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TAREK AND JOHN FREE AT LAST. Western professor Tarek Loubani (right) and York University professor John Greyson have been freed from an Egyptian prison. The pair had been held without charges since August 16. However, they have been prevented from leaving the country.
Tarek Loubani and John Greyson were freed on Saturday after being held for 51 days in Egyptian prison. But their journey is far from over — the pair is barred from leaving the country and is grounded in Egypt. Loubani, a Western professor, and Greyson, a York University professor, checked in for their flight to Frankfurt on Sunday but were prevented from boarding because they were on a “stop list” issued by prosecutors, the CBC reported. It is speculated that the two may have a long wait in Egypt ahead of them, although in a hotel room instead of a jail cell. The CBC reported there are rumours the pair will be grounded until charges against all 600 protestors arrested with Loubani and Greyson are processed. The two Canadians were released from prison at 10:58 p.m. on Saturday October 5. Benjamin Thompson, a friend and colleague of Loubani, described his reaction as “elated.” “After witnessing horrendous crimes, suffering arbitrary and unjust arrest, torture, disrespect, beatings, ludicrous accusations, repeated slandering and unjust imprisonment, Tarek and John have been released,” Thompson said in
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an e-mail. Loubani and Greyson were arrested on August 16 in Cairo while en route to Gaza. Loubani, an emergency room doctor and professor at Western’s Schulich school of medicine, was going to train medics at a Gaza hospital. Greyson, a film professor at York, was prepping to make a documentary on Loubani’s work. The two were detained and held without charge for seven weeks in Egyptian prison in squalid conditions — in a recent letter, they described sleeping “packed like sardines” on a cockroach infested floor. Western president Amit Chakma released a statement Sunday expressing his appreciation for Loubani and Greyson’s release. “We appreciate the efforts by the Canadian government to secure the release of Loubani and Greyson. I also want to say how proud I am of the members of Western’s community for their vigilance in maintaining a heightened awareness of the plight of these two men,” Chakma said in the release. “As friends and colleagues, we look forward to the welcoming Dr. Loubani back to Western,” he continued. Thompson said Loubani and Greyson’s release marked one victory against tyranny.
However he expressed his outrage at the ongoing “tyrannical” practices of the Egyptian government. “That we would say ‘The Egyptians came to their senses’ would be ignoring their ongoing devotion to psychological warfare, by the Egyptian prosecutor placing them on a no-fly list then implying that they could not be released until the fate of 600 other prisoners was determined,” Thompson said. He also said he believed the Egyptian government could not be acquitted of holding hundreds of other prisoners on “likely bogus or nonexistent charges.” “That we would say ‘The Egyptians came to their senses’ would be forgetting the crimes against humanity the military committed against their own citizens,” Thompson said. A rally was planned to take place in the University Community Centre this Thursday to welcome Loubani and Greyson home. But with the pair’s uncertain date of arrival, the celebrations have been put on hold. “Tarek and John – we await you in Canada. There are many hugs, kisses, high fives, chest bumps, smiles, tears and more tears that await you,” Thompson said.
