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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2010 WESTERN’S DAILY STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1906 VOLUME 104, ISSUE 23
dangerous city
Break-ins a cause for concern
Kaleigh Rogers
>> By the numbers
NEWS EDITOR
Candidates compete
Game show at the Wave shows human side
Cheryl Stone Meaghan Coker, vice-president some students who lived in London
NEWS EDITOR university affairs for the USC, said before university and they seemed
the atmosphere was different from to be more interested in municipal
Tuesday night, mayoral candidates previous meetings with candidates, politics.
showed off their game at the Wave. allowing attendees to interact with The evening consisted of mayoral
In collaboration with the Uni- the candidates. She did note, how- and councilor candidates competing
versity Students’ Council, Hack the ever, there were not a lot of students in games which tested their knowl-
Vote held “So You Think You Can in attendance. edge of London. Games were based Lauren Pelley GAZETTE
Council?” — a game show style “Apathy doesn’t go away at the on The Price is Right, Where in the Hack the Vote, a local gassroots voter mobilization group, presented the game
event where candidates tested their start of an election,” Adamsson World is Carmen Sandiego, and Fam- show style event at the Wave on Tuesday.
knowledge of London. remarked. ily Feud. Topics ranged from ques-
“We’ve been to all-candidates He hoped to continue to lay the tions about the city’s budget, geogra- still drop out [of the race].” people here, they’re covered in a
meetings […] they’re stuffy,” Shawn foundations for the next election in phy and history, to general trivia. Adamsson noted the questions way that makes them sit up and
Adamsson, a Hack the Vote orga- four years. Current mayor Anne Marie came out of long hours of research think,” Branscombe said. She
nizer, said. “Let’s break down some “Next time, they won’t think the DeCiccio-Best was the winner of on the part of volunteers, and many explained if voters were not happy
barriers and let their personalities community doesn’t care.” the night, dominating the rounds of of the facts surprised even him. He with what was going on, they
shine through.” “Perhaps the local politics don’t play. She attributed her knowledge noted a 14 km expansion of Fan- should vote to complain.
He noted the idea had been used matter as much [to students], to doing the job for several years. shawe Park Road cost $11 million. “It seemed like a really good
in other cities like Toronto. Hack the they’re only here for four years,” “There’s a strong learning curve The city also budgeted $300,000 for event,” Greg Munro, one of the
Vote is an organization attempting Nancy Branscombe, current ward once you get into council,” she bike lanes across the city — a figure ward six candidates. He noted the
to improve voter engagement and six councilor explained. explained. “I wish this was earlier in he found surprisingly small. event was interactive and fun for
turnout in London elections. But she said she spoke with the campaign when people could “The issues that matter to the both candidates and the audience.
2• thegazette • Thursday, October 21, 2010
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speaking about equality in the les- signing showed that people were
bian, gay, bisexual and transgender really engaged by her.”
community and the importance of Judy’s guest speaking appear-
Preparation Seminars allies. ance cost $12,000, according to
Members of local communities Tithecott, but most of that was
• Complete 30-Hour Seminars responded positively to Judy’s mes- funded by a grant.
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• Thousands of Satisfied Students $1 million strike fund
The UWO Faculty Association
received a cheque yesterday for $1
OXFORD SEMINARS million to help fund strike pay,
1-800-269-6719 rental of strike headquarters and
416-924-3240 other related costs.
www.oxfordseminars.ca The money was donated by the
Canadian Association of University
Teachers, a national union that acts
as the voice for unionized academ-
ic staff in Canada. The money was
pulled from a Defence Fund used to
support groups like UWOFA that
may enter a strike. The Defence
Fund currently stands at $22 mil-
lion.
“We greatly appreciate the sup-
port that this cheque demon-
strates,” UWOFA president James
Wondering how to Compton said in a press release.
combine your love The donation follows a no-
of the arts with the board report filed by the union last
reality of finding week, which represents the final
a job after necessary step before calling a
graduation? strike. Previously, the union asked
for a conciliator to sit in on negoti-
ations. The union also approved a
strike mandate by 87 per cent.
