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THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2011
Campus > Reception
Telecoms to
boost signal
at Western
Stuart A. Thompson
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
After months of shoddy cellphone
reception on campus, Canada’s
biggest telecoms have announced
plans for new equipment near West-
ern in an effort to catch up with bal-
looning demand.
Rogers is building a new tower
near campus by the summer and
Bell said they’ve asked Western if
they could install more on-campus
equipment to boost capacity.
Andrea Sardinha, public relations
specialist for Rogers, said this week
that cellphone use on campus has
doubled from last fall. The demand
prompted Rogers to investigate
building a new cell tower.
“Land acquisition for a cell
site that would improve service to
campus turned out to be more of a
challenge than we expected and
took longer than we would have
liked,” Sardinha said. “We are
pleased to report that we are mov-
ing forward on improvements.”
Sardinha said better service
would arrive by early summer at a
cost that’s typically “hundreds of
thousands of dollars.”
Back in September, Bell also said
they would tweak existing towers
and look into building a new site.
They confirmed this week that a
proposal was submitted to Western
for “more on-campus equipment
that will boost capacity further.”
“Bell has added a second channel
and an additional antenna to the
Richmond St. site that serves the
university to boost capacity,” Bell
representative Jason Laszlo said. He
added the company is also in dis-
cussions with University Hospital to
build a new cell site before the next
school year.
“As for the proposal filed with the
University administration, we await
their response,” he said.
Meanwhile, Western is assem-
bling a team of officials to address
the customer service relationship
with major cellphone providers.
“This will include an item on how
they could improve reception on
campus,” said Debbie Jones, direc-
tor of Information Technology Ser-
vices at Western. But she noted dis-
cussions with the telecom giants
related to new towers on Western’s
campus have not taken place.
Jones added Western will know
the outcome of their task-
force around summertime.
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SRP wages protest in UCC
After the referendum was called invalid by
USC officials, supporters for the Student
Refugee Program took to the USC’s office
Aaron Zaltzman
GAZETTE STAFF
In the next chapter of an ongoing
campaign for the Student Refugee
Program, SRP supporters led a
protest in the University Community
Centre yesterday following the deci-
sion to invalidate referendum results.
Anna Martin, the head of the Stu-
dent Refugee Program, and David
Basu Roy, a candidate in the most
recent USC presidential election, led
the protest through the UCC atrium
and eventually made camp in front
of the University Students’ Council
executive office.
The Elections Committee
released a report on Tuesday saying
due to numerous violations by the
“Yes” campaign team, the results of
the SRP referendum were invalid.
The referendum would have given
the SRP a new 52-cent fee to support
a refugee student with an education
at Western.
The protestors argued this deci-
sion was a breach of the democratic
process by the Elections Committee.
“We are here to discuss the
appeal of democracy. We are not
here about SRP,” Basu Roy said in a
speech to the protestors. “As much
as we all love SRP — and this is
intrinsically linked to it — we are here
about a vote being upheld and this
is about them being undemocratic.”
Basu Roy explained the protest
would be followed by a formal
appeal of the Election Committee’s
TODAY
low
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high
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decision. But the “Yes” campaign
could only file an appeal after two
days following the release of the ref-
erendum results.
“There are a lot of people who
aren’t even involved with SRP who
are writing appeals,” Martin said.
“This is just an expression of students’
opinion and I think it’s so wonderful
that people are getting involved. You
can expect that there will be plenty of
appeals coming tomorrow.”
Basu Roy said SRP’s appeal
would have two parts: one would
focus on arguing against the indi-
vidual violations — 35 in total, which
was five more than the “Yes” side
was allowed — while the other would
highlight their complaints with how
the referendum was overseen by the
Elections Committee.
“They could have very easily
committed to the 35 demerit points
and still upheld the results of the ref-
erendum,” Basu Roy said.
“This committee clearly didn’t
want the vote to go through if they
felt that over-exceeding the demerit
points is more important than
allowing the democratic process to
go through.”
According to Nicole Fassina,
communications officer for the USC,
the decision to invalidate the results
was clear in keeping with Bylaw 2,
which states that referendums are
governed by the same rules as pres-
idential elections.
“There is a section in Bylaw 2 that
says if a candidate exceeds the allot-
TOMORROW
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Corey Stanford GAZETTE
>> SRP Fee > Timeline
Nov. 24, 2010: USC votes in favour of
WUSC’s referendum being included in
the February presidential elections.
Jan. 12, 2011: USC votes to cancel the
referendum, citing discomfort with impli-
cations, and offers $10,000 in exchange
for a one-year delay on the referendum
Feb. 16, 2011: USC approves a student-
initiated referendum for March, after
WUSC submits a petition with over
3,000 signatures
March 16, 2011: Elections Committee
decides to withhold the results of the
SRP referendum, citing that numerous
alleged breaches of election bylaws
required further review
March 22, 2011: After five days of delib-
eration, Elections Committee announces
that despite passing with 67 per cent of
the vote, the referendum is invalid
because 35 demerit points were applied
to the “Yes” campaign
ted amount of demerit points they
are automatically disqualified,”
Fassina said.
While the protest was occurring
outside the executive office, Basu
Roy and Martin were meeting with
the executive council regarding
complaints brought forward by the
“Yes” campaign.
In response to the protest, Fassi-
na said she was happy students were
voicing their concerns to the USC.
“These opportunities are always
open and we’re welcome to hearing
everything that students have say,
and that’s the best way we can act
and do our day-to-day jobs on
behalf of students,” Fassina said.
- With files from Alex Carmona
VOLUME 104, ISSUE 90
Opinion > SRP Fee
I heart SRP,
but not the
referendum
Thom-
phoolery
Stuart A. Thompson
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
stuart@westerngazette.ca
Yesterday’s protest was the low point
in a long and passionate campaign
for the Student Refugee Program — a
charity supporting a refugee student
with an education in Canada.
They worked hard to get a fee for
their club on the March ballot and
when the University Students’ Council
called the referendum invalid, months
of work were also invalidated.
But if the USC’s decision does
anything, it gives us time to consid-
er a litany of problems surrounding
referendums and the SRP fee.
The margin of victory — almost
two to one in favour of supporting
the SRP fee — tells a story: plenty of
students voted with their hearts, not
necessarily their heads.
The 8,553 votes cast for the SRP
question came from a mix of
informed and uninformed voters, but
more likely the latter. Because the fee
proposal dovetailed with two more
self-serving and attractive proposals
— late-night busing and 12-month bus
passes. Anyone with a philanthropic
bone in their body would approve a
52-cent SRP fee after checking “yes”
to both those costly conveniences.
Compounding these problems is
the campus referendum system.
While USC officials praise referen-
dums for putting choice into stu-
dents’ hands, average turnout hov-
ers around 25 per cent.
In a democracy, it’s never the
majority that wins, but the loudest
voice at the table. In other words,
whoever shows up. And with moral
questions like SRP funding, the sup-
porters will always be motivated to
the voting booth more often than
the opposition, who votes with
abstentions.
It’s interesting that the best “Vote
No” campaign might be no cam-
paign at all. If everyone who voted
>> see CHARITY pg.2
2• thegazette • Thursday, March 24, 2011

