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Gazette: What are your main goals with this lecture? What
message are you trying to convey?
Bill Nye: To convince some fraction of the audience that climate
change is a very serious issue. Were at a turning point in history,
and I want them to change the world. The bigger fraction, the
better.
Gazette: You were a childhood hero for so many of usdid you have
a Bill Nye? Did you have an inspiration?
Bill Nye: Its crazy. Its crazy! We had Don Herbert, who was Mr.
Wizard. Mr. Wizard was a show that started in the 1950s, but really
flourished in the 1960s. I grew up with him. I always say, Don
Herbert sent humankind to the moon. The engineers and scientists
that worked dur-ing the Apollo era watched his show.
Gazette: There is a large dis-crepancy between the number of men
and women in the sci-encesmen having the major-ity. Why is that,
and how can it be combatted?
Bill Nye: The reason for it is not clear, but womens role in the
workforce has changed dra-matically in my lifetime. Sci-ence is a
human ideaI claim the best idea humans have ever had, and so, half
of the humans in science ought to be women. It wasnt that long ago
my mother could not get an American Express card. She was not
allowed to have her own credit because she was my fathers wife. I
remind women todayit wasnt that long ago. Do not take that for
granted [].
Gazette: How did you establish the archetypal Bill Nye
ward-robe? The bowtie, the lab coatwhere did that come from?
Bill Nye: I remind everybody about lab coatsthey are very
useful! You dont spill stuff on yourself as much, this is not
extraordinary. Machinists wear leather aprons, cooks wear aprons,
chefs wear chef coats and hats, and theyve got mit-tensthis is not
extraordinary. Anyways, the bow tie does not slip into your soup.
It does not flip into your flask. Its actually just a more
practical form of neckwear.
Cam Smith
Lucky number sevenMustangs mens hockey team badgers a win out of
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Q&a > Bill Nyethe Science Guy receives charged
reaction
Cam SmithNEWS EDIToR
At 5:30 p.m. yesterdayover two hours before Bill Nye was
sched-uled to start speakingstudents, faculty and London residents
filled the sidewalk outside of Alumni Hall. Lab coats, goggles and
scien-tific paraphernalia of all kinds were speckled amongst the
eager and buzzing crowd.
Before the event began in ear-nest, Nye hosted a meet and greet
with the Science Students Council, shaking hands and chatting with
members.
The Science Guy himself finally took the stage shortly after 7
p.m., wearing a blue suit and a signature bow tiehis famous theme
song blasted in the background. The sci-entist was greeted with
raucous ap-plause and a standing ovation from a packed hall as he
launched into his speech about furthering scien-tific interest
amongst students.
Nye discussed topics rang-ing from sundials to geology, and
weather to astronomy. Most im-portantly, Nye talked about our place
in the universe, and our role in the preservation of our planet, in
light of climate change.
The reason [climate change] is happening is because theres more
heat energy in the atmosphere. Its not evaporating into the air
like it used to because there are more carbon dioxide and
greenhouse gasses in the air, Nye explained. There was a Tornado in
Brooklyn, New Yorkthis stuff didnt used to happen, let alone in
February.
He noted this greenhouse ef-fect is exactly what has rendered
Venus an uninhabitable and hos-tile planet.
We do not want to be Venus. Venus has so much carbon diox-ide
that the greenhouse effect, the happy thing that keeps Earth warm
enough, has run away, Nye said.
Nye advocated for the existence of climate change, and
encouraged skeptics to seek evidence. Nye used his signature humour
to engage the audience and prove his point time and time again.
If the guy has got the blood on his shoe, and the carpet fibres,
he was in the room with the dead guy. Thats CSI, Nye explained,
indicat-ing the evidence was clear for cli-mate change.
For people doubtful of climate change, Nye advised them to seek
evidence as he did, by visiting an ice core storage facility that
allows scientists to look at ancient bub-bles trapped inside the
ice so they can see the composition of the atmosphere at various
periods in Earths existence.
Its much easier than reading the rings on a tree, Nye
explained.
In conclusion, Bill reminded ev-eryone it is up to this
generation to be aware of the dangers of climate change, and do our
best to subvert it.
You guys have lived through some extraordinary things, Nye said.
I want you all to change the world.
Nye concluded by advocating for science literacy,
encouraging
technical innovation and remind-ing everyone how minute they are
in the grand scheme of things, as well as the capacity of human
imagination.
With your brain, you can imag-ine [anything]. You can know and
appreciate nature, your place in space, and, dare I say it, change
the world, Nye concluded.
Most importantly, with his clas-sic wit, poignant metaphors and
passion for the information he was providing, Nye proved, once
again, science still rules.
You guys have lived through some extraor-dinary things. I want
you all to change the world.
Bill NyeScience guy
With your brain, you can imagine [anything]. You can know and
ap-preciate nature, your place in space, and, dare I say it, change
the world.
