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VOLUME 107, ISSUE 87
Low TA wages mean some turn to food bank Amy O’Kruk GAZETTE STAFF
TAS IN TROUBLE?
Graduate teaching assistants play a huge role in the facilitation of undergraduate education. However, their limited paid hours mean that some of them have had to turn to the food bank that the TA union has to provide for them. The collective agreement between Western and the TA union, Public Service Alliance of Canada Local 610, explores this wage further. It details that during the 2013–14 school year, a TA will earn a base salary of $4,550 per term, which equates to 140 hours of work. Additionally, they are granted a lump sum ranging from $67 to $1,345 depending on hours per week worked. Siobhan Watters, the activism chair for the TA union, has firsthand experience with TAs who are having trouble pursuing their studies and simultaneously supporting themselves. She’s in charge of the food bank program set up for them. Watters stated that over the past year, the food bank program has had to increase its budget. “Now that in the past couple of years there’s been an effort to make the food bank fund more visible, it’s been maxed out,” Watters said. “Last year our budget of $6,000 was completely exhausted and this year it was exhausted well before my term was over. Now we’ve actually increased the fund to $11,000 and we’ll see at the end of the year if it gets maxed out again.” Kevin Godbout, president of the Society of Graduate Students, stated that in Ontario, the poverty line sits at around $20,000 annually. He elaborated that graduate students with a minimum funding package as TAs are making about $12,000. Godbout explained that if calculated, the hourly rate seems generous — it sits at around $30 per hour. However there are other factors to consider.
· Teaching assistants are paid about $30 an hour, but are limited to a maximum of 10 hours a week of work · Western says they are forced to not pay for more than 10 hours by the Ontario government · Many work more hours in order to fulfill their duties · Western says the TA program is designed so that 10 hours is all that is needed · Some TAs are forced to use a food bank that is provided by the TA union · The budget for the food bank has been maxed out the past few years and will be nearly doubling next year, to $11,000
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“If you break it down, you can’t work more than 10 hours a week and you don’t work in the summer,” Godbout said “There’s a way of presenting this that says that TAs make a very generous hourly wage, but their actual take home money is part-time wages. They have fulltime expenses because they’re here all year doing work but they don’t take home very much.” Alan Weedon, the vice-provost academic planning, policy and faculty at Western, responded to
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the concern that TAs are limited by the 10 hours that they can work per week. “It used to be the case that the Ontario government would not allow us to employ TAs for more than 10 hours a week,” Weedon said. “They took away that regulation but in a funny way — they told us that we won’t have that as a regulation but we expect you to have a policy that they won’t teach more than 10 hours, because it will slow them down too much.”
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Weedon added that the TA program is designed so that students’ needs can be delivered in 10 hours. He said the fact that some TAs want to spend more than 10 hours to do a better job is nice, but it’s not expected of them. Weedon elaborated that graduate students who are TAs also need to graduate. Spending too much time teaching will slow down their studies and eventually cost them more in terms of tuition and forgone income, he explained.
Watters, however argued that a union shouldn’t have to feel the need to provide members with basic living costs. “It’s obviously a crying shame that we need to have a food bank fund and that a union that is supposed to fight for higher wages, labour rights and worker solidarity has to step up and fill in for this primary, essential human need,” Watters said. “It’s just saying again and again that we are not paid an adequate wage.”
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DAYCARE BUDDIES. Alex Chirila, a first-year medical science student, treated Abigail and Colton to an afternoon of children’s literature yesterday. YMCA childcare services are available in the basement of the University Community Centre for Western faculty, staff, and students.
