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2 Wednesday Mar 9 2016



BOG elections student candidates pay their way

The winning candidates from FUSE slate featuring Cassandra Myers Victoria Morton and Mariam Nouser COURTESY FARHAN RIAZ

By Al Downham

Student member candidates in Ry-

rsonrsquos 2016 Board of GovernorsBoG) election are spending hun-

dreds on campaign materials out-

of-pocketFUSE mdash including candidates

Victoria Morton Mariam Nouser

and Cassandra Myers mdash was thewinning slate with candidatesarning over 1200 votes Yet

heyrsquore unhappy that BoG electionpolicies can potentially shut outow-income candidates

ldquoThis is ridiculous in my opin-

onrdquo said Nouser a third-yearmechanical engineering student

Nouser is vice-president student

ife at the Ryerson EngineeringStudent Society (RESS) vice-pres-dent external affairs at the Ryer-

on Muslim Studentsrsquo Associationand vice-president administrationat the Ryerson Mechanical Engi-

neering Course UnionMorton mdash the RSU Board of

Directorsrsquo (BoD) senate director

mdash said FUSE spent up to $700on campaign materials includ-ng posters handouts and $150

n chocolate mini eggs switchingrom Cadbury to no-name brando cut costs

ldquoAmong the student leadershipole [the electionrsquos] kind of re-erred to the Wild Westrdquo Morton

aid ldquoA lot of students donrsquot evenonsider running because they

know they canrsquot afford itrdquoMorton is also a Ryerson Stu-

dentsrsquo Union (RSU) vice-president

education candidate for the Im-pact slate and vice-president cor-

porate relations at the RyersonCommunication and Design Soci-ety (RCDS)

ldquoWe arenrsquot expecting any reim-bursementrdquo Morton said ldquoWewere able to get the money we

just wish we didnrsquot have to spendmoney to work for free to makethe school betterrdquo

Morton said slates ldquodidnrsquot makesenserdquo in the BoG election thatcandidates should come from dif-ferent backgrounds However

running as a slate helped poolmoney and voters

BoG Election Policies and Pro-

cedures state funds for posters

can be made available to can-didates at the discretion of the

Election Procedures Committee

There is also no cap on whatstudents can spend on their cam-

paign Morton says the posterfunding service wasnrsquot promotedprior to the election or during theall-candidates meeting

Outside of BoG elections sev-eral student unions and societiesenforce reimbursement and caps

The Ryerson Studentsrsquo Union(RSU) whose election continuesuntil March 9 has a reimburse-

ment process and raised caps forcampaign spending this year

ldquoTherersquos no submission of the

budget but they buy their ma-terials submit their receipts andthen they get reimbursed that

wayrdquo said RSU President Andrea

BartlettRSU campaign expenses cannot

exceed $500 for presidential and

vice-presidential candidates oth-erwise risking eligibility for reim-

bursement and finesStudent societies like the RCDS

have varying reimbursement pro-cesses and caps on campaign

spending Nouser said she will pro-pose a motion to introduce reim-bursements to RESS at its Annual

General Meeting in two weeksldquoEven when [students] cam-

paign it should never be some-

thing thatrsquos going to be a hin-drance to the personrdquo said RCDSPresident Casey Yuen ldquo[Reim-bursement] ensures anyone from

any background or financial back-ground is able to participaterdquo

BoG student member candidate

Angelo Robb spent $50 on posterssaying those who canrsquot afford post-ers ldquowonrsquot necessarily have as good

as a chance as those who canrdquoHowever not all 2016 BoG

election candidates think admin-

istration should reimburse studentspending

ldquoI think itrsquos better we had to pay

out-of-pocketrdquo said BoG electioncandidate Banin Hassan a third-year electrical engineering student

She said she doesnrsquot support RSUcandidates campaigning with lawnsigns photo booths and pancakes

ldquoThatrsquos kind of going to waste inmy opinionrdquo

Hassan said lack of reimburse-

ments motivates students to effi-ciently spend money and time oneffective strategies like candidate-

voter interaction BoG studentmember candidate Jamie Gallo-way for example said she spent

no money on her own campaign

Morton said therersquos too muchpaper wasted in the BoG election

but moving campaigns towards apaperless online strategy coulddecrease student awareness

ldquoIt terms of reality [posters]help in electionsrdquo Morton said

Although they didnrsquot promote

the issue as a campaign pointNouser and Morton said makingthe election accessible to student

candidates is something their slateplans to advocate for

ldquoTwo of us currently strugglewith financesrdquo Nouser said ldquoItrsquos

imperative we push for [reim-bursement or caps] We didnrsquot

want to push out loudrdquoThe winning candidates start

their BoG term Sept 1

Equity centre sponsorship in question

By Nicole Schmidt

A new equity sponsorship package was created last year PHOTO CHRIS BLANCHETTE

A four-month delay in putting out a sponsorship package for the equity service centre has created funding challenges staff say

A delay in sending out sponsor-hip packages has made navigat-

ng funding difficult within the

Ryerson Studentsrsquo Union (RSU)quity service centres

In past years individual equityentres have compiled sponsorship

packages to help support staple

vents like Pride and the Reclaim-ng our Bodies and Minds Confer-nce These community sponsorsre often the major source of fund-

ng said equity and campaigns or-anizer Corey Scott This year theentres collaborated to create one

major packageEmployees started working on

he package in August which was

upposed to be sent out last Oc-ober according to RyePRIDE co-

ordinator Daniella Enxuga RSUpresident Andrea Bartlett said thatince this was a new initiativeompiling pictures budget break-

downs and content took time Be-

cause of this the package wasnrsquotsent out until mid-February

ldquoItrsquos really frustrating becausewersquove been working on them sincethe end of last summerrdquo said Enx-

uga ldquoTherersquos really no reason itshould have taken that longrdquo

The package is intended to at-tract both internal and externalcommunity sponsorships But last

month members of the RSU exec-utive team approached the univer-

sity asking for the full amount ofsponsorship that the equity servicecentres requested Ryerson sup-ported 100 per cent of the request

donating $27900

ldquoWe have a long history insupporting RSU initiatives with

regard to equity and inclusionrdquosaid interim president MohamedLachemi ldquoWe feel that creating

welcoming safe space and an ex-ceptional experience is for all stu-dentsrdquo

The university has supportedequity centres in the past butdonations were made in smaller

increments Scott has been work-ing in the equity centres for threeyears and said this is the highestamount of money Ryerson has

annually donated in that timeGiven the date the sponsor-

ship package was released some

equity centre employees haveexpressed concerns with secur-ing external funding for the year

ldquoAny money we get from the

sponsorship packages will nowgo to next yearrsquos budgetrdquo said

Enxuga whose contract ends ear-ly next month

The RSU is still waiting on Ry-

ersonrsquos internal transfer

Scott added that the equitycentres have only been able tosecure half of the external fund-

ing theyrsquove made in years past

Bartlett said shersquos made it clearthat employees are free to reach

out for sponsorship at any pointthroughout the year and that anyincoming sponsorship funds from

the package can be delegated ac-

cordinglyldquoMy hope is that [the equity

centres] will now be able to attract

more external sponsorship so that

they can go to local companiesand actually build partnerships be-

cause thatrsquos how the equity centreswill better sustain themselvesrdquosaid Bartlett

