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VOLUME
100, ISSUE 36 • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2006
Western
Heads East
awarded
By Sheila Weekes
Gazette Staff
Joyce Wang/Gazette
WHEN THE HELL ARE THE BODY PAINT GUYS SHOWING UP? A handful of clubs protested on Concrete Beach yesterday, alleging the
USC censors campus. Oh, yeah? Censor this, USC: cock, balls.
Clubs protest on Concrete
Beach, say USC censors campus
By Cigdem Iltan
Gazette Staff
The University Students’ Council
was dubbed “Undemocratic
Silencing Censoring” for two
hours on Concrete Beach yesterday as a group of students protested the USC — silently.
Students from various clubs
and student groups, including
Oxfam and the former Solidarity
for Palestinian Human Rights,
dressed in black with duct tape
covering their mouths in a silent
protest to symbolize the USC’s
alleged censorship on campus.
Complaints stem from the
USC’s silencing of issues raised by
groups perceived as controversial
and the increased bureaucracy
and control the USC holds, said
Diala Al-Dabbas, SPHR co-president and co-organizer of the
event.
“We hope to achieve dialogue
[through this event],” she said. “We
also hope that this will help the
USC realize the need to address
this problem, as students’ frustrations are increasing, and a silent
protest is the best way to achieve
this.”
University Students’ Council
President Fab Dolan’s long-term
plan isn’t focused on the areas it
should be, Al-Dabbas added.
“The USC needs to pay attention to clubs,” she said. “We are
full-time students and we have
other things to do than get
approval of every event we want to
hold.”
She added other university
campuses have printing budgets
for clubs, for example.
Rob Danter, co-organizer of the
protest, agreed the USC’s direction
isn’t in student groups’ best interest.
“We feel as students that we’re
paying money to the USC, and,
each year, instead of working with
us they are throwing us roadblocks,” he said.
Imprint rejected a poster proposal for World Food Day because
it included graphic photos of
starving children, said Oxfam webmaster Sarah Berman.
The USC’s objective isn’t to stifle free speech, though, and is in
fact the opposite, said USC communications officer Aron Yeomanson.
“The big thing for us is ensuring that students are not made to
feel uncomfortable on public
space on campus,” Yeomanson
said.
While the USC doesn’t necessarily agree with the protest’s mes-
sage, it is in favour of free speech
and freedom of assembly, Yeomanson added. He said the silent
protest was deemed reasonable
and wouldn’t make people
uncomfortable.
Understanding the differences
between the USC’s jurisdiction
and policies and those of the university as a whole is problematic,
said USC VP-campus issues Pedro
Lopes.
“We have a sign here that says
‘Gay is OK’ which is in reference to
chalking that happened a few
weeks ago that was erased,” Lopes
said.
The removal of the chalking
was ordered by Western’s Physical
Plant.
“A lot of the connections being
made by certain groups are a result
of not getting all the information,”
Lopes said.
Green Party leader Elizabeth May
visits UWO, lectures to PoliSci class
By Dave Ward
Gazette Staff
Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May was at Western Monday
afternoon to lecture on climate
change to a political science class.
May was formerly executive
director of the Sierra Club of Cana-
da, an environmental activist
group. She has been involved with
climate change since 1986, when
she was senior policy advisor to the
Minister of Environment.
The lecture, titled “Kyoto and
Canada’s Role in Climate Change,”
was a non-partisan event. May,
who seeks election in the riding of
London-North-Centre in the Nov.
27 byelection, spoke with The
Gazette following her lecture.
“There is a parliamentary tradition that when you are the leader of
a federal party, you should in the
democratic spirit use the first
opportunity to go before the voters,” May said. She said this byelec-
tion was her first opportunity.
May added it’s parliamentary
tradition for the ruling party not
to oppose a federal leader in the
byelection, a tradition the Conservative government is ignoring
by fielding Diane Haskin as a
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Yesterday, Western Heads East
received an award of excellence in
recognition of its innovative educational program.
The organization won the 2006
Scotiabank-Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Award of Excellence in Internationalization.
Dr. Gregor Reid, research scientist in probiotics from Lawson
Health Research Institute, and Bob
Gough, of Housing and Ancillary
services, accepted the award on
behalf of the organization.
Western Heads East is a collaborative effort of faculty, staff and
students to alleviate suffering from
HIV/AIDS in Africa. Delegates
work at a grassroots level teaching
citizens of Mwanza, Tanzania how
to make disease-fighting probiotic
yogurt. The organization also
spreads information and promotes
awareness to raise funds for the
cause.
Probiotic yogurt helps alleviate
diarrhea symptoms and prolong
lives by providing nutrition.
“HIV/AIDS has many dimensions, health, social and nutritional,” said Ombeni Sefue, His Excellency and High Commissioner for
the United Republic of Tanzania.
“One value of the project is to
address the nutritional dimension
because many people die not from
infection but from nutritional
needs.”
Ellena Andoniou, a Western
graduate student, was an intern for
the Western Heads East program.
“Volunteering in Africa was
something I have wanted to do
since I was a child,” Andoniou said.
“It’s a life-altering experience that
changes the way you perceive the
world and your society. The most
important thing is giving people a
sense of hope as well as giving
them a source of nourishment.”
