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Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill Nye the Science Guy! Cam Smith News Editor

Consider the following—Bill Nye is coming to Western on November 20.

Remembered largely for his television program Bill Nye the Science Guy, Nye has been invited to Western by the Science Students’ Council to speak on the importance of science and further foster the pursuit of it by Western students.

“The decision for Bill Nye to come to Western stems from a project that has been in development by the Science Students’ Council for multiple years now,” Samik Doshi, president of the SSC, said. “Our council and the past executives have been working together throughout the summer and during the new year to see through the event.”

Yet, for a man best remembered for his television program aimed at children, and the frequent replays of his episodes in elementary school classrooms, what can he communicate of value to university students?

“Bill Nye is a speaker that appeals to our generation and is easily recognizable by students who have been exposed to his Emmy

award-winning Bill Nye the Science Guy television program,” Doshi explained. “Our goal is to inspire students of all faculties to maintain an interest in science throughout their careers and lives.”

The SSC has deemed the appearance of Bill Nye so important that tickets for it are being sold at a remarkably discounted price.

“We opted to make tickets as cheap as possible for students given the cost of obtaining a speaker of this caliber,” Doshi said.

“We also took the extra step to further reduce costs for a limited number of pre-sale tickets that exclusively available to students.”

In fact, the SSC expects to make no money from the event. The goal of the event is not profit.

“This is an exciting event that we want as many students as possible to be a part of, so we made sure there is no surcharge on tickets, and, consequently, no profit,” Doshi said. “The low costs will hopefully help students facing financial restrictions to attend the event.”

Across social media, students are abuzz with enthusiasm for the arrival of an educational icon at Western.

“Bill Nye the Science Guy is

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coming to Western!!! Childhood dream complete #BILLBILLBILL,” @meresw tweeted.

“I can’t believe Bill Nye is coming to Western, he changed my life,” @N1NZ tweeted.

Even students not attending Western are considering making the trip just to see Nye in real life.

“Seriously considering making

the trip over to Western solely to see Bill Nye the Science Guy. Legitimate reason, no?” @InspectahDek tweeted.

The event promises to be exciting and nostalgic for many students who have fond memories of learning about science through Nye’s television program, and the event will hopefully remind them

that science still rules.

The event will be held on Tuesday, November 20 at Alumni Hall.

Pre-sale tickets go on sale October 9 in front of Taylor Library, and cost $15 for students. Regular tickets will go on sale October 15 online and in the University Community Centre for $20 for students, and $30 for non-students.

Keen councillors cut from contributing USC councillors no longer able to hold staff positions Aaron Zaltzman News Editor Councillors on the University Students’ Council with a little extra enthusiasm will have to find other positions to fill, as they will now be prohibited from holding commissioner and coordinator jobs.

The motion for the restriction was passed at September’s council meeting last Wednesday.

“The direction we’re going in right now is treating commissioners and coordinators like their job descriptions—unpaid volunteers,” Brent Duncan, speaker of council, explained.

Within the USC, councillors are the voting members who are elected by student constituents from different faculties and residences. Commissioners and coordinators, conversely, are picked by the various vice-presidents to

execute specific functions, such as Clubs Finance and Charity Ball.

Duncan said the commissioners and coordinators will be treated like any other USC staff member, with increased training that will allow them to focus more on their positions.

“In theory, if you’re doing either job 100 per cent, you shouldn’t have time for another position,” Duncan said.

He also argued the measure would eliminate conflicts of interests in cases where students hold both positions.

“The standing committees, staffed by councillors, are supposed to hold every vice-president accountable to his or her platform, but commissioners are hired by the vice-presidents,” Duncan explained. “That means they are acting as somebody who is supposed to be at least equal to the vice-pres-

ident as a voting councillor, but also somebody who is beneath the vice-president as a commissioner.”

In theory, if you’re doing either job 100 per cent, you shouldn’t have time for another position.

—Brent Duncan Speaker of council

However, not all of council agreed.

Emily Soti, a representative from King’s University College Students’ Council, argued it isn’t detrimental to have councillors serve as commissioners or coordinators.

“I think the USC is automati-

cally assuming that councillors don’t have the integrity to divide themselves in that situation, which is unfair.”

Soti also explained the measure only focused on one instance of conflict.