Wednesday March 9 2016 NEWS 3

ldquoItrsquos frustrating

Therersquos really no rea-

son it should have

taken that longrdquo



Intern ArmyBen ldquoHoursrdquo Hoppe

Victoria ldquoTranscriberdquo SykesHannah ldquoInterviewrdquo Kirijianv

Lidia ldquoSafetyrdquo Foote

ContributorsZeinab ldquobyerdquo Saidoun

Jaclyn ldquoRelax womanrdquo TansilBrennan ldquoBean stalkrdquo Doherty

Sarah ldquoFranklin RooseveltrdquoKricehl

Brenda ldquoHarry Trumanrdquo Molina-Navidad

Dylan ldquoCircle of Liferdquo Freeman-Grist

Amanda ldquoSnipe showrdquo Skrabu-cha

Matt ldquoYour not my manzrdquo AmhaBrittany ldquoNice weather ehrdquo

RosenErica ldquoOn timerdquo SalvalaggioAnnaliese ldquoPolaroid expressrdquo

MeyerMitchell ldquoPhoto shootrdquo Thompson

Sidney ldquoHello againrsquo DrmayMiriam ldquoSee you at karaokerdquo

Valdes CarlettiRobert ldquoBlunderbussrdquo

Mackenzie

Ruty ldquoCalabashrdquo KorotaevLindsay ldquoCollywobblesrdquoChristopher

Playing the part of the AnnoyingTalking Coffee Mug this week are people that walk too slowly onthe sidewalk in big crowds Other people are using the sidewalks too guys And maybe those other peoplehave a place to be

The Eyeopener is Ryersonrsquos largestand only independent student news- paper It is owned and operatedby Rye Eye Publishing Inc a non- profit corporation owned by the stu-dents of Ryerson

Our offices are on the second floorof the Student Campus Centre Youcan reach us at 416-979-5262 attheeyeopenercom or on Twitter attheeyeopener

4 EDITORIAL Wednesday March 9 2016

Just a couple students caring a lot PHOTO ANNIE ARNONE

BySeanWetselaar

Letrsquos talk for a moment about

egacy

When I started working at

The Eyeopener we often talked

bout student politics on cam-

pus mdash we may have been the only

ones Conversations about elec-

ions that year were not centred

round who would win mdash that

was a foregone conclusion The

ong-standing tight-knit group of

politically motivated students on

ampus who had been in power

or years were running effectively

unopposed

So disappointed were we by theack of interest from our campus

hat we decided to run our fun

ditor Suraj Singh for president

t wasnrsquot because he could win it

was to make a point about how

ittle the election process mat-

ered

Donrsquot stop campaigningtrsquos up to the campus to keep politics at Ryerson alive

This year the elections wonrsquot

have been called by the time that

this paper comes out (voting ends

Wednesday at 4 pm) but I can

honestly say that I am thrilled tobe able to tell you this

I donrsquot know who is going to

win

This is the second year that this

has perhaps been a true statement

the day election results will be an-

nounced And a big part of that is

thanks to a group of people who

last year were called Transform

RU

I wonrsquot bore you with the details

of exactly how we came to have

two bodies of political thought on

campus rather than one It had a

lot to do with harnessing student

leaders from the student societiesnot just from various levels of the

Ryerson Studentsrsquo Union (RSU)

But this new group pledging a

new era of transparency and ac-

countability in the RSU surged

through the elections in 2015 to

displace the Unite slate in a win

Editor-in-Chief Sean ldquoAngry dadrdquo Wetselaar

NewsKeith ldquoMotor City The Gather-

ingrdquo CapstickNicole ldquoCat gif tearsrdquo Schmidt

Al ldquoSiblingrdquo Downham

FeaturesFarnia ldquoExistential crisisrdquo Fekri

Biz and Tech Jacob ldquoFree moviesrdquo Dubeacute

Arts and LifeKaroun ldquoHerbal Essencesrdquo

Chahinian

SportsDevin ldquoTicking time bombrdquo

Jones

CommunitiesAlanna ldquoNeeds more columnsrdquo

Rizza

PhotoAnnie ldquoWent homerdquo Arnone Jake ldquo5 am in Torontordquo

ScottChris ldquoFacetimerdquo Blanchette

FunSkyler ldquoBRB childrenrdquo Ash

MediaRob ldquoPasswords5rdquo Foreman

OnlineIgor ldquoThe championrdquo MagunTagwa ldquoCo-championrdquo Moyo

Lee ldquoCoachrdquo Richardson

General ManagerLiane ldquoToo much caffeinerdquo

McLarty

Advertising ManagerChris ldquoExasperatedrdquo Roberts

Design Director JD ldquoUntil morale improvesrdquo

Mowat

that was even to those of us fol-

lowing the process closely simply

stunning

Now Irsquom not going to get into

whether or not everything thatgroup has done has been perfect

Irsquom not going to tell you who

you should vote for with the few

hours you have left to do so But

there is one undeniable truth to

this whole thing mdash the competi-

tion that Transform (now running

as Impact) brought to campus has

been a big deal One that itrsquos hard

for me to accurately illustrate in

this short editorial

Over the years Irsquove been at this

paper Irsquove heard all the stereo-

types about Ryerson Itrsquos a com-

muter campus students come in

for class and they go home No-body really cares what happens

outside of those hours It may be

young vibrant and diverse but it

is utterly apathetic

If you go here yoursquove probably

heard all these arguments But

herersquos the thing mdash you can tell

anyone who tries to make that ar-

gument that clearly they havenrsquot

been paying attention Because

itrsquos bullshit

Ryerson may not have as long

a history of political involve-

ment on campus as U of T or

other older schools But if noth-

ing else in the last couple of years

wersquove proven that a large part ofcampus cares very deeply As as

a cynical old fogey who has prob-

ably paid attention to this whole

thing for far too long I can say

that this warms my heart

So why am I telling you all this

Why does it matter to you wheth-

er Ryerson has been far more apa-

thetic in the past or how the two

slates running in this yearrsquos elec-

tion came to be

Because we should all see

the days of old as a caution-

ary tale There wonrsquot always

be people on campus who re-

member those days and itrsquos up toall of you to make sure we donrsquot

have to

So get involved Join a club

chat up your student society or

course union and pay attention

to the student leaders who are

responsible for handling seri-

ous budgets made up largely of

student money These people rep-

resent and work for you

Maybe you want to be one

of them Maybe you donrsquot But

never ever forget that whether or

not yoursquoll be at Ryerson forever

these people matter And so does

the weird fun messed-up com-

munity wersquove built for ourselves

here

So keep on giving a damn

Ryerson And thanks to all of you

who have gotten us here

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RCDS VP finance is resigning

