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#FSUINTERROBANGQUESTION OF THE WEEK

Beautiful women get better gradesA study originating from an

American university found thatwomen who are deemed more at-tractive get higher grades than theirless attractive classmates.

The study, which took place atMetropolitan State University ofDenver, rated the attractivenessof students based on their studentidentification photos. The research-ers looked at more than 6,500 stu-dent photo cards and over 168,000

course grades according to InsideHigher Ed.The study found there was a grade

increase of 0.024 in a womans GPAon a 4.0 scale with every one stan-dard increase in attractiveness.

Rey Hernndez-Julin, one of thelead researchers in the study, saidvia email that he was not surprisedby the results.

We know that appearance mat-

ters, many studies have shown thisbut we dont always know why,Hernndez-Julin said.

He said the studys main contri-bution was to find out if there wasa difference in grades dependingon whether a course took place ina traditional classroom setting com-pared to an online course, not justto see if attractiveness had an effecton grades, as many studies havealready proved correct. The studyfound that the difference in gradesbased on levels of attractiveness didnot occur in online courses.

Hernndez-Julin said this is themost interesting fact to come out ofthe study.

What I see as the key findinghere: as the students appearanceincreases, the difference in gradesbetween online and traditionalclasses gets larger, with tradition-al courses being the ones with thehigher grades, he said. He addedthis suggests that the return to ap-

pearance does not come from un-observable traits, such as higherability or higher effort.

Hernndez-Julin said there aremany possible factors that contrib-ute to more attractive students earn-ing higher grades.

It could be the case, though,that students who know they areattractive have higher levels ofconfidence when they know theycan be seen, and not in online envi-ronments, and that this confidencetranslates to higher grades, he said.We know that confidence matters,

and we believe that discriminationis a factor.The study found that mens

grades were not affected based ontheir level of attractiveness.

Students should not be too wor-ried about the results of this study,as the grade increase is not drastic.A student who earned a D grade willnot magically earn an A grade justbecause they are considered beauti-

ful. More realistically, an attractivestudent may earn an A- grade wherea less attractive student may haveearned a B+ grade.

The fact that appearance mattersso much more when you can be seensuggests that the explanations thatargue that appearance is capturinginformation about other productivetraits is not as convincing as that theappearance itself is the source of thedifference in outcomes, he said.

Does the fact that a students lev-el of attractiveness can earn thema higher grade mean a lack of ac-

ademic integrity? Hernndez-Julinsaid no.It could be that in traditional

classroom environments peers helpthe better looking students, or thatbetter-looking students are partic-ularly adept at the kind of assign-ments that are present in traditionalclassrooms and not online, such asoral assignments, Hernndez-Ju-lin said.

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CREDIT: TEKSOMOLIKA / ISTOCK / THINKSTOCK

A recent study found that women who are considered more attractive get higher grades, but only in traditional classroom settings as opposed to o nline classes.

Syrian refugee rumours debunked

The Liberal Party of Canadacampaigned on bringing 25,000Syrian refugees to Canada by theend of 2015. We are now two weeksinto 2016 and only 7,000 refugeeshave arrived in Canada out of the4.3 million still waiting.

Divisive rumours have beenspreading across Canada makingsome Canadians feel unimportantand forgotten.

And rumours they are. The Face-book post that traveled aroundclaiming that Syrian refugees arebeing given over $60 a day per

person for food while welfare re-cipients in British Columbia onlyreceive $3 a day for food, has beendebunked by government officials.

There is some confusion thatfunding given to hotels that tem-porarily house refugees in roomswithout kitchenettes are meal al-lowance rates, B.C.s Ministryof Social Development told CBCNews on Jan. 7.

The monthly income support,which includes allowance for food,for a single person living in Van-couver is $235. This is the sameamount that a refugee receives,

Nancy Chan, a communicationsadviser in the Immigration Depart-ment, told CBC News.

There was also a dispute overwhether refugees receive more in-come support and benefits thanpensioners do.

Refugees do not get more finan-cial help from the federal govern-ment than Canadian pensioners do,the Government of Canada websitestated. The amount of monthly fi-nancial support that government-as-sisted refugees get is based on pro-vincial social assistance rates. Itis the minimum amount needed tocover only the most basic food andshelter needs.

The Government of Canada goeson to remind people many refu-gees selected for resettlement toCanada have been forced to flee

their country because of extremehardshipWhen they arrive inCanada, they must start their livesagain in a country very differentfrom their own.

The government also went onto say, In keeping with Canadasproud humanitarian traditions, indi-viduals and families get immediateand essential services and supportto help them become established inCanada.

And also according to the Gov-ernment of Canada website, refu-gees receive basic health coverage,supplemental coverage and pre-

scription drug coverage.The level of coverage provided

through the [Interim Federal HealthProgram] for supplemental bene-fits and prescription medications issimilar to the level of coverage thatmay be provided by [provincial orterritorial] governments to certainresidents, including residents re-ceiving social assistance.

Refugees not only have to sup-port their families on a low income,but some are struggling to find aplace to live.

Sandra Onufryk, a retired librar-ian helping to privately sponsor arefugee family, has faced great dif-ficulty trying to find them a home.

Being an affluent, blonde whitewoman, Ive never really experi-enced any prejudice in Canada.And so when someone told me they

wouldnt rent because I was askingabout Syrian refugees, I was flab-bergasted, she told the Globe andMail.

While some refugees are strug-gling to find a home, others arebeing assaulted with pepper sprayin what police are treating as a hatecrime.

Although the motive for thepepper-spraying is unknown atthis time, investigators are treatingit as a hate motivated crime, untildetermined otherwise, VancouverPolice Sgt. Randy Fincham said ina news release.

The incident occurred on Jan. 8around 10:30 p.m. when a groupof refugees left a welcome eventheld at the Muslim Association ofCanada Centre in Vancouver.

A man wearing a white hoodedsweater rode up on a bicycle andstarted spraying the dozens of men,women and children who werewaiting out front for a bus.

A witness to the attack, AmarRamadan, was inside the buildingwhen it happened.

Next thing you know, people arerunning and screaming, everyonesdashing inside. A bunch of kidswere crying. I was a little confusedas to what was happening, Rama-dan told CBC News.

A guy at the front actually was,like, his eyes were completely cov-ered, he couldnt see for a whole,

like, 20 minutes. Some kids got un-conscious because of how strong itwas, Ramadan said. A bunch ofwomen and children, they were alljust affected by it.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeautweeted, I condemn the attack onSyrian refugees in Vancouver. Thisisnt who we are and doesnt re-flect the warm welcome Canadianshave offered.

The Liberal Party of Canada stillintends to bring in 25,000 Syrianrefugees by March 1.

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4Volume 48 Issue No. 17 January 18, 2016 theinterrobang.caNEWS

Fanshawe grad to release inspirational book

Fanshawe alumnus and Londonresident, Chris Olech, is about torelease his first book.

Entitled The Fighter Within:Everyone Has a Fight, this workcontains interviews and insightsfrom some of the best championsin many areas of fighting includingboxing, mixed martial arts (MMA),jiu jitsu, Muay Thai and Sambo.

Famous coach of championsFiras Zahabi even penned a chap-ter titled The Jiu Jitsu Principleswhich are proven strategies andphilosophies stemming from Japanfrom battle tested and business fieldtested concepts, which took hun-dreds of years of experience andrefining, Olech said.

Though some might think thisbook is geared towards a specificaudience, Olech wants to make sure

people understand there is some-thing for everyone.

This book is for everyone, thedie hard fight fan, the interestedreader and individuals who haveno concept of the fight world, butwant to learn a little about it andbe inspired by the countless sto-ries and experiences that will affecteveryone positively regardless ofwhat stage of their life they are incurrently.

The book is already for presaleon Amazon and releasing world-wide on Feb 2.

An added bonus to purchasingthe book is that the legendary fight-er, UFC hall of famer, actor andtelevision host Bas Rutten, wrote

the foreword.During the eight years that it tookto write this book, Olech noted thatthere were many highlights and ex-periences that he will never forget.

The travels around the world togyms and fight venues as well asthe opportunity to meet my idols,such as Bas Rutten, and learn lifelessons from them is something thatI will always cherish.

