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Lankesh Patel fell in love with hip hop as a young kid in Brampton.

The son of immigrant parents in a town of immigrants, he saw hip hop as a culture that he could belong in, a sphere in which to explore his interests.

“Going back to when I first started listening to hip hop, one thing I felt was, coming into Brampton which is a heavily immigrated city and being from immigrant parents myself, you can’t really relate to your parents’ culture because you might not understand the language and it doesn’t carry over well,” Lankesh says.

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“Beet,” Spitty’s favorite song on his mixtape, is short and ferocious at only two minutes in length. It’s the vibe that he aims for in his music.

His end goal in rap is to make a career out of it, a difficult feat while living the life of a university student.

“Right now I’m doing an internship at 3M and I go to school so it’s definitely tough to balance work, school and, since I’m in my fourth year trying to get a real job but also at the same time still pursuing music and having that in the back of my head,” Lankesh says.

Lankesh, who releases his music under the name Spitty, was influenced as a kid by the colossals of rap, the 50 Cents and Eminems and Jay Zs of the hip hop universe.

As he began to research; he fell in love with the soul samples of Chicago-based rappers like Kanye, Common, Chance the Rapper and Mick Jenkins.

Flight YYZ is Spitty’s first mixtape, a 14 track compilation.

He describes it as “a journey from innocent lows to dangerous highs. Happier days to darker nights. A tale of my life.”

“Conceptually, I wanted it to be everything about me

cause it was the first thing I’ve done,” said Lanksesh. “I didn’t know how to hone it to one solid idea so I tried to make it a timeline of my life, essentially. Each song describes a different story or part of me. There’s a love song and a party song and everything like that.”

Despite coming from GTA, Lankesh is not heavily influenced by the Toronto rap movement led by Drake and The Weeknd. Their R&B singing style is not something that naturally comes to him. He attributes much of his style to the burgeoning hip hop artist Chance the Rapper. Establishing a conscious and lyrically-centred theme and vibe is what he aims for in the creative process of constructing his music.

For the fourth-year computer science student, hip hop gave the underdog a chance to flourish. It was in this context that the artist, who released his first mixtape Flight YYZ in July 2016, grew artistically and consciously.

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Study contradicts Western Rec Centre’s dress code SABRINA FRACASSI NEWS EDITOR @SABFRACASSI Western Recreation Centre’s dress code policy sparked debate on campus earlier in September over whether or not students and others attending the gym should be asked to cover up.

According to the policy which came into effect more than a decade ago, gym patrons aren’t allowed to wear certain apparel — including sports bras, crop tops, athletic shorts and loose tank tops that might be too revealing.

At the time of the first story The Gazette published, Michelle Harvey, coordinator of fitness and wellness at the Rec Centre had stated that the rules were based off a study that found that such rules help people with body image issues who otherwise are less likely to frequent the gym.

Harvey also added that wearing full-length shirts is a sanitation measure to prevent sweat from making contact with the workout machines.

According to Harvey, this policy was already in place when she started working at the recreation centre in 2005.

Since then, The Gazette has requested for the referred study or studies several times. However, the Rec Centre has been unable to direct The Gazette to any specific study that was used in the decision-making process.

“Our policy is based on hygiene issues and multiple pieces of research from both Kathleen MartinGinis and Tara [Dinyer] combining a number of papers and studies. It is not one specific research project.

We also looked at policies at other Ontario schools,” Harvey said.

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similar dress code to Western. York University does not have a dress code for their campus gym.

Recreation Centre administration referred The Gazette to Kathleen Martin Ginis, a researcher looking into the psychology of sport at McMaster University. When contacted by The Gazette, Martin Ginis was unavailable to comment.

Tara-Lyn Dinyer was pursuing her master's degree under professor Martin Ginis at McMaster University while working as the fitness coordinator.

“I was the fitness coordinator at McMaster at the time and I implemented a dress code where students had to wear shirts with sleeves and appropriate length shorts,” said Dinyer.

Dinyer was involved in a study where researchers initially invited women to participate in a group fitness class. The women were divided into two groups. One group was wearing more revealing clothing, and the other group was wearing shorts and a T-shirt.

The women did not participate in the fitness class but were asked about their social physique anxiety.

According to Dinyer the results were overwhelming: those wearing the more revealing clothing had higher social physique anxiety.

However, one study that The Gazette was directed to by Dinyer involved a Western professor which produced different results.

Western kinesiology professor Harry Prapavessis who was working with Martin Ginis conducted a study which attempted to analyze women’s perceptions about themselves while following fitness videos.

“The premise was how women react to media images. That’s where we started with this. When women are briefly exposed to television images of thin female models they tend to report increased anger, depression, anxiety and certainly

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However, the results were contradictory to what the researchers hypothesized. They found that women did not necessarily feel less self-confident simply because of the clothing the fitness leader was wearing, but by comparing themselves to the overall attractiveness of the model.

“It didn’t appear to be anything to do with the clothes that they were wearing in terms of being manipulated, it was more to do with whether they see the model as generally more attractive than them or not, and that’s where the differences appeared,” Prapavessis said.

“It still lends itself to the idea that models with subjectively better appearances [are] likely what makes women feel badly about their own bodies and why they might not want to adhere to exercising with a video like that.”

Private gyms such as GoodLife Fitness do not enforce dress codes similar to one at the Rec Centre and patrons have more freedom in choosing their workout attire.

Samantha Brennan, professor of women’s studies and feminist research and philosophy, spoke out against the policy a month ago.

“My original thought was [that] as long as it’s gender neutral and gender neutrally applied, there isn’t a particularly feminist objection to having a dress code. Twenty-four hours later, after hearing all of my friends’ outrage at the idea of a dress code, I did begin to wonder what the point of a dress code is,” Brennan said.

