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THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2011 CANADA’S ONLY DAILY STUDENT NEWSPAPER • FOUNDED 1906 VOLUME 104, ISSUE 82

Late night bus service Western enters

criticized by cab drivers flood season
Gloria Dickie
GAZETTE STAFF
Every March, the muddy waters of the
Thames river steadily creep upwards,
encroaching on campus parking lots
and threatening nearby buildings.
Last week, Western administration
released their first emergency notifi-
cation of the season, warning high
temperatures and significant rainfall
could result in flooding on campus.
Flooded parking lots are an all-
too-familiar sight on campus. In the
spring of 2008, severe floods shut
down many of Western’s lots,
stranding the cars of unlucky drivers
who hadn’t moved their vehicles.
Peter Ashmore, a geography pro-
fessor at Western, noted high rain-
fall and snowmelt in Southern
Ontario is the primary cause behind
such floods, as river channels aren’t
large enough to accommodate the
increased flow.
The Medway, Talbot and Chem-
istry parking lots are typically the
most vulnerable, along with the
football stadium, rugby fields and
tennis courts. Parts of Delaware Hall
are also at risk, Ashmore observed.
The buildings fall within the 100-
year flood line — a line designating
there is a one per cent chance water
will reach that line each year.
“There are no major buildings
which are substantially threatened,”
he said, noting Delaware Hall
remained the biggest concern.
Roy Langille, associate vice-pres-
ident of Physical Plant and Capital
Planning Services at Western,
>> see RISING pg.3

Canadians top world

HOP ABOARD THE PARTY BUS. A late night bus service is being proposed on next week’s referendum along with a possi-
ble 12-month bus pass and new funding for a Western club.
Stuart A. Thompson
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
With just over a week until next
week’s referendum, a London cab
company is lashing out against the
proposed late night bus service, call-
ing it an attack on the taxi industry.
The March 18 referendum will
pose three questions, among them
whether students want to pay $12.15
for a late night bus program. The
nearly $370,000 initiative would pay
for bus service around campus and
downtown from 11 p.m. to 1:50 a.m.
Thursday to Sunday.
It’s a proposal that Yellow Lon-
don Taxi owner Hasan Savehilaghi
is campaigning against.
“This is an attempt to damage the
taxi industry,” he said. “Really, this is
a deal made behind closed doors
between the student council and
Aboutown.”
Savehilaghi cited safety and ser-
vice as his two main concerns, not-
ing students will still have to walk
home from campus or the few bus
stops offered on the routes. He also
argued while all students would pay
the mandatory $12.15 fee, not all stu-
dents would use it.
On Tuesday, the London Taxi
Association had a meeting where
several taxi drivers — including some
from Aboutown — raised the issue,
according to Savehilaghi. Aboutown
had a separate meeting yesterday
and Savehilaghi expected drivers
raised concerns over the transporta-
tion issue there as well.
Meaghan Coker, vice-president
university affairs for the University
Students’ Council, said the idea was
introduced after years of demand —
both from students wanting easier
transportation and city officials
wanting to end drunken congestion
on Richmond Row.
The USC has a tentative deal with
Aboutown — London’s largest cab
company — to provide the same
shuttle buses they use on campus.
Coker said the buses would improve
safety for students attempting to
travel home from the bar district.
“The complaints we’ve heard are
that students are stranded down-
town and can’t get a cab. They need
to be able to get home at that time of
night, and the only option is to walk
or wait several hours or fight each
other for cabs,” she said, adding the
complaints came from London’s city
council and local police.
The idea, Coker said, is to not only
transport students from downtown,
but to transport students home after
studying late on campus.
But Savehilaghi was uncon-
vinced, saying the buses would only
exacerbate safety concerns by con-
Nyssa Kuwahara GAZETTE
centrating belligerent students in
one location.
“I drove a cab myself for 13 years
and I know how the atmosphere is
after midnight,” he said. “A taxi
would take four people. They can be
easily contained and communicated
with and negotiated with. But when
they’re on a bus, how are you going
to control them?”
The USC has included one securi-
ty guard per bus in their budget,
something Coker said could be adjust-
ed depending on student safety.
“I think it’s a flexible model,” she
said, adding the buses shouldn’t be
thought of as strictly transportation
from Richmond Row. “That’s not
what we’re doing. That’s a short-
sighted view of what a late night bus
shuttle could be.”
Next week’s referendum will
include two other questions:
whether students want to pay for a
12-month bus pass and whether a
Western club should receive guar-
anteed funding.
Coker said the referendum is
the best way to let students decide.
But for the vote to stand, at least
5,200 students must vote — a sig-
nificant challenge considering Feb-
ruary’s much-hyped USC presiden-
tial election netted 8,095 votes,
representing 31 per cent of the stu-
dent population.
in internet usage
Aaron Zaltzman
GAZETTE STAFF >> By the Numbers
A new report confirms Canadians Number of hours spent
spend more time online than any online per month:
other country.
The report, which was compiled 43.5 Canada
by American marketing research
firm comScore, found Canadians 35.3 America
spend on average a whopping 43.5
hours online per month. This is near-
32.3 United Kingdom
ly double the worldwide average of 27.7 South Korea
23.1 hours and is eight hours more
than the second place United States. 26.6 France
One of the most notable statistic
is the increased online presence
25.8 Brazil
among older people, both in gener- 24.1 Germany
al internet usage and social net-
working. Canada saw a 12 per cent
21.8 Russia
increase in internet usage among 18.4 Japan
people 55 and older, as well as a 36
per cent increase in social network- 13.5 China
ing among users 55 to 64.
Much of the increase can be
11.9 India
attributed to older people wanting
stay in touch with the younger gen- Another significant trend is the
eration. increased use of social networking
“Seniors are getting on board overall in Canada. Last year brought
because their children and grand- a 13 per cent jump in the number of
children are using it to communi- Canadians who use social network-
cate,” said Christina Nurse, manager ing sites like Facebook and Twitter.
of marketing and communications The increased use of social net-
at the London Public Library. “We’re working is not just due to Facebook,
also finding now that information, though. The rise in popularity of
especially government information, sites like LinkedIn, which currently
is no longer printed. It’s only avail-
able through websites.” >> see MORE pg.3
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Golf course is
in the hole
River Road golf course has one last
chance to make a hole in one.
In the last 10 years, the course
has lost about $1 million, according
to Harold Usher, chair of the London
City Council’s Community and
Neighborhoods Committee. While
some have recommended shutting
the golf course down, other council-
lors have spoken up, suggesting they
get one more year for further exam-
ination.
“I was going to say no, but I
decided to give them one last
chance,” Usher said.
Right now, River Road has been
declining in profit. They’ve depend-
ed on the profits of the other two city
courses — Thames Valley and Fan-
shawe — to stay afloat. Over the last
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Nyssa Kuwahara GAZETTE
few years, all three courses have
seen a decline in profits — some
more than others.
Usher explained River Road is a
very difficult course suited for deter-
mined and experienced golfers.
According to Usher, it seems there is
a decline in new golfers because the
younger generation is absorbed with
technology and is uninterested in
golf.
Usher stated the final decision
will be made before January 2012,
when the council designs the next
city budget. If River Road wishes get
out of the red, they will need 8,000
to 10,000 rounds of golf to break
even, according to Usher.
If they can’t stand on their own
two feet this year, this will be the 18th
hole for River Roads.
—Danielle Veale
Caf food more
unhealthy than
you would think
If you thought your high school
cafeteria was gross, consider your-
self lucky — for high school students
in the London region, this suspicion
is confirmed.
In a recent inspection of Lon-
don’s high school cafeterias, one
third of schools were found to be in
violation of food-safety regulations.
The critical infractions included
“failures to maintain hazardous food
items at a safe internal temperature,”
according to the Middlesex-London
Health Unit Food Inspection report.
Temperature-related infractions
could lead to food poisoning, mak-
ing them critical violations accord-
ing to the health unit.
The school board directed their
concerns at their food service con-
tractors, Chartwells Canada, who
provides training for cafeteria staff
in most of the London high schools.
“We are taking this seriously as a
client of Chartwells. We will be
requesting a third-party audit of
their food safety measures,” Richard
Hoffman, public affairs co-ordina-
tor for the Thames Valley District
School Board, said.
Although these schools’ cafete-
rias were found to be in critical vio-
lation, many of these infractions
were addressed on the spot and all
schools passed the inspection.
Hoffman assured, “There have The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals
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been no cases of illnesses. The you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error.
infractions were taken care of © 2002 by Kings Features Syndicate, Inc.
immediately and all the cafeterias
received their green card.”
— Anam Islam
www.westerngazette.ca
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More ‘silver surfers’ Rising water levels can spill