Another highlight to writing thisbook was the chance to see legend-ary fighters in a different light.

Getting an interview with FedorEmelianenkos wife and gaining adifferent insight into the stoic Rus-sian legend like never before seen isalso a highlight.

Olech began training in MMAafter being inspired by a seminar

hosted by Welterweight champion,Matt Hughs.

Olech is now a winner in theGrapplers Quest Brazilian Jiu JitsuTournament with a gold finish, aswell as being a certified AthleticPerformance Inc. Caveman Train-ing Instructor.

Many of his fights are document-ed first hand in the book.

His advice for anyone interestedin the sport of MMA is to search outreputable gyms and trainers, as wellas taking a few classes.

The biggest thing is to under-stand that first comes hard workand proper training, then everythingwill follow, eventually the strongstudent that always twists you into

a pretzel will tap out to you.Being that he is a freelance jour-nalist and now a published author,Olech has great advice for anyoneinterested in making a career out ofwriting.

Aspiring journalists and writ-ers need to be formed of water, tobe able to transform and bend withwhatever gets thrown at them andadapt quickly. There is a tremen-dous amount of work, sacrifices andtime spent into perfecting our craftand building our readership.

On top of perfecting your career,Olech also stated the importance ofbuilding a team of support aroundyou.

I learned to research and knockon as many doors as possible untilsomeone opens and invites you in,

and especially being a first time au-thor, there are many doors to knockon before someone shows enoughbelief in you and your work to helpyou out. Patience is key.

Fast readers of Olechs workhowever will not need too muchpatience as he is already half waythrough work on his second book.

Olech also eluded to having ac-tors such as Alain Moussi, whoplays the lead role in the upcom-ing kick boxer film and RobertEnglund, who portrayed Fred-dy Krueger in Nightmare on ElmStreet, in the book.

The biggest lesson that Olechlearned while writing his first bookis not what you might think.

After interviewing some greatfighters and amazing athletes ul-timately what he discovered is nothow to throw a mean right hook, butrather that the individuals we idol-ize on television are just like youand I, they followed their dreams,sometimes with many detours andcarved out their own legacy in life,making them champions in theirsport and life.

Olech encourages those whowould like updates on his work andaccess to exclusive giveaways suchas signed Bas Rutten and FedorEmelianenko gloves that will takeplace leading up to the release ofThe Fighter Within: Everyone Hasa Fight they can like his Facebookpage facebook.com/everyonehasa-fight.

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CREDIT: HECTOR QUINTERO

Fanshawe Alumni Chris Olech, shown here with MMA ghter Fedor Emelianenko, willrelease his rst book on Feb 2 t itled The Fighter Within: Everyone Has a Fight.

Applying to college now assimple as opening an app

The Ontario College ApplicationService (OCAS) has released a freemobile phone app available for an-droid and apple devices designedto make the college applicationprocess as effortless as possible, ac-cording to a press release.

It makes applying to any pro-gram easier. Our find a programsearch functionality has beenmoved to the mobile device so youcan search for programs and easilyadd them to your application withjust a click, said Alissa Robson,manager of marketing and commu-nications for the OCAS.

The app, according to a press re-lease, maintains all of the function-ality of the original online applica-tion process, allowing users to loginto their Ontario Colleges accountsfrom a mobile device.

It can be found by searching on-tariocolleges.ca in the App Storeand or Google Play.

You can search [for] programs,create your application, requestyour documents and pay, then man-age your offers once your applica-

tion is complete, Robson said.Another notable feature is the

ability to create a Favourites listof chosen college programs.

A major plus to the app is theconvenience it affords its users.

It basically puts the applicationin your hand; you dont have to benear a desktop to research programsor check your offersyou can do iton the go, Robson said.

According to Robson, one of themost beneficial parts of the app isthat you can check your offers withthe click of a button.

Probably the biggest feature of

it I think is just the ability to easilycheck your offers of admission onceyou apply. Probably the next bigexciting point is to see when thoseoffers start coming in, so this makesit a lot easier to quickly open andcheck whats in there as opposedto going back to your desktop andhaving to log into your applicationthat way.

According to OCAS director ofservice delivery, Paul Wemyss, themobile app was perfected throughextensive testing and research withfocus groups.

Its as secure as our existing[online] application; it follows allthe same processes on the back end.I wouldnt have any reservations atall; its just a different form of expe-rience, Robson said.

The app was developed in accor-dance with requests made by Ontar-io Colleges users.

We created the app based on di-rect feedback from our applicantsthrough our surveys and our callcentrethe mobile experience wassomething they were looking forwe just knew it was top of line forapplicants to have that mobile expe-rience, Robson said.

The response from Ontario Col-leges applicants has been consis-tent with these findings.

Weve actually had 5,000 activeusers since we launched the fullversion of the app which includedthe apply and pay functionality Icould definitely see it being the pre-ferred method, Robson said.

Robson hopes to see the app keepgrowing in popularity.

We hope its meeting the needsof our applicants and gives them agreat experience and another wayto connect with the application tocollege.

CREDIT: NICK REYNO

The OCAS mobile app gives a simple and stress-free way to apply to college.

CHRIS RUSSELLINTERROBANG

CREDIT: ALLEN GAYNOR

Are you an avid anime admirer? Well you should have checked out Clubs Day on Jan. 13 from 10 a.m. 2 p.m. in F-Hallway. If youdidnt have a chance to visit, go to fsu.ca/clubs for a list of clubs on campus.


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Fanshawe leading the way in

sexual violence prevention

As was revealed by Metrothrough an Access to Informationrequest, former minister on the Sta-tus of Women Kellie Leitch saidthat in general, Canadian collegesand universities were falling behindwhen it came to preventative andresponsive measures surroundingsexual violence on their campuses.

The minister was critical on howpost-secondary institutions do nothave a uniform way of dealingwith this issue, particularly when itcomes to discussing bystander in-tervention.

The government believed thatcampuses were not taking appro-priate measures to ensure their stu-dents safety; this shows that con-versations surrounding Canadiancolleges and universities and howthey handle cases of sexual vio-lence on campuses, but plans forfuture action were in the works.

But where does Fanshawe fall inall of this?

Leah Marshall, the sexual vio-lence prevention advisor at Fan-shawe, said the college is keepingup with the promises they madewhen they hired her only a fewmonths ago.

Her position at the college is a

first in the country.Fanshawe aimed to hold at least

two prevention campaigns everymonth while also focusing on stu-dent outreach.

[We wanted] to let studentsknow that this is a service that isavailable and that we are able toconfidentially support students andconnect them with campus or com-munity resources, Marshall said.It was a really big first step, mak-ing this new group of students at thecollege aware that this even exists.

She said she is proud of whatFanshawe has accomplished in the

first semester and hopes to keep themomentum going in the second se-mester.

Students were able to take partin multiple awareness campaignsincluding Draw the Line and theReDress Project.

Though Fanshawe is leading theway when it comes to sexual vio-lence awareness and prevention oncampuses, there is always room formore. Marshall said she recentlytook part in a course called Bring-ing in the Bystander along withresidence leaders and campus secu-rity. She hopes to one day offer thecourse to Fanshawe students.

Part of prevention is having ev-erybody know that they play an ac-tive role in ending sexual violence,Marshall said, with bystandersplaying an important part.

One upcoming event will bringLaci Green, a YouTube feministblogger and sexpert, to Fanshaweon Feb. 1.

Marshall said the fact that Fan-shawe is taking action towards pre-venting sexual violence is a greatstep towards a culture free of suchbehaviours.

We know that sexual violenceis happening all over Canada, soin order to support students [Fan-shawe] is stepping forward and op-erationalizing the policy, Marshall

said. Its not just saying we have asexual violence policy, its sayingwe have a way to actually put thispolicy into action, and its reallyimportant for students to feel proudthat their college has something soprogressive.

For more information aboutfuture events at Fanshawe or forassistance regarding sexual vio-lence please contact Leah Mar-shall at 519-452-4430 ext. 4465 orat [email protected]. TheCounselling and Accessibility Of-fice is in room F2010.

