Next Nugget On October 31 THE Thursday, October 17, 2013 Volume 51, Issue 8 NAIT YOUR STUDENT NEWSPAPERNUGGET FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA CANDIDATES QUIZZED Mayoral hopefuls answer student concerns, Page 2

Photo by Taylor Mah A BEGINNING Construction on the Centre for Applied Technologies (CAT) building has begun with completion expected for the 2016-17 academic year. The $294-million, five-storey building, located north of the HP Centre, will include classrooms, simulation labs, student common areas and a 135-seat lecture theatre. 2 The Nugget Thursday, October 17, 2013 NEWS&FEATURES Questions for the top 3 By CARLY ROBINSON in the soil, which he says is yet to be fully ficulties within the system, as well as its What I suggested is that we put in place With the municipal elections just tested for pollution. benefits. a formula much like we have with the fed- around the corner, many students are won- “We could be in for a surprise and right “So my vision for transit is I would like eral government ... to ensure that we have dering what the candidates think about the now we do not have the kind money to go to see the LRT system completed for 2030. permanent long term sustainable funding issues closest to them. To aid with this, stu- and knock down those buildings and dig up I laid out a road map for how we would do for infrastructure like LRT.” dents’ associations across Edmonton, of those runways, dig up the concrete. It’s got that in partnership with folks in our region She finished be saying she has sup- which NAITSA is one, hosted a mayoral to be placed on the back burner, unfortu- who I have been working with for the past ported smart cards from the beginning. forum at MacEwan University where ques- nately.” He also referred to the project as several years as chair of our regional tran- Diotte asked the crowd how many were tions directly affecting stu- a failed vision, not sit committee and regular transit users, dents were asked of the three knowing how much in partnership with responding simply front runners in the upcoming the operation could Calgary.” “wow” to the number. election. cost. Iveson said that “I think the first Of the topics discussed Iveson followed this partnership order of business is that directly concerned NAIT, by saying, having would make the always to make sure we Karen Leibovici, Don Iveson been on the council issue undeniable. are getting good feed- and Kerry Diotte where able when the decision was He said he does not back on how we can to give their thoughts on the made, that he is fully believe Edmonton improve our bus sys- future of the city centre airport invested in council’s should finance it tems ... I support the lands, transit and its funding vision. alone and wants the LRT as well, but I think and others. “Its actually a city to pay no more we hit a bit of a snag The first official question Kerry Diotte research opportunity,” Don Iveson than 33 cents on the Karen Leibovici on funding and I don’t asked of the candidates was Iveson said. dollar like Toronto. think it is advisable to what was their vision for the municipal “It’s a chance for NAIT and U of A and He said that a smart card U-Pass would also go it alone.” airport land and what will become of the anyone else involved in land reclamation to help the system. Diotte concluded by stressing that his NAIT development plan. In a randomized show what we can do here in Edmonton, Leibovici next said that what transit vision is to work with what we already order, Leibovici started the discussion. show that we are good at cleaning up after needs is “shorter intervals in between the have to make sure we have the right routes “My vision is that it becomes an ourselves.” buses. We need to insure also that there is and schedules. example of how to develop sustainably and He said that he supports NAIT’s plan to better off-peak service, as well as insure The candidates were also asked about how to develop in a fashion that can be rep- consolidate to a single campus and said that that when you have those late night classes residential taxes on student residences and licated world wide,” Leibovici said. it is the right thing to do to turn over some or study session you can get home.” the public asked questions ranging from “What we’re looking for in that is to land for development of residences. She said that we need to make sure we potholes to funding for the arts and what partner with NAIT obviously, in their needs The next topic of importance for NAIT have the most efficient system and to start was their plan for the urban aboriginal and I know that NAIT has a need for a resi- students is that of the candidates’ future the other LRT lines. community, which is the second largest in dence and that would be a very a good vision for transit, as well as how they plan “In order to do that we are going to Canada. opportunity to have residences built at the to pay for it. have to be able to sit down with the prov- The latter was the only one which all same time.” Iveson started off by saying he is a tran- ince because that is where some of our candidates could agree on, that there needs Diotte started by questioning what is sit rider himself and therefore sees the dif- funding is missing,” she said. to be action to stamp out racism. Nexopia making a comeback By BAILLIE SCHEETZ online to chat with friends and build new zine portion has just been added on top of innovative website will bring back pre- You probably remember Nexopia as relationships at the same time. The end it all. The online magazine features mainly vious Nexopia members that have long the social media site that you used a few result became somewhat legendary. Within entertainment and personal interest articles since left their profiles in the dust, and also years ago, possibly in a phase of your a few months, Nexopia was growing by an broken down into four categories; Stu- attract new, young users to the website. teenage years that you are still trying to average of 10 per cent each day before it dent Life, Tattoos, Music, and Sex. There It has yet to be determined if these new forget. finally reached more than a million users. is quite the variety of material and topics additions are enough to lift Nexopia back Nexopia.com was the go to social Originally, Nexopia users were able available. Nexopia now features articles onto the map as a popular Canadian social media website in Canada long before to create and design their own profiles, such as “How To Find a Good Hostel” networking site. That comes down to the Facebook and Twitter gained popularity. friends list, blogs, galleries, articles, and and “Things To Do Before Getting A Tat- whims of a new generation of Canadian Nexopia was created in 2003 by Edmon- forums. The interactive element of Nex- too.” Nexopia is hoping that their new and youth. tonion Timo Ewalds, a then 18-year-old opia was created through an internal per- programming wizard and digital renegade. sonal messaging system and public user Edwalds coded and created the site in his comments on profiles, blogs or through basement, and turned it into Canada’s lar- threads and posts on the forums. Correction gest youth-oriented social networking Nexopia’s community thrived for quite A story, headlined “Khat and brought 34 kg of khat into Canada, was website to date. some time before being overshadowed by mouse” that appeared on Page 2 of the in fact issued by Ontario Court Justice Designed initially as a way to fight international social media sites like Face- Sept. 26 issue of the Nugget, attrib- Elliot Allen. Other similarly attributed back against his high school for banning book. Just recently, Nexopia has revolu- uted a ruling to Justice Beth Allen of quotes and opinions in the story were floppy discs, Ewalds quickly took advan- tionized and completely redesigned it’s the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. also those of Justice Elliot Allen. tage of his programs potential to connect website, now including a very promin- That ruling, which granted an abso- The Nugget regrets the error and any his friends online. Timo’s vision was to ent online magazine element. The original lute discharge to a young woman who confusion this may have caused. create a space where people could meet features of Nexopia still exist, the maga- Thursday, October 17, 2013 NEWS & FEATURES The Nugget 3 LRT line nearly ready By WHITNEY FOX The Nugget The LRT expansion is moving along Room E-128B according to a plan set out by the City of 11762–106 Street Edmonton. This means that the LRT station Edmonton, Alberta at NAIT is due to open in the spring of 2014. T5G 2R1 The Metro Line has an estimated total cost Production Office 471-8866 of $755 million, to be funded by a combination www.thenuggetonline.com of the Government of Canada, the Province of Editor-in-Chief Alberta and the City of Edmonton. It will add Nicole Murphy 13,200 weekday riders to the LRT. [email protected] The line will run from the existing Churchill Station where passengers will Issues Editor change trains from the Capital Line. The Josh Yaworski Metro Line will continue through MacEwen [email protected] Station at 105 Street and 105 Avenue, north Assistant Issues Editor Photo by Josie Baerg to the Kingsway/Royal Alex Station (a tran- Stephan Sutcliffe sit centre on 106 Street and Kingsway) and minute bus ride to school. takes the bus from south Edmonton. [email protected] “It would actually take me longer to take “I live in Century Park so I just take then up to the NAIT Station. Sports Editor This takes an estimated 15 to 25 min- the LRT because I’d have to go downtown the LRT straight from there,” she said. “It’s utes by bus. The LRT trip from Churchill to first and then come here.” Bourque says. My going to be shorter than the bus.” Lauren Fink NAIT will be nine minutes. bus goes right by the Coliseum but the line Hala Haddad, in her first year of Busi- [email protected] The Nugget talked to NAIT students and starts at Churchill so to get here I’d have to ness, drives from the west end of Edmonton Assistant Sports Editor there are mixed reactions to the new LRT backtrack.” and pays $7 a day to park near NAIT. Kyle Harris service on campus. Some students will be However, many of the students inter- Haddad will likely modify her commute [email protected] completely unaffected by the extension. For viewed are looking forward to the LRT sta- “because I’ll probably be able to take a bus Entertainment Editor instance, many students out of Sherwood tion opening up. [downtown] and then take the LRT straight Alison Mullock Park and St. Albert will continue to take Bruce Lu, a first year Material Engineer- here and it will be way faster. Busing from [email protected] their local commuter buses that are subject ing Technology student, says: “I’m looking my place in the west end takes an hour and to the daily rush hour traffic, with limited forward to it. I don’t want to take the No. 8. a half.” Assist. Entertainment Editor availability during off-peak hours. Others, It’s crowded.” Whether looking forward to a more effi- Chris Figliuzzi both from within Edmonton and from out- Lu is also expecting a reduced commute cient commute or just waiting for the con- [email protected] lying communities, will continue to drive time, particularly for his trip home, which struction to be out of the way, the Metro Photo Editor their own vehicles and sort out parking for includes several bus changes downtown and Line will likely have some kind of impact on Jesse Kushneryk convenience. Still others will continue to takes over 40 minutes to get to northeast many students at NAIT. [email protected] take Edmonton Transit buses because the Edmonton, whereas with the LRT it should Construction is due to be completed in Online Editor LRT doesn’t affect their neighbourhoods yet. be reduced to 25 to 30 minutes. December. It will be tested in early 2014 and Anthony Bourque, in his third year of Also looking forward to a reduced open in the spring. For more information on Sarah Stilwell the BBA Management program, lives in commute time is Sophia Kim, a first-year Edmonton Transit schedules and expansions, [email protected] Highlands near Rexall Place and has a 20-25 Applied Banking and Business student who visit www.edmonton.ca/transportation.aspx. Production Manager Frank MacKay [email protected] Submissions encouraged: Are Canadians spying? [email protected] The opinions expressed by contribu- By ROBERT MacGILLIVRAY adian interests. Whether or not this is true you knew no one was watching, what tors to the Nugget are not necessarily How many of you have heard of CSEC? is what is up for debate right now; why stops you from watching everyone else for shared by NAIT officials, NAITSA or No, this isn’t a Mass Effect reference. The else would they be allegedly spying on your own benefit? elected school representatives. Communications Security Establishment an economic ministry other than to gain At least CSEC is governed by all of Canada (CSEC) is Canada’s equivalent of some valuable economic insight? Govern- the same laws you or I are, including the the National Security Agency (NSA) in the ment officials are remaining tight lipped Criminal Code of Canada, the Charter United Sates and, although they don’t get for now, but keep your eyes open over the of Rights and Freedoms and the Privacy Letters nearly as many Hollywood flicks, they still coming weeks as the public continues to Act. Canadians can also rest easy know- get up to their fair share of mischief. We scrutinize this issue. ing that CSEC is forbidden from mon- We want your views also have our version of the CIA but that’s Another question raised is why the itoring anything domestically or monitor- Is something bugging you a story for another article. heck would we be spying on one of our ing Canadians while they travel abroad. about NAIT or the world? Do The Canadian government allegedly Western allies? Would we be OK with Keeping these points in mind, maybe the you have some praise for the has been spying on the Brazilian Min- another country keeping tabs on us? way CSEC handles their mandate is a best school or life in general? istry of Mines and Energy. It is commonly According to a recent survey of NAIT stu- possible scenario – it gives us a country Keep your thoughts short accepted that there are a number of intel- dents (yes, I ran around NAIT with a tally to live in where we don’t have to feel like and to the point. No more ligence agencies who spend a lot of their chart last week, so it’s not an “official” big brother is watching, prevents us from than 100 words. Submit resources spying on the economic affairs survey) 66 per cent of the test group said being behind on intelligence about foreign your letters with your real of other countries in order to give them- that they felt it was OK for countries to countries and doesn’t make it its business name and contact info to: to know everything about everybody. selves or their domestic corporations a leg spy on each other. [email protected]. up in the business world. That kind of sur- One person I surveyed said, “Countries We can probably agree that the spying We need to list your real name. veillance could be worth billions of dol- can’t trust each other through words and this CSEC allegedly did in Brazil was cross- Getting something off your lars but CSEC claims that they run with a is the only way to keep each other in check.” ing the line. I am just glad that the Brazil- clearer set of morals and only share infor- It’s an interesting perspective and one ians are so angry at the NSA right now; chest is downright therapeutic. mation about possible threats to Can- that indeed has merit. In a world where it’s keeping CSEC out of the spotlight. Write us. 4 The Nugget NEWS & FEATURES Thursday, October 17, 2013 Military dealing with cuts By SHEEBA JOHNSON brewing over where the “axe should fall.” The Military budget? Let’s be honest, most of question remains whether it should hit the costly us don’t know what’s going on and some of us bureaucracy, which has swelled significantly in don’t care. But that’s where we are wrong; we recent years, the high priced outside contractors do kind of need to know what’s up with the gov- or on the frontline, which has already been hit by ernment, what’s happening with our military. cuts. Dave Perry, an analyst with the Conference We need to know so we can ask questions like, of Defence Associations Institute, told the Toronto is this going to affect our taxes? What does it Star that the last three budgets have hit operations mean for us? and maintenance funding especially hard, because The military’s budget is called the Defence the Canadian Forces’ readiness has been reduced Budget and people, especially those in the mil- significantly. itary community, are not happy with the cutbacks. It will be interesting to see how our forces Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed a new deal with the new cuts; they will be forced to minister to oversee the defence department budget find a new way of doings things. I recently had cuts and fix the military procurement system. a chat with a NAIT student who is in the mil- Peter MacKay was replaced by long time itary who wishes to stay anonymous. He told Justice Minister Rob Nicholson because he was me about one way that his department is being not able to implement the cuts, to cope with the affected by the new regulations. He said that shrinking budget, despite the orders from Harper now no “oral agreements” for supplies are being last June. So now Nicholson gets the task of honoured, that all must be submitted in writ- implementing the prime minister’s demand for ing. For example, his group has been told that “more teeth and less tails.” welding gloves are available, there has been no The Canadian Forces have enjoyed a few written agreement, and so none have been sent. years of big budgets since the Conservatives They currently have to buy their own personal took office. The new reality of cutbacks that has safety equipment when they should be getting it started to hit the front lines, isn’t exactly good from their workplace all because there has been news. Senior military officers, and most recently no written request. outgoing Canadian Army Commander Lt.-Gen. As the cutbacks set in, there will be less train- Peter Devlin, told Postmedia News that the cuts ing in an actual real world environment and more will hurt the Canadian Forces and could even training will be done in a “simulated” environment usher in a new “decade of darkness” like the because the simulated training isn’t as expensive. I 1990s. just hope that these new changes don’t come back Photo by Ben Turner Amongst all that there was an internal fight to bite us in the future. Thursday, October 17, 2013 NEWS & FEATURES The Nugget 5 e-cigs debate beginning By WHITNEY FOX val without cigarettes so that was kind of a really awesome bility, however, is that e-cigarettes will merely supplement A recent article in the Canadian Medical Association alternative. It was the kind of electronic cigarette that had tobacco use in contexts where smoking is no longer allowed Journal has triggered a conversation around electronic nicotine in it but I wasn’t getting all of the toxins.” and may thereby perpetuate smoking among people who cigarettes. Maynard added that the e-cigarette “tasted way bet- would otherwise be motivated to continue trying to quit.” On Oct. 7, the journal published an editorial by Dr. ter … and lasted longer. I didn’t feel inclined to smoke an Stanbrook also says that stop smoking aids such as Matthew B. Stanbrook, Deputy Editor, with the headline, entire cigarette. I could have two or three puffs off of it and health professionals’ advice and nicotine replacements Regulate e-cigarettes as drug delivery services. then put it back in my pocket and I was fine, which was have proven less effective than public policies and efforts Stanbrook is a specialist in respirology with a PhD in really nice.” that stigmatize smoking and make it inconvenient. Clinical Epidemiology. He is based at the Institute for Clin- Maynard continued to use the e-cigarette as a total Another concern Stanbrook has is that with far less ical Evaluative Sciences in Ontario where he is an aca- replacement for cigarettes for over a month, and then con- regulation of e-cigarettes, as they have in the U.S., a demic clinician-scientist. tinued to not smoke at all for the remainder of her summer. younger generation is once again being targeted for nico- Stanbrook’s view is that “Nicotine is a drug and e-ciga- Stanbrook argues that “A troubling alternative possi- tine products sales. The lack of regulation leaves e-ciga- rettes containing nicotine are drug-delivery rette companies “free to resurrect marketing devices.” campaigns originally designed, but no longer Although in his article he recognizes that permitted, for cigarettes.” “e-cigarettes provide a uniquely appealing Michael Desfosses, a first year Machin- means of obtaining nicotine without expos- ist student, agrees, based on the potential for ure to the other harmful constituents of tobacco young people to use e-cigarettes without being smoke,” Dr. Stanbrook still pushes for the con- found out. “They think that if they put nicotine tinued regulation of their sale in Canada. into a scentless apparatus, something that they’re As it stands now, e-cigarettes containing allowed to use indoors, the people in charge of nicotine are not legal to be imported, advertised caring for them might not notice what they’re or sold in Canada under the Food and Drugs Act doing.” by Health Canada. However, this is not necessar- As it stands now, many NAIT students ily preventing people from trying them. questioned on the matter had little or nothing Heather Maynard, a second-year Mechanical to say about e-cigarettes, because they had not Engineering Technology student at NAIT, was really heard of them, or they were completely in the U.S. for a music festival in the spring of unaffected by them. Students who smoked 2013. At the festival, e-cigarettes that contained seemed to be more familiar with e-cigarettes, but nicotine were being given out to people over the due to the lack of availability of actual nicotine age of 18 for free. “I was not smoking regular Photo by Ben Turner e-cigarettes, these students did not really see the cigarettes at the time and I had gone to the festi- e-cigarettes devices as viable alternatives for smoking. 6 The Nugget NEWS & FEATURES Thursday, October 17, 2013

