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Campaign to clean up student image Students volunteer for post-hoco cleanup Megan Devlin News Editor The University Students’ Council has launched the Good Neighbour Campaign, which kicks off this Sunday with a post-homecoming neighbourhood cleanup. The event starts at 1 p.m. the Sunday after Homecoming, and asks students to volunteer a couple hours of their time to show their commitment to London residents by cleaning up after themselves. Gloves, garbage bags and other tools are to provided by the USC. Amir Eftekarpour, vice-president external with the USC, explained the Good Neighbour Campaign was conceived in order to re-imagine students’ relationship with the London community. “Way too often, students are thought of as loud, drunk, annoying residents who live here for a couple years then get out,” Eftekarpour said. “This campaign is meant to reflect what students really do […] we contribute hugely to the culture, the economy, the communities, we graduate and have the potential to come back and really contribute to London.” The short-term goal of the campaign, Eftekarpour said, is to foster a sense of community among students and their long-term neighbours. However, in the long run, Eftekarpour hoped initiatives from the Good Neighbour Campaign would change the way students are
perceived by Londoners. “The community cleanup was based off of McMaster’s post O-Week cleanup. It shows commitment to the city, and commitment to keeping the place clean and safe,” Eftekarpour said. The homecoming cleanup is just the start of the Good Neighbour Campaign; Efekarpour hopes it will continue with events such as community dinners for the less fortunate, or having Western students volunteer at soup kitchens in the community. He also said he was investigating mess-prevention measures for Homecoming, such as asking city waste management for 40 garbage cans to be placed on Richmond Row on Saturday. Eftekarpour explained this event was meant to prove students could actively engage with the city of London, and hoped such active engagement may serve to bring about the end of initiatives like Project LEARN. “Project LEARN stems from a perception in the city that students are drunk, loud and noisy. The whole point of re-imagining that is to make things like Project LEARN unnecessary,” Eftekarpour said. “We’re going to kill them with kindness.” Eftekarpour hoped that by having students do their part for the community, London could do its part and get rid of things like Project LEARN. He explained the USC was
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HOWDY NEIGHBOUR! The University Students’ Council is organizing a post-homecoming cleanup effort as part of their “Good Neighbour Campaign,” designed to improve relations between students and the city. The campaign is part of the USC’s plan to kill Project LEARN with kindness, according to VP external Amir Eftekarpour.
conducting research looking into how other student-heavy cities handled things like noise bylaws. In Kingston, for example, the Queen’s student council handles noise bylaw complaints. Ending Project LEARN was one of the platform points Eftekarpour carried when he campaigned last year with Pat Whelan and Sam Krishnapillai.
Eftekarpour questioned the police policy, asking why $300,000 is spent on Project LEARN every year, and less is spent on initiatives that help students, such as preventing break-ins in student areas. “We’re having a meeting next week with the police to propose a police protection project for students in their neighbourhoods,” Eftekarpour said.
He explained all of these measures were to re-imagine how students integrate with London, hoping police projects that were mutually beneficial could replace Project LEARN. Representatives from the London Police Service and city council were not available to comment on this story.
USC to debate about debating rules Iain Boekhoff News Editor University Students’ Council debates may soon have a new time limit, if a proposal is passed at tomorrow’s council meeting. The second motion on the agenda calls for the ratification of new standing orders of council — and in those new standing orders is a section that would limit debate on any motion to one hour. Council could vote to extend a debate, but “only one extension shall be permitted on any question, amendment, or item of business,” according to the proposed rule. Andrew Shaw, legislative assistant for the USC, in a
report regarding the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting, said the time limits are designed to “ensure that discussions at council are focused and pointed — as opposed to circular and never-ending.” Last year’s budget debate clocked in at two hours, and the recent restructuring of the USC was approved only after several hours of heated debate. In the report, Shaw said that after many years of observing council, it is necessary to put time limits on discussions to prevent ineffective decisions coming from long debates. The goal, he says, is to engender debate and protect the democratic process and the hope for placing time limits on debate will allow council to
12 a.m. is the diving line between strong, clear decision making and a ‘let’s get out of here’ mentality.” Andrew Shaw
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become more focused. Furthermore, the policy states that there should be a 12 a.m. cutoff for all meetings, so that decision-making isn’t affected by tired councilors. Last year, council meetings regularly went past 12 a.m., including two which went past 4 a.m. Meetings cut short at midnight would be resumed at a later date, according to the new rules. “History suggests that 12 a.m. is the dividing line between strong, clear decision-making and a ‘let’s just get out of here’ mentality, so it makes sense to end meetings prior to this point to engender the strongest, clearest discussion possible on an issue, which will in turn only benefit the students that c ouncil
represents,” Shaw said. Pat Whelan, president of the USC, said he hopes council takes the proposed changes seriously and debates the merits of the time limits. “We’ve had some mixed responses and that’s why I hope this is a really serious debate on Wednesday night about how to balance an effective decision-making body with the proper deliberative process.” Tomorrow’s council meeting, the first of the school year, will be held at 7 p.m. in council chambers on the third floor of the University Community Centre.
