Since last Thursday’s University of Toronto Students’ Union An-nual General Meeting (AGM), which reached a quick conclu-sion when the agenda failed to pass an approval vote, the topic of online voting in UTSU elec-tions has lent itself to much discussion in Simcoe Hall and online.

UTSU has announced that an-other AGM will be held in late January, but the exact date is to be determined.

The process of amending the previous agenda was one of the reasons Sam Greene, co-head of Trinity College Meeting, gave

for not voting in favour of the agenda.

“The process by which this agenda was arrived at was un-fair, un-transparent, and un-democratic,” said Greene on Thursday night, in a speech that triggered the crucial vote.

Greene’s proposals for the pre-vious agenda were left out, part-ly due to confusion about the deadline for submission. UTSU has announced January 8 as the deadline for the next meeting.

On Wednesday, UTSU Presi-dent Shaun Shepherd returned from Ottawa where the UTSU Executives were attending the Canadian Federation of Stu-dents Annual General Meeting,

to discuss online voting with Vice Provost-Students Jill Matus.

The content of the meeting, Shepherd told the newspaper, was to discuss the merits of on-line voting and learn how the University system works. Prof. Matus was unavailable for com-ment as of press time.

In 2011, Matus sent a letter, now publicly accessible on The Varsity website, to then-UTSU President Danielle Sandhu, suggesting, “UTSU should give serious consideration to using the University’s online voting system.” Her reasoning was that online voting, along with prop-er promotion, could increase voter turnout; would be less sus-

ceptible to vote tampering; and, altogether, would increase the perception of a legitimate elec-tion.

Shepherd seems unconvinced that online voting is the best method of electoral reform. “The union is not in opposition to it; we haven’t even made a stance yet. What’s interesting is that ... the reason the union doesn’t use online voting is that our policies and bylaws--our governing doc-uments, essentially--don’t allow us to. That being said, students have been calling for electoral reform, and we are working on that.”

Shepherd stressed that other options are available to make

voting more accessible. His examples were increasing the number of polls across campus, mail-in voting, and electronic voting.

Shepherd went on to say that online voting will be one topic discussed by the UTSU Elec-tions and Referenda Committee, which was struck at the Novem-ber 15. The committee consists of Vice President-Internal, Co-rey Scott, and board members Virginia Lomax (University Col-lege), Ella Henry (Law), and Mi-chael Buttrey (Theology). They have yet to schedule a meeting.

During the AGM, as Shep-

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Canadian universities have yet to catch up when it comes to copyright laws in Canada, says Western U prof

Access denied on copyright agreement

Although copyright law can be convoluted and incomprehensi-ble at times, it is a critical issue for university students.

On Tuesday, November 27, University of Western Ontario law professor and copyright ex-pert Samuel Trosow visited U of T to help clarify some of the lan-guage, and plead his case against the newest copyright agree-

ment in Canadian universities. According to Trosow, Canadian universities have yet to catch up to federal law, leaving students to pay the price.

Trosow began by discussing the new “fair dealing” rights in Canada. Fair dealing refers to the ability of someone to use copy-righted content for their own personal use. With the changes adopted in June, copyright re-strictions are no longer appli-

cable for anyone who uses the work for “educational, parody or satirical purposes.” This means that any university student can now refer to any work in an es-say, without having to seek per-mission from the work’s owner.

Since 2010, Access Copyright, a group representing and col-lecting revenues for owners of copyrighted material, has been trying to approve a tariff that

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Year-round generosity from parking authoritiesToronto motorists’ most dreaded surprise commonplace on campus

Parking woes abound at U of T campuses, which hold three of the top ten most-ticketed spots in Toronto. According to city data recently analyzed by the Toronto Star, students and staff who drive to school are inun-dated with the dreaded piece of yellow plastic.

The Star looked up the 12.8 million tickets that were hand-ed out between January 2008 and July 2012. The city’s most ticketed spot is Sunnybrook Hospital, where a whopping 48,379 tickets have been given out. U of T’s top spot is at the Scarborough campus, which

totals 12,858 tickets. The two spots from St. George campus are St. Mary’s St. near Victoria College and Devonshire Pl. near Varsity Stadium.