“If it’s simply to make other people feel comfortable, I’m not sure we should have a dress code. I think probably people should just decide for themselves what they want to wear to the gym and if you don’t want to look you shouldn’t look.”

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King's University College Students’ Council approved a referendum question asking the affiliate college’s students if they would endorse the Boycott, Divest and Sanction movement in the upcoming elections.

The referendum will be held alongside the upcoming KUCSC elections in early 2017. The motion to approve the BDS motion was approved in last April but the exact wording of the question was decided last week.

The referendum question will ask: “As a King’s student, should the KUCSC endorse the BDS movement by lobbying the King’s administration to boycott products and divest from companies in violation of international law?”

According to the BDS campaign’s website, the movement works to, “end international support for Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply with international law.”

At its most recent student council meeting, KUCSC spent two hours deliberating over the wording of the referendum question, according to KUCSC president Nate Little.

Council eventually voted unanimously on the current wording of the referendum question, with some abstentions.

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opposition within council was not towards the referendum itself but geared towards the wording of the question.

“I’m very supportive of the referendum. I hope that the King’s community decides to vote in favour of it, if not I am okay with that too. I think that it just speaks volumes the face that we’re even having a referendum, especially [since] it is a very important year in 2017,” said Badillo. “It’s 50 years since the occupation began in 1967 and it’s 70 years since the 1947 Partition Plan by the UN, so I think this year is very important for the movement itself.”

Campaigning for the referendum will officially kick off alongside the beginning of the elections campaign in January 2017.

Israel On Campus vice-president and vice president finance Dan Poliwoda spoke out against the referendum.

“Not just certain policy makers or a governmental organization or the government, [BDS] seeks to demonize the Israeli people — a nation which we see, and personally I see, as not just and conducive to creating a not safe environment for people who identify as Jews and for people who identify as Israelis.”

Little commented that both for-BDS and against-BDS interest groups have stepped forward to take part in the campaign. The official announcement won’t take place until the beginning of the campaign in January.

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Prof’s videos spark conflict, rallies on Toronto campus JACK O. DENTON THE VARSITY

TORONTO — The past two weeks on campus have been comprised of the release of Professor Jordan Peterson’s YouTube videos and remarks about gender, anti-racist activism and “politically correct” culture.

A rally entitled “U of T Rally for Free Speech” by organizers, with the subtitle “Jordan B. Peterson, Lauren Southern & Students On Political Correctness, Bill C16, HR & Equity Policy” was held on the steps outside Sidney Smith Hall.

Bill C-16 and U of T’s HR equity training requirement were the topics of Peterson’s first two YouTube lectures in his series called “Professor against political correctness.”

The event came to an end around 2:30 p.m., after audio equipment failed and students amassed outside Sidney Smith in the wake of a pulled fire alarm. The Toronto Police had arrived to deal with both the crowd and isolated incidents of assault.

Notable speakers included Peterson as well as Lauren Southern, a commentator for The Rebel Media, a right-wing online media outlet.

The rally took place six days after trans and non-binary activists held a teach-in and rally in response to some of Peterson’s remarks on gender.

Southern had attended that rally, and was met with chants of “shame” when she made to defend Peterson while pretending to be transgender.

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Rally organizer Geoffrey Biffo Liew told The Varsity, “The event was intended to be an affirmation of freedom of speech, which includes contrary views. We could’ve had a peaceful, agreeable afternoon which would’ve made it look like there was no issue at all. Instead, we faced disruption, shouting down, cord pulling, and white noise.”

Peterson opened the rally and was drowned out by blasts of white noise coming from speakers set up behind him. Protestors of the event came to disrupt the rally and oppose what they viewed as hate speech.

“Myself and others were keeping an eye on the situation, as we had concerns that the event might attract people like white supremacists, like Neo-Nazis, because at previous such gatherings people like that have shown up,” said Qaiser Ali, one of the organizers of the trans and non-binary teach-in, told The Varsity.

Many of the protestors came from the trans and non-binary community, including University of Toronto Students’ Union (UTSU) Vice-President University Affairs Cassandra Williams. Members of the Black Liberation Collective, who had been protesting the UTSU for its lawsuit against Sandra Hudson

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earlier that day, were also present among the protesters.

Peterson began to speak after a rally attendee kicked over one of the speakers blasting white noise. The professor shifted the conversation away from the remarks he made in his YouTube lectures: “I’m not here to talk about sexual politics, it’s not my concern. What I’m going to talk about is freedom of speech.”

He continued without a microphone, “With Bill C-16 and surrounding legislation, it’s the first time I’ve seen in our legislative history where people are attempting to make us speak their language.”

The blasting of white noise proved to be a major point of contention at the rally, as some proponents of free speech who wished to speak at the rally had their opinions drowned out.

Ali told The Varsity that “the goal with the noise disruption, which is a tactic that has been used before, is not to suppress anyone’s free speech but rather not to take some speech lying down. These people were yelling homophobic slurs, transphobic slurs, referring to us as ‘things’ and ‘its’ — we were hoping to make that a little harder to hear.”

Liew expressed disappointment with the presence of white noise. “I have empathy for the struggles of transgender people and minorities, but that does not mean that they can shut down the discussion,” he said.

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Transphobic slurs could be heard as the protestors continued to blast white noise and confront rally attendees.

In one confrontation with BLC protesters, a man shouted, “We need more Michael Browns,” in reference to the 2014 fatal shooting of the 18-year old unarmed black man by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri.

“Certainly there are some extremely rude and bigoted people out there. It doesn’t really imply that we should hush them or silence them, that only drives their bigotry underground. If their opinions are truly ignorant then let it face the light of day,” Liew said in response to these remarks.

