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Wednesday, April 6, 2016 NEWS 3

Gender-neutal pronoun policy lackingUnlike some universities in Canada, Ryerson does not have a formal policy in place to accommodate gender-neutral language

A lack of policy surrounding gender-neutral pronouns has created issues for students in the classroom PHOTO: JAKE SCOTT

By Nicole Schmidt and BrendaMolina-Navidad

A lack of university policy sur-

ounding gender-neutral pronounusage in the classroom has been

ausing problems for transgender

tudents.

Trans Collective coordinator

Markus Harwood-Jones, who uses

he and they pronouns, said they

hoose not to use gender-neutral

pronouns in class because of how

often professors are unwilling to be

ccommodating. Issues that stem

rom within the classroom, they

dded, are the most common com-

plaints students bring forward.

While writing an essay earlier

his year, Harwood-Jones used

ender-neutral pronouns. Whenhe assignment was returned, they

aid the professor flagged the pro-

noun-use as a grammatical issue.

“This professor was very ada-

mant. Even after we spoke and

greed to disagree, she still ex-

pressed that she doesn’t feel like

t’s academically appropriate,”

aid Harwood-Jones, adding that

hey’ve seen other instances where

tudents have felt so marginalized

n class that they’ve stopped going.

There has been a long standing

debate within academic commu-

nities when it comes to pronoun-

usage. Gender-specific pronouns,

uch as “she” and “he,” are typical-

ly encouraged in academic writing

over “they,” “them” and “their.”Despite disagreements over gram-

mar, the use of gender-neutral pro-

nouns has become more common

and, according to the Oxford Dic-

tionaries, is now widely accepted in

speech and writing.

Grammatical discrepancies are

common among students, accord-

ing to Jane Freeman, director of

English Language and Writing

Support at the University of To-

ronto (U of T). This can make the

differentiation unclear when some-

body has made an error, she added.

“Using a plural pronoun to mean a

singular is grammatically incorrect.

However, it’s become a statement

of personal identity to use a gender

neutral pronoun for some writersin context,” she said. “When it’s

used strategically in that context,

it’s not an error; it’s a choice.”

U of T does not currently have a

formal policy in place prohibiting

or accepting the use of gender-neu-

tral pronouns in the classroom.

Nora Farrell, Ryerson’s Ombud-

person who assists students with

complaints surrounding fairness,

emphasized that language is con-

stantly evolving to reflect the way

society is moving. “It’s really more

of an inclusion issue,” she said.

Some universities in Canada

have adopted policies to address

language issues. Mount Allison

University in New Brunswick has a

policy on the use of gender-neutralpronouns, which states that “Gen-

der neutral language shall be used

in all official University documents

… as well as in other University

communications.” These guide-

lines were created “to be of assis-

tance to members of the university

community in every academic situ-

ation in choosing words which are

accurate, clear and free from bias.”

York also has a gender-free lan-

guage policy, in addition to a guide

on gender identity and expression.

Similarly, Queen’s created inclusive

language guidelines, which favour

gender-neutral phrases over those

that make “sex distinctions.”

While Ryerson does have a

discrimination and harassment

prevention policy, which includes

gender identity and gender expres-

sion, gender-neutral language andpronoun usage is not included.

Andrew Hunter, Ryerson’s Interim

Associate Dean of the Faculty of

Arts, said there are no gender-neu-

tral language regulations within

the English department. He added

that he is not aware of regulations

within other departments.

But Dale Smith, associate pro-

fessor in Ryerson’s English depart-

ment, said creating a policy for

gender-neutral pronouns may be

problematic because it could shift

the focus away from the issue.

“Imposing policy guidelines

around language is kind of a dan-gerous approach to it and it doesn’t

build anything but respect for poli-

cy rather than respect for the larger

reality that we inhabit,” he said.

For many students, the advoca-

cy for gender-pronoun usage falls

on them. Fifth-year social work

student Gabi Tabi said pronoun

use isn’t something that’s openly

discussed, and that it should be.

“Some people think, ‘It’s just a

gender pronoun, it’s no big deal.’

But it is a big deal for me. It’s a

part of my identity. For people

who don’t respect those pronouns,

it really invalidates you and your

identity.”

Ryerson student charged with trespassing at 10 Dundas StreetBy Kosalan Kathiramalana-han and Al Downham

A Ryerson student alleges he was

ssaulted on April 1 by 10 Dundas

East security before being charged

with trespassing.

Kat Northern Lights Man — a

first-year urban and regional plan-

ning student — said he attempted

o bring his bike into class in a

Cineplex movie theatre around1:40 a.m. after forgetting his

bike lock.

A 10 Dundas East security

uard approached him for trying

o bring his bike up the escalators

o class. According to Lisa Peatt,

he building’s general manager,

bikes cannot be brought into the

building or taken up its escalators.

Northern Lights Man said he at-

tempted to pass the guard, insisting

he would not abandon his bike.

“He was given ample opportu-

nity to change his action,” said

Peatt.

Northern Lights Man said the

guard at this point became physical.

“[He] kneeled on me and forc-

ibly held me on the ground even

though I was laying with no re-sistance,” Northern Lights Man

wrote via email. “I began shouting

loudly that I wasn’t resisting, and

why was he hurting me?”

Rivers Wahl — a first-year crim-

inology student — filmed part of

the incident, showing Northern

Lights Man handcuffed on his

stomach.

She wrote via email, “He was

thrown to the ground, pinned, vi-

olently handcuffed and dragged.”

“I was in shock and I was an-

gry, Wahl said. “I was enraged and

wanted a solution.”

Two security guards attempted

to take Northern Lights Man to a

separate room, which he refused.

During the incident, Northern

Lights Man said he was draggedand knelt on, leaving him scraped

and scratched with muscle soreness.

He said one guard removed the ID

card from his vest, something he

says is “admission of wrongdoing.”

Peatt said she could not verify

whether a guard hid their identi-

fication and declined to comment.

“For as something as minor as

bringing a bike into the AMC, he

was being treated like a criminal,”

Guidzag Kassabian, a classmate of

Northern Lights Man, wrote via

email. He said security threatened

those who sat alongside Northern

Lights Man with trespassing and

obstruction charges.

10 Dundas East called Toronto

Police who escorted Northern

Lights Man out of the building.

Peatt — who said Northern Lights

Man was “disrespectful” to-

wards 10 Dundas East’s building

policy — stated the student will

be charged and banned from the

premises. However, a reduction is

being considered.

“It’s a shame you can’t even

manage your building because

everyone’s instantaneously telling

you you’re being brutal,” Peatt

said.

She said security reacted accord-

ingly to the incident which was

“not all that big of a situation.”

However, those that sat besideNorthern Lights Man disagree.

“Ryerson, in my mind, needs to

address the ban or else they are

not only condoning this violence,

but further punishing Kat by not

allowing him to attend his classes

unfairly,” said Wahl.

Ryerson’s Integrated Risk

Management (IRM) security said

they’re aware a student was ar-

rested at 10 Dundas East but did

not make the arrest. 10 Dundas

East’s security is supplied through

a third party contract with Garda-

World security.