Bill NyeScience guy
andrei Calinescu GAZETTE
SCIENCE RULES. Students lined up for hours last night to see
Bill Nye, famed for his television show Bill Nye the Science Guy,
speak at Alumni Hall.
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News Briefs
water woesUnforeseen complications forced the Wave restaurant to
close its doors for a short period last night, due to a lack of hot
water through-out the University Community Centre. The Wave had to
shut down just after 5 p.m. because of the un-planned shut-off,
which was re-lated to the repair project on Con-crete Beach. It
reopened at 6 p.m.
At about 1 p.m., we were noti-
fied that the water was off and that some of the operations
might have to close, Tony Ayala, vice-presi-dent finance for the
University Stu-dents Council, said. We actually started using paper
plates in the Wave at around 2 p.m., and when those ran out we had
to close.
Other UCC operations re-mained open, but had to work around the
hot water shortage. This included extra hand washing with cold
water and having to wash dishes by hand for a period of time.
aaron zaltzman
Blue collar workers have high risk of breast cancerA recent
study by LandMark Canada found women who work in the man-ufacturing
industry are at a high risk of developing breast cancer.
The various chemicals used in these occupations have been proven
to increase the risk of obtaining breast cancer.
Bhagi Singh, acting chair of the department of microbiology and
immunology at Western, explained the government should give workers
more information about the health risks involved with their
occupation.
Some women have suffered the consequences of working with such
chemicals, and are hoping to receive some compensation.
There should be consideration for compensation for workplace
ex-posure by the industry and the gov-ernment, since it was known
that chemicals can cause cancer, Singh said.
The dangers associated with ex-posure to these chemicals have
not yet been completely determined, but the government should be
working towards a way to restructure regula-tions in order to cover
these risks, ac-cording to Singh.
People have to demand a better working environment, Singh
stated.
He stressed that with women being increasingly involved in the
working class, it is important the issue of chemical exposure be
addressed.
Jaclyn Carbone
andrei Calinescu GAZETTE
WERE ALL IN THE MOOD FOR A MELODY. A student de-stresses by
playing a keyboard, located in the University Community Centre
atrium, as part of Mental Health Awareness Week.
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thegazette Wednesday, November 21, 2012 3
Salvation army reports record-high demand
Lily robinsonGAZETTE STAff
As we approach the season of giv-ing, the Salvation Army, a
primary provider for those in need within the community, has
projected a re-cord high demand for its services.
We have seen about a 25 per cent increase in the need for our
services this year. We anticipate providing Christmas hampers for
more than 6,000 households in London, Perron Goodyear, public
relations and developmental rep-resentative for the local Salvation
Army, said.
The Christmas hamper pro-gram provides essential compo-nents of
a Christmas dinner, as well as a bag of toys for children 12 and
under. In the face of increased need, Londoners are encouraged to
lend a helping hand and answer
the pleas of charitable organiza-tions, like the Salvation
Army.
We would ask those that are able, to dig deep this year and
as-sist in any way they can. When the need is as great as it is,
every do-nation helps. No donation is too small, Goodyear said.
London functions as a commu-nity to support its less fortunate
members, and the same can be said for Westerns own community. By
way of the University Students Council Food Support Services,
students can participate in and benefit from a collective effort to
distribute food to peers in need.
When we look at food support, you cant discuss it in isolation
of accessibility to education, in gen-eral, and tuition costs.
Because this is a very specific segment of the population, we are
able to see that students are specifically affected
by [the need for food support], Myuri Komaragiri, vice-president
campus issues, said.
USC Food Support Services functions as a food hamper
distri-bution system. Students who make a request for assistance
can re-trieve the donation anonymously through locker pick-up, or
in per-son, which presents them with the opportunity to talk about
their circumstances.
Food assistance is usually in-terconnected with a lot of other
is-sues that they might be facing, so if they need further
resources, vol-unteers can refer them in the right direction,
Komaragiri said.
Donations to the Salvation Army can be made at various
lo-cations throughout the city, online at salvationarmy.ca or by
texting HOPE 4004 to 45678 to make a $5 donation.
18,000 children in need
andrei Calinescu GAZETTE
Queens faculty criticize administrations choice
alex CarmonaNEWS EDIToR
When Queens professor Michael Mason was recalled from
retire-ment to teach his old course on post-colonial history, no
one ex-pected his resurrected teaching post to end with an
indefinite sus-pension from the university. But after Queens
administration re-ceived a complaint about his use of offensive
racial, sexist and eth-nic slurs during his lectures, thats exactly
what happened.
Yet the comments, in which groups of people were referred to as
towelheads, ragheads and japs, were direct quotes from documents
relevant to imperial-ism and neo-colonialism at the time of World
War IInamely, the subject of the course.
Mason also offended one of his teaching assistants by wishing
that his students become mis-tressesthough, in that case, he was
saying his students should be-come masters and mistresses of the
material by the end of the term.
After a hasty disciplinary hear-ing, in which a recent report by
the Canadian Association of Univer-sity Teachers alleged Mason was
denied basic rights outlined in the Queens University Faculty
As-sociations Collective Agreement, his class was cancelled and
Mason went on indefinite medical leave, ending his 40-year teaching
career.