Caught on Campus

Genevieve Moreau GAZETTE

The 3rd annual Ivey Film Festival took place last night last night. Awards given out at the festival included Overall Film Excel-
lence, best action, best drama, best documentary, best comedy and a people’s choice award.

Events Calendar

Thursday March 24, 2011
Income Tax Clinic
When 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Thursday
and Friday
Where: UCC Atrium
What: Have your income taxes
done for free by trained students
Dr. Roland Baumann, Archivist
Emeritus at Oberlin College
When: 12:30 p.m.
Where: Huron University College
Great Hall
What: The Historian’s Craft will cel-
ebrate the launch of their two
community-based learning pro-
jects, with Baumann speaking on
the anti-slavery work of Rev.
Hiram Wilson.
In the Market for
Western Heads East
When: 4:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Where: The Great Hall, Sum-
merville House
What: The Great Hall will be
turned into a marketplace featur-
ing interns discussing their experi-
ences. The event will also feature
Maimuna Kanyamala, the director
of the Kivulini Women’s Rights
Organization in Mwanza, Tanza-
nia, and the representative of the
High Commission of Tanzania.
Friday March 25, 2011
Wired Fridays
When: 9 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Where: The Spoke
What: See Pilots of Dawn and
Calvin James for free at The
Spoke, 19 +
Saturday March 26, 2011
Relay for Life
When: March 26 at 5 p.m. –March
27 at 7 a.m.
Where: The UCC
What: Relay for Life is an annual
event in which proceeds go to the
Canadian Cancer Society to help
fund cancer research.
Sunday March 27, 2011
Curator’s tour of the exhibition
When: 2 p.m.
Where: McIntosh Gallery
What: Join Catherine Elliot Shaw
for a curator’s tour of the exhibi-
tion Fugitive Light: Clark
McDougall’s Destination Places.
Monday March 28, 2011
State of the USC address
When: 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Where: The UCC atrium
What: USC president Mike Tithe-
cott’s End of the Year Address to
inform everyone about what the
USC accomplished this year.
Tony Lee X-Rated Hypnotist
When: 10 p.m.
Where: The Wave
What: Cover $8.00 in advance or
$10.00 @ the door, 19+

