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BAHAMAS HEATS UP LONDON Campus > Health

Do-it-yourself
doctor’s notes
U of S system unlikely for Western
Alan Osiovich
GAZETTE STAFF
At one university, the honour sys-
tem is extending to sick notes, plac-
ing the onus on the students to
report their own illnesses.
Starting this year, the Universi-
ty of Saskatchewan is encouraging
faculty to accept “self-declaration
forms.”
These documents are essentially
self-written notes students fill out at
home, sign, and then submit to their
faculty, allowing them to get out of
class or exams because of an illness.
At one time, U of S’s health cen-
tre was overwhelmed with students
seeking notes, which threatened the
University’s ability to care for stu-
Afie Jurvanen embarks on his first headlining tour as Bahamas dents with more severe illnesses.
after years of perfecting his subdued, understated acoustic style. Lynn Kuffner, manager of Stu-
dent Health and Counselling at U of
>> see the full interview on pg.5 S, said other universities should
look to implement the self-report-
ing system if their clinic’s waiting
rooms are overcrowded.
“If they’re having similar experi-
ences, I would suggest that it would
be a beneficial system.”
According to Shelagh Hodson,
director of Student Health Services
at Western, there are no plans to
implement self-assessment forms.
Physicians at Western’s on-campus
clinic are continuing to fill out sick
notes, also known as “student med-
ical certificates” for students.
The forms, approved by Western
two years ago, require doctors to
check boxes and include additional
comments about the student’s well-
being.
Jan Shepherd-McKee, associate
director of engineering undergrad-
uate services at Western, didn’t see
>> see DOCTOR’S pg.3

Health > HIV/AIDS Awareness Week

Living with HIV

Lauren Pelley
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Ten years ago, Kevin Murphy got
the news.
He’d been in Texas pursuing a
music career. “I was having a great
time,” he said with a half-smile,
recalling his tours over Texas and
the rest of the States.
Then came a trip back to his
home in Canada in 2000 for some
routine business –– paperwork for
his visa and green card –– and his
regular physical.
That’s when he found out some-
thing that used to be considered a
death sentence: he was HIV-positive.
“I felt completely isolated,” said
the now-London resident, who’s
speaking at today’s “Living with
AIDS” event starting at 11:30 a.m. in
the University Community Centre.
When Murphy moved here out
of necessity –– a travel ban on HIV-
positive visitors to the United States
was only lifted in 2009 –– he didn’t
know a soul.
“I became deflated and
depressed until I began to find ser-
vices,” he said.
Murphy has since made it his
mission to ensure others receive the
education and services they need to
be informed about HIV and AIDS.
He began to volunteer for the
AIDS Committee of London almost
immediately after arriving in the
city, and he’s now the organization’s
gay men’s HIV prevention worker.
But though gay men still make
up 60 per cent of new HIV infec-
tions, Murphy stressed the virus
can target anyone.
Here in Canada, at least 68,000
people are infected with HIV/AIDS
— HIV being the human immunod-
eficiency virus, which weakens the
immune system over time, and AIDS
referring to acquired immunodefi-
ciency syndrome, which occurs
when the body’s immune system is
damaged to a point that it’s unable
to fight viruses or bacteria.
Nowadays, there are expensive
drug cocktails which can prevent
the virus from entirely destroying
your immune system –– but there’s
still no cure.
And elsewhere in the world, the
support networks and treatment
options we rely on in North Ameri-
ca are often nonexistent.
Like Murphy, Dr. Anne-Marie
Zajdlik is also speaking at today’s
event. She began seeing patients
during the height of the North Amer-
ican AIDS crisis in the late ‘80s, and
since then she’s witnessed how far
HIV treatment has come in the West.
But when Zajdlik began travel-
ing to Africa earlier this decade, she
realized their treatment options are Corey Stanford GAZETTE
Kevin Murphy is a London resident, musician and HIV prevention worker for the
>> see INFECTION pg.3 AIDS Committee of London. He is speaking on campus today about living with HIV.