But while the Queens admin-istration has refused to admit to any
kind of wrongdoing, over 150 Queens faculty, students and alumni
have expressed support for the professor in an open letter
ex-pressing their own apology.
Although the [CAUT] Report recommends remedies, including
a public letter of apology, Queens Administration has flatly
refused to respond publicly to this report, citing jurisdictional
technicalities, the letter stated.
The letters signatories stressed the actions of the
administra-tion do not reflect the academic attitude of the
university as an institution.
In these actions, Queens Ad-ministration exposes the Univer-sity
and the Department of History to public and professional censure.
It also clearly demonstrates that it cannot and does not represent
Queens []. As Queens University, authorizing ourselves as per
article 14.6 of the Collective Agreement, WE apologize to you,
Professor Mason, the letter concluded.
Paul Young, president of the Queens University Faculty
Associ-ation, agreed with the overall senti-ment of the letter.
I was disappointed when I heard about what happened to professor
Mason. This neednt have happened, he said.
Peter Campbell, a history pro-fessor at Queens, was inflamed by
the administrations actions.
I have watched, over the course of the last number of years, as
Queens University has gradu-ally abandoned its role as an
edu-cational institution that fosters debate and dissent, and has
be-come increasingly obsessed with protecting its image, Campbell
said. There is now little place at Queens for professors who have
unorthodox teaching methods, who do not meet the A-standard on
student teaching evaluations or who challenge the prevailing
or-thodoxy, he said.
The hypocrisy is astonishing.
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4 thegazette Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Arts&Life word of the daydesultory Adjective. Lacking in
consistency, constancy or visible order; disconnected.
Sumedha aryaARTS & LIfE EDIToR
Two years ago, Western student Steven Gameiro underwent over 30
hours of cardiovascular sur-gery. Gameiro, a fourth-year stu-dent
pursuing a double major in medical sciences and biology, was forced
to withdraw from the 2010-11 school year because of an aortic
aneurysm.
My whole aorta, from the root of the heart down to the iliac
artery by my leg, was all coming apart, Gameiro explains.
Gameiro was born with a ge-netic connective tissue mutation that
caused him to develop weak-ness in his aorta. His father died at
age 23 from the same conditionGameiro was regularly screened for
the mutation and was diag-nosed in May 2010. In October of the same
year, Gameiros aneu-rysm manifested itself.
One day, in October, I wasnt feeling well. I knew I had a
prob-lem so I went to [University Hospi-tal]. They had me come in
and did some tests, and I had to undergo emergency cardioavascular
sur-gery, Gameiro recalls of the ex-perience. They fixed the top
half, from my heart halfway down to my aorta. They put a synthetic
graft in.
The surgery was not without complications. Gameiro suffered from
reperfusion injurymost of the muscle in his calf died, and he was
in a wheelchair for many months. His second surgery had to be
postponed to allow him time to recover.
During this time, Gameiro re-
ceived over 70 bags of blood and blood products.
If it wasnt for that blood, I wouldnt be here today, he
states.
Upon returning to Western, Gameiro wanted to encourage students
to donate blood regu-larly. Acknowledging he could not donate blood
himself, he decided to share his story with othersin-cluding
personnel at Canadian Blood Servicesto help recruit blood
donors.
Gameiros decision to share his story was influenced by his
opin-ion that students may have an im-mortal complex, unable to
appre-ciate the need for blood until they are on the receiving
end.
I myself didnt appreciate how important giving blood is until I
needed it, he admits. A lot of stu-dents think its for the older
gen-eration, or people needing cancer therapy.
Kristen Ungar, a community development coordinator with Canadian
Blood Services, recruits donors and plans clinics on cam-
pus. Ungar decides how large these clinics will be and when they
will take place.
Despite Gameiros thoughts that students may underestimate the
need for blood, Ungar says she is pleased with the response blood
clinics on campus have received. However, Ungar hopes students will
continue donating blood dur-ing the upcoming exam season.
Around exam time, people have other priorities, Ungar says. Our
clinics will slow down a little around that time. While students
may have other things going on, hospital patients still need
blood.
Ungar also remarks blood sup-ply does not meet blood demand
around the holiday season, as longer weekends lead to more car
accidents and regular donors are away on vacation.
For Gameiro, who will be grad-uating from Western this year,
this fragile supply-demand balance re-flects blood is not something
to be taken for granted. Gameiro says he now appreciates his own
life more.
After going through this, ev-erything else seems like a breeze,
Gameiro says. If you have life, ev-erything else is irrelevant.
By surrounding himself with in-dividuals who have gone through
similar experiences to him, Gameiro maintains a positive out-look
on life. He divulges that his dream job is to become a
cardio-thoracic surgeon, conjecturing he could relate to his
patients. In the meantime, Gameiro plans on completing his degree
while being trained by Canada Blood Services in order to share his
story.
western student discusses blood supply and demand
I didnt appreciate how important giving blood is until I needed
it. A lot of students think its for the older genera-tion, or
people needing cancer therapy.
