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A deadly car crash on Western University’s campus in the early hours of Sunday resulted in one fatality and left two others in the hospital. The single vehicle collision occurred approximately at 3:20 a.m. on Perth Drive South of Windermere, outside the university’s Chemistry Building. The three individuals were seated in a grey Volkswagen Golf when it went off the road and crashed into a tree. As a result, the car flipped on its passenger side with the roof pinned against the tree. According to Constable Ken Steeves, media relations officer for the London Police Service, the cause of the accident has not yet been determined. “There is a lot that has to be done before a conclusion is made. Today the Traffic Management Unit investigators are doing a vehicle examination on the car and then it will be taken for a mechanical,” he said. “We haven’t ruled out speed, alcohol, road conditions, etc. as possibly being a contributing factor to the conclusion.” The deceased passenger was Jan Broz, a 22-year-old resident of London. The second passenger was reported be in fair condition, while the driver, as of last night, was in critical condition. Keith Marnoch, director of media relations at Western, confirmed that the three individuals were not directly associated with Western in any capacity. Steeves urged drivers to be careful and responsible while operating a motor vehicle. “If you were to ask anyone who has been in an accident, they would say that they didn’t think they would be involved in a collision,” he said. “The fact is it is possible — it could happen to you. When operating a motor vehicle, it is imperative that it is operated in due care and attention.”
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SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK. Canadian post-hardcore band Silverstein rocked London Music Hall last Thursday night. The band took a few moments before their show to speak with The Gazette. Read the interview on page 4.
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The provincial government has announced a $9 million dollar investment in mental health services for post-secondary students, as part of Ontario’s 10-year Mental Health and Addictions Strategy. Fourteen projects across various post-secondary institutions will divide upwards of $6 million dollars in an effort to improve mental health services, with a significant focus on indigenous
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students, post-secondary students with addictions issues, and students facing mental health issues transitioning from high school to post-secondary. May Nazar, ministry of training, colleges and universities spokesperson, said mental health services are of significant focus to the provincial government. “In 2012–13, nearly 27 per cent of students self-identifying with a disability at a post-secondary office for students with disabilities cited a psychiatric disorder,” Nazar said. She added that the fastest
growing category for students with disabilities is mental health issues. Candace Brunette-Debassige, Western Indigenous Services coordinator, said indigenous students are especially at risk for mental health issues. “We know that overall that all students are facing higher levels of anxiety and stress and it has to do with being in a highly competitive environment, the technology … there are lots of different challenges one would face overall,” BrunetteDebassige said. “So indigenous students are dealing with those, but also they are compounded by unique challenges that other students might take for granted.” Among the many obstacles that
indigenous students encounter include barriers to post-secondary education, poverty, cultural divides, cultural alienation, a sense of grief and loss deriving from the impact of residential schools. Western submitted a proposal, but was informed that they were denied funding recently. BrunetteDebassige said Western plans on submitting a proposal again for the next round of applications. “There is a lot to benefit from what other institutions are doing and I know a lot of my colleagues from other universities and colleges have put in some really exciting projects that I think the whole sector can learn from,” BrunetteDebassige said.
