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Western
students
offer
thoughts
on Liberal
convention
100, ISSUE 53 • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2006
An awkwardly assembled group
By Lyndsey Janzen
Gazette Staff
Last weekend, the Liberal Party of
Canada elected Stéphane Dion as
its new leader at a convention in
Montreal.
Over the course of a week, the
convention whittled down candidates before finally electing Dion
as the party’s new leader.
All the leadership candidates
arrived with entourages of supporters, advisers and hangers-on,
including several members from
Western’s community.
“If you include Western alumni,
then there was about 20 delegates
from Western, and seven or eight of
those were students,” said Andrew
Block, the Ontario youth co-chair
for candidate Michael Ignatieff.
“It was long, very tough, very
stressful, [and] very intense being
down there in Montreal.” said
Jason Goncalves, who worked on
candidate Bob Rae’s campaign. He
said nearly every candidate had
student delegates filling a wide
variety of positions, especially as
youth advisors and volunteers.
“Youth tend to be livelier, Block
said. “We’re sent off to do most of
the cheering.
“From Tuesday until Saturday
night, I got three or four hours sleep
every night. You’re constantly doing
things and socializing a lot.”
“Although the convention system has it’s drawbacks, it’s a great
experience for those able to attend
and creates a buzz inside and outside of the party,” said Kevin Spafford, UWO Liberals president.
Understandably, several students were disappointed the candidate they supported lost.
“It was tough to see Kennedy
going over to Dion,” Goncalves
said, referring to an alliance
bridged between delegates for
Dion and Gerard Kennedy.
Block said he learned a lot.
“You figure out how to do things
and you learn how people handle
different situations.”
“There are few opportunities in
one’s life to be a part of history, and
this weekend’s liberal convention
was one of them,” said Paulo Senra,
a member of the UWO Liberals.
Despite representing different
candidates going into the convention, the delegates expressed support for the new leader.
“Mr. Harper should start packing up, because he’ll be out of 24
Sussex Drive in no time,” Senra
said.
THEY’RE NOT DEAD! Mötley Crüe, which played at the John Labatt Centre Monday night, didn’t make any of Arts and Entertainment’s “Best of 2006 lists.” While that’s no surprise, flip to p. 6. to find out what rocked and what sucked in 2006.
UWO students
The Gazette, Prof.
remember the
Grenier offer
Montreal massacre exam study tips
White Ribbon Campaign one
of several campus events
By Claire Neary
Gazette Staff
Seventeen years ago today, Marc
Lepine, 25, walked into Montreal’s
École Polytechnique and separated
the men from the women. Before
opening fire on a classroom of
female engineering students, he
screamed, “I hate feminists.” He
killed 14 women before ending his
own life.
Now, Dec. 6 marks Canada’s
National Day of Remembrance and
Action on Violence Against
Women.
Western remembers the massacre through several events. The
Faculty of Engineering holds its
own annual memorial service,
which includes a tribute to Lynda
Shaw, a Western student who was
murdered on April 22, 1990.
Western will remember Shaw
and other women who have lost
their lives to violence in a ceremony beginning at 11:30 a.m. in Room
2200 of the Spencer Engineering
Building.
“We want our ceremony to represent the entire engineering faculty coming together to remember
the victims as people — not just a
symbol for a cause,” said Savitri
Samaroo, co-president of Women
in Engineering.
“[We also want to] show our
support for the fight against gender
violence, educate people, [and]
reflect upon violence and hatred
directed toward women and what
we can do — as individuals and as
a society — to reduce it.”
Judy Miller, London campaign
co-ordinator for the Neighbours,
Friends and Families Campaign,
will speak about this new campaign and how everyone can prevent violence against women.
The campaign is a partnership
between the Ontario government; the Ontario Women’s
Directorate; and the Expert Panel
on Neighbours, Friends and
Families. It’s run through Western’s Centre for Research and
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By Dave Ward
said. “If you’re having trouble
sleeping or are feeling anxious,
masturbation helps.”
Grenier also said exercise is an
Over the last few days, The Gazette
has noticed more students looking effective way to release tension and
overwhelmed and sad. Every con- ease stress levels.
“We do expect a normal
versation is very similar: “How
many do you have? When are you increase over the exam period with
done?” Like the snow, exam season people using [campus recreation
facilities]
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“If you go exercise, that
relief,” said
campus.
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—Guy Grenier,
ship serdiscover
Western psychology professor
vices and
ways to
ticketing
alleviate
exam stress. Some might say we’re for Campus Recreation.
“If you go exercise, that provides
not the best people to examine
exam stress; after all, we suck at stress relief,” Grenier said. “Except
school. However, we have a unique with exercise, you don’t get the
perspective, since we can examine orgasm.”
Grenier also offered some tips
stress as outsiders looking in.
Our quest began with Western for effective studying.
“Structure your time and plan,
psychology professor Guy Grenier,
who gave us some great tips for plan, plan,” Grenier said. “For every
hour you spend studying, take 15
relieving stress.
“Masturbation serves a lot of
stress-relief purposes,” Grenier
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theGazette • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2006
Joyce Wang/Gazette
WEARING WHITE FOR WOMEN. Today is Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Western honoured the day through several displays and events.
White ribbon promotes feeling
a personal responsibility
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Education on Violence Against
Women and Children.
Yesterday, in the McKellar room,
Miller spoke as part of the White
Ribbon campaign’s efforts to end
men’s violence against women.
She said people must understand 100 per cent of women’s
deaths resulting from violent and
abusive relationships are preventable and communities have a
responsibility to speak out and prevent them.
Miller also said people should
know the signs of abuse and what
to do when they see them.
In particular, she said young
people in new relationships should
remember to take things slowly and
keep in mind that if a person seems
too good to be true, they probably
are.
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Miller’s speech was one of the
final events in Western’s annual
White Ribbon campaign.
Third-year business and music
student James Arthurs is this year’s
campaign commissioner.
This week, Arthurs co-ordinated
several campus events aimed at
raising awareness about violence
against women and what individuals can do to end it.
He hopes by wearing the white
ribbon, Western males will feel personally responsible to speak up if
they see violence.