Northern Lights Man was ex-

empted from the ban for that day

so he could make it to his class.

He said he’s trying to appeal theban. “I’m going to explore options

for reversing the ban and allowing

students who need to enter with

their bicycles to do so.”

Northern Lights Man speaking with Toronto Police. PHOTOS: KOSALAN KATHIRAMALANATHAN



4 EDITORIAL Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Apples because apples are healthy, right? PHOTO COURTESY: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

This week, our media editor,Rob Foreman, bought a ham-burger from McDonald’s that cost

$18.He discovered that he could

ustomize a hamburger, and de-

ided to add two Angus pattiesnd more deep-fried vegetableshan you could ever conceive.

Rob Foreman is a healthy man.He goes to the gym regularly andhe eats well, most of the time.o sure, he deserves an occasion-

Take care of yourselfal, $18, unnecessarily deep-friedhamburger.

“It wasn’t until about 20 min-utes later that I really felt gross,”he told me, shortly after ingesting

the sandwhich in question.I bring this up not to mock my

media editor (it was Jacob’s idea),

but because this week more thanany in a while, I’ve been thinkingabout the care we take of our-

selves as students.For our feature this week, we

asked our writer to try to live forone week on $20, or approxi-

mately 1.1 ForemanBurgersTM.Our writer and our features edi-

tor arrived at the number by cal-

cuating the amount of money astudent working 20 hours a week

for $12 an hour, and paying anaverage $700 in rent, would haveleft over.

That’s not very much money,and a lot of students are prob-ably avoiding it by taking loans orgetting help from their family.

Many more are working far morethan those 20 hours.

But it’s easy to forget just howexpensive living in a city likeToronto, working a minimal num-ber of hours due to school and

trying to make ends meet can be.Students are some of the most at-risk people when it comes to liv-

ing in poverty, and for some peo-ple reading this editorial, that $20a week might not seem so crazy.

But as our writer JonahBrunet discovered, living for cheaphas the unfortunate disadvantage

of being outrageously bad foryou. Instant ramen has about asmany nutrients as the laptop you

were watching Netflix on whileyou ate it. And while it’s gotta beKD, your digestive system might

disagree.Many of us will have to some-

times eat those foods, and not

everyone is priviledged enough toeat a perfectly balanced diet whilethey are in school. But a lot of us

can afford to eat just a little bitbetter — to consider adding somevegetables to that pasta, and may-

be making it whole grain pene toboot.

It’s easy to get caught up in

the maelstrom that is trying tobalance life with school and school

with work. Little things like go-ing to the gym, or eating well,can easily fall by the wayside. I’vecertainly been guilty of forgeoingthe little (and big) parts of my health

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Playing the part of the AnnoyingTalking Coffee Mug this week isnostalgia, which I’ll probbaly getover sooner or later.

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NewsKeith “1,700 words” Capstick

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FeaturesFarnia “Essayist” Fekri

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because there simply aren’t

enough hours in the day.But I’m here to tell you, as

someone who’s been through the

ringer and taken atrocious care ofmyself, that you should be goodto your body. You only get one,

and it’ll thank you for making

smart choices in about 20 years.I know that this sounds like a

lecture one of your parents gaveyou before you went off to school— but sometimes those parentsare right.

These are some of the mostimportant years of your life intel-lectually, socially and in terms of

nostalgia you’ll wax and waneabout over a beer when you’re inyour 40s. But it’s also an impor-

tant time to start good habits thatwill carry you through the yearsafter sleeping on the floor next

to a microwave dinner and threeempty tallboys is socially accept-

able.If you’d like, you can read our

feature this week and learn moreabout eating on a tight budget,

and what nutritionists advise

you to avoid in those situations.

You can even do your own re-search into how to eat a healthydiet, or read some of the previous

articles we’ve written about thesubject.

But I’m not an idiot. I’m not

going to ask you to do that.

All I’m going to ask is that, oncein a while, when you’re shop-

ping for all the cheapest food youcan find, and thinking only abouthow good another microwave Jamaican patty would taste, that

you think about you.Think about the nutrients

you should probably be putting

in your body, and how muchbetter you might feel the next day.When you’re planning to lay on

the couch for 10 hours finishingDaredevil, consider spending oneof those hours at the gym.

We don’t have to go crazy,but if we all took a little more

time to take care of ourselves, ourbodies would thank us.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2016 NEWS 5

Lack of caf options put bad taste in students’ mouthsBy Sarah Krichel

People with dietary restrictions are not happy about the food options at Ryerson cafeterias. PHOTO: ANNIE ARNONE

Residence students are working

with Ryerson Eats to ensure all

tudents dietary needs are met —

fter months of issues with misla-

beling and limited options.Numerous students have said

hey would like to see ingredients

isted in person or online to be

ure that it does not conflict with

heir dietary restrictions. Addi-

ionally, students would like to see

ess restrictive ingredients in meals

which are not pertinent to their

nutritional makeup.

Lindsay Christopher, Pitman

Hall resident and first-year jour-

nalism student, took action when

he found unneeded sliced al-

monds on her chicken at the be-

inning of the semester. Christo-

pher has an anaphylactic allergyo nuts and shellfish.

She began asking the students

on her floor what dietary limita-

ion they had and found that more

tudents were struggling to find

options that suit them, such as ha-

al meats or dairy-free meals.

“We said, ‘This is what the veg-

ns are saying, this is what the

egetarians are saying, this is glu-

en-free, this is lactose, this is what

veryone’s saying — now fix it.’

And they really really have,” said

Christopher who discussed the is-

sue with Jason Kealty, residence

manager of Ryerson.

Lauren Clegg, a Ryerson spokes-

person, said via email that Ryerson

Food Services prioritizes accommo-

dating students’ dietary restrictions.

“Currently we provide optionsand identification of foods that

are: vegetarian, vegan, halal, and

made without gluten. These were

the top four needs the campus pre-

sented after the 2013 [Food Ser-

vices] survey, we are considering

adding ‘made without dairy’ as a

priority,” wrote Clegg.

But Christopher doesn’t believe

that fixes the problem completely.

“If they had certain pans that

were just for chicken or just for

beef so that it didn’t cross-contam-

inate with the halal situation, that

would be great,” said Christopher.

First-year professional commu-nications student Corrina Serda

said she addressed the issue with

Amanda Squire, assistant resi-

dence manager, because inaccurate

labels are an issue on the foods

available at the International Liv-

ing Learning Centre (ILLC), where

she lives.

“When [foods] have labels I

don’t always believe them, but

part of the time something could

be vegan but not labelled as veg-

an, so then I assume it’s not,” said

Serda. “That’s one thing, if they

just listed all the ingredients, even

if they just listed it online.”

Serda said she experienced mis-

labelling in meals such as a burgerthat was labelled vegan but had

mayonnaise on it.

