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After a week of recognizing indigenous culture and contributions at Western, the 10th annual FNSA powwow attracted people from as far away as Halifax.

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“What kind of society do we want to live in?”

Olivia says Canada seriously lags behind the developed world, particularly in trash consumption.

It’s not often that 18-year-olds ask themselves such a hard-hitting question, but first-year medical science student Olivia Ly wants to advocate for a sustainable future.

“We live in a really disposable culture,” she says.

“You don’t realize how much trash you’re really producing.”

Indeed, a 2013 report by the Conference Board of Canada stated that Canada produces the most waste per capita of 17 developed countries.

Olivia was drawn to Western because it offered numerous possibilities.

“I studied interdisciplinary design in high school and I was really intrigued by the interdisciplinary med-sci model, for one,” she says. “Also, the scholar’s elective program.”

“The environment is sometimes an issue that people can’t connect directly to their personal goals, like having a good income [and] having a stable job,” Olivia says. “I feel like the people who are in [EnviroWestern] are really looking beyond themselves and are really genuine about their interests ... and it’s such a refreshing view.”

Enviro-Western, Western’s student club that provides action and advocacy for environmental issues, was also a main selling point for the Toronto native.

“Sometimes it’s hard to find groups that are passionate and really nail them to doing things and taking action,” she says. “I thought maybe Western would have this environment, finally, where people were really invigorated about the issues they cared about and I think I was right.”

If you happen to walk by the UCC atrium today, you may run into Olivia, who is the project leader for EnviroWestern’s current campaign, “It All Adds Up.” The campaign is simple: pledge to make a two-week environmental change, something as simple as getting a reusable water bottle or sorting out your recylcing, and then get a picture taken to be entered in a contest.

“The main focus of the event is to draw attention to the fact that the actions and the everyday decisions we make aren’t set,” she says. “They are not predetermined and I think it’s important to be able to reflect critically on the impact that your actions do have and realize ... that everyone is empowered in their own way to make a change.”

As far as career goals go, Olivia admits it’s challenging to align her passion for environmental advocacy with her medical sciences education.

She muses with policy as a means to marry environmental concern with her degree in health, but she’s not committed solely to policy.

“In terms of the environment, I want to work with whatever community I’m a part of,” she says. “I guess a little outside my job but to instil that kind of community attitude towards not being indifferent towards the issues that we see.”

For now, being part of that community means being involved with EnviroWestern.

“If we want a sustainable future that’s efficient and addresses problems at the root instead of addressing the final problem, then yeah, we need to start at the sustainability level and the environment is very much integrated into that system.”

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Meet the new executive team After 8 hour debate, The USC finalized its executive team for next year on Sunday. Here are the USC budget passes three students joining Eddy Avila and Jamie Cleary as executives for 2016–17.

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ALLIE ADAMO Student Programs Officer

ISAAC JACOBI Secretary-Treasurer

EMILY ROSS Communications Officer

Watching the vice-president student events address a packed O-Week crowd as a wide-eyed first year in 2011, Allie Adamo had no idea she would be on that stage just a few years later.

Now she is the new student programs officer and is excited to take on the most student-facing role in the University Students’ Council executive.

Unlike the hired communications officer and secretary-treasurer, candidates for student programs officer run in an election and are voted on by the incoming and outgoing USC councillors.

After an extensive campaign period and a debate before council on Sunday, Adamo won her election by a comfortable margin.

She talked to different club presidents, associate vice-presidents, coordinators and students-atlarge while working on her platform. Adamo also reached out to all members of the incoming and outgoing councils in the lead up to the election. Despite having a similar conversation more than 50 times, she heard a lot of concerns and feedback that will apply to her role next year.

“I think it’s important that councillors were 100 per cent educated before they voted … in the end it was worth it,” she says.

Having worked with the USC president and vice-president elect on their election campaign, Adamo is comfortable joining her fellow executive members to face next year’s challenges.

In terms of bringing in new student events next year, Adamo wants to focus more on academic programming and getting speakers like Clara Hughes and Rick Mercer on campus.

“Bringing in those big names will draw a larger turnout than some EDM DJ events,” she says with a chuckle.

Being in the clubs’ portfolio of the USC and not being a soph before, Adamo does not have much experience with O-Week programming and events. However, she has been meeting with campus stakeholders involved with orientation and sees the SPO as more of a facilitator. She does, however, want to increase OPC transparency to avoid issues like the soph apparel controversy earlier this year.

In the meantime, Adamo wants to meet all the AVPs and coordinators working under her next year to set a strong communication foundation.

“I think it’s something we are all on the same page as an executive that we really want be approachable and accessible,” she says.

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“I love the USC. My passion for the USC has been very clear through the past two years,” says Isaac Jacobi, newly hired secretary-treasurer for 2016-17.

Jacobi is the current chair of the University Students’ Council’s board of directors and a third-year BMOS student at Western.

“I’m very excited, we got to sit down as a team [Sunday] night and it looks amazing, I can’t wait to get started,” he says.

The governance aspect of the secretary-treasurer position is really what grabbed Jacobi’s interest because although he enjoys finance, governance is where his passions lie.

“I didn’t want to as much when it was VP finance. Secretary-treasurer incorporated a lot of the governance officer into it, which is something I’m very passionate about,” he says.

As secretary-treasurer, Jacobi hopes to make board training and council training much more robust.

“We have a very new council this year so helping them understand their role and how they can actually make a change within the organization,” he says.

Jacobi is looking forward to acting as a resource to the board, council and the executive team.

It’s crucial to him that councillors and the board understand their role within the organization and are aware of the changes they have the power to make.

“This year we had a great group of students who worked on the council committee review, I’d like to help councillors feel empowered to identify those areas where they can make a change and help do that throughout the year,” Jacobi said.

He believes the skills and experiences he has acquired through his position as chair of the board of directors will translate into assets as secretary-treasurer. He says his knowledge of policy and by-laws will definitely be an advantage in his new position.

“Through the past two years we’ve done a lot with the finances and governance of the organization, we passed the past two budgets through the board, we’ve passed a bunch of governance changes as well,” he said.

He fondly recalls the memory of the first time all the executives got to meet together as a team.

“We walked down from the third floor and someone looked at us and we were all smiling so much that they thought there was something wrong with them because we all just had the biggest smiles on our faces,” Jacobi chuckled.

