Savoula Stylianou

Volume 140 (2012-2013) – Arts Editor
Volume 139 (2011-2012) – Assistant News Editor

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journal_ae@ams.queensu.ca
About

Savoula is the Journal's Arts Editor this year. She is a third year Religious Studies major with a specific interest in Western religions. She is a fan of musicals and corny jokes. Follow her on Twitter @SavoulaS.

Stories

Lucas Silveira posts YouTube videos of his personal covers in his spare time under the band’s channel @cliksmusic.
September 17, 2013
A voice for diversity
Liberal MP, Ted Hsu, says he is supporting Joyce Murray to be the next leader of the liberal party.
April 4, 2013
Hsu visits religion, science classes
April 4, 2013
Awesome art, magical music, prominent plays
April 4, 2013
What We're Listening To
Lead singer Matt Layzell said The Matinée is excited to be returning to Kingston since the band does a lot of their writing in his family cabin in Gananoque.
March 22, 2013
Risky roads
Stars bassist Evan Cranley said his two-year-old baby with band vocalist Amy Millan comes on tour with them. “It’s like having nine weird uncles and aunts,” he says.
March 15, 2013
Stars since the beginning
Laura Rae Chaisson (centre) shone as one of the lead dancers in this year’s Vogue Charity Fashion Show.
March 15, 2013
Rebel for a cause
Last year, Down There made $12,000 for Interval House, Dawn House and the Sexual Assault Centre Kingston. This year, the production is hoping to do the same.
March 15, 2013
Getting down close and personal
The opening act on Tuesday night were rockers Folly and the Hunter, who had a distinct sound similar to Bon Iver.
March 8, 2013
Just getting started
March 1, 2013
Do we need four years to succeed?
February 14, 2013
Sisters skate to gold and silver
In Blue/Orange, based on the script by British writer Joe Penhall, two doctors in a psychiatric hospital argue over the best treatment for a patient that might have schizophrenia.
February 11, 2013
The difficulties with diagnosing
Caplan is nominated for two East Coast Music Awards this year for his blues style music.
February 7, 2013
Bringing the blues
From a small cast of seven, Beck Lloyd (left) and Chantel Martin (right) provide the two standout performances in the drama department’s production of Blood Relations.
February 7, 2013
Bewitching blood
February 5, 2013
A shocking success
Sophia Takal and Amy Seimetz star in Coffee and Pie, a women’s short being shown at the Screening Room on Saturday as part of this year’s Reelout Festival.
February 5, 2013
Garnering a global reach
Guitarist C.C. Diemond says having run-ins with the police is all a part of the touring lifestyle for the band.
January 29, 2013
In the sky with Diemonds
January 29, 2013
Memorable Monday
Event organizer for the Vault Matthew Muto (far left) says the group tries to hold a music event every semester with live bands playing throughout the night.
January 29, 2013
Spotlight on independent music
According to the AMS clubs website, there are over 17 religiously-affiliated clubs on campus.
January 18, 2013
Students keeping their faith in sight
The band decided not to charge the audience ticket fees because they would rather have people come to the show just for the music, guitarist Andrew Lennox says.
January 18, 2013
Wild Domestic enjoys wild rides
The three members of Turkey Turkey (from left to right: Riley Shaw, Tom Yeates and David Cronin) pose in the middle of University Ave. after coming up with the concept for this photo on their own.
January 18, 2013
Funny Friends
Sal Piamonte says some of the highlights of his career have been performing at Massey Hall and writing a tribute song for the Canadian military service men and women.
January 15, 2013
Deep in Devil City
Comedian Brent Butt said he considers himself “crazy lucky” to have had a successful career in TV with his shows Corner Gas and Hiccups.
January 15, 2013
Brent vs. the bikes
Moon King singer Daniel Benjamin says music has always been a part of his life. Growing up in the Annex in Toronto, he lived down the street from the music venue the Palace and used to go see live shows all the time.
January 11, 2013
Conquering an impossible feat
Fucked Up bassist Sandy Miranda says of all the musicians the band has collaborated with in the past, she felt a connection with Jennifer Castle because of her “female energy.”