“I’ve seen situations in the grocery store where a guy will be
yelling at his wife and saying ridiculous things, or hitting or touching
her in an inappropriate way,”
Arthurs said. “I’d say 90 per cent of
us don’t do anything in these situations, especially if the guy’s bigger
than us, because we’re worried
about our own well-being — but
that’s ridiculous.
“By wearing a white ribbon, you
can’t just say that you won’t participate in violence yourself, but that
you won’t stay silent when you see
it either.
“I want guys to know that by
wearing the white ribbon you can’t
just say ‘I’m a good guy, and I’m
going to pat myself on the back,’”
he said. “You need to actually make
a pledge to the movement, and if
you don’t support it, don’t wear it.”
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theGazette • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2006
News Briefs
National Day of Remembrance
and Action on Violence Against
Women
Today, 94.9 CHRW is broadcasting
“All Women’s Voices” until midnight.
Female hosts, singers, guests
and newscasters will be featured
throughout the day for Canada’s
National Day of Remembrance and
Action on Violence Against Women.
The 24-hour period, featuring
solely women’s voices, pays tribute
to the lives lost in the Montreal
Massacre in 1989.
Alexandra Pope will discuss
women’s roles and news from 11
a.m. to 12 p.m. A special live
acoustic performance by Leah
Morise takes place at 5 p.m.
Photo illustration by Jon Purdy
Masturbation a
key to exam
stress salvation
Paris Meilleur, University Students’ Council VP-education, will
be on-air between 9 a.m. and 11
a.m.
Special interviews will be aired
with Kate Wiggins of the Women’s
Community House at 1:45 p.m. and
Natalie Grella, Natalie Marchione
and Jessica Balmer of the Western
Women’s Issues Network are on at
8 a.m.
A full list of shows and hosts is
available
at
chrwradio.com/events/allwomensvoicesdec62006.html.
—Jennifer Davidson
Alcohol and Drug Awareness
Team wants your drunken stories
LET THE SNOWMAN
SEX ROMP BEGIN!
plished, Grenier said.
Armed with Grenier’s wisdom,
The Gazette headed to The Spoke
Lounge to discover what advice
students offer.
“Just take one night off where
you do nothing at all,” said Adrienne Byng, a fourth-year history
and sociology student. “The guilt
alone will make you study harder.
“If you study hard the whole
time, you’ll end up curled in a ball
in the closet.”
“There’s only two ways to go
about it; it’s what we do in engineering,” said second-year engineering student Adil Sheriff. “If you
do well on an exam, go drink. If you
do bad, go drink.”
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minutes off.
“If you study for three hours,
take 45 minutes off — that’s time
for a sitcom and to make a snack.”
According to Grenier, it’s important to stick with study habits you
know work for you.
“There is no right or wrong in
terms of the TV, radio or iPod… go
with what works. Don’t try to learn
new study techniques.”
Grenier said if you’re having
trouble focusing, a good plan is setting a timer for 20 minutes and
toughing out a study session, and
then taking a break. At least that
way something’s been accom-
The Student Health Services Alcohol and Drug Awareness Team is
looking for story submissions for
an awareness project on campus.
Team leader Andre Ali-Ridha
wants drug and alcohol-related stories from students. They can be
funny, personal, informative, crazy,
or anything related to the topic.
Submissions will be anonymous
and might be posted around campus next term to raise awareness
about issues affecting students.
Prizes will be awarded.
Stories can be dropped off at the
health clinic’s drunken-story box at
Student Health Services or emailed to [email protected].
—Claire Neary
Are you bored of blasé snowmen, with
their cliché coal eyes and carrot noses?
It’s time for a change; shift your snowman’s props a couple of feet south and
participate in The Gazette’s erotic snowman contest. Send your entries over the
holiday ([email protected]), and
we’ll publish them in January’s Winter
Spectacular Issue.
The Gazette’s erotic snowman
contest. Because nothing says
sexy like a 69-ing snow-couple.
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theGazette • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2006
theGazette
Volume 100, Issue 53
“The greatest gift we can give one another is rapt
attention to one another’s existence.”
—SUE ATCHLEY EBAUGH
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The Gazette is owned and published by the University Students’ Council.
’Tis the season
to give
With the holiday season approaching, The Gazette has a
few non-denominational gift ideas for Western.
To begin, University Students’ Council President Fab
Dolan could use a Mach 3 razor for that pesky stubble that
won’t go away, and some Staples Business Depot gift certificates to print copies of his 160-page long-term plan.
Since President Paul Davenport’s catch phrase is staler
than Mr. Sub’s bread, we’ll get him a new quip. “The best
student experience at a research intensive university in
Canada” is so last year. How about “Let’s...get...busy...”?
For USC communications officer and former Gazette
managing editor Aron Yeomanson: a framed picture of
Belinda Stronach, his idol and fellow turncoat.
USC councillors will no longer be mistaken for jellyfish. We’ll give them spines.
The overzealous sophs and Green Party campaigners
would be far more tolerable slumped against a wall after a
hefty holiday dose of Ritalin or chloroform. You’re welcome.
One proud USC councillor demanded news from the
future to satisfy his appetite. It’s a large request, but we’re
generous S.O.B.s, so we’re getting him a time machine.
We’d appreciate some stock tips in return.
One hot-tempered reader told us to kiss her “bloody,
objectified cunt.” Poor woman! Somebody stuff her stocking with tampons, pronto.
Sometimes the best gifts cost nothing; how about
some free friends for Western’s sororities and fraternities?
Every university publication deserves a home, so it’s
time we take The Huron Grapevine under our wing and
give it its own display racks. Not only will the newspaperturned-magazine stop using ours, it’ll finally escape the
UCC’s cold, dirty floor. Also, students will stop tripping
over stacks of unread copies.
Student Health Services could use more doctors, and
frosted glass windows would be the perfect gift to keep
Gazetters, er, peepers, away from the Cardio Annex Room.
Sarcasm aside, we have a few genuine gifts to offer.
To all the professors who take time to answer our questions, we offer our sincerest “thank you,” a rare and valuable gift from us. We also apologize to the brave souls who
graciously pose in our pictures only to be lambasted in
our captions.
The black wooden box appearing weekly in the University Community Centre is so versatile and heroic it
makes MacGyver look like David Spade. We propose time
off for the big lug, and perhaps another box to keep it
company.
