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Despite school closures across Ontario,
Western students — including first-year
science student Andrea Tesolin — averted a
fifth snow day yesterday after a heavy storm
blew through London.

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Snow day dreams dashed at Western

Kaleigh Rogers
NEWS EDITOR
For many university students around
Ontario yesterday, the snowstorm
brought them a much-appreciated
day off from school. For Western stu-
dents, “Snowmageddon: The Sequel”
turned out to be a big letdown.
Despite predictions of up to 40 cm
of snow Tuesday night, Wednesday
morning revealed the storm had all
but missed London. Meanwhile, the
rest of Ontario and parts of the U.S. got
blasted with severe winter weather.
Western announced the school
would remain open early Wednes-
day morning via Twitter, Facebook
and their website. Gitta Kulczycki,
vice-president resources and opera-
tions for Western, explained this was
the best way to inform students it
was a school day as usual.
“At 4:55 a.m.we posted a message
[...] communicating to say ‘Look,
we’re open,’” Kulczycki said, adding
they chose not to send out a mass e-
mail because they reserve sending
those for when something is out-of-
the-ordinary.
“We try to use that only if there’s
something different like ‘don’t come’
or there’s something we need to alert
you to.”
When deciding whether or not to
close the school, Western takes into
consideration many factors, like
communicating with city services
like the London Transit Commission
to get an overview of the conditions,
she explained.
“There is a very standardized
process that we go through and in
fact, as we’ve had more and more
of these storms, we’ve actually
refined that.”
The LTC announced early yester-
day morning that the service would
still be running, though with a few
delays. Larry Ducharme, general
manager of the LTC, explained get-
ting passengers around safely was
more important to the LTC than
adhering to a strict schedule in
inclement weather.
“While additional buses may be
added to help maintain schedule,
depending upon the impact of the
weather, service may simply be off
schedule,” Ducharme said.
In Waterloo, students at the Uni-
versity of Waterloo were still
required to attend classes as usual
on Wednesday, while less than three
kilometres away, students at Wilfred
Laurier University got the day off.
“I don’t really understand why
UW is the only school in this area
that stayed open,” Robyn Hayes, a
fourth-year sociology student at
Laurier, said.
“A lot of people were hoping and
expecting it to be a snow day. It has
been talked about since Monday.
Even my professor said on Monday,
‘I wonder if we will have class on
Wednesday?’”
>> On Campus > Snow Removal
The salting of pathways and roads on
Western’s campus isn’t just ruining
everyone’s Uggs. It may also be ruining
the environment, according to Western’s
Physical Plant and Capital Planning Ser-
vices division.
Western started using orange pebbles to
melt snow on campus, saying it’s more
environmentally friendly and effective.
After careful research, Western switched
from using untreated rock salt to
Thawrox, a salt and agriculture-based
performance enhancer.
“It is effective in minus 15 degree weath- “The salt itself costs about $18 more than
the salt used previously, but if you look
er, whereas the salt used before only
worked in minus 6 or minus 7 degree at the big picture you can reuse the
weather,” Jim Galbraith, grounds and amount you acquire by 20 to 50 per
recycling supervisor for Western’s Physi- cent,” Galbraith explained.
cal Plant Department, explained. The Thawrox also works immediately as
“There are fewer trucks, less fuel, less it is put on the ground.
labour — and of course, less salt is going Galbraith is always looking for new oppor-
into the environment, which is impor- tunities and alternatives in order to
tant.” improve the environmental impact on
The bright orange salt is deliberately Western’s campus and he said this was a
dyed so those spreading it can see the step in the right direction.
salt more easily. — Amy Shanfield

USC > Presidential debate

Candidates get real

at council debate
Gloria Dickie
NEWS EDITOR
Feasible, Fuck and Badass. These
were the terms the three presiden-
tial candidates Andrew Forgione,
Omid Salari and David Basu Roy
chose to define themselves with at
last night’s first presidential debate.
The main focus of the evening
was on how candidates would truly
connect and communicate with the
student body.
“Speakers’ corner boxes around
campus” was Basu Roy’s answer on
how to best gauge student opinion,
along with moving the presidential
office closer to the front of the Uni-
versity Students’ Council office to
create more accessibility.
Salari had a simpler answer; “Go
out and ask what students want. Talk
to them, face to face, the way we talk
with each other. Change the rhetoric
to talk like students. Because we are
students.” The audience often
responded to Salari — who has been
speaker of the USC for two years —
with laughter and applause.
Daniel Ferris, social science sen-
ator, grilled the candidates on their
platforms, asking if there was only
one component they could achieve,
what would it be?
Forgione pointed to his proposed
“Spoke to Go” option, which would
allow students under 19 into The
Spoke after 9 p.m. in order to grab Corey Stanford GAZETTE
healthier meal options. THE “NEW CANDIDATES ON THE BLOCK” GIVE THEIR FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE. A debate in front of council last night
But fellow social science council- featured (from right to left) Omid Salari, Andrew Forgione and David Basu Roy. Chief returning officer Adam Smith, far left,
lor Jonathan Buccella argued there moderated the debate.
are already exceptionally long lines
during regular hours. He said proposition. greenhouse initiative, which would Salari hypothesized there was little
extending hours to first-year stu- Salari explained he was most provide jobs for students and allow he could do to have classes filmed
dents may just throw labour and passionate about changing the them to grow their own food. and posted online. Forgione said
money away. rhetoric from being “prim and prop- However, each candidate was installing direct phone lines to taxi
“The USC doesn’t exist to make a er” to treating students like adults, forced to acknowledge there were companies in the UCC would be dif-
profit, it’s to better our student expe- not children. weakness in their platforms. Basu ficult to achieve.
rience,” Forgione replied, noting he Finally, Basu Roy highlighted Roy questioned the feasibility of
was looking into the feasibility of the over his proposed community late-night buses during the holidays.
2• thegazette • Thursday, February 3, 2011

Caught on Camera

Corey Stanford GAZETTE

Black History Month kicked off in the University Community Centre atrium yesterday. Among the speakers was Harold
Usher, city councillor for Ward 12.

