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Holy Book Day prevails Gazette office not Western chaplain provides a helping hand

off the table yet Kaitlyn McGrath Associate Editor

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Alex Carmona News Editor Students walking through the University Community Centre atrium were greeted to a show of inter-faith solidarity yesterday during the annual multi-faith Holy Book Day. This year’s theme, The Last Day, was focused on various faiths’ interpretations of the End of Days.

Representatives from a number of different faiths, including Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Mormons and Baha’i, set up their booths sideby-side to make presentations and form discussion panels.

The event, however, ran into a snag Monday when it was communicated to event organizers the University Students’ Council would not be providing any funding for Holy Book Day, as they had in years past.

For the past two years, printing expenses for Holy Book Day have been funded by the Student Life arm of the University Students’ Council.

“Two days ago, on Monday, I was told the USC decided not to pay this

year,” Jessica Pollock, the Hillel representative for Holy Book Day, said.

However, a simple miscommunication may be behind the cut funding.

Myuri Komaragiri, vice-president campus issues for the USC, said she was unaware of any expectation on the faith groups’ part that the USC would be providing funding for the event.

“I had no idea that they thought they would be funded. There’s no reason that I would wish to pull funding for something that’s so important,” she said. “But I think I would probably stick by [such a decision] because [if I gave them money for this], then I could have other cultural groups saying things like ‘Well, I need funding for my event as well’—it needs to be consistent,” she explained.

In the end, Mike Wagenman, coordinator of Chaplains’ Services for Western, offered up his support.

“We’ve been involved along with Student Life to make the event happen [for the past two years]. We were involved from the get-go with the

planning,” Wagenman said. “For some reason, this year, the chaplains really have been involved much less.

So when I heard the USC was not going to pay for the cost of the event this year, that was news to me.”

Wagenman said he was willing to cover the cost as a last resort to make sure the event still happened.

However, he expressed his concern that, as a non-affiliate of the USC, he would be funding a USC event.

“It does seem a little off that the University would be paying for a USC event.”

Pollock added that had the groups been aware of the change in funding policy earlier, the various faith-based groups would not have had a problem providing the money themselves.

“We would’ve for sure split the cost from our own club budgets.

I think even if we didn’t have the USC funding from the beginning, all our clubs would have wanted to do this anyway. We all get along really well and it was a really positive experience.”

The University Students’ Council met with Gazette management Wednesday afternoon to inform them that a decision has yet to be made regarding the allocation of the student-owned space on the second floor of the University Community Centre, currently occupied by The Gazette.

Last week, USC President Adam Fearnall and Gazette Editor-in-Chief Gloria Dickie agreed the USC would meet with student faith leaders to determine if moving the multi-faith space into The Gazette office would best meet the needs of students before meeting with The Gazette to discuss the impact of a move on the campus paper.

As previously reported, the consensus during the meeting with multi-faith groups on campus seemed to be that the current space was largely fulfilling the needs of the faith groups. Fearnall admitted the USC was operating under the assumption the space was not well suited, and discovering students were happy with the space was a positive.

“On the one hand, I was really proud of the work that Myuri [Komaragiri] did, and that the work our staff did to make that space workable was successful, but on

the other hand, you kind of wish you hadn’t been operating under mistaken assumptions for a period of time,” he said.

As far as the relocation of The Gazette is concerned, Fearnall explained the USC was pleased with the needs assessment The Gazette submitted, and now will take the necessary steps to consider the space needs of all their operations, as well as the needs of students, before a final decision on space allocation in the UCC is made.

“I would say that it’s certainly not our preference to move The Gazette at this point, but it would be unfair of me to say it’s not a possibility,” Fearnall said.

Dickie said while it’s unnerving to continue operating the paper with the fate of the office still in limbo, she hopes their concerns will be addressed.

“We’re hopeful that as everyone’s space needs are considered, the executive will take our feedback into consideration and acknowledge this space has a lot of meaning for us and it’s well suited for our needs,” she explained. “We don’t personally feel a move is necessary, especially since we’re such a large group of people in this space.”

The Gazette will learn of the USC’s decision when the budget is released in early March.