“They advertised on the website

and they had a sign up that said

this burger was vegan,” said Ser-

da. “They put [mayonnaise] on it,

which it didn’t say they had online

or in person. So when I got back

to my room and I found it did, it

was kind of disappointing.”

Serda said she has also seen a

broccoli and cheese soup labelled

as vegan in the ILLC Mutual Street

Eatery, which she said “doesn’t

make sense,” because Ryerson does

not offer substitutes such as vegan

cheese or fake meats. A Ryerson

Eats cook in the ILLC MutualStreet Eatery could not confirm the

alleged mislabelling of the soup.

Serda said vegan options have

improved after meeting with

Squire, but still believes ingredient

lists could solve the problem.

Serda said she has had to visit

both ILLC and Pitman to find

something vegan to eat. “The

other thing is just providing more

hearty options for people who

have dietary restrictions, because

I’ve noticed for even the gluten-

free stuff, there’s not a really filling

option,” said Serda.

Serda said she would also like to

see more protein like tofu and fake

meats for the vegan options.Serda said she’s surprised with

the lack of education surrounding

the vegan diet.

Christopher said she under-

stands the conundrum is hard to

deal with because of all the differ-

ent types of restrictions. “It’s never

going to be perfect, but the world

is never going to be perfect, and

Ryerson does really well with it.”

“But the main thing that sucks

is that you have to have a food

plan. Because if I didn’t have to,

I wouldn’t.”

By Al Downham

On March 31, Ryerson University

ppointed interim-president Mo-

hamed Lachemi as president and

ice-chancellor of the school.

Board of Governors [BoG] chair

anice Fukakusa said in a press

elease that Lachemi has become

“key contributor to the growth

nd development of Ryerson.”

Lachemi has worked at Ryerson

University for approximately 18

ears. While working at Ryerson,

he’s been a part of several on-cam-

pus initiatives.

The upcoming president over-

saw the creation of a faculty of

science and launched a law school

feasibility study. He promoted ini-

tiatives on-campus including Ryer-

son’s Centre for Urban Energy and

zone learning model. Lachemi also

helped bring in the “Our Time To

Lead 2014-2019” academic plan

that aims make Ryerson a top,

forward thinking post-secondary

institution.

Here’s a timeline of Lachemi’s

climb up to the top of Ryerson ad-

ministration:

1998

Lachemi starts his career at

Ryerson as an assistant civil engi-

neering professor. He would even-

tually become the department’s

chair, then graduate program di-

rector and associate dean.

2010

Lachemi is appointed to be

dean.

February 2013

The former dean is announced

to be Ryerson’s new provost and

vice-president academic.

December 2013

Levy announces in a BoG meet-

PHOTO: SIERRA BEIN

Briefs& groaners> Naked man plays sick riff

Some dude was walking around

campus playing a sick riff on his

guitar. Naked. He skidaddled be-

fore security could find him.

Seen some crazy stuff? Email

[email protected]

> Come at me, bro

A group of 20 people were crowd-

ed around two people wanting tofight. They were probably soft.

> Where’s my tip?

Some jerk stole tip money from

the fine workers at the Oakham

Cafe. It was only five bucks

though, so hopefully they weren’t

too on-tilt.

> Love in a washroom

More couples in washrooms were

fucking on campus. You people

are goddamn disgusting.

Lachemi’s path to presidency

> Someone had a gun

Don’t tell your parents about

this. Your mom will totally freak

out. Your dad will find it funny.

ing that he will not be returningfor a third five-year term as presi-

dent. He is initially expected to

step down Spring 2015.

January 2014

The BoG officially launches a

search for Ryerson’s next presi-

dent with a search committee.

March 6, 2015

After failing to find Ryerson’s

next president, the university an-

nounces Sheldon Levy could stay

up to two years longer. Levy calls

the decision “very unusual.”

August 2015

Six months later, Levy says he’ll

be leaving Ryerson Dec. 1 to work

as the Ontario government’s dep-

uty minister of training, college

and universities. The presidential

search committee continues to

look for a candidate.

Oct. 26, 2015

Ryerson announces Lachemi as

Ryerson’s interim-president after

Levy’s departure. The university

hopes to pick a new president by

spring or summer 2016.

March 31, 2016

Lachemi is announced as Ry-

erson’s president. He takes office

April 4.

With files from Jackie Hong



6 Wednesday, April 6, 2016FEATURES

!’m in line at the grocery store, waiting on an elderly

woman struggling to recall the PIN on her credit card.If it weren’t for the card, she’d be the kind who countedout her change, nickels at a time, on the stainless steel

heckout — but it’s 2016, so here we are.I don’t mean to seem irritable, and typically I’m not. But

ight now, I’m starving. A National Geographic on the

heckout newsstand reads: “Superfoods” in big, orangeaps and then, below, “Eat Your Way to Health and Lon-evity.” My eyes drift from the magazine stand across the

black rubber conveyor belt, surveying my selections: one-

dollar pasta, one-dollar canned sauce, 30-cent instant noo-dles (x4), beans, tuna, mushroom soup. Most of it canned,most of it bright, gaudy No-Name yellow. Not a fresh fruit

or vegetable in sight. What am I eating my way to?The idea was to try to eat for a week on $20. My edi-

or and I did the math: assuming a post-secondary student

works 20 hours a week, makes $12 an hour, pays $700 amonth for rent, $50 for utilities, $30 for internet, $30 forhis phone bill and averages $70 a month for incidentals

uch as travel, toiletries and alcohol, this is what’s left. It’s

not a perfect representation. Notice the convenient absenceof tuition, the single largest expense in a university student’sife. Many opt to work more than 20 hours a week to makends meet, while others pay less rent by living at home,

or piling into shabby apartments with multiple roommates.

But the common theme here is that few of us have much tospare when it comes to feeding ourselves.

In 2014, the Good Food Centre released The Hunger Re-port, a demographic breakdown of those using Ryerson’scampus food bank and a frank assessment of how equipped

it is to help them. “Demand is so high for the service thatwe cannot keep our shelves full for more than two days outof the week,” it reads. And two years later, not much has

changed. While the Centre receives fresh produce and dairyproducts weekly, these are first to go, leaving the remainingstudents with the same kinds of canned, nutritionally ques-

tionable options on my shopping list.

"he idea was to show how difficult it can be to survive

on the amount our “average” student could affordto spend. Recognizing the financially precarious stateof many students, the Ontario government recently

announced the consolidation of several student benefitprograms into the singular Ontario Student Grant. Gov-ernment spending on post-secondary tuition is certainly

desirable (although the province isn’t actually planning to

spend any more than it currently does), but so is having

somewhere to live, being able to access public transit, andgetting enough to eat. There are many more costs to theuniversity experience than just tuition, and even a basic ne-cessity like food is not immune to compromise as students

struggle with what’s often their first — and most extreme

— exercise in personal budgeting.And the idea, as early as day two, is beginning to seem

bad. Whichever way you stretch it, $2.86 a day isn’t enoughto get everything your body needs. In some ways, the firstfew days are the hardest. My stomach has yet to shrink in

response to my new bargain diet, so I’m constantly hun-gry — especially here, staring at superfoods in line at thegrocery store. And, while I have interviews scheduled with

nutritionists and food experts later in the week, I’m goinginto this project essentially clueless.