Point Counter Point Two toy stories

JOSH YAWORSKI By CHRIS FIGLIUZZI Issues Editor @actuallyjosh Assistant Entertainment Editor @chrisfigliuzzi I, Josh Yaworski, am secretly a large bearded child. You may not be aware of this, but my Growing up I loved toys, hell I still love toys. I have a huge collection of original Ninja beard and size conveniently hide my secret: I have the maturity of an eight-year-old. And it is Turtles, G.I. Joes, and Hot Wheels, and this isn’t the “still in the box” collection either. for exactly that reason that i care so fiercely about toys. As we digest our 60,000 calorie turkey I loved playing with these toys, pitting hero against hero in a no holds barred competi- dinners and enter a near catatonic state, most will find themselves enraptured by the television tion for the title of supreme ruler of my bed room. Most, if not all, of my best memories screens our comfy chairs cluster around. And in my house, my younger cousins scooped the involve me and my Turtle Blimp or G.I. Joe fortress 2 of the coolest toys of all time...or remote and turned it onto a children’s channel. While the programming itself was garbage, I so I thought. found myself completely enraptured in the commercials, the hyper energetic explosions of col- Toys have gotten so much cooler since then. It’s mind boggling, like someone was our and noise, and though the commercials certainly have improved, the toys have not. secretly holding out until I finally out grew the appropriate age to buy toys for myself. Looking at these toys, one is at first impressed. All the attachments, tools, weapons, I mean have you looked around lately? Kids are driving around in “Power Wheels” that and online interactive elements seem like the perfect toys. So when I heard a cousin tell are nicer than my car. They have tinted windows, subs, turn signals, and even working another cousin he already had one of the toys, I had to see seat belts, hell if they were street legal I’d grab one it in real life. We went downstairs into the dark basement in for myself God knows it would be easier for me to which we keep the children, ensuring they are neither seen reach the pedals. or heard, and he showed me the toy. And while I did enjoy the two minutes I was playing with the toy before I had lost Toys getting cooler the 13 darts, jetpack, snowboard, rocket launcher and 11 Yes, toys are definitely getting cooler and other assorted pieces of armour that refused to remain on to deny this is just plain crazy. I mean there’s no the action figure and did appreciate the painstaking detail, I shame in admitting you’re jealous of the toys kids couldn’t help but be disappointed. have. I mean, besides the awesome power wheels, they now have sweet laser tag games, cool hot Where’s the danger? wheels courses and about a bazillion other things This thing came with everything a kid could need to play that blow my mind. with it for hours. If I had had this toy at 10, I would never On top of all this they also have games that have played with anything else. But my young cousin put it won’t kill them. I know some of you probably aside and went off to watch TV in a matter of minutes. Mod- think games that threaten both life and limb are ern toys are missing two things. And the first is danger. better but I’m old and fragile and really wouldn’t These toys are ridiculous. But they are completely lack- mind living long enough to pay off my first stu- ing in any sort of danger. Where’s the risk in throwing a soft dent loan. I know I’m probably dating myself, nerf football, when we could be playing lawn darts? Who which might actually be nice since no one else will wants to open up a kinder surprise and find a pre-assem- date me, but I remember growing up and playing bled figurine, when there used to be 10 to 20 pieces perfectly lawn darts ... with actual darts. I know a lot of you sized to get caught in the throat? Kids these days aren’t probably don’t see this as a problem but inevitably sporting any creepy crawly induced hand burns or wood someone would end up volunteering to be a goalie. burning kit scars. Do you see any broken noses from pogo That’s right, a goalie ... to stop darts ... falling from sticks or pogo balls? Modern kids don’t know what it’s like the sky. We lost a lot of good kids to that game. to accidentally gas yourself with a chemistry set and wake up two hours later with a pounding headache, surrounded by 3D puzzles hallucination induced heffelumps and woozels. Even puzzles have suddenly gotten cooler. How many of you over the age of 25 would have No imagination ever imagined that one day we would have 3D It’s true modern kids aren’t experiencing the danger some puzzles? I know I wouldn’t have. I mean you can of us did, but there’s a bigger problem. Kids are also lack- now make Big Ben, The Eiffel Tower, Empire ing imagination. I had a car garage toy. It was just an oddly State Building and the London Bridge. You know shaped piece of plastic upon which five or six stickers where what I used to make? Pictures of cats! That’s it. placed. One of the stickers was a supermarket, another a post Puzzles were exclusively the realm of little old office and one a restaurant. This amused me and my broth- ladies and if you ever decided that you wanted to ers for a decade. We would drive our hot wheels up the ramp, make a puzzle for some reason, you had to make pretend we owned different stores and were operating them. sure that your friends never, ever found out. Sometimes we were robbers, supervisions, cops and so much It’s easy to see that toys have gotten so much more. And how many kids will do that now? better today and to deny so is just crazy. I mean Toys nowadays seem incredible but they aren’t provid- sure we had a couple of great toys but by and large ing anywhere near the joy ours did. Without the simplicity, kids today have it way better. It’s really no contest. and with electronics, there is no danger, learning or imagina- Now, if you’ll excuse me I have a Tamagotchi that tion in play, merely a shallow, five-minute imitation. File photo needs feeding. Thursday, October 17, 2013 The Nugget 7 opinion — Editorial — Looking for alternatives of a friend took a look at me. He was a chiropractor So fear was literally the injury in my car accident and he looked slightly horrified after I told him what that caused major physical problems. was going on. He did some pushing and prodding Since this time I have been searching out ways to as chiropractors do and then I felt a change, almost help the body remember how to fix itself. In simple instantly. I cannot to this day explain it but I began to terms, this is the idea of most Eastern philosophies of cry. Within an hour the pain that had taken over my medicine. Acupuncture, acupressure and massage ther- life for a week was gone. apy, to name a few, all see the treatments as a way to He explained that when I was in the car accident as remind the body to take care of itself. Making sure that I saw the bus coming towards me I gasped in fear. As I all the systems flow properly. did that the two main lymph-node draining areas at the Again, there is a place for Western medicine of NICOLE MURPHY top of my chest constricted causing a backup of fluid in course, but if there is a way to reduce the need for it I am Editor-In-Chief my mouth. willing to try. @NicoleMurphySt