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thegazette • Thursday, January 24, 2013

News Briefs

United Way total revealed

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Western and United Way revealed this year’s contribution to the community yesterday afternoon in the Mustang Lounge—a whopping $746,101.

This marks the second year in a row where Western has beaten its own record for giving to United Way. After the reveal, Western president Amit Chakma took the stage and gave a speech. He credited faculty, staff and students for their hard work and commitment to supporting the local community through their contributions to the community. Chakma made special note of student contribution to the fund, specifically singling out Ivey students’ lemonade initiative, which raised $40,000 for the cause over a 48-hour period and helped kickstart the 2012 campaign.

Andrew Lockie, CEO of United Way of London and Middlesex, also credited an online tool used to keep track of this year’s funds.

The contribution, according to Lockie, will be used to help those who need it most, including people with mental illnesses, immigrants and children, among others.

—Herb Richardson

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The McMaster Association of Parttime Students has been accused of mismanagement of funds after an investigation in spending practices culminated last week.

In 2011, student money was spent on an $8,100 trip to Italy for a board member and a $1,000 wedding gift.

In addition, executive director Sam Minniti received $101,116 in retroactive pay in addition to a $126,151 salary and a $12,000 bonus.

MAPS has come under fire after their recent spending practices were brought to the attention of McMaster University. “[Our] concerns were significant enough to cause the University to take a highly unusual step,” Gord Arbeau, director of public and community relations at McMaster, explained. “[We are] withholding fees that we collect on behalf of MAPS”.

The fees were withheld for the duration of a McMaster University investigation into MAPS recent financial practices, and were released this week with the investigation’s closure.

With the reinstated funds the University has delivered a list of “best practices” to be followed by the association going forward.

“The [main] requirements that the University has at this point are greater financial transparency from the organization, adapting best practices to include adherence to university policies around compensation, expense reimbursement, conflict-of-interest financial reporting and correcting past reporting of remuneration and taxable benefits,” Arbeau said.

Arbeau emphasized MAPS’ commitment to “strengthening its governance through a review of its board structure to ensure broader representation and university involvement.”

Students are calling for more immediate resolution—a return of their misspent funds.

“That’s a hypothetical question at this point. Our focus now is on ensuring that the requirements of the university are adhered to by the new MAPS,” Arbeau said.

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thegazette • Thursday, January 24, 2013

Fearnall video spawns copy

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Aaron Zaltzman News Editor University Students’ Council president Adam Fearnall’s 2012 campaign video designer may be owed two pay cheques, as his video apparently inspired that of Jacob Brodka, a presidential candidate for the McMaster Students Union.

The two videos share many similarities, including a similar graphic design, style and phrasing. In both of the videos, music is played in the background while the candidate delivers a monologue that includes the phrases “[change] starts with you” and “this is our platform.”

“In preparation for my campaign, I did research not only on past McMaster elections, but looking at other Ontario institutions to see what had been effective,” Brodka explained.

Most notably, both videos end with an interactive component in which students can navigate to various platform points. Brodka said this was the main reason he was drawn to Fearnall’s video.

“When I came across Adam’s

video, the idea of an interactive platform video that students could engage with really spoke to me,” he said. “I think the idea of an interactive platform video is genius as students do not often want to navigate through paragraphs of platform points and plans.”

When I came across Adam’s video, the idea of an interactive platform video that students could engage with really spoke to me.

—Jacob Brodka

McMaster Students Union 2013 presidential candidate

Brodka explained he was open with Fearnall and contacted him after the video’s release to thank him for the inspiration.

Brodka said he told Fearnall he “believed this style of video would

be the most effective way of letting students navigate through platforms which are often overcomplicated for the average student who is removed from student politics.”

He also said Fearnall was quite pleased his video inspired the candidate. Fearnall himself seemed to bear Brodka no ill will for the homage.

“I think people always tend to look at best practices and take inspiration from other campuses,” Fearnall said. “And I don’t think there’s anything inherently evil with doing that. It’s nice that he thought it was an effective way to reach people.”

Brodka said he didn’t think his video suffered by borrowing concepts from Fearnall’s.