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Spoke speaks: Use our travel mugs Richard Raycraft NEWS EDITOR Have you purchased your Spoke mug yet? Starting in January of next year, Spoke customers will only receive an environmental discount if they fill up with one of their new branded mugs. The travel mugs are available for purchase at the restaurant for $10 plus tax. Students refilling using it can get their coffee at a price of $1.49, but starting January 1 students who choose to refill with a different mug will lose the discount they previously received. According to a sign hanging in the Spoke, however, the Spoke will not refill any mugs that are not sold there. Spencer Brown, vice-president finance at the University Students’ Council, explained that the sign was meant to inform students of the promotion prior to its implementation, though the information contained on it may not be completely correct. “There will be more promotion leading up to January 1, and we wanted to give some lead time for students to not get upset about it, basically,” he said. Brown clarified that the Spoke will still fill up other mugs, but without the discount. “When you buy a Spoke mug, you get a free refill with the first time you buy it, but then you get about 25 per cent off of the coffee,” he explained. “If you bring in, say, a Tim Hortons mug, we’ll still fill it up, but the environmental discount will stop, starting January 1.” “You see Starbucks mugs around, you see Tim Hortons mugs around — we want to have the Spoke brand mug, so to incentivize people to buy this, we’re having a cheaper coffee for those who have Spoke mugs,” he continued. Jayne Clarke, a fourthyear film studies student at Western, fills up her mug three times daily at the Spoke. She said that while she’ll purchase a mug, it would be an inconvenience. “I guess if I had no other
option I would, but I wouldn’t be very happy about it,” she said. “I guess it’s just another way to try to make money — to get more money out of the students.” The mug also comes in a nonbranded variety, which will also qualify for the discount. Brown emphasized the Spoke offers fair trade coffee, which is unavailable elsewhere on campus. “We are the only ones who offer 100 per cent fair trade coffee [on campus], and we want to make sure that we give a discount to regular Spoke customers,” he explained. Brown explained that the USC would pay heed to students’ feedback. “It’s a promotion we’re running with right now, and with every promotion you need to look at the feedback — the numbers and how people receive it,” he said. “If students like it, great, if students don’t like it, then we’ll have to switch it.” “We’re always open to feedback.”
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Ontario introduces 24hr help line for students With one in five people experiencing mental health concerns at some point in their lifetime, the government of Ontario has set up a free, confidential helpline called Good2Talk, dedicated to students with concerns about their mental well-being. As part of the Mental Health and Additions Strategy launched in 2011, the service provided by Kids Help Phone is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and aimed at those experiencing difficulty in their transition to university or college after leaving home for the first time. Revealing the project last week, Teresa Piruzza, minister of children and youth services, described the strategy as “Helping create opportunities for young Ontarians to enjoy a high quality of life and contribute to society.” With the government investing $257 million into the strategy, it is estimated that 50,000 families will benefit from the 10 new projects in colleges across the province. As part of the strategy, the Youth Suicide Prevention Plan aims to provide access to high quality resources in local communities to combat mental health issues among young people. “We want to let college and university students know that they aren’t alone and that there is help,” Brad Duguid, minister of training, colleges and universities, explained at the press conference. —Tiffany Shepherd
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Fanshawe campus delayed Multi-faith groups Construction sets back downtown campus
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READY…SET…WAIT HOLD ON A SEC. Fanshawe College’s new downtown Centre for Digital and Performance Arts building will be completed in time for the winter semester, instead of September, as originally planned. The centre is currently under construction on Dundas St.
Jeremiah Rodriguez NEWS EDITOR At least 400 Fanshawe theatre and media students are going to be waiting much longer to move into their new downtown digs. Last week, higher-ups at Fanshawe announced that earlier plans to inaugurate the new Centre for Digital and Performance Arts building would be put off until January 2014, in light of construction delays. Though most construction should be done by the end of the month, the school won’t be opened as students are in the heat of midterm season. Construction crews also want more time to ensure that classrooms are ready for the incoming Falcon hoard. The January date guarantees that construction and maintenance work, computer hook-ups and any classroom beautifying will all be wrapped up. “Our contingency plan actually covered the entire term in case we needed it,” said Elaine Gamble, senior manager of corporate communications at Fanshawe College. “One of things we found is that the project was a lot more complex than we first thought,” Gamble explained. “We were working in a very small footprint in terms of
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the building, and there’s not a lot of room to move in steel and infrastructure and cranes.” The new downtown campus building is nestled among businesses on Dundas Street. Fanshawe administrators are looking to work with contractors to have Market Lane — the small road leading pedestrians from Dundas to Covent Garden Market — reopened by the end of October. With Fanshawe boasting over 43,000 full and part-time students, the new building is looking to host the digital media, theatre arts and costume design programs. The enrollment rate in those programs has been growing, so the college
planned to build the downtown facilities to house the extra students. When complete, the building will boast a fully stocked theatre complete with professional lighting and catwalks lining the ceilings. But in the meantime those students will have to settle for the main campus in London’s east end. “We’ve re-accommodated all their classes here on main campus and some of the theatre arts are in Citi Plaza where it was last year,” Gamble said. Back in 2010, the city of London ponied up $20 million to entice the college to invest into buying up the downtown location along with Market Tower at Dundas and Richmond. The Centre for Digital and Performance Arts project only spent about half of that money. The leftover $10 million is going towards a conditional offer to retrofitting the Market Tower, which is a stone’s throw from where the new building will be. Right now, Market Tower houses mostly city workers. The hope is that Market Tower will be the future home of the media and culinary programs. “It’s going to be exciting for students to be in the downtown right in the core of the city and we’re really excited about moving down there,” Gamble said.
