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Thomas has a knack for making people laugh. So much so, in fact, that he’s vice-president of the Western Comedy Club. A club that allows him to write, perform and teach other budding comedians on campus.

“Getting on stage and having people laugh with you is great,” he says. “You don’t know how it’s going to go when you get up there, so the feeling of doing something super well is addictive.”

Fortunately, he has no shortage of opportunities to feel that. For the Comedy Club, Thomas runs weekly workshops with members. He works in all kinds of comedy, from scripted standup to group improv.

“It’s a really in-jokey crowd,” he says of the group. “We have a very core group of people that spend a lot of time together; we’re very much on the same page.”

Thomas first tried improv in high school, which prompted him to join the club at Western. According to him, he found out pretty quickly that he could mesh with the group’s other members.

After joining the Comedy Club, Thomas tried his hand at writing comedy. When just starting out, he found it hard to not fall in line with his comedic influences — Bo Burnham and Andy Kaufman, to name a few — but with practice comes originality.

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“As the years progressed, stuff got more off-the-wall and weird,” he says.

Off-the-wall and weird certainly describe Thomas’s personal taste. When asked what his favourite movie

He’s hoping to find a creative career in a field like marketing or communications. Still, Thomas prefers to keep his comedy and his academics separate.

Thomas explains that not everything has to be careerfocused or to look good on a resume. Hobbies can help prevent you from becoming too absorbed in one thing.

“It’s more important to do what you’re interested in than to do what you think is going to be showy,” Thomas advises.

That said, Thomas’s comedic influences do come out from time to time, sometimes subconsciously. People often tell him that he’s funny, such as when he gives a particularly memorable fun fact in an introductory class. In truth, though, Thomas isn’t so sure that’s strictly true.

“I wouldn’t consider myself a funny person,” he clarifies.

“I would say I make funny things.”

Ultimately, Thomas just likes to make people laugh. He admires comedians who do things nobody has ever done before, and Thomas hopes that he can do the same. With more experience comes more opportunities for him to reach this goal.

Thomas insists that careers and hobbies don’t need to mix, but whether or not comedy is a part of Thomas’s professional life in the future, it’ll definitely remain part of his personality.

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A Western student screams for help as the abominable snowman attempts to abduct her.

Western University’s campus is crawling with people from many international backgrounds. With the start of the new winter semester, transfer and exchange students from all over the world can be spotted trekking to their classes.

Yet, today’s diverse campus is no match for the sighting of an abominable snowman in the Somerville House area in 1962.

Hired by the Circle K club of Western, an international collegiate service group that sponsors and promotes leadership programs, the abominable snowman was set to

be the mascot of Western’s winter weekend festivities.

According to observations from the Gazette’s editorial staff, the snowman had fun during the week as he made a rare appearance in the Somerville House cafeteria.

His big, shaggy figure frightened cafeteria patrons as he stalked unsuspecting students.

However, Jack Pulkinghorn, a Circle K spokesperson, said that the snowman was “perfectly harmless and friendly, but the poor thing is confused and homesick.”

Pulkinghorn went on to explain that while the snowman does understand English, he may not be accustomed to Canadian culture as he is originally from Mount Everest.

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Canadian pilot shortage bringing job opportunities to students KAROLINA JALOWSKA NEWS EDITOR @KJALOWSK It’s a tough job market for many students, but job opportunities are soaring in one industry — aviation.

Canada is currently experiencing a national shortage of pilots. The Canadian Council for Aviation and Aerospace said that by 2036, Canada might be 6,000 pilots short, unable to meet growing demands in the industry.

Brian Morris, a director in Western University’s commercial aviation management program, said the national shortage of pilots is because of two main reasons.

“There’s growth in the industry worldwide in terms of more flight activity,” Morris said. “The other

issue is the numerous retirements.

You put those two factors together, and it’s generating a shortfall worldwide.”

He also said that there has been a shift in the relationship airlines have with schools that teach flight operations — airlines have started to deal directly with schools to seek out potential hires.

The commercial av iation management program is a fouryear program that teaches airline management, and offers students the option of in-flight training.

Currently, the graduating class at Western is comprised of 26 students, 12 of which are taking on the flight-operations option.

Morris said that before the shortage, students graduating from flight-operations programs

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MARTIN ALLEN NEWS EDITOR @_MARTINALLEN Western’s University Students’ Council is among a dozen other Canadian student governments to receive unsolicited Amazon packages containing strange items.

Student unions and councils around the country have received sex toys, record players and headphones, among other random products. Since fall, some groups have received up to 35 packages.

The USC received a collection of around five packages before the winter break, said Jana Cernavskis, USC communications officer; they refused the deliveries, so their contents are unknown.

All of the packages were delivered through Amazon. The deliveries across the country spurred Amazon to release a statement, stating the source didn’t get the student union names or shipping addresses from

the online retailer.

“This behaviour violates our policies. We remove sellers in violation of our policies … and work with law enforcement to take appropriate action,” the statement says.

