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Premier McGuinty resigns Project Unbreakable Premier departs and prorogues parliament

arrives at Western Cam Smith News Editor

Julian Uzielli Gazette

Alex Carmona News Editor Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty unexpectedly announced Monday he would be stepping down as the leader of the provincial Liberal party. He also announced he would be proroguing the government because his minority government could not reach an agreement with the opposition over proposed public sector wage freezes.

“I’ve concluded that this is the right time for Ontario’s next Liberal Premier, and our next set of ideas to guide our province forward,” McGuinty wrote in an open letter.

While McGuinty has gone on the record saying he has no immediate plans following his resignation, his abrupt announcement has prompted speculation that he may make a run for federal leadership of the Liberal Party.

He asked the party president to convene a leadership convention as early as possible, and will continue to serve as premier until a new leader has been found. He also plans to give up his seat in the Ottawa South riding.

“Everyone has been talking about Chris Bentley and Deb Matthews running for leadership of the party,” Jaquetta Newman,

a political science professor at King’s University College, said.

“It’s hard to say, but those two might be a bit reticent because Deb Matthews has been having real problems in terms of the questioning around the Ornge scandal, and Chris Bentley is now caught up in all of this stuff about not tabling certain documents that were requested by the opposition parties,” she said, refer-

It means we simply do not have a responsible government.

—Jaquetta Newman

Political science professor at King’s University College

ring to the recent scandal which caused the provincial Conservatives to accuse Liberal energy minister Chris Bentley of contempt of parliament.

According to Alisha Li, vicepresident university affairs for the University Students’ Council, the leadership change could be problematic for new tuition policies being advocated by the Ontario Undergraduate Students’ Alliance.

“Before all this, we knew that the government was looking into

implementing some sort of new tuition framework within the next budget session, but at this point it’s probably going to be considered a major policy decision,” she said.

“Hopefully we’ll get more information in the next few weeks, but we know that things like tuition, quality teaching, online learning and experiential learning are still priorities and we’ll still make sure that gets at the forefront in front of the government.”

Newman was more concerned over McGuinty’s decision to prorogue Parliament.

“Prorogation is historically, and traditionally, used if a government has come to the end of its legislative agenda,” she explained.

“But now we have precedent with Harper in terms of using prorogation for political purposes, and that is what McGuinty is doing—he’s doing this for his own party’s purposes of finding a new leader without having to go to the polls in the middle of it,” she said.

“This is irresponsible government—the government is responsible to the opposition, and the House. The fact is that there will now be no question period and no debate within the House at Queen’s Park. [It] means we simply do not have a responsible government.”

Sexual Violence Awareness Week is in full swing on campus, promoting awareness about the nature and reality of sexual violence, as well as promoting consensual sexual activity. A variety of booths are set up on the main floor of the University Community Centre laden with information, pamphlets and pins.

Along with this, Western brought in Grace Brown of Project Unbreakable, a New York photographer and sexual activist, to speak last night. Her blog shares pictures of sexual assault victims displaying quotes their attackers had spoken.

TIME magazine ranked Brown’s blog among the top 30 on Tumblr.

According to Brown, she got the idea for Project Unbreakable after a conversation with her friend, who was the victim of sexual violence.

“I was out with my friend one night when she just blurted out her story. While I’d heard many stories before, this one just really got to me,” she said. “The next morning I woke up with the idea to start this project.”

With stark portrayals of victims of sexual assault, and the deeply disturbing quotes, Project Unbreakable provides a human quality for an otherwise inhuman act.

“I think it’s more real—it puts a face to the statistics,” Brown said.

“I don’t really have an agenda with Project Unbreakable, I just do it because I think it’s important.”

It is for these reasons that Brown was sought out to speak during Sexual Violence Awareness Week.

“When I checked out her Tumblr, I realized this is really something we had to bring into Western,” Myuri Komaragiri, vicepresident campus issues for the University Students’ Council, explained. “Upon seeing the pictures, it’s impossible not to feel something.”

For Komaragiri, the awareness Project Unbreakable raises is important, as it serves to stop sexual violence before it starts.

“Once we’re able to share these experiences openly, we can move to preventative measures from reactive measures,” Komaragiri said.

“Her project makes people want to talk about it.”

“I think it’s really powerful. Although it’s difficult to absorb the pictures, there’s something really powerful about it,” she concluded.

According to Komaragiri, another reason Project Unbreakable is so effective at raising awareness is its dedication on focusing the issue on the individual, not the grand scheme. “[Brown] is creating an awareness situation through art. It’s making it something that’s human, as opposed to this large issue that seems difficult to combat,” said Anthea Williams, a member of the I Know Someone campaign, another movement dedicated to sexual violence awareness.

Even though Project Unbreakable focuses on individual stories, Williams asserted this did not have a negative impact on the effectiveness of the project.