For the UCC Centrespot staff, Tim Hortons workers,
and the custodial staff who work tirelessly, we offer a turnaround-day on which students will wait on them for a
change.
Giving is more fun, but we’d like to receive a little
something. How about a babysitter to keep us in line? We
sure as hell can’t take care of ourselves.
Happy holidays from The Gazette.
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Creating a
dialogue
is in spirit
of Angels
Re: “Casting altered play’s messages”
Nov. 28, 2006
To the Editor:
The true beauty of art is its ability to
transform opinions of the world and
ourselves. Art opens dialogue about
things we ordinarily are afraid to talk
about or question; it allows for the
unspeakable to be expressed.
The Gazette raised questions about
Theatre Western’s Angels in America.
Surely dialogue is what Tony Kushner
wanted when he wrote Angels in America. The issue isn’t whether The Gazette
was right or wrong to print an editorial
about Theatre Western’s artistic choices.
Similarly, it’s not about whether or not
Theatre Western was right or wrong to
cast a white actor in a role written for a
black actor. Art is about interpretation
and that’s what makes it wonderful. This
is true for BOTH Theatre Western AND
The Gazette.
Interpretation is what makes art
beautiful and we must keep this in mind
when we’re communicating with one
another. The question is not about right
and wrong, it’s about dialogue — dialogue that allows us to change. Dialogue
breeds art. I’m concerned Theatre Western feels threatened by the dialogue
that’s been opened up here. This isn’t
about attacking Theatre Western’s choices; it’s about discussing them openly. Art
isn’t about getting the final word; it’s
about all the words that will follow the
ones printed here.
Casting Angels in America was Theatre Western’s choice, just as commenting on Theatre Western’s decisions in the
opinion section was The Gazette’s pre-
rogative. Instead of attacking one another, why not acknowledge that both are
entitled to exercise their art, be it writing
or theatre, and respect one another’s
choices?
Anger accomplishes nothing. To
quote Sun Tzu: “In the practical art of
war, the best thing of all is to take the
enemy’s country whole and intact; to
shatter and destroy it is not so good.”
—Gillian Wilson
B.A. English Literature 2006
Arts Management Diploma 2007
Snow XXXpositions
both hot &
hilarious
Re: “Erotic snowman contest in poor
taste”
Dec. 1, 2006
To the Editor:
I would like to defend The Gazette by
saying an erotic snowman contest is the
perfect way to legitimize my obvious,
undercover snowman fetish.
Where is the university’s collective
sense of humor?
I have enough downtime in class and
would like to make the most of my time
as an irresponsible university student.
An erotic snowman contest is a hilarious
and victimless crime — anyone should
be able to recognize the comedic merit.
For all party poopers who are still
worried, I hereby promise to make my
contest entry so heinous that surely no
child could ever recognize it.
—Mike Cancilla
Mechanical Engineering II
Associate Editor
Ravi Amarnath
Sports
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James Hayes
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Campus Life
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Shawn Foster
Lab misuse
To the Editor:
Is anyone else upset when they go to the
Natural Science Genlab to use a computer for schoolwork and find all the
computers are occupied, mostly with
people talking on MSN and watching
YouTube videos?
To all you morons who have nothing
better to do than waste time on such
“intellectually stimulating” activities:
STOP IT! I didn’t pay nearly $6,000 in
tuition to be denied access to the facilities I need.
Bring your laptop to school or do this
at home, and use the Genlab for its
intended purpose.
—Matt Durk
Pharmacology III
The holidays are near!
Today marks the last issue of The Gazette until the new year. Keep
those letters coming, though — we’ll try to get caught up in January.
Section Editors 2006-2007
News
Jen Davidson
Cigdem Iltan
Claire Neary
Dave Ward
To the Editor:
I’d like to applaud the erotic snowman
contest’s organizers. This contest offers
an opportunity for entertainment and,
more importantly, gives frat boys something productive to occupy themselves
with.
I’m annoyed, however, with the predictable outlash against sexuality, perpetrated by one Rachael Regier. Ms.
Regier, if I drove by one of these fun erotic exhibits and my hypothetical child
asked “why a snowman is riding another snowman’s back,” I’d probably do the
smart thing and explain the sculpture.
Otherwise, I’d worry my child might
grow up a sheltered, insecure prude who
might just write to their university paper
complaining about some fairly tame
sexual phenomenon. You see, this would
make them confront the reality that sexuality is an obvious and normal human
characteristic and the child’s reaction
might annoy others.
Western is a nice place, but why the
student population is always polarized
into either the “one-night-stand-pernight” club or the “chastity-protects-usfrom-evil” camp, I’ll never understand.
—Chad Lannon
MOS IV
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theGazette • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2006
Can’t impose ‘unified Canada’
Sarve Sez
Sarvenaz
Kermanshahi
Campus Life Editor
Last Wednesday, our federal leaders
motioned to recognize the nationhood of Quebec, a long-contested
notion. Although the motion can
be viewed as an act of political
opportunism, the Conservative
government nonetheless acknowledged Canadian federalism’s dirty
little secret: Quebec is a nation.
Some members of parliament,
including new Liberal leader
Stéphane Dion, didn’t receive the
motion warmly.
“I would invite everyone to
think, ‘[is] this the way to strengthen significantly the unity of our
country, to find the magic word by
which we’ll solve our unity problems?’” said Dion, a long-time federalist who has been described by
former Parti Québécois leader
Bernard Landry as the most
despised politician in all of Quebec.
Treating Quebec’s nationhood
as mere wordplay and pedantics is
looking at the issue within a historical and political vacuum.
The term “nation,” like any
label, is problematic. It masks the
existence of divisions and subgroups like ethnic minorities, an
Anglophone minority, and the 11
First Nations groups within Quebec’s territory.
Nonetheless, granting Quebec
nation status has important consequences. There is undeniably a
sense of “distinctness” in Quebec.
The Quebec populace has shown
different opinions on a wide range
of policy issues compared to the
rest of Canada. Quebec also has a
unique language needing protection from the surrounding Anglophone continent.
Also, recognizing Quebec as a
nation is one step closer to recognizing it as one of two founding
nations — acknowledging Canada
was built by Étienne Cartier and
John A. Macdonald.