An element that certainly plays into the prevalence of campus ticketing is the license granted to U of T parking au-thority by the City of Toronto to hand out official city tickets. While other schools also have campus parking authority they often lack the right to hand out municipal tickets.

Sunnybrook’s number one ranking can be attributed to the same reason. They operate a much smaller area than U of T but nonetheless have their

own parking officer who walks around ticketing vehicles, writ-ing up an average of 29 per day according to the Star’s analysis.

According to U of T parking services, they do not actively monitor either of the top two St. George campus spots men-tioned in the Star report. Rela-tively speaking, only a small portion of campus is actually under their jurisdiction, while the remaining parts of the school are monitored by regular Toronto police parking officers. This means that both Devon-shire Pl. and St. Mary’s St., un-like Sunnybrook Hospital, have earned their place in the top ten entirely through routine moni-toring conducted by city offic-ers.

The analysis also compared ticketing on different days, find-ing that you are much more likely to get a ticket between Tuesday and Friday than on the weekend. The most ticketed time of day is between 12 and 1pm.

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would govern the relationship between the group and Canada’s colleges and universities, while increasing fees for the latter.

The threat of such a tariff has convinced U of T to sign a “mod-el license” with Access Copy-right in January, followed by Western and others. Under the model license, students pay for the same fair dealing rights that the government already guaran-tees. In addition, the license adds several surveillance and online restrictions that do not exist in the current federal law.

According to Trosow, the prob-lem with regulating online con-tent is that “consent on the Inter-net is implied” and copyrighted material must face off against four deadly weapons: “cut, copy, paste and the worst, select all.” However, the model license tries to regulate some internet use. For example, the license lists “posting a link or hyperlink to

a digital copy” as a form of copy-ing as well as prohibiting “the storage or indexing of copies of articles and other material.” This means that linking articles or putting academic works on a USB drive is an actual violation of the new copyright laws at U of T. Trosow joked, “What are they going to do? Stop me with my memory card at the gates?”

Trosow further criticized the license for its impact on stu-dents. “The universities aren’t re-ally paying for it, but rather the students are,” he said. The new agreement costs every student an additional $27 each year on top of tuition for rights to access copyrighted content that they already had. “If the students are going to pay licensing fees above their current tuition, there should be additional value from a consumer view.”

Although critical of the li-cense, Trosow asserted the im-portance of copyright laws to protect the authors of works as

well as the owner’s rights. “We do need copyright, but we need a balanced copyright regime,” he said.

The current contract lasts until the end of 2013. However, Trosow urges the University of Toronto to opt out of the agree-ment with Access Copyright while they still can, as it will convince other universities to leave the agreement as well. “They have led the race to the bottom, now they must lead the way out.”

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herd began his address, dozens of students held up signs read-ing “Online Voting Now.” There is now a Facebook group, run anonymously, bearing that title.

The initiative cites three rea-sons to adopt online voting: first, it’s accessible and could increase voter turnout; second, “It’s easy” and U of T has “established, se-cure and tested” online voting system; and third, “It’s fair.”

After an exciting Grey Cup game on Sunday, Torontonians woke up to find that another type of round pigskin had been punted from office.

On Monday, November 26, Rob Ford was found guilty in a conflict of interest case and has been ordered to step down as mayor of Toronto. Although he was granted a 14 day exten-sion and plans to appeal, many of Ford’s left-wing critics are jubilant about Monday’s news. While it is well known that most people who live downtown and on campus are not fans of Mr. Ford, I must take an unpopular stance and help defend our self-proclaimed “300-pounds of fun” mayor.

First of all, when we look at this “conflict of interest” case, Rob Ford’s sentence seems quite exaggerated. Typically, politi-cians are forced to leave office for sensational scandals, such as extramarital affairs or a gross misuse of taxpayer funds. What was Rob Ford’s crime? Using a city letterhead to raise money for disadvantaged kids to play football. Yes, this was techni-cally illegal but should such a “crime,” especially one that clearly benefitted the commu-nity, warrant such a harsh sen-tence?