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Homecoming canned, again
Queen’s Homecoming cancelled for another
three years to quell student partying
Scott Leitch
GAZETTE STAFF
Earlier this fall, over 1,500 rowdy
partygoers flooded onto Aberdeen
Street in Kingston for the Queen’s
University unofficial Homecoming
weekend.
This might seem like a large
number, but it’s only a fraction of
previous years. Queen’s Homecom-
ing was cancelled in 2008 after the
last official celebration ended with
an estimated 6,000 people on the
street and over 50 arrests.
Some refuse to let the party-
focused reputation of Queen’s Home-
coming fade away, and yearly cele-
brations continue despite the Uni-
versity’s best efforts to cancel them.
There were 95 arrests and 255
charges laid during September’s
unofficial Homecoming parties.
This has led to Queen’s principal
and vice-chancellor Daniel Woolf
announcing that official Home-
News Briefs
Texting tops
drunk driving
According to a recent survey by the
Canadian Automobile Association,
Canadians think you’re better off
drinking Jack Daniels than texting
him if you’re behind the wheel of a
car.
The survey asked 6,000 Canadi-
ans to rate their biggest concerns
about driving. Eighty-six per cent
rated text messaging as a very seri-
ous concern, whereas only 83 per
cent rated driving impaired as very
serious. Other concerns were
sleepiness, aggression, speeding
and talking on a cellphone.
This is the first time in a decade
that impaired driving has not
topped the list of driving concerns
for Canadians.
“It’s not that impaired driving is
any less important to people, but
texting has basically skyrocketed in
a short amount of time,” Jeff Walker,
CAA vice-president of Public
Affairs, said.
He said one reason texting while
driving is so common is that it lacks
coming celebrations will be can-
celled for another three years.
“I would personally like to see
[Homecoming] return to the
autumn in the future,” he said in a
letter to students and faculty. “In
order to do so, I must be satisfied
that the cycle of annual street gath-
erings has truly been broken.”
Queen’s University Alma Mater
Society president Safiah Chowdhury
believed students still have ample
opportunities to get involved in what
Homecoming is really about, even
without official events planned.
“There are still other opportuni-
ties for students to engage with
alumni, as alumni do come back
pretty much every [official Queen’s]
weekend that I know of,” Chowd-
hury explained.
“There is also the option of
‘Spring Reunion’, which happens in
May, and there are oftentimes
alumni on this campus. Hopefully
that allows students a chance to
the social stigma impaired driving
has developed.
“It’s very important that we […]
work towards making texting while
driving as socially unacceptable as
drinking and driving has become.”
The survey also found that tex-
ting while driving occurs fairly
often, disproportionately among
people under 30 years old. Several
provinces have passed legislation
prohibiting the use of cell phones
while driving, including Ontario
this past summer.
Next time you head out, bring
along a designated texter.
— Aaron Zaltzman
Green toilets
Two Western engineering profes-
sors have spent a lot of time in the
bathroom recently.
Tony Straatman and Kamran
Siddiqui have been working with
Masco Canada, a plumbing manu-
facturer, to design a new, environ-
mentally friendly feature for their
toilet valves.
“The problem was that it’s a
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meet and share experiences with
the alumni.”
Elgin Austen, director of Western’s
Campus Community Police Service,
didn’t feel the festivities at Western’s
Homecoming cause a safety concern
towards students or the community.
“In the last [few years] it has been
very, very good with how the Uni-
versity has handled it and how the
response has been,” Austen said.
“But there is a lot of effort that
the University puts into making it a
good experience and make it safe
on campus — it seems to be work-
ing quite well.”
Chowdhury said students felt
the continued cancellation of
Homecoming was a loss for the stu-
dent body, but necessary given the
circumstances.
“There is a sense of disappoint-
ment among [Queen’s] as a whole,
but the decision is understood in
the light of safety and reputation,”
he said.
purely mechanical valve, and no
matter which way you pull or push
the handle, it gives you a certain
flush quantity, and it was set for a
big flush,” Straatman explained.
Masco’s goal was to design a
valve that allowed two different
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[of water] and the large flush uses
six litres,” he noted.
While there are existing valves
that dispense “short” or “long”
flushes, they are all electrically con-
trolled. Masco wanted a mechani-
cal solution, and Straatman and
Siddiqui took on the task.
The difference in the quantity of
water used per flush has some
strong environmental impacts,
Straatman added.
“In the engineering building, for
instance, if they replaced all of the
fixtures that are here, they’d proba-
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Forest City to remain
the Forest City Funding for game
Court ruling upholds City decision centre falls through
to preserve woodland areas
Gloria Dickie
NEWS EDITOR
A ruling last week by the Ontario
High Court upheld a decision by
the City of London to make it easi-
er to declare woodland as an “envi-
ronmentally significant area.”
The designation limits the kind
of development that can be done to
an area with wildlife or nature con-
siderations.
The City proposed the amend-
ment in 2006, but faced an appeal
by several London developers,
including the London Develop-
ment Institute, London Develops,
and a select few individual
landowners.
Sandy Levin, a former city coun-
cillor, was one of the most avid sup-
porters of the amendment. He
worked with the London Woodland
Coalition to hire a lawyer and a
land-use planner to support the
amendment through the Ontario
legal system.
Levin went so far as to con-
tribute money from his own pocket
towards the cause, which he said
proved to be worthwhile.
“I am happy with the outcome
and I believe the majority of Lon-
doners are as well,” Levin said.
“This four-year fight demonstrates
how just a small change to protect
London’s dwindling woodland
cover can face a big battle.”
The amendment was upheld
through the Ontario Municipal
Board, the Divisional Court, and
finally the Ontario Court of Appeal
Health > HIV/AIDS
Infection rates rising
among young people
>> continued from pg.1
years behind our own.
“To see 100 people waiting in the
hallway [of a clinic], and a couple of