Opinion > SRP Fee

‘Charity menu’ among

alternatives for funding
>> continued from pg.1
“no” in the referendum withheld
their vote entirely, none of the ques-
tions would have passed; we would-
n’t have reached the minimum num-
ber of votes to make the referendum
considered valid. Is that democracy?
The USC’s decision will hang in
the air as SRP plans their appeal —
one surely relying on the fact that
the USC could keep the “Vote Yes”
side disqualified without canning
the results.
It’s fitting that so many demerit
points were awarded for fairly triv-
ial things like sending emails. It’s
part of the USC’s agonizing “culture
of control” — the idea that they must
oversee and legislate student lives
into a cesspool of bureaucracy.
Campaigning on election day only
helps promote the vote — some-
thing the USC could always use to
boost turnout. Yes, SRP supporters
broke the rules and should be
penalized. But we have some time
before the next referendum to con-
sider what, exactly, these rules are
trying to prevent.
If nothing changes, we’ll see the
SRP question appear on next year’s
ballot and if this year is any indica-
tion, it’ll pass. But now’s the perfect
time to breathe while USC council-
lors consider alternatives and SRP
advocates listen. Other schools have
better systems: a “charity menu”
where students decide which chari-
ties among a list they should sup-
port. Or an opt-out charity fee worth
several dollars that goes to a variety
of charities at once.
The university should also take
notice and consider how they’ll play
a role with the SRP next year.
In the meantime, visit the SRP
website or call to donate 52 cents.
But only if that’s your thing.
Visit the site at bit.ly/uwo-srp or call
1-800-267-8699 to make a donation.