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Like most fourth-year students, Emily Ross has been wondering where life will take her now that the end of second term is near.

However, her future for next year shifted when she was hired as the University Students’ Council communications officer for the 2016–17 school year.

“I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do after I graduated and I was looking at options so I knew very early on that this was a position that I was interested in and wanted to apply for,” Ross says.

Ross is a fourth-year MIT student with a minor in film and a writing certificate. Ross has worked for Western TV during her entire undergraduate career. Starting off as a volunteer in first year, she eventually made her way up to the role of executive producer this year. Finally, she decided she would take a shot at incorporating her media skills into Western’s political sphere.

“I think right now there is not really an accessible way that we’re communicating what we’re doing,” Ross says. “I think a lot of what we’re doing goes either unnoticed or misunderstood.”

Just like any of us would be, Ross is a bit nervous about taking on this hugely responsible role next year.

“Before I embark on any journey in my life I am always a bit worried about expectations I have for myself or expectations I think others have of me,” says Ross. “It didn’t fully sink in until Eddy announced us at the council meeting and then until we got Allie, the fifth member of the team, and all of us had this group hug and that’s when it sunk in.”

Expanding on what has been done this year, Ross hopes to make the USC less formal in its approach.

While praising current communications officer, Kevin Hurren, for his hard work, she hopes to make some tweaks to his approach.

“I think a lot of times, in using this overly formal rhetoric, we’re losing a lot of people that read a couple of sentences and are like, ‘I don’t know what this means,’ ” said Ross. “It’s good having that formal communication because you definitely need that, but finding a way to communicate in a more human way that’s a little bit more accessible.”

Ross was humble and genuinely excited about her position next year.

Her goal is to “shake things up” in a positive way in order to connect the students with their political body.

“I think that a lot of times, especially with women, we sort of attribute our success to external factors and I think I’m proud of myself already for how far I’ve come and I’m really excited to see where I go with this,” Ross said.

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The University Students’ Council passed the 2016-17 budget virtually unchanged at council’s first annual general meeting last Wednesday.

The budget included long debates over campus media outlets The Gazette and CHRW. Before the USC’s annual meeting, CHRW presented their budget separately. The meeting began with a lengthy debate over the meeting’s first motion, CHRW’s budget.

The budget was previously debated at the USC’s March 3 meeting, but many councillors were still concerned that the budget did not fulfil CHRW’s mandate to “pursue alternative sources of revenue to reduce the financial burden on students.”

“I’m wondering why we’re hiring more full-time employees when we’re having a discussion about student dollars being irresponsibly spent,” Mark Farfan, social science councillor, said about the budget’s provision to go from three full-time employees to four.

Science councillor Samir Hamadache introduced two items of new business. The first item was a motion to task CHRW with delivering two reports to the USC at their September and November council meetings. Before, they only annually reported to the USC. The second item was another motion to task CHRW to present an alternative funding model at the council meeting in January 2017 that reduces their reliance on Western undergraduate student fees by at least 25 per cent. After

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over an hour of debate, both passed.

Next, council debated The Gazette’s budget following a presentation by The Gazette’s editor-inchief, Iain Boekhoff. The Gazette’s student fee was set to go up by $3.23, bringing its total annual fee to $22.50. The increase stemmed from a four-year plan developed by the 2014-15 council to support The Gazette’s digital transformation.

The council’s immediate questions were directed toward The Gazette’s expenditures on staff compensation, especially its volunteer and editor appreciation lines.

Boekhoff said The Gazette’s budget spends a similar proportion of money on wages compared to Western and most other Canadian student newspapers.

At several times during the meeting, the councillors debated going to a closed in-camera session to discuss The Gazette’s fee increases relation to union staff employee costs but ended up deciding against it.

The USC voted to pass The Gazette’s budget with 69 per cent voting in favour at close to 2 a.m.

The USC budget subsequently passed at 2:30 a.m.

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Powwow ends celebrates indigenous culture at Western RITA RAHMATI NEWS EDITOR @RITAATGAZETTE Members of indigenous groups from London and the surrounding area gathered on Sunday for the 10th annual First Nations Student Association powwow.

The event, held in the Mustang Lounge, capped off Western’s second annual Indigenous Awareness Week.

The powwow was a day filled with traditional drum groups, dancers and craft vendors. It was free and open to the general public, including students and community members.

Indigenous Awareness Week aims to celebrate Western’s indigenous presence, share information about indigenous groups and engage the local community and surrounding First Nations communities.

The powwow was organized in large part by student members of FNSA. Amanda Myers, youth outreach coordinator for Indigenous Services, applauded the work of FNSA students for juggling the event planning with their course loads.

“This event is, I would say very misunderstood across campus,” Meyers said. “A lot of people think that Indigenous Services runs the

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event and we don’t, we’re just a support for the students. For a student-run event, I think it’s one of the biggest.”

Donika Stonefish, FNSA cultural coordinator, was responsible for a lot of the planning and ensuring the event was culturally correct. She said the event has become so popular that groups have come from across the province and country, with people even coming from Halifax.

“This really shows a lot of indigenous presence here on campus,” Stonefish said. “It shows [prospective indigenous students] that we’re still here, we are still doing our traditions, we’re still doing this kind

of thing in such a Western society, such a non-indigenous place.”

Myers and Stonefish believe the event provides valuable insight into indigenous cultures. Myers noted often students think events are not open to them and are hesitant to come, when in fact they are very welcome to join.

“When you think about things like reconciliation and breaking down barriers, an event like this powwow brings a level of welcoming and understanding within our culture that non-native people on campus and in the London community don’t typically have access to,” Myers said. n

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RITA RAHMATI NEWS EDITOR @RITAATGAZETTE Western University’s Senate again sent back proposed revisions to academic policy that would require professors to give students at least 15 per cent of their course grade by the course drop deadline.

At the last Senate meeting, the proposed changes to Western’s academic policy were rejected.

The proposal came back following some revisions and discussion at the Senate committee on academic policy and awards.

The revision to the policy states that “At least one week prior to the deadline for withdrawal from a course without academic penalty, students will receive assessment of work accounting for at least 15 per cent of their final course grade.”

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student complained that she had not been assessed prior to the course drop deadline and felt that being assessed would have helped them make their decision.

Some senators voiced concern over this proposal. Senator Jane Toswell expressed concern that this revised policy was not reviewed by the associate deans.

“I think my natural tendency would be to suggest that we should table it so that those groups can provide some feedback,” Toswell said.