NewsBriefs

Former Ryerson Communication and Design Society (RCDS) vice-

president finance Luke Villemaire is stepping down from his positionfor mental health reasons The Eyeopener covered Villemaire when$20000 was approved for Goliath his upcoming film by RCDS

The Scope is ready to broadcast

The Scope Ryersonrsquos new campus radio station is ready to hit the air-

waves by the end of the month The station began their testing on Feb29 and is planning itrsquos official launch for March 31 The Scope will bebroadcasting at 1280 am on your radio dial

Transformed RUTransform Ryerson entered last yearrsquos Ryerson Studentsrsquo Union (RSU) elections as thefirst opposition group since 2011 Their slate founded on promoting transparencyunding student groups and fighting unpaid internships dominated polls Itrsquos been a

year of ups and downs mdash herersquos how Transform describes the state of the union

PHOTOS COURTESY ANAMATIS PRODUCTIONS

PresidentAndrea Bartlett

VP EducationCormac McGee

VP EquityRabia Idrees

VP Operations

Obaid Ullah

VP Student Life

Harman Singh

Achievements

In January McGee launched a peti-tion against unpaid internships thatgot more than 2500 signatures

The RSU met with the OntarioMinistry of Training Colleges andUniversities to discuss a possible

long-term investment ldquoThe biggestchallenge was getting the provinceto take us seriouslyrdquo said McGee

ldquoThe next step is to keep follow-ing up the more ears this gets inthe more likely something will hap-penrdquo

CriticismMartin Fox from the opposing RU

Connected slate has criticized theconsistency of lobbying for unpaidinternships ldquoIt wasnrsquot a sustainedeffort perseverance is keyrdquo he

said in a previous interview

AchievementsA focus on the topic of men-

tal health has been at the fore-front of student issues for yearsLast semester the RSU launched an

online tool mdash My Wellness portalmdash as a way to provide additionalsupport to students 2016 also

marked the first mental health lead-ership awards mdash a $30000 schol-arship initiative put on by the RSU

CriticismIdrees noted that equity initiativesare always relevant and that the

RSU could have done more out-reach beyond fall and winter ori-

entation Susanne Nyaga of RUConnected has criticized a lack offocus on mental health initiativessaying that there should be sup-

port year-round

Achievements

This year has seen a shift towardmore services online including

the health and dental opt-out pro-cess the wellness portal for mentalhealth and most recently online

voting mdash which Ullah said was hisbiggest accomplishment

Criticism

The current RSU has been regu-larly criticized by RU Connected

for a lack of transparency sur-rounding spending and budgets

Ullah said communicating withthe membership could be im-proved next year

Achievements

Singh played a key role in arrang-ing the 2015 Parade and Concertfeaturing Drake and Future mdash an

event that had people talking aboutRyerson for weeks He called itldquoone of the most successful events

in recent Ryerson historyrdquoCriticism

Rumana Fardaush of RU Con-

nected has said the concert was

not accessible At the RSU debateSingh was criticized for a less active

second semester Singh added thathe wished everyone was wearing ablue shirt for the concert

AchievementsBartlett said her team has accom-plished several things that have

been neglected since she started asstudent at Ryerson including a

hift to more online services an

mped up Parade and Concert andmproved student engagement

In September the RSU began a

25000 rebranding campaign withhe goal to differentiate the union

Part of the spending went towards

new logo and the $5000 signhat sits outside the student learn-ng centre ldquoThe RSU did need a bit

of a facelift to welcome itself into

he 21st centuryrdquo said BartlettHistorically the logo did change

very decade hellip but we were trans-parent about that this yearrdquo

Criticism

Last semester saw the eliminationof the executive director of com-munications and outreach union-

zed position in favour of a neweneral manager resulting in twoayoffs Although Bartlett standsbehind the decision she said she

wished the RSU had been moreransparent about the process Atatement released by the RSU ear-

ier this year said an assessment

done by a third party found thatestructuring would be more sus-

ainable Deficits have plagued theorganization for years and in a re-ent blog post on Medium Bartlett

wrote about $90000 in allegedlytolen funds ldquoI had all this stag-ering information that was diffi-

ult for me to deal with at the timehellip we were dealing with financialssues and finding out the difficult

eality of the organizationrdquo saidBartlett Members of RU Con-nected criticized the layoffs as be-

ng ldquounjustrdquo and said the decisioneflected poorly on the RSU

Going forward

Bartlett cautioned the RSU shouldnever be run like a business ldquoIpray to god that the next president

doesnrsquot have that mentality thatmentality is why wersquore in this messrdquo

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6 Wednesday March 9 2016FEATURES

n a snowy grey Thursday distinct among

the clatter and slush of Eric Palin Hall is the

hushed peace of Cyndy Baskinrsquos office Itrsquos

quiet with a snug carpet and a tidy desk

All around the room are symbols of Indigenous culture

eathers artwork and displays that show her roots

Baskin is of the Mirsquokmaq and Celtic Nations mdash she

s of the Fish Clan and is known in those circles as The

Woman Who Passes on Teachings Fitting then that she

works as a social work professor at Ryerson where she

s also the academic coordinator of the Chang Schoolrsquosertificate on Indigenous knowledges and experiences in

Canada

While over the years she has been successful in help-

ng develop curriculums for various programs on cam-

us (social work midwifery early childhood education

utrition public administration) she notes that one of

he major hurdles in her work is the inflexibility of cer-

ain faculties whose coordinators have trouble justifying

pending resources on increasing Aboriginal content in

heir programs

ldquoItrsquos not easy to get a lot of the schools or programs

n campus to buy into this It takes a long time building

elationships with peoplerdquo Baskin says adding that the

ack of unity across the faculties makes pushing for more

Aboriginal content difficult

In September of this year members of Ryersonrsquos com-

munity looked to correct that by publishing A Call to

Reconciliation at Ryerson mdash a letter specific to the uni-

ersity asking administration to confirm the intended ac-

ions outlined by the Truth and Reconciliation Commis-

ion (TRC) Among other things they urged Ryerson to

support current students and work to increase the num-

ber of Aboriginal student applicants

But hard as it may be itrsquos become more crucial than

ever to encourage mdash and expect mdash that change In June

2015 after seven years of work the TRC (a holistic gov-

ernment response to the abuse and toxic legacy of Cana-

dian residential school systems) published a call to action

in part addressing post-secondary institutions Some of

these actions concentrate on support and reconciliation

mdash others are more academic calling on the government

to provide ldquoadequate funding to end the backlog of First

Nations students seeking a post-secondary educationrdquo

and infuse more Indigenous knowledge in every end of

this post-secondary education regardless of discipline

As chair of Ryersonrsquos Aboriginal Education Council (a

board of students staff and faculty established in 2010

to encourage engagement and support of Aboriginal stu-

dents) Baskin has led the charge on this factor opening

up talks with faculties not traditionally associated with In-

digenous knowledge Her work ranges from the straight-

forward mdash the development of more Aboriginal teachings

in social work and midwifery mdash to the complex as in the

multi-year talks with the journalism school which is the

only program at Ryerson so far that has agreed to offer

a new course (on media and Aboriginal understanding)