“Any way to raise awareness is effective,” she said. “If it stops even one sexual assault, then it was effective.”

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Crossword By Eugene Sheffer Andrei Calinescu GAZETTE

A WALL-E OF JUNK. In partnership with the Ontario Electronic Stewardship, Western is holding an e-waste drive in the Health Sciences parking lot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. until Sunday, October 21. The initiative comes in the wake of National Waste Reduction Week.

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Research funding up The federal government has provided over $120 million to research universities across Canada. Several different faculties and research programs at Western have benefited from these grants.

The diverse fields of study available at Western are reflected in the funding provided to the university. Funding was provided to projects in fields from developmental cognitive neuroscience to global women’s issues, as well as wind engineering, molecular ecology and landscape genetics.

Western prides itself on being a research-intensive school, and bringing research out of the classroom and labs and applying it externally. This funding will be of great importance and value to the professors who received it.

Charles McKenzie, a professor of medical biophysics, received a Tier 2 grant for his work in translational magnetic resonance imaging.

McKenzie said the funds will be

of great value, allowing him to hire graduate students to further his research.

“The other big thing is it lets me pay for the use of the equipment that I need for my research,” McKenzie said. “There’s a lot of work to do, and you need a lot of funding to do it.”

—Sarah Manning

London set to hit half a million In 30 years, London is expected to have a population of 500,000.

A rise in families, and an aging national population are the main reasons as to why London is expected to grow in size by 2041.

“We’re having success with having a lot of people coming to the city and retiring,” Bud Polhill, Ward 1 councillor and chair of the Planning and Environment committee for the city, said.

He also explained how the lower cost of living encourages retirees and families with children to move to London.

“If they’re coming from Toronto, the cost of living and owning a home is so much lower in London that you can sell your house in Toronto, buy the same house in London and take half the money you got [from selling your Toronto home] and put it in the bank because there’s that much difference in the home values,” Polhill stated.

Polhill said the increase in families will create jobs, since it will create a demand for housing, as well as a demand for recreation centres and the expansion of schools.

“Expanding and focusing will provide jobs for people so that they have incentive to come here, or stay here,” Polhill said.

He emphasized the need for London to take advantage of its location, emphasizing the city’s proximity to a major highway gives businesses amazing opportunities.

“Businesses want to be able to advertise on the biggest highway in North America, and they also want to be able to access it easily,” Polhill said.

By promoting the land along the 401, city council hopes to attract businesses that will generate employment.

—Jaclyn Carbone

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Margaret Trudeau coming to Western Actor and activist to speak about mental health Jesica Hurst News Editor

As a part of its Distinguished Lecture Series, the faculty of health sciences has invited Margaret Trudeau to deliver an important lecture at Western on November 1.

Trudeau, former wife of the late Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, will be addressing topics surrounding mental health, including her first-hand experience with the bipolar condition she has struggled with her entire life.

Jim Weese, dean of the faculty of health sciences, is excited for their sixth speaker to discuss mental health, as it is a timely topic at the university.

“We try to find speakers that address an important and timely area related to health, and our researchers know that mental health is one of the determinants of our entire well-being,” Weese said. “It’s a timely topic for our researchers, undergraduate students and graduate students who are studying this area.”

“It’s also an area that the university is heavily invested in, with things like our mental health services on campus, and making sure that our faculty, staff and students have the resources necessary to deal with this very important issue.”

The faculty of health sciences created the Distinguished Lecture Series six years ago after they in-

vited Michael Decter to speak to Western about Canadian healthcare reform. Since then, the series has continued to be a success, featuring Canadian speakers like Fraser Mustard and Stephen Lewis.

According to Weese, the series was created to help get students thinking about things in new and different ways, all while showcasing leadership in the field of health.

Bringing high profile speakers to Western to speak about mental health helps students understand that these issues exist, but can be overcome.

—Husayn Marani

Health Sciences Students’ Council president

“We did this to increase attention to very specific areas related to both physical and mental health, and we would like to continue to invite these high profile speakers with very important messages to our campus,” he said.

Husayn Marani, Health Sciences Students’ Council president, is looking forward to having a speaker help eliminate the stigma surrounding those who

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are facing mental health issues.

“Mental health issues do not discriminate by age. As students, we need to recognize that these issues affect all of us, whether [it is] directly or indirectly,” Marani explained. “Bringing high profile speakers to Western to speak about mental health helps students understand that these issues exist, but can be overcome.”

“Sometimes, this Western bubble shields us from real world issues,” he added. “When we leave, we need to be well-equipped

Two Western profs named to Canada Research Chairs Aaron Zaltzman News Editor Western has added a little more prestige to its name, as two professors were named as the university’s newest Canada Research Chairs— a position reserved for the country’s top researchers.

The recipients of the honour are Girma Bitsaumlak, a professor in the faculty of engineering, and Bipasha Baruah, a professor in the faculty of women’s studies.