On top of this, Ford raised only about $3000 for this foot-ball team. It seems strange that a case over such a small amount of money led to such a dramatic conclusion. For over a decade,

Ford has chastised other city councillors for recklessly spend-ing public money on expenses easily covered by their salaries. Many politicians have done far more questionable things and have gotten off scott free. For instance, in 2010 former city councillor Kyle Rae threw a $12 000 retirement party at a private supper club funded en-tirely with our taxpayer money. Was he charged with anything? Of course not. Yet, when Rob Ford spends four times less on something that actually helped people, he gets the boot? Clearly our laws must be lacking com-mon sense.

Ultimately, the consequences of the ruling are undemocratic. He may be a gaffe machine, but Rob Fords widespread support

in the suburbs gave him a land-slide victory two years ago, valid until 2014. To force him out of office without any public input is simply embarrassing for our democracy. If Torontos left wing is so desperate to remove Ford from office they should nomi-nate a candidate who can beat him.

Although Rob Ford had a strong case to remain the city’s mayor, he has become his own

worst enemy. He had numerous chances to fess up and pay back the money, but did nothing. In this case, Ford acted as if he was above the law and for that there is no excuse. It wasn’t the “gravy train,” the left-wing media, or the cyclists, it was Rob Fords own arrogance that did away with him in the end.

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To bomb or not to bomb? That was the question Monday night, November 26, as a crowd of more than 3000 crowded in Roy Thompson Hall to watch four international political luminar-ies debate what should be done about Iran’s nuclear program.

The event was tenth in a bi-annual debate series sponsored by billionaire philanthropist Peter Munk. Billed as “Canada’s premier international debate series,” the Munk debates offer star-wattage intellectual joust-ing, while the audience enjoys popcorn and a free drink. Previ-ous participants include Paul Krugman, Tony Blair, and Henry Kissinger. Scalpers even lurk outside looking for spare tickets.

Inside, FOX News pundit Charles Krauthammer and Is-raeli Major General Amos Yadlin argued the resolution that the world cannot tolerate a nuclear

Iran, while CNN host Fareed Za-karia and US State Department advisor Vali Nasr argued that Iran’s bomb program need not lead to attack.

Yadlin was one of the F-16 pi-lots who destroyed the Iranian Osirak reactor in 1981 and he spoke vociferously of the threat to Israel by Iranian nukes. “Israel is ‘a one-bomb country’ says the Iranian president,” he stated, and argued that Iran’s theocratic leaders are Holocaust deniers who want to eliminate Israel.

In contrast, Nasr argued that Iran is motivated by aims of “regime survival and national interest. A regime that has been around for thirty years is not re-ally suicidal or reckless.” Zakaria buttressed this point by arguing that Iran’s anti-Israel statements are simply to win over Arab popular consciousness.

Undaunted, Yadlin contend-ed that an Iranian nuke would skyrocket oil prices, thus hurt-ing more than just Israel. Krau-

thammer agreed, warning that an Iranian bomb would trigger an “instant nuclear arms race” in the Middle East. Other states will want nuclear capabilities to avoid Iranian bullying, causing “hyperproliferation” and mak-ing the Middle East extremely dangerous. In comparison, the US-Soviet strategy was like “nu-clear checkers,” but Iran with a nuke is “3D chess.”

Nasr and Zakaria replied that Israel was the first atomic state in the Middle East, which didn’t cause regional hyperprolifera-tion. Plus, they argued, Israel’s submarines give it second strike capacity, which Iran wouldn’t possess and thus would remain strategically weaker.

Krauthammer and Yadlin conclude that sanctions and diplomacy must continue, but if necessary the West should strike first. Yadlin stated, “I’m a General. No one hates war more than me. But we need to stop Iran before it’s too late.”

By contrast, Nasr and Zakaria posited that the Iranian nuclear weapons program might not even exist; it could be a ploy, like Saddam’s nuclear program in Iraq, and similar war-mongering led to the Iraq invasion. Bomb-ing Iran would only radicalize the nation further. Zakaria rec-ommended policy maneuvers ensuring that “if you’re a third rate country that gets nuclear weapons you stay a third rate country with nuclear weapons.”

A satirical Zakaria asked, “You hope that the country you bomb will become a moderate democ-racy?” Nasr added, “People don’t side with the nation who bombs them.”

Krauthammer countered, “But what about Libya? We bombed and the people ap-plauded. Iran has a hated re-gime.”

