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Campus > Renos
New warning labels
Second wave renovations proposed for beer
As the gym renovations continue, USC moves
forward with other transformations in the UCC
Monica Blaylock
NEWS EDITOR
As renovations to the University
Community Centre gyms continue,
a second group of construction
workers are busy transforming other
spaces in the building.
Last year, the University Students’
Council posed a referendum asking
students to add an additional $25
annually to cover the cost of reno-
vations and maintenance to the
UCC. The referendum was passed
and construction soon began.
But more renovations to the sec-
ond floor of the UCC — including
Purple Door Promotions — were
made possible by a different fund
entirely. Two years ago, the USC gave
space in the UCC back to Western
but still collected fees for it, accord-
ing to USC president Mike Tithecott.
“We put [the revenue from those
fees] under a special capital renew-
al fund. It was something around
$10-15 per student,” Tithecott said.
Using the leftover funds, the USC
has since tried to save money on the
project, according to Jeff Armour,
manager of food and beverages for
the USC and contractor on these
projects.
He said doing the renovations
now instead of the summer let them
use Western’s Physical Plant depart-
ment, which includes carpenters and
construction workers. He said this
in-house labour is significantly
cheaper than using contractors like
those renovating the gyms.
To handle these projects, Armour
also assumed contractor responsibil-
ity on top of managing the Spoke and
the Wave, which also saved money.
“I used to do construction — I was
a general contractor for years. Run-
ning an event in food services like I
do is very similar to construction,”
Armour said, adding he’s also
involved in overseeing the larger
gym renovations.
“This is much cheaper because
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we’ve been working with [Western’s]
Physical Plant. We’re using West-
ern’s labour, between myself running
the project and giving me [Physical
Plant’s] carpenters to work with. We
don’t pay a contractor that’ll mark it
up all the way,” he added.
Armour said these aesthetic and
organizational renovations were
necessary.
“The building is literally falling
down around us,” he joked. “My
input is that you could update and
fix things now, but once we go fur-
ther down the road you’re literally
going to be looking at rebuilding
these spaces,” Armour said.
“My dad always said he could
never afford to buy cheap, cause you
would constantly have to fix this and
that — we’d be spending a lot of
money putting Band-Aids on things.”
Armour also noted the USC orig-
inally needed to consolidate space
on the second floor in order to bring
the floor up to fire-code standards.
He explained the construction of the
mezzanine inside the gyms required
a second exit point from the study
space, which forced Purple Door out
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You could update and
fix things now, but
once we go further
down the road you’re
literally going to be
looking at rebuilding
these spaces.
Jeff Armour
Food and beverage manager for the USC
of their existing space.
Their new space, located in the
former USC Marketing and Adver-
tising Office, is more than twice the
size and includes new flooring, light-
ing and furniture.
The USC’s marketing office
moved across the hall and consoli-
dated with the Gazette composing
office. The Gazette editorial office
will also be renovated to convert
unused darkroom space into office
space.
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Microbreweries and the Brewers
Association of Canada are upset
over proposed Health Canada regu-
lations calling for a mandatory aller-
gy alert on their bottles and cans.
The alert, which would also be
required on food products and nat-
ural health products, would notify
consumers of the presence of barley
or wheat in a product.
Although the warning, which
would read “Allergy and intolerance
information: Contains barley,” is tar-
geted to help sufferers of celiac dis-
ease, the proposed regulations are
part of a broader program intended
to make it easy for consumers to
identify products containing priori-
ty allergens, explained Jim
McCarthy, executive director for the
Canadian Celiac Association.
McCarthy explained these prior-
ity allergens include things like milk,
soy, and egg products, as well as
newly added gluten, sulfites and
mustard. “It’s a revision to the
labelling regulations regarding pri-
ority allergens on all foods,” he elab-
orated.
For celiac sufferers, identifying
gluten sources like wheat and barley
can be difficult, but is essential to
avoid serious health consequences.
“Celiac disease is a hereditary,
autoimmune genetic disease,”
McCarthy explained. “With celiac
disease, when gluten is present in
the small intestine, the intestine lin-
ing is destroyed by the immune sys-
tem and as a result, typical malnu-
trition disorders arise.”
McCarthy went on to say
although celiac disease is easily
treated by avoiding gluten, identify-
ing sources can sometimes be diffi-
cult. This, he said, is what makes
better labelling so important.
The Health Canada regulations,
which currently await final approval,
would call for labelling changes
within 18 months.
Paul Buttery, brewer at Barrie’s
Flying Monkey Craft Brewery, said he
could see where some of the concern
among the beer industry comes from.
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“We don’t order [labels] that
often,” he said, although he also indi-
cated 18 months would be a reason-
able time frame to make necessary
changes.
Andre Fortin, director of public
affairs for the Brewers Association
of Canada, raised another concern.
For small breweries or those who
use specialized printed bottles, the
cost could be significant.
“It’s pretty much impossible to
add any writing,” he said. “They’re
worried they would have to replace
their entire bottle float and usually a
beer bottle you can use between 18
and 20 times through the bottle
deposit system,” he elaborated,
explaining that the implications of
needing a whole new bottle float
would be major in terms of a brew-
ery’s bottom line.
Another issue is how the label
might change the appearance of the
bottles. “[We] concentrate a lot on
the artwork and to add something
onto a label could detract from it,”
Buttery said.