them die in the hallway, was over-
whelming,” she recalls.
In Africa, HIV/AIDS is rampant.
According to global charity Avert,
22.4 million sub-Saharan Africans
were living with HIV/AIDS in 2008.
That includes men and women,
old and young –– no one is immune.
Zajdlik is currently running a
campaign called Bracelet of Hope,
which she launched in 2005 to raise
$1 million for the fight against the
African AIDS pandemic. She hit that
goal in 2008, and now hopes to reach
a second target: making one African
country, Lesotho, entirely AIDS-free.
It’s a daunting task. And it’s one
that Zajdlik said starts not in Africa,
but here in the West — with our
generation.
At Western, many are heeding
the call.
Bob Gough, project director of
Western Heads East, just got back
from a trip to northern Tanzania on
Sunday.
Western Heads East supports
establishing probiotic yogurt
micro-operations throughout
Africa. The yogurt boosts immunity
and provides basic nutrition ––
both key in fighting HIV.
Students and staff have been
this year.
The London Development Insti-
tute declined to comment on the
decision, stating the appeal was still
under consideration.
“There is still a chance that the
Court of Appeal’s decision could be
appealed to the Canadian Supreme
Court,” Levin noted, adding he was
unsure whether they would take
this final step.
Currently, London’s woodland
cover is barely eight per cent, while
Environment Canada recommends
30 per cent coverage.
“The City of London’s current
laws only protect woodlands that
are four hectares or larger,” Levin
explained. “Smaller woodlands
have no protection at all unless
they are within an environmentally
significant area.”
The amendment will have the
potential to protect only 800
hectares, which is the same amount
of woodlots slated for develop-
ment, Levin said. Decisions made
to declare woodland as significant
can still be appealed to the Ontario
Municipal Board.
Joni Baechler, Ward 5 councillor,
said she was pleased with the rul-
ing, noting woodland protection
had been one of her main focuses
during her time on council.
“I would hope the development
industry would appreciate the
value of significant woodlands for
their ecological contribution to
London and the region. Woodlands
are the lungs of the planet and offer
substantial biodiversity.”
travelling back and forth to assist
with the project since it launched
five years ago.
The project began with a group
of 10 African women in Mwanza,
Tanzania. Gough said the initiative,
which now includes six groups in
Mwanza, is growing fast.
“Our vision is that it’s something
that will ripple across Africa,” he said.
But he said we should still be
focusing on HIV/AIDS here in
Canada, too.
“Locally, infection rates are on
the rise among young people,” he
explained. “Public education has
been declining, because everyone
knows about AIDS.”
“There is the perception out
there that HIV no longer exists,”
echoed Zajdlik –– yet around 1.2
million North Americans are cur-
rently infected.
Zajdlik said while HIV/AIDS has
fallen off the public radar, she still
diagnoses two to four new patients
a month at her clinic in Guelph.
To Murphy, preventing the
spread of HIV is as simple as talking
about it –– and that means frank
discussions of sexuality, gender and
sexual health in high schools and
universities, he said.
“I may have made different deci-
sions if I’d been supported different-
ly as a kid in high school,” he added.
“I might not be HIV positive.”
London > Industry
Kaleigh Rogers
NEWS EDITOR
Gamers across the city were met
with disappointment this week
after London’s hopes of creating a
digital gaming centre downtown hit
a setback.
The centre was intended to pro-
vide a hub for research, develop-
ment, and especially marketing and
promotions for new technology in
the digital gaming world.
The city applied for funding
from Industry Canada under their
Centre of Excellence Program,
which provides funding for
research and development in vari-
ous industries for cities across
Canada. Though this bid was short-
listed for funding, along with eight
others, it was ultimately declined.
Peter White is the president and
CEO for the London Economic
Development Corporation, one of
the partners in establishing the
centre. He felt this is a disappoint-
ing setback, but not a major one.
“On an annual basis, they usual-
ly only select three or four candi-
dates, so you know that, unfortu-
nately, there won’t be as many new
candidates selected as applicants
would hope.”
Mike Katchabaw, a Western
computer science professor,
emphasized the competitiveness of
this particular funding application.
“It’s extremely competitive and
there’s lots of other really solid pro-
posals, including other ones that
Western was involved on. It’s a very
competitive process and the games
industry is relatively young in com-
parison to a lot of these other bet-
ter-established industries that are
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also in the competition,” he
explained. “I think to have made it
as far as we did in our first go at this
is an achievement on its own.”
“As well, there’s potential to move
these technologies into other areas,
so that they could potentially be in
areas such as training technology
and simulation technology in the
transportation industry, defense, or
medical. There’s so many other
areas of companies that are looking
for this type of technology.”
Big Blue Bubble, a game devel-
opment company in London, is
one of the many partners support-
ing this project. CEO Damir Slogar
agreed the new centre could have
helped advance the game develop-
ment industry growing in London.
“For the city itself, obviously just
having the centre in the city will
help attract new talent and bring
more people, and more companies
into town,” he said.
White emphasized the city’s
intention to build off of their appli-
cation from this year to reapply
next year.
“We’ll have a better opportunity
to look at areas we can address in
the application, and then our plan
is to reapply and continue to go
ahead. We’ve got ongoing support
from our over 40 partners from
across the country,” he said.
Slogar was also optimistic about
the future of the project.
“There’s just too much work
already invested in it, and the
amount of partners and quality of
partners we have in the project is
just great. I have no doubt that it
will eventually happen.”
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a need for a self-declaration system.
She said abuse of such a system
would be very costly for her depart-
ment.
“Make-up exams and assign-
ments cost money. It forces profes-
sors to make rearrangements and
