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‘Hire 1’ to help over 5,000 City council looks to boost employment

First-years given dose of tradition Cam Smith News Editor

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Alex Carmona News Editor Unemployed students living in London over the summer months have a new ally in their employment search.

London city council recently approved ‘Hire 1’, a new initiative designed to increase employment in the city.

Paul Hubert, Ward 8 councillor, is spearheading the program that seeks to encourage businesses in London to, as the name suggests, hire one extra employee.

Hubert noted that while implementing the idea in London was his idea, he took inspiration from similar programs in the United States.

“The employment figures in London were pretty discouraging, so I started looking at what initiatives were out there that could change attitudes [and] perceptions, and that could make an impact in a quick way,” he said. “The City of Atlanta has done something akin to this, as has Washington D.C. last fall. It seems like such a simple concept that can have a significant impact.”

It has been estimated that the program will create over 5,000 jobs if even a quarter of businesses in London participate.

The city will be working alongside the London Economic Development Corporation in an attempt to roll out ‘Hire 1’ by the time summer hits.

According to Robert Collins, director of workforce development for the LEDC, encouraging even small or medium-sized businesses to hire an extra worker will not be as challenging as one might expect in this difficult economic climate.

“What often happens is that employers often use alternative recruitment strategies—whether it be word of mouth, family and friends, or neighbourhood recruiting—rather than investing, necessarily, in traditional print or other media. This often means that people looking for work don’t get to hear about those jobs, as they’ve been filled,” Collins said. “If you don’t see postings and things of that nature, you start to believe that there aren’t jobs and that there isn’t hiring going on.”

A key strategy to ‘Hire 1’ is the promotion of government programs that ease the recruitment and training of new employees.

Both Collins and Hubert were confident that when made aware of these municipal, provincial and federal programs, more local companies would agree to increase their hiring.

“Hiring a person is time consuming and often expensive, but by connecting employers with the resources already existing in the community, or [resources] that are offered by the federal or provincial governments, we can help them get the people that they need,” Hubert said.

Hubert was also optimistic

about the ability for students living in London to take advantage of ‘Hire 1’.

“If we want to build the workforce of the future, students are a huge part of that. Even if it means creating a summer student opportunity—it’s an investment. It’s about tomorrow and you’re investing in that student,” he explained.

“I always have an intern and a summer student. In years gone by, I’ve had five or six. What I hope is that employers see the value in students. This is not about philanthropy, this is about the value that an individual can add to an organization.”

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The Great Western Tradition Challenge is on.

After drawing inspiration from their 2011/12 retreat to the southern United States, the University Students’ Council executive has finally brought their idea of a Western-relevant traditions book to fruition.

The USC recently created a website—www.westerntraditions. ca—allowing students to submit traditions that define the Western experience.

Students who have their submissions selected will receive a $25 gift card to a USC establishment, such as the Spoke, the Wave, or the Purple Store. The compiled customs will then be collected in a book for first-year students and provide an in-depth view of what Western life is all about.

“The goals [of the book] are to bring our Western community closer together,” Andrew Forgione, outgoing USC president, explained. “Many students come not knowing what to expect, so this could be somewhere to start.”

But what exactly qualifies as a Western tradition—besides hard partying?

According to Forgione, an example could be visiting all the tunnels on campus, seeing Rick McGhie at the Spoke on Wednesday or simply eating a CLT. Not only will the book contain a list of campus traditions, it will

also have a detailed record of the university’s past and provide a list of suggested experiences for new students to check out.

“The book will [...] feature a hefty amount of history that students may not be aware of when they first come to Western,” Eliot Hong, outgoing communications officer for the USC, noted. “[It will also] be a campus tour guide for students to use and explore during their time at Western.”

And, according to Hong, there’s an added incentive for students to tray-boggan down UC hill and pull an all-nighter at Club Weldon.

“Once [students] finish a certain amount of traditions, they will be eligible to get a ‘Traditions Keeper’ pin, which will be a unique pin that designates them separately from their other peers who have not finished the book,” Hong said.

As for who will receive the traditions tome, Hong assured everyone would have access to their own copy.

“In terms of distribution, every first-year will get a copy regardless of if they buy an O-Week kit or not,” he explained. “There will be extra copies made in the first year of printing to allow upper-year students to buy the book at a cost […], probably in the $2 to $5 dollar range.”

Forgione concluded with the belief that the book would be helpful to students looking to increase their knowledge of both Western’s past and present.

By the numbers Ontario student unemployment rates, April 2012 Windsor 10.1% Toronto 8.4% London 8.4% Kitchener-Waterloo 6.6% Hamilton 6.3% Ottawa-Gatineau 6.1% Source: Statistics Canada

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Caught on Camera

The Puzzle Panel Cameron Wilson GAZETTE

BET YOU CAN’T DO THIS. Local street dance crew Ill at Will took to Victoria Park last week to promote the opening of their new dance studio.

Julian Uzielli Online Editor London Police have had a busy couple of months in the downtown area popular with students.

The flurry of violent crime began April 5 at the London Music Hall located at Richmond and Dundas streets, where three men were shot at a Young Jeezy concert.

That was the second consecutive Young Jeezy concert cut short by gunfire—another man was shot in the crowd at his show in Toronto the night before. The investigation is ongoing and no charges have yet been laid.

The same night, 31-year-old Michael Leonard was arrested for an alleged stabbing spree that began at Colborne and Horton streets—not far from the student bar scene—and sent two men to hospital.

26-year-old Chad Hallett was accused of assaulting two men at Richmond and Carling streets on April 14, killing one.