One attendee brought three dogs to the event and was openly criticized by many people for what was interpreted as an aggressive move. Near the end of the rally, this man was seen assaulting Ali by trying to crush their head and body in a door at the southeast side of the building. The police arrived shortly thereafter and spent time interviewing the man.

Roxane, a student who was protesting the rally as an independent

dissenter, shared her feelings on the intentions of the rally: “I think [it was about] holding up standards of white supremacy and I think that a lot of arguments were steeped in fear, which was really concerning for me,” she said. “I think that this forum dissolved really quickly into speaking to people’s fear and vulgarities rather than articulating themselves and articulating their arguments.”

Steven Ainneta wore a “Support Local 81” jacket — the Downtown Toronto chapter of the Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club — and was isolated by police after a physical scuffle; he later left the rally to jeers. In regards to Peterson, he said, “Some guy kinda told me that he didn’t want to use certain nouns or whatever.”

Almost an hour into the event, the atmosphere at the rally became more tense, and outbursts of violence became evident from attendees of the rally and its counter-protesters. One man, who asked to only be identified as Bryan, told The Varsity, “A guy came up to me and tried to grab my binder, but I wouldn’t let it go, so he pushed me.

He then put his hands around my neck until Campus Police came and separated us.”

Another rally attendee, Connor Johnston, told The Varsity that he saw Southern and spectators involved in a “small brawl,” and Southern had her microphone taken away. Video footage shows that Southern also had glitter thrown at her and was shoved by a protester before a large scuffle ensued. Southern has stated publicly that she will be pursuing charges.

Speaking with The Varsity after the event, Peterson commented on the presence of representatives of the ‘far-right’ at the rally. “It doesn’t surprise me. All of this agitation and noise risks making the right rise. It’s all happening, and why would that be surprising? For the first time in my life, I’m seeing young men turn to the right. It’s not good, and there are being people called out of the woodwork that you seriously do not want to meet,” he said.

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Althea Blackburn-Evans, Director of Media Relations at U of T, told The Varsity that two incidents of alleged assault at the rally are currently under investigation by Campus Police. Constable Craig Brister of the Toronto Police Services told The Varsity that they were not handling any charges related to the rally.

Video footage taken by The Rebel Media and other rally attendees became viral through social media and online message boards.

Some view the presence of Williams’ participation in the white

noise campaign as inappropriate, given her role in the UTSU. An online petition is being circulated for her impeachment from the UTSU executive, which as of midday Saturday had over 360 entries.

The petition is unlikely to hold water with the UTSU itself.

According to the UTSU bylaws, in order to trigger an impeachment referendum, a requisition signed by 5 per cent of the union’s membership to a maximum of 500 members from a single constituency must be signed and submitted to the union.

On the topic of behaviour at the event violating the student code of conduct, Blackburn-Evans said she “can’t speculate on that at this stage; the university is still receiving and reviewing information related to the event.”

Some of the trans and non-binary protesters at the event have been the subject of social media targeting. A number of posts on the event’s Facebook page identified and threatened violence against some of the protesters.

In an email sent out by the university on October 14, vice-president and provost Cheryl Regehr and vice-president human resources and equity Kelly Hannah-Moffat condemned the threats against trans members of the university community and confirmed that both Campus Police and Toronto Police Services are involved.

On Sunday, the UTSU executive committee released a statement accusing U of T Campus Police for “[refusing] to intervene when they knew of and saw trans folks being assaulted. The union is calling for a public inquiry into the Campus Police by “an unbiased party” independent of the U of T administration.

Blackburn-Evans told The Varsity that a response from the university is pending review.

On whether Peterson has been the subject of formal complaints from students, Blackburn-Evans said, “A number of members of our community have expressed concern to various offices, and we are now in the process of determining which of those are formal complaints and how we’ll best address them.”

As the controversy continues, Peterson indicated that he continues to stand by his original remarks: “I regret not formulating them more precisely, but the thing is, as I said before, when you first start to discuss something, you’re going to do it badly — it’s a sort of scattershot approach. I’m trying to be more precise, so no, I don’t regret it.”

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SAMAH ALI CULTURE EDITOR @SISTERSAMAH Recently a Facebook event seeking to “raise awareness and unite” students who believe in freedom of speech has wiggled its way into my world. After reading the information provided stating a silent protest on Concrete Beach to assert students’ rights to speak freely, I was left wondering what this event actually meant and will it divide students further on a largely united (Homecoming) issue.

I am sure all of us living in Canada would agree freedom of speech is important; you have the right to say what you want to say and I have the right to reply or disengage. However, I do not understand the purpose for the raise awareness event but from its online description, it seems like a closed-door gathering celebrating mob mentality against political correctness.

Along with a presumed discussion, the event aims to organize efforts to show the University what freedom of speech looks like. Okay.

But what are you really doing?

I agree that asserting our freedom of speech is vital as students, especially with the backdrop of this whole domino effect being the Homecoming date-change. As students we should have the right to be a part of a decision that affects all of us, current students and alumni.

But I fear this meeting may lose this direction and steer into a ‘political correctness is too much’ rhetoric.

I have decided to not engage with this event because frankly I don’t have the time nor energy to see where it’s is going to end up. I have an idea, and I would like to be proven otherwise. But I do have a few things to say as context.

If the justification for ‘Western Lives Matter’ is brought up as an act of freedom of speech then the event is already compromised. The

co-opting of ‘Lives Matter’ is subtle racism. It is a nuanced joke reeking of Jim Crow caricaturing of black identity and, in this case, pain. Even though contemporary references were used for the student movement FOCO – ‘Make Western Great Again,’ ‘Chakma killed Harambe’ – using the ‘Lives Matter’ was a poor sighted choice.