“I found that that if council was going to nitpick on one issue of conflict of interest, they should probably realize there would be other ones that would come up,” Soti said. “If this one situation is a conflict of interest, I feel like there could be a similar argument for other situations.”

Duncan acknowledged other potential conflicts had been considered by the USC, such as sophs being elected to the council.

“We feel that sophs are not in high enough positions to be in conflict if they are also councillors,” Duncan said. “They could very well end up in such a position,

but it would most likely be a very limited conflict.”

While Soti also raised concern over the possibility of the staff positions going unfilled because of the prohibition, Duncan explained the USC had already considered this.

“I think this year there are only two commissioners or coordinators who are voting members of council, so it’s not a huge number,” Duncan said, adding there is always the possibility of a few positions going unstaffed. “It’s not like these are acceptable losses, it just means we have to try that much harder to find people who want to fill those positions.”

“The motion passed and I’m sure it will work out okay,” Soti said. “It’s just something I felt strongly against, but obviously the rest of council thought this would be best for the USC, and I’m okay with that too.”

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CAMPUS COMBAT. Western’s Paintball Club set up a snap cage on Concrete Beach yesterday, allowing interested students a chance to try their hand at bagging a few stuffed animals with rubber pellets.

News Brief

Ontario universities now accepting credit transfers

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Western and six other Ontario universities have come to a new agreement for credit transfers.

Students will now get full general credit for their first-year courses at any of these universities, and a program credit if they take one of the courses where equivalencies have been developed. The participating universities have agreed on specific course equivalencies for 20 of the most popular first-year courses with high enrollment, and they will make it possible for students to go home for the summer and take courses in their hometown, knowing that they will be counted at the university they study at.

However, Alysha Li, vice-president student affairs for the University Students’ Council, noted

this is a limited first step.

“We would like to see all first and second-year credits transfer from all programs in all Ontario universities, at the very least for general course credit,” she said.

Li also stated students were not consulted during the process of coming to the agreement. Furthermore, this agreement only affects arts and science students at six of Ontario’s 19 universities.

While this is an improvement for some students in Ontario, it falls short of the comprehensive agreement students have sought for many years.

“We hope that more course equivalencies will be developed in the near future, and want to see all first and second-year credits transfer between all Ontario institutions,” Li said. “We don’t know what the credit transfer consortium’s plans are for expansion, but the current agreement excludes 13 Ontario universities, and by doing so leaves thousands of students waiting for improved student mobility.”

Full details of which courses are equivalent under the agreement and how students go about obtaining further credits will be available soon.

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Construction on schedule for new rez 600 beds expected to be ready for September 2013 Megan Devlin Gazette Staff

Construction of Western’s newest residence is proceeding on schedule. The new residence, which has not yet been named, is located south of Sarnia Road and west of Western Road.

“There’s a total of 1,000 beds, and 600 of the beds are scheduled to be ready for new students starting in September 2013,” Christopher Bumbacco, assistant director of housing services, said. “There are two wings that will be shut off so that work can continue while the rest of the building is open.

People won’t be living where the construction is taking place.”

The remaining 400 beds are scheduled to be ready by September 2014.

“As of right now, [September 2013 completion is] looking very promising,” Steve Calverley, project manager with Southside Group Construction, said. “Right now, it’s just a push to get the building closed in before the winter conditions show up. We’ve been fairly lucky with the weather—we didn’t have much of a winter last winter.”

Calverley also said the building is on track to gain all points necessary for a Leadership in En-

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ergy and Environmental Design certification.

The design of the new building is similar to the hybrid dormitory and suite style of Perth Hall, but will have one-bedroom apartments interspersed within for staff, upper-year students and visiting faculty, Bumbacco explained.

The building will also include

spacious dining facilities, a health and wellness centre, an audiovisual room, multi-purpose and common space, as well as exercise and laundry facilities, like other residences.

“There will be a lot of common space, we know students don’t just hang out in their own rooms—the whole building is their home,” Bumbacco said.

The new residence was built to ease strain on the housing system with bigger and bigger cohorts of first-years taking advantage of the residence guarantee.

“It’ll give us a lot more space.

The idea is that when we get this new building opened, we’ll be able to use London Hall again for upper-year students,” Bumbacco explained.