As long as these realities are
swept under the rug of a common
civic identity based on multiculturalism and bilingualism (which in
Canada really only means federal
services are available in both official languages), there will be
unhappiness.
Moreover, the reference to Quebec as a nation is of strategic
importance. The Quebec government needs to appeal to nationhood to gain rights to control specific policy issues like health care,
education and integration with the
U.S. This is a worthy objective,
given Quebecers’ opinions often
differ from the rest of Canada on
these issues and on how their
province should be run.
The issue of national unity is a
complicated one. But the rest of
Canada shouldn’t deny Quebec’s
right to affirm and protect its
unique heritage, culture and language, and to pursue its people’s
aspirations. Granting nation status
and the choice to remain in the federation is important in this respect.
With the same hand the Prime
Minister gave last Wednesday, however, he quickly took away, asserting Quebec will never be a nation
independent from Canada. But, if
in future sovereignty is the popular
will, it cannot be rejected. “Unified
Canada” cannot be imposed.
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Kyoto agreement?”
—Jeroen Van Der Veer,
“I don’t see what he did wrong to
warrant him being cut. I hope it
doesn’t come back to haunt us...”
—Terrell Owens,
Shell PLC Chief
By his standards, Owens kept
things fairly tame this week, but his
comments warrant inspection.
After all, what won’t the Cowboys and Owens be missing with
Vanderjagt gone? His inability to
hit big kicks in crucial games? His
refusal to kickoff? His pretty frosted
tips?
With the “idiot kicker” gone,
Owens will likely miss having
another loudmouth on the team to
draw attention from himself. All
the attention will now be squarely
focused on the opinionated wideout. Then again, perhaps new
Cowboys kicker Martin Grammatica will flop and Owens will be
proven correct.
Unfortunately, if that time
comes, Vanderjagt will likely be hitting field goals for another
team...in the CFL.
—Ravi Amarnath
Good for Shell. The company
stands to gain a great deal if the
U.S. signs onto Kyoto, as it will
increase demand and lower the
expense for alternative energy
development programs. However,
companies can’t be faulted for
focusing on the bottom line, especially if contributes to a healthier
environment.
As multinational companies
gain political sway, it’s important
that they stay attuned to political
issues and participate in international discussions. As political apathy persists, “dollar votes” become
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articulating this viewpoint.
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STAY TUNED: for piles and piles of snow...
REBEL, REBEL! LETS ALL BE UNIQUE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. V for Vendetta provided some well-needed political charge into the
movies this year. Sales of masks also rose exponentially, and a resurgence of English children’s rhymes swept the Internet. “Remember, remember the 5th of November. . .”
First annual Gazzies take a look at 2006
And the award for most frivilous award ceremony goes to...
By Gazette A&E
Gazette A&E proudly presents the
first annual Gazzies, our awards
celebrating the most random,
ridiculous aspects of the past
year’s movies. Feel free to disagree
with or champion our selections.
Just remember, these are only the
Gazzies.
The movie that
launched a thousand inside jokes:
Grandma’s Boy
Although
this
movie disappeared
under the radar,
people fortunate
enough to have seen
it know how crude
and hilarious it is.
Starring Adam Sandler’s comic
crew — minus the head honcho
himself — Grandma’s Boy is filled
with hilarious lines you can quote
for months.
Though some of the film’s
immature humour is a little overthe-top, most of it’s hyper-intelligent and thus worthy of a Gazzie.
M
o
s
t
amazing/awkward
date movie: The
Break Up
Have you ever
been at a friend’s
house while their
parents were fighting? Imagine two
hours of the same
awkward sensation
and you have The Break Up.
Watching this flick with your
significant other is a bad idea. Just
like watching The Miracle of Birth
scared high schoolers into avoiding
sex, watching this movie will likely
scare people into avoiding relationships. Depending on your feelings
for your date, this could be a good
or bad thing.
Best idea for a
themed
party:
Hostel
Luaus and ’80sthemed soirées are
so unoriginal. Why
not try something
different?
What
more can you ask
for at a party than
masked figures with
more utensils than a professional
chef chopping up wonderfully
delectable carcasses and people
screaming for their lives?
Take a cue from Hostel and spice
up your holiday party by hosting it
at a hostel with an oven big enough
to fit five people and a powerful
meat grinder.
Trippiest movie
to hit the box office:
A Scanner Darkly
This film is so
weird, you’ll wonder
if someone slipped a
little something into
your soda. With its
mind-blowing rotoscoping accentuating its disorienting
plot, A Scanner Darkly messes with
your head.
However, a little bewilderment
is never bad and, in A Scanner
Darkly, it adds to the fun. Who
cares if you can’t differentiate
between what’s actually happening
and what’s going on in the characters’ heads?
Most controversial film featuring a
foreign journalist
from Kazakhstan:
Borat:
Cultural
Learnings of America for Make Benefit
Glorious Nation of
Kazakhstan
Despite being
the year’s only film
featuring a famous Kazakhstani
journalist, Borat is still extremely
deserving of this Gazzie. Borat’s
dedication to journalism and his
naive pursuit of the American
dream emphasize numerous problems present within Western culture.
Borat sweeps this category for
featuring the most outrageous, idiotic journalist around. If you’re
thinking about making a Gazette
joke here, keep it to yourself.
Snakes On A Plane
So the joke’s getting a little old,
but everyone enjoyed it while it
lasted. For only $10, viewers were
treated to Samuel L. Jackson kicking some snake ass and all the gore
they could stomach.
This flick was the biggest joke to
hit the silver screen in a while. If
that’s not enough for you, there’s
always Jackson’s fateful line...
Best coked-out
animated squirrel:
Hammy from Over
The Hedge
Hammy
the
squirrel’s hyperactive mannerisms
and manic, wideeyed facial expressions make him the
film’s cutest character. His fast-talking, constant
vibrating and crazed ticking offered
children everywhere numerous
laughs. Little did kids know the
hilarious Hammy was on coke.
In the end, this drug-addicted,
foaming-at-the-mouth underdog
saves the day, simultaneously
teaching kids a valuable lesson:
cocaine is a hell of a drug.