From my understanding, the Black Lives Matter movement encourages people to consider that black lives matter too — along with every life. Universally we all matter, but sometimes it›s important to stress those who have fallen through the cracks time and time again due to centuries of racial history rebuking their existence in the Americas.

Justifications for this decision creates a division among students, we all believe in freedom of speech but when microaggressive racism is rationalized then students will dispute against each other rather than against Western.

To be honest, I love the ruckus Western’s Homecoming has caused.

But I don’t want direction to be lost.

As students we should rally against the administration to assert our speech into decisions that involve and impact us. It’s our institution too and we deserve a right to be heard, whether it’s about cancelling our programs or changing annual celebrations. What I would hate is for us to turn on each other because of our different political views at an event marketing for freedom of speech or on-campus activities.

Even though you may differ with someone’s beliefs, you also have the right to disengage. Remove yourself from the discussion, post, event or meeting that you don’t feel will be productive. If you want to engage then listen. Don’t come in with a closed mind, hear what others have to say and either respectively disagree or respond.

I believe we all benefit from discussion and we all believe in freedom of speech. So if you’re going to this event, at least listen to each other and have a concrete outcome, not a divided group of students refusing to understand where others are coming from.

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I never invited Western over to my house

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When I leave Western every evening, I want to tune out from campus and enjoy a sedentary evening of Netflix and reading. After spending four years living on campus, it’s nice to have my own space that I can share with my roommates and embrace a little more independence.

Unfortunately, my little slice of liberation from Western was short-lived — Off-Campus Housing Services’ mediation service ended it.

In July I received a letter that instructed me to contact the service. When I gave the office a call, I was given a time in which someone would speak to me. Glenn Matthews, the house mediation officer, phoned me back and during the conversation I was told that there had been a complaint by a neighbour about noise levels.

When I told him it was just myself and one other roommate in the house for the summer he explained that it was mostly about behaviour before May. Matthews also told me he preferred face-toface interaction and had been to my house multiple times (including off-hours) but we had never crossed paths.

Director of media relations Keith Marnoch confirms this is typical for the service.

“We would normally prefer to talk face-to-face with as many existing roommates as possible rather than rely on news or updates to be passed along — it does not always happen,” he explained in an email.

I was told that the purpose of the visit was to help my house avoid being charged by the police. While this may be noble, I still have a problem with it.

Attending Western doesn’t give them free reign over my life — this includes coming to my home. It’s quite paternalistic to suggest that I need assistance in being a good neighbour in the London

community.

It also robs students of their agency to be responsible adults. As renters, students need to learn the bylaws, from noise to how tall your grass can be.

Not just this, but also the mediation service seems to imply that they are preferable to contacting the police.

“Generally, we encourage residents to call the off-campus office rather than the police or bylaw enforcement to help students avoid being ticketed,” Marnoch said.

This seems to enforce a perception that the police are scary and shouldn’t be interacted with. The onus should be on the police to enforce bylaws and give the students information about municipal policies, not Western.

Matthews returned to my house again in September. His message was consistent with what he told me just two months earlier — he was making us aware of the bylaws.

A return visit, for seemingly no reason, hardened my perception that the mediation services was intrusive. Communicating the bylaws could be done in a simple leaflet left in mailboxes. Indeed, 13,000 flyers are sent out each year. So why the personalized home visits?

Western has been known to monitor students’ social media and its preoccupation with students partying off-campus during Homecoming was perplexingly protective. Western needs to stop acting like a helicopter parent and allow students to have their autonomy.

I’m sure mediation between roommates could be a helpful service, but the paternalism exhibited in visiting houses to make students aware of the bylaws is staggering. Just put the flyer in my mailbox and leave me alone to watch Netflix.

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ELLIS KOIFMAN CULTURE EDITOR @ELLIS_KOIFMAN There is a mentality that the actions of a few justify both blaming and creating fear and hatred toward an entire community. This mentality seems to drive a lot of hate crimes and shows no signs of stopping anytime soon.

At this point I’m fed up with the fact that it is 2016 and this mentality is showing no signs of stopping.

Perhaps what bothers me most about this ignorant mentality is

that the dominant class seems to usually get away unscathed by these incidents whilst the minorities often suffer.

We hardly hear about race or religion when a shooter is white; however, both make the headlines when it’s a person of colour, or within a minority group. “Terrorism” is a term saved for people who aren’t white, which adds to race-based hatred. On the other hand, a white mass shooter creates none of the same backlash, being treated as a radical individual.

Consider for example the 2012 Newtown shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, wherein a number of first-graders and several adults were killed. The shooter was treated as a radical individual, with many notes on their state of mental health and issues at home. The

shooting caused massive debates over gun violence, mental health and school safety. But there was no talk of the shooter being a terrorist.

His race wasn’t seen as relevant and no hate-crimes resulted from it.

At the same time, many everyday minority citizens are blamed for the radical acts of a few, simply because of the group they belong to.

The reality here is people are treating all members of diverse groups as ‘others’ and creating fear and hatred toward them, usually based on the actions of one.

It is always easier to blame others than to reflect on yourself. This is happening on a mass scale; taking the ‘easy way out’ instead of working to create an environment where these things don’t happen anymore, whether violent crime or everyday micro-aggressions.

Within London itself there has been a history of racism and this blaming mentality, including occasional strings of hate crimes.

A Muslim woman wearing a hijab was attacked in a grocery store during the summer. It’s indisputable that minority groups are more prone to targeted messages.

Imam Abd Alfataha Twakkal of the London Mosque comments on the effects of media and politics in creating fear.

