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Cover by Chris Parent and Jonathan Rotsztain 145-23 • Mar. 22 - Mar. 31, 2013
Zen and the Art of
Spiritual Maintenance
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March 22 - March 31, 2013 •
WEEKLY staff
DISPATCH Katrina Pyne, Editor-in-Chief
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Torey Ellis, Copy Editor
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Chris Parent, Photo Editor
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Ethan Calof, Online Editor
Joelline Girouard, Asst. Online Editor
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Daniel Boltinsky, News Editor
Calum Agnew, Asst. News Editor Ben Gallagher, Other Editor
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STRENGTHENING ADVOCACY Sam Elmsley, Opinions Editor
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Andrew Mills, Arts Editor
Jonathan Rotsztain, Art Director
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Paul Balite, Financial Manager
Note: Due to CASA By-laws, the DSU Executive was limited from engaging in discussion until Meagan Deuling, Asst. Arts Editor business@dalgazette.com
March 13th (30 days after it informed CASA that a discussion about membership status would arts@dalgazette.com
Aaron Merchant, Business Manager
be coming forward to the DSU Council). For a full explanation of our proposal, we suggest Ian Froese, Sports Editor advertising@dalgazette.com
watching the video archive of the Council Meeting from March 13th, or contacting president@ Graeme Benjamin, Asst. Sports Editor
Isaac Green, Advertising Manager
sports@dalgazette.com
dsu.ca. The following provides a summary in the meantime: advertising@dalgazette.com
• It’s time we think critically about our advocacy goals. This year’s DSU Executive is
unanimously proposing that we commission a 10 month review of our advocacy tactics
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and goals to determine a way forward built on strong student consensus. As part of this www.dalgazette.com Isaac Green
strategy we are proposing we move to associate membership within the Canadian Alliance The SUB, Room 312 Advertising Manager
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membership from CASA entirely this would be voted on by student referendums during
next year’s election season. the fine print
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of $27,000, and taking an average of 14 years to pay off (and Canadian students are faced or society in general. Views expressed in the letters to the editor, its editorial board to be discriminatory, racist, sexist, homophobic or
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at a time when 1/3 recent graduates are moving into low-skilled occupations. The cost of person being quoted, and not The Gazette’s writers or staff. Editorial Board, publisher, or Dalhousie University.
education is crippling for many within our generation, and the situation is getting worse.
CASA does not believe in tuition reductions, nor does it have a strong national vision for
the PSE sector.
BEST OF THE YEAR, 2012-2013
• It’s time we try something new. Many Student Unions across Canada (including McGill, 1) Dal hockey player speaks out on hazing penalty
UBC, Wilfred Laurier, Saskatchewan, etc) have reconsidered their membership within
Henry Whitfield, Sports
CASA, realizing the need to engage in grassroots education and advocacy with students
and community partners to build a national movement around reinvesting in PSE. CASA is 2) Dal women's hockey pleads for reinstatement
not built for outreach and education campaigns but rather relies solely on meetings with Henry Whitfield, Sports
political representatives. In the current political climate, politicians are not responding to 3) Dalhousie, women's hockey team disagree on hazing facts
our asks, no matter how much evidence is provided to them. We need to educate students
Henry Whitfield, Sports
and communities at large to create a new political climate that will allow for the type of
transformative change that is needed. 4) Swastikas shown at NSPIRG endorsed protest—Calum Agnew, News
5) 2013 Most Eligible Tigers—Paula Sanderson, Sports
• There are some immediate opportunities to affect change. As we reconsider our
membership within CASA we want to invest resources where we know there is opportunity
for change. Over the next 12 months we will be in the midst of negotiating a new
provincial funding formula, a new framework for Quality standards, new policy surrounding
international students, and facing a provincial election as well. Moving to associate
membership will allow us additional resources to invest in research and campaigns
around these critical issues. In a time when our University is in a budget crisis, we must be
proactive in developing solutions that address our students’ needs.
• As an associate member we will still be able to participate in all CASA gatherings and still
receive information from the organization. CASA will continue its work regardless if we are
members and the DSU will still be able to continue meeting directly and independently with
our federal representatives locally. If it is determined by the review and referendum that
the DSU wishes to exit from CASA, we are happy to support our Association of Graduate
Students in pursuing independent membership in the organization. In the meantime, we
cannot continue blindly investing in an approach we know is not working. We need to test
out what is possible by investing more in internally-led efforts as we review our goals and
tactics for the long-term.
On March 27th, the DSU Council will be voting to change status within CASA to
“associate member” for 2013/14 and to commission a formal review of our advocacy
strategy. The meeting is open to the public at 6:30pm in room 303, and will be live
streamed and video archived on the DSU’s YouTube Channel. All are welcome and
encouraged to attend.
Stay connected with the DSU through Facebook & Twitter
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Twitter: www.twitter.com/dalstudentunion
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Katrina Pyne Editor-in-Chief
A ritual of sorts
The moments of clarity in a world of chaos
Katrina Pyne This year, I had the good fortune of corrections is almost too valuable
Editor-in-Chief of using this almost-weekly editorial for words, our exceptional copy edi-
as my own personal writing therapy; tor—and really just mentor for every-
The last Gazette issue of the year much to the dismay of my friends one—Torey Ellis.
has finally hit stands. Its soft grey and family I’m sure, whose anecdotal It’s a damn lucky journalist who
pages have been coated in warm ink, presence will forever remain docu- gets to work with these incredible
bundled tightly into packages and mented in the Gazette archives. individuals.