Fortin noted the Brewers Associ-
ation of Canada is not only con-
cerned over the cost of implement-
ing the labelling, but also over their
effectiveness and strictness.
“When you’re diagnosed with
celiac disease, typically, you’re a very
educated population, so you know
what you can and cannot consume,”
he said, pointing out the Canadian
Celiac Association website lists
bread and beer as the top two foods
for celiac sufferers to avoid.
He also said, unlike European
regulations that allow a certain level
of gluten content to go unlabelled,
Canadian standards will require
companies to bear the warning label
regardless of the amount of gluten
actually present in a product.
McCarthy understood these con-
cerns, but said the labelling is nec-
essary.
“The brewing industry has a rea-
sonable position here, but those with
allergies or who have celiac disease
have been waiting for 10 years for
improved labelling,” he said. “The
target wasn’t to create some unique
warning labels for beer.”
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Events Calendar
Wednesday, Jan. 26
Lexus of London and PG reveal the
2011 Lexus IS 350
Where: Moxie’s Classic Grill
Time: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
To benefit the London Food Bank
and prostate cancer research, the
Young Professionals Group and
Lexus of London demonstrate the
new Lexus IS 350. Wine tasting
and hors d’oeuvres provided. Par-
ticipants encouraged to bring gro-
ceries for the food bank.
Thursday, Jan. 27
Student-2-Business Networking
Advantage
Where: London Convention Centre
Time: 1 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Gain access to London’s business
community, get insider informa-
tion on industries in London, and
learn how to pitch your skills and
experience to London’s employers.
Student-2-Business gives you
News Briefs
Sports fans get drunk,
water is wet
The way Toronto sports teams are
playing right now may lead some
fans to drown their sorrows in
alcohol.
A new study has shown about
eight per cent of people who attend
sporting events leave the stadium
with a blood alcohol content classi-
fying them as legally drunk.
Jamie Crowley, concessions
manager at the John Labatt Centre,
emphasized regulating alcohol con-
sumption at games was a major
focus of their security.
Such regulations include all
servers being certified under Smart
Serve, security guards patrolling the
area, and expelling any excessively
drunk people from the premises.
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munity and offers insider informa- Time: 8:30 p.m.
tion on industries in London and London’s self-proclaimed “first
how to network and build a repu- ever slow dance night,” the event
tation. Keynote speaker Paul Cop- invites wallflowers and veteran
cutt will instruct on personal dancers alike to a night featuring
brand strategy. Visit s2b.ca for slow songs. Admission is $8 at the
more information. door. More information at bren-
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CAISA Fashion Show Champagne
Party Western’s Sweet Dream — Charity
Ball 2011
Where: Club Rouge (Piccadilly St.)
Ever $10 wristband will support the Where: London Convention Centre
Children’s Health Foundation. The Time: Doors open at 9 p.m.
event is part of the annual fashion Each year Western sponsors a local
show by the Canadian Asian Inter- charity in the London community
national Students’ Association. and holds a formal event in order
The fashion show will take place to raise finances to be donated
on March 19 at Centennial Hall. directly to the charity. This year
More information at caisafashion- Western will be sponsoring The
show2011.com. Boys and Girls Club of London. All
proceeds will be directed towards
Saturday, Jan. 29 planning enriching programming
for local London children and their
Slow Dance Night sponsors
Where: Brennan’s Beer & Bistro
According to Crowley, although efforts, including investing in post-
drinks are served at sporting events, secondary education.
they are not the main reason that — Kaleigh Rogers
people show up.
“People generally don’t come to Take a seat for
the arena to get intoxicated,” he said. accessibility
— Ryan Hurlbut Those new blue chairs in Western’s
hallways aren’t for sitting. They’re
Need funding? There’s part of the Ontario Undergradute
an app for that Students’ Alliance annual campaign
The Ontario Student Assistance Pro- to bring attention to accessibility
gram just launched a new applica- issues at universities.
tion for smartphones that will allow “This campaign will provide stu-
students to check the status of their dents and community members
funding applications from their with the opportunity to become
iPhone or Blackberry. directly involved in our advocacy
Along with the new app, OSAP and awareness activities,” Meaghan
has redesigned their website and Coker, OUSA president, explained in
made applications for funding avail- a press release. “Our aim is to call
able earlier in the year in an attempt attention to the need for increased
to make it easier for students to success, and expanded accessibility,
apply for and receive funding. for students who face barriers to
“This new OSAP mobile app, higher education.”
along with recent OSAP enhance- Each empty blue chair is meant
ments and our new website, gives to represent a student who cannot
students the support they need to attend university, according to
pursue their passion and achieve OUSA.
the career of their dreams,” John Current statistics place Ontario’s
5 9 7 Milloy, minister of training, colleges, current participation rate of 18 to 24-
2 8 4 and universities, explained in a year-olds at 40 per cent, with only
1 6 3 press release. 33 per cent of students from the
9 3 8
The app and website are part of lowest income quartile and 28 per
7 4 1
the province’s Open Ontario plan, a cent of Aboriginal students continu-
6 5 2
five-year project aimed at improv- ing to higher education, directly
4 7 9
3 1 6 ing the economy through various from high school.
8 2 5 This is the fourth year of cam-
paign has occurred.
Cheryl Stone
Used med supplies
are green
Medical students at Schulich School
of Medicine and Dentistry have
started an initiative called Operation
Green.
For many surgical procedures,
there are a number of items that are
prepared for surgery but never used.
