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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2011 CANADA’S ONLY DAILY STUDENT NEWSPAPER • FOUNDED 1906 VOLUME 104, ISSUE 81

Making the tough decisions

Your Piece of the Pie BRIEF BUDGET
BREAKDOWN
Proposed budget seeks to solve
Total student fee: $449.20 (425.77 last year)

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Projected for
the 2010/11 year USC’s long-standing troubles
$14.88 ($9.30) OUSA
$2.76 ($2.68)
USC DAYCARE Retail Service Operations
$1.50 Cheryl Stone needs, and we didn’t do that,” Rygier
WESTERN FILM NEWS EDITOR explained. He felt revenues were one
$3,000
area that were traditionally over-
CASA Ely Rygier, vice-president finance for estimated. Rygier also saw fee
USC CAPITAL $1.59 ($1.54) POSTAL SERVICE
$27.75 ($25) -$8,141 the University Students’ Council, increases as another area previous
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UCC FEE SERVICES budget for the 2011-12 fiscal year. The Rygier explained the base student
$50.41 ($47.58) $4.75 ($4.75)
Inprint budget predicted closing this year fee itself would not increase. How-
$14,939
with $128,780 in their pockets, up ever, many of the fees increasing
from last year’s executive planned were either beyond the USC’s con-
TOTAL
$71,289
for $7,329. Next year, Rygier is pre- trol or had needed the increase for a
dicting a positive $4,529 for the long period of time. Fee increases
GRANTS USC’s bottom line. included adding $2.83 for loft occu-
FACULTY COUNCIL download the full version at
COMMITTEE $3.51 ($3.41) westerngazette.ca Rygier explained the conserva- pancy due to the renovations and
$3.47
tive budget was a product of solving $2.75 for capital fees.
USC Bottom Line several inherent problems. He cited The total fee increase is $23.44,

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the media budget, the health plan including $7.66 for the bus pass and
HEALTH PLAN BUS PASS LEGEND
$100.39 ($96) $151.79 ($144.13) Next year (This year) $128,780 $4,529 and capital replacements as some of $0.23 in dues to the Ontario Under-
No brackets means no change projected for budgeted for the large problems he tried to fix. graduate Student Alliance and Cana-
this year next year
“In the past, numbers have been dian Alliance of Student Associations.
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Health Plan Retail Capital Food and Beverage Media

Students will be asked for an extra
$4.39 if they choose to continue
using the health plan for the upcom-
ing year.
“Every year the cost of health has
been going up, and more people
have been using the plan. Thus the
premiums we were paying out were
going up,” Rygier explained. “But the
executives that came before me
chose not to increase the fee.”
Rygier noted the current cost of
operating the plan was actually $112
per student. The budget proposes
increasing it to $100.39 — still shy of
the true cost.
“I’m passing the buck a little bit,”
he explained. He noted ideally the
plan should increase a small amount
every year.
The fee for the plan hasn’t seen
an increase in 12 years. The freeze
was made after the USC built up a
hefty reserve fund — around
$500,000 — after being over-funded
by student fees. This sat unused until
the past two years when the USC
used it to offset increasing costs for
the health plan.
Next year’s council will likely be
forced to increase the fee in order to
avoid eating into reserves. Once the
reserves are gone, Rygier predicted
an even larger increase would be
needed.
The USC’s retail operations saw a
large change this year with the clos-
ing of the Used Book Store. The rev-
enue previously allocated to the
operation is now going into USC
rental properties since the Book-
store at Western is renting the space.
Other pitfalls include a projected
loss in the next fiscal year just over
$32,000 for the Purple Store next
year. This year the store is projected
to lose $60,695.
“We’re giving them this year as a
trial run — they haven’t even been
open a year yet,” Rygier explained.
He noted construction forced them
to be closed during some of the
busiest days of the year, such as O-
Week and the days leading up to
Homecoming.
“We are still in the early stages of
building a viable business model in
our new store,” Carla Di Pietro, man-
ager of the Purple Store explained.
“There are many factors we’re
experimenting with this year, such
as hours of operation, new product
mix, expanded website, and market-
ing through social media.”
Rygier noted an extra year should
allow the Purple Store to create a
break-even budget. If not, the store’s
manager or a future executive may
need to decide the fate of the opera-
tion.