Andoniou said the award is a
great honour for Western Heads
East.
“It’s really fabulous that we’re
getting [this award] but I feel the
real award was going to help the
people,” Andoniou said.
“I hope it helps us get more
funding to continue the project,”
Reid said.
Reid hopes the recognition will
attract government attention and
strengthen government co-operation.
“The prestige of this award will
maybe get Western Heads East
recognition on a national level in
order to do greater things on an
international level,” Andoniou
said.
“Globally we talk of numbers,
not people,” Sefue said. “For every
life we save, it is a miracle for that
family.”
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I SAID HUG THE TREE, NOT HUMP THE TREE! Green Party leader Elizabeth May spoke at Western
yesterday.
Follow Europe’s example,
Green Party leader suggests
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candidate in the riding.
“Parliamentary tradition actually supports what I’m doing; it doesn’t support what Diane Haskin is
doing,” she said.
May also discussed the Green
Party’s youth appeal.
“We’re the party that wants to
protect your future more than any
party out there,” she said, adding
the Green Party’s platform includes
both environmental responsibility
and economic responsibility.
“Traditionally, the strongest
support for the Green Party comes
from youth.
“The residents of LondonNorth-Centre can make history by
sending me to the House of Commons...and make sure [parliament]
focuses on issues that really matter,
and not on the absolutely trivial
mud-slinging and nonsense that
goes on in Ottawa,” May said.
May stressed the importance of
having a seat in parliament so she
could participate in televised leader
debates in the next federal election.
“I’d ensure that, no matter what
else happened, the debates would
focus on issues and substance and
didn’t ignore critical issues ever
again.
“That’s why students should
vote for me.”
On the issue of climate change,
May criticized government policy.
“Our inaction [on climate
change] is appalling,” May said.
“Canada threatens global progress
on climate change.”
According to a new poll for CanWest News Service by Ipsos Reid, 26
per cent of participants said the
environment was more important
than any other issue. No issue had a
higher percentage.
“It means this is our historic
moment for a breakthrough,” May
said. “Canadians need a new political opportunity, a new option that
puts these issues front and centre
and doesn’t get distracted by short
term partisan goals.”
The poll also revealed 52 per
cent of Canadians favour a special
carbon tax to increase the cost of
using fossil fuels for consumers and
industry. Among young people
between 18 and 34 [years old], 64
per cent supported a carbon tax.
“Carbon taxes send the market
the signals it needs to start reducing — it’s that simple,” May said.
May discussed how European
countries reduced greenhouse
gases
while
simultaneously
improving the economy. She said
the key was higher energy pricing
to reduce companies’ expenditures.
“Once you get the prices right,
businesses figure out what to do.”
Sexual assault on Richmond St.
By Dave Ward
Gazette Staff
The usual suspects were back in
action this weekend, stirring up
trouble around town.
Saturday at 3 a.m. a female was
sexually assaulted near Richmond
Street and Kent Street. Constable
Ken Steeves of London Police Service said the victim was not a Western student.
LPS believes there were people
nearby when the assault occurred
and is requesting witnesses contact
London Police Sexual Assault Unit
at 661-5674.
The suspect is described as a
white male approximately 20 to 30
years old, with a medium build
and brown bangs hanging in his
face.
Campus Community Police Service Director Elgin Austen said various office break-ins have occurred
in the last couple of weeks on campus.
Austen said the thieves have
been targeting computers, mainly
flat screen monitors and laptops.
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“Even though the target has
been offices, students should be
aware that when leaving the room
they should lock their doors to protect, in particular, laptops and
iPods and that sort of thing,”
Austen said.
At Medway Hall, fire extinguishers were discharged at 2:30 a.m.
and 7:33 a.m. Sunday.
“A quantity of marijuana was
seized during [the first] investigation,” Austen added.
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international private
college students
By Amy Leitner
Gazette Staff
CIGARETTE SCIENCE. A new McGill study says girls gain weight at the exact same rate whether
they smoke or not.
Smoking doesn’t cause
weight loss in girls: study
By Melissa Kim
Gazette Staff
A recent study presented at the
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress
in Vancouver revealed smoking
doesn’t aid weight loss in teenage
girls, contrary to popular belief.
The study was led by Dr. Igor
Karp, researcher at McGill University in epidemiology and biostatistics, and Dr. Louise Pilote, division
director of general internal medicine at McGill University and
McGill University Health Centre. It
concluded teenage girls gain
weight at the same rate whether
they smoke or not.
For five years, 1,300 12 and 13year old Montreal students’ smoking habits were monitored. In the
survey, approximately 73 per cent
of girls smoked compared to 42 per
cent of boys.
“There are links between smoking and appetite,” said Chris Walsh,
health education co-ordinator of
Student Health Services and campus program co-ordinator for
Leave The Pack Behind, a tobacco
youth initiative.
“For one thing, nicotine raises
your metabolism; also, smoking
does help suppress your appetite,
and that combination may demonstrate to some people that smoking
can help you lose weight.”
“There is one study that shows
women don’t usually start smoking
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awards committee seeks nominations for the Honour W awards.
The awards are presented each
academic term to Western community members who have made outstanding contributions to the community through volunteer services
or extracurricular activities.