Have you ever thought about digesting food? Or breath- ing? Chances are if you are having trouble with either one of these body functions, yes, but for the most part if everything is running smoothly you do not consciously tell the body to do all that it does. If we had to tell the body to release every hormone, react to every emergency situation or tell every white blood cell to fight off a virus there is no way we could consciously keep up. So, amazingly, the programing of our body’s subconscious just does its thing.

Good news, bad news Good news, bad news time. The good news is our body sends us messages all the time whether it is showing us that our new job is stressing us out with a sore neck or that we are in a bad relationship with sad emotions, the body is the “mes- senger.” The bad news is the body is the “messenger” and if we have not been taught how to interrupt these messages, we can live a painful life. Headaches, stomach issues and even hormone imbalances that cause depression are just some common illnesses that show up in the body. It is hard not to get frustrated and feel a disconnect when things like allergies and asthma are just the immune system, the part of the body that is supposed to protect you, attacking itself. My whole life I have been an avid ibuprofen user. Any ache and pain I had I would cover up with a pill and get on with my day. But as I do research into other forms of medi- cine, I am thinking that perhaps a quick fix is not the answer. Do not get me wrong, when I have a ton of school work to do and a headache strikes, chances are I will take some ibuprofen, but if I can do something to lessen the times I get headaches I am open to it. klassikmagazine.com

T-boned Is something bugging you about NAIT Awhile back, I was T- boned by a short school bus. Yes or the rest of the world? Do you have ... I was hit in my car by the short bus! It had run a red light some praise to dish out about the school but had been slowing down so I was not hit with full force. or life in general? Get those thoughts Somehow magically I was not injured – well, not right away. into print. About a day later my whole mouth began to swell up and hurt. Keep them short and to the point. No Confused, I went to the medicentre where they diagnosed an allergic reaction and sent me on my way. Here is the thing, no more than 100 words. We’re a newspaper, allergy medication helped at all. not an encyclopedia. Give us a break! I thought how could this have anything to do with a car Submit letters with your real name and crash? Then, by chance, while visiting with friends, a friend phone number to: [email protected]. 8 The Nugget Thursday, October 17, 2013 SPORTS Trip south to the big time machine and glove dryer. After the opening 20, the boys went to “We competed hard and had some chan- Then it was off to the dinner room the locker room down 1-0. The next 20 was ces but at the end of the day you have to tip where we had delicious meals prepared a fast paced period, which saw the Ooks on your cap to Omaha on how well they cap- and cooked for us, right inside the rink. The a five-minute power play after a dangerous italized on us. hotel was right across from the rink, mak- hit to NAIT forward Dante Borelli. Bor- “It was a great experience, how we got ing it real convenient for the team and staff elli later sported a nice cut along the side of taken care of and to see a first class Div- to travel back and forth. And if the beautiful his eye socket and a black and blue shiner. ision 1 program like that definitely is some- rink wasn’t enough, right across from the The Ooks were unable to capitalize on the thing I won’t forget.” hotel and rink is TD Ameritrade Park, home man advantage, which became costly as The trip was started by assistant coach of the Creighton University Bluejays and the Mavs gained momentum and put two Mike Gabinet, who is a University of Neb- KYLE HARRIS the College World more past netminder raska Omaha Mav- Assistant Sports Editor @Theharrisshow20 Series! I didn’t get Ty Swabb. As the team erick alumnus. to tour the inside entered the third, they Gabinet donned The men’s hockey team had a trip of of the ball park felt confident they the Maverick col- a lifetime. The boys travelled to Omaha, but was able to could get back into the ours from 2000 to Nebraska to play the University of Neb- get a little sneak game, but after a couple 2004. raska-Omaha NCAA Division 1 hockey peak on the inside defensive lulls the “I’ve got a lot team. of the 35,000 seat Mavs made the Ooks of friends still back Sunday morning, after a weekend set facility and it was pay. NAIT defenceman in Omaha, so to be against Red Deer College, the team flew beautiful. Richard Sabourin let a able to go down to Denver, Colorado for a slight layover Putting that snapper fly from the top and be back in that before landing in Omaha. As they pulled up all aside, the team of the circle that got the rink as a coach it to the beautiful Century Link arena, home was looking to take Ooks on the board late was an amazing of the University Nebraska Omaha Maver- care of business in the third but it wasn’t experience,” he icks hockey team and as well as Division on the ice. The enough. said. 1 basketball program Creighton University, team took on the Although the end “I think every- you could feel the excitement. Mavericks Mon- result was a 6-1 loss, one enjoyed it, The treatment was something none of day night, in front the Ooks hung in with a from flying to the team had ever experienced. It was like of a few thousand Sam Waterfield premier Division 1 pro- Mike Gabinet being treated first we were professionals, with the bus pulling fans, where they gram in the NCAA. Defenceman class to playing a well-established Division right inside the rink, hanging up our gear fell short in a 6-1 final. The Ooks came out Sam Waterfield was really impressed with 1 program, it was a great trip for us as a in our massive locker room with individ- flying in the first, matching the Division 1 his team’s performance. program.” ual stalls, an abundance of tape laid out, as squad shot for shot, pushing the pace and “It was a real eye opener, seeing what it Coach Gabinet hopes to make this a well as beverages, gum, skate sharpening forcing the Mavs to bring their A game. takes to play at that level,” Waterfield said. yearly trip for the Ooks. BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL Women end preseason play By BAILLIE SCHEETZ player of the game with 12 points and eight Torey Hill was named player of the game at MacEwan this past weekend. The Ooks @BaillieScheetz steals, while second with 14 points and 15 played their first game against the MacEwan Women’s Basketball year foward Torey rebounds, while Robyn Griffins on Friday night. Though the sets were This past Thanksgiving weekend, the Hill scored 14 points Gibson scored double close, the Ooks lost 3-0 to the home team. On women’s basketball team went down to Cal- and fourth-year player digits for the third game Saturday morning, the Ooks took on the Olds gary to participate in the SAIT Fall Classic Robyn Gibson tallied 18 in a row with 14 points College Broncos and lost that match, also by Basketball Tournament for the final games in points in the victory. and Shea-Lynn Noyes a score of 3-0. The Ooks played their second their preseason. In the last game of added 16 points and five game on Saturday against the Kings Eagles On Thursday, the Ooks faced the Leth- the tournament, NAIT steals to her total. Every and lost the close match 3-1. The Ooks played bridge College Kodiaks, posting a 64-43 played the ACAC single dressed player their final Saturday game against Canadian final score and the first win in the weekend. defending champion scored at least a point in Mennonite University Blazers and won that Fourth-year player Janice Phung was named Olds College Broncos the Ooks’ final victory. match handily by a score of 3-0. player of the game with 14 points and five on Saturday. The game The Ooks open their The Ooks finished off their weekend assists, while fourth-year forward Robyn Gib- started out as a close regular season on Oct. with a game against Briercrest, losing the son also hit double figures with 14 points. match with a score of 18 on the road in Fort final match by a score of 3-0. The tourna- The second game of the weekend was 36-26 going into the McMurray against the ment was a great learning experience for the on Friday when NAIT hit the court against half. The Ooks’ persis- Keyano Huskies. team, including the new starting lineup as the St. Mary’s University College Lightning. tently strong offence Women’s Volleyball well as head coach Benj Heinrichs, as it was Thanks to the Ooks’ impenetrable defence, allowed them to take The women’s vol- his debut with his new squad. The women’s they came away with a blowout victory over control in the second leyball team competed volleyball team will open their regular season St. Mary’s by a final score of 88-36. Guard half, completing the Benj Heinrichs in their first and only in Lloydminister on Oct. 18 against the Lake- Shea-Lynn Noyes, second year, was named game with a 75-43 final. First year as coach preseason tournament land Rustlers. Thursday, October 17, 2013 SPORTS The Nugget 9