For years, the USC has attempted to
find the true cost of its operation and
reflect that in the budget. One prob-
lem Rygier attempted to solve was
how the USC never set aside money
for replacing equipment.
Previously, the USC earmarked
$200,000 to pay for goods it needed.
Next year, the cost will be moved into
an entirely new budget — the capital
budget. This will provide a realistic
estimate for the cost of replacing
assets, according to Rygier.
“The operating budget is really the
cost of doing business,” Rygier
explained. The capital budget is the
cost of maintaining those operations.
The operating budget, however, rarely
included the cost of replacing some
of the USC’s $10-11 million in assets.
Rygier believed student experi-
ence would ultimately suffer if the
USC continued like this.
“It’s why the atrium looks like it
does.”
He noted it was easier for the
USC to continue to use old equip-
ment than to cut services and pay
for replacements.
“The problem is we’ve passed the
buck a lot in this organization,” Rygi-
er said.
The next steps include a $10,000
evaluation of all the USC’s assets and
the creation of a timeline to replace
these assets.
The Wave and Spoke have had an
excellent year, according to Rygier,
with the Spoke bringing in a small
profit.
Jeff Armour, food and beverage
manager for the USC, explained the
past several years have seen The
Wave doing better with profits, while
The Spoke floundered due to reno-
vations and other changes.
“The profitability just comes
from doing it well,” he said. “We’ve
really set ourselves up for a lot of
efficiencies.”
Firstly, The Wave is hoping to
attract more weddings during the
summer months.
Rygier also hoped to get a student
intern to promote events within the
food and beverage department. He
also proposed $10,000 for The Wave
to spend on a concert series.
“Ideally you should be able to
make money off of cover,” Armour
explained. Rygier noted after the
doors closed, beer sales at the shows
would likely be all profit.
He also explained there was a
need to budget for a loss as opposed
to simply planning on these oppor-
tunities to happen and make money.
“If we don’t put in a budget line
to allow Jeff to do it, the managers
won’t do it, because they haven’t
been instructed by students to take
that kind of a risk.”
While the Gazette may be the only
budget line for USC media, there are
still many changes within the line.
Currently, there will be a proposed
$5.58 student fee increase for the
Gazette. The fee has not increased
in eight years, aside from a shared
multimedia fee added last year,
which meant stretching the budget
to provide the same level of service.
The fee increase comes alongside
declining revenues for print adver-
tising, with a mere $40,453 of rev-
enue expected next year, as opposed
to the projected $87,531 for this year.
In previous years, advertising
revenue was expected to offset other
costs, which caused unexpected dips
and deficits for the bottom line. The
new fee structure is intended to pro-
vide more stable funding.
“Year after year, the advertising
revenue for all print media had been
going down, and the executive kind
of ignored it,” Rygier explained. He
noted this was a significant decrease
from the typically projected rev-
enues than in previous years. The
trend of reduced spending on print
advertising had been occurring for
several years.
Rygier explained the fee increase
was needed in order to keep running
at its current rate.
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Caught on Camera News Briefs

Pull up a seat for Islam

Huron University College is about to
get a bit more multi-theological.
After being in the works since
2009, the Anglican college will be
establishing a Chair in Islamic stud-
ies with a $2 million goal.
This will be the first such Chair in
a faculty of theology in Canada.
“The establishment of an
endowed Chair signifies the impor-
tance that the university communi-
ty places on teaching and research
in Islamic studies,” Trish Fulton,
interim principal of Huron Univer-
sity College, said.
Fulton noted the Chair will pro-
vide opportunities for students of
theology, arts and social science to
explore Islam’s history and diversity
as a living religion, its contribution
to the interfaith dialogue and its role
in global civilization.
The role of the academically
appointed Chair will be to take a
leading role in conversations within
the University in regards to Islamic
thought.
“This position will further
Huron’s mission to provide its stu-
dents with a broad and useful edu-
cation that will enhance their intel-
lectual skills and prepare them for
positions of leadership and respon-
Corey Stanford GAZETTE sibility,” Fulton said.
KER-SPLAT! JUST LIKE POLLOCK. Students were invited to create a mural of their — Gloria Dickie
own by dropping paint from the second floor of the University Community Cen-
tre atrium yesterday. The event was part of the weeklong Festival of the Arts. Students snag $10K
charity grant
A Western graduate won a $10,000
charity grant through a Facebook
video contest and is donating her
winnings to Living Positive Pro-
gram, an AIDS charity in Kenya.