Events Calendar

Thursday, February 3
Kingfisher Days
Where: The Grand Theatre
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Based on the novel by Canadian
author, Susan Coyne, the play is
about a woman’s memories about
her childhood summers on the lake
plays nightly all weekend. Tickets are
$24.85 plus tax and can be pur-
chased at the box office, or online
at grandtheatre.com.
All-Campus Job Fair
Where: Western Student Recreation
Centre
Time: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
An opportunity to meet and network
with potential employers and com-
pany recruiters. Learn more about
future career options and companies
that are specifically looking to hire
new graduates.
King’s Cultural Festival
Where: Bessie Labatt Hall
Time: 7-10 p.m.
Celebrate King’s University College’s
diverse student body with demon-
strations and displays from cultural
clubs such as the Indonesian Stu-
dent Association and the King’s Late
Dance Club. Admission is free, but
donations will be accepted for the
Pakistan Relief Fund.
Friday, February 4
Disney on Ice
Where: John Labatt Centre
Time: 7 p.m.
Get in touch with your inner kid with
this family-friendly ice skating show
featuring all your favourite child-
hood characters. Tickets start at
$16.75 plus tax and can be pur-
chased at the box office or online
at johnlabattcentre.com
Danko Jones
Where: Call the Office
Time: 9 p.m.
Toronto-based hard rocker, Danko
Jones, stops by London for a show
this Friday. Tickets are $15 at the
door or online at calltheoffice.com
Saturday, February 5
Pacifika
Where: Aeolian Hall
Time: 7 p.m.
Pacifika brings their unique blend of
jazz, pop, flamenco, and electronic
music to a live show at Aeolian Hall.
Tickets are $25 in advance and $30
at the door.
Charity Show for Cheti
Where: APK
Time: 8 p.m.
To raise money for the Cheti school in
Tanzania, local performers, Alanna
Gurr, Olenka and the Autumn Lovers,
Say Domino, and Wild Domestic, are
donating their time. 100 per cent of
the proceeds of the $5 cover go to the
school, and 15 per cent of all food sales
from the night will be donated as well.
No Traveller Returns
Where: The Arts Project
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Written by Toronto playwright Mau-
reen Jennings, set in Huntsville,
Ontario, this crime drama follows
detective William Murdoch as he
tries to solve the case of his career.
Tickets are $15 at the door.