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THEY SAY A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. With the annual Imaginus poster sale happening this week in the University Community Centre atrium and Mustang Lounge, there’s over a thousand images and posters for your aesthetic pleasures.
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Mac’s wants booze A survey conducted by the Ontario Convenience Stores Association found 67 per cent of Ontarians want to be able to buy their alcohol at local convenience stores. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario currently controls the majority of alcohol sales in Ontario and produced $1.65 billion for the province. More booze in stores will mean more jobs and lower prices, according to Mac’s convenience stores. Tom Moher, vice-president of operations of the central Canada division of Mac’s, promised $54 million of private investment in the province if the convenience store chain is allowed to sell alcohol. “If [we’re] permitted to sell beer, wine and spirits in our corner stores, Mac’s has committed to building 27 new ‘ultra-modern’ convenience stores and create 1,800 new jobs across Ontario within two years,” he said in a speech to the Toronto Region Board of Trade last week. “Wherever a monopoly exists, there are big interests at stake to protect it,” Laura Fracassi, spokesperson for Mac’s, said. “We believe that sooner rather than later, any government of any stripe in Ontario
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will have to respond to the will of the electorate to update our liquor laws that remain largely unchanged from 1927.” According to Fracassi, more competition and variety will drive down the retail costs. “These stores will be built with a private investment from Mac’s, not taxpayer money that could be better spent to build more hospitals or improve public transit in our cities.” —Hamza Tariq
Honorary degrees to be given at fall convocation This fall, Western will be welcoming a distinguished group of individuals with honorary degrees at the 302nd convocation. “The nominees were chosen by a committee of alumni, staff and student senate with accordance to the principles and criteria that the committee has established,” Irene Birrell, university secretary at Western, explained. The two-day convocation will begin with the honoring of Perrin Beatty, the current president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and chancellor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Kelly and Michael Meighen, president and chair of the T.R. Meighen Family Foundation, respectively, will both follow Beatty. The couple has provided numerous donations to support youth at risk, education, mental health and health care. “These are all eminent individuals in their field and we think they will provide outstanding exemplars for our graduating students,” Birrell said. On the following day, honorary degrees will also be presented to Adrienne Arsenault, an awardwinning reporter who was a winner
and nominee for multiple Gemini Awards for Canadian cinema and television. Also being honored, alongside Arsenault will be Thomas Feasby, a former Western faculty member who made significant discoveries in nerve science during his stint at Western. The ceremonies will be held on October 31 and November 1. —Emory Liu
Rally to be held for detained prof A rally for the Canadian professors currently detained in Egypt is being held in Victoria Park today. Professors Tarek Loubani, of Western’s Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, and John Greyson, of York University, were detained in Egypt last month while en route to the Gaza Strip as a part of the Canada-Gaza medical and academic collaboration. “We thought that we needed to step up the attention and pressure to bring Tarek and John home,” Amit Shah, an associate professor at Schulich’s Division of Emergency Medicine, said. “It seemed to be the next logical step to galvanize support and bring supporters together.” Shah, an organizer of the rally, is a colleague of Loubani’s. “I travelled with Tarek last year with a large medical group to provide medical teaching in Gaza, so it was the same itinerary that he was following when he was apprehended,” he explained. The rally will begin at 1:00 p.m. in Victoria Park, where buttons and signs will be handed out and supporters will be updated on the professor’s current situation. It will be followed by a march around the park to demonstrate support for the immediate release of the professors. —Killian McGuinness
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Media perpetuates refugee stigma
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ONE OF THESE IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER. A Western study suggests the news media is more responsible for the backlash against refugees than many people think. Negative perceptions of refugees are reinforced by the media, dehumanizing refugees and immigrants, according to the study.