HOCKEY Hopes high for men’s team By BRIDGETTE TSANG minutes, but our energy trailed off. They @BridgetteTsang played a high energy high paced game and The men’s hockey team is off to a hot they will make you pay for your mistakes. start this season. But, overall, it was a really good experi- After shutting out the Red Deer Col- ence! The team is grateful for the chance!” lege Kings in back-to-back games two The Ooks then travelled back to Canada weeks ago, head coach Serge Lajoie was over to Caronport, Saskatchewan where impressed by his team’s effort and was they faced the Briercrest Clippers twice even more impressed by his goalie,Ty at the Barkman Arena. Although the team Swabb. gave up a goal early in the first period, they “I thought the boys had very good backed it up with two great periods to fol- games against Red Deer. Red Deer played low, at one point outshooting their oppon- very well; two really good teams compet- ent 21-1. ing. They came at us in waves. Ty com- Tyler French was clutch in this game peted hard and battled. He made timely as he scored two goals and took the hon- saves for us, and the results speak to the our of being the Ooks player of the game in performance and it allowed us to gain a dominating 8-1 Ooks victory. Ooks play- momentum” ers Jason Wark and Ty Carey also had two The team then headed over the border goals in the game. Clippers’ goalie Connor to face the University of Nebraska Omaha Dobberthien faced a total of 59 shots from Mavericks in a special non-conference the Ooks. game (the game was played Monday, Oct. The second night against the Clippers 7). It gave a chance for the team to do some proved to be just as great as the first. The Photo by Jesse Kushneryk NAIT’s Sarah McMaster competes in the women’s ACAC 5K cross- team-building and take in the experience. Ooks struck first midway through the first country race at Augustana University College in Camrose on Oct. 12. Despite falling short on the scoreboard (by period with a goal by Jordan Abt. a score of 6-1), they had many things to And the red light didn’t stop flashing cheer about. there. Two more goals in the second per- Ooks player of the game. this weekend (Oct. 18 and 19) at 7 p.m “It was a tremendous experience! We iod and four more goals in the third period The shot clock had the Ooks outshoot- both nights at NAIT Arena. The Trojans are were treated very well; the hospitality, alone. The stars of the game included Jame ing the Clippers by an astounding 66-13 by two points ahead of the Ooks in the ACAC facilities, meals, everything,” Lajoie said. Johnson, who had a goal and three assists, the end of the game as the Ooks won to the standings right now, but the team is hoping “It was first class. We represented our- and Joshua Lazowski, who had two goals tune of 7-1. to come away with two wins by the end of selves very well. We played for a good 35 in that third period and was rewarded the The Ooks will host the SAIT Trojans the weekend. Ready, set – it’s time to play! By BRETT MORTON our team against the stronger teams in our conference, such as Preseason Tourney and played several teams in the ACAC as @TSN_BrettMorton Lethbridge, SAIT and Medicine Hat,” said head coach Todd a part of their non-conference schedule. The team walked away Three of NAIT’s athletic teams kick off their regular sea- Warnick. with two wins and a couple close loses out of the seven games sons this upcoming weekend. The men’s team is also preparing for their upcoming regu- that they played in their preseason and they will hopefully turn The women’s basketball team will look to improve on their lar season after one preseason tournament. The tournament saw that around when they start their regular season. third-place finish last year in the ACAC, which was the first the team walk away with two close losses against SAIT, 69-62 The men and women kick off their regular seasons this time the team won a medal in the ACAC. and Briercrest, 70-66 and with one win against Olds, 78-54. weekend when they travel to Lloydminster to take on the Lake- The team is looking really good going into the regular sea- This year, the men will hope to fare better than their fifth-sixth land Rustlers on Friday the 18th. The Ooks will then fly home son after going 3-0 in the final preseason tournament this past ACAC finish last year and new head coach Mike Connolly is for their home opener on Oct. 25 when the Keyano Huskies weekend at SAIT. preparing them to do so. make the trip down to Edmonton. “Our preseason schedule gave us the opportunity to test Both the women and men’s teams will travel to Fort The women’s hockey team is revved up to get their sea- McMurray to take on the Keyano Huskies to son going. The women won their first ever ACAC title last year open their regular seasons on Oct. 18. But you and are hoping to repeat this upcoming season. The ladies had a will have to wait until Oct. 26 to watch the Ooks pretty good preseason and a really good experience when they at home, where they take on the Red Deer Col- travelled to Ontario for some non-conference games. The south- lege Queens/Kings. ern Ontario trip had Ooks take on the University of Ontario Another Ooks team looking forward to this Institute of Technology (UOIT) in Oshawa where they lost in a season and hoping for the same success as last defensive battle 1-0, which had to be decided in overtime. year is the women’s volleyball team. Coming Next game, the Ooks got their first and only win of the tour- off an ACAC title and getting a brand new head nament in a 2-1 victory over York. They then took on Ryer- coach, Benj Heinrichs, the Ooks are here to show son University, where again they came up short in overtime, that they can bring it once again. this time by a score of 2-1. The final game of the trip saw the The Ooks were at MacEwan this past week- Ooks battle it out against the University of Toronto. The ladies end to play in their first and only preseason tour- fought hard but came up short in 3-2 decision. The women had nament, which would help the team see how they a good showing, getting four out of a possible six points and had gel and see what they will have to do to remain a really great experience. They also took on St. FX Academy in top contenders this year. their preseason and walked away with two wins.

Photo by Jesse Kushneryk The men’s volleyball team is also ready The Ooks have two more preseason games against the Cal- NAIT women in action against the Fort Saskatchewan to start up their regular season after a busy gary Coyotes on Oct. 18 and 19 before they start their regular Fury on Sept. 5. The Ooks won 3-0. preseason. They participated in the Go Centre season Oct. 25 at home against SAIT. 10 The Nugget SPORTS Thursday, October 17, 2013 Esks’ playoff hopes dashed By RACHEL PRAZAK ended with a five-yard run by Sheets to Ferri, who returned the ball 30 yards Midway through the fourth quarter, the @RachelPrazak extend Saskatchewan’s lead to 11. into Eskimos territory. Before the Rid- Roughriders drove deep into Eskimos ter- The Edmonton Eskimos headed to Saskatchewan’s offence started to cool ers offence could get their drive on track, ritory and seemed destined to find the end Regina on Oct. 12 to take on the Rough- off, thanks to some strong defensive plays a Durant pass was picked off by Eskimos zone. However, after Sheets was stuffed on riders in a must-win game. The Eskimos from the Eskimos. linebacker Rennie Curran, who had a second and three, coach Corey Chamblin had to win their last four games in order Durant saw his pass intercepted by lengthy return of his own, running it 21 opted to keep his offence on the field rather to secure the final playoff. The Montreal Eskimos safety Donovan Alexander, fol- yards back into Roughrider territory. than attempt a short field goal. Alouettes needed to lose their last lowed by Eskimos linebacker Eric The interception by Curran led to On third down, backup quarterback four games to help assist the Samuels sacking Durant the another field goal by Eskimos kicker Grant Drew Willy was also stuffed, turning the Eskimos in clinching the next time the Riders offence Shaw, cutting Saskatchewan’s lead to seven ball over to the Eskimos without getting remaining playoff spot. hit the field. points. any points. Like the Riders, the Eskimos Heading into the game, Despite the strong play A few plays later, Edmonton pulled weren’t able to translate their momentum the Edmonton Eskimos on the defensive side of the within one when Riders punter Ricky into any points on the scoreboard. made it very clear that quarter- ball, Edmonton’s offence was Schmidt was forced to kick a loose ball into Late in the fourth quarter, Saskatch- back Mike Reilly would be back unable to generate any momentum, his own end zone after a bad snap. ewan survived a scare, as they held off a to his fleeing ways, running wild with the giving plenty of work to their punting unit. The game was stopped for 10 min- furious charge by the Eskimos who were football. Eventually, the Eskimos started to gain utes late in the third quarter when a Sas- closing in on the end zone. The Eskimos The game got off to a very slow start. traction on offence, however, the Rid- katchewan defender rolled over the were stuffed at the one-yard line, sealing Halfway through the opening quarter, ers defence came up huge, preventing the neck of Eskimo Almondo Sewell while the deal on Saskatchewan’s victory and the Reilly took off for an 11-yard gain to help Eskimos from putting points up on the recovering a fumbled punt. Sewell left on Esks playoff hopes. move the Eskimos offence into Roughrider board. a stretcher and was taken to the Regina The Riders managed to hang on to a territory. Reilly’s rushing set up a 46-yard After completing a pass to receiver General Hospital. All tests came back 14-9 victory after the goal line stand. With field goal by Grant Shaw after the drive Matt Carter for 59 yards, then moving up negative for a spinal fracture. After being the loss, the Edmonton Eskimos were offi- stalled a few plays later. 15 extra yards two plays later as a result of released from the hospital and transferred cially eliminated from the playoffs. Later on in the first quarter, the Rough- an unnecessary roughness penalty, Reilly back to Edmonton, Sewell will continue Edmonton will host their final home riders put together a lengthy drive that led saw his pass intended for Calvin McCarty to be monitored by the Eskimos training game of the season Friday night against the to the opening touchdown of the game. intercepted by Tyron Brackenridge, ending staff. Calgary Stampeders. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. Starting from their own 35-yard line, the Eskimos hopes for a late half score. Saskatchewan quarterback Darian Durant The Eskimos and the Riders headed led the Riders 80 yards down the field on into the locker room at halftime with the 10 plays. The last play of the drive was a Riders leading 14-3. 20-yard touchdown catch to receiver Wes- The early parts of the third quarter saw ACAC Standings ton Dressler in the end zone, making the little action offensively, as the Esks and the MEN’S HOCKEY RESULTS score 7-3 in favour of the Riders. Riders struggled to generate any offence. Team GP W RW L OTL TIE GF GA Pts October 4 King’s 1, Keyano 2 The Roughriders first half of booming Late in the third quarter, both defences SAIT 6 4 4 0 0 2 25 15 10 October 5 offence didn’t stop there. came up big, as they both registered con- NAIT 5 4 4 0 1 0 21 4 9 NAIT 1, Grande Prairie 0 On their next possession, Durant, with secutive interceptions. RDC 6 4 4 2 0 0 14 9 8 MacEwan 6, Concordia 0 the help of running back Kory Sheets, First, Reilly’s pass was snagged out UAA 6 2 1 2 0 2 21 15 6 Keyano 3, King’s 0 engineered a nine play, 55-yard drive that of the air by Riders linebacker Diamond Concordia 3 2 2 1 0 0 9 10 4 SAIT 2, Lethbridge 0 Keyano 4 2 2 2 0 0 16 16 4 Medicine Hat 4, Olds 0 Lakeland 3, Red Deer 1 Portage 6 2 2 4 0 0 23 27 4 October 6 MacEwan 4 1 1 3 0 0 12 18 2 NAIT 3, Grande Prairie 0 Briercrest 6 0 0 5 1 0 13 40 1 Lethbridge 5, Olds 1 Oil Kings 1 for 3 RESULTS Medicine Hat 3, SAIT 1 October 11 By KELSEY LYDYNUIK this year. Edmonton was not able to tie it NAIT 8, Briercrest 1 @Kelsey Lydynuik up as Winquist scored his second of the Keyano 5, Portage 4 WOMEN’S SOCCER For a change in the usual schedule, night on an empty net, giving the Silver- North Division Red Deer 8, MacEwan 2 the teams from Washington State came to tips a 4-2 win. Team W L T Pts GF GA +/- SAIT 2, UAA 2 (OT) MacEwan 8 0 0 24 44 2 42 Edmonton instead of vice versa. On Friday, the Spokane Chiefs were in October 12 NAIT 7 1 0 21 52 5 47 On Wednesday, the Everett Silvertips vis- Edmonton with only one loss all season, as NAIT 7, Briercrest 1 Grande Prairie 4 4 0 12 21 25 -4 ited Rexall, marking the first time over-ager the Oil Kings looked to come back from the Concordia 4 4 0 12 16 27 -11 Keyano 6, Portage 4 King’s 1 6 1 4 5 38 -33 Reid Petryk played against his former team frustrating loss against Everett. It looked to UAA 3, SAIT 3 (OT) Keyano 0 9 1 1 3 44 -41 since being traded at the start of the season. be a repeat of Wednesday’s game, as Spo- Red Deer 3, MacEwan 1 SouthDivision Everett opened strong as Matt Pufahl kane scored an early goal in the first. How- Medicine Hat 8 1 0 24 27 4 23 notched the first just over a minute into ever, that was the only scoring through the Red Deer 4 2 2 14 14 10 4 Lethbridge 4 3 2 14 14 15 -1 play. Shortly after, on the power play, first and second. MEN’S SOCCER North Division SAIT 3 3 2 11 15 15 0 Curtis Lazar and Cody Corbett combined to With that said, the second period was Team W L T Pts GF GA +/- Lakeland 2 5 1 7 16 21 -5 tie the game. Joshua Winquist returned the much different as there were two fights. NAIT 6 1 1 19 19 4 15 Olds College 0 7 1 1 3 24 -21 lead to the Silvertips at the end of the first. Markson Bechtold and Aaron Irving mixed RESULTS MacEwan 6 1 1 19 32 8 24 October 4 The second period was tame, with it up and later in the period, Jackson Play- Concordia 4 4 0 12 19 23 -4 King’s 1, Keyano 1 few scoring opportunities, shots 10-6 fair and Stephen Shmoorkoff dropped the Keyano 3 4 3 12 13 16 -3 October 5 Oil Kings. The third was also relatively mitts. All the fighting in the second seemed Grande Prairie 3 4 1 10 12 11 1 NAIT 4, Grande Prairie 1 unexciting, literally until the last minute of to spark the home team, as two quick goals King’s 0 8 0 0 5 38 -33 MacEwan 7, Concordia 0 King’s 2, Keyano 0 play when Pufahl scored his second of the and a third half way through the period South Division Lethbridge 5 2 2 17 24 17 7 SAIT 3, Lethbridge 0 night on an empty net. However Corbett were followed by an empty netter to give Medicine Hat 3, Olds 0 Red Deer 5 3 0 15 17 15 2 shortened Everett’s lead to one 12 seconds the Oil Kings a 4-1 come-from-behind win. Red Deer 5, Lakeland 0 Medicine Hat 4 2 3 15 20 10 10 October 6 later for his second of the night and sev- On Tuesday, they lost a black-out SAIT 4 4 0 12 23 17 6 NAIT 8, Grande Prairie 1 enth of the season, tying his number of plagued game at home to the Prince Albert Lakeland 3 2 3 12 20 11 9 Lethbridge 3, Olds 1 goals in 71 games last season in only nine Raiders by a score of 3-2 in a shootout. Olds College 0 8 0 0 4 38 -34 Medicine Hat 3, SAIT 0 Thursday, October 17, 2013 SPORTS The Nugget 11 Athlete Profile Athlete Profile Player: Jordan Teliske Player: Carlie Friesen Sport: Men’s volleyball Sport: Women’s soccer Position: Left side Position: Forward Program: Millwork and Program: Academic Carpentry Upgrading

