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Public committee meeting Western profs assist in to address student concerns meteor investigation Richard Raycraft NEWS EDITOR

Cameron Wilson GAZETTE

Jeremiah Rodriguez NEWS EDITOR London’s Town and Gown Committee will hold an open forum November 13 for neighbours, students and representatives from both emergency services and student government to find strategies on how to move forward after the police commitment to scale down Project LEARN. After numerous student complaints, citations and, infamously, Western cheerleaders being ticketed for cheerleading, the police backed down on several of the harsh penalties enforced under Project Liquor Enforcement and Reduction of Noise.

Instead, police have shifted focus onto more education, proactive measures and working cooperatively with student organizations to reduce the need for police involvement while still maintaining student safety.

“As a group we share so many priorities in our communities, it’s my hope that people will come out and share their thoughts so we can discuss a broader strategy moving forward,” said Matt Brown, Ward 7 councillor and chair of the committee.

“The Town and Gown has a long history specifically [dealing] with issues relating to student populations and how they interact with the general populations,” he added. “A couple weeks ago [police chief Brad] Duncan had a conversation [with the committee] and we felt there would be great benefit in doing this event and there are so many stakeholders in solving this issue.”

The meeting announcement drew similar nods of approval from University Students’ Council vicepresident external Amir Eftekarpour.

“The police did their part. Police have shown commitment by scaling back Project LEARN. Now we have to come together — including

Fanshawe and Western — to be good neighbours,” Eftekarpour said. “It’s important to have a fresh start going forward.”

In collaboration with the off-campus representatives, Eftekarpour said the onus is now on students to act and reciprocate police gestures — he plans to start with a formalization of the Good Neighbour campaign.

“We’re going to recommend to the city that we formalize this community engagement approach, which the chief agrees with. We’re also going to propose that we scrap Project LEARN in its entirety and formalize what police are currently doing — proactive engagement,” Eftekarpour said.

Brown said that simple enforcement and ticketing is not enough.

“We’re only going to solve this problem together, [by] identifying and implementing the strategies we come up with together.”

While many aspects of the meteor event that occurred over Chelyabinsk, Russia earlier this year remain a mystery, an international study which included several Western professors is quickly discovering more about it — including its possible origins and the frequency of such events in the future.

Western professors Peter Brown, Margaret Campbell-Brown, Paul Wiegert and David Clark were involved in the study, which was done with assistance from Western’s Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration, where Brown sits as director.

The findings of the study were published in two parts in the renowned science journal Nature.

The Western team began their research almost immediately following the meteor event.

“Pretty much as soon as we heard that this event was going on we started to work on this project, so within minutes to hours literally,” Wiegert explained.

Brown said the team’s research found this kind of event may be much more frequent than previously thought.

“Existing models predict events like the Chelyabinsk asteroid might hit every 120 or 150 years, but our data shows the frequency may be closer to every 30 or 40 years,” he said in a press release. “It’s totally

outside the realm of what we thought likely in our lifetimes based on earlier statistics.”

The asteroid entered Earth’s orbit on February 15, impacting just south of the city of Chelyabinsk in the Ural region of Russia. The study estimates the impact was comparable to an explosion of 500 kilotonnes of TNT. Wiegert explained that understanding the asteroid can help in understanding our planet.

“Asteroids like the Chelyabinsk meteor are the building blocks that the planet is made of,” he said. “Of course the Earth we can study very easily because it’s close by but it’s undergone a tremendous amount of change over the years — geological change, chemical change, and life is on it now and is changing everything.”

“But asteroids are what we call primitive, by which we mean very pristine — they’re from very early times and they haven’t been changed very much, and so they’re very exciting to the questions of the origins of the Earth and life on Earth and thing like that,” he continued.

Clark emphasized a human safety aspect in studying the asteroid and where it came from.

“In general, the big concern is we want to understand risk,” he said.

“We want to understand how often these sorts of events can occur and what sort of damage they will cause.”

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LEST WE FORGET. The final resting place of three unknown Canadian soldiers killed in the First World War near Vimy Ridge, France. On Remembrance Day this Monday, take a moment to reflect on the sacrifices made by young Canadians like these.

Kaitlyn McGrath ASSOCIATE EDITOR Earlier this week, The Gazette published a letter regarding the changes made to the Peer Support Centre, a room located in the basement of the University Community Centre.

According to their website, the centre is “a safe space for undergraduate students to seek support, talk to student experts and get resources.”

However, recent changes have some frequent users saying it has transformed from a friendly space to a “cold walk-in clinic.” The proposed changes will be decide on by the University Students’ Council at their next meeting on November 27.

The Gazette sat down with USC vicepresident internal Sam Krishnapillai to discuss the changes.

What is the new outlook that you have for the PSC? The idea behind what we want is a space that is welcoming and open, but still maintaining a professional sort of feeling for all undergraduate students.