January 11, 2013
Fucked Up and star-struck
December 17, 2012
Cohen crowds the K-Rock
Daniel Romano co-owns his own recording studio with friends and fellow musicians, Ian Kehoe and Steve Lambke.
November 29, 2012
Multiple jobs
Wool on Wolves guitarist Thomas Reikie says he and his band mates met while they were studying at the University of Alberta.
November 23, 2012
Intense instrumentation
Queen’s Quidditch team placed fourth out of 13 university and collegiate teams last Sunday.
November 16, 2012
Nationals a success
November 16, 2012
Monologue’s end
Lisa Figge’s exhibit I Can Only Make It Up Once has four parts: an installation piece on the stairs, a marionette with no arms and two videos.
November 9, 2012
Life story in art
This year’s production of Vogt A featured four unique plays about a cannibalistic Italian woman, a British pink horse, a sad dance routine and a thwarted assassination attempt.
November 2, 2012
Anomalous Vogt
Union Gallery has been open for 18 years and has never lost their student fee. The last time their fee went to referendum was in 2010.
November 2, 2012
Union Gallery out in the cold
October 31, 2012
Dragonette
October 30, 2012
The spookier, the better
Zeus founder and guitarist Mike O’Brien says the band’s pre-show ritual is to listen to “Rock this Party (Everybody Dance Now)” and chug a bottle of tequila. He jokingly calls it “The Zeus Method.”
October 30, 2012
Golden gods
Crystalyne lead singer Marissa Datolli says she doesn’t mind being the only girl in the band since she’s a tomboy who likes hanging out and playing video games with the guys.
October 26, 2012
Rocking roots of science
Street Health Centre counsellor Kelly Sexsmith says the goal of Art on the Street is to reduce stigma and build self-esteem for the artists involved.
October 26, 2012
Stopping stigma, saving self-esteem
The Pack A.D. nearly stole their name from a college fraternity.
October 23, 2012
‘Drunk times are always the best’
Rural Alberta Advantage keyboardist Amy Cole says if bands don’t fight over music, they don’t care enough.
October 22, 2012
Long road from Alberta
The last time Elliott BROOD hit Kingston, they played the annual Wolfe Island Music Festival.
October 19, 2012
Ten years and counting
Brandyn Aikins and Daniel Allen were originally part of Fox Jaws. Aikins says they were the only two members of the band who got along.
October 16, 2012
A return for second helpings
Joel Plaskett Emergency gets their endorphins going and loosens up their limbs by playing a game of catch before going on stage.
October 12, 2012
Plaskett out of the box
Urban myths surrounding musician rider lists suggest that they are all like Van Halen and have something against coloured M&Ms. Grad Club Manager Virginia Clark says the only reason the band requested solely brown M&Ms was to make sure their list was being read carefully.
October 12, 2012
Road requests
October 5, 2012
IKEA image intact
The Library Chronicles are four separate plays with different plotlines which come together in one setting.
October 5, 2012
Transient theatre
Wilderling used to call themselves Audio Park when they started playing together in high school.
October 2, 2012
Wondering Wilderling
Angelo Aita (centre) is one of the lead singers in Abandon All Ships. He sings the profane, unclean rap lyrics while Martin Broda sings the clean lyrics.
October 2, 2012
Not the wildest bunch
Erin Finley’s Daisy Chain is inspired by the popularized 2004 Abu Ghraib torture photographs.
October 2, 2012
Daisy chain of violence
The Frances K. Smith Gallery has several large and small drawings ranging from ones of random people to mythological characters.
September 28, 2012
Drawings from the past
In the play White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, one actor receives the script for the first time at the very beginning of the show. They then start to read — solo.
September 28, 2012
Breaking basic boundaries
Castings for both Sweeney Todd and The Drowsy Chaperone happened during the first week of school this month.
September 25, 2012
Making the right casting call
Hasina Daya, ArtSci ‘14, got a tattoo in remembrance of her late father.
September 21, 2012
A canvas of skin
FIRExFIRE released their first solo album Signals earlier this year.