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News Briefs
Western Foot Patrol
hits the books
Donating to a cause just got a little
bit easier.
Western Foot Patrol will be rais-
ing funds for their program at Chap-
ters North London this Thursday.
Foot Patrol is a free service that
promotes safety and deters crime at
Western’s campus by offering free
walking escorts on campus and to
the nearby residential area.
“There is a voucher on our web-
site. If you make a purchase and
hand the voucher to the cashier, ten
per cent of your purchase will go to
Foot Patrol,” Samantha Johnstone,
manager of Western Foot Patrol,
explained.
Realistic shooting game
arrives in the Forest City
Paintball-style game uses replica guns
Julian Uzielli
GAZETTE STAFF
This Friday, London’s first airsoft fir-
ing range will open. Forest City Sur-
plus, an army surplus store on Dun-
das Street, is opening the range
which lets players shoot a kind of BB
gun, similar to paintball.
Though popular, there is a limit-
ed supply of the replica BB guns in
Ontario. Tim Hodges, marketing
director at Forest City Surplus, said
he knew of only one other supplier
in the region.
According to Hodges, airsoft
guns, which shoot 6mm plastic pel-
lets, are safer than traditional BB
guns, which usually use 4.5mm steel
pellets. Enthusiasts typically engage
in combat games, similar to paint-
ball, or in re-enactments of historical
battles. The guns usually feature
bright orange tips to signify they are
replicas, but are still designed to look
as realistic as possible.
Dennis Rivest, media officer for
London Police Services, warned the
law takes replica weapons very seri-
ously. “Under the criminal code, it
prohibits you from carrying a repli-
ca firearm and representing it to be a
regular firearm. If they’re held out to
be a weapon, or used in intimidation
so somebody believes it to be a
firearm, then you can be charged
with an offence of having a firearm.”
But many don’t consider the situ-
ation to be quite as serious. Warren
Steele, an assistant professor in the
faculty of information and media
studies, said it’s too simplistic to look
at airsoft as inherently good or bad.
“I know people who participate in
this kind of thing, and from my own
experience it doesn’t produce any
negativity,” he said in an email.
Hodges thinks the growing pop-
ularity is because of the previously
untapped market of replica weapons
enthusiasts in Ontario. “We started
carrying [airsoft guns] about three
“The money goes directly to the
program. This fundraiser will be
going towards our annual volunteer
appreciation banquet that we have
at the end of every year,” Johnstone
stated, adding the funds will go to
volunteers as a thank you for what
they do.”
Members of Foot Patrol will have
a booth at the Chapters between 5
p.m. and 7 p.m. promoting the
fundraiser but vouchers will be valid
all day.
“We hope to raise $500 which
would be absolutely fantastic. If we
surpass that it would be even more
wonderful,” Johnstone said.
If students can’t make it to Chap-
ters, Western Foot Patrol will also be
LIKE REAL WAR FOR WIMPS. Airsoft, a paintball-style game using replicas of
weapons like AK-47s, is coming to London.
years ago, and I’d have to say as
soon as we started carrying them we
had a flood of people contacting us.
I guess we didn’t realize there was
this hidden market of people who
had just been waiting for airsoft to
come to Canada.”
Though increasing interest in
guns may be good for business,
Steele had different ideas about the
possible reasons for the popularity
of guns in our culture. “A gun is
power. And violence without conse-
quence, or when practiced in con-
junction with moral rectitude […] is
intoxicating.”
Nonetheless, Hodges is confident
Forest City Suplus’ new range will be
a success.
“We’ve basically spent the last
three months building a tactical
room to house the firing range. The
entire room is soundproof. We’ve
imported some computerized tar-
geting systems from Finland, so
these give the ability for the shoot-
er to have an idea of how accurate
they are.”
Solution to puzzle on page 6
•3
Campus > Debit
holding their annual used book sale
in the University Community Centre
atrium April 5 and 6.
Debit is a hit for
“We get donations of used books
from the London community and
we sell those books for $10 a bag. It
is an absolute bargain,” Johnstone
campus eateries
said. “We have tons of used books
that look brand new.”
For a Chapters voucher and infor-
mation about Western Foot Patrol head
to uwo.ca/footpatrol www.uwo.ca/foot-
patrol/index.htm The escorts volunteer
their evenings Sunday to Thursday from
6 p.m. to 1 a.m. and Friday and Satur-
day from 6 p.m. to midnight to ensure
the safety of Western’s community.
— Amber Garratt
Nyssa Kuwahara GAZETTE
WESTERN’S VERSION OF THE CEEPS. Debit can’t be blamed for lines at campus
eateries like Subway, according to Hospitality Services. The new system intro-
duced last week is a hit with a negligible effect on service speed.
Alex Carmona
GAZETTE STAFF
since each of their locations began
accepting debit.
“This is definitely a net positive for
Those who criticized the introduc- our business,” Fliss continued. “I think
tion of debit to several University
Community Centre eateries may
that students, which are basically our
whole customer base, love the debit
need to eat their words. policy and they love the opportunity
Earlier this month, the option to to pay with debit if they can.”
pay with debit was made available at Margaret Eldridge, accounting
Booster Juice, Subway and Williams manager of Hospitality Services at
Coffee Pub. While this policy was met Western, said in an interview earlier
with student support, there was some this month that introducing debit the
initial fear from Western’s Hospitali- three eateries was a test for the feasi-
ty Services that introducing debit bility of debit at other eateries at
could lead to problems with longer Western. With the apparent success
lineups. This, luckily for students, of debit at all three locations, the
doesn’t seem to be the case. question rises as to whether or not
“There were some longer lineups debit will spread throughout campus.
at the beginning, but now our staff is According to Frank Miller, direc-
fully able to handle the extra amount tor of Hospitality Services at West-
of time it takes to properly serve all ern, such a decision cannot be made
the customers paying with debit,” until the beginning of the next acad-
Brian Fliss, a supervisor at the Sub- emic year. He was, however, opti-
way in the UCC, said. mistic regarding debit’s future at the
Courtesy of Tim Hodges The staff at Booster Juice and University.
Williams Coffee Pub echoed similar “As of September we will be able
sentiments. According to Andrea to assess [the possibility of debit at
Gittens and Ruzica Lukic, supervi- other locations on campus]. My per-
sors at the Booster Juice and sonal opinion is that it will grow in
Williams respectively, there has not demand as we ramp up our market-
been any noticeable line increase ing and awareness.”
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Opinions We’ll march till we drop,

The girls and the fellas,
We’ll fight till the death
Or else fold like umbrellas.
— Lisa Simpson

PROTESTS

The purpose
of protesting
For as long as there have been causes to fight for, peo-
ple have come together in droves to voice their opin-
ion. This rings all the truer for university students.
As anyone who was present in the University
Community Centre yesterday morning well knows,
a group of students staged a protest outside the
University Students’ Council office against the Elec-
tion Committee’s decision to invalidate the results
of the Student Refugee Program referendum.
Protests are not a new phenomenon. They come
in a variety of different forms, be it speakers and
signs, a mass of people congregating in Toronto, or
Haphazard protest Dear LIfe