News Briefs

More natural
disasters? Who cares
Were you certain there was going to
be an epic blizzard yesterday? You
weren’t the only one.
A new study commissioned by
the Ontario Science Centre found 76
per cent of Canadians felt natural
disasters are occurring more fre-
quently. However, despite these sen-
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they don’t know what supplies to get
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The survey was conducted by
The Gandalf Group with an online
survey of 1,020 Canadians.
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believed climate change would lead Council hopes to cure your Monday
to more dangerous disasters in the night blues.
near future. Mayor Joe Fontana announced
“This study shows that Canadians yesterday morning at his first State
have a gap in their knowledge about of the City address that the City of
what to do if faced with a natural dis- London will soon be live streaming
aster,” Lesley Lewi, CEO of the Ontario city council meetings.
Science Centre, said in a press release. Live streaming will allow London
“These findings make our upcoming residents to watch city council meet-
exhibition Nature Unleashed: Inside ings live on the internet and learn
Natural Disasters even more relevant. firsthand what’s happening within
It’s our opportunity to educate the city council.
public on natural disasters in a com- “It is important to move the city
pelling and engaging way.” forward in terms of technology,” said
While 82 per cent of the women Joni Baechler, Ward 5 councillor for
and 68 per cent of the men surveyed the city, adding she hopes the live
felt natural disasters are more fre- streaming will provide more infor-
quent, the survey determined Cana-
dians from different areas were
mation on civic issues to the public.
Paul Hubert, Ward 8 councillor,
more concerned about different nat-
ural disasters. People from British
said the only setback is funding.
“Great things cost money,” he
Columbia listed earthquakes as a said, noting it’s hard to balance
major concern, while 29 per cent of what’s good for the city and what the
Ontarians felt tornadoes were more city can afford. Hubert doubts live
likely to pose a risk to their homes. streaming will be in the budget for
— Meagan Kashty 2011, but has hope for 2012.
Currently, webcasts of the city
council meetings are available on
various blogs. However, Hubert
believed the city should be provid-
ing the feed for the public itself. He
hoped the videos will be saved in an
Solution to puzzle on page 7
archive as well so the public can
6 9 5 7 1 2 4 3 8 watch the meetings at their own
4 2 8 5 6 3 7 1 9 leisure.
3 7 1 9 4 8 5 2 6 There have been no firm plans
1 5 6 4 9 7 2 8 3
made as to which website will host
7 8 9 3 2 5 6 4 1
the live streaming, or how soon the
2 3 4 1 8 6 9 5 7
8 6 3 2 7 4 1 9 5 public can expect the city to begin
providing this service.
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thegazette • Thursday, February 3, 2011
London’s our playground but it’s time to move on
Folk Laur
Lauren Pelley
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
lauren@westerngazette.ca
Kids these days. They treat London
like their personal playground.
They come to the city on a whim
in their youth, some to check out its
rumoured party scene or to get away
from home — and while they’re at it,
squeeze in an education.
And what do they get? In most
cases, not much more than what
they came for. Some memories, a
diploma and a limited knowledge of
anything outside Richmond Row.
Then they grow up. And they
leave. And I bet you’ll be one of them.
According to a report released by
local non-profit group Emerging
Leaders, London’s 2006 net migra-
tion rate for the 25 to 44-year-old
demographic was not only less than
that in both Kitchener and Hamilton,
but also had decreased by more than
London > Fanshawe
Fanshawe’s downtown
campus nears approval
Cheryl Madliger
GAZETTE STAFF
Fanshawe College is slated to debut
a business proposal next week for its
satellite campus, which would hold
around 1,000 students and could be
the keystone to a growing arts and
culture scene in the downtown.
While the exact details for the
development remain in the air, Ward
3 councillor Joe Swan is supportive
of the project.
“In principle, the idea of having a
higher presence of students and fac-
ulty in the downtown is a good
thing,” he said, noting it’s difficult to
make comments about plans before
hearing the presentation.
Swan said decisions about
whether to approve the project
would depend on the economic
impact, the location, the costs asso-
ciated with the developments, and
the actual return on investment.
Bernice Hull, vice-president of
administration at Fanshawe, said the
most important thing is pushing for-
ward. “We just really think if we can
get this started, there will be a lot of
synergies that will cause it to evolve,”
she said.
Janette MacDonald, manager of
Downtown London, an organization
committed to improving and pro-
moting the downtown, said the
development would further the city’s
already strong revitalization efforts.
“Something like an educational
component like Fanshawe College
would put a lot of feet on our street
downtown,” she said.
According to Peter White, presi-
dent of the London Economic
Development Corporation, the cam-
pus is a unique opportunity for the
city.
“Your opportunities for new
developments in downtowns are
sometimes somewhat limited, so
when we’ve got an opportunity like
this we think it’s something that will
really help London’s downtown,” he
said.
half since 2004.
Young professionals just aren’t
sticking around. Unfortunately, it’s a
problem that stifles economic
growth in the Forest City, and it’s only
going to get worse as the population
ages since there simply aren’t young
people entering the workforce and
starting families of their own.
But why would we want to stay?
Sure, there’s a decent arts and cul-
ture scene, some great downtown
restaurants and the sort of quaint
suburban lifestyle most people
aspire to by their mid-30s. But there
just aren’t enough jobs and let’s be
honest – that’s all most of us care
about when we graduate.
Thankfully, the City of London
has woken up to this problem.
Mayor Joe Fontana addressed a
crowd of 1,300 yesterday at the Lon-
don Convention Centre to give the
annual State of the City address –
and he stressed the need to actively
engage young people.
“London has a bright future and
London’s youth are standing at the
centre of that future,” he told the
crowd. “London needs to retain the
vibrant young entrepreneurs and pro-
fessionals who call London home.”
Both Hull and White pointed to a
broader vision for the developments.
“What we’re really hoping to
develop is not just a building, but an
actual campus district where we
have an arts and culture and digital
media district develop around the
benefits that Fanshawe could bring
to the core,” White said.
“What we see happening is with
1,000 students downtown and festi-
vals and art shows and the kinds of
activities they’d bring downtown,
you’d see more people there shop-
ping and dining and enjoying the
various elements of the arts and cul-
ture,” Hull said. “We imagine other
partners in the arts and culture envi-
ronment in London will want to be
part of this and start to migrate in
•3
But, he added later, they need the
investment and nurturing within our
community before they’ll stay. And
when he says that, I know he’s talk-
ing about Western students.
Fontana said 85 per cent of Fan-
shawe College grads stay here after
they graduate. I’ve yet to find com-
parable numbers for Western, but
I’m banking on it being a lot less
than that.
The sort of jobs university stu-
dents prepare and pay a lot of dough
for just don’t exist on a large scale in
London.
And that’s where I differ with a
commonly held belief that London’s
miniature size — compared to epi-
centres like Toronto and Montreal —
is the reason for the annual brain
drain. Size does matter. Big cities
simply have more job opportunities,
and that’s why most people I know
are heading to Toronto, or Vancou-
ver, or overseas after graduation. It’s
all about the jobs.
So even though London’s mayor
talks about fostering a climate to Lauren Pelley GAZETTE
retain young professionals, it’s going AFTER A POOR OPENING MONOLOGUE, FONTANA RESORTED TO RODNEY
to take a lot more than heartwarm- DANGERFIELD IMPRESSIONS. London mayor Joe Fontana gave a lengthy speech
ing rhetoric to make us stay. to a large crowd at the London Convention Centre yesterday. The annual event
is known as the State of the City address.
GWYNNE DYER
“A NEW
that direction.”
With the potential for $20 million
of investments, initial plans included
MIDDLE
restoration of heritage buildings in
the city’s Dundas Street region.
Amidst speculations over whether
or not the plans are still focused on
this region, Hull was reassuring.
“I can’t speculate on why people
EAST?”
would be jumping to those conclu-
GWYNNE DYER has
sions, but I can say that we are worked as a freelance
exploring opportunities within that jounalist, columnist,
arts and education district in down- broadcaster and lecturer
town London,” she said. on international affairs for
At any rate, White said, regard- more than 20 years. His
less of the exact location, the city will
first television series, the
realize the benefits.
7-part documentary
“From our perspective, the core
is the important part,” he said. ‘War’, was aired in 45
countries in the mid-80s.
One episode, ‘The
Profession of Arms’, was
nominated for an
Academy Award. He
writes a twice-weekly
column on international
affairs, which is
published by over 175
papers in some 45
countries.
Gwynne Dyer
FEBRUARY 7TH
3:30PM (doors open at 3PM)
McKellar Room
(Western Film - 2nd floor, UCC)
Gwynne Dyer books will be ON SALE -
book signing to follow speech and Q & A
4• thegazette • Thursday, February 3, 2011

Opinions In London we know the sky is not the limit and reaching for the
stars is just the beginning.
— Joe Fontana