September 21, 2012
Fired up for Limestone City
September 18, 2012
Breaking out the Bears
Jay Harris says he met his wife while they were both at Queen’s. She’s now his his music manager.
September 14, 2012
From Sundumb to Slow Commotion
Yukon Blonde played fan favourites at the frosh concert like “Loyal Man,” “My Girl” and “Stairways.”
September 11, 2012
Mystery lineup a hit
Run Body Run is Holly McNarland’s first album released without the help of a record label.
September 11, 2012
Validation hangover
The backyard illScarlett concert had 130 people out on Sunday afternoon.
September 11, 2012
illScarlett visits the Ghetto
Devon Ryan, Sci ’13, is choreographing the dance that the Queen’s Genetically Egineered machine Team will use to compete at the International Genetically Engineered Machined Competiton.
September 11, 2012
Dancing in the lab
The jewellery that Vikings wore is made of glass and colourful beads.
September 7, 2012
Myths of Vikings unsheathed
The Bader Centre members painted a mural of their own building, while a three dimensional dream catcher is part of the Four Directions Aboriginal Centre’s installation.
September 7, 2012
Queen’s Centre gets some colour
The 14th annual Wolfe Island Music Festival was a huge success, bringing in hundreds of people to enjoy the live music on the island. Country music group Elliott Brood played to a packed baseball diamond field of people on Friday night despite the torrential rainpour that happened earlier in the evening.
August 14, 2012
Wolfe Island Music Festival in review
Wolfe Island Music Festival performers and their connections.
July 31, 2012
Eight degrees of separation
Sam Roberts Band is currently on tour with their fifth studio album Collider. Roberts says most of the album was written while he was sitting in his basement in Montreal.
July 30, 2012
African allusions
The What Cheer? Brigade came from Rhode Island to perform at the annual jazz festival.
June 25, 2012
Downtown Kingston gets a taste of jazz
June 25, 2012
Movie watching under the stars
June 9, 2012
Jarring Juxtaposition
Reid Cunningham (centre) plays the male lead, popular guy Evan, in the musical 13.
May 28, 2012
Youth connections
Co-owner of Modern Primitive David Parkinson says the most popular pieces in the store change depending on seasonal trends.
May 28, 2012
Travel treasures
May 4, 2012
Bryan Adams in Kingston
April 21, 2012
Leaving the wild
Team CES is made up of Morgan Campbell, Kieran Slobodin and Ashley Eagan. They won the AMS election in February 2011 on a platform of 16 points, 11 of which they have completed.
April 5, 2012
The AMS in review
Chrissy Poitras’ Bits and Pieces at Modern Fuel is a collection of 12 silkscreen and encaustic pieces and seven watercolour paintings.
March 30, 2012
Creating accidents
New bassist Nathan Gill was added to Two Hours Traffic’s lineup in December and hasn’t had a chance to take any promotional shots with the band yet. They played their first show together on St. Patrick’s Day in their hometown of Charlottetown, P.E.I.
March 23, 2012
Switching traffic lanes
March 23, 2012
Think first, then protest
March 23, 2012
Student Constable fee increased to cover deficit
March 16, 2012
History reworks course value
Fifth-year captain Michael Nishiyama wrapped up his Queen’s career last weekend at nationals.
March 16, 2012
Track captain ends career
Phil Schleihauf, Sci ‘13, says he is trying to break the world record to promote Queen’s Fair Trade Week.
March 8, 2012
Student to challenge unicycling world record
Students and members of Occupy Queen's protested outside Senate on Tuesday in support of the BFA program as Principal Woolf walks past.
March 2, 2012
Lawyer to revisit BFA decision
March 2, 2012
QMT management resigns
MCMan Chyna will perform in Push It’s new event, Bottoms Up: Queer and Feminist Hip Hop Night.
March 2, 2012
Pushing for youth
According to the president of the Queen’s Swing Club, you can swing dance to Lady Gaga.
March 2, 2012
Students take up swing
Kingston Animal Trust member Shawna Robinson said Tuesday's demonstration was the first time the activist group came to campus.
