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With the ever-growing competitiveness of the job market, the Student Success Center at Western University encourages students to take full advantage of available resources being offered at the university.

A survey released on March 10 from the Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling and the Counselling Foundation of Canada concludes that roughly half of Canadians who had not sought advice from a career planning professional wish that they had. “It is absolutely important for anyone to seek career advice,�

Katrina McIntosh, resource coordinator at Western’s Student Success Centre, said.

According to McIntosh, it is never too early or too late to start planning.

At different times in their careers, students have unique needs, and the Student Success Centre offers different services to assist in the entire process. “It is important to articulate the skills that you have, and really own them,� Jeff Watson, employer relationship developer at the Student Success Centre, said. “It doesn’t matter what program you are in, it is the ability to talk up what you can offer; it is a shift in thinking.�

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Scripnick elected new vice- Unanimous vote president student events for USC budget Kevin Hurren NEWS EDITOR-AT-LARGE @KevinAtGazette

Old and new University Students’ Council members gathered at the Wave on Saturday for the second part of their annual general meeting.

Having passed the council’s multi-year budget earlier in the week, the AGM resumed to find a new vice-president student events.

As the largest portfolio, the vice-president student events oversees a number of programming initiatives. These include O-week, clubs, charity, Theatre Western and first-year engagement.

The three candidates for the position were Thomas Argent, Music Students’ Council president, Danielle Lillico, Purple Events coordinator, and president of the Brescia Students’ Council, Taryn Scripnick.

During the hour-long debate, candidates were questioned on their experience, their ideas and how they planned to support the many coordinators who would work under them.

Some specific points of discussion included this year’s One Love rally. As a major event during orientation week, some were upset with the speakers chosen. Lillico argued

this is was an issue of researching the speakers beforehand, whereas Argent and Scripnick wanted a more thorough pre-event planning stage.

Additionally, candidates were asked about attracting international students in USC events.

Lillico suggested targeted promotions as a potential solution, with Scripnick wanting to enlist the existing International Support Services for help. Argent saw the issue fundamentally being with event diversity.

Though the three hopefuls were in a debate, very little was disputed.

The only time a candidate needed to use a rebuttal was when Argent’s board games in the Spoke platform point came under fire.

After a round of preferential voting, Scripnick won the in-council election.

“I put a lot of work into this and just knowing all that hard work paid off is so relieving,” Scripnick said after her win.

The Brescia president identified the collaborative aspect of the portfolio as what she’s most eager to take part in.

“I’m looking forward to the relationships. I’m very big on making connections and ensuring everyone’s feeling supported, so I’m excited to see who I’ll meet and

what happens with them,” she said.

Incoming president Jack Litchfield welcomes Scripnick as the newest member of his executive team.

“All the candidates were very qualified and I’m sure Taryn’s going to do an amazing job. I look forward to working with her,” he said.

Litchfield also pointed out that Scripnick, as a Brescia student, will add some affiliate college perspective to USC leadership.

“It’s really great to have some affiliate representation on our executive. I know that was one concern we had as a fully main campus slate, so getting that extra representation is really important.”

The University Students’ Council voted unanimously in favour of the budget Wednesday night at part one of the annual general meeting.

Budget highlights include a fouryear long-term plan and increased funding to The Gazette in order to make the organization sustainable.

Andrew Lalka, vice-president finance, said this is the first year that the USC can definitively say the budget has passed with unanimous support due to digital recording of votes.

“We are very pleased and very honored to have the unanimous support and the trust from our council in what we brought forward.”

The budget had been discussed extensively in council for many weeks, with councillors bringing up areas of contention. Among the issues include centralized programming funds and making sure smaller services like Support Services were adequately funded.

“Anytime there was a substantial change in how money is allocated, there was definitely discussion about it,” Lalka said.

Jack Litchfield, chair of the longterm plan and budget committee believes that the budget is taking

the USC into the right direction.

“Moving to a more accountable and transparent fees schedule allows us to better gauge the value students receive for their dollars,” Litchfield said. “I also approve of the increased scrutiny that operations and services underwent this year. We were able to make significant cuts to the executive and operations lines without significantly compromising the services we offer.”