She said that although for many of her courses she tries to assess students before the drop deadline, for some courses, such as her old English course, it is extremely difficult to do so.

Another senator was worried that it would be difficult to impose this requirement on third and fourth year courses, especially ones with larger essay requirements. One senator did not like the imposition and decrease of academic freedom on professors.

Student senators spoke more favourably over the policy. Harry Orbach-Miller said it was important for students to get feedback. Emily Addison believes giving out 15 per cent of a student’s final mark is a fair standard and students will like having a smaller assessment before the drop deadline.

Deakin supported the proposal, but acknowledges that the concerns

of senators need to be addressed.

There were concerns over delaying voting on policy as student senators may not be available over the summer and will not have their voices heard. The motion was sent back to the committee for revisions and the goal is to discuss changes by the next Senate meeting.

Another debated topic was the creation of an integrated science program. Toswell was concerned that this program does not align with Western’s modular program structure as 13.5 courses are required.

Deakin acknowledged that the modular structure is beneficial for many programs, but Senate is always open to other alternatives.

Dean of science, Charmaine Dean, said the program is very similar to a student taking an honours specialization and a minor, but is branded as one program to be more competitive with other schools.

The motion successfully passed and the program was approved.

Peter White, Western’s executive director for government relations and strategic partnerships, addressed Senate about rapid transit and the recent issues with London transit. All the information on rapid transit has been compiled and is available for public viewing, he said. Formal consultations on the proposed routes through Western have been completed and March

24 is the deadline for individuals to submit feedback.

In response to questions submitted in advance by Addison, White also discussed the recent issue with bus detours around campus because of restrictions on University Drive bridge. He said LTC attempted to use their smaller buses on Thursday, Mar. 3, but ultimately realized it would not meet the needs of transit users.

He added that the routes were updated Friday and Western is encouraging all students to take the 6 and 13 routes to University Hospital, rather than getting off at the Richmond Gates. The 6A route will also now go to Natural Science.

The campus shuttle routes have also been adjusted to integrate better with the new bus routes.

Finally, associate vice-president student experience Jana Luker addressed media reports about the four week wait time at Western for psychiatrists. She stressed that wait times were far better than anyone in the wider community had and that for the first time, other mental health supports available at Western had no wait times. Deakin also echoed Luker’s statements, saying Western’s mental health support system compared to other schools is much better and that this is a “good news story.”

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KYLE PORTER GAZETTE STANDING UP FOR STUDENTS. Student senator Harry Orbach-Miller argues for changes to Western’s academic policy that would require professors to provide feedback equivalent to 15 per cent of a student’s final grade by the course drop deadline. The changes ended up being sent back to committee and will be debated again at Senate’s April meeting.

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Women’s track and field team snags CHARLIE O’CONNOR CLARKE GAZETTE STAFF @SPORTSATGAZETTE “I can’t describe it. I can’t.”

Western sprinter Joy Spear ChiefMorris is at a loss for words after winning gold at the 2016 Canadian Interuniversity Sport track and field championships in Toronto.

She finished her race in 7.40 seconds, breaking her own previously-set Mustangs record.

In fact, several athletes were left speechless at the CIS championships at York University this past weekend. The Mustang team performed well under pressure, with many top athletes battling through injury to achieve a season’s best result.

Ultimately, Western’s women’s team finished third in points behind the Toronto Varsity Blues and Guelph Gryphons, and the men placed seventh.

“We were challenging for the national title,” said Western head coach Vickie Croley. “So many athletes stepped up.”

In total, 19 of Western’s athletes and relay teams placed higher in their events than they were expected to, based on seeding. A further nine placed in the exact spot they were ranked.

The Mustangs’ final medal count came to seven, with four gold, two silver and a bronze.

Croley credits the team’s success to momentum gained on the first night of the meet. Before the competitions began, she told her athletes about the 2012 CIS championship, when many performances were

inspired by early success, leading to the men’s team coming home with a trophy.

Spear Chief-Morris’ victory is what triggered top performances at York, according to Croley.

“It was how the team reacted to that,” she said. “That really got them going. I think that started us off, to be able to have a moment like that.”

After that first gold, the first day was characterized by the performance of a lifetime from Western pentathlete Kaleigh Hole. Despite entering the CIS meet as the eighth seed and having struggled with an injury for several weeks prior, she came out with the gold medal.

After tying her personal best in the 60-metre hurdles, Hole went on to win the high jump portion, setting another personal mark of 1.70 metres. She finished second in the shot put and sixth in the long jump competition.

Hole clinched the gold medal in the final event, which she entered in second place behind Astrid Nyame of Saskatchewan. In the 800-metre race, Hole finished 11 seconds ahead of Nyame, leaving no doubt that she would top the podium.

“I wasn’t expecting to win this at all,” said an astonished Hole after her medal ceremony. “[I] don’t really think it happened yet.”

The biggest story for Western on the second day was pole-vaulter Robin Bone, who set up to compete for the final time in a Mustangs uniform, before leaving to train for Team Canada and attempting to qualify for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro this

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GEOFF ROBINS MUNDO SPORTS IMAGES UP AND OVER. Mustangs pole-vaulter Robin Bone celebrates after her gold-medal winning jump at the CIS championships in Toronto. The gold medal was her third CIS title in her career.

summer.

Bone won the gold medal for her third CIS title with apparent ease, setting a meet record for the 19th time in her career. “[Bone’s] career will never be matched by anyone in a long, long time,” said Croley.

Bone herself was focused on helping her team, more than any solo achievements.

“The best part about these meets,” she said, “is beyond your individual event. It’s about finishing in the top eight and getting points.”

Bone was another athlete beleaguered by injury going in. She subluxed her tailbone three weeks prior

to the national championship, but her recovery process was clearly quite smooth, as she showed no signs of discomfort when competing at York.

In the end, Bone looks back on her four years as a Mustang with pride.

“Hearing everybody cheering and screaming was very special,” she said. “It didn’t really hit me until I got up and all my teammates came over to hug me.

“It’s just a crazy feeling knowing that I had such a great time here….

People don’t understand unless they’ve been through it,” she added.

There were many other highlights

of the weekend for the Mustangs, including a long jump gold medal for Riley Bell and a silver for Isoken Ogieva in his final year. The men’s 4x200 metre relay team, seeded 12th, came out fourth.