USC creates new student jobs Hamza Tariq GAZETTE STAFF The University Students’ Council is looking to hire students for a set of newly created roles under the executive branch of the council. The new associate vice-presidents (AVP for short) will add a new layer of positions between the vice-presidents of the USC and their coordinators. Many of the VPs have upwards of 10 coordinators in their portfolio, according to Jas Irwin, vice-president communications of the USC. “So managing 10 people and
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managing the responsibilities of the VP often necessitates that you end up not being able to do all of the job that you want to be able to do,” she said. One of Team Whelan’s platform points in the 2013 USC election was the enhancement of commissioners and coordinators, which resulted in the new AVP positions being set up to grant more autonomy, responsibility and involvement in the organization to volunteers within the organization. “Typically the largest barrier to completing projects is not necessarily money but rather time and having time to get done what you’d rather get done,” Irwin said. According to Irwin, the position of AVP will help solve numerous problems, especially for the coordinators who will hopefully have an easier time with the management and getting things done. The AVPs will be included under the internship program of the USC, although their salaries were budgeted under the executive portfolio of the council. The AVPs will be paid $5,000 annually and 10 positions are available, according to Irwin.
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Regarding the eligibility of applicants, Irwin said AVPs would be people who will be working at the USC in a large role but as a part-time job. “Each job is different, it requires a different skill set, so the AVPs for the external portfolio will require a different skill set than those under the communications portfolio,” she said. Detailed position descriptions and application procedures are available on the USC’s website. “There is a large diversity of roles so no matter what your interests or skill sets are there is a good chance there is something that might interest you,” Irwin said. The AVPs will receive training before the start of summer so they can transition well into their roles next year, under the new USC executive. “I hope that people will feel empowered to apply for the positions and if being involved with the USC is something you have interested in the past, this could be a really phenomenal way to make a big difference on campus and learn a whole bunch of really great skills,” Irwin said.
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Thames may flood Spring is finally in the air. But with rising temperatures also comes the potential for flooding. The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority is warning the increase in rain combined with melting snow could cause water levels across the city to rise. And the thaw is expected to continue into the weekend with temperatures forecasted to hover at or stay above freezing. But even though winter is technically over, the UTRCA says these warm temperatures won’t be quite enough to melt all the snow on the ground. “We don’t anticipate losing the entire snowpack,” Mark Helsten, senior water resources engineer, said in a press release. “Some melting will occur, though, particularly along the South Thames River where there is less snow cover.” The UTRCA warns residents to be cautious around near rivers and streams. — Kaitlyn McGrath
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Academics increasingly cite Wikipedia Robert Nanni Jr. GAZETTE STAFF Wikipedia has warned its users against citing its information as a reliable source, as the general public can alter it. Yet, this has not stopped thousands of medical journal article authors from doing so. In a study commissioned by Dr. Sylvain Boet, an anesthetist and health researcher for The Ottawa Hospital, it was found that thousands of medical papers have cited Wikipedia, and that the number of references have begun to multiply in the last three years. In the past decade alone, the British Medical Journal has had 13 references to Wikipedia in its various articles. Boet’s paper noted the exponential trend of people referencing Wikipedia, highlighting the opposition against scientific methods of citations. Over 4,600 journal articles have cited Wikipedia between 2001 and 2013. Despite academics being taught to never use Wikipedia as a reliable source, this shift against the norm may have some validity. Anabel Quan-Haase, a
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WIKI ME SILLY. A study from the University of Ottawa has found that scholarly articles are increasingly using Wikipedia as a source. Growing acceptance of the legitimacy of the crowd-sourced encyclopedia is concerning for some.