next year ldquoI think [others] are just nervous because they

really donrsquot know much of anything and theyrsquore afraid to

admit itrdquo Baskin says ldquoThey donrsquot know where to startrdquo

obbie Nakoocheersquos dream graduate programwill thrust her head-first into Ontariorsquos park-

land Nakoochee a First Nations Cree whose

family originates from the lands surrounding

Fort Albany Ont received her admission to a two-year

term at Guelph Now in her final year at Ryerson she

wants to apply her environment and urban sustainability

degree to the intersection of Aboriginal communities and

Ontariorsquos park systems

Although she had a hunch that shersquod get the spot she

was still flooded with relief when she noticed the funding

package was larger than the one shersquod already received

from York Yet as her eyes paced over the details of the

congratulatory email she couldnrsquot help feeling a pang of

guilt mdash the same feeling that shersquod had upon admission to

Ryerson six years ago

ldquoI feel like Irsquom categorized as separate from the regular

student bodyrdquo explains Nakoochee Sometimes when she

succeeds at something she feels her efforts arenrsquot the most

important mdash but that her status as an included ldquoAborigi-

nal womanrdquo is what matters ldquoItrsquos almost like Irsquom just

the token nativerdquo

ldquoI FEEL LIKE IrsquoM

CATEGORIZED AS

SEPARATE FROM THE

REGULAR STUDENT BODY

ITrsquoS ALMOST LIKE IrsquoM

JUST THE TOKEN NATIVErdquo

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AND FARNIA FEKRI



Wednesday March 9 2016 7FEATURES

he statue of Egerton Ryerson that stands at the

meeting point of Gould and Bond streets restson land once settled by the Mississauga na-tion It was a land of water and trees known

or its passages connecting what we call Lake Ontariond Lake Simcoe In the book Mapping Torontorsquos First

Century 1787-1884 the 18th century land deals made

between the British Crown and the chiefs of Mississauganation are documented through a series of maps and de-criptions All together it was a messy affair mdash whatrsquos

known is that the tract of land starting at Ashbridge Bayn Toronto Islands and extending many kilometers northof Torontorsquos waterfront was handed over for a caravanrsquosworth of supplies and approximately $60 in todayrsquos

money Nearly two centuries later the flaws of the ldquopur-haserdquo ended with a $145-million deal being worked out

by the government and todayrsquos Mississauga chiefs Now

most students scratch their heads in ignorance of the uni-ersityrsquos history as speakers at some Ryerson events ac-

knowledge their presence on Mississaugarsquos New Credit

First Nations landRyersonrsquos location in a thriving downtown core can be

raced to this deal But the universityrsquos name draws its

oots from a separate matter the man it honours EgertonRyerson was partly responsible for many things amonghem the free public education system and residential

chools in CanadaldquoI would like to see more of that truthfulness on cam-

pus in like a physical hard-copyrdquo says Nakoochee who

tresses the need for acknowledging Egerton Ryersonrsquosies to the residential school system just as much as his

work in Torontorsquos early educational development

Investigating these residential schools which trauma-ized generations of Aboriginal children and families for20 years before being closed in 1996 was at the core of

he TRC The official commission formed in 2008 withhe mandate of uncovering the truth about Canadian resi-

dential schools and collecting research and survivor testi-

mony of the atrocities committed in the system It detailedystemic cruelty widespread abuse and a resounding

multi-generational impact on communities brought on

by the forced assimilation that tore away the identitiesof children mdash all of it sanctioned by the government of

Canada and tied inevitably to Ryerson

ecades later issues faced by Aboriginal com-munities and students still remain on the

sidelines mdash for some Ryerson students thisis not only cultural but physical One of the

most pressing issues to Mark Szkoda the student affairs

director of the Indigenous Studentsrsquo Association is theirtudent space mdash specifically the site of the Ryerson Ab-

original Student Services (RASS) office

ldquoIts location the way I describe it is like wersquore on theeserve of Ryersonrdquo he said in a Feb 23 panel about ex-

periences on campus ldquoWersquore tucked in on the third floorof Kerr Hall] just in the corner and I donrsquot know I think

more central location would be better because some-imes we feel disconnected

ldquoA lot of the Indigenous students here come from dif-

erent communities all over you know They donrsquot knownyone here so that space offers a sense of communityhat offers the difference between flunking out and suc-

eeding in schoolrdquoThat crucial need for community is familiar to Reacuteal

Carriegravere a PhD student in Ryersonrsquos policy studies pro-

ram Carriegravere a Nehinuw from the Northern Saskatche-wan village of Cumberland House was on a campus tourof Simon Fraser University (where he studied as an under-

raduate) as the guides marched groups past various stu-dent services and resources He remembers his tour guidehappening to point out the space for Aboriginal students

before the group quickly moved onldquoI thought in the back of my head lsquoI want to go therersquordquo

he recalls ldquo[But] they didnrsquot tell you anything about the

tudent services offered there After the tour I went backhere and it became my home mdash those were my friendsrdquo

Itrsquos a trend Carriegravere would repeat again when he beganhis masterrsquos at the University of Regina and again whenhe began his PhD mdash seeing the space for Aboriginal stu-dents at Ryerson RASS as the point of access where hersquod

meet his first friends in Canadarsquos largest city

he space to gather to celebrate and to heal is

fundamental for Aboriginal communities Atsuch a gathering on Feb 16 sitting beside herdaughter and in front of her grandson Joanne

Dallaire is explaining some of the rituals meant to help inthe process of self-healing and honouring Canadarsquos miss-ing and murdered Indigenous men and women

After the cleansing smudging ceremony the smells ofburning cedar and sage rise from the middle of the twocircles of seated participants Aboriginal and non-Aborig-

inal community members alike They face the red blackwhite and yellow medicine wheel but almost all eyes areon Dallaire mdash she is the elder Shadow Hawk Woman ofthe Wolf Clan the respected core of Ryersonrsquos Aboriginal

communityHer knowledge and expertise made her an obvious

choice to co-chair a community-consultation initiative in-

troduced by interim-President Mohamed Lachemi whosays itrsquos the best thing the university can do before issuinga response

