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STRESS

BY CAITLIN MARTIN NEWNHAM

he little red rectangle appeared above my Facebook message box within minutes. I had posted a status looking for individuals willing to share their firsthand experience with the stress of university causing mental or physical illness. Hoping to find one volunteer, I instead discovered seven people who wanted their story told. All participants had three things in common: They had all experienced illness caused from the stress of school, they all wanted to share their experiences, and they all believed that the stress of university reaches more students than most realize because it is not talked about. “For me it started after Christmas [of first year]. The first semester was exciting and new so it was almost like a high. Then coming back to school after being home again was hard for many reasons,” Shayna Stratford, a former Social Science student at Western, explains. Stratford came to London from a town of 8,000 people, so culture shock was the first contributor to her stress. Upon returning to Western for her second semester she became homesick, and was anxious about the results from her first university exams. “It wasn’t such a high anymore — more of a constant routine of classes, homework, studying, stress [and] almost no free time,” Stratford says. “I was having anxiety attacks, I was exhausted all the time and was eventually diagnosed with depression, an anxiety disorder, headaches and migraines.” But academics weren’t Stratford’s only stressor. She had personal problems with the only soph on her floor in first year, which deteriorated to the point that Stratford had to report that person. In addition, her roommates in Delaware Hall bullied her. In the middle of her second year, the psychology major had to leave Western because of her mental and physical ailments. Stratford could no longer stand to be in public places, and found that when she returned home, her family of five was even too large of a group to be around. “It triggered my anxiety and I don’t know why still.

It was almost like I needed to learn how to live all over [again],” Stratford recalls. “I knew in my mental state, I couldn’t give my education the concentration and effort I needed to do my best. If I couldn’t do my best, I didn’t want to spend the money on a half-assed education.” Kristina Martinsons, a second-year student of biochemistry at Western, has also been affected by the stress of university. However, Martinsons’ stress manifested physically rather than mentally. During the midterm exam season of her first year, Martinsons’ sensitive stomach developed into a serious gastrointestinal problem. “I couldn’t eat any foods without throwing up and getting really bad stomach pain,” Martinsons says. “[I] went to the doctor and they thought it was just a ‘budding’ ulcer because I drink a lot of coffee. They gave me [medication], it went away after a month and I didn’t think about it.” Despite her recovery, Martinsons’ stomach problems returned in her second semester, and the medication that previously worked no longer made the pain subside. Martinsons visited Student Health Services where they ran tests to search for an underlying illness to no avail. Martinsons had a stressful summer after her first year, which led to a four-day spell in which she could not eat at all. Her mom dragged her to the emergency room, and the attending doctor referred her to a stomach specialist. “[The specialist] diagnosed me as gluten sensitive and dairy sensitive — essentially any nonorganic food I can’t eat. And my sensitivity goes through the roof when I’m stressed,” Martinsons explains. “Good news is that it’s apparently pretty common with university students, according to this stomach specialist, and a lot of people actually have their problems go away once they graduate, which is nice, I guess.” Not only does Martinsons have to deal with distracting pain when doing schoolwork, but she also has to pack all of her food for the day when she goes to campus. This time-consuming commitment to a medical diet does not even ensure that her pain will not arise in times of stress.

Stratford and Martinsons aren’t alone in their struggles with university stress. The other students that reached out with their anecdotes explained a range of experiences. One student had a severe panic attack in a first-year exam, but was forced to finish the test. Another experienced severe heart pain brought on by stress during final exams. An extreme case involved a student with six courses and five jobs who had to consume four extra-large coffees each day over three weeks to get through his work until he began hallucinating. His visions forced him to stop drinking caffeine, but he admitted that he would not have passed his classes without the coffee. Some may argue that stress is an inevitable obstacle that all university students must face because of the nature of the institution. However, this mental or emotional strain shouldn’t be a prerequisite for surviving an undergraduate education. Dr. Robert Sapolsky of Stanford University explains the purpose of mammalian stress in the National Geographic documentary, Stress: Portrait of a Killer. The stress response originated as a physiological reaction to escape life-threatening situations, in which the body produces adrenaline and glucocorticoids. These stress-related neurotransmitters are meant to aid in the fight-or-flight response by shutting down the digestive system, raising blood pressure, making breathing more rapid, drawing blood from limbs toward the heart and brain and increasing sweating. This physiological reaction is beneficial in short-term life-threatening situations. However, Sapolsky revealed in the documentary that humans are experiencing this response for coping with worries as menial as taxes and the ozone layer thinning. Sapolsky showed that chronic stress response impacts the body by shrinking the brain, adding belly fat and unraveling chromosomes — to name a few side effects. >> see STRESS pg.2 Graphics: Mike Laine GAZETTE

