thegazette
Each year thousands of people are
dying because of war. Families are
being torn apart. Have you done
anything to help?
Paul Walde and the LOLA team
have brought seventeen artists
together to raise awareness of
peace and war through a variety
of exhibits scattered throughout
the city.
Walde, artistic director and
curator for LOLA, decided the
2010 LOLA art theme should be
Conflict/Resolution to reflect the
history of Victoria Park and the
current reality of war.
Last year was the first time art
was put in the park.
“I quickly became aware of
how the art was interacting with
the objects that are already in the
park, which are war memorials,”
Walde explains.
Victoria Park has not always
been a public green space — it
was once home to the 32nd
British Regiment barracks and
cricket grounds.
“Because of that heritage they
continue to honour the military in
that park. There is the tank there
[and] a war memorial. There are
all these things in the park so I
thought it would make perfect
sense to make a show that
responded to that history,” Walde
reflects. “It also got me thinking
about the idea that there is war
currently in Afghanistan and
sometimes it is hard to remember
that.”
The artists contributing to this
years LOLA range from graffiti-
esque art by Jason McLean to
installation pieces such as
Jamelie Hassan’s Poppies/Holy
Roller Tank.
“I asked artists to come up with
works, or I found artists that had
works, that simultaneously refer-
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enced war and/or peace — in the
same work if possible,” Walde
explains.
This year is a particularly spe-
cial year for LOLA as two bill-
boards were commissioned by
Yoko Ono, an award-winning
multi-media artist, peace activist
and wife of the late John Lennon.
Ono’s billboards read “War is over!
If you want it” and “Imagine
Peace.”
Both billboards are very sim-
plistic but send a message not just
to the London community, but
also to the world.
Cock Robin, Anitra Hamilton’s
exhibit, is a series of light boxes
scattered throughout London
with images of birds perched on
the pins of Danish World War II
hand grenades. Hamilton says her
aim is to address recurring
themes of territoriality, hierarchy,
ownership and the history of vio-
lence. The exhibit is not supposed
be completely anti-war, but
instead acknowledges the com-
plexity of our reality.
Paul Miller’s exhibit Kino
Glaz/Kino Pravda: Remix shifts the
theme’s focus onto social revolu-
tion and change.
“Nothing will solve our prob-
lems, and nothing will make peo-
ple stop making more problems.
But we can modify our behaviour
to some new forms that aren’t as
destructive as our current situa-
tion,” Miller says about the mes-
sage of his installation and film
piece.
To many of the participating
artists, the exhibits have a deeply
political undertone. Jamelie Has-
san’s piece Poppies/Holy Roller
Tank focuses on raising aware-
ness of the reality and the affects
of war.
“It makes people pay attention
to the fact that these issues are in
our everyday lives. As you walk by
them you don’t even pay attention
to the actual reality of war or the
lose of war,” Hassan says. “We
aren’t significantly conscious of
what we ask of our citizens who
are involved in a war and what
that means to them, to the sol-
diers and their families and us as
Canadians when we ask our citi-
zens to go to war we should be
fully conscious of what that
entails.”
War is a reality for thousands of
people but is out of sight and out
of mind for many. LOLA has taken
a stand this year to raise aware-
ness of a sometimes unnoticed
problem. All they’re saying is give
peace a chance.
For information and locations
to all the art exhibits, billboards
and lightboxes check out west-
erngazette.ca/lola
Cover design by Lauren Pelley
2 • News thegazette • Friday, September 17, 2010

Rental books coming to Canada

Kaleigh Rogers
NEWS EDITOR
Spent all your textbook money on
beer? Renting your textbooks might
be a cheaper solution.
Textbook rental websites have
been appearing across the internet
for the last three years and are
quickly growing in popularity.
They allow students to rent their
books at a fraction of the cost of the
purchase price, then return them
when the semester is over.
Chegg.com, an American text-
book rental site, launched in 2007
and has experienced a steady
growth in popularity, according to
Kathryn Fichera, a Chegg.com rep-
resentative.
“The average student saves
about $500 every semester [using
Chegg.com]. That’s $2000 over the
course of four years — that’s a nice
little scholarship,” Fichera noted.
This year, six campus bookstores
in Canada are participating in a
pilot program for textbook rentals,
including Humber College and Car-
leton University. The stores are run
under Follett of Canada, which is
orchestrating the program.
Campus bookstores across
North America have been losing
business to online competition
over the past few years, particularly
with the development of online
renters like Chegg.com, explained
Joseph Skaggs, vice-president of
marketing for Follett of Canada.
“We decided that it was in our
[best] interest and our customers’
interest to pursue and introduce a
textbook rental program,” Skaggs
said.
The University of Winnipeg, one
of the participants in the program,
has experienced great success with
rentals so far.
“As this progresses, it’s only
going to get better. Currently, we
have 25 per cent of our store that’s
rentable and hopefully, a year from
now, I can say it’s larger than that,”
Michael Clark, manager of UWin-
nipeg’s campus bookstore said.
Skaggs noted if the pilot pro-
gram continues to show success,
Follett of Canada hopes to establish
book rentals in all 35 of its campus
bookstores.
While Western’s campus book-
store is not a Follett of Canada
store, the idea of a rental program
is appealing to some students.
“It’s a good idea,” Devon Monte-
murro, a third-year social science
student, commented, adding she
spends at least $800 per year on
books, only to sell them back at the
end of the year.