using social media over banks and levies
>> continued from pg.1
has over 90 million registered mem-
bers, has moved social networking
to a professional level.
“I think young people today, the
‘millennials,’ are really connected and
really interested in technology, and
using technology to conduct all sorts
of things, which includes job search,
their professional life and their per-
sonal life,” said Katrina McIntosh,
resource co-ordinator for the Student
Success Centre at Western. “I think it’s
the same processes that have just
been done with different methods.
Networking is always a really impor-
tant way to get a job for example.”
Many prospective and current
employees find benefits to online
networking that are absent in per-
sonal encounters.
“A resume is static, it’s pretty lin-
ear, and there are certain things that
are in there,” McIntosh said. “Where-
as a blog or your Twitter can really
give an employer a great impression
about what you’re truly passionate
about, what you’re truly great at.”
However, there are dangers to
mixing one’s personal and profes-
sional lives online. “I’m sure every-
one’s heard of someone that got
fired for a comment on Facebook […]
and it can certainly be a disadvan-
tage if you’re posting something
negative about a job or a boss or a
situation,” McIntosh noted. “It’s real-
ly important to be aware of what
you’re putting out there.”
McIntosh added while online
networking has its benefits, people
still need to build strong interper-
sonal skills to be successful in the
workforce, even as more of the
world goes online.

Nyssa Kuwahara GAZETTE

THAT THERE’S A GOOD OL’ WATERIN’ HOLE. For years, the Thames river has flooded campus parking lots during Spring,

Western can’t top when rainfall and runoff from melting snow raises water levels considerably.