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Seeking solace from stress

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Naturally, a shrinking brain is counterproductive for students striving to gain an education. Dominic P. Tremblay has contributed to the development of a teaching methodology as a part of Youth Science Canada that emphasizes inquiry-based learning, and allows students to learn at their own pace and pursue their personal interests while learning the facts required in curriculum. He has provided professional development from St. John’s to Kuujjuaq to Victoria in mathematics and science. He supports teachers in encouraging students not to fear failure, thus reducing the stress that accompanies learning based on simply reading textbooks and regurgitating facts. This program has influenced approximately 250,000 students across Canada alone. He has been invited to share his methodologies and knowledge about education in Nigeria this spring. Tremblay’s work has not only generated excitement

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in teachers, but students as well. Students have the opportunity to explore their own ideas with teachers as their guides. “Research conducted by Corinne Strydom in 2013 has shown that the number one quality most necessary to survive first-year university and college is resilience. This is not encouraged in the majority of classrooms in North America, and only comes from exploring a variety of answers to a challenge,” Tremblay explains. “We believe that inquiry-based learning encourages the development of resilience. Students who do not fear failure are much better equipped to face the challenges of university.” Stratford, Martinsons and their peers said their highest levels of stress correlate to exam seasons and other phases that determine their academic, financial or social standing, and therefore, potential failure. Based on research done by Sapolsky and techniques implemented by Newnham, it appears that student stress could be relieved by better preparation for coping with the concept of failure, and instilling an education paced by the student. Stratford was dismayed when she approached counsellors at Western in her second year because her options were to push through her depression and anxiety or drop out. She suggested that other schools might have a better solution for those that do experience the physiological strain of stress. “My friend had the same situation at Brock, I think it was. They offered her to take a ‘leave’ instead of dropping out,” Stratford says. “So once she was able to get things under control she was able to resume classes, no problem. I wish someone had offered that to me.” Cara Summers, a fourth-year Western science student, has anxiety that caused her to leave school for a month and drop two courses this year. Despite the pressure to obtain competitive marks, extracurricular activities, volunteer hours and research positions to be accepted into medical school, she offers an outlook that would be beneficial for other students dealing with stress to keep in mind. “What a lot of students are failing to realize is that you have your entire life to pursue something if it’s really what you want to do — medical school will still be around 10 years down the road, if that’s the time it takes you to get there.”

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USC rejects expanded speaking rights Kiah Berkely CONTRIBUTOR A motion to allow all students — not just speaking members — to speak at University Students’ Council meetings was voted down at the first meeting of the 2014–15 council on March 26. The motion, sponsored by Kevin Jacobs and Arjun Singh, proposed that the speaker be given “the authority to recognize any non-member and grant them the floor provided that the individual register with the speaker or acting speaker prior to the session being called to order.” Currently, there are 73 councillors with speaking and voting rights. Students can only speak if a member defers one of only two speaking rights granted per session. Incoming Board of Governors representative Jonathan English was in favour of the motion and was surprised to see it voted down last Wednesday. “I thought it would make [council] more inclusive, more opening, more welcoming, because you wouldn’t necessarily need to know anybody

