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EST.1906 VOLUME 103, ISSUE 28 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009
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MENS RUGBYMustangs prepare for post-season p.9
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THE STILLSMontreal band gives London props p.5
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LED STREET LIGHTSGreen initiative proposed to city council
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Vendor legitimacy called into questionRetailer assures
merchandise obtained from companies distributors
SpokespeedbumpsBy Meagan KashtyGazette Staff
Despite renovations including apatio, pool tables and new
seating,The Spoke has brought lower thanexpected numbers in the
UniversityStudents Councils first quarterlybudget.
The student tavern, which hasbeen in existence since 1969,
catersto students and staff at Western. Thereinstitution of The
Spokes liquorlicense for the lounge was meant tomotivate students
to utilize thelounge.
Sacha Kumar, USC vice-presidentfinance, was not worried about
theSpoke being behind budget. It wasa bit behind budget
expectations,but thats because when the budgetwas created last
year, we didnt antic-ipate it being shut down at all,Kumar
noted.
The unexpected renovation wastherefore not reflected in the
pro-posed budget.
We made [renovations] animmediate priority of ours, Kumarsaid.
[The board] couldnt haveanticipated that.
Jeff Armour, food and beveragemanager for The Wave and
Spoke,noted that by taking into account achange in The Spoke and
Wavesbusiness models, along with thenotion of nightly academic
pro-gramming, the opening of The Spokewould have drastic affects on
the firstquarterly budget.
Concerns have been raised overthe newly licensed Spoke patio
andits lack of use over the wintermonths. While the patio was a
majorfeatature of the renovations, itsopening in late September has
dis-suaded some students to make useof it.
I havent used the patio, but I alsohavent wanted to, Bill Atyeo,
a third-year nursing student said. He citedbad weather as one of
his reasons forn reasons for not using it.
Kumar regretted the late opening,but was optimistic about the
patiossuccess for the future.
Ideally we would have liked tohave the patio ready to go for mid
toearly September, but we still got itdone, Kumar said. Its fully
licensedand should be ready to go when thewinter is done.
Armour reiterated while the patiomay not have immediate success,
itis a long-term investment for theuniversity.
[The patio] is a nice, joint collab-orative effort between [the
USC andUWO], Armour said. The weatherisnt great, but thats OK. The
patiowill be there [years from now] and
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By Allie FonarevGazette Staff
Billabong, Abercrombie and Fitch,Ed Hardy and Dolce &
Gabbanawere on the list of brands availablefor students to buy at
low prices thisweek in the atrium of the Universi-ty Community
Centre.
Acccording to vendor YolandaBelfrutto, she has several
clothingstores including Passa Passa Gear inSimcoe, Ontario.
The Gazette conducted an inves-tigation of the vendors clothes
andnoted certain discrepancies withthe product labels and price
tags.
Product labels did not containany French writing on
them.According to Mario Iafrate, a privateinvestigator of Hallmark
Investiga-tions, labels bought from Canadiandistributors would have
Frenchwriting on them.
According to Iafrate, clothingfrom Canadian distributors
shouldhave a CA number and a RN num-ber. If not then the item was
onlyintended for the another market.
This isnt illegal, but it means
they are bypassing the Canadiandistributor, Iafrate said, in
regardsto clothing that does not come fromCanadian
distributors.
Hallmark Investigations previ-ously worked on a case of
counter-feit merchandise at Western. Iafrateis a private
investigator who hasworked for the anti-counterfeitinglawfirm
Kestenberg, Siegal, Lip-kus LLP.
While Iafrate could not com-ment on the products seen by
theGazette, since he had not seen themdirectly, he explained
important dis-tinctions for distinguishing betweenreal and
counterfeit products.
Iafrate mentioned legitimatemerchandise usually have
distinctcontrol numbers on labels for dif-ferent styles or colors
of garments.The tags on the clothing reviewedby the Gazette sold
this week in theUCC have the same control num-bers for different
shirts.
According to Yolanda Belfrutto,one of the vendors at the booth,
themerchandise comes straight fromthe manufacturer. The second
ven-dor at the booth, whose name,
according to Belfrutto, is John Doe,confirmed they obtained
merchan-dise from the distributors.
However, according to the Aber-crombie and Fitch Brand
Protec-tion department, the only way toget A&F clothing is
through theirU.S., Canadian and U.K. stores, orthrough catalogues
and the com-pany website.
Unlike the black market, whichis illegal, the grey market is
thetrade of a commodity through dis-tribution channels, which are
unof-ficial, unauthorized, or unintendedby the original
manufacturer butnot illegal.
It is not known whether theproducts sold in the UCC atriumwere
sourced from the grey market.
Nick Vassiliou, manager of reser-vations at the University
StudentsCouncil, noted the procedure forselecting vendors in the
UCC isstandard.
They came to us as [all propos-als do], we took their requests
to theadvertising overview committeeand they were good to go,
heexplained.
Susan McKone, reservations co-ordinator, reflected on the
processas well.
I felt safe bringing her inbecause she has a legitimate storeand
she had Western studentsworking for her in the summer andthey
suggested that she bring herstuff in, she said.
While the reservations depart-ment looks at the products
vendorswill be selling, they maintain theyare not experts at
distinguishingwhether they are authentic.