On May 4, police allege a group of seven people ranging in age from 14 to 29 assaulted and robbed a 27-year-old man near Oxford and Talbot streets. The gang was accused of following the man down a nearby bike path and assaulting him in a “dimly lit” area. Josh Kana, 23, Robert Aubry, 29, Terrence Parsons, 19, and four youths who cannot be named because of their ages—a 14-year-old female, a 16-year-old female, a 16-yearold male and a 17-year-old male— have been charged with robbery in the unusual incident.

“Do police know why people of such age groups are acting together? No, short answer,” Dennis Rivest, media relations officer for the London Police Service, said.

Though it may appear violent crime is on the rise near Richmond Row, Rivest cautioned against jumping to conclusions.

“It’s a matter of what’s hot in the news,” he said. “There are reports all over the city. On average, we answer—in that area—about 250

calls a day. Certainly not all calls are going to make a media release.”

Rivest explained police often sent out more media releases regarding crime downtown because those crimes are of greater interest to more people than crime in residential areas. “It doesn’t mean that it’s violent, or more violent, than any other part of the city—it’s just that we’re laying charges there and that’s why you’re seeing that.”

Despite this, Rivest explained it’s always important for students to be safe downtown. The best way to do that, he said, is to never be alone.

“So long as you’re in a group you’re less likely to be bothered than if you’re by yourself,” he said, noting at least one person in your group should be sober. “If two of you are walking downtown drunk, you might as well be by yourself.

You’re looking for trouble.”

“Be responsible, be alert, have a phone, let somebody know where you’re going to be and when you expect on returning,” he concluded.

nation’s economic development relies heavily on educated workers, which is dependent on the quality of their higher education sector.

“A quality higher education system that is well-connected internationally facilitates the introduction of new ideas and fosters trade and other links with foreign countries, through the movement of students and researchers across national frontiers,” the report stated.

—Kaitlyn McGrath

of resources and operations at Western, headed the review and explained the university examined the incident report, reviewed complaints received by the Campus Community Police Service and considered queries from individuals regarding the event in order to determine whether the trespass notices were appropriate.

Kulczycki also noted that according to university policy, those involved in a protest on campus are not allowed to “infringe on the rights and privileges of others, which includes peaceful pursuit of campus activities.”

The decision came down to an issue of student safety, not one of denying freedom of speech.

“We regard the safety of our students to be very important and, with this decision, continue to maintain the high standards of safety on our campus,” Kulczycki said.

—Kaitlyn McGrath

News Briefs

Canada’s universities rank third If university rankings were an Olympic event, Canada would have a bronze medal.

Universitas 21, an international network of 21 research-intensive universities from 15 countries, recently released a report ranking countries from best to worst in university education. Coming out on top was the United States, with Sweden as the runner-up and Canada rounding out the top three.

The study, performed by the University of Melbourne, examined 48 countries of varying economic conditions and scored them based on four main factors—resources, environment, connectivity and output. Scores were then weighted by importance and quality of data, and combined to provide an overall ranking.

As for the reasoning behind the rankings, the report states that a

Thou shall not trespass After a thorough review, Western has deemed that trespass notices issued to two non-university community members on February 1 were appropriate and will remain in effect. The notices were issued during a protest that interrupted an Israel on Campus event being held in the University Community Centre.

Gitta Kulczycki, vice-president

CLUES ACROSS 1. Annualized percentage rate 4. Short term memory 7. Outward flow of the tide 10. Sob loudly 12. Minerals 14. Integrated data processing 15. Mountain spinach 17. Animal flesh 18. Grapefruit & tangerine hybrid 19. Language of No. India 20. Below 22. Angry 23. Soviet Socialist Republic 25. Blood-sucking African fly 28. Fusses 31. Close by 32. Blood pumping organ 33. W. Samoan monetary unit

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CLUES DOWN 1. Resistance unit 2. One rejected from society 3. E. Central African nation 4. Mexican hat 5. Arboreal plant 6. Unkind 7. XVIII 8. Bundle (abbr.)

9. Characters in one inch of tape (computers) 11. Computer screen material 13. Retain a printing correction 16. Booed and 18. Implements 21. To the same extent 24. Swat 26. Musically vocalized 27. Before 29. Used for easing the foot into a shoe 30. Supporting stalk

34. Future destiny 35. Relating to an oracle 36. Salespersons 37. Opaque gem 38. 3rd largest Italian city 39. Vessel used for washing 43. Birds of prey 44. One bound in servitude 46. 41st state 47. Denotes substance is present in the blood 50. Administer an oil 52. What you scratch 53. Relating to aircraft 55. Swiss river 56. Weight = to 1000 pounds 57. Lyric poem

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Fuss over buses is on the rise Western’s forecast LTC service complaints increase by 70 per cent is looking WindEEE Gloria Dickie Editor-in-Chief

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Jesica Hurst News Editor Although it’s quite common to hear Western students and London residents complaining about the city’s current transit system, London Transit Commission officials recently confirmed these complaints have increased by 70 per cent in the past three years.

According to Larry Ducharme, general manager of the LTC, the most significant service complaints are overcrowded buses, schedule adherence, missed passengers and missed transfers.

“The growth in ridership, particularly over the past three years, has been more significant, outstripping the current capacity and available resources to add capacity,” Ducharme explained.

Harold Usher, Ward 12 councillor and chair of the LTC, believes this growth can be directly related to environmental awareness within their riders.

“There are a lot of people becoming conscientious about the

environment and they are looking for a reliable alternative to driving their car every day,” Usher said.

“Some people also find they can sit and relax or talk on their phone while they travel, which is something they cannot do while driving their car.”

But for some riders, like fourthyear media, information and technoculture student Taylor Garbett, the LTC is the only option.

“I rely on the LTC every day during the school year to get to all my classes,” she said. “I live along the 2 Dundas route and [last year] I was [late for class] almost every time.