By SHEEBA JOHNSON Well, I don’t drink coffee, so Timmy’s, By SHEEBA JOHNSON Do you have a workout routine? What inspired you to play volleyball? I guess” What inspired you to play soccer? I don’t do the same thing every day. I saw my sister playing and having fun Do you have a workout routine? My mom, I want to get better for I just love being in the gym and work- doing so. And since I always looked up to Not really, just in the gym as much as her. I do everything for her. ing up a sweat. her, I wanted to play. possible. Do you have a pre-game ritual? How much do you love the game? Do you have a pre-game ritual? How much do you love the game? I take off my cross necklace and I will get up at 5 a.m. on a Saturday Yes. The team rituals. And then I It’s my passion. It’s what I live for. I give it a kiss. I am very religious. morning to watch a game! have a note I wrote to myself of why I love it. What do you like What is your biggest play volleyball and just read it to myself What is your biggest source of about being an Ook? source of motivation? before games. motivation? I love training every My family and God. What do you like about being an To be the best. I’m always looking to day and my team is very How do you manage Ook? try and improve myself. accepting. It’s a super to keep a balance in your The school, teachers, students, coaches, How do you manage to keep a bal- friendly environment to be in. life between school, games, training my team, it’s just an all-around amazing ance in your life (between school, games, What’s your workout song/artist? and personal life? place. Love the environment. training and personal life?) Beyoncé Well, soccer is my life, so when I’m What’s your workout song/artist? It’s hard sometimes. I don’t really What kind of music do you like? not at a game or training, I’m playing “Stop that Booty” by Super Mash Bros. have much of a personal life right now Everything, except Techno and soccer with my friends. I like to live and you can never go wrong with Eminem. but as long as I keep my priorities in Dubstep. stress free. What kind of music do you like? check, everything seems to fall in Who is your favourite player? Are you a cat person or a dog All kinds, I love music. Different place. Didier Drogba person? genres for different situations. Are you a cat person or a dog Starbucks or Tim Hortons? Definitely dogs. I’m not that fond Who your favourite player? person? Timmy’s, because it’s cheaper. of cats. Todd Rogers. That’s a tough one. I love both of them! Starbucks or Tim Hortons? But, I have to say cats. Athletes of the week October 7-13 Robyn Gibson Basketball Robyn put forth a consistent effort this past week- end, recording double-digit point efforts in each of the Ooks’ three wins. Her solid play was instrumen- tal in helping the Ooks soundly defeat Lethbridge, St. Mary’s and Olds College by a combined score of 227- 122 at the pre-season tournament, hosted at SAIT. “Robyn’s reliable scoring and consistent play at both ends of the court were key factors in our team’s suc- cess,” said head coach Todd Warnick. “Our play this weekend, highlighted by Robyn’s great efforts, have our team poised to start the regular season on a posi- tive note.” Robyn is a fourth-year Alternative Energy Technology student from Spruce Grove. Josh Lazowski Hockey Josh led the Ooks to back to back wins over Briercrest this past weekend in Caronport, Saskatch- ewan. He scored a goal in the Ooks 8-1 drubbing of Briercrest on Friday and improved on his own solid effort with two goals and an assist in the Ooks 7-1 victory on Saturday night. “Josh created numerous scoring chances all weekend and was a constant offensive threat throughout both games,” said head coach Serge Lajoie. “We will need Josh to continue to be an offensive leader for us heading into our next two weekends against SAIT and Augustana respect- ively.” Josh is a second year Emergency Manage- ment student from Leduc. 12 The Nugget Thursday, October 17, 2013 ENTERTAINMENT Thankful – every day agree more. I would be nothing without can have clothing, freedom and a dinner out every morning (hoping that I really follow my family, friends and the endless meals on occasion. I am thankful for long lasting, through) so that next Thanksgiving I will that are made for me every year. But it was forever relationships with ones I love … have 365 things that I am seriously, full then, when I was almost comatose from the Then I stopped. I stopped because I noticed heartedly, thankful for. huge meal, I realized that I need to remem- that I will never stop being able to name the I bought a book with a turkey on it and ber what I am thankful for every day. number of things I am thankful for. will hopefully do it every day. I really started thinking about all of the I am so incredibly lucky that I have all If everyone did this, I would think there little things I am thankful for, attempting to of these things to be thankful for. I am so would be a lot less complaining and a lot be a little bit more creative than the other thankful to be … thankful. more people who are gracious. Everybody responses I was reading. I could go on forever about all the lit- should do this and we would be a lot hap- ALLISON MULLOCK My brain started tle things I can give pier as people, I am sure. Entertainment Editor racing with answers. thanks for. I then I am not telling everyone to get a tur- @Alimullock_ I am extremely thought, why does key book, but I am suggesting for every- This past weekend was Thanksgiving. thankful for my it only have to be one to remember all the good in their life. which is one of my favourites because I amazingly support- on one day that I sit On those days when you really start to feel love traditions, family, the fall season and, ive parents who let and rack my brain for sad, remember how amazing it is that you most of all, turkey. But before I slipped me move and live everything amazing can feel. On those days when you hop in into my tryptophan induced post-meal nap, wherever I want with that is going on in the shower and just want a little shower I really began to think about what I was their full support. changingoutcomes.blogspot.com my life. Why can’t I cry, remember all the amazing things to thankful for. I am extremely thankful for my siblings wake up every morning and pick one thing be thankful for. Don’t just keep it inside. People on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and their significant others for being such that I am thankful for? Let people know! Tell the people around and various other media outlets told me a huge part of my life. I am ever so thank- So, I made a decision. Every morning you that you are thankful. Thank your bus exactly what they were thankful for and ful that there is the Internet, because I can when I wake up I am going to think of one driver, your landlord and your cat. why. I took the time to read the paragraphs stay in touch with all of my friends whether singular thing I am thankful for. Through- Self pity and self deprecation are an answering the question “what’s on your they are in Vancouver, Nanaimo, Victoria, out that day I am going to either thank the everyday thing for most people. Try a day mind” all night on Sunday. I read tons of Regina or Toronto. I am thankful for my person directly, do something for them or without it. Try a day when you are just people being thankful for their family, for employers who have given me the chance just generally embrace whatever I choose thanking others around you and see how their friends, boyfriend, food and I couldn’t to make money and work for them, so that I that day. I am going to write it down much better you feel. Thursday, October 17, 2013 ENTERTAINMENT The Nugget 13 for your listening pleasure ... $3.99 mixtape ... “hell yeah, I can’t believe that just happened.” This is per- ting accepted into NAIT. I’ll never forget how unbeliev- fectly depicted in the last scene in Dazed and Confused. ably excited and proud I was when I got a call from the Soon-to-be freshman, Mitch Kramer has just spent the head of the Radio and TV department telling me I’d night partying with the senior class. The night ends, they been accepted. So these are songs for when we feel all think he’s cool, he hooks up with a girl who’s been flirt- most satisfied, those times that give us those warm “all ing with him all night, only to be greeted at the door by his is right” feelings and just leave us stoked on life. mother who tells him that “just this once”, she’ll let it slide. 1. Mother Mother – Calm Me Down Mitch lies back on his bed, puts his headphones on and 2. Notorious B.I.G. (feat. 112) – Sky’s the Limit marvels in his night and what’s to come. 3. Porter Robinson – Language We’ve all felt like this at one time or another. We’ve 4. Swollen Members – The Difference By QUINTON BERGER all had those awe-inspiring experiences that have given 5. Sublime – Jailhouse We’re often told that life is about the little things and the us warm feelings of absolute satisfaction and leave 6. Ice Cube – You Know How We Do It importance of stepping back to appreciate them. While this us feeling absolutely content. Whether it was nailing a 7. Slightly Stoopid – Top Of the World is all too true, there are always those times for appreciating live performance, getting the girl we’ve been into for a 8. Asher Roth – Fallin’ the significant events in our lives, when all is said and done while, scoring a winning goal, whatever it may be, you 9. Big B – Here Comes the Lightning and you just sit back with a huge grin your face thinking know the feeling I’m talking about. For me, it was get- 10. Evil Ebenezer – Lovin’ Life VIRAL VIDEO Barenaked Ladies video captivating By KODY DAVIDSON the world is approaching the apocalypse. The events like dinosaurs coming out of a volcano zombie ... but I’m sure things will probably be Odds are you don’t know about a the new song is very good and the video has gone viral, and a Mech robot killing people at a football alright. Watch the video here: http://www.you- Barenaked Ladies song. Well, Roosterteeth getting a million views in two days. But what stadium. Burnie Burns gets blown up! Aliens tube.com/watch?v=7Sw9Fh6uk4Q has released a new music video! It’s the offi- makes this video great is the little marque on come to blow everything up! The video is cial Barenaked Ladies video for their song the bottom and the news graphic text. At one ridiculous but it works. The anchors are very “Odds Are.” It’s a bunch of silliness with a ton point, the graphic proclaims that it has become calm during the whole video, adding to the of cameos from people you might recognize self aware and doesn’t feel it has a meaningful silliness. The studio crew is attacked and the from the Internet, such as IGN staff, Freddie existence. The text is funny but if you’re not camera is left crooked. Just a bunch of lit- Wong and Gavin trying to throw a football. watching you’ll miss it because it’s not jump- tle things to make a great three-minute video. The video takes place during a newscast ing out at you like the rest of the video. Heck, the weather man gets bitten by a zombie on BLN Channel 4 action news. In the cast, The rest of the video shows off crazy and still does the weather and also becomes a YouTube 14 The Nugget ENTERTAINMENT Thursday, October 17, 2013