on it, you could just come and talk,” English said. “It seemed fair to me.” English said that one way to continue to advance the issue of speaking rights would be to supersede current rules so that the deferral of speaking rights doesn’t take up one of a member’s chances to speak. Chief returning officer Pashv Shah also supported the motion. He explained that each council member represents 600 students and there is no way to know how many of those students are being represented at meetings. “I don’t think that my representative can represent my own ideas, my own opinions on specific decisions all the time,” Shah said. “I wanted this motion to get passed because I think it’s very important for cultural minorities — or any form of minorities on campus — to voice their opinions if they believe their elected representatives aren’t able to do so.” Shah believes that if the wording in the motion had been more specific, such as setting a limit to how many students could speak at each meeting, it would have been more

likely to pass. USC president Pat Whelan voted against the motion because he sees it as an unproductive solution to a broader problem. “This is a small tweak as opposed to really looking at how do we make council more effective — which I think is making it smaller — more accountable, making individual councillors accountable [by] publishing their voting records and what they choose to speak to,” Whelan said. The motion also opens itself up to abuse, Whelan said. “It’s an individual coming to represent an individual view. The challenge that councillors have is that they don’t get to represent an individual view; they represent the views of the 30,000 students.” Whelan recommended that council task next year’s executive with building mechanisms to ensure student feedback is a larger part of all council’s major decisions. Incoming USC president Matt Helfand spoke in favour of the motion but declined to comment for this story.

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TALK DIRTY TO ME. Jordan Pearson utilizes his speaking rights at an early March University Students’ Council meeting. Council voted against a motion to grant speaking rights to non-elected students-at-large on March 26.

News Brief

Women still underrepresented in work force More women may be graduating university, but they are underrepresented in the work force, especially in certain fields like engineering and technology. A study released by Statistics Canada on Tuesday found that between 1991 and 2011, the number of employed women between the ages of 25 to 34 with a university degree increased from 19 per cent to 40 per cent, whereas with males it only increased from 17 per cent to 27 per cent. Regardless of the greater increase in gaining degrees, women are not represented in top male job fields such as engineering and technology. Instead, they are choosing the traditionally female-dominated fields, such as nursing and teaching. “Many women choose careers not because they think those jobs will earn them the most money, but because they want a fulfilling well-balanced life,” said Tracy Adams, chair of the Department of Sociology at Western, in an e-mail. “Jobs in STEM fields have a reputation for not providing great work-life balance, and not being particularly friendly to women.” With more females graduating from universities, there is also an increase of women in various occupations, however, certain occupations saw a greater rise than others. In jobs shared by both males and females, the greatest increase of women present was seen in health policy researchers, consultants and program officers. Adams said she feels the reason why women haven’t decided to choose top male jobs is because those jobs are structural, meaning they are seen as not women-friendly and there is considerable evidence of discrimination and workplace harassment. “These fields have tried to change to open up opportunities for women, but things don’t change magically overnight,” Adams said. “Women may increase their participation in these fields in the future, but the issues are complex and there is no quick fix.” — Kobena Easwaran

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Arts&Life

saywhat? “Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.”

— Coco Chanel

hat is fashion? It’s more than just what you’re wearing. It’s even more than how you wear it. Instead, fashion is a medium — a canvas on which your personality is painted in the colours and styles of your choice. This year, Fashion for Friday sought to explore Western’s artists. Not the ones who work in paints and pastels, but the ones dabbling in fabrics and fits. It wasn’t merely an advice column on how to properly dress, it was an exploration of Western’s personality — a cross section of campus culture as captured in couture. One of the most illuminating things Fashion for Friday found was the vast variety of muses sought by students. Some chose to adopt a laissez-faire approach, seeing fashion as a means of practicality and convenience. Others delicately crafted their dress to express an idea, allowing for an accessible depiction of their character and their motivations. One notion, however, was universally upheld. If you’re going to wear it, wear it with confidence. Avoid contrivances, outward pressures, cut-and-paste trends. If you pay homage to something, make sure it’s done with an injection of who you are — that’s what makes your fashion important. So enjoy our review of Fashion for Fridays. Take from it what you will, be it inspiration, revelation or motivation. So long as it’s never imitation. — Cam “Smoth” Smith