KERRA SEAYINTERROBANG

CREDIT: IPGGUTENBERGUKLTD / ISTOCK / THINKSTOCK

Former minister on the Status of Women criticized college and university campusesfor falling behind when it came to sexual violence prevention and awareness, butFanshawe has been leading the way with its campaigns and initiatives.

Leap your way to $1,000Leap Junction is giving Fan-

shawe students the chance to pitcha 60-second start-up business ideaand be put in the running to win$1,000 on Jan. 28.

The event is called Trampoline:Launch Your Leap and it is a two-part session. The first section of theevent will be held on Jan. 21, wherestudents will be able to attend aworkshop to learn how to masterthe perfect pitch.

[At the workshop], Anna Foat,[from Big Dog Sales Consulting], isgoing to come in and help studentsknow what is a good thing to put ina pitch, make sure they are reach-ing the right audience, make surethat they are making it fun and in-teresting, said Annette Markvoort,

entrepreneurial animator at LeapJunction.

According to Markvoort, this isnot an event solely for students.

We are open to every studentacross every category in Fanshawe,not only students but youth aged18 to 29; if you have a friend youknow who has a business idea orwho wants to make a pitch, they arewelcome to join us as well.

Anyone who attends the work-shop on the 21st is then eligible tosign up for the pitch on the 28th.

Anyone who participates [in thepitch] has to go to the workshop,but everyone who goes to the work-shop does not have to participate [inthe pitch], Markvoort said.

Both of the events will be held inFanshawes Welcome Lounge, lo-cated in F1010.

Trampoline is all about helpingyou launch your leap into a new

business; creating a 60-secondpitch, you need to be able to artic-ulate what it is you want to do ina very short time so people under-stand what your business model is,Markvoort said.

And for this pitch, there will be

no props allowed, just one-minuteof you talking to the judges, whowill be a mix of professors and en-trepreneurs from the community,about your idea.

Leap Junction is here to help anystudent who is interested in startingtheir own business by connectingthem to things in the community,connecting them to the funding thatis available [and also] by connect-ing them to the workshops.

And according to Markvoort, shebelieves an event like this is justwhat students need to be able toleap into their dream start-up busi-ness.

JESSICA THOMPSONINTERROBANG

CREDIT: STEWART WEST / ISTOCK / THINKSTOCK

Pitch your start-up business in 60-second and leap your way to the $1,000 grand prize.


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The Trump card

Donald Trump is a lot like Mr. T from TheA Team. Theyre both international icons,sport obnoxious hairstyles and are mostlyaround for comic relief. The scary thing isthat one of them might get laughed all theway into the Oval Office.

Politics in the United States is an entirelydifferent ballgame than in the Great WhiteNorth. Theyre actually not even in the sameleague. They might not even be playing thesame sport.

On one hand is the Republican Party. InCanada, most of the Republican candidatesstatements would be met with so much out-rage that theyd be forced to withdraw fromthe election. The Democrats on the otherhand would be regarded as a strongly rightleaning party comparable to the ProgressiveConservatives.

The entire spectrum of politics in the Unit-ed States is a mile to the right of that whichwe have here in Canada. As a result, thereare policy positions held by the RepublicanParty which would border on hate-speech inour country. Whether its gun control, mar-riage equality or a womans right to choose,the Republican Party would prefer to ploughahead with their 20th century ideals.

Despite the radically right-wing policies ofthe Republican Party, Donald Trump is intenton taking a sledgehammer to the wall, which

separates conservatism and fascism.The world did a collective face-palm when

Trump stated that he would stop any personof the Islamic faith from entering the coun-try. His hatred of Islam certainly doesnt stemfrom his own personal faith, as decades of

tabloid coverage have revealed him to be atyrannical narcissist.

At the risk of writing an article entirelyabout a haircut with a crummy individualhiding underneath, this is the ideal momentto remind people that hes one of just four in-dividuals who could take charge of a globalsuperpower.

The only person standing between Trumpand the Republican Party leadership is Sen-ator Ted Cruz. Unlike Trump, Cruz is a rea-sonable individual who values equal rights,progressive taxation and a womans right tochoose. Just kidding, he doesnt support anyof those things. Cruz has publically statedthat marriage should be between a man and awoman and strongly opposes a higher tax onthose with a larger income.

The Republican Party is a terrifying orga-nization that seems to prefer the country pre-serve the proud legacy of the 80s. One canonly assume that a Republicans stash of por-nography consists almost entirely of RonaldReagan headshots.

The ramifications of a Republican pres-ident, regardless of whom it may be, couldbe detrimental to the relationship betweenour two countries in light of Prime MinisterTrudeau taking office.

Theres still 10 months before a new pres-ident will be chosen, but according to pollnumbers it will come down to the wire. Thecandidates from each party will be chosenin July and it appears as though it will comedown to Trump versus Cruz for the Republi-cans, and Hillary Clinton versus Bernie Sand-ers for the Democrats.

Trump is the poster boy for the American

dream. Nowhere else in the world could thefederal election come down to three can-didates with 70 years of combined politicalexperience, and one clown who has been sur-rounded by yes men his entire life.

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Is there actually a chance Donald Trump could take the title of president 10 months from now? Right now itis between him and Ted Cruz to take lead of the Republican Party.

The conventional David Bowie

I never followed David Bowie so I only

accidentally heard the songs of his that be-came popular. And any images that I saw ofhim likewise werent ones that I sought out,they just happened to jump out at me in therecord stores of the past or I would random-ly come across them as I turned the pages ofmagazines, and later, as I browsed websites.But even from these unplanned exposures tothe music and images of Bowie there was onething that was clear: he was a serious artist.

His music was meticulously produced. Hisstage posturing, make up, his entire publicimage, all of it was carefully executed. Hislyrics were intelligent. He played intelligent-ly with the image of a modern young Amer-ican. He empathized with the emotional lifeof the fictional Major Tom, who Bowie refer-enced in his song Space Oddity.

Under Pressure, a song created in col-laboration with Queen, captures a Bow-ie who understood the crisis of the modernand post-modern world. We are driven. In-creasingly technology and war demand ourattention. We are anxious about survival. Inthis pressured world is there any room forlove? Still, Why cant we give love anotherchance, the song asks.

Bowie will be praised to the skies for push-ing boundaries and challenging conventions.So, because Bowie was such a creative power,when I look at his thoughts about God I comeaway feeling disenchanted. Those thoughtsare, well, predicable and conventional.

The Hollowverse, an online source, looksat the religions and political views of theinfluential. It documents that Bowie movedaway from thinking that perhaps words likefaith and spirituality had meaning. Hewas moving towards the rejection of the idea

of God altogether.The site quotes Bowie. I was young, fan-

cy free and Tibetan Buddhism appealed to meat that time. I thought, Theres salvation. Itdidnt really work. Then I went through Ni-etzsche, Satanism, Christianity pottery,

and ended up singing. Its been a long road.According to the article, Bowie said in

2003, Im not quite an atheist and it worriesme. Theres that little bit that holds on: Well,Im almost an atheist. Give me a couple ofmonths.

Whats so cutting edge about that? To para-phrase an old expression, these days everyone

and their dog feel that their connection withGod is in trouble. Bowie went from Bud-dhism to Christianity to pottery. Not difficultto do since all through modern times youngpeople have lived alongside an infinite buffetof pop ideas, ideologies, philosophy courses,spiritual side orders and evening craft pro-grams at the local community college.

One of the songs on Bowies just releasedalbum is called Lazarus. Lazarus is acharacter who appears in the stories of Je-sus, which date from 2,000 years ago. AfterLazarus death, Jesus deliberately walked tothe site of his entombment. He asked that thestone at the entrance be removed. The peo-ple protested that there would be a smell, butJesus insisted. He then raised Lazarus fromthe dead.

Bowies song, however, doesnt appearto endorse the story. In the closing scene ofthe video for the piece, Bowie retreats backinto a wardrobe. Maybe he intended for thestory of Lazarus to be a mere foil. If so thesong can be seen as a response to Lazarus.Perhaps, more to the point, Bowies retreatinto the wardrobe says that in the end noneof us are going to emerge from death. Just getcomfortable with it and when yours comes,climb in and pull the door shut.