They were named to the position

by Gary Goodyear, federal minister of state (science and technology), at the start of the National Science and Technology Week.

Bitsaumlak, who came to Western by way of Florida International University, will be involved in research concerning the performance of environmentally sustainable buildings under pressure, like hurricanes.

According to Baruah, the role of Canada Research Chair is not dissimilar to that of professor.

“Those who get hired as CRCs are still, first and foremost, professors at a university,” Baruah said.

She emphasized, however, her role would be composed of roughly 60 per cent research, as opposed to a normal professor’s job that is

about 40 per cent research.

Professor Baruah will be taking a global look at the economy and women—specifically, how changes in one affect the other.

“I try to understand what the social, economic, political and legal reasons are for women’s marginalization in property ownership,” Baruah said. “That’s a trend pretty much around the world, regardless of how high women’s education and income levels are.”

“I try to understand more of the why and the how, rather than just what the differences are in quantitative terms.”

Baruah comes to Western after working at California State University. The appointment of two professors from abroad to the CRC is not a coincidence, according to Baruah.

“Research Canada noticed that the top 20 per cent of PhDs from Canadian universities end up being hired outside Canada,” Baruah said. “The idea of the Canada Research Chair program was that the country needed to get these people back. It became a program for both attracting and repatriating research talent.”

But it’s not just the country that is looking to retain top talent.

“The CRC program allows West-

ern to attract and retain the world’s best researchers to London, and contributes to our reputation for research excellence and building capacity,” John Capone, vicepresident research for Western, explained.“Recognized as leaders

The idea of the Canada Research Chair program was that the country needed to get [its top researchers] back. It became a program for both attracting and repatriating research talent.

—Bipasha Baruah

Women’s studies professor at Western

in their field of study, being named a CRC opens many doors for other research investments and recruiting top students.”

Eight other Western professors were renewed for another term as CRCs at the event last week. Currently, Western holds 66 CRCs.

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with important life skills, including empathy, sensitivity and a base level understanding of these mental health issues.”

Marani feels Trudeau is the perfect Canadian figurehead to help triumph over these issues.

“Mental health issues are misunderstood because these issues are often stigmatized by society.

We see few initiatives aimed at addressing them,” he said. “There needs to be a champion to steer mental health conversations and advocate on behalf of mental

health in Canada. I believe Margaret Trudeau is the right person.”

The Health Sciences Students’ Council will be hosting an evening of conversation on October 18 at 7 p.m. in the Mustang Lounge to discuss strategies to cope with university life, exams and assignments, time management and living away from home. Students will also learn about the resources and services available to them at Western, such as Learning Skills Services and Psychological Services.

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Arts&Life

word of the day Poltroon Noun. A spiritless coward.

Delhi 2 Dublin 2 London The final goodbye

Last show for APK Live a hit

Brent Holmes Arts & Life Editor

Jordan Pearson Contributor

It’s been less than a year since Delhi 2 Dublin last played London.

Returning from a year of writing with their new album, Turn Up the Stereo, the band is keeping things fresh with a lot of new songs and a new desire to write and evolve as a band. Vocalist Sanjay Seran spoke with the Gazette about his experience over the past year.

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Gazette: We interviewed you last November, how have things been since then?

Sanjay Seran: We were writing our [current] album at the time. Since then, the album’s been finished, it’s been released in Canada and getting ready for a U.S. release for February. We just got back to Ontario now so we are getting ready for all the Canadian shows. We are pumped, getting ready to do all the new stuff.

Gazette: With Planet Electric you went on a writers’ retreat to make the material for the album, how was the process behind Turn Up the Stereo different?

SS: It’s been even better. We started

writing a while ago. Some of the tracks are a couple years old and we’ve just been messing with ideas. In terms of real writing, we started writing with songwriters.

It’s pretty different working with a handful of guys who are professional songwriters. We went for a festival in Bali and we finished up there. We rented a villa for like 10 days, so it was another writing retreat. It was a good experience.

Gazette: “Bali High” is a fascinating mix of musical influences— what motivated you to combine these distinctive musical styles?

SS:

“[Bali High]” was kind of lin-

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gering around, we had so many different versions of it. It went through a bunch of different morphs. We couldn’t really get a feel out of it and we were in Bali when we finished that one. It’s called “Bali High,” because it’s kind of high off of Bali and there’s also a drink called a bali high. It’s a fun little song. There’s a nice meaning to the song and it’s kind of fun. There’s a nice beach vibe going to it. To me, it’s the weirdest on the album, but it came from where we were.

Gazette: What can people expect to be different in your show this year compared to last year?

Definitely the new material.

I think we are doing eight songs off of the new album. We are in a house near Kitchener right now, in a cabin on a lake and we are rehearsing a couple more songs, revamping the set fully. It will be a full on new set and tons of new songs.

SS:

Like several notable Canadian bands, you share in common the origin point of Vancouver. Is there a way that the city’s atmosphere has affected how you write music?