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Food safety website revamped The DineSafe website has recently been updated and is now more user friendly in an effort to be more accessible to the public. Created in February 2010 by the MiddlesexLondon Health Unit, the food safety disclosure program details information on restaurants and other food-related establishments, such as convenience stores. The re-built website includes the inspection history and now includes the colour-coded ratings. Colourcoded signs indicate the standards met and are posted at the entrances of food premises. Establishments are given either a green “pass,” yellow “conditional” or red “closed” standing. Individuals may search the name of an establishment and the website will present information on all the current and past inspections, including any infractions. Dave Pavletic, manager of environmental health at MLHU, discussed the new improvements to the website. “There’s a map option so that you can locate where the food premises are within Middlesex London, with the colour pins on the map. The website is mobile friendly and the layout is user friendly for smartphones,” he said. Inspectors analyze a variety of items and the site indicates any infractions given. Pavletic outlined critical infractions as being ones that have a higher risk of causing foodborne illnesses. “For example, if a restaurant staff member is not washing their hands then that would be a critical infraction, because there’s an increased likelihood that by not engaging in that practice you can cause a foodborne illness,” he said. Although establishments may garner a “pass” rating, some noncritical infractions may have occurred. Pavletic differentiated non-critical infractions as having a lower risk of causing a food-borne illness. An example is a broken floor tile. If an establishment is given a “conditional” pass, a re-inspection will occur a few days after the original inspection. Public health inspectors look at a large variety of items including temperature, cleaning and sanitization, pest infestation and safe food handling practices. • Rita Rahmati
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The Social Science Students’ Council is hosting a new academic conference this weekend and bringing in Conrad Black as the keynote speaker. Jack Litchfield, SSSC president, said he’s trying to bring back academic programming by the council. “We’ve been called ‘bro-cial science’ in the past because we have a lot of party and social events,” he chuckled. Litchfield is trying to make an SSSC academic conference an annual event. This year’s edition is called Capitalism in Today’s
Society. Litchfield says he chose the theme because it is one of the few that can really unite all 11 departments in the social science faculty. “There’s so many different opinions, beliefs and theories on capitalism,” Sean Fry, SSSC associate vice-president academics, said. “It’s a really great opportunity to really explore the whole spectrum from right to left.” The conference, featuring Maude Barlow, Jean Philipe Vergne and Anton Allahar, is happening on Saturday, Jan. 24. Black, the keynote speaker, will be coming to Alumni Hall at 7 p.m. on Sunday. Students buy tickets to the two events separately, but students who purchase both get preferred
seating at the Black presentation. The funding for the conference came from the SSSC student donation fund, which came under fire last year for being used to purchase classroom necessities instead of working to improve the student experience. Fry added that the price of Saturday’s ticket is used to cover food — the speakers are paid for by the student donation fund. Litchfield thinks the conference will allow students to see what social science is about. In future years, he hopes the conference will allow more student participation. “For the first year we decided on a one day streamlined event with the most value for money,” Litchfield said.
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Alcohol cancer risk awareness campaign
Rethink Your Drinking is a campaign led by nine health units in South Western Ontario including the Middlesex-London Health Unit. The Rethink Your Drinking campaign is designed to raise awareness about the correlation between drinking and increasing cancer risks. “In Ontario, approximately four per cent of all new cancer cases are alcohol related,” Jayne Scarterfield, a public health nurse, said. “That’s an estimated 3,000 people who are diagnosed with cancer.” The Rethink Your Drinking campaign promotes ways to decrease alcohol consumption, such as having two or more non-drinking days a week. It encourages people to create individual goals to reduce their alcohol consumption. “Drinking more than the recommended guidelines increases the risk for developing cancers of
the mouth, throat, esophagus, liver, breast, colon and rectum,” she said. Jayne also noted that younger people drink more and are at a higher risk of developing cancers and the impacts may be unknown for several years. • Rita Rahmati
Brescia to host conference for high school students
Brescia University College is gearing up to host a conference that will let young women try their hand at developing a business as well as their own entrepreneurial possibilities. The inaugural conference, coined Just Own It, is set to attract over 300 local high school girls from school boards across southwestern Ontario. Conference organizer, Brescia associate professor Colleen Sharen, said the event was created to address the disproportion between
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Silverstein are balls-burning amazing Canadian rockers Silverstein share tales from 10 years of touring Jenny Jay ARTS AND LIFE EDITOR @JennyAtGazette
The term Thirsty Thursdays was given a whole new meaning when Canadian post-hardcore band Silverstein left the audience craving the sight of water, or at least the waterfront. On Thursday, Jan. 15, Silverstein kicked off their tour with a performance at the London Music Hall, celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their most popular album, Discovering the Waterfront. Silverstein has been a household Canadian name since 2000, consisting of members Shane Told, Josh Bradford, Paul Koehler, Neil Boshart and Billy Hamilton. The band wasted no time with
preamble during their performance, diving straight into the first song, feeding off the excitment of the extremely energetic audience. Fans in London received the band with excitement – for Silverstein, this passion has given rise to funny stories over their years of touring. “We went back to a guy’s house to stay [after a show],” Bradford, rhythm guitarist, recalls. “He was really excited — turns out it wasn’t his house. He was house sitting — the neighbours didn’t know he was there. Anyway, what was really crazy was he called us all together … and he said that he thought this night was so special that he was going to make it special for us too, to give us something to remember him by — it certainly worked.”