Every day at millions of burials around theplanet, pastors, priests, ministers and ordi-nary church leaders consider the accounts ofthe resurrection of Lazarus and others that ap-pear in the Bible. They read the four accountsof the discovery of Jesus empty grave andhis many appearances afterward. They repeatthe post-Jesus thinking of the Bible writersabout the meaning of his resurrection.

The last image of Bowie that many peo-

ple will remember appears in the Lazarusvideo. Bowie has burial strips across his eyessimilar to what Lazarus would have worn.Only in Bowies case screws hold down thestrips and they are not coming off. It doesnthave to be that way.

MICHAEL VEENEMARUMOURS OF GRACE

CREDIT: DOROT JEWISH DIVISION, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY. (1804). SEPULCHRAL CHAMBERS NEAR BETHANY

Lazarus is a character in stories of Jesus, he passes away in the story, but Jesus resurrects him. Bowies songhowever does not endorse the story, holding a ending that possibly illustrates in the end, none of us willemerge from death.


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SpaceX and Blue Origin are going to infnity, and beyond

Just because it was winter holi-days for students doesnt mean theworld of science took a break aswell. Here is what you may havemissed while you were busy withturkey dinners and too many des-serts to count.

New elements confirmed

Four new elements were official-ly introduced into the periodic tableby the International Union of Pureand Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

Releasing a press statement onDec. 30, the federation responsi-ble for upholding chemical namingstandards stated the seventh rowof the periodic table of elementshad been filled by elements 113,115,117 and 118.

Element 113 was discovered byJapanese scientists, while 115, 117and 118 were found by a joint Rus-sian-U.S. research team.

The elements were made when

the nucleus of lighter elementswere slammed together, resultingin stable new elements. Researchwill now focus on the isotopes thatemerged after the elements brokedown, or decayed.

Now that IUPAC has officiatedthe elements, its up to the originalresearchers to determine a name,who can choose from a number ofcategories including mythologicalconcepts, minerals, places and evenscientists names. For now though,the world welcomes ununtrium,ununpentium, ununseptium and un-

unoctium.InSight to remain groundedNASA has determined the In-

Sight probe that was to be launchedtowards Mars in March 2016 willhave to be delayed until at least2018. The probe will eventually besent to measure the crusts past andpresent composition, as well as anypossible changes to the Martian in-terior including lava flows and seis-mic events.

The Interior exploration usingSeismic Investigations Geodesy andHeat Transport lander was groundedon Dec. 22 after its Seismic Exper-

iment for Interior Structure (SEIS)seismometer failed to withstandsub-zero temperatures.

A vacuum seal is required forthe instruments three main sensorsto continue working with extremeprecision while enduring Marsaverage negative 50 degrees Cel-sius nights. The instrument failedbecause it was only being tested atnegative 45 degrees Celsius.

The December test was requiredafter a previous leak was foundearlier in 2015. Now, officials havedecided there wasnt enough time

to fix the instrument while com-pleting the remaining work andsafety checks before their March30 deadline.

Mars and Earth line up for thecomplex manoeuvres requiredwhen launching rockets betweenthe two planets every 26 months,even then the perfect window onlylasts a few weeks. This year thatwindow ends March 30, too closefor NASAs comfort.

Despite the setback, more timecan now be taken to rigorously testthe SEIS module and the rest ofInSight before the next anticipated

launch window in 2018.Billionaires rocket club has

first feudBack in November, Amazon

founder and CEO Jeff Bezos BlueOrigin rocket successfully launched100.5 kilometres upwards to theedge of space, into the KrmnLine, where space begins.

On top of the rocket, was a cap-sule designed to carry passengers.Eleven minutes after the rocket waslaunched, the capsule returned backto Earth with the help of parachutes.

The operation is significant to

the space travelling community be-cause it marks a successful step tosend humans to space in a reusablerocket.

This successful mission took thehighly coveted title out of anotherbillionaires hands, Elon Musk.

After his rocket company SpaceXhad tried to land their Falcon 9first stage booster on ocean bargesand failed twice, there were someheated tweets between the two bil-lionaires. Finally, Musk decidedenough was enough.

On Dec. 21, SpaceX went andachieved the same feat as Blue Or-

igin, albeit with a much more im-pressive show.

The Falcon 9 rocket successfullylaunched, streaking past theKrmnLineand delivered a payload of 11Orbcomm satellites into low earthorbit, and returned to earths surfacein a successful landing, taking thetitle out of Origins hands.

Musk has stated the booster isready for ground tests after beinglooked over for damage, and hasntcompletely ruled out the option oflaunching the historic vehicle again.

While both Musk and Bezos

were taking swipes at each otherover who won, many scientistshave pointed out the success of bothisnt comparable.

While Blue Origin is meant forfour-minute weightlessness tourism,SpaceX is focusing on sending hu-mans into orbit for extended periodsof time. Despite the difference, itssafe to say humanitys about to entera whole new era of space travel.

Between brand new elements anda billionaire space race, last yearwas a blast but 2016 is sure to beteeming with exciting scientific dis-coveries.

ABlackstar for a somber time

Throughout all of his eras andpersonas, from the exuberant ZiggyStardust to the understated front-man of Tin Machine, David Bowiewas art. While some may argue thathis musical career died a number ofyears ago, the legacy he left behindwill continue for decades to come.On Jan. 8, David Bowie releasedthe final chapter of this legacy, enti-tledBlackstar.

The album debuted on Bowies

birthday, a mere two days beforehis untimely passing. He clearlyknew Blackstarwould be his finalfarewell to the world and this mind-set can be clearly heard through therecords haunting instrumentationand despairing lyricism. Its a sur-real experience,listening to an art-ists death album.To step into themind of someoneso brazenly awareof their own frag-ile existence is un-settling and quitemoving.Blackstar opens

up with a single

by the same name, Blackstar; a10-minute work that can be bro-ken up into two equally troublingsections. A somber wind and stringensemble, accompanied by discor-dant guitar, sets the stage for Bow-ies haunting and symbolic lyrics inthe first half. The song focuses ona final candle in the centre of a cityof serpents. Is it hope? Is it Bow-ie? Is it nonsense? Pitting this lightagainst serpents serves as an earlyintroduction to the biblical themeswoven throughout this album.

The symbolism here is interject-ed in the second half of the songwith Bowies bittersweet hope thatartists will continue his experimen-

tal drive for innovation. He hopesthat worthy successors will take hisplace and refuses to accept the sad

state of todays pop music.While Bowie has dabbled in

many genres from rock to electroni-ca and nearly everything in between,Blackstar has a distinctive sort ofjazz influence. Not the finger-snap-ping sort of swing jazz, more of therainy avant-garde sort of jazz.

While Bowie has always fa-voured his native instrument,the saxophone, the subdued andgloomy instrumentation of this al-bum highlights just how prevalentit is. From the dissonant and chaot-ic conclusion of Blackstar, to theatmospheric opening of Lazarusand the heartfelt meanderings ofDollar Days, the saxophone isnearly as expressive as Bowies

own vocals.While much of Blackstar comes

across as disconcerting, GirlLoves Me is one of the more lyr-ically unsettling songs, due mostlyto Bowies repeated question ofWhere the fuck did Monday go?

The fact thatBowie passedaway on a Sundaygives this lyrican entirely newmeaning. Bowiewill never knowthat Monday, orany other Mon-day thereafter.The lack of anyresponse to his

question also alludes to the fact thatBowie presumed he wouldnt bethere on Monday to answer him-self. Perhaps this is a simple coinci-dence, but youd be hard pressed todeny its inherent eeriness.

Although the lyrics of Blackstarwill be read and read again, thereare two songs in particular that de-serve our attention.

The first of these is Lazarus,the albums second single. In thissong Bowie likens himself to thebiblical figure, a man that Jesusbrought back from the dead. Bow-ie has put a number of his personasto rest over the years, only to riseagain revitalized and full of new

adventure.This song shows Bowies battle

between accepting his death andhoping to somehow escape it, justas Lazarus did.

The second song on this albumthat shows this inner struggle isDollar Days. Bowie sings ofblissful English evergreens and hisdesire to fool the world yet again inproclaiming his death. While Bow-ie shows that he doesnt need anidea of paradise to accept his death,he repeats, Im dying to for muchof the song. This phrase can be tak-

en as a primal desire to go on, tokeep making music, but can also beinterpreted as Im dying too, anacceptance of a fate he cannot alter.