Gazette:

SS: More so than the way we write,

it’s the way we came together.

Vancouver being how cultural it is—all of Canada is pretty cultural—but Vancouver really embraces it and how it all coexists. I feel like a band like Delhi 2 Dublin is very indicative of Vancouver.

In terms of the writing process, I think it’s kind of similar—when we started we did this thing that was never done and we were accepted right away. That’s in us still.

When we write now, we don’t hold back—whatever we want to do, we are going to do it.

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Cadence Weapon—the stage name of Montreal-based rapper, producer and blogger Rollie Pemberton—absolutely killed his performance at APK Live in what was the venue’s last scheduled show before its doors closed for good Monday.

Cadence Weapon released three strong albums—the most recent being 2012’s Hope In Dirt City— put in the leg work, proved himself to be an intelligent writer and has gained a reputation for energetic live shows.

His set confirmed that with eclectically-sampled beats from 80s dance to soul, as well as shouting and arm flailing, all while delivering a great vocal performance.

His set dragged a few times, usually when his energy dropped during slower songs like “There We Go,” but the energy was always brought right back by Rollie’s crowd work and energy. By the time he finished with “Loft Party,” a favourite from his 2008 album Afterparty Babies, most of the crowd had joined him on stage to dance or stand around looking weird.

That he could keep up the energy and deliver with a crowd like the one on Saturday night speaks volumes about his dedication as a performer. For APK Live’s last scheduled show, there was a community send-off on Sunday night.

The bar was conspicuously not crowded for what was supposed to be a sell-out show—if the venue’s Twitter account was any indication.

Crowd size aside, the openers didn’t leave much of an impression. London rapper Ngajuana was uninspiring and only managed to gather a few of the under 20 suburbanites to the stage. Digits picked up the momentum a bit with dance beats, Casio keyboard sounds and his occasionally soulful soft vocals.

For the most part, the crowd sat down and drank, but milled their way to the stage by the time Cadence Weapon was announced.

Rollie displayed his skill as a performer by somehow pulling the show together and getting everyone to loosen up a little bit.

Despite the night’s pitfalls, Cadence Weapon demonstrated why he’s stuck around so long, why he’s got a lot more to come and why you should take him seriously. As one of Canada’s most interesting hip hop artists, he’s collaborated with Montreal artists Doldrums and Grimes, among others. What he’s doing is exciting, and that’s worth seeing live.

Delhi 2 Dublin will be playing Aeolian Hall Thursday, October 18.

Tickets are available for $20 in advance. Doors open 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m.

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Laura Trabucco Gazette Staff Last Sunday, as a fall prelude to their upcoming film festival, Museum London screened the 2011 TIFF Judges’ 10 Best Short Films In Canada. Displaying an incredible range of talent, the films comprise an impressive variety of genres—some experimental, some traditional narratives. Predominantly French, all poignant, provocative and often tragic, these short films demonstrate excellent work from some of the best filmmaking talent Canada has to offer.

Ora —Philippe Baylaucq Beautifully choreographed, Baylaucq’s film features a number of incredibly talented dancers shot in thermal lighting. Gentle, throbbing music and weightless bodies contribute to a masterful interplay of light, sound and motion. Ora succeeds as a visually-appealing and unexpectedly moving film.

Hope —Pedro Pires Based on the play, Jimmy, Createur du Reve, Pires’ Hope combines expert cinematography with abstract vignettes. Shot in sepia, grisly images and masterful special effects illustrate Pires’ vignette about a dying general. Using surrealistic flashes of consciousness and memories, Pires creates a haunting and beautiful depiction about the brutality of war.

Rhonda’s Party —Ashley McKenzie Set in an old hospital filled with old people, Rhonda’s Party tells an emotional tale about old age, friendship and compassion. When a resident’s 100th birthday party becomes indefinitely postponed, her friends’ reactions make for an interesting take on celebrating life and death. Well-scripted and performed by talented actors, this film relays an important message about compassion and care.

No Words Came Down —Ryan Flowers and Lisa Pham No Words Came Down tells the story of two incredibly vulnerable people set up on an incredibly awkward blind date. Superbly-acted and beautifully shot, Flowers and Pham tackle the sprawling issues of loneliness, mental illness, faith and modern romance in this emotional film with an expert blend of comedy and tragedy.

their schizophrenic father’s recent suicide. Alex remains at home while his sister, Arianne, tries desperately to escape her hometown and the tragedy that has engulfed her. The film delicately depicts loss and love, asking if what we really have to fear is the darkness lurking in the recesses of our own minds.

Choke —Michelle Latimer Beautiful art direction tells a moving tale about leaving home, the dangers and fear of being alone in We Ate the Children Last the big wide world. Latimer points —Andrew Cividino A dark and vividly imagined sat- out that no matter how far we wanire, Cividino’s film presents a world der, we can never completely leave that has found a cure for cancer. behind where we have come from.