Hamza Tariq Gazette Staff Refugees and immigrants are being dehumanized by the media, according to a new study from Western. The study, titled “Uncertainty, threat, and the role of the media in promoting the dehumanization of immigrants and refugees” was published in this month’s Journal of Social Issues. The news media take people’s uncertainties and then uses them to portray refugees in a negative light, according to Victoria Esses, professor of psychology and director at the
Centre for Research on Migration and Ethnic Relations. Esses led the study along with her team, which included Stelian Medianu and Andrea Lawson from the department of psychology. The study included experiments that examined potential consequences of negative media portrayals of immigrants and refugees in Canada and other Western countries. “These portrayals are negative so they include the idea that refugees spread disease,” Esses said. “That they are not real refugees and those claiming refugee status
WSN’s quiet leaflet campaign Jeremiah Rodriguez News Editor Last week, among a sea of club banners, clipboards and overzealous pitchmen, there was a splinter group of students in the University Community Centre who sought to speak about more than extra-curriculars. During clubs week, the Western Solidarity Network embedded a small group of representatives within the Mustang Lounge amongst the various club booths in something WSN spokesperson Jordan Coop called “infopicketing.” This means they were handing out pamphlets describing corporate interests seeping into academia and the toll that has on students. “Our goal was to explore the increasingly economical and neoliberal logic that has predominated the university and turned it into a business,” Coop said. “Corporate interests could make [campus events] cheaper, but there are dubious ethical consequences. It raises questions of the independence of the academy itself,” Coop said. “Universities, while charging students more, are also asked to cut programs from non-commercial research initiatives.” During an O-Week demonstration, members of the WSN were ejected from UC hill in light of their lack of official permission to pass out leaflets. They were asked to relocate to concrete beach, according to campus police. WSN sought to info-picket clubs week and O-Week because of the high amount of student traffic. The leaflets concerned
corporate interests infiltrating campus culture. This time around however, the WSN went with a more secretive approach — they avoided banners and relied heavily on quickly handing out pamphlets, which invited passersby to join their group and take part in the discussion on corporate influence. “We were able to do this because [administration officials] were really busy, and they didn’t realize we were there at any given time,” Coop said. The stealthy method of protest drew praise but also words of caution from political science professor Dan Bousfield. “[Their method] is a high-risk option one. They risk the likelihood that they won’t be allowed to speak in the long term. It might work in the short-term as they can target people quickly. They’re breaking the rules and it will make it seem more popular, ” Bousfield said. He said that there wasn’t anything wrong with that method, but WSN had to remember they might have to reevaluate practices in light of the way Western has traditionally organized an “orderly discussion of ideas.” “You’re unlikely to have the full range of topics and ideas on a campus where everything has to be preauthorized — that’s just the nature of Western,” Bousfield said. As for the future, Coop said that they’ll have to consider holding similar demonstrations on concrete beach. “It’ll have to be discussed. We’d have to take into account this year’s consequences and go from there,” Coop said.
The media should be paying attention not only to these negative stories but positive stories of the thousands and thousands of refugees and immigrants who are contributing to Canada.” Victoria Esses,
professor of psychology
are actually bogus — what they call ‘queue jumpers’ — and they are trying to get in illegally.” According to Esses, she and her team were surprised by the results of the study and the extreme effect that news pictures and articles have on the minds of the public. The portrayals also led to beliefs that there were terrorists among the refugees and immigrants, which led to further dehumanization. According to the study, dehumanization included the belief the other person or persons lacked characteristics such as “refinement, civility, morality, self-control and cognitive sophistication.” Quoting the Tamil asylum seekers saga in 2010, in which 492 refugees were intercepted in a boat off the coast of British Columbia, Esses commented, “The response to the negative attention led to over 60 per cent of Canadians thinking we should be sending those boats back.”
“If you look objectively to the pictures we were presented, the pictures are of people we might feel pity for — instead we see them as outsiders who are trying to take advantage of us in some way.” According to Esses, negative news and headlines garner more attention and are more profitable for the media. The government should play a more active role by communicating with the media about immigration and provide information that counters negative perceptions, according to the study. “I think that the community should become more involved in what goes into the media, and that the media should be paying attention not only to these negative stories but positive stories of the thousands and thousands of refugees and immigrants who are contributing to Canada,” she said.
