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“I’ve always been interested in foreign policy and I’ve been a bit of a nerd in that sense,” Jared says. “It’s what I enjoy.”

However Jared’s love of global policy, history and surfing Wikipedia have grown beyond hobbies this year. The third-year international relations student is the force behind a new team of students on campus. Organized over the summer, Jared launched an undergraduate international relations journal this September: The General Assembly.

“I thought this was far fetched in the beginning, but it started coming together very quickly,” he said.

As editor-in-chief of the student-run publication, Jared leads a team of six editors who receive and publish three to four articles online each week. As Jared says, the idea is to provide a forum where students can put their ideas to paper, so to speak. He says the goal is to give writers as much freedom as possible — as long as their topic is related to international relations.

“We’re very happy with the start we got. ... The fact we have a fully functioning website, a dedicated readership and over 50 subscribers is amazing, considering it’s only November,” he said.

Now, with a few months under his belt, Jared says some of the biggest challenges were ones he never saw

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But even with 20 hours already etched out — on top of school — , Jared doesn’t stay idle. He’s also a University Students’ Council social science councillor and the vice-president of academics of Western University’s Association of International Relations.

“With taking all essay courses and writing articles and policy papers for the USC, it seems like I’m never away from my keyboard,” he says, laughing.

When he does need to clear his head, his answer is automatic: baseball. His dad has taken him to Blue Jays games since he was one year old, and he played the sport throughout his childhood. Now, Jared will go to the park with a few friends a throw a ball around in the fresh air.

Looking ahead, Jared wants The General Assembly to function as a true journal, publishing peer-reviewed articles. While he acknowledges it won’t be easy with school work and extracurriculars, Jared is up for the challenge.

“I love what I do,” he says. “I have a passion for international politics, international relations and writing in general. It’s not as if it’s a burden. In the end, this is stuff I thoroughly enjoy.”

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coming: things like image copyright issues and website creation. While he logged over 100 hours crafting The General Assembly’s website in the beginning, he says that running the publication has settled to a more manageable 20 hours per week.

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G. PRETZLAV GAZETTE ARCHIVES An exuberant Greg Marshall (number 13), now the head coach of Western University’s football team, hoists the 74th Yates Cup with fellow Mustangs.

The trophy, the third and final one Marshall would win as a player, was presented to the Mustangs after defeating the Guelph Gryphons 17–7.

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South Valley Lot now open to students SABRINA FRACASSI NEWS EDITOR @SABFRACASSI Western University’s South Valley parking lot is now open to students after 9:30 a.m.

Undergraduate and graduate students holding green permits will have access to an additional 569 parking spots. Previously, only faculty and staff were allowed to park in South Valley, the parking lot next to the Western Student Recreation Centre.

Keit h Ma rnoch, Western media relations officer, said Western made the decision in an effort to reduce illegal parking and blocked emergency routes

in other green permit parking lots. In September, Parking and Visitor Services suspended sales of student parking passes after, overselling by 710 parking spots.

Green permit parking lots include Althouse, Springett, Ontario, Medway and Huron Flats.

“There continues to be spaces that are still available at Althouse and Medway,” Marnoch said. “But green permit holders are still choosing to park illegally and dangerously rather than walk from those lots.”

For students who complain about both the lack of parking and the location of green parking lots on campus, the opening of the

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South Valley Lot is good news.

Nika Khajehdehi, a third-year medical sciences student, has been parking on campus for over a year. She’s excited to start parking closer to campus.

“I actually think that’s really great because not only is that a huge parking lot but also much

closer than all of the other ones,” Khajehdehi said. “It’ll probably be the first one I try now.”

The decision to open up the lot to green permit holders after 9:30 a.m. is a method to ensure that faculty and staff holding grey permits have a chance to park beforehand.

WESTERN’S CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT RANKED FIRST 1 IN CANADA

Shanghai’s 2017 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects ranked Western University’s civil engineering department number one in Canada and 12th globally.

The department — led by Ashraf El Damatty, chair of the civil and environmental engineering department — earned its rankings by meeting measures like research collaborations, publications in top journals, citations and scientific awards. Shanghai’s ranking methodology takes into account a minimum number of research publications between 2011 to 2015. For civil engineering, the minimum number was 100 publications.

El Damatty said the civil engineering department’s facilities and faculty distinguish it from other universities.

“We have some of the best infrastructure facilities for testing structures in the world,” El Damatty said. “All of the professors in my department are very strong in their research area and are among the top in their fields.

Students are surrounded by opportunities and guidance from some of the world’s best educators.”

Professor El Damatty intends on maintaining the department’s reputation by continuing to focus on their contributions in developing countries like Ghana, Cuba and Bangladesh.

“To be the best in the world, you have to work hard,” El Damatty said.

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There continues to be spaces that are still available at Althouse and Medway, but green permit holders are still choosing to park illegally and dangerously rather than walk from those lots.

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Senators raise questions about possible Chakma term extension MARTIN ALLEN NEWS EDITOR @_MARTINALLEN The president of Western University’s term is ending in 2019, and senators are already starting to ask questions.

At the Nov. 17 Senate meeting, senators asked questions about the replacement or reappointment of Western’s president, Amit Chakma.

Before the meeting, three senators each submitted a question for discussion. All wanted general clarification about the senate’s role in Western’s next presidential selection and what has happened so far. Senators raised several more similar questions during the meeting, even after vice-chair of the Senate, Michael Milde, answered the first three.

Chakma’s term is up in June of 2019. If Chakma wants to be reappointed, he must make that clear to the Board of Governors at least two years before his term will end. Now, 20 months away from his term end, the board should know if he is vying for reappointment or not. Instead of another full five-year term, Chakma could also want an extension to his current term, which could be only a year or two.