Ryerson’s $4K party >> continued from pg.1

explained the University makes a

Cameron Smith
GAZETTE STAFF
Students who like to party-hardy
may soon have to pay the price at
Ryerson University.
On Feb. 2, 2011, a party at Pitman
Hall, a Ryerson residence, got so out
of hand it accumulated $4,000
worth of damages. Among these fees
were the replacement of broken
windows and the deep cleaning of
vomit-saturated carpets.
Officials at Ryerson will hold the
entire floor responsible for the dam-
ages if the perpetrators do not step
forward first.
Though Western has built a rep-
utation for its parties, Susan
Grindrod, vice-president of housing
and ancillary services, noted they
are not nearly as destructive as the
one that occurred at Ryerson.
“Generally speaking, we don’t
have such out of control parties at
Western,” Grindrod said.
Nevertheless, students are some-
times removed from residence for
rowdy or disruptive behaviour.
Derek Reinhart, a first-year business
student at King’s University College,
was one such student.
“I got a letter saying I was kicked
out within two weeks of moving in,”
Reinhart said.
“Despite ongoing efforts in resi-
dence and in the community to edu-
cate young adults about the appro-
priate use of alcohol and other
harmful substances […] alcohol and
drugs continue to figure prominent-
ly in a broad range of residence life
problems,” reads the Residence at
Western website.
Reinhart appealed the decision to
remove him from residence, but in
the end he was evicted.
According to Grindrod, it’s the
quality of the residence staff that
keeps things in check at Western.
“We have a strong residence and
soph team who are strong role mod-
els,” Grindrod said.
Despite Western’s partying repu-
tation, Grindrod affirmed Western
students usually know how to main-
tain control.
“Students do party, there’s no
doubt about that, but here [at West-
ern] they know their limits,”
Grindrod said. “In the end, they
know they’re only hurting them-
selves by being so out of control.”
— With files from Stuart A. Thompson
AT TENTION
conscious effort to never construct
buildings on flood plains, although
there are some buildings close to the
250-year flood line. He added the
Staging Building, a temporary struc-
ture beside North Campus Building,
is the only building which intersects
the flood plain.
While buildings may not be
under serious threat, according to
Langille, Campus Police and Physi-
cal Plant have recently revised the
Flood Response Plan in order to take
extra caution.
“We monitor many nearby build-
ings as a precautionary measure. For
example, we have installed flood
water sensors, alarms and sump
monitors,” Langille said. “The plan
also standardizes precautionary mea-
sures, parking lot closures and evac-
uations, and community awareness.”
Langille pointed to two large
floods in recent memory, but noted
none of the buildings had ever been
impacted.
Flooding at Western is included
in the University’s “disaster plan,”
explained Elgin Austen, director of
Campus Community Police Ser-
vices. A gauge under the University
Drive bridge constantly monitors the
spring, is dangerous,” Austen
warned. “The river is running at a
very high speed, and at this time of
river’s water level, with specific year it’s extremely cold.”
actions taken at every increment Austen explained when a Flood
beyond a certain point. Watch is in place, it involves hourly
“From past experience we know checks on the river level and taking
what the level is when the parking action when it arrives at a particular
lots begin to flood, so we block off level.
the lots, send out notifications and Ashmore observed some people
move vehicles,” Austen said. are predicting larger floods in South-
However, rising water levels are ern Ontario in the future due to cli-
still a safety concern on campus due mate change, with an increased fre-
to the number of pathways along the quency in intense and prolonged
river vulnerable to flooding if the rainstorms.
river spills beyond the banks and “Ultimately, though, the hazards
levies. depend on where you put the build-
“Consequently, going down ings in relation to the flood plain.”
through that area, either in winter or
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Annual Review of Deans, Vice-Provost
(Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies), University
Librarian, Vice-Presidents and the President
Members of the Western community – faculty, staff, and students –are invited
to express their views in writing on the performance of any of the Deans,
Vice-Provost (Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies), University Librarian, Vice-
Presidents, or President. The Annual Reviews of these senior administrators
are used to evaluate performance and to provide them with advice about
their future priorities. The identity of those making submissions will be kept
confidential but anonymous comments will not be accepted.
The deadline for all submissions is Friday, April 14, 2011.

Submissions with respect to Deans, the Vice-Provost (Graduate and

According to Reinhart, he and his Postdoctoral Studies) and the University Librarian should be sent
fellow residents were extremely to Dr. Janice Deakin, Provost & Vice-President (Academic), Room 118,
social and hosted several parties STUDENTS USING Natural Sciences Centre. The incumbents are:
during Orientation Week. This social
behaviour led to damages at the res-
idence and provided grounds for
SERVICES FOR STUDENTS Michael Milde
Robert Wood
Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Acting)
Don Wright Faculty of Music
Carol Beynon Faculty of Education (Acting)
Reinhart’s eviction.
Western has a detailed policy
WITH DISABILITIES Andrew Hrymak
Tom Carmichael
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Information and Media Studies
concerning the kinds of behaviour Linda Miller School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
(Vice-Provost)
and activities residence students can We would like to remind you that you must meet with James Weese Faculty of Health Sciences
participate in. Among them are poli-
a counsellor at Services for Students with Disabilities Ian Holloway Faculty of Law
cies for smoking, drinking, drugs
and pornography.
(SSD), in the Student Development Centre, to arrange Carol Stephenson Richard Ivey School of Business
Michael Strong Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
academic accommodation for your 2010/11 winter Brian Timney Faculty of Social Science
courses. David Wardlaw Faculty of Science
Joyce Garnett University Librarian

If you have not yet requested accommodation for your Submissions with respect to Vice-Presidents should be sent to the
courses, and you wish to use accommodation for April President, Dr. Amit Chakma, Rm. 118, Natural Sciences Centre. The four
Solution to puzzle on page 8 2011 exams, you must meet with a counsellor by Vice-Presidents are:

Tuesday, March 15th. Accommodation for April 2011 Janice Deakin Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
exams cannot be arranged by Exam Services if Gitta Kulczycki Vice-President (Resources & Operations)
Ted Hewitt Vice-President (Research & International Relations)
requested after this date. Kevin Goldthorp Vice-President (External)