Grocery shopping on the lowest possible budget is a taskriddled with traps. According to nutritionists, many ofthe least expensive food options are ones people ought toavoid: things like boxed mac ‘n cheese, bags of white pasta

and, worst (and cheapest) of all, instant ramen noodles.“People want to buy foods that are going to give them a

sense of immediate pleasure,” says Rena Mendelson, Ry-

erson professor and former director of the school of nutri-tion. “I think that’s a trap people often fall into.”

#t around 30 cents per package, instant noodles arethe discount epitome of immediate pleasure — fol-lowed immediately by stomach pains and a palpable

feeling of shame from your body telling you you’veessentially just eaten garbage. They’re high in sodium, carbsand fat, and devoid of helpful nutrients. If that’s not enough,

a 2014 Journal of Nutrition study linked regular consump-

tion of instant noodles to an increased risk of heart diseaseand stroke. And, largely because of the preservatives they’re

laced with, instant noodles wreak havoc on your intestinaltract during digestion. In 2011, researchers using a tiny,ingestible camera noted the convulsions a person’s bodygoes through attempting to break the noodles down, which

could explain why, 20 minutes after each bowl during thefirst three days of my diet, I feel like someone punched mein the gut.

But even the less notoriously awful low-cost options arestill problematic. The cheapest bag of pasta in most grocerystores is around a dollar and good for four or five meals.

Combine it with the cheapest canned sauce and, at around40 cents a serving, it seemed to me like the way to go. Thetaste is somewhere between not great and okay — a bit

like tomatoes, garlic and basil; mostly like the inside of atin can. But white pasta is almost as heavily processed as

instant noodles, and has the same near-total lack of nutri-tional value. Rather than giving me energy, each meal leftme bloated and tired.

Many of you reading this are likely smarter than me and

wouldn’t have fallen into the same bargain pitfalls. When Ithought protein, I thought canned tuna, canned beans andhot dogs. It never occurred to me that brown bread would

fill me up more than white, or whole grain pasta as opposedto bleached. But I’m a child of my environment — a white,suburban, middle-class, all-around-unremarkable young

man who had everything unquestioningly provided for himuntil the day he moved out. And I’m not the only one.

While smart parents or high school programs will teach

kids to cook, we’re rarely taught how to be poor. My mid-dle-school home economics class, cancelled a year laterand replaced with a course in English literature, was more

home than economics (one memorable lesson was on howto use a broom). And even students accustomed to cookingat home likely don’t consider the price tag attached to each

ingredient and what they might do if, one gloomy day yearsdown the line, their options became severely limited.

$y the midway point of the week, I needed a changeof strategy. I blew half my budget on garbage, andresolve to not do the same with my remaining $10. I

call Mendelson for advice, who warns me that eventhe best-informed attempt to eat for less than $3 a day isessentially doomed.

“You’re looking for energy,” she says. “And that’s whereyou’re going to have a problem. You’ll be fatigued, mainlybecause of the monotony of the diet. When things are not

appealing, you’re not tempted to eat that much, and thatcreates an issue. Your intake will be diminished because ofthe boredom. That’s going to be the biggest challenge.”

“Oh, I know,” I reply. I can feel it. Our interview is at10 a.m. and, after about a dozen alarm/wake-up/snooze-button/fall-back-to-sleep cycles, I’m still barely awake.

To make my revised list, I consult with Mendelson as well

as Ciara Foy, an upbeat, downtown-Toronto nutritionist

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8 ARTS & LIFE Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Curtis Oland looked to his Aboriginalroots when designing his line.

Student designs indigenous-inspired fashion lineBy Zoe Melnyk

Fourth-year fashion design stu-

dent Curtis Oland will be debut-

ng his indigenous-inspired mens-

wear clothing collection at this

ear’s Mass Exodus showcase in

he Student Learning Center (SLC)

on April 10.Oland originally found the in-

piration for his collection, Har-

est ,after spending a couple of

months with his family learning

bout his heritage in Lil’wat Na-

ion in British Columbia last sum-

mer.

The Harvest collection consists

of five different looks making up

a total of 14 pieces. The designing

process began last semester, while

actually constructing the pieces

was the main focus of this semes-

ter.

“From a superficial standpoint,

it’s very raw and very nature-

inspired,” he said. “I’m really

drawn to the act of gathering andharvesting materials throughout

the seasons in sort of a ritualis-

tic way. You only take what you

need.”

Oland explained that every piece

of fabric used to create his art has

its own history and connects all of

the people that have also created

or used that fabric.

Despite being inspired by his

indigenous heritage, Oland insists

that it is a Canadian collection,

not an indigenous one.

“I want to change the percep-

tion of what it means to be a First

Nations and being an Aboriginal

designer,” he said. “I wouldn’t

consider my collection to be a tra-ditional Frst Nations collection, it

is just a combination of all my ex-

periences growing up.”

Oland added that people are

categorized based on their heri-

tage, when in reality, Canada is

a melting pot filled with different

cultures sharing and collaborating

ideas.

“Being Canadian means that

we are multicultural, we are very

diverse and we come from mixed

backgrounds,” he said.

With Mass Exodus approach-

ing, Oland has been working hard

to find models that can representhis collection.

“It’s important to me to include

my heritage, it’s a big part of my

life,” he said.

However, Oland explained that

it is difficult to find a range of mod-

els in the fashion industry from dif-

ferent backgrounds. After looking

for indigenous models to represent

his clothing, he had trouble find-

ing ones that were the right fit. He

then decided to make his selection

diverse rather than indigenous.

The collection started as a

gender-neutral line, but after he

started looking for models, he

felt the clothing suited men more

than women and rebranded it as a

menswear collection with “gender

neutral tendencies.”

As for the venue, Oland ex-plained that the SLC could be a

limiting factor, since there’s sig-

nificantly less space for spectators.

However, he’s confident the show

will still be a success.

“It’s just a unique, new venue,

but I think it’s a great idea,” he

said.

Oland’s love for fashion devel-

oped from an early age and grew

while he studied visual arts at Em-

ily Carr University of Art and De-

sign in Vancouver.

“I sort of taught myself by tak-

ing apart garments and trying put

something new together, it’s be-come a puzzle that’s really fun to

figure out,” he said.

Oland came to Ryerson in

2012 originally for its reputa-

tion, but only planned on staying

for a year or two.

“I ended up staying here for

four years because I realized that

I could learn so much more,” he

said.

Now that he’s months away

from graduation, he’s looking for-

ward to combining his knowledge

of art and design by potentially

doing a fashion internship in Ber-

lin.“That’s the most important

thing, the cultural exchange and

collaborating ideas and sharing

experiences with each other,” he

said.