Patients undergo organ transplants, The Fuse: Or How I Burned replacing their own cancerous parts Simon Bolivar —Igor Drljaca with pig organs. When the proceDrljaca’s touching film relates the dures begin to backfire horribly, political riots, mass murders and de- Bosnian civil war through home vidbates about the nature of humanity eos and news clippings. A small boy, terrified of a poor mark on an art asensue. signment, prays he will not have to go to school to see his mark—when La Ronde —Sophie Goyette A pair of twins tries to cope with the country erupts in violence, the

protagonist blames himself, though fails to grasp the importance of what is going on around him. The young narrator’s naïve outlook only serves to emphasize the horrors of war.

Doubles With Slight Pepper —Ian Harnarine Set in Brahmin, a long lost father appears demanding a blood transfusion. Evocative and heartfelt, Double With Slight Pepper is beautifully shot and comprises an interesting social commentary about immigration. Harnarine’s film addresses family and culture, as well as the importance good home cooking.

Trotteur —Arnaud Brisebois and Francis Leclerc Beautiful cinematography and meticulous set design combine in Trotteur to tell the story of an outcast who believes in himself. Startling makeup and snowy landscapes create a film that is as visually appealing as it is heartfelt.

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Editor’s Picks > The essentials for your week

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Pretty Little Liars

Rock of Ages

Paranormal Activity 4

Jay-Z – Live in Brooklyn

Our favourite pretty little liars return to television, picking up where they left off in their third season. As the Halloween party train starts up, the liars get an unexpected visit from the A team. With the show approaching its Halloween special, the girls put on their costume masks while working to unveil the identity of “A.” Promotions for the show tease that there will be a death in the newest episode. As the body count rises so too does the show’s popularity. Pretty Little Liars has been renewed for its fourth season.

Love the classic sounds of Journey, Twisted Sister and Poison? Add a dash of Tom Cruise and bam— you’ve got Rock of Ages. Directed

by Adam Shankman, the man who brought you the 2007 remake of Hairspray, the film is yet another stage-to-screen adaptation. As a rock, jukebox musical Rock of Ages takes the greatest rock songs and blends them together in a coherent storyline. The film stars country singer Julianne Hough and Mexican heartthrob Diego Boneta who both lead an ensemble cast of Tom Cruise, Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Apparently, there really is no rest for the wicked. It seems that these ghosts can’t rest in peace, as the Paranormal Activity franchise releases its fourth installment this week. With the same directors as Paranormal Activity 3, the film features Katie Featherston, who starred in the first film and made cameos in the other two. Taking place five years after the events of Paranormal Activity 2, the film also showcases the new technologies of haunted laptops in addition to the cameras and recorders of past films.

Jay-Z just can’t get enough of Brooklyn. After an eight-show run at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the rapper is releasing a digital EP featuring eight live songs and eight video clips from his October 6 show.

While it’s impossible for any live recording to live up to the concertgoing experience, the audio mix on Live in Brooklyn hopes to give fans that weren’t able to make the trek to Brooklyn a taste of the musical magic.

ON THE CHARTS Kelly Clarkson – “Catch My Breath” It seems now that Kelly Clarkson has reached the ripe age of 30, she’s taking some time to reflect on her career thus far. “Catch My Breath,” tells the story of Clarkson’s journey from winning the inaugural season of American Idol in 2002 to who she is, as both as an artist and an empowered woman. Clarkson certainly has had a long, successful career, and with this newest track she takes pride in everything she’s accomplished and all the family, friends and fans who’ve helped her get there.

Argo will take its audience hostage Bradley Metlin Contributor GGGGH Director: Ben Affleck Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Clea DuVall Some will argue that Argo downplays the story’s Canadian content, but that’s irrelevant when taking into account the fine filmmaking.

Like any good thriller, Argo leaves you contorting your body in anticipation of what’s to come.

After Islamic militants storm the American embassy in Iran, six diplomats escape to the Canadian ambassador’s house and cannot leave for they are sure to be detected and persecuted. Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) of the CIA devises a plan with the help of Hollywood makeup artist John Chambers (John Goodman). The plan is simple—the six diplomats that need to be rescued will be passed off as part of a movie crew scouting locations for a new

film, Argo. The fake film secures an acclaimed producer and receives the approval of Tony’s supervisor Jack O’Donnell (Bryan Cranston).

The plan is set in motion and the tension begins.

The film starts off fast with the takeover of the embassy, thrusting the audience into the problem of the film. The main conflict of the film lingers as the narrative explains the plan and its resolution, but as everyone knows, good ideas in theory can be painfully hard to execute. Saving these six diplomats is no exception, and the film shoots forward in pacing, speeding up as the climax grows nearer. The speed of the film alone is enough to make anyone invested in the story and the fate of the diplomats.

