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City and Colour played the Mustang Lounge on Sunday night. >> Review on pg. 5
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Fanshawe chosen for first of its kind centre
The Mustangs women’s hockey team defeated the Guelph Gryphons 2–0 on Saturday afternoon to clinch their first ever OUA championship.
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Fanshawe College announced Friday that the Canadian Centre for Product Validation will be opening in London in spring 2016. The facility, the only one of its kind in Canada, will be located at Fanshawe. Globally, the only similar facilities are located in Texas and Germany. “Fanshawe was selected because of the capacity that the college has to operate a facility like this, the expertise that we have within our faculty and good workforce of students available to participate in working in this facility,” said Dan Douglas, dean at the Fanshawe Centre for Research and Innovation. The roots of this centre go back
several years ago when London gave Western 15 acres of land and Fanshawe 10 acres of research park space. Since then, the Western Research Park has produced three facilities — the Fraunhofer Project Centre, the Collider and WindEEE Dome — which have all received significant federal funding. Now it will be Fanshawe’s turn to generate their centre on the space. “It was Fanshawe that came up with this idea. They made an application to FedDev which is our federal development agency for Southern Ontario,” said LondonWest MP Ed Holder. Douglas said the centre will include a wide variety of testing and various types of projects such as EMC, thermal and life cycle testing. >> see CENTRE pg.2
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Klara Franklyn • GAZETTE 2C OR NOT 2C? If you’ve ever waited for a bus at Natural Science, you’ve debated getting on one of the frequent 2 buses just to see where it will take you. You have probably bonded with complete strangers over your loathing for the 2 while waiting for the rarer 6 Richmond or the even rarer, magical appearance of a 10 Wonderland. LTC: why all the 2’s? Try saucing us some other numbered buses (especially for night class). Sincerely, kid who just wants to get home.
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Western hosting conference on residential schools
This week, Western University is hosting a conference on the legacy of residential schools in London. It Matters to Us: Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools is being hosted this Tuesday and Wednesday, March 10 and 11, at Western’s faculty of education. According to Dr. Brent Debassige, assistant professor at the faculty of education, although the last residential school in Canada closed in 1996, the ongoing impact can still be seen and felt in the Canadian society today. “The biggest thing residential school contributed to is the interruption of the continuity of language and culture through to the next generation,” he said. Participants of the two-day conference will have a chance to meet with its organizer Susan Aglukark, an Inuk musician, and Wab Kinew, Canadian broadcaster, musician and university administrator. Additionally, a number of survivors of residential schools will be speaking about their experiences, and workshops will be provided for educators and students on relationship building with Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals. “The goal of the conference is to create more awareness of the history of residential schools so that there
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will be more recognition of the historical and contemporary realities of the colonization in Canada,” Debassige said. • Jane Meng
Out of this world course: Oh wow, much space, very intergalactic
Western University will be introducing a new minor in planetary science and space exploration in September 2015. First announced in Fall 2014, the minor is offered through the department of earth sciences in partnership with the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX), which held an information session on the new module last Thursday. Planetary science is an interdisciplinary field that studies the formation and evolution of planetary and star systems. This broad field encompasses the analysis of space composition, life in extreme environments and the origin of the solar system. In addition to academic studies, the minor will provide many students with summer research and hands-on laboratory work opportunities. “Some of the very cool things our CPSX faculty members are involved in are real space missions, which is the coolest, and simulated space missions where we send teams, sometimes with a rover, sometimes humans with instruments, to simulate a Mars or lunar mission,” said Melissa Battler, the senior academic program designer at CPSX. “These opportunities come up for our undergraduate students, so undergraduate students have participated in our mission simulations. “It’s not an official part of the program, but it is the sort of opportunity that opens up to you if you become part of our program.” • Tristan Wu
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Centre will create jobs for region >> CENTRE continued from pg.1
It will provide space, support and equipment for companies to conduct testing. “It’s really quite incredible, it’s going to allow companies to test and validate their products in one centralized space,” Holder said. It is estimated that there will be approximately 150 permanent jobs and 50 temporary jobs created, which demonstrates the confidence there is in the manufacturing industry in southwestern Ontario. “For the region itself, it will help out the small to medium size enterprises and also the larger scale enterprises, because they won’t have to ship products around the world for testing,” Douglas said. The centre will provide opportunities for Fanshawe students as they will gain practical experience, have the opportunity to work as co-op students and potentially become full-time employees. Holder also noted that employers would benefit from working with young students. Douglas is proud that Fanshawe was selected for this specific project. “For Fanshawe, I think it’s a good way for us to demonstrate the innovative and entrepreneurial approach to research innovation that we are taking as an institution.” Holder is confident Fanshawe will be able to handle the facility as they provided an exceptional application. “We can’t ignore the opportunities for world leading research, and that’s the kind of thing Western does and we’re confident with this centre that’s the kind of research at the industrial level that Fanshawe will do,” he said.
