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Team Litchfield wins at the finish line

It’s a yes!

Marching Band referendum passes

Voter turnout up to 23.6% — but 17% didn’t cast a vote for a presidential slate

Who won what?

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opinions OUSA campaign needs to be better The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance announced their new campaign, the Bachelorette Degree, aimed at raising awareness and combatting the gender wage gap.

To promote the initiative, OUSA released a satirical video in which female students acknowledge that they pay the same amount of money for a degree and commit the same amount of time and effort despite the likelihood of earning less than their male counterparts in their careers.

The idea behind the video is great. All students should be concerned about he pay gap and OUSA should take a definitive stance toward promoting pay equality. After all, the goal of a post-secondary education is to improve career prospects.

If OUSA is going to campaign for pay equality, however, they should advocate for the pay equality of all students.

While women are paid, on average, 70 cents to a man’s dollar, minority groups face similar discrimination in terms of wage equality.

Furthermore, the video displays problematic interactions between the female and male actors. Although the video is intended to be a humorous take on an unfortunate societal issue, the women belittle the men and one actress condescendingly remarks, “silly Jason, income inequality is for women graduates only!”

This statement is itself false because it’s not just women who face income inequality when they graduate. Minorities of all kinds face discrimination both in the workplace and during their post-secondary education. The video intends to highlight the wage gap women face, but it does so at the expense of many other people facing similar situations.

The video and campaign’s intent is to highlight a single issue, but it does so at the expense of others and doesn’t set any actionable goals for students to enact change. Instead of putting men down, why don’t we strive towards lifting women up together instead?

This is besides the question of whether OUSA is the right organization to do this campaign. OUSA’s mission is to “lobby the government to affect their undergraduate education policy” and “organize campaigns to effectively articulate the needs and interests of our members.” This campaign, while a very pressing social issue, seems to be on the borderline of OUSA’s mandate — and raises questions as to its effectiveness.

Overall, the idea behind the campaign is a good one and it’s done with the right intent. The gender pay gap is a real and concerning student and societal issue. This campaign, however, needs a better focus and a more inclusive message to resonate with students and raise awareness about income inequality.

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Can we teach more Cdn lit?

Holmes is on the Case

Brent Holmes DEPUTY EDITOR @BrentAtGazette

In a Globe and Mail article published last week, columnist Kate Taylor argued To Kill a Mockingbird, a standard text in high schools, should be replaced with Canadian perspectives on race — noting that the public school curriculum ignores the work of Canadian authors, such as Gwethalyn Graham, who explore how issues around race play out in a Canadian context.

Taylor is totally correct in her argument. Teaching texts that deal with race, sexual orientation and social issues in an American context generally gives rise to Canadian students thinking of these issues as ones that are divorced from their own experiences — this was definitely how it felt for me growing up.

But Taylor’s column draws attention to bigger problems with the fact that there

seems to be minimal, if any, Canadian texts taught to high school students.

In my time in high school, the Canadian texts we read were contemporary, not part of a larger Canadian canon and on the whole, poor texts to be taught at all. I only got to read two as part of the curriculum in high school: Black Robe and Three Day Road — both of which were works about Indigenous experiences written by White authors.

Most of the texts that were taught when I was in public school were dull, simple stories in which the themes were obvious, rather than dynamic pieces of literature that could challenge students to think. Why were we made to slog through Animal Farm and Lord of the Flies when Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tail provides a richer look into dystopic societies with deeper metaphors and themes?

I did not get to engage with many of the high points of Canadian literature until I was in university. These were often texts that dealt with great questions of what it is to be Canadian — such as Hugh MacLennan’s Two Solitudes, which captures the contrast between French and English Canada; or Michael Ondaatje’s amazingly poetic novel, The English Patient.

Over 50 years ago, George Grant’s Lament for a Nation argued Canada lost its sense of purpose as it shifted from a society critical of American liberalism to one that adopted more consumeristic tendencies. Works like Margaret Atwood’s The Edible Woman provides compelling explorations of this idea of Canadian identity — but these texts are ignored by the education system.

Reading Canadian texts is important because it gives us a sense of who we are as a nation and our place in the world.

That perspective is something that, in my experience, few people from our generation have been able to understand.