>> By the numbers

32 million number of
printed textbooks students pur-
chased in North America during
the spring 2010 semester

500 number of dollars the

average student reported saving
by renting their textbooks online
instead of buying

80 average per cent difference

in cost of renting versus buying
textbooks

Source:
Kathryn Fichera,
Chegg.com representative

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Red sidewalk corners improve safety
Arden Zwelling
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
thefixer@westerngazette.ca
The last time a Western student
awoke to a reddish-yellow bumpy
area there was some serious cause
for concern.
Not this time, however, as ridged
yellow and red concrete sections
have suddenly sprung up all over
campus, making Western’s pletho-
ra of crosswalks easier to navigate
for the visually impaired.
The material, officially called tac-
tile concrete, was installed as part of
Western’s $2-million initiative to
create a barrier-free environment.
“What they do is they provide a
distinction for people who are visu-
ally impaired between where the
sidewalk ends and where the road
News Briefs
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The decision follows a survey
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Council in the spring asking stu-
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would make the theatre more
financially successful.
One solution was screening a
fan favourite in its newly renovated
theatre every Friday at midnight.
Western Film used to screen
classic films but cut the service
partly because few were available
on 35mm film. But the installa-
tion of a brand new video projec-
tor system will finally bring these
classics back to students. West-
ern Film will now be able to play
films on both DVD and Blu-ray.
This renovation was done along
with installing new seats into the
lower level.
Western Film is following in the
footsteps of other major cinemas
using this technology.
Adam Carter, a projectionist at
Cineplex Odeon, has worked with
this type of equipment in the past.
“We have some new digital pro-
jectors in the theatre and we’ve
recently started playing classic
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“Essentially every crossing at
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While the bright red and yellow
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Addicted to info
Jesse Tahirali
OPINIONS EDITOR
Like most people my age, I have at
least one crippling addiction.
Now, I could discuss the fact that
I spend so much money on alcohol
that the only food I can afford is
flavoured cardboard—but I’m sure
most of you are living that dream
already.
There is something else, though,
that consumes my time to the point
of dysfunctionality. I spend hours
per day sitting in front of my com-
puter, looking at different things on
the internet. I read as much news,
look at as many pictures, and silent-
ly laugh in my head at as many
comments as is humanly possible.
My name is Jesse, and I’m
addicted to information.
The consequences of leading this
luxurious life are bizarre. On one
carpal tunnel-riddled hand, I feel
the need to learn and consume as
much content as possible. On the
other, after the many hours spent up
late enough that those crazy berserk
birds start chirping their stupid
morning bird songs, I am left with
absolutely nothing to show for it.
Letters to the Editor
O-Week is about more
To the editor:
Having a dry O-week is a fine idea.
Asking for seven days of sobriety to
start the year provides an excellent
opportunity for new students to
learn all they need to know about
the multitude of opportunities and
facilities on campus. A dry O-Week
also allows students who do not
wish to party or stay up late to accli-
matize to the university environ-
ment in comfort. And besides, there
are seven months and three weeks
for students to enjoy themselves
however they please after O-Week.
But there is a limit to how strin-
gently you can regulate O-Week.
The school’s ascending academ-
ic reputation is a great thing, and
not as closely tied to the behavior of
undergraduate students and a few
sophs as some university adminis-
trators believe. Has face painting,
heavy drinking, and all the other
absurdities of tailgating during
football season made the Universi-
ty of Notre Dame or the University
of Texas academic pariahs? No. If
sophs are forced to become too
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thefixer
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Fixer will do his best to remedy all of your ailments and grievances.
>> westerngazette.ca/thefixer
There’s nothing to track my
progress and congratulate me after
I’ve successfully viewed my 500th
picture of a cat doing something
hilarious. Even after months of
skimming news articles, I don’t
know if I’ve even learned anything
useful.
I wonder if this kind of ersatz
learning is becoming more preva-