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Post-campaigning rules are arbitrary and ambiguous Green eggs and Hamza
Hamza Tariq NEWS EDITOR @HamzaAtGazette
Another year has gone by and yet another USC elections period has ended in a haze of uncertainties and ambiguous and arbitrary rules on post-campaigning. In light of my column published early last week about the elections committee deliberations and possible violations given to the incoming slate, I received evidence from students that showed both presidential candidates engaging in campaigning well into the polling period. The University Students’ Council’s elections policy states, “Candidates are not permitted to influence or attempt to influence voters while the polls are open ... Candidates and their teams may attempt to remind students to vote in the election provided their efforts do not constitute an attempt to influence voters towards a certain candidate.” This seems to have been lost on the two presidential candidates. Both encouraged students who were not on their campaign team to post who they voted for in order to get more people to vote for either of the slates. In Team Litchfield’s case, a message conversation obtained by The Gazette showed president-elect Jack Litchfield asking a student, who attended his rally, to make an “I voted Litchfield” post on social media on election day. The messages also revealed Litchfield asking the student to get more people to vote for his team during the day. Perhaps the most troubling aspect of the messages was Litchfield telling the student that his team was down by a certain number of votes and that the student should message more people to vote for him, just over an hour before polls closed. According to Litchfield, his team was using a strategy where they told their volunteers that they were behind or were really close in the polls. This strategy was recommended to him by the campaign teams of past USC presidents as a way of inspiring people to vote. “We knew it was going to be close in the sense through the general
feelings throughout the whole elections … but there is no way for me to know what the real count was,” he said. “Throughout the day we were telling our staff you know that we are really close, and to make up a number and say we are behind by this much.” In the case of Team Sophie, the runners-up in this election, presidential candidate Sophie Helpard posted on a private group on Facebook, asking her volunteers to reach out to more people and to make sure they said, “I voted for Team Sophie Helpard,” again, on elections day. But according to Helpard, she believes that her team ran a fair campaign based on the roles of the elections committee.
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F THESE RULES AREN’T ENFORCEABLE AND ARE SO AMBIGUOUS, THEN MAYBE THEY SHOULDN’T BE THERE AT ALL. “During the voting days we encouraged all of our supporters and all of our volunteers to only inspire people to vote in general but not violate any of the rules of the elections committee,” she said. With such similar tactics being used by both slates, they obviously thought they were not breaking the rules, weren’t going to get caught or that the demerit point penalty they could suffer would be worth it. We also have to realize, however, that such post-campaigning has been going on for years now despite what the bylaw reads. The elections committee generally hasn’t taken a hard line when it comes to enforcing the rules on such apparent infringement of the USC’s policies. But is the elections committee really at fault here? To an extent, yes. They can definitely be more proactive when it comes to handling overt violations. Currently, the committee relies heavily on people sending it complaints before it takes action. In this day and age, it isn’t very difficult to monitor how candidates are conducting their campaigns on social media. The committee could also do a better job of explaining the rules to those running and making sure that they understand what they can
or can’t do. For the most part, the USC is at fault for the current state of the elections committee. They have rules in place that are difficult to enforce for a body with limited time, resources and expertise. This was apparent last year when the committee struggled with the eligibility issue of current president Matt Helfand, and yet again this year with their extensive deliberations about the possible post-campaigning violations of the presidential slates. The independence of the committee is also questionable. The involvement of the committee members in other aspects of the USC and with the candidates running would often make an outsider wonder if the committee can really be impartial. Maybe the question the USC should be asking itself is how the elections committee can better enforce these rules. Or maybe the question should be if these rules should even be there in the first place? To an average Western student it would appear that their post-campaigning activities were against the rules. But it also makes me think that if these rules aren’t enforceable and are so ambiguous, then maybe they shouldn’t be there at all. All it does is undermine the USC’s authority. I, for one, think that the USC’s elections committee should be more proactive and more independent than it is now in order to pursue infractions with more freedom. They have the responsibility of enforcing and overseeing one of the most important periods of the USC year. In light of these events, the student council should make the committee’s job more focused by either making the post-campaigning rules more precise, or by abolishing them altogether.