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“He pulled down his pants and doused his genitals in nail polish remover and lit them on fire,” Bradford says. Although there were no such phallic fireworks during the show in London, Told, the lead singer, and Bradford speak of this particular fan fondly, describing the smell as the most interesting part of the memory. As Told puts it, “I can taste it in the air: balls of fire.” Not all experiences with their fans have been as dramatic. “Some people are very sincere when they say that words that [Told has] written have helped them through tough times in their lives — what nicer thing could you ever hear? No one tells me that guitar riffing saved their lives,” Bradford says. Thursday night showed that Worldwide Importers Retiring
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back out on stage. The band members themselves displayed unity during the show, giving each other supportive grins, showing chemistry on stage and showing the crowd that they were enjoying themselves just as much as their audience was. “We’ve gotten kind of closer — I think we’ve grown up and matured, and I think we’re a little bit less stressed and serious about things,” Bradford says. Along with this tour, 2015 brings forth a brand new music video that was released last Wednesday, and a new album to be released in May. The album, I Am Alive in Everything I Touch begins with the track titled Toronto Pt. I, and ends with the track Toronto Pt. II. “It’s also a cycle of life — people go through things and they repeat themselves and they fight for progression without trying to make the same mistakes and go through the same scenarios … The album starts with Toronto and ends with Toronto, it’s sort of about a cycle,” Told says. Told says that this tour is aimed at bringing all of the oldies back. “We’re playing the entire record from start to finish. In terms of that, it’s really putting the whole thing out there,” Told says. When the show finally came to a close late Thursday night, the audience was left screaming for more, with chants of “encore” bringing Told back on stage to sing one final song. Changing it up with an acoustic performance, the stage finally closed with the audience bursting with energy after the balls-burning show, where Silverstein had taken over the stage with their music and lit it on fire.
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Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that is most common under the age of 30 and commonly emerges in mid-to-late adolescence. “[Bipolar disorder is] a mood disorder in which people can have depressive episodes but also manic episodes — very elevated mood, unusually happy and when that spirals out of control it can be quite disruptive,� explained Dr. Hooman Ganjavi, an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at Western. Dr. Daniel Hertzman, another assistant professor in the department, adds that sufferers generally have both manic and depressive episodes but they technically only need a manic episode to have bipolar disorder. “Manic symptoms include not sleeping enough, for example someone might be sleeping for just a few hours and still be feeling tons of energy; talking faster than usual; thoughts racing; engaging more in impulsive behavior like alcohol, drugs and spending money recklessly; and distractibility,� Hertzman said. The illness has two major forms — bipolar I and bipolar II. Whereas people suffering bipolar I experience manic episodes, people with bipolar II have hypomanic episodes. Ganjavi adds that for it to technically be called a manic episode the person has to be in that state for most of the time for at least seven days in a row. People who
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have had at least one manic episode are considered bipolar. That manic episode has to be a primary psychiatric problem — it can’t be drug-induced or caused by some other medical illness. “With the manic episodes, people will often develop symptoms of psychosis if it’s a very bad episode – hearing voices, seeing things that aren’t there, hearing things that aren’t there and delusions as well,� Hertzman said. Hertzman explained that depressive episodes are the opposite of manic episodes — symptoms include fatigue, loss of appetite and suicidal thoughts. “When it comes to more major mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, medication is considered a key part of the treatment,� Ganjavi said. “Lifestyle management is also
very important for treatment,� added Hertzman. “We always recommend that people sleep enough, sleep at the same time every night, eat consistent meals to keep a regular schedule because even for somebody that’s bipolar and taking medication, one night of lack of sleep can be enough to push them into a manic episode.� Hertzman says the university age is a common period of people having a first manic episode, so it’s important for students to educate themselves. He recommends the First Episode Mood and Anxiety Program at St. Joseph’s hospital for young people struggling with bipolar disorder. For any mental health concerns please visit www.health.uwo. ca/mental_health for a listing of on-campus mental health resources.
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Nursing would be a dream job if there were no doctors.