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senator Kim Clark said details about the next presidential selection process remain to be ironed out, despite the question period.

“For me, it’s still unclear,” she said. “We did not get very much information.”

The committee that selects the next president, whether a replacement or a reappointment, has 10 members — five of which are from the Senate. One of the five is also a student senator. Some of the questions asked in the meeting showed

concern over time. Senators asked if the Senate could properly elect members to the selection committee and whether the selection committee could confidently make a decision about the president; a time continues to run out, with not much information provided thus far.

Clark said with little official information available, there are rumours stating Chakma wants reappointment and others saying he doesn’t. During the question

period, the president chimed in.

“Nothing to report yet. ... But stay tuned,” Chakma said. “And stay away from ‘alternative facts.’ ” Chakma has been the university president since 2009 and was the figure of a controversy in 2015 when he accepted a contract stipulation that doubled his salary to over $900,000. The information was first revealed on the Sunshine List, which lists high-earning public sector officials in Ontario.

“We’re always interested in

transparency,” said Clark. “But after what happened a few years ago, there’s an added appetite. ... A little more information as to where the process is at is something that [senators] would welcome.”

If Chakma has informed the Board of Governors he wants to retain his seat, they have already begun reviewing his tenure. The soonest any information relating to this issue could be released is in the board’s public meeting next week on Thursday, Nov. 23.

Undergrad campus food bank underused KAROLINA JALOWSKA CONTRIBUTOR @KJALOWSK Despite campus food banks struggling to meet demand at other Ontario universities, Western University’s Food Support Services is being underused.

Ryerson University, along with other schools like the University of Toronto and York University, is struggling to meet student demand for its food bank due to the high volume of students and insufficient funding.

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FSS is an anonymous, on-campus service that donates food in hampers to students that express need. Students can pick up the food in person or from lockers on their own. Currently, unclaimed food has been collected in a shopping cart at the FSS centre because items are hitting their expiration date.

Since the beginning of September, FSS recorded approximately 60 users. Annually, the FSS tends to prepare between 150 and 250 hampers. Despite this, a 2016 study found nearly

two in five post-secondary students in Canada experience food insecurity.

At an open house for the centre in September, Pearl Wang, thirdyear medical sciences student and FSS coordinator, found that many students who came out said they didn’t know the service existed.

She said the FSS is not well known on campus, and that’s why a lot of students aren’t using it.

“We have plenty of food, and I think that even if demand goes up, we can still supply it. Our budget line is very generous, and we have a lot of support from campus,”

A lot of time you don’t really talk about food security because there’s no face to it. You never know who’s in need, and I feel like that’s something not discussed on campus.

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Wang said.

The University Students’ Council currently allocates $2,500 to FSS to order food and another $500 for programming. There are currently five event volunteers and five hamper volunteers, who are all trained to remain confidential while working with students.

Wang said that FSS is supported by the USC, on-campus charities, local church groups and more.

They even have people anonymously dropping off cans of food at the front door of their office.

She added that her team’s goal for the year is to familiarize more

students with the service along with starting a dialogue on campus about food insecurity.

“A lot of time you don’t really talk about food security because there’s no face to it,” Wang said.

“You never know who’s in need, and I feel like that’s something not discussed on campus.”

All students with a valid student card are welcome to use the service.

For more information on requesting food hampers or donating food, visit the Food Support Services webpage.

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No matter your program, mind your P’s and Q’s Knock, knock.

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PATTY HU COPY EDITOR @UWOGAZETTE All students should be required to take an introductory writing course.

I might be a stickler for clear, grammatically-correct writing, but I can’t take your arguments seriously if I don’t understand them.

After high school English, some students are glad to finally rid themselves of the tedious grammar exercises, the dreadful peer editing and the bullshit essays, but these skills are needed more than ever in university where ideas need to be communicated effectively.

People will say that they don’t need the art of writing because they’re a science major, but whether you’re in English, arts, science, business or engineering, every student writes an academic paper at some point in their university career, and every paper should be comprehensible.

To make a solid argument, you need decent writing skills. Take grammar for example. A recent Pratt Tribune headline read “Students get first hand job experience” which can be interpreted two ways: a first-hand job experience or a first hand-job experience. Depending on the reader’s interpretation, the context changes. These misinterpretations can weaken arguments because the reader is no longer clear about the points made.

Graduation requirements at Western University state that a minimum of 2.0 essay credits must be taken, but these essay credits usually aren’t sufficient.

I have taken essay credit courses in the Faculty of Health Sciences, and I can say that I only wrote one essay per course, and though I learned about the topics I researched, I learned very little about essay writing.

These courses aren’t equipped with the necessary writing skills to

develop clear, comprehensible arguments, which is the point behind these credits.

In most health science courses, grammar, spelling and clarity are included in a small section on the marking schemes, but most of the marks are allocated towards citations. Although these courses attempt to grade students on their writing skills, students aren’t learning to make clear arguments, to write concisely or to use proper grammar.

This lack of communication is clear in group projects and online discussions. When I read the work of a university student, and I am struggling to make sense of a sentence fragment that has neither subject nor verb, my head wants to split.

Online discussions don’t need to be grammatically perfect, but they should, at the very least, be comprehensible. After all, I first need to understand the argument before I can respond. However, some students make little to no sense in their fragmented and incoherent statements. The sad part is that they are confident in their arguments, yet the argument doesn’t exist.

Maybe students don’t edit their online discussions for concision or grammar since they have a limited time to post replies, but assignments are worth so much more.

