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Neighbors Zac Efron and Seth Rogen star in latest festival of raunch & wine >> pg. 4

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USC innovation fund not touched by executives Amy O’Kruk NEWS EDITOR @AmyAtGazette

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With the end of the University Students’ Council fiscal year fast approaching, the Executive Innovation Fund has yet to see a dime of its wealth spent by USC executives and the money will instead be used to cover projected deficits.

The Executive Innovation Fund was a reserve created in October of last year to deal with an unforeseen $59,000 surplus that was generated in 2013 from USC operations such as the Spoke and Wave. The fund’s purpose was to allow USC executives to develop ways to apply the windfall to projects that would benefit the students who created the profit.

The innovation fund also came with an expiry date — May 31, 2014.

With that date drawing near, there’s not a lot of time left to apply the funds, nor are there any plans to.

Instead, the USC has decided that the unused surplus will be absorbed into its service stabilization fund.

The stabilization fund is a fail-safe reserve that helps counteract any deficits in the budget.

Emily Soti, a former King’s University College councillor, said that not using the innovation fund was a missed opportunity for both the USC and students.

“The money should have originally gone into the grants fund for both the executive and students at large to have access to,” Soti said.

“At least then, if the executive didn’t end up spending the money on students, the students could have had the chance to do it themselves.”

The clubs grant system is a USC program in which students across campus can apply for grants for their projects and clubs. The 201314 grant fund had upwards of $90,000 available to students and isn’t exclusively governed by the USC executive but by six students of mixed affiliations.

Jack Litchfield, chairman of the USC’s long-term plan and budgetcommittee, said that the innovation fund wasn’t utilized because the executives relied on their existing budget lines to provide funding for projects. He added that in any case the money will benefit students.

“We set this up so that if there is something that comes up we can use this money that was collected by the students this year, if not it will just drop into the bottom line and our stabilization fund,” Litchfield said. “So either way it’s going to indirectly benefit students.”

USC president Pat Whelan commented that budgets are predictions. >> see FUND pg.3

VOLUME 108, ISSUE 1

>> CIS East-West Bowl

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CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. Team East’s Jamal Henry of the Concordia Stingers attempts to catch for a touchdown at Saturday’s CIS East–West Bowl, which features Canada’s university football all-stars. Team East won by a score of 19–12. For more coverage, TURN TO PAGE 7 and go online for a photo gallery.

Graduates get internship boost from feds Federal government introducing 3,000 paid internships in fields with high demand Olivia Zollino NEWS EDITOR olivia@westerngazette.ca

Stephen Harper unveiled a $40-million program geared towards the creation of paid internships for graduating students while on his visit to London on May 2. The program would generate 3,000

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internships in fields of high demand.

Steven Wright, a recent graduate and former chair of the University Students’ Council provincial and federal affairs standing committee, applauded the idea.

“I like the principles behind the program,” Wright said. “It’s helping to alleviate the pressure for unpaid internships by providing those

opportunities to students.”

However, Wright raised concerns about the targeted nature of the internship program.

“The real issue with this program is that it’s being put into the STEM fields,” Wright said.

The internships will mostly be created in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.

“I think the federal government would be better off putting these paid internships into degrees and disciplines that don’t typically have the highest employment outcomes,” Wright said.

Wright mentions various fields, such as the liberal arts, English, and arts and humanities as needing more opportunities.

Harper’s announcement follows the termination of two magazine internships in Toronto due to the interns being unpaid. The closures have spurred a debate over unpaid internships.

For Wright, there is no option other than paid internships.

“You’re not being progressive in terms of income inequality,” Wright said.

He noted that unpaid internships are only available to students who can afford them and students should receive fair pay for fair work.

“I think that if the government is going to pursue a program like this for more employment outcomes for university graduates, the best way to do that would be to give it to the underrepresented disciplines in the labour force,” Wright said.

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Timetable flip-flop fiasco frustrates FIMS fourth-years

The Puzzle Panel

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Megan Devlin ONLINE EDITOR @MeganAtGazette

Next year, the Faculty of Information and Media Studies will break the traditional fourth, then third, then second-year hierarchy of course registration by giving second-year students first crack at registering for 2000-level courses. In 2015, 2000level courses will be restricted to second years and 3000-level courses restricted to third and fourth-years.

Some fourth-year FIMS students were upset because they felt they might be excluded from elective courses they had waited three years to get into.

But Amanda Grzyb, assistant dean of undergraduate programs with FIMS, said this would not be the case.

She said the reason for the

change was part of a curriculum re-structuring after lengthy consultations and focus groups.

“While we retained some of the former 2000-level courses, we also developed some new courses to better cover introductory material. Electives with a very narrow or specialized focus were converted to 3000-level electives,” Grzyb said.

In the past, 2000-level courses were typically full of fourth-year students, preventing sophomore students from having access. She said many of the popular 2000-level electives have been moved up to the 3000 level.

But not all students in FIMS are convinced the administration will keep its promise to offer popular electives to fourth years.

“The real question here is are there going to be more upper year

courses to compensate? I doubt it, as there are so very few already and the number of courses being offered in FIMS keeps shrinking,” said Jordan Pearson, former president of the FIMS Student Council.