STUDENT RETAINMENT

Draining
London’s
brain
While London is a great place to experience uni-
versity, many students quickly flee the city after
graduating, causing a brain drain that has long puz-
zled city politicians and the local business commu-
nity.
Students can find plenty of reasons to leave Lon-
don — travelling abroad, working elsewhere, not to
mention the undeniable allure of Toronto. London
USC unimportant to Dear Life

Your anonymous letters to life

officials are working towards retaining youth in the
city, meanwhile grads are weighing the benefits of fleeting students Dear Life,
leaving against staying in London, resulting in an Why do people bother coming to
to be fair, accomplishing that goal class if they are just going to talk
easy choice for eager graduates seeking big oppor-
should be applauded because quickly through the entire lecture? I’m sick of
tunities. Da Silva giving them the evil eye and strain-
learning how to operate the organiza-
It’s anticlimactic to stay in the same city for more ing to hear the professor over conver-
Bullet tion isn’t easy.
sations of how much they want to
than four years during the prime of your life. The However, the biggest factor in student
urge to explore a big city and life beyond the famil- apathy is the majority of students are get drunk. Get out of class and go to
here for only four years. Compared to a bar if you don’t want to listen to the
iar is almost a rite of passage for modern Canadian
Daniel Da Silva national policy, which affects us for an professor, I’m here to learn.
youth. Plus, larger cities like Toronto present a larg-
SPORTS EDITOR entire lifetime, USC policy is pretty
er wealth of opportunities for ambitious young Dear Life,
dan@westerngazette.ca immaterial. It also doesn’t help that most
grads looking for their dream jobs. notable changes that we would want to
Why is the student bus pass a sepa-
Graduates can also base the decision to leave rate entity? Can’t they come out with
I’ve been following the protests in North see won’t realistically happen within
stickers that one can affix to one’s
London on their perception of the “Western bubble” Africa fairly closely over the past couple those four years.
student card? It’d be so much easier
— the phenomenon where a majority of students weeks. While I don’t normally advocate One of the biggest changes made to
to keep track of them that way.
violence, it actually made me proud to campus recently was the building of the
see the city as only offering the school and a few
watch the common man rise up and Western Student Recreation Centre. A
bars along Richmond Row. Dear Life,
attempt to change their situation. large portion of students who voted in
But London, as one of Canada’s larger cities, has I can’t believe Ontario is limiting
It filled me with pride knowing that the favour of the building project were not
internet usage by such a drastic
a blossoming arts and culture scene — something heart of the protests, especially in Tunisia around to see its completion and were
amount, making the dream of free
students trapped in the bubble are bound to over- and Egypt, came from the student-aged therefore unable to use its facilities.
access to the world seem even fur-
look. Many students simply see the Forest City as population deciding they’d had enough I don’t mean to belittle the hard work
ther away.
with the current ruling regime. of the councillors, senators and executive
an older, more conservative town, better suited to
It made me wonder why students who legitimately care about their respon- Dear Life,
raising a family than living out your early life. It’s don’t have that passion for politics here. sibilities and try to make a difference on I’ve been asking since 1998, and I’ll
an unfounded conclusion plaguing graduates who Especially on campuses, where students our behalf. They do a very admirable job. ask again. Why isn’t Pokémon real?
leave the city, convinced London has nothing more have the only say when it comes to the But having passionate leaders isn’t
to offer than university life. choosing their own future leaders. really enough to inspire passion among Dear Life,
But I quickly realized why that was voters when the USC appears to be such For some reason, my mom and I
While it’s true London does have opportunities
such a terrible comparison: student gov- a non-entity — after all, the constant have been calling each other “tosser”
for recent graduates, they are under–advertised — if ernment is largely irrelevant in the grand pursuit of a degree and the urge to move for a few weeks. I just found out
advertised at all — and are often relegated to a scheme of things. on to “real life” by finding a job after what it means.
sparsely attended career week. By giving more A national government that stays in graduation is enough to keep most of
exposure to the opportunities available for gradu- power for 30 years, like Mubarak’s our attention. Dear Life,
ates, students might actually find what they’re look- regime in Egypt, has the power to enforce Let’s face it, when you know the can- All I do is win, win, win, no matter
their will upon the people. didate who wins will probably keep the what. Except for my grades, which
ing for. The city should consider marketing itself
The individual executives of our Uni- status quo, you likely won’t rush to the really friggin’ suck.
against Toronto in order to retain youth. By high- versity Students’ Council, however, get a voting booths. Even if a president is just
lighting the positive qualities — cheaper rent, safer one-year term to attempt to do anything. plain awful, he or she will be gone in a few Dear Life,
streets and a more comfortable lifestyle — London It’s rare that they can truly enact large months anyway allowing us to vote for I enjoy reading the creative ways
could stand a shot against Canada’s “Centre of the changes that would get recognition from someone else. Or perhaps it won’t mat- people have modified the don’t tam-
the majority of students. ter because we are just another year clos- per with the light stickers on the Tay-
Universe.”
When they do enact some sort of pol- er to getting the hell out of here. lor cubicles. The one I’m currently
London will always have an inferiority complex icy, it will probably be reviewed by the I suppose we could make like Egypt reading has been modified to say
to Toronto, which despite its flaws, is seen as some- next group without really giving said pol- by using Facebook and Twitter to arrange “Do Not Tampon Light Fixture.”
how greater by virtue of its size. It’s wise for stu- icy time to have its desired effect. a massive demonstration until our voic- That’s some good old fashioned
dents to recall: it’s not the size that counts, but how Let’s be honest, it’s considered a suc- es are heard by the USC. comedy right there.
you use it. cess if each new executive doesn’t But really, why bother? There are far
embarrass themselves or the USC and more important things in life to worry
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Letters to the Editor
Students should
fight the CRTC
To the Editor:
The Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission is
introducing a new regulation called
Usage Based Billing, and this will
severely reduce the monthly band-
width caps meaning less internet
access.
This is a step backwards for
Canada because the future of our
country will be in internet services
and by introducing these extremely
small bandwidth caps it effectively
eliminates the opportunity for any
competition against cable.
In the last few years, with things
like iTunes, Netflix, Amazon, Steam
etc., buying music, movies, and
video games online has become a
huge market. This bill destroys the
ability for these businesses to com-
pete fairly and is a result of the CRTC
catering to Bell Canada.
Skype is also a feature that uses
high amounts of bandwidth. This,
and all the previous features affect
students specifically, and the larger
Canadian population as a whole. It
affects Canadian soldiers abroad
that can only communicate with
their family through things like iChat
and Skype, as their families will now
be facing huge internet bills as they
exceed their caps, just to speak to
their loved ones abroad. In the end
this hurts your wallets and the econ-
omy as a whole.
Please have your voice heard and
sign the petition at open-