While working on group assignments, I have stumbled across paragraphs of information that are redundant or that are irrelevant to the assignment because a group mate misinterpreted the question.

How do you expect to ace an assignment when you’re only reiterating one point repeatedly or not even fulfilling the requirements?

Everyone should take the introductory writing courses, not just any essay credit. At the very least, you’ll finally understand the difference between a colon and a semicolon, but most people walk out with a better understanding of argumentative writing.

I’m still not the best writer, but at least my writing has improved.

My advice: go take some writing courses.

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Laurier’s reaction to TA not in the spirit of academic freedom

BY GAZETTE EDITORIAL BOARD A TA at Wilfrid Laurier University has come under fire after showing her class clips from a debate about gender-neutral pronouns. The debate featured the controversial University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson and led to sanctions for the TA, Lindsay Shepherd, and to a third-party investigation looking into the incident.

nal is well-intentioned. Gender identity, unlike other political or economic debates in the classroom, can be a painfully personal topic: for students in that classroom who identified outside of the traditional binary, the debate was over their personhood.

It’s nearly impossible to remove oneself from that debate, and that needs to be considered.

There are some issues beyond the pale in terms of debate. Engaging in the vaccine-autism debate is futile; it might even be dangerous. By giving proportional credence to a position contrary to mass scientific consensus, you can give it false equivalency. For example, Holocaust denial also has no place in a university.

With this in mind, this lecturer could have employed a more considerate example: it’s important to show both sides of an issue, but perhaps one side should be represented by a sober, well-reasoned figure rather than a celebrity demagogue who links premarital sex to sexual assault.

However, widespread debate over society’s use of gender-neutral pronouns is ongoing. And where there is still room for reasonable debate or discussion, a university cannot — and should not — outright ban dissenting views. Showing both sides of a debate is important; it provokes discussion and analysis and forces students to formulate a more informed defence of their respective positions.

One fact that has been lost in this whole palaver is that showing a clip of Peterson doesn’t mean the TA endorses his views: the TA has stated the intention of the clip was “meant to demonstrate ways in which the existence of gender-specific pronouns has caused controversy.”

Still, the initial sanctions from Shepherd’s supervisors were completely unwarranted and not at all in keeping with ideals of academic freedom. In fact, disagreement with this teacher’s methods would have been a good opportunity for debate and substantive engagement. Laurier’s chosen route instead was overblown and authoritarian. Further, comparing Shepherd’s “neutrality” on gender identity to “[neutrality] on other objectionable views such as those of Adolf Hitler” is patently ridiculous.

Universities are a platform for productive disagreement, and this should provoke discussion.

Heavy-handed intercession by university administration and the censorship of even non-controversial educators like Shepherd are a worrying trend in higher education.

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We helped Kevin Spacey and Louis C.K. avoid justice Dry Martini

MARTIN ALLEN NEWS EDITOR @_MARTINALLEN As the new inquisitors of celebrity sex crimes, we must indict ourselves — alongside the violent, the predatory, the coercive and the exhibitionists.

The ever-growing number of accused are beginning to look like a lecher colony. Their number has brought about the realization that sexual misconduct is normal conduct in our government buildings and movie studios. What has

been eagerly-coined the “Harveyeffect” is a zeitgeist change, and allegations are finally being taken seriously. But our pubic inquisition is ironic, and belated, because our fervent love for the famous has delayed justice for the abused.

Celebrities enjoy an idolatrous relationship with their fans. We, the fans transfixed by late-night television and professionally-run social media, help excuse them from justice. Naturally, young people like us are the most possessed by social media, and we still get our late-night through YouTube clippings; we are irrevocably tied to the cult of celebrity.

It is in our own interest to preserve the character of a celebrity so that we can continue loving it.

So when our idols are challenged,

we are unreliable in finding the truth, and this unreliability has dissuaded victims from raising their accusations at all.

We can find an example in Kevin Spacey, who was an institution of Hollywood and a mainstay of public adoration. In the past, when the unspeakable was spoken of him, those invested in their love for the actor turned their backs. I believe that there is no justification for the magnitude of attention and respect we give celebrities, but that’s a lost battle.

Looking beneath the make-up is the simplest way to imagine how Spacey really appears — not laughing and acting, but serious and leering.

Even when we suspect Spacey did it, many of us are hesitant to

dwell on the image and its connotations. Undoubtedly, our resistance was greater when the evidence had not been so compiled. In the past, most have chosen not to accept the possibility that Louis C.K. masturbated in front of women without their consent. I am among those that heard the rumours. And in my pre-Weinstein naïveté, I rejected them in favour of his standup, just as many rejected that thought of Spacey, in favour of The Usual Suspects and House of Cards.

I was part of this problem, and I may have then discarded all the allegations now reaching the public, since the Harvey-effect has taken hold.

In retrospect of past years, we can see a pattern: victims who

made accusations in the past were not taken seriously enough, and they risked inevitable public and professional backlash. Those who did threatened our ability to enjoy the Oscars, and we have picked award shows over acknowledging reality without fail.

Though rumours and allegations fall short of convictions, they nonetheless deserve consideration. Now, they are getting it, but if we are to fully cleanse this rot from our history, we must acknowledge our own role in the depravity that has decorated Hollywood for so long. Our inquisition can end when we are remembered among those disgraced whom we once idolized.

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regg Wolfe sits at a bar.

It’s decked out in colourful guitars, chandeliers adorned with skeleton figurines and bright Day of the Dead murals along the walls.

This is only a taste of what the Wolfe brothers’ newest restaurant, Los Lobos, has to offer aesthetically. Just when it seems as though the place can’t get any more visually stimulating, Gregg offers a behindthe-scenes look at the menu.