I would wait for 30 or 40 minutes, sometimes only for buses to drive right by.”

Usher confirmed complaints like Garbett’s have been prioritized, but without an increase in funding there isn’t much they can do to advance the current system.

“Right now, the city subsidizes the LTC by approximately 38 per cent in total, whereas other Ontario municipalities subsidize their transit from anywhere between

44 and 55 per cent,” he explained.

“There will hopefully be a gradual increase, but by the time we begin to implement the bus rapid transit system, we are going to need more funding from the municipal, provincial and federal government to accommodate the changes.”

According to Ducharme, the LTC’s biggest focus right now is working towards implementing their Long Term Transit Growth Strategy, while patching their system and addressing the most critical issues in the short term.

Garbett is glad there will be some changes made in the near future, but hopes the LTC will take the students’ needs into consideration as well.

“I understand the LTC is for all of London, but there are thousands of students using the bus system to get to Western,” Garbett said. “They should really be focusing on improving their current system for us by putting more buses on the routes that lead to campus.”

The world’s first experimental facility to study the 3D effects of wind is set to make landfall at Western this fall.

The Wind Engineering, Energy and Environment Dome, or WindEEE, will be constructed at the Advanced Manufacturing Park on Veteran’s Memorial Parkway and is scheduled to begin construction later this year, with a completion date set for the second quarter of 2013.

According to Andrew Hrymak, dean of engineering at Western, the project has been in the works for a number of years, but the project proposal to the Canadian Foundation for Innovation began in 2007 and was awarded in 2009.

“WindEEE will be able to generate mini-tornadoes that will be able to transverse the floor, as well as [generate] downbursts from overhead and [explore] how wind systems interact with structures,” Hrymak explained. “This will assist building engineers and planners to design for features that will create both safe zones [and] better building structures.”

The structure’s inner hexagonal dome will measure 25 metres

in diameter and the outer return dome will measure 40 metres. On the peripheral walls of the dome, specialized fans will allow for timevarying and spatially-varying flow fields in the test section.

For the first time, laboratory tornado-like flows will be able to simulate the equivalent of F3 Fujita scale intensity winds.

“One of the mega-trends in engineering is the development of sustainable infrastructure, especially in urban areas,” Hrymak observed. “As we develop more densely populated cities, we need to make them more energy efficient and sustainable, from a climate perspective.”

The dome will help explore how to design energy-efficient and sustainable buildings under different weather conditions, and how to efficiently generate electrical energy through solar and wind devices. Dispersion of pollutants and the effects of winds on forests and plant canopies will also be studied.

“WindEEE is unique—it’s an exciting opportunity for Western to maintain its international leadership in wind engineering and broaden it to sustainable infrastructure, which is only going to grow as an area of technological importance,” Hrymak concluded.

Courtesy of Western engineering

THAR SHE BLOWS. An artist’s rendering of the new Wind Engineering, Energy and Environment Dome slated to begin construction this fall.

Access Copyright > Signing

Access Copyright deal signed and delivered Aaron Zaltzman News Editor Opponents of Access Copyright were dealt what may have been a final blow last month when the Association of University and Colleges of Canada signed an agreement with the licensing agency, effectively putting an end to nearly two years of negotiations.

The agreement will see universities pay a flat fee of $26 per full-time student in exchange for the use of copyrighted materials, replacing the old fee structure of $3.38 per student plus 10 cents per page for course packs.

“We believe that this negotiated agreement provides the best possible outcome for universities, their students and faculty,” Paul Davidson, president of the AUCC, said. “It […] respects the principles of academic freedom and privacy that are important to universities, and ensures that the admin-

istrative burden on institutions is minimized.”

However, the agreement was met with backlash from groups who believed universities looking to use copyrighted materials should not have to go through Access Copyright, such as the Canadian Association of University Teachers. “[The agreement] expands the definition of copying beyond what is supported by law [and] is vastly overpriced for the limited and restricted reproduction rights it provides,” Paul Jones, policy and education officer of CAUT, explained. “[This agreement] generally represents a broad setback for the progressive use of copyrighted materials in the education and research context.”

Samuel Trosow, a law professor at Western who has been critical of Access Copyright in recent years, called the agreement “a very bad deal for students and faculty alike.”

“I strongly believe that Access Copyright is an antiquated business model and there are better ways of making course materials available to students in a copyright-compliant manner.”

Trosow laid part of the blame for the agreement at the feet of Western and University of Toronto for striking deals of their own with Access Copyright in January.

“By entering into separate licensing agreements with Access Copyright back in January, Western and U of T undermined the ongoing efforts of all of the other Canadian universities to oppose the very unreasonable tariff that Access Copyright had pending,” Trosow said. “Unfortunately, Western and U of T have led a race to the bottom and AUCC followed.”

Jones also blamed Western and U of T for weakening the united front presented by universities against Access Copyright. “[The front] has now collapsed

almost completely with the creation of the model license,” Jones said. “Institutions that try to maintain the fight have been dealt a setback by the actions of AUCC and will face greater challenges in continuing to confront Access Copyright.”

From Western’s perspective, it remains to be seen how the AUCC’s model licensing agreement will affect the one Western struck in January, which charged $27.50 per student—$2.50 of which the university paid. The University Students’ Council opposed the agreement and had previously asked the university to opt out of Access Copyright in November.

“The USC’s opposition to the Western AC fee was because we believed they had improperly increased the fee without our consent,” Patrick Searle, outgoing vice-president university affairs for the USC, stated in an April press release. “Unfortunately, after what

feels like a year of fighting, our case has now fallen flat.”