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Modernized Metamorphoses amazes Mary Ann Ciosk Arts & Life Editor GGGGH Metamorphoses Playing at: Palace Theatre Never has a standing ovation been so well deserved. Combining classical mythology with surreal and modernist elements, this production was absolutely enthralling. The set was simple yet elegant, consisting of a door, a backdrop of painted clouds, and a long rectangular pool on centre stage. Incredibly, this scene served as an ocean, bedroom, therapist’s office and mansion, transformed by each new scene. Many audience members will be familiar with the stories enacted from Ovid’s Metamorphoses — a collection of over 250 myths concerning how the world came to be. However, these well-known myths were livened with a modern touch. The story of Phaeton, the son of Apollo who rides his father’s sun chariot across the sky with disastrous effects, was told through Phaeton’s counseling session with a therapist. As Phaeton would appear in modern society, he was depicted as a needy, self-centered adolescent, whining about deserving vehicle privileges. Similarly, when Midas requests that everything he
touches be turned to gold, Silenus’ first reply, as it logically should be, is, “Yeah that’s a really bad idea...” These directorial choices, as well as smaller touches such as a god lighting up a cigarette, added to the accessibility as well as the humour of production. Metamorphoses maintained the integrity of the myths, by eliciting sympathy, disgust and admiration from the audience. The myths are fantastical stories involving the war of good versus evil, vengeful gods, beautiful maidens and eternal love. These grandiose tales with largerthan-ife characters provide explanations for why the world is in its current state. However, despite the myths being wonderfully absurd and outlandish, there is a core of true human nature in the centre of each. Although no one would wish that everything he touches turns to gold, the man who is blinded by power and greed is still very much a character of the modern world. It is these emotional truths, convincingly conveyed by the cast, which causes the audience to be so moved by the stories. The structure of the play consists of vignettes spliced together with narratives. Stories end partway, pick up again later, a new story begins in the middle of the framing myth, and the tale of Narcissus is
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CHERUB LOVIN’. Based on the legendary poem by Ovid, the London Community Players have put a modern spin on Metamorphoses, keeping the classic relevant.
told without any dialogue in an interlude between scenes. This mosaic of myths keeps the play lively and the audience engaged while illustrating how these disparate strands of myth are interwoven and connected by the theme of metamorphosis. Given the static set and whirlwind of stories, the success of the
play is largely due to director Mary Zimmerman’s choices and the actors’ abilities. Narratives during scenes provide the eloquence of the written word which is often lost in theatre and concepts such as hunger and sexual desire are anthropomorphized by actors, clinging to characters and bending their wills. Such originality and depth is what makes
this play stand out from the rest and earn its enthusiastic response from the audience. Metamorphoses is a brilliant and moving spectacle, highly recommended to all. Metamorphoses is playing at the Palace Theatre (710 Dundas Street) until September 28. Tickets are $10.
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The Arrogant Worms’ “The Last Saskatchewan Pirate” is a song about hard economic times and what a downtrodden person struggling to make ends meet must do to survive. The song retells the story of a Saskatchewan prairie farmer who lost his farm to bankers and resorted to the only option available — becoming a pirate on the Saskatchewan river. But “The Last Saskatchewan Pirate” is more than just a lament for the impossibility of trying to make a living. As the song progresses, the narrator discovers a skill in piracy and companionship when the Mountie chasing him joins in his adventures. The song is a classic from the Canadian folk band who write heartfelt songs about the often forgotten oppressed members of society, including Jesus’ brother Bob and violently stewed vegetables. But in times when students are hopelessly trying to find jobs after graduation, “The Last Saskatchewan Pirate” may become advice for the latest generation of students. —Brent Holmes
Perhaps one of the most distasteful collaborations in music history, “Birthday Cake (Remix)” puts Rihanna singing alongside her former lover — and we all know their history. The song was leaked online in 2011 and featured only Rihanna and lasted a mere 78 seconds; it was only an interlude and could not be considered a full-fledged song. Someone then decided it would be a good idea to ask Chris Brown to remix the song and we now have the three-and-a-half minute version worthy of celebration. While Rihanna’s romantic history might be confusing, this song is not. It could perhaps be one of the sexiest songs that has ever been heard. Listening to the song is a very intriguing experience, especially when you jam out to it in the car with your best friend multiple times. It was practically made for intimacy — it would definitely be a song that you could play in the background as you make steamy love. It also doubles up as a great song to twerk to. What could be better? “Birthday Cake (Remix)” might be a little distasteful but it’s incredibly sexy and it is extremely difficult not to dance along to. — Bradley Metlin
Energy drinks and alcohol Jenny Jay Contributor Time and again, people have been told that energy drinks are harmful towards one’s health, but when Friday night rolls around and energy shots are being mixed with alcohol, people tend to forget the harm. Conventional wisdom says there is danger in mixing the two beverages. This awareness has been downplayed, however, as some studies suggest that there is no link between taking the two together — studies that have been sponsored by major energy drink companies. Researchers have had a harder time establishing a link between the mixing of energy drinks and alcohol due to ethical concerns around having participants consume both beverages. “Our major concern really is not that these things are consumed in
moderation, our major concern, mainly with energy drinks, are with children — we’re more concerned about the energy shots,” says Danielle Battram, professor at Brescia University College’s Faculty of Food and Nutritional Sciences. The consumption of large amounts of caffeine along with alcohol can have potentially harmful acute effects. “Somebody might have had an underlying heart condition that they didn’t know about and they take all this caffeine in, in a very short period of time, and they end up with a heart attack,” Battram says. What makes this potential situation worrisome is that individuals are sometimes unaware of underlying health conditions, which makes them capable of taking greater risks because they don’t believe there will be any harm. This, along with mindsets such as “You Only Live Once”
can be a harmful combination. The combination of both a depressant and a stimulant at the same time may also trick the drinker into believing they are capable of drinking more alcohol, creating the potential for even greater risk. “If you’re taking any kind of stimulant along with [alcohol], it’s got the potential to make you a little more awake and a little more aware for a longer period of time — that may or may not allow you to drink more alcohol. That’s concerning to me,” Dr. Battram explains. Students and young adults who decide to indulge in alcohol should be careful when choosing how to mix their drinks. While it might start out as a fun Friday night, erring on the side of caution can potentially save the trouble of making a visit to the emergency room.