The RCMP became involved after the vice-president of Lakehead University’s student union contacted them in November. Lakehead has received 16 packages since the fall.

An RCMP constable concluded the packages were sent from Chinese distributors. He told CBC that Amazon said it was a sales tactic.

Other student union executives have complained that Amazon has not been communicative about their own investigations and that they only heard from the police after contacting them personally.

Some student unions have received more packages as recently as late January, but the USC has seen nothing since the original delivery.

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were often on their own whereas now, schools like Western have relationships with airlines such as WestJet, Air Canada and Porter Airlines.

“They will look at our students.

Some will be interviewed, and there’s a few people that will be direct entries,” Morris said. “What is happening now is new ... and has been going on for three to four

years.”

Although airlines are seeking out more graduates from flight-operations programs, airlines won’t just hire anybody, according to Morris; their standards remain just as high.

“There’s a better link to get our students interviews and into a position to hopefully be hired by the airlines,” Morris said.

There’s growth in the industry worldwide in terms of more flight activity. The other issue is the numerous retirements.

You put those two factors together, and it’s generating a shortfall worldwide.

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BRIEFS RESEARCH BY WESTERN PROF FINDS WOMEN STRONGER IN THE PAST According to a Western University professor’s research, women who lived 8,000 years ago were likely stronger than today’s female athletes.

Jay Stock, professor of anthropology, has been doing intensive research looking at trends in human bone strength. Originally focusing on male bone density, Stock shifted his research attention to female bone density after realizing that women had more consistent bone density patterns over the last 8,000 years.

“In the past, the dramatic shift in men’s bones suggested they were getting more sedentary and had lower levels of activity throughout time,” said Stock. “But for women, the relative consistency was difficult to interpret.”

The study, published in the Science Advances journal looked at current competitive female athletes at the University of Cambridge including rowers, soccer players and long-distance runners. Stock was able to determine dramatic differences in bone strength of women in different sports.

For example, Stock found that rowers had a much higher arm strength relative to leg strength when compared to people in other sports.

According to Stock, prehistoric women’s arm strength was higher on average than today’s varsity and Olympic rowers, suggesting that women in the past were extremely active for thousands of years.

Contrary to popular belief, Stock’s research shows that continuous repetitive activity could be as valuable to bone density as high-strain activity such as weight lifting.

Currently, Stock is in the process of building and creating research projects and collaborations on campus, such as Western’s Bone and Joint Institute.

“We can get a much more finegrained understanding of the range of activities that influence bone and how specifically they influence bone and strength in different people and throughout the body,” said Stock.

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Mustangs top Windsor in close game DONOVAN MCDONALD CONTRIBUTOR @SPORTSATGAZETTE The men’s basketball team has hit their groove, carving out a fourgame winning streak after defeating the Windsor Lancers 94–86 on Saturday. Western University now holds a 13–7 record and are comfortably holding onto the second position in the Ontario University Athletics West division.

In a game that went down to the wire, Marko Kovac and Omar Shiddo exhibited the same strong

performances we have become accustomed to recently, with 17 and 18 points respectively.

Despite their strong performances, it was the depth of the Mustangs’ bench that elevated their game. Off the bench, Henry Tan scored a team-leading 19 points. The Mustangs’ bench combined for a whopping 41 bench points, paving the way for victory.

“We have great depth to our team, where multiple players are making solid contributions on any given night,” said Tan. “Bringing

that energy and aggressiveness off the bench is important.”

Windsor was unable to deal with the scoring options the Mustangs threw at them, with five Mustangs players scoring in double figures.

“We had great contributions from a lot of guys,” said head coach Brad Campbell. “When we are able to get five players in double figures, we will be tough to beat.”

The Mustangs were no slouches on the defensive side of the ball, as they were able to force Windsor into 17 turnovers, allowing them to tack on 14 points with those extra possessions. The Mustangs showed why they are the top team in the

OUA in steals per game, finishing the game with 11 steals total.

While the three-point shot was not falling for the Mustangs, they were able to find other avenues to score. They scored 46 points in the paint and shot the ball efficiently, converting 50.7 per cent of their field goals, despite their struggles from beyond the arc.

Henry Tan showcased a mastery for drawing fouls, contributing 10 of the Mustangs’ 18 points from the free throw line.

“Our game plan was to attack the paint and we were fortunate to be on the receiving end of the referee’s whistles,” said Tan. “Good

We have great depth to our team, where multiple players are making solid contributions on any given night.

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Western will next face the Laurier Golden Hawks on Feb. 7.

While the Mustangs have all but cemented their position as second in the West, there is still work to be done and improvements to be made as the playoffs close in.

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MIKE DEBOER SPORTS EDITOR @MIKEDBOER The Western Mustangs men’s volleyball team won their ninth straight match on Saturday with a 3–0 victory over the Trent Excalibur in Peterborough, Ont. With their recent surge of dominance, the Mustangs sit at 11–2 on the season and in the heat of a race for the top spot in Ontario University Athletics.