“Nominations can come from
fellow students, professors, supervisors, managers or anyone who
has worked with the individual,”
said Jenny Chen, an awards committee member.
Nominations must include a
short letter explaining why the
nominee is a community leader.
Nominees cannot have received
the award previously this year.
Anyone interested in more
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Nominations are due by Nov. 10.
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to lose weight, but they do keep it
up to keep weight off,” said Nancy
Hamilton, a public health nurse at
the Middlesex-London Health
Unit. “This study probably refutes
that.”
According to SHS, approximately 20 per cent of Western’s population smokes cigarettes regularly.
“Body image is something that
affects a lot of women and people
of this age group in general, so it
could be a bad body image and a
lack of confidence [driving them to
want to lose weight],” Walsh said.
“Ultimately, it’s going to depend
on each individual person as to
whether or not they actually need
to lose weight, but there are certainly better ways to go about it
than smoking.”
“To say that women are smoking to fit a cultural representation
of what it means to be an attractive
woman, it speaks to so many other
structures within our society, in
terms of what being thin means to
your status in society and of your
character as a person,” said Erin
Callaghan, internal relations manager of Western’s Women’s Issues
Network.
The MLHU provides 10 free
weeks of nicotine replacement
therapy and counselling for people
who started smoking to lose
weight; participants must be 18
years old and can’t afford the program themselves.
Student Health Services also has
resources for smokers trying to quit
and for nonsmokers concerned
with policy.
The new study also showed
smoking stunts growth. Hamilton
said the 20 to 24-year-old demographic is the largest bracket of
smokers, and 80 per cent of these
smokers start before they are 18
years old. Because boys’ growth
spurts occur later than girls’,
they’re more susceptible to stunted growth.
Other smoking myths exist as
well.
“Julia Roberts smoked in My
Best Friend’s Wedding every time
she was stressed,” Walsh said.
“This makes people think that
smoking reduces stress and
calms you, but over and above
that, many people start again
within 20 minutes of going into
withdrawal because they’re so
addicted.
“[Leave the Pack Behind’s] campaign for the month of October was
to show that light and mild cigarettes are not actually light and
mild; they have the same effects as
regular cigarettes,” Walsh said.
“It’s a really sad commentary on
our priorities as women, and as a
society in general, to hold people to
these really unrealistic standards
because at the end of the day, being
thin does not mean being healthy,”
Callaghan said.
Miss G campaigns for equality
Western’s Miss G Project for Equality in Education is holding a postcard campaign Thursday in the
University Community Centre.
The Miss G Project is a group of
concerned citizens promoting
equity in education and encouraging active citizenship.
People can visit the Miss G
booth from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and fill
out a postcard describing why they
support the introduction of a
women and gender studies course
into the Ontario high school curriculum.
The postcards will be sent to the
Ministry of Education and Training.
For more information, go to
www.themissgproject.org, or email missglondon@gmail.com.
—Claire Neary
ly produced clothing.
“We’re trying to educate people
on the ills of sweatshop labour and
who the abusers are,” said Dave
Shellnut, a member of UWO
Amnesty and an event organizer.
“We want to showcase those
companies that go out of their way
to produce ethical clothes,” Shellnut said.
According to Shellnut, there will
also be a charity draw and petition
signing.
—Dave Ward
Looking for some new
fashion ideas? No Sweat
UWO Amnesty and Oxfam Western
are hosting an anti-sweatshop
fashion show today in the UCC atrium at 12 p.m.
The event, entitled “No Sweat,”
features student models in ethical-
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On Nov. 1, four rules were implemented to protect international
students and improve education
quality at Ontario’s private colleges.
According to Chris Bentley,
minister of Training Colleges and
Universities, “there are about 500
private colleges in the Ontario
region, with approximately 38,000
students attending them.”
The new rules include governmental registration requirements,
higher scholastic standards, and a
training protection insurance fund,
which ensures students can complete their program even if a college
encounters financial problems.
“International students are particularly vulnerable because they
don’t have roots in Ontario,” Bentley said. “They have no information
about laws, nor do they know ways
to seek protection and assistance.
International students don’t have
the same ability to assess the college before they choose it.”
Recently, a student from India
arrived at Toronto’s Nordic College
expecting a nice campus, a bustling
student life and a decent library.
Instead, they were shocked to find
nothing more than a block of
rooms above a Money Mart.
Mr. Rao Yendamuri, owner of
the Nordic College of Business and
Technology, dismissed the alleged
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“Not a lot of international students attend this college,” he said.
“Of the ones that do, one to two per
cent are unhappy. This college has
been open for three years, and its
brochures shows no pictures of our
location.”
People are increasingly choosing to attend private colleges.
Mr. Richard Doerr, vice-president of London’s Westervelt College, said most students are satisfied with the college.
“People are choosing private
colleges over public ones because
the amount of schooling time is
pushed into a full year with no
summer break so that the degree
can be completed at a faster pace,”
he said.
“Older people are more attracted to this because it disrupts their
lives less.”
Doerr added Westervelt College
has roughly 600 new students per
year and few are international.
“The majority of students come
from about an hour away.”
“The Private Career Colleges Act
will improve the quality of education students get, prevent them
from the harms of false advertising
and make it easier to get a refund if
a college does not meet expectations,” Bentley said.