The Toasty Cookbook SINGLE OF THE WEEK Easy does it The Nugget is feeling really really 1 paintball of peanut butter good about introducing everyone to its new 1 marble of hot sauce cooking section. Featuring easy to follow 1 egg full of egg directions and real world units of meas- urement, The Toasty Cookbook is NAIT’s So, you need boiling water. Not like source for cheap, tasty and toasty recipes. look there are some bubbles boiling but Ramen Pad Thai Soup holy crap, Neptune ate Taco Bell – that The cheaper, quicker, and don’t have to amount of bubbles boiling. Throw in the leave the basement-ier alternative to Thai vegetables (boil, baby corn, boil). Once takeout. For ramen cooking directions, con- them things are limp, drop in them noo- sult the package they came in. dles. Let ’em cook until they start separat- Ingredients: ing, now crack the egg over the pot, letting 1 hotel Bible of Ramen it just drop right in. Not the shell. The eggy 1 large stamp of Ramen soup base (that goodness. Now it’s time for the peanut but- little yellow baggy. No, it’s not a mistake) ter, hot sauce and soup base. Stir. In about 1 Ants Ocean of Boiling water a minute take your pot off the heat and 1 baby’s hat full of frozen vegetables let it sit. Take advantage of the downtime (Look for bags that include baby corn. in whichever way you choose. In about a Mmm ... corn infanticide) minute you’re ready to go. With a little help ... By WHITNEY FOX kitchen was smelling like my mom’s This week, as I browsed Pinterest for would have, and people were coming in a DIY craft to write about, I realized that with all sorts of side dishes, salads, des- a seasonal themed project was sitting serts and, most importantly, wine. right in front of me. I decided I would By 5 p.m., I had been ushered out prepare a Thanksgiving Day turkey din- of my own kitchen, which had been ner with all the trimmings for six guests entirely taken over by my guests and and myself. “After all,” I thought, “I’m I was once again removing the battery all grown up now. How hard can it be?” from the smoke detector. With this in mind, when each of my By 6 p.m., we sat at my crowded guests called and asked what they could dining room table, clinking glasses over contribute, I laughed them all off and a pile of food and I was realizing that, told them to bring their appetites. although I had failed at DIY’ing this Now might be good time to men- meal, I was definitely feeling the spirit tion that I don’t really cook. I can cook of the Thanksgiving season. sometimes. For instance, I can make a (I was also feeling like I would invite mean smoothie and I have in the past myself over to someone else’s place for boiled a whole pot of water, but a full Christmas this year.) turkey dinner for seven is a little beyond my scope of Photo by Muhammad Waqas experience. Joanie Ulliac, 19 So here I was, the Personal Fitness Program day after all of my guests had called, Tell me something about yourself, e.g. what do you do, where are with a 14-pound bird, you from and what are your hobbies? Etc. a list of side dishes to I am from Plamondon, AB and I play for the Ooks woman’s volley- ball team. I am in the Personal Fitness program, and I am taking my EMT prepare and a sense afterwards. In my spare time, I like to go camping, quadding and going to of impending doom. the gym. I swallowed my What you do to keep yourself looking good? pride, picked up the I live a healthy lifestyle and get my beauty sleep. phone and, call by What type of guy are you attracted to or what type of guy you are call, I crossed items looking for? Should he be less attractive and rich or extremely off my list and started attractive and poor? Should he know how to cook or should he be to feel calmer. caring, etc. By the time Sun- My type of guy should have a positive outlook on life and has goals day rolled around, I to achieve. He must be able to cook! A travelling buddy would be sweet. was responsible for In your opinion, what makes a great relationship? Good communication between both partners develops a healthy only a turkey, stuff- and entertaining relationship. Being best friends with your partner makes ing, potatoes and everything great. gravy. Around 4 p.m., What if a single guy wants to contact you? after only two issues Follow me on Instagram :P Instagram = mojo_u with a smoke detec- Are you hot and single? E-mail us at [email protected] tor and three near drops of the bird, the Photo by Whitney Fox Thursday, October 17, 2013 ENTERTAINMENT The Nugget 15

What do you like best about NAIT? What could be improved? JOE RANGER

“The best thing has been ““The teachers teach well, “Teachers are really good, “I guess meeting up with “The beer gardens and the the opportunity to meet they’re very nice. I like the so is the library and cafe- friends, seeing them Nest and all the hot girls. people from so many dif- school, it’s really nice.” teria. Most important, the every day. Improve? Can- Improve? The food. It’s not ferent walks of life, mak- Improve? “The building. instructors are really good cel final exams, maybe a the best and that’s with ing friends and building We need some windows, – my English is improving. new building for Petroleum a Culinary program. It’s relationships. Improve? ... some sunshine.” Improve? None.” students.” expensive for the quality.” We’re a bit excluded from main campus, the student club, library and bookstore, so it takes extra time.”

Crista German Jay Sultan M Nurul Huda Mohamed Fayad Max Ward Occupational Health Petroleum English as a Second Petroleum Occupational Health and Safety Engineering Tech. Language Engineering Tech. and Safety Talking to the man himself By KURT FABISCH JK: “Well I didn’t start doing stunts until my first daugh- California State University asked about Bad Grandpa Two weeks ago, with co-operation with Paramount Pic- ter, who’s now 17, was born. So it’s not like having the kid having an actual plot: tures, I took part in a conference call with Johnny Knoxville, calmed me down. At that point, I was like “Holy @#$%. I “Based on the trailer, I’ve seen that like Bad Grandpa star and co-writer of the upcoming Jackass Presents: Bad going to do something, make some kind of mark and quick can be more of story. In the previous Jackass films, you Grandpa. because I had nothing going.” And, you know, it’s different pulled pranks and stunts amongst one another. I was just The call was done with 27 other colleges from all over now, but I enjoy doing pranks and stunts. As far as being a wondering, why the sudden change in Bad Grandpa?” Canada and the United States. father, I think I’m going to a different place in my life and JK: “Well, we did a lot of pranks on the public in the It was fantastic. Knoxville couldn’t have come off as a I’m a better father and better TV show and as we became more affable interview subject. Answered every one of the husband. more well-known, we kind 27 questions thrown at them with poise. But my approach to doing of have to focus. But when Here are some of the highlights from that interview. this film is and stunts are, you we do pranks on the public, My question: know, it didn’t start until my when I would think the pub- “Was there anything during any stage of production of first kid was born.” lic, it was primarily the old this film where you’ve had serious reservations or refused Arizona State University man as the movies went on. to participate?” asked my favourite question: So, we’ve been thinking about Johnny Knoxville: “I mean we’ll be talking about things “I was wondering, with all this movie for a long time, the night before. And ‘let’s do this, let’s do that’, and I would, the pranks that you do, have doing a whole movie with the you know – I don’t want to do that, why don’t we do this. But you ever been part of a lawsuit old man. And we just decided nothing like that it was like a heated thing or like I drew a because of them?” to commit to it. I’m glad we line in the sand. You just have conversation about what we’re JK: “Someone tried to sue did because I think you guys doing the next day. It wasn’t anything that dramatic.” us a few years ago because his are really going to like it.” Vanderbilt University asked about Knoxville’s process name was Jack Ass and he just I was already looking for- doing a film like this now that he’s a father: thought that our movie ruined ward to seeing the film. Hear- “This is your first Jackass related role since your daugh- his good name and credibility. Johnny Knoxville ing Knoxville’s insight into ter was born. How has your approach to these movies So that actually happened. You could look it up, someone the production of the film, I’m even more excited to see it. changed now that you’re becoming more of a family man?” tried to sue us.” Bad Grandpa arrives in cinemas Oct. 25. 16 The Nugget Thursday, October 17, 2013 Thursday, October 17, 2013 The Nugget 17 18 The Nugget ENTERTAINMENT Thursday, October 17, 2013

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Dear Dr. Nugghead: ant like that. So to celebrate, we decided the barb/pumpkin combination pie, or the legend- a duck, inside a turkey, wrapped in bacon This weekend was thanksgiving and best things to do was kill off our livestock, ary snozzberry pie. If you happen to success- and then stuffed inside a pig) Turducken me and my sis are making deserts. We smash up pumpkins and other abundant fruits fully create the latter, call me up because stuffing (Turducken chopped up with bread attempted to make a soufflé but failed mis- and veggies, and eat as much of our food as I created a black hole on my last try. Need- crumbs) Turducken pumpkin pie, Turducken erably. Any suggestions for next time? possible in one sitting. The reason? Heck if less to say, I am not allowed to create that pie cranberry sauce, Turducken gravy and, you Need a sweet answer, I know, but I joined in on it anyways. Apple again. I think I added too much oregano on guessed it, some fresh seasoned vegetables Lewej and pumpkin pies are great due to their sweet- my last try. with just a dash of salt, pepper and a little ness, price, easiness to make, and above aver- ••• bit of that Mrs. Dash table blend seasoning. Dear Lewej: age fat content, not to mention how popular Dear Dr. Nugghead ••• You have a pretty open book here, so I they are in super markets right now. You can What did you make for Thanksgiving? Got questions? Need advice? Thought of will start with the basics: Apple or pumpkin also make a blueberry or strawberry pie as A personal question something cool but don’t know who to share it pie. The reason is not because of taste (though well if you are feeling confident. However, if with? Send ’em to the good doctor! Starting at it’s a big part of it) but the reason for the sea- you really want to make thanksgiving special Dear Personal question: rates as low as $0.00, you can have personal- son. You see, thanksgiving is the celebra- next year, and have the skills to make it, go I made the usual Turducken (Quail ized answers in as little as a week! Tweet them tion of thankfulness, or something import- with either a strawberry/blueberry/apple/rhu- inside a cornish hen, inside a chicken, inside @nuggetonline. THROWBACK THURSDAY The best kid’s game ... ever By QUINTON BERGER pivotal because everyone knew what was at moments of almost being caught. You’d find the fun they had playing. Grounders was truly As a child, few moments were as tense stake. The minute that bell rang, we all shot yourself cornered between the edge of the the “last huzzah” of semi-dangerous fun to as the last few minutes before the recess bell. up out of our seats and dashed outside like park and the kid searching for you. You stood be had on the playground, before our parks The kids had all finished their lunches and sat our lives depended on it! We ran out the door there in complete silence, doing everything began getting replaced with playgrounds there waiting in anticipation as if waiting for as fast as fast as our legs would carry us, giv- you could to remain perfectly still in hopes made of plastic which had that weird foam a bomb to be disarmed. These moments were ing it everything we had because we all knew they would turn around and you could make like material underneath. Naturally grounders that the last one to make it to the your escape. Or how about the daring sprint was stopped because teachers saw it as “too park … was it! I’m talking of you’d make from one end of the playground dangerous” Well yeah, it’s a bunch of kids course about “grounders.” to the other, hoping to god you’d make it running around a playground with their eyes Anybody with any sort of there before somebody yelled “GROUND- closed! Of course there was the slight possi- childhood remembers participat- ERS”. Yes, grounders was the end all, be all bility of someone falling off the park because ing in this blinded gallant of cat of playground games. A heart stopping, all they couldn’t see and sometimes it happened and mouse. You’d crawl around or nothing calamity were it truly came down but when it did, we got up, brushed off and the park, eyes shut, waving your to survival of the fittest and if you got caught were back out there the very next day! arms about in hopes of finding slippin’ … well you’d just have to go back to Grounders was possibly one of the most someone while the other kids did the bottom of the park and start over. widely enjoyed recess pastime out there. Ask everything they could to avoid What made grounders quintessential to almost anyone and their face will light up as you. Climbing over you, hang- our generation though was the fact that soon they talk about how well they remember it ing off the edges of the park, noth- after, younger classes weren’t allowed to play and how much they enjoyed playing it. And ing was off limits in this vision- it. My sister’s class wasn’t allowed to play what’s not to love, hair raising suspense, intri- less free for all! The aspect of the grounders and neither was my buddy Ken- cate escape routes and the slight element of en.wikipedia.org game that really gave grounders yon’s brother’s class. But ask anyone who’s danger. Now that, ladies and gentlemen, is a Grounders its intensity was the heart stopping around 20 and they’ll tell you they you about past time I can get behind! Thursday, October 17, 2013 ENTERTAINMENT The Nugget 19 childlren’s books Learning pretty, early on By SAMI SILVER the power to shape her existence; in this One of my favourite books as a child case, Brigid and her markers. It’s all well was Purple, Green and Yellow, written by and good until she steps outside the box and Robert Munch, who is widely regarded defiles her body with a barrage of colours. as a genius of the genre. What seems Then society, represented by the mother, is like the simple story of a creative girl horrified by the sudden change and demands is really a critical commentary on body the quickest return to normalcy. The solution modifications. is to call the doctor to fix Brigid’s unbridled The story starts off with a little girl rainbow of non-conformity. named Brigid, asking her mom for new The doctor makes Brigid invisible, colouring markers. Her mom obliges but taking away what made her so unique. not without setting numerous ground It’s at this point that society (mother) and rules. Brigid obeys these rules and soon the individual (Brigid) begin to share the her mom trusts her enough to buy her same goal. They want Brigid to be seen, the coveted super-indelible-never-come- because she can’t function in, and con- off-until-you’re-dead-and-maybe-even- tribute to, a world in which she is com- later markers. Soon Brigid gets bored pletely invisible. So Brigid re-draws her- with ordinary paper and uses the mark- self using the super markers but she re- ers to colour her whole body! Her mother draws herself as society (her mother) calls the doctor for help and the doctor wants her to look. The result is a girl gives Brigid a pill, which ends up turning who, thanks to the super markers, magic- her invisible. Luckily, Brigid re-draws ally looks better and more beautiful than herself as she originally looked but the she did before. Her perfect visage is then magical super markers make her normal celebrated by both parties as they con- self look even better than before. tinue on with their lives.