News Brief

Are you afraid of the dark?

Many students were left in the dark Monday evening when a power outage hit campus between approximately 6:40 p.m. and 7 p.m.

The problem appears to have resulted from technical difficulties affecting an external power feed running to campus.

According to Brandon Watson, communications officer for Facilities Management at Western, the power outage was due to issues with a London Hydro feed.

“It wasn’t anything on campus that we could have really prepared for,” Watson said.

The occurrence was brief, but it affected numerous buildings on campus to varying degrees. Some buildings were entirely in darkness, while others were disturbed on and off. “[The feed] came into our north substation, and so it was roughly about 20 buildings on campus that were out,” he said. Watson also explained that due to the location of the feed, it was mostly the northwest end of campus that experienced issues, as far east as Middlesex College.

While the disruption was seen as annoying by some, others found the opportunity to get out of night class a lucky break.

At press time, the university had yet to release any official statement in reference to the malfunction.

—Katie Roseman

Lack of privacy is on us, not Facebook Hit ‘em where it Hurst Jesica Hurst News Editor Several Facebook users were outraged last week when they discovered what they assumed was a flaw on the popular social networking website.

A series of worldwide reports claimed that Facebook messages sent between 2007 and 2009 were no longer private, but instead visible for anyone to see on other users’ timelines.

But Facebook denied any breach of user privacy yesterday, explaining these messages were never actually private—they were past wall posts that had always been visible. Users had only assumed these were private messages because the frequently-used comment feature wasn’t introduced to the website until 2008.

Even though this scare may have been a false alarm this time around, there is absolutely nothing guaranteeing a privacy issue like this couldn’t actually happen.

Given the vulnerability these websites have, who’s to say you won’t wake up one morning and realize all of your messages on Gmail have been exposed due to a bug on the website?

According to Facebook, it had

955 million monthly active users at the end of June 2012—that’s 955 million users putting their trust in a multi-billion dollar corporation without even taking the time to read the terms and policies they so easily agree to.

Let’s be realistic—how many of you actually know what your privacy rights are when you sign in?

If nothing else, Facebook users should see this false alarm as a huge wake up call. Instead of directing your anger onto Mark Zuckerberg and his team after discovering messages you regret ever sending, take the blame and view this as a warning—a second chance, if you will.

I understand that people make mistakes—when I was 17 years old, I didn’t think twice about what I was posting on other users’ walls, or sending via Facebook message.

But as highly educated individuals, we can no longer use naïveté as an excuse. We have received several warnings about employers creeping our profiles, and now we have another reason to keep things professional on social networking websites.

If you don’t want people reading your intimate conversations, don’t send them over the Internet.

It’s that simple. If you need to talk to someone about private or personal matters, why not meet him or her face to face instead? At least there will be no hard copy of your embarrassing words embedded on the Internet for anyone to find for years to come.

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Arts&Life

word of the day Crapulous Adjective. Suffering from overeating or drinking

Tent Party satisfies house music fans on HOCO Russell Silver Contributor Performance Openers Setlist Crowd Worth the $$

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Bingo Players, an electronic dance music production and DJ duo originating from the Netherlands, took the main stage at the annual, iconic Western homecoming event known as Tent Party on Saturday night.

Following names such as Deadmau5, Steve Angello and Dirty South, who played Tent Party in past years, Bingo Players had large shoes to fill. Although Paul Bäumer was sick and unable to perform, Maarten Hoogstraten had no problem picking up the slack and delivering an exceptional performance.

Kurtbradd, Giddy and Dzeko & Torres played the first three sets, followed by Sultan & Ned Shepard

who were the final act to prepare the crowd for what was about to be an ear-blowing and eye-melting electronic dance music experience. Each opening act got the crowd progressively more energized and successfully made the tent the spot to be Saturday night.

When Bingo Players took the stage, they absolutely captivated the crowd. Compared to their last show in London at Club Rouge, their audience was exponentially larger and the audio and visual equipment enabled them to put on that much better of a performance.

Aside from a few minor issues with the visual equipment, and one very brief pause in the music due to technical difficulties, Hoogstraten played a flawless set. New and old fans alike were lucky enough to hear both old classics and unreleased tracks, such as a remix of DMX’s “Party (Up In Here).” Even after a year of rapid popularity growth and success, the group managed to keep their same

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funky and unique style that draws in many listeners.

