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Western prepares for HOCO Day to be marked by increased security

Volume 107, issue 14

Western, USC fail on free speech Lily Robinson Gazette Staff

Bill Wang GAZETTE

BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOUR. Western will see an increased security presence during Homecoming weekend. Guests won’t be allowed in residences during the weekend, and there will be increased police patrols around campus and downtown.

Hamza Tariq Gazette Staff As Homecoming approaches this weekend, preparations and security measures on and around campus are in full swing. With an influx of out-of-town alumni expected to come to watch the football game — which pits the undefeated Western Mustangs against their perennial rivals, the also-undefeated Queen’s Gaels — police and university staff aren’t taking any chances. Additional police officers will be on duty for the weekend, starting from Friday night, according to desk sergeant J.C. Aubin of the Campus Community Police Service. “We have also hired some offduty London police officers to assist as well, so they are going to be patrolling the neighborhoods,” Aubin said. London police will also be playing an active role on the weekend to make sure the many events in and around campus and the influx of people coming from outside London goes smoothly. They will have additional officers around the university area and the downtown for homecoming, according to Aubin. Aubin said the best way to avoid a ticket is to obey the law, as offence notices might be issued for offences contrary to the Liquor License Act. Though it’s not uncommon to

We don’t have guests on this weekend because there are lot of students, and if every student had a guest we’d be over capacity for the safety of our buildings.” – Susan Grindrod

associate vice-president of Housing and Ancillary Services

have out-of-town visitors in residence on weekends, students in residence hoping to have friends crash on the floor may be disappointed for Homecoming. Residences will not be allowing guests this weekend, according to Susan Grindrod, associate vice-president of Housing and Ancillary Services. “We don’t have guests on this weekend because there are lot of students, and if every student had a guest we’d be over capacity for the safety of our buildings,” she said. However, for residence-dwellers or other students not looking to go out on homecoming, Housing and Ancillary Services alongside the University Students’ Council have planned events, according to Grindrod.

“We are doing more on-campus events now than we ever used to, and there are a lot of options for people who don’t want to party,” she said. “We promote the USC’s free pancake breakfast and all that, and then Western Film has got free admission for residence students.” She added a barbecue called “Street Meet” would be held outside residences for students who are coming back. Sophs and residence staff will be telling students who decide to go out and drink to be safe and avoid dangerous situations, Grindrod said. “I wish everybody a happy and safe homecoming,” she said. “It’s a great time to meet people and the football game is always lots of fun.” The Student Emergency Response Team will also be on-call as usual, to respond to any medical emergencies 24/7 on campus. Western Foot Patrol, the student volunteer-based safe escort and patrol service, will be operating as usual in the evenings from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Sunday. “It’s a fun time but [students] should drink responsibly and always stay with a friend when they’re drinking,” Samantha Johnstone, manager of Western Foot Patrol, said. The Homecoming festivities kick off tonight at 7 p.m. in the Labatt Lounge at TD Stadium.

The Justice Centre of Constitutional Freedoms has spoken and its verdict isn’t good. This year’s Campus Freedom Index establishes that among Canadian universities, Western has unsatisfactorily promoted and facilitated free speech on campus — in other words, Western got an F. The JCCF Campus Freedom Index measures the state of free speech on the campuses of 45 Canadian universities. Administration and student unions at each university are awarded letter grades both for policies and practices pertaining to freedom of expression. “The Campus Freedom Index has shown that universities, which are supposed to be the places where controversial ideas can be discussed openly, debated, and developed to pursue the capture of truth, [are no longer] living up to that mission,” Michael Kennedy, co-author of the Campus Freedom Index, said. Letter grades awarded to Canadian institutions by the JCCF are based on explicitly stated policies that protect free expression and academic freedoms, and practices that either exemplify or are incongruous with their stated aims. The policies and practices of the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Ryerson University and Acadia are among the most highly touted by the Campus Freedom Index. Occupying the other end of the spectrum are Carleton University and University of Ottawa, earning themselves F averages for both university administration and their student unions. Awarded letter grades of B for its policies and F for its practices pertaining to free speech, Western’s administration fared only slightly better than its University Students’ Council, whose policies and practices were ranked at a C and F, respectively. While Western graces neither the best nor the worst categories, its mediocre ranking amidst other Canadian universities suggests room for improvement. “What you’re seeing at Western is both the university and the

