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the FREE October 5, 2017 reflector www.TheReflector.ca Make comic books and graphic novels come alive in a new course for Continuing Education Find out more on page two! The best movies we saw COUGARS HOCKEY at Calgary Film (Pg. 9) Are the iPhone 8 and iPhone X are worth your money? (Pg. 5) An inside look at how MRU aims to be a sustainable campus MRU Cougars Men’s hockey team to replicate last (Pg. 3-4) season’s success? (Pg. 13) News Editor Anna Junker news newseditor@thereflector.ca Calgary artist brings graphic novels alive at MRU In October, MRU is offering an out-of-the-box new course in comics and graphic novels for those in Continuing Education Lexi Wright Contributor Beginning in October, Mount can grow. The umbrella of this Quickdraw Animation Society. Batista teaches at ACAD, the traditional art mediums. He still Royal University’s Continuing course will help fuel all types of “The USAY program is a course at Mount Royal University teaches hand coloring and hand Education Program will be learners,” said Batista. heritage program where we want is much more inclusive for comic inking because learning that offering a certificate course on Batista currently teaches to teach how to have a voice for books and graphic novels and way makes you think differently Comic and Graphic Novels. cartooning at the Alberta language and culture through will cover everything from the than learning with digital tools. The course is taught by artist College of Art and Design comic books and graphic novels, conception of an idea to the “In digital mediums, you sit and professor, Brian Batista, who (ACAD), as well as a comic book “said Batista. script, to the finished cover page down and you can do anything in says it’s nothing Mount Royal program for the Urban Society “We have an Aboriginal elder and even how to publish a comic. the whole world and then you get University, or even Calgary, has for Aboriginal Youth (USAY). come up with the story and “There’s a lot of art history writer’s block immediately, but if ever experienced before. He also has a strong background then the whole comic book in this course because history you’re limited by what your hand “In this comic book course, in animation where he was the is produced in English and is important to how comic can stroke, then all of a sudden what we’re really trying to do head instructor of a program Blackfoot. I’m acting like Stan books were distributed. I start you have to become creatively is plant a creative seed, to show called the Aboriginal Youth Lee, I’m basically the editor.” in the pre-history of comic innovative. Limitations are what students that their creativity Animation Project run by the Unlike the cartooning course books because if you know your make people creative.” history and how ideas came Being able to teach his dream to be developed, you can pay course is not only an exciting homage to that and it can help opportunity, but Batista hopes you formulate new thoughts,” his students will come out with said Batista. the beginnings of a comic book In addition to his many years that they are immensely proud of experience as an artist, Batista of. also teaches fine art courses “You could go on Wikipedia from his Calgary studio, Atelier and do as much research as you Artista. wanted on creating comics, but “I run my art school in the it’s much nicer to have things daytime and the Continuing curated in front of you, almost Education courses are offered at like an art show. This course is night. I think I work more than not to learn about comic books, a doctor: I’m up at 6 a.m., start it’s “you’re going to make one.” drawing at 7 a.m. and finish To find out more about the around 11 p.m. because in order program, visit Continuing to get one good drawing, you Education at mtroyal.ca/ need to make 10,” said Batista. ProgramsCourses. Artist Brian Batista will be teaching a new Continuing Education course at Mount Royal Unique to Batista’s style University focused on comics and graphic novels. Photo by Lexi Wright as an artist is his passion for The campus is always greener on the other side How Mount Royal University is continuing to build a sustainable, environmentally friendly campus Gregory Balanko-Dickson Contributor There’s a lot of planning opportunities like this to the Royal is to teach others to adopt This will take the heat from the about money, the economic part, that goes on behind the scenes benefit of the students, and the similar habits. Educating others combustion of the plant that and after that the people, or the at Mount Royal University to environment. Through these and increasing awareness about is used to create power and social part, and