media.ca/meter and contact your MP
and the Prime Minister to let them
know this is an election issue for you.
—Daniel Lorusso
Med. Sci. III
To the Editor:
Canadian Internet service providers
have “just become a collection agency
for the monopolies” according to the
CEO of the Canadian Internet service
provider TekSavvy Solutions.
On Jan. 25, the Canadian Radio-
television and Telecommunications
Commission gave the go-ahead to
allow Bell Canada to charge Usage-
Based Billing to local Internet ser-
vice providers, such as Mega-Que-
bec here in Quebec City. Starting in
February any data over your cap will
be charged extra. Despite being
charged per gigabyte when you
exceed your cap, if you use less than
your cap you will not receive a dis-
count.
According to an employee of
TekSavvy, bandwidth costs to your
ISP are “one to three pennies per
gig.” Your local ISP is now obligated
to charge you $1-4 per GB, more
than a 10,000 per cent markup, and
pass that money directly to Bell.
This is a disaster for everyone
who is currently using the Internet;
your Internet bill will almost cer-
tainly go up.
It is trivially easy to pass the 25-
50 GB caps that will come into effect
next month. Watching a low-end HD
movie on the Internet will set you
back 4-6 GB, and a single episode of
television could be as much as 1.5
GB. Streaming just 30 minutes of
720p videos on YouTube every day
could use over 30 GB. Even if you
are already on a plan with a cap, this
gives leeway to your current ISP to
raise your prices in the absence of
competition.
Canadians — especially students
— need to contact all government
officials and make this an election
issue.
—John Roman
Chemistry II
Jesse is a
sexist Nazi
Re: “Let’s talk about sex(ism)” (Jan. 28,
2011)
To the Editor:
Jesse Tahirali wrote that, in spite of
our efforts to fight gender inequali-
ty, we must accept the “fact” that
men are physically stronger than
women. However, Jesse doesn’t
properly account for why we might
choose to question (or even down-
play) the supposed “fact” of men’s
athletic superiority. The reason is
more substantial than what he
superficially dubs “oversensitivity.”
We might live in a world of genet-
ic differences, but we also, I hope,
strive toward equal rights. Unless
Jesse wants us to take a step back-
ward in this regard, he might wish to
think more carefully about what it
means to “tell it like it is,” and to
demand that people fess up to the
“fact” of male strength.
Facts might be facts in Jesse’s mind,
but we live in a world where some facts
will always receive more emphasis
than others. Jesse claims that over-
sensitivity gets us nowhere, but where
exactly will his alternative get us?
Simply put, Jesse might be too
young to appreciate, first-hand, the
devastating effects that can follow
when young people like himself start
arguing for the “fact” of men’s supe-
rior strength. The Nazis also believed
in “facts”: they thought that Aryans
were racially superior, and they
amassed plenty of supposed evi-
dence to support this belief.
Writing them off as proponents
of “bad science” will get us nowhere.
Instead, we should all think much
more carefully about what’s at stake
when we call something a “fact.”
—Philip Glennie
English Lit., PhD IV
To the Editor:
Yes, Jesse, let’s talk about sexism.
You repeatedly told us to “face
the facts,” reasoning: “Men have a
genetic predisposition to be more
muscular than women. [...] Pointing
this out is not sexism.”
Actually, it is.
Sexism describes “social arrange-
ments, policies, language, and prac-
tices […] that express a systematic,
often institutionalized belief that
men are superior, women are inferi-
or” (Encyclopedia of Feminist Theo-
ries 441).
Just because you use genetic
“facts” to justify your argument
doesn’t mean it’s not sexist.
Consider this: facts can be sexist.
Facts are not self-evident truths
that simply “appear” to scientists;
rather, what we view and interpret as
“facts” are shaped by our cultural
assumptions. Facts are not neutral.
Neither are gender divisions.
Why have we organized society
according to differences between
“men” and “women” when there are
infinite differences within these
groups? How has this informed
what we consider a “disadvantage?”
Even your rhetoric reveals that
you are not a neutral bearer of the
gender truths. By calling anyone
“oversensitive” who disagrees with
your “facts,” you re-create a sexist
binary that privileges (masculinized)
science as rational and unbiased,
and devalues (feminized) emotions
as irrational and biased.
Telling me to “face the fact” that
I’m at a “genetic disadvantage”
because I’m a woman is your sexist
perspective. Face that.
—Stephanie Oliver
English PhD IV
Egg incident
incites letters
Re: “Thrown egg hurts coat, feelings”
(Feb. 1, 2011)
To the Editor:
I would just like to say that Mr. Kim
is certainly not alone in being hit by
an egg thrown from a vehicle. As a
matter of fact, I know of several peo-
ple who have been hit (or very near-
ly hit) by eggs while walking on or
around Western’s campus.
I myself have had eggs thrown at
me twice and my cousin was hit
directly in the head with an egg
while walking downtown last sum-
mer. When she tried to report the
incident to the police, she was told
that this was a common experience,
but the culprits are rarely caught, as
they throw the eggs at night, from
vehicles while speeding by or, as in
Mr. Kim’s case, from a vehicle
stopped far enough away that the
license plate is not visible.
I guess I also want to reassure Mr.
Kim that, although this is a horrible
thing to have happen, it may not
necessarily have been an issue of
racial discrimination. Honestly, I
hope that the incident was not
fuelled by racism as that not only
makes the crime even more despi-
cable, but it also reflects poorly on
Canada and our university students.
Those responsible are immature
people who probably think they’re
being funny, but as Mr. Kim, my
cousin, and I can attest, they most
definitely are not. Hitting people
with eggs is not funny — it never has
been and never will be.
—Dawna Perry
King’s IV
To the Editor:
I’m not sure if it was omitted in your
entry or not, but where exactly did
“racial discrimination” come into
play?
Although I’ve never been egged, a
bird did crap on me once and I still
hesitate to call it racist. From what
I’ve read, all you’ve been subjected
to is some simple — if not harmless —
bullying. I’m not condoning the fact
that such antics should have been
left on the playground rather than
pulled into a higher institution, but
rushing to blame this one unfortu-
nate incident on race is just as child-
ish.
If anything, this should solidify
your status as a Canadian citizen and
not just “some immigrant.” If Cana-
da were as racially friendly as you
make it out to be (and as I view it),
wouldn’t most people avoid target-
ing minorities for fear of being called
racist?
A single person walking alone at
night is obviously going to be the
prime choice for pranks — race has
nothing to do with it. If you ever get
egged again — God forbid — hopeful-
ly you can keep your sunny side up
and try to remain hard-boiled.
—Andrew Tam
BMSc II
•5
Oil sands movie Eating animals is
facts disputed the cause of
our ailments
Re: Suzuki talks oil sands (Jan. 27, 2011)
Re: “A testing issue of mice and men”
To the Editor: (Jan. 28, 2011)
Reading your article was disap-
pointing in its lack of critical thought To the Editor:
and the propensity of the writer to The editorial suggests that animal
assume and hyperbolize positions testing for medical purposes is nec-
offered by this CBC movie. essary because it benefits humans
The movie is fundamentally by helping to cure disease. This
flawed. Its primary health-related argument fails to recognize that the
premise was discounted by the diseases that animal testing aims to
Royal Society of Canada, seven remedy are mostly brought about
respected, independent scientists another form of by cruelty to ani-
(including water experts and uni- mals — “food” production.
versity professors), even before the The most pressing health issues
film was finished. in Western society (cancer, heart dis-
RSC determined there’s no ease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, obesity,
credible evidence oil sands devel- etc.) are all directly connected to
opment is causing cancer in Fort humans eating animal meat and by-
