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Ashley Salisbury is in her firstyear of Fanshawe’s Businessprogram and is evidently awoman of few words. Whenasked to describe herself, sheresponded with an extremelyenthusiastic “I’m awesome!”and declined to comment fur-ther.

1. Why are you here?To win a prize through fsu.ca! 2. What was your life-changingmoment?Not one particular moment, buttravelling throughout Austria alonewas life-changing.3. What music are you currentlylistening to?

A band called The GaslightAnthem. 4. What is the best piece ofadvice you’ve ever received?If you’re not having fun, thenwhat’s the point?5. Who is your role model?My grandmother. 6. Where in the world have youtravelled?U.S.A., Germany, Austria,Switzerland, France, Slovenia...etc.7. What was your first job?Tim Hortons.8. What would your last mealbe?Toast with peanut butter.9. What makes you uneasy?Large groups of people. 10. What is your passion?Travel.Do you want Fanshawe to know 10Things About You? Just head onover to fsu.ca/interrobang andclick on the 10 Things I KnowAbout You link at the top.

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Ashley Salisbury rocks out to The Gaslight Anthem and the sound of air-planes taking off to distant lands.

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Concierge student Jordan Schunk giggles with OneMatch training coordinator Teri Crutcher as she swabs her cheek.OneMatch was on campus on February 6 seeking donors for their stem cell and bone marrow programs. They are stillseeking donors – especially males between the ages of 17 and 35. For more information, go to onematch.ca.

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During three weeks from mid-January to early February, theLondon police seized over$135,000 worth of drugs as well asfirearms, knives, and $12,000cash.

At one search warrant executedon Hyatt Avenue on February 4,the police seized over $61,000worth of drugs and cash. They dis-covered 577.5 grams of crystalmeth, along with 13 grams of mar-ijuana, 0.2 grams of crack cocaineand nearly $4,000 cash. Two menwere charged as a result of theinvestigation.

This was one of 18 search war-rants executed in 21 days. As a partof this focused project, the LondonPolice Street Gang Unit and theGuns and Drug Section arrested 59subjects and laid 173 charges.

Police Chief Brad Duncan statedhe was most concerned about theweapons. “We also seized fourhandguns, one sawed-off shotgun,five prohibited flick knives andthree expandable batons. It is thepresence of these weapons thatpose the biggest risk for police andthe wider community.”

Chief Duncan recognized thepositive results of this project, butsaid, “We will continue to focusour efforts on the illicit drug trade… our frontline officers and our

drug investigators know from theirexperience and street work thatdrug trafficking is directly tied toviolence and in particular thepotential use of firearms.” Thecommunity also had an impact ontheir decision to focus on the drugtrade. Duncan explained that aftera public survey and consultativeprocess, Londoners agreed thatcombating drugs, gangs andweapons should be a top priority.

“It’s clear drugs drive criminali-ty, as Det. Insp. Kevin Heslop willtell you that whether it’s break andenters, stolen cars, petty thefts,there’s clearly lines that run backto drug use and the drug trade.”

Duncan confirmed that there aresome “linkages” between the indi-viduals involved in the 18 searchwarrants executed, but didn’t pro-vide any details. He did say thatalthough this project was notspecifically targeting gangs, someassociates within the project dohave those kinds of connections.

The hope is to eliminate the vio-lence and weapons associated withthe drug trade. “Our plan for suc-cess is straightforward and direct,”said Duncan, “target the traffick-ers, remove the weapons from thestreet and send the message that ‘ifyou traffic drugs in London, wewill stop you.’”

MELANIE ANDERSONINTERROBANG

London Police crackdownon drug trafficking


CREDIT: MELANIE ANDERSON

Over a three-week period, London Police seized over $135,000 in drugs,including 1 kilogram of cocaine (pictured above). Throughout the execu-tion of 18 search warrants they also found $12,000 in cash and severalweapons including a sawed-off shotgun.

“One billion women being vio-lated is an atrocity; one billionwomen dancing is a revolution.”

Caiti Barendregt-Brown, coor-dinator of public education andoutreach at the Sexual AssaultCentre London, quoted the OneBillion Rising motto.

On February 14, women, men,adults and children around theworld will be united by dance tofight violence against women.

“Everyone understands move-ment, body movement,” saidMike Kayla, Originality NeverEnds (O.N.E.) Hip Hop Studiodirector. “Language can be a bar-rier, but when you do dance it’skind of like everyone under-stands it.”

Flash mobs of people aroundthe world will be rising to “BreakThe Chain” of “barriers aroundthis issues; I think it’s breakingstereotypes of what a feminist isor what a woman who’s experi-enced and survived sexual assaultlooks like,” said Barendregt-Brown.

“Break The Chain” is the nameof the song and dance posted ononebillionrising.org with a step-by-step video of how to do it sothe world can rise together.

Local One Billion Risingevents begin at 4 p.m. onFebruary 14 at Citi Plaza. At 5:30p.m., O.N.E. Hip Hop Studio,among many other Londonersand community organizationsinvolved in the rehearsed flashmob dance, will rise to the occa-sion.

Community members areproud to have worked together tocoordinate the day’s events.“What has been really beautifulabout this event is that there has-n’t been one organization doingall the organizing around this,”said Barendregt-Brown.

She is astounded with theamount of community supportshe has seen throughout planningfor the events.

“It hasn’t required a lot ofwork; the community has reallyrisen on its own.”

While much of the communityis showing their support for stop-ping violence against women,Barendregt-Brown said a lot ofpeople are still misinformedabout the issue.

“We seem to fight the samefight in and out, and people tellus regularly that women’s ‘lib’ isnot needed anymore and thatthese issues aren’t happening,and they are! And I think what isgoing to happen, what I’m hop-ing is going to happen with thisevent, is that it’s going to framethe issue of violence againstwomen in a way that is accessibleto the community at large. ButI’m hoping that this event bringsthe community together to framethis issue in a way that we cansay, ‘It’s happening but we’rerising against it.’”

“We can’t stop it unless we’reaware of it,” added Shelley Yeo,director of transitional and com-munity programs and services atWomen’s Community House.“It’s a huge issue and it’s com-plex. As communities, smaller

communities, organizations, weneed to set up plans on how we’renow going to take this forwardand do something about it.”

Barendregt-Brown said shethinks One Billion Rising is agreat start on the action.

“Somebody said to me oncethat you don’t know your ownstrength until you have no choicebut to be strong. I think that thisis not a negative event; this isabout coming together and cele-brating the fact that we havenumbers, power in numbers. Sothis event in particular is notgoing to require too muchcourage I think it’s going torequire a lot of joy.”

But the fact that this is all hap-pening on the day Cupid strikescannot be overlooked.

“Valentine’s Day is a day forrelationships,” said Barendregt-Brown. “I think that it is reallyimportant to acknowledge thehealth of our relationships on thatday and how we’re conductingour relationships. It’s not evenjust our romantic ones but ourfriendships and our family rela-tions.”

Liddy Hodgins is a member ofO.N.E. Hip Hop studio who isparticipating in the event. Shesaid she hopes to be able to com-municate and express herselfthrough her moves and is partici-pating for one simple reason:“One person can make a changein the world and it doesn’t matterwho you are, anyone can do it.”

For more information aboutOne Billion Rising, check outonebillionrising.org.

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Post-secondary students inCanada have the freedom tobelieve in any religion they choose.Sometimes we forget that this is afreedom, a luxury that doesn’talways exist in countries across theglobe.

Since the late 1980s, Iranianswho practice the Bahá'í faith havebeen denied a higher educationsimply because of their religion.The UWO Association for Bahá'íStudies at Western University isworking to make this issue public.

There is an estimated five to sixbillion Bahá'ís around the world.Currently there are 30 members inthe Bahá'í group at Western.

“The mandate in the club is thestudy of the history, philosophyand the study of the religion in amore academic fashion. We holdstudy sessions as well as filmscreenings that address issueswithin the faith or outside thefaith,” said Sama, who asked thathis last name be withheld, the vice-president of events for the associa-tion.

The group is hosting a filmscreening of Education UnderFire, followed by a Q & A by apanel of UWO professors, to raiseawareness about the refusal of edu-cation in Iran. The screening willbe held in the Health SciencesBuilding (room 35) on February 27at 7 p.m.

The Bahá'í faith is one of theworld’s youngest religions. “It wasfounded in the mid-19th century byBahá’u’lláh in Persia, which ismodern-day Iran. Essentially,Bahá’u’lláh taught that we’re allcreated by the same god and sotherefore we should all be unified,”explained Marsh Bindseil, presi-dent of the UWO Association forBahá'í Studies.

“The main principle is unity;unifying the world and peoplewithout assimilation, as well as try-ing to approach religion on a moreempirical, rational and logicallevel,” added Sama. The Bahá'ífaith is the largest non-Muslim

minority religion in Iran.“Ever since the religion was

founded in that country, the coun-try’s government has really taken alot of measures to persecute thecommunity there, partly becausethe type of peace and unity they’readvocating is something that thegovernment feels threatened by,”said Bindseil. He added thatBahá'ís have difficulty findingwork and are often expelled or notadmitted to university educationbecause of their faith.

Several years ago, theInternational Bahá'í community setup The Bahá'í Institute for HigherEducation (BIHE) to offer learningopportunities for members of theBahá'í faith and other minoritygroups that were denied education.Most of the classes are taughtonline or in basements.

Education Under Fire tells thestory of this institution. “In the pastfew years, the Iranian governmenthas started to round up andimprison people who are workingfor this institution, including stu-dents and professors. There are ahandful of Bahá'ís who are current-ly in jail simply because they weretrying to provide access to studentswho otherwise couldn’t get it in thecountry,” said Bindseil.

Sama has family members whoare among those imprisoned forteaching at BIHE. “My dad hastwo cousins who are in prisonbecause they taught at the BHIEprogram. Essentially they weregiven their sentence; they’re goingto be in prison for about fouryears,” he said. “It’s sad becausethey have young children.”

One of his second cousins cameto Canada to complete his Master’sdegree in Child Phycology at theUniversity of Ottawa. Many uni-versities in India, Canada, and theU.S. support and recognize anundergraduate degree from BHIE.Sama’s cousin returned to India toteach the next generation of stu-dents plagued by inequality.

“They understand the risks,absolutely, I think they’re willingto (take) the risk because someone

else took the risk before them toteach for them,” said Sama.

For Sama, Bindseil and the restof the Bahá'í club, it’s time to takea stand.

“Our hope is that the majority ofpeople who come to the screeningdon’t know much about the issuealready and are willing to learnabout it. Our primary goal is toraise awareness about the issue andstart a meaningful discussion,” saidBindseil. Last year the groupshowed the film to a group of stu-dents and community memberswho then decided to write letters tothe Iranian Government and

Canadian Office of Foreign Affairsaddressing their concerns.

“We hope to put pressure on theIranian government to stop thesepersecutions, our secondary goal isto really try to effect change andshow the world’s governments thatpeople actually care about thisissue,” Marsh exclaimed.

“The Iranian government is veryconscious of their image in interna-tional politics – what country isn’t?They don’t want that negative lightin international politics so makingthis a forefront issue would defi-nitely shed a negative light onthem and put some pressure on

them to stop,” said Sama.“I think it hits home because we

live in a country where we haveaccess to education regardless ofethnicity or background; it’s some-thing that in Canada we don’t haveto worry about and just for us,imagining if we lived in a differentcountry where we wouldn’t havethat right or that ability. I think thatit’s something that as students weshould be offended by, we have asocial responsibility to make peo-ple aware of these issues.”

You can find a preview for thedocumentary at educationunder-fire.com.


Doc shows persecution of Bahá'í in Iran


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Cooking is a skill, there is nodoubt about it. It takes practice andcreativity to be able to create avariety of healthy, balanced mealsevery day. But what happens whensomething that’s already hard ismade harder by having a disabili-ty?

That’s where Londoners BrendaRyan and Anne Robertson step in.Both have histories of health diffi-culties: Ryan suffered five cardiacarrests, two strokes, being para-lyzed for a portion of her life, andis now being kept alive by bionicbits, and Robertson deals with asevere psychiatric disorder andwas in a wheelchair for a longtime.

Both women understand the dif-ficulty people with disabilitieshave, even with seemingly simpletasks like using a can opener, sothey co-founded Adaptive CookingClasses. These are cooking classesfor people with disabilities usingadaptive methods.

It was a vision-impaired friendof Ryan’s with a passion for cook-ing that led Ryan towards this greatendeavour.

“I had a dear friend who wantedto learn how to make a few things,and over a period of time, I real-ized he was interested in cooking.”

Ryan found nothing in the wayof cooking classes that catered toher friend’s needs. Knowing herfriend and many others like himwere suffering from poor diet dueto many frozen dinners, she draftedthe idea for the Adaptive CookingClasses.

Ryan sits on a board of directorswith an organization dealing withthe disabled community andbrought the idea to them, only for itto be rejected almost immediately.

Committed to this idea, Ryanpursued her friend Robertson, whowas a retired occupational therapistwith a lot of experience in the areaof disabilities.

“I obviously have a purpose,”said Ryan, “and that is to do what Ican to make our community inte-grated with the able-bodied com-munity.”

Robertson joined forces withRyan, and in 2011 their master

plan came to fruition.These classes are the only one of

their kind in Canada. The programruns in six-week sessions withbasic, intermediate and advancedlevels. The whole program is vol-untary.

“People who live on small gov-ernment pensions, they cannotafford $65 to go and take a class,”said Ryan. “The only qualificationsare, do you have a disability? Wedon’t gauge the disability – that’syour determination. Do you eat?And do you want to learn how tocook?”