Steven Gameirofourth-year Western student
Jared macadamCoNTRIBUToR
Angela Lorenzen brings her unique, high-realism, acrylic style
to The Art Exchange in London. Lorenzen, a trained biologist,
ex-emplifies attention to detail and accurate representation
through-out her works. Lorenzens works deal with Canadian
landscapes, animals and life drawings.
In her exhibit, Lorenzen at-tempts not only to capture Eldon
House, Londons oldest residence, built in 1834, but to also
human-ize the experience. Eldon House is an interesting historical
expe-rience, filled with interesting an-tiques and architecture.
However, Lorenzens perspective on Eldon House changed after
stumbling upon The Eldon House Diaries: Five Womens Views of the
19th Century.
After reading the book and re-visiting the estate, my impression
of Eldon House and its previous occupants became intensely
per-sonal, and I am hoping that this impression will come across in
the paintings in this exhibition, Lorenzen says.
She uses many techniques to draw the viewer into the Eldon
House. One such technique is her use of windows.
Almost all of the paintings in-clude a window, or part of one,
she explains. This motif provides a visual bridge between inside
and out, or in this case, between the living and dead. Eldon House
has become quite personal for the artist.
Eldon House isnt just famed
for its age, but also for its ghost stories, so much so that
tours are themed around them. The piece entitled Mirror contains,
as the title suggests, a mirror as its sub-ject matter. The mirror
itself is streaked, as if not cleaned prop-erly. The artist herself
says she half expects to see someone stand-ing in the mirror, and
certain viewers state they indeed did see something.
The ordinary becomes the topic of most of the pieces, as is the
case in Yellow, which de-picts simply a yellow kettle on a stove.
Lorenzen comments she has always felt an attachment to this simple,
seemingly insignifi-cant kettle. Lorenzens eye for de-tail brings
to life the simplest of forms and creates a beautiful re-production
of them with surgical precision.
Wash Stand is another exam-ple of this, as something as casual
as a washing area becomes the centre of artistic expression.
Her paintings are not only re-alistic, but they also tell a
story of the past. They invite the viewer not only to observe the
beauty of her work, but to understand them. The overall result of
Lorenzens work is a rather humanistic ap-proach to art and history,
blend-ing the two with the consideration and concentration of a
scientist.
Angela Lorenzens exhibition will run until December 1 at The Art
Exchange, located at 247 Wort-ley Road.
artist inspired by local historical house
Editors Picks > The essentials for your week
oN TV
Sister Wives
Everyones favourite family of polygamists (really how many are
there, though?) has returned. The first episode of the season
centres on one wife whose bad credit might jeopardize bringing the
family back together in a compound-like housing structure. This
tension within the family is just the beginning of what is to be a
season full of drama that follows children not wanting to be
polygamists and Meris baby troubles. Tune in to TLC Sundays to
watch all the juicy details unfold.
oN DVD
The Expendables 2
filled with all the action stars you could name if you were in
fifth grade and playing concentration with a friend, The
Expendables 2 will give you enough action for a long time. This
summer blockbuster picks up where the original left off, with the
group sent into a seemingly simple mission that later becomes a
quest for revenge after one of their own is murdered. This
testosterone-filled film is one of the better action films out
there and will surely make for an enjoyable viewing.
IN THEATRES
Silver Linings Playbook
At the Toronto International film festival, the people spoke and
awarded this film its highest honour. Centred on Pat (Bradley
Cooper)a man who has seemingly lost everything and moves back in
with his parentswho eventually finds someone intriguing, Tiffany
(Jennifer Lawrence). The very capable director, David o. Russell,
allows his actors deliver solid performances. Expect this film to
be excellent and a hot topic around awards time.
oN DISC
Unapologetic rihanna
Rihanna might not be apologizing on this new album, but
surprisingly the one who shouldChris Brownis featured on the track
Nobodys Business. Despite this odd choice, the album reportedly
takes a sober note as Rihanna thrusts her personal life into the
lyrics. She also experiments more with ballads, moving away from
the dance hits that made her famous. While the album goes dark, its
likely that Unapologetic will shoot to the top of the charts.
oN THE CHARTS
Youngblood 3OH!3
3oH!3 might not be a household name, but if youve ever danced at
a club, chances are youve heard some of their songs. Some critics
of their previous album, Streets of Gold, noted an unfocused energy
and that the majority of the songs were merely full of cheap thrill
beats. Youngblood, however, seems to show 3oH!3 has matured quite a
bit with crisp synthesized beats along with a catchy chorus. If
Youngblood comes on in the club, dont be surprised to find the
crowd going crazy.