Not every student has to use the space, but it should feel accessible for those who want to use it. We also

want to make sure that we’re always open during the hours that are set and at all times there’s a volunteer at the front desk with a name tag on ready to help the student comes in looking for resources. These are two things that are different from how it was last year. We’re just trying to broaden how many people can come in the space.

How do you address the people that say the PSC is not as welcoming as it used to be?

I challenge their definition of welcoming. I have been trying my best to engage with these students. I’ve been connecting them with the President’s Committee on the Safety of Women at Western to help address these issues of feeling unsafe. I’m trying to be there as an advocate for them, but at the same time, there are 30,000 undergraduate students that did not feel welcome last year in the space.

It wasn’t a place that you could walk into unless you were part of that group of friends and that’s what I wanted to change this year. Every student pays for it, so I wanted every student to have access to it. I’m here to talk about it.

CROSSWORD By Eugene Sheffer

How would you address people who say they built up that space and now they don’t feel they can use it anymore?

It’s an informal group of friends that used the space. Cleaning the space went to volunteers and the supervisor. Organizing stuff and doing programming in there was the supervisor that did that. I think they created a bond amongst each other that’s really special and I think they definitely have ownership over that. But the physical space, that’s been volunteers, students, people who worked in the space as coordinators that helped contribute to what that space is physically.

The feel in it was a small community of students that felt really close together, but that alienated the rest of our campus, which is what I’m trying to avoid.

So you’re not saying those people can’t use the space?

Not even a little bit. That’s not the intention at all. They’re more than welcome to use the space. There’s just policy that council outlined, that students have outlined that I’m just trying to follow.

This interview was edited for brevity.

News Briefs

Sleep helps memories, Western research finds Western neuroscientist Stuart Fogel is investigating the role of sleep in the formation of new memories.

“Up until recently people have generally thought of sleep as a restful quiescent state that is characterized by inactivity, or reduction in activity, compared to what we do doing during wakefulness,” Fogel said. “But what we’ve found is that

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we have similar levels of brain activity during sleep as during wake.”

One hypothesis being studied at Western’s Brain and Mind institute is that when we learn something new during the day, it is in a fragile state until we sleep.

Sleep is involved in reactivating these weak memory traces and turning them into more easily accessible and better-integrated forms. These traces are essentially embedded into our long-term memory during sleep, according to Fogel.

For students pulling all-nighters, Fogel had some advice: “The best strategy is to maximize studying during the day and get a good night’s sleep.”

—Hasan Seede

Beware bogus Bordens The London Police Service has issued a warning to be on the lookout for counterfeit $100 bills.

“We will be liaising with other jurisdictions in southern Ontario as

surrounding areas are also reporting an increase in these counterfeit notes,” Amy Phillipo, media relations officer for the LPS, said.

The phony bills imitate the Canadian Journey series, which introduced from 2004 to 2006. This was the series preceding today’s common plastic bills.

According to the Bank of Canada’s website, valid notes from that series have five distinguishing security features, including raised ink, a metallic strip on the left side and an additional portrait that appears when the bill is under light.

This influx may be linked to a similar situation in Woodbridge where fake $100 bills have also made an appearance earlier this week.

Anyone who has information on these counterfeit bills is encouraged to contact the LPS or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

—Katie Lear

The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error. © 2002 by Kings Features Syndicate, Inc.

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Acceptance grade averages to universities continue to rise across Canada, according to data from the 2014 Maclean’s University Rankings.

Of 42 universities, the average grade of high school students entering university in their home province was two per cent higher than five years ago — rising from 83 per cent in 2007 to 85 in 2012.

Western’s average acceptance grade is the fifth-highest in the country. It rose from 86 per cent in 2007 to 88.2 per cent in 2012.

The acceptance average has increased every year at Western, according to John Doerksen, viceprovost academic programs and students at Western.

Doerksen said the university has not aimed for increasing admissions, but that the admissions process is driven by the applicant pool. For fall 2013, Western had a target of admitting 4,900 new students for first entry programs, and had to choose from about 45,000 applications.

“We look at our applicant pool

and we do make our admissions decisions primarily on the basis of high school grades and we do that on the basis of merit,” Doerksen said.

“One of the things that we do see is that there is a very close correlation between incoming averages and retention rates and graduation rates,” Doerksen said. “The higher the incoming average, the more likely the student is going to stay through to second year and right through to graduation.”

The data from the rankings survey show interesting regional differences in the universities that either gained or lost three per cent or more from their acceptance average in 2007. Four universities’ acceptance grades rose over three per cent, three of which were in British Columbia. Of the four universities whose grades declined, three were in Quebec.

Strikingly, the proportion of students with a 90 per cent average or higher rose dramatically for those four universities — with UBC going from 30.8 per cent to 54.1 per cent, and Waterloo going from 26.5 per cent to 44.8 per cent.