The Mustangs have already matched their win total from last season and look very much like a team capable of winning the program’s first OUA title since 1979.

The Mustangs handled a resilient Excalibur squad that was looking for its first win of the season. Trent gave Western all it could handle in the first set as the Mustangs grinded out a 25–21 win.

The second set saw the Mustangs

take control of the match as they dominated en route to a comfortable 25–11 win. The third set saw more of the same as the Mustangs took the match with a 25–16 victory.

Three-set wins have been a habit for the Mustangs since the Christmas break. In their last six games, the team has only given up a single set. It’s been a stretch of dominance that has allowed the Mustangs to rise up the OUA West standings with the playoffs fast approaching.

The Mustangs have seen considerable production from a number of the players during their ninematch win streak. Left side Nathan Phelps sits in the top five in the OUA with 2.04 digs per set. Middle Evan Hammond is fourth in the OUA with 1.0 blocks per set. Setter Matt Hooker is second in the province in assists per set with 10.04.

The Mustangs have four games

remaining until the post-season starts. The team will travel to Windsor next weekend to take on the Lancers, who currently sit four points behind the Mustangs in the OUA West standings. Then, on Feb. 17, the Mustangs face their biggest test of the season when they travel to Hamilton to take on the 12–1 McMaster Marauders. That game will feature the two best teams in Ontario and could very well be a preview of the OUA Championship match.

The Mustangs program has had great success over the last three decades, but they’re still looking to win that ever elusive OUA title and end the 39-year championship drought.

This year’s team is capable of ending that drought. With the final stretch of the regular season on the horizon, they’ll get their shot at glory soon enough.

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BSA Exec Black Students’ Association celebrates 25 years We are the Black Students’ Association of Western University. Since 1993, the BSA has been a socio-political club with a deep investment in the issues that affect black students on our campus. We are an anti-oppressive space that calls for the celebration of black joy, community and kinship. The events that we organize for our members are designed for black Western students to remain conscious of and to critically analyze the various black experiences.

This year is the BSA’s 25th anniversary, and in commemoration of our establishment and Black History Month, we wanted to reflect on our experiences as black students at Western University. Together, we position ourselves as both teacher and student and effectively “speak truth to power.” To be black

at Western is to be in an incredibly unique and challenging position. To be a black student at Western is to create our own space, change our own narratives and create our own traditions. The Black History Month issue is an intimate display of our stories, lives and journeys. We are academics, singers, dancers and creatives. Everything that we are and everything that we hope to be can be attributed to the strong executive teams and dedicated BSA members that we have had over the years. Through hard work, we have curated the most incredible group that has continued to support and nourish black students on campus. Twentyfive years later, we are still black, we are still proud and we are here to reclaim our time.

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FINDIN OUR S DIKA OJIAKOR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE 2018 BLACK HISTORY MONTH ISSUE We use our concept of time to place events in sequence. We know to wake up at a certain time and to go to bed at another. Time is so invaluable to us all, and yet, who hasn’t wasted irreplaceable time to a useless conversation, a pointless meeting or a draining social interaction?

As black students at Western University, the frustration of wasted time is all too familiar. We constantly have to spend time explaining to our peers why certain things are simply unacceptable: why it’s offensive to use the N-word or maddening to touch our hair.

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NG SPACE The moment we set foot on campus, this frustration becomes unavoidable: In class, at the Spoke, in the gym or on the bus. At the library, in residence, at a restaurant or on the road. We sit quietly by as our time is wasted away.

This month, rather than continuing to cede our time to others, we choose instead to reclaim it. Through our stories, we emphasize our presence in all spaces of this institution and take back time that is duly ours.

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WHY BLACK REPRESENTATION MATTERS MICHAEL CONLEY GAZETTE

TEMITOPE AKINTOLA & SHADIA ADEKUNTE What comes to mind when you hear the words “black people”? Is it our melaninated, brown skin or our jewel-like braids that you feel so inclined to touch? Or maybe you think of our defiant history and vast range of musical, athletic and academic abilities. Perhaps the first words that came to mind were such things as ratchet, angry or loud. This isn’t surprising — it is a result of a society that portrays us this way.

The word “black” represents an extremely diverse group of people, spanning a wide geographical area and a broad range of religious beliefs, ethnicities and languages. However, there seems to always be a flawed portrayal of our community in society, turning what should be a beautiful

mosaic into a uniform canvas.

This monotonous depiction of the black community often presents black people in a negative light.

This affects not only how others in society perceive us but also how we view ourselves.

Black people are often subjected to social labels and expectations for the entirety of our lives. A recent study from Yale University revealed that many preschool teachers have implicit biases against black students, resulting in lower expectations and gifted-program referrals rates for these students. Black people are subjected to harmful stereotypes even as early as infancy. Such stereotypes persist throughout a black person’s life — in youth, where we are viewed as thugs or troublemakers, up until adulthood, where we are disproportionately represented in the

Street meat Longing for a home RYAN ROBINSON CAUTION: Note sensitive language in para 7, 9, 12, 15 and 18.