Behind the bar, drinks are prepared with flaming oranges and fresh syrups. In the kitchen, an array of hand-crafted tacos are topped with unique Mexican fare — everything from classic guacamole, pico degallo and chicken to scallops, beef cheek and pork belly.

So far, the Wolfe brothers own three restaurants in London: Los Lobos, The Early Bird and Wolfe of Wortley. While the restaurants are wildly different from the other, they all tap into a common impulse: the urge to pull out your phone and document a one-of-a-kind dining experience.

“The fun part for us is coming up with something new each time and being able to bring something new to the table in the city that we call home,” Gregg says.

The Wolfe brothers’ eateries not only give Londoners something different to try, but also reveal a shift in the restaurant industry – a shift toward Instagram-worthy décor and dishes.

FROM BANDS TO BARS Before the Wolfes had students lining up to take photos of The Early Bird’s pop art or Los Lobos’s elaborate tacos, the brothers were serving up a different kind of experience: music.

Touring the world, Gregg played bass guitar in a band called Latefallen and Justin sang in a band called Thine Eyes Bleed.

“We would hit the road, touring many months of the year. And then, after a few years of doing so, we realized how much we had learned in the [food] industry,” Gregg says.

In 2009 the two brothers decided to pool their culinary knowledge and start a business. Their first endeavour was a bar called Night Owl. It was a small location with an edgy vibe, but it soon gave way to the Wolfes’ second, more popular venture next door: The Early Bird.

Located on 355 Talbot St., the

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Early Bird became one of London’s most popular breakfast spots with its hot pink walls studded with music posters, guitar picks and souvenirs akin to what one might find strewn across a rock star’s dressing room.

There’s even a Hawaiian-themed bar in the back.

The menu also packs a punch: popular items include chicken and waffles, toad in a hole (poached egg and avocado tempura in a thick slice of bread) and the fat Elvis (French toast, peanut butter, bacon, fried banana and maple syrup).

Wolfe of Wortley was born shortly after.

Listed among the country’s best 30 new restaurants of 2017 by Air Canada, Wolfe of Wortley has a completely different aesthetic, attracting foodies with its posh menu.

While Los Lobos and The Early Bird boast high-energy atmospheres, Wolfe of Wortley is a casual fine dining venue that features a menu of small portions with creative flavours and unique combinations, like brussel sprouts with grapes and walnuts; chicken liver brulee with apple; or duck topped with pumpkin spice, raisins, carrots and almonds.

No matter which of the Wolfes’ restaurants, the chefs’ and bartenders’ passion that goes into their food and drink is apparent.

“It’s the best company I’ve ever worked for,” says Los Lobos day chef, Tim Drew, while adding beet and cilantro garnish to a tray of stacked tacos. “I think the city’s blessed to have dudes like [Justin and Gregg] and their restaurants.”

According to Los Lobos bartender, Mathew Bourgard, the Los Lobos lime margaritas and #notmypresident cocktail have become most popular, no doubt due to their aesthetic appeal and catchy names.

But among classic favourites are specialty drinks with ingredients like spiced and avocado-based liqueur, complemented with freshly made syrups.

Justin admits that creating Instaworthy menus and restaurant spaces was never something he and Gregg set out to do. It’s merely taken root as they’ve set out to create unique dining experiences around the city.

The photo frenzy these unique restaurants are generating though, speak to a larger trend at work among restaurants that increasingly ties their popularity to how well they translate on social media.

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bites to London APPEALING TO MILLENNIAL FOODIES The attention Los Lobos has received from students in particular suggests the Wolfes’ iconic use of eye-catching décor and unique food combinations have become must-tries and Instagram-able events. This suggests classic meals are falling out of favour in an era where more creative food dishes are seen as visual art to be shared on social media.

Restaurants like Sweet Jesus in Toronto are profiting off a niche market of Instagramers seeking out the most impressive #foodporn picture, and it appears London may be close behind.

“It’s a free form of advertising, and it’s an honest form of advertising,” Gregg says. “It’s not like we’re paying to run a radio ad and telling you it’s awesome. Someone’s coming in, they’re trying it for themselves and they love it so much or they think it’s cool enough that they decide they’re going to take a picture and share it with their friends.”

Third-year psychology student Kyra Karakatsanis and third-year bachelor of management and organizational studies student Dyllen Colby went to Los Lobos together for a friend’s birthday and were impressed by the space’s attention to detail.

“My friends and I all had Instagram stories and Snapchat stories with our food or drinks [and] décor, and we all included the location,” says Colby. “Subconsciously, we wanted people to know we ate at such a trendy restaurant.”

Colby was impressed by the displays that were meant to represent gravesites as seen on Day of the Dead and the paintings that cover the walls — which Gregg explains were done by friend and artist Stu Andrenelli.

“We’ve definitely noticed at The Early Bird and now Los Lobos, one of first things people do is pull out their camera and [start] taking pictures,” says Justin.

According to trends within the food industry, the drive to seek out Insta-worthy locations among millennials and young adults is growing.

A recent article in The Verge unpacks how “Instagram is pushing restaurants to be kitschy, colorful and irresistible to photographers.” On a London scale, the Wolfes appear to be accomplishing exactly that.

Verge writer Casey Newton argues that “ultimately, restaurants are in the business of making memories, ... and photos are the way that we store them.”

This implies students or young adults are more likely to seek out eateries that value atmosphere and experience as much as good food.

“Trendy is in,” says Colby. “Our demographic would much rather eat at a place where we can get a cool picture than somewhere with bland, boring walls.”