Malinda DenBok, a Western
graduate from the class of 2007, won
the contest with Samantha Banks, a
classmate in Humber College’s
fundraising and volunteer manage-
ment postgraduate program.
Living Positive will use the grant
to help AIDS-affected women and
children. For the children, the money
will be used primarily for education.
“[It will] get them out of the
slums, away from drugs and alcohol,
and rape and abuse,” DenBok said.
“And with the women, what they’re
doing is teaching them marketable
skills that will help sustain them.”
DenBok and Banks also won an
additional $3,000 to raise awareness
for Living Positive in Canada. They
plan on holding a fundraising and
awareness-promotion event in
downtown Toronto in the near
future. Although the competition
had no direct relationship with
Humber, the two students were
AT TENTION immediately attracted to it.
“We’re in FVM, so it was right up
our alley,” DenBok explained. “This
is the first grant that we’ve received
STUDENTS USING in [our careers], and hopefully there
will be many more to come,” she
SERVICES FOR STUDENTS said. The FVM program covers var-
ious aspects of fundraising and vol-

WITH DISABILITIES unteer management, explained Ken

Wyman, the program’s coordinator.
“We’ve seen lots of students com-
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over the last 10 years,” Wyman said.
a counsellor at Services for Students with Disabilities
“Western knows how to give stu-
(SSD), in the Student Development Centre, to arrange dents the prep they need.”
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Out and about:
Speaker event focuses
on being out at work
Aaron Zaltzman
GAZETTE STAFF
The Student Success Centre is team-
ing up with PrideWestern in an event
to educate the queer community
about being in the workforce.
The event, titled “Out in the
Office: Being Queer in Your Career,”
will be held March 16 throughout the
day. It will feature several presenta-
tions about the challenges facing
those who are open about their sex-
ual and gender identification in the
workplace.
The event started as an opportu-
nity for the SSC to explore how it
could be more inclusive to queer stu-
dents, which is why it teamed up with
PrideWestern for the seminar. It’s the
first time the group has done a pro-
fessional development event, accord-
ing to Johnathan Sawicki, finance co–
ordinator for PrideWestern.
The keynote speaker will be
Michael Bach, the national director
of diversity, equity and inclusion for
the Canadian branch of one of the
Western students entice TED Talks to London
Popular conference makes
first appearance in London
Alex Carmona
GAZETTE STAFF
London will play host this weekend
to its very own independent TED
Talk.
The conferences occur all over
the world with the goal of spreading
important knowledge and ideas.
TED Talks are uploaded to the inter-
net and are free for all to view.
On March 12, some of the area’s
best and brightest will congregate at
The Grand Theatre to speak about
their specific fields for TEDxUWO,
an independent version of the TED
conference, which has been entirely
organized by Western students.
Many of the people involved in
bringing TEDx to London are confi-
dent London is an appropriate place
for the younger version of the well-
known speaker series.
“London is a huge area for
growth and innovation,” said Sabri-
na Nurmohamed, who was involved
in gathering student support for
TEDxUWO.
“London is a great intersection of
academia, industry and non-profit,
so it’s a great place to hold this kind
of conference that has such a broad
range of interest.”
Speakers at TEDxUWO will range
from national figures, such as Attor-
ney General Chris Bentley, to people
more intimately connected with the
Western such as Ted Hewitt, vice-
president research and internation-
al relations for the university.
The Grand Theatre seats over
800, only 200 pre-approved atten-
dees will be in attendance.
“An important part of our day is
the conversation period, where the
speakers mingle with the audience.
It’s very much one integrated day,
and that’s not really feasible if you’ve
got 800 people in attendance,” Arjun
Gupta, co-chair of the student com-
mittee responsible for organizing
TEDxUWO, said.
“We’re not trying to be elitist or
anything.”
largest professional services firms in
the world — KPMG. Bach said he
hopes to offer queer individuals
advice based on his experience as an
out employee.
“We certainly hear a lot from stu-
dents about ‘Should I be out?’ or ‘Can
I be out?’” Bach said. “And you’d
think in 2011 that those questions
would be ones we didn’t need to ask
anymore, but it is and I think that’s
important.”