said Jeremy Chad, vice-president outreach for Hillel Western. According to Krishnapillai, the room is typically only booked for 12 to 17 hours per week. This led to the proposition that the room could be opened up to non-faith campus clubs. Under the proposed changes, first dibs on the space would be given to faith and spiritual groups, and then opened up to every other campus group. However, the inclusion of non-faith groups is already ruffling feathers as some worry the room could lose its original mandate as a multi-faith space. “Some students are kind of confused. It’s no longer the multi-faith room and becomes the multi-club room,” Amir Hage, president of the Muslim Students’ Association, said. “It’s supposed to [be] a spiritual and religious room but now an activity room — it’s like we downgraded. We’re back to square one after all the work to get the multi-faith room” The multi-faith space was first created due to popular demand two years ago, after an extensive $5.7 million renovation project in the UCC. However, since then the question of the space’s future has been re-opened several times. The future for the room is still up for debate and a final decision has yet to be made. On Wednesday, a discussion paper will be sent to all faith groups looks to further study the future of the space.
You could call it a crisis of faith — the University Community Centre multi-faith room is drawing puzzlement rather than serenity. There are talks underway to change up the multi-faith space in the UCC to include non-faith groups, after faith groups have booked up their time use. During summer renovations in the UCC, Creative Services was temporarily housed in the multifaith room and the chaplain’s office was set up as a temporary place for prayer. Throughout Orientation Week, the multi-faith room held soph equipment and during September, the room’s status was left in limbo, leading some to believe the temporary prayer room would be permanent. Two weeks ago, faith group leaders held a round-table discussion to speak about various issues relating to the space. “Something that was coming up was that sometimes, people would come into the space to pray but there was some other event happening at the same time,” Sam Krishnapillai, vice-president internal for the USC, said. “I mean, nobody wants to step on anyone else’s toes. I think it’s a good idea to have a special place for just prayer and another for just events,”
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Farmer’s market blossoms on campus Brent Holmes ARTS & LIFE Students passing by Social Science on Tuesday may have noticed a new operation springing up over the past month. The Western farmer’s market has been running for the fall season and has continued to grow since its inception. “A few years ago as one of our sustainability goals, we had certainly talked about bringing local farmers and merchants to Western,” Frank Miller, director of Hospitality Services, says. “We found a nice space — where it is now — which is in the centre of campus. [It’s] a green space not impeded by a lot of vehicular traffic.” The idea evolved from a bee apiary on Windermere Road, which caused Miller to realize there was a lot of interest in opening a farmer’s market on campus. “We realized that there was not too much exposure but there was a lot of interest. I assigned our unit manager from Saugeen, Gord Robertson, who really ran with it. It was just one of those things that I thought was important to our community,” Miller says. “We went up to the farmer’s market at Masonville and talked to some of the vendors there and some of them agreed to join us and we started with three groups and now we are up to six or seven.” The current vendors offer a wide range of products, from organic and local produce to homemade jams, jellies and kettle corn. “Buying fresh from the farm helps local farmers and the local
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PICKING THE BEST. Every Tuesday, Western Unviersity’s farmer’s market features many local farmers and vendors, offering students a chance to buy fresh, local produce on campus. The market will run throughout the month of October.