“We know there are active networks [in the United States] that are spreading a lot of the negative images and press about Islam and Muslims. It’s a well funded network. And that sometimes will spill over into Canada,” he said. “It’s quite clear that the politics of fear and division are being used in this regard against Muslims. A lot of

the [negative] rhetoric becomes sensationalized. It plays into that atmosphere of creating a sense of fear. People’s views will end up being shifted and impacted by it.”

With all these hate crimes, people continue to be afraid of and racist toward entire groups of people simply for the actions of a few, yet don’t even question the whole in their logic when it comes to dominant groups.

There just seems to be this blind faith in racism which ultimately leads to hate-motivated crimes.

Going forward I sincerely hope the world will open its eyes to the fact that those responsible aren’t representing their entire community, even if they aren’t part of the dominant group.

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Mustangs and Marauders me MIKE DEBOER SPORTS EDITOR @MIKEATGAZETTE The last Western Homecoming game against McMaster was a disaster by any stretch of the imagination. An undefeated Mustangs team led by legendary quarterback Michael Faulds and hungry for a return to the Vanier Cup lost on a grim, rainy day in 2009 to the Marauders.

This year, the Mustangs hope things end differently. This edition of Mustangs football is riding a wave of momentum after five straight wins and a dominating 68-17 victory over the ninth ranked team in the nation, the Ottawa GeeGees.

None of these Mustangs were on the team that lost seven years ago. But that loss still lingers in the minds of all involved with this program. And that win was one of many that built McMaster into the program it is today, a perennial contender and worthy rival of the Mustangs.

This matchup is a tale of two teams built very differently, one marked by its offensive explosiveness and efficiency, the other built on a punishing defence.

The Mac defence is centred by Mike Kashak,

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who currently leads the nation with 11.5 sacks.

Two more and Kashak will own the all time single season sack record.

Kashak has anchored one of the dominant defensive lines in the history of Marauders football, joined by Fabion Foote, Mark Mackie and Hassan Barry to form a formidable foursome that has shut down offences across the country.

The Mustangs offensive line is ready to take on Kashak and the hard-hitting McMaster defence.

“We’ll definitely have to play hard and he’s definitely in our mindset of people to watch out for,” said offensive lineman Matt Van Praet.

“But as long as we work our game plan and pay attention to him I think we’re gonna be alright.”

McMaster hasn’t yet seen an offensive juggernaut like this Western attack led by Chris Merchant, George Johnson and Alex Taylor.

Western leads all of Ontario University Athletics in touchdowns (43), points per game (53.4) and rushing yards (1,994). The Mustangs are second in the OUA in passing yards (2,171).

Running back Alex Taylor is second in the Ontario University Athletics with 128 rushing

yards and leads the province in rushing touchdowns with 10. He will be looking to avenge a tough performance by him in last year’s blowout win over the Marauders in the final game of the 2015 regular season.

“Mac is a big rivalry but I didn’t play so hot last time we played them at the end of the season, so on a personal level it’s a chance to get a little bit of a redemption game for me,” said Taylor. “We did beat them last year but I want to play a little better and come away with the win.”

Chris Merchant has proven to be a talented and efficient quarterback for the Mustangs and is excited to experience his first Homecoming as a Mustang since arriving from the University of Buffalo.

“It means a lot and I’m excited to experience it,” said Merchant. “I guess we got a little taste of it with our fake Homecoming thing which was fun but I’m excited to experience the real thing cause Western has such a great history.”

Merchant is also looking forward to taking on a strong McMaster squad to prepare for the playoffs.

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eet in monumental match-up “To be the best you need to play good teams,” said Merchant. “Mac is definitely one of those good teams in the OUA so it’s gonna be a really good test for us and a really good place to see where we’re at.”

When Merchant is finding his number one target, George Johnson, and when Alex Taylor is running like one of the top feature backs in the nation, the Mustangs are nearly impossible to stop. The Mac defence will need to prove its mettle against this potent Mustangs offence if they want to stay on the field longer than Guelph and Ottawa did.

The rivalry with Mac adds to the occasion for receiver George Johnson, who made it clear how he felt about the Marauders.

“Coming here it was drilled into me how much we dislike Mac from the beginning,” said Johnson. “That’s in me right now. I really don’t like Mac. It’ll be a really good game. They’re wellcoached like us and it’ll definitely be a battle.”

Head coach Greg Marshall believes consistency will be the key for this date with the

Marauders.

“Mac is a very good football team but if we continue to get better as we have then we’ll be in good shape,” said Marshall. “We just have to be consistent and Mac brings a lot of different looks and they’re a good football team so we gotta play our best game.”

Marshall, a former Mustangs running back who was named the national player of the year in 1980, is looking forward to leading his team out in front of a boisterous Homecoming crowd.

“It’s a special day,” said Marshall. “It’s an opportunity to play in front of our alumni and it’s always good when you can have your old teammates come back. I’ve been coaching here at Western for a long time so there’s a lot of players and coaches that I’ve been on teams with, so it’ll be a special day.”

The day will be made even more special as it will be the last regular season game at home for those Mustangs who will not be returning next season. Marshall said it’s a time to reminisce and celebrate the great careers of the tenured Mustangs.

“The unique thing about university football

is you see players come in as freshmen and how they mature over their four or five years here,” said Marshall. “It’s bittersweet cause it’s good that they’re moving on and graduating and to appreciate their accomplishments but at the same time you miss them, you have them and coach them and spend a lot of time with them over four or five years.”

The Mustangs defence should hold their own against a McMaster scoring. For linebacker Philippe Dion the Mustangs defence will need to do their jobs and allow the offence to get on the field quickly to make plays.

“We need to keep our poise, keep our calm like we did against Ottawa,” said Dion. “It helped that our offence scored on the very first drive so that gave us a little room for error. But against Mac it’s not gonna be as easy so we gotta play our game, stay focused and do the little things right.”