We have assurances from ourvendors [] they are notified
ofstipulations of what to sell andwhat not to sell, Vassiliou
main-tained.
People do prey on universitystudents. [and] its more obviouswhen
you see it at a hospital orschool, Iafrate said.
Kevin Macwan, a third-yearhealth science student,
believedunauthentic merchandise doesmake a difference from having
thereal brand.
Im not paying for somethingthats not real, he said.
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The weather isntgreat, but thats OK.The patio will be
there[years from now] andoverall it will be agreat facility.
Jeff Armour, USC food and beverage manager
EVALUATING USC FOOD SERVICES
overall it will be a great facility.Other potential cost
factors
include payment for increased secu-rity, although Kumar noted
thesecosts were minimsts were minimal.
There were slight increases inlabor costs, but that was fully
antici-pated and fully expected, Kumarsaid, reiterating this would
not havebeen in the budget projection lastyear, as it was a result
of renovationcosts.
Increased security has beenimplemented as a means of makingsure
no outside beverages arebrought into the Spoke a newlyinstigated
rule that has caused a bitof student frustration.
Its definitely an inconvenience,Atyeo said. If I want to grab a
bitefrom The Spoke, I cant bring in myTim Hortons cup.
However, this rule is set out by theAlcohol and Gaming
Commission ofOntario and as such is not up for dis-cussion.
There may be an initial resis-tance, but as people learn, they
willadapt, Armour said, also addingthere is USC liaison educating
peo-ple at the front door.
Despite policy changes andunpleasant weather, both Armourand
Kumar maintained they are see-ing the growing popularity of
theSpoke.
I think were going to see majorimprovements, Armour empha-sized.
Both venues are busy.
The Grad Club manager, MarcLalonde, noted The Spokes
renova-tions have not had an effect on theirbusiness, most likely
because of adifferent target audience.
We have very little undergradbusiness, Lalonde said. It
doesntaffect us.
Ideally we will have a reallystrong Q2, so were communicatingto
the managers to keep their costslow and really push their services
tothe students, Kumar said. Hopeful-ly we will see an increase in
spend-ing habits, but only time will tell.
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Dalhousie put on probationAdministration at Dalhousie
Uni-versity rushed to reassure under-graduate medical students of
thevalidity of their degrees in the wakeof a two year
probation.
The medical school was deter-mined to be not-compliant on 17of
132 standards examined by theLiason Committee on Medical
Edu-cation, a group that certifies med-ical schools in the U.S. and
Canada.
The committee determined themedical school had not defined
theobjectives of its educational pro-gram. These objectives are
meantto be used to assess studentprogress in developing the
compe-tencies expected of a physician.
According to the committee,students do not receive
properassistance in making career andresidency program choices
andhave inadequate study space.
Although the school was alsofound to be in breach of
standardsrequiring there be comparable edu-cational experiences and
equiva-lent methods of evaluation acrossinstructional sites, the
DalhousieMedicine New Brunswick campusis still expected to open in
Septem-ber 2010.
The student reaction was quitepositive, Mary McIntosh,
commu-nications manager at the NewBrunswick Campus, said.
There are only 30 seats in [theNew Brunswick] program and wedont
expect that it will be difficultto fill these seats with excellent
can-didates, she added.
Students at Dalhousie Medical
Schools main campus in Halifaxhave been very supportive and
con-tinue to be engaged in the remedi-ation process according to
AllisonGerrard, a spokesperson for theschool.
Ora Morison
Flawed fish guidelinespose health risks
A recent study conducted at West-ern has found 20 to 30 per cent
ofCanadian women of child bearingage to have mercury levels
highenough to damage the brain of afetus.
Many of the women who partic-ipated in the study thought
theirfish consumption was withinhealth guidelines the mainsource of
mercury is in fish con-sumption.
This proved to be a concern forGideon Koren, Ivey chair in
molec-ular toxicology at the SchulichSchool of Medicine and
Dentistry.
The guidelines are flawedbecause they are based on howmuch fish
women consume ratherthan the mercury levels in the spe-cific fish
they consume, he said.
Even more worrying is the factfish is considered an
especiallyimportant source of nutrition dur-ing pregnancy.
According to Koren, highamounts of mercury in a pregnantmother
could stunt the psycholog-ical growth of the baby.
However, if a womans mercurylevel is high, a change in diet
canrectify the problem.
Fadesola Adedayo
Long payback period of LEDlighting sticking point for CityBy
Abid-Aziz LadhaniGazette Staff
Street lights in London may beundergoing changes in an effort
toreduce light pollution and save taxdollars.
Bud Polhill, board of controlmember, supported the
implemen-tation of light-emitting diode streetlights. Directing the
beam along theroadway or sidewalk, LED technol-ogy refrains from
sending wastedlight into the sky.
Typical street lights use high-pressure sodium and tend to
inflatea municipalitys energy bill. Howev-er, recent developments
in LEDtechnology have been reported toreduce energy usage by
half.
Judy Bryant, Ward 13 council-lor, agreed it was time to look
atall options to save energy, moneyand be more
environmentallysustainable.