Your anonymous letters to life

a sparse number of concerned students standing
vigil on Concrete Beach. But on the whole they gen-
erally have the same goal — to create awareness of
helps no one Dear Life,
It annoys me when people on the 13
Wellington are so anxious to get off
an issue. Seeing people march in the streets might the bus at Masonville. Especially when
too eager to show they really care, and
not be the sole cause of new laws or policies, but it they say “EXCUSE ME, I NEED TO GET
this eagerness is what got them to this sit-
can be the catalyst of real change. OFF.” One, that’s what she said. Two,
uation in the first place. With demerit
While people marching en masse may be a rare Anders 360 points for over-campaigning and failure
chances are that 75% of the bus is also
getting off, DUH.
sight these days, that doesn’t mean people aren’t to properly organize as a group, it’s no
speaking out. Groups still work to spread informa- shock that their protest against campus
Dear Life,
tion and spread awareness — they simply use other seemed to be haphazardly thrown
If a man coughs in Taylor LG and there
Anders Kravis together. is nobody around to yell at him, does
forums, such as the internet and, more specifically,
GRAPHICS EDITOR The Student Refugee Program, I feel, is it make a sound?
social media. anders@westerngazette.ca a great cause — in fact I’m sure they
Trading loudspeakers and physical signs for would be happy to know I voted yes on Dear Life,
Facebook groups and anonymous website com- Whatever happened to the days of a good the referendum. It’s a cause that many Is it a crime to steal something, when
ments are definitely a sign of the times, though this old Guevaran revolution? people care for so its invalidation it was a crime to charge money for it in
Hippies today are useless. If anyone deserved a greater response than it got. the first place? I’m looking at you, Ein-
isn’t a wholly positive change. Anonymous internet
travelled through the great building One of their protest signs even spelt steins. Charging me a dollar for a cup
comments can be seen as the perfect example of known as our University Community “results” wrong! of hot water
“slacktivism” — people looking to get satisfaction Centre yesterday around lunch, they Maybe I’m just a Nascar fan waiting
from doing the least amount of work possible. would be lucky enough to witness the for the crash, expecting something like Dear Life,
Nonetheless, if the internet and social media are feeble attempts of student activism on the protests of ‘Nam, but I think more How could you write a whole page on
used to effectively disseminate information and our campus. For those of you who could have been done. Flaming garbage badminton without making any shut-
missed out, go on with your lives. There cans — no. But maybe a camp out? More tlecock jokes?
spread awareness, they’re indeed useful tools.
was very little to see anyway. protesters? Yelling into the megaphone
Whether a protest is held physically or online, if it’s I’m not against activism — without it rather than whispering? Dear Life,
simply a group of people looking to whine and we’d still be stuck in the jungles of South- I give the protestors credit for stand- So first Katy Perry liked girls, then girls
complain, it really doesn’t benefit anyone. east Asia with the tiger-blood of Charlie ing their ground on the issue, and for giv- from California, then teenagers. Now
In the case of SRP, the protest seems to be more Sheen running through our veins. But I’m ing David Basu Roy another chance to be she likes aliens.
against doing things half-assed, and yes- political, but they really need to choose a
about pressuring an opinion onto others as
terday’s protest was an act of slacktivism. side on their approach. Either be all the Dear Life,
opposed to creating awareness. Perhaps the group’s The protest by supporters of the Stu- way out there or act professional, Every time I hop on a bus, I think
time would have been better spent on the more rea- dent Refugee Program might have because mixing the two doesn’t help your about which seat I can take.
sonable avenue available to them to address their seemed a good idea — finally some stu- cause get support from the student body.
problem — the formal appeal process. dents getting behind a cause they care for. Perhaps the reason for SRP’s lack of >> wgaz.ca/dearlife
The group, as of now, fully intends to appeal the However, there is a big difference flair is their wariness to break any other
between a good idea and good execution. rules. But why bother protesting if you’re
Election Committee’s decision to invalidate the ref-
The protest started off strong: a uni- just going to play it on the safe side? It
erendum results. The issue is that instead of just fied group of people walking towards the would be better to keep the passion that
appealing, they’ve taken up a loudspeaker and office of the University Students’ Coun- SRP showed earlier in their campaign and
stood on a soapbox to gain attention. cil, roaring their grievances, megaphones run with it, to get some of the 5,712 peo-
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around, anticipating a huge crowd to rally for the cause on Concrete Beach or