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Sexy son-swapping Dylan Caldwell Contributor GGFFF Adore Directed by: Anne Fontaine Starring: Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Ben Mendelsohn, Xavier Samuel
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face-slaps and an attempted drowning, but everyone inexplicably gets over it, and before long they’re all double-dating like one big happy family. It’s a bizarre premise and doesn’t normalize as the film goes on. Roz (Robin Wright) and Lil (Naomi Watts) are forty-something women with the bearings of sixteenyear-olds who engage in son-swapping. They would not and could not look so good for the amount of sun, booze, and tobacco they’ve apparently been exposed to over the years. The four isolate themselves increasingly in their taboo little paradise, a bubble that is predictably bound to burst. What is truly objectionable about Adore is not its subject matter contrived for scandal, but its saturation with predictability and events that
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Produced in conjunction between French and Australian companies, Adore incorporates Australian aesthetics with French sensibilities, and should probably be made to apologize for perpetuating national stereotypes. Visually the film is gorgeous. Set on the coast right where craggy brown outcrops demarcate an enticingly turquoise sea from luxuriant forests filled with those weird squiggly Australian trees, it is peopled with a cast so utterly good looking it is unimaginable that any viewer could leave the theatre with his or her self-esteem wholly unchecked. The idyll is completed by the unique and creatively designed beach houses in which these god-like people dwell. As a film, Adore is somewhat trickier to place. Essentially, it’s a bro-mance about two Australian surfer dudes who bang each other’s moms. But if your mom goes and sees it, she’ll probably describe it as an adult drama about two middleaged women who find passion in the arms of their best friend’s son. Based on the novel written by an unequivocally mature woman, The Grandmothers by Doris Lessing, Adore was likely not created with the average twenty-something male movie-goer in mind. What initially motivates the characters to make such questionable choices is unclear — hormones, alcohol, Freud — but the sex is really good so none of them care to stop. There’s some tension — a few
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Microsoft unveils Surface 2 Josh Teixeira Gazette Staff Yesterday at a New York event, Microsoft unveiled their two latest tablets — the Surface 2 and the Surface Pro 2. According to their press release, the Surface 2 offers a full HD display, a better screen, and a thinner design. Maintaining its counterpart’s thin structure, the Surface Pro 2 will feature a wellenhanced processor and is now backlit. According to Microsoft, both
devices will be faster and have an improved graphical performance. Bearing a strong resemblance to its predecessor, the Surface Pro 2 will include a digitizer pen and will now come with a dual-stage kickstand. Also available is a “Power Cover,� which extends the battery life of the tablet, and a Surface docking station, which will have additional ports, including ethernet and audio in-and-out. The processing chip of the two new tablets uses less energy and doesn’t require a fan, and as a
result will leave them feeling lighter. The Surface 2 will be offered at $449, either with 32GB or 64GB, and is now available in white. The Surface Pro 2 will be going for $899 and will include 64GB and 128GB with 4GB of RAM. Pre-orders for both tablets will commence on September 24 at Microsoft stores and Best Buy. The release also noted an update to Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system will be available on October 17.
