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 Western: where bloodflows like wine
Blood is on tap at Western for thenext two months.A number of blood clinics will beopen on campus encouraging stu-dents to donate as part of the Blood101 challenge, a student-led initia-tive which pits universities againsteach other to recruit the mostblood donors.“The goal of the challenge is toattract a younger crowd of donorsinto our clinics with the ultimategoal of inviting students to becomelife-long donors,” said BrittanyThompson, Western’s student leaderof this year’s challenge.Currently, the majority of blooddonors in Canada are baby boomers,but as that generation continues toage, they will soon turn into thedemand rather than the supply,Thompson explained.Last year, 739 units of blood werecollected at Western. The nationalgoal for the challenge this year is6,000 units, which can save up to18,000 lives.Western has already collected 107units of blood.Thompson explained most stu-dents were willing to donate, butdidn’t always feel like they had thetime or were too afraid.“Yes, the process can take up toan hour so it isn’t as easy as justdonating money,” Thompson said.“But the results of the donation,in my opinion, are so much greaterknowing that you will directly besaving someone’s life.”
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CRTC decisionup for debate
Prime Minister Stephen Harperdoesn’t want to have to pay more touse YouTube anymore than we do.Last week, the Canadian Radio-television and TelecommunicationsCommission passed a ruling to insti-tute usage-based billing on internetservices. The ruling would havemade it difficult for smaller internetservice providers to provide unlim-ited internet usage to their cus-tomers, resulting in high overagecharges for most customers.Late Wednesday night, however,Minister of Industry Tony Clementannounced via Twitter the Harpergovernment will overturn the deci-sion if the CRTC doesn’t retract theirdecision.The news signalled a step towardsoverturning the ruling, according toLindsay Pinto, communicationsmanager for OpenMedia.ca — a socialadvocacy site that created a petitionagainst the ruling. But it’s not all goodnews, she explained.“We’re somewhat worried that it’skind of a diversion tactic. Theyhaven’t told us anything we didn’tknow before, really,” Pinto said.Pinto clarified the decision forusage-based billing is comprised of four separate rulings by the CRTC.She noted students would be affect-ed by the changes if the rulingstands, as the majority of what stu-dents use the internet for would beregulated and charged.“You have to do research forclasses, you have to move dataaround. I imagine you mostly don’thave televisions anymore and usethe internet for entertainment. That’sgoing to cost you money.”
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NEWS EDITOR
There will be blood. That’s theexpectation this May when London’sfirst mixed martial arts fight makesits way to the John Labatt Centre.The event is planned for May 19at the JLC, bringing with it a sepa-rate battle entirely — one betweenconcerned officials and fans of thecontroversial sport.“I’m unhappy because it’s anoth-er vehicle by which violence is con-doned,” Graham Pollett, medicalofficer of health for the Middlesex-London Health Unit, explained. Henoted studies have been releasedshowing repeated exposure to vio-lence causes individuals to showviolent behaviour.“Mixed martial arts has beendescribed as both vulgar and savageand I couldn’t agree more.”However, organizers of the eventaren’t concerned.“You’re going to get negativesand people who don’t support thesport,” Brad Jones, president of theJones Entertainment Group,explained. The group is responsiblefor the London event along with twoother events in Ontario.Jones noted this would be thefirst MMA event in Londonand theywere expecting about 5,000 atten-dees. The group has been planningthe event since last August whenMMA’s arrival was announced inOntario. The Ontario Athletic Com-mission spent the next severalmonths creating rules for the sportin Ontario.Richard Hustwick, senior mediaadvisor and stakeholder liaison forthe OAC, noted the first event in theprovince would be in the next coupleof weeks. “This will be the beginningof this history.”While this is a first for London,Jones said they’re interested in MMAbecoming an annual event for theForest City.“This is going to come to Ontariowhether we like it or not, why notstart in London?” Jones explained.“I’m not concerned about [backlash]because the sport has been aroundfor so long.”John Winston, general managerof Tourism London, predicted theevent would bring a “tremendousfollowing and tremendous atten-dance.” He noted Tourism Londonwould promote the event on its web-site, despite concerns over violence.“Who are we to determine whatwe should put into the facility or notinto the facility?” Winston said.“We’ll post WWE events and there’speople who don’t like them.”Winston also noted there wouldbe many economic benefits to thecity with the coming of an MMAevent.The province has also legislatedfive per cent of each events’ ticketsales are paid to them. “The moneyfrom the gate fee is used to help reg-ulate the sport.” Hustwick explained.MMA was legalized in theprovince because of the money itwould yield for communities, Pollettexplained. However, he felt citieswould have to spend more moneythan they would gain to offer theevents.But his biggest concern with thesport is the cultural effects of cele-brating violence. He noted Londonhad opened a second women’s shel-ter and has a strained children’s aidprogram because of violence incommunities.“People are not making the con-nection,” Pollet explained. “Violenceis a learned behaviour.”He also explained children andother individuals learned fightingfrom many different sources, suchas video games and even hockeyfights.“All this has a cumulative effect,and it’s a negative one,” Polletexplained.MMA fights are staged under therules set by the Ontario AthleticCommission, who already overseemartial arts fighting in the province.The athletics commissionerapproves all planned fights andHustwick said fights would berejected if they were clearly mis-matched.“We are imposing the same regu-lations for mixed martial arts asboxing and kickboxing in theprovince,” he said.He noted fighters from within theprovince were licensed annually, ina process that included medicalchecks. Before each fight, fightersweigh in and have a physical.“Any of the officials can stop [thefight] if it is clear the fighter is get-ting hurt.”But for people who still find thesport disturbing, Jones noted anoth-er solution.“Don’t come, it’s as simple as that.We’re not going to force you to buya ticket.”
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Pow, right in the kisser: MMA comes to London
Controversial mixed martial arts fighting makes its debut in May
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 YOU’RE RIGHT, I DO LIKE BEING THE LITTLE SPOON.
Mixed martial arts fightingwas banned in Ontario until last August, when the controversial sport got thegreen light and the Ontario Athletic Commission assumed oversight.
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