When I was young, my mother never told me I would have a big, black cock. She told me to stick to my studies because I was a bright, young boy who did not need to end up “getting some young girl pregnant.” My father seconded my mother, insisting that I was a genius and that I should wait for marriage before “messing with some girl.”

Both of my parents wanted me to study hard, find a Godly woman and stay in the church to live a Godly life.

Neither of my parents, however, could have predicted I would move away to London, Ont., denounce Christianity and announce I like men.

The devastation my parents experienced when they discovered I was gay was heartbreaking. After catching me watching white, gay porn, my mother wrote me a letter saying she knew I was gay and wanted me out of the house so I

would not influence her other children. My father asked me behind fogged glasses why I did not return to the church. My response, always defensive, was that God is not real and the Bible is a book of fiction.

What I really meant to say was that I prayed for God to make me not gay, but he did it anyway; no all-loving Christian God would do that.

When I permanently moved to London, my new religion became finding a home. I would frequent Lavish Nightclub, the only gay bar in town, alongside my best friend while on the best drugs either of us could find. We were talented, good-looking black boys who would sweat all over the dance floor, voguing, chanting and singing along to the music that was just too loud for our voices to be heard.

The difference between him and me was that when the music stopped, he would return home to speak with his mom on the phone, and I would sit nearby waiting to hear the “I love you” on both ends before the phone clicked.

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The representation of black people in society also has devastating effects on our self-esteem.

This is evident in the popular Doll Test, in which black children were presented with two dolls that were completely identical to each other, except for their skin and hair colour. A majority of children preferred the white doll to the black doll, revealing an internalized racism and self-hatred that often festers in many black children.

This further demonstrates that, from a young age, a negative or inadequate representation of black people in society has devastating effects on our self-esteem.

Lack of black representation is a problem that extends to the academic world as well, including here at Western University. Many black students in first year have taken note that there are very

few black professors on campus.

This is not only felt by first-years but also by upper-year students in multiple disciplines, many of who have never taken a course instructed by a black professor.

This clear underrepresentation causes black students to constantly absorb subliminal messages about what we are and what we might go on to be: having nobody that looks like you in an academic position can discourage anyone from pursuing such a career path. Though this is a complex issue for which there isn’t a simple solution, it is clear that universities like Western can do more to improve the representation of black academics on campus.

Effecting positive representations of black people in society will require our collective efforts.

But how do we change a narrative that seems so firmly rooted? We

can start by including more role models for black people in our society. These can be mentors and other black professionals in the community, not just rappers and basketball players on the big screen. We can also increase representation by supporting blackowned businesses and black politicians. With the recent rise of popular media featuring positive representations of black people, it is evident that these more accurate portrayals sell just as much as black stereotypes. It is up to us, as a society, to support media and filmmakers that present black people in a more honest light.

Ultimately, such an effort will lead to the creation of a more equitable society in which everyone gets a fair shot at doing well in life — without the negative perceptions of race working against them.

The love I needed could not come from a mom or dad. The love I needed, in my mind, had to come from my community. In London, however, I struggled to find anyone who looked like me.

The men often had white skin and would ask questions like, “Where are you from?” before divulging some cruise or vacation they took with their family to Jamaica. I would often reply nicely, too kind to ask whether they saw my survival as genius or emblematic of a bright, young man. Eventually, my new religion led me into the home of my best friend’s best friend.

In her home was a white South African woman who despised blackness.

She would casually say “nigger” around me and my best friend.

When we confronted her, she said she was not speaking about us.

To her, we were “different”; we were not the thugs who robbed her home during the early post-apartheid years.

Instead, we were the bar-star fags who sashayed for her in her living room. This deferral from black hyper-masculinity felt like acceptance.

I convinced myself I was okay with being hated for my skin but loved for my femininity. My parents had already taught me how

to be loved and hated at the same time. Her home felt like my home.

But one day, my best friend relayed an argument between him and the South African woman. She had told him it was okay for me to come over, but that I would have to pay for blow this time. He had snapped back, saying, “You can’t offer someone drugs and then tell them to pay for it if they take it.”

Just then, he heard the word again: “nigger.” So he had run to the kitchen, pulled out a knife and said, “If you ever say that word again, I will kill you.”

Very suddenly, the look in the South African woman’s eyes changed. In the hollow of her gaze, my friend said he could see in the reflection of her eyes the return of the black South African thugs she hated.

He fled her place, weeping. Now he, too, knew the pain of banishment from one’s home.

There was no “I love you” from either him or this surrogate mother: only the word “nigger” echoing in their conversation.

At the time, we were both learning anti-blackness and how to hate ourselves in new ways.

The thuggish stereotypes we resisted were suddenly the caricatures we needed to become in order to get the men we wanted.