Dollar Days feels like a directmessage from Bowie to his fans,perhaps even eclipsing his addressin Lazarus. An apology of sortscan be found in the lyric Dontbelieve for just one second Im for-getting about you. This is a mes-sage that will stick with his family,friends and fans for a long time tocome.

Through and through, the occult

and biblical themes of this albumcreate a tremendous amount of un-certainty and unease for listeners.This isnt necessarily a bad thingthough. Music is created to movepeople, not to serve as mindlessbackground music for Walmartcommercials. Its a shame the worlddoesnt have more music like theBlackstar album. This is the kind ofart that makes you think, it conjuresintense emotions and it carries withyou long after you finish listening.Blackstar proves that you can

find beauty even in death.

CREDIT: COLUMBIA

, pronounced Blackstar, is the fnal chapter in David Bowies epic saga.

his final farewell

to the world and

this mindset can

be clearly heard

through the

records haunting

instrumentation and

despairing lyricism.

NICK REYNOWRECKORD REVIEWS

JERROLD RUNDLEINTERROBANG


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What is dead may never die

Set somewhere in the West in the1820s, The Revenanttells the storyof Hugh Glass, a man who was leftfor dead after barely surviving agruesome grizzly attack. Based ona true story, the movie adds somecreative flourishes while attempt-ing to maintain as true to the timesas possible.

First off, this is a movie that wasincredibly well cast. Both LeonardoDiCaprio and Tom Hardy have al-ready proven themselves to be greatactors, and this movie gives both

ample opportunity to display theirability to its fullest. DiCaprio com-pletely loses the smooth pretty-boypersona the audience is far moreused to seeing from him, complete-ly falling into the rough character ofGlass.

However, the leads are far fromthe most compelling characters inthis movie. That honour insteadgoes to the supporting cast, espe-cially those in First Nations roles.Along with being culturally appro-priate, every single one of the FirstNations actors did a truly incrediblejob. Melaw Nakehko, in her role asPowaqa, manages to put more emo-

tion into a single look than half thecast puts into the entire movie.

The fact that these characters, es-pecially Powaqa, are so compellingactually becomes a bit of a problemfor the film. While Glass story isplenty thrilling and inspirational,the subplots take away a lot of thefocus. Instead, the audience is oftenleft wondering what happened toother characters as the movie jumpsfrom one group to another with lit-tle care for continuity.

These side-stories are often fas-cinating, but almost too much so.An entire second movie could havebeen done about Glass past, evenif a decent chunk of that was madeup for this movie, and Powaqaspersonal struggle both could andshould have been given a lot more

time.Even with the bouncing around

in The Revenant, the intensity of thesituation is never really lost. Per-haps these side-stories were meantto prevent the type of feeling givenin a movie like The Road, where thefilm generates a constant tension inthe audience that leaves them com-pletely exhausted by the experience.

A big part of the intensity TheRevenant has is in the landscape,the vast uncharted forests of Albertaand British Columbia. The dangersof Canada in the winter are wellknown to all of us who live here,and, knowing what we do in the

cold, watching someone survive it,especially when constantly wet andseverely injured, almost completelydefies belief. While other aspectswere rewritten, this part of the story

was close to the true events.Overall, The Revenant is a well-

cast and intense story of overcom-ing truly impossible odds. Whilethe plot skips around more than one

might like and the framing choicesare often weird and uncomfortable,the scenes that are focussed on arebeyond compelling, drawing the au-dience in with every new challenge.

PAM-MARIEGUZZOINTERROBANG

CREDIT: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX (2015)

With excellent casting and a perilous setting, The Revenantis a flm that demands your attention.


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All hail the princessThirty-eight years ago, an intrep-

id young filmmaker by the name ofGeorge Lucas cast a young, fresh-faced and 105-pound 19-year-oldwoman named Carrie Fisher as theleading lady in an offbeat sci-fi filmentitled Star Wars: A New Hope.Fast forward to December 2015and, unless youre a space worm liv-ing inside a meteor, you and every-one you know have since gone outto see the record-breaking release ofthe series seventh installation, StarWars: The Force Awakens.

And even if you are a space worm,it should come as no surprise thatin the interim Fisher has, despiteher best efforts, failed to avoid thehighly common process of aging.Even so, various critics throughoutthe Internet have called unnecessaryattention to her unavoidably alteredappearance in the new film, provok-ing a reaction from the actress whotweeted, Youth&BeautyR/NOTACCOMPLISHMENTS,theyretheTEMPORARY happy/BiProd-ucts/of Time&/or DNA.

While Fishers acerbic wit speaksfor itself, the fact that mass atten-tion was all-too-easily redirectedfrom her successful career to her

body succumbing to its natural pro-cesses has been nothing short ofdisappointing. After all, it doesnttake much investigating to discov-er that with Fisher, looks are buta small, happenstance part of thepackage. Not only is she a whip-smart Hollywood icon, shes also atalented novelist to boot.

Postcards from the Edge (1987)is the first of five novels CarrieFisher has written, in addition to herscreenplays, memoirs and plays.Following its critical success, Fish-er went on to adapt the book intoa similarly successful film starring

Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLainein 1990.

Semiautobiographical in tone,the novel opens inside a rehab cen-tre where actress Suzanne Vale isrecovering from a drug overdose.As the novel shifts through the per-spectives and narratives of Vale andher equally troubled associates, webegin to understand how all the su-perficial confusions of Hollywoodcan drive a person to graduallyself-destruct with sex, junk foodand illicit substances. Establishingan identity and learning to properlytake care of oneself is tricky enoughwithout the scrutiny of an entire na-tion; imagine how hard it becomeswhen every single bad decision be-comes tabloid fodder and industrygossip.

A book written by the daughter ofHollywood royalty and beneficiaryof cult status may threaten to readas a compendium of first-worldcomplaints, yet Fishers heroine isin fact relatable in her thinly veiledquests for love, comfort and accep-tance. The overall story covers herdaily search for meaningful rela-tionships, a fulfilling vocation andemotional security. Naturally a talesuch as this can never be neatly tiedup, but the novel cleverly gets thepoint across that this search is in-

finitely ongoing and remarkable inits own right.

Postcards from the Edge is ascintillating insight into themes ofaddiction and the hilarity of humanflaws, both of which are just asprevalent now as they were in 1987.Having had intimate experiencein both realms throughout her oddlife, Fisher writes with a brash, hu-morous and articulate honesty thatis sadly not so prevalent, inside oroutside the hills of Hollywood. Thebook is the perfect proof that Car-rie Fisher is, and always has been,more than a pretty set of buns.

CREDIT: GEORGE CORSILLO (COVER), SIMON AND SCHUSTER (PUBLISHER)

Written by Carrie Fisher, Postcards from the Edgetells the hilarious misadventures of awayward actress coping with the tedium of the American Dream.

BELLE MARIEINTERROBANG

Trends to leave in 2015

Every year beauty bloggers,makeup companies and runwayshows produce new and excitingtrends. Some are glamorous, someare edgy and some just need to beleft behind and forgotten. Frombold brows to glitter in unusualplaces, 2015 was filled with manymakeup trends that some of whichneed not carry on.

Brow focus was a huge trend in2015 and still continues into thenew year, and while bold browsare an excellent way to accentuateand frame your face, overdone andpainted on brows are not flattering

and stand out in a negative way. In-stead of lacquering on a brow gel orapplying creamy brow pencils witha heavy hand, lightly feather onbrow powder or pencil them in withsmall strokes, imitating the look ofbrow hairs. You can still achievebold, voluptuous brows withoutthem looking like they have beenpainted on.

Contouring and highlightinghave continued to be a prominenttrend throughout the years but itstime to put an end to the Kim Kcontour. Applying dark cream con-tours all over to make your facelook slimmer may look great onInstagram, but looks heavy and ar-tificial in real life.

While contouring and highlight-ing is a great way to shape anddefine your face shape, you dontneed to constantly paint your faceto achieve this. Lightly dust con-tour powder to the hollows of your

cheeks and a little bit around yourjaw line and you can achieve thesame effect. Even the new trendstrobing is an excellent, softer wayto define your face.