Audience opinion towards the resolution “The world cannot tolerate a nuclear Iran” changed during the debate. It began with

60 per cent in favour, 24 per cent opposed, and 16 per cent unde-cided. By the end undecided vot-ers leaned con, for a final result of 58 per cent in favour versus 42 per cent opposed, making Zakaria and Nasr the winners of the debate by moving opinion most.

With Israel’s recent incursion into Gaza and Hamas’ Iranian-made rockets falling on Tel Aviv, tensions in the region remain high. After US elections and elections in January and July for Israel and Iran respectively, all three countries will plan for the future, with war on everyone’s minds. What was exchanged in words here in Toronto will be-come, half-way across the world, much more than intellectual jousting.

Video of this debate is streaming free on the Munk Debates website for a limited time. CBC radio will re-broadcast it later.

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As the most recent conflict in the Gaza strip winds down, thanks largely to an Egyptian mediated ceasefire, debate has once again polarized the world over which side is ultimately to blame. Israel claims that its actions during Operation Pillar of Cloud were wholly justified and necessary to its national defense, while Hamas has cited its duty to fight back against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

While self defense is the un-questionable right of every na-tion, one must look at the root causes of a conflict that has been smoldering, largely uninter-rupted, for the past 65 years. Un-like the Israelis, the Palestinian citizens have no real homeland, living in a perpetual state of fear and hopelessness. With its infra-structure shattered by years of warfare, unemployment rates in the Gaza strip are nearly 40%. Israel frequently launched raids into the West Bank and Gaza and holds approximately 5604 Palestinians as po-litical prisoners. For the conflict to have any hope of a perma-nent treaty, living con-d i t i o n s n e e d t o

rise and the sovereignty of a Palestinian nation has to be re-spected.

Furthermore, Israelis have largely ignored the borders established in 1979 and have continued to push illegal settle-ments deeper into the West Bank, violently displacing the Palestinians who live there. Ac-cording to Americans For Peace Now’s mapping project, Over 236 illegal settlements have been constructed since 2000, resulting in over half a million Israeli settlers and the estimated destruction of over 24,500 Pales-tinian homes. This is in direct violation of the Oslo Accords in 1993 and is a constant reminder to Palestinians of the lack of control they hold over even the most basic of human rights, such as shelter.

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rage of rockets against Israel does little for the Palestinian cause, alienating the population in the eyes of the world and giv-ing Israel an excuse to launch further incursions into Gaza. But I would argue that these are the actions of frustrated, desper-ate people who have been ne-glected by the global communi-ty. The harsh fact is that the best way to draw attention to their cause is through violence, no

matter the cost to themselves. And the cost has been horrific. Since 2000 alone, 6568 Palestin-ians have been killed and over 60,000 wounded.

Neither side is completely blameless for the problems plaguing the region, but since Is-rael is the unquestionable pow-erhouse in the conflict, it needs to make the first step. With its vast, modern military, $3 billion in annual aid from the US, and

the sympathetic support of the global community, Israel should take the initiative and make the first move, lifting the economic blockade on Gaza and halting all further illegal settlements. The key to peace, however, will revolve around funding and re-building Gaza, thus restoring dignity and self-sufficiency to the Palestinian people.

“No government would tolerate a situation where nearly a fifth of its people live under a con-stant barrage of rockets and mis-sile fire.” This declaration made by Israel’s Prime Minister Benja-min Netanyahu on November 15 underpins the national posi-tion on Hamas attacks. If, in one year, the United States had fired hundreds of missiles into Can-ada, would Stephen Harper sit

back and allow more at-tacks the following year? Israel’s most recent actions in the Gaza Strip, known as Operation Pil-lar Of Defense, were completely justified and legal under inter-national law.

Israel’s goal during the con-flict was to stop rocket attacks and to compromise Hamas’ abil-ity to wage war on Israel. Accord-ing to the Israel Defense Forces, Hamas has fired nearly 12 000 rockets into Israel since 2000, in-cluding 764 in 2012 before Op-eration Pillar Of Defense began.