Unfortunately, by the end of their set, Bingo Players’ performance was incredibly weak. After having the crowd jumping for an

Performance more than fair

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Kevin Hurren Arts & Life Editor GGGGF Though the show was only two hours long, the talent onstage at The Grand Theatre certainly made one want to dance all night. In their production of My Fair Lady, the High School Project collected young students from across London to put on this classic musical.

Based on the 1912 play Pygmalion, the story itself is about a Cockney flower girl named Eliza who, after a fateful encounter, is taken in by a phonetics professor who aims to transform her dialect and mannerisms from that of common girl to a noble woman.

With her quirky accent and personality, it’s difficult not to love Eliza as a character. However, Rebecca McCauley brings a new kind of charm to the flower girl in this production at The Grand Theatre.

Credit goes to both McCauley and the rest of the cast for the complete commitment to adopting the accents, and the ease in which they

seem to speak and sing with these foreign tongues.

In addition to a well-rounded Eliza by McCauley, notable performances include Dallas Ensing, Ben Cookson and Brendan O’Brien, who play Colonel Pickering, Henry Higgins and Alfred Doolittle respectively. These three characters bring a kind of humour to the play that complements the story well, and all three young actors have a good sense of comedic timing.

This is especially true for O’Brien, whose clownish Alfred Doolittle brought laughter to the audience every time he took the stage.

Apart from these performances, set design and costuming are two strong points of this version of My Fair Lady. With a grand staircase that facilitated speedy scene changes, the setting worked well with the variety of locations Eliza graces during her transformation period. Even more impressive than the sets are the costumes. Set in London sometime during the early 1900s, My Fair Lady features attire for the lower class beggars, the upper class dignitaries and every-

thing in between.

Most impressive was the costuming for the racetrack scene, in which Eliza is introduced to the upper crust of society for the first time. This scene features almost the entire cast of the show donned in white Edwardian era dresses with accompanying hats, gloves and lace umbrellas. The scene itself is visually stunning, and the costuming department should be proud of the aesthetic their work creates for the show.

This production becomes even more impressive when remembering that the entire cast and some of the crew are high school students.

These talented young people show dedication to the show that resembles the kind of professionalism any seasoned performer has.

Overall, My Fair Lady brings the famous musical to life through well-delivered performances and a cohesive collection of costumes, props and set design. The rain in Spain may fall mainly in the plain, but the young talent of London fell on The Grand Theatre stage for this show.

hour and a half straight, Hoogstraten ended the show on an effect that made the music very high pitched and then abruptly finished. After a chant for an encore went ignored, it was clear that the

show was over.

Overall, the show was a great success and an excellent part of homecoming weekend for many Western students.

Lifestyle Brief

Slow down and break fast Everybody has heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Unfortunately, many students neglect to carry the tradition of a balanced first meal into residence.

University can be a time of great turbulence for students. Routines change, sleeping patterns can quickly turn chaotic and dietary habits can be neglected and ignored.

When that October midterm crunch clenches its jaws down on Western, those problems are amplified by poor time management, and are perpetuated by a resulting stress that can be crippling for students socially, emotionally, intellectually and physically.

Anne Zok, nutrition manager at Western, believes students need to rethink breakfast.

“Healthy food is always healthy food,” she says. “People think that dinner food should just be eaten at dinner, but you can grab leftovers quickly in the morning from the dinner you had the night before.”

First-years are faced with the challenge of proposed self-sufficiency for the first time. Even if they are not feeding themselves with a meal plan, every meal is a choice. And that first choice is breakfast.

While a chocolate chip muffin might have the cultural niche as a breakfast food, some leftover roast beef would better serve as a morning meal that allows students to endure the grind of schoolwork that can overwhelm even the most organized and health- conscious studier.

—Alex Carey

Gazette Tested > Creamy Steel Cut Oats Serves: 5 Preparation time: 20-25 minutes Steel cut oats are so much more delicious and creamy than oatmeal, and are 100 per cent whole grain and full of fiber. They take a while to cook, but if you make a batch on Sunday, you can have breakfast for the week prepared. The best part is, they’ll keep you full until lunch.