helpful it will be to the SRP’s cause. The protest
rally at the summit of the UCC. Instead anywhere else students frequent.
Please, write us! Please!”
could end up emboldening the USC to more fer- they witnessed a small group get to the Petitioning the USC office does noth-
vently defend their position, or bury the real con- top of the mountain, talk for a bit, and sit ing — they already know that SRP is frus- opinions@
cerns under a layer of increasingly complex and down (campfire guitar songs followed). trated with their decision. To make any westerngazette.com
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who knew it was coming, but it fits right SRP should look to the student body
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Arts&Life
Faces of Campus
First-year student
releases debut album
Brent Holmes
GAZETTE STAFF
Genevieve Fisher, a first-year music
student at Western, released her
first CD titled Without Borders last
Tuesday. The EP features six coun-
try/pop songs and has been incred-
ibly successful with the single “Keep
On” receiving airplay on national
radio stations. Fisher took some
time to speak with the Gazette about
her recent success.
What accomplishment would
you say you are most proud of?
In producing and releasing an
album there are a number of impor-
tant factors that need to all come
together to make it successful. The
first is song selection, the second is
musical arrangements and third is
the quality of the recording. If even
one of those doesn’t meet the stan-
dard then the whole album loses the
possibility of being accepted in the
very competitive market. Fortunate-
ly, I feel I accomplished all three fac-
tors in this production.
How long have you been work-
ing on this specific album?
This album was actually a very
quick process. Two of the songs on
the album were written by me —
“Try” and “Keep On” — and the rest
were written by songwriters in
Nashville. We received a total of 30
songs about two weeks before head-
ing to Nashville. From those 30, I
chose four.
Who are your musical influ-
ences?
I would define my musical style
as country/pop. Artists such as Car-
rie Underwood, Martina McBride
and Faith Hill are some of my influ-
ences.
What was the biggest motiva-
tion for you when deciding to
write music?
Writing music comes naturally to
me and I began writing at a young
age. Music itself inspires me. Just sit-
ting at the piano motivates me.
Sometimes I can sit down and write
an entire song in about an hour.
You recorded the album in
Nashville. Could you describe
your experience there and the
most important thing you
learned?
Nashville is the country music
capital. My experience is almost
indescribable — just being there
motivated me to continue with my
music career path. Even though I
was in Nashville for only three days,
the experience is one I will cherish
forever. Even though it’s a tough
business, my experience taught me
to never give up. The musicians were
all very supportive, providing me
with advice I was able to bring back
here. I’m actually hoping to head
back to Nashville at the end of May
to promote my new album.
Releasing a CD in you first year
of university is an incredible
accomplishment. Where do you
see yourself going in the next
three years?
It’s been a bit difficult to juggle
both my education and music
career. I’ve learned that you can’t
plan things out in any definite terms
when it comes to music. In the music
business things happen so quickly
so it can change plans almost
overnight.
There are certain goals that
have been set, but how quickly
they’re reached and what happens
over the next year depends on my
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accomplishments over the sum-
mer. I’m hoping that some big
things happen. I have so much
support from family and friends —
I’m truly lucky. Not only that, I
have an amazing manager who has
done so much for me and worked
so hard over these past couple of
years. Without him I don’t know
where I would be. My first single
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UWO grad wants taste of Sheen’s tiger blood
Amber Garratt
ARTS & LIFE EDITOR
Charlie Sheen is looking for a social
media intern and Western alumni
Phil Pallen hopes to be it.
Internships.com, the company
behind the application, had over
80,000 people apply before the com-
petition was whittled to 50 people last
week. Pallen graduated from Western
last spring and is currently completing
his Masters in entertainment business
at Full Sail University in Florida. The
Gazette spoke with Pallen about the
competition, social media, and Sheen’s
eccentric personality.
Why did you apply to be Charlie
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some interesting celebrities such as
Anton Dodson and Haley Joel
Osment, so meeting Charlie Sheen
would be really cool and based on
his personality, he is definitely an
oblong but it would be a lot of fun.
What do you aspire to do in the
future?
I would love to do what I did at
Western. My ultimate goal is to go
into entertainment journalism as a
host or reporter. If I could work my
way up the ranks and be the Ryan
Seacrest of Canada or be one of his
competitors here in the States that
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tweet of the week