There-f o r e , in ac-c o r d a n c e with UN Charter Article 51, this escala- t i o n prompted Israel to kill the leader of the military wing of Hamas, Ahmed Jabari. Jabari

is a man recognized by foreign governments and international NGOs as a terrorist. His death led Hamas to increase its attacks on Israel by firing 880 rockets in the last two weeks. These at-tacks included long-range mis-siles that struck Tel Aviv for the first time since 1991 and Jerusa-lem for the first time since 1970.

Israel attacked Hamas from clearly defined military sites, particularly targeting rocket sites in Gaza. Israel attempted to minimize civilian casual-ties and apologized for the ac-cidental death of civilians that did occur. Hamas, meanwhile, strategically fired from among its own civilians, often placing their rocket launchers on the

roofs of apartment buildings. In addition, Hamas did not aim for Israeli military sites; they shot at random and consequently killed Israeli civilians.

The reason so many Palestin-ian civilians died was because Israel could not destroy any rocket sites without killing in-nocents as well. Hamas placing their own citizens in the line of fire is a violation of internation-al law.

In the end, Israel accidentally killed civilians as they attempt-ed to end Hamas’s campaign of terrorism. By contrast, Hamas killed civilians on purpose in an attempt to destroy Israel as a na-tion.

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Waging war in GazaMotion: Israel was justified in its recent attack in Gaza

In November, Israel led an airstrike campaign known as Operation Pillar of Defense in the Gaza Strip following escalated rocket attacks from Hamas. Up until last week, Israel targeted over 1500 Hamas’ military sites and leaders a in the densely populated region. The UN estimates that over 100 Palestinians have died from the campaign, and four Israelis from Hamas

rocket fire. Given the reality of civilian casualties, was Israel warranted in its actions?

DISCLAIMER: The following opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper staff. Please visit thenewspaper.ca to continue a civil and intelligent discussion on the issues addressed.

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First in lecture series aims to change notions of global health

Public health, peace, and conflict resolution

On Monday, November 26, over one hundred people represent-ing three generations gathered in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health auditorium to give peace a chance -- by giv-ing health a chance. Professor Emerita Ursula Franklin gave a lecture titled “Ask: How are you? NOT Who are you?” as the first in what will become an annual lecture series in memory of phy-sician and Holocaust survivor, Dr. Zofia Paukla.

Paukla’s son Andrew stated in the lecture’s program that he founded the lecture series “in [an] effort to keep alive the legacy of his mother.” Franklin, who came to Canada from Ger-many in 1949, is known both for her research in metallurgy and technology, and her community organizing for peace and justice. Her lecture focused on the latter.

Franklin illustrated her over-arching message when she ex-plained her lecture’s title. She referred to the need to “care for each other’s well being, even if it is for the most selfish of reasons,

that we cannot be well when others are sick...there’s a collec-tive notion of well-being that is real practice…and that is physi-cal, mental, political.”

According to Franklin, this collective notion of health dates back to the World Wars. While reflecting on Paukla’s genera-tion she stated, “Women across the world, across the country, said, if our children are going to grow up healthy and safe, all children have to grow up healthy and safe.”

Still, public health concerns continue to plague North Amer-ican society since WWII. Frank-lin attributed this to economic causes, lamenting, “What has happened is privatization and globalization; what has hap-pened is that the communality is the communality of the stock market; what happened is that we have lost, not our humanity, but we have lost our collectiv-ity.”

Furthermore, the identifica-tion of national enemies -- his-torically the Soviet Union, cur-rently terrorism -- prevented Canada and the US from making

needed reforms. Franklin con-cluded, “It is essential to realize that peace, and the dividends of having peace, will come when we refuse to recognize others as enemies.”

Franklin proposed two solu-tions. First, people must be in-volved in government decisions and that “one has to know why decisions are made.”

Second, Franklin called for greater communication be-tween people. She informed the audience, “Women have al-ways been able, however disad-vantaged, to share knowledge. The operative concept is to give yourself time with each other... Get together physically, take time, and be open with each other.”

U of T Professor Paul Hamel similarly touches on these ide-as in his class, Global Health and Human Rights. Hamel ex-plained in an interview with the newspaper, “It’s kind of a way of crossing some frontiers in which we try to find what are the determinants of health, mixed in with moral, ethical ideas.”

“I go and lecture there in the second year course and they’re so incredibly hungry for a cri-tique of how it is that we even need to think about poor peo-ple.” He continued, “They’re re-ally fascinated and interested in learning about these systems that give rise to the reasons we want to do charitable work.”