“We are a first class team,” Criley remarked, “but for where they train and how hard it is, [York’s track] is a little easier. Maybe it makes us better, because we go from not the best facility to compete in places like this.”

Ultimately, though, Croley couldn’t be happier with her team.

“They came out and performed the best that we could’ve…. I’m really proud of the athletes.” n

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PHOTOS BY MAAILAH BLACKWOOD GAZETTE TOP LEFT: Hanna Hill, girlfriend of Mustang’s captain David Corrente, displays a sign she made for him.

TOP MIDDLE: Robert Polesello (22) pursues the puck behind the net.

TOP RIGHT: The UQTR Patriotes celebrate their Queen’s Cup win.

BOTTOM: Mustangs forward Stephen Sanza rockets a puck on net during Saturday’s Queen’s Cup. Western lost 4–3 in overtime.

The crowd was on their side. And for most of the game, the score was on their side too.

But in what can only be described as an emotional roller coaster, the men’s hockey team saw a two-goal lead vanish in the third period, followed by an overtime goal that sealed the deal for the Université du Québec a Trois–Rivières Patriotes and gave them the Queen’s Cup. “We had it but it slipped away I guess,” said Mustangs forward Stephen Sanza following Saturday night’s loss in the 105th Queen’s Cup championship.

It was a hard fought battle with a disappointing outcome. Western met their toughest match of the season and they brought their all to play against the top-ranked Patriotes.

“Honestly, I feel we did everything to deserve the game. We played 100 per cent, we got the puck in deep, made smart plays, blocked shots, Dodds played great in net [and] we didn’t take any dumb penalties,” Sanza said. “I thought we played absolutely fantastic.”

Western headed into the third period with a 3–1 lead, after getting goals from Luke Karaim, David Corrente and Robert Polesello. Mustangs goaltender Greg Dodds believed the game style

changed in the last 20 minutes of play.

“I think we were playing not to lose instead of playing to win,” Dodds said. “[We] let off the gas a little bit and let them back in the game.”

The overtime goal, scored by Patriotes forward Pierre-Maxime Poudrier, was a tough bounce for Western, as it was a slowed up shot that hit the post, then hit the back of Dodds’ skate and just trickled over the line.

“We faced adversity tonight,” said UQTR Patriotes head coach Marc-Étienne Hubert. “We made sacrifices all year long to be here, to have a chance at redemption, because we were in the final last year and we didn’t play that good and tonight we were ready.

“There was no way we would leave this game without the trophy,” he added.

Hubert emphasized that it was a full team effort, but he did single out first-year forward Poudrier for getting the team the championship with his game-winning goal.

“It’s an amazing feeling, the best feeling in the world, to win in overtime like this,” Poudrier said.

He explained their key to success is their chemistry, something that will need to continue in this weekends’ nationals.. “[We] just need to keep playing like this. We have a great group,” he said. “It’s a big group and we all love each other, that’s the thing.”

Western head coach Clarke Singer was very proud of how his team played, not only in this game, but also throughout the season.

“I thought it was a true championship game,” he said. “[It was] a tough loss for us but I’m really proud of the group. The character they have shown not only all year but especially in the playoffs.”

The message he told the team going into the third period was the same message that has been preached throughout the season.

“Play to win, leave everything you have on the ice and I thought they did that,” Singer said. “We had a couple chances early in overtime that just didn’t go our way.”

After the game, Singer talked with the team about what it’s going to take to win the national championship next week.

“I just relayed a story from 2002 — we had a very similar result in 2002,” he said. “We lost to Trois–Rivières in here by one goal and a week later we were hoisting the national championship trophy.”

Singer said in order to have that kind of success next week, there is no room for error.

“You’re going to have to be great. There is no room for good anymore,” he explained. “There are no good teams at the nationals, they’re all great and we are going to have to be outstanding and play our very very best but we’re ready for it.” n

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LL SHORT IN OUA FINALS Guelph dominates Western in McCaw Cup CLAIRE PALMER GAZETTE STAFF @SPORTSATGAZETTE After an up-and-down season punctuated with unfortunate losses and troublesome injuries, the Mustang’s Ontario University Athletics season came to a close with a decisive 5–1 loss at the hands of the Guelph Gryphons in Saturday’s McCaw Cup. It was a re-match of last year’s OUA final and this time the defending champion Mustangs handed over their banner to the home team, who had not won the McCaw cup since the 1997-98 season.

“Guelph was way better than we were today,” said Mustangs head coach Dave Barrett following Saturday’s loss. “Over the season we’ve battled through some adversity, some injuries and I thought we’ve really come together as a team, but we didn’t really show it today.”

The Gryphons were quick to strike, opening the scoring halfway through the first period thanks to second-year Kaitlin Lowy. Before the frame was over, the Gryphons netted two more goals to take a 3–1 lead into the intermission.

“I was just going to the net hard on that first one,” said Lowy after the game. “It’s part of the game plan for us, just to get anything by [Kelly] Campbell.”

The Gryphons’ game plan worked, as they managed to prove that Mustangs goalie Kelly Campbell was human.

“Kelly’s had better games, but she battled right to the end,” said Barrett. “She’s a fifth-year goalie who’s had a tremendous career and she deserves to play all 60 minutes no matter how things are going.”

The lone goal for the Mustangs came from fifth-year assistant captain Katelyn Gosling, who was named a first-team OUA all-star earlier in the week.

“It was just a good power play opportunity and we made the most of it,” said Gosling on the loan goal.

Guelph added another two goals to their 3-1 lead in the second period with Lowy potting her second goal of the game, this time on the power play. Three of the Gryphons’ five goals came on the power play as the Mustangs ran into a bit of penalty trouble.

“Unfortunately, there were a couple penalties where we killed a minute and 55 [seconds], a minute and 57 [seconds] of it, but they scored in the last 10 seconds, which is always a little bit discouraging,” said Barrett.

Despite heading into the third down 5-1, the Mustangs managed to battle through the third, slowing Guelph’s offence and not allowing any goals. Unfortunately, 5-1 would stand as the final score.

“We stayed as a team throughout the whole thing,” said Gosling. “We could have packed up our bags after the second period but we didn’t.

We’re still a team and we still support each other even though it wasn’t the outcome we wanted.”

The championship win capped off a phenomenal season for Guelph, as they finished first in the OUA regular season standings by a 14-point margin and are seated first heading into the Canadian Interuniversity Sport championships this week.