Greatest directorial comeback: The
Departed
Gangs of New
York was messy.
Even with Daniel
Day-Lewis
on
board, the film
struggled to stay on
track. The Aviator
didn’t fare much
better, crashing and burning during
Oscar season.
The Departed’s gritty, twisted
tale of deception and crime proved
Scorsese has returned to form. The
legendary director switched from
Italian mob sagas and brought all
his talent to this story of Irish backstabbing. Boston accents, blood
and Jack Nicholson — what more
do you want?
Most shattering
disappointment:
Marie Antoinette
Sneaky romance
and shoe montages
and big hair, oh my!
What more could
you ask for?
Several things,
actually. Like dialogue. And plot. A
little character development
wouldn’t hurt either. Coppola’s little girl doesn’t seem to realize these
are basic requirements for a good
film.
At least the costumes were pretty.
Best use of a Guy
Fawkes mask: V for
Vendetta
There are only so
many ways to use a
Guy Fawkes mask in
just the right manner. Luckily, Hugo
Weaving used his
well in V for Vendetta. Exploding buildings and a plot rigged with social
commentary might have helped
him a little as well.
This flick also proves Natalie
Portman can act without hair and
George Lucas looking over her
shoulder, making it twice as awardworthy. It’s just too bad the 2006
Gazzies couldn’t fit in a bald actress
award. Maybe next year.
B e s t
motha f*ckin’
bang for your
m o t h a
f * c k i n’
buck:
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theGazette • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2006
A&E picks the top five records of the year
The Decemberists
The Crane Wife
Capitol
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Show Your Bones
Interscope
Justin Timberlake
FutureSex/LoveSounds
Jive
Band of Horses
Everything All The Time
Subpop
Gnarls Barkley
St. Elsewhere
Downtown
Who knew pretentious, hyper-literate, overly theatrical, epic-rocking, independent music could be
this good?
The Decemberists’ fourth
album, The Crane Wife, proves
they’ve perfected their brash brand
of indie rock. With its overly literate lyrics and enhanced set of
songwriting chops, the album is
arguably the band’s strongest yet.
The Decemberists easily fluctuate between numerous styles, from
the epic prog-rock in the three-part
saga of “The Island,” to the slow,
shambling style of “Shankill Butchers.” Frontman Colin Meloy’s warbling voice connects these disparate pieces.
The Crane Wife, which is named
after a Japanese fairy tale, should
be on every hipster’s iPod. Hopefully, fans will get over the fact the
band signed with Capitol Records.
Unless they think singing about
girls turning into cranes counts as
selling out.
—Andrew Sullivan
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Show Your
Bones will “rock your body off.”
This summer, the album took
everyone by a storm violent
enough to quell a Toronto heat
wave.
It provides a more polished
version of the band’s usual
“rough-around-the-edges” rock
sound and is only slightly more
melodic. Shortly after it was
released, Show Your Bones’ songs
became anthemic for road trips,
parties and even some dance
clubs.
Although hype is often undeserved, Show Your Bones deserved
every ounce it received. Albums
this lyrically, instrumentally and
compositionally strong are rare.
The multi-dimensional tracks
reflect various moods, from the
rowdier “Phenomena” to the mildly sullen but oddly inspiring “Warrior.”
Show Your Bones treats even the
pickiest listeners’ ears.
—Maggie McCutcheon
Whether you’re an eyeliner-wearing emo kid or a hardcore gangsta,
“Sexyback” will forever be etched
in your soul.
Four years after releasing his
debut album, Justified, Justin Timberlake is back and satisfying fans
better than ever.
FutureSex/LoveSounds is a
masturbatory concoction of synthesized sounds and inventive
beats. JT exudes sex appeal in
everything from his highpitched vocals to his “parental
advisory” lyrics. You could base
a drinking game around how
many times he says “sex” on the
appropriately entitled track,
“Sexy Ladies.”
JT ingeniously mixes new-age
hip-hop, old-school groovy funk
and electronic sounds. He adds
just the right amount of cockiness
to his sexually charged, personal
songwriting to appeal to females
and males alike. In other words,
he’s God.
—Desiree Gamotin
Band of Horses took off from the
gates a little too soon. Earlier this
year, music bloggers prematurely exploded all over this West
Coast sensation due to the online
success of its single, “The Funeral.” The epic track’s smooth mix
of country-esque rock and reverberated vocals is reminiscent of
The Shins and My Morning Jacket.
The hype overwhelmed the
band at first; however, its strong
songwriting and honest emotional delivery on Everything All The
Time prove it’s not a one-hit wonder.
The album features standout
tracks like the like the banjobased “Monsters” and the gentle,
brooding “St. Augustine.” Lead
singer Ben Birdwell’s haunting
vocals are strengthened by its
powerful lyrics.
One of the year’s most underrated albums, Everything All The
Time has everything you need.
—Andrew Sullivan
Amidst a slew of astounding
albums this year, Gnarls Barkley’s
St. Elsewhere ventured beyond lofi breakdowns and quiet, protesting vocals.
St. Elsewhere is riddled with
perfectly assembled songs, samples and sequences. It’s the beautiful love child of members CeeLo and Dangermouse.
“Crazy” blew everyone away.
Avid hip-hoppers and pretentious indie rockers alike can’t
resist crooning along with CeeLo’s philosophical lyrics.
Aside from a couple exceptions, St. Elsewhere’s songs are
some of this year’s most fun,
diverse tracks.
—Maggie McCutcheon
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theGazette • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2006
Repercussions of a racist act
No new standouts
Will watching Seinfeld ever be the same? on the tube this year
Prairie
Fire
Ravi Amarnath
Associate Editor
Like most people, I was shocked
when I first saw footage of Michael
Richards’ racist outburst at a Los
Angeles comedy club a few weeks
ago.
Richards, best known as Kramer
on Seinfeld, was interrupted during
his stand-up act. The disturbance
set the comedian on a tirade in
which he berated audience members for, among other things, the
colour of their skin.
Though Richards has publicly
apologized for his comments, his
career has at least been temporarily damaged. If Richards had slipped
only one inappropriate comment
into his tirade, perhaps fans
would’ve overlooked the incident.
But his racial slurs went far beyond
forgivable limits.