proctors have to get paid for sup-
plementary exam times.”
Shepherd-McKee said Western’s
more detailed medical certificates
are necessary because they stan-
dardize how physicians report ill-
nesses to the University.
But these notes now come at a
cost. As of September, Health Ser-
vices set a $20 fee for the documents.
Hodson said complaints about
the fee are unfounded because
most off-campus clinics charge a
fee as well.
“Twenty dollars is at the low end
of charges to cover the work that is
being asked of physicians in a very
busy clinic,” she said.
During last year’s H1N1 out-
break, Western and other universi-
ties like U of S allowed students to
self-report their illness. Western’s
online system was terminated short-
ly before December exams began.
Shepherd-McKee emphasized
getting a student medical certificate
doesn’t guarantee exemption from
academic work.
“We choose to approve notes on
a case-by-case basis.”
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Obama misses a
Golden opportunity
Get Amani,
Get Paid
Amani Elrofaie
EDITORIAL CARTOONIST
amani@westerngazette.ca
Mr. Obama: you are the President
of the United States and that gives
you overwhelming power interna-
tionally. You carry so much influ-
ence and you have so many oppor-
tunities to make change. So can you
please stop being such a damned
letdown?
Recently, Obama cancelled his
visit to the Golden Temple in Amrit-
sar, India. This temple is the holiest
site for those practicing Sikhism. To
enter the temple, Obama would
have to wear a turban or some
other head covering as a sign of
respect. The White House explained
the reasons for the cancellation
were “logistics” or “time con-
straints.” The probable cause, how-
ever, is due to the unfounded belief
that the American president is a
Muslim.
Even if Obama was not a Christ-
ian, it’s confusing that this is still a
huge issue. It’s also sad that nowa-
days people see being a Muslim as a
terrible thing. In this situation, it’s
used as a slur and implies that the
religion of Islam, as a whole, is a
threat to the U.S. and the world.
Xenophobia is rampant in the
U.S. because people are ignorant
enough to label an entire religion
based on the actions of a handful of
extremist terrorists. It just so hap-
pened that those terrorists wore
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turbans.
And as sad as this might be, I’m
now used to this irrationality and
ignorance. I’ve gotten used to the
fact that a global community of
normal Muslims — myself includ-
ed — must go on living our lives
hoping the rest of the world even-
tually realizes that we’re not all Bin
Laden.
But here is the thing that frus-
trates me: Sikhs are being thrown
into this unfortunate situation. The
cancellation of Obama’s Golden
Temple visit has perpetuated igno-
rance by making it seem like Islam
and Sikhism are the same thing.
They’re not. They’re two com-
pletely different religions.
Sure, they share some similar
values and beliefs, but don’t all
religions? Sikhs too are being
labelled as some sort of threat to
the free world. They’re being tar-
geted based on Islamophobia. Just
Staying aware of AIDS
like Muslims, Sikhs are being cast
in a negative light as the White The perception of HIV/AIDS has dramatically shifted in given to whichever “hot topic” disease comes next. The
House wants Americans to think the last three decades. While around 67,000 Canadians recent outbreaks of avian flu and H1N1, though not
their President is not affiliated with have been diagnosed with HIV, many advocates believe nearly as dangerous as HIV, were unreasonably sensa-
them. That, to me, is very sad and the subject is losing its momentum — they’re afraid tionalized, leaving little attention to be spent on ongo-
disappointing. people have stopped caring. ing concerns like HIV.
Obama missed a golden At the height of the North American AIDS pandem- Promotion and awareness also comes from compa-
opportunity to bring visibility to a ic in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, there was a great panic nies with a vested interest in protecting people from
group different from Muslims. that resulted in labelling the disease as a death sen- disease. Unfortunately, promotional support probably
Many Americans are already reli- tence and stigmatizing its carriers. won’t come from pharmaceutical companies. Without
giously illiterate as it is, so can- But now, with new advancements in medicine and a vaccine to sell, big pharmaceutical companies
celling the visit just reinforces increased survival rates, AIDS has drifted from the wouldn‘t gain profit from publicizing the dangers of
uninformed views. Rather than spotlight. HIV has been pushed down the list of dan- HIV/AIDS, like they have for other diseases like the
working on improving interfaith gers for Canadians, and as a result the urgency of using human papillomavirus. Condom companies, howev-
relations between all religions, protection and getting tested for the disease has less- er, could stand to gain monetarily from advertising the
Obama ended up hurting and dis- ened. The truth remains that many people living with dangers of the disease, but likely wouldn’t want to asso-
respecting both Sikhs and Mus- HIV don’t know they have it, so awareness is crucial to ciate their product with a negative health risk.
lims in one fell swoop. He had the stopping the spread of the disease. Treatment and infection rates have changed a lot
chance to do something signifi- These changing concerns over HIV are due, in part, since the AIDS scare of the ‘80s, and society has
cant to eliminate ignorance and to a lack of publicity. High school health classes tend to changed with it. But even though the disease is no
prejudice. Instead, Obama was lump HIV/AIDS with other sexually transmitted dis- longer a death sentence, neglecting to acknowledge the
just a big letdown. eases without emphasizing that with HIV/AIDS, there’s disease’s dangers is only playing with fire. As a result, it
no cure. This lack of fundamental education affects is clear that stronger awareness campaigns and more
how Canadians perceive HIV/AIDS and could be a con- accessible information about HIV/AIDS is needed in
tributing factor in why people aren’t getting tested. the public sphere.
The government is partly responsible for educating Rapid HIV testing is available on campus through
the population about the risks associated with Student Health Services today, tomorrow and Dec. 3. For
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Arts&Life saywhat?
“I have a very narrow range. I’ve never tried anything more than
playing who I am. If you look at my characters, they’re all me.”
>> Cher