“If anything, it strengthens it. The goal of our campaign was to communicate our ideas to students in the most effective way possible,” Brodka said. “The interactive platform has brought over 3,000 views to our YouTube channel and is continuing to inform students about the issues I feel are important at McMaster.”

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thegazette • Thursday, January 24, 2013

Arts&Life

thespianthursday People may or may not say what they mean, but they always say something designed to get what they want.

—David Mamet, American playwright.

Performing in a different key Strong acting lost

in weak script

Brent Holmes Arts & Life Editor Huron’s Underground Drama Society is known among Huron students for its edgy bi-annual sketch comedy shows performed in the affiliate’s hidden lower levels, but its new show Best of Broadway will be bringing HUDS out from underground.

This Saturday, HUDS will be performing a Broadway variety show at Huron’s Beaver Dam. The show is drawing out a very different skill set from its actors and producers.

“This show is very different from any other HUDS show.

First of all, it’s not all humour,” Bethany Radford, director of Best of Broadway and HUDS producer, comments. “This show is definitely more of a team effort than our sketch comedy shows. Everyone has to work together—with the music, with the movements and with each other, or else the numbers would not work.”

“In my three years with the group, HUDS has never put on a show quite like this,” John-Daniel Steele, another HUDS producer adds. “It’s no secret that our niche is sketch comedy with a little bit of dabbling in the improv scene.

Adding vocal and choreographical aspects to learning lines means that each and every cast member has to did a little deeper and devote a little more time to rehearsing.”

The rehearsals have been no small commitment for HUDS’ student actors. Two weeks of over six-hour rehearsals make up the

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GEARING UP. Huron’s Underground Drama Society prepares for their upcoming variety show, Best of Broadway, this Saturday.

amount of time producers and actors have to get the show tuned up for its performance on Saturday.

“Rehearsals have been going on for the past week and a half, and they have been somewhat rigorous but always light spirited and fun,” Christian Ridley, actor in Best of Broadway, says.

For actors and producers, the show also presents new elements in its change in venue. HUDS’ shows have traditionally been performed in V214 and the move to Huron’s Student Activity Center offers a different staging situation as well as more challenging acoustics.

While their recent work has included sketch comedy and improvisational shows, musicals have always been a part of HUDS’s history.

“The Huron Underground Drama Society has over the past couple of decades done many types

of shows including Shakespeare, musicals, contemporary drama and comedy. Over the past few years, however, HUDS has devoted itself almost exclusively to original sketch comedy,” Neil Brooks, professor at Huron and faculty advisor to HUDS, comments. “This show will not only be great entertainment for the audience but also has provided a wonderful experience and opportunity for the actors and others involved in the show.”

“A theatre community creates an incredible family of like-minded individuals who are all throwing their hearts and souls into their performance,” Radford concludes.

“There is no connection in the world like that of a cast.”

HUDS will be performing Best of Broadway at 7 p.m. Saturday night in the Student Activity Center at Huron University College. Tickets are $5.

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Brent Holmes Arts & Life Editor GGGFF Rust and Bone Director: Jacques Audiard Starring: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts Acclaimed director Jacques Audiard’s Rust and Bone may have won Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival last year—however, in terms of its plot and script, the film hits too many familiar beats, and, save for a stellar performance and incredible special effect mastery, has very little meat on its bones.

Stéphanie (Marion Cotillard) is a killer whale trainer who loses her legs in a tragic accident. Finding herself in need of help, she calls on Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts), a 20-something father whose interests include fighting in illegal matches, having casual sex with any available woman and installing security cameras in workplaces so managers can spy on their employees.

Rust and Bone gets started on the wrong foot. In a very out-of-character moment, Ali drives Stéphanie home after a fight at a bar. When Ali is called up after Stéphanie’s accident having not seen her since that night, he gets involved very quickly and with little reason as to why.

Once it gets going, however, it does make for an interesting story.

Cotillard’s performance is incredible. How they managed to make her appear legless is an incredible work of staging and CGI. Her character is complex and the scenes of her recalling her killer whale show after the accident are powerful. Schoenaerts does a good job in terms of his performance, but unfortunately suffers from weaker scripting in terms of his character.

