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Undergrad confirmations Student voting down according to OUAC becomes easier Amy O’Kruk NEWS EDITOR

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Western University’s percentage of Ontario secondary school students who confirmed their undergraduate program acceptances fell four per cent this fall, according to the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre’s latest statistics.

Yesterday, OUAC reported the university’s main campus received 4,124 full-time first-year fall-entry program confirmations, in contrast to last year’s September 10 total of 4,297. Western’s enrolled

non-secondary school students is up 1 per cent, with 1,409 students accepting their offers.

Totalled, that’s a 5,533-student freshman class and a far shot above Western’s current first-year enrolment forecast. The university’s 201516 operating and capital budgets forecasted 5,040 first-year students for the 2015-16 school year.

Keith Marnoch, director of media relations at Western, said the discrepancy exists because Western waits until Nov. 1 to finalize its number of actual student enrolments due to fluctuations between parttime and full-time student statuses.

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“Western’s Ontario high school confirmation stats are currently down by four per cent and our non-Ontario high school confirmations are exactly where they were last year,” Marnoch said. “When you combine those two numbers and include those who will move from being a part-time to full-time student, you get our projected first-year class of about 5,180 students, which is just slightly higher than our projected first-year enrolment plan of between 5,000 and 5,100 students.” >> see OUAC pg.2

Rita Rahmati NEWS EDITOR @RitaAtGazette

The federal election takes place on October 19 and for students, the requirements and steps for voting are often difficult to understand.

For students from London or those who will be in their hometown during the voting period, voting will be easier as the address of their ID cards and papers will match the riding they are voting in. You can determine your riding online at elections.ca.

When at the polls, you must show one of the following pieces of ID: driver’s licence, provincial or territorial card, or any other government photo with your name, photo and current address. The second group of options includes showing two pieces of ID such as: health card, Canadian passport, birth certificate, citizenship card, social insurance card, lease, utility bill, or student ID card, amongst other options.

>> see POLLS pg.4

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thegazette • Tuesday, September 22, 2015

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Percentage of Ontario secondary school students who confirmed their Western undergraduate program acceptances as of September 10, fell 4% between 2014-15.

Stats Can reports annual average Ontario university enrolment growth of 3.1% since 2000-01

Per program, the greatest growth in landscape architecture programs (+46.7) throughout Ontario

Per program, the greatest drop was in journalism programs (-37.0%) throughout Ontario

Non-secondary school students enrolling full-time for fall 2015 up 0.5%.

4,124 full-time, first year, fall-entry program confirmations in 2015 (down from 4,297 in 2014) at Western

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Program acceptances up across Ontario >> OUAC continued from pg.1

OUAC’s report also highlights that Western’s affiliate colleges attracted undergrad acceptances with fluctuating success. Huron University College and King’s University College are up 0.9 per cent and 1.2 per cent respectively, while Brescia University College trails behind with a 6.2 per cent decrease in undergrad

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Notably, other Ontario universities experienced more extreme changes in their number of undergraduate confirmations. Algoma University, Lakehead University, and Laurentian University (Hearst) all experienced drops in first-year acceptances over 15 per cent. On the other hand, this year’s champion is the Ontario College of Art and Design with the highest increase — 10.4 per cent.

The data shows wordsmiths are shying away from undergraduate journalism programs, with secondary school student confirmations falling 37.9 per cent since 2014.

Landscape architecture programs, conversely, are up 46.7 per cent from 45 acceptances in 2014 to 65 in 2015.

For non-secondary school students, interest in forestry programs championed the greatest boost of 66.7 per cent and environmental studies programs took the major hit of 37.6 per cent.

Overall, program acceptances across the province are up 0.9 per cent.

More data regarding confirmation statistics for Ontario universities and programs can be found on OUAC’s website.

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thegazette • Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Profs design ethical framework for fMRI studies Hamza Tariq BREAKING NEWS EDITOR @HamzaAtGazette

Western’s neuroscientists and philosophers have teamed up to develop the first-ever ethical framework for research while designing and conducting fMRI studies for individuals with severe brain injuries.

The proposed guidelines, entitled “Ethical considerations in functional magnetic resonance imaging research in acutely comatose patients” were published in Brain, a prominent scientific journal of neurology.

Research with functional magnetic resonance imaging on patients in intensive care units is difficult and there are often ethical issues involved. The purpose of the guidelines is to assist in making ethical decisions when considering research on patients

receiving life-sustaining therapy.

According to Charles Weijer, a philosopher at Western’s Rotman Institute of Philosophy and first author on the paper, traumatic brain injury is an important public health problem in Canada.

Each year tens of thousands of Canadians are admitted to hospitals with brain traumas and thousands of those patients don’t survive their injuries.

“One of the really difficult challenges physicians face is predicting after a severe brain injury who is going to do well and who will not,” he said. “That is something that the family and the healthcare team needs to know.”

Functional MRI is one of the most promising prognostic tools in development. The guidelines hope to facilitate fMRI research in predicting outcomes in patients who have had a severe brain injury.

“The end goal for introducing

this framework is to try and enable functional MRI and other research in intensive care units for brain injured patients. It is very difficult research to do because of how sick [patients] are,” said Dr. Teneille Goftan, assistant professor in the department of clinical neurological services at Western and co-author on the paper, in a press release.

“It is important that researchers, clinicians and research ethics boards have a framework they can work from to make these studies successful.”

The guidelines are also unique as they come as a result of interdisciplinary research between Western’s philosophy and neuroimaging departments.

Weijer, who is also Canada research chair in bioethics and a trained physician, said such collaboration where a world leading neuroimaging program has an integrated ethics team working with it

USC opens OUSA applications Katie Lear NEWS EDITOR @KatieAtGazette

The USC has opened applications to become Western delegates for the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance to all undergraduate students.

To apply to be a delegate, students must first fill out an application form containing five student nomination signatures before the University Students’ Council will vote to select the final eight delegates.

Previously, OUSA delegates were chosen from within USC council after being nominated by fellow

councillors.

OUSA is an advocacy organization that unites with seven other post-secondary institutions to advocate to the provincial government, according to OUSA president Spencer Nestico-Semianiw.

“Through our membership, we advocate to the provincial government, universities and other sector stakeholders on student issues, to ensure that university is a place of quality, accountability, affordability and accessibility,” NesticoSemianiw said in email.

Member schools include McMaster University, Waterloo University, Queen’s University, Trent University (Oshawa campus),

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Student delegates will represent Western students’ interests on provincial issues by attending OUSA’s general assemblies and forming opinions on the policy papers drafted by the alliance.

“During the actual general assembly, students then voice their thoughts in sessions, which allow the policy authors to adapt the papers to what students want,” Nestico-Semianiw said.

USC vice-president external Lindsee Perkins hopes the change will inspire more students to get involved with political advocacy.