The white men in London asked

The love I needed could not come from a mom or dad. The love I needed, in my mind, had to come from my community. In London, however, I struggled to find anyone who looked like me.

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us insistently about our “chocolate dicks” and whether we had “big. black cocks.” We were expected to enact the hyper-masculine, hyper-sexualized fantasies of black men that white men wanted to emulate in the bedroom. only to kick us out the same night. Still, the need for a home pressed on us like a jungle-fevered script from an online porn. We could do very little but perform.

Since then, my best friend has left London and returned home to live with his mom, and the racist South African friend now lives in China with her nigger talk.

But I remain in London, unmarried and smart like my parents said. But I have no LGBTQ+ community, at least not one in London that loves me like a home.

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Being black and Muslim

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Being an ‘Ally’ doesn’t always mean you’re tolerant AKUAH FREMPONG “Hi Akuah, I just wanted to say that while I respect your right to voice a political opinion, I believe calling Trump a white supremacist is fear mongering and more importantly, bigotry. This is below adult discourse.” — Unsolicited White Ally Meet White Ally, based solely on this individual’s Facebook profile. I concluded that this individual could best be described as a white male.

White Ally decided to message me after I commented on a problematic, Donald Trump-endorsing post made by them — someone who publicly declares themselves an Ally.

This situation was already confusing and disheartening beyond belief, but then to have to undergo a lecture on how my views were not only wrong but also bigoted was the icing on top of a fantastic situation.

The individual started off with a comment on the thread asking if I disagreed that Caitlyn Jenner was a hero. This was laughable because I don’t care for Caitlyn Jenner and believe she’s a hypocrite for sitting on Ellen DeGeneres’ show and saying that she’s a “traditionalist and therefore can’t accept homosexuality,” despite publicly transitioning and capitalizing on the progress that the LGBTQ+ community has made for decades.

It seems like I constantly have to have conversations about what it really means to be an Ally in today’s day and age. Well, why wouldn’t I? One of the most egotistical men on the planet is the leader of the free world, people of colour are continuously being killed for unfathomable reasons and racial acts of violence are becoming ever more blatant.

Despite how evident all of this is, people — and it is usually white people — still lose their minds when black people come forward to say such things as “Black Lives Matter.”

Now, let’s look at being black on campus at Western University.

Yes, it is evident that Western is predominantly white. Yet, every year, a few black people choose to spend the next four years of their lives studying at this institution.

When we come together in one of our few safe spaces to discuss why we chose to come here despite the clear underrepresentation of black students on campus, the conclusion is mostly unanimous: Western did a great job at convincing us that it was way more diverse than it actually is.

Like most students, our first experience at Western is typically O-Week. Depending on the social

awareness of your peers, which is usually quite low given that they’re mostly fresh out of high school, your O-Week experience as a black student will consist of white students using racial slurs with no care in the world.

Whether or not your soph is exposed to any type of diversity training, they might do one of the following: a) call your oppressors in, b) use this language themselves, thus giving your peers permission to do so as well, or c) do nothing. In case you’re wondering, c) is usually the outcome. Do not get me wrong, there are some amazing sophs on this campus, but there are always some problematic ones.

After this uncomfortable initiation to university life, you now begin your undergraduate career trying to navigate this new space that clearly wasn’t built with you in mind. Even more surprisingly, you learn that there aren’t only a lack of faces that look like yours but that there are also a number of individuals, like White Ally, who believe that they understand your lived experience better than you do and are, therefore, authorized to let you know that your views are wrong.

White Ally also said “If you want to have a rational conversation I’m all ears, but let’s act like adults and not throw around ridiculous terms like white privilege, which is a racist term. You’re implying every white person is privileged.… You need to stop being racist.”

This is not only false but also incredibly naïve. As a white person, you simply cannot dictate to a black person what and who is racist. So forgive me for not wanting you or anyone who thinks like you to be an “Ally” of mine. As if this comment wasn’t enough, White Ally decided to send me a hefty thread in which they questioned my mental stability, attempted to reproach me for believing that Trump is a racist and stated that I was “acting like a victim” for sharing my lived experience.

So dear white people, if you want to be an Ally for vulnerable populations, the door is open, but do so with the understanding of how your power and privilege affects your perspective towards such populations. Oh, and one more thing, do not judge someone’s character or challenge their lived experience without justification. It is extremely disrespectful and unsolicited.

Sincerely, a carefree black woman who does not need your approval.

MICHAEL CONLEY GAZETTE

SAKARIYA AHMED “You can’t be Muslim though.

You’re black.”

Two weeks into my first year here at Western University, and I’m already arguing with a peer about the validity of being a black Muslim. It’s a statement I’ve heard numerous times. I am expected to fight for a part of my existence and persuade others to believe that I am eligible to hold multiple identities at once — persuade them that I belong.