Several popular FIMS electives will be cut next year, including Warren Steele’s Crash Landscape course.

Pearson, who himself took two second-year courses in his fourthyear, said the problem of fourthyears crowding lower level courses was real.

He said he thought the solution would be beneficial for the faculty in the long run, although it may frustrate fourth-years in the short term.

The curriculum re-structuring information was released to FIMS undergraduates in an email sent on April 21.

the next six years, she hopes to bring about the best learning environment possible for Western students.

“We’ll achieve this through the continuous improvement of our academic programs, with emphasis on integrating in-class learning and exposure to research with outof-class experiential and community-service learning opportunities

and innovative online learning platforms,” Deakin said in an email.

Deakin notably spearheaded Western’s new strategic plan this year and her focus will be in fulfilling the goals outlined in the plan, including increasing Western’s international presence and building research on campus.

“We are working very hard to cultivate a more research-intensive culture at Western by encouraging and supporting faculty, students and staff who collaborate across disciplines to find solutions to pressing global problems,” she said.

Deakin also said she was looking forward to working with the first associate vice-president student experience this upcoming academic year. She will also have to oversee the first year of a new four-year budget cycle this year.

Deakin said she looked forward to her new term and was pleased to have been chosen for reappointment.

“I think Western has set some very bold goals for the future through its new strategic plan and I am thrilled to have earned the confidence of the president and Board of Governors to continue the work we’ve begun together for a second term.”

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News Briefs

Provost Deakin reappointed for second term

Western’s Board of Governors has reappointed provost and vice-president academic Dr. Janice Deakin to a second five-year term — over a year before her current term ends.

Deakin joined the Western administration in August 2010. In

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No projects found for $59,000 fund >> FUND continued from pg.1

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Wintersleep concert fizzles Of the roughly 800 attendees, only 200 paid for their ticket. USC says they planned a loss for the event Hamza Tariq NEWS EDITOR @HamzaAtGazette

Two concerts were held on the last Thursday of second semester by two different student councils and the results could not be more different.

The Canadian indie rock band Wintersleep was hosted by University Students’ Council in the Mustang Lounge, while the Australian duo Nervo was hosted by the Social Science Students’ Council at the London Music Hall.

The Nervo concert was a success, and according to Marchael Cunanan, vice-president finance for the SSSC, the venue was near capacity.

The Wintersleep concert, however, is a different story.

Even though 7–800 people were in attendance, only around 200 tickets were sold. The total cost for the event was slightly above $20,000 according to USC vice-president finance Spencer Brown.

Vice-president student events Adam Smith said the financial loss of holding the event was not a concern for the USC because events are budgeted for so the costs are covered already and tickets don’t necessarily need to be sold.

“So we already have the money, we’re not facing any sort of huge deficit or losses,” Smith said. “The only time when we really hit a deficit and when it becomes really concerning is when we’ve projected to sell $15,000 back in tickets but we only sell $3,000.”

USC president-elect Matt Helfand said the USC should plan events so that they plan for expected financial losses.

“When sponsoring a concert the USC should always aim have our events be cost neutral, or run

a specific and structured deficit,” Helfand said in an email.

“What I will stress, however, is the importance of insuring that these concerts reach as many students as possible, and provide a tangible benefit to Western students.”

Helfand noted that he has already started planning for next year’s student events with the incoming vice-president student events Sam Kilgour, in the hopes that they attract more students.

“By planning well in advance, we hope that we can secure high calibre acts, as well as allow our communications portfolio […] to develop good promotional strategies,” he said.

Smith believes the incoming USC executive can learn from this year’s events.

“Obviously we’d like to see more people there, and I think you learn every single year,” he said. “I think we run a huge variety of programming and we tried to do that this year.”

“When we find our predictions are off, it is important to go to council to ask them how they would like to remedy the situation,” Whelan said in an email. “The Executive Innovation Fund was council allowing the organization to be creative and strategic in where we needed to invest.”

Soti said the money should have been used this year after the debate council went through to pass the motion to create the fund.

“They absolutely should have used the money because they fought so hard to make the money exclusively theirs,” she said.

Whelan elaborated that the surplus wasn’t a waste.

“We were budgeted to need an injection of a $225,000 stabilization

EMILY SOTI FORMER KING’S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COUNCILLOR

They absolutely should have used the money because they fought so hard to make the money exclusively theirs

>> Déjà vu

Creative Services undergoes renovations It’s summer so that can only mean one thing — Creative Services is being renovated.

After a move upstairs, an extensive renovation and a name change last year, Creative Services — which is projected to lose $120,000 this year — is once again being renovated.

University Students’ Council vice-president finance Spencer Brown could not provide an estimated cost for the new renovations in time for publishing.

“All we’re doing is having an upfront cost right now hopefully so we can be more efficient in years to come,” Brown said.

Last year’s renovation to the space combined InPrint and Purple Door Promotions to make Creative Services and moved the service to the second and third floors of the UCC. This year’s renovation will be funded by the USC’s Capital Fee, which comes from the USC’s student fees.

“The production manager’s office we’re going to split into two and move the graphic services over there and also have the production manager there,” Brown said.