“This process will give more

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is unprecedented internationally.

“I think 10 years down the road, the kind of integration we are seeing between philosophers and neuroscientists at Western is something you’re going to see at leading centres around the world.”

students the opportunity to learn about OUSA, the USC’s external portfolio and provincial policy,” Perkins said in an email.

“I don’t think many students have much idea that the USC advocates provincially and this opportunity will give more students the chance to see first hand how we are working to better their experience on campus.”

Former OUSA delegate Nate Sussman believes that opening the applications provides a good opportunity to students and allows for more direct advocacy.

“As a USC councillor ... you are not exactly elected to represent your constituents on provincial matters,” Sussman said in an email. “As a result, sending USC councillors to OUSA conferences as representatives can be a bit of an awkward fit.”

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thegazette • Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Federal Elections 2015

Students could UWO to host satellite polls sway election >> POLLS continued from pg.1

Drishti Kataria NEWS EDITOR @DrishtAtGazette

The long-awaited federal election is fast approaching with voting day on October 19 and according to a recent StudentVu survey, votes of postsecondary education students will be critical in the election.

StudentVu surveyed 1,500 post secondary education students and 76 per cent of them plan to vote in October.

“They are a large number of voters and they tend to be geographically concentrated in particular ridings. So that means they could tip the race in a riding,” political science professor Robert Young, Canada research chair, said. “North London has got a ton of Western students and if they all voted one way, then that could influence the results.”

According to an article on Academica, historical shows that elections typically have low student voter turn out. In the 2011 election, only 34 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds voted.

When asked about the reasons for low student voter turn out, Young stated a few reasons.

“I think one is lack of information. It’s clear that older voters have more political knowledge than

younger voters. Secondly, students move around a lot so some of them don’t even know what riding they’re in,” he said. “Third, there is a decision to vote either in the home riding or where they live which takes effort.

Finally, they have less at stake. If you have kids and a mortgage the outcome of the election is more important to you than if you are a university student.”

According to Young, students should be informed and engaged in the elections because there’s a lot at stake for students. Issues like student loans, state of the economy, whether the government will favour older people, like the Conservatives do, or younger people, like the Liberals, affect students.

“I would emphasize the fact that students are geographically concentrated and they can really make a big difference in a few ridings.

That’s very important for students to understand.”

The Fair Elections Act will also play a huge role in this election.

“It will probably benefit the Conservatives,” said Young. “It favours them to have a long campaign under the Fair Elections Act rules. The Act will keep a lot of voters away, like homeless people, Aboriginal people and those who don’t have a lot of ID, like students.”

Elections Canada provides a number of tips for student voters.

Students are able to prove their address with any document issued by their school that shows their home address and for those in student residence, they may ask their residence administrator for a letter of confirmation of residence proving residency.

For students from out of town, voting will be easier than in the past as Western has been chosen to take part in a new satellite poll project.

“Western University was chosen to have two satellite polls on our campus. And what that means is if a student is from Vancouver, Alberta, wherever it may be in Canada, they can vote for their specific riding here on campus at that satellite poll,” said Lindsee Perkins, University Students’ Council vice-president external.

Perkins hopes that satellite polls will lead to an increase in student voter turnout as they may not have voted in the past because they were not in their riding. The USC will promote satellite polls from October 5-8 and no registration ahead of time is required.

Additionally, this year the USC is taking a number of steps to help students understand how to vote and why it is important to vote.

Perkins explained that starting September 27, the USC will begin a

campaign that explains to students why it is important to vote. The USC will be utilizing social media, such as a Facebook event, will have booths in the University Community Centre and they will be posting non-partisan lawn signs that promote voting.

Closer to the election, the USC will put together a platform review of all the parties in order to make it easy for students to see where their views lineup.

“What we’ll be doing is using that event to update students on different things that are going on throughout the election in a form

that is easy to comprehend,” Perkins said. “Because I’m not expecting the students to go and read the platforms it’s a little difficult, it’s long, and you’re all studying anyway.”

Registering ahead of time is recommended as it saves time and is often easier than doing it at the poll the day of voting. Registration ends on October 13 and can be done online, through mail or at your local Elections Canada office.

Should you need to vote early, you can vote by mail until October 13 and vote on advance voting days from October 9-12.

How to vote Elections Canada Required ID Category 1: driver’s licence, provincial or territorial card, or any other government photo with your name, photo, and current address Category 2: health card, Canadian passport, birth certificate, citizenship card, social insurance card, lease, utility bill, student ID card, etc.

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thegazette • Tuesday, September 22, 2015

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Students create website for musicians Western student Ayush Vaidya turned his love for music into a business connecting producers and musicians Student: Ayush Vaidya Year & Program: Third-year medical sciences and business Field: Music producing & business Project: Everest Media Group with David Aideyan, an Ivey student What he does: Vaidya co-founded Everest Media Group, a site dedicated to connecting music producers with musicians looking for instrumentals. After playing around with producing music and rapping in his formative years, Vaidya spent time admiring the business and how it works. He saw a market and went for it. Vaidya and his partner Aideyan became web programmers and set up their website, creating an interface for artists to browse through a catalogue of varying beats and tracks. Vaidya, the powerhouse behind the musical element of the group, found it incredibly exciting to join an industry he always admired. Now, Everest MG is a platform for their talented team of 10 music producers to sell and exchange their beats to singers looking for music.

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HE BIGGEST PROJECT WE’RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS TO MAKE A SELF-SERVE PLATFORM FOR THESE MUSIC PRODUCERS AND MUSICIANS TO SELL THEIR CONTENT ONLINE. INSTEAD OF US MANUALLY MANAGING ALL THESE PEOPLE, WE WANTED MORE OF A SCALABLE BUSINESS, SO THEN THEY’LL BE ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING ON THEIR OWN AND WE WOULD PROVIDE THAT PLATFORM FOR THEM.

“We realized there were a lot more music producers that were talented but didn’t know how to sell their music so we went on a search and found a few and made a team of them so we could sell their music collaboratively,” Vaidya says.

Influences: Lil Wayne, A$AP Mob, Chill Ambient Producers Past, present, future: Vaidya began his journey by messing around with beats and instrumentals in high school and quickly moved onto Western’s Propel Entrepreneurship incubator to grow the business and come up with a game plan for the future. Now, Vaidya and Aideyan are looking towards expanding the business by bringing people under their management and creating a self-serve platform for producers to sell their music independently. With over 16,000 Twitter followers, Everest MG is blooming into a full-blown company. Vaidya is always looking for new talent and encourages others to check out their catalogue online.

Where can people find him: Everest MG on Twitter or EverestMG.com • Samah Ali

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SHARING THE BEAT. Third-year medical sciences and business student Ayush Vaidya, along with Ivey student David Aideyan, started Everest Media Group, a website that allows musicians to share their beats with singers.

