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recent dress code scandal

» Controversial issue stirred up yet again

David Manky
Columnist

Bey Rogers, 16, was
sent home from Terry Fox
Secondary Friday morning
because her outfit was
“too fashionable,” and was
“distracting the other girls,”
said Principal Patty Helm.
“She’s been warned before,”
Helm stated in an interview
Monday. “Her outfits have
just been getting nicer and
nicer. I’m not saying she has
to show up in rags, but the
other girls are having trouble
concentrating on their work.
Their eyes are glued to Britney!”
With equality issues a
growing concern in today’s
culture, this recent occurrence
has surely sparked more
controversy than has been seen
in years past. Acceptance, self-
love, and freedom of expression
are pivotal topics in our society,
and in the eyes of some, this
school has crossed the line.
It seems everyone has
an opinion on the subject,

: including Britney’s mother,
: Becky Rogers, who released this
: strongly worded statement:

“Frankly, it’s an outrage.

: Britney is old enough to dress

: herself and if the other girls

: can’t help from ogling her, I

: hardly see how she is to blame.”

Dress codes in public

: schools have been around as

: long as public schooling itself,
: and dealing with this issue

: has always been difficult.

With students often

: claiming dress codes to bea

: blatant infringement on their
: freedom of expression, and

: with teachers asking only for
: a distraction-free learning :
: environment, the quarrels surely :
are not soon to be resolved.

We spoke to Britney about

: the issue and the idea of Terry
: Fox adopting a dress code.

: “This is ridiculous! I express :
: my feelings and emotions

: through clothing; to tell me I

: have to change is, like, against
: my human rights or whatever!
: I'm not going to let this social

: injustice slide without putting

: up a fight!” Britney said.

: The idea of school uniforms
: has been tossed around, and if
: no better options surface, that
: just may be the way the school
: system is moving. Although it
: may not be the first choice for
: many students in the system,

: dress codes may be, as Helms

: puts it, “the only way to keep

: students from constantly

: one-upping each other and

: breeding such distraction

: and envy within the delicate

: learning environment.”

Superintendent of the

: district John McKinley
: stated Monday that he is in
: favour of school uniforms,

and was quoted as saying:
“We have a little saying in

: the public education system: ‘if
: you can’t please everyone, don’t
: please anyone.’ Hell, I wear the

same outfit every day anyways,

: shirts, socks, underwear, I
: don’t see what the big deal is.”

McKinley’s statement has

: received mixed reactions.

  

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Voter turnout drops to an all-time low

» Blame solely on Elections Canada

Chandler Walter
Humour Editor
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Caecen voters this federal
election decided democracy
was not for them, as barely any
flocked to the polls October 19.

With the average voter
turnout for federal elections
63 per cent, and an estimated
61.1 per cent turning out in
2011, 2015 was an all-time low
with only 25.43 per cent of
Canadians casting a ballot.

We asked registered
Canadian voter Rick Morty
why this was the year he
decided not to show up.

“I have voted in every
election since my 18th birthday
and I believe full well in our
Canadian democracy,” Morty
said. “I am an avid follower
of Canadian politics. I just
couldn't bring myself to go
out and vote this year.”

The reason behind
this was simple, small,

: and sticky on one side.

“I learned that they weren't

: giving out stickers this year,”

: Morty said. “My neighbour

: pulled into his driveway right
: when I was about to go out

: and vote, and I noticed he

: didn’t have his sticker. I asked
: him if he had voted yet, he

: said he had. Apparently they

: weren't giving them out.”

Morty wasn’t the only one

turned away by this humongous
: error by Elections Canada.

“Why would I vote if I don’t

: get to rub it in everyone else’s

: face that I voted?” said Brittany :
: Cross. “Hell, last time I got a free :
: donut from Tim Hortons and
: a free coffee from Starbucks,

: just for wearing that sticker.

: Now what do I get? The heart-

: warming feeling that I took part
: in a democratic process that

: countries across the world are

: fighting and dying for? What

: is that even worth to me? So I

: stayed in and watched Netflix.”

We talked to Elections

: Canada about what they felt
: led to the low voter turnout.

Apart from the fact that

: literally no youth or students
: ever go out to vote, according
: to Elections Canada Officer

: Jean Chacent, it seems that

: the low turnout had more to

: do with the rain on Monday

: than anything else.

“People are so easily

swayed away from voting,”

: Chacent said. “We put up all
: these signs and arrows so

: that they knew where to go.

: We made registering easier

: than ever, and sent everyone

information and reminders for

: weeks. But hey, if it’s raining,
: people don’t want to go outside,
: that’s just how things are.”

When asked if he

thought the lack of stickers

: had anything to do with the

: low voter turnout, Chacent

: scoffed, “That’s the stupidest

: idea I’ve ever heard. Who

: would come up with a premise
: as dumb that? An idiot?”

——VJote Ree

VorEZ il

     
  

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