Bach said openly queer individu-
als face different challenges in the
workplace than they used to. “I think
that the majority or homophobia has
gone underground so that no one
will say to your face, ‘I’m not hiring
any gays.’ You have to ask yourself
whether or not there is an underly-
ing bias at play when you’re apply-
ing for a job or at your employment.”
The seminar will focus on dis-
crimination. “Probably the biggest
thing that LGBT individuals face in
the office is the heteronomartivity,
the assumption that everybody is
straight,” said Michelle Boyce, the
Fortunately for the majority of
students, the organizers of the event
are making efforts to ensure TEDx-
UWO is accessible to a far larger
demographic than just those in
attendance.
“This about so much more than
just the people in the room. We’re
recording the talks for post-produc-
tion, we’re live streaming the event
with a full video crew on a bunch of
different websites and we’re provid-
ing satellite feeds to a number of dif-
ferent locations on campus,” Craig
Hunter, event co-ordinator of the
committee, explained.
Live feeds will be available at The
Spoke, Perth Hall and Huron Col-
lege, with more to potentially follow.
The City of London’s website, the
London Free Press and the Gazette
will also stream the conference.
“We also have live Twitter feeds
running our TEDx hashtag, so peo-
ple can follow along and ask ques-
tions through social media as well,”
Hunter added.
TEDxUWO is being funded by a
number of different sources
throughout the London communi-
ty, including the University Stu-
dents’ Council. According to USC
president Mike Tithecott, $6,000
worth of funding for TEDxUWO is
coming from the USC. Another
$6,000 of funding is coming from
the Student Legacy Challenge — the
pool of unclaimed bus refund
cheques set aside for approved stu-
dent projects.
“We thought this was an appro-
priate use of the Student Legacy
Challenge money due to the fact that
this is an event organized by West-
ern students, affecting all Western
students and because of how grand
of an event this whole thing is,” Pat
Searle, senator-at-large for the USC,
said.
“On the whole, this is an impor-
tant event in which all students can
be engaged if they want to be, so it’s
a great use of the money.”
AN ‘OPEN’ CLOSED DOOR. Some professors at Western show their support or identification with the queer community by
using a rainbow triangle. Being openly gay at the workplace is the subject of an upcoming event by PrideWestern.
professional trainer for the London-
based group Diversity Training Live.
“Even in an accepting office, where
everyone is okay if someone is
LGBT, the language that they use on
a day-to-day basis excludes.”
She noted this happens both in
an official and unofficial capacity.
“Even accepting people in the office
say things like, ‘All of our husbands
are going out, does yours want to
come?’ It’s not that they’re being
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hurtful; it’s the language and the work,” Boyce said.
assumptions.” Likewise, Bach said the most
While the conference is meant to important message of the event is
advise individuals on being out in that everyone should be allowed to
the work place, Boyce also believed feel comfortable in the workplace.
that businesses must be educated on “I’m a big proponent of being out
how to ensure that all individuals in the workplace. I think that if I go
feel comfortable in the office. to work for an employer that would
“When you’re in an office trying not be okay with me being out in the
to cope with having an LGBT indi- workplace, do I really want to work
vidual in the workplace […] both for that person?
sides have to take steps to make that
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Adrian Owen
Western’s research chair in cognitive
neuroscience and imaging, Owen
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Ian Keteku
Renowned poet, musician and free-
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Opinions Oh, you beautiful babes from England, for whom we have
traveled through time... will you go to the prom with us in San
Dimas? We will have a most triumphant time!
Ted
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

SPEAKER SERIES

Can TEDx
take on its
own hype?
TEDxUWO is coming to London and the campus
is filled with high hopes for the famous speaker
series.
Countless speakers grace our campus through-
out the year, but TEDx seems to sit high above the
rest due to its simple three-letter association.
The TED name carries with it thoughts of quali- Needing to take the Dear Life
Your anonymous letters to life
ty and innovation — associations that have been
passed on to the independently-organized TEDx,
its younger, smaller cousin. Many other speakers at
sheen off of Sheen Dear Life,
Could you please deliver a swift kick
Western might have just as much to offer the stu- I get it — the news today is depressing.
to the face to those individuals who
dent community but suffer because they lack an I can barely bring myself to watch 60
hang their gym shoes off of their
association with a big name. Hayes'd and Minutes most weeks because of all the backpacks? If I have to spend one
stories about record–breaking levels of more crowded bus ride with a pair
The brand name helps assure students that what Confused of gross running shoes whacking
they are going to see is worth their time. It’s one child poverty in America. And that’s even
before Andy Rooney comes on. me in the eardrum, I’m going to
thing to have “the geography department presents:” scream.