Ali is aggravating as a character. Unlike Stéphanie, his arc is not as complex and he’s stereotypically male to the point of being

uninteresting. Ali is narcissistic, short-sighted and a nymphomaniac.

His character arc is predictable and has been done in more interesting ways, as seen in last year’s Shame.

Where Cotillard has to convey everything through a very introverted kind of character, Schoenaerts’ thoughts are generally told through plot. This is the reason his character suffers, overall, because the plot is a mixed bag—a subplot involving Ali installing illegal security cameras has interesting consequences, however, the film’s climax involving Ali’s son Sam (Armand Verdure) is incredibly forced. The entire third act is paralyzed by the fact that it is too readily apparent the film has reached a breaking point for its characters.

The development of secondary characters is skeletal at best. Sam functions almost more as a plot point to put stress on Ali more so than a character in his own right.

At one point a character goes from pointing a gun at Ali to casually joking with him over the course of less than 10 minutes with no real explanation for the sudden change of heart.

Everything else about the film is done well. The underwater shots during the opening credits and during the accident are beautiful and the Stéphanie’s amputated legs look incredibly realistic.

Rust and Bone is strongest with anything involving Stéphanie—her character is well-developed and avoids a lot of potential missteps in how her character reacts to the loss of her legs. The same cannot be said for Ali, whose story drowns in its melodrama and predictability.

Rust and Bone is recommendable on the strength of Cotillard’s performance alone, but unfortunately the writing of the film’s plot is rusty and has very little meat for its other characters.

Rust and Bone will be running at Hyland Cinema until January 31.

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thegazette • Thursday, January 24, 2013

Tech

techfact Kobo is a Canadian company, but has customers in over 200 countries. As of last week, the company had about 20 per cent of the global e-reader market.

Technologically sleeping: apps for a better snooze The importance of sleep is undisputed—it impacts cognitive function, mental health and the immune system. Since students tend to live a life of extremes and burn the candle at both ends, it’s imperative for them to be aware of and improve sleep habits. Don’t think there’s a solid solution out there? These two free apps can help solve sleep problems for Android users.

SleepBot Tracker SleepBot Tracker works wonders for those coveting a healthy

amount of sleep. You just need to touch the “going to sleep” button on the app’s main screen or in the widget—both the button and widget then change to read “waking up.” The sleep count only starts after a user-specified number of minutes, since not everyone nods off when pressing the button. In the morning, simply tap the “waking up” button. SleepBot will have logged your sleep. The sleep log can be exported, shared via social media or graphed in-app.

Records can be modified, deleted or inserted later if needed.

As an English major I can appreciate a good book. And I don’t just mean the literary function, but the physical structure of a book—the feel of crisp untouched pages. The sound of the spine delicately cracking as you delve deeper into the story. Yes, the book, though modest, is an object of beauty. It’s precisely this infatuation with the materialization of a book that caused me to feel guilty when I received my Kobo Mini.

“Am I contributing to the slow death of the book?” I asked myself.

Well, despite my initial misgivings about the trendy e-reader, having owned it for about a month now I can honestly say I’m completely smitten with my Kobo Mini.

The Kobo Mini is quite literally miniature—with a touchscreen measuring only five inches tall, the portable reader is not much bigger than a smartphone. However, with both the options to adjust the font size as well as the line spacing, reading doesn’t have to be a strenuous act. Also, the petite dimensions gives off the illusion that you’re flying through the pages—a surprisingly motivating factor—even if that’s because you’re actually only reading about 75 words per page.

And because the screen mimics the appearance of paper, reading for long periods of time doesn’t hurt your eyes in the way staring at a brightly lit computer screen might. Unfortunately, the Kobo Mini doesn’t come with a light-up option—however, there are models that do. But having to read with a lamp would likely be a non-issue for the avid reader.

The mini reader has 2GB of storage meaning it can hold hundreds of e-books at a time, making it easy to switch between titles depending on your mood. And the battery can last up to one month if the Wi-Fi is turned off.

Another handy feature is the built in dictionary. Every now and then everyone encounters a word that may exceed their vocabulary, but in the midst of a riveting chapter, who wants to dig up a definition?