Chris Merchant does not fear the Marauders.

None of the Mustangs do. This team have ambitions this season.

“We’re not gonna get scared of them,” Merchant said. “We’re gonna run the ball right at them and see what they can do.”

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Will the Mustangs or the Marauders come out victorious?

MIKE DEBOER SPORTS EDITOR @MIKEATGAZETTE I hate Mac. Now I love some McMaster students, on a personal level. They seem like good people.

But the idea of McMaster perturbs me. What even is a Marauder? I don›t even think the dudes on the football team could tell you.

It’s that time of year again at Western. It’s Homecoming (weird, it just seems like 20 days ago that we celebrated our last HoCo... how time flies.)

It’s also McMaster week; that time of the year when we remember how much we despise Kyle Quinlan and Jesse Lumsden and all those incredibly talented Marauders of yesteryear.

The hatred is probably partially fueled because the Marauders have built themselves into one of the top programs in the country. They haven’t missed the playoffs since 1997. Over that time they’ve won seven Yates Cups and have made three Vanier Cup appearances, winning the first national title in school history in 2011.

But hey, Mac. Guess what? We have six Vanier Cups. Five more than you.

Yeah, sure, the twenty-one year national championship drought is a bummer. But this year the Mustangs seem different. This wasn›t supposed to be the year the Mustangs would run teams off the field week in and week out. But after a loss to Carleton, Western has been on a roll. The bear has been woken.

And like the computer generated bear in The Revenant, Leonardo Di Caprio...I mean the McMaster Marauders...are in for a beat down.

Sure, McMaster’s defence has looked dominant this season so far. Mike Kashak has looked impressive as he has anchored the Marauder’s nasty run defence. The Canadian Interuniversity Sport sack leader will pose a problem for the Mustangs offensive line.

But the Mustangs have Alex Taylor, Chris

Merchant and George Johnson. So watch out McMaster. These three are as explosive as they come and to shut down all three of them would be an extraordinary feat.

The Mustangs defence is also not one to ignore either, especially after what they did to Derek Wendel and that lethal Ottawa GeeGees offence.

Western held Wendel, the top statistical quarterback in the province, to only 228 yards on 20 of 34 passing. Wendel put up 441 yards on McMaster. While the Marauders defence has gotten the attention most of the season, the Mustangs defence has quietly aided their team in their climb to the top of the OUA. On Saturday all the questions will be answered. The Mustangs have had a hard time against Mac in situations like this.

Many a purple and white dream has been ruined by a man in maroon. But this year the Mustangs will have their way.

This feels like the year. And while every year the critics praise the Mustangs for their efficiency, it’s hard to bet against the red-hot Western football squad.

So be ready, Marauders. Be ready for Chris Merchant’s efficient passing game. He doesn’t make mistakes. Good luck when he starts hitting George Johnson down field.

That duo is one of the nation’s best.

Be ready for Alex Taylor shredding your run defense. You haven’t faced anyone like Taylor yet. When he’s running behind the holes created by Matt Van Praet and Sean Jamieson, he’s nearly impossible to touch.

And good luck moving the chains on John Biewald, Philippe Dion, Malcolm Brown and the Mustangs defence. Mac quarterback Asher Hastings is going to have a tough time in TD Stadium on Saturday.

So when the smoke clears on Homecoming, as the alumni stream out of the stadium, the Mustangs will be 7-1, because we have no reason to believe otherwise. See you soon, Marauders... whatever that even means.

SCOTT HASTIE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF THE SILHOUETTE @SCOTT1HASTIE The 2016 Ontario University Athletics football season has been full of surprises, but this is not: McMaster and Western have a critical match-up with the number one spot in the standings on the line.

Narrative, something woven into any sports discussion, is dripping from the game. Mac, who has transitioned from also-ran to annual contender over the last decade, goes up against the titan that is Western Mustangs football. The Mustangs have been solid as usual while the Marauders 6-1 season has been marred by shaky moments. The loss in Ottawa, where the offence looked as impotent as it ever has, stands out.

Both teams are peaking at the right times. Mac has every reason to believe they can win this game after some big wins on the road. If history is any indicator, then McMaster should feel confident as they roll into London.

Defence is the foundation of McMaster’s recent success, and the maestro of that unit is back. Greg Knox returned to the sidelines as head coach this year after Stefan Ptaszek left for a position with Hamilton Tiger-Cats (not unlike Mustangs head coach Greg Marshall, who left Mac to take the Ticat reigns in 2004). Knox was the mastermind behind the 2011, 2012 and 2014 defences that made Vanier Cup runs.

This year, McMaster’s defence is putting up similar numbers. After seven games, McMaster has 68 points against, good for a 9.7 points against per games average.

Western is the highest-scoring team, so their numbers are a little deflated. Still, Laurier is second best, and when you drop the Western game, they have allowed 72 points in only six games.

Mac’s defensive revival can be attributed to the stellar play of the front four. Michael Kashak leads the country in sacks with 11.5

and needs two more to break the single-season record (held by former Marauder Ben D’Aguilar). Fabion Foote, Mark Mackie and Hassan Barry have combined with Kashak to feast on opposing offensive lines and force quarterbacks to make quick, and sometimes costly, decisions.

Western’s line has had some injury issues but the team has played well despite the disruptions. The key challenge is their true freshman at right guard, Matthew Bettancourt. While Marshall spoke highly of him in an interview with OUA.ca, tasking Bettencourt to stop Kashak on his own seems like a tall order. If the Mustangs can’t win the line battle, watch out.

Offensively, there are more questions than answers for McMaster. The Marauders are a middling offence in all categories, but the biggest obstacle is their red zone play.