Ingredients • 1 ½ cups of steel cut oats • 1 tbsp brown sugar • 1 tbsp cinnamon • Milk (optional) • Chopped strawberries and bananas (optional) Directions 1. In a medium saucepan, bring 5 cups of water to a boil on high.

Stir in steel cut oats and reduce heat to medium.

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2. Simmer uncovered for 2025 minutes, stirring every few minutes. Once the oats have thickened and absorbed all of the water, they are done.

3. You can mix in 1 tablespoon of brown sugar, milk and a little bit of cinnamon. The oats can be saved and reheated for 1 minute in the microwave and topped with fresh fruit such as strawberries and bananas.

Breakfast sorted!

—Marika Terry

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Editor’s Picks > The essentials for your week

ON TV

ON DISC:

ON DVD

IN THEATRES

ON THE CHARTS

Elementary

Muse – The 2nd Law

Dark Shadows

Pitch Perfect

Rihanna – “Diamonds”

Following BBC’s highly successful show Sherlock, CBS is premiering its own version of a contemporary Sherlock Holmes in Elementary.

Holmes, played by Jonny Lee Miller, now lives in New York and his faithful, female companion Joan Watson is played by Lucy Liu. Tune in to observe how Holmes merges his intelligence with technology, and get lost among the twisting and turning crime plots that are anything but elementary.

“Madness” aptly describes the latest album by English rock band Muse, titled The 2nd Law. Muse reaches new heights with this album, replete with their signature deep, melodic vocals that leave you shaken to the core. The second law of thermodynamics concerns the waste of energy inside a closed system—a profound idea fit for a profound album.

For those who can’t get enough of Johnny Depp and Tim Burton, you can now pick up Dark Shadows to get your fix. Based on a television show from the late 1960s, Dark Shadows takes us back to a time when vampires were not romanticized, brooding and definitely not sparkly. Settle into your couch and prepare for a night of cheesy laughs, a little bit of action and a whole lot of Depp.

Ever wondered what Glee would be like without all the handholding and accepting each other’s differences?

Well now you can find out by watching Pitch Perfect. This musical comedy directed by Jason Moore is loosely adapted from the book of the same name, and follows an all-girl group of a capella singers who hope to beat the reigning allboy glee club. Look for sassy and comedic performances by Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow and the ever-charming Rebel Wilson.

Rihanna just doesn’t stop working, and as a reward, her latest single “Diamonds” is making it onto the charts. It’s being compared to Lana Del Rey’s “Born to Die,” but is unique in its own way thanks to Rihanna’s crystal clear pitch. Rich with emotional tones, “Diamonds” is a bright precursor to her unnamed seventh album, which is scheduled for release this November.

Killer Joe livens shock Mary Ann Ciosk Contributor GGGFF Director: William Friedkin Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Thomas Haden Church, Juno Temple, Gina Gershon

Killer Joe is undeniably one of the most provocative, twisted and disturbing films in recent years, but its perverse sexuality and unabashed gore does not make it a great film.

While the film was first showcased at various film festivals in 2011 and released in the United States this past summer, Killer Joe is currently playing at Hyland Cinema in London.

When Chris (Emile Hirsch) finds himself deeply in debt to a violent drug lord, he coerces his father Ansel (Thomas Haden Church) into assisting him with a plot to kill his malevolent mother, Ansel’s ex-wife, in order to gain access to her life insurance. They enlist the help of a police detective who is a professional killer on the side (Matthew McConaughey).

However, without having the money to pay killer Joe upfront, Chris and Ansel allow Dotty (Juno Temple), Chris’ unusual but pretty sister, to be held as a retainer.

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Set in a trailer park in Texas, Chris, Ansel, and Ansel’s current wife Sharla (Gina Gershon) all live up to their trailer trash stigma, each doing whatever is necessary to get their hands on the life insurance money, including prostituting their virgin sister and daughter, Dotty, to the killer.

Although Temple is convincing in her role, the character never completely develops. There are indications that Dotty is psychic, while at other times she merely appears mentally challenged. It is her inconsistent and unpredictable actions that end the film, creating more confusion than the intended shocking twist.

The film is grotesquely vio-

lent and explicitly sexual with extremely disturbing scenes.