For the first time in USC history, the budget includes a longterm plan, which Litchfield calls progressive.

“This allows council to be more aware of long-term spending and debt trends. It is my hope that this will foster more awareness for our non-operational funds,” he said.

Overall, Lalka believes the budget has created an atmosphere where councillors can be honest about future challenges and opportunities.

“We’re tremendously pleased to have received unanimous support of our council this year and I think that every Western student can and should be excited and proud of where we’re going,” Lalka said.

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USC leaves CASA Olivia Zollino NEWS EDITOR @OliviaAtGazette

The University Students’ Council voted to leave the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations at the first night of the annual general meeting on Wednesday.

The motion to leave CASA passed with 66 per cent for, 21 per cent against and 13 per cent abstentaining.

The separation had been gradual, with the USC opting to have the lesser associate membership this year.

Jen Carter, USC vice-president external, said the decision rested on the fact that provincial advocacy is more influential than federal advocacy.

“I don’t think that it is something to do with the organization in and of itself, but in my opinion, it is very challenging to have a federal student lobby organization when there isn’t always a federal student issue,” said Carter.

A councillor raised a question prior to the vote wondering whether or not the USC would join the Canadian Federation of Students in the future.

Carter remained adamant that the USC would not join CFS due to a by-law passed last year that states the USC will not join an organization that limits their autonomy or one which makes it difficult to leave.

“The reason why I can state with such certainty that the USC will never join CFS is because that by-law as it stands would prevent us from doing so,” Carter said.

Over the past few years, CASA has tried repeatedly to make amends with the USC and has taken their concerns seriously.

Jonathan Champagne, CASA executive director, said they made several changes at the request of the USC and additionally took

suggestions made by McMaster’s student council.

“We changed our governance structure, including: empowering our board of directors; changing the way CASA selects its advocacy priorities; we have changed our by-laws to make it easier to leave CASA; we have also clarified the rules of our board of directors. We implemented a proportional component to special resolutions to votes around the CASA table,” said Champagne.

“So it’s not clear to me what CASA could have done for Western to stay because we’ve done so many things that the USC had requested.”

However, Carter said that the USC remains open to a possible reconnection with CASA in the future.

“We’re going to make sure that we have conversations with [CASA] and that we work with them when we need to on whatever is going on at Western, and other than that, I just want to make sure that if we want to rejoin with them later, that that’s something still in the realm of possibility,” Carter said.

Champagne said he was concerned about the USC’s ability to advocate for Western students at the federal level without membership in CASA. “The federal government plays an incredibly important role in post-secondary education and I worry that Western students no longer have that voice,” said Champagne.

Like Carter, Champagne is also open to the USC rejoining CASA in the future.

“Should the USC decide that Western students would like their voice represented through CASA federally, they are welcome to make an application to our membership to rejoin CASA and I’m sure the membership and board of directors of CASA will entertain any such applications,” he said.

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thegazette • Tuesday, March 17, 2015

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Authors, television hosts, musicians, designers and directors brought their talents and insights to the Mustang Lounge last Thursday.

The Arts and Humanities Students’ Council welcomed The Walrus magazine to Western for the discussion series The Walrus Talks Creativity. The workshop welcomed back six Western alumni as part of a nine-person panel on creativity.

After introductory comments by the dean of arts and humanities, Michael Milde, and Walrus executive director Shelley Abrose, each speaker had seven minutes to share their wisdom with the crowd.

Mustafa Ahmed, Cameron Bailey, Emma Donoghue, Joel Faflak, Juggun Kazim, Elaine Lui, Brian Paschke, Saukrates and David Usher each shared their experience expressing their creativity through and their work and speaking to a wide range of topics and experiences.

Musician and artist Saukrates was the first speaker of the night.

He recalled his creative journey as a youth and how he got on the radio when he was still in his teens.

“The roots of creativity aren’t sought out. Sometimes they are under your feet,” he said.

Following Saukrates, Irish author Emma Donoghue was the

entertainer of the night. Using a creative metaphor to describe writing, her hilarious talk compared writing a book to having sex.

Donoghue said she likes to be in charge and stay on top of her work to maintain her creativity. Sometimes she even runs off to the bathroom for a quick, dirty writing session while her kids are playing tennis. She also cheats on her longer novels with a short story here and there.