February 16, 2012
Animal rights group rallies
CFRC staff member Cameron Willis says he used to listen to the radio program Indie Music Wake Up Call before being hired to host the show’s Thursday morning slot.
February 16, 2012
Friday night spinning
The new AMS council will take office on May 1.
February 14, 2012
New AMS council hired
Gaels foil fencer Matt Kaiser (right) goes against the Royal Military College in the bout for men's team foil bronze at the OUA championships this weekend held at the ARC.
February 14, 2012
Fencing wins provincial title
Queen's Sustainability Manager Aaron Ball says Queen's climate action plan will be launched in the fall.
February 7, 2012
Climate action plan finds consultant
Team JDL won 60 per cent of votes in the first round of preferential voting.
February 3, 2012
Team JDL prepare to take office
Queen's Bands play at the Car-Harris Cup last night. The Bands have been fully reinstated after being suspended in November for circulating inappropriate materials.
February 3, 2012
Bands marches again
From left to right: Tristan Lee, Doug Johnson and Mira Dineen of team JDL won the bid for next year's AMS executive on Wednesday night.
February 2, 2012
JDL elected as new AMS exec
The presidential debate on Wednesday night drew a larger crowd than either of the previous two nights’ debates. There were approximately 70 people in attendance.
January 27, 2012
Presidential candidates conclude debates
January 24, 2012
Debate maps out plans
Last Thursday AMS Assembly approved a $1.2 million contribution to the renovation of the JDUC.
January 24, 2012
JDUC a focus for candidates
January 24, 2012
Executive candidates talk shop
The AMS Judicial Affairs Office in the JDUC deals with cases of non-academic discipline on campus and the surrounding area.
January 20, 2012
Student appears at AMS court over house party
VIA Rail announced the change to three Kingston routes on Dec. 23. The changes come into effect on Tuesday.
January 20, 2012
VIA Rail closes three Kingston routes
An artist’s rendering of Grocery Checkout’s layout in the Queen’s Centre.
January 20, 2012
New retailers plan to offer student jobs
AMS President Morgan Campbell votes to ratify the three teams running in the AMS election.
January 20, 2012
Three teams announced for executive election
Supporters of Kingston’s closed prison farms gathered in the Memorial Room of City Hall last night after the first day of the trial of protesters arrested in August 2010.
January 17, 2012
Activists stand trial
Coffeeco has been at 344 Johnson St. since 2008. In March, the new location will open on Market Square at 322 King St.
January 13, 2012
Coffeeco to move
The city of Kingston attributed yesterday's blackout to trees falling on power lines during high winds and freezing rain.
January 13, 2012
Blackout stalls campus
December 13, 2011
ArtSci faculty members at odds with admin over Fine Arts suspension
The current empty spaces in the Queen's Centre will be transformed to a grocery store and a pharmacy. They are set to open by the spring of 2012.
December 10, 2011
Grocery store and pharmacy to be installed in Queen's Centre
December 2, 2011
Fine Arts students protest at Summerhill
Construction on MacGillivray-Brown Hall included tearing out cubicles in the gym and refinishing the floor.
December 1, 2011
AMS to announce retailers in Queen’s Centre
December 1, 2011
Visits increase this year
Fine Arts students congregrate outside the Robert Sutherland building on Tuesday to protest the recent decision to suspend admissions to the Fine Arts program.
November 25, 2011
Senate stalls initiative on suspensions
November 23, 2011
Students protest outside Senate meeting
The photo used for the event posters is titled “Liberty Lost” about the 2010 G20 protests.
November 18, 2011
Resistance through art
Wendy Luella Perkins originally came to Kingston in 1994 to go to Queen’s Theological College.
November 18, 2011
Soulful singing moments
Retail services director Jeff Heenan says if ticket sales continue to decline, Tricolour Express could move to a ticket-agency model.
November 18, 2011
Bus service on the decline
Principal Daniel Woolf says an increasing number of university students take college programs after getting their degree in order to gain practical qualifications.
November 11, 2011
College ties strengthened
The Trillers A Cappella practice in the Robert Sutherland Room in the JDUC.