“It’s just going to make it more efficient, basically.”

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fund from our reserves in order to balance the 2013-14 budget. This $60,000 was used to offset that need,” Whelan said. “Our team managed to balance the 2014-15 budget without the use of a stabilization fund for next year.”

Soti commented that what the USC should take away from the disuse of the innovation fund is that they should better pick their battles.

“They fought so hard to make the money exclusively theirs […] was it really worth all the arguing in the long run?” Soti said. “By putting that excess money in the grants fund, they would have displayed more of a commitment to students better than many ‘innovations’ would have.”

Soti ended her statement declaring that next time there is a budget surplus it should be given directly back to students.

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Feed people, not Dumpsters

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St. Joseph’s Hospitality Centre is a ‘soup kitchen’ on Dundas Street. The Hospitality Centre serves over 300 meals to men, women and children each day in our community Monday to Friday.

There is a desperate need for donations of fresh fruit and vegetables. To make a donation contact the facility at 519-432-0660 or email stjosephshospitalitycentre@gmail.com Please consider donating the food that would normally end up in a dumpster to your local food banks and neighbours, let’s all let our dumpsters go hungry for a while.

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“The Bible tells us to love our neighbors and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.”

• Gilbert K. Chesterton

Getting excited for a fringe experience Conrad Floryan ARTS & LIFE EDITOR @ConradAtGazette

Theatre is fun. For 15 years the London Fringe Festival has been delighting the Forest City community with exciting stage productions and unique live arts experiences, turning downtown into a world of wonder and theatre skeptics into believers.

From June 3-14 Fringe will spotlight local and international artists and offer Londoners the opportunity to enjoy a variety of theatre that they don’t get to experience every day.

Sue Garner, the festival volunteering coordinator, says Fringe breaks down barriers about what theatre is all about. She recommends theatre virgins grab their friends who wouldn’t usually attend plays and check out what could be a life-changing experience.

“I’ve done that to three people and they’re so addicted that they book vacations for Fringe to Toronto and Hamilton as well as seeing 20 plays a year in London,” Garner says.

There are Fringe festivals all across the world from Edmonton to Australia. In fact, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland is the world’s largest arts festival.

“For a lot of people, when you say Fringe Festival, it means something,” adds Garner.

The whole experience is dependent on volunteers because featured artists keep 100 per cent of their ticket and art sale profits. Volunteers are known as “troupers,” and this

year’s festival will have over 500 troupers running the box office and setting up exhibits.

“We did a survey last year to ask people why they keep coming back to volunteer year after year and [...] most of them said it’s Fringe and it’s fun,” says Sue. “A lot of people understand that this is what keeps the Fringe going so they want to help live theatre.”

This year’s experience features 38 plays, running the gamut from traditional musical-comedies to engaging drama and internationally acclaimed large-scale productions to local homespun fare.

Dream Journey, an Original Kids Theatre Company production playing at the Convention Centre throughout the festivities, is a collective work based on the dreams of the cast of children from grades six to eight. It uses masks, chanting and ritual to create the dream landscape.

“I’ve noticed at rehearsals that [the children] don’t have any kind of barricades. They’re willing to try anything,” says Art Fidler, director of marketing with the Original Kids Theatre Company. “They haven’t been prevented from really exploring deep and sometimes dark and puzzling material,” he adds.

The Fringe Festival offers more than just plays. VisualFringe at The Arts Project on Dundas features the work of 25 local visual artists. The Poachers Arms hosts a nightly cabaret starting June 5 where artists and fans can kick back and have a few beverages while enjoying stand-up comedy, music and sketches.

The last Saturday of the festival

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FRINGE THEATRE CREEPING UP ON YOU. Victoria Murdoch writes and stars in “Bootlegger’s Wife,” a play that will be performed at the London Fringe Festival this June. The Festival will bring together not just actors and writers, but also musicians and artists.

presents two special events. During the day the Dundas Street Festival closes three blocks to host an intoxicating array of street performers, art vendors, food trucks and more.

At night, Nuit Blanche transforms Dundas into a starlit wonderland featuring spellbinding installations and interactive exhibits.

With so much engaging content on display, it can be a challenge choosing which events to attend.

The free performer showcase playing at the London Convention Centre on June 3 offers three-minute previews of most plays on the bill.

The Fringe website also posts short fan-written reviews of all of the plays during the festival.

“The talent that comes in this time in London is phenomenal so I suggest all Londoners take advantage and go and support the artists,” says Deanne Kondrat, communications coordinator with the London Arts Council, an official grant donor that helps make Fringe possible.

The veritable Fringe army puts on a show that truly has something for everyone, and Sue can barely contain her excitement.

“I look forward to finding that

play that sounds interesting. When you go see it you’re just blown away when it exceeds your expectations so I love that,” she comments.

The fun is contagious and this June London is set to catch the theatre bug.

Tickets for the Fringe Festival are available online. Patrons must also purchase a chic Fringe Button ($6.00 for adults, $2.00 for children).

Anyone can apply to volunteer by clicking the trouper tab at www.londonfringe.ca. Troupers receive free passes for shows.