Western alumnus and Toronto International Film Festival artistic director Cameron Bailey graced the stage with a breathtaking speech on Canadian culture.

“Canadian culture is a beautiful patchwork of association,” Bailey said.

Bailey commented that Canadian culture is an array of creativity and should never be marginalized. He explained culture as borrowed and redesigned and that it should be celebrated as more creative voices rise. If Canadian culture is questioned, he noted, we take to Twitter with sarcastic hashtags and questions to our prime minister because “that’s how we do things here.”

Brian Paschke, industrial design lead at Blackberry, gave a talk that sounded like a long Blackberry ad, though it did shed light on the building of everyday devices. Blogger and author Elaine Lui justified low culture in the celebrity gossip world.

Western faculty member Joel

Faflak quoted philosophers and scholars with witty commentary explaining why their words were important.

He encouraged students to take their time figuring out what they want to do. Wasting time is where we find our stories, Faflak argued, acknowledging that although “try again, fail again, fail better” is not an attractive university campaign, it’s the perspective students should take on their education.

Musician David Usher’s seven minutes was a mini concert. He sang his hit The Music and scoured the crowd for an innocent audience member. After finding his victim, he compared creativity to the fourth wall.

“It’s out here, out of the script, where all of the creative things happen,” Usher explained.

After the presentations, the speakers hung around in the Mustang Lounge, interacting with students more personally.

“I think that moment when you’re at university and you’re soaking up new knowledge and meeting new people is an exciting time,” Bailey said in an interview after the talk.

The Walrus Talks Creativity danced the line of inspirational and testimonial. Instead of listing off ways to be creative, the discussion pushed everyone to stay creative and to never let the juices stop flowing.

Megan Devlin ASSOCIATE EDITOR @MegAtGazette

Twenty years after the release of Jagged Little Pill, the Canadian music scene is still falling head over feet for Alanis Morissette.

Morissette dazzled the 2015 Juno Awards on Sunday night when she was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Trophywinners The Arkells, Magic!, Kiesza and the Weeknd all performed but were eclipsed by Morissette’s crisp, resounding voice that dominated Hamilton’s FirstOntario Centre.

“Alanis has touched a nerve for a whole generation of women,” the broadcast declared. Morissette performed a medley of her hits Uninvited, You Oughta Know and Thank You to close the ceremony.

She spoke of her love for Canada during her acceptance speech and the liberating ways in which her songs have been interpreted by fans.

“Canadians are very engaging, very curious, very self-deprecating, very funny,” she beamed from the stage. “There’s definitely something in the water besides the fluoride.”

Host Jacob Hoggard of Hedley searched hard for laughs throughout the night. He burst out in front of Kiesza to re-interpret her choreography in a gold lamé jumpsuit but got bored looks from both Kiesza and the audience. He finally hit home when he borrowed from Morissette to perform a cheeky cover just before the credits rolled. He begged for less snow in Hamilton, crooned for more cookies backstage and pined for a Juno for his band. “Thank God Nickelback wasn’t here,” was his final punch line before jumping into a crowd of fans.

Magic! picked up the Juno for single of the year for Rude and performed it shortly after in matching blue and black suits.

The Weeknd nabbed the artist of the year trophy and, like all the other honorees, had trouble telling which camera to speak to when giving his acceptance speech.

“I’d like to thank the Junos, of course,” he said, while whipping his glance from side to side.

The Mississauga rapper has a cult following for his sensual-borderingon-erotic melodies, and he didn’t

disappoint with his performance of Earned It from the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack. The strikingly branded XO dancers from the music video, however, did not join him on stage.

Calgary-native Kiesza took home three pieces of hardware, including breakthrough artist of the year. She let her voice shine when she belted Sound of a Woman from an eggshell-coloured grand piano before jumping into her runaway electronic hit Hideaway.

Another powerful breakthrough artist nominee was 16-year-old Shawn Mendes of Pickering. He took the stage for a low-key acoustic rendition of his cutesy ballad Life of the Party and mobilized a Twitter frenzy of coos over his good looks.