Ask the average Canadian what it is to be Canadian and they will likely recycle the same tired stereotypes about hockey, beer, winter and multiculturalism.

Canadians are considered some of most educated people in the world, but it’s baffling that despite our education we know so little about ourselves. This is perhaps one of the greatest failings of our pedagogical system. Unless you have an opportunity to take a Canadian literature class at Western or read different texts in public school, then the onus is on us to educate ourselves. Canada’s literary history cannot continue to be overlooked.

still working on and collaborating with the staff at Taylor Library to — hopefully — implement a food policy to allow some sort of snacking while studying (because honestly, who doesn’t want to snack while they study?). I started this process in September, and the process is still on-going.

Granted, the blame isn’t solely on the students-at-large — we as representatives need to communicate better and ensure that you understand the goings-on within both faculty councils and the USC. However, if there is something that you as a student wish to change or implement, speak with your representatives. We stay up late and passionately debate all for the constituents that we represent, merely hoping to improve the student experience at Western.

Eugene Leung USC Science Councillor

would commit such an offence. The University Students’ Council is deeply committed to ensuring that Western’s campus continues to be an inclusive learning environment that is free from hatred of this kind. Yet, an incident such as this is a stark reminder of the vigilance necessary in dealing with this sort of behaviour. Fostering a safe campus community requires effort and collaboration.

At this time a thorough police investigation into the matter is already underway, and the perpetrator will be brought through the proper channels of justice.

The punishment for this sort of action will not be light. Western is a diverse institution, both culturally and academically.

We support the education and growth of our entire community — however, individuals who consider committing an offense such as this are not welcome here.

In the strongest way possible, the University Students’ Council expresses our regret about this situation and for those who have been harmed. Western is a place that we can all take pride in, but this is a truly disappointing moment. We take this moment to re-iterate our values as a campus community — a community of respect, of tolerance and of inclusivity.

Matt Helfand Univeristy Students’ Council President

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USC exists for you To the editor: This letter is in response to a Dear Life which stated that members and executive of the University Students’ Council only serve themselves and not the student body. If that were the case, I would like to order 200 buffalo chicken wraps from the Spoke and have them to go, please.

All jokes aside, the USC’s sole purpose is to empower and help the student body at Western. I believe that the general apathy that people have towards the USC is not because students don’t care but an ongoing communication problem that has yet to be fixed.

When you vote, you are voting for USC faculty councillors, your faculty president and the slate that will represent you on the USC. The entire job of the council is to advocate and be fiduciary representatives on behalf of its constituents. Granted, I’m oversimplifying some things but the general concept is that you are voting for someone you trust to represent you.

Obviously, the people you vote for may not get elected, but the avenues of communication are always present to reach out to your representatives and discuss your priorities.

Much of the work that your councillors do is in the background of events that are held. It is a long and arduous process to get old policies changed or new policies implemented. For example, as one of seven USC science councillors, I am

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Weight room tweet appalling Re: “Campus Police investigating Rec Centre racist tweet,” Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015 To the editor: On Monday night, a tweet was sent out from the official Western Weight Room account containing racist, hateful language. The language is nothing short of hate speech and is absolutely not tolerated on this campus.

It is known at this time that the tweet was not sent out by either the account manager or any Western employee.

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Campaign targets pay gap Brittany Hambleton GAZETTE STAFF @uwogazette

A new social media campaign looks to raise awareness about the gender pay gap for university graduates in Ontario.

According to Statistics Canada, women can expect to make $300,000 less than men over the course of their careers, working in the same role with an equal level of education.

The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance has come out with a campaign video that aims to bring attention to the issue by satirizing this pay difference by creating the “Bachelorette Degree� — a degree that offers perks such as a 30 per cent discount in pay after graduation naming their video and campaign.

Jasmine Irwin, director of communications at OUSA, explained that the idea for the campaign came from the realization that many female undergraduate students are unaware that this is actually happening. “It came from the idea that since our primary constituents are undergraduate students, we wanted to make sure that everyone knew about the gender age gap and make

it a priority,� Irwin said.

The video shows a number of women enthusiastically explaining their “decision� to get a bachelorette degree instead of a bachelor’s degree, explaining that lowering their expectations in terms of pay grade once they graduate is less stressful.