Cocky frat brothers dick around in Neighbors

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GGGGH Neighbors Director: Nicholas Stoller Starring: Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Dave Franco, Ike Barinholtz, Hannibal Buress Dicks. Dicks figure heavily in Neighbors, the latest festival of raunch & wine from the cult of Judd Apatow. But there’s more substance to the picture than just a bunch of Lil’ Richards — there’s also drugs, mayhem, and an insightful script that will hit home even while you’re gushing Mountain Dew through

your nostrils.

Casting is an oft-overlooked art and Neighbors casts a spell with its tuneful troupe. Zac Efron plays vulgar frat king Teddy Sanders; an intriguing contrast to his image as a sterile Disney song-and-dance man.

Although Teddy is the chief antagonist, he’s disarmingly affable. The role is perfect for Efron, a smiling movie star clever at cajoling. The role has some meat on it to compliment Efron’s six-pack; Teddy is anxious about life after the frat because he’s been too busy partying to study. This causes a rift with the more focused

frat veep Pete (Dave Franco). It’s smart casting James Franco Jr. because he’s still up-and-coming so he comes cheap, but he comfortably wears the famous Franco name and accessary charisma. Happening comedic talent like Ike Barinholtz and Hannibal Buress rounds out the cast.

Seth Rogen plays straight man Mac Radner who’s settled down with wife Kelly (Rose Byrne) and baby girl Stella (random child actor).

The Radners’ quiet world turns upside down when Teddy’s Delta Psi fraternity moves in next door.

It seems like just yesterday Rogen would have been playing Teddy, but it’s been seven years since Knocked Up. He’s still smoking pot and cracking dick jokes, but his character is a pleasantly incremental evolution of the Seth Rogen brand, managing to mature his persona while still displaying the Rogen millions have grown up with. It’s a deceivingly simple balancing act, but childhood friends-cum-producers Rogen and Evan Goldberg have always excelled at balancing hard-R laughs with nuanced storytelling.

While Neighbors forgoes artistic pretensions, the subtle handheld cinematography underscores the filmmakers’ approach: no frills — it’s all about letting the comic material shine. Despite the glut of frat comedies, the gags here feel fresh and engaging. In addition to dick, the movie has balls and it’s not afraid to push the envelope for laughs, like when the Radners’ friend Jimmy (Barinholtz) drops the n-word in an Obama impersonation. The laughs flow like beer from a bottomless keg through 97 minutes.

Despite the vulgarity, the humor is deceptively nuanced and smarter than most prestige pictures. With that in mind, it would be interesting if someone could marry R-comedy with an artsy sensibility. The upper crust film establishment unfairly

maligns comedy, and most people don’t realize that it’s possible to create a film with both the debauchery of Apatow and the artistry of Werner Herzog. This is the new frontier in comedy. Dear Hollywood, if you’re reading this, the Budweiserbrimmed gauntlet has been thrown down.

Neighbors already shares a bond with prestige cinema: dicks. Think about it. Think about all the movies you can remember with full-frontal male nudity. A few that come to mind: Trainspotting, 12 Years a Slave, Boogie Nights, The Wolf of Wall Street. All of these are classics.

At the Academy Awards, Oscar and Dick are best friends. While penis isn’t synonymous with greatness, full-frontal nudity is indicative of a film that is willing to push the envelope and accept the loss of receipts accompanying an R-rating at the service of a creative vision. It’s an illustrious brotherhood, and the Delta Dick fraternity has a proud new member.

Every year there’s one comedy that permeates the zeitgeist — 21 Jump Street (2012), This is the End (2013). This year Neighbors is that comedy, the one the kids in school will be gushing about. Never mind the stars, this one gets four-and-ahalf dicks out of five.

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Western student interns at Cannes

>> Screening at Cannes

Courtesy of Alissa Chater

Brent Holmes DEPUTY EDITOR @BrentAtGazette

A Western student has landed a job working as an intern at the biggest film festival in the world. Alissa Chater, a fourth-year film studies student, will be bumping shoulders with industry insiders at the Cannes International Film Festival this month.

“What I can tell you so far is that I’m loving the opportunity for networking [with people in the film industry],” Chater writes in an email.

Chater has been taking advantage of the opportunities by talking to major players in the film industry and getting accreditation into major business meetings and distribution deals.

Chater is not the only Canadian at the festival. This year will be big for Canadian cinema with three contenders for the Palme D’Or. “The three films in competition

by Atom Egoyon, Xavier Dolan and David Cronenberg have major buzz.

Especially Cronenberg’s film which is predicted to be among the top few most likley to win the Palme D’or,” Chater says.

Chater got the job through Film Market Access’ Cannes Film Program, which helps independent filmmakers build networks in the industry. As part of the internship, Chater will be making film to be screened at the festival.

“I’ve been very pleased with my production experience at Western and we seem to be ahead of the curve generally. I took Film Aesthetics with professor Chris Myer. His emphasis on pre-production has put us in an excellent place to now proceed with filming.” Chater says.

Chater’s experience studying as a student at Western has given her a strong understanding of film production — a skill set she’s bringing with her in the production aspect of her internship.

“Film Market Access is just run by one person. But, he described our experience as similar to the song ‘Lose Yourself’ by Eminem.