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INTO THE WOODS. The cast of last year’s March production, Into the Woods. Each year, Theatre Western offers the fall play in November, the Purple Shorts and the biggest production, the musical.

Richard Joseph ARTS AND LIFE EDITOR @RJAtGazette

Any lovers of theatre at Western might have noticed something odd in their first year – despite the comprehensive range of humanities courses we offer, there is nothing that resembles a drama department.

Fortunately, we have the on-campus club Theatre Western to satisfy your cultural cravings.

“We essentially fill the total lack of a drama program on campus,” says Madison Oliver, the club’s coordinator.

While Western does offer a theatre certificate, Oliver points out that it’s very English-oriented and focused on reading the text rather than performance.

The club has three major events throughout the year, beginning with the fall play in November. This year, they’re performing One Flew Over the

Cuckoo’s Nest at the McManus Theatre.

Purple Shorts, a little later in the year, is a festival made up of one-act, student-written plays performed at the Wave; it’s a more relaxed atmosphere, the perfect starting point for anyone interested in writing, acting or directing in theatre.

Andrea Holstein, a fourth-year student double majoring in visual arts and history, was cast in the short Simon the Brave, written by Gordon Haney.

“With a horrendous cough and an essay to write, I dragged myself across campus in the middle of winter to audition for one of the most hilarious productions that I’ve ever had the pleasure of being in,” Holstein recalls.

“I helped murder the lead actor before inspiring my fellow actors to join me in a dramatic mass suicide.”

Finally, the biggest and most grandiose production is the March musical. Into the Woods and Rent are among past productions and this year,

Spring Awakening was chosen.

“The quality of entertainment [was] mind blowing,” says Holstein.

“I found the production value of Into the Woods last year to be beyond anything I believed that a studentrun production could be capable of — it was phenomenal.”

The members agree that one of the greatest benefits of the club, aside from the dramatic arts aspect, is the people you meet.

“We’re a band of misfits … and we’re one of the most close-knit communities that you can find on campus,” says Holstein. “Whatever your talents, whatever your skills, there is always something that you can contribute to a production, and that’s why Theatre Western needs you. Welcome to the family!”

Anyone who is interested in getting involved with Theatre Western can contact theatrewestern@westernusc. ca or visit their Facebook page.

Programme: How to Get Away with Murder Stars: Viola Davis, Alfred Enoch, Jack Falahee, Matt McGorry Network: ABC Studios — ShondaLand Year/Seasons: 1 Season Genre: Legal Drama Synopsis: Law professor and criminal defence lawyer Annalise Keating (Davis) selects five students from her criminal law class to shadow her practices as she works in the field.

The plot thickens when her life and students become entangled in her late, high profile case.

My Take: Shonda Rhimes does it again with another intense, funny, scary, jaw dropping show. Rhimes is known for her scandalous shows – one aptly named as Scandal – and How to Get Away with Murder is all shock and then some. In fact, it repeats a lot of the same thrill from

her other shows.

After watching multiple Rhimesproduced shows and being intrigued with her wicked writing for the past decade, I no longer watch her shows for the show. Rather, I watch them for the next shock — the next bit of amusement that will have my house and I talking for weeks.

Fortunately, How to Get Away With Murder doesn’t disappoint on the drama and shock value, but Rhimes’ formulaic rollercoaster of emotions has me tired of the same old thrills.

No matter. How to Get Away with Murder is just as good as any other law show – Law & Order: SUV being one of the best. The writing is excellent, the acting is great and the storyline is flawless, as per Shonda protocol. How to Get Away with Murder is a good show, however I don’t see any new amusements with Shondaland.

Worth the Watch? : Meh How to Get Away with Murder will release its second season on Sept 24, 2015.

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thegazette • Tuesday, September 22, 2015

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Artist: Travis Scott Album: Rodeo Label: Grand Hustle Music and Epic Records Standout Tracks: Oh My Dis Side, 90210, Maria I’m Drunk.

Rating: GGGFF Houston rapper Travis Scott burst onto the scene with his 2013 mixtape Owl Pharaoh and with his debut album Rodeo, he completes his transformation into the closest thing hip-hop currently has to a punk rock star.

For this project, he’s assembled a who’s who of talent, from T.I. to Kanye to even Justin Bieber. Does all of this translate into a good album? That depends entirely on what you’re looking for from a Travis Scott release.

The production is fantastic across all 14 tracks, with standouts

like the outro melody on 90210 and the initial guitar riff breakdown in Piss on Your Grave. The intense drums, synths and keys allow the album to live up to its title.

The GOOD Music co-sign also took lessons from Kanye’s style, as every track is bombastic to the extreme, with nary a quiet moment.

It’s impossible not to bump your head to every song.

Where the album falls apart somewhat is the actual rapping.

The album is 75 minutes, with many songs past the five minute mark. Scott is rather simplistic in his flow and content; lyrics of drugs and partying mean listeners learn nothing about the man. In fact, from a technical standpoint as well as sheer memorability, he is outshined by his collaborators, like Quavo, 2 Chainz and Future. Almost nothing from Scott’s verses stands out from the rest.

Scott’s debut delivered exactly what his fans loved about his work and what his critics disliked. If you’re looking for music with dynamic, layered production and head-banging beats to rage to, then this is probably for you. Should you prefer something a little more impressive lyrically, it’s safe to just steer clear of this one. Were it just an instrumental release, the reaction would be much different.

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In an age where video games necessitate clever gameplay mechanics, cutting edge graphics and even thought provoking storylines, it is unsurprising that many long for the simplicity of the 8-bit era.

An era where TVs were adorned with antennas and controls with wires and a time when friends actually played together in the same room, instead of miles apart through subscription based online play.

It is this world that director Rob McCallum and London actor Jay Bartlett evoke in their new film, Nintendo Quest.

“We came up with this idea of giving me only 30 days to collect every single NES game. We would do it the old school way, the fun way, the way we used to do it. No internet and no online purchases,” says Bartlett.

Traveling all across Canada and the US, Bartlett sifts through multiple thrift shops and gaming stores collecting a jaw dropping 700 games, with some copies existing only in the hundreds.

“It’s really an insane feat when I sit back and think about it. 700 NES games, I mean like the technology is 30 years old. Some games, there were less than 200 copies printed.”

The movie came from a humble beginning and subsequently grew exponentially.

“We were jamming at my mom’s house and Rob called me from Vegas and he was like ‘I’m thinking of doing a documentary on collecting and I want to feature you in it,’ ” says Bartlett.

Through much deliberation, this idea morphed and evolved into a full length film that delved much deeper into Bartlett as a person.