These items become waste, and this
waste is hurting the environment,
according to the group.
“At Operation Green, we collect
these overage items that go unused,
and partnered with an organization
called Globus Relief, we will be send-
ing those items overseas to different
areas in need,” Yoan Kagoma, one of
Campus Tour Guides the co-founders, said of the project.
September 2011- April 2012 The initiative came to be after the
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Canadians under-exercising Students missing out on
Most time spent surfing online, watching TV
Alex Carmona
GAZETTE STAFF
The so-called obesity epidemic
weighing down the U.S. might be
migrating north.
Two studies from Statistics Cana-
da released earlier this month
showed the vast majority of Canadi-
ans don’t get anywhere near the rec-
ommended amount of weekly exer-
cise needed to maintain a healthy
and active lifestyle.
According to the studies, which
tracked the exercise habits of rough-
ly 4,500 Canadian adults and chil-
dren, only 15 per cent of adults are
meeting the minimum exercise
guidelines set by Health Canada. The
agency recommends anyone over
18-years-old get at least 150 minutes
of moderate exercise per week. Kids
aged six to 19 fared even worse, with
just seven per cent getting the daily
60 minutes of physical activity
needed to stay fit and healthy.
“For the vast majority of Cana-
dians, exercise levels have either
stayed the same or decreased over
the past few decades,” Peter
Lemon, kinesiology professor at
Western, said.
Canadians today spend the
majority of their time engaged in
sedentary pursuits, such as surfing
the web, watching television, read-
ing, or playing video games. Canadi-
an adults spend an average of nine
and a half hours a day sitting still,
while children clock in a little lower
at eight and a half hours, according
to the report.
Health Canada recently
decreased their exercise require-
ments, which previously recom-
mended children aged five to 17 get
90 minutes of exercise per day and
that adults up to age 65 get 30 to 60
minutes per day.
“Studies have shown that the
previous standards actually
exceeded the minimum require-
What’s it all matter?
Zwellin’ it
like it is
Arden Zwelling
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
wgaz.ca/blogthevote
You know, I was just joking when I
said at least a half dozen people
would show up to last week’s Uni-
versity Students’ Council open
forum on election procedures. It’s
sort of the shtick in this space — poke
fun at how few students care about
the USC and its elections. Surely it
may get under the skin of your typi-
cal nauseatingly optimistic USCer
but that’s part of what makes it so
much fun.
But seriously, one concerned stu-
dent showed up to the meeting. One.
Total attendance was ten, but 90
per cent of that was people who kind
of had to be there. In total, there were
three Gazette editors, the USC presi-
dent, one USC vice-president, the
USC communications officer, two
members of the elections committee,
a former presidential candidate and
ment to become fit and to benefit
from the health components that
are adversely affected if you’re
inactive, which are substantial,”
Lemon explained.
Noelle Martin, a registered dieti-
cian at Western, also commented on
the many benefits which come as a
result of being fit and healthy.
“If you keep yourself healthy,
then you have better output for
whatever it is you’re doing, and that
also applies to university students,”
Martin said. “The student that keeps
regular physical activity as part of
their lifestyle will find they will have
better output in terms of, among
other things, remembering things in
class, in paying attention and in hav-
ing better sleep patterns.”
Students at Western, unfortu-
nately, are no exception. Most peo-
ple are aware of the stereotypical
university student who lives on fast
food and hasn’t stepped foot in a
gym since Orientation Week.
“It’s probably an accurate stereo-
type to have for many students on
campus,” Lemon lamented. “Most
the lone, concerned student.
This is a problem, no?
Well, not for the USC who seem
to be checking off points on their
auditing checklist such as this pub-
lic forum as they move closer to
making the elections a USC-only
party. Insular, contained, exclusive —
call it what you want, they’re clearly
moving towards a process designed
to weed out any non-USCers who,
until now, had a relatively easy path
to the presidency.
It’s easy to understand the USC’s
motives for the move — candidates
should have a passable knowledge
of the massive organization they’re
vying to lead. Fielding just one seri-
ous candidate surrounded by an
assortment of knobs, resume-boost-
ers and idealists cheapens the
process.
But one student turning up to a
public forum is a problem. What’s
the point of a democratic process
that no one is interested in taking
part in?
Read the rest of this post online at
wgaz.ca/blogthevote and keep up with
all the latest USC election news and
commentary. The election campaign
launches Feb. 1 and voting begins
online on Feb. 15 at www.voteusc.ca.
Nyssa Kuwahara GAZETTE
individuals in this day and age can
find ways to exist with a very low
level of physical activity.”
Dedicated exercise is not the only
way to help you stay fit.
“It’s not that you have to go to the
gym every day, but you should be
active every day,” Martin clarified.
While little things like walking to
class or taking the stairs do not
increase your heart rate to the req-
uisite 150 to 165 beats per minute to
qualify as moderate exercise under
Health Canada’s guidelines, they do
add up.
“It’s still getting your heart rate a
little elevated, it’s still moving your
muscles and getting your body mov-
ing,” Martin said.
Lemon stressed students looking
to start increasing their fitness level
should not overdo it. “The most
important thing is to start slowly and
build up,” Lemon concluded.
“Becoming physically fit is a major
change in lifestyle, so you’ve got to
make it a regular event that you can
keep up, otherwise you probably
won’t succeed.”
reading, writing skills
Aaron Zaltzman
GAZETTE STAFF
For many students, university is about
improving one’s thinking, reasoning
and writing skills, provided they can
find the time between the socializing,
sleeping and going to class.