But with only the swipe of a finger, the Kobo gives a comprehensive definition of a word without interrupting the reading process.

Lastly, downloading books is straightforward. Just connect the e-reader to a computer with a USB cord and watch the magic of technology unfold.

For anyone on the fence about e-readers, the Kobo Mini is a safe choice. It’s the cheapest in the line of e-readers making it an appropriate first step into the realm of virtual reading. And just because you’ve crossed over to the dark side, as some book lovers might say, doesn’t mean you can’t buy old-fashioned books. Having an e-reader opens up more avenues to experience reading. Owning a device that’s portable and versatile enhances the reading experience rather than detracts from it.

Don’t think about the Kobo Mini—or any e-reader for that matter—as the reason for the decline of the book. Instead, think of it as a new chapter.

—Kaitlyn McGrath

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Alarm Clock NFC This app is a robust, reliable and irritatingly effective solution for those who are plagued by the

snooze button. Acting as a snoozing vaccine, this app can be set to make snoozing very difficult or even impossible. The choice is yours, and if snoozing is near and dear to you, you can limit yourself to one to five snoozes.

In addition to its merciless stance on snoozing, this app offers four extra modes of silencing the alarm—meant for those who do it in their sleep. One mode requires vigorously shaking the phone, while another needs solving of up to five brainteasers. In NFC tag or QR Code mode, the phone will

scream until the appropriate tag or code is scanned—especially useful if these are placed far from the bed. Jumping through these hoops all but guarantees full consciousness. If that’s not enough, it can even ask your friends on Facebook for a suitable punishment for oversleeping. To suit all schedules, this app supports unlimited alarms, each active on certain days and with different snooze and wakeup settings.

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After entering an ideal amount of sleep, SleepBot tallies the difference between this and the actual sleep amount over seven, 10 or 14 days. The information from the tally can be useful—it provides a benchmark to improve on. And to ensure no one interferes with your beauty sleep, SleepBot can also silence your phone or even turn on airplane mode.

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Opinions

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.

—Oscar Wilde, English playwright

Access to Hacking still hurts, Information a no matter intention cause for concern When McGill University filed a motion requesting to disregard Access to Information, or ATI, requests from students on their campus, the McGill student newspaper, The McGill Daily, was upset over the restriction—but should they be?

While the administrative decision on the part of the university seemed to be excessive, it’s not exactly unwarranted. After all, the number of ATI requests McGill had to process in the past year was four times larger than the amount in 2011. There’s no doubt this growth in quantity forced the processing office to deal with a backlog of requests.

In hopes of mitigating this overflow, McGill University has proposed new restrictions on which requests will be accepted, in addition to banning a select group of students from making ATI requests.

Though these guidelines are somewhat warranted, their wording and severity are cause for concern. For instance, in the motion, McGill reserves the right to deny “frivolous” ATI requests. Such a restriction, however, is vague enough to allow justifiable ATI requests to be denied, which would—as The McGill Daily asserts— impeach upon their ability to function as a paper responsible for maintaining the accountability and transparency of the University.

While it’s not unreasonable to place restrictions on ATI requests in hopes of mitigating the amount, the limits being propagated by the University are too subject to interpretation and may lump innocent requests with the so-called transgressors.

Also, this move by the University seems ill-timed, considering the politically charged year Quebec has had in terms of student protests and new university policies. In the wake of such events, the University should expect, prepare for and encourage a larger amount of ATI requests from students who are attempting to better understand the inner workings of the school.

Finally, if the number of requests was too large to handle, then the University should have discussed in greater detail the nature of the ATI process, and given in-depth explanations rather than handing out bans and placing both unclear and unspecific restrictions on requests. Taking a more informative stance would have also helped future generations, considering The McGill Daily is a student paper with a consistently rotating group of students—students who may be unaware of the frustrations the University felt with ATI requests.