The story is also engaging, with plenty of suspense and enough humor sprinkled throughout to keep some scenes light. A subplot involving Tony’s crumbling family life, however, feels slightly out of place in the film, but due to the quality of the main story that is

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forgivable.

Affleck’s directorial efforts are successful as well. He creates an environment in Iran that works perfectly with bleak shots—a limp body hanging from a crane or a car that has been burning far too long.

He also skillfully blends in stock footage of the time with the more

modern footage of this decade.

The lead actors in Argo deliver great performances, including Cranston, whose fury in the film’s climax makes you buckle in your seat, or Goodman who emanates inherent warmth. The true stars of the film, however, are the six hostages who provide a kind of real-

ism their natural, sincere reactions in the face of danger make the film authentic.

Argo is one of those films that grabs you at the beginning and never lets go. Tightly directed

by Affleck, and superbly-acted throughout, this film will surely be recognized this award season.

On Disc

GGGFF Muse The 2nd Law Warner Brothers Highlight Tracks: “Panic Station” “Big Freeze” “The 2nd Law: Unsustainable” As a band, Muse has always been a hodgepodge of influences bound together by Matthew Bellamy’s voice. They are an alternative band with self-important pop lyrics and momentary pretensions of being a progressive rock band—The 2nd

Law continues their style in several problematic ways.

Their new album has a U2 infulence in the song “Big Freeze,” INXS and Stevie Wonder in “Panic Station” and dubstep in “Madness” and “The 2nd Law: Unsustainable” to Muse’s lengthy list of influences—a list that already includes Queen and Radiohead.

To be fair, many of these songs do sound good. Christopher Wolstenholme’s bass is strong, Bellamy’s voice is unique enough to be compelling, and the harmonies are well-organized into catchy choruses.

Like the three-part “Exogenesis Symphony” from their previous album, the album’s final two songs are attempts at progressive music with vague, politicallymuddy lyrics. Unlike the “Exogensis Symphony,” these songs have moments that make one want to rip their ears off when the dubstep kicks in.

Muse is the popcorn movie of

music, like The Avengers, they are entertaining and well-constructed, but not thought-provoking or half as interesting as they pretend to be.

Muse may be trying something new in The 2nd Law, but adapting to whatever is cool and mainstream is not the way to develop an original sound.

—Brent Holmes

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Clocking in on time To the Editor: Ryan provided a great piece on October 4 regarding the malfunctioning clock in one of the lecture rooms on campus.

His opinion opens the conversation on general maintenance items, such as the clock system on campus. To help the discussion, there are three things that I’d like to clarify.

First, the clocks in campus corridors and classrooms are not run on batteries. All clocks maintained by Facilities Management are hard-wired. There are far too many units on campus to make battery operation efficient, sustainable or maintainable.

Secondly, the campus community is encouraged to report maintenance issues to the Facilities Management Division. Work requests can be called in using extension 88756 on campus, or, better yet, using the electronic Work Order ReQuest form (eWorq) found on FM’s homepage— uwo.ca/fm. With almost nine million square feet of floor space on campus, we rely on our customers to report deficiencies, such as leaks, outages, clocks and other infrastructure irregularities.

And lastly, this conversation is timely—no pun intended. Western is investing in a new clock technology that will self-diagnose. Over the next several years, Facilities Management is coordinating a project to change all the clocks on campus to Power Over Ethernet. Each unit will have a data connection, allowing Information Technology Services to monitor faults and identify repairs automatically. Althouse College has been completed already, and the transition is underway for Middlesex College and Western Science Centre.

Our Division stewards the built and natural environment at Western and we take the responsibility seriously.

Ryan’s comments are appreciated and I hope my clarifications are equally regarded.

—Roy Langille AVP Facilities Management

Youth not simply sheep to be coaxed

To the Editor: I was disturbed by Emil Dunnston’s suggestion that the students participating in walkouts at H.B. Beal to display solidarity with their teachers in opposition to Bill 115 were being coaxed to do so.

On what grounds was this suggestion made? Dunnston offers no evidence that teachers at Beal pressured their students to organize a walkout. Dunnston doubts that these students came up with the idea to protest on their own on the grounds that mobilization is counter-productive to having extra-curriculars reinstated. Perhaps these teens value democratic rights over the extra-curricular activities being temporarily suspended by some teachers.

In fact, many have continued to run extra-curriculars to minimize the impact felt by their students.

The youth of Ontario are not lemmings who blindly follow commands. Many young men and women in the province are interested, and actively engaged, in the political process. This is evident in the membership of our Western Liberals, Campus Conservatives, et cetera each year. Frankly, it is insulting to suggest these teens lack the political agency and intellect to organize protests by their own free will.

Respect of democracy is not intrinsically linked to age, for if it was the provincial government constructed of middle-aged men and women would not be assaulting the rights of its public service workers. I applaud the students of Beal for voicing their opinions and standing up for what is right.