A recent U.S. report found that
while the average student GPA was a
respectable 3.2, students were not
improving much in basic skills such
as critical thinking, analytical reason-
ing and written communications. In
fact, after two years, 45 per cent of the
students had shown no improvement.
Based on a seven-day week, the
average student spent more than
half their time socializing or relax-
ing and a quarter of their time sleep-
ing. Working, volunteering or
attending class took up 18 per cent
of their time. That leaves students
spending a whopping seven per cent
of their time studying — a number
nearly half of what it was just a
decade ago.
“They enroll in courses that do not
require substantial reading or writing
assignments,” the report said of these
students. “They interact with their
professors outside of classrooms
rarely, if ever; and they define and
understand their college experiences
as being focused more on social than
on academic development.”
The study, which tracked the
progress of 3,500 students in 29 uni-
versities in the U.S., also found that
students who studied alone consis-
tently scored higher than students
studying in groups, or even students
who just spent a lot of time in large
groups like fraternities.
The results also showed that
higher scoring students were the
ones taking the more challenging
courses. However, according to Kim
Holland, instructional designer at
Western’s Teaching Support Center,
this correlation may be due to a
selection bias since students who
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51 per cent
Time spent socializing or relaxing
24 per cent
Time spent sleeping
18 per cent
Time spent working, volunteer-
ing or attending class
7 per cent
Time spent studying
take challenging courses are also the
ones who study harder.
Holland said the study highlights
an important difference between
students gaining knowledge in a
subject versus learning higher order
comprehension skills.
“If your view is that universities
provide information, well informa-
tion is cheap now. [It’s] available
everywhere. And it’s here today, gone
tomorrow,” Holland said. “Hopefully
the types of skills that [universities]
provide are higher order skills, like
analysis. Not just regurgitating stuff
that you have to memorize.”
Holland also noted that part of
the cause could also be a sense of
entitlement held by some students.
“I’ve heard students say […] ‘Educa-
tion is expensive and I’ve paid for it,
so give me my degree.’” This leads to
a sense of apathy in these students
resulting in less effort, he said.
Holland added improving higher
order comprehensive skills is a two-
way street between professors and
students.
“You can put systems in place so
that students can access […] the
information they need to excel. That
might be extended office hours […]
but the student has to take the
responsibility.”
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Opinions College is the best time of your life. When else are your parents
going to spend several thousand dollars a year just for you to go
to a strange town and get drunk every night?
—David Wood

THE UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE

Finding
the social
balance
Between long days of class, part-time jobs and
socializing, it’s not shocking to discover students
don’t devote a whole lot of time towards schoolwork.
The percentage of the day that students devote
to studying is low — seven per cent, to be exact. This
is approximately half of what students devoted ten
Letters to the editor
years ago, raising a few questions about modern
day study habits.
If we’re only spending a small fraction of our IDF soldier should not Strengthen arguments, unbiased, and fair-minded people in the
audience — especially those who, like me,
time on curricular work, are we able to acquire the have been brought in not voices were leaning one way or another.
higher-learning skills with which we’re expected to I challenge them next time to have
graduate? Were university students of the past sig- Re: “Protest held at IDF speech” (Jan. 21, 2011) To the Editor: more faith in the strength of their argu-
nificantly more studious? On Jan. 19, I attended an event at West- ments, rather than the volume of their
To the Editor: ern that hosted a lecture by an Israeli voices.
Modern post-secondary education seems to be
In light of the stiff opposition Israeli soldier, Sergeant Benjamin Anthony. I —Colin Brown
comparatively more focused on the social and Defence Forces soldier Benjamin Antho- consider myself on the pro-Palestinian Social Science III
extracurricular aspects of school life. University ny faced upon delivering his speech yes- side when it comes to the Israeli-Pales-
may no longer be solely for the serious academics terday, one must realize that there are tinian conflict, but I try to stay very unbi-
in the upper classes of society — but this is not nec- always two parties involved in a conflict, ased and level-headed when assessing
essarily a bad thing. both of whom feel they are the aggrieved the situation. The depth of art is in
side. Indeed, the Palestine-Israel conflict As a concerned member of the West-
The personal development and social network- is no different. ern community, as well as a supporter of
the eye of the beholder
ing achieved at school is often just as important as But when a university is allowed to human rights, I felt obliged to attend this
completing the coursework required to graduate. present a soldier from the IDF, a group event to confront this soldier and Re: “Arts still strong, even with Biebs” (Jan.
The decrease in study time is also symptomatic that has numerously ignored United demand that he justify his actions. I 20, 2010)
of problems with the structure of our education Nations resolutions and, as seen in the intended to ask him tough questions and
recent aggression on Gaza, even attacked anticipated a heated, but educated To the Editor:
rather than the problems with students.