economy,” says Ray Sheldon, who sells fresh-picked raspberries from his farm. “[Buying local] creates jobs for people here. The berries we pick were picked within 24 hours or much less. When people buy berries from Mexico, California or Florida, those berries are going to be four or five days old before they get to the grocery store.” Carol Dougall and Kirk Iredale sell a variety of fruits and vegetables from The Home Farm in
Exeter. Ken Ramsden sells Ma and Pa’s Kettle Corn, cooked fresh on location. Returning for his second year, George Mravik of Mravik Farms provides fresh fruits and vegetables. Weather permitting, the Western farmer’s market will be running until the end of October. With each year, the market looks to be expanding. “Hopefully next year we will have a lot more. I was at Masonville last week and I saw a lot of cool organic small farm opportunities, and they
would love to join us but they need a year to get ready because they grow the product. It’s been a kind of later delivery this year because apples came out a few weeks ago,” Miller says. For Miller, Hospitality Services and the vendors, the farmer’s market provides an opportunity to connect students with the larger community and encourage them to buy local produce. “What I noticed is the
communication the students have with the farmer — not only are they buying from individual vendors, whether it’d be jam or a basket of pears, they have a chance to really interact with the local farming community,” Miller concludes. The Western farmer’s market is open from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. every Tuesday in the heart of campus between Social Science and the McIntosh Gallery.
Gravity soars away from the competition Bradley Metlin ARTS & LIFE EDITOR GGGGG Director: Alfonso Cuarón Starring: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney Gravity is a visceral experience for audiences everywhere, transcending preconceived notions of filmic boundaries, and imprinting its characters’ sagas on the minds of everyone who has seen it. Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is on her first space shuttle mission and is being supervised by Matt Kowalski (George Clooney.) While working on the Hubble Telescope during a spacewalk, they are informed that debris from a satellite is hurtling towards them. As they scramble to escape, the debris destroys most of their shuttle and they begin their quest for survival. As the film opens, the visual effects are immediately noticeable — this looks like space. It’s quite an incredible feat to create a setting that seems so real despite the fact that only a handful of people have experienced it firsthand. Alfonso Cuarón has managed to create a location that evokes emotion, suggesting complete spectacle and utter solitude at the same time.
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While pondering if Gravity was actually filmed in space, it’s easy to overlook elements of plot and character development. Those who adhere to the school of thought that these two things go hand in hand with the creation of a masterful film might be disappointed with this one. The script is not revolutionary — it’s quite simple and doesn’t try to be anything it’s not. This, however, is incredibly appropriate. Overtly intelligent dialogue isn’t necessary; this is a story of survival that doesn’t
need the flourish of fancy words. For a large majority of the film, Sandra Bullock is the only character on screen and is forced to carry the story on her own. She succeeds admirably, often conveying emotion with nothing but a few breaths and movement in her eyes. Considering the limitations of the role, Bullock manages to deliver a performance that is subtle, yet captivating. She manages to downplay her heaps of natural charisma to a level that is appropriate for the character of Ryan.