Submissions with respect to the President, Dr. Amit Chakma, should be

To book your appointment sent to Mr. Frank Angeletti, Chair, Board of Governors, c/o Ms. Irene Birrell,
please call 519-661-2147 Secretary of the Board of Governors, Room 4101, Stevenson Hall.
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Opinions
FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
Bringing art to
the masses
one paint
bomb at a time
This week’s Festival of the Arts helped brighten up
the days for students making their way through the
University Community Centre atrium. Students’
eyes were met with visual art on display, an inter-
active paint drop — good in theory, messy in exe-
cution — and their ears enjoyed the musical stylings
of pop music on the violin.
Art is unique in that it resonates with everyone
no matter their faculty or personal interests, so it
makes sense that the University Students’ Council
would use art to reach out to students.
The Festival of the Arts might have seemed like
a new addition this year, since in the past it didn’t
carry the same presence in the atrium, nor was it
publicized as well.
The Festival was successful in appealing to the
masses with a variety of interesting performances,
strong visual art and community art projects that
engaged a wide variety of students. Hearing covers
of popular songs played on classical instruments
was a unique juxtaposition that could prove to be
more accessible to people who don’t have as much
experience with the finer arts.
Western has a strong arts population whose art
is kept hidden within the walls of McIntosh Gallery
or the Visual Arts Centre, which is unfortunate. It’s
rare for students to make their way outside of the
Western bubble to get a taste of local art, so placing
art in the public space of the UCC atrium was able
to open people’s eyes.
Not everyone is an art connoisseur, but most can
appreciate paintings that are visually appealing or
pleasing to the ears. The art displayed and the music
performed was generally palatable, and experimen-
tal music or challenging and controversial visuals
were absent from the atrium. With the event taking
place in one of the most public spaces on campus,
this is a sensible decision — the UCC atrium is a place
ill-suited for art that might shock or offend. With a
mandate to serve all students, the USC did its job by
appealing to the majority of students first, even if
the resulting art wasn’t as “challenging.”
Of course, part of the festival’s success depends
on the submissions received. If the artwork isn’t
controversial or experimental, there’s no point
pushing for it — we should celebrate the work being
produced by the student body.
Love it or hate it, the Festival of the Arts at least
had people talking which, as far as art goes, is the
greatest success of all.
—The Gazette Editorial Board
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The world today doesn’t make sense,
so why should I paint pictures that do?
— Pablo Picasso
We need to be Letters to the editor
TEDx shouldn’t
taught a lesson face scrutiny
Re: “Can TEDx take on its own hype? (March
9, 2011)
We’re faced with a chicken-or-the-
egg sort of conundrum — we don’t To the Editor:
Uncle respect our teachers because they often As an extremely excited student from the
Jesse do a poor job, but we fail to attract great Western community, I am disheartened
teachers due to the lack of prestige that by the Gazette’s (a paper that represents
accompanies the job. the views and interests of the average
This is a problem we must fix. Western student) choice to question the
Jesse Tahirali I continue to hear teachers’ college potential of TEDxUWO and its impact.
OPINIONS EDITOR being thrown around as a back-up Several Western students took the ini-
jesse@westerngazette.ca option. Students will apply to teachers’ tiative to organize a truly innovative
college when their graduate school appli- event, and bring a world-class movement
Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. cations fall through, or after their dream to London; rather than support and
Those who say that are idiots. job fails to fall from the sky. applaud them for the time and effort they
Teaching is probably the most under- They think, because they possess a have put in, the Gazette chooses to ques-
valued job in existence today, and it only degree and a sufficient amount of credits tion their ability to deliver.
serves to hurt our society by perpetuating in teachable subjects, that they are qual- The fact that the London Arts Coun-
the idea that teachers are those who have ified to become a teacher. cil, London Economic Development Cor-
failed to make something real of their However, a degree no more qualifies poration and City Hall are supporting this
lives. these people to teach than a pair of event should indicate that the TEDxUWO
The ability to teach is a skill that not opposable thumbs qualifies an ape to is a legitimate event that is worthy of at
many possess. To be able to explain become an architect. least a bit of support.
something clearly, concisely and com- Until monkey mansions start springing —John Commons
pletely is incredibly difficult. It requires up around town, please — don’t become a Science II
knowledge of a wide variety of subjects, teacher unless you truly love education.
an endless amount of patience and the It takes a special passion to be a great
ability to communicate information to an teacher. I’m sure we’ve all experienced Women’s Day
often disinterested crowd. our share of awful teachers — half-wit
For elementary and secondary educa- hominids, drunk on authority, carelessly
looked over
tors, the devotion exhibited by a good parroting off what their textbook tells To the Editor:
teacher is wholly disproportionate to the them. These people disgrace the role of I think disappointment is not strong
reward they will receive from the job. The teaching and ruin the educational expe- enough to describe how I felt when I read
pay is pathetic, the students are fre- rience for everyone involved. the Gazette on Tuesday, March 8, and did-
