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Le journal bilingue de Glendon | Glendon’s bilingual newspaper Issue 7: le 13 février 2019 In This Issue Of Gods and Monsters : le visage glendonien de la mythologie Campus - Apprenez-en plus sur la récente pièce de Glendon, Of Gods and Monsters, et passez à un article d’opinion sur la diversité raciale sur le campus. Arts - Reviews aplenty! See what fellow students think of The Crimes of Grindelwald, Into The Spi- der-verse, and the newest album by The 1975. Metro - Lisez les commentaires sur le prochain gratte-ciel majeure de Bloor-Yonge et spéculez sur le statut (actuel et futur) des festivals de Toronto. Issues - Découvrez les différenc- es judiciaires entre la France et le Canada, comment Howard Schultz pourrait influencer les élections de 2020 aux États-Unis et l’expéri- ence d’une étudiante en voyage d’échange. Health - Hear about life with de- pression, changing our attitude Jordan Tzouhas towards fatty foods, and one stu- Gabriella Giordan man et Sarah (Westy) Weston, afin différentes classes sociales », souligne dent’s experience with surgery. Rédactrice adjointe français d’écrire un scénario qui combinerait Guet-McCreight. On a ajouté le mythe Expressions - Head on over to Ex- les trois mythes : « Brontë et Westy ont de Pandore pour accentuer les dif- pressions for some light poetry and Du 23 au 26 janvier, les Productions chacune écrit le brouillon de leurs his- férences entre Perséphone, déesse de rich prose. Sitting by a fireplace Cœur de Lion ont mis en scène Of Gods toires avec les mythes de Perséphone, la terre et de la nature, Hadès, dieu de with a pensive gaze as you read is and Monsters, une pièce inédite qui unit d’Hadès et de Pandore. Il a ensuite l’enfer, et Pandore, une mortelle prise recommended but not required. tout en modifiant les mythes grecs de fallu réécrire la plupart du texte, ce qui entre les jeux des dieux. » Prométhée, de Perséphone et Hadès, m’a permis d’y ajouter mes propres Prométhée a été ajouté plus La prochaine date limite: ainsi que celui de la boîte de Pandore. idées et le personnage de Prométhée, tard dans le scénario. Le jeune titan, le 15 février À la fois traditionnelle et moderne, la afin de former un tout cohérent qui incarné par Jamie Salloum, est à l’orig- pièce, écrite de manière rigoureuse et aborderait les thèmes de la mortalité, ine de tous les obstacles de la pièce. ingénieuse par des étudiantes de Glen- de l’amour, des hiérarchies, de la reli- Habillé de façon décontractée avec une don, tisse des liens entre les quêtes gion et de la famille. » veste et des pantalons en cuir, l’exis- identitaires, amoureuses et familiales Selon la metteure en scène, tence de Prométhée dicte indirecte- que mènent divers personnages mor- les histoires tout à fait différentes mais ment toutes les décisions que prend tels et divins tout à fait distincts les uns connexes de Perséphone et Hadès Pandore, jouée par Jordan Lie, jeune des autres. offraient énormément de possibilités mortelle « fabriquée » pour punir le ti- En août 2018, la metteure en diverses de construction de l’intrigue. tan, au grand désarroi des mortels. scène, Delphine Guet-McCreight, s’est « Je voulais une pièce qui illustrerait mise d’accord avec Brontë Link-New- plusieurs facettes du monde et des (Suite à la page 3) Pro Tem Team Letter from the Editor Comme il fait froid, Glendon! du temps qui vous reste ici : soyez re- their meaning to you before your time is Notre Équipe connaissant(e)s des expériences que up, take it from an old lady like me. Editor in Chief | Rédactrice en chef I hope everyone has been keeping vous avez acquises et remerciez les Sarah Ariza-Verreault warm in the crazy climates we’ve been personnes qui vous ont soutenus pen- À la prochaine, [email protected] experiencing lately. Il semble que l’hiv- dant vos études. These experiences Chief of Operations | Chef des opérations er est finalement arrivé, et nous avons and people are what shape Glendon for - Sarah Kaya Harris-Read tous hâte qu’il se termine aussitôt que you, and its important to acknowledge [email protected] possible! It feels like with the snow and English Editor | Rédactrice adjointe anglais the cold came papers, presentations, Amanda Sears [email protected] and thesis proposals; I don’t know about you, but I can’t believe that the French Editor | Rédactrice adjointe français Gabriella Giordan semester is already half over. [email protected] Pour quelques étudiants ou étudiantes, Media Officer | Agente des médias Krysta Veneruz y compris moi-même, la fin de ce seme- [email protected] stre sera la conclusion de leurs études Photographer | Photographe à Glendon. I whine and gripe standing Adrienne Arzaga in my soggy boots in the salt and slush [email protected] with snow hitting my face every morn- Layout Editor | Maquetteur ing just dreaming of the very last time Connor Boyd I will ever have to take the 11 