The idea of belonging in a space because of race is an afterthought for many people at Western, but it’s an actual point of worry for people of colour, specifically black people. From my roommate “congratulating” me on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to teachers attacking my Muslim identity, Western isn’t the pinnacle of acceptance when it comes to black individuals, nevermind Muslims. That’s the unforgiving reality of my student experience. My memories of Western are followed by a feeling I’ve grown accustomed to since coming here — one that is seemingly inescapable — the feeling of not belonging.

As a Muslim with the last name Ahmed, whose mother and sister don a headscarf and thus publicly identify as Muslim, I understand the extent of Islamophobia in the West. However, due to the hue of my skin, I’m often seen as “black” first, even to my fellow Muslim brothers and sisters. Cultural clubs in Canada, including those found here on campus, are often a space to connect with people who can understand and celebrate a part of you that may be marginalized or ignored by the majority.

Sadly, all my interactions with Muslim spaces at Western have left me with a pang of reclusiveness, inundated with the constant use of Arabic as the default language.

However, this isn’t only at Western, the constant erasure of black people is a staple within the Muslim community. Racism continually rears its ugly head quickly in conversation and is frequently dismissed as a joke that shouldn’t be taken seriously.

When speaking to a group of fellow students a few months ago, it was blatantly reiterated to me their stance on interracial Muslim

relationships. A girl said, “My father would never let me marry you.” This comment was met with laughs from her friends and the conversation moved on as if what she said was obvious enough to not warrant any further explanation.

To say all non-black Muslims are racist is egregious, as many of my Arab brothers and sisters are great ambassadors of the religion and do not harbour any bias towards black Muslims. However, a culture exists that constantly excludes black Muslims. Attempts to lessen Islamophobia in the external world as a whole are fundamentally contradictory because of the lack of action taken to combat these ongoing issues within the community.

Identity is as much about yourself as it is reliant on perceptions grounded on assumptions of who you are. Being Muslim is a big part of who I am, as is being black. Yet I’ve realized that, by many, I was expected to only lay claim to one or the other. Contesting a person’s claim to an identity for the sake of sustaining your narrow perspective on race is damaging

to people who belong at intersections. Identity is often seen as a rigid dichotomy: one must be one or the other.

In fact, the reality of these identities — and how they manifest in my life — is a fluid duality: an amalgamation of different parts where one part doesn’t come as a detriment or cause the erasure of another.

So yes, I am both black and Muslim.

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Seven TV shows to check out LILIAN ESENE The need for black representation on TV goes beyond needing to see black characters on screen. While it is important to tell the stories of minority groups on screen, it is just as important to ensure that the right people are telling such stories.

Black representation is also needed behind the scenes: in the writer’s rooms, in the director’s chair and in producers’ meetings. Below are a list of current TV shows that reflect this significant representation.

GROWN-ISH Created by Kenya Barris and Larry Wilmore, Grown-ish is a comedy-drama series that is a spinoff from Black-ish. It follows the Johnson’s daughter Zoey as she navigates university life.

INSECURE This popular comedy-drama series was created by Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore. The show is based on Issa’s popular YouTube series, Awkward Black Girl.

ATLANTA Written and created by Donald Glover, Atlanta is a critically acclaimed comedy series about the Atlanta rap scene.

BLACK LIGHTNING This brand new show follows a black superhero of the same name, based on the DC comic book character. It was developed by popular creator and producer Salim Akil.

THE CHI The Chi is a drama series about life in southside Chicago. It was created by the Emmy winning writer Lena Waithe.

QUEEN SUGAR Queen Sugar is a drama series about three siblings who must put their differences aside to properly run a sugar farm after inheriting it from their father. The show was created and is produced by Ava Duvernay, and it is executively produced by Oprah Winfrey.

THE GRAPEVINE This YouTube series features interesting discussions about issues that pertain to the black community.

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The black king and queen narrative Eight race-focused reads to check out DIKA OJIAKOR WE WERE EIGHT YEARS IN POWER

BY TA-NEHISI COATES A thoughtful collection of essays that examines the sobering reality of modern America: where the unprecedented election of a black president is followed by the election of a white man who, as Coates argues, would not be president were it not for this fact.

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

BY COLSON WHITEHEAD A 300-page alternate history novel that forces one to look at how much — or indeed, how very little — things have changed since the horror of the transatlantic slave trade.

WHITE TRASH: THE 400-YEAR UNTOLD HISTORY OF CLASS IN AMERICA

BY NANCY ISENBERG A rare tour de force of historical research that examines the crucial legacy of class structure in America and how this legacy gave rise to a permanent, often-overlooked underclass of Americans: the poor whites.

THE SELLOUT

BY PAUL BEATTY The first book by an American author to win the Man Booker Prize, The Sellout, uses the viciousness of satire to question the absurd idea of a “post-racial America.”