quently ungrateful and disruptive, and Our schools should be stocked with n’t find a single article about the Cente-
the support they receive from parents is people who push the boundaries of their nary of International Women’s Day.
often non-existent. understanding, striving to fill the gaps in So many angles could be taken, from
These people are expected to under- their knowledge until they see the com- Canadian women in politics, to the struggle
stand, basically, the entirety of modern plete picture. many women across the globe still face, or
human knowledge. Not only this, but they I can’t overstate how important I simply about the festivities everywhere for
are supposed to ensure that every child believe teaching is. Not to mention how this United Nation recognized day.
who enters their classroom exits with the frustrated I get when I imagine a teacher Many media outlets have covered it,
same understanding they possess. planted in their room’s back corner, con- from Globe and Mail’s articles yesterday,
Unfortunately, doing this job effec- sidering their students with contempt. CBC’s article on the history of the day,
tively requires a commitment not often The reformation of our education sys- CBC Radio’s show The Current dedicated
seen in our schools. As much as I’d like to tem begins with our teachers giving a to the day, and even the London Free
build up their importance, I can under- damn about their jobs and ends when Press ran an article on it.
stand not wanting to deify our teachers — teacher’s college ceases to be seen as a I guess maybe next year…
many of them are crap-headed nothings second-rate cushion on which to fall —Gabriela Saldanha
who know not what they’re doing. back upon. MPI II
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Arts&Life
The Randall: Better beer through chemistry
Mike Hayes
MANAGING EDITOR
There’s a monster loose on the
streets of Southwestern Ontario. A
wild beast that has invaded our very
city. Its name is Randall the Enamel
Animal, and it’s about to blow local
beer–lovers’ collective minds.
“Randall is a flavour–infuser. In
very simple terms you choose what
flavours or materials you want to
infuse the beer with, flood the cham-
ber and then run the beer through,”
explains Milos Kral, head bartender
and beer guru of Gambrinus Bistro
& Café.
Originally created in 2002 by Dog-
fish Head Craft Brewery — a world–
renowned brewery located in
Delaware, U.S. — the Randall has expe-
rienced several major modifications
over the years. Early versions had a
tendency to foam excessively, but the
brewery feels it’s eliminated the issue
thanks to a plethora of design changes
the new “Randall 3.0.”
The process itself is a devilishly
simple one. A draught line is fed into
one side of the apparatus, filling a
chamber where a variety of ingredi-
ents are stored. The chamber drains
into a second reservoir chamber
which mitigates any foam produced
by the filtering.
Though the time varies depend-
ing on how tightly the ingredients
chamber is packed, generally about
five to 20 minutes are needed from
adding the beer to pouring out the
finished product.
But the real excitement for Ran-
dall stems from the ability of bar-
tenders and beer enthusiasts to have
a hand in styling their own beer.
“It’s like when you’re cooking,”
Krall says. “Some cooks have better
imaginations and creative abilities.
If you know your ingredients and
you know your basic beer […] it gives
us a chance to imprint our own per-
sonal ideas on some of these beers.”
The units themselves have
proven to be wildly successful. In the
last eight years, Dogfish Head esti-
mates they’ve produced over 260 for
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clients all around the world.
In fact, the units have proven so
popular, demand has far exceeded
Dogfish Head’s output abilities. As a
result, bars able to offer Randalized
beer are a hot commodity in the
serious beer geek’s world. To the best
of Kral’s knowledge, Gambrinus is
now only the second place in the
province to offer the experience.
“The first beer we did was [Grand
River Brewery’s] Galt Knife Old Style
Lager,” Kral explains. “We used
Amarillo hops and honeycomb and
the combination was just phenome-
nal — it’s a nice malty, hoppy pilsner
on its own and when you add some
fresh, hoppy flavour and honey-
comb? It was brand new beer.”
Adil Ahmad, one of the bar-
tenders at Gambrinus, explained the
choice of beer.
“The first beers we experimented
with we needed to be blank–slate
beers. We needed them to be almost
our control group so we could detect
a discernable difference,” he says.
Of course, that mentality only Corey Stanford GAZETTE
lasted so long. With the first test
Not entirely satisfied with just So what does “live” mean so it’s much warmer than our tra-
batches proving to be popular, the
offering Randallized beer and a exactly? Live yeast. Instead of the ditional North American beers.
Gambrinus staff started looking to
crazy selection of rare local and fermentation project being over “It offers much more pleasure
other flavour combinations. imported beers, Gambrinus is also like it is in any other normal when you’re looking for different
“The Randall, at least in the beer proving everything old is new draught, the yeast in cask ale is flavours and aromas in the beer.”
world, represents the opportunity to again with their first cask ale. still working on the beer. This First to be tried on St. Patrick’s
actually modify the beer in a way that Milos Kral, pictured above, means your first pint from a cask Day of all days will be another Fly-
the brewer might not have thought explains: won’t taste like your last. ing Monkeys offering — Smash-
of,” Ahmad says. “Since it’s by the pint “The way cask ale is done, it’s It’s also one of the major expe- bomb IPA. If you’re looking to try
it’s really opened up opportunities. It traditional — how beer used to be riences sought after by beer a crazy hoppy beer in a different
actually has built kind of a commu- served in the past. Before the geeks. way, check it out on March 17. This
nity around it. If people love a beer in onslaught of mass-produced “[Cask ale] offers much more beer outsold Keith’s two–to–one