However, unlike films that are avant-garde in their brilliant and shocking violence, such as Clockwork Orange and Drive, Killer Joe ultimately falls short. Although a mildly entertaining story, the film does not deliver an original, thought-provoking thriller, but rather attempts to make itself memorable through shock value alone. Likewise, the comedy scattered throughout is welcome only as a break from the violence.

As McConaughey’s portrayal of a cold killer is one of the few impressive aspects of the film, for fans that can stomach the gore, Killer Joe may be worth the watch.

quickly becoming Toronto’s new indie darling.

Wilde is daughter to famed Canadian singer-songwriter Nancy White and sister to Maddy Wilde of the alternative rock band Spiral Beach.

Between her family connections and previous industry experience in the alt-country band Flashlight Radio, Wilde managed to score Mike Olsen to produce her first solo EP. Olsen has worked with such hit acts as Arcade Fire, The Hidden Cameras and Ohbijou.

Wilde’s first solo EP drifts from summery pop to dreamy folk and is littered with swaying, oceanic melodies that are reminiscent of a crisper Youth Lagoon. Flame as a whole, though it lacks the flow of

most modern folk albums, serves to prove just how versatile Wilde can be. “Good for You” is a harsh contrast to the other four songs, portraying a depth and mild bitterness that rounds out the album.

The standout song on the EP is, without a doubt, “Youngest Bride,” demonstrating a hurried beat and folksy harmony that seem like quieter echoes of First Aid Kit’s second album, The Lion’s Roar.

Lyrically innocent, Wilde’s songs lack the jaded maturity that listeners have come to associate with true folk. Regardless, Wilde does not endeavor to join the ranks of the classic acts —like Joni Mitchell and Carol King—but instead aims to bring elements of their music into the new world.

—Robyn Obermeyer

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Holiday gluttony leads to excess waste Seven minutes in Kevin

It’s Thanksgiving on Monday. There’s no need to talk about what that means—we’ve all experienced it. We’re all aware of the food drives that go on around this time of year, aimed at helping those less fortunate than us. What some of us may not be aware of is that more than food is needed.

Blood is in high demand. In fact, the Canadian Blood Services has said they need 140,000 donations by Thanksgiving.

I understand that a pretentious column about how you’re a bad person if you don’t donate blood won’t change your mind. This isn’t one of those.

But lots of people don’t know how easy it is to save a life or five—so maybe shedding some light on it would be beneficial.

I’ve only donated blood three times in my life. The first time was last year, at a clinic at Fanshawe. I always told myself I was going to do it, but couldn’t be bothered until it was literally beside me. I found out I have A-positive blood— the second most common in Canada—and each donation I made could help save up to three people. I’m kicking myself for not donating earlier.

It’s mind-blowingly simple. Western has tons of clinics right on campus where you can take literally one hour out of your day to donate blood.

The nurses are extremely nice and comforting, and talk you through the whole process.

Scared of needles? It’s okay, you barely feel anything. Small veins? It’s okay, they have ways of making them more prominent, and getting right in there. Super busy? Come on, it’s only an hour.

Chances are you know someone who needs, or will need, blood at some point in their lives. My grandfather was recently diagnosed with breast cancer—for treatment, he’ll need approximately five different peoples’ donations.

Car accident victims can require up to 50 units of blood. That’s 50 donations.

Really, it’s a win-win. You take an hour of your day, get pampered and save multiple lives. Yes, I said pampered—everyone there is genuinely thankful for your time and support. You are kept waiting a minimal time. You recline on a comfy chair while you donate. Afterwards, you get cookies and drinks while you sit in plush chairs for as long as you feel you need to.

The thing is, the Canadian Blood Services doesn’t just need blood because it’s Thanksgiving.

They need it all the time. You can donate every 56 days, and I encourage you to. It’s one of the easiest things you can do to make what could be a life-saving difference for someone else.

So, let’s put the ‘giving’ in Thanksgiving. But, let’s not stop there.

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true meaning of Thanksgiving.

Kevin Hurren Arts & Life Editor

As Thanksgiving weekend approaches, many will hit the grocery stores armed with an extensive list of food items. Planning to stuff more than just the turkey, some may have already begun to systematically cut out recipes from various magazines and newspapers, all in preparation for the upcoming marathon of Thanksgiving meals.