professor of Media, Information, and Technoculture at Western who studies the effects of technology on society, claimed that Wikipedia articles “can help with initiating the project — answering the key questions, defining the main terms, finding other work that has been published on it.� Past the provision of a starting point, Wikipedia should not have served a purpose in medical journals — or any journals for that matter — and should surely not have been cited in them, Boet’s paper
Western creates VP for student experience Olivia Zollino GAZETTE STAFF After years of advocacy from the University Students’ Council, Western is introducing a new administration position focused on the student experience. The old position, vice-provost academic programs and students and registrar, will soon be split into three: The vice-provost academic programs, the registrar, and the new associate vice-president of student experience. “It’s an administrative shuffle, but it’s an important one,� said Patrick Whelan, USC president. The new academic position will focus solely on various aspects of the out-of-classroom undergraduate student experience, including student affairs, student support and learning opportunities, according to Whelan. With three people dividing the responsibilities of the vice-provost, Whelan believes this will aid in all aspects for students. “We will get a better focus on teaching quality, in-the-classroom learning, e-learning, tech enabled learning, these cutting edge academic practices because now someone doesn’t have to worry about the student services half while they’re focusing on that,� Whelan said. Whelan had previously included
introducing an associate vice-president of student experience in his 2013 campaign platform. However, he said that he could not take all the credit. “This is something that students have been asking for indirectly – students indirectly feel the impact of the difficulty of some of these issues. Student leaders have been asking for this for a while. This is something that was not done in a day, probably years, and my predecessors have been talking about it as well,� Whelan said. John Doerksen is the current vice-provost academic programs and students and registrar. His fiveyear term expires this year, though he was recently appointed to serve a second term. The search to fill the new positions is “currently in progress,� said Keith Marnoch, Western’s director of media and community relations. At the end of the day, Whelan looks forward to welcoming the new associate vice-president of student experiences to Western. “I think that this position has the opportunity to be a strong leader in the broad sense of the student experience. We’re really hoping to see this position grow and continue to be a leader and we look forward to working on how it gets operationalized in the next few months and years,� Whelan said.
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implied. “The medical field moves very quickly,� Quan-Hasse says. “Perhaps there’s something unique about the medical field which might necessitate the use of Wikipedia, a source that is constantly updated.� For Boet, the issue lay in the public’s ability to edit articles as they please. Despite Wikipedia having stated that their edits are monitored, cross-referenced and reformed if necessary, one can never be sure about the strength of this claim.
“There are many entries which seem rather thin in terms of deep, knowledgeable information. I think that its use has to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis,� Quan-Hasse said. She validated the concern that the user cannot know which edits are correct and which are not, along with which incorrect edits have been corrected, and if those corrections are themselves correct. Wikipedia’s resources may have misconstrued copious amounts of information in the past, and this
has shied academics away from any benefit it could have served. “Wikipedia doesn’t really serve the needs of somebody doing academic research,� stated Brian Held, a PhD student at Western studying economics. “To me it signals laziness on the part of the authors and makes the work less credible.� Held admitted to having used Wikipedia to “familiarize [himself] with basic concepts and as a first reference,� but claimed the information provided on the encyclopedia-like resource is much less valuable than information from a legitimate primary source. “The possibility for the spread of misinformation from an unverified source is at odds with the principles of robust scientific methodology,� Boet’s paper concluded. The potential inability to have studies recreated due to invalid information has been a major concern for those who have opposed the use of Wikipedia in medical journals. This could potentially affect the care of patients, which is something “that is simply not worth the risk,� Quan-Hasse said.
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Springing into a new workout routine Conrad Floryan GAZETTE STAFF Even though it still feels like Winnipeg outdoors, spring is just around the corner. The Western Student Recreation Centre has gotten busier lately as students sweat at melting away those extra pounds they put on during the winter. There are seemingly infinite exercises and workout routines available online, and although folks are in a hurry to fit into their size-extra-small swimsuit, it’s key to take the time to research the options and find exercises that fit you just as well as that swimsuit. “Half the battle is finding workouts and activities that you enjoy,” says Kyle Paradis, PhD student in Sports and Exercise Psychology at Western. “It definitely goes a long way to making it more fun for you.” Paradis believes that it’s important to think outside the box when planning exercises. Getting in shape doesn’t necessarily have to be in the structured gym setting. Playing different sports, walking the dog and even doing housework like
