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Volume 107, Issue 92

Reefer in rez Aaron Zaltzman ASSOCIATE EDITOR Jared* recalls a time when he was worried about being caught with drugs in his residence. “Initially, we would lock our door, turn on the fan, open all the windows — those are the lengths we went to when we thought it was serious,” he says, recounting his naiveté as a first-year Western student in residence, more than a few years ago now. The apprehension didn’t last very long though. “At one point my roommate bought a hookah, and it stayed in plain sight so that if the door was open you could see it,” says Jared, now an upperyear computer science student. “That was a signal to us that while the rules were very strict on paper, they weren’t really being enforced and we didn’t really have to worry.” “It depended on which drugs, but marijuana was always readily available, and if I bought drugs from my roommate, very often he would buy them from someone else in residence,” he says. “Before Christmas, when my roommate came back with a bunch of pot, he relied on another guy in residence.” Residence is a staple of university life, and is designed to provide a comfortable environment for new students transitioning to a more independent life and experiencing a lot of firsts. Fill a confined living space with a group of teenagers who are newly independent and looking to make friends, and there are going to be certain realities — one of those realities is that drugs are ever-present. It may not be a peer pressure cooker or anything out of a D.A.R.E. class, but Jared thinks there is something about residence that enables, if not encourages, drug use. “You get a very strong community because there’s so much commonality between a lot of people who didn’t know each other before,” he says. “You feel comfortable talking to each other in a way that you wouldn’t in a classroom. You’re not crossing a significant boundary asking someone where you can get drugs.” Certainly something about residence breeds a sociable atmosphere — almost all residences

will feature scenes of students hanging out in common areas or even drinking together in the hall. Residence makes it easy to meet a lot of new people and therefore gives access to a lot of new opportunities — but it does seem to do something special for access to drugs. Jared says in his residence experience, drugs were even easier to come by than alcohol. “For alcohol you had to go somewhere, and in residence it was common that people weren’t the legal drinking age. If you weren’t legal, you had to find a friend to come with you or buy you alcohol,” he explains. “For weed it was a matter of walking down the hall or going to a different floor, and within five minutes you could be back in your room.” Actually, for Jared things were even easier than walking down the hall. His roommate had a plentiful supply of pot during his time in residence, and eventually his room became known as one of “those rooms.” “It was word of mouth, and at one point I had someone ask me if I knew where to get some pot, and I asked my roommate if he was comfortable with me giving out his name,” Jared recounts. “There was an initial resistance for a day or two, but after that he was okay with me telling other people.” No doubt selling weed is a good way to get to know people in residence, but Jared also says that with a reputation as a source for weed and a ready, intimate customer base, his roommate’s financial opportunities looked pretty good. Jared recounts a time when his roommate offered to get him in on the game. “He suggested that we should wholesale. He said that 20 ounces of marijuana would require a $600 investment, and if we sold by the gram, it would be something like $280 per ounce,” he says, noting that such a business model is basically the essence of capitalism. “The idea was to sell them in residence. A few people around the residence knew to come to him for weed. He figured while he was in residence it was a good plan, and afterwards there would still be a market.” Jared didn’t join in on the investment in the end, but his anecdote is a good example of how