Between the family sit-down, the in-law get-together, the neighbourhood festivities and a number of other seasonal feasts, the common idea is to loosen one’s belt and prepare for the onslaught of a large meal.

What people don’t realize is the amount of food that is actually being consumed, and, by extension, thrown away. This abundance of food is hard to recognize amongst all the autumn charm and general thankfulness.

After all, what could be wrong with sharing a hearty meal between friends and family? The problem arises when wastefulness occurs.

During the planning stages for these Thanksgiving meals, people often overestimate either the number of guests, or their appetites.

People strive for the perfect image of Thanksgiving—a large bird, usually turkey, accompanied by supplementary stuffing, potatoes, roasted vegetables, pie and the occasional cornucopia.

Though I’m sure few people’s decorative plans include adding this horn-shaped ornament to the dinner table, the cornucopia as a symbol

represents everything that Thanksgiving has become. The cornucopia, or horn of plenty, was used as a symbolic representation of abundance, commonly overflowing with produce, other edibles and objects standing for wealth in some capacity.

The truth is this kind of abundance isn’t the situation for everyone. Our dinner tables may resemble the overflowing products of the cornucopia, but not everyone is in the same financial situation. While I don’t intend to be any kind of Robin Hood-like character—snatching turkey legs from the hands of all—I do suggest a policy of moderation and generosity.

While the extravagant feast is being prepared for the in-laws on Thanksgiving Monday, perhaps a modest supper will make due for the Sunday and Saturday before. Then, instead of creating a double-sided grocery list, transfer the purchases you would have made for the weekend dinners, and instead make a list of food items you can donate this season that would assist others who may be unable to afford the decadence of Thanksgiving.

Remembering that not everyone has something to be thankful for can add a new perspective to the turkeycentric weekend, and your actions may just help families in your local communities who struggle with the purchase of just one component of the Thanksgiving meal.

It’s not as though spreading the wealth, and gravy, would be difficult this season. Many Western and London organizations hold food drives during Thanksgiving to help relieve the pressure felt by some low-income families to live up to the ideal of Thanksgiving.

Maybe this time we can all spend the weekend filling the donation boxes for Thanksgiving goods, instead of just filling our stomachs.

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Sports

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Rundown >> This week’s Canadian Interuniversity Sport featured three different Mustangs teams in their respective rankings > The Mustangs football team fell to seventh following their loss to the McMaster Marauders, while the women’s and men’s cross country teams found themselves at fourth and tenth in their respective rankings.

Mustangs fall against rival Gryphons Loss to second-place Guelph marks an end to seven game winning streak Richard Raycraft Sports Editor The Mustangs received their first loss of the 2012 lacrosse season on Sunday, losing 6–5 to their closest contender—the Guelph Gryphons.

The game was an exciting back and forth affair that saw numerous close chances and comebacks.

Despite controlling the flow of the game early, the Mustangs could not hold Guelph on defence and dropped the game by a goal.

The loss was particularly stinging as the Mustangs hit the post with exactly one second left in the contest. The win puts Guelph at a record of 5–1, while the Mustangs lose the undefeated prestige and fall to 7–1.

“As you saw, it was about as close a game as you can get. We hit a goal post with one second left to tie it up—I think we hit four or five goal posts tonight,” Mike Frith, Mustangs manager, said. “We just didn’t get the bounces, and there are a few areas we can clean up and be better on.”

Frith explained that inexperience and impatience were key factors in the defeat.

“We’ve got a lot of first and second-year players playing big parts of the team, and I think a little bit of that inexperience started to show at the end,” Frith explained.

“We were trying to force things a little too much instead of being confident in ourselves, and taking our time and executing.”

The Mustangs started out very strong with high pressure on the Gryphons’ net. Despite this, they were unable to put one in the mesh with Gryphons goalie Jeremy Snider making some tremendous saves to prevent an early deficit.

After some early frustration,

the Mustangs were able to go up 2–0 on goals by Sam Neeb and Dylan Ham. Guelph managed to reduce the gap to one, however, on a tremendous cross-field pass that found Connor Deuchars, who quickly slung the ball into the Mustangs net.