Searle said the USC will now be committed to making sure Western brings the fee down to $23.50 per student, with the university paying $2.50 of the model $26 rate.

>> Timeline > Access Copyright November 2011 The University Students’ Council votes to lobby Western administration to optout of Access Copyright.

January 2012 Western and U of T sign deals with Access Copyright at a flat rate of $27.50 per full time student. Western agrees to subsidize $2.50 of this.

April 2012 AUCC signs a model licensing agreement with Access Copyright at a rate of $26.00 per full time student.

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Opinions London Transit: A necessary evil?

As one of the cheapest modes of transportation in the city, London Transit Commission buses are an integral part of Western students’ daily commute. Recently, however, LTC officials announced that complaints about the public service have risen by 70 per cent over the past three years, revealing a growing discontent among the ridership.

Situated on some of the busiest routes in town, students often experience overcrowded and delayed buses first-hand.

However, criticizing is often easier than complimenting, and the LTC does deserve some credit.

On busier routes, the LTC delivers fairly frequent service, especially considering what can be a nonsensical urban plan, with train tracks running through some of the city’s most congested intersections. The LTC’s online presence and WebWatch feature shouldn’t be glossed over either. Compared to the Toronto Transit Commission, in this area, the LTC is miles ahead and right on schedule.

If anything, a student presence on buses may be one of the number one complaints, with nonstudents and London residents often criticizing the congestion problems they create.

Perhaps the biggest point of criticism of the LTC can be the lack of late-night busing. With most buses heading to the garage just after midnight, those who are still out and about are forced to either walk or cab home.

When transit debates arise, many critics often pull out the word “privatization.” Privatization can lead to better service, but a solely profit-oriented transportation system isn’t necessarily a good idea either. While privatization engenders competition, it can also cause hierarchies to emerge and reduce accessibility.

Overall, while bigger adjustments to bus schedules may be unfeasible due to monetary restrictions, smaller steps can be taken.

Driver attitudes often vary depending on the route or schedule, and while some drivers will encourage everyone to move to the back of the bus and squeeze that last passenger on, others speed by or refuse to take a dawdling passenger.

For now, it seems we’re stuck with the congested 10 Wonderland and the evasive 6 Richmond. As London grows in size over the upcoming decades, perhaps the infrastructure, too, will eventually expand to meet demand. But we can’t expect that to happen under a zero per cent tax freeze.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

—Roy Thomson, newspaper publisher

How to avoid the summer slump No ifs, ands or Hurlbuts Ryan Hurlbut Opinions Editor There are exactly three times a year when every student is overcome by a relentless torrent of drive and determination. While two of these occur at the dawns of September and the new year, the other is upon us—the beginning of summer vacation.

Summer is a time to begin anew and rid your personality of all the awful habits accumulated throughout a disgusting year of university living. Whether the goal is to return in September with the statuesque body of a god or goddess, or simply to find a way to keep your room clean for a full semester, I feel the need to provide you all with a variety of tips that will not only help you achieve your goals, but also aid you in becoming a better person.

While the summer months provide the unemployed and part-time workers the opportunity to engross themselves with countless hours of sleep, I find there tends to be very few achievements of merit after 2 a.m. The only thing worse than the wasted hours of the wee morning is the wasted hours of late morning that pass by when night owls are sleeping in.

By keeping your internal clock in tune with natural light, you set your-

Dear Life Your anonymous letters to life.

self up for success in both the summer months and the upcoming school year.

And come on, it’s summer—there’s lots of daylight.

The next thing that can be done to improve oneself through summer living is to schedule free time. Each September, the university attempts to help students schedule their lives by providing agendas—most of which end up in the trash. But it’s not like it’s difficult to find a way to schedule your time—basically all computers and phones have software to help you out.

Although scheduling is useful, it is also good to avoid becoming a robot, adhering to Asimov’s oft-forgotten fourth law of over scheduling. Don’t avoid something fun because it gets in the way of your dorky brainstorming period that you scheduled at 9 p.m. on a Friday. Schedules can be shifted—live a little.

This, in turn, brings me to my third and final tip—socialize. While it may seem like a good idea to fill your schedule with countless hours of work, it is often unwise to desert friends in pursuit of monetary gain. Realistically, you aren’t going to have anyone left to appreciate your golden beach bod in September if you spend your summer ignoring everyone you worked so hard to befriend during the school year.

Take some time off and arrange some hangout time in a big city, or even London. A couple people are bound to own a house in a relatively large city wich gives everyone a place to commune.

Dear Life, Why did we naturally select to have so many people be allergic to nature? That’s a pretty dumb evolutionary trait.

Dear Life, What requirements does a restaurant menu item need to have for it to be called “homemade?”

Is it nothing? I’m fairly sure it’s absolutely nothing.

Dear Life, Why do the tallest girls wear the highest heels?

Dear Life, I always thought it’d be so cool for someone around our age rocking a bowtie. Then I saw someone my age wearing a bowtie. Nope.

Dear Life, Why do I only talk to myself when other people are around?

Dear Life, I wish I could call into a radio station and request that they don’t play the song someone just requested.

Dear Life, Why do we spend more time looking for a good parking spot than it takes for us to walk from a spot further away?

Dear Life, I left the oven on all night and it DIDN’T burn the house down.

Dear Life, Stupid dryer, why would I want my clothes anything less than ‘very dry’?

Dear Life, Where can I move to where the birds chirp at 9 a.m. instead of 6 a.m.?

Dear Life, Why are all the good ones taken?

Sigh.

Dear Life, How did every fourth-year know they were done university after their last exam? They didn’t. Next time, don’t spam my homepage.

Dear Life, When did reality become TV?