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student union not doing enough to protect the free exchange of ideas on campus,” Kennedy commented. “If that continues, what you’re going to see is that those administrators and those student union executives think they’re in the right when they try to shut down an unpopular event or try to cancel a lecture by an unpopular individual. That’s why it’s so important for Western to acknowledge why they’re getting these bad grades.” Western’s rankings from the previous year differ in only one category, with the USC having improved upon their 2012 policy ranking by one letter grade. Keith Marnoch, director of media relations at Western, drew attention to this as a concerning component of the JCCF Campus Freedom Index. “In my mind there hasn’t been anything that’s been on the radar for us in the past year. This purports to be an annual survey, [but it] continues to report on incidences that are long since past and they’re rehashing them word for >> see free speach pg.3

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LUSCIOUS LOCKS OF A WESTERN MUSTANG. Running back Garrett Sanvido goes Baywatch with his hair billowing in the wind. Does he use Herbal Essences? Is he a real-life renaissance statue? Maybe he’s born with it? We’ll never know. Here’s an ode to the flow.

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Driver’s licence renewals now online Drivers with an aversion to long line-ups and restrictive business hours will be happy to hear that Ontario has become the first province in Canada to offer driver’s licence renewal online. Previously, Ontario drivers were required to renew their licences in person every five years. With the introduction of this new service, drivers who choose to renew their licences online will keep their current licence photos for an extra fiveyear renewal cycle. “It’s part of our government’s commitment to continually provide cost-effective, fast and reliable services when and where Ontarians need them to fit into their busy lifestyles,” Christian Hasse, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Government Services, said. The online licence renewal process costs $80, with the new licence being delivered to the applicant’s address four to six weeks after

submission. Drivers will still be required to renew their licences in person every 10 years in order to update the licence photo. The introduction of this online renewal process is the latest addition to the Ontario Government’s initiative to offer more services online. Licences can be renewed at Ontario.ca/driving-and-roads/ drivers-licence/. —Christine Bonk

Need to treat your teeth? There’s an app for that A new app created by a Western dentistry professor aims to change the profession. The Virtual Facebow Android app was released on the Google Play Store on June 28, 2013. Virtual Facebow is targeted to both dentists and patients. It intends to assist consumers throughout the diagnosis and treatment-planning

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phase of dentistry. The app was designed by Les Kalman, an assistant professor at the Division of Restorative Dentistry at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. The app took its name from the conventional dental mould technology. It aims to replace old methods of dental imaging, as dental moulds currently used are not 100 per cent accurate and up to one in three need to be replaced. The Virtual Facebow is able to produce more accurate models of teeth structure. Dr. Kalman believes that his app will have a positive impact on dental safety and provide comfort to patients undergoing dental procedures. “As technology has an increased effect on dentistry, the Virtual Facebow represents an accessible digital approach to the acquisition of crucial clinical data,” he said. —Aleks Dalek

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word. A failing grade in terms of the way that we operate seems strange,” Marnoch said. This perceived discrepancy between policies and practices and the grades that now accompany Western’s name in the Campus Freedom Index continues to go unexplained. Marnoch did, however, agree with the JCCF on the importance of acknowledging free speech and continues to promote its use on campus. “Free speech is crucial to democracy and is also integral to our teaching and research mission here at Western,” Marnoch said. “Even when ideas are unpopular or uncomfortable for people to hear or absorb. That said, free speech can’t get in the way of the rights of any member of our community to study or conduct his or her activities in a safe environment.”

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Shoulder-length hair and a scruffy beard might have projected your desired image on campus, but such an image will rarely score you points in the business world. First impressions go a long way, and appearance can make or break a first impression. Even if a more conservative look is not your personal style, it’s the style many companies prefer. Men should project a polished look, including a nice suit, while women should wear appropriate office attire and avoid going overboard with makeup and jewelry. • DO YOUR HOMEWORK. Just because school has ended doesn’t mean first-time job seekers no longer have homework. Research the industry you want to work in, staying abreast of the latest devel-