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Opinions Good luck to good neighbours USC president Pat Whelan’s Good Neighbour Campaign appears to be gearing up, organizing students to pick up waste around the city following Homecoming festivities. Lots of questions remain, however. Will the proposed cleanup improve students’ reputation around the city? More specifically, will it help fight back Project LEARN, the police-led campaign that targets student-populated areas around the city? It all depends. The Good Neighbour Campaign is definitely a step in the right direction. London residents generally have a low opinion of students, especially after chaotic weekends like Homecoming. Students have to keep in mind that we are not the rulers of this city, and we must play a bigger role in the community to change these negative perceptions. Project LEARN has support at city council and is easy for police to defend because of this reputation. On the other hand, even though the clean-up campaign sends the right message, it’s hard to see how much practical change it will generate. Clean-ups like this need to happen precisely because the partying is so rowdy and messy, and that’s what the police and residents really care about. While the Good Neighbour Campaign will generate other ideas for turning students into more responsible citizens, this particular one seems to be necessary because students aren’t responsible in the first place. This year’s homecoming game is against Queen’s, our eternal enemy from across the province. With Kingstoners piling into London for the game, this year has a chance of being even more brutal than most. The good news is that if organized community events like this are consistent and well-run, we students have a chance of changing how we are seen. While it’s unlikely that the volunteers cleaning up will be the same ones who made the bulk of the mess, the sight of students helping keep the city clean is a good first step in any case. With relations between students and London residents deteriorating, the Good Neighbour Campaign is needed. Despite this, no one knows how effective it will be. Even if it is, there’s no guarantee this will make any considerable progress in significantly improving students’ esteem in London. Regardless, we have nothing to lose and should give it our best shot. —The Gazette Editorial Board
Love your neighbour as yourself; but don’t take down the fence.”
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Sign in to sign out Hit ‘em where it Hurst Jesica Hurst Online Editor Every student at Western will at some point throughout their academic career make the choice to skip a class. It’s almost inevitable, considering the amount of obligations the average student has to juggle. However, next time you’re deciding whether or not a class is worth missing, I advise you to take a close look at the course’s attendance policy, usually located somewhere in the syllabus. A friend of mine found out the importance of this the hard way. After missing more than two of her course’s lectures, she discovered her final mark would be dropped from 78 per cent to 68 per cent — all because she decided three out of the course’s 13 lectures were not worth her time to attend. If this sounds a bit extreme to you, it shouldn’t. Most courses at Western have some sort of attendance policy — for example, a writing course I am taking includes this statement on the second page of the syllabus: “If you miss more than six hours of class meetings […] your final grade will be penalized a full letter grade (e.g., an earned grade of 80 per cent would be reported as a 70 per cent).” There are two major flaws with this policy. The first flaw is that while professors have every right to take note of who is actually present for their lecture each
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week, attendance should be a means to active participation — not an end in itself. We all know that student who attends every class, but sits at the back of the room browsing Facebook instead of paying attention. The policy I outlined above gives these students the chance to take advantage of free marks. All they have to do is scribble their name on the attendance sheet and they will receive marks for “participating,” even though they participated just as much as the student who chose not to attend. What should be more important to professors is whether students are actually contributing when they come to class. It isn’t fair for the student who is frequently providing quality responses to receive the same mark as the student who sits there, tuned out, twiddling their thumbs. The second flaw lies with the automatic reduction in the final grade for missing a set amount of class. If there are 10 weeks in a course, each week could be worth 10 per cent of the final participation grade — not the final course grade. The other 90 per cent of your grade should be based on performance in exams and assignments, unaffected by attendance and participation. I suggest the writing department, and other faculties with this policy, adopt a model similar to the one used by online courses. Participation marks in online courses are usually broken up into a weekly schedule, which removes the substantial influence attendance has on final marks. This would ensure that participation marks are not only gained through meaningful contribution, but also reflect the relative amount a student participates throughout the course.
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7 minutes are up Trudeau’s policy To the Editor: makes sense My favorite campus ritual is to walk into the Spoke in the morning, half asleep, order my coffee, and read the opinions section of The Gazette. Usually I disagree with whatever is being written about, but I like it that way; reading an opinion I completely disagree with and having to figure out exactly why I don’t agree. This year is different. Opinions editor Kevin Hurren (perhaps better known as “Seven Minutes in Kevin”) writes about opinions with which I agree completely. What the hell, man? The opinions section is supposed to spark conversation; to challenge what we take for granted; to piss people off. In short, stop being so agreeable. Make me angry to the point where I have to put down my small medium roast to write a scathing letter to the editor. —Demetri Pananos Applied Math IV
To the Editor: In Bradley Metlin’s, “Trudeau’s pot policy isn’t a high point,” he discusses the contradictory nature of Trudeau’s stance on pot. However, if you understand the difference between decriminalization and legalization, Trudeau’s rationale, or what Metlin calls “contradiction,” makes perfect sense. The difference between the two is government regulation. Decriminalization simply means you won’t be arrested for possessing pot. Legalization, on the other hand, would allow pot to be sold in stores (similar to LCBOs), and would enforce a certain level of quality making sure that potentially dangerous or inordinately strong weed would not be sold (at least not legally). As we’ve seen with the decriminalization of prostitution, decriminalization presents exceptions that still allow
authorities to make arrests under specific circumstances, continuing to create unsafe conditions. Legalization is a further step toward actual liberty and safety, while decriminalization is just an act to placate pot smokers. So was this a contradictory stance by Trudeau to turn down one and not the other? More like he took a stance to make sure that people who want to smoke weed can do so without health risks and without ambiguity in the law. —Emily Pickard Arts & Humanities III
Correction In the article “Graduate salary expectations unrealistic” on September 18, Kim Miller is quoted as saying, “for students who are solely looking for jobs on job posting boards their employment rate will probably continue to be fairly high.” The word “employment” should have read “unemployment.” The Gazette regrets the error.