Chipewyan, some 300 kilometres products such as dairy and eggs.
downstream from Fort McMurray Instead of killing animals for food,
— about the distance between Lon- getting sick from it, and then killing
don, Ontario and Lansing, Michi- more animals to try and cure our-
gan. Contrary to your article, not selves, it would be a much better
all fish have tumours, for which idea to simply break the cycle of cru-
the cause is also unknown. And elty and live healthier by eating a
there’s no evidence oil sands is sig- plant-based diet.
nificantly affecting water quality In addition to the health conse-
or quantity in the Athabasca River quences of directly eating animals,
or damaging aquatic ecosystem human demand for animal-derived
viability. food has resulted in the spread of
While you won’t find the Royal recent “big scare” infectious dis-
Society of Canada’s report in the eases such as swine flu and avian
movie, you can find it on the RSC bird flu. Though this is rarely men-
website, rsc.ca. tioned in the mainstream media,
The RSC’s report was produced both diseases are a direct conse-
independently of industry, govern- quence of meat production and fac-
ments and activists. While fair, it is tory farming.
no industry whitewash. It also iden- Medical researchers are now
tified valid concerns about current testing on animals to find cures for
monitoring, cumulative impacts and these strains of flu when these prob-
the need to improve monitoring as lems could have been easily pre-
the industry grows. vented by eating fruits and vegeta-
Oil sands producers welcome bles instead of pigs and chickens.
good science, critical thought and Animal testing and eating ani-
less rhetoric. Western is one of mals is entirely unnecessary. The
Canada’s finest, most research- death brought about by these inter-
intensive schools. We suggest West- dependent practices can be resisted
ern’s research discipline also should through empowering oneself with
extend to its newspaper. conscious eating that in the end ben-
—Janet Annesley efits both human and non-human
Vice-President animals.
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ARTS & LIFE EDITOR
For a fun full-body workout, try Skip
and Sculpt at the Western Student
Recreation Centre. Skipping gets the
heart pumping and it’s also a fun
activity that improves balance and
posture while toning arm and leg
muscles. Campus Recreation
instructor Tori Daly sat down with
the Gazette before Tuesday’s class to
talk about Skip and Sculpt and its
benefits.
What does Skip and Sculpt
involve?
It’s an interval class with five
minutes of skipping drills followed
by five minutes of muscle work. The
skipping drills are very high intensi-
ty, but easy to follow.
What parts of the body does
this class involve?
It’s a total body workout. The car-
dio component of the class elevates
Pacifika offers
global sound
Kate Worndl
CONTRIBUTOR
What do you get when you bring
together a Canadian guitarist, a Bar-
bados-raised drummer and a Peru-
vian-born singer? You get Pacifika —
a self-proclaimed global pop band
based out of Vancouver.
Their latest album Supermagique,
released in August 2010 combines
Latin rhythms and high-energy
lyrics sung in English, Spanish and
French, and was just nominated for
a Juno for World Music Album of the
Year. The Gazette caught up with lead
singer/songwriter Silvana Kane to
find out more about the global pop
trio, who will be hitting up London’s
Aeolian Hall tomorrow.
Your latest album Supermag-
ique has done extremely well
on the indie scene. How has
your music evolved since you
first began playing together as
a band?
I guess as our relationship deep-
ens, so does the music. We change
with the changes and so our music is
just shifting the way that we do but it
still maintains the same mix. We all
bring something different to the table.
And what would you say you
each bring?
We all have different musical
backgrounds and different cultural
backgrounds – we all grew up in dif-
ferent parts of the world. We all
bring our different influences and
your heart rate and the muscle work
strengthens most of the major mus-
cle groups, finishing with abs.
Who should avoid taking this
class?
Someone who isn’t willing to
work and have a positive attitude. I
would say anyone coming to this
class with an open mind would
enjoy themselves. Each move can be
modified to your own comfort and
ability level, and all the skipping
drills can be done without the rope —
so don’t let that scare you.
What would you say to some-
one who is hesitant to try the
class?
I would remind them of how
much fun skipping games were as a
child and have them remember
those careless, fun memories.
What should someone wear to
Skip and Sculpt?
Come prepared to sweat, so I
our different interests. It depends on
the type of song that it is, but each of
us brings a different thing.
For example, I bring the melody,
lyrics and arrangements, Toby
brings in drum beats and base lines
and Adam covers guitar and differ-
ent instruments – he’s a really great
engineer.
You describe your music as
“global pop.” What does that
mean and why did you choose
to use that term to categorize
your music?
Well, usually people need to cat-
egorize pretty much anything and
“global pop” is something that suits
us. We play music in different lan-
guages and we do have different
feelings and vibes on the record and
so it’s kind of a world sound, [but] it’s
not really a traditional world sound.
[Our music] does have some pop
feel to it, melodically speaking, so it
did feel like it was a good term.
What influences your music?
Well, I grew up in South America
— at least my childhood was in Peru
— so for me, a lot of traditional South
American music and folklore music
has influenced my musical style.
Speaking for the guys, Adam grew
up with interesting new wave music
and Toby grew up with dub and reg-
gae. Mostly what we all really dig is
music with a really great tone.
Pacifika will be playing in Lon-
don for the final stop on your
thegazette • Thursday, February 3, 2011
saywhat?
Jane Lynch, better known as Sue Sylvester from the hit TV show
Glee, will be publishing a book of her memoirs this September.
would suggest light clothing. T-shirt
and shorts that are not too baggy
would be ideal because of all the
bouncing around.
How did you get involved in fit-
ness/teaching?
I used to be a gymnast when I
was younger and once I stopped
doing that I started going to aero-
bics classes with my mom. I’ve been
hooked ever since because they
make me feel great and they are so
much fun.
What classes do you teach at
Campus Rec?
My favourite class to teach every
week is Skip and Sculpt. I also enjoy
filling in for other instructors for
Lunch Flex and Sleek and Strong
classes.
Skip and Sculpt is offered Tuesdays
from 10:05 a.m. to 10:55 a.m., Wednes-
days 2:05 p.m. to 2:55 p.m., Thursdays Amber Garratt GAZETTE
11:05 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. and 1:05 p.m. to 1:55 WHEN I SAY JUMP, YOU SAY HOW HIGH. Tori Daly shows proper skipping form
p.m., and Saturday 3:35 p.m. to 4:25 p.m. for her skip and sculpt class.
Courtesy of Rebecca Blisset
IS THIS SULTRY ENOUGH FOR YOU? Pacifika’s multiculturalism is what makes the band’s sound unique and classifies them
as global pop.
Quebec/Ontario tour. What can positive evening. For us it’s like an Germany, so this is the year that
concert-goers expect to see at exchange between the people that we’re hoping to take Pacifika to a
your performance? are there to listen and us on stage so more international scale. We’re
They can expect to have fun with we try to have a nice exchange with going to be travelling overseas as
us. It’s a very fun, energetic, deep the public. We just let the night take well so that’s in the immediate
show from beginning to end. We all its own course. future. In the long term, we would
really like each other and that prob- just love to be able to continue to be
ably comes off on stage. We’re just What can we expect to see from creative and to be able to make this
interested in having a good time and Pacifika in the future? our lives’ work. It’s a big deal, it’s a
contributing to positive vibes in this Well we’re just about to release big honour, and we just hope to be
world so it’ll be a nice evening — a Supermagique in the UK, France and able to keep on going.
thegazette • Thursday, February 3, 2011 •7