particular they get to see that mod draught beers you had live ale,” depth,” Milos says. “It’s served last month at Gambrinus so yes,
done to their beer.” he explains. between 11 and 13 degrees Celsius it’s popular.
Community is also something
that enters into the ingredient selec-
tion for Randall. Gambrinus location beer market. In a city with a dizzy- all those macro beers and mass– combined with hops, chocolate,
inside Covent Garden Market means ing amount of generic bars and produced cheap draught is not cocoa and, most interestingly, chipo-
access to a wide variety of fresh generic beers to offer along Rich- entirely true.” tle peppers. The Randallizing
ingredients and the opportunity to mond Row, a niche place like Gam- So what comes next for Randall? process emphasized the already pre-
support local businesses. brinus may seem idiosyncratic. “I bet you could take Bud Light sent hop, coffee and chocolate
“It’s especially important to us to Not so, says Krall. and make it interesting by hopping it flavours and fundamentally changed
use local places,” Ahmad explains. “It “From very early on, the up and adding some Skittles in the beer’s flavour, with the chipotle
garners their attention and allows us response [to the bar] was almost there,” quips Ahmad. peppers providing a warming sen-
to make small contracts of mutual overwhelming,” he says. “We could- Though Skitttlebrau was not sation in the upper chest.
respect. It’s a big thing for Milos.” n’t have built this place if London available, this author was lucky Gambrinus Bistro & Café is locat-
This local fixation shines through didn’t respond to it. Perhaps the idea enough to try the flavour combina- ed at 130 King Street and offers Ran-
when Krall talks about the London that London is only good enough for tion described below — a dark ale dallized concoctions every Saturday.
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6•
Beastly doesn’t tell a tale that’s as old as time
Remake of Disney classic targets the wrong demographic
Jesica Hurst
GAZETTE STAFF
Beastly
Director: Daniel Barnz
Starring: Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Hud-
gens and Mary-Kate Olsen
After 20 years, Disney’s animated
classic Beauty and the Beast has
been recreated into another aver-
age romantic-drama to suit teens
of today.
In Daniel Barnz’s latest film Beast-
ly, model-turned-actor Alex Pettyfer
plays the role of Kyle Kingson — a
rich, attractive and popular high
school student running for head of
the academy’s environmental com-
mittee because it will look good on
his college applications.
During the opening scene, we wit-
ness Kyle’s true colours when he pro-
motes his campaign with the phrase
“embrace the suck.” His shallow
obsession over appearance goes too
far, and he ends up calling Kendra, a
fellow competitor, “Frankenskank” in
front of a large group of students.
However, Kyle is unaware that
Kendra, played by Mary-Kate Olsen,
is a witch, and later that evening she
casts a spell on him that can only be
broken if he finds true love within
a year. Kendra gives Kyle a case of
dermatitis and bad tattoos, which
humiliates him enough to drop out
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of school and hide from friends and
family.
The one person he neglects to
hide from is Lindy Taylor, a dedicat-
ed and perky scholarship student
played by Vanessa Hudgens from
the High School Musical film series.
Despite being one of the unpopular
kids, Kyle watches Lindy from a dis-
tance, mesmerized by how genuine
she is. The question is, will she see
through his ugly skin and begin to
like the person he really is?
Although Beastly seems to have
the potential to be a beautifully
romantic film, the acting is definite-
ly not up to par. The main characters
seem to be forcing chemistry and
although Pettyfer is easy on the eyes,
everything he does seems incredibly
unnatural and awkward.
The one actor that brings humour
into the mediocre interpretation of
the classic story is Neil Patrick Harris
who plays Will Fratelli, Kyle’s blind
tutor. The role seems perfect for him,
and although most of his dialogue is
cheesy, he makes it seem believable.
Perhaps if Barnz aimed the film
towards a younger, pre-teen demo-
graphic, there could be more suc-
cess with his mildly humorous and
immature script. If nothing else a
younger age group would swoon at
the romance of high school teens.
But if you’re looking for a cinematic
experience filled with passion and a
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defender of all life’s diversity”. He has
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The album starts out with the
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heavily on group vocals and strings.
Both build at a steady pace, develop-
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Everyone I Ever Met takes quite a
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Sports
rundown >> The women’s basketball team beat Ottawa on the weekend 60-44 > Matteke Hutzler was dominant finishing the game with 21 points > They have
advanced to the CIS regional playoffs at the University of New Brunswick this weekend.
O’Beirne preserves win a last-
second with penalty shot save
Daniel Da Silva
SPORTS EDITOR
With no time left on the clock in the
championship game, a penalty shot
from the tournament’s leading scor-
er would decide the outcome.
Sounds kind of like a Hollywood
movie – maybe The Mighty Ducks.
But that’s what the Western Mus-
tangs Ringette team was up against
in the dying moments of the Ontario
Ringette Association Provincial
Championships this past weekend in
Waterloo.
“We knew it was going to be a
close game and it was a one-goal
game back and forth right through
the game and right to the penalty
shot, which was the most exciting
close to any game I’ve been a part of,”
Mustangs head coach Kerry Box said.
Ahead 4-3 thanks to a goal from
their leading scorer, Samantha Cole-
man, with two and a half minutes left
in the game, the Mustangs had to
fend off a furious Ottawa Gee-Gees
attack if they wanted to win the
provincial title. As time ran out in the