Karakatsanis adds to this, recalling Los Lobos as a restaurant you’d find in Toronto, describing the atmosphere as fun, edgy and different from what you’d normally see in London. That’s not surprising given the Wolfes’ tendency to focus on atmosphere and first impressions.

“The focus behind our restaurant group that we’re now building is just starting to bring new, fun concepts to London,” says Gregg. “[But] social media is a very powerful weapon right now, ... so it’s something you always sort of have to keep in mind.”

LOOKING FORWARD Gregg and Justin reveal they have two more locations in the works, including a re-opening of the Night Owl. The bar-turned-cocktail-lounge will be located on the second floor of Los Lobos in early December.

“It’s got this Victorian kind of edge to it as far as the décor goes,” says Gregg. “Damask wallpaper and bold chandeliers.”

He adds that there will also be a speakeasy feel to the bar, complete with a hidden back entrance and limited seating.

The Wolfes have also recently bought the bakery next to Wolfe of Wortley as well.

“We’re kind of keeping the concept under wraps right now,” says Gregg. “But it’ll be another little food and drink spot: a new concept again.”

As the variety of restaurants, like those owned by the Wolfe brothers, continue to build around the city, students will gain more ways to satisfy their taste buds and and their followers. As this industry trend suggests, don’t be surprised if London becomes a host for eateries targeting the modern student who’s looking for more than just a bite to eat.

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Mustangs advance to Vanier Cup with win over Acadia MIKE DEBOER SPORTS EDITOR @MIKEDBOER

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Women’s volleyball back on track with heart-stopping win CHARLIE O’CONNOR CLARKE SPORTS EDITOR @CHARLIEJCLARKE It wasn’t as decisive as it could’ve been, but the Western Mustangs women’s volleyball team ultimately finished off the Windsor Lancers in Friday night’s game at Alumni Hall.

The hosts needed five sets to take it (25–20, 26–24, 24–26, 22–25, 15–13), going all the way to the final frame after going up two sets to start the match.

Now 3–2 on the season, the Mustangs move up to second in the Ontario University Athletics West Division with a .600 winning percentage. After losing two straight games to the Brock Badgers and McMaster Marauders, the win against Windsor was a gritty bounce-back performance for a team expected to be a title contender this year.

“It’s great to see the calibre of the other West Division teams is improving,” said Western coach Melissa Bartlett. “That’s going to make us better: these challenging matches.”

Western’s performance against the Lancers was a testament to the team’s resilience. All the sets were close, and after they failed to close things out in the third, it was a serious challenge to maintain focus.

At times in the fourth and fifth sets, the Mustangs looked on the verge of losing composure, falling behind by significant margins a couple of times. In the shortened fifth especially, though, they were able to fight back from behind to edge out their opponents.

“These long matches early in the season are going to make us better in the long run,” said Bartlett. “It was a physical and mental victory as much as anything else, because as

an athlete, that’s always in the back of your mind. It’s hard to just play in the moment sometimes.”

The Mustangs were very solid defensively, making 14 blocks (led

by Kelsey Veltman, who made 11). In the backcourt, Courtney Sestric and Aja Gyimah kept the ball alive, racking up 24 and 23 digs, respectively.

Western’s defence faced a relentless onslaught from Windsor’s rookie sensation, Paige Phills, who scored 26 points to lead her team. Gyimah, Sestric and the rest of the team’s defensive players were exceptional, though, salvaging several plays that seemed bound to end in a point for the Lancers.

After a string of Windsor successes midway through the game, Bartlett switched up her team’s defensive structure.

“We noticed that some of their outside hitters were burning us down the line, so we started blocking the line,” said Gyimah. “The team had a really good defensive day. In practice that’s what we work on — putting your all into getting a dig. We executed that pretty well, I think.”

With the win, the Mustangs are back on track in their long season.

Just five games in, they only have two contests left in November before the December break. Next up is a game against fierce rivals Queen’s University.

In terms of what her team needs to do to succeed next weekend, Bartlett has some ideas.

“Sometimes we get a little too one-dimensional,” she said, “where we’ve got a lot of firepower, but we need to be a little more efficient with some off-speed tips and rolls. That’s going to be a focus next week.”

Western will play Queen’s at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 24 at Alumni Hall.

After what transpired on Saturday at the Uteck Bowl in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, the question is worth asking.

Is the 2017 edition of Western Mustangs football one of the greatest teams in Canadian university football history?

Their 81–3 win over the Acadia Axemen raises the question. No team had ever scored more than 60 points in a U Sports semifinal game before. The Mustangs scored on their first eight possessions of the game.

Their performance was so thoroughly dominating (or demoralizing if you were a fan of the Axemen) that calls rang out across social media for U Sports to change their scheduling format to avoid another embarrassment for the league in the future.

This Mustangs team is so good, on both sides of the ball, that they’re challenging the way Canadian university football is structured. They haven’t had a competitive game since Labour Day when the Guelph Gryphons took them to overtime.

There were too many standout Mustangs performances on Saturday to count. Running back Cedric Joseph racked up 100 yards and three touchdowns. He now

has 10 touchdowns in three playoff games.

Fellow running back Trey Humes had his official coming-out party in the purple and white, running for 172 yards and a touchdown. Thirdstringer Yannick Harou added 98 yards and two touchdowns.

Quarterback Chris Merchant had a near-perfect afternoon, throwing for 200 yards on 10-of-11 passing and two touchdowns. He also rushed six times for 54 yards and two touchdowns and was named the Uteck Bowl’s Most Valuable Player. Merchant’s top target, Harry McMaster, led all receivers with 135 yards, including a 73-yard touchdown catch.