“I think people are surprised because they think it’s going to be a YouTube video … people get the idea that the movie is just me collecting games but when they come out of the theatre they take so much more,” says Bartlett. “It’s a transformative movie – a film about myself, about who I am at the beginning and what I am at the end.”

The movie features individuals from all different parts of the gaming world: people like Todd Rogers, video game record holder of the game Dragstar on the Atari 2600, or even gaming composers like Tommy Tallarico, who has worked on games like Prince of Persia, Earthworm Jim and Another World.

“It was important to us to illustrate how important community is. Every aspect of it, not just gamers and collectors, but that we’re all in this together and that we really have to unify it,” says Bartlett.

This theme of unification reflects Bartlett’s own feelings about the new age gaming culture where people seem to be more closed off from each other.

“Playing with your friends in the same room [is] a lost art now. Now everyone is isolated in their headset

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QUEST FOR GAMES. The epic and retro style poster of the new up-and-coming film Nintendo Quest.

in a room by themselves. I miss the arcades … I miss the N64, the super Nintendo and everyone getting together doing the split screen thing. I think that there’s a magic that is lost.”

Bartlett isn’t the only one who feels this way. In fact, when the movie was in its initial stages, the team turned to Kickstarter to help fund the film. What ensued after was indeed magic.

“I was surprised how quickly we were embraced into the community. How everyone just accepted us.

The second Kickstarter — which was for post-production and distribution of the discs — we asked for $2,000 and we raised over $40,000. We were humbled,” says Bartlett.

Filmed and shot in 2013, the movie has now premiered all across the US and Canada with its third last tour date in Bartlett’s hometown, London, Ontario. You can watch it at the Hyland Cinema this Friday, Sept. 25.

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DREAM COME TRUE. Star of Nintendo Quest, Jay Bartlett, stands outside of Hyland Cinemas where his film will be screened on Thursday and Friday of this week. The Hyland is where the London-native first watched Star Wars as a kid and he said it was a dream come true to have his film played there.

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thegazette • Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Nuit Violette: a colourful night Robert Nanni ARTS AND LIFE EDITOR @RobertAtGazette

Western’s campus came to life Thursday night as Nuit Violette took centre stage around the McIntosh Gallery to showcase a variety of student art pieces.

With sections around the gallery dedicated to spoken word, acoustic performances, visual art and academic research, the strong sense of campus community truly shone through. Nuit Violette is the first event of its kind at Western and saw support from students across faculties.

Initially considered as a potential O-Week event, the planning for Nuit Violette began in mid-July and culminated with an ensemble of artistic presentations on display for the Western community.

“There is a population who are craving more of the arts on campus and I think we’ve stumbled across something that is very important to a lot of students,” said Jared Boland, executive director for Nuit Violette.

“In that way, I think it is important that we follow up on that and honour that desire to see more of this.”

Second-year women’s studies and film studies double major Brooke Harris is quick to agree, feeling that arts is “something that is easily overshadowed.”

“I think it’s cool to bring so many sections of art together to one event because often we focus on just music or just spoken word or just an art show, when they complement each other really well,” said Harris.

Harris performed a spoken word piece written about how she tends to fall apart toward the middle of projects.

“It’s common for a lot of students and a lot of young people,” Harris shares. “It’s a fear of failure.”

After sharing her first spoken word performance for Purple Sects last year, Harris was thrilled to support another Western event celebrating the arts.

“People don’t always give [arts] the time or credit,” Harris explained.

“I think any sort of event that’s going to promote that is something I’d really get behind and get excited about.”

Alongside Nuit Violette, the Visual Arts Supporters Association hosted ExtraVASAganza, an event focused on visual arts, while the McIntosh Gallery had a public opening. The events came together to further

Where to get it

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Dress A traditional Chinese dress, Hua got this from her own family store. This whole outfit would be difficult to find in your average retailer, but sites like GoodOrient specialize in more oriental clothing if you’re willing to pay shipping.

HERE IS A POPULATION WHO ARE CRAVING MORE OF THE ARTS ON CAMPUS AND I THINK WE’VE STUMBLED ACROSS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF STUDENTS.

Jacket Again, it would be hard to find traditional Chinese wear here — GoodOrient has a few of these knee-length jackets, while good old Nordstrom has some more expensive Western equivalents.

JARED BOLAND

Hat A simple hat with a simple decoration. It takes a little courage to pull one off, but there’s a decent (and cheap) selection at Forever 21.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NUIT VIOLETTE

extend arts pride in the London community and truly secure art’s place on Western’s campus.

Arts research was a particularly unique aspect of the night.

This component of Nuit Violette showcased academic endeavours in music, information and media, and the arts and humanities.

Gillian Carrabré, entering her second year of a four-year PhD in musicology, was more than enthused to have her hard work publicized.

“I did a case study this summer trying to decipher what the definitive aspects of Canadian rave culture are,” explained Carrabré.

“Canadian rave culture is very under- researched at the moment.”

She said the turnout Thursday night was much better than what she expected.

“I was so surprised to see so many people out: it feels like a little community has come together out of nowhere,” Carrabré said.

Carrabré finds the Faculty of Music very accepting and openminded and is pleased to see the same mentality from Western’s student community as a whole.

“I’m very pleasantly surprised to see so much great art happening on campus that I wasn’t even aware of prior to tonight,” she said.

As the Western community came together to celebrate the lesser-known talents of its students, Nuit Violette’s inception has marked the apparent beginning of a more cultivated arts appreciation here on campus.

Go online for a photo gallery of Nuit Violette and a review and gallery of the accompanying event, ExtraVASAganza, which showcased visual arts students.

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ith the vast range of different styles, fabrics and colours in clothing around the world, it would be a shame if we at Western were only exposed to the narrow subsection of North American fashion. Whether the result of tradition, religion, geography or just a fundamental difference in the philosophy of dress, clothing with cultural capital has unique and inimitable visual appeal.

Hua Hua, currently finishing her master’s in actuarial sciences and statistics, has an eye for a tasteful sort of cultural fusion — preserving the colours and designs of her country while incorporating it into

an eye-catching but everyday outfit.

“This is a traditional Chinese dress, but nowadays it can be a little more relaxed, daily wear,” says Hua. Generally, it’s dangerous to wear multiple pieces in the same pattern, but Hua’s floral motif works well here as a bold statement. Each floral pattern is a little different, which prevents uniformity and repetitive patterning.

Her long jacket and tight sleeves make for an unusual, draping silhouette.The dappled floral print, reminiscent of watercolours, is undoubtedly the centrepiece of the outfit, catching the eye from a distance.

This Chinese dress is another fascinating piece in Hua’s outfit. A carefully embroidered,

Handbag Floral handbags are a versatile and tasteful accessory. Try Aldo accessories or Kate Spade for a more haute-couture option.

nearly-abstract peacock design is a splash of icy blue which complements the jacket as well as the white of the dress.

