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 Ne w s 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. 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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 Ne w s 3 Fe a t u r e s 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. could settle down and Luke is the archetype of with impermanence, she For simplicity, only certain live in. This is the point in the animus, the masculine ends up leaving the in-be- parts of the book will be the story when Eleanor is part of Eleanor’s psyche. tween in a horrible man- used to explain the house. going to the in-between Theodora is perhaps the ner. She ends up crashing The actual name of the place or a terminal to the easiest to see, Theodora into a tree, after not allow- book Bardo Thodol can afterlife. That in-between is Eleanor’s shadow or the ing herself to let go of the be translated as “in-be- place, in this case, is the archetype of the shadow. house. However, then the tween state and awaken- hillside house itself. When question remains, when in ing”. The most relevant she arrives, she is the first When Eleanor starts the beginning of the book idea from the book of the of all the guests to ar- transitioning to the final did, she actually die? dead is what happens to rive. It’s possible that Mrs. stage is when the house the person after death. Dudley can be thought of or in-between starts to do At first, the person is con- as part of the house itself, its spooky acts and illu- sidered in the in-between in the sense she is a clock. sions. When she starts see- Photo Credit: brandonu.ca world, and in this stage as Notice how she never says ing her karmic illusions is we’ll call it is where the anything more. Nor is she when the house fully turns
thequill.ca | Oct. 29th, 2019 Issue 09 | Volume 110 St u d y Br e a k 4
Artist: Tyler Clarke
Artist: Anthony Labonte
Artist: Guolixuan Mao
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wH i t e t o pl a Y From Torrecillas V. Kaiser (2003) Four Knights Defense, Halloween Gambit “Yes, the Halloween gambit is a real opening and yes you do sacrifi ce a knight.”
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15 Years of Supernatural Coming to an End Kai Neiman, Editor-in-Chief The road so far… Over the years the series has evolved from hunting down ur- he show Supernatural fi rst ban legends on the road, to fi ght- aired on September 13th, ing the apocalypse with demons 2005.T During its fi rst season, the and angels. The Angels storyline show received generally mixed added in Castiel, a seraph who critical reception, but reception eventually becomes the best from critics has grown more fa- friend of the Winchester broth- vorable as the series progressed ers. Originally a short-term role with subsequent seasons receiv- which became a series regular ing generally positive reviews later on. Castiel is played by from critics. The series originally Misha Collins. He was promoted Halloween Cryptogram focuses primarily on the brothers to a series regular for the fi fth Dean Winchester and Sam Win- and sixth season, something Col- lins believes to be mainly due to xa oehjp ej pdwp okhepqza sdeyd eo chester, played by Jensen Ack- les and Jared Padalecki, as they fan support. Collins was down- jkp hkjahejaoo bkn pdaj pda olenepo kb travel throughout the country graded to recurring status for the pda zawz sdk opkkz ej heba xabkna pdaa hunting down evil supernatural seventh and eighth seasons, but creatures. returned to series regular status Soulution availble in next printed Issue. for seasons nine and ten.
Almost a year later, Season 5 intro- back to life by the villain, turned neutral her soul, he learns that she has been re- duces the demon Crowley, played by ally of season 11, Amara. Mary struggles united with John Winchester in Heaven, Mark Sheppard, who would become the to adapt to the world that has changed prompting Castiel to let Mary stay dead Winchester’s longest-recurring antago- greatly from what she once knew and the so she can be with him. nist and occasional anti-hero in the se- changes in her sons. ries. Crowley would alternate between The end of season 14 begins an in- the villain and an ally to the Winchesters. Jack Kline introduced at the end of tense arch to end the series. Mary has His mother Rowena is also introduced in season 12 is played by Alexander Calvert. been killed, God shows up once more Season 10, play by Ruth Connell and she He is a Nephilim and the son of Lucifer. and when the Winchesters don’t do as he experiences the same character develop- Jack was taken in by Sam Winchester and wants, Jack is smote by God. A number ment as villain and ally as Crowley does. Dean Winchester who would teach him of villains and the monster of the week Eventually, Crowley sacrifi ced himself how to master his powers. He eventually from times past are resurrected. fi ghting against Lucifer at the end of Sea- kills Michael, an alternate world archan- son 12. gel. Jack begins to damage his soul as he Dean, Sam, Castiel and Rowena are uses his powers after a confrontation with fi ghting to keep the world in one piece Season 12 also reintroduces Mary Lucifer, which results in him killing Mary as season 15 begins. It’s sure to be an in- Winchester, the mother of Dean and by accident. His attempt to bring Mary teresting fi ght as the series comes to on Sam. She is played by Samantha Smith back to life only restores her body, and end. in all but two episodes. She is brought when Castiel goes to Heaven to retrieve
thequill.ca | oct. 29th, 2019 thequill.ca | oct. 29th, 2019 Issue 09 | Volume 110 Ca m p u s 6 Ha l l o w e e n a t BU Kai Neiman, Editor-in-Chief