The Girls Can Hear Us London Music Club

perform in London welcomes Bahamas
Ashley Perl
CONTRIBUTOR

Finnish-Canadian Afie Jurvanen is no

Lauren Chan
CONTRIBUTOR
Since they formed in 2009, the London-based
electro/dance/rap group The Girls Can Hear
Us has been neck-deep in success. Will Steep,
the group’s lyricist and rapper, recently took
the time to answer some questions.
Your music blurs the lines between rap,
electro and dance music. What ele-
ments do you take from each genre to
create your sound?
I don’t know that it’s a deliberate process.
I listen to more electronic music now than I
used to. I find that music has more innova-
tion lately, so instrumentally I get more
inspired by electronic producers. On the
vocal side of things, it’s mid-to-late ‘90s hip-
hop and some of the more underground guys
guiding my endeavour.
You have a lot of raw energy on stage.
What do you think gives you an edge on
the competition?
Well partly that there isn’t really a lot of
competition. There’s only a couple acts that
fall within our genre, and they don’t really
sound like us. People mention LMFAO the
most often, but I think their production is
actually a lot different than mine and Ed’s. We
get a lot of bookings from people who usual-
ly book DJs, so I’d say the fact that we have a
Courtesy of The Girls Can Hear Us
live element gives us an edge over your aver-
age DJ.
You mentioned Ed Huszar, the other
half of The Girls Can Hear Us. Do you still
work together?
He has a solo project called Overwerk
going on. We stopped working together in
June but we’ll still produce together here and
there. It’s just a lot easier for us this way. We
split amicably.
What are your favourite tracks to per-
form when you tour?
“All I Need Is You” is one of my favourites.
“Drugs Dancin’” gets a really good response.
My least favourite is “Wrong For You” because
the song bums me out — we never do it live.
What can people expect out of you with-
in the next five years?
(Laughs.) I feel like my mom asks me that
all the time. I don’t have a five-year plan — it
sort of comes with the territory of trying to be
a musician. I’m not good at planning, but you
can expect me to have finally finished my
undergrad. I plan on releasing more mix
tapes and albums. Maybe I’ll be rich and
famous, maybe I’ll be living in the basement,
or maybe I’ll be dead. I’ll blog it.
The Girls Can Hear Us perform at Down-
town Kathy Brown’s tomorrow night. Tickets
are $8 and doors open at 8 p.m.
stranger to the Canadian music scene. He’s
worked and toured with artists like Feist,
Wilco, Jason Collett, and The Stills, to name a
few. Jurvanen plays guitar, piano, and sings,
so it’s obvious the musician has undeniable
talent — even while backing other artists.
Despite always having his own musical
side projects on top of working with other
artists, Jurvanen finally went solo in 2009
under the musical alias Bahamas. His debut
album, Pink Strat, received a lot of critical
attention, including a Juno nomination.
The lullaby and island-like sound to
Bahamas’ music is a bit surprising consider-
ing the style and repertoire of the other musi-
cians he’s worked with.
“Although I’m really big fans of theirs, and
I’m lucky to become part of [their music] in
some small way, I really don’t think of it at all
when I’m writing or when creating my own
music. It’s definitely a separate musical
thing,” Jurvanen says.
Even though Jurvanen tries to separate his
own music from the powerhouse artists he’s
worked with in the past, he’s been influenced
by them in some way or another.
“I think it’s a lot like other things in life.
Stuff ends up influencing you in some way,
even if you don’t know it — even if it’s just
unconscious,” he says.
When it comes to creating and recording
new material, Bahamas tries to keep his style
natural and minimal.
“[We] tried to keep the first or second take,
and truly, that is where the really exciting stuff
is. When people are really listening and they
don’t know a song all that well, I feel like that’s
where all the beautiful structural moments
come from are when you don’t know what
you’re doing,” he says. “When things are too
calculated, you can tell. You can feel it, and I
just try and go for that in life [as well].”
Keeping a similar approach, the follow-
up album to Pink Strat has been recorded
and Jurvanen is hoping to release it this
spring. Bahamas was careful not to stray too
far from the roots that have given him his
success so far. But he notes this upcoming
album has more to offer.
“The songs are a lot stronger, the arrange-
ments are a lot more thought out. There is
just more — more electric guitar, more
singing. I’m really excited about it,” he says.
With a new album on the way and a push
from his solo success with Pink Strat,
Bahamas has set out on his first headlining
tour from the east to west coast of Canada,
making a stop in London this coming Satur-
day. Jurvanen says the start of the tour has
been a welcomed success.
“The first three shows on our tour have
been sold out and people knew the songs and
they were singing along. That’s kind of a new
thing for us. But it’s definitely welcome and
I’m really looking forward to it,” Jurvanen
says.
On the tour, Bahamas is backed by The
Weakerthans’ drummer Jason Tait. Jurvanen
explained that adding drums to the tour gives
him a chance to the explore songs with a
wider interpretation and different sound.
Tagging along on tour with Bahamas and
Tait is alternative-country artist Doug Paisley,
who Jurvanen calls a dear friend. He also
raves about Paisley’s “fantastic new album,”
Constant Companion.
Bahamas and Doug Paisley will be playing
at the London Music Club this coming Satur-
day. Tickets are $11.50 online at ticketscene.ca
or $10 at the door. The London Music Club is
located at 470 Colborne St.