I brought up the fact that a
number of cities, such as Tucsonand Chicago, are lowering
theintensity of lighting and makingsure the lights do not
bleedupwards into the sky, Bryant said.
Yet, despite the benefits of thisinitiative, the cost of LED
lighting isthe subject of debate in City Hall.
Based on our analysis, the pay-back period is 24 years, as the
capi-tal cost of the fixtures are consider-ably more money than the
currentbulbs, Shane Maguire, divisionmanager of parking and traffic
sig-nals, said.
However, Polhill disagreed.Every company I have spoken
withsuggests it will take seven years[but] Im not sure that the
numbersour staff have are current figures,he said.
Bryant maintains she did notpropose to shut off street
lightsaltogether in order to save costs,although some committee
mem-bers were under the impression this
was her intention. I could never support shutting
off our street lights. You cannot havethat in every street in
the city. It isnot acceptable or safe, Polhill said.
A one-year trial period, con-ducted by LED Roadway Lighting,will
test the efficiency and savingsof LED street lights.
We are using LED lighting. In anumber of locations were
usingthem, Brandon Watson, commu-nications officer for Westerns
Phys-ical Plant, said. When were doingrenovations we always
considerLED technology.
According to Watson, one of themost noticeable locations with
LEDlighting is the canopy of AlumniHall. Talbot College and the
base-ment of Natural Science also havesimilar lighting.
If the lighting is appropriate forthe area, then we will use
them,Watson added.
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What is a sport?The term has grown increasingly vague over
generations.
Most recognize the four big North American games foot-ball,
basketball, baseball and ice hockey are sports. How-ever, how do we
feel about societys marginal games?
For instance, ballroom dancing is recognized as a sportby the
International Olympic Committee. Can that reallybe deemed a sport?
Chess is also recognized by the IOC.What, exactly, is so athletic
about that?
The word sport, it seems, brings about a lot of conno-tations.
Just calling something a sport instantly gives itcredibility.
However, if there are no guidelines for the term, thenwhat is to
stop someone from calling penny hockey asport? Or Twister? Or even
flip cup?
Not having a solid set of criteria for an activity to benamed a
sport cheapens the legitimacy of athletics andallows any simpleton
with a game to call themselves anathlete. It undermines the
countless hours legitimate ath-letes undertake when training for
their activity of choice.
Its time to arrive on criteria for what can and cannotbe deemed
a sport, so those who excel in their fields andcommit the time to
their event can be recognized as trueathletes. You wouldnt want
just any academic institutionto call itself a university and award
degrees. There has tobe rules.
On the other hand, maybe we place too much empha-sis on the word
sport. There is, after all, no definite reasonwhy the realm of
sports should be so exclusive. Why notinclude all physical and
mental activities in the realm ofsports. Then everyone would be
happy, right?
Plus, it would be difficult to set rigid criteria when thestate
of sports is always in flux just look at the evolutionof athletics
from the first Olympics to present day com-petition. We arent going
to be seeing chariot racing inVancouver next year.
And what about the element of the spectator? When itcomes to
television and radio, the fans often dictate whichsports are
broadcast and which are left behind.
Thousands of people watch poker on television sta-tions such as
Sportsnet and TSN should poker bedeemed a sport? Synchronized
swimming is only seen ontelevision during the Olympics is that a
sport?
Furthermore, if were going to determine criteria forwhat
constitutes a sport, then who should be in charge?
Clearly the IOC has shown they cant be counted on tofairly
determine what is and is not a sport, as they have awell documented
history of back room deals and under-the-table handshakes.
Just this week it was revealed in a memoir written byYuan
Weimin, the former president of the ChineseOlympic Committee, that
Beijing was awarded the 2008summer games in exchange for Chinas
support ofJacques Rogge in his bid to become IOC president.
At the end of the day, its almost impossible to definesport its
just too vague.
But maybe its time somebody tried.
Sports needto be defined
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Sport is all hoke and hype, but I find it outrageous and
wonderful. DICK BEDDOES
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Council.
Chrtien will be remembered for manythings the sponsorship
scandal, theShawinigan handshake, the pie in theface but certainly
not for his merit.
Former prime minister Jean Chrtienis the latest recipient of the
supposedlyprestigious Order of Merit an honourbestowed by the
British Sovereign forgreat achievement in the arts,
learning,literature and science.
When asked by Toronto Star reporterswhy he was appointed to the
order,Chrtien responded: they wereimpressed by the fact that I
served Cana-da for 40 years.
Since when has punching the clockfor the federal government for
40 yearsdeserved recognition from the BritishMonarchy?
Chrtien will be the fourth Canadianto be accepted into the
Order. He standsamong giants such as former prime min-ister and
Order member William LyonMackenzie King. King served as
primeminister for 21 years and led the nationfrom a colony to an
independent nation.
Chrtien had an amusing accent. Also among the list of past
recipients
is Florence Nightingale, who pioneeredthe evolution of nurses
from lowly doc-tors servants to esteemed medical assis-tants and
contributed to the early femi-nist movement.
Chrtien throttled a protestor in Hull.
While it is amusing to berate Chr-tiens meagre accomplishments,
theaward brings to surface a more seriousissue the decreasing
respect for onceprestigious honours.