The second quarter opened with Mustangs possession and another Sam Neeb goal to make it 3–1 Mustangs. Although Guelph had a good amount of trouble keeping possession on the attack, they managed to pot a further three goals to take the lead at 4–3.

We’ve got a lot of first and second-years players playing big parts of the team, and I think a little bit of that inexperience started to show at the end —Mike Frith

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The Mustangs had to rely heavily on goalie Zach Grace to keep the deficit at one for much of the second half. Both teams managed a goal apiece in the third, and the Mustangs headed into the last quarter of play still down a goal.

Western was finally able to tie up the game in the fourth quarter on a diving goal by Doug Utting.

Disciplinary issues and sloppy passes plagued the Mustangs for the rest of the game, however, and they would eventually concede the final goal of the game to Guelph, as Deuchars scored his third of the game.

The Mustangs impatience on attack became their glaring weak-

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OUT OF MY WAY, GRYPHON, THIS IS MY BALL!. Despite a number of good scoring chances, some sloppy passing and impatience on offence cost the Mustangs the game and their undefeated record.

ness for the rest of the game, as shots from far out failed to find the net. With exactly one second remaining in the contest, the Mustangs rang one off the post to seal their first defeat of the season.

“I think we could’ve taken our time a little better on offence, worked the ball around a little more, and I think we were panicking a bit, but I think overall it was a good game,” Matt Spranger, Mus-

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tangs defender, reflected.

“I’m pretty excited to play them next time, and I think we’ll get them next time,” he concluded.

Fortunately for the Mustangs, they will get a second crack at defeating the Gryphons when they head to Guelph on October 12 at 7 p.m. for a heated rematch. The contest will be decisive in determining who comes out on top in the division.

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The Good

The Ugly

The world hasn’t seen the likes of Rafael Nadal since losing in stunning fashion in the second round of Wimbledon earlier this summer.

But he hasn’t been avoiding the spotlight on purpose— instead, he’s been battling a knee injury that caused him to skip both the Olympics and the U.S. Open.

Although only a month ago Nadal stated there was no timetable for his return, it was announced yesterday that he would be returning to the tour at an Abu Dhabi exhibition tournament at the end of December. The tournament, though not prestigious itself, will be monumental because it will be Nadal’s warm-up before the Australian Open.

With the inclusion of Nadal, the tournament will bill an all-star cast of tennis players, with Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, David Ferrer and Tomas Berdych headlining the six-player event. The only name missing is world number one Roger Federer, who will miss the tournament for the first time.

With news of his return, the question is whether Nadal can take back his spot in the big three, or if his place been usurped by recent U.S. Open champion Murray.

With the season winding down, it’s time to reflect on the Blue Jays season. And if there were one word to describe it accurately, it would be ugly.

From the struggles of supposed ace Ricky Romero, to the never-ending list of injuries, to constant rumours of John Farrell’s impending departure to Boston, to the pinnacle of ugliness that was Yunel Escobar’s eyeblack controversy, things really couldn’t have gotten any worse this season.

And why not top that off with another year left on the outside looking in at the playoff race?

Back in April, the Blue Jays carried a ray of hope with them—a young team with a proven slugger, a general manager with a keen understanding of the game and a knack for building the team with an array of highly touted prospects, and a city, in desperate need of a successful sports team, completely behind them in a way they hadn’t experienced since the early ‘90s.

But now, six months later, that hope is gone and fans everywhere have resigned to another lost year, another lost pennant.

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The Bad Sometimes sports take a backseat to real life, and this anecdote is no more evident than the news the Indianapolis Colts received during their bye week. The unfortunate news that Colts head coach Chuck Pagano had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia stung the NFL more than any replacement official ever could.

Withholding this information from his team to allow them to rest on their bye week, Pagano announced to the team that he would be taking an indefinite leave of absence.

Pagano is expected be hospitalized for a six to eight week period to undergo treatment, at which point he and the team will reevaluate his status. In the interim period, Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians will take over the young team.

As a respected man around the league, the support for Pagano’s influence is already evidenced way beyond his own team. Dallas Cowboys defensive co-ordinater Rob Ryan scribbled “Get Well Pags!” on the back of his play calling sheet during the Cowboys Monday night game against the Chicago Bears to show support for another member of the coaching fraternity.

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