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thegazette Wednesday, November 21, 2012 5
Breaking Dawn leaves audiences without much to sink teeth
into
Final twilight film drives the stake in
Ross HamiltonGAZETTE STAff
GGFFFThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Director: Bill CondonStarring: Kristen Stewart, Robert
Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Mi-chael Sheen, Billy Burke, Dakota
Fanning
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 is the best of the
Twilight movies, though one suspects this doesnt really matter.
After four previous installments based on Stephanie Meyers romantic
fan-tasy novels, there cant be many people left on the fence about
the series. As expected, theres nothing in this final episode that
will con-vert the series naysayershow-ever, the fans that have
stuck it out to the bitter end will at least be sat-isfied to see
the franchise depart on a relative high.
Picking up briskly from where the first installment left off,
Break-ing Dawn - Part 2 finds Bella (Kris-ten Stewart) finally
transformed into a vampire after her near-fatal pregnancy, a change
that grants her with all manner of supernatu-ral powers, save the
ability to look anything other than mildly dis-comfited. Bella
quickly finds her half-human, half-vampire daugh-ter, Renesmee, the
recipient of some unwanted attention from the Volturia sort of
vampire Mafia
that believes the child is a threat to their very existence.
This naturally leads to an almighty standoff be-tween the forces of
good and evil.
What begins as a relatively straightforward scenario quickly
becomes confused. With the cast roughly tripling in size as Bella,
her now husband Edward (Robert Pattinson) and their lycanthropic
babysitter Jacob (Taylor Lautner) attempt to recruit fellow
vampires from around the world to their cause. Allies arrive from
far and wide, but none of them prove to be particularly
interesting, nor are they given opportunity to develop. New
vampires are discarded al-most as soon as theyre introduced, and
its impossible to invest in any of them as a result.
These issues are compounded by the recurrence of many of the
series pre-existing problems, such as a wooden dialogue, a
contrived plot and painful attempts at hu-mouralthough there has at
least been a notable improvement in pacing over the leaden Breaking
Dawn - Part 1.
Ultimately though, for a film that places such an emphasis on
action, Breaking Dawn - Part 2s greatest undoing is its ungainly
special effects, which have plagued the series since its inception.
De-spite an increasingly immense budget alottments, the Twilight
films have never quite managed to shake their aesthetic shoddiness,
and Breaking Dawn - Part 2 has more bizarre vampire running and
jumping than ever. Indeed, while it must surely hold the record
for most decapitations ever in a PG-13 movie, Bella and Edwards CGI
baby ends up being the most dis-turbing aspect of the film.
All of this is not to say Breaking Dawn - Part 2 doesnt have its
mo-mentsit does, and they invari-ably occur when Michael Sheen is
on screen. Flamboyant and theat-
rical, Sheen is by far the best part of the film, although his
delight-fully unhinged turn as vampiric antagonist Aro further
highlights the stilted performances of those around him.
Elsewhere, its business as usualBilly Burke resumes his awkward
father role capably, Da-kota Fanning looks at people a lot and
Lautner takes his shirt off one
last timeall of which contributes to what is a familiar, but
admit-tedly refined, conclusion. The last-ing emotion after
watching Break-ing Dawn - Part 2 may be relief rather than
satisfaction. However, the film deserves some recognition for
competently closing the cur-tain on what has been, for better or
for worse, one of the most success-ful film series of all time.
fILE PHoTo
THE PREGNANT GLOW? Kristen Stewart finally shows emotion as she
becomes one of the bloodsucking undead.
GGGGFLana Del Rey Paradise Universal Music
After a very busy year, Lana Del Rey releases Paradise, an
extension of
her first studio album, Born to Die. This cinematic diva has
experi-enced success from her hit Video Games, a track that allowed
Del Rey to sprout wings and launch the accompanying album Born to
Die.
Del Rey is no stranger to theat-rics, as her 10-minute long
music video for Paradises lead single Ride is large to say the
least. The track is a good introduction to what listeners will get
from this new EPa stylistic and glamorous sound. Paradise is chalk
full of the soaring violins, sexy undertones and deliciously
naughty lyrics Del Reys known forlike the first line of Cola, for
example.
Del Rey is characterized for her tortured vocals and mellow
sound. Her seductive melodies and sensual croons make the
per-fect recipe for easy listening. While Paradise is a definite
step in the right artistic direction, her lyrics, at times, are
weak. However, so long as one is okay with another round of songs
discussing the unconven-tional men she falls for in the up-side
down country she loves, this EP is a tighter and stronger version
of Born to Die. Paradise is marked with a more personal touch and
is best served with cherry pie and a splash of Pepsi.
Matthew Walcher
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Cam ParkesMANAGING EDIToR
If youre reading this with your young child, or perhaps someone
a little too sheltered, be warnedthis way holds nothing but sorrow
for those still shrouded by the deceitful blindfold of joy.
Recently, a man was arrested for running around a Santa Claus
Parade, drunkenly shouting for all to hear that jolly old Saint
Nick is not, in fact, real. One can imagine swarms of crestfallen
children disbelievingly turning to their parents and demanding they
say it isnt true, the man was lyingand suddenly, parents face a
dilemma. A common one, yes, but still one thatfor me, at leastwould
be somewhat uncomfortable.