he Brandon University at 4 p.m. The buffet is $12.95 Community in Action and all kids under 7 eat free, committeeT is hosting a campus with kids 8–15 half price. Price Halloween Coffee Break to cel- include meal, drink and des- ebrate our campus United Way sert. The menu includes roast- campaign. Join us at 10 a.m. in ed leg of hangman, graveyard the Down Under. There will be mac’n’cheese, ghoulish grilled prizes for staff and faculty cos- cheese, bat wings and more… tumes, as well as a prize draw for United Way pledges. Please While handing out candy bring a non-perishable food item to the kiddies, please watch for to support the BUSU Food Bank. student union representatives collecting non-perishable food Harvest Hall invites all fami- items for the BUSU and ACCSA lies of ghouls and ghosts for a food banks. pre-trick-or-treat buffet starting Credit: Jolene Osztian, Photographer Up c o m i n g Ha l l o w e e n Fo o d Dr i v e Kai Neiman, Editor-in-Chief On Halloween night, students from to get canned good to be used over a phone. In regards to the event, all vol- BU and ACC have the chance to volun- longer period of time than perishable unteers are expected to meet at Samari- teer for the university’s food bank. It’s foods. tan House on October 31st at 5:00 pm. a great alternative to trick or treating. The event will run from 5:00-9:00pm. Wearing a costume is optional but fun. Contact BUSU if this is something that interests you. If you are unable to There is still time to take part if you The event allows students to do go to the BUSU office, you can phone so wish. something fun and safe on Halloween. 204-727-9660 and a BUSU represen- It’s a wonderful way for the university tative will help you sign up over the De a t h Ca f é Kai Neiman, Editor-in-Chief Ready to talk about out loud,” said Sharran ening discussion. to helping people make death? Few people are. Mullins, an Assistant Pro- the most of their (finite) Brandon University is host- fessor in Psychiatric Nurs- A death café provides a lives. It is an open-forum ing a Death Café next week ing at BU. She and her safe environment in which group discussion of dying to help people get comfort- third-year palliative care to talk about death. The and death, with no agen- able in discussing death students are facilitating the death café movement be- da. It is a discussion group and mortality. death café. “I believe that gan in 2011 based on the rather than grief support having an opportunity like work of Swiss sociologist or counselling, and is not While death is a mysteri- this will help our students and anthropologist Ber- a substitute for these ser- ous and often taboo subject (and us!) develop greater nard Crettaz. Since their vices. in western society, people comfort in discussing death invention, death cafés have questions, thoughts, and dying, and will foster spread quickly across Eu- As part of the course and feelings about dying greater ‘death literacy’ in rope, North America, and “Introduction to Palliative and death that they may our community.” Australasia. Care”, third-year Psychi- be reluctant to express. atric Nursing students are A death café is not grief, “At a death cafe, people hosting a death café on “A death café is an open individual, or group coun- gather to eat cake, drink Oct. 30 from 7–8:30 p.m. forum discussion about selling, she notes. People tea/coffee — Let death be at Brandon University in death and dying and the should come prepared to not decaffeinated! — and the Faculty of Health Stud- thoughts, feelings, and share their thoughts and discuss death. The objec- ies room 043. All are wel- questions we all have but contribute to what is sure tive is to increase aware- come! may be reluctant to voice to be a lively and enlight- ness of death with a view
thequill.ca | Oct. 29th, 2019 Ca m p u s 7 Co m m u n i t y a n d Sp o r t s Issue 09 | Volume 110 Witches and Wicca Hailey Davidson, Reporter re witches real? Well, have you ever seen a steady rise in Feminism in the popu- look for a witch, and that makes witchcraft had deja-vu? Consider that your in- lar and political culture. Witchcraft urges and each person’s personal practice, 100% tuition.A Have you ever been stressed about you to practice positive self-love, and to “the their own. To name a couple types of crafts your midterms, so you filled your bathtub witch is a woman fully in her power” trans- in the cauldron, kitchen witches use magic with sweet smelling oils and soothing salt lates perfectly to activists today. Of course, in cooking and baking, green witches use scrubs, maybe you lit a few candles? Sounds witchcraft doesn’t have a binary rule over flowers, herbs, and other plants, cosmic like a self-love spell to me. You wished you it, and boys are witches too. Witches are witches employ astrology and planetary cy- didn’t have to go to class, then it was can- inarguably having a large moment in the cles. There are some crafts that also relate celled? Manifested. Have you ever just – present, providing control, confidence, and directly to indigenous shamanism or Afri- cleaned your room – because clutter gives accountability. can hoodoo. Who knew? you heavy negative energy? Look at you, performing whole cleansing rituals like a pro. There are so many common misconcep- The most important step is to let go of tions about witches - and no - the E-girl in fear. When we lack understanding for some- your gender studies class isn’t a witch. Okay, thing, we tend to develop fear. For years, I So, are witches real? Not the kind with maybe she is. But the point is that witches had been mixing my own tea blends, col- green skin and an appetite for babies, but don’t have a specific look. There are witches lecting crystals, and taking bubble