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Unsimulated sex surprisingly unstimulating GGGGH Nyphomaniac Director: Lars von Trier Starring: Charlotte Gainsborough, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Uma Thurman, Jamie Bell, Mia Goth, Willem Dafoe Controversial for using CGI to depict actors having graphic sex, Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac Part I & II unquestionably falls on the art side of the art/porn debate. For a film with as much sex in it as this film, the last thing this film will make people do is want to get it on in a movie theatre. Joe (Stacy Martin/Charlotte Gainsborough) is a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac. After being found beaten in an alley by a quirky, asexual man, Saligman (Stellan Skarsgård), Joe recounts her life story and sexual exploits while Seligman offers artistic interpretations of her actions. The exploits vary from funny to awkward to horrifying. Tales of Joe

losing her virginity to a man who humps her nonchalantly and Joe proposing sex with two non-English speaking men provide darkly comic moments. In stark contrast, an encounter with the wife of a man she has a relationship with (Uma Thurman) and a violent sadist (Jamie Bell) provide uncomfortable, but unforgettable moments. The performances are at times inconsistent. The jump between young Joe (Martin) and older Joe (Gainsborough) is unconvincing — their accents don’t exactly line up. Speaking of accents, Shia LaBoeuf plagiarizes every horrible fake British accent you’ve ever heard in his performance as Jerome. While Part I is a sometimes-comic coming-of-age story, Part II moves into darker territory, becoming a tragic horror as Joe loses her ability to become sexually aroused. Together, they run for nearly four hours, but an even longer director’s cut exists. As a work of art, Nymphomaniac is nearly impossible to read. Some critics view Joe’s life as a representation of von Trier’s career. References

Consider veganism if you dare to care Cool Story Broekoff

Ian Boekhoff NEWS EDITOR After an excruciating four-hour climb — with a very insufficient amount of water — we had finally made it to our hostel high in the Swiss Alps. Perched on the side of a cliff, it had an incredible view of mountains that took my breath away. I spent a few hours on the balcony, talking to a group of young Americans who were a few years older than me. It was one of them in particular who really intrigued me. At one point, it came up that he was a vegetarian and formerly a vegan, which surprised me because he was built like a small bull. What followed was a conversation about why anyone would want to be a vegetarian, how hard it was to travel as one and the philosophy behind food in general. Maybe it was the air up in the mountains, but it really stuck in my memory. I was obviously very predisposed to being against veganism because as I said in a previous column, I grew up on a dairy farm. What was the point, though, of just one person abstaining from something? Is there any impact at all? I had also just read the title essay of David Foster Wallace’s Consider the Lobster, which made me vow to never ever eat a lobster. So what made other animals any different? I thought about it for a very long time, usually while chowing down on a steak and cheese sub or Hawaiian pizza or some other meat based food. The only option to rectify the tension between the philosophical and the reality was veganism — complete abstinence from not only meat, but all animal

byproducts. A lot of people said it was possible — if you tried really hard mind you — to get everything you need to function as a human being from plant based food. It required only buying certain food, and a lot of cooking — two things I didn’t previously have to do on a standard Western diet. But I decided to try it and, since it can be boiled down to being a habit and making it public is one of the things you can do to stick to a habit, I decided go vegan in the most public possible way, by writing about it for The Gazette. As a result, I’ve stuck to what is a really hard choice to make every day, eating non-animal product foods. That’s really what being vegan is — a move towards morally and ethically justifiable consumption. And it is not at all easy, especially at first. I still struggle to make it work. It requires serious planning and making sure you know exactly what you’re going to eat every day. Despite how hard it was for me, transitioning can be made easier with some rigorous scheduling. It isn’t that bad to only eat vegetables, fruit and nuts. It can even be tasty, which came as a surprise to me. Ultimately, being a vegan is all about making a choice. And if you really think about what you eat and where it came from, being vegetarian or vegan is probably a conclusion you will come to. That’s not to say everything about how plant foods get to your plate is rosy — instead of animals being exploited, it tends to be humans — but eliminating meat is a step in the right direction, I think, ethically wise. It’s hard, but it’s not bad or impossible. If I can do it, so can you. I will probably start to eat animal byproducts and meat again, but those occasions will be rare, and maybe when I really have time to plan and execute the vegan diet correctly, it won’t happen again.