dropped at our various stands around And so with this last small chunk of This year more than ever we’ve
campus and the city. space on the inside cover that I will tried to make the paper as interactive
It’s an important issue for us. As be granted as editor, I can’t help but and accessible as possible. The for-
a staff we always think about how reflect a little on our year here in ever changing layout of both the print
our last issue will sit on stands for room 312 nestled on the third floor of edition and website is proof that our
the whole summer, staring down the the SUB. online team (Ethan Calof, Joelline
passersby as they lurk to and fro. This year we've done our best to Girouard) and art director (Jonathan
So perhaps it seems peculiar to remain faithful to our student voice, Rotsztain) are constantly perfecting
end a year of such excitement with to provide an open forum for issues their crafts and our covers and pho-
a spirituality issue. It may be that it’s on campus and within the city. From tos are the brainchild of our cher-
our own way of giving an ode to the the women’s hockey hazing scandal ished ‘Mr. Perfectionist’ photo editor
many pleas to God that will inevitably covered by our diligent sports team (Chris Parent).
occur on the eve of so many exams. (Ian Froese, Graeme Benjamin) to But of course none of this could be
Or perhaps we thought it fitting, as a thorough analysis of the Campus possible without the complete dedi- Gazette staff: the best and the brightest. • • • Photo by Pau Balite
so many individuals use the summer Master Plan crafted by our own news cation of our business and advertis-
to pilgrim to the many corners of the editors (Daniel Boltinsky, Calum ing team (Pau Balite, Aaron Mer- from my laptop keyboard to avoid Cheers!
world to ‘find themselves’ or find sol- Agnew), we’ve looked at the issues chant) who have worked every corner this inevitable gushing.
itude in the unique clarity that can through our own ever-critical lens. of this city to keep our little paper not Thank you for the letters, the ideas, —Katrina Pyne
only be achieved on a cool summer’s Our team of always avant-garde only afloat, but thriving. the support and most of all the criti- Editor-in-chief 2012-13
eve beside the lake. arts editors (Andrew Mills, Meagan So as our staff head out into the cism, when we needed it. If you’re
We each have our own rituals, be Deuling) and our colourful creative ‘real world’ once again, I feel com- ever in need of a new Monday night
they spiritual—a prayer or medi- editor (Ben Gallagher) have kept pletely confident that we will return ritual, we wholeheartedly welcome Correction
tation—or habitual—a walk in the our pages rich with texture while re-energized and refocused in the you to our contributors meetings The previous issue of the Gazette
woods to find our inner peace, or a our opinions editor (Sam Elmsley) more-than-capable hands of incom- with a warm slice of pizza and a story was the Satire issue. It included
yoga session to ease into the day. remained vigilant to make our stu- ing editor-in-chief Ian Froese next just for you. many, many mistakes. The
After a year of such excitement it dent voice heard. fall. It’s been an honour and an experi- Gazette does not regret these
just seems fitting to cap things off And then the person without whom It is with the fondest of farewells ence I won’t soon forget. errors.
with a time of reflection and thanks. this paper would be an endless series that I finally peel my fingers away
news
news
news covers Dalhousie and
the greater Halifax community.
Contributions are welcome!
Email Daniel and Calum at
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Daniel Boltinsky News Editor
DASSS Conference 2013. • • • Photo by Becky Richter
DASSS ist gut
Social science undergrads unite for national conference
Geordon Omand it [succeeded so tremendously],” said Edmonton, Alta. writing festival organized by Dal stu- “Here we are, calling ourselves Can-
Staff Contributor Strynatka, the society’s current VP Not only did the presenters gain dent Alexandra Kitson. ada’s first national student-funded,
(academic). “That kind of set the tone from participating, Strynatka said “We wanted to provide a more student-led undergraduate confer-
“Dream big and it could happen.” for future years.” the conference planning committee holistic and engaging experience for ence,” she said. “I feel like it should
That’s how Katherine Strynatka While many conferences for emerg- also benefitted from the experience the conference,” said Swift. be accessible to all Canadians and all
described the experience of help- ing scholars focus on graduate stud- of hosting the conference. Between “It’s academically focused but it’s Canadians are not Anglophone.”
ing organize the fourth annual Dal- ies, DASSS 2013 provided a chance 20 and 30 students on council volun- not just about academics,” added But Strynatka was happy with how
housie Arts & Social Sciences Soci- for students to showcase their under- teered their time to review submitted Strynatka. the conference turned out.
ety (DASSS) Conference 2013, which graduate research. abstracts and papers. The conference’s keynote speaker “For me the triumph is when the
took place March 8 and 9. “It’s really a very rare opportu- “This is a great opportunity to kind on March 8 was North Korean defec- conference finally happens and I
As the first fully student-funded nity,” said current DASSS president, of gauge what their peers are doing– tor Shin Dong-hyuk, the only known finally get to meet the people I’ve
and student-organized national Andrew Swift. “We need to recognize to review their work and decide person to have been born into the been conversing with through email
undergraduate conference in Canada, that it’s in one’s undergrad that we’re whether they feel like this is worthy North Korean prison camp system back and forth,” she said.
the event played host to undergradu- forming ... key research skills. of being presented or not,” she said. and escape from it alive. “They’re standing in front of me,
ate scholars from across the country. “It really starts now.” “To see the opposite side of that Swift said DASSS intends to put they’ve travelled hours on a plane to
Last year, under the leadership of Of the 60 submissions received relationship has been really interest- together an electronic journal follow- be here and it hits me. I think, ‘Wow,
former DASSS president Max Ma, from 16 different universities nation- ing; wouldn’t everyone want a sneak ing the conference and has already this is real,’ and it makes it so worth
the society decided to open up the wide, 15 students were chosen to peek at someone else’s work?” secured funding from the faculty it.”
conference for the first time to the present. Half were from the Halifax For the first time this year, the toward that end.
entire country. area, while the furthest afield came conference paired up with Writing Strynatka said she hopes to one day
“We were all really surprised when from Grant MacEwan University in Havoc, a three-day student creative see the conference become bilingual.