As an elite award limited to 24 livingmembers, the Order of
Merit is notsomething to be taken lightly. Past recip-ients also
include Winston Churchill,Nelson Mandela and T.S. Eliot.
Looking at the latest recipient, how-ever, it seems to have
become a pettytitle given away to any popular publicfigure
disregarding what they may ormay not have accomplished.
This trend isnt exclusive to the Orderof Merit. The
controversial awarding ofthe Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obamais
only another recent example of thedecreasing value behind public
awards.
It brings to mind the question arethe requirements for these
esteemedawards relaxing, or are there simplyfewer candidates than
there once were?
Looking back on the 21st century, itseems to be much easier to
call to mindthe names of dictators, warlords andfear-mongering
politicians than any cel-ebrated individuals who have led theworld
towards positive change.
So perhaps it is not the award com-mittees we should criticize,
but our-selves. If our politicians seem dwarfed byhistorys
innovative leaders, then it istime we let them know.
Especially as well-educated students,it is also important we
scrutinize our-selves as the leaders of tomorrow. If ourparents and
grandparents generationsdid not provide the world with
leadersworthy of honour, then so be it but wewill.
Re: Six officers needed to take down stu-dent Oct. 16, 2009
To the editor:I am a bit disturbed the general studentbody seems
to show only one emotionin response to last weeks violentarrest:
anger, perhaps mixed with a bit ofconfusion. While the amount of
forceused in the arrest may well have beenexcessive, I have
encountered few stu-dents who even consider the possibilitythat,
just maybe, the officers were doingtheir jobs as best they knew
how.
I am by no means defending policebrutality or the abuse that
tends to comehand-in-hand with power. What worriesme is the lack of
appreciation for theunpleasant acts that contribute to oursocietys
successful and peaceful existence.
As a society, we need to accept manyof the beneficial acts most
of us wouldnot care to experience, let alone per-form, contribute
to our wellbeing. If Iwere to be running around a publiclocale in a
hallucinatory state and evad-ing police detention, I would expect
tobe approached by police.
It is easy to protest the mistreatmentof one of our fellow
student comrades,but not so easy to consider the reality ofthe
situation: a person was required tobe detained, and force was
required toensure that detention.
In an intense situation, decisionsoften become black and white
thereis no room for perfection. Having a pro-ficient law
enforcement agency toensure our constant safety is a
luxuryCanadians have, and the cost of that lux-ury is accepting the
harsh reality thatpolice work, real police work, is rarelyclean.
Desensitize yourselves from ourcontagious hypocrisy. Bad things
needto happen to ensure a general good.
David Basu RoyMusic and Engineering IV
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Bad thingsnecessary forgreater good
The Gazette looks back this week to 1990, when stu-dents from
the University of Ottawa pelted Members ofParliament with pasta in
protest of the plan to levy athree per cent surcharge on student
loans.
Kingston Liberal Member of Parliament Peter Mil-likin told the
Gazette many of his caucus memberswere hit in the head with noodles
during the attack.
They have metal detectors to check anyone whogoes into the
public gallery, he said. But they dont
have macaroni detectors.Along with pasta, students threw cards
reading
Dont tax my loan! written on the front and had thesignatures of
disgruntled students on the back.
Yves Lacroix, then vice-president finance ofOttawas Student
Federation and one of the partici-pants of the protest said the
noodle rampage was asuccess.
I really think we got their attention, he added.
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ArtsEntertainmentP5 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009
The Stills join up with Metric for London showMontreal band
excited to finally share the stage with old friends
By Nicole GibilliniGazette Staff
Metric and The Stills have geared upfor a Canadian tour and are
makinga stop in London. These long timefriends are using their
musical tal-ents and growing popularity to playa highly anticipated
show at Cen-tennial Hall Friday at 8 p.m.
The Stills, composed of TimFletcher, Dave Hamelin, LiamONeil,
Olivier Corbeil and JulienBlais are opening the show andthey love
playing with Metric.
I find thatMetric fans arereally receptive.Our music reallyworks
with theirs I think it isjust really a goodmix of crowds.We have a
com-mon interest,but we are verydifferent bands,lead singer
andguitarist Fletchersays.
The Stills areonly making a few stops with Met-ric, but have
been enjoying playingon their own as well especially intheir
hometown of Montreal.
People think it would be reallystressful playing a show in
yourhometown, but it was really awe-some. It is a lot of fun to
party andperform there, Fletcher says.
The two bands have touredtogether before, the first time
beingabout five years ago. They are goodfriends and finally decided
theyneeded to work something outtogether in terms of a tour.
We always run into [each] otherand we finally said come on,
weneed to get something going,Fletcher says.
The Stills released their latestalbum Oceans Will Rise in
August2008. They are currently in the writ-ing process, but arent
ready toshowcase anything new just yet.They plan to play songs from
theirfirst three albums on the tour.
Fletcher says the new materialwill be similar to their first
album,but it will be more intimate thanwhat they have done in the
past.
I think weare honing in onsomething reallypersonal, hesays. We
are justkind of living ourlives and writing.We know wherewe want to
go sowe are justassembling theart.
The Stills loveplaying in Cana-dian cities, butthey have a
par-
ticular fondness for London. London is such a rock-and-roll
town, Fletcher says. It is so nice toplay here. It is also nice
to spendsome time with family and friendsthat live here.