residence offers opportunities for both buyers and sellers of drugs. However, while it may be easy to find marijuana in residences at Western, it doesn’t appear to be an area of worry for the residence managers. “Students smoking marijuana is societal, it happens in high school, it happens at all universities, and it’s not just students,” says Jennifer Ashenden, the assistant director of residences of Western Housing. “I think what happens in residence is fairly reflective of what other people notice in the general community.” For Ashenden, marijuana is a reality of student life, confined to the minority of students — more relevantly, it doesn’t differ too much in or out of residence. She says drug use, like irresponsible drinking, isn’t considered endemic. “Most of the students who live in residence choose not to participate in drugs, and those who choose to drink, for the most part, drink responsibly, believe it or not,” Ashenden says. “Relatively speaking, few students come to our attention for serious drinking or drug use. But yes, drug use is absolutely something that takes place, and it’s certainly something that we follow up on.” From Ashenden’s point of view, residence may in fact hinder drug use. She thinks the supervision that comes from the residence staff and in-house sophs would be enough to make drug use more difficult in residence than out of it. “There are several hundred other students who could report you without you knowing, so I’m not so sure that it’s easier,” she says. “It would seem to me that you could smoke pot in a house off campus and nobody would be any the wiser, whereas there are a lot more eyes in residence.” However, as Jared’s anecdote demonstrates, the supervision may not be that large of a deterring factor. Though marijuana is illegal, there seems to be a certain societal tolerance that allows for students to use it in residence without having to fear consequences. “My experience with drugs in residence was that weed was very common, but I also think that culturally weed isn’t considered a big deal among our age group,” Jared explains. “Residence is an >> see DRUGS pg.2 Photography: Kelly Samuel GAZETTE

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enabling factor, but it’s enabling something that most people don’t see as wrong. It’s not enabling something that is societally unacceptable.” This attitude seems to be reflected in many of the official policies towards drugs in residence, whether they come from the residence managers or the sophs who are meant to act as mentors for first-year students. While officially prohibited, the attitude of the general residence authorities towards marijuana is closer to “don’t ask, don’t tell.” A first-time offender who finds themselves speaking to residence staff about marijuana is probably more likely to get a lecture than a police record. “We’ve actually implemented a restorative justice and educational model and practices quite a number of years ago,” Ashenden says. “And we’ve noticed significant reduction and recidivism rates, and in discipline in general.” “We try to help the students learn, so it’s not a matter of ‘you got caught with drugs, out you go,’” she says. “We try to educate students and give them second chances — we do take it seriously though, and there are sanctions, but it’s not an immediate expulsion.” However, this policy only applies to the usual scenario of getting caught, wherein a residence staff notices smoke or an odor, or there

is an anonymous complaint by another student. Things go differently if a student is caught redhanded, as the official policy calls for residence staff to notify campus police in that event. In the grey area of enforcement are the residence sophs, who live in the dorm rooms and thus are not likely to miss frequent drug use. While they play a part in the prohibition against drugs, their role to act as guides providing a comfortable atmosphere for students means that they are encouraged to take a hands-off approach. “When we have sophs in the building we want to make sure they stay away from drugs as much as they can. And they do come in contact with it a lot, considering the residences are full of students who choose to partake in drugs,” explains Zachary Hawley, who is the former head soph of Essex Hall and currently serves as residence coordinator. He says the main response that sophs are encouraged to take is reporting drug use anonymously to the residence staff. “We want to make sure first-year students are safe, first and foremost, and that everyone is comfortable on the floor. The reason that we tell sophs to report drug use is because those types of situations could be unsafe for first-year students, and can make other students on their floor uncomfortable,” he says. However, the discrepancy