It’s one chance, one moment, one opportunity to put ourselves out there and meet interesting people.

Personally, I couldn’t agree more,” Chater comments.

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Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg makes weird movies. He also makes weirder movies. Maps to the Stars belongs to the latter category. An eclectic cast featuring Robert Pattinson and a blonde Julianne Moore lets loose in this incisive Hollywood satire that looks to be a serious contender for the Palme D’Or. If Cronenberg wins, it would be the first time a Canadian won the top prize at Cannes.

This film marks the second team up between Pattinson and Cronenberg, the first being Cosmopolis, a bizarre interrogation of 21st Century capitalism and adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel.

Map to the Stars explores the relationship between celebrity culture and Western society while focusing on the hardships of two former child stars. Moore plays Havana Segrand, a fading actress struggling to remake the 1960s film that made her legendary mother famous. To keep things interesting, her mother’s ghost shows up to haunt her and share a little movie advice. Weird.

Foxcatcher Bennett Miller (Capote, Moneyball) is one of America’s most exciting filmmakers, and this third narrative feature at long last docks at the French Riviera after having delayed its scheduled December 2013 release. The film will be wrestling with the main competition at Cannes.

Steve Carell stars against-type as John du Pont, a paranoid schizophrenic wrestling coach who trained Olympic champion Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) and murdered his brother, fellow Olympic champion Dave Schultz (Mark Ruffalo).

Carell takes the headlong leap from playing loopy, comedic characters into Academy Award territory in what will be one of the most buzzed-about performances of the year. The trailer was among last year’s best previews, and if the film follows suit it has the potential to be a memorable Cannes premiere for this Oscar catcher.

Mommy Joining his toque-sporting countrymen Cronenberg and Atom Egoyan, the prodigy from Montreal, Xavier Dolan, brings his latest feature Mommy to the Cannes Film Festival.

At 25, Dolan is the youngest director in the festival. The Montreal filmmaker has been making Cannesadians proud ever since his first feature J’ai Tue Ma Mere burst onto the scene at the Director’s Fortnight program at the 2009 Cannes festival, claimed three awards, and earned an eight-minute standing ovation at its screening.

The film stars Anne Dorval as Diane Despres, a widowed mother struggling to raise her troubled son (Antoine-Olivier Pilon) with assistance from a mysterious neighbor (Suzanne Clement). Dolan returns to the personal themes of his first feature — mother-son conflict, isolation and maybe even a Tim Horton’s doughut and double double.

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GGGHF The Black Keys Turn Blue Nonesuch Highlight Tracks: “Weight of Love,” “Fever” and “Gotta Get Away” Ever since The Black Keys’ commercial breakthrough in 2010 with the album Brothers, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney seem to be writing music non-stop.

Their followup album, El Camino, was a hard-rock romp released little more than a year after Brothers. With El Camino, the duo focused heavily on how the music would play at concerts, making for a faster-paced catchy album that didn’t keep listeners waiting.

As the title would indicate, Turn Blue brings The Black Keys back to the blues sound of Brothers. The opening track, “Weight of Love,” is an inspired seven-minute piece that features a considerably chill guitar riff.

With its pounding drums and punchy guitar, “Fever” raises the temperature as the hard-rock track of this latest Black Keys album. It is distinctive enough to be a strong single and is one of the most accessible tracks from the album.

The softer bluesy sound of Turn Blue provides a more personal experience. The subtlety of Auerbach’s guitar gets lost on the inattentive and requires a decent set of headphones to be fully appreciated. Carney’s drumming reflects the tone of each of the songs it becomes a key component of “It’s Up to You Now,” but takes a back seat in songs like “Bullet in the Brain.”

The Black Keys are a band that consistently offers a different experience with each album. While an independent presence they were hailed as a successor to The White Stripes, but with each album they develop a sound distinctly their own.

While Turn Blue’s softer aspects may disappoint fans of the hardrock sound of El Camino, it offers a much more rewarding experience for the observant listener.

The album ends on an exceptionally strong note with “Gotta Get Away,” a chord heavy song that promises that The Black Keys are not going to lull themselves into one style of music. Whichever way they turn, it seems to be the right one.

• Brent Holmes

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thegazette • Friday, May 16, 2014

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Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.

• William Pollard

Unused innovation fund a waste of everyone’s time Innovation, in the very essence of the word, is to introduce something new. So you would think that an “innovation fund” implies that money is being used on something, well, new. But, as with many things involving the University Students’ Council, definitions are irrelevant (for example, “undergraduate student”).

The fund — a whopping $59,000 — became available to president Pat Whelan and his fellow executives after an unexpected surplus from last year. Instead of channeling that money back into savings, the USC’s long-term plan and budget committee decided that since current students paid into the surplus, they should be the ones to benefit from it and so the Executive Innovation Fund was born. The only problem is since that moment, not a single project was proposed and the money the executives were mandated by council to spend on improving student lives is now being poured into the stabilization fund.

From the beginning, the logic behind creating the innovation fund was dodgy. The smart thing would have been for the money to go towards future deficits, which the USC is facing in the next couple of years.