The only request Fletcher has forhis London fans is that they
comeout to the show and have a goodtime.
We just want people to come outto party and see the show, he
says.
Metric and The Stills play Centen-nial Hall Friday at 8 p.m.
CentennialHall is located at 609 Wellington St.
London is such arock-and-roll town.Its so nice to playhere. It
is also nice tospend some time withfamily and friendsthat live [in
the city].
Tim FletcherThe Stills vocalist
Gazette File Photo
HEY MRS. TAMBOURINE WOMAN. Emily Haines of Metric joins friends
The Stills as both bands take to thestage at Centennial Hall.
Courtesy of Daniel Cianfarra
TO THE LEFT NOW YALL. Montreal band The Stills are touring
across the country and are making a stop in London on Friday. They
released their third album, Oceans Will Rise, in 2008and are
currently working on their fourth.
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P6 arts&entertainment theGazette THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22,
2009
Where The Wild Things Are delivers aestheticallyAdaptation of
Sendaks popular childrens tale lives up to the hype
By Maddie LeznoffGazette Staff
Where the Wild Things AreDirected by: Spike JonzeStarring: Max
Records, CatherineKeener, James Gandolfini
Spike Jonzes adaptation of Wherethe Wild Things Are is a film
sur-rounded by hype. The screen ver-sion of Maurice Sendaks
popularchildrens picture book is darkerthan expected, and slow at
times,but offers a treat for the eyes andears.
The script stays fairly close toSendaks original tale.
Max(Records) is a lonely and energeticyoung boy who feels neglected
byhis sister and his mother who has anew boyfriend. After an
argumentwith his mother (Keener), Max runsaway from home and sails
off to afar away land where he meets theWild Things.
The Wild Things are an eclecticgroup of beasts who, thanks to
greatCGI and special effects, uncannilyresemble the drawings
fromSendaks book. The animal-likecreatures are somewhat
represen-tative of a dysfunctional family they appoint Max as their
king andleader in the hope he can fix theirbroken relationships,
and in doingso, Max deals with his own familyissues.
Where the Wild Things Are isvisually stunning. Filmed in
NewZealand, the film highlights thelands natural beauty with
simplewide shots of beaches, cliffs andforests. The Wild Things,
voiced bywell-known actors like Forest Whit-taker and Gandolfini,
are gorgeous-ly animated and seem more humanthan beast its easy to
forget Maxis the sole human for most of thefilm.
The role of Max is perfectly cast.Using an actual 12-year-old
for therole ensured Records innocenceand naivety came across as
genuineon screen. Max is a part any youngboy would enjoy playing,
as yelling,running, jumping and dirt fightsare all part of the
plot. However,Records is equally talented in deliv-ering poignant
moments in addi-tion to the action sequences.
The soundtrack, composedentirely of songs by Karen O and
theKids, matches both the playful andserious tones of the film. The
leadsinger of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs col-laborated with a childrens
choir tocreate the soundtrack, achieving asense of nostalgia with
jingle-jangleindie-pop and kids voices.
One downfall of the film was inprogress. Some of the
quieterscenes of introspection that featureone-on-one conversation
betweenMax and the Wild Things are slowand come dangerously close
tosappy. These moments are saved byquirky humour that shines
throughwhen least expected.
Though Sendaks book wasmeant for children, Jonzes film
isintended for more mature audi-ences darker undertones of sad-ness
and anger struggle against amessage of hope, love and family.
Where the Wild Things Are is notall hype, and if nothing else,
thefilm makes you long to be an imag-inative and carefree kid
again.
Gazette File Photo
WHOS CUTER? Spike Jonzes version of Where The Wild Things Are
features loveable animated creatures and an adorable little
boy.
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Break UpPete Yorn and Scarlett JohanssonAtco/Rhino
When initial expectations are low,the feeling of being
pleasantly sur-prised with an album multiplies.Pete Yorn and
Scarlett Johanssonslatest musical endeavour, Break Up,exceeds all
expectations.
While neither Johanssons norYorns solo music careers have beena
resounding success, Johanssons2008 album Anywhere I Lay MyHead
comes to mind, together theymake a congruous pair.
Johanssons rich, deep vocalsmake up for what they lack inrange,
and although Yorns vocalsare somewhat weak, his musicaltalent is
undeniable. He penned themajority of the tracks on the albumand
provides accompaniment onguitar, piano and banjo.
The album works well as awhole, achieving a smooth transi-
tion from song to song. From theupbeat opening track Relator
tothe country vibe of Wear and Tearand bittersweet love song
Sham-poo, the collection is easy listeningfrom beginning to end.
The onlymisstep is the pairs unremarkableattempt at a cover of
Chris Bellsinsightful ballad I am the Cosmos.
Overall, the album is a success.There doesnt seem to be any
signof a break up in sight for this newduo.
Joseph Bainbridge
By Pat MartiniGazette Writer
At the moment, Reginas RahRah are touring in Montreal and theyre
sick.
Despite illness, they remainin good spirits as they make
theirway to Southwestern Ontariowhere they will play in Londonon
Monday at the BlackshirePub.