As loyal Seinfeld fan, I found
Richards’ outburst particularly
painful. His angry tirade has left me
torn as to whether or not I can still
laugh at some of Kramer’s classic
remarks. For example, I’m unsure
how funny Kramer’s “anti-dentite”
comments will be after this unfortunate incident.
Generally, I enjoy incorporating
“Kramer-isms” into my everyday
conversations, but lately I’ve
stopped short of commenting
about “coffee-table books on coffee
tables” or “fusilli Jerrys” because
the jokes don’t seem nearly as
humourous.
Whenever I watch Seinfeld now,
I’ll have uneasy, lingering thoughts
about what Richards was actually
thinking while filming certain
episodes. For example, I’ll always
wonder
how
comfortable
Richards felt
w h e n
Kramer
burned his
skin in a tanning
bed
while dating
a
black
woman.
Like
many
other
diehard fans, I’ll likely resume
watching Seinfeld in the near future
while consciously separating
Kramer’s character from Richards.
What I will take away from
Richards’ outburst, however, is that
people in our society, including
myself, may not be as open-minded and receptive to others as they
think.
Perhaps
I
learned more
from watching
Richards’
three-minute
tirade than I
did
from
years
of
watching
Seinfeld
reruns.
Sullied
Reputation
Andrew Sullivan
A&E Editor
Last year, it seemed people wouldn’t shut up about TV shows.
Whether you were on the bus or in
geology class, you were forced to
hear numerous 24 plot summaries,
how “bad ass” House was or why
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So what happened? Where have
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Weldon about some upcoming Lost
episode or someone defending Dr.
House’s honour in Centrespot, but
it’s not quite the same. Something
has changed. Even the crackaddled fans of Grey’s Anatomy are
suffering from withdrawal lately.
Remember when people were
actually excited about The O.C?
Neither do I. Though popular
shows regularly fade out, new sensations usually appear to replace
them. This year, however, no shows
have filled the blank spots. Instead,
we’ve been fed lame spin-offs and
recycled jokes.
How many versions of Law
and Order can you handle? How
about adding a new one entitled
Law and Order: Mischief and
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the Tri-county Area Without a
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This year, shows in the running
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few and far between. Think
really hard for a few seconds. Can you think
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around with the same youthful gardener every week.
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shows will pop up soon. But until
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theGazette • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2006
ON DISC
Ima Robot
Monument to the Masses
Virgin Records
Monument to the Masses shows
Ima Robot sound has evolved
greatly since releasing its debut;
however, the band still seems
stuck in the past.
The album is reminiscent of ’80s
pop music, but with an added
punk-rock twist. Songs like “Stick it
to the Man” are heavily influenced
by the ’80s, while tracks like “Happy
Annie” reveal the band’s more
modern influences. Overall, Ima
Robot’s sound perfectly mixes
musical deliberation and complete
chaos.
With bad rap, eccentric vocal
mannerisms, new-wave synth
patches and ironic dialogue placed
on top of a punk-rock base, the
album seems like a recipe for disaster. However, the band cooks up a
unique, interesting sound.
Unfortunately, songs like “Pouring Rain” and opening track
“Creeps Me Out” are little too overthe-top.
Monument to the Masses is an
extremely catchy compilation filled
with high energy songs. “Dangerous Life” concludes the album with
the line, “We’d love to help you lose
your minds” — the best way to sum
up Ima Robot.
—Jamie Smith
The Divorcees
You Ain’t Gettin’ My Country
Hay Sale Records
New Brunswick’s The Divorcees
claim their “life is a country song.”
With an increasing number of
country artists blurring the lines
between pop, rock and country, it’s
good to see a band going back to its
honky-tonk roots. The Divorcees’
You Ain’t Gettin’ My Country isn’t
like the mainstream country music
currently dominating the radio. It’s
real, old-school country by real,
old-school cowboys.
The songs are about workingclass life in a small town and all that
accompanies it: partying, gambling, booze, fighting, women and
wishing you were anywhere but
there.
“I Guess You Left the Leavin’ Up
To Me” and “Nearly Fell” are love
ballads. “The Boonies” and “Hard
Luck SOB” are drinking songs while
“You Ain’t Getting’ My Country”
and “Hit the Road” are old-fashioned line-dancing tunes.
Though this album may seem
like something you’d find in your
dad’s old record collection, there’s
no denying The Divorcees deliver
great old-fashioned country.
—Sara Audrain
radio pop-rock with Incubus’ “Battlestar Scralatchtica” and fastpaced reggae. The track will likely
be illScarlett’s second single, its first
being the regularly played “Nothing
Special.”
The band jumps from a “fight
the power” motto in “Nothing Special” to an acoustic ballad in “OneA,” adding a clap-along climax for
good measure.
The brief but gut-busting solo
by guitarist Billy Marr in “NTF”
reflects the band’s rock influence
The album’s biggest drawback is
its length — it clocks in at a measly
30 minutes. The track listing is
inflated by the four-second intro,
“First Shot,” and the album’s
farewell, “Mary Jane,” an inappropriate, minute-long avant-garde
finale.
Though the album likely won’t
cause an epidemic, it’s still “ill”
enough to keep you indoors while
celebrating 4:20, if that’s your thing.
—Stuart Thompson
The mostly instrumental tracks
“Under Pregnant Skies She Comes
Alive Like Miss Leviathan” and
“Rise of the Pentagram” demonstrate the band’s ability to inject
classical instruments and epic,
spooky melodies into hard metal.
Metal fans need not worry though,
because most of the album spews
metal’s standard dose of anger and
venom.
Tracks like “Dirge Inferno” and
“Cemetery and Sundown,” show
what metal should be. “Libertina
Grimm” and “I am the Thorn” are
nothing special, with the latter
dragging past its expiry date.
Drummer Adrian Erlandsson tries
to keep things moving with some
impressive use of the double-kick.
In “The Byronic Man,” the band
slips up big by letting Dani Filth
sing instead of scream. Despite this
metal faux pas, Thornography is a
solid metal album.
—Erin Moxam
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When Your Heart Starts Beating
Interscope Records
Cradle of Filth
Thornography
Roadrunner Records
The latest album in a long line of
black metal efforts by Cradle of
Filth, Thornography is a hard,
intense hour of music.