The program started up with asmall grant from the City ofLondon to purchase food and rent akitchen space. After using manyunsuitable kitchens for the range ofdisabilities in the classes,McCormicks Canada donated aportable kitchen unit that wasaccessible for people with a varietyof disabilities.

Ryan and Robertson said theyare humbled by the success. Theyare still putting people into thisyear’s classes who applied lastyear because there was such a massof applications.

The participants learn to use cer-tain adaptive equipment, whichmakes all the difference betweenwhether somebody can cook ornot. Participant Cliff Young has apassion for cooking, but he had astroke, which made him paralyzedthroughout the whole left side ofhis body. Diabetes then claimed hisleft leg. Having use of only hisright side, he uses a special cuttingboard.

“I have a one-handed cuttingboard; it has a chef’s knife on itthat pivots at the tip so I can chopone-handed.”

While he was in ParkwoodHospital, Young watched the FoodNetwork every day. “I dreamedwhat I was going to cook when Igot out,” he said.

Eventually, when he did, thingsweren’t so smooth in the kitchen.He became reliant on frozen piz-zas.

“To get back into the kitchenwas daunting,” said Young. But heknew his diet had to change – oth-erwise, he was at risk of anotherstroke – so he applied for the cook-

ing classes. “I didn’t think I’d ever be able to

do it again but Anne and Brendaand the cooking classes haveshown me that I can do it.”

Nick Gucanin Gazibaric,Executive Chef at the BestWestern Lamplighter Inn, ensureseveryone has the opportunity toparticipate in class.

“It’s not ‘I show and they listen.’They actually have to cut with me,some of them cut the vegetables,some of them stir the pot.”

Ryan and Robertson even go sofar as planning outings to get gro-ceries as a group to show themwhat to look for.

The participants take away somuch more than a few cooking les-sons and new cooking tools. Ryanremembered one participant intheir very first set of classes: “Itwas the first time from the day hebecame ill that he really under-stood the true meaning of rehabili-tation.”

For Young, it was something sosimple but so meaningful: “Self-confidence and better health.”

Chef Gucanin Gazibaric hadnever worked with disabled peoplebefore. “It’s very rewarding,” hesaid. “In the beginning, I was hesi-tant because I didn’t know how toreact or maybe I should behave dif-ferently, but it was not like this atall. It was just a normal conversa-tion; I made some jokes. It helpedme also to understand you knowdon’t treat them any differentlybecause they may look different.”

Once the six-week course comesto an end, participants have a grad-uation where each participantbrings a dish they made at homefor a potluck. Each dish is present-ed with a plaque on a nicely deco-rated table. At the end of it all,everyone leaves with a diploma inhand and the confidence in theirability to create healthy meals.

“It gives these people great prideto suddenly see their food on dis-play,” said Ryan. “There’s nothingmore valuable then to give some-body dignity and pride in them-selves.”

The program is gaining mediaattention and momentum. TheOntario Hotel and RestaurantAssociation is co-sponsoring apilot project to take place inLondon in March. The projectheads to Toronto in April.

“Based on the feedback given tothe Provincial Government theMinister of Social Service andHealth have committed to provid-ing funding for all 444 municipali-ties around Ontario to be able tohave this type of program,” saidRyan.

At this point, Ryan andRobertson are creating a documentthat can be used as a training man-ual across Ontario.

PAIGE PARKERINTERROBANG

If you’ve ever wanted to experi-ence a cultural exchange andimmerse yourself in a totally dif-ferent way of life, FanshaweCollege is planning the trip of alifetime, and you’re invited!

Fanshawe’s InternationalServices office is sending two stu-dents to Ibaraki, Japan from May 7to June 7. They will join a group ofstudents from around the world,including countries such asFinland, China and the U.S. to takeclasses on subjects including basicJapanese, Intercultural

Communication and related activi-ties and seminars. The cost isapproximately $1,750 plus airfare.A special InternationalOpportunities Bursary is availableto help those who need it.

To be eligible for this trip, youmust currently be a Canadian citi-zen, a full-time student atFanshawe in good academic stand-ing, and you must be willing andable to communicate across cul-tures.

Interested students must applyby February 15. For more informa-tion, go to www.fanshawec.ca/international/abroad/japan.

HANNAH LECTERINTERROBANG

Head to Japan withFanshawe College


CREDIT: LCN

Nick Gucanin Gazibaric, Executive Chef at the Best Western Lamplighter Inn, helps lead adaptive cooking classesfor people with disabilities.

CREDIT: ERIKA FAUST

Fanshawe Career Services’ annual Career and Summer Job Fair took place in the J gyms on February 6. The Fairconnected students in all programs at Fanshawe with industry representatives looking to hire.

CORRECTIONAn article in Volume 45 Issue 19 dated February 4, 2013 of Interrobang

titled “Get networked” incorrectly stated that Kim Bethke’s blog, kim-bethke.com, helps people find jobs. In actuality, Bethke works for a com-pany, Resume Solutions (resumesolutions.ca), that helps people findjobs. We regret the error.

Londoners serve up adaptive cooking classes

I drove to Masonville Mall the other day,you know the one, that skylight-lined cathe-dral of materialism filled with the answers toall of life’s questions. That spiritual bastiondedicated to holey pockets, Emo gangs,watery-eyed seniors, build-a-bear-babiesand fat children everywhere.

Multitudes of cars were circling the park-ing lot like a flock of buzzards with badeyes, refusing to park anywhere more than10 feet from the entrance. Once I finallymade it through the front doors alive, over-head lights greeted me so bright that my hairbleached blonde and I got a killer tan.

Feeling good with my new tan, I joinedthe zombie procession down hallways linedwith hip teenage clothing stores selling thesame shit to different music and made myway to the bookstore.

I brought my book up to the checkout andfelt like I was being interrogated!

“Do you have a Chapters iREWARDScard?”

“No.”“Would you be interested in signing up for

our iREWARDS card program, we have aspecial right now that –”

“No thanks.”“Can I get your email address to send you

information regarding our iREWARDScard?”

“Nah.”“Do you need a bag for that?”“No thanks.”“You okay with the receipt in the book?”

“That would be awesome.”I just wanted a stupid book and now I’m

irritated. That was five questions just to buya book. It got me thinking about the bom-bardment of up selling that proliferates oursociety. They have you in their snare, nowthey want to squeeze you dry. I don’t wantyour iREWARDS card! I don’t want a cred-it card application in exchange for a bag ofcookies! I don’t want the new AngryWhopper and I don’t want your suggestionthat what I am buying is not enough for you!Stop asking, calling, emailing, knocking andpoking me into monetary submission. I sup-pose one is asking for it by just entering intothe consumerist lair, but it is still irritating.

The residual effects of the overhead lightshad left me parched at this point (you evernotice that there are no water fountains?), soI headed to the food court. Man, are we get-ting fat!

There was a time when there were nochubby kids, just fat bankers and Italianhousewives. The food court was proliferatedwith 12-year-old boys and girls holding theirchests as another angina attack rolled by.“Mommy, I think we need to change the bat-tery again.” Then they sit down and polishoff a cup of NY Fries (400 calories), a largeCoke (290 calories), and a hot dog (420 calo-ries). That is over 1,100 calories for a snack.We are killing our children almost as quick-ly as we are killing ourselves. We are wad-dling around all doughy-faced, pudgy andwheezing. We are also in a state of denial: ohit’s glands, or DNA, or some sort of meta-bolic dysfunction hormone syndrome. No,we are fat. We are fat because we eat toomuch; we eat garbage and we are lazy.

I spent about an hour after my respite try-ing to figure out the recycling system andheaded to the boring store section of the

mall: that dull corner proliferated with eye-glass sellers, a pharmacy, a birthday cardstore and one of those shops that cannot fig-ure out what it really sells, but is in a perpet-ual state of ‘closing soon, everything mustgo.’ I headed into the pharmacy to by some-thing for my dry face.

I was standing in line looking at thosemagazines that line the checkout counters.There before me were a dozen images ofskinny women, men with six-packs, richTinsel Town couples, stunning cars, and kidswith plastic hair wearing cardigans and play-ing with a puppy on a white shag carpet.Along with these images were headlinesspelling out messages like: “How to be a bet-ter lover,” “Top 25 diet tips,” “Easy abs insix weeks,” and a photo of Prince Williamon bended knee before preggo wife Katewith a tear in his eye, with the headline, “Ithink I am gay.” These images and headlinesare not there to inform us, enlighten, enrich,encapsulate or entrance us; they are there totell us that we suck! Portents of greaterthings in your life, if only you dare turn thepages herein and discover truths that we arewilling to impart for $7.99.

I think it would be more fitting if the head-lines were more closely tailored to the ‘real’people of the world, headlines like: “How toact laid back during a grease fire,” “Fat andloving it,” “How to not walk your dog,” and“Five minutes is the new 30 in bed.”

The mall offers all kinds of opportunitiesto be frightened, amused and irritated: thepublic washrooms; that shoe-sucking crackat the bottom of the escalator; kiosks that sellcalendars with cats on the cover;Abercrombie & Finch ripped-jean, plastichair teenage girls; intimidating guys in do-rags selling cellphone skins; and quaint,plastic-plant-lined lounge areas harboring

tired seniors, fat dudes on parked scooters,and escaped husbands texting nobody in par-ticular.

My face started peeling, and so, with afinal burst of scorching, arid, stale air, I exit-ed the mall and forgot where I parked.

What a strange experience the mall is: atrue testament that we no longer live life, weconsume it.

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There is nothing like going to the mall andjoining all the other mindless zombies.

A couple of years ago, my significantother and I were making our initial “intro-ductory rounds” (meeting each other’s fam-ilies for the first time) and decided, while wewere in the neighbourhood, to drop in onone of his couple-friends. While the pair was(and is) lovely and we got along just swim-mingly, there’s no lighter way to phrase it: Iwas appalled by the state in which they kepttheir living quarters.

In their defence, I will say they were notexpecting our company. However, I couldnot then and still cannot now understandhow anyone could possibly tolerate livingwith clearly visible dirt and debris. The icingon the cake was the fact that their house hadseen such neglect from upkeep that one oftheir children’s pets – a goldfish – was float-ing bellyside up in a fish bowl, apparentlyunbeknownst to them.

After this incident, it came to my attentionjust how UNcommon this situation amongour demographic is. The more I got invitedover to my own friends’ houses, the more Irealized that tidiness does not seem to be auniversally embraced ideal.

At the risk of sounding like a germa-phobe, admittedly I was and continue to beshocked by this notion given that I’mfrankly embarrassed to invite over companyif my home has not been cleaned the weekof. Furthermore, if my mom, for instance, iscoming to town, I will clean every inch ofmy apartment so thoroughly that it’d be fitfor the arrival of the Queen herself andshould she so choose, she could eat off thefloors without any fear of adverse physicalreaction!

Aside from the obvious health benefits toliving in a dust-bunny-free environment,how one maintains or fails to maintain one’s

personal habitat will affect how others viewyour character, and even your sense ofmorality! Did you know, for example, thatthe original Oxford English Dictionary defi-nition of the term “slut” was “a slovenly,untidy woman or girl”?

According to environmental psychologistSally Augustin, throughout our evolutionaryhistory, cleanliness was considered a valuedtrait given that a home free of clutter wouldmake it easier to spot potential predatorattacks. While this benefit may no longer beapplicable in modern society, it does have anunconscious psychological holdover: whenone enters a messy living space – whetherit’s their own or one is a visitor – it results inenhanced stress levels.

A lack of upkeep in regard to one’s phys-icality and/or the physical spaces he/sheoccupies too has been linked to the mooddisorder depression. Among other symp-toms, depression has been known to have adebilitating effect on many of one’s motiva-tions. With this in mind, it’s unsurprisingthat counsellors often recommend “cleaninghouse” as a means of elevating one’s mood.After all, the messier one’s house gets, themore it adds to one’s guilt and merely con-tinues the cycle of “not-good-enough-ness.”

As counsellor Jennifer B. Baxt explains,“taking the time to clean the home from topto bottom is like cleaning (out) one’s life.The dirt, dust and clutter are done away withand the house has a fresher, more comfort-able atmosphere that the person can feelhappier and more relaxed in.”

To this, Yahoo! contributor AyannaGuyhto adds that it’s the whole concept of“idle hands, idle mind”: “by remainingsedentary, it gives your brain too much timeto focus on the things that are bothering you.By getting up and focusing your attention onhousehold tasks, you give yourself a mentaldiversion.”

Let’s just stop there for a second to makeone point very clear: it’s highly unreason-able to suggest (and by no means am I sug-gesting!) that EVERY individual who seem-

ingly is not too concerned with the conditionof their home is suffering from the “Big D.”Clearly there must be something else here atplay. Wouldn’t you know it? Psychologyagain proves illustrative.

Believe it or not laziness is a modern“invention,” largely due to the comforts (andexcesses!) of Western industrialized living.Despite our incessant complaints and excus-es that would suggest otherwise, apparentlywe DO have too much time on our handsand this, in effect results in the appearanceof laziness’ twin brother: procrastination.

As evolutionary psychologist NandoPelusi points out, it wasn’t until we nolonger had to worry about constantly fend-ing off predators, protecting our kin or sur-viving off of scarce resources that we hadthe “luxury” of dreaming of future actions.In the past, we held our energy in reservebecause we never knew when an immediatethreat may be looming. Nowadays, all thatenergy has the ability to build up, tricking usinto believing (at least on an unconsciouslevel) that there will always be more time to“get around to things.” Given the multitudeof distractions available to occupy our time– the Facebooks, Twitters, and YouTubes ofthe world, for starters – it isn’t hard to seewhy so many of us have lost sight of how toproperly “prioritize”… but more on that inanother issue.