So perhaps it’s only reasonable that
and another to have TED backing your event. Mike Hayes people may want to find an outlet for
With the name TEDx, many believe the series MANAGING EDITOR themselves. Watching a celebrity deal Dear Life,
will provide quality speakers and a prolific wealth mike@westerngazette.ca with delusions of grandeur and what are Getting your “dear life” comment in
of knowledge — but the truth to this association is likely crippling levels of drug abuse may the Gazette makes you a “published
At long last, our national nightmare has make it easier to feel better about your author” right? I say yes...
thus far unknown. Some would ask, if you have
come to an end. Charlie Sheen has been own life. Even if the guy made more
access to a brand name, why not use it? But with fired from the cast of Two and a Half Men. money per episode than most people will Dear Life,
the name comes a dangerous amount of hype to Finally, an end to the litany of Sheen– ever see. The new Facebook chat is garbage.
live up to. related jokes. It’s bad enough we had to Which is why I say screw the celebri-
What TED’s name really brings to the table is not endure James Franco in drag at the ties. Whether you’re Helen Lovejoying Dear Life,
necessarily quality, but marketability. The name is Oscars to make a cheap joke, but when about the poor role models modern My roommate needs to leave the
even Tom Tomorrow of This Modern celebrities are for youth or cheering house more often, she really smells.
easily recognizable and the campus, it seems, has
World is throwing up a Sheener it’s clear Sheen on, you’re all part of the same
never been more interested in a speaker series. this cultural trend has jumped the problem. Just ignore them. Dear Life,
What adds to the famed name is the exclusivity proverbial shark. There was a time when people didn’t Tenured professors need to stop
of the event — something the Western crowd is all Not that I’m defending he–who– need to obsessively know every intimate thinking they run the show. You’re
too fond of. The glamour cuts through the clutter of carries–the–blood–of–tigers–in–his– detail of their favourite celebrities. I know
smart but you can be nice to people.
veins. I despise Two and a Half Men and that Mark Zuckerberg has a new dog but
dozens of talks and colloquiums happening on
Sheen’s off–screen antics carry all the I know little to nothing about most of the
campus and ups the profile of all speakers present. Dear Life,
charm of a feces–flinging chimpanzee residents in my apartment building. I
Branding the speaker series is a wise choice The tweets at the top of the Gazette
invading my living room. But still, who think some of them have dogs.
because the famous name opens up a whole new pages make me laugh every day.
am I to judge? Part of me wants to blame the 24-hour
market of sponsors in a way independent speaker Sure, it’s puzzling to see the free ride news cycle. With a constant need for new
Sheen gets when compared to some of information, celebrity infotainment can Dear Life,
series can’t match. The name also allows for access Trying to write an essay, but all I
Hollywood’s other more notable train- help create some filler for desperate edi-
to high profile, high quality speakers. really want to do is play Pokémon.
wrecks. The man is still applauded by a tors to shovel out into the world–at–large.
The hype surrounding TEDx is both its greatest legion of fans for the increasingly Or maybe it’s just pandering to a society
asset and greatest downfall. Many students applied unhinged diatribes floundering out of his that embraces the lowest common Dear Life,
for one of the conference’s 200 reserved spots — mouth. Yet one sees quite the double denominator on an ever–increasing basis. Why is every clock wrong on cam-
with many more likely disappointed to miss out — standard when it comes to other celebri- Either way, it’s hard to see how this pus? I’ll provide the AA batteries to
ties — mostly female — like Lindsay Lohan obsession is in any way healthy. Super- fix them!
all simply because of the prestige surrounding the
or Paris Hilton. stars are rewarded with obscene
name. But the argument I’m putting forward amounts of attention — perhaps no Dear Life,
For speakers who want to get their words out, isn’t about sexism. I’m more worried more than they would have been in the Loading your personal settings on
TED gives them a forum from which to speak, but about the exponentially increasing past — but now it’s for behaviour instead campus computers shouldn’t take
it also places a lot of pressure on them to deliver. amount of news coverage devoted to the of talent. as long as getting a CLT.