“We put together a 60-minute game,” said Gryphons head coach Rachel Flanagan. “We’ve been sort of waiting for that to happen — we seem to tend to have shifts off occasionally. Today, I didn’t think we had any shifts off. We put together a full 60 minutes.”

Both the Gryphons and Mustangs will be traveling to Calgary this week for the CIS championships tournament. Guelph hopes to capitalize on this win in order to bring home a second banner.

“I think it’s just [that the team is] all coming

“Guelph was way better than we were today. Over the season we’ve battled through some adversity, some injuries and I thought we’ve really come together as a team, but we didn’t really show it today.”

DAVE BARRETT MUSTANGS HEAD COACH FOLLOWING SATURDAY’S LOSS.

together at the right time,” said Lowy. “We’re peaking and everyone’s working together. We’re looking forward to a lot of momentum and just really to peak and bring home another cup.”

Flanagan wants to replicate Saturday’s effort next week in Calgary.

“I hope we can bring the energy and the type of game we had today when we go to Calgary,” said Flanagan.

The Mustangs hope to use this loss as a learning experience as they continue on their road to defending their national title. The Mustangs are ranked sixth heading into the tournament and will face the Saint Mary’s University Huskies in their first game of the tournament in Calgary on Friday at 5 p.m. EST. “We didn’t adjust very well to the big ice surface today,” said Barrett. “We gave up a little too much space through the middle. Going to Calgary, we’re playing on a big ice surface again, [so] hopefully we can make the adaptation.”

The Mustangs will head out to Calgary this Tuesday, and despite heading into the tournament with a loss, Barrett has confidence in his team.

“I’m still very proud of this group and I have a lot of confidence in them,” he said. “I think we can go out there and win three games and come home with a banner.” n

PHOTOS BY KYLE PORTER GAZETTE TOP: Western stands together with their silver medals after losing 5–1 in the McCaw Cup. BOTTOM LEFT: Guelph goalie Valerie Lamenta celebrates with her teammates moments after the final buzzer.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Gryphon Leigh Shilton (92) celebrates a goal during Saturday’s McCaw Cup victory.

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In our technology-saturated world, billiards remains a unique, face-to-face pastime.

RICHARD JOSEPH ARTS & LIFE EDITOR @RJATGAZETTE Rows and rows of pool tables stretch across the dimly-lit hall. They look almost like stages, each one washed in the blue glow of the overhead spotlight. A chatter fills the air, accentuated by the occasional sharp clack of cue against ball.

There was a general atmosphere of friendliness and community at the Western Billiards Society’s weekly gathering. Some games had four or more people at a table, casually talking about school or work while they played. Often, people would sit down with a beer and relax between rounds.

The occasional game, though, is a little more intense. At one table, two experienced executive members of the club face off: fourth-year BMOS student Jack Tang against second-year science student Gabriel Onea. They don’t say much and they don’t hesitate. They move around the table and line up their shots with military efficiency — it’s like two sharpshooters exchanging fire.

But even they don’t play with such intensity all the time. Onea says he’s ultimately in it for the casual games, where he can enjoy himself instead of sweating over the score.

“I’ve seen cash games before and they’re pretty entertaining — but they’re also scary,” he explains. “Jack made one mistake against me there and I killed him. There’s like 10 grand [gone] if you’re playing for cash.”

In a world where more and more hobbies are based around a screen, pool is a uniquely social activity. Many of the people

at the venue have never met before, but an hour into the night they’re chatting like old friends.

“People born after 2000, they’re really into computer games,” says Tang. “It’s hard to find people interested in pool.

Back then, if you didn’t have a computer, this was one of the only things you could do with a bunch of friends. That’s why the social aspect of pool is so important.”

The president of the club, fourth-year BMOS student Sam Cen, agrees with him.

His friends, he recalls, were getting into the popular online game League of Legends, but he decided he’d rather go out on a Friday night. Pool was the perfect fit: it was social, affordable and easy to pick up.

“Maybe you don’t play pool. You come here two or three months, I can probably teach you the basics,” he says. “You could go to Ceeps, even the Spoke and just play some pool … without looking ridiculous.”

In fact, it’s pretty easy to learn even without a teacher. Onea began playing 10 years ago, when his family got a pool table — an only child, he had to teach himself the subtleties of the game. These days, he estimates he spends two hours a day at the tables.

“Whenever I’m not studying, I look up [pool] on YouTube,” he explains. “I look at the games, try to mimic what they’re doing. It’s all about strategy, right?

You try and figure out what shots they’re going to play next, things like that.”

It’s a simple game on paper — hit the ball into the hole — but the better you get, the more layers there are to the game.

Amateurs are happy to just sink a ball, but experienced players start to think four or five moves ahead. They have to consider, for example, how they’re setting themselves up for the next shot or what openings they’re giving an opponent.

“It seems to me to be a parabolic event,” says Onea.

“When you’re an amateur you can get pretty good.

You’re getting balls in the pocket. But when you start thinking like a pro, your play actually starts to go down a bit because you’re trying all these different things.”

Tang, known as “the man with the thousand-dollar cue,” plays at the same Toronto club as some high-flyers in the billiards world. He played a match against Alex Pagulayan, world champion professional pool player.

“You know what I feel about pool, after that? When you play with better players, you learn a lot,” he says. “Sometimes you don’t see the shot, and once they show it to you your world just opens up. And you’re going to lose for sure, but don’t worry about it. If you don’t, how are you going to get better?”

It all comes back to a sense of community rather than competition. You can enjoy yourself against another amateur or learn something from an experienced player and it’s an opportunity to mingle with new people on top of all that.

There’s a sense of nostalgia in the pool hall. The pinball machines, the neon signs, the diner-style tables lined with beer all conjure up a bygone era. But it would be unfortunate to see it fade out. It’s a unique atmosphere; one you might not find anywhere else. If there’s a Friday night you don’t want to spend sitting in front of a screen but you’re not quite up for the jampacked chaos of downtown London, who knows — billiards might be just what you need. n

“Maybe you don’t play pool.

You come here two or three months, I can probably teach you the basics. You could go to Ceeps, even the Spoke and just play some pool … without looking ridiculous.”