This is a part of our series of

profiles on fashion design and

communications students to pre-

view Mass Exodus. Stay tuned

for the rest of the series online

at www.theeyeopener.com by the

end of the week!urits Oland’s design space displaying a few Harvest pieces. PHOTO: ZOE MELNYK

Ryerson Band Spotlight: Little Boxer

By Annie Arnone

The first time Little Boxer per-

ormed it was without a stage in

he basement of the Smiling Bud-

dha, a bar on College Street in

August 2014. The sweaty crowd

tood two feet away from the

musicians and cheered them on

as they stumbled through their

lumsy set as a new band.

“We needed a name,” said Zach-

ary Erickson, a fourth-year politics

and governance student and the

group’s lead guitarist and singer.

“And the first thing that came to

my head was Little Boxer.”

It was chosen to illustrate the

underdog vibe of the four students

who came together to form a band.

Fast-forward to a year and a half

later and the underdog band is play-

ing the prime time spot of 11 p.m.

at Canadian Music Week (CMW)

for the second year in a row.

“It started off in the beginning

as a folk duo with drummer Dave

Silani and I,” Erickson. said. “I

wanted to make music with people

… and then we found Juan.”

Fourth-year industrial engineer-

ing student Juan Udarbe started his

post-secondary music career with

Musicians@Ryerson and was in-

volved in a project where, as a back-

up band, they played with various

singers — including Erickson.

“He mentioned one time that

their bass player just left, and jok-

ingly I asked why he didn’t ask me

to join,” said Udarbe.

Erickson asked him to join the

next day.

“Eventually it turned into Juan

and Dave feeding me a bunch of

music and it worked. We got Liam

[Driscoll], recently for lead guitar,”

Erickson said. “We wanted some-

thing with a lot bigger of a sound

than what we could get with just

three people and our sound was off

the charts.”

Little Boxer is part of the record

label Dungus Records, which was

founded by Silani in 2014. Most

of the bands who are a part of the

label had their start at Ryerson,

including the fusion funk band

Mayraki and sister duo the Lifers.

The music groups perform and re-

cord together. Their most recentshow was their Springtime Revue

on March 26 at the Garrison — the

same day Little Boxer released their

second EP, entitled “Volume II.”

Their EPs consist of songs they

have been playing since the con-

ception of the band.

“They were our first attempt at

recording and were an exploration

of trying to find and solidify our

sound,” explained Erickson.

“The first one is more rock-

based, more energetic and lively

while the second volume is a

slower more melancholy approach

where we started to explore the

use of electronic sampling.”

Taking pride in the fact that

they don’t subject themselves to

one genre, Little Boxer describes

themselves as an “alternative rock

band mixed with funk and bass

and a little bit of juice.”

“Right now we are working on

new music and we have a pure,

three-chord punk rock song, and

then [in the next track] we have

electronic ambient music. If it’s

good music, it’s good music,” said

Erickson.

Little Boxer will be the only To-

ronto band featured at CMW on

May 6 at the Painted Lady venue —

one of the group’s favourite venues.

“I think we take it for granted

because we are based in Toronto

— a fucking amazing city. All thesebands want to play in Toronto and

we are already here,” said Udarbe.

“It humbles us to have these people

come visit our home-town and play

on the same stage as us. Canadian

Music Week is pretty great.”

Udarbe said the band aims to

practice at least once a week and

their creative process can only be

described as trial and error.

“Someone will start something

and if it sounds good everyone

will add in their own stuff. By the

end of the jam if it’s good, it stays.

But a lot of them just dwindle

out,” he said.

“We’re working hard and we’reworking smarter than we’ve ever

worked,” said Henderson. “We just

finished recording two EPs. And

we’re not going to stop.”

ead singer Zachary Erickson performing at The Garrison during their holiday show. PHOTO: KAROUN CHAHINIAN

PHOTO COURTESY: MASS EXODUS



Wednesday, April 6, 2016 BIZ & TECH 9

App of the

WeekIn this consumer society it’s notdifficult to end up with a lot of

junk that you don’t really want

— old toys your parents didn’t

want to throw out, textbooks

that couldn’t be sold or an old

laptop you haven’t used in years.

It doesn’t always make sense to

drop these off at a donation box.

Thankfully, the Bunz Trading

Zone app is now available.

Once you install the app it’ll

ask for the secret code (it’s not so

secret, right now it’s 777777) and

then you can connect with your

Facebook account to get started.

Choose your username and you’reofficially in and ready to trade.

Based around the barter system,

the single rule is no money al-

lowed — which is exactly the price

students can afford. You can trade

for the common currency — token

and tallcans — or get fancier and

look for specific items like a can

opener or trade big and find your-

self a laptop.

The user interface is fairly sim-

ple — at the top there’s a menu

button, a search function and a

sorting function. The menu but-

ton will open up a sidebar with

your Facebook profile picture and

your username. At the very bot-

tom are settings, which allow you

to change how many notifications

you get — a useful tool if you’re

posting hot items.

On the main screen there are

four sections: “all,” “items,” “at-

tention” and “ISO.” ISO standsfor “In Search Of.” This is where

users will post items or services

they need rather than stuff they

wanna get rid of. The posts will

tell you the seller, where they’re

located and the item or service

they wanna get rid of with a brief

description and an image.

You can comment to ask ques-

tions, like it to come back later

or hit ‘make offer’ to start a chat

and discuss the trade more seri-

ously.

To make your own post, you

hit the plus sign in the orange cir-

cle in the bottom right corner ofthe screen. That’ll bring up a mini

menu with “attention,” “item”

and “ISO.” Pick which one makes

the most sense for your post and a

new screen will open.

You can add images, put a title,

a description, what you want in

return and your location, then hit

the check mark in the upper right

corner. This item will now exist

on your profile and people can

like it, comment on it or send you

a message to set up a trade.

As you make trades people can

review you and you can build up

your Bunz cred to be a reputable

trader while getting rid of old junk

for new junk.

Bunz Trading Zone app is avail-

able for free in the iOS App Store

and Android’s Google Play.

By Sidney Drmay

Motivational interviewing, a

herapy method that helps pa-

ients with substance abuse is-

ues resolve their inner conflicts

egarding change, may help treatnxiety. According to a new

tudy, this technique contributes

o improving long-term results in

patients with severe generalized

nxiety disorder.

The study is led by York Univer-

ity professor Henny Westra and

s the result of a five-year clini-

al trial. Michael J. Constantino,

professor at the University of

Massachusetts Amherst and Mar-

in Antony, chair of psychology at

Ryerson, are also researchers in

he study.

“We have effective treatment for

nxiety problems … but not every-one benefits from that,” Antony

aid. “There are lots of researchers

round the world who are looking

or ways to enhance the effects of

reatments so larger amounts of

people can benefit from them. One

pproach is through motivational

nterviewing.”

The method was first mentioned

n a 1983 academic paper on al-

oholism. Patients suffering from

ubstance abuse found it difficult

o change their lifestyles because

of the social and personal benefits

attached to using substances, ac-

cording to Antony.

Therapists would then talk

through patients’ thinking to

find out the cause of this resis-

tance and how to resolve it. Thismethod became known as moti-

vational interviewing.