However, Hamel chastised students for not getting more involved because he believes they have more time to do so than most working people. “My observation is that students do have a lot of time on their hands when they could be thinking about other things, and I think they would do so if they were encouraged in an environment in the class to think about those things so they take it out of the class and do it there … It takes a change in the mindset of teach-ing here at this university and also the students who come here.”

Hopefully the continuation of the Dr. Zofia Pakula lectures in years to come will encourage this kind of change.

Sabastian Greenholtz

Hart House screens boxing doc, celebrates 40 years of women’s participation

On Wednesday, November 28, The Boxing Girls of Kabul screened in the Hart House li-brary. Directed by Ariel Nasr, the film was shown in celebration of 40 years of women participat-ing at Hart House and was the last instalment of this fall’s Con-

scious Activism Documentary Series. Following the film, spe-cial guests Jonathon Power, Dr. Cathy van Ingen and Dr. Subha Ramanathan spoke on a panel mediated by Michelle Brown-rigg about issues presented in the film.

Nasr’s documentary tells the heart-wrenching story of a

group of young Afghan women who are fighting to become box-ers. Instead of paying specific at-tention to the oppressive socio-political environment they live in, the film focuses on personal stories.

Power, a 36 tour title winning squash champion, believes these kinds of initiatives are needed to help “move the social dial […] in the right direction.” He admitted that the film struck a chord with him in light of his personal ties to the involvement of women in sports. Power currently coaches Maria Toor Pakay, who is origi-nally from South Waziristan, which Power claimed is one of the most dangerous places in the world due to the Taliban’s presence. Growing up, she had to disguise herself as a boy, just so that she could participate in sports. Today, Pakay is Pakistan’s number one ranked female squash player.

All three panelists asserted

sport and physical activity are positive ways to motivate social change. Van Ingen is a professor in the Department of Kinesiol-ogy at Brock University and a founder of Shape Your Life, a boxing program dedicated to helping women and trans vic-tims of violence.

On working with the partici-pants, van Ingen stated “there is something really power-ful about [...] discovering how strong they [her students] al-ready are.” She believes the gym is a “space that they can work out their anger,” helping these individuals become stronger people who can go on to make a difference in their own lives and in the world.

Ramanathan, a post-doctoral fellow at U of T, explained that while many issues may be cen-sored in Afghanistan, sport ends up in the news. Ramanathan sees sport as an opportunity to instigate social change as it

garners media attention and “evokes a reaction in people.”

Brownrigg, the Director of Physical Activity and Equity at the University of Toronto, explained that sport is a posi-tive way to build self-esteem and that this claim is supported through quantifiable results. According to Brownrigg, the no-tion “I worked on this and there-fore I achieved it” translates into other aspects of people’s lives. Not only does sport foster good work ethic but also, “sport can create a place where you can learn how to lose” because it’s a “safe space to fail.” If it’s okay to fail, it’s okay to try.

According to the Faculty of Physical Education and Kinesi-ology, in 1919, administrators said that women participating in physical activity in Hart House would be “unseemly.” While many battles have been won on campus, the fight around the world is far from over.

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1884 - First female stu-dents admitted to UofT; UC161 becomes first lecture hall where women attend class; there were no wom-en’s washrooms on campus

1885 - 5 students are the first women to graduate from UofT

1906 - First women ad-mitted to Faculty of Medi-cine (Catharine Whiteside appointed first female dean in 2005)

1921 - First women’s hockey team at UofT faces off against McGill

1971 - UofT offers first courses on women includ-ing HIS 348, “The History of Women”

1972 - Hart House lifts ban on female participation in the gym

1985 - Professor Ursula Franklin of the Department of Metallurgy and Mate-rial Sciences becomes first female professor

1986 - Women’s Centre opens on campus; in 2006 it became the Centre for Women and Trans People

2006 - Professor Cristina Amon is appointed first female dean of Faculty of Engineering

2011 - Status of Women Office launches virtual map marking women’s achieve-ments at UofT- Sourced from Putting Women

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Tagged & It’s Complicated, a mu-sical comedy by Out of Reach Theatre Company, was quick yet perfectly enjoyable.