Jen Carter, OUSA president, enjoys the term “bachelorette degree� for this phenomenon. “It’s a little bit jarring and may be a little bit controversial so they’re kind of like ‘well, why are you calling it bachelorette degree?’ �

Carter explained that the issue of gender pay inequality is a tough one to tackle because there is an inconsistency in terms of how severe the problem actually is. Some experts say that the gap is 30 per cent, while others argue it is as little as two per cent. “The point is it doesn’t matter what the number is,� she said. “If there is a difference, then there is an issue.�

Dr. Wendy J. Pearson, associate professor and undergraduate chair of the department of Women’s Studies at Western, explained that deciphering the reason why this pay gap exists is a complicated issue. “It does seem that our society still

values men more highly as employees and takes their work more seriously,� she said. “We could put that down to old-fashioned sexism — and it certainly does play a role — but it’s also probable that unconscious bias plays as much of a role.�

Pearson explained that even if those hiring and negotiating pay scales aren’t consciously aware of their preference, they still produce unequal pay grades.

Carter explained that there are two main goals for the campaign: One is to make women aware of the problem so they are able to be more critical about the job offers they receive, and the second goal is to question the broader societal structure. “It tends to be that we treat different types of labour differently, and society seems to undervalue women-dominated fields for whatever reason,� Carter said. “So while a nurse may expect to make $60,000 in a year, the Rogers Cable guy is making upwards of $90,000 in a year.�

Students can watch the video on Youtube and are encouraged to get involved by sharing the video on social media by tagging their posts with #bachelorettedegree.

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The Conference Board of Canada recently published a report stating that the proportion of immigrants who earned their PhDs in Canada is about equal to the number of Canadians with PhDs. Immigrants, however, have an unemployment rate of 4.3 per cent compared to 2.9 per cent for native Canadians.

Trina Sajo, a former teaching assistant who is currently finishing her PhD at Western, outlined the difficulties for international students navigating the labor market. “As an international student you have work restrictions,� Sajo said. “Outside of university, most parttime jobs want you to work more than 20 hours [but, less than 35]. So you’re left with seasonal or casual jobs ... ones [that] don’t have stable hours or wages and will hire almost anyone.�

Sajo elaborated the diminishing value of a PhD in the work force is also an issue. “I once was interviewed for a research manager position and the employer liked my resume and background but told me ‘I don’t care about your PhD. I’m sure you do, but I need your full commitment to this

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Marching Band ends on high note Katie Lear NEWS EDITOR

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ORDS CAN’T DESCRIBE IT, I’M BLOWN AWAY.

JACK LITCHFIELD

USC PRESIDENT-ELECT

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‘I cannot believe how close it was’ 32 votes clinched Litchfield win Iain Boekhoff EDITOR-IN-CHIEF @IainAtGazette

In a fantastically close result, Team Litchfield won the 2015 University Students’ Council presidential election Wednesday night by just 32 votes in a nail-biting finish.

The difference in votes between the slates came within single digits of each other in the last hour of voting, but Team Litchfield — with president-elect Jack Litchfield, vice-president internal-elect Dilani Logan and vice-president external-elect Richard Sookraj — managed to clinch the win over Team Sophie — consisting of Sophie Helpard, Alex Benac and Lindsee Perkins.

“Words can’t describe it, I’m blown away. I cannot believe how close it was,” Litchfield said after the results were announced.

An increased voter turnout of 23.6 per cent helped Team Litchfield to the win, with 3,233 voting for Litchfield and 3,201 in favour of Team Sophie.

After such a close result, Team Sophie was emotional after their loss, but Helpard remained optimistic.

“I’m super happy with the way things went. Obviously we didn’t win but I think the voter turnout speaks for itself. It’s great that so many people got engaged this year,” Helpard said.

When asked about the close margin of victory, Logan said, “That’s crazy — I think that speaks a lot to the campaign that Team Sophie ran,

too. They ran an incredible campaign and did a great job so either way, the USC would have been in good hands.”

In an unusual move, Litchfield’s team decided to delay their campaign launch until three days into the campaign period. Litchfield’s unorthodox campaign strategy proved effective as his slate experienced a late surge of support.