baths. yes. They’re people who practice magick, of all expressions and identities. Confusion The only change I’ve made is releasing the Up c o m i n g Ha l l o w e e n Fo o d Dr i v e directing and raising energies to serve a corner is where Wicca rolls on in. Here’s a fear of people’s judgment and recognizing Kai Neiman, Editor-in-Chief purpose. And if you haven’t noticed lately, super simple graph to help: the magic in these activities. Witchcraft Is witchcraft is having a moment. A whole all about intention. If you have a purpose On Halloween night, students from to get canned good to be used over a phone. In regards to the event, all vol- magical moment. So let’s take you through for drinking a cup of tea (i.e. to relax), then BU and ACC have the chance to volun- longer period of time than perishable unteers are expected to meet at Samari- the basics: WITCHCRAFT ≠ WICCA congratulations – you’ve got a spell! Some teer for the university’s food bank. It’s foods. tan House on October 31st at 5:00 pm. people will absolutely drain others for the a great alternative to trick or treating. The event will run from 5:00-9:00pm. fun of having their tarot cards read but be- Wicca is a religion associated with Wearing a costume is optional but fun. Contact BUSU if this is something A witch is someone aware of their own come uncomfortable the moment someone witchcraft. So, all Wiccans are witches, but that interests you. If you are unable to There is still time to take part if you power, and puts that power into action. says “witch”. But as it happens, the more I not all witches are Wiccan. Kapiche? Witch- The event allows students to do go to the BUSU office, you can phone so wish. That’s it. No consumption of children’s hear someone say “witch” the more people craft itself is a spirituality, a philosophy of something fun and safe on Halloween. 204-727-9660 and a BUSU represen- souls required. seem to lift their heads to say “me too”. It’s a wonderful way for the university tative will help you sign up over the life. There are wiccan witches, but there are also witches who practice e a t h a f é Historically, an increased interest in Christianity, paganism, or athe- D C witchcraft is synonymous with current so- ism. When we think of witches, Kai Neiman, Editor-in-Chief ciety. The rise of witches is always rising we usually imagine those creepy parallel with another political or social old gals from Macbeth, Hermon- Ready to talk about out loud,” said Sharran ening discussion. to helping people make movement. Because witchcraft is so easily ie Granger, or Angelina Jolie’s death? Few people are. Mullins, an Assistant Pro- the most of their (finite) malleable, you can make it whatever you cheekbones in Maleficent. In re- Brandon University is host- fessor in Psychiatric Nurs- A death café provides a lives. It is an open-forum want it to be. The witch trials were less a ality, witchcraft really isn’t as ing a Death Café next week ing at BU. She and her safe environment in which group discussion of dying witch issue, and more so a response to a cookie cutter friendly, as popular to help people get comfort- third-year palliative care to talk about death. The and death, with no agen- threatened patriarchy. Similar feminist ide- culture tropes would have you ologies were being brought to the forefront think. This is an overwhelmingly able in discussing death students are facilitating the da. It is a discussion group death café movement be- in the 1970s, along with a revival of mod- vast practice, with so many dif- and mortality. death café. “I believe that gan in 2011 based on the rather than grief support ern witchcraft. In our current society, we’ve ferent types. There’s no specific having an opportunity like work of Swiss sociologist or counselling, and is not While death is a mysteri- this will help our students and anthropologist Ber- a substitute for these ser- ous and often taboo subject (and us!) develop greater nard Crettaz. Since their vices. in western society, people comfort in discussing death invention, death cafés have questions, thoughts, and dying, and will foster spread quickly across Eu- As part of the course and feelings about dying greater ‘death literacy’ in rope, North America, and “Introduction to Palliative and death that they may our community.” Australasia. Care”, third-year Psychi- be reluctant to express. atric Nursing students are A death café is not grief, “At a death cafe, people hosting a death café on “A death café is an open individual, or group coun- gather to eat cake, drink Oct. 30 from 7–8:30 p.m. forum discussion about selling, she notes. People tea/coffee — Let death be at Brandon University in death and dying and the should come prepared to not decaffeinated! — and the Faculty of Health Stud- thoughts, feelings, and share their thoughts and discuss death. The objec- ies room 043. All are wel- questions we all have but contribute to what is sure tive is to increase aware- come! may be reluctant to voice to be a lively and enlight- ness of death with a view Credit: Creative Commons
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This weeks issue offers some Halloween themed news as well as regular broadcasted... typed news.
Answer for Chess Puzzle from Issue 07:
For this game, my overall accuracy was 97% which is around 2700+ elo. In other words, the perfor- mance of a super-grandmaster.
16…Nb3! 17. Qe1 Nxc1 the knight on c1 must be captured here (if 18. cxb6 Nxe2+and white will have no compensation.) after 18. Bxc1 Nd5 black has secured a long-term advantage, by having the two rooks and giving white a terrible pawn structure, which becomes more apparent in the endgame.
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