opments and predictions as to where the industry is going and which companies figure to be leading the industry in the coming years. Research also should involve learning about companies you want to work for, and that research should be kicked into overdrive if and when you are granted a job interview. Hiring managers will be more impressed by candidates who demonstrate a knowledge of the industry and their companies than they would be a candidate with a high GPA but little industry knowledge. • WORK FREE. Lounging around Mom and Dad’s house waiting for the phone to ring won’t stand out on a resume. If job offers are scarce, consider working free, offering your services to companies in your industry free of charge in an attempt to get your foot in the door. This may mean applying for an unpaid internship or simply writing hiring managers at certain companies and offering to come in a few days each week to get a feel for the industry and help in any way you can. Many professionals began their careers working for no money. This can ingratiate first-time job seekers with companies while providing them valuable experience that can help them stand out in a crowded pool of applicants. CB13A595 Article from Metro Creative Connection Editorial Services

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Choosing what to include and exclude from your resume can be difficult, especially for applicants without extensive work histories. Professionals with significant experience likely have enough to fill up a resume, but younger professionals often fret about how to fill up their resumes despite limited work histories. Any relevant professional experience, be it an internship or volunteering history, is safe to include on a resume. But applicants should keep the following items off their resumes as they hunt for their next jobs. • PHOTOS: Photos should be kept off resumes, as personal photos have nothing to do with a person’s qualifications. Even job seekers applying for photography positions won’t want to put photos on their resumes. Such materials should be included in a portfolio but never on a resume. •

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Arts&Life

saywhat? “A condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip one on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, and then you throw it away. The condom, I mean, not the stranger.”

— Marla Singer, Fight Club

Ever wondered what a flavoured condom tastes like? Well we certainly did. Some condoms are flavoured to mask the quite unpleasant taste of latex, for those individuals who prefer to perform oral sex with a condom on their receiving partner. This can be for a variety of reasons including personal preference, or STI prevention. Either way, people are buying them. So what’s the best tasting condom you can buy from the pharmacy in the basement of the UCC? They offer Durex’s tropical flavoured condoms, which come in banana, green apple, and strawberry. The Gazette’s Arts & Life staff set out to determine which was the most palatable. Without further ado, here are the tasting notes that we compiled for each condom, to allow you to make your own choice for which condom you or your partner will want to go down on.

Banana: I gagged...and not because I was shoving something down my throat. This was the stinkiest of the bunch; it smelled like absolute shit. Immediately, the banana condom was in a bad place and then I put it in my mouth and screamed, not in pleasure, but horror. It tasted exactly like latex. It was like licking a plastic grocery bag that has been used for garbage. STAY CLEAR! green apple: This was, by far, the tastiest of the bunch. Actually tasting what it was supposed to taste like. As I tasted this condom, my lips might have lingered a little longer than necessary on the cucumber. It tasted like candy and I may or may not have walked around the office like it was a lollypop. It was actually highly enjoyable and intimate, even if I was sharing the experience with an inanimate vegetable. strawberry: The strawberry condom was an interesting experience. It smelled like latex but as my mouth spread over the green object, I was taken aback. The flavor resembled that of a strawberry but if someone hadn’t told me what it was, I might not have known. The eroticism was exacerbated by the mystery; if you really want to get kinky, my suggestion is to not tell your partner what the flavor is. —Bradley Metlin

Banana: I’m going bananas for this condom flavour. Maybe it’s the fact that bananas have a natural phallic shape that makes the thought of a banana flavoured condom more appealing, but somehow banana flavouring worked perfectly. I’m not likely to taste any flavoured condom in the near future, but if I was going to taste a flavoured condom, this is the one I would want to taste.

Banana: If one is hoping that this flavour will match the banana antibiotic medicine that became well-loved by so many in childhood, unfortunately, it will disappoint. The Green Apple and Strawberry are able to get away with basically just tasting like sugar, but this flavour attempts to mimic that delicate creaminess found in a real banana — and fails. It doesn’t taste like a banana and it’s not sweet enough to taste pleasant .

green apple: Durex’s green apple flavoured condom is undoubtedly the mildest tasting condom I had the pleasure of wrapping around a cucumber. The flavour fades fast and it seems to smell better than it tastes. It literally requires putting half a cucumber in your mouth to get any sense of the flavour.