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to The Idiots, Melancholia, and Antichrist are quite clear, but it requires an intimate knowledge of von Trier’s films and his persona. However, he could just as easily be Seligman, providing an artistic interpretation of life that digresses into bizarre connections about fly fishing and the Fibonacci sequence. Neither interpretation provides a satisfying explanation of the film’s

ending. The ending is such an awful load to swallow that it almost warrants spitting out the entire film. Given the catharsis and life-affirming nature of what von Trier moves towards and the natures of the characters that have been built over the four-hour running time, the ending of the film is cynical, inconsistent and subsequently insanely frustrating.

Aside from the ending and whatever interpretation is put on it, Nymphomaniac is probably one of the most ambitious projects put on screen. Von Trier is the man behind the curtain. Like Plato’s allegory, he casts long shadows on the wall of a cave. Who’s to say what they mean or if there is really any meaning to be found, but they are most certainly worth discussing.

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Opinions

“Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would, I’d never leave.”

– A.A. Milne

Minding The wrath is finally over your mind A ubiquitous experience of the modern university student is stress. Every single one of us experiences it to some degree. The problem is, more and more of us are facing crippling stress and that’s not okay. Students now are under more stress than ever before. They are not only expected to have the best grades, but also to be a club president, volunteer for numerous organizations and have job experience. Our parents faced just as intense — some would argue more intense — of a workload, but they didn’t face the societal pressure to be involved and to do great in everything. The hardest part of their university experience was getting in, not getting through it. Students today also seem to be more easily affected by stressors. Instead of doing work calmly and methodically, there now is a mentality of “I’m going to fail,” or “there’s just too much work, professors don’t understand.” This mentality is not something that solves anything, but it does make us feel like we are the victims, not part of the problem. Students also don’t help themselves. They make choices all the time that can reduce the amount of stress they face. Eating healthy, getting enough sleep, exercising and planning time for both work and play can easily reduce stress and improve how students feel. The mental is not separated from the physical, they are interconnected, so instead of ordering in pizza again, grabbing a banana and doing some pushups is the better option. It’s also not up to professors to lessen students’ stress. While some do grant extensions and lenient late penalties, it is not their responsibility to do so because their time is very limited. But it doesn’t help that policies vary so much between faculties. Submitting one minute past the midnight deadline in some courses means an instant five per cent penalty, while in other courses there may not be any penalty at all. It may seem like there’s more stress, but we’re also more aware of it. People are more open about stress and talking about it. While there is still a stigma surrounding mental health, it is no longer an unspoken, unwritten issue. Some students do need to seek professional help and they are encouraged to do so. But for the rest of us, understanding, compassion and conscious decision making will make our university experience just a little less stressful. — The Gazette EditorialBoard

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Wrath of McGrath

Kaitlyn McGrath ASSOCIATE EDITOR This year, there’s been an ongoing joke with The Gazette that I have worked at the newspaper for 100 years. While slightly — okay, very — hyperbolic, the sentiment is truthful. I have been working here for a long time, five years to be exact, the longest tenure of any of the current editors. I began the journey as a keen sports volunteer, stayed on that path and became sports editor, took a wrong turn and ended up as an opinions editor, found my way again and walked into the role as associate editor and, finally, got lazy, sat down and stayed the associate editor, damnit. While the road was long and sometimes bumpy — even treacherous at points — there are many advantages to spending your entire university career at The Gazette. The most obvious is that I had the opportunity to hone the difficult, yet incredibly rewarding craft of writing. The most practical is that during that awkward hour-long break between two

classes, I always had an office to go to and wait it out (and do some work, probably). The most sentimental is that I am able to call so many amazingly talented young journalists my co-workers, my former co-workers and, most importantly, my friends. But there’s also a pretty big disadvantage — I’ve had to say goodbye a lot. No matter how many different ways I try to twist it, the meaning behind it is always the same. Every year a handful of student editors graduate and move on to bigger newsrooms. Every year, I said farewell to people that, in the span of sometimes only a year, morphed from colleagues to friends to practically family. And every year, I stayed back, comforted only by the security of knowing I’d get to spend another year at The Gazette — because if everyone was leaving me, at least I wasn’t leaving it. Until now. The time has (finally) come for me to say goodbye. You’d think after all that practice I’d feel prepared, or desensitized, or ambivalent. But I’m not. I am, unsurprisingly, very sad. If I’ve learned anything from all the times I stood at The Gazette office door, waving goodbye, it’s that for the newspaper to continually grow and for The Gazette to continue to be — in my opinion — the best campus paper in Canada, the most