In most cases, motivational

interviewing is not a form of

therapy on its own. However, it

prepares patients for therapy so

they are more open to receiving

treatment.

“It helps people look at the

costs and benefits of changing. A

lot of people think change isn’t

possible — this therapy can help

people recognize that it is,” Ant-

ony said.

Westra’s study found that there

was a 23 per cent dropout rate inpatients being treated with cogni-

tive behavioural therapy, which

is when therapists help patients

understand how their thoughts in-

fluence their behaviour. However,

when used in conjunction with

motivational interviewing, that

rate dropped to 10 per cent.

“Resolving some of that ambiv-

alence before starting treatment is

one way of keeping treatment, so

[patients] become more commit-

ted to it,” Antony said.

Motivational interviewing also

deals with resistance to therapy

differently. Typically, when pa-tients oppose or argue with a

particular method of treatment,

therapists push the method harder

and patients become even more re-

sistant to it. Through motivational

interviewing, therapists find less

confrontational ways to approach

patients.

“We found that a more support-

ive, gentle approach to resistance

in therapy leads to better results,”

Antony said.

Although it is not a new tech-

By Hanna Lee

The new method consists of therapists going through a patient’s thought process to help work on their issues. PHOTO: ANNIE ARNONE

New research helps treat anxiety patients

nique, using it to treat anxiety is

a recent development in mental

health research.Westra’s study is “one of the

largest studies on the effects of

motivational interviewing com-

bined with cognitive therapy for

people with generalized anxiety,”

Antony said. “We know it’s inter-

fering with people’s lives. Com-ing up with ways to help people’s

quality of life ultimately helps

people feel better and function

better.”

Zone Startups Calgary (ZSC), a

ompany incubator program fo-

used on industrial internet and

nergy-related startups, launched

n Calgary on March 30.

Ryerson Futures announced the

aunch in partnership with GE

Canada. “GE is … transitioning

nto becoming more of a software

ompany … and they are looking

or technologies that can run off

of a platform,” said Matt Saun-

ders, president of Ryerson Futures.

Part of our role is to help com-

panies build fast. If they come in

aying they want to work on this

particular area and need help con-

necting to these customers and help

build a business, then we help them

connect with those customers, and

learn [if] the market is interested in

that particular kind of solution.”

The ZSC program is applica-

tion-based and requires that the

startup companies, if selected,

move into the space provided by

Ryerson Futures and GE Canada.

The space is, according to Saun-

ders, “roughly a 5,000 square

foot space inside GE’s customer

relations center within Calgary,”

where mentors and advisors are

available for guidance.

“[We provide] connections to

customers, connections to poten-

tial service providers that could

help run the business, connections

to new employees and new hires,

Zone Startups Calgary launches

algary Mayor Naheed Nenshi at the ZSC launch.PHOTO COURTESY: MATT SAUNDERS

By Jaclyn Tansil

and even connections to inves-

tors,” said Saunders.

Like several incubators based in

Toronto and Zone Startups India

in Mumbai, companies will also

be provided with access to a seed

fund. The only difference is that

seed funding for ZSC companies

will be provided by a number of

partners and investors, which is in

the process of being set up. “We

were talking to some partners that

were out there last week, so thatis something that we are working

on,” said Saunders.

Since its official launch, four

startup companies — Golden En-

vironmental Mat Services, FRED-

sense, Stream Systems and True

Site View have already been ap-

proved into the accelerator pro-

gram and have begun moving into

the space.

Saunders said, “there is an op-

portunity to expand the new space

and I think within the first year we

expect to have 10-15 good quality

companies that can grow in scale,

and as we turn over companies we

can bring more in.”

Saunders said that Ryerson Fu-

tures received offers from private

investors to open new locations

for zone startups.

Following the creation of Zone Startups India, a new program is born



Wednesday, April 6, 2016SPORTS0

Ryerson student athletes taking trip to Peru

Ryerson and the evolution of “Just Do It”

PHOTO: DEVIN JONES

Ryerson has switched their clothing vendor from Adidas to Nike. PHOTO: DEVIN JONES

Eight Ryerson student athletes,

n conjunction with the RyersonAthletics Volunteer Experience

RAVE), will be travelling to Perun May for one week to help build achool within the Pachacutec com-

munity in Lima.Spearheaded by women’s vol-

eyball libero Julie Longman and

RAVE’s Jordan D’Souza the hu-manitarian trip has been in theworks since early October withundraising happening throughout

he year.“In my professional issues class

we talked about all the things you

should consider when going on atrip like this,” Longman says. “It’s

more than going there thinkingyou’re going to make this big dif-ference. We’re trying to focus on

the simple things like taking Span-ish lessons so they’re not accommo-dating us, we’re accommodating

them.”The group of athletes includes

men’s soccer player Kyle Stewart

and veteran volleyball player Wes-ley Kosiba. They were tasked withraising $1,200 for the group, along-

side paying $1,500 out of pocketper person. Ryerson also contrib-uted $7,500 in funding, $3,000 of

which came from the Vice ProvostStudents while $4,500 came from

the Vice Provost Academic.While the athletics department

hasn’t sponsered the group trip

officially they have gone forwardwith contributing to the trip in theamount of $2,500.

“What we’ve said is that this isn’ta department-sponsered trip, we’renot paying the athletes to go,”

says Heather Adam, manager ofoperations and strategic planningfor Ryerson Athletics. “We are notorganzing or funding the trip, but

we are helping out with the fundingefforts.”

D’Souza is the Canadian repre-sentative for RAVE and is repon-

sible for ironing out the logistics,but he’ll be travelling to Peru as astudent.

The idea of glorifying interna-

tional volunteer trips often seenthrough the lens of social media

drove D’Souza, Stewart and Long-man to make the trip about small,meaningful change rather than try-

ing to do too much and disrupt-ing the community. D’Souza notesthese small actions make up the

crux of their trip.“What’s really important is for

our athletes to develop their skills

and work outside of the class-room,” he says. “We’re not goingthere to change the world, it’d be

silly to think that. We’re going todo what we can in the time we’re

there.”On top of helping build the

school, every day in the afternoonthe athletes will be hosting athletic

programming within the local com-munity. A local Peruvian family willbe hosting the group.

For fundraising, the group heldevents, where the proceeds wenttowards the overall trip, but indi-

vidually the athletes were also ableto collect donations with some ofthem creating GoFundMe pagesand hosting their own events.

As a group they hosted a raffle

at a men’s basketball game thatincluded donations from Lulule-mon. They also organized an ath-

letics-wide volleyball game dubbed“volleybrawl,” and an after partyfor the athletic banquet hosted at

The Fifth Social Club, where theycharged $5 at the door.

“So initially we had the cost at

$2,500 a person straight up andwithin two weeks of interviews,we had asked that people have the

money,” Longman says. “We wereable to tweak the budget a bit andalso everyone was allowed to open

GoFundMe pages and raise anyfund support they want.”