Though this story seems to be nothing In our world we treasure the ability to www.fireflybooks.com more than a cute account of a girl playing modify our bodies, but only in certain cir- ugly and unflattering, which inspire noth- are an infinite number of ways to look but with magic super markers, there’s a clear cumstances. There is, for some, the desire ing but judgment and disdain. The sad only one way to be beautiful. underlying message about the ability to to use make-up or hair dye or even plas- truth is that in a world where we rely so So, kids, the moral of the story is this: manipulate our appearance in our beauty- tic surgery in the pursuit of beauty and heavily on our eyes, people will often be It’s acceptable to modify your appear- worshipping society. The story starts with a this we find completely acceptable. Then judging others on their appearances. The ance, but only if you’re making yourself talented, unique individual who is then given there are innumerable fashions deemed message that we absorb then, is that there prettier. Gone Girl – to the big screen By MORGAN BLACK sleep but it was worth it. Many down, it is one of the best books the movie’s released. I can throat. and LAUREN FINK books are addicting to read but that I’ve read in a very long time. promise next time I’ll be better – Incapable of making Leo- @Morganisblack @LaurenFink_ Gone Girl was one of those Each chapter is narrated by and actually read the book we nardo DiCaprio her boyfriend. Morgan’s Review few that I literally could not put main characters Amy and Nick are reviewing. Sometimes life – A writer. I read Gone Girl in a single down. Centred around murder, Dunne, alternating. This creates just gets busy, you know? – A certified therapy assist- sitting. I may have lost a lot of manipulation and marital break- a unique dynamic and through The next book we will be ant who heals with Metallica this the reader begins to realize reading/reviewing is Every- mixtapes that all is not right in a seem- thing is Perfect When You’re a – Sad that David Copper- ingly happy marriage. Each Liar by Edmonton native Kelly field doesn’t own a falcon. character carries with them Oxford. – A terrible liar. dark secrets, some more sinister Amazon variously describes – Not above using rasp- than others. The characters in Kelly Oxford as: berry-studded sh*t to get out of Gone Girl are incredibly toxic, – A wunderkind producer a speeding ticket (a narcissist and a sociopath of pirated stage productions for “Not fat enough to be super joined in marriage) but they are six-year-olds. snuggly.” multi-faceted. The story itself – Not the queen of the — Daughter Bea, age 4 doesn’t truly reveal itself until world. “Bitingly funny. But every- halfway through, but it is well – An underage schnitzel- body knows that.” worth the buildup. Gone Girl is house dishwasher – Roger Ebert set to hit the big screen in 2015 – The kid who stood up to If you’ve ever read Every- (Reese Witherspoon bought the a bully and almost passed out thing is Perfect When you’re screenplay for $1.5 million. She from the resulting adrenaline a Liar, we would love to hear clearly enjoyed the book, too.) rush. your review. You can tweet us Lauren’s Review – A born salesman (@nuggetonline,) Facebook ( I can’t honestly say I read – Capable of willing her The NAIT Nugget,) or email the book. But I can say I wish I eyesight to be 20/20 ([email protected]) us your had based on Morgan’s review. – That girl who peed her thoughts on the book by Oct. 26 Hopefully, the movie will be pants in the gas station that one and they could be published in www.premierlife.ca just as good and knowing me time. the next edition of Taken Liter- The next book I’ll read the book right before – Totally an expert on strep arily. Happy reading. 20 The Nugget ENTERTAINMENT Thursday, October 17, 2013