“I’m glad we were able to pass
this legislation. Quality of education in all areas is important to us.”
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theGazette
Volume 100, Issue 36
“The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic
society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship.”
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Some messages
aren’t ‘comfortable’
Yesterday afternoon, students from various University
Students’ Council clubs staged a silent protest in front of
the University Community Centre.
With their mouths taped shut, members of groups
such as Oxfam Western and the former Solidarity for
Palestinian Human Rights protested against the USC
policy approval process, which they claimed promotes
censorship.
An Oxfam Western member claimed the USC had disallowed the group from printing posters of starving children abroad.
The USC claims its policies are present to ensure students don’t feel uncomfortable on campus.
To its credit, the USC has been firm with its decisions
pertaining to clubs the past two years. However, the
organization is still inconsistent when making decisions
with clubs, particularly when dealing with the appropriateness of clubs’ events or promotions.
For example, while the posters for Oxfam were
allegedly rejected on the basis of potentially making
students uncomfortable, the vagina cake — which
arguably could have made other students uncomfortable — used by the Women’s Issues Network to promote V-Day last year was allowed to be displayed in the
UCC atrium.
While no student should ever be placed at risk of
physical danger or harm, the USC shouldn’t bend over
backwards to ensure no student gets offended by slogans or events from clubs or services.
While not ideal, making people uncomfortable may
be the only way clubs can get other students to notice
their messages. Although conveying controversial messages at events may potentially offend some students, it
also makes others stop and re-evaluate their own
thoughts or beliefs.
With this in mind, the clubs must prove to the USC
any displays or events they want to run serve a legitimate purpose and aren’t intended exclusively for shock
value.
Clubs should also be aware that any written decision
made by the Clubs Policy Committee is available to the
public; they therefore have no excuse for not understanding the rationale behind any committee decisions.
It would also be in the USC’s best interest to explain to
students that these documents aren’t confidential.
Overall, regardless of how the USC makes its clubrelated decisions, some students will be dissatisfied.
What the USC should take from yesterday’s protest,
however, is that it shouldn’t strive to ensure clubs offend
no one. If students aren’t placed in a compromising
position, clubs should be allowed to use controversial
messages to engage them.
More importantly, through yesterday’s silent process,
the USC may have received the loudest feedback on how
students believe free speech should be addressed in its
long-term plan.
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Wrongterm plan?
Re: “Student council unveils long-term
plan”
Oct. 26, 2006
To the Editor:
After listening to University Students’
Council President Fab Dolan’s speech at
the last USC meeting and reading various Gazette articles, I need to articulate
some thoughts. To begin, I’d like to congratulate Fab on a respectable attempt
to make a positive change to the Western
community. However, I believe he has
forgotten what it means to be a student.
I immensely respect any student
involved in student politics. I believe,
however, the majority of students at
Western will fail to see Dolan’s intended
direction.
Why is your corporation concentrating its efforts on opening up two new offcampus restaurants? Why is your corporation speaking about attaining residential property ventures? More importantly, why does your corporation’s longterm plan sound more like an Ivey business plan than a student union plan
dedicated to fundamental student needs
and concerns?
Instead, Fab, I wish your corporation’s
long-term plan concentrated on
addressing essential student concerns
such as: extending library times, improving the status of minority students on
campus, academic innovation, and
campus safety, to name a few. Your job is
to ensure Western students make a
“profit” in their academic and campus
life. I wish a president would concentrate
on addressing the multitude of problems
on our campus for once instead of
assuming we’re all satisfied.
This is hardly an attempt to downplay
the work you and the rest of the Board of
Directors have done. The plan — I admit
— is extensive, and I’m sure countless
hours went into drafting and writing it.
However, I’m wondering how many students you think will pick up this 161-
page plan and engage themselves in this
campus conversation you are hoping
will occur?
If anything Fab, I hope you respond
to me, so together we can stir up some
dialogue about this plan of yours. As a
newly-elected Senator-at-Large, I look
forward to working with you this year.
—Paulo Senra
Hons. Specialization
Political Science IV
Senator-at-Large
Every little
pink helps
Re: “Think before you pink!”
Oct. 27, 2006
To the Editor:
Claire Neary’s opinion of the way money
is raised doesn’t look at the big picture. I
personally have no problem with a company that has developed an innovative
method to support cancer research so
long as it follows through on its promise
to donate the money. If a company must
“disguise the realities of the disease,” so
be it! It will raise money for suffering
people.
Your argument also completely disregards the concept of public awareness of
cancer. Yes, it’s true the best way to raise
money for such a worthwhile cause
would be strictly on a donation basis,
but do you honestly expect Yoplait
Yogurt to give $80,000 to breast cancer
research with no monetary benefit? I
understand that, ethically, the company
could potentially keep the overflow of
money, but isn’t $80,000 worth something?
I realize it’s not a perfect system, but
at the end of the day, one dollar toward
cancer research is better than nothing.
Money has no face, and no cancer sufferer in their right mind would refuse the
latest treatment because it’s financially
supported by a large corporation.
Regardless of the source, the ethical
company selling me a pink frying pan or
pink dog collar is providing some money
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to a cancer sufferer. Every dollar and
every bit of awareness counts, Claire.