vacuuming are great ways to burn calories. There’s also “exergaming” — dynamic video game systems like Wii that require players to move their bodies. No matter what activities you choose, exercising with others will help the time fly by and the muscles stack up. “I’d recommend joining group exercise classes; they’re a lot of fun, they’re motivating, […] there’s fun music and the instructors are excellent,” recommends Chris Stapylton, fitness manager at GoodLife Southdale. “Also working with a personal trainer where you build a one-on-one relationship as well as get pushed to the max and provide maximum results.” If you can’t find a friend to exercise with, you could consider developing social skills, but in the meantime having a stirring work out soundtrack on your iPod and some good headphones will make that last squat a little easier. Listening to podcasts or interviews is another great way to stay entertained and exercise your mind as well as your body. People often struggle getting
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into shape because they take on too much at once and wear themselves out. Plan shorter workouts — short, intense workouts are actually the most effective. Whether you’re built like Lil Wayne or a lil’ airplane, it takes time and patience to get fit. “What’s really important is that people make a commitment, that they’re very specific about when they’re going to start, and what it is that they’re going to do,” says Don
Morrow, a professor at Western’s School of Kinesiology. Motivation arises largely from within. External motivators — like rewarding yourself with a slice of cake following a successful workout — are effective but they should supplement an intrinsic desire to get fit. “(People) need to reflect on why it’s important for them to get fit and what will make it enjoyable so that it
suits a value that they might have — like being accountable to a partner,” Morrow says. “[They need] something they can say that internally is really going to mean something.” While there are approaches to help getting in shape more pleasant, it ultimately requires challenging yourself and there will be bumps along the road, according to Paradis. “Stick through the good days and bad, don’t give up,” he says.
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Kevin Hurren OPINIONS EDITOR GGGGF Veronica Mars Director: Rob Thomas Starring: Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Krysten Ritter “A long time ago we used to be friends, but I haven’t thought of you lately at all.” These are not only the opening lyrics for the Veronica Mars title sequence, but also exactly how fans of the show felt when they heard a movie sequel was being released. The Veronica Mars television series, which ended its run in 2007, focuses on a young girl who, after the death of her best friend, sets out to solve the case using her father’s private investigation business. Even after uncovering the murderer, Veronica (Kristen Bell) continues to untangle the complex lies and mysteries in the fictional town of Neptune, California. The movie Veronica Mars, set nine years after the events of the show’s third and final season, sees Veronica return to Neptune as a successful law graduate from New York City. Divorced from her old sleuthing tricks, Veronica is
pulled back into the game by exboyfriend and now accused killer Logan Echolls (Jason Dohring). In order to clear her former lover’s name, Veronica must reunite with old friends — and enemies — to find the truth. If you’re familiar with the show, you’ll be amazed with how writer and show creator Rob Thomas recreated that world. Veronica’s dialogue was once again the perfect fusion of intelligence, wit and sarcasm that made the character so popular. Bell, who plays the titular character, also seemed to embrace the role with open arms, and based on her performance one would assume she never really gave up Veronica. Even if you’re not a fan of the show, the movie still has plenty to offer. You may miss some of the more subtle cameos and inside jokes, but the actual plot has traits one would expect from any neo-noir mystery. Red herrings, undercover disguises, lost records and corrupt police are integrated in the narrative in nuanced ways. Any fan of murder thrillers will enjoy Veronica Mars even without a strong understanding of the preliminary story. Other highlights from the film
include Krysten Ritter and Gaby Hoffmann in supporting roles. Both actresses had roles on the show years ago, and have since earned their own television success on the shows Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23 and Girls respectively. Ritter, especially, proves how much she’s grown as a performer reprising her role as Gia Goodman, a socialite with something to hide. But just as Veronica reminds us, nothing is perfect — including the film itself. In hopes of rewarding fans of the show, the film attempted to squeeze as many old characters into the story as possible. This led to a few somewhat unnecessary side arcs, which contribute little to the plot. Still, why shouldn’t the film cater to those who watched the show? After all, those fans are the ones who funded the project. The entire movie was the result of a very successful Kickstarter campaign, with a few loyal Veronica Mars fans raising $5-million for the project. Recognizing the demand, Thomas, Bell and the rest of the original cast became involved and recreated that world. Maybe in another nine years we’ll get another movie sequel — but until then, fans of the show have a great movie to satisfy their Veronica Mars craving.