We feel her thirst for survival with each missed grip and deep breath. George Clooney, in contrast to Bullock, uses his overwhelming charisma to his advantage. The character of Matt is a seasoned veteran when it comes to being in space and as such he’s more temperate and calm under pressure. His firm and relaxed energy make both Ryan and the audience more at ease, even during the tense situations. A large challenge faced by Cuarón was the role of sound
in Gravity — there is no sound in space. He maintains the realism of the environment by having the situations play out in silence by using sound effects and music. Cuarón allows the silence to become almost terrifying as it slowly creeps into the characters’ cries for help at just the right time. The film is also scored brilliantly, helping to compensate for the silence of space. While all the explosions aren’t necessarily heard, there is a screeching violin or thumped timpani perfectly timed to the situation. The narrative created by the music is staggering. There are few scores so brilliant that they elevate the film on a multitude of levels, but Gravity’s is one of them. It’s hard to isolate any element the in which film fails to succeed. The extravagant special effects allow a straightforward yet suspenseful story to be told through the lens of one character, masterfully portrayed by Bullock. Artistically dazzling shots are littered throughout the film’s 90-minute run time. It’s amazing how Cuarón has a sense of when to be cinematically gluttonous and when to be frugal. Gravity is one of those films that will inspire filmmaking to reach another level and soar far beyond where it’s been in the past.
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performances but one has to wonder if their characters will become overly grating in the future. Kevin Bishop, however, is almost lifeless and provides no charisma. It’s strange to see how Kendall and Kimmie could be fighting over him. While the villain of the show should be unlikable, Kate Jenkinson is just mean, and not in the fun way that makes her compelling to watch. Super Fun Night succeeds because of Rebel Wilson. It’s a fun watch but the series really needs to pick it up because it cannot rely on Wilson’s talent forever. — Bradley Metlin
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Opinions Spoke shouldn’t gouge students Everybody loves coffee, everybody loves the environment and everybody loves saving money. So why not take your refillable travel mug to one of the coffee establishments on campus for a fill up rather than wastefully using a paper cup? Well now you have a reason not to — at least at the Spoke. Yes, the Spoke is now offering travel mugs, and by offering we of course mean forcing — or perhaps heavily incentivizing is the better phrase. Starting in January, the Spoke will only offer their travel mug discount when refilling Spoke-brand travel mugs. Students with their own personal mugs will be encouraged to either buy a paper cup — which would make them literally the worst — or take their business elsewhere. While it makes sense from a business perspective to want students to buy the Spoke mugs, asking students to pay $10 for the privilege of helping the environment whilst sampling the third-best coffee in the UCC atrium is just plain wrong. No other campus coffee shop does this, meaning the student-run Spoke is somehow more malevolent than both Tim Horton’s and Starbucks. At least the latter gives its customers on overly inflated ego while it price-gouges them. Perhaps this is a move to ensure brand loyalty, as though the Spoke were some powerful overlord forced to ensure the fidelity of its subjects and punish dissent. At least that’s how other, for-profit, coffee shops would attempt to dress this move up. Still, it’s not as though the Spoke is forcing students to buy these mugs — unless you believe the current (incorrect) advertisements saying they simply won’t refill non-Spoke mugs. And if that is the case then this entire editorial could be replaced with a gigantic middle finger addressed to the Spoke. But if they’re simply encouraging sales, maybe it’s hard to fault the Spoke for wanting people to actually purchase their travel mugs. The problem, however, is that the Spoke is not supposed to be for profit. It’s supposed to be a for-students, by-students coffee shop. When its starts churning out profits, the USC has been known to reduce prices so as not to gouge students. And yes, they’re not forcing students to use Spoke mugs only. But it’s still worrying to see a USC operation that is funded by students work so hard to pull a profit from those same students. —The Gazette Editorial Board