In addition, her straw hat adds a touch of warm colour to the blues and whites, while the decorative flower on top adds an interesting accessory which fits with the whole ensemble.

Finally, her handbag and shoes add to the floral motif while adding a few different colours to spice up the outfit.

“I dress to show where I’m from, but also to show what emotion I’m feeling,” Hua explains. “The most important thing is to express yourself.”

• Richard Joseph

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thegazette • Tuesday, September 22, 2015

The gender politics of consent

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FEEL LIKE IF IT WAS A GIRL TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A GUY [YOU WOULDN’T APPROACH THEM] BECAUSE YOU WOULDN’T EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN …

IF IT WAS A GUY TO A GIRL THEN THERE IS A GIRL CODE WHERE YOU WOULD HELP THEM. LILY WANKOMO

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Samah Ali ARTS AND LIFE EDITOR @SamahAtGazette

Getting consent is one of the first lessons everyone learns in their first week as a Western student. It’s simple to identify: ongoing, positive affirmations between both parties involved. Identifying consent as on onlooker, however, is sometimes coated by a gendered system that values one sex’s survival over the other.

After a recent survey performed by the Canadian Women’s Foundation found disappointing stats about consent culture, the organization decided to do something about it.

“Consent needs to be positive and ongoing,” says Diane Hill, Canadian Women’s Foundation’s senior director for marketing and communications. “When we did a poll in April, we found that 96 per cent of people agreed that you need to have consent for sexual activity,

but only one third actually understood what that really looked like.”

The foundation responded to the poll by releasing a short, witty video to spark a conversation about rape culture and consent.

The heart of the video focused on permission and an understanding from both parties. The video went as far as to show funny, exaggerated accidents when limits were not understood by both participants, such as a bad haircut and excessive amounts of gravy on fries.

“People have a right to agree to some things and not others,” Hill continues. “Just because you kissed someone yesterday doesn’t mean you want to kiss them today.

So ongoing consent is really critical because that’s the point where people get to decide how much they do and don’t want to take part in.”

Their campaign, “Get Consent,” was light-hearted and hinted at what could happen when both people do not see eye to eye on a situation. However, the video didn’t

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touch upon how to approach these situations as a witness.

One of the benefits of Get Consent’s video was its gender-neutral approach to consent. The video did not take the classical route of showing a young female in trouble, rather it played upon different situations from varying genders. It spurs a discussion around approaching situations where a female was taking advantage of an incapacitated male.

When asked about intervening an expected male-aggressor situation, first-year engineer student Michael Damandakos says, “First I would ask if it’s something serious because I wouldn’t want to try to break something up.”

Damandakos’ hesitation to intervene makes sense: breaking up two people to investigate if both parties are interested can be awkward and invasive.

On the other hand, first-year medical sciences student Peter Denezis saw the benefits of stopping a potential rape situation.

“If I saw something that shouldn’t be happening and if it was safe to do so, I’d probably intervene and try to stop it myself,” states Denezis. “If it wasn’t safe then get some other people or someone with authority to intervene and help the situation.”

Denezis acknowledged that approaching a couple may be intimidating alone but a group setting makes the situation less awkward.

However second-year criminology and political science student Lily Wankomo acknowledged the gender bias.

“I feel like if it was a girl taking advantage of a guy [one wouldn’t approach them] because you wouldn’t expect that to happen,” says Wankomo. “If it was a guy to a girl then there is a girl code where you would help them.”

Denezis and Damandakos shared Wankomo’s sentiments. They agreed that they wouldn’t consider it a troubling situation and are probably immune to noticing it.

Wankomo believes a discussion on the gendered rape culture scope would do well with the reverse situation. She acknowledges it may not happen as frequently, but people needed to be more aware of the situation to prevent it from happening.

Hill agrees.

“Abuse thrives in silence and the more we can talk about this the safer we’ll all be,” she concludes.

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opinions Striving for a lively opinions section

You’re not going to be liked by everybody when you speak the truth. I don’t speak the truth to put people down; I don’t speak the truth to show disrespect.

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Dear Life, Why wasn’t there this short of a line for BeaverTails last year?

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Bradley Metlin OPINIONS EDITOR

over Bradley’s article, don’t they have better things to

@BradAtGazette

Last week started off in a typical fashion for me: I woke up, grabbed my French Vanilla at the Somerville House Tim Hortons and headed to the Gazette office. While I navigated through the mass hysteria of clubs week, most know now that I noticed the fraternity and sorority tables outside.

Published online around 3:30 p.m., within the hour 1,000 people had read the column. The anger quickly manifested itself in angry Facebook messages to my personal account and online comments started to trickle in.

Here’s the thing: with my ego the size of the Grand Canyon, I live for moments like this. As people began to get angry, I took solace in the fact that I was doing my job.

As opinions editor, I’m charged with being a professional troublemaker. Stirring the pot and getting people talking about various things on campus is my goal.

Did I do my research? Of course. Did I include every piece of information? Of course not. Just with essays, you use the facts that will paint your argument in the most positive light — you don’t vomit every single piece of data onto the page.

Besides, using the age-old rule that “no publicity is bad publicity,” I wouldn’t be surprised if the number of those interested in Greek life went up this year.

In addition to the angry online comments and the rude Facebook messages, I got letters to the editor. This is the best way to get your rebuttals and responses out there. Angry comments are fine but by eloquently summarizing your opinion in a letter and getting it published, you’re more likely to change my (or anyone else’s) opinion.

Last week, engagement was at a high with the opinions section. I couldn’t have been prouder watching the comments and letters pour in. Please, keep them coming!

Samah Ali’s column about sophing for the year got people riled up, Olivia Zollino’s repudiation of the White Students Union brought out some interesting comments and David Bentley’s op-ed had students reflecting positively on an arts and humanities education.

These are the viewpoints I’m going to be soliciting more of throughout the year. The Gazette, above all, is a student publication. As such, a diversity of opinions must populate our pages to make it the most effective. As opinions editor, I’m going to be reaching out to the Western community more.

I’m hoping to moderate community editorials to get everyone’s inputs on a topic and then summarize that to reflect the conversation. I’m hoping to solicit more op-eds from those with a stake in an issue so that we can have more fruitful conversation. I’m hoping that when you pick up The Gazette, it will somehow be more representative of you.

As a reader, you must be proactive in this process, though. When you get angry, when you feel upset, when you nod your head in agreement, when you have an “aha!” moment — write a letter! Reach out! Make your voice heard!

Last week, my Monday started off with a dose of normalcy — until I pissed off the Greek community. As opinions editor, I’m hoping each of my weeks this year is like the last one — people had a lot to say about the variety of views that we put out last week.