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Urban Outfitters heads to Richmond Row Popular clothing company expected to help revitalize downtown core Brent Holmes Arts&Life Editor Richmond Row is about to be urban-ized.

The multi-billion dollar youthfocused clothing company Urban Outfitters will be opening its first London store at the corner of Richmond and Oxford—the site of the old Blockbuster.

The new store, with an anticipated fall completion date, is expected to take up 10,000 square feet and has been heralded as a sign of reinvestment in the downtown core.

“The addition of Urban Outfitters to the gateway of our downtown core is yet another indicator of the trend of retailers reinvesting in our downtown,” says Chris Kirwin, president of Colliers International’s London office. “The City of London has invested millions of dollars into the core with amenities such as the public library, John Labatt Centre and Covent Garden Market.”

Kirwin was responsible for organizing the deal between Urban

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Outfitters and Syl Carle, the former owner of the building.

“One of the biggest drivers of private investment was the waiving of multi-family development fees,” Kirwin says.“This [gave] private investors enough incentive

to construct high-rise apartment buildings. Other economic incentives include low interest rates coupled with the rising housing costs.”

The deal has been met with praise from other local business owners on Richmond Row, who

believe the presence of Urban Outfitters will bring more people shopping in the downtown core rather than at Masonville Place or White Oaks Mall.

“I think it will be a great addition to Richmond,” comments

Sue Glass, owner of the Richmond Street clothing store Lolita. “It will anchor the north end of the district and bring a lot of customers to the street that may never have ventured here before.”

Steve Lehman, owner of the clothing stores iN Fashion, JAS Shoes, and LifeStyles, also believes Urban Outfitters will help revitalize downtown London.

“Having a highly regarded store [...] will act as an additional draw for the population living in the north to shop our wonderful street,” Lehman says. “We have seen a re-growth of retail on Richmond Row and this is another example of why Richmond Row is an exciting place to shop.”

For Western students, the new Urban Outfitters is predicted to be an outlet for greater student involvement in the downtown core.

“As indicated by Shoppers Drug Mart, Jack Astor’s and other national retailers, we firmly believe that students and the general public will support the addition of national and international retailers to the core,” Kirwin concludes.

Get REAL gains momentum Sumedha Arya Arts&Life Editor In February 2011, Western students Christopher Studer, Sophie Bertram and Arthur So initiated Get REAL, a campaign to address homophobic behaviour in middle school and high school students.

“I wanted to start something that targeted the straight community,” Bertram explains. “I found that there wasn’t a presence on campus that was doing that, or doing that well enough.”

Studer adds the campaign specifically wanted to target middle schools and high schools to address an age group in which attitudes against homophobia could start to form.

“When kids have gone through years of learning homophobic slurs, especially from the media, and use them in day-to-day life without having anyone say anything to them, the thought that these behaviours may not be okay likely won’t come organically,” he elaborates. “The thought process needs to come externally, and preferably from someone in a role model position.”

Get REAL’s recent outreach success can be largely attributed to a video made by the campaign this past April, titled To My Grade 7 Self.

The video features personal stories from Western students directed towards their younger selves with warnings and cautions about how they may feel later about bullying, or language they used in the past.

Bertram calls the video “Chris’s

When kids have gone through years of learning homophobic slurs, especially from the media, and use them in day-to-day life without having anyone say anything to them, the thought that these behaviours may not be okay likely won’t come organically.

—Christopher Studer,

co-founder of Get REAL

brainchild.” Studer explains that, through personal experience at an all-boys’ school, he felt students in grade seven and eight were the most likely to feel insecure and engage in inappropriate homophobic behaviour. He counts himself among students who used homophobic slurs without fully comprehending their consequences.

Both Studer and So went to an all-boys’ school that, according to Studer, had a very intense homophobic atmosphere. “We went to a workshop at my school in Toronto and two gay men spoke to us about acceptance and what it means to say hurtful things,” he says. “This was the first time I’d ever considered what I was doing in a negative light.”

Courtesy of Get REAL

He mentions that, as a social science soph, he had great experiences working with first-year students through leading by example and advocating against using homophobic slurs.

“We just took what we knew from the orientation program and from our experiences, and tried to transform it into something that a lot of people could latch onto. We didn’t want something authoritative or scolding.”

He maintains that even though people may use certain words and phrases every day, they can unlearn certain language by making an effort.

“That was the message we wanted to get across. We really think that language is one of the core obstacles towards becoming more open-minded, and language can really hurt people.”

Since April, To My Grade 7 Self has opened up many opportunities for the Get REAL team. Both Studer and Bertram say the campaign’s success exceeded their expectations and the video gave them more legitimacy.

Currently, the team is working on workshops for middle school students planned for the summer and the fall. There are also a few videos planned for the future.

Bertram hopes the Get REAL campaign will reach out to even more students in upcoming years.

Get REAL is in talks with two other universities in Ontario and Bertram hopes to see more universities take on a similar initiative.

“It would be great if five years from now, there was a chapter of Get REAL at every university,” she says. “Students from these universities could also reach out to mid-

dle schools and high schools.”

“I would love to see Get REAL become something that people sign off on in O-week—everyone should take the pledge to be accepting of others,” Bertram adds.

In the meantime, next year’s Get REAL executive team is excited to get to work in September.

Robert Camastra, one of two vicepresident expansions for next year, hopes to come up with other projects and goals to extend past the video.

“What is important is that we know that [the video] isn’t the extent of our club,” Camastra explains. “It has given us a foundation that middle school and high school teachers can use for their classes. It has given us many opportunities to evoke change, but we must keep in mind that there are more things we can do.”

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On the shelf

Kaitlyn McGrath Associate Editor You may not be able to judge a book by its cover, but you should judge food by its label.