The Junos are a celebration of Canadian music, and the 2015 show couldn’t help but celebrate hometown heroes The Arkells. The Hamilton natives shouted out to their hometown when they performed after winning rock album of the year.

Two of the biggest prizes of the night, however, didn’t have hands to fall into. Eighty-year-old Leonard Cohen left a moment of confused silence when he wasn’t present to accept his album of the year award.

Michael Bublé was also not there to accept his fan choice trophy, but he made a recorded cameo in Hoggard’s opening comedy sketch.

Although she didn’t take home a statuette, hipster-mama Lights gave an energetic solo performance before teaming up with Sam Roberts Band for We’re All in this Together.

Deadmau5, the DJ who wears cardboard mouse ears on stage, was also passed over for a Juno. He carried his Seeya performance, as singer Colleen D’Agostino couldn’t seem to stay in key.

Artists chose sensual ballads rather than power dance numbers this year. But will that change in 2016?

Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi, introduced as “his worship,” used his presenting time to plug next year’s Junos, to be held in Calgary.

“2016 will be the year of music for Calgary,” he declared.

In any case, Sunday was the night of Alanis for the Junos.

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opinions Four years and counting Abracadabra Al-Azem Nusaiba Al-Azem OPINIONS EDITOR @NusAtGazette

This year I will be graduating. When I think of the person I was starting out in first year in 2011 and the person I am now, soon to be donning my cap and gown in 2015, my heart breaks.

Why? Because I am reminded of all of the great things that can happen in four years, while Syria, the home of my ancestors, has been burning to the ground.

Sunday marked the fourth anniversary of the Syrian Civil War. Over 200,000 lives have been claimed and more than 11 million people have been forced from their homes, fleeing with nothing save the clothes on their backs to seek refuge in camps of neighbouring countries.

I remember the beginnings of this conflict — the hope that spread like wildfire in the hearts of every Syrian who was tired of their brethren being scared into submission.

The violent and merciless rule of Hafez Al-Assad, the Hama massacre in the ’80s, the coup that put the Assad family in power and began cementing sectarian rivalry by assigning each sect specific duties in government — all of this was in mind on May 7, 2011 when Londoners gathered at Victoria Park to demonstrate in solidarity with the revolutionaries.

But in those four years since that spark of hope, much has happened to derail the happy dream of revolution.

In those four years, as more nations threw their hats in the ring and new groups began to form from within, Syrian politics became too difficult, too unworthy of our time. It didn’t have an easy to swallow, Disney-dimensioned grasp on the characters involved.

Though there are many internal groups, such as the Free Syrian Army, Syrian military, ISIS and more, all operate with help from their friends around the world. From Hezbollah, Russia, Iran and China to the United States, the European Union and Canada, I think it’s silly to presume to that this is a “civil” war. This is a proxy war. No nation is interest-free, and all are vying for certain favourable outcomes. Evidence of this spans across Wiki leaks, UN Security Council vetoes and simply following the money trail.

I can’t help but think of the American Revolutionary War, celebrated in history classes as the bravery of patriots. I wonder: would American revolutionaries have been able to defeat their British rivals to create the nation now hailed as the land of the free had they faced the same climate Syrian revolutionaries face today?

But, dreary though the circumstances are, there is much that can be done. And if we can all as an international community admit to carrying some responsibility for the escalation of violence, then we can also work to remedy it. Despite the changing political landscape, we must stay informed so that we can advocate our governments and organize charitable responses accordingly. I posted a Facebook status about wanting to help Syrian refugees a little over a month ago and the responses have been overwhelmingly supportive. I’ve already raised over $500 doing little more than ranting on social media. People want to do things; they want to effect change — so let’s start.

As we look to the fourth anniversary of this conflict, let’s work towards not seeing a fifth.

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State of student democracy in peril Re: “Team Litchfield hangs on by a thread,” Tuesday, March 10, 2015 To the editor: We may have all been confused at the status of his victory, but now we can confirm that Jack Litchfield remains the USC president-elect officially. This comes after the elections committee finally released its verdict that Team Litchfield’s campaign impropriety, though real, did not merit disqualification. Ultimately, the presidential slate was chosen not by the people but by a small committee. Many have already discussed the need for election reform and rightly so, but no laws are completely impervious to ambiguity. With the slate system, the election committee was not deciding the fate of one executive position but three — and that’s the biggest problem. A few poor campaign decisions led to three positions being called into question.