Ultimately, it’s difficult to predict if the hype will construction and dismantling of celebri- With all that being said, I realize the
ty icons in our society. You’re more likely inherent irony of devoting an entire col- >> wgaz.ca/dearlife
be worth it. Will the event live up to its name, or has
to hear about Muammar Qaddafi in the umn to writing about how Sheen and
TEDx set a precedent that is impossible to live up context of Charlie Sheen — who can say other celebrities should be ignored. It
to? the craziest thing? — than in the context seems you just can’t beat a man who’s bi–
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Arts&Life
McIntosh shows off McDougall
Canadian-born artist depicts rural and urban communities
Brent Holmes
GAZETTE STAFF
“I am gone to meet you all for you
must meet me both great and small,”
reads the epitaph on a painting of
the tombstone for an eight-year-old
boy named Francis.
The expression could not sum-
marize the arrival of Clark
McDougall’s classic paintings to
Western better. A collection of the
Canadian artist’s paintings are cur-
rently on display at Western’s McIn-
tosh Gallery in an exhibit titled Fugi-
tive Light: Clark McDougall’s Destina-
tion Places.
McDougall’s style is both unique
and realistic. Many of his works are
oil, black enamel or acrylic on hard-
board. However there are a few
sketches and other styles featured.
There is a great use of shadow in
many of the paintings that is com-
plemented by the black enamel.
The paintings on display in one
room features images of nature, and
in the other, images of streets in both
rural and urban communities. The
arrangement is well-suited to the
works.
The pieces are all incredibly
detailed. In the paintings of rural set-
tings, McDougall creates detail in
shadow and the reproduction of
wooden farmhouses. The use of
black enamel in “Mrs. Hilburn, Dray-
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ton, Ontario” to produce an intricate
glass design is nothing short of
amazing. McDougall’s exploration of
rural settings works well with shad-
ows in paintings such as “Fowler’s
Farms.”
In McDougall’s urban paintings,
the replication of water-soaked side-
walks and flashing lights are a beau-
tiful look at urbanized cities, partic-
ularly in “Talbot Street 1964.” Per-
haps the most compelling piece is
“John Street is a one-way street.” The
painting displays urban decay with
cracked sidewalks and old aban-
doned buildings, and it contrasts
with the mysterious beauty of his
other images. McDougall makes the
viewer feel like an intruder in a set-
ting opposed to them.
In his paintings of nature,
McDougall shows a contrast
between psychedelic colours and
realistic images. Two paintings of a
farmer’s field display this juxtaposi-
tion well. One of the main features
of this room are the three paintings
of Salt Creek Cemetery in Elgin
County. Photo Courtesy of James Patten
The paintings featuring tomb- FAR OUT, DUDE. Canadian-born artist Clark McDougall is featured in the newest exhibit at Western’s McIntosh Gallery.
stones provides an increasingly
deeper look at an overgrown ceme- ter, depending on where you are McDougall’s works are distinct McDougall’s Destination Places is a
tery. In “Landscape in Winter, The looking. images of our country. The result is a well-organized presentation of
Reservoir, 1968,” McDougall creates From his images of the Ontario balance of light, shadow and colour many of the artist’s famous works.
a landscape that shows a snowy landscape to the image of a gas sta- that shows the late artist’s great Clark McDougall’s paintings will be
river melting into a spring or an tion covered in melting snow and appreciation for the Canadian envi- on display in the McIntosh Gallery
autumn forest descending into win- under a grey sky, this compilation of ronment. Fugitive Light: Clark until May 14.
Festival of the Arts
The Festival of the Arts is a three-
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haven’t checked it out yet, here are
some of the events that will be tak-
ing place today:
10:30 — 3:30 p.m.
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12:30 — 2:30 p.m.
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featuring Violin, Cello, Guitar, and
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1:30 — 3:30 p.m.
“Fish Tank” plays at Western Film.
2 — 3 and 3 — 4 p.m. Lorraine Thomson
McIntosh Gallery tours.
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Sports
rundown >> The Mustangs ringette team won the Ontario Provincial Ringette Championship this weekend > They defeated the highly favoured Ottawa Gee-Gees by a
score of 4-3 | The Mustangs track and field team will travel to Sherbrooke this weekend to compete in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Championships.