November 11, 2011
‘It’s not going to work if you can’t blend’
Fine arts students congregated in the JDUC yesterday to speak to the Journal about the programs' suspension of future admissions.
November 11, 2011
Fine arts admissions suspended
The TedxQueensU event takes places on Sunday. 16 students were involved in its organization.
November 4, 2011
Annual conference adopts nomadic theme
Hanan Dhanani, ArtSci ’12, says she worked with 20 other delegates to prepare a written report on four issues facing women.
October 28, 2011
Student represents Canada in Paris summit
James Ready representatives gave away 130 pumpkins in the promotional event yesterday.
October 28, 2011
Beer company gives out pumpkins
When asked to contextualize this One (Family) photo, Matt Rogalsky says “I have no idea how to contextualize it! It’s kind of cool though.”
October 25, 2011
Sonic chaos
Six rector candidates are currently campaigning. Front row: Laura Stairs (left), Asad Chishti, David Myers and Robyn Laing. Back row: Mike Cannon (left) and Nick Francis. Elections occur on Oct. 25 and 26.
October 18, 2011
Six candidates vie for rector role
Commerce Society President Kelsey Paterson (left) and Commerce Society Outreach Co-Commissioners Warren Duncan (centre) and Rachel Williams hope the event will raise $10,000.
October 14, 2011
Campaign for awareness
Common Ground head manager Sam Guertin said the AMS food service had improved sales this summer compared to last summer.
October 4, 2011
Surplus expected for the first time since 2007
This is the first year that Queen's University has had on-campus advanced polling offered to students and the surrounding Kingston community.
September 30, 2011
Candidates talk strategy
Thanks to a new partnership with the AMS, the Queen’s farmer’s market has moved from outside Stauffer Library to outside the JDUC.
September 27, 2011
Market expands on campus
Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario addresses the crowd at the Liberal rally held on Tuesday.
September 23, 2011
McGuinty on education
From left to right: Robert Kiley, Green Party; Rodger James, Progressive Conservative Party; John Gerretsen, Liberal Party; and Mary Rita Holland, New Democratic Party debate at Wallace Hall last night.
September 20, 2011
Tuition and research a focal point
Merilyn Simonds is the artistic director of Kingston WritersFest and has been with the festival since its start six years ago.
September 20, 2011
Limestone literature
From left to right: Ashley Eagan, vice-president of operations, Morgan Campbell, president, and Kieran Slobodin, vice-president of university affairs won the AMS election on Feb. 3 with 63 per cent of votes and a 16-point platform.
September 16, 2011
Post-summer review
Copyright specialist Mark Swartz says under the new copyright policy, faculty will be unable to give out copyrighted material.
September 16, 2011
New copyright policy enacted
September 16, 2011
A little help?
Supporters welcome Adam Beaudoin, PheKin ’15, on Sept. 4 after he biked 4,700 km from his home town of Victoria, B.C. to Queen’s campus . He biked an average of 150 km per day.
September 9, 2011
Cyclist raises thousands for cancer research
Construction on a tunnel running underneath Union Street is 75 per cent complete.
July 26, 2011
Tunnel trouble
Chown Hall, at 175 Stuart Street, became an all-girls residence in 1960. Adelaide Hall, Ban Righ Hall, and Angus House at Jean Royce Hall, still remain all-girls residences.
June 28, 2011
Chown Hall switches to co-ed
Users of the flexible smartphone can bend corners to perform different actions like playing music, taking notes and making phone calls. The phone could be on the market within 10 years.
May 31, 2011
Professor invents paper-thin phone
Kym Nacita, ArtSci ‘09 and MA ‘11 wins the OPIRG Positive Space Award for her work in queer indigenous activism on campus.
March 18, 2011
The power of Pride
Alice Aiken, director of the military and veteran health research network says by linking researchers from across Canada, research on everything from battlefield medicine to mental health will be promoted.
February 8, 2011
A battle for health

Photos

Fifth-year captain Michael Nishiyama wrapped up his Queen’s career last weekend at nationals.
March 16, 2012
Track captain ends career

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