Elsewhere, the USC is proposing to change two more positions from those elected by council to hired positions in order to increase efficiency. Why is this relevant? The positions democratically chosen by the student body or representatives thereof may be reduced from six (pre-slate) to two. Don’t get me wrong — both the slate system and modification of the secretary-treasurer and communications officer positions have valid arguments to back them up. But their combination is leading the USC down a troubling path.

This path isn’t unique to the USC. In the Society of Graduate Students (SOGS), the president has been acclaimed for his upcoming third term. Only two years ago, term limits would have prevented his presidency from lasting two years, let alone three. These limits were abolished because they prevented our most experienced members from continuing, but the other side of this coin is that they prevent our inexperienced members from gaining experience in politics. This reduces the overall diversity of the executive.

Democracy is about choice and that’s exactly what these changes have stolen from the students. If the voters allowed these changes to occur, why does it matter? Student politics should not be politics with students, but a chance to educate students on choices made in various organizations. It should be the first goal of any student group to empower their students. The students are empowered best when they are given choices and when the decisions of those choices matter. The student organizations, through their various new changes, have slowly dismantled the democratic process and put up barriers to new people getting involved.

How many students might have engaged in the campaigning process by running, but had no way to build a team to form a slate or saw no way they could beat the current person in the

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same position? How much potential will remain untapped because people had no reason to care? How many students might have made good leaders, but never thought to get involved because they were never afforded the privilege of choice? And that’s why these trends are troubling and we should all be taking notice. Choice should never be a privilege.

• Tom Sutherland Nuclear chemistry PhD III

Litchfield responds to elections violations To the editor: I owe Gazette readers and Western students clarification on events surrounding the election and charges of violations. I will do so here, but first wish to emphasize that my team never intentionally violated these rules, and I am equally certain that Team Sophie did not as well.

Both teams interpreted the rules to the best of our ability in the frantic pace that is a USC election, and consulted with election authorities as best we could. I am personally very sorry where we are deemed to have interpreted these rules incorrectly.

Violation 1 (2 points): “Candidates shall not campaign in the USC main offices… [Including] display of campaign materials…” I wore a team scarf in the USC offices, which I was asked to wear for a “get out the vote” video by USC staff. I did not campaign in the office and apologize for wearing the scarf there.

Violation 2 (2 points): “Campaign material may not depict images of alcohol...” Team Litchfield shared a photo of us with beer at the Wave Superbowl event posted by the Wave/Spoke social media accounts. Sharing this picture was a mistake because that makes it campaign material. We took down the picture during the campaign period and apologize for depicting alcohol in our materials.

Violation 3 (11 points): “Physical campaign materials may not be distributed to individuals without their consent.” My team distributed door hangers off-campus. From talks with governance — we believed this to be legal. We also checked with city by-laws which allow political candidates to distribute campaign materials to homes without consent. We misunderstood and now know that the USC considers this illegal.

Violation 4 (15 points): Postcampaigning on social media: “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…” Both teams posted reminders for students to vote on Western Facebook groups, but mine included a note that my platform was available at my website. It did not

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occur to me that this could be seen as attempting to influence votes and I do not believe that simply reading my platform guarantees a student will vote for me. Linking my platform was a mistake that I have regretted every hour for the last month. I am deeply sorry for all the controversy and distress this has caused.

That was never my intention.

I have a lot of sympathy for the elections committee as I know it was difficult for them to interpret the rules. I am grateful to them for their time and effort.

They have unfairly been blamed for the controversy.

I am mortified that this controversy has shaken students’ faith in the USC. I will do all I can to restore it. I am honoured to be able to serve the students of this great school and I assure you that I will be a conscientious and rule-abiding president. I am happy to meet with anyone to further address any questions or concerns.

• Jack Litchfield USC president-elect

Huron principal reappointment process not flawed Re: “Professors resign in protest from Huron principal reappointment committee,” Thursday, March 12, 2015.