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The wheels on the bus go wrong and wrong Information Ciosk Mary Ann Ciosk ARTS & LIFE EDITOR I check the time again — the bus is now 20 minutes late, and I have three minutes remaining before my class starts. The other dozen or so students who have slowly accumulated at the stop look in the direction of the promised bus with varying expressions of concern, hope and despair. Finally, a low mechanical growl can be heard in the distance, and around the corner appears our salvation, the 2 Dundas! But as the bus approaches, a new horror sets in. The 2 does not slow as it draws near the stop, but speeds past us with its cargo of disgruntled students tightly packed together — the bus is full. The LTC is notorious as the most unreliable and unpleasant means of transportation in London. Broach the subject of the bus system with any student and you’ll hear lamentations of their own personal tragedies with LTC as the villain. Among the myriad of problems with LTC, buses are not only frequently late but sometimes just don’t show up at all. A route that runs every 30 minutes may not come for a full hour. Only a slight improvement because it’s expected, waiting for evening and weekend buses is guaranteed to make you late for any class or appointment. Predictably, bus drivers are forced to leave behind students every day on the routes to and from school at certain
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hours. But knowing that, why not just have more buses at peak hours? The demand for the buses will always be there, yet still students are invariably left behind. If you do manage to finagle your way onto the bus, prepare to become extremely intimate with a stranger. Last year as I was embedded in the mass of students bus-surfing their way to campus, the contents of a McDonald’s breakfast sandwich squirted out onto my leg. Then and there I swore I wouldn’t put up with this treatment from the LTC any longer — but what power do students have against this great force? Since students will always use the bus, the LTC doesn’t bother to improve the system. Like someone staying in a dysfunctional relationship because it’s easier, students continue to use the LTC no matter what it puts them through. I realize that this is not entirely the fault of students — if you’re full-time, the fee for this service is included in tuition and unavoidable, so it seems like a waste of money not to make use of it. Also, students who don’t own a car or live close to campus have few alternatives for making their way to school. There may be little hope for the LTC spending more money on improving the system, but students can take control. Firstly, it should be possible to opt out of bus pass so students can choose not to support this monstrosity. A second way to cast your vote against LTC is walking or biking whenever possible. Unfortunately Canada does not have the climate to make this a pleasant option year-round, but given the choice between waiting in the cold for a packed, foul-smelling bus and taking a walk in the snow, I’d brave the elements any day.
@ImThatSkeptic @uwogazette The letter to the editor about the opt-out cheques from Demetri was spot on. #westernu @jammun The @uwogazette front page story about a dirty microwave. They can’t determine who owns it, so no one will clean it. @jammun @uwogazette I’m fearful that I’ll end up cleaning it. @jccorks @uwogazette Unfortunately universities are business 1st, education 2nd. Have and will always be that way. @TySwartzenburg @uwogazette WSF? More like de-rad-ified. Tweet your thoughts to @uwogazette
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Volunteer fair disappointing this year Letter to the Editor: I am very disappointed in this year’s Volunteer Fair. Since my first year, Volunteer Fair was always well planned and organized, and I found the atrium to be as busy as ever. However, this year there seemed to be a lack of communication to local organizations as well as poor advertisement to the students. I only saw around 15 booths in the atrium with some empty spots. What happened to all the cool opportunities I had in my first year? People are always asking me how to get involved and I always tell them about the Volunteer Fair. I hope the USC will improve on this issue next year, as students are keen to learn about the opportunities around their local community. —Tara Chen Health Science III
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factattack The Denver Broncos scored 51 points this past Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys. Meanwhile, the Jacksonville Jaguars have 51 points all season.
Rundown >> The Mustangs women’s soccer team tied the Guelph Gryphons 0–0 on Sunday > The women’s soccer team now has 11 unbeaten games under their belt > The men’s soccer team lost 3–2 to Guelph on Sunday after a second half comeback by the Gryphons.