DSU AGM in review No Muslim rep, strategic plan, and VP break-up
Kristie Smith (student life) into two positions each.
Staff Contributor Aaron Beale and Aaron Wolfe, who
held each of those positions respec-
The Dalhousie Student Union (DSU) tively, found that by trying to do both,
will not be getting a Muslim coun- neither was done as well as it could
cil representative and the union is be. It was suggested that the VP (stu-
one step closer to leaving the Cana- dent life) should be split into O-week
dian Alliance of Student Associations and social events coordinators.
following the DSU’s annual general The DSU executive also put for-
meeting on March 18. ward constitutional amendments
Students voted on constitutional that will set the stage for a review
amendments, including the creation of the union’s membership in CASA
of new council positions for a Muslim next year.
community representative and for One amendment forbids the union
the Rowe School. from entering an agreement, part-
Although the proposal for a Mus- nership and/or membership with an
lim community representative failed, external advocacy group that might
the union is considering an equity compromise the union's autonomy.
and inclusion coordinator. The union must also hold a referen-
The DSU also presented its ‘stra- dum to enter any new agreements of
tegic plan.’ The seven-page draft, yet partnerships. Finally, a new clause
to be ratified by council, was circu- was added allowing council to change
lated around the AGM, summing up the union’s membership status in
the accomplishments of the execu- an external organization, such as
tive this past year. The plan also pres- changing from ‘member’ to ‘associate
ents goals for next year, integrating member.’
the DSU Sustainability Office more,
advocating for a summer U-Pass, and Ben Wedge, Jamie Arron and Aaron
improving food services at the SUB. Wolfe take questions at the DSU AGM.
Another proposal that has yet to be • • • Photo by Calum Agnew
voted on is dividing the positions of
VP (academic and external) and VP
6 news March 22 - March 31, 2013 •
Shin Dong-hyuk visits Dal
North Korean prison camp escapee speaks with students
Geordon Omand Shin was in Halifax as the result of Auditorium was filled far beyond its
Staff Contributor work by a development and activism 250-seat capacity, with an estimated
class taught by Dalhousie Interna- 450 people in attendance and 150
Dalhousie students had the oppor- tional Development Studies profes- more waiting outside.
tunity to imagine the unimaginable sor Bob Huish. Shin wanted to meet In comparison, Saturday’s discus-
when North Korean defector Shin the students after learning about sion was more conversational, with
Dong-hyuk shared his story at Ris- Camp 14 Project, the class cam- questions and dialogue flowing more
ley Hall on March 9 during his recent paign to raise awareness about North freely between Shin and the audi-
visit to Halifax. Korea’s internment camp system. ence.
Shin is the only known person “Once we realize there are certain “You come to realize it’s the inti-
to have been born within a North issues in the world that are too per- mate conversations that matter as
Korean prison camp and to have verse to turn your back on, we have a well as the big public conversations,”
successfully escaped. Since break- moral obligation to act,” said Huish. said Huish.
ing out of Camp 14—one of the six “And the university is a great oppor- “What Shin shows us is within all
prison camps still operating in North tunity to put that in the classroom.” of us we have the potential to be an
Korea eight years ago—Shin has cam- “The students of Dalhousie, of activist.”
paigned worldwide to raise aware- Camp 14 Project, they gave me great Despite the sombre theme of the
ness and shut down the camps that hope,” said Shin. discussion, Shin still succeeded in
remain a hellish home for the people The harrowing story of Shin’s lightening the mood with an occa-
he left behind. upbringing within North Korea’s sional joke or funny story.
“We must not close our eyes just prison camp system and his even- Laughter filled the otherwise
because it is beyond our imagina- tual breakout is recounted in former cheerless room as Shin recounted
tion,” said Shin through his transla- Washington Post journalist Blaine stories from his less-than-successful
tor, Henry Song of the North Korea Harden’s book Escape from Camp 14. attempts at dating.
Freedom Coalition. Huish’s students read the book and Still, the reality of constantly reliv-
“If we are human beings we all bear voted unanimously to take on his ing the hellish initial 22 years of his
some responsibility to what happens cause as their advocacy project. life takes it toll on Shin. He described
to other human beings.” They organized a demonstration, his advocacy work as “very painful,”
Sure-spoken, the small and unas- lobbied to members of Parliament, but said he has no choice but to con-
suming man—who has addressed interacted with the press and took to tinue, for those who remain in Camp
heads of state, UN ambassadors and social media. 14.
world leaders—spoke informally with “Once (Shin) saw just how loud our “I don’t like the work that I do,” he
Saturday’s group of about 35 Dal stu- voice was and the way we were orga- says. But “they keep going; so must I.”
dents. nized, and that we were not just offer- “I think what we’ve seen here is the
Nineteen-year-old student Rodolfo ing a message of sympathy but a call beginning,” said Huish of the Camp
Dong-hyuk spent three days in Halifax. • • • Photo via the Foreign Policy Initiative de la Isla attended Shin’s talk. for action, he came to us,” said Huish. 14 Project. “The beginning of a proj-
“At moments I tried to picture “He said, ‘I’m coming to see you.’” ect and not the end of it.”