Another trend that is a must-go isthe overdrawn lips. Everyone wantsbigger and fuller lips, but going tothe extreme of using a lip liner tocreate your own lip line is unnatu-ral and can be spotted from a mileaway.

There are many tricks to createfuller looking lips while still look-ing natural. Use lighter colouredlipsticks, use a slightly darker lipliner along your bottom lip line, addgloss and highlight your cupids

bow with a concealer.Lastly, over-the-top lashes need

to be left behind in 2015. Volumi-nous lashes are a definite way todraw attention to your eyes and canmake them look bigger, but over-sized false lashes are distractingand can look plastic. To get nice andfull lashes, apply multiple coats ofmascara, use a lash enhancing prim-er or even apply individuals lashes.

It is always fun to experiment

with new and creative makeuptrends, but sometimes thats as faras it needs to go. Leave the overthe top, unflattering makeup trendsin 2015 and start with a fresh andbeautiful face for 2016.

JOSHUA R.WALLER

BEAUTY BOY

CREDIT: JASON MERRITT / GETTY IMAGES ENTERTAINMENT / THINKSTOCK

Makeup trends, such as the Kim Kardashian contour, should be left in 2015. Insteadtry new trends to help your face look fresh.


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Comic favourites on the horizon for season six

Major comic spoilers/minorshow speculation

For over 10 years, The WalkingDead has been at the forefront ofthe zombie genres catapult to main-stream success. The landmark 150thissue of the comic book printed lastweek and the final episodes of thesixth season are airing in a month.

The story is quickly approachingsome incredible climaxes, revela-tions and new characters that willkeep the post-apocalyptic epic go-ing for a further decade.

When the show returns in Febru-ary, there will be just eight episodesremaining in this season. There

have been a number of significantcasting announcements that are stilldue to appear before they come toa conclusion. These four have beendriving the comics for the last fiveyears, and, if their television coun-terparts play out similarly, will fol-low suit in the years to come.

Dwight (Austin Amelio)Ok Ill admit, Im cheating a lit-

tle bit on this one because Dwighthas already appeared on the show,in season six episode six. AustinAmelio plays him, though the ap-pearance was in a form that comicreaders had never seen before.

In the original story, Dwight ap-

peared on scene by putting a cross-bow bolt through the eye of Sgt.Abraham Ford, representing theSaviors and their mysterious lead-er Negan. The crossbow marksman

with the half burned face wouldbe a significant player in the ma-jor conflicts to come, with his of-ten horrid acts masking his equallysympathetic motives.

His introduction in the show washugely different, though might haveplanted some seeds of the characterreaders are familiar with. Capturingan isolated Daryl while fleeing anunnamed group, he was accompa-nied by his wife Honey and a sister.He would eventually steal his cross-bow, thus gaining his signatureweapon, and robbing Daryl of his.His marital status and whole faceare two of the major changes fromthe source material, and it remainsto be seen if he ends Abrahams life

on the show as well.Paul Jesus Monroe (Tom Payne)One of my favourite charac-

ters from the comics, Paul JesusMonroe is the closest thing thatthe comic series has to Superman.An expert hand to hand combatantand, when necessary, escape artist,he earned his nickname due to hisheroism and uncanny resemblanceto the traditional depiction of thebiblical figure.

The man that will eventuallyunite the Alexandria colony withother settlements of survivors, inthe comics he has been a key playerand close ally to Rick Grimes and

company.Recently confirmed to appear

this season, British actor TomPayne seems to have nailed the lookof his first comic book appearancein leaked set photos. Fans will have

to wait and see if the television por-trayal can reach the fan-favouritestatus that his comic book coun-terpart has carved him over the lasthalf-decade.

Gregory (Xander Berkley)Nobody likes Gregory. When

introduced in the comics, he is theleader of the Hilltop community,and quickly shows his true colours.Gregory is pompous, cowardly andif certain lines from the comicsare interpreted correctly, kind of acreep toward the settlements wom-en. He would eventually try to sellout Ricks alliance to Negan, afterletting his people live under the dic-

tators thumb for months.Though he may not come across

as such a pompous ass in the show,largely due to the severe look ofXander Berkley, it is likely that hewill remain in his semi-antagonis-

tic role. The shorter life expectancyof television characters may see hisstory sped up from his relativelylengthy life in the comics.

Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan)The big bad, the best villain and

easily the most entertaining charac-ter to grace the pages of The Walk-ing Dead, Negan is the leader of theSaviors, and will become a greaterthreat to Ricks group than anythingtheyve faced yet.

Originally considered a sort ofboogeyman used by the group tointimidate the various survivor col-onies, he confirmed his existencein the most brutal fashion imagin-

able, capturing Rick and companyand graphically beating long lastingcharacter Glenn to death in front ofhis wife and friends. This wouldlead to a costly war between Ricksalliance and his Saviors, one that

would see heavy losses on eitherside.

Jeffrey Dean Morgans selectionto play the villain is a spot on pieceof casting, with the former Watch-men actor possessing the rightamount of intelligence, charismaand physical intimidation needed tobring this over the top killer to life.

This will be especially import-ant with the character likely to berobbed of one of his most belovedcharacter traits due to AMCs cablestatus, his joyful, flagrant use of theword fuck, which he has utteredin some variation over 450 times inhis 48 issue lifespan thus far.

ANDREW VIDLERG33K LYFE

CREDIT: AMC STUDIOS

Which comic favourites will make appearance in The Walking Deads upcoming season?


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Looking fashionable andbold through winters cold

As Canadians we know the big-gest fashion struggle is the weatherthat comes with the winter season.During the fall, we shop for sweat-ers, coats and mittens that co-ordi-nate and are fashionable, but whenJanuary hits we all just want to wearsweatpants and fuzzy boots untilMay.

The average temperature in Lon-don in January is around negative6.7 degrees Celsius according to cli-matemps website and staying chicthrough the temperature is a chal-lenge. Our goal should be to em-brace the challenge and find ways toshow our style while staying warm.

Canadians love scarves; they arewarm and can come in an array ofpatterns and colours. Recently, larg-er scarves have become more fash-ionable. It has become a statement

to wrap yourself in a large scarf thatcould be mistaken as a blanket. Is-abella Virgin, a fashion student inher second year at Fanshawe saidher favourite winter clothing itemis, Scarves, big scarves.

Hats are another versatile andeasy options for quick trips runningerrands. Depending on your styleyou can wear a toque, beanie or afedora to add flavour to your look.

Another item every Canadianhas is a winter coat. I have foundmyself going to get groceries or runerrands and wearing a pair of leg-gings and a sweater, but if I throw a

fashionable coat on and a nice pairof boots, I can still look cute withlittle effort.

An interesting trend is wearinga coat in a bright colour. The ma-jority of people wear grey, black ordark blue coats; however, investingin a coat with a pop of colour canbe fashion forward and a way tobrighten up winter. Accord to In-Style UK, the colours to look forare emerald greens, cobalt blues,bright red and printed coats.

Another great way to stay warmthrough the winter is by layering.Layering multiple long sleeve shirtsor sweaters is an easy way to staywarm on long walks to school.Though layering does not just haveto be a strategy to stay warm.

The latest trend is to layer coatsand jackets. Wearing a leatherbomber underneath a fashionabletop coat looks trendy, but also helpsyou conquer the winters sub-zero

temperatures.It is also possible to layer on the

bottom. Wearing tights or leggingswith high socks paired with a pat-terned dress, or skirt with a baggysweater is a great way to stay warm,but still comes forth as a feminineand fashionable look. To incorpo-rate the socks and make them partof your look, rather then just a mea-sure to keep warm, you can weartall boots, where you can still seethe socks right below your knee.

I hope you all embrace the chal-lenge to dress warmly and lookfabulous.

MELANIE RINTJEMALEMONS AND LINES

CREDIT: KERRA SEAY

Bright jackets, like this one worn by Laura Crosson, can add a splash of colour to youroutt.