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between what is in the rulebook and what actually happens may be fairly large. “Sophs are encouraged to let staff or the front desk know, even anonymously,” says Ashenden. “Do they usually do that? We definitely have sophs that will bring it forward, and there are probably sophs that don’t do that.” Hawley also echoed that the response to drugs in residence might be varied among different sophs. “In practice, I would like to say that reporting happens. I’m sure there are sophs that do intervene in that scenario, and I think it’d be naive to say that there aren’t sophs who have joined in,” says Hawley. Jared says the sophs in his residence seemed generally more concerned for the students than for upholding policy. “I think the role the sophs and staff played was more about warning you that you could be in trouble if a more legitimate authority figure found out,” he says. “But they never partook in it, at least that I know of — if it was a risk for them not to say anything, it was a much bigger risk to participate in it.” “There would be a sort of blind eye mentality.” However, it’s important to note that even in the residence policies, the “blind eye” mentality generally only applies in cases of marijuana or underage drinking. Drugs like cocaine or MDMA are not, as Jared puts it, “socially acceptable” and belong to a different set of norms than weed — the residence policy for dealing with so-called “hard drugs” actually calls for automatic police involvement. “I asked a floor-mate of mine if I could get ecstasy, and he said absolutely not,” says Jared, recalling the different social standards for hard drugs in his residence days. “In first year, I found that it wasn’t something you could get in residence.” In the end, the social influence may play the biggest role in determining what drugs students use in residence, and how often they use them. It seems that in the absence of traditional authority figures, students generally have enough sense to make good choices. “We haven’t really seen huge spikes in drug use over the years. There may be a gradual increase, but nothing that really stands out as a concern for a particular year,” Ashenden says. “We really try to take an educational approach about the dangers of heavy drinking and illegal drug use, so most of our students in residence are well-informed and make responsible choices. We have 5,000 students in residence — we certainly don’t have 5,000 coming to our attention.” Jared says in his experience in residence, drugs were a reality, but not generally a problem, and he doesn’t think things have changed too much since then. If the point of residence is to help students transition into independence and grow, then drugs are simply one of many different learning experiences that students encounter in residence. “You could look at it as a corrupting influence, because these students are doing things that are quasi-legal. But you could also say that the experience is important in growing up,” he says. “The enabling structure of residence isn’t a positive thing or a negative thing — it’s just a thing that can’t be avoided.” *Name changed to protect identity.

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USC votes in favour of oil divestment Megan Devlin NEWS EDITOR The University Students’ Council passed a motion Wednesday night to investigate the feasibility of oil divestment. Vice-president finance Spencer Brown is tasked with looking into the issue, and there will be a vote on divesting the USC’s endowment in oil as well as lobbying the administration to do the same by next October. Oil divestment is a movement to remove financial investments from companies in the fossil fuel industry because of the belief that it is morally wrong for institutions of higher education to profit from environmental destruction. Last fall, Dalhousie became the latest of several student unions who have passed motions to lobby their administrations to divest from fossil fuel holdings. While Western’s USC hasn’t taken that strong of a stance, this motion is the first step. Stuart Ruffolo, coordinator for EnviroWestern, gave a presentation at council exposing the environmental dangers the oil industry poses,

and the ethical issues regarding oil investment. “Extreme weather events around the world present for us a very clear picture that climate change is something that we need to act on now,” Ruffolo said in an interview. “People don’t realize the fierce urgency of now because people are not good at thinking globally.” President Pat Whelan supported the motion — a change from his previous stance on oil divestment. “More research into an issue that some students are very passionate about is always important,” Whelan explained. While he had no problem looking into how the USC invests, he had concerns about lobbying the administration to divest. “Learning is the common element between students. That is the focus of our advocacy — what directly impacts students learning. The oil divestment is an outside issue,” Whelan said. Lobbying the administration on divestment, however, is a conversation next year’s council will have to have.

In the meantime, vice-president finance Spencer Brown met with the USC’s investment advisor on Friday to look into the financial feasibility of oil divestment. “We have to find out, as a USC, what the financial impacts are before we potentially pass a divestment policy,” Brown said. The USC currently holds its investments with TD bank through an investment company called Ethical Funds. While Ethical Funds does have ethical screens, oil investment is not considered ‘unethical’ by these screens. “We do invest in energy, but energy is a diverse sector,” Brown said. According to Ruffolo, the only screens currently in place are for weapons and tobacco. “All I want to see is the USC and Western to align its finances with its institutional principles and values. Our strategic plan for achieving excellence on a global stage claims social responsibility and sustainability, and that should be embedded in everything we do,” Ruffolo said.