Editor’s Picks > Essentials for your week

On TV On Disc On DVD In Theatres On the Charts

The Walking Dead
AMC’s The Walking Dead tells the
story of the weeks and months
that follow after a zombie apoca-
lypse. The fourth episode, which
aired on Sunday, showed that
those who survive can be far
more dangerous than the mind-
less walkers looking to consume
the living.
Nicki Minaj — Pink Friday
Rap sensation Nicki Minaj’s
debut full-length album Pink Fri-
day finally dropped this week.
Collaborations include Rihanna,
Eminem, Drake, Natasha Beding-
field and Kanye West.
Eat Pray Love
Tuesday marked the DVD release
of Eat Pray Love starring Julia
Roberts. It tells the story of a
woman who drops everything to
try and find herself. The film,
based on the popular book, made
over $80 million in theatres.
Love and Other Drugs
Anne Hathaway and Jack Gyllen-
haal take on the big screen in the
latest romantic comedy Love and
Other Drugs. This unconvention-
al love story follows the develop-
ment of Hathaway and Gyllen-
haal’s relationship. Love and
Other Drugs opened yesterday.
“Shake Me Down” — Cage
the Elephant
Kentucky rock band Cage the
Elephant are back a new track
“Shake Me Down.” The song will
be the first single from their
sophomore album Thank You,
Happy Birthday, which will be
released on Jan. 11, 2011.
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Tim Hortons
breakfast sandwich
Grace Davis
ARTS & LIFE EDITOR
Breakfast is arguably the most
important meal of the day. But not
all quick, convenient meals on cam-
pus are the best options. The Tim
Hortons breakfast sandwich has 510
calories, which is a lot to start off the
day. Add a hash brown (100 calories)
or a large coffee with double cream,
double sugar (230 calories) and the
sandwich becomes a meal to enjoy
only once in a while.
The sandwich itself has 33
grams of fat — about half of the rec-
ommended daily allotment — and
950 mg of sodium. To put things in
perspective, that much sodium
Recommended daily allowance
Men
Calories: 2,500
Fat: 60 to 105g
Sodium: 1,500 to 2,300 mg
Carbohydrates: 300g
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Practicing proper
cellphone etiquette
should not have long phone con- nessed the person that yells at
equals about 25 shakes from the versations because it’s rude to unnecessary volumes into their
salt shaker. A Touch ignore those around you. However, cellphone. Not only can the person
If you need to hit up Tims for of Grace texting doesn’t seem to have the you are speaking with hear you, but
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has 280 calories, 11 grams of fat and ARTS & LIFE EDITOR they don’t answer the phone or Others have the right to peacefully
700 mg of sodium. grace@westerngazette.ca make a lengthy phone call, it’s OK. enjoy whatever they were doing
Nevertheless, when someone is before you and your cellphone
DISH: BREAKFAST SAUSAGE SANDWICH Would you whisper to a friend in having a whole conversation showed up, and a little courtesy for
Restaurant: Tim Hortons front of one or two other people? through text messaging, they’re those people goes a long way.
Serving size: 177 grams No, because it’s rude. probably just as distracted as they A cellphone is a great tool to
Calories: 510 For some reason having private would be if they were talking on the keep in touch with people, keep on
Fat: 33 grams conversations via text messaging or phone. Ignoring a friend while mes- top of business, and is useful in an
Sodium: 950 mg BlackBerry Messaging while social- saging gives the impression that emergency. However, people con-
Carbohydrates: 36 grams izing with friends has become you don’t value the time of the per- tinually abuse the technology and
Protein: 19 grams socially acceptable. son in front of you. often don’t consider what is appro-
Sugar: 3 grams Society changes as technology All of us cellphone users are priate public cellphone use.
progresses. There are social rules guilty of doing this. A couple of Technology has made it so that
for how to interact with people in important, quick messages are we are so connected, we’re discon-
public, and I think there should be harmless, but any more has the nected. We’re stretched thin trying
rules for how to use cell phones in potential of damaging the quality of to keep in touch with everyone
public as well. the time being spent with those simultaneously, rather than focus-
Women
We’ve all seen this scenario around us. Many of us pride our- ing on the people who are present.
Calories: 2,000 before — someone is at the bar or a selves as being multi-taskers, but When people are ignoring their
Fat: 45 to 75g party surrounded by their closest balancing many conversations at friends around them to BBM or
Sodium: 1,500 to 2,300 mg friends at 1:30 a.m. and they’re per- once isn’t always a good thing. The text, even though there are many
Carbohydrates: 300g manently attached to their phone. quality of each conversation will connections being made, the qual-
Why is this person on their phone? most likely decrease every time you ity of each social connection
Without getting into the details of add a new one. decreases.
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Sports “I don’t have it locked or back-upped and there’s a lot of people in