Letter to the Editor

Sexual partners still a big issue RE: “USecrets not positive space,” Wednesday, April 2, 2014. To The Editor: After reading the Sex Issue, the Gazette feature “What is your Kill Count” and yesterday’s letter, I have finally had enough of The Gazette vapidly pushing the tired narrative that to be sexually progressive means you exercise no judgment with regard to sex or a partner’s sexual history. Endemic in all of these pieces is the suggestion that if you aren’t approving of everything a prospective lover has done in their sexual past, you are some sort of Victorian “sex is dirty and bad” prude. This simplistic and frankly dishonest label relies on the false binary that people are either sexually uptight and ashamed of their bodies or licentious sex addicts. The reality is far more sophisticated. The spectrum between these two ridiculous extremes includes many mature, sex-positive people including me. As a gay man with no religious affiliation, I had no interest in waiting until marriage. At the same time, I refuse to

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Dear Life make sex a version of the handshake, despite the current stereotypes about gay men. For reasons of safety, ethical standard, and my own personal relationship goals I am selective in whom I take as a lover. This does not mean that I, or people like me, have any hang-ups about sex. Sex is fun and its psychological and physiological benefits are well demonstrated. We simply wish to have sex on our terms. Labeling us as closed-minded puritans when we reject someone because he or she’s had more partners than birthdays, is into “water sports” or wants a one-night stand says more about you than it does about us. It says that you aren’t mature enough to realize that basing your social and self-worth on having lots of sexual experience is no better than basing it on being a virgin. They are two sides of the same coin. You are free to do as you want when it comes to your sex life, but we don’t owe you sex just because your feelings will be hurt by rejection. If you’re offended by our rejecting you because you don’t stand up to what we want in a lover, well, that’s your hang-up, not ours. — Arzie Chant Biology IV

Your anonymous letters to life Dear Life, Derob tsuj ma I. (Hint: Tnih) Dear Life, I want to encourage people to submit drunk Dear Lifes for our collective entertainment. Dear Life, Is there a more socially acceptable term for chain smokers? Dear Life, This girl said she met me at a vegetarian club, but I was pretty sure I’d never met herbivore. Dear Life, Why isn’t there a coffee vending machine in the UCC for those pulling all-nighters? The night is still young when Tim’s closes at 11. wgaz.ca/dearlife

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experienced members must leave. We need to move along so new writers can provide a fresh perspective. We need to take our tired and washed-up jokes elsewhere so fresh blood can inject some original humour into these pages. We need to let others walk in our footsteps and stumble from time to time because that’s the best way to find your feet in this crazy business. If encyclopedic editors like me stuck around forever, it would be selfish. Working here has been the greatest experience I’ve had at Western and it’s about time I let someone else join the fun. But as I depart, let me say this — to my colleagues who are returning, remember to always find time to laugh between those tight deadlines. To the fortunate few who earned a spot on the masthead for volume 108, enjoy every minute, because it flies by. And to the readers, who without you The Gazette would be nothing, thank you for sending me minimal hate mail. It’s been swell providing news to the student body and I have enjoyed my journey, but now I must take my final step — and step aside. Adios. Farewell. Ciao. So long. Au revoir. Sayonara. Adieu. It’s true that no matter how many different ways I try to say it, it doesn’t get any easier. So I’ll keep it simple. Goodbye, Gazette — and thank you.