The point I’m trying to get at is quite sim-ply: while “cleanliness” may not necessarilybe next to “godliness,” it certainly is linkedto “goodliness”… on many levels. In otherwords, my “neat-freakness” is indicative ofthe fact that I take great pride in appear-ances, value the idea of hospitality, see myhome as a reflection of my own work ethic,and perhaps most importantly that I amwithin a balanced mental state. So I ask youall to ask yourselves, “What does YOURhome say about YOU?” Is it time for yetmore introspection? Methinks so.

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London city councilors are facing criti-cism for their behaviour regarding the QueenElizabeth Diamond Jubilee Award. Theaward is being issued on the occasion of theQueen’s 60th Diamond Jubilee and was cre-ated to “honour significant contributions andachievements by Canadians.”

Mayor Joe Fontana, who has called thisthe “best council ever,” nominated all 14members of city council for the award. Thecontroversy began when it became knownthat out of the 288 nominations in London,fewer than 150 medals would be awarded.The complaint is that London’s city coun-cilors shouldn’t be receiving a Jubilee Medalin place of deserving community members.

Anyone can be nominated for the award,but in an interesting twist, not just anyonecan nominate a person. In the official nomi-nations page on the Diamond Jubilee Awardwebsite, it stipulates that there’s a selectgroup of “partners” who are able to submitnominations. Obviously it’s not an exclusivegroup; it includes NGOs and politicians atevery level of government. The obvious con-flict is that a medal is being awarded to oneor more of the minority who were allowed tonominate others.

The Twitter-sphere and a number of pub-lications have accused councilors of beingeverything from obnoxious to outright self-ish. While both of those traits are displayedregularly at 300 Dufferin St., this latest gaffeappears to be council just missing the point.It’s perfectly reasonable to think that councilshould be aware of their political environ-ment and which way the winds of publicopinion are blowing but it’s also obviousthat this council is not. At a time when theCity Hall stories are by and large budget dis-cussions and debates over service cuts, thecouncil nominated itself for an award ofrecognition. A more self-aware councilwould likely want to avoid recognition oftheir recent actions.

It is imperative to mention that the nomi-nations were done by Mayor Fontana, how-ever it was also approved by the council. The14 city councilors in London receive a salaryjust north of $30,000 per year. Beyond theirwork in the council chambers, the vastmajority are involved in other communityorganizations and committees. Any of thoseindividual commitments outside of councilwould merit a nomination, but in lieu ofbeing recognized by someone who has avested interest in keeping them happy, themedal turns into a workplace recognitionaward.

With an introduction like the bold “Worstcouncil ever” cover of the London FreePress on November 4, 2012, it’s hard to lookkindly on anything London’s city councildoes. The petty squabbling and arroganceare all evident to anyone who is willing/ableto sit through a session. That aside, the coun-cilors are elected officials making decisionsin, what they believe to be, the best interestsof the city. While it’s impossible to deter-mine the value of this medal to an individual,there’s a prevailing sense that our politiciansare in a position where they are regularlyrecognized and lauded. When someone likeCouncilor Joe Swan gets applauded on a reg-ular basis as he introduces OrchestraLondon, it’s hard to see why he needs amedal to boot.

Best councilever?

According to history.com, romantics buyabout one billion Valentine’s Day cards eachyear. Only for Christmas do consumers buymore cards – 2.5 billion. The sending ofnotes and cards on February 14 began on alarge scale in the 1800s when an entrepre-neur began manufacturing them. In this cen-tury, Valentine’s Day is celebrated with thegiving of chocolates, flowers and just aboutanything you can think of that might endearthat special someone to an admirer, spouseor friend.

A look at sources like history.com,Catholic Online and Wikipedia reveals thatthere is some connection between ourValentine’s Day and a Catholic saint of thesame name. The connection is sketchy,though, since there are at least three Catholicsaints named Valentine or Valentinus.

The legend about one of them helpsexplain how Valentine became connectedwith romantic love and how Valentine’s Dayhas become what it is. According to this leg-end a priest named Valentine lived duringthe second century when Christianity wasforbidden by Claudius II, the RomanEmperor. As part of the persecution againstChristians they were not permitted to marry.Valentine, a priest, however did performChristian marriages and for this Claudiushad him executed.

Since then the tables have turned. There isno St. Claudius and no Claudius’ Day.Valentine, on the other hand was named asaint, and today he is taken as the supporterof not only marriage but of all things roman-tic with a special day of his own.

Another legend about a certain Valentineis equally interesting, although, in my opin-ion, it undercuts his being sainted. (Actually,I don’t think it’s healthy for the CatholicChurch or anyone to be sainting people, but

that’s another topic.) According to this legend Valentine was a

Bishop of Terni in central Italy. While underhouse arrest (owing to the fact of hisChristianity) the judge, Asterius, said that hewould do anything Valentine asked if onlyhe would perform a miracle and heal hisdaughter of her blindness.

The Bishop obliged. Therefore, onValentine’s instructions, Asterius spent threedays preparing and then was baptized so thathe became a member of the Christian com-munity. He had all the pagan Roman idols inthe house destroyed. And, in fact, his wholehousehold, servants and all, numberingaround 40 were also baptized.

This legend, so long as it is attached toValentine, disqualifies him from being asaint. Why do I say that?

If you look at the stories of Jesus Christperforming miracles, including the healing

of the blind, you discover that he never didso for a price as Valentine is alleged to havedone in this legend. Jesus did not heal dis-abled and diseased people on the basis of apre-arranged bargain with the healee or oneof his or her family members. It is true thatmany trusted him because they observed hishealing abilities. However, Jesus did notperform them for any “fee.” He performedthem freely – though sometimes grudgingly!

You don’t find much in current Catholicobservances about St. Valentine. Since 1969the Catholic calendar of saints’ days doesnot include one for Valentine. And probablythat’s not a bad thing. Besides, where theVatican has slacked on Valentine, Hallmarkand friends have done pretty good at givinghim a second life, though one a little lessreputable than that of a highly veneratedsaint.

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I write about random things alot. I write a lot about randomthings. It’s certainly no surprisethat people have been comparingBeyoncé’s Super Bowl perform-ance to Madonna’s just one yearearlier, but it is funny to see peopleso divided as to which was better.

Sure, Beyoncé fell short ofMadonna by some eight millionviewers, but by any other metricthe show at halftime this year wasfar superior. Clever stage designand reunions aside, Beyoncé man-aged to come off looking less self-indulgent and proved to be a vocalpowerhouse, demonstrating thattalent and vision have an impeach-able place in the industry.

Fortunately, Sarah Slean isdemonstrating closer to home thatthe same can be said of live music.To say that she is enthusiasticabout her work is an understate-ment. She speaks of her music andher latest concert series – the mas-sive orchestral Sea Tour that beganthis month – as dreams comingtrue.

Taking its name from Slean’s2011 album Land & Sea – a double

album split between the pop-ori-ented songs of the Land disc andthe lush, orchestral compositionsof the Sea disc – the tour has beendesigned to recreate the sweeping21-piece arrangements on thealbum, enlisting local classicalmusicians to round out the stringorchestra in venues across Canada.

Slean assembled a crew includ-ing trusted tour managers and corestring musicians to aid in the logis-tics of bringing a concert seriessuch as this to realization. “It does-n’t feel like work at all,” she joked.

The tour stops into The AeolianHall on February 16 before turningwestward for Manitoba andbeyond. A testament to Slean’skeen vision and sharp direction, theSea Tour represents a unique wayto celebrate the music and person-ality of Land & Sea.

“This record still feels new,” sheexplained, contrasting it to work-ing with material from her previ-ous albums to round out the set.“There are only seven songs on theSea record that have full orchestralcomplements, so we’ve beenpulling from this enormous backcatalogue.”

“For instance, the song ‘Duncan’– I’ve probably been playing thatsong for 20 years! I have no con-tact with the girl, the personalitythat wrote this song, she feels amillion miles away. But the song

has a flavour, a temperature thatdoesn’t change through the years.”

It doesn’t take long to get theimpression from speaking to herthat Slean is constantly challengingherself to enhance her shills. Longbefore the Sea Tour could be con-ceived, she first had to rise to thechallenge of creating the music onLand & Sea, a seemingly over-whelming task on its own.

“I asked myself, ‘Do you reallywant to take this enormous risk?’”she recalled. “In the studio, look-ing through the panel at the con-ductor and the orchestra, and hear-ing that exquisite sound in myheadphones as I played the piano...knowing that music came from myheart through my fingers, you can’tput a value on that. That’s whatkeeps me going.”

Perhaps most remarkable is herdrive; undaunted by the tremen-dous undertaking that is writingand releasing a double album, sup-porting it and then building anexpandable mobile orchestra totour it, Slean has no intentions ofslowing down or lowering herambitions.

“I go to the edge every time,because that’s how you grow,” sheexplained, insisting the importanceof completely spending one’s ener-gy in order to completely fill itagain. “I don’t hold anything back– for what? For when I’m dead and

I can’t do it anymore? There’s notime to be cautious with the con-tents of your heart, because theworld needs the contents of yourheart.”

For more on Sarah Slean, hermusic and the Sea Tour, visitsarahslean.com or follow along onTwitter @sarahslean. The SeaTour arrives in London for a per-formance at The Aeolian Hall onFebruary 16. Tickets for the event

are $30 in advance or $35 at theshow, doors open at 7 p.m.

And for more of the latest musicnews, views and concert previewsaround the city, consider followingthis column on Twitter @fsu_bob-byisms. Voting for the SiriusXMIndie Awards is open now – headto indies.ca to vote for yourfavourite artists, the big show isnext month during Canadian MusicWeek. I’m out of words.

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Sara Slean will be at London’s Aeolian Hall on February 16.

Sarah Slean brings Sea Tour to Aeolian Hall

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This is turning out to be anamazing year for the band TheBalconies (Jacquie O. Neville,vocals and guitar; Stephen Neville,vocals and bass; and Liam AJaeger, vocals and drums). Theyhave been in and out of the studio,tirelessly working on their firstfull-length album as well as tour-ing Canada along with parts ofEurope. I talked to lead singer ofthe band, Jacquie, about their tourand why this is the best year theband ever had:

You literally just got backfrom London, England afterplaying a few shows there. Howdid that go?

“We actually went to CannesFrance first for a mini Europeantour called Midem. It was amaz-ing! It was our first time ever inEurope as a band so it was prettyamazing to be a part of an awe-some festival as well as do someexploring for a couple days inFrance. Then after a few days therewe flew to London, England. Thatwas our first time ever in the U.K.We had a couple of shows inLondon and the people were awe-some. It was a totally unreal expe-rience. We are really looking for-ward to going back; hopefully asearly as this April.”

You’ll also be playing SXSWin March in Texas. Have youplayed it before or is this yourfirst time?

“This will be our second time, aswe went last year. That was amaz-ing as well. So many people go toSXSW. Some people describe it asthis chaotic party, but you won’tactually understand it until you arethere. And it’s true I was even like,‘Wow. It’s true. You can’t evenexplain it to anyone unless you arehere.’ The whole city shuts downand there are pedestrians every-where. You are, like, shoulder toshoulder with everyone in thisocean of chaotic excitement. It’spretty unreal; it’s unlike any otherfestival I’ve ever seen.”

You are currently workingwith Arnold Lanni on your firstfull-length album. How has itbeen going so far and what is instore for you guys thisspring/summer?

“We did our most recent singlewith Arnold called ‘Do It In TheDark.’ We are really excited to beworking with him since he’sworked with other artists such asOur Lady Peace, Simple Plan,Finger Eleven and other awesomeCanadian bands. It’s pretty amaz-ing that he saw something in usand took us under his wing andwanted to work with us. This is ourfirst time working with a producerof his level so it was pretty nerve-racking at first, but he’s such afamily guy and down to earth. Hereally cares about the band and us

as people so it’s just been a reallyeye-opening experience. I feel likeI have learned so much from him,even something as simple as vocaltechniques. I feel like he’s reallyshaping us into the band that wehave always wanted to be but wejust really didn’t know how to exe-cute it. It’s been so cool to have anoutside voice try to guide us in theright direction.

“We are really looking forward

to releasing this album. I think peo-ple are going to dig it. It’s reallyheavy but has a pop sensibility,which I think is something we as aband are all about. It will hopeful-ly be out in the spring or early sum-mer. Right now we are finishing upthis tour right then heading over toLondon, Ontario, which hasalways been a great market for us.Also we will be going back to theU.K. as I mentioned before and we

could even be potentially going toChina as well. We are really look-ing forward to everything this yearhas in store for us.”

Catch The Balconies when theycome to town on February 16 atNorma Jeans (1332 Huron St.)with Rival Sons. For more infor-mation on The Balconies and theirtour, visit thebalconies.ca.

The Balconies hitting both Londons in 2013MY 15 MINUTESWITH...TAYLOR MARSHALL

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The Balconies will be at Norma Jeans on February 16.

Ever write a piece that had peo-ple in stitches (hopefully for theright reasons)? Chances are, youqualify for the Nearly RobotsCross-Canada writing contest. Butwhat, pray tell, is Nearly Robots?

Started by a band of travelingNorwegian dwarves in 1906,Nearly Robots magazine evolvedfrom its wood-cut pornographyroots to the Vancouver-basedonline comedy forum as it existstoday (or so the website says).Featuring writers from variousCanadian humour magazines suchas McGill University’s RedHerring, the fledgling websitehopes to establish a ‘nationwidenetwork’ for young Canadian com-edy writers in the vein ofCollegeHumor and The HarvardLampoon – it’s basically yourhoser Cracked.

While home to several web-comics like Adventuresome andThe Daily Snooze, Nearly Robotsis mainly a site full of advice andexaminations of pressing everydayissues.