—The Gazette Editorial Board

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Volume 106, Issue 62 www.westerngazette.ca

Gloria Dickie Editor-In-Chief Nicole Gibillini Deputy Editor Cam Parkes Managing Editor

Contact: www.westerngazette.ca University Community Centre Rm. 263 The University of Western Ontario London, ON, CANADA N6A 3K7 Editorial Offices: (519) 661-3580 Advertising Dept.: (519) 661-3579

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Smoth soundin’ off Cam Smith News Editor Apparently, hackers have difficulty resisting temptation.

Recently, at Dawson College in Montreal, 20-year-old student Ahmed Al-Khabaz was expelled for exposing a security flaw in his school’s administrative websites that could reveal the personal data of 250,000 students across Quebec. Initially, Al-Khabaz reported the hole in the coding to the administration, but after waiting a week he decided to run a test to see if he could still exploit the security flaw. This landed Al-Khabaz in hot water and his eventual expulsion from the computer sciences program at Dawson.

Al-Khabaz’s actions are very similar to Western’s own notorious hacker Keith Horwood, who accessed the University Students’ Council’s online vote last year and changed the selections in an attempt at humour, to prove it was susceptible to hacking. Both Al-Khabaz and Horwood claim to be ‘white-hat hackers’—meaning they only hack to point out security flaws, rather than the ‘black-hat’ variety, that hack for personal gain. However, is there really such a thing as a helpful hack?

Picture it like this. You know how to pick easy-to-open locks. You see that a local convenience store has such a lock, so you decide to tell them about it so they can fix it. Then, a week later, you go back to the store in the middle of the night and break in just because you can. In a digital

sense, this is exactly what Al-Khabaz did.

In Horwood’s case, he simply broke in and vandalized the place. This is not justifiable. You wouldn’t be considered a ‘white-hat trespasser,’ and nor should Al-Khabaz be excused as a white-hat hacker.

Realistically, it comes down to ego.

Whether or not good intentions were a factor behind Al-Khabaz’s decision to hack his school’s information, it seems to me that to go back later and do it again was merely a validation of his own skills.

Common sense would dictate ‘leave wellenough alone,’ but Al-Khabaz ignored this and was punished with expulsion.

Unfortunately, this type of behaviour is being reinforced. While Al-Khabaz was expelled by his school, he quickly received a job offer from the very company whose software he exploited.

Similarly, Horwood used the publicity he gained from his hacking and his subsequent trial to launch a social media platform. It seems ridiculous to imagine if you broke into the local convenience store they would give you a job there. Yet this is exactly what is being afforded these digital criminals, encouraging others to engage in similar reprehensible conduct.

The University had every right to punish Al-Khabaz for his repeated attempt to hack the system. Had he been more malicious, he could have accessed the personal data of a quarter-million students, and dissuading others from attempting such a feat is absolutely necessary.

Labelling oneself a digital vigilante doesn’t excuse the undisputed criminal nature of hacking. And rewarding this negative behaviour with employment opportunities is encouraging individuals to imitate it. Call it ‘black-hat’ or ‘whitehat,’ hacking still hurts.

thisdayinhistory In 1990 scandal rocked the Huron College Students’ Council when then-president Jeff Bryce was forced to resign after allegations emerged he was involved in an illegal pyramid scheme.

According to The Gazette article, Bryce resigned shortly before the council was set to release a letter asking for him to step down because of his involvement in “activities which violate Section 189E of the Canadian Criminal Code.”

After this incident, Huron administration “posted signs throughout the college warning of pyramid schemes.”

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thegazette • Thursday, January 24, 2013

Multiple varsity teams in action this weekend Ryan Stern & Jason Sinukoff Sports Editors

York Lions at Western Mustangs men’s hockey The Mustangs men’s hockey team will put their 18–4–0 record on the line as they host the 13–9–0 York Lions. With a six-point cushion over the Windsor Lancers in the Ontario University Athletics West,

the Mustangs will look to continue their strong play en route to a top seed for the playoffs.

Western Mustangs at McMaster Marauders women’s volleyball The Mustangs women’s volleyball team will travel to Hamilton to take on the McMaster Marauders tomorrow. The 8–5 Mustangs are

looking to separate themselves from McMaster and the other teams with three wins. With a victory, the Mustangs will inch their way closer to the top four spots in the OUA standings.