Mustangs impress at CFL Evaluation Camp
Dunn finishes among top offensive lineman at E-Camp
Arden Zwelling
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
arden@westerngazette.ca
When you appear in four Ontario
football championships in a row,
people start to take notice.
Like the CFL, for instance, who
invited four Western Mustangs — the
second most from any single team
in the nation — to take part in the
CFL’s annual Evaluation Camp this
past weekend in Toronto.
The E-Camp is the final chance
for Canada’s top-ranked football
prospects to work out in front of CFL
coaches and scouts before the May
CFL Entry Draft.
The weekend includes physical
testing, live one-on-one drills and
individual interviews with team rep-
resentatives who grill the players on
every aspect of their game and char-
acter.
John Surla was by far the high-
est-profile Mustang attending the
weekend’s festivities — a CFL camera
crew followed his every move. It’s
the kind of fanfare that comes with a
resume listing three All-Canadian
selections and the 2009 President’s
Trophy as the top defensive player
in Ontario.
The Niagara Falls native spent
the better part of 2011 in Bradenton,
Florida training at Athletic Edge
Sports, a combine-specific training
facility that produced last year’s CFL
first overall pick Shomari Williams
of Queen’s.
But despite his hard work, Surla —
a traditionally low tester — finished
in the bottom half of the six-man
linebackers group in all of the tests
except for the vertical jump where
his 32 inches put him in a three-way
tie for third.
“The testing is just something
that I’ve always struggled with. But
as long as I’m trying my best I think
the scouts will see what kind of per-
son I am and the numbers won’t
affect me too much,” Surla said.
It was a much different game
once Surla got to strap on pads and
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do what he does best — hit people
really hard — in Sunday afternoon’s
on-field drills.
Surla and the rest of the line-
backers took part in one-on-one
drills against the running backs,
rushing the quarterback and trying
to cover the backs on passing routes.
Surla thought his on-field perfor-
mance would convince the scouts he
was ready for a shot in the CFL.
“That’s where I make my money,”
Surla said of the on-field drills. “I’m
a football player and I like being on
the field. Those are the type of things
I excel at.”
The testing can be your worst
enemy, as Surla found out, but it can
also be your best friend as was the
case with Mustangs offensive line-
man Brendan Dunn.
Dunn was relatively unknown to
CFL scouts coming into E-Camp,
having only started on the Mustangs
for one year. But the six-foot-seven,
280-pounder quickly changed that
by finishing in the top two among
the dozen offensive linemen at the
camp in four out of the six physical
testing categories. Courtesy of J.P. Moczulski CFL
“That was the goal — to make “I TOLD YOU, IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO LICK YOUR OWN ELBOW.” Mustangs defensive back Craig Butler showcased his skills
people notice me. I’m trying to get during the one-on-one testing at the 2011 CFL Evaluation Camp held in Toronto this past weekend. Butler was one of four
drafted and that’s what you have to Mustangs that made the trek to Toronto in hopes of impressing CFL scouts.
do,” Dunn said.
Dunn’s most impressive number
was his 40-yard dash time, which Canadian season that saw him receivers. Butler ran the gauntlet of team
came in at a brisk 5.14 seconds. record 29.5 tackles and lead the Like Surla, Butler’s testing num- interviews on the weekend, sitting
Despite being an absolute mountain Mustangs in sacks with 6.5. bers have never blown anyone away. down with representatives from six
of a man, Dunn rumbled down the Robinson was especially deft in Rather, Butler saves his show-stop- of the CFL’s eight teams on Friday
track nearly two hundredths of a his one-on-one drills, beating his ping performances for the field. and Saturday.
second faster than any of the other man on all of his repetitions and The fourth-year King’s student “The first meeting I had was pretty
offensive linemen. showing explosive speed off the line drew a round of applause from the nerve wracking. I was probably talk-
For the Burlington, Ontario of scrimmage. Most scouts and pun- crowd at E-Camp pulling down two ing a little too fast,” Butler admitted.
native, it was all in the cleats. dits called Robinson the biggest sur- interceptions during the live drills “But by the end of it you calm down
“I wear these cleats all the time — prise of the linemen group. and frustrating receivers with tight and I ended up really enjoying it.”
they’re the lightest cleats I’ve ever “It’s a big part of football at West- coverage. The next two months for the four
had in my life,” Dunn said of his ern, one-on-ones. We practice it a lot “I feel great right now. I knew that Mustangs amount to a lot of waiting
black and white Under Armour so that definitely came through the on-field stuff was going to be my until the draft on May 8 when they’ll
boots. “I love them. I use them here, today,” Robinson said. time to shine. I feel like I did pretty find out if they are headed for a CFL
I use them in games. They’re light- Another Mustang who seized the well,” Butler said after the drills. “At training camp or back to the Mus-
ning fast.” opportunity to leave a lasting Western, we’re football players. It all tangs for another season.
