mean that the issue in respect to men is be-ing minimized, or that it shouldn’t be discussed, but rather that women are facing these issues in higher numbers, which justifies the reason these issues are pushed in an angle that primarily focuses on women.

The driving force behind feminism, while it places its core values in the advancement of women, serves to challenge traditional patriarchal values. They are helping more than just themselves and making this world a greater place for everyone.

Feminism does not equal women over men – it means taking the steps necessary to equalize the rights of women, and it’s such an uphill battle, it’s easy for anyone who doesn’t look closely enough at the issue to claim that it’s a movement to bring men down. Any-one who denies the value of feminism obviously does not understand the basics of feminism.

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rassed to tell you. They would say it was their “guilty pleasure.” I’ve decided to stop using that term because you shouldn’t feel guilty for liking any song. If it makes you feel good, and makes you want to dance around your room singing at the top of your lungs, no one should stop you.

Whether you’re listening to Taylor Swift or Arcade Fire, Selena Gomez or The Rolling Stones, embrace it. This is what makes you who you are, what sets you apart from everybody else. Individuality is a beautiful thing, don’t be ashamed. The content of somebody’s iTunes library does not give you the right to look down on them.

“Aren’t you a little old to be listening to that?”

That mentality is getting old.We shouldn’t be self-conscious about

our taste in music. If you like what you hear, that’s all that matters. I spent too long hiding the music on my iPod from prying eyes. Who cares if I have the entire Camp Rock soundtrack? I’m not ashamed! Do you hear that Miley Cyrus song blast-ing from my headphones? I hope you en-joy it.

Have something to say? Your own confession? Emai [email protected]. It’s anonymous. Do it, you’ll feel better.

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TUES 1ART- Anarchism Without Adjectives- Ellen Gallery-12:00

THEATRE- Ain’t Misbehavin’- Segal Theatre- 20:00THEATRE- Sedna Goddess of the Sea- Segal Theatre- 20:00

DRAW- Comics & Cartooning Workshop- Drawn & Quarterly- 19:00ART- Sol LeWitt Wall Drawings- FOFA Gallery- 11:00

ART- Lost In The Bush- BBAM! Gallery- 12:00MUSIC-Kings of Leon, The Beaches, Loco Locass-Place des Festivals-6:30PM

MUSIC-30 Seconds to Mars-Metropolis-8:00PMMUSIC-Andy Brown- Le Divan Orange-9:30PM

MUSIC-Basia Bulat- Le Cabaret du Mile End-8:00PM

WED 2ART- Anarchism Without Adjectives- Ellen Gallery-12:00


ART- Sol LeWitt Wall Drawings- FOFA Gallery- 11:00ART- Lost In The Bush- BBAM! Gallery- 12:00

MUSIC-Burgerama Tour with The Growlers, Gap Dream, together Pangea, Cosmonauts- Il Motore-8:00PM

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MUSIC-Nine Inch Nails, Explosions in the Sky- Bell Centre-7:30PMMUSIC-Obits, Heavy Times, Red Mass-Il Motore- 8:00PM

FRI 4ART- Anarchism Without Adjectives- Ellen Gallery-12:00


FILM- Phantom Of The Opera- W.P. United Church- 19:30MUSIC-Miami Horror- Le Belmont- 10:00PM

MUSIC-Kid Cudi- Bell Centre-7:30PMClimate Change Workshop-MB 2.270-3:00PM

SAT 5ART- Anarchism Without Adjectives- Ellen Gallery-12:00


FILM- Phantom Of The Opera- W.P. United Church- 19:30MUSIC-Autopilot- Pub St. Ciboire

MUSIC-Streetlight Manifesto-Metropolis-8:00PMMUSIC-Tritonal-Telus Theatre-10:00PM

SUN 6ART- Anarchism Without Adjectives- Ellen Gallery-12:00


MUSIC-Family of the Year- Cabaret du Mile End-9:00MUSIC-Sound Remedy- Underworld- 9:00PM

MONDAY 7ART- Anarchism Without Adjectives- Ellen Gallery-12:00

THEATRE- Ain’t Misbehavin’- Segal Theatre- 20:00ART- Sol LeWitt Wall Drawings- FOFA Gallery- 11:00

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