For more information on Camp 14 Project go to: myself being him,” he said, and added Saturday was the last day of Shin’s Amnesty International estimates
camp14project.worpress.com he felt very sad but motivated follow- three-day visit to Nova Scotia’s capi- more than 200,000 North Koreans
ing the event. tal. remain imprisoned in North Korea’s
Shin can be contacted on Twitter at @NKSDH De la Isla said the talk inspired On March 14 Shin spoke to an over- labour camps.
or on Facebook at: facebook.com/NKSDH him to become more active in human capacity audience of hundreds at Dal.
rights issues. The McCain Building’s Scotiabank
Detail of: Dawit L. Petros, Sign, 2001, Digital print. © Dawit L. Petros and
Dr. Kenneth Montague / The Wedge Collection
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Sam Elmsley Opinions Editor
More than an aura adjustment
Keeping healthy, spiritually speaking
Karin Murray-Bergquist is to contemplate questions of origin,
Opinions Contributor of reason, and of direction, and this
takes shape in many ways, of which
Apart from its practical, functional spirituality is one.
purposes (namely, giving students In contemplating the kinds of
something to pray to at exam time), questions students face every day, it is
spirituality is a central part of life. not surprising that a sense of spiritu-
It includes religion, but is not lim- ality has a pivotal role to play; every-
ited to it. What spirituality is per- where, but especially in school, the
haps most concerned with is the problems the world face seem ines-
search for truth, an exhausting quest capable. When spirituality is healthy
from which humanity has not found and active, it acts as more than a
a complete answer. Religion as an shield against these troubles, or a
institution has not satisfied us, sci- personal comfort. It points towards
ence explains a great deal but few are possible action, neither imposing nor
wholly happy with it as an explana- denying one’s own idea of truth. Spir-
tion to everything, and indifference— ituality has the potential to open the
who cares if there is or isn’t a God?— mind to possibilities beyond the ordi-
still leaves the lingering question. nary; applied to student life, this role
Now, in times defined largely by in particular is significant. It can, at
uncertainty, the question is some- its best, provide a vision and hope for
times asked: what is good spiritual- a better future. Physical and mental
ity? The definition is often general, health may be well served by spiri-
in an attempt to avoid categorizing tual practices such as yoga, dance or
it too narrowly, though it has been a walk in the woods—itself a spiritual
given specific associations nonethe- activity when undertaken with a suf-
less. This is where the trouble with ficiently active mind.
speaking of the benefits of healthy Healthy spirituality, then, is a vari-
spirituality arises. The word is vague, able idea, concerning at once the indi-
can convey an over-emphasis on the vidual and the world around them.
self, or smack of new-age practices Introspection, soul-searching and
which have become institutions in questions of the self only go so far,
themselves. though there is room enough in the
Spirituality, briefly put, is part world to consider them. It is equally
of the way we all look at the world, important, though, to contemplate
whatever we believe or do not. If the greater-than-self, the things less
direct observation teaches us what tangible than a bounded individual.
there is in the world, the spiritual Spirituality, if it is to mean anything,
dimension determines how we inter- must be less calculated for its pos-
act with it, from our fellow humans to sible benefits and more an acknowl-
the ground beneath our feet. In this edged element, going beyond simple
sense, spirituality is not so much a questions-and-answers, and beyond
part of life as essential to it. To exist the institutions of society. Spirituality allows us to move beyond ourselves, “pointing toward possible action.” • • • Photo by Bryn Karcha
ON THE ROAD
Waking up in Amsterdam
Josh Fraser through sweet air while Apollo read-
Opinions Contributor ied his chariot.
I moved in a daze. I felt no pain, no
Last stop. Bienvenue à Amsterdam. happiness, no sorrow, no smile.
5:43 AM. I stretched my bare arms in front
The night was a blur; the bus driver of me, waving them in the half-light,
had made excellent time. I sat in wiggling my fingers, but I couldn’t feel
the bus/train station. Nothing was a thing. Suddenly the mist evolved
open. Even if I had booked a hostel, I into a downpour, and I was soaked to
wouldn’t have been allowed to check the bone. I did not shiver; the ember
in for another six hours. My sleepless of my soul was hidden, protected.
body was numb, my mind hushed. I wondered and wandered as the
My reflection was dulled by the mist city wakened. A bike whizzed by
on the window. me. And another. Soon I was forced
from the path by crowds of eco-com-
“I STEPPED muters. Heading down a residential
thoroughfare, droves of families sped
INTO THE along on human-powered transpor-
tation. As I walked, it became a com-
WELCOME mon sight to spy a mother or father
settling three or four kids onto a sin-
gle modified bicycle before clamber-
EMBRACE.” ing onto it themselves and setting off
for school with ease, a feat of coopera-
tion and collective balance.
Nowhere to go, everywhere to go. I meandered for hours in my
Stowing my money and passport dreamlike state, before locating a
in a safe, dry pocket, I pulled the hostel with comfort and very reason-
rain cover over my backpack, mar- able rates. The only car I encountered
Singing clock faces in the Amsterdam morning. • • • Photo supplied
veling at my existence. Everything was a street cleaner.
I needed was stowed in this chunky Midafternoon rain pelted the side- to dry, I stepped into the welcome been wet for hours. As I absently tow- I didn’t smile nor frown into the
scarlet sack secured on my shoulders. walk as I peered out of the window. embrace of a hot shower. Through eled off, I looked at my nakedness in mirror. I simply looked.