Rah Rah offer a pop-folksound, which blends the foun-dations of
roots music with analternative delivery, makingthem a band pushing
theboundaries of Canadian music.They also want to assert
theirPrairie pride for any who mayhave second guesses as to what
arock band from Saskatchewanmight sound like.
Our music does have aprairie vibe. People are reallysupportive
back home. Mainlywere not shy about saying wherewere from, Erin
Passmore says,who provides vocals, bass, drumand keyboard for the
group. Wehappily acknowledge our folkroots being from
Saskatchewan.
Passmore is just one of eightmembers in the band.
It started in high school, Iguess, she says. A bunch of
usrandomly started playing andeventually we decided to put outa
record.
In 2006 the band released anEP and worked their way upfrom
there.
Not knowing our asses fromour elbows, the recording took along
time, Passmore says. Itcan be a slow process but itsalways a
learning experience. Itgave us time to realize what wewanted to
be.
Young Soul Records, a com-pany based in Regina, releasedtheir
2008 album Going Steady.The album showcases thegroups sound and
image andhighlights their musical prowessand lyrical strengths.
There is a definite aesthetic toRah Rah. The bands quirky
spiritis evident in the largegroup. Their MySpace page alonegives
some insight into the natureof a Rah Rah show notablyphotos
channeling an early 90sFresh Prince of Bel-Air look.
Along with instruments com-mon in a rock group, theyemploy Pop
Rock candies whencompleting their sound.
Our shows have Pop Rockssolos! Passmore exclaims. Weuse confetti
if we can find it at agas station or something on theway into town.
Its all verytongue-in-cheek. We have insidejokes on stage.
As light-hearted as they are,Rah Rah take their music
seri-ously. Marshall Burns, the prin-ciple songwriter of the
group,uses images and stories fromtimes gone by and gives them
acontemporary relevance.
The song A Duet for Emmy-lou and the Grievous Angel pre-sents
this songwriting formulaas it uses the tale of a famouscountry
music duo as a templatefor a story of unrequited modernlove.
Guitars and violins standout and accentuate the poeticsof the
straightforward approachto their songs.
This will be the bands secondtime coming to London theyplayed
here over the summer and as they continue to travelacross the
country, they work onforming a sound they can calltheir own despite
already havingestablished a unique method ofperformance.
On the benefits of having agroup comprised of such
eclectictastes Passmore explains, itlends itself to constant
inspira-tion and different personalities.Everyone comes with
differentmusical experiences its great.
There is something to be saidfor the group from Regina whouse
their musical histories anddiffering styles to form such aunique
yet familiar sound. RahRah present another side of theever-changing
face of Canadianmusic, and have a lot of funalong the way.
Rah Rah play the BlackshirePub, located at 511 Talbot St, onOct.
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Only one thing could improve uponthe perfect fall weather
Sundayafternoon for Westerns mens rugbyteam rounding out their
regularseason with a convincing 36-0 winover the McMaster
Marauders.
The Mustangs came prepared tolet the defending Ontario
Universi-ty Athletics champions know theywill have to be ready to
work hardto keep the cup this year.
We are definitely happy withthe result, Westerns head coachTony
Roes said. It was a littleintense for the first 45 or 50 min-utes,
but the guys stuck it out andended up breaking it open at theend.
We are happy with the 36points, but probably happier withthe
shutout.
The Marauders acknowledgedthey were outplayed by a strongWestern
squad ready to capitalizeon the their blunders.
Western played very well. Theywere the better team on the day.
Weturned over possession too much that really hurt us, McMasterhead
coach Phil White said. [West-ern] played well across the teamand
deserve the win on the day.
Within the first 10 minutes ofplay Western set the tone with a
tryfrom Marcus Mitchell taking a 5-0lead. Midway through the
half,McMaster made a determinedpush for a try, but Western heldthem
off inches from the goal line.
The first 10 minutes we cameout storming and scored early,
thenit became a really physical battle forthe rest of the first
half, Westerncaptain Dave Jacks said.
The second half was one-sidedas Western exploited weaknesses
inthe Marauders defence, running infive tries from Alan Si, Conor
Train-or, Aaron Kennedy, Conor Wadeand a second from Mitchell.
Afterconverts from Si and Simon Faderthe Mustangs finished with
anauthoritative 36-0 victory.
The main reason we pulledaway in the second half was the waywe
pulled together as a team. Theforwards were doing a lot of thedirty
work and getting our skilledbacks the ball, and when they getthe
ball some of those guys are real-ly dangerous, Jacks said.
In addition to the team effortput forth by the Mustangs. a
rivalrybetween McMaster and Westernaided in fuelling both teams to
fieryperformances.
There are a lot of guys on theteam who have never beaten
Macbefore, so to beat them is huge andwe know we are one of the
topteams, Trainor said.
Perennially we are both rugbypowers. We play each other a
lot,and see each other in the playoffs.The calibre of players is
high so weknow they are going to be goodmatches, McMaster scrum
halfCurtis Wadden said.
McMaster finished the regularseason with their worst record
inyears, having lost three matches.
We are obviously disappointed.I know that we arent playing at
thelevel that we should be playing,McMasters captain Andrew
Lom-bard said.