Defensively, the Mustangs had another stifling performance, giving up only 214 yards of total offence, 33 of which came on the ground.

Fraser Sopik had eight tackles on the day, including two for losses.

Bleska Kambamba had two interceptions, and Mackenzie Ferguson had another that he returned 30 yards for a major.

With the win, the Mustangs sent a message to the country. The lazy opinion is that the Laval Rouge et Or, who won the Mitchell Bowl and will meet the Mustangs in the Vanier Cup, will be the favourites to win the national title.

The Rouge et Or, of course, are the defending Vanier Cup champs and have won nine national titles since the Mustangs’ last Vanier Cup appearance in 1995.

But the Mustangs are their equal.

This won’t be a David versus Goliath scenario as the two teams meet at Hamilton’s Tim Horton’s Field on Saturday: This will be Goliath versus Goliath. It will be a meeting of what are potentially the two greatest football programs in the history of Canadian university football. The Mustangs and the Rouge et Or have won a combined 15 national championships. Both programs have deep pockets, exceptional recruiting pipelines and the best coaching staffs in the country.

Laval wasn’t undefeated during the regular season. They’ve faced adversary in the form of a 21–16 loss to the Montreal Carabins on Sept. 9.

Western hasn’t faced such adversary this season. They’re currently 11–0 on the year, but a 21-year national title drought should be enough bulletin board material for Mustangs head coach Greg Marshall and his staff.

This Mustangs team can end that drought with one of its toughest and most talented teams in program history. There’s no better time to do so than Saturday in Hamilton.

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KIIJA GARGARELLO GAZETTE David Brown (66), Jesse McNair (8), Jean-Gabriel Poulin (10) and Harry McMaster (19) hoist the Uteck Bowl after a dominating 81–3 win over the Acadia Axemen.

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Men’s basketball falls short in road trip to Ottawa MIKE DEBOER SPORTS EDITOR @MIKEDBOER The Western Mustangs men’s basketball team went into the past weekend riding a two game winning streak and boasting a 3–2 record.

They came out of it with a pair of losses against two of the nation’s elite programs. Their 67–61 loss to the Ottawa Gee-Gees on Friday night showed how far this Mustangs team has come from last year’s 7–13 season. Their 82–61 loss to the Carleton Ravens on Saturday showed they still have a long way to go before they can compete with the top contenders in Ontario University Athletics.

“I think with some of the games we’ve had this season, last weekend included, we’ve started to show that we’re on the rise and we can make some noise in this league,” said Mustangs fourth-year captain Alex Coote.

The Mustangs started off strong against the Gee-Gees, taking a 14–10 lead into the second quarter. Their swarming defence forced 10 Ottawa turnovers in the opening frame.

While the University of Ottawa had trouble and missed shots to start the second quarter, their fast break helped them take back the lead. The Mustangs, however, didn’t fold in the wake of one of the best teams in the nation. The two teams traded baskets and the Gee-Gees held a slim 30–28 lead at halftime.

The Mustangs would lead Ottawa 46–42 after the third quarter as Eriq Jenkins’ 25-point performance masked a poor Western performance on the boards. While the Mustangs lost the rebounding battle 44–31, they still had a chance to win with one quarter left in the game.

In the fourth quarter, the

Mustangs implemented a full court press, which contained the GeeGees’ offensive attack. However, a late game three from Calvin Epistola and a layup from Jean-Emmanuel Pierre gave Ottawa the tight win.

“We would’ve really loved to get that game against Ottawa, and we all feel like that was our game for the taking,” said Coote on the close loss to the Gee-Gees. “That was a game where we just didn’t do enough things right down the stretch and we beat ourselves.”

The next day, the Mustangs came out strong again in the first quarter, as Carleton held a slim 17–15 lead after the game’s first ten minutes.

While the Mustangs held their own defensively against the Ravens, forcing them to shoot 19 per cent from three and only 39 per cent from the floor, their inability to stop Carleton from penetrating the paint proved too much to overcome.

Henry Tan led the Mustangs in scoring with 14 points on 4-of-10 shooting, while Marko Kovacs added 13 points and six rebounds.

With the pair of losses, the Mustangs fall to 3–4 on the season.

They remain tied for second in the Ontario University Athletics West Division, well behind the 8–0 Brock Badgers but in a solid position with four games left before the winter break.

With winnable games against York University, Queen’s University and Nipissing University coming up, the Mustangs could get back on track, but what they showed in their weekend road trip to the nation’s capital was that. While there’s still work to do to get to the top of the OUA, the Mustangs aren’t that far away from programs like Ottawa.

Men’s hockey continues to struggle JORDAN MCGAVIN MANAGING EDITOR OF DESIGN @JMCGAVIN13 It was a relatively quiet athletic weekend at Western Universirt as most teams in competition took to the road.

BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) The women’s basketball team dropped both of their weekend contests. The team lost 39–52 on Friday against the Ottawa Gee-Gees and then 48–71 against the undefeated Carleton Ravens on Saturday. With the pair of losses, the Mustangs fall to 3–4 and a 0.429 win percentage.

The team travels to Toronto to take on the York Lions on Nov. 24.

BASKETBALL (MEN’S) The men’s basketball team also lost both of their weekend matchups. On Friday, they lost to the University of Ottawa by a narrow 62–67 margin.

Things didn’t get much better for the Mustangs as they lost 61–82 to the undefeated Carleton Ravens. After the weekend, the Mustangs sit third in the West with a 3–4 record and a 0.429 win percentage. Next, they

travel to Toronto for a date with the York Lions on Nov. 24.