lent — has research and reading
been replaced with browsing and
ADHD? As a person who devotes
such a large amount of time to
becoming informed, I should prob-
ably work on retaining some of that
information.
All of the mesmerizing blogs,
videos, pictures and news that
today’s technology has to offer
might only offer the illusion of
learning at a faster pace than our
parents were ever able to.
Although I’m pretty sure that
this information habit is, overall,
not a positive thing for me, I’m not
going to pretend like it’s particular-
ly horrible. I get all my news online
without having to wait for a news-
We whine, you read
paper to come out. And I am There’s a new feature on the Gazette’s pages called “The bus shelter outside of the University Community Cen-
spending these nearly endless Fixer.” Associate editor Arden Zwelling is accepting stu- tre already. Too many frigid nights are spent outside the
hours being really entertained — dent complaints on what needs to be fixed on campus. UCC losing sensation in the extremities while waiting
what’s new technology for if not A broken light here, a waste of energy there. To get things for a late night bus in the rain, cold and snow. Students
making our lives a little bit easier started, we’re presenting our own list of gripes about have asked for this shelter for years and it’s a topic at
and a little more fun? problems we‘ve seen around campus. every USC presidential election — take the hint.
In the end, I’m happy to have an Keeping with yesterday’s cover story, one of the blue Of course, there are always the under-caffeinat-
addiction that doesn’t leave me emergency phones is broken near the Health Sciences ed students dealing with an excruciating line up for
toothless in a park, screaming at Building. While the university is installing a new one the Tim Horton’s on the main floor of the UCC. It’s
people that don’t exist. nearby, fixing this one would be the obvious first step. baffling given the number of Tim Horton’s around
Cell phones are a good replacement if there’s a real campus that the highest volume location has the
emergency, but with the number of dead zones around fewest cashiers.
campus, getting a signal could be a problem. How else But students can’t complain when you consider the
can we remove ourselves from the real world if our loyal Spoke — mere steps away serving fair trade coffee
BBM is unusable? that puts the murky, coffee-like water they serve at Tim
Trying to communicate is not just a problem for cell
phones. The University’s insistence on using the dated,
Horton’s to shame. Students line up for hours for their
Timmy’s fix but ignore the poor girl reading a biology
professional and too reticent frosh archaic and seemingly pop-up powered WebCT for textbook at the Spoke with no one to serve.
will notice, and sophs will lose their courses is baffling. Has anyone ever figured out how to Speaking of folks with lots of beans — see what we
approachability. It is a soph’s infor- use that thing? Right now, professors have trouble get- did there? — that new Ivey building will sure look pret-
mality, and slight ridiculousness ting information to students and students can’t access ty but what, exactly, is wrong with the current one? Per-
during O-Week, that endears them it without pulling their hair out in the process. haps we could invest our millions into a shuttle bus ser-
to frosh and makes them different Classroom changes also need to be communicated vice between Western and the affiliates that doesn’t get
from other paid Western represen- faster, be it through a notification system or a simple you to campus five minutes late for class.
tatives. If a soph is no longer email. This is especially problematic on the first day of —The Gazette Editorial Board
approachable then they are less lectures, when diligent students with printed out class See something broken?
helpful to frosh and that hurts both schedules in hand are left waiting at the wrong door. Get it fixed! Email The Fixer at
O-Week and the general under- And c’mon Western — be a pal and just build that thefixer@westerngazette.ca
graduate experience.
I think frosh should venture to a
library and seek out the old resi-
dence yearbooks and enjoy photos
of, for example, ‘Dis-orientation’
week themed events that once took
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Arts&Life
LOLA Coverage
UWO plays part in LOLA
Maddie Leznoff
ARTS & LIFE EDITOR
LOLA might stand for London
Ontario Live Arts festival, but West-
ern plays a part in the annual music
and art exhibition as well.
“Part of our demographic for the
music is a younger audience – not
primarily, but a strong contingent
of our body is made up of students
from Western and Fanshawe,” says
Paul Walde, Western visual arts pro-
fessor and LOLA’s artistic director.”
Students need not even venture
downtown to Victoria Park to see
the talent the festival showcases.