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Torches — Foster the People
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“Magic” — Coldplay
Marc Foster and his People present a concept album that tackles the ugly side of capitalism and contemporary social issues the only way they know how — through adventurous dance pop. The band that spawned “Pumped Up Kicks”— the biggest record about sneakers since Nelly laced up his Air Force Ones — builds on the glossy sound by incorporating instruments from different cultures. “Pseudologia Fantastica” will make the consequent ramble through the dictionary feel like a flight to the moon. New single “Best Friend” casually bounces like a new soundtrack staple at Forever 21; just remember to think twice about buying those sunglasses.
Nuclear war destroys civilization on Earth and the only survivors are the inhabitants of international space stations luckily in orbit at the time. Years later, the stations are linked into a massive abode dubbed the “Ark” and it’s running low on resources. The solution? Get the kids the fix it. One hundred juvenile delinquents are shuttled off to irradiated Earth to check if it’s habitable again. Based on the book by Kass Morgan, The CW network’s latest high-concept diversion premiered last night. It offers pretty young things in a gripping fight for survival, space explosions, Earth explosions, implosions — what’s not to love?
Adaptations of post-apocalyptic young adult novels are hot right now. If you’re still jonesing for dystopian gossip drama after having viewed The 100, take the space car to the local theatre and check out Divergent, debuting this Friday. Oscar-nominee Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) stars as Beatrice “Tris” Prior, a 16-year-old outcast who uncovers a sinister plot brewing in future Chicago. If the trailers hold any indication, the movie is essentially a clone of The Hunger Games franchise. Wow, we’re not even in the future yet but there’s already the technology to clone movies!
Christian Bale sports the best comb over since Donald Trump. The straggly hair monster is so captivating that it should have received its own Oscar nomination, and it easily could have because American Hustle picked up Oscar nominations like a bad habit. The international blockbuster features a striking 70s soundtrack, an all-star cast including Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, and a plethora of disco-era wigs. Bale and Adams play a couple of con artists who get caught up in the true life FBI ABSCAM operation — an elaborate sting on corrupt politicians. The vibrant comedy-drama oozes with rousing spectacle even The Donald couldn’t trump.
When Coldplay dropped the avantgarde “Midnight” a few weeks ago, many fans were scared the band that produced Viva La Vida had shifted gears. “Magic”, the lead single from the stadium-packing quartet’s forthcoming Ghost Stories returns to classic Coldplay while adding something new. An electronic groove suffuses the bass-heavy track that builds into a refreshing climax tinged with lush acoustic guitar. Even with the form-pushing production featuring lingering guitar reverb, Martin’s legendary falsetto breaks through to herald the return of the Coldplay that’s loved and hated by millions.
Two weeks of veganism
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Opinions It’s time to legalize pot Ivey economist Mike Moffatt has estimated that if Ontario were to legalize marijuana, the province could make as much as $60-million a year in tax revenues. The estimate comes based off early statistics from Colorado, which that legalized marijuana earlier this year. On a provincial level, $60-million isn’t much, but it is something. Ontario is strapped for cash, and any available source of revenues, however small, should be welcomed. There don’t seem to be many good reasons for keeping pot criminalized. Listening to some politicians talk, you’d think the little green plant was the source of all evil. But prohibition isn’t lowering usage, and money is being spent to enforce offences related to pot. Alcohol and cigarettes are more harmful and more easily abused, yet they receive much less of a fuss and are 100 per cent legal. It’s time we took a critical perspective on why this is, and whether it makes sense. Marijuana usage is also becoming more socially acceptable. Legalizing it would ensure that it could be sold