LINCOLN IN THE BARDO

BY GEORGE SAUNDERS Lincoln in the Bardo is an unusual but astounding feat of the imagination that explores the story of Willie Lincoln, the 11-year-old son of Abraham Lincoln, who tragically dies of typhoid fever one year into the American Civil War. After passing, Willie finds himself stuck in the Bardo — ­ a Tibetan term for “transition” between the moment of death and whatever comes next.

WALDEN; OR, LIFE IN THE WOODS

BY HENRY DAVID THOREAU An eccentric but hauntingly relevant meditation on nature and simple living, Walden is an American classic that recounts the experiences of a hermit who spends two years of his life in an all but lonely Massachusetts cabin.

MY STRUGGLE (BOOKS 1–6)

BY KARL OVE KNAUSGÅRD “Why would you read a six-volume, 3,600-page Norwegian novel about a man writing a six-volume 3,600page Norwegian novel? The short answer is that it is breathtakingly good and so you cannot stop yourself and would not want to.”

— Leland de la Durantaye, New York Times book review DEAR IJEAWELE, OR A FEMINIST MANIFESTO IN FIFTEEN SUGGESTIONS

BY CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE Fifteen invaluable suggestions for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman.

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Popular clothing line H&M entered the new year with a lot of controversy surrounding an advertisement featuring a young black boy in a sweater that read “coolest monkey in the jungle.” The advert went viral and ignited uproar and impassioned calls for boycotting. The ongoing debate about whether this sweater was poor marketing or intentionally racist is one that I was often asked to participate in. However, I was much more interested in the attempts by members of the black community to fix the wrong that they found in the sweater.

Photoshopped pictures of the boy wearing sweaters with altered messages quickly popped up on the internet. The words were changed from “coolest monkey in the jungle” to “coolest king in the world” and other similar positive messages.

Black Panther Party images and the Basquiat crown symbol were also placed in lieu of the monkey phrase. I even saw a GIF of the boy in front of the Egyptian pyramids, with a rotating crown above his head. These pics were shared by high-profile celebrities like LeBron James and Diddy, with captions that called for the need to change the monkey narrative to one about black kinghood and royalty.

This sort of reaction is very familiar, and it is part of the larger movement of uplifting the black community. This includes slogans such as “black excellence,” “black girl magic,” “black king” and “black queen.” These slogans can be found on clothing, in music lyrics and even on social media biographies. It is a collective effort to overwrite the negative connotations that, historically, have often been associated with black people. It’s all done to contrast the way that our history and our persons have been portrayed in school curriculums, books and the media.

I recognize that this movement is necessary, especially around Black History Month — a month that is handled lazily by academia through the constant highlighting of slavery.

The idea of being a black “queen” or “king” often involves the

achievement of excellence while displaying dignity and strength, even in the face of adversity. The issue with this idea, and uplifting the black community, is that it devalues black vulnerability and weakness; there is no room for mediocrity in the struggle to successfully navigate spaces that have historically been constructed to keep us out. This movement, positive though it may be, has unfortunately created a pressure that forces us to outperform in order to prove that we aren’t lesser than our non-black counterparts.

The phrase “we have to work twice as hard to get half of what they have,” or some variation of it, is one that most black people have heard several times in their lives.

This phrase especially applies to black people in spaces like Western University, where there are more geese than black people on campus.

To be a black student at Western is to be either the only or one of the few black people in the room, which often creates a pressure to outperform our peers and show that we deserve to be here.

The toll that this can take on the mental and physical health of black people is enormous, and it is a topic that requires much more attention and investigation than it currently gets. Showing behaviour and emotions that are opposite to the ideas of strength, dignity and excellence is something that I also feel black people should be able to do without feeling guilty or inadequate.

The attempts to turn the H&M monkey sweater into a celebration of “black excellence” and “black royalty” is one that I recognize as well-intentioned and, to an extent, even necessary. The term “monkey” has historically been used to dehumanize us and excuse past mistreatment. However, I believe that this movement should make room for and celebrate traits and actions that may not fit into the mould of what we currently deem “black excellence” and “black royalty” to be. We are human first, should be allowed to be human and should be treated as such without having to always claim our royalty.

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Western prof: Toronto serial killings indicate flawed police practices GABRIELLE DROLET CULTURE EDITOR @GABRIELLEDROLET A Western University professor says the recent Toronto serial killings point to systemic issues with the Canadian police forces.

On Jan. 18, Bruce McArthur was arrested for a string of murders that targeted men in Toronto’s Gay Village over the last eight years. As of right now, McArthur is charged with five counts of first-degree murder dating back to 2010.

While the case is shocking to most, it didn’t come as a surprise to Michael Arntfield, a leading criminologist and professor at Western.

Arntfield is the founder of Western’s Cold Case Society, a collective of students that use emerging investigative practices to analyze evidence from unsolved homicide cases. Relying on algorithms, analysis and critical interpretations of data, the Cold Case Society finds the patterns in homicide cases that may go undetected by police departments.

Students from Arntfield’s Cold Case Society first brought the Toronto murders to his attention three years ago. While the society never directly investigated the case, the students noticed a pattern in the string of disappearances in Toronto’s Gay Village.