Okay, that’s a lie. With someirreverent and, quite frankly,bonkers comedy, the site featureslists on topics ranging fromcomedic rants to solvent huffing-induced hallucinatory predictionsfor Nearly Robots in the year 2013,and some epistolary comic stylingswith their letters-exchange pageand (we can only hope) fictionalautobiographies on some ratherbizarre characters.

I sat down and had a coffee witheditor-in-chief David MacLean(read: I sent him an email) to dis-cuss the finer points of comedy:

What was the inspiration forNearly Robots?

“I worked as the editor-in-chiefof McGill’s humour magazinewhile in university, and was basi-cally looking for a way to extendmy immaturity well into adult-hood. Nearly Robots was born ofthe idea that Canadians deservemore access to established comedybrands. We wanted to create a pub-lication for Canadian writers thatcould reach an American andCanadian audience. Although ourreadership is currently split fairlyevenly between Montreal, Torontoand Vancouver, our fourth highestreadership is concentrated in NewYork City.”

What do you do to keep yourcreative juices flowing?

“I keep my juices flowing usingan ingenious tool that combinesthe various strengths of a catheter,four accordions, a goat liver, andfive magic beans handed down tome by a mystical shaman namedCarl.”

What word of advice do youhave to those budding writersout there?

“Write constantly: write asmuch as you can as early as youcan. If your fingertips aren’t bleed-ing and the ‘E’ button on your key-board hasn’t long since wornaway, then you are not workinghard enough.

“I say this with some knowl-edge, as I work as a professionalwriter and have had the opportuni-ty to write for a couple featurefilms, advertising agencies, andother miscellaneous jobs-about-town. Writing is a hard industry tocrack into, and the only way you’llamass a good portfolio is by writ-

ing and rewriting random, esotericgarbage to the point that itbecomes coherent thought.”

What do you have in store forthe site’s future?

“We plan on adding morecolumnists, updates and comicstrips while forming a militaryjunta that will eventually take overand control Sudbury, Ontario. Ifthis were to occur, the websitewould be renamedthesudclub.com.”

How close to robots are NearlyRobots?

“The Nearly Robots crew isbasically all machines at this point.One long, hard look in the eyes ofeditor Kyle Stevenson makes itabsolutely clear that he has beendead inside for years. Our leastrobotic writer is our resident artistJordana Globerman, who is ashuman as they come.”

Who would win in a fightbetween the Hulk and a pack of20 African Elephants?

“I believe that this subject isadequately covered by Locke inhis treatise Hulk v. Elephants: AStudy in the MetaphysicalRamifications of Platonic Love,however, I could be wrong.Personally, I’d put my money onthe Hulk because he is fictitiousand, as such, cannot be killed.”

But let’s get back to the contest.Submit your entry (up to a 1,000words) that’s funny (or mentionsJeff Goldblum) for: a first-placeprize of $350 in cold, hard cashand a very, very nice (I’m sure)Nearly Robots t-shirt made from(mostly) 100 per cent cotton; a sec-ond-place cash prize of $50 luke-warm, soft cash, and an equallynice Nearly Robots t-shirt; a third-

place prize of a Nearly Robots t-shirt. And, of course, to let no goodarticle unpublished, the top fivearticles submitted will be featuredon the front page ofnearlyrobots.com.

Email your entry to [email protected] by midnightMarch 15 to avoid being foreverdoomed to a life of comedy-writ-ing obscurity.

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In the midst of Google Imagesearching pictures of Ryan Goslingand Eva Mendes, I realized thatValentine’s Day is slowlyapproaching. In my experience,most people are either decoratingtheir houses with cherubs and rosepetals or they simply decide toignore the holiday altogether. Ipersonally like to get my celebra-tions in once all of the chocolatehas gone on sale the next day.

Looking back on years ofValentine’s Days, getting littlePower Ranger valentines in yourmailbox at school was alwayssomething to look forward to,mostly because the teachers madesure that every student got an equalamount of cards and chocolates toswoon over. The highlight of myValentine’s Days was probably inthe fifth grade when my crush ofthe week specifically sent me achocolate heart that simply said‘To Jenna.’

Once high school rolled around,the innocent fun of Valentine’sDay was no longer. All of a sudden

it became all about who was goingto ask who to the red-and-pinkthemed dance, and nowadays itmore or less revolves around flow-ers and dinner reservations (notthat I’m complaining).

If you’re single and looking fora way to celebrate the holiday, youdon’t necessarily have to have asignificant other to do so. Makecards for family and friends, ormaybe even teachers or familypets. Whoever it is you want toexpress your gratitude towards,make sure you let them know onValentine’s Day. But really, if allyou want to do is Pinterest picturesof baby sloths, then so be it!

If you’re in a relationship, dowhatever it is you and your partnermutually agree on. Whether it besitting at home with a Lost DVDbox set, or getting a table at yourfavourite restaurant, try not to putso much pressure on the holidayand just enjoy each other’s compa-ny.

That being said, I have plans tofind the best picture of RyanGosling and Eva Mendes andPhotoShop myself into it. I proba-bly shouldn’t have admitted that.Whatever your plans may be, havefun with your loved ones! Even ifyour loved ones have no idea youexist (ahem, Ryan).

With V-Day on its way, Ithought I would give you an ideafor a delicious meal to cook foryour partner. I chose to make oneof my all-time favourite pasta dish-es and a new dessert. Baking isn’tusually my forte, but this caketurned out to be light and delicious.But, before we get to the dessert,let’s start with the main course.Dinner:

This is a Martha Stewart recipethat you can adapt to your personaltastes. It’s relatively inexpensive,yet it tastes gourmet! It’s pastawith prosciutto and peas. Soundsimple enough? Here’s what you’llneed:

- 12 oz. fettuccine (or the pastaof your choice)

- 1 tbsp. butter- 1 shallot, finely chopped (1/4

cup) (a small cooking onionworks too)

- 2/3 cup heavy cream (alsoknown as whipping cream orcooking cream)

- 1 package (10 oz.)frozen/canned peas

- 8 slices prosciutto (about 4 oz.total), halved lengthwise and thin-ly sliced crosswise, about 1 cup

- 1 tbsp. finely grated lemonzest

- 1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice- Salt and pepper- 1/2 cup finely grated

Parmesan cheese, plus more forserving (optional)

This recipe does involve a bit ofmulti-tasking, but it’s nothing you

can’t handle. Before you startcooking don’t forget to cut up yourshallot and the prosciutto sothey’re ready when you start mak-ing your sauce.

Now for the fun part. Boil alarge pot of water for your pasta.While that’s heating up, make thesauce in a large skillet. Melt butterover medium-low heat, add theshallot, and allow it to soften forfive minutes. Throw your pastainto the boiling water to cook. Pourin your cream, and add the peasand prosciutto, bringing to gentlesimmer over medium heat. Ifyou’re using frozen peas, makesure they are heated through (threeor four minutes). Now all that’sleft to do is stir in the lemon zestand juice. Now that you have yoursauce, you can pour it over yourpasta and add the Parmesan andsalt and pepper.Dessert:

Making this heart-shaped berrycream cake was a bit of an adven-ture. The recipe I have called forSponge Cake Mix, powderedsugar, strawberries, raspberriesand whipped cream. But, after call-ing ValuMart and visiting RealCanadian Superstore, I learned thatthis “Sponge Cake Mix” may notbe as popular as I thought. In thespur of the moment I decided tograb some Angel Food Cake Mixand pray that it would work out,but if you’re feeling adventurous,you can make sponge cake fromscratch (check out the recipe attinyurl.com/spongecake3).

The angel food cake mix wassimple: add water! What I did notthink of was the fact that angelfood cake is typically baked in alarge tube pan. This heart-shapedcake needed to be baked in my

small heart-shaped pan. So I onlyfilled my heart-shaped pan aboutthree quarters of the way. Therecipe told me to bake for 35 to 45minutes, so I set my timer for 30and checked it. My cake had risento almost double the size of thepan, and I was starting to worry. Icooked it until the top was brownand crackled as per the instruc-tions. When I took it out, the cakefell a bit and the golden browncrusted top looked delicious.

The next challenge was slicingthe cake in half horizontally. Theidea is to place the raspberries andstrawberries in between the two

halves. I discovered that using aparing knife worked better than asteak knife. I also discovered thatsponge cake would probably beeasier to cut than angel food.

Once you have your heart cakecut in half, it’s time to add a thicklayer of whipped cream to the topof your bottom half. Then decoratewith as many raspberries andstrawberries as you desire. One tipis to cut the strawberries fairly thinso that the cake doesn’t end upbeing monstrous and is still man-ageable to eat. Don’t forget to savea few berries for to decorate thetop! I made a few heart-shaped

strawberries by peeling the leavesoff, hollowing out the top of theberry in a v-shape, and slicing thinpieces from top to tip.

For your final touches, sprinklepowdered sugar across the top ofthe cake and on the plate for deco-ration. Add whipped cream on topif desired, but remember that thewhipped cream will make any cakesoggy – especially angel food!Serve immediately and enjoy withyour boo this Valentine’s Day.

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It took a little creativity to make this tasty heart-shaped berry cream cake; the perfect addition to any Valentine’sDay meal!

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SurvivingValentine’s Day


What’s black and red and sexyall over? You, this Valentine’sDay. Whether you’re planning ahot date, staying in with yoursweetheart, or getting togetherwith your ladies for a celebrationof your single status, there areplenty of ways to dress for theoccasion and look fantastic.

To look the part, incorporate red,leather, lace and sheer details intoyour look. If red isn’t your colour,black is a sexy alternative that isslimming, seductive and flatteringto every skin tone. For a romanticdinner date at a dimly lit restau-rant, aim for a subtly sexy look. Toput together an alluring ensemble,pick a feature and work it.

Makeup-wise, choose to accen-tuate either your eyes or lips. Abold red pout seems perfect for V-

Day, but remember that if you’regoing to get amorous, both you andyour beau will have to worry aboutsmearing lipstick all over yourfaces. If you’re going to go with aseductive smoky eye, keep the lipneutral and glossy. Style your hairdown in flowing waves for femi-nine perfection.

In terms of your outfit, choosewhich skin you’re going to flaunt,and then cover up the rest! A deepV-neck will work to your advan-tage if you have an ample décol-letage – choose something withsleeves and with longer hemlines ifyou’re going to go that route. Ifyou’ve got great gams, put on thatlong-sleeved mini-dress and yoursexiest, strappiest stilettos. AHollywood red carpet favourite isto choose a backless dress. It is ele-gant, refined and unexpectedlysexy. While putting all you haveon display is undeniably provoca-tive, I believe it’s always best toleave a little to the imagination.

Sheer paneling and lace details,as well as cut-outs, two-piece

dresses that expose midriff andotherwise revealing clothing ispopular for formal and eveningwear this season. Leather, real andfaux, is also having a big moment.If I were Beyoncé, I’d wear a blackleather bodysuit and knee-highsocks for my date, but my bestadvice is to choose something thatmakes you feel sexy and comfort-able for your best odds of having agood time. If you’re tripping overyourself all night in those six-inchheels, they stop being sexy. If youhave to pull up that tube top every10 seconds, you won’t seemclassy. If you feel like you can’tbreathe because your bodycondress is sucking the life out of you,you will be too self-conscious to beyourself.

It doesn’t matter if you’re goingon a first date with a new person,trying to impress your longtimelove, or out on the prowl with yourgirls, work Valentine’s Day ideasinto your outfits in the way thatbest complements your style.

Subtle is sexy this V-DayMAKE THE LOOKYOUR OWNAMY LEGGE

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Keep it subtle and classy this Valentine’s Day!

Valentine’s Day is here, andwhile finding a special outfit towear should be fun, it can also bestressful – especially when you’retrying to impress that specialsomebody. If you’re not into V-Day, this is a day to get dolled upwith your single girlfriends andhave your own fun night out. Acropped lace strapless top pairedwith the high-waisted, hi-low,flowing skirt makes for a playfuland flirty combination that willwork well no matter what you do.

Lace is traditionally romantic,soft and feminine, but when usedon a silhouette such as this croppedstrapless top, it evokes a sense ofplayfulness and youth. The blackhi-low skirt incorporates the flirtyand romantic themes through theflow of the fabric. Together, thecombination looks like a dress, sothe outfit is not too revealing. Thekey is to balance the amount ofskin to show, by putting a boldnecklace with a touch of pink; itcovers up the chest, allowing thehi-low skirt to show off your fabu-lously long legs! A pair of round-toe high heels is the perfect addi-tion to the ensemble. The thickheels make the shoes super com-fortable and easy to walk in so youdon’t have to worry about anyembarrassing trips or falls fromteetering along in high shoes infront of your date!

1. Lace Strapless Crop Top:This fun and flirty top is the per-

fect basic to have for spring andsummer after the Valentine’s Daycraze. It is a piece that can be wornon its own with a skirt like this orlayered with loose tanks on top fora casual look. Even though it is acropped top and can be revealing,wearing it with anything high-waisted will make the outfit moreconservative. (Aerie, $15)

2. Hi-Low Skirt: The hi-lowskirt was a hot item last year, andit’s still a must-have piece. Thissilhouette is effortless and adds aflirty element to any outfit. Theelastic band allows you to be ableto wear it comfortably at the hip orhigh-waisted. (Forever 21, $20)

3. Round-Toe Heels: Theseheels are much easier to walk inthan your average stilettos. Thispair in particular is made of fabric,so the shoes will stretch muchmore easily and are even morecomfortable to walk in thanleather. (Spring, $40)

Whether you have big planswith a hot date or you’re approach-ing Valentine’s Day with a boldand single attitude, the best acces-sory to wear is confidence. Withconfidence, your ability to carryany outfit will show throughwhether you choose a sexier outfitor a flirty outfit such as this one.Dressing to impress on Valentine’sDay is just as fun for a date or anight out with the girls!