UN secured bases, questions need to be debate. The conclusion to the editorial — sug-
When students are evaluated on only two or asked. To my surprise and dismay, a much gesting that we as a society embrace
three examinations, it’s not surprising to see stu- Would a Serbian officer who served in different atmosphere — one of contempt, shallow arts — is both trite and inaccu-
dents adapt by only cramming to pass their tests the attack of Srebrenica in 1995, which childish antics and immaturity — await- rate. The truth is that anything is shallow
rather than learning the entirety of the course resulted in the death of 8,000 men while ed me. if you don’t dig for a deeper meaning.
material. drawing worldwide scrutiny, been While Sergeant Anthony was trans- We live in an era in which everything
allowed to speak in front of a gathering parent, respectful and answered all must have a purpose. If it’s not mar-
So is there a way to get students to study again? back then? questions that were thrown his way, he ketable, it can’t connect to the Internet, or
Professors can help by being more engaging Some may say that the analogy is was met with heckling, and a concerted it doesn’t look good on a résumé then it’s
with their students — a class heavily reliant on par- unfair, but it’s hard not to draw parallels attempt to silence him. One does not not worth having.
ticipation will at least reward those students willing between that campaign, where UN have to agree with the speaker who is Art has fallen victim to this mentality,
to make the effort. peacekeepers were taken as human lecturing — I certainly didn’t agree with and become commoditized: available for
shields, and the recent Israeli one, which all of what he said — but civil discourse in a price.
It’s hard to say that the onus should be on the
resulted in the deaths of 1,400 civilians. this country demands of us a higher cal- Downloading a song for free is “steal-
students. With more students than ever requiring It is argued that Israel then was only ibre of reasonable decorum. ing” because the song has intrinsic value.
part-time jobs to fund their education, less time trying to rid Gaza of “rebel groups,” While Sergeant Anthony made In fact, the term “art” itself is often under-
than ever is available for studying. groups that had immersed themselves absolutely no attempt to shy away from stood only in a very limited sense, applic-
It also seems that professional schools and in civilian populations, ultimately mak- any questions, and defended his actions able only to old and overdone — dare I say
entering the work force require more than just a ing this sort of bombing campaign in the Israeli Defence Forces with no “overvalued” — works, such as the Mona
inevitable. hesitation, those who disagreed with him Lisa. In this case, an excess of significa-
degree. When such a heavy emphasis is put on But it’s highly hypocritical of the made every attempt to stifle his ability to tion has dulled their considerable bril-
extracurricular work, it’s not at all surprising that Canadian government to officially recog- answer charges against him; the whole liance. Art should be understood as
students would prefer to wind down at the end of nize a similar operation in the Anfal Cam- event became a cheap show-trial. boundless and infinitely contestable. It
the day instead of hitting the books. paign (1988) of Northern Iraq as geno- Regardless of my preconceived follows no formula, nor is it codified in a
But this might not even be necessary for a mod- cide, while supporting Israel’s efforts as notions about the IDF, I left the lecture set of parameters easily laid out in a text-
“self-defence.” sharing Sergeant Anthony’s frustration. book. To define art is to sterilize it. It has
ern education. A healthy social life contributes to a
Canada may currently be perceived by The people who stifled intelligent, never presupposed brilliance. Art can be
students overall education just as much as the time the world as a “friendly,” neutral state. But mature debate on Wednesday evening bad, and often is. To deny art is to delude
spent studying course material. In the end, if a stu- if these blatant double standards persist, should be ashamed of themselves. By oneself. As Oscar Wilde memorably put
dent can pass their courses, they should spend their it’s not hard to envision Canada strug- being disruptive and attempting to sup- it, “all art is quite useless.”
time however they see fit. gling to uphold this image. press Sergeant Anthony’s right to free —Paul Craig
—Saqib Ahmed Dadabhoy speech, they did a massive disservice to MIT II
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Arts&Life funfact
According to a chart run by Groovecount, which tracks subjects’
popularity on social networking sites, Lady Gaga is the most pop-
ular artist online. She has nearly 27 million Facebook fans and 7.8
million followers on Twitter.

Maddie Leznoff
ARTS & LIFE EDITOR
Two weeks ago, six high school stu-
dents in Edmonton were faced with
expulsion for comments they posted
on Facebook. Similarly, last March a
University of Calgary student was
put on academic probation for com-
ments he wrote on Facebook about
a professor.
Facebook currently has more
than 500 million active users. Fifty
per cent of users log on once a day,
and in total people spend over 700
billion minutes per month on Face-
book. The average user also creates
90 pieces of content per month,
which includes pictures, status
updates, comments and messages.
That’s a lot of time and energy
spent generating content and look-
ing at what’s going on in other peo-
ple’s lives from behind a screen.
According to Susan Barnes, asso-
ciate director of the Lab for Social
Computing at the Rochester Insti-
tute of Technology, this is part of
what is called the “privacy paradox.”
Information, photographs and
thoughts are willingly exposed
online, yet students seem to still have
concerns over personal privacy.
“The biggest concern is that for
some reason people don’t seem to
understand that the internet is not
private,” Barnes says. “Everything
you do should be considered public,
even your e-mail. [People] feel that
because they’re in their bedroom or
some private space that the internet
is private too, which it’s not.”
She’s seen a number of cases
where people will use e-mail in legal
situations as evidence. Even e-mails
that have been deleted can be
retrieved in a legal setting.
But despite these concerns, peo-
ple are still willing to connect on
social networking sites.
“The internet from day one was
always a place where people wanted
to connect with other people. So
now they’ve developed these tools
that make it easier for people to con-
nect and build friendships,” Barnes
says. “Teens use the internet as a way
to explore different aspects of their
personality — to explore sexual
things and preferences and to
explore aspects of themselves that
they wouldn’t necessarily explore in
a face-to-face setting.”