there ... Brody Jenner, Tom Green ... all the guys I’ve ever played
with. Shane Doan, Ed Jovanovski, Sidney Crosby are probably going
to be getting random calls for a while.”
Phoenix Coyote’s Paul Bissonnette on his recently stolen BlackBerry

rundown >> The Mustangs continue to have a national presence as five varsity teams remain in the CIS top ten rankings > Western’s women’s wrestling team is ranked
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the men’s basketball team has fallen out of the top ten

The Good:
It sounds like a story straight out of a Disney movie. A
young athlete finally makes it to the big leagues expect- Why is poker on? Be honest, everyone has that little
ing to be the next great superstar.
That’s the question that comes degenerate gambler in their heart
But the fame and fortune are too much for him to
handle and he throws it all away by turning to alcohol to my mind whenever I turn to a who loves to put a little cash on a
and crack cocaine. sports station only to be filled with poker game.
That was Texas Rangers’ Josh Hamilton’s story for bitter disappointment to find the It’s loads of fun. You could even
the first five years of his Major League Baseball career. World Series of Poker polluting my call poker night a spiritual and
After dealing with two drug-related suspensions — and television. sacred time for players everywhere.
nearly losing his life — Hamilton went to rehab. It worked,
It’s not a sport — it’s a card game. And with its growth at the begin-
and he made a surprise comeback with the Cincinnati
Reds in 2007. If we’re going to include poker, ning of the decade, it was only nat-
The next year, he was voted an all–star, winning the then why not chess? Where is the ural that it eventually made it onto
prestigious Home Run Derby at the mid-season event. World Series of Chess or how about television. People wanted to learn
Throughout the 2010 season, Hamilton led the the World Series of Monopoly for more about the game and the best
league with a .359 batting average and a .633 slugging that matter? way to do that is by watching the
percentage all while hitting 32 homers and 100 RBIs. Poker is a game of leisure — a professionals throw down.
But that wasn’t his shining moment. This season, he
led the Rangers to the World Series — celebrating with game you play at the cottage or in Sure, at this point, with the poker
his team by drinking ginger ale instead of champagne your friend’s basement. It can be craze dying down a bit, I do agree it
for the entire run. Unfortunately, they fell just short, los- viewed as a male bonding activity, is a bit annoying to see poker when I
ing to the San Francisco Giants in five games. where men lose hundreds of dollars put on Sportsnet, TSN or The Score.
Hamilton, however, was recognized for his great sea- before admitting defeat, but I think But I just don’t understand why
son and comeback from rock bottom when he was classifying it as a sport is a stretch Kaitlyn needs to single out poker
awarded the American League MVP award on Tuesday.
— so it shouldn’t be aired on any for being on television. This is just a
Now he just needs to ride off into the sunset with his
beautiful princess. sports network. natural occurrence when you have
There is no physical skill multiple 24-hour sports networks,
required to play. You can play poker some of which have multiple sister
The Bad: sitting down, smoking a cigarette stations. TSN has its original sta-
while women serve you whiskey. tion, as well as TSN2.
Oh Vince Young. When will you grow up and be a man?
In Sunday’s overtime loss to the Washington Red- Does this sound like an athletic I’m pretty sure ESPN is about to
skins, Young injured his finger and was taken out of the activity? Of course, Mr. Da Silva will set up ESPN 8: The Ocho. Maybe
game. However, after a while he decided he was ready to probably say “yes – that sounds like they will show the World Series of
go back in the game. He just forgot to tell any of the the best sport ever.” But I disagree. Dodgeball final featuring Globo-
coaches. I’m not saying poker isn’t a com- Gym taking on Average Joe’s.
Young sulked on the sidelines, and after the game petitive game or that it can’t be All jokes aside, they do have to
he went into the locker room where he continued to mut-
ter and curse under his breath about the situation. Jeff taken seriously. It does involve a fill all of that time with random
Fisher, the Tennessee Titans coach, was trying to address great deal of strategy and practice. events that could have some con-
the team as Young was complaining. Fisher told Young But that doesn’t excuse the fact that nection to sports or competition.