FOOTBALL The football team was in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, this past weekend for the Uteck Bowl, a U Sports semifinal game that pitted the Western Mustangs against the Acadia Axemen of the Atlantic University Sport. The Mustangs dominated their way to a record-breaking 81–3 win and secured themselves a date with the Laval Rouge et Or in this weekend’s Vanier Cup. HOCKEY (WOMEN’S) The women’s hockey team split their weekend games. The Mustangs travelled to Guelph on Thursday, a game that saw the Mustangs score thrice in the final six minutes of the third to force overtime where they eventually lost it by a score of 3–4.

On Saturday, the team travelled to Waterloo and beat the Laurier Golden Hawks 3–1.

HOCKEY (MEN’S) The men’s hockey team continued to struggle this weekend, losing both their games. With a 4–6 loss against

Guelph on Friday and a 2–3 loss to Laurier on Saturday, the Mustangs sit last in the West with a 3–8–1 record. This weekend, the team travels to Kingston for a pair of games against Royal Military College of Canada and the Queen’s Gaels.

VOLLEYBALL (MEN’S) The men’s volleyball team won their sole game of the weekend 3–1.

The four-set victory (25–17, 20–25, 25–18, 25–20) over the Windsor Lancers improves the Mustangs’ record to 3–2. Bryn Ramsay led the Mustangs with 18 points and 22 digs.

The next game for the Mustangs is Friday, Nov. 24 at Alumni Hall against Queen’s University.

VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S) It took five sets (25–20, 26–24, 24–26, 22–25, 15–13), but the women’s volleyball team was triumphant, posting a 3–2 win over the University of Windsor. The Mustangs now sit second in the West with a 3–2 record. The next game for the Mustangs is Nov. 24 at Alumni Hall against Queen’s.

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Inaugural Music Career Day explores opportunities within music industry NICK SKOIC CULTURE EDITOR CARMEN MALLIA CONTRIBUTOR @UWOGAZETTE London Music Office hosted its first-ever Music Career Day at Wolf Performance Hall last Friday, highlighting the various paths available in the business from a mix of industry veterans.

LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITIES Vel Omazic, executive director of Canada’s Music Incubator, set the tone for Music Career Day by emphasizing the idea that the industry is more than just a creative outlet: it’s also a business.

The prestigious entrepreneur talked about a wide variety of jobs within the industry, putting emphasis on music business managers, graphic designers and content creators, songwriters, music engineers, technicians and merchandise managers, to show that there are more opportunities to work in the business than simply being a performing artist.

“The artist is the tip of the iceberg, but look at all those careers available to you,” explained Omazic. “Both on the business side and creative side.”

By providing students with this information, Omazic made it clear that making it big in the music industry does not have to be an accident. If one can make a career plan, the possibilities are endless.

“One of the biggest things I took away was music supervision,” said Patrick Clark, a third-year popular music student. “It’s super lucrative and not a lot of people know about it.”

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MUSIC MARKETING FOR MUSIC MAKERS In the 21st century, every form of business requires promotional campaigns, and each musician should have a strong marketing skills if they want to thrive within the industry.

The event provided students with the opportunity to hear from a panel of some of Canada’s most successful music marketers who discussed networking opportunities and strategies for pinpointing a target audience.

“We are looking for artist

who are interested in promoting themselves,” said J.L. Cotter, marketing coordinator at Dine Alone Records. “You don’t want to make people think you’re selling out, but that’s what you have to do now.”

The panel stressed the importance for up-and-coming artists to perform in their hometowns, and also talked about the use of social media analytics for targeting specific demographics within a fanbase.

You don’t want to make people think you’re selling out, but that’s what you have to do now.

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HOW TO MAKE IT IN SONG “I worked basically for free for the first eight months.” (That’s how London DJ and producer Khardiac describes the beginnings of his career as an artist.) The first panel of the day emphasized that if you want to make performing music your career, you have to be dedicated above all else.

Every artist needs to stand out to be successful. Manager Matt Powell equates your personal brand to your equity. At the same time, in many people’s pursuit of music as a career, an idea that’s often lost is that it is a business like any other.

“It’s 90 per cent relationships,” said Powell. “‘Kill or be killed’ is so dated. It’s much easier to win together than it is to be your own little island.” He then encouraged everyone in the audience to shake each other’s hand.

There was also plenty of discussion on the changing technological landscape of the industry.

Khardiac noted that record sales are generally down due to internet piracy. Dayna Manning, a singer and producer, has begun to reanalyze her business, as her income mostly comes from live shows rather than records.

Powell, Khardiac and Manning showcased the grind needed to truly make a living in the industry, all while emphasizing its very real

possibility.

MUSIC IN FILM, TELEVISION AND RADIO If you’ve ever fallen in love with a song you found flipping through radio stations or watching a movie, then you probably have people like these panelists to thank.

Sean Sutherland of ole publishing and Julia Train of Musicians’ Rights Organization Canada essentially make sure that musicians rightly get all the royalties they deserve. Dondrea Erauw works with Instinct Entertainment to license music in film, TV and other media, while India Corran and RPMpromotion put artists on the radio.

“Everyone is saying radio is dead,” said Corran. “But really, it’s not. If you want the biggest exposure then it’s still the best way.”

Much like the performance of music, the business side has been changed greatly by digitization. Corran notes that she’ll first check the social media of any indie artist that approaches her, while Sutherland spoke on the everchanging legislation regarding royalties and the opportunities that arise from that.

“YouTube has to pay royalties now. So we created a whole new digital department and the business is just insane. There’s new hires every few weeks, it seems.”

Artist Accelerators put the focus on the nooks and crannies of the music industry, showcasing an alternative route for the passionate hopefuls.