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Sports

gameday The Toronto Maple Leafs will aim to salvage whatever is left of their once hopeful season this Saturday at the Air Canada Centre where they will take on the Winnipeg Jets. The Leafs currently chase the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Detroit Red Wings for the final wild card spot. Game time is 7 p.m.

Rundown >> On Thursday Canadian Interuniversity Sport announced this year’s East-West Bowl roster > five Mustangs have been invited to showcase their talents at the annual prospect game > Garret Sanvido, Rory Connop, Ricky Osei-Kusi, Daryl Waud and Kalvin Johnson will be the five Mustangs playing for team West on Saturday May 10.

Varsity ‘Stangs recognized for achievements Western holds 73rd Athletics Awards Gala for students Nusaiba Al-Azem SPORTS EDITOR Wednesday night was an important one for Western Mustangs student athletes. The Mustangs held the 73rd annual Athletic Awards Gala at the London Convention Centre to honour outstanding varsity athletes. Among the awards presented that night was the Dr. Claude Brown Memorial Trophy, given to an athlete judged to have made the greatest contribution to intercollegiate athletics during their time at Western. While nominees for the awards included football kicker/punter Lirim Hajrullahu and badminton senior Martin Giuffre, ultimately the award was given to men’s volleyball player Garrett May. “[This is a] great achievement for Garrett. He has had an outstanding career and deserves to be considered as one of Western’s top graduating athletes,” Mustangs men’s volleyball head coach Jim Sage said of the distinction. May earned the trophy after four dedicated years with the volleyball team. In his time at Western, the Toronto native led Western to four consecutive Ontario University Athletics finals, as well as three Canadian Interuniversity Sport men’s volleyball championships. “Garrett is an extremely competitive player who sets his goals and objectives very high,” Sage said. “He is without a doubt one of best and most distinguished athletes ever to play volleyball for Western.” The former junior world champion in beach volleyball was a fourtime OUA all-star, three-time CIS all-Canadian, OUA and CIS rookie of the year, and 2013 OUA player of the year. In fact, with his contribution, this year’s men’s volleyball team managed to earn a national silver medal at the CIS level. Sage recognized the importance of May’s achievement in the wake of nationals. “It’s a nice way to finish off our tremendous year on the court. Second in Canada was a huge accomplishment and the major awards only make it better,” Sage said. The F.W.P. Jones Trophy, designated for a female athlete who exhibits the traits of a strong contributor during their time at Western, was awarded to female wrestler Brianne Barry. Nominees for the Jones Trophy included basketball guard Jenny Vaughan and badminton star Alex Bruce. “It’s fantastic for her and it’s good for our program so I’m really happy that she won that award because it’s a reflection on her entire university career here as a Mustang student athlete,” Mustangs wrestling head coach Ray Takahashi said. “So I’m really happy for her.” The London native has blown the wrestling world away for the past five seasons, winning five straight OUA

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JUST ANOTHER ONE FOR THE MANTLE. Wednesday night was the 73rd annual Athletic Awards Gala. Western Mustangs men’s volleyball player Garrett May (left) won the Dr. Claude Brown Memorial Trophy, while women’s wrestler Brianne Barry won the F.W.P. Jones Trophy for outstanding contribution towards intercollegiate athletics.

gold medals. Nationally, Barry has won three silver medals, and added a gold to her trophy case this season. “She came into the program with some good credentials but she’s been able to be one of the best wrestlers in Canada, both at the CIS level and at the national open level, so she has high aspirations,” Takahashi said. Barry, who is a member of Canada’s U24 national team and competes in a month’s time to be named to the national team once again, has the Olympics in her sight, and according to her coach, that’s a plausible goal. “She’s been top-three in the nationals the last couple of years, so it’s not unrealistic for her to be at that level,” Takahashi said. “So, it’s close. It’s very competitive, but she’s close.” In addition to the trophies, Mustangs’ quarterback for the football team Will Finch and Jenny Vaughan were named the Male and Female Athletes of the Year, respectively. “I was very honoured to have been named athlete of the year,” Vaughan said. “I am extremely humbled to receive this award and so proud to represent my team and my school. It has been a privilege to represent Western for the past four years and I am extremely blessed to have been selected as female athlete of the year amongst so many terrific athletes.” Vaughan surpassed a fantastic milestone by being the first woman to eclipse the 500-point barrier in a