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New USC speaker elected At the end of Wednesday night’s council meeting, Doug Bricknell was elected speaker of the University Students’ Council. Bricknell, who is formerly a Faculty of Health Sciences councillor, is now responsible for overseeing and maintaining order of all council meetings as speaker. Bricknell defeated former King’s councillor Emily Soti for the position. He garnered 23 votes from the 38 councillors in attendance. Bricknell is succeeding Andrew Lalka. Bricknell said Lalka “has set an excellent example of what an effective speaker does.” While there is a training program in place for councillors, during his term Bricknell also wants to dedicate some time to individual members of council — incoming members in particular. “Being a first-year student and first-time member of council, I can relate to the position these members may be in,” Bricknell said. — Skylar Wong

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ooking good doesn’t mean trying too hard. For Jake Vogl, second-year BMOS student, his outfit is as casual as his outlook. With a densely patterned brimmed hat, toggle-fastened jacket and worn-in beeswax leather desert boots, Vogl is the picture of casual cool. From the dirt on his boots to the creases in his pants, it’s apparent Vogl isn’t concerned with the preppy, neatly pressed look of many others. Instead, his outfit acts as a reflection of his personality, exuding a

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casual confidence. For his inspiration, Vogl takes notes from his social group. He said his inspiration comes from his friends from home. “I’m into skateboarding, BMX and videography, and I find what a lot of those people wear influence what I wear,” he says. Vogl teaches an important fashion lesson with what he wears. Sure, the clean, pressed, preppy look can work, and is often featured in Fashion for Friday because of it. But not everyone cares to dress like that, least of all those more concerned with their

kick-flip than their collar. “Don’t try too hard,” Vogl recommends to those looking to emulate his look. “Don’t wear it if you don’t like it, but at the same time put some thought into how you present yourself to people.” Dress practically, wear clothes that fit, and look confident. These are the canonical rules of fashion, and Vogl rocks them all with limited frills. It goes to show that looking good is often more of an attitude than merely the clothes you wear. — Cam “Smoth” Smith

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Sara-Mai Chitty GAZETTE STAFF Living in London with dietary restrictions does not have to be the great inconvenience that it’s purported to be. The multitude of local, whole food entrepreneurs are catering specifically to the rising demand for nutrient-dense, organic and natural fare. Up to this point, however, the problem has been where to find them. Fortunately, registered holistic nutritionist Vanessa Case has scoped out 10 choice selections from London’s growing pool of specialty food resources, launching her first ever “Tasting Fair” event on March 31 at Our Natural Connection (747 Hyde Park Rd.) Case had originally planned to only bring in a few vendors to meet her clients, but realized the extent of the niche of Londoners turning to local businesses to please their restricted taste buds when the event sold out. “Over the course of about a year I’ve really been connecting with local, specialty based entrepreneurs,” Case says. “I’ve been finding them at the farmer’s markets, and developing relationships with them so I can get to know them and their businesses better. The fair is a really great marriage between the clients who need the services, and the people in London who are able to provide them and that just aren’t well known yet,” she continued. As a holistic nutritionist, Case often has to radically change her clients’ diets, steering them away from inflammatory foods such as coffee, sugar, gluten and dairy. Her clients often return expressing their frustration over the lack of nutritional options in grocery stores. “The event is really to spotlight the vendors, but also on my end, as a reputable practitioner, it enables me to connect my clients

with people in the city, who I know are making a living being passionate about what they’re doing for people just like them — and in tasty, healthy ways,” she says. Limited to space, Case carefully chose the food vendors emphasizing food sampling. However, Nicole Kirkpatrick of Lotus Luv Skincare has also been invited to attend, her products being described as “food for your skin.” Other entrepreneurs include Chef Yoda Olinyk of Yoda’s Private Catering, who mirrors Case’s intent and passion. “All of the people involved in the show are seriously committed to health, wellness, sourcing local and supporting small business. As a small business owner, it’s really important to surround yourself with like-minded people, so this event is essentially perfect for someone like myself to showcase what my business is capable of,” Olinyk says. One vendor, BeTeas, is an online retail selection of organic teas and tisanes by Michelle Hamilton, often recommended by Case for clients who are coming off coffee. Hamilton’s teas are blended specially with certain diets in mind. Also in attendance, The Root Cellar Organic Café will be sampling juices they have specially formulated for Case’s “Root Reboot” cleanse program, including their exclusive cinnamon maple cashew milk. Local canning aficionado Nancy Abra of From My Garden will be providing samples of her preserves, the ingredients for which she cultivates from her own organic garden. Londoners need not despair, for options are out there. The overwhelming interest in Case’s project goes to show that the demand is there too. With the impending success of the event and the prospect of bringing the fare to campus in the future, the possibilities are endless.