green apple: Although not quite as crisp and refreshing as a real Granny Smith, the flavour is subtle yet sweet. The fruity citrus overtones also provide a relieving contrast from the oily texture and waxy aftertaste of the condom. It tastes much like an artificially flavoured sucker made entirely of sugar — but at least it reminds the user to suck rather than chomp. If you’re playing it safe, Green Apple is the way to go.

strawberry: In the film The Matrix, there was an explanation that everything tastes like chicken because the Matrix doesn’t know what chicken tastes like — this explanation could equally explain why everything strawberry flavoured tastes nothing like strawberries. Strawberry ice cream, mints and gum have all been disappointments to me and strawberryflavoured condoms are just another disappointment on this list. —Brent Holmes

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strawberry: Similar to the citrus flavour of the Green Apple but inferior, it’s a stretch to compare this taste to the juicy deliciousness of a strawberry. The overwhelming sweetness of the condom is more reminiscent of cough syrup than fruit. Not entirely repulsive, but not recommended for use with men that have more “stamina.” —Mary Ann Ciosk

Banana: This was my far-andaway favourite of the condom flavours. It smelled of that bananaflavoured medicine you had as a kid, but tasted quite a bit milder. A subtle sweetness masked the latex, and it wasn’t too sticky. Also, I appreciated the phallic fruit imagery that banana conveyed. It added to the overall experience. green apple: My first thought was “blegh.” I did not enjoy tasting this one at all. Smelled like cleaning product, and tasted like a latex condom dipped in sickly sweet cleaning product. Also, the strange greenishblue colour of the condom was garish and I didn’t much like looking at it. Overall, I’m fairly certain you’re better off not even getting a flavoured condom if your only choice is green apple. strawberry: It smelled very strongly of strawberries, so I expected big flavour, but was disappointed. It did have essences of strawberry and wasn’t unpleasant, but it was far too sweet and also left a thick sticky residue on the lips. I have a hard time imagining that it would make effective lubricant. — Cam “Smoth” Smith

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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.

— Frederick Douglass

Video games take Western must protect away from real life free speech That Shit Craycraft

How nice would it be if everybody agreed all the time? Unfortunately, they don’t, and therefore one of the most important rights we have in Canada is the freedom to express ourselves however we want — with a few restrictions. You can’t incite hatred, you can’t print libel, so on and et cetera. However, here at Western there are a few more restrictions on what you can say, at least on university property. And given that the Justice Center for Constitutional Freedoms gave Western another failing grade for campus freedom of speech, it raises the question of just how much we are allowed to say here. It’s important to remember that Western, as a private institution, has a legal right to determine what messages are allowed on campus. So while it’s tempting to think of university campuses as bastions of free exchange of ideas, the truth is quite a bit more restrictive, especially on messages deemed to be offensive. Certainly Western is not an oppressive regime when it comes to free speech. Controversial speakers are brought in regularly, and people can voice any opinion without fear of being locked away in Middlesex tower. That said, the University Students’ Council does restrict both clubs and USC space from being used for “offensive” messages, and the university will not hesitate to stop the dissemination of insensitive communications. This may not be the worst practice, however. Universities are allowed to have a set of values, and there’s no reason why they cannot strive the well-intentioned encouragement of their message. However, the silencing of opinions, no matter how unpopular, does the university and students alike a disservice. Censoring opinions just gives them a subversive legitimacy, and weakens the fundamental principle of free idea exchange upon which universities are founded. The key determinant to censor messages on campus should not be offence or sensitivity, but harm. If a speaker is going to inspire hatred or physical violence with his speech, or a protest is going to disturb the free expression of another group, then it would be more than appropriate to stop them. It should be the joint responsibility of the university and the USC to protect free expression on campus — the USC should ensure the rights of students, and the university should safeguard their founding principles. —The Gazette Editorial Board

Richard Raycraft News Editor The philosopher Robert Nozick once constructed a thought experiment involving what he called “the experience machine.” The machine functions by stimulating neurons in a subject’s brain to induce certain pleasurable experiences. One can have the experience of climbing Mount Everest, going on incredible adventures, saving the world — and the subject can repeat such artificial experiences for all eternity, unaware that it’s all an illusion. Once inside, there’s no going back. Nozick then poses the inevitable question — do you hook yourself up to the machine? Perhaps not. When we love, achieve and succeed, we want to feel as though we are actually doing such things, and not merely having the experience of doing them. We want to share these triumphs with those close to us, and not with simple and false projections. For these reasons, Nozick assumed that most people would choose not to hook themselves up to the machine, proving that we value something more than pleasurable sensations. Nozick, however, might have been wrong. After all, he never played a video game. It’s hard not to admire Grand Theft Auto V for its ambition. In the recently