through the government, and hence also through a regulated system. This would ensure that revenues from sales go to the government, and not organized crime. It’s becoming more obvious that marijuana and its use have now entered the mainstream amongst the millennial generation. A commonly expressed worry is that legalization would effectively amount to a government endorsement of getting baked. Such fears are misplaced. Usage in places where it is legalized have seen no rise in consumption amongst youth, and The Netherlands even saw a decrease. While studies on marijuana have suggested that consumption may have some mild side effects, they are not severe enough to justify its continued illegality. In addition, the addictive effects of marijuana are comparatively mild in contrast to alcohol and tobacco. Considering its economic benefits and the increase in safety that regulated sale would provide, it’s clear the time has come to legalize the ganja. Statistics like the ones provided by Mr. Moffatt should be considered seriously by governments everywhere, regardless of level. No harm means no foul, and governments should recognize that in their policies towards marijuana. — The Gazette Editorial Board
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Bradley Metlin ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Today is my personal day of reckoning — my 22-page policy paper for American politics has to be in my TA’s hands by 12:30. Being a doe-eyed second-year, this paper is obviously staggering. Due to the astonishing length, it crossed my mind that I could hand it in late. Why not take the extra time? Surely that would help my paper’s quality? This sunny thought process, unfortunately, is too idealistic. You see, my American politics class has a very strict late policy, a policy that seems to emulate the bloody history of the country we’re studying. If I were to hand my paper in after 2:30p.m. (when the class ends), I would lose 25 per cent. Once midnight strikes, it’s another 25 per cent. So if I were to take an extra day to do my paper, I would lose a whopping 50 per cent immediately — having no chance of passing. When I made the decision to come to Western, I thought I would be entering an environment where ideas were readily and academically dissected, but apparently only within a certain time. When explaining his policy at the beginning of the year, my professor proclaimed “in the real world, deadlines are strict.” He argued that if an employer requests something for a specific time, you would have to produce or face consequences. Now, this seems fine in a cutthroat business world where everyone is
wearing power suits and out for blood, but for the vast majority of students we will never inhabit a world like the ones on Mad Men or House of Cards. Instead, “the real world” accommodates employees; you can call in sick and most workplaces have the opportunity for collaboration with others when you’re overwhelmed. Most notable, however, is the fact that students have a lot going on in their lives. In the professional “real world,” your employer would assign one task or a set of related tasks at a time. Students, though, have other obligations in their lives such as part time jobs, extra curricular activities and other course work. While my American politics class’ late policy is harsh and unreasonable, I think of others courses I’ve taken where the policies are much more lax. My firstyear political science class, for instance, had a 10 per cent penalty for a late paper but gave you an extra week to work on it. A half-year English class I took last year takes the cake for most accommodating late policy. Five grace days were given for “wiggle room” which you could use any way you saw fit throughout the semester. Papers handed in within this five-day window would not lose marks. After those five days, papers faced a two per cent per day reduction. Western needs to look at late policies throughout the faculties and departments and standardize them. It’s not fair that I can have five days of extension in one class and face a 50 per cent penalty for handing a paper in a day late for another. Considering we’re indentured to the university for four years, it makes sense to have a policy across the board so students have constant expectations in their academic careers. If we’re working hard, give us realistic expectations — that’s my version of “the real world.”