This is the second year in a row that
one of the LOLA art exhibits is
being hosted right on campus at
the ArtLab gallery in the visual arts
building in conjunction with the
McIntosh Gallery.
This year the featured exhibit at
Western is by Paul D. Miller, aka DJ
Spooky That Subliminal Kid, whose
Caribou ready to bring the energy to LOLA
Meagan Kashty
DEPUTY EDITOR
Dan Snaith, otherwise known as
Caribou, is on the move.
Landing in Canada after having
spent the summer touring Europe,
he is just beginning a two-month
North American tour that will be fol-
lowed by another two-month tour
back in Europe. The only time he has
for interviews is while en route from
the airport on a cell phone.
“[The band and I] are always just
coming off a plane,” Snaith laughs.
But somehow during his globe-
trotting Dan is finding some time to
stop by the London Ontario Live
Arts festival — an event Dan holds
near and dear to his heart.
“Anything like [LOLA] serves as
a gathering point for people who
are vaguely interested in any of the
bands to come see them because its
Gazette file photo free,” Snaith explains. “Then they
Finally back in Canada. Caribou is a must-see at this year’s LOLA. stay to see other bands, and this
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art is influenced by early Soviet film.
It opened on Tuesday and the
official opening was last night and it
has been well-received.
“[Last year] they were packed,”
says Susan Edelstein, ArtLab gallery
director. “I mean here at UWO with
the visual arts program we have an
automatic audience, and you have
students who will come here when
they hear a name that they recog-
nize.”
Walde guest curated the exhibit
and believes it has a lot to offer.
“People who are interested in his-
tory or Russian studies, or media
studies, interested in DJ culture, who
are interested in film, experimental
film, art […] I think it’s one of those
exhibitions that’s very accessible to
a wider audience,” he says.
Art isn’t the only part of LOLA
Western has a hand in. The UWO
Contemporary Music Ensemble is
performing again this year — an
opportunity Paul Frehner, assistant
professor of composition in the
Don Wright Faculty of Music and
leader of the ensemble, says is
invaluable.
“The university campus isn’t
inevitably builds a profile.”
Snaith knows first-hand the ben-
efits of having gathering points for
different artists and musicians. Hav-
ing grown up in the country, just
outside the city of Dundas, Ontario,
Snaith wasn’t exposed to the same
musical genres as the average city-
dweller until after he turned 16 and
was able to drive into Hamilton.
“Having bands come through
Hamilton was massive source of
excitement,” Snaith says.
In the same respect, this small-
town atmosphere contributed to
Snaith’s dedication to music and
helped him become the unique
artist he is today.
“I was isolated until I could drive
[…] and I think that was a lot of the
reason I ended up spending my
time playing music,” Snaith says.
“Also, I was really lucky in that in the
small town I grew up in, there was a
group of friends who were really
into similar music and were intro-
•5
centrally located so this gives us a
chance to go out into the commu-
nity and perform where a lot of peo-
ple can see and hear us,” he says.
It’s also a chance to inspire audi-
ence members.
“It gives the community a snap-
shot of some of the activities that go
on in [the music faculty] and who
knows, maybe the visibility might
inspire some prospective young
musicians to come our way,” he
says.
In the end, it’s this visibility for
art and music that makes LOLA
such a unique festival for a city like
London.
“It’s really unique because it
mixes contemporary music and
young emerging artists and musi-
cians, as well as mid-career artists
and musicians,” Edelstein explains.
“It also incorporates various venues
around town whether it be indoors
at Western or outdoors downtown
in the park.”
The DJ Spooky Exhibit runs until Sep-
tember 19th at the ArtLab and the
UWO Contemporary Music Ensem-
ble performs at LOLA on Sunday on
the Rogers Main Stage at 12:30 p.m.
Graphics by Anders Kravis/Gazette
duced to more interesting music by
another friend of mine.”
Snaith has come a far way from
his small-town roots — he now
plays shows across the world to
huge groups of people. Snaith
recounted one particularly surreal
moment when he was playing in
Millennium Park in Chicago, and
the crowd of 10,000 people decided
to rush the stage.
“So we watched a mass of people
coming towards us — not running
towards us, but dancing,” Snaith
says. “It was a surreal and slightly
terrifying experience.”
And he has no desire to stop
now.
“Things have just been so much
fun, even in the past year — even in
the past 10 years. If things contin-
ued exactly as they are, I’d be more
than happy.”
See Caribou play live at LOLA
this Saturday at 10 p.m. in Victoria
Park on the Rogers Main Stage.
6 • Arts&Life thegazette • Friday, September 17, 2010