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Psychology III
Important
and boring
To the Editor:
There is a very important and boring
issue I wanted to throw out to The
Gazette: Fire safety. I don’t know about
other faculties on campus, but in the
past few weeks fire alarms have been
rampant in Taylor library; [last Tuesday]
three alarms went off consecutively in
the Chemistry Building.
Here is the problem: I don’t know if
these are drills, real fires, or alarms being
accidentally set off. The more and more
these alarms go off, the less seriously
students take them. This was evident on
Sunday when I vacated Taylor because
of an alarm and noticed a large number
of students completely ignoring it. I even
saw a computer lab completely packed
with immobile students who clearly didn’t believe there could possibly be a
REAL fire. The thing is, I don’t blame
them. If I had assurance the alarm would
only be brief, I would have stayed as well.
Our campus is scattered with science
labs, chemicals, and all kinds of things
that would happily burn us to a crisp.
One of these days, inevitably, the fire will
be real. When that happens, do we want
our students to groan and cover their
ears, or make a mad rush for the door?
Western, this needs to be addressed.
—Nicholas McRae
Science III
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Legendary Dylan blows away London crowd
Foo Fighters a strong opening act for a true musical hero
CONCERT REVIEW
Performance:
Openers:
Crowd:
By Steve Pulver
Gazette Writer
Bob Dylan and the Foo Fighters
blew into London Friday night to
play a sold-out show at the John
Labatt Centre.
Bob Dylan and the Foo Fighters
on one bill — can it get much better?
Friday marked the 1899th show
of Dylan’s “Never Ending Tour,”
which started in 1988.
Dylan, who hadn’t played in
London since a few Alumni Hall
shows in the ’90s, was welcomed
back by a crowd of screaming fans,
young and old.
Though the JLC’s concrete walls
and stadium stands were a far cry
from the intimacy of Dylan’s previous tour venues, the acoustics
worked well.
The Foo Fighters were slightly
louder than anticipated — the
show was billed “Foo Fighters
Set List:
Worth the $$$:
(Acoustic)” — but they didn’t disappoint.
Dave Grohl was a musical master, easily engaging the audience.
The band members were giddy —
they were clearly thrilled to open
for Dylan.
Highlights included “My Hero,”
“Best of You,” “Everlong,” and
“Times Like These.”
With the smell of Nag Champa
incense wafting through the air,
Dylan’s stage manager introduced
the star with a tongue-and-cheek
account of Dylan’s life: “The guy
who forced folk into bed with rock,
who donned makeup in the ’70s,
and disappeared into a haze of substance abuse, who emerged to find
Jesus, who was written off as a hasbeen by the end of the ’80s, and
who suddenly shifted gears, releasing some of the strongest music of
his career in the late ’90s.”
On keyboards all night and supported by an all-star backing band,
Dylan proved that at 65, he can
rock like any young upstart.
Dylan has the unique ability to
re-mould and re-shape song
arrangements, giving them new life
at every performance. Friday’s
show was no exception.
Even standards like “Girl of the
North Country” — featuring nicely-placed electric guitar licks by
Denny Freeman — and “Desolation Row” got a dose of re-shaping.
Highlights included a tender
and pulsating “Nettie Moore,” a
timely “Masters of War,” a rocking
“Highway 61 Revisited,” and “Not
Dark Yet,” a rare gem from 1997’s
Time out of Mind. Dylan played
only three songs off his latest
album, Modern Times.
Dylan, never much of a self-promoter, said little beyond introducing his band — he let the music do
the talking.
Though Dylan has aged, his
concentration hasn’t. Despite having already played 87 shows in
2006, the energetic Dylan proved
he’s still capable of throwing
together a great show.
Dylan sang, “You brought me
here, now you’re trying to run me
away,” in the “Thunder on the
Mountain.” We’re not running you
out of town Bobby — come back
any time.
NUMBER ONE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND... WELL, I JUST
STOPPED COUNTING. Bob Dylan played the JLC Friday. It was the
legend’s 1,899th show.
Borat’s ‘movie-film’ is pure comic genius
Sacha Baron Cohen makes up for failure of Ali G Indahouse
By Alana Daley
Gazette Staff
Borat: Cultural Learnings of
America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Directed by: Larry Charles
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken
Davitian
IN MY COUNTRY, THIS WOULD BE CHAMPION IN SPIKEY MANMEMBER COMPETITION. Borat is being hailed as a new comedic
classic. The film stars Sacha Baron Cohen as naive, sexist, antisemitic journalist Borat.
“Jagshemash! My name Borat. I
like you. I like sex. Is nice!”
This line opens Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make
Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan and lets Borat, originally a
sketch character on Da Ali G
Show, make his highly anticipated silver screen debut.
Borat is played by Sacha Baron
Cohen, who also plays Ali G and
Bruno on Da Ali G Show. Ali G
lndahouse was a tragedy, but
Borat exceeds all expectations.
Borat takes viewers on an
emotional roller coaster — well
actually, you laugh, and laugh,
and laugh, feel a little bad, and
laugh some more.
The flick begins in Kazakhstan,
where Borat discusses his life,
hobbies, job as a reporter, and the
country’s economic, social, and
“Jewish” issues.
The government sends Borat
to “the U.S. and A.” to discover
why Americans are so successful.