“Students approached me who ... explained that there was a series of suspicious disappearances clustering around long weekends or events in Toronto,” Arntfield said.

“These were confirmed disappearances that the students found in records online, so they knew that something was going on and that no one was acknowledging it.”

While the Cold Case Society considered investigating further, Artnfield said there wasn’t sufficient data available three years ago.

“Two of the five confirmed victims so far are names that were brought to me by students three years ago, so they were right,” Arntfield said.

Many critics are scrutinizing the Toronto Police Service, suggesting that the failure to investigate sooner is because the victims are members of the LGBTQ+ community.

However, Arntfield argued that the police’s inability to recognize that the disappearances were connected has nothing to do with sexuality or

discrimination.

“This is a police department that has a black chief, and a sufficient number of LGBTQ+ members, who even have their own union,” he says. “So this is a very diverse force, and to suggest that there’s a systemic conspiracy to suppress these cases is wrong.”

Arntfield, who served as a police officer for 15 years before becoming a professor, explained that the real problem with Toronto’s police department is common with North American law enforcement. Simply put, police departments are often disorganized, apathetic and taught outdated investigative practices.

“This case is more broadly representative of the fact that policing is broken. That’s the subtext — not the fact that the victims are homosexuals or members of the LGBTQ+ community,” he states. “Serial killers are ... enabled and allowed to operate because of the limitations of the current system.”

According to Arntfield, the Cold Case Society’s success is a result of the fact that it doesn’t face the same limitations that police departments often do.

For example, he said while Canadian police departments are still being taught interrogation techniques developed in the 1940s, the Cold Case Society uses emerging technologies. One of these technologies is the Murder Accountability Project, the world’s largest homicide database, which is co-administered

by Arntfield himself. MAP groups murders together based on factors like time and place to make it easier for the Cold Case Society to spot patterns in homicides.

Beyond having more access to technology, Arntfield said his students are eager, and they’re encouraged to take their time analyzing data.

“In some cases, it’s a matter of resources, and in other cases, it’s a case of apathy, which is what the allegations are right now in Toronto,” Arntfield said. “Apathy is why Bruce McArthur was able to operate for at least 10 years, probably closer to 30 years in my estimation.”

You can learn more about the work done by Western’s Cold Case Society or read more of his analysis of Bruce McArthur’s murders on Michael Arntfield’s website.

While an “Instameet” might be a foreign concept to many, for others, it’s an opportunity to meet like-minded people and be creative together.

This past weekend, over 40 models and photographers gathered in Victoria Park and made their way through downtown, stopping for photos along the way.

According to Matthew Want, a model and second-year criminology student, Instameets allow photographers and models to meet up, walk around and take photos together. It’s a collaborative effort with a name coined after the app, Instagram.

Want stumbled into London’s photography community with the help of a friend and has been modelling at Instameets ever since.

“Going to Instameets is probably the best way to get more into modelling and photography in London,” he says. “I meet a lot of people and get a lot of new followers.”

Fourth-year media, information and technoculture student, Bryn McCutcheon, gushes about the event’s success.

“Lots of very talented people came out to collaborate, and it was

very interesting to see how different photographers took photos of the same model in the same pose and have them turn out so differently,” she says. “There was lots of meeting new people in such a creative and supportive atmosphere.”

A creative and supportive atmosphere is exactly what the event planners were hoping for. Mallory Thompson a third-year media, information and technoculture student and Chanelle Barel-Rutherford, a third-year biology student, founded 519 Creatives earlier this year.

Thompson and Barel-Rutherford met in a photography course and weren’t ready to leave their love of photography behind as the course drew to an end. They found their students sharing their appreciation for the arts and were quick to set up social media accounts and a Facebook group, which now boasts over 150 members.

“We wanted to create a really collaborative environment between visual arts and photography. I found that there’s a lot of exclusivity in the photography group: there’s a lot of drama, and we’re trying to create an environment so that it doesn’t happen,” says Barel-Rutherford. “Simply joining the collective is a great way to

connect to other artists. It’s a way to build connections which is incredibly important.”

For second-year visual arts student, Jesse Xu, 519 Creatives opened his eyes to a whole other side of Western University, allowing him to escape the “Western Bubble.”

Through the collective, he’s met students in other faculties who share his love of photography.

“Photography is a booster,” Xu explains. “It’s a powerful tool to capture art. It’s not like painting and drawing. It’s what’s there in front of you.”

Although Xu uses a DSLR, he explains that the shots people take with their phones often impress him.

“I’ve seen people with an iPhone taking incredible photos,” says Xu. “You really don’t need a good camera to take good photos: Don’t be afraid.”

McCutcheon sums up perfectly: “I think that with events like Instameets, the creative community is becoming more of just that — a community. Hopefully, as these events continue, the community will grow and people will gravitate towards it, and it will increase interest in photography.”

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