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Staying true to young adult franchises GGGFF Divergent Director: Neil Burger Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet It’s ironic that a film focused on conveying the theme of finding one’s true identity has failed to find its own. The Hunger Games template has been copied to a T: Young adult dystopian fiction novel with a rebellious young heroine and a love interest. With such similar plotlines, it is difficult for critics to not compare the two films. However, Divergent has done a much better job in attempting to recreate The Hunger Games’ success than the attempts made by directors of The Mortal Instruments and Ender’s Game. Based on Veronica Roth’s bestselling novel of the same name, Divergent is set in a dystopian Chicago that is divided into five factions, each representing different values. The young heroine, Tris

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Prior (Shailene Woodley), is warned that she is “divergent” and will not fit with any of the factions. Despite this, Tris chooses to join Dauntless, which represents the brave. While struggling to compete in the highly competitive Dauntless initiation process, Tris discovers the true meaning of being divergent and is forced to turn to her mysterious and smoldering instructor (Theo James) for help. While the similarities are unmistakable, Divergent is much more relatable to the average individual. Through depicting themes of facing one’s fears and the journey to find one’s own voice after leaving the care of their parents, Divergent realistically displays struggles faced by the average teenager. With discussions of the plot aside, the film itself could have used some work, specifically in the music department. Playing upbeat, energetic music as the cool, tattooed and pierced kids enter the school is definitely not cool. Instead of carrying the overall mood of the film’s scenes, the

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music brought about many awkward musical transitions instead. The film also included too many cringe-worthy lines that came as a constant reminder to audiences that they were watching a film catered to young adults. For those familiar with the trilogy, the film might not have done the novels justice. Divergent fails to introduce some characters of the novel that will later become crucial in the film’s next few installments. Furthermore, the development of supporting characters was limited

and their actions failed to provoke the same emotions in audiences as they did in the novels. Some of the novel’s scenes that were removed in the film could have also aided in furthering the plot development. Despite this, the recreation of the Divergent world was beautifully depicted and is very close to what readers might have expected after reading the novel. For those who haven’t read the novels, the film is still quite entertaining to watch as long as you can get past the cheesiness of the film.

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It is fairly well-known what has been behind that climate change denial in America: Vast sums pumped into an ignorance industry by the oil and gas lobbies.

— Naomi Wolf

USC takes (Resu)me, myself, and I positive step away from oil Our oil investments are bad and we should feel bad. Yes, our University Students’ Council is officially considering divesting from oil, which astute readers might recognize as the gooey stuff that fuels our cars, heats up our skies and turns our polar bears into marine animals. And while to some the destruction of the Earth may not seem like too high of price to pay in exchange for convenience, a good-hearted few are working to change the USC’s support for these efforts. And before you cry fiscal irresponsibility, it should be noted that the plan would call for a phased weaning off of oil investments, rather than burning a large pile of money. But is oil divestment a good idea? After all, the point of an investment is returns, and few companies can provide the kinds of returns that oil produces. Isn’t it worth the occasional baby seal getting a fresh, shiny makeover for the USC to better provide for students? Okay, probably not. But there is still no denying that ethical investment is tricky business. After all, maybe oil is unethical because it very clearly harms the environment, but what about the relatively green wind power that results in the occasional bird getting julienned? However, oil divestment makes the most sense when it’s thought of not as an ethical choice, but rather a responsible one. We are the first generation to fully realize the environmental impact of burning fossil fuels, as well as the potential long-term catastrophes that can happen. Oil divestment is not about the pursuit of the perfect option, but about shying away from ones that are clearly the most harmful. No energy source is perfect, but there are definitely better options. But surely, you say, it must be hypocritical to divest from oil and then still drive a car to work or lube up a stripper pole? Wrong again, hypothetical reader! Oil divestment is not about making a statement or being an activist so much as it is joining the small beginnings of what should be a long, painful societal shift. Will there be some difficulties in this shift? Probably — the reason oil is used so widely is because it’s plentiful and cheap. But we, as students in a university that supports critical thinking and betterment of the world, have a duty to make the responsible choice. Oil divestment is not about ideology so much as it is a sensible, long-term plan. — The Gazette Editorial Board