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funwithpuns What do you call it when a Guinness makes itself look like a Fire Rock Pale Ale?
• Mrs. Stoutfire
Hicks gets stronger beers and longer cheers Jennafer Freeman ARTS AND LIFE EDITOR @JennaAtGazette
The Wave became a sea of plaid Thursday night, as Western country fans gathered to see Tim Hicks perform. Hicks played at the Budweiser Gardens earlier in the school year while on tour with Dierks Bentley and Randy Houser and said he was happy to be back in London playing for Western students. “Students are great to play for because they just want to kick it,” said Hicks. “I joke with the guys when we’re putting together a set list, like guys we could get up and play the phonebook — We’re going to have a good time.” Hicks opened the show with Hell Raisin’ Good Time, providing a good indicator of how the night was going to go. The crowd was ecstatic when Hicks took the stage, chanting the words in unison with the Canadian rock-country artist. When asked what song he enjoyed playing the most, Hicks was torn between his high-energy classics and She Don’t Drink Whisky Anymore — a newer song, which features his vocal talents. “Don’t get me wrong, I love the head-banging, fist in the air, hellraisin-good-times and here-comesthe-thunders, those are great fun to play,” said Hicks. “But I think what I like about Whisky is that it’s a little bit different and I can kind of show off a bit vocally.” When Hicks sang She Don’t Drink Whisky Anymore near the end of the show, changing the vibe and tone of the performance with a slower song, it received a positive reception from the audience. But as predicted, the crowd went crazy when Stronger Beer came on next. “Stronger Beer always gets the biggest reaction and I love it,” said Hicks. Although Canadians are always fans of Stronger Beer, which makes fun of the quality of American beer, South of the border the feeling is not always mutual. Hicks explained that when he performed at CMA Fest in Nashville last year, he didn’t sing Stronger Beer. “I was doing a little acoustic thing after the set at the Martin tent and all these Canadians showed up and they were yelling, ‘play Stronger Beer!’ and I was thinking, we’re in Tennessee, they have guns here,” joked Hicks. Although he now has many fans who enjoy his music, Hicks
had a difficult time getting attention from record companies. “I played in bars for 20 years, six nights a week and couldn’t get a record deal to save my life — nobody would call me back,” Hicks explained. “It was only when I let go of all that pressure on myself that the phone rang and all of a sudden I was headed to Nashville.” Hicks explained he really found
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HE GENRE OF COUNTRY CHANGED SO MUCH IN A WAY THAT IT AFFORDED A GUY LIKE ME TO FIND A HOME ON COUNTRY RADIO. WHEREAS 10 YEARS AGO I WOULD’VE NEVER BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT OUT A SONG LIKE GET BY. TIM HICKS
himself as an artist in Nashville and the changing dynamic of country music helped him. “The genre of country changed so much in a way that it afforded a guy like me to find a home on country radio,” said Hicks. “Whereas 10 years ago I would’ve never been given the opportunity to put out a song like Get By.” Get By was one of the songs featured on Hicks’ first album, Throwdown, released in 2013. “By the time we released the album Throwdown, a lot of those songs were already a year and a half, two years old for me,” explained Hicks. “I think my team really felt, let’s just keep this train rolling.” Hicks explained that he really wanted to show a different side of himself with his second album 5:01, which was released only a year later. “It would’ve been really easy to release Throwdown 2, just write a bunch of party songs, pick 12 and put them on there,” explained Hicks. “I wanted to put a healthy dose of that on there
because that’s clearly what my fans dig and what I dig, but I wanted to do a few different things on it too.” Hicks’ favourite gig was his appearance at Boots and Hearts last year. At the time he was touring to promote his second album. “I had my aviators on and having 35,000 people singing your song back at you – it wells you up – and it’s a good thing I had those sunglasses on because I was welling up,” admitted Hicks. Hicks emphasized his appreciation of how far he and his band have come. “The four of us played a lot of bars together and we played a lot of nights to nobody or to crowds that didn’t care – people whipping chicken wing bones at us,” said Hicks. “To go from that to playing at Boots and Hearts with all those people rocking out, singing those songs, it was unbelievable.” The crowd reflected the reception Hicks received at Boots and Hearts on Thursday night in the Wave. When Hicks left the stage, the audience shouted for an encore. Hicks did not disappoint and came back on stage to finish the night with Cheers to You. Hicks definitely pleased the crowd with the mix of high-energy songs and impressive vocals that he delivered. With his effective stage presence and engagement with the crowd, it’s easy to believe he really could have played the phonebook and provided students with a good time.