Is it ever okay to lie to your kids?Now, Im not a parent. And
gener-
ally speaking, I dont approve of lying to anyone, not only kids.
But when it comes to Santa, the Easter Bunny or any other
(allegedly) non-real child-hood icon, lie. Lie through your teeth,
lie right to their chubby, nave little faces.
My parents supported the whole Santa faade for three children.
And you know what? Im glad they did. When I found out, I was upset,
sure, but not at the fact they lied. More so because, in one fell
swoop, I learned that not only did Saint Nick not exist, neither
did the Easter Bunny or Tooth Fairy.
I didnt even find out in the typi-cal wayhearing noises and
muffled curses downstairs around midnight, and tip-toeing your way
down, only to see your parents clumsily trying to put out gifts
without turning on the
lightsno, mine was different.As my annual tradition, I had
mailed my handwritten letter to the North Pole, HOH OHO, and
received a response a few weeks later. While examining the letter,
I nonchalantly commented, What if Santa isnt real, and the mailman
is just an artist? From what I can recall, this was refer-ring to
the picture of Santas Workshop included in the letter.
That night, I was taken aside by my mother and gently informed I
had been living a lie. I took it pretty bravelyI certainly didnt
cry later when I was alone in my room, using the pillow to muffle
my miserable wailsand after the shock and sadness wore off, I was
faced with a new emotionpower.
See, I have a younger brother and sister. They still believed,
and I wasnt going to spoil the fun for them. So, in a way, I felt
more grown up, as I lorded this knowledge over themwithout them
being aware, of course.
I remember one occasion in partic-ular. I unwrapped my gift from
Santa to find Star Wars: Return of the Jedi for the Super Nintendo.
I was ecstatic, and, as the whole family was present, offered up
fervent thanks to the jolly man in red.
Later, when the siblings had left the room, I made a big show of
sneakily hugging my mom and thanking her for the gamebecause, you
see, I knew the truth.
Obviously lying isnt a good thing, but on occasions like this, I
think its warranted. I cant speak for everyone, but I know for my
siblings and I there was no damage done, no lasting re-sentment
towards our parentsonly good memories we could all laugh about
later.
I mean, have you ever thought about the whole Santa premise? Its
ridiculous.
When I have kids, Im going to lie to them. At least for a
while.
theres a time and place for lyingholidays
Professors forced leave a rash decision
I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude
would come into my neighborhood after dark.
Dick Gregory, American comedian
Michael Mason, a professor of 40 years10 of which were spent at
Queens Universitywas accused of making sexist and racist remarks
while lecturing his history class last year. Mason says he was
directly quoting historical documentation. He also said he hoped
those taking the class would become masters and mistresses of the
material.
Two students complained to Queens administration, claiming Mason
created a hostile and uncomfortable classroom environment. Queens
administration reacted abruptly, banning the 74-year-old professor
from teaching his own classa decision that left his students upset
and disappointed.
Earlier this week, faculty at Queens wrote letters in support of
Mason to show the actions of administration were not reflective of
everyones thoughts. It was courageouseven necessaryfor the faculty
to step up over the universitys head and show their support for
Mason. It proves administrations decision was not a general
reflection of the schools feelings towards Mason, or what he said
in class.
The people who complained took the course, presumably, knowing
the content of the course, and the professors teaching style. While
its tough to judge the situation without having attended the
lecture, its clear administration didnt take the proper steps in
dealing with the students complaints.
The claim against Mason has been blown out of proportion,
especially since only two people expressed concern. The university
has coddled these over-sensitive students in attempt to protect
their own reputationhowever, this unwarranted attention has
backfired.
There was not enough ground for Queens administration to ban
Mason from teaching. Their reaction was not only unjustified, it
impeded on Masons rights as a professor. Administrations
thoughtless response could very well be due to the professors age
and inevitable departure from the school. If this was a younger,
less experienced professor, administration may have handled the
situation differently.
Since the case emerged, former students of Masons have been
writing letters in support, proving he was a well-liked and
respected professor. Queens administration not only made an
uniformed, rash decision, but they ended Masons reputable career on
an extremely low note.
the Gazette editorial Board
Camopticon
#winKelvin Doe, a 15-year-old teenager from Sierra Leone, has
managed to capture the interest of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technologys Visiting Practitioners Program for international
development.
Doe, who does not have any formal training in engineering, has
managed to power his familys home with a battery he built out of
trash, and DJs using an Rf transmitter he also built on his
own.
DJ focus [Doe] is the youngest person ever admitted to the
program.
#failPolice arrested a Kingston man after he showed up to the
Santa Claus parade and drunkenly told children Santa wasnt
real.
The man, who was one for dramatics, had his hair gelled into the
shape of horns for full effect.
Rumour has it the man has been officially put on Mr. Claus
naughty list, and will be receiving a chunk of coal in his stocking
as punishment for spreading his awful lies.