The sexy side of social networking 65% >> By the Numbers

of people surveyed
Ashley Perl mation and media studies, points dates is not a new phenomenon. mation that you want others to see. had been asked out by text
GAZETTE STAFF out social networking sites provide “Screening has always existed, Not surprisingly, the survey also

A recent study revealed 80 per cent

of woman and 58 per cent of men
say social networking websites facil-
itate faster hook-ups.
Conducted by Shape and Men’s
Fitness magazine, over 1,200 men
and women were surveyed about
personal experiences regarding
social networking and relationships.
Anabel Quan-Haase, an associ-
ate professor for the faculty of infor-
an opportunity to fill communica-
tion gaps between time spent face-
to-face with a potential partner.
The survey also revealed approx-
imately 70 per cent of women and 63
per cent of men use Google or Face-
book to screen potential partners.
Though using social networks to
do background checks may come
across as sneaky to some people,
Douglas Mann, another professor
from FIMS, points out screening
but the way it is done now is new. In
the past, instead of using Facebook,
we would talk to our friends or par-
ents about potential partners,” he
says.
The only difference now is we
can get the same information faster
virtually, he adds.
Mann suggests relationships may
be accelerated because profile infor-
mation is controlled by the user,
which means only providing infor-
revealed that 81 per cent of women
and 75 per cent of men won’t de-
49% of people surveyed had
friend an ex. been asked out through Facebook
Quan-Haase notes while break
ups are harsh, remaining friends on 72% of women say they’ve
Facebook prolongs the break-up creeped a current partner’s ex-
process by allowing past partners to girlfriend’s Facebook page.
remain in contact with each other. It
can then complicate the old sweet-
hearts’ relationship when establish- 5% of people surveyed say
ing privacy settings for the other they’ve checked their phone
person. during sex