Sports
“Hey hey fans don’t get mad about the new rule, my run back
just going 2 be over a 100 yards now. I hate them 90 something
yards anyway!!!!!!”
>> Devin Hester (D_Hest23) giving his opinion on the new kickoff rule
that requires kickoffs to be taken from the 35 yard line, rather than the 30.
Also, he apparently doesn’t like running “90 something yards”.

rundown >> The CFL created a documentary feature following Mustang linebacker John Surla during the 2011 Evaluation Camp > The video was created to show Surla’s
journey through camp and toward the draft

Red Bull sports

gives me wings
skating obstacle course race. They
even run a competition for home-
Uncle made human-powered flying
The Good:
Jesse machines.
The NHL has finally done something right. If it’s the little things that make
On Monday, Matt Cooke received a lengthy suspen- life worth living, then these events
sion from the NHL for his recent elbow on New York make life great. Even if it’s for adver-
Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh. The suspension Jesse Tahirali tising purposes, it makes me really
will see Cooke miss the remainder of the season and OPINIONS EDITOR happy to know that a paper airplane
the first round of the playoffs. Although the punish- jesse@westerngazette.ca enthusiast has some goal to work
ment is harsh, it’s about time the NHL made a state-
towards – namely to become a paper
ment about dangerous hits in the game.
“Red Bull gives you wings.” airplane world champion, which is
Cooke has become well known around the league
for his dirty hits, already having been suspended four This succinct little catchphrase as hilarious as it sounds.
previous times, including just last month after hitting gets repeated all too often in televi- And if anyone doubts the worth
the Blue Jackets’ Fedor Tyutin from behind. Of course, sion commercials by a company that of our generation, we have a simple
Cooke might be most well known for his devastating shows no remorse in almost literal- and irrefutable retort.
hit on Boston forward Marc Savard, which he escaped ly forcing their product down the We have a professional airplane
without any repercussions. throats of consumers. obstacle course racing league – the
After so much controversy surrounding the NHL, Normally I despise being subject Red Bull Air Race World Champi-
especially after the Chara-Pacioretty hit, it was good to blatant advertising. I even some- onship as they decided to call it.
that the NHL finally decided to make a bold statement times go out of my way not to pur- What have you done with your life?
against dangerous hits in the game. chase a product if I feel like I’m being Professional sports leagues exist
The Pittsburgh Penguins organization also deserves tricked into complying with the will for our entertainment — but some-
a thumbs up for sticking by their strong stance on
of a soulless corporation. times these leagues become monot-
headshots and supporting the NHL’s decisions.
But Red Bull, as much as I try to onous. For anyone who gets bored
Hopefully the fifth time is the charm and Cooke will
finally learn his lesson. resist, is a company that I just can’t with the standard professional
be upset with. sports leagues, these ridiculous
For a corporation with a billion gatherings provide a hilarious cure.
dollars in worldwide sales, they Sure, someone already created
The Bad: spend their money in the most fan- extreme sports; Red Bull just decid-
tastic and whimsical of ways. Their ed to take that to new heights.
The future of women’s hockey at St. Mary’s University contribution to the world of sports I’m really not trying to sell you
is in limbo.
is especially inspiring. energy drinks — in fact, I would not
Last Friday, the women’s varsity hockey team was
Although Red Bull owns many drink Red Bull unless you paid me a
cut from the school’s athletic program after it was
decided the school had to trim down their operating sports teams — including several substantial amount of money. The
budget. However, after receiving an abundance of let- professional soccer teams and a drink itself seems like poisonous,
ters and emails supporting the women’s program, it Formula One racing team — the off-colour urine to me so I assume
was decided the fate of the team would actually be main reason I like the company is it tastes that way too.
decided next week. because they just go out and invent But I do love Red Bull’s attitude
Although the women’s hockey team is the most their own sports. toward running a business. Every
expensive of all the women’s programs at the school, The best way to describe the company is going to spend money
with an approximate budget of $60,000, it seems events they create would be “orga- on advertising its product, but Red
entirely unfair to completely axe the program. nized insanity.” A huge emphasis Bull chose a less than traditional
Obviously with the outpouring support the should be put on the insanity. method that we can all appreciate.
women’s team has received, it’s clear the majority of Red Bull organizes and sponsors Basically, they decided to have some
people want to see the program remain at the school.
a wide variety of events, from Red fun with it.
With the great steps forward that women’s hockey has
Bull Paperwings — their paper air- And in them having fun, every-
taken in recent years, it’s a shame we could see a step
backward. plane flying competition — to Red one gets to have some fun — or die
Hopefully the board of governors will seriously con- Bull Crashed Ice, which is an ice- in the process.
sider every option to avoid having to eliminate
women’s hockey completely. If not, then it’s a shame
that an issue of money could prevent the continuation
of hockey for women at St. Mary’s