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Rundown >> The Mustangs women’s cross country team place first at the 39th Annual Western International, while the men’s team placed ninth > This win marks the first time in 15 years that Western took first place at their signature home event.
Mustangs ride undefeated tide at Laurier Western pays a big price for their fifth straight win Daniel Weryha Sports Editor The Western Mustangs football team kept their winning streak alive on Saturday, when they defeated the Laurier Golden Hawks in a secondhalf effort for their fifth consecutive win. However, the win came at a cost. The 45–24 final was tainted by injuries to Western’s star running back Garret Sanvido, and to starting cornerback Christian Collarile. The Golden Hawks came out swinging and held the Mustangs scoreless for the entire first quarter. The shutout was Western’s first scoreless quarter of the season. “There were a lot of rough spots, we were off on a few plays,” Greg Marshall, Mustangs head coach, said. “We under-threw a ball, or we dropped one — it wasn’t pretty.” Late in the first half, a sealed block on the edge opened up a gap for Laurier running back Dillon Campbell, who took the ball 100 yards for the touchdown. “It was a missed assignment,“ Ricky Osei-Kusi, Mustangs defensive end, said. The 100-yard score was the second longest rush in Wilfrid Laurier University history. Campbell’s touchdown was one of two in the night, and was part of a 156-yard effort on 15 carries. “We had five guys go down with injuries this week in practice. Dylan Ainsworth went down and we had to make two changes on defence,” Marshall said. “It was a weird, weird week of practice — we had a lot of young guys playing.” The undisciplined Golden Hawks, however, had eight penalties for a total of 112 yards. Trailing at the half, the Mustangs responded with 35 second-half points to finally close out the Golden Hawks with a three-yard touchdown run by Yannick Harou.
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DIRT NAP. Western Mustangs running back Adam Sinclair weaving through tackles for a first down in Saturday’s win over the Golden Hawks. Sinclair rushed five times, and had seven receptions for 70 yards and a touchdown. Sinclair has settled into the Mustangs offence in place of the injured Matt Uren.
“The real kicker for us was how many penalties we have. It seems like every other play there was a penalty, and we need to really clean that up because that’s something we control,” Michael Faulds, Golden Hawks head coach, said. Western’s worst offensive performance of the season proved to be a statistical masterpiece for sophomore quarterback Will Finch. Finch completed 26 of 36 passes for 423 yards. The Burlington native also rushed seven times for 53 yards. Finch struggled early in the game but settled down and turned the
corner in the second half, throwing two touchdowns and a 78-yard completion to his featured target, Brian Marshall. “We came in at halftime and talked about some stuff we had to fix, the routes, different zones to find — eventually we usually come together at some point,” Brian Marshall said. Marshall had seven receptions for 209 yards without a touchdown. The Laurier defence held strong for the better part of the game as they limited Western to only 181 rushing yards. Western found little success on the ground and was
forced to take to the air where the Laurier defensive backs made big plays downfield. Laurier’s secondary intercepted Finch on two occasions, while their front four sacked him four times. “I want every other coach when they shake our hands at the end to say, ‘that’s a tough football team,’ and that’s what their coaches were saying,” Faulds said. Their defensive stand marked Western’s first game of the season in which they scored less than 50 points. “They came out ready to go, and we made some mental mistakes
— we’ll be better for next week, I promise you,” Osei-Kusi said. In the second quarter, Sanvido was helped off the field after being dragged down awkwardly. The third year running back did not return, and his injury was later called a high ankle sprain. The Mustangs now prepare to host the undefeated Queen’s Gaels for home-field advantage in next weekend’s homecoming game, a game in which they will likely be without their leading rusher.