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Colleges should be able to offer nursing degrees
Why we need to slay the slates
Colleges Ontario released a report last week lobbying the Ontario government to allow colleges to offer stand-alone nursing degrees. Since 2000, if you wanted to be a nurse in Ontario, you needed a university degree. This restriction is why there are a number of joint nursing programs between colleges and universities. The colleges made a good case, and providing colleges can offer the same high standard of education and training, they should be able to offer nursing programs. The Council of Ontario Universities bristled at this idea for obvious reasons. Besides the financial hit universities would take in having possibly thousands of students no longer applying to them, nurses can literally hold patients’ lives in their hands, and that’s not something we want to tinker with. One of the report’s most convincing points was that colleges are better able to recruit and retain students from marginalized populations — students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, indigenous students and students from rural areas. Opening up the nursing field to such students who would not have the opportunity to pursue the career otherwise could help our healthcare system that is seeing, and will continue to see, an increased demand for nurses. Ontario needs more nurses and even more personal support workers. Canada’s grey tsunami, as Karen Horsman with Colleges Ontario calls it, is coming. Providing access to nursing education is key. If colleges are equipped to train nursing professionals, then we should let them. The joint nursing programs that are favoured now also aren’t ideal. As any joint-nursing student will tell you, studying at two different institutions is a drag at best and hopeless at worst. Students rack up extra housing and transportation costs by having to attend two different schools. These two schools may not even be in the same city, as is the case with Windsor’s joint nursing program with Lambton College in Sarnia. In addition, being a student at one school while using the physical facilities at another is an administrative headache for schools and students alike. On top of that, the mandatory university component of a nursing degree is just one more symptom of our over-educated society. While a critical and theoretical framework does have its place in a nursing career, the vast majority of nursing training involves much more practical application than a typical university education will provide. Colleges should be allowed to offer nursing degrees with the assumption that the knowledge and skills nurses need are still met. Letting colleges fulfill this need shouldn’t make a difference to a sick patient. • Gazette Editorial Board
their own will often buckle to pressure and join a slate, meaning fewer options. On the flip side, students who aren’t as qualified in regards to experience but still have a message and plan for council will be prevented from running due to an inability to find two running mates. Secondly, the slate system prioritizes connection over qualification. A student may, for instance, be both interested and experienced in the external portfolio, but still need to find running mates due to the current restrictions. Forced to conduct backdoor meetings while avoiding the accusation of pre-campaigning, the student’s reach is limited to his or her social network, which may not yield the best candidates. You know who is good at both surreptitious meetings and political connections? Students in the USC, of course. Ultimately, those are the only students who benefit from the slate system: USC student-politicians who are already groomed to take the reins of leadership. Those looking for evidence of this need look no further than the two slates currently on the ballot. The only way to get a team more USC-centric than the two available is if Matt Helfand wears a fake moustache and runs again — as an undergraduate, of course. Because the slate system doesn’t allow for fringe candidates, the campaigning stages can feel monotonous. In my four years with The Gazette, the most dynamic engagement arose from the 2012 elections where four presidential candidates fought – really fought – for you to care about student government. I want a system where every student at this university feels able to run for office. I may not want them to win, but I crave their ideas, visibility and voice. From a student voting perspective, two slates is limiting. From a media perspective, two slates is boring. As someone who has both of those perspectives ... well, let’s just say I’ll keep my eyes on the door.