single campaign, setting a new OUA record of 506 points. Finch also broke a few records in the OUA record book, including a new completion percentage of 69.7 per cent and passing yards of 3,047 yards. The night also featured Western’s prestigious Purple Blanket awards, given to students who have made outstanding contributions to Western athletics. Fifteen Purple Blankets were given to major award recipient Garrett May, football player Lirim Hajrullahu, badminton player Alex Bruce, men’s hockey player Zach Harnden, women’s lacrosse player Caitlin Mancuso, Pawel Kruba of the football team, rower Natasha Caminsky, rower Jennifer Martins, rower Derek Stedman, swimmer Robert Wise, swimmer Shannon Nell, wrestler Larissa D’Alleva, track and field member Matthew Brisson, men’s volleyball player Phil James, and men’s hockey player Josh Unice. With so many sports in gear all year, the Athletic Awards Gala remains a wonderful way for athletes of all kinds to end the academic year by recognizing their achievements in each other’s company. “To me, being a Mustang means being a part of the tradition and history of being a Western athlete,” Vaughan explained, stressing the importance of the event and of being a Mustangs athlete in general. “Mustangs athletes are extremely dedicated and hardworking, and I know personally, I am very proud to wear my purple and white uniform.”

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REPORT CARD Swimming

Expectations

Best moment

Expectations, while high for the Mustangs this year, were colossal for the women’s team. Neither men’s nor women’s swimming teams has brought home a national title for years. That said, the women’s team typically does extremely well at the provincial level. Since the 2008–09 season, the women have brought home an Ontario University Athletics banner to Western. This year the women’s team was expected to repeat as provincial champions and both teams were expected to be competitive in the Canadian Interuniversity Sports championships.

MVP

Worst moment

Both the women’s and men’s teams had higher rankings than last season at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport championships. While they ranked sixth and 10th, respectively, just one season ago, this time around, both teams were ranked fifth, with the men’s team garnering 200 points. That marks a significant improvement of the 58 points from last season, and the 200 points were just short of the 209.5 points scored by the fourth-place McMaster Marauders men’s swimming team.

Looking forward

This season, veteran Robert Wise brought home four out of the six gold medals the Mustangs swimming team won at the OUA championships. His achievements were also recognized at the 2013–14 Athletic Awards Gala, in which he was named the MVP of the men’s swimming team. The 2013 OUA all-star came in first place for the 1,500-metre freestyle event at the Stratten Division Championships in November, proceeding to earn gold and silver medals for the 400-metre and 200-metre freestyles, respectively. Wise is leaving the Mustangs after this season, graduating from Western with the OUA’s Graduating Athlete Award of Distinction.

Having held the OUA championship title for half a decade, the Mustangs women’s swimming team failed to defend their five-year title streak against the University of Toronto Varsity Blues at the Ontario University Athletics championships. Their 692 points just weren’t enough to catch the 823 points of the Varsity Blues. For graduating swimmers, this is certainly a pity. That said, their performance was still very strong — just not strong enough to meet the expectation of gold.

Overall grade

With OUA’s Graduating Athlete Award of Distinction winners Robert Wise, David Hatch and Shannon Nell leaving the Mustangs, the swimming team has lost a few veterans. This will certainly change the team’s performance next year. That said, Paulina Bond, MVP at the 2013–14 Athletic Awards Gala, can be expected to continue leading the women’s team next season, while Emma Sproule, recognized as the OUA Rookie of the Year in her debut the previous season, should be looked forward to as well.

B+

Having made it to competition at the OUA and CIS championships with good results, the Mustangs swimming team deserves a B+. The women’s team finished second at the OUA championships, and the men’s team ranked third. Both teams placed in fifth in the CIS championships, which marked a significant improvement over last year. That being said, the women’s team failed to defend their OUA championship — losing that event for the first time in six years. It will be a tough road back to where they are now because of the departures, but will a solid core, the Mustangs will be competitive for years to come.

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