The president has asked Dallaire and Denise OrsquoNeilGreen (the assistant vice-presidentvice-provost equity

diversity and inclusion) to lead this set of consultationssays Tracey King who is Ojibway and Pottawatomifrom the Otter clan King whose work at Ryerson has

made her the countryrsquos first Aboriginal Human ResourcesConsultant in post-secondary education is a committeemember of an earlier group mdash a working-group headed

by Julie-Ann Tomiak which began its work through acampus dialogue event (for the Truth and Reconciliation

Commissionrsquos Call to Action) in OctoberThese groups are collaborating in their efforts to help

Ryerson as the administration tries to reflect TRC de-mands into programs and policies King says ldquoThey both

have the same aim mdash they want to ensure that TRCrsquos callsto action are implemented in the best wayrdquo

And Ryerson is well on its way to doing that she adds

Through the support system of RASS the introduction ofthe Aboriginal Education Council in 2010 and the cre-

ation of the Office of Aboriginal Initiatives which intro-duced strategic plans the university has taken ldquopositivesteps towards reconciliationrdquo King says

These steps in May 2012 were recognized through oneof the highest forms of honour mdash the symbolic and pres-tigious Eagle Staff

ldquoThe Eagle Staff is a one-time only gift which Ryersonwas given for its leadership in terms of Aboriginal learn-

ing and educationrdquo King explains Made with a five-footwooden pole carved with the Seven Grandfather Teach-ings (Wisdom Love Respect Bravery Honesty Humil-ity and Truth) and adorned with 13 eagle feathers anda dream catcher this Eagle Staff was designed especially

for RASS and Ryerson mdash the first and only university inOntario to receive one

ldquoItrsquos present during every convocationrdquo King says

ldquoWhether there are Indigenous students or not Andthatrsquos really transformativerdquo

ldquoTHAT SPACE OFFERS A

SENSE OF COMMUNITY

THAT OFFERS THE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

FLUNKING OUT AND

SUCCEEDING IN SCHOOL

Clockwise from left Cyndy Baskin (Photo courtesy Cyndy Baskin) Tracey King (Photo Annie Arnone) Robbie Nakoochee (Photo Anie Arnone)



8 BIZ amp TECH Wednesday March 9 2016

What do you do when the worldround you doesnrsquot fit to your

needs

You redesign itThatrsquos what Ryerson School of

Early Childhood Studies profes-

or Jason Nolan is doing withhis work on the Adaptive Designnternational (ADI) project in Bo-

iviaThe goal of the ADI project is

o create custom adaptable de-igns of things like furniture for

hildren with special needs No-an said the idea for the projectame slowly as he was beginning

o create some custom designs Heealized other people around the

world were creating designs like

hese but there was little opportu-nity to share them

ldquoBecause I had a strong back-

ground in informal learning envi-ronments and online learning en-vironments I realized that I could

use these skills to develop a socialmedia environment where peoplecould learn techniques of creat-

ing annotations for special needschildren teach others about what

they had done or just share the de-signs they createdrdquo said Nolan viaemail

The project a part of the Ex-

periential Design and GamingEnvironments (EDGE) Lab mdash ofwhich Nolan is the director mdash

received a $100000 grant fromGrand Challenges Canada fund-ed by the Canadian government

to build a lab in CochabambaBolivia The lab is set to help or-phanages in the area by creating

designs that will help the childrenbased on their needs Nolan saidthe lab could then connect with

EDGE back in Canada to sharetheir ideas

ldquoThis is a slow process of build-ing shared understanding and

trustrdquo Nolan said ldquoInitial proj-ects include things as simple asseating devices and basic thera-

peutic devices made out of card-

board all the way up to low-costcustomized augmented and alter-

native communication devices thatwill help nonverbal children withlimited mobility to communicaterdquo

Though Nolan himself hasnrsquotbeen to the lab in Cochabambayet his colleague and Ryerson

associate professor of early child-hood studies Aurelia Di Santowent down to work directly with

the team there He plans to traveldown in May and is ldquovery excit-ed and looking forward to meet-

ing face-to-face people who Irsquovebeen communicating with [for]

so long onlinerdquo

Nolan is autistic which he sayshelps him with his designs becausehe views the world from a differ-

ent perspectiveldquoI find that my attention always

shifts towards the edges and gaps

of things Irsquom always aware of

what is forgotten ignored or leftbehind Irsquom always thinking about

the assumptions that we makeand I question those assump-tionsrdquo he said

Nolan said hersquos always beenuncomfortable with how disabledpeople are marginalized by soci-ety and hersquos aware of how designs

focus on a standard definition ofa person

ldquoCombining these two notions

has led to a sense that we need tobe able to create tools that will al-low everyone to create things that

they need in their lives without

Remodelling the world to fit your lifeAdaptive Design International looks at simple designs like rocking chairs and remakes them to adapt to children with special needs

yerson professor Jason Nolan is director of EDGE and running the Adaptive Design International projectPHOTO COURTESY DAVE UPHAM

By Jacob Dubeacute

having to wait for someone else to

design for themrdquo Nolan said ldquoIthink the design should be radical-ly individualizable and the design

processes should start with the [in-dividuals] who use an object andnot with the designer or engineer

who merely wants to create thingsfor othersrdquo

At EDGE Nolan and his team

launched the Responsive Ecolo-gies Lab (RELab) The lab usesfields like engineering architec-ture and health sciences to ldquoen-

sure that technologies become amore meaningful and useful partof our livesrdquo by creating things

like learning-based games andbuilt environments like the ADIproject

ldquoI think my approach hasemerged because of who I amas an autistic and how I see the

worldrdquo Nolan said ldquoYet at thesame time I think that we all canexpand our awareness towards

the margins and the marginal-ized and see new opportunitiesto imagine and invent new tools

and technologies that will helpus create solutions for ourselvesThat is a really interesting chal-

lengerdquoThe ADI projectrsquos goal for the

future is to help locals in Bolivia

develop a design lab of their ownwhere they can learn to create

advancements for special-needschildren

ldquoIrsquove never had the opportunityto have a lab such as we are es-

tablishing in Bolivia where we canhave direct and sustained interac-tion with a number of children

over many yearsrdquo Nolan saidldquoIrsquom very excited for this phase tobegin so that we can move from

short one-off experiments to along-term sustained design projectthat will help to put these ideas tothe test and hopefully represent

improvement in the lives of thesechildrenrdquo

App of the

WeekBy Brittany Rosen

I always used to suck at gym andwas always at the bottom of my

lass If I just had someone to coachmerdquo said Marissa Wu co-foundernd CEO of Onyx Motion

Several years later she and a fewothers created their app Swishwhich was a part of the DMZ