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released game, the players can participate in a whole set of activities. Selling real estate, trading stocks, flying a jet plane — all can be done with an eerily real feel and look. The soon-to-bereleased The Sims 4 follows the same sort of format, albeit with less violence. GTA V broke $1 billion in sales within three days of its release, so people are clearly hungry for what it has to offer. One can spend hundreds of hours in the game, never running out of things to do. Failure is a possibility, but only a temporary one thanks to unlimited respawns. The game was designed for players to succeed, making them feel powerful and meaningful while neglecting real-world responsibilities. How many hours of studying will be lost? How many dates forgone? How many hours wasted in a virtual fantasy? Far too many, I’m afraid. Video game addiction is rising fast, and it’s not hard to see why. When my grandfather speaks of life in the 30s, I can’t help but marvel at how much has changed since then. Eighty years is a blip on a historical time scale, but new technologies are already altering the ways we think and interact. It leaves me wondering what sort of world my grandchildren will grow up in, and that in turn makes me fear that it may be one in which more advanced virtual realities are widely seen as preferable. Nozick’s “experience machine” may just be a piece of science fiction now, but how much longer do we have before it’s not? There’s already coffee without the caffeine, beer without the alcohol. And, perhaps soon, there may be life without the life.

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Yes — they give students great experience

A Professor should absolutely have the discretion to dock grades for a lack of attendance, especially when that policy is laid out in his or her syllabus. Students who think losing a letter grade for missing 10 per cent of their classes is unfair might have a rude awakening once they become part of the workforce. I promise you, the penalty for missing 10 per cent of your workdays will be much more severe. —James Hirsh

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Dear Life, Why don’t professors understand that assigning over a hundred pages of readings is really like assigning no readings?

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I don’t know

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Classes should reflect the workplace

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factattack The Cincinnati Reds are going to the postseason in consecutive years for the first time since they won the World Series back in 1975 and 1976.

Rundown >> Three Mustangs teams are listed in the latest Canadian Interuniversity Sport Top 10 rankings. > Football, women’s soccer and women’s rugby are the three teams ranked due to their recent successes.

Mustangs field hockey team splits weekend Western falls to top ranked team, bounces back for a win Anne Wozney Contributor The Western Mustangs field hockey team took on the Toronto Varsity Blues at Varsity Stadium in Toronto this past Saturday. The Varsity Blues were national silver medalists last year for a reason, and showed it, beating the Mustangs 3–1. While Toronto’s Teagan Stairs took an early goal in the first half, the Mustangs came out of the gates hard and gained momentum in the second half. Fourth year Lauren Mackenzie was able to find the back of the net off a well-executed penalty corner to tie Toronto 1–1 at the start of the second half. “K.J. Williams [of Toronto] is a fantastic goaltender, and knowing we could score on her kept the game in our reach and our intensity high,” Mackenzie said. “We went into the game knowing it was going to be a hard fought battle, and our first goal gave us momentum moving forward.” The Varsity Blues, who are currently ranked first in the Ontario University Athletics, took notice of Western’s experienced penalty corner unit. “Western has one of the best, if not the best, penalty corners in the league. We knew we had to limit their corner opportunities to give

ourselves a chance to win,” John Desouza, Toronto’s head coach, said. “Our objective was to force them to turn over the ball and create chances from their mistakes.” The Blues retaliated with a tip from veteran Ally Evanyshyn and a third and final goal from Emma Stairs to finish the match 3–1. While disappointed with the outcome, head coach Jeff Pacheco didn’t waste time preparing for game two of the weekend. “We have our hiccups like every other team but we wash our hands quickly and move forward,” Pacheco said. “We go into every weekend with the mentality that we will play a high standard of hockey all weekend long. Any team knows that we’re there to play for the full 70 minutes. ” The Western Mustangs took the turf again on Sunday, matching up with the Waterloo Warriors. Bouncing back quickly from the day before, the Mustangs were able to outlet the ball and capitalize on opportunities. Katelyn Roganowicz scored Western’s first goal off a penalty stroke, and Mackenzie won a scramble in front of the net to put the Mustangs up 2–0. Roganowicz connected again in the second half to bring the Mustangs to a 3–0 win over Waterloo. “The girls are coming together on and off the field and really starting to