appreciation of the experience, and the organization gains a member who at best is adequate and at worst a hindrance. This approach implies that rather than pursue an activity for its own value, you should do just enough of it to say you were a part. When you are not genuinely interested and engaged in what you’re volunteering with, your contributions will be perceived as superficial and shallow. Checking off boxes like “wrote for The Gazette,” these people treat their resume as some kind of ultimate life score card, trying to rack up as many points as possible. Additionally, if you’re doing things because they “look good” but they’re not personally fulfilling, then you’re likely on the wrong path. If you don’t like hanging out with seniors, working in a bank or writing articles, then do something else. There are infinite possibilities of things to do in the world but you have only a limited number of years to experience them. Why waste your time on something you don’t enjoy and doesn’t bring you any closer to your ideal self? A resume should showcase actions that reflect your interests and values; your actions should not be

chosen to build a resume. Now that I’m about to graduate, I realize working at The Gazette has been the single most fulfilling activity I’ve pursued in university. I’ve honed my writing skills, explored new avenues of interest, and had the opportunity to interview personal heroes and people I never would have met otherwise. I’ve also experienced the satisfaction of having students, professors, and most recently a doctor at Student Health Services tell me they enjoyed reading something I wrote. Perhaps most importantly, I became a “Gazetteditor” and engaged with likeminded people who inspire me. I am constantly impressed by the staff’s level of engagement with university life and culture, their wit, creativity and motivation. The proof of this is their outstanding dedication to making this paper the best that it can be and putting in far more hours of work than would equate to making a minimum wage job. So get involved with things like The Gazette to learn, grow and immerse yourself in this unique and lively community — don’t do it for your resume.

RE: “Chak this up to inequality” Tuesday, March 25 To the Editor: Youth unemployment has become an epidemic in North America as many students completing their undergraduate studies realize that it’s near impossible to find jobs related to their degrees, while the interest accumulating on their student debt never ceases to increase. I applaud those who took the courage to voice their opinions on Founder’s Day, but not everyone shares the same point of view. I get it; the reality that’s been presented to you slightly varies from the expectation you’ve had when you were in college. Back then your parents and teachers kissed your ass and raised your ego, telling you to follow your passion and dream, and money will follow — but look where you are now. I can’t differentiate between the professors that made

waves on Founder’s Day and the Wall Street bankers who obliterated the economy a few years back. The bank crooks borrowed other people’s money and made stupid investments; you borrowed other people’s money and made stupid investments. Just like the bankers you’re going to beg for mercy, but you’re better than the bankers, right? No, you’re exactly the same. You go to those who toiled in hard disciplines, contributed to society, and didn’t go running around like a parasite asking for bailouts, to demand their hard-earned money. When some of you realized that your investment isn’t paying off, you decided to teach because clearly the primary practical application that your degrees offer is to re-teach the same bullshit to the next generation of students. Yet one of you even had the balls to say that “the only thing that keeps me from quitting are the students,” when that is probably the furthest thing from the truth and all you’re doing is producing more victims to pay off your own student debt. Amit Chakma’s salary may be high, and maybe he doesn’t deserve housing accommodations. What’s notable is the