On the other side of the line was impression on scouts was defensive comes down to working hard on the Not that Butler has any doubts
Mustangs defensive end Alexander back Craig Butler who stole the field. This is a game of football, not a about how he’ll pass the time.
Robinson, who is coming off an show during the one-on-one drills game of bench press or 40-yard “I’ll be back in the gym [Monday].
impressive CIS second team All- between defensive backs and wide sprints.” It’s time to get after it and get ready.”
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Western men’s squash team takes Hoehn Cup
‘B’ division champs hope to move up to first tier next year
Daniel Da Silva
SPORTS EDITOR
When you have won as many
Ontario University Athletics cham-
pionship banners and personal
accolades as Mustangs head coach
Jack Fairs, how important could one
extra championship be?
“Our team played exceptionally
well. I was so pleased for them and
they worked so hard and it was a
great win for Western,” Fairs said,
making no attempt to hide his pride
in his team’s victory.
But then again, the Western
men’s squash team didn’t just win
any ordinary tournament. The Mus-
tangs went down to Boston, Massa-
chusetts and won the Hoehn Cup in
front of raucous crowds, making
them the B division champions in
North American college squash.
“[My team] was ready to play.
They were confident in their ability
and their preparation and they man-
aged to come through,” Fairs said.
“Huge galleries came out to watch
the championships and it was
packed in there [...] It was quite an
affair.”
The Mustangs, ninth overall in
the College Squash Association
rankings, had to take on tough teams
from the United States Naval Acad-
emy, Brown University and the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania. Yet they
brushed each team aside, only los-
ing three individual matches in the
process.
“We weren’t favoured going in
and we knew we were going to have
our hands full. A lot of the close
matches went our way,” Fairs said.
“We haven’t played Brown in a
while, but they were tougher than
the 8-1 score indicated. That was a
really good win [for us].”
The final against Penn, in partic-
ular, was a struggle. While they man-
aged to beat Penn 7-2, they fully
admit that the final could have gone
either way.
“They knew they had a shot at
[Penn]. They fought hard and it just
turned out that we ended up with the
score in our favour,” Fairs said. “But
[Penn] is a very good team. The Ivy
League teams put a lot of emphasis
on squash.”
It was an especially tough road
for a team that is full of first and
second-year players. But it helped
to have experience in the form of
fourth-year stars Kimesh Chetty
and Rafik Bhaloo as well as third-
year Ryan Herden. Second-year
player Brian Hong was also
impressive, winning all of his
matches on the weekend without
even losing a set.
“You need a lot of depth because
whether you are seeded first or
ninth, your match still counts as a
point,” Fairs said. “The [veteran’s]
mindset and attitude permeates
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through the team which gives every-
one a lot of confidence on the team.
They provide a lot of experience and
made a lot of positive contributions
toward the success we have had.”
Next season, the team hopes to
be back up to the A division and in
the competition for the Potter Cup,
which includes 13-time defending
champion Trinity College. With this
year of experience for the rookies,
and hopefully more competition
next year, Fairs believes they will be
ready to make that jump.
“We weren’t able to get the qual-
ity schedule we needed to be ranked
in the top eight,” he said.
“We need to get more hard-nosed
competition to be ready [for the
national championships]. It’s so
important to play tough matches,
which is tough for Western as we are
out in the boondocks for squash.
Hopefully we can build that strong
schedule next year.”
If they are able to get a better
schedule to ensure a place in the top Jesse Tahirali GAZETTE
eight, Fairs believes his team as it
exists is good enough to compete
with the best.
“We certainly have the quality
in our team to have that ranking.
Teams ranked fifth through twelfth
are all about the same. We
watched Dartmouth, Cornell and
Harvard play and we felt we could
have held our own against those
teams,” Fairs said.
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