Dear Life Your anonymous letters to life Dear Life, Students who eat full meals in class need to check themselves. Stick with coffee and grow up. Dear Life, Can you change all the campus toilets into bidets please? That way I can leave the bathroom without using half-ply toilet paper and wondering if I should get checked for STIs. Dear Life, I actually don’t care about St. Patrick’s Day. Dear Life, Am I a bad person for Friend Zoning my best friend? Dear Life, Talk dirty to me. Dear Life, To the person in Dear Life who chirped the other person who chirped FIMS professors in last week’s Dear Life section: Really? Dear Life, If you’re graduating, do at least one ridiculous thing. wgaz.ca/dearlife
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SPHR creates bad double standard RE: “IOC should be critiqued too,” Tuesday, March 18, 2014 To the Editor: After reading the letter to the editor regarding IOC, I felt that it was necessary to voice a number of concerns that I have. It is ironic to see a member of Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, or SPHR, make accusations of double standards when they are guilty of imposing the same. Why hasn’t SPHR issued even a shred of criticism towards Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries that deny basic human
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rights to Palestinians? SPHR chooses to consistently demonize and isolate Israel, while ignoring the plight of the Palestinians in the rest of the Middle East. In fact, they dedicate two weeks of the academic year solely towards delegitimizing Israel (Israeli Apartheid Week and the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Week). That’s what I call a double standard. Further, the author has chosen to accuse Israel on Campus of ignoring the conflict. Anyone who has attended an IOC event knows that this is far from the truth. IOC’s events include discussions, speakers and tables that directly address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The messaging at many of these events is clear: IOC is pro-peace and hopes to see a Palestinian state exist side-byside with Israel. IOC members possess a wide range of political opinions, but unfortunately because SPHR refuses to engage in collaborative programming
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with IOC, this is something that they have yet to see. Yes, IOC has chosen to display Israel’s culture and innovation in addition to their political programming, but why is there anything wrong with this? IOC is entitled to present whatever information its board sees as relevant within the confines of the club’s constitution. IOC’s choice not to engage in arguments surrounding allegations of apartheid is its own prerogative and the club should not be criticized for choosing to allocate its time and resources to other topics within the club’s purview. Lastly, I would like to challenge the author’s claim that SPHR’s displays were well-sourced. I know of people who were promised an e-mail with sources, as they were not listed on the display. Those e-mails have yet to be received. — Oren Kamen Social Science III
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Rundown >> Two Western Mustangs teams are in action this weekend > The Western Wrestlers take part in the junior-senior national championships today until Sunday, March 23, and the Mustangs badminton team will compete in the college-university national championships starting this Friday.
Mustangs face void with loss of Vaughan Western says goodbye to another Mustangs great Daniel Weryha SPORTS EDITOR When the buzzer sounded to end the Ontario University Athletics semifinal, the playoff loss to the Laurier Golden Hawks was more than just the loss of a season, it was the loss of yet another Mustangs great. Jenny Vaughan, the Mustangs’ star guard, has played out the final year of her OUA eligibility in incredible fashion. Though she did not win a title, her five-year career has been nothing short of spectacular. As a Mustang, Vaughan dominated the score sheets from year to year. This season, the fifth-year Dundas, Ontario native had a career high 506 points. She shot 49 per cent from field goal range, 88 per cent from the foul line, and averaged a team-high 23 points per game. Her incredible performance earned her Canadian Interuniversity Sport all-Canadian first team honours for the second year in a row, and helped lead her team to another OUA playoff berth. But as another season comes to an end, so does Vaughan’s time in purple and white. As number four on the Mustangs, Vaughan carried
the team to many victories, but as a leader, Vaughan feels she has done more than simply win games. “When I look back on my career at Western — I feel like in this last year specifically, our team really recaptured the proud legacy and respect that Western women’s basketball has had in previous years. We played with a lot of heart and determination and represented our school in a very positive way in the OUA and CIS,” Vaughan said. Vaughan’s basketball aspirations, however, extend further than the painted lines in alumni gym. Now that she has spent her five years showcasing her own talent, Vaughan feels that it’s time to work on the developing others. This year Vaughan returned to the Mustangs after being accepted to the teachers college program here at Western. The acceptance allowed her to complete in her final year of eligibility, and progress professionally as well. “In a perfect world, five years from now I see myself as a full-time phys-ed teacher coaching numerous high school clubs and sports,” Vaughan said. But even in this life after the Mustangs, Vaughan doesn’t plan to hang up her basketball shoes for good.
“I will always be playing basketball, the question at that point in my life is at what level and to that I cannot say,” she said. With the long-time Mustangs guard moving on to the next stage in her life, the Mustangs have a void to fill — a task that would seem almost impossible to accomplish. But on the year of Western’s athletic century mark, it would be foolish to assume that as one great athlete moves on there will not be another to take her place. For these future stars of the Mustangs women’s basketball team, Vaughan attributes success only to the amount of work they are willing to put in. “Enjoy the off-season and summer time with your family and friends, but if you want to be a strong player there really is never time off. Summer is the time to really take your game to the next level — season is the time to show off how much better you’ve gotten to help your team. I can’t emphasize that enough,” Vaughan explained. The vacancy that is now Vaughan’s spot on the roster will truly trouble the coaching staff over the off-season — the challenge now is finding a way to replace her.