Someone should have told that to four American mothers who were shocked to discover that the Nutella they were feeding their children wasn’t a nutritious and healthy breakfast choice, but instead a sugarinfused chocolate spread with 200 calories, 11 grams of fat and 21 grams of sugar in two tablespoons.

Call them naïve, but they managed to win their case and the makers of Nutella were forced to settle. According to a recent Globe and Mail article, they will have to pay approximately $3 million to consumers who felt mislead by advertisements, which marketed the product to be part of a balanced breakfast.

On the flip side, however, manufacturers want to sell their product, even if that means introducing a misleading advertising campaign to up sales, like saying Nutella provides energy, which,

>> Fast facts • There are 200 calories, 11 grams of fat and 21 grams of sugar in two tablespoons of Nutella • In every 13 oz. jar of Nutella, there are 50 hazelnuts • Nutella sold in the U.S. is made in Canada source:nutellausa.com

put simply, is just calories, or food energy, explains Anne Zok, nutrition manager at Western.

“Yes their ads are deceiving, but not dishonest,” she says. “I think we, as consumers, fall prey to this type of vague advertising.”

Zok goes on to explain consumers should ignore advertising buzz words like ‘fresh’ and ‘wholesome’ and instead use common sense and judge products based on ingredients and nutritional value.

Simply put, judge the product based on what is written on the back, not the front.

Reading the nutritional value of food doesn’t have to be difficult if you understand how to read the labels. Zok explains we should get past simply reading the number of calories and instead use the per

cent daily value number to judge the product’s concentration of any given nutrient.

“A daily value less than five per cent means the product contains little of that nutrient and a daily value greater than 15 per cent is considered a high amount.”

And certain nutrients should be of more consideration than others, depending on the type of product. For example, grain products such as breads, cereals, and crackers should be judged based on their fibre content—at least two grams—and the least amount of sodium, preferably below 200 mg per serving, Zok explains.

She adds that for prepared products, such as frozen meals and meats, we should look at the amount of saturated fats, which, as a daily total, should not exceed 18 grams. For canned food, we should be looking for products with a low sodium content and low sugar content when it comes to canned fruit.

Most importantly, we want no trans fats in any food we’re consuming, Zok stresses.

Although examining nutrients is important, Zok contends that food should be viewed based on the degree of processing—as a general rule, the less processed the food is, the better it is for you.

“Select whole fruits over fruit juices,” she says. “Fresh meats over individually frozen, seasoned meats, whole grains—rice, quinoa, couscous—over flavoured grain packages. I like Michael Pollan’s seven words of wisdom, ‘Eat foods.

Not too much. Mostly vegetables.’”

Lights Out, camera, action Western student plots feature film

faces of western Kevin Hurren Arts&Life Editor Between working on short films, campaign promotions, and the recent It Gets Better Western video, director and Western student Patrick Barfoot has certainly kept himself busy. While in the past Barfoot and his production company, Barfoot Productions, have mainly focused on promotional and short films, this summer he begins work on his biggest creation yet—a fulllength feature film.

“A feature film just seemed like the next step,” Barfoot says. “I think growing in any field, and as a person, is always about challenging yourself and never playing the same gig twice. It’s so important to always be climbing.”

When it comes to discussing the story of the film, Barfoot uses a recently released film as a starting point.

“You’ve heard of the movie Project X? Well this is project existential. A group of students gather for the last house party of their university undergrad. The guests arrive, the keg is opened, and everything is going as planned—until the electricity in the house suddenly flickers off,” Barfoot explains. “In a rush of panic and broken glass, most people leave the pitch-black house. This film tells the stories of those who decide to stay.”

While the film, which is currently under the working title Lights Out, may bring a whole new meaning to the term ‘blackout drunk,’ it also promises to tackle a lot of themes relevant to student life, such as graduation anxiety and the value of human contact in the growing social media sphere.

“Sometimes a film idea comes to you in one sentence,” Barfoot explains. “What if there is a party and halfway through the power goes out? I just kept remembering my childhood and how whenever

the power would go out because of a thunderstorm, our whole family would play cards and have this wonderful, intimate moment.”

While the film may be intimate, Barfoot recognizes the challenges of feature filmmaking and the need to bring others in. Barfoot Productions is working on the film in collaboration with Richmond and Tower, a theatre group founded by Western students.

“Logistical challenges are forefront, time restrictions as well, but mostly it’s challenging to make sure you get the most out of yourself everyday,” Barfoot, who is no stranger to collaboration, says.

As former creative director for tvWestern and current editor-inchief of We Eat Films, Barfoot takes his experience and applies it to this new project.

“I’m sure nothing can prepare you for something as large as a feature film, but I feel that each of those roles has prepared me to be a better leader, communicate clearer and taught me something on how to harness the creativity within myself as well as within others.”

Insurgent Veronica Roth HarperCollins In a dystopian Chicago, the path to peace and cooperation has been paved by isolating five characteristics—honesty, intelligence, kindness, bravery, and selflessness— all of which positively contribute to society. At the age of 16, each citizen must take an aptitude test to find the trait he or she displays most, then join and live with that faction.

However, what happens when the test tells you that you possess more than one of the five faction traits? That is the situation in which young Beatrice Prior finds herself in Veronica Roth’s Divergent.

The novel follows Beatrice as she makes choices that will change her life forever. Roth’s newly released sequel Insurgent picks up where the first novel left off and Beatrice must face the consequences of the decisions she made.

Though Insurgent is only Roth’s second novel, the young author is already beginning to gain notoriety and develop her writing style.

While Insurgent is a sequel, the novel offers a new and deeper look into the faction system and can leave a reader contemplating what it really means to be brave, selfless, or intelligent.