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Taurus (April 20-May 20) some time at the pool, for this will Saucy times are coming your way, Have confidence in all statistics you bring you closer to bliss than all else. Sagittarius. Keep your eyes open stumble upon, no matter how improb- for the golden opportunity and then able they seem. It is a matter of life and Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) pounce. There will be no regrets. death for mammals everywhere. This weekend will bring great changes your way. Keep your eyes Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Gemini (May 21-June 21) open for a short stranger, who may Take the time to pamper your- The stars are not in your favour, work hos or her way into your life, for self, Capricorn. You will need the Gemini. If something seems to be going better or worse. Put yourself out there! extra confidence this indulgence well, it’s a trap! Run from any sign of MADAME O will give you in the coming time. Be success. Keep all you really love safe Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ready to take on the world, for true until the stars are in your favour. Nothing but joy will come your happiness could be closer than you way if you become involved with the October 17-23 expect. Cancer (June 22-July 22) written press nearest you. It will equip (Warning: These Nugget Seek not amongst the stars for you with life skills and friendship: the horoscopes are not written Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) answers, for this week Cancer is greatest tool to have in your life tool by an accredited astrologer, Take a break from leadership reflecting off all liquid matter. Take box. however, believe them if you roles you find yourself in. Encourage others to take the reigns. It will put like, as they are absolute you more at ease and will be better and unquestionable.) for all goals. Who ya gonna call? Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Academic and personal concerns – Student Counselling, 780-378-6133, Be wary of professional obstacles No need to jump into anything Room W-111PB, HP Centre. that come your way. Extra effort on too soon. Change for the sake of Housing – Online housing registry at www.rentingspaces.ca your end is necessary or else you change can be dangerous. Keep a Injury, minor medical concerns – Health and Safety Services, 780-471-8733, may lack the resources necessary for level head, you will end up ground- Room O-119. success. ing those around you during difficult NAIT Security – 7477. choices coming your way. Part-time campus jobs/volunteering – Go to www.naitsa.ca under “Get Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) involved.” Notice that more animals are Aries (March 21-April 19) Scholarships, bursaries – Student Awards Office, 780-491-3056, Room drawn to you on the 21st. This is due Be careful of novelty items, as O-101. to the positive alignment of Pluto to they will bring nothing but pain and Special needs students – Services to Students with Disabilities, 780-378- the sun, having an effect on your suffering. These items are not worth 6133, Room W-111PB, HP Centre. pheromones. This will give you a leg your time and may be better out on Student loans, grants – Financial Aid Office, 780-491-3056, Room O-111. up on dating. the street. TIP OF THE WEEK FROM NAIT PROTECTIVE SERVICES Keeping safe at Halloween Halloween is upon us once again and lit- 10. Carry a flashlight. it get out of hand. Take the keys away from between tricks and vandalism. Throwing eggs tle ghouls and witches will head out in cos- 11. Never go into alleys, parking areas, or anyone that may be driving. Have one per- at a house may seem like fun but they need tume for some long awaited trick or treat- vacant lots. son stay sober and offer to drive those people to know the other side of the coin as well – ing. Here are a few simple tips for you and 12. Do not go near animals you don’t home who may be too intoxicated to drive. cleanup and damages can ruin Halloween. If your youngsters to have a safe and happy know. 3. When deciding on a menu, check to see they are caught vandalizing, make them clean Halloween: 13. Eat a good supper before you go trick if anyone attending the party has food aller- up the mess they’ve made. For kids or treating and ask your parents for a sample gies that might be a problem. Common food 9. Explain to your kids that animal cruelty 1. Trick or treat with a friend or your of their treats to eat while you are out. allergies to dairy products, peanuts and shell is not acceptable. Kids may know this on their parents. 14. Let your parents check your treats fish can really put a damper on the festivities. own but peer pressure can be a bad thing. 2. Do not go to houses where the lights before you eat them. Don’t eat candy when 4. Know the route your kids will be tak- Make sure that they know that harming ani- are off. you get it. Take it home and let your parents ing if you aren’t going with them. mals is not only morally wrong but punish- 3. Never go inside a stranger’s house. check it over. 5. The best bet is to make sure that an able by law and will not be tolerated. 4. Know where a Block Parent house is in 15. Never eat unwrapped candy. adult is going with them. If you can’t take Happy Halloween! case you need help. 16. Keep away from open fires and them, see if another parent or a teenaged sib- If you have information about a crime, 5. Start trick or treating early and do not candles. (Costumes can be extremely ling can go along. contact Protective Services at 780-471-7477. stay out late. flammable.) 6. Know what other activities a child may If you wish to remain anonymous, contact 6. Let your parents know where you will be. 17. Use face paint rather than masks or be attending, such as parties, school or mall Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). 7. Cross the road at the corner or a things that will cover your eyes. functions. You will remain anonymous and if the infor- crosswalk. For adults 7. Make sure you set a time that they mation you provide leads to a conviction, you 8. Look both ways before you cross the 1. Using common sense can make a party should be home by. Make sure they know could eligible for a reward of up to $2,000. road. a great one and avoid anything that may ruin how important it is for them to be home on Everybody benefits, except the criminal. 9. Wear reflective tape on your costume it. time. For more tips and information, visit www. so drivers will see you better. 2. Keep an eye on the drinking, don’t let 8. Explain to children the difference nait.ca/security. Thursday, October 17, 2013 The Nugget 21 22 The Nugget ENTERTAINMENT Thursday, October 17, 2013 Overcoming perfectionism Perfectionism usually interferes with, friends or doing activities they enjoy. micro-managing, negativity, isolation, diffi- rather than contributes to, success. Perfec- • Decide on one or two things are most culty making decisions, not taking risks and tionists never feel satisfied and even if they important to you and put your effort into keeping relationships distant. get some temporary satisfaction, they usu- those things. Practise doing a mediocre job, • Watch for positives. Perfectionists are ally don’t accomplish as much as non-per- or even a bad job, of other things that are not usually wonderful at spotting flaws in them- fectionists because they spend so much important to you. selves and their work, as well as in others. time trying to get things just right. Becom- • Try new activities. Remember that we Make a conscious effort to see more good ing so obsessed with achievement often learn by making mistakes. Often perfection- than bad in everything and everyone you means missing out on the satisfactions and ists don’t try new things because they don’t evaluate, and to alter that negative inner TIMELY TIPS joys of life. Perfectionism is a major cause want to make fools of themselves. voice to have a more positive, realistic of procrastination. Fear that they cannot do • Know your overload warning signs. viewpoint. MARGARET MAREAN a task perfectly, or anticipation of the effort If you are having symptoms of stress, feel- • Stop chasing the impossible dream. NAIT Student Counselling involved to achieve perfection, often causes ing like giving up, avoiding necessary tasks Judge yourself by who you are, and not by perfectionists to avoid tasks. As well, perfec- or feeling tearful or irritable you may be set- what you accomplish. No one is, or ever will Do you set excessively high standards tionists often have problems with relation- ting standards that are unrealistic or taking be, perfect. You are wonderful just the way for almost everything you do? ships because they apply their own unreal- on too much. you are! Do your accomplishments rarely meet istic standards to others and can be critical • Schedule time for fun and relaxation Healthy achievers take pleasure in purs- your expectations? and demanding. every day. This actually makes you more ing their goals rather than feeling stressed Do you try to appear faultless to the out- While setting high standards is good, creative and productive in the long run. that they might not achieve perfection. Let- side world, even your friends? aiming for compulsively high targets is • Try not to compare yourself to anyone ting go of perfectionist tendencies requires Do you judge yourself based on your harmful to your mental, emotional and else. time, effort and patience (and the willing- accomplishments? … consider yourself a fail- physical health. Here are some tips for set- • Alter your negative self-talk. Be aware ness to accept that your efforts at change ure if you get a ‘B’? … put things off because ting realistic standards: of how hard you are on yourself and practice won’t be perfect)! But healthy goal setting is you can’t get them perfect? ... avoid giving • Set boundaries on the amount of time giving yourself more praise and changing within your reach … and you will probably your opinion for fear of looking dumb? you put into projects and studying, and stick negative self talk to positive, or at least neu- find yourself having a lot more fun. Perfectionism: a self-defeating cycle to those boundaries. Perfectionists often put tral, messages. Counsellors at Student Counselling can where individuals set excessively high stan- two or three times the time and effort into • Ask yourself “What is the worst thing help you work towards setting healthy stan- dards for almost everything they do, often projects, even if the projects are minor. And that could happen if I don’t do this per- dards. We offer academic and personal coun- fail to live up to their standards and then all that extra effort usually leads to minimal fectly?” “or if I get a mediocre mark?” Usu- selling. To book an appointment, drop by blame themselves for not being good enough improvements (two or three per cent). In the ally the consequences are not that critical. Room W-111PB in the HP Centre or book an or not trying hard enough. To offset this they meantime, they get stressed about not work- • Make a list of how perfectionism is appointment at 780-378-6133. Our hours are feel compelled to set more unrealistic goals ing on other projects and lose balance in hurting you and those around you. Some 8 a.m.-4:30 p;.m. Monday to Friday. We are in order to try and feel better. their lives through not spending time with common examples include low self-esteem, open until 5:30 on Tuesdays. The shape of pop to come? By RICHARD LUKACS Musically it is the exact opposite of ing to them. Almost each song stuck into fond is Inheritance ‘cos it easily could be I’m not saying that I’m the biggest die- the complex, layered and revolutionary your ears right after the first listening an unreleased The Cure song of the Head hard Refused fan ever. But I am, their mag- approach of Refused, so it’s not quite fair - and it made me wonder if this record is On The Door era which is the personal num opus, The Shape Of Punk To Come has and actually impossible – to compare them. a hit parade or kind of monotonous. I’m favourite of mine. many important and well-known admirers If someone invents the wheel, he can’t in a good mood today so I pick the first Despite the fact that grindcore is my (like various members of Metallica, Guns really complain if people will see him as option, however Our Blood is the only favourite genre I like quality pop music. and Roses, Rage Against The Machine the wheel-inventor for the rest of his life, track with its Dead Kennedys influenced But lately it’s rare that I find any content in and … me) regularly stated as one of the right? But if after he made the world a bet- theme that is closer to post-punk over radio compatible music what was delivered most influential albums of the past dec- ter place with an immortal contrivance, I indie-rock and I unequivocally prefer by artists like Peter Gabriel, Robert Smith ades. As we all know, “The Refused Are think we should give him the freedom to do the prior genre. The Promise is another or Nick Cave before. INVSN sounds like F**king Dead” but their voice, face and whatever he wants to do. And he wants to standout track with its harrowing melan- a solution for now. They want the airwaves main momentum, Dennis Lyxzén is alive do this, no doubt about that. choly and flawless chorus part. Now my back, and they deserve. and well. The sound will not be that shocking ”Can I scream?” – asked the man 15 for those who followed Lyxzén’s post- years ago in New Noise and the under- Refused career and know The (Inter- ground music scene bowed on all four. national) Noise Conspiracy for example. Today, in front of his new indie-rock band, However that band was hardcore (not to the question would be: “Can I sing?” My mention the rattling, orthodox punk-rock vote is a softened but categorical “yes.” AC4) comparing to INVSN’s gloomy, The INVSN began many years ago simple and skeletonized tones, heavily as a solo project of Dennis, neverthe- influenced by bands like Joy Division less it stepped into a new era. Since the and The Cure. So it is definitely not the first action they renamed the operation shape of pop to come, more like the one (it formed as Lost Patrol Band), changed that is long-gone. strategy (switched Swedish lyrics to Eng- But I have a confession. I never lish), barriers (signed to a US label), com- could listen to music with my ears. bined forces (it became an actual band I’m only able to do that with my heart. with steady line-up) and started warfare And they play for it. They play excel- (released this album and went on an inter- lent, catchy and pleasant songs for it. national tour). And it simply feels damn good listen- wwwlagrieta.blogspot.com Thursday, October 17, 2013 ENTERTAINMENT The Nugget 23 He said, she said that Chris Hanson talks to. However, I am pageant kids, I was addicted to the ego boost not one to be deterred and set off down- of being matched up with men on an app loading Tinder, prepared to start talking that shows my location. After that one like, I to the throngs of ladies that undoubtedly became consumed by Tinder for about three would be vying for my attention. hours where I just sifted through and either Day 1 started slowly with me being accepted or denied tonnes of men and then extremely selective about who I liked. Hell, sparked up conversations with the ones who I even risked internal turmoil at the Nug- I was matched with. get by refusing to accept a colleague who Most ended after two messages. After shall remain nameless. I spent hours comb- completely draining my battery life on CHRIS FIGLIUZZI ing through pictures until I finally got my LAUREN FINK the first night of having Tinder, I thought I Assist. Entertainment Editor first like ... from Lauren. That’s right, my Sports Editor should pull the reins back a bit and maybe @chrisfigliuzzi @LaurenFink_ first like was from the other person on there spend a little less time on the app, which I I’m not exactly sure when it happened for the Nugget, not a huge win for the ol’ The Internet is a scary place. So, when did but still became consumed with it once but somewhere along the way my title self esteem. you hear about phone apps that incorporate I would start. here at the Nugget shifted from “Assistant the scariest parts of the Internet into an app Editor” to “Human Guinea Pig.” I was desperate that uses your Facebook, you should usu- Completely different Two weeks ago they had me doing Lau- Now I needed to get someone to like ally stay far away ... but, in the name of There is something addicting in nar- ren’s makeup, which I still say made her me, I was desperate. I had to step up my “research” I did the exact opposite. I had cissistically judging someone in hopes of look fabulous, and now they have me using game so I started devoting more time a few friends who used the Tinder app and chatting with them. Overall, my experi- Tinder, an app I had no idea even existed. hoping and praying to get even one per- it actually looked kind of fun but I never ence with the app was completely differ- When they first explained what it was I son, that didn’t know me, to like me. I thought I would download it, until I real- ent than I thought it would be. I thought basically thought it was a hook-up app started spending way more time on Tin- ized the perfect way to disguise my actions. Tinder was an app for straight people to where people go on in a desperate attempt der ... maybe to much since I’m pretty sure I would write an article on my experience. hook up with each other, like Gindr is to to see whose horny and nearby, basically my instructor caught me on there when I So, here I am, doing just that. gay people. But from my experience it’s last call in app form. I knew that this could should have been paying attention to his just a way to talk to people you think are get me in trouble since I recently started class. I literally started liking everyone, Rated 12+? hot and maybe one day you’ll hook up seeing someone and while it’s not that ser- I mean someone out there had to like me, When I was downloading the app, with them. I also thought the app would be ious yet this could definitely cause a little right? which is rated 12+ (which may I just say terrifying and disgusting but I was wrong bit of a problem. Nope! Not one person liked me. At is horrible, no 12-year-old should have a again, almost all the guys I talked to on the end of the day the only person that Tinder – they should not be wanting to start Tinder were really nice and there was Terrified actually accepted me was Lauren. Sud- any “fires”) and was reading the instruc- one who was very polite and grammatic- I approached the topic the way any man denly rejecting my colleague seemed like tions, I felt just like I used to when I would ally correct, which for some reason is very would, terrified and bearing flowers. I had a terrible idea. Tinder had taken me in, read the instructions to a board game so, shocking to me. to be careful the way I pitched this, after promising a secret world of loose morals obviously I stopped without finishing them Of course, there were a few instances all the women were sure to be all over me and promiscuity, where the only question and decided to make my own rules. that were a little creepy but none worth thanks to my swanky college paper job and was when and where. Instead I got noth- After downloading the app and really discussing. I think lastly the most modelling background. After her laughing ing more than another way to chat with “allowing” it to access my Facebook and surprising thing I learned while on Tinder subsided she agreed on the condition I let Lauren about the throngs of men she was location, two things I usually always click is that one of my Facebook interests is Mr. her choose the picture and do nothing but beating off ... not that way. Now I sit here deny to, I started on my merry way. Dressup and that it was the most common talk to people, of course I agreed ... I mean bitter and jaded, a broken shell of the Off the bat, it didn’t seem as fun as it did thing I had with others. Also, I advise if how bad can it be? ... this bad, it can be this man I once was. Personally I blame the when my friends were doing it and it took a you do get the app and you’re heading to bad. picture, no one wants to be chatted up by long time for me to “like” someone but the your small hometown, to not use it there. I look like an awkward mix between a muppet (unless it’s Gonzo, now that’s a first person I “liked,” liked me too. Which Its takes everything I just said and changes Kermit the Frog and pretty much anyone sexy muppet). was my first “It’s a match,” like pixie stix to it all.

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