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Jason Sinukoff MANAGING EDITOR The Hart Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the NHL player that is judged to be the most valuable player to his team. Now anyone who follows hockey would know that this year the clear frontrunner for the most prestigious individual award is Sidney Crosby. I completely agree and I believe this is Crosby’s award to lose this year, but who should be in the conversation with him? Should it be one of the most prolific scorers in Alexander Ovechkin? Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks? No! The honour for who should be nominated to lose to Crosby should be given to one man — Phil Kessel. All bias and Leafs fanboying aside, there are some criteria a player must meet, in my opinion, to be considered for the Hart Trophy. Firstly, the player’s team should make the playoffs, or at least be in contention. The Leafs and Kessel meet this by currently sitting in the first wild card spot in the Eastern conference and
one point out of third place in the Atlantic division. Secondly, the team could not be in the same position if the player wasn’t there. Although this is pretty much a given for all of the people nominated for the Hart every year, it still must be said, because without it, the player isn’t serving the mandate of why the trophy is awarded in the first place. Kessel currently has 73 points on the season and they are split between his 34 goals and 39 assists. The next highest scoring Leaf is James van Riemsdyk, who has 56 points. JVR would not even come close to this if he was not playing with Kessel, and that’s fine. The point is that whether it is Joffrey Lupul, JVR, Tyler Bozak or anyone else, Kessel helps to elevate his teammates’ game. Phil “The Thrill” does this each and every night, and I can promise that without Kessel, the Leafs would be a bottom-dwelling team each year with their current roster. Finally, a player must be versatile. Kessel has shed his old image of a pure sniper and has evolved into a player who can make plays, snipe and skate. Although Crosby is still leagues ahead of everyone and will win this award, the next man in line should be none other than Phil “The Thrill” Kessel.
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REPORT CARD Water Polo
Expectations
Best moment
Last year, the water polo team made some great strides and placed third in the Ontario University Athletics, seizing bronze. Although this year’s team lost two of those players, the composition of the team remained pretty similar. As such, the Mustangs really had the potential to achieve the same results in terms of placing – if not excel even more.
Worst moment
The best moment for the team this year was definitely the game against the Carleton Ravens on November 11. Coming off a win against the McMaster Marauders, the team faced off against their notable foe and, although it resulted in an 8–3 loss, the Mustangs played extremely well and the game demonstrated how far the Mustangs had come. Carleton went on to place first in the standings, so the fact that Western was able to hold their own in the game is something to be proud of.
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Captain Daniel Abraham stole the show this year. Not only was he one of the most experienced players in the water, but Abraham was also named an OUA all-star. Abraham proved to be a big threat on offence, which gave the team openings to take advantage of. Connor Lake, the team’s goalie, was also a great asset to the team, but is a runnerup because he joined later in the season.
Losing the bronze medal game to the Ottawa Gee-Gees was the biggest low of the season. The Mustangs had beat the same team the year prior, and with Ottawa’s team only gaining one or two new players, a similar triumph was expected. However, these small changes were enough to upset the Mustangs, who were unable to shut down these players and lost 9–6, giving up their place in the top three.
Overall grade
Unfortunately, next year’s team doesn’t look promising. Not only are the Mustangs losing their goalie, but they’re also losing the majority of their starting line. As if it couldn’t get any worse, the team will also be losing one of their head coaches, Arturo Ortiz. Joining last year, much of the team’s growth and success can be attributed to Arturo, and the Mustangs will face an unfortunate loss with his leave.
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This year definitely had a strong team that played some good games and groomed a lot of the younger players. Still, because the team had placed third last year with almost the same make-up, it was a big upset not to at least place third again. Overall, it wasn’t a bad season by any means, but it also wasn’t the best. — Kevin Hurren
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