The play is about the awk-wardness of online dating, focusing on two characters, a guy and a girl in their late twenties both unlucky in love and lonely. As a result, they en-ter the world of online dating, breaking into humour-filled song to wax about their respec-tive situations.

The male lead “Tim,” played by Matty Burns, is unem-

ployed, lives with his parents, and was recently friend-zoned by the girl he was interested in. Conversely, “Katherine,” played by Ruth Goodwin, is 26, lives unhappily alone, and is hassled by her phone com-pany who highlight the severe underuse of her cellphone. The two eventually decide to try out online dating, and hi-larity ensues.

Both performers had a very clean and clearly well-rehearsed choreography, with an excellent use of props high-lighting the songs as they are performed. Each actor carried

a tune equally well, though (rarely) at times one seemed louder than the other.

The Internet related phe-nomena that comes with the territory of the play’s premise necessarily invited awkward-ness into the characters’ situ-ations. But perhaps this was the director’s intended effect. Intentional or not, the jokes were sincerely funny.

The addition of live music worked smoothly, though for such a small set they seemed to take up too much room, distracting from the rest of the performance. The play could

have benefited from a larger stage, allowing the performers’ tailored choreography more room to entertain.

Overall, the experience was entertaining, though perhaps a fifteen dollar ticket for an hour is a little steep. Still, for a pleasant time, it’s worth a go. If your reservations toward online dating are mitigated by promises of comedic song, maybe you’ll even snag a date to bring to this performance.

Tagged & It’s Complicated runs until December 1 at the Palm-erston Library Theatre.

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Tagged and liked Out of Reach Theatre Company presents fun take on internet datingJon Dundas

THE FILMWhat? Free Screenings presented by TIFF + Vtape-Where? TIFF and LIFT | visit website for exact filmlocations When? Dec. 2nd and Dec. 3rd$$ FREE

THE EXHIBITWhat? Chroma*Exposes local artists and provides affordable artwork-Where? #HASHTAG GALLERY | 801 Dundas W (at Bathurst)When? Nov 29 at 7PM - 11:30PM and runs until Dec 2$$ FREE

What? Jeff Thomas | Resist-ance Is NOT FutileWhere? STEPHEN BULGER GALLERY | 1026 Queen St WWhen? Dec 1 at 2PM - 5PM | Gallery hours Tues - Sat 11AM - 6PM$$ FREE

THE LECTUREWhat? Trampoline Hall | Sholem Krishtalka curates, Misha Clouberman hostsWhere? THE GARRISONWhen? Mon Dec 3 at 8PM$$ Rush tickets sold at door for $5 from 6:30PM

THE EVENTWhat? ROM Friday Night LiveWhere? THE ROM | 100 Queens ParkWhen? Nov 30 at 7PM$$ $10; $9 students/seniors; ROM members free

- Kelsey Stasiak

WTF TO DO

Open taps, open hearts, open micQuality of Supermarket’s Sunday night “Freef’all” surprises and delights

While open mic nights typi-cally garner skepticism, Freef’all Sundays, Supermar-ket’s weekly open mic night in Kensington Market was all quality. The welcoming crowd and talented line-up paired with permeating vibes of love, and built-in “Kensington cool”

coalesced into an overwhelmingly positive ex-perience.

Upon arrival at 9:30, the first thing to stand out was the closeness of the community. The crowd was engaged but re-spectful. A cackle of laughing ladies were clustered tightly together by the stage, but com-ments, cheers, and catcalls

came from all directions. It was a room full of mostlies – most-ly full tables, mostly empty beer bottles, mostly grown in facial hair, and mostly smil-ing faces. The black curtained walls and ambient candle light contributed to the cozy mood as Christian Bridges, the floral-shirt wearing act of the mo-ment, signed off with “Much love, one love” after a flawless falsetto performance.

Despite the 60s hippie-cum-2012 hipster vibe, the musical styles of the night var-ied greatly. Falling somewhere between electric jam sessions and acoustic campfire circles, the acts ranged from Kings of Leon-style group groveling to solo Alanis Morissette-esque ballads, to self-conscious Matt & Kim-reminiscent male key-boardist/vocalists, to an Irish-inspired folk/punk group who implored the crowd, à la Dropkick Murphys, to “Come on and grab the whiskey.” All

were incredibly talented mu-sicians, a rare find for an open mic night, and the crowd re-mained responsive and atten-tive.