Hai Ha Nguyen is a FashionDesign student who loves to dis-cover the new trends in street fash-ion. Follow her on Instagram atinstagram.com/haihanguyen7 forthe trendiest pieces this season! Ifyou have a suggestion or feedbackfor her column, send her an emailat [email protected].

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A successful design must have afunctional layout, but a layout willnot be 100 per cent successful if itis not visually pleasing. Howcolour is incorporated into a spaceis the second most important ele-ment in design. With improper useof colour, a functional room caneasily turn into a colourful night-mare or a dull and boring space!Having a balance between neutralcolours and accent colours willleave you with a visually pleasingspace.

The majority of you may be ask-ing, “How do I know what is toomuch or too little?” or “Do thesecolours really match?” You mayeven be wondering what the trend-ing colour is for 2013 and how youcan incorporate trending colours toyour space. I have some simple tipsfor you to ensure you get thecolour component of your designright.

Having too much or too littlecolour in a space will take awayfrom the design. You want justenough colours to add excitementto your space. Having a balancebetween neutral colours and accent

colours is essential. Neutralcolours are typically colours thatwill go with a variety of accentcolours, such as white, black,taupe, beige, browns and greys.Accent colours are generally thefun and exciting colours like pur-ple, yellow, green, red, orange,blue and pink.

Incorporating colour throughaccent walls and pieces is one sim-ple solution to ensure you get theright amount of colour. Having onebold and colourful wall in yourspace will create an accent wall.Use this wall colour to inspire theother colours for accent piecessuch as pillows, throw blankets,pottery, artwork and area rugs. Besure to incorporate neutral furni-ture pieces to balance out thespace. If you feel you have toomuch or little colour you’re proba-bly right, just add more neuturalcomponents or colourful pieces toyour space.

Matching colours is not alwaysan easy task for everyone. Onesimple way to ensure your colourswill match is to use complementa-ry colours. The complementarycolours are in pairs: red and green;blue and orange; and yellow andpurple. It is easy to get creativewith these complementary coloursusing your favourite shades andpatterns. Having bright and bold orpastel accents colours and patterns

is entirely up to your preference.After all, no one said you had touse generic colours for accentpieces! When you use complemen-tary colours, there is no doubt thatyour space will be visually pleas-ing.

Emerald green is the hottestcolour of the year for 2013. If youfind yourself wanting to keep upwith interior decor trends, it is

easy! Having neutral furniturepieces and wall colours is the solu-tion to the problem of keeping upwith popular accent colours everyyear. A few items that you can eas-ily change to update to currentcolour trends are pillows, curtains,area rugs, pictures and pottery. Ifkeeping up with colour trends is amust for you, remember it is sim-ple to do!

How you incorporate colour caneither make a room a colour night-mare or be dull and boring. Havinga balance between natural andaccent colours is the solution tohaving a visually pleasing space.When you follow these simplesteps, you’re sure to have a well-balanced, colourful space.

Colours, colours and more colours!

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The chair’s pop of colour brings some life into this neutral-toned bedroom.

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My name is Mary-LeeTownsend, and I am theSustainability Coordinator here atFanshawe College. I am veryexcited to be writing our very first“The Conscious Campus” columnfor Interrobang! This column willhighlight both corporate and grass-roots efforts to support sustainabil-ity at Fanshawe College. It willpresent useful tips and tricks onhow you can embrace sustainabili-ty in your own lives, both on andoff campus and well into thefuture.

Sustainability covers so muchmore than environmental wellbe-ing and concern; it includes issuessuch as equality, diversity, busi-ness, economy, policy, curriculumand all those parts of our lives thatoperate in tandem to create ourdaily realities. Simply put, sustain-ability is the ability to keep thesedistinct parts working togetherindefinitely into the future.

Fanshawe College is a signatoryof the Association of CanadianCommunity College’s Pan-Canadian Protocol forSustainability, and in so doing hasdemonstrated a real commitmentto sustainability. As part of this

commitment, the college has beengoing through the SustainabilityTracking, Assessment and RatingSystem (STARS). STARS is a vol-untary self-reporting framework tohelp monitor and measure our sus-tainability efforts. This processinvolves a thorough inventory ofcurrent sustainability initiatives atthe college in three overall areas:1) education and research, 2)oper-ations and 3) planning, administra-tion and engagement.

Once this inventory is complete,Fanshawe hopes to submit theirapplication to achieve a bronze rat-ing. Presently, there is only oneCanadian college that has achievedtheir STARS rating and Fanshaweis on track to be the second. If youknow of any interesting or innova-tive activities at the college that weshould include in our inventory,please be sure to let us know.

Using this column, we hope tocommunicate and celebrate someof the many wonderful findingsunearthed through the STARSinventory process, as well as high-light opportunities for improve-ment.

The Conscious Campus is abiweekly column examining sus-tainability at Fanshawe College,what that means and how you playa role in creating this, our con-scious campus. Please contact [email protected] withany questions or comments.

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Fanshawe shootsfor the STARS

Bat Boy: The Musical is comingto the London stage for the firsttime. The acclaimed productionthat has toured Off-Broadway,Europe and major Canadian citiesis coming to London on February14. The Grand Palace theatre isplaying host to the musical, whichwill take place on the McManusstage.

The show is produced anddirected by London native andQueen’s University Theatre gradGarrett Rodman. He pitched theidea to local community theatreorganization Musical TheatreProductions in April. Rodman saidhe’s always had an interest indirecting and made the changefrom on-stage to behind the scenes.This will be his first directing

debut. “I’m really hoping for bigcrowds and lots of laughs,” said anenthusiastic Rodman.

Bat Boy isn’t your typical musi-cal. Based on the 1992 tabloidstory in the Weekly World News, acreature that is half boy/half bat isfound in a cave by three teenagers.Bat Boy is ostracized by the townwhen all he wants to do is fit in.The pop-rock musical play encom-passes themes of bullying and dis-crimination and presents them in aserious but comical light. Rodmandescribes as “a spoof of other playssuch as My Fair Lady.”

The play is fun for people of allages, especially the younger gener-ation. The show makes a greatValentine’s Day event to attend.Rodman said he really wanted tobring a conservative London the-atre audience out of the box and he

may have done it by bringing thisquirky, comical play to the Londonstage.

The 18-person ensemble playsmultiple gender-bending roles thatare bound to get big laughs.Fanshawe alumni Ximena Huizzi,Kyle Stewart, Tammy Heisel andcurrent Fanshawe student JeremyHewitson have all played a crucialrole in getting the play off theground. Rodman credited his fan-tastic staff and actors with makingthe play an event to see.

The show kicks off February 14and will run until the 23, tickets are$25, available online at grandthe-atre.com or downtown at theGrand Theatre box office (471Richmond St.). Follow @MTP-BATBOY on Twitter for updates.

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Musical full of batty characters,including some Fanshawe alumni

It’s 7:30 a.m., your alarm hasjust gone off after hitting thesnooze button for the third timeand you realize it is time to get upand face the day. After you finishrubbing your eyes clear of thesleep sand that built overnight, youcheck your calendar to see that youhave an exam today you forgotabout AND you are out of yourfavourite breakfast foods. How doyou stay positive?

The Mayo Clinic suggested in astudy conducted in 2012 on stressmanagement that people who thinkpositively are more likely to livelonger, have reduced levels ofsickness, distress and depression,as well as a lowered risk of heartdisease, just to name a few bene-fits.

When asked about the mosteffective ways of staying positive,Fanshawe students had a few tips.Dana Jones, currently in level threeof the Business Insurance programsaid, “I barely have time to readany of my books or study becauseof my children’s hockey schedule,working on my house, and otherfamily needs. So when I feel

stressed out, I play games on myiPhone, and remember I am doingthis for my kids’ future.”

John Kolpin, is in level three ofthe Computer Systems program,said sometimes he finds it tough tolook on the bright side. “I am defi-nitely guilty of procrastinating andleaving things to the last minute alot, which causes a lot of last-minute stress. Sometimes I do notget as many shifts at work as I needso I worry about that too. When Ineed to relax and think positively,I think of my friends and familywho care about me and are rootingfor me to graduate, and it is all Ineed.”

Eliza Bovin in her third semesterof the General Arts and Sciencesprogram, said, “I usually stay uplater than I should and I sleepthrough classes sometimes, andwhen I get behind I start panicking.When that happens, I just get myhead back in the game, eat somechocolate and poutine from Oasisand focus on getting good grades.”

When asked about his opinionson how to remain positive,Fanshawe counsellor Bill Margrettsaid, “Our students are faced withmore online content than before

and more adversity than previousgenerations; the rise in mental dis-tress in students has risen over thelast 25 years.” Margrett wouldknow – he’s helped students dealwith all kinds of issues since hebegan working at the College in1976. “I tell students to focus onwriting down two happy thingsthey saw in the evening after everyday, and when they wake up thenext morning, review them andkeep building that list until youcondition your mind to think posi-tively more frequently.”

It can be difficult to remain pos-itive in your day-to-day life, butit’s important to remember there isstill plenty of good in this worldand the people around you willalways be there to support youeven through the direst of prob-lems. Fanshawe has many supportservices provided through theCounselling and AccessibilityServices office located in F2010.The staff there can help with anyissues you may encounter, frompersonal problems to school prob-lems and beyond.

Just remember, you have thepower to think positively, and apositive mindset goes a long way.

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The power of positive thinking

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In Canada, Valentine’s Day is celebrated with romantic dinners, chocolate and much more. People in other countries have their own unique ways of showing their significant other their feelings.

QIXI FESTIVALCHINA

DATE CELEBRATED: The seventh day of the seventh lunar month; this year it is August 13

WHAT IT IS: Qixi Festival is sometimes called the Chinese Valentine’s Day, but that’s not really the point of the festival. Qixi comes from the story of cowherd and the weaver girl. In this, the cowherd and weaver girl fall in love, get married and have children; the problem was that the weaver girl was a fairy, and was supposed to marry another fairy, and the cowherd was a mortal. The Goddess was not happy with this and sent the weaver girl back to the heaven, without telling her husband. The husband did the Goddess’ gruesome task in order to get his wife back from heaven, but the Goddess was not happy with this, and so she scratched a river in the sky to separate the couple forever. Once a year, magpies are sympathetic towards the couple and make a bridge to bring the lovers together. This day is Qixi Festival.

EVENTS: Young couples exchange flowers and gifts and go out for dinner. Families may also get together at this time. Chinese communities also organize different events. In Hangzhou, the capital city of the Zhejiang Province in Eastern China, they hold the Qi Xi Speed Match-Making Event where people get together with hopes of finding a mate through various events.

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VALENTINE’S DAY

BRITAIN

DATE CELEBRATED: February 14

WHAT IT IS: Valentine’s Day honours Pope St. Valentine, who was killed by King Claudius in AD 269 because he was illegally marrying Roman soldiers. Later, in AD 496, Pope Gelasius honoured St. Valentine with a feast that was held February 14. In some parts of Britain, Valentine’s Day is called the Birds’ Wedding Day, as it is believed that on February 14, birds come together to find their mates.

EVENTS: Lovers write idealistic verses, lyrics and sonnets as a tribute to St. Valentine and exchange gifts and cards. Many people, especially children, play

Valentine’s Day music to receive treats in return. There is a belief in Britain that on February 14, the first man a young girl sees out her window is the one she is meant for. It is also common to eat baked buns with caraway seeds on top, as well as raisins and plums.

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FRANCE


WHAT IT IS: Charles the Duke of Orleans was captured by the British at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, and could not be with his wife on Valentine’s Day. To make up for this, he sent the first modern Valentine’s card with poems and love letters from his cell. Valentine’s Day is meant to celebrate affection between two people in any kind of relationship.

EVENTS: People exchange cards, kind words and gifts; fresh cut flowers are a popular choice. It is also a tradition to visit the town of Saint Valentin in Indre, since it was named after St. Valentine himself. The town holds festivals and events to celebrate love around February 14.

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ITALY


WHAT IT IS: Valentine’s Day became popular in Italy in the Middle Ages, and it was celebrated as a spring festival. Over the years, this tradition slowly faded and transformed into what is celebrated today.

EVENTS: Many couples get engaged or married on this day. Italian shops are also decorated days in advance for this event and sell lots of candy and chocolate. Italians, like the British, also have the tradition of unmarried girls waking up early to look out the window: they believe that the first man the girl sees that morning is the one she is going marry a year later. In Italy, gift exchanges are exclusive to couples; family members are not involved. These gifts range from chocolate to diamonds.

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JAPAN


WHAT IT IS: Valentine’s Day entered Japan in 1939 from an advertisement by Morozoff Ltd., which was aimed at foreigners. In 1953, the company started to promote the giving of heart-shaped chocolates, and other Japanese retailers followed suit. The campaigns became more popular during the 1960s, and the Valentine’s Day custom became the norm from there on.

EVENTS: Women feel obligated to give chocolate to the men in their life, no matter their relationship. The chocolates have a ranking corresponding with the woman’s relationship to the man; the woman’s husband would get the best, most expensive chocolate, while a co-worker the woman disliked would receive obligatory cheaper chocolate. Dinner dates and flowers are quite unpopular in Japan, as the focus is on giving everyone the right amount of chocolate.

A month after Valentine’s Day is White Day, when men give white chocolates to the women in their lives to balance things out.

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EL DÍA DEL AMOR Y LA AMISTAD (THE DAY OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP)

Mexico


WHAT IT IS: An important part of Mexico’s culture is having the freedom to express feelings towards one another. An individual’s emotional value is very important in the Mexican culture, and formed the basis of many Mexican traditions and customs. Valentine’s Day is one of the most popular holidays in Mexico.