It’s adequately thrashy and
mosh-inducing, and will satisfy the
metal fan in everyone. Beneath the
fierce, jarring chords is a band with
some real musical talent.
Ex-Blink-182 members Travis Parker and Mark Hoppus’ influence is
blatantly obvious on their new
band +44’s debut, When Your Heart
Stops Beating.
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and catchy vocals were a defining
sound in the late 1990s, +44 is unoriginal and dull.
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love, friends and politics.
The songs “I see America’s
Promise” and “The Burning City
Smoking” focus on war and current
American affairs while “Billion
Bees” is a relatable relationship
track.
Though Devine’s voice is simple
and sweet, it sometimes sounds
nasal.
The album’s acoustic-guitar
melodies have a touch of country
and folk in a few songs.
The descriptive lyrics are engaging but can easily be tuned out
while you’re talking or concentrating on homework. It’s an album
you’d play while chilling with
friends.
Interestingly, almost every song
has verses but no choruses. This
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them difficult to sing along with
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are what you’d expect from a broken-hearted, acne-covered highschool sophomore, not from veteran musicians. What’s your age
again, Mr. Hoppus? Aren’t you 35
years old next year?
Hoppus’ insightful lyrics often
end in phrases like “The past is only
the future with the lights on.”
When Your Heart Stops Beating’s
instrumentals are embarrassingly
simple. Although Barker’s drum
beats and fills are more creative
than the guitarists’ lifeless riffs, they
quickly get repetitive and don’t represent his talent.
Other than the final song,
“Chapter XIII,” and a short track
entitled “Interlude,” the album’s
songs sound so similar it feels as
though +44 looked to Nickelback
for lessons in musical diversity.
If this CD ends up in your stocking this holiday season, try slipping
it quietly to a younger brother or
sister who has yet to develop an ear
for quality music.
—Ryan deBoer
P10 ➤ sports
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Make sure you enjoy the
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Robert Goulet or Korn.
Support a charity drive, go
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Because when you get
back, we want you! You can
learn some neat stuff like
game coverage, editing
skills and how to be the
coolest cat in town (apologies to that insatiable little
tabby that eats our
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Something to watch
Soccer team
overlooked by us come the holidays
Get your head in the game,
Sports section!
Frustrated? Pissed off at the
world? More accurately, are you
pissed off about our endless goofiness? Write in and let us know
about it. Send your letters to
[email protected]. Gazette
Sports has the right to edit any
submissions.
How the hell did soccer get overlooked when you were writing the
article for Friday’s paper: “Gazette
Sports’ mid-year report card?” In
my four years as a varsity soccer
player at Western, our team has
won [Ontario University Athletics] gold three times, including
this year, and one bronze medal.
This year we had six OUA first
team all-stars including the West
conference MVP and first team
all-Canadian. Six OUA all-stars is
the most one team can have;
that’s all our coaching staff is
allowed to nominate.
Furthermore, we played well at
nationals and only got knocked
out of medal contention because
we lost in a shootout to Alberta,
whichwent on to win gold. We
won our two consolation games
with ease to finish fifth in the
country.
And let’s not forget the
women’s team, which is always a
strong squad. They finished one
place short of a nationals berth
and they also had the OUA West
MVP and first team all-Canadian
Jenna Byrne, along with four
other OUA all-stars.
There is no reason the Western
soccer teams shouldn’t be recognized for this year’s accomplishments and it’s not because soccer
is an unknown sport. Soccer is
arguably the most popular sport
in the world. The Western soccer
teams are sick and tired of being
under-appreciated
and
we
deserve some recognition.
—Adam Legg
Western men’s team captain
Ed Note: You got us, Adam.
There’s no reason you guys should
have been left out of the story,
especially with the soccer teams’
great track record as of late. We’re
sorry for overlooking you guys;
great work this year and good luck
in the future. As a result of our
gaffe, we don’t mind eating a big
old slice of humble pie.
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The holidays are a great time to
catch up on invaluable TV viewing.
If you’re a sports fan, you’re
always looking for your next fix,
whether it’s hockey, the NFL, or college football bowl-game action.
Here’s a compilation of games and
events you’ll want to open a bag of
chips, crack a cold beverage and
park your expanding ass for.
New York Rangers vs. Toronto
Maple Leafs (CBC)
Saturday, Dec. 16, 7 p.m.
The Rangers travel to the Air
Canada Centre to take on the Buds
in what will be a good measuring
stick for where the Leafs really
stand in the Eastern Conference.
New York sniper Jaromir Jagr has
been on a torrid pace lately, and
Toronto must slow him down to
have a chance. Leafs forward Darcy
Tucker has about 900 power-play
goals this season, and a sharp effort
from him will help send the
Rangers back crying to the Statue
of Liberty.
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Cincinnati Bengals vs. Indianapolis Colts (TSN)
Monday, Dec. 18, 8:30 p.m.
This should be an instant-classic AFC match-up. The AFC leaps
and bounds better than the NFC —
so much that it’s like watching a
CFL team play in the Brescia Bowl.
Two polished passers will light the
scoreboard (Cincy’s Carson Palmer
and Indy’s Peyton Manning), but
expect Indy to torch its striped
counterparts in the friendly confines of the RCA Dome.
Toronto Raptors vs. Phoenix
Suns (TSN)
Tuesday, Dec. 19, 7:30 p.m.
Raptors general manager Bryan
Colangelo made his mark in the
desert, and at the very least you can
expect astronomical scoring totals
from two teams that like to run and
gun, even if defensively they couldn’t stop Ethel and Wilhemena at the
retirement community. Although
it’d be nice to be optimistic, would
you take T.J. Ford over Steve Nash?
USC Trojans vs. Michigan
Wolverines (Rose Bowl) (ABC)
Monday, Jan. 1, 2007, 5 p.m.
The Michigan Wolverines and
their rabid fans were left out of the
National Championship picture
despite a phenomenal season, left
feeling like the Grade 7 kid standing against the wall because he didn’t get asked to dance. This still
should be a marquee match-up; a
wicked pissah defence and top
running back Mike Hart tip the balance in the maize and blue’s favour.