Hajrullahu passes Frank Jagas for record Mustangs still undefeated after 51–23 victory Daniel Weryha SPORTS EDITOR With his 17-point performance in Saturday’s 51–23 win over the Windsor Lancers, Western Mustangs kicker Lirim Hajrullahu joined the ranks of the Mustang greats as he became Western’s all-time leader in both scoring and field goals. Hajrullahu’s late second-quarter field goal broke the Western record —previously held by Frank Jagas — with 402 points and left the fifth-year senior only eight points behind the Canadian Interuniversity Sport alltime scoring leader, Neil Lumsden. “It’s a great honour to be a part of history especially with the high calibre players that have played here in the last century,” Hajrullahu said. The 33-yarder was his longest of the game, and part of a three field goal, five extra point, and three rouge effort. “This is the best Mustangs team I have ever played for because we are hungry to keep improving each week,” Hajrullahu said. After Saturday’s win the Western Mustangs football team improved to 7–0. Even in the absence of Brian Marshall, Garret Sanvido, Adam Sinclair and Matt Uren, Will Finch and the offence produced 510 allpurpose yards on 72 plays. Finch completed 22 of his 34 passes for 351 yards and a touchdown. The sophomore continues to lead the CIS in passing yards and touchdowns. “We came out really slow out of
the gate, down 24 [to] nothing right off the bat,” Joe D’Amore, Winsdor Lancers head coach, said. Mustangs receiver George Johnson led the team with eight receptions and 88 yards but was held scoreless. Johnson still leads the nation in receiving yards. But aside from the consistent production of Finch’s favorite target, the offence enjoyed steady performances from a series of unlikely contributors. Finch spread the ball to nine different receivers for his combined yardage. At the end of the first quarter, sophomore running back Tom Marshall — the youngest of the three Marshall boys and son of head coach Greg Marshall —had a 21-yard touchdown reception on an inside pass to the end-zone. “Tommy came in and played his position for half the game, and half the game he played the position that Adam Sinclair had been playing, and did well at both,” Greg Marshall, Mustangs head coach, said. The Finch to Tom Marshall connection was Finch’s only passing touchdown of the game, and increased the Mustang lead to 21. In place of the injured Adam Sinclair, Tom Marshall caught four passes for 77 yards with a touchdown and added 34 yards on two carries. Finch’s success through the air opened the floor for Yannick Harou and the Mustangs ground attack. Last season’s Ontario University Athletics rookie of the year carried
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the rushing load once again in Saturday’s match-up. Harou rushed 15 times for 110 yards and threw up a pair of touchdowns. “Yannick Harou ran hard,” Marshall said. “Sometimes you forget about what Yannick is doing when he’s not carrying the football but he did a nice job out there in the game.” While the offence continued to dominate, the Western defence continued to demonstrate their ability to force turnovers at will. Mustang’s cornerback Simon Bahru intercepted Windsor’s backup quarterback Casey Wright, and
returned it for six, while Sean Blake, the Mustangs fifth-year linebacker, returned a 74-yard interception to the half-yard line. “The interceptions that led to two touchdowns really hurt us. One was directly, one indirectly,” D’Amore said. “We [also] threw an interception in the end-zone, which ultimately is a 21-point swing.” The pair of interceptions was two of three in Saturday’s game and added to the team’s nation-leading total. The front seven were equally poised as they held the Windsor rush attack to a measly 20 yards.
The complete shutdown forced the Windsor quarterbacks to make plays in the air while trailing by a substantial margin. Western’s win continued their undefeated streak and lined them up for home field advantage in the playoffs pending a week nine win over the York Lions. The Mustangs will now have two weeks of rest as they fall on their week eight bye. Their final game against the York Lions could seal their undefeated season and will give Harjullahu one final shot at the CIS all-time scoring record.
Mustangs soar past defending season champs Women’s hockey team defeats Golden Hawks 2–0 Caitlin Martin Newnham SPORTS EDITOR The Mustangs women’s hockey team took on the Laurier Golden Hawks and the Waterloo Warriors this weekend on October 5 and October 6, respectively. Western defeated both teams with a 2–0 win against the Golden Hawks and a 3–2 win against Waterloo. Laurier is recognized as the team to beat in Ontario University Athletics because of their eight OUA championships in the last 10 years. However, the Mustangs have been a force to be reckoned with in their own right after their rebuild a couple years ago. “Laurier, for the last 10 years, has gone to nationals. Last year was the first time in 10 years they didn’t go and we actually were the team to knock them out […] We ended their streak last year,” Chris Higgins, head coach for the Mustangs, said. Laurier’s national appearance streak wasn’t their only one broken by the Mustangs. Thanks to Western’s 3–2 win against the Golden Hawks in their opening game on September
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18, the Mustangs can claim their second opening-game win in a row against Laurier. Last year the Mustangs broke Laurier’s 20-year run of winning their opening games. “I know our players were ready
and looking forward to both the pre-season and opening weekend games, and in both games Western found a way to make the right plays at the right time,” Richard Osborne, Laurier head coach, said.