Barnes explains students see
social networking sites as a forum to
express thoughts and ideas because
of the apparent disconnect between
users. However, this is exactly where
issues of privacy and defamation
come in, and the law has been forced
to adapt to accommodate these
social changes.
As Western law professor Mar-
garet Wilkinson explains, a website
like Facebook must follow personal
data protection laws about what
user information they can release.
“That law says that an organiza-
tion that holds records about an iden-
tifiable individual is not able to
release your information,” she says.
“It’s very specific legislation and it’s
imposed on the organization. So they
can, for instance, deal with informa-
tion about individuals if they have
specific consent from them — but they
have to set themselves up to do that.”
The attitude is that
instead of protecting
privacy, everybody
knows everything about
everybody else and
that’s what we’re kind
of coming to – a place
where we’re going to
know everything about
other people.
— Susan Barnes,
associate director of the
social computing lab at RIT
Facebook has taken these pre-
cautions. The site informs users that
they’re releasing personal informa-
tion when using third party applica-
tions like games.
Privacy law, Wilkinson explains,
is a whole different issue and online
privacy law is something that’s not as
well developed in Ontario. This bur-
geoning field deals with issues like
personal defamation on Facebook —
suing another user over something
posted online, for example.
“One of the things about privacy
law is that there’s what the law is,
and how effective it is in its imple-
mentation,” Wilkinson says. “Essen-
tially, once information is out —
whether or not you can recover
damages or get an order against
someone — the genie can never be
put back in the bottle, so people
should be very careful.”
Rachel Leung, a second-year
social science student at Western,
agrees.
An active Facebook user, Leung
has experienced firsthand the con-
cerns associated with online privacy,
especially in the workforce. She had
to sign a waiver at her job at a sum-
mer camp that required employees
follow certain conditions when
posting online. Leung had to take
down any inappropriate photos on
her Facebook, and make sure the
camp’s logo was blurred out.
“I know a lot of people went
home and deleted pictures, and we
blocked our co-ordinators so they
couldn’t even search us,” Leung says.
She now consciously monitors
her privacy settings.
“When you apply for jobs,
employers can look you up. So all
my settings are very limited now,”
she says.
Strict privacy settings are never a
bad idea, and some students feel it’s
necessary to take extra precautions
to make sure their information can’t
be found online by an employer.
“Like many university students,
the odd Facebook photo that I’ve
been tagged in involves some drunk-
en shenanigans which I don’t want
the world to see,” says Bryan Teskey,
a second-year law student at the Uni-
versity of Ottawa. “I changed my
Facebook name due to how I’m
going to start applying for jobs at law
firms.”
Using a middle name or an initial
instead of a last name on Facebook
is a good idea for students in the
process of applying to grad school.
Yet, social networking is still
important enough to warrant a
name change rather than disabling
or deleting the account.
“There have been times where
I’ve disabled it and I think ‘I should
get rid of this’,” Leung says. “People
have access to you 24/7, and some-
times you just don’t want that. Hav-
ing to update your page and respond
to people is sort of a big commitment
in itself — it’s not really necessary.”
Of course that’s the draw of social
networking – constant communica-
tion and acquiring knowledge about
other people’s lives.
“The attitude is that instead of
protecting privacy, everybody
knows everything about everybody
else and that’s what we’re kind of
coming to – a place where we’re
going to know everything about
other people,” Barnes says, while still
maintaining users should be in full
control of their online identity.
“This is a public forum – I tell
people don’t put anything up there
that you wouldn’t put on a postcard
and send to your grandmother.”

>> By the Numbers > Facebook

500 million
The number of active users
on Facebook

200 million
The number of users who
access the website via a
mobile device

700 billion
The number of minutes peo-
ple spend on Facebook per
month

50 per cent
The number of users who log
on once a day

90
The number of pieces the
average Facebook user cre-
ates per month (including
pictures, status updates,
comments and messages)
Photo Illustration by Corey Stanford GAZETTE
6•
Review > CD
The Decemberists
The King is Dead
Capitol/EMI
After releasing their mystical concept
album The Hazards of Love in 2009,
The Decemberists have gone anoth-
er direction with their new R.E.M.-
inspired album The King is Dead.
Unfortunately, their recent effort
misses the mark, as many of the
songs sound like typical alternative
songs played in a country style. The
result is an album that doesn’t mea-
sure up to any of The Decemberists’
previous work, but luckily still main-
tains some shreds of brilliance.
The album opens with “Don’t
Carry It All,” a song that sounds like
a constant repetition of the intro to
Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up” plus a har-
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monica. The rest of the album con-
tinues in the same fashion. Songs
like “Rise to Me” sound like a coun-
try version of “The Hazards of Love
#4” from their previous album and
“All Arise” play both lyrically and
musically like a country version of
“Me in Honey” by R.E.M.
The country influence does bear
some fruit. “Down By the Water,”
“Rox in the Box” and “This is Why
We Fight” stand as some of the bet-
ter tracks on the album and are an
improvement on The Decemberists’
excellent sound.
The King is Dead is significantly
weaker than The Decemberists’ pre-
vious works. It is good to see the
band expand outside of their normal
sound — unfortunately the product
is an album that feels like a compila-
tion of country cover versions of
alternative music.