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Five-point Mills mauls ‘Stangs

Greg Colgan
GAZETTE STAFF
On Saturday afternoon, the Western
Mustangs women’s hockey team
was defeated 6-4 by the York Lions
in a closely contested match.
The offence–driven game saw a
determined and hardworking Mus-
tangs team outplay the Lions, only
to lose control of the game in the
final minutes of the third period.
“Western played extremely well
and to [our] girls’ credit we stayed
composed,” York coach Dan Church
said. “We had to battle back a cou-
ple times […] but everyone stepped
up when needed to — it was a good
team effort.”
The Mustangs offence started the
game flying with Lindsay Repath
scoring only three minutes into the
first period. However, York forward
Brett Higgs GAZETTE Autumn Mills would tie the game
IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF LISA SIMPSON: “HACK THE BONE!” Mustangs for- with her first of three goals in a five-
ward Katie Dillon buried two goals against the Lions but it wasn’t enough to over- point afternoon.
come Lions forward Autumn Mills, who had three goals and two assists, includ- Going into the game, Mustangs
ing the winner in the third period. coach Chris Higgins felt his defence
needed to be more offensively–
minded and create scoring chances
for his forwards.
“We needed to encourage our
[defence] to come up the middle
because a lot of teams have been
jamming us along the boards,” Hig-
gins said.
The Mustangs defence heeded
Higgins advice and throughout the
game they rushed the puck deep
into York’s zone, creating several
three-on-two rushes that caught
York by surprise.
Mustangs forward Katie Dillon
would keep the offence coming after
Mustangs defender Tara Cation kept
the puck in York’s end by pinching in
and stopping a clearing attempt. The
result was Dillon scoring her first of
two goals, sniping a shot top shelf
past unsuspecting York goalie Jes-
salyn Bogacki.
“It’s about having our most skilled
players out there,” Church said of his
power play unit. “It gives us more
puck mobility and they moved the
puck really well today that created
some good chances for us.”
The evenly matched contest
came right down to the wire when
Mills scored the eventual game–
winner on her third goal of the game.
York would add an insurance goal
with less than four minutes left.
Although they were behind late,
the Mustangs squad never quit and
had several chances with 90 sec-
onds left, but were stymied by a York
defence that shutdown the Mus-
tangs offence when they had to.
“We had an idea what Western
was going to do coming off the face-
off and they had been aggressive all
game, so we just stayed calm and
shut down in our end,” Church said.
While the Mustangs have had a
rough season, Higgins remains proud
of his players and the lessons learned
during their rebuilding phase.
“This team has improved so
much over the year,” Higgins said.
“We’re developing and one of these
days things are going to turn around
and we’re going to be a very good
hockey team.”

Dillon’s pair not enough as comeback falls short

Dustin Saracini
CONTRIBUTOR
Grit and toughness are two words to
describe the Western women’s hock-
ey team’s game versus the Toronto
Varsity Blues.
But despite late game heroics
from Western’s Katie Dillon — who
scored with less than a minute left —
the Mustangs fell short to the Varsi-
ty Blues by a final tally of 3-2.
“We attacked with some better
speed and created opportunities,”
Varsity Blues head coach Karen
Hughes said after the game.
Western played well defensively
for virtually the entire game, consis-
tently getting in the shooting lanes
and blocking big shots from the
point. Unfortunately for Western,
their penalty kill let them down,
allowing two goals on six attempts.
One player that was glad to see
her team put forth a strong defensive
effort was goaltender Alison Li, who
got her first career start between the
pipes for the purple and white.
“At the beginning of the game I
was really nervous. During warm up
I started getting calmer. [My team]
really did a great job supporting and
they helped me save a lot of shots
that would have went in if it weren’t
for them,” Li said. The rookie fin-
ished with 26 saves.
Grit and toughness from both
sides was the story of the first period
as they accumulated 34 penalty
minutes. Taking penalties is not for-
eign territory for Toronto who lead
the league in that category.
Already behind 2–0, Western tal-
lied their first goal with four minutes
left in the second period. The goal
came on a power play opportunity
when forward Katie Dillon buried a
rebound after a shot from the point.
Dillon’s goal was her first of two in
the game.
Following Toronto’s third goal of
the game, the Mustangs began to
show frustration in the form of ille-
gal body checks. Despite scoring
with a minute left, the Mustangs
were unable to tie the game. The
girls’ disappointment at the end was
nothing new as this was just anoth-
er chapter in a season riddled with
adversity and bad luck.
“I thought we played extremely
well. [For] the first goal our defense-
men came to the bench and ran into
each other. […] If it wasn’t for bad luck
we wouldn’t have any luck at all. It’s
just been like this all year, we haven’t
got any breaks,” Western’s head coach
Chris Higgins said after the game.
With the loss, the Mustangs fall
to 5-17 and head into a tough game
against the league’s number one
ranked Laurier Golden Hawks this
upcoming weekend.
“Consistency – we need to have
nine out of 10 good shifts like we
have been having. We have not had
one bad shift in the last six periods,
and we need to continue that,” Hig-
gins said of his game plan for the
upcoming tilt.

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