“We think [starting late] was an advantage. It put the focus on the platform and therefore we believe that is how we stood out against the competition,” Sookraj said.

“I’m very happy that I stuck to my guns,” Litchfield said. “Right up until 8 p.m. we were still messaging people, I was campaigning on Tinder.”

Litchfield’s platform, though not necessarily innovative, was well researched. He drew on events that have worked on campus in the past, such as Beer Fest and expanded them to include food and wine.

Many ideas were drawn from other post-secondary institutions, including environmental take-out boxes used at the University of Guelph and the jack.org project from Queen’s University.

Throughout the campaign, Litchfield continually pressed Helpard on the tangibility of her platform and was adamant about precise financial information.

Both slates thanked their volunteers for the hard work they put in over the two-week campaign period.

“I’m so proud of our teams — fantastic campaigns — I love my volunteers so much,” Litchfield said.

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The Western Marching Band came, saw and kicked brass as their hard campaigning paid off with a successful referendum result in tonight’s election.

In fact, both the Marching Band fee referendum and the orientation pass referendum got the student support they needed.

“We really appreciate how much of an effort the students made. It was all up to that 20 per cent and we got it and it’s pretty amazing,” Western Marching Band president Elizabeth Jewlal commented.

“I think it was one of those things where we always thought that if we could get that vote count then we would get the referendum, but it was then having to sit and simmer down and realize that we had to wait and make sure we actually had that yes.”

Each referendum proposed an increase to student fees, as the Western Marching Band wanted 50 cents from every student, and the O-week fee will levy $90 on all incoming first-year students.

The Marching Band has been campaigning for the fee increase throughout the year, as they’ve

faced financial difficulties after the University Students’ Council stopped recognizing — and funding — accredited groups. With the referendum in place, the band will be set financially for years to come.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do now. In terms of next year, this will get us back onto a place where we can stand on solid ground – we’re not going to be afraid of losing our band.”

Current USC president Matt Helfand believed the Western Marching Band’s hard work campaigning helped them find the support they needed.

“So they did everything: the normal social media, picking a colour – mint green — and also showing up to a variety of events and really hammering home the point that this 50 cents will go towards preserving a Western institution,” he said.

“Western’s voted for the future of the band and we’re going to have a band for a long time now,” Jewlal added.

The O-week fee is going to replace the current passes sold to first-year students for the same cost, and students will be able to opt out of the fee should they not want to participate in O-week.

Referendums bump up voter turnout Amy O’Kruk NEWS EDITOR @AmyAtGazette

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Students hit the polls with significantly more enthusiasm this year in comparison to last year’s election season. The numbers suggest the increase in turnout may not be because of the presidential candidates and their slates, but instead, thanks to the referendums concerning an opt-out O-week pass and funding for the Western Marching Band.

Before the polls closed at 8 p.m. on Wednesday night, 7,747 students, or 23.7 per cent, of all eligible undergraduates cast their ballots. These counts considerably surpassed last year’s 19.6 per cent, or 5,275 students.

Notably, a significant fraction of this year’s voters —1,314 students — decided not to vote for a slate at all. These voters declined to support either Team Litchfield or Team Sophie. Instead votes were cast on other student representatives and, perhaps more notably, the referendums.

Matt Helfand, University Students’ Council president, said he believes the action of some students to forego their vote for a presidential

candidate is directly related to the popularity and support of the referendums this year.

“I think we had two great slates who were pushing very hard and also two very important referendums,” Helfand said. “One referendum, for the Marching Band, saw a group competing vigorously for their result.”

The Marching Band needed a 20 per cent voter turnout in order for their appeal for 50 cents added to every student’s tuition fees. The group actively campaigned online and in the University Community Centre atrium to drum up support throughout the campaign period.

Emerson Tithecott, USC vice-president communications, also attributed the increase in voter turnout to efforts by the USC, a close race and promotion on social media. He added, overall, the USC is happy with the increase in student engagement in comparison to last year.

“It’s good to have a solid turnout from the students,” Tithecott said.

“Both referendums passed, we had a very close, competitive election … and I think students came out and decided what they wanted to see from their student government in the next year and that’s great to see.”

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Advocacy through action sheds light on mental illness Courtesy of Microsoft

Shachar Dahan GAZETTE STAFF Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 has been out for about a year now, becoming one of the company’s best sellers.