An argument can be made, however, that it was this generation of students who created the surplus, so it makes sense that they should directly benefit from it. Council agreed with this idea and voted to let the executive spend it on projects large and small benefiting students.

So why did the fund remain untouched? Were the USC executives too busy with existing projects? Did they just not have any innovative ideas? Or were they too afraid of the backlash they would have gotten from some councillors and yours truly?

Whatever the reason, the USC missed out on a major opportunity with the fund — not just in creating new projects, but in fostering more dialogue with students.

Just because it was meant for the executives to spend doesn’t mean the projects had to be all their own. It wouldn’t have been difficult to establish a process where individual students or campus groups could submit proposals on ways to spend the money and then the executive bring proposals to council to vote on whether to go ahead or not. If the USC really wanted to appear more approachable and collaborative, they missed a major chance to do so.

The executives also completely disregarded council’s request. For a student government that apparently prides itself on democracy, they didn’t even bother trying to fulfill council’s mandate. There had to have been at least one thing this year that could have used funding and benefited many students. The only way the USC could not have spent any of the money is if they think that the “student experience” is perfect and, so far, no one is arguing that.

The end result is what probably what should have happened from the very beginning, with all the money going towards future financial difficulties. By establishing a substantial resource and then not using that resource, the USC comes off as wasteful and unorganized rather than financially savvy and practical.

So if future USC members come across a similar ordeal, they should probably think long and hard about the potential a surplus can have. If they still determine an “innovation fund” is the best course of action, then they should be prepared to put their money where their mouth is.

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Nusaiba Al-Azem OPINIONS EDITOR @NusAtGazette

It’s easy to forget just how long a university summer break is — after all, for around 17 years of our lives in elementary and secondary school, the majority of us have been trained to consider only July and August summer months.

But every time I’m reminded that we’re technically off school duties from May to September, I’m shocked — and giddy — all over again.

That’s why it’s so important to be able to actually accomplish goals in the third of the year we spend recuperating from the stresses of university living. And the first step to accomplishing goals is to make them.

Not all of us have the privilege of backpacking Europe or participating in a foreign exchange program like the quintessential after school special recommends we do to come back from the break more cultured and glamorous, but we all have one thing in common that’s invaluable — time.

When I think that I’m going into what could be my last year at Western, I’m stunned at how little I feel I’ve done in my summers. In first-year I worked, in second-year I took summer school — but it all feels hollow and meaningless, and that’s probably because I didn’t actively decided to pursue anything I was passionate about.

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It’s not that I didn’t consider making a to-do list for those summers. I did. But “to-do” list sounds so work-like, and this was supposed to be summer, right? Free of obligations — just time to relax.

So I just let the time pass, instead of making use of it. I was just really happy to be away from the books and Weldon.

But now I feel remorseful that I’ve wasted that time.

I know a lot of students feel trapped with no free time in the school year — between exams, readings, work and actual class time, there’s hardly enough space in your schedule for a hobby or a social life. Some days there’s hardly enough time to sleep.

But the summer is meant for all of that to change. These are four precious months given to us to do what we will with them.

Whether it’s improving your physique by exercising more regularly or checking something off your bucket list, don’t let the next 16 weeks pass uneventfully. Just because it’s summer vacation doesn’t mean “productivity” has to be a bad word.

Aspiring author? Spend your months writing, and if you feel brave enough, submit your pieces to publishers or in contests. Painter? There’s some beautiful scenery to be captured on canvas, no matter where you are.

This summer I have a few books I’ve always wanted to read that I’m planning to finally get to, and between that and a European getaway, I hope to come back to school in the fall without experiencing any summer time sadness.

While May might almost be over, there’s still plenty of time for us all to make the best of the summer ahead of us.

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sports

saywhat?

“I’m going to f—king kill you.”

• Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic is alleged to have said to the Montreal Canadiens’ Dale Weise during the post-game handshake.

Rundown >> The Western Mustangs rugby team will have a new coach to start next season > David Knowles will take the helm from Steve Thomas, who will become general manager of the program > Knowles was previously an assistant coach for the Guelph Gryphons and head coach of the Brantford Rugby Club.

East beats West in showdown of the best Annual all-star game sees Team East take revenge Richard Raycraft MANAGING EDITOR @richatgazette

Canadian Interuniversity Sport’s top football players clashed in the 12th Annual East–West Bowl on Saturday, with the East squeezing out a 19–12 victory despite a lategame threat from the West.

With the win, the East takes revenge for an 18-17 loss to the West last year. They have now won four of the last five games.

The West still leads the series 7-5 following the defeat.

The contest took place at Western’s TD Stadium. Fans, friends, family and scouts filled the stands to watch the league’s best showcase their talent.

“It seemed to be a game of big plays,” said Kelly Jeffrey, Team East offensive coordinator. “A couple of times the West was driving and we had some big picks to turn the tide and change field position.”

The East got off to a good start, opening the scoring with a field goal and intercepting a pass from Guelph Gryphons’ quarterback Jazz Lindsey.

The East would score a touchdown on the ensuing drive with a catch by Concordia’s Jamal Henry on a 31-yard pass to take a 10-0 lead.