Stewart, who grew up Jamaica,

felt the need the to join Longmanon the trip after witnessing someof the conditions people lived in

growing up. His appreciation for

the opportunities he’s been giventhroughout his life has motivated

him to give in smaller ways thathelp impact a few people at a time.

“I’ve seen the slums, I’ve been

there. And so I wanted to do some-thing to make a small difference tochallenge myself to do something

different,” Stewart says. “It [Peru]really hit home when we got theapplications and it wasn’t just like,

‘Oh we’re not just talking about itanymore.’”

The athletes will be leaving May1 and returning on the 9.

n an effort to differentiate them-elves amongst the sea of blue and

white jerseys that have popped up

mongst Ontario University Ath-etics (OUA), the Ryerson athleticdepartment is switching up their

partnership from Adidas to Nike.Although the men’s basketball

team has already been sportingNike jerseys, it wasn’t a school ini-

tiative last season — instead com-ing from connections then-headcoach Roy Rana had with the

company. Now, athletics directorIvan Joseph has made the push foruniformity across the board.

“At this point it’s more of aswitch in provider,” Joseph says.

“You’re seeing a lot of blue andwhite, so for us it’s how do we be

different? Which is the best com-pany that offers different stylesand cuts? One of the things we

value here is being different thanour peers.”

Although the switch from Adi-

das to Nike is a program wideshift, only the seven CIS teams —including basketball and volley-

ball — will be getting the jerseys

according to associate athletic di-rector Stephanie White. She went

on to note that the jerseys “areopen to other programs,” but thatit also depends on their funding

initiatives.White was also not able to dis-

close the cost of the partnership

stating, “I’m not allowed to giveout details of the contracts, but I’dlike to think it [the cost] is compa-

rable [to Adidas].”

The partnership comes on thetail of the All-Star weekend in To-

ronto, in which Nike was a largesponsor. As a part of the weekend,Nike rebranded the lower gymwith their new marketing ads as

well as the classic swoosh and JustDo It tagline. As a part of the newpartnership with the Rams, Joseph

says the lower gym will be leftwith the ads in place, solidifying

the new relationship.

ongman and D’Souza have been organzing the trip since early October.

By Devin Jones

In a sea of blue and white Ryerson athletics hopes switching clothing partners will usher in a new era of Rams clothing

By Devin Jones



Wednesay, April 6, 2016 COMMUNITIES 11

Rye student forms sexual assault coalitionA Ryerson student has spearhead-

d a sexual assault support group

n response to the Jian Ghomeshi

erdict. The coalition’s goal is to

ain support from other organiza-

ions to help survivors navigate theegal processes involved in report-

ng sexual assault.

The Sexual Assault Action Co-

lition (SAA) was put together by

enna Davies, a fourth-year social

work student and Viktoria Bitto,

n advocate for the Ontario Coali-

ion for Better Child Care.

The coalition came together

on March 25 when former CBC

broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi was

cquitted of all charges. Ghomeshi

aced four counts of sexual assault

nd one count of overcoming resis-

ance by choking, but was found

not guilty after Judge William

Horkins said that the witnesses’

estimonies were not only incon-

istent but, “tainted by outright

deception.” Horkins also referred

o them as “deceptive and manipu-

ative.”

Davies said she had been follow-

ng the trial and that the verdict

ed her to take action. “I person-lly had a very visceral reaction to

hearing the verdict,” said Davies.

I basically just knew something

By Maddie Binning had to happen.”

Davies and Bitto are roommates,

so Davies came to her with the idea

for the initiative. They created the

coalition’s Facebook page shortly

after the verdict was given and they

planned their first meeting for the

following Tuesday.That evening, Bitto went to the

rally and march hosted by Ryer-

son’s Centre for Women and Trans

People and Ryerson’s Office for

Sexual Violence Support and Ed-

ucation, in order to promote the

coalition, which had formed just

hours earl ier.

“Women will exchange their ex-

pertise to create a space of healing,

justice and solidarity,” states the

SAA coalition’s vision statement.

“We work within an intersectional

and anti-oppresive, anti-racist,

framework.”

It also says on their Facebookpage that all survivors are wel-

come.

There were 20 people who at-

tended the SAA coalition’s first

meeting and some of the survivors

began sharing their stories. Davies

and Bitto noticed that there were a

number of similarities to the stories

in terms of the outcome of report-

ing the incidents.

Bitto said that she personally

has been sexually assaulted and

while she reported it right away,

her case was thrown out because

there was no DNA or video evi-

dence. She said it was sad to hear

so many women sharing similarstories but that the meeting also

showed her that the coalition is

headed in the right direction.

“It provided a lot of solidarity

and a lot of support,” said Bitto.

“It was already the beginning of

what we wanted the coalition to

be, which is women supporting

women [and] women exchanging

their expertise and their support

to help each other heal.”For Bitto and Davies, support is

only one part of the solution.

“No woman that we’ve met,

that Jenna and I have spoken to,

understands the process of report-

ing and beyond that, what it’s go-

ing to look like if they have to go

to trial,” said Bitto. “We want to

give women that training and that

opportunity to have that educa-

tion to navigate a system that’s

broken while advocating for

change within that system.”

Davies also said that the coali-

tion will include a mentorship

program to give women who havegone through the reporting process

or gone to trial a chance to men-

tor other women who are going

through the same processes.

“As much as we’re going to ad-

vocate for change within the jus-

tice system, that’s not a thing that

happens overnight,” said Davies.

“[The question is] how dowomen work currently with the

system that we have and what are

the realities of what you’re going

to be met with, so we can bet-

ter prepare survivors as they go

through those processes.”

But the coalition won’t just fo-

cus on the legal aspects of sexual

assault. They also plan to offer a

variety of services such as trauma-

informed counseling and art ther-

apy to provide a “one stop shop”

for survivors.

Bitto’s background in child care

as well as Davies’ social work de-

gree, which she will receive at the

end of this school year, will alsoadd to the services.

Bitto said child care could be a

possibile service as women may

need someone to take care of their

children when they’re seeing a

lawyer or going to therapy. While

the coalition is still in its early

stages, they hope to begin provid-

ing services within the next month.

“Right now, we’re still consult-

ing with the community,” said

Bitto. “We’re still inviting people

to guide as well as guiding them

because we do want it to be a col-

laborative approach. This isn’t a

hierarchy. This isn’t Jenna and I

leading the troops to victory. Thisis women working together to cre-

ate change for each other.”

With files from Alanna Rizza

“This is women working

together to create change

for each other”

“We’re going to advocate

for change within the justice

system”

Rye Lifeline Syria partners with Paramount Fine Foods

By Alanna Rizza

Middle Eastern food company

Paramount Fine Foods and Ry-

rson University’s Lifeline Syria

Challenge (RULSC) are working

ogether to employ 100 Syrian

efugees with the help of Magnet, job-matching system co-found-

d by Ryerson.

Paramount CEO Mohamad

Fakih said his company will be

providing three to five positions in

ach of its locations for refugees

who need jobs. He said hiring 100

efugees is the initial goal but that

s more stores open, he will con-

inue hiring more refugees. There

re currently 32 locations.