The quality of the event was perhaps due to its narrow fo-cus. The organizers, Tony and Steve, were asked about get-ting up to dance on stage. Tony shook his head and leaned in, revealing a Soulfinger tee un-der his black vest. Finishing his beer and pushing his dreads back over his shoulders he ex-plained: “It’s an open mic, but it’s a music open mic. No com-edy, no spoken word, nothing else. It’s got to be music.” Tony also highlighted that the drum kit, keyboard, bass, acoustic guitar, and six mike setup are provided in-house courtesy of Long & McQuade.

A brief conversation with Tony and Steve made the open-ness of the community ap-parent once more. A slew of onlookers came forward and

introduced themselves, shar-ing anecdotes and pitching in their two cents. One in par-ticular, Jay Pollock, addressed Steve as Sven Jorgen. “It’s my joke Scandinavian name,” Ste-ve explained, as his blue eyes danced sheepishly. Before he excused himself, Pollock ex-cellent summed up the crowd in the room: “This is the grass-roots of Toronto in a musical sense. If you want to see what Toronto songwriters are like, you come here.”

Though drink prices are slightly steep at $6 dollars a bottle and $6.50 a pint for local brews, the charming bar staff, inclusive atmosphere, and high quality musical offerings mostly make up for it.

Freef ’all Sundays have no cover and start 8pm weekly at Super-market, 268 Augusta avenue. Slot sign up becomes available at 5 pm day of via the ‘Freefall Sundays’ Pre-list’ Facebook page.

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This Monday, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was found guilty in a conflict of interest case and has been forced out of office as a result.

the newspaper asked: Do you find Rob Ford’s sentence acceptable?

ALEXIS 2nd year, Political Science and PhilosophyDEBBIE 2nd year, Life ScienceJOEL 2nd year, Physics“Rob Ford was being ignorant of the law. Even though he is mayor he can’t get away with things like that. The judge made the right decision.”

CASSANDRA 2nd year, English and Environmental StudiesSTEPHANIE 2nd year, English“I think it’s acceptable, because he was using public funding for his own purposes.”

ESAVEO 2nd year, Anthropology“I would prefer for him to lose an election. It seems like it would be more of a just way to remove him from office and it would represent more what the people want.”

KATHERINE 4th year, Psychology“I think that’s very acceptable considering all the crap that he’s done with the city, so I thought it was a good idea. I’m surprised that they didn’t take him out of the running for next year. Hopefully he doesn’t get reelected.”

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HILLARY 3rd year, Political Science MAXIMILIEN 2nd year, Human Geography“I think it is inappropriate what he did with public funds. It reflects poorly on the city of Toronto and embarrasses the integrity of the city and I think that it’s good that they kicked him out.”

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ADAM 3rd year, History“I think it’s a bit of an overreaction given that he was funding a high school football team. But at the same time it’s really a matter of his attitude towards it all. It’s like he feels that he’s above the law. I’m glad to see him go but I feel like it would’ve been better if it would’ve been more legitimate.”

Dear Suzie,I’m a first year student. I’m sharing a dorm with a girl who I get along pretty well with. The other day, I saw her on campus wearing my sweater. We’re not that close, so I was taken aback when I saw her wearing something of mine. This is the first time it’s happened, and I don’t want to ruin our otherwise good dynamic by making a big deal. Still, it made me uncomfortable. What do I do?

-Nice Sweater

Dear Nice Sweater,

The very fact that you wrote to me lets me know that you probably hate confrontation. Guess what? Not all confrontation has to be the kind that you see on Real Housewives of New Jersey. There doesn’t have to be any table-flipping or swearing or even Botox-paralyzed cut-eye exchanged.

Barring that your roommate has the exact same sweater, her borrowing your clothes without permis-sion will most likely happen again. The next time it does, don’t be afraid to bring it up by neutrally stating that you noticed her wearing your clothes, and would she mind running it by you next time. Then dispel any possibilities of an awkward showdown and ask her if she wants to go get a smoothie. Confrontations are only as confrontational as you want them to be.

Sincerely,Suzie

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