However, they are still lookingforward to defending their title
withthe confidence they have the play-ers to make a deep run in the
play-offs.
No one remembers the regularseason once you are into the
play-offs, White said. We would like tohave a better [regular
season]record. It is a matter of getting thetalent we have working
togetherand that will be our goal for the nextfew weeks.
Meanwhile, Western has securedsecond place in the OUA,
whichensures them a bye to the semi-finals in London.
All week we talked about con-trolling our destiny, Mustangs
out-side centre Mitchell said. Welocked up second spot, which
ishuge for us. That means we have 19
days to rest up before the playoffsand we have home field
advantage.
The Mustangs will use the nexttwo weeks to tighten up their
gameand make sure they are ready forthe playoffs.
I am proud of the guys and Ithink we are aware that we have alot
of work to do going into thepost-season, Roes said.
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Toronto Maple LeafsThe futility of the Maple Leafs iswell
documented, however anyonewho questions the illustrious blueand
white around SouthernOntario is often dismissed as anuninformed
Habs fan. Maybe itsbest to let the stats speak for them-selves.
As a team, the Leafs are dead lastin the NHL in goals against
with 32,points with one and wins with zero.Their 60.7 per cent
penalty kill per-centage is good for last in the leagueand their
team plus/minus of -12lands them in second last, aboveonly
Minnesota who is -15 as a team.The Leafs average two goals pergame,
which is also second last in theleague, and they allow more
thanfour and a half goals per contest,which is the worst rate in
the NHL.
Need any more evidence?The worst part of this years
incarnation of the Leafs has clearlybeen the defence.
Free-agentacquisitions Mike Komisarek andFrancois Beauchemin have
landedin Toronto with a thud, combiningfor one goal and a
horrendousplus/minus rating of -9 in the Leafsfirst seven games.
Komisarek,whose 23 penalty minutes are sec-ond on the team, is
still looking forhis first point in the blue and white.
Luke Schenn, who is dressing upas a pylon for Halloween,
hasregressed in a big way from hisdecent rookie season last
year.Tomas Kaberle has been so listlessthat prognosticators and
fans alikeare calling for him to be benched.And Jeff Finger has
been, well, JeffFinger tallying one assist and aminus six in just
four games.
If the Leafs embarrassing start isany signal of things to come,
itsgoing to be a long year for Leaf fans.
Mark TeixeiraYankee clean-up hitter AlexRodriguez has shown he
can hithome runs at will this post-season,but with the listless
Mark Teixeirahitting ahead of him, there is hardlyever anyone on
base for Rodriguezto drive in.
Teixeira played stellar defence at
first base during the regular seasonwhile hitting 39 home runs
and 122RBIs and making a strong case forthe American League MVP
trophy.The defence is still there, but Teix-eiras numbers in the
post-seasoncertainly arent worth the $180 mil-lion over 10
years.
The switch-hitting Texiera hasjust four hits in 30 at bats this
post-season, which gives him a paltry.133 batting average.
Worse still, Teixieras one playoffhome run would have been a
flyballout in any other ballpark in themajors, as it hit the top of
the fenceon the short porch at Yankee stadi-um.
Although thus far the Yankeeshave shown they can get it
donewithout their regular season leaderin home runs, RBIs and
sluggingpercentage, Teixiera will need tofind his swing fast if the
Bronxbombers hope to make any noiseagainst stiff National League
com-petition in the World Series.
Washington Redskins head coach Jim ZornThe Washington Redskins
have justbeen awful this season, and Zornshoulders a lot of the
blame.
The Redskins have finishedweek six with a 2-4 record,
despiteplaying some of the NFLs mostputrid teams. Their opponents
thusfar have a combined record of 9-26.They have also provided the
terri-ble Kansas City Chiefs and DetroitLions with their only wins
of theseason. Those are the same DetroitLions who failed to win a
singlegame last season.
The biggest problem in theWashington locker room is theoffence,
which is the unit Zorn washired to improve. The team has putup a
total of 79 points on the sea-son, an average of 13 points a
game,
which is good enough for 30th inthe league.
Zorn continues to stick by QBJason Campbell, despite his
contin-uously bad performances this sea-son.
In an embarrassing twist, Red-skins management has announcedthey
brought in Sherman Lewis, aformer NFL offensive co-ordinator,to
call all of the offensive plays forthe remainder of the season.
It is unfair to solely blame Zorn,as the quality of his players
is low.Definitely, the owner and the man-agement team have done a
poorjob in helping Zorn out.
However, the fact remains thathe has failed to get the most out
ofhis offensive players and, in turn,has failed to do his job. For
that,Zorn deserves to be canned.
SPORTS BRIEFS
Lacrosse looking to reach .500 before playoffs
After losing multiple veterans lastyear, the mens lacrosse team
hasproven they are still able to compete.
Six of 10 starters graduated lastseason, forcing the men to
adjustand rebuild the team. The team
experienced a high turnover,introducing 14 rookies to
the 33-man roster. While not a varsity
sport, mens lacrossecompete in the
Canadian Uni-versity Field
Lacrosse Asso-ciation, playing atotal of 10 regularseason games
againstOntario universities.
The men are currently infourth place with a 4-5 record.However,
three of the five loss-es were heartbreakers, seeingWestern lose by
only one goal.