Mac is scoring a touchdown on 55 per cent of their red zone trips; good for eighth-place is an 11-team league. Even with a head coaching change, the offence has generally stayed the same over recent years and it is up to quarterback Asher Hastings to pick apart Western.

On paper, the Mustangs are the better team. That was true in 2014 too, where Mac won 32-29 in London. Saturday should be a fun one; between these two teams, it always is.

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Football for dummies CHARLIE O’CONNOR CLARKE SPORTS EDITOR @CHARLIEJCLARKE The Homecoming football game is, for many students, the only time they’ll see the Mustangs in action at TD Stadium this year.

With the free tuition prize being offered by the Alumni Association, there’s bound to be a few fans who may be a little lost when it comes to the actual game. If you’re not quite up to scratch with your football knowledge, The Gazette is here to help.

First and foremost, cheer for the purple team. Western is taking on the McMaster Marauders, who will probably be decked out in white and maroon. Feel free to shout and clap when a purple player goes running down the field with the ball.

There are 12 players on the field for each team at a time, made up of different positions with very different roles. When a team has the ball, their offensive lineup will take the field and the opposition will put out their defence.

The field is 110 yards and is covered in helpful lines to help fans and players see how far their team is from the end. The game consists of an hour of actual play broken up into four 15-minute quarters.

There’s almost an entire lingo associated with football. Here’s some of the most important terms you’ll need to know to keep track of the game: ENDZONE: The purple areas at either end of the field, each defended by one team.

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TOUCHDOWN: The primary form of scoring in football. When a team (usually Western) gets the ball into the opposing endzone, either by passing it in or by running. Worth six points, plus an opportunity to kick the ball through the goalposts (a “conversion”) for an extra point.

DOWN: In Canadian football (different from American) a team gets three downs when they’re on offence. That means they have three chances to score without being tackled before turning over the ball.

However, if they manage to get ten yards down the field within their three chances, the number of downs resets to one. This is called a “first down.”

QUARTERBACK: The most important player on the team, this player gets the ball to start an offensive play and is responsible for either passing it downfield or handing it off to a running back for a rushing play.

Western’s quarterback is Chris Merchant.

FIELD GOAL: This is worth three points, which are awarded when a team kicks the ball between the goalposts. It usually happens on a third down, when the offensive team is close enough to the endzone.

LINE OF SCRIMMAGE: An imaginary line that separates the offensive and defensive teams when play starts. The ball is snapped to the quarterback from here, and the first down line is ten yards downfield of it.

There’s a whole host of other terms and rules in football, but this is all you’ll need to know what’s going on. When in doubt, though, check the scoreboard - it’ll probably say the Mustangs are winning.

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Homecoming costs average $100,000 CLAIRE PALMER SPORTS EDITOR @CLAIREATGAZETTE

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Will offering free tuition increase attendance at Homecoming games?

CHARLIE O’CONNOR CLARKE SPORTS EDITOR @CHARLIEJCLARKE Most students have seen the free tuition posters plastered all over campus, but what’s really the story there?

Western’s Alumni Association is offering a prize of free tuition for a year to one lucky student attending the Homecoming football game this weekend.

Executive director of alumni relations Trista Walker shed some light on the thinking behind offering such a large prize.

“We really, as an alumni body, want to see students in the stadium,” she said. “We want to see students enjoying the Homecoming traditions that have been so important to alumni through the years. We thought that to have a contest would be an exciting way to engage the current students.”

The top prize is a year’s worth of tuition (up to $8,000) financed

by the Alumni Association’s legacy fund. The fund is paid for mostly by corporate sponsors, primarily TD Insurance, Manulife and the MBNA credit card company.

In addition to the top prize, the Alumni Association is also offering secondary prizes of $2,000 in Western meal plan dollars and a $1,000 gift card to the Book Store.

Walker notes that the winner will be selected by a randomization software during the third quarter of the Mustangs football game on Saturday and will be announced before the fourth quarter.

There aren’t many stipulations on the prize, according to Walker.

The winner must be a current Western student of course, and they must be in the stadium with a valid ticket to the football game at the time of announcement.

When students enter the stadium, their student card will be authenticated and they will be placed on the list of all eligible entrants.

Walker hopes that this giveaway will attract more students to TD Stadium on Saturday, since attendance at the Homecoming game has fallen in recent years.

“When [alumni] do come back for Homecoming they want to see a vibrant campus, it’s part of the nostalgia of reconnecting,” she said. “Alumni love to see students at the game.”

Walker also added that the plan to offer such an incentive was not related to the University’s decision to move the date of Homecoming.

“We’ve been seeing a decline in students at the Homecoming game for years now,” she said.

The Alumni Association has already awarded a member of the class of 2014 $3,000 worth of travel, allowing him and his family to fly in from Mexico to attend Homecoming.

Walker doesn’t know whether or not ticket sales have improved from last year, but is hopeful that the free tuition offer will be enough to fill the stands on Saturday.

Homecoming is a day when the Western bubble comes alive, teaming with students and alumni ready to turn TD Waterhouse stadium into one rowdy party. Every year Western throws the biggest party around to celebrate itself, and as anyone who’s ever thrown a party knows, it ain’t cheap to throw a good party.

Where does the money come from to fund the biggest rager of the year? Students will be relieved to know that all the budgeting for Homecoming comes from the Western Alumni Association, with no expenses coming out of the University operations budget.

“We’re really proud of the fact that we don’t draw from university operating dollars,” said Trista Walker, executive director, alumni relations and secretary to the alumni Board of Directors. “100 per cent of what we spend as an alumni department on Homecoming is funded by the Alumni Association.”