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Dallas Green brings colour to the Forest City Jenny Jay ARTS AND LIFE EDITOR @JennyAtGazette
The Mustang Lounge saw one of its largest crowds on Sunday night, as students gathered to see Canadian indie artist Dallas Green, commonly known as City and Colour. The excited fans crowded in the University Community Centre, with hundreds of students lining up as early as 7 p.m. Spencer Burton opened the show with his strong acoustic voice and stage presence. Burton was a good opening choice — his folksy style provided a good segway into Green’s performance. Green took the stage at 10:45 p.m. greeted by an extremely enthusiastic crowd. Although he has performed for large audiences on stages across the country, his performance Sunday was geared towards the smaller audience and more intimate venue. Green opened with Of Space and Time and moved right into his set with Lonely Life and the
ever-popular The Grand Optimist. After the first five songs, Green’s band left him on stage for a solo set that was very warmly received. With just his harmonica and guitar, he opened the acoustic set with Body in a Box and ended with Northern Wind. The acoustic interlude was the highlight of the show and gave the audience a chance to appreciate the raw intensity of Green’s voice. Green’s live vocal performance was stronger than his studio albums, but he lacked a charismatic stage presence — only stopping to talk to the audience a few times. He did, however, show some personality when he prefaced Silver and Gold with a warning to students to make sure they didn’t get pregnant from what they were about to hear. When introducing Northern Wind, Green said, the song was about liking the Toronto Maple Leafs. The lyrics, “Oh my love, you don’t know what you do to me” reflecting the Leafs’ recent loss 6–1 to the St. Louis Blues. Green also
explained We Found Each Other in the Dark was about being a fan of the Toronto Raptors, and Sleeping Sickness was about staying up really late. The concert itself was powerful in vocals and sound but lacked a strong theatrical element. It was less of a performance and more of Green playing music with his band. He was humble in his performance, consistently moving away from the centre of the stage and allowing the spotlight to fall on other members of the band. Closer to the end of the show, Green and the lead guitarist riffed off each other’s vocals, showing chemistry onstage. Green ended his set with Sorrowing Man, but returned to the stage to chants of “one more song.” Green’s performance of The Girl during the encore was a highlight of the night. While Green may have lacked a presence onstage, the amount of love and appreciation at the concert from Western students made up for the lack of theatrics.
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Episode: “Kimmy Goes Outside!” Network: Netflix Starring: Ellie Kemper, Tituss Burgess, Carlon Kane, Jane Krakowski After being persuaded by a religious cult leader that the apocalypse had occurred, Kimmy Schmidt (Ellie Kemper) spent 15 years underground as a member of a fourwoman cult in Indiana. It might sound like a dark premise but series creators Tina Fey and Robert Carlock inject the same humorous rhythm of their previous series together, 30 Rock, in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. The first episode sees the women of the cult rescued. In a quick but biting critique of the media, the chyron for the news broadcast reads, “WHITE WOMEN FOUND” only to have small text underneath which reads “Hispanic woman also found.” After being found, the cult — dubbed “the Indiana mole women” — is interviewed by Matt Lauer. Upon the conclusion of the interview, Kimmy decides she’ll stay in New York City. Overly naïve characters can frequently come across as mind numbingly grating, yet Kemper’s Kimmy doesn’t annoy. If 30 Rock was a cynical outlook on New York City and its inhabitants, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt provides a more optimistic view. Kemper’s performance is fantastic, nailing the smallest of moments for comedic value.