then last but not make the campus eco-friendly. efforts, “we’re going to save the impact of small actions taken re-direct that heat to keep the least is the environment,” said Students might not realize the energy, we’re going to save on a daily basis is a definite way buildings warm. Fletcher. effort, and the intention, that capital, and we’re going to save to lead the way towards an eco- The only thing that stands in Fletcher and the Sustainability goes into sustainability at MRU. the environment,” said Zarazun. friendly campus. the way of a greener campus Committee are hoping to change Currently in Alberta, there However, going green doesn’t Zarazun says “it’s that is “money” according to Diana this by spreading the word are a lot of tax rebates that can have to be that complicated. awareness and that education” Fletcher, instructor and chair of about the importance of the be used to make a “greener” Students can get involved in that will help MRU to be clean the Sustainability Committee at environment to students. campus. simple ways by changing some and green. Mount Royal. The environment Some actions that have been “You could just replace a burnt habits. It can be as easy as There are some new projects is “always at the bottom of the taken by Fletcher and her team light bulb with a new light, but turning off a light when leaving on the horizon at Mount Royal list.” are the microgreens workshop, we’re looking for a more strategic the room, recycling your waste, to continue the trend of growing There’s three main which took place at the approach,” said Owen Zarazun, or shutting down your computer sustainability. The Department components to sustainability Sustainability Fair on campus, director of building operations. when you’re done using it. of Facilities Management team of our environment: social, on Sept. 26 and 27. There is MRU’s Facilities Management Another way to decrease plans to install a Combined economic and environmental. team is looking to leverage the carbon footprint of Mount Heat & Power (CHP) plant. However, “most people care Continued on Pg. 3 /CTOBER sTHEREmECTOR 3 THE Canada needs 100-million people to solve our most REFLECTOR pressing issues says Doug Saunders October 5, 2017 Issue 1, Volume 56 EDITORIAL STAFF: Saunders argues in new book for a higher Publishing Editor: Kennedy Enns Managing Editor: Ivar Bergs Canadian population News Editor: Anna Junker Features Editor: Amber McLinden Anna Junker Arts Editor: Colin Macgillivray Sports Editor: Dan Khavkin News Editor Photo Editor: Andi Endruhn Layout Editor: Robyn Welsh Saunders. “The idea that Canadians stable and any more than 2.1 Web Editor: Jolene Rudisuela In his book, author and “You realize that Canada’s were anything other than to have your population grow,” international-affairs columnist CONTRIBUTORS: for The Globe and Mail, Doug cities all suffer from low British subjects was extremely said Saunders. Lexi Wright, Gregory Balanko- Saunders, discusses his vision population density and the controversial. Even the idea that “The only reason that Canada’s Dickson, Nathan Woolridge, for Canada having a large, consequences of that have there were two types of people population grows, and it grows Shelby Dechant, Rosemary De strong and healthy population big ecological and human - English people and French pretty slowly, is immigration, Souza, Alec Warkentin, Mariam of 100-million. development problems.” people - was really taboo.” which we have at fairly modest Taiwo, Sabrina Harmata, Paul He believes by tripling the Saunders explains he’s written Part of Saunders argument levels.” McAleer, Nathan Kunz, Sajan Jabbal population, it would be the best a lot of essays on the topic is that Canada had a very He adds that even with the before, exploring what the ideal restrictive set of policies for most aggressive population way for Canada to reconcile Cover photo credits: Lexi Wright population of Canada would those coming in, with the growth scenarios which would with Indigenous people and and Dan Khavkin regional divides along with be and exploring our country’s emphasis being on rural and have Canada’s population be at building equality while ensuring history in why there are so few resource orientated people 100-million by the end of the economic and ecological people living here. rather than entrepreneurial and century, they would not rely on sustainability. “I think that’s a big part of what urban. He says Canada’s policies large-scale immigration. I’m trying to do in Maximum explicitly did not want people “If we had immigration that we Here is a highlight of when The Reflector, with an on- and Saunders spoke with student Canada is retell Canada’s history who wanted to start businesses.