By Friday, I could leave The Gazette office happy, knowing that I had done my job — people on campus were talking.

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do, like finding new pledges to haze and destroy their livers with?

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OPC not treating sophs fairly Re: “’Offensive’ soph apparel banned from O-Week,” August 24, 2015 To the editor: Another year at Western, another controversial rule change regarding O-week.

While some may find the current debate to be passé, it also must be remembered that this is the sign of a strong, engaged community. People genuinely care about the orientation program and are willing to put diverse perspectives out there.

But while there has been considerable discussion around contentious aspects of the changes, such as whether dreadlocks count as cultural appropriation or whether bandanas are all that intimidating, a couple of important points are being overlooked.

Let us momentarily assume that the decision to implement these rules was unequivocally correct. Even if we accept this to be true, there are still valid concerns to be raised about the way in which this change was executed. First and foremost, no one has yet definitively answered why the change was made so late in the summer, after teams had already purchased now-banned merchandise, such as fake dreadlocks. This is outrageous behaviour from the orientation planning committee – students pay good money for these items and they deserve to know well ahead of time that they could be throwing cash out the window. It should be noted that the OPC has offered compensation for the team as a sign of good faith – but this does not change the fact that this rule change should not have been initiated so close to O-Week.

Furthermore, this rule change continues a troubling trend in the way of little transparency into the OPC’s decision-making process. For example, the most that the student body knows about the rationale for banning bandanas over the face is that “the committee received specific complaints from students.” How many complaints? Were the complaints

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directed more towards the engineering or FIMS teams? This is information that the soph community deserves to know, to provide accountability for the decisions that the OPC makes. We trust that the committee has the best interests of O-Week and Western at heart, but no one is above bias — and thus no one should be above scrutiny.

Finally, while keeping incoming students happy is an admirable goal, we must also question the motivation to ban bandanas because “it may disturb some incoming students that have come from countries where they have been exposed to violence and unrest,” as stated by orientation week co-chair Taryn Scripnick. As was noted in Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt’s excellent essay in The Atlantic, titled “The Coddling of the American Mind,” taking the concept of trigger warnings so far as to remove any and all offending artifacts from view is actually hurting mental health on campuses across North America. They point out that “according to the most-basic tenets of psychology, helping people with anxiety disorders avoid the things they fear is misguided.”

The actions taken by the OPC to protect the mental well-being of students by banning offending items are an inadequate workaround to solving the underlying mental health challenge. Such an approach, while well-intentioned, is a disservice to the student population and should not continue.

Thus, in the midst of the back-andforth between whether OPC has it right or whether this is an overreach that curtails the right to self-expression, let us not forget that there are other, bigger questions that need answering as well. This is an important debate. Let’s be sure to cover all the bases.

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Dear Life, Get the hell out of the UCC, there’s too many of you.

Dear Life, Please give me a way to keep my sanity while being pulled in 100 different directions this year.

Dear Life, Bradley’s article about Greek life was spot on.

Disagree? You’re in denial.

We paid for friends, parties and use philanthropy as an excuse for scandalous behavior — sex, hazing and intoxication. 90 per cent of the stereotypes are real, even on the inside.

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Trainwreck tho…

Dear Life, Not relating to Netflix and chill jokes is awkward. wgaz.ca/dear-life

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sports

saywhat?

“If we don’t score a lot we’re going to have trouble winning.”

• Blue Jay’s manager John Gibbons commenting on Sunday’s 4-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox

Mustangs extend streak with win over Gaels

Taylor Lasota • GAZETTE

DAYLIGHT. Mustang running back Alex Taylor gains some open space during OUA football action on Saturday against Queen’s. Western won the game 48–25, but looked sloppy at times.

Serena Quinn SPORTS EDITOR @SerenaAtGazette

Two teams that make up one of Ontario University Athletics’ most well-known rivalries went head-to-head on Saturday afternoon, but the highly anticipated match-up did not necessarily go as planned.

While the Mustangs triumphed over the Gaels 48–25, both teams found themselves making errors throughout the game.

Perhaps it was the wind and the rain at Saturday afternoon’s contest that had both the Mustangs and the Gaels mishandling the ball on plays that otherwise would have put points on the board.

For the Mustangs, their mistakes came primarily in the form of fumbles as both Yannick Harou and Alex Taylor fumbled the ball near the goal line, allowing Queen’s to recover it and gain possession on both occasions.

“Anytime you have one fumble, it’s a little bit upsetting,” Taylor said after Saturday’s win.

“It’s kind of one of those games where you just want to get past it and forward to next week.”

“There’s some things that happen over the course of a game, like dropping the ball — those things sometimes happen and sometimes they come in bunches,” head coach Greg Marshall said. “Offensively, we’ve got to finish.”

The Gaels experienced their trouble in the form of field goals, as Dillon Wamsley missed putting the ball between the uprights on three separate attempts, once from the 30-yard line and twice from the 32-yard line.

In addition to some key mistakes, the game got off to a relatively slow start. Neither team put points on the scoreboard until mid-way through the first quarter, when Queen’s posted a rogue point to take a one-point lead.

A fumble by Queen’s, with less than 10 minutes left in the frame, resulted in a touchdown for the Mustangs as the purple and white recovered the ball to take possession and score

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HERE’S SOME THINGS THAT HAPPEN OVER THE COURSE OF A GAME, LIKE DROPPING THE BALL — THOSE THINGS SOMETIMES HAPPEN AND SOMETIMES THEY COME IN BUNCHES. OFFENSIVELY, WE’VE GOT TO FINISH. GREG MARSHALL

MUSTANGS HEAD COACH

three plays later with a touchdown from Taylor.

The Mustangs continued that momentum into the second quarter as defensive back Christiaan Collarile intercepted a pass from Queen’s quarterback Nate Hobbs and ran the ball back 47 yards to extend the Mustangs lead.

The Mustangs continued their offensive success with touchdowns from Harry McMaster and Justin Sanvido and a field goal from Ben Kelly. On the defence side of the ball, the Mustangs allowed Queen’s only one major and a safety to round out the half 31–9.

The Gaels came out into the second half of the contest looking to cut the Mustangs lead and they did just that. Curtis Carmichael added his second touchdown of the game less than a minute and a half into the action.

Despite the quick offensive surge, the Gaels defence was unable to stop a powerful Mustang offensive unit from getting behind the goal line as Harou added a touchdown to the scoreboard with just over 10 minutes left in the contest.

But the scoring wasn’t over for the Mustangs as Taylor made amends for his earlier fumble by adding his second touchdown of the day a couple plays later.

The Gaels responded with a touchdown of

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their own in the final minutes of the game but it was the purple and white who rounded out the scoring as Kelly added another field goal to help the Mustangs walk away with a 48­—25 victory.