Higgins echoed Osborne’s thoughts on the Laurier game. “Saturday we played one of the top teams in the country, and we had outstanding goaltending and just a terrific all-around team effort.
We got a goal when we needed it, hung on and tipped the win,” Higgins said. Although the Mustangs won their game against Waterloo on Sunday, the game was closer than they had expected. Forward Megan Taylor opened the game with the first goal for Western less than four minutes into the game. However, the rest of the game was full of back-and-forth scoring, leaving the crowd on the edge of their seats. “I always say that winning is like a deodorant — it hides some of the underlying issues,” Higgins said. “We won, but Sunday was not a particularly well-played game on our part. So we’ve got some things we have to work on to get our team to get better.” Despite any issues with the team, Mustangs goaltender Kelly Campbell maintained an impressive record, stopping 36 and 23 shots in the Laurier and Waterloo games, respectively. Make sure to follow the Mustangs when they take on the York Lions and the UOIT Ridgebacks this weekend.
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Fighting for fighting The Sin Bin
Jason Sinukoff MANAGING EDITOR Fighting in the National Hockey League has always been a hot topic for debate amongst players, coaches, general managers and hockey fans. Bangers and bruisers have beaten each other up in what has been a staple in the NHL since the league’s inception. Sure it’s entertaining, but every now and then somebody gets hurt — really hurt — and it’s then when this debate once again jumps to the top of the list of hockey’s most contentious issues. Most recently, that somebody was George Parros of the Montreal Canadiens, who left the NHL’s season opener on October 1 on a stretcher after faceplanting on the ice during a fight against Colton Orr of the Toronto Maple Leafs. So with Parros’ injury, the question has been raised once again: Should fighting be a part of the NHL? The most vocal opponent of fighting right now is Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman. Yzerman is very vocal about fighting being an unnecessary aspect of the game of hockey and is lobbying for a game-misconduct penalty for fighting instead of the current five-minute penalty. And who knows, maybe Yzerman has a point. Maybe his position will pick up steam and eventually lead to the end of fighting in the NHL. I, however, completely disagree with Stevie Y. Taking fighting out of the league will completely change the
landscape of the NHL, but not for the better. Fighting keeps players honest in the league. Without enforcers dropping the gloves to protect their superstars, the Sidney Crosbys and Pavel Datsyuks of the league will cease to exist. This will happen in two stages. First, if fighting becomes a thing of the past, enforcers will have an easy time picking off superstars and injuring them with next to no repercussions. The second part of this will be the league’s response. With superstars injured, teams around the league will begin to sign bigger, tougher players with enough skill to compete. Milan Lucic of the Boston Bruins best represents this type of player. Not only are players like Lucic a rarity in the NHL as it is, but if teams start trying to build a lineup of Luci, the game we love will turn into a much slower, less-skilled and dirtier game, because headhunting and illegal plays will run rampant in the league. Yes, you read that right. If the league takes steps to get rid of fighting, hockey will become a dirtier sport — because fighting keeps people honest. I’ll put it to you this way: What will happen if nobody comes after you when you make a dirty play or an illegal hit resulting in a minor penalty? Well, you will keep doing it over and over again. Sure there will still be harsh punishments for major penalties, but that won’t be enough to stop the dirty play. So although Yzerman would disagree with my stance on this issue, I think that he, one of the best players to ever play the game, has forgotten where he’d be if the “Bruise Brothers,” Bob Probert and Joey Kocur, weren’t patrolling the ice for him and scaring players against head hunting.
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