After splurging on candy for dinner and rescuing Central Park horses from their carriages, Kimmy decides she should find an apartment. She stumbles upon an advertisement in a local paper where she finds Titus (Tituss Burgess), an over-the-top failed Broadway performer. Titus is undoubtedly “a lot,” but Burgess delivers a charismatic performance. Kimmy quickly becomes employed by Jacqueline Voorhees ( Jane Krakowski), a wealthy Manhattanite. Jacqueline is horrifyingly vapid but Krakowski sells each line delivery. When she offers Kimmy a bottle of water and gets a “no thank you” reply, throwing it out was a hilariously plausible course of action for Jacqueline. When she discovers Kimmy is part of the “mole women” cult, Titus tells her that New York City is not for her. Undeterred — the show after all characterizes her as “unbreakable” — Kimmy asserts herself. It’s another moment in which Kemper’s performance allows for a nuanced character. Kimmy is not merely a cutesy doe-eyed idiot but a strong, positive woman who survived an awful experience. With dated references to Moesha and Whitney Houston, the series is chalk full of clever writing. Kemper’s Kimmy will make you root for her consistently. Overall, the series is a classic sitcom — a fish out of water individual paired with a quirky roommate and outrageous boss — but the formula does not falter for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. All 13 episodes of the first season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt aired on Netflix on March 6.
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Fifty years from Bloody Sunday, our march is not yet finished, but we’re getting closer.
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Racism in Selma’s shadows Breaking Brad
Bradley Metlin SPORTS EDITOR @BradAtGazette
Amelia Boynton laid motionless on the Edmund Pettus Bridge after being clubbed unconscious by Alabama state troopers. Tear gas seeped into the air as civil rights marchers ran for safety, being bludgeoned and bloodied by troopers riding past on horses. The image of Boynton injured on the bridge was on the cover of many of the largest newspapers. This was “Bloody Sunday” in 1965 and Saturday marked its 50th anniversary. President Barack Obama stood on that bridge and delivered what has been described as one of the most rousing speeches in his cannon. “They marched as Americans who had endured hundreds of years of brutal violence and countless daily indignities — but they didn’t seek special treatment, just the equal treatment promised to them almost a century before.” Equal rights for all regardless of skin colour is what rings loudly for me after this weekend. I can vividly remember two of my
cousins talking down “brown people.” Pulsing through me was a feeling of complete anger and annoyance. Whenever someone says something genuinely racist, I have strong emotional feelings. Some have labeled this as an example of white guilt — I even got a “Dear Life” in The Gazette telling me I was “the personification of white liberal guilt.” But what is white guilt? Having knowledge and an education about your race and the damage that it has done, collectively, throughout history does not make one guilty. Rather, it makes him/her an ally who is willing to step forward and take a stand against racism. In an age of microaggressions becoming the modus operandi of discriminatory people, calling out racism gains more importance. There is an ongoing campaign within residence to bring light to microaggressions in everyday conversation. Residence leaders are posting photos of them holding signs of microaggressions that have been hurled their way. One, however, gave me that boiling gut feeling I described earlier. “You’re a white guy, you wouldn’t understand,” read one of the signs. That is not a microaggression. As much as I can be educated on discriminatory behaviour or systematic racism, it is simply a fact that I will never understand what it is like to be a person of colour. By labelling this a microaggression, we’re doing a disservice
to everyone. In the United States, white men occupy only 33 per cent of the population, yet they’re 92 per cent of Forbes 400 chief executive officers, 90 per cent of public school superintendents and 80 per cent of tenured positions in higher education. Simply put, as a white man, my position in society is unquestionably cemented. Someone stating that I don’t understand his or her situation is unequivocally correct. After Bloody Sunday, thousands of white Americans converged on Selma to march for equal rights. They were marching hand-in-hand with black Americans because they believed in equality. Fifty years later, expressions such as “you’re pretty ... for a black girl” have become the new form of racism. While not warranting a marathon-length march, these microaggressions pile up to carry a similar weight to the oppression half a century ago. I’m not walking miles under the threat of physical brutality but I’m using the voice that has been afforded to me in order to advocate for equality. White people need to accept that they will not have an understanding of the stain of racism on their personal lives but they should stand up. No matter your skin colour, sexual orientation, or gender — we stand on the backs of those in Selma who took action to defend what was right.