“I thought we passed the ball pretty well today [but] we didn’t quite run it as well as we would have liked to,” Queen’s head coach Pat Sheahan said. “We aren’t quite ready to play four quarters with them yet, but we did scrap it out with them and I feel good about our effort.”

With the win, the Mustangs improved their undefeated record to four consecutive games and notched their 44th win over Queen’s over the course of 91 games played in total.

“It is Queen’s and it is a big rivalry, and we want[ed] to try and make our mark for the season and let them know that we’re going to try and take a hold of this rivalry,” Taylor said.

“I think we attacked them well and we did a good job of handling them, so it worked well.”

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thegazette • Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Mustangs end weekend on a high note with shutout win over Badgers

Jenny Jay • GAZETTE

Serena Quinn SPORTS EDITOR @SerenaAtGazette

Wind, rain and a powerful opposing offensive unit were what faced the Mustangs women’s soccer team on Saturday night against McMaster.

So going into Sunday’s match-up with the Brock Badgers, Mustangs head coach Martin Painter hoped his squad would perform better than they had just 24 hours prior.

“Today we said that we were going to put [Saturday’s game] in the past and just obviously learn from the mistakes we made yesterday but come out hard and play the way we can and just be the dominant team that we’ve been practicing

to be,” said striker Sarah Deakin after Sunday’s game.

Luckily for Painter, his team performed exceptionally well.

Compared to Saturday afternoon’s game, Sunday’s contest seemed like night and day.

“They were closing us down very quickly, they weren’t giving us any time [or] any space to play with, which definitely caused a little bit of frustration,” Badgers head coach Charles Ivanov said.

The Mustangs duo Lauren Winquist and Amanda Boyle dominated the opening minutes of the contest as they helped each other put goals on the scoreboard.

Winquist got the Mustangs off on the right foot as she picked up

a pass from Boyle and found the back of Badgers goaltender Larissa Alken’s net less than two minutes into the action.

Less than seven minutes later, Winquist put the ball through to Boyle who then netted it past Alken and extended the Mustangs lead to 2–0.

While the Badger’s defence managed to control the powerful purple and white offence into the dying minutes of the half, the Badger’s were powerless when a red card on Natasha Susman resulted in a penalty shot for Western.

Third-year defenceman Jenna White took the penalty shot and notched the goal for the Mustangs, sending Western into the second

half with a 3–0 lead.

In the second half of the game Painter changed up his starting nine with almost an entirely new roster.

“We have a very strong bench and we have some girls who have been training really well,” Painter said. “We want to give them opportunities so [in the] second half they came in and they showed what they can do.”

With fresh legs out on the field Western continued to control the ball and left little room for the Badgers to create scoring opportunities.

Mustang strikers Sarah Deakin, Paige Howard and Julia Crnjac contributed to the lopsided victory with a total of four unanswered goals as

Howard and Crnjac recorded one goal each while Deakin tallied two.

“I hadn’t had a chance to play yet so I knew it was my opportunity to show what I could do on the field,” Deakin said. “I just did what I had to do and made the right plays and just got it done.”

“Brock worked extremely hard and they were well organized but we did have a lot of the ball and once fatigue sets in players make mistakes, spaces open up and we were able to capitalize,” Painter said.

With the win, the Mustangs extend their undefeated streak to eight consecutive games and continue to sit atop the Ontario University Athletics west division standings with a 6-0-2 record

Mustang pitchers suffer learning curve in losses Jimmy Huynh CONTRIBUTOR @SportsAtGazette

The common theme for this doubleheader was high scoring innings. These outbursts provided the Badgers with leads they never relinquished. The Mustangs pitchers allowed five runs in the top of the 7th in the first game and another six runs in the top of the 3rd in the second game. These innings would prove to be the difference in both Mustang losses on Sunday.

Before Brock opened the scoring in the first game, Mustangs starting pitcher Adam Paish threw five scoreless innings, only allowing seven hits and one walk. Mustangs coach Mike Lumley then replaced him with reliever Derek Chiu to start the 6th frame.

“We have a plan to make sure we can work through our playoffs and not get beat up in two games like we did the last two years,” Lumley explained. “We can’t rely on just one starter or two starters. We have to rely on all the pitching staff. If they can’t do the job, then I need to find out who can. Our pitching needed to do their job today, and they didn’t do their job.”

The Mustangs coach is referencing Western’s automatic playoff bid into the Ontario University Athletics playoffs. This allows him more flexibility by experimenting with younger and more inexperienced players throughout the regular season. This strategy will either be celebrated or criticized, as mounting losses could possibly derail the Mustangs morale and perhaps affect their performance in the playoffs.

In the other dugout, Badgers coach Jeff celebrated his 24th birthday with a win.

“We actually played Western on my birthLounsbury allowed starting pitcher Dylan Perego to pitch a complete game. He finished day last year and I had to start the next day instead of Saturday so it’s a little extra special with only four hits and one run allowed.

“Dylan is our go-to guy,” Loundsbury said. feeling… getting prepped up for the game “He threw a lot of strikes, a lot of ground I wasn’t thinking too much, but it’s a nice ball outs. He got ahead of a lot of batters. coincidence,” he said.

Perego’s great outing was not a surHe pitched a great game, kept them off balprise for Mustangs ance and that’s what coach Mike Lumley, our veteran number however he was one guy’s supposed disappointed with to do.” his team’s performBrock’s ace was E GOT SOME YOUNG ance at the plate. well aware of the GUYS ON THE FIELD Mustangs hitting “Their pitcher was RIGHT NOW … SOME prowess and disdecent for Brock but cussed his strategy.

OF THEM AREN’T QUITE READY if our hitters don’t “I know Western’s make adjustments, YET, BUT THEY’LL BE COMING got a really high it’s going to be tough quality offence. SOON. THAT’S THE PART for us to win and batThey’re one of our OF DOING ALL THIS, TO TRY tle through at-bats,” Lumley said. top opponents, so my AND GET THEM READY FOR Mirroring the goal was to come in first game, Brock and give us a chance PLAYOFFS.” to win and put us MIKE LUMLEY tallied first, scoring MUSTANGS HEAD COACH six runs in the top of in a position [to] take the first game,” the 3rd inning, which Perego said. “The first proved to be the difcouple of innings, [my] pitch count was a little ference in game two as they won 8–3. It was up, [Western’s] getting some bloop hits and my a game filled with defensive mistakes, as the goal was to just stay focused [and] stay motiv- Mustangs finished with three errors. Lumley ated. After the second inning, things started chalked that up to the inexperience of some falling in place and I got in a groove. They got Western players and once again utilizing the a lot of powerful hitters in their meat of the team’s automatic playoff berth.

“We got some young guys on the field order, so I just stayed away from the middle right now and yes they made some errors of the plate and missed barrels.”