David Bowie, earthling

I write about random things a lot.I write a lot about random things.Im having a tough time; its beenjust over a week since David Bowiepassed, but it seems as more timegoes by, more heartwrenching de-tails about the man and his passingcome to light.

Of course, we now know that hisnew album Blackstar, covered onpage seven by Nick Reyno,and itsaccompanying music videos weremeant as a parting gift and messageto us from Bowie, a glimpse intohow he prepared for his passing.

Its been so long since weve seenhim struggle that it might be easyto forget how strong and brave aperson he was, qualities that woulddefine him to the end. Hailing froma tough area in London, Bowie firstinspired us by being unapologetical-ly true to himself. He identified asgay and exuded androgyny during adifficult time in Britain and will beforever celebrated for his integrity.

Whether you were introduced tohis music or first came to know himthrough his film roles, like the cun-ning Goblin King Jareth from the1986 classic Labyrinth or his turnas the mysterious Nikola Tesla inChristopher Nolans thrilling ThePrestige from 2006, it was hard not

to be struck by his presence. Whileno two fans are alike, with uniqueand fond memories of their intro-duction to Bowie and his work, allagree that the world has lost a trulywarm, caring and fiercely intelli-gent man.

If you havent been listening toBowies catalogue of albums thispast week, you should start. A lothas been written about them lately,many articles making great cases forthe importance of much of his work.However if youre looking for aplace to start, consider these selec-tions plucked from across his career.

Heroes 1977That Bowies socalled Berlin

Trilogy of albums is muchreveredin music history as fairly commonknowledge, but there is also unde-niable cultural and historical signif-icance preserved there as well.

Coproduced by Tony Visconti,this trio of records followed a timeof artistic tumult for Bowie, whoseburgeoning career placed differentdemands on him in Europe and theU.S.

The three records, Heroes wasreleased between Low (1977) andLodger (1979), were collaborationswith Brian Eno, inspired by sightsand stories of the Berlin Wall,which famously divided the eastand west sections of the city from1961 to 1989. The title track is per-haps Bowies most famous single,and its simple message of love inthe time of oppression will be rel-evant forever.

Lets Dance 1983Early in the 80s, Texasborn gui-

tarist Stevie Ray Vaughan played afiery set at the Montreux Jazz Festi-val with his band, Double Trouble.The trio was not signed to any label,but their performance made a namefor them and gained some import-ant attention. Fast forward to 1982and Vaughan receives a call fromBowie, who invites him to play leadguitar on his coming album.

Theres a betterthangoodchance that Lets Dance featuresmore of the radiofriendly Bowiejams you heard growing up than

any other and Bowie recognizedVaughans contribution as being abig part of the records success. In-terestingly, Vaughan turned downan opportunity to tour with Bowiein support of Lets Dance, insteadreleasing his own solo debut later inthe same year.

Earthling 1997In 1997, Bowie celebrated his

50th birthday with a concert at Mad-ison Square Garden in New York, amassive event featuring guest per-formances by eraspanning rockicons like Dave Grohl and theFoo Fighters, Billy Corgan, Sonic

Youth, Frank Black, Robert Smithand Lou Reed. The way that he so

naturally commanded the stage andbrought together such generationalicons was indicative of his statureas a living legend, a performanceand milestone like no other.

A few short weeks later, Bowiereleased Earthling, an experimentin marrying his sophisticated rockstyle with pumping jungle musicand drum n bass. He considered it asynthesis of the American and Euro-pean styles and made comparisonsto his previous work at the time, butthe record marked some incrediblechanges in his songwriting process,and offered the first glimpses of anartist concerned about how muchtime he had left.

I guess the common ground withall the songs is this abiding need inme to vacillate between atheismor a kind of Gnosticism, he toldQ Magazine upon the release ofEarthlingin February 1997. WhatI need is to find a balance, spiri-tually, with the way I live and mydemise. And that period of time from today until my demise isthe only thing that fascinates me.

Is it so surprising, then, that suchan artist and creator would craftsuch a statement to mark his pass-ing and express his gratitude to hisfans. Look up here, Im in Heav-en, he sang in Lazarus beforewe knew what it meant, offeringa gentle solace in the idea that heknew exactly what would happen,and that it would all go according

to his plan.You know, Ill be free just like

that bluebird, he promised. Now,aint that just like me?

For more of the latest musicnews, album streams and gigs com-ing to London, add @fsu_bobby-isms to your Twitter timeline. Funfact: Bowie retired from touringfollowing the end of his A RealityTour, which stopped here in town.The final Canadian date of the tourhappened at the John Labatt Centrein May 2004, proof that even Lon-don has a little Bowie in its DNA.Im out of words.

CREDIT: DIMITRIOS KAMBOURIS / GETTY IMAGES ENTERTAINMENT / THINKSTOCK

You know, Ill be free just like that bluebird, Bowie promised. Now aint that just like me? David Bowie, Jan. 8, 1947 Jan. 10,2016.

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Volume 48 Issue No. 17 January 18, 2016 theinterrobang.ca 13PUZZLES

Aries (March 21 - April 19)Sit down and take it easy. Youre

either working too hard or havingtoo much fun. Do a little laundry,pay a few bills or groom your pet.The little things in life need theirshare of attention.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20)Right and wrong are clearly de-

fined. Its very obvious which teamis yours. Let events take their natu-ral course, and you wont even haveto lift a finger to avenge last weeksindignities. The stars never forget.

Gemini (May 21 - June 20)Slow down to a more com-

fortable pace. By racing ahead intypical Gemini fashion, you missall the good scenery and compa-ny. You have to be on someoneswavelength before you even con-sider telepathy.

Cancer (June 21 - July 22)Your physical coordination is

good, but you dont need to leapand roll. Small, precise things in-

spire your heart to sing a joyfulsong. The world is working to yourpersonal advantage these days.

Leo (July 23 - August 22)Complaints are less than wel-

come. Leo believes that everyoneshould pull his or her own weight.Strong characters wont hold thefloor for long unless they havesomething interesting to say.

Virgo (August 23 - Sept. 22)Stay busy. Certain kinds of trou-

ble appeal to you. Read someoneelses notes and try to improve ontheir ideas. Those who create withtheir hands will turn out impressivework at this time.

Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22)Breathe away your stress. You

have little control over others, butyou have plenty over yourself.Someone unexpected hovers near-

by, ready to sweep you away into apleasant, lazy dream.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21)Good illusions are made by rein-

forcing and then defying a familiarimage. True creativity is better ap-preciated when your audience isntprepared for a trick. Small miraclesare possible in your hands.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21)Dont ask for opinions unless you

really care. Everyones an expertthese days, or so he or she thinks.

Sagittarians who seek real progresswill do best when they make it hap-pen on their own terms.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19)The case is beyond argument.

Long-distance communication con-vinces you that a local condition isin fact a universal principle. Yourestill solid as a rock.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18)Youre tired of having to watch

what you say. Its hard to be patientwith someone who pulls your legor takes advantage. These days youget right to the point, even if a fewfragile feelings get shattered.

Pisces (Feb. 18 - March 20)You crave variety while others

are repeating the same old thing.

Hang out with new people for afresh look at life. Youre easily talk-ed into any situation that you caneasily handle.

Sudoku Puzzle

Word Search: Winter

Cryptogram

Puzzle rating: Very hardFill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 gridcontains the digits 1 through 9. That means no number is repeated in anycolumn, row or box. Solution on page 14

BlanketBlizzard

Chilly

Earmuffs

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36. Opening in the computer busi-ness?37. Devour greedily38. Actress Powers.39. Cry of surprise40. River in the Yukon41. Rent-a-car charges, e.g.42. Port ENE of Cleveland O.44. Like some detachable linings45. Platform rhetoricians.47. Sets at ease48. Warning wail49. Sedate, slangily50. Hong Kongs equivalent of theDow (abbr.)51. Indifference58. Bardic even.59. Title recently dropped in India.60. Strike zones?61. Director Lee

62. Make into law.63. Sailing vesselsDown1. Fairy queen mentioned in Ro-meo and Juliet2. Southern constellation3. Geometric suffix4. Nirvana song ___ Plain5. Root used in some energy drinks6. Shines without wax.