Swish is a smartwatch app byOnyx Motion that acts as a virtu-

al basketball coach for users Theapp according to Onyx Motionrsquos

website uses customized coachingbased on ldquopast performance andmachine learningrdquo to help a variety

of people with different skill levelsSensors in the smartwatch help

the app calculate the info it needsfor you to improve your game Byusing data videos tips and mod-ules from NBA players therersquos a

chance that users will improve their

basketball skills Users can also

compete with friends and completechallenges all while gaining valu-able professional insight from a se-

lection of professional playersThe app has increasing support

from the NBA as Onyx Motion

has Ben Gordon former pro bas-ketball player for Orlando Magicas an advisor He joined Onyx

after the company pitched theidea to him and showed his sup-port by sponsoring their crowd-

funding campaign for Swish Thecampaign ended up surpassing its

$10000 targetSwish became a part of the

DMZ through a competition heldin early 2015 in which the DMZ

partnered with Rogers to find new

developments for the sports world

The app made it to the final 10 ofthe competition

Wu says the app currently has

over 600 usersAlthough anyone can use the

app Onyx Motionrsquos target demo-

graphics are younger people inter-ested in tech and amateur basket-ball players

According to Wu the app is

being promoted by making part-nerships with different camps inCanada and the US as well as

the University of Toronto and

NBA Fit campsWu has been on Dragonsrsquo Den

where she made a deal with in-vestor Michele Romanow whoagreed to a partnership only if

Onyx Motion included golf coach-ing in their app

She also mentioned the impor-tance of Swish as a wearable rath-er than just a regular phone app

She said that if Swish were tobe a phone app there would beno difference in comparison to

other mobile apps Wu describesthe coaching as a ldquovirtual realityexperiencerdquo and ldquoplaying a video

game but in real liferdquoThey want to expand their coach-

ing platform to include tennis and

beer pong Wu says the goal is to

make a ldquoplatform for physical edu-cationrdquo and incorporate ldquodance

music and physiotherapyrdquoSwish is available on Android

Wear and Apple Watch



Wednesday March 9 2016 ARTS amp LIFE 9

ylan McArthur fourth-year Ryerson photography student PHOTO JAKE SCOTT

QampA with photographer Dylan McArthur

The Eyeopener sat down with

ourth-year photography student

Dylan McArthur to talk about his

passion for photography his expe-

ience studying at Ryerson and his

photo exhibit ldquoLife and Shadowrdquo

being featured at the Ryerson

Artspace from March 10 to April

You can check out the full inter-

iew on wwwtheeyeopenercom

Q How did you get into photog-

aphy

At first I had no interest in the

arts I went away lived in Italy

for a year where I picked up the

habit of photography for the

sake of tourism I was hooked

in the sense of being fascinated

with images and seeing the re-

sult I decided to pursue that

because it seemed like the right

thing to do I saw myself pro-

gressing with photography so I

Iooked at OCAD and Ryerson

got accepted to both but Ryerson

was more suited for me because

it was more targeted to photog-

raphy

Q What is ldquoLife and Shadowrdquoabout

ldquoLife and Shadowrdquo is a three-

year almost four-year body of

work Itrsquos been taken mainly in

Toronto in the financial district

[and] is about the big questions

in life like life and death I am

interested in photography as a

medium and the possibility pho-

tography presents itself ldquoLife

and Shadowrdquo is a representation

of how images change the world

The images decide how pho-

tography acts as a transforma-tive tool by nature I am using

certain aesthetics to enhance the

pictures The world doesnrsquot look

like that itrsquos about ways of see-

ing ideas around representations

with the use of photography

My livelihood is predestined

with duties attuned to going for-

ward with the day from waking

up to getting ready to leave the

apartment to walking to com-

muting to working to learning

to experiencing mdash to experience

in order to live and to live in or-

der to experience

Q Where did your idea for ldquoLifeand Shadowrdquo come from

I wander around the streets and

photograph strangers so things

come naturally I was fascinated

not by the financial district but

it is coined as a place of big busi-

ness which it is at certain hours

of the day But at 5 orsquoclock most

people commuting from different

parts of the GTA all get together

Q Why did the process take solong

The shortest thing Irsquove done

has taken eight months Itrsquos be-

cause of the way I work itrsquos all

really by chance I can go out

one day and not get anythingand the next Irsquoll get a great pic-

ture I donrsquot think the project is

complete I think itrsquos one of those

things Irsquoll always continue work

on

Q How do you feel about being

featured at the Ryerson Artspace

Irsquom very excited about it Hap-

py to have all my work in one

space usually itrsquos been single im-

ages The images by themselves

are a different context than when

you see them all together in one

space

In the statement I want toachieve itrsquos important to see

them all together This is the first

time they are being shown all to-

gether

Q How has your experience beenat Ryerson for photography

Itrsquos been a very good experi-

enceThe most important thing

about Ryerson is having the abil-

ity to connect with different pro-

fessionals from different fields

who are critiquing you and view-

ing your portfolio

Q How has the university helped

you achieve your goals

It has helped me in my prog-

ress of my bodies of work theguidance of the professors and

the opportunities that opened up

through artspace Itrsquos all in the

professors and how much moti-

vation they have and theyrsquove all

been very motivated and helpful

Q What advice would you give

to those who are passionateabout photography

Just go out and take pictures

Shoot a lot and work hard Itrsquos

that simple I shoot every single

day I go out Having a good

working method and knowing

the history goes a long way Lookat other photographers study

them and go from there Treat it

like any other profession yoursquore

involved [in]