The Ugly:
Unfortunately, Barry Bonds is back in the spotlight.
Bonds’ long-awaited perjury trial has finally begun
this week. Bonds has been accused of lying to the
grand jury about accusations of steroid use during his
career as an MLB player.
Of course, Bonds innocently claims he thought he
was taking “flax seed oil and arthritis cream” instead of
being given performance-enhancing drugs.
It’s pretty unbelievable that Bonds could unknow-
ingly take steroids, and prosecutors for the trial are
sticking to their story that Bonds lied to the jury, even
after it was revealed he wouldn’t be prosecuted if he
admitted to using the drugs.
Hasn’t this gone on long enough? This trial has
been seven years in the making, but does anyone even
care anymore? Most people at this point assume Bonds
must have been aware of what he was doing — yet the
U.S. government still insists on prosecuting him.
This trial will continue to unfold as new evidence is
presented and Bonds continues to sweat in the defen-
dant’s chair. But guilty or not, the sport of baseball has
definitely already suffered.

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CIS > National Championship Preview
UNB VARSITY REDS
Key Players: F Hunter Tremblay, F Chris Culligan, D Bretton Stamler
Goaltender: Travis Fullerton (.931 save percentage, 1.52 GAA)
Key to Victory: They have lost only once at home, a
nice feature for the tournament host. They fully
dominated their biggest competition — McGill and
Alberta — in exhibition games this year by 7-1 and
6-2 scores.
Prediction: It’s their tournament to lose.
MCGILL REDMEN
Key Players: F Francis Verreault-Paul, F Alex Picard-Hooper, D
Marc-Andre Dorion
Goaltender: Hubert Morin (.915 SV%, 2.18 GAA)
Key to Victory: They can score on anybody. OUA East
MVP Picard-Hooper and line-mate Verreault-Paul
led the country in points this year. They need
Morin, who can be shaky at times, to be fantastic
if they want to challenge UNB.
Naira Ahmed GAZETTE
Prediction: The winner of group B will definitely come
down to the McGill-Alberta matchup. I say Alberta
knocks McGill out in the group stage.
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS
Key Players: F Derek Ryan, F Chad Klassen, D Kyle Fecho
Goaltender: Kurtis Mucha (.911 SV%, 2.59 GAA)
Last Appearance: 2010 - Finalist
Key to Victory: Canada West MVP Derek Ryan and
his all-star line-mate Chad Klassen (last year’s
Canada West MVP) combined to put up 93 points
in 28 games this year. But Mucha has been pretty
ordinary for Alberta, partly why they went on
a streak of six losses in eight games this
semester.
Prediction: It comes down to that
game against McGill. I’m
going out on a limb and
saying they pull out
the victory.
Kaitlyn McGrath GAZETTE
thegazette • Thursday, March 24, 2011
UWO MUSTANGS
Key Players: F Keaton Turkiewicz, F Kevin Baker, D Scott
Aarssen
Goaltender: Anthony Grieco (.921 SV%, 2.57 GAA)
Last Appearance: 2009 - Finalist
Key to Victory: They need to put their Queen’s
Cup loss behind them. All-stars Turkiewicz
and Baker need to lead the team offensively.
For the entire season though, their strength
has been their defence and goaltending, which
need to be great. Kaitlyn McGrath GAZETTE
Prediction: They should be able to handle
Calgary. But it’s hard to see them upsetting
the Varsity Reds.
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER X-MEN
Key Players: F Chris Hulit, F Jason Bast, D Spencer McAvoy
Goaltender: Joseph Perricone (.925 SV%, 2.37 GAA)
Last Appearance: 2007 – Third in Pool A
Key to Victory: They know how to play pressure
hockey, going to a five-game series against
the last two CIS champions in St. Mary’s and
UNB. Their biggest asset is AUS goalie of the
year Joseph Perricone. He will have to steal
two games for them to make any noise in this
tournament.
Prediction: With Alberta and McGill in the same
group, it’s hard to see the X-Men winning a
single game. Kaitlyn McGrath GAZETTE
CALGARY DINOS
Key Players: F Reid Jorgensen, D Cory Pritz
Goaltender: Dustin Butler (.926 SV%, 2.27 GAA)
Last Appearance: 2000 – Third in Pool B
Key to Victory: Aside from Jorgensen, a point-
a-game player, Calgary has little to offer
offensively. Goalie Dustin Butler is the saving
grace for the Dinos, earning a first team
Canada West all-star nod. Calgary had the
lowest goals against average during the year.
Prediction: Unless they pull an upset, they will
be repeating their less than impressive
performance in 2000.
Anders Kravis GAZETTE Kaitlyn McGrath GAZETTE