They would go on to score another field goal before the end of the first quarter to take a 13–0

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IT’S A PARTY OVER HERE. Team West missed a chance to follow up on their victory last year, falling 19–12 to Team East on Saturday in a game that saw them turn the ball over three times on interceptions.

lead early.

“Overall we played well,” Blake Neely, West coach, said following the game. “The turnovers hurt us, but in this kind of game it’s difficult to play a game without errors.”

The West would eventually get on the scoreboard with a touchdown on a short run by the University of British Columbia’s Brandon Deschamps.

A quiet third quarter saw no scoring from either side.

The West opened the scoring in the final quarter with a field goal, and after an East field goal

The Nanni Diaries Robert Nanni SPORTS EDITOR @RobertAtGazette

Have you ever talked badly about a friend or coworker? Surely you would never say anything to their face — that would be inappropriate. You would complain to someone you trust, assuming that they would withhold the information. Now what if you assumed incorrectly? Well then, we’d call you Donald Sterling.

After voicing private, yet undoubtedly racist, comments to his girlfriend, Los Angeles Clippers owner Sterling found himself swamped in playbacks of his own voice — “In your lousy Instagrams, you don’t have to have yourself walking with black people.”

Are you offended? I wouldn’t blame you if you were. But now sit back and think to yourself — Have I ever made inappropriate comments before? Specifically in the privacy of your own home, where you felt you had the utmost freedom of speech?

and rouge they found themselves down 19–12.

An exciting final minute saw the West threatening within ten yards of the East endzone. A couple of incomplete passes sealed the deal and the East claimed a victory in the low-scoring affair.

“If the game was about ten seconds longer we might have been in trouble,” Jeffrey admitted.

“I thought we played well and I was happy with the way that the kids finished, for sure,” Neely said.

It was a tough outing for the West quarterbacks Jazz Lindsey

Now I’m not condoning the man’s racism and bigotry, I’m just saying that he didn’t exactly do anything legally wrong. If anything, let’s examine the real offence committed in this situation. The recording was taped unknowingly and distributed to TMZ, a celebrity gossip website, for monetary gains. The ethics are questionable.

If we’re going to start taping everyone, imagine all of the inappropriately racist and sexist opinions we’d find. Everyone has an opinion, even if you disagree with it.

Sterling has owned the Los Angeles Clippers for 33 years, upping the team’s monetary value from $1.5 million to $1 billion. He has worked closely with numerous black men and women, and has displayed acceptable behaviour in public. So he has some personal qualms — that’s his issue. Aren’t his public actions the more important ones?

So what can the National Basketball Association do about it? In all honesty, not much. NBA commissioner Adam Silver has issued a lifetime ban and a $2.5 million fine for Sterling, along with a demand to sell the team.

That’s a lot to ask from a man who has served the NBA well for over three decades, who simply happens to have a less-thanorthodox perspective. The NBA wants to talk fairness and equality? They should start with the treatment of their associates.

and Jordan Yantz, who threw a total of three interceptions and were sacked four times between them. No passes got through for a touchdown.

“When you look at those interceptions we had — they didn’t get to punt so in terms of field position it changed things,” Jeffrey said.

“Our defence played very well — they did a good job. They were put in a lot of tough positions and they responded very well,” Neely said.

Four Western Mustangs — three for the West and one for the East

Breaking Brad Bradley Metlin SPORTS EDITOR @BradAtGazette

The owner of the Los Angeles Clippers is a racist. We’ve all heard the news now that Donald Sterling was caught in audio recordings telling his girlfriend that he was uncomfortable with her posting an Instagram photo with Magic Johnson. Sterling went on to explain he did not want black people at his basketball games.

Sterling’s stupidity sparked sharp criticism from anyone with a sensible head on their shoulders. NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced the league was banning Sterling from everything to do with the Clippers or NBA. Silver also said he would investigate action that would force Sterling to sell his team. Most applauded this move as a stunning show of leadership. Some, however, believe otherwise.

They argue that it’s unfair that Sterling has to sell his business. They argue that these

— got a chance to showcase their talent. They were running back Garret Sanvido, defensive end Ricky Osei-Kusi, defensive linemen Rory Connop and Daryl Waud for the West, and offensive linemen Kane McEwen for the East.

All players participated in a training camp preperation for the game, with a chance to impress scouts and coaches.

For Neely, it’s always a good experience.

“This is my fifth time as the coach doing this and I enjoyed every part of it,” he said.

were private statements that had no business being circulated to the public. They argue that nobody is perfect — surely you’ve made comments in private that would be inappropriate if aired for everyone to hear?

But Sterling’s business is not independent—it’s under the umbrella of the NBA, and, as such, their rules matter. Similarly, say Sterling also owned a McDonald’s franchise.

He has control over a number of things to do with that particular location but in the end, the McDonald’s Corporation controls things like the menu and company values. The NBA is no different.

Finally, I say the occasional inappropriate remark every now and again but I have never stated that I find an entire race of people uncomfortable. Sterling’s comments are flat out unacceptable.

What makes this all worse is the fact that the Clippers are no longer irrelevant. The past few seasons have seen the team draw fans away from the Lakers. They have made it to the second round of the playoffs. Indeed, Sterling’s comments come at a time when his team is more popular than ever.