Doerksen noted that although

the admissions process is driven by grades, there are considerations made for extenuating circumstances.

“We also do have a special consideration category of admissions so students can provide us with more information that they’d like us to take into account. So maybe there are compassionate grounds, or a special ability that should be taken into account,” Doerksen said.

He also said different programs have other requirements, such as a portfolio for visual arts or an audition for music.

Even though grade inflation may seem to be driving up averages, Western has beaten the general inflation of high school marks.

“Our incoming average has been moving at a slightly faster rate than the ‘grade inflation’ average in high school system which suggests to me that we are becoming increasingly a destination university,” Doerksen said.

“If I can use those marks as an indication of academic preparation, I would say that our students are academically quite well-prepared, relatively speaking.”

AT TENTION STUDENTS USING SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES We would like to remind you that you must meet with a counsellor at Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD), in the Student Development Centre, to arrange academic accommodation for your 2013/14 winter courses.

If you have not yet requested accommodation for your courses, and you wish to use accommodation for December 2013 exams, you must meet with a counsellor by Friday, November 15th. If requested after this date, accommodation for December 2013 exams cannot be arranged by Exam Services.

To book your appointment please call

519-661-2147

RYERSON UNIVERSITY GRADUATE OPEN HOUSE

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Friday November 15, 2013

Are you an Engineering or Building Science student, interested in graduate studies and excited by groundbreaking research?

This open house is your chance to: • Meet Ryerson researchers • Interact with graduate students • Discover new research projects • Explore the campus, departments and research facilities in the heart of Toronto • Enjoy a free varsity game at the Mattamy Athletic Centre A subsidy is available to support attendance.

Register at www.ryerson.ca/feas/graduateopenhouse

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SPLAT. Students swerve to avoid a hazardous spill likely resulting from an improperly handled Booster Juice smoothie.

Booster Juice in the University Community Centre states that it does not replace spilled drinks.

Phone: 416-979-5000, ext. 7910 Email: rio@ryerson.ca

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Arts&Life

badwriting “Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil.

That sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter.”

— Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

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get it WOOL, FLEECE-LINED SWEATER — BALTA: These zip-up wool sweaters can be found at most hand-crafted down-to-earth boutiques, or stores like Balta, STRIPED PULLOVER — URBAN OUTFITTERS: Sweaters like these can be found at most clothing outfitters, but Urban Outfitters has a vast array to choose from.

ORANGE CHINOS — GAP: With colours ranging from green to mustard yellow, pants from Gap are perfect for sprucing up the bottom half of your outfit.

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he weather may be a little grey and bleak, but that certainly doesn’t mean your outfits have to be. Take Gagan Singh, third year Biology student, for example.

“I like bright colours,” Singh says. “I think it’s because of the stuff I do. I’m into music, mostly electronic music. That culture is into bright colours and really flashy stuff.”

Singh truly appears as a vibrant ray in a sea of grey. While his fleecelined jacket is bulky and warm (perfect for November weather),

You really can’t go wrong with a pair of classic Converse. A tasteful hint of grey tones down the absurdity of a bright outfit.

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his chinos and sweater are both slim-fit tailored, adding a dash of class to his cornucopia of colour.

But for Singh, fit aside, at the end of the day it’s the vibrancy of the outfit that remains most important.

“You gotta use those colours, they’re very important,” he says.

“The entire outfit has to be colours.

No black pants, no blue jeans, you can have colours everywhere. Just make sure they work together.”

There’s nothing wrong with a tasteful, muted palate. As fall wraps up, many people are turning

to the cooler colours of winter. But sometimes, brightening up your look will cause you not only to stand out, but also help to stave off those winter blues.

For those looking to channel Singh’s style, avoid blacks, greys and browns in favour of less conventional colours. Even Singh’s pants represented his flare, with their startling orange colour. In essence, dressing up is about having fun, and it’s obvious Singh is enjoying himself with this outfit.

— Cam Smith

Taylor Lasota GAZETTE

Cheryl Madliger GAZETTE STAFF Whether you’re connected to the running community or just follow the news, you’ve probably seen some mention of last weekend’s New York Marathon. From your couch, images of elated runners crossing the finish line can be enough to prompt you to say you’d like to do the same, but deciding to run a marathon should not be taken lightly.

Where else, besides in fitness, is it celebrated to start with the most extreme version of an activity? We might chuckle at a newbie who decides climbing Mount Everest is a good way to start their adventures in climbing but we pat new runners on the back when they say they’re training for a marathon. Whether it’s because it’s sexy or because it comes with a flashy bumper sticker, running a marathon is almost a natural pursuit for someone who decides to take up running.

But before you sign up and lace up your shoes, I encourage you to take a few questions into consideration.

Do you have a strong running base?