The event also featured performances from Khardiac, Carly Thomas and Chad Price. It seemed most attendees took something away from the event.

“It’s really helpful to see the different areas of the music business come together,” said Kianah Dames, a third-year media, information and technoculture student. “It was nice to put a face to what I want to do.”

With that apparent success, it’s looking like the day’s inaugural edition won’t also be its last.

“I’m sure we’ll do this again next year. This was the first step,” said Cory Crossman, music industry development officer for London. “We’ll definitely see it grow.”

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King’s hosts traditional Japanese taiko drumming FOREST MURAN CONTRIBUTOR @UWOGAZETTE

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Hey Ocean! rocks Rum Runners GABRIELLE DROLET CONTRIBUTOR @UWOGAZETTE After a three-year hiatus, indie band Hey Ocean! is back with charisma, chemistry and a whole lot of new music. The Vancouver-based group played at Rum Runners on Tuesday night, drawing a crowd to the intimate concert venue within London Music Hall.

Although the band takes on a detached, synthpop sound in the studio, their live sounds veered closer to the warm and emotive tones of jazz and folk music. Each of the band’s three core members — Ashleigh Ball, David Beckingham and David Vertesi — brought a unique element to their performance, resulting in a concert that was equally dynamic and engaging.

Ball’s powerful vocals harmonized with both Vertesi and Beckingham to add warmth to each song, and instrumental breaks featured her flute solos backed by high-energy bass and guitar.

Prompted by audio equipment failure, Hey Ocean! played acoustic versions of two of their songs. The band’s incredible chemistry made it hard to tell that the concert was part of their first tour together in roughly three years. Though the band has been releasing music together for over a decade, having formed in 2005, they took a break in 2014 to work independently. Beckingham explained that after releasing three albums and touring for nine years, time apart felt necessary.

“It came time to make our fourth record, and we just didn’t have anything in us to give. We didn’t have any juice left,” he said. “It got to the point where we decided breaking up was the best move.”

Rather than ignoring their breakup, Hey Ocean! is using this tour as an opportunity to embrace it. The London concert was divided into two hour-long sets, allowing

London’s been fun. At the end of the day it’s the crowd, the vibe, the audience that really makes it.

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the band to play over a decade’s worth of their music, as well as songs from each member’s solo-record, which were written during their time apart.

“People have been asking us where we’ve been. The three of us have actually released our own solo records,” Vertesi told the crowd. “So the missing Hey Ocean! record is really like a triple disc. We thought this tour would be a really cool opportunity to share some of that music with you guys.”

The combination of older music, newer sounds and independent songs made for a unique lively concert. The crowd sang along to some of the Hey Ocean!’s hits like “If I Were a Ship,” and listened attentively as the band premiered music from their newest album, The Hurt of Happiness, which is set to be released early 2018.

This isn’t the first time that Hey Ocean! has performed in London.

They performed at Call The Office prior to breaking up.

“London’s been fun,” Beckingham stated. “At the end of the day it’s the crowd, the vibe, the audience that really makes it.”

As the concert drew to an end, the band promised that this wouldn’t be their last time performing in the city. They ended off on a warm note, performing two songs during their encore and thanking the audience for their continued support.

“Thank you for singing along and for smiling along tonight,” Ball said to the crowd. “Thank you for remembering us.”

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Most people are more familiar with tea than taiko, but on Nov. 15 at King’s University College, attendees were treated to an exhilarating experience that exhibited both.

As part of Western University’s International Week, King’s International and King’s University College Students’ Council put on a concert showcasing the art of taiko — an energetic Japanese musical tradition centred around an ensemble of variously sized drums with an origin in military communication and Buddhist ceremony.

While remaining true to the percussive tradition, the performance occasionally augmented the ensemble with a bamboo flute, known as a shakuhachi, and the guitar-like shamisen. The hall was filled with enthusiastic attendees, impressed by a spectacle of sight and sound.

Nagata Shachu, a Toronto-based professional taiko group founded by musician Kiyoshi Nagata, performed a number of works with varying intensities and tones. From the opening, they played a militaristic rumble on the odaiko drum and then contrasted it with a haunting Japanese folk tune played on the shamisen.

Every moment was charged with exuberance and energy.

Nagata Shachu’s aim, apart from performing invigorating music, included “rejuvenating [the] ancient art form” and “creating a new voice for taiko.” Only one of the pieces performed was traditional: the rest were original works written to highlight the performer’s virtuosity.

After the performance, many of the concert’s attendees gathered to reflect on taiko. Derek Martin, principal of CultureWorks: English as a Second Language School in London, had experience playing taiko from his years living in Japan in the ‘90s.

He acknowledged how far traditional taiko drumming had evolved.

“Modern taiko is a development of a traditional form turned into an art genre,” Martin says. According to him, taiko has been modernized from its ceremonial, pragmatic roots. “Traditional taiko is a lot

simpler and not as interesting for the new generation.”

After the event come the international tea-sampling table featuring teas from around the world.

Some of the teas featured included Korean green tea from the Jeju Island, Japanese cherry blossom-infused green tea, Indian Darjeeling oolong from the West Bengal region and the earthy Chinese yan cha “rock” tea.

Linda Weber, King’s International Student Advisor, explained that taiko performances traditionally call for tea or beer.

“Like taiko groups, Western is about community, and that is what we are here celebrating,” said Weber.

Weber felt the concert was a perfect fit for International Week. “Music,” says Weber, “is a language that transcends boundaries; the sound of the drum beats with our souls.”

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TACKLE TEND THREAT

TIMEOUT TRANSFER

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