Florida Gators vs. Ohio State
Buckeyes (National Championship) (FOX)
Monday, Jan. 8, 8 p.m.
Yes, this is the day students
return from the holidays. Although
most would view that as a monumental buzz-kill, this blood-match
should at least ease the transition.
Some critics think the Gators
slighted the Wolverines in the title
bid, but that’s the nature of the
wonky Bowl Championship Series
setup. Florida pivot Chris Leak and
his wimpy spread-option offence
will have a tall order in stopping
likely Heisman-winner quarterback Troy Smith and freshman running back Chris Wells, who must
put performance enhancers in his
Count Chocula.
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Sports
ON DECK: Have a Holly Jolly
“NON-DENOMINATIONAL” Holiday
Endless enthusiasm:
Western’s Jenn Hall
Swimmer trains hard for
triathalon during the summer
By Mallory Daley
Gazette Writer
Varsity athletes are among the most
dedicated people on campus, and
Mustang swim team co-captain
Jenn Hall exemplifies that dedication.
As a triathlete, Hall is no
stranger to the hard work required
to succeed in university athletics.
“It’s my life,” Hall says. “Without
athletics, I wouldn’t even know
what to do with myself.”
When Hall came to Western to
study kinesiology, she hoped to
continue training as a triathlete.
However, upon arriving at Western,
Hall tapped into her passion for
one of the triathlon components
and joined the Mustangs swim
team.
“She came to us as a pretty serious triathlete,” says Western swim
team head coach Paul Midgely.
“So she started swimming with
us and transferred her main
priority [to swimming].”
Hall is now in her
fourth year competing
with Western’s swim
team and is co-captain of the women’s
squad.
“It’s very demanding,” Hall says. “But it pays off in the
end. It’s so rewarding to be able to
represent your university.”
Hall’s enthusiasm for Mustangs
swimming is unmistakable to her
teammates.
“Her strongest quality is her
ability to socialize with everyone on
the team,” says co-captain Melissa
Tobros. “This year, I find the team
is a lot more united than it has been
in the past.”
The swim team is still riding
high from its recent victory at divisional championships. Hall has
high hopes for the Ontario Univer-
sity Athletics championships in
February.
“Everyone’s doing really well,”
Hall says. “We definitely have a
good chance; the team is really
strong this year.”
“It’s an individual sport,” Tobros
says. “But a united team is what
makes it fun and what makes it
worth coming to practice nine
times a week.”
As swim team co-captain, an
honours student and a sorority
member, Hall knows juggling different commitments is challenging.
“It’s just something you get used
to,” Hall explains. “You get stronger
and learn to deal with your life.
“People are always saying ‘I
don’t know how you do it.’ I’m like,
‘I don’t know how you don’t.’ I love
it.”
During the summer
Hall trains for and
par-
ticipates in
c o u n t l e s s
triathlons. Immediately after finals in
April, Hall begins a more concentrated preparation at a triathlon
training camp.
“That’s all I do in the summer,”
she says. “We train about six or
seven hours a day.”
Despite sometimes suffering
inconvenient injuries, Hall pushes
through her training for the nationals. She’s comfortable with the
strenuous workouts and obscene
hours clocked every day of her
summer “vacation.”
“You definitely get addicted,”
Hall says. “You start to crave the
hard work.
“You’d think it would be so hard,
but when you’re doing it you just
know you can get through it. It’s
amazing. It’s a great sport to be
involved in; I would recommend it
to anyone.”
Hall’s competed in the Junior
Worlds in New Zealand in the
past and plans to continue
making waves throughout the athletics scene.
Her next goal is qualifying for the Under23 triathlon Worlds
next year.
With a supportive family and a
world of training
experience, Hall
looks forward to
the possibility of
becoming a professional triathlete.
“Provided I
c a n
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stay
injury
free…I hope to race on the International Triathlon Union circuit,” Hall
explains. “I’d like to see how far I
can get with that.”
No matter what Hall tackles
next, her passion for athletics will
keep her competing at Western
and beyond.
“I’ll never stop training,” Hall
says. “I don’t ever want to stop running or cycling or swimming. I can’t
imagine living without doing it
every day.”
Trashy Buffalo really should clean up its act
Patriot
James
James Hayes
Sports Editor
I’ve never been a Buffalo Bills fan,
but after attending a Bills game at
Ralph Wilson Stadium last weekend, I have a newfound respect for
the franchise and its fans.
Being in Buffalo, New York for
the NFL game, it also became clear
why Bills fans are so commendable.
Their city is trashy.
When I arrived at the stadium,
the tailgating was intense. My buddies and I tossed a football around
the parking lot, threw sausages and
hamburgers on the sizzling grill
and cracked a plethora of icy beers.
The most refreshing part about that
(and this is saying a lot — it’s hard
to top an ice-cold Molson Canadian) was everyone around us did the
same. New Yorkers and Canadians
alike slammed beers, blasted tunes
and stuffed their faces with a myriad of delicacies.
I was especially impressed by
the spirit of Buffalo Bills fans, even
when their team is mediocre at
best. Driving around the area,
though, I realized why there is so
much gusto involving the football
team.
I decided it has something to do
with the fact that the city of Buffalo
is uglier than the “breathtaking”
baby from Seinfeld. There was trash
everywhere, each and every warehouse and industrial building
looked like it was either a set for a
1920s gangster flick or an incon-
spicuous meth lab, and the streets
were completely abandoned.
My crew and I stopped at the
Anchor Bar, a throwback joint, for
some original Buffalo chicken wings.
It was pretty popular, but apart from
that, we literally could have been driving through a ghost town.
Buffalo has some strong points,
most of them sports-related. For
what the Bills lack in talent, they
make up in fan dedication and
cold-weather toughness. The Buffalo Sabres are probably the most
exciting team in hockey right now,
and they play in the decent HSBC
Arena. The University of Buffalo is
a Division One NCAA football
team. Given Buffalo’s size (slightly
smaller than London), these are all
remarkable assets.
However, if Buffalo wants more
attention, more fans, or more residents, it should rejuvenate the
downtown area. Sure, you can’t
expect a working-class town to be
rich and cosmopolitan, but it
should have something better to
offer than potholes and a Citgo gas
station.