Autumn in Amsterdam. I admired the cleverness of my back- my dreamwalk, worry and fear had the mirror. I had lost weight since the As I lay on my bunk, I felt an after-
My feet led me splish-splashing in pack; little water had seeped through seeped from my pores, and were now beginning of the trip two weeks ago. noon siesta take hold and pull me
search of the dawn. A smooth asphalt in the hours of roaming in the inter- washing down the drain under the My solid structure and musculature, under the covers. My body melted
path ran next to a canal, luminous mittent rain. I peeled the folds of therapeutic drumming of cascading no longer hid under layers of fat, self- into the mattress and I swam in my
white sentinels transforming the soggy cloth from my body the way water. pity and grief. Despite weakness and unconscious mind amid visions of
cold rippling waters into funhouse one might shed a skin. After wring- Reluctantly, I switched off the fatigue, my spine held me straight acrobatic cyclist families and singing
mirrors. The water whispered to me ing my clothes out and hanging them water jets before I grew gills; I had and tall. clock faces.
8 opinions March 22 - March 31, 2013 •
A wrinkle in time
GLIMPSES INTO OUR SPIRITUAL MOMENTS
Where are you at? Three writers on flying, recovering and musing Leah Shangrow reflected in the body—this I can say I ton Seagull, sailing, floating, and I am
through spiritual moments. • • • Photo by Bryn Karcha Opinions Contributor have felt. Coyote, watching, waiting. Not sly,
I felt it at 3,500 feet. Not in a but serene. I see the land that con-
Soaring, sublime, Shantih. church, not on a yoga mat, not on a nects everything and everyone, and I
My Spiritual Moment. A loaded beach in Ireland, not in a forest at am the air.
statement. Centuries of philosophers Walden Pond, but in a Comanche. In I am an I, and I am in two worlds
debating the body and the soul, the a five-seater plane with my hands on at once. I exist, and yet I do not.
material and the immaterial, the the yoke, hearing the ominous words There is no language here in this
brain and the mind. “you have control,” with a pulse rac- state, no words to describe the fear
I must be separate from and out- ing to empty a heart overfilled with and the empowerment and the body’s
side of something greater, and for blood. To my left the pilot-in-com- response to both at once.
a moment become a spirit then be mand, Al Bieck, awe-inspiring in his I tell Bieck he has control. Memo-
thrust back in my body. Yet, if to own right, to my right a wing, with a ries of flight plans and air-safety reg-
experience something spiritual is few thousand feet of air beneath it. ulations return yet I do not lose the
instead to transcend the body, to Ahead is freedom. I have control. I tingle. I have flown.
move beyond borders, how can it be see no obstacles: no walls to contain, How can the mind and body inter-
mine? no streets to guide, no doors to shut act? No matter. I was more, more
I have not felt the touch of God. I out. I can see Toronto from Colling- than a body or a mind. I felt more. I
have not seen the light. To be con- wood and the world gets smaller. My flew.
nected, to find everything in the mind pulse slows. I am Jonathan Livings-
Samantha Elmsley bonus, I could wear my new sundress. Wrapped up in a blanket, sun-
Opinions Editor Wandering downtown with friends, weary and sipping my drink, I
I bought summer drinks on newly watched the towers at the Dartmouth
Last March, Halifax experienced one populated patios. We were quiet as refinery turn the sky orange as they
glorious day—sent by some higher we sipped, talking occasionally, my caught on fire (again). Maybe I was
power, I’m sure—of summer weather. friend documenting the event with just tired, maybe I had drank too
The streets were filthy because the her new camera. much (I had). For the first time in
snow had just melted, and Spring I got home later that night; the months, I felt still.
Garden smelled like the city’s toilet, sun was sending out its last hurrahs My friend with the camera put her
but hey, it didn’t matter! Everyone before disappearing. Though it was a photos on Facebook the next day.
was downtown or on the boardwalk, Tuesday (was it a Tuesday? I think it Clicking through them, I stopped
soaking up 28 degrees of pure relief. was a Tuesday) in the middle of finals, when I saw myself laughing at some-
What felt like 86 per cent of all uni- I was not in the mood for reading or thing someone had said. I looked
versity students skipped class that homework. Instead I poured the last skinnier than I could ever remem-
day. of my Disaronno into the last of my ber being, and the bags under my
I was one of them. I had just Coke and headed upstairs. Pushing eyes rivaled any raccoon. But this was
weathered the shittiest few months a blanket and camping chair out the clear evidence that I had not fallen
of my life and was still trying to cope window of my bedroom I scrambled apart—I was there, with my friends,
with the fallout. Time in the sun, I after them, never gracefully, onto the intact.
decided, would do me good. And, flat roof.
Meagan Deuling head a sharp shake. I'd be giggling The trees and ridges parted to reveal
Assistant Arts Editor or singing too vigorously or fidget- a view of the narrow valley through
ing. These aren't holy memories; I which stretched our neighbour's hay
Despite an old-fashioned Catholic can explain those feelings: the first is fields. It was a short horizon but the
upbringing, the blown-out-candle hunger satisfied, the second is rest- broadest I knew at the time.
smell of church doesn't evoke memo- lessness. The hayfield horizon made the
ries of the fleeting sense of belonging Memories of feelings I can't explain space in my chest expand. When I
to something bigger than me. Memo- trace the origin of my own personal watch seagulls surf thermals I get the
ries from childhood Sundays include spirituality, which is defined by the same feeling. When I was 11 I saw
eating Cheese Whiz on saltine crack- hazy forever horizons of oceans or the Pacific Ocean horizon for the first
ers at my grandma's after church and prairies, and mountains whose peaks time. I wrote a note to myself about
getting into trouble—there would are hidden in the sky. China and motorcycle road trips.
come a point, near the end of ser- I used to search for views of the Recalling memories from that vaca-
vice, where my dad would open his horizon. I'd climb to the high- tion is the same as praying; it's the
eyes (he kept his eyes closed during est point on my parents' property, a tenuous knowledge of the grandeur
church), glance my way and give his knoll on dad's Christmas tree field. and possibility in the world.
