VOL. 110 | ISSUE NO.09| OCTOBER 29TH, 2019 SHARING SCARY STORIES SINCE 1910 Credit: Jolene Osztian, Photographer TIME FOR HALLOWEEN SHENAGIGANS! HOPE YOU HAVE AS MUCH FUN TODAY AS THE SPIDERS AND BATS LIVING IN YOUR HOUSE. READ WHAT BU PRESIDENT HAS TO SAY ABOUT HIS SUPERNATURAL: THE PLANS FOR OUR SCHOOL! ROAD SO FAR... VOLUNTEER OPPUTUNITY page 6 page 2 page 4 The Halloween food drive is coming We had a chance to sit down and 15 years of a show that hunts anything up soon! chat with Dr. Docherty, and hear spooky and horrifying is ending soon. what he has to say. FIND US ONLINE! | WEBSITE: THEQUILL.CA | TWITTER: @THEQUILLBU | FACEBOOK: THE QUILL | INSTAGRAM: @BUTHEQUILL Issue 09| Volume 110 NEWS 2 Interview with Dr. David Docherty. Lulu Maria de Lourdes Garcia Manzano, Assistant Editor-in-Chief n Tuesday October 22, the potential and talent to win a at Mount Royal University and 2019, The Quill had the national award. He said that he said that one of the first things he opportunityO to sit down and meet hoped to implement coaching had done had been to make sure Staff with BU’s new president. Our in- workshops where students could the administration was made up Editor-in-Chief terview took place at Forbidden be guided through the application more than just men. Equality and Kai Kayla Neiman and during this time I was able to and interviewing process of ap- diversifying with the higher ups is [email protected] listen to him talk about his time plying for an award. a big priority for him. He also said Assistant Editor-in-Chief Lulu Maria de Lourdes Garcia in Mount Royal as its university that he made sure the administra- Manzano president, and what future he saw tion had diversity regarding each General Manager from BU. I asked him how his past ad- member’s sexual orientation. He Elinor Murray ministrative experience at Mount said that diversity created more [email protected] Royal was and how it would hep opinions and thus more problems Web Content Coordinator could be solved. Emmanuel Madu Our interview began with the him with administering BU. This Social Media Coordinator basics, I asked him what his first question also lead to an answer for Kai Kayla Neiman impression of BU were and his an- another question about the reduc- Senior Advisor swer was “Clark Hall” He then fur- tion in the operating grant from As our interview came to an Donnovan Hillman ther explained that the one thing the province that BU will have to end, I could not help but ask why Copy Editor Katelyn Jones he had noticed was the structure face. This question also lead to an his hiring process had seemed to Advertising of Clark Hall and how it towered answer for another question I had drag. He said that while he was [email protected] with it’s early 1900s’s structure. for him pertaining the reduction in very excited to begin his presi- He said that at Mount Royal there the operating grant from the prov- dency at BU, he had promised his Contributors was no building like Clark Hall. ince that BU will have to face. For daughter she would be able to Tyler Clarke, Anthony Labonte, Noah Brandon University is a mixture his administration time at Mount graduate high school in Calgary. Monk, Aiden Trembath, Guolixuan of old and new buildings and its Royal he said that it had been his He believes that family is very im- Mao charm seemed to impress our new first time as a president and that of portant and that promises made president. Next, I asked him what course there were ups and downs must be kept. Therefore, he began The Quill is published weekly by The he believed BU’s strengths were, but that he was proud of what his presidency in May and because Quill, Inc., and is printed by The Kil- larney Guide in Killarney, MB. he said that he believed the size the school had accomplished. He of this, we had interim president of our university was its main said that during his presidency Dr. Steve Robinson up until April. NOTE: Editorials, letters, and strength. He said that as a small- he put greater focus on students viewpoint articles do not necessarily er university more connections obtaining a bachelor’s degree. reflect the opinion of The Quill staff, are built, and more people know By the end of his term more stu- The Quill, Inc., or the faculty, staff, or Brandon University will be administration of Brandon University. each other. He also said that as dents were choosing a four-year lucky to have Dr. David Docherty a smaller university in a smaller degree rather than a two-year as its president for the next few The Quill is a member of Canadian city