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Sports saywhat?Its everything I couldve ever wished for. It
feels great just to be out there.>> Quarterback Colin
Kaepernick on his start for the 49ers rundown >> Daniel
Abraham of the water polo team and Natasha Panahi of the womens
hockey team were named Mustang Goodlife fitness Athletes of the
Week > Abraham scored four goals in the oUA bronze medal game
and Panahi scored two goals for Western in Sundays win over
Windsor.
Clarkes late goal elevates Western over Badgers at home
mustangs beat the clock in ot win versus Brock
alison KnightCoNTRIBUToR
The Mustangs mens hockey team showed that seven straight wins
dont come easy, as they snuck by with a 54 overtime win against the
Brock Badgers at Thompson Arena Saturday night. In the teams first
face-off against each other this season, tensions ran high as the
Badgers attempted to fight their way out from the bottom of the
Ontario University Athletics West Division.
Coming out strong in the first period, the Mustangs dominated
with tape-to-tape passes and cal-culated plays, capitalizing on
op-portunities to score three unan-swered goals.
With two Brock players in the box, Matt Clarke ripped a point
shot that was skillfully tipped in by Zach Harnden for the first
Mustang goal of the game. With two min-utes left in the period, a
backhand from Kyle DeCoste put a second past Badgers goalie Kody
Blois. Be-tween the posts of the home team goal, Josh Unice stood
solid with a first period shutout.
After the intermission, the Mus-tangs Matt Paltridge charged
back with one more goal before Brock rallied for a recovery.
I think we were just playing our game in the first period, and
then got three goals and kind of settled down. After that, we got a
little cocky, Matt Marantz, Mustangs forward, admitted.
Brock largely controlled the second and third periods with four
unanswered goals to overthrow Westerns initial three-goal lead.
I feel like we took our foot off the gas a little bit when we
were up three nothing. We got a lit-tle overconfident and they just
picked up their game a little bit,
Mustangs head coach Pat Powers commented.
The home teams strong de-fensive play dwindled in the sec-ond
period, allowing a sloppy first goal to Badgers all-star Matt
Aber-crombie. Just two minutes later, he scored a second to put the
Badgers right back in the game. Despite being a weaker period
defensively, Unice showed up to stop two sec-ond period breakaways
by Brocks Josh Schram and Thomas Stajan.
They threw so much at us when they started taking the play to
us, Powers said. They had four or five guys deep in the zone and we
just werent prepared to battle.
Still down 32, the Badgers threw everything they had at the
third period, and with their re-newed momentum, scored two more
goals to take the lead. Both teams showed strong physical play and
left some pucks dangerously close to the goal line to make for an
exciting third period. Fans grew anxious as Unice was pulled with
1:30 left in the game, giving the purple and white a man advantage
in hopes of a happy ending.
We managed to claw our way back into it, so the last 30 minutes
of the game I thought was played even-up between the two teams, and
it could have gone either way, Badgers head coach Murray Nys-trom
said.
With just 11 seconds left, it went the way of the home team, as
De-Costes point shot was put away by Clarke for the tying goal to
force overtime. Halfway through the five minutes of extra play,
Clarke banged home the game winner for a Mustangs victory.
Good teams find a way to win. We kind of blew it in the third
pe-riod, but I guess a good team can get it done in overtime,
Marantz said about the win.
Brock has now lost three games straight, while the Mustangs
con-tinue their seven-game winning streak that started in late
October.
Weve been having a tough stretch in the last few weeks, Nys-trom
acknowledged. We knew who we were playing, and the qual-ity of
Western, and our hope was to limit them to as few opportunities
offensively as we could.
We had our opportunities to close the door and seal it off, but
we didnt do that.
It feels good, but I think it brings you back to ground a little
bit when you go through a game like that, Powers remarked after the
game. Its really good to see the guys bounce back, that shows good
character. Can you improve on stuff? Absolutely, you can, you
improve on things right until the last game of the season,
whenever that may be.
The Mustangs now sit comfort-ably in third place with a 930
record, matching Lakehead with 18 points in a closely competitive
West division. Brock remains at the bottom with just 10 points.
Piotr angiel GAZETTE
THE PUCK SHOULD BE HERE ANY MINUTE NOW. The Mustangs mens hockey
team narrowly defeated the Brock Badgers in overtime on Saturday
night. Matt Clarke scored the OT winnergiving the purple and white
their seventh straight win. The Mustangs will try to make it eight
in a row when they head over to Guelph on Thursday to challenge the
Gryphons.
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the GoodThe Toronto Argonauts will have an opportunity to play
for the Grey Cup at home this Saturday. The Argos have not won the
Grey Cup in Toronto since 1952.
The showdown, which is the 100th anniversary of the Grey Cup,
will take place at Torontos Rogers Centre with the Argos facing off
against the Calgary Stampeders. The Argos qualified for the finals
with a 2720 come-from-behind victory over the Montreal Alouettes on
Sunday, thanks in no small part to the grit and determination of
quarterback Ricky Ray.