EVENTS: Decorations like balloons, flowers, hearts and many other symbols of love are displayed. Heart-shaped red rose flower arrangements are a popular gift. Flowers in general are a big part of Mexican Valentine’s Day, as they make the perfect gift for any type of relationship. Mexican couples also enjoy parties and dancing to express their love for each other, as well as going out for dinner. Dinner is the most popular thing to do on Valentine’s Day, and reservations need to be made weeks in advance.

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Valentine’s Day around the world

Whether you’re celebrating Valentine’s Day with a long-term beau or just starting a new relationship, there’s a lot to do in London on this day of love.

Love BumpsThere are lots of easily

accessible hills in London that make for some great tobogganing. At the corner

of Wharncliffe and Commissioners

is Basil Grovner Park, which has a bowl-shaped depression. In the south end of the city is White Oaks Park, which has a large hill in the middle of it. Out in the west end is Byron Somerset Elementary School, a popular location in the area known for its great hills. A more centrally located hill is in Doidge Park at the Southeast corner of Cheapside Street and Wellington Road, near St. Joseph’s hospital (just in case).

Be a Little CheesyIt may not sound romantic, but who doesn’t want a heart shaped-pizza? On V-day, Boston Pizza is selling heart-shaped pizzas, and it’s for a good cause! One dollar from the sale of each pizza will go to the Boston Pizza Foundation, which supports several local charities. The goal is to raise $12,000, and the pizzas can be ordered for dine-in, take-out or delivery. Show your significant other your compassionate side with this fun, creative idea that makes a great surprise.

Test Your TrustThe Fleetway (fleetwayfun.com) entertainment centre on Oxford Street West has an indoor 40-foot wall that resembles a natural rock wall. There are eight climbing stations on the wall, with varying degrees of difficulty, and trained professionals are always

close by to provide assistance when necessary. After conquering the wall, visitors can continue the fun with bowling, mini golf and a stop at Dairy Queen. Another awesome 40-foot rock climbing wall can be found at East Park’s (eastparkgolf.com) indoor entertainment and educational centre.

Wine and DineCarolinian Winery & Eatery4823 Dundas St.,Thorndale, ON Cozy up at this newly renovated restaurant just 10 minutes from Fanshawe. Their Valentine’s Day dinner features your choice of Lobster Bisque or Carolinian Greens for starters, Braised Beef with Lobster or Chicken stuffed with spinach and mushrooms for mains and Chocolate Lovers’ Cake for dessert. It’s $65 per couple, and reservations are available between 5 and 9 p.m.; for more info head to carolinianwinery.ca.

Saffron’s On campusYou can head over to A building on campus to check out Saffron’s, one of Fanshawe’s hidden gems. Saffron’s is serving up a Valentine’s Day dinner filled with everything from Sweet Potato Bisque to a Salmon Tornado to Crème Brûlée! Dinner is served from 5 to 8 p.m and is $50 per couple. Their dress code is business casual, so don’t forget to spruce up your look for this dinner date.

Low on cash? You can even put it on your student meal plan card (don’t tell your date)!

Blu Duby32 Covent Market Pl.Looking for something new? Blu Duby is one of downtown London’s newest eateries and offers a modern, romantic atmosphere. Their large Valentine’s Day fixed-price menu has Asian, Continental and Mediterranean influences – I would personally recommend the crispy pork spring rolls to start! The meal is $40 per

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For many, Valentine’s Day is a much-anticipated time. Couples all over the world celebrate their relationship on the 14th of February by the giving of roses, going out for dinner, or the laundry list of date ideas noted above. For some, however, Valentine’s Day can be a painful reminder of incessant loneli-ness. Those who are single and haven’t yet found that special someone may be hard-pressed to fit in on a day that is exclusively reserved for couples. If you find yourself falling in that category, thankfully, I’ve got your back. Here are five tips that will surely help you

avoid the Valentine’s Day blues:

KEEP BUSYThis is topped at number one, as it is most important.

The thing you have to keep in mind is that, although

it may be Valentine’s Day, it really is just another day

during the week. Follow your routine and keep busy

like you normally would. If you go to the gym, do

homework or usually watch The Office on Thurs-

day nights, keep doing it. Valentine’s Day is a day

cherished by couples, but is mostly a commercially

influenced day for restaurants and flower shops to

make money.

BE AROUND YOUR OTHER SINGLE FRIENDSThere can’t be anything worse as a single than spend-ing the day as a fifth wheel with a couple of couples. That will only constantly remind you of what you don’t have. Leave the lovebirds to themselves and spend Valentine’s Day with people who are in the same boat as you. Stick around your single friends so you don’t feel out of place.

MINGLE WITH OTHER SINGLESThe best thing about being single on Valentine’s Day is the vulnerability of other singles on a day that is meant for couples. It allows those who are single a chance to mingle and meet each other. Valentine’s Day is home to many Traffic Light parties, which is a gathering of other singles that blatantly show, for lack of a better word, their “availability.” Wearing red means you’re taken, yellow means you’re undecided and green means you’re single and ready to mingle. Choose which colour to wear based on your situation or wear all three and confuse the heck out of people. That’s always fun. Turn Valentine’s Day into a memo-rable Singles Awareness Day.

DISCOUNTCHOCOLATEThe sweetest part of Valentine’s Day is the discount chocolate available the following day (see what I did there?). Satisfy your sweet tooth and relieve the Valentine’s Day blues at the same time with the money you saved by stuffing your face in cheap, delicious chocolate. Every cloud has a silver lining.

ONLINE DATINGIf you follow all of these steps and are still down be-cause of Valentine’s Day, then the only thing left that I can say is go create an eHarmony or Lavalife profile to avoid reading something like this next year.

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ONE IS THE LONELIESTNUMBER: SURVIVING THE VALENTINE’S DAY BLUES

Avoid looking like the third wheel on Valentine’s Day.CREDIT: io9.com

person and there will be various seating times on V-Day.

Laugh TogetherThey say laughter is the key to one’s heart, so have a fun-filled night that’s on the lighter side with a Valentine’s Day dinner and show at Yuk Yuk’s. From February 14 to 16, Yuk Yuk’s is hosting “A Funny Little Valentine” featuring Chris Quigley and special guest Julien Dionne. Choose from three different apps, main courses and desserts when deciding on your meal. Tickets are $35 per person; go to tinyurl.com/funnyval2013 for more information.

Put YourLove on IceThe City of London has a longstanding tradition of turning the area in front of the bandstand in Victoria Park into a free public skating rink as long as the temperatures are cold enough. People of all ages and skill levels come to this beautiful rink to enjoy the

fun of skating and the pleasures of the great outdoors.

The Covent Garden Market is another great (and free!) outdoor skating spot. When you’re tired out from skating, you can head into the market and enjoy a snack from one of the many food vendors within.

Get a RoomIf you live with roommates and finding a second

of privacy is like finding $20 in last year’s winter coat,

this may be a good idea for you. London has several nice hotels

and quaint bed and breakfasts for you to try out – check out tinyurl.com/

ldnbnb2013 for some ideas. If you’re hoping not to break the bank, try sites like Groupon or Teambuy to score a cheap hotel room. Another option is

using hotwire.com, a service that offers hotels at up to 50 per cent off. The catch is, you can choose the star-rating of your hotel, but won’t know which hotel you get until you’ve paid. (Note: A hotel room is probably not a good idea for a first date.)

Back to RomanceA great way to unwind, relax and de-stress with your date is a couple’s massage. Many spas in London have special couple’s

massages where you each get a massage in the same room. Sheer Elegance spa on Adelaide Street has a

couples massage for $130.

Be a Kid AgainAs adults, snow seems like a nuisance – you have to shovel it, scrape it off your car and trudge through it every day. Go back to when you were a kid and snow was a ton of fun. Spend a snowy day with your sweetie, snuggling up in a snow fort, making snow angels and writing cute messages in the snow with your tracks.

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THE TONIGHT SHOWwith Jay Leno

So deer antler spray works. Howabout that! Congratulations to theBaltimore Ravens, the new SuperBowl champs. But how about thatblackout? That’s what happens whenBeyoncé actually sings live.

When the lights first went out, outof force of habit Ray Lewis startedrunning from security.

Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad said he would like tobecome the first Iranian to go intospace. And today Israel said,“Flight’s on us! No problem. We’vegot everything covered.”

Zimbabwe's finance ministerrevealed that his countryhas only $217 left in thegovernment Treasury.President Obama said,“Stop bragging!”

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CONAN with Conan O’Brien

China is launching their own ver-sion of the TV show Friends. Sixattractive young people live togetherin an iPad factory. They get yelled atif they don’t work fast enough.

A new study has found that leafygreens are the leading cause of foodpoisoning. In other words,Americans have nothing to worryabout.

During the Super Bowl there wasa 35-minute blackout. AfterwardsLindsay Lohan said, “So that wasn’tjust me.”

After the game, Baltimore quar-terback Joe Flacco announced hiswife is pregnant.Apparently he wentagainst NFL rules andimpregnated the womanthat he is married to.

LATE NIGHT with Jimmy Fallon

Lance Armstrong has turned downa spot on the new season of DancingWith the Stars. Even weirder, MantiTe’o’s girlfriend said yes.

A bipartisan group of senators hasunveiled a plan that would create apath to citizenship for illegal immi-grants. Or as immigrants call that, “atunnel.”

An employee of the U.S. PostalService is retiring after 44 yearswithout using any of her sick days.Friends describe her as “dedicated,”while co-workers describe her as“that lady who gave me the flu.”

On SaturdayPunxsutawney Phil did notsee his shadow. And youknow what that means —nothing, because that’s nothow weather works.

THE LATE LATE SHOW with Craig Ferguson

The Canadians got rid of theirpenny today. There are no more one-cent coins in Canada. So now ifyou’re in Canada, and say to some-one “a penny for your thoughts,” thatis now illegal. They will put you injail.

There was a power outage that isstill not officially explained. Whenthe lights first went out, it was kindof scary. They thought they’d popback on, and we’d see one of theannouncers slumped over with aknife in the back.

I was with a bunch of CBS peoplewhen the lights went out.They were freaking outbecause when it gets darkaround CBS, DanMarino gets a littlefrisky.

THE LATE SHOW with David LettermanBefore you kids start using the

deer antler spray, there are a coupleof side effects. Number one, skittish-ness. And number two, freezing inheadlights.

A power outage during a SuperBowl in Louisiana — but don’tworry. FEMA said they will be thereno later than Thursday.

More trouble in the world of big-time athletics and steroid use. Turnsout now that Alex Rodriguez mayhave been using performance-enhancing drugs for quite a longtime. Calling Oprah!

Let's make Super Bowlweekend a three-day holi-day. Why not? I thinkAmericans will needMonday off to return thekegs.

JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE with Jimmy Kimmel

A French tattoo artist met a younglady and less than 24 hours after theymet, she allowed him to tattoo hisname on her face. That means sheeither really loves him or really hatesher parents.

They say they’re planning to getmarried. Once you get a name tat-tooed on your face, you might aswell give it a shot.

On the bright side, if the marriagedoesn’t work out . . . Well, actuallythere is no bright side, so good luck.

It will now cost you 46 cents tomail a letter. Some people are com-plaining about the price even thoughit’s a penny more thanthe old price. You’re notallowed to spend $4 on acup of coffee and com-plain about a cent.


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1. The ancient Romans celebrat-ed the Feast of Lupercalia onFebruary 14th in honor of Juno,the queen of the Roman gods and

goddesses. Juno was also the god-dess of women and

marriage.2. In 1537,

England's KingHenry VII officially

declared February 14ththe holiday of St.

Valentine’s Day.3. Girls of medieval times ate

bizarre foods on St. Valentine’sDay to make them dream of theirfuture spouse.

4. Many believe the X symbol

became synonymous with the kissin medieval times. People whocouldn’t write their names signedin front of a witness with an X. TheX was then kissed to show theirsincerity.

5. Casanova, well known as“The World’s Greatest Lover,” atechocolate to make him virile.

6. Physicians of the 1800’scommonly advised their patientsto eat chocolate to calm their pin-ing for lost love.

7. Richard Cadbury produced thefirst box of chocolates forValentine’s Day in the late 1800’s.

8. More than 35 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate will besold for Valentine’s Day.

9. The red rose was the favouriteflower of Venus, the Roman god-dess of love.

10. Approximately one billionValentines are sent out worldwideeach year according to estimatesby the U.S. Greeting CardAssociation. That’s second onlyto Christmas.

11. Women purchase approxi-mately 85 per cent of allValentines.

12. Teachers will receive themost Valentine’s Day cards, fol-lowed by children, mothers,wives, sweethearts and pets.

13. In addition to the UnitedStates, Valentine’s Day is celebrat-ed in Canada, Mexico, UnitedKingdom, France, Australia,Denmark, and Italy.

14. In the U.S., 64 per cent ofmen do not make plans in advancefor a romantic Valentine’s Daywith their sweethearts.

15. About three per cent of petowners will give Valentine’s Daygifts to their pets.

Aries (March 21 - April 19)Is this a blue week or a black

one? Aries doesn’t know whetherto be saddened or angered by whathappens at the party. The detailsmay be painful, but under no cir-cumstances should they beignored.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20)Respect those with whom you

do business. Rise to the expecta-tions that others hold for you. Afortunate accident stands waitingto be helped along by a healthydose of responsible action.

Gemini (May 21 - June 20)Let yourself be seen, even if it’s

not in the best light. Make yourselfavailable to improvement thatcomes from the outside. If you canstand waiting for a few days, you’llbe rewarded by what shows up.