What Roth does well in both her novels is create a sense of perpetual suspense and mystery. Every time Beatrice learns something new about her test results, or the structure of the factions, another puzzle begins and she—much like the reader—is continuously kept in the dark. This chase for information may become frustrating for some readers, but others will enjoy Insurgent’s exciting hunt for the truth, in addition to its romantic and violent subplots.

When it comes to violence, Insurgent takes a surprising and somewhat jarring step away from the combat simulations and handto-hand fighting styles that frequented the pages of the first series installment. Instead, Insurgent deals with violence in a much more serious and grave manner.

Roth does not hesitate to use lethal ways of removing major characters and in this sequel it becomes clear no one is safe. The death toll in Insurgent even rivals that of The Hunger Games series, but that isn’t the only comparison to make.

Between the conflict with factions or districts, and the nature of technology and violence, Beatrice and Katniss have much in common. If fans of The Hunger Games need something to fill the districtsized void in their lives, then Divergent and Insurgent are definitely good places to start.

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Sports

tweet of the week BREAKING NEWS: Two fans above first base dugout at Jays game are injured when they are hit by pitches 5 and 6 of Brett Lawrie’s last at bat.

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Rundown >> The East beat the West in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport East West Bowl game > Mustangs kicker was the main offensive force for the West, hitting all four field goal attempts | Running back Tyler Varga leaves the Mustangs > Varga will head south to play for the Yale Bulldogs.

East West Bowl brings out Canada’s best Usman Zahid Gazette Staff On Saturday, May 12, the best football players from universities across Canada showcased their talent at TD Waterhouse Stadium as Western hosted the 10th annual Canadian Interuniversity Sports East West Bowl game.

This is the fourth time the game has been hosted by Western, with the East prevailing over the West for the third consecutive year, winning 24-16.

The Mustangs were honoured to have six of their own chosen to don the red uniforms of team West.

The Mustangs chosen were defensive end Brent Wheeler, linebacker Pawel Kruba, defensive backs Mike Spence and Jamie Symianick, offensive lineman Eric Armitage and kicker Lirim Hajrullahu.

The Mustangs were able to make a strong impression on the big stage.

“They are all great kids. Symianick and Spence in the secondary were all over the field, Kruba is tough as nails inside, and Brent [Wheeler] is a pit bull,” Stefan Ptaszek, head coach of the McMaster Marauders and West team, said.

Ptaszek also commented on the great learning experience the game offered for all the coaches.

“It’s a collection of the brightest and most talented coaches from around the country and it was a

blast. I’ve got to take all that stuff back to McMaster and make us a better football program.”

Western’s Hajrullahu was the main offensive producer for the West squad, boasting a perfect four-for-four mark on field goal attempts for a total of 12 points.

The Mustangs participants, like all other players, used this as an opportunity to display their talents to the scouts who were present during the game.

“I don’t think it’s really a game for the fans. It’s a game for us players to showcase our talents to the scouts,” Tristan Grenon, starting quarterback for both the Laval Rouge et Or and the prevailing East team, said. “The scouts were here with us all week and they got to know us and I think that’s a great idea.”

Grenon went on to commend Western for organizing the event.

“The staff at Western are awesome and though we didn’t really get a chance, we would like to thank […] Western for organizing this.”

Mustangs head coach Greg Marshall was also chosen to be a part of the coaching staff for team West and he was quick to comment on the way his city and program ran the event.

“London is a good central location, first of all, to get all the players in and out,” Marshall said. “The residences are close to the field,

Cameron Wilson GAZETTE

Just like the sun, the ball set in the West. A player for the East powers through his opponent in the 10th annual Canadian Interuniversity Sports East West Bowl game. Six Mustangs were among the elite number chosen to play in this game. The East won the bout 24-16.

the facilities we have here and the meeting rooms—everything is very central.”

Many people praised coach Marshall and the Mustangs for

hosting the event successfully.

“It will be hard to take this game from London,” Ptaszek said.

Just as this event helped football players from across the coun-

try to showcase their talents to the scouts, it once again gave both Western and the City of London an opportunity to shine on the national stage.

Rookie of the year Varga withdraws from ‘Stangs Jason Sinukoff Sports Editor

Corey Stanford GAZETTE

Something smells like number two. Tyler Varga, former Mustangs running back and Canadian Interuniversity Sport rookie of the year, announced in a May 9 email that he would be withdrawing from Western University’s football program.

Varga led the CIS with 114 yards per game and 15 touchdowns.

Tyler Varga, the Mustangs rookie running back who took the Canadian Interuniversity Sport by storm, has parted ways with his purple and white teammates, opting to travel south in order to play for the Yale Bulldogs in New Haven, Connecticut.

Varga, the reigning CIS scoring champion and rookie of the year, announced his decision to leave Western on Wednesday, May 9 via email.

“I would like to announce my decision to withdraw from the University of Western Ontario and the UWO football program,” Varga wrote in his email. “I would like to thank the university, the City of London, the fans, the alumni and my teammates for the way they have treated me and contributed to my experience over the past year.”

“The City of London, the fans and the supporters of Western football are the best that I have ever experienced and the alumni’s support for the school and football program is second to none.

I would like to announce my decision to withdraw from the University of Western Ontario and the UWO football program.

—Tyler Varga,

former Mustangs running back

My teammates are a great bunch of guys and they are what I will miss the most. I wish them and the university all the best in the future,” he continued.

Though disappointed with the news, Mustangs head coach Greg Marshall wished Varga well with all of his future endeavours. “[It] was disappointing, but it’s the decision Tyler made and I have to respect it,” Marshall said. “I don’t necessarily agree with it, [but] he is going to do what’s best for him. He is a good kid and I wish him luck.”