he felt as though he had lost degree. Now as his presidency be- years and Brandon University wel- University Press (CUP), one of the the anonymity he possessed back gins at BU, he has experience in comes him with open arms. He is world’s largest student organizations, in Calgary. He further explained dealing with any ups and downs with a membership of over 70 student incredibly accessible, and he en- newspapers in Canada. that in a smaller city where more that a university may face. Relat- courages students to feel comfort- Advertisers wishing to buy space in of its population attended the uni- ing to the budget cut that BU will able talking to him as he believes both this newspaper and other CUP- versity, many in the street would face, he said that during his time that being the president of a univer- affiliated newspapers should contact recognize him as that university’s in Mount Royal budget cuts were sity, an essential part of his role is to our multi-market ad representative: president. made, and he got through them. get to know his students better. FREE Media He went on to say that while no- 11629 105th Avenue body liked budget cuts, they were Edmonton, AB T5H 0L9 My next question for Dr. Do- still going to be made and all you Phone: 780-421-1000 cherty was what he believed need- could do was get through them. [email protected] ed improvement. He said that the For online advertising inquiries, one thing he wanted to start im- please contact: proving was Brodie Building. No When asked about his commit- Rouge Media Group further details were given about ment to diversity, transparency, 250 The Esplanade, The Keep his plans regarding Brodie Build- personal accessibility and com- Toronto, ON M5A 1J2 Phone: 416-360-8120 ing simply that it was on the top munity building and how it will of his list to improve. Following influence his administration of BU Local advertisers can also contact this question, I asked him what he said that BU already possessed us directly: he hoped to accomplish during many of the aspects he was com- The Quill his presidential term. His answer mitted to. He said that there were 270 18th Street Brandon University came quickly. While there were a gender neutral washrooms across Brandon, MB R7A 6A9 lot of things, he hoped to accom- campus and that he was happy to Office: 204-727-9667 plish the main one was having see all the personal accessibility Fax: 204-571-0029 the first award scholar or profes- implementations at BU. He went Photo Credit: brandonu.ca sor from BU. He said he believed on to discuss how his commitment students and professors alike had to those ideals were implemented thequill.ca | Oct. 29th, 2019 NEWS 3 FEATURES Issue 09 | Volume 110 Credit: Jolene Osztian, Photographer The Haunting of Hill Side House N. Monk, an extreme philosopher “The House Isn’t Real. person is dead by do not ever seen actually leaving “haunted” and this is also You’re Dead” know that they are dead. the house or arriving. In when the other guests in It is also where the Bud- the second stage, all of the some sense turn against hat was my first dhistic deities manifest, objects are things from her Eleanor and start to reject thought when I was and because most people past life. Eleanor was at her “childish” acts and readingT Shirley Jackson’s are unfamiliar with them, the house far long ago in behaviour. It is easy to The Haunting of The Hill I will refer to Carl Jung’s her childhood, so even the see when the final stage House. From the begin- archetypes instead. In house is from her past life. begins because everyone ning, signs that the main the third stage and final The other guests arriving starts referring to Eleanor character Eleanor or Nelly stage, the person starts to is the manifestation of the as Nelly, as does the house was passing from reality to see karmic illusions and deities or the archetypes. itself. Depending on how the afterlife/reincarnation things start to take a dark The doctor is Jung’s arche- a person deals with these kept popping up. Almost turn, in which awakening type of the wise old man. karmic illusions will influ- weed-like connections to is usually reached. Notice how only the doc- ence what kind of life they another book, humanity’s tor seems to know about will be reincarnated as. forbidden book. On the way to the house, the house and its past, and Because Nelly fails to let Eleanor sees relative to that he serves as a guide go, in other words, does That book is the Ti- herself perfect houses she to the other in the story? not come to acceptance betan Book of the Dead.