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Every morning for the past two weeks I’ve come to the Gazette office and performed a kind of ritual. I ready my workstation, respond to emails, check phones messages and stare at the door – hoping that any second a new University Students’ Council slate will burst through, ready to announce their candidacy for the upcoming elections. But the door remains candidate-free, and every day I’m left disappointed. I don’t mean to disrespect the two slates that have already been announced. It was a pleasure to write on the candidacy of both slates — each consisted of intelligent, motivated students. But I want more. I want more candidates, I want more issues and I want more experience. I want more diversity – and I suspect I’m not the only one. In reality, we likely won’t get more than two slates this year – maybe ever again. Why? The way it’s currently organized, the slate system discourages participation. Conceived and implemented by the 2012–13 USC executives, the slate system was meant to allow for greater cohesion and cooperation between the president and vice-presidents. A “unified vision” would, ideally, be developed by the slate and presented to voters in the spring elections. But what we’ve been seeing in the two USC elections since is that the slate system doesn’t offer stronger visions. Rather, it just offers less. The slate system limits candidacy in a few ways. First, students who are more than qualified to run for president on
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‘Stangs streak strong with Waterloo win Aaron Fisch GAZETTE STAFF @SportsAtGazette
The Western Mustangs men’s basketball team decisively defeated the Waterloo Warriors 71–54 on Saturday afternoon. The Mustangs have now won four consecutive games and currently hold an 8–3 record. The Mustangs were able to start the game well on both sides of the ball. Offensively, Western shot 41 per cent from the floor, and 50 per cent from the three-point line. The team focused on attacking the rim, which allowed them to penetrate and then swing the ball for wideopen three-pointers. Western’s defensive intensity was high, as they limited the Warriors to just 25 per cent from the field. Overall, the team’s focused start led them to win the first quarter by a score of 23–11. Greg Morrow was the star once again for the Mustangs, finishing with a game-high 19 points, 12 rebounds and four assists. More impressive than his point and rebound total was his ability to get other teammates involved. During the game, Waterloo constantly double-teamed Morrow, which made him more of a facilitator throughout the game. “It really just depends on the team and what the defence gives me,” Morrow said. “This game Waterloo was really collapsing when I drove to the basket, so it was just trying to find guys for open shots.” Although Morrow stood out as the best player for Western this game, the entire team was able to provide a strong effort, as the Mustangs defence was solid throughout the game. Offensively, six Mustangs besides Morrow were able to contribute with at least five points: “Depth is very important, to withstand some foul trouble throughout a game,” Mustangs coach Brad Campbell said. “Knock on wood, but we are very healthy right now and during the season there are always little injuries that hold guys out of a game here or there and that depth has to come to play.” Near the end of the first quarter there was a questionable moving screen violation against the Mustangs, which eventually led to a Waterloo buzzer beating threepointer. This swung momentum in Waterloo’s favour as they won the second quarter 15–14. Being up 11 points going into the second half, the Mustangs began the third quarter with the same intensity they had at the beginning of the game and were able to build upon their lead to put Waterloo away for good. A key element in winning the game was Western’s ability to break the Warriors full court trap. “We knew from our scouting report and preparing for Waterloo that they were going to press us, so we made sure we prepared for it, practiced against it, and had guys in the right spots,” Campbell said. The Mustangs currently sit atop the Ontario University Athletics west division and hope to maintain their position during their next game is on Friday against the Ottawa GeeGees. The game takes place at 8 p.m. at Alumni Hall. “It’s a good feeling to be on
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HIS GAME WATERLOO WAS REALLY COLLAPSING WHEN I DROVE TO THE BASKET, SO IT WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND GUYS FOR OPEN SHOTS. GREG MORROW
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Windsor Lancers by just two points, which made Saturday’s away game versus the Toronto Varsity Blues equally crucial as the team tries to rack up wins in their final six games of the season. Entering the third period down 2–1, both teams traded goals to set the stage for some thrilling final moments for the second straight night. With 5:04 minutes remaining in the game, defenceman Colin MacDonald scored the game-winner to give the Mustangs a 4–3 victory. Playing in his 48th career regular season game with the Mustangs, it was his first career OUA goal. “Coach [Clarke] Singer was saying we may see them in the first round,” Schwartz said. “So it was nice to beat them on the road.” Last year, the Mustangs were less than a minute away from losing in the first round of the playoffs to the eighth place Guelph Gryphons. Matt Paltridge tied up an elimination game with 49 seconds to play and the Mustangs won in double overtime, before eventually winning the series. “We’ve seen the last couple years that anything can happen,” forward Adam McKee said. “So it’s no different this year. It’s going to come down to the wire.” The schedule doesn’t get any easier this week as the team will be on the road to play at Brock on Wednesday and York on Friday. “We’ve finished first all four years that I’ve been here,” McKee said. “We’re obviously trying to catch Windsor, but we can’t focus on that right now. Next game against Brock is all we’re thinking about.” The Mustangs’ next home game is Thursday, Jan. 29 against those very same Windsor Lancers. Students can watch for free, and puck drop is at 7 p.m at Thompson Arena.