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THE CITY IS A PLAYGROUND
PARKOUR AS A SPIRITUAL ANSWER
Elise Palmer charge. It reminds me I am con-
Staff Contributor nected to all things. It would fill me
with this life, or energy,” he says.
The world is Glenn Knockwood's While struggling to find a way to
playground. He founded a parkour deal with this cycle, he stumbled
group in Halifax. Parkour is a sport across a video of parkour on the
often described as 'the art of move- Internet. He was hooked.
ment'. To understand parkour, it’s “As soon as I saw little kids who
best to think of it as street gymnas- were younger than me doing things I
tics: vaulting, climbing and jumping thought were impossible, I was like,
in an urban environment. ‘You go, right now,’ and I went out
But as Knockwood says, “It’s almost that night and started doing parkour.”
impossible to explain what parkour He found something that made
is ... it’s like asking ‘what is reality?’” him feel like he’d been out in the
Parkour is less of a sport and more of woods, when really, he’d been clam-
a discipline, or a way of life. bering around the city. “A lot of peo-
Knockwood started doing parkour ple feel that cities are very stifling, but
10 years ago as a way of connecting in reality, that’s just perspective, and
with the city and, in turn, his spiritu- we can change our perspective,” says
ality. Knockwood grew up in Indian Knockwood.
Brook, N.S., a Mi’kmaq community. Knockwood realized he was train-
His father taught him about four sep- ing at night, in seclusion. “I was doing
arate worlds: the physical, mental, that because I was afraid of people
emotional and spiritual. watching me and judging me, but
He believes we live in all four at those are just obstacles,” says Knock-
the same time, and by knowing each wood. Initially he would get dis-
world individually, one gains a bet- tracted by people watching him or
ter and more holistic understanding honking, but he channelled that dis-
of himself. Knockwood says he turns traction to a hyper-focus.
to the physical world as a way of cop- Knockwood says people see the
ing with stress. To him, the physi- physical aspect of parkour like using
cal world is a constant now, without the world as a playground, “but what
comparison in it, so “by focusing on they want to know is why are you Parkour is a leap of faith. • • • Photo by Marco Gomes via Wikipidea
the physical world, [he] can get away doing it?” he says. “And anytime you
“from the stress of thinking about the ask the question ‘why,’ you’re asking a
past or thinking about the future.” spiritual question.”
If you want to try parkour yourself, you can check it out Tuesday (4-6 p.m. at the Mi’kmaq Friendship
Knockwood used Parkour as a tool “I do it to be more human. I do it Centre), Wednesday and Friday (3-6 p.m. at the Clock Tower) and Sunday (noon at the Clock Tower.)
to cope with the alienation he felt to connect to the world around me.
after he moved to Halifax to study And those are spiritual answers. I feel
media arts at NSCAD. Having grown at home everywhere I go, and I have
up surrounded by nature, he felt suf- been places that very few people have
focated by the city. been. I feel like I have an intimate
“Cities are killing, and they stifle connection with the city.”
you, and they don’t allow for creativ- It’s even changed his attitude to the
ity or growth or community,” he says. never-ending construction in Hali-
He would spend a few months in the fax, which he used to hate. “Now I’m
city, growing increasingly depressed like, ‘Ooh, I wonder what kind of rail-
before escaping to nature to rejuve- ings they’re going to have outside the
nate. scaffolding?’”
“Being out in nature gives me this
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EAST COAST
Bluenoser HRM
"Bluenoser" has made it to the dictionary as "as an allusion to
Oxford English Dictionary! blue noses due to cold weather,
The esteemed compendium of a reference to a type of pur- noses. That, plus all the blue
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PROVINCIAL
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a noun, is defined as, "a nick- depicted on [the Canadian] The name, first coined in
name for: a native or inhab- dime" as well as an outdated, the 1760s, is now widely used
itant of Nova Scotia; (also derogatory slang for Presbyte- by businesses, organizations
occasionally) one from New rians. and events, including the ever-
Brunswick. Sometimes more The original term, as it popular Bluenose marathon. FEDERAL
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out at least six months of the
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I heard the wind whistle.
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The Kremlin be damned.
“What is my life?”
The earth grows,
1 year An Evening It whistled to me, Screw you Uncle Sam. And I grow too.
And I whistled back. I decided I wanted my life And when I hear the wind
6 months
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In a long time, And I looked around, I whistle back
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Theatre background an asset but not a necessity12 artsculture March 22 - March 31, 2013 •
Richards and MacLeod sit down for a talk between authors. • • • Photo by Andrew Mills
Driving through the dark
David Adams Richards revisits his acclaimed 1976 book, Blood Ties
Andrew Mills MacLeod. how Richards illuminated the paral- Halifax on the snowy Friday evening. resting point under the lights along a
Arts Editor The passage from Blood Ties, a book lels between the Southern states and E.L. Doctorow famously said, long, dark roadway.
he wrote at the age of 25, traces the the Maritimes, and MacLeod sug- "Writing is like driving at night in Maybe MacLeod sums it up best in
Something rare just happened and heartrending courage of a rejected gests he talk more about the South- the fog. You can only see as far as his introduction to Richards’ work.
everyone knows it: the guy holding marriage proposal—a scene Richards ern and Russian authors. your headlights, but you can make “I have always maintained that
back tears and writing in his note- prefaces by saying, “It's a doomed Richards acknowledges a debt to the whole trip that way." Richards' David Adams Richards has devoted
pad knows it—even the lady asking love, but he can't help it.” The pas- the searing moralists to whom he's career, spanning 26 books, has seen his entire career and in a very tan-
David Adams Richards an absurdly sage has the typical Richards themes often compared, Flannery O'Connor many of his recurring characters nav- gible way, a serious proportion of his
personal and fawning non-question of fate, self-delusion, humour and and William Faulkner. But it's igate through the common tragedies life’s force, to writing just one book,
about her love for his writing knows tragedy. These ideas are writ small another existentialist from an earlier of life with moral courage in a seem- not the 26 we have now,” he says.