But many people remain unfamiliar with this product’s full capability, not even understanding whether it’s a laptop or tablet.

At first glance, the Surface Pro 3 resembles a tablet. It’s 9mm thin and weighs in at 1.76 pounds, making it extremely portable. Its 12-inch touch screen has a resolution of 2,160 x 1,440 pixels. It also has both front- and rear-facing cameras.

Microsoft designed a stylus, the “Surface Pen,” specifically for the Surface Pro 3. It connects to the device via Bluetooth and does a good job of putting the touch screen to full use. A compatible keyboard is available too, but needs to be purchased separately.

The Surface Pro 3 looks like a tablet, feels like a tablet, and even works like a tablet, but once you look under the hood, that’s when the Surface Pro 3 stops being a

tablet. Each model comes with a fourth-generation Intel Core processor; i3, i5, or i7. This is paired with either 4GB or 8GB RAM and storage options ranging from a 64GB SSD through 128GB, 256GB or 512GB. These specs make it abundantly clear that the Surface Pro 3 is in fact not a tablet, but rather a computer.

Running on the familiar Windows 8.1 operating system, it has all the capabilities of a computer; it even exhibits the occasional freezing and overheating that we’ve come to expect from Windows computers.

The Surface Pro 3 has terrific battery life, and it’s great for people looking to morph their tablets and computers into a single device.

Bottom line – the Surface Pro 3 is worth purchasing, but it might be prudent to wait to buy into Microsoft’s full ecosystem until its smartphones reach the level of Apple and Samsung. That aside, the Surface Pro 3 is perhaps Microsoft’s most ambitious product. It pushes the boundaries on design and functionality and sets a new benchmark for Windows-based computers.

On Disc > American Beauty/American Psycho

GGGGH American Beauty/American Psycho Artist: Fall Out Boy Label: Island Records Go into your closet. Look behind your once-worn prom dress, your still-not-washed high school rugby jersey and your ripped black jeans.

You’ll find your checkered Vans. Slip them on. They’re comfortable, right?

That’s what listening to Fall Out Boy’s new album, American Beauty/ American Psycho, feels like.

It’s a return to the punk-pop world you loved growing up, and it feels awesome. The album wraps you up in Patrick Stump’s three-octave, chanting melodies and snaps you awake with hard-edged guitar riffs.

The album nods to the electronic dance music scene by using just the right amount of synth — this is what will get on Top 40 stations. But it still clutches onto the raw emotion the emo genre it’s known for.

The best track on the album is undoubtedly Uma Thurman.

It brings back the complex lyrics listeners fell in love with in Under the Cork Tree — the ones critics described as demented. The Munsters sample from Pulp Fiction rounds out the Tarantino-esque violence the song captures.

By contrast, Jet Pack Blues and Fourth of July play more like ballads.

They’re more mature and focused than Fall Out Boy’s previous work.

The artists, now fathers between 30 and 35, have come a long way since being spurned by a crush that hooked up with another man at a party à la Sugar We’re Goin’ Down.

Now their sorrows are deeper — they’re singing about divorce. During Jet Back Blues, you can’t help but think of Peter Wentz and ex-wife Ashlee Simpson. They were the punk-pop power couple — the Brangelina for the melodramatic middle-schooler — before they split in 2011.

“She’s in a long black coat tonight waiting for me in the downpour outside / She’s singing ‘baby come home’ in a melody of tears while the rhythm of the rain keeps time,” Wentz croons.

It’s so raw, it borders on heartbreaking. Wentz stands you right beside him on that dismal street corner using his steady baseline to mirror the pattering rain.

But the album doesn’t let you wallow in sorrow for too long; it picks you right back up with playful tracks like Favourite Record.

Stump proclaims he’ll “spin for you like your favourite records used to,” cementing the fact that his voice will last longer than the technologies that hold it.

There are many things you want to forget from your teenage awkward phase. Striped arm-warmers from Hot Topic are one of them. Fall Out Boy isn’t.

American Beauty/American Psycho was released worldwide on January 20. Fall Out Boy is currently touring with Wiz Khalifa and Boys of Zummer.