fact that he worked much harder than most others to get to where he is now, and if there is one thing he’s doing right, it’s the strategic plan that he’s implementing at Western. Your employment prospects, regardless of your major, are dependent upon not only your personal qualifications but also the brand that your university offers. The only way for people outside of Ontario to start talking about Western is through its research and tangible accomplishments in the trending fields, not by raising annual tuition fees to bail out socialist professors that really don’t give a damn about students’ well-being. I understand that the majority of the staff operating The Gazette belong to FIMS or other liberal arts faculties. While demonstrating loyalty and support for your home faculty is commendable, it’s also important to keep in mind that the content of the student newspaper should be catered towards the entire Western community, and should strive to refrain from continuously addressing certain issues in a one-sided manner. — Philip Kim Social Science II

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Mary Ann Ciosk ARTS & LIFE EDITOR When faced with unpleasant experiences, I often hear students say, “at least it’ll look good on my resume.” You may not think that the task is terribly interesting, worth your time or that your soul is slowly rotting inside you from your engagement with this particular activity — but as long as you’re able to have one more bullet point on your resume, you’d better just get through it. In this hostile job climate, more is always better. But what do you really gain from these experiences, whether it’s volunteering at seniors bingo, taking that job at the bank or writing for The Gazette? While trying new things is a good idea, the motivation to do it for your resume is harmful to both you and the organization you invest in. It provides only a superficial understanding and

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gameday The Toronto Blue Jays open up their regular season on March 31 at 4:10 p.m. on the road against the Tampa Bay Rays. Monday afternoon’s game will be the first of a four-game series in Tampa Bay. The Jays are expected to start their season with starting knuckleballer R.A Dickey.

Rundown >> The Western Student Recreation Centre will be closing at 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 30 to facilitate an annual celebration in honour of all of the hard-working student staff team of Sport and Recreation Services.

Mustangs ultimate season in review Western’s ultimate team impresses once again Robert Nanni Jr. GAZETTE STAFF Starting in September and continuing to the end of October, the Mustangs ultimate team has a seven-week-long competitive fall season. Attending only two tournaments to determine the Mustangs men’s and women’s team rankings for the Canadian Ultimate University Championships, both teams performed well under their circumstances. “The women’s team finished sixth at nationals and the men’s team finished 12th,” women’s team captain Erin Bussin said. Despite not doing as well as they hoped for, the team’s captains explained that the season was still very productive. “We didn’t really know what to expect with most of last year’s core graduating but a lot of fresh faces have shown us that the ultimate community in Western is strong,” men’s co-captain Wesley Tin said. Having lost five of their seven players in their starting lineup, the remaining players on the women’s team had a heavy burden to carry. Despite Bussin’s worries about making the top 10 in the CUUC, the team surpassed her expectations. “I do not think the sixth-place standing truly represents how well we did at nationals and the entire potential of our women’s team,”

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GO FETCH! The Western Mustangs ultimate team competed in a seven week long season to determine their rankings in the Canadian Ultimate University Championships. The September–October season featured a sixth-place finish by the ultimate women’s team, that defeated the third placed McGill University but fell to the second placed University of Guelph Gryphons by a single point.

Bussin said. Despite a sixth-place finish, the women’s team beat McGill University, the third-ranked team, and only lost to the University of Guelph, the second-place team, by one point. Amanda Hu and Alyson Douglas proved to be two of the women’s team’s biggest handler standouts,

outplaying all the opposing teams’ defenders. In terms of defence and catches, cutter and co-captain Christine Jurychuk was the team’s saviour. Leading the team to many victories on the men’s side were Iain Mackenzie and Kyle Narciso. Alongside several games and championships, the Mustangs’

men’s and women’s teams had to balance six hours of practice per week, with some players staying for extra practice. Though relatively new to the scene, ultimate frisbee is making its way into sport culture as a competitive, active and close-knit community sport, according to men’s team player Kevin Chao.