game, a penalty was called on West-
ern, which automatically resulted in
a penalty shot.
“We were a little spastic at first
but our coach called a timeout to
calm us down in the last minute,”
fourth-year co-captain Meghan
Guiler said. “We thought we won, but
after the buzzer the referee called a
penalty shot. We were celebrating
and we had to take that back and re-
focus our goalie. Everyone was quiet
and nobody really knew what to do.”
Sarah Trottier, who led the unde-
feated Gee-Gees and the tourna-
ment with 13 goals and 25 points,
stepped up to take the shot against
first-year goaltender Danielle
O’Beirne. She made a blocker save
on Trottier to preserve the win and
hand Western the title — the Mus-
tangs also earned the distinction of
being the first university team to win
the provincial championships.
“I told her that a dominant right
hand shooter will go to her back-
hand and try for the far right corner
and sure enough the shooter had,”
Box said. “[O’Beirne] followed the
shooter and, of course, stopped her.”
“I came out and challenged her.
She tried to fake glove side and I did-
n’t fall for it. I barely got my blocker
on it and it barely missed the net,”
O’Beirne said. “I tried not to be ner-
vous. I mean, it’s just another penal-
ty shot, right?”
While the season culminated in
victory for the Mustangs, it didn’t
start so positively. The team was
rebuilding in first semester and did-
n’t win a single game until the Uni-
versity Ringette Championships at
Western over the winter holiday
break. They ended up winning the
Tier Two division in that tourna-
ment, which they feel prepared them
Anders Kravis GAZETTE
SHOULD HAVE TRIED THE TRIPLE-DEKE. IT ALWAYS WORKS. Ottawa Gee-Gee’s leading scorer Sarah Trottier is stopped by
Mustangs goalie Danielle O’Beirne with no time left on the clock, preserving the 4-3 victory for Western in the gold-medal
game. Western becomes the first university team to win the Ontario provincial championship.
for the Provincial Championships.
“From that win, there was a lot of
team bonding. That moment was a
realization for the team that we
could go further so it got the spirits
up in the team,” co-captain Cassan-
dra Findlater said.
This tournament also didn’t start
very well for the Mustangs. Western
started the tournament with a single
win and two losses, including a 4-1
loss to those same Gee-Gees.
“We knew with two losses that
early we had to climb back. With
three losses, you are almost certain-
ly out of the semi-finals. We knew
we had to keep giving 110 per cent in
Mustangs finish 6th at CIS
Tough 5-set loss to TWU ends title hopes
Daniel Da Silva
SPORTS EDITOR
Pulling an upset over Guelph — the
top team in the Ontario University
Athletics conference — on the
Gryphons home floor to win the
OUA championships was quite a feat
in itself.
But if they wanted to win the
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
national championship in Laval, the
Western Mustangs women’s volley-
ball team was going to have to out–
do themselves and knock off the
Trinity Western University Spartans,
the third-ranked team in the country.
“Winning the OUA was our goal
all year long,” Mustangs head coach
Dave Edwards said. “But we knew
we had a tough opponent in Trinity
Western. We just wanted to go in and
compete hard.”
Despite being the underdogs as
the seventh seed in the eight-team
tournament, the Mustangs were
confident.
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discussing his spectacularly inappropriate way to deal with boring movies
the rest of the games despite losing
two players to injuries and a few to
midterm exams,” Box said.
Once the team qualified for the
semi-final round, they knew it was
time to take their game to the next
level. One-hundred and ten per cent
would no longer be enough if they
wanted to topple the talented club
team from Markham.
“I told them that we want the last
game of the year to be the best game
of the year,” Box said. “We were very
dominant that game [winning 6-1].”
That set the stage for Coleman
and O’Beirne’s heroics in the final.
For Guiler and Findlater, two of the
I think the West is a
little bit overrated. […]
With the group of girls
we have, I knew we
could compete with
anybody.
—Jenna Thomson
Mustang’s setter
On her feelings about playing the
talented Canada West teams
“We’ve been playing some great
ball lately and with the chemistry
that our team has, I knew we had a
chance to pull off the upset,” Mus-
tang’s setter Jenna Thomson said.
They performed well above any-
one’s expectations, forcing a fifth
and deciding set before the Spartans
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Photo Courtesy of Mike O’Beirne
graduating players on the team, it
was the perfect way to end their
ringette careers at Western.
“It’s an incredible feeling. It’s a
really great way to end four years at
Western. You can’t beat that,” Guiler
said.
“It just shows how far the team
has come since I first came to
Western. It’s great to see that the
girls have started something big-
ger,” Findlater added. “It was some-
thing my father and I started and I
never thought it would come this
far this fast. I look forward to com-
ing back years later and see how
far it’s gotten.”
took control of the match, winning
3-2 (25-23, 19-25, 25-18, 19-25, 15-8).
“Credit to Trinity Western
because they played well but our
team played an outstanding match,”
Edwards said. “When it was 2-2, my
thought to the team was go out and
play hard. We didn’t have anything
to lose.
While nerves may have gotten
the best of the Mustangs in the
deciding set, they certainly weren’t a
factor earlier in the match, especial-
ly for veterans Kelly Frittenberg,
Elaine Screaton and Sarah Johnston
who had 18, 16 and 13.5 points
respectively.
“Their game plan was to move
some of their bigger girls around
and isolate Elaine and Kelly in cer-
tain situations and they were able to
come through in those situations,”
Edwards said. “I could go and list all
the girls. But certainly the veterans
played well all weekend.”
>> see CARABINS pg.8
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Carabins take 5th with 3-1 win