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STANDING FOR A CAUSE. Advocacy Through Action presents “Finding your Way,” a series a mental health lectures at Central Library on Feb. 21.

Richard Joseph GAZETTE STAFF With mental health being a significant subject of discussion on campus, a group of students have the initiative outside of Western’s borders.

Advocacy Through Action is a student-driven initiative to inform and educate the public about mental health issues. The group, formed in 2007 by clinical psychology students, gives an annual series of talks at the Central Library titled “Finding Your Way,” which examine mental health in different contexts and offer guidance for those affected by it. The group will be giving talks at Central Library on Saturday, February 21.

Katerina Rnic and Nadia Maiolino, both graduate students of the clinical psychology program, are two of the featured speakers and the organizers of the lecture series, the group’s “biggest project every year.”

The group emphasizes the importance of community support systems for mental health issues, and have often partnered with other organizations to raise awareness.

“We worked with London Life, the insurance company downtown, as part of their brown-bag series,” Rnic says.

They have also presented to the school board in Woodstock and in June the group will be speaking at Beacock Library.

The talks this year cover a range of topics — dealing with issues from romantic relationships and their connection with mental health to the junction between mental health and the justice system.

Each speaker, with a unique background and research interest, has a different area of expertise and thus the talks cover a diverse range of topics within the spectrum of mental health.

According to Maiolino, the group’s training in both clinical work and research puts them in a unique position “to disseminate a lot of this knowledge and give people not only … information but also some

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strategies they can take away on a day-to-day basis.”

Of course, these talks are not meant as a replacement for therapy — professional, licensed mental health services who work with individuals are still the best option for personalized care.

“Although some of our speakers talk about general strategies, they’re not giving specific advice as to what to do in every situation … that’s not our role,” explains Maiolino.

“The purpose is ultimately to raise awareness of these mental health issues and to share evidence-based information.”

One of the topics covered on

Saturday was the “Crime and Punishment” talk, presented

by Monica Tomlinson and Erin Shumlich, which examines how the justice system deals with mental health. They touched on different types of correctional facilities, from jails to prisons to forensic psychiatric hospitals, as well as the process of rehabilitation.

“It’s general information, but it’s also dispelling myths about what it’s like, how people end up in the system, how people move through it and how decisions are made,” Rnic says.

Maiolino herself gave the “Me, Worry?” talk, where she went over some anxiety disorders. Since anxiety is the most common group of disorders with one in four people developing an anxiety disorder in their lifetime, anxiety was a central issue for the talks.

“I provide a lot of info about the different disorders, and I talk about some of the theories about how they came to be defined as disorders,” she says. “As well, I cover some of the treatment ideas and some useful general strategies people can use in their daily life to manage anxiety.”

Rnic will be giving one of the two concluding lectures, hers revolving around “core beliefs.” Core beliefs, according to Rnic, are integral to the “cognitive theory that underlies cognitive behavioural therapy — one of the most empirically supported treatments out there.”

She focuses on the aspect of this theory that is core belief, or fundamental convictions about the world; its implications for social relationships, day-to-day interactions, and behaviour; and, finally, how treatment affects and changes core beliefs over time.

The lecture series “Finding Your Way” is held at Central Library on 251 Dundas Street, in the Stevenson & Hunt Meeting Room A. The next and final lectures are on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 9:15 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.

Admission is free. More information is available from the Advocacy through Action Lecture Series Facebook Group.

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thursdaytweet Jerry Tarkanian never wanted anyone sitting next to him on the bench. It became known as “The Ghost Chair.” #RIPCoach

@darrenrovell, ESPN sports business reporter, on yesterday’s passing of retired NCAA basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian.

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Each week, our sports editor Nathan Kanter will share 10 takeaways from the hockey world, spanning the NHL, junior hockey, and Canadian Interuniversity Sport. Whether it’s the latest trade rumour, a prospect you need to know about or just general observations, Nathan will keep you connected to Canada’s game.

1. Originally, I was going to start with my thoughts on the Evander Kane saga – him showing up to a team meeting in a tracksuit last week, and then missing a game in his hometown of Vancouver because of an incident with teammates.

Then three days later he announced he would undergo shoulder surgery and be out the rest of the season.

Yesterday he was traded – so thanks Kevin Cheveldayoff.