Most of the time, being a regular runner for about a year should be a minimum requirement for deciding to go for a marathon. Putting base miles and maybe a few shorter races under your belt helps prevent you from doing too much too soon and hurting yourself.

Do you know what you’re doing?

People love to say that to be a runner, all you need is motivation and a pair of running shoes. But from making sure that those running shoes are the right shoes, to running with the right mechanics, training for a marathon is too likely to cause injury to “just do it” (don’t tell Nike).

Being an informed runner means being a happy runner.

Do you really love it? There’s two common responses to running that I’ve seen in my clients: love or hate.

If you hate running, signing up for 26.2 miles of it will change things is wishful thinking. While the excitement of a race or the motivation of something to work towards might

help you enjoy running more, those benefits come with signing up for a more reasonable five or 10 km race.

Why are you doing it? If your goal is to “get healthy” or “lose weight,” you might want to reconsider. Though running definitely trumps inactivity so does Zumba, weightlifting, swimming or any other activity that gets you moving. The best way to exercise is the way that you enjoy and that you’ll keep doing. If weight loss is your goal, consider that many people who train for marathons end up gaining weight — long runs can leave you hungry and feeling like you’ve “earned” indulgences. While running does burn lots of calories while you do it, exercise that builds muscle and leaves your metabolism revved long after you finish training might be a better use of your time if changing your body composition or losing weight is your goal.

Do you have enough time, money, and energy to be successful? From nutrition to recovery modalities — like massage and chiropractic — to paying attention to oft-overlooked aspects of fitness that are important for runners — like mobility, flexibility and strength — successfully pursuing a marathon involves adding a lot more than just running into your routine. If you’re not ready to invest the time, money, and energy required into all of these aspects, I’d argue that you’re not ready to run a marathon.

Now that I’ve crushed your finish line fantasy, let me offer some encouragement. I count finishing a half marathon as one of my greatest fitness accomplishments and can only assume that running a marathon would be just as satisfying. So if you’ve decided that a marathon is on your bucket list, go for it, but be smart. Getting realistic about when you’ll do it comes first.

Finding a program or maybe a running group to get you to the finish line healthy and feeling good comes next. Then comes the hard work — or fun, depending on how you look at it — that will get you there. If you take yourself and your goal seriously, you just might among those smiling finishers one day.

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May the forks be with you Batman: Arkham

Origins not original

Kevin Jacobs CONTRIBUTOR

Courtesy of Michael Dubin

Sara Mai Chitty GAZETTE STAFF Enthusiasm is infectious, and the energy spread by alternative folk band Twin Forks is something worth catching on to. Chris Carraba, the group’s singer and guitarist, radiates with passion as he discusses his latest project. Twin Forks has been touring constantly but have remained somewhat of a well-kept secret since 2011.

“For the longest time we were like, ‘We’re not a band, we’re just gonna make some music together to be really liberating,’’’ Carraba explains. “We played one show, got off stage and said, ‘We’re a band, dammit, we are absolutely a band.’”

This realization is where the true cohesion of the project began for the musicians.

“Once we knew we were a band, we got so inspired, this was the thing that made it Twin Forks.”

The members each have their own histories in the North American music scene. Ben Homola and Jonathan Clark each come from producing backgrounds, while

Suzie Zeldin hails from the indie rock group The Narrative. Carraba formed Dashboard Confessional in 1999 after leaving Further Seems Forever. Carraba knew each member individually and wanted to see what they could do together.

“I really recognized a great musicality in these people in terms of inventiveness and adventurousness and honed, high opinions about quality, but none of that foolish ‘that’s not punk’ attitude — there was no resistance of what we can try,” says Carraba of his band mates.

“I thought, I get along so well with these people musically and personally, and I think the great experiment would be to see if they get along with each other that way,” he laughs.

Carraba notes his excitement over the reception of Twin Forks, from old and new fans alike.

“The reception’s been great. It’s been kind of euphoric. The audience seems to be enjoying it so much, that we all feel a little stoned or something.” Needless to say, old fans are far from disappointed.

“There’s this common statement of ‘Y’know, what you were doing then

is what we needed then and what you are doing now is what we need now.’ That’s like, I don’t know what else to say about that. That’s what I think,” Carraba maintains.

“I guess what that boils down to is luck,” he continues. “There are some bands out there that can write songs that will be hits no matter what. I’m not one of those guys, I wish I was, I really do. But I can only write what feels potent or important to me at that time. The fact that I got lucky enough that it seems that my audience is in the same place I’m at, that’s sheer luck. And I’m grateful for it.”

Carraba is looking forward to his performance on Tuesday alongside The Treasures at Call The Office.

“I watched them slackjawed, so excited, so inspired, and really did everything I could to get them to tour with us. To me, they are phenomenally inspiring, so I’m really excited playing with them!”

Catch Twin Forks and The Treasures at Call the Office on November 12 at 9:00 p.m. Tickets are $20.