His performance was quite timely as he that normally don’t happen, but there’s a

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little bit of pressure for them to succeed and try to step up to the older guys,” Lumley explained. “Some of them aren’t quite ready yet, but they’ll be coming soon. That’s the part of doing all this, to try and get them ready for playoffs.”

Brock coach Lounsbury was pleased with his team taking advantage of the situation.

“We hit the ball really well. We really barrelled up. We capitalized on their mistakes and you have to do that to beat good teams,” said Lounsbury.

Having played a doubleheader against Queen’s in Kingston the day before, the Badgers overcame the long travel schedule and converted the victories into a possible turning point for their season.

“We just travelled 1,300 kilometres. It’s a tough travel day for us, but you win the ball game and all of a sudden you say it brought the team together,” he said. “We did not play well against Guelph last week, so this is a big step for us to get back on track.”

On the losing side, Mustangs coach Mike Lumley looked ahead to the next series.

“They just need to be mentally tougher,” Lumley said. “It’s not anything about who they are as people, who they are as athletes. They need to be stronger mentally to overcome a couple [of] hits, an error, or missed at-bat.

They’re not bouncing back from those things yet and those are the things that we need to approach and work on during the week.”

The Mustangs team will get their chance to rebound, as they play the Ryerson Rams next Saturday, in a mid-day doubleheader at Stan Wadlow Park in Toronto at 11 a.m. and 2 p.

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thegazette • Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Defence huge in Western win over Mac Own Parker CONTRIBUTOR @SportsAtGazette

Some say that a good offence is the best defence. For Western though, the Mustangs were able to prove the exact opposite.

Head coach Dave Knowles said a goal line stance early on really motivated the defence and was the key to their win on Saturday night.

Even with a man sent to the sinbin in the 10th minute, the Western men were able to score early on in the game after multiple attempts on the try-line by the Marauders. “[We] controlled most of the game,” Knowles said after the game.

“McMaster had their chances, they threatened our line a couple times, but our defence stood solid. It was overall well done.”

The Mustangs got on the board for the second time in the 26th minute and then again in the 30th minute. With two conversions and a try during the game, man of the match Mark Denton added nine points to his already impressive season statistics. He is now leading the Ontario University Athletics men’s rugby points race with 30.

Equally contributing to Western’s third win of the season were Connor Offutt, Michael Major

and Mike Turnbull, each adding a try in a showing of grit and impressive individual running.

In the 42nd minute, Western started off the second half by putting up another try to up the score to 24–0. From then on, the Marauders had most of the pressure, but the theme of tough defence continued on for the home team. Denton speaks to “the big hits” and “animalistic defence” of Western in their own end.

“We never broke, we kept the pressure up and I guess we turned pressure into points,” Denton said.

McMaster missed a golden chance late in the 70th minute, but Western’s Turnbull diffused the situation with a kick from deep inside his own end-zone.

“This Western team is one of the stronger Western teams I have seen in a long time,” said McMaster head coach Dan Bletch. “They are very well organized, very skilled, very fit.

They are a good team.”

Bletch also noted how entertaining the game was. “[I] thought it was a great, fast paced game by both teams,” he said. “I thought it was pretty equal, but Western did a much better job at executing when they were down deep in our end, finishing off scores and making the most of

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CAN’T BRING ME DOWN. Mac tries to bring down a Mustang rugby player in OUA action on Saturday night at Alumni Field. The Mustangs shut out Mac 24–0.

opportunities.

Interestingly, the Mustangs were beaten by this same McMaster team in OUA playoff action last year. Their loss by one point in the quarter-finals was a tough pill to swallow, yet the Mustang men were able to bounce back from the defeat.

“Last year was kind of a learning curve,” Knowles said. “This year, they are in to the systems. We have tweaked a few things based on last year and I think we are just gelling as a team.”

For now, the men’s rugby team is turning its attention to the future.

They have a week off before meeting

Queen’s on the field on October 3. This match will prove to be Western’s toughest challenge so far, considering Queen’s is currently the reigning OUA champions. However, a win by the Mustangs will secure their current spot at the top of the table. Be sure to catch the game starting at 3 p.m. at Alumni Field.

Softball deals Mac consecutive losses; ‘Stangs move to 6–0 on year Hala Ghonaim SPORTS EDITOR @HalaAtGazette

It’s hard to miss the fast pitches, hard hits and smooth runs when watching Western’s girls play competitive softball.

With only three senior players left on the Western Mustang’s young softball team of 20, they rely on effective teamwork and lots of practice.

For head coach Pete Lemon, sometimes the only way to tell if it’s a practice or game is by what the girls are wearing.

Lemon worked on building a strong backup team because that’s what championship teams are comprised of.

“Our pitching is very good – nobody’s hitting our pitching. When you saw our batters, we were hitting all the time. It’s hard to defend when the ball is being hit at you every at bat,” he said. “We have got a lot of speed on this team, and softball, unlike baseball, you could really use speed because the bases are only 60 feet.”

Speed was a dominating factor for the girls when they defeated the McMaster Marauders over the weekend with a 13-0 win followed by a 10-2 win at Stronach Memorial Park.

They are now 6-0 on the season.

The girls performed well both offensively and defensively, which kept McMaster off balance during both games.

“It’s actually fun to play two,” coach Lemon smiled. “You can really show who is a better team. If you win the first one and lose the second one, it’s sort of deflating. You need to win both.”

Both games ended with a mercy rule, which means giving up early if the other team is ahead by seven or more in the fifth inning.

Steph Sutton, assistant coach for the McMaster Marauders, watched as her young team hung on as long as they could with Western.

“We are facing some injuries on the road this weekend,” she said.

“We are short on the bench. We didn’t have a deep bullpen to go to.”

The Marauders were also relying on many inexperienced recruits, however, Sutton thinks this has no negative effect on the team.

“Our team has camaraderie that carries us through,” she said. “We never give up when we’re up to bat and in the field…We have a good mix of experienced and inexperienced people with good mentoring going on.”

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E HAVE GOT A LOT OF SPEED ON THIS TEAM, AND SOFTBALL, UNLIKE BASEBALL, YOU COULD REALLY USE SPEED BECAUSE THE BASES ARE ONLY 60 FEET [APART] PETE LEMON

MUSTANGS HEAD COACH

Roy remembered of her senior mentor. “I just wanted to do the exact same thing. I got up there and my positivity went up.”

The team didn’t let their opening weekend rainout affect them negativity and have been able to strike

out all of their opponents this season so far. Mustangs’ Coach Lemon is not worried about rescheduling due to the commute during the team’s tight schedule.

The girls are currently undefeated, knocking out Brock

the day before their win against McMaster.

The Mustangs return to the diamond in Waterloo on Friday when they play the Laurier Golden Hawks in their fourth doubleheader of the season.

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