SAM CEN WESTERN BILLIARDS SOCIETY PRESIDENT

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Dating sucks but I’ll keep doing it anyways Breaking Brad

BRADLEY METLIN OPINIONS EDITOR @BRADATGAZETTE It’s 5 a.m. and I can’t sleep. I love the feeling of warmth under the covers as my room has gotten colder throughout the night, but I’ve been denied this sensation this morning. Instead, my mind is wandering and I can’t get it to stop long enough for me to get into a REM state.

What are my exes up to? I’m curious so I promptly scroll through their social media profiles. It’s 6 p.m. in Japan and the only reason I care is because my former partner from first year now lives there. That relationship was my last successful one; dating in university is not easy.

You’d think with such a high density of people our age in such close proximity, your ideal partner would be easy to find. I wish that were the case. Instead, it’s that very environment that makes it so much more frustrating. With all these people around, what’s wrong with me?

Normally I’m pretty confident.

I like to think I’m all that and a bag of chips, but early in the morning when you’re pondering your life, you start to get cathartic.

Maybe my standards are too high? Maybe I should have given that person a second chance? Was I being too harsh when they misspoke over dinner? My thought process is being flooded with all the possible mistakes I made over the past several months of my romantic life.

We’re so quick to judge ourselves if we haven’t been successful in roping in a potential mate.

Even when talking to my friends, it becomes easier to assign blame to yourself rather than consider the diverse and difficult factors at play in having a positive relationship.

I even went looking and discovered that Huffington Post has compiled a list of scientific studies that seem to predict successful relationships. Things include talking

openly about your problems, not winning an Academy Award, being gay and not talking openly about your problems over text message.

It’s a hard mix and no couple fits into all of these boxes, but it illustrates how maddening it can be to find someone.

The results of the Gazette’s annual sex issue survey from a few weeks ago show that people are clearly successful in their pursuits. A majority 75.5 per cent of respondents have said they’ve been in love, about 45 per cent say they’re currently in a relationship.

That intensifies the problem for the 55 per cent who are single or a situation that’s “complicated.”

Contrary to popular belief, retail therapy to cure loneliness doesn’t help — instead, when single people see happy couples, it just heightens their feelings of despair. It’s a pretty sad reality but instead of focusing on what we don’t have, I find it’s better to think about the possibilities.

Despite the challenges, I like to put myself out there. I naturally like meeting new people, so dates are something I’ve never really been adverse to. Sometimes things get messy and sometimes you end up getting hurt — but I still think it’s still important to keep going.

Dating is clunky. There never really seems to be a straightforward answer. While it would be nice to have a partner I could share my internal monologue with, who could cheer me up when I’m upset and ultimately provide support when I need it? Is that even necessary?

Successful relationships can be a joy; it really feels amazing to support someone, in addition to having someone cheer you on. Men’s Journal published a handy top 10 list detailing the various health benefits of being in a relationship — more leisure time, reduced stress, etc. In the end, I’m going to slog through the shit in hopes that I’ll find someone to provide me with these benefits.

I’ll still probably be up all night from time to time — that’s just unavoidable given my sleep patterns — but maybe I’ll have someone to spoon on those future restless nights. n

KYLE PORTER GAZETTE TELLIN’ IT TO FACULTY. Student senator Gray Lucas speaks at Friday’s Senate meeting in favour of proposed changes to Western’s academic policy. The revisions were sent back to committee after a lengthy debate.

Students need and deserve better course feedback

BY GAZETTE EDITORIAL BOARD

If anyone was questioning what student senators do for students, they could see their impact at Friday’s Senate meeting.

Students were front and centre at the meeting, in contrast to what’s typically covered and how they’re usually run. First, students had submitted questions in advance for the meeting about Western’s bungling of the bus detour routes two weeks ago. Then, one of the few times Senate has had a debate outside of the pay scandal last year saw student senators siding with administration as faculty pushed back on changes to academic policy.

Senate was supposed to vote on revisions that would require professors to provide an assessment to students worth 15 per cent of their final grade before the course drop deadline. This was the second time this change was coming to the governing body, having been sent back for more revisions at the previous meeting.

But they never got to the voting stage. After another lengthy debate, the Senate ended up sending the revisions back to committee again for further refinement after a number of exceptions and questions were raised about it.

This debate was notable not only because there actually was a debate and the fact that Senate rejected something, but because who was arguing for and against it.

Faculty showed heavy resistance to the changes

on a variety of levels, from technicalities with the process the revisions came about to the various exceptions there could be to infringing on their academic freedoms.

Some faculty raised good questions, particularly for non-traditional courses that have separate marking schemes. But once those limited exceptions are cleared up in committee, faculty need to realize this is something students need.

In our own experience, there have been numerous times when marks were not received until even after exams were written. Feedback is necessary, whether that’s in the form of a test, quiz, essay proposal, online discussion or something else that fits the course.

One senator noted students’ needs have changed as millennials have entered post-secondary education. Western’s Ivey Business Journal wrote in 2011 that “The millennial employee is interested in feedback on his or her performance. But traditional semi-annual reviews are too infrequent for millennials. They want to know that they’ve done a good job, and they want to know now.”

Professors have to catch up to this mindset students have. It has to be painfully obvious to those in Senate that students care about this and need it. Student senators’ advocacy on this issue is more than Senate has seen in years and when this comes back to Senate for a third time, it needs to be approved. n

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The Gazette asked students what they thought of the proposed Senate policy that would require professors to provide 15 per cent of their mark before the drop deadline.

ELISE PATTERSON SOCIAL SCIENCE I “I think that it’s a good idea but at the same time, I think a lot of students already have sort of an idea of how they’re doing in a course. I guess it would be an added benefit but for me, I don’t know if it would affect me as much as others.”

SANA HOMSI SCIENCE III “I’d be really happy because having an indicator before you drop a course is important, especially in courses that are required for upper-year classes.”

PETER HOANG MEDICAL SCIENCES II “It’d be really helpful for people who are concerned about their mark, especially if it’s a required course. Obviously it’s going to be important to know, ‘Oh, I need this or I’ll take it in the summer,’ sort of thing.

Definitely a little more effort would go a long way in relieving students’ stress.”

HARGUN SIDHU MEDICAL SCIENCES III “I’ve never dropped a course before so I’ve never really thought about it but I think if you’re not sure if you want to stay in a course, this would be a really good way to see if you’re going to get what you want out of this course or if you have to explore other options to be more successful.”

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Level up your diet VIVIAN CHENG GAZETTE STAFF @GAZETTECULTURE Forget love — most of us are in a committed relationship with food.