it. This is the first time Richards has between images of Miramichi life, century with whom he most relates. ingly callous universe. “We are reliably returned, time
read from his 1976 novel Blood Ties where characters bound by blood, “Dostoevsky is one of my favourite A gritty, open-ended lyricism has and again, to the same abiding
in decades. place and complex history offer dis- prophets. He had real problems—as always been the operative mode for concern for the emotional and ethi-
The New Brunswick author reads arming dialogue against Richards' crazy as a bat in a bottle, but he's one Richards. He's tried his hand at more cal integrity that every individual has
12 pages from his second novel to a mysterious backdrop of cosmic dark- of my favourite prophets,” says Rich- philosophical thought in recent years, to struggle for with their choices and
packed and reverent crowd Friday ness. ards, who gets under the skin and such as the 2009 collection of essays the same sympathetic, but clear eyed
at Saint Mary's University McNally For all its pastoral romanticism, heart tissues of alienated outsiders as God Is, an exploration of faith in the cataloging of all the consequences—
Theater for the Cyril J Byrne lecture. Richards early work has the kind of well as any contemporary writer. context of an increasingly nihilistic the sometimes joyful, sometimes
And 12 pages is enough to knock the flaws which, both author and audi- The recurring image of the evening and amoral literary world. Richards, hilarious, sometimes tragic and
room flat with the novelist's typically ence know, should be celebrated. “I is one of driving at night, introduced one of three Canadians honoured sometimes brutal consequences—
understated emotional power, before used to be more lyrical when I wrote in MacLeod’s opening remarks as an with a Governor General's award that flow on from every one of those
he sits down to speak and field ques- Blood Ties” he says, “but, now [in my apt image both for Richard's writ- for both fiction and non-fiction, isn't decisions.”
tions with SMU professor and fel- books], I'm more analytic.” ing, and his actual journey across the slowing down, but the retrospective
low Can-lit heavyweight, Alexander An audience member mentions dreaded Cobequid pass to make it to moment on Friday felt like a good
SOUL FOOD
An unwavering faith in the sung word
Samantha Elmsley for a number of years, and around ute in the spotlight and stuck to it. To philosophy killed what little I had left
Opinions Editor 14 was deemed fit to sit through the this day, certain songs sound incom- completely.
entire adult service. Hurrah. plete without a key change in the I can’t ever find what I’m looking
In small-town Ontario, it’s almost I liked it, actually—and my favou- third pew on the left, or a few extra for in church ideology again. That
impossible not to grow up religious. rite part was the songs. They always notes added in from the seat at the framework has been taken down. I
In keeping with this eventuality, my had been. When we were little my very back. can, however, be pulled outside of
parents hauled me (and, once they dad would bounce us to the beat on At 15, I was singing these songs and myself while listening to a favourite
came along, my sisters) every Sun- his knee, pretending to almost drop reading the Bible cover to cover and song. I can roll down the truck win-
day through the doors of the Angli- us in time with the rhythm. Our min- trying really hard to pay attention dow on a sunny day and drive fast,
can church around the corner from ister was a genius for picking catchy to the whole sermon. Religion pro- friends or family in the backseats,
our house. tunes and our entire congregation (at vided a framework through which to belting out Bohemian Rhapsody.
I spent the first five years of my least 100 people) would belt it out at experience life, something I needed I can learn to sing acapella with only
Christian life playing with xylo- the top of our collective lungs. Some at the time. But I had always found my sisters. I can forget to be self-con-
phones in the nursery, the fiery Mrs. of the older ladies, who sounded like the Bible-as-God’s-Word pretty hard scious at an open mic when the whole
P from Scotland (knitter of the best professionals to my untrained ears, to swallow. Turns out this is a cru- crowd is singing. Whatever else,
socks around) my keeper under the would harmonize at certain points of cial clause in the Christian contract. music is my line of continuity.
Songs of praise. eyes of God. From there I moved on particular songs. By unspoken agree- At 18 I was losing faith in the church;
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DALHOUSIE TIGERS
WINTER 2013 SEMESTER IN REVIEW
Ian Froese Sports Editor, Henry Whitfield, Benjamin Blum, Stephen Campbell, Monica Mutale Staff Contributors
Let's not gloss over it: this was a semester unlike any other for Dalhousie Athletics. Instead of the slap to the wrist many expected, the
university garnered international attention by taking a strong stance against hazing, forcing women's hockey to forfeit the second half
of their season. The suspension—and criticisms about its severity—easily made hazing the most talked-about story on campus this year.
It took a while, but once hazing left the headlines, there were a number of teams (minus women's hockey) turning heads with their
actions in competition. The usual teams claimed AUS titles and there was a changing of the guard in women's volleyball.