The union will be in a legal strike
position by early November. Nego-
tiations are set to continue into the
APPLICATION DEADLINE first week of November.
Diploma in Marketing Diploma in Arts Management At issue for the union are a num-
Diploma in Public Relations Diploma in Not-for-profit Management ber of new policies governing acad-
emic responsibilities and conflict of 3-day forecast
January 15 March 1 interest, among others. The salary Thursday Friday Saturday
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according to the press release. High 9C High 11C High 15C
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tion, visit westerngazette.ca/uwofa.
—Stuart A. Thompson
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Photo courtesy of Andrew McPherson
I’M DIGGING THIS TRACK. Andrew McPherson and Deliveryboy, above, make music together for a unique adaptation of
Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent film Metropolis.
London’s LARGEST selection
Ashley Perl ment for Lang’s Metropolis. “It’s better — the ideas are more
of costumes for sale or rent CONTRIBUTOR On Oct. 22, Metropolis re:Scored refined now,” McPherson explains.
• Makeup Demonstrations Daily is coming to London’s McManus He also notes that since it’s per-
• Decorations • Wigs
Extended Hours: Fritz Lang’s Metropolis has a new Studio Theatre for one night only. formed live, the audience plays an
• Masks • Make-up
Effective Oct. 15th sound — which is strange given it’s When first presented with the important role in the perception of
• Props • Accessories
Mon. - Fri. 9 - 9; a silent film. project idea for Metropolis, McPher- the piece.
Sat. 9 - 5:30; Sun. 12 - 5 Andrew McPherson and Deliv- son says he thought there was no Since its initial viewing, Metrop-
eryboy of the Juno award-winning way it could possibly work. But olis re:Scored has been performed
1140 DUNDAS STREET Across
from band Eccodek have teamed up to when he and Deliveryboy started to at other music festivals as well as at
www.mccullochs.on.ca 519-659-3787 Kelloggs produce a live musical accompani- compile ideas and material, the stand-alone events like the one
concept started to fall into place. here in London. McPherson, a
The soundtrack covers a wide Western film graduate, says he
variety of sounds including synthe- wanted to bring the project to Lon-
sizers, guitars, piano, different per- don to reconnect with the city
cussion instruments, digital remix- because of its extensive art history.
ing and looping. Coupling this mul- McPherson hopes Londoners
titude of sounds with the abstract will appreciate the unique experi-
images from Metropolis makes for ence of electronic and ambient
an interesting final product. music combined with Lang’s origi-
Metropolis re:Scored received nal film images.
positive reviews when it was fea- “It’s as enjoyable for the music
tured at the Fabulous Festival of lovers as it is for the film lovers. Come
Fringe at the Durham art gallery one come all,” McPherson exclaims.
and Guelph’s Festival of Moving Metropolis re:Scored starts at 8
Media in 2008. But even with these p.m. this Friday. Tickets are $20 and
positive responses, McPherson are available at the door of the
explains the project has been McManus Theatre (471 Richmond
tweaked and has evolved since its St.) or online at www.magiclilly.com
debut in 2007. /metropolis
thegazette • Thursday, October 21, 2010 •7
Sports gameday
Intramurals? In my sports section? You betcha. Nov. 6 will see the
Residence dodgeball tournament. Teams are encouraged to sign
up at westernmustangs.ca. Remember – if you can dodge a
wrench, you can dodge a ball.
rundown >> Johnny Hall finished in second place as the Western Mustangs men’s golf team won the Ontario University Athletics championships hosted at the Angus
Glen Gold Club on Tuesday | The women’s team finished in fifth place overall.
Mustangs fall to
Montreal… again
Women still best in Ontario
Kaitlyn McGrath to the final.”
SPORTS EDITOR The men’s team also took to the
court this weekend, but unfortu-
It was a familiar story for the Mus- nately their tournament ended ear-
tangs women’s tennis team at the lier than expected with a 4–3 semi-
Ontario University Athletic cham- final loss to the University of Toron-
pionships hosted at the Western to Varsity Blues.