Let’s face it, there’s no denying that everyone loves food. But with the rigorous demands of university, it can be hard to meet one’s daily nutritional needs.

Grant McNaughton, first-year social science student, expresses the struggle of maintaining a healthy diet.

“I think being at school negatively impacts my food choices,” he says. “When I’m really focused with school work I won’t eat, which is really bad. I also eat more unhealthy when I’m at school.”

Time tends to be a rare commodity while at school and it can put a strain on students’ relationship with food. Being busy with school can make individuals skip meals, rely on caffeine or turn to junk food. All of these things may hinder one’s ability to focus.

Simply explained in the term “hangry,” the popular emotion is actually a real thing. Science says that if your blood sugar is moderately low — below 40 mg/DL — you may become confused, irritable, dizzy, angry, upset or unable to concentrate.

“Eating regular meals throughout the day makes sure you have enough blood sugar and energy to function and stay focused throughout the day,” explains Andrea Docherty,

registered dietician and sports nutritionist. “It’s really important to have regular meals and make sure they’re balanced in terms of getting enough protein, vegetables and carbohydrates.”

Furthermore, if students are busy studying at the library all day, healthy snacks will maintain blood sugar levels and be conducive to studying. Docherty advises students to snack on things like nuts, plain greek yogurt, fruit or whole-grain crackers because they will help keep students’ satisfied and maintain blood sugar levels.

Regularly having these snacks can add various benefits to one’s day like staying energized, regulating mood, improving the immune system and affecting higher brain functions that control learning, memory and intellectual functioning. All of this can improve academic performance.

David Massara, second-year BMOS student, agrees with this sentiment.

“Eating healthy is the gateway to success,” he says. “It’s just as important as getting enough sleep and important as your mental health. If you don’t have decent eating habits it will be harder for you to achieve a balanced lifestyle.”

At the end of the day, it’s important to remember that your health comes first. Despite the upcoming stress with final papers and exams, it’s important to make time to eat right. n

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WINNIE LU GAZETTE Models bring a theatric element to the catwalk at last years CAISA fashion show.

Dystopian fashion of CAISA ALEXANDRA HAWKINS GAZETTE STAFF @GAZETTECULTURE High fashion meets dystopia with Paragon, the 19th annual fashion show from the Canadian Asian International Students’ Association.

The show is Canada’s largest student run charity fashion show with an expected 1,300 people attending and a 118-member team made up entirely of Western students. The show regularly attracts students from other universities such as McMaster, Queen’s, Toronto and Waterloo.

The CAISA shows often have a narrative element throughout.

This year’s theme follows “She,” the nameless main character and leader of the totalitarian state known as Paragon.

“As She furtively acclimatizes her citizens, one rebel sees through her deception,” says Serena Lam, public relations director for the show, “and takes the audience on a journey in saving the citizens of Paragon before it’s too late.”

The show features several clothing styles, ranging from casual and formal wear to swimwear and lingerie, and highlights several London based designers, including

VC Selections, Jordan Stewart and Elizabeth Noel, as well as online brands Knight and Grey suits and Lavish swimwear.

This is no ordinary fashion show, however, as each scene features distinct choreography models have been perfecting over the course of the year. Dance and acrobatic performances from members of the Western community are also integrated into the show.

Additionally, the event will feature a silent auction, with prizes from Aritzia, Umbra and the Toronto Raptors, and an after party held at the London Taphouse, sponsored by the Social Science Students’ Council.

Paragon’s primary commitment to fundraising is a great way for students to get involved in the local community while building strong, lasting friendships.

“CAISA Fashion Show has a hash tag, #1Team1Dream, which holds it’s meaning. The whole team becomes like a big family and we’ve met our best friends through the show,” says Lam. “It’s for a really great cause, since we’re supporting the Children’s Health Foundation and have been for 15 years. It’s a great way to give back to the community, especially in London.”

“It’s for a really great cause, since we’re supporting the Children’s Health Foundation and have been for 15 years.

It’s a great way to give back to the community, especially in London.”

SERENA LAM PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE SHOW

Proceeds from the CAISA fashion show go to the Children’s Health Foundation. Over the past 15 years, the show has raised over $200,000 and hopes to donate $30,000 to their personalized medicine research initiative this year, which will allow the department to begin ground breaking research on specialized treatments that many children desperately need.

CAISA’s Paragon will be held on Saturday, March 19 at Centennial Hall (550 Wellington Street).

General admission is $30 (show + after party admission) and $50 for VIP (show + after party admission + reserved seating + gift bag). Doors open at 6 p.m. with the show beginning at 7 p.m. For more information, visit CAISA’s Facebook page. n

Students debut on big screen SALLY EUNYOUNG SEO GAZETTE STAFF @GAZETTECULTURE Every year, the Western Undergraduate Film Society puts on a festival dedicated to showcasing the talent of filmmakers among the Western community.

With a focus on niche and art films, WUFS gives Western students a chance to connect with other cinema-lovers. They host many community-based events, such as monthly film screenings.

Christine Jurychuk, marketing coordinator of WUFS, explains the value of learning in this club.

“WUFS gives us an opportunity to educate people about cinema, while enjoying really cool movies,” says Jurychuk.

The Western Film Festival is the biggest event that WUFS hosts every year.

With submissions open to any Western student, the content of the festival is very diverse, ranging from experimental, to narrative, to documentary styled short films.

“Every year it’s different and

you get a different make-up of submissions, so it’s nice to see people play within the dimensions of what they have,” says Keisha Saldanha, chair of WUFS. Saldanha also notes the many positive effect this festival has on the community.

“I think it’s a really good way to give students a platform and other students to see their peers work,” she says.

Jurychuk emphasizes the immense opportunity given to the directors featured in the Western Film Festival. The festival is an opportunity for many to have their work featured publicly for the first time and critiqued academically.

“Directors can be very anxious because these are things they consider very personal and it can be sometimes hard to go beyond asking your friends or your family what they think of their work,” says Jurychuk. “This gives people an opportunity to put there stuff out there and be judged in an academic sense.”

Alongside other professionals,

some of the judges of the festival are film studies professors at Western. From their tabulations, a first, second and third place winner will be awarded.

There will also be an audience choice award, which will be chosen directly from audience votes.

“It is really a great opportunity for the directors to get feedback that is relevant,” Saldanha says.

“It is an environment that is very smart and engaging for a lot of people”.