Having a losing record is disap-pointing, but we really didnt
knowwhat to expect coming into this sea-son. Losing four defenseman
tograduation left a big hole on defence,but our rookies and
returning sec-ond-year players our three veter-an defensemen are
all in second year have helped anchor our defence,assistant coach
Mike Frith said.
It also helps that we have seniorgoaltender Marc-Thomas
Nanobetween the pipes. Marc was the2008 Goalie of the Year and
current-ly leads the league in minutesplayed.
Western has one regular seasongame left against Laurier on
SundayOct. 25 before they head into theplayoffs.
Our entire team has to play wellfor 80 minutes. When we all play
atour best, we can beat any team inthe league, Frith said.
Grace Davis
Faulds not done breaking records
Throughout this season, Mustangsfootball quarterback
MichaelFaulds has added several recordsto his list of
accomplishments atWestern.
In the Mustangs 60-7 win overWindsor on Sept. 19, Faulds, a
kine-siology graduate student, broke for-mer Mustang Chris Hessels
recordof 8,637 yards to become Westernsall-time leading passer.
Since then, he managed tobecome only the 3rd QB in Cana-dian
Interuniversity Sport historyto throw for over 10,000 yards.
For-mer McGill QB Matt Connell andcurrent Queens pivot Dan
Branna-
gan were the first two to accom-plish the feat.
In a strange coincidence, bothBrannagan and Faulds managedto
eclipse the 10,000 yard mark inlast weekends game whenQueens
defeated Western 27-26.
Earlier in the season, duringWesterns tight 41-39 win
overGuelph, Faulds set an Ontario Uni-versity Athletics record for
careercompletions with a total of 641. For-mer Ottawa Gee-Gee
quarterbackJosh Sacobie held the record with637 completions.
Faulds now needs only 194 yardsto break Connells record of
10,455yards, which he hopes to do thisweekend when the Mustangs
hostthe Toronto Varsity Blues.
Daniel Da Silva
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Friday
MUSTANGS CHEERLEADING
By Allie FonarevGazette Staff
Entering the Power Cheer Gym, thecheerleading stereotype of
pom-poms and cheer songs are notice-ably missing.
Instead, there are about 40 ath-letics warming up, running
lapsand stretching. The team practicesthree times a week before
showcas-ing their skills at every home foot-ball game.
But what they are really trainingfor is the gold medal at the
NorthAmerican championships comingup this winter.
Coach David-Lee Tracey, orTrace, as hes called, maintains
astrict and disciplined coaching style.
I like to compare it to themarines, he explained. I wantstrong,
fit, hard players and it paysoff. It works when the kids
under-stand this culture of discipline.They look forward to the
aggres-siveness of practice [and] weve hadphenomenal feedback from
fans.
Practice begins in May andincludes training camps over thesummer
and before orientationweek.
It can get pretty hectic, seniorteam member Danielle
Hilliardexclaimed.
The sport crosses over intomany realms, including weight
lift-ing, gymnastics, flexibility, stuntsand even flying.
There are so many preconcep-tions about cheerleading that
arecompletely wrong, Hilliard argued.When people see us perform,
theyrealize that its not just a bunch ofgirls dancing around with
pom-poms. We are athletes; not just any-one can pick up the skills
that wehave acquired.
Traces favourite aspect of thesport is partner stunting and
thephysical group skills.
Its the thing that I [and theteam] enjoy the most, he said.
Thatbeing said, gymnastics is clearly thething that separates us
from othersin Canada and keeps us runningwith the big guys in the
U.S.
Trace travels across Canada tofind recruits and relies on
orienta-tion week for discovering more hid-den talent. When
scouting he looksfor different types of athletes.
Its about half gymnast andcheerleader-type, and half cross-sport
athletes. That school jock-type guy who isnt on a team here[] gets
attracted to the program,Trace explained. We have 18 guyson the
team now, which changesthe way weve trained.
Trace has seen a lot of changesin the team from the last 30
years,noting the evolution of the teamfrom a sideline-based
presence atgames to a dual-based operationdoing its own
competitions.
It didnt exist in the 80s when Istarted but we took to it well,
he
explained. Since then, the team has enjoyed
much success, and the Mustangsagree Traces coaching is what is
get-ting them the gold every year.
With all this practice, it seemslike school and socializing
comesecond to the sport. But the teamremains balanced under
thecoachs disciplined guidance.
Trace has helped me grow inmany ways. He has allowed me tobecome
more vocal and confident,but also has opened my mind inthe way I
think and approacheveryday problems, captain TravisStirrat
said.
Trace noted while it is difficultfor new members to handle
thepressures to compete and meet thedemands of the team, they do
riseto the occasion with guidance fromthe older members.
Our team shines under pres-sure that would normally crackother
squads, senior memberDavid Slichter reflected.
It helps that the bond betweenteam members is so strong.
This team becomes like family.Connections are made that you
willkeep forever, Stirrat concluded.
And with just over a month to gobefore the big competition,
theteam is looking pumped and pre-pared at games already.
Our crowd is awesome, thestudents love us; we are ready,Trace
said.
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team has won 23 of last 24 national championships
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at the practice facility Allie attempts some cheerleading moves
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