“It may not be a mainstream sport, but it’s more demanding than what most people give it credit for,” he said. On top of the regular season, this year began Ultimate Canada’s new addition of an indoor season from mid-January to the first weekend in March. The indoor tournament is independent of the fall season, and was more of an offseason training period. Although current and successive captains for both the men’s and women’s teams have big hopes in mind, the outcome of next year’s season will be passed on from Ryan Leung and Erin Bussin, the current captains of the men’s and women’s ultimate teams, respectively. Leading these hopes for next year instead are Tiffany Ng and Stephanie Wong on the women’s team and Iain Mackenzie, Wesley Tin and Brett Morris on the men’s team. “Obviously we’re not very happy with our performance at nationals,” Tin said. “Our goal was definitely a top-eight or better finish, but we’re a very young team and I think we’ve set ourselves up in a great position to succeed next year and continue towards a national championship.” With the aid of women’s head coach Tawnya Gonzalez and men’s head coach Ray Hamlyn, next year is sure to be more promising.

REPORT CARD Wrestling

Expectations The bar was set high for this year’s Mustangs wrestling team, both on the women’s and men’s side. Nine Mustangs placed at the 2013 Canada Cup championships very early in the season, with four wrestlers — Brianne Barry, Larissa D’Alleva, Steven Takahashi and Riley Otto — winning gold. Last year, the men’s team placed first for the second year in a row at the Ontario University Athletics championships, while the women’s team placed second. Additionally, Western’s Ray Takahashi, former Olympian and current Mustangs wrestling head coach, was named OUA men’s coach of the year.

MVP The Mustangs wrestler who stands above the crowd is Steven Takahashi. Steven comes from a family who lives and breathes Judo and wrestling. Earlier in the year, Steven was selected to represent Canada at the Universiade, commonly referred to as the World University Games, and was named a Canadian Interuniversity Sport top-eight academic all-Canadian. Although he was unable to defend his three-time gold medal title at this year’s OUA championships due to injury, he did participate in the junior-senior national championships, placing second behind David Tremblay from Concordia University, Canada’s 2012 Olympic Representative.

Best moment It really is difficult to choose a best moment for this year’s wrestlers, as the team simply had so many. However, one that stands out was the women’s team’s performance at the OUA championships. The last season in which the women’s team was declared OUA champions was in 2006–07, and since then, Brock has swept the competition, winning six years in a row. This year, however, the women’s team was able to take back the title from the defending champions and bring it home to Western. Adding to their amazing finish, Western’s Brianne Barry was named the OUA’s most outstanding wrestler after taking first place in the 55 kg division, while Anne McKee was named rookie of the year.

Looking forward With a majority of the wrestlers on this year’s roster returning for next year’s season, one can assume that both the women’s and men’s teams will perform very well. Western has an amazing coaching staff with former Olympian Ray Takahashi being named the OUA men’s and women’s coach of the year for the past two years, and great assistant coaches in Scott Proctor and Saeed Azarbayjani. The Mustangs have a very successful record and as such have a strong reputation to maintain.

Worst moment The worst moment for the Mustangs also came at the OUA championships, this time it was on the men’s side. After placing first for the past two years, the men’s team was expected to at least make it to the podium. Unfortunately, the competition was swept by Guelph and Brock, taking first and second, respectively. The Mustangs almost placed third, but just missed out on the bronze by two points behind the McMaster Marauders. There was not a single individual gold medal from the men’s team, but we did win three silvers courtesy of Alec Bauer, Riley Otto and Kevin Ens.

Overall grade

A–

The Mustangs wrestlers had a great OUA season, as well amazing performances in non-OUA competitions such as the Francophone Games held in Nice, France in September, as well as the junior-senior championships held in Edmonton this past weekend. The women’s team undoubtedly performed slightly better than the men’s, being crowned the 2013-14 OUA champions. That being said, the men’s team still had a very respectable fourth-place finish, and in the coming years may even be sending a Mustang to the Olympics in Steven Takahashi.

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