Jurychuk adds the festival is a great environment even for those who do not consider themselves film buffs.

The event will be hosted at the Wolf Performance Centre at the London Public Library from 7-9 p.m. on Friday, March 18. It will be followed by an awards ceremony a few doors down at Che Resto Bar, with complimentary food and beverages.

To find out more information about the Western Film Festival, and WUFS, visit their website or Facebook page. n

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cd review kendrick lamar ELIZABETH ZEPPA GAZETTE STAFF @GAZETTECULTURE Artist: Kendrick Lamar Album: Untitled Unmastered Label: Top Dawg, Aftermath, Interscope Rating: GGGHF Standout Tracks: Untitled 3, 6, 7 They say the best things in life are unexpected and boy, are we in for a treat from one of the best rappers in the game right now.

Kendrick Lamar dropped an unannounced LP early Friday titled Untitled Unmastered, an array of experimental recordings and phenomenal funky demos derived from his previous album, To Pimp A Butterfly.

The surprise album features thoughtful yet mysterious content, as the list is untitled with recording dates listed for each track ranging from early May 2013 to as recently as this year.

Last month, Lamar conveyed a powerful performance at the Grammys with his hit single Alright, where he added another verse to the song to give fans a clue to the release of the project. The project is featured alongside many other sessions recorded in the studio. If these are the leftovers of To Pimp a Butterfly, then fans will eat up whatever Lamar cooks, leaving us all hungry for more.

The musicality is very familiar, almost identical to his third LP. It features contemporary hip hop vibes plus a fusion of upbeat jazz instrumentals and profound lyrical content, establishing the end of an old era from his last album but signalling the beginning of something new.

The range from casual studio demos to fully fledged, beautifully produced tracks provides a glimpse into the creative process and intense

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mind of the Compton-born rapper.

Lamar is known for versing out his opinion on very important, controversial topics of the injustices of American society — most notably, the conflict between religion, racism and violence upon the black community.

The track Untitled 3 is a collection of recited racial stereotypes in poetic form that gives light to modern day struggles for ethnic minorities living amongst a majority. Not only is it powerful lyrically, but the vocal backdrop and melodic mid-tempo free jazz make this song a piece to vigorously nod your head to constantly.

The poetry and instrumental structure of the album strengthens with each track. Even an acoustic freestyle medley combined with the production of a five-year-old Egypt Dean, Swiss Beats and Alicia Keys’ son, could outperform many of the hip hop artists in the industry today. Lamar has managed to nitpick issues pertaining to African Americans and other minorities whilst also giving listeners an outlook on the perks and disadvantages of international success and wealth.

This may just be scraps from the authentic artistry in the studio but Lamar delivers a spiritually and politically charged mix of sounds and content that thrusts the spotlight to shine brighter upon himself. n

Netflix and chill?

SAMAH ALI ARTS & LIFE EDITOR @SAMAHATGAZETTE Program: Scrotal Recall Stars: Johnny Flynn, Antonia Thomas, Daniel Ings Network: Netflix Original Season: 1 Season Genre: Comedy SYNOPSIS: Dylan (Flynn) discovers he has chlamydia and decides to inform his past sexual partners. His asshole friend Luke (Ings) and best friend/low-key love interest Evie (Thomas) help him along the way.

MY TAKE: To be honest, I only watched this mediocre show because Antonia Thomas from Misfits was in it. Another reason was because it’s British.

Scrotal Recall doesn’t really have much going for it. It’s laughable from time to time but for the most part, it’s a rather dry show. Dylan, the one carrying the show, is neurotic, useless and really hard to sympathize with. He’s a hopeless human being wandering the streets and trying to find past sexual partners while aimlessly looking for love in a dismal hook up culture. He also has a contrived love plot with his best friend Evie that is very tired and predictable — Evie is also getting

married soon so it adds some much needed stakes to their predicament.

Luke, however, provides comic relief through his douchebag-like tendencies and terrible pick up lines with women. He exudes the same aura as Jeremy Reed (Ed Weeks) from The Mindy Project, making him the mean British guy we all love to hate.

Realistically speaking, he’s the only spice of the show.

Even though I came for Thomas and was incredibly disappointed in another mediocre Netflix Original, it was nice to see her on screen after missing her on Misfits. Her role as Evie was limited and fairly desperate, but her presence was the only reason I stayed for the full seven episodes. She can do better.

WORTH THE NETFLIX? Save your time and don’t do it. Love yourself instead.

WORTH THE CHILL? There’s nothing but flashbacks of hook ups in this show so yes, one can definitely chill to this. n

The 1950s left the gloom of WWII behind and became the decade of Sinatra, rock ’n ’roll and dressing to express your identity. Second-year political science student Alexander Shah shows us how to bring ’50s influences into your everyday style.

Shah wears a form fitting black polo shirt with a white pattern. A polo shirt is a good, slightly more casual, alternative to the traditional button up, but equally classy. The key here is to pick a shirt that fits you well — an ill-fitting shirt will make you look sloppy. The pattern on the shirt adds variety to the otherwise all black outfit.

On the bottom, Shah wears a pair of ripped black skinny jeans. Black fabric underneath covers the rips in the jeans, making their effect subtle but effective.

This is Shah’s favourite piece, because “they’re ripped, which adds texture to the outfit.” Shah also wears a pair of plain black dress shoes, which add class to the outfit.

When paired with the correct pair of pants, like black skinny jeans, dress shoes can be a good alternative to running shoes or boots.

Shah completes his look with a large face black watch.

Like Shah’s style?

“I try to go for more of a greaser style,” he says, citing the popular fashion trend of the ’50s. “I take a lot of influence from the trends of that era.”

Shah’s fashion choices prove that you don’t have to stick to modern trends in order to look fashionable — borrowing from previous generations can be just as effective in creating your own personal style.

WHERE TO GET IT: SHIRT: H&M. A well fitting polo is a staple in any wardrobe and is a good middle ground between a t-shirt and a buttoned shirt.

JEANS: H&M. Men’s ripped jeans are slowly growing in popularity and the lack of exposed skin with this pair is a good compromise for those who want the style but don’t feel comfortable with full rips.

SHOES: Independent store. A good pair of dress shoes is a must and can be worn with a wide variety of outfits.

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WATCH: The Bay. Large face watches are on the rise and wearing one with a short-sleeved shirt can really make a statement. n

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