K-os crashes
Western campus
Canadian rapper takes to the
stage on concrete beach
Arden Zwelling I hope that in my

ASSOCIATE EDITOR
There’s nothing awkward about
Kevin Brereton.
Slouching in a fold-up chair
under an empty white tent func-
tioning as an improvised backstage
for his free concert on concrete
beach Tuesday afternoon, Brereton
— or K-os as he was known to the
hundreds of screaming Westerners
who took in his show — is the epit-
ome of cool.
His shaggy, dreadlocked hair, his
tight black jeans and retro t-shirt,
his unkempt beard — everything is
manufactured to look exceedingly
casual.
Hiding behind sunglasses and
tired from a long week of living it up
at the Toronto International Film
Festival — “I’ve got like three par-
Gazette file photo ties to go to tonight,” the Toronto
socialite said — Brereton is under-
whelmingly mellow compared to
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Running in place as he hit the
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• Birthday is brief yet energetic show for the
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Community Centre, throwing CDs
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Superhero Tees into the crowd and touching on
songs from all four of his studio
Discography:
albums. But after the performance,
• Exit (2002) Brereton assumes a much calmer,
introspective personality.
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• Yes! (2009)
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career I get to keep
coming back to
campus. Even when
I’m in my fifties I’ll
play to frosh.
Maybe next time I
do this gig I’ll be
like 52-years-old or
something.
—K-OS
culture, the fashion, the women.
But despite that, a younger Brere-
ton didn’t spend an awful lot of
time pursuing higher education.
He went to Carleton for a semes-
ter before transferring to York Uni-
versity where he discovered his love
of music. Soon thereafter, the
Torontonian had dropped out of
school to pursue what he knew he
was born to do — perform.
“University was an amazing
time for me musically,” Brereton
said. “I like to be [on campus] and
catch that vibe again. I like it when
[students] are vibing to my music.
I’m walking around, I’m seeing the
fashion, I’m checking kids out and
it helps influence what I do. It’s a
give and take.”
Brereton’s latest effort, a ten-
song mix tape called The Anchor-
man Mixtape that he made avail-
able for free on his website, is just
another step in the 38-year-old’s
ever-evolving career.
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posed to be at Western on Tuesday. have to music now,” Brereton said.
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Wild Domestic go wild for LOLA
Amber Garratt
ARTS & LIFE EDITOR
Londoner Zach Hoffman, bass
player for Wild Domestic, opens up
about his excitement for LOLA and
musical influences.
Q. How did you get on board to
play LOLA?
A while back we played a show
with Ian Doig-Phaneuf of A Priori at
a place called the Practice Loft [near]
Richmond and Dundas. They were
blown away by our set and our show
and afterwards he came up and
asked if we wanted to play LOLA. We
were very honoured. For all of us in
the band it has been a really big
influence musically in London.
Q. Other than your own, which
performance are you most
looking forward to?
I am probably going to be there
all weekend. The one off the top of
my head that I am really excited
about are Born Ruffians. For me
I really enjoyed the small, close-knit
environment and how practical the
program was. Being able to work at a
placement for 4 months was hugely
beneficial. You really get submersed
into the work environment; it’s a good
way to gauge what you like and what
you don’t like.
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they have been a pretty big influ-
ence and [are] one of my favourite
bands. That is the thing about LOLA
— I am excited to see the bands and
when I run into people I know they
are like “you should really check out
these bands.” Like White Rainbow, I
was told to check out [and] My
Brightest Diamond. She has got a
gorgeous voice, so I am really excit-
ed to see that. There are so many. I
am going to try and be there all day
to see everything.
Q. In what ways do you think
festivals like LOLA can help the
local music scene?
Andrew Francis has done so
much work getting all the bands
coming in. They seem to have a
really good, nice mix of local talent
as well as other bands from North
America, but also last year they had
a band called Polar Bear that are
from the U.K. They somehow are
able to bring all these bands togeth-
er in a way that is appealing to
almost everybody. It exposes so
many aspects of art, not just musi-
cally, but throughout the city all the
galleries are putting on these shows.
It is amazing. I think there is some-
thing for everybody and they are not
Arts&Life • 7
Recipe > Cooking With Grace
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Grace Davis
ARTS & LIFE EDITOR
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another band who would it be? smooth.
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Sports
rundown >> Mustangs men’s soccer team continues their undefeated season with a 3-0 victory over the Windsor Lancers on Wednesday night |
gameday
Come check out the Mustangs women’s rugby home opener this
Saturday at 1 p.m. Watch all the action unfold on the rugby field
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The Mustangs women’s softball team is off to a perfect 6-0 this season.