Calgary, meanwhile, fought its way to the Grey Cup with a gritty
3429 win against the B.C. Lions in Vancouver. Though the Stampeders
will be entering hostile territory in Toronto, the win over B.C.
shows they can play quality football under pressure on the
road.
Despite a halftime show led by Justin Bieber and Marianas
Trench, this years Grey Cup has all the makings of a memorable
final. Even some high-profile politicians have made their stance
publicPrime Minister Stephen Harper has declared his support for
the Stampeders, while Toronto mayor Rob ford and Calgary mayor
Naheed Nenshi have entered a bet in which the losing mayor must
donate his weight to charity.
the BadThe perennial bottom-dwellers of the NBA are at it again.
The Washington Wizards remain the only winless team in the
league.
Injuries have not been kind to this Wizards squad. With star
John Wall and Nene Hilario out for the time being, Trevor Ariza and
Emeka okafor have been left to carry the teama task that Ariza and
okafor are definitely not suited for.
In a division with the defending champions, the Miami Heat, and
always exciting Atlanta Hawks, nobody was expecting the Wizards to
win their division. But really, the Wizards should at least be
contending with the Dwight Howard-less orlando Magic and the
Charlotte Bobcats.
I suppose that even with a healthy team, the Wizards could only
muster an abysmal record of 2046but even this was better than the
759 Bobcats of 201112.
All that can be said is Kudos to the Washington Wizards
faithful. Many know what it feels like cheering for a losing
teamand it isnt easy. But once Wall and Nene return, the wins will
come. There wont be many, but they will come.
the UglyThings are not looking up for the Cleveland
Cavaliers.
After a 10395 loss at home to the Dallas Mavericks, Cleveland is
now 28 on the season. Even worse, point guard Kyrie Irving was
injured in the contest with a hairline fracture to his finger and
is expected to be out for four weeks. With the loss, the Cavaliers
have extended their losing streak to six games, and the future is
not looking bright.
Irving, the first overall pick of the 2011 draft, leads the
Cavaliers in both points per game, with 22.9, and assists per game,
with 5.6. His points per game total is good for sixth in the NBA.
The Cavaliers are also missing forward Luke Harangody, who will
require knee surgery, and guard Daniel Gibson with an elbow
injury.
The dismal record suggests Cleveland has nowhere to go but up.
Unfortunately, the slew of injuries and some disappointing play
suggest the Cavaliers may be only just beginning their descent in
the Eastern Conference. They currently sit at 13th, ahead of only
the lowly Washington Wizards and Detroit Pistons.
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ryan SternSPoRTS EDIToR
The news of John Gibbons hiring late Monday night definitely had
some Jays fans shaking their heads, but havent the Jays had enough
flash in the last week?
When John Gibbons left, many Jays fans said good riddance, and,
at the time, it seemed like it was for good reason. Near the end of
his first tenure, Jays fans felt Gibbons was underperforming, and
with the sting of his tussles with Shea Hil-lenbrand and Ted Lilly
fresh in the minds of fans and management, the decision was
warranted.
Just because he may have worn out his welcome with former
gen-eral manager J.P. Riccardi and the Jays of the past, doesnt
mean he is the wrong choice to lead the Jays into a new era of
optimism.
Plain and simple, Gibbons is ev-erything John Farrell was
not.
Anthopoulos went out to hire a manager that can be a good
com-municator with himself, and with the players.
Though he may have had his confrontations in his last tenure as
Jays skipper, he did end up work-ing through the Ted Lilly
incident, and Shea Hillenbrands future after the Jays showed it was
him, and not Gibbons, who was at fault. Having
worked with Gibbons previously as assistant general manager,
An-thopoulos is a believer in Gibbons ability to control the
clubhouse and have a healthy relationship with the playerssomething
Farrell was un-able to do last year.
With these factors in mind, the bottom line is Gibbons wants to
be here. Over the last year, people around the MLB believed Farrell
might be happier in Boston than Toronto. Gibbons squashed any of
those rumours when he unequivo-cally said managing in the minors in
Texas was his dream job, and he left that for here, so that should
tell you something.
With all of these intangibles in mind, lets not forget Gibbons
is not a poor in-game tactician. Farrells Achilles heel was always
his bull-pen management, and his ability to properly use platoons.
In Gibbons three full seasons as Jays managerhe also began and
ended in the mid-dle of seasonshe finished two of them over .500
and though he may have soured to Jays fans at the time, he was
never known as a poor tacti-cal manager.
In the end, the manager can only affect so much. The players on
the field need to both stay healthy and perform for a manager to
even have the opportunity to be successful. The old adage goes that
you dont go to the ballpark to watch the man-ager manage, and this
choice by An-thopoulos displays his belief in that.
Jays fans may be puzzled right now, but Gibbons second crack at
Toronto shouldnt stymie any ex-citement that this week has
built.
Gibbons is backthe tablesHave Sterned