Sterling’s comments are deeply problematic and with the increased spotlight, the Clippers do not need a racist at their helm.

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Mustangs prep for season at training camp Nathan Kanter SPORTS EDITOR @NathanAtGazette

The Western Mustangs football team took part in a spring training camp to kick off the month of May, preparing for the start of the season in September.

Head coach Greg Marshall liked what he saw from his team in the final practice before the team reconvenes in August. “[Camp] was good,” he said. “We had a great turnout. The scrimmage today was very good — a surprisingly high level for this time of year.”

Last season the Mustangs finished the regular season with a perfect 8-0 record and won the Yates Cup as the top team in the Ontario University Athletics division. They pounded the Queens Gaels by a score of 51–22 in the Yates Cup final yet fell to the Calgary Dinos in the Mitchell Bowl by a disappointing score of 44–3.

But the focus at spring training camp wasn’t about what could have been, but instead about making sure players know what to do to prepare for next season. Marshall stressed the mental aspect, emphasizing that it’s important all his players are on the same page.

“Our main objective at spring camp is to […] remind them about our plays and schemes,” he said. “[We want to] make sure there is a connection between all the stuff system wise, and all the learning we did all through the season.”

Heading into next season there are also some significant departures, including 2013 Canadian Interuniversity Sport Defensive Player of the Year, Pawel Kruba, and 2013 CIS Second Team AllCanadian Lirim Hajrullahu. Both players signed with Canadian Football League teams in January — Hajrullahu with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Kruba with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

More significant departures could also be coming Western’s way as 2013 CIS First Team All-Canadian linebacker Beau Landry was drafted in the first round of the CFL draft by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Defensive end and 2013 CIS Second Team All-Canadian Dylan Ainsworth was also scooped up during in the draft in the second round by the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Both players could return to Western if they fail to make their respective CFL clubs, but considering they were both taken in the top 11 picks the Mustangs could look

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significantly different on the defensive end.

Offensive lineman Joe Circelli and wide receiver Brian Marshall were also selected, both by the Calgary Stampeders.

When asked about improving for next year, Marshall said it’s mostly

2014 Memorial Cup preview and analysis London Knights (Host) The Skinny: The Knights will be competing in their third consecutive Memorial Cup and do not want to go 0-for-3. London knew it was going to be a tough playoff run — they finished fourth in the Western Conference due to an incredibly stacked Midwest Division, which forced them to face the top-seeded Guelph Storm in just the second round. They lost in just five games. This second-round exit does not mean they don’t deserve to be in the tournament, as they can certainly compete with the top teams in the country.

London has a wealth of talent up front, but after goalie Anthony Stolarz was suspended for a slash to the head of Josh Ho-Sang in the opening round, it became clear that goaltending could be an issue. The good news for London is Stolarz’s suspension was reduced from eight games to six, which means he’s eligible right from the start of the tournament.

Player to Watch: G – Anthony Stolarz Guelph Storm (OHL Champion) The Skinny: The Guelph Storm steamrolled through the OHL playoffs, winning every series in five games — an astounding feat given how tight the OHL’s Western Conference was. Like London, they are incredibly deep up front and amassed a league-high 340 goals during the regular season — an average of five per game. Maple Leafs prospect Matt Finn anchors the defense and registered a plus-74 rating from the regular season and playoffs combined.

Player to Watch: C – Robby Fabbri Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL Champion) The Skinny: The Oil Kings, who played in the tournament two years ago, are led by 2012 first round Phoenix Coyotes draft pick Henrik Samuelsson.

He tallied 95 points in the regular season and added 23 more in 21 playoff games. Interestingly, unlike the OHL teams, they don’t have a high-flying offence as just one Oil King finished in the top-25 in WHL scoring during the regular season. Their advantage is defence, which allowed a league-low 179 goals. On the back end, Griffin Reinhart is arguably too good for junior, and in goal they have a very capable Tristan Jarry, who sported a .925 save percentage in 21 playoff contests.

Player to Watch: D – Griffin Reinhart Val-d’Or Foreurs (QMJHL Champion) The Skinny: Val-d’Or may have had the toughest time getting through their league playoffs thanks to two game sevens, but they’re not an underdog by any stretch. Why? Meet Anthony Mantha. The Red Wings draft pick scored at an unimaginable pace in 2013-14, potting 81 goals in 81 games throughout the regular season and playoffs. On defence 20-year-old Guillaume Gélinas finished fourth in playoff scoring with 34 points — and he’s a defenceman.

Player to Watch: RW - Anthony Mantha Prediction: Defence wins championships, so I’m predicting the Edmonton Oil Kings will hoist the Memorial Cup. Sorry London.

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about experience.

“Experience [...] is not something you can do in the weight room,” he said. “I think that at positions like linebackers, those guys just need to get out there and play.”

With a stalwart like Will Finch returning at quarterback, Marshall

knows this team will be dangerous once again.

“We’ve got a good football team,” he stressed. “There’s no doubt in my mind that we’ve got as good a football team as we’ve put on the field in a few years. I’m looking forward to the start of the season.”

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