Batman: Arkham Origins GGHFF Warner Bros. Montréal PC, PS3, Wii U and XBox 360 Coming off the critically lauded and commercially successful Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, the Dark Knight returns in Batman: Arkham Origins. The development has been passed on from Rocksteady Studios, who made the first two games, to Warner Bros. Montréal. Arkham Origins relies too much on the previous games, but it is still a solid entry into the series.

The game takes place two years into Batman’s career. Black Mask has put a bounty on Batman’s head, bringing out eight assassins who Batman (voiced by Roger Craig Smith) has to apprehend before they kill him. The story captures Gotham’s corrupt atmosphere with exciting twists, and the human aspect of the story really propels it along, including a humanized — but still psychotic — Joker (an incredible Troy Baker). The eight-to-10 hour story is the perfect length for the original plot. Sometimes, however, the twists feel like rehashes of the Arkham City story. In a lot of ways, the entire game could be a very large downloadable add-on to

Arkham City.

The player has access to the entirety of Gotham, a larger environment than the last two games.

The city includes lots of areas from Arkham City, but the big map feels dark and dull. There is a new fasttravel option in a computer-controlled Batwing and because the map is so uninteresting, the Batwing becomes the main method of travel.

The gliding and grappling is just as smooth as previous games, but the repetition over long distances is tedious. At times, one feels lost searching for whatever gadget gets Batman out of one room or another.

The game occurs on Christmas Eve, with a citywide enforced curfew, making the place seem empty, except for street thugs that Batman can easily take out. Christopher Drake composes a beautiful score that gives some life to the dead arena.

The fluid and dynamic combat system remains true to the series and is as outstanding as ever. It transcends button-mashing gameplay and becomes an art of accurately timed strikes and counters.

Unfortunately, midway through the game, the player acquires the Electrocutioner’s gloves, which render any nuanced fighting effectively moot because they bypass enemy armor and shields. The boss battles are a refreshing throwback to David vs. Goliath retro videogaming, with the Deathstroke and Firefly fights standing out for their originality. The lack of successful innovation is really disappointing, but it is a solid entry into the series.

A more dynamic world, better multiplayer and a couple more tweaks from Warner Bros. Montréal could have taken this game to the next level, instead of playing it safe by essentially copying Rocksteady’s blueprint. For fans of Arkham City, it is a must play, but as a stand-alone game it falls short of the high level claimed by its predecessors.

Gazette Tested >> Vanilla Chai Cupcakes

Ingredients

together; set aside.

• 1 1/2 cups cake flour • 1 teaspoon baking soda • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1 teaspoon cinnamon • 3/4 teaspoon cardamom • 1/2 teaspoon ginger • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg • 1/2 teaspoon cloves • 1 cup sugar • 1/2 cup butter or margarine • 3 eggs (for vegan cupcakes replace the eggs with an extra half cup apple sauce) • 1/4 cup apple sauce • 1 cup milk (soy milk for vegan) • 4 chai tea bags

3. In a small saucepan, warm the milk until it just simmers. Remove from heat and add the tea bags.

4. Steep for 10 minutes. Remove the tea bags and allow the chai milk to cool to room temperature.

5. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating until combined. Scrape the bowl, then add the apple sauce and mix until just incorporated.

6. Sprinkle 1/3 of the flour mixture over batter and mix until just combined. Add 1/2 of the chai milk mixture, mixing on low until combined. Add another 1/3 of the flour mixture, and beat until Directions just mixed. Scrape the bowl, then 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. add the remaining milk and mix until combined. Finally, add the Line a muffin pan with cupcake remaining flour mixture and mix papers. until the batter is thoroughly 2. In a medium bowl, combine all combined, but do not over mix. the dry ingredients 7. Fill each cupcake liner with 2 tablespoons of batter and bake for 14-16 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with a few crumbs clinging to it. Allow to cool completely before frosting.

Your Weekly Horoscope The week of Nov. 8 – 14

This horoscope is intended for entertainment purposes only.

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, seek the advice of a mentor or confidante when a puzzling situation presents itself this week. Another person’s perspective might be all you need to solve this problem.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, get behind a cause that will benefit your community. You have been interested in giving back to others, and this week presents a great opportunity to do just that.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, getting the job done just isn’t enough. You always need to get it done to the best of your ability and that’s why others find you so reliable.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you love to socialize with friends and family, but lately time has been hard to come by. Plan a gettogether with friends and family.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, focus your energy on work this week, as a possible promotion is looming over the horizon. Give work your best efforts, and you will soon be glad you did.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, you can handle difficult situations with ease and your loved ones know it. When such a situation presents itself this week, don’t be afraid to take charge.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, sometimes the key to success is to know when to step back and recharge. This week, spend some time resting and relaxing, and you will have the energy needed to go forward.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, others trust what you have to say and want to follow along with your guidance. Cherish this trust and think carefully before making decisions that affect your loved ones.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, you may be looking for something new to occupy your time. Try learning a new sport or language. It will keep your brain sharp and pass the time in a productive way.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, sort out an ongoing issue that has been compromising your focus at work. Once you clear your mind, you can once again focus on your career.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, this week is a great time to stop procrastinating and to get back on track. Figure out a time when you have the most energy, and dive right into the task at hand.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, you may find yourself spending more time with your social circle than your family in the next few days.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS NOV. 10 – Miranda Lambert, Singer (30) NOV. 11 – Leonardo DiCaprio, Actor (39) NOV. 12 – Ryan Gosling, Actor (33)