Ryerson art residency creates safe space for trans artists

By Zeinab Saidoun

Trans and queer artists at Ryer-

on will be given the chance to get

unding for their projects partake

n workshops and be featured in a

ormal exhibit through the newly-

aunched Trans Artist ResidencyEvan Roy the curator of the

Trans Artist Residency and one

of the coordinators of the Ry-

rson Trans Collective said the

esidency is ldquoused to empower

tudents by focusing on trans and

queer issues and on the issues that

re affecting their lives mdash such

s identity and power and how

hese things intersect with artrdquo

They began planning the resi-

dency in September and it took

hree months to realize their vi-

ion by going through an approv-

l process and recieving funding

pproval Starting in early Mayhe residency will provide pro-

essional workshops art fund-

ng and a formal exhibition at

he Ryerson Artspace near Pride

weekend on June 30 The appli-

ation deadline for the residency

was formally set to Feb 26 but

pplicants may still be accepted

until their start date

ldquoThese [types of] residencies

re so rare and infrequent itrsquos

really the only one Irsquove heard of

for studentsrdquo said Roy ldquoIt is

great for the applicants to have

some income Have some train-

ing because they are so financially

strained already We also realized

that there isnrsquot much opportunity

not to show work but to gain aneducation That was the real key

focus of this residencyrdquo

The art workshops will be se-

lected by the residency applicants

and Roy will hire local trans and

queer artists who specialize in cer-

tain fields to conduct them

Roy approached Ryerson Art-

space a faculty and student-run

gallery on Queen Street West to

take part in the residency and

help provide the exposure needed

for trans and queer students to

exhibit their pieces

ldquoThe hope is that hellip trans and

queer artists can hellip exhibit workwhile engaging with like-minded

artists and individualsrdquo said

Robyn Cumming the faculty ad-

visor and gallery director at the

artspace ldquoWe hope to help make

this work visible to a larger audi-

ence especially an audience that

may not normally have exposure

to the dialogue and issues present

and important within this com-

munityrdquo

The Trans Artist Residency was

funded from various sources with-in Ryerson one of them being the

Faculty of Communication and De-

sign and another being the Student

Initiative Fund

Markus Harwood-Jones a resi-

dency applicant and a co-coordi-

nator of the Trans Collective said

they are looking forward to the

residency to meet new artists

ldquoI applied because I thought it

would be a great opportunity for

trans artists to connect with other

queer and trans artists and to de-velop my work in a new wayrdquo

said Harwood-Jones ldquoI am not a

formally trained artist and I am

not an art student and I thought

it would be really nice to learn

some technique and make a con-

nectionrdquo

Harwood-Jones is also planning

on finishing their original film

Mosaic along with collaborating

with other painters and writers

ldquoBecause I am already really

involved within the trans com-munity in Toronto Irsquom kind of

hoping that the trans and queer

residency will introduce me to

some new people and offer some

more opportunities to revisit those

old connectionsrdquo said Harwood-

Jones

ldquoI try to use my art to try and

tell stories and I am excited on tak-

ing my work as an author and il-

lustrator to the next levelrdquo

By Jaclyn Tansil

PHOTO ANNIE ARNONE



Wednesday March 9 2016SPORTS10

Academics volleyball and the need to succeed

By Devin Jones

For her entire first season playingwith the Toronto Diamonds vol-

eyball club Theanna Vernon mdash

4 at the time mdash couldnrsquot serve

he ball over the net Seven years

ater shersquos a silver medal-win-

ning first team OUA all-star for

he Ryerson Rams womenrsquos vol-

eyball team

ldquoI went back for a serve and

could not get the ball over the

net at allrdquo Vernon said ldquoIt took

me all season to get it over and

once that finally happened I felt

o very accomplishedrdquo

And for Vernon just like that

her love for a sport she barely

knew beganIn her childhood she ran track

nd field alongside her siblings

until the age of 13 Vernon had

never paid the slightest atten-

Bringing youth basketball to TO

tion to volleyball It wasnrsquot until

a friend suggested she give the

sport a try that the leather balland net came into frame

ldquoI knew nothing about the

sport didnrsquot really know how to

play even but after trying out I

fell in love with it and from there

it just took offrdquo she said

Early on Vernon engaged with

the sport the way any teenager

would enjoying a newfound

hobby with friends It wasnrsquot un-

til Toronto Diamonds head coach

Clayton Carimbocas saw her po-

tential and began working more

exensively with the now two-time

all-star that her skills took off

Vernon cites Carimbocasrsquo fair but

tough attitude as a factor in herearly development pushing her

mdash whenever she stepped on the

court mdash to be a better player

ldquoHer mom brought her out

and was convinced her sister

[Kadeshia] was the volleyball

player I had to say lsquoNo itrsquos The-

anna whorsquos going to be the real

playerrsquordquo Carimbocas said ldquoThe-

anna I kinda knew was going to

be specialrdquo

Vernon reminisces about themoment she realized volleyball

was more than an extracurricular

activity mdash something she could

know inside and out a sport that

she could dominate if she dedi-

cated the time

ldquoWhen my club team finally

won our first gold medal in the

premier division the top division

in the OVA (Ontario Volleyball

Association) at the time I just

felt amazingrdquo Vernon said ldquoA

lightbulb went off and I realized

I could see myself doing this for

the rest of my liferdquo

From there she chose Ryer-son because it had both the pro-

gram she was interested in (social

work) and allowed her to play

for long-time Rams coach Dustin

Reid

Yet her transition to Ryerson

was met with initial disappoint-

ment as a struggling grade point

average made her ineligible to

play for her entire first seasonldquoI think she knew what she was

getting into but whatrsquos more sig-

nificant in my opinion is that she

was willing to do itrdquo Reid said

ldquoShe was willing to go a year

without being able to compete so

she could focus on her academic

side Very few athletes would

have the patience or desire to do

thatrdquo

Vernon found herself watch-

ing from the sidelines But after

readjusting and continuing to

train in both the gym and on the

court Vernon came back with a

vengeance And at the end of her2014-2015 year at Ryerson mdash

her rookie season with the team

mdash Vernon came away with the

countryrsquos highest attacking aver-

age the title of OUA east rookie

of the year as well as a spot on

the OUA rookie all-star team

ldquoHe (Dustin) makes you want

to be a better player and a bet-

ter person when you arenrsquot play-ing and I donrsquot think you can find

that everywhererdquo Vernon said

ldquoHe is such an awesome coach I

donrsquot think therersquos anyone better

to represent me or the team as a

wholerdquo

Following a quarter-final play-

off loss to the University of Ot-

tawa and a season that saw the

team finish with an overall record

of 18-8 the pressure was on for

Vernon and the Rams to produce

next season

And produce they did with a

season that culminated in the

team achieving their first silvermedal since 2001 and four differ-

ent players receiving OUA hon-

ours On a personal level Vernon

surpassed her own achievements

earning a higher attack average

than the one she had set before

ldquoItrsquos easy to see how dominant

she is as a volleyball player but

when I look at what shersquos doing

away from the court Irsquom even

more proud of her for thatrdquo Reid

said

And as Vernon continues to

dominate the OUA one day plan-

ning on playing professionally in

Europe overseas one thing is cer-

tain Theanna Vernon will con-tinue to be successful in the best

way she knows how by setting

her form and serving that leather

ball over the mesh net

By Chris Blanchette

When Ryerson womenrsquos basketball

assistant coach Kareem Griffin isnrsquot

coaching one of the best CIS bas-

ketball teams in the country hersquos

spending his time organizing and