>> continued from pg.7
After losing to the Spartans, the
Mustangs were forced to continue
their weekend in the consolation
half of the bracket. They took on
the University of New Brunswick
Varsity Reds in the consolation
semi-final, beating the Atlantic
conference champion 3-0 (25-23,
25-21, 25-22).
“Against UNB we felt very com-
fortable. They are a tall team, but
they don’t have the firepower that
we saw the night before against
Trinity Western,” Edwards said.
The season ended for the Mus-
tangs with a 3-1 (25-22, 25-14, 22-25,
28-26) loss in the fifth-place match
against the Université de Montréal
Carabins.
Despite the final loss, the experi-
ence was nothing but special for the
Mustangs, especially the graduating
players.
“It was great to finish my career
on the biggest stage in Canada.
However, it would have been great
to finish off with a W,” Thomson said.
“It was tremendous. The hard
work they all put in paid off here. I
said to the kids that we started this
journey together on the floors of
Thames Hall and it ended on the
national stage at Laval,” Edwards
added.
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3 BEDROOM HOUSE. 602 Middlewoods Cres.
Hardwood floors, 2 full bathrooms, 6 appliances,
A/C, parking, and more. Near UWO, mall, bus. $425
inclusive, flexible leases. Call Sama at 519-520-7510
or srahimia@uwo.ca.
3,4 BEDROOM apartments available at Varsity Com-
mons, London’s best Student Community. Enjoy
great amenities such as our cardio center, movie the-
atre and fun events. From $479 inclusive per room.
For more information please call 519.858.2525 or go
to www.varsitycommons.ca.
3-BEDROOM APT. in house. 5 minute walk to
UWO/King’s. 225 Bernard Ave. Plasma HDTV, 6 ap-
pliances, Beautifully decorated, Ikea kitchen,laundry,
parking $465. E-mail for pictures. chummi@hot-
mail.com.519-280-1267.
4 BD VICTORIAN house. Oxford/Wharncliffe.
Stained glass windows. Dining, living, and sitting
rooms. Lots of room for studying and entertaining. 5
appliances, new kitchen, 2 full bath. $400/room in-
clusive. We also have a 2 bedroom with similar de-
sign, 5 appliances $365/room inclusive. Ted
519-697-5746, Pat 519-701-0958.
4 BDRM BRAND new Red Brick townhouses, apart-
ments and single homes for rent. Most feature 5 brand
new appliances, huge rooms and closets, open con-
cept kitchen/ living room, free parking and networked
for high speed internet! Located in great student
areas. Act fast- these won’t last. For more information
call Zach at 519-854-0505. zachs@londonproperty.ca
4 BDRM TOWNHOUSES near all amenities. These
4 bedroom townhouses are 3 floors and 2 wash-
rooms for 4 people! Bedrooms are spacious, bright
and have huge closets. Free parking and property
management. Call Zach anytime at 519-854-0505.
zachs@londonproperty.ca
5 BDRM. #1 student rentals. Newly built red bricks,
right across from campus! Dishwasher, washer/dryer
include. Huge, spacious rooms with massive closets.
Networked for Internet and parking included. These
ones always go fast so call soon. Call John anytime
at 519-859-5563 or email johnm@londonproperty.ca.
5 BDRMS. LIVE steps from campus in a 5 bedroom
apartment or townhouse. Live in style in a modern
building, all built within the last few years. Huge
kitchens come with tons of cupboards and counter
space, and centre island eating areas. Spacious bed-
rooms and huge closets. Call Zach anytime at 519-854-
0505 and view one of these units before they are gone!
5 BEDROOM CONDO Group of 4 or 5 students.
Utilities included. $385/room, 2.5 bathrooms, Laun-
dry, 6 appliances included. Walk to mall, groceries,
parking available. 12-month lease starting May 1st.
morrjo@hotmail.com Cell 519-670-8155.
5 BEDROOM HOUSES and apartments right on bus
route to campus and downtown. Great locations.
Huge rooms and closets. Most have all new appli-
ances including washer/dryer and dishwasher. Call
John at (519) 859-5563 or email johnm@london-
property.ca with questions or to book a tour.
5 BEDROOM HOUSES and townhouses for rent on
all sides of campus. All places have free parking, free
maintenance and full time property management.
Units are rented on a first come first serve basis. Call
Zach at 519-854-0505, zachs@londonproperty.ca
5 BEDROOM LARGE home for rent May 1st. Great
downtown Blackfriars location. Large common
areas, generous rooms, backyard, front & back atri-
ums, updated appliances, laundry, free parking.
$425+ Nick 519.317.3091 ndekoning@gmail.com
5 BEDROOM TOWN Home living at Varsity Mills.
Amenities include: on-site laundry and air condition-
ing. From $499 per room plus $50 dollar utility pack-
age. All students. 1 Beaufort St., easy walk to class
and bus routes, roommate matching services avail-
able. For more information, please call 519.858.2525
or go to www.varsitymills.ca.
5 BEDROOMS 3 level townhouse with 4
bathrooms, garage, open concept, large rooms with
ensuites. Direct bus route & walking distance to
UWO. Free pick-up & Drop-off. Call 519-933-9331,
www.exclusiverental.ca.
6 BDRM ALL around UWO & DT., huge rooms with
loft living room style, garage, open concept, hard-
wood floors, all-inclusive. Cable & Internet. Best deal!
Call 519-933-9331, check www.exclusiverental.ca.
6 BDRM HOUSES on all sides of campus. Most fea-
ture 5 new appliances, spacious rooms and huge
closets, open concept kitchen/ living room, free
parking and networked for high speed internet. Act
fast- these won’t last! For more information call Zach
at 519-854-0505.
6 BDRM. #1 student rentals. Newly built red bricks in
all the best student areas around campus and down-
town! Dishwasher, washer/dryer included. Huge,
spacious rooms with massive closets. Networked for
Internet and parking included. These ones always go
fast so call soon. Call John anytime at 519-859-5563
or email johnm@londonproperty.ca.
@ 10AM
clusive with Cable/Internet. New kitchen, dish- Watch
washer, laundry, hardwood floors, garage, large
rooms, 3 bathrooms. Call 519-933-9331, details
SATURDAY livestream
under www.exclusiverental.ca.
MARCH 12 http://www.tedxuwo.com
TEDxUWO is an innovative organization that brings the best and brightest innovators
in the country to Western for a once in a lifetime opportunity for you on
Saturday, March 12, at the Grand Theatre in downtown London.
GORGEOUS 6 BEDROOM house available at prime
location, Richmond and Oxford. Don’t miss the Watching the live webcast, Sat., March 12 at 10 am, will be just like attending the event.
chance to live in the prime location that gives access You’ll have a chance to interact with other attendees and ask questions of our speakers.
to both downtown and campus. Large bright rooms
with huge closets and tons of kitchen/living room
space make this place a must see. Also includes free
parking, in suite laundry and dishwasher. Call John at
519-859-5563 or email johnm@londonproperty.ca.
IMMACULATE 6 BDRM behind Med/Syd. All-inclu-
sive, 2 kitchen, open concept, hardwood floors, fire-
place, all large rooms, parking, dishwasher! Free
Pick-up & Drop-off. Call 519-933-9331. Pics at
www.exclusiverental.ca.
MODERN 5 BEDROOM house. Steps to Kings,
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NEW KITCHENS DOWNTOWN 645 William St. Frosh, Soph, Senior, Grad Student
Steps to downtown, Goodlife & amenities! New car-
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SINGLE ROOMS AVAILABLE in 6 BR condo off
Richmond. 15 min. walk to classes, large furnished
rooms, 3.5 bathrooms, beauty. Female mature stu-
dents only! $500/room. Castlegrovehouse@yahoo.ca
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SERVICES
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visions, and re-writing for the academic, profes-
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writing, proposals, and school applications. Call us
today toll free 1.888.345.8295.
LEARN TO BARTEND on the Richmond Row.
FUZION BARTENDING presents our intensive bar-
tending workshop at the LONDON TAP HOUSE on
April 2, 3. Come join us! http://www.fuzionbartend-
ing.com or call 519.914.5357!
TREATED UNFAIRLY? Talk to the Ombudsperson in
confidence. This service is free to all Western, Bres-
cia, King’s and Huron students. Contact Info: WSS-
3100b, 519-661-3573, ombuds@uwo.ca,
www.uwo.ca/ombuds/.
EMPLOYMENT
$500-$1500 CASH paid weekly for landscaping work.
Final hiring takes place March 8 & 14 in London. Apply
online at http://www.springmastersjobs.com/ for the two
hiring / training sessions.
SUMMER CAMP JOBS Activity Heads & Instructors:
Swim, Waterski, Dance (Pop) Hockey, In-Line
Skatepark, Rock-Wall Climb, WIndsurf, Kayak, Canoe,
Arts & Crafts, Guitar, Photo, Pottery, Nursing Students
(2nd yr+) to assist camp docs. www.mishmar.com.