—Melissa MacLeod History IV

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Short bus rides an obstruction to others RySpace

Ryan Hurlbut Opinions Editor It’s a cold, cloudy morning in the city of London, Ontario. After waiting for what seems like an eternity, you were finally able to catch a bus downtown and ride to campus in relative comfort.

The day hasn’t been going great so far—you slept through your alarm, missing both breakfast and your allimportant morning shower. Then, just as you approach campus, you are greeted by the one sight on the planet that has the ability to cheer you up— the sight of a bunch of first-year students outraged the bus is too full to take them from the Western Recreation Centre to Alumni Hall.

For some reason, these students think that it’s a better idea to stand still in the cold, rather than take a five-minute walk to reach their destination. Not only does walking create more body heat than waiting for the bus, but it’s very likely the wait for the bus is longer than the actual walk to the middle of campus.

Furthermore, when a bus fails to pick up these students, they seem to excrete a fury that’s usually reserved for charging Vikings. Why are these people so mad? It’s not like they’re more than 10 minutes away from their class. They need a reality check from the students who were passed by the bus down at Oxford and Wharncliffe.

Just as bad are the students who feel the need to take the bus back from class to their residence. The whole point of a residence is to give students quick and easy access to campus, not to create a cesspool of lazy souls whose

sole purpose in life is to clog up the bus and keep good people waiting for an extra half hour.

Some people live over an hour’s walk away. I’m sure they have better things to do then to get passed by a bus full of people who can’t walk a single kilometre. I don’t mean to sound threatening, but I have friends who will make sure a student doesn’t graduate if they cause them to miss a bus home just to go from Natural Sciences Centre to Alumni Hall.

I must admit, the London Transit Commission must know their ridership—what else can explain the 30foot distance between the stops at Broughdale and Huron? However, it would be nice if students didn’t undersell their own ability to move forward in a walking motion.

You want to know an amazing secret to avoid the ‘Freshman 15?’ Try walking somewhere for once in your life.

The same train of thought seems to exist all over campus. It seems people are incapable of mustering up the energy to open a second door when there is a large crowd already streaming through the first one. Those double doors weren’t installed for the sole purpose of aesthetics—they also create an environment where people don’t have to slowly shuffle into the flow of traffic to get where they want.

I know you’re tired in the morning.

We’re all tired. Even though a five-minute walk may seem like the worst thing in the world, it’s really not. In fact, it’ll probably make you feel refreshed and energized.

There’s no reason to take the bus a short distance, as it just inconveniences those around you. A crowded, 30-minute bus ride is bad enough when the bus isn’t compromised by lazy people who can’t get out and walk for 10 minutes.

#win Online hacktivist group Anonymous did some digging, and are claiming they have found the identity of the bully who tormented suicide victim Amanda Todd. By tracing back previous online activities, the identity of the alleged tormenter lies in New Westminster, British Columbia.

Although the police cannot confirm Anonymous’ allegations, it’s good to know that people are not always able to hide their actions behind the wall of the Internet without public outcry.

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#fail Today’s fail goes to St. Louis Cardinals player Matt Holliday, who took out San Francisco Giants player Marco Scutaro while sliding into second base last night.

Actually, to call it a slide would be doing it an injustice. The play was more of a horizontal dive into Scutaro’s knees that extended far past the base.

Although Scutaro may have had the last laugh—driving in two runs with a single—he was still forced to exit the game with a hip injury that was likely a product of Holliday’s flagrant contact.

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“What I’m most proud of is being a part of a group that brought hockey to Texas.”

—U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Mike Modano on his years in Dallas.

Rundown >> Brian Marshall of the Mustangs football team and Sara Matovic of the rowing team have been named Western’s Athletes of the week > Marshall scored four touchdowns on Saturday while Matovic won two gold medals at the Brock Invitational Regatta.

Golden Hawks take a nosedive against Western Mustangs trounce Laurier 54–0 to improve to 5–1 on the season

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GOLDEN HAWK DOWN. A torrential downpour and field of mud didn’t slow down the Mustangs men’s rugby team. The squad bulldozed the Laurier Golden Hawks, winning 54–0.

Ryan Stern Sports Editor A strong and steady rain pounded the rugby fields at Western on Saturday October 13, but the damp and dreary conditions were not about to stop the well-oiled Mustangs men’s rugby team. Taking on the hapless Laurier Golden Hawks, the Mustangs were able to take control of the game with relative ease as they surged to a 54–0 victory.

The Mustangs had no plans of slowing down their level of play, despite the muddy conditions.

The game started off as a back and forth scoreless draw, but once the Mustangs took the lead, they didn’t look back.

“Our expectations were that it was going to be a reasonably

tough game, and they would put up a bit a battle, but that we would be in control of the game,” Steve Thomas, Mustangs head coach, said. “I was quite shocked that their first half was pretty good and we looked ugly in places.”