Toronto Varsity Blues at Western Mustangs women’s hockey

host the fifth-ranked Varisty Blues on Sunday at 4 p.m. in Thompson Arena. The Mustangs have won two of their last three games and with a win on Sunday, the purple and white will be one step closer to being a top three team in the OUA—as they are currently just three wins out of third place.

The women’s hockey team will

Mustangs wrestling team at Hamilton The Mustangs wrestlers hit the mats this Saturday in Hamilton for the Ontario Junior Wrestling Championships. The Mustangs will try to build off of their amazing success from the recent Guelph Open, where the purple and white brought home three medals for Western.

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Sports

tweet of the week Forgot how fun that is.. Man I love hockey.

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Joffrey Lupul (@JLupul) on the start of the NHL season.

Rundown >> The Mustangs wrestling team travelled to the University of Guelph for the prestigious Guelph Open this weekend > Mustangs wrestlers Steven Takahashi, Monica Varallo and Larissa D’Alleva were all able to secure silver medals on the weekend.

Mustangs shine bright in front of home crowd Personal bests were aplenty in first-place finish at Don Wright Julian Uzielli Online Editor It was a banner weekend for both the Western men’s and women’s track and field teams at the annual Don Wright Team Challenge last weekend, which included recordbreaking performances by three Mustangs.

The Mustangs hosted athletes from the University of Waterloo and McMaster University, as well as a handful of guest athletes, at Thompson Arena on Saturday.

Records were broken by polevaulters Matt Diston and Robin Bone, and by long jumper Taylor Stewart. Though all three efforts were commendable, Bone’s performance stood out from the rest.

Her 4.02-metre vault broke the arena record of 3.92m—a record set by Bone herself, a rookie, only a week ago.

Mustangs head coach Vicky Croley called Bone’s performance “just incredible.”

“It shows that not only will she be one of the best in the CIS, but one of the best vaulters that Canada has ever produced, I believe. She has that ability,” Croley said.

Matt Diston’s 4.81-metre vault set a meet record, but was shy of his personal best, and school record, of 4.90. However, Croley noted Diston wasn’t able to reach that height until the end of last season.

“He’s in fine form to get back to where he was, and maybe even better,” she said.

Taylor Stewart, the senior

national long-jump champion, now fully recovered from a 2011 knee surgery, smashed the 19-year-old meet and arena record of 7.49m with a 7.57-metre leap.

Both men and women have very strong teams. We are currently ranked fifth in the country, but it is very close—we’re within points. I would say both of our teams have a chance of medaling at the OUA and CIS championships.

—Vicky Croley

Western Mustangs track and field coach

“He broke the meet and arena record set by Trevino Betty, who competed for Canada on every international team except for the Olympics—that was a record that, back then when it was set, many people thought it would never be broken,” Croley said.

On the track side, veteran runners Matt Brisson and Scott Leitch both placed first in their first races of the season at the meet, and both came within reach of their personal best times despite recent injuries.

Leitch, who ran the 600-metre dash in 118.57 seconds, was pleased

with his performance.

“I think I did great. It was the fastest I’ve ever run both in Thompson and for an opening 600 that I’ve ever done here, and in the past I’ve done well opening slower, so all things point to that being a good sign,” he said.

Brisson posted 8.00 seconds in the 60-metre hurdles, just shy of his best time of 7.97. Currently, both Leitch and Brisson are ranked first in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport for their events.

Their excellent performance at the Don Wright Team Challenge is no doubt good for morale, but the real challenge for the Mustangs comes this weekend at the first major CIS meet of the season at McGill University in Montreal.

Unlike last weekend, with its relaxed home atmosphere and only two rival teams, the McGill meet will bring together the best teams from across Ontario, Quebec and eastern Canada. Luckily for the Mustangs, however, McGill’s facilities tend to be conducive to better performances than Western’s—McGill has a banked running track, and their venue is warmer than Thompson arena.

Now in his fourth year, Leitch is aiming to improve his 600m time and eventually take home the gold in the event at the CIS championships in March.

“It would be a nice end-off to my university career,” he said. “I just go out there and I know if I train hard enough and if I do the right things, the results will come on their own.”

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