governments, who realize that part of the problem is the public’s lack of trust and yet do not seem to be doing much to address the issue. Hopefully, future governments realize the importance of the trust between the public and policy makers, and make the appropriate steps to fix this broken relationship. Alexandra Bozanis Science IV
it looking for love. If Tinder is not working well for you, then look elsewhere. I know many happy couples who have met online. I have been using the Internet for meeting new people and dating since I was 16 (I’m 33 now). My husband and I met online and have been together 10 years. I was more of an Internet Relay Chat person —rather than dating sites — but they are useful tools for finding companionship. So stop going to Tinder if it is not working for you and focus your efforts elsewhere. Third, I think it’s important to discuss commonly held beliefs about physical appearances. Holmes references the “heterosexual male who doesn’t have cheekbones carved in marble, pecs made of paving slabs and a six pack.” That description is not a preferred physique created by women but rather by men — men who make advertisements and prey on the insecurities people have about their masculinity in order to sell you things. So please stop peddling that notion as it’s insulting. Women want a varied variety, just like men do. Women may enjoy looking at Magic Mike but not all of them set him as their gold standard. It’s important not to hold yourself back when it comes to online dating — be proactive and assertive and you can find love, whether in a bar or through a screen. Brandilee MacMullin Film studies IV
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Trust is the key to vaccination Re: “The fascination with anti-vaccination,” Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015 To the editor: Vaccinations have been on a lot of people’s minds since the measles outbreak across North America. It had never crossed my mind that parents weren’t vaccinating their children due to lack of trust in the government rather than due to lack of education and information. One study in the USA that was conducted after the swine flu epidemic in 2009 found that it was the citizens’ lack of trust in their government to deal with the crisis that was the main driver in their anti-vaccination view. It saddens me that people are willing to put their children at risk due to lack of trust in a political system that is responsible for running their country, especially when both the USA and Canada are democratic countries. Another study in Ontario last month found that 20 per cent of Ontarians still believe that vaccines cause autism, despite a lack of scientific evidence. I am extremely disappointed in the public that believes that vaccines cause autism, especially since there is a lack of supporting scientific evidence. I am also extremely disappointed in our
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Digital dating tips Re: “Tinder Plus is a big minus,” Thursday, March 5, 2015 To the editor: I am writing because I take issue with a column written by Brent Holmes about the Tinder application. After reading this pity party disguised as a review, I thought it might be beneficial to note a few important considerations when it comes to virtual dating. First, people need to work on their confidence, not their physique. I am pretty confident that no one wants to date someone who needs to be constantly reassured and pandered to. You need to own up to your own self worth and good qualities. You do have them — everyone does — so find them. Second, you need to be more creative in looking for love online. The Internet is a vast place, and there are lots of people on
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factattack We all know that the women’s hockey team won their first Ontario University Athletics championships but they also had their best season — racking up 42 points. Four years ago when the season ended in 2011, the team only had 10 points.