— Brent Holmes
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FILE PHOTO
Enjoy a romantic comedy
with No Strings Attached
Jennifer Munoz being afraid of commitment and a A romantic comedy that makes
CONTRIBUTOR man as the needy, romantic one in a the audience laugh out loud is rare,
relationship. The chemistry between but No Strings Attached provides
Kutcher and Portman make their more than enough awkward hilarity
unfortunate situation believable, to keep viewers rolling in the aisles.
No Strings Attached and their impeccable comedic tim- It definitely caters to a specific
Director: Ivan Reitman ing and frank attitude towards sex is audience, as the raunchy humour
Starring: Natalie Portman, Ashton charming and humourous. and up-close sex scenes may leave
Kutcher and Kevin Kline Because the movie focuses so some viewers a little uncomfortable.
much on Adam and Emma’s rela- However, the fact that the film push-
Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutch- tionship, the supporting cast is never es the envelope is often what makes
er shine in this tongue-in-cheek really developed and remains sim- it so funny. Sex isn’t glossed over, but
romantic comedy about friends with ply a frame for the rest of the story. neither is it romanticized. If anything,
benefits. Still, Mindy Kaling stands out as Adam and Emma’s romance seems
Adam (Kutcher) is a struggling Emma’s fellow resident, as does rap- to develop despite their strong
writer, while Emma (Portman) is a per Ludacris in a surprisingly decent chemistry, rather than because of it.
young doctor working 80 hours a turn as one of Adam’s best friends. The film also maintains an excel-
week. Their lives intersect one Kevin Kline disappoints as lent balance between comedy and
drunken night, and because of Adam’s father, an over-the-hill, pot drama, moving easily from a joke to
Emma’s disillusioned view of rela- smoking actor. His only purpose is an intense emotional scene without
tionships and hectic work schedule, to place emotional stress on Adam, a hitch. It also manages to deeply
they agree to embark on a purely which woefully under-uses his act- involve the audience in the story
sexual relationship. ing talents. Unfortunately, this is the without drowning them in senti-
Unfortunately, as one character case for most of the supporting cast. mentality. This isn’t the greatest film
dryly remarks, “that’s not possible,” Had they been given a chance to for a first date, but if you like your
and things gets dramatic when show off their acting repertoire, the movies cute, funny and a little out-
Adam starts wanting more. movie may have been stronger as a rageous, definitely try No Strings
It’s refreshing to see a woman whole. Attached.
“Pony Up” — Kings of Leon
As an avid Kings of Leon fan, I was naturally excited for
the release of their fifth studio album Come Around Sun-
down. But after watching their video for their first single
“Radioactive” I was less than impressed.
After giving the rest of the album a chance, the laid-
back track “Pony Up” caught my attention with its dis-
tinct baseline and southern rock vibe which brings out
the Tennessee charm in lead singer Caleb Followill’s
voice.
The beat for “Pony Up” was inspired by new wave
rock band Talking Heads, with a wiry guitar sound and
punchy baseline.
“Pony Up” may not be as catchy as some of the band’s
mainstream hits like “Sex On Fire” or “Use Somebody,”
FILE PHOTO
but it has enough spunk to make you keep it on repeat.
— Nicole Gibillini Smith’s song enjoyable to listen to.
Smith’s influences came from a wide variety of artists
“Somebody That I Used to Know” — including Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, The Who, Kiss, Mod-
Elliott Smith est Mouse and Pink Floyd. He also found influence from
Elliott Smith may be gone but his music has not been the works of classic authors Samuel Beckett, T.S. Eliot
forgotten. and Fyodor Dostoevsky.
“Somebody That I Used to Know” is off of Smith’s The combination of ornate instrumentals and relat-
2000 album Figure 8. Like many of his songs “Somebody able lyrics makes “Somebody That I Used to Know” well
That I Used to Know” has a lot of emotion invested in worth a listen.
the lyrics. Soothing vocals and peaceful guitar riffs make — Amber Garratt
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Sports
rundown >> The Mustangs women’s basketball team bounced back from their loss against Windsor and defeated the Laurier Golden Hawks 70-62 > Jackyln Selfe led
the way with 20 points and three rebounds | Mustangs men’s basketball forward Andy Wedemire led the team with 29 points, but the Mustangs still fell 75-67 to the
Golden Hawks > With a record of 6-8, the Mustangs are currently residing in the basement of the OUA west standings, tied with Waterloo for seventh place.
RMC defeated
easily in battle
May credited with 12 kills
Nicole Gibillini
ARTS & LIFE EDITOR
Well, that was easy.
The Mustangs men’s volleyball
team won their game against the
Royal Military College Paladins Fri-
day night in three quick sets. It was a
big win for the Mustangs after their
first loss of the year to the McMaster
Marauders last weekend.
The Paladins, on the other hand,
haven’t won a game all season.
“We’ve played really good ball
the past five weeks against some
very good teams. We haven’t won
but we’ve played very well,” RMC
head coach Steve Leknois said.
But their efforts against the Mus-
tangs just weren’t enough. Western
dominated the first set with a score
of 25-14, the second with 25-10 and
took the third and final game with a
score of 25-12.
“We tried to implement some of
the things that we did right against
them at our house and just didn’t
implement them enough,” Leknois
said.
“They’re a good team so we basi-
cally just looked at what we did
Mustangs’ firing squad slaughter Paladins
Western rebounds from tough loss to McMaster
HER PREDICTION THAT RMC WOULD ONLY SCORE 5 POINTS WAS SURPRIS-
INGLY CLOSE. Mustang player of the game Rebecca Oxland (#9) led Western to
a 3-0 victory over the hapless RMC Paladins, improving Western’s record to 9-3
on the season.
against them last time and at what
McMaster did, and tried to duplicate
those things, but unfortunately
tonight we didn’t duplicate them.”