Leaving Kazakhstan with only two
suitcases, one containing a hen
and shoes, Borat relies on his
reporting skills, a small sum of
money, and gypsy magic to protect himself from AIDS.
Though Borat planned to stay
in New York City with his cameraman and producer, a beautiful,
blonde Canadian actress prompts
Borat to drive from NYC to Malibu. Yes, that’s right — Borat falls
in love with Pamela Anderson.
While travelling across the U.S.
in a discount ice cream truck in
“It is illegal for
more than five
women to be in
one place except a
brothel or a grave.”
—Borat
search of love, Borat learns how to
“improve” his own country.
Borat’s
many
eccentric
behaviours are systematically
eliminated, or at least reduced,
through humor, driving, eti-
quette, “dating” and feminism
coaching. The results, not surprisingly, are absolutely hilarious.
“America is a very different
place for women,” Borat
explains. In Kazakhstan, “it is
illegal for more than five women
to be in one place except a
brothel or a grave.” At a midwestern rodeo, Borat tells the
crowd he supports America’s
“War of Terror.”
Borat also faces some hardships; after an intense argument
with his cameraman, Borat must
fend for himself.
There are a few graphic nude
scenes, so you may want to
rethink the popcorn, fries or pizza
you’d normally eat at the theatre.
Although Borat pokes fun at
Americans and is exposed to
racism, he meets many Americans who respect him. Borat
even manages to find love,
adding a chick flick element to
the movie.
It’s interesting to note that
when Borat is speaking “Kazakhstani,” he is actually speaking
Hebrew with a Russian accent,
and though his words don’t match
the subtitles, the subtitles are
usually funnier.
Cohen has created the mustsee comedy of the year. Taking
on racism, cultural disparities,
and plain old randomness, Borat
can be described in one word:
genius.
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theGazette • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2006
Preventing cock blocks on the battlefield
How to avoid and recover from the inevitable situation
By Andrew Sullivan
some — out for a night on the
town. This presents a conundrum;
cock blocking is more likely when
trying to take a female stronghold
(in this case a bar booth) on your
own.
Avoid the girl packs, who will
undoubtedly sabotage each other’s
efforts along with yours.
Gazette Staff
The cock block.
It can happen anywhere, at any
time; a bar, a kegger or your best
friend’s birthday party. You never
really see it coming. You’re chatting
with a girl and things seem to be
going well. You might discuss
meeting up later, going on a date or
even going home for one night of
glory. It doesn’t matter, though —
your chances are ruined no matter
what.
Before you can close the deal, a
friend, a buddy, her boyfriend, or,
depending on the occasion, her
father — steps in and ruins your
fun. Congratulations, you’ve just
been cock blocked.
The cock block happens to
everyone, even the biggest man
whores. In fact, you’ve likely participated in a cock block yourself.
Much like herpes, cock blockers
always return, albeit in different
forms. There is no sure-fire way to
prevent their influence or eliminate their presence. Like rain, they
are a fact of life and The Gazette is
here to provide you with an
umbrella.
Here are some tips to avoid and
recover from a block on the battlefield:
Choose your friends wisely
Be careful with whom you head
to the bars. There’s nothing worse
Remain alert at all times
Watch for passing threats
including the “Shouldn’t we go to
the washroom?,” “Who are you
talking to?” and the fan favourite
“get-the-fuck-away-from-myfriend-you-ass” gaze. All are classic cock blocks.
Utilize your wit to maintain
some semblance of a professional
veneer. Even in your drunken state,
try having a little class. “Nice cleavage” doesn’t count as witty repartee. Neither does vomiting.
than a supposed “buddy” stabbing
your spine right before you make
your final move.
With a simple, “He’s not really an
astronaut” or “It’s not really that
big, I’ve seen it,” all your prospects
can disappear in a flash – like the
flash of a hand grenade your buddy
forgot to throw out of the fox-hole.
With friends like that, who needs
enemies?
Scout your options
There’s nothing worse than
heading into battle, only to realize
your target has numerous secret
allies. These hidden allies include,
but aren’t limited to: the random
brother, the boyfriend who just
went to get a drink, the drunken
housemate, and the grouchy bartender.
Survey before jumping into the
fray. If you suspect he really isn’t her
brother/boyfriend/father/cousintwice-removed, you may have a
whole different set of problems.
Mainly, get rid of the trench coat
and the creepy sunglasses.
Avoid the battalions
Lately, it seems girls invite every
girl on her Facebook — and then
Relax and let the dust settle
Whatever you do, don’t dive in
like an overzealous recruit. You’ll
get shot down faster than a Canadian goose in a trailer park. It’s
essential you realize every woman
may not be interested in you.
Stick to your guns and hopefully things will work out. In the end,
these are just preventative methods, like birth control, tetanus
shots and cheap dandruff shampoo. Even the best of us get
blocked.
The Trews and The Stills join beer celebration
Molson Canadian hands out free Cold Shots at The Wave
As people scattered
from upstairs to the pit,
an overly dramatic yet
stylish MC hyped the
crowd.
Performance:
Set List:
There was also a
Openers:
Worth the $$$:
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game station so
(it was free!)