NOV. 13 – Jimmy Kimmel, TV host (46) NOV. 14 – Patrick Warburton, Actor (49) NOV. 15 – Ed Asner, Actor (84) NOV. 16 – Missi Pyle, Actress (41)

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We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.

— “In Flanders Fields” by Lieutenant Colenel John McCrae

Polarizing Remembering in more Peer Support than 140 chars The Peer Support Centre has restricted a tightly-knit peer group from spending too much time in the centre in an effort to be more inclusive and welcoming to new students. The space in the basement of the University Community Centre is designed to provide all students with the opportunity to discuss their personal and academic problems in “a comfortable environment for people seeking support to talk with peers who may have encountered similar issues and can offer genuine empathy and advice,” as stated in their mandate.

Since the centre opened, a group of students who found the PSC particularly welcoming and developed close friendships began to use the space as a place to meet and hang out on campus. Although this seems to be what the PSC initially intended, Sam Krishnapillai, USC vice-president internal, contends that students entering the centre for the first time are intimidated by this close group of students and feel like they’re intruding on someone’s living room rather than entering an office.

Of course it seems a bit ironic that a group of students who became friends through the Peer Support Centre are now essentially being told not to use the centre to seek support from their peers any longer. Perhaps the student group should have some say in the evolution of the PSC considering their extensive and long-term use of the centre. However Krishnapillai also says that the PSC has seen a greater number of newcomers seeking support since the original group left. Whether this is a statistical fact or confirmation bias on the VP’s part has not yet been clearly determined.

Another potentially harmful effect of turning away the group of students is that the “living room atmosphere” may become one of a sterile office instead — a potentially worse alternative.

But couldn’t a middle ground be reached so that the original group of students aren’t restricted from using the centre and newcomers still feel welcome? There are frequently events in the centre encouraging new students to drop by and get to know the volunteers and other students, and newcomers could be introduced to the veteran members when they arrive for an appointment.

As of now, however, it’s out with the old and in with the new in an effort to make the Peer Support Centre more inclusive to all students.

—The Gazette Editorial Board

Hit ‘em where it Hurst Jesica Hurst ONLINE EDITOR I am usually reminded Remembrance Day is around the corner when the air outside starts feeling colder and poppies begin sprouting over Canadian hearts.

This year, however, I was reminded in a much different way.

While watching television a few weeks ago, a MuchMusic commercial came on advertising its “How Will You Remember?” campaign — a collaboration with Veterans Affairs Canada that is encouraging Canadians to put their Twitter accounts to good use this Remembrance Day. After following the @MUCHremembers account, youth are asked to use the hashtag #ShowYouRemember and tweet about how they will remember Canada’s veterans this year. Those who do so will automatically be entered into a contest to win a trip for two across Canada.

While I understand that the campaign’s purpose is to try to connect with the younger generation — an attempt to interest MuchMusic’s audience in a monumental part of Canadian history — I have two issues with how the campaign is being executed. First, young people are being encouraged to express their feelings about the important day in an overly casual and public way. Second, if they follow the channel’s request, they might get a reward.

I can’t deny that social media is a great way to reach out to younger people, but there are certain circumstances where it is inappropriate. By asking Canadians to tweet about how they will remember those who have served and continue to

serve their country, the process of selfreflection becomes a public thought condensed into 140 informal characters that, accompanied with the required hashtag, may or may not even be seen by people who care. When did taking a moment to pull out your smartphone and tweet to your followers replace taking an intimate moment of silence?

Even though I think the tweeting aspect of the campaign is distasteful, it doesn’t even come close to how disrespectful the incentive portion is. Instead of encouraging young Canadians to take part in a day of appreciation and selflessness, they are encouraged to take part in a contest — given a chance to be rewarded for the courage they had while tweeting about why they remember. While I obviously support the idea of the younger generation discussing Remembrance Day, this campaign is going to generate conversation for all of the wrong reasons.

When I was younger, my classmates and I showed we remembered by taking part in memorial services, drawing pictures of poppies and listening to guest speakers who fought in World War II. If we took to the Internet, it was because our teachers encouraged us to research more about the poem “In Flanders Fields” or how many people died defending Canadian values. It was never about the possibility of winning something — we were taught that our “prize” was our freedom.