We recap what went down in our latest Semester in Review. Come for the women's hockey jokes, stay for everything else. —IF
Swimming ::: A without a banner. Dal’s dominance
A 16th straight AUS banner for the over the AUS—winning 31 of the last
men and a 12th for the women, these 34 titles—is slipping, as UNB has
teams continue to control the AUS topped the Tigers twice in the last
competition but have failed to turn three years to effectively end Dal's
that into success at the national level. dynasty. —SC
—HW
Women’s basketball ::: C+
Track & Field ::: A- Inconsistency was the name of the
Surprise, surprise. Both the men and game for women’s basketball. The
women dominated this season, crush- squad managed to win only three of
ing their opposition at most meets their last 11 games. Combine this with
and breezing to another AUS banner. a fall in the early round of playoffs,
This year marks the 24th women's and you get a disappointing season.
title in a row and 12th consecutive for While their fourth place finish is def-
the men. Rob McCullogh and Simon initely an improvement on landing
Watts each claimed a bronze medal at sixth on the table in 2011-2012, it’s
nationals. —HW not enough to earn them more than a
C+ from this sports desk. —MM
Men’s basketball ::: B
The men’s basketball team surprised Men’s hockey ::: C
us this year. They had just two wins The futility streak is expanding for
under their belt by the end of Decem- men's hockey. Dal has spent two con-
ber, when they swept their home secutive years outside the playoffs
exhibition tournament just in time and nine of the past 10 seasons in a
for the New Year. Despite crashing league where six of eight teams qual-
out in the AUS quarter-finals, John ify. The Tigers played close games
Campbell’s squad played better ball down the stretch, sure, but their ever-
in 2013 to improve their final rank- shrinking fan base wants more. —IF
ing by one step, finishing the season
in fourth place. —MM Women’s hockey ::: D
This banner ends a seven-year championship drought for women's VB. • • • Photo by Darek Nakonieczny via NLsportsphoto.com
They forfeited their final 12 games
Men’s volleyball ::: B- after a hazing scandal suspended all
Women’s volleyball ::: A- This was a year to forget for men’s
volleyball. A huge turnover in the
of their veterans, but the fact is, they
didn't have much success before the
This season was a successful one for the Tigers, who culminated an impressive AUS campaign by avenging their form of 11 new players did not limit sanctions were handed down any-
loss in last year’s championship to seize the crown. Led by AUS coach of the year Rick Scott and a strong core of vet- Dal to clinching home court advan- ways. The Tigers were just 2-10 prior
erans and young players, women’s volleyball had a season for the ages. They did fall short in the CIS quarter-final, tage in the finals against UNB, but to their suspension and there are a lot
but achieved their goal of bringing home their first conference banner since 2004-05. —BB two straight losses in four sets to the of holes to be addressed in the lineup.
V-Reds abruptly ended their season —HW
BEST OF THE DAL TIGERS
Best Player: Louise Facca, also brought home the hardware at Best Ass-Kicking: Best Rookie: Jordan Bruce, men's Best Turnaround: Women's hockey
women's volleyball nationals, winning two silver med- Women's volleyball's season track and field
Honourable mentions: Rob McCull- als and a bronze for Dal swimming. Honourable mentions: Sarah Tap- They had a horrible first half of the
och, men's track and field; Simon —MM It was a dominant season for a Tigers lin, women's track and field; Hassan season, but after Christmas they
Watts, men's track and field team that mauled the competition Abdullahi, men's basketball went undefeated... Oh wait, what?
in the AUS. Dal women’s volleyball That's awkward. —HW
In her final season as a Tiger, Facca capped off an undefeated AUS sea- Under the mentorship of multiple
went out in style by leading the Best Moment: Last women's son by winning 29 straight sets en CIS All-Canadian Simon Watts,
women’s volleyball team to an AUS basketball game for Keisha route to a first place regular sea- triple jumper Jordan Bruce took
title. The captain was consistently Brown, Anna von Maltzahn son finish and won their first AUS advantage of the expertise at his Best reporting: Henry Whitfield's
an invaluable contributor, finishing crown since 2005 by dispatching disposal in his outstanding debut coverage of women's hockey hazing
third in kills and second in aces this In their final game wearing black the defending champs from Saint season. He didn't earn a medal like
season in the AUS, and was recog- and gold, Anna von Maltzahn and Mary’s. Impressed? You should be. Watts did at nationals, but Bruce Surprise! Whitfield has no idea this
nized for her community service off Keisha Brown gave the hometown —BB was a close fifth place. The rookie would be here, but the recognition is
the court in winning the Erin Bursey crowd one last thing to cheer about also qualified for nationals in hur- well-deserved. His exclusive conver-
Memorial Award. —BB by putting up 27 and 22 points, dles, as well. —IF sation with a women's hockey player
respectively, in a 88-77 victory over after the team's suspension garnered
the Acadia Axewomen. In an emo- Best Fan Support: Dalhousie Resi- remarkable attention. Hits on the
tional celebration, the pair were dence Charity Face-off Gazette website went through the
Best Individual Performance: honoured with a post-game pre- Despite being shipped up to the Hal- Best Program We're Pulling For: roof, his work was credited on Dead-
David Sharpe, men's swimming sentation of plaques and flowers, ifax Forum this year (yeah, another Men's and women's hockey spin.com twice and it helped divert
thanking them for their service to result of demolishing the good old national conversation about the haz-
He’s the Tiger who made it all the the team. A choked up coach Anna DMA), residence students turned Abysmal seasons on and off the ice, ing saga away from the team's bully-
way to the London Olympics, and Stammberger expressed her gratifi- up in droves and created a rocking we're hoping that something can ing to whether the university's sanc-
he’s still blowing the competition cation for their significant contribu- atmosphere. The game itself was change in the 2013/2014 season. It tions were fair. This exclusive, which
out of the water. Sharpe’s stellar sea- tions in their years as Tigers while memorable, a 7-6 shootout win for cannot get any worse, right? —HW undoubtedly frustrated the big
son included setting Dalhousie and wishing them the best in their future the Big Horns. —HW media outlets that spent days to get
AUS records in the 200 metre back- endeavours. —SC the same information themselves, is
stroke and individual medley. He really unmatched. —IFYou can also read