Gleason guides D to glory >> In Depth > Coach Profile

Defensive strength key for ‘Stangs in 2010

Daniel Da Silva
SPORTS EDITOR
With every victory the Mustangs
football team has, a little more
acclaim goes to head coach Greg
Marshall. With every defensive stop
or forced turnover, a little more
credit goes to linebacker John Surla
or defensive halfback Craig Butler.
Yet, there is one name you never
hear in the game recaps and analy-
sis – one person who might be
more important than anyone on
the coaching staff this season. That
person is Paul Gleason.
Wait, who? For those of you
who don’t know, Paul Gleason is
the defensive coordinator for the
football team. He is the man who
is responsible for the unit that has
only given up 40 points this sea-
son.
As you may already know, the
Mustangs came into this season
with a lot of questions on offence.
Namely, a new and untested quar-
terback in Donnie Marshall. That
meant the defence was expected to
carry the Mustangs this season
while the offensive unit gelled early
in the season.
That would be a lot of pressure
for an experienced defence, so how
would this unit, featuring several
young starters, deal with that
responsibility?
“That’s just part of the game and
we understood that. Last year, they
put up points and we were able to
bring along our young guys and we
were exposed doing that a few
times. This year we are solid,” Glea-
son said.
That experience and training
during the off season has been cru-
cial to the defence’s early season
success. And that comes from the
work that Gleason has put into this
group. He has managed to limit the
issues that plagued the team in pre-
vious years, namely missed tackles
and running quarterbacks torching
them for big gains.
“We have focused on [those
problems]. We adjusted our play
calling to make sure we could con-
tain those running QB’s and we
made sure everyone knows what
their responsibility is so they
could execute the game plan,”
Gleason said.
Another asset Gleason brings to
the team is his awareness of his
players. In the off season, he
reworked the positioning of the
defence to utilize each player’s
strengths better and it’s paid off.
“The biggest change is me and
Butler switched positions. He’s at
halfback to take advantage of his
coverage ability and I’m at free safe-
ty, which is my more natural posi-
tion,” safety Matt Spence said.
“He knows details about every
player and their tendencies and
offensive formations. He also does
a great job of explaining those
details to us to make sure we under-
stand them and are fully prepared
by the end of the week,” Surla
added.
It’s pretty convenient knowing
exactly what an opposing offence is
going to do. It’s also pretty conve-
nient for coach Marshall to know Corey Stanford/Gazette
his offence doesn’t have to put up Nothing makes Paul Gleason smile like prank calling Greg Marshall. Gleason,
50 points each week to win, defensive coordinator for the Mustangs football team, has led the defence to a
because Gleason’s boys are going to fantastic 13.3 points allowed per game. His defensive unit’s success has resulted
shut down the opposition. in the 2-1 start the Mustangs have enjoyed thus far this season.

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‘Stangs roll into Windsor

Arden Zwelling
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
You don’t have to tell a university
football coach anything about
being advantageous.
“It’s an important game for us.
You only get eight kicks of the can
during the regular season and every
one of these games is of tremen-
dous importance,” Windsor Lancers
coach Mike Morencie said ahead of
his team’s date with the No. 5 ranked
Western Mustangs this Saturday.
The 1-2 Lancers — coming off a
40-7 drubbing at the hands of
Queen’s — haven’t beat the Mus-
tangs since 2003 when they won 21-
18 in the quarterfinal of the 2003
playoffs.
The modus operandi for the
Mustangs so far has been to run the
football with Donnie Marshall to no
end. Marshall has the most rushing
yards of any QB in the country, pil-
ing up 193 yards in three games.
Don’t expect to see anything
innovative from the Mustangs this
Saturday — head coach Greg Mar-
shall made it crystal clear that the
strategy won’t change.
“That will be the game plan this
season. It’s what Donnie does best,”
Marshall said. “He’s not a pure pock-
et passer. We need to move him
around. […] He’s pretty quick and in
order for him to be effective he has
to be able to run the football.”
Windsor has managed just 15.7
points and 254.7 yards per game
this season — the Mustangs aver-
age 38.3 and 351.7 — and their only
win came against lowly Toronto
two weeks ago. But this football
season has already been riddled
with upsets and Marshall knows
his team can’t afford to grow com-
placent.
“Windsor plays hard. We need to
play our best game and we need to
come out of the gate strong,” Mar-
shall said.