The “How Will You Remember?” campaign is problematic not only because it encourages remembrance in a trivial manner, but also because the contest aspect takes away from the intrinsic reasons for why we should be honouring our veterans. We should be teaching young Canadians to focus on the reasons why it’s important to remember, and to encourage deep, thoughtful reflection instead of superficial expression.

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gameday The Mustangs men’s hockey team will travel to Montreal on Saturday to take on the Redmen at 7 p.m., wrapping up their longest road trip of the season.

Rundown >> The Mustangs women’s volleyball team lost 3–1 to Windsor this past weekend > They will continue their season with a game against Ottawa this Sunday at 1 p.m.

Mustangs hope to hoist the Yates Cup Daniel Weryha SPORTS EDITOR After a hard yet prosperous season the Western Mustangs football team is just a day away from the long awaited Yates Cup final against their historical rivals, the Queen’s Gaels.

Against all odds the Mustangs emerged as the nation’s best team, finishing a perfect 8­–0 while defeating the reigning Yates Cup champions not just once, but twice.

In their semifinal matchup against the McMaster Marauders, the Mustangs defence dominated.

They held the Marauders to just three points and 268 all-purpose yards.

“That was the best game our defence has played all year,” Greg Marshall, Mustangs head coach, said yesterday in a press conference.

“They were well prepared, they executed the game plan very well and played tenaciously the entire game.”

Defensively the Mustangs have been consistent. During the regular season they led the league in interceptions and ranked second in total takeaways.

The Queen’s offence, however, is efficient. To secure the win, Western will need a strong defensive stand much like the one they had in the semifinals.

Finch and the high-powered Mustangs offence can produce scoring when opportunities come.

The Mustangs led the nation with an average of 422 passing yards per game, and currently rank third in average rushing yards.

While there is no doubt that the Queen’s defence — featuring three players on the Canadian Football

League scouting bureau’s top 10 list — is capable of containing the Mustang attack, the real challenge will be to outscore them.

Finch, the second-year quarterback out of Burlington Ontario, was named the Ontario University Athletics 2013 most valuable player.

Finch finished the season with a league-leading 3,047 passing yards and threw 21 touchdowns. The Hec Crighton nominee for the MVP in the CIS also rushed for 319 yards and tacked on five touchdowns.

Finch’s ability to strike through the air and on the ground puts a significant amount of pressure on opposing defences.

The last time the teams met, it was Western that walked away with a convincing 50–31 win over Queen’s.

Western’s early lead was too much to overcome. Even with the momentum swing that came with a blocked punt that was returned for a touchdown, the Gaels failed to generate consistent offence.

It’s safe to say the Gaels played a major part in their own defeat.

Late in the second quarter, Queen’s quarterback Billy McPhee threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown, which extended the lead to 21. With costly turnovers and sloppy red zone execution, the Gaels allowed the game to get out of hand early. Expect to see a more disciplined Queen’s Gaels team in the Yates cup final.

“Anytime that Queen’s and Western get together, it becomes a marquee event in the nation,” Queen’s head coach Pat Sheahan said in the press conference.

With both teams firing on all cylinders, the game’s outcome is almost impossible to predict. If the Mustangs defence performs as well as they did in the semifinal, the Gaels will have a tough time outscoring the Mustangs offence.

Catch the game on Sportsnet 360 at 1 p.m.

#1 BRIAN MARSHALL Wide receiver Touchdowns: 9

#11 GEORGE JOHNSON Wide receiver Receiving yards: 982

#70 LIRIM HAJRULLAHU Kicker Field goals: 22

#17 YANNICK HAROU Running back Rushing yards: 475

#12 PAWEL KRUBA Linebacker Interceptions: 3

#99 DARYL WAUD Defensive tackle Total tackles: 21

#92 DYLAN AINSWORTH Defensive end Total sacks: 4

#13 SIMON BAHRU Defensive back Interceptions: 3

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THIS LOOKS HEAVY. The Western Mustangs are looking to win their 30th Yates Cup in team history this weekend. The Mustangs will take on the Queen’s Gaels this in the 106th Yates Cup this Saturday.

It was difficult [watching the Yates Cup last year.] We have high expectations every year, we’re optimistic every year, but you deal with it. McMaster beat us last year and that happens — it’s part of playing football. You just want to get your team ready as best as you can.”

— Greg Marshall

Mustangs head coach said in a press conference in Hamilton yesterday

[Queen’s and Western] are two of the oldest football programs in the country — there’s great tradition and great competition. There will be a lot of great players — great athletes — so I think for fans of college football is should be a real treat.

— Pat Sheahan,

Queen’s head coach, said in a press conference in Hamilton yesterday

Key offensive threats

#4 WILL FINCH Quarterback Passing yards: 3,047

Key defensive players

#5 BEAU LANDRY Linebacker Total tackles: 46

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This week’s purple pipe goes to the entire Mustangs women’s soccer team.