Tennis Centre this past weekend. Despite their early exit, second-
For the second year in a row, the year Mustang Matthew Jaekel took
University of Montreal Carabins the loss in stride.
were matched up against the Mus- “I’m disappointed that we lost,
tangs to determine who would take but I’m definitely not disappointed
home the championship on Satur- in the way we played — we played
day afternoon. well,” he said. “We have a really
“They have been very tough the young team so a lot of the guys are
last three years, and we’re always going to be back next year and we
right behind them,” Mustangs head can just get better from here.”
coach Mike Richards said about the With the men out, the hope of Corey Stanford GAZETTE
Montreal team. “I guess in a sense advancing to the nationals rested NOT PICTURED: LOUD GRUNTING NOISE À LA THE WILLIAMS SISTERS. Both Mustangs tennis teams went into action at
we are kind of rivals.” on the women’s shoulders, but the Western Tennis Centre this past weekend. Though the men were taken out in the semi–final, the women made it all the
The Mustangs looked comfort- beating the defending national way to the championship round where they fell to the University of Montreal Carabins.
able early in the two-day tourna- champs wouldn’t be an easy task.
ment, easily defeating McMaster 7– After losing the doubles point,
0. The semi-final posed more of a the women were down 1–0, and how tough I tried to hang in there, ing Western 5–2. n’t win their matches — that’s the
challenge as the Mustang narrowly would have to record wins in four but I think she’s hands down one of After their convincing win, the magic with team events: you can
defeated the York Lions 4–3, but the singles matches to keep the cham- the best players in the OUA,” Dral- Carabins will once again vie for the share the overall results.”
victory was enough to send the pionship in Ontario. iuk said of her opponent. national championship and Uni- The Mustangs weren’t able to
women straight to the final. Draliuk, who faced the unde- Mustangs rookie Michelle Stanes- versity of Montreal assistant coach pull off the upset, but Richards
“We have a lot of depth in our feated Kim Polisois, was easily out- cu and third-year Meaghan Gutelius Alexandre Blaettler wasn’t the only remains proud of the way his young
team and anyone could play in the matched in her game, unable to won their respective matches, but it one celebrating. team performed.
line-up,” Mustangs Kira Draliuk generate any kind of momentum, wasn’t enough to topple the Carabins “The team is more pleased than “If it’s any consolation, we’re the
said. “That’s the advantage of our eventually losing 6–0, 6–0. who won the championships for I am,” he said. “It’s a nice feeling for best team in Ontario, so we’re
team and I think that’s how we got “I don’t think the score reflects their third consecutive time, defeat- the team, including those who did- happy about that.”
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one of their engineering classes. ing to keep the ball, but I couldn’t
“Having all been to developing give it to them because we were still
countries, we knew there was a testing it,” Thakkur said.
need for electricity. And we knew The women were also proud
there was a love of soccer because when they realized their work had
the kids were playing it for hours a started to inspire the kids they were
day. So it seemed like a natural fit,” working with to come up with their
Thakkur explained. own innovative ideas.
The goal of the project becomes “Jessica Lin, one of the co-
especially powerful when you real- founders, said that after playing
ize that, according to the World with the sOccket, a little boy came
Graphics by Jesse Tahirali GAZETTE Energy Outlook report from the up with his own idea of making a
International Energy Agency, over ball that uses solar panels to create
THE GAZETTE 20 per cent of the world’s popula- electricity. It’s turned into a social
tion lacks access to electricity. engineering project,” she said.
“These people are living in Given time and resources, the
menial conditions and are forced to group hopes to perfect the ball and
use kerosene lamps, which is send them all over the world to
incredibly harmful,” Thakkur said. people that live without electricity.
The women just returned to “We are hoping to partner with
HOUSING Boston after a trip to Africa where local governments, local NGOs,
they were testing their second pro- small communities and so on
1 BEDROOM MAIN floor in upscale house to share
with four roommates. Available immediately. Mini- totype of the ball. Thakkur reflect- around the world to ensure that
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ed on how far the project has come these balls go to where they are
male preferred. 519-380-0644, cole- since its humble beginning. needed the most,” Thakkur said.
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Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 ball. We broke open a flashlight and electricity source for everyone.”
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