“Jumping in and starting to

help these refugees is [exactly]

what people did for me when I im-

migrated to Canada,” said Fakih,

who came to Canada from Leba-

non about 17 years ago.

“The [refugees] are here, and

now we have two options; step up

o the plate and help them out or

we’re all going to find out one day

that these people needed our help

and we were not there.”

Lifeline Syria is a Toronto ini-

tiative that began in July 2015 —

Ryerson started their own chal-

lenge shortly afterwards.

Wendy Cukier, executive lead of

Ryerson’s Lifeline Syria, said the

top three priorities for the newly-

settled refugees are language train-

ing, finding them a place to live

and employment.

“The partnership with Para-

mount is an example of how peo-

ple and organizations from across

sectors are stepping up to help

with the Syrian Refugee crisis,”

Cukier said.

Mark Patterson, executive di-

rector of Magnet, said that the dis-

cussion of working with RULSC

started in the fall of 2015, but the

initiative got started when Fakih

reached out to RULSC in mid-

March.

He said that Magnet is assisting

various employment agencies by

providing them with a technology

platform to hire refugees and that

they have already started assisting

50 refugees.

“It’s hard enough to find a job

[for] somebody who’s born andraised here who has networks

and friends but if you’re a refugee

who’s lost everything ... it takes a

whole group of organizations and

different groups to come together

to help address some of these chal-

lenges,” Patterson said.

“This will be a great boost to

the nearly 100 families RULSC is

sponsoring as well as other new-

comers supported by Lifeline Syr-

ia,” said Cukier.

Fakih said it’s the duty of Ca-

nadians to help refugees and that

he challenges every entrepreneur

to do the same.

“The solution to the biggerproblem starts with finding them a

job. When they start actually earn-

ing some money, this is where their

life [starts] going back to normal.”

Viktoria Bitto (left) and Jenna Davies. PHOTO: ALANNA RIZZA

Paramount Fine Foods CEO Mohamad Fakih. COURTESY: CANDACE MAY PHOTOGRAPHY



12 FUN ON THE FLIPSIDE!

Fucks given: zero. Aboslutely zero. PHOTO: SKYLER ASH

How to have zero shame

By Skyler Ash

Do you ever feel ashamed of your-self? Well, you should. You’ve got

plenty of reasons to, but just forget

about those. At least for now. Notforever, but for now. We do a lot

of questionable things when we’resmall children masquerading asadults, trying to pretend we’ve got

our lives together. So here are fourways to have zero shame, becauseyou could really use some help.

1. Stop overthinking it all. You

know when your eyes sort of glazeover and you stare out the windowand you look like someone who’s

just learned important governmentsecrets and is deciding which side toshare them with but really all you’re

thinking about is whether or notyou seemed sloppy when you wore

the same pants two days in a row?Stop doing that. It’s not helpinganyone. And as long as you didn’twear the same shirt, you look fine.

2. Give fewer fucks. Giving

fucks takes up a lot of energy,energy you could be using on

more important things, like eat-ing, sleeping or watching movietrailers when you should be writ-

ing essays. And you know what?If you want to watch movie trail-ers instead of writing your essay,

that’s fine. Just stop caring andthe rest just sort of goes away.Or it manifests itself later in life

and will eventually hurt you,your family and your marriageand WALLACE JUST PLEASE

COME BACK, I SAID I’M SOR-RY!

3. Fight back. You know

in those old movies when thegrouchy old woman says, “youshould be ashamed of yourself!”

and the main character slinksaway in shame? Don’t be the per-

son to slink away into the night,stand up for yourself! If someoneever speaks to you like that, fireback with, “No, YOU should be

ashamed of yourself for thinking

you’re allowed to speak to me,you two-bit old fanny! Who doyou think you’re talking to, you

punk? Huh? Do you know howmany things I’ve achieved in life?

I’ve got plans and I’ve got dreamsand I’ll be damned if going to thestore to buy chips in my adult one-sie is what holds me back in life!”

4. Shrug it off. Did somethingyou shouldn’t have? Whatever.Said something you didn’t mean in

the moment but thought it was toolate to take back but realize youprobably should? It’s too late now.

Leave the oven on and then wentout for a hot night on the town?Not your problem (until the fire

department arrives). There are mo-ments in life when you’ve just gotto let things slide. Take advantage

of those moments and let them slip-

slide away, because do you reallycare? Probably not.

Or you could just stop doingthings that you’re ashamed of. Butwhere’s the fun in that?

GoFundMe, bitch

his bitch needs your money. PHOTO: JAK E SCOTT

By Skyler Ash

A Ryerson student is raising mon-y to help keep her swear jar full.Amanda Goliath, a third-year

philosophy student, has “a fond-

ness for foul language” and needsmoney so she can keep swearing in

her apartment. Goliath has raisedover $20,000 in just 17 days, andthe dough keeps rolling in.

In January, Goliath’s room-

mates, Lilly Driver and CaseyRype, made her start a swear jarafter an “unfortunate incident.”

Driver had her parents over fordinner at the apartment and Go-liath began “swearing like a sail-

or” after Driver’s mother said sheneeded some salt.

“Do you really need the fuckingsalt?” said Goliath. “Does any-one really need anything? Or are

our needs just fake-ass arbitraryconstructs that society conditionsus to seek out and obey like little

sons of bitches?”Driver said that Goliath went

on a philosophical swearing tan-gent that forced her parents tomake awkward excuses to gohome. “They said they had to

go breathe on their plants,” saidDriver. “Which is such a lie. Theydo that on Tuesdays, not Fridays.”

Driver and Rype installed aswear jar in the living room oftheir apartment that Goliath had

to put 25 cents in to anytime sheuttered a dirty curse word.

In just three days, the jar had

$157.50, meaning that Goliathhad sworn 630 times. “Most ofthat was just before 10 a.m.,” said

Rype.“They’re being so fucking petty,”

said Goliath. “Sometimes I swear,

it’s not like it’s a fucking crime.”Two weeks after the jar was

installed, Driver and Rype upped

the price of swearing five times.“The cost of swearing went from apaltry 25 cents to two fucking dol-

lars!” said Goliath. “Two motherfucking dollars!”

Rype said they use the money

from the jar and donate it to a localcharity called Stop Swearing 4 Kids.“They take the money and give it to

local children who stop swearing.

Such a beautiful cause,” she said.“It’s a fucking stupid cause is

what it is,” said Goliath. “All myhard-earned money going to stupidlittle children! It’s a fucking joke.”

On average, Goliath said sheswears 60 times a day, whichmeans she puts about $200 into

the jar on a daily basis. “This jaris costing me a shit ton of moneythat I don’t have.” Goliath went

into debt in mid-March. “I can’tpay for this shit anymore.”

With all the money from her

GoFundMe page, Goliath saidshe can continue to pay for her

swear jar for about 100 moredays. “I can probably go on fora lot longer,” said Goliath. “Peo-ple are very sympathetic towards

my cause, because they fuckingshould be.”

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