Crowd:
students could pass the
time before the concert
by playing “Amped Up!,” an
By Desiree Gamotin
electric guitar version of
Gazette Staff
“Dance Dance Revolution.”
The Stills kicked off with
When Molson Canadian’s
Campus Tour — featuring “In the Beginning,” the first
indie rock bands The Stills song off their latest album,
and The Trews — took over Without Feathers. After the
The Wave last Thursday, all upbeat, percussion-based
students could think about tune, lead singer and guitarist
was beer, beer, and more Dave Hamelin passed the
beer.
vocals to The Stills’ other
And maybe a little more vocalist, Tim Fletcher.
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The single bass
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The
Trews’ set, and
bearded lead
singer Colin
Ma c D o n a l d
rocked the
tonguetwisted tune.
With the
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“Not Ready to Go” and
“So She’s Leaving” got
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Macdonald let out his
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OUA
roundup
By Malcolm Aboud
Gazette Staff
It was a busy weekend in Ontario
University Athletics. Numerous
Mustangs teams hit the road for
playoff action, while a handful
stayed home for playoff and regular season games.
Sunday, the men’s soccer team
captured an OUA championship,
beating the University of Toronto
2-1 on penalty kicks. Western
clinched a national championship berth by reaching the
final.
The Mustangs women’s soccer
team came up short in the OUA
Final Four, losing to Queen’s in
the semifinal and York in the
bronze medal game. The losses
eliminate Western from Canadian
Interuniversity Sport championship contention.
The men’s rugby squad also
competed in OUA championship
action, falling to McMaster 15-10
Saturday afternoon in the gold
medal game. Western has faced
McMaster in the final five consecutive years. The Marauders have
won four out of five; Western’s
lone title came in 2004.
After last week’s OUA final loss
to Guelph, the women’s rugby
team looked for redemption this
weekend, seeking to defend its
title at St. George’s Rugby Fields
in London. Heavily favoured
Western placed first in pool play
but fell in the semifinal to the St.
Francis Xavier X-Women Saturday.
The Mustangs also lost the
bronze medal game to the Lethbridge Pronghorns. Sunday,
Nova Scotia underdog St. FX
upset Guelph in the CIS final.
Friday, the men’s volleyball
team fell to Ryerson. The Mustangs stayed close in each frame
but lost in straight sets, falling 2523, 25-20, 25-23. The women’s
squad won, however, beating
Ryerson and York in straight sets
at home.
Western’s women’s hockey
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and Annie Del Guidice propelled
the ’Stangs to a 3-2 victory.
Saturday afternoon, Western’s
women’s basketball team did its
bit to avenge the football squad’s
loss to Laurier, disposing of the
Golden Hawks 60-44.
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OUA Football
Mustangs’ Yates Cup dreams end at Laurier
Larry Haylor ends distinguished career with loss
By Danielle Neziol
Gazette Staff
Joyce Wang/Gazette
A SAD EXIT. Larry Haylor — seen here earlier this season — lost a
heartbreaker to Laurier in his final game as Western football’s
head coach.
Saturday’s loss marked not only the
end of the season for the ’Stangs
football team, but the end of an era
for Western head coach Larry Haylor.
The Laurier Golden Hawks will
appear in their fourth consecutive
Yates Cup after knocking the Western Mustangs out of the Ontario
University Athletics semifinal, 2015.
Haylor, Western’s head coach for
22 years, is stepping down this season; he hands the reins to offensive
co-ordinator Greg Marshall. Haylor
retires as the winningest coach in
Canadian university football history.
The Mustangs played their
hearts out and were disappointed
they couldn’t get their coach one
more game.
“[Coach Haylor] loves what he
does,” said Western running back
D.J. Bennett. “He puts so much into
it. You can’t help but root for someone like that.”
Bennett rushed for 15 yards on
only two carries Saturday.
“I was disappointed we couldn’t
get it done for him,” Bennett said.
“[Haylor’s] bled for us and he cries
Western football.
“If everyone had a heart like
him, we would always get it done.”
After the game, Haylor talked
about his players instead of himself.
“Every one of them I’ve been
proud of,” he said. “Every player
that has come through here, and
been a player here, I’m proud of.
“I’m proud to be surrounded by
this group of people for this many
years, and they are all outstanding.”
The Mustangs didn’t go quietly
Saturday.
Western was expected to gain
most of its yards running the football, but backup quarterback Mark
Howard threw for 238 yards on 23
of 46 passes. Howard subbed for
Michael Faulds, who broke his
index finger in the Mustangs’ last
game of the regular season.
The Mustangs defensive unit
“I was disappointed we couldn’t get
it done for him.
[Haylor’s] bled for
us and he cries
Western football.
–D.J. Bennett
Mustang’s Running Back
applied pressure, forcing seven
turnovers, including four interceptions by Laurier pivot Jamie Partington.
But Western didn’t capitalize on
Laurier’s turnovers, failing to score
a major all game.
“We got a lot of turnovers on
defence, and our offence was moving the ball well, but we just needed
to finish,” said Mustangs linebacker
and defensive captain John Rowan.
Western made a late push deep
in Laurier territory, but the Golden
Hawk defence stepped up, and the
Mustangs stalled at the 27-yard
line.
Derek Schiavone kicked five
field goals to keep Western in the
game, the longest a 31-yarder in the
first quarter.