To the editor: From the beginning, the reappointment committee has been committed to a fair, equitable process. The personal experiences of two former members of the committee do not represent this body, nor do these individuals speak for the Huron community. The decision to employ the Berkeley Consulting Group was agreed upon by all members of the reappointment committee, including the two faculty of arts and social science representatives who have since resigned.

The survey Berkeley created, including layout, order of questions and language used in the assessment criteria, was done through extensive consultation and feedback from the committee. The remaining committee members agreed unanimously on the survey content prior to distribution. The survey represents one form of input that will be considered by the committee. The survey was distributed to diverse stakeholders within the Huron community with multiple opportunities to provide thoughtful written feedback. This could include, should the individual wish, the identification of their faculty or staff unit.

Unfortunately, the content and approach of this article are not representative of the standards and principles of critical thinking that we model at Huron.

• Karen Wilkinson Chair, Huron University College executive board

• Mark Blagrave Dean, faculty of arts and social science

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factattack The last Ontario team to win the CIS title was the Laurier Golden Hawks in 2005 after they defeated the Alberta Pandas 4–1.

Women’s hockey claims Canadian crown Richard Raycraft MANAGING EDITOR @RichAtGazette

It wasn’t supposed to happen this way.

They were the underdogs from Ontario University Athletics, a division that hadn’t claimed a national championship in a decade. They were the team that always managed to scrape by by only a goal or two, despite a 20–1–3 record.

But on Sunday, the Western Mustangs women’s hockey team took it to the reigning champion McGill Martlets, pummeling them 5–0 in Calgary to claim their first national title in team history.

The Mustangs, who had never even been to the nationals prior to this year, are the top team in Canadian Interuniversity Sport — in other words, the top team in the country.

For head coach Chris Higgins, the victory is one of the highlights of his life.

“To sit back and say you’re the best hockey team in the country, from where we came five years ago — the team I inherited never had any success, my first year was six [wins] and 20 [losses],” Higgins said. “To see where we are now and where this program is going in the future is just amazing.”

After defeating Moncton 3–1 in the quarter-final and Montreal 2–0 in the semifinal, the Mustangs headed into the final as underdogs.

The Martlets, eager to defend their title, came out on the attack early.

The Mustangs only managed four shots in the first period to McGill’s 17, but one, a wrister from the point by rookie Anthea Lasis, found the back of the net to put the Stangs up 1–0 early.

The Mustangs were outshot in every period and 38–15 in the game.

Higgins pointed out that the key was to limit the Martlets’ scoring chances.

“I don’t think that shots count,” Higgins said with a laugh.

“McGill’s a very skilled team, so what we did is we took away the middle of the ice,” he explained. “If you watched the game there were a lot of shots from outside the dots, a lot of shots from the point.”

While the Stangs didn’t spend a lot of time in the McGill zone, particularly early in the game, they made their chances count. Ally Galloway, Stacey Scott and Kendra Broad all scored in the second period to put the game out of reach for McGill at 4–0. Following Scott’s goal, McGill starting goalie Taylor Hough was pulled after allowing three goals on seven shots.

At the other end of the ice, Western’s star goaltender Kelly Campbell was making it look easy.

“She allowed one goal in three games against the top teams in the country — she’s amazing,” Higgins said. “Every player on our team knows that they can make a mistake and Kelly will bail them out.”

“That gives you great confidence because then you know you can play with confidence because if you make a mistake it won’t end up costing you.”

Campbell stopped all 38 shots

against her and was awarded player of the entire tournament following the game.

“There’s no way to describe this feeling,” Campbell told Mustangs media immediately following the game. “We’ve worked so hard as a team over the past year and we have the team behind me, I knew we had it the entire time and to get this win against McGill is incredible.”

“She just makes everyone on the ice, on the bench and in the stands confident in our game plan, because when we do stumble — and every team stumbles — she just picks it up and gets us through,” Higgins said.

Despite the big lead and the steady goaltender, the Mustangs never let up and refused McGill any chances in the third. Just for some added insurance, Mustangs forward Casey Rosen scored on the powerplay in the final minute to make the game 5–0.

As the final horn blared, the Mustangs threw up their gloves and swarmed Campbell for the second time this season. They celebrated heartily on the ice following their OUA victory, and now, having proven themselves the top team in the country, they did so again.

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