Bayview [email protected] in my life. Section Editors | Chroniqueurs Campus Life | Vie étudiante Cela dit, je vous encourage à profiter Ayse Koca [email protected] Issues & Ideas | Actualité et opinions Sabrina Sukhdeo [email protected] Metropolis | Métropole Gulsvert Dela Cruz [email protected] Arts & Entertainment | Arts et divertissement Bruno Da Costa [email protected] Health & Wellness | Santé et bien-être Sarah Ariza-Verreault John Kemp Editor in Chief [email protected] Expressions | Expressions Ayla Sljivar [email protected] About Us Pro Tem est le journal étudiant du collège Glendon. Publié pour la première fois en 1962, c’est la plus ancienne publication de l’Université Kaya Harris-Read Amanda Sears Gabriella Giordan Krysta Veneruz York. Chief of Operations Assistant English Editor Assistant French Editor Media Officer Opinions published in Pro Tem are those of the individual writers, and do not reflect the views of the publication as a whole. We will not print copy deemed racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise oppressive. Les lettres adressées au journal peuvent être éditées au niveau de la clarté ou de contenu. All Sabrina Sukhdeo copy appearing in Pro Tem is at the discretion of Adrienne Arzaga Connor Boyd Ayse Koca the editorial team. Photographer Designer Campus Life Issues & Ideas Feel free to respond to what you read in the pages of Pro Tem! / N’hésitez pas à réagir à ce que vouz avez lu dans Pro Tem! To see past editions of Pro Tem, please visit our website: www.protemglendon.com. Be sure to follow us on Facebook for Gulsvert Dela Cruz Bruno Da Costa John Kemp Ayla Sljivar 2 reminders about upcoming deadlines Metropolis Arts & Entertainment Health & Wellness Expressions and events: @ProtemGL Vie étudiante Why is Glendon So graduates are white, they uphold white spaces which further exclude people of White? colour and their narratives from such areas of influence. Ayse Koca This is not to say that the study Campus Editor of Liberal Arts is useless. Liberal Arts, and especially the social sciences, are When contrasted with the Keele Cam- necessary to produce leaders and crit- pus, one easily notices the diversity ical thinkers. These areas of study pro- lacking at Glendon. It’s surprising to vide students with a range of skills and see that, although part of the same methods of thinking that may not be de- university, Glendon and Keele are im- veloped by a STEM-oriented education. mensely different in their racial and eth- It is also worth noting that nic diversity. At the Keele campus, one is comprised mostly of white students. ries of society, whilst not applying those course curriculums at Glendon often sees the population of Toronto reflect- This can be attributed to the historical to itself. The composition of liberal arts do make an effort to challenge white ed more accurately within the student whiteness of liberal arts. Derived from colleges by mostly white students in the supremacy and class privilege (ex. the body; while at Glendon, international Ancient Greece, liberal arts became the same economic class suggests that this love of Marx at York). However, this is students contribute to a large portion cornerstone of studying Euro-American knowledge is only valuable when taught left within the curriculum. There is little if of the multiculturalism on campus. If civilization. The Greco-Roman origins to a certain race and class. any effort to diversify the incoming stu- it weren’t for the international student of Liberal Arts which filtered through Glendon promises a diverse dent population, faculty, or staff. Reflec- population on campus, the racial and European, then American, civilization education to students that will chal- tive of the student population, the fac- ethnic demographics of Toronto are reflect the whiteness of the education lenge their views and acquaint them ulty, staff, and often guest lecturers on hardly reflected in the student, faculty, provided at such institutions. Despite with students of backgrounds differing campus are also overwhelmingly white. and staff population on campus. A stroll superficial liberal motions of inclusion, from their own. But what efforts are be- There should be efforts to further di- past the hall of Glendon alumni reveals white supremacy and acts of hatred can ing made to diversify Glendon’s student versify not only the student population, the predominantly white history of Glen- be bred at Liberal Arts schools, which body, administrators, faculty, and staff? but also the faculty. Often educators of don graduates. Walking down the hall we unfortunately have seen on campus Leadership is an important colour have expertise and specializa- towards earlier years, it gets increas- in past years. skill that Glendon aims to instill in its tions regarding race and ethnicity that ingly difficult to spot a person of colour Often, the study of Liberal arts students.