to stop and be quiet. it requires no athleticism or physi- Turn on the sports networks during
Young proceeded to finish dressing and leave. cal exertion. another time in the day and you
According to The Tennessean, a local newspaper, Fisher Although I realize that there are will get to take in the “Lumberjack
told Young to not “run out on your teammates.”
“I’m not running out on my teammates. I’m running
limitations to what a sports net- Challenge” or the “Collegiate
out on you,” Young exclaimed, much like a teenaged girl work like TSN or The Score can Cheerleading Championships.”
yelling at her parents. broadcast — you can only repeat Neither of those are sports. They are
Young has the talent to lead the Titans as their quar- SportsCentre so many times in a awesome and very challenging
terback, but his childish antics have gotten to be a little day — but are poker tournaments activities, just like poker.
too much. The Titans have placed him on injured reserve, really the answer? Frankly, it seems like we are only
ending his season. Whether or not they keep him around
There are so many other options a few years away from the World
to play another game remains to be seen.
But he seems to have exhausted Jeff Fisher’s that could be much more enter- Cup of Chess Boxing. That is an
patience. And since Fisher is the league’s longest tenured taining than watching people sit actual sport, and it’s just as amaz-
coach, the owner and manager probably won’t side with around and bet. How about airing ing as it sounds.
Young. sport–focused documentaries, or So, poker shouldn’t be on televi-
re-airing more classic games? Even sion because there is no physical
a cheerleading competition would exertion? These guys are sitting
The Ugly: be more exciting, right Dan? there for hours, under the lights of
Derek Jeter sure is a greedy bastard. But you know what the worst national television, playing a con-
Jeter has been a part of the Yankees system since he part of poker is? It’s the gross stant mind game with each other.
was drafted in 1992. He was the starting shortstop of the amounts of money awarded to the Kind of sounds like NASCAR. Both
late ‘90s Yankee dynasty when they won four champi- winners of major poker tourna- require a lot of skill, but aren’t exact-
onships in five years. He was also part of the team that
won the championship last season when his Yankees ments. For example, the newly ly marathons when it comes to
overcame the Philadelphia Phillies in six games. crowned World Series of Poker physical taxation.
The man is a good role model, has a squeaky clean champion Jonathan Duhamel will And Kaitlyn, did you just com-
image, has more endorsement deals than any one man enjoy a hefty pay check of $8.94 plain about the amount of money
should have, and he’s a pretty good-looking guy. Oh, million. that poker players make? First of all,
and he’s dating Minka Kelly, recently named the sexiest All for winning a game of poker unless you are really good and win
woman in the world. No biggie.
— really? All you did was win a tournaments, you will end up los-
But the fact is Jeter is in the decline of his career. The
36–year–old just had the worst season of his career at game of cards. I’m going to go out ing money. Plus, it’s no more ridicu-
the plate statistically, and it’s a well-known fact that he on a limb here and say that there lous than the money that any other
isn’t much of a fielder at shortstop. might be more useful things for that professional athlete makes.
So you would think that the three–year $45 million money — any charity anywhere for Realistically, poker on television
contract that he has been offered would be more than anything would probably be a bet- is a necessary evil. Something has
enough. It’s more than he deserves.
ter investment. to fill that spot, and if it isn’t poker,
But no, Jeter wants to get paid for more years and
more money. Good on the Yankees for telling him to go Or better yet, there are plenty of it is just going to be a repeat of some
test the free agent market instead of just giving in to the real amateur athletes that could god awful “sporting” event.
face of their franchise. Maybe Jeter will realize that his benefit from some actual funding, So either get over it or change
career is coming to an end and he should grab whatev- maybe more money should be the channel for an hour. Or, you
er contract his team is willing to offer. invested in those sports. know, go outside and play a sport.
—Kaitlyn McGrath —Daniel Da Silva
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