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click as a team,” Pacheco said. “There’s something special about this team and I hope we keep heading in this direction.” The Mustangs left the weekend sitting in third place in the OUA and Pacheco is confident as they prepare

to take on the second place Guelph Griffins next weekend. “Guelph is the only team we haven’t seen yet and we’re ready to bring that extra little bit to the table,” Pacheco said. The Mustangs match up with

the Griffins in Guelph on Saturday, and face off with the Warriors once again next Sunday. Be sure to follow the Mustangs as they continue their fight for the OUA title.

The Browns are back in the dog house Wild Danimal Daniel Weryha Sports Editor With the third pick of the 2012 draft, the Cleveland Browns selected a first round pick in the 2014 draft and single handedly won the award for the worst NFL front office of the decade. Just when you thought the Oakland Raiders were running away with it, the Browns snatch victory from the jaws of defeat — or the opposite, depending on how you look at it. The Browns, founded in 1945, have yet to win a post-1970 championship — the age of the Superbowl. In the past 10 years, the Browns have drafted three first-round quarterbacks, Tim Couch, Brady Quinn, and Brandon Weeden — the 28-yearold college phenomenon out of Oklahoma State University chosen in the very same round as Trent Richardson — the highly-touted third overall pick. At number 22 in the 2012 draft, Brandon Weeden was picked before Doug Martin, Russell Wilson, and two picks before New England Patriots linebacker Dont’a Hightower. While Martin is essentially useless after having already

drafted a franchise running back in T-Rich, and Wilson being almost impossible to predict, passing on a Southeastern Conference linebacker from Alabama in favour of a 28-yearold rookie with relatively no pro offence experience seems insane. So why was Russell Wilson a better choice than Weeden? The answer is simple — Wilson ran a pro-style offence at the University of Wisconsin, and was the most conditioned for the Browns’ immediate need at the quarterback position. Furthermore, the Browns could have waited one more round before taking a chance on either Weeden or Wilson — they jumped the gun. Cleveland is the city of heartbreak; the Indians haven’t won a World Series since 1948 and the Cavaliers have yet to win a championship, and have no chance of winning one in the near future with the departure of King James. As for the Browns, well, the Browns have now decided they are going nowhere fast. The Browns successfully drafted two first-round offensive linemen in Alex Mack and Joe Thomas — two linemen who could have easily been pro-bowlers on another team. They drafted a solid Joe Haden at cornerback in 2010, and the very raw outside linebacker Barkevious Mingo out of Louisiana State University in 2013. Where the franchise went wrong

was trying to race for success, expecting to magically become a competitive team overnight by drafting unproven players in skilled positions with their early round picks, instead of stocking up on defensive talent and offensive linemen to keep a mediocre Colt McCoy in the game — hence the Trent Dilfer theory — a backup quarterback who won the Superbowl by riding the coattails of his defence. While the Cleveland war-room has made some bad decisions, horrible drafting is not enough to win such a prestigious award.

On September 18, the Cleveland Browns surprised the football nation by trading their prized running back Trent Richardson in a one-to-one swap with the Indianapolis Colts in return for a first round pick in the up-coming 2014 draft. The midweek blockbuster has essentially provided the Colts with the first, and third overall picks in 2012, and erased any hope of a playoff berth for the Cleveland Browns. While a complete fire-sale seems to be the trend as talks of shipping off wide receivers Greg Little and Josh Gordon continue, talent-wise,

many believed that in the current state of the AFC North, the Browns were only a year removed from a trip to a very unfamiliar place — the NFL playoffs. Cleveland fans are now mourning the loss of their big hope, and the Colts are beginning to bask in the talent they’ve received. In his first game for the blue and white, Trent Richardson punched the ball into the end zone on a first quarter goal line carry — a result Browns fans were all too comfortable with. Can you say Lebron 2.0?

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