The team captured the Ontario University Athletics silver medal last weekend and earned a chance to compete at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport national tournament this weekend. This is the team’s first appearance in the tournament in over a decade.

“It’s been awesome,” Mustangs goaltender Tori Edgar said earlier this week. “I never expected going into the season that we’d be undefeated and have such a great group of coaches and a great group of players and get so far. [It has been an] absolutely amazing season and we’re not done yet.”

Head coach Martin Painter was named CIS Coach of the Year, and rightly so. He ran a tight ship this season, and had the insight to structure a cohesive team that highlighted individual strengths. Not to mention the hilarity he demonstrated by getting kicked out of the OUA championship game for arguing with the referee.

“Coach of the Year is an individual award but it’s really a team award,” he said earlier this week in an interview. “So we have a great

staff number one, but Coach of the Year is an award you only win if you have amazing players, and we’re lucky enough to work with amazing players.”

The Mustangs did not lose at all during the regular season. Their record beat the current OUA champion Laurier Golden Hawks, who tallied three losses in the regular season. Though the Hawks defeated Western during the OUA final, it was a very tight game that was determined by a penalty shootout.

The team worked well as a whole, and excelled at the individual level as well. Defenceman Jenna White was named Rookie of the Year, and goaltender Tori Edgar was named as an all-star.

“It’s cool, it’s definitely a cool experience [to be named an allstar],” Edgar said. “It’s about the team, so we don’t look at individual awards too much, but it’s a nice recognition, and I’m happy about it.”

Not only has the team had an outstanding season, but they did so despite suffering injuries. The past week alone has seen no less than six injured players, yet the team managed to produce excellent results regardless of the difficulty.

Yesterday the team kicked off

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SOCCER SUPERSTARS. Mustangs midfielder Jess Friend highlights the women’s soccer team’s talent as she strives to steal the ball from Laurier Golden Hawks midfielder Jacqueline Lence in the OUA final championship game.

the CIS tournament in Toronto with a quarter-final match against the RESQ champions, the Montreal Carabins. Though Western lost

Science and rowing Pistols at Newnham

Caitlin Martin Newnham SPORTS EDITOR With the impressive accolades that Western’s rowing teams have been collecting, I began to wonder what makes a great rower. To understand the perfect — or close to perfect — body for this watery sport, I delved into the complexities of physiology and forces.

Stay with me here — let’s start with the big picture. A rower sits in their boat on a sliding seat with their oars in the water.

More specifically, the rower sits with their back to the direction in which they intend for the boat to move, use their planted feet as an anchor and bend their knees to slide their seat in the opposite direction that the boat is moving. As they do this, they are pushing the oar handles away from their body with the paddles out of the water. This action creates a negative directional force on the boat — meaning that the forces are opposing the boat moving in its intended direction.

Next, the rower places the paddles in the water, pulls the oar handles toward their abdomen, and slide backward in the direction that the boat is moving, thus propelling the boat along its path — this induces a positive directional force on the boat.

The goal of the rower is to increase the positive directional forces and to decrease the negative directional forces. Therefore, their body must be strong enough to pull on the water with their oar, but they must have enough control to minimize the overall movement when the oars are out of the water.

There is more to rowing than

positive and negative directional forces, which demands even more from the rower. There are three phases in each race: The start phase, the distance phase, and the sprint phase.

In the start phase, the rower strokes quickly to advance from the starting line, which requires their muscles to be active with little available oxygen. Oxygen normally allows the breakdown of stored fuels, but in the start phase the rower metabolizes anaerobically, producing lactic acid waste. Lactic acid builds up and causes pain in the rower’s muscles.

At this point of lactic acid accumulation, the rower enters the distance phase. They stroke more slowly, allowing for the oxygen that builds up with slower movement to release the fuel for their stroking.

Finally, the rower begins the sprint phase. As the name suggests, this is a high-velocity and short-distance phase in which the rower’s muscles once again undergo anaerobic metabolism because they cannot take in enough oxygen to fuel their muscles, thus producing lactic acid. The pain returns, however crossing the finish line usually produces enough endorphins in the rower to mask the pain from the lactic acid.

The rower’s body must be a complex entity based on the demands from various phases of rowing races, and the force and precision required to minimize negative directional forces and maximize positive directional forces. They must have back, shoulder and arm strength to stroke, core and leg strength to assist in controlling the negative directional force, and the muscle training of both sprinters and long distance runners.

The rower’s body is one to be marveled at. Their strength, accuracy and ability to overcome the demands of anaerobic metabolism are impressive to say the least.

3–2 in the game, they still have an opportunity for redemption in the first consolation match today at 1 p.m. when they face off against the

loser of the second quarter-final.

All matches can be streamed live on www.CIS-SIC.tv.

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