Cancer (June 21 - July 22)You walk into the same room

but see it from a different perspec-tive. You have the power to changeyour role for everyone’s benefit. Ifyou drift too far from your roots,you could end up wasting lots oftime.

Leo (July 23 - August 22)A gesture could mean more than

it was intended to mean. Leo istempted to reach for an opportuni-ty that doesn’t exist. Think aboutothers when calculating the profitthat you’ll make at their expense.

Virgo (August 23 - Sept. 22)Earth Signs rule at the beginning

of this week. Turn up the musicwhile you work. Virgo’s goodmood is the best thing for everyonearound. If you’re single and tiredof being that way, your situation isabout to change.

Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22)Virgo may be listening to the

music, but Libra’s the one whomust face it. You’ve been throughthis song many times before, andyou know how it has to end.Finish this business and startsomething that you like.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21)Strike while the iron is hot. You

know the rules well enough tobend them a little. Honesty is thebest policy, even when answeringto some greater truth. By the timethe bill arrives, you'll be good forit.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21)Sagittarius is one with the beat-

en track. Deviations and add-onsbother you on a deep level. Sootheyour worries by hanging out withfamiliar faces. The old way ofdoing things is still good foranother few days.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19)Forget indifference and neutral-

ity. The Stars are firmly on yourside for the next few days.Colleagues and opponents, sens-ing your power, are eager to doyour bidding.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18)Good fortune seems to attract

leeches and vultures. Guard your-self against opportunists withoutletting them ruin your week. Seekthe answers that will help you getto the bottom of it all.

Pisces (Feb. 18 - March 20)Pisces may not be a leader this

week, but you excel as a facilita-tor. As long as everything runssmoothly, your optimistic future isas good as sealed. Anonymity isfine unless you want your share ofthe credit.

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I Think We’re AloneNow (2008)

“I think we’re alone now,There doesn’t seem to be anyone

around”Not so fast, 1980s popstar

Tiffany. For you are never alone,as long as you have your legions offans following you – literally fol-lowing you, in some cases.

Valentine’s Day is fastapproaching, and the central themeof that day is love. There are somany types of love. Romanticlove, of course. The love between aparent and child. The love betweena man and his McChicken sand-wich. However, I feel there is nogreater love than the one that existsbetween a celebrity and their stalk-er. The incredible documentary IThink We’re Alone Now docu-ments this bond between star andobsessed fan. In this case, the staris the aforementioned Tiffany.

Some of you may be unaware ofwho Tiffany is. Basically she isThe Beatles, if there was only onemember, who was a female whohad two hit songs, and performedalmost exclusively at shoppingmalls. Maybe Britney Spears orJustin Bieber may have been amore apt comparison, but no, Iwent right for The Beatles.

Tiffany hit the big time in thelate ’80s with her remake of theclassic song “I Think We’re AloneNow,” and her cover of “I Saw HerStanding There” by The Beatles –wow, they do have so much incommon. Since then, her careerhas reached even greater heights.In recent years she has posed forPlayboy, become a contestant onHulk Hogan’s CelebrityChampionship Wrestling, and

starred in the motion picture MegaPython vs. Gatoroid. That lastcredit leads me to believe thiswon’t be the last article I pen fea-turing Tiffany.

Basically, Tiffany kicks ass. Sowith such an illustrious body ofwork, it is no shock that Tiffanywould command extreme devotionto her by some fans. I Think We’reAlone Now takes a look at two ofher most ardent admirers.

We are first introduced to JeffTurner, a man in his 50s who suf-fers from Asperger syndrome. Jeffhas a long history with Tiffany,punctuated by the time he attempt-ed to present her with flowers…and a sword, which is an ancientJapanese custom. (And I thoughtValentine’s Day was expensive inNorth America!) After this andseveral other warning signs,Tiffany was able to get a restrain-ing order against Jeff. However,Jeff has an ace in the hole. He is inpossession of a helmet that he candon and instantly connect telepath-ically with the singer. I also haveone of these helmets, but I reallyonly use it to avoid paying a phonebill. I never even thought aboutusing it to try to connect to stars ofthe 1980s. Molly Ringwald, pre-pare to be contacted.

We also meet KellyMcCormick, a transgender individ-ual who is Tiffany’s BFF. Oh,

sure, they have never actually hada face to face encounter, but howmany of your Facebook “friends”have you ever met in the flesh?

Kelly’s lifelong dream comestrue thanks to Jeff, who facilitatesan introduction between the two.Time has healed wounds betweenJeff and Tiffany, as the singer nowinteracts (albeit with great caution)with her super fan at the many con-certs and conventions he attends.So all’s well that ends well.

Not only can Jeff now be within50 feet of his favourite pop star,but he has found a new love. Forthough it could’ve been so beauti-ful, could’ve been so right betweenthe two, another young lady hascaught Jeff’s eye. Who’s The Bossand Charmed star Alyssa Milanobecame the new object of Jeff’saffection, and she signed somepapers as a result – but it was not amarriage license.

So this Valentine’s Day,whether you have already won theheart of the love of your life, oryou are merely in the rifling-through-their-garbage/Facebook-stalking phase, here’s hoping thatone day you will be running just asfast as you can, holdin’ on to oneanother’s hand as you head to yourlocal video retailer to grab yourcopy of I Think We’re Alone Now.

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Jeff Turner has attended Tiffany concerts since 1988.

Hansel and Gretel:Witch Hunters (2013)

Everyone knows the story ofHansel and Gretel, the brother andsister who are nearly eaten by anevil witch in the woods. It’s a sta-ple of children’s fairy tales. Butwho really knows what happensafter the story ends?

Hansel and Gretel: WitchHunters picks up the tale 15 yearsafter the siblings’ harrowingescape; they are now professionalwitch hunters – witch bountyhunters, to be more specific. Asidefrom an unfortunate case of dia-betes for Hansel, which resultedfrom his eating too much sugar asa child in the witch’s house, thesiblings couldn’t be in betterhealth. In fact, they have thestrange ability to resist any spellsand enchantments placed uponthem by witches, making their jobsmuch easier. When a new andstrangely magical coven of witchesencroaches on their territory,Hansel and Gretel set off to protectthe village and perhaps learn thesecret to their tragic and violentpast.

Stepping into one of the twolead roles as the badass Hansel isHollywood’s new favourite actionstar Jeremy Renner. Renner, per-haps best known for his role in TheHurt Locker, plays Hansel like heplays everything else: hard and

fast. Playing his equally badass sister

Gretel is Gemma Arterton, aBritish actress who’s had roles inQuantum of Solace and Clash ofthe Titans. Arterton does an aston-ishing job of holding her ownalongside Renner and is quicklybecoming a bona fide action star inher own right.

Famke Janssen, best known asJean Grey/Phoenix in the X-Menseries, plays the head of the covenof witches, Muriel. There is rarelya role in which Janssen doesn’tshine, and Hansel and Gretel iscertainly one of the ones where sheshines brightest.

Playing Mina, one of otherwitches in the coven, is PihlaViitala, a Finnish actress who is arelative newcomer on NorthAmerican screens.

Rounding out the cast as themayor of Hansel and Gretel’s vil-lage is Peter Stormare.

The story of Hansel and Gretelis an inherently dark one; parentsabandon their children in thewoods where an evil witch tries toeat them. So when Hansel andGretel: Witch Hunters takes a darkstory and makes it even darker, itserves to heighten the entireatmosphere. The dark colourscheme used for the movie ampli-fies this even more and the old-school weapons used within, suchas awesome crossbows, give eachand every injury sustained anextra-gruesome feeling.

If you loved the old fairy taleabout the children who outsmartthe witch, or you’re a devotedJeremy Renner supporter, or evenif you just want to see a new spinon action movies, Hansel andGretel: Witch Hunters is worthchecking out.

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Gemma Arterton and Jeremy Renner in Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

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It’s time to huntsome witches

It’s no surprise that I lovemovies – I do write about themevery week, after all. So it should-n’t shock you that each and everyFebruary you can find me in fullAcademy Awards preparationmode. No, I might not be a mem-ber of the Academy, but I do stilltry to watch as many of the moviesthat are up for awards as possible. Ifollow the news, I listen to thebuzz, and I genuinely enjoy thesurprise, or total lack thereof, onthe big night when the presenteropens that envelope and says,“And the winner is...”

What is it that gets us so excitedfor the Oscars? We have absolute-ly no involvement in the making ofthe nominated films. Our countryrarely – scratch that – almostnever, wins any accolades for ourcontributions to Hollywood. We

maybe don’t even like nine out ofthe 10 flicks up for Best Picture.

For some people, watching theOscars has little to nothing to dowith the movies. For some, it’s allabout the red carpet. Whetheryou’re a fashion fanatic dying tosee who’s wearing a dressdesigned by whom, or you’re acelebrity gossip junkie who can’twait any longer to find out whomBradley Cooper is bringing as hisdate, the red carpet is a magicalplace.

For others, the Oscars are aboutthe ceremony or, to be more pre-cise, the emcees. Sure some pre-senters are lackluster and some aredownright bad, but more often thannot the host of the evening leavesviewers in stitches. Think back toBilly Crystal’s numerous hostinggigs and tell me that none of themmade you laugh out loud. Youcan’t? I didn’t think so. This year,with the comedic talents of FamilyGuy creator Seth MacFarlane host-ing the evening there are sure to bemore than a few raunchy laughs tobe had.

Maybe you’re one of those peo-ple who enjoys watching when thecensors slip up and lets some pro-fanity or another make it onto livebroadcast television. Remember acouple of years ago when MelissaLeo won for Best SupportingActress in The Fighter and let thedreaded f-bomb slip? That was amoment worth watching!

Or maybe you’re a fan of the oldschool and watch each year for thewinner of the lifetime achievementaward. The same year that Leo’sprofanity made it past the sensors,Kirk Douglas took home the pres-tigious Lifetime award. Not onlywas it magical to watch someoneso talented be recognized for hisyears of hard work, he was funny.Hilarious. Funnier than somehosts.

Whatever your reason for watch-ing the Academy Awards this year,it’s time to start getting excited!The Oscars are a great time allaround, and though they’re still afew weeks away, I just couldn’tcontain my own excitement anylonger!

McGee’s MovieMomentsALISON [email protected]

Gearing up for Oscar

The greatest love

With all the other articles aboutValentine’s Day in this week’sissue, I’m not going to talk specif-ically about this “holiday,” butrather, all holidays.

You’ve got to love holidays. Itseems like nowadays, the youngschool kiddies get a PD Day everymonth! Luckily for the rest of us,we’ve also had an addition to ourholiday schedule in the form of“Family Day,” which has beenaround for a few years now.Although it’s a holiday that is stillin its infancy, it’d be interesting tosee research on what sorts of activ-ities Canadian families actuallypartake in on this special Monday.Do they plan daily skiing extrava-ganzas? Do they organize specialfamily dinners with grandparentsand such? Or do most families dowhat I suspect – mope around thehouse in their PJs avoiding a chillyFebruary day? Why not take itupon yourself as the young enthu-siastic kid of the family to encour-

age everyone to do somethingactive?

Get Dad out with your littlebrother and sister – heck, get yourMom out to and have a game ofroad hockey! If the old man ismaking excuses, and your momsays she doesn’t have an athleticbone in her body, then improvise!Get your butt in the attic and roundup the old toboggans and hit theslopes with the entire crew.Enjoying the ride of a slope issomething anyone can accomplish,and best of all, it’s fun! The bestpart is many of these entertainingactivities that we forget about areinexpensive. Most of us alreadyhave plenty of equipment or haveaccess to friends or family who canlend it. No one has to stress about

having to dig deep in their pocketsfor a good time.

If you’re really feeling gung ho,offer to get your mom or dad a daypass at your fitness centre. It mightnot be their cup of tea when all issaid in done, but I bet you’ll allshare a few laughs about hitting thegym together. They could possiblyenjoy the experience and decidethey want to continue attendingwhich will ultimately improvetheir quality of life. So take amoment and ask yourself, what doyour family and you have plannedfor February 18? Come to think ofit, my skiing idea sounds prettygood right about now – I think I’llconvince my family to make a longweekend out of it!

What are you doing on February 18?

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The ball is in the ladyFalcons’ court preparingfor the upcoming playoffs

The ball is bouncing inFanshawe’s favour. As of the startof February, the women’s basket-ball team sat in the number-twospot in the Ontario CollegesAthletic Association standings,four points behind the leader,Algoma. After defeating a toughHumber squad on January 30 andSheridan on February 2, theFalcons are looking good headinginto their final regular seasongames.

Taking a look at the women’sseason so far, they started off bywinning the Loyalist Exhibitiontournament, taking home the goldmedal and ultimately showingother teams what was to come inthe regular season. They werehanded their first loss of the regu-lar season on November 7 bySheridan, a heartbreaking loss inovertime. Their second and lastloss of the season so far was fol-lowed closely behind onNovember 24 to Algoma, now thetop-ranked OCAA West team.However, since the the Falconshave bounced back, they’ve takeneight straight wins and they don’tlook like they are stopping anytimesoon. The last few regular seasongames include a final reunion withthe Algoma Thunderbirds onFebruary 16 and the Falcons will

be looking to hand them their firstloss of the season.

Fanshawe handily defeated archrivals the Humber Hawks 71-61 intheir last and final meeting of theregular season on January 30.Fanshawe’s Natasha Amo had a lotto say after the game: “We held up,played hard defence, we’re playingwell both offensively and defen-sively and we’d like to winProvincials.” The upcomingProvincials will be held at Humberwith the Hawks having an auto-matic bye to the playoffs.Fanshawe is in a good positiongoing in, currently sitting secondin the league. With the help of starpoint guard Felicia Mazerolle, whois leading the team averaging 14points per game, they’re lookinggood.