The budget for Homecoming every year is an average of $100,000, according to Walker. Despite adding on alumni weekend to the Homecoming festivities, this year is no exception, and the budget has not increased from the $100,000 standard.

“Instead of scaling back, we looked for a sponsor,” said Walker.

“We also have cost recovery opportunities. The budget isn’t just expense lines, there are revenue lines there as well that help us to keep things on budget and on course.”

The tailgate lunch offered in the parking lot of TD Stadium prior to the game will be one of these opportunities to earn some revenue toward the budget. The $5 price of the lunch will go directly into the budget for Homecoming.

The lunch isn’t restricted to only alumni or people going to the

We’re really proud of the fact that we don’t draw from university operating dollars.

100 per cent of what we spend as an alumni department on Homecoming is funded by the Alumni Association TRISTA WALKER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ALUMNI RELATIONS AND SECRETARY TO THE ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS

game; anybody is welcome to come join the parking lot party before the game. Other alumni events will have a ticket price as well to help offset the price of Homecoming.

One ticket price that doesn’t go back into Homecoming is the cost of the actual ticket itself – that goes right back into the athletics department.

In addition to these recovery opportunities, the alumni relations department has partners, who they share a mutually beneficial relationship with, that help with budgeting.

“We have what are called corporate or commercial affinity partners, so our big three partners are TD insurance, Manulife Financial and MBNA,” said Walker. “Not just Homecoming. All the events and activities across my whole portfolio are now funded by those three partners.”

The money spent on Homecoming goes towards brochures and marketing towards the alumni as well as for hiring photographers, additional event staff and security. Event logistics, such as tents, stages, and live music are all a big part of where the money goes. This year, there’ll be no shortage of events, despite the second Homecoming event.

WESTERN HOMECOMING THROUGH THE AGES 1955 Before the homecoming football game between Western and Queen's, a group of Queen's students made plans to attack the stadium on Friday night. A band of Western students joined campus police to protect the stadium, but nobody from Queen's ever appeared.

1969

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After the Mustangs lost 56–19 to the McGill Redmen, fans burnt a dummy of football head coach John Metras in the Faculty of Law parking lot.

Students then presided over a funeral for the effigy.

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Three streakers — two male and one female — broke onto the field during the game.

Only one of the male perpetrators was caught when he changed direction on the field. In a later interview with The Gazette, the student revealed that his streaking was in protest of the game’s high ticket prices that year.

London police shut down a huge party at 93 Wharncliffe Rd. after more than 650 people packed the house by 11:30 p.m. Five students (four from Guelph) were arrested after a violent encounter with police, who reportedly hit a student multiple times in the ribs and back.

Queen's students once again planned an attack against Western. Three hundred of them stormed the football field on Friday afternoon, trying to steal the stadium’s goalposts and prompting a massive brawl with the Western students waiting for them.

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One of the largest homecoming parties ever unfolded as upwards of a thousand students packed Western Road.

Despite the enormous mob of partygoers, the event remained peaceful through Saturday night.

1991 The Wave (known then as The Max) opened its doors for the first time on HOCO weekend 1991. Enthusiasm for the bar resulted in a lineup all the way down the UCC stairs and a 50-strong student charge through the doors, causing damage to the new facility. photo sources: www.lib.uwo.ca, www.vintag.es

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Dispossessed, but defiant: a must-see photo gallery SAMAH ALI CULTURE EDITOR @SISTERSAMAH Downstairs in the King’s Student Life Centre in the Killan Lounge, an exhibition made up of over 100 photos showcase the dispossessing of three indigenous groups: Canada’s indigenous population, Palestinians and South African blacks.

Running from October 18-21, Dispossessed, but Defiant: An Exposition of Rare Photos explores tragedies of military occupation,

land loss, cultural raping, incarceration and assimilation.

The gallery is put on as a collaborative effort between King’s Social Justice and Peace Club, Muslim Association of Canada London and Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East. CJPME will also be running this exhibition across Canada.

The show opened on Monday night with three speakers discussing the respective topics of black, Palestinian and indigenous struggles. Asking questions and describing their experiences on the matter, their voices coated the museum with the gravity and realness of these tragedies.

The first speaker, Tarek Loubani, described his experiences with his identity and the haunting intergenerational trauma in his family.

Another speaker Ola Osman then asked a series of rhetorical questions about shaming institutions and states that have dispossessed or committed harm against a group of people — can you shame a state that has no conscious? Finally, Courtney Vaughn talked about indigenous resistance and how we still benefit from treaty laws but can still contribute to their ongoing struggle. They were apt, moving and their questions echoed throughout the exhibit whilst patrons moved passed each wall.

After, CPJME’s vice-president public relations Grace Batchoun took the mic to highlight particular photos throughout the exhibition that marked an incredibly moving moment in a black and white image.

These photos dripped of the blood from colonialism and imperialism, moving from the passport system

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used in apartheid South Africa to the propaganda of First Nations children imploring the success of residential schools. It was a moving space offering critique and unanswered questions spanning 150 years while active listeners made sure support was provided to everyone grappling with the material.

The night’s MC and community organizer Leila Almawy recommend all Western students allot time to attend the exhibition. Even though the event is put on by CPJME, she

believes the subject matter extends to all oppressed groups.

“It’s very important to bring this to Western so that people can really open their eyes and reflect on what we’re going through as people of colour,” Almawy states. “Our struggles and oppressions and the fact that certain people hold positions of privilege whereas others are not that fortunate.”

She encourages others to come in with an open mind and heart and have time to reflect and recognize where they stand on political

views. She points out that we are all impacted by our histories and suggests looking up how each dispossessing has impacted the world today.

Although King’s may be a slight trek for some students, Dispossessed, but Defiant is a must-see photo gallery providing context for the displacement of people in the world.

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