While it was not a great night for
the Paladins, it certainly was for
Mustangs rookie Garrett May who
led the team with 14 kills. Middle hit-
ter Matthew Waite also played well
with four aces and three kills. Waite
was happy with the team’s perfor-
mance, particularly the contribu-
tions of the team’s bench players.
“I think we played a complete
game. Everyone was playing very
well and they were basically firing on
all cylinders,” Waite said. “Especially
the guys that came in off the bench,
they came and they played very well
— basically everyone came to play
today.”
The win was important for the
Mustangs as they hope earn the first
seed in the playoffs, which would
give them a first round bye and
allow them to host the Ontario Uni-
versity Athletics Final Four.
“This game is an important step
towards that goal so we basically
look at it as a whole and just tried to
think of what we want to do and play
Corey Stanford GAZETTE
RMC USUALLY PLAYS VOLLEYBALL WITH HEAVY ARTILLERY. RETURNING A BALL IS JUST WEIRD TO THEM. Rookie Gar-
rett May (#11) dominated the RMC Paladins on Friday night with 14 points. He led the Mustangs to a straight sets victory
over the winless Paladins.
like we should play,” Waite said. “It’s
definitely an important win coming
from a loss [against McMaster]
because it gives us a lot of morale.”
According to head coach Jim
Sage, the Mustangs worked hard
during practice last week to com-
pensate for their loss against
McMaster.
“We’ve been challenging each
Kaitlyn McGrath
SPORTS EDITOR
The girls from the Royal Military
College didn’t put up much of a fight
against the Mustangs.
After losing a five set heartbreak-
er last weekend against the McMas-
ter Marauders, the Mustangs were
eager to bounce back against the
RMC Paladins — and that’s exactly
what they did.
“I don’t think we ever lost confi-
dence last weekend because it was
just a great match,” Mustangs head
coach Dave Edwards said about the
loss to McMaster. “Tonight’s game
was a great night for us to think about
getting the touches we needed, and
working on a few little things.”
The Mustangs remained in the
driver’s seat the entire match, win-
ning the game in three straight sets
and improving their record to 9-3.
The Paladins struggled to gener-
ate any offence from the beginning
and the Mustangs took an early 12-6
lead, forcing RMC to call a timeout.
But not even a pep talk could spark
the struggling team and the Mus-
tangs took the first set 25-14.
After the game, Mustangs right
side hitter Rebecca Oxland was
pleased with their dominating per-
formance.
“I thought we played pretty well
today, I thought we executed some
thegazette • Tuesday, January 25, 2011
factattack
Canadian Milos Raonic may have lost to Spain’s David Ferrer in
the fourth round of this year’s Australian Open, but he made a
little history in the process. He was the first Canadian to make the
fourth round of a tournament since Daniel Nestor made it to the
last 16 in Wimbledon in 1999.
Corey Stanford GAZETTE
other, remaining intense in the prac- ond-place Queen’s Gaels on Satur-
tice, working on little things that are day.
going to make the difference — cov- “It’s hard to play a team like RMC
erage, blocking, defence and serving. and then Queen’s the next night
I thought we served well again because it really is two levels of
tonight,” he said. competition,” Sage said. “I knew they
Sage had no doubts that his team would respond after the loss to
would come out strong on Friday. [McMaster]. It was a big wake-up
The RMC game served as prepara- call for us so hopefully that will carry
tion for their game against the sec- over to tomorrow.”
good passing and hitting and we bench, giving many of his starters a
were definitely prepared for this break in anticipation for their game
game,” she said. against Queen’s the following evening.
Oxland helped the Mustangs “We knew that RMC wasn’t going
defensively with 15 digs, while also to be a really difficult team,” he said.
earning four kills and six assists. “We wanted to take it seriously, we
wanted to respect RMC and I
thought it was a great opportunity to
get my starters and also everyone
else on the bench in.”
With the game out of reach, the
Paladins hit the ball into the net in
We knew that RMC an anti-climatic manner giving the
wasn’t going to be a Mustangs the match point. Third-
really difficult team year Christie-Lee Wilson delivered
the final kill of the game to earn the
[…] I thought it was a victory for the Mustangs.
great opportunity to Despite another loss, RMC head
coach Carolyn Welden remained
get my starters and pleased with her team’s efforts.
also everyone else on “It’s always more difficult when
the bench in. you’re on the road,” she said. “I think
they did well, we’re learning, we’re a
— Dave Edwards young team. I think we made some
Mustang’s head coach
on how easy RMC is to beat unforced errors, [but] they’re build-
ing everyday they play.”
Although the Mustangs were
The Mustangs continued to dic- happy with the straight set victory,
tate most of the points in the second their real test will come against
set. Mustang middle hitter Stephanie Queen’s who are currently sitting in
Kreuter delivered one of her three second place in the eastern confer-
kills of the game to give her team the ence.
set point and thanks to an unforced After defeating the Gaels in last
error from the Paladins, the Mus- year’s Ontario University Athletics
tangs took the set 25-15. bronze medal game, the Mustangs
Anticipating an easier match, are anticipating a tough match.
Edwards was able to utilize his entire