Putting their first points on the board halfway through the first half when Ryan Tomlinson downed the ball over the try line, the Mustangs were given the traction they needed.

“I thought we adjusted fine, and we were playing well at first, but we had some mistakes and once we got behind, it is one of those days where it is cold weather and we just kind of quit on ourselves,” Rob McQueen, Golden Hawks head coach, said.

Along with Tomlinson’s try, the Mustangs added three addi-

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tional tries—and subsequent conversions—that helped put them ahead by a score of 28–0 at the half. Unfortunately for the Golden

I think the conditions were difficult for both sides, but conditioning shone through, and for the last 50 minutes we were having a blast.

—Steve Thomas

Mustangs head coach

Hawks, things only got worse once the whistle blew to begin the second half. To the delight of the few fans scattering the sidelines, the

superior team took control as the Mustangs bowled over the Golden Hawks for one try after another.

“I think fitness became a big factor in the second half,” Thomas said. “I think the conditions were difficult for both sides, but conditioning shone through, and for the last 50 minutes we were having a blast.”

The game only went from bad to worse for the Golden Hawks as the Mustangs piled it on in the muddy conditions.

“We are a fast-paced team, but the conditions really slowed us down. We collected ourselves at halftime and ran the score away,” Eric Selvaggi, Mustangs secondyear player, said.

Totaling eight tries, the Mustangs got a strong game out of scrum-half Mike Turnbull. A cat-

alyst for the offence, Turnbull was able to effectively distribute the ball, while also converting on seven of eight of the team’s conversion attempts.

With the Golden Hawks in the Mustangs’ rear view mirror, they will continue their quest towards the Ontario University Athletics’ top spot. Sitting comfortably in fourth place, the Mustangs will look to move up the standings in their next few games.

“We have still got two tough games. We have McMaster next week, and Royal Military College after that. RMC is okay, but McMaster is the big tough game,” Coach Thomas said. “We will be playing on grass so that is great and we will just train and get ready for it.”

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Mustangs trample Hawks in 14–4 victory Offensive pressure helps Mustangs move up in division Richard Raycraft Sports Editor The men’s lacrosse team dominated the Laurier Golden Hawks on Sunday afternoon, pounding them by a score of 14–4. The win moves the Mustangs up to second in the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association’s Western conference with a record of 8–1, behind only the Brock Badgers.

“We got off to a really strong start today,” Jeremy Tallevi, Mustang’s head coach, said. “We caught them maybe a little unprepared early in the game.”

Ryan Cavanagh, a defenceman for the Mustangs, had different thoughts about the team’s start.

“We were a little sloppy at the beginning, towards the second half we stepped it up,” he said. “It was a good push, it was a good win, and we have to keep this momentum going to the end of the year.”

The Mustangs controlled the pace of play early with patient and precise passing in the Golden Hawk’s end. It wouldn’t take long for the Mustangs to start finding the back of the net, as midfielder Dylan Ham fired a bounce shot through the Laurier net minder to take an early 1–0 lead.

The initial goal set the pace for the rest of the quarter, as the Mus-

tangs were able to post a further four goals to end the first 20 minutes of play up by a score of 5–0.

The second half was more of the same, as the Golden Hawks struggled to get any sort of momentum going in the Mustang zone. When Laurier finally managed a decent chance on net, Mustangs goaltender Zach Grace was there with a great save. With possession, the ‘Stangs began to get aggressive again, but couldn’t seem to find the net.

Laurier goaltender Eric Beauregard managed a couple of nice saves to stave off the Mustang attack and regain possession for his team. Laurier was unable to take advantage, however, as a turnover allowed the Mustangs to resume their assault. An absolute rocket of a shot from far out by Mustang Sam Need was enough to put them up 6–0 on their first goal of the second quarter. The Mustangs managed another one before the end of the half, padding their lead to 7–0.

Laurier seemed to find their groove at the start of the third, as they managed to fire two quick goals past Grace to make the score 7–2. Laurier now appeared to have found some consistency on their attack, but the Mustangs made the most of their next possession, as a slick move by Dylan Ham made it

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8–2. Western would add another two goals, and Laurier another one before the end of the quarter to put the Mustangs up by seven at the end of the third quarter.

Laurier came out aggressively again in the fourth, scoring a quick goal to begin the last quarter. It would not be nearly enough, however, as the Western attack did not

let up in the Laurier zone, posting four additional goals to end the game at 14–4.

It was a strong game for Mustangs Dylan Ham and Ryan McCrory, who both managed four goals and an assist on the afternoon.

Despite the strong performance, Coach Tallevi commented

that he saw some room for improvement.

“We threw the ball away a lot today, we made a lot of mental mistakes. We weren’t as sharp as we could’ve been,” he said. “We’ll definitely address that during the week.”

The Mustangs will take on the Golden Hawks tonight in Waterloo.

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