For those who missed it, Evander Kane was traded to the Buffalo Sabres, along with defenceman Zach Bogosian and goaltending prospect Jason Kasdorf, for Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford, prospects Joel Armia and Brendan Lemieux plus a 2015 first-round pick.

2. Who wins?

The Jets were smart to go to the Sabres because they are one of few teams willing to give up a first-round pick – they have three this year! No, Buffalo didn’t give away a potential first overall pick. The one they traded will either be the Islanders or Blues pick for this year, whichever turns out to be lower. In all likelihood, that pick will be between 20th and 30th overall but this draft is very strong, so you’re looking at a strong prospect.

Plus, the other prospects they acquired — Armia and Lemieux — aren’t nobodies. Armia is a former first-round pick who is just about ready for the NHL. He’s a big body with future top-six potential.

Lemieux will be a shit disturber, just like his dad.

Of course the big haul for Winnipeg is Tyler Myers, who has struggled since winning rookie of the year in 2010. A change of scenery will absolutely help him, and in my mind he still has the potential to turn into a top pairing defenceman – don’t look too much into his stats this year with Buffalo, a team that has basically been icing an AHL team all year.

Also, with Kane injured, the Jets were looking for immediate help up front, which they get in the form of the somewhat capable Drew Stafford. It’s weird, but they actually got better in the short term.

3. As for the Sabres, it works out because when Kane is healthy next season they have a power forward who can speed up their rebuild.

Buffalo didn’t sacrifice their future because they still have two firstround picks and an abundance of prospects. Plus defenceman Zach

Bogosian, a solid top-four guy, is young – he’s just 24.

So Buffalo improved their blueline in the short term and their scoring for next season – when Kane is healthy. Kane with Connor McDavid next year? I’m setting the over-under at 35 goals.

4. Is there a way to not talk about the Maple Leafs these days? The buzz in Leafland is non-stop so I’ll try to be brief.

Winger David Clarkson was scratched for the second straight game last night.

It’s abundantly clear that he’s untradeable. When those I talk to point out how sad it is that he’s been scratched – he’s making $5.25 million per year for the next five seasons – I calmly remind them that the Edmonton Oilers offered him more money and term. Then we inevitably get into a conversation about which franchise is worse – the Leafs or Oilers – which is actually a lot of fun.

5. Last thing about the Leafs – I promise.

On Tuesday, Steve Simmons said the only untouchable Leafs are Morgan Rielly and James van Riemsdyk. He also said the Leafs are trying to get rid of five players by the deadline: Tyler Bozak, Cody Franson, Joffrey Lupul, Mike Santorelli and Daniel Winnik.

I think he’s absolutely bang on.

Three of those are unrestricted free agents and can fetch decent returns – likely a few second round picks and prospects. Bozak and Lupul need to go, simply for the sake of shedding as much salary as you can.

They should fetch some prospects and/or picks.

Some may ask why van Riemsdyk is the only untouchable forward. To me, it’s clear: he hasn’t reached his peak. He’s 25, power forwards with his scoring touch are rare, and his contract is extremely friendly – just $4.25 million cap hit for the next three seasons.

6. Las Vegas could very well get an NHL team as early as two years from now.

Yesterday, potential co-owner Pat Foley started a ticket drive to measure potential interest where he asked fans to commit between $150 and $900 for seasons tickets.

His goal is to collect between 10,000 and 12,500 deposits, according to ESPN’s Scott Burnside.

In my mind the local interest in seasons tickets is irrelevant because the expansion fee to join the NHL is believed to be between $450 and $500 million, which is too good for the league to pass up.

Vegas will likely get mild interest, but it will get its team. Just wait.

7. Finally, the OUA men’s hockey playoffs are about to get underway this week. The playoff series are all best two-of-three, meaning anyone could be as upset. But I do expect the Windsor Lancers to have an easy time with the Brock Badgers.

Windsor finished first in the West, riding on the heels of Spencer Pommells’ OUA-leading 50 points in just 27 games. His lead on the

scoring title was 11 points, which is a very impressive feat.

Windsor, who beat the Mustangs in the OUA playoffs last season, could see Western again in the West final, which would be an unbelievable series.

Read three additional thoughts from Nathan online at www.westerngazette.ca

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