In recent history, the Mustangs have been feared by teams because of their excellent running game and their supreme depth at the running back position. So it is no wonder even with the young powerhouse gone and veteran running back Nathan Riva hanging up his cleats after four years with the Mustangs, Marshall isn’t worried.

“Garret Sanvido is a great running back. We’ve got two good running backs coming in and we have Tyrel Reid on our team. We’ll be okay,” Marshall explained. “Right now Garret Sanvido might be the tail back and he is very good.”

Varga finished his rookie season with 114 yards per game and 15 touchdowns on the season—both first in the CIS. Although Varga’s absence from the team will hurt, Marshall is confident the Mustangs can continue to dominate the Ontario University Athletics.

“Yeah it’s big news, but in a team game I think our players will all agree that our team is bigger than one player,” Marshall said.

“It’s a team game and the team will move forward. Our team will be fine next year.”

—With files from Usman Zahid

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thegazette • Friday, May 18, 2012

Western-trained swimmers head to Olympics

Andrei Calinescu Gazette

Joe Bartoch, 29, and Richard Hortness, 26, are preparing to make a big splash across the pond at the 2012 Summer Games.

Ryan Stern Sports Editor All year, Mustangs athletes stress over meets—from Canadian Interuniversity Sport to intrasquad. And as the summer sun sits low on the horizon, no light will shine brighter than the light on London, England this August.

As the eyes of the world descend upon the Forest City’s British counterpart for the 2012 Summer Olympics, avid Mustangs swim team supporters should be prepared to see a few familiar faces making a splash.

Trained by Mustangs swimming head coach Paul Midgley, the Canadian swimming team will feature a pair of international veterans with Mustangs

purple in their blood.

“In Canada, once you reach the top, you only ever get to race the best guys in Canada a few times a year,” says Joe Bartoch, a Western graduate student and Olympic swimmer. “Once you break into the international scene, you really get to compare yourself to the rest of the world. Swimming is all about racing, so anytime you get to challenge the rest of the world is quite an experience.”

After attending the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, both Bartoch and teammate Richard Hortness began training at Western’s Student Recreation Centre under Midgley to prepare for the games. Along with training on Western soil, the two assist Midgley in training his squad of student athletes, in hopes

of some day working in the same capacity as Midgley himself.

“After having gone to school together in the States and now being reunited as teammates, it is a great way to finish off our careers as athletes and it is great that we can again come out of the same program after training here at Western,” Hortness says.

While Midgley will not be attending, the London games due to Bartoch’s and Hortness’ qualifying positions, he will be attending preOlympic training with them.

“Unfortunately, this year neither Richard nor myself were fast enough for him to be officially part of the team,” Bartoch explains.

“He has received funding and will be able to follow us to our staging camp in [Olbia] on the island

of [Sardinia], off the coast of Italy.

It’s important for him to be there as he can see how you’re adjusting to travel, time change, food and climate and write practices accordingly. It’s hard to work with other coaches that have not seen you under different stresses.”

A veteran of the Olympics himself, Midgley is not short of praise and advice for his two students. “[They should have] lots of personal pride, knowing what it took to get there,” Midgley says. “Prepare well so you can compete at your best, and enjoy it. You never know if you will ever get another opportunity.”

With the level of competition at the Olympics unmatched by any other event, this challenge will not be a walk in the park—or a swim in

the pool, in this case.

“I have been part of the Canadian 4x100 medley relay for about six years now and we have had some good and okay years,” Bartoch recalls. “Our best placing, of recent, was last year in Shanghai at the 2011 World Championships where we placed seventh. I feel we are competitive for a bronze medal. However, just making the Olympic final would be a career highlight.”

Whether these personal goals come to fruition or not, simply donning the red and white on their bathing caps is seemingly enough for these athletes, and for avid Mustangs supporters, it’s nice to see some purple in the pool.

Croley claims coach credit Richard Raycraft Sports Editor Western track and field coach Vickie Croley was named a Fox 40 Ontario University Athletics Coach of the Year on Thursday, May 10 at the annual OUA awards held in Huntsville, Ontario.

“It was an honour to have even been nominated,” Croley said.

“Then for the OUA to select me over all of the great coaches of several sports within the OUA was a shock. This award could have gone to several deserving people—it’s an incredible honour to have won.”

The award caps off an outstanding year for Croley, who also won the Sue Wise Award for women’s coach of the year and led the men’s track and field team to their first ever Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship. Croley also oversaw silver medals for the men’s and women’s teams in the OUA championships, as well as first and second place finishes for both the squads at the 17th annual McGill Team Challenge.

Croley acknowledged the accomplishments would not have been possible without the ongoing support of her 12 assistant coaches, who helped manage a roster of over 100 athletes.

“I consider this a shared award among my incredible coaching staff. I do wish that they were with me to receive the recognition that

they deserve,” she said. “They go above and beyond teaching the technical side of the sport, they develop relationships with the athletes that are necessary to bring out the best in them.”

Approaching 20 years with the Mustangs, Croley was also named OUA Coach of the Year in 2001.

While Croley appreciated the award, the true highlight of the season was winning the CIS track and field championship. Coming into the final day of the competition in fifth place, the Mustangs men’s team put on a tremendous display of determination to claim their first title, 13 points ahead of the second place Guelph Grif-

fons. Following the win, Croley was named the CIS men’s coach of the year.

“The most exciting event of this year for our whole men’s and women’s team was our men’s team winning the first CIS track and field championship in Western’s history,” Croley said. “The way the team rallied and produced some amazing personal best performances throughout the championships was a once-in-a-life-time accomplishment.”

“Their school spirit throughout was the best I’ve ever seen and it definitely helped produce the outcome in an exhilarating way.”

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