The Mustangs faced Laurier at
its strongest and healthiest this season. Laurier took advantage of its
bye last week to rest its players; it
played its entire starting line
together for the first time this sea-
son.
Laurier travels to Ottawa next
weekend to defend its Yates Cup
title against the Gee-Gees. The
Golden Hawks are also the defending Vanier Cup champions.
Hawks head coach Gary Jefferies
said adjustments are needed for
success next weekend.
“We need to correct our mistakes,” he said. “We need to play the
same way [as we did today], but
with less mistakes.”
Jefferies also tipped his hat to
Haylor.
“He had a wonderful career and
we have the utmost respect for all
he’s done,” he said.
Haylor wasn’t the only Mustang
in his last game. Bennett, Rowan,
Jay Akindolire, John Chehade, Tyler
Cook, and Jay Leroy all played their
final 60 minutes for Western.
“When you are recruited by
Western, they talk about how the
football team is a family, and you
think it’s kind of cliché, but it really
is true,” Bennett said.
“From the alumni, to the guys
on the team, to the coaches, it really is a family,” he added. “And that’s
why you see guys so upset —
because we aren’t just people who
play football together, we really
care about each other.”
Fellow Mustang running back
Randy McAuley is questionable for
next season. The running back will
finish his four-year degree this year,
but still has one year of eligibility
remaining. On Saturday, McAuley
led the team with 56 rushing yards
on 14 carries.
Though Haylor isn’t returning
next season, he’s excited to see
what Western will do to the Golden
Hawks next year.
“Hey, Laurier — get ready baby,”
he said.
“Western will be back.”
OUA Men’s Hockey
Western domesticates Lions in a close game
Backup goalie a tough Riddle to solve for visiting York team
By Matt Zerker
Gazette Writer
Losing leads late in games is
becoming a trend for Western’s
men’s hockey team. Thursday
night, the Mustangs suffered yet
another scare at the John Labatt
Centre.
Western weathered the storm
against the York Lions, earning a 32 victory largely in thanks to surprisingly solid goalie Ryan Riddle.
Riddle, the backup goaltender,
made three key saves late in the
game to preserve a much-needed
victory.
Despite out-shooting and outchancing the Lions for most of the
game, Western’s inability to convert chances into goals — especially on the power play — kept
York alive.
York goalie Kevin Druce left
early in the third period with what
appeared to be a groin injury. He
surrendered two goals on 37 shots.
Domenic DeFrancesco was solid in
relief, giving up one goal on 14
shots.
Western’s constant pressure was
rewarded as struggling winger Jeff
Martens opened scoring at 5:43 of
the first period. Martens grabbed
his first tally of the campaign by
shelving a wraparound on Druce’s
short side.
“I think we played a lot on our
heels tonight,” said York head
coach Bill Maguire. “As I said [earlier to the players], we have to
respect every opponent we play
against. I think we almost overrespected Western tonight.”
A hungry Mustangs team kept
York at bay for most of the first
period before allowing Lions
sniper Matt Passfield to tie the
game with his fourth goal of the
season. Passfield scored shorthanded, firing a laser beam from
just above the right faceoff dot.
Forward Sal Peralta gave Western the edge late in the second
frame after a fairly lackadaisical
period from both teams. Peralta
dangled a confused York defence
before backhanding his fifth goal of
the season.
The ’Stangs relinquished the
lead in the third on another Passfield goal; Western seemed destined for yet another disappointment.
However, the Purple and Silver
regained its lead a minute later on
a power play, after defenceman
Ryan Waldner buried a rebound off
forward Jesse Boucher’s point shot.
A late power play onslaught by
York was stopped by Riddle, who
closed the door on three consecutive opportunities from the top of
the crease, culminating in a great
glove save.
After the game, a dejected Passfield said consistent pressure
throughout the game is crucial.
“We’ve been saying the same
things all year — we have to put 60
minutes together,” he said. “We
can’t just have a good third and
expect to win hockey games; the
coaches are stressing that.
“It was a one-goal game for a
while, and we didn’t put 60 [minutes] together.”
Western dominated the York
zone for most of the game. Most of
York’s chances came off Western
penalties, a problem plaguing the
Mustangs all season. Maguire felt
his team gave Western too much
space.
“We didn’t bring it to them like
we can, and that’s the frustrating
part,” he said. “It was a one-goal
game and I felt that we really struggled tonight.”
It was a coming out party for the
Mustangs, as they finally played a
complete 60 minutes and held a
lead late in the third.
“It has been tough lately and we
needed a big one; our goalie made
some key saves and guys battled a
little harder,” Peralta said. “I think
that was the difference today. We
outworked them the whole game,
so you know it was more deserving,
too.”
“It’s a big win for us,” Peralta
said. “With the exception of the
last five minutes, I think there was
a lot more flow than some of the
other games we’ve had early [at the
JLC].
“It would be nice for some of
our guys to get rewarded with
goals, [but] we have to get through
this period where we’re not scoring
a lot by playing good defence and
getting good goaltending.”
Western forward Matt Manias
hyper-extended his elbow Thursday and was held out of Saturday’s
4-2 road win against Brock. He will
be re-evaluated this week.
The Mustangs visit the Royal
Military College next Friday.