7. German speed skater8. What was ___ was saying?9. ERR10. Soldiers eating hardware11. One who sheds light on a sub-ject?12. ___ convex lens13. Namesakes of a Varingian leader18. Emanation.22. Nintendo console with a remote23. Rough files24. Sandbox retort25. What the accused desire26. Weight allowance.27. Greeting on a computer?28. Double ___ Oreos30. Macaw of Brazil32. Crests of hills34. Digestion pathway35. Middle, Far, and Near.37. Pintado fish38. Chart for Magellan40. Fuss over, English style41. In a dangerous manner43. Highway (abbr.)44. Coating on galvanized iron45. Milo of The Verdict46. No longer in bed47. Thomass problem49. End of an era?52. Twin sister of Bert Bobbsey53. Shinto temple54. Bond rating55. Compass point56. Sheet for making film cartoons57. Draftsmans curve.Solution on page 14

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Clue:R = T

Question:How does Dewgong say goodbye?

Solution on page 14

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14Volume 48 Issue No. 17 January 18, 2016 theinterrobang.caSPORTS & LEISURE14

Volleyball teams start the year off strongThe holiday lull played no role

in how both the men and womensvarsity volleyball teams came out intheir first league games of 2016.

Mens volleyballOn the Jan. 10, the Falcons trav-

elled to Sheridan College to takeon the Bruins. They won the gamewinning three of four sets. The winbrought their record up to 10-2.

It was a really tough first matchcoming back after the Christmasbreak because Sheridan has addeda couple of new starters so we de-finitively knew they were going tobe tougher than the first time weplayed them, said Patrick John-ston, head coach of the mens vol-leyball team.

Even with the rough start, John-

ston was happy the team was ableto come together, not overlook theBruins and get the win.

The win allowed the Falconsto hold onto their top spot in theOCAA West Division and rankedthem fifth in the CCAA.

With the group of the guys thatwe have, from the start of the sea-son it has been a [goal of an] OCAAchampionship, I think that hasntchanged at all.

The Falcons will take on Niaga-ra at their home court on Saturday,Jan. 23.

Womens volleyballThe womens volleyball team

also headed to Sheridan Collegeto take on the Bruins and though it

was close, they managed to win all

three sets.Game plan [went] exactly as we

had it, so I am very pleased with howwe played and handled that match,

said Sean Pellow, head coach of the

womens volleyball team.The win improved their record

to 9-3 in the OCAA West Division.Currently, the Falcons sit in second

place.

I am looking forward to seeinghow they do down the stretch, wehave six matches left and I think weneed to win most of those to posi-

tion ourselves well for playoffs.

And Pellow has no doubt that thegirls can do it.

The womens team will take onNiagara on Saturday, Jan. 23 at

home.

CryptogramSolution:IllSeelyoulater!

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JESSICA THOMPSONINTERROBANG

CREDIT: FANSHAWE ATHLETICS

CREDIT: FANSHAWE ATHLETICS

Womens basketball competed in the Seneca Invitational Tournament on the weekend of Jan. 9, coming in rst. Natalie Warren,shown in the photo, was named the MVP for the tournament. Currently, the team sits tied for second place in the OCAA WestDvision with a record o f 7-2. They will be taking on St. Clair Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 6 p.m. at home.

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Volume 48 Issue No. 17 January 18, 2016 theinterrobang.ca 15SPORTS & LEISURE

Riding in style, both inside and out

The marketplace is filled withcars built for different purposes:some are to excite, while others areto offer the utmost comfort. Fewcars can blur the lines and be really

good at more than one thing.The previous generation Acu-ra TL SH-AWD, model year 2009to 2014, was a car that blurred thelines quite well. It was a comfort-able luxury car, but was also quiteenjoyable when you wanted to havesome fun. It was a car that just feltgood in your hands, thanks to itscommunicative steering, and its 305horsepower, 3.7 litres V6, not onlysounded good, but was also punchy.In short, it was a joy to drive.

Sadly, the TL is no longer beingsold; in its place is the TLX mod-el, which first went on sale in 2015.But, is it any good?

I tested a TLX last year, but itwas the more basic front-wheeldrive model. I had been waiting todrive the SH-AWD, super handlingand all wheel drive, model becauseI wanted to see if the charms of theold TL SH-AWD still live on in thenew model.

The 2016 TLX SH-AWD has asmaller engine than the previouscar, displacing 3.5 litres. It is stilla V6, but the peak power outputis lower at 290 horsepower. How-ever, while the old TL had a six-speed automatic, the new TLX hasa nine-speed automatic. Does theextra set of gears help compensatefor the lower power output? In allhonesty, no.

The TLX SH-AWD is fastenough, especially in its Sport+setting, and its gear changes are a

tad quicker; however, the TLX justdoesnt feel as quick from the seatof your pants, and it surely doesntsound as nice as the TL did.

Couple that with its electric pow-er steering system which lacks feel,further dulling your driving expe-rience.

Therefore, the new TL SH-AWDis not going to win over driving en-thusiasts, but perhaps thats whatAcura was going for. It is a car thatdoes offer a lot of comfort, and itpretty much drives itself. When youhave its adaptive cruise control on,its lane departure warning system

and lane keeping assist on, it makescovering distances on the highwayeasy.

When going out of town, Id picka comfortable speed and just cruiseto my destination with little effort.It is frugal on the highway too, con-suming just 7.5 litres per 100 kilo-

metres.However, on one of my highwaydrives, in freezing rain weather, Icouldnt rely on the car to get mehome, and at this time, I found itssteering to be a bit worrying be-cause I just wasnt getting the feed-back that I wanted. The car grippedwell however, never feeling out ofcontrol.

All and all, its not the best car todrive, but it does offer lots of goodfeatures. The interior is well made,and my Elite trim model had an easyto use top spec infotainment system.

The only complaint I had wasthat the heated seats switch is only

through the touchscreen, whichwhen the car is cold, and you arecold, makes it hard to get working.

However, my tester also had re-mote start, and when youd turn thecar on with that, it would turn onboth the heat and the heated seats,plus the rear screen defroster, and

that was handy to have.The TLX is a nice car to be in,and from the outside, it is alsonice to look at. The design hasntchanged a lot when compared to thelast TL, and its not showy, insteadit is elegant.

Prices are good as well; the basemodel 2016 TLX is yours from$35,290, while my loaded 2016TLX SH-AWD Elite tester stickersat $47,790.

Would I buy one however? No,Id work a bit harder, earn a littlemore, so I can bring a 2016 AcuraRLX Sport Hybrid home, now thatis a great car.

MENS BASKETBALLOCAA West Division Standings

Team GP PTS FOR AGA.

Mohawk 9 18 842 728

Sheridan 10 14 871 739

Niagara 10 14 881 791

Lambton 9 12 776 695

Humber 9 12 691 642

Sault 9 8 569 628

St. Clair 9 8 708 738

Redeemer 11 6 933 969

Cambrian 9 2 604 862

Fanshawe 9 0 644 733

MENS VOLLEYBALLOCAA West Division Standings



Redeemer 11 16 25 15

Mohawk 9 14 22 12

Humber 9 14 25 10

Niagara 9 12 19 13

Sheridan 10 10 21 17

Conestoga 10 6 11 22

St. Clair 10 4 11 26

Boreal 10 2 4 27

Cambrian 10 0 1 30

WOMENS BASKETBALLOCAA West Division Standings


Humber 9 18 709 445

Fanshawe 9 14 621 466

St. Clair 9 14 609 427

Mohawk 9 14 672 485

Niagara 10 10 703 554

Redeemer 11 10 783 754

Lambton 9 8 662 658

Sheridan 10 4 454 646

Sault 9 2 388 673


WOMENS VOLLEYBALLOCAA West Division Standings


Humber 9 18 27 2


Niagara 9 14 21 10


St. Clair 10 12 21 17

Sheridan 10 10 18 19

Redeemer 11 10 22 20

Mohawk 9 4 7 21

Conestoga 10 2 8 27

Boreal 10 0 1 30

NAUMAN FAROOQMOTORING

CREDIT: NAUMAN FAROOQ

In the cold of winter, the 2016 TLXs remote can not only turn on the car, but also the heater and the seat warmers making this carnice on the outside, as well as cozy o n the inside.


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