coordinating events that showcase

some of the Greater Toronto Arearsquos

brightest basketball talent

Over the last four years through

his organization Incharge Sports

and Entertainment Griffin has

been finding ways to engage with

the community and help to grow

the sport of basketball in the GTA

Among the events that Incharge

runs includes ldquoShoot for the Curerdquo

a showcase for girlrsquos basketball

The event is run in the fall and allof its proceeds are donated to the

Canadian Breast Cancer Founda-

tion Griffin says that they are also

going to be organizing an all-star

game for high school girlrsquos basket-

ball some time in the near future

ldquoIrsquove been around the game of

basketball for 15 or 16 years so I

know the basketball community

and I saw that there was a need for

events to be produced So a couple

of my colleagues and I created this

organizationrdquo said Griffin

Incharge also runs basketball

camps during the dead spots of the

year such as over Christmas break

March break and in the summer

Itrsquos through these camps that they

are able to stimulate youth devel-

opment through basketball theirv

involvement in the sport

With the popularity of basket-

ball in Canada at an all-time high

and more Canadian stars in the

NBA and the NCAA than ever

before Griffin feels that in order

to grow the game further athletes

will need to be getting opportuni-ties to bring their skills to a wider

audience

ldquoThe way that things are going

for basketball in Toronto and in

this country we have to start ex-

posing our athletes a little bit bet-

terrdquo Griffin said ldquoThese events

give an opportunity to people like

yourself or students who go to Ry-

erson (or anywhere else) who want

experience in the field of sportsrdquo

Griffin joined the Ryerson wom-

enrsquos basketball team as an assistant

coach two years ago when head

coach Carly Clarke gave him the

opportunity to coach alongside

her Griffin had been coaching at

the Eastern Commerce Collegiate

Institute but ultimately made the

decision to take a year off to tran-

sition to university-level coaching

Since arriving at Ryerson Griffin

has seen a winning culture become

stabilized as Ryerson teams have

begun to thrive in their new home

at the Mattamy Athletic Centre

The womenrsquos team has gone from

a first round playoff knockout to alegitimate OUA championship and

CIS championship contender after

finishing first in the OUA East this

year with a 16-3 record

ldquoIrsquom heavily engrained in the

basketball community Prior to

2010 I never would have come

to a Ryerson Rams gamerdquo Griffin

said ldquoBut now with this building

being renovated and built for Ry-

erson and the historical aspect it

has really changed the scope of bas-

ketballrdquo

Griffin says the Mattamy Athlet-

ic Centre is a great place for athlet-

ics to grow in Toronto And as the

popularity of basketball in Canadacontinues to grow so too will the

hype surronding the Ryerson Rams

womenrsquos basketball team and

Incharge Sports and Entertainment

PHOTO NICK DUNNE

PHOTO COURTESY THEANNA VERNON

PHOTO COURTESY ALEX DrsquoADDESE RYERSON

ATHLETICS



Wednesday March 9 2016 FUN 11

ellie Ritter with a song and a dream PHOTO JAKE SCOTT

Irsquoll call him maybeBy Skyler Ash

A girl is homeless after her room-mates kicked her out for playing

the same song on repeat for 34days

Kellie Ritter a fourth-year phi-

losophy major had been play-ing Carly Rae Jepsenrsquos Call Me

Maybe ever since she dropped

her iPod on the ground and theautomatic shuffle switched herplaylist

ldquoThe first time it came on I

was just jamming because whata throwbackrdquo said Ritter ldquoThenI played it again because itrsquos just

so goodrdquo It was so good that Rit-ter said shersquos listened to the song14688 times in just over a month

ldquoYou canrsquot put limitations onartrdquo said Ritter Her roommatesTanya Oliveri and Rebecca Joyce

disagreeldquoYou can put a limitation on

artrdquo said Joyce ldquoWe told her after

the first five repeats that she couldonly listen to it five more timesbut she just didnrsquot listenrdquo

Oliveri said that she shares aroom with Ritter in their smalltwo-bedroom apartment at Car-

leton and Jarvis streets ldquoHear-

ing the song in our room was badenough but the walls in our place

are really thinrdquoOliveri said that after two weeks

of Ritterrsquos ldquosick obsessionrdquo con-

tinued she just had to leave theirapartment She stayed with her

parents in Brampton where sheldquolet the sweet relief of silence andwhite noise wash over my bleed-ing earsrdquo

ldquoShe [Kellie] has problemsrdquosaid Joyce ldquoShe keeps running upto me and screaming about some

deeper meaning and mutteringunder her breath It got to thepoint where Tanya [Oliveri] and I

just had to take actionrdquoOliveri and Joyce told Ritter

that she had to either turn off the

song or find a new home ldquoI chosethe latterrdquo said Ritter

ldquoI canrsquot silence Carly [Rae Jep-

sen] The song speaks to me and ifI have to lose my house over some-thing that I love then so be itrdquo

Ritter said the song makes her

think of her ex-boyfriend whoshe never called back ldquoItrsquos toolate to call him but the song gave

me hope Maybe maybe I can callhimrdquo Ritter hasnrsquot seen her ex inseven years and said they dated

for ldquonine beautiful daysrdquo that Rit-ter ldquowill never forget and some-times [still] fantasize about when

Irsquom alonerdquoRitter stayed with her parents

after she was forced out by her

roommates but after three days

her parents also asked her to leaveldquoI appreciate a good song but

this is just utter garbagerdquo saidRitterrsquos mother Judy ldquoWe told herto go somewhere else to listen to

that so-called lsquomusicrsquo Also wersquoremoving to Florida in two weeksand we donrsquot want her to know so

she had to leave before the moverscamerdquo

Ritter has been couch-surfing

for the last week and hasnrsquot beenable to stay in one place for morethan a day because of her music

taste Ritter is currently staying ata Holiday Inn in Toronto because

none of her friends will take herin

Ritterrsquos plan is to track downher ex-boyfriend and live with

him ldquoIf itrsquos meant to be itrsquos meantto be you know And I know wecan rekindle that magic from allthose years ago We just have to

Because like Carly says lsquomaybersquoand I like those oddsrdquo

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Schoolyard snitch (first name)7 Head honcho TJ ______ Who has the voice of an angel

first name)

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_______4 The Ashleysrsquo catchphrase5 Badass girl in the striped tights

(nickname)

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avourite colour to The Eyeopener office (SCC 207) for your chance towin a $25 Cineplex gift card

THIS wHOMPS

My name is Willhelm TungstenYou probably donrsquot know mebut I bet you know my father

Burkhart Tungsten who is ofcourse famous for discovering theelement tungsten

What was it like growing upwith a famous father Well itcertainly wasnrsquot easy My ac-

tions were always closely fol-lowed by paparazzi and I washeld to higher standards in sci-ence classes

But it wasnrsquot all that bad Living

with the worldrsquos foremost tung-sten expert meant that the Tung-sten family was always very well

off Really more money than youcould even imagine

Unfortunately my father passed

away several years ago Ever sincethen the fame has slowly fadedA few ldquoinvestmentsrdquo gone wrong

and next thing you know the pe-riodic table is threatening to kick

you off and you have to sell Tung-sten Manor just to meet your peri-odic payments

So Irsquom here to remind you of

how great tungsten is It can go on

jewellery it can go in a showcaseand it can even be welded intohigh-performance weaponry

Remember the good olrsquo dayswhen everybody was buyingtungsten Well therersquos no need to

leave those days in the past Letrsquosall get us some fresh tungsten andkeep the good times rolling

Listen Irsquove never worked a dayin my life Irsquove never not had a for-

tune to my name The Tungstenfamily is used to a certain lifestyleand with your help we can keep itthat way

With files from Robert Mackenzie

By Willhelm Tungsten

Funvertisement Willhelm TungstenWillhelm Tungsten begging for money PHOTO JAKE SCOTT

The Tungsten family is in trouble and needs your help

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