Badgers fall after swift kick to the ball Mustang men stand victorious in Saturday’s tilt Sam Frankel Gazette Staff On Saturday, the Mustangs men’s soccer team travelled to St. Catherines to take on the Brock Badgers on their home turf. Conditions were wet in Saturday’s tilt, affecting the play of both teams, but Western was still able to pull off the 3–1 victory. Western came into the game 2–1–2, which put them in sixth place in the Ontario University Athletics West division. Conversely, Brock came into the game winless this season. Despite the fact that the game
appeared to be a mismatch on paper, Nick Agam, a fourth-year midfielder for the Mustangs, stressed the significance of the game leading up to Saturday. “We don’t want to give up points at this stage in the season. We need to go out there and put our nose to the grindstone,” Agam said. “We know it’s their homecoming. We know we’re walking into a hostile environment. We need to be ready, especially because of the terrible conditions outside.” The game started at 3:15 p.m., but before the large crowd could >> see mustangs pg.8
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Western victorious at East-West tourney Mustangs go undefeated with home ice advantage Kelly Grady Contributor The Western Mustangs men’s hockey team conquered in the East-West Tournament this past weekend, competing against McGill, Queen’s and Waterloo. The Mustangs won both games on Thursday with a score of 3–2 against McGill, followed by a 3–2 win against Queen’s, which ended with right wing Kyle De Coste scoring the winning goal in the second round of the shootout.
I thought overall we played solid defence and are starting to really gel as a team. We have many different types of players on the team and they all have different roles that build the well-rounded team that we are. — Marc Nother
Mustangs goaltender on his feelings about playing in the East-West tournament
Thursday night’s home opener against McGill was a great start to the pre-season for the purple and white. After sitting out last week’s game against Guelph, Josh Unice started, and as always, showed a lot of promise. It was a close game, until Matt Clarke and Zach Harnden scored the second and third goals in the second and third periods, respectively. The McGill game was followed by Friday night’s domination over Queen’s. Marc Nother was also able
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MUSTANGS HAVE BETTER BALANCE. The Mustangs hosted the East-West Tournament from Thursday, September 19 to Saturday, September 21. The Mustangs slid ahead of the Queen’s Gaels on Saturday into a 3–2 win, finalizing their 2–0–0 record.
to show his strength as a goaltender, allowing only two goals and keeping his cool in the shootout, blocking all three shots taken. “I thought overall we played solid defence and are starting to really gel as a team. We have many different types of players on the team and they all have different roles that build the well-rounded team that we are,” Marc Nother, Mustangs goaltender, said. “We were happy to win our first three exhibition games, and are looking to carry this streak into our next game.”
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even get into their seats, the purple and white had already scored — Western striker Christian Douglas put the Mustangs in the lead just two minutes into the game. Douglas was able to outpace the Badgers’ back line and fire home his second goal of the season. Western continued to dominate play through the first half and were rewarded for their effort only 25 minutes later, when Douglas scored his second goal of the game. The Western attack was seemingly unstoppable for the overwhelmed Badgers back line. Brock was able to cut into Western’s lead just before the half ended. In the 43rd minute, Brock’s Aaron Vasant scored his first goal of the season, beating Mustangs goalie Adam Majer. The effects of the wet pitch were apparent on the play, as the ball slid past the back line, resulting in a breakaway for Brock. Western came out of the gate in the second half with the same aggressive gusto they played with in the first. Their attempts at a third goal were proving elusive until 26 minutes in, when in the 71st minute, Western’s Filippo Iuliani slid home his first goal of the season, off
a rebound from a Douglas shot. The goal provided Western with some insurance, and all but sealed the victory for the Mustangs. Western was able to maintain possession of the ball effectively for much of the second half and held on the their lead to earn their third win of the year. Mustangs’ midfielder Dan Borg was thrilled about the performance of his team following the game. “Days like today are the reason I’m honoured to don the Mustangs jersey. I have to give them a lot of credit, but we pulled out our A-game and we really brought it to them,” Borg said. “Wins like today make all the hours in the gym and on the pitch worth it.” Mustangs’ assistant coach Gary Gorham echoed Borg’s sentiments. “[The game] was largely dominated by Western for the majority of the 90 minutes,” Gorham said. The win gave Western 11 points on the year, and moved them up to fifth place in the OUA West division. The Mustangs went on to lose their next game on Sunday against the McMaster Marauders, leaving them with a 3–2–2 record on the season. Watch the Mustangs host the York Lions on Homecoming weekend on Friday September 27.
Brett Gibson, Queen’s head coach, commented on their loss. “[It was a] decent game for [the] pre-season. We were sloppy as games go, but overall that is what pre-season is all about. Just trying to iron out, I don’t think either coach would say that was the best their teams could play but it was entertaining for sure,” Gibson said.
“Western is one of the favourites in the OUA, we gotta try to slow them down any way we can.” Mustangs assistant Coach David Kontzie was not overly impressed with the boys’ back-to-back night games during the tournament. “I think that’s an easy excuse, but guys should be fairly fresh and ready to go,” Kontzie said in an interview
with westernmustangs.ca. “I think tonight we took a lot of shortcuts and got away from what makes us fairly successful.” However, from this they are able to learn what needs to change for the coming season. Overall the Mustangs showed that they are a force to be reckoned with.
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