The Falcons, who are predomi-nantly defensively focused, areupping their offense as seen intheir game against Sheridan onFebruary 2, where they defeatedthem 98-62. “This moves us onestep closer to our goal of finishingeither first or second in the Westdivision to get the bye,” said headcoach Matt White. “We do havesome tough games ahead, particu-larly with Algoma (at home onFebruary 16).” This is a key gamethat will determine Fanshawe’splace in the playoffs.


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Q. Is there such a thing ashealthy fats?

A. You should avoid trans fats,which are found in processed or

deep-fried foods. Healthier fatsinclude polyunsaturated fats,which can be found in fish andnuts. These fats help lower the riskof heart attacks and some may helpdecrease the risk of cardiovasculardisease.

Submitted by Matthew Mears,Jordan Goulet and JonathonTeves.

HEALTH HABIT OFTHE WEEK Fitness and HealthPromotion students

When Nissan launched the orig-inal Murano in 2003, it gave themarket something new, somethingwe now all know as the crossover.

Before the Murano, there weresome vehicles that could have beencalled crossovers, but the manu-facturers tried to push them off asSUVs.

The marketing guys at Nissandid the right thing and not only gotthe buying public used to the ideaof a CUV (crossover utility vehi-cle), but so did the other manufac-turers who started offering CUVs.

You see, a CUV blends elementsfrom a few vehicles. It is part sta-tion-wagon, part SUV and partminivan. Station wagons and mini-vans have been uncool for thelongest time, while SUVs startedgetting a bad reputation for theirawful ride quality and thirsty fuelconsumption.

For most buyers, a CUV madesense because it was practical,looked cool and, thanks to theirhigh ground clearance and all-wheel drive, they made great year-round vehicles.

The original Murano offeredpretty much everything, and itbrought along a new feature: aCVT gearbox.

CVT is a continuously variabletransmission, which means thatyou don’t get any shift-shock fromthe transmission as it works itsway up the gears.

Personally, I hated this gearbox.It felt unnatural, like a sewingmachine, or a single-speed moped,and while Nissan said this gearboxwould help improve fuel economy,in reality it didn’t.

But that was then – how is thecurrent Murano, the one that hasbeen on sale for a few yearsalready?

For a start, it still has a CVT

gearbox, to which they have thank-fully made some improvements. Iwould have still preferred a muchmore conventional six-speed auto-matic gearbox instead, but this lat-est generation CVT is not bad, andif I can get used to it, so can you.The fuel efficiency has improvedalso, as my week’s average was11.4 litres/100km, which is veryrespectable for a vehicle of thissize.

The Murano also has a verygood engine. It’s the familiar 3.5-litre V6 you get in pretty much allof Nissan’s vehicles, from theAltima to the latest Pathfinder. Inthe Murano, however, it produces260hp, which is plenty for mostoccasions. Its all-wheel drive sys-tem coupled with 240lb/ft of twist-ing torque enables this vehicle toaccelerate from zero to 100km/h inaround the eight-second mark,which is not bad at all. I just wishthe CVT gearbox didn’t whine likea generator when under hard accel-eration.

If you ignore the gearbox, whichcan be pretty hard at times, theMurano is a good vehicle. The rideis comfortable, the seats are fantas-tic, the interior layout is superb,the quality of the fit and finish isexcellent, and you get plenty ofgadgets in it too (including a heat-ed steering wheel, as on myPlatinum edition tester).

As for the styling, I don’t mindit, but it looks like two different

people were assigned to design thisvehicle: one did the front, the otherdid the back. The guy who did thefront was very bold and imagina-tive and came up with a face thatfeatures chromed “teeth” on itsgrille. However, the guy who didthe back just photocopied the rearof the smaller Nissan Rogue andgrafted it on here.

Pricing for the Murano startsfrom $34,498 to nearly $48,000, sowhen compared to its competition,it offers good value for money.

If I was in the market for a luxu-rious CUV, I would seriously belooking at the Murano. However,I’d be looking at a different ver-sion of the Murano, a model that isnot available in Canada. I’m refer-ring to the Murano CrossCabriolet.This is a unique, convertible ver-sion of the Murano, which is cur-rently only available to our friendsin America. You can, however,import one of these into Canada,and plenty of Nissan dealershipshave done that. I took one on ashort drive and loved its cheerfulpersonality. It might not appeal toeveryone, but I just love the factthat a big manufacturer like Nissanhas a sense of humour and did amodel not for the mass market, butjust to have something different.

Nissan Canada, if you’re listen-ing, can we get the CrossCabrioletofficially in Canada, even as a one-year, limited edition model? I thinkit’ll be worth your effort.

MOTORING NAUMAN [email protected]

Meandering in the Murano

CREDIT: NISSAN

Taking a look inside the Nissan Murano.

No fat when getting fit?

SPORTS&LEISURE 23Volume 45 Issue No. 20 February 11, 2013 www.fsu.ca/interrobang/

Intramural Standings

BasketballGroup One

Team W L T Pts

Naismith What’s... 2 0 0 4

Individuals 2 0 0 4

The Jello Shooters 1 0 0 2

Jager Bombers 1 1 0 2

Prancing Unicorns 1 1 0 2

2 and a Half Men 1 1 0 2

Run DMD 0 0 0 0

Cheif Keef 0 2 0 0

Mixed Bag of ... 0 2 0 0

Group Two

Team W L T Pts

Team Fresh 2 0 0 4

Nuts & Bolts 1 0 0 2

Multiple Scoregas.. 1 0 0 2

Tech Ballers 1 1 0 2

Phoenix 1 1 0 2

DDD 1 1 0 2

Cole World 0 0 0 0

Smokin’ Trees ... 0 2 0 0

Broadcast Ballers 0 2 0 0

CREDIT: H&M

David Beckham will keep you cozy Valentine’s Day, through a series ofridiculously photogenic sequences.

Injuries slowing down the Falcons

Fanshawe’s men’s basketballteam has been handed some toughbreaks as of late. Having droppedtwo games in the past weeks to theOntario Colleges AthleticAssociation West fourth-rankedHumber Hawks and the number-one ranked Sheridan Bruins, theFalcons have lost their momentum.

The Falcons have been missingsome key players in recent gamesdue to injuries: guard KyleMcConell, centre Darcy Youngand forward Joel Williams, wereabsent in their game against theBruins. The Falcons ended up get-ting thrashed by the top-rankedBruins on February 2, with a finalscore of 81-63, however it wasn’tfor their lack of trying. “Becauseof injuries, we have to playthrough the mental toughness,”said head coach Tony Marcotullio.“We’re not doing that very wellright now, but I’d rather lose thesegames now than later on in theplayoffs.”

Point Guard Boyd Vassell, whoaverages 17 points per game, wasshut down against their loss to theBruins and was only able to accu-mulate 10 points. The Falconswere silent the majority of thegame, being outshot in the fourthquarter 30-20.

Injuries are taking a toll on theirplayers’ stamina. Vassell clocked

almost 40 minutes of game timeagainst Sheridan and againstHumber on January 30. For anyplayer, playing at a high intensitylevel throughout the game makes itdifficult to maintain a fast pace.

“Fatigue played a huge part inour loss against Humber; we wereplaying guys too long,” saidMarcotullio.

The Falcons had a hot start totheir 2012/13 season, winning fivestraight games before being defeat-ed by the Algoma Thunderbirds.This came on the heels of leg-endary coach Glenn Johnston, theOCAA’s longest-serving coach,passing his torch to Marcotullio.Marcotullio had great success withhigh school basketball and is a for-mer Laurier Goldenhawk player.He took the team’s reins deter-mined to come out from under theshadow of Johnston.

Fanshawe finished off last sea-son with a 12 win and six lossrecord. Marcotullio will be lookingto improve on that with theFalcons’ current 12 wins, fourlosses. With four more games leftin the regular season and the hope-ful return of their key starters, thisis their opportunity to improvetheir third-place OCAA rankingand try for a medal again inProvincials. Last year was bronze;will it be gold this year?

The Falcons’ next game will beat home against the RedeemerRoyals on February 13 at 8:30 p.m.


CREDIT: MEGAN MCPHADEN

Fanshawe’s Andrew McIntosh (#21) drives to net versus the Humber Hawks.

If you’re getting ready to cele-brate Single’s Awareness Day onyour lonesome, why not take alook at some of the most attractiveathletes in sport? Here are threesoccer players you can learn tolove on February 14 and beyond.

Juan Mata is like the perfect girl-friend. He’s well-spoken, petite,and has the perfect amount ofscruff. However, it’s Mata’s per-formance on the field that willmake you fall in love. He’s packedin such a small frame that he candribble like some of the best in thegame. He has a real eye for the net,putting in a calm 10 goals so farthis campaign. Even while playingbehind a central striker likeFernando Torres (now Demba Ba)and alongside other talents likeOscar and Eden Hazard, Matas hasscored some impressive goals.Juan is clearly the only Juan for asoccer fan, since he has solidifiedhimself as a top midfielder in thebest league in the world.

Vincent Kompany is for all youladies and gents out there whowant a man who can protect you.He has been routinely the bestdefender in the Premier Leagueand the world. Kompany is amodel professional for ManchesterCity. He focuses on his game anddoesn’t let anything affect his play,

so if you have a questionable per-sonality, he’ll likely keep yougrounded during your love spree.When he was given a now over-turned red card against Arsenal, hetook it without argument. After thegame, he even said he had nogrudge against the referee for theclearly wrong decision. Kompanyis a class act, and would makegreat Kompany this Valentine’sDay.

Finally the one who’s in everygirl’s (or woman’s) dreams: DavidBeckham. Women want him andmen want to be him. This Januarytransfer window, he trained withnumerous teams and finished inFrance with Paris Saint-Germain.This comes after he spent a goodbulk of his career in an unknownland also known as America, play-ing for the Los Angeles Galaxy. Ifyou are a soccer fan reading this,you should thank him tremendous-ly for all that he’s done for you,and this continent. At this point,he’s like an ex-girlfriend whomoved on, but only because shemoved away or something; thatspark is still there, you enjoyedyour time with her, but it’s time forher to move on and pursue otherthings. What he did for soccer onthis continent made soccer fans fallin love with him even more. Forthe ladies who have somehowmissed one of Beckham’s manyhalf-naked ad campaigns, look outfor his new H&M ads that featureBeckham in nothing but boxerbriefs.

Show soccer playerssome love

FANSHAWE FCMARTY [email protected]: @martythompson_

Ball Hockey StandingsGroup One

Team W L T Pts

Dickerson Cider 2 0 0 4

MSARGO 1 0 0 2

Draconics 1 0 0 2

A Style 1 0 0 2

Clean Sweep 1 0 0 2

Blood Bath & B... 1 1 0 2

Easton Infection 1 1 0 2

Balls To The Wall 0 1 0 0

Minnesota Lippers 0 1 0 0

Hack N Slash 0 2 0 0

Fruit Luples 0 2 0 0

Group Two

Team W L T Pts

Sniping Pockets ... 2 0 0 4

Patrick Swayzes 1 0 0 2

Multiple Score... 1 0 0 2

Waterloo Wheelers 1 0 0 2

Clarke Dirty Dogs 0 0 0 0

MRTini’s 0 0 0 0

Dusty Muffs 0 1 0 0

Beers Ago 0 1 0 0

Rollin’ Coal 0 1 0 0

Volts 0 2 0 0

Dutch Rutters 0 2 0 0

Group Three

Team W L T Pts

Bangers 2 0 1 5

Happy Gilmores 2 0 0 4

Clam Chodas 1 0 0 2

Dirty Mike & Boys 1 1 0 2

Liquor Box 0 0 1 1

Team Iceland 0 0 0 0

Wanna Puck 0 1 0 0

Abusement Park 0 1 0 0

Reckless 0 1 0 0

The Mighty Ducks 0 2 0 0

Group Four

Team W L T Pts

No Name 2 0 0 4

Shanahand me a ... 2 0 0 4

The Zamboners 2 0 0 4

Buk Hockey 1 0 0 2

Jager Bombers 1 1 0 2

Big Joel and the ... 1 1 0 2

Cole World 0 1 0 0

Abusement Park 0 1 0 0

Muffalo Shavers 0 2 0 0

Cleveland Steamers 0 2 0 0

Ketola’s Angels 0 2 0 0

Intramural Standings

VolleyballGroup One

Team W L T Pts

Volleyhoots 2 0 0 4

Nagels Nightmares 2 0 0 4

Clam Divers 2 1 0 4

Mo’ Money Make.. 2 1 0 4

Sloppy Sets 2 1 0 4

Killer Gummi ... 1 1 0 2

Notorious Dig 1 1 0 2

The Cultivars 1 1 0 2

Sets On The Beach 1 2 0 2

Tom Brady Sucks 1 2 0 2

Sets On The Beach 1 2 0 2

CADD Monkeys 0 0 0 0

Lumbar Jacks 0 0 0 0

Block Block, ... 0 1 0 0

Tig Ol’ Bitties 0 3 0 0

Group Two

Team W L T Pts

Inidivudals 3 0 0 6

Bazinga 2 0 0 4

Balls N Dolls 2 1 0 4

Idiopathic Allstarts 2 1 0 4

Block Party 1 1 0 2

I’d Hit That 1 1 0 2

Safe Sets 1 1 0 2

Spiked Punch 1 1 0 2

Tigers 1 1 0 2

Will Work For Sets 1 1 0 2

FNC Mawlers 0 0 0 0

Swingers 0 0 0 0

Kiss My Ace 0 2 0 0

Team For Play 0 2 0 0

Keep Calm & ... 0 3 0 0

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