Mustangs seize first OUA championship Richard Raycrafy & Alana Cameron @SportsAtGazette
It was a long time coming, but the Mustangs women’s hockey team left the ice as the Ontario University Athletics champions Saturday evening. The victory, a 2–0 win over the Guelph Gryphons, handed the Mustangs their first championship in the program’s history. “It’s unbelievable. It’s starting to sink in now. These girls are extremely happy and when they’re happy, I’m happy,” Mustangs coach Chris Higgins said. “I don’t know if you can put [it] into words,” Sydney Kidd said. “It’s kind of like Christmas, winning the lottery and finding out that you’re getting a puppy.” Kidd’s feelings weren’t much of an exaggeration, considering the atmosphere at Thompson Arena among Western fans and players. As the final horn blared, the crowd stood up and cheered and players’ sticks and gloves went flying in the air as they swarmed Mustangs goaltender Kelly Campbell. Campbell was honoured as player of the game following the contest. She made 24 saves against a threatening Guelph offence, shutting the Gryphons out and making a number of difficult saves. “I had no worries, no nerves going in this game. I knew we had a solid team in front of me and they proved it tonight,” Campbell said. The contest started off slowly with no goals for either team and only a handful of shots on net in the first period. That changed early in the second, as Kidd slid the puck in past Guelph netminder Stephanie Nehring to give the purple and white the advantage. The Gryphons stepped up their game midway through the period, including a string of three shots in close that had Campbell scrambling. Unfortunately for the visitors, it was the closest they would get the entire game. Western’s final insurance goal came midway through the third period as Mustangs star forward Kendra Broad flew down the wing, accompanied by winger Mandy
Moore. With Nehring thinking about the pass, Broad wired the puck blocker side and into the net. “[Guelph’s defence] kind of went right to Mandy Moore — she did a good job of distracting them there — and I just saw the low blocker open and was fortunate enough to put it in,” Broad said. The crowd was on the edge of their seats hoping the players would maintain their lead. The satisfaction from the Western fans when the second goal was scored was obvious as the cheers of excitement roared through the arena. The nail-biting final portion of the game saw Guelph pull their goalie, with just over a minute remaining to put an extra attacker on ice. While Guelph was unable to score, Western came very close to padding their lead. Three shots were taken at the empty net, missing by inches. “I thought it was a pretty even game. I thought we had our chances and their chances went in. The first goal is a bad bounce, the second goal is a nice shot. We had some bounces that didn’t go in and we had some nice shots that didn’t quite get in so it’s just a game of a couple bounces,” Guelph coach Scott McMillan said. Final shots were 24–23 in favour of Western. The Mustangs now prepare for the Canadian Interuniversity Sport nationals in Calgary, where Guelph will also compete. “I guess we’re just going to soak up this win and then we’re going to get back to work tomorrow and Monday and then head out to Calgary Tuesday and who knows, maybe we’ll bring back a national championship,” Kidd said. McMillan explained that he was happy with his team’s performance and won’t change much at the nationals. “Today the coin went up and came down heads and next time it’s going to come down tails,” he stated. As for the Mustangs, Higgins says they’ll be ready for the challenge — especially if it takes the form of a rematch against Guelph. “Oh bring it on! Because [Western vs. Guelph] will be the final!” he said.
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Mustangs announce 2015 recruiting class Shane Roberts CONTRIBUTOR @SportsAtGazette
The Western football team announced 29 new recruits for the 2015 season this past Thursday. The Mustangs are hoping these new recruits will allow them to reclaim the Yates Cup after a disappointing loss in the OUA semifinal to the Guelph Gryphons last year. The recruiting class includes 14 players on offence, 14 on defence and one on special teams. Some of the top-ranked recruits are Cedric Joseph, Anthony Joyal and Dylan Giffin. Joseph is perhaps the most notable of the aforementioned recruits. Coming to the Mustangs from Pointe-Claire, Quebec he most recently played for the Champlain Cougars of the Collège d’enseignement général et professionnel (CEGEP) football league. He was the MVP of the league last year and is the top running back recruit in Canada. Joseph explained that his decision to attend Western was due to the team’s atmosphere. “The family atmosphere present on the Western team was the biggest factor in my decision,” he said. Language was also a factor in his choice. “English is my mother tongue and I do not want to study in French.” Joseph’s teammate from Champlain College, Anthony Joyal, was also recruited by the Mustangs
this year. Head Coach Greg Marshall believes that the new offensive and defensive line recruits will play a big role on the team. “We graduate a number of players along the defensive line, and we needed to improve our depth on the offensive line; we think we have addressed some of those needs on both sides of the line of scrimmage,” he explained. The incoming linemen have the capacity to replace the graduating lineman because of their immense size and strength. New offensive line recruit Dylan Giffen, for example, is 6’9” and 320 lbs. As for Joseph and Joyal, Marshall was excited that he was able to obtain some of the older and more mature athletes from the CEGEP school system in Quebec. Recruiting athletes from CEGEP is an advantage over local recruits because CEGEP is a junior college system which serves as a buffer zone between high school and university. Recruits from the CEGEP system will be older and stronger and thus able to immediately compete at the high-level calibre of Ontario University Athletics football. Marshall concluded with an assertion that his team is “ready to compete with the best teams in the country this year.” The Mustangs kick off the 2015 season on the road against the Windsor Lancers. They open at home September Sev7n against the York Lions.
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